Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 7, 1917, Page 3

CARRY ENOUGH FIRE INSURANCE The 50 per cent. insurance plan means « heavy loss in case.of a bad fire— ses US about the additional proteo- " ISAAC S. JONES insurance and Real Estate Agent Richards’ Building 91 Main 8t —IN— The Travelers Insurance -Co. B. P. LEARNED & CO. Agency Established May, 1846. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Brown & Perkins, IMIH: Over Uncas Nat. Bank, Sbetucket trance stairway aecer to Thames g.monllh& ‘Telephone o 700 Attornay-at-Law, 8 Richard's Bidg. —ee DIVIDENDS Business Estab- ]5 Il'c' lished 15 Years An old established Rhode fsland business, earning 15 r cent. divdend, offers a imited amount of its stook to small investors, in_lots from $100 to_$1 Bank references. For particulars address R. I. SECURTY CO. 86 Weybossett Street, Room 2. Providenc, R. I Dr. J. M. KING DENTIST May Building Jan1TuWF GOING OUT OF BUSINESS Having decided to go into another line of business, I will :‘llltheconhnsl:l of my gen- store in Baltic, consisting of merchandise generally found in a first class grocery ::ll:e,eitbetinwholeorbyn- Also a fourdraw Cash Register, McCaskey Book- keeping System, Coffee Mill, Ice Box, Horse and Team, Ford Delivery Car, Comput- AIMIE GORDON Baltic, Conn. TEAM HARNESS EXPRESS HARNESS A new line at old prices. Some good values in FUR COATS, AUTO ROBES, HORSE BLANKETS. dust received a carioad of BUSI- NESS WAGONS at the right prices. THE L. L. CHAPMAN (0. 14 Bath Street. Norwich, Conn. DR. F. W. HOLMS, Dentist Shannen Building Annex, Room A Seisanone e23 B. A. WIGHTMAN New .5'-'-3- Fall Millinery T WILLIAM C. YOUNG Successor_to STETSON & YOUNG C/ZRPENTER and BUILDER Best work and materials at right rrices by skilied labor. 5 Felepione 50 West Main St did_not intend to to nian fore at the recognized champion. champior the world’s title was held here for so long that there was no reason to men- tion the lesser honor, but nmow that Welsh has withdrawn the world’s title from competition, the only thing to do is to feature’ the American . titie | unless the men who are willing and anxious to it are to be left with nothing to fight for. Leonard - Impressive Performer. On past performances Benny Leo: ard is the most impressive performer and undoubtedly would be elected the American champion if the matter were put to the' vote of those who have seen bim In action. Leonard has done ev- erything in his power to induce Welsh to meet him-over a 20 round route, but the latter’s'demands have been So ab=' surdly high that it is clear that he has not the faintest idea of fighting: Next to Leonard came Joe Welling and Charles White, who seem to be about on a par. Welling is a. good boxer and a very clean,.sharp hitter with his right. Like White his worst fault is that he is incBned to hold back when he should be forcing the pace. Welling has a bis advantage in his unusual height and reach. He is the tallest of all the men who claim to be lightweights, and vet he can since defeat of Dundee do not indicate that ho hac a great deal of confidence in a little too heavy for the featherweights and altogether too light to cope with the 135 pounders. However, he is a mere youngster and growing fast, so that in a year from now he probably will be big enough and have gained enough experience to be a real star. At present he is wise in going slow. Mitchell Fast Boxer. Ritchie Mitchell, the westerner, who recently made a show of Welsh, can make the weight and is o *-: o o boxer, but without much hitting abil- ity. On the strength of his perform- ance with Welsh, Mitchell's stock took & biz boom, but it immediately fell oft many points when he refused to_go throogh” with his match with Johnny Kilbane. If the limit for the American cham- pionship is set at 133 ringside, Kilbane might be a strong, if not. the strongest contender for the honors. None of the lightweizhts have shown any Gesire to tackle the featherweight champion. On the other hand, neither has Kilbane gone out of his ‘way to force the issue. Although he ca nget no matches in his own class, Kilbane is not a reckless matchmaker, and he is very careful about running undue risk. Q:tn-‘."-lfi-r-m— Here's how. For a period of six years Alexander has been one of the most valuable performers in his league. He has averaged something better than 25 games won per season. Without A man’s service, rated under the law of supply and de- mand. What do you suppose the av- erage big league manager would be willing to pay for a pitcher who was practically assured of wmning better than 25 games a season? Hughie Jen- ninks Is one man Who needs a good, consistent slabsman. Sound Hughie out on ihat he thinks the services of such a man would be worth to his club. CORNELL REPLACED ON COLGATE’S FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Hawilton, N. Y., Feb. 6.