AUTOMOBILE SECTION Jbmm . AUTOMOBILE NEWS AND ADVERTISING ALFRED P. DAVIES, AUTO EDITOR SPECIAL FEATURES EVERY SATURDAY FRANKLIN AGENT , USES NOVEL IDEA I Newspaper Publicity Puts the Plan Across With Big Results' How one bit of newspaper pub licity was largelv responsible for the direct sale of thirteen tine automo biles should be convincing enough proof for anyone, of the force of the daily newspaper of to-day. The latest person to bo convinced is W. M. Phillips, dealer for the Franklin car at Lexington, Ky. Recently Mr. Phillips decided he would drive a car front the factory to Lexington. Then he hit upon a novel idea. He invited a Lexington I newspaper man to accompany him: as official observer, ran large-sized advertisements in the papers an nouncing he was to try for an econ omy record for the 770.3 niijes, and started out. Each day of the run. the news paper ntan, as official observer, tele graphed the day's mileage back to Lexington and the newspapers car ried the telegram as the report of the day's progress. The series of ads. quickly got motorists to talking, and when the Franklin rolled up a mileage of 30.8 miles to every gal lon of ordinary commercial gaso line. the talk was transferred to action. As a direct result, Mr. Phillips had to put his automobile away and start taking orders about as soon as he stepped out of his ear. He has just concluded a week in which he sold more cars than ever before during a similar period, taking or ders for thirteen Franklins in six days. According to figures recently com piled in Washington, only one-eighth of the public roads in the United States have been improved. The total length of these roads is 2,- 478,(152 miles, of which 299,138 miles are improved with some form of surfacing. SCORED CYuiitf REPAIRED | (By Lawrence ProceiM) NO NEW PISTONS REQUIRED METAL WELDING Of All Klimlm— -Aluminum a Specialty NO JOB TOO HAD THAT WE CAN NOT REPAIR MACHINE WORK OK ALL KINDS Harrisburg Welding and Brazing Co. OC-D8 S. Cameron St. Ilotli I'hones V_ Touring Cars and "Speedwagon" HARRISBURG AUTO CO. Fourth and Kelker Sts. Harrisburg Geo. G. McFarland, Pres. |^^iv^omethingFoMh^ut^o^Xma^B pf Why worry yourself thinking what you can get hubby, or brother for Xmas, when it is so easy to get some little accessory for the m'achine. It makes a most desirable gift and one that H surely will be appreciated. Come in and look over our big stock of things for the automobile. We are always glad to show yosi any Tires and Tubes Robes I Dozens of Other Accessories Just As Desirable. ■ KEYSTONE SALES CO. ■ ■ Courtesy, Service and Automobile Equipment, 108 MARKET STREET HARRISBURG. SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG &&3I&TELEGRAPH , DECEMBER 6, 1919. BIG FLEET OF REO TRUCKS SHIPPED ON ONE TRAIN All of These Cars Will Be Used in the Oil Fields of Texas I A new page was written last week in the annals of the motor truck tn- Idusiry when a train, consisting of 33 ' ears, loaded exclusively with Reo ! "speed wagons" left the factory at Lansing, Mich., for Fort Worth, Texas. There were 100 "speed wagons" in the shipment, which required 29 cars. The other four cars were loaded with accessories, which will be placed on the trucks at Fort Worth. Records do not show another in stance where a train containing nothing but motor trucks was sent across the continent, and this ship ment is regarded in the haulage industry as being the beginning of an. era of still greater popularity of trucks. It is said to be the largest con signment of trucks ever made to a private company at one time. The demand l'or trucks in the Southwest is shown by the fact that every truck in the shipment had been purchased by a company in or around Fort Worth. Each- truck as it was loaded into the car was tagged with the name and address of the individual or company for whom it is intended. """-This was done to fa cilitate unloading. Due to the freight embargo in that territory, it was very difficult (o obtain permis sion to ship the train to Fort Worth, and permission was only obtained! upon the agreement to unload with utmost rapidity and release the cars for other work. A large percentage of the "speed wagons" are intended for use in the oil fields, although a large number have been purchased by farmers and business firms. According to the Reo distributor at Fort Worth, it is the intention of one firm, at least, to use their truck in hauling merchandise from the point of embargo to Fort Worth, a distance of about 200 miles. The American Forestry Associa tion is urging motorists to aid in planting trees along the highways. Trees planted along the highways will not only beautify and shade the roads, but their roots will strengthen and support the road foundations. Automobiles of American make have been imported into Venezuela in increasing numbers of recent