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so THE tPHTESITEEPHIAJ INQUIRER, -STINT) AY "CORNING, DECEMBER 18, .1921 practical jn every way for the PHILJ, AUTO SHOW he Airtomobile Speote VI 1 Ml 1 J- Jim. is natural that tWs tendency should lead up to the automobile. It is worlhy.of note that in most cases where an automobile is being bought as a Christmas present the closed type of car is chosen. Closed cars are, without question, the most DFFICIALS SEEK OLDEST U.S. GAR NOW RUNNING an use.

'Perhaps one reason why Auburn dealers have been feeling ench a demand for cars as Christmas gifts is the restful riding quality of the 1922 Auburn." it Tens tfoti -wnar -iSa-wiw DRAWINGS PLEASE NEW AUTO ROUTES FDR XMAS TRAVEL Touring Bureau of Philadelphia, Auto Club" Reports Road Conditions xt i Management of New York, Auto Show Requests the Spaces Have Been Allotted to. Seventy-two Different Makes of Cars Frederick (Juerrfich Low operating cost 21st Annual Exhibit Will Be Held at Commercial Museum Jan. 14 to 21. Describes Principal Highways That Radiate From This City A in fAni i icai, iispiayei by tee entire XEernbersViin ton, and take the train the balance of the distance, as road conditions are very bad. If the daring motorist wants to chance it, the route involving the fewest difficulties is starting from Staunton via Churchville, Jenning's Gap, Deerfield, Armstrong, Green Valley, Fairview, Warm Springs and Hot Springs.

Southwestern Points The Lincoln Highway is excellent to Gettysburg with only one detour of any account at Downington, which has recently been remedied by the. opening of a temporary bridge across the Brandywine. Motorists bound down the Shenandoah Valley may reach the "Valley Pike" via Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Hagers-town and Winchester, the pike being in good condition through Harrisonburg to Staunton. The road from Baltimore across Winchester, via Elliott City, West Friendship. Lisbon, Harper's Ferry and Berryville is marred by a long detour between the last named points.

From Chambersburg west the Lincoln Highway is in good shape to Pittsburgh. The 'Reading pike to Pottstown and Reading is also good. -A good road leads from Reading to Allcntown. From Reading to Harrisburg the William Penn Highway is in good condition with short detours in, Hershey and Hum-mellstown. From Harrisburg to Carlisle, Shippensburg and the Lincoln Highway at Chambersburg the roads are also reported good.

Visitors to the Masonic home at Elizabethtown. will find a good road leading there from either Harrisburg on the north or Lancaster on the southeast. Coal Region Detour s. From Ryeading to Pottsville via Hamburg and Orwigsburg the road is good. In the coal regions there is a detour between Palmerton and Bou-manstown on the road from Allentown to Manch Chunk.

The best route to Wilkes-Barre and Scranton is via the Bethlehem pike to Allentown. to Bethlehem, Belfast, Wind Gap, Snydersville, Bar-tonsville, Swift Water, where bear left through Pocono Summit- Suoddarts-ville and Bear Creek to Wilkes-Barre. Traveler to Scranton proceed straight ahead at Swift Water to Mt. Pocono. Tobyhanna, Daleville, Moscow and Scranton.

iiiiihi bg! "Who owns and -where is the oldest antomobile of standard American make still in running condition? That's what the management cf the National Automobile shows in Grand Central Palace, January 7 to 14, and the Coliseum, Chicago, January 2S to February 4. wants to know, and it would like to hear from persons who believe they are entitled to the honor of such ownership. The purpose of the show management is to give the public a chance to compare the car and equipment furnished in the earlier days with the wonderful devices and appliances that are standard now; in other words, to show the value the purchaser is getting now as contrasted with the pioneer days. Most of the cars at the first automobile show in 1909, and for several years afterward, were known as "one lungers," because they were driven by a single cylinder gasoline engine. Two passengers was usually the limit carried.

