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The sun., 1919-03-30

With forty-four Of the leading makes
OF passenger cars displayed In the
Twenty-third Regiment Armory. Bed
ford and Atlantic avenues. Brooklyn's
eighth annual automobile show opened
most auspiciously last night. 1t was
generally conceded by all who have
seen these annual events that the pres
ent one is by Shr the best that Brook
Ign ever has seen. More than 150
complete cars and chassis repose In
most attractive setting. The decora-
tive scheme, while less fantastic than
the adornment of some automobile
shows is beautiful and permits the
cars to be displayed to the best advan-
tsge. The most modern accessories and
parts are offered in booths along the
walls beneath the balcony.
Throughout the coming week the
show will open each day at noon, clos
ing at IL p. NJ. On Monday, April z.
the exposition win not be open to the
public, as the motor trucks, trailers,
tractors, etc. for the commercial vehicle
section OF the show will be loaded into
the Armory all that day. Part II. which
~ for commercial vehicles exclusively,
will be staged during the period OF
April to IL inclusive.
The display emphasizes. as have the
other shows this season, that the GUS
tom-Inade body finished in special COL
ors is much In demand. OF course, the
The sun., 1919-03-30

J. Edward Demar. one of the best
known automobile men in the city, who
has seen service Simon 1900 with the
Baker Electric, Daimler, Stearns and
Hubmobile cars. went into business for
himself last September and is making
a fine record selling Carlisle cord tires
under the firm name of the Carlisle
Sales Company. Inc, at 237 West Fifty
eighth street.
When the Carlisle tire was put on
sale about a year ago, It found a ready
market because of its unusual features
of construction. the principal detail be-
ing continuous strands OF cotton rope
about the size OF lead pencil wound
round and round the tire, across TIE
tread, over the bead and along the inner
wall of the carcass. Each strand IN the
carcass is heavily insulated with rubber
No two strands touch or rub at any
point. When strands cannot touch they
cannot rub. and rubbing is what gener.
! ates heat or friction, the heart disease Of
| tires
! These tires have been tried out at tn,
! Sheepshead Bay Speedway on a racins
! car and after q circuit Of the track a
4 the rate of 1875 miles an hour they wer,
cool enough for one to hold his hand
on them. Several race drivers who ar
going into the big racing campaign dur
ing the coming summer are expected {.
use Carlisles because they do not hea
up at high speeds.
The Carlisle tire is made by the Car
Isle Cord Tire Company, Inc. at And
over, Mass, It was developed by thre
veteran tire men. ]. NJ. Gilbert, Der
Carlisle and II. p. Morgan, who thor
oughly perfected its decidedly advance
construction during three years of care
full investigation and experiment be
fore introducing 1t to the public.
The sun., 1919-03-30
ADVANCED IDEAS
in COLE AERO EIGHT
Russell Engs Tells How Air
plane Practice Has Fig
ured in Car.

