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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1912)
10-E THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1912. VANDERBILT RACE THIS WEEK JJilwrcikee Assists in Arranging for Big Event Eext Wednesday. IjASTEST DSIVEES ARE ENTERED ijoe Dawion, Wiamcr of the FItS Haadred-Xila Be at Indlan 1 spoils TM Temr Bu Been. Reinstated. a i Si I To make the postponed Vanderbilt Cup IGrand Prize speed oar nival a success the city of Milwaukee la co-operating Ifrora an official and civic point of view 'with the Milwaukee Automobile Dealers' association. Gerhard A. Badlng-, mayor 'of Milwaukee, called a meeting of all the civic bodies of the cTty early last 'week and as a result there will be a (united effort on the part of ail the social and public administrative organizations (of the city to work for the welfare of the contests. j The postponement of the races because of the unprecedented weather conditions (brought about a situation which was la mentable, but with fair weather the men 'now at work in the course will have It in fit shape for the races, which will be 'gin on October I, when the first of tho (events, the Vanderblle Cup contest, will 'be run. The Wisconsin Challenge and Pabst Trophy contests will take place the 'flay following the Vanderbilt and the (competition for the Grand Prix will' be 'held on Saturday, October S. The course Is now being reconstructed. All through the circuit the rough spots jar being attended to and rock is being fused" to make the ruts solid. The race (drivers have been tuning up their cars 'during the last week and have helped a Igreat deal to build a B y roadbed by fhe suggestions they ex,-.iencfd In the rial spins. 8 pells 8 access. I A. R. Pardlngton, the refewe of the (Milwaukee meet, while in New York last fweek, spoke highly of the spirit with (which the Milwaukee people are now put jtlng forth efforts to make the speed car. Eival successful. "It Is lust such co peratlon which spells success, and If the fatalls of management had been started ka they are now going on Mllwauke would have bad a wonderful meet, as good. If not better, than any previous road race held In this country. Over ambition on the part of but a few hard workers of the dealers' association is perhaps responsible for some of the ob stacles encountered. The Immensity of the task of staging the big classics was not apparent to the race managers until It was too late to make amends. With Che reinstatement of Joe Dawson, the winner of the SOO-mlle race at In dianapolis this year, It Is likely that he will be seen at the wheel of one of the Grand Prix cars. That the races will be speedy from start to finish Is made certain by the character of thfl drivers who are to par ticipate in the four events. They are all skilled pilots, most of them experienced in grueling contests of he track. The entries for tho Grand Prix are: Bens, Bub Burman; Lozler, Harry Nel son; Flat, Tetziarr; Meroer, tiugnes; Mercedes, De Palma; Mercedes, Wlshart; Plat, David Bruce-Brown; Knox, Mul ford; Mercedes, George Clark; Benx, Bergdoll; Flat, Caleb Bragg;, Bens, Jos Horan, s The entries for the Vanderbilt cup race are: Mercer, Die runen; jnerceaes, Palma; Mercer, Hughes; Knox, Mulford; Lozler, Nelson; Mercedes, Vlahart; Btuts, Gil Anderson; Mercedes, George Clark; Plat, TeUlaff; Stutz, Merx. - The entries for the Pabst trophy event are: Case, MKrent; tiergaou, Aaoipa Momsen; Meroer, Wlshart; Falcar, driver not named; Mason, Mortimer Roberts; Mercer, Dick PuJlen; Palcar, Homer Trussel; Mercer, Hughes. The entries for the Wisconsin trophy contest are: Ford, Frank Kullck; Mason, Ray Snyder; Mason, George Mason; E. F., John Heber; Mason, Harry Endi- oo tt -v M0L1NE MOTOR COMPANY RECEIVESBIQ SHIPMENT The Mollne Motor company received a big shipment of machines from the fac tory, which they are using In their Ak-Sar-Ben display. Many new features for the comfort of passengers comprise the changes made In the Mollne for 1913, the power plant and general structure of the machine remaining the same as In former years. . BIG RAGE ON MEMORIAL DAY Promoters Announce 500-Mile Event Par in Advance. CHANGES MADE U THE EULES Entry Fee Will Be Large and List Will Be Restricted to Thirty Vmrt Piston Displacement to Be Smaller. INDIANAPOLIS, Int. Sept 28.