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Evening star., 1925-02-08
q. s4-"New Parts Save Money"


Having decided that the knock in
the motor was piston slap, Smith
commissioned a mechanic to pull out
the connecting rods and pistons and
line them up. Before doing this,
however, he made sure to see that
the mechanic was properly equipped
with alignment instruments. Very
few of the smaller repair shops are
similarly equipped, and that is why
very few alignment jobs are salts
factory.
I had explained to Smith that the
bending and twisting of the guilty
rod would be so slight as to be no.
ticeable only with the aid of accu-
rate gauges, and that it would be
useless to intrust the work to any
mechanic who planned to line UP the
rods haphazardly. What they found
was that rod No. 3 was badly twisted.
This caused its piston to hammer
against the wall of it's cylinder.
Smith, as usual, was particularly
interested in seeking the cause. /
explained the twisting Of the rod by
reminding him that as rods must be
soft enough not to break under
strain, it is a common occurrence for
them to bend or twist IL pistons do
not receive enough oil to keep them
from binding in the cylinders when
travelling at high speed. The down
ward stroke Of an overheated and ex-
panded piston may be quite in
straight line, resulting in twisting
its rods. AS TO why such a condition
in an engine does not cause slapping
of pistons at all times, I explained
that the necessary play at the upper
end of the connecting rods on the
piston pins Is sufficient to cause A
variation in the force with which the
rods actuate the pistons on compress
sion and exhaust strokes.
Seeing the results, Smith then want
ed to know the cause of engine
strain, stating that in his opinion
slow hill climbing in high" was in
furious because II placed maximum
strain direct upon the rods.
The strain is direct enough" ]
agreed, but it can produce only a
bent rod which isn't as serious as a
twisted one. High speed is much
more damaging, because when the
pistons freeze in their cylinders for
want of fabrication, or because of
overheating, the rods must shoulder
both forms of strain"
Accordingly. Smith decided that he
had brought the trouble upon him
Evening star., 1925-02-08
Saws Motor Car
OaU11er Needs to
Get Second Wind
Dealer Declares Lesson
Needed to Get Most
Out of Auto.

Most motor car owners haven't as
yet got their second wind" accord
ing to Raphael Semmes, head of the
local Dodge agency.
In his opinion a man has to keep
going in his car ownership long
enough to acquire a certain expert
ence that reveals to him greater uses
for car and more reasons why he
should concentrate on the one form
of transportation.
Many people who own cars are not
real motorists, he says, because such
ownership is but half appreciated and
actually wasted at times when IT
could be made the basis of transpor-
tation efficiency and convenience.
This" Mr.. Semmes says, lis be-
cause they haven't got their second
wind They buy a car because II Is
the thing to do. They drive IL. They
enjoy il. But just as soon as they
have to store it in an inconvenient
place, or the weather turns against
them, they promptly patronize some
clude that the automobile has its
limitations.
Motorists who have kept up the
pace they started with find that own
ership is far easier than they imag-
ined. They climb over the obstacles,
get around the used-car problem,
keep the car serviceable Winter or
Summer, Spring or Fall, and manage
to cut down on family transportation
by making the car serve all purposes.
In a way car ownership is A race,
and when you consider 1t in that
light you must borrow from the ex-
perience of the professional runner.
When you feel that you've had about
all you should expect from a car and
are inclined to drop out for awhile
and let the other fellow run on ahead,
that is the time to remember that
just a few feet more and you may
catch your second wind
Evening star., 1925-02-08

