HEINZ OUTLINES
PLAN TO CUT
LIVING COST
Declares Better Distribution
and Corrected Trade Prac
tices Necessary
Better methods of food distribu
tion, correction of some "trade prac
tices that have been the subject of
more or less criticism." instructing
IV farmer in the proper storage or
potatoes and encouragement to the
farmers to induce betterfa fr pw .
/teome of the tentative plans of How
ard Heinz, newly P^' e lh e ® [r
Food Commissioner of this State. Mr
Heinz, in a statement
touched upon the food sltualton
Pennsylvania. .. „„ 1( i
"It is my hope and belief, he said,
"that some plan can f°" be °
■Sown bv which encouragement win
given the farmer to lnducebeUer
farming and a greater P rod " ( ? tl f °", °
staple vegetables, grains and
as well as an increase in dairj sup
PU He SfdV* hope" that through
better methods of *o°
cost of food may be reduced and pro
duction suitably encouraged at the
same time. Mr. Heinx s statement. In
part, reads: .
"The State of Pennsylvania and
vlrtuallv the entire country has on
hand a most difficult problem of dis
tribution in connection with the sea
son's record crop of potatoes. Penn
svlvanla alone will have a farm crop
of 28,000,000 bushels, and early
marketing conditions will be distrib
uted by the presence of an additional
crop from the war gardens, estimat
ed at 6,000,000 bushels.
"It is simply a matter of equal
izing the distribution throughout the
season as directly from the producer
to the consumer as possible, so that
no one will be hurt. The problem
is one In which the farmer in Par
ticular must have protection if we
expect him to produce atain ade
quately to the needs of the nation in
1918. It is a problem of better
handling—improved distribution and
merchandizing, and the elimination
of useless elements that only ser\o
to complicate the situation and en
courage speculation and waste.
"If I Interpret correctly, the spirit
of the Federal administration policy,
it will be manifested chiefly along
lines of constructive leadership, and
the encouragement of all legitimate
interests, with a view to securing
voluntary correction of abuses, rath
er than In drastic measures of arbi
trary control, and with such a spirit
of administration the food depart
ment of Pennsylvania is most heart
ily in sympathy."
Fisk Red Tops Expect to
Clinch Semipro Baseball
The Fisk Red Tops, a baseball team
of big league caliber, representing
the Fisk Rubber Company, of Chtco
pee Falls, Mass., will soon put_ In an
appearance on the Middle Western
diamonds against the best and fastest
teams of that section. The Red Tops
are hot after national honors, having
already clinched their claim to the
title of semipro champions of New
England. Their success this season
has been marked and among their vie
tims can be found all or the best
teams in the section, including East
ern League teams. Nothing like the
trip planned by the Fisk team has
ever been attempted by a team other
than college or professional, and in
these circles, no such sweeping pro
gram of hard games has ever been at
tempted. .
Such teams as the White Autos, of
Cleveland; the Rail Lights, of Toledo;
>the Goodyear and Goodrich Rubber
Company teams, of Akron, and the
Shaw Taxi teams, of Chicago, will be
met. The Red Tops, conscious of
their strength and power, are confi
dent of heating all their opponents
and thus clinching the title of world's j
semlpro champions.
This team has been playing to
gether for practically the entire sea
son. every member being a bonafide
employe of the Fisk Rubber Com
pany. Listed among the members of
the team are the fastest college play
ers in the East, and many well known
bail players who have retired from
the professional game for other rea
sons than old age and incapability.
Several of the latter have been up
with tha big show and all the college
filayers are considered potential big
eague material.
The team is unquestionably the
fastest ever put together in New Eng
land in amateur and semipro circles
and is considered, and justly so. as
easily capable of giving the best of
the big league teams a run for its
money. In fact, one of the easiest
victims of the Red Tops this season
was the Colonials, of New Haven, a
team which last year held the Red
Sox to a 3 to 3 tie two days after the
Red Sox won the world's title from
Brooklyn. The trip will start Au
gust 1? at Akron, and will end at the
same place more than a week later,
two games being played in that city.
