The Washington herald., 1910-02-14
WANT UNIFORM LAWS
Auto Legislative Convention
Opens Here Tomorrow.
CHAIRMAN TERRY ARRIVES
Delegates from Nearly Every State
i'm Union 10 BE On Hand-Much Good
Expected to Come ont of COnVen-
tion 20 Pass Uniform Automobile
Laws for thes Different states.

Final preparations for the national leg
islaute convention OF the American Au.
tomobie Association. which viii open
al the New Willard Hotel tomorrow
morning. are being made by Frederick
II. Elliott. secretary OF the a. 4. A., and
Charles IT. Terry. chairman Of the legis-
lauve board Mp Elliott has been in
charge Of the headquarters at the New
Willard for several days. and last night
Mt. Terry came down from New York on
the Congressional Limited
He was met az the Union station by
Mr. Elliott President II. Chadwick Hum
ter Of the Automobile club OF Washing
ton. and several other local motorists. In
conversation with Herald man AIR
Terry expressed confidence that the con-
vention would result iu material beneh,
to- the automobile world Heretofore tae
work OF the legislative board has been
Of "a purely educational nature. but from
this time forward, it win devote its ener-
gies TO the carrying out of definite legls-
iative policies.
Secretary Elliott is receiving nantes %
additional delegates in every mail Last
night the following were recorded
Rhode fslaud-Bhode Island Automobile
Club, Charles E. Doe. Providence, r. I.
Massachusetts - Maiden Automobile
Club, Charles Z. Price Maiden. Mass.
Pennsylvania - Automobile Club of
Franklin John A. Wilson
Marylaud-sutomobile Club 81 Mary
land. Vice President Osborne ]. Yellott:
ex-President j. s. Detrick. c. Warner
Stork. r. p. Scott Joseph NJ. Zamoisky,
J. S. Bridges and Milton Q. Davis.
Florida-Gov. Guchriet has appointed
r. Ed Bryan. Tampa; Capt. c. s. Wash
ing,on. Tampa.
Jtab-Gov. William Spry has appointed
O. II. Hewlett Salt Lake city and James
r. Jennings. salt Lake City.
West Firsinia-Gov William T. Glass
cock has appointed Col c. y. Brisco.
Norgantown
North Carohua-Goy. William W Eiteh-
en- has appointed L. G.. Iiulyer, Raleigh.
The first Of the motor manufacturing
concerns to announce their racing cam
paign for The year is the Rainier Motor
Company. of New York Paul NJ. Line
berger vice president and sales manager
of the Rainier company, has outlined a
racing campaign for 1910 that VIII place
the winner Of the Atlanta gold trophy
in practically every sreed and endurance
competition OF any note in the Eastern
States The Rainier VIII De a certain
starter i'm the contemplated twenty-fOur
hour automobile races at Brighton Beach
in the spring and carly summer. 1t also
VIII be seen at the Fairmont Park race
at Philadelphia. at the Lowell race in
Massachusetts. in the grand prize race. #
Il be held either i'm Savannah or Long
Island. and in the Vanderbilt Cup race.
In many of these events two Rainier
stock cars viii he nominated. Louis A.
Dishrow. who won the SlooC0 Atlanta gold
trophy with Il record of 200 miles in -
minutes. viii be at the wheel in a ma
jority OF the contests to which II viii he
nominated "Wally' owen. who has a
reputation as one Of the most fearless
OF race drivers in this country or Eu-
rope has beca secured 10 drive the sec
ond Rainier in any races in which it may
be entered. Rainier cars are also largely
nominated for the Glidden trophy tour
and for other organized contests of en-
durance and dependabiliy.
To-, of q,