The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 21, 1919, SECTION FIVE, Image 78

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY ORECOXIAX, PORTLAND, ' SEPTE3IBER 21, 1919. MAXWELL CHALMERS MERGER ISAHG ED Details in Big Motor Combina tion Announced. NEWS FROM AUTO CENTER Rational Automobile ' Chamber Commerce Behind Move to Solve Theft Problem. of DETROIT, Sept. 20. Detail of the plan for mergrlngr the Maxwell Motor company and the Chalmers Motor cor poration Into the Maxwell-Chalmers Motor corporation are being submitted to stockholders of the companies. The new corporation is to have au- lnal sentence or from suspending: sen tence. - Working with the new com mittee Is the National Automobile Dealers' association; the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' association, the A. A. A. and the Trailers Manufac turers' association. Directors of the chamber Indorsed the Volstead bill, now In congress, relating- to the seizure of cars carrying liquor. This bill, a prohibition meas ure, gives the owner, or part owner, of seized car, if he be innocent of wrong; doing-, a right to put in his claim for the return of the, car. Many dealers have suffered recently by reason of the seizure of cars which they' had just sold on time payments. , The chamber decided to hold a fac tory service managers' convention in a western city during the week begin ning October 27. .Managers of distribu tors service departments will be asked to attend and take part In a national movement for betterment of service to car owners. The tariff committee reported on shipments of cars for July and esti mated August shipments.' During July last the car manufacturers shipped 24. 837 carload lots as against 18,741 In July, 1918. The August shipments are estimated at 21,000 carload lots as against 13,868 for August, 1918:' Many cars are being driven away from the factories at this time and hundreds are being shipped by water. These shipments cannot be estimated accurately. The motor transport corps will offer for sale at public auctions to be held OURUNT KEEPS HIS NERVE CHEVROLET PILOT TO KEEP OX AT RACIXG GAME. Accident at Elgin Doesn't Feaze Him in Least, and lie Plans to Go ' . Easter . Than ETer. OAKLAND", CaL. Sept. 20. With his well-known enthusiasm for speed en tirely undlmmed by his spectacular ac cident In the recent Elgin road race. Cliff Durant, millionaire speed cham pion and motor car manufacturer, re turned to Los Angeles last week to at tend a directors' meeting of the new Los Angeles Speedway association, coming from there to San Francisco. "It sur6 was a mighty narrow1 es cape," was Durant'a reply to a query regarding Elgin. The customary Du rant smile was slightly askew because of strips of adhesive tape holding his right ear in place, but . otherwise the wealthy driver-aviator bore only faint marks to show that he had knocked down four husky telegraph poles and turned three complete somersaults In his latest quest for racing laurels. The Durant accident at Elgin was, according to both Cliff and Fred Co mer, his mechanician, the result of too WHAT IS THIS CAR? . CAN YOU SPOT IT AT THE FIRST LOOK? I ' 3: J tf c v t --ft i 44 4 ft t - ' . ll -if- ? iw 4 . -ft i. .- . jLrt.Mi Hta.--1 i.-. wwm rn'Cjf r- h ii . tti i il l IT'S THE NEW MODEL OF THE WISTON SIX, THAT'S WHAT, ASiD AS HANDSOME A CAR AS EVER APFE IRED IX PORTLAND. For a long time A. C. Stevens, Winton and Haynes distributor here, has been awaiting the new WInton model. The first shipment arrived last week, and the photograph shows the handsome lines of the car. The body, which is of aluminum, has airplane lines throughout and beveled edges. There is nothing extreme about it, yet the Rolls-Royce hood design has been pretty closely followed. This car, which is the new model 24-48 Winton, also has the new motor developed by the Winton company during the war. R. R. Coster, Winton salesman, at the wheel. thorized capital etock comprising 800, 000 shares of common stock of no par Value and $3,150,000 of preferred stock. Holders of the Maxwell present first preferred stock are to receive 120 per cent in new common etock and $7 'a share in cash. Holders of the Maxwell second -preferred stock receive 66 per cent In new stock and owners of the present Maxwell common stock re ceive 70 per cent in new stock. Owners of the present Chalmers preferred stock are to receive 105 per cent in new stock and the owners of Chalmers com mon get 15 per cent in new etock. The Chalmers Motor corporation's outstanding 6 per cent notes can be ex changed on a 100 per cent basis for the new 7 per cent preferred stock to the amount of $3,150,000, which will com prise the entire preferred stock out standing. Inne of ID-Tear Notes. The merger plan contemplates an Issue of $10,000,000 of ten-year 1 7 per cent sinking fund, convertible gold notes, which carry the privilege of conversion into 15 shares of new stock for each $1000 note, within the first 90 days after- the notes are issued and at the rate of 12 shares for each $1000 note thereafter: Should the consolidation plan be approved, the issue of notes will be underwritten by the Central . Union Trust company and the Chase Secur ities corporation of New York. The committee which arranged the plan comprises Harry Bronner, chairman; James C. Brady, J. R. Morton, Elton Parks, Jules S. Bache, Hugh Chalmers and J. Horace Harding. At the September meeting of the di dectors of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, held In New Lork Wednesday last, many, matters of Importance to the automobile Indus try were taken up. Among them was the matter of car thefts. The legisla tive conference committee, a new com mittee of the