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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
EXCESS TAX ON
TRUCKS UNJUST
President of Packard Co.
Says New Industries Should
Not Be Burdened

The injustice of chasing motor
trucks among the luxuries sched-
uled for taxation in the war revenue
bill is set forth clearly in a state
ment which Alvan Macauley, presi-
dent of Packard Motor Car Company.
has submitted to Senator +. NJ. Sim
mons, chairman of the Senate COM
mittee on finance.
Mr.. Macauley contends that the
truck is an out-and-out instrument
of commerce, wholly economic in
its uses and of great military value
to the government. He asserts,
moreover, that the making of trucks
is a new industry, in which no one
as yet has got rich.
Truck manufacture is a very
much newer business than the manu-
facture of motor cars" Mr.. Macauley
wrote to Senator Simmons. Your
committee never heard of a manu-
facturer of trucks that has gotten
rich out of it. No one ever took a
Joy ride in a truck. 1t is designed
to haul freight, and is as far remov-
ed from being luxury as is a wheel
barrow
What, then, is the reason for
subjecting trucks to the proposed
. per cent. tax. in addition to all
the other taxes they will have to
stand?
Trucks are made to take care of
the business of the nation.
They are regarded by the warning
governments as important q part of
war equipment as are the cannon
themselves, being used to bring pro
visions to soldiers. ammunition to
the guns, and largely where railroads
are not available, to move all the
equipment of warfare.
Some of the European govern
ments, among them Germany, and
we believe France and England, sub
sidize all trucks used industrially
that are adapted to transportation
uses in time of warfare. Every en-
couragement is given to their pro-
duction in quantities and to their
widespread distribution.
The last two years have proven
the inadequacy of the railroad equip
ment of the country to handle the
freight traffic in peace times. This
has given rise toa demand for trucks
in every city, town and hamlet of
the country. They are largely used
to bring foodstuffs and produce to
the markets, and then to take care
of their retail distribution.
"As you doubtless know, our gov
ernment is even now proposing to
buy trucks in large numbers, in con-
nection with the training of the large
army we have been raising and are
about to raise.
please consider what a tremen-
dous factor trucks will be if this
country is attacked by any foe that
attempts to land troops for an inva-
sion.
In the nature of things, the foe
would select a point inaccessible to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
SIS, 900 Deal Based
on Counting Maxwells

Before he invested his $4,000 in
any one of several motor car distrib-
uting proposals he had under advise
ment, Fred Chadwick, canny Cana
dian from Hamilton, Ont worked
out a method of his own to deter
mine which of the various cars he
had under consideration enjoyed the
greatest favor among Detroit auto
mpbilistS
Bringing his son. +. ]. Chadwick.
with him to make doubly sure of his
check, he came to Detroit to make a
personal count of the automobiles
that passed back and forth on Wood
ward avenue. He took a position on
the west side of the avenue at State
street, while his son stood on the
opposite corner. For two hours on
three afternoons they checked up the
cars.
Thousands of Detroit motorists.
without knowing anything about it
themselves, thus provided for the
Chadwicks a vote" on car popular
ity, and this unusual vote revealed,
it afterwards was established, that
the Maxwell proved itself to be not
only the most popular car in Detroit
in its price class but considerably
more popular among owners here
than two cars selling for slightly
more.
BY actual count the two canadians
esta blished that more MaXwells pass
ed in Woodward avenue than any
other care made save one, that be-
ing a car which sells for considerably
less than the Maxwell.
II know that Woodward avenue
and State street is one of the busiest
traffic corners in the world, and
based my contemplated investment
on whatever an actual count of cars
at that corner might show me-
Chadwick wrote the Maxwell COM
pany afterward. THE double count
convinced me as nothing else could
have done that if in Detroit, the Max
we'll is so favored among buyers, It
was the car for me to take on for the
Canadian territory.
Chadwick. it is announced, now is
the Maxwell distributor for Hamil-
ton and the adjacent territory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
CAR BUYERS
HELP PROSPERITY
VIM. H. Rankin, of Chicago,
Advises Normal Busi-
ness Demands

