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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1917)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 27, 1917. 5 D 1T0R FIRM PAYS PREMIUM ON BONDS Hole Company Accepts $100 Bond at Value of $102 on Purchases of Their Automobiles. Liberty loan bonds are already sell ing at a premium. The Cole Moor Car company of Indianapolis, makers of the Cole, Eight automobile, will take Liberty loan bonds in payment for t car and every $100 bond will be accepted at a value of $102. This plan was put Into effect May 23 and has met the enthusiastic ap- Jtroval of government officials, includ ng Secretary McAdoo. Bankers also approve it The Cole motor car people themselves urge other manufacturers to adopt the same plan because it shows the people that Liberty loan bonds are just as negotiable as cash and that they are likely to rise in value and purchasing power. Under this plan a person who wants to buy the seven-passenger Cole tour ing car, for example, the price of which is $1,795, can buy $1,750 worth of bonds for $1,750 at any bank. He can turn these in to the Cole Motor Car company or its sales agents in any city for $1,785, and pay the other $10 cash and get his car at a total cost of $1,760. , Money works Double. This simply amounts to making money work double. The buyer buys the Liberty loan from the government and then turns around and makes it buy his motor car. Added attractiveness is given to the proposition because the Cole com pany announces that it will allow pur chasers to buy back their bonds in cash at any time they desire. The financial advisers of the big company predict that a general adop tion of this plan in the country's busi ness would give an impetus to the country's war loan far greater even than that to similar government war loans negotiated by the European governments since 1914. "We may be too old, or otherwise physically disqualified for service in the trenches, but every man can lend his support in this first great cam- fiaign for money," said A. F. Knob och, general manager of the Cole company. "It is our first battle and we are going to win a glorious vic tory. Helps Both Sales. "However, the thought occurred in nur minds that perhaps an automobile sale might interfere with the pur chase of a Liberty loan bond. We want tolsell automobiles, but we are more anxious to see the Liberty loan bonds sold. Therefore, we urge all prospective purchasers of Cole cars to give preference to the support of the government and first invest their money in Liberty loan bonds. "Then, we offer to every holder of a Liberty loan bond, or bonds, an in ducement to reinvest that bond, or those bonds, in partial payment, or full payment for his Cole automobile, at the rate of $102 for each and every $100 included in the original bond in vestment. "We suggest that every American business man who has anything to sell adopt the Cole Liberty loan plan and thereby make liquid the Liberty loan bond just as the $l-bill is liquid in trade." Might Have Escaped the , Tax by Changing Name "Serves us right for calling them 'pleasure cars,' " said R. . C. Rues chaw, sales manager of the Reo Mo tor Car company, when he first heard of the proposition to tax autontobiles 5 per cent for the war fund. "I have had it in mind for long time to change this foolish nomen clature in Reo advertisements, but it is difficult for one person, or one concern to eradicate a deep-seated error. i "If the telephone is a necessity, if electric lights are not a needless ex travagance, if sewing machines are not merely a recreation for the tired mother, then certainly automobiles are indispensable. "In perhaps 5 per cent of cases the automobile might properly be re ferred to as a 'pleasure oar.' In a still larger percentage of cases the tele phone could legitimately be so called," Hudson Super-Six Fleet To Take Place of Racing Team "No racing team entered for the classic automobile speed events this year will be watched by the motor ing public with such interest as the Hudson Super-Six fleet," said Guy L. Smith, Hudson distributor. "That is because the Hudson race performance will represent the en durance qualities of the Hudson Super-Six stock car. Except for a few changes the chassis of the Hud son racing specials will be the stock chassis of the Super-Six. Hudson wanted to adhere as closely as pos sible to the stock car structure, so that what its racing fleet does under the punishment of the speed events will reflect what can be expected of a Hudson stock car in any endur ance test "Hudson expects every car entered to finish among the leaders. The ex action is that every one finish in every race in which it is entered." San Francisco Ad Club Men Making Trip in Automobiles When the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World convene in an nual session June in St. Louis the San Francisco Ad club will receive the honor of having come all the way from the coast in automobiles. There will be representatives of the advertising profession from the con tinent, from Hawaii, from the Anti podes and from various other cor ners of the civilized world, but it was left for the Californians to evolve the motor car caravan stunt The "On-to-St. Louis" caravan of the Frisco Ad club is piloted by a Series 18 Studebaker "Six." It is keeping well ahead of the long string of motors, posting road signs, gather ing touring information and wiring it back to the cars that follow, arrang ing places of rest and a thousand and one other duties that necessarily fall upon a trail-blazer Montague Tancock, son of Dean Tancock, leaves for Montreal in June to try for a commission in the Cana dian army. Failing in this, he intends to enlist as a private. Young Tan cock was with the Red