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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1916)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 10, 1916. 13 A BIGGEST MOBILE CONVENTION EVER Six Thousand Dealers and Others Taken to Toledo at Company's Expense. ALL ARE LOUD IN PRAISES The greatest private motor show ever staged by a single manufacturer is going on in Toledo, O., at the pres ent time, where the Willys-Overland company is entertaining its dealers t'rom all parts of the United States, together with newspaper men, a few bankers and real estate men. The show started December 4 and con tinues until December 20. Special trains, twenty-seven in number, have been and are running into Toledo from every corner of the United States, 1 hese rains con sist of a string of Pullmans and diners sufficient in each case to care for the delegation attending. The entire ex pense of the trains and diners is paid oy the Willys-Uverland company. Last Sunday two special trains left Umaha, one called the Omaha Spe cial" and the other the "Nebraska Special." The Omaha Special left at IU a. m carrying 1)2 people, and was accompanied by Adams saxa phone orchestra. About the same nnmhpr maHp nn Cmmfil Rlitffc contingent, which was accompanied by a brass band. The train left over the Rock Island and was in charge ot I. K. Jamieson. Overland dis tributor, ably assisted by J. S. Wille brands of the New York Central lines and J. S. llcNally of the Rock Island lines. Live in Cars. When the train arrived at Toledo the sleeping cars and diners were parked in front of the new adminis tration building of the Willys-Over land company and the visitors lived in them during their stay in loledo. The program during the two days that the Omaha delegation was at the factory consisted of factory tours, lectures and talks outlining new sales and service policies, minstrel - and vaudeville shows, banquets, smokers and band concerts. The minstrel show and most of the entertainment features are given by employes of the Willys-Overland company. The entire party is being held on the company s premises, which contain more than 103 acres of floor space. The trains are parked in the Overland vards. where there are seven and three-fourths miles of tracks. Many of the meals' are served in the dining room of the ad ministration building, where 500 can be accommodated at one time. Stop in Chicago. The Omaha delegation left Toledo, on the return trip, at an hour that permitted a stop over in Chicago. Wednesday, so that many of the del egates could visit the National Live Stock show being held there: It left Chicago Wednesday night, arriving in Umaha ihursday. Returning delegates are loud in their praise of the way in-which they were entertained and ot the wonder ful arrangements made by the Over land neonle. Nothing was ever so impressive as the tour of the great plant that turns out the Willvs-Uver- Jand, $25,000,000 being tied up in the plant itselt. Growth is Rapid. The growth has been most rapid, developing from 250 employes in 1908 to 17,300 in 1916. lhe administration building alone employs 1,000 persons, The structure is 375 feet long and has every facility for rapid work, includ ing its own telegraph and telephone system and a mail handling depart ment that does about everything but write the letters. In the jhops there is a whirl of action that is fairly amazing. Parts by the untold thousands are to be seen here with a value into millions of dollars. Every thirty days 1,00 tons of steel is consumed here and the same immense proportions obtain everywhere. During this great factory show 6,000 dealers will be brought into the Willvs-Overland factory to attend this biggest automobile convention in the worlds history. Cub Rookie Hurler Has Good Strikeout Record Welton Ehrhardt. a recruit pitcher, who will join the Chicago Nationals next spring, averaged rive strike-outs a game while wtih the Duluth team last season. Scouts believe he will develop into a top-notch right-hander, as he has plenty ot speed and con trol. Ehrhardt is six feet, two inches tall and weighs 180 pounds in condition. A Bunch of Willys-Overland Dealers On Their Way to Toledo, 0 WILL STANDARDIZE AOTOLANGDAGE Complete and Concise Nomen clature Recommended by Society of Engineers. "ENGINE," NOT "MOTOR" One of the objects of the standard ization work now being carried on by the Society of Automobile En gineers, is the establishment within the automobile field of a precise and compact language. Last week copies of a phamphlet