- Caarles W. Sedwlck, director of events at the Indianapolis Motor speedway, an' nounces that the regular annual 500-mile race will be staged at the Hooeier course Friday, May 8ft Changes have been made In. the rults governing this event A maximum piston displacement of 450 cubio Inches will be imposed, as against 600 cubio Inches last year, and the min imum weight will be reduced to 1,600 pounds. The entries will be opened January 1, 1913, and closed May L The field will be restricted to thirty cars. The entry fee will be 00. To qualify a car must make in the elimination trials a minimum speed of seventy-five miles per hours for one lap of two and one-half miles. The order of start will be determined by paragraph 122 of the American Auto mobile association contest' rules, which provides that the order of start shall be decided by lot at ' least three days prior to the race and that drawings shall take place In the order of entry. When two or more cars of the same make fall together in the drawing, one or more of them shall be moved down one place until separated by another make of car. On the day following the 600-mile race It is said that other events will be f held, probably the Wbeeler-Schebler trophy, the Preeto-o-Llte trophy or tho Remy Brassard. Definite plans have not been consummated. An effort will be made to enlist the famous European dirvers, Manager Sed wlck having planned a trip abroad for this purpose. ' Motor Car Value Reaches Its Zenith "An examination of the new Overland models makes it apparent that motor car value has reached Its senlth," says Vice President G. W. Bennett of the Willys Overland company. "Who dreamed ten years ago that the "horseless carriage" would ever reach such a high plane of perfection and that a purchaser would ever secure so much car for so small an amount as Is secured In the car of today? "It Is doubtful if a motor car will ever be better built and better equipped than are the present Overland models at their low prices. Every accessory that make3 for comfort has been embodied In these new cars. A purchaser of the thirty horse-power, five passenger, $98 car, finds it completely equipped for long or short touring. The regular equipment Includes a self-starter, Warner speedometer, mo hair top and boot, clear vision automatic windshield of improved design, gas tank, Remy magneto and battery, robe rail. foot rest tire holders on back of tonneau. refinements In fact everything that one could ask. Look back two years and try to Imagine such an array of equipment on so large a car for so small an amount of money."" MAKE FAST TIME FROM . DETROIT TO CHICAGO What is said to be the fastest run sver made from Detroit to Chicago in a car of less than forty horse-power was a complisbed Saturday by Howard Wat roos and Lawrence Barry in Hupmoblle "No. $8," one of the first twenty horse power cars manufactured by the Hupp Motor Car company. The official time was thirteen hours and fifteen minutes, break ing Mr. . Watrous former record, made a few weeks ago, by nearly three hours. The pair left Detroit Btla.ni. Satur day, the starting time being stamped by H. J. Manning, clerk at the Pontchar train hotel. When they drove up to -h Schlllo Motor Sales company, 1120 Michi gan avenue, the time stamped by Charles W. Root, chairman of the contest com mittee of the Chicago Motor club, was 5.15 m. The speedometer showed miles. W .Jk.&K.V.A-' . mm. ii -r a J" , ii sT" I J ) j 1913 Mario - -Model 3 7-A $1415 Disco SelfStarter Trtst-O'Litt Tank Warner Speedometer Center Control Deep Upholstering COMPLETELY EQUIPPED Dynamo fJectrie Lighting System; ' Q. D Demountable Rims, One Extra Ventilating Plate Qlass Windshield ISrebster Qreen or Deeb Wine Color 71ohair T op. 