CHANDLER DEMAND
SHOWS INCREASE
Contracts For $30,000,000
Worth of Sixes For
1917
The Chandler Motor Car Company of
Cleveland has closed contracts with its
distributors, totaling more than $27,-
000,000 worth of cars for 1917, figuring*
the value of these cars at the tour-
ing car price only. Taking into con
sideration the fact that a large num
ber of closed cars will be produced
antl sold during the year, the total
value of .cars already contracted for
by distributors will exceed $30,000,000.
Add to this the many Chandlers which
will be sold abroad, and one can read
ily realize that the Chandler business is
indeed a big business.
"Our distributors recently visited the
factory to complete arrangements as
to allotments of cars, territories and
other matters for the coming year,
said Sales Manager Dunlap. "To say
that they were enthusiastic would be
putting it mildly indeed.
"For more than a month it was
prettv swift work, but pleasant. Chand
ler dealers are prosperous. They had |
a great year in 1916 and know that j
thev have the best sales proposition in ;
the'industry, and don't mind saying so.
Some distributors who showed as much
as 200 per cent, increase in 1916, are
figuring on just as great an increase
i'or the coming year. They realize that
fthe Chandler has never before been in
such a strong position as it is now.
It's hound to be another Chandler
year," . ,
One of the largest single export ship
ments of high-grade American-built
ears has just been completed by the
, Chandler Motor Car Company of Cleve
land. In this shipment were 217 Chand
ler Six touring cars, all going to one
foreign agent. These were delivered
and boxed within ten days, ready for
shipment to the seaboard, where a
waiting steamer took them on their |
over-seas journey.
"The Chandler Company now has
nearly fifty foreign agencies, all doing
a prosperous business," said James M. j
liunlay, sales manager. ;
"Within the past month large ship
ments have been made to Brazil, Den- i
mark, Uruguay, New Zealand, Siam,
Norway, China and other countries.
Chile took 32 Chandlers in one month j
recently. ... .. .
"Orders from Madrid indicate that j
the Chandler will soon be one of the
most popular cars in the Spanish Capi- :
tal.
"Export orders come through to the i
factory daily. Wherever it is introdu* '
I'd. the Chandlef has met with almost
instant approval. An initial order)
from any country has, without excep- j
tion, been the forerunner of big busi- |
ness.
"The approval with which it has met i
in foreign fields, is substantial testi- I
monv to the mechanical excellence of i
the Chandler car. These export orders!
do not come as a result of the wide I
popularity of the car in the United
States, but solely as a result of the era- j
inently satisfactory service rendered by
the Chandler, and because of its better |
design and construction, and because of
its marvelous motor."
Boxing the Chandler Six for its long
overseas journey requires specially |
trained workmen. In packing for these j
export shipments the car is first run j
on the bottom plate of the box (after |
the car has been thoroughly tested) ;
where the wheels, top and windshield I
are removed. The car is secured in po- |
sition by heavy braces and the sides
and top of the box are then placed n
position. The boxed automobiles are!
then placed on flat cars, two automo
biles to a flat car and about twenty
five flat cars to each train.
ServiceMen Taught
To Know Cadillac Car
Going to school in overalls, working
hard in class, and ending the course
with a nexamination including a drive
• of the automobile this is an experi
ence no boy's school days ever included,
but It is what happens as a regular
thing to the service men's class at the
Cadillac plant In Detroit.
A standard Cadillac Eight is the sub
ject on which the pupils are instructed.
The school is made up of the service
men employed by Cadillac dealers all
over the country, and Cadillac owners
are the chief beneficiaries of the in
struction they receive while in charge
of the factory expert.
The course covers a period of two !
weeks. The first work is to take down
the car completely. Then begins the
work of reassembling, and as this pro
gresses, particular attention is given to
the various adjustments. Special in
struction is given on the electrical sys
tem and an insight into Cadillac manu
facturing methods is afforded by a trip
through every department of the plant.
After the car has been reassembled
comes the real test. The class Is taken
for a ride in the car. At a convenient
spot the instructor stops tell car and
the class is invited to alight and be
come interested in the surrounding
country. While they are so absorbed,
the instructor installs a defective coil.
_ carburetor or some other part in place'
of the good part, or devises some other j
way of disabling the car to ascertain
the ingenuity of the men. The class I
is not permitted to proceed until the
trouble has been located and remedied,
and the car put in first-class running
order. This is followed by a rigid
written examination, and the class is
disbanded, to be followed by another.
