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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1912)
TILE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 11. 1912. ( SELF-STARTER A FEATURE Omaha Automoile Show to Have All the latest Novelties. ArrUTDANCE IS TO BE LASGE Dealer from 111 Over the Vnt SlKatfr Taetr Iatratloa t Vl.t Mas) the OailM Exalaltlem ( Maealae. That th seventh annual show of the Oma&a Automobile association, which Kill open on February 1 and continue on week, will be one of the most re markable exhibition ever witnessed In Omaha 1 the ceneral opinion of the deal er along the row. While It haa the ele ment of a commercial proposition, the how will not be conducted for profit, but for It educational and entertaining characteristic nd for the stiniulaUnj Influence It will have upon the auto mobile Industry In the western territory. By the opening date the spacious Auditorium will have been transformed Into a place of beauty. The magnificent decoration with the splendid exhibit, the dasillng bodies of the car, the mil lion (littering electric light, will, without a doubt oourt the attention of the visi tor, whether they be dealer, car owner or merely desirous to se what may be shown. The show will be bigger, more elaborate and better than any previous effort of the association along this line. It will equal In magnitude any show held In this country outside of the large east ern dtle. A large majority of the ex hibit shown at the national shows will be bswught to Omaha. Atleadewee t Be Lara-. IncBcatloa point to a larger attendance tble year than ever before. There are more people interested In automobile than aver before. There ar many proe poettv buyers who want to see the latest models of ear and hundred of deal era, sot alona la Omaha but out through the territories, have said they ar coming because Omaha will have the goods till year to satisfy the de mand. There will b Id types of car at the snow. Thl 1 mor than ever placed on display In any previous show. Thar will be all kind of car and for very purpose. For the prospective buyer there will be ear that will suit hi taat well a hi pocketbook. There will be automobile from tM up to 110,000. AU the latest appllanoa will be shown. jOae of the new devices that has never ibeaa shown at th shows Is the self- tarter. Although thl la tUl In It Infancy It will In th course of a few ITaar b a great nocea. li.nv ran ar. turning thl device. There Is no kicking iof th tarflng crank and breaking of Mima wan thl self-starter I used. All the driver haa to do I lt In his seat, pru a vr and th engine I In motion. Many dealers along th row have re ceived ohaasl for th show. These will be on display la their salesrooms until a few day before the show when they will be taken to th Auditorium. A com plete display of accessories will be bown on th stag of th Auditorium. Th basement wfll be devoted to th eom marelal track and vehicles. Gossip Along the. Automobile Row Two shipments of car were received by ths United Motor company last week. Th Powell Supply company la going to carry a large line of shop and garage equipment Manager R B. Held of th Lion com pany reports the sale of a car to J. E Sallack of Albion, Neb. The I nited Motor company received a large Columbia limousine lst week. This car will be cn display at the show. ! practically every known make of car ex hibited, the people had an unusual op portunity of comparing the various types IThe Hudson company showed a chassis with all th mechanism exposeo. the f housings being cut away. Thousands of ; people were deeply impressed with the i Hudson's "clean design." and the -53" U meeting with such universal endorsement that, for the life of me, 1 can't pee horn the factory is going to take care of the demand for 1SU" The Father Henry Westrop of St. Francis mission, Pine Ridge Agency, placed his order for a Hupmobll "33" with the W. U Huffman Automobile com pany last week. Kelson 8. Riley haa been appointed manager of th Kansas City branch of the Studebaker corporation. Mr. Riley had been for some time connected with th firm' branch at Denver. Manager T. V. Graves of the Good year Tire and Rubber company, returned lost week from a (inference of th sales man and branch manager of th western division of the territory In Chicago. C. W. Shoberg, foreman at th W. U Huffman Automobile company, say his baby ha a new tooth that looks very much like a "Hupp." Mr. Huffman Bays he la going to put th baby In hi show window with thl sign around hi neck "Watch th Uttl Hupp Grow." Th management of th Abbott Motor company ha just announced th with- drawal of It racing teams from future contest work. Th Abbott-Detroit ha gained a plac among th leader In auto mobile racing In thl country and tUs announcement cornea a quit a surprise to those Interested In that phase of th industry. UNCLE