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Evening star., 1926-01-03
Help in Night Hazards.

Glaring headlights and insufficient
illumination on the highways at night
may be hazards, but Robbins b.
Stoeckel, Connecticut commissioner Of
motor vehicles, raises a new question.
At a recent gathering. Mr.. Stoeckel
raised the interesting question as to
what the situation would be IL auto
mobile lighting were 100 per cent per-
feet. He even went so far as TO spec
ulate as to what night driving would
be like If lighting were so perfect that
the streets and highways would be as
light as day.
Mr.. Stoeckel was OF the opinion that
conditions would be a lot worse than
they are now. The psychology of the
situation, as he sees It. is that the
hazards of night driving serve as a
warning to the average driver not to
repeat the mistakes of daylight driv-
ing.
If the highways were flood Of per
feet light night travel would increase
at an alarming rate. Drivers would
be tearing over the roads at top speed.
Traffic would be as hazardous as it
would be heavy.
Perhaps, as Mr.. Stoeckel suggests.
inability to see at night the way one
would like to is something Of a safe
guard. In this connection there is a
valuable parallel. Four-wheel brakes,
for instance, while providing for free
dom from skidding and quicker, surer
stopping. have not encouraged the
Evening star., 1926-01-03
PREDICTS NEW ERA
FOR AUTO TRUCKS
Expert Sees Day When Traf-
fic Highways Will Rival
Train Service.

A glance into the future, which
forecasts trains of tractors controlled
by air brakes and operating on regu-
lar dispatching service over special
trunk highways built above the tracks
on railroad rights of way, was por.
trayed by Maj. Elihu Church, trans
portation authority of the port of New
York, in an address delivered recently
before the Society of Automotive Engi-
neers in New York.
These trunk highways will be toll
roads, he said, and will be laid out
with the same care as to grades and
curves as the railroads. They will be
lighted. will be provided with tele-
phones at frequent intervals, and
there will be a regular wrecking and
repair service. Trailer trains and
conveys of trucks will be dispatched
on regular schedules, largely as the
Army transport was handled in France
during the war. Except where the
roads enter cities on a second level
above main railroads, they will pass
around cities and towns as belt roads,
so that the traffic on them will not
pass through dense local traffic, and
they will be carried over or under
transverse roads. They will be built
with capital invested by farmers and
others interested in the development,
as toll roads formerly were built.
4 Traffic Necessity.
The necessity for such roads will
grow out of the increasing traffic con-
geStion on the present highways and
the inadequacy of the present high
ways to accommodate the light, fast
passenger vehicles and the slow, cum
berSome motor trucks at the same
time.
Congestion on Manhattan Island is
causing a loss of $500 1000 a day, and
the horse is coming back, said Maj
Church. Seventy-three out of every
100 trucks in West street are horse
drawn, because waits to load and un-
load at steamship and rail terminals
are too long.
A motor truck costs 6 cents min.
ute, whether it is moving or standing,
and a trucking company charges by
the hour and not by the miles
travelled. Owing to congestion, the
average speed OF motor trucks on the
island is only miles an hour, and the
average running time in an S-hour
dav is only hours. the other being
spent in waiting, loading and unload
ing.
Cost of Handling.
These conditions make haulage in
New York City tremendously eX-
pensive. In many instances the cost
is from 10 to 16 times the amount
paid to the railroad for the rail haul.
AS solution, Maj Church proposed
union freight stations located in the
centers of ~ districts into which the
city would be divided, at each of which
freight for all transportation lines
would be received and sorted, and
then hauled in full truck loads des-
tined for each railroad or steamship
terminal. The railroad terminals
should be in the outlying parts of the
city.
AS Manhattan does as much busi-
ness as 10 ordinary cities, he said
each of the 10 freight districts would
handle an equivalent amount of
freight and the distance that the
trucks would have to haul goods to
and from the district union stations
would be relatively short.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
NEW DEVICE TESTS
DR|VER'SA ACCURACY
Judgment of Speed in Safe
Operation Is Graded
in Trials.

