The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-14
MOTOR SHOW TO
Be SEEN TODAY
Races, Comedies, and Utility
of Cars Shown at Columbia
Theater.
EXHIBITS WILL VARY
Local Auto Men Invited to Attend and
See Films Showing lntricacies
of Cars in Detail.
EXHIBITS WILL VARY

The Motor Show will open this
afternoon with matinee performance
at the Columbia Theater at p. m
and will be divided into four parts
| following this program:
First-A motorcycle section, includ-
ing an exhibition of the manufacture
of the Indian motorcycle in the plant
of the Hendee Manufacturing Com
pany. at Springfield. Mass. This is a
| two-reel feature film. showing every
detail of the manufacture. assembling
and testing of the machine: the test
ing being carried out on the COM
pany's high speed circular track To-
Gated near the factory.
Exemplifes Trucks Utility.
Second-Military truck section. This
part of the show will feature a JEFF
fiery four-wheeI drive truck under test
for the United States army. This
reel was secured through the CO.
operation of Capt Cranston. of the
Combs Company. local Jsr-
fiery agents. This truck exemplifies
the utility of the motor truck IN
army service in ways which amaze
the average motor enthusiast. 1t
travels over extremely rough country
in mud within three inches of the
tops of the wheels, through hedges
up and down entertainments bordering
sunken roads. and up apparently in
Surmountable grades. This display
together with the display of military
aeroplanes and dirigibles to be shown
in part four of the show, will un-
doubtedly attract large number of
prominent military men of the city
including a delegation from each local
military organization.
Third-This part OF the show will con-
sist. at the matinee performance. of a
display of 800 feet of films showing tn.
maIiufa curing and assembling of the
Ford car in the cOmnanY's immense plant
at Detroit. These films are manufac-
tured IN the Detroit plant of the Ford
company in special studio located there
and are very good examples of the film
makers art. The display of these films
ia under the auspices of the Miller
Brothers Auto and supply Company, local
Ford agents. through whom the films
were secured.
Claude W. Miller. of the firm. has sent
notices to his customers, suggesting that
they attend the display of these films in
order to become thoroughly acquainted
with the construction of their cars. Mr..
Miller ! elieves that the thorough knowl-
edge thus gained will assist the owners
in maintaining their cars to the proper
standard. and reduce the amount of I'M
necessary wear and abuse caused by
neglect of such small but important mat
tiers oiling the parts of the car which
need lubrica ton >.only occasionally.
These parts will show up clearly and dis
tinctIy through the process of assembling
the car. and the Importance of not over
looking the fabrication of these vital
points will be brought to the car owners
rtion in A way which cannot fail to
hold his attention.
FOurth-This section OF the show will
feature by far the most interesting ano
unique part of the entire performance.
Here will be shown a private collection.
consisting of 5000 feet of selected films.
showing the most thrilling and sensa-
tional motor contests during the past
year including the hill climb Of the Ma
tionaI Capital Motorcycle Club on the
Nichols avenue hill, this city. on Thanks
giving Day. and such great national con-
tests as the 1O0-mile San-Diego-to-
Phoenix endurance rum won by Barney
Oldfeld. This endurance run was one of
the greatest contests ever staged in the
| -nited States and the films are proper
thrilling
These three reels a. include such fea-
lures the 3o-mile road race at Elgin.
Ill. won by De Palma. with an average
speed of seventy-four miles an hour; the
Classic. at Tacoma.
Wash, won by Earl Cooper: the 10o-mile
free-for-all at Brighton Beach. n. Y.
won by Burman; the 100-mie race at
Ill. Won by Ralph milford;
the 3r0-mile road race at Corona. Cal,
won by Eddie PulINn making an average
speed of eighty-seven miles an hour; the
100-mile road race at Springfield. Ill. won
by Bob Burman: motorcycle races at
ReadvilIe. Mass. in which the fastest
furnished the competition.
and the long distance road race held at
Anglers. France, recently.
To furnish variety to these reels there
have been included the motor boat Dis
turber ". which is shown attaining a
speed of sixty miles an hour; also a flight
of 80 aeroplanes on one field in France !
together with great feet of military
diriCibles maneuvering for the inspection
of the Kaiser at Cologne, Germany. re-
Gently
The matinee performance will close with
a display of n keystone comedy. entitled
Love and Gasoline" the 200 feet of
which is said to produce a continuous
laugh.
Night Performance Different
The evening performance. beginning at |
SIS O'Clock. will have in place of the mo- |
torcvcle films and the Ford pictures a |
display of films which arc now being
shown at the San Francisco exhibition,
They will consist OF films showing the
car in every detail of construc-
ton from the raw material to the fin |
ished product. II. =. Leary. jr.. of the !
local branch OF the Maxwell Motor Car
Tompanv. is bending every effort to have
these films here on time and declares
that no waiter how great the interest Is
4 aroused by the announcement that those
films are to be shown the films Them
'eIN"s will more than exceed expecta-
lions.
'N similar calibe- are a number NJ |
reels Of films of tho Studabaker car in |
curse Of construction and assembling
TNesn films were te'erraphed for by !
'oL W. {. Long. of the Commercial
Nut"mohile and Supply Company, local
representatives and he antic-
"7*"s measurable surprise for the
ocal automobile public. The comedy
'"ature OF the evening performance will
p" a two-reel keystone comedy, entitled.
The Jitney Bus" which IL considered
second to none as laugh producer.
With the inc