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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 24, 1013
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AUTOMOBILE
CAN STOP SOME ACCIDENTS
Proper Precautions Will Do Huoh to
lessen Their I'requency.
MAHIACS ON MAKING SPEKD
)leeUM nnd Diure-UnTll Spirit Oete
the Best of Too atanr, n With
Dfmstroaa Ileselta far
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"A large per cent of the automobile
accidents could be avoided If the proper
nrec&utt&ns oro taken," says I C.
nockhlll manager tire les department,
the Goodyear Tiro and Rubber company,
.Vlcron, O.
"One of the greatest dangers la -when
an automobile driver In a rear car tries
to make tho one In front 'eat hla duet
On one aide of the forward car or di
rectly In front may be another maclilne,
buggy or pedestrian, which, to tho dilvor
of the rear car, Is not -within hla sight.
Invariably when passtnr machines in
this manner, that Is, from tho rear, the
driver opens hla cut-out and by Increas
ing hla speed, passes the machine In front
so fast that he doesn't see the other
occupant of the road until nearly upon
him. The result Is an accident
"Bec&uoo a car Is hired," says Sir.
Itockhlll. many people think the driver
should do things tbl common sense
tells him ho should iiot. A little extra
change tempts the driver to comply with
the passenger's request to speed up. If
the occupant of the car would not tempt
the chauffeur -would not be Inclined to
break the speed and traffic laws and
tho newspapers would not be filled every
day with accounts of cataatrophles.
Can Set It on Streets.
"By standing; on a busy street corner
you will readily observe how many acci
dents result from tho carelessness of pe
destrians and not through the fault of
automobile qrlvisrs. In every direction
you will ae people crossing busy streets,
reading a newspaper or talking with a
friend, In fact, doing most anything ex
cept paying attention to where they aro
going. If they would cut square cor
ners and look both faya before crossing,
you would not hear of no many accidents.
The public must help the traffic police
men. If the police aro to help the autd
mablllete. "Joy riding Is another reasqn why auto
mobile accidents are continually Increas
ing; The occupants of the machine In
this cose are absolutely at the mercy
of the driver. The reckless and dan
devil spirit gets the best of him and
many coses haro resulted disastrously."
Demonstration Not'
Planned is Given
By Pathfinder Oar
The "WM4" tWe of a erinviull, galvanised
troB -wafer s!l the hs the old .oaken
bucket faded' hi to oblivion is told bv
Joha Xentfr.M, driver of- one of the two
municipal ambulances built for good
Samaritan servlct In Indianapolis at tho
new nwdei pt of the Pathfinder
The absolute, veracity of the story s
vouched for by Wayne K. Bromley, sect
rotary and treasurer of the thriving
"West Indianapolis Motor Car company.
John Mendel says the pall of water
rode complacently on the rear step of the
Pathfinder "40" ambulance for raoro
than three, miles durbig a hurry call over
uneven pavements without JoSlng a drop
of Its contents.
The remarkable, unexpected demonstra
tion was totally accidental, however. In
the garage where the pair of Pathfinder
ambulances await their calls the floor
arrangement Is such that the cars come
In one door and out the other. In this
way at least one ambulanco always Is
ready for action,
While In tho act of filling a radiator
with water, one of tho attendants not
the aforementioned pall of water on thu
rear stop of the car In front. At pro
Uly that moment a call came In and
the bucket was temporarily forgotten as
the ambulance majestically sallied forth
cis Its mission of mercy.
The diseevery came after the driver
llwmoviBted and started to open the rear
oor to pull forth tho stretcher, Ito
tnemeerln the hurried ride over cobble
itones and Jolting- utreet carerowlngt,
he wpndored.
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One of the two five-ton Alco tank trucks used by the Pennsylvania State Highway department to spread liquid road
materials, and equipped with a device for keeping the materials hot.
EFFICIENCY ENGINEER'S GOAL
Popular-Priced American Cars Have
Other Requisites.
EUROPEANS POINT THE WAY
H I ufa Cost of "as" and Trend of
Taxation WoW Influence Destarn
Power PIsmt to Meet Xrs
ent Conditions.