The equipment was practically nil. Candidates are required to. send details of the make of car; the year of manufacture, the manufacturer's number, if possible; an estimate of the number of miles the car has run; what changes, if any, have been made, and as nearly as possible the date and distance of its last run, with a photograph of the car. ANT of the causes of the sudden stopping of the engine, as given in the last lecture, may be the cause of the engine refusing to start. Jf after cranking the engine five or six times it does not s-tart, stop cranking and locate the cause, or you discharge your battery and possibly 111 I i cause it to overheat, tnus ruining it.

In addition to the troubles which will cause the engine to stop are others Mil II if which might cause it not to start. When the engine has been running it is hot. and while running all of the parts are moving quickly and the suc A tion is vigorous. Wben we start alter it has been idle for a while, it is cold. The automobile has brought the "old folks at home" much closer to the children who have taken np their abode in the city.

At no time in the year is this more evident than at Christmas when hundreds of family automobile parties set forth on the trip back to the. old home in the country or some nearby town there to celebrate the holiday in the old familiar atmosphere. For the many Philadelphia motorics who will travel during the Christmas, the Touring Bureau of the Automobile Club of Philadelphia has prepared the following resume of road conditions along the principal highways that radiate from Philadelphia like the spokes of a great wheel: To the South The Baltimore pike is open and in excellent condition to all points in Northern Maryland. The West Chester pike is in splendid shape from its beginning at Sixty-ninth and Market streets, to the West Chester terminus. Excellent roads lead from West Chester to Paoli and from West Cbesr-ter to East Whitford the Concord pike is good.

Motorists living along the- Main Line and all drivers living in West Philadelphia who wish to avoid the rough surface of the lower end of Ridgo avenue en route to Norristown, Pottstown, Readbig. may avoid bad going by using this route: Lincoln Highway to Bryn Mawr, Morris avenue and Spring Mill road to West Conshohocken, cross Schuylkill on newly opened bridge and follow through Conshohocken to Ridge road, where turn left for Norristown and points north, Going further south the Club Touring Bureau states that south- of Washington the roads are fair to Fredericksburg, but not so good from Fredericksburg into Richmond, the gand clay roads having suffered from the wet weather. Travelers bound for Hot Springs. or White Sulphur, W. are advised to store their autos at Staun- and our cranking turns it over very slowly so that the parts are moving slowly and the suction is mild.

Wh effect will the coldness and slow cranking have on the three es sentials, namely, compression, ignition and mixture? The compression is us-uallv less when the engine is cold than when it is warm. Can loss of com er flooding is not liable to cause trou- ble-. but it often does on warm days. Opening the throttle valve too much or not enough will often be the cause of the engine failing to start. There is no rule which can be given as to this, as tome will start only when the throttle is wide open, while others will not start, notably the Zenith, under this condition.

Experience alone will tell you the right position for the throttle control lever, though with most carburetors one-third open is about right for starting. Is the carburetor adjustment liable to be the cause of engine not starting? Not if the engine started easily last week and always before. Where the engine constantly is difficult to start. even though it seems to run well after starting, the mixture adjustments may be at fault. The adjusting screws are about the very lasts thing-you should touch, however.

I might say here that a tendency of the engine to stop while running slowly and idle is often due to the mixture Should our engine then fail to start, how should we proceed and what should we look for? Of course, the first thin? to, do is to be sure that you have done all the things necessary to start it, nanrely. the throwing on of the switch, the feeding of gas to the carburetor and a gentle priming. Not having forgotten any of these, and the day not being cold, we would by flooding the carburetor see if we are getting gasolene. If yea, then, we will test the spark, as for stopping. If we get a spark, then we tan be reasonably sure that trouble is one of mixture.

It may be water, so try draining the carburetor and try to start again. If the day be cold, then you now can be certain that the trouble is in the failure of the gas to vaporize and reach the cylinders, and you will have to resort to priming. Should you feel certain that tie mixture is not at fault, and get the rpark, then, by cranking by hand, test your compression, and that being O. try the spark plugs. Thornton-Fuller Automobile Company Parkway, East of JRth St.

