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JfiWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1917 INSURANCE INSURANCE FOR EVERYTHING INSURABLE 4. L. LATHROP & SONS < 28 Shetuckst Street Norwich, Conn. INSURANCE ==y Dou you carry ENOUGH INSUR- ANCE—and is the Insurance ALL in If the dispar- unreasonable between insurance value see us NOW. Prompt service, A-1 companies. ISAAC S. JONES insurance and Real Estats Agent Richards’ Building 8 M st ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Brown & Perkins, iitmeys-at-law Over Uncas Nat. Bank. Shetucket St Entrunce stairway near to Thames National Bank. Telephone 38-3 EDWIN W. HIGGINS Attorney-at-Law L."Co. Mut. Ins. Co. 59 Broadawy. Submarine Boys at Y. M. C. A. Much enthusiasm is being manifest- ed for the basketball game tonisht at the ¥. M. C. A. gymnasium between a team from the U. S. Submarine Base and the Y. M. C. A. Several of the players on the navy team have had considerable experience. The lineup is as follows: Right forward, McMa- hon; left forward, Steele: left guard, MeDowell (capt); right guard, Shadd; center, Schofieid; subs, Greenleaf, Gla< bin, Ksdlin. = Their average weight is 185, Captain’ McDewell has been prominent in the Navy Electrical scheol at New York and his basket- ball experience extends over a period of several years on the All-Navy bas- kétball team. Shadd gaired his bas- ketball experience at the University of Wisconsin. The Y. M. C. A. line- up is: Center, Houlihan; forwards, C. Poole, Buriingame: guards, Daly and F. Williams; suostitute, Grebe. N. Bidg. Wolfe Outpoints Ertle. Cleveland, O. Dec. 7.—Jack Wolfe of Cleveland outpointed Johnny Ertle of St. Paul in the ten round main bout of a practice boxing show here to- night. The men are bantamweifhts. The net proceed $2 600, goes to the sol- diers’ athletic equipment fund. The calamity howlers wou's do well to consider that baseball games be- tween Canadian teams in England tast summer attracted crowds of 15,- 000 spectators. NORWICH FAMILY MARKET Fruits and Vegetrbles. Red Cabbage, 10|New Turnips, String Beans, 10| 30¢ Peppers, 10|Eeg Plant Head Lettuce, 15/Red Bananas, Celery, 12-1) 40c Hothouse Toma- Dates, 0|Parsiey, toes, New Cabbage, 4 Chinese Salad, Beets, 10| Persimmons, ea. 13 Carrots— Lemons. 15-30 ‘Table. Ib., Caulifiower, Oniops— Yellow, ‘White, 12 Potatoes. $1.80] Hubbard Squash, 5 Yellow Bananas. 25 50 Turnips, pk., peck 3¢ a 12- 5 Mint, _olSpanish Onioas, Limes. doz Cranberries, Garfle; 53, Mushrooms, b, Table Appies, doz... $0-6 Ments. P parerib pareribs, Shoulders, Smoked Hams, 35/ Crere: 35|Tnside’ Rouna. 28|Shoulder Stealk. Lamb— Shoulders, Le; age. Nat. Salt Pork, Chickens, Fowls, Brollers, 50 Guineas, each, $1.25 Ducks, Ib., 38 Capons, 45 Turkeys, 60 Sirtoin, Roas T Ronst, Hind qtrs., Fore qtrs.. 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BUNCE ° w-Piano Tuner Phone 838-2 2 Clairmount Ave. T Finish Matches in Joe Rogers Throws Le Colosse in Two ‘Minutes and Ten | Seconds—*“Stranglei”” Lewis Defeats the Great Finn in | Wrestling Tourney Fourteen Minutes—Zbyszko Wins His Match in In- ternational Bout. e = New York, Dec. 7.—Three finish matches in the international wrestling tournament were decided here tonight. Joe Rogers, “the American Apolio,” of Rochester, N. Y., threw Plerre Le Co- losse, “the rench Giant,” in two min- utes and ten' ‘seconds with a body scissors hold. In the . second match Ed “Strangler” Lewis of Lexinston, Ky., took advantage of .the careless- ness of Fred Pilakoff, “the Great Finn” after 14 minutes 12 sec- onds of wmestling by thi ing him with an arm scissors and further arm hold. E; Wiadek ZbByszko of Poland was the aggressor every second of ~the con- test with Steve Savige of Siavonia, and finally ping-d his opponent’s shoulders to the mat with a body scissors in 11 minutes and 42 seconds. THE POWERS-PALITZ BOUT TO BE A FAST ONE Both Fighters Are in the Best of Con- dition and Will Make Weight Easily. The two principals in the boxing bout that will take place here next week under the auspices of the Pas- time Athletic_club are reported to be in the best of condition. Palitz re- ! ports that his weight now is 146 1-2 pounds and will easily make 145 .on the night of the fight: Powers is about down to weight and is in Al condition. Some people may be a little skepti- cal about the bout as many frosts have been pulled off hers in the past but the securing of Marty Keough as referee guarantees the public against anything like that. Marty Keough is one of the best referees in this part of the state and is bound to keep things going fast. All of the men, in fact. that have anything to do with the bout have the cleanest’ of reputations in sporting circles and will see that the boxing public is treated fairly. The semi-final men are hard at traning and both - will fight