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The sun., 1919-10-05
COST OF MOTORING IS LOWER.
Price of Gasolene Has Been Kept
Down.

''In these days when the high cost
Of living Is a matter of serious concern
the motorist has one cause for rejoicing"
says Harry s. Houpt. president of the
Hudson Motor Car Company of New
York, "and that is that the Standard
Oil Company has not raised the price
of gasolene.
'eThe cost of motoring for pleasure
is not rising proportionately. The price
of gasolene, which is the stuff that Joy
riding dreams are made of, has little
effect on the price man has to pay
for the pleasure he gets out Of running
his car. A great many car owners do
not compute carefully the yearly cost
of running their automobiles.
"when they do make try at It they
are likely to omit some essential item
like depreciation, and that throws the
whole estimate out of focus
Interesting proof that the price Of
gasolene is not very large part or the
expense of running car has been made
available tOr mOLOTlSlS ny d GONei uihehe
agency which has just compiled ac-
curate data on operating costs OF ap-
proximately 600 trucks and $50 light
passenger cars in constant use for the
past year. The wide range in which
this equipment has served makes the
statistics of their operating costs par
ticularly valuable.
1.-THE 600 trucks for which records
were kept accurately included machines
from one and a half to five ton capacity
The chief elements in their running
costs, in order of size, are repairs,
chauffeur, depreciation, gasolene. tires,
oil and grease. OF these cost elements
gasolene represents only 9 per cent of
the total running expense. This gaso-
lene cost is charged at the prevailing
commercial truck prices.
I'm the operation of $50 light passen-
ger cars there was no charge for chauf-
feur. The cost elements in this case
ranged proportionately as follows: Re-
pairs, gasolene, tires, depreciation, oil
and grease. The gasolene item here was
only 171a per cent. of the total.
LESS complete data on the operation
of heavier passenger cars showed that
The sun., 1919-10-05
MOTOR TO DAEBURY FAIR.
Special Arrangements Have Been
Made for Motorists.

Once year at least the town motor
ssts become searchers for the bucohc joys
of life-big pumpkins, fat cattle, bulky
pigs, fine horses, record laying hens and
thoroughbred dogs, and when the back
TO the farm" itchings set in 1t is time
to throw on high speed and set out for
Danbury fair. 1t will be held through
out the week, with the best dog show
in the land outside of New York the
feature on Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday.
Danbury is on the best of motoring
roads, whether approached from New
York, Albany, Hartford or Boston. All
The sun., 1919-10-05
MOTOR TRUCK TIPS.
Tractor Lubricatiou,

The operator new to tractor work will
md many differences In fabrication re-
quirements as compfed with those of
other automotive vehicles For in
stance transmission bearings of the trac-
tor will usually be fed by oil cups, a
good grade OF engine oil being used, and
they must be replenished about six times
day.
The Spark Gap. N
1t Is important to keep the spark eapa
OF the plugs of the truck engine properly
distanced II the gap is too wide the
spark may not jump at the spark plug
gap, particularly at low speeds. This
VIII subject the insulation of the sec
ondary winding and circuit to unneces-
sartly great stresses and may cause a
relief spark to occur at the safety gap,
which Is an indication of danger. In
sulation II subjected to such stresses
continually will break down. On the
other hand IL the spark gap is too narrow
the spark will probably not be hot
enough to AFFORD good ignition and short
ing by carbon will result. Watch the
spark gaps.
Four wheel Drive.
The question is frequently asked In
regard to the actual, benefits of four
"heei urlVe. Inc answer Is almost OBJ
vious. With the application of tractiye
effort at four points, the front wheel,
have lifting effect which enables tn,
truck to climb over an obstruction mors
easily than two wheel driver can do
For this reason the four wheel drive
truck is peculiarly well adapted to ser
vice over bad roads, where heavy loads
must be carried.
Worn Tires,
Solid tires that have worn uneveplv n,
have gotten so thin that they do not ab.
sorb road shocks. are great danger tc
the truck. Through them the vhee
bearings may he broken and the bottom
steering knuckle may also break, Will;
rapid disintegration of the whole
mechanism may be expected Do not rur
solid tires until they are too thin.
Wheel Alignment.
The wheels OF the truck should bs
tested for alignment once every sis
months or oftener. in case the yehici,
has been involved In any kind of q
bump, even hard curb smash. II tn,
wheels get out of alignment the wear or
the tires Is accelerated many times. A
tire may even go to pieces In a couple o.
hundred miles of running.
The sun., 1919-10-05

routes converge to bring tha~trippers TO
the fair and the dog show, amid the
changing. hues OF the autumn foliage,
the crisp sunlight that imparts a sill
very sheen to the gayly colored mountain
sides and woodlands, and under the
stimulus of tonicllke October weather.
At Danbury every possible concession
In the way OF free parking places and
comfortable hotels and boarding houses
will be ready for the tourists.
The sun., 1919-10-05
TY COBB IN TIRE BUSINESS.

