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PART FIVE .
AUTO SECTION
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VOL. XLVIII NO. 11
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1918.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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AUTOMOBILES NOW
ARE DRIVEN HOME
BY DISTRIBUTORS
Western Studebaker Agent
Brings Women Drivers to
Detroit and Starts Them
Hnmp With Pars
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Detroit, Aug. 24. That women en
gaged in the different lines of the
motor industry, iium uuviug ms
volunteer motor organizations to tak-
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into Uncle Sam's mighty army, are
. adapting themselves to the change
readily and efficiently is now an ac
cepted fact. But Detroit, used as it
is to kaleidoscopic changes, and cal
loused bv vears of experience with
the magic or tne motor industry, sdi
' up and rubbed its eyes this morning
in startler! stirnrise.
Lined up in front oi Plant 3 of the
Studebaker corporation, in real mili-
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, lary iorniauun, uusmcss uiwi
;-rl.-r hiirrvinof down town saw an
even dozen new Series 19 Studebaker
cars ready for a driveaway. Drive-
' aways, of course, are no longer a
novelty to Detroiters. They have long
' since become accustomed to seeing
string after string of bright, new cars
leaving town almost daily. But here
was a new wrinkle. For, instead of an
; overaried mechanic, or a prepossessr
T ing looking dealer at the wheel of
each car, there sat a smiling, well
dressed young woman.
Investigation disclosed the fact
that these women were starting on a
vrrteflrrtiintrv drive that would cause
many a male veteran of the wheel
to hesitate. They were brought to
Detroit from a large city in the south
west by a prominent Studebaker dis
tributor, anxious to make good his
delivery promises to enthusiastic pur
chasers. With the army and navy de
pleting the ranks of available men
drivers, and work a-plenty to do at
home for the men left behind, this
live automobile merchant cast pre
cedent to the proverbial four winds
and signed tp a full crew of nbi
to drive hu cars
from the factory.
But the dealer, who was acting as
pathfinder for the caravan, could
see no particular -cause for excite
ment in this, the first big driveaway
to leave the "Motor City'T piloted ex
clusively by women. He merely
called attention to the mechanical im
provements that have been maue in
the modern car, which have made it
possible to operate one with virtual
ly no technical understanding of its
" makeup.
.Storage Battery is Much
- Improved by T. A. Willard
' "Nearly every car owner knows
that T. A. Willad had a great deal
to do with the starting battery," says
Elmer Rosengren, local Willard ex
pert, "but only a few know of the
part he took in making electric
starting and lighting practical for
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"Long before electric lighting was
seriously considered, Mr. Willard had
perfected a storage battery for light
ing railway coaches and was familiar
with evey detail of the system. This
was in the days when all motor cars
were 'autos' and had to be wound
up;' when acetylene lights were the
best to be had. and the spark came
from a set of drysalteries
"Electricity had one big job on tne
automobile that it didn't have on the
Pullman that was starting. As
starting, even with the most econom
ical motor, took considerable current,
the battery had to be kept well
Ch"Oned'oi Mr. WMard's biggestjobs
in automobile statinr; and lighting
was to make a generator that wou d
- keep the battery 'on charg? , all the
time except when the engme was
eoing very slowly. He developed the
extra-brush system of regulation
which regulates the charging regard
less of the engine speed.
"The most recent and perhaps the
greatest contribution Mr. Willard
ever made to automobile electric
lighting is the threaded rubber insu
lation. By this invention the use, of
durable, long 'lived rubber insulation
in automobile starting and lighting
was characteristic of Mr. Willard s
ingenuity he solved the problem ot
inserting nearly 200,000 tiny threads
in each one of the battery insulators.
"Drive In" Receipts Increase
to Kansas City Stock Yards
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 24. Fig
ures showing the number of drive
in" live stock received at the Kansas
City Stock Yards for the first seven
months of this year, show a decided
increase as compared with figures
representing similar receipts during
the corresponding period of last year.
