The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-11

A socia bility automobile run will be
the feature Of the annual outing Of the
| printing and allied trades of washing
ton next Saturday. While the outing
Will take place at Great Falls, the cars
| competing in the sociabilitv run will fin
ish at Cabin John Bridge. After the
time OF each car is taken and the win
| ner declared. the entire party will pro-
coed to Great Falls.
The, time in which the cars are eS-
rected TO make the run TO the bridge
will he set by prominent official. and
the driver who comes the nearest to the
secret time will be declared the win
| ner Of the event. II is expected about
| twenty-five machines will participate.
The entries to date include cars owned
by Lew Thayer, e. E. Rapley, Byron
s. Adams. R. E. Mathers, c. ]. Brown.
Engraving Company. Sudwarth Printing
Company, Joyce Engraving Company,
and Mark w. Moore. IT. The press car
will be operated BY E: B. Terry l.,
charge are: General committee, Mark
W. Moore: financo committee, Fl. Q. c.
Stiles: tour committee, Lew Thayer;
commissary committee. E. E. Rapley;
A. Roberts. Entries should be made
with Lew Thayer. JO7 Thirteenth street
northwest. All printers and supply men
owning automobiles are eligible to COM
pete In the UNIQUE event, which is pat
termed after the sociahility run organ
lied and conducted by The Times dur
ing the last two seasons.
Have you entered your car for the
orphans automobile day celebration
next Thursday? The list is growing
every day, and il is evident the COM
mittee in charge of the affair will have
at least 100 machines at its disposal.
This number will be required II every
orphan in the city is to be given ride.
The committee will meet tomorrow to
work out the final details and to select
the suburban resort to which the tots
will be taken. The cars will be sent to
the different institutions and will then
proceed to the Peace monument, at the
foot of the Capitol. where they will be
formed in line for the parade up Penn
sylvania avenue. The parade will, be
headed by Chief Marshal Ted" john
ston in a Marquette Buick racing car.
The assistant marshals will ride in va
rious cars in order to watch over the
their cars yesterday for orphans day
are David Weaver, Oldsmobile: Wallace
w. Chiswelll, Chalmers; Miller Broth
ers. Ford. Veile. and Owen; REQ Au-
tomobile Company. two Reos: Charles
w. Bender Premier; Dan Levy, Buick.
and w. S. Mcdonald, Ford.
The Speedwell Sales Company. recent
ly formed to handle Speedwell cars in
this city, is receiving many inquiries
about this popular Dayton car. Four
sales have been made within the last
few days. A Speedwell car will be one
of the features of the eighth annual
of the International Associa- |
ton Of Chiefs of Police in Rochester, |
June 1917. The car has been built by |
the Speedwell Company especially for
the occasion, so that the police heads !
who will visit Rochester can see what a
well-designed motor patrol is like.
The fact that an electric truck, car |
rying over one thousand pounds Of mer- |
chandise, was able TO make a trip TO
Baltimore and return on one battery |
charge, has attracted widespread atten- |
ton among the business men OF this |
city Emerson & Orme, who conducted |
driven by Bruce Emerson, have re-
ceived many inquiries about the cars
on the trip, which was
made Friday, and they have booked
number of demonstrations for the COM
Ing week. 1t is said the trip was the
longest cross-country run ever made by
an electric commercial car. The ma
chine was equipped with Edison bat
teries.
Recognizing the growing Importance
IF the automobile supply trade. Barber
& Ross have decided to add such de-
oartment A full line OF standard sup
1les, such as lamps, horns. tools, spark
plugs, oils. tires and other accessories
will be carried in stock. The new de-
1artment is now in operation.
The increasing scope of the American
Association, especially In
-eference to its good roads and touring
activities. was indicated at
the semi-annual meeting of the board of
directors in New York during the past