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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; JULY 8, 1917.
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DRIVES CAR 94,000
MILES IN 13 MONTHS
Los Angeles Man Establishes
New Record for Continu
ons Driving of Auto,
mobile.
What is believed to be a world
record for continuous driving of an
automobile is that of J. A. Van Horn
of Los Angeles, Cat. For thirteen
months he has been engaged in the
transportation of newspapers from
that city to banta Barbara in a Chand
ler car and during that period covered
the amazing distance of 94,000 miles
(nearly four times the circumference
of the earth), the car being equipped
wnn uooaycar cora iires.
Van Horn loads his car each morn
ing with papers which weigh half a
ton and which usually increases to
1,500 pounds on Sundays. Whenever
passengers wish to make the trip with
him the newspapers are hauled in a
trailer. The capacity of both car and
trailer is taxed to transport the Sun
day edition. .
Never Lost a Minute.
In commenting on his record re
cently Mr. Van Horn said: "I have
never lost a minute because of the
car being out of condition. I have
put it through the severest oossible
service. My car has become the talk
of other car owners all along the
route and the run has been so resru
lar thti some people say they can tell
the time by my passing. My Good
year oversuea cora tires nave oeen
averaging 12,000 miles. My daily run
has been 237 miles and in the thir
teen months I have missed only three
days. I have kept an accurate ac
count ot gasoline mileage and have
figured that my car averages fifteen
miles to the gallon. To operate 94,
000 miles has required more than
6,000 gallons of gasoline, costing more
tnan jiw.
Marmon Makers Need
Few Changes of Design
"It is being widely said among mo
torists that the newer automobiles are
ahowing strongly the- influence of
Marmon's scientific design," said H.
Pelton, distributor for the Nordyke &
Marmon company, "and it is interest
ing to notice that the Marmon is ore
paring to enter its third year without
. finding it necessary to make any rad
ical changes in design. The im
portance of this year, to motor car
buyers who wish to have the most re
cent model of the car they buy, is ap
parent -
"Tht Marmon is a car that in truth
is a many year car, serving its buyers
of 1916 just as satisfactorily in 1918
as it will those who buy the latest
model. Of course, mechanical refine
mentt are ' being introduced in the
Marmon constantly, but these are all
available to the owner of an earlier
model of the Marmon 34 at a reason
able cost, and the Marmon driver who
wishes to have his car up to the very
latest in appearance and service will
find that overhauling and painting it
with perhaps a few minor mechanical
changes, will satisfy him just as well
as the purchase of a new car. It is
worth much to own t car that does
not make it necessary to buy another
model to keep m vogue.
"One of the less apparent but very
important effects of Marmon's scien
tific construction is this reform of the
old and wasteful habit of having a
new model each season. The present
Marmon construction bids fair, many
motorists think, to be the most ad
vanced expression of motor car build
ing for some time to come, and with
the many advances in detail of me
chanical design that the Marmon en
gineers constantly are producing there
is little likelihood of a sweeping change
from the design now set Sy the Mar
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Soldier Is Punished
For Impersonating Priest
(Correspeaoenc ot The Associated front.)
Orleans, France, July 5. A soldier,
named Taillebois, has been sentenced
by courtmartial to a year's imprison
ment and 250 francs fine for imper
sonating a Catholic priest and swind
ling Catholics. Taillebois is not a
Catholic himself. He assumed the
name of Father Henry, gained the
confidence of a number of priests and
parishioners of Orleans and the sur
rounding country, officiated in several
churches and chapels, heard confes
sions, administered communion in
many communes, all the while receiv
ing money for masses and for chari
table objects. His downfall came
from an attempt to preach in a church
at St Jean le Blanc. The cure of
the commune found his doctrine was
not altogether Catholic and asked for
information regarding the wandering
priest from Monseigneur Gibier, bis
hop of Versailles, who exposed the
swindle. i : -
Dutch Plan to Control
Exports Meets Opposition
(Correspond net of Th Associated Treat.)
The Hague, Netherlands, July 3.
The Dutch government's bill to estab
lish a state monopy of exports, both
of home-produced and imported pro
ducts, has aroused widespread oppo
sition, and it has been held up so far
as the present parliament is con
cerned. , The measure is nevertheless likely
to be pushed in the new parliament.
