Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 24, 1918, AUTO SHOW NUMBER, Image 79
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 24, 1918. iZ EASTERN TRADE NOW WORRIED BY AUTO SHORTAGE In Many Instances Demonstrat ing Cars Are Given Up by Dealers to Satisfy In sistent Customers. Louis Hitter Buys Omaha Delco Branch; Service First His Motto "An automobile shortage in the spring is inevitable," says C. J. Cork hill, local representative for Haynes , cars. ' He has just received a letter frm S. M. How, general sales man-ago- of the Haynes company, Koko nioXlnd., telling of ir. How's recent studj oJ trade conditions as he found them in an extensive business trip through the east. "TheVeastern dealers have prac tically no cars on hand," says the let ter. ."Try's despite the fact many of them started the winter with large stocks. fvj many cases dealers have given up heir demonstrating cars to satisfy Ufsistejit purchasers. "Theprncipal reason for this con ditionnas been the1, freight car short age, aided by embargoes. The conse quent depleted stocks must be replenished-when spring comes. Al ready dealers are taking many orders for spring .delivery. Problems Are Many. "The shortage will come, not be cause the manufacturers will it, but because they are powerless to pre vent it. The coal situation, the labor problem, the. freight congestion and many other obstacles have arisen to reduce the winter outputs of automo bile manufacturers; No surpluses have been accumulated; the makers have scarcely been able to keep pace with the demand, ."Under existing 'conditions the manufacturers cannot hope to attain anything like their large production schedules of the past. Once the mo mentum is lost, it cannot be regained for months. Especially is this true now when the automobile building business is suffering from a critical shortage of workmen, occasioned by the call of thousands of trained me chanics and operatives to the colors. "Indications are that by spring the buyer will -be unable to choose his car, but will have to take whatever is available. And it is doubtful whether any will be available, in view of the enormous number of orders being placed now for spring delivery." Kid Manager Makes Fast Sally About Big Pugilist There's a kid by the name of Louie Diamond who manages a bantam swatsman named Kid Hogan of Chi cago. Also there is a heavyweight, Andre Anderson, who for a time threatened to break into' the big league of heavyweights. It happens that Anderson of late has got into the habit of "leading with his chin" instead of his left, with the result he has been frequently rocked to sleep. Sometimes it happened in the first round, sometimes in th6 second and third. It happened so often that some of' the fight fans began to call him ''One Round" Anderson. , . The bunch was gathered in a gym nasium the day after the first public bouts were held at Fort Sheridan, an army camp 30 miles from Chicago. One of those who had attended re marked that there hadn't been a knockout in any of the five bouts, all oi them going the limit, when Dia mond, the kid manager, exploded: "Yes, but there would have been if Andre Anderson had been on the card." Anderson was present and got it just as quickly as any one else, and he laughed. Ninety-Nine Juveniles Are Nominated by Rich Futurity Ninety-nine eligible 2-year-olds have been nominated for the rich breed ers' futurity, which will be run at Lexinglon, Ky., next fall. :.A. K. Macomber, the California turfman, heads the list with nine ju veniles, three by Uncle, five by' Star Shoot, the sire of Uncle, and one by the imported sire, Vulcan, out of Thirty-third, the dam of Midway. Willis Sharpe Kilmer named eight, the get of Ogden, Ballot and Star Shoot. Johnson N. Camden named five, all by Ben Brush, the son of Bramble and grandson of Imp. Bonnie Scotland. B. J. Brannon alsp made payment on five colts, three by Imp. McGill, by the White Knight; one by Handsel and one by Ivan the Terrible. LOUIS HILLER. HUDSON REYEALS MANY MATURES Distinct Surprises Are in Store for Those Who View Super Six Exhibit at Auto Show. Meusel Is Lost. Bobby Meusel, declared by Coast league experts to be the best looking first base prospect in yealrs developed on the coast, will be lost to base ball. He has decided to enlist in the navy at Los Angeles. He played with the, Vernon Tigers last season. Hudson's new models are always awaited .with more or less expectancy at the automobile shows. For several years now the Hudson ha had the reputation of setting the mode. Some thing new could always be