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Many Troubles Result From Attaching License Plates to Water Caps
LICENSE PLATE IS
, CAUSE OF TROUBLE
f
AUTOMOBILE IS .
Latest Arrivals on Capital's Automobile Row
GREAT MISSIONARY
L
Mechanisms Placed in Hands of Immaculate Business Men.
Teaches Thousands the Joy of Coaxing Most Out of 0b-.
streperous Piece of Machinery Which Runs Car.
Although a Small Factor, It May
, Produce Defects If Not
Five Hundred Thousand Cars
a Year Is Prediction of Fu
ture Output.
So Many Things to Oo at One
Time That Beginner Be-
Properly Placed.
r
comes Confused.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1913.
ORD PRODUCTION
GEAR SHIFTING IS
HARD FOR AMATEUR
INDUSTRIAL MARVE
By HARRY WARD.
A. small thine like the placing of the
forward license plate on an automobile!
may have a considerable effect on the
running of the car. Most motorists
have the bad habit of attaching the
plate by a bracket to the water cap.
which thereupon receives a strain which
Is not Intended to bear.
Ab a result not infrequently a leak is
started at the base of the water cap
and the water comes out of the radiator i
In Email quantities. !
The leak is often not cnouch serious-J
ly to hurt the running of the car. ex-
cent that it requires frequent refilling
of the radiator, but one unpleasant re-j
ault Is that the occupants of the front!
fpit get a continued spray of water, or. .
if the, windshield is up, that Is covered
withdrops on a day when nothing butl
sunshine abounds. Then the dust gets!
onthe glass, and mud is the outcome.
Bar Provided. j
Some automobile manufacturers pro-'
"Vide a. bar that runs between the two'
forward lamps. From thi the license !
prate may be swung. There is one ob
jection to this plan, which applies also
so tne number nung from the water cap. I
and that is that It cuts.off a part of thel &t wftopl nt Overland Deliverv Waeon
front surface of the radiator and there- i At jwneel ol uvenana uenvery wagon.
by Imnedes coollnjust that much. I
To be sure, the air has a better chance' plates, either to a rear tool box or some
to get back of the plate '.hen It Is part of the frame fote and aft so that
swung from the bar between th lamps, the plates can be put on soundly an!
leaving three or four inches between It Crce for all. It is like a whole lot of
and the radiator, than If it were flush other things In automobile manufac
Tip against the top of the radiator, as tuie. Points that once were not re
it Is when the plate is hung from the garded or had been overlooked now get
water cap bracket. One State. Illinois. lne attention they deserve. It is the
has plates perforated, so that when nttie things that help to self automo
carrled in front of the radiator they do j biM nowadays, because the main
not so much interrupt the coo'ing pro- ponts of car construction show only
'i-,,, , ,. . . , .. shall differences. This license plate at-
Aside from other objections to the i moment thing is Just one of the HtUe
-water cap as a 'point of attachment for -
J l cense. plates there is the other regard-
Sf.t JS-ShnJu ma?E"" A One of the most elated men in the
great many automobiles have the char-i . " . , . rl.v.i. i
ncteristic trade mark of the car Just 1-e-1 automobile business in -Washington is
low the water cap on the radiator ! H. B. LeaiTi Jr., agent for the Max
front. -When the license plate is swung) well. Mitchell, and Rambler. This week
from the water can this date is blotted : h received two carloads of Maxwell
ont of sight It certainly is policy on
the part of the automobile manufactur-'
er to provide a place for the front '
ofnale tYade mark is not hidden from won r la8t longl m 3lr" ary'
sigM when the car is ready for the w F. Meyer has been appointed man-
The best.place for the plate to be car- aser of the Washington branch of the
ried is somewhere in the neighborhood Motz Tire and Rubber Company, suc
of the bottom of the radiator. There it J ceedlng R. O. Brlnker. who has been
is out Of the wav of evervthinc Tt i mnfrr.rt t th Mnt tnetnrv at
doesn't project so that it helps to tear J
clothing when one is cranking the car
u tne car is not a self-cranker. It
doesn't cut oft any part of the cooling.
Still it must not be so low that it will
collect dust and become obscure, for
that is a violation of tho Ian- Snni
States, prominently among them Con-1
necucui. require mat tne license plate'
snau oe ai. least eignteen indies rrom
the ground, so that It cannot collect
dust and obscure the numerals.
Plate Is Safe.
