6
s—power jjs
You find —in the 1916 Detroit
Jm Electric —an abundance of power J®
TB —smooth, resistless power that
enables yo" to climb any hill and fIC
JB pull through heavy roads easily
BL| Thi» power flows from the batteries
in a perfectly continuous stream. There
are no explosions to jar and tire you and
batter the mechanism. You seem fairly
to float along over the roads. And
because there is no over-powerful engine
pounding away at 2000 revolutions per
minute as in gas cars the costly bills for
□B repairs, adjustments and replacements
which burden many motorists do not
J® trouble the owner of a Detroit Electric. J
If you have never ridden in the modern
■P Detroit Electric there is a very real
pleasure awaiting you on your demon
■jß' 1916 Detroit Electric Prices jjJ®
Model 61 4-pass. Brougham, $1975
Model 60 5-pas«. Duplex Drive Brougham, $2275
Model 59 5-pa»s. Rear Drive Brougham, $2225
_JM Model 58 5-pais. Front Drive Brougham, $2250
■ j Model 57 4-pa6s. Rear Drive Brougham, $2175
Model 56 3-pasi. Cabriolet, / $2075
jH Detroit Electric Service Station jj
WO 1.1 NT) EX AXD SHTtt'B STREETS BC
JH C. B. HOFFER, Mgr..
Residence, 9X. Front St. Bell Phone Sls-R
National 'Twelve" Attracts
Many at Auto Show
That the twelve-cylinder car is at
tracting universal attention was evi
denced at the Indianapolis Annual
Auto Show last week, when more than
thirty thousand show visitors in
spected the new National twelve
cylinder cars. National built the first
American six-cylinder cars, therefore,
it is natural that they should be pion
eers with twelve-cylinder cars.
Two distinct advantages are claimed
for the '"Twelve"; more even flow of
power with consequent absence of
gear shifting and the elimination of
vibration which has been so destruc
tive to automobile motors. The Na
tional "Twelve" motor is built in two
blocks of six cylinders, each placed V
shaped. Cylinders are 2%x4*4 and
develop full seventy horsepower with
out Vibration. One of the distinct ad
vantages claimed for the National
"Twelve" over all other V type mo
tors is that the valves are placed out
side of the V and not down in the mid
dle. This makes them very accessible,
fully as much as on any four or six
cllnder motor.
National "Highway" cars are built
in six .and twelve-cylinder models.
With the innovation of the "High
way" cars, it is noteworthy that a Na
tional can now be purchased for less
than $2,000. The "Highway Six" sells
for $1,690 and the "Highway Twelve"
sells for $1,990. Many car owners
have wanted National cars, but all
former Nationals have been a little
too much for them financially. They
have wanted Nationals slightly lighter
hut with all the stamina of the Na
tionals of racing fame. The "High
way" models have been built in re
sponse to these requests.
That the name "Highway" is ap
propriate for the new Nationals is
evidenced by the many letters that
hav« been received at the factory in
quiring about the new National "trans
continental" or "cross-country" cars.
This would indicate that the buying
public is now in a touring mood.
Woman Wins Race in
West With Saxon Roadster
When the Saxon Roadster, driven
by Miss Kathleen Dee. of Rock
Island. 111., flashed across the line a
winner at the Rock Island races. Miss
Dee took her place as the first woman
driver to engage in an automobile
speed event within the past ten years.
The race in which Miss Dee cap
tured the honors was a two-mile
event, held at the Rock Island race
track. At the end of the race. Miss
Dee was leading by seventy-five feet.
She entered a challenge to any car
on the grounds, at any distance from
two to five miles.
Before engaging in the challenge
race. Miss Dee drove a half mile in
the fast time of 4 2 2-5 seconds, in
spite of the fact that the turns in the
track are not banked and the track
itself is only slightly more than a half
mile, making driving somewhat peril
ous.
