SATURDAY EVENING, ftAHJRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH! "MAY IS. 1918

DUPLEX PLOWSTHROUGH MUD

Remarkable Haulage Feat inOregon Canyon and on ?

Snowy MountainReports have been received by

President H. M. I<ee, of the Duplex

Truck Company, of Lansing, of a

remarkable haulage feat accomplish-

ed by a Duplex truck, which during

March pushed through the Pass

Creek canyon, Oregon, which had

been impassable to all vehicle traf-

fic since the rains last fall.The highway is never open to traf-

fic until early in the summer, andpredictions were made that the truckwould become buried in mud.

However, the Duplex, according to

Pdrtland newspapers, pushed throughoceans of mud and then negotiated anarrow snow-banked road from

6-Passenger Touring $8653-Passenger Clover-Leaf COCC

Roadster JJOOO

Ensmineer Motor Co.THIRDand CUMBERLAND STS.

Bell Phone 3515

Grant's Puss to Cresc lit City, whichwas declared to be a boulevard com-pared to the Pass i'reek canyonhighway. This road is never usedbefore May. according; to the news-papers, the mail being taken overthe mountains meantime on horse-back.

A Portland newspaper reports thispart of the truck's journey as fol-lows:

"A Duplex four-wheel drive truckhas again wiped the word 'impossi-ble' out of the road vocabulary ofOregon. The same Duplex thatplowed through the mud of PassCreek canyon completed its journeyacross the Coast Range mountains.

"Its long trip from Portland end-ed March S, when it was deliveredin good condition to the County Com-missioners- of Curry county at thetown of Brookings, after a run ofnine days and approximately 458miles.

"Across the mountains the truckhad to follow a narrow mountainroad covered with snow two to fourfeet deep, and with such sharp turnsthat several times it was necessaryto stop the. Duplex, back it and goahead again before it could nego-tiate the snow-banked roads.

"Once one of its rear wheels miss-ed a culvert on a curve, hidden by

the snow. Down dropped the wheelover the edge of the culvert untilthe axle bumped on it. In this emer-gency the power in the two frontwheels pulled the truck out of dif-ficulty in a moment."

EAGI.ES VOTE A WAR TAXSunbiiry. Pa., May 18.?A special

war tax of 50 cents a member wasdecided upon at the state conventionof the Knights and Ladies of theGolden Eagle here. This will beused to pay the death benefits of any

members killed in the service of theircountry. The per capita tax for thisyear was reduced from 54 to 50cents. Wilkes-Barre was chosen asthe place for the next meeting.

OfficialWillard Service Station

Neglect will ruin the finest Stor-age Battery made how have youbeen treating yours? When did ithave water last (distilled) and howis it acting?

It will pay you to have us testyour battery regularly for we'recompetent experts,in the CHARG-ING and REPAIRING of ALLMAKES of STORAGE BAT-TERIES.

First-class service at reasonablecharges.

Sunshine Garage Busy

DUPLEX 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKSBuilt to Accomplish Out-of-Ordinary Haulage Tasks

Sturdy and dependable, with irresistible reserve power,Duplex 4-W heel Drive Trucks begin their notable haulage taskswhere other types of commercial vehicles leave off.

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Exclusive application of the Duplex 4-Wheel Drive principlenia^es h possible for Duplex trucks to haul capacity loads under

|| If conditions that prevent the operation of any other type of heavyhaulage vehicles.

11th YEAR guii t for year-'round service, Duplex trucks are on the jobspring and summer, fall and winter?12 months of every year?-pei forming satisfactorily under extreme weather and road con-ditions. They are opening up new territory to motor truck trans-portation hauling raw and finished products overland from cityto city?giving never-faltering service.

??? Duplex Trucks are built especially for contractors, roadbuilders, manufacturers and jobbers?for out-of-ordinary haulagework?and are delivering capacity loads at lowest ton-mile cost.

HARRISBURG AUTOMOBILE CO., 4th&Kelker Sts.Cleveland and Beeman Tractors Reo Hulburt Trucks

DUPLEX ' TRUCK COMPANY Lansing, Michigan

SAXON PLACES 531CARS IN HALF DAY

The Status of the LightCar Used For Deliveries

The process of educating the av-erage merchant of to-day is going onrapidly and the task has been madeeasier by reason of the enormousamount of publicity that has beengiven the motortruck. Scarcely anewspaper or magazine in the coun-try has failed to deal with the sit-uation more or less at length in thepast few months and not a few havegone Into a detailed discussion, war-ranted by the size and importanceof the industry.

