Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 26, 1915, Page 11

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Orr's shoes were large but ¢ sheriff, ¢+ party was subjected to detailed scrutiny, HARROUN'S PARTY Former Racing Champion and Friends Suspected of Postoffice Robbery in Nevada WERE ON CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP Nelther Ray Harroun r of his touring party of Maxwell automo bile engineers had set nghway that led ther Washburn, Ne were clean and the muddy night into IHE OMAHA 'éLEAN SHOES SAVE Anita Kiné as She Appeared in Omaha AL e While Makir?g Her Long Journey Alone| SUNDAY B SEMT champion and ¢ notor car d signer as well as his party are still at Jarge and were cnabled to finish their transcontinental trip without belng im prisoncd l Harroun and his party ed Wash- | ) . burn toward evening of n long day's | struction even more admirable. run through the ra'n secured | ! rooms at the only hotel In t a one | story structuro-garaged the two Max- | There is a Sedan Top for the Touring Car well cars they were using in tho test —a Coupe Top for the Roadster—each a run, and went straig to bed where creation that the most exclusive coach they elept the sleep of the typieal motor | builder in the world would be proud. to ac- tourist knowledge as his own. Not set on—with Twenty or thirty feet from the earmarks of & makeshift—but a structure occupled by the Maxwell party sta of the best materials set in—bulit for the village postoffice, and only a vacant | the body it adorns— with no indication lot lies between. While the englneers | slumbered, bandits broke into n..t post- | Let us show you and prove office, blew open the safe, and m--wux} to you the lnmvnlm_rqhh: with about $0 In cash and stampa utllity of the ALL-YEAR Early in the morning, Harroun was Car. When awakened by a heavy pounding on his when door which, burly, red-w} hip rested a yc cannon and on whose breast hung a brilliant star, rroclaim- ing him the sheriff. Other bLelted and starred minions of the law followed the sheriff into the room. They demanded to see the Maxwell man'a shoes and thes ypencd, disclosed a were producted—a pair of tan oxfords, | clean and of exceedingly small size. The sheriff shook his head and passed on to simflarly inspect the footwear of each other member of the party. Orr Under Suspiclon. All save Tom Orr, former race driver and holder of the world's five-mile record made at Omaha last July, passed muster at & glance. One man stayed to + watch Orr; the others took his shoes and compared them with footprints in the mud outside the postoffice window. not hob- nafled; also they were clear of mud and actually dusty. After a further inspection by in which the baggage of the the the Maxwell men were allowed to leave, congratulating themselves on their lucky oscape from the only difficulty of any kind experfenced on their whole trip. Harroun was greatly pleased with the . result of his test trip in the new Max- s wells, acrosa two mountain ranges and three deserts. Elaborate tests of the new cooling system were succes:ful. The new Maxwell cluteh, ‘running in ofl, { proved itself a complete Buccess, greatly ‘nereasing the comfort of the passengers » and relieving the rear axle of all sud- | den strains, “We met and overtook scores of cars | " on the transcontinental,’ sald Harroun. “Most of them were getting along all right, though at Kearney's Ranch there were five hung up with rear system trouble. None of these wers Maxwells, however. Rear system and clearance dif- ficulties are the ones which seem com- monest In the rough country. It is hard to helieve that there are cars In which | the flywheel or the rear axle housing hang lower than the front axle point of contact, but there are many of them. Such cars have their troubles in the bad lands west of Salt Lake.” Foot Bal] Team Organizes, The Burnasco juniors have: organized a foot ball team and are looking for Sun- day games. Telephone Walter McGill at Tyler 1065 after 6 o'clock. individual on whose | We are closing our 1916 contracts with agenta NOW. 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Meeting every difficulty that nature could throw in her way—cold, rain, mud, | and wind to a disheartening and discour agihg) degrec—Anita King, arrived in Chicago yesterday in her sturdy Kissel- Kar en route from San Franclsco to New rench New York on scheduled time. [lack of proper sign-posting on the Lin- “Excitement and the kindly encourage- | coln’ Highway." | ment of cheering crowds at every point Miss King's experience adds weight to have kept my epirit and resolution at a | the allegations of other transcontinental high point, while perfect health, love of | motorigts, who belleve that it is high | |the open and remarkable freedom from |(ime that some definite action be taken York. Miss King, unaccompanied, Weather- beaten and very tired, is as detefmined and gritty as the day sne confldently drove away from the exposition grounds at San Francisco, and she declares she will successfully complete her wonderful lone journey across the continent and serious mechanical trouble have done the rest,” said Miss King. My most thrilling adventure was when I lost my way on the Nevada desert and was luckily picked up in the dead of night by a party of prospectors, who carried me to shelter and food. I blame this nerve-wracking experience to the 19-Foot Embankment “Mr; Godbersen and Mr. Christiansen, two “Allen” auto enthusiasts, went through a thrilling accident a few days ago and didn't get & scratch,” says Carl| Changstrom, manager of the Standard | Motor Car company. These two gentlemen were driving near Charter Oak, Ta.. in a new Allen road-( | ster at the rate of forty or forty-five miles an hour when they came to & | little jog in the road, where a bridge, | has been constructed across a creek.| | They did not notice the sharp turn until( | too late and missed the bridge about a | foot. The car amd its two occupants | pitched off a nineteen-foot embankment into the creek. Neither of the men was | hurt and the car was holsted to the yoad ”' 3 : ; ] with & block and tackle. Mr. Godbersen MOtOI‘lSt PltGheS Off looked the car over and thought they|received In Chicago by a large delegation would have to leave it. The front lights and windshleld were brokem, but when| the starter was applled the ear moved right along as if nothing had happened.| 0. L. D. HIGHWAY TO HAVE MANY ROAD SUPERVISORS The O. L. 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