'AUTOMOBILE SHOW NEWS 1 HARRISBURG ti&S&l- TELEGRAPH AUTOMOBILE SHOW NEWS
STATE HIGHWAY
HEAD BELIEVES
IN CO-OPERATION
Cunningham Wants Motor
Clubs and Highway Depart
ment to Work Together
ENFORCE AUTO LAW
Relieves It An Inforgivable
Offense to Operate a Motor
Vehicle While Intoxicated
State Highway Commissioner Cun
ningham is a firm believer In co-opera
tion. In all of his speeches before
motor clubs or auto enthusiasts, he
has dwelt upon the necessity of the
proper co-operation between the bod
ies and the State Highway Depart
ment to secure the enforcement of
the automobile law.
The violator of the automobile law
is his own worst enemy; he has no
friends and, like Ishmael of old, every
man's hand is turned against him.
But State Highway Commissioner
Cunningham believes that corrective
measures, taken by means of an en
forcement of the automobile law, will
do more to eliminate this menace to
publlo safety. He has asked mem
bers of automobile clubs to report to
him cases of reckless driving, disre
gard of proper warning signals, fail
ure to sound horn at dangerous curves
and crossings and other Infractions
of the law. The State Highway De
partment has no police force nor did
the Legislature confer upon it police
authority to enforce the motor ve
hicle law but the State Highway Com
missioner has the power to revoke mo
tor vehiclo licenses held by persons
who persist in violating tho letter and
spirit of the law.
One offense, beyond all others, is
held by Commissioner Cunningham to
be unforgivable, the operation of a
motor vehicle by a person In an intoxi
cated condition. As the automobile
is framed, this class of law breakers
must bo convicted by a court, for litis
misdemeanor but Section 11 of the
nutomobile law gives the State High
way Commissioner authority at his
discretion to revoke or suspend, after
a hearing, the registration of any
car and the license of any driver for
improper conduct in operating a mo
tor vehicle. Commissioner Cunning
ham holds that an intoxicated person
certainly operates his car in an im
proper manner.
Automobile Dealers' Coupon
Each space contains dealer's name and number of different make car advertised in
this issue by that dealer. ,
Read the advertisements, then fill in blank spaces the correct names of cars.
To the first 100 persons sending in correct or nearest correct coupon the Tcle
gapli will give two free tickets to the Automobile Show, good any day next week.
Not more than two tickets awarded any one family. It's easy.
Address Coupons to Automobile Editor, Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa.
All coupons must be received at the Telegraph office by noon, Tuesday, February
22, 1916.
F. S. GASS—I || GEO. R. BENTLEY— 1
ANDREW REDMOND—2 E. C. ENSMINGER 4
P. DRISC'OLL—S B. 1,. DAVIDSON—3
PAUL H. BENTLEY—I W, P. KEISTER—I
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J. A. KLINE—I G. H. HEINX/EY—l
C. J. STEVENS—I • 1\ H. KEBOCH—I
E. J. CAVENDER—I G. H. MAUK—B
J. A. BENTZ—i C. C. CRISPEN—I ~~
L. G. MONN—2 H. DcHART—I
J. E. RICE.—t j c> MONN—3
E. T. MEHRING—2 G. G. McPARIJAND—I
J. K. Kll'P—l Ci B HOFFER—I
W. H. SOIIt'E—I I, w. DILI/—2
H. W. MILLER—I A. N. STRAI'B—I
C. E. HOIX—t H. F. WILIJOL'GIIBY—I
C. 11. BARN Ell—S j. j), PERRY—I
L. H. HAGERLING—2 E. W. SHANK 1
C. IJ. CONOVER—2 GEO. B. KECK—3
BOYD HARRINGTON—!
Contestant write name and address here— •
Winners' names announced on the Automobile Page of the TELEGRAPH, Saturday,
February 26, 1916.
Tickets will be mailed to winners Wednesday morning.
KLINE AGAIN AT
LOCAL EXHIBIT
Car Designed by Former Har
risburg Roy Will Show Its
Advanced Features
The Kline Car Corporation of Rich
mond, Va., will display at the local
automobile show, through their dis
tributor In Central Pennsylvania, their
new model 6-36 five-passenger, six
cylinder touring car, with new and
attractive lines.
