TI1E OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: . MAY 2, 1915.
AMERICAN CARS IN DEMAND
Foreign Orders Pouring in fcnd Lon
don Life Praiaet llMhinei
Made in This Country.
t machhtes sell on merits
The arrest development of American
motor car trafle abroad la epitomised ,ry
h aotomobtle expert of Iondon Ufa, an
Enjllah publication. Ha points out that
the wonderful utility of the moderat
prieed American cars, eomMned with Uia
fa-l that practically bo cars ara being
built abroad for other than military pur
pea?, leave the entire civilised world an
open field for American manufacturer.
"As thouth we bad not already plenty
to make rmr flesh, creep, there -Is another
stfUilon In the technical weeklies." as
sert the writer. "A number of therwls
excellent folk assert that for a Briton to
buy an American car ia for him wrongly
to subvert Ma patriotism to hta eonarldera
Hon for hla pocket They, argue that
Britons' money should be spent on Brit
ish cars, built by Brltlah labor, on British
rapltal, ' In Britain.
Dellrery at Far! Cars flaw.
"Charity proverbially begin at home,
aa It should. On sentimental grounds this
is time when one should buy either a
BrltUh car or one built by one of Brlt
tanla's .'allies, but there are limits beyond
which .emotional considerations should
not be allowed to rule, and they ara very
soon resched, to my mind. In this matter
of car buying.
'"One cannot get very many French or
Belgian cars, and there ara no Russians.
Jt Is very difficult to get delivery
alihln from six to twelve weeka of any
but a few makes of British cars, and no
body can for one moment pretend that
the average British car offers anything
like the value, for the money obtainable
In any. one of a number of Yankees.
' "A confrere on the etaff of the Auto
Car. who Is soldiering Just now. Is about
the moat virile patriot I know, even in
peaoe time. With the preaent state of
thing! to spur him. ha becomes absolutely
dangerous company outside hta own quar
tan. Tet thin gallant fellow has blandly
bought tjm worth of Overland, -
"wt All Devtasa.
'He says ha must have a car fitted with
an engine starter, with an electrical light
ing set. "frith tires of liberal dlmenetona
and with suspension that will make toler
able hta offiotally-oompetled rapid travel
over Indifferent road a. Wanting all these
desiderata at tha roost moderate price,
feat yet not wanting a ear that will Jerk
Itself to pieces In next to no time, this
man with tea years' experience af cars
aad driving, let tea hasten to add, boys
aa Americas.
"And in extenuation, to voluntary ex
planation, of his crime, ha says, fTnow
ma what t wast at tha price I want it,
. among BrltUh cars, and I wilt begin my
charily at home; but I, having' dona my
bit by giving up my normal work (at
some ' monetary saerlfloe), to soldier,
really cannot afford to add from JMO to
"Srcs to tha price I want to pay for a
car. so that I shall have on built tn tha
United Kingdom."
Tiger Hunting from a Studebaker
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Homer Croy, the humorist, who recently
returned from a trip around the world,
brought back a wonderful story of a tiger
hunt, with the sultan of J ah ore, to which
he was driven part way In a Btudebaker
automobile. What is mora, he brought
back pictures to prove it Although a
humorist, Mr. Croy found tiger hunting
no Joking matter but It did afford him a
number of surprises.
"Naturally, I expected a royal elephant
to corns for me Just Uka they do In
novels. On ths day I was to start the
sultan's head huntsman was announced.
He carried a cotton American umbrella
for a sunshade and wore American shoes,
policeman's slse.. He greeted M with a
truly oriental salaam and astonlsfflngly
occidental words. '
" 'Sahib,' he orated, tha automobile U
waiting.'
"Whereupon he conducted me out to
the car owned by royalty, a Btudebaker.
Tou know how pleased you ara to meet
anyone from your own country when In
a foreign land. Well, that was the wayl
felt about that fltudebuker. I greeted It
like a long-lost friend from Detroit "But
a Btudebaker Is never lonesome for Its
kind In the far east More Btudebaker
are sold there then sny other ear. While
I had seen many before and have seen
many since, I was surprised to find that
a Btudebaker was to convey ma to the
Jungle on a tiger hunt" ,
Oldfield Enters
German Car in Big
Indianapolis Race
America's hopes of cnpturlng the next
Indianapolis 600-mlle race have been
materially strengthened aa the result of
Barney OMfled'a entry In that contest
at the wheel of a Biirttl! Harney was
the twenty-third to register, his contract
being deposited by. Chatlea W. Kuller.
If Oldfield can only keep the pace he
has been sotting the present season, he
looks like a sure enough 600-mlle race
favorite. Hla purses to date excol those
of any other driver, not even excepting
D. Reata, the Vanderbllt and grand prise
winner. Two consecutive firsts at
Venice end Tucson are among hla latest
achievement.
Barney' car. though new to thla coun
try, haa already satisfied the veteran It
hae the stuff. It la a Herman car of
extremely light weight and piaton dis
placement up to tha 300-Inch limit pre
scribed by the speedway management.