William H. Rankin, president,
William H. Rankin Company, Chi
cago. has this to say to those who
are Withholding their purchase of
automobiles:
I'VE Americans have $4,000, ,OO0,-
000-ffty billion dollars-a year to
spend.
Even should your and my pur-
chases, of necessity be wee bit less,
the enormous buying which the gov
ernment will be doing with fthe tax
money will make up for that And
speed-money will keep moving IN
a circle - and prosperity Will be
king.
Provided, that you and l don't
throw a wrench into the business
machinery by getting cold feet and
holding back on purchases which
we have the money TO make.
IF you and land all others will
buy as much as we can afford, with
out indulging in wasteful eXtrava-
gance, business will be good. Let us
all talk normal buying and selling
wherever we go -. and because
actions speak louder than words, let
us practice normal buying.
For if you and l let our buying
money remain idle-if we virtually
hoard it instead of spending 1.-THE
retailers will buy less from the
manufacturers, the manufacturers
will buy less from producers of raw
materials, people will be laid off and
their lessened buying will affect 9TH
er retailers, manufacturers and en-
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ployes-and so on along an end
less chain until finally the depres-
sion, which you and / have helped
start, will land back in our midst.
like a boomerang, Then you and
won't have the money to buy.
prosperity In this country will
win the war. If you and l interfere
with that prosperity by foolish econ
omN we not only hurt ourselves but
we become enemies of our own flesh
and blood.
I'VE must wisely spend our money
or we won't have money to spend,
That sounds paradoXical but it Is as
certain as the rising of the sun.
'Devcide now to spend the money
you can afford to spend and hold us
your end I'm promoting dollar patri-
otism which is as essential to our
victory as enlisting to fightl
Iear out this appeal and read
it to the False Alarmists,' the 'Hys-
terical Hoarders,' and to those who
are not doing their share of normal
buying owing to groundless fears or
misconceptions,
IF you do nit own a car but had
expected to buy one this year, buy it,
1t is foolish economy to deprive your
family of a car when you have the
money to purchase II.
arthur bIlSpduS. tne famous
thinker, says:
You pay for running water, as
a matter of course. Just as import
ant, just as valuable to health is the
running air that fills your lungs and
clears your blood as your car rushes
through 1t.
The one thing we enjoy and own
Is this beautiful earth.
A car enables you, your family
and your friends to know and see
this earth and enjoy 1t fully. To call
a car luxury" if you are able to
own and enjoy it, is trivial nonsense.
As we'll call running water and n
bathtub in your house luxury
If you had intended to trade in
your old car for a new one, go ahead
and do 1t! If you have decided on
the make of the new car, go and get
1t! Enjoy yourself doubly by its
purchase-first, in the pleasure of its
wnership-second, in the knowl-
edge that by buying it you've helped
UncleSam to keep the nation in
smooth running order"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
On Trial at Danville For
Murder of Man and Wife

Danville. Pa, June 4.-Robert B.
Pursel, former borough clerk, was
put on trial in Montour county court
here to-day, charged with the mur-
der of Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Kern,
whom he hot and killed on last
Halloween night. Insanity will be
the defense, it is understood, as Pur-
sci once tried to escape trial by hav-
ing an insanity commission appoint
ed. This petition was refused by the
court. Jealous, it is alleged, because
his estranged wife was living with
the Kerns, Pursel is alleged to have
laid in wait along the street and
when the three came out of a house
he fired. killing Mr.. ana Mrs. Kern
instantly and trying to kill his wife.
The last shot went wild, and he was
overpowered before he could shoot
again.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
Gravel Pit Sells Many
Duplex Trucks, Says Lee

