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BeWie @ et J. L. LATHROP & SONS 28 Shetucket Strest INSURE TODAY for tomocrow may be too late—old wd- vice but still good. Obtain real pro- tection by insuring through ISAAC S. JONES Insurance and Real Estate Agemt Richards’ Building 91 Main St BURGLARY INSURANCE The Travelers Insurance Co. ' B. P. LEARNED. & CO. Agency Established May, 1848. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Brown & Perkins, /limsp-at-lm Over Thames Nat. Bank, Shetucket St. Entrance stairway near to Thames National Bank. Telephone 33-3 — Dividend Notice Davenport. Ia. April 6. 1917. At & meeting of the Board of Dires- tors of the Mid-Continent Consoiidated | Ofl & Utilitles Corporation, held this day.’a dividend of 10c per share was “:i}‘.?:;‘. on &ll “A stock of this cor: outstandiny yable on Apri fu 1847, to stocknol o7 of Tecora April Nelson - Secretar: BOWLING. MeAllister's Team. 55 88 e am 95 101 10A— 308 81 s @27 1z 100 95— $14 376 388 3863160 Johneon's Team. Barnett . $T 78 84— 262 Malesky 28 75— 48 Thatcher . 84 84— 350 Johnson 103" 98— 306 34 358 611083 Brookiyn Releases Appleton. New York, April 12.—The Brooklyn National League club _tonight an- nounced tha release of Pitcher Edward Appleton to the Baltimore Internation- ol League team. Kie-Yie-Yie! Get Me | ‘Gets-It’ Quick!”” 2 Drops Maks Corn “Fall” Of#f! ‘Tve joined the Never-Again Club. Never agein will I use anythings for qu ocnts (piied In he was badly beaten Young Sulllvan won over Art Lord in the third round of their four round preliminery, The Aght was stopped atter Lord was helpless. MANAGER S8TANDISH HAS FINE ARRAY OF TALENT N. F. A. Baseball Team WIll Open the Season Saturda The hageball season at the Norwich Free Academy will open Saturday with whqt bids falr to be a fast game be- tween the Alumni team and Eddie Mo- Kay's regulars, The Academy boyvs have had littlo practice owing to the bad weather but ns the team will be composed of old timers the school bove will surely be there when it comes to chasing the Jong hits from the Alumni bats. The Alumni team will have somo of the fas‘est material that Norwich and vicinity affords, The infleld will comprise such men an Hal Chase, the fastest backstop in thees parts, Enot, the star twirler of t season’'s State Hospital team; Johnny Crowe, the speedy little first sacker; Sulllvan and Pendleton, old time Academy stars, Houlfhan and Joe Hull. R The outfleld will be taker care of by Harold Hull, “Shrimp” Robinson, Rudo Mlul'h‘h‘ o .:‘:fl fnntag fotal \’m held them runiess baseman hand if his duties will allow. < This game is and _ winning in e . " the school 3 o Cranberri o lose to the old timers so_they w game Phara’ *® B - : h to come out with the long t ? . 25| Carrots. (] : & 3 » The usual opening _eremonies .:goa color_ from _ the o ,.,;,"."’X;}Pl-"‘.'- presence of bluejackets and marines ‘who took part in the march to the ml!m.lnlr’ to raising Old ke ‘0 ‘: . while an airplane circled over- lets, 3 lerso! . of the 1911 team, will be on Carroes— L q q Ontons— 2 2 e P | . 80-60 o 3 3 H Rouna, 3% = §: Fhouiacr Steak, 24 3 Lamb— X Shoulders, A | rned Beef, 22| N3 -fl“ Pork, ;g =i Lt ggmr‘mm steaic, | Chicke 0 rown, 13 156 §1 guuul 11 1bs. 31 fohatei, - s| Powdersd ’;3'1'1”0:“ 11 tbs. 81 Pimento, Molasses— Porto Rico, 80000 08| New - COACH EDDIE M'KAY. Sy 200 Bk Pl{g:fix:mpn't. H D ofl..f‘:il. Honeycomb, L, 0 scoré. With a regular, one who un- Mapte Syrup: derstands baseball and has played it i 37 bottle, 28-5) the way, that Madie McKay has, the| . Cleveland A’; nlz.