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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1918)
14 A GREATEST TRADE EXPOSITION TO OPEN INCIIICAGO ' National Automobile Show in Mammoth Coliseum From January 26 to February 2, Inclusive. America's greatest trade exhibi tion, the national automobile show of , 1918, opens in Chicago, Saturday, January 26, and extends to February 2. It will be staged in the mammoth , Coliseum, the First regiment armory and associate buildings. As usual, this show will eclipse the one held at " New York earlier in the month, being larger m point ot exhibits and in mterest. . " This is due to the central loca 'tion of Chicago. ' The national au tomobile show draws visitors not .only from the central west, but also .from the southwest, northwest and -other sections, who find it more con tvenient to go to Chicago than to the far east This is more buying power In this section, and prosperity, especially in .the agricultural regions, makes the outlook unusually bright for the Chicago show. Hotels have been deluged with requests for reserva tions, and it is 'expected that many hundreds of thousands of persons -will visit Chicago during automobile week. Not only dealers and manu facturers, but auto fans will be pres ent, eager to get a line on the 1918 models. I ' More than 400 cars will be on ex hibition, ranging from the automo bile for the man of moderate means uo to the "palaces on wheels." Every type of model will be on the floor, showing hte utmost in engine con struction, comfort and economy. Many novelties will be there as usual. : , There are few radical' changes noted, but. minor refinements will be seen in the chassis, engine and equipment. The car bodies will afford much of interest to attract the visitor, all the types of body styles being, included. : America's supremacy in the auto mobile industry will Be seen at ev ery step. The national show takes on a new meaning this year, because it will be the first ever staged in Chicago during war times. - Auto mobile men have responded loyalty and generously to the call of the government, and no industry in the country has shown itself more pa triotic. The Liberty motor is mere ly one example of the part automo bile men have taken in helping to win the war; j Army and navy men are taking great interest in the Chicago show. and a day has been set aside in their honor when the uniform will be their ticket of admission. Many of the exhibitors will display service flags, showing the number of their men who have answered the call to mili tary duty. 1 FEWER TRAINS LEAD TO MORE FAST AUTOS 2 - ' I With Splendid Roads and De- pendable Oars American Busi- I I ness Men Suffer But Little ! ; 1 Inconvenience. S - One of the chief reasons for the rapid adoption of the automobile was ;the inadequacy of the horse. Now that there is inadequate rail transpor tation, because of the war conditions, tan even wider field operation is of fered to the passenger motor car, . The decision of the government to -cut off drawing room cars from rail road trains, and even to discontinue "many passenger trains that are not considered strictly necessary ordinar ily would most inconvenience the man -of affairs. Yet the man with a high-powered, safe, swift passenger motor cat certainly need not be inconveni enced. ' I ' Splendid roads connect New York with the large number of large kities jiearby from 25 to 200 milesand the individual transportation service to be had by means of the motor car can be made an actual means of saving time. The same is true of many other fcitie's. i With the capable, thoroughly de pendable motor car the business man may leave, as early or as late as he pleases, need not be delayed by the various things that so often make railroad trains late, and after he has reached his destination, he has the use' of his own car while in town. - The American does not wastt time In providing substitutes for conveni ences or necessities that may be taken from him. ; And it is entirely likely that much greater use will be made of the highways for general passenger transportation needs in moderate between-city traffic. . SHORT HAUL IS AUTO'S NATURAL FUNCTION TODAY : ;Tresid?nt "Wilson's message to congress, setting forth his reasons for mobilizing the railroads under government control, infertntially im poses upon automobile users and manufacturers the need to co-operate voluntarily with the spirit of the mes sage of mobilizing the automobile through individual initiative," said J. K. Gunn, president of the United States Tire company. "Several weeks ago Colonel Sam uel P. Colt, president of the United States Rubber company, in an inter view, urged automobile owners o! both passenger and commercial cars to use tneir cars more and