"How to make the automobiles of the
pteseut not more beautiful, not more
powerful, not mora- durable, but more
efficient' Is tho task which every Amer
ican designer and manufacturer must
tackle right speedily," declares Clement
Srudcbaker, Jr.
"We have the beauty, the power, the
durability and wa havo them all at' kn
amazingly low cost In tho typical popular-priced
American cars. Hut Amcrtoan
standards of efficiency aro still be'ow
thone which prevail abroad, especially In
the oases of the leading costly types.
"WJiat sane business man would. In
equipping a plant which could bo suo
ctssfully operated by an engine of a cer
tain power, buy for It a power pUnt of
four or five times that atzeT And whnt
office system Is It that puts two or three
men at work on a task one man can
perform without being overworked? Yet
how often Is It that the very man who
would shudder at such waste buys a
ttlotor cir so overpowered as to bo Ab
solutely wastefull .
Tr Hfflelnnoj'.
"Mind you, I am not denying1 the lux
urious, Vilffh-pov'ered touring car Its
rightful place; -There ara persons Un
doubtedly whose wealth and deelra for
display can be satisfied by nothing cine.
But for the average prosperous, con
servative American thorn mutt be some
thing which will come close to his es
tablished Ideas of true efficiency.
"ISuropeans have, perhaps, on account
of the high cost of fuel, developed unalf
motors to a wonderful degree. In fact,
there aro but few foreign cars so'd with
cylinders of more than three nnd a half
Inches bore. The general custom of tar
ing cars on a basis of cylinder bore has
also proven a mighty incentive to this
evolution.
"Both these considerations are Appear
ing In the Unltod States. Legislation of
this sort made Its appearance In many
states last year; It will be even more
pronounced, boyond doubt, in 1911.
"Thee two considerations must sound
the Itnell of the large, wasteful motor
tho motor which for tho successful per
formance of Its duty rolles on its brute
force, rather than its refinement n'
carburetlon and Its antifriction devices.
"And' I shall mlsH my guess by a wide
margin If in tho years to come the typ
ical Amorican car will not feature maxi
mum efficiently In on economical motor "
TIRE BILL PAYERS ARE HAPPY
tt Proces Ilnbber Iteducea Cost
of TJpkeeji Uneven IJrnlte
Pressnre Expensive.
IV)r some unexplulnnble reason the av
erage Amorican cltlsson balks at paying
physicians bills nnd upkeep expense for
his' automobile. The physician mit live
and la worthy of his hire, although this
Is disputed by new thought devotees and
notables llko Fro Elbertus Hubbard.
The owner of nn automobile must
necessarily spehd a 'certain amount for
upkeep each season. One of the Im
portant Items of expense is the tire, and
tiro makers have never been able to
build a tire that would laet as long as
tho automobile, so replacements must bo
expected.
. i. ltd s of thousands of dollars ore
spent each year for tiro upkeep alone
and the motorist is constantly confronted
with the problem: "What tire Is the
easiest riding and will give ms the most
mllease for my money?"
The selection of a tire Is Important
Upon it depends the peace of mind and
comfort of the user, as well as the
amount of money spent for tiro upkeep.
M. M. O. Ward, local manager of Dia
mond tires, when approached on this
subject, stated: "All leading tire builders
have labored Incessantly to product an
automobile tire that would give the user
the best service for tho least money, They
knew the day would come when the
motorist would demand 'more mileage. "
AUTO IS MOST ECONOMICAL
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
In splto of the highly commendable ef
forts it- the Interstate Commerce com
mission and the governing- bodies of rail
ways in various states to bring about
lower faros and better service from pub
11 o utility corporations, the automobile
has thoroughly demonstrated Its superior
economy as a cross-country transporta
tion vehicle. While two cents per mile
Is the lowest -rate of steam railroad fare
now In exlstenco In this country, and In
some localities tho charge Is as high as
throo or oven four cents per mile, I. C.
Emerson, a motor cnthimlast of Cali
fornia, has recently completed a,000-mllo
automobile trip In which tho rato of faro
per person totaled only flye-slxths of a
cent a mile.
