f | Special Prices on Guaranteed TIRES These are the Blackstone Perfect Traction Tread Tires, a great many of which have been sold by us in this city and used for a year without a single, one coming back for adjust ment. 30x3 $8.89 34x4 $17.48 30x3*4 $10.98 36x4 $18.98 31x4 $15.98 35x4*4 $24.98 32x4 $16.49 36x4y 2 . $25.40 33x4 $16.98 37x5 $31.98 ALFRED H. SHAFFER WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES 100 SOUTH CAMERON STREET — u - JHORSE PLAY' NOT / M EMPLOYMENT ■Compensation Board Lays Down the Law in Regard to Some Claims Made Employes injured while engaged in "horse play" during hours of employ ment can not be considered as com ing under the State workmen's com pensation act, decides Chairman Harry A. Mackey, of the Compensation Board, in sustaining Referee Christ ley in refusing to award compensa tion to the dependents of Franciska Tomsoska, formerly employed by the Pressed Steel Car company in the Pittsburgh district. The case presented some unusual I features, Dr. Mackey finds. Tomoska and a fellow workman were cooling themselves with a compressed air hose J and a current was directed in the course of "what is termed "horse play" into the man's body, causing death. The decision says that the board re gards the case as one concerning In juries "from sportive acts of fellow workmen In which the injured himself Indulges." It is stated "There must be no confusion in the decisions that such injuries do not "arise out of em ployment. x x x It seems to us that it would be at variance with common sense to find that where the deceased invited his companion to do what he did that he was 'in course of lii 3 employment' and Indulged with his temporarily forsook his occupation, took himself out of 'the course of his employment' and r.dulged with his companion In 'horse play' that ought not to involve his employer in any re sponsibility." Frank Kramer Still Winning Many Victories li mm wMSIi jWr insfe mi » I "" 111 35WSSP Frank Kramer once more showed his ability as a match rider by winning the Alternance bicycle race at the Newark Velodrome recently. Rep resenting America, he was pitted against representatives of France, Canada and Australia, and came through with flying colors. Kramer finished first with 25 points; Dupuy, of France, and Spencer, of Toronto, tied for second honors, with 16 points, while Goulet of Australia was last with 15 points. READING STARTS PAVING Reading, Pa., Aug. s.—Four hun dred men have been put to work on the city's stree's on paving contracts and on relaying street railways. The work is costing fully $300,000, half of which amount will be paid by the city. GIFT FOR COMMANDER Members of Shepherds of Bethlehem, No. 30. presented Mrs. Cora King, the commander, who has been ratsd to post commander, with a beautiful set of linen. O A Trior A i» tho most essential thing in ® jA 1 lor AC 1 iUIN u,ed cnr buyin *- Be » ut * 3 8 X IVI 1 without durability, counts for $ r nothing—A GORSON'S used car combines all that it desirable in used cars. fij You are assured of protection in your purchase, when you buy from us. $ r 1918, CHALMERS Liffht 1916 CHAXDLKR Touring 1918 HUDSON' Tourine car- A K «!*: brnna new: bl* car: u«e<l only as dem- perfect from radiator to g 19*16 SnkvROLF/r R0ad,,.,. 10 T tr DOD^ r Tourt^ Ue ' . re#r " le: Ur « aln - 1 £ ''Amtbiir* SDeclal:*' sHsht- Jourlnc ear, MEBCER Toarlne car: latest | u A < ?U r .K , g. r r ® d, ' cfi « n v shat* M - K1 model; excellent condition; & » 1916 MITCHELL Roadster: _ complete eauioment n F run 2000 mil eg: extra 1916 STUDEBAKER Tour- . ° ° " A „_ K eauioment. lne: perfect mechanical KISSEL KAR Tourinr: K 1910 HAYNES Tourln* car: condition: larcre discount. bought new on© month 2 E* A-l condition: can be 1916 REO Touring car- ex- aaro; extra " re « » bonrht at a aacrlflce. cellent condition: anap. 1916 MITCHELL Tonrin* V 1016 PULLMAN Tourincr 1916 BUICK Touring car: car; A-l running orti^r; W car: brand "D-45:" perfect runnln* extra equipment: 40 ner to {,; Dew: S4is. order. cent, off the lift. $ REBUILT TRUCKS A DELIVERY WAGONS. $ | GORSON'S AUTOMOBILE EXCHANGE * A 238-240 NORTH BROAD ST., PHILADELPHIA ® * SEND FOR FREE BARGAIN BULLETIN. AGENTS WANTED, & «ba«>9Kttjacs>aßi^K< SATURDAY EVENING, Bentz Pleased With Sale of Great Jeffery Works A bigger, greater Jeffery organiza tion is seen by automobiles' world prophets as a result of yesterday's sale of the mammoth Kenosha manufac turing plant. Foremost among the pur chasers of the Thomas B. Jeffery Com pany is Charles W. Nash, of Flint, Mich., a man with a nation-wide rep utation for his constructive conserva tism in the motor car industry. Mr. Nash took active charge of the man agement of the big plant on August 1. at which time his connection with the General Motors Company was