Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 18

WEDNESDAY EVENING. OAKLAND TRIBUNE JANUARY 17, 1912. lood Uay Relates Remm mF5 it I Ml STODDARD -DA YTON LAND CQUPJ The new Oakland Coupe, one of the present season's motor car attractions. 1 The Colonial Coupe, a new and striking member of the Stutx family of cars. The first of these models is now en route here.

-'s ID IE AH Writes of limes VJhen CAug I'agons IVere Curiosities Tells Hoiv Peope Xr6wdedr Around Jhe Uachines Vlith Eyes Popping Out and Mouths Wide Agape Grand Prix Is Compared With Automobile Power by Splitdorf. Thrice Faces Death, "Comes Back" Each Time With a Display of Grit. When scrappy little Hughle Jennings came back from the dark shsdow where he bad lain for days unconscious as the result of a pitched Speaking of the late races at Savannah, and the large horse power of soma of the big foreign cars, Charles T. head of the house of Splitdorf, Aid: The average man la very apt to spesk glibly of eo many hundred horse power without any real appreciation of what It really means. Calculating, that the ball from the arm of the mighty Rusie, It so happened that he had to fai Rusle again In his very first game.

His Alr aSaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBr of the horse Increased. much to the amusement of the young man who was driving with me. Aa a matter of fact, we were only driving about eight miles per hour, but this was enough to make the horse ahead of us get uneasy and after three miles of Intermittent speeding and flowing ha turned into side road and let us pass. On another occasion la driving the little machine I met' an old gentleman seated on a load of crated tomatoes. He waa so Interested and watched us so closely that when his horse began to shy be dropped one of the lines and with the other pulled hie team to one side and down a slight embankment, which caused the load to overturn.

Luckily the old gentleman was uninjured. 1 settled with him there for the damaged tomatoes and took hla receipt In full. At that time there was tome quest loft lla I tory records that Hughle got three hits and hugged the plate as closely as ever. strength of 11 men are equal to one horseJ At Cornell, aa soon as they had taken the bandagea off his broken arms and W. L.

Hughson, family and a happy party enjoying a merry ride on the boulevard in one of the I la teat tJt ih Kier Sradtarrf.navfnn twvfele (By ELWOOD HAYNES.) It would hardly seem that the auto moblle hat been In existence a sufficient length of time to admit a reminiscence; it seems rather to creation of yesterday, and the result of the development, which has it a beginning nearly two deo-sdea ago. 1 I will be pardoned If I writ to torn CNtent of my own experience tn these any day, since at that tlma the auto mobile vii practically unknown ta the fniifj Btatee, and was Just la tta'tn elpld ttate In Europe. When my tint machine waa taken out Into the street fin preliminary trial, people living In ad j.icert houses, men, women and children rushed out and surrounded the little machine leaving only an enclosed -circle per lu'P "0 feet diameter, In' which to wart the machlnei Under these clrcum-fiancee, It was manifestly unsafe to make trial, since not one of the persons ln-V-mled to operate the machine had ever (cii of the sort before, 'much ess had they ever driven one. No at tempt was therefore 'made to start the Dirnaftc, hut It was taken to the country tn-hlnd horse and carriage and-after. driven a short distance on It own power further Into the country, wai cracked head, Hughle walked to the edge power.

It would require lie mea to produce ae much energy as one of the bhj foreign racing cars at Savannah had, but they cannot keep It up, and tf those men were to work on the two-hour shift plan for aa eight-hour system it would re of tbe swimming pool empty when he Mhs UaVUVaV The magnificent Rambler Enclosed Type Coupe, a new creation in motor car designing. Frank had dived to hla. awful Injuries and i vva) ajAifM aiyVAWW VI a Aa VA IV IVVI1 WAe WW UVVl quire aa many more And perhaps quad ruple the number to keep the same ha turned suddenly to one side and. doubling himself, proceeded to Jump over In the minds of the public as to the right of the borselesacaniag oa the highway. the stone wall by the road side.

It can amount of energy going for the number of miles that It took to run the enure distance of the Grand Prti So about the same number of men In the average American regiment la the United States well be imagined that there were screams and consternation the part of the Lawyers were consulted regarding the matter, and, after looking up th law, they- discovered that' the eueStloa had been' broadly covered, not amy by the lower court but by the supreme court as young ladles. Luckily," the bore army wouia about suffice to equal the considered -Mmself afe whoa hla fore TIE LH STROKE horse power of some of our blr rectna cars feet ware' even-the- wad. and, before tor a coupie or hours." could reach him to give assistance, lie well, and that the decisions were of sufficient scope as to unquestionably Include the automobile and give it a full and un had clamored back Into the road and pro ceeded on his way without doing any ap parent harm, turned about and headed toward the city. a At that time the bicycle was very pop ttiar as a pastime, especially among the Quiet Motor and Other Features Make It Popular Oa another occasion oa the same trip. paused only to wet his toes, before throwing himself into Its depths with all his old abandon.

therefore. Is HuglJf. "come-back from the motoring tl-dent which gave him Ms third cell, when. In pitch dark, th Tiger manager took the first half of an "8" turn in th mountain of Pennsylvania, but kept straight on thereafter, down a cliff and Into th rocky bed of the stream below, hla E-M-F- "10" falling on top of hlnu ft While the doctors were still In consul tation, Hughle gave orders to the local Studebakcr Corporation dealer In Scran-ton to -fish th ear out of ths stream and send it back to the factory at Detroit, where It now Is. As soon as he could dictate a letter, he wrote to a frjthd at the factory, exonerating tbe car flora all responsibility for ths accident Aid requesting that It be put In shape for his use as soon aa possible.