looked for from the home of the Super-Six. This year the reputation has ap parently been maintained; and while no radical changes have been made, there are several new attractiove body types totally different from any ever built by this maker of automobiles There are changes, too, and added re finements in every one of the models There are now 10 models in the Hudson line two open, the balance of the enclosed type. Of the latter, the runabout landau, the touring limousine and the full folding landau are new additions to the line. Of these three, the touring limou sine perhaps stands out as the most unique body type of the show. It is both a limousine and a sedan, posses sing all the advantages and conven iences of either type. It has a seat ing capacity for four. When the glass partition between the front and rear compartments is lowered, it possesses all the intimacy of a family car. Vhen this is raised, however, iq becomes a chauffeur-driven coach, a motor dicto. graph, furnishing means of communi cation with the driver. There are touches here and there that suggest the craftsmanship of the more expen sive foreign-built coaches. The lines are almost severe in their squaredness, but none the less attractive. The runabout landau is a two-pas senger car that can be instantly trans formed from a snug cabriolet into an open roadster. The full-folding landau is strictly a town car type, a suggeS' tidn of Fifth avenue on the famous Super-Six cassis. The new Hudson limousine, the town car and the landaulets also have a squareness to the coach line that adds greatly to their appearance. The rear fenders are longer. The interiors are furnished in quite colors, with richness and dignity emphasized. Kentucky Starter Goes In For Training Nags Harry Morrissey, for many years starter on Kentucky race tracks, has resigned to tram the horses of H. A. Porter, a Tulsa. Okl.. oil operator.' The Porter stable consists of the mares and yearlings bought from the Elham stud in England and the thoroughbreds Mr. Porter acquired at the Wickliffe dispersal sale. Morris sey, moreover, will have a half inter est in the establishment. A. B. Dade, who has acted as starter on the Canadian tracks for many years, and who is now at New Orleans, will, it is said, succeed Mor rissey. Pirate Infield Will Be Long on Size at Least If the Pirates put through their deal for the team, then Manager Bezlek will have the biggest infield in. the Na tional league. Mollwitz is six feet and two inches tall, Stumpf is over six feet. BoeckeU lacks an inch of six feet and George Cutshaw, the midget of the infield, stands five feet nine inches. Ask Your Dealer For f A AITTATAD 1 m m m f And Preserve Your AUTO TOP Manufactured in all colors We also manufacture a dressing for re moving water stains from the 'interior of auto tops. Manufactured and For Sale At 107 West Second St., Grand Island, Neb. Louis Hiller, well known Omaha business man, has purchased the bus iness of the Delco Exide Service sta tion at 2024 Farnam street. Mr. R. C. Smith, former proprietor, has gone into the aviation service. Mr. Hiller is already carrying out extensive im provements, such as larger and more fully equipped electrical department for service and repair to starters of all makes and especially the Delco, also a larger stock in parts for Delco starters. The main feature of the business is the exclusive distribution and service for Exide batteries manu factured by the Electrical Storage Battery company of Philadelphia, the largest and oldest battery manufac turers in the United States. Mr. Hil ler says: "I certainly consider myself very fortunate to have secured the distribution contract for the most wonderful battery in the world. I have used Exide on my cars since 1913, when the first self-starter made its appearance, and I know tomething about them. My first aim in the busi ness will be 'service to the public' By that I mean real, useful, careful, ad viseful service. Testing and inspect ing batteries and starters of all makes will be free to the car owners and if they will only allow us to look after their batteries for them, renew the distilled water, watch for dead cells, etc., everyone will get more nd bet ter work out of his battery and pos sibly save the cost of a new one." Mr. Hiller returned Saturday from the Exide battery convention at Kan sas City, where factory representa tives and officers met the distributors of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Texas. New policies were outlined and Mr. Hillejr came back greatly en thused and delighted with