Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1913, Page 3

ISAAC S. JONFES, Insurance and Real Richards Luilding, 91 Main St B. P. LEARNED & CO. Thames Loan & Trust Co. Building. Agency Established May. 1846, “he Office of WM. F. HILL. | when any National league club shall ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Brown & Perfans, itimeysat-lay Over First Nat Beak, Shecucket St Entrance stairway aext o Nationa' Bank Telephonw 33-3. Estate Agent, Thaoeee | le2gue last year. pionship. New York, Feb. 11.—Peace and har- mony prevailed at the opening ses- sion of the adjourned annual meeting League of Bastball The business trans- acted varfed little from the usual rou- tine and outside the meeting room such talk of “deals” as was heard was for the most part vague in character and lacking in authority. After a brief meeting of the board of directors, the National league club owners held a session of scarcely an hour’s duration and deferred action on the playing schedule until tomorrow when they expect to get through with the remaining business of the annual meeting. ¥ The directors decideq that hereafter, take an umpire from President Lynch's staff, the club will te required to re- imburse the league with whatever President Lynch announced his se- lection of umpires for the coming sea- son as follows: G R. W. Emslie, W. J. Klem, Charles Risler, Clarence Owens, William Bren- nan, Al Orth, M. W. Eason, W. J. Guthrie and W. J. Byron. Both the latter men were with the International President Lynch sald that President Johnson had assured him the Amer- ican league wguld not negotiate with Examine Your Own Prejudice. none of his own. This being objected sides, it is agreed that it is a s hindrance to knowledge. w is the cure? No other but B his the world. Its apnual rain- fall is something over 450 ches—say, fifteen times as much as London. Cherrapunji stands on a piatean, over- looking the plain of Bylhea, and it is 4,455 feet above sea level—Westmin- ster Gasette. E Howsshold Philosopher. “Strange what a difference there is,” said the household philosopher, “be- tween things we need and things we want. There are many things we need in the house, but never can find the money for, while somehow we can al- ways find the momey for things we want that we personally fancy.” New Knowfedge Used. One day Barrett, who stores up ev- #ry big word he hears for future use, asked me the meaning of the word “eiaborste.” I told him it meant “fus- =y.” A few days later his baby brother was crylng, and he sald, “Mother, Eeith is an awfully elmborate baby, fsn’t he?” Invention. who was born too early to 2s a boy, red top boots with a ross the toe was also born too early to feel the true thing in the way of pride run rampant. Silver- thorn brass tips, they were called, and they were most serviceable in prevent- ing holes in the toes. Silverthorn made out. . . . with such differences as might suit and express each man's character and partly his history.”— Ruskin’s Seven Lamps of Architecture. Profit In Study of Names. To study out names may often bring » good deal of not only amusement, positive Instruction and educa- Try it on your friends, or per- betier, your enemies, For then can prove for yourself the old /| take a_ pessimistic Hank O’'Day {f the National league de- sired his services. The former man- ager of the Cincinnati club was ex- pecteq here today, but President Lynch said he had not heard from O'Day and if the latter consents he will be add to the Mist of umpires, making the ten man on this year's staff. WADDELL GREATEST PITCHER. Short Series—Praise for Walsh, Johnson and Ford. Connie Mack says Rube Waddell is the greatest seasoned baseball pitcher he has ever seen and Chief Bender, still in the ring with the Athletics, is the greatest short series hurler he has ever geen in action. “Possibly I know Rube Waddell better than anybody,” sald Connie. “He was a pitcher every inch. You did not need much of a team behind him. He could not think like Bender, but for pure pitching 1 ‘would pick Waddell, while for master- ful pitching Bender is my choice. Ben- der showed me the greatest pitching I ever saw against the Giants. It was perfect every ball thrown: Waddell in 1904 fanned 348 men in 377 innings, He got 16 against New York, . 