Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1915, Page 13

OLOR HAS NO PART N WORTH OF TIRES Goodyear Official Explains Why Automobile Tires Are Red, Black, White and Gray. PURE RUBBER ITSELF IS GRAY P. W. Litchfield, factory manager of tie Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, | in a statement just issued throws some | tight “from the inside” on a subject gen- | sially discussed by laymen and the trade | At this time. Mr. Litchfield's statement | is educational and is along lines recently ndoptéd by the company, which, recog- | nizing that the public generally knows | Yut little of the rubber business, has been making plain through window displays | end in other ways some phases of rubber wranufacture hitherto little known and re- garded as “‘mysterfes” by people gen- crally. “For many years there has been a dls- cussion as to the relative merits of dif- ferent colors in rubber goods,” says Mr. | Litchtield. *“Some people wonder whether | @ gray rubber, a black rubber, & white 'ubber. or & red rubber is best. ] “Pure rubber, as it is tapped from the | tree, 18 a creamy white liquid. It is some- times coagulated to retain this creamy white color, but more often it is smoked, which gives it a transparent brownish zolor. ‘All rubber, when used commercially, 108 to be vulcanized with sulphur. If the rulber is pure and contains nothing but sulphur, it will be a gray color after it is vulcanized, but when stretched out into ! thin sheets and held up to the light it will be almost transparent and of a pale brown or creamy color. Any other color than this'is ¥lven to rubber by the addi- tion of varfous chemical substances for Imparting to it special properties, usually to toughen it Wnd to give it additional wearing qualities, or chemical adulterants may be used which have no virtue what- Foever, but are used solely to cheapen it. 4 pufe white color is usually produced by the additign of oxide of zinc, which has leng been known as one of the best tougheners of rubber, and has been ex- tensively used In the manufacture of au- tomobile tire treads. Black 1s usually Produced by the addition of lampblack on some organic chemicals. Reds are vroduced by the addition of antimony or cxides. of fron. “Some time ago most tires were gray, .sually en account of the combination of ead and zinc oxide. The discovery of rew materials to replace lead made possi- ble the productfon of tougher white stock®s, The present war has had the et- fect of - decreasing the supply and in- creasing the price of one of these ma- terlals, riamely, oxide of zinc. The im- ported oxide has increased in cost over 100 pere Zent, and. there is practically nons obtainable even at its present high cost. The American-made oxides, which have also increased somewhat in price, are not suificient to take care of the requirements of the trade, necessarily limiting the sup- ply of white rubber considerably, Color Indicates Nothing. “The mere color of rubber, however, indicates absolutely .nothing as to its uality; both tough -stocks - and -poor- wearing stocks cah be made in any color ~while, black, 'red of gray.” .71 ' “A tire is an article of utility which *hould be:.compoundegl’ wi'a the Idea of service ‘and mileage, and not color. It w7ould be hopelessly, impossible to deter- mine the quality of rubber by its color, end should people insist on particular colors or combinations of colors in tires, they would ultimately have to pay a pretty high tire mileage bill for this small satisfaction. The only wise plan 1s to leave questions of color to the rub- ber manufacturers, allowing them free kand to make the most useful and durable rubber goods possible, regardless of color.” o Price Reduction for Next Yearin | the 6-16 Mitchell; J. T. Stewart, 2d., president of the Mitchell Motor company, has returned from a visit to the Mitchell factory at | Racine. Mr. Stewart reports everybody | smiling there over the sales of the six- teen-six Mitchell and the prospects for the coming season. The factory has {then to plan the trades he has in view. | | | results. The sixteen-six M'tchell will not | be reduced in price, the Mitchell factory's ' standard being not to bufld down to a | price, but to uphold the standard by in- | creasing the' quality. The new elght which {8 now being mounted on the six of sixteen chassis and selling at $1,450, | will, it is predicted, slip into the pinnacle of the elght-cylinder class. A. BE. Beason of Audubon, Ia., drove home ome of the sixteen-six Mitchells Saturday. F. H. Becbe, Beebetown, Ia., also took out one of these new models with the white wire wheels, and a car- Joad was shipped to the agency at Red ' Oak, Ia Mr, and Mrs. Blerer, the Mitchell rep- sentatives at Councll Bluffs, Ia., and Mr. nd Mrs. Robert McKenzle left the Blufts Friday in Mr, McKenzie's Mitchell for a | trip through Iilinols. They will visit the Mitchell factory at Racine, where | Mr. and Mrs, Bierer will leave the bal- ' ance of the party and drive home in a new sixteen-six Mitchell. Four carloads of the new Mitchell six- teen-sixes were unloaded