the sunday: oregonian. Portland, January 20, 1913.
RUMOR SAYS THREE
A'S DEATH IS HEM
GIGANTIC MOTOR TRUCK DISPLAY
ARRESTS ATTENTION OF NEW YORK
Power Vehicles Hold Spotlight in Metropolis for Week Annual Nation Show Closes After Most Successful Exhi
bition in History of Infant Division of Automobile Industry.
; 400
400
LESS ;
pAhts
Crisis Reached in Bolt
Southern California
Motorists.
of
HEAVY DUTY LESS
MOTOR TRUCK PART5
An All-Siar Assoml
Standard Products
TRUCK CONTEST PLANNED
Power-Wagon Reliability Run In
Connection With Glldden Tour
Taken as Indication of
Real Conditions.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The Ameri
can Automobile Association, that auto-
nomous. self-perpetuating, close corpo
ration, which has In the past ruled the
motor world with such an Iron hand.
Is on Its last lefts, according: to a ru
mor current In New York which will
not down. The clay underpinning: of
the colossus consists of the customary
financial deficit which the organization
has again plied up this year, but which,
contrary to custom, no affiliated body
ct manufacturers stands ready to wipe
out this time.
In years past the National Associa
tion of Automobile Manufacturers in
recognition of the services rendered
by the A. A. A. in the enforcement of
racing rules, has always stood ready to
cancel the annual shortage, usually
amounting to about 117.000 or (18,000.
This year, however, the practice will
not prevail. The A. A. A. is, tnereiore.
not only hard up for coin, but in debt
as well. It Is reported.
The liabilities of the association nat
urally consist mainly of salaries due
Its various high-priced officials, such
as A. G. Batchelder and Charles Terry.
each of whom has been getting about
$(000 annually for a number of years.
These men. who, with an inner circle
of their friends, practically compose
the A. A. A., are not In the game for
. the love of It. With no money forth
coming. It Is, therefore, not anticipated
that they will be interested any long
er. When they go out the A. A. A.
which they compose, goes- out with
them.
Loose Tactics Scored.
To make matters worse, the fast and
loose manner in which the A. A.. A. has
been playing with Its various affiliated
organisations, such as the state auto
mobile clubs throughout the country,
whose annual contributions to the cen
tral body have done much to keep It
alive, has queered It with many of
these local enterprises In such a man
ner as to threaten to shut off all the
revenue from these sources.
Thus the Philadelphia organization
is peeved because the A. A. A. Instead
of making the Buffalo tribe pay its
full quota of 11.60 per man. as the
Quaker City outfit has been doing,
agreed to let It donate a lump sum of
9500 annually, regardless of the num
ber of members, in order to keep It in
good standing. Now the A. A. A. with
its "let not your left hand know what
your right hand Is doing" tactics ex
posed, finds Itself between the devil
. and the deep sea.
No matter how It attempts to square
Itself, It is In wrong. Various compro
mises, on the basis of a sliding scale
system, per hundred of membership,
have been suggested by A. A.. A. offi
cials, but without success as yet. The
upshot of the matter may be that both
Buffalo and Philadelphia will split
away from the central organization. It
is said.
If some of the Independent activities
of the A. A. A. had proved remunera
tive, all might yet be well, but unfor
tunately such Is not the case. It Is re
ported. It is believed that salaries ate
up the profits. The only other source
of income, that resulting from the
granting of sanctions for race meets,
is said to have totaled 16000 for the
last season. Strangely enough, this Is
the exact amount which was formerly
paid Samuel Butler, chairman of the
contest committee. William Schimpf.
the present lnoumbent of the office, re
ceives no remuneration for his services,
but works for the love of the sport.
Hence the present showing. Six thous
and dollars, of course. Is only a drop
In the bucket.
Crisis Is at Hand.
Matters finally came to a crisis. It Is
reported. In connection with the re
cent squabble of the A. A. A. with the
newly-formed Western Automobile
Association, of Los Angeles, as well as
the struggle it had with New Orleans
In an effort to retain the bonus which
the Crescent City had paid It to secure
the Glidden tour of direful memory.
