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ADVERTISING ALFRED P. DAVIES, Auto Editor 8-9-10-11
AUTOCAR CO.
INCREASE CAPITAL
Capital Stock of Company
Now $10,000,000 Was
Formerly $2,000,000
At a special meeting of the stock
holders of the Autocar Company of
Ardmore, Pa., July 22, it was voted to
Increase the capital stock of the com
pany from $2,000,000 to $10,000,000.
The board of directors authorized the
Immediate sale of $1,000,000 of this
new issue of capital stock to stockhold
ers of record July 22. Such rights as
may not be taken by the present stock
holders will be sold to other employes.
This additional $1,000,000 of cash
capital is issued at this time for the
purpose of financing the constantly in
creasing volume of business of the com
pany.
The Autocar Company was estab
lished In 1897 and for the last ten years
has manufactured the Autocar motor
truck exclusively. This motor truck
Is marketed through a complete system
of factory branches owned and oper
ated by the parent company and cover
ing the entire country from coast to
coast.
"There is no change In the officers of
the company, nor in the board of direc
tors, and no foundation whatever for
the rumor persistently going around
that the Autocar Company was to be
a party to a consolidation with other
Important motor truck interests.
Berlin Newspaper Gets
First Direct N. Y. Wire
Since U. S. Entered War
Berlin, Aug. 9.—The Vossische
Zeltung yesterday afternoon publish
ed the first dispatch from its New
York correspondent since the United
States entered the war.
The dispatch was written at the
end of June, and tells of the American
wheat crop, the return of the Ameri
can army from France and the general
financial situation.
Prest-O-Lite Battery
"A SIZE FOR EVERY CAR"
Atlas Electric Service Co.
FISHMAN'S GARAGE
Fourth and Chestnut Sts.
WHEN YOUR HAULAGE PROBLEMS WORRY YOU
REMEMBER a
TRUCKS
MEAN SERVICE AND ECONOMY
CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO.
SalenroomM Hell Service Station
103 Market St* 3405 Ut> Cameron St.
KELLY-SPRINGFIELD
S TRUCKS H
The Big Brother to the R&ilro&ds
| The Atlantic Motor Truck Co. i
■ Under the Management of J. E. Dare 1
i
i A nnounce that They Have Secured the Distribution J
! In 42 Counties of Penna. & N. J. of !
i Kelly-Springfield Trucks ■
Kelly-Springfield trucks proven its worth by a num
have won an enviable repu- her of years of actual ser
tation wherever the demand vice. It is built by the
I for a substantial, econom- £ . t ° r I
, ical and endurable truck has oTwhich'in itseTspelks !
■ existed. It is not a flash we n f or j t j s a
in the pan" brought into ex- that will meet every re
istence to meet the de- quirement you may place
mands, but a truck that has upon it.
I 1
! Kelly-Springfields are built in I
ton models both chain and worm ■
drive. Any styles of body is adaptable I
to its sturdy chassis. I
We have these trucks on our floors, can l
make immediate deliveries. I
I Atlantic Motor Truck Co. ■
l J. E. DARE, Mgr. ■
! 17th & Chestnut St., Harrisburg, Pa. J
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SATURDAY EVENING.
1920 STEPHENS
HAVE ARRIVED
First Shipment of New Series
Received This Week by
Local Distributor
J. S. Sible, Jr., Third and Cumber
land streets, has received the first
shipment of the new series 1920 Steph
ens Salient Six. The lot comprises a
four-passenger and a six-passenger
model.
There is very little change in the
general ability of the Stephens this
year and also In the general appear
ance. Close students of motor cars will
notice the new handles and the dif
ferent angles of the tire rack and a few
other minor changes, but the all ap
pearances the 1920 models are In keep
ing with the elegance and general per
formance that has won the 1919 mod
els so much praise.
Future shipments are exepcted to
continue to come in every week and
from now on these cars are expected
to be on display at the salesrooms at
Third and Cumberland streets.
Atlantic Motor Truck
Company Sells Kelly-
Springfield Trucks
Announcement is made to-day that
the Atlantic Motor Truck Company, of
Seventeenth and Chestnut streets, un
day the management of J. E. Dare, has
secured the distribution of Kelly-Spring
field trucks for forty-two counties, cov
ering the entire eastern section of
Pennsylvania and part of New Jer
sey.
