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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1911)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEEi JULY 16, 1911. NEBRASKA LEADS ALL REST Shows Greatest Gain in A. aA. Mem bership Campaign. .. NEW. VEHICLE LIGHT LAW PASSED MaaaavrhaaVtt Waaalr All M ! 1 n-r1amiMi Attached, Which Shall Be VLIMe from rrt end near. MaaaachuMtU hu puMd a taw r- Suliing "every vehicle on wheel to har attached, to It a Ufht, or light, which hall be to d ."played u to b visible from th frant and the rear during the period of one hour after sunset to on hour be fore aunrlse." Thl etatute ! the reault of the. activity of the' American Automo bile a6clatloiVe : lae body. . Th chair man of the JlUsachuetU legislative com tnltfr ja'4-. R. peare. ,t6rrper, TrS.l4nt (he national organisation, who doea not trttend to be placed In the "has been" Claaa. The "llahta-on all-vehicles" act was first obtained In New Jersey by the associated automobile clubs, though the original measure required an artiendjrient to' make It truly effective, recently passed. While It would appear that common safety would require all vehicles should carry lights at night. It has been dif ficult to get legislation along these lines. Hut the Amercan Automobile association bodies In New Jersey and Massachusetts persisted, and It la now a certainty that similar statutes will be sought In all parts of the country. Nebraska has shown the greatest In crease In American Automobile association membership, owing to the statewide cam paign carried on by Dr A. P. Overgaard and Secretary D. E. Wgtklns, who -have forwarded the"-names of le clubs for en rollment on the national -list, which now has a total close to 300. The Automobile olub of Tiuffalo file a claim to being the largest motoring club In xthe entire world. , President Laurens Knot yesterday wired president KObert f. Hooper at national headquarters that 8,113 Bisons now require the attention of Secre tary Pat H. Lewis, known throughout the country as the pathfinder of many Amer ican Automobile association tours. Transcontlnentallsta - .are no longer looked upon aa extraordinary .-motor travelers, though one off the moat per slstent tourists, both here "and" ''broad, t W. M. Garland of the Automobile club of southern California, from., wjilcfc Jblg-, or ganisation of the Paclflq, ooast there comes word that its ex-president fis How en rout from Los Angelea to New York city. The Los Angeles-Phoenix endurance contest this year will be via . Ban Diego, 'and President O. P. Dullard pt the Maricopa Automoble club has ust completed the details of the course to. Phoenix, which, as the chief city of Arlxona. figures as the leader In automobile affairs, with sub stantial attention to highway improve ment. SHOWS SAYING1 TOR AUTO Qalck Shoe Repair House Uses Franklin Llaht Delivery Car la Syracuse, N. V. The latest Instance of the exceptional value of a commercial motor vehicle In business cornea from a quick shoe repair company, Syracuse. N. T.. using a Frank ling 1,000-pound light delivery wagon. This firm takes shoes, front lta customer to Its place of bu-inee -and returns tHerft 'after they are repaired, necessitating many trips. "I would have to have 'three horses and wagons," a&ld the . proprietor, ''to do the work thla ar is doing, and then I could not cover the suburbs. If I- got any trade from that section It 'would have to be brought In. 'This motor delivery car can travel all over creation; it never gets tired, end 'en able us to go after shoes away out in the edge of the city and deliver t)iemv'at a profit. These trips would tlneA a firse, while the motor wagon is aa ready for work at night aa when cranked in the morning. The car baa a four-cylinder, air- cooled motor." CHICAGO MOVING DAY FEAT Family Oce Fifty-Two Sf Ilea la teres Hoars with Hoasehald, Goods By using a motor truck a' Chicago fanir lly hddlta household, good-moved a dis tance or xitiy-two VUie overiana in seven. hour na the vehicle', after being unloaded. maae me trip oaca v m starting piaos the same day. This feat was performed by Sweeney Bros, of Chicago, owners of a four-ton Sampson freight motor. Before seeking ovX this company th head of the house looked Into the possibilities of transferring hi goods by freight and by horse. He found that the expense either waV - would be greater and the time to make the trip three times as long as by motor. Th trip was made from Chicago to El gin. III. The truck started early In ths morning and was due In Elgin