Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1916, Page 14

11—A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 4, 1916. PART IN H2"EUVER Whole Troop at Re Speed to Scene of tl “Battle.” MOTOR CAR BATTALION g Car Carry BIG The possibilities of n cars as mids in the quick mol ation of troops have just been dc ted in army manecuvers held As a result an automobile battalion of twenty cars will be formed to serve as an adjunct to the United States troops stationed at t city Sixteen Studebaker cars were chosen for the maneuvers, which in- tluded dashes of twer o miles up and down the Moh valley. Two la Jarge manufacturing plan at Utica and the othe chosen as the strategic points, and in “covering” them Company B of the First infantry set a record for speed and efficiency, the motor cars getting the soldiers to these points at a hith- erto impossible speed The remarkable work of the auto mobiles in the “skirmishes” is all the more noteworthy, the use of the cars on this occasion being a forerunner to /.| in following route guides e | lowing route matter, but is necessary ® | keep accurate check in following data further efforts along the same line in | other army manecuvers at various camps It required less than forty-five min utes to rush an entire infantry com- pany from the s ory to the most important nts in the Mohawk valley, Using 1,200 rounds of blank ammunition, the gained a theoretical victory over an imaginary enemy, the speed made pos sible by the automobiles being one of the chief deciding factors While army maneuvers on a large scale have been held on several occa sions, this “battle” the first in which motor cars played so important was a part, The Studebakers were given a mark of perfect mechanical effi ciency. A repair wagon which ac B companied the fleet of cars was called upon only once, and that was for the & purpose of changing a tire All the 8 machines u.ed were seven-passenger [ touring cars, but carried on the aver ® age of eleven soldiers apiece, two be- b ing stationed on each running board, in addition to the seven in the cars Prize Money in the Big Circuit Reaches ® New York, June 3 & will be the total amount to be dis tributed by the Grand circuit among trotters and pacers during the coming racing season, this estimate being based upon the amounts already an- nounced as early closing stakes from & the opening of the circuit at Cleve- & land to the close at Lexington, with ! Atlanta, Ga., still to be heard from = and not estimated. In the figures are calculated the value of all early moneys for colt sweepstakes, the es timated value of all the big futurities, the increase in the sweepstakes and the lowest possible amount to be added for class races or late closing events, the amount for the latter di- vision being placed at a little over half of the total for trotters and pac- ers in eary stakes, which certainly is a very low estimate. The following table shows the total amount already offered for fea- tures from the opening to the close of the circuit at Lexington for trot- ! ters and pacers, while in sweepstakes | the actual amount of added moneys only are given, e ; [ Trot~ Pace. Hwesps. B Cleveland ......... $ 6,000 ¥ 1,000 | Detroit 18,000 600 | Kalumazoo ... 16,000 1,000 | Grand Rapids 3,000 600 Columbus 1 10,000 1,000 £ | Cleveland 6,000 600 )| Poughkeepsio 13,000 Lo Hartford 11,000 Syracuse 16,000 9,000 2,000 Columbus (2 weeks)25,000 14,000 800 Lexington (3 weeks) 17,000 4,000 Totals $139,000 967,000 $7.900 It will be seen that the total amount b for straight closing purse events for trotters and pacers, is $206,000, At the lowest estimate the sum of $10,000 [ will be added to this for late closing 8 cvents during the thirteen weeks of ; the line of march, thus making the ! grand total of $336,000 for the entire B program, not counting the addition at ; Hartford for half milers and the At the from make announced will surely amount to be lanta, which grand total not less than $400,000. H { ; BENSON SCHOOL BOARD | AND WIVES ENTERTAINED { of the B wives I'he members board and at the John Speedie the evening The | W ent: Mr. and Mrs ( Mr, and Mrs. | ' Mrs. H. E. B M s Shopen, Mr. and M { | and Mr. and M William C1 - Seventy.five Stearns-Knight Cay Valve Maching Does that ind [T ] T Fours, $1,448 McINTYRE 2427 Farnam St .- — ,'/’ M ~. TYPE MOTOR ‘u S — — v s o AT troopers | .Huge Sum This Year| Over $500,000 | closers, added | - — o -— - T ——— The Car of the Graduate Motorist e w FIMATE CAR ‘.