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When in trouble on the road, phone ns Bell
Phone 1710— and we will tow you in free of charge.
We Repair and Bemodel Automobiles of every make. All -work guar
anteed. Let us estimate on your repairs.
Auto Transportation
Machine Shop
No. 5 North Cameron St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Prompt Attention to Repairs
Automobile Painting, Rubber Tiring. etc.; Auto
Tops, Bodies, Springs of all makes manufactured
and repaired. Quality is our motto.
The C. A. Fair Carriage & Auto Works
East End Mulberry Street Bridge
HAYNES
LITTLE SIX
j m
REO TRUCKS
AND
Pleasure Cars
HARRISBURG
AUTO CO.
.left ery ', . . .. . si 450
Jeffery Chesterfield Light 6, . . .$1650
Jeff ery Big 6 $2400
Jeft'ery Trucks Chassis,
$1303 to
Jeft'ery 4-Wheel Drive Trucks, . . s27i»o
Vim 1000-lb. Delivery ranging from
$035 to $725
All Prices F. O. B. Factory
Bentz Landis Auto Co.,
1808 LOGAN ST.
RIVERSIDE
GARAGE
Rear 1417, 19 and 21
North Front Street
GEO. S. BENTLEY, Proprietor
A modern brick structure, central
. location for storage with
Practical Mechanical Service
Harrisburg Agents for
PAIGE CARS
Correct in design,
and price.
Demonstration by Appointment
Bell Phone 3731 B
itttfcr (tea
1451 Zarker Street
- Sterling Auto Tire Co.
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is most appreciated by those who do
not have it.
MOTORING
f
'the new price six is out
1 Distinctive Features of Design and
Construction Make Car Promising
Addition to Paige Line
A new six-cylinder car is in th field
the Paige Model Fairfield, otherwise
known as the Paige "Six-46," manu
factured by the Paige-yetroit Motor
Car Coonpany. The announcement of
the advent of this new Six is of special
interest to motordom as it has been
known for some time that the Paige
company was working on the new ear
and considerable expectation had been
aroused.
The interest in what the Paige would
dio to meet the deanand for tines was
<hie laigely to the success the company
had met with its Few, tihe Model Glen
wood "36." After mere than a year
of planning, working and developing
the new'Pajge Six has at last arrived
end dt is the belief of its sponsors that
it will not only attract its due,share
of attention but that it wil'l more than
maintain the prestige won by the com
pany in the field of Fours.
The Model Fairfield, Paige "Six
-46," is a seven- paMsemgier car selling
for $1,395. Its designers and builders
have not aimed to exploit any me
chanical innovation, but have sought
to take advantage of all that has pre
viously been learned in the manufac
ture of Sixes to secure the last word
in proved mechanics and construction
anil win dominance in the field through
the exceptional value offered.
In 'body design and general appear
ance the new Six is of the European
full steamline type with a one-man
top th'a't completes the impression of
low hung raciness. One of the features
thut give the ear distinctiveness of de
sign is the buld-nosed, V shaped radi
ator of the cellular type. The wheel
base of 124 inches is simple to com
plete the effecit of imposing size.
The motor is the Paige-Continental
3 1-2 inch bore by 5 1-4 inch stroke,
unit power plant. The car has three
speeds forward and one reverse work
ing through chrome nickel steel gears
and a multiple disc cork insert clutch.
The lubrication is by a combination
pressure, splash and circulating sys
tem. The cooling systerti includes a
Ifl inch fan ami a centrifugal pump.
(Starting and lighting are taken care
of by the Gray & Davis generator and
starting motor. The wiring is simple,
accessible and carried through perfect
insultation to insure against '-'rounding
and fire. The Bosch magneto, Willard
storage ba»tt*ry and Gilay & Davis
lamps with dimmers complete the elec
trical equipment.
The rear axle is of the floating tvpt
while the front is the 1 beam section.
