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The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

since the age of seven. Having won the
Vanderbilt twice, it is easy to imagine
how he will fight to capture il for the
third time, and his Mercedes is one Of
the most phenomenal speed creations
ever turned out by the Mercedes fac
tory. The other foreign star is Dario
Resta, an English driver with many
Brooklands track records to his credit.
He will pilot one of the Peugeots. The
other foreign cars will be manned by
American pilots.
The complete list of entries is as fol-
lows. All of the cars are entered in both
races. with the exception of tie Alec.
which is too large to be eligible in the
Vanderbilt Cup:
Stutz, Gil Anderson; StutZ. Earl Coop
er: Stutz. Howard Wilcox; Peugeot,
Dario Resta: PeugeOt. Jack Mccarthy:
Mercer Eddie Pullen: Mercer, G. E.
Ruckstall; Mercer. Louis Nikrent: Mar
mon. w. D'Alene: Simplex. Louis Dis
brow: Chevrolet. lack lie Cain; Chevro-
let. K. G. Durant: Maxwell. Barney Old
field: Maxwell. William Carlson: Max
well. Ed. Rckenbacker: DucsenbcrS. Ed
ward O'DOnnell: Duesenberg. Tom Alley:
Delage. &. T. Newhouse: Tahis. Jack
Gable: Edwards Special, Lou Gaudy: Ed
wards Special, Capt. kennedy: Cali
fornian. Caleb Bragg: Dugatti. J. w.
Marquis: Parsons Special. Jim Parsons:
Mercedes. Ralph De Palma; Gordon Spe-
cial. Huntley Gordon: Case, Robert Bur-
man; Case. Ed. A. Hearne: King. Arthur
Klein: Overland. Thomas Mckelvey:
Hercules. Harold Ball: Tonasini. T. A.
Tonasini; Erwin Special. Grover Berg
doll: Alec. 4. II. Wooladacoot.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
PAIGE FACTORY NEVER STOPS.
7 wc1ty-fOur-hour Schedule Necc.
sary to Fiji Orders.

Twenty-four hours is all the Paige
Detroit Motor Car Company can
squeeze out of a working day, but
the big factory where the Paige Six
f6' and Glenwood "36'' are made is
taking advantage of every second of
the twenty-four to meet the demand
for its 1915 models
Any time is good time to report
cheerful news. but. for obvious rea
sons. no time is better than now to
be the messenger of commercial good
cheer. 1t is therefore especially pleas
ing to report that so great is the
success of the Paige company, so in
sistent the demand for the new six"
and the popular Glenwood -Four"
that the Inauguration of a full TWEEN
ty-four schedule of three eight hour
shifts was recently found necessary
in order to keep abreast of the or
ders.
The new Paige six" was an imme-
date success. but as soon as the auto.
mobile shows started the orders for
cars became SO heavy. the immediate
sales from the floor of the shows so
large, that the factory would have
been swamped had not heroic meas
ures been taken. The Paige Company
sold more than 100000 worth of
cars at the New York and Chicago
shows alone, which is believed to he
a record, and the enthusiasm and
practical results at the other shows
throughout the country continues so
sreat that the twenty four-hour day
VIII probably be maintained at the
factory for some time to come.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
LIGHT CAR SOCIETY
ELECTS ITS OFFICERS
Dr.. Charles C. Percival, of New York,
Noted for Longest Auto Journey.
Made President.

At the second annual convention of the
Light Car Association of America. of
which delegates representing the vari-
Gus Light Car Clubs OF America were
represented, DIR. Charles c. Percival, of
New York City. was elected president; Z.
p. Blake, of Boston. Mass. first vice
president; o. Richard Wolfe. Chicago,
second vice president: William Houldin.
third. East Orange, y. j., secretary; c.
p. Root, Chicago, treasurer: Robert W.
Rodger. New York City. II. c. Fairchild.
Maplewood, y. j., and st. Clair Cousins,
board of directors.
DR.. Percival. the new president. is one
of the best known Automobiles in
America, having made the longest con-
tinuous auto journey of America ever
made, travelling 10000 miles in two
years. including trips across the CONT
nent and loo miles in Alaska to beyond
"a degrees north in the Arctic circle.
The convention adopted three classifi-
cations for light cars, as follows: Glass
A. up to 10 cubic inches piston displace-
ment: Class B, up to 160 cubic inches
piston displacement. and Glass C up to
81 cubic inches piston displacement.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
TIRE QUALITY MUST
BE THERE, SAYS HAAS
Washington Representative of Fire
stone Company Tells Why Manu-
facturers Avoid Cheap Materials.

