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Women Auloists to Aid
In Event of German War
To take care of women and children
Erst in the event of an invasion. Gov
ernor McCall, of Massachusetts, has
heen offered the. use of 1,000 light au
tomobiles and the services of a large
corps of trained women drivers. The
formation of this auxiliary brigade
was undertaken by a prominent mo
torist at the suggestion of -women
drivers and is the direct outcome of
the motor car mobilization in the East
last spring and summer during the
preparedness campaign.
As soon as a rupture with Germany
became a certainty, otters of cars and
drivers began coming in to C. S. Hen
shaw. Dodge Brothers dealer in Uos
ton, and owing to the number of
women drivers who volunteered, it
was decided after conference with the
authorities that the most useful serv
ice to which a reserve corps might be
turned would be the removal of wom
en and children from any threatened
area, practically every other branch
of activity having been covered in
plans already made.
It is the purpose of this reserve
corps to work in connection with the
women's organizations now preparing
for active service and it is expected
that in the course of the next few days
several hundred more women will be
enrolled.
Some of these women are already
expert enough to act as emergency
mechanicians with the women's divi
sion, thus releasing for actual military
service a number of men drivers who
would otherwise be unavailable.
Although only 1,000 Dodge Broth
ers cars were offered to the Governor
Mr. Henshaw states that from infor
mation already at hand he would be
able to supply two or three times that
number of cars and drivers if called
upon. Mr. Henshaw was the leading
spirit in the previous motor car mo
bilizations.
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SATURDAY EVENING,
FISK CONFERENCE
OF DISTRICT MEN
Representatves From Every
State Had Instructive Sessions
at the Tire Factory
F. A. MOSHER
F. A. Mosher, local manager of the
1 Fisk Rubber Company branch, has
I just returned to the city after a week
I or so spent in conference at the Fisk
j Rubber Company's plant located at
Chicopee Falls, Mass.
Representatives of every State in
j the Union were among the 150 branch
i and district managers who attenc&d
1 this sales conference. An elaborate
; four-day program extending from
| February 12 to 16, kept the visitors
busy every hour of each day. A trip
j through the immense thirty-acre
I plant of this big tire manufactory was
enjoyed by every conference delegate
and the process of tire making was
observed Jirst hand through every
I step from the crude rubber to the
j finished product.
The daily sessions of the conference
were, crowded with excellent address
es by the various department heads,
'j These served to acquaint the field or
; ganization not only with the men
j themselves who are at the head of
j departments but also brought every
I visitor into a better understanding of
j the work of each unit of the vast
Fisk organization.
Sales and advertising plans for
j 191" were carefully gone over and
other pertinent subjects were taken
up such as manufacturing, insurance
and banking, system, credits and col
lections, all applied in tlieir relation
to the betterment of Fisk service and
the broadening of the Fisk plans for
even greater distribution of the Fisk
product than is enjoyed at present.
One important subject brought up
in the addresses and in the informal
discussions of this conference was
that of ways and means to improve
and expand the Fisk free service
policy which is now available at every
one of the 12" Fisk branches located
throughout the United States. Fisk
free service is already in a class by
itself, for it really means what it is
called—free service. It means that at
any Fisk branch in the country, any
autoist, no matter where he is from,
nor what make of car he drives, nor
what tire he uses, may drive in and
have his tires and tubes changed, re
assembled, inflated or inspected en
tirely free of charge.
Mr. Mosher states that this Fisk
conference was by far the best arrang
ed and the most complete of any he
has ever attended. While all the con
ference delegates enjoyed the experi
ence of meeting together once more,
there was also a highly instructive
value to the conference which will un
doubtedly help in the boosting of Fisk
sales throughout 1917 and improving
the already popular Fisk free serv
ice.
