GRADE CROSSINGS
COST 118 LIVES
Statistics of Public Service Com
mission Show How the
Accidents Occurred
Official reports of accidents made
to the Public Service Commission
show that lOS persons were killed at
grade crossings in Pennsylvania in
the year ending July 1. In this per
iod there were 246 accidents and In
addition to the 108 fatalities there
were 288 persons hurt. These figures
show an increase of 29 in the fatal
accidents and 66 in the injured list
as compared with the same period a
year before.
The data was compiled by John P.
Dohoney, chief of the bureau of acci
dents, In a special report to Chair
man W. D. B. Ainey and will be used
In the proposed arrangement to free
the State from grade crossings. It Is
likely that a conference will be held
with the railroads on the subject be
fore long.
The fatalities numbered 34 at pro
tected crossings, and 74 at these which
do not have bells or gates or watch
men. Twenty-one pedestrians were
killed at the protected crossings and
28 at the unprotected, while 28 per
sons riding in automobiles were
killed, twenty-three of them at unpro
tected crossings and 29 occupants of
wagons lost their lives, 22 being
killed at unprotected crossings. One
motorcyclist met death at an unpro
tecter crossing and one employe was
killed at a protected crossing, while
trying to prevent an accident.
In the ninfatal accident list 107
persons were injured at grade cross
ings, 8 4 being hurt at unprotected
crossings and 23 at. protected. Ninety
eight persons riding in automobiles
were hurt, 73 at the unprotected or
"open" crossings, while of the thirty
eight pedestrians hurt at such cross
ings 25 were hurt at protected cross
ings. Six motorcyclists were hurt,
Ave at unprotested crossings, while
three employes were hurt at the
same places. Thirty-six persons who
were passengers on electric cars were
hurt by accidents at the unprotected
crossings.
Thirteen of the fatal accidents oc
curred at crossings protected by
watchmen and twenty-six of the In
jured were at crossings protected by
bells.
AUSTRIANS ACTIVE
ON SOUTHERN FRONT
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stati-n behind the German lines has
been bombarded.
There has been little, if any change,
in the situation on the Qallipoll pen
insula in the Dardanelles, so far as
the latest Tv.'kish official report in
dicates.
Russian Line Pierced
The Austro-German apparently
have begun successfully a new effort
to drive the Russians out of the small
part of Eastern Galicla remaining to
them.
Berlin to-day reports that attacks
on the lines along the Zlota Lipa
river resulted In the Russian lines be
ing pierced north and south of
Brzezany. The Russians counter at
tacked in this v territory in vain and
after suffering severe losses began to
retreat and are being pursued.
In the eastward drive of General
Von Elchhorn's troops the town orj
Narew, about twenty miles east of the
Bialystok-Bielsk line has been oc
cupied.
An attempted German air raid on
Paris was frustrated by a French air
flotilla, dispatches from Paris state.
Canoeist Believes He
Saw Escaped Alligator
The alligator which escaped from
Bernesco, near Bloonmburg, recently
was seen coming off Jauss' Island in
the river opposite the city and pad
dling upstream according to a story
told residents of Worm ley sburg by
Ralph Shrack, of that place.
Mr. Shrack said that .he and his
wife were out boating on tne river late
yesterday afternoon and as they ap
proached the Island saw a large ob
ject resembling a log lying in the
sand. As they drew close to shore
the object moved, crawled down to
the river and started for the boat and
then turned up stream. Shrack turn
ed towards shore.
A PEAR FOR EVERYBODY
The JiiefTer pear is one of our
easiest pears to grow. It stores and
ships with a minimum of loss, and is
less subject to blight than the major T
ity of our standard commercial pears.
The Kieffer should not be eaten or
canned until it has turned a rich
golden yellow. Much of the complaint
regarding it has been due to the fact
that It has been purchased when not
fully matured and used immediately.
When the unripe specimens have been
canned the result has been rather a
coarse grade of fruit.
When eaten from the hand they
have been nearly tasteless and seri
ously lacking in quality. If the same
pears had been allowed to remain on
the trees until the frost came and
then picked and stored away from
frost, light, and heat until reaching
maturity, they would have made
friends of the ultimate consumers.