Judgment of speed and distance
perhaps the most vital factor in safe
automobile operation, has at last be-
come subject to thorough and accu-
rate test. Special apparatus, devised
by the University of Pennsylvania
psychology department, makes
rapid and comprehensive appraisal OF
the would-be motorists capacity to
think and act quickly and records his
behavior in emergencies.
The test, adopted by taxicab COM
pany with excellent success, has
elected favorable comment from traffic
safety experts.
The principal apparatus used in the
tests includes a miniature electric rail-
way, a projecting camera, a signal
light system and a drivers seat
f1anked by levers approximating those
used in controlling the mechanism of
an automobile.
Two Electric Cars.
The first phase of the test involves
the operation of two cars on the elec-
trio railway. One car runs continu-
ously at varying rates of speed. From
his drivers seat" which commands
a view Of the entire railway system,
the person taking the test operates a
small lever WHICH COlltlOlo AiiOFS
ments of the second car.
The tracks are SO constructed that
the paths of the two cars are certain
to cross at various intervals. In ad-
dition, there are a number OF sharp
turns to be negotiated. The success
with which the person taking the tesf
meets these various traffic hazards Is
measured entirely by the Judgment he
shows in stopping and starting the
car he controls and in increasing and
diminishing it's speed.
Thus this phase Of the test provides
an excellent basis upon which TO judge
prospective chauffeur's ability to
measure distance and estimate the
speed of moving objects. as well as
his tendency toward 'reckleSsness."
In the second phase Of the test the
driver, with certain hand and foot
levers at his command. faces a bat
terry of electrically controlled signals,
all of which call for a different move
ment on his part.
In the third phase photographs pic
turing an automobile in various traffi'
situations are shown, and the driver,
assuming himself to be at the wheel
of the car, indicates as rapidly as pos
sible the course he would adopt under
the circumstances.
Emergency Action Tried Out.
The signal light phase is designed
to show an automobile drivers reac-
ton to suddenly projected situations
while the series of photographs is en-
ployed to determine his reaction under
actual driving conditions.
The entire test is given in six min
utes, but before it is taken an appli-
cant is given ample time to familiarize
himself with the meaning of the vari-
Gus signals and the operation Of the
apparatus controlled by him.
Possibility of error in grading the
subject of the tests is virtually elimi-
mated by the fact that every move
ment he makes is automatically re-
corded by impressions made on a roll
of paper inserted in a recording ma.
chine. At the conclusion Of the test
this paper record is removed and the
record compared with another show
ing a perfect score.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
AUTO DEALERS J0|N
IN WAR ON RUBBER
$4,000 Enlist in Campaign to
Break British Monopoly,
Is Report.

Fifty thousand automobile dealers
are being enlisted by the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce In
the campaign launched by Secretary
Hoover to break the British monopoly
of rubber. Car and truck manu-
facturers are calling upon their local
representatives to assist in the
stretch your rubber" movement, and
special instruction on the better use
Of tires will be included with each
vehicle sold
Twenty-Five per cent more service
can be secured from tires. in the
opinion Of Mr.. Hoover, if the public
will adopt more care in their use
This modification in the demand for
rubber will combat the present British
control, which has forced rubber up to
81 per pound.
The present prices of rubber are ex-
torting 100000. 900 annually from the
American public above what would
be fair price to permit the planta
tons to operate profitably. Opposi-
ton is not to proper price for the
rubber planter, but to governmental
control. which artifcially raises prices
America uses 20 per cent Of the
worlds rubber supply and the growth
of motor transportation has made
possible the high prices of the East
lndlan rubber combine.
The decline of % per cent in demand
Is expected to have a strong effect in
balancing the rubber market.
There are four ways in which the
motoring public can get more service
from it's tires:
!. Maintain proper air pressure.
z. Make tire repairs promptly.
j. Anticipate stops by using bra kes
gently, hence reducing sudden friction
4. Round corners slowly
A further virtue of these instruc-
tions is that when observed the car
will be under better control and the
careful driving will have a favorable
effect upon safety.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Yours for the Asking.