VIII Sell PennsyIvania Product I'm
Augusta, Ga.
Ty Cobb. the greatest of all baseball
players, has decided to take UP for
winter pastime the selling of automobile
tires for the Pennsylvania Rubber Com
pany.
Cobb has with him as his partner in
business Mr.. Sanford, who is well known
to everybody In Augusta and was. the
principal of the high school which was
responsible for turning out such a
celebrity as Cobb.
Cobb played his last game of ball IN
chicago on September 81 anda hastened
to Augusta in time for the opening of
the Cobb-Sanford Tire Company on Oc-
tober l, and incidentally to meet the
new member of the Cobb family, who
arrived only few days ago.
The sun., 1919-10-05
Ship Car Bodies by Truck.

conditions delivery is practically impos-
sible. While the expense Of shipainr
by truck is somewhat greater the West.
colt company Is using this prccautiou
against any tieup in production.
The special racks for carrying ths
bodies were built in the Westcott fac.
tory, and provision is made to bolt down
each body securely to prevent damage
Large canvas envelopes fit down close
over the bodies on both the truck and
trailer, protecting them against thu
weather
The J. s. Wagner Transfer and Stor.
age Company, Springfield, Ohio, are
handling the transportation for the
Westcott company.
The sun., 1919-10-05

for cars averaging ten miles per gallon
of gasolene and running approximately
1000 miles the cost of gasoene was al
least so per cent. less than the next
nearest item of cost"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
Army Officer Tells Of
E Size at u. S. Army

Major / c. Brewer. chief OF the
service section OF the matntenance
and repair division. and Lieutenant-
Colonel George c. Johnson, aBsistant
to the officer In charge OF the mann
tenanee and repair division OF the
construction department of the
army, addressed the Engineers Sos
ciety last evening on the work OF
the construction division of the army:
The construction division has had
charge of the construction OF can.
tonments, the National Guard ana
Regular Army camps. as well as all
of the warehouses, hospitals, EN-.
ba rkation piers. etc, scattereo
throughout the United States. This
work has included the construction OF
some Al 900 buildings, 1000 miles OF
highways hundreds of miles Of water
lines, sewer mains, etc: IN the cah,
tonments alone the lumber Woulo
have been sufficient for noor cover
ing an area of forty-three square
| miles. The warehouses. IL placed emu
| to end. would have been equivalent 70
a building seventy feet wide ana over
eighty miles in length. The hospltals
have capacity for 12l,Oo0 pat.ehi,s. T..
Colonel johnson Is widely known IN
JarrIsburg. and it will be recaleo
| that he was one of the experts testi.
| fvinp in the suit of the filter company
agai1st the city of Harrisburg Iot
royaIties due to alleged intrins em,eas en- ~
| on patents when the munlclpai "a'e
] fltration plant was constructeo.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
Senator Myers Would
Execute Former Kaiser