Popular prices on tires are as desir-
able as on everything else the public
buys, and it is a striking illustration of
what scientific manufacturing methods
on a stupendous scale and economical
distribution can do. that such a tire as
the Ffrestone can be sold at such low
prices" said J. J. Haas. manager of the
Washington branch of the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company, yesterday.
But popular price alone will never
satisfy the experienced buyer of tires.
When you think of it you will realize
that in no other line of goods is the
value of what lou paid for SO quickly
put to the test as in tires. They go right
from the hands of the dealer to all the
81 ueling tests of the road
1T is poor consolation to the motorist
laboring under all the conceivable afflic-
tions of tire trouble to reflect that he
bought tires cheaper than any of his
friends.
There is an old saying. by a famous
maker of quality goods. copyrighted,
believe. that the recollection of quality
remains long after the price is forgot
ten Truer words We're never spoken
especially of tires. The car owner has
a keen recollection both of good and bad
tires. That is why dealers who are in
IN" tlF" business To stay insist on quail
ity with prices. Popular price alone
does not hold tire customers. The Kick
back of one sale of poor tire may de-
stroy the profits of many sales.
'F1restone prices are reduced as scien-
ti1c efficiency in our factory and econ
omy of distribution are developed. The
only fixed factor is quality. That We
keep at the maximum. and no price
movements in the tire world ever have
or ever will induce us to change It. The
volume OF Ffrestone business is suffi-
Gent evidence that tire buyers approve
the policy"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
HUMAN NATURE
AS A SALESMAN
Seven Waverley Owners Tell
Why They Bought
HIS EYES WON THE SALE
Sociability. Safety. Vanity. Super
HIS EYES WON THE SALE
Sociability. Safety. Vanity. Super
sensitiveness. and Luminous
Optics Among Reasons.

A group of people, accustomed to the
good things of life. were sitting over
the tea cups i'm downtown club just
as their Waverleys were gathering to
take them to their several dcstina
tions. The line of electric cars of
single make. but different models and
different periods of use. attracted the
attention of one of the party.
One, two. three. four. five. six.
scyen-all Waverleys." said one bright
young woman in the party. How do
you suppose we came to choose the
same make of car? We couldn't all
agree on the same make of anything
else, I'm sure"
Suppose we tell each other why we
bought our cars" said newspaper
man. who was present. 1T might make
an interesting story"
Urged by Practically.
Well" said the hostess. I'll begin
I read an advertisement about my car
that described its four-chair seating
arrangement in such enticing Ian
guage / couldn't be satisfied with any
thing else: and I'll admit I've never
wished for anything different since /
bought it,
The social appeal" remarked the
lawyer. 81 believe / remember that ad-
vertisement. 1t said the ating ar
right? Well. I bought my car for
purely practical reasons. I wanted a
machine that would save time for me.
get me about town with the least trou
BILE and annoyance and the greatest Sc
curity. l believe an advertisement had
something to do with my choice as
well. 1t was headed Safety First l
think. At any rate. that was the main
idea of il. and I'm quite satisfied. I've
never had an accident"
I'm afraid l was a mail-order vic
tim said a young matron smiling. Il
saw the car at an auto show and left
my name with the young man in
charge. Well. / had hardly reached
home when / began to receive a series
of dainty little missives. all hand writ
ten on exquisite stationery and in
closing booklets, each about as big as
a sachet package. and each illustrating
a different use of the car. ] surrender
&c at once. l thought that a company
that knew how to make such a direct
appeal to feminine taste would know
how to build a car to please a woman.
and / believe l was right. Anyway.
my car pleases me-"
..Sociability. safety. and vanity" re-
marked the surgeon. Three very hu-
man reasons. I'm sure. My own choice
was connected directly with my pro-
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

