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AUTO DEALERS' SHOW ASSURED ; MANAGER AND SITE WILL BE * CHOSEN TODAY PLENTY OF 1910 CARS PROMISED ' FOR EXHIBIT New Lines Handled by Local Agents Represent Best in Makers' Art In This Coun try Never has there been such enthu siasm among the automobile dealers over any event as that which is being displayed over the coming' automobile show, to be held, by the licensed deal ers February 16 to 26. The committee Is busily at work over the final selection of a place to give the'show. The Hamburger store is now the favorite place where the ex hibit should be held, as it is the most convenient In the city, with elevator service for the patrons find with the 40 000 feet of space makes it the most ideal selection that could be made. In addition to the selection of a place the matter of selecting- a general manager for the show Is under careful consideration. Several names have 1,.-.,-.-,-, placed before the committee, among whom are one or two promoters accustomed to booming- things, but in giving the matter careful consideration it is deemed better to confine the man agement of the affair to one of the au tomobile men actually and actively en- Raged in the business. When the se lection is made, which will be clone probably this morning, the man will be found to be one of the liveliest of the whole active bunch of automobile hustlers" in this city. ■ Every licensed automobile man in lies Angeles is enthusiastically enter- Ing into the spirit of the show, and have wired telegrams by the yard to their factories, so that when the show opens the people who visit the show will undoubtedly see the finest array of machines ever gathered together under one roof west of Chicago. All of the very latest models known to the trade are to be seen at the com ing exhibit and every manufacturer represented in this city will have from three to half a dozen or more models on display. Many New Lines For this show The Herald has per sistently clamored, because the many new find handsome lines exhibited for this year will be sure to attract the attention of the seekers after cars, the year 1910 being an example of demand the like of which has never before been known. Tt Is some reminder of the classy machines which will bo exhibited when the following: exhibitors are represented In (lip coming show: Apperson, Leon T. Shettler, 622 South Grand avenue; Babcock Electric, El more Motor Car company, 742 South Olive street; Baker-Electric, Stoddard Dayton Motor Car company. Tenth and Olive streets: Buick, Howard Auto Vompany, 1144 South Olive street; Ca rilllnc, Lee Motor Car company, 1218 South Main street; Chalmers-Detroit, Western Motor Car company, 727 South Olive street: Columbia, Bireley & Young, 1231 South Main street: Corbin, Corbin Motor Car company, 849 South ' Broadway; Courier, Stoddard-Dayton Motor Car company, Tenth and Olive streets; Cartercar, Woolwlne Motor Par company, 1124-26-28 South Olive street; Elmore, Elmore Motor Car com - pany. 742 South Olive street; Franklin, R. ('. Hamlln, Twelfth and Olive streets: Glide, Shafer-Goodo Motor company, northwest corner Tenth and Olive streets; Haynes, H. T. Brown Motor company, 1136 South Main street; Hudson, Western Motor Car company. 727 South Olive street; Jack ■ son. Charles H. Thompson, 1012-1014 South Main street; Locomobile, Los Angeles Motor Car company, Pico and Hill streets; Lozier, Nash & Fenimore, Tenth and Olive streets; Maxwell, Maxwell-Brlscoe-Los Angeles company, 1321 South Main street; Mercer, Mercer Auto company, 318 West Tenth street; Mitchell, Greer-Robblna company, 1501 South Main street; Moline, Wilson & Buffington, 842 South Olive street; Matheson, Renton Motor Car company, 1230 South Main street; Moon, .C. C. Slaughter Motor Car company, . 1026 South Olive street; Oldsmobile, Wool wino Motor Car company, 1124-26-28 ■ South Olive street; Overland, Renton Motor Car company, 1230 South Main street; Packard, Western Motor Car company, 727 South Olive street; Pal •mer-Singer, Golden State Garage, 2122 West Pico street; Peerless, H. O. Har rison company, 1214 South Main street: Pierce-Arrow, .W. E. Bush, 1227-29 South Main street; Pope-Hartford, William R. Ruess Automobile company, 1028 South Main street; Premier, Schwaebe-Atkinson Motor company, Adams and Main streets; Pullman, Mil ler & Williams, 1140 South Olive street; Regal, Big Four Automobile company, 1203-5 South Main street; Reo, Leon T. Shettler, 633 South Grand avenue; Sel den, H. O. Harrison company, 1214 South Main street; Simplex, Golden State garage, 2122 West Pico street; Steams, C. C. Slaughter Motor Car company, 1020 South Olive street; Stevens D»ryea, Eastern Motor Car company, 825-827 South Olive street; Stoddard-Dayton, [ Stoddard-Dayton Motor company, ■ Tenth and Olive streets; Studebaker, Lord Motor Car company, 1032 South Olive street: Thorn, Wilson & Buffington, 842 South Olive street; TVinton. TV. D. Howard Motor Car company, Twelfth and Main streets: Woods Electric, Leon T. Shet tler, 633 South Grand avenue. This makes an aggregation of cars the like of which has neve» been seen before on the Pacific coast, and every dealer included in this list is earnestly engaged in making the coming show excel anything- ever before attempted. POPULAR REO EXHIBITED One of the many strong and attract ive features of the exhibits of R. M. Owen & CO. at the Palace show was the chassis of the new model four cylinder Tteo. The motor of th(» popu lar model is kept running constantly, and Is ho glazed and illuminated that its Inner workings may readily be seen by visitors. Among the many novel and practical features of this chassis is the device whereby the shifting lever is Jocked into neutral position. Thia bracket of special design is so inserted as to catch the lower part of the shift ing lever which Is mado secure by a small padlock. As this permits the moving about of the car anywhere in the garage and yet makes it impossi ble to drive without unlocking the shifting lever, R. E. Olds has again promptly supplied a popular demand. •_►-•. STRANGLED TO DEATH MILLBROOK, N. ?., Jan. 13.—Sarah Bramer, a nurse maid employed by Mr. and Airs. Barnes Compton In thl» place, was strangled to death this morning by burglars, who robbed the Compton mansion nf lewclry valued at $10,000. New Model Pope-Hartford Delivered to Los Angeles Popular Hotel Manager ?I^BW^MSfiffii- SB?-™ 7™! E. L. Potter of Van Nuys hotel at wheel of his new car purchased from W. R. Ruess Automobile Co. LITTLE MOLINE IS RECORD BREAKER HAROLD STONE ENGAGED TO PILOT CAR Stripped 'for Racing, Machine Sails Over Roads and Demonstrates Class Attributed to Higher Priced Autos Quietly but earnestly The. Herald has endeavored to assist the dealers of this city to build up the automobile business in which they are engaged. It has not hesitated to hunt up for Itself and for the public anything of interest in tha way of cars and drivers who would bring before the public' the merits of both men and machines at any time. In working on these lines it found recently a machine which has remained for some time in the dark, when the true merits of the car, if properly brought to light, would show that even hidden as? it has been it is a marvel as a car. The first suggestion as to this machine came from numerous notices of endurance manifested in the running of this car in a number of places in the east, and acting upon these mentions of public notice The Herald dug up tho little Moline. The word little is used in an advisory sense, not that the car is a little machine by any means, but a full-fledged, full-sized, handsome ma chine, well qualified to take its place in the galleries of the older cars which have been more generally known. The suggestion to Wilson and Buff ington, the well known agents for the Thomas Flyer cars, who are also the agents for the Moline, quickly placed the latter machine in the way of show ing just what it could do, and the firm engaged Harold Stone, who has earned considerable fame as driver in winning the San Diego record, to drive it. Tho handsome red body touring tonneau was taken from tho frame and laid away for future use, and the beautiful trimmings in the way of horn, front lamps and such things as decorate the well groomed car were placed alongside the tonneau, and from the groomed machine such as might be used for call ing or matinee purposes the ruthless hand of the mechanic stripped her down to the ordinary garb of the racing machine. Stripped for Racing Instead of the tonneau at the rear of the car there Is now the big red gaso line and oil tanks, with auxiliary tanks, and the little car was given its initial run yesterday afternoon on a certain straightaway which it is not necessary to mention here. It is not told just where, because there are two eagle eyed cops called Coe and Gardner who are looking for just such little red or blue cars with speedometers and stop watches in hand, seeking funds with which to replenish the fees of the courts where they love to assemble when a live one is captured. It may be believed that when The Herald states that the little Moline is a revealed wonder, it certainly is. There is no claim made that it is the fastest car In the world, because it is not such a machine; but when it is stated that with the gears as low as on the Moline at present it tears off the miles close to the minute mark, and yet sells for the prico at which the Moline is listed, it is certainly some car. The manner in which Harold Stone