The car arrived In due order and to the surprise of the chop employes assigned to the repair, it was found that but little work was needed to put the power plant In shape. The body was, of course, in bad shape ae the result of the plunge down the cliff and the fact that the entire car fell with the weight restricted right on the highway. NO THOKOUQHPARI tlQN. I remember very well when the little machine was unloaded for the Times-i Weinstock-Nichols Co. Business Shows Steady" Growth, young ladles.

I remember as the little we were met by an Irish woman driving a load of vegetables to market As soon With Hundreds. as she came within hailing distance, she I IS E-M-F CAR SOLD IN EXACTLY 3 SECONDS There Is another candidate for the "quickest sale on record" competition. A man walked Into the salesroom of Vaughn Brothers. In Burlington, -Ja. He met a sejeeman In from of an E.

M. F. "SO." 'Til Uke that ear," the man remarked, before the a teaman bad even had a chance to wish him good morning. As he spoke hs tendered his check. Time, three seconds.

Another Americas-made car, the Among the Jobbers or motor car e- manufactured by the Cole Motor Carlceesories none enjoy a larger volume of company or Indianapolis, has adopted business than the Weinstock Nichols Co. the long stroke motor for their five-pas-1 Branches are maintained In Los Angelee senger convertible ssven-passenger tour- and Oakland, Ran Frandsoe being the ing car. first model equipped with 1 headquarters of the company. the new self-starter and electric lighting I Charles K. Avis fit charge of the local Herald" contest In WJ at Englswood, a suburb, of Chicago.

A fellow passenger and myself were, riding down Michigan avenue Intending to drive to the central portion of the city. We had scarcely proceeded more than sis or eight blocks when we were accosted by a policeman who ordered ua to leave the boulevard at once as nothing like horseless driven carriages were permitted on this thoroughfare. remonstrated with him and asked him what harm the machine could do to the boulevard, since was equipped with rubber tires and made buf little noise. He simply replied that it was sir," so could do nothing but obey. Contrast that atate of affairs with the just adopted by the Cole company wlu office for the past three years has built make ita appearance at the Buffalo auto- up a business here of no mean propor-moblle show, December Is.

The new ear tlona and the Indications are for a period called for us to stop and motioned wildly with her hands. We, of course, stopped the machine and I went forward to lead the horse, but she remarked apologetically, "I would not of asked you to stop, sir, but the horse Is sir." It Is needless to say I did not take pains to lead the horse by, but immediately informed the good woman that she waa la no danger whatever, since a blind horss had never been known to take fright at a horseless carriage. 8he seemed much! relieved when we passed, and her horse paid not the slightest, attention to the machine. -T r- "HURRY UP" WAGON tured, ths leader being T'NIco oils and is to be called the Model DD, and win I of continued prosperity, greases. Although the latter is new to hare a tH-inch bore and 1-lnch stroke I All ths standard accessory lines are many owners, still those who have used mtor.

stocked and several specialities are fee-1 It have become Its beet boosters. on the seat backs. "The adoption says Chief Cole. Engineer Charles Crawford, "In accord ance with foreign practice and success. But in making our selection of the length constant stream of automobile traffic over of the stroke we do not believe we have machine made Its way along the streets, were met by a lery" of girls mounted on wheels.

I shall never forget the ex jielon on their faces aa they wheeled axtde separating like a ffock of swans, and gnslng wonder-eyed at be uncouth and utterly unexpected little machine. This waa In 1894. A number of these T'ung misses are married now and have nearly grown. To these child ti there Is nothing sew about the auto-tuoblie, but many of them are Intensely Interested In Ita rapid growth and In the pleasure which It hM afforded to many t'f them." i AN EIGHT-MIL TAIt. 8hortly after thla, aocompanled by a fellow -lassenger, I made a journey about eight miles Into the country.