.aThe chief aim of builders OF the
motor car since the day when the util-
ity Of the automobile was established
has been to increase Its range of posi-
mites" says Russell Engs, the New
Yovk distributor.
3 'srhroush the years every manufsc-
turer has concentrated his energies on
psrfsctins car which will 20 over the
road with the least resistance, with
nnaximum comfort and greater economy.
1.-THE introduction of aerotype engi-
Aesrins and designing perhaps has done
more toward the attainment OF that end
t8sn any other one step. Many prin-
ciples involved IN the construction OF
seroplanes are found in the Cole Aero
Emit The frame OF this car, through
fho. perfect balance and coordination OF
uarts accomplishes the same results as
that Of the aircraft. 1t Is light. strong
and flexible. The bulky weight is placed
IN the centre. allowing the side members
OF the frame to serve as shock absorb
frr elements. As n measure OF extra
pfecaution and comfort shock absorbers
are standard equipment on this car.
t"Becsuse OF its we'll balanced con-
struction the Cole Aero Eight Skins
over thes road 1t is not driven into the
ROAD. with road resistance practically
eliminated there Is a marked decrease
in wSar and tear on tires.
1.-THE standard tire equipment or the
Cole Aero Eight adds to its utility and
economy. with 33x5 cord tires-a
double oversize for the weight of the
car--and improved engineering prin-
dples tho life of the original tire equip
rnent has practically been tripled. own
srs reporting an average of upward OF
1900 miles on the original tires.
ssrhere IL another marked advantage
in this type of construction. The light
,,eeS and ease with which the Aero Eight
skims over the roads enables the motor
TO run with less -exertion. assuring a
sAving of fuel. Because of Its uniform
sklcisncy OF operation throughout the
entire range Of its possibilities. economy
,s stabiftxed under all conditions Of
travel
sReaiizins that there frequently Is a
aseat deal Of difference in the grades OF
fuel the Hot Spot manifold has been
added to the Aero Eight. This particu-
lar tyne of manifold causes gasolene.
regardlees of its original state. TO ac-
ouire those characteristics which give
it highest efficiency and economy in OPP
Grafton before reaching the carbureter.
The sun., 1919-03-30
MILLIONS BEHIND NEW SAXON.
Local Dealer Goes West for Final
Details.

George s. Morrow, president OF the
Saxon Motor Company OF New York.
leaves for the Saxon factory In Detroit
tomorrow to get final details OF the big
Saxon reorganization and TO get more
cars for the big spring rush OF buyers
which has cleaned out his stock here.
millions OF dollars will figure in the
new plans of the company" said Mr.
Morrow. land the proposition in every
way is being worked out on the strong
est possible basis. A brand new factory
is ready for occupancy. The most ambi-
tious production plans ever attempted by
the company are in course OF prepare
ton "
The sun., 1919-03-30
Sees Big DEMAND
FOR CLOSED CAR
Harry De Bear Reports Many
Sales of Chalmers Town
Cars.

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-
steaoy trcho toward hor'hai conu'tiofs
in the automobile industry" said Harry
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The sun., 1919-03-30
We Wonder Why

We Wonder Why
Fred Wagner sold his prize
bull for 500.
Frank White recently had an
expensive trip to Philadelphia.
Charlie Larson has decided to
work hard on the new house
committee of the Motor Club.
Bill Parkinson leaves no signed
checks when he leaves town.
George McCuteheon says that
although red wine and trap
shooting do not mix you simply
have to add a gunner to the COM
bination to have a general mixup
principally on the part of the
gunner.
Bill Poertner last week made
Willie Richie a crack trap
shooter in a few minutes.
B. S. B.
The sun., 1919-03-30
NEWEST CAR THE CLEVELAND.
Chandler Dealers Get First View
of It.

The new car to be built In Cleveland,
Ohio, which is to be called the "Cleve-
land" was shown for the first time
during the past week to 112 Chandler
Six dealers who gathered at the Chand-
Ter factory from every State in the
Union and from Honolulu, Havana,
South America and Norway.
j. 3. Hulett of the Brady-Murray
Motors Corporation represented this city
and came back with n great lot OF fine
things to say about the new six cylinder
creation, which will probably arrive on
Broadway in July. The price and speci-
hcations are not yet ready to|be an
l;ounced.
The factory in which the new car
is to be built at Euclid avenue and Lon
don road. Cleveland. Is 500 feet long,
50 feet wide and four stories high The
contractor has promised to have IL ready
ny June ].
The sun., 1919-03-30
CAR SHORTAGE, SAYS SHOWERS.
we'll KAown Dealer Tells of Un-
usual Demand.

y. c. Showers, vice-president of the
lSauffnann-Stowers Company, reports
that never In the history of the industry
has the outlook been 80 bright.
Since ,ths close of the automobile
chow and the opening OF spring" Mr..
showers Says. I'VE have not been able to
keep UP With the demand for passenger
cars. with more money in circulation.
and with wages higher than ever before
In the history of the country, the de-
inand for good motor cars has exceeded
the production. Never before has there
been such heavy demand. The thrill
ine sensation and the keen enjoyment of
the automobile ride gets into the blood at
thu approach OF spring. with the result
that every one wants car. and now the
The sun., 1919-03-30
Protect the Battery.