Each man's examination paper si for
warded to the dealer who sends him to
the factory.
This school has been a feature of the
Cadillac policy since 1910. The attend- |
ants come fro mall parts of the United
States and Canada, as well as fronl j
foreign countries.
I'OOI) RKSTUICTED I.N" SWITZ.
Berne, Feb. 23, via Paris, Feb. 24. :
The Bundesrath announced this af
ternoon the long awaited restriction
ol' food distribution whereby Switzer
of food distribution whereby Switzer
land will have henceforth two meat
less days weekly, must do ■ without
whipped cream and other similar
dishes and must limit its egg consump
tion.
The car that lights every inch of the
to better and permanent satisfaction in used car buying.
Our THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS will tell you, if you
want a Good used car, go to Gorson's.
B SA. U mSS W . 11,18 , "os'litcrs; ordinal 191 MAXWELI< Tourln* car: uwrt
invT ii vvno>rf e I I'emnnstiatur: all factory equipment*;
1017 lIAYNBS Touring ear: Juat 111> *!25.
new; eitia equipment: bargain. lbltt I'RKMIER Tourlox car: Tery pow
-191 ]"HUDSON Super Six; 7-pasa.; run erfol; excellent shape; 1490.
~£>oo miles. 1010 OLDBMOBILE Roadster; run 3000
1917 MITCHELL Touring nr; show* no miles: litres; 1375.
b,K diicooDt. 1918 CHEVROLET Toorinf car; electric
2?II CHANDLER Touring. S7OO. lights sad starter; a snap at $350.
1917 CHANDLER Roadater: perfect con- 1916 COLE Touring car; plenty of pow
. <1 jtioq: owner trill sacrifice. er: agent's price.
1917 CHALMERS Touring car; excellent 1916 CADILLAC Touring car; perfect
.equipments. from start to finish: big reduction.
1916 MERCER Speedster: A-l running 1916 METZ Roadster; all electric eqnlp
. w,J eela: new tires. ment: low no-keep; extra tlra.
1916 OVERLAND Sedan; beautiful up- 1916 BUICK Touring car. "D-M;" ex.
. too: 5450. rellcnt condition.
1917 INTER STATE, 4-pass. roadster; FORD Touring cars, and Roadstera;
like new: snap. SIOO up
1016 Touring car; 1916 BRISCOE Sedan: two tops; rua
iniPkhi&'w nP° mllcM: " trfl ~ ir* . 1900 miles: *4OO.
?..£??£!L E??. r,n s ctr; Jack 1916 OVERLAND Roadster: perfect from
i nut nr T?S\I NWIIIM i? O" i radiator to rear axle: 1375.
1016 OLDBMOBILE Roadster; ft-c.vl., 4- 1016 STUUKRAKER Tour lug rar; like
ttass., slip coders, bumper, et.\; bar- new; up-to-date equlpmenla: bargain,
ifffltU'ir rv rvintiT n 101,1 OAKLAND 'lour'nj; car. light Six;
1 V.i.?J LL>B ,' KN M°, n J Conne; Terr at- on a he bought right.
ioift Sjj - J S i ? d: , , 1915 *M\En Rnadater; lights and start
# mechanical er: fast, and powerful,
mi a piiti£ n&vr™ .> * * n 19,6 OLDBMOBILB Touting car: excel
-1 ' C0Bdl,lo,,: " ,ri ,q """
GORSON'S AUTOMOBILE EXCHANGE
238-240 North Broad Street, Phila.
• SATURDAY EVENING,
SCHOOL DAYS •* —*** By PWIG
HALF OF A HAIR
IN PRECISION
Overland Inspectors Watch For;
Variance of Even Less Than i
a Human Hair
Can you imagine an object two
thousandths of an inch in thickness—
less than one-half the width of a hu
man hair?
It isn't very likely that you can
measure .much less see an object of
such minute proportions, unless you
are equipped with micrometer or mi
croscope.
Yet the cylinders of automobile mo
tors are subject to such riorous inspec
tions in some manufactories that a
varlonce of two-thousandths of an
inch is sufficient cause for the rejection
of the cylinder under examination.
All Willys-Overland motors are test
ed by "go" and "no go" gauges.
