NEXT CALL OF DRAFT LIKELY IN DECEMBER Big Shortage in Cantonments Necessitates Prompt Work of War Department Washington, Oct. 13.—Discussion of the advisability of expediting the call for the second increment of the draft army is in progress at the War Department, and it appears likely that the date may be fixed for some time in December or January. Mobilization of the first increment of 687,000 men is far enough ad vanced to show clearly that there will be a big deficiency for the seventeen national army divisions. More than 250,000 of the first increment still are to be assembled, but it is evi dent that there will be available at the sixteen cantonments quarters for an additional regiment at each post and at some for a full brigade of two regiments. The Shortage. The strength of the new regimen tal organization is 3,600 men. With a regiment lacking at each canton ment, this alone would mean a shortage of nearly 50,000 men. In addition, there has been authorized a separate division of negro troops, which means nearly 30,000 men withdrawn from the original number assigned to the sixteen cantonments. The shortage is due partially to the necessity of taking out of the Na tional Army men to fill up National Guard divisions. Two complete Na tional Army divisions of Southern troops have been absorbed in this way. The remnants of three other Southern National Army divisions! will be consolidlated to form a single divisional unit. LANCASTER COUNTY DEATHS Marietta, Oct. 13.—Samuel Keen, aged 83, the oldest resident of Bart township, died Thursday night. He is survived by his wife, nine child dren and a number of grandchil dren. , Marietta, Oct. 13. —B. Prank Hackman, aged 65, died suddenly at Rohrerstown from a stroke. He was a native of Conestoga Center and was a former employ of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company. He is survived by several children. Three Factors in Long Battery Life Willard Plates, Willard Service protects the battery Threaded Rubber Insulation while it's in use, putting regular and Willard Expert Service — care by battery experts right these three factors give you into your hands, and —when the strongest assurance of long you do need repairs or recharg battery life. ing—providing the men and the The first two mean the best equipment to do the job right. plates made, protected by in- Next time you're near come in for sulation that is impervious to t h e booklet—"The Story of 196,000 the corrosive action of the Little Threads"—it tells all about battery solution, and Willard the "Still Better Willard." Front-Market Motor Supply Go. 109 Market Street Official Willard Storage Battery Service Station Associate Willard Dealers The following names are representatives of the motor car industry, who have signed contracts to represent Willard Storage Batteries. The list will be enlarged as we have the pleasure of presenting the Willard policies to those not herein listed: All Leading Garages and Dealers, Harrisburg, Penna. FOLLOWING SUBURBAN CONCERNS: Seven Star Garage, Carlisle, Martin's Garage an.i Machine Mr. James F. Roddy, West Fair- Pciuia. Shop, New Bloomfiehl, IVima. view, Penna. C. V. Garage, Carlisle, Penna. Newville Garage,, Newville, MUlerstown Auto Co., Millers. Mr. C. M. Dick, Marysville Penna. town, Penna. J ' Mr. F. P. Potter, Liverpool, Mr. S. H. Heller, Xewville, Penna. Mechanicsburg Auto Co., Me- Penna. Mr. G. W. Garber, New Bloom elianicsburg, Penna. Miller's Garage, Shlppensbure Penna. GiUet Bros, Newport, Penna. l*nnn. ' Houso Gara -°' Carlisle Overlanjl-Harrisburg: Co., New- Mr. William Baseliore.fchlppens- Air Grubb Middletown. Penna. nrnrg. Penna. I>. No l Penm. „ *ew Bloomileld, Shoop and Diehl, Klilppensburg, Coxestown Garage, Coxestown. I flanii. Penna. Penna. SATURDAY EVENING, MAXWELL SETS NEW RECOR Non-Stop Car Runs Thirty One and One-Tenth Miles on Gallon of Gas The famous Maxwell Nonstop Champion of the World has set an other record. It's latest record is in gasoline economy. That is the record made by thq veteran, which has traveled more than 138,827 miles. Peoria, 111., was the scene of the Champion's last glorious record accomplishment. i )h> Champion is'onstop care made 22,022.3 miles in Los Angeles in the fall of 1916. Since then it has been wandering about the world visiting Maxwell dealers. The faithful old car is battered and worn, but is able to travel as well as any auto mobile. Accompanied by an official ob server, Thomas J. Grogan, of Peoria, the Champion started from the cor ner of Jefferson and Hamilton street at 10 o'clock on September 30. There was but one gallon of gasoline in the red tank attached to the car. The Champion continued around one circuit, which ran from Jeffer son up Hamilton to Madison, up Madison to Cornhill, down Cornhill to Jefferson and down, the latter street to Hamilton. The