Many car could climb hills to
better advantage If its accelerator
were adjusted to permit a wider open
ing Of the throttle. How about yours?
Have you noticed that when your ac-
celerator is all the way down to the
floor the hand control for the gas Is
capable Of opening the throttle still
farther? Where accelerators are ad-
Unstable they are sometimes set to a
point where they do not open the
throttle wide enough for steep hill
work The effect is as though the
engine lacked pep. Try using the
hand throttle control some time If
you suspect the accelerator adjust
ment There may be difference.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Did You Know That

The use of carbon removers in an
engine that is filled with carbon tends
to cause poor seating valves? The
carbon particles, when disturbed and
loosened from the cylinder head, must
find escape somewhere. In passing
through the exhaust valve ports they
have habit of catching and lodging
around the valve seats. A carbon
preventive used in the engine when 1t
is clean is the better bet.
Care must be taken in attaching
radiator fronts to cellular radiators in
order to avoid cutting the cells and
causing a leak? A tubular radiator
does not require such considerate
treatment.
The breaker points on the car are
clean and properly adjusted If the
engine starts promptly, provided how
ever that the carburetor is not set for
an extra rich mixture? Bad starting
is always a cue to inspect the points.
Conversely good starting is tip to
leave them alone.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
BERLIN THEATERS SEEK
DULL BUSINESS CAUSES
Diversified Taste of Postwar
Period Partly Blamed for
Low Receipts.
By the Associated Dress.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. January 2.-Something
more than the economic difficulties of
the people is the matter with the Ger
man theater, in the opinion Of lead
ing producers and playwrights inter
viewed by the Brsen Courier con-
cerning the theatrical crisis in this
country.
Leopold Jessner, director of the
state theaters. believes the chief diff
culties lie in that postwar patrons
are too diversified to make it possible
to please everybody.
Ernst Toller, revolutionary dram
atist, insists that the managers lack
the courage to produce plays appeal
ing to the broad masses and are still
trying to please. the tired business
man."
Klabund, author Of 1.-The ChaIked
Circle" pleads for simplicity Of plot
instead Of the problem plays recently
in vogue.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
tourists and transcontinental speeders

tourists and transcontinental speeders
for these folk!
Several automobile clubs are inves.
tigating charges that bootleg gasoline
is being dispensed from tanks bearing
well known labels.
There is little ado about it, but the
long -heralded carburetor that would
gasify kerosene Is already at work on
some 100000 automobiles.
When plans for the new model went
wrong the Ford factory found its pro.
duction limited to 10000 cars in
August How the machinery must
have enjoyed its vacation!
A new six has taken. the place Of a
famous four. A new straight eight
supplements a bigger straight eight.
A new six is outselling q v eight that
was unique Of its kind. A lighter six,
together with a current six, will call
for the demise of another famous v
eight. A manufacturer Of skies Is
cleaning up with a new four. How
restless these manufacturers be.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
TEACHING AIDS TEACHER.
Autoist Can Gain Proficiency by
Helping Others.

Teaching others the fine points of
motoring enables one to become IA
miliar with the things already learned.
If driver will show others how to
get a quick start in cranking a cold
motor, he will not only become pro-
ficient in the art himself but also be
prepared to learn some other tricks
himself. The thing that keeps so
many drivers back is their inability
to remember the things they have
learned. Attempting to teach what
they have learned helps to fix the
facts In mind and makes the accumu.
lstion q additional kacwiedse just
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Changing Tires for Ice.

So long as the rear tires are going
to be chain equipped when the car is
30 be operated over ice and snow why
not transfer the best tires to the
front. so that when trying to steer
out OF rut the front wheels will grip
better? The skidding of front wheels
is q nuisance which can be largely
eliminated by transferring tho non
skid rear ahoes to the front.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Follow q Good Driver.

Sometimes it doesn't pay 10 get
ahead of the other fellow. Nowhere is
this better illustrated than in pass
ing chauffeur-driven car. A good
chauffeur is a good man TO follow.
He drops dozens of tips in the course
OF a short run down the avenue, but
these are lost when one is running
ahead OF him. 1t is good practice
sometimes to get behind a good driver
and watch him. 1t is worth trying.
Ones mistakes in driving thus become
pronounced.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Let the Engine Do It.

Very often when the radiator drain
cock is opened water will not run
out at the start. This is due to the
collection of sediment at the drain.
or course, this sediment can be dis
lodged by inserting a match stick or
nail UP the drain opening, but the
handiest way of starting the water
running is to run the engine fast fer
few minutes
Evening star., 1926-01-03
What's the Answer2

/. Why should the car be run for a
while after water is added to the stor-
age battery?
2. What is the idler gear in the
front-end drive?
3. What is the advantage Of offset
cylinders?
4. What is the main requirement Of
any oil or chemical used as fuel for
an automobile engine?
S. How many crankpins has the
crankshaft Of a Weight engine?
(Think these over during the week
and look for the answer next Sunday
in this department. You may be
wrong).
fCopyright 1897
Evening star., 1926-01-03
HEADLIGHT GLARE
PROBLEM IS TOPIC
Device to Permit Dimming of
Left Light Only Proposed
at Hearing.

