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# OF INTEREST TO MO TORI ST S #
The result of ar~-^
eayears'successful
experience in
JtfU/kUng motor cars
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5-Passenger Touring Car 2-Passenger Roadster
Overcoming Vibration
\7'IBRATION T plavs a very important pan in the design and durability of the motor car, which must
withstand conditions that the average piece of machinery never encounters.
The locomotive, for instance, travels upon a carefully constructed steel track which is especially a part
of the machine itself; but the automobile is subjected to constantly varying road conditions which necessi
tates the use of pneumatic tires and various shock absorbing devices.
Aside from the shocks that arc received from outside sources there are also the motor or internal vibrations, which,
however, are almost entirely overcome in
Six"
Not only i< everv precaution taken to eliminate the interna] vibrations, but the entire design ha* been worked out
with ■ view of overcoming the irregularities of the hijhway.
Specifications in Brief:
Unit power plant. 5-point suspension, at rear of chassis. Splash and force Crowned Fenders,
tvcylinder ,'t 1 x ?" enbloc motor, ac- feed lubrication. Low center of gravity and long sweep
tuaiiy developing 55 brake horse- Forced water circulation. inc body lines,
power. 121-inch wheelbase Clmch drT diic tTpe lined 34x4* tiresiFirestonedemountable rimt.
l et: nana drive, center control. Raybcstos. Motor driven tire pump.
\\ eight, 2950 lbs.. giving more thin one _ . .... Stewart-Warner Speedometer.
horsepowertocvery 55 lbs. of weight. Tr^miMion.^i^ti ve gear i mproV e<l one-man top.Collinscurtains.
Leece-Nev.lle separate unit starting , 1 Clear and rain-vision ventilating wind
and lighting system. Ignition from Haynes/iu./.ajverearaxle. a\le shafts, shield.
battery through Remy dis- rinion and pinion shaft nickel steel. Straples* tire carrier at rear of chassis.
tr;i>u:or and coil. ExJmiit arch frame construction.with Clear running boards. Headlight*
Economical Rivrield carburetor. M" elliptic chrome vanadium steel with dimming device.
Vacuum gasoline system with gas tank springs. Electric Horn under hood.
The H.iynes line also comprises Mode! 31, "Big Six" with 65 brake horsepower and 130-inch wheelbaje—s22soj
Mode! 32, Haynes "Four" with 48 brake horsepower and 118-inch wheelbase —$lt>6o.
It u.~ili be a pleasure to grv* you a demonstration. Come in or telephone for appointment
HARRISBURG AUTO CO.
THE HAYNES AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, KOKOMO, INDIANA
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BOWMAN'S
GOODYEAR KELLY-SPRINGFIELD
NASSAU CAPITOL IMPERIAL
All Guaranteed
AUTO TIRES
A sizes for every make of automobile*. Bowman's recognized
service with every Tire.
THIKP FLOOR—BOWMAN'S.
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C. A. Fair Carriage and Auto Works
Manufacturers of Auto Tops, Bodies and Seat Covers
Auto Painting, Rubber Tiring, etc.
We Manufacture and Repair Auto Springs
"QUALITY IS OUR MOTTO"
MORTON EXHIBIT IN PARADE
One of Their Handsome Cars Was Spe
cially Built For the Friend
ship Fire Company
The Morton Truck an : Tra tor Com
pany of :ais . .ty. manufacturer? of
automobile trucks. lire trucks, gasoline
bo-e an i caemical tru.ks, exaibited
and demonstrated two of their cars on
tne principal streets durir.g the tire-
Ken's convention here.
One of their handsome cars was spe
eiaily bu:.t for the Friendship Fire
Company. These were the firs' public
tests given and engaged the interest
and attention of many of the visiting
firemen and our citizens. Samuel F.
Punkel. J. Harvey Patton, W. S. Mor
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$2.00 and $2.50 Tires
Reduced to
$1.50
Bicycles were formerly
$25.00 and $30.00, now
$18.50
Including Coaster Brake
Take advantage of
this sale
EXCELSIOR CYCLE CO.
lOOT OO N. THIRD ST.
