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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER lb
agg&U TOMOBILE SECTtGjj^^
THE VS U N D AY
g MOTORI STV.j
( " MagazineJbr Car Owners -MgL
EDITED BY *> a A
Axj& WILLIAM ULLMAN -
PROGRESS STUNTED
ANEV^
Every motorist h.is n rr ■> 4 to
rrgrct the circumstances which
have resulted In the action of New
York in prohibiting the sale of
ethyl-treated gasoline, according
to those who know- the inside story
on the lead poisoning cases nt the
Standard Oil Company's Elizabeth
plant nnd who believe in being
guided by the Judgment (of those
who know more nbout the use of
this anti-knock compound than
the public officials will be likely
to know within the next two years.
Persons are being killed in the
work of developing a more scien
tific fuel but as yet three Is no
proof that the sale of this sub
stance is detrimental to public
health. Thousands of persons have
lost their lives experimenting with
automobiles nnd In manufacturing
them, but the sale and use of auto
mobiles has not been prohibited, it
Is pointed out.
The same sort of wild rumors
that were circulated regarding the
hazards Of fohr-wlieel brakes are
now being circulated regarding
morn efficient fuel concoctions.
Knowing this, many progressive
motorists are ready to accept the
Judgment of the manufacturers, en
gineers nnd oil people who have
gone Into it seriously nnd with full
knowledge of what they were
doing.
it Is generally viewed ns re
grettable, however, that the (len
eral Motors Corporation nnd the
Standard Oil Company did not im- j
mediately issue a comprehensive |
stntement regarding what they .
know of this fuel adulterant. That.
might have forestalled such drastic
action as prohibition of Pte sale of
tetm-ethyl lead.
As matters now stand It may i
take neveral years to win back
health authorities to a belief that I
the gas is harmless for motor use,
assuming that It Is.
Public suspicion sometimes ei{mcH
high.
THE OLD
MECHANIC SAYS:
Don't have too much fixed ai one
time, particularly if you're lookin'
for the remdey to some trouble
that's likely to return again.
Here's the idea: fctuppose the enr
larks power. You go to the ser
vice station nnd try to get it fixed
U". The mechanic who takes over
ilie Job tells you that It might be
carbon, It might be too little clear
ance in tile valves, it might to*
your carburetor out of adjustment
or the brakes may bs drnggln.'
You know it's all possible, nnd
rather than have the trouble an
other day you tell him to go ahead
and tune up the whole business,
even If It takes a couple of days.
When you get the car back It's
right. You're trouble's gone. Hut
Just v. hat was the trouble?
There's the bitch. You're still In
the dark. The next time Ijie en
gine gets off its truck you'll either
have to flounder about for a
remedy or drive down to the ser
vice station and tell 'em to go over
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Never before in this field has there been a car
with so many compelling attractions at so low a
price. It is causing a genuine sensation. Uphol
stery is of mohair cloth. Doors are fitted with
interior and exterior locks respectively. At the
rear is a solidly built trunk platform. Ride it,
drive /V—and you’ll want it.
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ADVANCED SIX SERIES-SPECIAL SIX SERIES
Models range from $1095 to $2290, f.o. b. factory
TOMPKINS MOTOR CO.
615 BROAD STREET.
the whole shootln' match again.
Now it you'd Just say to the re
pairer, "Hupposo we start with a
better adjustment of the carbure
tor nnd sco If that pro'Caa'-e. any
rcHtilts.” the chances are that you'd
save yourself a lot of time nnd ex
pense. Maybe the new adjustment
would Just tul*n the trick. Then
again you might bnve to try one or j
two other possibilities. Hut you
wouldn't have to try everything
Just to land one particular trouble.
When chaps come In here with
blanket orders for work I do one
thing at a time nnd take the car
out betwono each Job to see \f I've
caught the trouble. J give some of
'em some mighty pleasant sur
prises.
POPULAR
FALLACIES
Tires do not pick up air pres
sure In riding. What happens la
this- A motorist Inflates his tires
at the garage before ho starts out.
There Is no one In Ills cnr. loiter
on when the car Is loaded with pas
sengers and luggage he stops to
rend the pressure, only to find It
higher than It was hark nt the
g'nrnge. It figures that he has
"picked up nir,” wiiereas it is sim
ply Increased air pressure as a re
sult of squeezing the tire by mak
ing it support more weight.
Automobile salesmen sometimes
show prospects a graph represent
ing torque and horsepower curves,
anil state that the engine develops
Its greatest power where the curves
cross. Engineers contend that this
is not so—That the curves could bo
plotted just ns accurately without
making them even touch.
