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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Firestone Test Fleet No. 3
Completes Tour Of the East

Firestone Test Fleet No. finished
its famous tire economy tour" or
ten eastern states mid welcome of
hundreds of employees at the gates OF
the immense plant in Akron on Fri
day. 1t was the successful termina-
ton of a tour to eliminate tire waste.
Thousands of autoists received the
free literature and instruction given
out in this manner by the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company.
Rain, then snow, and roads that
We're quagmires on Thursday and Fri
day did not dampen the ardor of
these trail blazers for a national
cause" Five weeks of the open over
route that carried them through
Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark,
New York and Brooklyn. Boston.
Springfield, Albany, Syracuse, Roches-
ter, Buffalo and Cleveland, had accus-
toned the men to combat with the
elements. President Firestone climbed
into one of the snow-covered seats
or the last day of the tour, that he,
too, might experience bit of the life
in these big open roadsters.
1t is the concensus of opinion that
much good has been accomplished by
this public spirited movement, H.
ranced entirely by the Firestone
Company, Governors and city officials
throughout the east made public en-
dorsements of the company's effort to
teach carowners to be as thoughtful
of their tires as they are of their
motors.
A tire waste. on the part of car
owners reaching the alarming total
of $105, ,000.C0 last year certainly JUS
titles such a movement,
The literature distributed by the
Firestone Company explained that the
saving OF this immense sum of money
by carowners calls only, for the curb
ing of thoughtlessness. 1t is the
chronic humping of curbs when turn
ing around; neglect to initiate the tire
properly; and miles of driving In
street car tracks that bring about
these self-inflicted losses: all of them
things that parallel running a motor
without oil, which the motorist would
not think of doing.
AS splendid example of their own
teaching. these five big roadsters re-
turned TO the factory with Ohio. air
in seventeen of the twenty tires. hav-
ing experienced three punctGres and
no blowouts on the entire trip. The
average mileage on the twenty tires
in service was 5,140 miles, bearing
cars that weighed $500 pounds. Be
cause of the many stors made entour.
it was necessary to sustain a high
average country road speed.
The variety of roads selected by the
pathfinder cars, the weather expert
enced and the average road speed
Justify the tire record of Tire Fleet
No. 5 as a splendid showing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Shortage of Motor Trucks
Predicted by Maker

With the Government purchasing
thousands of motor trucks; with all
iihes or business motorizing thei:
haulage and delivery departments
more extensive than ever before, /
believe the 1918 demand for CONNER
cial vehicles will greatly exceed pro-
duction.. although practic ally ali man
uIacturers have increased their ia
ciiities for building motor trucks dur
ing the ensuing year." declares II. NJ.
Lee, president of the Duplex Truck
Company.
Mr.. Lee recently Investigated bus
mess conditions in the south and as
far vest as Colorado, and has just re-
turned from trip through the east.
lie declares that throughout the
country there is an unpreced ent ID
den and for motor trucks-so great
that it win be practically impossible
to fill orders for many individuals and
&C operations.
OF course the Governments de-
msnds come first" continued Mr.. Lee,
and almost the entire output of sew
eral of the country's largest motor
truck companies have been contracted
for by the Federal authorities. More
government orders are to be placed
in snort time and there will be but
few truck manufacturers in a posi-
ticn to take care of orders from indi-
viduals and corporations. 1t is esti-
n'eted that the demands OF the war
ring nations during the ensuing year
will equal the motor truck output OF
1917
And the demand from all lines OF
industry has been increasing tre-
mendously and will become greater II
the Government places an embargo
on the shipment by freight of the SOC
products and commodities recon-
mended by the war board.
with these luXuries and seminec-
cessities barred from transportation
by the railroads, motor trucks will
be pressed into service and overland
truck routes will spring UP in all
sections where it is possible to secure
commercial vehicles.
Motor truck manufacturers realize
that the demand for their product
will be greater than ever before and
every factory will rush it's production
to the utmost. However, I firmly be-
lieve that there will be great short
age of motor trucks during 1918"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Don't Take Hills on High
Gear, Says Veteran Motorist