The venture or the Red Tops is at
tracting considerable attention among
baseball men from coast to coast, in
that it will give a good line on the
class of baseball that is being played
by semlpro teams in the East and the
Middle West and a chance to com
pare the style of baseball and the
comparative strength of the best
teams in the two sections.
8100.000 TO MISS O'BRIEX
New York. Aug. 18.—It is reported
that Miss Honora May O'Brien, 2f
years old. to whom a jury recently
gave a verdict of $225,000 becaust
John B. Manning, 84 years old, re
pudiated his promise to make her
his wife, has agreed to take SIOO,OOO
rather than have the case tried
again. After the jury gave Miss
O'Brien, who was the aged capital
ist's stenographer, the $225,000 ver
dict Judge Crospey reduced It to
$125,000, on the ground that the ver
dict was excessive. Then Mr. Man
ning appealed. It is said Miss
O'Brien may really only get $50,000,
the other $50,000 to go to her coun
sel, Stephen C. Baldwin.
Rex Garage and
Supply Co.
1917 North 3rd St.
HAKItISBITRG, PA.
The largest Garage in the
eity is the logical place to
house your car. Live stor
age includes cleaning your
car daily delivering to your
house and calling for it.
Goodyear service station—
a full line of Tires, Tubes
and accessories.
Agency Hassler Shock
Absorbers for Ford Cars.
Atlantic and Mobiloils.
Distributors Portage Tires.
Guaranteed 5,000 Miles.
NEVER CLOSED
Gas Supplies
Bell 4170 Dial 5438
SATURDAY EVENING^
OVERLAND RETAIL
SALES RECORDS
July Exceeds Those of Splen
did June, and Shows In
dustry's Soundness
On but a few occasion* In the his
tory of the Industry have automobile
selling records attracted the atten
tion that has been accorded those
of Willys-Overland, Inc. during the
last two months. When In the early
days of July, the company announced
that Its June retail sales had ex
ceeded those of any other month In
the history of the organization a
murmur of astonishment and sur
prise was heard from coast to coast.
Such a record had heretofore been
unheard of In times of more or less
unsettled business conditions. The
company, however, followed this up
with another record-breaking report
for the first week of July which more
than confirmed the June announce
ment. By this time It became ob
vious to motorcar men the country
over that the big Toledo Institution
was setting a pace never before
heard of under similar circum
stances.
On the first Thursday In August
the most striking announcement of
all was made when a compilation of
the figures covering July retail sales
revealed the amazing total of $13,-
611,725, an increase of two and ono
half million dollars over the splen
did achievement of June. On top of
this, the factory officials Insist that
there is no evidence of a letup even
now and that their distributors,
proud of the records which have Just
been made, are going after the busi
ness with redoubled energy.
"How do you do It?" is the ques
tion most commonly heard among
visitors at the Overland plant Just
at this time.
John N. Willys, as head of the big
organization, answers the question as
follows:
It should not be so much of a ques
tion as to how we make sales as a
question concerning how we conceiv
ed a line of cars which would prove
so popular with the public. Of course
we would not take any credit away
from the salesmen who have made
those enviable records. In fact, we
are confident that we have one of
the strongest selling organizations In
the Industry. Nevertheless, the most
expert salesman In the world could
not do what our men have done
this year unless they had a product
to offer which was possessed of un
usual merit.
"The June and July sales records
do not come to us as unexpectedlj
as one might imagine. When our
new comprehensive line of cars,
ranging from low-priced completely
equipped vehicles to high-priced
powerful and fashionable cars, was
first shown to the dealer at the big
convention in December, they told us
there would be no difficulty In selling
them. Their confidence in the line
was so great that they turned in con
tracts away and above our most en
thusiastic expectations. Although
surprising It is true that we had to
reduce some of the contracts in or
der to apportion the cars in the most
equitable way.