While the storage battery is generally
immune to freezing. because OF the acid
In the electrolyte, when a battery Is
nearly discharged it will freeze at about
zero, so that the owner of a battery
which he suspects is pretty we'll run
down should take the precaution OF
protecting 1t with a blanket or heavy
robe when the thermometer shows signs
Of going down.
The sun., 1919-03-30
single Plate Clutch Adjustment.

Friction wear In me single plate clutch
may be remedied by throwing out the
clutch. Stacking the adjustment bolts
tap either OF them clockwise in the slot
on cover. perhaps quarter or half an
inch, thus shifting the ring which carries
the levers and rollers TO new seats on
thicker sections Of the thrust ring, thus
compromising for the wear.
The sun., 1919-03-30
Fan Relf TrOuhle.

IN 'ase- where the fan belt de- .lops
trick OF constantly flying off or break
ing. the natural suspicion is that the
pulleye are out OF alignment,
The sun., 1919-03-30
Noisy Tappet.

A noisy valve tappet. the cause OF
the trouble being wear, when no adjust
ment is provided, can generally be reme-
died by placing a fibre or steel washer
under or over the valve ends.
The sun., 1919-03-30
Old Gasoline.

II gasolene Is left in the car for some
time while the vehicle Is not in use It
will lose much OF it's pep through evapo-
ration. In this case should the engine
not start readily try draining the float
chamber and the fresh charge will gen.
orally cure the trouble.
The sun., 1919-03-30
Deficient Choke.

When a cars pickup IL all that can D.
desired, but II Is not possible TO get ah
the speed out Of the vehicle that there ~
reason to expect. it may be accepteo a.
n sign that the choke la too small. pre-.
venting the engine from taking a fun
charge with the throttle wide open
The sun., 1919-03-30

points to the biggest shortage OF motor
cars in the history OF the country. and !
advise all TO get their orders in now II
they want any kind of delivery"
The sun., 1919-03-30

great question is. When can 1 getoGny
carl? The Premier cars which are being
delivered from the factory are grabbed
as fast as they arrive. Everything
The sun., 1919-03-30

In April We
Will Move to
Larger Quar-
tsrs, I 3 2 g.
I 8 2 g B'way
Near Seth St.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
STEELTON
c. E. KEIM TO BE
BURIED THURSDAY
Council, Firemen and Moose
to Attend Funeral in
a Body

Resolutions of regret were last
evening passed by members of coun-
Gil on the death of Charles f. Keim,
who died on Sunday. Similar reso-
lutions were passed by the Baldwin
Fire Company, of which he was pres
ident, and by the Steelton Lodge of
Moose, of which he was a member.
All three bodies will attend the flu
neral services. to be held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Church
of God. The services will be con-
Quoted by the pastor, the Rev. ]. L.
Strine. Burial will be made in the
Oberlin Cemetery.
For more than thirty-fve years
keim was prominent in all affairs
of the borough. An organizer and
charter member of the Baldwin Fire
Company. he served as it's president
for the past three years. In 1915
he was elected a member of the
borough council, and served as a
member of the police committee, as
well as on the town property and
finance committee. He was a lead
ing members of the Main Street
Church of God.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
Army Officers Guests
of Hbg. Rotary Club