Add to the list of grievous errors
of motoring the practice followed by
many drivers of climbing all hills
on high" remarked the veteran
motorist as he. slipped into chair
at the Automobile Club of Philadel-
phia, drew off his gloves and pre-
pared to buzz" w. o. Grifiht, head
of the touring bureau of the Auto
Club.
Just came over that City Line
hill, which faces every driver after
he has crossed the Schuylkill bridge
from the East River drive, and was
going along comfortably on low
gear-not because 1 had to, under
stand, but because 1 respect my car
when a chap pounded past me on
high thereby abusing his mount
IN way that would have landed him
in Jail in the old horse days"
Guess he beat you in," replied
the genial touring expert, with a
grih.
BEAT me III, nOInlnB, SpuIIeTeu
the veteran motorist. Half a mile
on l passed that chap tinkering with
his car and trying to make her go.
OF course, his trouble may not have
been caused by taking that particu-
lar hill on high but that sort of a
fellows always going to have trouble
with his car. Say, listen to me.
Every smart driver puts his car
into a lower gear before its motor,
with the throttle wide open, is
slowed down by the heavy load to a
point at which it operates. Other
wise he will injure its bearings and
stress its parts unduly.
when the maintenance of car
speed is an object, the change from
high to intermediate gear should be
made when the speedometer has
dropped to Is miles per hour with
full gas being supplied to the motor,
for on the lower gear nearly double
this speed can then be obtained. No
exact rule as to when to change
gears can be formulated to apply TO
all cars or conditions"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
What People Do Not Know
About the Storage Battery

Just as we battery men are begin
ming to feel encouraged" says How
ard Beck, the local willard expert,
"and think that carowners in general
are learning to know their storage
batteries. one incident will come up
to convince us that we are too optim-
istic.
For instance. it is not a great
while ago since a man came to one
of our middle west branches and said
that he wanted his storage battery
fixed. 1t wouldn't work, he said.
And then he dug down into the
back of his machine and brought out
the battery and several coils of wire.
The service man asked him what
the wire was for, and the motorist
calmly replied that the battery need
ed rewinding, and that he had bought
the wire on the way down because
he didn't know whether the service
station would have it or not.
a few days ago the Willard Stor-
age Battery Company at Cleveland
received a battery from a carowner
just west of the Mississippi.
The letter that accompanied the
battery said that although the car
owner knew that his battery was a
Willard he was rather disappointed
that he had to send it so far as Cleve-
land for repairs. There didn't seem
to be any battery men around his
neighborhood-this in spite of the
fact that the local Willard service
station, the Minneapolis branch and
service station, have advertised them
selves in page after page OF news
paper space and the national adver-
tising advertises the fact that Will
lard service is everywhere.
scores of such instances that come
to our attention nearly every week.
We would be discouraged IL it were
not for the fact that occasionally we
run across n carowner who doesn't
know what makes his machine, run"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Goodrich Company Have
1900 Men Enlisted for Wal

Enlistments have followed so rap
idly in the ranks of the B. +. Good
rich Rubber Company that the cor
pora ton has had difficulty in filling
vacancies in some departments. The
latest tabulation shows that 1924
men have gone to the colors. Each
day witnesses the departure OF
more. Ten days ago the company
hoisted before 10000 people a huge
service fiag-the largest in the state
of Ohio-with 1,414 stars on it. The
ceremony must have been an inspir-
alton to others, for the following day
over 100 men were missing. One
hundred and ten others have since
enlisted.
In the field the enlistments have
been very heavy. New York, Chi
cago. Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh. Cleveland, Detroit, Boston,
Atlanta San Francisco, Los Angeles.
Seattle, st. Louis and Kansas City
offices have contributed large num-
berS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Immense War Plant to Be
Completed in Record Time

