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Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
HOW THEY TIME THE
BIG AUTO CONTEST
Instrument Which Costs $4,000
Will Be Used by Fred Wagner in
Checking July s Classic.
is MOST INTRICATE MACHINE

In the excitement OF watching a big
automobile race, where lives and fortunes
are at stake every second from the drop
OF the starters flag until the last car
finishes, the public often marvels at the
fact that the officials are able to furnish
absolutely accurate and frequent detail
records OF the time. distances. etc. OF
each car.
To the laynnan in the grandstand every
thing connected with a big race appears
like one vast volcanic eruption. can
nonade OF heavy artillery, with the spit
ting forth Of fire and smoke. gasoline
fumes and burning rubber. through which
the demon cars burst past the line OF
vision (time after time until the flag
falls at the crossing OF the WINERY
Then, who knows ''how fastr'
Only the official starter. Judges. timers
and drivers themselves realize the i'm
portanoe Of the little wire which few
OF the spectators may have noticed
stretched across the track at the starting
and finishing point
As each car passes over this wire its
performance Is Officially recorded by
means OF one of the most delicately con-
structed devices ever manufactured.
only Two such Devices.
There are only two OF these devices in
America. One Is owned by the Indianap-
oils speedway and used TO officially time
all the big races there, including the
grand Memorial day annual event.
The other Il owned by the veteran
Starter" Fred Wagner. whose fame Is
world wide. II 10 this race-timer built
for and owned by Fred Wagner that Is
used in timing the big California and
Florida events. the annual Elgin road
race. etc, and Il is the official timing
device Of the American Automobile asso-
citation "a. A. A. These timing devices
cost over 5000 each
The entire outfit OF the Stewart
Warner electric horogTsph as this tim
ing apparatus Is called consists Of wire
stretched across the track and fastened
al one end 20 an electric break-maker.
Next. a time registering device run by a
motor and battery: also. a Bliss ehro-
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
Clip This Table and
Keep Time on the
Races. at Speedway

The following figures viii be interesting
10 spectators who attend either the race
OF the speed trials previous to the race
at the new speedway. The table shows
at a glance the speed being made IN
miles per hour when the time the lap Is
turned IN is announced. For Instance,
II one OF the drivers runs lap in forty
five seconds flat glance at the table
viii show that he Travelled at the rate OF
Joe miles per hour. A lap, on the Omaha
track is a mile and a quarter AMI this
table is compiled for track Of that
length, Clip the table out and see how
fas' the drivers at the track are going.
Clock them yourself ana then look on
your table.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
Omaha Speedway Invites the World on July 5t
IS TRACK FAST AS CHICAGO2
Experts Declare Better Average
Depends Entirely on Strength
of the Tires.
MOTORS CAN GO STILL FASTER

But conceding that omaha's track with
its triple radius and its highly pitched
turns is faster, can a motor turn over
faster and can tires stand the test?
Motor Engineers declare that engines can
that. can the tires stand the constant
wear and tear?
II is feared they cannot. Sometime.
perhaps, improvements will be made in
tires so that they can stand the intense
speed without literally burning. up. But
at the present speed of 100 miles an
hour is like putting a tire to a grind
stone and Il coon wears down.
At Chicago Resta started out at a pace
of 105 miles an hour The crowd behind
tried to keep pace. The result was that
the right rear tires. which stood the
brunt of the attack on the pitched
curves, blew up at twenty-five and thirty
miles. Immediately the pace was out,
not because the track couldn't stand the
speed or that the engines were unequal
to II, but because the tires couldn't
stand II.
That is the situation as 1t stands here.
1t is essentially a question of tires. II
the tires can stand It without, the aver
age set by Resta at Chicago will be sur
passed when the cars whizz around the
new board speedway in East Omaha on
July s.
VIII the time made on the Omaha
speedway surpass that made at Chicago
last Saturday is a question that speed
enthusiasts in Omaha are asking them
selves. 1t is puzzling question, indeed.
and many arguments pro and con are
being advanced.
Both of the speedways are built on a
similar plan. The track surface of each
speedway is broad. There isn't a doubt
but what the board track is faster than
the dirst or the macadam or the brick; Il
IL certain that the time made here will
beat that made at indianapolis, but Will
1t beat Chicago?
At Chicafo Dario Resta averaged T.e
miles an hour. That is a worlds record
for the distance. The average at 30
miles was ninety-eight miles an hour,
also a record for the distance. So 1t is
one safe bet, IL the Chicago time Is bested
the driver who does It will certainly
have to travel some.
According to the engineers who de-
signed and built the Omaha track, and
according to Jack Prince, who first
preached the idea of the wooden speed
way. the Omaha track can hold a speed
of 120 miles an hour. This is surely
faster than any time made at Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
BIG SPEEDWAY AND
THE MAN WHO DIOIT
To a Man Of Whom You Have Little
Heard Should Go a Great Deal
Of the Credit.
HIS NAME IS G. R. VAUGHN