at noon. It got there two hours ahead of time. When the family arrived in Elgin everything was unloaded, rf1 o hours later the -start fcack-4 to Chlcage-was mad' and at 4:30 o'clock that evening th vehicle arrived. A -f - -' MORE" MOTORS" IN FRANCE Nasnhav alaltlalled by Tea la Last Tea Year., Aceardlna Report. Figures receatly published in lYanc how development of automoblllng In that country In the ten year. Krom 1M1 to 1910 the number of car Increased front l,38i to U,9. The average horse power has also increased materially, although, perhaps, not to the extent expected. In 1901 the average was five-horse power last year It had advanced to thirteen. It Is pointed out that, the life of th pedestrian In Pari Is becoming difficult, not only because of more cars in use, but because of the speed. Th figures follow: Tear No. of Cars. Av.ILP. mi lm lou. It 1J6 ' 1W7 lW 1 191 .... (,$ .... S.lUl ....12, KM ....17,10? . ....21.614 ....'M,2l W..J1.2M- ....7.6M ....44,78 ....U,6o 7 I 9 10 u EACHT0 SITUATION CLEARED UP Program la Arranged for Antetsta a ISTssaih, 8AVANAH. Oa.. July IS. Th autooio blle road racing situation in the aouth has been cleared up. The grand prla will be run at Savanab on November 10 and the preliminary events on November ST. The wlU b th Vanderbllt, th Savanab. cbal lenge trophy and the Tledemann cup. Tht dating will bring th Vanderbllt on a Monday and . the gold cup conteat on Thursday. By thla arrangement a suffi cient number of days will elapse between th Vanderbllt and the grand prla race to permit driver competing in the former also to tea th line In th latter. Along Auto Row Oeeaa-to-Orraa Aaloliti Visit Omaha and Are Royally Enter, talned Tire Stand Hard Te.t. The ocean-to-ocean tourists who Were In Omaha tba fore part of the week were much Impressed with the city. They were entertained "every minute of their stay." Their trip I from Atlantlo City to Los Angeles. Each car is driven by Its owner. The car are -equipped with United State tires. All drivers reported that they were delighted with th wear of th tires. They had had much less tire troubl when they reached Omaha than they had antici pated. Manager Lee Huff of the Omaha branch of the Nebraska Butck Company, says the demand for Buick trucks is becoming greater all the time. This type of car ha been placed with many business firms in Nebraska and Iowa during the last year. Several recent orders have been reoe'ved for these trucks. Five year of constant service In ren dering '"first aid to injured telephones' and aa a "general utility car 1 the record of an automobile which Is now doing duty for the Warm 8ulphur Springs (Va.) Telephone company and which was orig inally owned by the Chicago Telephone company. This car, which so aptly Illus trates the automobile a a factor In th entire Industrial world. Is a Mitchell four cylinder with the serial number 160. As the cars now being made by the Mitchell Lewis Motor company are numbered above the 30,000 mark, it Is evident that the telephone car 1 an old-timer. The car was discovered" by a Wisconsin banker, who" -visited the Virginia resort recently hnd who taw the ' car In service there. :'Thls car" has been Ir- is every day. Some day carrying seve.i," said he In- a letter to the Racine firm. "It ha never been washed. The driver tells me that a few days ago he pulled a tyg car over the steepest pass In this neigh borhood, which th other car' could not make alone." Walter Hale, the artist-actor who has Just finished a long engagement with John Mason In "As a Man Thlnketh" at th Thirty-ninth street thater, New York City, will this week begin his fifth tour of southern Europe. He will be accom. panted by hi wife, Louise Closser Hale, and wlU drlv a forty horsepower Oarford car, every one of hi previous trips having ben made in a. Oarford product '" ' " ' Scarcely had the last i skyrocket flared and faded on the recent "Fourth" before telegrams and letters began to pour into the Goodyear Tire A Rubber Co!' offlco at Akron, O., telling of th triumph of uoodyear motorcycle tires. At the In dlanapolls 8tat fair frounda. where Presi dent Taft was a spectator, Baker, riding a (even horsepower Indian equipped with uoodyear "Blue Streak" tire, captured three . first hra.kln-- h ... ji., . i. . - - - . uii , i record la -both th ten-mile and five-mile event "for the second time In two days. These tires were the same that carried him th day previous when he won four first. "On of th largest single order for mdtor truck In New York City within th laat few. month was