Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 8, 1916, Page 3

J. L. LATHROP & SONS, 28 Shetucket Street 1 TOLD YOU SO is what dear friends sing when you get stung. Do not get stung in the matter of ‘loss by fire. He is a wise man who looks after his FIRE INSURANC] It.surance Richards Building, 91 Main Street ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW AMOS A. BROWNING, Attorney-at-Law, 3 Richard’s Bldg. ¥ "Phone 700 Brown & Perkins, Aitmgs-at-lav ©Over Uncas Nat. Bank, Shetucket St. Entrance stairway near to Thames National Bank. Telephone 38-3. /AMMUNITION IN PLENTY i IN STATE’S SUPPLY. For Peace Footing—More Shrapnel When Yale Battery Organizes. .~ That .the state of Connecticut has good.- supply of servige ammunition s shown by an examination of the contents of the magazine at the state arsenal, says the New Haven Register. In spite of the fact that addi- tional stores are early expected, there is enough actually on hand to keep the force of the state going for a considerable time on a peace footing. At present the magazine contains approximately 300,000 rounds of am- munition for the 30-caliber Spring- field rifle. There are in Connecticut about 3,000 troops armed with this rifie, so that this quality of am- mugition will provide 1,000 rounds per man. In addition to this supply, there, have been ordered from the government arsenals about 100,000 rounds additional. The annual allow- ance of service ammunition per man i times of peace is 150 rounds, so ' that. the present supply would last for nearly a vear under ordjnary circum- stances. ~ Of course, this amount would be used up in a short time on the firing line. JIn addition to the 300,000 rounds ‘of service ammunition, the magazine chirries a supply of 28,000 rounds of dmmunition for the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, with which the Governor's Foot Guard is armed. This rifle was form- erly the weapon of the regular army, before the new Springfield model w: adopted. About 65,000 rounds of ‘the so-called guard ammunition are kept in the magazine. This ammunition 1s r use in ‘riots, and is of a reduced tharge, and consequently much less effective than the regular service charge. Although the number of men armed with the United States army pistol is small relatively to the number of those provided with the Springfield rifle, the magazine has, just now, 100,000 rounds of pistol ammunition in stock and another 100,000 ordered. In addition to officers and non-com- missioned officers the National Guard who carry pistols, the organizations cquipped with them are the cavalry, artillery and signal corps, and the supply of ammunition on hand is more than enough to meet any immediate need. * At present the arsenal carries only 224 rounds of shrapnel for the three- inch field artillery pleces. It is ex- pected this supply will be largely in- creased shortly when* the new Yale batteries are further advanced In orgar ization. ESSAY GIVEN AND BOOK REVIEWED At Well Attended Meeting of Clericus of This Archdeaconry. Eleven members were present at the monthly meeting of the clericus of the New London archdeaconry which was held at the Wauregan house on Mon- afterncon. Luncheon was served previous to the meeting. An essay on Ritschlianism was de- livered' by Rev. M. McLean Goldie of Lyme. ' Rev. C. J. Harriman of Putnam was the-book reviewer. Thgze present at the meeting were Archdeacon J. Eldred Brown and Rev. F. Johns Bohanan of this city, Rev. C. 5. M. Stewart, Groton, Rev. F. ford, Stonington, Rev. P. 8. Irwin, fret, Rev. C. L. Adams, Williman- tic, Rev. P. M. Kerridge, New Lon- don,” Rev. L. C. Sherburne, Poquetan- uck, Rev. J. H. George, Jr., Danielson, Rey. M. M. Goldle, Lyme, Rev. C. J. Harriman, Putnam. WILL ENTERTAIN PATIENTS AT SANATORIUM. Lotus Quartet and Miss Gow to Give Programme There. The Lotus quartet of Boston, and Miss Gow, dramatist, will entertain the patients at the Tuberculosis sanatori- am at 8 o'clock this (Tuesday) after- noon. This quartet is the famous Tremont Temple quartet and is widely known lor their beautiful voices and splendid toncerts. ‘The Lotus quartet and Miss Gow ap- E:md under the auspices of the Y. C. A. in the Star course on Novem- 26th in the Colonial theatre, such a favorable impression t a return engagement was imper- As the quartet is here to appear ithe Y. M. C. A. members’ course, y were glad to give their services ,the sanatorium. The arrangements made by G. S. Benjamin, local of thi Lotus quartet. in time of war, : League’s Residence | Baseball Magnates Wili Gather in New York to Celebrate Tener Or'uii;nlion’s Fortieth Birthday—May Increase poned for a Week. New York, Feb., 7.