8 "CANNON BALL" ON TEST TRIP Visiting All State Capitals on His Fifth Tour of the United States For the fifth time in his career as a professional auto driver, E. G. (Cannon Ball) Baker, of Indianapolis, is making a test tour which will touch every capital in the United States. The trip began July 1, Mr. Baker drives a Revere automobile equipped with United States Royal Cord tires. Previous to this trip, Mr. Baker had made four similar tours of the United STEPHENS SALIENT SIX PRICE, F. O. B. MOLINE \ / Xw- IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES \ J. S. Sible, Jr. THIRD, AT CUMBERLAND ST. BELL 1555W Copyright registered, 1918 Why Worry About Insulation? There's only one time that you ought ever to think about insulation that's when you BUY your battery. Right then is the time to remember that Threaded Rubber Insulation is the most important battery improvement in years—and the greatest trouble saver. Remember that it can be had only in the Still Better Willard Battery. You'll know the Still Better Willard by the mark that stands for Threaded Rubber Insulation. Come in and ask about this battery; and get a copy of the booklet "A Mark With a Meaning for You." Front Market Motor Supply 109 Market Street PUT YOUR MONEY IN A CAR OF PROVEN ABILITY! T> UYING a truck to-day isn't like buying eggs man who buys a REO TRUCK knows or butter; it is a question that must be J- the dependable reputation it has and that given considerable thought Much depends on it will give him satisfactory, economic service the stability of that truck. for a long time. A BUYER wants to know just what the cost fPHAT is why there are so many REOS on of operation will be, and whether that J- the streets. Yet the supply is limited and truck will give him regular, every-day service I you are thinking of buying a REO, better or Just intermittent service. see us at once. XJE WANTS to know whether that truck will "I XT E HAVE a few on hand for immediate last six months or a couple of years and the alf give satisfactory service during that time. around work. HARRISBURG AUTO CO FOURTH AND KELKER STS. DUPLEX AND lIURLBURT TRUCKS BEEMAN AND CLEVELAND TRACTORS SATURDAY EVENING, HARRIS3URG SSSS?g?£ TEXEGitAPH SEPTEMBER /, States in Cadillac and Stutz cart.. Those trips were made In four months, but at the rate" he is now traveling, he expects to linish the present tour in two and a half months. The Cannon Ball left Indianapolis on July 1 and made a swing through Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas to the southwest. From there he left for the coast, whence he will proceed across the northern states to Maine and bBck through the New Englcftid states down to Frankfort Ky., the last capital on the Journey. Up to this time Mr. Baker reports no tire trouble, except from nail punctures. His greatest record as a driver was made last September when he traveled from New York to Cali fornia on a mortorcycle in Ave days. He is accompanied on the trip by Freddie Oarver, who keeps all the records. SOME ELECTRIC STARTING FACTS Telling of T. A. Williams' Part in Making Batteries Practical "Nearly every car owner knows that Mr. T. A. Willard had a great deal to do with the starting battery, says T. C. Wtldermuth, president of thie Front-Market Motor Supply Company, but only a few know of the part he took in making electric starting and lighting practical for automobiles. "Long before electric lighting was seriously considered, Mr. Willard had perfected a battery for lighting rail way coaches and was familiar with every detail of the system. This was in the days when all motor cars were "autos" and had to be "wound up when acetylene lights were the best to be had. and the spark came from a set of dry batteries. "Electricity had one big job on the automobile that it didn't have on the Pullman —that was starting. As starting, even with the most eco nomical motor took considerable cur rent, the battery had to be kept well charged. "One of Mr. Willard's biggest Jobs in automobile starting and lighting was to make a generator that would keep the battery "on charge" all the time except when the engine was go ing very slowly. He developed the extra-brush system of regulation which regulates the charging regard less of the engine speed. Another important thing Mr. Wil lard did was to help perfect the small