USED AUTO PARTS IN BIGDEMAND Necessary Curtailment of Steel Cause For Buying These Parts •In a conversation recently with A. Schiffman. proprietor of the Chelsa (Vrecklng Establishment at 26 North Cameron street, in regards to the sale >f used auto parts. Mr. Schiffman laid: "There certainly is a big demand [or all kinds of used auto parts. We save had a large number of calls for any amount of these parts, that is ao doubt due to the curtailment of iteel in the big automobile plants all sver the country, and the serious de lays in transportation. It is always a question whether a customer can ret the part he wants and if it is possible to get It, how long he must valt before It is finally shipped to tome. "We hav been able to supply the seeds of our customers with prac tically any kind of parts he wants, iprings. pistons, cylinders, magnetoes, itorage batteries, etc. Our stock is tomplete and is growing all the time, •o that we will have enough parts to lee us through for a year or more." The Chelsea Wrecking Establish nent recently moved from 1019 Mar ket street to 26-2S North Cameron itreet, larger quarters, in order to ac- j tommodate the rapidly increasing ■ Business demands. All kinds of used ! •ars and parts are bought and sold. 1 Used Car Are A Profitable Investment With new cars becoming scarcer every day, and prices increasing every month, you can, by the purchase of a good, dependable L sed Car, get all the service you require at a small cost, and you have an investment that's earning you money. Here's Your Opportunity in These Used Cars J • 11 Rebuilt and refinished 8-cylin- Laaillac ' er m °dels, and a few older ones. ALSO CARS OF OTHER MAKES HUDSON SUPER SIX, in Excellent Shape Crispen Motor Car Co. 311-315 South Cameron Street ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MILLER AUTO COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS FOR DIAMOND T TRUCKS Standardized in Every Part The Miller Auto Co. have They are in a position to ren been appointed Sole Distrib- der quick and efficient serv . . . , , ice in all departments to bet utors in this territory for the t the sales and 3erv ; ce of famous Diamond Trucks. this popular machine. Call or Phone for Demonstration IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES Miller Auto Co *1 * nc ' 50-68 S. Cameron Street B. F. BARKER. MGR. Harrisburg, Pa. Mcchanlcsburg Branch: Lebanon Brand,: 82 W. MAIN ST. 126 N. NINTH ST. C. Guy Meyers, Harry Horkins Bell Phone 4119 Dial p honc 566Q . • ¥ SATURDAY EVENING*, HAmusBTTRG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 14, 1918. WOMEN LEARNING TO REPAIR AUTOS War Conditions Incentive to Many of the "Females of the Species" That women are faat taking: up thalr part in the great Industrial centers of the country in doing the work that was once thought too heavy or out of their element entirely: work that heretofore only the male of the species performed, is evidenced by the fact of the large numbers who are learn ing the intricate parts of the ''power of the hour," the automobile. From all over the country comes reports of the activities of women in this line of endeavor. They not only are learning the fine arts of driving a car, but are delving further into the innermost parts of the auto, the en gine and the running gears. In Steelton there is a large Auto mobile and Airplane Mechanical School, under the management of E. M. Felton. who reports that he has enrolled about fifteen women, who will start in at the October term to learn the automobile business. Many eft the girls who are now in the Mo tor Messenger Service and the Red Cross Ambulance Service have learned in this way. ' . At the present time this big school is running classes night and day in order to keep up with the big de mand for trained mechanics. In the past six months many of the men who have graduated from this school have received responsible positions in all parts of the country. Flying With Shaffer JULY 4 IN FRANCE UI'KRS FROM A DAUI'H IN UOY TO HIS MOTHKIt Escadrille Snad 38, Secteur Postal 12, July 12, 1918. Dear Mother: • Although the weather has been very bad of late, we still are sent up once in a while. This morning was no exception, for there was a young gale blowing and the sky was full of tiny clouds, but a patrol was ordered up. Four machines were to go, and if one had trouble with his motor I was to take his place. No, 1 have not received my new plane yet, being ordered to use the one of a pilot on permission. As was ex pected one man had trouble and al though I was a little late I was soon aloft and after the patrol . I never did find those three planes though, although 1 patrolled up and down the front for an hour. Once I dived on a machtne thinking it might be one of them, but it dove in a cloud and I lost it. After that I gave up hunting my patrol and gave more attention to looking for Boches. There did not seem to be any work ing though, for aside from the one I had dove on the sky seemed to be empty. It was a beautiful sky, too, all filled with white