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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1917)
OM PABTWS 13 AUTOMOBILES PAGES m TO EIGHT AHA paf.t nvs AUTOMOBILES PAGES ONE TO EIGHT iviv SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLVI1 NO. 12. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1917. ii 11 u rr.iT '.-.,1 v &- "' i .xtsAiiL-susm vmm r m-mmm m m m. mm . v v. m i x - r x, s g vw' i 1 aZ mi ii - - - i ii ii il in il ill n ni fcmim I" -P'TV fcii'rr TV' J ,! ' YELLOW AUTO LIGHTS ARE NOWTHE THING Color That Eliminates the Glare and Complies With the Letter of the State Law. The agitation in Nebraska and par ticularly in Omaha regarding the use of yellowish tint glass in automobile headlighting has finally been set at rest by a letteIrom Charles S. Roe, deputy attorney general, in which he .savs: ''The purpose of the statute isJie elimination of glare. Lights are white only by degrees. In this respect we understand that both the Noviol (yel low) and the clear Canaphore lenses arc generally approved as answering the purpose of this statute. That is the understanding of this depart ment." - This is welcome news for motorists as yellow tint is very efficient for safe driving. After exhaustive rtts made by a committee of -the New irQrk state legislature, together with representa tives trom the leading automooue as sociations, they submitted the follow ing on yellow tint as part of their rccommendation for the new law: Yellow Fills the Bill. "Light of the shorter wave length, i. e., blue and violet, is more readily diffused by particles of dust or mois ture in the atmosphere than light of longer wave lengths. The best illus tration of this principle is the blue color of the skies, produced by the random diffusion of the blue lights on dust particles. This principle also ac counts'" for the fact that all haze seen from a distance is slightly bluish in tint; "When driving - in fog. dust or smoki with an ordinary headlight, the diffusion of light, which, is often spoken ot as 'back glare,' act 3 to cut down the range of vision to the point where, in extreme cases, it is impos sible to- see even a few feet beyond the car. "By usuig some device which elimi nates the blue and violet rays, and thus projects a beam predominant in yellow tint, back glare is reduced to a minimum, and the range of vision x of the driver is greatly increased. As a matter of fact", no automobiles are equipped with white, lights, the oil lamps and-eleetric bulbs in common use giving lights distinctly yellowish in tint." American Women Demand Beauty in Motor Car "The demand of the, Anrerican woman for beauty in the automobile she drives or rides in has been one of the prime factors in the develop ment of motor cars," says Harry M. Jewett. president of the Paige-De troit Motor Lar company. Uur ef forts to meet that demand have been one of the principal reasons for our own progress and explain to a large degree such measure ?f popularity we mav have won. "The woman prospective buyer de mands first that her automobile shall be a beautiful car; second, that it , T. l. j shall be an easy-riQing car; miru, an easy car to control; and fourth, that the power flow shall be flexible. "These simple phrases, which, ap pear to be so easy to understand, rep- resent to tne tramea auiomoonc en gineer a complex series of technical rpntiirements. They have all been analyzed at the Paige factory and steps taken to meet them. Travels 975 Miles H. T. Ashton, prominent Colum bus (O.) engineer, recently drove from Columbus, O., to Tulsa, Okl., in his Marmon 34 without slopping the motor. The trip covered a total of 975 miles, the total traveling time be ing forty-seven hours and twenty-five minutes. Mr. Ashton made this trip with no special preparation and did not en deavor to break any records. Throughout the entire trip very muddy roads were encountered, and although chains were used on all four wheels most of the way, the motor did not heat up and no trouble was encountered, x , x Packard Shows Remarkable Increase in Its Sales An increase of 19ja per cent in motor carriage sales for the first four weeks of the new season over the same period of the last fiscal year, is announced by George R. Bury, as sistant general sales manager of the Packard Motor company. The year of August 1, 1916,. to August 1, 1SU7, was the greatest in the history of the company. Mr. Bury says he believes the in crease1 in business is due largely to the warm reception the .motoring world has given to the new series Packards the 3-25 and 3-35 Twin Six. Los Angeles Woman Strong Advocate Of Overalls forJke Woman Motor istJxZ Mr Hnvripf Sshnfer itMi,,R 10 -say ahout wi,,,in a i'w mi 8. iimnei anaier ot wteks was.an n,e information he H est t oriy-mrnth street, Los Angeles, garbed in her L!t J..J J uuurcuivu yurmtni pre- T,, .xinKton product Cole Eight. is ahout to introduce a new Minute Man Six model which mav cause a ! big stir among cars sclliiiR around $1,500. t and ton in Ontinr, the rumor. "We may have some BUY YOUR CAR NOW SAYS E. R. : would give. If reports are true, the new mode! will have a wheclbase of 22 inches, six inches longer Hudson Is First Over The Famous Tioga Pass Honors for the first automobile to cross famous Tioga Pass in the Sierra mountain range this year went to a Hudson Super-Six. A. H. Patterson, the famous racing driver and Hudson dealer at Stockton, Cal., made the trip in his Super-Six on July 18. Patterson and his party traveled, in the wake,of one of the severest storms of the vear a cloudburst that had taken out bridges and cut state high ways to ribbons. Part of the way they found the route blocked by washouts. It was necessary to roll huge boulders out of the road and fill in the holes with saplings and brush. -. ' On the arrival at Yosemite Park, at 'an altitude of '9,941 feet, they found the park ranger attempting ,to shove! out the pass. Blistering their hands witli the shovels, the Super-Six tour ists assisted in opening the pass, and their journey was resumed. At the completion of the trip the Super-Six had covered 461 mils over all kinds of roads in two daysJhree hours and fifty-one minutes elapsed time. than the present The tire will be paratory to a spin in her ! 