SAM BUYS MOTORS FOR COLLECTING MAIL Hating solved th murchant's delivery problem, th motor car la now tackling the mall collection Job and Uncle Bam declares th Innovation I a huge suc cess. Over In Toledo four Hupmobll , motor wagon ar used to collect all mall , throughout th city. Th carrier no longer have thl to do and th quartet of Hnpmobllea is sufficient to do all that th entire staff of carrier-formerly ac complished in collection. Th signifi cance of this mova along th line of speed and economy I apparent Th Powell Supply company haa taken over th agency for th Otto ga angina Thl la on of th beat engine made. Heretofore th Kansas City branch handled all th western business, but the demand became so large that th com pany had to establish another agency. Th Powell Supply comprny was chosen as th house moat capable of taking care of this line. Th Mitchell Auto and Supply company of Mitchell, 8. D., closed a contract with th W. U Huffman Aulomobile company for -twenty-five Hupmobtlea, Thursday. Th Mitchell Auto and Supply company la one of the largest retail and whole sale dealer In South Dakota and after they bad seen th new 'IT' Hupmobll at th Chicago ahow they negotiated th contract by wire. The Franklin Automobile company is sued a unique little vest pocket adver tisement and Guy Smith haa written for a supply to be here by show time. It Is en titled. "Franklin Fashions,' and Is In the form of a folder; on th fly leaf la a 112 calendar and en the opposite page is a small pocket, holding loos leaf cut and descriptions of the different Frank lin modela The entire Idea 1 very original and effective. 'Th Chicago show was a wonderful exhibition," said Guy L. Smith, "and to me one of the most noteworthy fea ture was th Hudson simplicity. With Lee Huff, manager of the local Bulrk branch spent the latter part of the week at Lincoln In conference with General Manager Sidles, concerning the distribu tion of early shipment to th IS local agents throughout the territory. Th Nebraska Bulck company will have on display at the Automobile ehow a complete factory line, showing among lis features a model 2 cut out chaaals elec trically propelled with all working parts exposed showing th rugged simplicity of It wonderful ralv in the head Buirk motor. The Chalmers Motor company, Omaha will have a notable exhibit at the show. Especial interest haa attached to Chal mers care because of th aeif-starter equipment, and It readily may be sup posed that the self-starter will play a large part In the show display. Two of the "Thirty-!" motor with elf-atart-Ing attachment will be In constant opera tion at the exhibit. In addition there will b.' one of the "cut-out" chassis which will show every working part of the car. Manager Mclntyre of the Wallace Auto mobile company received the following letter last week from George K. Porter of Reno, Nev., concerning the silent Knight cars: "Have two Silent Knight cars, on landaulet. engine No. 1. about five year old. Have owned this car about a year and a half. Weight 4.000 pound. Average a.oju mile a month. Have driven on car night and day. en gine mad at least 00.000 miles, still In fin shape. Car Just came In from Ml mile trip. Owned other car nine months, engine about the same age, but not as large. Has not done as much mileage." Congress May Build Eoad as a Memorial to Abraham Lincoln Within thirty daya congress will de Nd whether the memorial to Abraham Lincoln shall be In the form of an up-to-date highway, used by thousands of People, or an architectural recognition In the form of a Oreek temple, located Ir. one of the Washington parka Before the library committee of the House of Representative. March i. at 10 o'clock In th mornlrg there will be a hearing' on Representative Borland's measure which provide that th memorlv shall be In the form of a highway Though the commission In general chare.' of the memorial plan recently decided in favor of utilising a site located on the Mall In Washington, It Is a matter of common knowledge that Speaker Clark Is emphatically in favor of the highway while ex-Speaker Cannon possessed an idea contrary to the decision of the com mission. Furthermore, a canvass of the House of Representatives seem to Indi cate a very large percentage In favor of the road, and It should be kept In mind that the senate In U0 ceased a resolution which provided for a fund to n-ake a survey of the proposed road from Washington to Gettysburg. Thus ft would appear that the whole matter Is destined for a thorough threshing out In congress, following the report of the house library commission, which 1 not bound to accept the report of the commission. On of the cleverest automobile books ever published la being distributed by Guy L. Smith. The book. "How to Choose a Motor Car," I published by the Hud son Motor Car company. Guy Smith saya thl book