on nomenclature were mailed to all the members of the so ciety, together with a number of data sheets, giving in concise form the results of standardization work accomplished in the first six months of the present year. lhere are many advantages in hav ing uniform names of car parts. The automobile user would And it much easier to make replacements. The manufacturer would benefit for the same reason. The entire industry should welcome any list of names that will remedy the present chaotic con dition, in which each maker seem ingly uses a different terminology. The list of names recommended by the Society of Automobile Engineers was developed through the combined efforts of engineering and service representatives from a number of the leading automobile manufacturers. More than six hundred separate names of the more important parts are given, but no attempt has been made to list minor parts, the names which are well settled. - Engine, Not Motor. A striking exception to popuar usage is the name engine which is recommended rather than "motor" to avoid confusion with the electric motors used for starting the engine installed on automobiles. Definitions have been included for axles, brakes and' bodies for which usage varies. The names of bodies particularly are in need of standardization because of the wide variety of names used hy individual car makers. That this action is appreciated is shown by the fact that the Chicago Automobile Trade association, composed of prac tically all the dealers in that city. has recommended that its member adopt the S. A. E. body names. It is likely that the manufacturers, through their organization, the Na tional Automobile Chamber of Com merce will in the near future adopt tne complete nomenclature. When the difficulties arising from the use of different names for the same things are considered, it surely is desirable that the a. A. nomen clature be widely adopted, particular ly as it is the result of the painstak ing labors of -the highest authorities in the industry. i Other Standards. In addition to nomenclature the S. A. E. has adopted a number of other important standards, an outline of which is given on the thirty-nine data sheets sent members of the society last week. The subjects covered in clude a new specification for nickel steel, physical properties of nickel and nickel-chromium steels, complete dimensions and tolerances for roller bearings, throttle-lever throw dimen sion for carbureters, gearshift posi tions for three speed transmissions and dirnensions for piston rings of both concentric and eccentric types. The standards initiated by the elec trical equipment divisionof the S. A. E. standards committee are of special value to every car user. Three sizes of the forked type head lamp supports are standardized. Dimming devices that operate by reducing the current to the head lamps at,e not recom mended for the purpose of eliminat ing glare. The anchor pins of head lamp bulbs are to be in a vertical plane when installed. Focusing de vices are to be arranged so as neither to revolve nor cause the bulb to move out of its' axis. It is recommended that head lamps be mounted as high as practicable and that the lamp cen ters should never be less than three feet from the ground. In addition the division has developed complete spe cifications for the flexible steel tubing trie wiring. New York Herald, used so widely for automobile elec- Franklin Sales Speed pn Swiftly The R-U-2-B-l-of-60 score board de signed by H. Pelton to show prospec tive buyers, in fact any one interested, just how many Franklin cars were al lotad him until July 1, 1917, and just how many out of each month's allot ment were sold, has nearly assumed the aspect of a "closed contract. On December 7, all but fifty cars of the allotment of sixty, were sold leaving ten to dispose of by July 1. In this connection it is interesting to notice that sevral of the cars sold were enclosed jobs and it will be im possible to secure delivery on another enclosed car until March 1. This in dicates the popularity of closed cars in Omaha. ' The touring cars now being sold are for July deliveries. Hupp Factory Has Two New Vice Presidents President J. Walter Drake of the Hupp Motor Car corporation has just announced the appointment of Lee Anderson, vice president of the Com mercial division and Du Bois Young vice president of the manufactaring division. Mr. Young, who joined the Hupp corporation forces eighteen months ago, was formerly with the American Gear and Manufacturing company of Jackson, Mich. Under his administra tion as manager of works', the Detroit plant has been doubled in capacity. He has had fifteen years' experience in automobile manufacturing, having begun with the Premier Motor com pany of Indianapolis in 1901. In his new capacity, Mr. Young will have charge of purchasing, stores and pro duction of the Hupp corporation. Mr. Anderson has been a member of the Hupp organization for the last two years, first as advertising man ager and later as commercial manager. Nabors Makes Berord. 