Postmasters Know Which
Is Most Beautiful Car
When the Paige-Detroit Motor Car
Company announced its new models
I under the caption "The Most Beauti
j ful Car in America." President Harry
| M. Jewett declared that the slogan had
j been presented to the Paige by the
j public. How well justified Mr. Jewett
was in this statement seems to be
proved by an innocent little postal
card, that arrived at the Paige fac
tory the other day. The card was
mailed from the small town of
Charleston, West Virginia, on Feb
ruary 12. It was addressed simply:
Foreign Sales Manager
"The Most Beautiful Car in America"
L*. S. A.
There was no individual s name, no
company name, no town, no state, yet
the card was delivered at the Paige
factory February 13.
First the postmaster in the little
town of Charleston had recognized
the meaning of the address and sent
the card on its way to Detroit. Again,
the postal officials in Detroit had rec
ognized it and sent it on its way to the
Paige factory.
I If that is not evidence that the slo
i gan is known and that its application
is understood, Mr. Jewett wants to
know what is.
Aviation Expert a Successful
Motorcar Saleswoman
Mile. Helena Dutrieu, of Paris, the
first woman to operate an aeroplane
and famous as the holder of many
long distance records in aviation, was
a recent visitor to the plant of the
Chalmers Motor Company.
Mile. Dutrieu arrived on the steam
er Espagne, which narrowly escaped
being torpedoed off the coast of
France. For the past year she has bad
the French sales rights for Chalmers
cars and has enjoyed an excellent
business despite war conditions.
"Since the war T have been forced
to give up my active work in avia
tion," said Mile. Dutrieu, in Detroit
j "The French authorities do not per
! Mit the use of planes save for mili
tary purposes and I have not used my
plane since the first time Paris was
threatened by the German army. At
that time I reported for scout duty
and was on active service for several
weeks.
"At present the French government
charges seventy per cent, duty on
American cars and freight charges are
so high that by the time the cars
are set down in Paris, they cost 100
per cent, more than factory price. In
spite of this fact, I can sell all the
Chalmers cars that I can get. Among
my recent customers was lienri Far
man. the biggest builder of aeroplanes
in Europe. Mile. Marthe Chenaille,
the reigning actress and beauty of
Paris, also drives a Chalmer Six "
Before leaving Detroit, Mile Du
trieu ordered a big shipment of cars
for immediate delivery to her head
quarters In Paris. She intends to sail
for home within the next ten days.
PEERLESS GETS
BIG MILEAGE
Reports Show Remarkable
Record; No/Worn Out
Casings
j From the Campbell-Saxon Auto
Company, Peerless distributors in
Waterloo, lowa, the Peerless factory
lat Cleveland has received most grati
| lying reports concerning the gasoline
mileage of the Model 56 Peerless
Eight. Data gatliel-ed at random from
twenty Peerless Eight owners in the
Waterloo territory, according to the
| reports, show an average of 1 4 miles
| to each gallon of gasoline consumed,
j Many of the owners are said to have
I obtained from 16 to 18 miles for each,
CHANDLER SIX $(395
I
THere Is No OtHer Six Like This
For Anything; Like THis Price
THE Chandler offers intrinsic value greater facture and not subjected to radical changes
than other cars for which you are asked to or experimental devices? None.
• m ° rC ' „ Gre f er . va,ue materials, What other make of car, at anything like the
•' a ove . a es f> ,nthe Chandler price, offers you such a proven mech
dependabie and enduring service of its mar- anism a 8 the whole chandler chassis? None.
velous motor.
v . . . What other make of car, at anything like
* +ul r<if y !?, y 11 ?* Sy To C^4 a oS a iU the Chandler price, offers you all those features
PROVE SUCH ACLAIM FOR'THF CH ANTT FR characteristic of the highest priced, high-grade
RO v E SLCIIA CLAIM TOR THE CHANDLER. cars —Bosch high tension magneto; solid cast
Year-old Chandlers command as aluminum motor base, extending from frame
high or higher price in the used car to frame; big silent chains instead of noisy gears
market than year-old cars of other f ?, r shafts; full floating and
• , j jTT n n^w > f° r two or ning annular ball bearings in transmission,
three hundred dollars more. differential and rear wheels? None,
Could any further evidence be asked, to What other make of car at anything like the
prove Chandler leadership in value? It wouldn't Chandler price offers you more beautiful and
seem so, but let's make thorough inquiry. comfortable bodies than the Chandler? None,
What other make of car, at anything like Chandler policy has always kept the Chan
the Chandler price, offers you a motor which dler price low. Relatively it is lower today, when
has been developed, refined and perfected so many prices have been inflated, than ever
throughout four years of conscientious manu- before.