Spruce 1040 DooGe BncmieRs 1 MOTOR CARS CARS F0RXMAS GIFTS Auburn Auto Official Says Practice Has Been Growing I. Farley, vice president of the Auburn Antomobile Company, Auburn, states that a notable dpmand for cars as Christmas gifts has been registered among Auburn dealers this year. "During the past few years," says Mr. Farley, has been a growing tendency toward useful gift-giving. It The York road is good as far asl pression, then, be the cause of the.

on-' gine not starting? It might be. but it is the least likely of the three essen tials. Of course, if since the engine was last run you did some work on it, vou may not nave gotten me parts tight, or may have poorly" set some part, as, for example, the valve ad justing nut. What effec will the eold and slow cranking have on the ignition sys New Hope and thence to Momstown, Motorists wishing to reach points in the Perkiomen Valley will find the road beginning at Collegeville. in fair condition through Schwenksville, Perkiomenville, Emaus to Allentown.

The free bridge on the Lincoln Highway over the Delaware River at Trenton will be. closed until February and motorists bound to New York are advjsed to bear left at Falsington and proceed over the former route of the Lincoln Highway to the Calhoun street toll bridge. This surface is not -quite so smooth as the other route, but it avoids the three-quarter mile "crawl" up a dirt road from the closed bridge to Calhoun street. tem? If we have a battery for the source of the current it practically will not be affected, but if we have a mag neto, the slow cranking may cause tne The voltage to be so low as not to give a spark. Where this is suspected as the trouble the remedy is to spin the engine vigorously.

With the exception of the low voltage, due to the slow cranking, when the ear is equipped ltd a magneto we might say that the ig nition troubles which might cause fail ure to start are. the same as fortne sudden stopping of the engine. bat about Here is the cause of about 90 per cent, of the starting 4rouble. as both the cold and slow cranking will afiect tne carburetor action. It takes a certain amount or heat to vaporize gasoline, and.

like PHILA. COMMERCE BODY LEADS GOOD ROAD DRIVE pSilSSi Essex. I iFff3iVii $1495 I 8 LM. Detroit Five-Passenger-' steam, when the vaporized gasoline strikes a cold surface it will condense. Due to the suction a certain amount of gasoline will be sprayed out of the carburetor- nozzle and with 'some air will travel toward the cylinders.

On the way it will strike the cold manifold, and much of it will condense so that we will practically get noting but air into the cylinders, and the engine will not start. Seeks Co-operation of All Commercial Organizations in the State Used Paige Glenbrook 1920 Model 5-passenger touring car, practically as good as new. Paint in fine" shape. Good cord tires. Excellent mechanical condition.

It is unusual to find a used car that shows so little evidence of wear either in appearance or performance and we are offering; it at an exceptional price. Come in tomorrow or "phone Spruce 1410. GUY A.WIUIY What can be done nnder these cir cumstances? Why, make a mixture, as it leaves the carburetor, so rich in gasoline that while much will con Velie Six Touring $1235 V. O. B.

factory Velie Six Sedan $2085 T. O. B. Ftry The earefnl bnyer finds real food for thonrht in Telle prices and reputation. Inc.

Established 1904) 1214 Horth Broad St. dense on the way enough will reach the cylinders to cause the engine to start. After the engine has started the suc i uuaaeipnia Auto mobile Trade Association and by other automobile dealers not members of the association at the annual meeting for drawing for spaces for the twenty-first annual automobile show at the Commercial Museum Building, Thirty-fourth street below Spruce, from January 14 to 21, was conclusive evidence of the optimism of everyone engaged in the business, and a Successful show. Every member of the association was present or represented and, in all, spaces were drawn for seventy-two different makes of cars, in addition to any that may be included from non-members if there is available space. The meeting was presided over by Mr.

