THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1912.
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ENTRIES IN FORTE BIS RACE
Harry Knight, Hero of the Lut
Bacc, Hm an Entry.
SEATS ASE ALREADY ON SALE
litlnlltM Are that There la Jumt
mm k lilmit la Aaleaae.
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lAuiuAruu!, ma., Feb. z. Not
withstanding the prophecies of many
who claim to know that automobile
raclna; la on the wane and that manu
facturers are becoming more and more
Inclined to dodge contests, at leant one
Sweepstakea race on the Indlanapoita
Motor Speedway nut Memorial Day.
The Lnlncton Motor Car company of
Connersvtlle. Ind.. hai entered a six
eyllnaer 011 model Lexington In the
flve-centurr grind to be run May .
Thle la the flrat coiftest of the kind iu
which this company haa participated.
Harry Knicht. one of Amerlca'a young
eat motor pilot, la nominated to drive
the Leilngton car In the long race.
Knight appeared In the last 600-mile
race In a Wescott and was making an
excellent akowlng until he met with an
accident In the ninety-sixth lap, or very
nearly bait way through the event.
Knlght'a escape from Injury waa re
markable.' He waa Involved In one of
the moat spectacular and thrilling ac
cidents that ever occurred on a motor
racing course. In an attempt te avoid
running orer and killing a mechanician
who had fallen from a car Just ahead
of him. and despite the fact that he
waa half blinded by smoke. Knight volun
tarily turned his car head-on Into the
Pita near the starring line and crashed
Into two automobiles standing at the
side, at the track.
Knight and his mechanician were
thrown many feet through the air, but
neither waa Injured seriously and the
plucky driver accomplished his pur
pose In saving the lire of the men who
hsd fallen on the track. Hundreds of
spectators who witnessed the thrilling
accident signed a petition asking for a
Carnegie medal for Knight. This pe
tition Is still before the Carnegie com
mission and will probaMy be acted upon
during 1912.
Tha other entries to the race consist of
two fltuti ears entered by the Ideal Motor
Car company of Indianapolis, to be driven
by "Oir Anderson and Lan Zengle. with
Billy Knlpper as relief driver; two Mer
cedee ears, to he driven by Spencer
Wlshart of Port Cheater, N. T., and
Ralph De Pal ma (both of these cars are
privately owned): two six-cylinder Case
cars, while Louis Dtsbrow and Joseph
Jagersherger nominated a pllota; two
National cars, with a team of four drivers
named, consisting of Wilcox, Merrick,
Men and Herr, and a Flat entered by E.
E. Hewlett of Loe Angeles, Cal., to be
driven by Teddy TetilafY. Tentative an
nouncements of entries have been re
ceived from several other manufacturers,
which will bring tha total list, certain to
appear, up to twenty-five cars. As the
field Is to be limited to thirty cars, all of
which must qualify at the rata of seventy-fire
mllea per hour for one full lap
of the two and one-half mile track. It
seems certain that the race will nil to
the BmK.
Despite the fact that the race la still
tour montha away and the seat sale
opened on January IS, hundreds of seats
have been sold to purchasers In sll parts
of the United 8 tales. Msny mail orders
have keen filled and present indications
are that the crowd which witnessed the
Mil event will be considerably outnum
bered by the attendance In 1912. Last year
about WeM people were on the Speedway
grounds and present indications are that
fully MO, 000 will see the second annual Son.
mile
Maker Gives Many
Reasons for Using
Commercial Trucks
The following are good reasons for In
vestigating and using the motor truck:
Because It will Increase the efficiency
of your delivery system.
Because It will Rive you prestige.
Because It will help to increase your
btftilH'S.
Because you will be able to cover a
large territory In a given time.
lleotusr the motor truck will work for
you every day In the year.
Because the efficiency of your entire
organisation Is judged by the wsy you
deliver your roods.
Because the motor truck is not affected
by the element, heat or cold.
Because you are able to set unbiased
opinions from manufacturers.