chamber, outlined to thi directors Its plan for a nation-wide campaign for elimination of this men ace to the industry. ino committee has prepared some constructive legislation which is- to be presented to state legislatures. The committee indorsed the Dyer bill in troduced recently in congress by L. C. Dyer, congressman from St. Louis, which makes it a crime punishable by lu years imprisonment to steal a car and take it across the border of the etate in which it is stolen. ' ' Mr. Dyer will be asked to amend the bill to make the minimum punishment two years, in order to prevent the pos eibility of any judge imposing a nom In the Immediate future at army camps J much speed. In practice Los and storage yards, a total of 1243 used i gele's' favorite driver and his aid passenger cars, truck ambulances motorcycles side cars and -bicycles. These vehicles In their present condi tion are unserviceable for army use but a number of them can be . made per fectly useable by proper repairing. The war department has no new serv iceable passenger" automobiles for sale at present and it is not anticipated that it will have any new passenger cars available for sale to the general public On September 18 the- motor transport officer at Camp Holabird near Balti more began the- sale of 295 un serviceable motor vehicles taken from the total mentioned above. Embraced in this will be 56 passenger cars, in cluding Studebakers, "Hupmobiles. Over lands, Libertys, Fords, Packards and Chevrolets; 5 light delivery trucks, principally Fords; 93 two-ton trucks of various makes; 8 motorcycles and 5 Excelsior, solo and side cars. On. September 19 and. Septejnber 20 auctions were held at the. army sup ply base at Norfolk, Va., and at Camp Hill and Camp Stuart near Newport News, Va. The sale at Norfolk in cluded Reo, Kisselkar, ' Studebaker, Paige and .Ford passenger cars; 33 trucks of various sizes and types. among which were Pierce-Arrows, Maxwells, Studebakers, Nash, Reos and Fords and two motorcycles. To Announce Other -Sale Dates. The sales at Camp Hill and Camp Stuart included -25 (Passenger cars, consisting of Chalmers and Fords; 74 trucks running from light deliveries to five-ton types and consisting of Olds mobiles, Nash, Pierce-Arrows, Buicks, Republics and Fords. . . ' On ' September" 24 the motor trans port officer at Philadelphia w-ill offer for sale 18-passen&er cars consisting of -Fords and heavier types; 98 trucks ranging from light delivery vehicles to five-ton types and three motor cycles. ' Inquiries for the dates at which auctions will be -held at other camps and -storage depots and ' for informa tion concerning the equipment to be offered at each should be addressed to the motor, transport officers detailed-to these points. The motor transport corps will announce through the press further offerings on unserv iceable motor equipment in the near future at other locations. - An- had figured out Just how fast they could send the Chevrolet racing creation around the dangerous course and still stay upon four wheels. But the zest of battle overcame Cliff on the very first swing of the course, and in passing another car he was forced off the high crowned road and into the adjacent soft field. Durant carried first-hand Informa tion to the eastern racing fraternity concerning the new Los Angeles speed way, and he declares that the pros pect of the new California track aroused keen enthusiasm. He predicts that the opening race on Washington's birthday will draw the fastest field ever seen in the west. - Far from being nerve shaken from the close call he experienced at Elgin, Durant is already planning to enter races at Fresno and Hanford, Cal., in the near future, and is also going right ahead in his engineering work on a new-Chevrolet for' next May's big In dianapolis classic. The model he is now working on calls for a motor of 181 cubic Inches piston displacement and is expected to be capable of a speed of lie miles, an hour. One of Durant's first moves on reach ing home was to purchase another air plane to add to his stable of two sky machines he secured before leaving on his eastern racing invasion. The motor magnate's plans now call for one of his flying buses to be in Los Angeles at all times, another at the new aviation field he is constructing in Oakland, while the third will be used for "tour ing" to whatever point his fancy dictates. YOU would be amazed if you knew in how short a time the average sale of a Liberty is closed. As a rule, prospective buyers come to us strongly attracted by the beauty of the car, and the high favor in which it is held by the owners. With that preference to go on, we . leave them largely to their own de vices merely asking that they ob serve, for themselves, the beautiful steadiness of Liberty performance. The first delightful ten minutes in which the superior difference in . the way the Liberty rides and drives reveals itself is enough to clinch the matter. Won't you let us - show you how true are the kindly things you con stantly hear said of the Liberty? Liberty Sedan and Coupe now being delivered, W. H. Wallingford Co. 522 Alder St Portland Branch 707 Washington St., Vancouver, Wash. LIBERTJ SIX GUARANTEE ill DISCARD TIRE PERFORMANCE SUBJECT TO VARYING CONDITIONS. Loose Rivets. , Few owners examine the frame for loose rivets, yet these often shake loose and fall out. A car owner recently found that two rivets which had held a cross member of the frame in place had slipped out and the side rail had cracked a little as a result. Shoes Not Guaranteed for Mileage and No More Should Tires, As serts Savage Tire Company. "Improvements of the last few years In the construction of tires has made the old-time