the pros pects for 1918. That extra room will pay your coal bill. Rent it through a Bee Want Ad. Omaha Automobile Club Auto Topics Who says war is h ? It doesn't effect club dues for we have exactly the same number of dues paid up to day as this time last year. Which shows that "once a club member a motorist realizes the important work we are doing." The Province of Alberta, Canada, at the 11th hour of the last law-making body, rushed through another freak bitl which became a law, and provides for taxing automobiles ac cording to the measurement of the wheelbase: 100-inch wheelbase, $15; 110-inch, $20, and so on up to 135-inch, $32.50. This tax is from 30 to 60 per cent higher than 1917 scale. Speed is doomed in Maryland! Commencing January 1. 1919, a new law, if carried at next legislature, im poses one of the most drastic penal ties on speeding ever concocted by any state. The gist of, the bill: "All new motor vehicles manufactured or sold after January, 1919, designed to have a speed or speed capacity of oyer 35 miles an hour, shall pay in addition to the ordinary fees charged for registration, an additional special license tax as follows: In 1919 cprrUI tex 50.00 In 11)20 mhx-UI tax 100.IM) In l2t prrlnl tax 1 .10.00 In Wi aprrtnl lax StXl.no In 1S spxrlnl tax 2.10.00 In 10 .prll tax SOO.OO and so on till in 1928, a maximum tax of $500 is reached, in addition to the regular registration fee. The bill declares its purpose is to protect the public from dangerous and reckless driving and figures that the safe way is to manufacture vehicles that can not make over 35 miles an hour. When you work yourself nutty for an hour and a half getting your old bus into a good humor and finally hear it cough just like a reg'lar car, and drive out of the garage up the alley, and run over a nail and p stl t puncturel O, death, where is thy, stingl The Liberty motor develops 40(1 horse power and weighs 875 pounds, and from tests made it is claimed is superior to anything ever produced. Another feature in the auto industry's capl l 1907, just 11 years ago, Omaha boasted 349 automobiles, South Oma' ha 18, Fort Crook four and Florence' one. Today Omaha has about 9,000 carsl Bolsheviki! The car owner's ma chine is stolen: He swears in high gear sulphurous language that he will spend $100 to jug the thief. The " thief is filially nailed. The car is re paired as good as new by the thief's friends. The case, alas, is dismissed. Mort Gogglerink says he's blasted ef he's goin' to dim his headlights.1 Mort says light was invented to see by, and "he's gosh dinped ef he ain't goin' to see where he's goin' and who he rams into. Ready lp An effortless, light-hearted frolic I That's what the Peerless Eight makes of the ordinary day's work of utility driving. The soft, easy flow of eighty horse-power makes it a romp. Would yon crawl at a snail's pace behind 1 retarded traffic? You may do eo with utter smoothness. Does the traffic open ftp t The advantage is yours, for you have the "pick-up" to leave the cars about you as though they were stalled. And the limit of speed for the open streets is a romp for your eighty horse-power. And yoa waste not at all For all this is done, in your "loafing" range of power on half rations s .Many a lesser powered six-even many a four would starve ,on the fuel tlfat carries your Peerless romping through the day's work. Rea it Bat not every day is a work day. ' i i. With your Peerleu yon sacrifice .none of the holiday Joys you are equally as ready to (race at to romp you have your "sporting" ring. You may master the road whatever the adverse conditions, you may make Timer laugh ' at Distance. You have only to open your throttle wider to release her double poppets and utterly , change the character of her performance. Cone now the aoft flow of eighty horse . power "loafing" as you reach her "sporting1' range there comes a deep growl of brute power, all-conquering. In her "sporting" range she is as mighty as she was gentle in her "loafing" range, Let us show you the joy of these startling contrasts in performance and the practical i economy gained without sacrifice. 'v. ii If Phone Harney 10, ' Don't Fail to See This Wonderful Car At Section 6 at the Auto Show ' Seven Passenger Touring Roadster, $2,340 , C A f Coupe, $2,850 Sporting Roadster, $2,490 JjOyKJ Sedan, $2,990. Limousine, $3,690. All Prices f. o. b. Cleveland Subject to Change Without Notice. George F. Reim Company ' GEORGE F. REIM, President. Distributors for Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa. - . 31st and Harney St 5 ! i ! a