AUTO A NECESSITY Each Year Shows That the Ma- chines Have Achieved an Ad- vance in Popular Favor. That They Will Ever Go Out of Style or Use Is Beyond Consideration— Prominent Manufacturer Tells Reasons for Optimistic Outlook. As early as 1898, when The Haynes Automobile Company was stjll in its infancy, we decided to build for the following year about fifty cars, firm was expecting to build 100 chines for the same year, and we won- timing of the valves or the ignition; the manufacturer knows best. Treat your car as you would an expensive watch. A lot of trouble may be avold- ed by having an expert examine the car about once every two months quickly develop into big wrongs if not discovered and checked “Don't patronize the chanic-—-his work {8s usually ing with his price Keep your car out of the hands of the schoolboy who offers to work free of charge. The manufacturer is always ready to ad- vise and help you. His reputation is in your hands and don't be too much inclined to blame the car when the first little trouble arises. Each ma- chine has peculiarities of its own and cheap mo in keep general, it {8 essential that the manu- facturer's Instructions be carefully “The idea that there is no particu- lar care necessary for the successful wood Haynes. whether the American people not they would buy them. To my sur- the public still clamored for Notwithstanding the strides which have been made in business, this experience has been re peated each year without exception ever since. The automobile itself In thousands of American homes Elwood Haynes, Builder of America’s First Car. and so endeared {tself to use it that it will not be gi cepting In certain cases necessity demands It On ‘1 up ex where Not only does the owner of a ma chine take his \ for pleasure driving, takes the children of | that it is now rather dif or girl in the more populous districts who has never had a mobile. The motor car no uo of style or out of use than the beauti. own family out uently to find a boy ride an auto will other things that It lite hundred * 5 he pet, or a contribute become the basis thousands of famil only to their enjoyment, but to their health, peace of mind, and general well-being, affording, as it does, =a long wished for pleasure and utility which it has only possible to realize within years The automobile buying season full blast, and many purchasers be car owners for the first time. E. Doty, manager of the Haynes tor Car Co., gives the following timely advice to such owners, which should be very helpful indeed to joy of life for outdoor lies, contributing not been is in H ‘tinker,’ There is no mystery concealed under thas hood of a car, there is noth- This Is the oldest automobile in ex. lstence, and is now on exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Washington, D. C, duly labeled as follows: “Gasoline Automoblle, built by EI wood Haynes, in Kokomo, Ind., 1803. 1894. Successful trial trip made at a speed of six or seven miles per hour, July 4th, 1894. Gift of Elwood Haynes, 1910. 265,135." ing that should be kept secret from the car owner, but the temptation to ‘tinker’ usually becomes too great; a delicate adjusting screw is turned or a wire is disconnected and then trouble begins. “Talk to the repairman, study the instructions, learn all you can, and then when the emergency comes, you'll be prepared. But wait for the smergency. Do not tinker. Don't try to make adjustments when the car is already in adjustment. Don't begin tearing down until you have located the trouble. Don't try to Improve the tanks and radiator is There i8 no more carefully designed the with all careful case complicated inspection and at- “Treat your car well, lubricate it The result will be efficient at minimum upkeep. And when the emergency comes, when something does go wrong, don't tinker." Be systematic. First de- service and last, how this may be applied.” NEED A REGULATING VALVE Use of Water With Gasoline Means a Considerable Saving of Fuel to the Auto Owner. remedy With the exhaust gas heater some of regulating id be used and a few cross partitions in the inlet pipe at the point where the heat is applied help heat the center of the ’ 1s : form valve shou column of the gntering mixture. Gaso- will stand about eighty-five pounds compression predgnition. however, will not ver sine without Kerosene, stand seventy pounds unless a small quantity of taken linder with each «¢ The customary man- either for the attached to the engines the water Is into the c¥ harge ner of doing this is to employ a separate small carburetor water or a emall valve egular carburetor. In a few the water cylinder The 8 about t is | njected directly fut proportion of water i one to each gallon of not employed one and half pints of wae if the motor has usual employed for gasoline the motor will predgnite and is very apt to rod bearings er kerosene water is used