These difficulties were met for the
time being, by outlawing the W. A. A.
and voting a return of the money to
New Orleans. . The A. A. A. thus weak
ened Itself at one stroke both In num
bers and In cash, at a time when it
could least afford It.
At present the proposition has set
tled down to a waiting game, the chief
waiters being the A. A. A. officials
who are waiting for some one to come
along and hand them their salaries
Inasmuch as there Is no Immediate
prospect of any easy money, and, a lot
.of trouble seema to be brewing, many
think that the wait will end by the A.
A. A. giving up the ghost.
The present plan of the organization
to merge a truck reliability contest
with the next Glldden tour, which has
been broached to the National Automo
bile Association. Is held by many to be
the last despairing stab of the A. A. A.
to reseenre the outside support wblch
In the past has kept the breath In Its
body. Should this plan. fail. It is
thought that all will be lost.
DOGS GO TO POVXD IX STYLE
San Francisco Canines Given Joy
Hide After Being Caught.
In San Francisco, the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has
provided a novel way In which muzzle
less canines are taken to the public
pound. A Federal chassis equipped
with a spacious body suitable for car
rying the dogs operates dally through
out the streets of San Francisco, cap
taring the unfortunate "perpa." The
body is divided into ten divisions for
keeping the dogs separate the hounds
from the poodles and the vicious from
th meek.
This truck carries three men. Im
pounding hounds, over the hilly streets
very day. It has been In operation
for six monthts, averagees 1000 miles
per month at a cost of $1 a day. The
auto displaced a wagon on which were
used four horses, working in relays
two In the morlng and two in the af
ternoon. The reduction In expense has
been a great saving to the society and
more than offsets the depreciation on
the auto.
Howard Manager Returns.
Mel G. Johnson. Northwestern man
ager of the Howard Automobile Com
pany returned yesterday from Cali
fornia. He reports business is brisk,
especially in Los Angeles. While in
San Francisco Mr. Johnson Induced C.
S. Howard, head of the firm, to increase
his allotment of Bulcks, despite the fact
that Caiifornlans are taking ail the
cars they can buy.
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Kxr-m vnRlf: Jan. 25. (SDeclal.)
Another chapter of automobile history
wa finished tonight when the annual
National truck show closed, after the
most successful week of business yet
recorded. Sixty-eight different makes.
with S00 distinctive models, comDineo.
to make the display the most gigantic
and thorough ever staged. These
machines ranged in load capacity from
600 pOUnflS to IV luus 1U1U ail V
$500 to i600.
xii Atnmnhl1a the HmOUslneS
and the touring cars on exhibition all
last week at Madison Square Garden
and Grand Central Palace yieioea
their place to the commercial vehicles
trAv Th mncmitudA of the bUSl-
ness show was staggering in its pro
portions. PUD11C interest as ""'
ed from the start and held throughout
loo weeft.
The exhibition proved beyond a doubt
that one of the notable features of the
automobile Industry in tnis couniry i
. , . v. n MmD.Vhlii tfievel-
opment of the commercial vehicle. The
commercial car is lorginB -.
nTi aa thn nleasure
1ST Kimci . 1 " -
car in ine ,
In fact, the exhibition showed that in
number of manufacturers tnis pnt
the industry has already outstripped
the pleasure car side and it Is said
that there are more makers of com
mercial vehicles than of automobiles
for recreation purposes. Durinff the last
built and according to the exhibitors.
this output is to be more tua.ii uvuu..
In the. coming year.
Coat of Delivery Low.
... LH.I.AM .i vtraA thA lOW COSt Of
l ne iiuiuh"" " -
doing work with power wagons. The
actual cost per ton mne
with horses in a city is from 14 to 18
cents a ton with a double team and
from 20 to 35 cents with a single horse.
- . with motor
a ne cost, per wi - -
trucks, all Items of overhead expenses
Included, Is sbjo to do iram
cents for a flve-ton truck jo 11 i-
cents ior n ij, ,
ment store work with electric Vf hides
the cost of delivery vanes irora awm
cents to 10 cents pr pacnage.
t - M cr worlr -with
X no 1VN Cs7 VD . vs. wv.es
power wagons. It is pointed out. is only
one of the advantages realized from
their use. Their Increased speed and
mileage capabilities enable a store to
reach out into new territory iu mu
tant to be served by horse delivery and
to caln new customers by quicker
service. The exhibitors said that mo
tor vehicles were more aepenaauie i"u
horses in bad Winter weather.