The same roadster which Miss Dee
piloted also won the ten-mile event at
Headquarters For All Makes of
Good-as-New Cars
We are trading in four and six-cylinder cars on the new
Cadillac that are good as new, and it will be possible to
get practically any make that you fancy at a bargain if
you get in touch with us.
Is also an opportunity to trade your present car for a
later and more up-to-date model. Drive around in yonr
car and see if we can't make a "swap."
Crispen Motor Car Co.
413-417 S. Cameron St.
NOTE;—We are making people happy by delivering them one
of the woniicrful new Cadillac "Eights" at the rate of six
a week.
SATURDAY EVENING, HAKRISBCRG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 11,1915.
the Tri-City Amateur speed meet in
the time of 14 minutes and 3 8 sec-
In winning at Rock Island this car
added to laurels won by Saxon cars in
other speed events in various parts of
the country. Although the Saxon
Motor Company has never officially
entered racing, reports are being re
ceived every week telling of victories
scored by private owners with stock
models, thus proving the possibilities
of light weight cars in racing events.
Drives Cadillac Eight
419 Miles in One Day
Racing cars have covered 800 miles
on a paved track In something like six
hours, but It is doubtful if any stock
car ever covered, in one day. and over
ordinary roads, the distance recently
recorded by a Cadillac Eight in New
England. This car made a trip from
Providence, R. 1., to Franconla Notch,
N. H.. and return, 419 miles, in one
day.of driving.
The trip to the Notch from Provi
dence was made in faster time than
the return. The distance is 200 miles,
and the car was at the Notch 360 min
utes after leaving Providence. At
times, the speedometer registered 67
miles per hour. Early in the run, fog
was encountered; and throughout the
trip mountain roads of fair quality
were traversed.
On the return, the same roads were
traversed for the main part, but sev
eral detours were made to pass
through towns not included in the
route taken on the trip north from
Providence, which acounts for the
greater distance of the run back to
Providence. The car was driven the
entire distance by A. J. Feltham, of
Providence, and carried six passen
gers.
3,000 Scripps-Booths
Will Be Sent to Paris
Peters & Sons. Ltd.. of Paris, France,
have Just placed an order for 3,000
Seripps-Booth cars to be delivered
within the next twelve months.
The Scripps-Booth abroad is becom
ing as familiar a sight as on New York
and Chicago boulevards. Peters &
i Sons, Ltd.. represent Europe's elite.
Coach builders to His Majesty the King
i for 125 vears. and handling only such
! cars as the Turcat-Merry et Cie. Mar
: sellles, and the Austin lines, it is ouite
fitting and proper that they should
have added the Scripps-Booth as their
I light-weight car.
I The Scripps-Booth In quality and
mechanism is equal to the foreign
j higher-priced, heavier cars—light
weight is its special virtue. Peters A
1 Sons. Ltd., furnish the Scripps-Booth
I mostly to patrons already owning big,
I heavy cars, but desiring a Scripps
| Booth for that kind of service a hlgh
i class lightweight car can best render.
The Scripps-Booth is a lightweight
<-ar built along fashionable lines. It
i represents the acme of beauty, luxury,
i elegance, refinement. At the same
time it has a powerful motor, top
i speed, unusual mechanical efficiency in
i every way.
THE NEW REO MODELS
REO ANNOUNCES
PRICE REDUCTION
Reo the Fifth Retains Its Standard
Qualities and New Six Is a
Strikingly Beantiful Car
Just as certain events In the finan
cial and sporting world have come to
be looked upon as indicating the trend
of things for the coming year, so the
annual announcements of the Reo
Motor Car Company is considered by
experienced motorists and those in the
automobile trade.
One reason for this Is undoubtedly
the fact that the Reo Company in
variably makes its announcements in
September whereas others are usually
made in June.
The other reason is the enviable
position the Reo occupies in the in
dustry; its stability (one of the strong
est financially), and the fact that Reo
values as announced from time to
time go a long way toward setting the
standards.