The thorny problems centering
around the country's foreign trade
are regarded as calling for drastic
and extraordinary methods. More
Over, it is openly stated by the gov
ernment that, with the arrival of
peace, a period will begin when the
nation will find it even more neces
sary than now to guard against ex
haustion of Holland's supplies by
foreign demand at excessive prices.
Plan to Bore Tunnel
Beneath the Irish Sea
(Correspondence of The Associated Frcra.)
London, July 4. Plans for the con
struction of a tunnel under the Eng
lish Channel and the linking up of
the east and west coast of Scotland by
a ship canal have been engaging con
siderable attention lately. More re
cently the proposal to bore a tunnel
beneath the Irish Sea has been re
vived. '
More Than Two'Million .;'."
' Horses in Great Britain
' rornpoudnr of Tht Associated Press.)
London, July 4. A summary of the
renins returns of horses in Great
..Britain1 gives the total number of all
ages and classes as 2.310,000.
YOUNG ENGINEER DISAPPEARS C. Kenneth Shupp,
whose mysterious disappearance from his home, Plymouth,
Pa., has aroused the police of several cities. Shupp is 34
fears old, was a contracting: engineer and left a happy home,
a wife and one little boy, who is shown in the picture.
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uvenile Crime Increases
In London Owing War
(Corripndno ot Tb Aitoelat4 fr.V
London, July, 5. The serious in
crease m juvenile crime la being
brought to the, notice of the home
secretary bv various societies inter
ested in child welfare. The establish
ment of juvenile courts to deal with
young offenders had good results be-
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lore me war, dui opportunuies ior
running wild since fathers and big
brothers have enlisted have been
seized by the rising generation. It
is stated that three remand homes
are full of culprits sent from .various
London coorts, including the Tower
bridge gang of van robbers, whose
ages scarcely reached double figures,
and the leader of the "clutching
hand" band who is barely 12 years old.
These two bands of young ruffians
stole parcels from vans and turned
them into coin for the purchase of
pistols, knives, torches and swords.
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Bee Want Ads produce results.
The Summer Touring Season
:y'ri9 atitsneight
Synonymous with
. comfortable touring
l$auST EARNS"
motorcar. No car is
better suited to one's
t touring needs.
v 5 , The owner or
' purchaser of a
"ST EARN S" gets
every comfort and
advantage, found
usually in high
; . , priced cars, at a mod' "
;V . V ! eratecosU .v
j . Whatever your des
' t tinatlonbe it moun-
i , tain, lake or seashore '
-a "STEARNS" in-
sures your full meas
ure of enjoyment.
Eight-cylinder touring, $2375
Four-cylinder 7-passenger, $1685
Four-cylinder Spassenger, $1585
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Prom Our Near Neighbors
Aroea.
Ooorco Peter I apendlns the week wlthl
relative et Wublncton. Kan. '
SupertBtendent Eda Marqoardt waa here!
from Flattarooutn over aunaay ior a vwu
with bom folk.
Mr. and Mr. William Knabe of Berlin
were vtaltlnr reUtlvea here Sunday.
L. F. Dunkalt and daughter, Helen, of
ratrfax, B. D., are spending the week wltnl
Aoca relative and friend.
Frank Mlckel, son and daughter, on
Murrty, la., are visiting relative treat on
town.
, H. H. Marquardt and Charles Everett!
made a trip to Kansas City, Mo., the last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Behrns and daugh
ter, Sylvia, and Ml Maml Hlllman. were!
Omaha visitor Saturday.
Mr. and Mr. Cnarlea Bchreder and chll
dren, ot Clark, vers visiting In this cltyi
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred MoOrady are spendlnd
the week with relative at Spring Ranch,
Mob.
Mrs. Loul OIHen and danghter are herel
from Council Bluff. la-, for a visit with
her parent. Mr. and Mr. F. w. Bung.
Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Zlmmerer d son J
Oscar, and Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Maseman
were Omaha visitors Monday.
Carl Spencer of Otis. Colo., I visiting
relatives her, this week.
Mr. Birdie Woodson and son wnrmr on
Council Bluffs, la, ar vUitlng relatives)
here this week.