When the plate is bolted or screwed
securely into soi.ie part of the front,
either the bottom of the radiator or
clamped to the front axle, it Is safe
from being dislodged. The water cap
attachment is not so secure because in
order to hold . tho plate fast it must
onen De enncnea on ugnt. enouc i to
bend in the side of the water cap, and '
yet the continued Jolting of the cari
tenas to loo&en up this hold. Some
makers provide for bolting of the plate
ih'El e.i'Cr "T1 f.the radia,"-.
which is a very good point.
As to rear license numbers tiie prob
lem is not so marked. People hae
prety much got ocr the habit of hav
ing a lamp bracket and license hanger
in one. The plate puts strain on the
lamp bracket such that it dcesnt sup
port the lamp w.x-11. and fuithermore
the plate itself gtnerally drops down
on one side.
There is one concern that for some
time has been making a, frame plate
with four holes in it. Just above the
rear spring, to which the license num
ber may be attached. This is a con
venience to owners and is positive In
action.
Enamel Cracked.
More than that, when there was
trouble with the enamel on numbers a
couple of years ago it was to be no
ticed that on cars of this make the
enamel lasted better than on som.:
others using the lamp bracket method,
where the wing nuts were screwed
down so hard on the plate that of ne
cessity the enamel cracked.
With most modern cars provision H
made for the application of the number
I The way in which the world J
is receiving the 1914 I
Cadillac i
II the wonderful manner in I
II which it is performing J
IlJlCSag GUI UllI CLCUCIilCU HI I
Cadillac year
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THE COOK & STODDARD CO.
Tel North 781Q 1138-40 Conn. Ave.
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'4.scl5& vM Jmmm I
p p SMITH
cars, one carload being Maxwell "So's" I
and the other Maxwell '3S'b." "They
are 0ng out 80 fast that the shipment
Akron, Ohio. Meyer is one of the best-
known men in the automobile tire in
dustry, and his appointment as manager
of the Washington branch of the Motz
Company has been hailed with delight
by his numerous friends throughout the
countrv.
The Cook & Stoddard Company this j
week added a number of additional
prominent Washington people to its list
of Cadillac owners, including Admiral
Victor Blue, Myron M. Parker, and
former Congressman W. G. Brantley of
1 Georgia, w ho purchased seven-passen
ger touring cars, and W. H. G. Nelson,
who purchased :i !ive-passenger touring
car AH Tour of the cars are of 1314
model, and each is equipped with the
Cadillac two-speed axle that is creating
I wj muth interest in the automobile
world,
...i,t . irtnher 10
the
Companv will open a new tto
Fourteenth street, and it will
d.u ,.....-. i,. mti,
.1IIH.J ""UI--J 1
ttltl. rtti.lt,. r
e at 1625
serve as'
a BOSCb magllelO Supply Siauoil Ullll a :
Grav-Davis service station. Both these ,
. - 1- . .1 1 l
products are used on hundreds of mo-i
tor cars In thli city, and owners are
looking forward to the new establish
ment with more than ordinary interest.
J. H. Small, jr., is the proud owner
of a Rambler cross-country touring car
It was delficied to him this week by
H. B. Lear. Jr. the Rambler agent
here.
.
The first Overland delivery car of
1914 model made its appearance this
week in Washington, and was imme
diately sold to H. V. Hayden, a busi
ness man on Conectlcut avenue, who
also secuied an Overland roadster. The
Overland delivery car is claimed to be
on of the most attractive propositions
on the market.
Harr V. Bu'ck is the latest pur
chaser of a Ktudebaker "23" touring
car. It was sold to him this week by
the Commercial Automobile and "Supply
Copanv, whloh also reports the sale of
a Studebaker "30" touring car to George
M Ovxter jr and a Studebaker "35"
touring car to George W. Offutt.
BERT ROBINSON and W. A.
DOMESTIC.
BrUldrrr, V. J. The coroner 1 In.
vestigatmg death of Joseph Titus, found
in bungalow near Blairstown with bul
let in his head.
Caldwell, -. J. Kdnard J. Mc.Na-
mara, I'aterson policeman, Madame
Schumann-Heink protege, will make
1 debut with her In concert for Cleveland
Home Memorial Association, October 9.
Sailllr. I.. I. Walter I.. uyilnm,
jr.. millionaire fisherman, caught 70
pounds of weakfish and blue fish.
Kullon, Mo. Mm. Sumn Roan, nho
has been on trial here for the murder
of her husband, J. H. Ross, was found
guilty of murder in the second degree.
I The jury fixed the penalty at ten cars'
imprisonment.
. Hl K..I Ulu.,111..