—Colgate’ football schedule for next fall, as rati fied today by the athletic advisory board, consists of elght games. Corneil appears on the scheduie again after a lapse of two seasons, replacing Tllinois. !The question of a head coach has not FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MARKET WAS IRREGULAR. Opened Strong, Weak at Midday, Made Recoveries Later. New York, Feb. 6—Strength in spe. clal stocks at tre opening, heaviness in all divisions at midday and recov- eries in all except rails and shippings in the later dealings summarized the highly irregular and erratic course of_today’s operations. Initial advances, some of which at- tained impressive proportions, were al- togethey wiped out during the noo hour, When disturbing rumors touch- ing upon the international situation were current throughout tne district. In the final hour, which proves to be the most active of the session, equlp- ments- and other issues more or less directly assoclated with the war group rose 3 to 6 points from lowest levels, but and shippings hung back. The belated movement In.industrials was simultaneous with reports that many large contracts with ts> federal government were under negotiation. It is understood that sales of copper and other raw materials to important home interests are in progress of consum- mation. Manufacturers of explosives and ammunitions, reports have it, are about to submit estimates to the au- thorities at Washington. Selling by foreign interests, presum- ably of Teuton origin, was again put forward In explanation of the heavi- ness of rails, but this was scouted in bigh banking quarters. Canadian Pacific was once ‘more an element of weakness, with St Paul at an ex- treme_decline of three points and 1 to 2 for other international shares. New Haven was under renewed pres- sure at the new low record 3§ 1-2 and Louisville and Nashville and Ilinois Central were heaviest of the southern end_southwestern rails. Total sales agrregated 980,000 shares. Thading In bonds was limited, for- eign issues hardening after an early decline to new minimums. Total sales (per value) amounted to $3,575,000. TUnusual activity prevailed in the market for United States government bonds at declines ranging from 3-4 to 1-2 per cent. Panama issues were |} similarly affected, the recession being aseribed to selling by banks in antici- pation of a new government flotation to meet impending emergencies. STOCKS. The following is & summary of today’s (ransss- tons on the New York Stock Exchange at 3 P. M.: High. Low. Close. 32 18% Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Onepackage provesit. 25cat all druggists. Ches & OMio b GE Western 1 Chi. o &St P, Ol & Nwest Chi, RI&P et Cnile Copper .. Chino_ Copper Col. Fu 1 & Tron Columbla_Ges Con G Brmore’ Contineatal Can Com Prod_Ref Com Pr Ref pt Cructble Speel “ructble Steel pt cuba Cuba. Pen Driggs Sbury Electrie Stor, Bat o 3 pt Il Fed Mn asw Gaston W & W oral Eectiic Gt Greene. Can'nes Diinols Central ratton _ Cop Interbore € pt Int Az Com . Int Ag Com pf Int “Nickel Un Bag & Paper’ T B & Paper (@) ¥ = New York, Feb. 6.—Call money firm; hmigh 2 1-2: low 2; ruling rate 2 1-2; #3 *|iast Joan 2 1-4; closing bid 2; offered at 2 1-4. COTTON. New York, Feb. 6.—Cotton futures closed easy. March 15.47; May 15.65; ‘1"5"5’!'1 15.69; October 15.35; December Spot steady; middling 15.60. 3% 147% ) 5% 5% been definitely settled, but it is hoped that Larry Bankart's services fill be available for at least a part of the season. The schedule follows: Sept. 29, Sus- quehanna at Hamilton; Oct. 6, Maine at Orono, Me.; -Oct. 13, Bucknell at Hamiiton; Oct. 20, Cornell at Ithaca; Oct. 27, Yale at New Haven; Nov. 3, Rochester at Rochester; Nov. 10, Con- necticut Aggies at Hamilton; Nov. 17, Syracuse at Syracuse. H. & A. Bowling League. The following scores rre the results of the Hopkins & Allen two-man league at the Aetna alleys Tuesday night: Hart . 3 69 79— 221 Clinton 92 89 96— 273 185 154 175 494 vs. Fay S0 109 86— 275 Davis 16 86 81— 388 i 1% 17 558 88 101 63 92 Maimors Lafleur s 135 vs. Sullivan .. ss 87 Curran ... 103 106 156 193 st Smith 72 153 Simpson 78 84— 248 Brooks 106 85— 270 134 169 518 Palace Bowling League. Team No. 1 won all three strings from Team No. 2 at the Palace bowi- ing alleys Tuesday night. The score: Team No. 1. Jones ... 71 231 Highfield 98 275 Amburn . 103 294 Crass .. 84 268 Hagberg 93 281 4 443 449 457 1349 Team No. 2. Cunningham 34 sz - T6— 2 Sharvan . 92 T4 83— 249 Dwyer . 89 88 90— 287 Fox .. 97 M7 78— 292 Rinella . 71 7 88— 236 483 438 415 1236 Authority to Regulate Purses. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 6.