6 New 1915 C£Q£ 17 New Model r"''' Features The "Wonder Car." The sensation of the automobile world. The biggest automobile value ever offered under SI,OOO. i Powerful, f 11.-1. silent and one of the easiest riding and most eeo i nomieal ears in the world. A splendid, fully equipped real 5-passenger family automobile. With elms high tension magneto, sliding gear transmission, left hand drive, centei* control, anti-skid tires on rear and— Practically All the High Priced Features of High Priced Cars The easiest car In the world to drive. The greatest all around hill climbing ear in the world. The car with a pure strenm-llne body. Holds the road at 50 miles an hour With Eleetrie Starter and Electric lights $55 extra E. W. SHANK Maxwell Service Station Central 324 CHESTNUT ST. Auto Garage v Bell Phone 724 '■ i » " ' " *** DISTRIBUTORS FOR REPUBLIC TIRES AND "ONE-IN-ONE" PISTON RINGS Square Deal Auto Supplies JEFFERY CARS Stand for Economy, High Grade Quality, Distinction in Style, Plus Comfort at a Moderate Price * PLEASURE CARS JEFFERY TRUCKS Jeffery Four ....$1,450 00 lbs - Chasis, $1,300 Chesterfield Six, $1,650 1 54-ton Chassis $1,650 Jeffery Big Six . $2,400 & h f,7„S. Uad - All Prices F. O. B. Factory. Different Boclv Stylos"' EXHIBITIOX AT GRAN'GEIIS' PICNIC NEXT WEEK JEFFERY A 1808 LOGAN STREET J. A. BENT 7., Manager. HARRISBURG, PA. Quality 0E&) First 5-Passenger Touring $1650.00 6-Passenger Touring $1725.00 2-Passenger Coupelet $1900.00 5-Passenger Sedan $2750.00 7-Passenger Limousine .... $3200.00 1 Above Prices are f. o. b. Detroit Keystone Motor Car Co. 1019-25 Market Street SATURDAY EVENING. THE NEW 191S MAXWELL .*■" m The 191S Maxwell model "2S" la a !blg advance over the previous car. It contains seventeen new and distinct features lmprovements that will at I once favorably impress automobile judges and automobile dealers. These features' include h pure stream illne body, adjustable front seat, Slmms high tension magneto, three-quarter ! elliptic rear springs, tire brackets on rear, spring tension fan. Kingston car buretor, clear vision windshield, foot rest for accelerator pedal, tail lights • with license brackets attached, gaso iline tank under dash cowl, crown fend jers with a)l rivets concealed, head i lights braced b rod running between , lamps, famous make of anti-skid tires ;on rear wheels, gracefully rounded double shell radiator equipped with 'shock absorhing device, instrument board, carrying speedometer, carbure tor adjustment and gasoline filler: tm | proved steering gear, spark and throttle control being on quadrant un der steering wheel; electric horn but ton on end of quadrant. "We believe." said President Walter E. Flanders, of the Maxwell Motor Company, Inc., "that our new Maxwell "-'.V at $695 will prove the fastest sell ing car made in this country. It cer tainly has every feature that should insure it phenomenal popularity. At its price it represents most remarkable value. "It Is made of the finest materials; the workmanship Is the best: it is a light, easy running and handsome car, SUBSIDIZING MOTOR TRUCKS FOR Willi Encouraged to Purchase Trucks Whereby Government May Draft Them Interesting: light Is thrown on the methods adopted by the French and German governments to subsidize mo tor trucks for military uses, by John N. Willys, president of the Willys-Over land Company and builder of the Gar ford and Willys-Utility trucks. Mr. Willys has just returned from London, England, where he remained several weeks after leaving the continent shortly before the actual opening of hostilities. "The war lords of Europe early foresaw the superiority of the motor truck over horse-drawn vehicles as a means of transportation," says Mr. Willys. "This statement is verified by the precautions they took to reserve the right to use large batteries of heavy duty vehicles purchased for commercial use by private Individuals or corporations. They realized that In case of war the manufacturer of au tomobiles on their side of the Atlan tic would be at a standstill. Conse quently they adopted measures to as sure themselves of the proper motor equipment even under such straits. "The German army administration was induced to take up the question of motor truck transportation with a dual purpose in mind. The authorities desired to secure an efficient method of hauling supplies In the even of war, and of preventing the blockading of military roads with horse-drawn ve hicles when they desired them open for the movements of troops. "It was practically impossible for the army authorities to maintain a suf ficiently large quantity of uniform mo tor trucks, not only because of the initial cost of the vehicles but also because of the impossibility of keeping under a flag in times of peace a large enough number of skilled chauffeurs to operate the truck®. "These considerations led to the ten der of subsides of such substantial Importance as to encourage the pur chase of motor trucks by private con cerns under conditions which would enable the government at any time to draft them for amy purposes with the certainty that in th» meanwhile they would be kept in perfect running con dition and provided with a properly trained chauffeur. "In order that the trucks might be used without damage to the ordinary roads and bridges of Germany, and at the same time be available for the roads of neighboring countries which might possibly be Invaded, trucks were prescribed which, when loaded, rang ed from two tons to five and a half tons weight on the rear axle. None of the motors subsidized for army use are less than thirty-five horsepower. Trailers also are specified as being par ticularly desirable for amy use. "The subvention for a single truck amounts to the sum of $1,190 payable as follows: A premium of S42S upon purchase, followed by four annual pre miums of $190.50 for the maintenance of each vehicle. If a three or five-ton trailer is provided with the truck the original premium Is raised to $714 with annual payments of $285 <>ach. "France has adopted much the same method as that of Germany by paying heavy premiums to truck purchasers with the understanding that they are to revert to the Government for im mediate use In case of war. "Each year these trucks are submit ted to the military authorities by the ! various owners and an exhaustive ex amination determines whether or not | they fulfill all of the government re quirements. The truck must be con structed entirely In France and in a I factory where at least three-fifths of ; the working force are French. It must | be in commercial use on French terri jtory. It must conform In construction and equipment with the requirements laid down by the French military ex- J perts. Upon complying with these reg ; illations the truck owner receives a i bounty aggregating from $1,022 to $1,872. ! "In spite of these precautions, which ihave been carried on almost since the 'inception of the motor truck industry, an alarming shortage of transportation facilities has been found by the tre mendous armies now in the field. Al though the levies on motor trucks have been followed by heavy drafts on horses, many more trucks are still | needed." Something New in Motor Car Demonstrations Although many motor car dealers claim that the day of the demonstra tion is over in selling automobiles, the "show me" spirit still prevails to a great extent west of the Mississippi. I Peter Stillmucker, wealthy business ; man. of Dubuque, lowa, recently visited Cedar Rapids in the same state, to see 'some old friends, among them John fMoore, Chandler dealer In that city. I Stillmucker is no novice at motoring, ] having owned several cars, but he ex hibited keen Interest In Moore's state jment that he could drive the hilly •seventy-four-mile stretch between Cedar Rapids and Dubuque without j once changing out of high gear. "I don't need a new car" replied Mr. Stillmucker, "but if you will drive this or any other machine to Dubuque on high gear I'll buy it the moment we arrive there, regardless of the amount of gasoline used. It can't be done." Moore accepted the proposition and Ilie mart far Dubuque was made im mediately. Dubuque county mills have more than local reputation, ami Mr. Stillmucker withheld his opinion until the last hill was negotiated and the car rolled up the main thoroughfare of Dubuque. The Chandler Six made the seventy four-mile stretch In two hours and fifty minutes, without once changing out of high gear Mr Stillmucker Immedi ately boughtlhe c»f-and drove It back to Cedar Rapids himself, without [changing from high g«ar. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH and It has practically pverv {mature of a thousand dollar car. "Our schedule for the coming year calls for 60,000 cars, but we will lie able to considerably Increase this num ber. As the demand grows we will am plify our facilities in our various fac tories In Detroit, Dayton and New castle. We will be ready for any emergency. During the summer we added largely to the equipment of our factories, at Newcastle. More employes have been steadily add ed. and we will meet all demands for this phenomenal Maxwell '2s' with promptness. "The past year has been one of ex ceptional prosperity with the Maxwell Motor Company, but I firmly believe that the coming year will establish a record that will be more than wonder ful. "We will equip the new '2s' model with the Gray <S- Davis electric starter and electric lights for only $55 addi tional. The new 1915 Maxwell "25" is a won derfully easy car to drive, and can quickly attain a speed of fifty miles an hour. As a hill climber of unusual power and celerity the new Maxwell "25" has already signally distinguished itself. The IJck Observatory victory of the Maxwell In which it broke the record by five minutes, is still the talk of the automobile industry. The new 1915 model is being rapidly introduced in Europe and other foreign countries, and is meeting with unver sal and unusual success. HUPW3ILE LARGER: PRICE REMKSIME 1915 Product Has More Power, Longer Wheelbase and Greater Passenger Capacity Taking as their working basis a chassis which for three years has re mained unchanged in essentials and which has proved itself right in prin ciple, the Hupmobile engineers have devoted themselves, in the 1915 pro duct. to refinements that tend to in crease the mechanical efficiency of the car and to add greatly to the comfort and ease of the passengers. The net results of their work may be summed up in the statement that the 1915 Hupmobile Is a bigger car. has more power, carries five passen gers with more comfort, presents sat isfying evidence of painstaking atten tion to detail, and a real wealth of equipment. As Sales Manager Mooney pits it, "We feel that in the Model K, as the 1915 car is to be known, the Hupp Motor Car Company, for the third time, has created a new class. When the Hupmobile 20 appeared, it set a new pace for small cars. The Hup 32 again established a precedent for cars of its class. And It seems to us that the new Hupmobile is simply fol lowing Hup custom and setting a new mark for value and size in Its price Held." The wheelbase of the new Hupmo bile is 119 inches long, the result being 2 Inches more leg room in the front compartment and 7 inches in the ton neait. Upholstery Is full-tufted, and the wider seats have the same com fortable tilt that has characterized Hup cars for three years. Wheels are larger, tires being 3 4x4 inches, with nonskid treads regular equipment for the rear wheels. Other regular equipment includes a Hup de sign of one-man top. which when raised attaches rigidly to fixed up right of the windshield: new style top | cover that conceals the bows when the top is laid back; rain-vision wind shield. with lower halt'adjustable for ventilation of the front compartment; special design headlights, with one bulb which can be dimmed at will and special glass front, with the upper half corrugated to kill the reflector glare; special design tail light; electric born, demountable rims, spare rim and car rier at the rear, license plate holders in front and rear, robe and foot rails in tonneau.. An increase in power Is gained through larger valves, an increase In the bore and a different shape com bustion chamber. The Hupp Com pany was one of the first American .manufacturers to use the small bore, long stroke type of motor, and this is continued, the bore being inches and the stroke su. Inches. The car buretor, of the horizontal type, is moved to the right side of the motor, and the gas carried through a passage between the cylinders, assuring com plete vaporization. Storage battery ignition, with automatic spark ad vance, replaces the magneto. The motor is made nonstallablo through being connected at all times by a silent chain with the Westing house combined generator and start ing motor, the single unit system hav ing replaced the dual unit used for 1914. The voltage of the electrical system is increased from 6 to 12 volts. Body sides are higher and the doors are wider, having the handles inside anil flush with the door upholstery. Easier riding is assured by the use of longer front springs and long rear springs of the semi-elliptic type. The front axle is of the Elliott type, with a slight castor effect which makes steering easier and gives the wheels a tendency to resume a straight course after turn has been made. The rear axle remains the full floating type, with a new design hous ing which makes the gears more read ily accessible. Steering is now from the» left side, with an 18-inch steering wheel, while the gear change and hand brake levers remain in the center. The gasoline tank is increased in capacity to If. gallons, with the tiller cap under the hood to avoid a break in the smooth lines that sweep bftck from the new shape radiator to the wind shield. The cowl board carries, in the center, the lighting and ignition switches and the speedometer, which are Illuminated at night by a small hooded electric light. The switches are controlled by Yale locks. Crowned fenders, without beading and with flat edge, add their part to the beau ty of the new car's design. The Model 32, which has Just com pleted its third successful season, and which has proved the most popular model the Hupp Company has yet produced, Is to be continued. Its char acteristics are well known and are the foundations on which the model K has been designed. This was the first American car In which the small-bore, long-stroke principle was applied and was among the " first few. If not the very first, to adopt the stream-line type of body. Along with these in novations come others that have since been widely adopted by manufactur ers. such as placing the gasoline tank In the cowl of the dash, driving the magneto and camshaft with a single silent chain, horn concealed under, hood, etc. Models CHEAP All Four-Cylinder Cfcrs j at Big Reductions At the price of an automobile of limited size, power and effici<> C y, you can now get a powerful, roomy, luxurious machine—a real car. 1 his opportunity comes because of a de- nearly 1,000 four-cylinder m^ neSi ] las cisiou on the part of our directors to manu- made necessary a decided ch-,g e j n our facture six-cylinder cars exclusively. policy and plans. Our decision, coming at a time when all JV 8 th " ef ° re esse «t ial that * dose out • . . , . ® . all four-cylinder models at once. And "the pans ad een made to manufacture both only way we know to do this j s t 0 four and sixes and material ordered for offer exceptional price reductions. Here Is Where Cash Counts This sale effects you personally. If you than you can get anywhere else uni r the have the cash for an automobile you can sin, even on cheap cars, now buy a brand new high-grade four- Every Machine Fully cylinder iyls machine virtually at your own Guaranteed fi£ ure - Abbott-Detroit cars are good enouglfo We realize that there is just one way to warrant the strongest guarantee, and eft sell these cars quickly. All things being purchaser will be absolutely protected to V equal, the best offer generally gets the busi- fullest limit. Every car is a new 1915 mod e j r ■ with electric starter, electric lights, strean ness. and to secure immediate action we are b , , line bodv and all of the late things. willing to make yo„ a better propositi,,,, Examine , he exccptiona| va , MM o|fered Special Features Included in A "f * a " d f °/ •c ... self how well our claims are justified. very Abbott Car y OU want to make your automobile money Wa n morir!,n"Tission. Warner Clutch. &° aS far as P OSsiblc ' - vo » owe to yourself Sptcer Universal Joints. to investigate this remarkable sale. Jacobson Fnll Floating Rear Axle Electric Auto-Lite SUtrier. All ■ ■ 1* m . Tiniken Bearings A ODOtt IVlOtOr Lflr I O Fedders Radiator ITiyiVJI —~ Detroit, Mich. Abbott-Detroit Branch Phone 3593 106 08 S. 2nd St. G. J. Natcher, Mgr. HARRISBURO, F»A. STEWART TELLS OF ! IBBOTTII WEST Bull Fights, World's Fair Construe- j tion and Other Incidents and Scenes in Travel The following from C. D. Stewart, su-J perlntendent of sales for Abbott-De troit motor cars, not only shows the success attained by these cars in the j West, but contains many interesting,! side-lights on what may be seen on I the daily routine by one who travels j constantly throughout the various states. "Thought