They claim it to be a Medium Six
on account of its larger size over the
average SI,OOO class Light Six car,
having 120-inch wheelbase and 84-
inch by 4-inch tires; large, roomy,
yacht lino body with all the conven
iences and necessities to make It an
absolutely high grade car, irrespective
of the price.
The name to most of our readers Is
familiar. The general manager and
designer having started his career in
Harrisburg, and way back In 1900,
the early years in the industry, he
was building to order and selling
steam cars in this city, and later sold
many gasoline cars in this city and
vicinity under the Pullman and Kline
Kar names, tne former being organ
ized bj» him in 1905 and the latter In
1910.
This Is tho first year, however, that
the popular priced car has been man
ufactured by this company. They
have built a largo new factory at
Richmond, Va., of one-story brick and
concrete construction with sky-lights,
and their facilities are now able to
cope with the demand for a Medium
Six cylinder car in several body types >
at a popular price.
.The entire construction is made up
of standard units, which in Itself i
means a great saving in cost of manu- j
facture. Each unit is made in large
quantities and have been standarized
by each respective maker. The stand
ardized car is the result, making low
cost of maintenance and repairs.
Their exhibit at the show will be in I
charge of Mr. F. B. Snyder, one of the
territory representatives from York, !
Pa., and Russel Kline, a factory rep
resentative from Richmond, Va., and
the general manager and designer
will be in attendance the latter part of
the show.
Many friends will welcome "Jim
my" Kline and his car at the local
show. For years he was associated
with the annual show events and to
see the Kline Kar among the exhibits
is like renewing old acquaintances.
THE Harrisburg Polyclinic Dlspen- j
sary will be open daily, except Sunday, i
at 3 P. M., at its new location, Front j
and Harris streets, for the froe treat- j
ment of the worthy poor.
EUROPEAN IDEA
IN CROW ELK-HART
Realizing Value of Compact
Motor Arrangement, Manu
facturers Adopt the Idea
The Crow Motor Car company, of
Elkhart, Ind., manufacturers of the
famous Crow Elk-Hart have been
among the very first to antloipate the
trend of automobile construction to
ward its present development, by
Americanizing the European idea of
compactness and high power In small
space according to Monn Bros., Seven
teenth and Snatara streets, local dis
tributors. "One might think," says
Mr. Monn, "that because the Crow
Elk-Hart engine weighs considerably
less than the motors of most other cars
in the Crow Elk-Hart price-class, the
'burden of proof as to power would
seem to be in favor of the heavier mo
tors. The startling results of the In
dianapolis Speedway and Elgin races,
however, in shoeing most frequently
among their winners the European
small-space light-weight motor, have
completely upset old theories on the
point, in fact nowhere has the Am
erican automobile designer's debt to
the European practice claimed more
attention than in this manner of mo
tor construction.
"This same policy of compactness
plus strength has been used through
out the entire car. It has enabled us
to build a splendid service automobile
weighing only 1970 pounds. The re
sult, as a hill climber and a winner
under exasperating road conditions,
tho Crow Elk Hart has never been sur
passed. One owner recently wrote us:
'I have just returned from a 500-mile
trip up North, and though I have
driven all kinds of cars for tho last
ten years, have never had a car that
stood up better than the Crow Elk-
Hart. To Sliow its strength, I had the
pleasure of helping a out of a
ditch, and pulling a car through
a bad stretch of sand where it had
stalled.' "
air. Monn has mado arrangements
to place his car on exhibition during
the local auto show and will be much
pleased to Instill some of his own en
thusiasm into the minds of his pros
pects.
Prize Cat Swallows
Hatpin; Operated On
Special to th* Telegraph
Marlon. 0., Feb. 18.—Dr. O. C. Als
pach to-day performed an operation
and saved one of the nine lives of
"Duchess," a beautiful Persian cat
owned by Charles G. Wlant, after it
had swallowed in some mysterious
manner a hatpin, B>4 inches long.