car looped this circuit for one hour and a half. When the last drop of gasoline burned the speedometer registered 31.1 miles. It was a remarkable record and beat the mark made by the same car in Springfield the previous week by nearly three miles. The mileage on a gallon of gaso line obtained with the Champion is all the more wonderful because it was mado with a car which has had such a strenuous life. The car has never been touched by a mechanic. During the Peoria run the engine purred like a new machine. No trouble whatever was experi enced during the gasoline economy test. Before the mileage test was made] a guessing contest was held. During; the week visitors at the fair grounds j were allowed to submit their guesses ! as to the distance the car would run j in the trial. Guesses ranged from j 15 miles up to 50 miles. Thousands! of persons entered the contest and dropped their written guesses Into the ballot box. Pacey. of Jacksonville, 111., won. His figure was 31.2 miles. He missed the actual mileage by one tenth of a mile. A prize of $lO was given the lucky guesser. OLDFIELD'S SUBMARINE • ■ ... .... .v.-. • ♦•• • . mfit BHKykJffiH VIPE&& JP ♦ Fifteen years of auto racing have won for Barney Oldfleld the title of "Dean of the Auto Racers." At the very beginning of his career on the speedway Oldfleld sprang into popu larity and became the idol of small boys and the admiration of sport fans, because of his unfailing nerve, consistency and good judgment. L. Jacks Dies Two Weeks After Golden Wedding Hummelstown. Pa., Oct. 13.—Levi Jacks, aged 75 years, died at his home here Thursday evening of pneumonia, which he contracted on Tuesday from a heavy cold. Two weeks ago September 30, Mr. and Mrs. Jacks celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home with a dinner to their near relatives and friends. Mr. Jacks was a mem ber of the Brethren Church. Besides his wife, he is survived bjr the fol lowing daughters: Misses Bertha, Beulah and Laura Jacks, all at home. He is also survived by a brother, Thomas Jacks, of Hum melstown. Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his residence with burial in the Hummelstown ceme tery. HAF-RESBTTRG <&B§£* TELEGRAPH! Barney never took unnecessary risks. His life and the lives of the others at the track were always his first consideration. This year his car body is entirely roofed over so that if the machine turns turtle the driver cannot be injured. The car is built of aluminum and is egg shaped. Sport writers have dubbed It the "Golden Submarine." TECH TO BOOST LIBERTY LOAN Fourteen Seniors Offer Serv ices to Make Three-Min ute Addresses Fourteen of the Tech Seniors have volunteered to make three minute addresses on the Liberty Loan during the coming week in the theaters of the city. They have reported to Pro fessor Zlegler, head of the Depart ment of Public Speaking, who Will give them their instructions. They are William Watson, Ffred Huston, Foster Cocklin, Fred Essig. Winfteld Loban, Newton Helshley, George Fisher, Fred Henry, Abram Gross, Harry Miller. Fred Murray, Walt Bogar, John Bitner and Rees Lloyd. The Maroon students arc glad for the opportunity to "do their bit" in making the loan a success. At the chapel exercises of the Technical high school held in the auditprium yesterday morning, Rob ert Cunningham, chairman of the membership committee of the Tech Camera club invited the freshmen and any others of school to join the club. A special meeting will be held Wednesday afternoon when new members will be elected. Others who were appointed by President Charles Keller to look after the membership are Paul Huntsberger and Abram Gross. Earl Schwartz and Joseph Wachtman will have charge of the dark room. The program committee consists of Donald Miller, Ralph Stauffer and Charles Herbert. Pro fessor W. A. McCune, a member of the faculty directs the work of the club. William Fortna, president of the Tech Savings Fund, has called a meeting of the class collectors to be held Monday afternoon. They will begin to collect savings from the stu dents each Tuesday of the year. Those in charge of the Senior collec tions are Glenwood Bear and Fred Ross. William Maurer and William Fortna are the Junior bankers while Harry Ellinger and Robert Lieby make the Sophomore collections. Several first year students will also be appointed. While chapel Is held just once a week, many good things are crowded into the period that make jt quite an inspiration to the students. Dur ing the month of November each of the four classes will be given a Fri day morning chapel period to show what talent is in the class. Novem ber 2 will be Senior morning, and on successive weeks the time will be given to the Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen. Members of the fac ulty will help the classes to organize for the work. Pierce Rettew