Empty, it tips the scales at 1,809 pounds.
With Barney in the seat, of course. It
will weigh a ljjtl more; however it la
said to have enough reserve strength to
carry ths entire Oldfield clan.
FIGHTING KEEPS SPEED KINQ
TOO BUSY TO ENTER RACES
INDIANAFOLJ8, .April Mb-sUbart
Ouyot. prls winning French 1ei tn
tha last two Indianapolis 6O0mlle raeea,
writes tbe Indianapolis Motor Speedway
management In a facetious vein, as fol
lows: ,
"I would Ilk very much Indeed to race
at your speedway this year. However X
hava eeveral engagement at the Argona
track that will keep me busy."
The Argotm I a hmy region eai tha
French Alsatian border which haa re
cently seen much heavy righting.
BALL PLAYERS INVADE
PAIGE-DETROIT PLANT
Branch Rickey, who I endeavoring to
pilot tha Bt Louis Browns up the pen
nant ladder of the American league, took
advantag of hla team' recent Invasion
of Detroit to enlighten his boys on tbe
motor car- situation. With Mr. Rickey
motoring runs a very even raos with the
national pas'tlms for tha capture of hit
favor and ha spends a great ' deal of
time touring In his Pair car. .
i Mr. Rickey naturally wanted to see the
big Balge factory In Detroit, where the
imw 8lx Model are being mad a fast
ac double shift of men can turn them
oat Ajcoompanled by several of his
player Mr. Rickey apent a morning at
tha IaJge factory. With the manager
were Jimmy Austin, captain and third
baseman; Earl Hamilton, pitcher; Par-
roll Pratt second baseman; Bam Agnew,
catcher; Johnny La van, shortstop.
OVERLAND FACTORY TO
DOUBLE ITS OUTPUT
&lx hundred ears a day will be the out
put of the big Toledo factory during Ha
next flecal year. - This statement was
made by John K. Willys, president of
Tha Willys-Overland company, while In
the west, where be ha been spending the
winter.
"By June 1 w shall have finished ad
ditions to the Overland factory which
will make It possIM for us to turn out
0 car a day." says Mr. Willys. "This
will be our dally output next year.
"At tha preaent tuns wa are building
00 cars a day. The Increase In this
year's business Is ." per cent over that
of last year, when be built 48, MIS Over
land. I fully expect that 191 will see
100 per cent Increase.
"Borne may think thajt this Is optimism.
It Is not It I simply trying to meet the
demand that already haa been reoalved
for future orders."
PNEUMATIC TRUCK TIRES
, SELL UNDER A GUARANTEE
R. S. Wilson, manager service depart
ment Tha Goodyear Tire A Rubber Co.,
ha Isaued Instruction to Goodyear ser
vice men all over the country In connec
tion with the giant pneumatio tire Be
ing manufactured and sold by the com
pany for use on motor trucks. A largo
number of these tire liav been appear
ing In service on motor trucks In the
various cities of tha country, and truck
user are deeply Interested in thsm and
their possibilities, aa Goodyear ha pio
neered this department from solid truck
tires under right condition.
Bay Mr. Wilson; "Pneumatio truck
tire are built on exactly tha aama prn
olplea as pneumatio automobile Urea. Tha
bead construction la tha seme, except
that thsre are mora wire In the bead, to
hold the greater pressure and give the
larger tire perfect seating on the rim. The
fabric Is the sam except that there are
more piles, and the tread la the same ex
cept that it Is thicker, so in the giant
pneumatic for trucks we have put all the
car and material and workmanship that
enter our tire for pleasure cars, plus a
big allowance for the heavier weights to
be carried and tha greater strains to be
endured.
"Pneumatio truck tire ara solj under
our regular guarantee. They must have
reasonable rare, of course, to Insure
adequate mileage and proper Inflation
la a Important to thel longevity aa tn
any other type of pneumatic."
BUSTED OHIO STATE LOOP
ENTERS RACE ONCE MORE
The Ohio State league has reorgsnlsed,
embracing the territory of Charleston, W.
Va., Portsmouth, O., Chltllcothe, O.,
Ironton. O., Frankfort and Lexington,
Ky.
HOW
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AUTOMOBILE ROW.
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HENRY KTOAAR.D,
President of the Omaha Tire Repair Co.
AUTOMOBILE TIRES ARE
SCIENTIFICALLY BUILT
The rapid strides that have been made
In the automobile during tha last few
years have been apparent and marveled
st by the entire world. There never has
been sn industry that has progressed in
tiiSgnltude and probable perfection a
rapidly aa the business of manufacturing
motor cars. It Is not as generally-known,
however, that ttjere has been an almost
parallel amazing development In many
of the parte and occeaeorlea of equipment.
The automobile tire la an excellent lllua
tratlon. To all outward appearances It Is
exactly the ssme In every way as It was
two years ago, or five years go, or ten
years ago. Aa a matter of fact, however,
many radical changes have been made
In their construction.