—Baseball club owners as well as many patrons of the ngtional game began. gathering ‘here today to take part in the ecl’d)n- tion of the National League's 40th birthday, which will be honored with & banquet at the Waldort-Astoria hotel next Wednesday evening. The re- convened annual meeting Of ihe league in conjunction with the regular session for the adoption of a playing schedule for the coming season will be held here tomorrow. On account of the unsettled financial condition of the “Cleveland club, the American League schedule meeting which was to have taken place here tomorrow, has been postponed for a week so that many of the junior major _orgeanization’s club owners may be on hand for Wed- nesday’s festivities. President Tener and his associates in the National League will welcome two new club presidents at the meet- ing tomorrow — Percy D. Haughton, who with his assoclates purchased the Boston Braves and Charles W. Weegh- man of Chicago, who represents the majority of the stock in the recently acquired Cubs of that city. Undoubt- edly President Haughton will be se. lected to fill the position on the com- mittees which Former President James F. Gaffney held, but President Weegh- man will not be required to accept many new duties in this respect as . H. Thomas was not a committee member. President Ebbets of the Brooklyn club, will submit to the delegates at tomorrow’s session a revision of the present rules governing the drafting of players. The Brooklyn magnate has been working on the proposed plan for over two years and he claims its adop- tion will benefit the second division clubs in both major leagues. Several other important matters which had not been reached at the De- cember meeting of the league before it was interrupted by the peace pro- posals, will be discussed tomorrow. One.of these is that the player limit be_increased from 21 to 25. ‘When the limit of 21 was adopted, it was said to be a necessary precaution in view of the existence of the Federal jeague's war on organized baseball. Wit that obstacle removed now the club owners believe that this measure of retrenchment is not desirable and the majority of them are said to be in favor of increasing the player limit to 25 again. NATIONAL COMMISSION ¢ DENIES PLANK’S PETITION. iy ‘Rules That the First Contention Did Not Hold Because Eddie Lelt Athle- tics. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 7.—The Na. tional Baseball commission today de- nied the petition of Pitcher Eddie Plank | to be declared a free agent. Plank ‘based his request on a paragraph in the Players’ Fraternity agreement which relates to an unconditional re- lease after a player has served ten years in one team and because the Federal league no longer has a claim to his services. ¢ ‘The commission ruled that the first contention did not hold because Plank left the Philadelphla Americans be- fore waivers had been obtained upon him and before he had been released by that club, which was contrary to the Players’ Fraternity ent. In answer to the second contention the commission says: “His transfer to the St. Louis American League club is a matter of record and his salary for 1916 is a matter for negotiation between him and that club! CLOSE RACE IN NORTHERN SECTION OF ENGLISH LEAGUE. Burnley Leads by One Point in Soccer Football Abroad. The race in the Northern section of the English league is very close, Man- chester leading Burnley by one point. Everton _and Stockport follow closely behind. In the Midland section, Notts Forrest has a much larger margin over Sheffleld United, being eight points in front of the second-place eleven. The London section has just re- opened and six teams share equal right to first place in the race. In the Scottish league the Celtics have an 11-point lead over the Rangers who are closely followed by the Hearts and Mortons. The other teams are well bunched. The standings are as follows: Anniversary Today JUDGE LANDIS DISMISSES FED’S SUIT AGAINST O. B. Its Withdrawal One of the Stipulations in Baseball Treaty. Chicago, Feb. 7.—The suit of the Federal league against organized base- bal, based on alleged violation of the anti-trust laws, was dismissed today in the United States circuit court here hy Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, on mo- tion of counsel for the Federal league. For more than a year the suit, with -ts possible outcome, had hung over the baseball world. Its withdrawal was one of the stipulations in the recent peace agreement between the Federal league, newcomers in baseball, and the older leagues. No objection to the order of dismissal was advanced by counsel for the Bal- timore Federal League club, though that organization had declared'its dis satisfaction with the terms of the peace agreement. The dismissal order was without prejudice to further appeal to the court by any of the interested parties. After the order was entered Attor- ney Stuart S. Janney, representing the Baltimore Federals, said that if a sat- isfactory settlement was not made with the club, it had ample