RECORD FOR HILL CLIMB MADE BY THE CHANDLER SIX Betters Time Be cord For Famous Toll House Grade Near Fresno, Oal.; Over 4,000 Foot Rise in Seven Miles With 35 Per Cent. Grades News of a record-breaking elirnvb of the steep Tolil House Grade near Fresno, Cal., has just been received by officers of the Chandler Motor Car Company, of Cleveland. Because of its terrific grades and trying road condi tions, the Toll House Grade in the Si erra Nevada mountains has a national reputation and is a favorite test of a car's merits with California motor ists. In a stock Chandler Six, Messrs. Thompson and Lacasse, of Fresno, made the 51-mile ascent in two hours and three minutes, beating the best previous time of two hours and twenty seven minutes by a comfortable mar gin. The state road authorities had just finished placing the mountain roads in condition for winter, which means that water breaks or small ditches had been cut in the roadbed eveiry 100 feet to allow drainage. In order to avoid shad ing the ca.r to pieces over these ditches, the drivers of the Chandler had to slow down for each rut, and the test was a remarkable tribute to the flexibility of the six-cylinder motor. In addition to the bad roads, the drivers had to contend with some of the steepest grades in the State of California. At one point t'here is a climb of 4,000 feet in seven miles and on this stretch thirty-five per cent, grades were the common thing. Cali- J > ------■■■■■■■■'■■wwwmmmmwwvwwWWWWWWXWWW !; THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AUTO BUYER I; WITH LIMITED MEANS 'ISOO New J071: ij Cars and Roadsters at 01V The Greatest Automobile Value Ever Offered j 1 Name and Catalog on Request |j Extraordinary Values in Used Cars ] 1 That Are Guaranteed 1 | 1914 CADILLAC Tourtnr: only run 30,000 IMS KLINE Six Tonrlnr $460. I . nllM. RKGAL Roadster. S2OO. I lilt » r.ilF. Tourtnr Car. electric (tarter WIN'TON six. at a man. and llxhta. 5750. STUTZ Roadster. 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Open Sunday 10 tm 1 Acenta Wanted Automobile Owners-Safety First / | LET US MAKE / j All Roads Smooth Nature's Way /ww BY APPLYING TO YOUB CAB / Rebound SHOCK ABSORSEAS : I Add JOO per cent, to your comfort; gave 20 to f ticulars fur -40 per cent tire a,n<l gasoline cost; increase / tun" of uila'cou" the life or the engine two to three vcars. S i>on with name and A. IW.layering / i M , X Address i When in trouble on the road, phone us Bell Phone 1710—and we will tow you in free of charge. We Eepair and Remodel 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. i ' . —^ Prompt Attention to Repairs Automobile Painting, Rubber Tiring, etc.; Auto j Tops, Bodies, Springs of all makes manufactured i and repaired. Quality is our motto. The C. A. Fair Carriage & Auto Works East End Mulberry Street Bridge MOTORING f fornia dealers predict that if the Chandler's record for the climb is low ered in the future, it will be done by : a six-cylinder car, as no four-cylinder ' motor has approached ajivwhere near tihe present record. SEASON'S BUSINESS HEAVY I. W. Dill, of the Hudson Agency, Opti mistic on 1015 Outlook I. W. Dill, of the Hudson agency, is pleased with the season's 'business of 1914 and with the outlook for 1915, and savs: "The man who once rides behind a Six is never again quite happy with a Four. The difference is too conspicu ous. So, just as we went from two cylinders to four, we are going from Fours to Sixes. This is true the world over. Vjfen in Europe, where fuel con sumption is a paramount question, the small-bore 'Six is now acclaimed as the most desirable type of car. . "The reason lies in the fact that Sixes alone offer the maximum of what men now seek in a car. They offer the only way to secure continuous power, perfect balance, and absence of vibra tion at all speed. They offer flexibility, less shifting of gears, quick accelera tion, greater comfort. They decrease the upkeep £ost, the tire cost and lessen the fuel consumption. Honeymoon in Herff-Brooks Car Chester Leach and Miss Elsie Sut ton, both of New Cumberland, who were recently married at Germantown, Philadelphia, toured for a week in a Herff-Brooks car on their wedding trip. They were delighted with the behavior and economy of their car. A motorcycle has been added to the equipment of the police department of Aberdeen, 8. D. HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1914. KEEP CAR IN SERVICE IN WINTER MONTHS. ADVICE George Q. McFarland Explains Why the Automobile