Iiouis C. Block, president of the association and chairman of the Show Committee. Mr. Block explained the -Dew method of awarding spaces, which was in the chronological order of membership the association, instead of by auctioning off a limited number of spaces for which the successful members paid an extra fee. Plans Approved In lieu of that more than two-thirds of the spaces were made in practically equal size, giving everyone a choice of large or small spaces, and providing for ample room for the larger exhibitors.

The plans seem to be universally approved and resulted in general satisfaction. In tallying up the exhibitors it was found that of the seventy-two cars to be shown, sixty-four were makes which were exhibited last year and eight were cars which were not shown in the 1921 show. Five new makes of cars never before exhibited in an automobile show hre will be displayed here, namely, the "Vills-St. Claire, the Durant. the Gray and the Earl, all gasoline water-cooled cars, and the Fox, a newcomer in the air-cooled field and a Philadelphia-made car.

After a lapse of years the Stevens-Hnryea comes back and will be shown, and the Wescott reappears in the Philadelphia exhibit. Also, the Rolls-Royce makes its first appearance here in the show, having recently secured a distributor here. Accessory Drawings The drawings for accessory exhibitors were held on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in thirty-two exhibitors taking space fo far, as compared with forty-two last year, although there is still accessory space available and there will no doubt be other applications. The list of cars, spaces allotted and the exhibitors follow: Allen. Spar 61.

W. D. PhepnTtl. Apperson. Spee 9.

Apperson Motors Com- PaAubnrn. Ppce 48. Flprpoint Motor Company. Bairk. Space IP.

BuJok Motor Company. rsdillao. Space Neel-Cadillae, Company. Oialmers. pue 28.

Maxwell-Chalmers Sales Corporation. ChandW. Fpare 25. HTtwrt Brothers. CbeTTOlet.

Space 22. Cberrolet Motor Cora- PaCleVelanl. Space 25. Cleveland Herbert Company. role.

Rpace 32. S. Bowers Company Colombia. Space 17. George V.

Reinbold Cunningham. Brace 57. Tannin Motor Com- PSpVniels' Space 39. Mathis Motor Company. i Dodse.

Space 44. Thornton-Fuller Auto Com- raiort Space 16. "ST. g. Kin Motor Company.

Durant. Space 11. W. E. W.

Motor Corpora- Srice 1 Karl Motor Sales Company. SVice 21. Potter-Diesinger Motor Company. I Essex. Space 33.

Gomery-Schwartz Motor Car 21. Fotter-Dieslnger Motor Com- PFofd Space 4. Ford Motor Company. Franklin. Space 27.

Franklin Motor Car Company. Gardner. Space M. Lexington Motor Company of Pennsylvania. 7 Handley-Kniuht.

Space 52, Harper Har- MHirnn. Ppaee 62. Henry A. Rowan. Jr Hndson.

Space 33. Gomery-Schwarvz Motor CHupmobfle7" Space 60. Hatch Motors Com- P.Tordn. Space 5. Peterson Motors.

Ire. Kins Space 8. King Motor Sales Comiw. Kissel. Space 51.

Crieb Thomas Lafavette, Spare 14. Philadelphia Nash Mo- Snace 54. Lexington Motor Company of Pennsylvania. Lincoln. Spaca 35.

fi-weeten Anto Company. Locomobile. Space 31. Locomobile Company. Marmon Space 50.

Hatch Motors Company. Maxwell. Space 28. Maxwell-Chalmers Sales MerceV0Space 58. Crmn-McDevitt Company.

Mitchell. Space 15. McFarlane Weinstein. Moon. Space 10.

Mackin Motors. Inc. Nash. Space 14. Plhiladelphia Nash Motor CKaSonal.

Space 29. 'ationafcotor Car Com- POa Island. Rpace 24. Oakland Motor Company. Oldsmobile.

Space 20. Larson-Oldsmobile COoVerlan4. Space 23. Willya-Oyerland. Inc.