The "go" gauge, which allows for
i one-thousandth of an inch clearance,
makes sure that the cylinder is not too
tight for the plßton. The "no go"
gauge, one-thousandth of an inch larg
er than the bore of the cylinder is used
to make sure that it isn't too large,
for should that plug fit into a cylyinder
it would be promptly rejected. How
ever, rejections from this cause are
few and far between, because of the
i accuracy of the manufacturing oper
ations through which the cylinder has
passed.
Two-thousandths of an inch variance
does not rui na motor, but the aim of
the Willys-Overland Company is to
manufacture as perfect a product as
human endeavor and specially con
structed machinery can make it. Con
sequently, all Overland motors are
tested to insure a perfect piston fit in
side the cylinders, so that there can be
no loss of pewer through improper
compression.
The gauges used are made of the
hardest steel, caehined and tooled to
the exact size, so that there is vir
tually no wear on them. Yet to be
positive of this The Willys-Overland
Company employs a corps of men to
daily check the accuracy of the gauges
used in/ all Inspections and tests.
GUARDSMEN TO
ARRIVE TO-MORROW
[Continued From First l'agc]
r —— *\
Watch For the Troops
Formation of Parade—State antl
Third streets.
Itoutc of Parade—Out Tliird to
North, to Fourth, to Market, to
Market Square, to Second, to Ar
mory.
Time for formation will be Riven
by signal, two hours previous to the
arrival of the troop train in Ilar
rlsburg.
'
practically everybody in town will have
a chance to join In the welcome home.
Few people work In this city on Sun
day and from late indications the
troops will be home in time for folks
to greet them and still get to church.
At noon to-day the Eighth Regi
ment v.-as at Columbus, Ohio, a ten
hour journey from Pittsburgh, and
eighteen hours at least from Harris
burg. The box cars transporting the
regiment's equipment are not of
standard size and a change to the
standard size cars had to be made at
Columbus. The guardsmen are very
unlikely to reach Pittsburgh until to
night.
One hour after the train leaves Al
toona the Pennsylvania railroad will
notify City Electrician Clark E. Dlehl.
He will send in taps to the firehouses,
and the bells will ring out the news.
Industrial whistles will also blow for
a period of live minutes. The troop ]
train should reach Harrisburg two I
hours later.
Plans for the reception and escort!
parade were completed yesterday at a
meeting at Board of Trade hall. Mem
bers of the publicity and convention
committee of the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce, of which Henderson
Gilbert is chairman, met with repre
sentatives of local military and civic
organizations and outlined parade ar
rangements.
Henderson Gilbert Chief "Marshal
Henderson Gilbert was made chief
marshal. His chief of staff, the mar- !
shal of the first division, will be Edwin 1
C. Hunter, an ex-member of the City
Grays. Thomas P. Moran, of the |
| Spanish War Veterans, will be mar
slial of the second division, and Fire i
Chief John C. Kindler will head the j
firemen's division.
No matter at what hour the troops I
reach Harrisburg a warm welcome is !
assured. Announcement was made
that the women who are planning for
a reception and banquet for the sol- |
diers on March 5, will turn out and j
will be assigned to the second division. !
Tech and Central High school students
entered for the big reception and bus- I
inessmen and citizens in general will |
be in line.
On signal from the firehouses the !
various organizations will meet at j
place of formation on State street, ;
When formed the parade will 'move j
out Third to North, to Fourth, to Mar- ;
ket.
When the left of the firemen's di- j
vision has reached Market and Fourth
streets the parade will rest and await
the arrival of the troop train. The i
escort committee will go to the Penn- |
sylvania railroad station and on the j
arrival will welcoe the soldiers and
escort them to Fourth and Market j
streets.
'Halt at .Second and Slate
The parade will move out Market
I to Market Square, to Second, to State
street. Chief Marshal Gilbert will
halt the procession at State and Sec
ond streets, and the paraders will
open order. With the escort commit
tee the Eighth regiment staff, and
local companies will march through
the lines to the Armory.
At the Armory, after a brief wel
come. the soldiers will be given n j
luncheon by the women's committee, j
and the men will then await orders i
| from their respective commanders.
The Eighth regiment band will be j
a part of the parade and will head j
the fourth division. As soon as the
. musicians have performed their duty i
I here, the band will go to Carlisle,
where they will participate in a re- i
ception at that place.