demonstrates what the car will do" should certainly please those who want a road car which will perform and carry out all that a buyer can .ask for proves that the Moline has the stuff. Going at the highest rate of speed, on the high, without touching a lever, tho car is brought to a standstill or a slow rate of speed without the slightest ef fort, and being released from the brakes gets up and runs away as though it had never had a touch put to the brakes. Controlled by the Hoseh dual system, the car is one of the quickest to act, and there are several stunts marked out for the Moline in which it will show to the public that for service and wear and speed it is an unnecessary investment to put twice or three times its cost in other cars sim ply because they have borne big names for so long a time. The Moline will within a day or two attempt to take the record on the Coli seum saucer track, arrangements hav ing been made for such a stunt by The Herald with Manager Kramer, and if the supports are sufficient to hold the car up Stone will try to beat the circu lar track record now held by De Palma of 50 4-5 seconds. MAKES CLEAN SWEEP J. F. Lemmon, local manager of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company, has received a telegram from his firm stating that Firestone tires made a clean sweep of the Palace and Garden automobile shows. Mr. Lemmon states his linn was lir^t in total number of tires, including non-skids, and also de mountable rims. LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1910. COMMERCIAL CARS SHOW IMPROVEMENT Objectionable Feature of Inaccessible Parts Overcome in Late Models Shown by Reliable Manu facturers To the general public the gasoline commercial cars of today are pretty much the same as last year, but there Is a vast improvement In details that can be discovered easily by close ob servation. On the details depends to so great a degTee the success or failure of a car from a standpoint nf reliability and economy. Up to a year or so ago the commercial car was not much of a suc cess. Chief among the faults of the com mercial car that has hindered its progress has been inaccessibility of parts. The best engineers have con tended that the first thing to be con sidered In designing a truck was to so attach the different vital parts to one another so that within a few minutes any part could be taken away without disturbing any .other part, and that un til this was done, without sacrificing strength or adding weight, the design was not' correct. For example, suppose in the past, a bearing in the transmis sion wept wrong from some cause probably not altogether the fault of the car. This bearing in itself might be very inexpensive, but after the car had been taken all to pieces, the bearing fixed, and the car put together again, the repair bill presented to tho owner of the truck, to say nothing of the time lost, made him skeptical of the econ omy of motor wagons over horses. If this bearing could have been gotten at quickly and fixed it would have been another story. Another thing which tended to give the motor truck a "black eye" was that engine bear ings, and in fact bearings all over the car, were too small to withstand the hard wear, tremendous strains and shocks to which they were subjected, and the result was short life. When a merchant pays several thou sand dollars for a piece of machinery that he expects will reduce the cost of transporting his goods he is not in clined to enthuse much over this piece of machinery if it has Joined the "down and outs" within six months or a year. Had the bearings been generous and designed for long life the merchant would have a different story to tell. In the past engineers made thp gears strong enough—with a reasonable fac tor of safety—to transmit the power developed by the engine, but unforseen strains came up and knocked into a "cocked hat" the theory that gears need only be strong enough to transmit the engine's power. Now the tendency is to reduce the horsepower of the en gine and multiply the strength of the gears. This year, transmission, differ ential and driving gears are big, husky and of the right material. The driver that can put them "out of business" should be made foreman of a railroad wrecking crew. Axles, steering apparatus, frames, springs, radiators, in fact all parts in the past have been generally deficient, but the 1910 models of all tho reliable, makers that are on exhibition at the Madison Square garden show are ma chines that no merchant need hesi tate to invest his money in. They show that the engineers .and operators have r-eon getting their heads to gether and today have produced a practical motor vehicle that is thor oughly reliable, long-lived and econom ical. TOURIST AUTOMOBILES Evaatually WHY NOT NOW? Auto Vehicle Cora pa NATIONAL I AUTOMOBILE CO. I Distributor), 1228-1328 So. Olive St. LICENSED UNDER SJSLDEN PATENTS 3BPIBRCB* ■: • W. It. BISU. So. CaL Ageaer, - tiaruc* and Repairing. ■ \\ itti-f laOl'Tli U.liX Uomo t'UU. lUla 117 a, ■.