The Washington times., 1916-12-06
Electrical Week Feature Brings
Out Record Crowd for
! Brilliant Spectacle.
POLICE FORCED TO AID
Form Line to Allow Spectators
to Pass In and Out Of Head
quarters Building.

Thousands OF Neutrality-suspicious. lined
both sides Of Pennsylvania last night
and watched a procession Of more than
900 automobiles each deliberately dec
GRATED and brilliantly illuminated With
electricity, pass down the wide thor
oughfare from Washington circle to
Peace Monument, and thence TO 1912
q street, headquarters for the wash
ington electrical week celebration.
Here the participants parked their
cars and filed into the building TO In
spect the various exhibits showing the
progress In electrical science In re-
cent years. Many who had turned out
to View the parade followed In It's
wake and the big exhibit room at 1912
q street was crowded to OVERLOOKING
with sightseers.
Police Aid Needed.
SO large was the crowd that Charles
J. Columbus, In charge of the exhibit,
had TO request policemen to form .
line 20 that the spectators might pass
In ana out with ~ little confsuion ~
possible.
Although the attendance Monday
broke the record since the show
Prizes had been offered for cars
making the best appearance In the
parade and when the procession end
I'd the judges announced the winners,
as follows:
wi.ners Of Prises.
National Electrical supply Company
"A standard vacuum cleaner, donated
by the Carroll Electric Company for
the best electrical display.
City Postofhce-A standing lamp,
donated by o. II. Evans and Bro. for
the most artistically decorated ear.
Potomac Electric Power Company
Electric stove with copper tea Kettle.
donated by the National Electric sup
ply Company for the best Advertising
Julius Lansburgh Furniture Com
nanv-atandinR portable lamp, Of
fered by the Potomac Electric Power
Company for the most patriotic dis
Texas OIL Company--Gold watch
and chain and gold penknife. offered
by the Chamber OF Commerce for the
best appearing fleet or cars.
Judges of Event.
The Judges were Il. g. BrandenburR.
president OF the Washington Board OF
Trade: NJ. A. Leese. vice president or
the Retail Merchants Association, and
p. T. Moran, president OF the Chamber
of Commerce.
Cars In the procession which wers
conspicuous included entries by j. J.
Bartra, feet from tho navy yard; gen.
erai postoffice. fleet from the city
postofficei william II. GUIDE. Miller u
Dudley, c. A. Muddiman a. Co.. Bliss
Electrical School. Chesapeake and 70
tomac Telephone Company, Percy ,.
Foster Piano Company, Milburn sales
Company, Mrs. Wade II. Cook. Elmer
son q Orme, Chevrolet Motor Com
pany, Ungerer Motor Company. Hen
derson a Rowe, Washington Auto
College, Exide battery Depot, J. n.
Small & Sons, Texas OIL Company
neet, Tolman Laundry. National Flee
tricai supply Company, Chesly 4 Has,
sshwartz a Son. Department OF Com
merce Meet, Julius Lansburgh Furni'
ture Company, Rosslyn supply, Com
pany, Washington Railway and Elec'
tric Company, Company Section NO.
a American Electric Railway Assocta-
tion. Potomac Electric Power Com
pany. w. u. watzel, Harris Sample
SHOE Doubleday.Hill Company, w. w.
jriffith, George w. Parezo, Charies
Rubel 4 Co, Department OF Interior
neet, Terminal Taxicab Company, Re-
tail Merchants Association, Palais
ROYAL, Midcity Citizens Association
Charles II. Miller, Bernard osman'
a SoIoman; Ernest Thompson, ii; Q.
Aithoff, s. Kann, Sons Co. Golden,
berg's, Royal Vacuum Cleaner ana
Vibrator Company. and others.