Packard. Space 49. Packard Motor Car Com- Papa'ise. Space 55. Guy A.

Willey Motor Com- PPeerless. Spaej 43. Glrard Automobile Com- "plterwm. Space 61. W.

T. Shepard. Fierce-Arrow. Space 37. foss-Hugbes Com- Premier.

Space 42. B. L. P. Motor Company.

Beo. Space 13, Hurley Motor Company. Roamer. Space 66. Philadelphia Reamer CSaxon-iuplex.

Space 36. Tioga Anto Com- Stanley Steamer. Space 45. Stanley Motor Sp.ee 29. Ea.tern Motor.

sTSrKnlght. Spaee 12. Scott Motor Cna; PSWdebaker. Space 19. Studebaker Corpora- tl'stnti.

Space 34. S- R. Blocksom Motor Oom- Veiie. Space M. LaRoche Brothers.

Wills 6tT Claire. Space 40. Willi St. Claire Cw-PntoTi' Soac SO, The Wlaron Company. WiflyknSh Space 23.

Wtllya-Oyerland. Stephens Six. Space 53. Tray lor Motor, Com- Boils-Royce. Spaee PennsylTanla Motors Company.

IT company. wVic'ott Space 7. Roche Brothers. B. A V.

Kniebt, Space 65. Batdorf Motor Space 64. Steyena-Daryea. Inp-r Roace 41. Coolbanjrh-MackHn Company.

Biddle! Space 47. Terwilliser Equipment COAnd enrlon. Space 63. Henry H. Stacy Com- Gray.

Space S. Ixuis C. Block. ACCESSORY EXHIBITORS Artoeraphlc Register Antomotiye Gear Trt, Al-mite Lub. Co.

of Pennsylyama. American Grilling Carey McFall ffil Motor Tire, The rrham Body tion will be so vigorous and the speed of the mixture from the carburetor to the cylinders so great that the gas will not have a chance to condense, and i moreover, much of tne previously condensed gas will be drawn along. For STaerr AT VINC this reason practically all cars ate equipped with some device which will enrich the mixture when starting, such as a device for shutting or choking off the air, this causing an almost raw gas to be sucked up, or a device for flooding the carburetor. A new type closed car combhiing comfort, dignity and utility with the economy and performance' of the open touring car. 1 At but little more than the cost of an A move has been started fcy the Good Roads Committee of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce that promises to be the most important factor ever set under way for the betterment of road conditions throughout the State.

This was the launching of a movement to co-ordinate the activities of all of the commercial organizations in the leading Pennsylvania cities in a movement to check up on road construction and maintenance in cities and roads connecting various towns and cities. The matter has been nnder discussion for some time, but as a result of the recent checking up and survey of streets and roads in Philadelphia county, performed by members of this committee, all prominent automobile men, the movement finally has been definitely put under way. General Secretary X. B. Kelly has started to arrange with the other organizations for the co-ordinating of this work.

All have been supplied with copies of the report of the State Highway Department on construction and maintenance work under way and In extreme cold weather even these Urn 4 Give Him devices may not be enough, so that the engine will have to be primed by 'utomatic pourins some raw gasolene into the WIM SHIELD CLEANER cylinders through the compression cocks or -spark plug holes. A handy device for doing this is your hydrometer For CKristmas "Ur! tl syringe (which you should have for testing your battery) as shown in the illustration. SAFEGUARDS LIFE AND PROPERTY open car, the Essex Coach 'gives you a luxurious closed car of fine appointment. Gomery-Schwartz Motor Gar Co. 128-140 North Broad Street Sales Room, 128-140 North Broad Service Station, 2400-14 Market Street Sometimes, when the choke valve no has been used for too long a time, the engine will become flooded.

It. after turning the engine over while cranking Cleans while you' drive. Both hands are free to operate A positive necessity foi rainy days. AT ALL DEALERS OWN YOUR 0m a nnmber of times, it does not start, do not keep cranking with choke valve closed or you may flood the engine. When this occurs open the compression cocks and, by spinning the eDgine, blow the excess gasoline out.