Open Evenings Bell Phone IR3SJ
BRANCH: 126 N. Front St..
Steelton. Pa.
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i ton. John Campbell and C. B. Morton
! arc all deeply interested in the growth
an i welfare of this company.
Forty men are already steadilv em
ployed at the factory. Four of their
fire machines have been already com
pleted. One single order has been ob-!
tailed for 100 of their large trucks. j
Ten fire companies were waiting to
>ee this week's demonstration before
placing an order. The special features
of their design, including their steer
ing drive, separate gearing for the
wheels and even distribution of the
loa 1 on ali four wheels, are prominent
and satisfactory.
Asked Too Much
The Sailor—'Don't be alarmed, miss,'
but t.he steamer has sprang a leak and
is quite likely to sink winthin fifteen
minutes.
The Young Woman—M«rcv, how
very sudden.
"Yes. miss. Will you let met add
that I mean to do my best to save vou,
mis*.''
"Thank rou, sir, but of course I
can t be saved unless my chaperon is
saved, too."
''Very stout lady with the hook
nose?"
•Ye«."
• | Good night, miss.' '-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Pa. what is mediocrity!"
"Something your mother makes I
summer dresses out of, I think."—De- i
1 troit Free Press.
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Miller (Hires j
1451 Zarker Street
i Sterling Auto Tire Co. j
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HARPTQRrpQ ST v T?-TXT>F,PENDENT. SATF"RDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 10. 1914
COMING BACK FROM EUROPE
Foreign Manager of the Maxwell Motor
Company Sails for New York
To-day
C. F. Redden, who has been abroad •
for several months and has had some '
thrilling ext>eriencets during the present
war, has ad\ ised the Maxwell Motor ,
Company, of which he is sales manager,
riiat he will saii for America on the
steamship Minnohana. O. tober 10. ar-'
, riving in New York about October 19.'
! Most of the foreigners who were tu
the employ of the Maxwell Companv
in their respective countries have taken!
up arms an 1 Americans have been sent
over to take their places in the busi
ness field.
Mr. Redden's return will throw mu-h
iig«t on business conditions in foreign
fields as he has ben in closest touch
with ail branches of industry and his
prediction as to the future of Euro
pean business from an American stand
point will be awaited with iuterest.
K. W. S.iank, fhe local distributor,
received during the past fortnight
three carloads of Maxwell touring ears.
During the present week he aiso re
ceive.! the first Roadster of rhe 1915 •
mode', and is delighted with its beauty,
completeness and action.
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STAR INDEPENDENT WANT
ADS. BRING RESULTS.
VULCANIZING
Expert Work Only
1451 Zarker Street
Sterling Auto Tire Co.
i WE are disposing of our en
tire stock of used cars. If
L YOU intend buying a car, nowj
is the time. Among them are
cars equipped with electric
starter and lighting. All in
good condition. •
No reasonable offer re
fused. Call and look them
OYer. Open evenings and
! Sundays.
ABBOTT-DETROIT
BRANCH,
106-108 S. Second St., City.
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HEAT TREATMENT OF STEEL
IMPORTANT IN AUTO PARTS
Opinion of George G. McTwlnnd.
President of the H»msburg Auto
mobile Company, Distributors of
the Hayues, America's First Car
Hear treatment of steel parts, espe
i'tally the drop forged parts, plays a
very important part in the automobile
industry, though the value of such
: treatment, according to George F. Mo-
Farlsnd, president of the Harrisburg
Automobile Company, distributors in
this territory for the Haynes, Ameri
ca's First Car, is little appreciated by
the average owner on account of lus
lack of knowledge in regard to its pos
sibilities.
(r>teel is a mixture of free carbon,
carbon combined with iron and what is
kirtrtvn as a solid solution of carbon
:n iron. The hardness and toughness of
the steel depends upon the condition
that this carbon exists in the steel.
