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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1918)
4 D THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 31, 1918. , WHAT'S DOING " Obstacle In Way of Theft Prosecution. AT AUTO CLUB BY S. E. SMYTH Secretary Omaha Auto Club. You fair-minded motorists of Omaha, after reading this article, must admit rhat the Omaha Automo bile dub is aggressive, and always has been. N Automobile stealing is as prevalent as ever in Omaha. ' . Why? County Attorney Magney should be able to advance as good a judgment as anyone. Here's what he says: "The average car owner, after paid the insurance, will refuse to prosecute a thief. He doesn't care to have the bother and worry. I am asked every dav to dismiss cases." "Dismissals" there's one ot the :hief reasons why auto thieves are ..not sent to ihe penitentiary. That is ' ilso a direct encouragement to the thief to go out and steal another ma rine. The thief knows you, Mr. Average Motorist, much better than you think you've got him sized up. The average club member is standing firm for prosecution. Is Over Credulous. Another reason is that the average juror does not consider auto thefts as he would the theft of personal be longings or ..ash, and for that reason is over-creduious and too leniept. Another reason: The Omaha auto detectives tie forced to chase auto thieves, on foot or by street car. Omaha provides no auto for its de tective to chase auto thieves. The money loss represented in auto thefts is far greatei than the money loss in thefts of any other description. Nearly $8,000,000 worth of cars in Omaha, anij from $2,000 to $10,000 worth stolen daily. The situatiop demands immediate adjusting. Another reason: The average crim inal judge all over the country is far too lenient with auto thieves. Every auto club and most chiefs of police will verify this statement. Law Is Adequate. The Auto club obtained passage of the state law on auto thefts and joy rides. Our taw provides from one to seven years' penalty. That law is adequate. Ml we need is co-operation in carrying if out. ' When a club member's car is stolen we telephone all the bridges around Omaha and a chief of police in a town within 25 mile of Omaha on all main highways. Private detectives are worthless. Other clubs have found this to their loss. The 1,200 members of the club con stitute a moral force for a firm stand for prosecution. The club gave Nebraska a good theft law. We can't, however, control your mind and make you stand firm for prosecution. We can't control the jurors or he judges or the police magistrates We can't afford to em ploy a couple of detectives who would turn around and take a fistful of coin from the auto thief. But we can de mand justice in every step of prosecu tion if Omaha motorists will get be hind us an veil with us and not against usl ' ' Da1 rn.irt Th Wat Pacific road, oiled iast year, is in excellent shape for your Sunday drive. ' The West Benson road to Elkhorn is also very good. There's a bridge out on State- Wide Sales Organization Promulgates Merits ot Peerless A state-wide sales organiiation which reaches. into every corner of Nebraska has been worked out by George F. Reim, now distributor for the Peerless in this territory. In many localities Mr. Reim has retained his old connections, in oth ers hp has made new alliances. All in all, he declares he has perfected the most erticient sales organization he has seen in the decade he has been in the automobile business in Omaha. "I am delighted with the Peerless." said Mr. Reim. "The car has wonder ful design and more wonderful con struction. I have inspected it from rartiatnr tn axle and mv exDerience as an automobile man, especially in the mechanical end, assures me mat the Peerless is an automobile master piece. "In the Peerless you have a quiet, smooth motor. Without touching a gear shift you may throttle down to almost imperceptible motion behind retarded traffic and all the while you are operating with the greatest econ omy, for you are automatically feedin ; your cylinders their fuel at half ra tions. Then with a touch, of the foot, the car leaps into quick action and you have at your command any speed you desire. "Sales of the Peerless in Nebraska already are surpassing our every ex pectation. The outlook is for almost phenomenal business this summer. The Peerless is the talk of motorists everywhere. It is a new car to Ne braska now, but in the fall I venture to say it will be one of the best known and most commonly seen motor cars in the state." the Pacific soad, abon't nine and a half miles west. Cut over' north at ton rif hill (hr''Aae at bottom to Lin coln highway two miles, or continue .3 . .1 lit .. two miles turtner norm to tne west Benson road, and in. New Harroun Models Balk Carbon Through Smooth Bore Since the application of the oxy gen flame to the removal of carbon from automobile cylinders, that once dreaded deposit has lost much of its terror to the motorist. Yet oxygen gas and labor spent in this application cost money." asserts F. O. Clough of the Western Motor Car company, "and the operation takes considerable time, during which the car must be out of service." "But even the present difficulty is lessened by the latest feature of mo tor manufacture," adds Mr. Clough. ' It is a well known fact that carbon forms most rapidly on a rdugh sur face. Plainly the most available rem edy. was to create