together with the many fears he enter
tains when the engine does not sud-
denly reveal a burst of hidden power
by giving the engine just a little more
gas than it needs il is forced ahead to
10 a speed sufficient to demand the
same quantity of gas as il was former
ly forced to take. If, on the other
hand, the ''crowding' is too intense
there will be all sorts of trouble. rang
ing from choking to knocking"
This encourages such developments as
pre-lgnItlon, overheating. excessive pre-
heating of the gas mixture and lack
of sufficient turbulence in the cylinders
not to mention the mental collapse of
the driver, which causes him to delib-
crate as to whether he should stick il
out or shift to secondhand eventually
shift,
Engines of different make and design
develop their maximum pulling power
at varying car speeds. a little inves-
tigation viii quickly tell any owner
Just what speed is best for his motor
in hill climbing and when he has found
this every effort should be made TO
build UP to that speed whenever climb
ing a hill. And once that speed has
been obtained the aim should be to
keep the car at that speed rather than
10 seek a higher speed. In trying to
30 faster by giving more gas the en-
Sine may overhead just enough to make
1t perform less effectively at its best
speed.
Drivers who doubt the Importance of
throttle control in hill climbing should
try the experiment of letting off on the
gas rather than retarding the spark
when the engine begins to labor. They
will find that the engine will gain
speed quicker with less gas than with
more retarded spark, except in cases
where car is being driven uphill at
or 10 miles a hour as in a stunt test.
The average driver retards the spark
the moment the engine begins to
'~ping" or knock, never realizing that
most of his trouble comes from having
the accelerator too far down to the
floor.
You can climb those hills with little
headwork, and your car will be i'm
measurably better off for it. AS mat
ters now stand majority of drivers
divide car wear on hills between strain
ing their engines and mutilating their
trsnsmisSions.
Copyright. 1e25.)
Evening star., 1925-02-08
HINT FOR FILLING STATION.

It sometimes happens that in at
taching the hose from the air pump
at the filing station the air simply
Eusles out around the valve stem of
the tire and Will not enter the tube
Usually this indicates a defective
nozzle on the hose, but sometimes the
trouble is due to the fact that the
stem of the valve protrudes too far
Try screwing the valve further into
the stem of the tube.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
WATCH POLICEMAN's HAND.

Ever surprised when the traffic ON.
Ger swings the traffic signal to the
stop position just as you are all pre-
pared TO shoot across? If so, better
learn to watch his hand. When an
officer has his hand on the handle
of the sign you can be reasonably
certain that he is getting ready to
swing it, or that he has not quite
made up his mind what to do.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
Fourth of Meters
Upon Ta1is Found
To Register Wrong

Approximately one in every four
taximeters used by operators OF in
dependent taxicabs in New York
City last year was crooked ac-
cording to inspectors Of the divi-
sion OF licensed vehicles Of that
city.
Tamptring with taximeters re-
suited in the condemnation Of 4.143
OF the instruments. The loss suf-
fered by the public is estimated TO
have been $50, 900 daily.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS
public information committee Of the Washington
Antomotive Trade Association)
prepared by the

prepared by the public information committee OF the Washington
Aatomotve Trade Assoctation)
seeing all models, let that?
Ar be a
IL
You should have noticed for instance that the makes Of cars
there definite for the existence of the majority of makes
motive history those that have done somethnshos makes that
There few show who, noting this
would call
neither fuy
wer
Systematically The latter
find it worth while In
in There's
Evening star., 1925-02-08
WARNS CAR OWNERS
OF FRAUD CLAIMS
Fake Damage Suits for Al
legged Accidents Numer-
GUS, Is Charge.

Members OF the American Automo-
bile Association are being warned Of
fraudulent damage suits for alleged
accidents against automobile owners.
Reports to national headquarters here
reveal that systematic demands are
being made on many of their MEM
hers TO answer damage charges for
alleged accidents in places where
neither these members nor their cars
had ever been. Legal summons have
been received for damages running
es high as $4,000.
Result of Investigation.
After examination by A. A. A Off
eials here of these demands, it was
said the evidence pointed to either
the counterfeiting of license plates on
q. large scale for criminal purposes or
10 a scheme on the part of q gang of
~shySter" lawyers to defraud and OBJ
tain judgment by default Com
plants of this kind have come from
several cities.
While the matter is under investi-
cation by \. a. a. officials, the in
dulry has not proceeded far enough to
determine how far ateld these fraudu-
lent operations against motorists have
gone. The latest case to be brought
10 their attention was that of the
Corning Automobile Club of Corning.
n Y, which had 30 of it's men,
hers recently summoned to answer
charges for alleged accidents in which
they could not conceiva bly, have had
part.
Advice to Motorists.
In order to assure every possible
protection to motorists, the American
Automobile Association suggests that
motorists receiving fake summons re-
port at once to motor clubs or direct
10 national headquarters here, where
d day-t day check is being made of
documents and of persons complain
ing.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

