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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1916)
THK OMAHA RUN DAY HKK: FKHUTAUY 20, I91h. 5-D UNIVERSAL NUMBER BILL FINDS FAYOR Adamson Measure Probably Will HiTe Enough Support to Iniore Passage Soon. WILL AID INTERSTATE TRAVEL WASHINGTON. Feb. 1A (Fpoclal.) Evidence accumulates that the Adaninon till will find a generous support In con gress, to an extent that will Iniiura Its psssaga within the next few weeks. Briefly this measure championed by the American Automobile association pro vides that a home state registration num ber will take Its possessor to all parts' of the I'nlted states for whatever period the motorist may elect. Hepresentatlve William C. Adamnon of Georgia, who fathers the Mil. Is the chairman of tho committee on interstate and foreign com merce, and he has received assurances of approval from member who ball from all parts of the country. Senator Dupont and Representative Wilier of Delaware have no hesitancy In going on record tn favor of the bllL Senator Nelson of Minnesota Informs Ills motoring constituents that he does Bot know of any reason why he should not favor the measure, and Representa tive Van Dyke comments that he has read the bill and Is quite willing to vote for It. Representative Krelder of Pennsylvania ays that he is heartily In favor, and Rep resentative Bailey of the same state ex presses full sympathy with a plan which seeks to make the interests te use of automobiles ' less vexatious than it is under present practices. Representative Sparkman of Florida thinks th measure timely and says that he will support It. Representative Pratt of New York con siders the proposed legislation entirely proper, for It only duplicates the attitude of the Empire state, which offers rec iprocity to all other states for w days or any part of the year. Representative Sherwood of Ohio be lieves In the merit of the bill and thinks it should become a law. tepkeas Favors Bill. Representative Stephens of Nebraska ays that the bill will have bis favorable consideration. Representatives Fobs and Sterling of Illinois express similar sentiments. Representatives Sutherland and Neely of West Virginia both realise the value of undisturbed interstate road commerce. Senator Oalllnger of New Hampshire Is not aware of any argument against the measure which would interfere with Ms support of It, and Representative Sulloway of the same state believes In reciprocity which is "reasonable and equitable." In view of the fact that New York and Vermont favor year round reciprocity, it is assured that the spokesmen of those two states in congress will be unani mous in their support of the measure. New York thus would be able to supply forty-three votes for the bin, to which the Green mountain state would add two more. ' It would not be unreasonable to as sume that the senate would be likely to accept the approval of the boose, in view of th fact that this legislation now has a country-wide application because of the astounding Increase of self-propelled vehicles until nearly tionxo are sow using the highways and by-ways In the transportation of commodities and passengers. Eight-Cylinder Beauty travel sped. bill climbing, hevsy roads. Me. . The problem has been solved In the Cadillac by a very ingnnlous application of the ring governor. Its action Is such that as the speed of the engine Increase, the spark is automatically advanced and Is automatically retarded as the engine speed decreases. It automatically pre vents the damns which my be caused by either too much or insufficient spark advance. The driver ran set his spark lever when be starts out and then forget it- Farm Lighting to Be Displayed at Omaha Auto Show Electric ferm lighting Is no longer an experiment. For several year a great deal of time and energy was devoted to trying to find some system of lighting that wss safe and efficient snd still rea sonable. Iieesuse electric p'ants were con sidered expensive the development or at lesst the general use of elctrlo plants wss not given ss much attention ss the end Justified. The msln trouble wss In the storage batteries being too bulky and expensive and the power was also a draw beck. The development of th storsge battery end the gasoline engine hss overcome the two prlnlcpal objections and todsv the farmer can have a dependable, efficient plant at a moderate cost. The operation . Built for Service hss been simplified until a child 10 years old csn hsndle a plsnt ssfely. ti of the plsnts thsl Is sttrsctlng