Mr. and Mr. Or E. cope ana Mr. ana
Mr. B. T. Oearhart were Lincoln vlsltorsl
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa J. Johnson and chll'
dren were Omaha visiter Wedneidajr.
On and Ben Mohr and Chrt Cbrtitensen
have returned from a trip to Denver.
Paninioa. '
Mr. and Mr. Frank Empey and family ofl
Kearney ar visiting with Mr. A. F. m
nev.
Mis Alic Ben or Fluey, wes4 waa tnei
guest of Pspllllon friends thl week.
Grant Cba, who la nomftaaing neari
Valentin. 1 spending a few uy with
Mr. and Mrs. John Chase.
Mr. and Mr. George Empey of Omaha
were guest of Mr. and Mrs, O. P. MUler
last Sunday.
Balaton Spoarman, son of J. P, Spearman,
eounty treasurer, has enlisted in the medl.
eal cerps and left thl wek for Fort Irfigan,
uoio., to tax training.
Vinton Rhode nlltd In th "Dandy
sixth" at Omaha a few day ago.
Richard I Matcalf of Omaha will d
liver a lecture to th Sarpy County D
fens league' Saturday evening.
Mis Anna Sautter and Mtrrltt Clark of
Omaha, formerly of thl plae. wer mar
ried her arly Sunday morning.
Mia Lata Fa 1 (pending th week
with relative at Council Bluffs.
, i Greta.
Lyman Mover, who Is In th United
State marine corpa, la now stationed at
Port Royal, 8. C.
Gretna ha re-established th practlc ot
ringing curfew at 1:30 each evening.
Mrs. H. F. Stahl and children of Omaha
bm oeen visum at ine nom or her par
ents, Mr. end Mrs. J. H. Langdon,
Thai lrtttnti AlVtStavartfaa WAt
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ton Wednesday, where they fumUhed music
v, ni vis .vuiw he rfuiv nance.
Petr Nletaon and W. A. Nielson and Tom
Connor have purchased new automobiles.
Mrs. Tom Hughe, who came borne re
cently from Dr. Mayo' hospital In Roch
ester, Minn., I getting along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mangold have gone
to Brighton, la., to visit relatives and
friends. They mad th trip in their au
tomobile. Fish Commissioner and Mrs. W. J,
O'Brien returned last week from an ex
tended eastern trip. They visltsd Michigan.
Wisconsin, Ohio and Canada.
Mr. and Mr. 8. F. Breckenrtdg and
family have gone on an automobile trip
through western Nebraska and Colorado.
They Intend to be gone several week.
Henry Essart accompanied them.
A movement ha been itarted to fore
th buatnes boosts ot Oretna to close on
Sunday. Th Idea i meeting with a great
deal of opposition.
. Valley.
Mr. J, S. Kennedy, Oeorge and Mar
garet returned Tuesday from a visit at
Boon, la.
Mrs. Klin returned Sunday from a visit
with her parents at Emerson. Ia,
Miss Gertrude Ingram returned Monday
from Hastings, Neb., where sh had attend
ed th week session ot the Presbyterian
Toung People's conference.
Mr. and Mr. W. 8. Eddy and children
pent last Friday ia Omaha.
Mia Etta Lowell of Waterloo 1 (pend
ing a part of her vacation with her iter,
Mr. Branson.
Mr. Thomas Merryweather and Mrs.
Charles Collins went to Omaha Monday.
Mrs. C. Herbert Cey.and Howard have
returned from Lo Angeles, wher they
spsnt the winter.
Mr. and Mr. Arthur Wlcklund ar mak
ing an extended visit to their parents, Mr.
and Mr. Andrew Wlcklund.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Butt and children
left Monday -for Thormopolis, Vvyo., where
they will spend th summer for the bene
fit of Mr. Butts' health.
Dr. and Mr. J. C. Ager and children,
Mr, and Mr. Harry Roberta of Fremont
and Mr. and Mr. 8. EL Muncon of Omaha
wer th guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hopp the
Fourth.
The congregation of th First and Sec
ond Baptist churches hsv put a large
tent on th church lot in town and will
have union service during th lummer
month.
Mr. W. R. Merryweather went to Omaha
last week and underwent an operation at
the Methodist hospital for cataract., h is
getting along nicely.