-■ . . ■ »-.-< ... AUTOS GOING TO AVIATION MEET MUST BE RUN SLOW Chief Deputy Case Warns Drivers Not to Go Faster than 20 Miles an Hour The Automobile club of Southern California warns all automobilists at tending Aviation meet not to exceed a speed of mere than twenty miles an hour after leaving the city limits. So far this week the deputies have been very courteous and in most cases sim ply warned without arresting offend ers, but owing to the persistent In fraction of the law by so many au toists the officers have lost all pa tience and from now on will arrest all those who are driving their machines more than twenty miles an hour. F. G. Case, chief deputy, said he had had seven officers patrolling the roads, but will double the force and that while ho didn't wish to appear officious he certainly would not hesitate to arrest anyone going faster than the law al lows. He has asked the automobile club to publish a notice of his intentions, so those attending the meet will be suf ficiently notified to go slow, unless they wish to be arrested. SHIELD 18 POPULAR The hydraulic folding dust and wind shield is one of the most useful and practical devices for the comfort of mo torists which has Just been put on the market. This shield is neat in appear ance, and does not mar the appearance of the car. There are certain times on a sultry day when the tourist thinks ho does not need a shield. A sudden wind, a shower or a cloud of dust caused by a rapidly passing or ap proaching car changes the order of things, and then the shield is wanted, and wanted immediately. With the hy draulic wind shield it is not necessary to stop the car or to get out of the ma chine; no screw-drivers or monkey wrenches are needed. , f^^g^^ij^fr C-GiipEi pO\S 1 r^ Amariran American Motor Car Agency, /till"! IVUII > 1210-1212 South Olive A »*....:,-.-*.. C:.«.v1«./ Bekins-Corey Motor Car Co., American-Simplex Bek'"s c°rey ?;«, and fi ow « Atlac ~" BekinsCorey Motor Car Co., AT'CIS . Pico and Flowei r*al*f nrnia California Automobile Co., IJdliTOrnia Tenth and Main [\nrriC Bosbyshell-Carpenter Co., L/UI I 15 .- 1226-1228 South Olive fllir^rar Durocar Manufacturing Co., l/11l Utdl 'I 929 South Los Angeles Fmr\ira Munns Auto Co., Lllipirt? S 1351 South Main C_ — I Standard Automobile Co.. rCIU • * . Twelfth and Olive urG3t Western 1130-1132 south onve Halladay-lsotta Motor Car Import Co" a ,o l i,, naisaday-isona B io south oii Ve Hni\mnki a Tri-State Motor Car Co., IfiUpniUUllo 600-604 South Olive P^fprcnn Pico Carriage Co., raICIoUII Pico and Main Patrpl Williams Automobile Co., I "II Cl 1806 South Mair IXdlllUlCl A . 1140-1142 South Hope Sfprlinn 'h a:n- Jung Motor Car Co- Olrl Iliiy 1213 South Main T/Mirict California Automobile Co., I GUI IM , Tenth and Main 1/ D |» Standard Automobile Co., Vcllt? Twelfth and Olive rnntfnantal Angelus Motor Car Co &fe UUllllllUUldl 1242-1244 South Flower Pi/lnr I nii/ic Angelus Motor Car Co., - TllUor-LcWlO . 1242-1244 South Flower FEW CHANGES IN THOMAS MODELS THE CHASSIS TO BE MARKETED NEXT YEAR LONG.STROKE MOTOR BECOMES FEATURE Development of Various Parts Has Resulted in a Very High De gree of Efficiency in New Cars D. W. SEMPLE While the E. It. Thomas Motor com pany has not made any decided changes In its 11110 models, parttoularly In its two larger ones (the models F and X). its Little Six and Town car shows several refinements and addi tions. # For 1911 the company will market three chassis, a Thomas model M 6-40, the X 6-70 and the X Town car 4-28. The new long stroke motor which has attained such popularity in En- ■ rope and which engineers have conced ed to be the best form of ongine con struction has been made one of the es sential features of both the new Thomas model M and Town car. The advantage of the long stroke en gine is that it does not have to revolve so fast to deliver its power. In other words, the long stroke motor will wear a much longer time than a short stroke motor. Flexible Engine Produced Largo gas passages and valvps one half the diameter of the cylinders, coupled with the long stroke design, have* produced an engine which is so flexible that it can be driven at any speed from two miles an hour to sixty on high gear. The water jacketing is another feat ure to which special attention has been paid. Every possible portion o£ the cylinder wells and valve chambers has been Jacketed and the circulation so arranged that the coldest water comes in where the metal is hottest. The centrifugal pump used is a min iature