Cross in Scrvia for eighteen months Chandler Has Everything. for Comfort CIRCUS TARES TO THE AUTO ROUTE Shortage of Railroad Power and Equipment May Force Aggregations to Return to Overland Travel. "Dealers) everywhere are beginning to stop and ask for the closed car and the convertible sedan," asserts R. R. McNemar, Chandler dealer. This is Railroad Company Claims Damages From Auto People In the days of the horse age, rail roads were besieged with claims for the death of and injury to horses. Sometimes the owners got damages and sometimes nothing, but the horse always got the worst end of the deal, for it never was a match for the -locomotive. With the coming of the motor era, the worm has turned. The other day the Chishclm & Moore Manufactur ing company of Cleveland received the following letter from a superin tendent of? the Pennsylvania lines: "I beg bo advise that January 8, last while our engine No. 7749 was pass ing over East Fifty-third street very slowly, speed about three miles per hour, it was run into by your auto mobile truck No. 131199, damaging our locomotive to the extent of $1.31." ,The automobile people found that the driver of their Packard truck had been at fault in trying to push the lo comotive off the track. The truck suffered no injury, yet they paid the $1-31. Lads from the West Enroute To France Feted in Gotham Judge Julius S, Cooley has received a letter from his nephew, E. Donald Keefer, a member of the Leland Stan ford university ambulance corps en route to France, telling of the hos pitable way in which the students were feted in New York. "We had no sooner arrived than we were invited to attend a theater party by Miss Jane Crowe, who gave us each an autographed photo. The next day Mrs. H. H. Duryea, who is connected with the war relief committee of New York, gave us a tea at Sherry's. There we were toasted by Mrs. W. K. Van derbilt, jr., who is sort f "Godmoth er" to all that is connected with war relief work. The French consul one of the late Chandler models and nothing is left undone which makes for comfort. We predict a great year for closed cars. spoke, as did also Dudley Field Ma lone and George Barr Baker. "The next afternoon we were in vited out to a tea at the Ritz-Carlton. Here, and at a theater party which we went to in the evening, $46,000 was raised to purchase us new ambu lances and equipment. "We were next banqueted by the California alumni at the Waldorf-Astoria. Theodore Roosevelt was one of the orincioal speakers. Marshal Joffre and Minister Balfour were banqueting in the next room to us: "Thev can't do enough for us," the young man concluded. "We have in vitations to nearly every ciuo in me eitv." Mr. Keefer, who wrote under a May 17 head, said that he expected the ambulance unit to sail May 19. Pelton Makes Government Partner in His Business Thines move faster in motor car circles than most any other line of industry and more live ideas are trace able directly to the motor industry than to any other. H. Pelton, Franklin and Marmon distributor, has hit upon a plan which will make the government a partner in his business and directly aid the sale of Liberty bonds. Every new car purchased within the next thirty days will carry with it a gift of Liberty bonds. "In this way," asserts Mr. Pelton, "we can aid the government in sell ing Liberty bonds and we are glad to advertise the fact that part of our prohts will go to such a cause. HYMENEAL Weishartineer-Lundiren. Miss Frances S. Lundgren, daugh ter of Nels L. Lundgren, and Mr. Toseoh F. Weishartintter were mar ried by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at his residence Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. They were accompanied by Miss Jennie f ulton. Traveling shows this year may be forced to go back to the old days of wagon equipment if all the railroads of the country follow the example of one eastern road, wnicn nas prac tically declared an embargo against outdoor amusement enterprises. One circus already has been compelled to travel by boat on trips between New Rnffland coast towns. Because of unsettled railroad condi tions, the motor truck industry and the amusement world is watching the launching of the United States Cir cus cornoration's enternrise. It will be motorized throughout, using 100 Kelly-Springfield trucks and seventy five Troy trailers, mounted on Fire stone giant tires, io transport us paraphernalia, animals and employes. The show is now being mobilized in Cincinnati. It will take o the road early in June, traveling northward, according to Frank P. Spellman, pres ident of the corporation. The trucks, it is said, will enable the circus to present an unusually beautiful and imposing pageant. One of the features will be a score of the big truck chassis mounted by huge hand-carved bodies, representing the "Nations of the World, except jer many. Messenger Boy Hurt When Auto Collides With Bike Charles Deupser, 31, 2808 North Twenty-eighth street, a messenger boy for the Western Union, collided . . . J , 1. an .(nmnKila Arivmt kv f R Anderson, 3037 South Nineteenth street Deupser suffered a. dislocated hip and a fracture of the right shoulder and right hand. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital.' The collision took place at Eighteenth and Farnam streets. Army Men Come to Look Over Spot to Locate Big Camp Five rmv officers and a clerk con stitute the party which will arrive to night at 11 :ZS from Sioux City to look nur nniii-1 tte around Omaha for v . v. r one of the thirty-two cantonment camps the government is to ejiaunsn for the sol-iiers. The party consists ot loionei Binding Twine Strictly No. 1 ISUe per lb. CARLOAD SHIPMENTS, 18c (F. O. B. Omaha) Order now before further advance Shipments June 15th, C. O. D. H. F. Cady Lumber Co., OMAHA, NEB. George H. Morgan, Colonel D. W. Lockwood, Majoi George H. Houle, Major W. M. Leahy, Major James L. Bevans and Clerk Dempsey. C. C. Gejrge of a special Commer: cial club committee, F. H. Myers ol a special committee of the Real Es tate board and other committeemen will take the army commission out in cars Sunday to see certain tracts of land north of Florence and south of Fort Crojk. which have been ex amined by the local committees as possiblv available ground for the lo cation ' of one of the cantonment camps, wfw) A Welcome that Makes Good Once you go to (ht Willard Service Station you'll go again, because you get something mora than service You get real welcome It may express itself in a bit of sound advice about the care of your battery of a book on battery health But it's al most alvapt something more than you asked (or It's this that makes Willard servka different If yi haven't already received a: Willard Service Card, (top in (or one. i It entitles vou to free hydrometer testing j twice every month the first step la the prevention of battery trouble. We have e rental battery for you if yours needs repair We will gladly test your bat teries free at any time. I" JSI The New Hupmbbile I Rare-Beauty High-Duty Already Bupreme in perform ance, the new Hupmobile claims supremacy in beauty. The high duty car is now the rare-beauty car as well. From the battle of cylinders, the Hupmobile has emerged the champion four. It has won not only over other fours. Its phenomenal pulling power has outclassed sixes, eights, even twelves. PREFERRED FOR PERFORMANCE For two years proof has been plentiful. It iB daily given anew. By dealers in demonstration. By owners in everyday-use. By records like those made in the 20,000-mile Capital-to-Capital Tour. Many times performance has brought the Hupmobile prefer ence over cars that cost more, or have more cylinders. The new Hupmobile is the same splendid performer. In sand, in mud, on the hills, it will add new chapters to Hup mobile history. Over and over again it will demonstrate the value of Hupmobile quality. QUALITY HIGHER THAN NEED BE For quality is still first with us. That quality which begets long life and superior performance. We know our motor is better than need be. So much better, indeed, that other manufac turers call it fit for a $3000 car. We could use a less costly clutch. The same with the transmission, the rear axle. BEAUTY CROWNS OTHER VIRTUES But even if we would, we could not give our buyers less. And we do not choose to give them less. From the first, people have bought the Hupmobile for its goodness. We want them al ways to buy it for that. Now we crown performance and quality with year-ahead beauty. The new Hupmobile bears the style distinction its inner virtues deserve. We do not look for its equal in. beauty this year. It is, in fact, the mostfceauti ful Hupmobile we havie ever built. It carries a finer finish. It is more luxurious. It is still more complete. We could have paid for tihis ex tra value by saving on inner quality. Instead, we increased 25 Style Features Such as These BHflit finish, long grain, French aeam upholstery. Improved cushion and lax type back sprint In seats. Leather-covered molding finish long edges of upholstery. Neverleak top, black outside tan In side waterproof . Tonneau gipsy quarter curtains, In tegral with top. Front and rear edfea of top fin ished with leather-covered molding with aluminum ferrule tip. Bow spreaders to carry top when folded. Hupmobile-Bishop door curtain car riers, folding with curtain exclusive feature. Bright leather hand grip-pad on doors. Large door pockets with special weighted flaps. Body a new color Hupmobile blue. New variable dimming device grad uate brilliance of head light. Tall lamp operate Independently of other lamps. New loft operating clutch. S-passenger touring car $1265 2-passenger roadster 1289 7-passenger touring car 1440 . (F. O. B. Detroit) 2S 23-25 25 Farnam St. McSHANE MOTOR CO. Local Distributor. Douglas 6jlM. Phone Douglas ( HUPMOBILE 0. OF NEBRASKA OMAHA. NEBRASKA. 2S23-ZS2S Faraua St. our production. We invested heavily in additional buildings and machinery. We , reduced costs by increasing production. JUDGE BY WHAT IT IS AND DOES That is why you now get rare beauty year-ahead beauty in this high-duty car. Thus we make good its claim to new su premacy. Never before has a car of Hup mobile type shown such re finement of detail. Never be fore has a four-cylinder car had such a wondrous perform ance record. We expect you to judge the new Hupmobile solely on its merits. If you will do that if you will check its beauty, its quality, its performance against the same features of other cars we know what your decision will be. Ask us to send you the report of the United America Tour an engrossing story of how the Hupmobile, in visiting every state in the Union, crowded four years of travel into four short months, and mapped a new route from Washington to every state capital and back to Washington. Get the pictures of every capitol building in the country. iiiiiniiK 1 All Star Tread Tire for Your Money The reason 5far MmUrimtm and Stmt Coif ttrwetion. The highest pos sible quality it evident from the Star covered tread down through tho mmny piles of combed Sea Island cotton fa bric and pure fine Para rubber a wonderful carcass, built up by hand with painstaking care. Many Extra Miles Extra tread thick- Eess, Wider and heavier reaker strip over carcass and tread. One more ply than ordinarily used in hub-grade in tires. These built features give you a tire i vice that will delight you. Star Sstlifictioa Guaranteed With Every P arenas Wheeler Rubber Co. Distributors 1064 Farnam Street " Omaha, Neb. 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