Colonel Keefer. medical officer in
command of the Army hospital at
Carlisle; Colonel Kirkland, command
ant of the Middletown Aviation
Depot, and Lieutenant Nelson, the
Army fiier. who has been doing stunts
over Harrisburg the past few weeks,
were guests of honor at the Rotary
Clubs luncheon at the Penn Harris
yesterday. Colonel Koefer is son of
the late Major Keefer, who resided
for many years in North Front street,
this city, and is well known here.
He told of the various activities at the
Carlisle hospital, where men are be-
ing taught trades and are given OPP
pcrtunity for study during their con-
valesccrce. He invited the RotarianS
up to take the wounded men out for
automobile rides and many of them
will accept.
Colonel Kirkland told the Rotarlans
how Harrisburg looked from n height
of 5000 feet, and said he was delight
ed to make closer acquaintance with
il and its people. He is now organiz-
ing the depot on a peace basis and
has replaced all soldiers with civilians
at civilian wages. some os the men
in the service being given excellent
positions at good salaries under the
ne worder. The Middletown Depot is
to be permanent. Colonel Kemper.
member OF the club, presided. and in
troduCed the guests.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
THE PLANET VENUS

The planet Venus. although not yet
anywhere near her greatest brilliancy
has already become, since her
emergencies from behind the sun in
December the most conspicuous object
in the evening sky, not excepting Jup-
tier AS she will henceforth, until
July. continue to increase in splendor
until she attains a brightness that al
ways astonishes even the astronomer,
however many times in his life he may
have seen her return in her glory. this
seems a good time to call attention to
the reasons which make it more prob
able that Venus should be the abode of
intelligent beings, resembling ourselves
in essentials. than any other of the
earth's sister or brother planets.
If we take seriously the suggestion
that electric signals have been trans
mitted as a kind of official call from
some other world to ours, then, it
seems to me. Venus is the most likely
source from which they could have orig
mated. For many years l have con-
tended that it was rather to Venus than
to Mars that those who were seeking
for indications of the possible eXis-
tence of eXtra-terrestrial life in the
solar system should turn. but partly be
cause of the difficulty of distinguishing
the surface marking of Venus, owing
apparently to the dazzling reflection
from her atmosphere. and more large
ly. perhaps. because of the conclusions
reached by Percival Lowell, who thought
that he had obtained evidence that her
period of aXial rotation was virtually
identical with that of her orbital revo-
luton, so that one of her hemspheres
should be regarded as buried in perpet-
ual night, and. the other as burning un-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
| WEST SHORE |
CARSCUJT OFF
YOUTHS FOOT
HieSter Fisher Falls While
Crossing Hump Tracks in
Marysville Yards

Marysvillc, Pa. April 15.-When
he fell in the path of a cut of cars
moving over the eastbound hump in
the local preference freight yards
of the Pennsylvania railroad this
morning about Z o'clock while going
to work, Hester Fisher, 17-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Fisher,
of Valley street, had his left foot
cut off at the instep, narrowly escap-
ing with his life.
Young Fisher, who had been en-
ployed as a caller in the local yards,
was crossing the railroad tracks to
go to the yardmaster's Office when
he fastened to cross the eastbound
hump tracks, despite the warnings
of other railroaders. His feet caught
on one of the rails and he fell.
He managed to draw his body and
all except the one foot free from the
tracks and the cut of four cars
passed over him as he lay in the
middle of the track. He was picked
up by fellow employees and taken to
the Harrisburg Hospital in the hos
pital car of the yards.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
Funeral Awaits Word From
Husband Now in France

I New Market, Pa. April Is. Ar
rangements have not yet been made
for the funeral of Mrs. Evelyn Fl. An
derson, wife of Edward IL. Anderson,
who was for many years a member
of the Governors Troop and is now
in the postal service in France, who
died on Saturday night, at o'clock,
at the Harrisburg Hospital. where
she was taken six hours previous
for treatment. from her home, at New
Market. She was suffering from
double pneumonia. which developed
from influenza. and was 80 years old.
She was a member of the Episcopal
Church. and is survived by her
husband, mother Mrs. Charles Miller.
of North Pitt street. Carlisle, and the
following brothers and sisters James
Mullin. of Brooklyn; George Mullin
and John Mullin. at home; Mrs. Harry
Evans, of Dillsburg; Mrs. Ernest Sny-
der, of Carlisle; Mrs. Nellie Cooper, of
Philadelphia: Esther. Ethel, Lean,
Mary and Miriam, at home. Await
ing a Cablegram from Mr.. Anderson,
in France, no fuperal arrangements
are made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
ADDING TO FORCE
IMP. R. R. YARDS
Increase in Freight Traffic
Improves Working Condi-
tons on West Shore

