THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; OCTOBER 19, 1919.
OVER A HUNDRED
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TRUCKS PUT OUT
IN NINE HOURS
Reo Assembly Plant Estate
lishes Record Production of
Commercial Automobile
Trucks, Claim of Opper.
'. Lansing, Mich, Oct. 18. "Proba
bly the largest production of any
tingle truck model anywhere was
attained, at the Reo plant Wednes
day, when over a hundred ipeed
wagons came off the aiiembly chain
In the course of a nine-hour work
ing day," asserts J. M. Opper of
the Jones-Opper Co.
' "While this production was above
the average for this model, it was
hot the result of a sudden spurt,
but rather of a continuous and sus
tained effort to meet the remarkable
country-wide demand for this suc
cessful vehicle. Facilities have been
Increased steadily, yet they have
failed to keep pace with the demand.
;! "Neither has the shortage of rail
road cars checked the development
pf the truck business. Where
freight cars were not available deal
ers have driven trucks over the
roads, radiating out from Lansing in
till directions. Coupled with the
great demand urging them on to
driveaways was the fact that the
Speed wagon, while a real truck, is
both fast and easy riding and han
dles as easily as a touring car. The
Name qualities which make it a fa
vorite for long-distance passenger
and freight hauling make possible
long-distance driveaways.
: "Fleets of speed wagons have
been going over the road to points
at such distance as Shreveport, La.,
.Birmingham, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.;
(Toronto, Oni; Hartford, Conn.;
Boston and Philadelphia. Truck
driveaways Wednesday were to
Charlotte, N.'G; Memphis, Tenn.;
Jittsfield, Mass. ,and Dubuque, la.
Amongj the destinations of passen
ger driveaways for the day were
Portland Ore.; Denver, Colo.; Rich
mond, Va.; Jefferson Gty, Okl.;
Montreal, Quebec, and Boston,
Mass."
Parts Case
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. An ingenious motorist suggests a
way of making old battery parts into
a, convenient case for holding vari
ous small parts. The bottoms of
several old battery jars are sawed
off so that the wells make individual
compartments. A number of these
cut off jars are fastened into a shal
low box with glue and the case is
The Alley Garage
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Attends School by Airplane.
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island,
Cal., Oct. 18. Clyde Opelt, jr.. son
of an Avalon hotelkeeper, is believ
ed to be the only youth in the
country who goes to school in an
airplane.
The school he attends is in the
San Fernando valley, in LosAngeles
county, 50 miles from home. Of
this distance 30 miles is over sea.
Clyde leaves home every Monday
morning in an airplane and returns
home the same way very Friday
night.
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Wins Lover With Dice,
But Goes Crazy as He
Mourns Rival's Death
Br Vnlvcnal Serviw.
Mdrid, Oct. 18. The love of two
Gijon fisher girls for Isidro Lafu
ente, a young blacksmith, has had a
tragic ending.
The girls resolved to resort to a
throw of dice to determine who
should be the sweetheart of the
blacksmith, who, by the way, was
entirely ignorant of being the cause
of this strange ordeal.
Girl Loser Drowns.
Twenty-two-year-old Isabel Car
rena threw the lower number and
immediately renounced her claim to
the blacksmith in favor of her rival,
Louisa Garcia, who is 25. .
A violent eale rajred next morning
and, at the height of it, Isabel Car-
rena was seen to put to sea. in a
frail skiff. The craft was soon in
difficulties, but the girl managed to
navigate for some time, ihen a
BLUNT AMERICAN
JARS BRITISH BY
SHARP jOUNT
Tells Them He Is Sorry for
England's Trade Decline,
But "Business Is
.Business."
By EARL C. REEVES.
International Newt Serrlca Staff
Correspondent.
London, Oct. 18. One of the
straightest messages that American
business has delivered its British
cousin during all the recent months
of fears regarding the "American in
vasion" was brought to England by
Sir Herb'ef fKdwell, a member of the
advisory council of the ministry of
reconstruction,
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-eat wm struck the skiff, which V ." was given mm py an American
sank before the eves of a larire num- I Shipowner as follows;
ber of spectators on the beach. Any
attempt at rescue was impossible,
and the girl perished.
Blacksmith Renounces Love.
A letter she had left at her home
disclosed the reason for her mad
act She stated in this letter that,
having lost her claim to the black
smith's love, there was only one
thing foB her to do to die.
The blacksmith now avers that he
was in love with the dead girl and
that on no account will he have any
thing to do with Louisa Garcia.
This has had the effect of derang
ing Louisa Garcia's mind and she is
now undergoing treatment for in
sanity. A medicine dropper that also
as a bottle stopper has been invent
ed.
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made today are better than
those made yesterday.1 And
every tomorrow will see a still
better Cadillac We have pleas
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of the . CadillacMotor Car
Company toour customers,
whose allegiance we value as our
most .precious business asset.
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Sorry for British.
"People such as myself, who be
gan life as British boys, cannot help
feeling sorry for Britain's decline,
but as American citizens and busi
ness men we intend to take every
advantage of it. We reckon that
you have practically lost the coat
export trade."
The "hurtful" thing about this
message from American "big busi
ness" is that it speaks of Britain's
decline as already an accepted fact,
as actual, not merely threatened.
Big business in Britain hasn't
reached the stage yet ,of facing the
decline as "actual." All the dis
cussions are based on the danger of
a decline in British foreign trade.
Yet the newspapers are full of
news of American achievement in
the trade field. The Daily Mail es
timated that the orders waiting and
filling on the continent of Europe
today total $3,500,000,000. Europe's
immediate needs in food materials,
supplies, clothing, machinery and
other products are more than $3,000,
000,000. And England must sell for eash,
refusing to extend credit. America
is extending wide credit to conti
nental buyers, and America is get
ting the business.