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r's was injiiied fatally and several pass-
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ciiticirt nc ifiiij-r-i iit-,, .11 rnfiinr
and baggage ear of a fast Frisco paas-
enger tra'.n went Into a dli
miles north of New Orleans.
uiit'ii a xicen
Mont-lnlr Minn Helen K. 'I'm lor,
daughtf-r of lute Warren S Taj lor, has
" I.aa.. uniiiilnt.il ..itiw.t.i, nf Tf mtMfi ft if
Museum
ItrliliriMiiirl. Conn. The body of Unit
cd State sailors, bUieved to be Artnur i
LAST MINUTE NEWS "
Now on exhibition a revelation in Motor Delivery Cars. Model 79.
Overland Delivery Special. Full Panel Body.
Electric Lights.
OVERLAND
R. C. SMITH, Pres.
WARD In Model 35 Maxwell.
I Sheehan,
recovered near inner harbor
light
-v llrunawlrk, . J The" I'rnnayl.
vania Milk Special, running at hl.jh
speed was wreck when :ui axle on :ear
car broke. None Injured.
FOltEIGX.
I.lnlion. 4iie of the Ou mrn arrest
ed "for plotting against" the life of
Premier Costa, of Portugal, confessed.
ThN Alan. Jaime Augusto, was a royalist
officer in the army under the monarchy.
Vlennn. I'rrdrrirk I'rnflrld, new
I'nHed States ambassador to Austria,
was lecelved in special audience by
Emperor Krnncls Jaw f.
I.iihiIiiii. Vnthoo) X. Ilrnily, the .Nen
York traitlon magnate, who died In I.on
d.ni In July, left an estate of $6,577,510 In
Gteat Hritnin. according to his will
which was piobated lure.
Dublin. Thi- Hn. I.urlun
Protestant dean of I.inieiick,
litre
O'Brien.
is dead
I'annmn. The- mim( Important step
thus far toward the operation of the
Panama Canal took place when the sea
going tugboat (latum, drawing 121-2
fcn't tif uMlAr. ivnw ..tiri.oauttill v nuntwd
through the (latum locks, ami toduy !
floats upon the booin nf Uatum Lake,
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The New 1914
$950 f. o.
35 H. P. Motor. Three-quarter Floating Rear Axle
CRITICAL INSPECTION INVITED
WASHINGTON MOTOR CO., Inc., Distributers
829 FOURTEENTH STREET N. W. PHONE MAIN 6916
When ,the Ford Motor Company re
duced the prices of its cars August 1.
the percentago of the cut was larger
than that of any ever made by any
automobile company, it is said. These
reductions are made in the pursuance
of the fixed policy of Henry Ford,
adopted ten years ago when he estab
lished his great industry In Detroit, to
see his motor cars at the lowest figure
which his product would permit, .con
sistent with his Ideals as to quality.
,So tremendous has been the success
of the Ford cars that the production has
advanced each year with extraordinary
leaps, and the Ford Motor Company has
become one of the marvels of the indus
trial world. This magic growth has en
abled Mr. Ford to batter down the
prices of his car to a point within the
ret.ch of the pocketbook of everyone.
Some predict the Ford production will
rach the 500.000 mark within a few
yars. That the idea of one concern
building and marketing 5O0.C00 cars in
one year is not a mere dream Is realized
when it is known that during the season
which will close October 1. the Ford
. Company will nave built and sold ap
proximately 1S5.000 cars. When a con-
cirn acmeves this much in ten years,
the half-million mark may be regarded
as a certainty and a goal that will b,
leached In a comparatively few years.
What the Ford prices then will be Mr.
Ford has not stated, but they will be
as low as a huge production can mak
tlem, consistent with Ford quality.
About the time Henry Ford estab
lished his business he fcprfssed the fol
lowing sentiment, an lucul that he has
realized:
"I will build a motor car for multi
tudes. It shall be large enough for, the
fcmllr but small mntiuh fnr ih.'im.
, skilled individual to easily operate and
t-re ior. ana oe economical in mainten
ance. It will be built of honest ma
terialsby the mest workmen that
mor.ey can hire alter ths simplest de
Mgna that modern engineering ca,n de
vise. But It shall be bo low In price
that the man of moderate means may
own and enjoy with his family the
blessings of happy hours ?pent in God's
great open spaces."
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"The reason that a railroad passenger
car rides easier than a ailroad freight
car" says Irvin T. Donohoe, distributer
of the J. M. shock absorber In Washing
ton, "is that the passenger car has, in
addlt'on to the ordinary laminated
springs, sets of helical springs. J. M.
shock absorbers perform the same Im
portant function in relation to a motor
car that helical springs do on the rail
road passenger car. .The shock absorb
ers .contain helical springs that, provide
the additional vibrat'ons needed for per
fectly easy riding. Not only do these
shock absorbers make the car ride,
easier, but they reduce tire expenses
and addt to the speed possibilities of
tho car. They are made in a variety of
sizes for different sixes of cars and
types or springs." .
