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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
BURROWS ARE GRANT AGENTS.
New Firm: Has Excellent Cars mt
New Agency Here.

{. l. BuS1ws & Co. have taken over
the exclusive agency for Grant cars.
The new firm opened for business last
Monday at 1872 Fourteenth street NORTH
west. It will operate a service station
in conjunction with the agency. This is
under the same mana cement as the
Mount Pleasant Garage.
Associated with the Burrows company
is W. j. Mclean, for the past three
years a salesman with the Zell Motor
Company.
the Grant. people are featuring their
New Six, siX-cylindcr, SO horsepower
wonderfully attractive car at $795. The
Grant SIX is fully equipped with all of
the :efnements and accessories of the
hisher-priced class. including electric
starter and lighting system. rain vision.
wind shield. instrument lamp on cowl
board. electric horn. Stewart speedome-
ter. tools. tire pump. Firestone demount-
able rims, with extra rim and rim car
ricr on back, one-man top. jiffy curtains.
etc.
y Grant Cabriolet and a Grant road
stcr. also a Six, will be shown as soon
as they arrive in Washington.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
PAIGE CAPITAL STOCK
INCREASED TO MILLION

Evidence of the prosperity OF the auto
mobile industry in general and of the
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company in
particular is disclosed in the news that
the Paige directors have made arrange
ments for the increase tomorrow of
their capital stock from $4,000 to sl."o0,
900. This action was taken at n recent
meeting of the directors when the pay
ment of the regular monthly cash divi-
dend of 10 per cent was ordered.
This significant move on the part of
the directors, coupled with the fact that
an army of workmen are busy night and
day constructing a large addition to the
plant that will enable the Paige to dou-
BILE its capacity, is calling attention
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
EIGHT
BREAKS RECORD
Wins Race with Fast Train
from Denver to Chey-
enne, Wyo.
THRONGS WATCH EVENT
Union Pacific Special Makes Binding
Speed. but Loses, Race by
Two Minutes.

The Cadillac Eight has shattered an
other record-this time racing with a
Union Pacific special train from Denver
to Cheyenne. and arriving at the station
two minutes before the train.
The regular schedule of the Union
Pacific between Denver and Cheyenne is
three hours; but Engineer Charles Burg
dorf. of the Denver Post Special. which
carried 100 of Denvers most prominent
business men to Cheyenne for the From
tier Day celebration. was instructed
to make the run in two hours and fiji
teen minutes. Burgdorf was true to his
trust. but when he pulled his train into
the Cheyenne station after his record
run he found that the Cadillac Eight
had preceded him by two minutes.
All Union Pacific records for the run.
however, were broken; and the special
at one time touched n speed of eighty
miles an hour. which is said to be the
fastest locomotive has ever travelled
in Colorado.
Much interest was evidenced in the
race, and the towns along the route
covered by the motor cars permitted the
racers to pass through at top speed.
Work was suspended in most places
along the route where throngs turned
out to watch the contest. At times the
road parallels the railroad tracks. which
made the race the more exciting espe-
cially when the locomotive and the Cadil-
lie fought for the lead.
The motor cars were forced to travel
ZIG miles. while the trains mileage was
112. Its smooth tracks gave the train
another great advantage, for part of the
distance covered by the motor cars there
was practically no road at all.
Despite these handicaps. Harold Brink
err averaged better than fifty miles an
hour with his Cadillac Eight and reached
the goal two minutes ahead of the fast
flying special.
Engineer Burgdorf had the satisfac-
ton, however. OF beating the other ten
motor cars entered, as the second one
to finish is said to have been thirty min
utes behind the Cadillac.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
annual TRIP BY
MAXWELL men
Engineers Compare Ability Of
New Product with Model
Formerly Used.
MUST BE NEAR PERFECT
Mountains and Deserts Form Theater
for Strenuous Test by Harroun
and Expert Staff.