‘Illl w 4 e— Proper Adjustment of Odometer Essential to Following Route Matter. SIZE OF TIRES THE SECRET The regular equipment on all cars commonly known as the “speedometer equipment” includes a mechanism for | indicating both speed and distance ' The odometer part of the instrument | is the only part which is of any use In following route matter one has | to deal only with what is commonly called the trip mileage. The total or | gross mileage is seldom used in fol to give a permanent record of the total miles travelled by the car. This trip mileage for the greatest conven ience of the tourist who wishes to over strange roads should embody such features for convenience and ac curacy as follows 1. Legibility—That is, figures should be large and so placed that they may be read easily from either the driver's seat or the seat beside him. 2. The reset device should be made that this trip mileage can be turned | to correspond with any mileage in the | route matter at any time at the will of the motorist, or to zero with the fewest possible turns of the reset de vice. ‘This is advisable in order that the motorist can set his instrument to check up with any piece of route matter at an intermediate point—that is, a point other than zero. When it comes to inaccuracy of readings the fault 99.9 per cent of the time lies with the cav.owser, and with a small amount of care and foresight greate curacy and convenience can be easily obtained In the design and manufacture of the instrument the engineer must naturally work in certain given con ditions which are more or less ideal He must take for his standard, the circumference of a given tire—say a 34 by 4 tire. i Tire Size Important, In figuring the number of times that this tire must turn over to indi cate a mile he naturally considers a more or less level, even road surface, such as is encountered on our boule- vards or other highly improved roads In other words, the design of all | parts of the equipment is figured out in standard conditions, whereas in the | working conditions of most instru- ments they come far from complying [ with any of them, | Although there are many features which will affect the accuracy of the reading, the three most important are enumerated below, which can be af- | fected by the care and attention of the owner L. Oversize tires are placed on a car without changing the gearing of the: specdometer equipment, 2, Various non-skid types of tires are used without recognizing that the increased circumference caused by the thicker tread gives a decreased mile- age, as the wheel makes fewer revolu- tions to a mile, 3. Little or no attention is taken to keep the tire inflation uniform and up to the recommended pressure of the tire manufacturer, which is necessary to give the tire its full circumference, If the tire is down low it will turn over more times a mile than it was in tended to for its given size, Most manufacturers to date have ar- ranged various gear ratios, so that it is necessary to change only one gear, and it is the work of only a few mo ments to change this to a gear having a less number of teeth, which would be necessary in this particular in stance Wh_re nonskid tires are used, on any of the wheels from which the S[)(‘l‘lhr"!("fr readings are taken it is almost impossible so to correct the speedometer equipment that the read- |ings will stay uniform and accurate When such tires are new, the cir Where tires of such a type are used on the wheels from which speedome ter readings are taken it is simply a case of having inaccurate readings part of the time. Another thing, you might have one old nonskid tire on and then change to a brand new one and the readings will change instantly, of course, so that it would be impos sible in such conditions to have any | equipment that would be accurate, n the matter of the inflation, it not only means increased accuracy to keep LEE 7ires ENEUMATIC 'MOW 510 PUNC TURE - 1OQS Guaranteed Puncture-Proof der a Cash Refund. on the basis of 10,000 miles on Un- Adjusted 5,000 miles, but original air"” is a Ao L common report POWELL | SUPPLY COMPANY OMaMA ~ -~ - ) Eights, $2,100 AUTO CO. Phone D. 2406 W - uniform press the manufac ure as rec Motor Age MANY PACKARDS IN MEXICO Truckmaster Newell of U. §. Army Tells of Tests of Trucks A on the Border. OVERCOME EVERY OBSTACLE “Every day Uncle Sam is becoming more impressed with the importance of the motor transport division of his fighting force,” army, furlough in the north. truck has demonstrated, months’ service in Mexico, its ability to meet and overcome every ohstacle in desert and hostile country trans averred Truckmaster | Carl W. Newell of the United States who is spending a fifteen-day “The motor in its two portation, and new records of speed ) and endurance are being made prac tically every trip “Packard train, No. 3, made up of twenty-cight Packard trucks, recently wound up a fourteen-day trip, total ling nearly 1,000 miles, by cutting a Watch the Date! Regular habits mean greater efficiency in any- thing. s ¥ The fellow who gets the best results from his stor- age battery doesn’t neglect it—he has a set time for taking care of it, | | Willard Service makes that easy. We'll inspect your battery once a month free of charge and tell you how to treat it right, And if it needs attention—our expert knowledge is worth having, Nebraska Storage Battery Co. 2203 Farnam St., Omaha. Phone Douglas 5102, Says Little Ampere: Every time you tum over & new month you'll thank goodness for Willard Bervice, Freeinspection of any battery at any time. 11 