Don't Crack Porcelain
h By Using Heavy Wrench
Don't use a heavy wrench in tighten-'
iiik the brass bushing, or the porce
lain, might crack when you least ex
pect it." ys a spark plug maker,"
and alio bo sure you don't leave any
of the nuts loose ou the spindle as a
loose electrode will cause leakage of
compression and finally cause a b!ow
out. "Another thing to be careful about
is to be- sure you have not screwed tho
s-park plug into the cylinder so care
lesslv that there will be n. leakage of
compression. Tighten the new plugs-up,
cftr the motor has run for tt few min
utes. If It Is needed then. This taked
care of the allowance for expansion
caused b the heat and saves the ruin-
ing of the plug through cracked porce-
llalns."
DELIVERY
W AGON
b. Toledo
The world has seen no greater mis
sionary than the' motor car, which, com
ing at a time when mechanical 'labor
was looked upon as only within .the
sphere of the man 'with perpetually
dirty hands, placed motors and mechan
isms In the hands of Immaculate busi
ness men and taught' them. by -the thou
sands that there was as much Joy in
coaxing and cajoling the most out of
an obstreperous motor as in getting
the last ounce of speed out of a fine,
horse.
Indeed, there Is more, for In the case
of mechanism the speed or successful
operation was due to the application of
a kind of gray matter heretofore un
used by the successful business man.
The motor 'car has made the world
understand the value or machinery, ha
lifted the manufacturing one might
almost say to a high social plane. 'and
has made of man In general a broader
thinking, kinder unit of "being. says'Mp
tor Age. Now comes the motor truck,
and takes this love of mechanism and
this new- knowledge of mechanical
Kff "w-t. ith him into hi business.
enaffllnghtai to use his new knowledge,,
.the knowledge of mechanisms and mo
tors Ssan adjunct to his business.
Jiany have made the mlstakeof Put
ting the mechanism first in the applica
Frames Stiffened By.
' Too Light Bolting
Sometimes a squeak in a car cannot
be readily located', despite the fact that
oil has been lavished upon eyerypart
under the body and 'that-the springs
have been given all the' care necessary.
It Is not Infrequent that a body Is
bolted down to the frame too tightly.
Tb!s has the effect of, stiffening it to
such "an extent that when the frame is
twisted a littte through road uneven
ness It prevents-the body from follow
ing the frame. Nothing is gained by
bolting the body down too tightly.
Radiator Protector
Very Badly Needed
Why Is It the makers of radiators, and
of cars, do not devise some neat schema
for the protection of radiators? This
could be worked out In the tjzrr. of a
screen, similar to that used on racing
cars, and cculd be made neat In appear
ance. Many o the cars seen n the
street show signs of the radiators hav
ing been in some sort of collision, and
while they may not leak it means a re
nalr iob sooner or later at best, is
l-unslghtly. Radiators on motor trucks
are now generally proteciea oy whiio
nrm nNun of Iron, which will servo
' on trucks, but which would ipoll the ap
pearance of a pleasure car.
WOLVERINE LUBRICANTS CO.
Washington Branch
J. G. OWENS
401 Soark Capitol Street
Paeae LlacolB 200
s
KwOotBhead)
tion to Industry, and of Jetting thebust
ness take care at itself.- The Jreal-business
man. however. jYiaar taken the
mechanism only ias an opportunity and
has fitted It Intothis business' as 'a unit
of a system surrounding Mt; with the
business acumen the has developed for
years in every department) and. giving
it every businessopportunlty. tto make
the most of its .mechanical possibility;
In so doing the motor.truck has. taken
the business mania step farther In his
own development I and "has sbown him,
howthe'recreation of today becomes the
serious business of .tomorrow.)
Not only' has this' affected,"' the busi
ness man at the top but the .mechanical
man at the bottom. , The' man who
knew" nothing but , machinery and who
had',no .business sense, is learning the
Importance of business thought -in, con
nection with his, work. and Is seeing
that "mechanisms alone i can' accomplish
nothing. f
' Thus the motor' truck especially . Is
making of -the laboring man a thinker
and as such will bring him to a higher
level of Importance. There has beerunn
one movement which has, broadened the
world to .so large a degree in so short
a time as 'has the motor-vehicle move
ment, and with the coming of motor
hauling and the motor truck this in
fluence will be magnified many times.