Drive is accomplished ib>y shaft, two
universal joints, through spring and
torque beam. The brakes are internal
and external, 14 inches in diameter.
The now Paige Six is left hand
drive, center control. The spark and
throttle levers are on the Jiacox irre
versible nut and sleeve type steering
gear. Ignition switch, lighting switch,
dash light, current indicator, speedo
meter and oil pressure guage are in ac
cessible positions on the cowl board.
Under the cowl is the gasoline tank
with a capacity of fifteen gallons.
In the tonneau there are ample ac
commodations for five persons; three
in the back seat and two on auxiliary
seats that disappear when not in use.
The riding qualities, it is claimed,
are immensely enhanced by the adop
tiom in the rear of 49-incfi cantilever
springs. The front springs are semi-el
liptic, 36 inches long.
The cantilever spring, it is claimed,
is the latest and most i>erfecit type of
spring suspension, and if so should
make the riding qualities of this new
Six Rensational.
The car carries a complete equip
ment, rnic'h as tire iron, tire carrier,
foot rests, license bracket, horn, puimp,
tools and tire repair kits.
Sells Cars as He Wears Snowshoes
C. W. Shaffer, an automobile dealer
in Carthage, X. Y„ finding the roads
•blocked by a heavj- fall of snow so that
•ho could not use His demonstrating car,
strapped on his snowshoes and sold two
cars in one afternoon. Shaffer doesn't
believe in quitting business just because
the roads are impassable.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12. 1914.
UTORISTS TO COVER PAUL
REVERE'S HISTORIC RIDE
American Antonobile As»:lsiion to
Hold Annual Mooting at Boston in
May—Mail Vote Decides in Favor
of Spring Gathering
Paul Revere's famous ride will ibe
covered by the motorists who partici
pate in the annual meeting of the
American Automobile .association, to
toe heJd in Boston in (May next. A mail
I vote of the entire directoriate almost
unanimously decided for a spring in
stead of a wiinter meeting, and so it
was that the A. A. A. executive board,
at its December session in Washington,
I>. C., with President John A. Wilson in
the chair, decided to postpone the big
meeting until May 17-18. At that time
of the year tfhe main highways in most
of the States are in travelable condi
tion, and it has long been the opinion
of leading A. A. A. memibers that the
annual gathering should be one to which
the members could tour over the road.
Massachusetts is one of the few
States which have established compre
hensive highway systems, and for inauy
the journey will also include Xew York.
New Jersey and Connecticut, all of
which have arrived at a uniform method
of procedure. Ohio is another State
busily at work upon a main market
road system, and all around it is ex
pected that the motorists will add
greatly to their roads building ideas
en route to the annual convention, one
part of which will be devoted to high
way matters.
Boston and vicinity suipply a great
quantity of places of historic interest,
and the modern presenilation of the rev
olutionary ride from Charleston to Cam
bridge, to Concord and Lexington will
be started by a signal from the aid
Xorth Church.
Ait the conclusion of the Boston meet
in;? it is quite probalble that a party
of tranftcontinentalists will start for ttot
Panama-Pa ;ific Exposition in San Fran
ciwo, for several A. A. A. officers hav<
signified their intention of making th<
cross-country trip at this time. Thcr<
will not be any organized tour, nor ii
it likely that all will start art the sam«
time and follow the same schedule. Dr
M. Roue, president of the Automo
tale Club of Maryland and first vie<
president of the national association
is a quite likely participant, whdlt
>R. Speare, president of the LMas
sa<"husctts State Association and a for
mer A. A. A. president, has in min<
shipping to San Francisco and travel
ing eastward. Perhaps the two w-il
touch fires at the point in Nebraski
where the Meridian road crosses th(
Lincoln highway. If suc.h a sche-hilt
can be arranged the meeting of thest
two transHonitinental travelers will b<
celebrated by an automobile funct.iou ol
some kind, arranged 'by the Omaha Au
tomobile Cluib. V
15-Hour Endurance Run
"The Biggest Endurance Run of thi
Pacific Coast"—that's wlrnt the Port
land (Ore.) Motorcycle Club is plan
ning to make the annual New Year'
Day event. The run will bo a fifteen
hour contest over a 30-mile course
and the start will be made at midnight
of New Year's Eve. Handsrme awards
will be given winners of the run.