The Kelly is made in different sizes
from 2 1-2 to 6 ton capacity with both
chain and worm drive by the Kelly-
Springfield Company of Springfield,
Ohio.
The Atlantic Motor Truck Company
have cars on their floors at the present
time and can make immediate deliveries.
Regulations Prohibit
Exportation of Gold
Mexico City, Aug. 9. New reg
ulations for the mining industry in
Mexico prohibit the exportation of
gold in any form but approve the
marketing in foreign countries of
silver and copper.
MOUNTAIN TRAIL
NO OBSTACLE TO
REPUBLIC TRUCK
Fully Loaded, It Negotiates
"Pack Horse"—26 Miles Up
30 and 40 Wr Cent Grade
In discussing the merits and de
pendability of the Republic truck at
a recent Sales Meeting, Mr. Geo. C.
Eppleman, the local sales manager
of Swain-Hickman, related the fol
lowing story of the wonderful per- j
formance of a stock Republic truck, i
Out near the Cardiff and Price j
Mines in mountainous Utah, if you |
tiptoe quietly and peek over the cor- |
ner of the corral you find pack!
horses dejectedly chewing their cud. |
They see their end. Their deadly I
enemy the motor truck has finally j
pierced their last entrenchments, and !
have se."Vcd down in their strong |
points wltn very indication of stay- |
ing. The motor industry refused to i
talk armistice or gentlemanly agree- |
ments for divisions of territory.
And all this after old friend Horse ;
had thought himself secure. Some j
months ago a specially built high
priced truck made one trip up this!
trail but never repeated. The at- i
tack seemed too costly. But business
must be served, and the way of the '
inefficient leads to the slaughter
house. Now comes the news that a
stock Republic truck that for two
years had been hauling freight
around Salt Lake City has made the
trip and is quite likely to repeat it
as part of its regular duties. Mr.
Hadlcy of the Hadley Transfer Co.
has come back enthused over the
limitless possibilities of motor truck
ing and the stamnia of Republic
trucks.
I "We took that truck off its regular
I run it has been working for two
years, and without any special tuning
up and with a full capacity load sent
it on the toughest bit of mountain
work you can find. Twelve of the
twenty-two miles to the Cardiff Mine
are up a 30 per cent, grade. Dump
ing part of our load there but still
carrying better "than two tons, we
pushed on the remaining four miles
to the Price Mine up a 46 per cent,
grade. There were times when it
felt as though we were climbing up
the sides of a cliff. But the truck
never faltered or layed down, kept
pounding and sweating its way up
and up, the motor humming sweet as
a bird.
"This is the first time a stock
truck went up this trail, and with
the exception of one trip by a high
priced truck with a special trans
mission and low gearing it is the
first time the trip has been made. Our
gasoline and oil consumption was
very low and the power traction was
wonderful. It was a wonderful dem
onstration and we feel we will be
well repaid to standardize on Re
public trucks. We feel that this is
i the only truck in our fleet of five
| heavy duty trucks that is capable of
| doing this work."
1 Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad.
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HARUISBURG &&&* TELEGRAPH!
NEW FIRM OPENS
AUTO ACCESSORY
STORE TODAY
Alexander and Scott Open For
Business at 315 Chest
nut Street
WSBMKm IhHH
JOSEPH ALEXANDER
An announcement of interest to mo
torists of Central Pennsylvania Is that
of Joseph Alexander, a well-known au
\ tomobile accessory and supply expert
of this city, who opened a new whole
sale and retail accessory and supply
store to-day at 315 Chestnut street. In
Mr. Alexander's announcement, the in
formation is carried that in opening
this new store, he will operate under
the firm name of Alexander and Scott
and that he will carry a complete line
of motor oils, accessories, gasoline and
tires.
Mr. Alexander is one of the pioneer
accessory men of the country. When
the automobile business was in its
infancy, he took up the study of the
accessory end of it. paying particular
attention to the needs of the motorists
as to new inventions and contrivances
that did not come as regular equipment
with an automobile. He was one of
the first men to establish exclusive ac
cessory stores in Brooklyn, N. Y. His
study of this particuglar subject made
him an authority on new inventions
that appeared on the market from time
to time. His main thought was to se
cure for the motorist just what was
needed to add to the many comforts
and to the safety of motoring.