This year, perhaps more than ever
before, motorists have looked for
ward to the Reo announcement and
there has been considerable discussion
as to whether this conservative con
cern would announce any radically
new models or would stick to types
of cars that have become recognized
as standard.
Few In the trade expected Reo to
Join the radicals. Reo success, based
on what might be termed ultra-con
servatism, had been so remarkable
that few expected any departure from
the beaten course
The expected has happened. The
Reo announcement made throughout
the United States this Saturday and
Sunday, the 11th and 12th, will un
doubtedly create a tremendous sensa
tion, but it will not be because of
radically new features in the two
models. The sensation Is found In
the tremendously low price for next
year's Reos, coupled with the mani
fest improvements and
in both of them.
To predict which of the two Reo
models will be the leader for the
coming year would be impossible.
Last year there was no "leader" in the
Reo line. The two models, the fa
mous Reo the Fifth, and the Reo Six
seemed to run neck and neck.
From the outside it might have
looked as if the six had a little lead
because the output of that model was
sold August 1 while Reo the Fifth
continued to August 20. That did not,
however, Indicate a greater relative
demand than for the four. It simply
proved that the company very greatly
underestimated the demand for the
six, while feeling confident of that for
Reo the Fifth, "the incomparable
four," which is now the oldest four
cylinder car In America.
Reo the Fifth has been made in
essentially the same form for now five
years. That It has survived the on
slaughts of radicalism and experimen
tation, and one new model after an
other. is the best evidence of Its
ouallty.
Last Sunday the Reo company made
one of the most remarkable announce
ments which has ever been made by
any manufacturer. That was to the
effect that "To-day there Isn't a new
Reo automobile of any model for sale
in the world." At the time this an
nouncement is made the status is still
the same, although deliveries of deal
ers' demonstrators will commence in
the next few days.
After readlnp the descriptions and
specifications of the two new models
and copsiderlng the price one is forced
to the conclusion that those who want
Reos next year will "have to hurry."
The new Reo Six is a strikingly
beautiful car. It is one of the best
examples of the internationally pop
ular "sheer line" type, and the Reo
designers have caught the spirit and
developed this graceful type of body
to a remarkable degree.
Xotable among the Improvements
this year is the longer wheel base (126
inches), which makes it a full seven
passenger car, where It was formerly
five; Increase of tire sizes to 4H
inches: mounting of instruments on
the steering post instead of on the
cowl board where they formerly were;
the change from worm to chain drive
in the electric starter; divided front
seats, heretofore a feature in cars of
very high price, and finally, the thief
proof locking device, which will bring
joy to the heart of every motorist.
There have been Innumerable at
tempts and countless patents Issued
upon devices for locking an automo
bile so it could not be driven away by
any other than its owner. None of
them, so far as we know, has been a
success.
On account of the unique Reo con
trol system the Reo engineers have
found It possible to trebly lock the
car In other words, by one operation
the transmission is locked In neutral
pouitlon, the electric power is locked
so it Is inoperative and floor boards
are locked down so that the parts
cannot be gotten at.
This same feature Is In Reo the
Fifth, as are also several of the Im
provements. such as instruments on
the steering post, new tire holder,
improved starting device and others.
The same distinctive Reo radiator
with the gracefully curved visor has
been retained, but this year the cellu
lar section Is black instead of alumi
num-colored as formerly and is much
more distinctive and In tune with the
times—as are all other features of
both models.
Woman Swimmer Has
Close Call in Surf
Pemaquld Point, Maine. Sept 11. —
"While bathing in a natural pool at this
resort to-day Miss Victoria Bagler, of
24 East Ninety-fourth street, New
York, a professor at Smith's College,
Northampton, Muss., was hurled Into
the breakers by a heavy undertow and
after her bathing suit had been torn
from her body she swam bleeding for
the open sea. When rescued from the
surf by a quartet of fishermen two
hours later she smiled at the men and
exclaimed, "Some dip!"
Two Trainloads Chalmers
Sixes For New York
Establishing: a record as the largest
single consignment of high grade
motor cars ever shipped to the east,
two big trainloads of Chalmers Sixes
have Just been unloaded in New York
City for immediate delivery to wait
ing owners.