by the Omaha agency during the last week. Omaha Speedway . Race Pictures On Exhibition The pictures of the Omaha fir\m‘dl'ny‘ races held in July have been purchased by the C. W. Francis Auto company. local Maxwell representatives, and will be exhbibited at the Monroe thegter Sun- ‘ay. These are the first plctures of ths 00-mile auto rac to be shown in Omaha, and all rights are reserved by the C. W. Franecls Auvto company. To an automobile enthusiast these ple tures are particularly interesting, owing | to the fact that several existing records | were broken. The world’'s record for tire changes was made on the Omaha Speed- way, and the record for five miles was THE ' ; New Chalmers “Six-30" Arrives = S — Every Manager in League Except Moran Intends to Take Axe to His Ball Club, STALLINGS GETS EARLY START There is going to be a lot of cutting and slashing by National league owners and managers during the closed season. Rumore of the shake-ups are now in cir- culation. The Phillles will be just about the same in 1916 as they were the last season. A couple of pitchers will be farmed out and possibly an outfielder, but otherwise there will be no startling changes. But every other club in the league, with the possible exception of Brooklyn, will undergo a thorough house- cleaning Stallings informed the Braves long be- fore the season ended that there would |be many new faces on the team In 1016, which caused Tommy Fitzpatrick to reply in this manner t6 his chief: “All right, T will grow a beard during the win- ter.” It is just as easy to win a pennant 6s to win an argsument with Fitapatrick. No one knows this better than Stallings. Stallings isp't at al] pleased with his pitohing staff,.and he is less pleased with his outfield. He started the house-clean- ihg by’ sending Herble Moran and Bert Whaling to a Pacific Coast league club {n exchange for Qutfielder Wilhoit. More Changes will bt made. No manager in base ball can ‘“‘swap’" players than Stallings when he gets started. Huszing Wil Shaffle “Cards’ Miller Huggins ls golng to cut loose in St. Louls. At least eight players who the Cardingls of 1M4, These players are Pitchers Perdie, Robinson, Niehauss and Griner, Shortstop Butler, Catcher Roche, Outfielder Hyatt and Utility Player Dolan, Dolan is the only player in the lot who has a contract with another year to run. But if some other club In the leagues doesn’t take Dolan off Huggine hands, “Cozy” will find himself in Medi- cine Hat, Kalamazoo, or some other town, with the Cardinals paying one-half of his salary and the minor league club the other half. Huggins expects to make trades for some of the players, and where a trade fsn't possible, the player will find himself in the tall sticks, There art several managers who are willing to take a chance on Lefty Robinson and maybe on Dan Griner, but Perdue more than likely, will find life in Gallatin, Tex., | more to his liking. Tt will be noted that thfee of ‘the players - that Hugsins got from: Pittsburgh iy that memorable trade several years ago, nre bookéd to go—Rob- inson, Hyatt and Butler. Miller will be the only player remalaing Who went to the Cardinals in the trade. Pittsburgh isn't any better of than Huggins on the 'ade, for Harmon Is the only ome now whh the Pirates, While Huggins had the better of ‘the trade for a couple of years, | there {s very little difference now. Pirntes Will Walk the Plank. The Pirates are to be overhauled from cellar to garret. Barney Dreyfuss will not announce the new manager until a week before the National league meeting, | in December. He will need e manager Dreyfuss intenda to, get rid of every player whom he thinks. hasn't dono his best for the. Pirates. many. The Pittsburgh owner hasn't given up hope of landing Sisler from the Bt. Louis- Browns, but he might as well, Dreyfuss has a good claim to Sisler. President Tener of .the National league ' thinks the ‘claim .is proper, but Herrmann and Jobnson usually vote in accord, and as Sisler played with the Browns during .the 1915 season, good bet that he will Hedges' continue on Browns are now known as the the law” club. . Brooklyn let out a few men to Jet within the twenty-one-player rule, and they do say that Rube Marquard will be one of the players to go. New York experts are of the opinion timt the Rube s through. CLEAN HOUSE IN NATIONAL quicker | drew salaries in 1915 will not play with | major | Barney picked up | |a few good players in the draft, bug not| it s a team. National league officers Just closed its fiscal year's Inventory, :8ay that Hedges has no right to Pitcher and is mare than well pleased with the Koob, either, and in base ball circles the “within will have to Marquard, however, is only 27 years of age, and should be ablo to pitch first class ball for ten ycars more. ¥ This is what Charley Herzog wants in Cineinnati One infielder, one outfielder who can hit, one good pitcher, and one | Reod cateher, or evefi two catchers. Out side of this Hergzog doesn't want a thing other than a two years' contract. Others before him have always heen glad to et away after