a combustion cham ber which would be smooth and would discourage carbon deposits. "That is just what Kay iiarroun has done in the design of the Iiarroun car. "To do so it was necessary to de sign a cylinder head which could be reached by the tool used for mathin insr its interior. With this feature ac complished the rest has been easy, and the result is a degree ot treedom from carbon deposit, which in the for mer days was not even to be hoped for." Electrical Trouble Breeds . Worry Jor Motor Car Driver "A battery may be injured by some defect in another part of the electrical system," says Elmer Rosengren of the Nebraska Storage Battery com pany. "Such a defect may result in a charging rate either lower or higher than the normal. v "In the first case the battery will rut) down from lack of sufficient food. In the second case, it is being over fed, which results in overheating, buckled plates and breakdown of the insulation. Overfeeding of the bat tery will sooner or later make it in operative, with one or more dead cells. Dead cells mean broken down insulation. ' . " "One cell nstially goes first but you may be sure that all the cells are in practically the same condition and : that new insulation is necessary in all to put the battery again into running condition. i Overland Driveways Are Smashing Former Records "Recent drive-aways at the Over land plant have broken all previous records," asserts George Van Brunt, of the Van Brunt Auto company. "Durinz the last month 2,938 cars were taken across country. In spite of the severe cold spell during part of the month, dealers and distributors made unusual demands upon the fac tory in anticipation of the spring rush of business. Only 1.000 cars were driven away during the same period in 1917." "These cars do not by any means represent the gross shipment of cars." said John N. Willys, commenting upon this showing, "but they do indi cate that the far-sighted dealers are getting ready for their immediate re quirements. In spite of unprecedent ed traffic problems our dealers are doing their utmost not to disappoint their customers as the best driving days of the year approach. It is cer tainly eratifvina to see the assurance of these men in all parts of the coun try." said Willys. "Those of broad est vision are unanimous in predicting a well sustained demand for automo biles throughout 1918. The enormous demands made upon time and energy for food and munitions with less men to accomplish these bigger tasks make it only reasonable to suppose that there will before sound reasons for motor car demand in this country than ever before. . ' 1 Autocar Officials Make Trip "Across" to Aid Work Mr. George D. Pratt of Chicago, 111., eeneral sales representative of the Autocar factory, was a guest, . w r 4 . ot tne w. m. j-iement Motors com pany during this week. Mr. Pratt brings the information of the safe arrival in France of Mr. David S. Ludlum, president of the Autocar company, also Mr. Cumner, Washington branch manager for the Autocar company, who at the re quest of the government "went across" to ' confer with General Pershing regarding motor truck equipment now in operation on the battle fields. While the Autocar company has not attempted to obtain any business from the government, they have been unusually active in various patriotic movements, and it Is a fact worthy of mention that the chief engineer of the Autocar company is chairman of the government board ot motor trucK designs. t OMAHA FIRM GETS NEW LOCATION ON KANSAS CITY E0W The Noyes-Killy Motor company of Omaha and Kansas City con cluded arrangements last week for a new location in Kansas City. It will be recalled that this company re cently took over the Kansas City branch ot the King Motor company of Detroit. A deal was made last week by W. L. Killy to exchange locations with the Kansas City Pierce Arrow deal ers, who were located at 1721-23 Mc Gee street. The, new location, according to Mr. Killv U hetter adanted to their needs. and the location more convenient. i Embargo on Short Hauls t May 3ecome Necessary Soon "If the covernment orohibited rail roads in the near future from hauling freight under 50 miles, I would not be greatly surprised," asserts Mr. Locke of the Haarmann-Locke Motors company, 2429 Farnam street. Omaha, Neb. "I do not believe that such an em bargo would result in any great hard ship at that, thanks to motor trucicy. "The Chicago Pneumatic Tool rnmnanv for tnmr time nast has been using Little Giant trucks to haul freight to and from Chicago and their plant at Chicago 'Heights.' This method of freight hauling has been very satisfactory, as they can deliver goods on short notice exactly where it is wanted at small expense." Pelton Goes to Factories To Obtain More Machines II. Telton, distributor of Franklin and Marmon automobiles, is probably the first Omaha dealer to fulfill the popular prophecy of being completely sold out early in the season. According to Mr. Pelton every car on hand has been sold and it will now be necessary to "do battle", with the factory in person if more cars are secured. Mr. Pelton will, therefore, leave for the Marmon and 'Franklin factories early this week in order to secure more cars for Omaha. ,At the time of the automobile show Mr Pelton had on hand $70,000 worth of high priced cars. Since then the entire number have been disposed of. Auto-Dealer Finds New Answer to Service Question A new solution of the