Because you csn make a thorough In
vestigation of both the gasoline and elec
tric systems. 1
Because the market affords wide ranse
of capacitiea and bodies both in electric
sn.l gssotlne types.
Because the motor truck l a certainty,
having reached a standardization that
Insures Its every day use.
Because up to January I. HI W.m
worth of trucks hsd been aold since the
Inception of the Industry.
Because the motor truck Is now applic
able to nearly all businesses, owing to
the wide range of body designs built and
the mechanical equipment.
Because each motor truck takes the
pis oo of two or three teams and as many
wagons, depending lanrely on the routing
and extent of your delivery system.
w -cause the motor truck wltl carry loads
and negotiate hills thst horses are unable
to do.
MOTOR EXPERT TELLS HOW
TO START "ON THE SPARK"
"If one would start his motor 'on the
spark' he should speed up hla motor Just
before stopping It. by opening the throttle
wide," said Dr. Swain, who has been In
the business long enough to know whst
he Is talking about.
"Then If the spark Is cut off a full
charge Is left In the cylinder to be Ignited
when another start Is to be made."
Autoist's Discovery
is Boon to Drivers
Paul Legget of Nyack, N. T., made a
discovery that Is of interest to every
motorist who has been "up against it"
after he has exhausted his gasoline sup
ply miles from a garage.
Mr. Legget has found that acetylene
gas, while not nearly as powerful as
gasoline. Is equally efficient In operating
a car. The discovery saved him from
being stalled miles from a garage and
constitutes a good tip to the country's
motorists.
He waa driving from Xyack, N. T., to
Chatham, N. T.. a distance of lit miles.
While between Kingston and Catsklll. on
the west bank of the Hudson river, he
ran out of gasoline several miles from
the nearest place where any could be
secured. As there were no telephones
any nearer than the gasoline he started
the car with the self-starter and left the
gas from the acetylene tank on the dash
board of the car turned on about one
third the way around. Then he ran
several miles up and down hill, using
only acetylene gas for power until he
arrived near a church which carried the
only aupply of gasoline In that vicinity.
Recently la Detroit automobile engi
neers pronounced acetylene too weak a
combustible to compete with gasoline as
a source of engine power, Mr. Legget's
performance to the contrary notwith-
llaeels Man la Tosva.
H. K. Sidles and Charles Stewart, with
the Nebraska Bulck company of Lincoln,
will spend the week at the show and
with Manager Huff of the local branch.
with many assistants, will look alter the
Interests of tha company during show
week.
A direct axpress shipment of five show
cars from tha Bulck factory for exhibi
tion purposes at the show arrived In
Omaha last evening.
Carload Calllas Here,
Busy Bulck man Is Carload Collins, gen
eral sales manager of the Bulck Motor
company, who will spend several days at
the Buick booth at tha Omaha show.
Traveling Man Tells
of Service Secured
in His Paige Auto
Calling -on his southern Michigan
trade In an automobile and finding It
profitable from a good many iew
polnta Is the experience of W. 11. Stevens,
a Detroit traveling salesman, who talks
enthusiastically of the advantages an
automobile gives him and the particularly
advantageous service which he has had
from the Paige car.
"Driving up to a man's place of busi
ness in a motor car," says Mr. Stevens,
"gets his attention in spite of what he
Is doing at the time. 1 have bad men
stop talking to a comietttor of mine
and come over to me, thereby gaining
their attention to my line of goods.
Then, besides, going through the coun
try In a motor car freshens and bright
ens a salesman' mind and puts him In
trim to come In contact with his next
prospect.
"For making a town-to-town canvass
for business, the motor car, especially
of the Paige type la most efficient.
Having driven a Paige for the last four
months, covering my territory In
southern Michigan, the results I have
had from It will probably be Interest
ing. In these four months 1 have I
driven over t,0M mllea, visited all
towns and cities In twenty counties and j
covered my trede with a fine-tooth
comb. Instead of two or three towns
per day, as formerly, I have been able
to give the same time to customers In j
from five to eight towns per day. and
my records show several days where I
visited nine snd ten towns during
twelve working houra"
Mr. Stevens is a Paige booster, and
he declares he has good reasons to be.