The point was found protruding from
pussy's neck and a surgeon was has
tily summoned. The cat will recover,
the doctor reports.
UThe 1916 Dort
Is Here
■ Harrisburg has waited a long time for the Dort and now, for the first time, it is here.
' M % Harrisburg would have had the Dort last year but the factory output was disposed of
I so quickly that there were not enough cars to go around. Now the production has been
J\ J increased ten-fold and prompt deliveries are assured.
■ The Dort is not an ordinary car. It is an honestly exceptional car—so acclaimed by
fob flint mioh engineering experts, dealers and motorists alike. This year as last, it was the sensation at
all the shows. At New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City and elsewhere the
Dort has dominated its price class—not only that but in Texas, Oklahoma, Utah and every
Complete With other section where it has been marketed during the past year it has broken all motor rec
..... , ords for popularity and satisfaction.
Westinghouse Elec
. ~ . - Dort sturdiness and superiority is immediately evident to any motorist who studies
trie starting and th e specifications and examines the car.
Lighting It has
all the advantages of the light car, with all the good qualities of the big car.
Every part of the Dort down to the most obscure detail is built for power, sturdiness,
dependability and accessibility.
Specifications The Dort high-speed, long-stroke motor is a marvel of power and flexibility. The West
ju J i e inghouse two-unit starting and lighting system—the Connecticut ignition—the Jacox irre
irlOael o versible steering—the cantilever springs in the rear, are only a few examples of
Dort thoroughness.*
Touring tar
. . No big-car feature has been overlooked in the matter of comfort, refinements and
Five-passenger; 105-inch
wheel base; stream line ucauiy.
body with ample room in
hand The body is roomy and perfectly appointed; the lines of the car are clean and handsome.
I** fact no motorcar on the market to-day has made such rapid strides in favor of the buying
4-cylinder; 30' horse pow- ui:~ j 1 J b
er Dort motor cast en bloc: public—and no motorcar offers so much for the money.
circulating oil pump and
Thermo-syp^i r on at cooiingy Uh Thc Dort surprise you. See it. Ride in it drive it. Make it a point to KNOW
the Dort before you buy a car.
WESTINGHOUSE, Two y y
Unit Starting:, (Bendix au
tomatic drive") and Light- r -___ ____ _ _ _ . _ ______ _______
ins system with Connect!- SEE THE DORT AT THE SHOW
cut ignition, Carter car
buretor- • ma M. s\
£AS mmger MoLor Co.
type transmission; three
speeds forward and re
verse: internal expanding
and external contracting lUWHJr
brakes; Jacox Irreversible
goodtbahtire,. Third and Cumberland Sts. Harrisburg, Pa.
ALL WEATHER tread in
rear; DETROIT demount
able rims; feed j ttt D 1 F® s3 "" 1
one-man top; speedometer; » j . m/r j
gasoline gauge; side cur- The Dort offers an addition to JJOrL I*loXol* LiSLV L»0.
complete toVl equipment. TOmpeUMoi nfl'octcd by J \JO,L
DO YOU BELONG?
IF NOT, WHY NOT?
The Motor Club of Harrisburg
Is Live Organization and
Deserves Co-operation
J. CLYDE MYTON,
Secretary of the Harrisburg Motor
Club.
Listen, my fellows, and you shall hear
Of the steady growth of the Motor
Club here.
If you're a member you know its
worth.
But if you are not—well, you ought
to be!
With all apologies to Wing Dinger,
these few lines express tho keynote
jof this article. Perhaps we all of us
| do not realise Just how important such
an organization as this Motor Ciuto
of ours is, and how luuch good it has
done and is doing and will do for the
city of Harrisburg and the many,
many towns that we can call our
neighbors. Every owner of an auto
mobile in this section of Pennsyl
vania is being benefited all the time
by the things which the Motor Club,
through its able and popular presi
dent, Frank B. Bosch, and its untiring
secretary, J. Cylde Myton, and the
other officers, is accomplishing.