clouds, some very large and others very small, and it was a wonderful sight indeed, es pecially the very small ones, which with the dark ground as a back ground, looked like bits of cotton lloating around. Flying Over Rhelms I could appreciate the beauty of the scene, but just the same I did not like those big clouds. They covered too much ground and were not at all transparent. In fact one covered the whole of Rheims, over which I had been circling most of the time, in hopes of seeing my pa trol or pouncing on an unsuspecting Boche as he stuck his nose out of a cloud. Neither of these hopes were realized, however, so I started down along the line for home, and was just going to head for camp when Buy Your Tires NOW We Have Your Size Goodyear and Racine Cords Order Ahead and Be Sure of Yours Also Repair Work and Complete Overhauling Oils, Greases, Gasoline, Supplies and Accessories REX GARAGE & SUPPLY CO. L. L. SHETTEL, Mgr. Third and Delaware Streets I noticed a plane a mile or so over the line. It was Just above the clouds and showed up very black against this white background. Being some 1.000 meters higher and too faraway to tell what kind of a plane It was, I decided to have a look and make sure. From where I was at the time I felt quite sure it was the same , plane I had chased Into a cloud some time before. Probably a French plane out taking pictures, for the German shrapnel had been very thick around it, and now on his re turn Journey. Discovers New Hun Plane But there was no shrapnel burst ing around this particular plane, which In Itself was suspicious, be cause although the clouds were plentiful there were holes enough for the sharp eyes of anti-aircraft batteries to see one. Such being the case, I opened the cover on my sight, got a light grip on my trig gers, took a look at my numerous dials to be sure the motor was work ing perfectly and headed full speed for that lone bird on the other side of the line. I overhauled him very quickly and although I had the sun at my back and was coming up be hind him, he must have seen me, be cause he veered slowly around and came toward me. Still I thought It was a FTench plane and was looking all over its wings and tail for the red, white and blue insignia. But in vain. There was none, and I could see no black cross either. And then suddenly I recognized it as the new est type combat plane of the Huns —the biplane Fokker, said to be su perior to the Spad in both speed and climbing ability—and I was riding in one of those Spads. I made a mental remark at the instant that here was where we proved some of the statements. Skirmish in the Clouds Seeing the small black crosses about this time, I promptly dove and opened fire, but the Boche shot by underneath and I missed. Making a quick turn I was on his tail, but no sooner had I began firing than he started to do one "rcversement" aft er another. This is done by standing up on one wing, and by kicking the rudder, come out in the opposite di rection after a vertical dive which can be lenghtened or shortened at will. Only he made them short, making one right after the other, with me following down the same way, shooting whenever in position, which was not often, for he was a i nervous target indeed. Finally he dove vertically for the ground. I did likewise, but this time got the sight on him before shooting, not watch ing the tracer bullets as before. I surely thought I had him then for the bullets were getting pleasantly close to him when suddenly my mo tor stopped. I knew instantly what was the matter. I had forgotten to switch onto my gravity feed tank be fore diving. Three Miles in Germany Tou see our principal tank sends its gasoline to the engine by air pressure and owing to some arrange ment of valves when diving very steeply all this pressure Is lost and I then no more air comes to the mo tor. Not In all machines, however, as motors have their whims as well as women, for I used number of | planes where any amount of diving would not knock the pressure down. But this was not one of those ma chines, which fact was being very firmly lrtipressed on me Just then, and when you consider I had come down some 5,000 feet, in no time at all, the pressure tumble was not to be wondered at. Believe me, I lost no time In turning on the gravity feed, for the propeller -/as turning slower and slower and I feared it would stop, which was not at all a pleasant thought, for I was some three miles in Germany. So I gave up chasing the Boche to the all im portant task of getting that motor going again. The lever was stiff and one hand was not sufficient to turn it the required distance; so I let go the cotrols and used both hands. The Battle Renewed Fortunately the plane did not go into a "vrille" when left to Itself, but kept on diving. Believe me, I sure felt relieved to hear that motor burst Into a hearty roar again, and pulling out of the dive began looking around to see where that Boche had gone. He seemed to have disappeared as completely as the one I chased down near Rhelms some