PROPER CARE OF
ALL INNER TUBES
Goodrich Company Gives
Suggestions That Will Give
More Life to Tires
Ways and means of procuring the
ingest service from inner tubes—
an appurtenance of the automobile's
mechanism that is most neglected—
the theme of an educational cam
paign instituted by The B. F. v Good
rich Rubber Company in the inter
ests of war economy. Many unex
-Tcted outbursts from air-contain
ers originate from "sins of omission"
;ind "commission" and by emphasiz
ing the more glaring ones the Good
rich company believes it can save
the motorist dollars that otherwise
would pour into the abyss of waste.
Undue haste in replacing a-punc
tured or blown out rune Is respon
sible for a multitude of these "sins."
The most common mistake Is pinch
ing the tube. The tube is inserted
in an uneven or twisted manner. This
causes it to overlap or wrinkle with
the result that in a short time it will
cut through where it has been over
lapped and we have a leak. The
same trouble is also caused some
times by * putting a new tube into
the tire just as it is taken from the
box. When the tube if applied after
mounting, there is sucn an Inrush of
air that It will often buckle up the
tube, thereby forcing a tiny section
beneath the bead spreader.
Especially will this occur if the
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valvo stem is not pulled out to its
proper position. The operator
should proceed slowly when apply
ing the tube. Before putting it into
the casing it should he given a
couple of "shots" of air. then it
should bo applied carefully, the in
side—the side on wnlcn the stem
occurs —being always kept inside.
When it is in the casing it should be
"talced" carefully and the fingers
forced all 'around the tire to make
sure that the talc has been evenly
distributed, and then, before the
loose bead is applied, the tire should
be given a little more air—enough
to round it out nicely and prevent
pinching.
The motorist should be cautined
against using too mucn uuc. There
are several powders procurable for
keeping the tube from sticking to the
casing, among these being soapstone,
graphite and talc, but the use of too
much of any of these proves disas
trous and a collection of substance
in one place eats into the rubber.
If, on the other hand, no powder be
used, it will only be a short time
before the heat generated will cook
the tube.
Under-intlation is equally injurious
to lubes. When the under-inflated
tire passes over a stone both casing
and tube are jolted against the rim
and sooner or later a leak will de
velop. All tires should be inflated
to the standard prescribed by man
ufacturers.
If a tire deflates suddenly the car
should be stopped immediately, as
continuous running means that the
casing must slip circumferentially,
ripping the valve stem out and tear
ing the tube. •
Sand in a casing is another cause
of th ruination of a tube. It very
often happens that a motorist, while
repairing a punctitrfe on the road,
permits the tube and casing to pick
up particles which create a friction
later and eventually tiny holes,
which will scarcely show when tha
tube is submerged in water, assert
themselves. Then the motorist runs
to the dealer and charges him with
selling a porous tube.
Putting undersized tr.les in cas
ings is a common fault. .This strains
the tube, makes the expansion ail
one sided—on the tread side of the
tire—and generally results in a so
norous blowout in No Man's Land.
Sunlight is a natural enemy of in
ner tubes. The Sunlight and any
bright light lor that matter, dries out
the tube and makes it battle and un
elastic. It is then known as a "maca
roni" tube. A cool, dark place is the
proper refuge for the reserve tube.
The effect gf grease and oils on tubes
is well known.
I A habit of motorists to carry tubes
! unprotected in tool boxes is often re
sponsible for much subsequent trou
ble. Tools are being bounced against
it as the car bounds along, its sides
are chafed and become worn. It is
weakened before it is even inserted
in the casing. All tubes should be
carried in a waterproof bag or well
wrapped in newspaper. Use of space
under the seat near the battery box
for reserve tubes has its penalties,
too, Acid from the battery frequently
spjashes over and douses the tube
and from that moment on deterio
ration starts. ,
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HARD COAL RISE
UP TO PRESIDENT;
45-CENT ADVANCE
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New Scale Would Increase
Miners' Pay 15 to 44
Per Cent.
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i j Washington, Dec. I.—The propos
■ ed increases in wage scales for an
i | thracite miners were referred to
, I President Wilson yesterday by Fuel
i Administrator Garfield.
The increases which, if sanctioned
! by the President, will boost the pay
of Pennsylvania hard coal miners
1 from 15 to 4 4 per cent., were agreed
' upon by the conference committees
of anthracite miners and operators
on November 17. They were drawn
' conditional to higher retail prices
1 which would absorb the proposed
• wage advances and keep the oper
-1 ators in pocket.