‘:;':a:}ay i Hilgng, Dairy. iid fcademy team RELt to be om® STuhe |a little the advantage of Ehmke in a - .- 81.38 fasters aggregntions of High School|f liftle the advantage of Wnmke In & ""1‘\: Ea— ’; ""m'“‘; ¢the Alumnt | ¥Bich Cleveiand won, 2 to 1.~ Cleve- | yarket Cod, e X > umnt | g scored & run In’ the first inning | X Bhers Heddock, team s confident that his charges Will | on’ Graney's double, & sacrifice and an 12-15 the mighty lttle midget; #nd Standish, members of the Academy team wher | they won the state championship in 1911, * p" Fletcher, the stellar first | MARKET WAS IRREGULAR. Trading Was Confined to the More Prominent Industrials. New York, April 12.—Almost two- thirds of today's stock market trading was confined to” the more prominent ‘ndustrial equipments, munitions, shippings and coppers, with a sprink- ling of miscellafieous specialties and rails. The latter group was especlally inactive and without material change, ccept for another break in Delaware and Hudson, which made an_extreme decline of 4 1-8 points to 118 7-8, most of which was recovered. Dealings in United States Steel wero !relatively larger than usual, that stock jrising 1 1-2 to 112 7-8, but closing at | & a Wet gain of only 5-8 on - extenalve profit tak!rg !n the final hour. Related | s wubject to similar or fNuctuntions. Gulf States Steel sross galn of 13 to 129, but | higher by 2 to 3 ulf and West Indles o statement, which showed a gain of conalderably more than 500 per eent. in net income. sugarm, leath- corns but ‘Gets-It’ Put 2 drops of ‘Gets-It’ on, and from that second the corn begins to shrivel instead of swell- “Oh, Don’t Toueh It Se Serer™ v—wu&“flnlfi ing up like a little white spenge. Then it loosens from your toe—an glory hallelujah’ the corn comes 22 though you'd take a glove oft your Yes, “Gets-It" is the corn dlseovery of the age. More “Gets-It" la sold hy many times then any other corn rem- edy in _existence. it and you'l know the reason why. It takes two seconds to apply it. and it dries at once. That's all. Don't experiment— follow the experience of millions and ottt s sold “Gets-It” is sold everywhere, 380 a bottle, or sent on receipt .of price by E. Lawrence & Co. Chicage, Il TRAVELERS' DIRECTORY $1.25 To New York $1.25 CHELSEA LINE TO NEW YORK FREIGHT AND PASBENGER SERVICE BETWEE| NORWICH AND NEW YORK From Norwich Tuesdays, Thurs. deys. Sundaye at § bws New _ York, Brooklyn peiriome Pler, East River, foet Street, Mondavs, Weanesdavar i d:]y:ltfip m. mflnouf-.llfl!. 1 $125—F. V. KNOUSE, Alflfl-‘t. Hotel Oxford c..,n.,sqw.,n;..,..,u... ear Publie L 'rmu Chrl;u‘n Idm urol Sriee ana Bat tey miRuIes to q,'m.' and buolno- section. Eleotric Jo 3 & M R R every b lln‘ rn- up; th Dauble rooms #! " PHILIP P. PRETTO ore;’ papers » kept mod- oral r equipments and | Supply steeks, but ol were lrregular, | sdvances in Texas Company and Cail- | fornia Petroleum being counterbal- | anced by the heavin of Mexican Petroloum and Amseslated Ofl, Thé more irregular movementa were restriated ta speculative . lssues, Ohlo Gaa and Industrial Aleohol refiedting pressure with Pittsburgh Coal and | secondary steel and equipment shares. | High