Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1916, Page 13

S B o ey - AUTO PLAYS BlG PART IN MEXICO Packard Representative Says That Horses and Mules Are Useless in Some Cases. MOTOR TRUCKS ’ARE UNTIRING “If Uncle 8am had to depend on horses and mules for his army transport ser- vice, the Mexican expedition in pursuit of Villa: would be an utter imposalbility.” This s the statement of ', ¥, Morton, special fleld representative of the Pack- ard Motor Car cowpany, on his return from a four weeks' ohservation trip along the southern horder and across the line in ieo, “It's a simple matter of arithmetic to prove the horse and mule useless in keep. ing open a long line of communication In the southern republic,” sald Morton "Lt us cons{der the line our soldiers are now maintaining hetween Columbus, N, M., and the present front, When I left, n few days ago, this was n dlstance of 860 miles fnto 014 Mexico, n round trip | of 720 miles necessary for every lond of | wwmesdt’ DD1108 carried in The Packard trucks, capable of ten miles an hour even in that trackless desort, make the round trip in seventy-two hours of actual travel “Army regulations call for seventeen miles per day as the maximum travel for mules, This would mean more than forty two days for the trip. At this rate a pix-mule team cannot haul suffielent load 10 keep it alive for the journey, not to ppeak of carrying any supplies for the fighting men. Each mule is fed three quarts of osts three times each day, which means for six mules nearly two bushels per day. In the desert going, #ixty-nine bushels of oats would make a capucity lond, But in the forty-two days on the road the mules would consume| nearly seventy-ofe bushels, “And the above figures do not take into pocount the food and water for the @river and his guards and the water which must be carried in some parts of the country for the animals. The trucks, on the other hand, handle an almost cs- pacity load of supplies for the men in the fleld besides the rations for drivers ond guards and a supply of gasoline and lubrfcant “The of the expert drivev and mechanics who accompany the.Packard trains is a strenuous one. The men are traveling through a country that {s prac tically a desert; the target of snipers on several cocaslons, luckily without serfous consequences, and in all ways are leading the lives of reg- ular soldlers, They are even served thelr rations from army mess outfits which travel with them under the care of en- listed cooks. The truck trains camp wherever night avertakes them, and making camp 1s a rominder of one of the oldest prineiples of warfare, The twenty-seven trucks making up the train are maneuvered into the formation of a hollow square, within which are parked the officers Ife touring cars, Then the men roll up In | their blankets and sleeping bags for thelr reat, “Needless to say, there is a strong guard posted every night, the men doing | ploket duty in two-hour shifts from dark until daylight.” Says Accessories Overtax Ratteries 1 When a motor car manufacturer bullds b car, he puts in it & starting and light- ing system to suit the rest of the car. Then he gets a battery’ with sufficient rapacity to take care of that electrical system, A According to the Nebraska Storage Bat- tery company of this city, distributers of Willard batteries, some owners tax thelr batteries by adding horns, lights and wlectrical acoessories, The Willard com- pany has suggested that those car own- ers who want additional electrical equip- ment, tako advantage of its service sta- tlon and let the expert in charge deter- mine what capacity of battery is needed to adequately care for every pleco of equipment without danger of keeping the battery in a weakened condition. bore and stroke. leas than a mile an hour the other car makers of 2 they have been made | ica'sGreatesl" New Series Mmie[n:ihl:::{ ':;mbody many refinements including seat covers, aluminum pistons, improv ines, gip i The engine in the new lLyn- q‘i horse-power motor, that develops more horse-power than any other It will speed wp to more than a mile & mmute or t erformance it has flexibility, hill-climbi have made Haynes users enthusiastic hie has resulted in a sale that for 1915 pactically totalled the combined output of et-awny ahility, and economy whic NEW MACHINE GUN CARRIER -Designed by William 8. Harley, to conform with United States Army specifica- tions, | The machine gun is the regulation Bennett-Mercer, which Is standard in the regular army and also in the National (GGuard of all the states which