MarysvilIe, Pa. April Is. - The re-
action from the recent heavy re-
trenchment of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road yard forces has set in. Orders
have recently been issued for the hir-
ing of ten extra firemen, recently dis
charged. Some of these will report
for duty within several days. while
others will not go on duty for several
weeks. The yard forces were recent
ly increased by the addition of twenty
other men in the Enola and Marys-
vile yards, which are pooled together.
The forces in the two yards were
cut to the absolute minimum during
the recent heavy retrenchment, and
in some instances it has been neces-
sary for yard firemen to report for
duty twice on the same day. after
only eight hours off duty. In some
cases brakemen have been called to
serve as firemen, it is said. Increa SC
in freight traffic is responsible fer
the taking back of some of the men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
Chilean in Lookup For
Stealing Sweetpotatoes

Joe Laro. Chilean, this morning
while passing McNear's grocery
store stopped long enough to pick
up can of sweet potatoes on dis
play outside of the store. Someone
saw him and Immediately gave
chase. He was caught in Second
street by McNear. He was later
taken to the lookup by Chief Long
maker. Laro said he came from
Philadelphia yesterday. He is sup
posed, however, to be one of a
gang of Chileans, who, being with
out work have been helping them
selves freely with goods from the
various stores for the past several
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

der a never-setting sun, twice is not
there as here.
Under the impression of this belief
Mr.. Lowell interpreted the faint and
scarce markings which he thought he
couli make out on the planet as con-
tirmatory of his theory that the sunlit
side OF Venus was n scorched desert,
while the opposite side must be hope
lessly glacial.
But later studies. based upon the
singular power which the spectroscope
possesses of revealing motions of ap-
proach TO recession from the earth, tend
to overthrow Mr.. Lowell's conclusions,
since they show that one edge of Venus
disk is approaching us while the op-
posite edge is receding, at such a speed
as indicates a period of aXial rotation
not very greatly in excess of that Of
our own planet
But, even il 1t should turn out that
Venus does possess the popularity of
rotation ascribed to her by Lowell, and
previously by Schiaparelli, the fact
would not necessarily be fatal to the
hypothesis of her habitability.
l am very glad to see that in an
article in MIR. Barritt's Monthly Eve
ming Sky Map" Professor E. Il. Bar
nard appears to favor the suggestion
that Venus may be inhabited. Professor
Barnards words are very interesting
because of the weight that attaches to
his opinion. He says: Just as there
are untold millions of suns in space
Tor all the stars are suns more or less
like our own-there are doubtless null
utudes of life-bearing worlds in the
universe.
1T would also be unwise to suppose
that some of them do not support a
higher form of intelligence than that
on the earth. If we conine ourselves
TO our brother worlds, though that is
not in any way Il necessity-possibly
on Mars and probably on Venus, with
Mercury very doubtful but more pro-
badly lifeless."
one of the strong reasons for re-
garding Venus as habitable by forms
of life, perhaps not extremly different
from those of the earth, consists in the
fact that in size and other physical con-
ditions she closely resembles our planet
The mean diameter of the earth is
about 1918 miles, while that of venus
is about 400 miles. The force of
gravity is about 15 per cent less on
Venus than on the earth, SO that the
weight of bodies on her surface is, by
that amount, less than on the earth
Her mean density is rather less than
nine-tenths that of the eaEth.
All these things favor. as far as they
go. the probability that the forms of
both animal and Vegetable life would
be comparable in bulk and physical con-
stitution with those on the earth In
addition to this. Venus possesses an
abundant atmosphere. l myself saw,
with small telescope this atmosphere
displayed as beautiful lune of light,
spanning about the circumference of
the planet at the sun in 1882.
Several observers have announced
the existence of water vapor in the
atmosphere. This is indirectly indicat-
ed by the apparent cloudiness of Venus,
for the telescope any define markings