A low speed engine ran be made
to wear out Just as quickly ns a
high speed ope. It depends upon
the use to which the driver puts his
car If a low speed motor Is rnndo
to deliver a car spedo of forty miles
an hour too frequently there Is
every reason why It should wear
out ns quickly as a high speed
motor that Is called upon to de
liver only thirty miles per hour as
a steady diet.
LESSONS FROM
ACCIDENTS
How often hnve you sahl when
npprnnchlng a railway crossing,
•'There can't he unytliing coming,
other motorists are crossing the
Ckl "" I tore Is a brief story of
grief that best explains why this
sort of assumption should be eli
minated from your driving habits:
It vvnH at a point where an Inter
urbsn cnr line crosses the main
highway. Just as a certain motor
ist approached the crossing utr
ollier machine was approaching It
from the opposite direction. The
Hist driver could see the cnr truck
to tlte left nnd nssumed that be
cause the other driver could see the
Hack to (he light of the first driver
the crossing was safe. "Else why
should the driver cross over?" rea
soned driver number one.
It appears that the second driver
wns taking a chance against fate.
Naturally the first driver wns not
to know Hint he wns taking n
chance on another's warped Judg- ]
ment until the itnerurban car.
struck him.
DID YOU KNOW—
That ground cork is sometimes
put Into the gear lubrication by
unscrupulous used car sharks in
order to camouflage rasjdng
noises?
That In tightening up spark
plugs may loosen the connections, j
That you should tjever cross a
small bridge while a motor truck 1
Is on It? Despite regulations |
overloaded trucks are quite the
weight of your car rnay tax the
capacity of the bridge.
MAKING GOOD
TIME
Making good time on a trip is
not a question of speeding, but of
minimizing the time taken for
shifting of gears and accelerating.
The ability to shift quickly, think
quickly, stop lagging and avoid
getting off on the wrong road will
suffice to cut down the running
lime considerably.
GASSING THE
COPS
It is now known that dense
traffic produces a quantity of car
-I,on monoxide gas sufficient to
give those who must remain on the
street for nny length of time head-,
aches and other simllnr allm<Aits.
Traffic officers are said to he af
fected to such an extent In some
cases as to render them unfit for
the Job of handling traffic intelli
gently and pleasantly. As soon as
a cop gets thoroughly gassed he is
very likely to start passing it back
to the motorist. He will he In
clined to bawl out drivers for no
apparent reason.
Motorists can minimize this
gassing of the traffic cop by en
deavoring to run on as lean a car
buretor mixture ns possible. When
traffic halts for a long period of
time Hie engine should be switched
off. In no event should the motorl
l»t beat lime an the accelerator or
race Ills engine for the fun of hear
ing it roar. Every increase in the
carbon monoxide content of the gas
laden air means making the traffic
cop Just that much less able to
perform Ills duties cheerfully.
Classing the cop Is an indirect
way of gassing yourself.
ANOTHER VIEW
OF IT
Despite the faet that automobile
fatalities are increasing In absolute
numbers at the rate of 2,000 a year,
the 1923 death rate per 10,000 re
gistered automobiles Is hut about
half of the 1916 rate. Considering
that approximately 12,00,000 peoplo
Imvo lenrned to drive ears since
1916 one cannot view these facts
with unytliing but the conviction
that the average driver Is succeed
ing In being more careful. Tndny
the driver has five times as many
vehicles to run into nnd to avoid,
nnd four out of every five of these
drivers have had less than eight
yenrs experience.
TO KEEP
OLD TUDE
It Is usually u problem to know
what to do with that spars tube
that you letvve In the garage be
cause you have nn extra one rolled
up In n box under the sent cushion.
Homo drivers carelessly hang it up
on the nearest protruding nail, in
tending to find n better place for it
later, hut only to discover that tho
nail head has rut through. Others
fold up the tube nny old way a (id
find it more or less useless should
they ever hnve need for It. The
hotter way to keep tho old tub Is
'to Insert It in one of those dis
carded shoes Hint are always
rHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
The Dimming Question
By Williamson
f fs- ■ - - 'N
W7HEN A FELLOW /DOC, I WANT TO GET
SIGNALS FOR YOU |OF THOSE STAINED GLASS SUNj
TO DIM IT MEANS L VISORS THAT WILL STOP/"
YOUR LIGHTS ARE {THE GLARE OF CROSS;/
NOT PROPERLY \ETED HEADLIGHTS.r
THE BEAM DOWN \ FAVORITE CHURCH
INTO THE ROAD AND V >r —- J
YOU WSN*T BLIND
f f 'i ( r —
JSOME or THOSE ' N J SLIP IT UNDERI
)BIRDS MUST BE USIN’V ( YOUR HAT BRIM I
( X-RAYS FOR HEADLIGHTS) / LIKE THIS-WHEN)
/ AND WOULDN’T DIM ’EM/ YOU DUCK YOUR )
TO HEAR THE SPHINX S ( HEAD A-LITTLE <
\ SING "YES WE HA VC 1 ) IT FILTERS THE
/ NO BAN ANAS’V— ' ( RAYS AND KILLS
r- ~\ v —v THE GLARE. /
< DECORATIN’)
.—I YOUR FACE WITH A V
(GREEN EYESHADE AND J
} YOU’LL BE AS HAPPY <
Driving sgainst glaring head
lights is nn art, but even nn artist
will have to keep his windshield
fre« from moisture anil dust if ho
wants to live long and die happy.
