Evening star., 1915-01-03
new RECORD MADE
i, FOR AUTO LICENSES
TOO Issued on First Day by
MARYLAND Commissioner of
4 Motor Vehicles.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S TAGS
25,000 AND 25,001
One Hundred Complimentary Ii
censes for Government Machines,
/; to Diplomats and Officials.

All records for distribution of Mary
,,nd ,utornobile licenses were broken
,,o.tard,y .t the Office OF S. G. Coale'
denutv commissioner of motor vehicles
for the state of Maryland. 111O street
northwest. Up to the closing hour iast
r;ob. over 700 licenses had been lssueo
.nd identification tags distributed 10
motorists of the National Capital anu
adjoining states.
The office was opened early yesterday
r,orning. Throughout the entire day a
Tong line of applicants stretched ou'
info the corridors of the Metzero.'
huilding. Deputy Commissioner Coaie
was assisted by Chief Motor SyS;e .
GenutV THOMAS H. Wildman ana MS
assistant, J. Arthur Sweeney
Other Licenses Issued.
The records up to last hish' siso
,ho,,.ed that over 200 identihcation tags
h,d heen issued for display oii eoi
,,ercial vehicles engaged IN transpSi Cd a
~. nF merchandise into Maryland.
.au,1 number of chauffeur licenses "eie
1se ;ssued this being necessary each
year. chic rear for pleas
,ra ears start with the numoer I2,oOU
S Continue in serial numbers; Eau
ear the state of MARYLAND. IhTpus
Sonmissjoner of Motor tehiCies Ia.t
A Roe, extends the cou1e af fbs United
states and the various ampasSauois .
and TO machines owned by the ohiteo
states government - +na
This year. as in previous years, slie
r,.t licenses issued went to the Presi.
dent Of the United States. fresioea.
woodrow Wilson has been presen.e1 q ooS ny
,,onmissioner Coale wit numbers loVog
and zSSv1 Svmbeps ep 25oo2. 25oos. 25ooa 25oo5
~ o5oOS were also sent to the
white House for use on other Ilaelal,.s I'M.
including the car used by the secret SER
see representatives who always 1oilo"
the President on his motor trips.
Licenses for Capitol Cars.
Numbers e5oo7 to 25o1s were donated
,or use of machines at the United states
r.n,to, The machines used by Elliott
woods and C. P. Gliern are included IN
,bese numbers, the formers machine
rearing number 25oo7 and the latter 25O1o.
No. 25o14 was sent to Count v.
Macchie di Cellere, the Italian amoassa-
dor No. 250l5 went 70 1 Sn,itnson as ~ ,
ian Institution. Nos. 26ol6 ana % u. !.
were donated for use on the machines OF
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rlce, amoassaoor
Among prominent motorists Of the Ma; \
t,onal Capital and vicinity who obtained
Hcenses yesterday were James NJ;
Green. who, following custom, received
the first number following the one hum
dred tags donated by the state, which
was 25I00; Gen. John A. Johnston, for
mer District Commissioner B. F.. Saul,
George P. Eustis. James S. Harlan II
the interstate commerce commission,
Col. r. NJ Thompson. William Lyles o.
futt. Chevy Chase, Md; Thomas E. Rob
ertson, Chevy Chase. Md: Col. Alexander
Rodgers, DR.. Charles w. Richardson
rudolph Kaufman; Robert s. Wood,
Hampton. Hattie Parker Neale, Charles
I. Corby, William s. Corby and Robert
I. Corby. Chevy Chase, Md; ]. B. Hayes
Of the White House. Andrew J. Peters.
James B. Gilmer. Walter g. Dunlop,
Thomas Dunlop, DR.. Vernon III. Dyson,
Charles s. Hill Of the Maryland Agr-
cultural College. College Park, Nd.
John Imirie. Chevy Chase. Nd; Mrs.
George Y Wheeler, De Witt C.. Chad
wick, Armistead Peter, IT., E. J. Muir
ply, Chevy Chase, Md; ]. Philip Herr
mann, Herbert Beahm, John Smith. Chevy
Chase, W. w. Georges G. w. Golden
stroth. ". H. H. Allen, jr.. J. 4. Watson
and James L. Parsons, Chevy Chase, Nd