In cold weath- Wholesale Distributors wmmmm vl -T Geo. W. Nock Inc. Antom.tlye Enlpmra and Hardware EAJRTUfcTT. size 1304-1306 Race st.

HiKssQsisssa You Don't Know Winter Driving Comfort Until You Have An mm Special Oakland Guarantee mm, i mtmm 1 Ml tfBjmUftMt laui mti IkuKJH KlKjlMt mm it mmm IM ll tfuiau Wmmm NfWifJUi IffcHiftti twttiuu Bmt'M II MkUi ki UuWUHMt ll' IMUM llfltU HUM VttH IlilHU tail I I) Oakland Motor Car.Conzpamq hill jjr" 1 nil Alvey Winter Top On Yur Car Made for Fords, Cherolets, Maxwells and Dodges lightest closed too made. Simple and durable construction. Easy to noerata. Handseme appearance. Win, flows eaja be raised and disappear in the roof.

Order 'w to Insnre Prsmat Delivery JAteratvre on reauext. Come tee it at the, Crown Anto Specialties Co. mSTRrBUTORS 1611 Vine St. LOCUST 463.1 8 Car Used Pre-In ven tory Jacobs Houpert Machine M. HolUngshead Co Jell, lrysnonbricaUng These Oakland Features Make Possible The Special Guarantee The new and remarkable features embodied in the Oakland engine features which have made possible the sweeping-, Oakland guarantee are causing considerable comment throughout the automotive industry.

Oakland's special design and construction of cylinders, pistons and piston rings have supplied the much-sought-for means of eliminating an annoying trouble familiar to drivers of motor cars "oil Just how fully Oakland engineers have solved this problem for motorists particularly in these times of low grade fuels and oils is best proven by the terms of the Oakland 15,000 mile. written guarantee against "oil pumping." Read this unusual guarantee when you come in to inspect the five attractive models on, exhibition. OAKLAND MOTOR' CAR COMPANY, A Stock At Low Prices There is available a number of CADILL'ACS that are exceptional values; also cars of other makes which we will sacrifice at' the same prices as those marked in the Pre- Inventory Sale a week ago. NEEL-CADILL AC COMPANY 142 North Broad Street Phone Spruce 0210 In a country-wide crosscountry for closed cars, in April, 1921, twenty-one Elgin Sixes in 19 citie3 averaged 25 miles to the gallon of gasoline. Xew Models at Prices o.

b. factory Scout $1595 oldster. (diso wheels) (wire wheels) Sedan. Coupe. Potter-Diesinger Motor Co.

iitntoiZ ch R. "ft Bearinr Jack Reid. Simplex Corpora-otC Gabriel Snnbbers. Victory V. Belt A.

U. WIDMAN PROMOTED Appointed Manager of Manufacturing for Cadillac Company The Cadillac Motor Car Co. an-j tiounces the appointment of Albert U. Widman as manager of manufacturing to succeed Ceorge FL Layng, who has I TrineL Mr, Widman is a native De-' troiter He began his mechanical ca-. reer with C.

D. Widman having worked through the to superin-' tendent and linally became general SSoSer. From 1910 to 1914 Mr TPidman was treasurer and general manager of the Auto Parts Manufac- nrinz Co. Mr Widman's past experience with i thtT Cadillac makes him well fitted for new position and enables him to arr-r on the high standard of work-anship for which the Cadillac car is FA.CTOKY BKANLH, l.AtiAt UFM.I.S A.MO SALESROOM 911 NORTH BROAD STREET Service Plant Sis Strrt Delow Dauphin 1 btstnnt at TIA t. mil.

II I'll 1 Phone' Sales or Service Pop. 407 Oakland Motor Car Company, Pontiac, Mich. i of imrrai Meomt iijmf urns.