"Now, several months have elapsed
since we started shipping the new
line out to the dealers. The latter
have had plenty of time to acquaint
the public with what we constder
the most comprehensive line of auto
mobiles ever turned out by one man
ufacturing company and for that
reason the cars arc Just coming into
their own. They have found their
place in the suu, as the war reporter
would say, and the public is buying
them up just as fast as we can fill
the orders, if not faster.
"The record.? which have been
made are, therefore, the natural re
sult of producing the right kind of
a product. The motorcar buyer to
day knows what He wants. When he
finds it. he buys it. Our long ex
perience in the business enabled us to
foresee what he would want and we
built our 1917 line to fit his require
ments. That is why our June and
July retail sales surpassed those of
any other months in our career."
BUILDING PERMIT
John H. Fager obtained a permit
yesterday to build a one-story store
building at the rear of 1234 North
Sixth street, SSOO.
kt Woman Conquers Mt. Lookout
| On High Gear In
1 Proving Reliability
Helen Gibson at the she strengthened the KING'S claims
wheel of her KING Roadster of being essentially a Woman's Car.
Pij successfully negotiated Lookout Ease of control, so complete that in
M Mountain in California on the high absolutely no detail of the car's oper
gear, she not only added another ations was she ever embarrassed in
W record to KING achievements, but the least by lack of manly strength.
| THE REX GARAGE AND SUPPLY CO.
| 1917 N. THIRD ST.
GEN. CLEMENT IS
ORDERED SOUTH
Will Leave With Aids to Take
Command at Fort
Hancock
Sunbury, Pa., Aug. 18.—Major
Oenersl Clement, commander of the
Seventh Division Pennsylvania Na
tional Ouard of the United States
Army, was directed to proceed to
! Camp Hancock. He will leave, with
j Captain T. D. Boal, of Boalsburg, j
| and Captain B. C. Tilman and Lieu-1
tenant W. B. Churchman, both of'
| Philadelphia, as aids. The order dl
j reeting the general to leave Is as fol
! lows:
j Washington, D. C„ Aug. 16, 1917.
Major General Charles Clement,
care Adjutant General, Harris
! burg, Pa.
; Orders Issued here direct you to
j proceed with your authorized aids toj
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., to|
take command. The authorized staff I
officers will be ordered to report to;
you for such assignment as indicat-i
jed in their authority for reporting. |
The remainder of the division stafT
will remain at headquarters here
I awaiting orders.
General Clement has Issued the
following orders:
Captain George Wagner, First!
Regiment Infantry, and First Lieu
tenant Robert H. Boiling, First Reg
j iment Infantry, are hereby relieved
'as Judge Advocate and Assistant
i Judge Advocate, respectively, of the
| General Court Martial, appointed by
! special order August 6, 1917, at head
! quarters.
Lieutenant Robert H. Boiling and
i First Lieutenant Harry R. Simmons,
First Infantry, are detailed Judge
1 and Assistant Judge Advocate In
j their stead.
Harry Washburn, private, I troop,
First Calvalry, Is transferred to
i headquarters' troop, Seventh Division
Headquarters.
First Lieutenant Porter G. Polk
| was designated as recruiting officer
j for the Seventh Division headquar
ter
Light Trucks Add to
Profits of Gardeners
Foresight and far-sightedness are
' both shown by Charles F. Seabrook,
| of Bridgetown, N. J., whose truck
! farms are the wonder of the country
and the delight of all who visit them.
The largest truck garden in the
I United States is built up around the
f word "speed," for on rapidity of
transportation depends much of Mr. I
Seabrook's profits. His experience
shows the place of the light truck
1 such as a Smith Form-a-Truck on 1
| the modern farm.
Indicative of Mr. Seabrook's be-!
lief In the efficacy of trucks is his in- j
; stallatlon of a system which is based
about motor trucks. These carry his I
perishable articles from the farms |
to the railway station, a few miles i
i away. At the other end of the line, i
I in New York, he has other trucks!
waiting, to rush the vegetables to |
the large distributing places in I
I quickest possible time, for a few
'hours mean the difference between!
an exceptionally large price for Sea- i
I brook products and ordinary profit. !
i These farms and the genius who |
brought them from a common New!