will work with the Seniors; A. B. Walllze with the Juniors; E. E. Knauss, R. C. Hertzler and W. H. Pomp will assist the Sophomores. The Freshmen will be aided by the "X-'reshmen" mem bers of the faculty consisting of Messrs. Tost, Ziegler, Wilson, Ren ninger and Campbell. Each class will appoint its chairman to direct the program on the morning, and will keep a secret of the numbers to be rendered by the class talent. Professors P. I-<. Grubb and cis Wilson, teachers of physical geog raphy, are taking field excursions with the freshmen sections that study that subject. Sections 7 and 10 have already gone along the Conodo gulnet, and sections 6, 8, 9, IX, 12 and 13 will go during the coming week. The members of the school wero urged to join the cross-country run ners in the near future in prepara tions for the run on Thanksgiving. It was also pointed out by the track coach that it would be invaluable In preparing for the track season of next spring. The cheer leaders were given sev eral minutes at the close of chapel to rehearse songs and cheers for the Altocna contest on the island next Saturday. The first year lads were given an opportunity to show what lung power they had. France Making 250,000 Shells a Day For '7SY New York, Oct. 13. l'"rance for a vear has been producing 250,000 shells a day for the famous "75 - guns, as compared with 12,000 daily when the war began. Andre Tardieu, high French commissioner, in the United States, made this announce ment yesterday. > His estimate of credits voted by France from August, 1914, until America entered the conflict, was $21,000,000,000, of which more than 119,600,000.0(10 came, he said, from the savings of the French people. The statement adds: "in our country, the amount rais ed by annual taxes reached this year five "and one-half billion francs, the highest figure ever attained, even in time* of peace .although 12,000,000 French persons are either mobilized for the army or -for the factories or kept in invaded regions. "Figures sometime bring revela tions. Since the outbreak of the war until the intervention Wf the United States, credits have been voted which amount to 104 billion francs. Do you know how much we borrowed from abroad? Six billion francs. So ninety-eight billions were drawn from the savings of the French themselves, for the defense of the country. BTTRTAXi OF DONALD DUFFY Marietta, Pa., Oct. 15.—Donald Cameron Duffy, son of the late Col onel James Duffy, who died at the Duffy mansion here on Wednesday, will be burled from St. Mary's Catholic Church on Monday morn ing. Ab a further guard against acci dent Oldfleld has adopted Firestone Cord Tires. More than seven years ago Oldfleld began using Firestone tires, and, although he has changed machines frequently, he has always stuck to Firestones. On his car he carries a banner reading "llrestone Tires my only life insurance." University Professor Lauds Willys-Knight Willys-Overland, Inc., of Toledo, has just received an unusual letter of tribute for the Willys-Knight from Dr. John D. Clark, professor in the University of New Mexico, Albuquer que, N. M.. In July Dr. Clark bought a Willys-Knight car at the factory in Toledo. At the time of its delivery to him, he was planning a long trip into the Maine woods and then baoK to Albuquerque ana, ut the request of the factory officials, he promised to write and let them know how the car behaved on its long run, fresh from the factory. This is what he wrote: "The car started out giving under 11 miles to the gallon of gasoline and gradually worked up to better mileage. I have driven it 4,251 miles to date. On my trip west, which was 2,446 miles, the car gave 15.2 miles to the gallon of gasoline. It was giving over 16 miles for each gallon over the paved roads of the east. In western Kansas, I secured 18 miles to the gallon on one day's run. Through the state of Mexico —Raton to Albuquerque, over the mountains —I made 14.7 miles to the gallon. My total average for the trip was much cut down by very muddy dirt roads in the Mt. Vernon district of Ohio and by ths very bad half wet, half dry roads of Il linois. "My bills for mechanical adjust ment were very small. Once X had the oil feed adjusted. Again I had the starting motor wires tightened at the terminals of the starting switch. I am now having my car looked over 'from stem to stern,' and I expect it to emerge from the garage as good as new." A new price advance will - , Price f. o. b. Toledo Sub be effective November ( )v*r|pt* ■ f 211* ject to change without Ist without further notice V/IUvI A Vrvll V/dl notice Get It —The Same Day! Ordinarily people must wait And they are beauties —Spring- of the enormous order they days often weeks before field Type—sides open en- were part of. closed car orders are deliv- tirely from end to end and . „ Cre * , b and quickly i t pro