years. There are 1000 privately owned cars in the capital city of Caracas, which number represents a per capita ownership of automo biles of one to every hundred. THE NEW VEUE SHOWS MANY CHANGES IN BODY LINES f B I r * 4IN\ I E2| |PS!I.L-\ „ FIVE-PASSENGER TO URING CAR NOW ON DI&PLAY A T THE REX GARAGE New York Automobile Show to Be Held Jan. 3-10 As a fitting celebration of the twentieth artniversary of the Na tional Automobile Shows, a "double header" exposition will be held for the first time In the history of the shows next January, 3 to 10, when the motor truck show and the pas senger car show will take place si multaneously. No one building could be found in New York large enough to accommodate botli shows. Four floors of Grand Central Palace are required to accommodate passenger CRrs and accessories cn display at the New York Show and Eighth Coast Artillery Armory, with 180,000 square feet of space will be found none too large for the New York motor truck show. Growth in im portance-'of the motor truck is the event of outstanding interest in the automotive industry. With it are brought into prominence the various phases of the highway transporta tion problem which will be discussed at the transportation conferences planned in conjunction with the mo tor truck shows in both New York and Chicago. One of the angles of motor high way transportation not generally un derstood by the public is the enor mous sums expended by the motor truck manufacturer in supplying service to the owners. Although the motor truck industry has grown by leaps and bounds, manufacturers have developed their service systems to keep pace. This involves main tenance of costly factory service de partments to superintend the service policies of the dealers as well as employment of traveling transporta tion and mechanical experts to in augurate the service policies of the company and advise the purchaser of a truck as to efficient and eco nomical operation and maintenance.' In these days of factory supervised jgervice it is possible for a truck xiwner to obtain prompt adjust ments and repairs, whifch means a minimum loss of tin\e of the services of the truck. The Motor League of Louisiana Is planning a campaign to raise and spend $20,000 for good roads pub licity and development during the next year. Twenty-seven counties are now improving their roads or building new ones. The association favors vitrified brick or concrete highways. The delivery service of a large 150 gasoline and electric trucks, and 500 men employed. The store de livers annually 6,750,000 packages, ranging in size from an eight-inch cubed box to a household refrig erator. The trucks are of two sizes, three-quarter-ton capacity for re tail deliveries and two-ton capacity for freight hauling. California, Illinois, Indiana. lowa, New York, Minnesota and Missouri are recorded with having the larg est registration of motor trucks. List of Lenses and Automobile Controlling Devices Approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to , November 18, 1919 Maximum Cp. Maximum Cp. Allowed Allowed ' ue>lco Beam Horizontal Beam Tilted B Ijarops C Lamps B Lamps C Lamps Dillon Lens Holophane Lens /••• 1 "> 21 McKee Clear 15 27 McKee Amberoid 13 21 Mac-Kno Glare Lens 15 21 Violet Ray Lens 15 21 Full Ray Deflectors IS 27 Ivopp Lens 15 21 Primolite 15 21 Liberty Lens" IS 27 Macbeth Lens .V 15 27 Conaphore Clear "B" 15 27 ConaphoTe Noviol "B" IS .27 Conaphore Clear "F" 15 21 Conaphore Noviol "F" 21 21 Raydex 15 21 Warner Lens 9 12 Insensitive to Tilt R. & S. Non-Glaring 9 12 Insensitive to Tilt Clatnert 12 12 Insensitive to Tilt Osgood Lens 15 21 No Glare Auto Lens ........ 15 21 Benzer Lens 29 32 Sun Ray Lens 1C 24 Dim-a-Light Lens \ 8 8 Saferlite Lens 19 *24 Shaler Roadlighter 24 24 Legal ite Lens 13 21 Morelite ..* FOCAL POSITIONS Position No. I.—Center of filament in focus. Light spot on screen of minimum diameter. Position No. 2.—Filament entirely behind the focus giving a large light spot on the screen with a very small black center. Position No. 2—lntermediate between 1 and 2. Light spot on the screen larger than No. 1 and smaller than No. 2. with no black center. (Position No. 4—Like No. 2, except that the filament is ahead of the focus. The "B" lamp is the coil filament vacuum lamp. The "C lamp is the V filament gas filled or nitrogen lamp. Issued under the direction of tSate Highway Commissioner Lewis S. Sadler. r"T i MOTOK. DIGEST Automobile Activtiies Throughout the- World Gasoline is 75 cents a gallon in Buenos Aires. The number of motorcars in the Mexican Republic is 18,000. Motorcars built in 1895 were offi cially called "motorcycles"—not au tomobiles. Calcutta, India, has about 4000 privately-owned motorcars and ap proximately 500 taxieabs. It is estimated that Michigan will have apprbxlmately 32 5,000 licensed cars by