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Eight
Closed Cars
In both the Sedan and Coupe models, noth
ing is left to be desired. Every possible re
quirement is anticipated in the conveniences
and appointments of these ultra-fine cars.
Both models have many commendable qualities in com
mon: Roominess, Luxurious Upholstery Finished Work
manship in every detail and the use of choicest materials
throughout. Your most critical inspection of either or both
types is invited.
.COUPE
Model 47?8
New Price, Delivered
'2,355
.SEDAN
Model 47?fT
Nczv Price, Delivered
'2,595
Oldsmobile Sales Co.
1016-1018 Connecticut Avenue
Telephone Main 7837
Open Sundays and
Evenings During
the Week
Do Not Miss This
Closed Car Show
At Convention Hall From Nov. 13th to 19th
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E are introducing five new,
charming closed car mod
els to Washington.
You have not seen the latest
motor modes until you have seen
these cars!
Come to our salesroom and
view the latest improvements, re
finements and niceties that estab
lish these cars far above the aver
age.
Here you will see the great, re
fining change in closed car design
?the banishment of bulges and
bulk!
Here you will find smart sim
plicity replacing over-done osten
tation !
Here you will learn how closed
car driving has been made easier,
simpler, safer?altogether more
comfortable and desirable.
If you wantHa smart, low, trim
lined coach that travels a country
road in a way to shame even some
open cars, come to our Show.
If you require a more sumptu
ous chauffeur-driven car, let us
show you the last word.
If you want closed car protec
tion at open car economy, we have
one "model that outclasses all
others.
The car illustrated above has an
adjustable glass partition, making
it either chauffeur or owner
driven. (Also furnished without
partition.)
Its accessories include step
lights operating with the doors?
dome light with individual *
switches?flush type toilet and
smoking sets?windshield visor?
Liberty Silver interior hardware.
A wide variety of color and
trimming options are offered on
all models.
Space 9?Closed Car Salon
HUMMER MOTOR SALES CO.
1020 Comiecticut Ave. Baltimore, Md., Branch
E. Eddie Hammer, Mgr.
Pkuc Mala 475#
Howard Street and Park A venae
W. Lester Hammer, !H(t.
Phone Mt. Vernon 407
Lexington Motor Company, Connersville, Indiana, U. S. A.
Subsidiary United States Automotive Corporation
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EXTREME PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH
SACCO-VANZEITI HEARING.
A division of the newly formed Massachusetts state con* tub alary which served ns guard daring the hearing
of Sacco and Vansettl at Dedham, Mass., November 5. These troops* mounted on motor cycles, are rapidly becom
ing a terror to lawbreakers In all parts of the Bay state. They are all picked ex-service men.
FLASH FROM TOWER REGARDED
BEST IN CONTROL OF TRAFFIC
Advantages of System to All Countries;
Seen in Complete Standardizing
of Street Signals^
Br Dr. John A. Hsrrui, Sp?ci?l Deputy Folios
Commissioner I- Ch&rg* of T-*fllc D*visto-i, i
PoZioe Depart moat, City of Mew York. J
The question of traffic Is one of in
tense responsibility and, I might add, i
a dignified business, because each1
and every traffic officer at the time
he wishes to convey a traffic regula
tion either by signal, by his presence
in a community or at the intersection
of a street, as the case may be, i
comes directly in contact with the |
mental attitude of the driver of a
vehicle or the gedestrian. I wish:
I had the time to go into this mat- 1
ter from the scientific point of view,
as I have had occasion to study it
for years, being a graduate in medi-i
cine and also in surgery, and having!
had many conferences with intelli
gent men a!ong scientific lines, both
abroad and here, so that one may un- ,
derstand the importan -e of appro ich
I ins this subject from the officer's
I point of view and that of the driver
ind the pedestrian.
If you permit an embolus, which Is
a blood clot, to pass through any
artery, when it reaches the heart the
patient dies. So it is with traffic.
If there is a congestion in any one
point of a city, town, village or road,
i then you are at the danger point in
| the weakest link in your system.
Mental Attitude IJInetiMeil.
The mental attitude of the driver,
pedestrian and policeman plays a very
important part in traffic control. The
scientific signal matter that I have
referred to as a scientific business
is conveyed to the officer simply by
thev eye and from the eye to' the
brain. There is no question or doubt,
and I have learned it from observa
;ion and analyzing many articles ap
pealing in periodicals and papers,
; that the flash advertising system is
' the greatest of all systems, simply
! because the moment you see a flash
i vour mind is attracted to that flash,
and after a while to the very point
of the flash, when you see it flashing,
and it eventually becomes parV of
your daily routine when on the
streets.
The phenomenon of flash is a most
remarkable thing. The phenomenon
? f dayjight is a most remarkable
I thing; the phenomenon of night is a
I most remarkable thing. The mag
i nificence of a setting sun Is a most
j remarkable thing, and I venture to
| say that there is not one man. whether
he loves nature or whether he just
j observes it simply because he is li\>
| ing on this earth, who will not agree
| with me in admitting that when there
! is a beautiful sunset he observes it
and usually has this to say?that it is
wonderful, it is beautiful and re
! markable, at all times riveting the
I result of its flash splendor on the
mind.