VIII the problem of headlight glare
eventually be solved by a device that
VIII permit dimming of the left light
only when approaching another car?
This proposal, made during a recent
nearing on headlight problems by the
Stapley motor vehicle commission in
Rochester, n. ", was accorded more
support than any other introduced.
suggestions for relief from a con-
ditiun that is evoking interest every
where were laid before the commits
sion by car makers, engineers. legis.
IatorS and motorists. While there was
little unanimity of opinion, the ma
5ority seemed to favor the type of
light that could be adjusted to throw
Its strongest rays on the right side
OF the road.
Effort Made to Educate Public.
This possible solution of the prob
lem was offered by Henry NJ. Crane,
who pointed out that efforts were be-
ing made to educate the public that
headlights were an important safety
feature, not merely an appurtenance
of the car. Manufacturers are fully
alive to the seriousness of the prob
lem that has been brought about by
Iad1ca changes in automobile design,
Mr.. Crane declared
Il hope that the legislatures VIII not
define how car manufacturers shall
bring about a reform in the headlight
situation said Mr.. Crane, because
the headlight problem can be solved
in different ways. 1t is the result
that legislatures should be interested
IN, not how that result is obtained.
improvements cannot come by force.
Some will come by education En-
couragement should be given to the
men working TO perfect a system with
-
suit in greater safety.
Modern Car Described.
THE modern car is two feet lower
than the machine of 10 years ago and
the driver is seated so low as to
allow but four feet between his eye
range and the roadway. This gives
but small radius for headlight detlec-
ton. Radical changes in spring de-
sign, which yield at least so per cent
greater tlexibility. tend TO complicate
the problem further.
"A peculiar psychology governs the
average motorists attitude toward
headlights which puts him in the po-
Sition of obiecting to the general
glare. but taking no steps to rectify
the situation aS it applies to his own
car"
Shows Movable Spotlight.
A representative of a manufactur-
ing company displayed Il movable
spotlight which he believes will sup
plant the ordinary headlight. The
spotlight, which is being used eX-
tenSively it is said, in some States
in the West and Middle West, is
adjusted to the left side of the road
and throws it's beams diagonally over
the front of the car to illuminate
the right side of the highway. If
the light is properly adjusted there
is no danger of its glaring into the
eyes of the driver of an approaching
vehicle, the demonstration said
Evening star., 1926-01-03
COLD TIGHTENS SPRINGS.
Car Will Ride Less Comfortably
During Winter.

II the car rides hard in Winter just
blame it on the cold. Spring control
devices of the coil type are subject
to slight contraction in cold weather.
Even if they have been frightened,
several days of moderately low tenn.
perature will serve to give the i'm.
preston Of fiat tires. In contracting,
the control devices take up a certain
necessary clearance and hold the
springs taut. If the car rides hard
after the cold weather begins, the de-
vices probably have been too tight all
along. If cold weather makes no
difference, it indicates that there has
been too much clearance before.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Cause of Brake Screech.

Screeching brakes are evidence of
dirty brakes. provided the brake lin
Ing still is in good condition. If
the brake lining is worn, it often hap
pens that an exposed rivet Will scrape
against the brake drum.
1t Is well to remember that 1t is
not always possible to determine the
condition of brake lining by looking
at its edge. Wear takes place more
to the center and If the bands are not
concentric with the drums wear may
be very irregular.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
AVOID EXCESS OF OIL.
Winter Weather Can and Does
Play Tricks on Indicator.

Next to making the mistake Of
thinking that the engine has plenty Of
oil because the indicator registers
full" the biggest fabrication error
in cold weather driving is to assume
that the engine needs oil just because
the indicator does not register full"
Often the oil has not had a chance
to drip back into the crankcase and
act upon the indicator float This is
usually the case when a driver starts
a cold engine, backs out of the garage.
and switches off the engine The con.
gealed oil drips or flows back to the
crankcase so slowly that for a few
minutes the register will not show
full" At this point, most car owners
rush for the gallon oil can and add too
much oil.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
CAR CLEANING HINTS,
Rock Machine Few Times Before
Rubbing Off Water.

