The Washington times., 1911-05-08
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
GOVERNORS TO ACT:
ON SUMNER PLANS
Four Leaf Clover Run to Be
Discussed at Meeting
Tonight.
"ORPHANS' DAY" TO
RECEIVE ATTENTION
Date to Be Selected for This Event
Probably Will Be June
Seventh.
By HARRY WARD.

The board Of governors OF the Automo-
bile Club Of Washington will meet to-
night at the organizations country
home on Georgia avenue. In addition 10
electing about fifteen new members.
whose applications have been posted
during the past month, 1t is expected
the board will act on a number OF other
matters of Importance.
Details of the -Four Leaf Clover Run,
which begins next Monday morning,
Will be discussed with Capt Ted" ,.
Johnston, who has the aIair IN charge.
Plans for entertaining the motorists who
will be here in June Tor the start OF the
Glidden reciprocity tour Wall also De
taken up tonight by the board.
1t is also expected the question OF
celebrating orphans day will recei.e
the board attention. AS many OF the
automobile clubs throughout the couI-
try will give the orphans their annual
treat on June z, ii is likely this date
will be selected by the Washington club.
With the opening of the automobile
touring season and the reappearance OF
thousands of cars on the popular nigh
ways have come evidence of renewed
activity on the part Of local coust~ ples,
as shown in the frequent reports OF ar
rests for excessive speeding. In the ma
jortty of cases the offenders are those
to whom the pleasures OF touring are
of secondary Importance. Their only
the maximum speed rate whenever a
level stretch of road opens up before
them. Half a dozen of these speed
maniacs can do more than anything
else to revive the nuisance of speed
traps and cause trouble TO hundreds or
motorists who believe in reasonable
driving and a careful observance Of
the rights of others.
Reports recently received by the
touring Club of America indicate that
this speed mania has already caused
the re-establishment of speed traps in
many parts of the country, and the
same policy of warning motorists of
these nuisance spots will be adopted
this year by the club as in previous sea-
sons. Where these traps are partlcu-
larly obnoxious, scouts will be placed on
Saturdays and Sundays to give proper
warning and at the same time to eau
uon motorists to observe the rule OF
the road and all proper touring regllla
tons on all parts of the highway and
not only in particular places.
This is the best season automobile
manufacturers have ever had, accord
ing to Hugh Chalmers, one of the
leading men Of the industry. The en-
tire Industry, from all l can learn
from strictly reliable sources" said
Mr.. Chalmers, 'is now enjoying one
of the most prosperous seasons 1t
has ever known. This condition. in
my opinion. is bound to continue for
all of the well established companies.
1 often hear it said that the country
would be in bad way If the automo-
bile business were to have a bad
slump. That is proba bly, true. but I
Just want to assure business men
that so far as l can see, there isn't
any danger of a slump in the auto
mobile business. The reports of om
company today show that we are en-
ploying just three times as many men
in our plants we did at this time
last year. During the month Of April,
We shipped nearly 200 more cars than
We did during the same month of last
season, and have business on our
books which guarantees a still bigger
increase for May and June"
Arthur Chevrolet, the Swiss whirI-
wind, and Charley Basic, the French
driver will be the pilots of the Buick
cars in the 50o-mile International sweep
stakes G race e-,11 on the !Indianagolis speed
ston. manager of the Buick Motor Com
pany. Both of these drivers are well
known. having been engaged in many
last few years, Arthur Chevrolet is a
brother of Louis Chevrolet, the veteran
Buick pilot. while Basic gained dlstinc-
ton in France before coming to Amer
lea With these two able drivers han
ding the Buick entries. the outlook for
Buick victory is good"
II is reported that wild Bob" Bur
than anything mechanical excepting a
bullet ever Travelled, is planning an in
vasion of Europe He is the first Ameri-
can driver who seems to have a chance
of trimming the fast foreigners and
their speed creations. 1t was thought
by many that no one would ever drive
q car faster than Barney Oldfeld, but
when Burman trimmed Barneys mile
record from 27.33 seconds to 25.40 sec
onds, lowered the klometer. the favorite
European distance, from 17.04 to 1883
seconds, and the two-mile record from
BEST to 51.SS 1t was seen that a new
speed demon had arisen. Burman and
his racing stable have a good chance of
cleaning up in Europe.
That the EMF Company, of Detroit,
has had a wonderful growth, is exem-
piifed by the fact that over 40,0DO cars
have been made and sold since the COM
pany's organization. Eight plants make
up the company's big establishment in
Detroit The first touring car made
by this company was shipped on Oc-
tober 13, 1908. In two and one-half years
the organization has developed into one
of the largest automobile concerns in
the world.
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