In coming to Harrisburg a number
of years ago, Mr. Alexander established
the first exclusive accessory store here.
He was store manager of the firm for
whom he organized this new line and
remained as such for several years,
when he became connected with the
Standard Auto Supply Company, hav
ing a part interest in this firm and act
ing in the capacity of manager. He
has remained with 111 is firm until the
present time and has only severed his
relations there to go into the business
for himself.
In conducting this new store it will
be Mr. Alexander's aim to carry a
complete fine of every up-to-date ac
cessory that will meet the motorists'
need.
Says Modern Styles
in Advance Toward
Paganism—Urges Veil
Mexico City, Aug. 9. Modern
styles of dress and coiffure were
the subject of much critcism re
cently by Dr. Jose Moray del Rio,
archbishop of Mexico, who read an
open letter to his parishioners de
claiming against extremes in toilet
and asking mothers to refrain from
appearing in exaggerated costumes
and from allowing their children to
do so. The archbishop termed mod
ern styles "an advance toward
paganism" and recommended that
in church at least the women re
turn to the use of the veil and man
tilla.
K. of C. Vote $50,000
to Battle Bolshevism
Buffalo. Aug. 9.—At the final ses
sion of the Knights of Columbus
convention, expression was given to
the declaration of war against Bol
shevism and destructive unrest by
the voting of *50,000 to inaugurate
the K. of C. supplementary educa
tional system.
The Knights have consulted with
labor leaders in all matters affect
ing unionized trades and they have
received promises of co-operation
and advice. The system will be in
augurated immediately, supported
by the K. of C. solely from their
own organization funds.
The following cablegram was re
ceived from Home: His Holiucss
wishes me to express his thanks for
the renewed expression of the loyal
ty of the Knights of Columbus to
the See of Peter, and also to state
that he is following with interest
their staunch and unselfish work In
behalf of their fellow men and their
Church. As a pledge of his good
will, and as an incentive for con
tinued efforts in the cause so suc
cessfully promoted, the Holy Father
graciously imparts upon the officers
and members of the order of the
Knights of Columbus the apostolic
benediction, so that the grace of
God may efficaciously assist them In
all their undertakings for the gloiy
of God and the welfare of man."
RAISE PARCEL POST LIMIT
Washington, Aug. 9.—Authority
to increase temporarily the parcel
post weight limit to 125 pounds so
that buyers or Army food may takj
full advantage of opportunity to
purchase through postmasters an!
letter cariers, was granted the Post
master General by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. It was an
nounced also that during the sale
buyers might place several orders
at the same time without paying the
initial postal charge of five cents
a pound more than once.
The orders must be in writing and
In duplicate and the cost plus post
age will be collected with them.
They will be filled in the order re
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HORSE VEHICLE
VISION OF PAST
Days of Old Dobbin Number
ed With the "Has-
Bcens"
When a Detroit newspaper recently
printed a news item to the effect that
"A horse drawn vehicle was seen this
afternoon on Woodard avenue," De
troiters thought it rather clever and
secretly prided themselves on the ultra
metropolitan atmosphere which It indi
cated had come over their fair city.
But as far as an obituary to the faith
ful quadruped goes, the reporter's ob
servation might have been equally true
for less metropolitan places than De
troit.
The Bisbee-Douglas stage line, for
instance, out in desert-clad Arizona,
has abandoned the time-honored four
hands of horses in favor of high-pow
ered auto busses which are just as much
up to the minute as the finest cars to
be seen on Detroit's famed boulevards.
Daily, with clock-like precision, these
big cars pound along the one hundred
miles of sun-bitten alkali roadway be
tween Bisbee and Douglas, carrying
passengers and mail. In much less
time and far greater comfort ,the
ranchers and business men of to-day
speed over the same roads where once
rattled the four in hand stage, slow,
jolty and not at all certain of reaching
destination.
Moreover, the cost, of transportation
by auto compares favorably with operat
urges either. The proprietors of the
there's no guess work about those Ag
ing expenses of the horse stage, and
Bisbee-Douglas auto stage are thorough
business men, and can tell to the penny
the gasoline mileage of every car, the
oil consumption, and just how much
' service is obtained from tires. It's just
I coldblooded figuring with them and they
play no favorites.
