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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1913)
f THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 30, 1013. MOTORCYCLE RAGES COMING Racing on Board Track to Be the Thing This Season. TWO LEAGUES ARE ORGANIZED Training Cnnip. Opened In thn Kit for nidern nnd Erpryfhlns; la Ilendr 'or the Sport to Slnrt. NEW YOnK, March M.-Motoreyct3 aclnj; on board tracks begins May 21 and will continue uninterruptedly until late n the fall. It Is planned to have two' leagues, one In the east and one to cover the middle west circuit. The former will include Brighton Hench, Newark, Phila delphia. Buffalo, Pittsburgh and prob .ibly Boston, while the middle west clr- ult will comprise Chicago, Cleveland. St. Louis, Detroit and Cincinnati. Those tracks will be under the contiol of the ecently organised American 7asus f "rofesslonaj Motorcycle Racing clubs The organliatlon of tho !irn cltle Is xpectcd to be completed within a f-'W weeks, but tho middle west is now !n full ; way nnd only awaits the opening meet The plan outlined for racing In tho eague club plan for this season follows base ball league methods. Kach motor drome will maintain a racing club, com posed of ten racers. Thus lher will be rivn clubs, Including Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Each dub will be divided Into two teams, eaoh making a tour of the other cities to fight t out with the home teams lor su premacy, as In base ball. One team will temaln at home to defend the local track while the other Is abroad. The scores of fhe teams will be kept and will probably be based upon the number of firsts, sec onds and thirds which the members ore for their respective teams. A pennant will be awarded to the winning team at tho end of the season. In tho event that an" eastern league la organ ized, aa planned, there will be an end of the season contest between the two leagues for the championship of America. Own the Machines. The local motordromes now own the machines used in the races and will "allot them to the riders by drawlnc lots each week. The rider that draws machine 1, for example, at the opening week in t'hlcago will rldo that mount the entlro week. All the mounts will be stock ma chines of the same make, owing to tho requirement or the Federation of Amcr can Motorcyclists racing rules, provldlnc that no rider shall bo compellod or nl lowed to enter a race on a strange ma chine. However, this rule may bo amended at the next meeting of tho Federation of American Motorcyclists di rectors In Chicago, April 3. A training camp for riders- will be pened at the Luna Park motordrome In Olevelnnd about a month before the rac 'ng season opens. This Is to get green riders thoroughly board-track broke be fore taking part In races. The Cleveland track was salected for the training camp owing to tho steep angle of the bowl. It is figured that the rider who can navigate that will have mastered board-track rno iwr and will havo nothing new to learn when he Is shifted to the easier track at Itlvnrvlew tho following week. Besides the regular league club contests, tho policy of tho league will be to pull tff special attractions In the shape of pccd contests between the star rldera o tho country. These stars will be al- -.wed to uso tho special factory machines, uaccs will be hold at the different tracks on Wednesday, Saturday and 8unday nights. Effect on Sport. The organization of the American League of Professional Motorcycle(Itaclng flubs was effected at Clevelnnd recently i nd will bo far reaching In Its results on tho sport. It Is Intended to Insuro the permanency of motorcycle racing, and the leagvio will include nil the board trucks In the country. Chicago wu re sponsible for the launching nf ih i...,. nnd In addition to tho tracks already lri iuiaaio west league, movements are Oil foot for motordrome At ITnnua Cl.u Indianupolls. Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Jrtuisviiie. nt least one or two of which will be Included In the circuit before the season closes. Each motordrome will be a dUllnct corporation, with Its own sat of stockholders and directors, who will constitute tho club for each of the cities. Fach club will select a representative, upon the executive board of tho league, which will be tho controlling body, ar tanging for national nubllclty, establish ing n regular schedule nf int.rritv ..o.. to bo run continuously on the various maKing assignments of all riders. MOTOR FADS AND FANCIES, Stitched gray silk traveling hat In small flat cases are new. They are on the same order an those worn by men, only they have the rolling brim instead of the visor. Toilet casen wltn snap fastenings that fold flat seem to be 'best liked. They may be had In a number of new shapes and In all colored leathers. The fittings usually match the leather. A new luncheon case for the running board Is made of automobile leather. It Is fitted with aluminum dishen for four or six persons, and lnoludoa a combina tion 'alcohol store and a tea kettle. White chiffon veils with Hutgnrlan bor ders are thn fad of tho hour. They have an outer border of white satin and are very gay and dressy looking, spodally when worn with white Panamas or sailors. Covert cloth for tailored ulsters Is one of tbo revivals which Is most sensible. The ulsters make serviceable garments for rain or shin and are One for long trip,!. Being warmer than the dust coats, ! they are quite popular for early spring i wear. For men the convertible collar box and toilet cose comes this season with a re movable disk of leather upon which all the articles are hel'd by small straps, so that when It Is not needed It may b quickly removed to a drawer without the things being dropped or scattered about. It may be had In all of the best liked leathers. Motor hats are so varied In style nnd so much more becoming this