That gravel pit over there is
one of the most important cogs in
our sales organization" declared H.
NJ. Lee, president of the Duplex
Truck Company of Lansing, to
western State dealer who was being
shown through the motor truck plant
recently.
Yes, sir, I mean every word
that gravel pit sells Duplex trucks
and it sells a lot of them. 1t offers
more convincing arguments than any
silver tongued salesman l ever met.
l wouldn't part with that gravel pit
for a lot of money"
Then MIR. Lee gave a demonstra-
ton of Duplex truck pulling power
at the gravel pit.
A Duplex truck was loaded with a
8 u ton burden and trailer carry
ing 4 tons was attached. The truck
was taken down into the pit where
there was a pool of water nearly a
foot deep surrounded by soft earth
into which the truck wheels sank
nearly to their hubs. At one time all
of the wheels but the right front one
were in such soft earth that none
could find traction. However, the
entire power was automatically
thrown by the DupleX-Adler locking
differential to the front wheel which
had a footing" and the Il ton load
on the truck and trailer was hauled
not only out of the pit but up q
steep mbankment.
After the truck had maneuvered in
and about the gravel pit for a half
hour and the strenuous tests were
completed the dealer asserted to Mr..
thOrnnphlN
vinced of the selling ability of the
gravel pit.
IF 1 could only get a thousand
pros pective motor truck buyers gath
cred about the gravel pit, l would
wager that the gravel pit would sell
999 of them Duplex trucks declar-
ed Mr.. Lee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
JUVENILE oFFENSES
SHOW INCREASE

London. June 4.-The absence of
the father and big brother from the
home is one of the chief reasons for
the juvenile delinquency during the
war so apparent in all parts of Eng
land, according to statements made
in parliament the other day by Lord
Sandwich. Statistics from seven
teen large cities" said Lord Sand
wich, "show an increase of thirty
four per cent. in the number of
young offenders. There are a num-
Der of causes. prominent among them
being street takers, the lack of play
grounds, moving picture shows and
the general disturbance of home
life"
Lord Sandwich made a plea for the
characterization of the Boy Scouts.
AT present" he said. that move
ment seemed to cater more to boys
of the middle or better class and
not sufficiently for the boys about
the streets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
SAFETY FIRST PoIsoNs FOR FLIES

Experiments conducted by the pub
lie health service have established the
adaptability of sodium salicylate as
an effective insecticide. which would
not menace the lives and health of
little children. The directions as
printed in the Mothers magazine. are
as follows:
Add three teaspoonfuls of powder
ed sodium salicylate to pint of
water Nearly NIL a glass tumbler
with this solution. place it over a
piece of blotting paper cut in a cir
cular form and a little larger than
the circumference of the tumbler,
and put an inverted saucer on top
of the paper. Invert the whole de-
vice and insert a match or toothpick
under the edge of the tumbler to
give the air access A little sugar
sprinkled on the saucer will in
crease the attractiveness of the
poison and the consequent efficiency
of the arrangement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
SOLDIERS BUILD RAILROADS

Rome, June 4.-The war department
states that 240 miles of narrow gauge
railway lines have been completed on
the Italian army front. The soldiers
and sailors in Albania have laid sixty
miles of narrow gauge lines, this be-
ing the first railway system in that
country, and have further built $50
miles of macadam or dirt wagon roads
within the past year. These roads,
running over mountains and through
swamps, are also the first good roads
known in this region since the days
of the ancient Roman empire.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
MHnLEsnME FnnD FnR PnnR

London, June Airs. Lloyd George,
wife of the premier, made a tour the
other day of the new communal kitch-
ems established in the poorer sections
of the London district. At one of
them in the east end, Mrs. George
tasted the fare and pronounced it good
enough for her own household.
The communal kitchens are being
set up by the municipalities in var
ious parts of the country. The aim is
to supply food to the poor at nom-
inal prices and make the institution
self supporting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04

and Ointment advertised and sent for
sample. noticed that the itching was
not so bad so purchased some Cuticurs
Soap and Ointment, and after using one
box of Ointment and two cakes of Soap
the spots were healed" (Signed) How
ard Heine, 2245 S. Chadwick ST., Phia.
delphia, Pa, July IS, 1916.
Cheap soaps, harsh soaps, coarse
stronglymedicated soaps are responsible
for half the skin troubles in the world.
Use Cuticura Soap exclusively for all
toilet purposes.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail, address postcard: "Cuticura,
Dept. H, Boston," Sold everywhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04

ton by the government in time OF
need.
"If there is any article sold in
America that is strictly utilitarian
and and not in any remote sense lux
urious, it is a truck.
I'VE respectfully urge you to fos-
ter this infant industry"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04

age the sale of trucks, since they are
used chiefly for the distribution from
producer to consumer. They are
combating the high cost of living by
eliminating the middleman. They
will be always available for requisi-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
POOL CHAMP JOINS ARMY