I Heat treating in its elementary form
consists in heating the steel to a few
degrees above what is termed the crit
ical temperature of the particular
! steel an.l then suddenly cooling th'e
; steel. The actual process is a little
1 more complicated than this statement
! would indicate. When the steel reaches
i this critical temperature, there is a
I sudden change in its composition,
i The carbon and iron making up the
1 steel change their relation, so thai t
there is an actual change in the in-J
ternal structure of the steel. The solid i
solution of carbon has increased.
The important steps of heat treat- |
ing consists in getting the steel up
: to the proper temperature so as to ob- j
tain this changed structure, and then
to cool the steel suddenly to retain j
i the structure. All steel is crystalline.,
1 as a broken section will show, and a
; properly heat treated steel should j
i show a fine silky grain, while the un
treated steel is coarse grained, j
The effect of heat treating is to in- 1
crease wonderfully the strength of the
; steel. For instance, a piece of steel i
that would break under a pull of 60,- j
000 pounds before heat treating, will
not break after heat treating until a
load of 120.000 pounds is applied. The'
relative increase in strength due to!
heat treating depends, of course, upon
the initial composition of the steel as !
to the per cent, of the carbon and other j
elements.
The use of heat treated forging j
slightly smaller than the untreated j
forging* used in the past years, en
ables the automobile to be built lighter
and at the same time actually stronger. ;
Kverv steel forging in the Haynes;
light six car, such as the crank shaft, j
cam shaft, steering knuckles, brake!
levers and connecting rods is lieat j
treated. Keen the gears in the trans- j
mission and rear axle are given the;
heat treatment to prevent any pos
sibility of their being stripped, should
an attempt be made to shift gears at .
the wrong time.
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New 1915 Model j
$695
17 New Features
The "Wonder Car."
The sensation of the auto
mobile world. The biggest
automobile value ever of
fered under SI,OOO.
Powerful, fast, silent
and one of the easiest rid
ing and most economical
cars in the world.
A spl en d id. full v
equipped real 5-passenger
family automobile. With
Sims high tension mag
neto. sliding gear trans
mission, left-hand drive,
center control, anti-skid
tires on rear and —
Practically All the High i
Priced Features of High v
Priced Cars
The easiest car in the
world to drive. The great
est all around hill climbing
car in the world. The car
with a pure stream-line
body.
Holds the road at 50
miles an hour.
With Electric Starter
and Electric Lights, $55
extra.
E. W. SHANK
Maxwell Service Station
Central Auto Garage
324 Chestnut St
Bell Phone 724
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1915 Harley-Davidsoß
11 Horsepower GUARANTEED
3-Speed Sliding Gear Transmission
Automatic Mechanical Oil Pump
Step-Starter and 66 Refinements
$275.00
The 1915 Harley-Davidson three-speed twin is the
first motorcycle to climb a sixty per cent, grade.
It has taken a sidecar and passenger up a fort.y
five per cent, grade without a murmur.
1915 CATALOGUE ON REQUEST
HEAGY BROS.,
Open Evenings
AMERICAN IS DETAINED AS
1 SPY IN EUROPEAN WAR ZONE
Special Foreign Representative of
Maxwell Motor Company Tells of
Narrow Escape and Midnight Rides
—Takes Shortest Way Home
"If the Statue of Liberty wants to
| ?ee me again before the European war
! is over, she will have to turn around.''
i Thus remarke t E. M. Greene, foreign
' representative of the Maxwell Motor
I Company, of Detroit, as he stepped
from a Maxwell touring oar and enter
ed the Maxwell Company's main office
! in Detroit.
The aceount of Mr. Greene's experi
ence is most interesting. He was in,
Paris with C. l'\ Redden, the Maxwell
i Company's sales manager, when the
war broke out. Together the two men
1 witnessed the mobilizing of French
j troops and the wild, but enthusiasm
of the Parisians as they marched]
through the streets of the.r city sing
ing and yelling.
