8 ? laMllS Automobile Starting —-Sure with-an — 1 Starting & Lighting gP^ter/^'- ■Wf / Jr T7ont auto fy/ j[ mobile I to much I lmnler to start in cold 'ljy weather than in if.] warm. Vour battery jfjj must be in good con- WtomM illtion for satisfactory Ml winter service. f' I All makes of auto- I mobile batteries re charged, repaired or Wj replaced. You can assure yourself of a sure start every time by equipping your car with an "Bxl&e " Battery. Excelsior Auto Co. Exldo Battery Service Station 11th and Mulberry Sts. II Bigger Better more PoM r erful | for 1917 Whether you represent a large family or are looking for a car for your individual use, you'll find the model exactly suited to your needs among the eight body styles for 1917 and each model breathes with the Luxury and Good Breeding always found in Velic. Veiie-Harrisburg Co. Sixth and H. F. llerr Sts. Willoughby Bell Phone 271-J. Kord. 0 CAR^ You won't get the last full measure of satisfaction that comes from driving a Ford until you install a Heinze-Springfield Starting and Lighting System Price, SBS, not installed Front- Market Motor Supply Company 109 MARKET STREET I— 5-Passenger Touring $695 3-Passenger Clover Leaf Road ster $095 Ensminger Motor Co. THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS. Bell Phone 3515 A. , i i __/ \ the Standard of Value and Quality Fairfield "Six-46" seven-passenger. Fleetwood "Slx-38" five-passenger. ' E. L. COWDEN R. J. CHURCH, Salcsmanager 108 Market Street \ • AUTO STORAGE— First class, fireproof garage, open day and night. Rates reasonable. Auto Trans. Garage p"*" 1,1 11 ■■ ■ i BBADQUARTKHS rOB SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES > A Use Telegraph Want Ads SATURDAY EVENING, Case in One Type of Chassis Only This Year Among the popular makes of motor cars that make their debut In a new dress at the automobile shows Is the 1917 Case Forty. It will be especially distinctive for the reason that in the latest creation carrying the rampant eagle trademark are Incorporated sev eral changes that give added efllciency, comfort, convenience and beauty. The car Is listed at the same price as last season's model. $1,190. In this respect the 191" Case is especially note worthy, for many automobile manufac turers have Increased the price of their product the advent of the new year. During the coming Season the Case Company will manufacture only one type of chassis, retaining the four cylinder motor, famous as the "Flexible Four." For 1917 the Case will also appear as a tourabout. The changes over last year's tour ing car are refinements rather than radical alterations. The motor has been further improved for economy. The camshaft drive is by helical gears of special material, which makes for quietness and simplicity. Last year's cellular radiator has been replaced by one of the vertical tube type of the company's own make. The former starting and lighting equipment Is now displaced by the Autollte sys tem. This change in the electric equipment also results in a desirable change in the location of the lighting and igni tion switch, botli of which are now placed on the steering column. The starting button has been moved to the floor, where the driver operates It with his heel instead of by hand. 'A fea ture of the electric system Is a safety "cut-out," which automatically turns oft the flow of current from battery should the switch be left "on" while motor is not running. This prevents exhaustion of the storage battery. The 80-amjjere hour battery formerly used has been displaced by a three-cell 90- ampere hour Willard battery. More graceful lines and greater com fort have been attained by body changes. The hood line between cowl and radiator is now more nearly hori zontal, thus adding much to the ap pearance of the car. A slanting wind shield adds materially to the sweep ing curves of the car. in the tonneau the pivotal auxiliary seats have been replaced by folding seats of the disap pearing type. For the convenience of the driver the hand brake lever has been shifted from the left to the center. The fuel tank filler spout has been moved toward the right for convenience. Equipment includes a one-man top, Stewart speed ometer, and electric exploring lamp. Five Houk wire wheels are furnished in place of regular wood wheels, at a slight extra charge. Smith Farm Truck Has Proved a Popular Seller Tlie Smith Motor Truck Corporation of Chicago, manufacturers of the famous Smith Korm-a-Truck, declared a dividend at the rate of two per cent, on its preferred stock, payable January 15, 1917, to all stockholders of record as of December 31. Preferred stock In the Smith Motor Truck Corporation was issued In No vember, 1916, and the action of the board of directors in declaring this first dividend only three months after the stock was Issued, is the most con vincing demonstration