The Kieffer pear can be grown at
a profit where the Duchess and the
Bartlett will not thrive. When the
fruit is stored until November and
then canned in its prime it will prove
a great delicacy, writes R. G. Klrby
In Farm and Home. The tree is hardy
and does not demand the attention
necessary to produce many of our
dessert varieties.
GERMAN GENERALS
Amsterdam, July 20, (Correspond
ence of The Associated Presst.—Gen
eral von Krawell, military commander
t, of Brussels, has been recalled to Ber
' lin as the result, it is reported, of dis
agreement with General von Bissing as
to the administration of affairs in the
one-time Belgian capital. The former
it is said, was in favor of conciliating
the Belgian population, while von Bis
sing believed in a stricter discipline.
Matters came to a crisis when the
Government issued an order that no
Belgian should be allowed to wear the
Belgian or allied colors. Von Krawell
protested that such a measure could
be of no possible benefit, and would
merely Irritate the populace. He de
clined to put the order Into effect,
whereupoti von Biasing asked Berlin
\ to recall the commander.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
By Associated Press
Chicago. 111., Aug. Jg.—Board of Trade
closing:
Wheat September, 97 %4 : Becem
ber. 96%.
Corn September. 73Tfc; December,
t
— September, 36 Vi; December,
Pork September, 13.60; October,
J 3.77.
— September, 8.02; October,
nibs September, 3.17; October, 8.50.
SATURDAY EVENING,
GUARDSMEN MAKE
SPLENDID RECORD
Ten Thousand Five Hundred Men
Turned Out at the Various
Encampments This Year
Pennsylvania mustered an even
10,500 officered and enlisted men out
of the 11,532 enrolled in its organiza
tions of the National Guard at the
annual encampments held this sum
mer. This is one of the best show
ings in years and is the subject of a
special compilation made by the at
taches of the adjutant general's de
partment. The figures are taken
from the official muster rolls at the
encampments and show that 752 of
781 officers and 9748 men out of
10,751 enlisted attended the five en
campments where Guardsmen worked
thiß summer.
The Eighth regiment Is one of the
three which had every officer present,
the others being the Third and
Fourth. The First and Tenth had
only one officer absent. The cavalry
had only two officers absent and the
artillery none. Only 48 of the 762
men in the ranks of the Eighth did
not attend, only four regiments hav
ing any better showing. One of these
was the First cavalry which Includes
the Governor's Troop. The Fourth
infantry had no officers and only 25
men absent and led the Guard, beat
ing even the Tenth regiment.
DR. MEALS FILES HIS
PETITION FOR MAYOR
(Continued From Page 1.)
Young, 1003 Paxton street, a Social
ist. His petition bore 15 signatures.
The County Candidates
County candidates included Frank
J. Roth, an attorney and court steno
grapher for many years, who filed 11
petitions bearing 618 signatures for
the Republican nomination for re
corder. Sheriff Harry C. Wells, 1108
Penn street, put in his Democratic pe
tition for the county commissioner
ship and ex-Select Councilman Alfred
B. Gardner, a gentleman, 37 Ever
green street, filed a petition for the.
Democratic nomination for the same
place. His petition bore 294 signers
Superintendent F. B. Snavely, of the
Hershe.v farms. Republican candidate
for director of the poor, filed papers
bearing 403 names. J. F. Ommert. a
carpenter. 1908% State street, a resi
dent of Susquehanna township, filed
papers with 110 signers as the Social
ist. candidate for county controller.
Other candidates Included J. V. W.
Reyndersi Republican, vice president
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company
and at present presiding officer of
Steclton's borough council, filed his
papers for renominatlon for council
from the Third ward. Burgess Fred
Wigfield of the same borough for
mally entered the race for justice of
the peace to succeed T. V. Gardner.
He, too, is a Republican.
Tuesday Final Day
Tuesday is the time limit for filing
primary petitions and a flood of pe
titions for minor offices kept the com
missioners' clerks busy today. Mon
day and Tuesday will be big days too
it is expected. City Commission
ers M. Harvey Taylor, William H.
Lynch and Harry F. Bowman will put
in their papers Monday and City
Treasurer O. M. Copelin will file for
city commissioner at the same time.
Register of Wills Roy C. Danner will
file his papers for re-election Monday
too.
That Wayne township Democrats
are having a battle royal on was in
dicated today when two complete sets
of tickets were filed for the various
offices in that district by the Demo
crats.