It has not been so very long ago

that merchants, looking for speedierdelivery and a way to secure more

business than the now antiquatedhorse-drawn equipment could fur-nish, began to experiment by puttingcommercial bodies on a chassis 'builtprimarily for carrying passengersonly. Many of these makeshifts an-swered their purpose for the timebeing and really did succeed in sav-ing a great deal of time and in se-curing a great deal of new business.

But, like all other makeshifts,

these devices had to give way to thedeliverycar so designed and con-structed as to bear the strain andoverload that are always inevitable.Most of the users of such devicesfound that, whereas they gained intime and in new business, they werelosing money in operating costs,chiefly because of the tremendous re-pair bills that had to be met.

It stands to reason, and most mer-chants are learning if they have notalready learned, that if their deliv-ery is to be an asset rather than aliability they must use equipment de-signed for the purpose. One seesvery few heavy trucks used' forpleasure jaunts through the parkand countryside, and also one seesvery few passengercars used for de-livering coal, though there mighthave been some few during this pastwinter.

Spring Orders Surpass Thoseof Same Period in

Former Years

The' marked increase in motorcarsales which characterized the mid-winter season of the Saxon MotorCar Corporation has been followedby an opening of the spring seasoneven more propitious. Although thewarm days of the year have been sofew to date that tliey can be readilycounted, dealers in e\ery section 'ofthe country report big jumps insales. w'Hile the orders at the factory

indicate a mammoth season to come.A week ago a new record for a

half-day's business was establishedon Saturday morning, when the fac-tory received requests for 531 six-cylinder cars between opening timeand noon. The orders did not comefrom a single distributor nor. werethey from a single locality.

On the contrary, they came fromvarious sections of the country, in-dicating a most healthy demand forSaxon motorcars all over the UnitedStates. The extreme eastern sea-board, the southern states, the greatmiddle west and the northwesterngrain country were all representedin the orders.

Daily since this huge order of 531cars was received the factory hasbeen deluged with calls for cars in\ariouS other quantities, making inall a grand total that will necessi-tate top-speed production to supplyin the short time which the dealerssay they can allow if the cars are tobe placed In the hands of waiting

patrons for the spring driving sea-son. With the factory output keptat full speed all winter by the nev-er-ceasing demand for Saxons, re-gardless of season or Weather, theproblem of increasing production tomet this much larger spring busi-ness is not a small one. However,the Saxon Motor Car Corporation Isprepared for it.

Since the first of the year somechanges and additions have beenmade to the factory's quarters andequipment, which insure a muchlarger production than has hereto-fore been possible, and these inno-vations have now been completed.The factory is running at fullstrength and to date is able, by thismethod of operation, to keep the un-filled orders down to a fair num-ber, although the quantities in whichthe new orders keep arriving re-sults in a continual list of requestsfor cars which are awaiting theirturn to be supplied.

The horse has now entirely yield-ed his place as a factor in the eco-nomic situation of to-day and themerchant who lias any deliveryworthy of the name is in line for adeliveryear. But if he wishes to gainthe maximum of efficiency at a min-imum cost he will have to invest ina deliveryear built for the purpose?-a car built to withstand the pound-ing and Jars of the road, as well asthe strain of axles, springs and otherparts, and if he realizes this at thebeginning he will save himself agreat deal of money and annoyance.Having realized this, he must nextbear in mind that he must adaptIlia delivery unit to the size of hisbusiness and secure a truck whosecapacity is such that it will enablehim to carry a full load rather thana constant underload or a constantoverload, because when he begins touse his truck for burdens not adapt-ed to it he begins to lose money.And. in the final analysis, most peo-ple are in business for other thingsbeside their health.

at New LocationAutomobile activities have not

j decreased in the least, according to.1. 1.. Rigglo, proprietor of the Sun-

( shine garage. This firm recently! moved to larger quarters and has| been crowded with all kinds of re-? pair work, with no prospect for a| letup for some time to come. This; shop is one of the best equipped inj Central ? Pennsylvania for general au-j tomobile repairing.