P fu border, and ( trip was made in ten } running time. Every Columbus camp and pleasure over the fact, sinc eleven-hour record made by the s train several weeks ago to be unbeatable. “The service with pedition’ is pr offi vas thought the th ous test of motor tr ort that cc be devisec the benefits that wil accrue to everyone concerned are tr mendous. The army has proved that the horse and mule are no longer to be considered in the transportation of Reo rests on that. among automobile fac admittedly of the highest. Reo 8ix, tremendous shortage of greater than ever before. of “the lucky ones.” JONES-OPPER CO. ! Omaha, Nebraska. Distributors Eastern and Northern Nebraska and West- ern lowa, The New Reo “Six” “The Fashion Plate” YOU NEED GO NO FURTHER—you need pay no more to obtain all the mechanical excellence, all the beauty, style, finish and luxurious riding qualities in a seven- passenger touring car, that your heart can desire. FOR WE MAINTAIN that, though you search the world over, you will find no car at any price, that is the superior of this new Reo Six in these essentials. MECHANICALLY IT HAS NO SUPERIOR—it {s not possible to put better materials in a chasels, simply because the science of metallurgy knows no better. Reo uses and always has used the best, IT 18 NOT POSSIBLE to machine parts more accurately ~for the Reo factories are admittedly the “Models” AND IT ISN'T POSSIBLE to obtain an sutomoblle, in the designing and fabrication of which, more ex- rience has been applied—for the Reo organization s the oldest in the Antomobile industry. AB TO BEAUTY OF EXTERIOR we need only say that when this new Reo Six was announced and its lines shown in the engravings it was instently by everyone in the trade—rival and friend alike—as the “Fashion Plate” for the coming year. BUT REO BEAUTY ISN'T on the oustide alone—it's in the unseen places as well, THE SAME STURDINESS—the same wonderful relia- bility, dependability and economy of upkeep—that have made the four-cylinder Reo world famous, are in this “50 PER CENT OVER-SIZE in all vital parts,” that Reo factor of safety is the reason at the same time for Reo dependability and low maintenance cost. JUST A WORD ABOUT DELIVERIES. Those who know are unanimous in stating that there will be & months. Can’t be otherwise, Shortage of all kinds of materials and of tools to manufacture them—demand S0 WE SUGGEST that you decide this matter at once and order your Reo immediately. TODAY won't be a minute too soon. motor mak- ng out their machines Packard tracks are doing work. Not once have they up for any length of time ical troubles. They are al for émergency work requiring speed and endurance. The enclosed worm type of drive with which they are equipped is proving a nce the flying sand and the rough roads, which prove the Water- | loo of some other drive designs, have no effect on the vital working parts.'| The fame of es and Reo standards are sutomobiles the next few Then you'll be one A. H. JONES Hastings, Nebraska Distributors Southern and Western Nebraska and North- western Kansas. THE AccerrED GAUGE By a rapidity of pick-up, a range of high-gear activity, an ease of hill- climbing and a sureness of sustained speed never before combined in any motor car, the Packard Twin Six has become the recognized standard of automobile perfection. formance, design or value an advance so marked as to demand vour personal and critical attention. A telephoned request will schedule your demonstration, The * The " with any Open | 8 e From whatever standpoint an auto- mobile is to be judged —whether per- it records n [ ORR MOTOR SALES COMPANY Ask the ‘ A ) WAao owns man On¢ TWIN-SIX i R LT L FE TR PR construc- | rful factor in the Mexican ser- | ce the ter- | Cut your tire upkeep with a Diamon The new Diamond Tires of “Velvet Rubber” are the toughest, liveliest, most gristly, long wearing automo- bile tires ever made. We are proud to represent the com- pany that makes them, for we know that we are placing before the motorists of Omaha a tire that will give them more mileage than any other on the market. Though it is new, it has undergone nine hundred thousand miles of tests and has proved itself superior. It sets a new standard in tire values Scientific methods of manufacture and large quantity production allow us to sell it at the lowest price of any of the standard makes of tires, Drive arourd to our store today. We are here from . 2, m. to 8 p. m. and will be glad to show it to you whether or not you need tires right now. OMAHA TIRE REPAIR CO.,, HENRY NYGAARD, Prop. 2201 Farnam St., Omaha. Phone Tyler 1552, We are authorized by The Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co. to announce that the present 6-cylinder models will be continued without mechanical change il January 1st, 1918, There will be no W'qlll(‘- tion in prices, which are as follows: 38-H. P, 48-H. P,, 66-H. P, $4,400. $5,100. $6,100. b '“ @ prices are i iy Omaha, J. T. Stewart Motor Co. ' 2048.50.82 Farnam St, Omaha | Phone Douglas 138 Phone Tyler 1000