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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1919)
0 E Am ml - ' 1 (i " rvr' . s. fc- A.'jkL THE OMATTA SUNDAY EEE: FEBRUARY 23. 1919. . . J "S.-. . 9 .1 r, . s W I r ft-J I i 1 i: ff ' V- . ' f ' V ' i .US li .1 I 1 .. V - I B I I II ." ' J Y it IS -' ! J.i V.Ik "HIP . I I. '.-.' " I ' II n K I I I I VV ".11 I . X 1. ;1 ! I mi S AUFWO I! w k r .c? .. LANDING PLACE TO GET TRYOUT ATAUT0SII01' Curtis Government Plane U Land at Omaha Field for Proposed Coast-to-Coast Airmail Route. Omaha's landing place on Center street on the air mail route from coast-to-coast will be given its first tryout during the Automobile show, March 10 to IS. This is the word that comes to the Chamber of Com merce. The place is ideal for the purpose, and if it had been made to order the arrangements could not have been improved unon. When the Chamber of Commerce committee and representatives from Washington interested in the air mail service went out to look over sites for the landing place for mail airplanes the Center street location was immediately decided upon. This landing place consists of 50 acres of ground out on Center street, the same being a part of the old state fair site. It is as level as the top of a billiard table and easy to reach. It is close to the Leavenworth street car line and close to Center street, one of the paved and leading thor oughfares into the city. The street is a splendid auto road and in sum mer is one of the popular drives. On the 50-acre tract, oft' the road, the hangars for the mail-carrying airplanes will be erected, and in connection therewith will be the gas tanks, shops and quarters for men in charge of the machines. Curtis Government Plane. Of course, the finishing touches will not be put on the landing place by the time the first plane arrives, which will be March 7. This ma chine is of the Curtis type and is one of the accepted war planes, having a spread of 47 feet and 10 inches from tip to tip of wings. It is driven by one of government ac cepted engines and is capable of traveling at a terrific rate of speed. It is coming from Belleville, 111., a distance of more than 400 miles, in an air nine. The plane is expected cover this distance in not to exceed four hours and will make the trip without stopping for gas. Who will pilot the Curtis piano to Oma ha is not known. However, he will be a government man, familiar with this type of machine. Correspondence with Washington. At the Chamber of Commerce officials are in correspondence with Washington and within a few days expect to be advised of who will pilot the airplane to Omaha, the time of its departure and the time of its arrival at the Omaha field. Of course, the exact time of arrival is somewhat problematic,, for some times wind and weather interfere with the movements of airplanes, but if all goes well a pilot starting out on a 400-mile flight can figure within a few minutes on what time he will reach his destination. Coming into Omaha, it is the plan of the Chamber of Commerce offi cials to have the airplane circle over the city two or three times and then sail off to the landing place that will be distinctly marked in order to give the pilot his correct bearings. The big Curtis war airplane is to be one of the stellar features of the auto show. During the continu ance of the show it will be on exhi bition downtown, constantly in charge of men who are familiar with its mechanism and who will explain everything in connection with it to the visitors. Plans contemplate . keeping the Curtis plane at the Center street field during the nights that the show is in progress and bringing it to the city each morning. If this program is not changed, each morn ing during the show the plane will fly from its hangar, circling over the city and landing in the vicinity of the Auditorium, where the show is to be held. Cadillac Does Its Work Major W. P. Wattles, in command of the 53d telegraph battalion, A. E. P., and formerly of the Bell Tele phon company of Pennsylvania, has recorded one of the most interesting Cadillac storjes of the war. His description is as folows: "A few days ago I had a rather close shave, but over here one realizes that a miss is as good as a few feet. I had gone out to in spect some telephone lines. Arriv ing at little town, I stopped my car alongside of a stone wall, where it would not be too visible from above. I sat for a few minutes looking over the country through my field glass es. The boches were shelling a town about three-quarters of a mile away. The chauffeur and I got out of the car and I decided to walk down the road where I could get a better view of the line. "When I had gone about 75 yards, the boches threw over about 10 shells, which went over my head and exploded in the town behind me. Oh, yes, I was fiat on the ground, waiting for the burst oi anger to subside following out the saying that 'he who flops without dclav. may live to flop another day.' "When I got back to my car I found that one of the shells had ex ploded alongside it, tearing a four foot hole in the wall, hurling about two bushels of rock into the car, and riddling the body of the car with 115 clean holes, not including numerous dents. Some shell frag ments had gone through the metal, the upholstery and out through the Lieut. R. J. Marshall Returns from Army to Sprague Company f :' "W ' :."VS-';S!:!f:::P:" f 1 1 f V ! ' s r i """"fr"lllf'TrTffr'" WyiTjV4?1 "' " I.t. Hubert J. Marshall, with the Sprague Rubber company before the war, has been discharged from