Five-Passenger Touring Car, $1975 More than all other High Grade American Cars combined, selling at or more than Cadillac Price. Such is the record to date of this year's Cadillac sales. Has ever a motor car received such overwhelming endorsement? The above is authentic and should mean something to you in deciding your car. CRISPEN MOTOR CAR COMPANY 413-417 S. Cameron Street MOTORCYCLE NOTES "Just for the fun there is In it." That's the reason M. Raltchevitch, a Servian count, who is now traveling in America, gives for using a motor cycle in making a tour of the world. A 125-mile sociability run to Ke wanne was recently made by the Mo torcycle Club of Galesburg, 111. , Heads of the police department of Buffalo, N. Y., have recommended that at least twenty more motorcycles be purchased for the use of patrolmen. The Phoenix (Ariz.) Motorcycle 1 ®^^|SR3SFRNGHTS THE WAY 1 L]RF^^LINIJSED| HH 1814 CADILLAC Touring Si* passen-1 191? E. M. F. Touring, equipped $275 B§| g|g| ger, electric liglita and starter; run 1912 FLANDER Roadster, big snap. §Sg3 Nag less than 2000 miles. 1018 KBIT Touring, equipped. |&s3 1914 OAKLAND Touring, like new, 1912 HUDSON Roadster MOO BBS ESga fully equipped. Big bargain. I 1913 CHALMERS Six Touring, like 8888 Kg|B 1914 STUDEBAKEIt Six. Touring, ! new, fully equipped. 111 offer rlC Btar,er aDcl llKhts - Make 'i9l2 MAXWELL Special Touring, i|l fSSs 1918 REGAL Touring, equipped, .$425 tiptop condition gjjgg fcggj 1914 FORI) Touring, bargain. 19,8 CADILLAC Touring, make offer. H Egg] 1913 ntICK Touring oars, all mod- 1913 KRIT Roadster $275 HI Egg <:[*■ nt ,J nw ? r T P f' Hlr " 32 " Touring; fully equip- H Mft] itK?. Mr P ed; tiptop shape. At a snap. rail frag llfrnts. fully equipped $525 '' JL , „ KKg Ef§] 1912 HI P "20" Roadster *275 19,1 PEERLESS Touring, 45 H. P., BB§| fga 1913 AMERICAN Touring, run 2500 _ , _ «» eß| ESSa miles; paint and tires like new. 1918 CARTERCAB Touring, 7-pass., BUUHU t®jjl Will sacrifice. fully equipped 5550 ||a RsSl 1913 FORD Roadsters, equipped. Also about 800 other different |f|i| Bargain. S2OO up. | ag Trucks and Delivery Wagon*—Vis-ton to 3-tons Capacity |||| I Agents Wanted In All Cities To Handle Our Line of Used p Automobiles. Liberal Terms. PM iGorson's Automobile Exchange! 238-240 NORTH BROAD STREET || PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. gg| Send for Free Bargain Bulletin- Open Snndays, 10 t« 1. "Speedster" B-Passenger "VULCAN THE WORLD'S GREATEST LIGHT CAR A reliable low-priced, light car equaling in quality and per formance the average SI,OOO to $1,500 car at a price slightly more than the extremely low-priced type. A powerful hill-climber of attractive "stremline" type. A clean-cut practical car that will stand up under sfevere usage and give service 365 days in the year. Write or phone for catalogue or demonstration. PENBROGK GARAGE PENBROOK, PA. BELL PHONE 1156-L THE POPULAR CAR THAT SELLS REO HAYNES NATIONAL Reo and Chase Trucks HARRISBURG AUTO CO. MILLER X TIRES Grip the Road Like a Cog-Whee! STERLING AUTO TIRE CO. 1451 Zarker St VULCANIZING i SATURDAY EVENING, fiARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JUNE 27, 1914. Club is planning ta sociability run to the Grand Canyon in August. About 100 enthusiastic motorcyclists participated in the first summer outing of the Dixie Motorcycle Club, of Roanoke, Va., which was held re cently. The Yonkers Motorcycle Touring Club recently made a 216-mile tour to Hudson, N. Y. Richard Strauss, of Berlin, son of the composer, Is an enthusiastic mo torcyclist. He says that in many re spects he prefers American motor cycles to those built on the Continent. SLAVERY SYSTEM IN OUR PRISONS UNJUST National Committee on Labor Ad vocates Honor System and Wages For Prisoners Trusting men, Instead of beating them, were ontrasted at the annual meeting of the national committee on prison labor, held at Heather Dell farm, the home of Adolph Lewisohn, near New York City, June 20. The national committee heard of the magnificent highways which prison ers are building, miles away from any prison building, guarding themselves and taking pride in their work. They heard also that this honor system is not in use in many prisons, and cases were cited of cruel punishments in flicted in the last few weeks which de grade the prisoner so that he never can be fit for free life. A strong ap peal was made at the meeting against capital punishment, based In part on its futility to prevent murder and Its evil effect on prison officials, tending to