have ma- chine gun companies. Mr. Harley has worked out a mounting so that the gun can be mounted or dismounted from the #un car fn less than ten seconds. In other words, this new weapon of war- fare can utilize all the speed of the motoreycle in getting into action, firing directly from the gun car, or it can be dismounted instantly, to take advantage | of topographical conditions, gulleys, ra- | vines, mountaing, etc. . Hen firing from the car the gunnuer has the protectigh of | the armor plate, as shown in the photo- | graph. The armor plate and gun can be swung in a complete circle, there being |4 seat in the back similar to the one shown In thé front, and the ammunition belng aceessible fram hoth the front and rear of the gun car. The gun ear carries 2400 rounds of ammunition, al though the government specifications pro- | vide for but 4,000 rounds, an additfonal 4,800 rounds belng carried on the ammu- Thition car with the same United Btates | type chassts, the TRUCKS TESTED AT FRONT | American Ingenuity is proving |+ Buperior to European Experi- | ence in Mexico. GOODRICH MAN ON CONDITIONS “Extremes in dally temperature make travel by motor truck over the barren | wastes of northern Mexico a hardship to | American drivers engaged | Pershing's Villa hunt. Following a day of scorching heat will come a night of | | ehills and trost. 1t ts common for driv- { ers to postpone advances in the morning | until the sun's warmth has melted the | 1ce fn the radiator. Despits such handi- |caps, the manner In which the more than %0 American-made motor trucks are | being managed is a tribute to American | Ingenutty.” Such 18 the word brought back from | the Mexiean border hy*A. H. Leavitt, | nsfistant manager of truck tire sales for the B. F. Goodrich company, Akron, O, who returned last week after an inter- esting stay with the army at Columbus, N. M. He was there to assist in the opening of & new Goodrich truck aistributing store, as a convenience to the government In securing quick service in tire renewals. C. R. Berfass, Good rich service man, I8 statloned gt Colum- bus, ) “YI bad an opportunity to talk with a number of well known newspaper cor | respondents while In Columbus,” stated Mr, Leavitt. "Without exception, they declared that the United Btates army 1§ handling motor trucks far more effi- clently than the British, French and German fleld forces. Ungle Sam's men are doing this despite thelr comparative inexperience with motor trucks adapted to actual war conditions, Yor years the European armies have learned to rely on motor trucks as fmportant war afds But, according to the newspaper men at the border, the American tralt of alert- ness in rising to the emergency fs mak in General | tire | ing up for lack of experience and ad vance planning. | “In Europe the road conditions for motor trucks are most ideal, In Mexico li'hn truck traing that have penstrated the | Interfor for a distance of 400 miles and | more, have encountered difficulties that are most extreme in hardship, both to uck equipment and drivers, The best | ronds over the deserts, hills and moun- | tains are nothing mora than uneven trafls, and there Is a streteh of seventy- five miles followed by the war trucks | that must be followed over the hardest, | most nonresisting lava beds' | CRAWFORD AND SULLIVAN [ BECOME ROOMIES AGAIN ! Those two old eronies, Bill Sullivan and #am €rawford, are roommates when the Detroft Tigers are on the road. “We're together again after many long years,” eays Sullfvan, “Sam and 1 weg team- mates at Grand Island back in But | 1 beat him Into the major leagudlf I left to foin the loston Nationals one Saturday night, and Crawford left to play with the Cincinnati Reds the next day. “We hoth reached our respactive clubs on Monday, #o he had tied when it came to actually competing In a major league game.” me u FOR AUTOMOBILES WA Good 0il Is Cheaper Than Bearings. H AfARY Btick to a trade-marked oil such as PANHARD, 1t is of known high quality and runs uniform from month to month, and year to year. et & supply at POWELL SUPPLY COMPANY OMAHA 2061 Farnam, X FOR ASTOR EOAYS 15 I actual lndinoa. See this wonderful car—the car that has been the automohile sensation for the | past year—the car that has develeped into the most popular "Light Sie® on the market, PRICES 1 pasaenger roaditry (Rtrated ! 171 ek wheel base S passenger temrg o 121 wch wheel base T -possonger towring cr, 127 imch wheol base « .