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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1915)
r - T11F, OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 24, 1915. 11 A AUTO PLANT HAS WELFARE SYSTEM Over 3,000 Feet of Floor Space in Chalmers Factory Devoted to Rett Rooms and Hospitals. MATRON LOOKS AFTER GIRLS Heard At the Omaha ' Automobile Club JOHN GANZEL HERE IN BIG HUDSON SIX Declares that Base Ball Champion ship is Not Properly Decided. When M1m Ida M. Tarbell. well-known "writer and Investigator, vUlted Detroit recently on a tour of modern factories, he cava unstinted prate to tha welfare plans and sanitation system In vogue at tha big Chalmers plant. A completely equipped emergency hos pital under the direction of three physl ! clans and a trained nurse, comfortable rest rooms for tha women employes and tha most modern of sanitation system were among the Items commented favor aly upon by Miss Tarbell, who Is at piasent writing a series of factory articles for a monthly magaalne. For tha comfort of the women and girls who aarn a living at the Chalmers plant a suite of rest rooms has been provided and placed In charge of a competent matron. Tha matron's duties ais not limited to factory hours, but extend to night visits to the homes of sick women employes, and the selection or. suitaoie rooming and boarding places for the girls under her charge. Few women's clubs ara fitted out with better taste or more completely than the Chalmers rest rooms. Comfortable couches and euy I'nder the new statute passed by the last legislature Joyriding garase employes who take out cars without consent of owner or sarage proprietor are liable to fine of not exceeding J'.OO or three months' Jail sentence. The club stands ready to John Game!, manager of the Brooklyn co-operate with members whose cars are Federal ha ball team, who was In the PROUD OF ins AUTOMOBILE used by Joyriders. It Is high time an example Is made of some one. The law la there. Let's use It. The owner of a car can wear It out fast enough. Rofttt romparlmiHi. Nebraska roads are boulevards com pared to some of the Missouri highways. In a trip from Clinton to Kansas City, a distance of W miles, the motorist must ford at least six streams on main roads. Road Improvements are conspicuous by their absence. Nebraska may not have city last nlcht. enr.ito from Ttorhester, N. Y., to Honolulu via San Francisco and Seattle, with his family and movhnnlelan In a Hudson Six. over the performance of which he Is more than enthusiastic, took occssion to say. that in his belief the contest between the- rtoston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Nationals did not properly decide world base ball honors. "The pennant winners In the leading leagues of the count- should be en titled to a chance at the big rag." do- the best roads In the world, but there cured the veteran of the diamond. "Tha are very few places on main highways mere fact that the wlrners In tlie Amer- wlthout a bridge. The Mechanician Tala ooloran la to V a r-foWr featnra of tha Auto Fags naa will ba asvoiaa to tha tropr ears of aatomobiles. Contributions will ba weloomed. The specific, gravity of a fully charged battery Is between 1.2 and 1 ,W. If the spoelflo gravity reading Is too low the battery may frees In winter. Hattertes should be kept to a normal reading, as stnte.1 above. Ratterles freete at the following points: Fp.Hiflo gravity: 1.1. at ) alnn e sero. l.lflo, or three-fourths discharged at sero. 1.210, or one-half discharged at 30 below sero. l.X. or one-quarter discharged at 0 below tero. When a car la used a great deal dur ing the day the battery Is not liable to become exhausted as quickly aa the gen erator has a longer time In which to charge. It, however, night running, the battery will become exhausted more quickly, especially so If the car Is al lowed to stand several hours with th lights burning. The headlights should always be turned out when the car Is standing, as the side light, or dimmers, are sufficient to show the location of tb car. Contributed by F. O. Shaar, district supervisor of service, Ptudebaker Cor poration. Omaha branch. MARATHON TIRES HAVE DIVISION WARFHOUS HERE The Marathon Tire and Rubber com pany, Akron, O., has established a di vision warehouse and offli-e In Oiiiaha to take care of the Increased business in Marathon tires throughout the mid dle west. This warehouse n serve the Marathon branches and distributers from tha Mississippi to the Rockies. H. H Replople Is division manager for the Marathon Tire and Rubber com pany, at the same time retaining the acltve management of the Akron-Marathon Rubber company, who control the distribution of Marathon tires In Iowa and Nebraska. N c ike" Wonder Car I J 1 Help Wanted. The club will be glad to assist car owners or dealers who are members. In the employment of competent driver or mechanics, by placing their wants on file In the club room. In many Instances the club can be of service to both em ploye and employer. Kansna Ity anil Omaha. Kansas City has a splendid country club house and a three-story garage, but chairs, soft rugs, cut flowers and potted I lne ciasa roaa ni touring oenerits rlnt. ll form