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New 1915 Model
$695
Powerful, fast, silent
and one of the easiest rid
in# and most economical
cars in the world.
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Maxwell Service Station
Centra! Auto Garage
324 Chestnut St.
Bell Phone 724
Auto Gloves
tt.so TO sr>.oo
FORRY'S wSTts.
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CARRIAGES AND WAGONS
Refinlahed nllk IT-Auto-Vntnlah,
• 10.00 and upward* Mode to
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AUTOMOBILES
Harrisburg Auto Reflnishing &
Repair Co.
1M AND 10S S. SECOND ST.
Main Office, 301 Kunkle Building
IIARRISBI)KG, PA.
T. A. Jensen A. M. Levering
Manager galea Manager
VULCANIZING
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1401 Zarker Street
Sterling Auto Tire Co.
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BOOKS OF THE OVERLAND
SHOW INCREASED SALES
A Larger Volume of Business Is Trans
acted Since July | Than During the
Entire Six Months Ending January
1, 1014
i The most optimistic series of tangi
! We business statistics emanating from
a manufacturer of motor vehicles since
| the start of the European war has just
been ma do public by John N. Willys,
i president of the Willys-Overland Com
: i>aaiy, Toledo.
On November 25 the books of the
Overland company showed a larger vol
ume of sales since the start of that
company's fiscal year on July 1 than
that made during the entire six months
ending January 1, 1914. In other
words, Overland business to-day already
is considerably a month in advance of
that of the last fiscal year, when the
total output of the company aggregated
45,000 cars. And for the present cal
endar year this number has already
been exceeded by several hundred cars.
Foreign orders for Overland cais re
ceived up to November 25 exceeded by
12 per cent, those reoeived by the cor
responding date of last year," with the
unfilled orders for foreign shipment
amounting to two and one-half times
those on hand on the same day a year
ago.
"The number of privately owned
motor cars abroad is so depleted that
American motor ear manufacturers are
meeting a growing demand for cars to
replace those confiscated for military
purposes," states Mr. Willys. ''This
fact alone shown conclusively that in
Europe, as in the United States, the mo
tor car is considered a vital necessity.
Even in this day of extreme financial
stringency on the other side of the At
lantic, the Europeans believe that a car
is an investment which will net them
good returns on their money. Other
wise they could not sco their way clear
to purchase cars at this time.
''On the first of October, when Over
land foreign sales were 5 per cent, of
the total during the same period of
last year, we thought the showing re
markable in view of the fact that our
foreign business was practically at a
standstill shortly after the mobilization
of troops. But during the last two
months it has gradually increased until
now it is far better than normal. Our
total mentioned is, of course, entirely
exclusive of Willys-Utility and Gar
i'ord trucks sold abroad since July 1.
"I believe that the excellent foreign
business we are doing to-day, both in
European and other countries, is merely
a forerunner of what will come when
peace is finally declared. Coupled with
the great increase in motor car sales
in this country, the rapidly growing
foreign market gives American manu
facturers every reason to look ahead to
even greater prosperity.''
MOTORCYCLE NOTES
A great many American niotorcy
| eles are being used in the country dis
(tricts of Argentine,
j The Blair County Motorcycle Club
| of Altoona. Pa., is planning to affiliate
j with the Federation of American Mo
| torcyclists.
j Irving Janke, winner of third place
I in the Savannah 300-mile classic, was
I guest of honor at a recent meeting of
' the Milwaukee Motorcycle Club. He
; gave the club a vivid description of the
i Savannah race.
