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T11F, OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 24, 1915.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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J. T. McMANNIS, Sales Mgr.
States of Nebraska and Iowa. Salesmen and AffenU Wantd.
Office 2044 Farnam Street. Phone Douglas 2323.
With Stewart-Warner Speedometer Service.
The Powerful Motor of the Maxwell
This U one of tha most marvelous pieces of
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