Detroit.-There is no doubt in the
minds of Detroit residents about the
Governments determination to re-
spond promptly and energetically to
Premier Lloyd-George's pleas for a
million men and a mountain OF
arms" Although many Industries
have quietly taken over the manu-
facture of munitions since the war
began, the new rush started only re-
Gently. Gigantic new structures are
being put together with amazing
speed to handle immense new con-
tracts for the Government. NO
shortage of materials handicaps
these undertakings. Everything
comes under Government priority Or
der.
Probably the most prominent ex-
ample, both in magnitude and dis
patch, is the immense new plant
which will house the Dodge Brothers
munitions industry. The day a1ter
contract for millions of dollars
worth of special recoil mechanism
had been allotted to Dodge Brothers
by the government, a force of hun
dreds OF men, teams and machines
was on the ground, eXcavating ana
assembling materials. The Work
since then has been pushed with
great rapidity, the force of work
men being enlarged as fast as Ia
borers and mechanics are available
Over night acres of ground are
transformed into broad, Level noors
of concrete. Great masses or ma
terial are piling upon all sides in
readiness for building which Will
measure 578xS1S feet. 1t is intended
to have the plant in operation next
spring, with thousands of workmeh
emplyed. The entire work is IN
charge of Dodge Brothers own con-
struction superintendents.
Dodge Brothers willingness to &C
cept this contract was induced py
their realization of the necessity ior
prompt and complete co-operauona
with the Government and not
through any desire to engage In
business other than the manufac-
ture of motor cars. AS in the case
of their motor car industry, the
Dodge Brothers are their own eXecu-
tiyes and their own directors. Ihere
we're no prolonged meetings, no de-
bates. When the Government asked
them to take over the contracts the
work was ordered, ana IL is peiis
done. -, =
Dodge Brothers are building the
nlant entirely apart from their mo-
tor car factory. Neither will inter-
rere with the other
Not only are Dodge Brothers now
engaged with this tremendous prof.
act, but they are building HUNDREDS
of cars for service in the Army, potn
of the passenger and commercial
type. The latter is similar in almost
all details to the Dodge Brothers.
commercial car, on which deliveries
began a few weeks ago.
AS. a whole the automobile indus-
try is cooperating with the GOV
arnment on a vaster scale than the
nublic generally imagines, this be-
ing but one example of the energet-
ic spirit which is enabling the coun-
try to get to the front promptly with
men and supplies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
BIN Wac to Be Organized
at Market Street Baptist

A new movement for young people
will be formed tomorrow evening.
All persons interested are invited to
enlist in the "Bim Wac" Home
Guards at the regular meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Market Street Baptist Church, to-
morrow evening, at $50 o'clock.
Mrs. Harry Motter, county second
ary division superintendent, will be
present to promote this movement
and tell some interesting experiences
to the new recruits. $1,000 teen age
boys and girls are needed for this
new drive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
TRINITY REVIVAL CLOSES

New Cumberland, Pa, Dec. s.
Rev. DIR. w. A. Knapp. who has been
conducting evangelistic meetings in
Trinity United Brethren Church for.
the past three weeks and his assist
ants, Professor and Mrs. Arnold,
will leave for their homes on Mon
day. DIR. Knapp goes to Greencastle
and Professor and Mrs. Arnold to
New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
SAFE IN FRANCE

New Cumberland, Pa. Dec. g.
Harry Gammil. a member of the
Rainbow Division, sent word to rel
atives here of his safe arrival in
France. FREQ Houck, also a former
New Cumberland boy. was one of
the crew of the Seattle which con-
voyed the boys across the ocean. His
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Houck,
now live on a farm near Goldsboro.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
SERMON TO LODGE

Shiremanstown, Pa. Dec. SOP
Sunday. December 16. the Rev. n. c.
Kottler, pastor of the United Breth-
rem Church, will preach to Irene
Lodge No. 425, Knights of PythiasY
Members will attend in body.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
HOME ECONOMIES LECTURE

Shiremanstown, Pa, Dec. S.-Four
lectures on home economies held in
the schoolbuilding here Wednesday
and Thursday were largely attend
ed and much interest shown by
housewives of the town. Miss Fish
er, of State College, was the speaker
and demonstrated many receipts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
TO PREACH AT IEMOYNE