Some very enlightening Information
along thla line la gathered from the fol
lowing remarks made by H. A. Olthens,
vice president and sales manager of the
Federal Rubber Manufacturing company,
Milwaukee:
"When one considers the manner in
which automobile tires are constructed
today and the way they were when the
automobile first came Into exlstenoe, It
ia easy to realize why the tire of today
Is so perfect v
"The first automobile Urea were prao
tically nothing more or leaa than bicycle
tlrea built on a larger scale. Slnos that
time, however, many things have been
accomplished that were not then known
or understood. Today the tlrea made by
moat manufacturers are virtually scien
tific in the correctness of their design
and the quality and proportion of their
material. We neve learned that tha
tread requires a different kind of rubber
than Is used in the carcass pliable, but
toughened to withstand tha greatest pos
aible'wear.
"It hss been found that tha tire giving,
the greatest wear and longest mileage
with the least trouble I not a tire madi
with a tread so large and heavy that It
soon loosen from the fabric No matter
how much rubber is put Into the tread, if
It separates from the fabric before it l,
worn out the tire is useless. Nowadays
trcada arc made of the correct body and:
thickness to wear as long as the fabrio
underneath and this construction gives
the greatest possible mileage. If tha
tread Is made too heavy It will break tha
fabric. The tread and tha fabrlo must
be. perfectly balanced ao that neither one:
la too strong ncr too light for the other.'
WILL OBJECT TO CALLING
. RACE ROADS SPEEDWAYS
Official of ' the Indianapolis Motor
8 reed w ay will have aomething to say ii
a recent prncea! to brand aa speedways
all road pacing courses lees than elehti
miles long ever cornea be f pre the Ameri
can Automobilo association for official,
action. A speedway, say the Hooslers,
can only be a fully enclosed course like
their own. A road la a road, no matter
what you call It.
DRIVER SAVE HALT fhe COST
NEW Tain
AUTO I Uf
FROM FACTORY TO USER $6.80. $7.70. 1 12 75 Uf
SAVE HALF ON SCAT COVERS TOO.
WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES TODAY.
AUTO SKOM.TY rACTMY. 1001 If ri Sfc CIMTI. O.
Woald Beorw Hoarheads.
An eastern expert seriously urge
tabulating tue mental errors of Vail play
rs and avrraglng their "brain play" In
championship games.
Weltsel Kills Hell.
Jacob L. Wollsel, who has been promi
nent In Trl-Stata league affair for a
number of year a dun backer and man
ager, committed suicide In Road lug.
?bat Is the Life of a Motor?
This is the question very frequently asked
and we intend, to give the people of
Omaha a definite idea of the wear of a
Maxwell Car.
We know approximately the actual life
of this sturdy Maxwell Car We want you
to know it for yourself. ,
Beginning yesterday a 1914 Maxwell mo
tor used in a car owned by the Nebraska
Cycle Co., which has been running under
all conditions of road and weather for
over ten thousand miles will be disassem
bled in the windows of the Beaton Drug
Co., 15th and Farnam Streets, every day
for one week.
Come and see for yourself its actual con
dition. FRANCIS-CULLIS AUTO CO.
Mix well Distributor. 2024 Farnam Street.
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WHclh of these fcee
Motor
Car Dollars
IIS CUHL 3 o
V
The too Light
car dollar
The too Heavy
car dollar
The Chalmers
dollar
It used to be 960 miles from Chicago to New
York. Now it ia 20 hours. ;
How rapidly we shift and better how rapidly
we shift our standards of measurement!
Motor cars have been in turn measured by
appearance, design, construction, price, power.
Now these things are pretty well standardized
in all the different priced motor cars.
The thins by which the motor-wise man
now measures is cost of upkeep.
You can get upkeep cost down to nearly noth
ing but not if you get what you demand from
a motor car.
And here comes the discussion aboutweigbt
Someone asked Abraham Lmcola how long a
man's legs ought to be.
"About long enough to reach from his body to
.the ground, I should say," replied Mr. Lincoln.
And a motor car needs enough strength to
carry its necessary weight no more no less.
Saving on gasoline and oil may be saving at
the spigot, to run out at the repair bung hole. .
Between any two cars there are only a few
dollars' difference in a seasons oil and gas cost,
but parts and repairs cost to beat the band. ,
Good tires are all adjusted to your car and sold
on a guaranteed mileage basis. . '
So you should demand that your car should be
heavy enough to stand up on country roads
without danger or big repair bills; light enough
to be reasonably economical of gas and oil.
Among this kind of motor cars, the Chalmers
car is supreme when you consider the cost of the
motor car while you nave it, instead of its cost
when you getiL
The Chalmers fine for 1915 consists of 3
"Economical Sixes;" the New Six-40 at $1400; the
light Six43 at $1650 and the Master Six-54 at
$2400.
Come in and look Oiem over.
STEWART-T00ZER MOTOR COMPANY
2048-52 Farnam Street, Omaha
Chalmers Light Sk-48 $1650