mileage guarantee, to all Intents and purposes, a thing of the past," declares George Tl. Whaley, man ager of the Portland Tire company. "The tendency today is to Judge a tire by its actual performance considering the conditions under which it is run. In the old days of the 'Merry Olismo bile' and kindred cars, with their maxi mum speed of 20 miles per hour, the tire inductry as applied to automobiles was, of course, newer than the automo bile itself. It was quite in order then that the tire manufacturer should evi dence his good faith in his product by guaranteeing it to go a certain dis tance. If he didn't have faith in his product, who would? "With the automobile confined to its then very limited use and the roads in practically the same condition every where, the stress on tires was slight compared to the heavy use they are put to today. Under thc;se conditions a manufacturer could readily guarantee a given mileage. "Now, however, conditions have so changed that It is unnecessary, as well as impossible, to state with any degree of accuracy the distance in miles a per fect tire will run. It is unnecessary because tires mado by reputable manu facturers are so constructed today that with proper treatment they will with stand rough usage far exceeding tiie demands of the former mileage guar antee. That it Is impossible to guaran tee a perfect tire will run a given num ber of miles is true, because the life of the tire is dependable not on its own merits so much as on the conditions under which and how it is run. "The utility of the present day auto mobile and the correspondingly greater demand on tires, has made it impousloie to say how many miles a tire should run. Just as it is impossible to prede termine how many walking miles your next pRlr of shoes will give. No mile-' Jon. age guarantee accompanies a new pair of shoes or any other article dependent on wearing conditions for its life. Un der ordinary conditions a pair of phoes will last a reasonable time, but their use and appearance is greatly impaired under changed conditions, and the tame is true of tires. Under adverse condi tions 3000 miles might be a remarkable showing for a tire, whereas the same tire would run 20,000 miles under more favorable conditions. "The Savage Tire company guaran tees its tires to be free from imperfec tions in material and workmanship. That guarantee is unconditional, ir respective of the mileage obtained. If a tire is found defective in any way It Is unequivocally replaced. For this pur pose a standard of 4500 miles for regu lar tires and 6500 for D type has been established as a basis on which to work. "Not content with making ordinary tires, the last two years have been de voted to producing a tire that will ex cel anything on the market. Reports from all sections where Savage tires have been in use under every road con dition on the cars of users, give evi dence of its object having been attained. Such an ideal cannot be realized with out giving time, effort and expense and these were given unsparingly. The results prove that. ' "The company is working on a policy that requires not only that last year, this year or next year be marked as particularly successful, but that each succeeding year must bring with it con sistent and persistent development as applied to the products of the Savage Tire company. 'Built to excel' means Just what It is intended to Imply. "Much interest is manifested by mo torists in the big super-size D type cas ing now being produced by the Savage people. Comparative tests under severe conditions have demonstrated this new departure in tire construction is in a class by Itself. In rough usage on heavy machines and stages it has met with signal success." Weak Starting. When the starting motor for any rea son lacks power to turn over the crank shaft it may be strengthened by coup ling on another storage battery, con necting it in multiple so as not to in crease the voltage. If the conducting wires are- of sufficient size from the battery to the motor there will be a considerable gain in power output. Do rot neglect to change the' oil in the crankoase because it Is a "dirty 1 When .it is absolutely necessary to run on a flat tire keep the tire In soft dirt If possible. If the trouble occurs on city streets run on the trolley track rather than on cobblestones. MEN WELL KNOWN IN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR MANUFACTURE OF NEW CAR. Ill , f r;' 1 ft if "" ' . f tr "j t k Avy ( 'II v y A-vi I - f ' j llIIIIIII!lllll!IIII!lil!IIIII!lll!l!III!llll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!lll!I!IIIII!llilllll!l!ll!IIIIIl!in 71 DIXIE FLYERS SOLD AND DELIVERED SINCE JUNE 24, 1919 36 MORE TO ARRIVE THIS MONTH 24 ACTUALLY SOLD WHY? 77 sNnWflfS DETROIT. Sept. 20. -Indianapoll" lias been announced as the location of the automobile organization of D. McCall White and E. C. Howard, who are preparing to build a Daw highrgrade car. Within a few days the new company, whose mi i,as not been announced, will begin operations in a new plant, which will have 100000 square feet of floor space immediately available. Mr. White designed the Napier, Daimler and eight-cylinder Cadillac. Mr. Howard recently resigned as general sales manager of the Cadillac company. - The C. H. S. Co. 65 NORTH TWENTY-THIRD STREET TOURING JjJ 1 S5 ROADSTER PORTLAND The Sturdy Car . Nwbfr), Or, F". M. 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We Have Your Size warn 331 Couch "near Broadway Phone Broadway 33 34 Why try the untried? GOODRICH TIRES ARE ALWAYS SATISFACTORY. WE SELL" THEM. Auto Accessories, Vulcanizing, Storage Battery Service, Etc. W. E. CHILTON CO. Sixth, Pine and Ankeny. Phone Broadway 2490.