Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13

| Louis A. Dent. William d. West. j.
| Hamilton Smith. r. B. Caverly. J. II.
/ Falconer, D. j. DUNCAN. Fulton r.. Cor
| don. Harrington Mills. A. Ward Evans.
Franz kopp. W. a. Copenhaver. Charles
w. Bender. John +. Maury, II. {: Chand-
| lee. w. W. Chiswell. .. J. DE Moli,
| William Muehleisen, j.. +. IL Edmonds,
a. l.. Cline.
| The opening day of the convention will
| be mainly devoted to the subject of uni
! form state legislation in automobiling
matters, at which time particular atten-
, ton will be given in the various adj
| dresses and discussions to the necessity
i of enacting uniform laws by the different
! states in the Union. This is a subject
| that the National Automobile Associate II
has been working for during the past
| half dozen years. and its efforts have
J been crowned with success In several
! states. The salient features of the uni
/ form state motor vehicle bill. as drafted
/ by Mr.. Terry about four years ago. have
| already been adopted by several states,
and the bene.--S that have accrued there
| by not only to motorists, but to all the
| users of the highway, have been such
as TO recommend similar system OF
| uniformity in other states.
President Speare or the American Au-
| tomobiie Association will open the con-
vention at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning,
| Chauncey NJ. Depew O: New York, who
will make the address of welcome. Chair
man Charles Thaddeus Terry of the legis-
| lative board of the A. A. A., as well as
| Of the national legislative convention, will
| then outline the purposes Of the conven-
ton. explaining in detail the merits of
the uniform state motor vehicle bill, as
well as the benefits to be derived by the
| national federal registration bill
Among the speakers who will follow
! h ri S-i,,xr
Uniform legislative question will be SEN
ator Rayner OF Maryland, Senator Bev-
eridge of Indiana, Representative Dali
zell OF Pennsylvania, Secretary of State
Rogers Of Connecticut and Secretary of
state Martindale of Michigan. Among
the prominent ST eakers in the afternoon
session will be Logan Walter Page, di-
rector of United States Office of public
roads; James H. Macdonald, highway
commissioner Of Connecticut: Secretary OF
State Thompson of Ohio and Secretary of
State Bailey of Vermont.
The second days session Of the con-
vention on Wednesday will be chiefly de-
voted to the federal registration bill.
which will be outlined in the discussion
by Representative Moon of Pennsylvania;
President Charles Clifton Of the Associa-
ton of Licensed Automobile Manu- c-
turers; Henry b. F. Mac arland, former
president of the board of Commissioners
of the District of Columbia: Neal Brown,
state senator OF Wisconsin,; Frank G..
Webb of the Long Island Automobile
Club and S. Boyer Davis OF the Automobile
Club of Philadelphia. Other addresses
will be made by William f.lelps Emo on
Traffic Rules: Charles p. Allen, high
Motor Vehicle and Roads, and Addi-
son Ely. jr., of New Jersey, on Speed
and Its Regulations" Ex-Gov Bachelor
of New Hampshire will speak on The
Motor Vehicle, the Roads and the Far
mer.''
To the automobilists of the country
who have been working for this subject
of uniformity the great day OF the con-
vention will be Thursday, the closing day,
when the hearing will be held on the fed
eral registration automobile bill This
bill is already before Congress, having
been introduced by Representative Cocks
of New York year ago. and has been
re erred TO the committee on interstate
and foreign commerce. before which the
hearing will be held in the Capitol.
Frederick III. Elliott, secretary of the
American Automobile Association enter
tanned officials of the Automobile Club of
Washington and members of the press at
luncheon yesterday afternoon at the
New Willard. when matters pertainin3
to the national Legislative convention to
be held this week were discussed and
plans arranged. Those in the party in
cluded President II. Chadwick Hunter
eX-Presidents r. Il. Cayerly and w. G..
Duvail and Secretary Elliott P. Hough OF
the Automobile Club of Washington
Harry Ward, Cy Grogan, ii. E. Duck
stein and Howard Fisk.
Two of the speediest automobiles in
America are now be ng driven by famous
drivers. Barney Oldfeld and Ralph De
Palma, both of whom will be in the lime
light during the coming racing season.
Barney has just purchased the big Benz
car which Victor Hemery drove when he
smashed all of the worlds records on the
track at Brooklands, England. last sea-
son. The car was brought to Amer ga
by Jesse Froehlich, managing director
of the Benz Auto Import Company OF
New York, who has since sold it to
Barney Oldfield for $4,000. Last August
Oldfield purchased the Benz car of 100
horsepower which Hemery drove in the
Savannah grand prix race. and in which.
during the closing of the racing season
last year, he broke thirty-one circular track
records. previously held by Ralph DE
Palma and the Fiat Cyclone. Barney it
might be stated, has not completed n S
work, but is preparing himself for the
coming season. when the year closes
it is doubtful if any of the remaining
records are standing by the time he gets
through incidentally. with his new Benz
he expects to follow In the tracks of
Hemery and break a few worlds records
along with his American feats. Barney's
new car is rated at 200 horsepower.
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whereby Ralph De Palma the foremost
track driver in the world, will in the
future pilot the 2JO-horsepower Fiat car,
owned by E. w. c. Arnold, which was
recently driven with such record-break-
ing success by Lewis Strang. The news
has been confirmed in telegram from
Mr.. Arnold's representative TO F. +. Mos
covics, general manager of the Lo
Angeles motordrome and also by De
Palma himself. The next appearance Of
the speed monster in contests with Ralph
at the wheel will be at the inaugural
meet of the new board motordr ONE at
Playa del Rey Los Angeles, in AID ill.,
Strang, vino made mile in thi. ty-seven
seconds at Atlanta and drove at the rate
of 10 miles an hour at Indianapolis in the
big car. has relinquished it on thoroughly
friendly terms. The racer was originally
bought ana imported to this country for
De Palma 10 drive exclusively. How
ever. before it reached these shores De
Palma was badly injured in a race at
kept him out of contests for months, his
temperance in the game being last week
at New Orleans. The big car. which Naz-
FARO named Mepnistopheles when he