iacing on an established basis the final
test which the Maxwell engineering de-
partment has always given the cars in its
first run of production. Chief Engineer
Ray Harroun announces the annual Max
well engineers trip, and is already en-
gagged In the early stages OF the first of
the series.
Two of the handsome new 1916 Max
we'll touring cars, selected at random
from the first day of the factory's pres
ent run. have been shipped to Denver,
where Mr. Harroun and a party will
shortly ioin them The trip on which
they are embarking will cover the terri
tory between Denver and San Francisco.
With the Maxwell chief 20 T. s. Orr his
experimental engineer: Il. F. Durham
Dill Bell and r Fl. Allen. Mr. Harroun
states that the personnel of the trip will
vary from year to year. men being Sc
lected with an especial view to reward
ing merit and securing information on the
new cars.
"Our trip is more one OF inspection and
verification than any other detail said
Mr.. Harroun on the eve of his departure.
We know that the cars will come through
il without trouble. for they are merely
copies of the experiment. models which
have been over the same territory time
and again during the past year.
THE new cars, being machine built,
will undoubtedly improve on the first
cars of the model which were built up by
hand along lines which made Standard
cation and perfect accuracy hard to at
tain. To what an extent this improve
ment will make itself apparent is one of
the facts that will be determined by this
trip.
I'VE have chosen the one truck highway
of the country which will enable us to
punish these cars to the limit. We shall
cross two mountain ranges-the most
rugged in America. 4 large share of our
route will lie through the so-called Great
American Desert We shall encounter
grades. rock. bottomless sand and very
probably, mud Our course will carry US
as high as II on feet above sea level,
where there is always snow: 1t will dip
well below sea level over the hot sands.
I'VE have always maintained that a
light car would stand more grief of this
sort than any other We believe the new
Maxwell will justify every bit of our con-
fidence and come through unscathed. If
we can break up either of the cars We are
taking We will do it. l don't believe we
shall succeed
The route chosen for the trip leads from
Denver to Leadville. GlenwOod Springs
Salt Lake City. Reno. Tahoe. Truckee
and Sacramento. The party will return
by train.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
FIRESTONE WORKERS
HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC
They and Their Families Enjoy Out
ing at Silver Lake Park,
Ohio.

Employees of the F'irestone Tire and
Rubber Company and their families,
to the number of $1,000. enjoyed their
annual outing at beautiful silver Lake
Park. near Akron, yesterday.
There was never dull moment
from early in the morning until late
thrills of the day We're produced by
Barney Oldfield racing in his 100
horsepower Fiat Cyclone, and De
Lloyd Thompson. the aerialist. who
exhibited his hair-raisins feats of
looping the loop and flying upside
down.
OldfeId is a longtime friend of the
Fir"stones. On Sunday. August /. at
the Randall COhio) track he made a
new worlds record driving mile
in 461. seconds. The best previous
record on dirt circular track was
4e 2-5 seConds-held by Oldfi~ld.
y baseball game in the morning be-
tween the factory and general Office
departments resulted in scrappy
contest for the coveted prize of $50
to the winning team
At noon everybody sat down to din
ner. corralled by the time-honored
custom of the family basket idea.
The afternoon was replete with sports
and novelty races. The wafer sports
furnished barrels of amusement
These sports consisted Of rowing and
swimming races for both men and
women. and a special EreaseG pole
event. The hal: game staged
between the tire plant ard rim plant
divisions proved battle royal.
one biz plcasan. feature IF .he day
day ha lsPn kept :ecTe- AS hey on
tered me park evctV woman and child
received strip of coupons entiIlinS
each Of them to an ice cream cone ana
rides on the figure eight. the minia-
ture railroad and the y-So-round.
Complimentary tickets furnished by
the company to all the employees and
their families gave free transportation
to the Tark and return, as we'll as
free admission to the main park al
ira ctions Souvenirs consisting of Fire
stone hard-cnameled coat buttons and
pins were given to all employees. Coffee
and lemonade were served to the pick
nickers.
Prize waltzes and bowling contests af-
forde dample amusement in the evening.
Music for the day wasNfUrnished by the
Eighth Regiment Band of Akron.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
Restocking OF
1000 MERCHANTS
Tremendous Task Maxwell
Organization Is Successfully
Accomplishing.
EXPERTS ARE AMAZED
W,lt.r El.nl.. IL L.. AL. NIL.
Walter Flanders and His Aids Make
Record Speed with New
Model.

