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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1913)
TUB OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 30, 1013. 13-A CLASSY CAR jjEEN IN OMAHA Dr. FUzgibbon Secures His New French Model. EVERYTHING 'OF LATEST TYPE Three Others Have Been Sold Since Dr. PltiKlhhon Secured 111. Are for Iloth Sn miner nnd Winter Ue. The new Cadillac landaulet coupe Jias made u appearance. In Omaha and tho first one Is now the property of Dr. Henry KlUslbbons. The car Is strictly French design and while Dr. FlUglbbons was visiting In Paris this summer he took a fancy to the car and upon his return to Omaha purchased one from George Relm. Slnco Dr. Fltzglbbons secured his, three others have been Bold. They have been purchased by Dr. Congdon, Joseph Baldrlge and H. B. Waldon of Waterloo. Th body of the car. wfth the exception of the back quarter and top, Is made of aluminum. It Is a four passenger car with a small drop seat facing rearward. The windows In the doors and body aroof heavy plate glass and ar0 sash less. A knurled adjustment regulates the opening of tho door windows, and locks them at any opening desired. The windshield Is of the clear vision type. The upper half is double, provld- Ing protection and clear 'vision when raining. m car is 01 me two-season type 'n one. Tho back can be lowered, thus making a summer car of It, or It can be entirely enclosed for winter use. All the lights are controlled by elec tricity. At the present stage In the develop ment ot the motor car more or less at tention Is being paid to refinements that make the driving of a car simpler and safer. The 1914 Cadillac has several Im provements that illustrate this point. One Is Its nutomatle spark advance. "Without this device the driver must manipulate his spark lever according to Ills own best Judgment of the engine's requirements. It Is not alone a question of Bpetd. Some times heavy golnsr puts a drag on tho engine that necessitate nmnJpulatlon of the spark lover." With iio nbvloo this Is frequently nothing inoro tbatv good guessing. Tho Cadillac's auto matic spark advance takes this task from the driver and makes the action positive, automatic, according .to the englno's tieeds. This Is accomplished by a ring gov ernor which automatically advances and retards thd, spark according to the de mands of various loads- and various speeds. It thus automatically prevents tho Injuries which are possible by too much advance or too' much retard. Manufacturers of Pierce Arrow Oars Strive for Silence There are two things automobile en gineering departments are striving for stlenco and Its resultant high mechanical efficiency. Silence with durability Is ob tained only by the most careful design ing and fitting of every piece of mate rial. The Fierce-Arrow Motor Car company has even gone so far to obtain absolute Silence In their transmission as to build a soundproof house of glass on their transmission assembly floor for testing out all their transmissions. After tho different . parts that go to make up the transmission caso aro ready for th'e car they have- to pass this -last test for silence. The conditions of this test aro made to conform as nearly as posslblo to the actual conditions ot a car on the road. An electrlo motor takes the place of the regular motor and a rear axle working against pressure produces resistance equal to that of a car actually running on tho road. If noise Is found by this Inspector In the glass house the transmission goes back for correction and continues to go back until It rocelves his O. K. for absolue silence. cessfulty sold Pope-Itartfords In New York and Brooklyn and will operate un der the name of the Stratton Motor Car company. It la reported that within the last three weeks, since the announcement of tho new Jeffery line, 193 new dealers have been added to Its selling organisation. These include now and important connections in cities where branches were formerly located. Henderson Kerosene Gar Makes a Record Six or Seven Fnmrnffeni t Recognizing the fact that many own ers are buying cars to a certain definite passenger capacity, Studcbakor dealers are now displaying "sixes" ot both six and seven-passenger body arrangement. The six-passenger car is on the same 121 fnch wheel base as the larger type of. body. The Union Oil company of California' recently challenged Harry Moore, man ager of the Henderson distributing house in San Francisco, to furnish a . car equipped with Harroun carbureter for their engineers to test, using sealed cans of kerosene and distillate to bo supplied by their company. Chief Engineer Carlyle of the Union Oil company, In