Two clubs recently affiliated with the
i F. A. M. are the Charleston C.)
j Motorcycle Club and the Hopkinsville
j (Ky.) Motorcycle Club.
Dr. W. P. Butler, of Koekuk, la.,
j uses a motorcycle or visiting his pa
| tients.
"I am much pleased with it," writes
| Louis M. Duval of Saki, Nigeria, West
I Africa, who recently received a motor
! cycle from this country.
Kmployes of the Pennsylvania Water
! Company, of Pittsburgh, use motor
i cycles to go to small repair jobs, for
inspection of distribution mains, serv
i ice lines and hydrants, and for answer
! ing hurry calls when a break is difc
!covered.
I "Abandoning the use of motorcycles
would mean doubling the forces in the
(departments in which they are used."
! This is the declaration of H. C. Morris,
j general manager of the Gas Company.
!of Dallas, Tex. The Gas Company
! uses motorcycles in its inspection, d;.s
--j tribution and collection departments.
It is snid that a motorcycle corps
; will be added to the garrison at San
Antonio, Tex.
Bronx Clubs to Unite
The amalgamation of the motorcycle
] clubs of the Bronx, New York City, is 1
I practically assured. Thero are now
some dozen or more clubs in the Bronx,
I none of them very large, and at a
number of joint meetings the members
i of these clubs have decided that one
central organization will be much more
effective. A committee has been ap- 1
pointed to look after the matter of
consolidating.
Motorcyclists at Exposition
Arrangements are being made for a
| number of motorcycle events to be held
on the Panama-Pacific Exposition's
mile track during the fall of 1915. The
one-mile, two-mile, five-mile, 10-mile
25-mile and 100-mile championships
for amateurs and professionals will
probably be run at that time.
Plans are also under way for a mo
torcycle tour from New York to San
Francisco, to be undertaken next i
spring.
Motor Cop's Record
Motorcycle Patrolman Wesolek, of
South Bend, Ind., says that he has
traveled 5,602 miles on his motorcycle
at total cost of $67.50. This includo*
the cost of riding costume as well as
oil and pasoline. Since the first of
April. Wesolek has arrested 67 per
oons for speeding, 58 for intoxication,
and made 304 calls for the Board of
Public Works.
Milwaukee's Motorcycle Show
Riders of Milwaukee, Wis., will this
year be given the opportunity of view
ing the new motorcycle models in an
exhibit for two-wheelers exclusively.
This is the first time that a showing of
motorcycles alone has ever been heldj
FAMOUS RBO IN FRONT OF MICHIGAN CAPITAL
R. E. Olds and A. R. Pardington at entrance of the Capitol at Lansing, home of the Beo car, on their way to
present the monster Lincoln Highway petition to Governor Ferris.
The petition, signed by 50,000 Michigan good-roads enthusiasts, was bound ill the two mammoth volumes shown.
The Harrisburg Auto Company are the local distributors of the Roo car in this territory and are delighted with
all the features of the now 1915 models of this company's productions, covering pleasure cars and trucks, and antici
pates a prosperous new year for all.
in Milwaukee, and it is planned that
the show will be the largest of its kind
ever held in the States, with the ex
ception of the annual display at Chi
cago. Tile exhibit will be hold in the
Auditorium under the auspices of the
Milwaukee Motorcycle Club, and the
•dealers and accessory people have
pledged their hearty support. Tenta
tive dates of the display are February
26 and 27.
Veteran Cyclist
An enthusiastic motorcyclist of New
York City is A. A. Hill, editor of the
"Automobile Dealer and Repairer."
Mr. Hill's experience in riding a two
wheeler dates back to the time of the
high-wheeled bicycles. Later, when
safety bicycles were perfected, Mr. and
Mrs. Hill cycled all over the East and
in a number of foreign countries. With
the advent of the motorcycle, Mr. Hill
was one of the first to adopt its use.