time ago. Nev ertheless, holding my plane in a close circle so that I could look down along the angle of ,the lower wing as I turned, I searched dili gently for that lost Boche. Three complete circles I made before I discovered him, and then in the most unexpected place for he was coming right towards me, on a little lower level,' tis true, but coming nevertheless —and shooting as he came. My motor was working again, however, and so were my guns. At least I thought they were until I dove for the Boche and no shots re warded my pressure on the triggers. Both James were the kind that can not be fixed in the air, so there was nothing left to do but run for it. The Boche was very kind about help ing me, too, for he kept up a steady fire with his two guns, and I was only wishing I had some more pow er so I could go faster. And he seemed to have no trouble with his guijs jamming either, for they kept up a steady rat-at-tat-tat all the time. Having a grandstand seat, so to speak, I can vouch for that being the target as well as score keeper. Boche Was Door Shot Incidentally, as a marksman, al low me to remark that he was con siderably worse than I. Out of 100 shots I know I at least hit his wings, but he must have thrown away all of 600 to celebrate my home-coming and never touched me. At least I proved one thing, that this much vaunted plane was not faster than the Spad, although he could out climb me, for with the 150-meter lead I had he never overhauled me, although I did considerable dodging to boot. We have heard considerable, of this plane of late, and one having been captured intact have many pic tures of it. It was from these pic tures that I recognized the plane. Two peculiar things about it are the shape of the struts and the entire lack of wire-bracing. As for camou flage, it had none, being a dirty gray color, with a small cross shaped and so nearly the color of the plane as to be hardly recognizable. That was the reason I was nearly on top of It before I knew whether It was Hun or "ally." Neck-and-Neck Race True, I got away unscathed, but I have no desire to run any more races with that particular Fokker plane, for his speed was too near mine to be pleasant, as our race back to the lines was nearly neck-and-neck. I only escaping finally because of my lead at the start and a dive with full motor when we reached the lines. PACKARD TRUCK GETS STIFF JOB Takes Place of a Big Crane in One of Uncle Sam's Munition Plants An interesting story of a motor truck that is doing some unusually strenuous work in keeping the home fires burning. comes from one of Uncle Sam's munition plants. The Job of carrying steel billets from the yard to the furnaces where three-inch shells are drop-forged, then of returning to the yard loaded with hot shells, used to be done by a big crane. The crane broke down under the strain. As a temporary measure, a three-ton Packard truck was in stalled while the crane was being re paired. While the crane was oft the iob. the output of the plant Jumped from 6.000 shells to 24,000 shells dally. And when repairs were made it was found that the crane could not handle the in creased production. So the truck was as ™, nod to l^e Permanently. There probably is no other truck making as many trips as this one, for it travels twenty-one to twenty-eight each da y on a roundtrip haul of 500 feet. Half of this distance the big carrier must run backwards, for the aisle in which it is operated is not wide enough Tor the truck to turn around. The redhot shells soon warped the metal body of the truck so badly that a new body, much heavier, had to be put on. But despite this trying ser vice, the big Packard has been per forming its work without interrup tion for many months, twenty-four hours each day. And it gives every indication of being able to continue as long as the Huns require a shell diet. Cincinnati Police Force on Strike For More Pay Cincinnati, Sept. 14.—Between the hours of 3 and 7 p. m. yesterday this city was guarded by only forty-eight policemen, a strike of the guardians of the law here having been declared and carried out when the second shift, which dail reported at 3 p. m. failed to put in an appearance. At 7 p. m., however, 600 members oi the Home Guard, under the personal command of Colonel Charles F. Hake, took command and the dark drab of the guards greeted the eyes of the pedestrians where the blue of the policeman was accustomed to b' seen. The latter is by no means a safe procedure, the tremendous speed ac quired and resistance produced thereby some times pulling a wing off, but that seemed the lesser of two chances, for I had no desire to stop a bullet, and turning on the Boche was too foolish to be thought of since both guns were useless. And after all this, when I landed at the home roost the commander gave me Sam Hill and Hail Colum bia for staying out on the lines alone as its absolutely forbidden to go out in a patrol of less than three. I excused myself by saying I was hunting the patrol and got by with it. Such, indeed, was the