reporting the results of the test, made the following statement: "Henderson automobile, five-passenger, forty-horsepower, four-cylinder engine 4VixV4-Inch stroke. Average speed on trial nineteen miles per hour, level roads. Bngine was never out of qear. No coasting was al lowed at any tlmo during tho test. Fuel used was engine distillate and kerosene of the commercial stock of the Union Oil company of California. Tho test was made In the following manner: The feed pipe from tank to Harroun carbureter was disconnected. A one-gallon can of. Union engine distillate was held by the1 writer connected by. rubber hose to tho carbureter. Tho actual mileage on ono gallon was 19.2. Union kerosene, under the samo conditions, showed 30.4 miles." Jeffery Company Appoints Dealers Announcement was made last week In Kenosha by the Thomas B. Jeffery com pany of the appointment of Gilbert M. Stratton as representative In Greater New York and vicinity for tho new JefferyJ line of pleasure cars. Mr, Stratton has for eight years suc-J Regal Underslung Remains Upright After Road Mishap A double accident near Detroit last week furnished a most convincing proof of the safety from turning turtle afforded by underslung construction. , A party of Detrolters were taking a pleasure drive tho other evening In a Regal underslung touring car. Tho party was some two or three miles from the. city and were just overhauling a car ahead, when around a turn In tho road camo another car headed toward them with headlights blazing. Tho driver of the car ahead, which was of overhung build, became confused by the glare ot the approaching lights, and drove Into a seven-foot ditch at the roadside. The car toppled and rolled over, throwing the passengers to the ground, but fortunately Injuring no one seriously. Tho Regal was right behind the ditched car, and tho driver, hearing the screams of the passengers ahead and expecting a collision, swerved to the side and also plunged Into the ditch. Tho underslung, however, remained up right during tho descent and though the passengers were given a good shaking up, no one was thrown out. Tho only Injury the jcar sustained was a broken wheel, which smashed against the opposite bank. Safety First Policy Will Be Introduced By Goodrich Tires "Safety first" Is a phraso which tho traveler sees painted on switchmen s houses, depots, yardmnsters' offices and other buildings connected with the great railway systems. It Is also emblazoned on pillars and posts, culverts nnd bridges. The "Safety first" Idea Is also carried Into factory management. Itrcmalned for tho B. F. Goodrich com pany to sec tho value of adding "Saftty. first" to Its service to tho tire user. "Motoring plays as great a part in the traffic and transportation system cf this country as do tho railways," said Mr. Ward of the local Goodrich branch. "Wo studied this matter seriously nnd con cluded that, as the Goodrich company has always been the pioneer In every movement tending to better tire service and Improve motoring, it was our duty to Incorporate the 'Safety first' Idea Into our policy. "The Goodrich safety tread lire Is one of the most conspicuous successes of tho tire Industry. It Is so much more than a simple 'non-skid' tire that wo regard It as symbolizing the 'Safety first' Idea. The thick, tough rubber fingers ot the safety tread stop the skid before It starts, by always cleaning and gripping tho Lessons in Driving to Apperson Buyers "It's a wonder to me," said Mr. J. H. DeJong of the Apperson Jack Rabbit Auto company, 1103 Farnam street, the other day, that more accidents do not re sult from high-powered motor cars In the hands of the novice. "We are doing all wo can to keep down the usual Sunday morning fatality list, but, as wo don't sell all the automobiles In this torrltory we can only do our lit tle best with our own customers. Our plan, while It Is to the best interests of our clients, la after all really a selfish one. 'The first thing w"e do when we sell a man a "Jock Rabbit," whether he Is an experienced motorist or not, is to convey to -him as diplomatically at posslbls the fact that everybody has something to learn about a new car and we urge every buyer to take advantage of our offer to give three two-hour lessons on successive days with every car sold." roadwoy. Rut even a greater feature than this and hero comes tho 'Safety first' the construction ot tho tire Is such that It absorbs shocks nnd strains, and responds to lha demands put upon It by the steering gear nnd the brake, lttur In ordinary use or In an emergenoy. It la an all-tho-tlme 'Safety first' proposi tion." Peerless Truck Used For Many Purposes An exceptionally