12 The Best Buy in Town • Chalmers Six-48 Seven Passenger $1925 Touring Car at $1550 A big luxurious, powerful car that hasn't been skimped a particle. Ten thousand of them are giving complete satisfaction throughout the United States. $1925 was the first price. For $375 less we can deliver a car with all of the proven quality advantages plus the 1916 refinements. Increased production at a smaller net profit per car —that is the reason for the reduction. Shrewd buyers will at least see this car and take a ride in it before deciding on any car priced up to S2OOO. KEYSTONE MOTOR CAR CO. 1019-21-23-25 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa. BOTH PHONES CHALMERS MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, U. S. A. "Let Your Next Car bt a Chalmers" I International Motor Trucks I I Model "F," 2,000 lb. capacity motor truck, 4 cylinders, cast en bloc. 28-30 horsepower, high tension magneto, no batteries, leftihand drive, center control, three speeds forward and reverse, shaft drive. The present designs of the Inter national motor trucks are of the highest standards and every feature is based on the result of actual experience. Full information can be had by calling at the Inter national Motor Truck Department, 619-21 Walnut St., or ask for a demonstration. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA (INCORPORATED) Motor' Truck Department, 619-21 Walnut St. Other branch houses at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Elmira and Parkersburg. ' 1916 <mpm $ 975 Model 33 touring car Is an advanced car throughout. Manv new fea '. P°VL er ' <? ual , lt y ® nt ! e l ul Pment, considered separately or col i u* 'L iV. En \P' re Model 33 rank above all cars of its class. HZ-lnch wheel base. 3o horsepower motor. Full-floe.tln K single bearing ' rear axle. Five-bow one-man top. Remy electric starting and lighting J U !ii«. KUar r- n £*? ?F one ye 2T; Extra large, rounded top honeycomb radiator. Combination searchlights with small dim lights. Dropped frame with low center of gravity. Streamline, flushslde ' body of extra roominess. lJcmpnstration on request. Deliveries without delay. The New Empire Six, $1095 PENBROOK GARAGE Bell 989J; 2539W H. A. FISHBURN, Manager BRAKE LINING "Safety First' depends on how your brakes work, and the quality of your brake lining determines the grip of your brakes. We have all sizes up to 6xJ4-inch, the best for pleas ure cars or trucks. TESTBESTOS AND THERMOID. Shaffer Wagon Distributors for Ajax Tires Guaranteed in writing 5000 Miles. 80 South Cameron St. Try Telegraph Want Ads Try Telegraph Want Ads SATURDAY EVENING, -- HARTUSBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 31, 1915 NEW MAXWELL 188 SBE 818 ► *m2S ggHWmf * > If?- <- .. E- W. Shanks, loccal distributor for the Maxwell oar, received the first demonstrating model yesterday for the 1916 season. Many minor Improvements are noticeablee and a decided reduction in price. But the funda mental qualities which have made this car a popular seller nave been retained. The official factory announce ment is looked for on onflay, Riving details of improvements in what is known as the "Wonder Car." CADILLAC NEW EIGHT CYLiniDER MODEL No Radical Changes in Essentials; Body, Hood and Radiator Alter ed; Reasons For New Price Following a year of marked success with the'type 51, its first eight-cylinder car. the Cadillac Motor Car Company announces the second of the eight cylinder series, to be known as type 53, without radical change in mechanical design or construction. Consequently, the second Cadillac Eight is, to all practical intents, a con tinuation of the first; and the Cadillac Company has again achieved the un usual in the motot' car industry. Al most invariably the automobile manu facturer discovers, during the first year's experience with a type of car new to him, that there is room for many improvements In the second year's production. The opposite is true of the Cadillac and its eight-cylinder car. The company began the manu facture, a year ago, of a type of car entirely new to the American industry. There were no precedents to serve as guide posts; no previous experiences to which to refer. The companv was pioneering in a virgin field. It has frequently been said that it is doubtful if any other concern in the industry could have scored such a marked success on a new car which introduced such a radical departure from prevailing practice. The eight-cylinder car met with In stant and continued success. When the manufacturing year closed a few weeks ago 13,000 of the new type had been put into use. No shortcoming had been developed throughout the year. No reason for marked change in'me chanical construction was made mani fest by continuous everyday use of the car. It was all that had been expected ol it, and more. Changes that have been made affect principally the accessibility of the en gine and the appearance of the car. The engine remains, of course, the 90-degree eight-cylinder V-type that the Cadillac made familiar last year. The electric motor-generator, ignition apparatus and carburetor are —so mounted with relation to the cylinder blocks as to afford easy accessibility to the valves by removal only of the plates which enclose them. The body Is a new design, with higher side lines, a new cowl, new hood and a higher radiator with rounded corners, all of which al terations add to the distinction of the ?£ r '*U a ?,?. earance - The mounting of the Cadillac coat of arms, In a neat enamel design, on the front of the radiator is a distinguishing mark on the car. Splashers are fitted to the front of the radiator and along the inside of front end of the frame. New design head and side lamps are u /!f \ a tonn eau lamp on the rlprht side. In the back of the front seat, to illuminate the step when the tonneau door Is opened. An Inspection lamp and a Waltham clock are added to the equipment. Inside the body the driver finds the clutch and brake pedals set two inches farther forward, with the dash set for ward a corresponding distance, and the signal horn button in the center of the steering wheel. The auxiliary seats in the tonneau have been im proved in design. * j power tire pump is now at tached to the transmission case. The ratio of the second speed gear In the transmission is reduced somewhat. "The new Cadillac is the fruit of ex ac l u 'red in the huilding of 1 i.OOO V-type eights and of their serv ice in the hands of 13,000 users." says the Cadillac Company in its statement regarding the new car. "We believe that in this new car the V-type engine is developed to a point of excellence which even the most conscientious effort to equal cannot reach in many a dav. "A year ago the Cadillac Company was blazing new paths of progress. It pioneered new principles and new processes, pushing them to a point of certainty before its first V-tyne engine ■wan marketed. "Nothing can take the place of that hard and painstaking period of inven tion, selection, rejection, adjustment and adaptation. "The first Cadillac eight furnishes the one. certain source of V-type in formation based on extended experi ence. "And the second Cadillac eight, with that experience to huild upon, nat urally and logically marks an advance over the initial achievement. "We believe that the new eight cylinder Cadillac embodies the moat practical combination of all-round ef ficiency. No really desirable qualities are sacrificed In order that some less essential—which provide a more spec tacular 'talking point'—mav be ex ploited. "We believe that It possesses a maxi mum of the worth-while character istics which the most exacting motor ist wants in his onr—power, speed, smoothness, flexibility, ease of op eration. dependability and endurance." Concerning the Increase in price of *lO5 on the onen body styles In the face of the general tendency toward lower prices on the nart of most mak ers. General Manager W. C. Leland said: "We simply could not continue to produce a car of Cadll»j>r tvne and ouallty at the o'd price without doing so at a loss: and T don't think anyone expects us to do that. The genera f tendency of other makers toward reductions does not particularly interest us. "We shall continue to use the best materials we can obtain, which are *>e*t adapted for their respective usos. Taken as a whole, these do not cost env less than they have been costing. On the contrary, we are paving more for certain materials now than In the past "Everybody in tbe manufacturing business knows that skilled mechanics cannot be had for less money to-day than a year ago. In fact, conditions are rather the reverse. And the best skilled workmen are the kind we use. "The price of our eight was set too low in the beginning. As it was neces sary to announce the price at tht> ! time the car was announced, and as there had been no manufacturing ex | perience with a car of this type, the cost of production could only be esti mated. "In view of certain conditions which arose after the car and the price had been announced, it proved that the estimate was too low. "We might have lessened the cost to the detriment of the car and the pur chaser, or we might have increased the price. We did neither. And 13,000 Ct.dillac buyers have been the gainers. "But_ of course, we could not con tinue on that basis. "In the face of the fact that hun dreds of thousands of automobile own ers to-day are seeing their cars depre ciated in value from SIOO to SI,OOO or more—because their makers have felt obliged to reduce prices on new cars— the owner of an eight-cylinder Cadil lac. on the other hand, sees his car actually enhanced in value. "Even at the advanced price there will be a smaller percentage of profit than a person pays on his everyday purchases. And the only reason that even a greater advance mav not be necessary is that the car has gained such a strong hold on the