la absolutely free to all owner or prospective buyer of automo bile and be advise every man who con templates th purchase of a car to read It thoroughly. Th book was written by a man who ha owned alx care and whose experience and point of view Is that of the average buyer. Smith said to a "He" man that the buyer didn't necessarily have to choose a Hudson, but by reading this book would learn a great many thing ha had a right to know and would be able to choose his car Intelligently. Saving Uvea 1 the latest use that the Oakland car have been put to. Manager Mclntyre of th Mclntyre Automobile company received a letter from Benjamin McDonald of Louis, 8. D., last week, tell ing ho he had saved hi little boy's llf with an Oakland car. During th lero weather McDonald's Uttl boy became suddenly lit and the attendance of a doctor was necessary to save hla life. None being closer than Louis, which was thirty milea away, McDonald set out In hi 0k dand car to bring Ihe doctor to his home. H left home at 10 o'clock at night In the face ef a fierce storm and got back at ( the next morning. The snow was piled high In places and the temperature down to aero. How he ever got to town end bark again he says ta a mystery. He wore out a pair of ehalna and during the whole time hi engine never (topped one. TO PLEASE WOMAN MOTORIST Among the features at the Twelfth National Automobile show In Madison Square garden, New York, In January that will appeal to women especially are some of the convenience to be found on a number of new 1911 modela Special heating apparatus connected with the motor's exhaust, utilising the hot vapor to heat the tonniau, adda greatly to feminine comfort, particularly for town evening riding. Some styles of radiators In th floor with Iheir heating surfaces flush with the floor boards, so aa not to be cumbersome and not to tak up too much room, are most deslrable.A dash board heater Is on of th latest fea tures. It I a simple device, merely a register mounted In the dash containing silts through which warm air blowing over th motor passe. Its construction I such that th feet and limbs can be kept warm. One maker I to show a "hand-warmer," not Intended for us In limousines as much aa for open cars. Thl consists of piping running to both front and rear of the ear, th piping being asbestos-enclosed and so controlled aa not to burn or scorch gloves whon hand srs placed on the radiating section. Another novelty that one makerwlll display I an Ice-water reservoir with asbestos-lined wall neatly Inserted Just back of the front seat This haa a tiny stop-cock which permit passengers to obtain water at any time either to drink or for cleansing purpose, without top ping th car. Anyone who ha toured any distance knows how unpleasant It la to get dust In the eyes and endeavor to get It out without water. Th reser voir also can be used as an emergency water tank In case of the radlato! springing a leek while on the road. Interest in Trucks Intense at Chicago Automobile Show William R. Drummond of the Dmm mond Motor company spent two daya at the Chicago show last week examining the pleasure aulomobile and also apen. three days of the following week at the commercial truck snow. Drummond says there ni a noticeable difference In th type ef visitors at tha two shows. The pleasure cars attracted thousands of smiling, well gowned women and care free men, who visited the displays either to satisfy thjlr curiosity or to make pur chase If they chanwd to se machines that suited their fancy. Th commeroul rare, however, at tracted serlous-visaged business men bent on business. They went te the show with their engineers, superintendents and sales managers to pas Judgment on a big question, the question of the best means to get the beat; safest and moat economical tranaportation for their merchandise. Iirummond Motor company has the agency in Nebraska and Iowa for the General Motor company trucks and wtl, exhibit both gasolene and electrio com meclal care at the Omaha show, Thej furnish either gasoline or electrio trucks from 1,W pounds' capacity up to six ton RALPH A. DUFF INVENTS A TWO-CYCLE MOTOR NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. Feb. le.