Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-26

nearly all of his starts. He has won more than 20 track races.
 De Palma's list of first places in road races includes:
 1909-Riverhead stock car race (heavy
 carS).
 1912-Santa Monica light car race, 1912-Elgin national trophy face. 1912-Elgin free-for all race. I9l2-yanderbilt cup race. aIilwau- 1sIs-Cobe trophy (sOo cubic in. class).
 Elgin, Ill.
 1s14-Vanderbilt Cup race-Santa
 Monica, Cal
 1914-Elgin National Trophy Race. 1914-Cobe Trophy Race, Elgin, III.
 In all of these nine victories De Palma broke records for the course, either free-for-an marks of class records, with the exception of River ished records for the course. De Palma recently had all of the above mentioned records verified at the of- ice of the Contest Board in New York, and they are absolutely official Those who in their advertising on bill boards and elsewhere are endeavoring to make it appear that any other driver than De Palma is the auto mobile road race champion, are mis- leading.
 Frederick H. Elliott, general secre- tary of the Safety First society of Greater New York has returned from an automobile tour, covering a period of over two months, in which he has visited 70 cities in Is states, in- cludiug Boston, Buffalo, Detroit Chi cago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Indianap- ol1s, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbia, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. The to- tai mileage for the trip was 36OO a remarkable feature of the trip being that only three rainy days were en- countered during the period of nine weeks. MT. Elliott has made a per per sonal study and investigation of the traffic regulations in all the cities vis- tied and found that much progress had been made in the handling of street traffic in many municipalities throughout the Middle West
 The near side stop for street cars has been universally adopted and the safety zone on the pavement opposite the point where street cars stop are very popular and have been inaug- urated in various localities. In De- troit, Michigan, Mir. Ellitt conferred with Police Commissioner John Giles pie, who has put into effect many new and practical traffic regulations, the most important of which is the one providing that pedestrians shall cross at the street intersections and prohib- ltlng crossing the street intersections diagonally, or in the middle of block. IT OIlCS O1nc1alS III many or the cities visited approve of the Detroit traffic regulations and are planning to adopt the same together with the safety zones and indicating the lines at the street intersections for pedestrians to follow.
 As result of the Safety First tour 1t is probable that a national fedora ton of the Safety First societies and committees throughout the country will be organized for the purpose of establishing a clearing house for the exchange of ideas and suggestions, the dissemination of literature, the compiling of data and standardization work, which will be of assistance in carrying on the campaigns throughout the country.
 Frequently am asked by tire Us. CTS as to whether the lacking up of the front and rear axles of car every night or during the dead storage lengthen the life of a tire" says J. w. Gogarn, general distributor for tire concern.
 Having a native aversion to being 8 referee in matters of such deHcacy and uncertainty I recently wrote to the tire factory and an answer which follows: 'Tt is very difficult to say would lengthen the life of tires. And as to the weight of the car increasing the pressure in the tires would say that not long ago I had a S7x5 casing put | on a. rim and inflated it to 100 pounds 1 measuring by a guage. I left the l guage and put 1000 pounds load on | this tire, without showing any differ 1 that there was no difference, but the | EiIa ga was, pof sensifiVa enOTf TfCf. fo |