12 against Detroit, 11 against Chicago, 14 against Cleveland and 13 against ‘Washington. “When 1 am picking them they are from what I have seen. In the world's series I have seen the best the Giants and the Cubs had. I know little apout the other hillmen in the Natfonal league. 1 say this out of fairness to the other league. I remember Amos Rusie; he was a speed marvel. Well, ALL ROADS THE F. A. WELLS-COMPANY’S : BIG FIRE SALE NO ACTION TAKEN ON SGHEDULE Annual Meeting of National League to be Conciuded today— President Lynch Announces Umpires For Season—Mc- Cormick and Greenshields to Meet For Racquet Cham- EADTO no pitcher who lives, ér ever lved, could get through any big league on ust speed. Cobb, Baker, Collins, furphy, Speaker, Jackson, Lajoie, Wallace and a dozen others would murder that kind of pitching. There is no way of telling except by the eye, which pitcher had 'the greatest juice. Johnson is a bigger man every way than Rusfe. He has beaten the best teams In the world, when Washing- ton only had a fair team behind him to field and bat out the victory. Since Griffith_has turned out that good ball team, Johnson has been almost un- beatable in the American league. “Ed Walsh of the White Sox and Russell Ford of the Highlanders are two wonderful pitchers ,and they use the spitball most of the time. Bpeak- ing of spitball pitchers, for the mere matter of putting all kinds of hooks on the ball, Cy Morgan had a seat way up front, but he lacked control. As to spitball pltchers, Walsh is the best that the game has ever scen, and he is a wonder for going back game, after game, and beating the best teams in the American league. I re- member one day, when, with three on the bases and none out he fanned Baker, Collins and McInnis. I don’t know of any other pitcher who could have done that trick. “Christy Mathewson of the Gilants has been a great Dltcher for a good meny years. I would say that he is among the best four that the game- has ever seen, but remember, too, he has always had a pretty good ball club back of him. Put Jack Powell up there with a good team and that boy would have shaved off a record that would be hard to beat. T am coming down to cases, but I am not going to pick the best pitcher. A lot of fellows never.had a championship team behind them to pull them along and while they pitched better ball than some of the more famous, they did not show in the figures. | .“Chief Bender is the best short ser- |ies pitcher in the world. He proved | that to me when, with Jack Coombs hurt—and by the way, Coombs beat Mathewson in the worid's series—Ben- der showed the best stuff I have ever seen. Bender throws a ball that goes as fast as apything that Walter John- son, Amos Rusie or any of the rest of them ever tossed. Ask Harry Davis or Ty Cobb—they’ll tell you. Bender could not throw every ball like Rusie and Johnson could, but he can throw 20 in a game that you can hardly | see. | “Waddell had every curve that was thrown, but Bender knows how to use a curve. Once he faces a batter he knows next time what to do. He de- teots quicker what a batter ean and cannot hit. He can lay the ball over the plate almost to the eighth of an inch when he is right. Conditions, such as men on the bases, with Cobb on, gon’t bother Bender, but he cannot pifch the number Waddell could and aia.” And every man who owns a dog thinks the animal has more sense than his neighbor. FINANCIAL AND GOMMERCIAL TENDENCY TO UNLOAD. Heavy Offering of Stocks Causes Ma- terial Depression in Prices. New York, Feb. 11.—Offerings of | stocks were heavier today, and prices | were depressed materially. The ab- | sorptive power of the market was lim- ited, and traders found it impossible to dispose of stock without substan- tial concessions. At the same time there was a growing tendency to un- loag stocks which were fed out stead- ily throughout the session in a way which seemed to Indicate that liquid- ation was in progress. The average price of the 25 leading railroad and industrial stocks fell below the low average of 1912 for the first time this | year. Losses were distributed weil through the list. Leading railroads, the copper and steel shares and many | of the specialties shared the move- ment with numerous declines of two points or more. There was an upturn from the low level just before the close. Steel was unloaded in large blocks. Reading and Union Pacific also were | sold heavily. Southern Pacific was again under pressure from traders who view of the prob- able effects of the Harriman dissolu- tion upon the