Captain George C. Jack, of the Gov
ernor's Troop, has tendered the use
of the troop horses for Colonel Maur
j ice E. Finney and members of his !
| staff who desire to ride. He will ex- j
j tend the same courtesy to the Chief I
I Marshal, chief of staff and marshals j
! of the parade who will be mounted.
Fire Chief John C. Handler said to
day that every company in the de
partment woulti be on parade with
their apparatus no matter what hour
the soldiers arrived. The Hope Fire
Company will be in line with the Com
monwealth Band and 60 members.
All members of Warrior Eagle
Tribe, No. 340, Improved Order of
Red Men are requested to meet at I
wigwam at the sound of the signal j
of the approach of the guardsmen— i
not later than one hour afterwards if '
possible, so as to be in line of forma- [
tion promptly. All other Tribes are ;
Invited to meet with the Tribe in cos
tume or otherwise and help in the
reception.
Chief Marshal Henderson Gilbert is
sued the following orders for the for
mation of the procession: '
Division Formation
First division of military m&ke-up
will form on south side of State street,
right resting on Third.
Second division, of civic make-up,
will form on north side of State street,
right resting on Third. "
Third division, composed entirely i
of firemen and band, will form on east i
side of Second street, right resting on I
State.
Formation of Parade
FIRST DIVISION
Chief Marshal, Henderson Gilbert.
Chief of Staff and Marshal of First
Division, Edwin C. Humer.
Aides: Dr. H. M. Stine, Philip Mer
edith, Frank Awl/ William Eauben
stein, William Newcomer, Philip Ger
man, Albert Atticbs, Christian Nauss,
Noah Walmer, Wilson Black, Frank
Hoy, W. S. Hess, Augustus H. Kreid
ler, Thomas Numbers.
Municipal Band, j
City Grays' Veterpns Association.
Grand Army Posis.
Sons of Veterans] Camp No. 15.
Spanish Americaji War Veterans.
Veterans of Foreigij Wars.
Ex-members Association of the Gov
ernor's Troop. |
Governor's Troop of the National'
Guard.
SECOND DIVISION
Marshal, Thomas P. Moran.
Aides: C. E. Co, Vert, Mercer B. Tate,
Arthur Bailey, Claries W. Burtnett,
Clark E. Dlehl, Cimeron L. Baer, Al
vln Hollinger, 6f Technical High
school; David Elllnger, H. E. Sander
son, John K. Royal, Harry L. Hershey,
E. E. Beidfeman, Major A. M. Porter,
Albert Koenig.
Technical Hlg# school,
central High School.
Warrior Eagle Tribe, No. 3 40, I. O.
R. M.
Employes of Dives, Pomeroy and
Stewart, with band.
Employes of the New Store of Wil
liam Rtrouse.
Chamber of Commerce.
Harrlsbun? Rotary Club.
Members of the Post Office Atfiletlc
Association.
Employes of Master Mechanics' De
partment. Pennsylvania Railroad.
Other organizations will be given a
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
I place in this division if they report to
I the marshal before the parade starts.
THIRD DIVISION
Marshal, Fire Chief John C. Kind
] ler; assistant marshal, Marion K. Ver
beke.
Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Asso
ciation.
Local fire companies, with appara
tus, in numerical order.
FOURTH DIVISION
Escort committee of Harrisburg
j Chamber of Commerce, including
j David 10. Tracy, president of the
! Chamber of Commerce, chairman;
Howard C. Fry, president of the Har
i risburg Rotary Club; W. L. Gorgas,
! Rudolph H. Splcer, W. R. Lynch, E.
155. Gross, Colonel L. V. Rausch, Cap-
Itain William Hick, Major J. C. Shum-
I berger. Major F. D. Beary, Benjamin
j W. Demming, Colonel F. M. Ott, Cap
; tain Charles P. Meek, Vance C. Mc-
Cormick, E. E. Beidleman and Cap
tain George F. Lumb, Lieutenant E.
|A. Nicodenius.
This committee will meet the sol-
I diera at the station and march with
them to the armory.
Eighth Regiment band.
| Colonel Maurice E. Finney and
j staff, of Eighth Regiment.
Headquarters Company.
Machine Gtm Company.
Company D.
Company I.
When the head of the procession
i reaches Second and State street the
j parade will open order and permit the
| Eighth Regiment soldiers to pass
| through to the armory.
] The firemen's division, after saluting
I tlie soldiers. M ill leave the parade at
j Second and Pine streets^
j Success HI
I -Its Value to You |
m ' Overlands in use now represent a public investment of nearly
$400,000,000.