low-voltage lamps that are used for head and tail lights and for light on the dash. He not only advocated low voltage lamps, but proved that bet ter results were possible with 6 or 12- volt systems than with the earlier 24-volt system. The higher voltages are now rarely found. The most recent and perhaps the greatest contribution Mr. Willard ever made to automobile electric lighting is the Threaded Rubber In sulation. By this invention the use of durable, long lived rubber insula tion in automobile starting and light ing batteries was made possible for the first time. In a way that was characteristic of Mr. Willard's in genuity he solved the problem of inserting nearly 200,000 tiny threads in each one of the battery insula tors. $l5 FOR RED CROSS Killinger, Pa., Sept. 7.—The man ager of the union picnic paid $l5 to the Red Cross out of the proceeds of the refreshment stand.—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferron, of Brooklyn, N. Y., are spending the week here vis iting relatives. —Mr. and Mrs. Ben ton P. Neagley and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer T. Wttmer, and daughter, motored to Harrisburg recently.— Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Carameny, of Millersburg, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Philips on Sunday.— Miss Margaret Zerby, who accepted a position at Harrisburg several weeks ago, paid a visit to her par ents over the weekend. —Ralph Lan dis and family, of Rife, were en tertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Detweiler on Sunday. GERMAN INTRIGUE IN MEXICO German agents with German money are busy trying to hinder oil production in Mexico. Mr. George MacAdams, who discusses present conditions in Mexico fully in the-Sep tember World's Work, says: "There are recurring strikes and threats of strikes among the work ers connected with the oil industry. The strikes are well financed. The agitators have a constant supply of funds. Some of these labor out breaks have reached serious propor tions. The funds were supplied to the German consul through the no torious Hamburg-American group of plotters, formerly operating in New York but now residing in internment camp or federal prison. When It's Auto Supplies and Accessories You Need—GET THEM AT P. H. Keboch's 111 Market St. Successor to FRONT MARKET MOTOR SUPPLY COMPANY Retail Dept. THE WATCHFUL EYE ON WASTE Willys-Overland Co. Watches All Refuse; Uses Every thing Possible "Since the needs of war have placed eatables, wearables and all products at a premium, waste at this time is almost considered an offense against utimate Allied success," said one of the officials of the Willys-Overland Company. "In a plant the size of ours, con stant thought and study has been given to these matters so that when the finished car leaves the plant noth ing has been wasted except the ex haust. "To undertake an outline of the various ways in which this is done would require reams of paper but some of the more striking instances of saving which we have worked out netted a total reduction in which waste has been reduced to a mini mum. "In the motor-test department where a final run smooths out all the bearing and working parts before the motor is installed in the chassis, at ordinary production periods hun dreds of them are kept running until the experts in charge are satisfied that they are quiet, and absolutely smooth in action. During this run ning period there is not the least loss of power. Every motor is hooked on to a dynamo which is set at the prop er load to give the motor a thorough block-test. All of the current gen erated by these motors is used in the factory for turning machinery of various kinds. "In the wood-working department every bit of "the sawdust is collect ed and saved for packing and other purposes while the wood scraps which are not fit for any other use are burned under boilers for power pur poses. "Where small parts are machined in oil, the parts are placed in a re ceptacle made for the purposes. The machine works much like a cream separator, the machined parts, cov ered with oil are placed in the center and then revolved at a high rate of speed. Centrifugal force automatic ally separates the oil which is thrown through the screen in the receptacle holding the oily parts. Cadillac Preferred by Foreign Officers Ensign