fortunes of this com- pany and the quotation fell to 102 3- the lowest for nearly five vears. Ne York Central sold at 106, the bottom figure since 1911. The money situation again played an fmportant part in the day's de- cline. "Call rates rose to 4 i-2 per cent. and time rates stiffened. There was soma calling of loans and dis- erimination by banks against less de- | sirable collateral was s2id to have resulted in forceq sales of some of | the specialties which showed most marked weakness. The vote of the eastern railways firemen in favor of a strike was an active agent on the bear.side of the market, Politics also came to the forefront once more and some traders said that with the change in admin- istration at Washington only three weeks off there was a tendency on the part of holders of long stock to close ut their accounts and await develop- | ments on and after March 4. Bonds were weak. Southern Pacifio | collaterais .declined a point. Total sales, par value, $2,530,000. Panama three advanceq 1-4 on cail. STOCKS, 3800 Colorado Fuel & I.. 300 Consolidated Gus 800 Corn Products ——— Deleawnre & Hudson Denver & Rlo Grany Bow A= s 400 Distillecs Securitien 2800 Erie ... 0% 130% Grest Northem 1000 Do. Ore Cifs. 500 Dinots Central . 3100 Interborough Met. . 1300 Do. fa ... 100 Joter Harrester Inter Marlne prd 400 Intrenational Paper . 400 International Pump 500 Kansss City Southem Laclede Ges .. 8800 Lehigh Valley 300 Loutaville & N 100 3. S Mo.. Mo. Pacific . Nationel Biscuit Pacific Mall 4300 Penneylvania 1200 Peoples Gas ... Putshurg C. C & St Pittshure Coal Preased Steel Car Pullman Palace C Reading 5 Republle 1. & S. o Do. ptd Rack Island Co. 400 Do. pfd ,........ ) St L. & 8. ¥. 24 pfd. — Staboard Ale Line..... Do. pfa ——— Sloss Shet. 8. & 9500 Southem Pacifia 600 Southem Rails Do. pfd .. k 700 Tennescea Copper . 1300 Texas & Pacific 42000 Unioe Pacific 500 Do. pfd - New York, Feb. 11.—Money on call strong; 2 1-2 a 4 1-3 per cent., ruling rate 4 1-2; last loan 2 3-4, closing bid, 2 1-2; offered 2 3-4. Time Joans strong; sixty d: 4 1-2 per cent. and ninety days 1-2 a 4 8-4; six months 4 1-3 a 4 8-4. COTTON. New York, Feb. 11.—Cotton futures closeq steady. Closing bids: Febru- ary, March, 12,63; April, 12.40; 8 Augist, 12.1 June, 12.27; July, 12,.31; ; September, 11.77; Octo- ber. 11.71; December, 11.48. 11.713 January, ot closed quiet: middling uplands, 13057 midaling gulf, 13.30; sales nome, CHICAGO GRAIN MAEKET. mm@w"‘:’fi. & 5L P WHEAT: High Low Close. Ma F 414 235 ;I 3 L 1 ] A 20 3% 53y s 54 53 B 553 5% 4z 345 s S TR not available, the complete record as orted by the umpires being ! only to the Na @ fair idea can be had of the way the kicking was distributed 'among teams. % Of the:New York.and St. Louis play- ers six of each some time or other were chased out of the game for kick- ing of various degrees. The Brooklyn club had only flve men removed from the game, but the actlvities of Bill Dahlen in kicking at umpirial decisions brought the total number of Brook- lyn removals up to 12. The Giants had only nine of these totals and St. Louis only eight. It was not wholly an angelic crew that the Pirate boss Fregq Clarke pilot- ed, and the Pirate boss himself- cut up considerable rough a few times, and as for the Pittsburg team fin its en- tirety ,eight different players were chased from the fleld for a total of 12 times. There were nine Cincinnati players banished for a total of 11 times, seven Cubs for a total of 15 times, seven Bostons for a total of 11 times and last but by no means least seven Philliecs for a total of 16 times. The Brooklyn players to encounter the hook besides Dahlen were Hummel, Northen, Stark and Smith, each being sent to the clubhouse once. Dahlen was sent to exile seven times and on another oc- casion was suspended and fineqd $100 for a scrap with Umpire Rigler at the Polo grounds. The 1912 chronicles appertaining to the Reds account for the removal from the field of Grant and Bescher twice each, Bates, Hgan, Esmond, McLean, Mitchell, Phelan and Peitz. _Bescher was out once for three days and pre- sumably indulged in talk that was too strong for the umpire's ears. Egan was another who got three deys. Hank O’Day ,to his credit, stuck to his word land did not pick on umpires. He ac- cepted thei rrulings like a sportsman. The conduct of Fred Clarke was such’ than twice he was sent from the fleld, and he incurred one fine of $25. Don- lin was chased three times Gibson once, McKechnie once, McCarthy once, Rehg once, Viox once and Wagner once. MoGraw was in trouble early in the season, but for the greater part of the year his conduct was above reproach, and none of his infrequent clashes with the umpire were accompanied by the use of baq language. He and his team conducted themselves in a more exemplary manner than most of the clubs. He was removed from the field twice during the season, and on one o fthe occasions ran into a five-day of the occasions ran into a five-day for kicking; Fletcher was sent from the bench once for rough talk; Meyers was sent from the field three times; Merkle once and Wilson once. Chance, Tinker, Evers and Zimmer- man were often in hot water with the umplires. Chance was sent from the fleld three times for kicking and un- parliamentary language. For,bad talk and throwing sang down an umpire's neck, Hivers was suspended five days and fined $50, and on two other oc- casions he was put off the field, Zim- merman was put out of the game four times, and his actlons once were S0 raw that he was fined $100. _Tinker was banished three times, Downey once, Miller once and Sheckard once. Master Dooin of the Phillies on half a dozen different occasions was re- questeq by the umpire to vamoose the ranch. Ciub colleagues of his who felt the heavy hand of the umpire and who were sent from the fleld yyere Chal- mers once, Knabe once, Kiilifer once, Paskert fwice, Seaton once and Walsh four times. A girl knows a lot of things she doesn’t want a certain young man to know that she knows. MEN’S “Stetson,” “Hurley” and Our " gl W7 gl Own Special Makes WOMEN'’S “Cousins,” “Cross,” “Grover,” “Queen Quality and Our Own Tlakes s ) 3 s ~ YOU CAN SAVE Twenty=five Cents (25c) to Cne Dollar % % ) ($1.00) the Pair on These Lines FOR THIS WEEK ONLY! ¢ Sale Closes Saturday Night, Feb. 15 A Special Sale also in Hosiery The Geo. W. Kies Co. 3 ¢ ¢ ¢ ) ¢ o= DOINGS IN THE AUTO WORLD Connecticut Has 17900 Motor Cars—An Increase of 27 " Per Cent. in Past Year—American Manufacturers Get- ting Foothold in Other Countries—Federal Aid Good Roads Convention—China Importing Autos. Farmers, business men, and road users will be involved in what un- doubtedly will be the most interesting session of the forthcoming Federal Aid Good Roads Convention in Washing- ton, D. C. In the evening meeting of March 6, the National Grange, the Chamber of Commerce.of the United States, and the American Automobile Association will supply their most prominent highways advocates. Sena- tor Jonathan Bourne, chairman of the jolnt committee of congress which is now investigating the subject of fed- eral aid, has been invited to preside at this evening’s gathering, the conclu- sion_of which will be in the form of an illustrated tallk by Warden Thomas J. Tynan of the Colorado state peni- tentiary. No man in the United States has accomplished so much as Warden Tynan in the use of prison inmates in the building of reads, and all this with methods that embrace an honbr sys- tem, an absence of guards, and the wearin~ of citizens’ clothing. The National Grange spokesman will be C, 8. Stetson of Maine, chairman of its axeecutive committee, one who has given much theught to the roads question in its relation to the men and women living in the country. It is ex- pected that President Harry A. Whee- ler will speak for the chamber of com- merce, and the interest of his organi- zation in the improvement of the high- ways has been an inevitable develop- ment. The automobile indusiry, the growth ef which has been a business Wonder, is well representecd in the National Chamber of _Commerce. Prominent examples are H. A. Mel- drum, former president of the Auto- mobile Club .of Buffalo and now the commerce, and C. C. Hanch, president of the Iadianapolis Chamber of Com- merce and identified with one of the largest motor car manufacturing con- cerns. ued recently by a t automobile manu- that during 1913 A statement roup of promine; gacmrers predicts general development of improved high~ ways and the two will progress to- gether. Every member of congress will be invited to attend {fhis comprehensive evening meeting, and in numerous in. stances the local boards of trade and automobile clubs have named as cone vention delegates their senators and congressmen, many of whom have stated positively their intention of be- ing present. The dates