Iohn Smith character whom should welcome He
clHh rather he motoring chap willing and glad
The othe. or rmorem me- o the motor
Evening star., 1925-02-08

Because OF the high cost Of transpor-
tation Of wheat and -four from the in
terror Of Turkey it has been found
cheaper to bring those commodities
from, outside countries
Evening star., 1925-02-08

equipped with balloon tires and the
difficulty Of steering. The Rossgraph
explains the truth of this contention
and gives the facts graphically.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
new USE'FOR OLD CHAINS,
May Be Converted for Service to
Pull Out of Cutters.

The problem of whether TO use
chains when there il no snow or ice
on the streets except in the cutters
IL solved by temporarily using two
single chains on each wheel when
you fnd that you cannot get out of
parking space. Such chains can be
bought at accessory stores or made
out Of old tire chains.
They wrap around the tire through
the spokes Of the wheel. When you
have reached the center OF the road
or street you remove them until an
emergency again arises.
Evening star., 1925-02-08

A packing house at Zarate, Argen.
tina was recently sold to an English
syndicate for $7,625,000.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
Advice to Motorists.
INABILITY TO CLIMB
HILLS Is MORE OFTEN
FAULT OF DRIVER

Continued from Sixth Page.
Evening star., 1925-02-08

Again-Do Not Expect Long Trad
ing Allowances on Any Used Car
When You Come to Buy Chrysler
month:
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acceans qualities which thrill the cyer Six
As said June ast those qualities valuable and much
Without sake the amazing acviy performance and
the the Chrysler will bring
ox aeo%@s of more % and
Months the
invading markets and especially those of much higher
affect all motor ultimately all motor design
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whether
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Evening star., 1925-02-08
Drive This Home Today"

1924 Jewett Special Touring II ron want
good used car at the right price, here il j.
good tires, finish and upholstery in fnr shspe
equipped with 4.o5 balloon tires extra tire
rim ana cover mounted on the side; trunk
race and trunk combinat ation stop and taE
llgnt C. G. spring bumpers front and rear:
niotometer, side lights cowl: aIl-nicEeI
head lights, automatic windshield uine-
rear view mirror. sun visor. This car j. fu
ished in Lotus blue.
Roscoe says you can take il for $3.50 o.
down, terms on balance
This Is Car No. IA.
Evening star., 1925-02-08

Next Week-HelpinE the Battery.
(Copyrieht 1871
Evening star., 1925-03-01
HUGE HORSEPOWER
GENERATED BY AUTOS
$40, ,000,000 Units Developed i,
This Country-Experts Seek
Efficiency.

Three hundred and forty millior
horsepower is being generated in au
tomobiles in this country today, &C
cording to DR.. w. E. Durand, presi
dent OF the American Society of Me
cl1anical Engineers. The nation IL
being run on oil and gas. not stean
and water, as was true a quarter cen
tury ago. says the scientist, who es
Inmates that a l per cent saving IT
oil and gas fuel would run the entire
country for two days without cost. o.
New York City for Ave weeks each
year.
In the interest OF conservation OF
oil and gas for power purposes, i
engineering societies and Government
bureaus will meet April 20 to 25 ir
various parts of the country. The
attention OF experts is being focused
on economy and increasing the bene-
fits already derived from the power
obtained from oil and gas. Meetings
will be held in every city and tech
nical school in America to study con-
servation and new uses to which oil
and gas may be put for the benefit
of advancing civilization.
Among the organizations that will
participate in this enterprise are the
American Association of Engineers
American Chemical Society. American
Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers, American Petroleum In
stitute, American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers, American Society OF
Naval Engineers. American Society OF
Refrigerating Engineers, American
Institute OF Chemical Engineers
American Society Of Marine Design
ers, National Safety Council. National
Association of Stationary Engineers
Society of Automotive Engineers. So
ciety OF Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers, United States Bureau OF
Mines, United States Bureau OF Stand
Survey.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
Capital Streets
Held Best Paued
By Experts Study
Auenue Asphalt Still Ex.
celler,t After IS Years,
Report Sho,us.