Should Not Be Al lowed to Lie Dormant During the Frigid Weather "It is far better to keep the auto mobile in service throughout the entire winter than it is to put it in storage. The care now built are constructed so as to be equally as serviceable during cold weather as during the war summer months,'' states Oeoi o 'e 0. Me Far land, of the' Harrisburrg Automobile Com pany, distributors in this territory for the Haynes, America's First Oar. '' When a storage battery is allowed to stand for any length of time, it grad ually becomes discharged even whefi no current is being used. It is abso lutely necessary to charge the battery every two or three weeks during the period of its non-use if the battery is to cojne through the storage undam aged, and some arrangement must bo provided for charging the battery. Either the engine in the car mav be ajloiwed to remain idle, or the battery may be taken to a charging station. As long as the car is kept in actual use, there should be no need of this extra attention if the least care is given the battery. "When an automobile is stored through the winter, the oil and grease has a tendency to gum up and become solid, especially at points where it is spread out in thin films. Corrosion takes place at many points and there is a general deterioration. It is not safe to put any car into service again in the spring after it has been stored, unless it is given a complete over hauling, and this is an expensive prop osition. The same condition prevails in an automobile as in any finely ad justed machine. "Tha leading designers take into account the fact that an automobile should properly be an all year car by providing suitable protection for win tor use. The electric cranking motor will start a cold engine that would re fuse to start if cranked by hand. The engine is turned over more rapidly by the starting motor. A cold engine has lost the terror it once had for the man who formerly had to crank by hand. Also, from the economical side, it is better to keep the machine in service where it is producing results, than it is to ailow it to loose its service by allowing it to stand idle for several months.'' JUWP IN EXPORTS EXPECTED Estimates of Increases Due to Euro pean Conflict Bead Like Fairy Tale "Conservative estimates of the in crease in export business anticipated by manufacturers of low and medium priced automobiles when the European was is brought to an end real like the wildest kind of optimism," remarks H. M. Jcwett, president of the Paige- Detroit. "Yeit £hose Who have their hand on the pulse of European conditions," con tinues Mr. Jewett, "are firm in the be lief that American producers have un der-estimated rather than over-estimat ed the actual demand for cars in the old country as a result of the war. With production at a stand still in Eu ropean factories and with all available cars in us e by the contending armies and a high percentage of them dam aged or unavailable when the struggle is over, countries in Europe will be obliged to look to America for their au tomobiles. "Owing to the impaired finances of practically all men in European busi ness circles, the tendency will be to wards economy in all directions with the result that the demand will be to a large extent for low and medium priced American cars. "As makers of medium priced cars, our plans for export business at the close of the war are revealing. Our export business heretofore under nor mal conditions has amounted to approx imately 5 per cent, of our output. This we have every reason to believe will be increased to 25 per cent, at the close of the war. In other words wo anti cipate and are equipping ourselves to handle an immediate increasd of 400 per cent, in our exports as soon as peace has been established.'' TO TEST CARBURETORS Jeffery Company Installs Big Works at Kenosha, Wisconsin The Thomas B. Jeffery Company has recently installed in the big works at Kenosha, Wis., a refrigerating plant for tfye .purpose of making cold weath er tests on Jeffery carburetors, bat teries and motors, even when the ther mometer registers one hundred in the shade. In an hour after starting the re frigerating machinery, it is possible to get a temperature of from eight to ten degrees below zero. The room in which this outfit is installed will accommo date one of the largest Jeffery models and leave® plenty of room for men to work on the car. This device has been installed by the Jeffery Company so that summer experiments can be conducted under winter conditions which should do away, in connection with Jeffery cars, with all those little difticulties whicfh owners sometimes experience, due to falling temperatures. WILL CASE FOB JUBY Daughters of Beading Cigar Manufac turer Cut Off With #5 Each Reading, Dec. 19.