of the conven- tion are March 8 and 7, and the place is The Raleigh hotel. China is awakening to the advan- tages of the automobile, as is shown by her customs returns for the past four years. The value of cars im- ported rose from $75000 in 1908 to $114,000 in 1909 and $123,000 in 1910, attaining $195,000 in 1911 Thess fig- ures do not include cars re-exported, which during the year amounted in value to $20,000. England gets most of the Chinese automobile trade, its exports to China during 1911 having amounted to $80,000; the United States to §36,000: Germany's to $27,000; Can- ada's §24,000 and France's $17,000. Owners of closed cars sometimes are surprised to find that the upholstery has been attacked by moths, notwith- standing the extreme care that is al- ways given the car. A thereugh brushing of ail the upholstery with an ordinary whisk broom is the mest re- liable preventive of this anmoyance, and even though a car may be clean itself, the application of a whisk broom every day will prove well worth the time spent. The eminent French chem Guillet, asserts that u 10 per dition eof glycerine to the water used for the production of acetylene zas in generators will not prejudice the gas- making to any extent, although it may slacken it a trifle. This will prevent trouble from the formation of ice in very cold weather. If this is formed, gas cannot be generated and the lights , Leon over 300,000 cars will be manufactured | £33 AUROL be genera and plated on the American market. Tast year 250,000 cars, exclusive of motor~ trucks, were produced. No other jndustry has ever shown such marvelous srowth on Ameriran soil. At the present time there is an aute< mobile jn use for every 110 persons in the United States, the total of vehi- cles belng in excess of a million. Manufacturers of trucks are. j now Jooking into the future of the use of commercial vehicles on a scale that would startle the general public if the plans were made known. The seneral belle? today among clear headed truck buflders is, that before the end of an- other decade the motor truck will have come info as common use on the farms as the farm wagon or any class of modern farm machinery. The ex- tended usg it arm motor trucks will, =g That necessity Is the mother of in- n and no person can be more In- genious on occasion than the motorist, was emphasized again quite recently by a precarious pickle in which one tourist found himself. He was af- flicted with a badly pitted exhaust valve, and as he had no valve-grind- ing compound with him, he used the next best thing—which was plain mud. When stopping for any cause bring the car over to one side of the road s that it will be out of the way of other travelers. In doing this a posi- tion should he taken up so that when/ ar is started again there will be no difficulty in getting under way. Following the example of other for- clgn cities, Parls at. I nt. ad- | % has seen xg] tgc ifi 1?11. and g 5#" muffler cutouts in the gay city will be considered a misdemeanor. The entry list for the third annual 500-mile International Sweepstakes Race, which will be staged at the In- dianapolis. Motor Speedway, Memorial Day, was given a big boost when two cars of prominent make were formal- ly entered. At the request of the en- trant, however, the names of these cars will not be made public until contracts are closed with the men who are to pilot them in the big race. Several drivers are now under consid- eration, but the owners of the cars have great faith in the prowess of thelr products, and are anxious to help clinch their chances by placing the cars in charge of the best men obtain- able. No definite cholice will be made until after a careful examination of all the candidates in the fleld, but it is sald that when this cholce is finally announced, followers of the racing game will be treated to a pleasant sur- prise. Many Norwich people have visited the fine display of motor vehicles at the Hartford auto show which opened in the state armory under the auspices of the First Infantry, C. N. G. last Saturday. The show continues through this week. Many more local auto en- thusiasts will doubtless visit the ex- hibit, which has delighted those who have viewed it. The show is the fourth largest heid in the TUnfited States. The general use of the pleasure au- tomobile in Connecticut has kept up with past years, and for commercial purposes the motor vehicle is