completely severed. Announcement of the sale of the company, which is capitalized at $3,- 000,000, came as a surprise to the au tomobile world. Exact figures giving the price paid for the stock were not made public. The present directors. Charles T. Jeffery, Harold W. Jeffery and Thomas M. Kearney, will continue for some time as directors of the new company. Under the new regime the aggressive policy of expansion inaug urated during recent years by the Jeff ery company will be carried forward on an even greater scale. ' J. A. Bentz. distributor for Jeffery motor cars and trucks, was enthusias tic over the news from Kenosha. He predicted under the new control a rapid development and further expan sion of the Jeffery concern, which has been so marked during the last several years. "At this particular time," said Mr. Bentz, "there is nothing which could have a better effect upon the Jeffery organization. The remarkable prog ress made by the Jeffery company in its production of pleasure cars and trucks will be greatly enhanced by this new development in the organization. The downright goodness of the Jeffery products will continue to delight Jeff ery owners, and I look for great big things to happen in the new organi zation." ODD FELLOWS AT READING The annual eight-county outing of the Improved Order oi Odd Fellows, ot which the lodge of Dauphin county art, members, was held to-aay at Carsonia Park, Reading. The feature of the events was a drill by the Rebecca drill team. The Ringgold band, of Reading, gave a band concert. POULTRY FIELD EXHIBIT The Central Pennsylvania Poultrv Association held a field day at the poultry plant of S. W. Brightbill. on the Jonestown Road, to-day. Entries from Dauphin and other counties were on ex hibition. J. T. Huston, assistant man ager of Everybody's Poultry Magazine, spoke on various breeds of poultry. The Automobile Racing Calendar August s—'Speedway race, Tacoma, Wash. August 6-12—ational Touring week, week. August 11-12—Hill climb. Pike's Peak, Colo. August 17—Track race, Boise, Idaho. August 19—* Elgin road race, El gin, 111. August 26—100-mile track race, Kalamazoo, Mich. September 1-2 24-hour race, Sheepshead Bay, N. T. September 4—Track race. Newark, N. J. September 4—Speedway race, Cin cinnati, O. September 4—Track race, Elmlra, N. Y. September 4-s—Speedway race, Des Moines, la. (local). September 4-s—Track race, Spo kane, Wash. September 9—Speedway race, In dianapolis, Ind. (local). September 16—Speedway race, Providence, R. I. September 18—Track race. North Yakima, Wash. September 29 —Track race, Tren ton, N. J. September 30—Speedway race, Sheepshead Bay, N. Y. October 7—Speedway race, Oma ha, Neb. October 14—Speedway race, Chi cago. October 19—Speedway race, Ind ianapolis, Ind. October 21—Track race, Kalama zoo, Mich. November 16—*Vanderbilt cup race, Santa Monica, Cal. November 18 —Grand Prize race, Santa Monica. Cal. November 30—Speedway race, Los Angeles, Cal. December 25—Speedway race, Los Angeles, Cal. •A. A. A. championship award event in contest for Automobile Racers' na tional trophy and B. F. Goodrich bon us prize of SIO,OOO. Silvertown cord, tires will be used by most of the drivers in A. A. A. championship events, and speedway contests. EMERSON CAR IS NEWEST CREATION R. C. Hupp Introduces New Car and Plans Quality Production on Low-Priced Model "While it is a fact that the new ' Emerson "Four" has received a more | satisfactory reception than almost ! any new car that has ever been put ;on the market, still the "Doubting Thomas" element is beginning to come : around and sagely shake their heads I and mutter. 'lt can't be done.' After I seeing the car at New York and ml | nutely examining every part on the i lookout for defects, they walk away | and say, 'lt can't be done.' This is in ! keeping with the farmer who saw a ; camel for the first time at a circus and 1 after gazing at it for two hours shook I his head and said, 'Shucks; there ain't no such animal.' They belong to the same class of men wh6 did not believe i that fhe steam locomotive or the I steamboat could be made practical." Musing along these lines. It. C. Hupp, vice-president and chief engi i neer of the Emerson Motors company, recalled his experiences in the early days of motor-car production. "I re member very well when Henry Ford first started to manufacture low pric ed cars In 1903. I was at that time with the Olds Motor company, and most of the well-known automobile manufacturers were banded togeth er in what was known as the licensed association. In other words, they were operating under the so-called Seiden Patents. Ford had been mak ing a few special racing cars and had also been connected with the Detroit Automobile company, which had not been a successful producer of cars. Among the