This would mean about 45 cents
1 a ton additional on present anthra
' cite prices.
Profound secrecy as to the recom
mendations concerning the increases
! made to the President by Dr. Gar
! field was maintained .by the fuel ad
-1 ministration. Action on them is now
' expected before next week. •
When the new wage table was
; presented, the fuel administrator
said (lathy that no increases in wages
1 could be sanctioned unless definite
; proof was forthcoming that this fur
' ther drain on the consumers' purse
1 is justifiable. For the last two weeks
officers of the fuel administration
I have been examining all available
data of the trade to determine if this
. I is the case.
I By decree of the President, bitu
minous prices were recently increas
"[ed to cover a new wage scale for soft
I ! coal miners, agreed upon in October.
, Bituminous prices had, however,
teen severely cut in the original
price fixing order, while anthracite
remained at about the same level.
" It is generally believed that, the
forthcoming wage scale will be a
pretty even compromise between
present wages and those demanded
" by the miner's ajid conditionally
agreed to by the hard coal operators.
Americans Unfurl Service
•j Flag For Twelve Members
M Newport, Pa., Dec. I.—On Thanks
* giving evening Newport Council No.
, 611, Junior Order of Americans, un
furled a large service flag in honor
? of its twelve members who have
gone into war service.
B The men for whom star? have been
x ; placed on the flag are Chester A.
I Uatchford, J. Cloyd Manning, C. M.
j Shelley, John 13. Anderson, William
e ! H.. Saylor, H. M. Plickinger, George
" Rudy, Roy Gutshall, C. B. Crist, Roy
.| A. Wagner, Raymond Fisher and
h j "John W. Carl.
SIB,OOO a Year Will Be
Spent on Two Children
Riverside, N. Y„ Dec. 1. —Jean
Stewart, 5 years old, and her sister,
i Miriam, a little older, are to have
j SIB,OOO a year spent on them, the
I application to make this expenditure,
j filed by Martin Taylor and Leander
L. Chance, their guardians, before
I Surrogate Selah B. Strong to-day be-
I ing granted.
The two girls are the children of
John B. Stewart, the inventor, of
I Centerport and Chicago, who died
last year.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
CHALMERS MODEL
PROCLAIMED BEST
Distributors at Factory See
Tests of Hot-Spot En
gine Efficiency
Distributors from big cities scat
tered through forty states, of widely
varying local conditions, have by let
ter, telegram and in a majority of
cases on personal visits to the hum
ming factory, declared the now cur
rent Chalmers the greatest e""ine
and best automobile ever turned out
by the Chalmers Motor Company.
Such praise is not founded on
mere selling hopes and expectations
but the story of the individual own
er transmitted through respective
Chalmers distributors an organiza
tion of thrifty reliable businessmen.
Thousands of these cars are now
being driven by motorists heretofore
the owners of high priced automo
biles. A great percentage are oper
ating in the clutches of winter. Hut
all, irrespective of otner conditions,
have been subjected to the low
grade gasoline problem of the pres
ent hour.
It is on this score of Chalmers
triumph that the dealers are turn
ing in their praise, of something al
ready accomplished. For it is di
rectly due to the Ramshorn Mani
fold and the Chalmers Hot-Spot, his
tory makers in the world of auto
mobiles; that low grade gasoline is
now being converted into high-grade
power by thousands of Chalmers
owners.
Reports without number are tell
ing' of the hot-spot success In the
coldest kind of weather, rainy nights
and frosty mornings. How at one
place in the middle west, a promi
nent doctor, with a roadster only
forty-eight hours old, left his new
car in the open driveway, where
it was covered with ice and snow.
And yet when roused by a four
o'clock sick call the famous hot
spot engine shot him off into the
night without a moment's wait.
Referring to summer and its ac
companying heat; Chalmers engi
neers have emphatically proved the
hot-spot as effective in a zone of
heat as in the belts of ice and snow.
The purpose of the hot-spot, located
at the throat of the carburetor, Is
to beat and crack the incoming gas
and pass it on in a thousand par
ticles through the easy air bends of
the famous "ramshorn manifold."
Primarily, this unique device, is to
overcome the trouble in starting
and picking up speed when the ther
mometer is down to cold and freez
ing.
Rut even in cities, Chicago, for in
stance. where seasonal changes
show an average variation of 100 de
grees in the thermometer, the hot
spot is equally effective summer and
winter. Even if such a variation ob
tained generally throughout the
country, engineers point out that a
difference of 100 degrees or even
more, on the exterior, is not to be
compared with the terrific heat on
the manifold interior.
