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THE OMAHA - SUNDAY BEE! OCTOBER 19, 1919.
BORROWS AUTO
TO MAKE COAST
TO COAST TRIP
But He Could Not Help But
Boast of the' Jour
new 5n flumer Find
' His Car.
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If you have Idea of borrowing
some stranger's limousine and driv
ing it 3,000 miles, don't get enthused
over, the accomplishment and com
ment on the performance of the car.
Also motor enthusiast who borrow
cart ana leave no aaaress, you
should avoid Lot Angeles.
When Louie Benski saw a beauti
ful new Liberty brougham standing
s in front of a prominent theater in
Newark, . N. J., one night several
weeks ago, he immediately had
'visions.of a taxi jaunt to California.
He simply couldn't resist what he
COnSlUCrCU BH unci UUf iu
observe how a town car would take
the punishment of the western
deserts, the mountain roads and
steep passes of the Rockies.
Had to Tell It
Louie later discovered that the
accomplishment wasn't worth the
doing if you couldn't talk about it
afterwards. He was so enthusiastic
over his new possession when he
landed in Los Angeles a few days
. ago he iust couldn't wait to tell C
K. McKelvey, the Los Angeles Lib
erty distributor, how he had made
the transcontinental voyage with
only two minor accidents a punc
ture and a fractured spring leaf.
While waiting for the spring to be
repaired, McKelvey listened tothe
record of performance of the car
while another member of his or
ganization, searched the Liberty
stolen-car ; records.
Sent Out Tracer. ,
Meanwhile the Newark owner had
solicited the . co-operation of . Ray
Bundage of the Wallace Motor com
pany. The rest was easy. . Mr.
Brundage sent out the warning to
the Detroit factory, who, in turn, re
layed the loss and description to all
sections of the country by a system
which the Liberty company has
originated.
Louie tells the police now that he
didn't know a great deal about the
laws of New Jersey which prohibit
the removal of another mans car to
other states. He also intimated that
the next time he takes an endurance
run, even if he goes clear around
the world without even a puncture,
he'll never tell a soul. So far as.
testimonials are concerned, Louie is
-through. However, he still insists
that he is a good judge of motor
- cars.
Building in Omaha
In September Six
Times That of 1918
Nearly six times more building in
n Omaha was done in September this
year than in the same month in 1918,
according to figures given out in the
- American Contractors' 'resume of
middle west cities. ,
The figures are:
- Per Cent
- Sept. 1S Sept. '18 On. Ls.
Ktnral City. ..S2.117.C25 SS06.250 691 ..
Lincoln : 109,746 128.960 ... IS
' Omaha -1,049.380 175,682
Sioux City 616.1K 122. 5
St Joseph,.... 104.280 21,635
Topekt 119,(81 11,304
Wichita 272.781 170.456
Buying Top Floors of Buildings, Street
Cars and Bogus Horse Race Tips Popular
- Sport Between the Wary and the Unwary
Sharpers Work in Pairs, Hanging Around Hotels and Exchanges Getting "a
Line" on the Men from Country Who Have Money Stock Yards a Favorite
Hunting Ground Omaha Called by Confidence Men "The Mecca of the Easy
Marks" Thousands Lost Here Through Fraudulent Schemes, Say Police.
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Carbon Scraper.
A putty knife may be made into
an excellent carbon scraper by
grinding down the blade in two dif
ferent curves, one a wider curve
than the other. In this way practic
ally every nook and cranny of the j enough sense to report his los
cylinder head can b,e reached with
one curves edge or the other..
, By JOHN E. KENNEBECK. - j
"A foal and fell money ara aoon parted.''
. ; ; , . . Well knows proverb, .
Swindle games, such as fake sales
of the top stories of prominent
downtown buildings, the leasing of
a street car, investments in imagi
nary horse races, tooth paste stock
or "mule-kick" whisky, even to the
buying of land that would sell by the
gallon more readily than by the
foot, is not rare sport in this
metropolis. The "Mecca of Easy
Marks" has been chosen as an ap
propriate appellation for the city
by confidence men, as told by sev
eral who chanced to fall into'' the
clutches of the police for investiga
tion. '
During the past three months,
thousands of dollars have changed
hands through fraudulent methods
mentioned above, according to re
ports made to police. -'-
Prey on Farmers.
In nearly 75 per cent of the cases,
the victims were farmers or ranch
ers who came here to sell their cat
tle. They listened to plans for for
tune, and invested, or, rather, un
knowingly donated their sole re
ceipts to their temporary friends in
confidence for what generally turn
ed out to be mere scraps of paper
on which was not even written sage
advice like: "Once a sucker always
a sucker," or "Do others before
they do you."