Even the denizens of Automobile
Row sat up and took notice when
over a quarter of a million dollars'
worth of the latest idea In motor
cars, paraded up Broadway to the
salesrooms of the Chalmers Motor
Company of New ( York.
Originally a single trainldfed pro
ject, prepared to fill delayed orders In
the east, Chalmers officials were
forced at the last moment to divide
the huge number of freight cars into
separate sections. Record time was
made by the big mogul engines which
hauled the Chalmers trains to New
York City over the New York Central
lines. The railroad officials seemed
nore than satisfied with their end of
the deal which counted some $3,400
In freight charges.
As guests of General Manager
George Stowe of the Chalmers Com
pany of New York and W. J. Drura
pelmann, Eastern District Sales Man
ager, close to 100 eastern Chalmers
dealers gathered In New York to
welcome the record shipment. Each
dealer was on hand to secure the
largest possible number of cars and
the rivalry for Immediate delivery of
cars resulted in some strenuous tac
tics.
Thursday, September 2nd, the visit
ing dealers were entertained at a clam
bake at Wetzel's Grove, Long Island,
where sales and service plans for the
coming year were discussed. The
dealers present voiced their unan
imous approval of the new Chalmers
service policy, which for the first time
In the history of tho industry renders
service a tangible item in the sale of
a car.
Sales Manager Paul Smith, of the
Chalmers Motor Company, addressed
the dealers and congratulated them
on their record sales of the past few
months. Mr. Smith prophesied the
most profitable year in Chalmers
history and cited as proof of his con
tention, the fact that in the first two
months of the present fiscal year,
Chamlers sales had outstripped the
record of the first six months of last
year.
He further emphasized the far
reaching effects of the new Chalmers
service policy, claiming that the new
inspection service plan was certain to
win the lasting confidence of the
motor-buying public.
Improved merchandising plans and
suggestions for the betterment of
dealer's sales and service methods
were made the keynote for serious
discussion. Technical knowledge con
cerning the Chalmers Slx-40 motor
was given In a talk by Factory Ex
pert F. N. Lewis. Mr. Lewis had
previously shipped a complete Six-40
Chalmers power plant and a special
exhibit of parts to New York and the
dealers were given an opportunity of
closely Inspecting the mechanical
details of the newest Chalmers.
Although the big Detroit plants of
the Chalmers Company are working
overtime to keep abreast of orders,
production has fallen far short of the
heavy sales made recently. Western
Distributor L. H. Rose has wired ih
for increased weekly shipments and
as the prosperous condition seem to
be confined to no one section, the
present year will undoubtedly set
records that should stand indefinitely.
Goodyear Army of 97,000
Natives Gather Rubber
"One of the most valuable assets of
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com
pany is not listed in the financial
statement," says C. W. Seiberling, vice
president.
"This is the Intense loyalty and en
thusiasm of our whole organization.
Our own sales force is a real army of
500 men, who work in every State of
the Union and are carrying the mes
sage of Goodyear to all parts of the
world besides. We cannot give too
much praise and appreciation to these
men. who have fought so tirelessly
and successfully to keep Goodyear's
place as the largest manufacturer and
seller of tires in the world.
"We now use 10 per cent, of the
world's production of crude rubber.
An expert has figured that the ef
forts of 97,000 natives, in the various
rubber districts of the world, are nec
essary for the gathering and prepara
tion of Goodyear's requirements.
"We are now equipping half a mil
lion cars—our automobile tire output
alone will this year reach the 2,000,-
000 mark. And. moreover, Goodyears
are gaining new users faster than ever
before. Our plans are complete for
another great step forward next year.
Our new factories, with five acres of
floor space, will increase our pneu
matic tire capacity to 20,000 daily, en
able us to give work to 2.000 more
men, and give us still further oppor
tunity to hold Goodyears in the top
place in tlredom."