January 1. Approximately 20 per cent of the automobiles in New York State are owned by farmers . The Highway Commission of Ma sachusetts has taken in $2,460,024.44 from motorists this year. In New York City the number of horses has decreased in the past three years from 108,000 to 76.000. German and Austrian makes of cars were barred from the recent International Motor Show in Paris. Placed end to end, the passenger motorcars in use in this country would encircle the United States. The first American-made electric automobile that was driven in Paris appeared upon the streets in 1986. It is estimated by American mo tortruck manufacturers that more than 125.000 trucks will be made during 1920. During the recent visit of King Al bert, of Belgium ,he purchased a higli-grade American-made touring car. During the month of August 289 passenger cars and 26 motor trucks were exported from this country to Japan. Farm carts are seldom found on market days in Scotland on account of the heavy demand of motor cars by farmers. The new law requiring all taxieabs, trucks and other commercial 've hicles to carry mirrors has gone into effect in Massachusetts. . The latest production in motor trucks is a 15-lon refrigerator trac tor and trailer in the service of a St. Louis packing firm. John N. Willys Acquires Interest in Republic Motor Truck Company Mr. John N. Willys has pur chased a block of the capital stock I of the Republic Motor Truck Com* pany of Alma, Michigan—one of the | important and highly successful truck builders of the industry. Mr. Willys is to become a director of the company and will brinz to it the benefit of his wide experience. The Republic Company interest Is individual with Mr. Willys and is in no way connected with any other Willys organization, directly or in directly. , i, Alexander and Scott Have New Windshield Cleaner Alexander and Scott have a new windshield cleaner that clears the windshield in stormy weather. It is in the form of an old-fashioned eraser—is called the "Ranyraser"— which is treated with a chemical so lution. After it starts to rain or snow the windshield is rubbed with the eraser and the rain or snow will not cling to the windshield for a period of a day. It requires no at tention whatever after it is applied. The eraser is guaranteed to last in definitely. It can be carried along in the car and used at any time. To demonstrate the Usefulness of this new cleaner Alexander and Scott are giving free rubs to any one who brings their car to the store, at 315 [Chestnut street. The Tire For Winter Use QUA K E R SER One QUAKER on your car will prove that it is "Miles Cheaper." ■ QUAKERS on all your wheels will save you v QUAKERS are built for mileage, have every qualification to give mileage and do give mile age. Let us tell you what results users are secur ing. Let us also tell you about the liberal Complete Stocks, Casings and Tubes. PROMPT "SERVICE. JOSEPH ALEXANDER ALEXANDER & SCOTT 315 Chestnut St., Harrisburg BELL 2789-R - DIAL 3803 OVER 2,000 CARS STOLEN IN STATE More Than Half Have Been Taken Since Drastic Pen • ally Was Provided State Highway Department re ports show that during 1919 there have been 2,049 Automobiles stolen, of which only 272 have been reported as recovered. The automobile code of 1919 provided for reports to the State authorities of all cars stolen and it Is estimated here that the value of the stolen cars was ap proximately $2,000,008. Of the cars reported stolen, 1,352 were taken after the approval of.the new law which establishes a penalty of $5,000 and 10 years in jail as the maximum penalty for automobile theft. In addition to the 272 cars reported recovered, the State is hold ing under advisement 17 cases wherein proof of ownership has not been established. As soon as a report of a theft of a car comes here notice is prepared for all police authorities and for the state officials of other states and at 15-day intervals records of stolen cars are sent out. In each case the name of the car and the manufactur er's number are given. The Auto mobile Division keeps two card in dexes of each car for which regis tration is granted. On one of those cards is the engine number and on the other is the manufacturer's num ber. When application is made for the registration of a machine, a search is made with the idea of learning whether or not a license has already been issued to a car with similar manufacturer's and engine number. Thts system of cheeking is celculated to reveal theft. The bulletin of the Automobile Division also contains a record of cars recovered. The record of No vember 15 i,.iows that the thieves, during the period covered by that bulletin, stole 93 Ford cars. Other cars stolen .were; Briscoe 1, Buick 1 7, Cadillac 3, Chalmers 2, Chandler 8. Chevrolet 8, Dearborn 1, Dodge 4, Kssex 1, Franklin 2, Haynes 1, Hud