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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1911)
TIIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 1, 1911. 7 Along Auto Row Dealers Arf Prrpnrlns tor th A n tomolille l:nsltlon to 1 llrlil Thla Wrrk. O. A. Pleroi of Orand I.liind drove his Kranklln 1 ovirlnml to Omaha to attend the Ak-Snr-Hfn and Is stopping at Guy I.. Smith's "Franklin hotel." .1. Johnson, driving a MOT Franklin r, stopped In nt !uy 1.. Smith's over night Sunday on hl return trip to his home In Superior, Neb., after a touring trip through the south. Guy U smith, the Franklin dealer, will receive his 1912 demonstrator In about two weeks. the Franklin car has a number of new features for 191!. The motor Is practlc ally the some with the exception that the auxiliary exhaust valves have been eliminated and thereby doing away with all possibility Of smoking. The body designs are similar to 1911, with a touch here and there, making the car a striking beauty. The motor, of course. Is air cooled and Vhe tires large. Easy riding Is always assured In a Franklin. Quy L. Smith rrwcelved an arm full of complulnts when he sprung his big "cross street sign" for carnival week from people who were compelled to crane their necks to read his big Hudson car announcement strung from the. top of his building on Farnam across the street to the building occupied by the Flsk Rubber company. Hut Ouy says his lines are always on top so there you are. C. S. Brown of I'apllllon drove over to Omaha in bin G Franklin last week. Guy L Smith la endeavoring to Invent some sort of talking or singing machine to be attached to his string of cars tho Franklin, I'eerless and Hudson. He Says this will be necessary to Inform the pedestrian of the approach of any one of his "silent trio." The second week In September of each year has come to be considered visitors' week at the Franklin, factory at Syra cuse, K. Y., since tile New York stale fair la held at that town during this week and a throng of strangers ar shown through the Franklin plant. Tha "Welcome" algn Is always out at the Franklin factory, and while visitors come and go the year around the num ber during fair week Is unusually large. During the last fair every section of the state, large towns and small, were rep resented at the Franklin plant by visit ing Franklin owners and a great many who do not own cars at all. The Ka-Noo-No Karnival is the nightly attraction during the fair and the Frank lin did Its part, the police officials using this make of automobile In regulating the crowds In the streets. Six thousand one hundred miles at 2.7 cents per mile with a load of from two to five Is considerably less expensive than railway transportation and Is the cause of considerable satisfaction on the part of J. L. Stephens of St. Paul, Minn. Ho drove a Franklin four-passenger touring car a year and kept an accurate account of all expenses. At the end of that time his speedometer showed 6,100 miles, while the total expenditure for everything from license to washing was but 1107.72. To make and market a motor car that shall at all times and under all circumstances give the owner unlnter rupted use of his Investment that la the milck lda of service, and what they endeavor to give to every purchaser. Seven years ago the first ftutrk auto mobile wu made and It It still running and giving Its owner perfect satisfac tion. Since that time (B.OOO Pulck cars have been made and sold, and very few have been laid aside. pulcfc agencies are In very city and hamlet In the country, where RtiU-k Sup plies and parts are kept for the conveni ence of Uulrk owners. 1 In the Putck plant, at Flint, Mich., which Is one of the largest automobile factories In the world. Is built nothing but high-grade automobiles, complete, fmm the finest raw materials the market affords, including motors, radiators, frames, wheels, transmissions, front and rear axles, spring, bodies, fenders, drop forging, tops and trimmings; In fact the ear complete, even Including bolts, huts and cap screws. R. W. Craig has accepted an offer from Guy I.. Smith to become associated in the wholesale and retail departments, handling the Peerless, Franklin and Hud son. Mr. Craig has had several offer under consideration, but aa each would necesnltale hit return to tha east they were finely given up as Mr. Craig Is desirous of remaining In the west. IN A CLASS BY ITSELF Bible Stilt Holds the Lead aa the Moat Popalar and Dost Sell Inn nook. The one hundred and seventh annual report of tha British and Foreign ntble society, the largest, If not the oldest, of such organizations, shows that the Plble still holds Its ancient lead as the most popular book ever published. Purlng 1910 the society distributed. In 432 lan guages and dialects, no fewer than 903, S27 complete Bibles, 1,199.239 New Testaments and 4,782,720 single scriptural books. Its receipts from these sales for though its prices are very low, it seldom actually gives Bibles away were mora than 1500. 