Lemoyne. Dec. 8.-The Rev. Mr..
Seibert, of Gettysburg. retired Luz
theran minister. will preach in the
local Trinity Lutheran Church to-
morrow morning and evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
ENTERTAINS CLUB

shiremanstown, Dec. S.-Miss MiiSI
dred Brenneman was hostess for tnea
Sunshine Girls Club at her home ~
East Main street, on Wednesday,
avening
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-26

Comrade. ono day when all the golden
sun
Lay mantled on our heads in happy
warmth.
And when the Joy within our bosons
ached
TO cry aloud in song and TO create,
TO live and love and laugh. there came
10 US,
Who stood IN an open field beneath the
sky
Answering we'll our sous txpec,ant
mood,
The song 4 blucbird carries in his
throat.
The whisper that nc holds within his
Wing.
The truth he haunts III all his gallant
VIC give his song 10 you.
Then. Comrade. when YOU need his
cheering most.
And when lou are most lone and need
oar youth.
Or when you ncCd oar strong hcii"t
and love.
To open Lies deep vista I" the sky.
Will you. remember this We stand be-
side.
And W" are strong. and Will our strcnEth
to you:
And y" believe" not III Erur work alone
But III .ur.r Gods. and as Ne stand be-
side
We hold within our reaching hands the
song
The blucblrd hune us from his happy
wing;
So you are crowned Il king.
Boston Transcript.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-26
Continued from Mondays Intel
liocncer)

4 few days after this. a very young
officer passed Iue in trench While l
WAS sitting on q arestep. writing n
letter. noticed that he had the req
tabs Of stan officer on his uniform
but paid no more attention 10 him
than that. No complaints such as ga
lutes to officers are paid in Inc
trenches. After be had, passed. one or
the men asked me II ] didn't kno"
who he was. l said / didn't.
why you D. loot" he said,
that's the Prince Of Wales
When the little prince came back.
| stod TO salute him. he returned
the salute with gravesmile and
passed on. lie was quite alone. ana
[ was told. afterward, that he made
thes trips through the trenches just
TO show the meQa that be did not con
slider himself better than any other
soldier. The heir Of England WAS
certainly taking nearly the same
chance OF losing his Inheritance that
We were.
After we had been on the front line
fifteen days. We received orders 10
make a bombing raid. Sixty volun'
teers were asked for and the whole
battalion offered. | was lucky-or un-
lucky-enough TO be among the sixty
who were chosen. | want TO tell you
in detail about this bombing raid. SO
that YOU can understand what a thing
may really amount 10 that gets only
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-26
HON, RALPH M'COY

The Hon. Ralph Mccoy. of Triadel-
rhia. who was suddenly summoned by
death on Sunday. while a quiet and
uDottrusive figure among the acuvl-
ties Of the community, excrted an in
fluence for the social and civic better
ment of mankind by living up 10 a
standard Of citizenship that fulfilled
all it's obligations 10 society and
human fellowship.
Mr.. Mccoy twice represented Ohio
county in the legislature as the spokes-
man for the labor interests Of the
greatest industrial section Of the State.
In The capacity Of Il legislator he
rendered loyal service 10 the working
men. while at the Same time recog-
nizng the fundamental rights OF in
vested capital. He was distinctly a
unit that made for the harmonization
OF the whole. type of citizen that
can i'll be spared He was true
friend who multiplied the joys and
divided the sorrows OF all those who
possessed his friendship.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-26
RISKS OF SPECULATION

- The only way TO destroy vicious
speculation in foodstuffs is TO devise
4ome way by which the producer may
deal directly with the consumer. That
ta q large problem. 1t is practically a
physical impossioility in country OF
such vast stretches Of distance from
harvest 10 market That is why the
so-called speculator functions. There
are legitimate operations in this
sphere as we'll as dishonest scneming.
We hear mostly OF the latter. and that
Is why the public usually thinks OF
speculation as buying for the repre-
hensible purpose OF advancing prices
But spectators sell as much as they
buy, and play an importan, part in
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-26
THE FOOD EMBARGO

