New-York tribune., 1912-02-09
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Varied Interests Oppose the
Present A. C. A. Regime.
LIVELY ELECTION LIKELY
G. G.. Stoddard and H. j. Ed
wards Form New Company to
Build Knight Engine Car

Members Of the Automobile Club OF
America received on Wednesday ana yes
terday copies Of the request for specidi
meeting of the members on FEBRUARY To- al
which II is intended to appoint various
committees TO consider and, If consldereu
necessary. TO investigate the present melh-
DDS OF conducting the organization lne
most striking feature Of the auar Is 'he
prominence of the men who nave SlSHeu
the request.
From a pcruSal of the seventy-seNch
names attached to the application lor the
meeting it is evident that the proteslahIs
against the conduct of the club 90 IIo'
constitute merely a disgruntcd chque' Out
are representative of all the widely varied
interests embraced in the membership oI
the big organization. The list takes N
leaders I'm the world of finance, including
two or three presidents Of banks, pronh-
uent railroad officials and present and past
leaders in other clubs, as well as large
number of men of affairs. but idenuted
with no particular institution or organlza-
ton
Here are the names of some of the sign
ers: George t. Chamberlain, who was
formerly president OF the Automobile Clu5
Of America S. Ii. Valentine, Lorillard
Spencer, John Markle, Schuyler Skaats
Wheeler, Edward Earl, president of the
Nassau Bank; Arthur Curtss James, lor-
merly commodore of the New York Yacht
Club; James G.. Cannon, president of the
Fourth National Bank; Alan r. Hawley,
the famous balloonist and now president
of the Aero Corporation; Cortlandt Field
Bishop formerly president of the Aero
club; Vernon g. Brown, Charles l. Edey,
William Skinner, of the New York. New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Adolph Lew
isohn, Bertram H. Borden, Arthur Lehman,
Edwin c. Chamberlain, Lorillard Spencer,
jr.; Rowland II. Pell, NJ. r. Kernochan,
Malcolm d. Sloane. Joseph a. Seligman,
Jefferson De Mont Thompson, stephen II.
Tying r. f. Fulton, Tarrant Putnam, treas
urer of the New York Yacht Club; Alfred
H. Swayze, George r. Brokaw, Irving Bro
kaw, Clifford V. Brokaw and Henry Selg-
man.
Official announcement of the formation
Of the Edwards Motor Car Company by Z.
c. Stoddard, formerly vice-president of the
United States Motor Company. and II. j.
Edwards. who recently resigned as chief
engineer Of the same corporation, has been
followed Dy the positive statement that the
new company Will market Knight motor
pleasure car and also will bring out line
Of commercial cars.
Mr.. Stoddard, it is said, has an option
on an American license to utilize the
knight type OF sleeve valve engine, and
after his resignation as ce-president OF
the big company seized the opportunity to
establish a company that would have one
OF the limited number of licenses for the
United States. Under the terms Of the
agreement entered into between Charles \.
knight, inventor of the sleeve valve en-
gine, and his European licensees the lines
in this country are firmly drawn. Mr.. Stod-
dsTds resignation in no way amccts his
holdings in the United States Motor Com
pany, in which he continues as a director,
nor will his Withdrawal from the vice
presidency affect the position of the Stod-
dard-Dayton company in the corporation.
President Finley of the College Of the
City Of New York has decided that owing
10 the Importance of the automobile IN
modern life every student who is to possess
Well-rounded and balanced education
should have at least a working knowl-
edge Of gasoene engines and auto
mobiles. Steps have already been taken
toward organizing gas engine laboratory,
with the intention of supplementng it with
instruction in practical automobile opera.
ton and maintenance
As standard equipment on their new type
OF REQ cars r. VI. owen & Co. have ADOPT
ed the Goodyear NO-Rim-Cut tires. These
tires are 10 per cent over size, and exhaus-
tive tests have shown that they give from
- to p per cent mileage over the ordinary
type of tires.
As the first step i'm its campaign to cover
large portion of the country with
branches the Aristos Company. of this city
Whch handles the Disco self-starter. the
MondeN shock preventer, the Mondex muf-
her etc, has just absorbed the business or
D. II. Palmer who formerly handled tn
DISCO product in Chicago The business
hereafter will be run as the company's mid
o'e western branch, and Mr. Palmer VIII
remain as manager. In establishing the
Nm'dgo quarters the company secures con-
ToI OF practically all OF the territory in m.