Other petitions included:
County—Faxtang, Republicans. Wil
liam C. Sourber. school director; How
ard A. Rutherfor,d. assessor; Union
town, Republicans, Thomas L. Snyder,
Morris S. Snyder and Elmer W.
Dockey, school directors; William A.
Snyder, chief burgess; James M. Got
shall, judge of election; Joel M.
Boyer, inspector of elections; Lloyd E.
BufTington, constable; John H. Binga
man. auditor: C. L. Grimm, R. W.
Heckert and W. H. Bohner, council
man; Reed township. Republicans,
Asiihel D. Lukens, judge of election:
Charles E. Bressler, auditor; Paul
Johns, inspector; H. E. Lukens, su
pervisor; John A. Lukens, auditor; S.
B Bonde and A. J. Shade, school di
rectors; Highspire, Socialists, Uriah
C. Brown. Samuel Hahnlen and Ed
gar G. Sheaffer, councilman; Frank
H. Brown and Benjamin F. Byers,
school directors; Clarence F. Eby, In
spector: Earl Gruber, judge of elec
tion; Joseph K. Leedy, auditor; Harry
S. Hahn, constable; Jefferson town
ship, Republicans, James Hummel,
Charles P. Hoffman and David Etz
wiler, school directors; Daniel Rutter,
Inspector; H. B. Hackenburg, super
visor; Ross E. Lukens, constable;
Samuel Yerges, judge of election;
Philip Shoop and John O. Sultzbaugh,
auditors; Wayne township, Democrats,
P. F. Hoffman and John U. Wise,
judge of election; John J. Baker and
Theodore Shertzer, inspector; William
D. Engle and Calvin C. Shoop. con
stable; Ellas Rettlnger and W. H.
Hoffman, justice of the peace; Harry
TJ. Hippie and Curtln C. Pottlger.
auditors: Washington Sheet/, Harvey
A. Enders. Jacob F. Nice and A. G. B.
Dimpsey, supervisors: Harry C. Sny
der. Charles E. Sheetz, John H.
Hoover. Joseph Alhitz, John Etzweller
and Charles E. Miller, school direct
ors; Wayne township. Republicans,
Harry Lebo, inspector; J. A. Lebo, jus
tice of the peace; Daniel Lebo, judge
of election: C. E. Wise and Peter
I,eho, auditors; Isaac C. Smith and
A. M. Hoffman, school directors: E. H.
Shoop and Grant Lenker, supervisors.
Other Republicans Included the fol
lowing: R. B. Rutherford, inspector.
Fourth precinct. Swatara township;
Christian F. Rupp. assessor, Fourth
precinct, Swatara: Norman P. Ruther
ford. assessor. Fourth precinct, Swa
tara; David Mumma, school director,
West Hanover: Christian L. Hoover,
high constable, Royalton: James W.
Haines, justice of the peace, Steelton;
Mervin E. Grunden, Judge of election,
Paxtang; John W. Swartz, school di
rector, Lower Paxton: Fred Wigfield,
justice of the peace, Steelton; Harry
M. Troxell. auditor, Lykens; Jacob F.
Sheaffer, commissioner, Swatara town
ship.
Democrats included Harry C. Kitz
miller, justice of the peace. Jackson;
William P. Umholtz and John K. Mil
ler. councilmen, Gratz; James Bow
man. auditor. Halifax township:
Georpte E. Sheaffer, inspector, Second
precinct. Swatara: Harry M. Troxeil,
auditor, Lykens; Thomas T. McEntee,
council, fourth ward. Steelton.
Other petitions filed included: John
V. W. Reynders, Republican, council.
Third ward. Steelton; George M.
Atingst, Republican, school director,
Penbrook; Thomas T. McEntee. Re
publican. council, Fourth ward, Steel
ton: William H. Hoerr\er, Repubiican,
school director. Lower Paxton; John
A Hoerner. Republican, constable.
Lower Paxton; Grant S. Runkle, Re
publican, school director, West Han
over: Harvey S. Umberger, Repub
lican. judge of election. West Han
over; William A. Casael, Republican,
inspector, West Hanover.
Republicans from the city were:
Walter F. Shoemaker, alderman,
GAY WIFE CLAD "TRIAL SEPARATION" IS ENDED
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MRS. NORINE CI.ARK
Redondo, Cal.. AUK. 2 B.—One of the most novel experiments yet at
tempted as a cure for domestic troubles is the "trial separation" of a couple
which has just been brought to a happy conclusion here.