« 1488 $148 LY - i Light Six” curtains, anmuneter, hyl]"!"l""h t Six* is the same light, high-speed, 55 Nebraska Haynes Auto Sales Co. 2032 Farnam Street ne of the same rottle down to power, { roosters | OMAHA | SUNDAY BEFE: MAY 7, 1016 thelr windows and we are giving them concrete suggestions on how both windows and sales- siblo Count in the Auto Selling Business ' decorate ooms, Saxon "“Six" Rests Mud of Big Flood Area in the West The briskest selling season of the year | is at hand for the motor car salesman and the man who gets the largest share of business in theae days of kean com petition is the one who takes advantage of every opportunity that modern mer Wherever the road leads the Baxon chandising methods can suggest, One of | ¥ will s the slogan of Howard B Smith, Saxon dealer at San Diego, J actol o retall sell the important factors in the ret Cal. Bmith adopted this after the floods Ing of motor cars—and one too frequently in the San Diego valley neglected—Is the proper use of show win While the inundation did not strike Han dows. The Palge-Detroit Motor Car com- Diegn city, It swept over the buck part pany fs taking up this matter with 8| of tha country, forming a lake many denlers, urging each man to use what-| miles wide, In the Tijuana vailey a little ever show space he has to the fullest| hreok was transformed Into a torrent advantage that swept over its banks, demolished “Dealers frequently pay high rent for | everything along it and covered a big . desirable locatton that wives them| territory «plendid window space and then faill 10| It washed out a new race track and uso the windows to the best advantage” [ many bridges, The little village of Ti- just across the Mexican line, Was {solated by theiflood and wheu the water receded there was a lurge plain of mud and quicksand. To bridge this temporary says Henry Krohn, sales manager of the Palge, "That is a waste of rent money As a writer once pointed out, it s like renting & room fn a hotel and then sleep ing on the sidewalk. The windows are| structures were erecied the most expensive part of a atore, If Heoause of the hurry und seareity of {he rent fs properly analyzed, but in-|lumber the bridges wers constructed in stead of heing an expense, the cost of | the form of two troughs, wheel widths windows becomes an nvestment produc-| apart, The middle was open, Littls at ing handsome returns if the windows are | tempt was mude to level the bridges, so properly used. A judiclous and tasteful | that they were up and down like a roller Aisplay has sold many an automoblle | coanter, and in pumerous instances It iy un Smith took his Saxon “six'’ uver these doubtedly just that deciding factor that| Liridges and through thirty-one miles of | awings a prospect into the door of the| mud without a hitch. During the muddy dealer who makes the sale | run, the car was in the mire up to the “We are calling the attention of our|hubs. And California mud {s noted for | denlers to these facts and are pointing | its stickiness | out that this is the time of year when| Thera wasn't a single delay, however, | show windows and salesrooms should be | In the prokress of the Saxon. Smith had at thelr best. If it pays un haberdasher | no trouble in driving and he says that at | to display his neckwe [ n0 time was there even a quertion as to it willl pay a motor caf dealer to dis-| the Baxon's abllity to buck the mud r and other good PAIGE the earlier days of the automobile industry, wealth and social position traveled almost exclusively in the car which bore a foreign maker's name. But times have chinged — standards of value have changed—personal view points have changed. People of wealth and social position still insist upon luxury and elegance in their motor cars. But, now, they also demand at least a fair return upon their motor car investment. is for this reason that the Paige, Fairfield *‘Six-46" has been so universally adopted by well-to-do people in all sections of the nation. It beauty of line and design, this car rivals the most artistic productions of Europe. It is refreshingly dis- tinctive, and embodies every convenience and luxury that a critical motorist could desire, It is a big car, a powerful car, a comfortable car—and, withal, an economical car. It {s literally and actually “the standard of Value and Quality." The price—complete—Iis $1295, Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company Detrait, Michigan Murphy-O'Brien Auto Co. 1814-18 Farnam St. Phone Tyler 123 B N T T R R M A . SR M tro™ | ove bistri?"! "o mahd F.0.B.§ FOSTORIAY TOR co. s ehakind ¢ Valeflald “Sigcda™ vasesnqur $12958 fow b Detsslt piand .5 0 S s —————————— T e . .