fession. As surgeon / have to take
care OF my hands. | don't like to tire
them handling the steering wheel of a
big car. or soil them doing dirty work
about a gas machine. The simplest
and easiest car to drive, and the car
that is always ready for instant serv-
ice is the car for me. and a Waverley
salesman convinced NE that he had the
very thing l wanted. Besides, | use
the batteries sometimes to run my
N-ray apparatus. i couldn't do that
with a gas car"
Madam Club Woman took UP the
tale at this point.
Il wanted a car simply as time
economizer to keep my various en-
gagements. For instance, after | leave
here ] shall stop for ten minutes at the
reception given by the Fellowship
Club. attend the dinner OF the Wom-
ans Suffrage Association. look in on
the social entertainment of the DauGh-
ters of the Revolution. and then go to
the fortnightly meeting of the Re
search Club. where / have a paper to
read on Bergson. I couldn't do all
these things in one evening without a
Waverley perhaps some other car
might have answered. but my hus-
band looked up the mechanical fea-
lures OF this car very carefully and he
u
right"
An interesting symposium OF rca-
sons" remarked the newspaper man.
"Tll have to confess that my car was
the result of a supersensitivc nature.
Some years ago ! bought a
car. and after about three years OF
editing newspaper jokes on the car I
was driving. | was in such a state that
lodged back and forth to the office
on the back streets and never look led
an acqua intance in the face for fear |
would see the smile of dersion. 1t got
on my wife'S nerves. too. and we talked
over what we could do to restore our
self-respect. We finally agreed that
We might as well go the limit and buy
a Waverley. The first day / drove it
the bishop stopped me on the street
and said he was glad to see me back
in town again. He hadn't seen me for
SO long. he thought ] had left the city.
After that ] breathed freer. and have
held up my head ever since. But Miss
Wilson started this symposium and she
hasn't given us her reasons yet. Why
did you buy a Waverley. Miss Clara? ,"
oh. the salesman had such lovely
brown eyes. l simply couldn't resist.
There's a feminine reason for you"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
dealers HAPPY
over CONTEST
Deluge Of Replies Attest Sue
cess of $50-in-Cold
Campaign.
ALL GOT CONSIDERATION
One Auto Man Says His Office Re-
ceived Million Phone Calls and
Countless Requests for Cataloss."
ALL GOT CONSIDERATION

Hundreds of replies came in every
mail to the s50-in-gold automobile
contest run in The Washington Herald
by the automobile dealers of WASH
ington. Many sent their entries in
by special delivery, some came by
messenger and still others were
brought in.
The first full page announcement
appeared Wednesday. February 10.
and by 10 o'clock that morning at
least twelve e:tries had been received
The afternoon mail brought a hun
dred more. Many people on the way
home from Office stopped in and left
number more.
All Washington seemed to be inter-
ested in the contest. if one might
judge by the mail received late
Wednesday night and first thing
Thursday morning. The second page
was run Sunday. February IA. and
Monday brought a deluge of replies.
Wednesday and up to Thursday noon.
February is, nearly every minute saw
quantity of entries received. There
were some that were received after
Thursday noon. which had been sent
in by messenger or delivered in per-
son which could not be considered.
All Received Conside ration.
Every contestant was given like
consideration. whether his was the one
that was received first or whether II
was last. within the time limit
careful check was made and the
awards were given to those having
the nearest correct names of all cars
shown and the dealer selling them.
Automobile dealers who were inter-
viewed concerning the contest were all
enthusiastic over the interest il has
created. One dealer remarked that he
had received a million telephone calls
and countless requests for catalogues"
Another dealer said. The contest is
proving, so far as | am concerned, one
of the best advertisements for my car
thai | have eyer had"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
FOOD SHOW ENDS WITH MUSIC

Center Markets food exposition
closed last night with dealers claim
ing the show to have been the most
successful event of it's kind ever
staged in the National Capital Esti-
mates of the number of visitors yes
terday ran from 10000 to $4,000. The
aisles were damned from early morn
ing until the show formally closed at
10 o'clock at night
The Marine Band gave afternoon
and evening concerts and singers en-
ployed by individual stall occupants
added to the fun. Music-making ma
chimes also were used to enliven the
air of festivity between the numbers
by the band. Tn crowds yesterday.
market men say, were the largest .
any day during tha week.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Fords Sell Fast.

Miller Brothers automobile and supply
house report the sale of Ford cars dur
ing the past week as follows: Tourings
to J. f. Afleck. A J. Dickhart, ]. A.
Hayden. J. II. Syphers, Hattie VI. Stein.
Leo c. Brooks. Rev. F. p. Lackey, c. p.
Hoover. c. w. Taylor. c. E. Price. ]. L.
Price. William Price. B. +. Scaggs. d. A.
Miller. Morris A. Scher. r. McReynolds
& Sons two). Runabouts to Ehret
Roofing and Manufacturing Company.
William y. Ward. jr., T. A Wicker
sham. William Soper. DR.. ]. Ready,
Joseph Letter. Delivery wagons to j. S.
Goodman. Joseph Rosansky. J. ii. Chi
veil. J. w. Koob & Co. Corby Baking
Company, NJ. Holzbeirlein two).
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Names of Entrants.