When Mrs. Norine Clark was first married her thoughts were less in
sympathy with her hard-working, ambitious and home-loving husband than
they were with the life of social frivolity. They drifted apart, but instead
of a quick divorce decided upon a trial separation for six months. She came
here and under her maiden name plunged into the social gayetics of the
place. No one suspected that she was married. Half a dozen fashionable
beaux attended her every wish and she became the belle of the beach colony.
Hut social life seemed to pall on A few days ago the six months were
ur and then Merchant Clark comnimiicated with her. She did not answer,
but took the first train for Cleveland. She told her secret, however, to an
intimate friend here. "Never again," she said, "will I leave him."
Tenth ward; John D. Grissinger, Judge
of election. Second precinct, Sixth
ward; J. Grant Hoffman, alderman.
Seventh ward; E. Bruce Taylor, judge
of election. Fifth precinct. Eighth
ward; William H. Stewart, judge of
election. Sixth precinct, Seventh ward;
Joshua Butler, inspector, Sixth pre
cinct, Seventh ward; A. A. Runk,
judge of election, First precinct, Elev
enth ward: John W. Burd, inspector,
First precinct, Eleventh ward; Sam.
uel Lighton, inspector. Second pre
cinct. Ninth ward; John R. Kauffman,
judge of election. Third precinct, Sev
enth ward: Albert A. Polst, judge of
election, Fourth precinct. Seventh
ward.
Henry A. Zelders, Democrat, Fifth
precinct of the Second ward, filed for
Inspector of elections.
Strangers Hustled From
Marietta in Box Cars
By Associated Press
Marietta, Ga„ Aug. 28.—Eight men
who did not give satisfactory explana
tions of their presence here, were
rounded up last night, placed In a
box car on a freight train, and sent
away. The car was guarded safely
until the train left the • town limits.
Since Leo M. Frank was lynched
near here August 17, several persons,
whose business in the town was not
known have been invited to leave.
Five men were grdered away yester
day and to-day could not be found.
AUTOMOBILE NOTES
L. E. Olwell, vice-president of the
Chalmers Motor Company, is taking
his vacation in the north woods of
Wisconsin. The Olwell party Is mak
ing an extended canoe trip and expect
to be gone until the middle of Sep
tember.
Although the weight on- each ma
chine with the camp equipage and pas
sengers came to more than a thou
sand pounds, they negotiated every
sort of going from deep and to sand in
Nebraska, Colorado and the Sierra
Nevada mountains. Starting at the
end of June they rolled Into San Fran
cisco a month later, having covered
3,120 miles, an average of 120 miles
per day.
C.P.Henderson .general salesmanager
of the Cole Motor Car Company, has
Just returned from a week's trip
through the South, and asserts that
business conditions are In a more
healthy state to-day than they have
been for a number of months. Mr. Hen
derson is contemplating an extended
journey through the West, which will
take him to San Francisco, where a
special exhibit of Cole motorcars Is be
ing held In connection with the Pana
ma-Pacific exposition.
Among the leading athletes of the
United States who drive motorcars is
Mike Gibbons, claimant of the middle
weight title In pugilistic circles. Ac
cording to a letter received from the
Minneapolis distributor for the Cole
Motor Car Company, Gibbons has long
been the owner of a Cole Big Six, but
when the eight-cylinder car appeared
and proved its worth Mike immediately
changed his allegiance and now Is driv
ing a Cole Eight.
Jake E. Daubert. leading slugger in
the National League and one of the
renowned ball players of the country,
has joined the standardized Cole fam
ily and Is the owner of a Cole eight
cylinder touring car. Daubert is the
first baseman on the Brooklyn League
team and in 1913 won the Chalmers
car given as the prize to the best all
around player in the league. He led
the league in batting in 1914 and is
leading it again this season.
NEW FACTORIES HELP BUSINESS
Ne York, Aug. 28.-—'The trade re
views are highly optimistic about the
business outlook.
Dun's Review says: "Intrinsically
sound fundamental conditions more
than offset the adverse influences of
existing problems and uncertainties.
While increasod conservatism Is nat
ural under the circumstances, general
business has nevertheless made fur
ther gains, and belief in sustained im
provements remains unshaken."