priced mpecialties were featured by Amerlean Tobaceo, which gained 6 1.2 points, with 6 peints for Sears Roebuck. Total sales ameunted to 648,000 shares, % Peaco rumors wers eurrent through- out tha eesalon, thess being based largely on unofficlal advicos from eon- tinental centers. Quotations for for- elgn oxchange gave ne hinta of such negotintions, deallpgs being exeep- tionally narrow and light, The only Incldent of that markst was a strengthening of rates on Holland, Ancther inereass In ilabllity ressrves wen almost the sele feature of interest In the Bank of England statement, which showed a slight gain in gold heldings, Forelgn or International issues were again sustaining features of the bend market, domestie rails exhiblting fur. ther heaviness, Total sales (par value) ageregated §4,450,000, United &tates ~reglstered three of 1948 lost a point on call, 8TOCKS, 3 mmmary o taday's setions n Thefoen woor Biesk Bechinin 3 E7 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Hay, Grain and Feed. No. 1 Wheat, $3.30Cormmeal, the*one 2- § wished % | e meal. does a new thing, be on alert every minute of the Ste Pollock, 1‘ I Tilefish, game ana will show the sehool boya | o'ty incs by Sheaker and Gulsto and | o orternan, olRouna Clams that they are not gone-by but stlll|secona tally. Jones scored for Detrolt | Am: Sardines l 3|Canned Sai have the old time pep. He alsto In-|on a single, an infleld out and a wild | "™P5, ™50y Fri e Umated that the Academy boys Will|piich, ~Speaker hit safely three times | shad, 3o[Saimon, 25 learn some Ifside stuff from the en-|cu¢ of four at bat. Score: Boneless Cod, 15|Long Ciams, pk. counter. Tievsiand (A Detroit (A R Clams, pk., 7b/Flounders. S ST = e e i Baseball Season Opened in Boston. e :Ymfi.n s1030 c-éuol—stu" l§ Boston, April 12.—The baseball sea- 530 OfVeem 20400 °° 3 ' 210 R i00 00 g - 3ad b ofBemnt {370 e o S S S 31 tloemeee 31810 © 93 Ymwmer FeL3ZS Trlmfir‘l;fl Green ! .. R Tw e R AR R . Hereisa cxgarette that in ows. § amne| Some addition to pleasmg'the%taste N Baltlmore & Ohle IR TSN Bl o o e Miadings. :“, Cottonseed Mea, thing you’ve alway. ; ethichem Steet ¢ e R Corn, ' s1.43) cwt, $2.80 b & Bl e e e Senators Hit Hard and Win. gate i ifmomiay B a cigarette would’ do— iporE . R - Philadelphia, April 12.—Washington | R¥e. o | 3 Puie ure e he 1 the bal Ihard today and won <as- Chesterfields Zez yzm.knownflm( B. F. Goodrich LY ly, 8 to 2. Myers and Noyes were o - Al ‘s e 20 Gobdrien ot e Rare, while Gella did not permel more | 37, ¥ e are smoling—they “SA’ TLSFYI 75 |8 infomin olenm 2 than one hit in any inning. ‘oster | Beean H 1 00 » o = R e 1% '3% | made 4 triple and two singles in five | P i1 i And still, tneyre ‘mild! § § 13 7 G e Fare a3 3% |times at bat. Score: St Louts e | k3 2t BT e A Lo | . The pure; natural Tmporteddand LT 22 omimmeet T e, 0Tl oy o 1S Domestic tobaccos arc blendediin a % Poamnse D10 ofowme O R ¥ . <new way—that’s what does it. {And # 13 o ofMcimeis 3 1 7 6 0 New Teck LR R _the blend can’t be copied. i § 18 ofBaenzs © 4 2 21 ¢ Philsdemhia L o ERE & — — EAL A8 e S If you don’t believe'there can be FE EERE] S ey oy % more to a pure cigerette;than good Toscs &5 s 1000 s e e { “taste—buy a package of | Chester- S G S o Semn| " Ademaaiae . fields Zoday. o & fna e L Yok 0t Boston. 3 Dianf® g, % P Gt American Leagu. 