New Britain herald., 1917-06-23
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AS60AoAIA6 lIl0 use O1 u6dO1l8uLS &kl1Q spotlights becomes effective and 1t behooves all New Britain motorists to familiarize themselves with the provisions for, 1t is understood, that for the safety of ali concerned, this law Is to be rigidly enforced The particular provisions applying to the lights on motor vehicles. states:
 Every motor vehicle, except 8 motorcycle. shall,' during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. and whenever fog renders it impossible to see long distance, display at least two lights on the forward part of such vehicle.'' The law states that all headlights must be visible at least 200 feet ahead of the car, and they shall be- of sufficient strength to show any substantial object in the road way ct least 150 feet ahead. Turs thermore the law provides: Any light thrown directly ahead or side- wise shall be so arranged that no dazzling rays or beams or reflected light, from 1t or any reflector shall at any time, be more than three and one-hah feet above the ground on q level road at distance of seventy five feet ahad of such vehicle. No spotlights shall be used when another approaching vehicle is in sight, ex- cept when projecting their rays di- rectly upon the ground at distance not exceeding thirty feet in front of such vehicle using such spotlight and to the right of. the center of the highway"
 The state automobile com1nis- sioner. R. B. stoeckel, in ex- blaming the above law, declares that certain home made adjustments on, lights will be. satisfactory If they meet the requirements. These ad- justments include etchin or covering the glass front or part of the front of each light with somo semi-trans- parent material. or by tipping the lamp to defect the rays or by a combination of both. After a num- Der of tests the commissioner states that the following devices submitted by manufacturers, indicating tho can- dle power. of the lamp used, are sat- isfactory to him:
 Bermac Reflector, when used with a 24-candie power bulb.
 Corning Clear Lens, when used with . 21-candle power bulb.
 Corning Noviol Lens when used with 21-candle power bulb.
 ControlAte Lens, when used with a 21-candle power bulb.
 Tractor Lens, when used with S6-candle power bulb.
 Hotchkfss Lens, when used with 40-candle power bulb.
 Mask & Light Concentrator, when used with an 18-candle power bulb.
 More-Lght Lens (Amber), when used with a 21Lcandle power bulb.
 oh used with Q 21-candle power bulb.
 Onset Reflector, when used with a 21-candle power bulb.
 Osgood Lens, when used with 24- candle power bulb.
 Queen Cut Glass Lens, when used with 15-candle power bulb.
 Reflector. when used with 21- candle power bulb.
 Warner Lens, when used with a 21-candle power bulb.
 Now that practically every man be- tween th ages of 21 and 31 has reg istered for selective conscription, what next?
 This question Is 11 the minds of about 7.200 New Britain men and their 50,00O relatives.
 The answer is yet to come, but Provost Marshal General Crowder at Washington is working out the regu- lations and as soon as they have been approved by the secretary of war and the president the public will be informed.
 Unoficially. but from supposedly authentic sources, some of the ques- ttons can be answered. For in- of a A. oh and what are the individual chances?
 It is said that upwards of mill lion and half names will be taken by lottery from the almost ten mill lion names registered on June and statisticians claim that the indi- viduars chance of being drawn Is about one in seven and half. Then atfer the rejectiops have been made, including the physical wrecks, men with dependents, etc., the number will be so cut down, 1t Is figured, that the chance of each eligible man to be named will be about one in three.
 Whether married men will be empted is not known and regula- tions covering this will be made known by the war department later, but 1t has been hinted that much dis erection in this matter may be left to local boards of exemption. The same will apply to. sons with depend ent mothers.
 Further estimates indicate that about one man in every three will measure up to the army physical re- quirements, but 1t is thought that the examinations will be less stringent than in the regular army and more in conformity with the old -ko happen that exemptions reduce the number in any community below the required quota from that district a second drawing would have fo he