| Washington, Jan. Il. A demand
and the leaders of the miiitarists in
Germany. including former Ambassa-
dor Won Bernstorfr. be imprisoned for
life for causing the world war, was
Senator Myers. Democrat of Mon
tana, in the course of speech in
which he demanded that the forma-
tlon OF league of nations be left
until after the treaty of peace has
The. Montana Senator said that he
regarded the question of what shall
be done with the Kaiser as one of
the first to be disposed of by the
Peace Conference.
Il think the German Kaiser ought
, M,.ers. "He has forfeited his I right
to live. He ought to be executed as
| n common criminal. OF course, he is
an uncommon criminal. but he ought
TO be executed as though he was a
common one and without trial, too.
There is nothing to try. All the world
Knows that he launched a criminal
the greatest catastrophe and confia-
grafton the world has ever known.
! He waged that war in a way which
violated every principle of interna-
''I am not in favor of any soft SEN
timentality in dealing with the Ger
man Kaiser. The German Govern
render him, and IL it refuses the
Allied armies ought to seek him. Any
government giving him asylum and
refuge should know now that this
cannot be done.
Use of Kaiser's Fortune Urged
The Kaiser's fortune, estimated
at $250.000,oO0. ought to be confiscated
and applied toward the war indem-
mites that Germany must pay. Won
Bernstorff, Yam Papen. Won Rintelen
and other 'Vons' and German NOV
ing spirits in this war who resorted
to every crime and dastardly Grimm
ality should be imprisoned for life
This should be provided in the treaty
of peace"
| Does the Senator think the Kais-
| er ought to be hanged or shot?'
asked Senator Poindexter.
| II think he ought to be both hang
ed and shot," replied Senator My
| ers.
The Mantana Senator characterized
Won Bernstorff as "a burglar who
tried to climb through the backdoor
of the United States and corrupt and
debase our Government with the
most dastardly Vaccinations that
have ever been known in this coun-
| tr or any other"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
Commissioner Butler
Looks After Interests
... of Lake Erie Fishing

n. R. Butler. commissioner of
fisheries, is in Clevelond, Ohio, at
tending a meeting of the Fresh
Water Fish Producers Association.
He expects to visit the department
hatcheries at Erie, Union City, Cory
and Pleasant Mount, returning to
Harrisburg January 20.
The authorities of Ohio and New
York state admit that the Fish Com
mission of Pennsylvania, with the
laws of this state at its back, has
done more to keep up the fish sup
ply in Lake Erie than any other in
fluence. 1t is the belief of Mr.. Butler
that every fish placed in the waters
of the state ought to be allowed to
grow to a sufficient size to repro
duce at least once. and he is oppos-
ing the use of smaller mesh nets in
Lake Erie which would allow fish
less than adult size to be taken. In
this he has the backing of the fisher
men of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
$4,000 DEATHS
NSTATE in 1918;
FLU Big FACTOR
Review of State Department
of eHalth'S Work Is
Made Public

There were approximately 1880
deaths in Pennsylvania last year.
making the highest mortality rate in
the history of the Commonwealth,
according to the brief review of the
years work of the State Department
of Health made public to-day by DR..
b. Franklin Roger, Acting Commits
sioner.
Data available at present in the
Bureau of Vital Statistics is by no
means complete, but the State Regis
trar, DR.. w. r. Bait, said that last
years mortality rate will be approx
imately ZIG. as compared with 14.s in
1917.
Due Entirely to "FIu"
This apparent increase. according
to the state health official, is due
entirely to the epidemic of influenza.
which has claimed a total of more
than $4,000 lives in Pennsylvania
since last September. The greater
portion of this mortality occurred in
the ages from 20 to 40 years. Had it
not been for the influenza epidemic,
the mortality rate would undoubtedly
have been lower than in 1917. as the
death rate from many diseases was
less than in the previous year.
200 Emergency Hospitals
In reviewing the work of the State
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
Injuries Fatal For
Former Treasurer Of
Republican Committee
By Associated Press

New York, Jan. II. George R.
Sheldon, financier and former treas
urer of the Republican national COM
mittee, died to-day at Carbondale
ILL.,. of injuries received in a mine ac-
cident recently near that city. Word
of his death was received at his office
in this city. of which he was a life
long resident.
Mr.. Sheldon long was active in Re-
publican politics. having been a New
York delegate to the Republican ma
tional convention in 1900. New York
member of the Republican national
committee 1903 to 1904; treasurer
subsequently of the New York state
Republican committee and in 1905
succeeded Cornelius n. Bliss as treas
urer of the national committee. In
which capacity he served for eight
years.
AS financier. he was. at the time
of his death. director in eighteen cor
porations. including the American Lo-
connective Company and the Bethlehem
Steel Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
Says Y. M. c. A. Gave
$1,4OO,000 to Army

New York, Jan. 1.-THE extent
of the free distribution of canteen
supplies by the Young Mems Chris
tian Association was disclosed yes
terday in statement given out by
William Sloane Coffin, chairman of
the National War Work Council.
based upon a cable message from E.
C. Carter. chief secretary of the or
ganization in Paris. Mr.. Coffin said
that the Y. NJ. c. A. had distributed
free to soldiers canteen supplies to
the value of $1.400,000. Beside this.
the loss on operation of post ex-
changes overseas. exclusive of SOL
diers stores in Great Britain. amount
cd to $332,181. This total, he ex-
planned, does not include the post
exchange deficit for November and
December. The figures do not show
all the organizations free service
but. he said. they are an emphatic
answer to the charge that the Y.
M. C. A. had been profiting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14