-iSpo-clal.) Ralph A. Duff, the well known capitalist and Inventor of this city, re turned home last evening from th sesi where he went to exhibit hi newly pat tented carburetor and two cycle engine and he report them aa having satisfied th best critics of th country and h ha ordered a factory erected here where they will be constructed. Thl evening he was given a banquet at the Elks' home by the members of that order and the leading cltlsens of Ihe city. Motorcycle Notes Europe, Asia, Africa and KgyPt are to be visited next summer by Harold A. Shaw and John K. Hugge of Urbane, 111., who will tour several old countries on their motorcycle. On person out of every M In In dianapolis tide a motorcycle aooordlng to city licenses, which show 760 riders. Nothing seems to retard the lemands for board race tracks Now Toronto (Canada) motoreyllsts and the La Porte. Ind.. riders hare Joined the rank of other cities, and plan ar being made for the building of th motorcycle stadium. A motorcycl and aeroplane rao meet ha been planned at Montgomery, Ala., March 4. Dr. W, F. Hunt ha been re-elected president of the Davenport (la.) Motor cycl club. A live bunch of motorcycl rider In th Tacoma (Wash.) Motorcycle club have Joined the Federation of American Motorcyclist. John Hogan of Saginaw, Mich., ex pect to mas a metoreycle trip to the capital of every state In th country next summer. P. 8. McMullea and Henry B. Toew, rural mall carrier at Inman, Kan., aver aged IH trips last year, delivering mall motorcycle. For two month on a to on their motorcycles. ! keep cost of $w cents, th officer covered Loa Angeles, Cal.. has i.m registered . fifty milea a day on each machine, motorcycle rider. Eleven motorcycle are being used by The Indianapolis police department ha th government In the Philippine ls been converted to the economy of the land. No-Rim-Cut Tires (10 Oversize) 127 Leading Makers Adopt Them Motor ear makers the best judges of tires have over whelmingly come to Goodyear tires. In 1910 we sold to 44 makers. In 1011 we sold to 64 makers. For this year we have contracts from 127 of the leading motor car makers. Our sales to users in the past two years have increased by 500 per cent. Last year's sales alone exceeded the previous 12 years put together. That is the result, after tens of thousands of users have tested out these tires. Can you think for a moment that your verdict would differ? Outsell M Other Tires Last Tear we sold f.Ml tire enough to equip 102,000 can. To meet this year a demand we have increased our capacity to 3,800 tire daily. No other tire compare in sales with this patented tin today. That tells you how inert approve them, No Extra Price Veers once paid one-fifth extra to get Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tire. Now they cast the same a other standard tires. Thee make rim-cutting impoaai ble. They are 10 per cent overs ue, Vnder iverage condition, they cut tire bill in two. Yet these patented lire cost noth ing mor than the old-type clincher tires of any standard make. What They Do Vo-Rim Cut tire get rid of tinv Curling entirely. With the hooked-bu tire' rim cutting I common. Statistic show that 2 J per cent o( aD ruined clincher tin are rim-cut Such a tire, if punctured, may be wrecked in a ingle block. All th worry all this expense -I ended forever with No-Run-Cut tire. Then No-Rim-Cut Urea are 10 per cent oversixe. That means 10 per cent more air 10 per cent added Carrying capac ity. It saves tha blow-out due to overloading. It meant an Over-tired car. And that 10 per cent overuse, wider average conditions, adds 25 per cent to the lire mileage. The Final Tire No-Rim-Cut tire are the final re sult of 1J year spent in tire making. Belter tire are impossible. In fabric and formula, method and process they are close to perfection as do aa men em will get Add to that fact th No-Rim-Cut feature add the oversixe feature and judge what a tire you get, That't why It outsell all other. Owr sww Tare Book is filled with facts which motor car on as i s should know. Ask a t snail st to yes. (ToodTear No-Rim-Cut Tires Will ar WUW DwuUTkkk NoB-Skid Treadi THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO Akron, Ohio OMAHA BRANCH-2212 Farnam St. Persistent Advertising I th Road o Big Return. if The "Saybrook" pictured below f ' i i i r is aptly described as a "com plete" car. Every detail of design, construction and equipment has been tested , and proven worthy of a place on the "Saybrook." The satisfaction any auto mobile can give depends on the whble car and on that basis we claim your attention for the "Saybrook." Its many features which make it. so successful have been chosen with a fine eye to comfort in riding, long serviceand wise investment. We will appreciate an op portunity to show you the "Saybrook" $2800 (f.o.b. Dayton) or any of the other Stoddard-Daytonl912models. We are at your convenience by 'phone, mail or personal call. The Czar of Russia Owns a Knight-Motored Car Sales Doubled So doe th Emperor oi Germany. So do the Kings of England, Bel gium, Spain. So do mora than 8,000 men, on both side tha Atlantic, who demand the best tha world can offer In their pleas ure cart. In Europe, the list o( Knight owners ta the Blue Book of Motordotn. m J. J. DERIGHT COMPANY 1818 Farnam Street. Daimler the leading car of England since 1008 hat been a Knight-motored car. Mercedes the monarch of the Ger man field la now a Knight-type car. And the Mercedes engine, which the Knight-type supplanted, was consid ered the