Paddock, of the United States Navy, now stationed on the coast of France, adds his bit to the flood of Cadillac commendation that is flowing across the Atlantic from the scene of strife. He comments particularly on the liking for the Cad illac displayed by Allied officers, in ferring that they prefer this Ameri can car to those of their own coun try's manufacture. His letter says the officers' enthusiasm over the car's performance goes up in leaps and bounds when they get a glimpse 01 the eriglne. He writes his brother at White Plains, N. Y.. as follows: "One of the greatest joys in this as well as in the other* countries of our Allies through which it has been my good fortune to travel, is the very familiar and homelike sound of the Cadillac horn. "In all the places where Ameri cans are stationed, you will find one or more of the old stand-bys, all dolled up either in battleship gray or olive drab, according to the branch of service to which they belong, Navy or Army. "They are in use everywhere, and it is not an uncommon sight to see a 57 go tearing along with an American bluejacket at the wheel and Allied of ficers in the tonneau. "As an illustration of the popu larity of the Cadillac here, at this base there is a French Admiral who 'rates' a very well-known foreign car, but the frequency with which this car is 'not available for immedi ate use' is remarkable. I am begin ning to be suspicuous of his motives, as he immediately calls for a Cadillac and you can see him drive through, his face wreathed in smiles. "The Cadillacs stationed at this base are 'on watch' twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. It is real- j ly quite amusing to note the fre quency with which the Cadillac is pressed into service by the foreign officers, and I say in all sincerity that the Cadillac is making a name for it self here just as it has so over whelmingly done In the states. "If after seeing so many of them perform such splendid service over here, I could only talk to some of those at home who may be held up on the delivery of their cars I am confident that those who are the loud est grumblers would be only too will ing to sacrifice the cars in order to help along such a cause as ours. "I might add that I noticed 10,753 miles on the speedometer of one of the cars at this base, and the enlist ed man who drives it tells me that three of his original shoes are still on the car. He is getting better than ten miles a gallon, which, In my esti mation, is remarkable, taking into consideration the awful condition of the roads and the tremendous speeds at which these cars are driven. "He also told me that the foreign officers he drives are most enthu siastic while riding, but as soon as they look under the hood and get a glimpse of the marvelousiy compact and businesslike little eight-cylinder 'V' type motor, they go simply wild." Pastor Stops Sermon to Buy War Extra Seymour, Ind. Union church services at Shields Park here one Sunday night were interrupted long enough for the Rev. Charles W. Whitman, pastor of the First Metho dist Episcopal Church, who presided, I to read the headlines of the Sunday special war edition issued by an In dianapolis paper. While making an announcement just preceding the sermon, the min ister heard a newsboy on the grounds shout, "News extra!" He obtained a copy and read that the Americans had captured Chateau- Thierry. The announcement resulted in great applause. Several newsboys then went through the aisles of the Park Tabernacle and sold quite a number of papers to persons in the audience who were afraid that the supply would be exhausted before the meeting adjourned. BIRD USES CHECK IN NEST Kaleigli, N. C. A bird's nest that had fallen from a tree in a park near Baltimore, Md., after it had weathered many a hard wind, has just been placed in the North Carolina Hall of History here along side war relics and other things be cause the bird used local building material, in the form of a bank check of a Raleigh bank, in mak ing its home safe and snug. The dis tance between Raleigh and Balti more is about 325 miles by rail, but it is much shorter as the crow files. Ornithologists here say the nest is either that of a robin or a thrush. Many Visitors Spending Pleasant Days at Dauphin Duupliin, Pa., Sept. 7.