Bradetreet's says: "Uplifting fac
tors continue to assert themselves in
trade anil industrial tircles - .
IBXREUSBURG TELEGRAPH
KIKE FUUERS
TO GUARD FORESTS
City Forester Mueller Planning to
Form Fire Protective Associa
tion in Wooded Districts
Forest fires in the hills and moun
tains around Harrisburg may bo
fought in a systematic way by neigh
borhood farmers in co-operation with
the bureau of forestry protection of
the State Forestry Department at a
cost of a cent an acre, perhaps, to the
owner of the land.
The co-operative, plan which In
cludes the organization of fire pro
tective associations in communities
which are frequently threatened with
timber fires, was suggested recently by
State officials in the organization of
the forestry protective bureau. Initial
steps toward providing such an organ
ization in this section will be taken in
the near future by City Forester Harry
J. Mueller, who will confer with th?
State forestry officials on the subject.
Mueller's experience in the State for
estry service, it is believed, will be of
value in perfecting and training such
an organization even though his own
official limitations are confined to Har
rlsburg.
To Form Association
The plan is simple. It merely means
the forming of all the farmers who
live in the threatened districts into an
association whose members shall be
expected to answer emergency calls
at all times. By payment of a nomi
nal sum—a cent an acre, for instance,
liab been suggested—the cost to every
farmer would be so small as to easily
permit his affiliating himself with the
movement. If the farmers organized
in this way the State, it is understood,
wil! help, and the association will be
in position to ask for a share of State
appropriations.
After the farmers have been organ
ized and plans provided for the fight
ing of the fires in the country round
about Mr. Mueller said he would like
to form a similar organization in the
city, preferably among he Bov Scouts,
who could be called out for service in
the country at short notice.
"The whole idea," said Mr. Mueller
Is still in the sprouting stage, but I
think it. should and could be worked
out successfully. In the near future
I mean to take up this question of or
ganization with the forestrv bureau
officials with the object of trying to
arrive at a definite scheme for organ
ization. We've talked on the matter
but no details have been definitely
worked out as yet."
Returns From Visit to
Leading Auto Factories
Charles H. Mauk, manager of the
Universal Motor Car Company re
turned last evening from a two-weeks'
tour of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio.
Illinois and N'ew York State, going
through the leading automobile cen
ters in these various states. Mrs.
Mauk accompanied Mr. Mauk on the
trip. While on the western trip Mr.
Mauk arranged for the local repre
sentation of the Olyde eight-cylinder,
50 h. p. touring car. This car is made
at Peoria, 111. The Denby truck was
also contracted for and six of them
are on the way here.
A motor propelled funeral car and
ambulance of most modern design
and valued at $5,000 was purchased
by Mr. Mauk at Wabash, Ind„ and will
be here next week. Mr. Mauk re
port# tfee Scripps-Booth coming out
this year with an eight-cylinder
roadster and new lines and colors for
the 1916 models.
REO CLOSES MOST
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Fifty Per Cent. Increase Over Last
Year, With Night and Day
Shifts to Meet Demand
"We have just completed the most
successful vear in our history," said
Richard H. Scott, Vice President and
General Manager of the Reo Motor
Car Company when -on August 20th
the factory superintendent informed
him that the last car of the 1915
series had been shipped.
"Our volume of business for the I
past year has been 50 per cent more
than the year previous and our growth
has been steady from the day Reo was
incorporated—in 1905.
"We have always under-estimated
—or if we did not under-estimate, we
under-produced—the Reo demand.
This year we fall short of the mark
farther than ever before, and while
it is a source of much gratification, it
is also regrettable that for several
Weeks there will not be a new Reo
car for sale anywhere in the world.
During -the past three months wo
have been unable io come anywhere
near supplying the demand of deal
ers, and we were driven almost to
our wit's ends to allot the last few
hundred cars In an equitable man
ner and prevent our dealers feeling
that there was any favoritism.
Our original plans were such that
the factory run on material for the
1915 models would be completed
about the last of September when the
new models were to be announced
and ready. In our efforts to meet
the insistent demands of the last few
moiUhs, however, we put on an extra
night shift and that, of course, used
up the materials more rapidly. De
spite the fact that we made several
thousand more Reos than we origi
nally planned, still the material was
used up before that for the new mod
els was ready. As a result there Is
now a gap between production sea
sons when it is Impossible to buy a
new Reo.
