16 RECORD CROWDS AT OPENING OF BIG AUTO SHOW Thousands Attend Eighth An nual Exhibit in Emerson- Brantingham Building Shortly before seven o'clock Sat urday evening last thousands of bril liant Mazdas cast their rays over the highly polished models; salesmen and spectators alike stood about waiting for that witching hour of seven. With a crash of melody the orchestra an nounced the opening of the Eight An nual Automobile Show and businee be gan. Green and white Is the scheme car ried throughout, and grouped here and there are beautiful palms, ferns and tropical plants. Two floors of the immense Kmerson Brantingham building, corner of Tenth and Market streets, are devoted to the auto show, and each floor carries its full quota or 1917's "ultimate" exam ples of the American automobile engi neer's artifice. From a casual exami nation of the scores and scores of ex hibited cars, the uppermost fact in mind is the careful attention to the comfort of passengers and driver alike. Upholstery is more gorgeous than ever before: seats are deeper; driving ar rangements are more simply and con veniently located. Apparently, the day of the enclosed car has arrived for a great percentage of the manufactur ers have adopted the "permanent," or stationary top, with removable, or dis appearing plate glass panels, giving the appearance of what some of the mak ers call a Sedan Touring model. Few Motor Clinnue* Speaking as a whole, there has been little, if any, change in the wheelbase over former years. Also, there has been liiiie tendency towards motor changes, most of the engineers appar ently devoting their energies to body improvements, with but one object in view; greater comfort and a keener sense of luxury to the owner. Prices, of course, are higher than last year, ■which is to be expected, considering the greatly increased labor oost but at no point is there any sugestion of hav ing cheapened the product to keep the prices down. Every year at the Automobile Show there is keen competition for the first sale, and this year the laurels go to new hands. The first sale of this year's show goes to the credit of H. F. Wll loughby, manager of the Velle-Harrls burg Co., local distributors of the fam ous Biltwell line. The sale was made to Harrv R. Kough, Sixth and Reily 8-.. — r,* the law firm of Kough, Brightbill and Kline. Mr. Kough bought a five-passenger Velie Biltwell, with white wood wheels, to be deliv ered at once. The sale, accordin- to Mr. Willoughby, was made at 7.35 p. m., just thirty-five minutes after the show was formally opened. The first truck sale of the show was put across bj I. W. Dill, of the Penn-Mar Auto Co., distributors of the famous Republic line of trucks. This sale was made to Edgar Weaver, of Saltillo, Pa., and was consummates within an hour after the show was formally opened. A record crowd of "first nighters" was on hand and all voiced their ap proval of the efforts of the show com mittee in putting across what is ex pected to be the most successful auto show in the history of the local club. About 17,000 square feet of floor space Is devoted to the auto and accessory exhibit, and 42 exhibitors, representing over 125 models. A fairly concise idea of the year's Improvements may be had from the following: Apperaoa The Apperson car for 1917 is known as the Roadaplane. The same chassis 1s used for either a six or an eight, the two engines being interchangeable. The Bix has a 3% by 5 L-head block engine, rated at 48-horsepower, and the eight, 3H by 5-type, rated at SS-horsepower. The wheelbase in both is 128 inches. A float feed automatic type of carbureter, positive pressure feed lubrication, hol low crankshaft, vacuum gasoline feed, dual ignition system with distributor and storage battery, two unit 6-volt starting and lighting system, disk clutch of the dry-plate type, selective eliding gear transmission, with three speeds forward and reverse, and worm gear type of steering gear, are a few of the features of construction on both of the new models. Ilrlnror During the year Briscoe has added a new car, fitted with a four-cylinder engine with detachable head. In this engine the cylinder block unit includes the exhaust manifold and also the up per half of the crankcase. The de tachable head gives access to the valve chambers and combustion space and the left part of the top is taken up by a large water outlet connection for the thermo-syphon system. The lower half of the crankcase is made up of a pressed steel pan. llulck During the year the Buick has com pleted its line and will enter the 1917 season with a range of cars including a small four, a small six and a larger six. The smaller six is continued over from a year ago without change. The little four was introduced in July and Is being turned out in large quantities, while the larger six is the latest addi tion and makes its appearance for the first time at this seasons' shows. The little four is recognizably Buick throughout. The new six-cylinder model does not supplant any of the Buick cars, but simply completes the