opportunity to seek redress in the courts either in a suit for damages or under the pro- visions of the Clayton act prohibiting restraint of trade. In announcing his decision to allow the motion for withdrawal Judge Lan- dis said that the closest examination of the evidence and arguments had falled to bring forth anything reflect- ing on the honor of the game or on any individual player. None of the officials of the Federal or of the other leagues was in court when the order was issued, both sides being represented by counsel who as- sured the court that all parties to the suit had consented to the withdrawal The intervening petition of the Balti more club was presented by Attorney Jenney, who entered his appearance in the suit before the dismssal order was announced. English League. Northern Sect » k- 23 Goals n. L D Fr AgPts 8 20 31 hport Cen. . Manchester United . Rochdale ... Folton Wandereds Preston North End ..23 Midland wuenameae @ .t L E & g STOCK PRICES ADVANCE On Prospects of an Early Settlement of the Lusitania Controversy. New York, Feb. 7.—Prospects of an early and final settlement of the vexed Lusitania episode and other week-end developments of a favorable character contributed in no uncertain measure to the enhancement of quoted values today. Prices opened with gains of one to three points, which were doubled and even trebled later in some of the highly speculative leaders, especially Baldwin Locomotive, petrcleums, mo- tors and coppers, while various un- classified issues rose more unevenly. The movement in oils was accompa- nied by authoritative statements of a merger or consolidation of leading companies operating in Mexico and California. Mexican Petroleum made an estreme gain of 5 3-8 at 111 7-8, California Petroleum preferred rose & 1-2 to 67 1-2, and Associateq Oil 3 to 68. ‘Baldwin's gain of 6 1-4 to 118 1-2 followed rumors that the company’s probable amalgamation with one or more kindred concerns and the strength of metals was directly trace- able to the much higher prices quoted by leading producers of copper for de- liveries running into the middle of the year. Mercantile Marine preferred and the 4 1-2 per cent. bonds also rose materially on publication of an outline of the proposed reorganization. United States Steel gave a good ac- count of itself with optimistic forecasts of -the unfilled tonnage statement for January, which is to issue on Thurs- day. Lackawanna Steel made a max- imum loss of 5 3-8 to 75 3-4 on aban- donment of the merger with Youngs- town and Cambria Steel and Crucible Steel denoted moderate pressure. In- cidentally Wall street was surprised at_Midvale’s acquisition of Cambria. ls again lagged behind in point of activity, but were firm to strong. New Haven was assisted to a higher level on assurances that it is not in- tended to add to fixed charges by new financing and Rock Island reported further accumulation. Dealings were moderate at all times, lapsing into dullness and some easing of prices toward the close. Total sales amounted to 600,000 shares. Firmness ruled in the bond market, with further extensive dealings in Anglo-French fives. Total sales, par value, aggregated $3,570,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call STOCKS. Sales. 2200 Alaska Gold M 500 Alaska Juneau Ants Sgelyylzgl SEEREEEEEbEENE gsigf:gsgse 38 LH 1145 HEO 3 i o i 3 o T 28338 EFFEFFEE 4 Eggg wk 1 i 1 it B i 2popegeee Eigggz:§siss§§iisssss§§§§ss§ (3 £l h s FINANCIAL AND COMMERGIAL L ™ Rochest Sheftela Onited HER R A - c 3 e1d” Unit Leach QD. Anshe: Sopheee Lelcestor Fosse . 1 & 3 38 30 Rochester, N. Y, Feb. 7.—Tommy | Jjuddersfield Town 10 8 5 3 33 Leach, a former Nataional League| & 8 4 38 3 ball player today signed a conmtract to 1 1= a manage the Rochester team of the In- o ternational league, according to a 1o 3 3% = statement made by President Chapin. 2183 12237 83 A% 4,2 % 13 2% 6 Goals W L D Fr AsPts s [ 2 5 1 2 SR i 2 0 2 3wty aiame s 1 1 1 EUCE: ke A T 0 2 0 o 3 o ' 35 e 1 5 o o L] ° RihRaRRRRRERRRERRERY TEAM No. 1 In Match of Norwich Rifle Club Mem- bers. Two picked teams from the Norwich Rifle Club held a match in the local armory Monday evening in standing and prone positions. Team No. 1 won the match by the score of 473 to 453. The organization is making arrange- ments to hold a meet with the Third company on Feb. 21 and they are also anticipating of holding a prize contest in the future. The results: Team No. 1 Palmer . Hagberg Brewster Haselden Thorpe Total Lathrop . Carleson Brown Total ... Jewett City to Play Dai Manager Dona Ballou of Jewett City has arranged a series of games with the fast Danielson five, the first of the series to be played tonight at Jewett City and the second in Dan- jelson on Saturday evennig. Daniel- son will not have Payne, S. Marland or other old time stars, age being forced to give way to youth so such well known players as J. Marland, Killiain, Swaffield of Brown University fame, O’'Neil and Kent will represent the up river borough. Manager Ballou has his reorganized five in fine shape and predicts victory. A new schedule is Over 200 W Ov pr res f Total sales 579,735 shares. COTTON. New York, Feb. 7.