Chalmers Ships $2,000,000
in Cars During August
Shipping cars to the value of $2,-
000,000 during twenty-six working
days in August, the Chalmers Motor
Company has Just completed one of
the most prosperous months In its his
tory. At the close of business August
30, the company's books showed that
55 more cars had been shipped in
July and August than In the first six
months of the last fiscal year, run
ning from July Ist to January Ist.
"Our production department has
been literally forced to break all rec
ords In an effort to keep up with the
orders on hand in the sales depart
ment." said Hugh Chalmers, yester
day. "When we first announced the
Six-40, our plans called for largely In
creased production, but that we under
estimated the demand Is shown by
July and August records.
"The demand for cars has been gen
eral, ranging; from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast. From both eastern and
western districts and the grain belt of
the middle west, distributors are wir
ing In for tralnloads of cars for tmme
idlate delivery."
Hupp District Salesmen
Report Excellent Business
District salesmen of the Hupp Motor
Car Company who were In attendance
at their quarterly sales conference In
Detroit last week reported business
conditions very excellent throughout
the country. It waa the general con
sensus of opinion that the chief diffi
culty in the motor car business at
the present time was the production of
cars. Even with the increase produc
tion of practically all the larger .auto
mobile companies, the supply has not
met the demand.
O. C. Hutchinson, Eastern sales
manager, reported the conditions in
New York and New England, and in
fact the East generally, were never
better. This condition applies not
only to the automobile business, but
to trade generally and merchants were
preparing for a very heavy Fall busi
ness.
Ward Keller, representative for
Pennsylvania and New York, reported
along similar lines, and ilr. Keller
stated that manufacturing conditions,
especially, were good in Pennsylvania.
W. H. Young, whose territory com
prises Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaba
ma, Georgia and Florida, stated that
the South is in better shape to-day
than it has been for many years. The
farmers and businessmen were espe
cially pleased with the recent deposits
of federal reserve funds in the larger
cities. The southern farmers and
plantation men have been especially
careful during the lost year according
to Mr. Young and as a result are in
good shape financially.
For Texas, J. R. Overatreet, gave an
unusually favorable report and pre
dicted the largest crops in the history
of Texas. Automobiles are selling
faster than they can be shipped.
The ranchers and farmers of Wyo
ming. Southern Montana and Color
ado, are Just beginning to buy motor
cars, according to District Salesman C.
H. Wallerich. Most of the cars in this
territory have heretofore been sold
in the cities, but now farmers and
ranchmen who have had a prosper
ous two years are now buyers. The
demand for horses created by the war
has also aided this section and Mr.
Wallerich reported that at least two
hundred head of horses were being
shipped dally from Billings to the
French government.
Canadian Sales Manager K. R. Spen
cer is very enthusiastic about condi
tions in Canada despite the war, stat
ing that the demand for motor cars
Is greater In Canada to-day than ever
before. Mr. Spencer predicted
"bumper" crops In all sections of Can
ada. In the manufacturing districts,
he stated that every factor was work
ing full speed and were greatly aided
by orders for war materials.
MOTORCYCLE NOTES
M. W. Shanner, of Butler, Pa.. Is an
other transcontlnentallst who has his
front wheel turned toward San Fran
cisco and the Panama-Pacific Exposi
tion.
The Pope Social and Motorcycle Club
Is the name of an organization which
came Into being In Newark, N. J., last
week. There are twenty-four mem
bers and the organization gives promise
of developing into one of the "livest of
the live oner in the "Skeeter" State.
| Motorcycle polo was indulged In at
Aberdeen, South Dakota, recently. Six
i players took part and made thtngs in
[ terestlng for the thousand spectators
j for one-half hour.
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LOOK FOR
THIS,SIGN rffilLl
-tin fkr.
You'll find It over our door. It
means that here you get expert
service and attention for your
Starting and Lighting Battery.
WeJ are distributors for
The "Extbe" Battery
j that Is assuring the dependable
starting of nearly 300,000 cars. Get
In touch with us. Let us explain
our service. It's prompt, reliable
and inexpensive.