000, and in addition it received about 1740,000 as legacies and donations and from Invested funds. 8lnce Its founda tion, In 1804. it has distributed nearly 120,000,000 copies of the aacred writings, at a cost of fully 150,000.000. Ita colpor teurs today number 1,100 and Its annual output of Bibles weighs nearly X0 tons. The American Bible society ably sec onds the work of the great British so ciety, and Is almost as old, having been established In 1R18. Down to 1W It had printed and distributed 70,000,000 copies of the New Testament and the complete Bible, and since then It has continued the work at the rate of nearly 2,000.000 a year. It has given especial attention to the translation of the Bible into tha In dian tongues, and Is now ready to supply the New Testaments, at least, In every such tongue as has been reducod to writ ing. Of late It has also given attention to the Philippines, and its colporteurs now distribute Bibles In! Tagalog and all the other dialects of the islands. Altogether these two great societies, with their Scotch, Prussian and Russian rivals, are now distributing fully 2,000.00" complete Bibles, S.OOO.OHO New Testaments and ,000,000 lesser portion of tha Scrip tures a year. Just how many copies of tha book are otherwise sold In the world Is not to be accurately determined, but tha most reliable estimates place the number at 6,000,000 a year. In the United States' alone the sales often exceed 1,000. 000. No other. book, sacred or profane comes within - miles .of this stupendous record. The Bible outsells all the other best sellers. Aa a matter of fact. It come very near outselling all of them taken together. Baltimore Sun. SUGGESTION LEADS TO DEATH reeling Kit, llotrl Man Is Told He Looks 111. Then Ones Into Decline. Friends of Mtthew P, Lynch, a Nep tune avenue. Coney Island, hotel proprie tor, who died Monday, believe the Illness which caused the death Of Mr. Lynch had been caused by the power of suggestion. In support of their belief they pointed out that until seven months ago, when Mr. Lynch was stricken III, he had been In such sturdy health that nobody had ever thought of telling him he lookvd bad. Seven months ngo several of his acquaintances, who may or may not have got the idea from a play of Mnllcre. began to tell Mr. Lynch that his appear ance was that of a man who was very III. To the men who first went to lilm with this suggestion Mr. Lynch paid no atten tion. His acquaintances who had sug gested the combined attack upon Mr. Lynch as a Joke, and who were nt sure he would yield to their suggestions, per sisted In the plan. Gradually the hotel proprietor suc cumbed to the unremitting efforts that were made to convince hi in he was 111. He began to worry. The more he worried the more his acquaintances Insisted that he had grounds to be apprehensive. A week ago he quit work, saying hn was too ill to continue. Physicians who were called discovered symptoms of heart trouble. When Mr. Lynch wu told by medical men that he was 111 be became doubly sure that his earlier feelings wore not the result of unfounded suspicions. "My friehds kept coming to me telling me I looked badly," he said, "and that I must be III. They were wiser than I. Now that the physicians say I am ill I know that I am." Those acquaintances who had started the feeling of dissatisfaction with his health to which Mr. Lynch had yielded now say they had gone too far. They tried to get Mr. Lynch to disabuse his mind of the thought of Illness and Im pending death, but his gloomy forebod ings had taken such a hold on him that he could not throw them off. He died Monday from what the physi cians said was heart disease. New York Herald. PERPLEXITIES OF SMALL TIPS Whither Wo Are Drifting; Indicated by Signs in Two States. Despite every effort to prevent Its ppread and development, the tipping sys tem continually galna ground. Those who are brought into dally contact with the dread evil have but a limited apprecia tion