—Miss Lulu Emert has returned to tho State Hospital, Graystone Park, Morris Plains, N. J., where she is a nurse, after being suddenly called home by the serious lillness of her mother, Mrs. Stephen Cauffman, who Is much improved now.—Mr. and Mrs. Dick Feaser, of Philadelphia, spent the weekend with Mr. Flaser's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Feaser. —Miss Naomi Ebersole, of Roaring j Branch, is the guest of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Williams. — Miss Leanna Knupp has returned from a visit at Fox Chase. —Miss Katharine Breckenrldge and Miss Eleanor Jones, of Harrisburg, were recent guests of Miss Ethel Romaine Forney.—Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Wallis returned on Sunday from a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. Wayne Singer, who recently moved to Bloomsburg.— Ralph Knapp, Wil liam Knapp, Clifford E. Hocker and William Shannesy left on Thursday for Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, where they entered the United States Na tional Army. Mrs. Harry Young and children, Buelah and Harry, Jr., left for their home at Atlantic City, on Tuesday, after spending the sum mer with Mrs. Younfc's father, T. A. Sweitzer.—Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wal ter, of Chester, Pa., former residents of Dauphin, spent Monday in town. Mr. Walter holds a splendid position as an instructor in riveting at the Hog Island shipyards.—Mrs. Alice B. Hess, who has had charge of the Community Kitchen at Chambers burg, spent Saturday with Mrs. W. P. Clark, on her way to Riverside, N. J., where she was called on ac count of the illness of a friend.— John Bricker has returned home from a visit at Decatur, 111., where he was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. David Lewis. —Edward Rhoads, of Camp Meade, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rhoads. —Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Gohl, of Harrisburg, are spend ing the weekend at their summer home here.—Howard Bell Hummel, of Philadelphia, an electrician of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, is spending his several weeks' vacation with his grandmother, Mrs. Sabra M. Bell. —Mr. and Mrs. Parker Co frode, of Johnstown, were the week end guests of Mr Cofrode's sister, Mrs. Walter Speece, at Speeceville. —Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Starry and family, of Harrisburg, returned home on Monday after spending the summer at The Waldheim, along tho river.—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shaulter and daughter, Edna, spent several days at Lehighton.—Miss Elizabeth Crouse left on Monday for Lebanon, where she is a teacher in the public schools.—William Bell Clark, of The Press, Philadelphia, spent several days with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. William P. Clark. — Mr. and Mrs. Simon Oyster and family, of Harrisburg, are spending several weeks at tho Worcester cot tage on the mountainside. —Mr. and Mrs. Landis Strickler and children, Lois and Martha Elizabeth, of Hum melstown; Miss Etta Kobenslaugh and Miss Mary Cleckner, both of Harrisburg, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Warner, over Labor Day.—Miss Blanche Rutter, of Mil lersburg, was a recent guest of Miss Susan Jackson.—Miss Olive Douden lias returned home from a visit to Philadelphia.—Miss Nora Crouse, a teacher in the Steelton public schols, Is spending the wekend at her home here.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowman and children, of Renovo; Mrs. Harry Reed and son, Russell, and Miss Helen Henninger, spent last week camping on Reed Island, in the Susquehanna river.— Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Maurey and daughter. Miss Lydia Maurey, are spending several weeks at Harris burg, Paxtang and Penbrook with relatives. Reception at Duncannon For New Pastor of Charge Duncannon. Pa., Sept. 7.—The Rev. J. C. Reighard, pastor of the Blain Lutheran Church for the past twelve years, and who recently ac cepted a call from the Marysvllle- Duncannon Lutheran charge, was tendered a reception in Christ Luth eran Church here on Wednesday evening.—S. E. McCullough, cm ployed at the Standard Novelty Works, suffered the loss of the end of a finger on the right hand when it came in contact with a saw on Tuesday evening.