wide and Interesting variety of service Is secured by the city of Boston from a three-ton Peerless truck which It has been operating for somo time. In tho winter the truck Is equipped with a screw power hoist dumping body and used In garbage collection. In the summer the truck Is equipped with a 900 gallon steel tank fitted with a rotary pressure pump and used Interchangeably for sprinkling streets with water and oil ing macadam roads. It Is the usual practice to use tho truck for sprinkling and flushing the city streets on Sundays and on days when the macadam roads aro not In tit condition ror oiling, wnen it is in use as a sprinkler tho truck travels twelve miles per hour and does the entire work on the routes formerly covered by three horse- drawn sprinkling carts. DEMAND SIMPLE MACHINERY! Fublio Wants Cars with the Most Simplified Devices. NOVEL DRIVES NOT WANTED Pncknrd Company Profited by Kxperloncf of Other Sinkers nnd In Putting Simple Cnr on the Mnrkrt. The public demand for simplified me chanical construction In automobiles Is pointed out by Henry 11. Joy, president of tho Packard Motor Car company, In his annual report to tho directors. "Freak mechanical devices such as curious 'drives,' ingenious electrical 'con trols,' unmechanloal valve systems and abnormal devices' to do everything, aro less popular with the public," declared Mr. Joy. "Tho buyers ot motor cars have been experimented with about as much as they will stand. Many manufac turers of prominence. Who havo expen sively and rolcntlessly tried novel de vices In tho hope of betterment, have be gun to appreciate the very fair merit of the present day typical motor car. They begin to see that It Is possibly a better service car a It Is without added compilations. The pressure from the public Is strongly for simplification. "Purchasers have become moro dis criminating. They no longer buy any thing on wheols. Nearly every purchaser of a high class car today has had other motor vehicles and Is seeking better ones duo to 1ast experience. "By most extensive research and ex perimental work during past years tho Packard company has learned many things not to do. Wo have also estab lished many satlcnt features which are Incorporated as essentials In our pres ent models. Wo beltevo that tho Pack ard car, as It stands today, Is as sub stantially as It wilt be produced five yearn hence or more." Antos nnd CliKtaffrnr Mnltlply. Tho extreme to "which automobiles have brought a new calling appears tn the fact that there aro approximately 66,000 chauf feurs in TJew Tork state. During tho last eight months more than 130,000 automo biles havo been registered In that state, a gain ot 30,000 over the correspondlns period In 1913. Receipts from registra tions and from chautreurs' licenses now reach a total of 11,235,000, an amount equal to tho aggregate receipts of 1910 and 1911. Turning to Pennsylanta, It appears that the number of licenses there has risen to 79,000. as against 25,100 Issued in 1908. It In claimed that this makes that state rank fourth In the number ot Its auto mobile llcehscs, New York belng first, California second, with over 80,000, and Ohio third, with M.OOO. Beo Want Ads rroduce Results. The Persistent and rumctoua Use of Newspaper Advertising Is the Road to Business Success. Five Minutes Will Win You to All-Weather Treads The treads are double-thick The rubber is extra tough The grips are deep and enduring The edges stay sharp They face the skidding direction The blocks meet at the base The surface is flat and smooth. Here is a tread which runs as smoothly as plain treads. It is just as economical. It gets rid of all features which made anti skids costly, or made them cause vibration, i ' On dry roads it runs like a plain tread. To Wet roads it gives on irresistible crip. It is the tread for all wheels and all seasons. On Goodyear tires the largest-selling tires" in the world it. is outselling plain treads with users. In winter it is an essential. Here arc sharp edges which stay sharp. And the edges face the skidding direction. Here are blocks that widen out and meet at the base, 'So the strains are spread as with plain treads. This is the latest of Goodyear inventions. It solves anti-skid problems as never before. It combines plain -tread eqonomy with the safety of a most tenacious grip. Yiou are botjrid to adopt it. A five-minute , comparison will! make you a convert. Don't .buy a' tire for winter us.e ."wjthout coming to. see this tread. Plus fThese 'Savings AllrWeather treads, if wanted, now come on No-Rim-Cut tires. And you get these fea tures too : ' ' r Five minutes will show you that no other anti-skid begins to so meet the