'Soot, Storm Curtains So-Hour Storage flattery Tickel-Tlated Trimmings Concealed Tool Voxes Tire Irons, Tools. Tire Kit Toot sst, tijobe 'Kail Announcement HERE are the cars which forced the enormous expan sion of the famous ten-year-old Marion Company. They are the cars which wiU answer the actual de mand of recent years for more Marion automobiles annually. The 1913 Marion models are built expressly for those who appreciate Comfort, Style and Luxury and require full value for their money. They are cars which combine the sire, and quality of much higher-priced products. In their graceful ap pearance, dignity and refinement, in their mechanical specifi cations, and in their complete and high-grade equipment they bring to you a standard of motor car excellence for 1913 , which must receive your hearty approval. , They are the result of a decade of successful manuf actur , ing reflecting b their lines and refinement the genius of an . able engineer; in their workmanship and finish they prove the builder's wonderful attention to detail; in their sturdi ness and strength they indicate the absolute reliability for which Marion cars are famous. The Marion 37-A at $1,475 is the largest, most complete, silent, and powerful car at anywhere near $1,500. It is a roomy, five-passenger touring car with luxurious upholster ing. Lots of width, lots of breadth. Consider its complete ness and the many exceptional features and conveniences which add to its charm. Where con you find them in any other car of this size and power unless you pay several hun dred dollar more? The Marion 35-A, famous as the "Bobcat" mlle-a-mlnute roadster, is the snappiest speed car of the year. It is finished in cardinal red, has low-set bucket seats, and an appearance which bespeaks the speed it possesses. Moreover, it can go relatively as fast and as comfortably on rough and hilly roads as it can on speedways or splendid boulevards. Its price, fully equipped, is $1,425. For those who desire a still larger and more powerful car we build the Marlon 48-A. It is the Marlon de luxe, at $1,850, fully equipped, including electric horn, Its body is unusually spacious, and its general appearance, with straight lines and flush sides, expresses a distinction and class heretofore un known among popular-priced motor cars. For ten years the Marion cars have been manufactured with unusual quality, and in the selection of a Marion the buyer absolutely assures himself of the pleasure and genuine satisfaction experienced by all Marion owners, v We car. not begin to enumerate here all the points which you will note and instantly like about the 1913 Marion line, but let us give you our 1913 illustrated advance folder. Bet ter yet, let us take you for a ride over your favorite route. Our sales rooms and general facilities are at your disposal Of fipperson Jaek Babliit" , St 8 . ' v ' fiyfEiiobsIes ' m THE 1913 MARION LINE 37-A-Flv-Pauenger, 30-40 H.P. Touring Car, $1475 36-ATwo-Pauenger ''Bobcat" Roadster, 30-40 H.P., $1425 48-AFlve-Pascnger, 43 H.P. Tourlnj Car. $1350 V MoToa Four ey linden cast in pairs, long roket dual ignition, magneto and batterieii automatic carburetor; eon ttant level tplasb lubricatioa. Clutch Cone. .- '; , .w '' ' '.. .," Ditvi Saaft enclosed in lorsoon tube Transmission Selective, center control, I speeds forward. WHEttBASi !7A, 112 inchest J 6-A, 113 inchi 41-A, 120 inches.-. . Tnusi S7-A, J4 Inches, J 6-A, J44 lnohat 4KA, J64X inches. t : V ... All Crs Guaranteed, All Fully Equipped. Prices f. o. b. Indianapolis , . IVI ari on -A.u t o ro olbl 1 e C o 2101 Farnam Street Omaha Telephone Doug- 2643 , ' A fiew Series of Apperson 'Motor Cars ' " Twenty years ago the first American Made Gasoline Automobile was built by the APFEESON BROTHERS down in Kokomo, Indiana. One-fifth of a Century given exclusively to the continuous develop ment and refinement of the Motor Car until we offer today the anni versary models, the new "Jack Rabbits." 1! - "aw . -t?!, - off ''' : . " ' s V ill i Apperson "Jack Rabbit" 5-passenger Touring Car, "4-45.M AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEFslENT From this time on, Apperson Cars will be manufactured under our new NO SEASOXS MODEL POLICY. Always has it been the aim of the APPERSON BROTHERS to give their cus tomers honestly built, high grade automobiles at a price within reason. APPER. SON construction from now on will be marked by changes when the need for Im provement presents itself therefore, it will be continuous. There will be no break between seasons because we will noi recognize yearly models. Each and every car will be built as well as we know how, to construct it at the time it is being manu factured. ; ' Times have changed. Manufacturers cannot hold back improvements to make them talking points for another year. The demand is for the best and the latest at all times. That is what we plan to gire. If Improvements are tried and proved 1 to be of worth, we