Father Finds MissingSon Dead in Trunk

Brookville, Pa., May 18.?JammedIn a trunk in the second floor of astable, Lee Heiscel yesterday foundthe body of his 11-year-old son, Har-ry. who had been missing since lastSunday. The body was found by

\u25a0accident after a search for the boylasting all week had been unsuc-cessful in finding any trace of him.The father, desperate after a fruit-less hunt for his missing son,looked in the trunk by accident andfound the doubled-up body of theboy. Though the hair and clothingwere wet, a medical examination es-tablished that the boy had not metdeath by drowning.

American Built MilitaryRoads to Endure

"When tlie history of this war hasbeen written," says D. O. Skinner, In-ternational Motor Company, "it willbe more fully realized what a vitalpart good roads have played In thegreat struggle. At the start motor-trucks leaped to the front as themodern pacemaker of flexible trans-portation and ever-increasing warneeds have demanded new roads andbetter roads as most necessary forthe proper backing up of fightingforces.

"Motortrucks by the thousands willcontribute an enormous advantage toUnited States road engineers en-gaged in. new construction back ofour lines. It is estimated that 1,200miles of highways will be built in1918 by American road engineers inthe rear of the firingllne in France.To the special road-building battal-ions is delegated the important taskof keeping lines of communicationconstantly open, and Mack trucksworking in conjunction with modernAmerican road machinery will helpto build new strategic lines and keepcommunicating roads in constantrepair. The Mack fleet will be com-posed of several thousand dump-trucks, hot road oilers, pressuresprinklers for making waterboundmacadam, gasoline tank trucks,printing press trucks for printingblueprints, instructions, plans, re-ports, etc., machineshop. trucks,blacksmith and tool-repairing trucks.

"Although France is particularlywell endowed with good roads, it isoften necessary for military reasonsto construct many new lines. Anestimate places the present mileageof French roads at one mile of roadfor each one and one-half squaremiles of ground surface. The tre-mendous task of keeping these roadsin perfect condition and building newones at the same time can well beimagiped when it is realized that sofar as wear and tear are concernedwar traffic is ten times as great asthat on Fifth avenue, New York.

"Most of the roads of France arebuilt of waterbound macadam. Thepeculiar nature of the French soil,which is of limestone formation,lends itself readily to compaction un-der the roadroller and makes a verygood road-building material, although ,it requires constant maintenance. \The British, however, the jtarred surface road and an increas- ]ing mileage of that type is found jback of the British lines. One of theprincipal objections to the water-

bound macadam road near the frontis the dust, which rises from it indry weather under heavy war traf-fic. Clouds of dust draw artillery

flre from the enemy, and for thisreason United States engineers inplanning road construction and main-tenance near the American front willprobably utilize large quantities oftar coating, which is freely obtain-able in France.

"Of course, the pressing object ofAmerican road construction Is toprovide for the immediate needs ofour forces, but the work carries witfiit both utilitarian and historic val-ue. When Caesar's legions pouredthrough Gaul and into Britain andreturned to Rome again they left Intheir wake military roads so care-fully constructed that many sectionsremain to-day as permanent monu-ments of their presence. Americansystem and modern methods likewisepromise to contribute many enduringbenefits to France. Our road-build-ing battalions are going about theirwork scientiflcally and with an ob-ject fully as far-reaching as thework of Caesar. All is not destruc-tion that comes out of war and manyAmerican-built highways will remainto become of immeasurable value toFrance In conducting her commercialand social intercourse."

83, IS DIVORCEDFROM WIFE OF 13

Harrlaon, Ariz.?Marshall Willis,

S3 years old, has been given a flnaldecnee of divorce from his girl wife.The Chancery court ruled that heBhould pay her (300 and also decreedthat he should not marry again with-in a year. Willis was marcled more

than year ago to Miss Pearl Car-pahan, then 14 years old.

PEERLESS MODELIMPROVEMENTS

Past Year Has Seen Many Im-portant Changes

Made

Although the later reerless mod-els are practically the same in allessential features that have charac-terized their general makeup and areentering their third season, therehave been many Improvements madeon the sturdy chassis which havemade it more convenient and effi-cient.