These are Facts , and to you they mean a Better Car for Less Money
Seven-Passenger Touring Car, $1395
Four-Passenger Roadster, 51395 Seven-Passenger Convertible Sedan, $2095
Four-Passenger Convertible Coupe, $1995 Limousine, $2695
All prices f. o. b, Cleveland
COME CHOOSE YOUR CHANDLER NOW
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Harrisburg, Pa. For Live Dealers
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HXRRISBUKG rfjjfll TEI.EGRXPH
gallon. under averago touring: condi
tions. ISo owner reported less than
twelve miles.
•A still more remarkable feature of
the information handed in by the
Campbell-Saxon Company - is the fact
that, so far as can be learnfed, not one
of the Waterloo district Peerless own
el's of the Model iti has sustained any
tire expense caused by blow-outs or
worn out casings. In spite of many rec
ords of from 8,000 to 1,0,000 miles, it
Is stated that all of the owners still
have their oritpnal Model 56 tires in
good serviceable condition.
"The Campbell-Saxon Company re J
port is only one of many tributes wo
have received recently concerning the
economical performance of the Med
el 56 Peerless Eight," says Robert J.
Sohmunk, sales manager of tho Peer
less Motor Car Company. "In all of
my automobile experbenre I have
never known -of a so-called small,
lightcar showing betted records than
those of the Model 56 for either gaso
line or tire economy, fnd the Peer
less Model 56 is in no sense what is
iopularly known as the small light
car. It is a big roomy, substantial car
with real class demonstrated in every
one of its lines.
"As a rule, the big expensive look
ing automobiles prove expensive to
maintain. That is why the Peerless
product, in our oplni6n. occupies a
unique position in the industry. It
has all the style and class of the coun
try's most exclusive product and at
the same time affords the maximum
performance at minimum expense.
The Peerless ICtght Is not only built to
satisfy the discriminating buyer who
insists on costly appearance, but it
is built for elflclency and economy.
"An eight cylinder car of real merit,
in all its details, which will give an
average gasoline mileage of 14 : Si miles
for each gallon of gasoline consumed,
is surely economical from the fuel
standpoint. If it Is so constructed that
it rides well on wheels, thereby as
suring the minimum wear on the
tires, it is even more desirable to .the
average buyer. That is why the 'de
mand for Peerless Kights is Increas
ingy by tho proverbial leiyps and
i bounds."
FEBRUARY 24, 1917.
Hugh Chalmers' Winter
On the Pacific Coast
Hugh Chalmers, president of tho
Chalmers Motor Company and /lis
family, left Detroit, February 19, for
Pasadena, California, where they will
spend tho remainder of tho winter.
Mr. Chalmers has just purchased one
of the ilnest homes In Pasadena and
intends to make the Pacific coast his
winter residence. He plans to spend
a part of the next six weeks touring
through California and Washington.
Harrison Royce, inventor of the,
Boyce motormeter, has joined the
ranks of Chalmers owners, having Just
purchased a car from the Tacoma,
Washington, dealer. Mr. Boyco select
ed his car after testing out a doaen
makes of machines with his own In
vention. Me found that tho Chalmers
motor gave the best results with his
motormeter, the heat seldom dropping
below 130 dogrees or above 170 *U-
Krees, which he asserts is the best fdr
economical operation and best per
formance.
--the efficiency car
more miles— .
less gasoline-*-
more comfort—
less weight—
■t the Auto Show.
•E. W. Shank,
107 MARKET ST.