On tires, for example, they have kept
acjurate records, tried all kinds and
finally settled on the Fisk Cord tire
as most serviceable under the rigors
of rapid cross-country travel. In the
face of extraordinarily severe road con
ditions. they have obtained milegaes far
in excess of expectations, and their en
thusiasm for Fisk cords is backed by
figures and photographs which they
proudly show on occasion.
So as matters go, Detroit with its
paved boulevards is not so very dif
ferent from Arizona; in so far as being
up-to-date is concerned, for the great
Southwest knows just as much about
high-powered cars and appreciates cord
tires for the same reasons, and the
horse-drawn vehicle is equally out of
vogue.
Peace Agreement Ends
Afghanistan Uprising
Against British in India
I.ontliin, Aug. 9—Peace has been made
between Great Britain and Afghanis
tan. A peace agreement was signed at
11 o'clock yesterday morning, it was
officially announced to-day.
After the assassination of the Amir
Habidullah Khan of Afghanistan last
February, trouble developed between
the British India authorities and his
successor. Early in May Afghan tribes
men began an advance across the bor
der into India. Sharp fighting develop
ed in which British troops were short
ly so successful that in the latter part
of that month the Afghans asked for
an armistice. This was regarded by
the British authorities, however, as a
ruse to gain time, and a sharp note
was sent to the Afghans' commander.
The fighting was resumed and in June
the Afghans again asked for a truce,
the negotiations then leading up to a
peace conference at Rawalpindi, late
in July.
British government officials were
convinced that the uprising in Af
ghanistan was being fostered by the
Russian Bolsheviki, with a view to
embarrassing the British.
U. S. Seeks Designs For
Semi-Automatic Rifle
tVuehington, Aug. 9. lnventors
were asked yesterday by the War De
partment to submit designs for a
semi-automatic military rifle to re
place weapons now in use. The de
signs must meet specifications giving
the characteristic a service rifle of
this type must have, which have been
prepared by ordnance experts.
In the present military rifle maga
zine gun, operation of the boltaction
by hand is necessary to prepare it for
the next shot. Offclals said that if an
acceptable semi-automatic could be
developed for the army, the rapidity
und accuracy of fire by any infantry
unit would be greatly increased.
Be Sure to Say
*'Threaded Rubber"
If everybody said "Threaded
Rubber Insulation" when they
bought batteries and saw to it
that "Threaded Rubber" was
what they got there would be a
lot less battery grief.
—Far fewer jobs of reinsula
tion that is so often necessary to
get full life out of the plates of an
ordinary battery.
—Assurance of longer battery
life. \
If your battery it getting to
the point where it 6hows signs
of quitting it will pay you to get
on the track of Threaded Rub
ber. Come in any time and have
• f!k ntvout batteries.
Operated by
MOTOR ETECTRIC
SALES CO., Rgd.
Forster Street Near Front
Bell 2850- J Dial 0950
AUTO SCHOOL TO
MAKE DRIVE FOR
• NEWSTUDENTS
Automobile and Aeroplane
School Training Men to
Meet Big Demand
The Automobile and Aeroplane Me
chanical School of Steelton is making
a big drive to secure additional stu
dents to take the course in automobile
and aeroplane mechanical construc
tion in order that they may meet the
big demand for expert mechanics all
over the country.
This school, under the management of
W. M. Felton, has been organized here
for a number of years and has come
to be recognized as the best of its kind
in this part of the country. They re
ceive letters daily from all parts of the
State from firms who want exeprt re
pairmen and of late have been unable
to supply the demand. There are now
about 125 students in the school and
more are making application every
day.
This school was formerly located at
27 North Cameron street in this city,
but about a year and a half ago moved
into larger quarters in Steelton. The
instructing of automobile and aero
plane mechanical construction is car
ried on exclusively. Every repair that
can possibly be made to either an auto
mobile or ncroplane is taught to the
students. They have a number of au
tomobiles. motors neroplanes and dif
ferent parts that are used in the course
that the students are required to tear
down and build up again, his work
is all supervised by Mr. Felton, who is
recognized as an expert of no mean
ability. It is necessary for the student
to pass a thbrough examination before
he secures a diploma from the school.