reproduction of that efficient type used In large hydraulic work, A belt driven fan of cast aluminum op erating behind an extra large surfaced honeycomb radiator adds much to the efficiency of the cooling system. While the past models have been noted for their quietness, this year by the use of a little surgical instrucent called the "phonendoscope" even the smallest knocks and noises have been localized and removed from the motor while It is in the block testing depart ment. The valve clearance has been re duced to .004 of an inch. The rotating and reciprocating parts have been carefully balanced, both statically and dynamically. The compression In all cylinders has been made equal In order that uniform explosions may result and the motor run free from vibration. Shafts Carefully Fitted All the shafts have been carefully fitted and the cams more accurately ground. All parts have been fitted with more precision i.nd great stress has been laid upon the heat treating processes. The E. R. Thomas Motor company states that it has the best automobile steel heat-treating depart ment in this country, and by the use of this department in connection witli the physical and chemical laboratory it has been able to incorporate in this year's models materials which in their composition and treatment are even better than those formerly used. The transmission also shows the mark of careful design. It weighs only eighty-two pounds and is of very strong but compact design. The gears are of nickel steel and run on annular ball bearings. The transmission is connected with the motor through two joints of the in ternal gear type by a new design clutch of the Thomas three-disc pat ented type. The flywheel is o! steel in stead of cast Iron. COMING I The Automobile Show Under Auspices of Licensed Motor Car Dealers' Association of Los Angeles Note the Dates February 19=26 Inclusive (SUNDAY EXCEPTED) Place to Be Announced Greatest Exposition of MOTOR CARS ever held west of Chicago. Over 40,000 square feet of space devoted to cars built and protected under the Selden Patent (Known as Licensed Cars) The following licensed cars will be exhibited at this show and at NO OTHER SHOW held in Los Angeles this year. These are cars that you know have made good and we know are here to STAY. Apperson Matheson LEON T. SHETTLER, RENTON MOTOR CAR. CO., 633 South Grand avenue. 1330 South Main street. Babcock Electric Moon ELMORE MOTOR CAR CO., C. C. SLAUGHTER MOTOR CAR 743 South Olive street. CO., 1020 South Olive. Baker-Electric Oldsmobile STODDARD-DAYTON MOTOR CAR WOOLWINE MOTOR CAR CO., CO., Tenth and Olive. 1124-2G-28 South Olive. Buick Overiand HOWARD AUTO CO.. RENTON MOTOR CAR CO.. 1144 South OUve street. 1230 South Main street. Cadillac Packard LEE MOTOR CAR CO., WESTERN MOTOR CAR CO.. 1218 South Main street. 127 South Olive street. Chalmers-Detroit Palmer-Singer WESTERN MOTOR CAR CO., GOLDEN STATE GARAGE, 727 South Olive street. 2122 West IMco street. Columbia Peerless BIRELEY & YOUNG. H. O HARRISON CO.. .. ..1231 South Main street. 1214 South Main street. Corbin Pierce-Arrow CORBIN MOTOR CAR CO., W. E. BUSH, 849 South Broadway. 1227-29 South Main street. Courier Pope-Hartford STOI>DARD-DAYTON MOTOR CAB MM. K. RIESS AUTOMOBILE CO., CO., Tfintli and OUve. 1028 South Main Rtrrpt. Cartercar Premier WOOLWINE MOTOR CAR CO.. SCHWAEBE-ATKINSON MOTOR 1124-26-28 South Olive. CO., Adams and Main Mreetn. Elmore Pullman ELMORE MOTOR CAR CO., MILLER & WILLIAMS. 742 South Olive street. H4» South Olive street. Franklin Regal R C HAMLIN BIG 4 AUTOMOBILE CO., Twelfth and Olive streets. 1203-5 South Main utreet. /^<f*J Bdwjr. 19S1. D rtrt Glide Home ""• Keo SHAFER-GOODE MOTOR CO., I.EON T. SnETTLKR, N. W. cor. Tenth nnd Olive sts. 633 South Grand avenue. Haynes Selden 11. T. BROWN MOTOR CO., " O. HARRISON CO.. 1138 South Main street. 121* South Main street. Hudson . Simplex WESTKRN MOTOR CAR CO., GOLDEN STATE GARAGE, V.-r South Olive street. 2122 West IMco street. Jackson Steams (lIARI.ES H. THOMPSON, C. C. SLAUGHTER MOTOR CAB lOri-IOM South Main street. CO., 1026 South Olive street. Locomobile Stevens Duryea MM ANGELES MOTOR CAR CO., EASTERN MOTOR CAR CO.. IMco and Hill streets. 823-827 South Olive -street, Lozier Stoddard-Dayton NASH & FENIMORE, STODDARD-DAYTON MOTOR CO., Tenth and OUve streets. Tenth and OUve.. Maxwell Studebaker MAXWELL-BRISCOK-LOS ANOE- LORD MOTOR CAR CO., LES CO., 1321 South Main street. 1032 South Olive street. Mercer Thomas MERCER AUTO CO., WILSON & BUFFINGTON, 318 West Tenth street. »« South OUve street. Mitchell Winton GREKR-HOBBINS CO W. I). HOWARD MOTOR CAR CO., ISOI South Main street. Twelfth and Main streets. Moline Woods Electric WILSON * BIIHWiTIIN, MOM T. SIIETTI.KR. 842 South Olive street. «33 South Grand avenue. 13