bably will be a long time But a progressive factory policy closed as tight as a limousine. . e , , . ha* provided Overland dosed bef ° re ? Uch ,UXUr ' OUB car * cars this season in advance of But they were produced with can a * am be produced to sell the demand. materials bought in the low l° w prices. Consequently you can order cost market of months ago ' your car and get it the and at remarkably low man- We'll be glad to show them to same day. ufacturing cost on account you. The Overland-Harrisburg Company 212-214 North Second Street. Open Kvenings Service and Parts Department, 26th and Derry Streets. Both Plioiu Newport Branch—Opposite Itatlrond Station. York Brunch—l2B-ISO W. Market Street Why Name "Pleasure Car" is a Misnomer Since the United States became In. volved in the world war and the great national cr| was raised against luxuries, automobile manufacturers discovered that an annoying attack against their product resulted from its common classification as a "pleasure car." The classification was so generally applied that in many cases the util ity advantages of the product were overlooked in the hasty efforts to establish certain discrimination be tween necessities and luxuries. Con sequently. the manufacturers havo engaged in a sort of campaign of education during recerit months to point out that the name "pleasure car," In view of the utility of the automobile. Is a misnomer. In this connection It Is Interesting to note that more than two years ago the Peerless Motorcar company, of * uL l Wenty , C ° U , n " Tour/ng Cr-WW o.*. 119 /nol*. ties in Central Pennsylvania. * * * Year-Ahead Beauty in the Hupmobile is a The owners of Hupmobile fact. cars are Invited to come and _ _ . • _ inspect the new service build- Performance is a second fact. This'wn, r re r aa° y n r :cc°u n : The Hupmobile has established it by out pan.cy within ten days. Im- pointing C€U*S of fill typCS# direct* sTon U i 8 de Ls°u U r r - Value is a third fact Hupmobile quality ance to the Hupmobile own- has been acknowledged for years. t • er of the best possible serv- , „ . . . .. r . ice, as Mr. church believes We are ready to demonstrate these facts that a satisfied customer is ior your individual attention. the best possible asset. g 4 Five-paasen/tcr Touring Car - • $1285 Seven-pa—en gar Touring Cor • 1440 Two-passenger Roadster - • • 1285 Mr. Church has for years Fire-passenger Sedan - - - - 1735 been identified with leading frioet F. O. B. Detroit automobile interests of Har- . Hi"l h,m u £ P rr.r q u c anfie m d c to Hupmobile Sales Corporation of Phila. give the best possible atten- IQ3 Market St. Hanisburg Pa. tlon to the Hupmobile in terests. 1 fp War* of Superior Motor C*r SarrJoa OCTOBER 13, 1917. Cleveland, Ohio, foresaw the evil of such a designation of its product and, as far back as that time, George W. Twltmyer, the advertising mana ger, Issued Instructions that the Peerless products should never bo referred to as "pleasure cars." "Although the pleasure advan tages of the motorcar are great," says Twltmyer, "its utility advan tages are so extensive as to far over shadow the pleasure situation. One would not think of referring to a street car as a "pleasure car" al though there are many without au tomobiles who get a great deal of enjoyment out of riding on open street cars in hot weather. It has its pleasure advantages, but they are decidedly in the minority compared with its utility advantages. The same is true of the passenger automobile. "It is not strange that the misno mer has been applied to the motor car inasmuch as it certainly opened up a field for pleasure which had never before been known. The adaptability of the motorcar to business uses, however, is its main feature and this fact should neve - ' be lost sight of. That is why thi> name "pleasure car" is a misnomer."! Church Becomes Manager of Hupmobile Branch R. J. Church, who for years haa been identified with the automobile Interests of Harrlsburg, has accepted the position of manager of the Hup mobile Sales Corporation at 103 Mar ket street. This company is a branch* of the Philadelphia concern and has twelve counties here In central Penn sylvania under its supervision. A new. service station Is being erected at the rear of the salesroom, where every facility necessary will be pro vided to give proper attention to tho needs of Hupmobile owners. The Hupmobile is among the old established cars and la sold by repre sentatives In the leading countries oT the world. The makers of the Hup* mobile have specialized on a four cylinder engine for many years and have shown no tendency to bring out any of the multi-cylinder type*. The power of the engine and the demand lor this special type of construction In a four has justified the judgment of the manufacturers. 9
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