Somewhere in the crowds when
the new Omaha auto speedway
makes its debut on July s, there will
be a short, stocky, bronzed man peer
ing benignantly at the great speed
way and thanking his lucky stars that
his work is done,
The chances are he will have spent
the night at the grounds. Even II he
doesn't he will surely be there at sun
rise. Few will see him and probably
IL they do see him they will merely
think him a part of the great throng
which comes to see the race.
But the little army of men who have
been behind the scenes, who have
watched the birth and growth of the
great enterprise will know him and rec
ognize him as c. r. Vaughn, the man
who took hold of the speedway fifty
days ago and made it a reality.
You won't find Vaughn's name in the
program. You haven't heard much about
him in the newspapers. He has no ex-
ecutive office and he hasn't anything to
close to being the most important man
in the entire crew.
An Impossible Job,
But Vaughn has been the works for
the last fifty days. On the fifteenth day
of May the Omaha speedway was still
more or less of a dream. Only the first
part Of the track. that built by Jack
Prince last fall was UP, Prince was
gone and even though he wero here it
looked like an impoesibility to add
another thirty feet Of width TO that
track, build the grandstand. put in the
fences. garages. pits and a myriad of
other things necessary.
But one day the speedway directors
mentioned the undertaking to Vaughn.
Know anything about speedwaysT"
Vaughn was asked.
Never saw one," was his reply,
well, we've got one that must be
built in fifty days. can 1t be done?''
asked the speedway director.
''sure, I'll attend to it." said Vaughn.
And attend to 1t he did. Despite his
many woes and cares that speedway was
built and Ii ready for the first race
Rain Interferes.
Vaughn had his troubles. many OF
them. First the rain interfered. The
first day Vaughn started to work the
rainy season started and there we're al
least fifteen days that not hand was
turned at the speedway. 1t was hard tc
get the lumber out to the track because
Of the mud. Everything seemed TO breal
against Vaughn. but the sturdy contrac-
tor never whimpsrod. never made an ex
cuse. but simply promised all would b'
ready. And he made good on his prom
ise, the track is up. the grandstand is W
and everything IL ready for Starter Fred
Wagner TO give the starting signal Il
was a big piece OF work and a lot Of
credit Is due to Vaughn and his crew Of
200 men who made the July classic {
reality.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
Facts About the
Big Auto Classic
In Omaha July 5

stsrti 1890 Brake tests and reverse
tests at II o'clock.
Distance; 800 miles
Length OF course; Mile and a quarter.
Number of cars eligible; Seventeen.
Prize money: $4,000
Division OF purse; $500 TO winner $500.
second; $4,000. third; $1,000. fourthi tsOo.
fifth; 800. sixth: 800. sevsnth.
Added prizes; $3.50 TO car leading at 100
miles and $3.50 TO car leading at 800 miies.
Accommodations for spectators: Grand
stand seating $500. Parking space for
automobiles. lnfield positions for general
admission.
Admission to grounds; Grandstand
seats. s. to s.; infield admission. q
Starter: Fred Wagner.
Referees Spike Kennedy.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01