—Harry Hamilton has moved from Ann street to his new bungalow in Lincoln street The borough high school began the term on Monday morning with the following enrollment: Senior class, II; junior, 12; sophomore, 19; freshman, 25. J. L. L. Bucke, prin cipal; Miss Mildred Dunkle, first as sistant; Miss Zelda Lomer, second assistant. The graded schools will open September 16.—Miss Gladys Lewis has gone to Manheim, Lan caster county, where -she will teach the fifth and sixth grades of the pub lic schools. POOLROOMS CIjOSED Shlppensburg, Pa., Sept. 7.—Two poolrooms of town have closed on account of business depression.— Harry Robinson and family, of York, spent Sunday here.—Word has been received in Shippensburg that How ard Boody, of Bedford, a former em ploye of the Beistle Company here, was killed In action on August 17. Mrs. Ellen Clough and Miss Ella Lupp spent several days at Harris burg.—Guy Watterick, of Baltimore, spent several days here.—Miss Car rie Grunden, who spent a month with Miss Catherine Laughery, has returned to her home at Easton, Md. —John Laughery and son, Harry, of Baltimore, spent several days here. —Carl Clippinger, of the Unit ed States Army, was home on fur lough.—Mrs. G. W. Sherrlck spent several days here. —Clark Sheaffer was elected superintendent of the Messiah United Brethren Junior So ciety to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Ira Dlehl. How are your chandeliers— look pretty bad? Wouldn't you have them reflnished If the cost was reasonable? Phone us or drop us a card and have our representative call. When you find out how little It costs you will certainly have the work done. We replate, polish and re pair art metal fixtures of every description. Automobile Work a Specialty CLOSED CARS ARE COMING INTO USE Local Dart Owner Says They Are Fast Taking the Right Place "The percentage of inquiries for closed cars is very much greater than in any past year," says the local dealer in Dort cars. "War time thrift in a large meas ure explains this, but I have no doubt the result will eventually be the supremacy of this type. "Take r. Dort Four-season car, com bines utility and comfort with eco nomy. It serves motoring require ments at any time of the year at small cost. It's a car you can drive yourself and still it's exclusive and stylish. "The once prevailing notion that the closed or convertible car could not be made cool enough for sum mer use has been dispelled by closer acquaintance with it. It is not only practically as cool as an open car, but is cleaner and more pleasant to ride in. And it is of course the only car for winter." Farmer Discovers Truck Is Good-Paying Investment When President Wilson issued his call for greater efficiency on Ameri can farms, certain localities distin guished themselves by responding in a quick and scientific manner. Otto N. Gall, who lives on a farm just out side of Columbus, Ohio, has attained leadership in that vicinity. Gall's success in "speeding up" his farm work by motor power is a veritable industrial romance. His story would make the farmers of a generation ago dumb with wonder. In approaching the problem of making the farm work efficient in the highest modern sense. Gall reached the conclusion that a great deal of golden time was wasted, absolutely lost by the old-fashioned methods of getting produce to market. One man and a motor truck. Gall reasoned, ought to do the work of two or three drivers and teams. He investigated the truck situation, invested in a one-ton Republic truck and since then has taken all his pro- i due—lettuce, rhubarb, beets, corn, ! in fact all manner of produce—to j market In three trips a week to the ! city. He loads his truck to capacity , late in the afternoon, gets up two hours later in the morning than he used to in the "good old days" of ; horse-drawn market wuvrons, g-oes down to the garage, and a moment I is off to the city. "I used to have to feed and water j the horses, curry them, then wash and change my clothes before going to the city," says Mr. Gall in an enthusiastic letter to Republic offi- i cials, "but no more horses for mine, j I don't keep any account of costs, but ' I know I am making more money j than I ever did. What's more I'm happier, and no single business deal 1 I ever made has brought better re- I turns than the Investment in this Republic truck." With the price of feed and increas