when the the ompression burn out the connecting It is mot generally kn advantage pro- of wn that water may be used to h gasoline in about s Ame considerable saving Preserve Car Body. For most tr man work of b mi “restorer” lowing the body work for pint of turpentine, one pint of wo one quart water, one quart of kerosene oil the alcohol and turpentine togethe then mix the water and kerosene r n order t iefy the adage about ofl ing. gene and water not it is necessary to pis and water in shake briskly alcohol heen until they the and tury have previous; ed The mixtu is ro but be ghak- applied side with a after standing, can always brought together again Ing to of a hy « by brisk The should be mixture the body work with the soft flannel cloth and polished dry one New Auto Safety Device. municipal authorities of Paris The making it obligatory for all motor cars to carry a device by means of which passengers in the interior of their car may stop it instantly without the as- ¢istance of the chauffeur. Such a measure would prevent accidents sim- flar to that in which the two children of Isadora Duncan met their death. Another preventable accident of the same kind was caused in Paris a short time ago by a chauffeur fainting on his box. The proposed device which the technical committee of the prefecturs of the Seine has before it for consid. eration is sald to be easily applied to any automobile at a cost of about $10. Carelessness of Chauffeur, If an automobile is leased for a pleasure ride, and the chauffeur meres ly obeys the instruction of the lessee as the car Is responsible for any damage feur's negligence. sin, in the case of Gerretson ve. a gn rage company, in which the lessee of the car sued the garage an accident caused by the carelessness of the chauffeur. The court held that in such a case the driver ls the sen vant of the garage owner, and not of the lessee of the ear. France Taking to “Cycles.” France has one automobile for every 500 people, one eycle for every 13 and one motorcycle for every 1,382. Be tween 1910 and 1911 there was the enormous increase of 300,000 cycles. / From 10,000 to 150,000 Signa- tures on Nominating Papers. OVER EIGHTY ARE REJECTED Railroad Men Discuss Grievances At Capital School Discuss Sunday Associations Study Courses SCOres ware filed for Statewide nor Friday, time when the nd. After certifica Commiss lots w at four IrepRration filed for Co inting of the bal inty than 1,000 were required Discuss Study Courses The International Association and th Council of Evangelical held a conference in the Witherspoon Bullding, Philadelphia, to the question of what kind of lessons will be made part of the study courses in the Sunday schools of United States and Canada. Virtually all the Protestant denominations were repre sented in the Council. A difference of opinion has existed for some time as to whether the uniform system or the graded system is the better. The Sunday School ¢ Sunday School Denominations settle the result in a recommendation being sent to the International Sunday School As- sociation annual meeting to be held in Chicago next June, Railroad Men Discuss Grievances. Grievances of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which led to threats of a strike, were discussed for five hours at the Department of Labor and Industry by Federal and State twenty railroad men. The brotherhood mutual association and a long list of grievances was laid before James A. Smythe and John A. Moflitt, of the United States Department of Labor: John Price Jackson, State Commis. sioner of Labor, and James A. Stees, chief clerk of the department, a Held As Friend's Slayer. Seranton-In a fit of anger caused by his being thrown In a friendly wrestling match, Michael Gomitsky, of Old Forge, it is charged, plunged a can opener Into Peter Uhren's chest, sever ing an artery. Uhren died in a few minutes and Gomitsky was taken to Jalil on a murder charge, IN PARAGRAPHS § i i i i | | Latest Happenings Gleaned From All Over the State. LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS. i A Coal Which Cost $230. 000, Was Satisfactorily Tested At Pottsville — Lehigh Boating Season Opened Pulverizer, Canal Hoff, Ir he boating opened when ( 1 SOREON OD aad Canal of | oalport, took down the canal sermon to the ille High Methodist W. Long alaureate of the Wellay The bac graduating class ol was preached in the h, by Rev. J a, piscopal Chur Mrs. J. W, daughter, Was of Potts and their At the home of Rey Mattern, in Allentown Misg Christine married to Paul Fritz Krause town, by the bride's father n Jeitelman Mattern Mise Mary Scott, of Catasauqua, re ceived a gold medal for not missed a session of the Sunday School of the First Presbyterian Church in ten years having leroy Frantz, of New N. Y., and Miss Henrietla ner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Gloasbrenner, of York, in St. John's Church, Rochelle, Glossbren. Adam were married at Catasauqua, Miss Lillian L ningham. of Catasauqua. and Paul P Fink, director of the boys’ choir of the South Bethlehem Church of the Holy | Infancy, were married. Commandery No. 4, P. 0. 