! Jersey "place" to the best of their;
kind, were featured in a national
weekly, recently and especial em-j
phasis was placed on the fact that!
| reliance was placed in the trucks to|
assure speed and to insure profits, i
Space is given in one of the!
monthly publications of the Smith!
Motor Truck Corporation, manufac-1
turers of the Smith Form-a-Truck, |
to the Seabrook farms and the re
sult which attended the motorization j
( of Its equipment.
TAFT WON'T TALK PEACE i
Montreal, Aug. 18.—William How- 1
ard Taft, former President of the!
United States, declared here to-day!
that "peace Is not possible until the j
Prussian military caste has been
i driven out of power." He asserted
j he had "no patience with the talk of j
I peace." j
HXRRISBURG aSSftfr TELEGRAPH
Motorists 1 ean to
Roadsters, Says Oilier
"There Is probably not another
automobile In the country to-day
which Is as adaptable to the use of
phj'slclana and salesmen of commer
cial houses, public utilities and man
ufacturers as the roadster," says L.
J. Oilier, vice-president and director
of sales of th Studebaker corpora
tion. "And, after a careful check of
our sales records, I feel safe In say
ing there is probably not another
roadster in as general use among
these classes of professional and bus
inessmen as the Studebaker.
"The roadster is the ldeai car for
tho doctor who must answer calls at
any hour of the day or night. It Is al
ways ready for service and, on an
errand of mercy where speed and
performar>cs count for so much, tho
doctor's car must be dependable.
Every part of the Studebaker road
ster is so easy to get at that we have
found theaverage owner thoroughly
competent to take care of It.
"A big institution of any standing
nowadays sends representatives to Its
clients of whom they are proud and
it must have motorcar equipment on
which it can depend. And the road
ster is bound to increase efficiency
because it enables each man to cover
wider territory, see more customers
and turn in more business.
"I have in mind an instance which
proves the value of the roadster for
business purposes. One of this coun
try s largest public,service corpora
tions, after an exhaustive test of sev
eral makes of cars, extending over a
period of three years, has installed
a fleet of thlrty-flve Studebakers be
cause Its figures proved that Stude
baker cars actually cost less to oper
rate and maintain than any other
make of car. In addition to the ac
tual saving of money, they standard
ized their equipment throughout and
gave their representatives motorcars
so handsome and dignified in appear
ance that the added prestige to the
house was of inestimable value.
"The roadster gives the salesman
his big opportunity to beat his own
sales records. It enables him to close
more sales because he can cover a
wider territory, and see more custo
mers. His car Is so accessible that he
can take care of it himself, and un
der the rear deck of the Studebaker
he has plenty of room for his sample
cases, personal baggage, etc. Bad
streets, steep hills or bad weather are
no obstacle to his car—and he does
not have to depend upon street cars,
railroad trains or taxicabs to keep
his appointments.
"The beautiful, refined and digni
fied lines of the Studebaker roadster
make it popular among women who
drive. It is so easy to handle and
operate, in crowded city traffic or on
the open country road, that any
member of the family feels perfectly
safe behind the wheel. For the man
who has no real business reason for
owning a roadster, but Just wants to
get out-of-doors and over the roads
without too many passengers along,
he finds the roadster his ideal car.
"On September 15 we have an
nounced an increase in the prices of
all Studebaker roadsters. The "Four"
will be advanced in price from $985
to $1,025, and the "Six" from $1,260
to $1,335."
ASKS LABOR TO STAY T/OYAT,
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 18.—A call
to laboring men to "play our part
in the war manfully" with "unstinted
loyalty to the United States" was is
sued here to-day in a statement on
"Labor Day, 1917." bv John P.