London, June 4.-Melbourne Inman,
English billiard champion. has been
called up to join the British army and
has been granted fourteen days in
which to arrange his affairs. The call
notice was received while the champ
ion was in the midst of close match
with a local expert.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04

our railroads. Trucks would then
prove the main reliance of the ma
ton for transporting troops, guns,
ammunition and all supplies and
equipment.
Trucks saved Verdun to the al
lies.
do not by harsh taxation, discour-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04

they causedme, onaCcOuni
of the intense itching, to
scratch them, and doing so
| scratched them off ano
the more they itched till
it nearly drove me insane
| could not get any sleep
nights, especially in the
warm weather.
GtI r
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CUT|CURA HEALS
INTENSE ITCHING
Spots on Body, Scratched and
ltched Till Nearly Insane, Gould
not Sleep. One Box Ointment and
Two Cakes Soap Healed. Cost ST..

"All parts ofmy body except my face,
neck, and hands were full of little red
copper-colored spots. When perspired
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-13
Smoking in Church.

Smoking in church is a Dutch
custom. Dutchmen are such inyet-
crate smokers that rarely is one OF
Them seen without a pipe. He finds
himself unable to deprive himself of
the indulgence. even for the short
period Of 4 church service. A .Im,-
lar practice exists in s.v.r.r
churches in South America
The practice is said to have been
PREVALENT in Great Britain at In.
beginning OF the seventeenth CEN
fury. At one time smoking wa.
carried TO such an excess in Sc
willie Cathedral that the chapter an
piled to the Pope for power to re-
press the abuse.
In Wales smoking in church was
INDUCED in As late as 1880 In one
church the communion table stood
In the aisle. and the farmers were in
the habit Of putting their hats upon
It. and when the service began they
lighted their pipes and smoked
without any thought Of IrrsVsrsncs
In the act
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-13

lie had been going along with
his piedmograph and the wires
when yerda suddenly glided out in
his path. Ramsay had paused lust
long enough to be polite, but Verda,
clever schemer that she was. had
waited only long enough to make
sure that the woman from her
master, the Hidden HpuI was COM
ing then had left Ramsay.
30 II happened that n Carrie
mad scarcely left Doris, she almost
ran into Ramsay. Immediately rec
osnlzing him from the double whom
she had seen beaten in the den
IL Was her chance to put a finishing
touch on the Job and she was not
slow to take II.
"Oh, ] beg pardon sir" she said
approaching Ramsay with an apolo-
getlc smile. but can You tell me
the nearest way to MiIler's BrIdEe?''
Always polite, Ramsay bowed.
Why certainly" he replied
Keep right on down this path
about a quarter of a mile"
me woman thanked him and was
gone. That was what Doris had
seen-but not heard.
As he turned from the woman.
ramsay cuEht sight Of Doris over
the lawn. But by this time Doris
was no longer alone DR. ScarIey
had sauntered up Just in time TO
catch an inkling OF her emotions.
why my dear" he incurred.
whats the natter"
Much as Doris disl'ked Scarley,
- Least - vs. So SL.
- ed him the letter and he read
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A Serial of Mystery Starring
DORIS KENYON

Doris took it haughtily. turned and
ran away.
II was so sudden that he had no
chance to attempt to explain,
Il suppose this is some OF your
dirty work" he accused Scarley.
NO dirtier than yours" tainted
Scarley with a laugh and. swapping
his fingers in Ramsay's face. he
left him.
1t was with difficulty that Ram
say controlled his anger. He tried
to reason 1t out. but could not
Straight to the house ran Doris
and into the living room where she
paused as she saw Uncle Ahner
smoking and contemplating what
next move to make. She stopped,
then went over to him.
1--WE got BOTH she cried limo
Gently showing him the false lOcket
and the packet.
Abner looked and gloated as he
realized what Doris now had In her
possession.
Quickly now all followed Doris
into the living room. Verda was
the first to arrive and find that
Doris had both the lOcket and the
packet. At the same moment, Scar
ley, who had left Ramsay out on the
lawn to follow Dori. also came in.
Doris looked with an almost
hypnotic fascination at the case
and the locket She held them a
moment. contemplating what secret
for her they might contain.
Slowly she began fitting the false
locket into the real explosive pack
ct ignorant OF what the misplaced
Jewels might DO 10 the explosive
IN her pretty hands.
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By ARTHUR B.
REEVE