of lta subtle and insidious encroach ments. But let them remove themselves even for a short time from the infected territory, and return again, and the per nicious headway becomes at one mani fest. A New Yorker who had voluntarily ab sented himself from the only town In which life is worth while came back and revisited his usual haunts. Going Into th barber shop he was greeted at the door by a maiden of tender years, who threw open the means of entrance with a gracious air. He tipped her. A youth hung up his coat and collar. He tipped him. The barber applied the lather, and fed him with gossip worthy of his famous prototype who held the noses of the great in Savonarola's day. He got his tip Then came the boy who held his coat and the boy who brushed him off, each to be mollified with the one unctuous application that soothes all wounds. As he started to leave, the poodle leaped Into a chair by the door and held up Ills two pan appeallngly. The gentlemnn has flm-e bought a safety raror and Is now dickering for an asparagus farm In the wilds of New Jet?ey. Thus do tips lead to exile, if not to crime. And If not to crime, at leiist to Its detection, an may be shown by a har rowing tale from UlPhwnnd. Md. In that quiet hamlet among the laureled hllis. far removed from the temptations of greater marts. It might have seemed that tips should be unknown. Bui no Eden Is without It serpent. Young Ray. mond Hyland was the son of the cashier of the lllvhwood Fuvlngs bank. One morning he was observed going Into the barber shop to get shaved. At the close of this almost sacred performance he gave the barber a quarter and told him to keep the change: A dlrertor of the bank overheard his reckless remark, nnd an Investigation of the bunk's affairs Immediately followed. Raymond Is now serving a five-year sentence In the Ken tucky penitentiary, while Byland, sr., who fled immediately after tho sudden ex pose, has been captured soil brought back to the scene of his defalcations. Something must be done, and that, shortly, else waiters and barbers, tab drivers and Pullman porters will be the sole surviving members of the ha. its ton, while captains of Industry and their kind Will be driven to desperation and crime In their futile endeavors to run the gaunt let of the deadly and all-devouring tip. Washington Post. HUGE T0LL0F THE SEA Appalling Number of Traredla on the Waters of the World Everr Year. Careful French statisticians compile each year for the "Uureau Veritas" a record of the accidents and losses suffered for a twelvemonth by the merchant marine of alt nations from which data are obtain able. The yearly summary put forth by the "Bureau Veritas" Is counted authori tative by all maritime men owners, agents, underwriters. Few who loll In the palm-gardens or loiter on the road ways of the swift cities of ease that cross the Atlantic know the "Bureau Veritas," its record of tolls gathered by that com placent sea down far down below the rail. Nina hundred and clghty-aix vessels of the world's merchant marine steam ami sail totally lost In the year IWti. nay these careful French statisticians; and this tally recognises only steam vessels of over 100 tons burden. Such the record of complete destruction, and tho follow ing the count of damage not Irreparable; 4,273 steamers injured by flro, collision, stranding, stress of weather and other causes. Tho destruction varies from year to year: In 1007 there were 1.104 total losse among merchant ships; in ll05, 1.03S steamships and sailing vessels were gripped by the sea. No count I kept of the men who go down in the ships that are lost. The statisticians deal only with commercial values. No bureau In the World finds profit or incentive in keeping count of the thousands of seaworkers who are claimed as toll by tho aea we reckon tamed. Only this Is taken In count: that every day In the year somewhere On the retttless wastes of tha seven seas two In some years three ships arc snatched In greed by tho power that tolerates the many. So the average has It. The sea takes most of its tithe by stealth. A bandage of fog about the navigator' eyes, a racing current mov Ing unseen beneath the masked innocence of flat water, a knife-edge reef, or sand that yields until a keel is fairly trapped I BUY YOUR SUPPLIES FROM then destruction. Not quite 4'X) of the vessels lost In the yen:- l'H were wrecked through t-trandlng; K-s of these were steamships, superior as they were over the baiks and schooners subject to the whims of the wind Collisions sent ninety craft to the bottom. I 'Ire destroyed thirty-eight. Ninety-three filled end foundered. I'rder the bead "Missing." whli h means that not even careful French statisticians can Ul vine) the secrets, of the deep, fifty ships were registered In thr W record of disaster.