The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-04-26
About People You Know
Along Automobile Row
By LOUIS CHASER.

Miller Brothers entertained the Ford
subagents of their automobile house
at the Ebbitt House last night at an
elaborate dinner in the second floor pri'
vate dinng-room
I It was a "get-together" dinner in the
heartiest sense of the word. and good
! fellowship mixed with a keen apprecia'
| ton of business interests was paramount
Motion pictures Of the great Ford plant
in Detroit, which were shipped to be on
hand for the occasion. did not arrive.
Mr. Claude Miller gave a straight-from-
the-shoulder talk on the Ford" taking
up every detail of the business Of sell
ing the car. He touched particularly
upon the selling of Ford parts and acces-
series. He was followed by Mr. Speaks,
of the firm of Miller Brothers; Mr.. Cor
bett, sales manager for Miller Brothers,
and Mr.. Bayles. The subagents ex-
pressed their views freely, and there was
a general interchange of opinion.
Those present were Messrs. F. II. Hine-
gardner. of Nokesville. Va; II. G. Ma
chen. Of Hyattsville: John Hill Carter. OF
Leesburg: A NJ. Remschel. of Alexan-
dria; j. NJ. Dinge. Of Lovettsville: G. I.
Tayloe. and F. c. S. Hunter, Of King
George. Va; J. G. Walker of Orange.
Va; William J. Manning. Boyce. Va;
f. R Colbert. fredericksburg, Va
Claude F. Miller. Charles z. Miller. NJ. A.
Bayles. William Neumyer. c. H. Speaks.
r. c. Mcdowell. c. W. Hoover, Stanley
Bayles, Burton II. Corbett, C. E. Jones.
Robert Oldys. Howard Fisk. and Louis
CHASER
Mrs. A. II. FINGERS, S. NJ. Allison. n
Hazel Metzgcr. and H. f. Edgerton. were
all purchasers, during the past week, OF
Studebaker touring cars.
Dad" Emerson says: When a mar
has A chip on his shoulder. it is safe TO
hit him on the nose-hut keep away from
the fellow who tries to avoid trouble.
And buy your Jack Rabbit early.
R. II. Harper. president of the Over
land Washington Company. is wearing
a broad smile these days. Asked to ex-
plain he said he was anticipating the
next week. The Overland Washington
Company will be the distributors for the
District Of Columbia.
During the week the Overland Wash
lngton Motor Company sold Overland
model - touring cars, with electric
equipment, to DR.. W. J. G. Thomas and
Dr. o. ]. Posey. and a model 70 road
ster to c. B. Rafter.
Women may now become members OF
the Automobile Club of America, it hav-
ing been voted at the annual meeting of
the club to admit them to all privileges
save those OF voting and holding an
equity in the club property. The latter
is withheld on account of not charging
them an initiation fee. This change in
the policy OF the club. is more or less
directly due to the desire OF some of the
widows of former club members to con-
tinue the right formerly possessed by
their husbands. OF using the club garage
and purchasing supplies at reduced
prices.
Miller Brothers Automobile and Supply
House report the sales of the following
cars during the past week; Touring
cars to J. g Hawk. Norman Drayage
Company. H. c Machen. Richard NJ.
Walsh. G. W. Bonntte, c. T. Wilson.
Leonard Sergeant. DR.. D. n. MuIcahy.
L. c. Reynolds, DR.. J. W. stanton, II.
B. Amos. George F. Eamich & Co. Bruce
CleN Gland. J. II. Haislip. DR.. Eugene
Jones. DIR. J. Clifford. Oscar Mann, B.
Cohen. :. a. Kimberly. n. ". Belfeld.
J. F Moran and w B. Duncan. Run
abouts to II. l. Rust, DR. II. {. Wuffey.
X. L. Ferry, J. F. KelChner. Mark S.
Willing. Louis Altemus and P. NJ. Tay-
Tor.
Emerson & Orme report the safe of 4
Detroit Electric clear vision brouCham
to Mrs. F. T. May. The car has blue
panels and is upholstered in blue mo-
rocco.
Bert Robertson. who has been success
fully cone I'd with the Maxwell Com
pany for eleven years will. on Monday.
transfer MS affections TO the Washing
ton Overland Company.
Nuremberg. Germany, now has a popu-
lation of go. 1873 and Isl motor vehicles.
China imports wood pulp from Great
Britain, Sweden, Norway. and Germany.