Detroit' Aug. 10 rene" the s'ochS
or more than 2.eO0 merchants, who. two
weeks ago had absolutely nothing to
coll ,d a. +. !, .,,,,o.. ,,ss;hIo
u Wv - ~ ''e :,
'hhe' Is the taSk with winch the MaA"eH
Motor Company is now enga ged. Its eff
forts in large-quantity production of the
new 1916 cars form one of the most in
teresting phases of the motor industry.
When the new Maxwell was announced,
the company's dealers had been for sew
eral weeks entirely sold out of cars.
Their salesrooms presented in the agSre-
gate hundreds of acres of polished floor
space. unoccupied by rolling stock of any
sort. The dealers knew the new cars
were coming. and had been booking or
ders for them. but the sales were made
on the basis of Maxwell reputation alone.
They had nothing to show or demon
strate.
If we had a picture II would help
one big dealer wired the factory. But
We can't make picture climb Main
street hill on high gear"
But President Flanders production
staff stole a march on his sales and ad-
vertising aids by getting the Maxwell
plants here and at DAYTON and New
castle into tho f,,Il swing of work SOW
er,I DAYS before the cars were formally
,,nounccd Tbe date NJ tho announce
,no,t ,ourd tbe nl,rts nroducinp more
.h,,, ooo oars do. Shtn,ocnts were
49, - -, -. a,'. - ,ha AIS Ior,ost
49,. ~ chi,I,a bardsor,n
%, -, &c 49,
Csrs VI .i'1 Wv inou '' So.o,,n
ape = pi 'op, -
taoie rims ana other ,r.p' o.eliisit' al
on view at 'ir'uaily an ,he traulis I'm T'si
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
DUNK GETS CONTROL
OF DETROITER COMPANY

On July Il Allied o Dunk, OF Detroit,
former president of the Auto Parts Com
pany. secured by outright purchase the
property OF the Briggs Detroiter" COM
pany Mr. Dunk has associated with him
a coterie OF Detroit's strongest financial
men, who stand ready to place the COM
pany on firm financial basis. The per-
sonnet of the old organization has been
largely retained, and the manufacture
and shipment of "Detroiter'' cars will be
continued without interruption.
Mr.. Dunk after sounding public opinion
very carefully in various parts of the
country, has reached the decision that
popular-priced four-cylinder car. still re-
tanning the salient features Of high
priced cars-such as long stroke. ball
bearing motor, platform rear springs. full
floating rear axle. multiple disc clutch.
together with stylish and distinctive ap-
pearance. combining the best and most
advanced ideas of European and Ameri-
can designers in streamline body effect
is in popular demand. and these ideas
will be carried out in the manufacture of
"Detroiter'' tours. The engineering staff
is working on models for a new eight
cylinder, which will be fully announced
later.
Negotiations are already in progress
with dealers and distributors throughout
the 1HlleQ SIdttS ana iofcisH SouHtTicS
arranging distribution.
The company has secured the services
OF well-known and skilled automobile
men at the head OF the various depart
meuts and, announce the commencement
of vigorous advertising and sales cam
paign to enlarge the market for DE
troiter'' cars. Complete service and re-
pair departments are now In full opera
ton and owners of "Detruiter'' cars are
x.s.
The orders already booked for future
delivery are keeping large fore work
lag day and night. and this viii &c IN
creased as the demand requires.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
PREFER WRECK TO BEING SHOT
COnNicts FOresee Collision, Int Re-
fuse to Leap.

Salem. Ore. Aug. Thirty seven con-
victs on a motor truck which was cross
ing n railroad track here late yesterday
saw that a collision with a switch en-
gine was inevitable but refrained from
jumping for fear OF being shot bv armed
guards following in an automobile.
The engine crashed into the truck and
seven prisoners were severely injured,
two fatally. Others suffered cuts and
bruises.
The conviCts were being taken back to
prison aftc- DAYS work in flax fields.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
DARBY IN COOP: FLIRTING.
Didn't Want Chickens, hut Did
Like COlOred Woman.

Fresno. Cal. Aug Grant Scales.
Colorcd. cannot sympathize with one ad-
di"t"d to the had habit of entering
chicken Coops after the hens and roosters
have gone to roost. Scales heard some
one in his chicken house. He fired three
shots at the intruder and then called the
police.
Later Leo Gristo was found with three
bullet wounds in his body. He denies
being n thief, but says he was flirting
with negro woman in the Scales home
when he was shot
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
FORD BRANCH OPENS HERE.
Company Establishes Temporary
Quarters at Union Garage.