that this 10 the real lockst oDsn
that packet yourself!"
Scarley looked at the ease a mo-
ment. then seemed to cover a. II the
Import OF Ramsay's words was
something ominouA He was 20
angry that he fairly sputtered But
he did not OFFER to open the case.
Ramsay smiled. as he saw Doris
noticing Scarley's hesitation,
7 believe this II a false loeket.S
cried Ramsay excitedly Give me
until Tomorrow to prove that am
right"
Half believing now, half doubtinE.
Doris in surprise. was deeply Inn
pressed by the earnestnsss Of the
young secret service man.
Pleading. his eyes Indicated what
his lips were unable to expresH
Wont you Wait?+ he managed to
ind words finally.
Till tomorrow" she finally con-
scented. refusing to look at him.
Satisfied, Ramsay turned with a
bow and walked out OF the room.
In the hall he paused as he heard
someone following him. He turned.
half hoping that II was Doris. But
II vas Nerda. As ne looked at her
he saw her face sympathetic. al
most trustfuL
Jack. she said softly. at least
I believe In you"
For a moment he wondered
whether after all he might not be
mistaken In this woman, not think
ing what a little actress she was.
Then through his mind came tina
recollection Of Doris.
To De Continued To-norrov.
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Anecdotes of the Famous

month, her ladyship presented her
husband with twin sons. one OF her
first visits on her recovery was to
q village church near where she
was staying at the time.
The officiating clergyman was
quite unaware Of the presence Of
Lady Dudley among his conEreEa-
ton Nevertheless, by an e1traordi-
nary coincidence. he chose as his
text the words. Two are better
than one"-greatIy to the amuse-
ment, need It be added, Of the
Countess and some friends who were
with her.
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beaux! and the
taking
BIT frightened spite nened
there be Of the nbre Of those Of
their freezing
feet defeated hungry, with that
Have told Of
stuff that could melting
best and freeze with pride
Now see? Do
ing white young
Of country still SMILING stripped
rising to follow fine frai white
that Youth hawth
they Labor 10
the behind the gun? Do
Mothers
grondmothers carried Liberty harbowater la moved
smiled
So know this nne but we're Of be
singing by.-NELL BRLEKLEY.
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Ramsay AstOnished.

scarlsy saw her aIntness and
gently would his aims about her.
,eadlnG her to the garden as. she
.hrust the letter and the Iocket
INTO her breast.
Ignorant OF the Hidden Hands
Mot against him. yet convinced that
scarley could be up to no good.
Ramsay hurried suspiciously up.
.well?" he demanded OF Scarley
as he came UP to him.
Scarley delgned to reply merely
with a sneer. But Doris did not
hesitate now.
GIVE me back that packet-at
once," she demanded with blazing
ewes ana flaming cheeks.
Ramsay. was surprised and turn
ed with anger on Scarley. suspect
ing him of some treachery.
"Plense. Mr.. Ramsay-the packet"
insisted Doris. tartly.
ramsay had had experience with
her moods before and realized that
,be only way was to give in He took
,be case from his pocket with a
forced smile and handed 1t to her.
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EPISODE 4.
The raise LOcket-
Cnnrrirht. 1917. star GO.

Copyright, 1917, Star Co.
uF Rlan.e own me sweep Of
lawn. To her horror she saw
~ ..amSay now with this very
woman.
Then it's true" she cried. burst
ing into tears. The wretch"
Ramsay had in the meantime.
after locating approximately where
the din of the Hidden Hand might
be. conceived a rather clever plan to
make sure OF the exact location OF
the den entrance. In his room he
had a newly invented instrument
known as the piedmograph. an in
strument which recorded on a roll
OF paper which was unwound by
clockWork the slightest footstep or
earth tremor.
His plan had been to get the pied
mogrRph and install the sensitive
end OF II near the spot where he had
seen his doLble. Then he planned
that when some one was near the
spot wehrs the entrance to the den
wa he would explode a charge OF
dynamite. overwhelming the ennis
SAL or pc raps the Hidden Hand,
at least trapping one OF them.