Enough Diamond
Vitalized Rubber
Tires to Go Around
In an interview todaV, M, O, Ward.
ilu, local manager of Diamond tires, said:
'The majority of builders of nu'o.
mobiles sold moat of their output earlier
ils tuon tlian ever before. As u con
wjuence the rush for tires has bee.t un-
jaual
"At the beginning of the season we!
had a large stock of Urea ready for In-'
stent delivery. Enormous stocks -here
io ou nana at our various branch
Houses, as well as at our factory at
on, O. ,
"Shortly after the announcement six
nonths ago that ail Diamond tires wero
made of vitalised rubber, now popularly
known as the afore Mileage' tiro, our
stocks here and!ali'6rer the country wr
exhausted, owing to the unprecedented
demand.
"Motorists everywhere welcomed tho
miw "More Mileage' tire, Our factories
at Akron began runnlnu day and night
Jn an efta to supply this demand. In
addition they erected new butldtiiKs, In.
UeiUed more machinery and Increased
their forces of expert tfre bulldera.
Ctaleemavn's Paradise,
According to the state registration
statistics, aouthern California? fam"u"
fertile field of effort for the autoawblli
salesman. Of the fourteen leadlrur maiM
Mlltnr at ovw J7W. no let than Lttj
Bars have been aold this season ia U
Angales. Sas Dleeo. San lWn
Rlvemlde. Imperial. Orange, Banta nar.
bara and Vnlura counties, mudebaber
nerrei
ur with a toUI ot l.S to T for the
et competitor.
tavalicwls Car,
In aanounctnc to the pubiio their
rlfcs Jiltis models for the coming auto
mobile Qscal year the Colo Motor Car
company of Indianapolis baa accom
plished Hs ambition to produce the
Mand&rdlswid car of thendustry. A roll
of honor unonr the different automobile
parts makers has been established and
-it 1 decJiri--: each tamber of the com
iljiJrtw is the jiariard by wltloh e'J
vUUar srt ere measured.
Tire Prices Down
V
How We Did It Without Skimping
On the Costliest Tire That's Built
Here are & few amazing facts which
every tire user should know.
-
Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires used to cost
one-fifth more than other standard tirea. And
yet they sained the topmost place in Tiredom.
Three things caused this extra price.
In the base of each tire we vulcanize six
flat bands of 126 braided wires.. It Is thus,
that we make a bookless tire a tire that'
can't be rim-cut.
Then every No-Rim-Cut gets the -'On-Air
Cure." It is final-vulcanized on air bags. This
is doae to save blow-outs. It adds to our
tire cost $1,500 per day.
Then we use in each tread base a' patent
"rivet" fabric We paid $50,000 for this fea
ture to prevent tread separation.
Not one of these costly features are used
in any other make of tire.
Now No Extra Price
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Now these same tires, with all of these
features, cost you no
etra price. Not a stand
ard tire of any type costs
you any less.
And these are the
reason's:
' Our overhead cost, in
days .of -small output,
ran ns .hieh as thirty
per cent.
It is now. less thJin
six per cent. Oar mul
tiplied output, in this
one-way, has cut our
tire cost twenty - four'
per cent.
We have built new
factories with- modern
equipment, with every
new invention in labor
saving: machinery.
GoodJ?far
I -Bl - CW
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With or Without
Non-Skid Tread
We havo clung to small capitalization. jOn
this account ws can and do keep our profits
under S4 per cent.
All these sVHf at fast as we made
thenv went to users ef our tkes. v
Note What Our Price
Includes
Rival makers must in some way meet the
Goodyear price. But please consider what
our price includes. ' -,
A tire that never rim-cuts.
A tire built to save blow-outs, in a way so
costly that no one else employs it.
A tL'e built in our patent way to preventtread
separation. And built in every other way for
loncest mileage, regardless of the cost.
That's Why They Outsell
Hundreds of thousands now use these tires.
Thoy far outsell any
other. Yet the demand
from users is now crow
ing faster than ever be
fore in our history.
That's for the reasons
told you.
Rim - Cutting alone,
with old-type Ures, ruins
31.8 per cent- almost
one tire in three. Blow
outs and loose treads,
which our methods com
bat, are immensely cost
ly items.
Youahould get these
savings get them all
when you pay the
Goodyear price.