Orr doesn't expect TO stay In the racing
game. it's tust a little diversion for him
But TO the wise Orrs case IL like a good
many others While in most games they
can't come back" in the racing game
they can't quit. It's the fever.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01

nometer. which IL probably one Of the
most expensive clocks ever made, this
part OF the outfit alone costing gEo
How IL Operates.
The operation OF the device is Is fol-
lows; AS car passes over this wire,
which is elevated about an inch above
the track. II depresses IL This action
makes break" In the electrical cur
rent and this break causes tho timing
device to operate.
This timing device may be compared
to typewriter with the exception that
on typewriter the key strikes against
the paper and ribbon resting against the
pad. while on this machine the operation
is just reversed. A long strip OF paper IL
run'through the machine and passes I'M
der marking ribbon. Raised above this
Is an arm OF striking pad.
The car in passing over the wire breaks
the electric connection. This break"
causes the marking pad TO strike the strip
OF paper resting over the raised numerals
on the edges OF the discs. Thus Is I'm
printed on the paper the precise time
as shown by the exact position which the
discs may be in at the instant. The ma
chine then automatically shifts the paper
along ready to receive the next impress
sion. which will be caused by the next
car passing over the wire.
As the first car makes the circuit OF the
track 1t automatically records the precise
time that the lap is made in.
A relay fitted within the device pre-
vents the back wheels Of the car from
registering, but this relay does not pre-
vent the registration OF two cars which
might pass over the tape within S-1oo %
a second OF each other.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
NO BALL GAME CARDED FOR
AFTERNOON OF JULY FIFTH

To give the speedway clear field in
the afternoon Pa Rourke has decided to
hold but one ball game July s. Two are
scheduled for that day. but Rourke has
announced that only the morning game,
starting at 1890. will be played. The
race will start at 1890.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
Fred Good to Be Head
OF Technical Board

Fred Good. western manager for the
Paige company, has been made chair
man of the technical committee which
will serve at the scO-mile classic on the
new Omaha auto speedway July 5. Good
is an old race driver. He spent seven
years at the game. and what he doesn't
know about a motor and racing cars
isn't to be known. Thus one Of the real,
nice, hard Jobs Of the race was wished
on to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
RAILROAD SPREPARE TO
HANDLE THE BIG CROWDS

Railroads have announced that num-
Der of special trains will come to Omaha
on July for the big auto race and the
wrestling match. The Northwestern will
run a special in from Oakdale and at
night will run out two specials. one to
Oakdale and one to Long Pine.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01

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Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
NEW ROAD TO AUTO
SPEEDWAY OPENED
Motorists Will Not Have to Cross
Tracks at Locust Street. but
Can Take Another Route.
SPECIAL CARS ARE TO RUN

Take street cars on the Sherman avenue
line going north on Fourteenth street.
Cars run direct from town to the speed
way every minute.
There are two automobile routes. From
town 60 north on sixteenth street TO
Grace. east on Grace to Eleventh, north
on Eleventh to Lake, east on Lake to
Fifth and north on Fifth to the speed
way entrance. The other route is north
from the city to Locust street. east on
Locust to Fifth and north on Fifth TO the
speedway entrance. signs will mark the
course along both of these roads.
The directors Of the Omaha Auto Speed
way, for the accommodation of persons
who wish TO motor to the speedway on
the day OF the big race, July ). have
opened a new road to the track This
road is in good condition and permits
autoists to go to the track without cross
ing the railroad tracks on Locust street.
The Locust street road Is also open and
the two routes will make It much easier
for the motorists.
The new route leads east on Grace
street from Sherman avenue. Tho road
runs east on Grace TO Eleventh street.
then north on Eleventh to Lake and east
on Lake TO Fifth. Thence on Fifth di-
rectly north to the main entrance OF the
speedway Signs will be placed along the
entire route so that motorists will have
no trouble in locating tho way.
Street cars to the speedway will leave
town every minute. The street car COM
many has promised to put every available
car into service so that everybody will
be afforded ample accommodations.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-01
Another Car Enters
Omaha Auto Classic

Another car has entered the Omaha
race. II. G. Donaldson. who entered the
seventeenth car the first OF the week.
wired 20 +. ]. Meshane, director Of con-
tests, that he would enter a second ma
chine. The entry Is on the way. THIS
IL also a new car and said to be one
that viii clip off ninety miles an hour
without even snorting.
Evening journal., 1915-07-06
FODDER FOR INvEsmcAToRs