line to Include a car of larger passenger ca pacity. It is a valve-in-head type much along the lines of other Buicks, with the exception of a few departures in the valve mechanism and in the drive. Chevrolet The Chevrolet Eight is an entirely new car with a valve-ln-head engine, with a double cowl body, which is the PETEY DINK—BRIEFLY AND IN A WORD—ONE WEEK! By C. A. VOIGHT (OH ISUT PLAQETA /" KUU* —' \ ( SUU CLCMT ' "== LOVELM—R |S^r^7? ALM " ! f r \ / POUABS \ / HOW IOWC J>ID ) A Uwo VI C E COIMC To VO^^ A^ / A~RES FOR. \ / T*CN PER I>AV J 1 SAW VOU WEPE GOING- 7 —TJ^: •i • 4 MONDAY EVENING. R&RRISBtTRO t£S3ff TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 12, 1917.' SULUVAN AND OTHER "NUTS" AT THE AUTO SHOW '-b ■*" .o (==^£s!L^ffl£r -t v I i H^irnM > wdst op-mew lire to bounce on the sems z / \ (WWP£WN(i L 1! wm if\ \ j± s * \\ J I Overland As before, there are two four-cylin- I der Overlands and a Six. The larger of ' the two Fours is unchanged except for • body alterations. The smaller, which j supplants the model 75 put on the mar ' J ket in the Fall of 1915, is known as i | the model 90. This Is a lart-er car with ] the same size engine end pa. takes gen ' erally of the characteristics of the • model 75. Two wheelbases are made. | The shorter of these takes a* roadster • | body and a new body known as the : I Country Club car. This wheelbase is I 104 Inches. On the larger, with 106- j Inch wheelbase, a five-passenger tour j ing body is fitted. Vacuum fuel feed 14 is used instead of the previous cowl tank and the touring body is entirely redesigned. Oakland Oakland cars for 1017 are roomier, easier riding and more powerful than their predecessors. A new body has been added and a number of detail me chanical changes incorporated. The ex terior appearance is so much changed that it. is difficult to compare the body with the old. It is 6 inches longer and of this 5 inches has been taken up by increasing the depth of the ton neai\ and the other inch in enlarging the front compartments. Besides this, the radiator is entirely new, having a deeper shell and a flat Instead of a rounded front. This refined model is known as 34 and is a continuation of the 32. Model 50, t'ne eight-cylinder car, is continued without change. Packard Although the twelve-cylinder Pack ard 1917 model is essentially the same as that of the previous year there have been several detail changes of which probably the most interesting Is the use of a new type of manifold. Another change which makes for the accessibility and has manufacturing advantage is the substitution of detach able cylinder heads for the integral pattern. The rest of the car is un altered except for a decrease in the height of the frame, which has been brought some two inches nearer the ground, giving the car a much lower appearance. Pferlc There are practically no changes in the Peerless eight, new a year ago. An Ingenious detail would attract at tention quite apart from the general fine engineering and good finish asso ciated with the name. This is an at tachment to the handle of the level cock which shows the oil level in the crankcase and is so arranged that when the'cock is open the hood cannot be closed. Thus, should a driver forget to close the level gauge the fact will be brought to his notice. Pullman Changes made tend mainly toward greater driving convenience, as for in stance, the addition of an adjustment to the pedals. Another thing making for convenience is the removal of the junction box to a new location on the cowl board. Paige The wheelbase on the larger Six has been Increased from 124 to 127 inches. This naturally tended to lengthening the propeller shaft a distance of four inches. In order to accommodate this increase in length and still maintain the required rigidity the drive has been broken at the center of the propeller shaft. In the finish and equipment of the car there have been some improve ments. notably in the double cowl ef fect with mahogany finished panel back of the front seats. ' Pathfinder The Pathfinder twelve is the flrt stock car to be equipped with a body in which the spare wheels or tires can be stowed away in a comportment ar ranged beneath the back of the frame. This is undoubtedly the best place to keep such spares but previously it has always seemed impossible to find tll\3 space. The Pathfinder engineers have somehow discovered the answer. Of course, this gives the car an entirely new rear-end appearance, although this has none of the clumsiness which might be anticipated. Not only does the body contain two spare wheels, but it also conceals the top. Reo will continue its Six and Four of last year for the coming season. There are a number of improvements, however, In the car, as compared with a year ago. On the Six there is an en tirely new body with sloping wind shield, an auxiliary feat which now folds into the back of the front seat, new plaited upholstery in place of the tufted, and better equipment, such as robe cords on the backs of the front seats, and a top which is rounded oft