Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-08
BRIGHT REFUSES USE
OF ARMORY FOR SHOW
informs Chairman Stots', of Auto
mobile Dealers tomDs.ttcc. That
lie viii Not Consent.
DEALERS APPEAL TO BOARD
Two Other irmories Available for
Drill Purposes. and Refusal. 1!
Adhcred To, Seriously Embar-
rasses Plans for Exhibit

Though The Administrative Board b.r
given permission for the use OF the
Grays Arnory FOR the automoh,tc
show. which is to be given during No
week beginning January 81. Major j
Fuimer bright who returned with, Ills
command from the border yestcrdav
morning. informed NJ. ID. Stone. chair.
man Of the automobile show commit
tee. yesterday afternoon that he would
not give his consent to the use Of the
arrnory for this purpose lie explain
ed that II he gave his permission ~
this occasion. 1t would establish d pre-.
cedcnt. and that he would not be ahlc
justly 10 refuse others who might make
application
IN the meantime. the Richmond Au-
tu'uohilc Dealers Associations under
whose auspices the show is to Be held.
has proceeded with its arrangements
and has spent $500, sl,25O Of which
has been spent in Richmond in posting
bills alone. ~ preparing FOR the dis
play Tho show has been extensively
advertised in Virginia, North Carolina
and West Virginia. and invitations
have been ISSUED TO 1900 people. An
s"ers have been received from the ma
jority of those who have been invited
and hotel reservations have been made.
Cars for tho exhibit arc on the wsyt
and they have been paid for, and. j.
was stated yesterday, most Of them
have been sold
TWO OTHER ARMORIES
AVAILABLE For GRAYS' DRILL.
With practically all It's ARRANGEMENTS
made. the Automobile Dealers Ahsocia-
ton faces Il real dilemma because OF
Major HriGhis refusal To allow the
aruuorN TO be used. The troops will he
mustered out within ten days at tho
latest, and the armory will be needed
thereafter only for drills. Meantimcs
ut n hn irb =
mond Grays can use, are vacant, the
TWO commands being still on the bor-
der. Neither of these is suitable for
an automobile show neither liz
equipped with lift. nor with the
amount OF floor space needed for the
exhibit The Grays' Armory is the
only building available, and IL 1t cam
no, be used. the Automobile Dealers
Association will be hard put to 1t to
make other arransemen for an eX-
hibit that has go widely been adyor-
tised and which is expected TO attract
SO many other dealers and so many
tentative buyers to Richmond.
Permission for the use of the Grays'
Armory was given by the Administers
tive Board, with the proviso that the
consent Of Major bright must be oh
tanned. aud tile committee of the asso-
citation was advised not to proceed with
i.s plans until Major Brights consent
had first been gained. But believing
that Major Bright would not interpose
amy obstacle. the committee went
ahead with Its arrangements, and more
than $4,000 has been expended in prep
aratiou. Mr.. Stone said yesterday that
effort would he made to have the Nd
miniStrative Board adhere to it's de-
csion permitting the use Of the Grays'
.Nrmurx. Notwithstanding the objection
raised by Major Bright. AS the aTmory
is city property, the board has final
decision in the question.
fIIISCHBERG WILL. SEE
MAJOR BRIGHT TODAY
Chairman Iiirschberg will have
tulk with Major Bright" said Manager
stone "and after he has talked the
matter over he may see things differ
emily President Peters, OF the Com
mon councH suggests that 1t might
be well To let the battalion vote on
the question. but | do not think this
will he necessary. ! have every con-
fdencc in the board. We have been
told IL go ahead slowly and to wait
until the board could communicate
with Major Bright. and if there is any
occasion for a change we Will not have
the board to blame. We were told
how far we could go.
However. we have this argument in
our favor: did not go ahead with
the show until we had the tentative
sanction of the board and the promise
Of tho commissioners 70 do all they