service prob lem. New ideas and new ideals on the question of service to motor car purchaser are daily coming into evi dence. A Westcott distributor, for instance, has organized a separate firm to run his service station for keeping Westcott cars in perfect con dition. The result is that Westcott purchasers in his territory cart expect better service than ever before. Their needs will be attended to by a firm whose sole business is to se that every Westcott car is kept in A-l running order, and not by a firm whose time is divided between selling and service. While giving prompt and more satisfactory service to the purchaser this scheme will enable the distributor to devote his entire time to selling cars and thus increase his sales to a figure that will more than offset the possible profits in the service end of his business. Inci dentally, this radical stepeshows the confidence of the distributor in the demand for Westcott cars the coming season. Amateur Boxer Collapses In Ring at Minneapolis Frank Ward, an amateur bo'.er 19 years of age, collapsed in the r ti? at Minneapolis the other night anu died a few minutes later. He had just started sparring with another young amateur in a friendly bout. Physicians say death was due to dilation ot the heart. Why Pay Costly Storage Battery Repair Bills The permalife Exchange System eliminates that expense for life ' Can you afford to use the, ordinary type of battery, with the attendant cost for repairs, and of a new battery approxi mately every two years? Rid yourself of this expense by leasing Permalife. Its Service Lasts Forever! You never have to pay for anything after that but recharg-ing,-$1.25 anytime, anywhere. Auto-Electric Service Co. 316 South 19th Street. Omaha, Neb., Doug. 5488. H Nebraska Distributor for Permalife Storage Battery Co., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Motorists, aak us for the detaila of this moneys sving system. A ? AVrtTW l"msaam1 With the regular farm body 3 jf N-Ar Pow"u ksnd hoist f yj ; s" sSsBBb'ssWBIbW,s15JJ ....... 1, ... A Big Western Industry With a Tremendous Market at Its Door , At Havelock, Neb., a suburb of Lincoln, a great new manufacturing plant is taking form, for, the exclusive production of Patriot Farm Trucks. This plant is the logical outcome of several years of very successful manufacturing, by men thoroughly ex perienced in the business. Even with its greatly increased capacity,-the com pany has reason to expect that its entire output, will bev , taken readily by the farmers of the states west of the Missouri River, ' . The Patriot Farm Truck Built for Country Roads Built for Country Loads is the first and, only truck manufactured exclusively for farm work, and any farmer, with 160 acres or more, is losing money who does not possess one. ' , We welcome inquiries f rm substantial farmers, from respon sible dealers, and from all others interested -in the commercial development of this branch of the motor truck industry. HEBB MOTORS COMPANY Manfadurers of Patriot Farm Trucks The Truth About the "Special Discount" Tire X. No other evil in the tire business is so whole-heartedly con demned by us Goodyear Service Station Dealers as the fallacy of the "special discount" tire. It is a delusion that leaves both dissatisfaction and disappoint ment in its wake; an encouragement of that discredited theory that one can get something for nothing; it is a disturber of honest values, a foe to square-deal trade. It presupposes that in the case of tires there is no merit in quality, no virtue in the service which will translate such quality into mileage for the user, that first cost is the all-important cost, that cheapness is another word for economy. In short it is one of the most expensive misconceptions that the average tire-buyer can possibly entertain. When a dealer offers you a "special discount" to get you to buy a tire, you may fairly be sure that he is doing one of two things. Either he is offering you a tire. on which he, himself, gets a special discount from its maker, or he is withholding from you the helpful service necessary to get the maximum mileage from that tire. ' In the one case the quality of the tire is lowered at its source by compromised manufacture ; in the other the tire is handicapped in itss capacity for service by neglect. Remember that only the conscientious dealer who gets his fair margin can affordto sell you quality tires and back them with the kind of service such tires should have. This sign identifies the Good fear Service Station Dealer. Goodyear Tires, Tubes and Ac cessories are always kept in stock. HOLMES-ADKINS CO., 4911-15 South 24th St Phone South 420. NATIONAL AUTO SCHOOL, 2814 Novth 20th St. Phone Webster 5943. ' TROUP AUTO SUPPLY CO., 1921 Farnam St Phone Doug. 5230. THE NOVELTY REPAIR CO., 4809 South 24th St. Phone South 1404. BLACKSTONE GARAGE CO., 3814-16 Farnam St. Phone Harney 800. JONES-HANSEN-CADILLAC CO. ', Farnam at 26th. Phone Harney 710. ORR MOTOR SALES CO., Packard Show Room. CH AS. W. WALKER GARAGE CO., Fontenelle Garage Auditorium Garage, and C. W. Walker Garage, 36th and Farnam St. x COUNCIL BLUFFS AUTO CO., 510-518 Pearl St., Council Bluffs Phone 2691. S. & A. TIRE & RUBBER CO., 2522 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 3854. COLFAX GARAGE 30th St. and Ames At. Phone Colfax 1907 ' General Offices LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Factories HAVELOCK, NEBRASi: 4