Considers Control by Flash.
With these scientific thoughts X
oftentimes retire, hoping to find a
, solution to a territory that is so
highly congested at. this time that I
evolved a scientific thought of con
i trolling traffic by a flash: a simple
j method of a tower that has been used
! for many years at terminals of rail
roads; a simple device, a flash that
I for years has been used along railroad
, terminals but never thought of in
traffic regulation on the highways of
I big cities, towns or villages.
When you see a flash you imme
' dlately observe there Is a command
for something. The mechanism is
. simply a battery with lights on either
side of thiB little tower, and when
traffic In this particular city is moving
north or south the yellow flash is
observed When it is moving east or
west, it\ order that the people may
have due cognizance of the change in
the direction of traffic, the red light
is flashed. That means that they
shall prepare for a change in direc
tion of traffic, and also gives the
pedestrians on the streets an oppor
tunity to clear the intersections and
get out of the. way before the new
traffic proceeds. , Therefore, between
the yellow light and the green light
there is the red light.
The success of controlling traffic by
the flash has more thati passed our
expectations In this city. It is the
most astonishing thing what educa
tion will do along that line, where a
photographic impression is based
upon the theory of phenomenon, and
the mind itself. Ninety-four per cent
of the people using 5th avenue at
this time held the flash, and only fi
per cent desire to steal a street, as
we call it. and try to t-ake one block
farther. The 6 per cent, as a rule,
are people who are not given to an
endeavor to assist this department in
Its anxiety to protect life and limb
from Injury.
Extraordinary Condition.
It is a most extraordinary condition
that I wish to tell you about. In this
city In the fifteen months that this
tower system has been in opera
tion there has not been issued one
summons on Fifth avenue. The pub
lic has become educated to the new
system, and people have written the
department thousands of letters as
suring the department that this means
of control of traffic is agreeable to
the community. And that is one of
the fundamental principles upon
which this signal device has been
built, because a regulation must be
generous, a police officer must be
generous and the public must be gen
erous. The public, by writing these
letters, bas signified its willingness to
assist, to co-operate, to coordinate its
every-day life upon the streets. The
press has, without one exception,
given the departmett the Absolute
assurance, both through editorials
and items, that the people of this
city are satisfied with the system.
The officers of the department like
wise have assured the department
heads that they are agreeable and
like the system.
There remains but one thing that
would make it even more perfect, and
that Is if the streets were a little
wider and more numerous we are
satisfied that Instead of handling
1 450,000 vehicles on the streets of this
city and.-in the neighborhood of
three millions to four millions of peo
ple each day, we would be able to
\
j
reach a point where we would be
I able to almost perfectly handle the
i traffic congestion in the greatest cen
ter in the world..
| Great Opportunity Presented.
I A great opporttunity has presented
itself in an endeavor to standardize
traffic, not only in the United States
but throughout the world. This mes
sage- of standardization should not
stop in this country, but should con
tinue throughout the world, for the
reason that when foreigners come to
this country they would understand
what traffic regulation me-ms. Like
wise when Americans go abroad they
j would not be confronted \frith the
difficulties that so many of them have
in Liondon and Paris, in Belgium,
Italy and Switzerland, or in any other
of the central nations..
I particularly desire to impress
upon police departments the impor
tance of not paying too much atten
i tion to people who manufacture de
vices of all kinds. We have been
burdened to a greater or lesser degree
, by thousands of communications
i speaking of devices that they believe
: can be operated at a much less cost,
devices that have an an ulterior mo
tive nothing but a purpose of market
, ing their production; and in that
way, in all probability, you will have
' a confusion of signals, automatic or
, otherwise, that will not- do the work
J definitely and properly..
J It has been suggested that cross
! cables be put across corners, that
| hanging cages be suspended from
one point to another, or that lights
J be suspended. There is only one
thing that can control traffic defi
nitely, absolutely and regularly, to
meet tho human mind, and that isi
the great, big policeman that stands.
In the middle of the street, as rep-!
resented in the traffic towers.
(tuotra Vltm of Drivers.
Drivers have told me frequeuntly
that when they leave one tower they i
are watching for the next tower. I
They know there is a police officer In J
that tower, and even though that:
pollen officer is elevated so many feet t
above the pavement, nevertheless the .
very fact that the officer is there j
makes this a great giant of regula- t
tlon.
The simplicity of a device of this i
kind is that in case one light should
get out of order the other one per
forms its function, and if one light
should fall the officers along the
avenue can determine that it !s not
working and the other tower lights
are doing the work. If devices are
submitted that have an automatic
system that has one control with just
one light in the center, be very care-!
ful before considering same as a per- j
feet flash control system.
Three fundamental principles are ;
essential in your guidance In connec- !
tion with traffic control. Firstly, the
people must be with you; se'-ondly.
you must have the officers with you.
and thi-dly. the regulations govern
ing all of these traffic intricacies must
co-ordinate with the human mind.
Lack Produces Weak Control.