Buying from a rename manumciui-er
aa another point strongly urged at
the show.
Weak Flrsas Feared.
t . WA iinTTtRA but unsafe
for merchant or shipper to buy trucks
produced by Arms tnai are eimer "
financially or not firmly intrenched in
a motor truck business," said one mo
tor truck dealer. "Successful motor
truck transportation is assured by
financial strength, long manufacturing
xperlence and a nne proauci.
.mi a r. failure STS lll-
lIBttWu'ulullu ' " '
evltable if the Installation is based on
the Impractical warranties. rebates,
free rentals and other alleged induce
ments that are always a part of a frail
enterprise. In the motor truck busi
aa In many others. It Is easy to
be misled. The industry has received
boundless praise. out i .
there has grown up a serious evil in
the lack of discrimination in buying
trucks.
"Certain evils are a i moat luirpsn
e from ever-growing enterprises.
, i Kv thA raff T n r almost
IWMJ, laiun-u J
any truck will render service for a
brief period, a numoer oi m-equippea
manufacturers nave succeeawi mmum
Deding the sober Judgment of some
buyers. The result has been disas
trous to the buyers. They can get
neither service nor parts and the de
mise of the maKer meant a great oe
preclatlon In the value of the equip
ment, as well as an expensive lapse of
service."
Coatroveray Still Ob.
Tl.. a i rr at ihm KhOW foUlM him
self In the midst of scores of compet-
I . . r- V ..nAa ThA !tll D4.1H Which
has split gasoline truckdom into two
camps Is simple, it rises aitogetner
from the position of the engine in re-
i -. I iir1r hfwlv WhAthAI to
carry the motor in front like the tour-
a i n v .nA nacnnoim n n
e' driver's seat that is the big quea-
tlon. No one has given a final answer
for it.
The upholders or the unoer-tne-Don-
net Or - J fv T
that it is overwhelmingly better look
ing than that of their opponents.
which they call "snub-nosed. half-
baked" and "unfinished looking. The
supporters of the under-the-dashboaro
or "U. I." type, say that to put a motor
In front of a motor truck makes it a
hybrid, a converted touring car and
several other unsuitable things.
Both sides agree that appearance
counts In a sales total, but they can
not come to an agreement on a defi
nition of proper truck appearance. As
both types of trucks were approved at
the show. It seems that the buyers
must also be divided into two classes
on the appearance Issue. '
But the division of the truck manu
facturers and dealers goes deeper than
the surface and the externals. Here
are a few of the things which- the
advocates of the front motor system
urge In support of their view: The
construction of this type Is more nor
mal. The chassis may be built like
any other automobile framework and
the logical place for the engine Is in
the van. They argue that there Is
more power la pulling than 1n push
ing. The supporters of the "TJ. T." type
bring forward In support of their con
tention that the turning circle of this
variety is less than that of the "U.
B." They say that the over-all length
is less by about 18 Inches. ; For this
reason, it is asserted, much less side
swiping Is probable and that their
trucks can thread their way through
THREE-wHceteo
EPARATE . TRAIUFR
I N OPERATION.
crowded traffic with greater ease than
the other.
A. W. Robinson, prominent In the
truck field, speaking of the trend of
truck design, said:- "While I believe
that the next year will undoubtedly
! ,ixr a .Tuinnmpnt alone mechanical
lines, I think the changes will be more
or less in the nature oi renneniema
and I do not look for any radical
changes as far as the chassis is con
cerned. It is now generally realiaed
that on lone hauls motor trucks are
much cheaper than horses. In other
words. It is realized that when the
. I tn lnalnc ATuI 1 1 n 1 0 .11 i n HT Is
not too large In comparison with the
time spent in huling It Is Impossible
for horses to compete wth motor
trucks."
The advantage of steel wheels for
motor trucks was also pointea out. t
was said that steel wheels are not
only Indestructible but they are turned
up In a lathe, so that their circumfer
ence Is absolutely true and their diam
eter Is unvarying no matter what
weather' conditions may be.