more to Relieve the transportation ' pressure on the nation's railroads and mer chants' delive-y service.' Other, lead ers in the country's business, not alone those in the automobile in dustry, have since urged that this ad vice be followed. It has met with unanimous approval. ?The natural function of the auto JCObile. both passenger and com xpercial, is the transportation of man anil merchandise for short hauls. If tti is is realized, a tremendous amount railroad mileage may be diverted from short hauls to long hauls, and jst that much pressure on the rail ' reads' transportation facilities re lieved" - 4 New Cadillac Dealers Pay $15,000 Bonus For Unexpired Lease on This Building -:::-.;-:-:': . g. ., - V .; .- , .,.... ; . v ?:....'-:-: ;y v. ..,y-j :W ;. : XV : --.y .'-.-.y. Mm: ..::: ;.-" - r , - , , : -r.'A 'i'-v ' !;: ':. K U ij, tSM t vh iyfiWfiM, ,-' W'-Ax'UfiS, imtkm ltd ' , ' A A," 1 m This will be the future home of the new Cadillac organization, and the lease covering the property was ob tained by paying a bonus of $15,000. It is one of the best equipped TAINSH FORESEES SHORTAGE OF CARS Says Demand Increases Out of Proportion to Capaaity for Output and Continues Unsatisfied. "From every quarter of the entire four floors of the exhibits in the Grand Central Palace at the New York automobile show came the re port that a passenger car shortage in the near future is inevitable," is a statement from John Tainsh, general sales manager of the Mitchell Mo tors company, Inc., Kacine, Wis. "In talking over the matter with several large manufacturers at the show, the one main theme that was uppermost in their, conversation was their co-operation with the govern ment in producing trucks, tractors. ambulances, guns and aeroplane part). Automobile factories are perhaps bet ter equipped with modern labor sav ing and time saving machinery than any other industry. Most motor car manufacturers have agreed to arrange their passenger car production sched ule so as not to hinder government work. This Jact, taken into consid eration with the shortage of help, which becomes more acute as time goes on, indicates that passenger car production must and will be curtailed. "For any one who does not believe in the law of supply and demand, this will be a most concrete examole of its truth; 'considering the amount of government work that the better equipped factories have taken on, the labor shortage, the entrance of the motor car as a means to more work, which increased the demand over production, therefore the price J Wilt If UIJC 11 19 true that prices have, advanced some during the past year, it is very evi dent they will go higher in the next six months. Anyone who is contem plating the purchase of a i motor car should buy now, while the present comparatively low prices prevail." PASSENGER CAR INDISPENSABLE TO BUSINESS More than 80 per cent of the pas senger automobiles in America are indispensable to business, according to data gathered in a nation-wide investigation just completed by the Haynes Automobile company. Ko- komo, Ind. A large part of the re mainder, it was disclosed, are essen tial to the personal efficiency of their owners. The average business could not be carried on under war-time condi tions at ,war-time speed and with war-time economy of operation with out the passenger automobile. - Even the reports from those -who do not use their own cars regularly for busi ness recognize the necessity for the so-called "pleasure car. A letter asking for complete infor mation regarding the individual's use of his passenger car was mailed to 1,000 owners living in all states. The names were taken at random from a list of Haynes owners, including city and rural districts. All kinds of business - and all professions were represented. The letter was impar tial, simply explaining the situation and asking that a postcard be filled out and returned. Many of those who replied to the Haynes questionnaire called atten tion to the fact that present condi tions demand 'the utmost conserva tion of man power. Ut the less than vl) per cent who do not hold their automobiles nec essary to the conduct of business many say that without their cars their efficiency would be greatly re duced. B. L T., Chicago Writer, Finds New Fraternity Eivdently Bert L, Taylor has bumped into a few Franklin owners while observing Chicago. At least he has discovered that they like to com pliment each other and swap yarns. The following item appeared in his famous "A Line O'Type or Two:" "HAVE you noticed the peculiar behavior of owners of Franklin cars? When two or .nore of them get to gether they call a meeting to discuss the miraculous qualities of their thrice-blest machine. They salute one another on the road, they have grips and passwords; and, we dare say, they hold lodge meetings, and confer de grees. A rum lot." ' , THE OMAHA "1 1 ty,? 