—Whetlber he was mentally responsible when he made his wiJl cutting off his three daughters with $5 each of his J70,000 estate, will be decided by a jury in common pleas court, in the estate of Charles Maerz, prominent cigar manufacturer of this city. Register of Wills Newman yester day awarded an issue of the matter in controversy, the daughters having filed objection against probation of the will, He left almost the entire estate to a grandchild. THE REO AND REO FLANS Will Temporarily Remain a Secret TJntil Owners of Popular Machine Spring Surprise on Public "Being.in close touch with tihe au tomobile trade as you arc, you have doubtless heard whisperings as to some thing sensational to come out of Lan sing in the near future," says a repre sentative of the Reo. "I <an't recall a time," he con tinues, "when so much interest has been centered on Reo and Reo plans. But those plans mutt remain secret for yet a little while— from Reo distrib utors. Here is news, however, that I know will please you. "E Lefioy N Peiletier will write Reo advertisements for the coming vear. We have, at a high price, secured his exclusive services. That is to say, he will write no other gasoline automobile copy. This move is in keeping with our policy, 'Nothing is too good for the Reo.' "We intend that the Reo shall take the place that has always rightfully belonged to it—first place in its price class. In the past our policy might have been criticised on the grounds of over-conservatism. Oqjr friends tell us that if anything we have been too modest. That policy has, however, pro duced tremendous results. It is no se cret that the Reo is to-day financially the second strongest automobije con cern in the world, while, with the ad ditions just completed, our manufac turing facilities are unexcelled. "Regardless of money markets, Reo will make nearly twice as many cars the coming year as last, season—for working with our own cash we need worry not at all about 'the general tightness of money.' "So the policy of conservatism will be continued, but, it will henceforth be conservatism militant. It will be ag gressive conservatism, and that, as you will agree, calls for a Pelletier. One vWio can tell t'he Reo story in the force ful, convincing way it ought to be told. And lie is enthusiastic over the alli ance." MOTORCYCLE NOTES The New Jersey Motorcycle Club will hold its annual sociability run on New Year 's Day. About 25 riders participated in the second annual hill-climbing contest of the Wheeling (W. Va.) Motorcycle Club. The recently-organized Motorcycle Club of Madera Cal., will stage a road race 011 New Year's Day. Mr. and Mrs J. J. Wood, of Denver, Col., are making a niotorcycle tour to ilorida by way of Chicago. They ex pect to spend about seven months tour ing the country awheel. Miss EMa Deal and Estil Anderson, of Kansas City, recently eloped on a motorcycle. They were married in Leavenworth. Keen interest wa* manifested in the recent hill-climbing contest of Wheel ing (W. Va.) Motorcycle Club. About 4,000 persons witnessed the events. Reports show that there has been a gain of 442 motorcycles registered in Connecticut during the past year. A campaign has been launched to make the Fargo (.V. D.) Motorcycle Club 100 per cent. F. A. M The club has between 50 and 60 active members. Riders of Carlsbad, Tex., are contem plating organizing a motorcycle club. The New York Motoring Association employs a service squad of motorcv- Auto Gloves $1.50 TO #5.00 EAQBV'C THIRD AND rilnni o WALNUT STS. Jeffer 4, . 91450 Jeffery Chesterfield Light 6, . . SIOSO Jeffery Big 6 S24(H) Jeffery Trucks Chassis, $ i :»oo to SIOSO Tefferv 4-Wheel Drive Trucks. .