public that, from all Indications, the volume of business will be larger than ever be fore." Chalmers Personnel Is the Same as Heretofore At the annual meeting of the Chal mers Motor Company, the following directors were elected: Hugh Chal mers, C. A. Pfeffer, Lee Olwell, C. A. Woodruff. S. H. Humphrey, C. C. Hink ley, George Edwards. This personnel, headed by Mr. Chal mers, as president and general man ager, Is the same as It has been for pome months past and disposes of a vague rumor that has been heard in motor circles lately to the effect that a cnange of ownership might take ef fect at the Chalmers plant with the new fiscal year. Th« rumor, as heard among motor and newspaper men, was to the effect that the Chalmers Company might Join a combination with other Interests or that Mr. Chalmers might retire and let other Interests take over the control which Mr. Chalmers has owned person ally since 1909. With respect to these rumors Mr. Chalmers said: "There Is absolutely no truth whatever In the report! that I am going to or have Considered re tiring from the Chalmers Motor Com pany or that I am going to do any thing except continue my personal con trol and management of the business. "I have never had the slightest idea of retiring. "Why should 1 retire? lam in per fect health and strength. I am only 41 years of age and as ambitious as I ever was. What can an active busi ness man do who retires? 1 presume I have enough of this worlds goods to retire on and live as well as I want to live the rest of my life. But I have others to consider; other men whom I have induced to come with our com pany and whose future must be con sidered as well as my own. Then again I have some plans in mind affecting the welfare or all of our employes which I want to remain active in the business to carry out. "We have the biggest buslnass of our f 1 , ls . t PJ y risht now - We are building J«,000 cars for this year, several times as many as ever before. We have very Jfnf.Ki i stren St>iened our organization, doubled our facilities, are building new' raachinery rUCtUreß a " d lna,allln « n(>w "Under these circumstances, as you me to ' ~r?f Ul r d hanil S bR P°"'ble "for care to wanted to-and I don't arr, B ,? P 1 ® 8 . 8 ® tell all my friends that I am not going to retire, nor am I going to 4f, ave the, Chalmers Company. * e will leave It to the public what our new plans, plus our capital, exnerl greatabattl!anf'"n this gredi battle of elimination in thf mn. torcar business, which Is now on!" Packard Twin Six Had a Strenuous Seven-Day Run „> rnes L p - hash's eyes were spark hi 5 ? r , ove his " Tw!n Sl *" into j p hia branch of the Pack- SSL*?*™- Car Company at the con clusion of a seven-day demonstration tour. He was a weary man, but con ofB ® h *° d la >' 11 bedraggled trail of stormy days and nights and heavy roads, a record of demonstrations and ?r,?, r . man , Ceß 1°, verln * 1,256 miles and la c 'ties, in which he had shown the w W t Y,u nrd " Tw,n Si *" he was driv .4*B Prospects and thousands of Interested spectators. And not once In the strenuous program had he been Interrupted by trouble or mishap, but his car and himself finished in the best possible condition and within the time scheduled for the run. Lash's seven-day trip took him from Philadelphia to Wilmington, Trenton, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Read ing, Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Wil liam sport, Sunbury, Shamokin, Dan ville, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, over mountains and through a cloudburst. He encountered the cloudburst while approaching Reading in the night. In the town itself streets and cellars were I flooded, trolley and telegraph wires! „ rlw .J h J!, latest addition to a distinguished line of cars. A five-passenger fiV~ a lu * u r'° u « car—a "smart" car—an economical car. A flr«t ?" J he £ al ® e Standard of Value and Quality." Low u P-keep expense. Weight 2,600 pounds, with same body design and canteleyer spring as the larger model. 6-40 Seven- i>u»»enger, SI2OO. Prices t. o. b. Detroit. RIVERSIDE AUTO CO. BKLI PHONE 8731R HEAR 1417 NORTH FRONT ST. GEORGE R. BENTLEY, Proprietor were down, hotel elevators were stall ed; but (he "Twin Six" bore him through it all without faltering, and when he examined the motor before leaving it for the night, he found not a drop of water had reached it and that the dozen cylinders were working as smoothly and efficiently as when he had started. In reality an endurance test, such were the adverse road conditions met. Lash's long run adds new significance to the already remarkable perform ance of the "Twin Six" on road and track. It proves the enduring qual ities of the "twelve" as tne speed qualities were proven in the several tries which include J. G. Vincent's dash from Philadelphia in nine hours and 20 minutes within 27 minutes of the running time of the Broadway Ex press