to win. Young Deal of New London will have Austin Rice, the well known light- Weight of a few years ago in his corner and will also have the backing of all New London. Marty Allen is the dark horse, but it is known that he has a punch that will put Deal in dreamland if he can land it. The preliminary is sure to furnish a ¢hrill or two as both Tommy Winters and Battling Green are fighters of the rushing calibre and hard hitters. The officials of the bout will be Jack Shugrue as announcer, Jackie Wilsan as timer_and Marty Keough will referee. Matchmaker Jack Sullivan see that the bouts are run off { promptly. The whole exhibition as a whole promises to be the best that has ever been staged in the city. Belmont Buys Liberty Bonds With Winnings. ‘Washington. Dec, 7.—The Red Cross today announced that it had received from August Belmont $10.000 worth of { Liberty Bonds purchased with the 1 purse won by his horse “Hourless” in the race against Omar Khayyayn at Laurel Maryland, last October 18. . Before the race the owners of the two horses agreed that the purse should be used to buy Liberty bonds for the Red Cross. PITCHING SLUMP CAUSES REDS TO LOSE PENNANT Hitting, Cincinmati Topped the National League by Good Margin. That pitching strength is still one of the major essentials to baseball success is forcibly demonstrated in the officlal National League batting averages for the season of 1917, compiled by Secretary John Heydler and released for publication recently. These figures confirm the report, spread by unofficial statisticlans, that the Cincinnati Reds were the most prolific clubbers of the present cam- paign and offer a peculiarly jnteresting field for speculation of the “if” variety. If batting were the whole of or even a predominating element in base- ball, the Reds would have won the National League pennant with. some- thing to spare. They led their league with a composite average of .264, rarik- ing three points ahead of the Giants, who were themselves eleven points in advance of their next clomest rivals: They developed the individual cham- pion in Eddie Roush (.341), and with 474 extra bases scored on long hits es- tablished a marked supremacy in this particularly diverting respect. - No sensational spurt toward the end of the season was responsible for Cincinnati’s loft rating in the swat- ting community. Chris Mathéwson's young men found the range in the first few weeks and maintained a steady bombardment throughout the entire campaign. For a time it seemed as _though thc concentrated venom of their fire would carry them to an unexpected championship, for when they were at the top of their rame they were prome to humble the Giants as frequently and as compre- hensively as any_other rival. 3 But just as they seemed to be on ‘the verge of a dash into first_place their pitching staff collapsed. Where McGraw had threo sterling south- paws and at least one reliable right hander, Matty had only two right handers wko could be counted upon to wage a_stiffish battle agoinst all comers. They couldnt carry the slabbing burden of thair clyb unaided, and so the most vizorcus batting eom- bination in the Tener circuit drifted out of the pennant firht through an vnpluggable rift in their pitching de- fense. ¢ Matty had been oble ta lay his clutches on one more first cla\: fling- er the Reds would also certainlv have rried their fight into fhe last cou- ple of weeks. . Tf Big Six_had been able to round up two zood ones he misht have qualified for the world's =eries. Had he been able to corral two rade A sonthpaws the chances are that he would have won the pen- nant. | FINANCIAL AND COMMERGIAL MARKET WAS HEAVY. lings Were Narrow, Aggregating Only 330,000 Shares. New York, Dec. 7.Stocks were heavy in thé first of today’s stagnant later, though closing with heavy tone. least important of any, day for many weeks, . total dealings agsregating only 330,000 shares. Rails bore the brunt of the early re- versal,- investment stocks making gross recessions of one'to two points. Yet new minimums were reached by Baltimore &nd Ohio at 54 and Penn- sylvania at 44 1-8, selling of the lat- ter again suggesting urgent liquida- tion. . ‘ Utilities extended ~ recent losses, Western Union, however, regalning its two point decline. 1. S. Steel was under pressure most of the time with other equipments, but. rallied sl ly in the last hour,.only to fall kK again. Shippings, coppers and some half score speculative? specialties . react- ed and recovered as the movement shifted elsewhere, ending for the most part, nowever, at met losses. International bonds were heavy, An- glo-French §'s establishing their low- est quotation at 89 1-8. French mu- nicipals also weakened. Liberty 4's ranged *from 97.16 to 97.30 and the 3 1-2's from 98,48-to 98.76. Total sales, par valus, agsregated $3,150,000. + U. S. bonds, old issues, ‘'were un- changed on call, the registered 4's de- < 1 1-8 per cent. on sale. STOCKS. i i g 35sdsssianatansnstaley EEEREEEEREEERRANEY me0ge fog T SaissSibsunnsssonntinnals session, but made up part of their loss| The movement was the narrowest and | 40F. M & S 4000 Gen | Electre ex: A Gen' g Co Cash® 20 Gen Mot Corp 00 Goodrich B ¥ 100 Granty Mining 300 Gt North pr 600 G Ore Subs 160 @en ~Cigar Co. 100 Gult S Steel . 