—Authority of the ‘state racing commission to regu- late purses on Kentucky race tracks today was upheld by the state court of appeals. The Douglas Park Jockey club of Loulsville sought to enjoin the en- forcement of a rule requiring mini- mum purses of $800 on tracks within ten miles of cities of 200,000 popula- tion and $800 on other tracks within the state, on the ground that it was discriminatory. The - injunction wus refused. Yale Swimmers Defeated Brown. New Haven, Conn. ,Feb. 6.—Yale de- feated Brown in the annual swimming meet in Carnegle pool today by the score of 41 to 9. Blue Five Too Much for Tigers. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 6.—The Yale basketball team defeated Princeton in an exhibition game this afternoon by the score of 25 to 20. SPORTING NOT‘BI.. Knowing that the first- instead | ed everything. According to veri- fled testimony it is nmature's” great :‘M in Ing ove: . Hver and bl troul It you suffer, don't delay another day. “Go to your nearest druggist now and get a bottle. All drug stores sell it in two sizesfifty cents and one dollar. . 2 Howi , if you wish first to try this it ‘preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention the Norwich Daily Bulletin. ANNUAL MEETING OF ., 8. N. E. TEL. STOCKHOLDERS Oid Board of Directors Re-elected for Another Year. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Southern New England Telephone Company was held at the Telephone building in New Haven Tuesday afternoon. ‘The only business of the meeting was that of acting up- on the annual report of the company and the election of directors for the coming year. The present directors, Messers,” Lyman B. Jewell, James English, A. Heaton Robertson, John W. Alling, Theo. N. Vail, James T. Moran, Victor Morris Tyler, Wiliam F. Henney, Charles E. Lyman, August- us H. Bulard, Charles G. Dubois and Harry C. Knight, were re-elected. The annual report says in part: From beginning to end the year proved to be the most active in the history of the business. The tremend. ous expansion, which preyailed with- out cessation in practicaliy all lines of industry and commerce ,was reflected in the telephone business by an un- precedented public demand for service andfacilities, with the natural result that a substantially increased income was coupled with extraordinary ex- penditures in plant and operation. Big Increase in Stations. The total number of,stations of all kinds in service at the close of the year was $137,369 or one telephone for every nine of population. The in- crease for the year was 12,809, ‘a record figure, exceeding the highest previous yearly increase of 10,647 sta- tions, obtained in 1906 by 2,162. Of he total, 135,504 stations are operated irectly by the Company, while the balance is made up of miscellaneous stations including those of small con- necting companies within the state. The number of exchange circuits re- quired to connect the stations with the various central offices increased from 57,667 to 67,209 or 16.6 per cent. as compared with the inrease of 10. per ent. in tations operated directly by the Company. Local traffic, or calls between sub- scribers within the same exchange, increased from 605419 per day to 672,922, a gain of 67,503, daily local connections or 11.2 per cent. It -will be noted that this increase in local traffic just as the ° increase in ex- change " circuits, was proportionately greater than the increase in stations; and that consequently the problem of the company was not merely that of providing facilities for the large num- ber of new subscribers but that of caring for a greatly increased usage of service by all subscribers. Toll traffic showed the ewn greater rela- tive increase of 19.7 pev cent. To Continue Improvements. The large program of 1916 will nec- essarily be continued during the pres- ent year. In Bridgeport, an additional central office unit, to be called the Noble unit, will be placed in opera- tion in the spring, and a new toll board is already in process of installa- tion. One and possibly two stories will be added to the Hartford building to, accommodate an additional unit of the Hartford Exchange as well as to meet other requirements brought about by the growth of the business in that city. That portion of the new ten-story building in New Haven which is designed for operating pur- poses wil be occupled during the lat- ter part of the summer and will con- tain_the Colony unit of the New Hav- en Exchange, while occupancy of the offices etc., for which the building provides will be possible before the end of the year. Work upon the Ham- den unit of the New Haven Ex- change will be started in the spring and the office will be opened in Oc- tober. In Sound Beach, work is al- ready in progress to provide for a new common battery exchange which will be opened in the early pring. In Newtown, a common battery installa- tion in new quarters purchased by the company in 1915, is nearly com- pleted and