Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-21
SLOW latest cars
IN AUTO EXHIBIT
Fourth Wilmington DIS la,
in Hotel Du Pont Has
Educational Value
EXPECT CROWDS ON
THE FIRST NIGHT

or the lODDN anu green iovui Vi tit
Hotel dupont into the setting for the
fourth annual automobile show all OF
this week was accomplished in two
hou yesterday afternoon, for, from a
very ca ~ hour this morning there were
great throngs out to view the exhibit
ton.
The placing Of the cars. accessories /
and parts was accomplished in record
time. despite the fact that four or 1--WE
OF the cars are much bigger this year
than In last years show and this, OF
course, necessitated ext trouble in
getting them through the hotel en-
trance way leading off OF Eleventh
street.
Harry Darlington. show chairman,
was a happy man this morning The
main task OF arranging the show had
been successfully accomplished, the
crowds were there and he had a few
idle moments to look over the work
accomplished and enjoy the show him
felf
Simply licked 10 death" he said 10
reporter for THE EVENING JOUR-
| NAL. THE weathers with us, the
crowds here and everything is going
along sciendidly.
UtlltNt Allt INuiiI VIII tlNt W
splendid support by their attendance
IN ~oughout the week. and from pres
cnt indications our show Is going 10
be a winner. Every car Is here. every
xh!bit OF accesso' les ana parts Is In
place and every representative Of the
d alers Is on the job 10 demonstrate
/ his splay. What more could we ask
for the n st day"
] taHftsfa f1 hafrrr ohenryod ~ fha
exhibition today II is the day when
all res dents OF the city proper are in
vltcd 10 attend, and ON early ind
cations a very large proportion Of
| them will do so today. The dealers
felt, that because the show Is In VII
mington and the people Of this city are
the ones above al who should be
pleased with the show that Il was
/ nothing more than right to set aside
| the fist day for Wilmingtonians.
Tonight. at SIS o'clock, Mayor Law
son will formally open the show with
/ q b-ief address Heads OF all the city
/ departments have been invited 10 at
Tend. ard most Of them are expected to
be present. Following Mayor Lawson's
add ess the special orchestra engaged
| for the show, under the direction Of
Harry Stausebach, will strike up The
/ Star Spangled Banner" and the show
will be on. The orchestra will give
concerts every afternoon and evening
throughout the week.
Conspicuous by It's absence was any
decorative plan for the show other
than the hotels appointments and a
! service flag, swung from the mezza-
nine floor, containing Is stars. OF a star
for every automobile man IN Whining
ton IN the nations service This service
/ flag was surrounded by the American
flag and the flags OF the Allies. That
was all. The men In the service, for
whom the nag was placed, are as fol-
lows:
FOss-Hughes Company-Frank Reed.
who is in the aviation corps at san
Antonio. Texas; Rudolph Schorr, Three
| Hundred and Seventh Machine Gun
Battalion, Camp Dix, Wrightstown. n.
j.: Arthur Burns, with the medical
corps stationed in Philadelphia; James
II. Darrell. in the aviation corps, sta
toned at Dayton. o.
GOmery- Schwartz Motor Car Co
Charles Parks, stationed at Fort Du-
Pont: Stanley Partington, Camp Meade,
Md. : Joseph Delago. at Camp Dix.
Packard Motor Car Co Lieutenant
John ROsen. In the ordnance corps. at
Camp Herring, Peoria, ILL.,; Sergeant
Harry J. Livers. quartermasters' corps,
stationed at Hoboien. n. j., and Ser
geant Wallace T. Mccall. qnartermas-
ters' department, now In France.
DELAY lse Hardware Company-Golds-
borough Emlth, Three Hundred and
Seventh Machine Gun Battalion, Camp
Dix. WrightstOwn. n. j.
Wilmington COmpany-Ser-
geant Frank W Diver, in the quarter
masters depa' tment Of the artillery ser
vice: Captain J. r Willis, Camp Han
cock, Augusta. Ca; Corporal Earl Slate,
Camp Dix.
Tire Shop-Lieutensnt n. w, Howell,
in the ordnance department, now In
France.
Atkinson Automobile Company-Lleu-
tenant Theron Atkinson. ordnance de-
Ford Repairs Company - Joseph
Lynch. First Delaware Regiment, now
at Camp Dix.
dupont Fabrlkoid Company-W. T
Garrett. in the navy at League Island
/. A Bennett. infantry, at Camp Meade
William Bright, ordnance department,
at Camp Lupton; ] p. Bushnell. avin-
ton. WASHINGTON; Allen W Carpenter,
aviation, Boston; n. G Jensen and Har-
old F Lltzenboth in the artillery corps
at Camp Gordan. Ga.
The above list OF men in the service
I from the dupont Fabrikoid Company
includes only those from the sales de-
pa~tment Altogether there are 81 mon
from the dupont Fabrikoid Company 10
all departments In the service
Visitors 10 the show today saw not
only the finished product-the new 1915
automobile Of all makes, shapes and
sizes; they saw IL dissected so that the
ng'ne. the chassis and all its constituent
parts might easily be seen One exhibit
showed a car with the engine enclosed
in n glass hood so that the workings OF
the motor mlgft be easily studied
The show today was given somethine
Of a military aspect by the presence Of
a number OF men in uniform from diff
fe~ent branches OF The military service
! This will be more noticeable tomorrow
) however. than today, II is believed. as
tomorrow has been set aside as MILL
r tary Day." when all men In the service,
Red Cross and war workers are special
} ly invited 10 attend
: While every available space for dis
b play purposes in the lobby and cen
] room OF the hotel are taken up with
! the cars and exhibit Is, ample room is
left for visitors TO move about and
. admire the cars, In fact there seems to
be a great deal more room for this
purpose than at any other Of the
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