The hood should be the first part
OF the car to dry with the chamois
when bringing the car in out of the
wet. 1t helps to make a good job of
the windows if the dome light in the
car is turned on. Rub the body of the
car with the chamois gently and as
little as possible. Rock the car few
Zines before starting to work in order
tD obviate having water drip off the
ecp when the body is dry. Use two
chamois; one for the windows and
upper body. one for the tenders, bump
ers, wheels and aprons.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
ACTUAL DRIVING BEST
TEST FOR CHAUFFEUR
Maryland Commissioner Of Motor
Vehicles Declares Experience
Is Main Requirement.

Practical eXperience-in other words,
actual driving-Surpasses laboratory
tests designed to determine a chauf-
feur's ability to drive an automobile
safely. according to E. Austin Baugh-
man. Maryland commissioner Of motor
vehicles.
The commissioner made this state
ment in commenting on the special
laboratory tests devised by DR.. Morris
S. Viteles Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania's department Of psychology, to
determine a persons ability to drive
safely, and given under conditions
making it unnecessary to jeopardize
lives and preperty.
TESTS as proposed by DIR. Eiteles,
If put into operation at this office,
would necessitate the employing of an
additional Office force and also take
up too much time" said Commissioner
Baughman. "At present automobile
operators licenses are issued to all
persons physically able to give a salts
factory demonstration. Particular at.
tention is paid to the examination of
the eyes of applicants. Skill in driv.
ing motor vehicles develops from
practice. Different situations con
front drivers every day on the streets
and highways. They require quick
thinking to avoid collision"
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Taxicab Builders.
Have Newest Note
In Cars for Hire

Having exhausted all possible
color combinations, taXicab makers
have tackled design to provide
the newest note in vehicles for hire.
The latest is the motor cycle cab
now in service in Baltimore. Two
Of these machines, the vanguard OF
a fleet Of 100. and the first Of their
kind in the United States, already
are on the streets. They are at
tracing a great deal of attention.
To q standard make Of motor
cycle is added a sedan-type side,
car which seats two passengers.
Cheaper and more flexible trans
portation is claimed for the new
vehicle.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Power at the Peak.

Just to know that an engine de.
velops so horsepower does not mean
anything to the experienced motorist
when car shopping. He always asks
"At what engine speed does the en-
gine reach it's peak power?" This
tells him whether the engine is a
high-speed or low-speed type, and he
can use his judgment as to whether
the car is one that can offer high
speed engine with assurance of long
engine life,
Evening star., 1926-01-03
An Extra Reduction.

When an automobile price reduction
Is announced, the public is apt to over
look a second saving which the re-
duction brings. This is in the war
tax If car is reduced In the amount
of $500, the saving is greater than
1t appears on the surface, for S25 is
saved on war tax also.
Evening star., 1926-01-03
RUBBER TASTE DIFFERS.
Hawaii Buys It in Tires, Alaska
in Boots and Shoes.

Geography plays an important part
IN the use as well as in the growth of
rubber. In October Hawaii took
more rubber shoes for automobiles
than for humans. Tire castings valued
at S9o,615 were exported to the island.
The situation, as it applied to Alaska
was exactly the reverse. Alaska
bought s14,479 worth of boots and
shoes as against 81 Jas in auto tires.
Evening star., 1926-01-03

when cranking the engine by hand Is
1t necessary to have the choke remain
out of it's own accord, and then it
would be a simple matter to remove
the spring temporarily. Most of the
new engines require but a few seconds
Of choking
Evening star., 1926-01-03
Sign New, at Least.

This sign was seen on the rear of
a dilapidated car driven by college
boys EN- route to a foot ball game: Fol
low us and get your Ford parts free"
Evening star., 1926-01-03

Assembled automobiles exported
during September. 1925, totaled 22,814.
as compared with 1896, for Septem-
ber, 1924, according to Census Bu-
reau reports
Evening star., 1926-01-03
For Those Who Forget

A spring attached to the choker
valve at the carburetor is the remedy
for forgetting to push in the choker
after the engine has started ONLY.