Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 14, 1920, AUTOMOBILE AND SPORTS NEWS, Image 31

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    Fined $13.65, Judge Cashes
His $250 Check No Funds
Moscow, Idaho, March 13 WiJ
l:a Bonitoa. ahas Detch" Dera
ils, recently appeared before Jodge
W. E Mogridge of thai city on a
charge of grand larceny. He was
toed S13.65. nabe to prod ace the
ftne in cash, Deming presented the
court with a check for $250, oat of
which Judge Mogridge dedncted the
fine aad returned to the prisoner at
the bar his personal check for the
difference. The prisoner' check
proved to be a fake aad the judge
was out S255J5. Though Deming
sncceeded ia elodirg the police for
several day, he was finally appre
hended ud row the judge n happy
again.
SUBSTITUTE FROM STRAW,
During the world war the Cana
dians distilled a gasoline substitute
from waste straw The Greeks ran
their motors n a liquid distilled
from trees. In Sweden motors were
operated on fish oil Turkey mot-ed
motor trucks on mustard oil, and
the Germans used a gasoline sub
stitute not known, but which hat a
sickly, sweebsh odor.
To determine the engine power re
quired to replace the work of horses,
a strong horse was employed to
wind tip weights, aad it was found
that 22,000 pounds could be raised
one foot per tain ate. For fear of
giving undervalue, an allowance in
overweight of half sgaia at much
was given, which made a horsepower,
ii.000 pounds per minute. "
LaFayette Reflects Art of French Court
Mcdiea Feathers for Eati
Chicago, March, 13. The lowly
nradhen i far from being aa aristo
cratic bird, bat iu feather tftaV.e
hats jest as fetching is do those of
the patrician octrich, according to
Mrs. Sarah Si bin, director of home
economics in one of the schools
here. She advised womea to wear
crodhen feathers to beat the H. G L.
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Announcing the
New Location of x,
Apperson
Nebraska Motor Co.
2526 Dodge Street,
Omaha, Nebraska
Our new quarters afford am
pie and better facilities for
service and display quarters.
We invite you to inspect our
new quarters.
Better Built to Answer Your
Particular Hauling Needs
FOR tie man who wants only tne very best trade tha
His money can possibly buy,' who wants that satasfiea
assurance that his truck wiU stand up and keep foing,
the Douglas Truck will meet his every exacting requirement.
No matter what your hauling need may be, the Douglas
will stand any test and measure up alongside any truck that
is manufactured and offered oa the market today.
Built of Standard Units
Every part that enters into the construction of the Douglas
is nationally known and recognized as a standard unit. The
following reliable names stand back of the Douglas each one
of them a good reason for Douglas quality and performance:
Soda Engine: Fuller Clutch and TrmBRmonan: Amc Tubular Drive
Shaft: Tcubenami internal Gear Drive: U'iaconaia Wprra Drive; Timkea
Bearing throughout: Schebler Carburetor; E.isrmann Magaeto; Stewart
Ytcuiim Tank; Rosa Steering Gear.
Hand Made Throughout -.
All assembling is carefully done by hand. The workers,
high grade experienced mechanics, who build and turn out
Douglas Trucks, are proud of their accomplishments. Each
of them is a stockholder in the corporation itself and it is
to their own interest to be especially careful and conscientious
and to construct ia the most capable manner possible,
Thoroughly Tested --
The Douglas is tested and tried for the particular road and
weather conditions prevailing ia this section. They have
proven their ability to withstand heavy farm loads, bad
weathers, soft dirt roads and other hindrances to easy travel.
Convenient Factory Location
The Douglas Factory is riht bee in the weet when it can serve yoa '
in betur way. No delay, no waiting foe truck or Bacoaaary parts,
which would otherwise require kng traaspcrtatioB time.
Dough Trucks an made ia Use aiius I. IV 2Vr capacity.
Goaranteod with night and day agvice to keep waking tor yog. Firther
Foof of DoockateUbuity ia evidenced by toacsTOkttemwoaieeoa
tineeliy rcceiviag from eatiefwd Doofiae oaera. wW J. fimaaa. IW
dtot el tha Ooaby-Knpieta-Caaty Lumber Co of Omaha, aaya?