Department of Health during the in
fiuenza epidemic, DR.. Roger states
that the department esta blished and
maintained more than 200 emergency
hospitals, directed the activities of
more than 500 physicians, hundreds
of trained nurses and thousands of
volunteer workers. and gave medical
attention and nursing to many thou
sands of sick persons.
Discussing the war activities of the
Health Department during 1918. DR..
Roger says that special attention has
been directed to sanitary and public
health conditions in all the zones
around the war industries. Special
supervision was maintained over
twenty-five miles of country sur
rounding Camp Colt during all the
time the soldiers have been quartered
there.
The department has managed the
important work of mosquito extermi-
nation in the Hog Island district and
co-operated with the shipyards at
Corwells and Bristol.
The soldiers who have returned
from the Army because they were
found to be tuberculous have been
followed up by the dispensary system
of the State Health Department and
treatment has been furnished in many
cases.
Aided Draft Boards
In every portion of the state the
Health Departments county rAedical
inspector and dispensary men have
served upon the district draft board
and their services have been ex-
tremely valuable, because of their
unusual experience in making phys
ical examinations.
During the last year number OF
genito-urinary dispensaries have
been established and there is now a
chain of thirty-two of these dispen-
saries located in the larger cities and
towns of the state. Others will be
established as rapidly as possible.
Housing Conditions
The Bureau of Housing has been
accomplishing good results in the To-
calities in Pennsylvania where con-
ditions were found to be bad, par
ticularly towns in the coal regions
have been much improved through
the efforts of this bureau; also splen-
did results have been obtained in
Coatesville and in other towns in the
southeastern portion of the state,
where conditions would have been abb
normally developed. due to the es-
tablishment of war industries.
Hotel inspections have been insti-
tuted all over the state by the Divi-
sion of Public Service, and the Divi-
sion of Drug Control has been active
in enforcing the regulations of the
state narcotic act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
WILL RESTORE
TWOC. TRAINS
Eliminated as War Measure,
Trains Will Run Again,
Officials Promise

Travellers throughout the Cumber-
land Valley are jubilant to-day over
the announcement that the two
passenger trains eliminated from the
cumberland Valley Railroad service
restored within u short time
Both or the trains to be reinstated
run between Harrisburg and fIag-
erstown. one OF them leaves Har-
risburg for Hagerstown shortly after
II o'clock in the morning and the
other arrives here at 2.35 p. m. from
Hagerstown.
Announcements issued by the Of
ficials at Hagerstown late yesterday
are to the effect that the trains will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
RAILROAD NEWS
PLANS MADE FOR
CHECK PAYMENT.
Most of the Pennsy Employees
to Receive Their Money
Earlier

Pennsylvania Railroad officials are
busy completing their plans for the
refnauguration of the check pay
ment plans for all employees. The
cash plan of payment, which SUPER
ceded the check plan a number of
years ago. was used for the last time
when employees were paid for Decem-
Der during the early part of this
month.
The reinstated check system will
go into effect this month when the
employees are paid for the first If
re renn naa Gays OF January. Final ar
aaangements are being made by Of
nclals that the arrangement may be-
come enective with the least possible
Inconvenience and disturbance.
Of the employees will receive their
salaries earlier than they did under
.Si, lnS old system. Some few, however
thl Wiil receive their checks later. But
lneso rev persons who were paid
aauring the days preceding the first
gay OF payment under the new sys-
eem are very much in the minority,
be sent to the point most convenient
Tor their distribution to the employees
In harrisburg, the employees will be
poio paio,. by the several department. Of;
ncIais In Enola and Marysville and
otther etr yards throughout the system
the checks will be sent to the CHIEF
yardmaster, who will make pro-
visions for their distribution among
the, the men. % In other cases, the checks
VIII be sent to the station masters
at the several stations, who will be
In Charge of the distribution.
me hrst checks in payment OF
work during. the first fifteen days OF
January will be distributed to en-
ployes for the first time since the re-
lnstatement of the system. on Janu.
0. mr. he
made also on January "a, rs and 81
During the first part of the month
the check distribution will start or
the ath and in the latter part, on
the 2Sd. In all cases payment will
be made on the three succeeding
days In addition. When Sunday OF
holiday intervenes, payment will
also be made on the fourth succeed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14