in this car, giving a limousine effect. Saxon A number of important changes both in the bodies and mechanically, make the new Saxon considerably improved cars. The Saxon four has been brought up to the demands of the public for fully equipped cars by supplying it with full electric equipment, including n two-unit Wagner starting and lighting system, an electric horn and a speed ometer. The Six is also a much better appearing car than its predecessor, the improvement being largely in the alter ation of the body lines. Studcbnker Studebaker is continuing its four and six standardized models with several minor changes. Better engine perform ance has been secured this year by the reduction of 12 V 4 P. This business transaction confirms a news dispatch from Berlin about three weeks ago that the German interests in the plant, the Deutsches Bank, had about completed arrangements l'or the transfer of their stock to the Bethle hem Steel Company. The Bethlehem Steel Company to day took over the active management of the plant at Didier. a suburb. In the reorganization E. G. Grace, presi dent of the Bethlehem Steel Company and Corporation, was elected chair man of the board and W. Frank Rob erts, at present vice-president of the Bethlehem Steel Company, was made president with C. A. Buck vice-presi dent. B. H. Jones was elected secre tary and treasurer and F. A. Sliick comtroller. These men all occupy similar positions with the steel com pany. It is announced that for the time being the plant will continue to be operated under the name of the Lehigh Coke Company. Steelton Snapshots Community Choir Meeting. The weekly meeting of the borough com munity ehotr will be held in the First Methodist Church this evening. Miss Pearl Beidel will sing a solo. Lodge to Attend. —Steelton Council, No. 162, Order of Independent Ameri cans, will attend a booster meeting of Mount Vernon Council, at Harrisburg, to-morrow evening. Local members will leave Front and Locust streets at 7.30 o'clock. Freshmen Win. —The borough high school freshman basketball team de feated Ilummelstown High School sec ond team Friday evening; score, 4 8 to 7. Small Fire. —Firemen of the bor ough had some difficulty in fighting a fire in a small brick building used for storage of baled paper by the Steelton Store Company, located near the com pany's stables, last evening on account of frozen water pipes. The damage was slight. Miss ltourkc to Sing. —A special fea ture of this evening's entertainment of St. James' Catholic Church bazar, be ing held in Frey's Hall, will be the singing of Miss Edith Rourke, of St. Patrick's Cathedral choir, of Har risburg. Mrs. Dennis Fractures Hip.—ln a fall yesterday afternoon Mrs. Margaret Dennis, aged 65, of 531 North Front street, sustained a fractured right hip. She was treated at the Harrisburg Hosnital. Finish Exams.—Midwinter exami nations at the borough high school were finished to-day. Not Much Sickness. —Reports of the Board of Health for January to-day, showed that there has not been much sickness in the borough during the new year. Twenty-three cases of dif ferent diseases were reported. One of these was smallpox, another diph theria and five pneumonia, while the remainder were of a mmor character. A special meeting of the Health Board will be held Monday, February 26. The State health code will be adopted at this meeting. Goes to Florida. —Mrs. J. M. Heagy, president of the borough Civic Club, left for Miami, Florida, this morning where she will remain a month. Back in Collections. —On account of the cold weather, garbage collections in the borough are now two days late, according to Street Commissioner Jacob Meshey this morning. Commis sioner Meshey eypects to catch up in the work in a few days. St. John's Activities. —The monthly meeting of the church council of St. John's Lutheran Church will be held this evening. A.meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society will be held to-morrow evening at the home of Mrs. G. M. Long, North Front street. The Young Peoples' Missionary Society will meet at the home of Miss Mary Dunkle, 120 Lincoln street, Thursday evening at 7:30. The Christian Kndeavor Society will hold a social at the home of Miss Bernice Paxton, 231 Myers street, Thursday evening. GERMAN QI'ARTET CI,I B GIVE SERVICES TO UNITED STATES The German Quartet Club of a membership of 200, Saturday, decided to send a telegram to President Wil son offering him the full support of all members for any purpose, during the present crisis with Germany. Fol lowing speeches by Burgess Fred Wig field and Edward Moesleln, of Harris burg, yesterday the club decided to give their support to this country. WATER LINES FREEZE Zero weather has its effects on the water lines in the borough. To-day large forces of men were at work in different sections of the borough re pairing leaks. Several fire plugs were frozen and this occupied the time of several forces of workmen. EIRE COMPANY BANQUET The West Side Hose Company ban quet held Saturday night was attended by nearly 50 firemen. The