of the remark able era of sales development Smith Form-a-Truck has Just passed through. An unprecedented demand for this attachment which combines with any Ford, Maxwell, Buick, Chevrolet or Overland chassis to make u fully guaranteed one ton truck, has created entirely new sales records in the field of motor truck transportation. At a recent meeting of the district managers a minimum production of 30,000 was set for 1917, with every indication that this would be practi cally doubled before the end of the year. The Smith' Motor Truck Corpora tion has already achieved the distinc tion of making more sales than any other manufacturer of motor trucks or motor truck attachments during the past year, which is the first year of its development. There is hardly a city or town in the entire country in which Smith Form-a-Truck is not rep resented either by live aggressive dealers or by enthusiastic users. Chalmers Makes Record Run of 79 Miles A new record, for the run from Buffalo to Rochester has just been made by a Chalmers car. This run is one over which many disputes have occurred recently. The distance is 79.2 miles over rough roads. A Chal mers Six-30 stock car covered the dis tance in one hour and 23 minutes. This time is 23iminutes faster than the best previous time. A. J. Stuart and A. E. Higgins, members of the Mason B. Hatch Co., of Buffalo, dealers in Chalmers cars, accomplished this feat recently and hung up the new record, which it is said, is one that will be heard to beat. The car which they sent over this course was one which had been driven over 8,000 miles. It was fully equip ped and in every sense of the word a strictly stock car. This recent performance is evidence of what the Chalmers cars can do when put to an actual test. Advantages of Eight Defined by Apperson A definition of an eight-cylinder motor by Edgar Apperson. prominent motorcar manufacturer of Kokomo, Indiana, is so simple that any novice can get a clear understanding of this type of power plant. "The power of an eight-cylinder motor may be likened to the flow of Niagara," he says. "By this simile it is meant to illustrate the fact that the power of the Eight is continual. "The Eight gives you four power impulses for every revolution of the flywheel, an impulse every quarter turn. The overlapping is so complete that the turning effort is practically constant. The Eight is the ideal power plant for there is no hesitation between impulses." We give the 19X7 look to those 1915 automobite parts, as we repair and reflnish radiators, windshields, and We Repair Auto Lamps We reflnish, repolish and repair all brass and art inetal work, In cluding band instruments. Charges most reasonable. All work guar anteed. Bell Phone 2833 llarrlsburg, Penna. Thirty Million Dollars Worth of Overland Material Those big companies which foresaw the possible shortage of materials due to the astonishing demand for motor cars, and fortified themselves against that shortage are congratulating them selves to-day on the fact that they were not caught .totally unprepared to cope with present market conditions. The Willys-Overland Company, the second largest automobile manufactur ing organization In the world und the greatest producer of medium %nd high priced cars, was perhaps one of the least affected of all by this upheaval In the material market. While it is true that all quantity producers of mo torcars felt the sudden change, the To ledo concern had taken the precaution to protect itself In a measure against Just such an emergency. Long before prices sfarted to shoot skyward, the Willys-Overland Company had tucked away In Its storerooms and subcellars huge Quantities of raw ma terials. To-day it has more than |30,- 000,000 worth of parts on hand, fully 50 per cent, of which was bought at before-war-prices. This preparedness policy on the part of the Toledo concern is responsible. It Is said, to a large degree for the high standard of quality which the factory has been able to maintain in its 1917 production, without any extraofdlnary advance in its selling prices. And, although material such as steel is hard to get at any price these days, every carload that arrives at the Over land plant is as rigidly Inspected as it was when conditions were normal. In order to protect Itself and Overland and Willys-Knight owners, the com pany employs a staff of expert chem ists and metallurgists to test carefully each batch of raw material delivered for use at the factory. These chemists know that a certain proportion of carbon, together with cer tain quantities of other elements, when united 'with pure Iron produces a steel that will stand certain strains. They also know that if the proportion of nickel, manganese, chromium or other elements vary even as much as a frac tion of ono per cent, the steel will be either too weak or too