The Ford Motor Company has come to
Washington. A branch office has been
established with temporary quarters at
the Union garage. pending the erection
Of a suitable building for their perma-
nent location.
The local manager of the new branch
office Is r. p. Jones.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08

ditions all over the country, particular
~ ABOUT the routes popular with Wash
ins'oh motorists. provides a fine sery-
ice 10 Its members. By calling upon
the bureau for such information the
motorist going on a trip of any con-
siderable distance is assured of being
routed In way that will give him
the enjoyment of touring over the
maximum of good roads There are so
many ways in which this department
OF the local club can aid its members
that II Is becoming very popular.
j. w Echols, of Vienna, Va, who ia
an individual member of the A. A. A..
was among the recent callers at local
ciub headquarters Mr. Echols is con-
templating motor tour to San Fran
cisco over the Lincoln Highway, and
sought particulars Of the clubs tour
ing director.
Miss Annie Walker, who recently
joined the club. motored 10 Newport-
r. l., where she intends to spend thu
balance of the summer
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
firm OPENS ITS
Big SHOWROOMS
Mitchell, bort, and Flint Ma
chimes Are Shown by
Miller Bros.
HOLD GOODSAL ESPOLICY
They Are Now Exhibiting Their Re
Gently Acquired Cars at laos H
Street Northwest.

The ioca3 frm of Miller Brothers, in
addition to ;hc.r wei.-llrown places Of
business at 81 Pierce stree: northeast and
ll95 Fourteenth street northwest. nave
just opened AT III, u street northwest
one of the Target. most perfectly equip
ped. and centrally located snow and sales
rooms for automobiles in the city of
Washington. where they hay" on exhibit
:inE the three models Of the Mitchell! car.
the Six OF Is. The Perfect Eight" and
IN" Mitchell de Luxe. the two models of
the bort car. the touring car and road
ster. and the Flint Commercial Truck
Miller Brothers have been in the auto
mobile business and its allied lines for
twcuty-thrce years and have achieved
their SIi"CCSS hN their policy Of consider
ing their customers wants and fully sat
iSfyinS them. BY CLOSELY following this
I'o'icv Miller Brothers have built up the
largest automobile. service and accessory
business south Of New York. Their tr'.
nlendoUs sales Of automobiles during 1914
and 1915. enabled them 10 feel out the
demands of their customers and the au-
tomuhile beying public in Washinton and
surrounding country. They found that
most Of their customers demanded a car
that possessed both STYLE and comfort.
that mbOdicd the latest construction and
ConvenicnCes Of the modern automobile
with the strength and fleNihility Of
perfectly designed machine at price
that would compare f'vorably with the
ordinary low-nriced car.
Cars Must Rank High.
Another class OF Customers desired a
car selling at much higher price. but
one that while possessing all the strength.
size. comfort. and style of the more eN-
nensivo ears MOI Id rank with them in
every way except in price.
Miller Brothers. in keeping with their
r"licy To Civ" to their customers exactly
what they demanded. after A thorough
investigation by automobile engineers and
experts ana persona! visits To the facto-
ries of most OF the prominent manufsC-
turers of automobiles. finally de ided to
become the distributors for the bort and
Mitchell pleasure cars and the Flint COM
mercial truck in the District of Column
hia. Maryland and Virginia.
\ visit to their show rooms at 49, II
street northwest. where these cars can
h" seen. will demonstrate how well the
Miller Brothers hav" anticipated the
wants of III, motor-buying people OF the
South.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08

The newest members of the District
of Columbia Automobile Club are
James Lee Bost. Louis W. Austin.
Judge Martin Knapp. Miss Annie r.
Walker, and T. Alexander Geddes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08

THE Cnchastencd Woman with
Emily Stevens I'D Christine Norman IN
important roles, will be the first of the
Oliver Morosco productions this fall.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
Mdtorccy,c1e
III Notes

In an effort TO stop the speeding of
automobiles in Greensboro. Ky. James
Bell. chief Of police. has urged the city
council to purchase two motorcycles for
the police department.
Tho Buffalo Motorcycle Club held Il
mammoth motorcycle parade on Sunday
July Is More than a thousand riders of
motorcy cles Were in lin" and some Of the
machines were beautifully decorated
Rev. r II. Cheney. pastor of tho Berpa
Congregational Church. of Davenport.
Iowa. attended the Worlds Christian En-
dravor Convention at Chirago. riding a
motorcycle from his home town to the
Windy City.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-10

man Is a shareholder In the common
good he viii not work against his
interests and the interests Of the
community, as these interests are
identical.
This will not only do away with
prostitution, but will restore the ma
tUral condition and eliminate all of
the evils that are the result Of that
individualistie ego, in the place of
which the SOCIAL ego will work only for
the common good. Yours for a reYo-
lution.-Mark TapIeigh.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-10
RESOLUTIONS KICK AGAINST
SPECIAL EAVORS