truth. Two letters came from you yesterday and in one was the pictures of my three sisters. It sure is a wonderful pic ture and could not be more flatter ing. We sure are in luck, for there is going to be some celebration here on the 14 th—the French "Fourth of July," for an American colonel has promised to send seven of his men here who are talented musicians. The colored band I told you about in Chalons may be here also, so you can see we won't want for music and you know how I like music. WALTER. | Cost Less and Do More j HBt-tlUchcm Trucks Equipped With I and ■ # Starting System II IV2 21/2 ton 31/2 ton II 11 Bethlehem Bethlehem Bethlehem 11 I $1765 $2165 $3265 I All Prices F. O. B. Allentown, Pa. I The Overland-Harrisburg Co. If II 212-214 North Second Street Open Evenings II Territories Open For Live Dealers USE AUTOS MORE, RAILROADS LESS "Working Vacation" Idea Ad vocated by Leading Manu facturing Executive "One thing that has lately Impress ed me very deeply Is the wln-the-war spirit exhibited by the boys and girls in our colleges," said B. F. Barker, manager of the Miller Auto Company, local distributors of Oldsmobiles, in a recent interview. "The spirit of use ful work. Instead of frivolous sum mertime play very obviously extends even to the grammar schools. "This mor% than ever confirms my opinion that vacation time, in the generally accepted sense of the term, is nonexistent, for this year at least. I mean particularly as applied to business and professional men. "Of course, most such men are plan ning some sore of relaxation, for while they, do not feel that they can justly sever all business connection for even a few days, they realize that all work and absolutely no play is not conducive to the best results. „ A^, B L ea , t man y ™rn whom I know ?■!}!! ¥ to ma ke necessary busi ness trips m such a manner as to combine business with pleasure. Most or these plans revolve around the use of an automobile. This certainly is an excellent idea from every angle. In the first -lace, crosscountry motor ng is healthful and highly stimulat ing. It puts a man on his mettle, tits him for further hard work. Besides when carefully planned, it is as eco nomical of time as a railroad trip that includes any considerable num ber of stop-overs. "Even more important, every auto mobile business trip lessons the rail load transportation problem to some extent. And, a- everyone knows, the movement of troops, munitions, grain and coal will surely tax the railroads I luring the next few months as they never before have been taxed." Overland Delivery Cars Stand Up Under Hard Use After seventeen months of the hard est kind of service, making rush runs with mail and parcel post packages, lie Toledo post office officials report hat six 1,200-pound Overland deliv ery cars have proved highly satisfac tory in their service at all times. "Not one of these six delivery cars has ever been overhauled and" very few trips have been lost during the seventeenn months of operation," said one of the men in charge of deliver ies. "These 1,200-pound delivery trucks are used in handling incoming and outgoing mail to and from the post office and the various railway sta tions. The requirements which they are called upon to fulfill are severe Practically all trips are rush runs, as mail is held at the post office until the last moment. Only sufficient time is allowed to make a hurried run to the depot and to unload before train time. This is also true of the return trip, as there must be no delay be tween depot and the post office Day and night every day in the week this fleet is kept on the jump. During the seventeen months these cars have been in service they have had fully 100 different drivers. The lowest daily mileage covered is fifty five miles, while a conservative aver age would place the datily travel at sixty-five miles. These cars travel with a heavy load and at top speed, which is provided for by special permission from the police authorities. In relating the severe treatment given these Overland delivery cars and the way they stood up under it. post office officials say they are more than pleased at the performance and endurance of their Overland fleet. KISSEL KAR THE ALX-YEAR •v: •"? - * Immediate Deliveries tfvmmtM.' \\■*s*"' {**)*, &*<> M. BRENNER & SON MOTOR CO. Third and Hamilton Sts. • Accessories and Supplies Copyright registered, 1911 If You Built a Battery You wouldn't spend money for plates and acid and battery jars and then fail to protect your job with good insulation. Then why neglect, when you BUY a battery, to make sure that it's a Bone Dry Willard with Threaded Rubber Insulation. We carry a full stock of Bone Dry Batteries —and every one of them is as brand new as the day it left the factory. You don't take any risk —either of delay or of getting a bat tery not in every sense brand new. There's an interesting story in the booklet, *'196,000 Little Threads." Ask for a copy. ) Front Market Motor Supply 109 Market Street 9
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