placed last week bv uim.ei Bros., th -big department store merchandisers." said Jack Sharp;" Omaha gent "The order was for eight Alco two- ton trueka Olmbel Bros, already have flva aico truck in service. . Three . are In New York City and two In Philadelphia. All of them are of three-ton capacity." An announcement has Just been made bv W. J. Mead, vice president and general manager or the Olds Motor works. Lanslnir. Mich-., to the effect that Le W. Place has been' appointed assistant to the general manager. Mr. Place la -well known among automoDiie men, hi actlvitle with the Olds Motor works dating from the year 1809. at which time he was placed by Mr. Mead In charge of th southern territory, em. bracing all of th southern states east of th Mississippi river. For some tim during in latter part ot hi stay In th south Place acted aa manager of th Old Motor work branch hous at Louisville, Ky. iunrwarai n turned vr the affair of that branch to- W. E. Stokes, who had formerly been general sales manager of the Old Motor works. f. ' Th baa ball bleacher formerly were Unchallenged in the production' of slang, but motor car lingo has been developed Into a style of Its own. aa unique aa any base ball chatter. Chauffeurs and professional car testers at factories abount In ft In the test shed of th Columbia work at Hartford. Conn., a humorous tester ha bung a sign which reads: ' . CABLtt CROSSING. Don't Anchor Her. "Remarkable economy of operation and reliability of performance was shown In a national 100-rall economy test of Brush runabout conducted In all pan of th country on July i," remarked T. O. North, wall, local Brush agent. "According to bulletin reports telegraphed from the prin cipal - points where tests were held, the simultaneous running of a great number of cars under Identical rule and condition volved h winner with a performance of ig.l mile per gallon of gasoline, which I hlghek than any .mllea-per-gallon flgur on record. This showing waa mad at Loa Angeles. Cal.. by Y. R. Del Valla, who used only tw gallon and one-half a pint of gasoline In covering 100 mile. Thirty, tw of th contestants who telegraphed th observer reports to the contest headquar ters la New York, averaged 1S. miles per hour -with an average gasoline consumption of 25.9 miles per gallon." From twenty-seven cKie ef America and Europe, branch managers of th Ford Motor company met at Detroit to partici pate In the annual convention of the Ford union, July 1 to .7. When the selling star of th Ford union congregate at th horn of th Model T they compris on of th most successful bodies of automobile aleamen In the world. There are twenty-eight branch managera, but J. R. Durance of Melbourne, Australia, waa not a'jl to coma The Ford branch manager, alone, dis posed of. K00 Ktord Model T car In ml. which. 1 said to exceed the total output of any .other automobile conoern. The race lor first place among th Ford salesmen waa determined at the conven tion and will be announced later. From th latest figure th honor lay between Oaston Plaintiff ef New York and T. J. Hay of Chicago, each having sold around 1,000 cara The convention had sessions morning and afternoon, th odd moments being given over to yachting, aviation and motoring. "Th amateur automobllist and sometime qthar In an excess of seal will, upon lifting the hood of th machine, oil every thing In sight which ha ptaca t re ceive olL "Tb magneto of today require no more oil than an ordinary clock." aald Charles Splltdorf. head of the Bplttdorf laboratories, "and a few drops of light oil applied rightly la worth mor than pints scattered Inllc. rlinlnately. In exam ining the motor, one should look for oil upon wires leading to the magneto, as there Is no worse enemy of rubber than oil. At first this Is not discernible, but after a time the oil causes the rubber to swell and decay, thereby g'vlng cause for a short circuit, and Is one of the moil an noying troubles known to the automobllist" C. J. Corklll Is driving an Apperson "Jackrabblt" car to Cheyenne, where he will enter the Frontier races. J. A. Freeland whs In Detroit this week arranging for the 1312 shipment of cars. The 1913 model of the. Chalmers "36" Is believed to be one of the most satisfactory cars produced. It Is attracting a deal of attention. The Peerless Motor Car company has announoed that they will build five-ton trucks, along' similar lines with their three and four-ton trucks, but larger and stronger throughout, to meet the additional requirements of the Increased capacity. One of the features