New-York tribune., 1910-12-31
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Show at the Grand Central Pal
ace Will Be Opened Tonight
GENERAL GRANT TO SPEAK
Warren WOLVERINE" Makes OoW
Winter Record from Detroit
to New York In 10 Days.

The International Automobile sA1 Ava
ton Show will be opened at the Grams
Central Palace. Lexington avenue and A1eh
street, at o'clock tonight
Major General Frederick Dent Gssnf,
commander OF the Department OF the
East, u. s. A.. Will make the address OF
welcome In opening the show. and VIII
comment the use Of the antornoole ana
aeroplanes in modern warfare Gso>sAi
Grant. who win be accsnpasssA BY thyse
aids. Is to be rendered . rsssD<1ea s3tsr
the address. He Will Be escorted 70 the
Palace by Major L. NJ Fuller, osoesa1
manager OF the veIfe Motor Vehicle Gem
pany-
Major Fuller was for several years -
charge of the governments ORDINANCES -
partment at Rock Island, where two thee-
sand men are employed making re~eavese
and other small arms Major Eul1s~ -
designed much Of the ordnance In uas oy
the United States and foreign governments
and has an international reputation a. m
engineer About three years ago Nc TO
signed from the United States governm~s
service to accept the general n,anaSsnens
of the velie Motor Vehicle Company ana IS
responsible for many Of the improved fses-
ures OF the velie ear.
There will be a special opening concert
cago. and vocal solos by Miss Rena Au>
hrev and John Baxter. and vocal selections
by Jerome Remick's Trio. The proSraxnme
will be varied between such music a
Tsehaikowsky's "1s12" overture and nm
taisie arranged by Mr.. Blaufuss On "Every
Little Movement Has a Meaning % N
Own"
The automobile show Will Be tho Mecca
of retail dealers and jobbers from all over
the United States AS a dealers show II
will he one of the most important ever
| held
The First International Aviation SHOW
which will be held In connection win tne
automobile show, will. 1t Is thought. a1e
tract thousands of persons who 0soes
never attend an automobile snow oro1oe-
| riIy. Many who will ses the New Year ~ %
the restaurants tonight will preosnfy
spend their time up until III O'Clock AZ y
| show.
| completed the work of turning the Fasees
| into a garden Of bright eolors and nASh6S
| lights Scenic artists have worked more
than a month turning the back walls or
tho exhibits into summer landscapes, ana
| the great hall ha- been transformer Sd
| that former visitors will hardly recognize
| IT,. The floors have been covered with nun
| dreds of thousands of yards OF hreproet
| red carpeting which completes the ecdcr
| scheme
The cars are In place, with 15e demon
| strators to show them and explain tner
| fine points. and the aeroplanes are AL In
| position and reassembled. The doors OF
! the show will be opened at f:So o'clock
| RsInh De Palma will drive a 80 horse
1 mower Simplex at the automobile meet TO
/ be held at the Gutenberg racetrack on
New Years Day, January 2. 1911 This
will be De Palmas first appearance with
a Simplex
In addition to this attraction. Montague
| Roberts who drove the Thomas car on the
| first lap OF the race from New York TO
| Paris, will be- seen at the wheel OF an
| Abbott-Detroit. Louis Disbrow, who par
ticipated in the Thanksgiving Day meet.
| with the Pope-Hartford, Will also De
The greatest attraction will be the ex-
drive Mr. Bruce-Brown will have the
| Benz car with which he won the Grand
Prize race at Savannah, and VIII gise
WILCOX is on his way from the National
factory with two big racing cars ana VIII
The races are scheduled to start at 10 80
| In the morning. and will be over In tine for
an early dinner.
/ The annual meeting of the Manufac-
| turers' Contest Association will be held ae
! the rooms of the Association of Licensed
/ Automobile Manufacturers. No. East AID
street, New York City, on Friday, January
Us.
| officers for 1911 will be elected and i'm
| portant matters discussed by the General
| Rules Committee, which will gather after
the meeting OF the association
| For other sports SEQ tenth po8e
/ AUTOMOBILES.