Weeping Water.
Mr. and Mr. Jacob Domingo hav gone
to Sheridan, Wyo.. to visit for some time
at the horn of their daughter. Mrs. J. w,
Swindl.
A party of Interstate Commerce commis
sion employes have been working out of
her this week taking an Inventory ot
the Missouri Pacific railway line.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ingwerson are on a
trip by automobile to Hooper, Colo., where
they will spend th summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Charle Fowler and family
of Central City ar her for a two weeks'
visit at th horn of Mr. Fowler's parents,
Mr. and Mr. John Fowler.
Born to Mr. and Mr. Parr Toung a
girl July 4; to Mr. and Mr. Andrew John
con a boy; Jun tltb, to Mr. and Mr.
Rom Dennis a on Jun SI, and to Mr. and
Mr. Harold Cleveland a son Jun St.
C H. Gibson and family spent the Fourth
with relative at Rising City. They mad
tth trip by auotmoblle.
W. H. Lyman returned Wednesday from
a trip to Waukesha, Wis., near which place
he. spent hi boyhood day more than fifty
year ago.
Irvington.
Mr. Albert Blelck, ar:, and Mix. Frank
Blelck of Elgin, N. D ar visiting at th
J. J. Blelck home.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hendrickson and fam
ily of Valley Junction, Ia., and Mrs. Harvey
Jones and family of David City. Neb., are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson.
Mr. and Mrs. N. 8. Tbomsen and family
motored to Moorhead, Ia., last week.
Mlase Harline and Mtta Brewster vis
ited at Plattamouth last week.
Miss Hasel Cooley of Havelock 1 visiting
Margarst Thomson.
Mr. and Mrs. Sorenson and sen. Harry,
Harold and Ellory, and daughter, Alma, mo
tored from McCabe, Mont, and ar vlstlng
at the Deln home.
Misses Metta and Harlen Brewster. Ann
Wetik and Dagmar Westegard, Joseph and
Herbert Noyces and Mr. and Mrs. Evans
attended a patrlotto meeting at th First
Presbyterian church at Omaha Tuesday
venlng. !
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Thompson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Sorenson and family, Mr. and
Mr. Deln and family, Mr. and Mr. Walter 1
Hadsen and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. Wil
liams and James Madson held a picnic at
Miller park last Eunday.
About ten auto loads o fpeople went out
to Turner's lake and bad a picnlo th Fourth.
They returned and had a dance at the hall
in the evening.
Mr. and Mr. Dein, Mr. and Mrs. Sorenson
and daughter. Alma, and son. Ellory,. and
Mr. and Mrs. Williams spent th Fourtn at ;
Rlvervlew park. j
Elkhorn.
Mrs. Zwlebel of Faplllion 1 here vlstlng
her daughter, Mr. Seefus
Mr Morgan Jeffries nd ltttl daughter
of Omaha visited the former's parents, Mr.
snd Mrs. P. O. Hoteldt this week.
Dr. Hickey and family spent Sunday with
the Charles Wttte family.
Mrs. Downer and daughter, Mrs. Broer of :
Harrlsburg arrived Tuesday for a visit at
the J. N. Wyatt home. i
David Smith of Bradner. O., arrived here i
for a visit with friends and relatives. !
Mr. and Mr. Arthur Brugman entertained
for the former' birthday Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson and Mr. and
Mr. Harry WInterburn drov down from
Washington county Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cheater Hall of Puts. Colo.,
cam Friday for a visit with her parents.
If. . x, . .r
ma. ,iu jujs. xi. a. .nanscn.
niss -na uieraen or f airoury w nr
visiting her mother, Mr. Minnie Diarsan.
Mr. C F. Peterson and children spent
several weeks at Kennard with her mother,
Mrs. Rosenbaum.
Springfield.
Miss Ethel King of Lincoln Is visiting;
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bate.
Mia Mary Mundell visited th C. W.
Sanborn family of Bethany th for part of
thi week.
Mr. Lloyd Hickey of Oretna, (pent a part
of the week here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Pflug.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pflug, O. A. Bate,
Earl Haney, Ernest Hlnkls and WUI Oless-
man went to Kansas City Friday by auto I
ana returned Monday with five new cars.