'Tie seldom that a newcomer In the biff rard succeeds In flashing a world's record right off the reel, but Pitcher Nahors 'of the Athletics did this very thing. He lost the last twtenty games he pitched. SAXON ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN PRICE Made Necessary by Advanced Costs of Materials and Labor Since War. EFFECTIVE FIRST OF YEAB Now Is the Time to Watch Carburetors "The time of year is upon us when drivers learn to value the little things about their car," says R. C. Smith, manager of the Delco Exilic Service Station. "Wifn low gravity gasoline, those who intend driving this winter will have to look at their carburetors and see that the mixture suits the weather. "At this time, too, attention is divided to the storage battery. Al though the electrolyte will not eva porate as quickly in cold weather as in summer, it will trcczc unless tne battery is kept well charged. Most dealers are now getting ready their anti freeze solution signs, inviting motorists to drop in and buy a gal lon for their radiators. With the ad vent of cold weather, the first thing Mr. Owner thinks of is his radiator- Does he overlook his storage battery entirely? If so, it is up to the dealer to remind him ot it, mentioning that the cost of a new battery will greatly exceed that of repairing a bursted radiator. "There is no doubt that the ma jority of drivers have been educated to an appreciation of the storage bat- "On and after January 1, 1917," as sorts W. L. Killv. "the Saxon six cylinder touring car will list at $865 f. o. b. Detroit, an increase of $50 over the present price. It is need less to comment here on the rea sons for this nrice increase. Material and labor costs have been advancing at an alarming rate dnring the past few months and this increase in price is inevitable. This new price applies on the Series .Four touring car. The Series Two 'roadster will remain at $815. "Due to the increase in price on the oart of some twenty to twenty five other automobile companies, the Saxon maintains the same relative position in the automobile world, so far as the list price is concerned as it did several months ago when the orice was set at $815. In fact most of the other companies who have an nounced price increases much great er than that which we are announc ing at this time. Theifollowing shows a comparison in the costs of certain raw materials before the outbreak of the European war and the present time. Some of these materials have practicallv increased three fold in nrice whereas this increase which we are announcing of $50 amounts to only approximately 6 per cent of the present list price. Metals. JulT 11. 1914. Lake Copper $13.00 Electrolytic Copper 1S.7S Casting Copper lZ.fiStt Tin sa-oo Lead 7!t4 Spelter . 4.61 Aluminum ............. 17.25 Antimony 6.60 Sheet Copper 18.60 Copper Wire 14.J5 High Sheet Brass HOT Sheet Zinc J.00 Iron and Steel Products: Ban I 1." Plates 115 Shapes ... 115 Wire 1-66 Sheets (21 ga.). ........ ISO Tin Plates .. I SO Pig Iron: Bessemer Valley ....... 14.00 Basle Valley 13 00 No. i Foundry Valley. .. 13.00 No. 3 Foundry Phlla. . . 14.36 No. 2 Foundry Cleveld.. 1S.TS No. 2 Foundry Buffalo. 13.00 No. I. Southern Clneln. 13.26 No. B Southern Chlcago.14.50 Oct. 10. 131$. $23.60 28.76 37.37VJ 43.00 7.111, 10.66 66.00 11.35 37.50 33.00 40.00 It. 00 3.70 3.16 1.70 2.70 3.40 .00 20.00 22.00 23.00 22.76 21.10 26.26 13.40 12.00 Saxon Motor Wen Trying .To Meet Great Demand R. C Getsinger, sales manager of the Saxon Motor Car company ot De troit, spent several days last week with W. L. Killy of the Noyes-Killy Motor company, going over plans for the coming season. Getsinger reports that they cannot fill all their order9, although they are turning out 16U cars a day. Weeks Band trapped. Billy Weeks, the Canadian 168-pounder, is battling his way to pugiilsUc fame under a four-ply handicap. Jim Corbett has picked him as the coming middle weight champion. Ford Sales and Service Prices , Runabout . . $345 Town Car... $595 Touring Car, $360 Sedan $645 Coupelet . . . $505 Chassis $325 (Prices, t. o. b. Detroit) McCaffrey motor CO. 10th and Howard, Omaha Phone Doug. 3500. 