While the truck system of marketing
is yet in its infancy at this market,
the receipts of stock brought in other
than .by rail this year, aggregating 72,
887 head, an increase of 21,505 head,
as compared with receipt! from sim
ilar sources last year, are an impor
tant factor in total receipts. Each
species of live stock, with the excep
tion of horses and mules, is handled
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mules generally are driven in. Some
hogs are received in wagons, but
' these are from nearby patrons, and
the size ot consignments and the
distance of the haul do not make
fuotor transportation ncccssarvj
Bomb Plotter Fay, Escaped
Prisoner, Caught in Spain
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Robert Fay, who escaped from the
Federal penitentiary at Atlanta while
serving a term for complicity in bomb
plots inspired by the German govern
ment, has been apprehended in Spain,
according to announcement issued by
the State deparment at Washington.
Fay is said to have waived extradition
proceedings and is already on his
way back to this country. He was
formerly a lieutenant of the Sixteenth
Prussian infantry, and was convicted
in 1916 of conspiring to blow up ships
leaving American ports for allied
countries.
Omaha Automobile
Club Motor Topics
Oppose Center Parking
A discussion of the board of di
rectors of the Omaha Automobile
club at the board meeting on Wed
nesday on the merits of curb and cen
ter of the street parking of autos, re
sulted in a recommendation to the
city commissioners to abolish all cen
ter of the street parking for the fol
lowing reasons:
1 On streets where the long time
central parking is allowed, curb park
ing for 30-minute periods is also al
lowed, and as a result the entire street
is congested
8 On streets where center of the
street parking is allowed, the danger
element is increased to both car pull
ing out of parking space and to car
passing with flow of traffic
3 Traffic is slowed down consider
ably by center of the street parking
on many streets
To Stop Stealing
The attorney general of Nebraska
writes the Automobile club as fol
lows: "The county attorney of any
county in Nebraska can file com
plaints and can compel car owners, as
any other witness, to appear and tes
tify, and can arrest and hold, if neces
sary, for such purpose" If the car
owners of Omaha are in earnest in
their desire to prosecute thieves they
may stand firm for posecution
Protest Tax
The American Automobile associa
tion, with which the Omaha Automo
bile club is affiliated, has protested to
Hon. Claude Kitchen, chairman of the
ways and means committee, on the
proposed tax on machines now in
operation and on gasoline
The A. A. A. protests on the point
that the taxation hits the compara
tively poor man who Is using his car
for strictly business purposes. Fur
ther, the A. A. A. protests against a
tax on automobiles' unless a similar
tax is levied against all other forms of
transportation. ,
The tax on a gallon of gasoline, the
A. A. A., believes, will not bring in
the revenue anticipated, for the reason
that the revenue will depend on the
mileage, and the tax of 10 cents will
compel thousands of owners to store
their cars rather than pay the extra
cost. This storing of cars would de
feat the urgent demand pf the gov
ernment that car owners use their cars
as much as possible for business pur
poses to relieve railroads of the short
haul stuff.
Auto Service Flag.
The Omaha Automobile club has
ordered a service flag with a star for
each of the 30 members now in the
service.
White Pole Road Good.
The White Pole Road across Iowa
is now in good condition. Grading is
in progress near Lewis, but nothing
serious to stop traffic.
Grading R. to R.
From the Bluffs to Neola, here and
there, grading is in progress and con
dition not good. Too reach Neola
and points beyond, take White Pole
to Quick, and two miles east at church,
take road north through Bentley to
Neola, nearly a straight shoot .
O. L. D. is Fair.
The O. L. D. is reported only fair
most of the way to Lincoln. Lincoln
to McCook, fair to good. McCook to
Denver, some chucky spots.
Omaha-Minneapolis. The club car
recently covered the route and found
Lincoln Highway to Denison on Lin
coln Highway; Denison to Spirit Lake
on Spirit Lake Airline; Spirit Lake to
Armstrong east on Imperial High
way; Armstrong to Fairmont; Fair
mont to Alankato, Fmbaull toj
Minneapolis, to be as good as any oth.
er route on the average. Jefferson
Highway is reported chucky north of
Des Moines for a great many miles.
