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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1923)
Flat Rate Plan £ «- * 1 Big Advance in ! Motor Service I _ R Under New System, Repair fja, * ft ' frosts Can Be Calculated as Soon as Extent of Damage Determined. ' Lee Huff, vice president of tlie Xe L braska Buicl; Automobile company, If soys the greatest advance in motor service from the viewpoint of every one ^concerned, is the adoption of what is .known as t-he flat late system. - "The flat 'rate system may be de fined as a complete and scientific working, scale which fixes the niaxi i mum amount of time require^ to com i plete certain repair operations under 1 normal conditions," Mr. Huff said. "The schedule establishes the maxi mum time an efficient service sta tion needs to make any repair or ad justment that might he necessary. "If the service station to which you take your car is following the flat rate system, you will know before work Is started on your car just what It will cost. And. ip addition, you will know just what the work , includes, because the schedule li^ts In 1 detail the nature of the complete operation. • / “For instance, if some driving acci dent results in damage 'to the car, the repair costs can be calculated .as : soon as the extent of the mishap has been determined. Consulting an au thorized service station" you would find that the necessary repair is list ed under the proper heading In the Buirk Schedule of slnrtdardized serv-j | IcO* operations. The operation Is de? [ scribed in detail and ' the number of hours necessary to perflOr mit is slat- i ed. Thus you know that the repair wollld not cost you more than tin rate charged for the number of hours | of labor and the cost of new material if any ii used." Richardson Firm Host to Employes* at Dinner r. S. Richardson entertained the mechanjfqj and sales departments of the Riehnrdson Motor Car company 1 at din ire'r at Hotel Fontenelle Fri day night, after which they viewed the Wella-Schoell match at the Audi j torium. The evenings entertainment is a monthly event for the efficiency main- , tained l>y the mechanical department | and the volume of sales by the sales* department. "During the month of February ; we had one complaint from work turned out by our mechanical depart ment.” said Mr. Richardson, "and that complaint was on a minor fault in electiica! wirfng which caused n short- circuit. The necessary repairs ; were made within less than five min ' tites. \ "\\> aim, of course, to turn oul . work which Is absolutely perfect and J am making these entertainments ('* regular « •• ent U*at,unu title entiiusi asm apd .fir.aKW^Wwfcw*•• perhe^ee 1* J our mechanical department.” The sales department totaled 17 •twits for February. .(Chandler Motor Thrives on Snow. Dealer Aver* V "What difference does a little snow make to a Chandler?” says Ralph W. h Jones. Omaha distributor. "Wasn't " the Pike’s Peak motor tested out for | over- a year climbing snow capped ’ ,mountains? Mr. Jones reports sojUfactory sales ■ of Chandler and Cleveland cars, both j. wholesale and retail. During the last (".week, he says, his firm has closed ; up a number of prospects who became I*',interested during the auto show, and •he has also signed up some good j (dealer accounts. Car Wins Mud Battle This picture of ttye sturdy Durant Four coupe wua' taken at the com pletion of a 200-mile grind' through mud and gumbo. For mllee-this car plowed its way over, aouI* Unit an automobile hart not "'pa set if over for weeks, breaking its own trcil and never fattening , in its performance. For a distance of seven mHes, the front bumper was buulecl in Ibo mud. the lower part of the radiator was also plowing mud. The car was under jts« own power at all times with one exception when there apparently was no bottom to a very bad hole, at which time the ear sank to a point where tho fenders were not visible. This Durant coupe luts hart throe ■owners anti has traveled 11.COO miles with' no overheating. Ceremonies for New'Nurses' Home * 4 r - Archbishop Harty to Break Ground Monday for St. Joseph Dormitory. Archbishop J. J. Harty will break ground for the news nurses’ dormi tory at St. Joseph hospital. Monday, following celebration of solemn mass at the