Our dealers are everywhere.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO
This Cunpanr has Be eopecUon nhatvvcr with uj Uar lubber concern which utes tb Good Mir suuu.
Omaha Branch 2212 Farnam Street
PHONK DOUGLAS 4100
No Slump is Seen
in Demand for the
High-Grade Autos
Predictions of a business slump and
llkewlso of a decline In the popularity
of the lilph-crado end costly motor car
are both set at nauclit by the exporlonc
during the summer of the Peerless Motor
Car company.
Kor tho flrst time In a. number of
years tho business of tho company has
not slowed up during the hot months,
but every wheef In the big factory at
Cleveland has been turning to full capac
ity through July and August. It ha
been by far the biggest year in tin; his
tory of the company.
So rushed has the plant been up to
this tlmo with orders for the open types
of passenger cars and for trucks that It
has only Jut succeeded In getting out
the first closed cars of the new series
for the fall trade.
Closed demonstrators have been aup
piled to the various branches and the
booking of orders has begun. Thesi cars
have several exceptionally Interesting
features. These Include the Swiss r.Vl
way type of window, which eliminates
all casings and greatly Increases he
lighting area; a new auxiliary 8-.nt,
which when not In use folds up and com
pletely disappears into the compartmon
wall, and the Pullman type electrio
lights, which also disappear when u but'
ton is pressed.
Gossip
Along the
Automobile Eow
Chicago Firm Has
Twenty-One Packard
Trucks Now in Use
An additional order for throe Packard
trucks from Marshall Field St Co. of
Chicago gives that firm a total ot twenty-
one big Packads now In operation. The
trucks aro UBed largely to carry heavy
loads to oubntaUons. For the lighter de
livery service tha company operates a
battery of rebuilt Packard motor car
riage chassis equipped with special
bodies. ' . i
In order to secure the highest' effi
ciency. Marshall Field & Co. malr.toln
a largo garage. The building has a ce
ment floor, draining to the center' nnd
Is so piped that each car can be washed
in Us stalt. A stock room carries all
necessary supplies and an extra set of
wheels complete with tires and bear
ings, a full set of extra springs and
other parts. The equipment includes
necessary tools and machinery. .
' Marshall Field & Co. purchased their
first Packard truck in April. 1908. Si.ica
that time they have placed efeven repeat
orders for one or more trucks of the
same make.
Persistent Advertising is the Bond to
Big (let urns.
Ninety-three Ilupmoblleir left the fac
tory of tho Hupp Motor Car company in
Detroit destined' for Omaha ditrlng the
flrt fifteen dayif In August. This' con
stitutes tho heavy shlpnrents that Mr.
Huffman has been ablo to get during the
season and places him in a position to
make better deliveries than It has been
possible to occupy before on account oi
the tremendous demand throughout the
country. The Huffman Automobile com
pany Is handling over l.OCfl tlupmobllcs
in lta territory this year. This Is a more
rapid growth than has tjeon mado on any
other car.
E. C. Cennct, manager of the Bennet
Electrical company, driving a Model 23
Bultlc, returned frpm Lake Okobojl yes
terday, having made tho roturn trip -with
a general average of twenty-one mllea
an hour, with' only one stop.
Tho local office of the Nebraska Buick
company has booked orders for twenty
two new 1DH Bulck models, same to be
delivered to Omaha buyers during the
month of September.
II. M. Jewett and if. Krohn, president
and secretary, respectively, of tho Paige
Automobile company in Detroit, will
spend Tuesday In Omaha and a meeting
of the Paige agents In Nebraska will
be held at the local Paige office for tho
purpose of lining up the fall season. Mr.
Jewett Is taking a personal interest in
the work of his representatives and, as
Nebraska Is one' of tho leading Paige
states, he Is anxious to get in touch with
those who sell his car.
The local branch ot tho Nebraska Buick
company will be represented at tho Iowa
State Fair by Manager Hull, who will
look after tho Bulck Interests durins this
week.
j; W. Hill, a brother ot Lm Hill, who
drives tho powerful National radrlg car
around Omaha streets, has purchased a
1914 National toy tonneau car. Mr. Hill
became so enamored of his brother's car
that he found himself obliged to purchase
a car himself.
