Automobile World Notes and Show Preparations
The Washington Automobile Dealers Association holds its last meeting before the show at the Commercial Club next Wednesday night. Emerson & Orme report sales including a Detroit electric clear-vision brougham to Mrs. John B. Scully, with Cadillac devices praised for electric crank avoidance. The Imperial Motor Co signs a six year tire deal. Cook & Stoddard list Cadillac and Baker sales to various individuals and a government truck. The Loeffler Co takes the Washington Regal agency. several 1913 models ship for exhibition. BR. C. Creyke announces a Washington Case car agency and showroom next month. Emerson & Orme receive their first 1918 Apperson cars, highlighting improved, self-starting electric lighting across high grade lines.
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Washington Automobile Cealers’ Association
Commercial Club
BR. C. Creyke
Washington
New York
Case
Mr. Creyke
Emerson & Orme
Automobile Show to Feature Parisian Decor in Hall Display
The Washington Automobile Dealers Association will stage a car show in Convention Hall the week of February. Comte T. Probey says the decorations by J. M. Nichols draw on Bois de Boulogne Parisian gardens. Ivory white, gold and green setting, 15 foot pillars, lattices, canary birds, and two tons of fabric will create a grand display. Marine Band concerts planned daily from 3 to 4 PM and 10:30 PM. Shipments of cars and chassis have begun with trucks, lorries, tires, and accessories all shown.
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Comte
Raja T. O. Probey
Washington Automobile Dealers’, Association, Incorporated
Convention Hall
Mr. Probey
Alpotata
Bois de Bansene
Probey
Marine Band
W. H Santelmann
Practically Every State to Be Represented at Meeting
Governors and delegates from Maine North Carolina Alabama Montana Inland Empire Spokane Wichita Lincoln Springfield Raleigh Birmingham and many others name representatives for the American Automobile Association good roads conference in Washington on March 6 and 7. The movement draws strong state and local group support as interest grows in federal highway aid and a record attendance is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Aid Good Roads
American Automobile Association
Washington, D. C
Commonwealths
Maine
Chamber of Commerce of
Raleigh
N. C
Birmingham
Ala
Western Montana Associations of Commercial Clubs
Inland Empire Federation of Commercial Clubs
Spokane
Wash
Boards of Trade of
Lincoln
Nebr
Wichita
Kans
Springfeld
Ohio
Ean Conn
Little Rock
Ark
Atlanta
Louisville
Omaha
Albany
Toledo
Newark
N. J
Kansas City
Camas
Good Roads
A, A
Washington
Chicago Truck Dealers Promote Motorized Transit Initiative
Chicago motor truck dealers kick off a winter program under the slogan Motorizing Chicago to persuade business leaders of the benefits of motor trucks over horse drawn vehicles. The Pathfinder agency notes Berryman and Williams securing Pathfinder agency rights for the territory. A New York representative secured Pathfinder exhibit inclusion at the Palace show and the Washington show schedule.
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Chicago
Pathfinder Agency
Berryman & Williamis
Pathfinder
New York
Palace Show
Washington
Demand for Motor Trucks Abroad Promises Banner Exports
The article notes a strong demand for motor trucks from sparsely settled regions in Europe Asia South America and Africa. It highlights trucks as ideal farm produce carriers with foolproof operation and automatic devices plus speed governors. Benjamin Twyman Studebaker distributor for Ohio visited the city last week staying with Col. W. C. Long local agent for the line.
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Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
Studebaker
Benjamin Twyman
State of
Ohio
Col. W. C. Long
Big Auto Carnival Parade Plans Challenge Private Owners
The parade committee led by Samuel H Luttrell plans a February 10 event with about 1918 cars to start from a yet undecided point. Banners will be provided for decoration, with over three thousand cars expected to line up possibly stretching more than a mile. A major band will head the procession, and owners are urged to contact agents to reserve positions and receive decorations. Local dealers listed include Cook & Stoddard Company Cadillac Baker Electric and others representing Buick Abbott Franklin Chalmera Hudson Columbia Hupp-Yeat Overland Garford Maxwell Rambler Mitch el Oldsmobile Packard Palmer-Singer Stoddard-Dayton Reo Studebaker Flanders Electric Pierce-Arrow.
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Automobile Carnival
Samuel H. Luttrell
Bamners
Xtra
Pergong
Cook & Stoddard Company
Cadillac and
Baker Electric
Buick Motor Company
Buick
David S Hendrick
Abbott and Franken
Zell Motor Car Company
Dupont Garage Company
Hudson, Columbia
W P. Barnhart & Co
Warren
Miller Bros
Ford
Overland‘Washington Motor Company
Overland and Garford
Leary, Jr
Maxwell
Rambler
Mitchel
Locomobile Introduces Electric Starter for Six Cylinder Cars
The Locomobile Company unveils a new electric motor starter detailing its electrical heritage and the shift from magnetos and hand cranking. W Robartes, branch manager, notes the 12 horsepower gasoline model introduced a gear driven generator with an automatic switch and credits long internal development to create a 100 percent efficient starter for big six cylinder engines.
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W. Robartes
Locomobile Company
Locomobile
National Roads Convention Opens in Washington DC
The American Automobile Association moves headquarters to Washington with New York as principal base to push a federally funded national roads program. The national roads convention in Washington on March 6 and 7 is expected to be very promising as AAA maintains a permanent presence near federal agencies.
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Washington, D C
American Automobile Association
United States
National Capital
AAA
New York
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Engineering Corps
United States Army
Department of the Intenor, &c
Washington
George C Diehl
A. A .A. National Good Roads Board
Don’ts for Pedestrians
Pedestrians lack protection abroad as in the United States where the motorist is favored when accidents occur. Cross at intersections and not diagonally in the block center to improve traffic rules and safety for walkers and drivers. Use crossings, avoid streets, and set a safe example for others.
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Detroit
Blecsley
Holver
Emerson & Orme Distributers
H Street
N. W
Experia
Mocertianco
Cadillac
THE
Cook & Stoddard CO
Conn
Ave. Tel
Michigan
Michiga
J Mitchigan
Kia
Michigan Motor Co., Inc
Wis. Ave
Prebey Carriage Co
Tel
Emerson & Ormé
John B. Scully
Cadillac Company
Imperial Motor Company
Moir Tires
Cook& Stoddard Company
Cadillac Phaston
C. F. Piltt
Reginald Huidekoper
Louis Hertle
G. Wheeler
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Dr. Franck Hyatt
A. Loeffler Company
Rudolph Jose
Pilgrim
Flinden Dee
WM. P. Barnhart
Washington Automobile
Crons
Potomac Motor Car Co
Connecticut Avenue
Telephone North
Rauch & Lang Electric
Bartram
New Hampshire Avenue
John J. Bartram
Miller Bros.’ Automobile and Supply House
14Th St
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