$2750 Vim 1000 Ib. Delivery ranging from $«35 to $725 All Prices P. O. B. Factory Bentz Landis Auto Co., 1808 LOGAN ST. RIVERSIDE GARAGE Rear 1417, 19 and 21 North Front Street GEO. R. BENTLEY, Proprietor A modern briclTstructure, central location for storage with Practical Mechanical Service Harrisburg Agents for PAIGE CARS Correct in design, construction and price. Demonstration by Appointment Bell Phoue 3731 K ADJUSTABLE FRONT SEAT IN MAXWELL PROVIDES NEW FEATURES OF INTEREST «" •' J >-' •• - " ■■■ -•* 1 f a ■ To the thousands of tourists who prefer the open air and camp life to hotel bills and waiter's tips, the ac companying photograph will be of spe cial interest. The idea is only possible in cars equipped with the adjustable front scat. clists to give first aid to automobiles ! in distress. Over the worst hills in the Ozark country, Rural Mail Carrier H. E. New ton, of Mansfield. Mo., delivers mail to the patrons of his route. Ho rides a motorcycle and, though the load fre quently weighs as much as 20 pounds, he says he has no difficulty in negoti ating the roads. A new publication, "The Motorcy clist", is 300n to be issued by the Keystone Motorcycle ?lub, of Ilarris burg, This sheet will contain news of activities of motorcyclists all over the countrv. »New Models Are Eeady Automobile and motorcycle manufac turers all over the country are putting the finishing touches on the shining new models which they are to exhibit at the annual Automobile and Motorcycle Show, which will be held in New York the week of January 2. And not only American manufacturers, but makers of foregin machines as well are vitally in terested in fhis year's display. For, on account of the war, there will be no automobile or motorcycle shows in Eu rope, and many of the manufacturers of foreign cars will participate in the New York show. 80 great has been the demand of exhibitors that every ef fort has been made to secure additional space. And now more than 150,000 feet of floor space in the four floors of the Grand Central Palace is available for t'he display of gasoline-propelled ve hicles and their accessories. DON'T PUT OFF SHOPPING Everybody Will Be Rushed From Now 011 Until the Christmas Trade Ends _lf you've got any more Christmas shopping to do, do it now. The longer you put it off, the harder it will be come. Crowds will be the rule until the holidays. Of course, if you want to avoid all worry and trouble, and at the same time make everybody "'appy that receives it, give the Star-Independent's Bibles as Christinas presents. And what delight ful presents they do make, too! It is a $5 volume, unless you present one cer tificate clipped from the Star-Independ ont, which entitles you to a copy of this magnificent Bible for only the ex pense items of distribution. It's an eaev way to get your Christ mas presents, and the saving certainly makes it worth your while. How many of these $5 volumes will you want? It will ibe better to get o'uo too many than not enough. Clip to day's Bible certificate from another page of this issue and get your Bibles as soon as possible. FARMER CAPTURES MADMAN Pottstown, Dec. 19.—Russell Det wiler, a well-known farmer living near Mont Olare, had a lively tussle with an escaped inmate of the asylum at Em brceville, Chester county Thursday. Ooing to his barn when ho saw smoke issuing through the cracks. Det wiler found a stranger weighing morei than 200 pounds warming himself by a fire. Dctwiler grappled with tho man and overpowered him aftor a fierce struggle. The man, who proved to be Ardhi hald Brumley, of Toronto, Can., was taken to Phoenixville to be returned to the asylum. WAYNES LITTLE J1485 REO TRUCKS AND Pleasure HARRISBURG AUTO CO. iftilbr (tea 1451 Zarker Street Sterling Auto Tire Co. The Maxwell in the picture is equipped in such a'Way.i as are all the 1915 Maxwell touring cnrs. By removing the four adjustable bolts, the entire front seat can be removed with the results shown in the illustration. Not only is this idea practicable as a AMUSEMENTS i "**> ORPHEUM Every afternoon and evening, high class vaudeville. COLONIAL Daily continuous /audeville and pic ture*. V -s At the Orpheum Rotary Week at the Orpheum ends to-day and while fine advance sales are recorded for the last performances, the management says there are still many choice seats to be had by patrons who want to get in to see the splendid cur rent offering. Bart McHugh, vaude ville's most popular producer of in fectious "kid" acts, and who sent "The Lawn Party" to the Orpheum several weeks ago, is also sponsor of "The Dream Pirates" that occupies the coveted position on the big Christ mas offering that will be inaugurated at that playhouse on Monday. Flo Bert, a piquant and fascinating comdi enne, is starred in the vehicle and when the curtain rises on Iho act she is seen sleeping in a beautiful library. Then she dreams that she is on the deck of an ocean liner and all her girl friends ar e members of the crew of the slip. Her dream is depicted and calls in spe cial scenery, tuneful