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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.
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SATURDAY EVENING, -- HARTUSBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 31, 1915
NEW MAXWELL
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.. 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.
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Ensminger Motor Co.
Third & Cumberland Sts.
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MOTOR CO.
THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS.
Distributors.
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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,
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Sterling Auto Tire Co. Distributors
1451 ZARKRR ST, (15th and Market) HARRIS BURG, PA.
The Miller Rubber Co.] Akron, U. S. A*
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record.
Our retread record Is over
Seven Thousand
All makes of tires and tubes repaired.
Work called for. Bell phone 2854.
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1451 ZARKER ST. (15th and Market) HARRISBCRG, PA.
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