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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1917)
8 D CHEEK OUTLINES AIMS OFAUTO GLUB New President of Motorists' Organization Compliments The Bee on Recent Editorial. Cole-Eight, in Which VUlista Officers Ploughed Through Sand AUTOCAR TRUCKS FIGURE IN WAR Reports From Europe Give Much Credit to Perform ances of Powerful Ameri can Jobs. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 16. 1917. SSCT V. B. Cheek, new president of the ( ':naha Automobile club, has defined plans and outlined the vital mat- i of interest to car owners of Doucr omniv. He compliments The Bee . t ie recent e.l. tonal. "The editorial was timely in sug gesting more drastic action for auto mobile thieves," said Mr. Cheek. "At the same time a glance at the actual inures will show that the club is a real protection against thievery and the club emblem on a car is a warning to thieves that the organization will push prosecution on any members' cars taken. During the year 1917 to November 1. 24 members' cars were stolen and 20 recovered, while there were 701 nonmembers' cars stolen and 542 recovered. Our club counsel re ports that out of 50 auto theft cases before the county coupts convictions were secured in 26, dismissals at re quest of complaining witness in 12 cases, and the balance of them were disposed of in police court before reaching the county courts. "In the 26 convictions sentences were given from terms in the peniten tiary to the reform school, short jail sentences and paroles. In compar ison with this record, I will cite the record of Cuyohoga county, Ohio, in which Cleveland is located, and tjie dealing is on a much larger scale than : Omaha, but only 10 persons were -cut to penal institutions, 25 paroled and 71 dismissed. Is Big Problem. "The Cleveland Auto club is one of the powerful clubs of the country, and if their men of brains and energy with their large fund of money and influ ence cannot combat or correct this crime and successfully get to condi tion of things, we feel here in Omaha that we are doing well in comparison. "The solution of the matter, in my opinion, is a firm stand for prosecu tion and conviction, and car owners that sutler loss and the thief caught should not be influenced by the thief's friends, but push the case to tlie end. Too many owners are prone to let the matter drop if their car is recovered. Would they take the same action if their horse was stolen, the value of the animal being much less iii;'n that of their machine, but the crime is just as bad? "We are satisfied that our municipal and county judges will do their part it the complaining witnesses will fully prosecute. The editorial further states we should co-operate with the county j officials in the road problems. This club's good roads committee is re sponsible in great part for the im provements on Dodge street (the Lin coln highway), the experimental oil ing of dirt roads, the improved meth ods of dragging, and the recommenda tion of a patrol system of road main tenance, for next year our efforts will be to rehabilitate the entire macadam system on the same lines as Dodge street and work out the government and state appropriation of $168,000 due Douglas county. Need Owners' Co-Operation. "The Auto club has a membership of 1,200 out of near 8,000 machines owned in the city and county. We do all the good we can with the money and influence at our hand, but it can be plainly seen that if every car owner would join the club and help its offi cers to use the means thus obtained for their benefit in good laws, good roads, sign work and advertising ma terial, to boost Omaha as an auto mobile tourist center, they would be doing their bit. "With a large membership we could maintain a detective bureau, an in spector of roads and streets, means to enforce traffic regulations and nu merous other things that would bene fit all owners of machines. The di rectors of this club will be grateful to The Bee. or any motorist if they will advise us any time they want help or information on anything pertaining to automobile subjects. Our services and influence are at your command." FOUR DOORS IN NEW APPERSON DESIGN Roomy Compartments, With Disappearing Auxiliary Seat3, Are in Keeping With Car. Problem Solved. II. C. L. That's no excuse! Mort gage the old home and buy an auto mobile; then mortgage the car to buy gasoline. Perfectly simple and simply f perfect when you come to think of it. I American Mfttorist. Being pioneers in the automobile business, it is but natural that the Ap person Brothers' Automobile com pany, Kokomo, Ind should have some new features in the adaptable Sedan which they have just announced. The convenience offered by the four doors is one of the new and original features of this model. These are fitted with adjustable windows so de signed that they will drop into the sides of the body or they can be re moved entirely and stored in a spe cially constructed compartment under the rear seat. The "jump-the-fence" type of win dow is used, thus insuring a- rain and windproof body, and the felt covered window frames eliminate all n.ttlcs. The roomy rear compartment with the disappearing auxiliary seats the undivided front seat the deep, com fortable, French plaited upholstery are all in keeping with the rest of the car. The usual complement of interior lights and other conveniences are in cluded in the equipment, the lights being controlled by a switch placed within easy reach of the occupants of the rear seat. Breaking Speed Laws. Suppose the women had the ballot and your mother-in-law was the jus tice of the peace, would you break the speed laws? American Motorist. In the Saturday Evening Post, No vember 10, appeared an article en titled "Fightin' Sons-of-Guns," tinder an illustration of a war truck loaded with soldiers. The car shown in this illustration is built on the standard Autocar chassis and equipped with their stand-1 ard motor. Early in the fall of 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the Kutopean war, the Autocar company was asked by a Canadian officer to equip a number of Autocar trucks for use in connection with a motor machine gun brigade that he was organizing to take to the French front. With the assistance of this officer, Lieutenant Colonel Brutinel, the Au tocar company designed an armored protection for their standard chassis, and shipped to