Ever since P. T. Barnum uttered
those memorable and famous
words: ,"A fool is born every min
ute," confidence men have infested
the world, under the pseudonyms of
counts, earls, federal agents, prts
idents of worthless corporations, and
even sons pf wealthy barbers. Many
have visited Omaha.
The Stock Yards Hunt.
The most, common game is the
horse racing scheme. It is almost a
tradition for con mefi to to work in
pairs or gangs. Good hunting
ground for the swindlers is gener
ally found about the stockyards. In
the Exchange building they hear the
boast: "Waal, I just cleaned up a
few thousand on a trainload of. cat
tle." Those words are hdney to
the financial craving of the schem
ers. They edge close to their
wealthy victim and obtain further
valuable information as to his finan
cial rating.
The game is on. The partners
play it with a sure hand for success.
Their scheme ' is in the making.
Both con men auspiciously flash
greenbacks at this juncture that
apparently would cause a fee-grabber
envy. They boast of their re--cent
winnings on "Silver Sheen," at
a supposed horse race somewhere in
"No Man's Land."
"Why Bo, I iust cleaned a
thousand on the old nag; it's easy
pickin's," one of the important duo
proudly remarks.
Doc "Gimme-Your-Dough"
"And she's still a-winnin'," old
Doc Gimme-Your-Dough, con man
number 2, sides in. "Put in $5,000.
you're good for a big cleaning," he
urges the farmer.
The farmer is certainly "good
for a -cleaning" as he anxiously in
vests, or as remarked, gives $5,000
in cold cash to his newly acquainted
"investors" to bet on "Silver
Queen.". Both con, men leave their
victim waiting, while they go to
hear the outcohie of the race." Gen
erally, the dupe waits for two uays
for his promised winnings, then has
to
the ponce.
The most serio-comical stunt that
il
Come
Battery
to
Headquarters
Just because some garage man says, "XH
fix it and hH be good as new," don't trust
your battery to an amateur.
Come to battery headquarters where we
have Ihe equipment to really test your bat
tery and the knowledge of what it needs.
Only a careful hydrometer reading can
show if a battery needs charging. Only the
proper instruments can give it a discharge
test showing that it is properly recharged.
It costs a little more to make repairs in the
right way, but a thorough job is always worth
while.
Nebraska
Storage Battery Co. i
20th and Harney. Phone Tyler 2920.
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ever came to the attention of detec
tives assigned to such cases, happen
ed not long ago when" a visiting
agrarian asked police for a copy of
traffic rules for street cars, as he
"had 'just bought one as an invest
ment." Police investigated. . The
humor of the report was only appre
ciated as the farmer, told it
Bought a Street Car.
"I wuz a-mozying along near thet
there hotel on Farman when I met
two darn fine fellows," the farmer
told the police. "We just got a
tatking away, and domed if they
didn't guess within $100 thet I had a
little over a gol-dinged thousand in
my pockets. By cracky, they were
darn nice fellers. They showed me
right away how I could make $1,000
a month offn a street car. All I
hed to do wuz to pa $1,000 for a
car if I bought then. You know it
didn't take this farmer long to pass
on a good bet, by heck, and I
swapped him $1,000 fer a car. They
gave me my pick of the cars that
passed. I told 'em I'd take 987, it
looked like a new one. They said all
I hed. to do was so call fer the car
at the barn near the depot and hire
a man to run it. I'd collect the
fares, they said."
, When the detectives and curious
bystanders stopped laughing, the
ignorant farmer was informed that
his money was as much lost as a
democratic speaker in California.
Law Is Little Protection.
Instances of obtaining money un
der false pretenses 1 through con
games, fake sales of stock or build
ings and mock investments in im
aginary gold mines and horse races,
are numerous in this city, according
to police reports. Many times such
games vhave been foiled in the bud,
and the con men caught red-handed
attempting to fleece a farmer out of
no small sums of money.
The only state law against such
offenses is under the caption, Con
spiracy to. Defraud."
In. almost every case of confidence
games in which the schemers were
caught, "vagrancy" was the nty
charge that could be placed against
them. ' Thus, the confidence man
finds his game can be played with,
much safety in Omaha.
After all. what else can the victim
of such games, do but to gather up j
his carpet-Dag ana go, seexing an
honest man, like Diogenes. The
words of "the poet, Pope, they learn,
have a decided meaning: "An hon
est man's the noblest work of God."