Nh D. SINCLAIR managing secretary for the
Chamber OF Commerce, made report at the an
nual meeting Of that organization on January IA last
in which he said
Figures taken from the treasurers report for 1918
snow That the total amount revenue derived from
membership dues during that year was SIS XII mn
ing the year Just ended the Chamber of Commerce re-
ceVed from the same only SO or SeR42 O2
less than the preceding year Including 81 OOo the
kanzaon had TO borrow toward the close of the wear
the total with which to work amounted 70 oni
SteiVr5o Referring TO the operative expense of the
Chamber of Commerce for the year 1914 we had s91
el02l as against that Of 1913 approximating only S1a
sOoS2 showing apparent increase from 1913 of 81
svos can your attention to the fact that during the
hrst months of the year 1914 IL necessary To xnend
IN tne neghborhood OF $4,000 for bills contracted during
1910 tnus reducing our actual 1914 expenditures
S2lSl021 TO approximately S19S1O21 This figure is
slightly less than that Of 1913 but you must not lose
sight OF the extraordinary expenses by the recent
Membership Campaign aggregatng S4O25 90 which ex-
penses not properly chargeabe against the income
OF 1914 thus reducing the actual 1914 expenditures 10
only Sl5.7S429 This figure compared to that of 1913
shows net reduction of S41240s This is partly ac-
counted for by of the fact that in 1918 the execu
i've force OF the Chamber Of Commerce consisted Of three
~ nesus OF departments asgregatng total expense in
salaries of $500 per annum. IN 1914 with two execu
we heaas the total salary expense amounted TO only
x.,evv per annum representing saving of $500 per
year IN executive salaries alone The Office force also
IN isl4 was considerably reduced below that of 1912
~ ~ 'e way OF stenographers and clerks Thus IL will
be observed that the affairs Of the Chamber Of Com
careful regard to expense w
We invite the attention Of the rerohor. 81, a., Gu.
per Of Commerce to those figures and tho concsions
drawn therefrom and ask in all seriousness If If ould
not pay the Chamber TO forget the Levy court sor
a"hi'e and appoint committee to throw some leht
upon the report That committee might inquire
Why was il necessary for the Chamber to sDena ~
than its income and create floating debt by borrow
ing $4,000
What 1913 dues we're collected in 1914 toward paying
the $1,000 of floating Indebtedness inherited from
1913?
why is not at least portion Of the expense Of S4
o2592 for the membership campaign in 1914 properly
charseabe against the income of 1914?
In comparing the relative cost of executive forces
OF 1913 and 1914 was allowance made in the report
for the fact that several OF the executive heads whose
-4nual salaries in 1913 aggregated $500 year we're
Evening journal., 1915-07-06
Cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

II you want to keep your hair in good
condition, the'less soap you use the bet
ter
Most soaps and prepared shsmpoos
contain too much alkali. This dries the
scalp. makes the hair brittle, and is very
harmful. just plain mulsified cocoanut
oil (which is pure and entirely grease
lessl, is much better than soap or any
thing else you can use for shampooning,
as this can't possibly iniure the hair
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub it in. One OF two tesspoonfuls
will make an abundance of rich, creamy
lather. and eleanses the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lather rinses out easily,
and removes every particle Of dust, dirt.
dandruf and excessive oil The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and IL leaves 1t
fine and silky, bright fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get mulsifed cocoanut oil at
most any drug store. Il Is very cheap.
and few ounces is enough to last
everyone in the family for months.
Evening journal., 1915-07-06
TUESDAY JULY 6, 1915
ArT0M0RIMsTs An MONEY.HrNGER.