—Cotton futures steady. March 11.85, May 12.04, closed July 12.16, October 12.21, December 12.3¢. Spot quiet; middling 11.95. MONEY. New York, Feb. 7. — Call money steady; high 2; low 1 3-4; ruling rate 1 3-4; Jast loan 3; closing bid 1 3-4; offered at 2. CHICAGD GRAIN MARKET. Open. High Low. Closs B Bo B Ehe RtomoReT o oge g A vt e = part of tic and teams in the western state. 3 MORAN MORE FORMIDABLE OPPONENT THAN DILLON From Physical Standpoint — Pitts- burgh Fighter Confident of Victory. ‘While Frank Moran, from a physi- cal standpoint, is & much more for- midable opponent than would be for Jess Willard, the fact re- mains that the big western champion will possess great advantages height, weight and reach over the Pittsburgh pugilist, when the pair meet in their 10-round bout here ch 17. _They are nearly of equal age, Moran having been born on March 18, 1887, and Willard on December 29 of the same year. In height Willard will tower fully five inches over his opponent who meas- ures 6 feet 1 inch and as to weight Moran will have to concede at least 40 pounds. He generally enters the ring weighirig a couple of pounds over the 200 mark while Willard in all like- Ifhood, will not be very much under 250 pounds, after training for five weeks or less. > Willard's enormous reach of 83 1-2 inches as compared with Moran's 78 is a handicap which the Pittsburgher will have to overcome in order §o have a chance of outpointing his big ad- versary. That Moran is the possessor of courage, stamina and a punch suffi- clently effective for a knockout has been demonstrated In sceveral of his ring battles. He has been anxious to meet Willard ever since the latter won the championship from Jack Johnson, mearly a year ago, and basing his chances on the showing he made against Johnson at Paris in 1914. Mo- ran believes he has the ability and force to wear down Willard even in a limited bout of ten rounds. If confidence is a potent factor in a battle of this kind, Moran will not be found lacking in this essential. That he can absorb punishment of the heaviest kind, no one will deny, but Moran may be over-confident of his prowess when pitted against such a giant as Willard. Moran makes no secret of his intention to make this the greatest effort of his career and will try hard to land a championship winning wallop with the chance of taking one for the count himself. Willard’s absence from the ring for nearly a year, except in exhibition bouts, may have unfitted him for a su- preme effort, but as the coming bout only calls for ten rounds the cham- pion undoubtedly will acquit himself with all the skiil of a titleholder. His i1 evenly balanced offensive and defen- sive tactics in addition to his endur- ance and cool-headedness combined with a wonderful physique make Wil- lard seem almost invulnerable in the coming battle. It promises to be an interesting battle with earnestness on both sides and championship possibil- ities involved. Narragansetts Won. The Narragansetts defeated the Greeneville All Stars 16 1-2 t o4 1-2 in Jewett City Saturday afternoon. The lineup for the Narragansetts was as follows Maynard, rf, McArthur rg., Sharkey, c., Jeffers 1f., McCluggage g Greeneville All Stars, Tilley rf., Don- ovan rg., Zuerner c. Finlayson If, BElanchard lg. Referee, Robinson; scorer, Staford. This Saturday the fast Y. M. C. A. team will play in Jewett City and for the preliminary the Greeneville Grammar chool ~will play Riveride Grammar school. NEW ENGLAND HORSEMEN MEET IN BOSTON FEB. 10 Expected More Than 1,000 Will Gather at Bay Stat reuit Meeting. It is expected that more than one thousand horsemen from all over New England will be in Boston Thursday, Feb. 10, to attend the annual meeting of the Bay State circuit and a meet- ing and banquet of the New England ‘Trotting Horsemen's association, all of which will be held at the American House. The Bay State Circuit meet- ing takes place at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, when the 1916 schedule will Jack . Dillon | & hunn? 8 in the afternc at 6.30 they will sit down to the big memum banquet will Samuel W. McCall, governor of usatts, Channing H. Cox, of the Massachusetts house of ives Wi R. year; . tary of the National tting associa- tion; Bdward Moulton, president of the Bay State Circuit, and many other men well known to the horsemen of New England. SODALITY ROLLERS LOST TO ST. JOHN'S Though Jerry Desmond Came Near Beating Alley Record in New Lon- don. The Sodality duckpin teams, No. 1 and No. 2 lost to the St. John’s roll- ers at New London on Monday even- ing, although Jeermiah Desmond of the ity first team rolled the great total of 362, coming within four of breaking the record at the New Lon- don alleys. The St. John's first team won by 1420 to 1373 and the second team by 1267 to 1216. The scores: St. John's New London, Team No. 1. 