And now, with Mrs. Hill comfortably
tucked away in the sidecar, he can be
seen almost daily chugging through
Westchester and other counties of New
York State.
MAXWELL AGAIN LOWERS
HILL-CLUNG RECORD
Latest Victory That of Billy Carlson,
Who Drove Famous Car Up Mount
Wilson in Twenty-nine Minutes and
One Second
The latest word of victory comes
from Billy Carlson, one of the Max
well racing teaan, who took a stock
1915 Maxwell and drove it up Mount
Wilson, in just twemty-nane minutes,
one second; truly a most wonderful
performance when you consider that
the world's record for this famous
cl'imlb was fotrtv-two minutes.
Mount Wilson is known the world
over as a steep one, and one that is
most difficult for an ■automobile to
climb. Sharp, turns, narrow road, al
ways snow and ice, slush, rock's, etc.,
make iit a most dangerous one. Tho ele
vation is 6,0'0 0 feet, and the road
covers a distance of just nine males.
This is an elevation of 666 feet per
mile.
Over these nine males throwjih ttie
snow, slush a<nd ice, Billy Carlson
forced his sturdy Maxwell up, always
up, making an average of a mile every
three minutes and thirteen seconds";
around quick turns and over narrow
roads where a little Slip, a little mis
judged distance and down the preci
pice, mayhap, a thousand feet both he
and the «ar would go.
The government Observatory on
Mount Wilson kept the officii a 1 score
of the race against time, and the Max
well and her driver brought down the
fastest record ever made at this place,
thn previous record being made by a
Stutz, and the time forty-two minutes.
This is but another exiample of what
thiis flexible, light, powerful Maxwell
(HIT is capable of doing 1 .
E. W. Shenk, tlie local distributor
in this territory with headquarters at
334 Chestnut "street, Central Garage
has just unloaded anotlir car load of
Maxwell roadsters and tourney cars
which are on exhibition and display.
Demonstration on application. Phone
724 8011, 298 W. C. V.
DODGEM ANOFFONLONC TRIP
O. E. Willems Will Visit Central and
South America Before Establishing
Headquarters in the Far East
Before leaving to establish perman
ent headquarters in Singapore, Straits
Settlement, G. E. Willems, recently ap
pointed foreign representative of
Dodige Brothers, will visit Central and
South America with a view to develop
ing an export trade wiith these coun
tries. Mr. Willems will sail shortly aft
er the first of the year and expects to
spend two or three months in the
southern half of the hemisphere.
" American motor oar makers de
voting their efforts to the manufacture
of moderate priced cars, have succeed
ed in turning out models that should
forcibly appeal to the buyer in Latin
countries, slays Mr. Wdllem. "A oar
may have a powerful and efficient mo
tor, but the South American purchaser
demands in addition, pleasing lines of
the steaim-line type.
'The French and English cars have
been given credit in the Latin coun
tries for originatiin!? the present mode
in body designs, but the American
manufacturer -with ihis enormous pro
duction, has not only improved on the
original] designs, but offers hip product
at a lower price. My first impression
of Dodge Brothers new car was its
striking resemblance to the better type
of light ear now being marketed by
French concerns. This appearance com
bined with the powerful motor in the
car should render it a big seller in the
foreign market. I aim confident that we
can build up an imjwtant export trade
| not only in South America, bart with
. all countries not affected by the Euro
pean war."
HANDLING OP RACING TIRES
J. C. Winters Will Superintendent Their
Distribution in This Territory
J. C. Winters, one of the best known
tire salesmen' traveling the' State of
Pennsylvania, lias joined the forces of
the Manufacturers' Supplies Co., of
I Philadelphia, and, under the supervision
of Manager Oharles A. Wigmore, will
I attend to the distribution of Racine
I tires throughout the territory in which
j he is such a prominent figure.