George Rcim has received four carloads
ot 1914 CadUlao cars and expects to move
the entire shipment In a week's time. The
1914 Cadlllaols proving more popular than
the previous models and Mr. Relm an
ticipates difficulty In securing deliveries
to till all his orders.
George r.elm announced last week that
he Intended to participate In the Council
Bluffs automobile show, which will be
held this week. A special cut open
chassis has been expressed to Mr. Iteltft
tor ' exhibition and he will also have a.
touring car fully equipped on display.
B. M. Burbank sold Paige SS cars last
week to J. V. Potter of Maxwell. Neb.,
and Snyder Automobile company of
Woodbine. Ia.
Mrs. Lee Huff, of tho local branch oC
the Nebraska Bulok company, has re
turned from a four weeks' vacation at
Denver and Salt Lake City.
George Rcim sold Cadillac cars to Nat
Hueston, I. A. Hupp, J. VT. Bates and J.
Maxtead, all of Omaha, last week.
Tho Western Automobile Supply com
pany Is receiving orders for electric horns
faster than It can fill them. The auto
mobile drivers aro fast realizing that
electric horns ore more efficient than
the ordlnnry wind horns and aro equip
ping their machines accordingly.
Tho tire companies and supply house
are being flooded with orders from own
ers ot small machines for email sized
casings and tubes and, as car manufac
turers havo changed many models and
light models are becoming more popular,
It has been Impossible, for tire factories
to build sufficient numbers of tires ta
supply tho demand. The Western Au
tomobile Supply company reported last
week that it had orders on hand and. the
orders offered a cash bonus for omaU
tires, bu it was impossible to obtain th
sizes demanded. y
Bulck agents to the number ot 2S0 mst
at Lincoln this week for a general com
ference and Inspection of the, new ISIS
Bulclc line.
Silent Ilear Axle.
Ji. practically noiseless typo of drlvtnti
gear has been perfected by Packard en
gineers. The worm bevels, as they -nr
known are used In the. new Packard "38"
and "4s" motor carriages. They are Bald
to-assure a silent rear axle.
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1914
rT1HE feature of the JtfctiDaat 1914 showing is the new 50-60
i "Six," unquestionably the most impressive of the season's offering
of six-cylinder cars. It is not" designed to be sold as cheaply as
possible; and in a "Six" perfect mechanical construction is a more
important factor than price. Yet we do not believe that any "Six" at
any price will give you greater all-round satisfaction.
The motor is a standard Continental of wonderful flexibility,
having a speed range of 4 to 65 miles per hour, and being unusually
quiet in operation. The car is finished in a rich Royal Blue with
luxurious Turkish upholstery. It has electric starting, electric light
ing, left side drive, center control, Bosch ignition, four speeds for
ward everything the most exacting motorist could demand.
For those who prefer "Fours the JiaDftt maintains its high
manufacturing traditions. Among the refinements of the Jfca&Diti
"Fours" for 1914 are: A smoother-running motor by reason of light
ened reciprocating parts; cowl dash which improves the body
lines; independent dual magneto ignition; tire carriers on rear; elec
tric horn. All models are equipped with electric lights and electric
engine starter.
The complete line of JlHMatit Models for 1914 is as follows:
3440 Four-cylinder FJ ve-pa sae n go r Touring -34-40
Four-cylinder Three-passenger Roadster -44-50
Four-cylinder Five-passenger Deml-Tonneau
4 4-50-p Four-cylinder Seven-psscngr Touring -44-50
Four-cylinder Three-passenger Roadster
50-0 Six-cylinder ven-paenger I curing
- 31,685
1,685
- 1,983
1,985
- 1.95
2,10
50-SO SU-cylinder Thrett-poxsensar Wire Wheeled Roadster 2,290
Top, Top Beet. WWhIeW and Stewt-Wamer Clock Spwdometer, 4100X0 extra on all open modtU.
Coupe and limoutme Model on 44-50 and 6-cylindcr Gums. "
Call and see the Abbott-Detroit line for yourself and make your own
comparioona. We welcome such a test
Abbott Motor Co.
-Detroit, Michigan
TRAYNOIt AUTO CO., 2512-14 Farnam St.! Douglas 5268.
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