'fl ,','" buildings in Omaha for automobile headquarters and plans are being made for extensive improvements. Both A, H. Jones, president, and J. H. Hansen, vice president of the "Hooverize" Your Car, Keep it in Pink of Condition; Use Economy " 'Hooverize your car extend war time economy to include the automo bile and conserve it by keeping it in the pink of condition," is the timely injunction of Joe M. Dine, branch manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company. "This does not mean," says Mr. Dine, "that your car must be restrict ed in its use, but to conserve its power and usefulness, thereby rendering better service to its owner. Thou sands of motorists this winter are en deavoring to secure the fullest service from their cars who have never be fore taken their motoring expense se riously, but in the evolution of the automobile from a pleasure vehicle to one of utilitarian usage these motor ists have felt the tveed of practicing tho same economies in their automo bile maintenance that they have been compelled to adopt in supplying their other wants. "Our observation so far has been that when motorists avail themselves of our service station inspection serv ice they are amply repaid in the extra mileage their tires deliver. "Fully 60 pr cent of all the tires used go out of service prematurely because of insufficient inflation; 30 Adair-Lee Rubber. Co. is New Farnam Street Firm The Adair-Lee Rubber company has recently opened a tire station on Farnam street for the purpose of dis tributing General tires manufactured at Akron; O. C. B. Adair, who is the senior mem ber of the firm, has a wide tire ex perience to his credit and before com ing to Omaha was manager of the Chicago branch of the General Tire and .Rubber company. A. B. Lee comes to Omaha from Minneapolis, where he has been connected with the Empire Tire and Rubber company as district manager. G. G. Lee has gained his tire experience at Kansas City as salesman for the General Tire and Rubber company. The new firm has the distributors' contract for Nebraska and parts of Iowa and South Dakota. It plans to install a complete vulcanizing plant at the Omaha station. Once This Beauty Had Pimples Stuart's - Calcium Wafers Proved .That Beauty Comes From the Blood and From No- where Else. Prove This With Free Trial Package. Plaster your skin all over and you'll stop breathing in an hour. There is only one way to remove pimples, blackheads, eruptions and eczema with its rash and itch, ar. hat is by the blood. In Stuart's Calcium W af evs the wonderful calcium sulphide at meals serves to supply the blood with one of the most remarkable actions known to sciencei Thia is its activity in keeping firm thr tiny fibres that compose even such minute muscles as those which contiol the slightest ! cnange 01 expression, sucn as tne eyelids, lips and so on. It is this sub stance which pervades the entire skin, keeps it healthy and drives away im purities. Get a 60 cent box of Stuart's Calciurh Wafers at any drug store! and learn tne great secret of facial beauty) ; r A free trial package will be'mailed if you will send the coupon. Free Trial Coupon F. A. Stuart Co., SOS Stuart Bid., Marshall, Mich. Sen me at once, by return mail, a free trial package of Stuart's Calcium Waf ers. Name. .................. ...j , Street, City. .State. SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY Atom '" ' ..... ,'TCi -A Jones-Hansen-Cadillac company, havs unlimited confidence in the future of Omaha and the Cadillac business. This evidently is the.reason that such a premium for a good location was agreed upon. no out of commission ecause of nearlected tread cuts: the remaining 10 per cent go to an early grave because of wheels out of align ment, brakes working unevenly and various other minor causes." : , . , " 20, 1918. AUTO IS ESSENTIAL PART OF MODERN LIFE Studebaker Vice President Says Motor Car is Greatly Besponsible for Develop ment of Business Today. "People who apply the name of 'pleasure' to the automobiles of today certainly have not taken the time to give the matter serious thought," says Studebaker Wilson, local Studebaker distributor. "As a matter of fact, the automobile is a part of our modern way of living and doing things. It is as essential to our mode of life and conduct of business as the express train, the fast freight or the nation wide telephone system. . N "It would be as impossible to" con ceive of the conduct of personal and business affairs without the automo bile today as it would to conceive of handling modern business without fast express trains, fast freights, telegraph and long distance telephones. The motor car has not only