White. International president of the
United Mine Workers of America.
i 6-Passenger Touring $725
3-Passenger Clouer-Leaf 45*70e
Roadster J / £t%3
Ensminger Motor Co.
THIRD and CUMBERLAND STS.
Bell Phone 5515
Use of Combination
Bodies on Motor Trucks
These are the days when motor
trucks are coming into their own—
the time when efficient delivery was
merely a convenience has passed, it
is an absolute necesal'v for the busi
ness that will keep its itlace during
tho next few years.
The motor truck manufacutrers
of the country are doing everything
In their power to spread the gospel
of greater efficiency In the use of
trucks. One of tho big steps along
these lines is the development of
different combination bodies that
adapt a single chassis to several dif
ferent kinds of work.
One of the big textiles mills of tho
country, located near Philadelphia,
has by a very simple device made
one truck chassis do all their work.
An Autocar fitted with a hand dump
body hauls all the coal for the plant
in the early mornings, and then by
replacing the sides of the body with
stakes, hauls raw materials and fin
ished goods for the rest of the day.
Now is the time to figure out ev
ery item of saving; whether a motor
truck can be made to efficiently per
form more service than ever, the
gainer Is the Individual business and
the whole country, too.
No Trains Ordered
to Move Engineers
Mount Gretna, Pa., Aug. 18.—Tho
same vexatious delay which caused
Inconvenience and unfavorable criti
cism on part of the disappointed
State soldiery in getting away from
here last year for the Mexican bor
der, is being experienced by tho En
gineers Battalion, under orders to
proceed to Fort Hancock, Augusta,
Ga. Acting under orders to be pre
pared to entrain Thursday, Lieuten
ant Colonel Frederick A. Snyder, reg
imental commander, had the three
chosen companies under command
of Major J. H. M. Andrews ready to
go out Thursday evening. The men,
however, continued in readiness all
day, awaiting orders which never
came, and It now appears that the
only reason the railroad company
did not have the necessary equip
ment here for the moving of the
, rrrr— = — =s
Unconquered!
Model Eighty-Five Four
*895
# /. O. b. Tetafo
Subjtct to ck**fi vitfumt notici
Year after year for many years The thirty-fivd horsepower Also unusual at the price—
the thirty-five horsepower motor is not only unusually cantilever rear springs that
Overland has outsold, by a powerful—it is unusually ease the car over the rough
wide margin, all cars of economical. spots permit speed with
such comfortable size. comfort on poor roads.
The wheelbase is 112 inches —
An unequalled combination unusually long—permitting No car of such comfortable
of power, comfort and unusual roominess. size has ever approached its
economy, it has naturally success, because none has
been an unmatched sue- Thirty five horsepower!—ll2 ever combined such power,
cess. inch wheelbase!! —$895 !!I comfort and economy.
The Overland-Harrisburg Company
Open Evenings Both Phones "
212-214 North Second Street
Service Station and Parts Department, 26th & Derry St.
soldiera. was because of the absence
of any governmental order to do so.
When iiuch orders ure received,
the assurance is gtven there will be
no further delay on part of the rail- j
roads. Meanwhile, tho motor supply
train of Major J. B. Wheeler con
tinues Its preparations for departure
next Monday for Fort Hancock. It
was officially decided that the regi
ment Is routed to the Georgia camp
Cadillac Solves
Headlight Problem
Nearly every Slate has passed laws
to regulato tho glaring headlight
menace but It seems that It remained
for the Cadillac to adopt a plan
which solves the problem In an em
inently practical manner.
The new device Is not in the na
ture of a dimmer or a dlffuser of
light. Rather, His a simple arrange
men by which the driver of the car
by mouns of small lever under tho
steering wheel controls the position
of the reflectors in the headlamps,
therefore directing the light rays.
In the normal position fhe strong
light rays are pointed straight ahead.
Upon meeting an oncoming motor
ist, the reflectors are tilted so that
the rays are directed to a point about
thirty feet in front of the car.