of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Ralph De Palma's feat in establish ing a new stock car record on the Chicago Speedway July 10, when he drove a fully equipped Packard "Twin Six" 10 miles at a rate of 72.6 miles per hour. Lash said the behavior of the ear on hills was no less amazing. He at tempted the Taylor Street hill in Scranton, a 21 per cent, grade, with nine passengers in the car. • Starting at 10 miles an hour at the approach, the car surged forward and upward until, at the hill's crest, the pace reached was 30 miles an hour. Rock land and "Monkey" hills at Wilming ton, Mt. Penn Hill at Reading, Col lege Hill at Easton. Grand View hill at Wilkes-Barre and Cemetery hill at Williamsport all were taken on high gear with seven passengers in the car. The car Lash drove is a similar one to that exhibited in the motor vehicle section of the Panama-Pacific Inter national Exposition, where the Pack ard Company was awarded the only Grand Prize and the First Medal of Honor. Danger of Skidding and Ways to Avoid It ■ Many a motorist has had his car brought to a halt against a telephone pole or skidded Into a ditch because he has not taken the necessary precaution before he ventured out on the road. In other words, not learning just what to do In case his wheels started to skid. Speeding Is dangerous, carelessness causes many accidents, but there is no question but that more serious acci dents occur because of skids on muddy roads or sllmp pavements than for any other reason. The fundamental principle which should be remembered. Is that the wheels' should be kept straight. When the rear end of the car begins to slide, the front and rear wheels no longer track, and it Is impossible for the tireg to rfrip. The moment the driver feels the sickening slide begin he should twist the steering wheel quickly and bring the front and back wheels in alignment. The tires will get a grip on the road and, in most cases, skid ding can be prevented. Once a skid Is started it Is Impos sible for the best and most experienced driver to stop it. On roads which are muddy or on pavements which are slippery, the motorist should either have chains on or a very good anti skid tire. In cities where the streets are continually sprinkled, the motorist should always have his rear wheels at least equipped with anti-skids. Rome anti-skid tires are much more effective tnan others In preventing skidding that is. some grip the road much harder and more quicklv than others In case of an emergency. For example, the Squeegee liars on Dia mond Tires are among those especially effective—the outside bar wipes away the mud as the side movement begins, and permits the other bars to grip a hard, smooth surface and hold There are times when chains' should be used, but under ordinary circum stances anti-skid tires are a sufficient protection. In no case, however, shouTd a mo torist drive with others in his car un less he Is prepared for every emer gency. HI Ensminger Motor Co. Third & Cumberland Sts. lUVI'KIHI.TOHS V \t - —-y Am mean tim/jyjr ENSMINGER MOTOR CO. THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS. Distributors. A TIRE with a weakened and brittle inside of cotton fabric is dead. It hasn't a ghost of a chance against the roads. The Miller Method of building TO it I tr^Ttm retains the life-giving vegetable wax and oil in the cotton fibre and thus insures its strength and endurance. Miller doe# not cook the life out of the rubber in vulcanizing, either. Miller Tires go farther because they have the necessary life, power and stamina to resist road conditions longer. The price of a tire it meaningless until it has been proven on the roads. This is why Miller users stick to Miller Tires. The roads have proven every Miller claim to be the whole truth—and the Miller price to be actual economy, A»k the Miller Dealer to show yon a section of the Miller Tirei Miller -rfr r ° * Rubber Co, U. S. A Sterling Auto Tire Co. Distributors 1451 ZARKRR ST, (15th and Market) HARRIS BURG, PA. The Miller Rubber Co.] Akron, U. S. A* LJ I . JI _ THE SUPREME TEST of the ability of any Tire and tube repair shop Is found In their retread record. Our retread record Is over Seven Thousand All makes of tires and tubes repaired. Work called for. Bell phone 2854. . Sterling Auto Tire Co. 1451 ZARKER ST. (15th and Market) HARRISBCRG, PA. ford ■ owners stop the trouble of the hand-crank and the inconvenience of gas lamps by installing the Gray & Davis Starting-Light ing System on your new or used Ford Car. Sold by J. G. DUNCAN. TR„ CO. more climbing out In front to crank or light your FORD ——Mi I Built of Standard ; c v Parts / v /\ Silent and Powerful i $695 Complete Delivered RAUL D. MISSIVER 1118 JAMES STREET C| Bring us your storage battery and we'll 2 r >L JSM te " you flow to tet the best results from 3 J. G. DUNCAN, JR., CO. 5 rnJ Say Little Amp«n: Be ,l 31107 M L "y»v
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