members of the associa tion the general comment was that the New Ford Car could not possibly be a success because it was not a li censed machine and that Ford him self would probably be driven out of business. I myself thought at the time that this would be a pretty big hurdle for the new company to make, as it was quite evident that the manufac turers of parts would be chary of do ing business with a company that was likely to be on the receiving end of a tremendous legal attack by practically the whole automobile world. On the other hand,, the fact that prospective buyers were given to understand that they would invite legal action against themselves In buying an unlicensed machine kept many people from buy ing Fords. The company itself was not particularly strong financially, one of the officers of the company being quoted at the time as saying that they started with a cash capital of $28.- 000 and did not own their own plant- Neither did they have any experience in quantity production of motorcars at the time, and in spite of all this they went ahead and produced and sold cars at a price other manufactur ers said was impossible. And so in spite of those "It can't be done peo ple" the company went ahead. I ad mired the fighting spirit shown by the new company and decided to leave the Olds works and enter the arena with them. After two years of hard work, during which time I saw the company grow to great proportions and pros per, I came to the conclusion that a good car could be built for even less money and still show a profit to the maker. So In 1908 —July, to be exact— -1 with three other gentlemen who were not known In the automobile world, discussed plans for the designing and manufacture of the first Hupmoblle. The Hup Motor Car Company was organized on November 10 of the same year and the first three cars were finished in February, 1909 fol lowed by the first 500 in August, 1909. At the start only a few hundred dol lars were available among the party of myself and associates, and with this we went ahead and rented a factory, equipped it to assemble cars, includ ing motors, transmissions and axles. In view of our small working capital It was extremely difficult to find people who would sell us parts, etc., and It was with the utmost difficulty that the source of supply could be kept open. Practically none of the larger supply companies would have any dealings with us and the outlook was not of thfe best, to say the least. Those with whom we talked regarding the sale of the cars invariably questioned our ability to produce a good car for what was then the lowest price a car had been offered at—s7so. But the sample car looked well and ran well, and, strange as It may seem, these two points created more skepticism than if it had not performed so well. They figured that we had put into these samples better materials and work manship than we could afford to give In subsequent production, and that after contracts had been made and deposits paid by dealers future cars would be skimped and cheapened. But as the company went along and the public commenced to realize that the cars being produced were not only as good as the samples, but had even been improved as to minor details, the Hupmobile became a Nine Days' Won der and before a year had passed it had become one of the mos talked of cars throughout th"£ United States. "And this brings us down to the present day and the new Emerson 'Four.' We are now going through the same period of development that was weathered by the Ford and Hupp companies. We are now meeting the doubters who do not believe that we can produce this car for such a low price. Right here I want to say that it is much more economical to use ma terial of good quality and to have the general design of a car up to date than to try to use Inferior materials and design which In the process of manufacture would probably give trouble and In a great many cases re quire doing the work over, rejecting a high percentage of parts, and dissatis faction In general, both as to looks and operation when the car is in the hands of the public. We believe that It is a very easy matter to understand but at the same time hard to explain, that in usipg materials of good qual ity and following a simple design a maker can by producing in large quan tities give a car to the public that will give a good account of Itself and will, in fact, sell itself, thereby reducing the cost of sales to a minimum. While there will not be an abnormally large profit on each car. the large sales and production In the aggregate will make for very substantial and attractive profits. "Due credit must be given to Henry Ford for conceiving and carrying out the idea that a low-priced car and a small profit on each, coupled with large quantity