This not only complies with the
law by eliminating the glare but It
concentrates tho light directly In
front of the car, where it is most
needed when meeting other vehicles.
The device hai-. been approved by
the New York Motor Federation as
meeting the requirements of the
Hewitt headlight law which went
Into effect August first.
HOLD THREE FOK COURT
Jacob Armstrong, colored, charged
with carrying concealed deadly weap
ons, was held under SSOO bail for
court by Alderman Nicholas, at a
police hearing yesterday. Armstrong
was caught Thursday night after an
exciting chase over the downtown
district. Alfonze Clemens, accused of
driving an auto truck while intoxi
cated was held under S3OO ball for
court. Earnest and Daisy Kelly,
who wero arrested last night after a
family altercation, were given a
hearing. The woman was held on
an assault charge. Kelly was dis
charged.
AUGUST 18, 1917.
Navy League Kicked
Out by Secretary Daniels
Washington, Aug. 18. All un
official connection botween the
Navy and the Navy League was sev
ered yesterday by order of Secretary
Daniels as a result of the recent ac
tion of tho league headquarters In
charging that Investigation of tho
recent fatal explosion at Mare Island
Navy yard was being blocked by In
fluence of labor Interests. ,
The Secretary gave notice to the
GORSOfIrS
i - -#OO TO SELECT FROM
OUR SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE OF HIGH-GRADE CARS
•urptiMi in value and price any tale ever offered the public be
fore. Every car on our sales floor* has been priced exceptionally
low for this sale. ACT AT ONCE. Grasp the opportunity of secur
ing a car at a saving from 40% to 50'/!' on the original selling price.
[ Easy Payments Arranged If Desired |
PACKARD Twin 6 Touring. Late 1917 OVERLAND Bilan. Run 1100
model. Run 2000 miles. Dig reduc- mile*. Beautiful upholstery.
Hon. 1917-16-16 CHANDLER Touring®. All
1917 STUDEBAKER 6 Touring. IJke ,in A 1 running order. Aa low as
new. Kxtra equip. Bargain. $475.
1917 STANDARD ft Roadster. S-pass. 1917-16-16 Pullman Tourings. Good
Shows no wear whatever. serviceable cars. Low up-keep. S2OO
SUPER-SIX HUDSON Touring; also up.
Roadster. Both In excellent condl- STUTZ Roadster; also Speedster,
tlon. Very fsst and powerful.
1917-16-15 OVERLAND Roadsters and 1917-16 DODOB Tourings. Only slight-
Tourings. Some like new. S2OO up. ly used. Big reductions.
1917 JIAYNBS Chummy Roadster. MOLINK-KNIOHT Touring. Very
Wire wheels. Fine shape. At sacrl- quiet. Easy riding. Late modeL
w?i i*vq k-VTHHT Tnnrtr* trm tu 1916 COLB 8 Roadster. 4-pass.. me
. Tourings. late chanically right, attractive,
models. Lsed only as demonstrators. 4 . __
One half Price 1916 STEARNS-KNIQHT Sedan. Dx
-1917 MITCHELL* Touring. Very at- SSi I *?* <>Bdttlon. Original prica
tractive. 7-pass. Plenty of power. S2OOO. our price $960.
1917 BUICK Touring. Light 4. Prac- FORD Roadsters and Touringa. All
tically new. Snap. models at low prices.
GORSON'S AUTOMOBILE EXCHANGE
238-240 North Broad Street, Phila., Pa.
Agents Wanted. * Open Sunday 9 to 2.
Send for Free Bargain Bulletin.
public that no representative of th#
league would be admitted hereafter
to any naval station or ship, and
that nothing whatever would be ac
cepted by the navy from the agency
other than the present officers of
agod.
Thousands of women throughout
the country are knitting sweatorn,
wristlets and other articles for Bail
ors under the auspices of the Navy
League. Yesterday's notice means
that these will not be accepted un
less tendered through some agency
other than the present officers of th
league.
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