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Red Cross Campaign
To Ban Tuberculosis
Makes Big Headway
fly Universal Service.
New York, Oct 18. There are 11
perfectly good reasons why tuber
culosis is being crushed out of the
country. Every one of the 1! taken
separately, is able to administer tell
ing blows against the enemy, but
taken as a whole the great white
plague cannot stand against them.
They are the 11 health chores
done in the modern health crusade.
The number 11 has come to be full
of terror for the germs of tuber
culosis, which until recently have
laughed at the efforts of civilization
to drive them away. They remain
secure against most weapons, but
let them see those big 11 coming up
in the distance and they run for
cover with their tails (if they have
them) tight between their legs. -
Tuberculosis hates cleanliness and
sunshine. It cannot live in fresh
air, or where there is .well planned
exercise.' So the big 11 enemies of
the disease are based on the propo
sition that to provide these things
is to win the fight. Every one of
the 11 chores is pointed to bring
good health to those who do them.
To Save Nation's Children.
The Modern Health Crusade was
formed to save the health of the
nation's children. It is doing itAt
present there are 3,000,000 boyind
girl crusaders, all striving to do at
least 70 per cent of the 11 chores
every week, and so to win titles in
the field of honor conducted by the
crusade.
The chores are done at home, at
play and at the school house. Each
crusader has his own card and keeps
his own record, and because the
teacher and his mother have the
veto power over the record, it is
kept correctly. :
While the chores themselves are
almost certain producers of good
health, stronger character and good
habit, one of the greatest values
they'lfave is found in the future.
Affects Young Oftenest.
Tuberculosis has always been in
sidious among children. It very of
ten infects them when they are un
der 16 years of age. In a great
many cases the germs remain dor
mant until manhood or womanhood
is reached, when some let down in
resistance will bring them out Then
comes tuberculosis. It is because
so much of the infection is among
children and because it does not
show until later ( that the Modern
Health Crusade is becoming a bul
wark thrown around ,; the nation
against the great white plague.
The Modern Health Crusade is
one of the many phases of the fight
against the white plague, which will
be directly affected by the success
of the countrywide campaign of ed
ucation now being conducted by the
National Tuberculosis association
and its 1,000 affiliated state and lo
cal organizations. The campaign
will culminate inythe Red Cross
Christmas seal sale from December
1 to December 10, when more than
$6,500,000 must.be raised in order
to carry out completely the inten
sive program for the coming year.
Former Soldier and Family
Pay Board at Workhouse
By International Newa Service. .
London, Oct. 18. Two London
ers, at the least, have been able to
solve the acute house shortage prob
lem. ' ....
The one, a disabled soldier, with
his wife and three children, has been
a paying guest at a workhouses
Their weekly board and lodging bill
is $9. 1
"I am willing and able to pay
rent" he said, "but I cannot find a
landlord willing to take me because
of my three children."
The other, a milkman, makes a
truly tempting offer. He advertises
he will supply the landlady with
milk Tree every day during his ten
ancy and milk in London is 24 cents
quart,
REVOLUTIONARY
NEW SIX BUILT
IN QUANTITIES!
Willys Corporation to Turn
Out New Car in Quan
tities for Moderate
Incomes.
The coming of the first six-cylinder
car, to be given large quantity
production, has awakened keen in
terest throughout the motor world.
Rumors of a new light six, em
bracing several revolutionary fea
tures have been current for months
past; but, not until the preliminary
announcement of the car, accom-
I panymg tne puouc ottering ot pre-
terred stock of the Willys corpora
tion was given out, was it known
who stood sponsor for this car.
This is the first and only car
produced by the Willys corporation,
which is the big concern headed by
John N. Willys, devoted heretofore
to the production of the Auto-Lite,
the Willys Light for the lighting
of homes and farms, and the new
process tranmission and differential
gears.
It is reported that the difficulties,
which have stood in the way of pro
duction of six-cylinder cars in large
quantities, have been eliminated by
radically new ideas of construction.
Rides Like Large Car.
Just what these are have not been
made public as yet, but a new prin
ciple of spring suspension is one
pf them. The new spring gives the
car the riding qualities ofa 142-iiwh !
wheel base, through the actual whesJ
base is but 112 inches.
All1 the features of the car have,
been thoroughly tested out, over a
period of tw& years, totaling a dis
tance of 200,000 miles. During these
tests the new six proved an aver
age of 17 to 20 miles per gallon of
gasoline, one to its unusual light
weight 2,100 pounds and to new
efficiencies of the engine.