nrt nf tha eaulDm.nt. ! fen by tho local club Is far ahead of Each room hus a Vlctrola and records ranging from the latest fox trot to the finest selections from grand opera aung by Caruso, Farrar and other artists. Physicians' Service Free. Over 3.000 feet of valuable floor space in the Chalmers plant is given up In this way to rest rooms and physicians' offices Tha latter adjunct Includes a perfectly appointed hospital for the treatment of emergency cases and the services of two physicians and a surgeon. As a preven tion against the spread of contagious dis ease, each new employe is given a thorough physical examination before go ing to work In the factory. Card records ara kept of medical treatment given em ployes, all of which is entirely free. The equipment of the physicians' complete down to the last detail and In cludes a pulmotor, which is at the serv ice of the entire eastern section of De troit! Not content with the treatment of em nloves' Ills. Chalmers officials have in stalled a sanitation system which win go far toward eliminating any unhealthy conditions which may exist in the fac tory. The system was put Into operation after a series of exhaustive tests made in various departments of the Chalmers fac tory by Dr. Boyce W. Knight, famous bacteriologist of London, England. Start ing at p. m. two men, under the direc tion of the head of the sanitation depart partment, spend each night thoroughly spraying the walls, floors and callings of the many departments with a disinfecting solution. As a result of this policy, each morning finds every corner of the big Chalmers plant spotlessly clean and free from all germs. f C Kansas City. The Kansas City club does not receive road reports every day. Omaha dcx'S. The Omaha club knows the condition of every mile of main highway for 200 miles west and 100 miles north, east and south. Hnd Mirn Work. The sign car will shortly start placing about J60 new direction signs, giving mileage from Omaha, on the highways In Douglas and adjacent counties. The good roads committee of the Commercial club and the Omaha Automobile club are co-operating In this move. Enforce the Truffle Lam, The club room telephone baa been rather busy answering congratulations on the club's stand for the rigid en forcement of the trafflo law. The office is ! Omaha. Automobile club has always aweuea particularly strong in all Its lit erature In a request to members to ob serve the law and Is anxious to co operate with the courts in the elimina tion of the speeder the "white motor ist's burden." Overland Travel Continues. There are etill quite a few overland travelers making the cross-country trip, but the majority are hitting off to the south via the Santa Fe trail and south ern California. Many of the tourists coming through at present had post poned the trip from early spring on ac count of the bad start, or rather good start, made by J. Pluvlus. Pullman Pays Heed to the Wants of the Women Drivers "Attention to the wants and comfort of women In the matter of motor car construction and design, has. In a meas ure, ben overlooked by automobile manu facturers," says H. W. Hayden, general manager of the Pullman Motor Car com pany of York, Pa., in discussing the latest trend in the automobile business. "The manufacturer," says Mr. Hayden, "seems to have assumed that as men do most of the driving it is necessary, prin cipally, to build cars to men's require ments. I am speaking, however, of tho 'mechanical features of the car and not of those niceties of boudoir equipment, such as mirrors, receptables for toilet articles, etc., found on many cars In greater abundance for the feminine pas senger than for the men. But the re quirements I really want to emphasize are more particularly those related to the easy operation of a car. The manu facturers heretofore have left this field more or less open to the electric car makers, who have made a special appeal to women on the basis of ease of control. "Impressed with these facta, our com pany has devoted much study and expe riment to the construction of a gasoline car that would combine this particular feature of the electric with the manifold superior features of the gaa car. "We believe we have achieved this de sired end in our Pullman de luxe coupe equipped with the C.-H. magnetlo gear shift, which eliminates entirely the cus tomary system of gear shifting by hand levers Involving some little practice and skill by the driver, not to mention tha exertion of a certain amount of muscular strength." lean and National leagues hook up each year in a so-called world championship series doesn't necessarily prove that they are the fastest teams in the country. More Teams to Cniuprte. "Of course, it would take soma time I to work out the details, but I think that 'some plan should be adopted whereby ! every league of high data gets a crack 'at the bunting. A series could be ar ranged between .the winning teams on tho Pacific coast, those In the middle west, thoBe along the Mississippi and so on throughout the country. A ulmllar elimination contest could be held In the east, and then the two wlners In the eastern and western sections, or who ever happened to remain, would