production, is the real way to achieve the greatest success in the manufacture of automobiles, and the position that Ford holds at the present day in the industry of the country is the best proof of the sound ness of this line of reasoning. "Some companies in putting out a low-priced car have neglected to in corporate merit enough in their prod uct and they have paid the penalty in failure. Other companies have tried to make too much on each car and have likewise fallen by the wayside. The creed of the Emerson organization is based on the building of the best possible motor car at the lowest possible price, and we think that we have done this in the Emerson 'Four.' From our past experience with other motor companies we believe that we can produce this car at the price we have set and that the quality will even improve with quantity produc tion. We are prepared to face the same HARJRISBURG mm TELEGRAPH It Wouldn't Add to the Value to Increase the Price j IN line with general increase of motor car prices, there would be every justifi cation for an advance in Chandler Price. All material costs are advanced, labor is advanced. There is nothing that goes into the car or onto the car that costs less, but the price is still only $1295. We believe our reasons for not advancing the price in the face of every conceivable excuse for advancement are based on sound merchandising principles. You are not especially interested as to why we don't raise the price of the Chandler car to $1395 or $1495, but you are vitally interested in the fact that we don't $1295, f. o. b. Cleveland, still buys the greatest of all medium priced cars. Seven-Passenger Touring Car - fl2Sfc Four-Passenger Roadster - - $1295 7. 0. B. Cleveland Andrew Redmond, Central Pennsylvania l THIRD AND BOYD STS. Goo * O ?Z<ZTEUZET HARRISBURG, PA. CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO $1295 discouragement that the Ford and Hupp companies faced, for we feel that, like them, we will emerge suc cessful." BOY'S SKILL FRACTURED WHILE PITCHING QUOITS Lester Fasnacht, aged 9, 1011 Berry hill street, was seriously injured last night' while pitching horseshoes with Lewis Zimmerman, a playmate. A shoe pitched by young 'Zimmerman struck I the Fasnacht boy on the head and frac tured his skull. He was placed in an automobile and hurried to the Harris burg Hospital. His condition is seri ous. The accident was purely acci dental, according to witnesses. Copyrighted 1915 br .The Electric Storage Battery C<^ Let This Giant Crank Your Car Get Our "Exfbe" STARTING BATTERY and assure yourself of a right start at the right time. All makes of Batteries re charged and rebuilt. Work guar anteed. Execlsior Auto Co. 11TH AND MULBERRY STS. Harrisburg, Pa. H. L. MYERS, Mgr. Carbon Cleaning by Oiygen a Specialty To Thresh Out West Shore Transfer Problem Soon At a recent meeting between repre sentatives of the West Shore Firemen's Union and the officials of the Valley Railways Company in regard to the issuing o£ transfers to passengers at the west end of the walnut street bridge, nothing definite was accom plished. The union wants the company to issue transfers to passengers chang ing at the bridge for Lemoyne from Wormleysburg, and from Camp Hill to Lemoyne and White Hill. Another I 1 The Apperson Roadaplane is an absolutely friction less car—the Roadaplane fairly floats along the road— it is so free from all friction. Here is a piece of mech anism so perfectly attuned that you are unconscious of any mechanical effort whatevec. It is in this important respect that the Roadaplane rivals air craft. Here is a motor that challenges the most acute ear —it is so silent, so noiseless, so free from the slightest vibration—truly the work of master men. Sixes, $1750.00 Eights, $2000.00 Seven passenger touring Seven passenger touring car and the famous four car and the famous four passenger Chummy passenger Chummy Roadster. Roadster. E. L. COWDEN Central Pennsylvania Distributor New Display and Sales Rooms 108 MARKET STREET R. J. CHURCH, General Salesman. * _ AUGUST 5, 10X6. ' meeting will be held some time within the next two weeks, when the problem will be threshed out. CONTINUE CHILD LABOR DEBATE By Associated Press Washington, Aug. s.— The Senate continued debate to-day on the Child Labor bill which will be passed one day next week. Southern Senators fighting the measure are basing their opposition on contentions that the bill is unconstitutional. Senator Borah supporting the bill, is expected to at- tempt to get Immigration legislation passed by adding it to the measure as an amendment. Laminated Tubes That's what you should use made by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. MOTOR SUPPLY CO., 109 Market Street * 13
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