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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1918)
6 c: THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 24, 1918. s t I! h H i H I I? ft ? -i. S i - EXPORT AUTOS SHIPPED MINUS RUBBER TIRES Motorists in Neutral Countries "Must Furnish Guarantee That Tires Will Not Reach Germany. Spain, according to a recent agreement with the United States, now is furnishing General Pershing's army with mules, blankets and other military supplies, but American auto mobile manufacturers, making sporad ic shipments to the kingdom of AI phonso, cannot reciprocate by equip ping these cars with tires. "This is one of several peculiar re strictions put on automobile exports that is the result of the world war," said F. E. Miller of the T. G. North wall company, local distributor of Na tional Highway Sixes and Twelves, a restriction that has been in force jince the summer of 1914. "For when Great Britain, control ling the seas, cast its lot with France and Belgium in the fight on the kaiser, an embargo .was declared and the English government refused to permit any crude rubber ship ments to the United States unless the American tire makers promised not to export tires to neutral countries so located in the war zone that either legitimate trade or border smuggling with Germany could not be prevented. ; The American tire makers were forced to post; a bond of $5,000,000 as a guarantee of their good faith in keeping the agreement. Held As Contraband. "As a consequence all the National cars that have been sent to Spain and other neutral countries of Europe in , the last four years left the factory with bare wheels, the tires being con signed to the British government and shipped to Hull, England. Here they are held in storage as contraband until the Spanish owner satisfies the Eng lish authorities that the tires will never travel over other than Spanish highways and that the only thing he would do for the kaiser would be to knit him a barbed wire sweater. j "This embargo, while inconvenienc ing the American automobile manu facturer and the inhabitant of a neu tral European country that buys an American car, has proven a war meas ure of paralyzing effectiveness to Ger many, wher; there is a famine of auto mobile tires and the efforts of scien tists to find a synthetic substitute for rubber have been futile. Were it not for the drastic order, German agents in Soain. Holland and Denmark prob ably would buy thousands of Amer ican cars and stripping them of tires for the kaiser s war vehicles junk the machines." Many Big Handicaps. While this order against the expor tation of tires, the scarcity of ships, the trouble in getting clearance papers and other obstacles have put handi caps on the American automobile manufacturer in continuing his for eign trade, the National company is making every effort to fill all orders received from Spain, Japan, Morocco, South America and the insular pos sessions of Uncle Sam at the present time. For the convenience of foreign buy ers and to conform with foreign auto mobile design, the National company now is building the six-cylinder cars intended for export with right drive and center control. This is an innova tion in the company's foreign trade policy. In addition to this, if the standard colors, blue and gray, are not desired, Nationals are snipped with the bodies finished in a lead priming coat. Oregon Man Gets Heavy Mileage Out of Maxwell J. E. Steele of Ashland, Ore, 60 years of age, hale and hearty, ii. the proud owner of a Maxwell tour'ng car, in which he has driven 68,000 miles. "I've got the best little car ever built," said Mr. Steele. "And when this one wears out, if it ever does, I am going to get another Maxweli.t "I made the trip from home 'to Stockton, Cal., without one mifehap. Why, it simply laughed at the praxes and plugged right along, purring like a kitten. I averaged 24 miles to a gallon of gas, arid walked away from a lot of high-powered and far trore expensive cars in the hills." Mr. Steele stayed in Stockton over night and started out early Friday morning on his way to Los Anveles. He commented onthe business activ ity of Stockton, saying that it was the liveliest city that he had visited on his trip southward. A Pointer. "Whither are we bound?" shrieked the calamity lecturer. "I say, nsraln whither, O whither are we bound?" "Say, you!" called a man In thtf rear; "you've been tryln' all night t' And out where you're go'lni If you don't know your station, get a map!" Richmond Times-Dispatch. Army Officers Stationed In Omaha Who Handle Millions of Dollars Each Tear 4v frrs VTk 'Vi ' V $ i " -hy i 9-4 j f ..' H-.J. ;' "h 'Aid ,.Z-f I -JhL3 -' i Omaha officers of the United States Quartermaster's corps: ' Seated, left to right : Major, Walter Stern, property officer; Lieutenant Colonel F. A. Grant, depot Quartermaster; Major John G. Maher, disbursing officer. Standing, left to right: Captains William H. Faringhy, Adam Lepphardt, H. F. Kleine, Walter E. Kruesi, E. G. KerfooL ? These officers have charge of purchasing, distributing and transporting all food and cloth ing used by United States soldiers in various posts in this country as well as others in Hawaii and the Philippines. . They handle many millions of dollars' worth of property and keep detailed accounts of every dollar spent. n A Bunch of Stories Curiosity Satisfied. "I was amused at a reception the other day. An elderly, gaunt lady ap proached a young man and said re proachfully to him: " 'Why aren't you in Knaicn" "The-youwr man blushed. Then he drew himself up and answered: "'For the same reason that you're not In the beauty chorus, ma'am physically unfit.'" Washington Star. A Pleasant Reminder. . "Jessie, dear," said hubby In a kind and gentle tone, "can't you come here Just for a minute?" "I suppose I can," Indifferently an swered Jessie, arising from her easy chair and starting for the stairway. "What do you want?" "There is a little ripped place in the shirt that I want to wear to the lodge tonight," returned hubby. "Can't you sew it for me?" 