We ! bm swag twoef your I 'ron Douglas Trocka aad one of
your 2Vram tracks far tha past year; and fat! that far economy aa de
Lmkiguurtonda.safiaisiinirtinBof osoido3.ood ra WU;j fcfnre
rht dowa to tha mmimom. ia proof of what ws think of yosar track wa
areawpWanordCTfa-anotW Ijtoa Dooglaa Track job. WaaW
wwamiirnd it to any O-ock buyer who wants a good; strong, armntniral
track." .
.SInrfrirtWtwatmaarjadfkatia detail. want dealt-
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wmium 'met:
Douglas Motors Corporation
Omaha. Nebraska
Executives of the LaFayette Mo
tors company of Indianapolis, vho
have shown their new car for the
first time at the national shows this
year, have found a very satisfactory
answer to William Shakespeare's
300-year-old tjnery: "What's in a
name?" The name of LaFayette
proved to be a source of inspiration
to them and to all the engineers and
designers who have n-.nntribtned
their skill and talent to the creation 1
oi an automobile that reflects both
the high ideals of the iJluftrions
Frenchman and the fine art of his
period. In designing the LaFayette,
these men not only followed the ac
cepted and roost advanced engineer
ing principles, but studied, as well,
the memoirs of the liberty-loving
marg-uis and the history of the court
of Louis the XVI, with the resnlts
that several refinements and ap
pointments of the car have a historic
conception.
The radiator emblem, for ex
ample, is a cameo of LaFayette,
onyx mounted and framed ia sil
ver, and resembles a priied antique
fashioned by some famous crafts
man back in the eighteenth century.
A thorough and tireless search
through historical museums, private
collections and the literature of La
Fayette' time was made in order
lhat h. fifCiVn wntild hi Aallnenlir.
jThe design adopted has been ac-
ceptea as omaai y me American
Numismatic society.
Chinese Deserts Wife
When She Refuses to
Sell Their Baby Boy
Paterson, X. J., March 13. Moth
er love was vindicated in a clash
with pagan custom by a decision of
Chancery Master Robert Hopper in
granting a divorce to Mrs. Anna Lee
Chow, American wife of a Chinese
merchant Mrs. Lee Chow won
the decree when she told of being
deserted on refusing her husband's
request to sell their first-born baby
for $100 in compliance with an an
cient Chinese custom.
"I loved my husband, but I loved
my baby more," she tearfully told
the court "He told me it was the
custom in China to sell the first
born child and that he had found
a buyer for our baby. I just couldn't
do it. and when I refused he left
me"
The masler granted the decree on
grounds of desertion, and in his
findings complimented the woman
on "her mother love." "The en
lightened civilization of America has
no place for the customs of the an
cient races." he added.
Where Battery Care Stops
And Tinkering Begins
One of the bits of advice that
strike the eye of every man who runs
through the numerous articles on
motor care, or who studies an in
struction book is that "Don't
tinker." Nearly all of them leave
the reader in doubt as to just where
proper care leaves off and tinkering
begins.
The Willard Storage Eattery Co.
has service stations equipped to give
adequate assistance to the car own-
er, and this leading manufactarer !
urges owners to take advantage of;
this service to lengthen the life of
the battery.
C D. Peet, sales manager of the
Napoleon Motors company. Tra
verse Gty, Mich, reports that bis:
company, while at the Chicago truck '
show, wrote more than $1.000,000 1
worth of business, and could easily :
have doubled this had it been pos
sible to handle the business.
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Stearns Used in the Movies
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The above picture of a Stearcs
Knight model shows one of the
many uses to which the modern mo
tor car is put Motor cars of to
day are just as essential to the pro
duction of a big motion picture as
are the actors and camera men. A
Ems
Salierit Sijf
How Owners Helped to Make
Its Greater Value Its Greater Service
modern play calls for the auto
mobile as a modern mcaTis of trans
portation. Reprodnctions of events
in earlier history could never be
staged on a profitable basis were it
not for the quick transportation
facilities afforded by the modern
I motor car.