likely be reinstated on Sunday. Ar
rangements, however, may not be
completed in time and in that event
the first trip since their reinstate-
inent will likely me made on Sunday.
February 2.
LIVER since the war has been ended
Cumberland Valley citizens have
been clamoring for. the reinstatement
of the trains on the railroad sched-
ule and huge petitions were signed
and presented to the officials. Yes
terday a, conference was held with
superintendent Tonge, of the Po-
tomac Division; Mr.. Darby, of the
passenger service and Superintendent
Iowman,S of the Cumberland Valley
the Cumberland Valley district. Al
the conclusion of the conference the
promise OF the restoration of the
trains was announced.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14

idea of returning to the peace con-
gress. If his presence seems neces-
sary to the success of the League Of
Nations.
The object of his proposed speak
ing tour would be TO inform the
country of the proceedings, ut Paris
and at the same time sound out and
encourage public sentiment in sup
port of the peace principles which
he has enunciated and which he
feels have been acclaimed by the
masses in Europe.
Mr. Wilson's friends believe that
popular expressions in the United
States might support those of Eng
land, France and Italy and have
great influence on European states
men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
WILSON TOTOUR
COUNTRY TO FEEL
PULSE in PEACE
Plans to Inform Nation of
Proceedings at Paris; Will
Sound Public Sentiment
BY Associatcd Press

Paris, Jan. 14.-President Wilson
is considering speaking tour of the
United States when he returns home.
1t is said this trip will take him
into many of the principal cities. His
plans are not yet matured, but it is
believed he has discussed the plan
with his advisers.
With Congress out of the way
early in March, Mr.. Wilson would
have an opportunity. for such a tour
before returning to Europe, should
he follow his original plan. So far
as known Mr.. Wilson has no plans
for calling an extraordinary session
of Congress but he still holds to his;
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
American Steamer Yuma Is
Wrecked on Monchoir Bank
By Associated Prets

Turks Island, Bahamas, Jan. H.
The American steamer Yuma, with
q cargo of sugar from San Domingo
for New York. was totally wrecked
on Mouchoir bank on Friday. Two
members of the crew and five labor
ers are missing. The captain and
part of the crew landed here in a
boat to-day shortly before the Sec
ond mate and eighty-two laborers
reached here on RATS.
The Yuma, owned by the Clyde
Steamship Company of New York.
left that port on December 18.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
Wilson Dimes Yank
Peace ENJOYS in Paris
By Associated Press

Paris. Jan. 14.-President Wilson
gave n dinner last evening to men,
bers of the American Peace Commits
sion and it's technical advisors. in
Guiding e. N. Hurley, b. n. Baruch.
Herbert c. Hoover and Vance McCor-
mick. Colonel E. NJ. House was too
Ill to leave his home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
Socialists Get Short
End of German Votes
BY Associated Press

Berne, Jan. lin the Wuerttem-
BERT elections the Socialists have
been defeated by the civil parties,
the latter elect,ng ninety-four mem
bers of the National Assembly, while
the latter, four are Independent So
cialists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
BERLIN'S RED
LEADERS FLEE
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
Copenhagen, Jan. 14.-Dr. Karl
Liebknecht, the Spartacan leader.
is reported to have fled from Ber-
lin to Leipsic. Chief of Police
Eichhorn, according to the Vor-
waerts of Berlin. has fled to Dem
mark, using a passport obtained
from the Danish legation some
days ago. Many documents have
been seized at Eichhorn's resi-
dence.
The government at Berlin has
Issued warrants for the arrest of
DR.. Liebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg
and Eichhorn. The war minister
is quoted as saying loyal troops
have begun a search for arms
with a view to disarming the pop
ulation of Berlin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
YOU'LL LAUGH!
DOESN'T HURT TO
LIFT CORNS OUT

Magicl Costs few cents
Just drop a little Freezone on
that touchy corn, instantly it
stops aching, then you lift the
bothersome corn off with the
fingers. Truly! No humbug
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
JUGo-sLAv ARMY SOON

Paris, Jan. IA. - The Jugo- Slav
Republic will soon mobilize its Army,
according to a dispatch received
here from Fiume.