keep men of high type out of prison work. The injustice of the sentence im posed by many judges was referred to, and a plea made for sentences which shall be absolutely inter mediate. It was shown that the first need of the prisoner is for scientific examination, mental and physical, and the application of measures to overcome his defects. Then he should be assigned to some industry which will develop what ability he has. Finally his release should come after he has proved, both by his skill in labor and his conduct in prison, that he can be freed without danger of a speedy return to the prison. The slavery of the prisoner was held to lie at the root of all the evils of our prison system. The committee is endeavoring to break down this slave system by securing wage for the pris oner, and to this end is conducting-a case to test the status of the prisoner before the courts of the State of Rhode Island, the constitution of which pro hibits slavery without exception as to punishment for crime. The work of the committee during the past months has grown to be of such magnitude and is covering so many lines of activity that it was de cided to change the name to national committee on prisons and prison la bor. Under its new name the com mittee will push with vigor its cam paign against the contract system of prison labor and for the upbuilding of the prisoner through fair treatment, fresh air and sunshine, and incentive to do the best that is in him. Cadillac Dealer Found No Need of Tools For a Year The superfluous mechanic was the topic of an extensive article by J. P. Holland, printed recently in a well known English publication. To illus trate his point the writer related an Incident that happened to W. F. Peare, a Cadillac dealer in Ireland, which not only proves that mechanics are not generally needed, but that in some instances one need not bother about the contests of a tool box. Mr. Peare was giving a demonstration. At the close of the run the prospective purchaser expressed his delight with the car, its electric self starter, light ing and Ignition system, and the oth er features that characterize it. But fearing that, being a green driver, something might go wrong while he was at the wheel; he asked to see the tool box and to have the contents explained to him. Mr. Peare was quite willing to oblige and showed the prospect where the tool box was located on the foot board where it would be easily ac cessible when occasion arose. But to his consternation he discovered that he had lost the key. Search as he might he could not find any key to fit the lock. "I have been driving this car for nearly a year already," he explained "and this Is the first time I have, had occasion to discover that the tool box is even locked." WILL/ VISIT NEW YORK A party of a dozen or more motor cyclists of Atlanta, Ga., are planning a trip to New York this summer. They will start about June 20 and expect to reuch the metropolis in five or six days. These cyclists will not 4 try to break any speed records, but are merely going for the pleasure of the trip a-wheel. They will be accom panied by two motorcyclists from New York who recently rode to the south ern capital. i'TRMILIGHTON ' IPICKCOUIffIT First 1914 Transcontinental Tour ist Hands Out Timely Advice The first motorist to cross the Amer ican continent this season has arrived in Detroit. The trip was made in a Studebaker over the Santa Fe Trail. The tourist, O. J. Gidney, was accompanied by his wife and son, both of whom unite with him in pronouncing the roa_s of the mountain section in terrible shape. As the result of experience gained in this transcontinental trip Mr. Gid ney hands out some timely advice to motorists contemplating a trip to the Pacific coast. "Get over the idea that you must pack on a ton or two of freight to guard against emergencies," is Mr. Gidney's caution. "This was my first trip across the continent. Of course I received ad vice from every quarter, as the result of which I packed my car with a sleeping tent, cooking utensils, agricul tural tools and extra supplies of water and gasoline until it had a load of at least half a ton. Very little of this added equipment was ever used. "This Fall we will pull out for our 3,000 mile journey with practically no more load than we would carry for a Sunday afternoon spin. "We will pack no extra gasoline nor water, no tent and no cooking uten sils. My Studebaker has always brought 'us to a town and a hotel each night. And where there is a hotel there is