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Distributor for Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa 2559 Farnam St, Phone Tyler 3336, Omaha, Neb. 16th and O Sts., Phone B-6522, Lincoln, Web. lolnder of wlfey. "I will get Jane to do it You seem to forget that you married a typewriter, not a sewing machine." Dayton Newa. Not for Jim. Jim Budsall played the flute. Came one day a phonograph mat., and es sayed to sell Jim a machine. "See here," said the agent "Just you play a tune on that flute. I'll put on a blank record and you can hear yourself play after rd." Jim played and the phonograph re corded. Then the agent played the record and the toots of Jim's flute came from Its throaty depths. Jim listened eagerly. "Now," remarked the agent, "that's just as you played it Are you going to buy that trick?" "I am not" answered Jim. "I'm goin' to throw that doggoned flute away." Philadelphia Ledger. Enough to Carry. A minister came to the Episcopal church at Willlamsport, Pa., to speak. "Do you wish to wear a surplice?" asked the rector. "Surplice!" cried the visitor.. "Sur plice! I am a Methodist What do I know about surplices? All I know about is a deficit!" New York Post. Going In Deep. "You are really in love?" "Yes," replied the methodical young man. "And how deep are you in love?" "Just a moment until I consult my expense account Ahem! Up to the present moment I have attained a depth of $814.73." Birmingham Age-Herald. Sprucing Up. "Looks like women will soon have the ballot everywhere, my dear." "Uh." "How are you going to vote?" "Well, I'm not going to vote in this old hat I can tell you. You'll have to buy yne a new one." Louisville Courier-Journal. Get Long Battery Life Through Good Battery Care Unless you give your battery the care it deserves you can't expect it to keep on giving you the service you demand. You can't get that service day in and day out unless you add distilled water unless you keep the battey charged. y You can get every mile of service there is in that battery if you just follow carefully a few simple directions. Wen be tlad to teO 70a jort bow to take cre at jok battery if youTI atop for a few minute. And also aak v boat the Still Better fWrd Battery with Threaded Rubber Insolation. Nebraska Storage Battery Co. 2230 FARNAM STREET TEL DOUGLAS 5102 Authorized Willard Service Station. CtpmsUracuURd. 191S Bee Want Ads Will Boost Your Business ri Why We Don't Deal in "Special Discount" Tires NOT one of us Goodyear Service Station Dealers listed below deals in "special discounts" or like fictitious at tractions to induce our customers to buy. We know that such practices are bad business both for ourselves and for our patrons; that they undermine confi dence, and that they almost invariably result in dissatis faction and disappointment for both parties. We sell tires of the highest quality only, at a price based on their actual value and including a legitimate margin . x which will enable us to give the helpful service necessary to secure maximum mileage from such tires. We know that tires of lesser quality, or lack of the kind of service with which we follow every purchase, would in the end cost our customers far more than they pay now. When a dealer offers you a "special discount" to get you to buy a tire, you may fairly oe sure that he is doing one of two things. . Either he is offering you a tire on which he, himself, gets a special discount from its maker, or he is withholding from you the helpful and intelligent service that every good tire should have. In the one case the quality of the tire is lowered at its source by compromised manufacture; in the other the tire is handicapped in its capacity; for service by neglect. It will pay you to remember these things the next time you are offered a "special discount" on a tire, or any similar in ducement which looks like something for nothing. This sign identifies the Good year Service Station Dealer. BLACKSTONE GARAGE CO., 3814-16 Farnam St Phone Harnay 800. HOLMES-ADKINS CO., 4911-15 South 24th StPhona South 420. NATIONAL AUTO SCHOOL, 2814 Novth 20th St. Phone Webster 5943. TROUP AUTO SUPPLY CO., 1921 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 5230. THE NOVELTY REPAIR CO., 4809 South 24th St. Phone South 1404. Goodyear Tires, Tubes and Ac cessories are always kept in stock. COLFAX GARAGE 30th St. and Ames Ave. Phone Colfax 1907 ORR MOTOR SALES CO., Packard Show Room. CHAS. W. WALKER GARAGE CO., j Fontenelle Carafe Auditorium Garage, and C. W. Walker Garage, 36th and Farnam Sts. COUNCIL BLUFFS AUTO CO., 510-518 Pearl St., Council Bluffs Phone 2691. S. & A. TIRE & RUBBER CO., 2522 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 3854. JONES-HANSEN-CADILLAC CO. Farnam at 26th. Phone Harney 710. V t i -
