Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

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Rear tires carry considerably more
than one-half the weight. and naturally
wear down more rapidly than front tires.
Mr.. and Mrs. George l.. Tarbell and a
party of friends In their Warren ''30' and
Ma. and Mrs Enos S. Harnden and family
IN Ford touring car left tn g morning at
y O'Clock for Atlantic City. via the
short route" They expect to remain
several days at the seashore.
A K-R-I-T roadster, fully equipped. was
delivered last week to c. Warren Cole
man.
Military Academy. under command of
Maj r. p. Davidson. presented q striking
appearance on their arrival in this city
last week. -Four Cadillac cars are used
BY the tourists; who have already covered
about 1000 miles. The cars are equipped
with wireless outfits and balloon destroy
ers. They are Of a battleship-gray color,
with every conceivable equipment for
military. duty. At night the men camp
along the roadside and cook their own
meals. and the motors are started
up and the camp lighted by electricity
which Is also used when motoring late
at night. Two of the machines are equip
ped with Colt automatic guns, mounted
on the front dash, capable of firing $50
rounds a minute, with miniature Search
light alongside of the gun. The wireless
pole Is in eight sections and can be raised
to q height of forty.1ve feet and mes
road at distances varying from thirty
Ave to fifty miles. Lieut.. Frank Lee
Beals, United States Army military in
structor detailed at the academy. and
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tional Guard are accompanying the party
which left yesterday for Annapolis and
West Point. The return trip will be via
the great lakes to Highland Park, ILL.,,
here they were accorded a warm welcome
by not only the War Department officials
who displayed a keen interest in the. out
fit. but by the citizens of the National
Capital as we'll.
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A fore-door EMF touring car was de-
llvered last week to Messrs Ryon and
Prather. and a fore-door Flanders 100 to
James T. Gibbs.
Continued activity on the part Of the
District police in arresting Maryland
motorists who venture over the District
line without having first procured Dis
trtct license, it is said, is beginning to
be felt across the line.
According to ]. Abby Henderson Of
the Rockville. Md, bar, who represent
ed that county in the legislature OF 1910.
when the automobile law now in force
in Maryland was enacted, there Is q
general misunderstanding among the
autoists Of the District Of Columbia as
to why the legislature did not exempt
from the Maryland automobile law resi-
dents of the District as 1t did citizens
Of every state in the Union. In dis
GUESSING the law, he said:
Every now and then We see COM
plants In the Washington papers Of the
treatment Of District autoists under the
Maryland automobile law. and Sunday
autoists were made in the District for
not having District licenses, which was
stated to be in retaliation
THE chief complaint against the Mary
land law Is that 1t does net grant reci-
procity to the automobilists Of the Dis
trict as 1t does to those OF other states.
This point was fully considered when
the law was enacted. and II was decided
that Maryland could not AFFORD to grant
such reciprocity to District auteists, as
automobile owners In the District, as
rule. use the roads Of Maryland as much
as or more than they do the streets
and roads Of the District
Maryland is not a very wealthy state.
and she is now straining her resources
to the utmost to construct a system OF
good roads, which wear rapidly from
use by fast automobilists.
The law should not be used Tor the
purpose Of catching people for the fines
which can be imposed. but autoists should
remember that the provisions OF the law
n reference to speed use or horns at
crossings and curves lights. numbers on
front and back and passing OF other We
hicIes were made for the purpose OF pro-
letting the lives and property OF other
Users Of the roads. and they should con-
form very strictly thereto.
We doubt the authority Of the District
, pnlica alrfhnrtfiea Tn onArt REGULATIONS
| IN regard to licenses, which would seem
to require an act Of Congress, but Mary
| land autoists who go into the District
| frequently will not object to paying the
people Of Maryland. together with those
| OF the other states. assist In maintaining
| the very fne system of streets and roads
which the people Of the District enjoy.
The arrest of motorist Sunday who
| stopped at the police station nearest to
the line to inquire about obtaining a IL
/ cense appears to have been unduly op-
pressive If his collateral was forfeited OF
q fine imposed when the new regulation
was only put into force last Saturday"
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Members Of the Automobile Club OF
Washington. commenting on the Mary.
land automobile situation. say that Mr.
Hendersons statement Is not clear al
regards the exemption clause Of the Mary.
land law. The Wash nston motorists point
out that II they were granted the exemp-
ton Of two weeks each year allowed mo.
florists OF the states. they fail to see how
they could use the roads OF Maryland
any further than would an exempted mo-
torist from one Of the states. They never
expected any more than is granted t.
others, they say. but naturally resent wha
they consider unJustifed discrimination
In regard to the statement that the
new District regulation was only put into
effect the Saturday previous to the ar.
rest referred to. It Is explained that the
| regulation went into effect and received
| the approval Of the District Commission.
erS April 8, and was officially published
April Il.
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| William s. Duvall president and legal
counsel Of the Automobile Club Of Wash
! ington, In referring to the situation, haa
| this to say:
Personally, I have never favored the
imposition of . license for pay either
upon Q resident or nonresident motor
ist. The sole object Of license for 4