Perhaps you have ridden behind
drivers who never slackened their
pace when passing a car with
blinding headlights. It may be
recklessness, but the chances are
thta they have mastered the art.
That nrt can be mastered if you
will learn to look at the road just
over your right fender Instead of
the usual distance ahead. Before
the car gets too close to you, esti
mate the width of the road and the
distance you will have to travel
before passing the other car. Then
get over on your side of the road
anil stay there until you pass.
If you can not master this, then
get a transparent eyeshade and
use It ns Doc directs. This is more
satisfactory than s piece of cel
luloid attached to the wlndshied.
as the latter is likely to get in the
around the private garage, ami in
flate It.
NOT SO
COMFORTABLE
"With the advent of balloon tiros
a lot of motorists have tried the
plan of driving with their regular
cords underinflated. This can be
done in some instances, particular
ly with seven-ply shoes, without
any sacrifice in tire mileage worth
considering, but It is not nlways ns
comfortnble ns you might imagine.
When there is too much play in the
side walls of a cord tire the spring
action is not quite normal. If the
springs are equipped with recoil
control devices there may be addi
tional discomfiture. With cords
both under and over-inflation are
uncomfortable. It is well to re
member that a cord tire cannot be
made to give the same results as
a balloon tire.
POINT TO
REMEMBER
A radiator that neither leaks nor
discharges freely through the over
flow plpo should be drained off
more frequently than one that re
quires frequent additions of water.
If the cooling system has a habit
of discharging water through the
radiator overflow pipe when the
engine first warms up the system
will keep exceptionally clean be
cause sediment Is likely to be forc
ed upwards as the water bubbles
upward to overflow.
(Copyright 1924 by The Ullman
Feature Service)
United States
Example In Motor
Road Building
The recent visit of a distinguish
ed group of Pan-American road en
gineers to the United States has re
sulted In stimulating greatly the
laying out and building of good
reads all over the Western Hemis
phere. according to Information re
ceived by Roy D. Chapin, chairman
of the Hoard of Directors of the
Hudson Motor Car Co., and chair
man of the good roads commute of
the N. A. C. C.
"The work will not be completed
In a dny." said Mr Chapin, "but
the seed has been town and the
inspiration Is there. Lively good
roads campaigns are under way in
a number of countries. The whole
subject will come to a more de
finato head at the first Pan Ameri
can highway conference at Buenos
Aires next May. There are parti
cularly optimistic reports from
Argentina, Brazil. Cuba. Guatema
la. Mexico and Nicaragua.
"An encouraging fact is that the
leaders are laying out in each case
a national system of roads, so that
development can proceed logically
and effectively.
“The Argentine ambassador to
the United States. Dr. Honorlo
Pueyrredon, who accompanied the
Pan-American mission on its
American tour, will soon be in
South America. He is one of the
most enthusiastic sponsors of an
adequate system of good roads
built under a national plan. He is
to make good roads one of the im
portant commercial questions
which he will discuss with Argen
tine officials when he arrives home.
“In Mexico a highway association
line of your vision and cause an ac
cident. Do not try to look through
the shade. Duck your head Just
enough to get the celluloid be
tween the lights and your eyes, but
peep out from under it at the road.
The majority of states are seek
ing legislation which will kill the
glare of headlights. The most of
them make it compulsory to dim
when meeting another car. If you
have any influence with your legis
lators, you can be of service to the
motorist and help Increase the
safety of the road by working for
an adjustment la»v to repjace the
dimming regulation. Lights thrown
down into the road will not blind
you, but if you are forced to dim
your lights suddenly and get over
near the edge of the road you may
go into the ditch. Did you ever
go Into a movie from a sunny street
and have to grope around to find
a seat? The effect is the oiame
when you are forced to dim. Think
it over.