hospital in observance of the anniversary of St. Joseph. Archbishop Harty will occupy Ids (isuai place during the mass, with Rev. P. C. Cannon and J. Aherne as deacons of honor. Other priests taking part will be Rev. J. P. Falke, deacon; William Whelan, sub-deacon; J. W. Stepson, master of ceremonies. Rey Thomas C. Heady will deliver the ser mon. Following the devotions in the chapel. Archbishop Harty, with all h;s sacerdotal subordinates, will pro ceed to the site of the new building, which will extend eastward from the northeast corner of the present struc ture. Archbishop Harty will bless the site of tin- building planned. A. S. Midlain Die9. Sioux City, fa., March 17.—A. S. Midlain. general manager of tile Ar mour & Co. packing plant at Sioux City, died at his home today.- He had been ill for several weeks. He . ante to Sioux City about a year ago. Snowstorm Swamps, . Sprague Tire Service The snowstorm this week and Its resultant inconveniences- played havoc with' automobile tires, 'according to .\Y.illiatn Turner, sales manager of the Sprague The and Rubber com pany. Although handicapped by the drifts, Sprague frpe tire service wag ons were kept busy answering calls from every part of the city to help motorists stranded by tire trouble. “Snow; doesn’t affect tires," says Turner, “but in cases such as we have had during tire past few days the majority of drivers stick to the car tracks and rails cut the side walls of any tire and weaken the fabric’’ In several cases 'service men bat tled huge drifts to reach motorists who had flat tires. While, the ma jority of the calls Were from outlying districts many seryice runs were made in the business district, where busi ness men. after parking their cars for several hours, would return only to find one of the tires had given away. Belter Business Bound t to Follow Big Snowfall "While business Is temporarily hindered in practically all lines, this snow is a .blessing for the entire country.” says U. I.. Alley, Jowa ■wholesale manager for the J. H. Han sen Cadillac company, who has just returned from a l*lp /through larva, ""‘‘the ground was dry, and farmers were complaining that the wheat was blowing away. This snowstorm was just what wsb needed to Insure'a, good wheat crop, and If will mean that business will be stfrnnlatefi later because of the fine crop that is sure to follow such a general snowfall." bays Mr. Alley. JapgneseJArmy Sliak»*up Seen in Resignations Tokyo, March 17--It-was teamed today that Marshal Uyehara. ihtef of the army tit a IT. will resign, From in authoritative source. it was also learned that General Akiyamu. chief of military education, ulso .w'l11 /"\ sign. A general housecies nisig !n military circle* is expected soon. STA#M?D HAPPY WARMTH Dreary, ffcfny day* Wav* thair jpfaaiant aid# with a N a * W11 Standard Furnaet. NE5BITAFURNAEE Many times a year cold damp j «■ *. - rainy days require a hre to I R^ton ^fiy! make your home cozy and comfort- g u^R,diiior is able A Neabit Standard Furnace i» built I (obstructed en for comfort in all weather A quick fire to tiraly d4r,C*at drive the chill away or a lasting beat toendur | |r,,S in two < s-„ > the coldest temperatures of winter months 1 |IOM. inS^irttng Idea thful warmth at all times I uniform tjiitt'k- t y'.^W Ask your dealer to tell you about the Neabi I "esS aO'ismoOtli } Standard Furnace. I interior STANDARD FURNACE & SUPPLY CO. • Omaha, Nebr. Sioux City, Iowa Neabit Furnace Dealers, 'Olson Bros., 2612 Leavenworth St. Wares & Bronder, 4616 8. 24th St. Ji, .1. Flanagan, 3104 Lcuvcmvprth St. P. Hauth, 2C'th and Vinton. 0. r. Dimock,.2426 S. 16th St. J. F. Jacobsen, 3903 Leavenworth St. f'has. Krelic, 610 S. 13th St. F. J. 1‘anek, 1713 S. 11th St. Thrane & Gillc Mfg. Co., 1007 Jaokson St. Farnam Sheet Metal Works, 2901 Farnani St. A. H. Meinig, 4604 Dodge St. Sehollman Btor., 4114 N\ 24th St. Moyer Bros.,. 1710 Jackson St. Mayer & Harral, 2123 Military Ave. Aperient n. FurnatM dfttoak' K b van nUckl':! Sam Abrams, .?61.9 .Seward St. North SM Hd*'. <0444rote. tWili St. «■»».* J. W. Holt, With ami Dodge Sts. ’ King lldttr.