8. A, of Philadelphia, visited West Chester and initiated a class of nine new members, ‘Camp, No. 817, was presented with a large altar Bible from Senator Boles i Penrose. to be held May 19, when the voters will decide whether to divide | the township and call the new division South Heidelberg. Mra. Susan Musser in her will left $1,000 to the Reformed Church, of Lan. caster. and $300 to'the Reformed Men- nonite Church at Longenecker's, the interest of which is th keep the bury: ing ground in good re \y { After nine months of conptruction, a coal pulverizer, which cost $230,000, was satisfactorily tested the open hearth furnaces of the Eadtern Steel i ship, ville. The coal is ground Gp and fed to the furnaces without waste. Hill Shaft. MERCHANTS UPHOLD JUDGE Accused Vostmaster Of Mahanoy City Wife Thrashed By 'Squire—Jumps into Molten Metal. Resigns—Alleged Beater Ainers Thrown To Death were ran men shaft, of the v gf Hear Min sisted obstruction David were Mine Cave Closes School. ith The Vine Rtrest School ed when a cavein at the Gay ¢ Kingston Coal Ci pany damaged the buile W © 3 ’ $ “ll i i ren assembled ir began CARuse hen vied FrsrIey . ated ight rooms for study : i plaster from the walls The but the to their homes to fall waa ba. quickly known when the ¢ not building gan to tilt children were ordered Strike Throws 500 Idle. Hickory Col- fiery, operated by the Susquehanna Coal Company, was tied up when non. union men refused to join the United Mine Workers. Five hundred men were rendered idle. The strikers say the mine will be held up indefinitely untii the operation is thoroughly union- ized Shamokin Swamp Merchants Uphold Judge. Pottsville The Pottaville Retail Merchants’ Association adopted a reso. [lution calling upon Attorney General Bell to abide by Judge Kundel's de. cision in the city charter question, and not to permit the revenues of the city to be further held up at the behest of the saloonkeepers who are striving to overthrow the city form of govern | ment Jumps into Molten Metal. Bethlehem. ~~ Michael Mankos, a | Bethlehem steel company foundry em. | ploye, was [Jumping into a core over into which | was handling a ladle and, frightened ‘and bewildered when a compound used (in making a mold ignited, he leaped into the core oven. i i To Re.Assess Properties. Reading. A reassessment of all {taxable property In Reading was or {dered by City Counell, sitting as the | Board of Revision and Appeals. The 'elty assessors were ordered to begin | immediately so that the new tax rate ean be fixed at the beginning of the [new fiscal year, T0 BRING DEAD FROM VER CRUZ Heroes' Relations Not to Be Kept Waiting Long. WOUNDED WELL CARED FOR Bodies of Sailors and Marines Who Fell Homes or Buried in Na. to Be Forwarded to tional Cemeteries Washington, D. C 1 partment is arranging to bring United Btates the bodies of marines killed at Vera Cruz, forward them to relatives or interment in a the families desire All transportation he Navy De- to the sallors or and either make final cemetery as of be national CXPEn Bes f 1} will OL 1¢ dead borne by the Us The Sur the ited States geon Generis Brais of | 1 nade publi {to caring Navy plans as wounded following gick and and bringing home the dead “The medical deg ment is actively ¢ care of the r OL OUl I own s demand BURNS ACCUSES JANITOR. Detective Declares Frank Innocent of Phagan Murder, conviction The asserts that Mary Phagan was killed by a “pervert of homicidal of the pronounced and charges a negro formerly employed as a sweeper at the National Pencil Factory, with the crime report tendencies most type” GENERAL HUERTA'S DEFIANCE, Says Me Will Mave 400,000 Men In the Field in 20 Days. Mexico City. General Huerta gave out the following statement to the press: “Mexico is defending not only her national sovereignity, but that of ail | Latin-America as well. This is not a | war between the American and Mexi. | can people, but between Mexico and | the government of the United States, { which is conirolled by men who have | forced this situation upon us in spite of our efforts to the contrary. We ehall have 400000 men in the field in twenty days, (Signed) CARINET WILL STICK, Secretary Tumulity Denies Any Mem. ber Will Resign. Washington, D. C-The White House requested the publication of this statement: “Secretary Tumulty de nied emphatically as wholly unfound- ed reports that any member of the Cabinet contemplates resigning. He sald that this subject had not been considered by the President or by any member of the Cabinet and had never been discussed.” "HUERTA." A ———— 535 5 SS HA FT AO
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