1111 ing the elimination of more than a hundred separate parts. The new Oar will 'also contain a novel seating ar rangement, details of which could not be learned. The new model, it is stated, will not replace any prrstnt model it will simply be an addition to the Lexing ton line. From Atlantic to the Pacific In 12 Hours on Bicycles Talk about records! Here's one that apparently ha- every recorded record beaten to a frazzle. Think of it ocean to ocean in half a day. We might possibly have believed it if our Xational Defense board had announced the invention of some new and wonderful 100-mile-a-minute aeroplane but on bicycles never. 1 But it's a fact. On August 2 Kd- i ward G. Armiger and two other J young men covered the distance in twelve hours on United States tu-c equipped bicycles and what's more I they did it partly on railroad ties and loose gravel roads and, of course, it's the first time it's ever been done. Well come onl' What's the answer? Well, if you must know, here it is they "did it across the Panama . Canal zone. Oh! "I never thought of that" did we hear you say? Persistent Advertising Ii the Road to Success. Rumored Lexington Will Introduce a New Model According to a well defined rumor, but one which lacks positive con firmation just at this time, the Lex ington company of Connersville, Ind., Last Big Manufacturer to An nounce Increase Gives Public Two Weeks More in Which to Use Low Prices. "Right now is the most favorabV time to buy a car that may exist for several years,'" says Studebaker-Wil-son, local distributor of Studebaker cars. And, considering Mr. Wilson's close relationship with everything pertaining to the marketing of motor cars, there's every reason to believe that he speaks - ithoritatively. "The low prices that purchasers have enjoyed during the last few years were made possible only by reason of enormous quantity manu facturing," continued Mr. Wilson. "The future may not permit such vast quantities to continue. Present automobile prices arc largely based on the costs of materials contracted to previous to the soaring increase in the price of raw materials. "Studebaker is the last big manu facturer to announce an increase in prices. Due to huge purchases of raw materials, over a year ago, and long term contracts, Studebaker has been able to maintain present low prices. Practically every other( automobile maker, has raised prices since January the first. Some manufacturers, have announced a second increase since the first of July and a majority of them are now preparing to make further advances. i ... S Alexander in Fair Way To Earn Extra Thousand Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Phillies is in a fair way to win an extra $1,000 for pitching in twenty five victories this year. 7?7 I ej Six m SERIBS IS An InviWion zjcxi &.CkaJlen4e TO FORM the correct judgment of any motor car you most try to find its faults as well as its good points. Examine the Westcott ix, Series 18, in this spirit. See if 'you can find a single fault. See if there is any detail of design, construction or performance that could be improved. You may find some cars that can be forced to spurts of race-track speed for which the Westcott is purposely not geared. But none will average more miles per hour or per dollar under the conditions of your own normal driving. v In Kill climbing, low throttling, acceleration and all-around reada bility no car will Outperform the Westcott Six. Every Westcott Car is road-tested by the Westcott engineers before shipment. When you drive our demonstrator you will have a definite criterion as to what you may expect from any WTestcott of this series regard less of the body type. PRICES F.9.B. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO Seven or Five Passenger Touring Can $1790 Four Passenger Touring Roadster 1790 Seven or Five Passenger Convertible Sedans 2690 Four Passenger Convertible Coupes. 2690 See Our Exhibit at the Lincoln State Fair STANDARD MOTQR CAR CO. . Distributors. - CARL' CHANGSTROM, Mgr. 2020 Farnam St. Omaha Phone Douvlas 1705 MOTOR CARS Stearns Fear FWe Passes or Tearing Car Four Cylinder Five Passenger Touring.,. $1585 , Eight Cylinder 971? Seven Passenger Touring:. J ANNOUNCING THE NEW STEARNS MODELS THE new Steams cars have-fcrrived. We believe they are the most beau tiful machines you will see this year. We want you to come and see diem. A certain exclusiveness has always attached to the Stearns, and these new cars are in keeping with Stearns practice to further refine and improve them from year to year. f The body lines lend a pleasing air of distinction. From the tip of'the radiator to the rear of the tonneau, the lines are clean-sweeping, graceful and har monious. The motor, in all Stearns models,' is a Knight motor, but a Knight-motor-built-by-Stearns. Its remarkable smoothness and flexibility have been brought to the fiighest pitch by Stearns engineers. It will pay you to come and take a ride in these cars. It will pay you to find out w;hy the thousands of . purchasers of these cars are so well satisfied. i See the Steams-Knight at the State Fair, Lincoln, Neb., September 2d to 9th. Mclntyre-Hayward Motor Co. OMAHA, NEB. 2427 Farnam St. Phone Douglas 2406 Lincoln Motor Car Co. LINCOLN, NEB. Commercial Club Building THE F. B. STEARNS COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO
