GERMANS FIGHT
FIENDISH WAR
Ambassador Pcnficltl De
clares Kaiser's Armies Are
"Nature Murderers"
New York, May 19. Frederick
Courtland Penfleld, ambassador to
Austria-Hungary, who left Vienna a
month ago after the breaking of dip
lomatic relations between that coun
try and the United States and reach
ed New York Thursday, gave out a
statement with regard to his person
al observations in the zone of North
ern France evacuated by the Ger
mans.
The trip, which took him up to the
very firing line, was made about two
weeks ago. Mr. Pentield character
ized the behavior of the German sol
diers against the population as "bar
barity and fiendishness," and their
destruction of fruit and shade trees
as "systematic murdering of nature."
With regard to conditions in the dual
monarchy, the ambassador is unable
to speak at present, as he has not
reached. Washington, but he does not
hold out any prospect of immediate
collapse.
Chalmers Driven 603
Miles in City Traffic
Under conditions that were un
favorable, Paul Gee. Chalmers dis
tributor at Grand Rapids, recently
drove a Chalmers seven-passenger
touring car 803 miles in and around
Grand Rapids in twenty-four hours.
The car was locked In against low
and intermediate speeds, giving the
driver access only to high and re
verse gears.
Gee's run was remarkable. Three
newspapermen. American Automo
bile Association representatives,
checked all the details. An official
stamp was placed on the seal bind
ing the gears and the gasoline tank
was filled and sealed. The start was
made from the Chalmers service sta
tion in Grand Rapids. No set course
was followed, • the car plunging
through the heavy traffic up the
heavy grades of the city lind through
the heavy going of the outskirts.
Paul Carlton, a Chalmers salesman,
relieved Gee at the wheel and dur
ing the major part of the afternoon
and evening four other persons were
passengers.
At 8 p. m., the day of the race a
stop was made for gasoline and
checked. All through a heavy down
pour of rain, so tierce at times that
the driver could not see the road and
was forced to stop, the contest con
tinued. Gee and Carlton were wet to
the skin, but they hung tenaciously
to their work and again at 8 a. m.
more gasoline was taken. About noon
it was evident that a great Chalmers
performance had been made, and at
1.50 p. m. as the car poked its nose
in the garage, the speedometer show
ed to the newspapermen that the
motor had traveled 603 miles. Dur-
that time t}ie average consump
tion of gasoline was 13.2 gallons to
the mile. This was low test gas.
From every standpoint the run
was remarkable. The conditions nil
the way were far from ideal. In criss
crossing the city locked in high gear,
all sorts of impediments to speed
were met with. And the heavy going
assisted materially in holding down
the average. Without the rain and
muddy streets and roads the mark
of 603 miles would easily have been
bettered.
This test, which is exclusive high
gear driving, is most severe on the
dutch and back axle parts of the
ear. It -was a convincing test of
Chalmers endurance.
Testers Will Make Ideal
Aviators For War Purposes
TVhen the United States is ready to
wage spectacular warfare in the air
the men who have served as automo
bile testers will be at the wheels of
Uncle Sffm's aeroplanes.
This is the opinion of George M.
Dickson, president of the National
Motor Car and Vehicle Company, ot
Indianapolis, under whose supervi
sion many "testers" have developed I
into world famous automobile race j
drivers, including Johnny Aitken. the j
1916 speedway champion. Dickson i
says that there are great possibilities I
in connection with the Indianapolis j
speedway which, at the declaration of
war, was closed to automobile racing
and offered to the government as a
training camp for military aviators.
"Indianapolis is the logical place
for the establishment of a school for
the development of army flyers," said
Dickson. "Not only is it centrally lo
cated, but the speedway is ideal for
aviation purposes with a field already
laid out and hangers built and in the
automobile factories of the city there
are at least two thousand men who
have the courage and motor knowl
edge that qualifies them for flying.
"These two thousand men are test
ers or former testers. Although the
day of the tester is passing and his
work now is largely done by dyna
mometer. there are about one hun
dred on the job in Indianapolis at the
present time. The others have left
the stripped chassis. A few of them
have become race drivers or mechan
icians. The majority are classed as
skilled automobile mechanics in mo
torcar plants.
"Here are two thousand men of
proven courage and daring, who have,
driven cars at high speed- through the
mud and around the speedwdy at a
dizzying clip. And iiteel nerve Is not
their only asset. They know a gaso-.
line motor, how to make and repair
one. They possess a wonderful con
ception of distance and speed, a
knowledge that all aviators must
have.
"If a military aviation school is
established in Indianapolis x don't
think that you .will And many slack
ers among this adventuresome two
thousand. I am told that there are
about one hundred men In the national
plant alone who are ready to enlist
In the aviation corps, provided the
government gives them an opportu
nity to learn to fly at the Indianapolis
speedway. Many of them are waiting
until an aviation school is established
before answering the call to colors,
preferring the more spectacular and
hazardous air fighting to sea and
trench battle and rightly believing
that they are especially qualified to
handle a warplane."
—the efficiency car.
More miles
Less gasoline—
More comfort —
Less weight—
E. W. Shank
ST.
SATURDAY EVENING,
MOTORCYCLES IMPORTANT
"The motorcycle has not only ful
filled but exceeded all expectations,"
says Capt. Louis Keene, an English
officer now in the United States on j
special detail, who brings with him |
the most comprehensive and valuable j
fund of information that has so far j
reached this country concerning mo- i
torcycles in European warfare.
Capt. Keene spent two years behind j
and in the trenches in France, and
during most of the time was in
charge of a motorcycle machinegun j
battery. That the motorcycle finiis
its greatest importance in modern J
military tactics as a machinegun unit'
is the contention of Capt. Keene.
"I do not for a moment wish to be- !
little the great service of the dispatch '
riders, for there are heroes among !
them by the score, but I cannot avoid i
the conclusion that in the final analy- j
sis It is the motorcycle machinegun •
unit that weighs heaviest in the sales !
for victory," he says. "We consider
one machinegun equal in fighting j
strength to 100 men, and when it is
possible to such a weapon j
quickly from point to point by means j
of the motorcycle, you will under
stand that the combination is a won- !
derfully strong one."
A surprising bit of news revealed i
by Capt. Keene is the fact that more j
motorcyclists have been killed so far 1
by the motor lorries of their own I
army than by enemy bullets. "Trans- !
port trains have orders to get through |
at top speed, regardless of other road-1
Motorcar Pays For Itself
in Hands of Busy Man
"An automobile owned by an alert
and activfc man pays for itself quick- '
ly," says Jno. D. Mansfield, general'
sales manager for the Dort Motor-
Car Company. "Estimating conser^; 1
vatively, a half hour each day is '
saved the typical businessman | 1
through the use of his cur. Jn the j
course of a working year of 312 1
days this means l'.ii hours, or about
three weeks of his working time. It
is not necessary to remind Mr.
Husyperson that a lot can be done in
three weeks.
"Figure uut what your own time
is worth and you realize the import- ]
ance of a half hour saved, but go a <
little further. Consider the thing i
from the standpoint of public wel-'s
fare. With three million uutomo- ]
biles running in this country, an ag- 1
gregate of one million, five hundred ]
thousand hours time is thus saved i
each day.
"Based upon six day's work of nine j i
hours per day, what does it amount j i
to when you reduce this gross sav
ing of time to actual money value? ]
.If the ownership of these three mil- <
lion automobiles represented only an j i
|| You Can Buy a, Cadillac j j
j I Eight at Your Price \1 1
1 sKI Not a new Type 55 at $2240 perhaps, but a Type
ft 53 or a Type 51 like your neighbor has. |. if
| ijN Each year many Cadillac owners, for the sake
|S| of having the newest car, ask us to sell the cars they
are now running. We take in these Cadillacs and go |I
over them carefully, make replacements where es- 1m U
sential, repaint them and brighten up the trimmings ugj i !
so they are practically new again. H|j j i
A Cadillac, no matter what its age is still a Cad- |g j
185 iliac. It has in it Cadillac design, materialsand o|j j
IHI I workmanship—the things which make a motor car Ilg
131 worth while.
I Hi ' Come in and see the Cadillac Eight which we
| lip offer af your price.
I!|j Crispen Motor Car Co.
|j 311-315 S. Cameron St. |||
Harrisburg
HI! "Crispen Merit Maxims." M |j
S S "Crispen's Merit Maxims." Mj fH 1
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users^—and they follow these orders.
If they run through a motorcycle
squad and smash them right and
left it is all in the day's work —and
the motorcyclist knows it. If a huge
motortruck would simply bump a
cyclist oft the road and let it go at
that, the case , would not be so bad,
I but they usually hurl the rider fifteen
i or twenty feet ahead on the road and
; then run over him.
"Under no conditions can a motor
lovrie train stop without orders. Tons
of high explosives, or equally precious
foodstuff, must go through at any
\ cost once they are started. So a very
important part of the motorcyclist's
work is to keep out of the way. In
the early stages of the war I believe
the motorcycle sections were allowed
to ride pretty close to the front, but
it was later found advisable to leave
the motors behind when the lads went
up for the, fighting."
When asked, In the light of his
nct.ial experience, what the biggest
lesson is that America has to learn
concerning the motorcycle in military
service, he replied that "motorcycle
service in war is not a circus or a
carnival, it's a business and a bloody
business at that, and you have failed
to grasp that idea. You could hardly
be expected to understand It for you
have not seen blood spilt as yet.
"Dispatch riding is now considered
rather tame by our boys. They pre
fer the machinegun motorcycle serv
| ice. as it is there that they get ac-
I tion."
average income of four dollars a day,
six days a week, it amounts in cur
rency to about $220,000 a day. Bring
ing the argument back to a personal
basis, put yourself in the average
class and only concede that you save
22 cents worth of time each day
through the use of your car. The
money that represents would buy
nearly 275 gallons of gasoline at 25
cents, or enough to run your Dort
more than 5,000 miles.
Light Car and Huge
Truck Useful in War
United States' entrance into the
European War has given., a new
phase to the discussion among army
officers of the part played by Ani
erican-madc motor cars in the
struggle being waged, in Northern
France.
It is a well-known fact that the
huge armies on both fronts are al
most entirely dependent upon motor
trucks for their supplies of food and
ammunition. A large number of
these trucks were manufactured in
the United States and it is highly
probable that the American overseas
forces will be accompanied by the
most completely equipped truck di
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HA.RRISBURG TELEGRAPH
vision which has ever left American!
ports.
According to the most recent
available information, the govern
ment has approximately 2,600 heavy
duty trucks ready for service. A
majority of these were used on the
•Mexican border last fall to supply
the troops of General Pershing's ex
pedition with food, ammunition and
water.
This precious freight had to be
carried by truck trains from Colum
bus, N. M„ to Namlqulpa, 284 miles
south of the border. And in order
that tho officers in command of tno
various fleets of trucks might ac
company them, approximately 300
Hodge Brothers cars carried them
back and forth over what is known
ns "the worst road In the world."
It was at the latter point that
General Pershing received his sup
plier by truck trains, each of which
was accompanied by a Dodge Broth
ers car. South of Columbus, the |
cars had to cross alkali flats, which i
wero cut into axle deep ruts and
fight their way up table lands and'
slopes covered with m'esqulte bush,
boulders, grease wood and sage
brush. Between Columbus, which
has an elevation of ,062 feet, and
Oasa Grande, whose elevation is 7,-
104 feet, there are numerous moun
tain ranges which had to be crossed.
■ Soon the roads, became so badly
cut that the drivers of the cars were
forced to take to the brush and
smash their way through as beat
they could.
How the Dodge Brothers motor
car withstood the test and enabled
the army to keep on the jump is in-i
dicated in a typical experience of
Edward Ruoff, of Grand Rapids,:
Michigan.
Mr. Kuoff drove a Dodge Brothers
car for Generals Kirk and Covlll. In
thrtee days less tJian eight months
the car covered 17,521 miles —more
than the averafe car travels in two
years' service. During the entire
period the gasoline consumption
averaged between 16 and 17 miles
per gallon. while the repairs
amounted to $1.35. There are
scores of instances even more un
usual than this and as a whole the
record of the Dodge Brothers motor
car on the Mexican border is a note
worthy tribute to the builders.
Many Touring Parties
to Western Coast
i If inquiries received by Don Lee,
Cadillac dealer at San Francisco, are
an indication, the coming summer
will be a big season for motpr tour
ing to the Pacific Coast.
Mr. Lee reports thqit he is in daily
1 receipt of letters asking information
about the roads of California. Judg
ing by the inquiries ttie early travel
ers will take the Old Trails High
way, but those who start in June
will favor the Lincoln Highway.
Each year the number who travel
to the coast by one route and return
by another is increasing. In this
way the motorist usually makes the
run between San Francisco and Los
Angeles, with a chance to visit the
Yosemite on the way south and see
the Lake Tahoe country on the trip
over the Sierras.