Keep Motor Running
While Filling Radiator
,It Is well to "know that a radiator
should be filled while the motor is run
ning, so ' as to ' avoid an air pocket,
which will -produce a steam pressure
and prevent- the water from circulating.
tvnen me;waier apparently doiis over
after the motor has been- running for
a little-while, it may be taken-to mean
that the water, is overheated,-' whereas
it may mean nothing. If the, radiator la
filled to overflowing when the motor
is cold the water will naturally .ex
pand as it warms, and must find somo
outlet, either through the overflow pipe
or, through ,.the7radiator,-cap. .
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fin the Intermediate Price Class
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1914 MAXWELL
Powerful, silent, sweet running:
111-Inch wheel base; 33xl-lnch tires
tercontrol. Electric starter ann electric lignts at si.zzst. inree-quar
ter elliptic springs, ventilating wlnasnieia and iuu equipment.
5lg, powerful and comfortable live-passenger car at a price you
afford.
LET US GIVE YOU A DEMONSTRATION.
Other Models-
"25," tally equipped, at .,S?
"SO-. folly equipped, at... gl,975
H. B. LEARY, Jr.
1321-23 14th Street N. W.
Ptiones N. 4434-4435 WASHINGTON, D. C.
WHERE TO BUY
AUTOMOBILES
MOTORCYCLES AND ACCESSORIES
?
GASOLINE PLEASURE CARS.
Annerson" & I
Cadillac
Cook & Stoddard Co..
113S Conn. Ave.
Chalmers
Zell Motor Car
Company.
1405 II St. N. W.
Pierce Arrow
l"o-
Hugnes co.
jr Conn.
ae. nw.
ELECTRIC PLEASURE CARS.
Baker
Detroit
Electric Cook & Stoddard Co,
113S Conn. Ave.
Emerson and Orm.
1407 H St.
ACCESSORIES
IRVIN T. DONOHOE,!
UTO SUPFUES AND ACCESSORIES.
J. M. Shock Absorber
1MB M Street N. V.
Telephone . ISlt. Wa.hlngton.
REPAIRING
T. K. Smith
REAR 1411 V ST.
AUTOMOUILE REPAIRING.
PHONB X. i:si.
TAXICABS
People's Auto Hiring Co. I
Touruss Cars With Careful Chauffeurs. I
CI ltta at. N. W. Kala OUL
"The most difficult task for the driv
ing novice .to master Is gear shifting."
says an automobile man who konws
every angle of the automobile game.
"The disengagement of the clutch, to
gether with the speeu !ver movement. '
Is quit as difficult at first as patting the
head with one hand and rubbing the
chest with the other. If there were not
so many things to do all at the same
time the beginner would be less con
fused. However, driving Is a simple art
when once mastered.
"Before starting the car it may be
wen to note a few 'don'ts.' namely.
don t place the hands above the center
of the steering wheel at any time, doa't
take a. death grip on the steering wheel.
as it looks awkward and Is tiresome and
dangerous: don't race the motor, don't
move the gear lever without disengaging
the clutch, don't let the clutch In fast.
don't move the foot away from the
rtiitrh ndat when th rar Is movlnr.
don't start car on any other than first
speed, don't si in the clutch too much.
as It will burn or wear beyond repair;
don't watch the fellow behind, as. he la
watching you; don't take your eyes off
the road for any reason whatever while
the car is rolling.
"With enslne started and bearing
these don'ts in mind I will proceed to .
start the car. First throw out the
clutch, release the emergency brake and '
; place gear lever In first speed. Then let
clutch come back easily, accelerating
engine as it takes the load. When the
car Is rolling release the clutch again
and sh'f t from first to Intermediate gear.
This ooeratlon must be accomplished be
fore the momentum already gained ts
lost or it will be necessary to start oyer
again on flret spied. Having gained fha
Intermediate speed and assuming the
next to be the high, one should acceler
ate conslderablr and then repeat the
former clutch and lever movement."
J. M Stoddard, of the Cook A Stod
dard Company, left Thursday for his
country home at West Sorlngfield. N.
H.. where he will spend several weeks
grouse shooting.
"SS-V $1,225
block-cast, 4-cylinder motor;
all round. Lefthand drive, cen-
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THE CUNNINGHAM
MOTOR CO
lTth & You.
Phone N. 15TS.
Reo
Barnard Motor Car Co.,
1C12 lh St. N. W.
Studebaker
Commercial
Auto & Sup
ply Co, 813
14th St
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The Bartraa
Garage.
13H N. H.
Ave.
Southworth & Keiser
ELECTRIC SERVICE CO.
143 I. ST. N. W.
PHOXE NORTH 100S.
SUPPLIES.
National Electric Supply Co..
1SS-1330 N. Y. Ave.
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