Excelsior Auto Co.
11th & Mulberry Sts.
H. L. MYERS, Mgr.
■I
Ensminger Motor Co.
Third & Cumberland Sts.
1 DISTRIBUTORS
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ENSMINGER
MOTOR CO.
THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STB.
Distributors.
Now is the Time ■
to own a National Six or Twelve
M From as engineering standpoint the Six and
M the Twelve are the logical number of cylinders. \
This is eatablisbed without a doubt. <\
Pram an owner's standpoint—yours—it is dally being
proven that the logical Six or logical Twelve is the
National. Even on the face of it, the National prices
V 1 look very low, but when you learn what you get the
prices grow less. Nothing is omitted in structural 1
strength, comfort, beauty or exquisite appointments.
Don't deny yourself a demonstration. < Come and
B sec for yourself at our show rooms.
Pennsylvania Auto Sales Co. WJKm
W M Ilarrisbnrg and Lancaster, Pa.
DAVIDSON, President
S ix^C§«^™ e lv e i
Raynor Co-operates With
Herff-Brooks Dealers
"A real salesman," said Herbert
Herflf of R. B. Raynor, whom he had
Just engaged to cover the middle
west.
"The Herff-Brooks Corporation
makes a lot of their dealers by way
of personal assistance, localized ad
vertising and so on. Mr. Raynor's
pet hobby Is to call on the different
Auto Tops, Curtains,
Painting
We have a force of expert carriage trimmers, as
good as there are in State. Celluloid trans
parancies put on the curtains while you wait.
Fine painting of automobiles and carriages a
specialty. Workmanship and quality of material
guaranteed satisfactory. Bell phone for estimate
or appointment.
C. A. FAIR
Carriage and Wagon Works
1131 MULBERRY STREET
I
Model S3 touring car Is an advanced car throughout. Many new fea
tures. Size, power, quality and equipment, considered separately or col
lectively, give the Empire Model 33 rank above all cars of its class.
112-Inch wheel base. SS horsepower motor. Full-floating single bearing
rear axle. Five-bow one-man top. Remy electric startle , and lighting,
fully guaranteed for one year. Extra large, rounded jp honeycomb
radiator. Combination searchlights with small dim /'ghts. Dropped
frame with low center of gravity. Streamline, flushstf-e body of extra
roominess. Demonstration on request. Deliveries without delay.
The New Empire Six, $1095
PENBROOK GARAGE
Bell 989J; 2539W H. A. FISHBURN, Manager
The latest addition to a distinguished line of cars. A five-passenger
"roomy" car—a luxurious car—a "smart" car—an economical car. A
car that lines up to the Paige "Standard of Value and Quality." Low
first cost. Low "Up-keep" expense. Weight 2,600 pounds, with same
body design and cantelever spring as the larger model.
6-40 Seven-passenger, 91205. Prices f. o. b. Detroit.
RIVERSIDE AUTO CO.
BELL PHONE 8781H
REAR 1417 NORTH FRONT ST. GEORGE R. BENTLEY, Proprietor
fm Riolifr in We're part of the nation-wide S
J 6 service established by the Willard C
« Ynnr Own Storage Battery Company for the J
m WU v/VTll protection of car owners. If you want
w HP freedom from starting and lighting A
J 1 OWII trouble call on K
5 T wm.sr e w..u J- G - DUNCAN, JR., CO. h
Y Inspect It free. . U North River St., Harrlsbnrg, Pi.
% Bell 3807 m
dealers In his territory, find out Just
what sales are pending, and then stay
on the Job and personally assist the
dealer to close them.
"This fits in with our policies ex
actly. Dealers are always glad to see
him coming. They feel certain of
closing a good many sales in a short
time. Mr. Raynor is well known to
the trade, his experience dating back
for some years. He will represent
the Herff-Brooks corporation in Mis
souri, Illinois and Indiana."