Today a resolution, which was
passed by the Chicago Medical soci-
ETY. at an executive meeting last
night, will be presented to the county
board. The resolution condemns the
Cook County Hospital School of Med
icine as a private institution and
asks that the favors extended to the
school be extended to other medical
schools.
DR.. John B. Murphy and many 9TH
er prominent physicians are con-
nected with this school and the med
ical society. Officials deny that it is
a private enterprise.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-10
NAMED e 81 and gi7en &c LID.

married toF 81 ana gwen the certllis
cate"
"Oh!" said the attendant, Eve have
done away with all that sort of thing.
Those men have been put out Of busi-
ness and you must be married by a
court or a minister and it viii cost
you the same either place" So the
poor fellow had to take money from
his house furnishing fund to make up
the difference. Thus was another
legerdemain stunt pulled OF on the
poor, ignorant public. E. A.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-10

COURT GRAFT.-At one time, my
dear children, minister and judges
were not all good, honest men and
would take advantage of the poor
people.
Now recall a time when judges
and ministers said: There are a
number of cheap fellows who become
justices of the people and take away
a large percentage of our graft by
cheaper marriage service. We must
devise some method to destroy them
for they have become so brazen that
they hang around the court building
for odd jobs.
Now, children, these grafters were
being beaten at their own game, SO
they set their publicity writers to
work and wrote up a few Of these
cheaper grafters and painted them in
very bad colors.
The average public being very
green, l think it was away back ia
the year 1914, fell for this bunk. The.
judges, seeing how well the work had
been done, fell upon their enemies
and completely annihilated them.
Now it so happened that a couple
in moderate circumstances secured
marriage license and asked in the
court building for a place to be mar
ried at a reasonable rate. They were
directed to a municipal court, on an
upper floor, where a certain Judge,
by name La Buy, was sitting. There
they were met by a court attendant,
who, told them the cost would be So
for the ceremony and 81 additional
for the certificate.
The man said: "My brother was
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-01-29
Banks Consolidated.

Tiptonville, Tenn, Jan. pa
deal that is of much interest to the
people of Lake County was the merg-
ing of the Planters bank and the
Bank of Ridgely, both located at
Ridgely, ten miles south of Upton
Vile. Both institutions formerly
had a capital stock of 100000, but
the new bank is capitalized at $40,
600, and will be known as the Plant
ers' bank. The officers of the old
Planters bank were elected to the
same positions in the new bank, as
follows: w. r. Algee, president; W.
NJ Wyatt, vice-president, and B. F.
Hardison, cashier L. T. Moore, the
cashier of the Bank of Ridgely, was
elected assistant cashier of the new
bank, and the directors of the Ridge
ly bank have been added to the
board of directors of the Planters
bank. Both the old banks at Ridge
ly were doing fairly good business,
but the consolidation of the two will
make one strong institution, which
will be able to attend to all the
banking business and at the same
time flourish. The merging was
considered by all business men to be
the wisest move.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-01-29
assistant jailer, $75 per month.

assistant jailer, $75 per month.
Section z provides that the sheriff
may name deputies to wait upon
magistrates of the county and shall
receive for their services as are now
allowed by law.
Section provides for a report of
all expenses of the offices to be sworn
to and presented to the county
Judge.
Sections 9, 10, II and IL provides
for the provisions of carrying out
the act.
Section 13 provides that all fees
collected shall be kept in a we'll
bound book and part of the public
record.
Section IA provides that the
county judge shall employ by ad
vertising for bids on the work an
expert auditor who shall audit the
books of the various county officials
once each year.
Section Is provides for penalty
for the failure to carry out the pro-
visions of the act.
Section 16 provides that this act
shall not Interfere with State taxes
or fees collected.
Section IT provides for increased
deputies upon the official making an
oath that he and his force cannot do
the work, working eight hours each
day.
Section IS provides for repeating
all laws which will conflict with the
above.
Section 19 provides for the time
for the act to become effective, and
the closing clause of all laws "the
welfare of the State requiring it."