settle the championship. "Our trip has been a very pleasant one," said Mr. Daniel, switching to auto- j mobiles, which Li his hobby while off the diamond. "Our Hudson has batted 1,000 all along the line, though we have ; struck some very tough going in spots." j Mr. Oansel Is accompanied by Mrs. Qanrel, their daughter, June, Miss Ellsa- i beth Bruce and the mechanician, II. H. Travis. They expect to arrive at Seattle, 1 where they embark with the car for , Honolulu, November 25. They will take j in the exposition at San Francisco before . sailing, and that at San Diego on the ! return trip. I Council Bluffs Girl Drives Paige Car to the Coast and Back Maxwell Outlines Thorough Campaign to Advertise Parts Showing true American spirit and being "game" enough to try gained a few laurels for an l&-year-o!d Council Bluffs girl and gave ler three little sisters and father a very pleasant outing. Mr. 8. Boquette of Council Bluffs pur chased a Paige car several weeks ago. with the Idea of driving to San FranclBco. His son was the only member of the family who knew much of the car, and was selected to do the driving. Vor some reason "son" changed his mind when the party reached Grand Island ' I and decided to return. Miss Florence, an The Maxwell Motor company of De- ig.year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boquette, had her little heart set on going to Ban Francisco and, furthermore, she Demountable Coupe Top is Attached to Mitchell Roadster "The Blx of 14," three passenger Mit chell roadster, is to be furnished with a demountable coupe top, making it suit able for an all-year car. The seating arrangement of tha road ster with the separate seat for tha driver and regulation two-passenger full width seat set slightly staggered makes this model an Ideal car for the auxiliary winter top. The door opens full length and tha top adds to the appearance , of the car as a whole rather than detracting from the graceful lines as is tha case with many of the coupe demountable tops. w. KILLY PUTS ON ' A LITTLE SAXON PARADE The announcement of the new Saxon models made In the newspapers a couple of weeks ago and Information from the factory regarding the dates of arrival at Omaha brought several Saxon dualers to Omaha on the same day. After a roll call it was discovered that there were five dealers and two buyers here who had put down the cold cash for these new models. So Killy of tha Noyea-Killy Motor company decided to line them up and escort them to Fremont. All the dealers were going as far as Fremont on the Lincoln Highway, so they had a little Baxon parade running from Omaha to Fremont. troit, through the Van Cleve Advertising agency of New York City, has designed a very clever and original advertising campaign. The campalpu consists of a series of ad vertisements which d"!al with separate parts of the car. The object Is to impress upon the minds of possible buyers the completeness of the equipment and the careful consideration given to every de- tall of the automobile. j C. W. Francis of the C. W. Francis Auto company Is very much pleased with the new campaign and believes it will be highly effective. Mr. Francis believes that one of the chief mistakes In advertising is to try to crowd too much copy into a small space. By using concentrated argu ments upon Individual parts the crowded space Is done away with and the points are proven conclusively. 1 The campaign will appear, complete In The Omaha Bee and embraces a thor ough explanation of the starting and llghtln.? system, motor, tire rims, top, clutch, springs, Instrument board, etc. didn't propose to ride on the train. Finally Mlsa Florence . persuaded her father to allow her a trial. Although she knew comparatively little about the car, she soon mastered Its simple mechanical details and drove the doubtful party all the way to San Francisco and back. During the time they were on the road they had no worries regarding hotel reservations nor whether rooms rented for SI or $5, because they slept out of doors In their own blankets every night. The trip out took twenty-two days and the return trip fourteen days. The entire mileage was over 7,300 miles. Doug Bowie, manager of the Murphy O'Brien Auto company, says that tha Boquettes are very well pleased with the performance of the car, and, says Bowie, "It was a genuine pleasure to us to greet the little lady who made the trip." This test speaks credit for the simplicity of Paige operation. I mm t mmmm YSfc"- ftTiSSMJWt..: tlr The National Pneumatic Safety Inner Tire Puncture and Blow-out Proof Study this cross section and remember that n tire is no stronger than its weakest oint. Puncture and Blow-out Proof j4ffrw'(ftvt Thoroughly Tested and Guaranteed noil BzcTioir. This gives your casing tho support and strength it needs for long and dependable service. Those 3 specially prepared resilient and flexible steel bands do the work absolutely preventing punctures and also holds tread of casing always on the road. The reinforcement of tho side walls prevent blow-outs. J. T. McMANNIS, Sales Mgr. States of Nebraska and Iowa. Salesmen and AffenU Wantd. Office 2044 Farnam Street. 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