of these trucks is th very liberal tire equipment, the rear wheels being provided with 42x( dual tires, and the front wheels Wxl Inches. The Peerless company states that everything about these trucks has been designed with the Idea of simplicity and durability, and It Is anticipated that the demand for the five-ton truck will be as large as for the other sixes. The five- ton trucks will be ready for delivery In July. f On account of taking Invoice employes In the factory of the Willys-Overland com pany are enjoying a brief respite from work. This Is the month of the year with the Overland when comes the change In the season's models. Considerable criticism falls upon the heads of automobile manu facturers, as It did with biryrle manufac turers years ago because of the fostering of a seasonable product launching Into the market from year to year cars Dearing changes and Improvements over the pre ceding year's output. Bob Burman tagaln demonstrated his rlfrht to the title of "world speed king"' when he made a mile In 4S :T2 seconds at th Independence day dace on the mile circular dirt track of the IlrlRhtnn Beach Motor drome. This remarkable time of Bur-man's beats the old world's record for circular dirt tracks, which wa mads by De Pal ma In a Flat at Syracuse, N. Y., September 17. 1310. With this new mark Burman Is the holder of more world's speed records than any one driver In the world. He ha traveled faster than any man on any course, hanging up new records for th mile, kilometer and two miles on the Pay tonis, Fla., course In official record trials April 23. Driving the Remy-equlpped "niltzen" Bens st the rate of 141.73 miles an hour. Burman broke the records held by Oldfleld. Burman used the trame car and drove over the same course as Oldfleld, but used the Remy Ignition system, while Oldfleld used magnetos of another make. Prepnre4 ' for Htm. "Is the editor in?" asked the wild eyed man. "Yes sir; I am the editor." "I have come to tell you sir, thst after years of Investigation I have discovered a cipher In the works of Mother Goose. The real author of her Immortnl poems was " The editor pressed a button. Instantly the combined blasts of a do-en powerful electric fans struck the man and blew him out of the building. Who can estimate the debt of gratitude that mankind owes to the great Inventors whose genius Is ever -on the alert to re move the obstacles that obstruct the on ward march of happiness and civilisation! Chicago Tribune. Ocean-to-0cean Run Draws Auto World Hftzardoui Tour of Premier Cari Will Mark New Epoch in Long; Pleasure Trips. The unprecedented and marvelous ocean-to-ocean tour of ten Premier automobiles, driven by their amateur owners and carry ing families and friends, Is engrossing the entire automobile world. Thousands of auto enthusiasts. Including driver who are In clined to attempt stunts out of th ordinary In the touting line are taking notice. There Is nothing small about the Premier transcontinental dash. In fact It will mark a brand new epoch In automo blllng. When this tour ha been com pleted autolsts will know for the first time Just what a machine Is cspable of doing when the amateur owner Is at the steering wheel. There have been Innumerable touring con test and tests of endurance In which pro fessional drivers have competed, but until th present Instance there has been nothing to determine th capabilities of amateurs. As the bulk ef the driver throughout the country are amateurs the great Interest that Is being shown In th Premier trans continental caravan Is easily explained. - On June 24 the owner of ten Premier automobiles, with families and friends left Atlantlo City, after dipping the rear wheels of their cars In the Atlantic's waves and headed for San Francisco and other Cali fornia points with th expressed purpose of wetting their front wheel In th waves of th Pacific, thereby literally completing an ocean-to-ooean tour. To appreciate the daring of these autolsts It Is only neces sary to tat that 4.00 miles Iky before them and to cover this distance they set side forty-six days. Sixteen dsys were svibstr acted for entertainment along the way, making the actual traveling time thirty days. During fifteen dsys of this Journey hotels will not bo seen. .The tour ists will camp out between Omaha and Fan Franclsro arid the greater portion of this time will be spent In the Oreat Amer ican desert. They left here Wednesday. There have been a few transcontinental tours before, but not by more than on car and not with amateur owner drivers. When the outcome of the Prelmer run Is known then also will be known what th amateur owner ran expert his car to do fur him 1 p t'- wav of long distance touring. How to spend a varatlon In your automoMl Is oris of the lessons that will be learned from this tour. That Was All. Phsrply spoke the conductor: "Madam, you'll have to take that bulldog Into the baggage car." Mildly spoilt the sweet faced matron: "Pardon me. but 1 am lame; I shall have to ask you to take him there." Casually spoke the bulldog in a low, deep voire: ir-r-r-r-r-r! Ow-wow!" Then silence like a cataplasm descended to meliorate the contusions of ululatlon. Chicago Tribune. 