All the dealers expressed their be
lief in a promising new season.. The
demand, they said, is better than nor
mal. Several of them said that they
did not think that politics would in
terfere with- business.
10 Oversize
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with 2,000,000 tires, on at least a quartet-million
cars.
It is based on -13 years of use.
Mileage figures only won for Goodyear tires
this place. -
Done tj Odometers Only
Make no mistake.- Wis men
In these days don't buy tires be
- cause of names or claims.- -
They are using odometers
comparing tire mileage keeping
track of tire upkeep.
No tire today can outsell others
unless It excels others.
Two Savings '
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tires mean an enormous saving.
With old-type tires, statistics
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Ten per cent oversize, under
average conditions, .adds 25 per
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tires exceed that oversize.
Hundreds of thousands of
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these vital facts. They have told
the facts to others. '.
Now we are making over 000
tires dally to meet the demand
for Goodyears.
Last year's demand by far ex
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together.
And the evidence is that this
year's demand will call for two
million of these Goodyear tires.
Nearly half the new cars, made
this year will go from the fac
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It is time thatyou made com
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users know. Until then you
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IMPROVEMENTS I!f THE 1613 INDIAN".
The Outstanding feature of the 1913 INDIAN is the
CRADLE SPRING FRAME, fitted to all models. This
Is the most revolutionary and epoch-making departure
from established systems of motorcycle P"n devices.
Nothing like it has ever before been attempted.
E?Bhteln months of severe test and Peren.tat'"
by our engineering department was devoted to the
perfecting of this new device.
The- CRADLE SPRING FRAME is. briefly, the ap
DlSation to the rear of the machine of the spring
principle which has proved so successful during the
past three years in connection with the front fork.
Extending back horizontally from the frame-joint
cluster below the saddle, flanking the rear mud suard.
are two seven-leaf Chrome Vanadium steel springs
The "C" shaped curls at the rear end of these springs
are connected by stays to bell-cranks on which the
fear axle is hung. The forward end of the rear fork
has af hinge joint which enables the wheel to yield to
imperfections of road surface. All shocks are corn
Sly absorbed by the leaf springs The rear wheel
an go through almost any vertical motion without
affecting the body of the machine. There is no bot
tom" to this spring device. -
On tha roughest road the rider ts conscious only of
the smooth" forward gliding motion The lightest or
heaviest rider feels no jar, and the , Hf . of the machine
is greatlv increased. The INDIAN MOTOCYLLb is
now leafspring fore and aft. This marks the first de
parture from the inefficient spiral spring system of
yesterday. . .
Big 4 H. P. -- -$215
Monster 7 H. r. Jji:tt
In addition to the CRADLE SPRING FRAME, the
1913 INDIAN embodies- ten other important improve
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New Style Rlm Single Clinch type, permitting the
use of either 2 -inch or 3-lnch tires.
Larger Tlrea All 1913 INDIANS are equipped with
2-lnch tires as against the 214-Inch tires of 1912.
The widening of forks both fore and aft also
allows ample clearance for the use of anti-skid
chains in addition to the larger tires.
Wider Mod Guards With splashers to correspond, af
fording complete protection in riding through oil
or muddy roads. t
Rear Chain Guard Covering upper stretch of long
chain, giving perfect protection to chain, sprocket
and band brake.
lnii Carrier New type with tool bag at rear,
fitted to all 1913 INDIAN models without extra
charge. . Advantageous for commercial, tourist or
general use.
Foot Board Fitted to regular 4 H. P. and 7 H. P.
INDIANS for 1913 In addition to pedals. This fea
ture gives the rider a choice of two comfortable
riding positions, with complete control of the ma
chine assured in each instance.
Foot Brake Lew A lever close to the left foot
rest, now operating Corbin improved band brake
with same action as pedals.
Multiple DIkc Clutch Large size, as used on last year's
7 H. P. INDIANS, now fitted to all 1913 models.
Saddle Improved INDIAN - Mesinger type, affording
the rider a lower and more comfortable position.
Two Speed 4 H. P. $290
Two Speed 7 H. P. $340
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