It is estimated that 95 per cent of
owners run their cars with the
throttle twenty-five per cent open,,
and when thus used, the prevailing
slightest difference.
In summer heat, supposing the
throttle were allowed to stand wide
open, a greater flood of gas would
naturally be admitted, thus raising
the flame to a fearful heat. But, at
the same time, the velocity of the
Wis then rushing past the hot-spot
is so lightning-like in its speed, that
the heat is absorbed in relative pro
portion, and only up to a degree an
ticipated by Chalmers engineers.
Consequently the thermometer
may soar to 130 degrees in the shade,
or drop to zero, without the slight
est effect on.the great Chalmers en
gine. A point so scientifically work
ed out, after months of laboratory
work, that the Chalmers stands to
day as one car that gives high power
from low grade gasoline—36s days
in the year.
Such a thing as a gauge or visi
ble control is absolutely unnecessary,
for the reason that the heat of the
gas against the hot-spot is automatic
and either increases or decreases, ac
cording to the power required. Ac
cording to the extent of the throttle
opening.
Maxwell Trucks Used to
Advantage on Farms
There are two important invest
ments necessary to success in the
agricultural Held according to Robert
M. Mueller, a leading farmer resid
ing in Dakota county. He has made
both investments and found them
paying propositions.
The chief in importance is the
purchase of a farm —a hcyne for the
family and the means of earning a
livelihood. The next financial in
vestment should be a motor truck to
obtain economical transportation of
farm products to a market.
"I feel as if an unexpected inher
itance had fallen to me because the
Maxwell truck I purchased last Fall
is making a pleasure of the work
which was formerly a drudgery,"
Mueller says.
The Minness a farmer found that
the one-ton Maxwell truck mate
rially increased the time at his dis
posal for both work and recreation.
This gain was made although Muel
ler was farming on a larger scale
than ever before.
"Marketing my farm products by
motor car has dispersed all my
doubts about the advisability and
practicability of such transportation
service," is the final judgment of
Mueller.
"My horses were in much better
shape, than for the past few years,
for the fall plowing. The long hauls
to the city in previous years had
worn-out my teams, which slowed up
the work of the horses in the field.
Mueller states that he has found
the easy starting and the handling
of the Maxwell truck has so lighten
ed his hauling work that farm life
appeals more and more to him. He
uses solid tires for equipping the
Maxwell to avoid any worry about
tire trouble, but the truck provides
an easier riding vehicle than the
large, heavily loaded wagons which
formerly tired him.
"I consider the money paid for the
Maxwell truck the best investment
I made since the purchase of my
farm," declares Mueller in his en?
thusiasm over the relief from wagon
riding weariness.
"I have not tried to test the Max
well to its utmost capacity but know
that I can go along with a load of
a ton and a quarter or a ton and a I
half anywhere with perfect e|ise,"
•said Mueller.
He alleges that the truck possesses
sufficient reserve power and cites in
stances of the pulling force of the
motor. Mueller runs his Maxwell
truck on high gear, uphill, and slows
down almost to a stop and then goes
right along up the hill without shift
ing the gears.
213 CHILDREN AT DINXER
Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 1. Two
hundred and thirteen children from
town enjoyed a bounteous Thanks
giving dinner, provided for them by
the people of Waynesboro.
De Palma With Twin-Six
Engine Breaks Record
Officials of the A. A. A. are mak
ing up their formal report on the
record-breaking achievements of
Ralph De Palma on the Sheepshead
Bay Speedway, November 16, In his
aeroplane Twin Six car. Meanwhile,
congratulatory messages are pouring
in on De Palma and the Packard en
gineers.
According to the figures which
there is every reason to believe the
A. A. A. will certify as official, De
Palma averaged more than 109 miles
an hour for the entire six hours, de
spite stops, for tire changes, oil and
gas, aggregating more than 13 min
utes.
De Palma's speed car is equipped'
with Packard Twin Six engine, avia- j
tion type, of 300 cubic inch dis
placement. Both engine and chassis
were built in the Packard experi
mental shops. The records he broke
were held by Dario Hesta, Gene
Chassagne and Lee K. Guinness, who
alternately drove a Sunbeam car on
the Brooklands trark, London, 506
miles. The Sunbeam was of 600
cubic inches displacement. The rec
ord, established October 1, 1913, was
not even closely approached until
De Palma tackled it. He drove the
entire distance himself. The Sun
beam averaged 97 miles per hour.