110 — 286 90 — 250 93 — 309 93 — 295 102 — 280 Total ....... 447 485 488 1420 St. Joseph Sodality, Norwich Reardon Brennan Harringtos Driscoll Desmond Total ...... St. John’s, New London, Team E. Corcoran ... E. Hennesey D. Donohue Conley 237 Congdon 251 Total ..... 444 387 1216 Little Lemons Defeat Blow Hards. The much talked of basketball game between the Littie Lemons Hard to Squeeze and the Blow Hards took place Monday afternoon at Jewett City before a large sized audlence. The core was 16 to 14 in favor of the Little Lemons. The teams were made up as follows Little Lemons, Hard to Squeeze— L'Hereaux, Herbert Lloyd Wechsler, (capt.); Casavant and Gingras. Blow Hards—Sol, the Barber, Carey, (capt.); Dave Durand, W. Benjamin. Yale Wins at Hockey. New Haven, Feb. 7.—Yale defeated Dartmouth gt hockey here this aft- ernoon 4 to 3. WITH THE HORSES. Directum 1 1:56 3-4 will do only ex- hibition work from now on. The former Illinois pacer, Red Nor- ton, is getting the money on the ice up in Canada. Frank Hedrick, the Jamestown, O., trainer, will move to the Columbus track early in March. Major Brino 2.04 1-2, the hero of many a hard battle, has been pen- sioned by his Moravia, N. Y., owners. It is said that the bunch of young- sters by J. Malcolm Forbes (4) 2.08 that James Magowan will send to the New York sale is a choice one. DOINGS IN THE AUTO WORLD Motor Generator Used in Furnishing Current for Lighting and Starting Purposes—448 Automobile Factories in the United States—A. A. Association Will Pick Champion Drivers Next Year. Current for lighting the lamps or starting the engine of the gasoline pleasure car must be generated by a dynamo or a combination machine that is known as a motor-generator. The motor-generator may be one of several types—the one in which it will serve as a motor until a definite speed is attained, when it will begin to gen- erate energy and will continue this duty as the revolutions are increased and decreased to a point when it will again take energy from the battery as a motor; or it may be so constructed that it will begin generation of cur- rent at a specific number of turns and will increase this to a given output and will then decrease production un- til it will cease, or it may be a motor and a generator, each independent of the other, that are contained in the same housing, and which are so de- signed that they serve each a pur- pose through a single coupling. The generator differs from the mo- tor in that it is operated whenever the engine is turned. The purpose of the generator is to supply current to the battery, which is drawn upon by the lighting system, the ignition system and by the starting motor. The gen- erator that is designed for efficient current production, as for a stationary lighting plant, is usually intended to be driven at approximately a constant speed, and the purpose generally sought is to obtain the largest out- put with the smallest consumption of power. This would mean a conserva- tion of energy, because power must of necessity have a value. To illustrate, in the economic generation of electric current a machine would be designed to have a definite output, and the work would be as near this production as would be practical. The generator used for creating cur- rent for the pleasure automobile is not designed with the same view of eco: omy. The car will be driven at con- stantly varying speeds. At times it will move so slowly that the machine will have no output whatever, and it may be driven at very high rates of speed. The average car will probably have a maximum speed of 50 miles an hour, and there may be occasions when it will be driven as fast as is possible. The machine will possibly have an average speed of 20 miles an hour. At any rate, these figures will serve to demonstrate the facts of or- dinary requirements of car lighting systems. Here is a car that has extremely variable speed possibilities, - “THE ONLY, GIRL® AT THE DAVIS THEATRE FRIDAY EVENING, v Absolutely kam_oves Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists BOWLING. BILLIARDS. MAJESTIC BUILDING. i 7 Alleys. “Tables driver can be expected to range from the one extreme to the other. ‘The automobile that is equipped with a governor will be driven to the limita- tion permitted. Now any generator must be turned a certain number of revolutions before it will begin to pro- duce current, and were a generator for an automobile lighting system to con- tinue_production in ratio to speed it would have a very large output, es- pecially as there is a very general & sire among electrical engineers to have comparatively high efficlency at low speeds. Were these machines de- signed and operated as are those that are used for stationary lighting plants, in which the current produced steadly increased up to the maximum operating speed the result would be far from satisfactory. Where do all the automdbiles come from? A late census of the industry shows there are 448 motor factories in the United States. These are distri- buted through 34 states. Mich! leads in the number of faotories with 84. New York is second with 60. Ohio comes third with 52. Illinols fourth, 47, and Indianna only two behind. The spread of the industry is indicated by the number of states in the west and south that have recently appeared on the auto map with one factory to their credit. Among the states credited with one factory are Georgia, Louls- iana, North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah and Oklahoma. Following are late statis-| tics regarding this phase of the indus- Passenger car manufacturers 836 Commercial vehicle manufac- turers .. . asees 267 Total manufacturers of pas- senger and comercial cars.. “s ers, garages, repair shops, and supply stores... 27,700 States in which automobile factories are located . E] Proportion motor_vehicies to population of United States 1 to 48 Mileage public roads in Uni- ted States ....... . 2,273,000 Proportion of motor to miles of road, nearly.. 1 to 1 A well known tire authority ed- vises that anti-ekid chains should not be attached tightly to the tires, as this would retain them in one posi- tion. The chains should be loose enough so that they can work slowly! around the tires. This condition will provent undue wearing of the tires. The question of what may be termed | the automobils population of the; world naturally arises in these of quantity production with the lead. ing automobile manufacturers of the, United States planning for the turn ing out of a round million of cars during the present fiscal year. “Where do these thousands of American cars and the additional thousands made in foreign countries g0?” asks the Horse- | lees Age. According to statistics just compiled by the same publication, fol lowing its efforts to obtain an auto. mobile census of the world, there are, approximately 8,114,000 automobiles in use over the globe. This total seems astonishingly emall when it is con. sidered that the latest registration figures indicate that there are 2,400-! 000 automobiles in the United States| alone. The United States has long been recognized as the foremost manu- | facturer and user of motor vehicles, ! but it remains for the tabulations of | figures such as those mentioned above | strikingly to illustrate this supremacy. Approximately 77 per cent. of the world’s automobiles are being operated over the roads of this country. An idea of the position the United | States occupies in the motoring neldl may be gained when it is known that | the 714,000 cars in service in other | sections of the world represent less ' than the total of cars registered in| the state of New York, Ohto, Calfor- | nia_and Jowa. ) There is one important fasctor in connection with the compilation of | these figures which has to be reckoned | with, but which tends further to & vance the standing of the United States as a nation of automobllists. This is the war now raging on the other side of the Atlantic. The lead- | ing nations involved in this struggle include the foremost of the Furopeen automobile builders and users. In Great_Britain, France, Germany, Aus- tria, Russia, and Italy practically all of the privately owned motor vehicles have been requisitioned for military service in which their period of use- fulness is decidedly limited. ! Instead of leaving that functlon to maga: s, the American Automobile Assoclation has decided that next year it will pick from the drivers who con- test in the speedway and road races the champion drivers of the year—one for each class of races. It is probable that the winners will be presented with a medal of some sort and also with a cash prize. To prevent skidding and other motor car accidents on its smooth asphalt pavements when they are wet, the street commission of San Francisco has been sanding the streets on damp and rainy days with a coarse ocean sand. This has been found to make the cars much more easily controlled and to have reduced accidents very considerably. Usvally when the motor overheats under crdinary running conditions the trouble is due to a too lean mixture Such a mixture will ignite instantly, but will burn more slowly than a pro- per mixture. If the fas is over rich the tendency will be to produce much heat but little power. Dy opening the relief petcockc on the cylinder head, the operator may determine whether or not a dark place, the properly and the 1 FEB. 11TH. mixed fuel will emit a blue flame.