brittle. If the samples undergoing Inspection come up to the required specifications and pass successfully the tests of the metallurgical and chemical laborator ies, the cars from which the samples were taken are accepted by the com pany. If the samples come through without an OIC the car or cars are re jected on the spot. Some of the scales used in the Over land laboratories measure accftrately to one-thousandth of a gramm. The slightest defect in physical structure of a sample of steel can be detected by microscopes that magnify many thousands of diameters. Driver's Ease a Feature , of the Cadillac Eight "Much lias been said—and with full justification—about the charms which the Cadillac eight-cylinder engine has contributed to motoring, but other note worthy features of the car's operation and control have commanded almost equal attention," is the view expressed by K. C. Howard, Cudllluc sales man ager. "There is much in the wonderful smoothless of the motor, its quick pick up and flexibility, nnd its remarkable work on the hills. Owners have ex perienced these qualities to their hearts' content, and found them even more than they had been led to expect. But along with them, they have discovered other good points which are important in the operation of a motorcar any where, and especially in touring. "When a man drives from a hundred to two hundred miles for a day's run, he naturally will feel considerable strain if constant effort is required to steer the ear and keep it in the road. The Cadillac Kight has become noted for the ease with which it handles in these two respects. A gentle influence on the steer wheel guides the car, and it holds the road with practically no effort on the driver's part. "Then the clutch releases easily, and it engages with marked softness. The brakes are manipulated scores of times a day without muscle-strain, and with out material exertion to get full effec tiveness. Hardly more than a gentle pressure of the foot puts the brakes 'on,' either lightly or firmly as circum stances demand. "Such things make a long drive a pleasure, because they prevent most of the strain and fatigue of long-dlßtance driving. And such qualities are'not so i common that they can be regarded lightly by men who like touring, either behind the steering wheel or in the comfort of a tonneau seat." Chandler Increases Wages and Will Pay Bonuses An increase of ten per cent, in wages to all of its employes working on an hourly wage basis and a very liberal bonus in addition, has been an nounced by tlie Chandler Motor Car Company of Cleveland. The ten per cent. wage Increase became effective January 2. In addition to this the company will pay on July 20, 1917 to the men employed on an hourly wage basis who are on the company's pay roll July 1, 1917, a ten per cent, bonus on the entire wages paid to them by the company during the year July 1, 1916 to June 30, 1917. To employes who have been with the Chandler Company the full year this bonus means about five weeks extra pay. The Chandler Company's notice came to its employes as a complete sur prise. The Chandler Company has had a very prosperous year, and Its business is generally considered to be one of tl.e most firmly established in the whole industry. This latest move on the part of the management of the company would seem to indicate a de sire to put its employes on what ! amounts to a profit sharing basis, In addition to a liberal wage scale. Pittsburgh Wireless Men Hear German Messages Pittsburgh, Jan. 20. ' — Following the installation of what is known as the ultraudion recoiver, the wireless operators at the Carnegie Technolog ical Institute station talked direct with the German stations at Nauen and Eilvese yesterday. he distance from Nauen to Pittsburgh is 8980 miles. Diplomatic conversation heard was in code. Then came important news dispatches, censored by the German officials, followed by the financial re port and then mora code messages, thought to be in connection with the peace notes of President Wilson. Gives Board Full Power to Build $1,900,000 Bridge Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 20. The board appointed by the public service commission to take charge of the funds and construct a hill-to-hill bridge here met yesterday and organ ized by electing Achlbald Johnson chairman. W. D. B. Ainey, chairman of the utility board, at the conference they gave the board full power to secure plans and erect the $1,900,000 structure. The board as an initial step decided to request the county to erect a tem porary structure across the Lehigh river, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! Paige Well Fortified With Material in Stock So gret has been the demand for j motorcars In thiH country during the 1 past two years that many of the lead- j Ing manufacturers have been unable to j supply