0299 &8/ cutcapo uz 8L Loun ' Tires base hita, Fosicr. Cleveland ot Deteott, Dates, Weshlngion & a4 "New Tork Red Sox Trounce Yanks Again. RED SOP AFTER STRUNK New York, April 12—The Boston Americans made It two straight over | Barry Sets Looes Thres Recruits. New York here today, battipg out an- other easy victory by a score of 6 to 1.| On the eve of the champlonship The world champlons won In the firsi |season Manager Jack Barry cast inning when they bunched four hits|adrift three of the Red Sox recrults, with a _fumble by Shawkey for three | Who will be denied the opportunity of rune, Walker again made three hits, |Seeing the opening game of the series. glving him six for the two games play- | Inflelder Robert Gill and Outflelder ed. Leonard pltched strongly for Bos- | Merlin Koff have been sent to the Buf- ton In the pinches, Rain fell during |falo Internationals, and Shortstop Fred arves Mereaes (N3) e Aw Com p Tnteenatienal Nieel Taterm Paper Int Paper pm etn most of tha e. Score: Thomas, a player obtained in the fam- o Baston (A New Yok ) * |ous Speaker deal has been sent to the B s N\ T e 7o & el Providence Internationals. e Bos- LT o TR y —— % 2 Slguest 4 171 9 %lton club retains strings on all three = o Wiy 4 H €11 olplayers. [ B § 3300 The Boston club nlso received word 3 - $ 123 }|trom Pltcher Vean Gregg .one time Beoites' 4 H § 1 § 1|sensational left hander, that he will Themas, 4 1 o7 o|report to the Fuffalo club. This Leonzrdp 3 o o ofclears up the deal by which the Red Totats 30 n 5 5 3 }|Sex recently ust Iftencr Tiader, on 5 o § 5|a Glant reeruit, from the ‘Bisons. 201 0| Harry Frazee of the Red Sox has © 8 0 0peen in Philadelphia, where he con- 73 s 3 |ferred with Connie Mack of the Ath. ) Datied for Watters tn fih. ietios. ~ Frasee attempted to n : (xx) ‘Batied for Shawker tn TON. Catcher Wally Schang and Owtfle) £ D ” e Amoa Strunk from the Athletia chief- Bt TV 3081810 g taln and offered meveral trading com- Now York 110 0 ® 6 1 0 o o-1/binations, but as far as could be as- Teo base ML @aniner, ocrtained last nicht Frases was unable to_do any business, Toney Botters Ames In Pltchers’ Battle | _Strunk, it ls known. s tn the i1 1 | graces ., and was sent ome A T R Toney JAnd from the Athletiow sxhibition jaunt here today, the former having a shade | DScause of indifferent playing. Alack the better ‘of it, and Cineinnatl won, 1 |%a¥8 Amoa will not hlay for =him to 0, After Leng drepped MaKeonnie's | 2F8in until he makes an explatnation. long fly in the fifth inning, Gren fol- lowed with a_single, driving In the | HUGHIE JENNINGS HAS enly yun of the game, McKeehnie in- S« e flfid,": M: m_."m‘; ‘I;:. STILL A GREAT COMBINATION glghth, Shean running for him, The Cobb 8ays He Will Lead the League " Losie ) mul.\-.“ o This Year, eyt "} usta.is i i3 Jennings of Dotreit is ean- e { 1 § §[ndent that his team will be ene of sor § 1] gfstronmest poansat centenders tmll ampten Handieap, for throe-year elds |Chicle, Hwfa, George Bmith, The Finn, |thia - race, while James mutier ituch At season, ne denies . ‘® | there is an inerease of meve than 160 | Deots, Bd Crump, Dedge, Bpur, Star [named seven and H, ¥ Whitney » Binclair o) H s g . d g for 00 - e Freieid D41 mronment hat et (Mlnga her [rer cent, Richer prises are largely |iawl, Sertle, Sand Marsh, winner of e e et South Nalleay HE i H gxpected ot Hellmen. In prine s ce¥pensible for the greater intersst on|the oven last yearj Ormesdale and |iries, 4 th Hail LR ce he showed a wen: Patting | the part of the owners, many others wi ry conclusions, gk 20, —— T 3 13 5 |streak. Last year he batted .3u3, G | D et vilae ot ths Southa: pton | Practicaily the same field has. been| @tamford.