4 ATTEQTIOU! Come in and see the latest thing in Auto Fur Robes Will be on Display Monday and Tuesday in our shqw room. j - - VELIE AUTO CO. 1902 Farnam Street J Model "44" 7 Puenger, Fore-Door Touring Car $1800 The Abbott wm.ee for the season of 1912, in addition to their well Imown "30" which tliis year ; will he sold for $1350, a new model to be known as the Abbott-Detroit "44" seven-passenger fore-door touring car the pnee ofjwhich will be $1800 $1775 T,V.C. P"ccs announced have been made possible by the increased viuwvut. ui uui uifcjiujxiiuuij.i me Keen competition among material and parts makers, the larger production with its consequent increased purchasine: power, coupled with many important labor-saving devices which we have installed during the past year. I The same excellent quality of product, both as regards its mechanical -".construction, its style, finish and refinement of details will be maintained. Model "44" Fore-door Deml-Tonnaau $1350 Model "30" Fore-door Tourinr Car d Several important refinements, however, have been added which will greatly enhance its appearance and value. tJJ So well has our policy of permanence been established and our M methods of manufacture standardized, that we are hot only able to guarantee our cars for life, but have also added to our organization a service department of 12 divisions covering all parts" of the United States which is ready at a moment's notice to co-operate with the dealer and owner in the production of universal satisfaction. flj Back of all this is a feeling of strong moral obligation and a sincere desire to instill in rnr minrU rf AKKntf.n.fnn .1 :i; ... --- ---- iiuMuu-iywuuil UffUCIJ uiai iccuug $1350 ?f confidence which should and must always be the basis of honest . business relations. Rpan nnr mnrontM k.lM.. . w 0U.UH.V, UCIUW. Model 30" Fore-door DemUTonneau $1275 Model 30" Fore-door Rodter $2150 Fully Equipped fill Enumerated here are tome of the HJI high grade feature which, while frequently embodied In cars of the four or five thousand dollar class, are seldom incorporated in can telling for these prices. Exceptionally large and roomy bodies. Band buffed leather upholstery, with thick cushions. Circassion wdnut dash and trimmings. Highest class finish 24 painting operations. Three-quarter elliptic springs in rear, giving exceptionally easy riding qualities. Full floating type rear axle. Chrome nickel steel drive shafts. Multiple disc clutch. Three-bearing crank shaft. Unusually large valve openings. Titnken roller bearings throughout Extra Large Tires Reducing tir expense. Gear Shifting device noiseless, easily handled. Large strong wheels. Latest type of for-door bodies with inside control. SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICES ABBOTT-DETROIT V44" fK' SK loa atroke noter. Dual IfuitJoa SrMrai with M.rneta. 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Ventilated fort-door Bodies, wfad-ffid..! $1350 roro-aoor lounng ar, tuiry equippea, locluaua. top and i-H.hi.la Fore-door AoadWtw. fully eauipDOd. lj ton and 1450 -hriJ, . . 1Z75 riBdahi-Sr Ur' luilr U'P1. laeJudiog top aad J 375 Celnai.l Coup., fully equipped. 2150 Model V 30 Colonial Coup. Abbott Motor Co. Detroit, Mich. W. L. Huffman Automobile Company Dong. 104. 20S3 Farnam St. OMAHA 027 Dorajfla Bt-, Blou City, I. .III. OU Aft ANTE K tftite at a m a a - - J ad ruaxaatee tea AuU oblke wtn4lf taw aaw-nvate a" .sceptlue ol lira.. aua(uaui. k a(j tt.( Lio. ai a faaudhFtMa raepeuue aaaVtra, uaa la awaaMtu. Bnth. taa .r Peewtfeateue er eacimiia. avoaat Wvtortoaa ar- ..... v. ,uv., ar .an. tic taa ca. raraas or pro ideiactiTe (run .ay eauaa K-yr iti, I t-' auatoaiar aaall lorwka eu an-MaaU) U laTi m oaf sod ia. aama at th. Aaaiar tia aa3 uraaad aa. the . e( karaaa.. a4 h iXallaZ a kraal aea waa ao I a ra!ftT7aaTJi ka--T iaa aa-7a w. .r... 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