Tourists bound for Okoboji and
north run east 1 mile at Kiron to Old
Kiron, then north four miles, and east
1 mile back onto main highway, to
avoid grading in progress. The eleven
miles of grading north of Odebolt is
completed and cars going through
without trouble.
Lincoln Highway.
Lincoln Highway east to Cedar
Rapids reported good; Cedar Rapids
to Clinton, fair to poor.
LincolnHighway west reported fair,
only, with some very rough going be
tween Valley and Central City.
Grand Island to Kearney good. Kear
ney to North Platte, fair to good.
North Platte to Cheyenne, some
chucky spots.
Thirty New Members.
The board of directors passed on
30 new members at the Wednesday
board meeting. This makes 160 new
members in about five weeks' time.
The cost of joining is only $5 en
trance fee, and $2.50 dues to end of
year, afterwards $5 a year dues.
Persistent Speed Menaces.
An anonymous letter was received
by the club asking that action be tak
en to prevent persistent speeding and
reckless driving on the streets. "Citi
zen" (as the person signed himself)
enclosed clipping regarding the arrest
of Al Schuitz twice in recent weeks
on a speeding and reckless driving
charge. In answering to "Citizen"
the club advises that everything pos
sible has been done to induce the
courts to keep a record of speeding
charges so that they can tell who
is who when a person comes up. A
maximum fine for second offenders
might help stop the trouble. A city
ordinance might be passed providing
a fine for first and second offense,
with jail sentence for a third time up,
or better still, revocation of license
for a certain period.
TIMELY TIPS FOR
MOTORISTS GIVEN
BY OLDS DEALER
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Local Agent Offers Sugges
tions for Economy and
Extending Life of
the Cat .
"There is much that any car owner,
whether or not he is a mechanic, can
do to make sure he is getting the
most out of his machine," says
Charles A. Tucker of the Nebraska
Oldsmobile company.
"In the first place, he1 can make
sure that his carburetor is set to feed
the leanest practical mixture of gas
into his engine. This, makes a world
of difference not only In the amount
of fuel consumed, but in the condi
tion of the motor. If a toe rich mix
ture is used, the combustion chambers
and valves will foul quickly and this
means a trip to the service station
that will involve considerable ex
pense. If a man does not trust him
self to make this slight adjustment,
it is only a moment's work for an ex
perienced garage man. Of course,
evervone finds it necessary to change
the carburetor when winter comes,
but it is advisable to check up three
or four times during the year to make
certain of best possible results.
"Here at the Oldsmobile garage
we never get through warning new
owners particularly, that lubrication
is the very life blood of an automo
bile. An improperly oiled and greased
car is on the short route to the junk
heap, and in these days especially it
is a shame to allow good machinery
to deteriorate through negligence.
"The use of good graphite greast
in universal joints will give far mori
mileage than ordinary cup grease,. It
this connection, it is absolutely essen
tial to screw the plug rh tight aftei
rilling to prevent otherwise unavoid
able leakage.
"Practically all ignition, startina
and lighting troubles can be avoidei
by having the storage battery tested
at fortnightly intervals and by check
ing up once a month or so to makf
sure that all the electrical connec
tions are snug."
Commutator Lubrication.
Grease never should be used foi
commutator or timer lubrication
Cylinder oil is he proper lubricant
for this part and it should be used
only sparingly. This applies to all
commutators or ignition distributers
When grease is used here it fre
quently serves to prevent the commu
tator arm from making contact.
A Straight Talk On What the Cadillac
Is and What It Will Do tor You
THERE is a pronounced tendency today among prospective owners of new passenger cars to make close
inquiry upon points which they have been accustomed completely to disregard; to. investigate
where once they only took for granted; to consider the future where demonstrajion-day performance and
appearance would formerly have sufficed; to invest where they used to buy.