gasoline to fill the tank for a day's journey. "The only appliance I would take with me would be a block and tackle. This weighs only a few pounds and can be stored away under a seat. In the mountain regions the tourist is apt to encounter mud holes that no car ever built can pull out of without help, and a block and tackle does oc casionally come in handy. "There never was a time when my engine could not spin the wheels, but in mud that buried the axle, that did no good, and a rope was necessary." The mountain roads, Mr. Gidney re ports are in unusually bad shape this season, and for long stretches he was compelled to ride over rocks eight and ten inches high. In many cases floods have carried away bridges all over the southwest. In the desert the sand was in many places bottomless, making it necessary to lay canvass strips on the roadway. The greater part of one day a sand storm prevailed which Mr. Gidney de clares beat any Canadian snowstorm he ever saw. Through it all, however, his Studebaker stood up to the work and kept coming. CADILLAC AXLE A STRONG FEATURE Two Speeds on Direct Drive Gives Added Economy and Efficiency BY K. P. DRYSDALE In a recent article K. P. Drysdale, of the Cadillac Motor Car Company, described the advantages of Jie two speed axel as follows: The methods by which the 1914 Cadillac two-speed direct drive axle secured increased luxury, efficiency and economy are most appreciated by the man who is thoroughly versed in automobile mechanics. Some idea, however, may be given of this revolu tionary feature in more or less non technical language. It is not morely as an axle that this mechanism is a great advance in motor car construction. Its peculiar function is of another nature. Here tofore, the power of the engine has been transmitted to the rear axle by a single bevel pinion and a single bevel driving gear. Therefore, there could be at all times, and under all the various conditions of travel which might arise, only one ratio between tho revolutions of the engine and the revolutions of the rear axle as it ab sorbed the power, except for the changes afforded by the shifting of the transmission gears by the hand lever. Now, however, by means of the new axle, the Cadillac will have two direct drive gear ratios in transmitting the power to the rear wheels. Usually the single direct drive gear ratio ranges from 3.1> to 1 down to 4 to 1, according to the car and accord ing to the success of the mechanical designer in securing that ratio best adapted to his particular car. That single ratio had to do the best it could under all circumstances. Now, with two ratios, there is just double the means for promoting the economical and efficient application of the power developed by the engine, to the driving of the car. On the 1914 Cadillac the low direct drive gear ratio is 3.66 to 1; the high direct drive gear ratio is 2.5 to 1. The low is especially adapted for city driv ing where traffic problems are met, where speed must be slow and stops and starts frequent. A simple conveni ent electric switch changes the gear ratio from the low direct to the high direct and the car is ready for condi tions which permit a speed rate of six teen miles per \our or more. With the high direct gear ratio in operation at any given speed of the en gine, the speed of the car is increased about 4 2 per cent, over wha* it would be with the low direct gear ratio. This point is illustrated thus: At an en gine speed of 700 revolutions per min ute with the low direct gear, the car speed is twenty-one miles per hour; employing the high direct gear will increase the speed to thirty miles per hour without any increase In engine speed. One of the prime benefits is lower fuel consumption because of the facts just stated and because the fuel is used to greater advantage. Other advan tages include less friction in high gear by reason of the parts moving slowly, hence less wear and almost the entire elimination of vibration. There is also greatly Increased comfort due to the luxurious smoothness of operation; yet these desirable results are obtained without complicating the engine. 