•('•)., JfUV tJUtnlng St. E. Mead.' 2202 Military. E. J. Stoll, 1410 N. 24th St. R. W. Simon, .'1407 Charle* St. E. A. Carey, 3685 Grand Avr. Wm. Nielsen, 201 S Spaulding St. W. W. Schmitz, 2003 N. 20th St. Elzaaaer Furnace Works, 1921 S. 11th St. C. II. Turney, GOth and Maple Sts. Council Bluffs D«ikr Rice Furnace iind Tin Simp. ■ *’* N. Main St. “Railroad Reos” in Use "Flanged wheel, gasoline • propelled vehicles are about the very latest in railway transportation,” according to J. M. Opper of the J. M. Opper Motor company, in speaking <lf a mlfnber of speed wagons equipped in this man ner and serving eastern railroads and traction companies. Foe. the lighter s', vie of ' lladl-sol die*.” tlre-r^O, Apllirw>^aset is used. ^T>r' -egular pneuniHtrrHres and nr^TR are r< plaeed by flanged steel rims ft demoui halite type. ' In designing the heavier ears the frame is lengthened and springs rein forced to accommodate the maximum load. The front axle is replaced with a special four wheel truck. Other auxiliary equipment Include* draft -<nr. Iirrilics sand boxes, steering «ear. locks, etc. In many instances i tile heavy cars are oiwnited in trailer combination as Illustrated here. Speeds up to 40 miles are easily attained, while tic; K*snline consump tion .8 no (creater titan on the lnith wny Maintenance costs are de creased." for there is less shock and torsion strain in railway use than the same car would receive in road Distinguished Quartet :^^*ho7;ycjwth seated mi the running UaArd -of -his new l: i* K is (U n*,# .Sura/.an, national ov*■»» naif * ham I don. AnriflUfan it he? yes it in l Jl»\od old fl.hatk IJut* hisitn. f< . in»r I'haiTifiioii and idol «*f th» links. Why loth fine And J«m k are snrt! mg !a\iHiih- n.av he explained hy 'tin iiafuj* uf their background There w»*, -charming Ann Purdue; .iml llorM*»v, ptumlaiog bidder* f * i r Htuiilum m • filmland. Who wouldn't ninth ? t.ihurt In1* I J g<*<! to l nite in l)ri\r Against Divorif \cn York, March IT —on church* a to unit' In a tltitc ftic.-iifi** <tivnr> *. Midhoj) AVilllani 'f: Mnnninc of the Kpiscoua! church d<vl*tr<$| in a Untri; pennon today that a lorivul -f cdlKlnn In lt*«d<vt to Inniieoyo tl.# *H,rv(:tlt v of innrrinip. tfo hukkchIo-I: That i ultli> sentiment be fooueed: ihat the church give careful and faithful tonchlttg as to what marriage means 'and * involves; "Mhat all w ork for a tirlter law and a fedei il divorce law ilicit1 tilt church by teaching nnrl itsjlntt hoUl up to: he world the trim alrVil-of mnrriiige' and that the churches of et ury name net together Immediately In this matter. He Manages Musical Clubs at Creighton cJuJias J/uf??phrety 11j.'_ PHOTO BY HE-fN . < Julius A. Humphrey, new manager : of the Creighton mlisiral clubs, or j Jollysters, ns he calls the big group of musically Inclined youths of thu unl i versity, is rnaking big plans fur the ! organization. Humphrey made arrangements for : photographs, evening clothes, anil an : nounced yesterday that he has planned a trip for the organization. He also is endeavoring to obtain the services of Henry Cox as director. "The Jollysters are the cream of Creighton's musical talent,'' Hum phrey declared. "We are going to put 1 nn a real show in the course of the season. Why. we've got one of the, hest bass soloists In the country, and many of the other voices are corre spondingly good.'1 Humphrey is a student at Creigh ton snd subscribed $2,000 to the Creighton drive. Creighton's Money Drive Continues Month Longer Creighton university's campaign for *2.000.000 for building and endowment purposes Is to be continued for 30 days. Ward M. Burgess, chairman of executive i onimlttee of t lie campaign,; said. "Our objective Is $2,000,000, mj everybody knows. To iht» the sub scriptions have totaled approximately >230.000, composed of smaller sub scriptions only. Barge subscriptions which are under pr unis* will swell the total to almost $1,000,000 ‘ The executive committee has de cided to continue the campaign for the next 30 days |nythe belief that the full objective of '$2,000,000 will be reached by that time.” O, Perley Funeral at Daughter's Home M<»mla\ Fur.era.! services for Oscar Went worth Perky, 70, who was found dead in a snow drift Thursday nigh*, death having l>een caused by aj*oplexy, will be held from the home of h.s daugh ter, Mrs. Let a Cat herwood. : '30 South Thirty fourth strep?. M< nday afternoon at 2:30. with burial