Is being formed. In Cuba a bill
is to bo introduced shortly into
Congress for the immediate con
struction of a Cuban central high
way. The Cubans are thorolghly
awake to the possibilities of good
roads.
“A factor of Importance is that
railroad construction Is almost pro
hibitive in cost in such coqntries
as Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
The governments of those countries
are especially Interested in high
ways which will in part at least
take over the usual tasks of the
railways.
"In other countries the more nor
mal conditions of the motor roads
as a valuable and essential ad
junct of railroads, for the proper
development of the national re
sources is to be expected."
HAPSBURGS GATHER
LINDAU:—A gathering of nearly
all of the 60 living members of the
Hapsburg family took place here
recently, almost unnoticed by the
world. Hapsburgers from many
countries assembled In a local hotel.
Arehduko Friedrich, formed com
mander-in-chief of the Austro-
Hungarian army, presided at tho
meeting.
Friedrich, with his wife, son and
six daughters came from Budapest.
Archduke Eugen came from Basle,
and his sister Marlo-Chrlstine,
mother of the King ofSpain.from
Madrid. She had visited ex-em
peress Zita at Lequltio, Spain, be
fore she left to beseeefc. Zita's ap
proval of the meeting. According
to the law of the house of Haps
burg. to which the family still ad
heres, Zita is the head of the family
and has authlrlty over all its mem
bers.
The discussions of the members
of this once reigning family. It Is
declared, did not turn to politics,
but were virtually limited to con
sideration of the family fortunes.
BUSINESS
IS GOOD
THERE’S A REASON
GREEN’S
Auto Repairing and
Welding and Cutting.
121-125 sth St. Phone 3639
WHITTON &
PRITCHARD
All Kinds Machine
Work.
General Auto and Truck
Repairing
Truck Service Stetlon
and Parti
Phone 1637. 575 Broad St.
Durant Smashes Wall Street
For His Third Come-back
NEW YORK.—Fear, caution and
suspicion—but mostly sea how
Wall street viewed William C. Du
rant, the auto king, four years ago.
Then, in 1920, the smash came.
The DuPonts and the Morgans took
over his interests in General Motors.
His fabulous fortune, estimated vari
ously from 550,000,000 to $100,000,000
crumbled. He was considered broke.
Wall street smiled a self-satisfied
smile. These u». tarts must be kept
in their places!
Four years have passed. Durant
seemingly passed out of the picture.
He was almost unhear of. But quiet
ly he was mapping his campaign. Re
cently he considered himself ready.
Then he came out In the open.
A series of smashes and assaults on
Wail street followed. Durant cleaned
i up $10,000,000.
THIRD COMEBACK.
Again fear has crept into the mar
row of Wall street’s bones.
Again Wall street is watching him
cautiously. For the rumor Is that
Durant has only started. And Wall
street respects his ability.
Durant has "come back" three
times. He is 63 and is considered a
wizard in high finance.
He was born in Boston. When he
was nine he pioved with his parents
to Detroit, which was to become the
automobile center of the world. A
few years later he established his
home in Flint, Mich., where he began
his long business career.
At 17 he was still a clerk. At 21
his natural organizing ability began
to show and he organized the Durant-
Dort Carriage Company with a capi
tal of $2,000. In 1904 he organized
the Buick Motor Company. He built
only 16 cars the nrst year.
It was not until 190 S that Wall
street heard qf W. C. Durant. Just
before the panic had spent its course
he organized the General Motors
Company, putting into it the Buick
Company, the Cadillac (for which
he paid $5,000,000 cash), the Olds
mobile, Oakland and several others.
Wall street saw his company de
veloping fast. It was a lucious melon
and they longed to sink' their teeth
into it. They did.
Within two years he lost control of
General Motors when he was forced
to sell five-year notes In the street.
His company had expanded so fast he
v \,
W. C. DURANT.
THE NEW STUDEBAKER STANDARD SIX DUPLEX-PHAETON, $1145
This new-type car solves an
old-time family problem
STANDARD SIX
113*1 W.B. SO H P.
S-Paik Duplei'Fhartoa $1145
'Pm». Du pies 'Roadster 1125
l-PaM. Covpe'Road*!ex. 1395
s'Psm. Coup* e • • • 1495
S Pm. Sedan 1595
S-Vmm. IWritna • • . . 1950
4-m heel brakes, 4 disc wheels,
S6O extra
SPECIAL SIX
120*1 W. a 65 H P.
S-Psm. Duplex-Phaeton $1495
i-Pim. Duplex -Romduee 1450
4-Pim. Victoria • • • e 2050
vPut. Sedan 2150
5 Pxm. Berlin* . . . . 2225
4-wheel brakes, 5 disc wheels,
175 extra
BIG SIX
I27*i. W B 75 H. P.