one year in Cincinnatl. Her- zog Is the different type of manager. Hs intends to play second base next season, as he picked up a shortstop in the draft who he thinks will make good. Von Kol- nitz has retired from base ball, and this makes it easier for Herzog to begin par- ing No one knows what is golng to happen to the Cubs other than there will be shake-up. It {8 the porular opinion in Chicago that Helne Zimmerman will have to behave or get off the club, Zim- merman didn't beat the Cubs out of the 1915 pennant, but he did his share. A player who is continually having himselt put out of the game when only twenty- one players are allowed to a team, is a handicap to a club. No one other than MoGraw knows what 1s going to happen to the Glants. There is a report afloat that Larry Doyle will play first base next year and that Fred Merkle will be on second. Doyle had his best year with the stick during the last season and he had his poorest | yoar on the fiold, Merkle is a former ssc- ond baseman and Dovle at one time played first base. McGraw has given this | change a lot of cons'deration. The feel- | ing is that Doyle will not play second | base it McGraw can get a better flelder. | Doyle can’t be used In the outfield be cause he cannot throw from the field to | the plate. McGraw has not been In | evidence for some time, but those who | consider him a *has-been,” may think !differently in the near future. He is wide awake, and Intends to play iIn the spotlight next season, errog Needs Players. | 'Suffs Select the Overland to Make Overland Journey Armed with a message for the presi- dent of the United States, three women have traveled over 5,000 miles by auto- mobile In an effort to further the cause of equal suffrage. A petition signed by halt a milion women at, the San Fran- |clsco exposition was entrusted to thelr | care ana on .the trip across country | enouh” additional stgnatures were ob- tained to swell the total to what is | probably the longest list of names ever | secured on a petition of this kind. | The ladies, one from Oregon and two from Rhode Island, after looking over the motor cars offered in San Francisco, bought Model 83 Overland, believing that they could secure the greatest amount of service from the car, as well as knowing they could recelve attention from an unlimited number of Overland dealers | enroute, | Miss M. A, Kindberg acted as driver, Miss Ingeberg Kindstedt as mechaniclan and Mrs. Sara Bard Field as utility driver and helper. During the trip the car had an average | gasoline mileage of sixteen miles per | gallon, using one quart ‘of oll in the first 280 miles and averaging 100 miles to the quart, on the rough stretches. The highest speed attained by the lady driver was fifty-two ‘miles per hour, and then she admitted she was going | some. ‘Maxwell Shop Boys {tory at Newcastle, Ind., has found ath- letics a valued ald to shop efficlency !"The plant maintains one of the finest | athletic fields in the state and has champlon base ball and foot ball teams during the current year. The plant also {boasts a running track, formerly used for testing purposes. % OMAHA ST DAY BEE: DECF The Pay As can be purchased just as easy as a piano, business after getting out into the open each evenin, pay you for the payments you make on this car. Talk it over with Francis— the man who made it possible for the citizens of Omaha to own a car on the You Buy a House on Easy Payments MBER Why Not This Maxwell and Pay as You Rid-= \;:". '.1{ ‘[( Il A Maxwelil for Pleasure and Health You Ride Maxwell And the Health of your entire family—the increased energy you will put into your will many times re- Easy payment plan The 1916 Maxwell—complete in every detail—electric starter and electrio lights—one-man top—demountable rims—the biggest automobile value on the market today—$ Telephone Dougias 853 Pay As You Ride. C. W. Francis Auto Co. 2024 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Open Evenings and Sundays Tew DaBena FBanev. SANATORIUM Lnorlr Tk This institution is the only one in the central west with separate buildings situated in their oW ample grounds, yet entirely dis tinct, and rendering it possible to classify cases. The one bulding being fitted for and devoted to the treatment of non-contagious ‘and non-mental diseases, no others be- ing admitted; the other Rest Cot tage being designed for and de- voted to the exclusive treatment of select mental cases requiring for a time watchful care and spe- cial nursing. | Have Athletic Team| Manager Jameson of the Maxwell fac- | WHEN AWAY FROM HOME The Bee is The Paper you ask for; if you plan 0 be absent more than w few days, bhave The Bee mailed to you. = made by the Maxwell. The titles of the pictures show the existing records,.to- gether with the average time of cach car which finished. Don't Negleet Coughs or Colda. Dp.. King's New Discovery should be in every home for coughs and colds Children and aged lke it. 5c. Al drug- mists—Advertisement. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. 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