On July 30, Mr. Greene reached Ber
lin and there again he saw scenes,
which only occur before a great war.
lit was while Mr. Greene was here that
the Germans learned that the English
were mobilizing. They had not feared
so much before hut their faces became
serious when they learned of the action
of the British. It was at this time
that Mr. Greene was taken as an Eng
lish spy and Was forced to spend sev
eral hours under guard before he was
identified and released. Mr. Greene
also witnessed an attack on th<> English
Ambassador. Mobs followed his auto
mobile and a troop of mounted police
men with drawn swords surroun'led his
j car and accompanied him to safety.
The Germans destroyed all things bear
ding Knglish names and the beautiful
residence of the English Consul was
stoned.
With such spirit against the Knglish
running high the lives of Americans
were more or 'ess endangered, due to
the resemblance between English and
i American. For this reason the Germau
authorities issued an edict that all
Americans wear American tlags a*
means of identification:
Mr. Greene was fortunate to secure
transportation on a special train for
Americans only, from Berlin to Rotter
i'lam. There were 165 Americans on
I board and the usual run of seven hours
occupied a day anil a half. The train
had a dining coach but the passengers!
were compelled to sleep in their seats.
At Amsterdam. Mr. Greene took aj
i train to the Hook of Holland from
thencp by boat to Harwich ami another,
two-hour train ride brought him to L»an-;
don.
While en route to New York, the!
Minnehaha, on which Mr. Greene'
booked passage, had several delays.!
One night she was held up by a strange!
warship and not until the stranger was'
satisfied as to the nationality and desti-'
nation of the Minnehaha was she al!
lowed to proceed.
Several days out of Xew York a
field of icebergs was encountered and ■
| created intense excitement on ship
j board, and then as if to cap the eli
| max, a hurricane sprang u;\ which
i threatened for a while to pa; havoc!
| with the ship. Xew York was finally I
reached, however, and Mr. Greenes'
reference to the Statue of Liberty un j
ioubtedlv voiced the sentiment of I
1 every American on board.
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THEAUfOSHOWATST. LBUIS 1 ;
i J American 1013 Models Have Been on
Exhibition During the
Past Week . | 'i
r: i i
5 i The American 1915 models of auto '
I mobiles have been on exhibition at the '
1 St. Louis Auto Show during the past
'week, October 5 to 10.
_ I Forest Park Highlands, the most pop J
.! ular summer garden, under the auspices t
lof the St. Louis Automobile M&nufae- i
(hirers' and Dealers' Association, was'
| the scene of this, their eighth annual
I' show.
The accessories department contained
,: all the latest automobile parts, smart
toggery, modish motoring coats, chic
i motoring hats, bonnets and veils. The j
"| park exhibit is believed by many to!
; , show the cats to better advantage than f
'ian indoor display and gives prospective
1 ; purchasers a more comprehensive pic- j
U ture of the car in actual use.
• jOn Thursday a large dance was given !
i: in the pavilion. I
1 Monday a parade through the city i i
»FI^J
MBBSEMH^^
of the cars exhibited- containing two
hundred babies was pronounced a per
fect pageant.
Tuesday a parade of the electric cars.
A Pageant of decorated river craft
the afternoon of Sunday. October 11,
will he the third parade of the week!
1 hat parade will he followed Im* speed
boat and rowing races. The Navy De
partment will be represented bv the
1 nited Btates torpedo boat destroyer
Somers, which will be on inspection at
St. Louis throughout the week. Tho
start of the river parade will he an
nounced by the ascension of Captain
H. K. Honeywell's latest balloon. <-.>n
taining himself and Miss Kdna Kiel,
daughter of the Mayor of St. Louis
The other events of tho week will in
elude a reliability tour of automobile*,
Saturday, October I ft. under the
auspices of the Automobile Club of
St. Louis.
A Fighter
"I thought you said this dog is a
tighter!"
"So he is ''
'• He can t scrap at all."
"He surely can. When I owned him
lie used to lick liis rhnm ifter everv
meal."—Detroit Free Press.