7-Pxm. Duplcx>l*h*etoo $1675
S>P»M. Coupe e • • • 2650
MW Sedan • • . . 2795
T P***. Berlin* e • • • 2660
4-ssheel brakes. 5 disc wheels,
$75 extra
( All prices f.a.b. factories, and
subject to change without notice)
Phinizy & Connell Motor Co.
627-631 BROAD ST. PHONE 3333.
STUDEBAKER DUPLEX
THIS IS A STUDEBAKER YEAR
needed additional capital and needed
it badly. There was only one place
to get it.
But he maintained his stock inter
est and when the notes were paid off
he had himself rc-dected chief exe
cutive of the company.
His fortune accumulated. He was
riding on the crest of the wave. Then
U. S. Tests Auto Fumes In Tunnel to
Make Other Motor lutes Safe
jiff
AS THIS AUTO MOVES THROUGH THE TEST TUNNEL
SAMPLES OF THE AIR ARE TAKEN. THE OBSERVER TS
SHOWN SWINGING A PSYCHROMETER TO DETERMINE THE
HUMIDITY OF THE AIR.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Experiments
conducted in a special tunnel con
structed near here by the P. S. Bu
reau of Mines will make auto driv
ing safe in the world’s largest xe
hicular tunnel now being built under
the Hudson River at New York.
These tests center about the prop
agation of carbon monoxide gas,
contained in the deadly fumes that
come out of automobile exhausts.
Men and machines have been sub
jected to numerous experiments and
thousands of dollars have been
spent on the project.
The seriousness of these experi
ments is shown by a mishap in the
new Liberty tunnel under the Pitts
burgh hills, when traffic stalled for
a short whjle. Several drivers were
overcome by the fumes, while en
gines kept running during the jam.
FUMES DEADLY
Physiologists of the Bureau of
Mines have found that the concen
tration of carbon monoxide must
not exceed four parts in 10,000 parts
of air, or harm would result.
The special test tunnel has been
Fl AD has always wanted an open
ear. He likes freedom. He
wants speed—and flexibility. He
loves to open ’er up on a smooth
country road and feel the wind whiz
past his face.
But Mother .... ahe wants com
fort and protection she’s thinking
of that rainy day when the young
sters have to go to schooL
And here at last is a new-type
car to meet this old-time family
problem.
It’s a glorious—joyous—free, airy
open car when you want it
Then when it storms it may be
changed to a comfortable, weather
tight enclosed car with complete
protection from wind and rain.
Thirty seconds is all it take*—
simply lower the roller side en
closures, without even leaving your
seat You’ve never seen anything
like it before
The Duplex body is framed and
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16
the smash and four years of silence.
Now Durant is back—for the third
time—fighting harder than ever. And
Wall street is afraid.
PAYS FUNERAL FARES.
LINTHROPE, England— Mony
to pay "she necessary traveling
and hotel expenses of any of my
relatives who may attend my fu
neral" was an unusual bequest in
the will of George H. Blackburn
of this city. He also left funds to
be used as "tips'’ for hotel em
ployes and cab drivers.
s built 130 feet below ground and
1,000 feet from the pit mouth of
the Bureau of Mines experimental
mine near here. Special apparatus
has been used for circulating fresh
air and for measuring the contents
of deadly fumes in that air.
Fleets of aiftomobilcs, spaced 40
feet apart, have been run through
the tunnel at various speeds to as
certain the lowest rate at which
autos may be driven safely.
BLOOD ANALYZED
Drivers and observers in the tun
ner have subjected to physical ex
aminations before and after tests,
the amount of carbon monoxide in
the body being determined by blood
analysis.
Temperature, humidity, quantity,
quality, velocity and pressure of the
air in various parts of the tunnel
have been measured.
Conclusions made from these ex
periments will be the basis for
adoption of safe methods in supply
ing fresh air and keeping the air
in circulation through vehicular
tunnels.
shaped in steel. Upper sad laws*
sections are integral Thus its con
struction is substantial and it*
beauty lasting.
It banishes once and for all the
trouble of attaching the old-type
curtains—makeshift at best.
No more honied efforts hunting
for the right curtain while the storm
beats in.
No more exposure, through holes
tom in them, while trying to obtain,
for the emergency, the protection
given by a closed car.
To the man tmwOHng to sacrifice
the thrill of open car motoring— to
the woman who wants closed aw
protection right at her finger tips—
this car offers a wonderful new ad
venture—it marks a new era in fins
car possession.
In justice to yourself see the
new Duplex now. Only Stodebake*
makes it.