In West Uwn cemetery. Bishop Maurice F. Burke Dies St. Joseph, Mo.. March 17—Bishop Maurice I\ Burke, oldest <*ntho!.. bishop in the United Sjates in point of service, died here early today. The bishop van in his 7*?h year. Bishop Burke was rouse, rat' d 36 >e.trs ago and served CJ years as head ■ f the St. Joseph di«»ce,**e. He was or dained in the priesthood in I *75 *n Home, where he ^pent nine 'cars of study at the American college. Bishop Burke was liorn in County Limerick, Ireland. He was brought to America when 4 years old and later attended Notro I»ame univ* i sitv and conclude*! his theologi. .il studies in Rome. Ordained r\ priest in 1*7.'.. 1 • first charge was at Chicago and in 1*»S7 he was apl*>inted bishop nt Uheyenm . Wyo.. b> tlie late Pope Leo Ail 11* JH?" lie was tratiFfeied to the Uiocc** of St. Jo«< ph. ■ '• ~~nrl Typewriter Repairs on Any Kind of Machine We sell as well a« repair all kinds of typewriters. We Runrahtee both our typewrit ers and our repair work. All-Mikes Typewriter Co. 205 South 18th Street * ..a.---...' -- wjx / pwvp v| — — -— — 11 Jfcw Price Only "To TtiTiTnniTifi 7pt» •elnle Ihh _ _ _ , rin lj Is ■cr'-Hitry (or F. 0. B. you I'i make »TiRIiFPI. linpi'C* (Inti ninl permit im to demote* Factory alrnle ttits wonderful ear lo jon. Nebraska Oldsmobile Company slot \ rm oh\iii ioh no inks i Bus War Waged by. London Lines Is Waxing Warm General Omnibus Company Determined to ^ ipe Out Competition by Pri vate Firms. London, March 17.—Wars, rumors of wars and threats of wars are be coming stale topics In London con versation, but occasionally some new "war scare" comes along that arouses interest. Kor the moment the popular "war" is London's "bus war." The General Omnibus company has for years operated Its buses on the streets of London without com petition. In the last six months at least four independent bus lines have opened up in competition, and now theft* is a "bus war" on. The new buses find that they have an unw. !come escort. Kor every in dependent bus operating on the streets thnre is a flotilla of General Omnibus company buses to act as escort. The independent bus man finds himself sandwiched In between a fleet, of lo r red buses, and he has t/affic. troubles and Is generally lieaten to the passenger stop, so that his customers are few. Public sympathy seems to be in favor of the independent buses, bow evt r, and they are managing to exist. Lord .Ashfield, head of the London transportation combine, who once “smashed baggage" In America, is cuite excited and peevish aliout this "bu« war." lie warmly defends the tactics which his company has put In force to wipe out competing buses. "Small omnibus companies have never shared the burden of the day." Ix.rd Ashfield says. "They add noth ing to the transport farl!it>-s of Lon don. They peek the dens** routes of traffic and run their omnibuses with a view to servii g their own selfish . iti-re us. The private omnibus owner lias less responsibility then a taxi driver It nnist be a survival of the fittest." Central Senior Hi-\ Club • Tied- Officer." for Year Ctyitral Senior 1II-Y club elected its officers for r*-xt year at its social mixer at the Roys' division of the Y. M. C. A. Friday night. For president, T. Albert Anderson defeated Hawthorne Arey and fori vice president. Vinton I«awson was v. infi**r ov» i Marion Morris. Morgan , Mtyt'i - d' f».'i«'d Roleu't Weller ^<>r secretary, and J** Drozda defeated Dan Kgl**it fur treasurer. The rev offi* r rs will lie installed formally Tuesday night. March C7, at a joint meeting of all Hi Y clubs :n the city when Arthur N. Cotton of N*»w Yor k City. ♦ father of H Hi Y movement, will Im* tin* main speaker. ,f. I>an Ringer will install the new f • ffleers, together with the South arid l rhn. il H Y • ff »* j * Handle."" Bod) Identified as That of ( hioago Man Chiragn, March 17.—The handles^. 1 disfigured l*»dy found near Geneva. 1 ’.1 . February 13. waa identified to night by William 1,. Stapleton, police lieutenant, as that of EdvH** McBrhlc. who had U n arrested mhny times !n Chicago. The hands wer*1 cut off and the f •« burned >o that recognition was nearly linpoiifiiblc. The poll..