The active man or woman of today wishes to insure himself of a safe, dependable, comfortable and economi
cal means of transportation for years to come. These qualities are, and can only be, the direct result of cor
rect design, fine materials and workmanship which is nothing less than exact.
What the Cadillac Is
The Cadillac is a passenger vehicle of the most pains
taking construction that the Cadillac Motor Car Com
pany can build.
The eight-cylinder V-type power plant was introduced
by Cadillac as a new principle. It is in the fourth year
of production. More than 60,000 are in use.
The design affords an actual overlapping of power im
pulses and continuous turning effort. The power is
ample for any road condition. The operation is quiet.
The carburetor is designed and built by Cadillac. A
"built-in" leaning device economizes fuel. The fuel
piping is protected by fiber clamping blocks.
The ignition Is simple and reliable, with a double set of
contact points and a special grade of wiring.
Thermostatic control in the cooUng system keeps the
temperature of the engine at the point of maximum ef
ficiency. It was developed and introduced by Cadillac.
The multiple-disc clutch is easy to engage or disen
gage, because the leverage is especially compounded.
The brakes are dependable and unusually easy of appli
cation. They are equalized to avoid skidding.
The steering is easy, untiring and dependable, and
the factors of safety are high. . Ease of Cadillac con
trol amounts to fascination.
Electric starting and lighting was Introduced by Cadil
lac in 1911. The service is reliable and uninterrupted.
Especially heavy plates are one factor in the extraordi
narily long life of the storage battery. The wiring is
protected by circuit breakers instead of fuses.
One of the reasons the car lasts such a long time is be
cause the frame is so rigidly constructed. It is eight
inches deep in the center and has five cross members.
The little wants of the motorist are anticipated by com
plete standard equipment, including such unusual feat
ures as a tilting headlamp reflector to deflect light
rays and prevent glare ; a power tire pump ; a pane of
beveled plate glass in the rear of the one-man top;
an eight-day clock and complete tool equipment.
What It Will Do For Yon
It will give you a consistently high standard of perform
ance. The flexible engine meets slow speed require
ments without gear shifting, with immediately avail
able power for rapid acceleration to extreme speeds
Long distance travel, which war conditions have mad
more than ever the function of the motor car, is prac
tical and pleasurable in a Cadillac, because it is capa
ble of sustained speed without noise of noticeably
vibration.
It will give you dependability the capacity to with
stand hard usage day after day and year after year.
Cadillac serviceability may be compared with that of
a faithful watch. ,
It will give you safety, because it will keep the road,
and because the factors of safety are so high, not only
in parts like the frame, the wheels and the steering and
braking systems, but in such details as the bolts, rivets
and pins.
It will give you comfort, because the weight is scien
tifically distributed and properly .sprung, and because
the seat cushions and backs are so deep and restful.
It will give you economy in first cost, because the CadiK
lac Motor Car Company is the largest producer of
high-grade motor cars in the world, and because the
Cadillac manufacturing methods are so efficient., The
present Cadillac is the result of sixteen years of un
divided attention to the production of high-grade pas
senger cars. These facts mean maximum intrinsic
value per car.
It will give you economical maintenance, because quality-is
the truest economy. Sturdy construction and fine
workmanship, for which Cadillac shops are eminent,
mean long life and a minimum of repairs. . More than
1,000 operations upon parts are accurate to the one-one-thousandth
part of an inch, and more than 300 are
accurate to the one one-half-thousandth 'of an inch. A
fine fit between moving parts reduces wear to a mini
mum. Service is put into the car beforehand.
It will give you beauty which you will not tire of. Peo
ple are not buying things today which they may soon
wish to discard because the styles have changed. Cad
illac appearance will protect your ability to use your
car and be proud of it for an indefinite length of "time.
Immediate delivery on a limited number of closed ond open types
Present Prices Not Guaranteed for Future Delivery
Jones-Hansen-Cadillac Company
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