The Washington herald., 1913-11-23
About People You Know
Along Automobile Row
BY L. @. CHEw.

That old song TT Looks to Me Like a
Big Time Tonight" seems the most
adequate expression relative to the
preparations that have been made by
Bruce Emerson, the hustling chairman
Of the arrangements committee for the
get together. oyster roast of the Wash
ington automobile dealers tomorrow night
at the Sterling.
Judging from the number of accep-
! tances. the affair promises to be the
most successful gathering OF the, local
auto dealers held in years. The object
of the AFFAIR is to promote closer rela-
tionship between the various dealers, and
to cultivate sentiment In that old adage
I TN unity there is strength" For some
time there has not been this bond OF
sympathy between all of the dealers,
and the little social tomorrow night
promises to be a big step in the right
direction.
The entertainment committee has
spared neither time nor expense to pro-
vide for the satisfaction OF the inner
man, as well as the formation OF a
closer fraternity. There win be an abun-
dance OF good things sufficient IN them
selves to drive out the past and leave
only pleasant memories of the biggest
meeting ever held by the local dealers.
Howard Kneessi, the enterprising man.
ager of the Hudson Motor Company, Is
all smiles these days. One day last week
he was lucky enough to receive two
seven passenger hudson six cars from
the factory, and before the sun had set
he sold and delivered them both. Cow
elect II. c. Stuart. OF Virginia, and A.
H. Chaplin. Of Chaplin & Sacks, were the
purchasers.
and the motor are getting to be fast
friends?' asked NJ. l. Pollock. local
agent for the Oldsmobile, who returned
yesterday from a trip to the Oids fac
tory. After having successfully cap
tured sport and business, the automo-
bile now is laying siege to theatricals
and bids fair to occupy as big a place
in the romantic as II has in the prosaic.
Motor cars have been seen on the
stage for quite a while back; but a
motor car playing the leading part is
novelty reserved for the moving pic
ture show. While at the factory !
learned that several of the best films
now making the rounds portray a hand
some, high-powered Oldsmobile carrying
on all the honors of the action. The
scenes are laid in California, and the
two leading supports OF the Oldsmobile
are Harry A. Pollard and Miss Marganta
Fisher. both of them topnotch stars
in filmland. Incidentally, there is a |
heroine who is bound to the rails, and |
a snorting locomotive also adds zest to |
the scene / am told that several new
dramas OF the celluloid are being staged I
around this car"
Emerson & orme report the sale Of |
a Detroit electric clear vision. forward
drive brougham finished in blue. 1t Is |
upholstered in blue leather |
and is one Of the finest Of the 1914 models |
turned out by the Detroit electric |
makers.
Miller Bros. Automobile and Supply |
House reports the sale OF the following |
Ford cars for the week beginning Mo-,
vember II: Touring cars to William
Reith, George c. Altemus, B. B. Earn
shaw & Bro, DR.. W. H. wunder; run
abouts to DR.. James Dudley Morgan and
]. F. Kelchner. and delivery wagons to
the United States Senate, S. Kann, Sons
& Co. (two), and NJ. o. Bull
Joseph Stoddard and George Weaver
returned on last Wednesday from Cleve-
and, where they attended the annual
of the Baker electric dealers.
Fred Prendergast, manager of the
Hoss-Hughes Gompany's local branch, Il
made a flying visit to the companys
headquarters in Philadelphia
The MiIler-Dudley Company, Bosch
gents in this city, announces the acqui-
ftion of the local agency for Hess
Bright bearings. Adding, from time 20
mi Nxhf l
throughout the automobile world is a
art of the forward march" program
'utlined by this company when they
moved into its present large quarters.
Rudolph Jose, manager of the Cook & y
Stoddard Company, local agents for the {
sadillac, is responsible for the statement
hat at the present stage in the Develop
nent of the motor-car more or less at
ention is being paid to refnements that
make the driving of a car, simpler and {
afer. The 1914 Cadillac has several i'm I
'rovements that illustrate this point I
)ne Is its automatic spark advance. /
Without this device the driver must
manipulate his spark lever according To | 4
is own best judgment of the engines J
equirements. 1t is not alone a question @
{ speed Sometimes heavy going puts a /
rag on the engine that necessitates t
-eAoh VI ING spark teVer. With =
he novice this lis frequently nothing :
lore than good guessing. The cadillac's n
utomatc spark advance takes this task
guessing from the driver and makes
he action positive, automatic, according v
) the engines needs C
This is accomplished by a ring governor
Thich automatically advances and re- v
ards the spark according to the demands t
various loads and various speeds. II p
aus automatically prevents the injuries
'hich are possible by too much advance