requirements. Some are shallow, some soft, some irregular. Some have rounded grips. Some have separate projections which center the strains at one point in the fabric. Some cause much vibration. Here is a flat tread, broad, smooth and regu lar. Here are deep grips which last for thousands of miles. Here is rubber toughened by a secret process. QoodJyear AKRON, OHIO, No-Rim-Cut Tires With All-Weather Treads " 'Tires that can't rim-cut Tires that .save blowrouts Tires that .save loose treads. We control the No-Rim-Cut feature. The saving of blow-outs adds to our tire cost $1,500 daily. No other maker adds this extra cost. Our way of preventing tread separation is patented, and we control the patent. You get all these savings in No-Rim-Cut tires, and in no other tires in the world. As a result, these tires today are the largest - selling tires in the world. You" are courting tire trouble, you are wasting tire money, so long as you go without them. Let us prove this to you. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO Tlila Company no connection whateTer with mar other rubber concern which uee the Goodyear name. ' Toronto, Canada London, England Mexico City, Mexico Crpcbe end Ajcnci.i In 103 Principal Chlee DEALERS EVERYWHERE Write Us en AnylUo You Went la RabW OMAHA BRANCH 2212 FARNAM STREET Phone X.ocsl Douglas 4190. Phone lKnr Distance Souffles 4191. Specifications Eledric nssd, side, tall sad slash llflria Stersf battery 35 Horsspowsr motor 114-Iscfa wbeslbasa Tinkea bearias Tbree-qccrtar floatiag rear axle 33x4 Q.D. Ursa Cowl dash Deeper upholstery Specifications Brewster f reea body nickel aad bIbbsIbbss trial mlafa Mohair tea, eartalaa and beet Clear-vtslea wtadsfaleM Stewart aaeedesseter Electric bora riaab O doors wltb ceaeealed blaea Completely Equfyflcd f. o. b. Toledo ftltk tltttric tUritr and zttrattrJI07S Awarded "First Position" at the World's Greatest Automobile Show THE extraordinary supremacy of tho 1914 Overland has been officially recognized by tho American Motor Car Manufacturers' Association. This organization has awarded the Willys Overland Company the position of honor at tho great National 191,4 Automobile Show which opens in the Grand Central Palace, New York City on January 3d. t Do you know that tho people of over 50 nations are wiring, writing and cabling to Toledo for Overlands P Do you know that in response to their re peated requests and urgent demands we are ship ping from 50 to 60 carloads, a day which means 200 automobiles every day in ihe week P Do you know that the 1914 Overland is today the most sought after car of its type in the entire civilized world P Even in Detroit, the automobile hub of the world, there are more Overlands being sold than any other car of .this type. The Overland has made, established and won for Toledo with its individual plants alone, the titlo of the second greatest automobile city in the world. Detroit, alone, leads and yet the 1914 Over land is outselling, even in Detroit, every compet ing car. The Overland factories average 50 shipments to the average maker's one. The Overland fac tories will build 50,000 cars for 1914. This is moro cars than all the factories of France; three times as many as all tho factories of Germany and far more than the combined factories of Italy, Holland, Russia and Sweden f Has it ever occurred to you that there must be some substantial reason for such unparallelled success P There is, and here it is. No other factory, in the world can build a car the equal of the 1914 Overland for less than 91200, Our price- $950, " 'That's the reason and the answer. Now here are the facts. . The 1914 Valu6 Is increased but the 1914 prise ' is decreased! . The motor is lamer but Xht price is lower. The wheelbase is longer but the price it .' shorter. The tires are larger but the price is lower. The. new car has electric lights throughout even under the dashbut the price is lower. It is magnificently finished in dark Brewster green, with running boards and wheels to match, ' trimmed in polished nickel and aluminum but . the price is lower. Then there is a larger tonneau, a jeweled Stewart Speedometer a larger steering wheel, and deeper upholstery but the price is lower. . Here you have the world's record automobile' value at a record breaking, price. There is an Overland dealer near you. See , him today. Phono Black 051 18-22 Fourth St., Council Bluffs, la. Van Brunt Automobile Co.djsb The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio 2010 Farnam St., r Omaha, Neb. rbono Doug. 8207. ,.ul..tt Manufacturers of the famous Garford and Willys-Utility Trucks. Full information on request. "The New 2-38" S335Q f v dTl k ?r