the necessary number of cars. ' dealers and the motor-buying public are familiar with this condition of affairs. The consumer has either had to wait, in many vases several months, for a delivery, or else has been forced to buy a less desirable car. Conse quently some dealers have suffered a : loss In volume of business. This con- ; dition of being: over-sold has been brought about by several causes I among them, exceptional country-wide prosperity and the shortage In ma chinery, parts, supplies and labor be cauaa of diversions to munition mak ing. A recent announcement made by the Talge-Detroit Motor Car Company will .be of interest to those who have suf- Ifered from this congested condition or I who have been fearful lest 1917 will llnd the output still below the demand. ! The Palgo factory now has on hand 12,600,000 worth of stock for the lm | mediate manufacture of Its cars and I within ten days deliveries of additional (stock and material of all kinds will | Increase this total to about $1,000,000 In value. This announcement reflects the strong position tlie Paige has secured In the matter of production and deliv ery and should be welcome news to Paige dealers and those who contem plate buying Paige cars. It is also a significant reflection on the foresight of Paige executives, their knowledge of the market and their ability to get what they need when they need It. Thus fortified the Paige officials be lieve that in 1917 the Paige factory Is going to make the contest between production and demand a neck and neck race. Big Field For Commercial Cars Says Studebaker Man The theory that the market for com mercial cars is restricted pretty much to large cities is disproved in figures compiled by the Studebaker Corporation and announced through Henry T. My ers, sales manager of the commercial car division. "Commercial car sales in towns from 5,000 to 50,000 Inhabitants are con siderably greater In proportion to the population than In the larger cities," says Mr. Myers. "We can name in stances even where Studebaker com mercial car sales in certain small towns have been in excess of pleasure car sales during the past four months. "There are several Studebaker com mercial car dealers who in the past three months have sold between ten and twenty-five commercial cars in towns of not over 35,000 population. One deal er who lives in a town of a population of some 35,000 people has sold as many commercial cars to merchants, livery men and farmers as the total sales of each of three large branches. "Selling commercial cars is not a mat ter of location or population. It is wholly a matter of getting out and go ing after commercial car business along well defined and systematic lines." Of the 10,000 half-ton and piie-ton models to be produced during 1916 by the Studebaker Corporation, a large proportion have been spoken for by distributors in towns of a size that were not considered seriously as a market for commercial cars two years ago. STUDEIIAKHH XOTES The biggest single day's shipment of Studebaker cars In the history of the Studebaker Corporation was made on April 19, the output being 490 automo biles, representing a value of approxi mately a half million dollars. When A. H. Davis, Studebaker distri butor in Cleveland, inaugurated a plan of presenting each woman driver of a Studebaker car In Cleveland with an Easter plant, the total number of plants distributed was six. That was three years ago. This year, in pursuance of the same policy, Mr. Davis distributed close to 200 plants at Easter. This unique plan gives an interesting insight Into the tendency of women to drive automobiles In over increasing num bers. Tremendous Demand For Motorcars This Year Fathers residing in Kokomo, Indiana, who entertain presidential or equally lofty aspirations for their little Toms, Dicks and Harrys, long since gave up the "observe the busy bee, my son" bromide and substituted "watch the Haynes factory double itself over night." Although the Haynes has been build ing cars anil selling them since back in the nineties and has always had a good-sized factory, some 32 months ago it produced the Haynes "Light Six," whereby a high-powered, light-weight, economical-to-operate car of striking ly graceful lines nosed its way to the footlights from amidst the chorus of other high-grade cars. It became a headliner Immediately with the result that Haynes strides have been of the seven-league boot variety ever since. 