Washin gton's streets and avenues
are the best paved of any OF the
great world capitals, and Pennsyl-
vania avenue holds the record dura-
bility in street construction, accord
ing to the Highways Information
Service. The asphalt pavement on
the National Capitals historic thor
oughfare has given service for 35 years.
years.
These pavements are maintained at
a yearly cost much less than that of
the average trunk line country high
way, II is indicated in the report of
the Engineer Commissioner. The aver
age cost of maintaining asphalt pave
ments here in 1923 was at the rate
Of $234.43 q mile of 1s-foot roadway.
The best pavements laid in Washing
ton average at present prices about
SO to s3.25 square yard, or at the
rate of $4,000 to $4,000 a mile.
"In connection with these costs of
annual repair" the report of the En-
gineer Commissioner states, "lt should
be considered that some of the streets
approximate an age OF 40 years and
that the average age of those we
have resurfaced in recent years eI-
ceeds 25 years"
Evening star., 1925-03-01
COUNTERFEIT PARTS
HOLD BIG MENACE
Autoists Urged to Have Repair
Work Done in Authorized
Service Stations.

Motorists are being warned by
dealers against the purchase of coun-
terfeit service parts and are advised
against having parts installed eX-
cept by service stations approved by
the factory which builds their car.
Recent experiments showed, in the
case of the Dodge Brothers rear
axle shaft, that the genuine shaft
withstood six complete turns in a
twisting test, while the best of sew
eral counterfeit shafts withstood
only one and three-Quarter turns.
Also. genuine steering knuckle bolt
bent almost double without break
ing when put under tremendous
pressure. When the same pressure
was applied to counterfeit bolt It
snapped in two Immediately.
Such tests show plainly that 1t
is dangerous to use counterfeit
parts" said Raphael semmes. presi-
dent of the Semmes Motor Co., local
Dodge Brothers distributors.
THE least that can be said for
such parts is that they are a source
of endless expense and inconvenience
to the man who is unfortunate
enough TO have them in his car. The
worst that can be said is that they
actually jeopardlze the safety of
passengers. Every man or woman
who ever drove car can readily ap-
preciate what might happen If a
vital part should give way on haz-
ardous grade. or in a street crowded
with swiftly moving traffic.
automobile owners can protect
themselves against such danger and
misrepresentation by having parts
installed only by service stations
approved by the factory which builds
their car The counterfeit part is
put on the market purely as a
money-making proposition. The au-
tomobile manufacturer makes parts
because they are a necessity and
convenience to his patrons, and he
makes them as well as he knows
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Evening star., 1925-03-01
Utility of Balloon Tires.

Motorists who considered balloon
tires lagt Summer and who wondered
what the effect would be in the snow
know now. Balloon tires actually
pack down the snow and make wide
road for themselves. The front tires
smooth the path for the rear ones
and thus offer them better traction.
In a tight place they will often dig
down to the pavement and thus pull
the car out.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
PROOF IN PRODUCTION.

Here is the way to decide whether
you should select any one of the new
car features: Ask yourself whether
it produces results. II a new fea-
ture adds complications and yet pro-
duces better results than could be
obtained without it, it is worth hav-
ing, just as it is worth putting $500
more into a car IL you can get $500
or more worth of return on the addi-
tional Investment
Evening star., 1925-03-01
Slogans for Safe
Driuing Not All
Tragedy Pictures

Most safety slogans are SOL
emn, mournful and calculated to
be terrifying. but occasionally a
lighter vein is introduced by eau
tion advocates. Some of these are
witty and full Of punch.
A sarcastic railroad man in the
East suggests to careless motor
lists: Better stop minute than
forever"
Not to be outdone, a locomotive
engineer offers this one: "Try
running into one of our locomo-
tives; they satisfy
The manager Of the Southern
Pacific hotel at Truckee Is cred
tied with this one:
stop! and let the train go by,
Hardly takes a minute;
Your car starts out again intact.
And better still-you're in it,"
Evening star., 1925-03-01
FAILURE TO SIGNAL UNSAFE.