Highspire Band furnished music for the affair. The entertainment committee which had charge Is composed of John Snell, W. Leeder and Bent Schrauder. CONVENTION OF SCHOOL BOARDS Directors From Every District in Dauphin County Will Attend Sessions Nearly 200 directors representing . each district in Dauphin county will attend the midwinter convention of the Dauphin County School Directors Association in the borough high school auditorium Friday evening and Satur- day morning. The Friday evening session will be held at 7:30 o'clock. Lee Driver, su perintendent of schools at Randolph county, Indiana, will be the principal speaker at this session. The Kev. G. N. Laulter, pastor of the local St. John's Lutheran Church, will havo charge ot the devotional exercises. Superintendent L. K. McGlnnes will give tlie aauress of welcome and S. a. Pick, of Alillersburg, president of the association, will respond. S. E. Mitchell, president of Delaware Col lege, at .SuKai'K, Delaware, will speak at this session. The high school or chestra will play several selections. | Ihe Saturuay morning meeting will | convene at 1) o'clock. S. E. Mitchell ana buperintenuent Driver will also | speak at tins session. Alusic by the beventh ana eighth grades of the bor ough schools will be a feature of this meeting. On tile executive committee are S. S. Pick, Miliersburg, president; John Clemson, of lialuax, first vice-presi dent; Dr. D. S. Schaffner, of Enhaut, second vice-president; W. H. Horner, of ouerlin, secretary, and W. 11. Nell, ot the borough, treasurer. ENTERTAIN S CLU I! Members of tiie £>. U. K. Club were entertained by Mrs. P. it. ilollenback at her home, 2611 South Second street, Friday evening. The guests included .Miss Olive Thomas, Aiiss Margaret Wheeler, Miss .Lucy Teahl, Miss Sue Long, Miss Opal McCann, Miss iva j Nett, Miss Lilly Dong, Mrs. George j Danner, Mrs. 11. M. Cressweli and | Mrs. E. D. Moretz. | CHARLES N. 1IOI,TON" MADE j ASSISTANT PURCHASING AGENT It was unofficially announced to day that Charles K. Ilolton, assistant jto the vice-president of the local steel plant and formerly assistant to Vice- President John V. W. Keynders, of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, has been appointed assistant purchasing agent of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany at Bethlehem. TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY The fifty-third anniversary of the organization of Carthage Lodge, 194, j Knights of Pythias, will be observed I with an entertainment at its head- I quarters. Second and Walnut streets, jtliis evening. The Kev. Thomas I Reisch, pastor of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, will be I the principal speaker. Past Chan cellor I?. F. McNear, Sr., who organ iped Carthage Lodge are its oldest j past chancellor, will be presented with la token by one of the lodge members. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES I The fourth week of the evangelistic ■ services at Cententary United Breth ren Church will open to-morrow night, j A delegation from Oberlin will attend j the services. A special service for men | will be held to-morrow evening. Yes | terday eight were baptized and four ! teen taken into the church by the j Rev. A. K. Wier, pastor. Last night !there were eighteen converts, totaling \ 07 since the opening of the campaign. 1IOLI) JACORY FUNERAL Funeral services for Mrs. Jacoby, | mother of Charles Japohy, who died iat the home of her son, 307 South | Second street, Friday night, were held this afternoon. The Rev. A. K. Wier, j pastor of Centenary United Brethren j Church, officiated. Burial was made at Newville. JOSEPH K. HARI/ACIIER Funeral services for Joseph K. Har j laeher, aged 51. an Austrian, who died I Saturday at his home, 206 Myers : street, from a complication of diseases, j were held to-day. Ho is survived by | his wife. Emma, and four sons, George, Victor, Warren and Frank. He was a member of Paxtang Tribe, No. 241, Improved Order of Red Men, Knights of Pythias and Steelton Camp, No. 5G89, Modern Woodmen of America. WANT GAS RESTRICTION LAW Clarksburr. W. Va., Feb. 12. —■ With scores of manufacturing plants j throughout West Virginia temporarily | closed down because of the shortage :of natural gas, important interests | here to-day announced that they | would immediately ask the Legisla ture to enact a law forbidding the export of gas until all demands within the State had been supplied. DESIGNATES WATER POWER Washington, Feb. 12. Secretary Lane designated to-day as actually or prospectively valuable water power J lands, approximately 750,000 acres I along the Colorado river and other streams in Arizona to preserve oppor tunity for future development of a large amount of electrical power in the State. SEEK TO SAVE CRUISER Eureka, Cal., Feb. 12. The Navy Department has not given up hope of saving the stranded cruiser Milwaukee and is willing, it was stat ed here to-day, unofficially, to spend [5750,000 if at that cost, the vessel can bo made available for service within six months.