"Shipments of the new models will
begin September loth, and as our an
nouncement will appear on the 12th,
we anticipate an avalanche of orders
for them.
"However, when they do come they
will come pretty rapidly.
"By the way, we think that this
year Reo's experience demonstrates
conclusively that it is not necessary—
in fact that it is wrong, to bring out
new models right in the middle of
the busiest season—June and July.
Thut is the time when the greatest
number of people want automobiles,
and it certainly 1s ridiculous to close
the plants to make the necessary
changes in equipment, etc. The.v all
tokl us that inasmuch as everybody
else was doing it, lteo would also have
to announce new models and prices in
the middle of the season. We said
we would not simply because we could
not.
"We were curious to know if new
models, etc., would effect the Reo de
mand, and we were not a little sur
prised to find that it affected it not
at all. If anything, the Reo demand
increased.
"The fall is the logic time to make
any changes that may be desirable or
necessary, and at that period would
inconvenience the least number of
buyers. For that reason, the Reo
plan will be adhered to, and we are
confident that other makers will adopt
it also—save in those cases where be
cause of having obsolete models or
non-competitive ones, they may be
forced to do otherwise.
"Perhaps the most significant as
well as the most encouraging feature
of the Reo business during the past
year i sthe indication that this in
dustry has ceased to be one of sea
sons. The difference In demand for
cars in September and May was not
noticeable. Of course, It is difficult
to guage the demand when you have
a chronic over-demand such as Reo
experiences.
Notwithstanding, there was a
marked difference between this and
former years in that the demand con
tinued right through the season, it
seems just as brisk now. It is due
of course to the fact that people have
found the automobile indispensible in
the winter as well as in the summer,
and 1 expect to see the demand even
greater than the Spring demand in
the future, for the reason that buyers
have come to know that the actual
new models are brought out in the
fall season and that only by buyilig
then can they be sure of having a
car for the Spring use. To wait until
the Spring actually opens means that
It will be impossible to get any of the
more popular makes of cars.
Detroit Electric Has
Local Service Station
C. B. HofCer has come to Harris
burg and established a service station
and local branch for the Detroit Elec
tric Motor < Jar Company of Detroit.
The local headquarters are at linden
and Shrub streets, where every needed
mechanical facility is eovenient for
service purposes. The Detroit Electric
lb made in four different, chassis mod
els with six body designs. This make
of electric was shown at the Kelker
street auto show In March and a num
ber of them are tn dally use in Har
risburg. The six models include a
four-passenger brougham, a five-pas- i
senger duplex drive brougham, a Ave- I
passenger rear drive brougham, a Ave- I
passenger front drive brougham, a I
four-passenger rear drive brougham ]
and a tliree-passenger cabriolet. Mr.
Hcffer, in commenting on the excel
lent paved streets of Harrlsburg and
vicinity, eaid this city has exceptional
road advantagese, which make an
electric car desirable for those who i
prefer ease of control and silent op- i
eratlon.
Redmond Includes Pullman !
in His List of Cars
The Pullman line for 1916 has been I
taken over by Andrew Redmond forj
the Harrlsburg territory, which in- i
eludes Dauphin county this side of
Millersburg. Mr. Redmond finds a
strong demand for a small four-cylin
dcr model by many who prefer a car
smaller than the Chandler light six.
So Mr. Redmond reports that It will
In no way Interfere with the continued
sale of Chandler and Overland cars,
but gives a greater variety ofr selec
tion.
The Pullman cars are made at York,
Pa., and a great many of them have
b*en sold In this territory since the
Introduction of the $740 model. The
wholesale distribution of the Pullman
for a large number of counties in Cen
tral Pennsylvania will remain under
the supervision of the Bentz-Landls
Auto Company.
•J. A. DONAUISOX WTIJIJ BUILD
STONE HOUSE ALONG RIVKK
J. A, Donaldson, of the Donaldson
Paper Company, has broken ground
for a new residence at Front and Pef
fer streets His plans provide for a.
stone Uouse pf attractive design.
AUGUST 28, 1915
RCPI^L^I^ORXR^ICK®
MERIT has allowed an increase of the Republic sales of over
eight hundred per cent, last season. They are now the largest build
ers of trucks in the country. All sizes and types at popular prices.