songs and the cut est and cleverest bunch of youthful and pretty girls anybody could wish to see. Old favorites also occupy important po sitions on this bill. In fact if is about three or four, maybo five seasons, since ttoey were at the Orpheum, but it is a pretty safe bet that they will soon he recalled after they appear before the audiences. One of them is pretty Josephine Davis, who after a tour of the world, appears at the Orpheum once more with a budget of tuneful ballads. The other is Km met DeVoy, who is an actor of consid erable reputation and wli o with his charming partner, Hermoine Shone, headlined the Orpheum offering about five years ago. They return this week in a clever sketch, entifely new in theme, and entitled "His Wife's Moth er." Derkin's Animal novelty that is a veritable scream called "A Busy Day in Dogville" will appear as a special treat for thp children although there are reasons to believe that it will please children of all ages as well. Santa Claus with gifts for the children will appear at the Orpheum each afternoon next week up until Christmas Day. Adv. **• At the Colonial There's a fat girl and lean girl at the Colonial this week, offering a turn of nonsense and song, but who are such amazing contrasts that they have tho fabled "Jack Sprat and his Wife" faded off the boards. People have paid bigger admissions than those at the Co-! lonial to get in to see the fat girl of a| side show, and have come out not see- j ing anything quite as plump and good ! natured as the stout member of this troup. There's also a good sketch of : mistaken identity that is funny and I full of excitement; two clever gym-' nasts and a pleaping song and dance! AMUSEMENTS _J_ AMUSEMENTS ORPHEUM COLONIAL flam Vaudeville, 8.18 mail 8.15 Vaudeville ami Picture*, 3.15, 7 Jt » !'"« ,'° 8 " l h '" <i0 "" Sh °" ,he 400 Comedy "ml Help Swell the Rntartan*' To-day IlclKlan Fund .. _ # MONDAY, TUKSDAY, WKn.VESDAV c WALTER O. NELAND With 10 I'retty lilrla A "' l H '" Company. l'rr«eu(ius •A BUSY IIAV IIS l)lHi\ 11,1,1", ''TUP PfYrD" JOSKPHIISG DAVIS ' n f, TIAJC/K SANTA CI.AIiS B—OTHER. ACTS 3 Monday, Tueaday, Wrdntniljiy and MIST OK THE RED ME.V Thursday Afternoon With a In Movlea Gift for Every Child COUNTRY STORE WED. NIGHT % WW rTADTA^"^- 1 ' 51 "The NIHILIST'S W IV# roiu^— 73 - DAUGHTER" % Extra Monday In Two ReeU 3 SHOWING LIFE UNDER A Story of Barbaric Cruelty THE of *'i l i ■ i PHOTOPLAY TO-DAY Miss Alice Joyce in "The Price of Silence"—2-Act Kalem Beloved Adventure Series Featuring Arthur Johnson as "Lord Cecil"—"Thru Desperate Hazards" "The Mystery of the Seven Chests"—2-Act Selig Drama Sweedie and the Hypnotist S. & A. Comedy sleeping place for tourists, but a car with this equipment can easily be trans , formed into a temporary ambulance in case of accident on the-road. • The con version interferes in no way with the ' steering of the car should occasion de mand that the car be driven under these i conditions. tMoxn&Zl New 1915 Powerful, . fast, silent j and one of the easiest rid ing and most economical cars in the world. E. W. SHANK Maxwell Service Station Central Auto Garage 324 Chestnut St. Bell Phone 724 |!L_ VULCANIZING' Expert Work Only 1451 Zarker Street Sterling Auto Tire Co. ■' t j duo. Some excellent attractions are headed for the "Busy Corner'" dur- I ing Christmas week. Adv.-*** Saturday Special at the Victora To-day A remarkable love story wlticlh is full of romance throughout its four reels is "The Colonel's Wife," an ex ceptionally dramatic photo-story which heads the Saturday special bill at the Victoria theatre, 223 Market street, to-day. It is the story of a young man who falls in 'love with Siis oiumtt H nurse and then leaves foir the Orient. The igirl nurses and marries "the colonel" whoso son later meets Ms old sweet heart who is the youth's stepmother. The climax is reached wihen the nuree meets her old lover. A duel betiweeu both men for the woman's love fol lows. After a number of thrilling in cidents the older man is victor and the "Colonel" and his nurse-Wide a.re re united happily. A ripping Keystone comedy, the usual Saturday feature at the "Victor ia, scheduled for to-day is one con tinual tough. It features Matty and Mnibcl, adv *** The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensarv will be open daily except Sunday at M p. m., at its new location. Front and Harris streets, for the free treatment of the worthy poor. 9
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