Production is being hastened in
the Duesenberg motors plant at
Elizabeth, N, J., recently purchased
and greatly enlarged and amplified
by the Willys corporation.
If the car even approximates the
economies reported established by
the two years of testing, it will un
doubtedly create a stir in the six-
New Winton Agency
For Omaha Assured
Good Supply of Autos
Former automobile fansi will be
glad to know that the Winston-Six
is again handled in Omaha. The
Roberts Motor company, who have
secured the distributer's contract
have been assured by the factory
that this territory will receive a
considerable number of cars during
the coming season.
The Roberts Motors company
personi.el includes R. H. Roberts,
Tom B. Roberts and "Bill" Wilcox.
All of these men are experienced
automobile men and have been con
nected with the sale of high priced
cars for some time. Many of the
followers 'of the race track will re
member "Bill" Wilcox as a man
who has been in many races and has
cylinder field, and with quantity
production, it is freely predicted that
it will rapidly becomeone of the
widest and mosPinteTTsively owned
cars in the world, as the field for a
six within the reach of motorists
with moderate incomes is simply
enormous.
been' associated with automobile tor
tivities for t number of years.
The retail end of the .Winton
business has been taken on by the
Keystone Motors Corporation, 2203
Farnam street. At this location
Winton enthusiasts will be able to
satisfy the longing to see one ot
the late Winton models.
The Roberts Motor company will
distribute Winton cars in Nebraska
north of the Platte river and m
western Iowa.
Vulcanizing; Block.
A aF,,i o,h in v,tirant7inff tuuei
is a rubber covered block whicr
may be made in the following man
ner: A sheet of fabric is tacked or
the block and to this is Vulcanize
a layer tread stock, cementini
and curing in 'The usual way. Thi
block iias the advantage that nc
lack heads stick up through the rub
ber too layer.
Sticking Tires.
Sticking tires are caused by rim
ed rims. " To remove the cause paim
the rims with flake graphite mixed
to a creamy paste with gasolene.
The theory of this is that the gaso
lene evaporates, leaving the graph
ite, which prevents-the formation of
any rust.
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There's a Touch of Tomorrow
mm
in o4ll That Cole Does Today
Turning
Future Ideals Into
Present Achievements
Creations Which oAnticipate Coming Styles
A FORECAST of the future is the foe
cz&ro-ElGHT. In it, ideals which seemed
intended for fulfillment only at some future time
have become realities of the present.
It has ushered in a new vogue in motor car
patterns. It has ' determined the trend which
future styles will take.
Radiating a new beauty and dignity, the
cv&ro-EiGHT elevates motor car designs for the
first time to a plane commensurate with their
advanced mechanical attainment.
It furnishes a new incentive to ownership; it
affords a new satisfaction in possession. It gives
to motoring a new significance.
Five years devoted exclusively to the building of
eight -cylinder cars by one of the first two
American manufacturers to produce an Eight,
are responsible for its 'development
Ten years of planning ahead ten.years dedicated
to the creation of the new, the advanced, the
original give it the maturity of experience and
sound judgment.
Increased Performance Exclusive designs
THERE is an indescribable charm about the
cAero-Eight. Its winsome grace of line,
its dashing attractiveness are a constant pride and
delight its rugged power a source of continual
satisfaction.
Averaging 15,000 miles on tires, developing 80
horsepower, economical in its use of fuel, light in
weight, fleet as the wind, tenacious in its adher
ence to the road and reposeful in its luxurious
comfort, the cfcro-ElGHT gives a new interpre
tation to motor car possibilities.
The new All-Season models introduce for the
first time flush panel , construction and represent
a welcome departure from the traditions in en
closed car design.
The open cars are refreshingly different from th
staid conventions of the past '
The harmony of color, richness of fabrics, taste
in the selection of appointments denote the worthy
craftsmanship of these distinguished cars.
So original in conception that their counterparts
are not to be found in current design, they turn
future ideals into present realities and stand as
noteworthy additions to Cole's significant creations
in advanced motor cars.
prompt Deliveries odssured Trices guaranteed oAgainst Eduction in 1919
De Brown Auto Sales Co.
Wholesale Distributors for Iowa and Nebraska.
Some Good Territory Open for Live Dealers.
2210 Farnam St., Omaha, Nebraska.
1414 Locust St, Des Moines, la.
Traynor Automobile Co.
Retail Distributors.
221 0 Farnam St Phone Douglas 5268.
Ctr1ihnrl, Ob Mar Cm Cmf
Cole Motor Car Gmpany, Indianapolis, U.S. A.
Creators of oAdvanced SMotor Cars
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