-Harper s Weekly FIRST CONCRETE SN0WSHED ltnn-e rermnnent gtrnciore unit- insrni Mountain Section of the tireat Northern. The first concrete snow shed ever con structed has Just been finished in the heart of the Cascade mountains, on a stretch of road near Scenic Hot Springs, which suffered recently from snow slides. The Great Northern, like the majority of western railroads, has a number of timber sheds, but this road 1 protecting thor oughly every fart where It Is possible for a slide to occur, and in order to obtain the best known protection it has In one place decided upon concrete con struction. Concrete has stood ai wen me strnln on brtdges and culverta and so proved the test of heavy trafflo and severe weather that the new snow shed is expected to be a great auccess. This snow shed cost .'. tK and more than 4 men were employed to build It. It la S.900 feot long and twenty-four feet hUh on an average. The ton-Inch thick roof Is supported by concrete pillars at Intervals of twelve feet, and the back wall Is from nine to seventeen Inches In thickness. For various reasons concrete seem admirably adapted to snow shed building, the chief cf which Is that It can be used In such a wsv that It becomes a part of tha mountain. It Is well known thai a snow avalanche comes down a mountain side with such terrific force that It sweep everything before It. An avalanch lay everything b:ire, trees are uprooted and laid low, bridges are destroyed and the whole country desolated. When anow sheds, of whatever material ar properly prepared they are built so that they do not ob struct th fury of th slid, with ft slop ing roof, the highest part of which i toward th mountain. In other words, they are constructed so that when tha snow descend with fury It slide over tha top of tha waiting shad and away from the track. It will be readily een what advantages concrete possesses In erecting a shed with the roof at an angle, The hed Just finished Is anchored dlreetly to the rock and makes a saml-artlflelal rock, whloh appears as part of the mountain. Where the back wall of the shod Is attached to the rock It Is fastened with steel bars extending- Into the rock. Another advnn tas:e In thl concrete construction Is the ability to leave the front of the ahed open In summer so that the scenery is unobstructed and the tunnel Is light. In winter it enn be closed If desired, aa a board side will prevent the snow from drifting on the tracks. Such a shed Is considered economical In many way, though the original cost may be high, for there Is no danger from fire, the repairs are much li-ss than on a wooden ahed and the maintenance cost Is small after It Is constructed.-New York llernld. rotato lllll Philosophy. In a marrlrtue, unless both sides do fslrly well, there will tie trouble. Have you a good Job. and nre you try ing your I'cst to work yourself out of It? A good tininv men d. It. When some women entertain" they work so hard that you can't enjoy your self for being sorry for ihein. A woman thinks she Is becoming used to business when she has learned to be siisplrlnu of every man she meets. hen a man tells me he was a soldier In the rrhlilon, I never ask him If he wss ever in a buttle; he will be so humiliated If he wasn't, 1 heard a woman tell the other dav of ithe best lime she ever bad; the three weeks she spent In a hospital, when she had an operation performed. A woman enjoy kissing so much, and objects so strenuously to men kissing her, that I often regret the poverty of humsn nature Is such that a woman can't kls herself. F.. W. Howe's Monthly. t t'nfortannte Charleston. Few American cities have suffered often and so seriously from the angry elements as Charleston. Carolina' beautiful city by the sea wa burned to ashes In the civil war. It was prac tlcally destroyed by an earthquake in lwn. It was ravaged by yellow fever In Imxs It wss wrecked by cyclone and tidal wave In It was hurt by a smaller earthquake In 1H07. and Just now It has borne In a million-dollar loss and In fifteen lives the brunt of the re cent hurricane. With unconquerable courage the brave old city rises from every disaster, and the world ones more gives It sympathy and godspeed In It present trouble. Chicago Examiner. The Picture of Success rPHERE is always a reason for every Success. The reason that five times as many people in Omaha use the IUTERI1ATI0I1AL DELIVERY CAR for light delivery purposes as use any one other car for that purpose i9 that they get so much more service for tho money. Ask any or all of the following people why they use the I. II. C. car: Elmer Johnson, Grocer. John Reznachek, Grocer. Howell Grocery Co. Omaha Auto Vacuum Clean- ing Co. Geo. Stribling, Grocer. Jos. Kuncl, Grocer. 