On the ay we were obliged to pass through 'some fresh gravel, which rendered our j)i ogress very slow. Just at thit time, jn were overtaken and passed by a gen lloman and lady driving with horse and 1 suggested to the gentleman that would be better for him to let us ge nhead, as we would make better progress lifter we had gone through the fresh gra 1. He preferred to proceed us, however, and as soon as we reached the smooth iivad again the young man who waa with opened the cut-out from the muffler, i.nd tbo result waa a aucceaslon of shock V.art reporla Immediately the young man 'riving the horse ahead of us ieked his whip and urged his horse forward at full speed. The cut-out was then closed until we came within a short fllKlance of the horse and carriage. When 1h operation was rpneatarf anlniiha Micnigan avenue today, and you will be able to realise what vast changes have taken place since then, not onlv In mi made a radical movement la relationship to else of bore and stroke.

The esces TO SHOWSOME SPEED Transgressors of the law In Augusta, of locomotion but In public sentiment as sive long stroke on some foreign cars tteorcla. Will be hmnrM tn Inatl with In 1S9, accompanied by a friend friM has been caused by tat laws being governed by the bore of the motor. la this matter design and efficiency have been jgleater rapidity In the future, owina to i made a trip about one thousand miles In a horseless carriage to New recent action by the city council In auth overlooked to get Increased horse-powef by stroke. The extreme long stroke bio orising the addition of a motor police lore; vity. There were many amusing Instances connected with this trln.

Al tor meets with mors success in foreign patrol to the Augusta police department. most every horse shysd at the "new-fangled" vehicle and some of them aver. xne new motor patrol Is nearinc com Limousines on Exhibition countries due to excellent but In building an American car for Ameri pletion at the Detroit plant of the Loxler can-highways, the relationship or the Motor Company and will soon be turned bore to the stroke must necessarily be over ready for Service. The sis-cylinder Loaler ehastla Is fitted with a closed bod different." MOTOR IS NOISELESS. of the "Black Maria" type and will seat bolted from the road endangering the Uvea of the occupants of the vehicles.

One Instance which came nearly being serious, occurred on the way dowa the Hudson River. We met a party of Summer girls," who were evidently taking a vacation la the country. A tober, staid -looking old horse was attached to an open, spring wagon In which five or six girls were rldlna. About th. iu.

ten persons, eicluslve of the driver, Augusta authorities expect the new A number of Improvements have been mad on the motor of the new model. A special plain bearing to operate tlie addition to the police department to supplant several of the old horse-drawn ve- ran Is to be used that eliminates any poa si bio chance of noire from this part of nicies, with the ultimate end In view of entirely "motorlslna" the natrn! brought to bear, and the speed the motor. The fan Is of the three-blade aeroplane type, giving maximum efficiency automnblls. or ne ciry. with minimum weight.

The water pump Is anchored to ths crank case and the water In the cylinders Instead of being The Car That Made Good in a Day taicen rrom the center of the cylinders, is taken directly from ths side of the valves. Insuring better circulation around the valve parts. Hardened and ground spring shackled bolts, with bronse bushed spring eyes, ar used. The gear shaft is placed on th inside of ths foredoor, Vifya fj 1 fl I IB 'M two extra seats upholstered in hand buffed leather with folding bottom are built for the new model. Brackets ars provided to receive thes extra seats In sli Model DD's whether the seats are furnished or not.

OTHER FEATURES. Another new and exclusive feature juet aooptea ny tne Col oonalsts of a three wsy valve for the gasoline tank, operated from the top of the tank, and located under tne left hand front cushion. This valve haa a featun that cllminatss th necessity of having the valve return ta a fixed point after the auxiliary gasoline is usm ana th tank needs rsrilllng. As ITH its superb workmanship, harmonious decorative treatment and its luxurious provisions for the most exacting requirements of comfort and suming that ths tank la filled with the valve set against the stoo on on aids 1 th Pnn.Hart'orf! T.imntisin rrrenta tri ThJorrit t( ih or tne index plate, the gasoline drops In the tank to the reeerve level This HANDSOMBi-SNAPP V-RACf vaive is then set to the stoo en the on- poslte side of the Index plate to allow the reeerve to be used. When the tank coachmaker's art.

A handsomer or more highly refined car for town service Or fall touring could not be desired. The body is interchangeable with the touring car body. Vv: is nusa it is not necessary to move th valve back to th opposite side as either 684 miles per hour for 7tf hours," including thirteen stops for tires and fuel, without a re." lief and without single mechsnkal "adjustment; is mamlous perfomtnw Lvery Stutz Roadster is built to do the same. ---i Penormnc sine acta aa a reeerve. With th valve est midway, between th two stops on the index plate, the gasoline sunoiv is on; rrom uir as re ureter, thus allm, mating tit Usual necessity of having to Vx i20-incl.

Wheel BaUAt? 34x4Hittch Tirei with Demountable Rima, men unoar ns ear cnui of the gaeo mi supply, The body I mounted On the US-Inch wneei naeo or the Cole chassis with lxt Inch Wheels of the Firestone demountable Hie Motor 'Crt'Ox" type. With the self-starter and electric 460 Vain Ness Avenue; St 4. ea a(iawi VV "gnting equipment, the car, it la now claimed, haa made the. necessary strides to place ill Masaicuoua bosIUoj. im lU-alaanV i 1.