"'So many Cadillac owners made
the trip last year," says Mr. Lee,
"that the arrival of a car from New
York or Chicago was no longer a
matter of notice. Last season it got
to be almost a daily occurrence in
our garages about the State. One |
afternoon in Los Angeles, four
trans-continental Cadillacs camej
into the garage within two hours. |
This year should see more eastern
ers in California than ever before."'
HUPMOBILE
Touring Cars With Elec
tric Lights and Starters
S4OO a u n p d
We Have Given Up the Agency
Ensminger Motor Co.
Green and Cumberland Sts.
Duplex Truck a Success
in Road Building
Duplex 4-Wheel Drive- Motor
Trucks ara playing an important
role In- the construction of roads in
various sections of the United
States, according to reports which
are being received by H. M. Lee,
president of the Duplex Truck
Company of Lansing, Michigan.
County road' commissioners In
several States have declared in let
ters to Mr. Lee that the cost of
operation of Duplex trucks has been
so low, in comparison to teams of
horses and mules, that the saving
effected has been sufficient to cover
the cost of the trucks.
W. J. Sutcliffe, Duplex distributor
in Waterloo, la., asserts that u Du
plex truck gave a remarkable dem
onstration recently and out-per
formed a big' tractor which was be
ing used In road bunding work.
Mr. Sut6liffe's letter follows:
"We surprised the natives a little
yesterday when we went out and
hitched onto a road leveler that was
here giving the county commission
ers a demonstration. They were spur T
prised when they unhitched their
40-60 tractor that was going along at
a snail's pace, and we substituted
the Duplex. In a mile traveled we
gained a quarter of a mile on the
r PHK moat ronvlnilnir >nil
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/ will ntavid every teat you
#OO I'SRD CAR* ON OL'R
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1916 WHITE 4-passenger; like new; 1917 STEARNB-KNIOHT 8-cylln
plendld equipment; a ansp. der Touring; beautiful shape; new
191(1 MEHCKR 4-ps**enger Sport*- tires; bargain,
men model, wire wheels. 2 extra. 191H OAKLAND SIX Touring; tip
-1917 CHANDLER Tourlni: shows no ton condition.
wesr whatever; extra tlrea. 1916 REG 4-cylinder Touring; like
1917 BUICK six-cylinder Touring:, new $550
LM.V tip-top condition; *np 1917 PULLMAN Tonrlna: run only
covers. 1500 miles: lots of extras.
1917 SI PF.R-SIX HUDSON Road- 1910 CADILLAC 8-cylinder Touring;
Mer: A-l condition; a bsralii. 7psHHenKerß.
1*17 BTI DEHAKER Tourln*; four- 1910 VEI.IE SIX Touriug; fine
cylinder: 7-pasaenger: splendid shape $5?0
mechanical condition. 101H OVERLAND Touring: 83 model $375
1917 OVERLAND q-cylinder Tour- 1910 BTI TZ Touring; 4-passeiiuer;
> in*. A-l condition; fully equip- A-1 condition; stin covers, t>sr
ped; low pries. enln.
1917 DODGE Touring: run on'y 1916 RRIBCOB 4-cylinder Touring:
HOC mile*.: 1 extra tire; bargain. splendid light car #3TS
IDte OLDSMOBILE 8-cylinder OW- MAXWELL Touring: 80-H. i\ ;
In* $775 equipped $225
191(1 Touring: starter and 1910 CHEVROLET Touring; baby
lights $573 grand.
1917 CHALMERS Uaht Six Tour- 1910 JEFFERY Four Touring; eaual
In*: equal" to new; tip-too con- to new; full factory equipped;
dltlin. bargain.
1917 PAIGE 6-cyllnder Touring; 1910 Maxwell Touring cars and
mechanically perfect: wire wheels; roadster*, a* low a" S3OO
slip covers. 1910 OVERLAND Roadster; equlp
-1910 HI PMOBILE Touring; excel- ned $350
lent condition• new tlrea $625 1910 SfRIPPS ROOTII Roadster;
1910 CHANDLER. 0-cylindcr Tour- run only 2200 miles SSOO
ing: nerfect shspe. 1910 BTEARNS-KNIOHT 4-cylln
-1910 GRANT C-cyllndcr Touring; der Touring; fullv equipped .... $625
eoulnped $425 1916 DODGE Roadster; equal to
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shape. njT 20 Roadster: A-l condition.. $175
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The Studebaker
What You Get fo
WHEN you buy a Studebaker SIX, you get baker to offer so good a carat so low a price,
the best work of one of the largest auto- ... fc . ~ , . ~ . . .
mobile manufacturers in the industry. The quality of Studebaker cars is evident in their
nmsh and equipment.