become an essential part of modern life, but it has been greatly responsible for the development of the way we live and do business today. It has made the wonderful business achievements which we accomplish in the 12 months of the year possible. "A well-known authority recently estimated that about 80 per cent of the automobiles in use in this coun- i try today are used by farmers. I think it is really an overestimate, lo my knowledge 1,377,648 of 4,291,684 Studebaker cars registered July 1, 1917, were in the 12 east-north cen tral and west-north central farming states. About 75 per cent of the pop ulation in these states is in the coun try and towns of less than 2,500 pop ulation." New King Prices Have Just Been Announced The prices for the eight-cylinder King product have just been an nounced by the general sales man ager, Wallace C Hood, as follows: Seven-passenger touring car or three passenger roadster, $2,150; four-passenger foursome, $2,350, and seven passenger convertible sedan $2,950. Wire wheels are extra on all cars ex cept the foursomes. The. Lesson of the Speedway THERE is a valuable lesson for every one of our customers, we Goodyear Service Station Dealers believe, in the speedway racing of the past season. Not only did Goodyear Cord Tires win every officially recognized race held during the year, but every important place in every such race as well. ' In addition to this, numerous world's records of long standing were shattered by cars equipped with these tires. Ttotfar outranking even these honors in importance is the fact that every victory by Goody ear Cords was won by a non-stop run. This performance, under the severest conditions that can be imposed upon a tire, has never been duplicated in the history of racing. It affords evidence of the superior speed, stamina and strength of Goodyear Cord Tires that is ample and incontestable. To the thinking motorist it makes impressively clear the lesson we have been teaching for years : that no other tires are so able so enduring, so economical as Goodyear Cord Tires. You may be sure that the qualities in these tires which have made them supreme on the speedway are qualities which will deliver you extreme satisfaction on your car. This sign identifies the Good vemr Service Station Dealer. HOLMES-ADKINS CO., 491115 South 24th St. Phone South 420 NATIONAL AUTO SCHOOL, 2814 North 20th St. Phone Webster 5943 TROUP AUTO SUPPLY CO., 1921 Farnam St.-r-Phone Doug. 5230 THE NOVELTY REPAIR CO., 4809 South 24th St Phone South 1404 Should Encourage Any Relief Offered Traffic "The New York Automobile show," asserts George Van Brunt of the Van Brunt Auto company, "has demonstrated quite clearly that folks from all states recognize the automo bile as a necessary part of our indus trial and social activities. 'There is such a close relationship between the industrial and social life in democratic America that one can hardly draw sharp lines here and there branding one's use of a' passen ger car unnecessary and the other necessary. .' "It behooves all of us to bend every effort toward personal efficiency and An Auto Tire Tube Free As a souvenir for the opening of our store we will give to every customer who buys a General tire before February 1st, free of charge, an in ner tube the same size as the tire purchased. The General'Tire is made of the highest grades of fabric and rubber. It is guaranteed for 5,000 miles' service-never gives less sure to give more. Owners everywhere are piling up 8,000, 10,000 and more miles on the General. See the General Jumbo, a special oversized tire for Fords, Chevrolets and Maxwells. Fits on a 30x3 rim, but is as big as a 31x4. Also the General Cord Tire, one of the sturdiest and biggest Cord tires on the market Adair-Lee Rubber Co. Western 2064 Farnam St., Omaha THE GENERAL Tire VL tiiGmmtl r 3 tmUw Ob m xss i hi r.m Goodyear Tires, Tubes and Ac casscrleM org always kept in stock. ORR MOTOR SALES CO., Packard Show Room CHAS. W. WALKER GARAGE CO, Fontenelle Garage Auditorium Garage, and C. W. Walker Garage, 36th and Farnam Stt. COUNCIL BLUFFS AUTO CO., 510-518 Pearl St., Council Bluffs Phone 2691 S. & A. TIRE & RUBBER CO, 2522 Farnam St Phone Doug.' 3854 speed," and any relief afforded our transportation facilities, passtnger or freight, should be encouraged." Y. M. C. A. Organizes Work With Italian Forces Paris, Friday, Jan. 18. The head quarters of the American army and navy Young Men's Christian associa tion announces that its .work with the Italian army is being established under the name of "Opera di Fratel lanza Universale." John S. Nollen, president of. Laka Forest college, Illinois, has been ap pointed director of the Italian work He has left for Rome with his exec utive staff. Distributors. Tel. Doug. 8756. M1 4 si