considerable at tention Is the Alamo Electric Ksrm Light plsnts. The Mock lelsnd Dow company will have one of these plants on display at the coming Auto show where It will be demonstrated to all Interested. To Train on t oast. Oscsr Vltt. the stsr third sscker of the IVtrott Tigers, will trsln with the Ban Frsnelsro heals this spring at San Jose, Cal. Hudson Super-Six Steady for Pictures Fsllors have a ssvlng about a staunch ship and Its steadings In a Rslo, some thing like this: "She's ss stesdv as a church." And It Is a pretty good compnr Ison at thst. The Kuper-Klx, the newest creation of the Hudson Motor Cnr com pany. In which vibration has been elim inated to a remarkat.lo degree, showed Its steadiness recently on country roads when used by the Eesanny company to get pictures for the film drama. As these pictures were to be used In a big production It wss necessary that Ihey be absolutely clear and steady, no Jump ing, no flickering. The Super-Hlx wni as 1 steady as a rock. The moving picture operator with his enmera mounted In the front compartment reeled off foot after foot of plctifre. Not a Jar. not a bump,' marred tho operation. The film came out perfect. Maxwell Dealers , Hold Meeting The Maxwell - dealers who art under the direction of the C.:W. Francis Auto company, were entertained at the Fonts- Belle hotel Thursday afternoon, February 30. Th luncheon vajl rlvan 4n th Y 1 m Room, and directly after the luncheon talks were given by C. J. Brokaw. branch manager J. u. cuius or tne c w. Fran cis Anto eomnanv. C. A. MMrtn nt the service department and EL E. Edge comb of the Preat-O-Lite storage Battery company. The object of this meeting was to Im press upon the dealers the necessity of buying ahead. Owing to the fact that the prices of materials and automobile parts have more than doubled In price during the last year and the fact that all Indi cations at the present time point to fur ther advances, it is absolutely essential that dealers who wish to sell cars at the present prices during the summer place their order and get their stock on hand now. Mr. Cullls explained In detail the merit of individual parts of the Maxwell, show ing conclusively that the Maxwell is one of the best values for the money on the automobile market today. C. W. Francis, in speaking of the meet ing, says that dealers all through his territory are now realising that the vari ous talks in regard to advances In price are not prepared with the idea of speed ing sales as much as with the Idea of Im pressing the true situation upon the deal ers in order thst they in turn' may put the proposition squareiy to the consumer. Incidentally, Mr. Francis says that the dealers are expressing their willingness to co-operate and have placed orders for - 1 .." ui inu uuiuucr vi cars ordered last season. HOW MUCH IS THE ONE THOUSANDTH PART OF INCH? Tl.ls Is a question frequently asked at tho ( adlllac exhibit. Tho question is prompted by the constant reference made !y the demonstrators and salesman to thst unit of measurement which is stan dard in tho Cadillac factory. A. hair from a person's head measures from two to three thoucandths of an Inch in thickness, hence one-thousandth would be about one-third to oneholf the thick ness of a hsir. In the Cadillac eight cylinder car there are more than l.OuO dimensions In which the extreme variation perm'ssible is the one-thousandth of an Inch. There are more than 30) iperatlona which are held within a balf of one thousandth limits. In finishing the parts, the measurements are held within these limits by applying the plug and snap gauges, whose uses are demonstrated at (he Cadillac exhibit. CADILLAC HAS AUTOMATIC SPARK CONTROL ON CARS which would relieve the motor car driver f the necessity of constant attention to the spark lever. Ordinarily, if the driver la to get the maximum results from his engine he must be constantly ah'fting the spark lever to meet varying conditions of 1 "Service Guaranteed" PIT Tl f Tl TTTrr T7 TT T! TT V r7 11 fl II - II tills? II II II II B H M SV II une utra we naoi up yiir m Complete Specifications 1916 Maxwell Four-cylinder motor; aluminum cons clutch; unit transmission bolted to en gine; floating rear axle; left side steer, center control, 68-tn. treat; 103 inch wheel base; 10x3 H inch tires on demountable rims; weight 1960 pounds. Motor Bore, S i-s inches; stroke,- i (a Inches; cylinders and crank shaft in tegral; detached head; oil reservoir of aluminum; valves, 1 inch di ameter, located on right side and com pletely enclosed. Oraak