There can be no question but wha:
the neutral countries near Germany
have been helping feed the Germans
through our liberaNty. which the ao'
mtnistration was wont TO boast OF as
"our increased trade" under the en-
couraxement Of Democratic free trade
policies. Now that We are a. Tarswltn
Germany we shall have to stop giving
}hid and comfort To our enemy. Deo-
lmark and Holland are especially unoe'
! Anspicion Of feeding Germany The
President has. very properly. taken
measures to stop this practice BY es-
tablishing an embargo on supplies Tor
those countries. 1t is a drastic but
necessary war measure, but IS not
likely to create any hardship with the
nations who have been prodting By
the over supplies they have obtained
from the United States.
!, That Denmark. particularly. mas
Been supplying Germany with FOODS
Is evidenced from a recent report
which shows that her exports OF pre-
served meats and fats 10 Germany
during 1916 were six times what they
we're for 1918. when Europe was at
peace. The items reported are bacon
lard, other fats. and preserved meats.
a study Of our own export tables
shows that during the fiscal year 1915
.xe.s sent Of these same products 10 Den
mark thirteen times. b. weight. what
IKE exported To ihat country during
The peace year VI 1913. VI course
there Was NJ breach OF faith IN this
business. and OF course we raised an
awful rumpus when Great Britain be-
gan to hold UP these goods.
The question now before the coun'
.sry is as 70 the best means practicable
IL restrict exports OF food producua
70 Denmark and other ncutrals which
are obviously trading with the enemy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-26
PLAYING THE GAME

The public appreciation. the honest
testimony Of the patrons OF the ma
tioual pastime that have deseryedly
fallen recently 10 popular baseball
star have an application that should be
impressed upon the youth Of the land
to-day. This gentleman deserves to
be named. because he is richly en-
titled 10 the unusual distinctions that
have come 10 him as a prophet hon
ored abroad as we'll as idolizcd on the
home town lot. We refer to Mr.. John
Wagner, Of the Pittsburgh National
League team.
The outstanding and winning quail
ties possessed by Mr. Wagner are
fidelity. earnestness and modesty.
These coupled with a concentration On
and enthusiasm in his work have been,
perhaps, Of more value in the estima:
ton of his worth than his native ablli-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-26
WHAT TO TAX AND WHO?

Inc Senat" ol IN" Ih"eu o'"tes !"
still engaged N un'ahSIlhs "'a"! VI
the Inconsistencies ana 'hJNS'''eS VI
The war IAN m'aSo'' "S It ""S "u''
Tiediy and ine0'r'"n''E o''" ~
1he Rouse o. REPRESENTATIVES, N'''
er 'hs Upper o"uH VI wa.
Atrn o"' It more ':41'''0'e - N''"s %
taxation remains 10 o. S'"' u =
important mat IN" ihcItN"''o" |" 'aA
capital as much as Il VIII Dear S"ou'u
not rcaEn tn cA';'me OF 'cohu'c"t'o"'
7or that Is bound /" impair inc lnuua,
trial tund. that is investment capital
On TINS iea'uT" i Ananc'a' au'nol'ts
warns Congress Of tae 1oilE OF Selz"ns
upon Il on the the0rH mat the PuoHC
is really acquiring anything AT the
expense % the rlcn owner Tor unoef
no conceivable circumstances Will the
taxation encroach upon the portion OF
his income which Is devoted 10 ms
own support. Indeed. the common
argument for the Selling OF large in
comes is that 1t will involve no sac
rihce TO the owners. This is true: the
sacrifice is from Il fund destined 10
public use. and at the expense Of So
eiety as a whole in the future.
- The same authority quite as intelli-
gently observes that there is no neces.
sity for extreme or revolutionary taa.
alton. All classes are able 10 make
some contribution and it is desirable