If any one of these three important
factors is lacking, it makes traffic
jontrol weak, and it will not func
tion properly. It is like something;
that my old professor told me when !
I was quite a young man. Before ;
graduating from college I said to Dr. I
Herald. "Will you tell me the three
most important things that a young
man must think of. adhere to and en
deavor to strive for in life?" And he I
said. "I really do not know exactly.:
but." he said, "many years before I
graduated I was told by one of my :
professors that a man must first be
ambitious; secondly, he must perse-:
vere. and thirdly, he must have per- I
sonailty." You see how these three \
things coordinate with the three sug- !
gestions that I have made in traffic.
It is most remarkable that even the j
phenomenon of life itself is unknown. .
So tt Is with the mentality, the mind.
It Is not fair to judge a person who
ciosses the street with a vehicle ap
proaching for the officer to step for
ward and use abruptness or profanity,
because that mind probably was not
on the subject of traffic. That is why
I wish to Impress the Importance of
being generous tn exercising duty a*
officers in the handling of traffic.?
National Police Bulletin.
In 1918 there were approximate! ?
80,000 women working underground
in rfllneg in Japan.
FORGET YOUR AUTO TROUBLES
Each Night at the
Auto Show We
will give away a full
Subscription to
American Motor
Service
FREE
Register your car and get full
information at Booth "B,"
Southeast Corner.
American Motor
Service
1612-1622 You St. N.W.
Phone North 10*00
?It Unlocks the Door
Through Which Your Auto
Troubles Depart."
Look for die
Big Key At
the Auto Show
The first cost
is practic !ly the lest
Space 2, Closed Car Salon,
Convention Hall, Nov. 14 to 19.
SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY
1132-34 Connecticut Avenue
Telephone Main 6660
Dodge Brothers
SEDAN
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MODEL
thereS a
TOUCH OF
TOMORROW
IN ALL
VCOLEDOESV
TOmr
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NOW 0"N DISPLAY AT OUR SALESROOM
/ HAT such motor car efficiency could be developed in any car at any price is
J. a notable engineering attainment?that it could ever be obtained in a car sell
ing at $2485 is a business achievement. And yet here it is?Cole Model 890
c/tfirro-EiGHT with forty-two added refinements and improvements?for $2485. We arc
ready to turn the car over to you for a personal, individual demonstration. You
yourself may take the wheel, and subject it to any test that, in your opinion, will
best reveal the car's Real Merit.
MAKE THIS TEST FOR YOURSELF
In shifting gears note the astounding ease with
which the clutch disengages?khe extremely slight
foot pressure required. Also note the gentleness
and yet the positiveness with which the clutch en
gages. This is a special patented Cole feature,
obtainable only on Model 890 Cole Aero-Kicm.
In bringing the car ta a stop, observe the slight
foot pressure required on the broke pedal, and at
the same time the powerful, silent grip of the big
bands on the brake drums. Note the unbelievably
short space required in bringing the car to a full
stop, at twenty miles an hour?at thirty?at forty.
This extraordinary braking power is an exclusive
Cole feature obtainable only on Cole Model 890
Aero-Eight.
Test the accelerating power of the car; its perfect
combustion, by driving the accelerator to the floor
board. Note how the ear leaps forward and sud
denly forces the seat cushions against your back.
This quick get-away is a big safety factor in an
emergency and a satisfaction to the driver who
loves to lead instead of trail through the other
fellovfs dust.
Take the car to the steepest hill in your vicinity
and note how it picks up in high at the point of
hardest pull. There is perhaps no other car that
can negotiate difficult hills ?? high with more
freedom. Meanwhile, note the motometer?if is
utterly impossible to overheat Cole Model 890
Aero-Eiom.
8
Select a stretch of bad road and hit the bumps
hard at say thirty-five miles an hour. Note the
absolute freedom from shock and jar, and how
Perfectly the cor maintains its balance no bounc
ing around, no road swerve.
When you come to a good stretch, push the ear
up through its speed range?note that it has J?o
ration or vibration. If are an experienced
driver, push the car up to sixty and then to sev
enty miles an hour, or even higher. We do not
recommend such speed in the hands of the aver
age driver, but it is a satisfaction to know you
have it under the hood.
A prolonged road test will show that you get
somewhere around fifteen miles to the gallon of
gasoline. When you stop to consider that Cole
Model 890 Aero-EiGHT is a big, seven-passenger
capacity car, driven by a high powered engine,
this showing is remarkable.
Note the attention that Cole Model 890 Aerr
Eight attract*?no car on the boulevard is more
admired.
Check up the showing the Cole Model 890 Aero
Eight has made on the nine test points here listed
and then ask yourself this question: "Where else
can I obtain anything like as much mater car tplue
for $2485 f"
? Confirm what we have said about die car'i traffic and road action
by accepting our tnggeitioa?DRIVE THE CAR YOURSELF
Closed Car Exibit at Space 24?Convention Hall, Nov, 14th to 19th
GIBSON MOTOR CO.
1124 Connecticut Avenue Phone Main 614
Cole Motor car company
I NDIANAPOLI8
V.S.A.