Reasons for Loss.
The Daily Mail summarizes the
reasons for England's lost trade as
follows:. ...
1. Transport disorganization, due
to lack of railway wagons and en
gines and Slowing down work at the
docks and on the railways.
Z, High prices of raw materials,
especially coal, upon which this
Country depends for ! the motive
power of industry. 1 . .
3. Labor unrest, wntcn maices n
impossible to quote firm prices for
goods sold abroad.
4. Cessation of credits' to France,
Belgium and Italy, which are buy
ing in the, cheaper German market
or taking credit from the United
States.
5. Taxation, which is taking half
of all incomes over $50,000 a year,
making it impossible for men to
develop their business.
6. High rates of interest or capi
tal, which are hampering the devel
opment of new industries started
during the war, which should now
kets.
All these things mean high prices,
and high prices mean underselling
by America, Japan and Germany.
Damage by Storms May Delay
Hudson Railroad Two Years
The Pas., Man., Oct. 18. The
railroad from the Pas to the Hudson
Bay, which was started several years
ago and then stopped during the
war, may not become a reality for
two years or more.
Capt. R. H. Taylor of the mounted
police patrol boat on Hudson bay,
has arrived at the Pas, after a long,
dreary journey from Port Nelson,
one of the two settlements on the
west shore of Hudson bay. Accord
ing to Captain Taylor, practically all
of the construction work in the Port
Nelson district, tentative terminal
for the proposed line, has been
wrecked.
Severe , storms in the northwest
territory which swept the Hudson
bay rigion this summer were held
responsible. According to Taylor,
even the roadbed has been ripped to
pieces. No tenaix wxk was attempted
Omaha Hero Triumphs Over
Disability of His Wounds
Robert I. Kutak, Victim of Cantigny, Enters Univer
sity of Nebraska to Study Business Administra
tion Already Has Attracted Attention and Won
Praise for Article on Fighting at the Front.
Robert I. Kutak, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. J. Kutak, 1721 South
Twelfth street, who served 17
months with the 16th regiment,
First division, does not . intend to
allow his disabilities caused by
wounds in action at Cantigny to in
terfere with his ambition to suc
ceed in business.
This young hero, who will be 20
years old next month, has entered
the University ot Nebraska under
the provisions of the Federal Board
for Vocational Education, which
provides training for disabled serv
ce men. Mr. Kutak is taking a
course in business administration.
He returned from overseas last
January and went into a business
college, where ne wrote an article
on the fighting of the great war,
this literary effort winning high
praise. His work at the state uni
versity already has won the atten
tion of his instructors.
Nonpartisan League
Chain Store Company
Shows Rapid Growth
Fargo. N. D.. Oct. 18. Thirty-
one stores operating in North Dakota
at present, ' with expectations that
before January 1, 1920, this number
will be increased to 38, is the record
of the Consumers United States
Stores Co., a nonpartisan league
business venture. The company's
assets are estimated at more than
$1,000,000.
The man responsible, in a large
measure, for the growth of the com
pany, and the directing genius of
the corporation, is H. A. Paddock,
general manager, who, in little more
than two years, has built up a sys
tem, that compares favorably with
that of other chain store companies
in this country. The first store of
the company was established at
Kenmare, N. D., in November, 1917.
The company operates on a cash
basis and each contract holder pays
$100 for the privilege of buying
merchandise from the stores at a
price "not exceeding 10 per cent of
the wholesale market price, plus
transportation charges." The com-1
pany Has nearly 1,100 contract
holders and the greater part of the
capital $200,000 in cash and the
balance in notes comes from this
source.
Butter Shortage in England.
T ,4 10 TU- -
why English people have been re
duced to a butter ration of 154
ounces a week, was made -plain
today, with the announcement that
imports of butter, for the year ended
June 30, were 70,000 tons as com
pared with 210,000 in an average
year before the war. It may be two
years before the supply will reach
the normal demand.
Butter sells here at 60 a pound as
compared with about 75 cents in
France, Switzerland and Germany
and $1.25 in Italy;
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III.
Robert I. Kutak.
Woman Matador Has
Record of Killing 3
Bulls in 30 Minutes
Br IaUrnationsl Kiwi Imlw,
Lisbon, Oct. 18. The bullring
might be considered as the one re
maining strip of forbidden territory
to a woman. Nevertheless. Portu
gal now possesses a woman matador
who yields in nothing to her male
colleagues.
Her name is Uana Matestei. As
a mere child she was fired with the
determination to enter the arena.
and she soon became an insatiable
reader of stones concerning the bullring.
Ultimately Marcelo Costa, a Por
tuguese champion, captivated by her
pluck and her beauty, offered to
train her gratuitously. She made
her appearance in the arena at Opor
to, displaying a courage, dexterity
and coolness amazing to her audi
ence. Within half an hour she killed
three extraordinary fierce and
powerful bulls and raised the en
thusiasm of the public, to such fran
tic heights that streams of money,
jewelry, flowers and other offerings
were showered upon her. Her last
season's earnings amounted to
$7,500.
Mexican Police Chief..
Mexico City. Oct. 18. Prior to
leaving for a visit to his home state !
of Loan ui la, President Carranza an
nounced the appointment .of Gen.
Francisco L. Urquizo as .subsecre
tary of war and of Gen. Pablo Gon
zales as "jefe de la plaza," which
gives him jurisdiction over all fed
eral forces in the capital.
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