Even the experienced driver lapses
into the habit Of failing to signal
his intention TO turn left if he is
following the beaten track of the
main highway. He should remember
that the man behind may be local
driver who, planning to take the dirt
continuation CT the road straight
ahead, figures that those ahead of
him are going the sa me way Every
body isn't travelling the broad high
way all the time. Signal always.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
STORE WINDOW rs MIRROR.

Store show windows can be OF great
assistance when making or leaving
a parking space. If you'll look into
the glass at your right you will be
able to see the space between tho
back of your car and the machine in
back of it, just as you would were
you standing on the sidewalk. This
obviates the necessity of asking pas
sengers In the car whether you have
room to back q little farther or Of
taking a chance IL you are alone. Try
It the next time you are driving
downtown.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
MUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS
"AIert, or Just IMPATIENT"


with safety until drivers alert instead of impatient
think
the subsequent stopping
the limit still
home
s
People clutter drive
compate
o
Most drivers conclusion
officers
Alertnes impatence. will simplify
Evening star., 1925-03-01
WRONG WAY TO PARK.
Front Wheels Should Not Be in
Mud or Snow.

The idea of burying the front
wheels in a mud bank or siush In
trying to keep as far as possible from
the street car line when parking is
the first rule OF getting stuck, chains
or no chains. If any part OF the car
is to be driven into the mud, let the
rear wheels dig in. The trouble with
getting the front of the car imbedded
Is that the rear wheels will not get
enough traction to pull out. But II
they are in the mud and the front
end is free, they will usually dig
out, just as they dug their way in.
If you don't quite catch the idea
just steer for some bank and stop
Then try to drive the front end into
the mud. You'll find the rear wheels
starting to spin, when there Is no
momentum of the car to bury the
front wheels.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
HINT ON CRANKING ENGINE.

In cranking the engine mako every
effort to prevent 1t from misflring.
When this happens, the gas, vapor
and spray in some of the cylinders
are not burning, thus condensing in
such way as to foul the plugs and
dilute the oil In the crankcase. 1t
IL usually the result of excessive use
of the choke or of an attempt to run
the engine too fast on too lean mix
ture. little practice in more effi-
.ient starting saves lot of trouble.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
RULE FOR SAFE DRIVING.

When following another car across
a ak. and trailing it to one
side so as to be partially obscured,
watch out for the pedestrian who fig
ures on waiting for only one car to
pass. In an Eastern city a woman
walked right into the rear wheel of
L car that happened TO be trailing
mother. The driver was In no way
% blame, but he would have given a
OF to be able TO avoid the accident.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
In the Spotlight.

Joyce BARBOUR has been, enga ged
> for 'Whirled Into Happiness"
opening in New York this week
Miss Barbour has been playing Ger
trude Lawrences roles in The Char
lot Revue"
Evening star., 1925-03-01

Florenz Ziegfeld evidently contem-
plates busy seasons ahead, as he has
contracted for the exclusive services
of Sigmund Romberg. the composer,
for the next five years.
Evening star., 1925-03-01

Helen Freeman will play the prin-
cipal role in Michel Auclalr," the
comedy by Charles Vildrac. which
opens at the Provincetown Playhouse
This week.
Evening star., 1925-03-01

TIME universal approval being accorded
the new Gardner Eight>in.line every.
- where in America is little short of
amazing.
In the few weeks since it was first an
nounced to the motoring public, this car
has won a place for itself in the hearts of
men and women from Broadway to the
Golden Gate and from the Canadian
border to the Gulf.
Car owners, dealers, distributors even
makers Of other ars-acclaimed it the
outstanding exhibit of the New York and
Chicago Automobile Shows. Within "a
hours after the curtain went up ON the
Cleveland Show, the Gardner distributor
for that territory wired: Gardner Eight
milne sensation of motor car industry.
Surpasses my fondest expectations"
Night after night, Philadelphia Show Wis
itors thronged the Gardner section for
view of the new car. The same thing
happened at Minneapolis, Pittsburgh,
Kansas City, Portland and other show
points.
Evening star., 1925-03-01

Helen Hayes will be the Cleopatra
in the production Of Shaw's Caesar
and Cleopatra which will open the
new Guild Theater, in New York,
March 23 or 80.