Speaking of the past four months'
work, he says: "I did not need to pick
the good roads, but merely took the
shortest routes and the Paige went
through, and going thrcugh Michigan
roads Is a test of power that will carry
a car almost anywhere that dirt roads
are made. After four months of this
an examination of the motor shows no
signs of strain, and without doubt It
will give me double the above mileage
in 1M2."
PUNCTURE-PROOF TIRES
DEMONSTRATED AT SHOW
To John II. Brown of New Tork City,
whole accredited by the Hclentlflo A mer-
ran to be one of the greatest scientists
of the age, la due the honor of having
solved the greatest problem of the auto
mobile Industry todsy. a puncture proof
pneumatic tube. In the Brown scientific
tube great perfection has been attained.
No expense has been spared in materials
and workmanship to make this tube high
grade. It Is said to stand In a class by
Itself, as the only patented pneumatic
lube on the market. It Is made of the
highest grade antimony process cure of
rubber. The tubes are being demonstrated
at the exhibit of the Baum Iron company
on the platform.
PRETTY CAR AT SHOW
REQUIRES SPECIAL GUARD
One of tha prettiest cars in the show
from tha atandpsint of color Is a five
i ssi migiir Franklm r le crnsauet sjtraw
Wry shade with trimmings at deep aid
rose. aDosrttnxs of nickel and leather cash
less! and trappings of dova gray.
This ear haa a special guard, a colored
saaa la military regalia to keep small
hor from touching ats dainty surface and
Jusapteg on the steps
Sw tan ra-l'rrreV.
The Nebraska Buick -snrey delirarv)
to J. F litmmsck and IT- Atxea, twtn of
trims r-s. model touricg cars.
On your new car specify '
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HOLDERS of the
world's record for
durability and speed.
Recognized everywhere .
now as the best.
It costs much more to build
tires the Firestone way
stronger construction and
more durable rubber.
Yetthcdiffcrencein selling
price is only a trifle that is
many times paid back in serv
icethe most tire miles per
dollar of cost.
Furnished without extra
charge on most cars when
specified.
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"America's targes f 1 1 finals Ttra
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Br meneffram on its
BaaVaXor JtSUds JOT M
jvmMxoiJtMimxrcar
New, big, self-starting Chalmers
"Thirty-Six" $1,800
Think of a new high-power Chal
mers ear with self-starter as regular
equipment for $1,800. No more
cranking, no more bother. Just push
a button on the dash with your foot
and away goes your motor.
That isn't all. This car has a long
stroke motor (-Mi-in. x 5'4-in., de
veloping 36-40 II. P.); four forward
speed transmission; Bosch Dual Igni
tion; 36s4-in. tires; Continental De
mountable rims; Mercedes typo honey
comb radiator; dash adjustment for
carburetor.
Furthermore, this ear bus bigness,
strength, proved durability, henuty,
fine finish, comfort.
You can ae this car at Space 28, Auditor
ium, during the Automobile) Show with the
compressed air self starter In constant oper
ation. Also shown in different models at our
salesroom.
H. E. Fredrickson Automobile Co.
2044-46-48 Farn&m St.
Also Agents for Pierce-Arrow.
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THE COLUMBIA KNIGHT motor possessei
every advantage ii other type without
limitation to qualify its complete success.
It has, too, great power and flexibility and that
silence which is the absence of noise.
Driving the Columbia Knight adds a new
charm to motoring, so smooth and velvety is
its running. There is no consciousness of
mechanical effort or of the presence of a
powerful prime mover.
Here are shown Columbia touring and coach
bodies mounted upon Columbia Knight stand
ard chassis. I
Careful design and accurate workmanship are
evident in every part of the car, whether large
or small, and detailed examination of methods
of building prove the superlative fitness of the
Columbia Knight.
Cmlmicg ami timer imiertstiug Utermhtrt free upon reomtst.
UNITED STATES MOTOR COMPANY
Shown at the
Auditorium
United Motor
Omaha Co.
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