100 Haynes Cam a Day Despite 24-hour a day factory sched ules, despite multiplication after multi plication of factory buildings, despite a steady influx of new workers, the three and one-half years and more since the advent of the "Light Six" have denied the Haynes people even a breathing spell. "One car sells two more" is the way they put it, and Judg ing from the ever-Increasing demand it must be true. The present 350,000 square feet of floor space will soon be increased to nearly 1,000,000 square feet. It is plan ned. The 1917 output will be three times that of 1916, and 1916 far over-shadow ed the year preceding—loo cars a day is tlie capacity goal for 1917. Kaiser Replies to King of Wartemburg on Endorsement Amsterdam, via London, Jan. 20. According to German newspapers, the emperor, replying to a telegram from the king of Wurttemburg endorsing the emperor's address to the nation following the entente's reply to Presi dent Wilson's note, telegraphed: "You have strongly expressed, in the name of your brave Swabians. the feeling of Indignation and determination which, in these days of the unmasking of the enemy's plans of destruction, are the entire nation's. Accept my heartiest thanks for your fresh expression of loyalty. Hold on with blood and treas ure until the arrogance of our enemies Is shattered by the unshakable will to victory of the fatherland and its loyal allies." CEMKNT COMPANY ADDS *<1,000.000 TO CAPITA!) Allentown, Pa., Jan. 20. An in crease In capitalization of from $12,000,000 to J18.000.000 was au thorized at the annual meeting of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company, when the following directors wero re elected: Colonel Harry* C. Trexler, president; Colonel E. M., Young and George K. Mosser, of Allentown; John D. Ormrod, of Emaus, and A. Y. Gowen, fIX Chicago, — 1 Seven Passenger I *1285 tfAipUP P The New Willys-Knight You will concede the luxuriousness and beauty of this car without argument. Its practical advantages* finally determine its purchase. The motor has no equal—no near approach in any similar car selling for so moderate a price or for hundreds of dollars more. It is a Willys-Knight sleeve-valve motor, — 12000 produced last year and giving the most remarkable satisfaction. Everyone knows that nothing has ever seriously challenged the noiselessness of this type of * motor. It has the softest "purr" combined with the greatest power for its size. Its velvet smoothness puts all other motors of like power to shame. It loves carbon and hates the repair shop. It will serve you years longer—thousands of miles farther —than any other type of motor. And it is the only motor known that does its best work in its old age, after putting all rivals to rout in its youth. The Willys-Knights are value pre-eminent be cause they share proportionately in the econ omies of our vast production of a complete line of cars. See us now about your new Willys-Knight and avoid the possibility of delayed dfelivtery dur ing the spring rush. The Overland-Harrisburg Co. 212 N. Second St. OPEN EVENINGS BOTH PHONES The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, O. "Mad* In U. S. A." WILLYS-KNIGHT The New Willys-Knlgnt Eight W. *. Seven Passenger Uillys-Knlftht l our Limousine $1950 £1950 WlUye-Knlgbt Four Sedan . . sl9*o f.O.b. Toledo t.o.b. Toledo 1 Yesterday Was the Birthday Anniversary of— FELIX M. DAVIS He is superintendent of transporta tion for the Harrisburg Railways Com pany. To-day he reached the half cen tury mark. For twenty-eight years he has been a Traction Company employe, having started with the Kast Harris burp; Railway Company. He is cele brating to-day. To-night he will give a thfcoter party to a number of friends at the Crpheum. PILES CURED AT HOMETBY NEW ABSORPTION METHOD If you suffer from bleeding. Itching blind or protruding Files, send me your addr** B ! and 1 wlll ttt H you how to cut# yourself at home by the new absorp tion treatment: ,nii will also send some of tMs home trea ment free fcr trial with references from your own locality If requested. Immediate relief and permanent cure assured. Send no rnomy, but tell others of this offer. Write to-day to Mrs. M. Summers. Ho* I P. Nets* P*me, Ind. JANUARY 20, 1917. ALLIED MINISTERS SATISFIED London, Jan. 20. Ministers at Athens of the entente powers are thoroughly satisfied with present atti tude of the Greek government In car rying out the entente demands, ac cording to telegrams received to day "by the British government from Athens. The release of Venezellst ad herents who had been Imprisoned al ready has begun and a considerable Republic Motor will be exhibited at Pennsylvania Farm Product Association Show 3 ] , * J s < | ; - |; held in I i| Emerson Brantingham Building JANUARY 22-26 PEN-MAR AUTO CO. ; | M. K. Tliomns, Mgr. number of tlieni have reached theii homes. Moreover, the dispatches say, the movement of Greek troops from Thessaly in pursuance of the demands of the entente allies is proceeding rapidly. It is stated here that if th attitude of the Greek government re mains satisfactory as it. is at present a speedy return of normal relations be tween Greece and tlio entente poweri is certain.
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