year than ever before that they suit all tastes. One hav ing a Bulgarian silk crown with a wide, turned back tan straw brim is simply trimmed with a bunch of tiny silken apples. Another, more elaborate, has a green velvet crown nnd a wide brim of gray straw with a bunch of chestnut burs at one side. This hat also has a green shaded veil. AUTO ACCIDENTS NUMEROUS Statistics Show that Many Are Killed and Maimed. PREVENTION LAWS TO COME Meeting nf Nntlnnal Poller Chiefs' Association Will Mnrk I.csjnt Crn sade to ItcRtilntf Owners nnd Drivers. Automobiles are Killing from fifty to. seventy-five people In this country ever; week and are Injuring and maiming be tween forty and fifty every twenty-four hours, nccordlng to reports of accidents which are being compiled by Chief Dunn o' tho Omaha police for the uso of tho National Association of Police Chiefs In the fight of that organization for the pre vention of automobile accidents, t'h'cf Dunn has Just made public the report nf j automobile accidents for the five weeks ! ending January 23 and the statistics show mat during that period 2US people met their death In these accidents, while l.SW wi re Injured. The number of accident was 1,276. In the report are Included only automobile accidents which occurred In those cities nnd towns which maintain police organizations. According to Chief Dunn tliern are as many accidents In the country nnd In villages as there nre in tho cities and larger towns. The Na tional Association of Police Chiefs Is preparing a nation-wide crusade ngalnst reckless automohlllng and to Chief Dunn has beeh delegated the gathering of sta tlftlcs upon which the crusade will be based. At the coming annual convention of tho chiefs a set of model laws will bo piepared from the combined experiences of all tho members, nnd every city nnd town In the United States and Canada will be asked to place them In effect. Mnnjr States Ilcport. In tho flv'o weeks covered by the report deaths from auto accidents occurred In thirty-five states of tho union and In three provinces of Canada. New Hamp shire was the only state In which there was neither death fior accident. New York headed the list with 2SI accidents, In which 63 met death and 8S3 were in jured. Pennsylvania's 120 accidents were responsible for 17 deaths arid 119 Injuries and came second on the list. New oe I sey. with only accidents to Its credit, ! killed 19 people. In Illinois there were SO accidents, which resulted In 12 Oeaths and SI Injuries. Fashionable Providence. It. 1 was exceeded only by New Tork and San Francisco In the number of Us icol dents, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and other much larger cities being left f;ir behind, tthode Island, small ns It Is. h.id 40 accidents, killed 6 people and Injured 42, while Texas reported only 6 accidents, no fatalities and only four Injuries. Accidents at railroad crossings were re. sponsible for 33 smashups and 66 Injuries and fatalities. As an Indication of the alarming In crease In the number of automobile ac cidents and the menace of the reckless driver. Chief Dunn has called attention to the report Issued some days ago by President Hilt of the Iowa State Travel ing Men's association, In which the mem bers of that body were called upon to take some actton covering the havor which automobiles are working with the funds as well as with the members tf tho organliatlon. President Hill's state ment said 45 per cent of all death claims last year were caused by automobile. w:ille 15 per cent of the Indemnity claims were trom the same source. In 1912 the Traveling Men's association In Iowa paid benefits to tf79 members Injured whllo operating machines, 492 while passengers nnd 157 members who wero simply Inno cent bystanders when Injured by others. A total of J50.000 was paid out last year by this association for automobile accidents. Tho Persistent and Judicious Use ot Newspaper Advertising Is the Road to Business Success. I Motorcycle Notes. a. High. power motorcvule h.. purchased by a malted milk company for the uso of Its billboard Inspectors In j-jiiKiauu, i r mice ana uermany. Tno ricveland (O.) Motorcycle club win muKe a twenty-four-hour run to Indianapolis, May 29-30, to witness the nuiumumio races at me speeqway. Patrons on one of the Bird Island Minn..' rural routes are elated over the fact that their mall carrier has pur chased a motorcycle, and mall will now do uenverea to them early In the day. Members of the Marlon. O., police force feel so keenly the need of a motor ejelo In their work that they have asked permission to raise sufficient money by jjuuih- nupicripiioii lo purcnuie on. In a recent lecture at the Kansas Agri cultural college the value of the motor. cycle on the- farm was emphasised and various types or motorcycles demon st rated. Three new motorcycles will constitute a part ot tne Kasier nnery ot ins urana Ilaplds, la., police department. Tie Elton Automobile company ot Tuungstown, O.. has adopted molorcy c!es for use In Its vervlce department. Altoona. Pa., has fallen Into line and ordered a motorcycle lor use In the po lico department. McFadden & Cole of Iowa City have opened a parcel delivery service and de liver suitcases and other parcels by mo torcycle. The St. Louis Motorcycle .club has adopted a code of signals to be used by motorcyclists when passing other ve hicles, so that possible accidents may b avoided. Secretary Gibson has received an appll - cation from China for membership in the Federation of American Motorcy clist. Sixteen additional motorcycles have been purchased by the Cincinnati police department. An up-to-date druggist of Fort Worth. Tex , has addsd a motorcycle to hi store equipment and now deuvsrs pre ecrlptlons promptly. Dr J. It. Elliott of Clarksd&U. Ko. uses a motorcycle in making profs. uonai cans. A series of dancs. card parties and skating parties la