matter engine of the world. Panhard, tha pride of France Mi nerva, Belgium' greatest car both have com to this sleeve-valve motor, Thu the four leading can of th Old World hare recognised that the poppet valve mutt go, Lat summer, after two yean of tatt ing, tht Stearns cam Into line. That la tht record of the Knight tvpe motor after three years of tht limelight. Five of the world' greatest maker adopt it. And 8,000 owners of high grade cart have become Knlght-type nthutiast. Consider these facts when nmebody warn you that tha Stearnt-Knlght It a experiment. We have built Steam cart for 18 year. They baveattainad an immense popularity. But too Brat announcement of thl aleeve-vahr motor doubled our talas in a month. It compelled at to lean a new factory. Hundreds of men who got early de liveries has run these cart thousand of miles. And tht letter wt get from them form tha highest tribute ever paid aa American car. ( 50 Per Cent More Power The cylinders In tht Stearnt-Knlght arettfiStf Inches. By accepted standards tuch n en gine it rated at 28.9 horsepower. But wa guarantee that this engine will thow an caeca of not lest than SO percent. Thlt It due to tht absence of poppet valve, and their leakage. And to tha tphtrical shape of the explosion cham ber. That't an Immense Item. , No larger cylinder!, no greater con sumption of gasolint. Yet bait again at much power at the rating calls tor. Think what that meant. The World-Wide Effort To Get Rid of Poppet Valves Won Dewar Trophy In the Greatest Test on Record Every great designer who still em ploys poppet valve la seeking a way to get rid of them. We adopted the Knight way because wa regard tt the ideal solution. And the foremost engineers hart agreed with u. But thoaa who belittle It to sell can without It are seeking other means to (his end. For poppet valve form th greatest shortcoming in modern gasoline en gines. They art noisy and alow and leaky. There art two hi each cylinder springing; that hundreds ot timet per minute. They require frequent grinding. When carbon accumulates, so the valves aren't tight, there It vast watt of power. Cams are required, and camt got noisy when they wear. Timing gears are used, and their bumming can be heard. Thus silence ta mad Impossible. Power and efficiency are greatly re duced. And every designer knows it. The Stearnt-Knlght engine haa no timing gear. Do springs, ne cams, no poppet valve. There la ao carboa trouble, no verve grinding, ao leakage. Tha action It silent and certain. No man who known half what w know about It will consider a poppet aire motor. The Royal Aatomobfle Club of Eng land offers tha Dewar Trophy. It It offered for the greatest achieve ment of th year in automobile engi neering. In 1908 this trophy was won by th Kjilght-type motor. It wa woo la a tatt beyond prece dent a test which engtneen called Ira possible a test which bo poppet valve motor ever will attempt. At the end of the tett which equaled two years of ordinary service the en gines developed more power than tbey did at the Mart. And they showed not a sign of wear. Such it tb verdict of the world's fore most authority on th sleeve-valve type of motor found in the Steam-Knight. No Leading Car Can Lead for Long Without It I iii ii t The Silent Power The silence of the Stearnt-Knlght It almost uncanny. When turning idly at the curb there It scarcely sound or vibration to thow the engine It running. "The car glide on tha road," tayt one of the owners, "at tbongb It were sliding on runaera." Every evidence of effort to which one is accustomed fat lacking la the Stearns. On hills the Stearnt-Knlght show that persistent power knows in electric motors. In traffic one may run at walking speed on blgb gear, tbea quickly accel erate to any speed wanted without aay jumping or pounding. Tha four-cylinder Knlght-type offers all the flexibility of th six -cylinder poppet valve. Tha Knlght-type motor, after yean of tests, has been adopted bytheworld't best can. Each, to adopt K, displaced a poppet valve engine as good as men can maka. What it dont by Daimler, Mercedes, Panhard and Minerva in to vital a matter moat ba dona by all great can toon or lata. The leading can of tha future win ba Knight -type can. Tha evidence it overwhelming. No letter f earn re can aver outweigh this tUeace, toil power, thft tAciency. Come and See Every motor car lover ihould tea thlt car. It it tb topic of the boar in Motordom. Com and look ft over. Then let ua put the engine to aa tatt yoa want. Equipment Warner Auto-Meter voiiuoesiu V- u. uemoani- - I Banker WiadstueJd. Model K sbteHisseltwoextrannis) bilk Jnoeetr op ana uonr sjuas norn ssso nuii. nuri VesmDrsnoslectricLisht- Trunk Rsck, Robe RsiL Foot inc S rMe Rest, etc 1 THE F. B. STEARNS COMPANY, gfa& Touring Car Toy Tonneau Roadster ,500 IB) WALLACE AUTO CO., Dealers 2203 Farnam St, OMAHA NEBRASKA.