you might be Interested j in knowing how the "Bull Dog Line" j is moving in this section. I left De- j trott August 19, stopped ill Peoria, II!., and established a good agency there. J My next stop was Dallas, Texas, where I got a good agency. From Dallas j I \frent to El Paso, and made a splen- J did agency. While in El Paso I went J across to Jaurez, Mexico, on Sunday j and saw a bull fight. They killed four bulls that day and badly gored two • horsos. Then went through Jaurez j prison and the -old Catholic mission i which is 3f>s years old. The next in- : terestlng places were the gambling houses, where roulette, dice games and others were running wide open : with a healthy patronage. "Villa Is king in Northern Mexico, and it is he, who conducts the full line of amusements in Jaurez. His soldiers are In full control. Jaurez is made up chiefly of huts made from mud. The natives use the ground for a floor. It is all quite interesting to one never seeing It. X might add here Villa has an Abbott car and our agent expects to sell him several more. "From El Paso I went to Los An geles, and made tine connections there. Next year our agent in Los Angeles expects to erect a fine salesroom and garage. It will be on one of the principal streets jind will have a I seventy-one-foot frontage and extend back over 300 feet. It will be. when' finished, the largest in the State. I j just reached here yesterday. We have enjoyed a nice business here the past season, anil prospects for 191S> are flattering. From here I go to Portland, Ore., then to Vancouver, 15. I'., then Spokane, Seattle. Helena. Salt Lake City, Denver. Kansas City, St. Louia and then to dear old Harrisburg. "Tile Abbott cars are very much thought of by all users and much re spected by the high-class competitive dealers and distributors. "Since making this trip I am a more enthusiastic Abbott booster than ever from the tact cars are doing work on' the sandv deserts and mountains, which I hirdly thought possible. "Our agents in this city have on *ev- 1 SEPTEMBER io ,1014. eral occasions offered SI,OOO to any competitor that could duplicate their performance on steep grades, and, be lieve me, this city has some- hilts. I was out yesterday to the Exposi tion grounds and they are going to be beautiful. Many buildings are about completed and many are now under construction. The Pennsylvania oulld- ] Ing Is about half completed. It Is go ing to be a wonderful fair. "The amusements will be marvelous. 1 This includes full equipment with Gray & Davis electric staring and lighting systems. All prices f. o. b. factory, Detroit. Paige cars are correct in design, proportion and mechanical obstruc tion, and made of the very best materials by the most skilled wokmen. In Its entirety the Paige cars bear the stamp of quality. Let us s<>d you reasons why and complete specifications. Write or call for demonstation. RIVERSIDE QARAOE V RKlili PHONE) 3731 It REAR 1417 NORTH FRONT ST. UKORMF. 11. BKNTI.V. Proplctnr | g —J THE VULCAH SBSO THE WORLD'S GREATEST LIGHT CAR A QUALITY CAR AT A QUANTITY PRICE A five-passenger touring car of extremely graceful lines and classy appearance. A powerful hill climber. Made under the direction of men of extraordinary mechanical genius. The engineers behind the Vulcan are men of automobile experience dating back to the beginning of the industry, as well as possessing .natural mechanical ability of the highest type. Not the greatest, car In size, nor the greatest in production, but the greatest In performance and efficiency—lightest In trouble, llghti-st on tires and gasoline, positively the light car that gives users the greatest value for the money. A number of them are in use by your neighbors. Let us prove the car's efficiency and good looks to your own satisfaction. Price Includes full equipment f. o. b. factory. Roadster type $750. Penbrook PF.NBHtIOK, PA. BGLI, PHONE llSfl-L You cannot Imagine the magnitude unless you 'see It." Mr. Stewart was maiager of the Har rlsburg Ahbott-Detroli factory branch until his promotion t<* superintendent of sales for the Abb«tt Motor Cat Company. His present position re quires constant travelhg from coast ito coast placing agenci»s for Abbott- Detroit cars but he stll retains Har» ' risburg as a residence.
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