him in Canada twenty Autocars, of which eight were arm ored cars, five were ammunition sup ply cars, two wre repair cars, four were officers' cars and one was ,an ambulance. In the due course of events these can were sent first to England, where they were used for training and in struction purposes, and later to France, where they took an active and important part in some of the im portant engagements, notably the battle of the Somme. From time to time the Autocar company has received word from Lieutenant Colonel Brutinel of the wonderful work these cars were per forming every day, along side of some of the big heavy powered trucks, and they have just this week received a letter from him praising most highly the work of the Auto cars, and making the statement that out of the twenty cars originally sent over, fifteen of them were in ac tive every day service after three years of strenuotf work. The Autocar company feels that this is a record of which it should be justly proud, and it is a source of much gratification to them to know that its product is doing its share to bring about the end of this world war. Happy Willy. That noise like a Tibetan wild dog chasing a yellow-billed cuckoo is only a motor car owner chortling with joy over the receipt of his last month's bill for repairs. Verily, none is so happy as he! American Motorist. Comfortable Winter Driving Complete comfort in winter is assured the driver of a Paige enclosed car because of three features An Electrical Gasoline Heater, a super-heated Manifold and a Valve Polishing Device. The first guarantees instant starting. The other two mean smooth running in zero weather. They are found in combination only on the Paige. Let us explain them to you. Esses "Sii-55" 7-pasnfr $177S Coopa "Sis-SS" 4-jmum-gar $2850; Town Car "Six-55" 7-passar $3230; Usnnsin "Si-55" 7-pass.nger 3230 SUa "Sl-55" 7-pasagr $2850; Brookland 4-passenfar $1715; Sadaa "Six-39" 5-pas-aangar $1925; Linwood "Slx-39" 8-pkM.iiftr $1330; GUiuUL "Six-3" Chummy Roadster $1330; Dartmoor "Six-3" 2 or 3-passe-ngar $1330. All Price f. o. t). Detroit. PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH. MURPHY-O'BRIEN AUTO COMPANY 1814-18 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. Phone Tyler 123. DEALERS Some Good Territory Available for Dealers. ALBERT E. BIHLER, INCE 21 U3 tea 1 irRlTCKl OUANTI' '7 Model No. 9 One Ton Chassis, Price $1295 1 In Five Years No Stewart Truck Has Worn Out This is quite a remarkable statement, but it is true. In five years no Stewart Truck has worn out. It is an explanation of why such nationally known concerns as the Bell Telephone Company, the Coca Cola Company, the Chicago Telephone Company, the United States Tire Company, the Firestone Tire Company, the At las Portland Cement Company, the Standard Oil Company, the National Cash Register Company and many other national concerns operate fleets of' frcrn 2 to 65 Stewart Trucks. ' Stewart Trucks are built up to a Standard, not down to a price. SPECIFICATIONS MODEL 9 IN BRIEF Motor Continental, 30 horsepower, 4 cy linder, L-head type, cast enbloc, 3 -in. bore, 5-in. stroke, constant level oiling system, maintained by plunger pump, power plant of the unit type, suspended from three pointy Carburetor Zenith, vertical type, no adjust ments, controlled by foot accelerator. Cooling System Cast tank armored radiator, vertical tube type; water circulation, thermo syphon system; steel fan, 16-inch diameter, mounted on ball bearings. Transmission Selective sliding gear, with three speeds forward and one reverse. Unit POWER PLANT TYPE, bolted direct to en gine. All gears 3-in. nickel steel, mounted on annular ball bearings. Center control with lever operating ih ball and socket. Clutch Multiple disc, dry plate, Raybestos on steel, all adjustments automatic. fl B' Drive Tubular propellor shaft with two metal universal joints from transmission to rear axle. Rear Axle Stewart internal gear, solid round load carrying member, machined from bar stock of heat treated chrome nickel steel, spindles of large diameter, being integral. Power is transmitted through live nickel steel shafts and gears. Gear into ratio 6 to 1. Tires Solid pressed on type, front 34x3, rear 34x4. Pneumatic equipment at nominal extra cost. Wheel Base 130 inch; tread 56 inch. Equipment Driver's seat and cushion; oil lamps, side and rear; channel bumper; me chanical horn; tool kit; tool box; and fenders. Price Chassis, $1295, f. o. b. Buffalo. M r Storage Repairs -- Accessories-T rucks Stc All kinds radiator. " lire, niiht Will carry a complete line of accessories; also a Firestone Truck Tire Press. We will also handle the Bihler Ambulance, tha Bihler Foot Scraper (or Autos, and will build special bodies. Fireproof age Accom ing 250 Trucks. tire, night and day service. Night and day ser vice, free inspection, all manner of repairs. ALBERT E. BIHLER, INC. 1114-1116-1118 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Distributors of Stewart Trucks Territory Open for Live Dealers mmmmi A I RFRT F RIU! FD IMP B'TOWW nlll rai I I Tr i nail III mrii' if h n 1 1' a-, uinn, an.a-e -w-i When Buying Advertised Goods Say You Read of Them in The Bee The new PucktrJ PUcwu, ire ptucncea Twenty thousand feet above the enemy's lines the aviator soars, con fident of himself because he is confi dent of his machine. Always he must have great power sustained power sure power. That is why the best types of planes now fighting abroad are equipped with twelve-cylinder motors. A more even distribution of im pulses, with a consequent lessening of vibration, promotes the efficiency of the mechanism, and gets utmost power from every charge of fuel. . The higher development of motor engineering led naturally to the twelve cylinder engine as the logical means of producing the kind of power that was needed at the lowest possible cost. The Twin Six supplies greater power and smoother power But the big fact now is that it economizes gasoline makes effective use, even in zero weather, of the lowest grade fuels. A finer motor, in a more beautiful car, gives Packard today even greater prestige than it has ever had before. Seventeen distinctive body styles in open and enclosed cars in the Third Series Twin Six 3-25 and 3-35 Ask the man who o,w n s one Seo the On Motor Sales Company 40th and Farnam Sts., Omaha. Also Lincoln and Sioux City f rw - j ssr j n-SM rws m TWIN 6 EtlSERSHIpil