0. M. E., Express. Fred Hansen, Grocer. Sommer Bros., Groceri. Geo. Hill, Plumber. E. Jepsen, Grocer. John Petersen, Grocer. Geo. Ross, Grocer. Mrs. S. Persels, Grocer. Ohas. Mallinson, Grocer. Wilkies Mitchell Co., Grocer. Bryant, Expressman. Then ask the International Harvester Go. of America 8th St. and Capitol Ave, Omaha I The Western Automobile Supply Company 1920-22 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA, NEB. WM. H. HORN. Pre). G. H. PR1TCHETT. Sec'y. II. L. PRITCHETT, Treat. And Have That Satisfied Feeling. The Largest and Best Equipped Supply House West of Chicago We Carry a Full Line of Ever y thing for You and Your Automobile TIRE and RADIATOR REPAIRS WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN. OUR MOTTO Good Goods, Right Priceo, Prompt Delivery. WHY WE RECOMMEND DIAMOND TIRES AND HAVE THOUSANDS OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS: Because if Diamond Tires Are Inflated According To Below Scale PROPER PRESSURE FOR TlRESt FRONT REAR FRONT REAR 4 inch tires 05 pounds 70 pounds 4V inch tires 75 pounds 80 pounds 5 inch tires 80 pounds 90 pounds 5Vi inch tires 90 pounds 95 pounds 1f'i inch tires 45 pounds 50 pounds 3 inch tires 50 pounds 55 pounds 'iVz inch tires 60 pounds. 65 pounds You Wili Find Tire Expenses Greatly Reduced mnd Automohiling a Pleasure. DIAMOND TIJRES ARE THE BEST SOLD BY The Western Automobile Supply Co. 1920-22 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. N Open Nights and Sundays I j Six Reasons Why I Bought T ECENTLY one of our salesmen asked a customer our usual miMMnn "VVViv hr had hnno-ht a taYwell car?" While the customer had a jrreat many general reasons, borne of careful per sonal investigation, he stated six main reasons that influenced his purchase: Firot. "Because there are over 43,000 users of Maxwell curs, a safe and sure endorsement. Second. RecftifRe the State Department statistics how that of 768 Maxwells registered iu New York State during 1005 and 1906, 702 again registered thin year, proving abso lute durability. Because of the company's financial sound ness and policy of 'square dealing' and monthly Inspection service. Fourth. Because Maxwell uniform construction is first-class, simple, accessible, durable and easy to care for. Fifth. Because the Maxwell is the most eco nomical ckr to maintain. Sixth. Third. Because bo many merchants, physicians; and farmers, whose businesses absolutely demand unfailing and economical serv ice, employ them." Th U9 tne Max- customer l well story as we have preached it for years. Maxwell cars earned their reputation for reliability, durability and economical maintenance during eight years of continual effort and achievement. Financially the strongest in the country, our square deal and inspec tion policy" ensures continuance in business and guarantees service. Maxwell construction is famous. Unit construction, three-point suspension, multiple-disc clutch, water cooling, metal bodies, feature?! approved by the foremost engineers anc'i now adopted by all high priced cars, were incorporated in the first Maxwell. Being mechanically right, WT. ..y .fit' .XW- J If VJn,.,i,.y Maxwell cars necessarily give right results. Over 13,200 physicians, 2,500 firms (some using as many as 35), 14,620 farmers are using Maxwell cars for businesj purposes. That is an endur ing tribute to Maxwell superior con struction, durability, freedom from care and economical maintenance. We point with pride to this unrivalled commercial endorsement. If you intend malting a motor car investment, don't fail to investigate the Maxwell.' More Maxwells are sold through personal investigation than in any other way. Let us tell you all about Mawell cars. "How to Judge An Auto mobile," the best bopk published on the subject, which you can use as the basis of comparison with other ears, is yours for the asking. Write us todav. A postal will do. Just say, ''Mail fi?9li." Uni I ed IVIotors Omaha Co. 2115 Farnam Street