With such American stars as Oldfeld
Cooper, Pullen. Disbrow. Rickenbacker,
Burman. Hearne, Grant, Carlson. Bragg.
lie Cain, Anderson and others. the best
talent on this side OF the water is pres
ent. or the foreigners. De Palma needs
no hcralding. Born in Italy, he has
been . resident Of Greater New York
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Discuss Welfare of Children.

Child welfare in the District was dis
cussed at a conference yesterday at the
Municipal Building between Commits
sioner Newman, Miss Margaret Wilson.
daughter of the President. and Mrs. w.
c. Phillips. of this city. The discussion
lasted more than two hours
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

Pacific northwest has waterpower
sites capable of developing more than
100000 horsepower in electric en-
ergy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
Weeks Warns Wilson.

Senator John w. Weeks Of Massa-
chusetts. sharply whacks the Presi-
dent for that Indianapolis speech. He
declares that Wilson's Jackson's Day
address was filled with unfounded
statements. Senator Weeks resents
the CHASING Of all political oppo-
nents Of Mr.. Wilson as ignorant"
"The great voice of America is the
press" said Senator Weeks in his
speech in opposition to the Admins
tration ship purchase bill Thursday.
The senator then stated that he
would show a practical unanimity Of
the press in opposition to the bill, and
he challenged Senator Fletcher OF
Florida, In charge Of the bill, to pro-
duce witnesses Of like intelligence and
character in support Of the measure.
Senator Weeks urged the adoption u
his own naval mail bill as a substl-
tute for the pending bill and said he
hoped the Democrats would keep on
holding caucuses until they got out a
bill Republicans could vote for.
Turning to President Wilson's In
diauapolis speech, Mr.. Weeks de.
cIared the people Of the country,
judging from press reports could NOT
understand how the President could
have 20 far Iapsed from his previous
poise and good taste a. to 60 to she
other extreme by INDUCING In not only
Questionable taste, but the unfounded
statenaents with which his whole ad-
dress was filled. COuld there be y
more violent wTensh to popular gov
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

Having been introduced to some of the
rocky hillsides in this and other coun-
n mes % ~ aha nlows ar ti o tna
Express.
But it's plumb foolishness to introduce
a sulky pillow to rocky hillside. They
free from rocks.-Biddeford Journal.
Gee! But those intentions must
have been badly sprained, down 70
our house. There's that "helrs half
acre." so up and down and rocky that
a snake can't crawl across it, and 1t
was plowed. the pillow never sulking
once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

faith. He had found that human life
was being held more sacred, that the
lowest death rate in the history OF
New York was reached last year,
that better treatment is given to pris-
oners, that charity is having better
direction, that acts Of non spectacular
heroism are numerous, that the rec
ords Of the doings of the common
people from Maine to California prove
that gratitude exists and love Is
warm and tender. The record is that
the average people are keeping the
path. and that the current is strong
toward right and duty"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
Importance Of Punctuation.

Wanted-A young man to take
charge of pair of horses of a re-
ligious turn of mind. A school COM
mittee man writes:-We have a school
house large enough to accommodate
four hundred pupils four stories high.
A newspaper says:-A child was run
over by wagon three years old, and
cross-eyed with pantalets on which never
spoke afterwards.
An exchange. describing a celebration.
says:-The procession was very fine and
nearly two miles in length as was also
the prayer. of DR.. Perry the chaplain
Selected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

The office boy weighs 80 pounds. and
yet he isn't meek; his face Is sharp and
thin, but zounds!-He has world Of
cheek.-New York Mail.
draws 9Sr 0 aae boy Well we tbey sy t
per week he can't be seen, the sixth he
draws his pay.-Boston Post
Our Office boy he draws no pay. no.
srrahs, net a penny; and you'll believe
it when we say. it's. cause we haven't
any.-Portland Press
Our Office boy-we call him George-and
if you ask us why: We'll say the reason 5
obvious he cannot tell ie!-Portland
Express
Oh. Deacon Norton-what a whop-
per!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