'Mr. Winters is enthusiastic, about the
j new line that Mr. Wigmore foals added
i to his tremendous automobile accessory
I business. " With the right tire and t'he
factory behind the tire, t'here is noth
ing 'tlhat can stop owners of automobiles
| from securing the best tire service on
| the market," according to Mr. Winters.
"And it is tiro service that is needed
itp-State,'' said Mr. Winters. '' The
roads are far from being city boule
vards and the wear and tear is trying
upon rubber and faibric. The hardest
tests have convinced me that Racine
tires can 'stand the gaff' and with
| SEE MISS CORA C. TRENCH'
OF CANADA
POULTRY EXPERT
She Is our Guest and Is with our exhibit at the Poultry Show every
afternoon and evening demonstrating the famous
Prairie State Incubators
FOR WHICH WE ARE EXCLUSIVE FACTORY AGENTS
Everyone interested in Profitable Poultry should take advantage of
this opportunity to talk with Miss Trehch and get the valuable practical
information she is able as an expert to give you.
WITH US AT OUR MAMMOTH EXHIBIT OF EVERYTHING FOR
POULTRY AT THE POULTRY SHOW, CHESTNUT STREET HALL
THIS WEEK.
WALTER S. SCHELL
QUALITY SEEDS
■ 1807-1800 MARKET STREET HARRISBURG, PA. ■
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AMUSEMENTt
MAJESTIC rSS'
TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME
The I'nivermil Picture* Present
Damon & Pythias
! A story of the RrentfNt friendship
Ihe world had ever known. A photo j
drama in II part*.
PRlCKS'—Adulta, 35c| Children, IKe. i
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High Claaa Vaudeville, 2.15 unil 5.15 Vaudeville nnd Picture*. 2.15, 7 A 9
HAVE YOU SOLVED THE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY
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BENEFIT OF STARVING BELGIANS Together With
Aunplcetf of Hnrrlaburg; Rotary Club
~ ST. ELMO
Lelloer and Dupreece ~ " "
The Farber Girl* In Motion Picture!
Lorraine nnd Dudley
Ed. Howard and Company THE GHEATEST SET OF FILMS
NO INCBEASE IN PRICES EVF.B RELEASED
PHOTOPLAY TO-DAY""
CLEVER ANITA STEWART
In 2-Act Vitagraph
HE NEVER KNEW
UNREST
'< 2-Reel Sellg Drama
BELOVED ADVENTURE SERIES
Featuring ARTHUR JOHNSON
service 'back of them the proposition ap
pears to be an attraxttive one."
iMr. Winters is starting out this week
and making Heading, Lebanon, Allen
town, Scranton, Wilkes-'liarre, Lancas
ter, etc.
Drop Promotion and Sale of Zoline
Prank E. Sweet, secretary of the
I'rest-O-Ijight. Company, of Indian
op'lis, Ind., in a letter under date of
December 10, 1914, to Troy B. Wild
erm'utih, president of the Front and
Market Motor Supply Company, of
Hamsburg, says that the final experi
ments with Zoline did not burn out to
the satisfaction of Mr. Fisher anil his
associates and thu't they therefore de
cided they would not be interested in
'its promotion or sale and would drop
the matter.
Russians Driven to Ships
Constantinople, Via London, Dec.
12.—An official statement issued here
says:
''Under cover of an man-of-war, She
Russians attempted to disembark on
Thursday near Gounieli, south of Ba
tum, Transcaucasia, in order to outflank
our troops. They were compelled to
retreat with heavy loss."
Strange, But True
"Isn't human nature a funny
thing," said the philosopher at large.
"Take the average man when ho goes
in the wash room of a big hotel or res
taurant. If the wash room boys insist
upon .getting in his way by turning on
the water for him, putting a towel in
his hands or whisk 'brooming him. the
sole object of course being to extort
a tip, he says to himself, 'What do they
bhink I am, an easy markf But if
they pay no attention whatever to him
he asks himself, 'What <lo they think
I aim, a cheap skate?' Queer ,isn't it?"
—New York Times.
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