Hundreds of students have graduated
from the school in the past few years
and are making good in their chosen
trade. A large number of them are in
the business for themselves. Testimon
ials of recent date that have come to
the attention of Mr. Felton are pub
lished In a full-page announcement of
another page of to-day's paper telling
what the students themselves think of
the school.
Mr. Felton, in speaking of the oppor
tunities of the automobile trade, says:
"The demand for trained mechanics is
far above the supply. We have to turn
down requests almost dally for we can
not turn out the men fast enough. We
are training men now at the rate of al
most fifty a month, which is about up
|to our capacity. One of the big fea
tures that has turned up lately is the
number of car owners who are inter
ested in our course. These owners re
alize that with a thorough knowledge
of their car they can not only save
themselves a lot of time when their
motor refuse to perform right but are
able to make many minor repairs to
their car that saves them considerable
money and are able to get the utmost
in performance from their car in the
way of saving gas, oil and tires."
Mr. Felton is now endeavoring to se
cure a field suitable for the training
of flying students. This is a big un
dertaking and entails considerable
IT S3/k Most Beazttifiil Carin/lmzrioa ?m
II" Good Sport Tj
I Add a Paige car to your equipment of fishing tackle
P 1 and you multiply opportunities to enjoy your Ojj
I favorite sport jU
r With a Paige to transport you, time is saved and tJ
L distances diminished. A fishing trip is no longer Jfll
F a rare vacation treat, but a frequent delight ' IJ
X The popularity of the Paige with outdoor men
and sport lovers is a recognition of practical, jd|
ri dependable service, plus extra, comfort It is na
T convincing testimony to the soundness of Paige ]■ ;
j design ana construction and a proof of Paige nj
II PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR CO, DETROIT, MICHIGAN jR
If. Fishman Motors Company
In EDWARD FISHMAN. Mgr.
■J H* South Frartk St.. Cor. Chrotnot, Harrlaburg, Pa. VJH
Liberal Dealer* Proposition for Mifflin, I'errj, Juniata and Cumberland Coaatlea !■
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AUGUST 9, 1919.
Are You
Doing Your
Bit to
Help Observe
the Traffic
Rules?
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thought, but according to Mr. Felton
a field will be secured in a short time
and the training of fliers will begin.
Aerial Transport Center
For the Mediterranean
Tunis, Aug. 9. The Tunisian
commisisou of aerial transports has
drawn up a vast program of colonial
aviation and recommends that a
great aerial transport center be es
tablished here to centralize aerial
traffic over the Mediterranean Sea.
The commision argues that Tunis
occupies an advantageous position
at the junction of French and in
ternational Mediterranean and that
a regular aerial service should be
established between the city of Tunis
and the rest of this French protec
torate. Already a line of airplanes
is in operation between Gabes and
♦he frontier of Tripoli. This may
be extended later to Tunis.
Service is a very important factor in the selec
tion of a Motor Truck. Swain-Hickman Ser
vice is surpassed by none and equalled by few if
any. Investigate our Service, examine our
stock of parts, satisfy yourself we can give you
the Service you expect and should have.
"Republic for Service"
Swain-Hickman Co.
DISTRIBUTORS
1133 Mulberry St. Harrisburg, Pa.
Serbian Orphans Are
Treated by Red Cros*
Belgrade, Aug. 9. Ten thattj.
sand orphans and school childro*} „
assembled the other day at Kav
megdon, the beautiful park on the
heights above the Save River, to
eat their fill of Ice cream, cake and
cherries and chocolate as guests of
the American Red Cross and the
American Relief Administration.
The American bolony bought
every ounce of ice cream in town,
enough to give a heaping plateful
ea each child. A huge wagonload
of cherries was beside one of the
booths. The park was bright with
American and Jugo-Slav flags.
British Manufacturers
Plan Trade Campaign
London, Aug. 9. The Federa
tion of British industries, which is
composed of more than 900 of Brit
ain's largest manufacturers and as
sociations of manufacturers, has
formulated plans for an overseas
organization, which contemplates
the appointment of every market
pof the world of a commissioner to
be assisted where advisable by ex
pert advisors.
For its purpose the federation has
divided the world into twenty-one
areas and already has appointed a
commissioner for some of them. The
purpose of the federation is to ex
plore the possibilities of all mar
kets and to further British trade
by providing information for Brit
ish manufacturers.