We are surprised that despite our re-
cent editorial disapproval of dropping
bombs from airships upon non-combat-
ants, the Germans should have repeated
these reprehensible tactics. Perhaps
they did not receive the edition contain
ing the protest. incidentally it might be
mentioned that the east coast of Eng
land is no place for a nervous person
just now.-Portland Express.
When you get too nervous in Port
land come up to Augusty and pretend
to listen to the hum Of the Legislative
wheels
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

The news disseminated by the govern
ment departments through the medium
Of the matter they supply to newspapers
is, on the whole, Of value There is
much in it that may be read with profit
But piffle Of the kind quoted, if it Is to
would seem to be more appropriate to
the comic pages than the news columns.
-Watervile Sentinel.
Was that the reason for using it on
the Sentiners comic page?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
Wasted Labor.

Pap is getin' kinder discouraged"
remarked Hiram Wayback." How so?"
asked the neighbor "Wa-a-l, he's pasted
nigh onto 10000 medical receipts into a
book endurin' the last 40 years, an he
amt had sick day yet."-Froni the
Livingston Lance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

A 1915 model at the White House.
Kennebec Journal.
Is it provided with the latest thing in
self-starters? And how about the ex-
haust Observation-Disclosures journal.
Tut TUT" We've little detail to
date, other than that it's self
starter, detached cut-out, spontaneous
exhaust, more than four -adored, and
a stem Winder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

The Democratic statesman have robbed
the Van Buren, class of the representa-
tive they elected. 1t is far more import
ant that Patt and Newbert and others
have fat job than that the rights of
the voters be recognized The entire
shameful countout makes very plain the
fact that all these officers should be elect
ed by the people just as governor, audi
tor and all the rest are chosen.-Dam-
ariscotta Herald.
Twould spoil lots Of newspaper
stuff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
BEFORE the Mar.

Stout Wife-How do you like my mas
querade costume? I'm page Hus
band-Page? you look more like vol
ume.-From the Princeton Tiger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

OF course, we mean the placing Of
either of the above mentioned in tho
position of President of all the Ameri-
can people and addressing them all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
Located.

whats become Of the solitary horse
man who used to appear in the first
chapter of the novel, outlined against the
horizon on the top of a hill?"
HE is probably at the bottom of the
same hill in an automobile with his en-
CINE stalled"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
Editors Letter Box

The publication Of a letter In this
endorsement Of its view by the Ken
fnebec Journal. This column is main
tanned for the discussion Of matters
Of general public interest when kept
within bounds of reason and not Of a
libelous or abusive nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
Maine Gossip
GIandmother's Garden.

One of the dearest pictures,
That memory shows to me,
Is of an old-time garden,
That was sweet and fair to see,
A quaint oldfashioned garden,
Where grew the we'll known flowers,
And drowsy bees made music
Through the midsummer hours
Tended by toil-worn fingers,
Given with tender love,
Its blossoms cheered the way-worn.
Like SunbeamS from above.
Grandmother dear in her garden,
Seen through a mist of tears,
May the memory live within me,
Through all the coming years.
May the memory live within me,
| would breathe the perfume rare,
j would catch the CLINT of sunshine
AS it falls on silver hair.
I would keep the heart of childhood
Through a world of toll and pain
Till yonder. in Gods garden,
shall see her face again.
Lucy Turner Kinds, Waterville.
Some of the fish and game protectors
are a trif1e upset over the report that
unknown parties have removed the fish
screen from Ossipee lake in WATERFORD
near Chadbourne's mills, and they are
moving with the Fish and Game Com
mission to bring the guilty parties to
justice when they are discovered. The
screen weighed all of 800 pounds, and
it was more THAN a 10-year-old boy who
took it out. There is fine of $50 for
such an offence as this, and the people
who are interested in fishing at the lake
propose to make 1t hot for the party
when found.
The Portland Teachers Association Is
to entertain the educational committee
of the State Legislature Friday evening,
JAN. 20, when they are in that part Of
the State. The plans include an enter
tainment of most interesting nature at
the City hall, and dance to follow
Members of the educational committee
include Senator Walker Of Somerset,
Senator Edward w. Murphy Of Cumber-
land, Senator Ames of Washington, Rep
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

81 see. John, where the German army
has right and left wing; it can't fly,
can it?" The Allies are trying to make
it."-From the Houston Post.