You get a car which has been perfected by four ~ , , ~ , . i
years' experience with the same basic design. Studebak . er bo^ s are obviously substantial in
Each year improvements and refinements have construct on. The crowned fenders are of heavy
made it a still better car. gauge steel.
These improvements and refinements are based Th 1 e f aint and varni , sh work " excellent. The
on the experience of 800,000 Studebaker cars in u P h ? lster y } s n , ot only genuine leather, but high
the hands of owners in all parts of the world Rrade B enuine leather. Ihe cushions are soft and
/ comfortable. The auxiliary seats are folding
The Studebaker SIX is not an experiment—it is armchairs. The front seats are adjustable, and
an evolution. the right hand one reversible.
The Studebaker SIX is made of carefully selected But the real proof of quality is durability,
materials developed, perfected and tested in the Studebaker cars stand up and give long, contin
great Studebaker laboratories. uous service under the hardest usage.
The workmanship in Studebaker cars is experi- Studebaker cars are guaranteed by the manufac
enced, painstaking and carefully supervised. The turer for one year against defective workmanship
inspections are rigid and exacting in the extreme. and material. When you buy a Studebaker
What is true of the Studebaker SIX is also true you get pro Y ed P ro ? ed economy and the
of the Studebaker FOUR. Both cars are of the uarante e of a great manufacturer,
same basic design. Many of their parts are inter- Let us demonstrate to you the many points of
changeable that is why it is possible for Stude- Studebaker quality and economy.
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FOUR Every-Weather Car 1185 147 S. C&lIlGrOll St. SIX Limousine. '. *. ! 26M
All prices /, o. b Detroit AUpricmf. k Drtnit
tractor, trailing along behind the
Duplex.
"The supervisors tried to stall the
Duplex by getting onto the end of
the leveler's blades and shoving
them down Into the ground. This
leveler has two blades of twenty*
four feet each. While we were
obliged to go into low gear on sev
eral occasions when they rammod
the blades down Into the sod they
were unable to stall the Duplex and
to-day all of the spectators who wit
nessed the stunt are busy helping us
advertise tho Duplex."
Thomas .H. Hlizzard, one of the
Ingham county, Michigan, road com
missioners, says that two Duplex
truoks have been used by the com
missioners in the hardest kind of
service. Mr. Blizzard says:
"We can cheerfully recommend
the Duplex as being a success In the
road construction work. Further
more, can say that it more than paid
for itself tho ilrst season In saving
over the same work done with teams
besides doing the work faster and
when we wante^^t.
"The second purchased the
first of July, equally satis
factory and Is In first-class condi
tion.
"We have proven that the trucks
can bo operated anywhere that
teams can be used and take tho
place of from seven to # ten teorns
"MAY 19,1917.
on a haul of live or more miles round
trip.
"The best evidence 1 can give you
of our satisfaction with the Duplex
truck is that we expect to Install the
third truck this spring, and do near
ly all our work with this fleet of
trucks."
PAPER MOVIE FILMS AM)
MOTOR-DRIVEN CAMERAS
Paper lilins are among the latest
inventions in the motion-picture in
dustry, according to the Popular Me
chanics Magazine. They are really
not films at all, but are composed of
Satisfied Owners Endorse
The Jeffery Six
.
Jeffery Six combines dependability, power and
comfort Consequently the nation's list of sat
isfied Jeffery owners is steadily growing.
The Jeffery Six Motor, S3 horsepower, insures
all the power and speed you can use. It accel
erates on high gear from two to sixty miles per
hour,without effort
The straight lines of the Hammock-slung body
have found wide favor. Both tonneau and
driving compartment are comfortably large,
accommodating seven passengers.
You'll find this car exceptionally strong value
at *1465.
Bentz-Landis Auto Co.
1808 Logan Street
i ■ , r . m
liny photographs taken with a mo
tion-picture camera and printed on
a tough photographic paper the
width of the regular celluloid film,
with the usual perforations along j
the edges. Those paper substitutes
(ire especially adapted for use In the
home or school, both because they
are non-explosive and because their
cost is so much less than that of
transparent films. A special pro
jector is employed in displaying
them. The same Inventor has also
brought out a motion picture cam
era for amateurs, which can be us|pd
without a tripod.
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