becoming more and more Indispensable, says Arthur Fifoot. No busip heuse with any -pre- tense of maintaining an effective de- livery seryice Leeps to the old horse drawn vyehicle, but maintains at least one moter-driven delivery wagon, and our gaxe constantly falls on all kinds of machinery from the 1,000 pounds light top business wagon to the five to seven-ton coal truck, and only the eon- ditions _of eour highways and the |strength of the numerous _small bridges in the state will limit the ca- | pacity of the motor trucks of the fu- | ture. { Lo ! The receipts of the moter vehicle department of the seeretary of state’s office during the past five vears are as follows: Year. Number Registered. Receipts {1968 5,700 $ 44,209.00 {1909 8,000 58,534.00 {1910 10,700 162,375.00 {1911 14,000 330,120.00 1913 17,900 255,124.00 The receipts represent in addition to the private owners enumerated above for the vear ending September 30, 1912, 10 manufacturers, 389 dealers, 25 motor cycle dealers, 486 livery -cars, 26,341 operators. The percentage pf increase each year on number of cars registered is : 1909, 40 per cent.; 1016, 1911,,23 per cent.; 1912, A year ago, the writer stated that if we increased in the !at fro;m!- tion during the year 1912 n pre- vious years we should haye at least 16,500 cars in the state, but instead of that number there wére registered 17,900 - or 4 per cent. larger increase for maintenance of state road was ex- ceeded by $5,000. While the number of cars inorpased 37 per cent. total receipts only in- creased a little over 10 per cent, ow- ing to the fact that the legislatire of 1911 reduceq the fee on all motor ve- hicles of 25 horsepower and over, from 60 cents to 50 cents per horsepower, so that the receipts from _registrafion alone only increased a little’ over 4 Pper cent. What may be expected in the way of increase during 19187 If the legislature of the present year does not make any change in the law which will affect the fees the receipts should greatly exceed those of 1912, and amount to well over $300,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1913, with a total registration of af least 22,000 private and commercial cars with fully as many dealers and livery cars as are in existence at this time. A comparison of the expense of com- ducting the motor vehicle department of the states of Comnecticut, New York and Massachusetts may be in- teresting. It cost New York tats 16 2-10 per cent, Massachusetts 14- 7-10 por cent. and Connecticut 5 per cent. of their receipts to collect the fees. These figures are the net office expenses exclusive of the cost of mark- ern. “The dreaded ‘American Invasion’ wil include large cars” says B. B. Foljambe in an editorial in the Auto- o le Trade Journel, of Philadelphia, a. “Many believe It to be simply talk, and thet nothi serious will come of it, but zhnunfunfl r with Ameri- can nfacturing realize that the conditions outlined make such an in- vasion not onmly possible, but very Drobable. The first realization of the inwa- sion of the Huropean territory by Amerioan cars took place recemtly in ezn.loflthvn with the shipment of some the small well known American cars which are produced in very large qugntities, Befors this, American cars had been shipped abroad but not in any quantity, and unfortunately by makerg whose product did not have the best standing in America. These inferfor oars were largely responsible for the adverse opinion which un. doubtedly existed in Hurepe in regara to American made automobiles s few years ago. Gradually, however, the well-made, quantity-produced ears of American factorics began to cress the water, and the prejudice of the foreign buyer was rapidly dispelled when he actually knew and used these very efficient and highly satisfactory lew-priced Amerd can automobiles, At the present time the increase iIn the number of small cars exporter from America is very great, as show: by the last export figures, the num ber of cars exported te the Unite Kingdom up to October for each v ‘being 1276 in 1910; 8776 in 1911, a 4207 in 1812. The same figures rance are 207, 366 and 585, To Ca adg, which is the largest user, 320 4800 and 6393. The total exports of American cars show a gain of almor 70 ‘per cent. over a year ago at thi time. No wonder the Buropean mak- Siare beginning to take serieus no- tice. Would Save Trouble. 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