—Miss Lily Pa'm ' . |;‘axp.c&cdatoan:lr exeeed :lhat'nnan” rd | will be $3,500 19: mn.ch'rna b ings fimed efor lu-ah!—%r:t Beach and the |pmin daughter of Mrs, Lowe this. yeas, -&"fl-l' lead | County and the Leng ‘Beach handicaps | Kings ©ounty handicaps, J all battars thia peason. Last year he | will carry o vaiue of some $4,000 which| Na fewer than 104 two-vear-elds|Palmer of Brockiyn and Stams 28 o=t|hareeq 871, being excelled omiy by |4 & @ubstantial increase -over. last | will fight It out In the Youtnful Stakes, |married Willlam Henry Fry =1 |Tris Hpeaker, now with the OCleveland |y, which is at five and eme-half fur-|afterneen at the Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh team. B‘ellur batted Fewax “Net aniy ase larger prizes being of. |longs, Ten of the juventies of the|Mrs, FPalmer. Rov, Dr. % urgh 6, hit a 806 elip last year. Phere fs|fered by fhe local aseociations, but, by | Wickiiffe Stable have been named for | Clarke performed the ceremon ieaga, na reasen for believing that he will |Sarato, s well. # was announced Pittohurgh ta four scattered hits fo- | fall below fhat recard this vear. An- |at the headauarters pf the Fockey Ciub ay while Chicaga bunched hits behind |other fria of putfeiders that 100k |recently that fwa of the four more opper's wildness, and wed ghm sec- |mighty geed with the tick are Strunk, important stesplechase handicsps penseeutive ¥ictary, § tq 6. The |Bedie and Thrasher af the Athietics. uld r value than here- S8 meatiar ek omely? PR Larry hailly o sertieiy have §2,600 e Nn A ke vetired 1n Favcy |with (he Tenifio Sewstleispe, ket a1l | added’ money, an increase of 568 over of Beider, Wertman's baiting was the |average of ¢ Datted jast ‘yea -blh the Beverwyk will feature. ' Begre: oa. dded and will be worth g e 13“ 1‘ The North American and WILL BE 666D SEASeN he Snilleiak Tandicaps wiil be orih 1866 oz they wers last year ¥ hese FOR RAEING GAME | roiqs wili ‘sloge on Mondal, M 18.—Phil Deugias heid BOTTON, New ¥ork, April 18.—€ott ctpsed frm. " Way B0 65, G st R, mug: laher’ 1805, Decemter’ 1975, saiuasy Fourtean Btakes Run Bver the ;,;';’T;"" ‘:-"x'—"x'feuf&?-:wfl "n'i'-l €Course at Jamaica, J ted to start in the Stuy- Vassat Handloap aishg with teventys : ¢ X araughbred will flourish | iwa others, Last year anly thiriy-ni New ‘;17:!; A Bail = it ¥ear Tever before. Buch at|were mamed fo start in thiy race; Mr, Tast leah 8 closing big least are lnd(ufi judsed by the | Beimont's wonder horse wili compete ung h horedh mominated i agalnst the best blood pf the tuf, in- 2 1-4; ofered as § 1-8 Rumber E’ start Jn {Be stake races ta Which they |ciuding _Tumbler and Hwfa, 3 are efi Fourteen stakes e ey Daymne Whitany's atablh; A 113 ;1’ ’ ] cun durin; 3fay ‘and Jume faeel- |drew MIlers Ticket, W. R. Coe's Jack beed” B Ba ! x-—! mg.;r(. tro; fnqtedz Club Mount, which is mazhen 't start in the Fe hitlawy Wuw‘*fie imdia %" ot i S sver the ca harses have beea mnai d tq” stact. stary Powel lh‘ a host at others well fo-ezery pne kagwn i maalng gnihusiascs, The I:a é‘a fluy\ for three- me | YR ?yfl’fi.—rflg@. @?