Keeping up tht n thuslasm of the members of the 'Rock. ford (111.) Motorcycle club during tht winter months. One ot the first girl" to hold offlcs In A motorcycle ciud is mui Irene Kimbsrk who recently was elected secretary of the Uoqutam (Wash.) Motorcycle club. winter ine cmuest season- was our most active shipping period THE three deadest months, in the automobile busi ness, are December, January and February. During this period some automobile factories! shut dq,wn altogether. ' With us it has been just the reverse. We have been shipping over 140 cars a day foivthe last six months. Right now, we are delivering over $1,000,000.00 worth of Overlands every single week. Our great factories can make no more than this. The demand forced us to manufacture as many cars in the dull season as we planned and prepared to in the height of the best season which is from April on. The urgent demands for the 1913 Overland have broken and established new production records every dayj - i In seven months we have shipped over twenty-one. thousand cars. This is just over 85$ more than we delivered up to' this time last year. Every section, state and town in the country is order ing in excess of its contract and it is utterly impos sible for us to supply the cars. ,You can judge the demand from the following figures.' r Here are some state and city increases Last year1 North Dakota took 300 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 755; an increase of 152 and they want more. Last year Minnesota took 625 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 1110; an increase of 78 and they want more. Last year Iowa took 1595 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 2555; an increase of 61, and they want more. Last year Texas took 675 Overlands; this year they havo contracted for 1220; an increase of 84 and they want more. Last year Kansas took 313 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 731; an increase of 134 and they want more. Last year Illinois took 1690 Overlands; this year thy have contracted for 2085; an increase of 24 sod they want more. Last year California took 1150 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 2410; an increase of 101 and they want more. Last year Saskatchewan, Canada, took 100 Over lands; this year they have contracted for 250; an in crease of 150 and they want more. Last year Alberta, Canada, took 100 Overlands: this year they have contracted for 250; an increase of 150 and they want more. Last year Manitoba, Canada, took 100 Over lands; this year they have contracted for 250; an in crease of 150 and they want more. Last year San Francisco, Calif., took 2500 Over lands; this year they have contracted for 4000; an increase of 60 and they want more. Last year Minneapolis, Minn., took 1000 Over lands; this year they have contracted for 2000; sn increase of 100 and they want more. Last year Kansas City, Mo., took 800 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 1500; an increase of 874 and they want more. Last year Philadelphia, Pa., took 700 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 1200; an increase of 614 and they want more. Last year Milwaukee, Wis., took 600 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 1000; an increase of 66?d and they want more. Last year Dallas, Texas, took 400 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 600, an increase of 50 and they want more. Last year Sioux Falls, S. D., took 400 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 600; an increase of 50 and they want more. Last year Des Moines, Iowa, took 300 Overlands: this year they have contracted for 500; an increase of 66 and they want more. Last year Denver, Colo., took 300 Overlands: this year they have contracted for 500; an increase of 665 and they want more. Last year Tampa, Florida, took 50 Overlands: this year they have contracted for 100; an increase ot 100 and they want more. Last year Louisville, Ky., took 50 Overlands; this year they have contracted for 150; ah increase of 150 and they want more. x The above cities and states have been picked, in as many dif ferent localities as possible, to show both national consumption and increase. - To reasonable and sensible people the above figures prove one very important point in particular; that the majority of car buyers realize that an Overland offers more car for less money than any other car in America. o i This completely equipped, self-starting, 30 horsepower, five passenger touring car for $985 is the equal of any $1200 car built. It has tho power, the speed, the seating capacity, the construction, the comforts and conveniences. I No car is made better. Being built in the largest, most com pletely equipped and most modernly appointed factory in the indus try, you get in this car the same manufacturing methods used by the makers of the very highest priced cars. Our methods of production are just as thorough, just as painstaking and just as exacting. Our materials and cars are subject to the same rigid inspections and testa as the highest priced cars made. Judge the value by the demand and you'll always save money. We are now over 7,000 cars behind our "immediate shipping orders' and it is still the latter part of the dull automobile season. Figuring from the present pressure for Overlands, it is difficult to calculate what the demand will be when the spring season comes. It is safe to assume that we will be swamped. , We would advise quick action if you want an Overland. ""Delay will not only mean a longer wait for your new Overland, but pos sibly you will be unable to get one at arty price. Enter your order now, and you may get your Overland when you want it. We candidly advise you to see the Overland dealer in your city without delay. And as a final suggestion take one more look at the above figures. 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