1,000 RIDERS EXPECTED More than 1,000 motorcyclists are expected to attend the first State F. A. M. convention of Michigan, which is to he held at Bay City on June 18, 19, 20 and 21. Tours to the convention are being arranged from all parts of the State. A 200-file endurance run will be a feature of the assembly, and there will also be a two-day race meet held on the dirt track at the fair grounds. \ See This Wonderful New 1915 Light Six. Ask us to give you the Chalmers Standard Road Test, which proves every claim we make. 191 5 Light Six Touring, SIBOO 1915 Light Six Coupelet, $2050 Larger Master Six 5 Passenger, . • . $2175 Larger Master Six 6 Passenger, . . . $2275 Fully Equipped F. 0. B. Detroit KEYSTONE MOTOR GAR CO. 1019-1025 Market Street Robert L. Morton, Manager BUYERS NOW WANT USABLE. VALUES Useless Appliances Recognized by Consumer, Who Knows He Must Pay For Them By G. H. Bryant, Advertising Manager Velie Motor Vehicle Company Developing a field for automobile sales is becoming more a question of presenting real usable value ifi the car than anything else. Glowing specifi cations and glittering generalities are thrown away on the average reader of automobile literature, and automobile salesmen are relegating this kind of talk to the dim and dizzy distance. Why should a discussion of specifi cations play a very important part in the sale of the rar? Buyers every where know that if the manufacturing company is in business on a solid basis It must build a good car. There can be no great difference in the motor dimensions and other speci fications of the driving and running gear in cars selling at practically the same price. Out of all you will prob ably get very nearly the same amount of power and the same amount of speed. Usable Value Needed Real usable value goes a long ways back of the bore, stroke, the number of speeds, on the type of rear axle used. It finds Its foundation in the first car built by the manufacturing company; it furnishes Its own proof in the subsequent development of this car through years of manufacturing into the present day product. Real usable value means giving everything to the buyer that is of vital importance to him In the satisfactory operation of his car, and then charg ing him a fair price. It Is folly to Incorporate Into the car some spectacular feature' as a selling argument and then sacrifice In real usable value of the car and lower the standard of quality and strength in some vital feature In order to main tain a popular price. Wise automobile buyers know what they want and what they do not, and spectacular features are discounted even before the purchaser has gone Into the details of the car Itself. And because of the limited demand of such features, due to the fact that the con servative manufacturer has found them of no real value, the cost of building them Into the car Increases in much greater proportion than the cost of building into the car real vital, usable features. Devices of No Value Thousands of devices to be used on automobiles are being brought out every month and a tremendous small percentage of these are of real value, yet the majority of them get used somewhere. This means that the buy er who is not careful to examine every feature of his car finds that he has something that he cannot use, the cost of which has made it necessary for the manufacturer to take away from some other part of the car. Of course, such features as electric lighting and starting, speed indicators, etc., are requisites of the properly equipped automobile, but the number of these requisites is limited. If fea tures which were not of actual usable value to the owner did not creep into the working parts, but vere confined merely to accessories, there would probably be much less chance for the average owner to pay for some thing for which he Is not getting ade quate returns; but Inventors and man ufacturers are constantly working out schemes to alter standard types of cars and present alterations that offer possibilities for breakdown or require an unusual amount of attention with out proving themselves of actual value or real merit. Three Bridge Orders; One For Pennsylvania Special to The Telegraph New York, June 27. The New Haven Railroad has placed a small bridge order with the Boston Bridge Works, requiring about 100 ton of steel shapes. The Boston and Maine has also given a small order to an indepen dent fabricator for about 100 tons, and the Erie has ordered a span, requiring about 100 tons, from the Rlter-Conley Manufacturing Company. The Pennsylvania Railroad has taken bids on a bridge near Pittsburgh re quiring about 900 tons of structural shapes. The Cleveland Railway has awarded a contract for shops to be con structed at Cleveland, requiring 1450 tons of steel, to the Riverside Bridge Company. The same fabricators will also furnish 526 tons shapes for a building at Wheeling for Stone & Thomas. snniwiw