Shaft of exceptional sixe and strength and flttad with large bear inga Cam abaft and cams drop forged in tegrally from solid bar of atoeL ZgalUoa Blmms high tension magneto. finnllng Tuhulsr radiator and fan. Thermo-syphon system with large inlet and outlet connections. . Inbrioatlon, - Bplash system with pos itive oil pump delivering- oil at lour points and maintaining constant level. Carburetor Special atomiser type; dash, adjustment to suit starting and run ning in any climate. Gasoline is aup piled by gravity. Olntoh Aluminum cone clutch; faced with multlbestos lining; clutch runs in oil snd takes hold smoothly and with out grabbing. Transmission S-speed selective type en closed in aluminum case, which is bolt ed to flywheel housing. Main transmis sion shaft has Hyatt roller bearings in front end and bronze bushing, bab bitt lined, at rear. Jackshaft has phos phor bronze bushings; gears are nick eled steel, heat treated. Instrument Board Carburetor adjust ment, speedometer, lights and Ignition switch, battery regulator switch and ammeter are carried on this bosrd within sight and easy reach of the driver. Lights and ignition switch, am meter, fuse box, battery regulator are rontainsd in metal, housing called the electrical control unit, which can be easily removed for inspection or ad justment. Wheel Bass 103 Inches. Tread 64 inches; (0 inches optional for Houth. Bear Axle floating type, flvs Hyatt bearings; axle shafts of nickel steel; gear ratio 3.68 to 1. Front Axle Drop forged I-beam sec tion, extra long wheel hub, running on ball bearings. Springs F"ront, semi-elllptlc, 31 Inches long, lLt Inches wide, fixed at front, shackled at rear. Springs Hear, elliptic; lower half 40 inches long, scroll It inches long from cenfer of spring shsrkel to spring seat, t K inches wide, fixed at front to transmit drlva, shackled at rear and mounted on a rocking seat. Tires 30x3 Inches ail around; famous make of antl-skld tires in rear. Starting and lighting System Blmms-li-uff unit motor and generator, mount ed on left side of motor. Pressure by foot on phinger pedal starts electric motor and engages starter pinion with flywheel gearing, thereby spinning mo tor of car at a rapid rate, which In sures immediate starting. B-Passenger Tourlar Car S8BS t-Paseeager Boadster S39 5- Iaasrtiger Cabriolet 869 g-Iassenger Town Car 1 6- Tasseager Venoanent Top Convertible Body S3S r. O. B. DBTBOXT This Is the Surprise We Have Been Holding in Store for You The Maxwell 'Tay-As-You-Ride" plan of selling automobiles has proven to be such a huge success that we have decided to go one better than that in offering with each car sold a FREE SERVICE BOOK which guarantees you one hundred and twelve one-half hours of free service. This is done in a spirit of legitimate co-operation. (Co-operation be tween the buyer and dealer.) We want , you to know that we are taking . a keen interest in your Maxwell even after you buy it. We want you to keep your Maxwell in the best condition and we want to prove to you that our promise of service is a bona fide guarantee backed by service coupons which are good not only in Omaha, but at any local Maxwell Service Station. This service book is valued at $42.00 and contains 112 coupons, each good for one half hour of service. So when you buy a Maxwell you get, not an indefinite service promise, bat an iron-clad guarantee with your dealer's signature attached. We have recently moved into larger quarters where we have one of the largest serv ice and repair shops in Omaha. In addition to this the Maxwell factory maintains in Omaha a supply building where a stock of parts is carried sufficient to supply the five sur rounding states. This insures prompt service in securing Maxwell parts when they are needed. Just a Word Regarding the Maxwell You must know by this time that the Maxwell is something more than an automobifo. It is a definite known quantity to all who have investigated its merits. It is an automo bile which we stand ready to compare with any car selling for $1,000. Not only do we stand ready to compare but ready to prove that it is the best buy in the automobile mar ket today for the money if you are in the market for an automobile selling at $l,000orless. This thousand-dollar product at $655 is made possible by a gigantic production of 70,000 Maxwells 70,000 new, factory built, completely -equipped automobiles that public demand has shown to be necessary during the present season. C. w. FRANCES AUTO CO, 2216-18 Farnam Street Omaha, Neb. Phone Douglas 853 . i.