son 12, Hupmobile 2, Maxwell 3, Mercer 1, Mitchell 1, Marmon 1, Na tional 1, Oakland 1, Oldsmobile 2, Overland 9, Packard 1, Paige 3, Studebnkcr ,1, Stutz 3, V.elie 1, Willys-Knight 2. The ratio of stolen cars is practically the same on all bulletins. Recoveries of stolen cars are made in peculiar manners. For example, in Krie county, last July, an auto mobile went over the side of a small bridge, demolishing the railing. In making repairs to the bridge, at taches of the State Highway Depart i ment found under the timbers a pair of Connecticut licenses. It was re called by local people that some time previously a car without license tags was founij, in a field near by. An investigation showed that the Connecticut license belonged to that car and that the machine had been stolen from a man near Boston. This man recovered his car. A Massa chusetts man, who recovered a ma chine through the efforts of the State Highway Department., declared that he had written to nine other Com monwealths regarding his car with out receiving a reply. The bulletin services of the Auto mobile Division is soon to be ex tended so that all of the prominent garages in Pennsylvania will receive lists of_stolen cars. In case of emergency brought about by a railroad tie-up due to strikes, 20,000 army trucks and 300,- 000 privately owned motor trucks are available to transport foodstuffs ,and other essentials to the larger cities. The New York State Automobile Association with a membership of 20,000, has completed plans for a campaign to force a more rigid and general observation of the Motor Ve hicle, Uniform Traffic and Anti- Glare Headlight Laws. * APPERSON BROS. SHARE PROFITS Every Employe Working For His Own Interest Under This Plan "Mr. Laferty: I "You are working now always on your own time. The more you nc- Icomplish, the greater are your profits at the end of the year. Remember, things that are possible are as good as done, while things that seem im possible must bo done anyway. "Apperson Bros. Automobile Co." This is the new slant the Apper sons have on the labor problem. And it has just about put their labor problem in the past tense. The Appersons now give their men 25 per cent of the net profits for the year—over and above their regular wages, which are high. This divi dend is declared at the end of the year. "Mr. I-aferty" is one of the Apper son mechanics—and his partnership in the concern is shared by every employe in the plant. A reminder of this partnership basis is put into the weekly pay envelope of every Apperson worker. These reminders are in the form of a message from the company, written on the back of a card that carries a cleverly worded message of homely business phi losophy. Out of the whole series of 52—• one for every week in the year— only one has been found on the ground. The men really like them, take them seriously—take them home. This profit-sharing plan has had a remarkable effect on the volume of production and especially on the quality of work. The men realize how much mistakes cost them per sonally, so they simply don't make them. So from the standpoint of the manufacturer, it has been a suc cessful plan for keeping up and even increasing the Apperson quality. Don't Wait Till Spring Tliis is the ideal time of the year to have your ear painted. If you wait till spring, we will be so crowded with work that Jrou will have to wait longer than you may want to in order to get the job through. Now we ean give it every attention and evert special pains to see that you get a llrst class job. We also suggest getting your curtains and tops repaired now. The cold and disagreeable weather L of winter is here and there is nothing more desir able than good curtains and a good top. We equip Ford ears with I'stiis I.imousette curtains, which give you closed car comfort in bad weather. CA FAIR Carria s eand • w. Auto Works i East End Mulberry Street Bridge. 11 Clean Spark Plugs Help Save the Ratter] The man who Is too busy to clea: his spark plugs is shortening his bat ter.V life. This is the opinion of Ml Kent, the local Willard expert. Even though the engine is usirn magneto ignition, the carbon on th spark plugs is putting unnecessary work on the battery. The cngin must.lie turned over more rapidly i; order to get a spark from the mag neto and the battery lias .to do mud more work for each start than i would if the plugs were clean. The motorist who unscrews ani cleans his spark plugs every wee' or two will find that he has takei a big load off the battery and tha he is able to get his engine turnin over in noticeably shorter time. Cuba is discarding this historl two-wheeled mule carts for th American motor trucks in conneclioi with the big sugar industries. Gloves, / I Reversible Leather lßSjnyP I FORRY ' S /l% Harris
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