will be placed in service in March. In Moosup, Simsbury and Southington .changes to new central office quarters, together with changes from magneto to common battery ser- vice, are definitely scheduled for vari- ous dates during the year, and it is probable that central office buildings on land purchased by the company in Meriden and Saybrook will be started toward the end of the vear with a view to new central office installations during 1918. Income Increased Substantially. As forecasted. in last year's report, the enlarged program necessarily un- dertaken by the company for the year 1916 was not coupled with the in- crease in profits generally acctuing to business enterprises of a different character in which ~increased costs have been attended Wwith increased selling prices. To be sure, the large number ‘of new subscribers and the additional use of our toll service were reflected gy a substantially increased Inoome. T#hs aaded revenue, however, was obtained under no increased was obliged to shoulder under the un- uual condition of the times, we have been more intent upon taking every measure to keep our service at the highest possibl standard of ef- ficiency under the exceptional de- mands made upon it. Wi the lm- Partial Payments in Odd Lots or 100 Share Lots. ‘Write soday for Bookiet A, A plant in that city. =~ worth in the open market received $437,500 in cash few years ago ‘an automobile Company (the General Motors Co! i citizens of New Haven subscribed to $123,000 of the original capital stock of thi ny ), their $125,000 of stock would now be manufacturing company approached the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New Haven with the view of establishing a This Company asked, as one consideration, that the citizens of New Haven, through the Chamber of Commerce, subscribe to $125,000 of its capital stock A Committee was appointed by the Chamber to investigate the terms and con ditions of the offer but the Commitfee reported unfavorably, with the result that the Chamber of Commerce declined to-.co-operate. Had the New Haven Chamber of Commerce :iccepted this offer, and had the over $3,500,000 and in the meantime they would have dividends. All this happened in less than nine years. The big financial successes in the automobile industry are due to stand tion of product and to successful management. The Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Company is producing a st standardized car of moderate price. It is backed by many of the most suc manufécturers of the State of Connecticut and it has more business offered thas can accept. Come and see the Ams-Sterling car, now being exhibited in New Loa(dc with headquarters in the Crocker House, from 9 a. m. to 9.p.. m. mation ‘regarding the Syndicate underwriting of the Company’s capital stock how you may now participate, as a sub TO YOURSELF. riber to this Syndicate, WITH Ask for info PROFI1 The Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Company is incorporated with a cap- ital stock of $1,000,000, divided into 100,000 shares of common stock of the par value of $10 each. There is no preferred stock—no bonds. The manufacturing schedule for the next twelve months calls for the production of 4,000 cars at a net profit of approximately $70 per car, which is equivalent to 28% on the par value of the Company’s entire capitalization. o preserve the financial the business, and even sential to the preerva- ity, the manage- ment recognizes that satisfactory ser- vice must be its constant aim £nd en- deavor under any sort of conditions, and in pursulg this policy it is fr quently under the necessity of saeri- ficing profits by adopting exceptional and costly protective measures with- out the usual business accompani- ment of icompensatory return from customers. Without doupbt the busi- ness activity in the four largest cities of Connecticut in 1916 was fully equal to that In any locality in the coun- try, and if it is true that the sudd=n and extraordinary demands upon our facilities made it impossible for our service to remain at as high a stamd- ard as that which we had been ac- customed to maintain, it is also true that the prevention of further service impairment was accomplished only by the readiness of the company to adopt every practical and available means to that end. ) Company Gave Bonuses. In further recognition of the excep- tional conditions then prevaillng, the company gave bonuses at the end of the vear to all employes who on De- cember st had been in the service of the company for at least three months but less than one year recefved an amount equivalent to two weeks' pay, while those who had been in the service for one year or more re- celved the equivalent of three week: pay. Of the 3,276 employees in thz service at that time 2,705 or 80 per cent. received a bonus under