* t > w.a that McRride w. is killed :n a whisk v runners’ war. Bombay University Professor to Speak * z>jP' swav£i> I •tjoam— Dr. Fun.uel L. Joshi. senior profes sor of English literntura at Barada college, University ot Bombay, now exchange pcpfessor at the University of Nebraska, will give a lecture on "New Forces in Old India,” at the University club Thursday evening. Dinner ot 7 will precede the lecture. Mrs. Conrad Young Is chairman for the dinner and lecture. After his Omaha engagements. Dr. Joshi starts on a lecture tour, which j includes St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, , New York and other eastern cities. Dr. Joshi represented ills country at . the international peace conference held in New York City in 1908. He was the first Hindu graduated from Columbia university and was the first ti . .. professor to America from India. Dr. Joshi is a nordinaed Episcopal minister and in addition to his col lege and lecture work In this country has filled a number of pulpits in churches and cathedrals. Test Flight Delayed. Akron. O. March 17.—Aeronautical experts in charge of the test fi.ght of the new army airship T C.-l, larg est non rigid dirigible ever built in the United States, decided today to postp re the trial until next week, week. Weather conditions were unfa v orfthie. Prizes Offered in Ad Contest t * Hundreds of girl* and boys between the ages of 14 and 18 will be inter ested in the ad writing contest which i» being put on by (he Burgess-Xash store this week. Merchandise is Is-ing displayed In tlie young men's shop. main floor, and in the junior and misses' shop, third floor. Ad* on this merchandise are to be written by the e:-1s and l»oys. A prize will Is- giv-n each day for the best ad and, in addition, three honorable mentions will i,» giv er. which will entitle the winners to compete for the final prize v. hkh will be swarded at the end of the week. The ptise-winnlng ad will receive 25 points, first honorable mention 15 points, second honorable mention 11 points ar.d third honorable mention 5 points. The following week the prize-win ning ads will be published in Tha Omaha Bee, n different ad er oh night, with the name of the winner. Sun day, April 1, the pane of the win ners of the grand prizes will be an nounced. The contest starts 11< : sy aid the ad on the merchandise dMpbr.ed on that day must be handed into ■ ie ad vertising department of the Burgess Nash stores before Thursday, Mar. h ?2. at 6 p. m. The ad on merchan dise displayed Tuesday must be • in Friday, March 23, at 6 p. m., etc. H Prominent advertising people will act as Judge* for the contest. Mrs. Fi-kf*. Actress. Adopts 13-Month-Old Baby Boy >,>•»• York. March 17.—Mr*. M.nni«* Madil-rn Kirke, actr^f**, announced Today at a meeting of the Child Adoption league that sue had adopt ed a 13-month-old baby boy. Mrs F.ske Intimated that the child would be brought up in a theatrical .!tmospbere ami said he had made lils debut a few weeks ago as an “Italian waif," to which she was stage “mother." Minnie Maddem commenced her •tags career ;n “Richard JIT. at Ut ile Rock. Ark. She was married *o Harrison Grey F--k« in J&S’O and has no children of her own. HUGH MURPHY CONTRACTOR PUBLIC WORKS OMAHA. NEBRASKA March 15. 1923 J. H. Hanaen Cadillac Co., Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: I want to let you know how much I appreciate the “lift” I got in one of the Cedillaca yon had running on the Omaha atreeta today on account of the complete tie-up of traffic. To run thoae can waa certainly a thoughtful act 1 on your part, and 1 far one want you to know that it waa certainly eery much appreciated. Very truly youre, Harry B. Petera A Cadillac geta there eeery time. It Satiafiea the moat faatidioua. Haee you ordered youra? SIM. IK-SIX FOt KHSSK.XCFK IXH TK $3,495 a* Omaha Hilt*Si... . -— ——— Aiunujmmu, -_ . a rrrrn In every industry there is some one product which by right of character is accepted as the standard of comparison. In the field of fine motor cars Packard Has become the symbol H of quality and the measure of value. On no other basis can you ac count for the public’s atti tude of mind toward the Single Six, the latest Packard product. RICHARDSON MOTOR CAR CO. 30)6 H.rn.y Si. HA rn.y 00)0 Tl<. alovr pric. it fully rquipp.d rvrrvlkmg hut th. Item. ASK T 11 F. M AN WHO OWNS ONE