Whether you are a member of the
club or not, the good conies to every
one alike, and it doesn't somehow
seem fair, does it, for the many to
enjoy what the comparatively few,
relatively speaking (because there are
over five hundred members of the
Motor Club of Harrisburg) are paying
for. From the standpoint of fairness
and co-operation, isn't it just to say
that every owner of an automobile
who is deriving the benefits that re
sult from the Motor Club's activities
ought to be sharing the burden of
making these benefits possible, instead
of being content to profit by the other
fellow's support of a good thing?
Edward A. Woods, of Pittsburgh,
president of the National Association
of Life Underwriters, in An address
before the insurance men at the Engi
neers' Society recently, was Illustrating
a certain point and he said that the
man who owns an auto and is not a
member of a motor club, is spong
ing off the other fellow who does be
long, which happens to be right in
line with the trend of this article so
far. Those who have heard Mr.
Woods know that he speaks with
authority.
Club Is Constantly Crowing
The Motor Club of Harrisburg was
organized February 8, 1907, and in
corporated ..ruler the laws of the
State of Pennsylvania January 28,
1910. Starting on a modest scale, the
prestige of the clttb increased and
with it the membership, until to-day
there are 514 members actually en
rolled and thirty-eight more who will
be taken in on the first Friday in
March.
Membership in the local club auto
matically makes one a member of the
Pennsylvania Motor Federation and
also a member of the American Auto
mobile Association. A recent declara
tion of the club says, "We are a busi
ness organization. Our business at all
times and in all places is to work for
the interests of the motorists. Our
clubroom in the Patriot buildinr is
FRANK B. BOSCH,
President of the Harrisburg Motor
Club.
open dally where applications may bo
presented, flies of motor Journals
found, road maps or route books con
sulted, or information as to roads and
routes secured."
What the Club Is Doing
Promotion of better feeling between
magistrates and other authorities and
motorists generally has been nil im
portant work of the club. The city
police department frequently consults
the club about traffic regulations, and
the club often calls the attention of
the city authorities to the necessity
of road repairs. It has indirectly ns
well as directly benefited motorists in
saving them both money and annoy
ance. To it is rightly given tbe credit
of securing a reduction In tolls across
the local river bridges. It led In giv
ing a bond to the State against pos
sible damage claims, that made tin
building of the river road from IV
sion street to Fishing Creek a possi -
bility. Out of the total subscription
of $3,800 for this bond, SSOO waa sub
scribed by the Motor Club, which was
also active in securing the remaining
subscriptions.
And there are many other things
too numerous to mention, but all of
which are well known to local motor
ists in this section of the State.,
Wily You Should Join
The pamphlet issued by the Motor
Club gives the following logical rea
sons why owners of machines should
join the club:
Because in Union there Is Strength.
Because our activities save you
more than we ask.
Because your co-operation Is needed
to secure better laws and better roads.
Because additional benefits, secured
by larger membership, would annu
ally cancel the cost.
We Offer a standing regard of $0
for the arrest and conviction of any
person or persons stealing a car be
longing to a member of the Motor
Club of Harrisburg.
Because the larger our membership
the more able we aro to give you
greater benefits and protection. We
are not a social club and make no
demands on your time that you do
not feel free to give us.
Because wJtflc it only costs you Five
Dollars per year dues (no initiation
fee), you are now enjoying the bene
fits annually worth more than that
to you. Consequently you should be
willing to share the financial burden,
even though you do not become active
in furthering the benefits.
Because we will welcome you as a
j member; thank you for your co-opera
tion; be glad of your assistance, it
you care to become active; and, be
cause we believe you will admit that
you should Join us.
Rooster Has Feast on
Owner's S2OO Diamond
Special to the Telegraph
Latrobe, Pa., Feb. 18.—A S2OO dia
mond looked so good to a handsoino
barred Plymouth ltock vooster here
at a poultry show that he stretched
his neck through the bars of his pen,
plucked the diamond and swallowed
it as the owner gazed in amazement,
i < >ne peck took the diamond from its
stud.
The owner sought the superinten
dent and the chicken's crop was
opened. There the sparkler was found
grinding up the meal for chanticleer.
' The diamond was returned to the
j owner, the rent was sewed up and the
j rooster is now as bright as ever.
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