this plan. The amount of this special pa; ment to employes, namely $105,128.2: was charged against the surplus of the company, &nd for that reason does not appear in the statement of earn- ings and expenses for the year. A substantial increase in expense was that of 13.7 per cent. in taxes. A portion of this addition, namely the gross earnings tax paid to the State reflected the larger gross income of the company, while the balance was due to new or speclal State and Fed- eral taxes. The total amount of taxes was $195,467.61. Our net showing was also somewhat affected by various rate adjustments. Several yvears ago in the larger ex- changes the company entered upon the plan of reducing the rate differentiul between party and individual line res- dence service to as low a figure as ssible, having for its main purpose he higher service efficiency that would be brought about from a great- er adoption of individual lines by sub- scribers. In recent vears this plan has been extended to the other ex- changes and was completed during the past year by rate adjustments in some fifteen exchanges in the state. The program of large expenditurss required the issue of $1,000,000 addi- tional stock of the company the pro- ceeds of which was pald into the treasury in_December. Under what appears to be the necessary continu- ance of that large program, it is probable that a call for a ' similar amount of new capital will be made uon the stockholders sometime during 1917. - 8ays Deutschiand Won't Come Again. ‘Ward" Alling of the Alling Rubber Co., recelved a letter from a friend in England Monday, which was written “You will not be troubled with the ow 60c Deutschland any more. Those fellows certainly were brave.” The letter came from near London and appeared to have been unopened S0 that it had not been censored. Just what the writer means iy conjectural. Evidently he has heard that the Deutschland been captured or sunk. Many of these rumors are current and have #heen printed in the newspaper and it may be tiwt the writer is re- peating some report wheih is current in London. So far no authoritative in- formation to this effect has been made public. BAPTISTS AGAINST LICENSING OF SUMMER HOTELS Favor Petition Now Before the State Legislature. The Baptist Ministers’ conference of New London county met In the I tist church at East Lyme, Moado morning at 11 k. On account of illness, the predfident, Rev. O. G. Buddington, could not be present and the vice president, Rev. Harry F. Ada assumed the chair. Thero were present Rev. John W. Payne % J. Alien_Spidell of Jewett Ci H. . Adams, Rev. D. C. Thom: |A. J. Chandler and Richard W. field of New London: George H Caski!l, of Me- orwich, Rey. F. W. Tholen of Preston, Rev. Donald Fletcher of Quaker Hill, Rev. Harry P. Fuller of ntic and Rey. Charles M. Reed uf Flanders. At the business meeting the follow= resolution was unanimously adont- ed and the secretary was instructed ‘o forward it to the proper persons in ITartford, to be used at the hearing before the excise committee: Resolved: That we, the Baptist min- isters of New London and vicinit irepresenting 41 Baptist churches an more than 4.000 residents members, in conference now assembled in the Fast Lyme Baptist church, do put ourselves on record as favoring the petition be- fore the state legislature to repeal the law now in force relating to licensing summer hotels for four months in the year in prohibition towns, thus nulli- ing the expressed wish of the peo- ple. Two visitors were present, John T. Beckwith of Fast Lyme and Rev Brewer G. Boardman of Kingston, R. I Rev. Mr. Boardman was for sev- eral vears pastor of the First Water- ford Baptist church and at that time a member of this conference. Rev. J. Allen Spidel read a_ paper on the Influence of Unitarianism on Protestantism. The paper was inter- ecsting, strong and showed a great deal of research. He stoutly maintained the delty of Jesus Christ and the Bible as the final authority of all religious belief and doctrine. ,The paper was well received by the brethren and dis- cussed by every member present. The women of the East Lyme Bap- tist church furnished dinner which was highly appreciated and called forth the commendation of the minis- ters througn Richard W. Mansfleld, who was chosen to express their ap- preciation. ' Children Ory FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA We are constantly adding to our assortment of Popular CopyrighhutGOc,lnditwillpayyoutoMuqmintéd with our large stock of wholesale and entertaining fiction. Best stories by the best authors. THE CRANSTON CO. 25-27-29 BROADWAY TRAVELERS’ DIRECTOR $1.25 To New York $1. CHELSEA LINE TO NEW YORK FREIGHT AND PASSENG SBERVCE BETWEEN NORWICH AND NeEw YORK From Norwicl Tuesdh days, Sundays @ & p. 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