The first hour De Palma covered
112.96 miles; second hour, 112.45;
third hour, 109.85; fourth hour,
110.14; fifth hour, 107.14; sixth hour,
105.52.
Those who saw the steady grind,
pronounced the run the most re
markable exhibition of speed and en
durance on record and warmly con
gratulated De Palma.
De Palma's face was badly whip
ped by the 110 mile gale and his
mechanician, Jimmy Stees, was ex
hausted and half-frozen at the end
of the run. De Palma used Good
year tires which gave a splendid ac
count of themselves. The right
front tire went 447 miles' before it
was changed, and was by no means
worn through.
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"pp. Railroad Station 128-ISO W. Market St.
This Timely Warning
May Save You Money
"With so gueat a share of the na
tion's commercial burden to carry,
the automobile, now more than ever
before, must be kept running regard
less of weather conditions," says P.
priscoll, distributor of ( Studebaker
cars for Harrlsburg and vicinity.
"The success of our arms abroad,!
and those of our Allies, depends|
much upon our ability to keep every I
channel open for the quick trans-j
poration of foodstuffs, munitions,!
etc. To relax our energy in this di
rection, because of the severity of
the weather, would be literally giv
ing aid and comfort to the enemy.
"Jack Frost is no respecter of per
sons —he will go out of his way to
pay his respects to an automobile
radiator. The water jackets of the
cylinders are his especial favorites—
it is no trouble whattever for him to
quickly congeal the water therein.
Not only is this Frost person to be
feared because of the uncomfortably
large repair bills he is capable of
•causing—but, most of all, he is liable
to put the owner's car or truck out
of commission entirely. Too much
•depends upon the motorcar these
days to risk such an occurrence.
"Take warning now, Mr. Motorist,
and provide yourself with a few gal
lons of denatured alcohol, and when
the weather turns in a decided man
ner feed a little into the radiator,
thus insuring yourself against dam
age that surely will come otherwise.
The proportions depend upon the
temperature. It will require a 5
per cent solution of alcohol to pre
vent freezing at 25 degrees, and a
23 per cent solution will take care
of the water system down to zero.
As low a3 10 below the solution
should be 30 per cent, and if the
mercury happens to drop to 15 de
grees below the percentage will bo
35 per cent of alcohol, whereas ten
more degrees below will require a
i4O per cent, solution. At present
j prices elvcerine is out of the question
j as an anti-freezing agent.
"Cover your radiator when car Is
j allowed to stand idle, and if it is to
j remain in the cold for any length of
j time let it face the wind and not
back up under it. If left in the lat-
I ter position the wind has a clear
DECEMBER 1, 1917.
passage under the car and above the
drip pun to the motor.
"It really requires no more effort
to do things correctly and painstak
ingly than It does to do them in a
careless, slip-shod manner—and you
owe It to your country to exercise
every precaution that will keep your
car in service all year 'round.' "
Edgar Apperson Succeeds
Brother as Manager
Edgar Apporson is now General
Manager of the Apperson Bros. Au
tomobile Co., of this city. He suc
ceeds to the place so successfully
filled since the organization of the
Corhpany, by his Elmer,
who has. been forced retire from
active participation in the business
because of failing health. However,
Mr. Elmer Apperson still remains at
ihe head of the company as presi
dent.
Edgar Apperson is one of the pio
neer manufacturers of tlio automo
bile industry. He has been an offi
cial of the Apperson Company since
its inception and has been largely
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instrumental in its rapid and sub
stantial progress. Many of the early
achievements of the industry are his.
He it was who won the lirst speed
contest given in America at the
Charles Power Park Track, Boston, ,
in September, 1897. In August,
1889. he made the first long overland
journey to be taken by an American
made machine. This was from Ko
komo to New York City, a distance
of 900 miles. In February of the
same year, he won the Pasadena-Al
tadena Hill Climb at Los Angeles.
Again in April, 1901, he drove the
first car to run in a non-stop con
test of over 100 miles.
Mr. Apperson needs no introduc
tion to American sportsmen as h® Is
n. true lover of the great outdoors.
Whether it be In the wilds of Nor
thern Wisconsin, where he has his
hunting camp, or on his ranch down
in Arizona, his gun is always his con
stant companion. That the Apperson
Company will not only continue to
expand and prosper under his man
agement, but will actually become a
bigger factor than ever in the auto
mobile industry, is what his friends
—and they are legion are pre
dicting.
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