The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-28
TO ELECT KING and
QUEEN OF PAGEANT
Tercentenary Automobile Pa
rade To Partake Nature Of I.
Mardi Gras

It has been decided by the automo-
bile committee In charge OF the COM
msrcial tercentenary automobile pa
geant on the night OF Wednesday. Oct.
rs. to hold contest for king and
queen Of the pageant This 10 TO be
decided by vote. ard is to be done In
an unique way. For days the COM
mittee endeayored to devise q method
OF handling such contest 50 that u
would be fair to all candidates and
voters. The usual method OF coupon
ballots In newspapers was considered
unsatisfactory, as this method enables
. person with sufficient means to pur-
chase enough votes to swing an cleo
ton. making the contest unfair TO
candidates OF limited means.
The plan adopted for the coming
contest is to allow each registered
owner OF an automobile In New YORK
) state one vote for king and queen In
this way check can be kept on the
balloting and no owner can vote more
than once, as the committee Will COM
pare each ballot with the state regis
tration list In order TO see II the
names and numbers tally.
The ballots will be ready for dis
tribution within a. few days. can
didate may solicit the votes OK MS
friends who possess motor cars or
motor trucks. but oil ballots must
/! bear the bona fide signature OF the
owner.
~ Each day during the past week
meetings OF the automobile commit
tee and subcommittee have been
held at headquarters In the Automo-
bile Club OF America. Each OF these
meetings, which have been In the
form OF luncheons and dinners, has
been marked by unbounded enthusi-
asm over the celebration and the
campaign to boost the motor pageant
on the night Of Wednesday, Oct, 20,
as well as the merchants and manu-
facturers' pageant Oh the Saturday
night following, IL being made most
aggressive one.
Gov. Glynn's acceptance OF the com.
mittee's invitation 70 ride at the head
OF the automobile pageant and review
Il from the court Of honor, was well
coined by the COMMITTEES, and other
high oficials will be invited to ride
with the governor. The sum OF $lo,-
/ 900 has been appropriated by the
state for this pageant, and one-half OF
this amount 10 to be In guaranteed
prizes.
Considerable pains are being taken
In the preparation OF the entry blank.
the organization OF the parade and the
( allotment OF prizes, 1t being the object
OF the committee to arrange classes
for all sorts OF vehicles. both pleasure
and commercial types, high-priced and
l<x. pnnfnrnvnIna I'm
such q manner tina. owners Of the va
rious types may enter the appropriate
division and have an even break with
their competitors. Applications for
entry blanks are being received In
great quantity from private owners OF
! cars, and the dealers along Broadway
are asking the cooperation Of their
customers, urging them to enter the
pageant and strive to win prizes. In
the commarcial car division, several
OF the largest department stores have
! promised to enter their fleets Of mo-
tor delivery wagons, appropriately
decorated for the occasion. Secre-
tary Merle l.. Downs, who is manag-
Ing the pageant, and his corps OF as
sistants at headquarters. are besieged
with inquiries from prospective en-
trants from morning until night.
The automobile committee has
been made up and 10 composed OF q
number OF subcommittee. totaling
more than SO members altogether. FL.
mer Thompson is chairman; George
II. Duck, vice-chairman; M. l..
Downs, secretary. and William G.
Poertner, chief marshall. The chair
men OF the subcommittee form the
executive committee. and include the
following: Automobile manufacture
ers' committee, Alfred Reeves; New
York automobile dealers and garages.
M. J. Budlong; Brooklyn automobile
dealers and garages, Herbert l.. Car
penter; automobile dealers and
clubs, A. G.. Batchelder; tires and ac-
cessories, William NJ Sweet; Inn
porters, Emanuel Lascaris; city, state
and Interstate departments, Commits
sioner William ]. Lee. transportation,
| light and power, r. w. Meade; ho-
tells and amusements. III. M. SWEET
land: clubs, societies and lodges.
q. Murray Hubert; motorcycles. F.
M. Baker: automobile daily press,
| John Q. Wetmore: automobile trade
press, Julian q. Chase.
The commercial pageants commit
| tee of the tercentenary commission,
which Is working for the success OF
| the automobile pageants with the
automobile committee, includes Chair
| man Louis Amin Ames. Herbert L.
| Bridgman. Francis Wright Clinton,
| Robert Grier Cooke. Joseph l.. Della
| field, George Duck, Charles r. Lamb,
| Commissioner William ]. Lee. Prof
| Henry T. >Fleck. Herbert F. Gunnison.
| =. A. Norman, Edward w. Stitt, FL
mer Thompson, and A. e. MacKinnon.
. who 10 assistant secretary Of the COM
. mission. Gen. Howard Carol. prest
. dent OF the commission: vice-Presi-
dents Alton b. Parker and George +.
| Kunz. Secretary Edward Hagaman
| Hall, and Director of Pageants Albert
De Cernea, are also giving their CO.
operation to the automobile end Of
the celebration, as well as to the mer-
/ chants and manufacturers' pageant.
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