m RADE interests in several Of the towns in this
State are being injured by the drastic attitude
that town officials assume toward automobilists. We
already have called attention that fact and received
commentator from Automobiles and merchants for
having done so
The Smyrna Times is of the best and most con-
servave Of our down-state contemporaries. It takes
up the matter in the following sensible editorial:
too rigid enforcement Of our automobile ordinance
we fear is having a tendency TO keep trade away
from Smyrna The past week two auto owners, des-
pite the fact they insist they left their lamps burning
fined $50 and costs total Of $3.50 for allowing
their cars to stand the street without lights In
each case the owners declared they left their lamps
burning and unaware of the fact of their going
out They pinohed for the fine nevertheless. lt
would in extenuatng circumstances of this kind
II would be better for the officers to discretion and
at least give the owner chance by telling him, If he
is streets or In stores, that his auto
lights are out, instead Of soaking the fine In bon
above mentioned the good reliable
citizens and had come to Smyrna to deal in stores
Automobile laws necessary. know but there Is
of carrying II far to keep automobile par
ties away from Smyrna. In the broad sense the law
should be respector of persons. but in the local
it should he enforced with proper judgment
note made "the intent back of the awbreaking The
officers should direct their attention reckless drivers
and the speed maniacs rather than good aw-abd-
ing respectable citizens and those Of such who
TO our town to deal.
Smyrna by no means the only town in the state or
the Peninsula which Of cars are subjected
to such hardships at the hands ofcaldom In some
towns the prejudice and moneyhunger Of petty officials
have become .eandal that injuries such communities
Law is supposed to be the Of common-sense.
II may be that Of those who constituting and
enforcing il in rural communities ignorant Of or
wlifully disregard that fact II will pay any COM
munity to popuarize itself with automobllirts They
are liberal spenders sometimes by compulson but usu-
ally Of their voiton On the other hand II will
iniure any town TO incur the il-w OF automobnisvs
as class They appreciate decent treatment and know
how to resent unjust treatment Fat auto-hne pick
ngs for police officers and magistrates lean pick
nes for garage men, merchants and hotel proprie-
tors.
There is happy medium between liberty and II.
cense. Police officers and magistrates should en-
deavor TO find by permitting their commonsense and
not their money-hunger to be their guide
Evening journal., 1915-07-06
Overlooked By Mr.. Mann
mon the New York SUM

The Hon. James R. Mann, Repub-
lican leader in the House of Repre-
sentatives, is of the opinion that Con-
gress will be called in special session
early in the fall He thinks the ses-
sion will be necessary to consider the
revenue question and also to get
good lead in legislative work" so that
an early adjournment next year may
be possible.
Consideration of the revenue ques-
ton may or may not be so impera-
tive that 1t cannot be deferred until
the regular session. Getting d good
lead in legislative work to the avoid
ance of a prolonged sitting of Con-
gress is also proposition for which
perhaps something may be said. But
the one great reason which might
be advanced as justifying a special
session Mr.. Mann wholly overlooks;
a reason so urgent, so vital in its inn
portance that it overshadows and OBJ
scures all other matters demanding
speedy legislative action.
Absolutely nothing is just now so
imperative to the commercial inter-
ests of the country as the repeal of
the disastrous La Toilette sedmen S
act With every passing day that
deplorably in conceived. in sanctioned
measure Is stripping the American
flag from American ships, utterly
paralyzing American marine develop
ment at precisely the time when as
perhaps never before in the country's
history the winds of foreign trade
are blowing favorably for the
filling of American sails. II is al
most as though the economic forces
Evening journal., 1915-07-06

10 life imprisonment by the governor
of Georgia is found in the actions o'
Georgia mobs both prior and subse
quent TO the governors decision. Mol
rule never promotes justice and it il
fortunate for the good name of the
State that she possessed a governor
who would not permit his cfficia
judgment to be intimjdated by such
remarkable demonstrations as have
marked the whole course of this case.
Frank, accused of the murder of a
young girl in his employ. is entitled
TO the beneSt of any doubt which ex
lists as to his guilt and certainly the
evidence against him was not conclu-
sive The trial Judge, now dead. left
written statement of reasonable
doubt Justice Holmes. of the United
States Supreme Court, expressed rea-
sonable doubt. Under the governors
commutation Of the death sentence
10 life imprisonment, the prisoner If
guilty, does not 90 unpunished. But
II he Is not guilty he still lives and
there will be a possibility of vindicat-
ing him. The ends of justice are serv-
ed by the commutaton of his SEN
tence and it is difficult TO see how
Governor Slaton could have acted
otherwise than he has done in view
OF the doubts surrounding the case.