% During 1917 the public will buy Wiilys-Overland Motor Cars
in excess of $180,000,000.00.
All this has been accomplished' in eight short years by steady,
consistent, unswerving, unremitting effort and steadfast ad
--- herence to publicly known and approved policies. j|L
Such progressive industrial facts should be borne in mind by you. m
m They should be considered when you buy your next car. I
For any concern that can point to such a record must be a
pretty safe, sane and satisfactory house with which to do
business. Think it over.
Light Four Big Four Light Six Willys-Knight
m Touring . . . <665 Touring . j.t. SBSO Touring .". . $985 Four Touring .$1285
Roadster. . . $650 Roadster. I . t . $835 Roadster. . . $970 Four Coupe. .$1650 PL
Country Club. $750 Coflpe. .'. f. $1250 Coupe. . . .$1385 Four Sedan . .$1950
Sedan. . .. $1450 Sedan .... $1585 Four Limousine $1950
H * ' v Eight Touring. $1950
All prices /. o, b, Toledo and tubject to change without notice
The Over-land-llarrisburji Co.
OPEN EVENINGS ' 212 NORTH SECOND ST. BOTH PHONES
\ ' ' ... - ' -
Alba B. Johnson Made
State Commerce Head
Alba B. Johnson, president of the
Bajd'wln Locomotivd Works, was
chosen president of the Pennsylvania
Chamber of Commerce at a special
election of members of that body held
in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Phil
adelphia, yesterday. Howard B.
French, former president of the Phil
adelphia Chamber of Commerce, was
elected llrst vice-president of the State
body, and A. B. Fantuhar, of York,
Ha., second vice-president. Three other
vice-presidents were chosen.
Members were selected for an exe
cutive committee of which Mr. Jolin-
S"ofie Most Beautiful Car m JlrncriccC j |sjj§
I Paige cars are manufactured as carefully as the finest Swiss | |fj|
I watches. Only the most expert mechanics are employed in I
SfciSffij I the factory and practically every labor-saving device known
||||' | to modern shop practice has been installed to insure eco- | jw|
Vjy I The Paige Car is superby built. For that reason it is a glutton I (|m
j I for hard work and constant service. I • Pj*s
|W| j | The Paige Car'is superbly designed. For that reason it is uni' 4
I | versally recognized as "The Most Beautiful Car in America.'* I Jsm|
m j Stratford "Six'sl" 7 passenger • $1497 f.o.b. Detroit 1 Wjs
ggS | Lin wood "Six-39" s'passenger ♦ $1175 f.o.b. Detroit I
J Fairfield "Six' 46" 7-passcnger • $1375 f. o. b. Detroit I
jTfiTY I Complete Line of Enclosed Cars I , SjfjC
|x| I Paigje-Detroit Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich. || ||ws
IScf l ! E. L* COWDEN, Distributor 1
Mwl I K>B MARKET ST. IIARRISBURG, PA. I HuM
MM I K. J. CHURCH, Sales Bell -1158. y ISJIIII
FEBRUARY 24, 1917. ,
•son was made chairman. J. W. Rey.
nolds, of Bellefonte, Pa., waH named
chairman of the finance committee.
No secretary for the new body has
yet been chosen. Paul t>. Littlefield,
however, is acting in that capacity.
BARHF.fj STRAWBRRRY PATCH
FOR CITY BACK YARD
A vortion of an especially attractive
"barrel strawberry patch" is pictur
ed in the March Popular Mechanics
Magazine. This barrel Is one of sev
eral owned by a Los Angeles man
whose back yard was too small to ad
mit of a tegular strawberry bed. It
was found thatthese unusual holders
occupied about one-flfth as much
space as an ordinary patch contain
ing the same number of plants.
Conferees Agree on
Diplomatic Measurti
Bsr Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 24.—Senate and
House conferees agresd to-day on tha
diplomatic appropriation bill, retained
the Senate provision appropriating |50.-
000 for a secorfd Pan-American Flnan
clal Conference In Washington at a
time to be fixed by tho President.
Appropriations of *40,000 for tho nine
teenth conference of the Inter-Parlta*
mentrtry Union and SIO,OOO for the Fif
teenth International Congress Against;
Alcoholism, both to be held tn th
Unlt-.id States at unnamed dates, weif
retained.
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