0 TD CA The enamel finish is permanent and an ordinary application of polish brings back all its brightness. It is a constant source of satisfaction to the owner to know that he can restore the original lustre of the car at any time. It will pay you to risit us and examine this car. The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high. The price of the Touring Car or Roadster complete is $785 (f. o. b. Detroit) The price of the Winter Touring Car or Roadster complete including regular mohair top is $950 (f. o. b. Detroit) MURPHY-O'BRIEN AUTO CO. v 1814-18 Farnam Street. Phone Tyler 123. Omaha, Nebraska. tery on the modern automobile; to just what it represents in ordinary operation, starting, lighting and ignition. Instances where drivers till the cells with sulphuric acid, sal am moniac or vinegar, arc becoming rare. Thne. wkn I,,., thtia .vn.riiiip fitnH' have learned that it is much cheaper to use only distilled water, as the in struction books suggest. "Upon new owners, especially, too much emphasis cannot be laid upon the fact that the battery requires some attention but such slight at tention in comparison with the won derful service it renders, that he should be more than willing to spend upon it three times the amount of at tention it requires. TlxeFranklin Enclosed Cars rVsskfeSeoaa. Wssjk, SB hsaV rwtzrat Ping Bodie Wants More Coin to Come East to Play Ball "Ping" Bodie, former "fence buster" of the Chicago' Americans, who was purchased by the Philadelphia club of the American league, has advised friends that he would rather play ball on the Pacific coast than to go east with Connie Mack. The reason is that Mack offered Bodie only $3,000 a" year, and "Ping" cannot see those figures. "I wouldn't leave God's country for $3,000," Bodie wrote. "Besides, Connie needs me more than I need him. I won't go east for that money." "Ping" is managing a bowling alley in l.osAngelcsJ j Ask Your Dealer About I G.L.W. j Spring Oilers j G. L. W. Spring j Oiler Company j 894 Brandeis Bldg. , ,"; aMH()saa MOTORISTS who keep only one car are espe cially urged to see these new models. To owa a Frenklra Bncloeoa Car means the ability to drive both eoantry ad dry en day is the rear. Mod people thiak of the ea eloeed ear as eatirerr a But anyone who knows Frank lin Bneloaed Can, with their olentifio lifht weight, easy handling, eoooomy and p sets at ventilation, will tell roa that iortable for naaar teejriaf than (he ope aaodek. Whether or not jam era think in of a aaw ear any tlaae 1008, by all means fet aoqoajatsa) with the ntility of Prank tin Banlend Csrs. Franklin Motor Car Co. Omaha. , R-U-2-B-1 of 60 2205 Farnam St. Phona D. 1712. SAXON "SIX" A BIO TOURING CAR FOR 5 PEOPLE A big roomy easy riding car 1 YouH find this new series Saxon "Six" roomier and more comfortable than ever before. The doors have been widened. So entrance and exit Is easier and more con venient. The cushions have been given added depth and greater reatfulnew. Two people in the front and three in the back feat find more than common riding space. To ac centuate the supremely easy-riding qualities of Saxon "Six" the rear spring has been lengthened to 41 inches.' And every added inch means just so much more discomfort taken from rough roadi juit so much mora luxury added to good roads. Saxon "Six" is $815 f. o. b. Detroit Npyes-Killy Motor Company 2066-68 Farnam Street Omaha Distributor! FSESSlaSC pmuBuii iranrai lit:"' .1: i -ir-r.'.7r.:.- V "ff- 5 rr;.:.-:v::$:?;iiH3 Thrill! Would you' feel again the fine exhilaration the stimulating joy of smooth and unfettered motion? Glide low near the ground swift, safe, sure I The tobogganer and the Twin-six owner are kinsfolk in their pleasures. The gentle, powerful, smooth pull of the twelve cylinder motor the sensi tive poise of the unique springs the instant adjust ment of the new-type uphol stery to every movement of Ask the man the body all dd to the thrill of Packard riding. Real mastery it gives you too in the enclosed, ycar 'round car. You lock out winter, yet keep winter's zest You break the tyranny of dis tance and storm-bound days.' You go where you please as far and as often as you please always when you , please and in true elegance. who owns one See the Orr Motor Salea Company, Fortieth and Farnam Streets, Omaha. Branch at Sioux City. Iowa. 1 n s.r : ; ,ir. . if: ' ,jr: slr. - AW . ' ? r r-rr-TT-i nmnnnmm .Hi-