Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19
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| Serous county officials.
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| All annual meetings and dinners Of the
| big associations that are allied with the
motor car industry are scheduled for the
week of the tenth international auto
| mobile show. which opens New Year eve
| in Grand Central Palace. New York,
| under the management of the American
Motor Car Manufa cturers Association. AS
| a matter OF fact, many big meetings
are arranged for Palace week that De-
| cember 31-January is appropriately the
auto week" OF the year.
+, One of the most important and interest
! ing meetings OF the week IS that OF the
Manufacturers Contest Association, which
| will be held at the Manhattan Hotel.
Friday, January I. This is the first an.
| nual meeting of the association since its
formation nearly year ago. President
Driscoe will preside and make his first
annual report telling OF what the ASSOC
citation has accomplished for its members
| in all manner OF contests. 1t is also likely
| that at that time next years campaign
| wfl! be mapped. out.
Another meeting OF Importance which,
will be held this year for the first time
| during the Grand Central Palace show is
| that Of the Motor and Accessory Manu-
| facturcrs. This organizsti ton OF makers
OF parts and accessories will hold it's an
nual meeting at d pm. Wednesday, Janu-
airy 5, at the Waldorf--Astoria Hotel, fol-
| lowed by the annual dinner at 7:31
| o'clock.
The show committee of the American
Motor Car Manufacturers Association
under whose auspices the palace show is
conducted. is making even greater efforts
than ever to make this years event
great social success. Tie show committee
| has set aside as usual special nights for
| the formal reception of civic and national
! al nd
| Getty people. While the Show does not
formally open until O'Clock on New
Year eve. there will be a private View
at 3 o'clock on the afternoon OF Decem-
Der 81 Special invitations have bean ex-
| tended TO retiring Mayor George r. Nc
| Cleilan. Mayor-elect William j. Gaynor
and other high city officials. President
| f.. ri. Gary OF the Automobile CLUB OF
America and president OF the executive
| committee OF the steel trust and his fell
low members OF the A. {. 4. are in
:ited, as will be officials and members of
| the American Automobile Association
Long Island Club and others.
| The Palace show will open to the public
each day from 8 am. to 1890 pm. Sat
| urday night, January l. smoker will be
| given at the Automobile Club of America,
as was the case last year, to all Grand
! Central Palace show exhibitors of motor
cars and accessories. Saturday night has
been termed army and navy night by
| the show committee, and Gen. Leonard A.
Wood, commander OF the Department of
the Fast, together with officers attached
to Forts Hamilton, Wordsworth, Schuyler
and Governors Island, have been invited
and Navy Club. Monday. January g. the
New York Automobile Trade Association
will hold its annual meeting at II O'Clock
at the Manhattan Hotel. Engineers
/ 1919 A.xl-
+, tations have been extended to officers of
| til, Engineers Club and various engineer
ing societies. including the Society OF Au-
tomobile Engineers.
AS at past shows Of the A NJ. c. NJ. A..
Tuesday has been set aside a3 society day
and the admission will ne raised from III
cents to ST. This is the day when society
turns out en- niasse and does most of its
purchasing OF cars. the annual meeting
OF the. Society of Automobile Engineers
will be held Tuesday at 10 am, followed
by it's annual dinner at pm, both events
being held at the Automobile Club OF
America.
Wednesday. January 5, is the time set
for the annual meeting and banquet OF
the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers.
This will be merchants night and in
| vitations have been sent out to the most
prominent merchants Of New York. Spe-
cial attention has been given to those
merchants who are now. OF are likely to
be. buyers of commercial cars. The COM
mercial division this year will act as a
special dra wing card for the various mer-
chants, al the exhibits Of the Grand Cen
trail Palace show this year exceed by far
anything ever seen at any previous motor
car exhibition.
The most common ca:se for rim cutting
of tire shoes, except abuse by drivers. Is
rusty Or bent rims. The best way to pre-
vent rusting is to paint the inside with
some oil paint, and that this precaution
is important Is evident when it is cOnsid-
cred that a rusty rim is largely response
BILE for the rotting Of the fabric.
The annual meeting OF the Automobile
Club of Washington will be held Satur-
day evening. January 8. 1910. at which
time the election Of officers for The en-
suing year will take place.
DIR. Seneca Balm is the latest to join
the auto ranks. He has purchased a
model I Ford touring car of the 1916
type.
Names of exhibiting firms at the Grand
Central Palace show in New York will
be shown on alabaster glass signs and
printed in Egyptian letters Of gold on a
green ground Illuminated by colored
lights.
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The many friends Of A. Stanley Zell OF
this city and Baltimore will regret to
learn that he dislocated his shoulder
Monday last by slipping on one Of the
pavements of the Monumental city. Ac-
cording to latest reports he Is slowly re-
covering.
| If one would start his motor ION the
spark" he should speed his motor up
just before stopping it by. opening the
throttle wide. Then II the spark is cut
off a full charge is left in cylinder to
be ignited when another start is to be
| made.
James ". ellison. sales manager of the
Mitchell Motor. Car Company. announced
yesterday that the fire which last Gun
day destroyed the plant OF the Racine
Manufacturing Company, under contract
to furnish Mitchell bodies. will In no way
interfere with the Mitchell output foz
1910
| While no very great novelties or me-
cha meal changes are noted in the 1910
models still many improvements and