When this Two-Power Range Kightwas first shown at the New YorkShow at the beginning of the 1916season both the officials of the com-pany and the public were so strong-ly impressed with its possibilitiesthat during the following seasonsthere has been no necessity for mak-ing any marked changes in eitherchassis or design. However, the en-gineering department has been atwork during the succeeding seasons,

adding every improvement that wouldtend to increase the comfort of themotorist or the economy of opera-tion.

Pershing's RequestInteresting Example

To provide for the better carbure-tion of low-grade fuel now in use.the gas- mixture is heated by passingit through the exhaust manifold.This heating process quickly vapor-izes the gasoline as It passes Intothe intake manifold and results ingetting the full force of the explosivemixture even with the lower gradegasoline.

Looking at the purely technicalchanges which have been made Inthe past season, the most note-worthy is the elimination of therocker arms in the valve operationand the substitution of straight-linovalves and push rods. This mini-mizes wear, gives greater clearauceand makes the action practicallynoiseless.

Another improvement has been thechange in the camshaft and cam de-sign. This change produces a slowand constant speed lift at the timeof contact. This makes the valveadjustment an easier matter. It alsoadds greatly to the power.

Atwater-Kent closed circuit systemof ignition is used instead of theopen circuit system. This type ofsystem is used on account of its sim-plicity of design and dependability athigh speeds. These changes havebeen made after two and a half sea-sons of laboratory tests, but thePeerless is in all its main pointsthe same car whose great popular-ity was evident from the start andwhose performance since that timehas. been up to the high standardoriginally set for it by its designers.

Upholds Boy's Right

"Although General Pershing has

asked for 7,000 skilled automobilerepairmen, only 1-0 of these are spec-ified as tire vulcanizers and experts,"comments A. G. Partridge, general

sales manager of the Firestone Tireand Rubber Company, of Akron, O.

"This small percentage?only 1.7 to

the hundred?is a high tribute to the

builders of modern passengercar

and motortruck tires. It is proof

that even the grUeling work of rush-ing munitions to the front-linetrenches, of literally dashing fhrough

barrage fire with a load of wounded,of meeting shell craters, devastatedroads, wrecked bridges and the likeas a matter of course cannot makeAmerican-made tires quit.

"And this is all the more note-worthy when one considers the highdevelopment of salvage in modernwarfare. It is no longer a case of"off with the old, on with the new"when a tire, a rifle, a hat or even ashoestring is concerned. It is in-stead 'save everything you can.'

"These tire experts are being re-cruited to rejuvenate the .thousandsof tires worn out in the strenuousservice of the world war. I regardit as one of the highest tributes toAmerican manufacture and Americanideals of quality that so few aredemanded."

Germans Claim NapoleonAs One of Themselves

to Peek Into CircusXfw York. May 16.?The inalien-

able right of every red-blooded kidto steal a feck under the flap of acircus tent is an item of such ancienland honorable standing that CountyJudge McDermott, who presides inBrooklyn, may rest assured, afteryesterday, that the gene-ration of Brooklynese, masculintgender, not to mention a few highspirited so-called tomboys, is withhim to a man.

. Amsterdam. Having alreadyclaimed Shakespeare as a German,the Berlin newspapers have nowdiscovered that Napoleon Bonapartewas also one of them.

The claim to Napoleon is put for-ward on the authority of a Prussiananthropologist, Professor OttoMauser, who notes among other"proofs" that Napoleon had blueeyes and cinder-colored hair, whichare "called characteristics of theGerman race."

Napoleon's patronymic, he adds,was "Cadolinghi,"taken from theGerman word Kadeling. and hismother belonged to the Ramolini,'.'which is a debasement of Ram-melein, an essentially Germanname."

Judge McDermott frowned downfrom the bench when John Douglas,a circus hand of the Barnum & Baileyforces, was arraigned on a charge ofassault. The assault, it was alleged,consisted of administering a sounthumping with a broomstick to that

'ipart of the anatomy of Robert Rus-sell. of the circus age 11, whose homeis at 564 Vanderbilt avenue, whichthe boy did not deem it" necessary todrag inside the big canvas enclosurewhen he was stealing his peek. Doug-las pleaded not guilty and then listen-ed to this pronouncement from thekid loving Judge:

"I appreciate the fact that theseyoung lads sometimes become annoy-ing to their elders, but under no cir-cumstances does that in the leastjustify an assault. Moreover it can-not be proved to me that when thecir-cus comes to town it is a crimefor a little lad to steal a look underthe tent. To beat a boy found doingso is the act of a cowardly bully."Saying which. Judge McDermott heldDouglas for trial.