ens BUYERS Constructive Features of Car and Buying Model Within His Means Main Consideration BY C. E. GU/TNER Sales , Manager of the Velle Motor Vehicle Company "A particularly gratifying phase of the buying spirit among automobile prospects this year has been the same attitude they seem to be taking on constructural features, and on design. "The demand for various types and prices of cars is shifting down In all cases to Its logical level. This is a good thing for the manuafcturer and for the purchaser of the car. "It has too often been the case that dissatisfaction has been caused by a man buying a car unsulted for his own particular requirements. A man who can best find satisfaction in the car of medium size and medium cost, has, because of his desire to keep up appearances, purchased a car beyond his means at first cost, and because of this much need is meant in gen eral cost of upkeep, for it is the usual case that the higher the price of the car the more expensive it is to keep up. This is true not because of any Inherent defect in the car, for natur ally the high-priced car, built by reputable manufacturers, Is the bet ter in Its general construction. The higher cost of operation is due to the greater -veight and Size of the more expensive cars. "4*d directly opposite to this dis satisfaction has often been caused among men of ample means by their buying cars that have ultimately proved too small to satisfy their de mands for speed, comfort and ap pearence. "Naturally the big bulk of automo bile buying is confined to purchasers willing to pay from SI,OOO to $2,500, and within these limits the majority of manufacturers turn out their product. "And to an extent greater this year than ever before manufacturers of cars ranging in price from SI,OOO to $2,500 are finding keen interest In their product evidenced by men of good business standing and more than average earning capacity. "Equally pleasing reports come CALL 1991-ANY "PHONE. s #* FOUNDED 1371 f| £jowjnan4 HARRIS BURG'S POPULAR DEPARTMENT STORK All Auto Tires Reduced Guaranteed 3,500 Miles FRESH, PERFECT Goodyear Kelly-Springfield Plain Non-Skid Tube Plain Knnt-Sllp 30x3 $9.49 $10.98 $2.49 $11.49 $13.98 32x3 13.69 15.69 2.98 16.39 19.98 34x4 19.49 22.98 3.98 24.98 29.49 37x5 33.69 39.49 6.39 40.49 47.60 Nassau Imperial Plain Non-Skid Plain Noa-Skld 30x3 $ 9.01 $10.43 $ 8.39 $ 8.98 32x3*4 13.00 14.90 11.98 12.98 34x4 18.51 21.83 15.98 16.98 37x5 32.00 37.51 27.98 28.98 All other sizes at correspondingly low prices. Auto accessories at lowest prices. Are you going to take a trip? We will loan you extra tires —ask our plan. Third FIoor—BOWMAN'S. "riyersTDTGARAGE^ Rear 1417 North Front Street, enter to garage from either Riley or CM* | der streets. Careful attention given to repair work and storage of oar* GEORGE R. BENTLEY, Proprietor from the manufacturers of higher priced cars, and from manufacturers of cars manufactured to sell at a very low price. "When this natural process of shift ing into distinct fields has been passed through with the automobile Industry will be devoid of many of the problems which confront it now, and the whole growth will be more healthful and more generally profitable. "The manufacturer has been the one in the past who has paid the price for bringing about this shifting, and for this reason the automobile Indus try has been productive of less profits to the manufacturer than any other line of endeavor. SPECIALS Ford Clamp-on and Bolt-on Bump ers, black and black and brass, each $4.50 and 95.00 Automobile Headlights, black and nickel, satin blaeic finish, fitted with genuine inangin mirrors large size, per pair *B.OO MOTORCYCLE OAS HEADLIGHTS N. P. with brackets, size 8-inch, each $5.90 N. P. with brackets, size -inch, each $8.75 HIGH GRADF. TUBULAR TAIL LAMPS Black and brass $2.7.1 Black and nickel $2.50 Front and Rear License Brackets — black enamel, each 50c Oil Can Holders 25c Goggles, (High Grade) 25c Ford Oil Gauges 25c aad 30c Spark Plug Brushes 25c Chamois Skins 25c aad 90c Sponges, large size 45c SPARK PLUGS All kinds and all sizes, each .. 50c Benton, Splitdorf, Mezger, V-Ray, Bethlehem and A. C. Combination Oil and Grease Guns, 1%-In.x9-In., brass, each .... 90c Tool Kits, complete, $1.25 to SB.OO Auto Clocks $1.75 to $7.00 Auto Mirrors and Reflectors, all finishes $1.25 to $4.90 Long Horns $8.25 Hand Klaxons $10.90 Ask to see the Hamilton "Perfec tion Pink" tube. E. MATHER CO. 204 WALNUT STREET 13
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