service and returns to the Sprague Rubber and Tire company, after having spent a great deal of time in the study of fabrics and construc tion of balloons. Lieutenant Marshall arrived home Wednesday and is stopping with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mar shall, 2221 Larimore avenue. He re ceived his, honorable discharge from the army February 11 at Arcadia, Cal., where he was assistant field balloon officer. Lieutenant Marsh all, received his commission at Flor ence field. He later studied fabrics and construction and was made in spector at Akron, O., Cambridge, Mass., and New Haven, Conn. He was later sent to California as a balloon inspector. other side. The windshield was smashed, the top, which was folded, was literally riddled, and there were seven punctures in one tire and tour in another. "The only mechanical damage to the engine was a small hole in the watf iarWpt fivliirh ntucrcrpH with a piece of wood) and a small l l . I 1! .1 teaK in ine pipe line xo ine on gauge. TTHE PATERSON Model 6-46 for 1919 is a finer value than we have ever offered. There is a spirit of refinement and comfort built into this beautiful car that has been imitated but never equalled in a car selling for less than 2,500. The long sweeping lines of the PATERSON are accomplished by providing a long wheelbase. This allows for unusual roominess in each compartment of both touring cars and roadster. The PATERSON chassis for 1919 is extremely simple in design every unnecessary detail has been eliminated. The exact balance of this chassis is responsible for a degree of comfort and economy that is seldom attained. PRICES 4- Paienger Roadster $1,595 5- Patienger Touring Car $1,595 7-Ptener Touring Car $1,625 F. O. B. Flint The PATEHSON has alway. been a good int for rierlers. Thia year it offr greater possibili ties than ever before. Contracts are now being made. Better write or wire us today. Nebraska Paterson Auto Co. 201S Famam St. CARRIES BABY'S SHOE Hi RAGES JUST RHUUCK Eddie Pullen ' Has Most Re markable Escape and Gives That as the Reason. Eddie Pullen. who will be relief driver for Clifford Durant in the 500-mile Liberty sweepstakes on May 31, has had some unique ex perience in his racing career. Pullen is the only driver to' have won an American Grand prize rae with a car made in this country, scoring in 1914 at Santa Monica in a Mercer. When Pullen won the Grand prize he suhorised the racing world Two days previously he had shaken hands with death on what is known as "dead-man's, turn" on the Santa Monica course with the same Mer cer, in the Vanderbilt cup race. The car came into the turn too fast, skidded and crashed through the fence after it blew a tire. To the uninitiated iHooked like a hopeless pile of junk. , Pullen and his mechanic were thrown out but escaped bruises. They towed the wrecked car to their camp and started tearing it to pieces. The morning of the second day Tullen faced the starter and romped home winner of the Grand prize. He had found that the spii! had not damaged the engine and that he could straighten the frame, put in a new front and rear axle and be ready to race. Photographs taken of the car as it plunged through the fence show that it was at the same time one of tne most peculiar accidents, for the driver and mechanic came through un scathed when the pictures show the car seemingly ready to fall or. them.- Eddie always attributed his escape to the fact that he was carrying one of his baby's little shops on his steering wheel and from tiiat day to this he has never started a race without it. Pullen got his training with the late Hughie Hughes, who drove the first wire wheeltd race car in an Indianapolis 500-miie event, his Mercer entry of 1912, and Hughie knew well all the fncks of the trade. If Clifford Durant turn? the wheel of his Chevrolet special over to Pullen during the race the fans will see spectacular driving. New Location Omaha 235 No. 10th St.. Lincoln (&y six Motor Meet in Siam Gives Natives Touch of High Life Two Saxon Cars Come First and Second in Thrilling Finish of Race. in In far-away Siam automobile races are not common occurences Therefore, when a number cf auto mobile dealers got together in a race just before the armist;ce wai signed, the Siamese citizens of the ancient city of Bangkok were great ly excited. The "motor meet" was run off on one of the main avenues of Bangkok and the straight-away led directly past the palace. The street was lined with the curious who gathered from miles around to see 'he pro duct of the western civilization show its speed. At the beginning ot the course, the various cars, which had come half way around the Storage Batteries Wear Out Just Like Tires "The storage battery," says Elmer Rosengren of the Nebraska Storage Battery company, "is just as liable to wear out as tires, and like the tire, it must be given careful at tention by the owner if the longest possible life is to be given it. "A storage battery is a rhemical apparatus, consisting of positive and negative lead plates Immersed in electrolyte, a solution of sul phuric acid. When the starting motor is used or the lights or ignition system, put on the circuit, a certain electro-chemical action takes place between the positive and negative plates in the presence of the electrolyte and electricity flows through the wires. "As this chemical action con tinues the character of the plate.s change, the current will, ultimately, cease to flow and the battery is dead. This condition, however,' is forestalled by the generator caus ing the current to How in