Harrisburg Auto andTire Repair Company

Under New ManagementThe Harrisburg Auto and Tire Re-

pair Co. has recently changed handsand will be under a new manage-ment. The present proprietor will

conduct the business along progres-

sive lines, handling a complete line

of all kinds of tires and accessoriesand will do a general auto repairingand tire-vulcanizing business, be-sides maintaining a large storage

garage.

HIUHI-A.VD SCUT AOROtSD .

Buenos Aires. May 18.?The Nelsonliner Highland Scot, 7,604 tons, isaground on the Brazilian coast, sixtymiles north of Rio Janeiro, and Isconsidered to be a total loss. -The

passengers were saved.

Use McNeil s Cold Tablets. Adv.

If you have plating or polishing

work to be done, phone us ordrop us a card, or, better still,drop in and see for yourself thequality of the work we turn out.

Brass beds and chandeliersmade to look like new. Jew-

elry and silverware replated.

Automobile work a specialty.

Our prices are as low as flrst-. class work can be secured for

anywhere.

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Note the Wider SeatsIn the New Series Marmon

The scats in the New Series Marmon are 49inches wide, the sides unusually deep, allowing thepassengers to sit well down in the body. Three pas-sengers can ride in the rear seat without crowding.

The auxiliary seats in the followed in ordinary cars,tonneau are also large and com- Yet this sought-for roomi-fortable. The whole arrange- ness has not been secured at thement allows sufficient leg room sacrifice of lowness. Marmonto insure the comfort ofthe rear engineers have been able to

scat passengers as well as those retain this feature and addwho occupy the auxiliary seats. these important improvements.

The front scat also is spa- To learn what extra com-

cious and comfortable. It gives fort these extra wide and deepthe chauffeur much more seats mean, arrange with us todriving room than the method see the Marmon, and ride in it.

136-Inch Whetlbaie?lloo Pounji Lighter

THE OVERLAND-HARRISBURG CO.212-214 North Second St. Open Evenings

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AllCars Go to Fair's ?Sedans, Limousines, Touring Cars becausethey get first class service on any kind of work?top trim-ming?curtain making?repairing wrecked bodies or fenders?woodworking, painting, etc.

First class repairmen in all departments give personal attention toall details.

Top trimming?woodworking?blacksmithing?painting Com-mercial bodies made to your specifications.

C. A. FAIR'SCarriage and Auto Works

1135 Mulberry Street Bell Phone

CHANDLER SIX$1595

Unusual EconomyWithout Sacrifice

THE Chandler Six has always been famous for its economyof operation?economy without the sacrifice of reserve

power, without the sacrifice of roadability, without thesacrifice of beauty of design.

Thousands of Chandler owners all over America tell ofgasoline mileage of fifteen to seventeen miles per gallon.

Tire mileage of seven thousand to nine thousand miles perset of tires is commonplace among Chandler owners.

Chandler owners and Chandler dealers say that the serviceupkeep of *the Chandler car is much less than that of othergood cars which they have owned or sold.

In the ownership of a Chandler Six you willpossess a reallygreat automobile?great not merely from the standpoint oteconomy of operation and maintenance, but, even moreimportant, from the standpoint of mechanical excellenceand daily performance.

The Chandler motor, designed and built in our own factory,distinguishes the Chandler chassis, marked throughout byits simplicity and its sturdiness. The life,pick-up, get-awayand endurance of this motor will astonish you quite as muchas it pleases you.

Bodies of most attractive design and of unusual comfortare mounted on the Chandler chassis.

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SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES

Seven-Passenger Touring Car, SIS9S Four-Passenger Roadster, $1595

Four-Passenger Dispatch Car, SI 675Convertible Sedan, 52295 Convertible Coupe, 52195 Limousine, 52895

(Allprices f. o. b. Cleveland)

COME CHOOSE YOUR CHANDLER NOW

Andrew Redmond, DistributorThird and Reily Streets, Harrisburg, Pa.

Bell 2133 Dial 4616

CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO

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