ing cost of horse upkeep there is no | question of the money-saving econo- j my of the truck over horse-drawn vehicles. The truck cats only while i /■ X 5-Passenger Touring $925 j S-Passenger Clover-Leaf (tqoc Roadster Ensminger Motor Co. THIRD atul CUMBERLAND STS. Bell Phone 3515 REED TRACTOR PROVES TO BE MOST ECONOMIC IN BIG DEMONSTRATION Plows An Acre Of Ground At Cost Of 44 Cents In Competition With Nine Other Tractors REED Comes Out With BEST SCORE Both Tractor And Driver Were New To This Work • Following Is the Report of Plowing Contest at Oakdale Grangers Picnic, * August 29, 1918. I —TIME — —FUEL, QTS. — COST NO. H.P. NO. PLOWS. HRS. MIN. GAS. KERO. ACRE. 1 8-16 2 14-inch I—3o1 —30 2-3 13 1-3 $ .47 2 (REED) 12-20 2 14-lnch 1—32 2-3 11 1-3 .44 1 3 3.0-18 2'14-lnch 2—14 2-3 6 1-8 11 1-3 .77 4 12-25 3 14-inch 48 2-3 14 2-3 12 2-3 1.47 6 9-18 2 12-inch I—ll 1-3 9 .63 6 12-25 3 14-lnch 44 6 2-3 8 .75 7 12-25 3 14-lnch 48 6 2-3 .58 8 9-18 2 14-inch 1—37 16 1.13 9 # 12-20 2 14-lnch Withdrawn The Reed Is Distributed In This District By * PENN MAR AUTO CO. I. W. DILL, Prop. EAST END OF MULBERRY STREET BRIDGE it works. Even the lightest truck does us much as several teams, and it works day and night without get ting tired or sick In the busy season. The truck works as well on Icy roads as good roads. Delivery points which formerly required a day's hauling to the load are now reached in a few hours, one truck hauling a load that GORSON'S f JB. I Wherever particular people are \ i M found there you will find our cars repre ✓ (y IrjrtJP f £ sented. While our cars are of the better Sf fir" jf MTT M I sort, our prices are exceptionally low. if Hl l IVTT I I' See us before telecting your car elee <-■>, I iff * n II where. 1000 TO SELECT FROM SaSLiP-yr~Jil JlgE. CONVENIENT TERMS ARRANGED. —— l L Z—IC. Ifi „ 1917 KIDDLE Sportsmen *— l 1 ' Model, 4-pan.; wire LI I. . wheels: very .nappy. ■1- • SfePty 1017 STEARNS-KNIGHT -OR.Touring, 8-cyl., alio 4- G&rJK tfj—4ft Nl\ cyl. model; very quiet; 7fmj loiH-iV-m''" S'TUDEBAKER I PffiM tJUy xyv lX^ a "yrw! Touring cars and Ro&d- I V*V Btera, 4- and 6-cyl. mod- ■j'l'l ela; as low as ....$428 \ 11017 WHITE 4-45 Touring, 7-pai.. \\MJiS/ splendid condition; shows no wear; 1918-17-10 MAXWELL Touring cara 1918 DODGE Sedan, perfect mechan- and Roadsters, all fully equipped; leal condition; tires like new; a an low as $350 .^ rgaJn ' I®lB CHEVROLET 8-cyl. Touring, 1918 OLDSMOBILE 8-cyl. Touring, run only 2000 miles; splendid con 7-pass., practically new; run only dition. 2400 miles. 1918-17-10 CHANDLER Touring cara 1918 BLICK 0 Touring, used only 6 and Chummy Roadsters; large months; also Roadster, like new. selection: low prices. 1918 PACKARD Twin Six 8-25 Tour- 1917 OAKLAND SIX Touring, also 8- ing, A 1 shape; used only a short cyl. Touring; splendid equipment. splendid equipment. 1917 COLE 8 Chummy Roadster, 4- 1918 STtDEDAKEK SIX Touring, pass., very powerful; splendid con also 6-cyl. Roadster; both cars like dition. , new 1917 HUPMOBILE Touring, equal to 1918 CADILLAC Touring, 8-cyl., new; splendidly equipped. splendid condition; shows no wear; 1917 KINO 8 Touring, tip-top shape, mechanically Al. fully equipped. 1918-17-16 DODGE Roadsters and 1917 BKLHCOK 4 Touring, small louring cars, equal to new, largo tires; very economical $450 ! ? w Prices. 1917-10 FORDS, Roadsters, Touring 1917 HAY.NEB 0 Touring, 7-pass., ex- cars, Coupes and Sedans, at low cellent condition. prices. 1917 HUDSON Roadster Super-Six; Al 1917 CHALMERS 6 Touring, Al con shape; a snap. dition; lots of extras $678 GORSON'S AUTOMOBILE EXCHANGE 238-240 NORTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA CLOSED SUNDAY. SEND FOB FBEfc BULLETIN. AGENTS WANTED T~ Leading Tire Emporium We Have a Complete Stock of All Sizes and Kinds of the Following Tires Cords I RIGHT Royal PRICES! Goodrich ——— Sterling BEST Goodyear Kelly-Springfield SERVICE ! Fabrics Accessories Perfection Motor Oils y nit ® d State " Goodyear Gasoline Sterling Ajax Free Air Goodrich Kelly-Springfield KEYSTONE SALES CO. G. G. GOLIJING, Mgr. BELL 4458 would have required three or lout teams. On the present market lor fan* products, records comparing the cost of horse haulage with the operating costs of Republic trucks show a sav. lng in favor of the trucks of 20 pes cent, to 50 per cent, more than last year.