expect to adopt them without waiting for the end of a season to roll around. , , , r The APPERSON car has always been a year-round performer. Now we in tend to make it a year-round buy. , , Maybe you , do not know it, but our shops are all cleaned out of 1912 moiel3 now there are none left over eo we start a new era under a new policy with abso lutely fresh and snappy stock. We may bring out new models any time, maybe April, July or January, dependent upon the need we Eee for Improvements or changes. Manufacturers in the past have not only fooled themselves but each other. From this time on we Intend to do a standard stock business. ' Then look at the depreclatlonxend o it. The most serious depreciation known to an APPERSON car can be credited to this old-fashioned idea of seasons. For Instance, the buying public feels that a 1912 car is Just as old in September, 1912, as in September, 1913. Now under our new policy the buyer can own a new car and feel that it is just as up-to-date two years from the time he buys it as the day he pays out his money. We say this as we feel that mechanically our cars have been perfected about as well as they can be. You will notice by looking over the specifications that there are no changes to speak of mechanically from last year oa the cars we are building now. 1 The Universal Features of the New Apperson Line, under the latest Apperson, policy make it the Leading Car the twentieth year of its manufacture. Graceful in Design Powerful In Construction Apperson Automobiles are built throughout in our own shops, under the per sonal supervision of the Apperson Brothers, Elmer and Edgar. When you buy a'ac'i Rabbit" you get twenty years of experience back of your purchase. WATCH THE RABBITS MULTIPLY IN YOUR LOCALITY Electric Lighting--Self Starting Optional With Purchaser We are not featuring these two features to sell our cars. Many manufactur ers are adopting these two sets of equipment as standard, increasing the price and making the purchaser accept them. Ordinarily they have nothing better to say about their cars than "equipped with starter and electric lights." Apperson buy ers can have their "Jack Rabbit' with or without. This will be known as accom modation equipment optional with you. A Brief Review of the More Important Mechanical Features of the' "Jack Rabbit." MOTORS AH' motors are of the T-head type, cast singly. 5 bearing crank . shaft 1 ins. diameter. 13 ins. bearing surface. 2 -in. valves. Sliding vein water pump. Aluminum crank case. Cylinders are finished -in gray. Trimmings in nickel. ' CLUTCH Contracting band type patented and in exclusive use for twenty years. " TRANSMISSION -Amidships three speeds forward and reverse AXLE Demountable type, embracing all desirable features of both so-called semi and full floating types and none of the undesirable features of either. 60-in. tread for the southern trade. Axle driven from transmission by strong drive shaft connected by universals at each end. 4 . ; , , . WHEELS Artillery type with demountable rims. All cars with 11 4-in.. basa equipped with 3 4x4-ln. wheels. All cars with 11 8-in. base equipped with 36x4-in. wheels. All cars with 122-in. base ejuipped with 3 6x4 -In. wheels. WORLD'S RECORD CRANKER Compressed air cranker with record of start ing a special experimental "JACK R03B,T" moior 5 incites square, 22,0 times without a failure, extra at $100, including air tank, pump and cranker. .This tea roa.1 cranker not a primer. f ' RELIABLE DYNAMO LIGHTING For 10Q extra, we will equip any model with five electrlo lights, dynamo anl storage lighting battery. BODY Dash cowl and body Integral all four doqrs hinged enclosed control thick upholstering rain vision windshield reclined cushions robe rail ton neau foot rest larger, longer, easier than ever. COLOR SCHEME Richelieu 'blue body and gear with delicate white striping. This is the blue that manufacturers have heretofore avoided because of the espouse. Usually an extra charge of from $50 to $90 is made for this Color. St ndard on the APPERSON. This Is a kingly blue a lasting color; always fresh never fades. Write today for catalogue and the AD O of Appersonism. -Also ask for a copy of our new house organ, ."The Appsrson Way." flpparsn " Jaek iab&it" fluto COKJPAP3Y Hew Location, 1204 Farnaci St., Omaha, Ehb. J. H. DeJong Hans Neblo 8