the op posite direction, or to 'charge" the battery. Public to Be Able to Get Tires of All Sizes Soon Announcement is made by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce that at a joint meeting of committees representing tire and automobile manufacturers on Feb ruary 13, it was decided that all re- ONE CHASSIS THREE BODIES NOTE the BEAUTI FUL LINES AND STURDY APPEARANCE Phone Douglas 7582 world, began to race. At the end they were strung out over several blocks. The interesting feature of the race culminated in the final hent between the Saxon cars. In other words, the real exciting part of the race came near the end and the two Saxon cars were, so to speak, "go ing it neck and neck." Naturally a Saxon won the race, and just which Saxon makes little difference The crowds in their picturesque raiment of highly colored silks and cotton cloth showed great interest Following their custom, they con tinued to chew the notorious "Betel nut" while they commented on the respective merits of the cars en tered in the race. The Bangkok representative of the Saxon cars found his place very popular after the race; many distinctive citizens of Siam crowded around his show room to examine duplicates of the cars which had won first and sec ond places. strictions that had been adopted as a war measure on the manufacture of certain sizes and styles of pneu matic tires for renewal purposes would be removed and that tires of all sizes would be made as long as there is a demand for them by the public. Cole Aero-Eight Enters Season of Great Demand Introduced at a time when the in- terest of the whole country was focused not on its own personal needs but the demands of the na- tion at war, the Cole Aeio-Eight. which made its debut in January 1918, was given its first real chance to exert its influence unhampered on the American automobile market with the automobile shows this year. And to say that the results have been gratifying, according to the officials of the Cole Motor Car com pany, its builders, is putting, it mildly. Both at Chicago and New Yotk the sales of Aero-Eights made at the show exhibits more thin doubled the aumher ever before made by the Cole dealers at these two points, despite the fact that both of these events were local and not national shows ts in years past. I CAR OWNERS IN FAVOR OF ROAD BILL FORMATION Road Organization for High way Progress Support the Townsend Bill. Washington, D. C, Feb. 22.-"That a preponderating majority of the 6,000,000 passenger car and motor truck owners of the country will support the Townsend bill in the 66th congress is practically assur ed," asserts President David Jame son of the American Automobile association, which represents motor ists generally in national organized form. "Ever since the A. A. A., in Jan uary, 1912, called the first Federal Aid in Roads convention in the capital city, there has been a steady and logical progress toward com prehensive participation in highways betterment by the national govern ment," according to Mr. Jameson, who then goes on to say: "The explanation of this devel opment is exceedingly simple and consists mainly in the fact that we now utilize for passengers and freight road vehicles which disre gard county sub-divisions and state lines. There must be a distribu tion of highways authority among the several sub-divisions. In our j own councils we have repeatedly j discussed the proposition that there should be no smaller unit than the , COunty, which would mean county roads, then state roaas, ana, nnany, federal roads." Stitch in Time on Tire Will Give It Many Miles "Comparatively few car owners realize what a 'business within a business' the manufacture and sale of tire savers and repair materials has come to be," says C. A. Cramer, branch manager, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company. , "One might imagine that tire companies would be pleased to have tires wear out quickly, so new pur chases would be necessary. What we want, however, is tire mileage and pleased customers. For the 'X "Efficiency Expert" Nothing contributes more to the increasing demand for the Over land Model 90 car than the valuation business men place upon it as an efficiency asset. By word of mouth these men have firmly established the reputation of the Model 90 as a dependable, economical car. It deserves the public's apprecia tion because it meets everyday needs. It is important to observe that women praise its fine appearance and comfort as enthusiastically as men endorse its faithful performance. Van Brunt Automobile Co. New Omaha Location 2562-64 Farnam St Omaha, Neb. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Overland Model Ninety Five FiiKHfer Toiirln Cif 1585; Seda J1495; f. . . Toled tire user we repeat the old saying, 'A stitch in time ave nine. "This principle is ai old as the hills, but its application to the use of tires is comparatively new. Thi A Wonderful Truck for Farmers The Hawkeye Truck is the logical truck for western farmers. It is built for year-round service under all farm conditions. It is built lower to the ground to load easily, yet has ample road clearance for road and field, plenty of speed ' and a surplus of power. It has springs heavy enough to carry the Gary and Hawk eye If- load down low. . The painting is done by hand, not sprayed or dipped. Peterson Truck Gx DisTRatroQS 2427Farnam 5t-Omaha. Phone DoU-4473 most insignificant repairs, if made in time, often mean thousands of miles of service. Repair men Buy have to be consulted for some re pairs, but tire useri, themselves,