Apperson Nebraska Firm
Secures New Location
Announcement was made last
week that the Apperson Nebraska
Motor company had taken over the
former Stutz location, 2526 Dodge
street
This is one of the recently con
structed automobile buildings and m
addition to providing ample room
for service and display needs, it is
sufficiently large for storing a cer
tain number of cars.
According to Charles Pewtbers,
the manager of the Apperson M'
tor company, the new quarters will
enable them to carry out plans which
have been under way for a consid
erable length of time.
Powell Salesmen Eeturn
Thirty salesmen of the Powell
Surely companv have returned
from a trip to Chicago, Toledo and
Detroit where they visited various
factories and learned first-hand the
GARAGE
Will build garage near 24th and Leavenworth St. for good
tenant. Ground aise 75x280 feet, facing en two streets. For
falter particulars see
: BIRKETT & COMPANY,
250 Bee Bldg. Dong. 633.
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ALL yon have to do to know
L that you are rid of reinsula
tion trouble for good is to make
surt that you get a Still Better
Willard with the "Thread Rubber"
Trade Mark stamped on the side
"of the box.
Nebraska Storage Battery Co.
20th and Harney St.
Phone Tyler 2920
merits of auto supplies they sell
The crowd was in charge of J. W.
Sherry, salcsmanager.
Willys Overland Company
To Increase Its Capital
The directors of the Willys-Overland
company, it is understood, are
considering increasing the capitali
zation of the company to provide in
creased facilities which will result
in large savings to the Willys-Overland
company, and at the same time
permit of a greatly increased capac
ity to meet the remarkable demand
for its product
Having outgrown its home at
East Forty-second street. New York,
the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce plans to move on May
1 to the new Marlin-Rockwell build
ing, Madison avenue and Forty-sixth
street where it will occupy the 14th
and 15th floors.
At sight, the Stephens Salient Six
represents ideally, your motor car
needs, desires and demands.
Just as though you had expressed
your desire for this and that and
the other thing in your motor car,
and somehow, you find them all in
the Stephens Salient Six.
This is because Stephens Owners
and Distributors have had an im
portant hand in their designing
and building;
In fact, it is frequently
caned, "The Car That
Owners Built."
In the development of
the Stephens, the ex-
"Thct is salient which
is strikingly manifest
er vhick catches the
attention at once!
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perienced men who were selected as
distributors, collected the countless
suggestions that make up the needs,
desires and demands of motor car
users everywhere in America. -
Thus through owners and dis
tributors the best and most desir
able features quickly found their
way into the Stephens Salient Six.
You will not find engmeering
hobbies, freak and temporary frills.
but sound motor' car
value, that yields the
height of satisfaction
in ownership and use.
See and ride in the
Stephens today.
Fik Cord Tint Regular EqalpomMt oa AM Models
MID-CITY MOTOR AND
SUPPLY CO.
Telephone Tyler 2462.
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2216-18 Farnfcxn Street, Omaha.
A GREATER VALUE
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A GREATER SERVICE
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TO the "dominant quality of bal
ance, the secret of Jordan re
liability and service, -has been
added many detailed impr&ve
ments. ,
A sturdy sir-cylinder motor de
feating -the forces of vibration.
Weight 2860 pounds, scientifically
distributed. 1 Steering mechanism
and spring suspension delicately
fixed to eliminate side-rway.
Chrome vanadium steel springs,
all around. By arrangement with
the Crane-Simplex, Jordan intro
duces the Crane spring shackle,
banishing the well-known rattle.
!A new series of custom style en
closed bodies of the modern,
square-cornered type.
Touring bodies a little molt
slender with new French angle at
dash. Perfectly straight top edge
without the" slightest beveL New
type, deep-section, full crown fen
ders. Hand-buffed, narrow-pleated
French-leather. European type
tilted cushions, soft and deep.
All-aluminum body -no rum
bles, ripples, or rust. Broad doors,
describing a complete semiirdt
when open.
Peterson Motor Car Company
2427 Farnam Street Distributors : Omaha, Neb. '
JORDAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY, 'Inc., Cleveland. Ohio