Robert Lalng and wit of Allianc ar
here visiting.
Mis Metta Paustlan of Oman visited at
her home her th past week, returning to
Omaha Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Besack and M1e Opal,
Chelsa and Master Marca Besack re
turned from a two week' visit to south
western Nebraska where they went by
auto.
Mr. and Mr. J. M. Ketch and children ef
Guthrie, Okl., have been visiting Mr. Amos
Ketch the past week.
Misses Luella Davia and Lottie McHenry
of Omaha, wer guests of Miss Elisabeth
Graham this week.
Miss Irene Mlnturn ot Omaha, 1 visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. D. F. Mlnturn.
Frank Coyne ha purchased property in
Grafton, Neb., and will move hi family
ther soon.
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Many people are seeking bar
gains in Used Cars at this
time of the year. Put your
ad in the paper these people
read.
Phone Tyler 1000
Between 8 A. M. and 10 P. M. TodajK '..
Yon are aa close to
THE BEE WANT AD DEPT.
" aa yow phone is to you
A Performance That Proved
- This is the story of one of the most gmefling tests to which an automobile
was ever subjected. . , -
Remember as you read it that the car was a Series 18 Studebaker taken
from a dealer's stock, that there were no trained service-men at specially estab
lished' ''controls" to care for it, that the trip itself was not 'factory planned,'
that it was just an. ordinary tour.
No Special Preparations
On May JOth lait, this Studebaker car
left San Francisco as the pilot car for a
caravan of advertising men going to the
St. Louis contention. '
No special preparations were made as
far as the ear tras concerned. The trip
tras to be a long one but nothing un
usual was expected.
The first two days were pleasant and
the roads were good.
Seas of Dobe Mud
The third day found the party at
Lovelock, Nevada, in a pouring rain.
The harder it rained, the stickier and
more tenacious became the 'dobe mud.
In places the pools were hub deep. This
mud was cement-like in its consistency
it took a pick and shovel to remove it
from the , wheels. Yet' the Studebaker
car pulled sturdily along and showed
ample reserve power for conditions even
more difficult. This lasted for three days
until they reached Salt Lake City. '
Over the Rockies in a Blizzard
Leaving Salt Lake City they 6tarted
for Evanston, Wyoming, traveling the
latter half of the distance through one
of the hardest rainstorms imaginable
the road was washed out and the car had
to find its own way over rocks and along
ledges that seemed impassable.
Starting ' from Evanston for Fort
Bridger they ran intff a blizzard, which
at lower levels turned into rain.
The road was a veritable canal.
At one point they only made nine
miles in five hours (the picture above
shows why).
More Rain and Mud
'AH the way through Colorado the rain
continued and kept up as the car
struggled through the gumbo mud of
Western Kansas.' -
Even between Topeka and Kansas
City the roads were in awful condition.' .
Arrived in Perfect Running
Condition .
At Kansas City the clouds Med, the
sun shone and the rest of the run to St.
Louis was made without incident.
Despite its all but unsurmountable diffi
culties the Studebaker car arrived in St.
Louis only 3H hours behind schedule in
perfect running condition and havingonly
changed one tire during the entire trip.
So well had it come through its terrible
experience that the car was driven on to
Detroit to the Studebaker factories with
out an overhauling whatsoever.
This performance is further proof of
the remarkable durability of Studebaker
cars a durability that is due to one
thing onlythe mechanical perfection
of this splendid automobile.
Any car that will come through a test
like this in perfect running condition
any car that will perform as this one did
is worth your serious consideration you
owe it to yourself to get a Studebaker
demonstration before you buy any car.
There will be no change in Studebaker models this year,
but the increased cost, of materials and labor may force Stude
baker to make an advance in prices at any time without notice.
Four-Cytlndt Model
FOUR Roadster ' . f 985
FOUR Touring Car . 9SS
FOUR Landau Roadster UM
FOUR Every-Weather Car 1181
ABptkM t k. JMro
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Farnam Street and 25th Ave.
OMAHA, NEB.
Six-Cf Under Models
SIX Roadster . . $1950
SIX Touring Car . 12SO ,
SIX Landau Roadster 1130
SIX Touring Sedan '. 1700
SIX Coupe . . . 1750
SIX Limousine ... 9600
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