See them at the Grangers' Picnic, September 30-October 4. Sold by
L. H. Hagerling, local distributor of Hollier Eight and Republic
trucks.
|HOLLIER The Leading
I S9B? Popular Priced
J Pleasure Car
Dodge Brothers Auto
Beats Express Train
News of a record-breaking trip
through the White mountains in
which a Dodge Brothers motor ear
defeated the famous White Mountain
Newspaper express has .iust been re
ceived by Dodge Brothers.
C. S. Henshaw, Boston denier,
drove the car and his telegram says
the 360-mile drive through the moun
tains was made entirely on high gear.
The trip was made in 12 hours and 48
minutes, or an average of 28 miles per
hour.
The newspaper express is one of
the fastest trains running out of
Boston, but the Dodge car reached
Bretton Woods, N. H., two hours
ahead of the limited in a driving rain
storm. Later a heavy fog made fast
going dangerous.
The trip takes in most of the
steep grades in the White moun
tains, Including the famous Tug-of-
War hill, Crawford Notch and Fran
fonla Notch. The average altitude in
the mountains was 1,900 feet above
sea-level.
An official observer from the Bay
State Automobile club accompanied
Mr. Henshaw on the trip. The car
was No. 213, one of th e first cars
turned out by Dodge Brothers. It
had previously been driven 12,000
n ilea.
Packard Twin Six Will
Be in City Next Week
Of more than ordinary interest to
local motorists is the announcement
by B. B. Harrington, of the Packard
Company in Harrisburg, that he has
secured a Packard "Twin-Six" dem
onstrator for use in this city Tuesday
antr Wednesday, August 31 and Sep
tember 1.
The Introduction of a twelve-cylin
der ear by the Packard company
caused a sensation the like of which
the industry has not seen since its
pioneer days, and this primary inter
est has been intensified since by the
car's remarkable qualities as shown
in demonstrations everywhere. In
deed, it would seem that the com
pany's claims of a vastly smoother
power, a greater activity on high gear,
and a superior ease of motion every- j
where so pronounced as to establish I
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a new standard of motor car perfor
mance. .are justied by the facts; for
the twelve-cylinder car wherever put
to the test has shown marked super
iorities.
Two of the important demonstra
tions in the, "Twin-Six" list were
staged in Pennsylvania. The first was
conducted by J. G. Vincent, vice-pres
ident of engineering at the Packard
Motor Car Company factory and the
man who evolved the twelve-cylinder
motor. Mr. Vincent smashed all rec
ords in a run from Philadelphia to
Pittsburgh, taking the difficult route
at racing speed and covering the dis
tance between the two cities in nine
hours and 20 minutes. This time is
within 2 7 minutes of the running
time of the Broadway express of the
! Pennsylvania railroad, the fastest
train on the road.
A short time after Mr. Vincent's
dash, Ernest P. Lash, of the Philadel
phia branch of the Packard company,
drove a "Twin-Six" through the Phil
adelphia territory on a seven-day en
durance and demonstration tour. Of
that trip, which led through Harris
burg, Lash traveled 1,256 miles, vis
ited 15 cities and demonstrated to 448
prospects before thousands of inter
ested onlookers. Although the tour
was made in the face of the most ad
verse road and weather conditions.
Lash found opportunity to set new
marks in hill-climbing and mud-plug
ging, and returned to Philadelphia
with the car in perfect order.
President Henry B. Joy, of the
Packard company, drove a "Twin-Six"
from Detroit to San Francisco with
out mishap, and Ralph De Palina
proved the new car's speed on the
Chicago speedway by establishing a
new stock car record. DePalma drove
a fully equipped "Twin-Six" at a rata
of 72.8 miles an hour.
Mr. Harrington invites all persons
interested to inspect the new car while
It is here, and to learn from the car
itself the qualities on which the many
claims of superiority are based.
MAXWELL ECONOMY FEAT
In a new. 1916 Maxwell touring
car. F. IT. Craft, enroute from De
troit to his home at Aberdeen, S. D.,
covered the 130 miles between Kala
mazoo, Mich., and South Bend, Ind.
on exactly four gallons of gasoline, an
average of 32.5 miles to the gallon.
The car's tank was filled at both start
and finish of the run. An even speed
of about 20 miles an hour was main
tained throughout.
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