300 Haskell & Bark 300 Tliinols Central 1400 Ins Copper 100 Inter Con pr 160 Int “‘Har C mp 6100 Iut Mer Mar 5100 ITnt M Mar pr 700 Tut Paper 800 Int Nickel 200 Kan So or 190 Kelsey Wh pe 1000 ack " Steel 2100 Kamaccott 200 Lehigh Valley 200 Loufs &Nash. 100 Mazwell M 1 pr 200 Maxwell M 2 pr 1700 Mex Petrol 45, 122% 123% 123% g2t 195% 2% 35 1% 69 283 22 102% ¢ % 100 Nat Cond & C 100 Nat Fnam & S 600 Nev C Copper 1900 N. Y. Central 00N Y. N H & 100 Norf &South 300 Norf & West. 100 North _Pacific 1190 Ohio Cities Gas 200 Owens Bot M 100 Pacific Mail 2800 Peon B R 2800 Peon B R 300 People’s G & € 3200 P. Marquette 600 Pitts Coal . 100 Pitts Steel 300 Pitts & 1 44 2814 68% 35% 35 i T2 1 18% 131 30% 81% 24% izt 35 ssisauitiesnernitan eaan 1 8% 15 136 8 1% 5% ‘88 us 1083 94 9% % I i i i i LI g.flfl.fl. fiy it i E ¢ | b " 3 n 2%5? i h 28.40; i gae Jury 27.65. “2s. May 27 muddling 28.95. steady; high 4; low 3 1-4; ruling rate 3 1-2;" closing bid 3 1-4; offered at last loan.3 1-2. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. = | \ ~ Open. Tigh TLow Closs. s.12% 126% T - R o " 19% o 119 3% 70 SIX CLOSE-UPS OF FIGHTING FITZ Rem cences of a 27 Yeays’ Intimacy i With Great Fighter—His Marvclous Leap From a Middleweight to World’s Heavyweight Champion — Barroom Bawl With Corbett. By WILLIAM PF. ROD2AP Sports Editor Pubdlc fedger From the middleweizht champion to the world’s heavyweignt titigholder is a big leap. Few have moge’ It in the history of the ring. It 8ok Bob Fitz- simmons six vealg *two months and thrde" days to Zakc it that inter- vening tir_g. ho many bright ades to pugilistic history. Aft- er Lanky Tiob had beaten the hereto- fare invincille Jack Dempsey in such @ decisive manner he found it diffi- cut to et any middlewsights to face him in the ring. Club%, promoters and matchmakers met the same obstacles. Only two middleweights in _America had the femerity to ma against him in 1891 after his Demp- sey conquest. They were Abe Congle in’ Chicago, who Fitz cisposed of in two founds, and Black Fearl in Min- neapolis, who was flattened in four rounds. Then the heavyweights began yearn for a crack at the physical freak. Billy Madden had brought Peter Ma- her over from Ire'and. Madden real- ized the charm and magnetism of an | Irich champion. |make Peter the world’s heavyfeight titleholder. Madden doped it out that Fitz _would maite a srand trial horsc for Maher. In other words he was eag- er to test the Celt's ability to take punishment because ¥iily, knew that Lanky Bob could give it. If Maher had possessed the heart, of if a Fitzsimmons supporter had not tapped the bell a few seconds too soon, ¥itz might never have reached the pugilistic pinnacle of his day. For many at the ringside on that memor- able March 2, 1892, at the Olympic club on Royal street, New Orlean: that Maher had 17 zipped early that fizht. Maher Eknocked Fitz down in the first round and Fad his all but out when the bell sounded. He was Jragged to his corner by Joeo Choynki-and_revived during the minute's st. He came back Bzhting hard and from the third |rours to the tweifth when the . end icame, he made it so hot for Maher that the 'atter simply quit and walk- ed to his corner. “i's no use,” he remarked to Mad- den and to those at the ringside, “That fellow is u devil.” Mzher weighed 178 pounds, while Fitz scaled 165, just 12 1-2 pounds more ghan when he beat Dempsey. The end of the fight was spectacular. When the ninth round rolled around Maher was nearly through. He was blowing and, puffing like a stenm engine. “Tet’'s rest a while, said Fitz. “No, come on and ficht, you black- guard,” said Maher savagely. Titz took him at his word and from then on made the going so tough for the Irishman that everv Maher man saw his morey slipping agay for it was a big betting event. Two or three times the hopes of the fans were re- vived when Peter statred one of his havmakers. but every time the elusive Fitz got his jaw outside the danger zone. When the bell ranz ending the twelfth round Maher shook his_head at his seconds as if to say® “No mora of thisafor me.” Captain Barrett. of the New Or- leans police asked Maher if he was throuzh and Peter nodded assent. Fitz, zood sport that he was, forgot the many vile epithets that Maher had hurled at him through the fight, ran over, sh his hand and kissed him on the forshead. Kissing one’s op- ponent “s2em=d to be the proper thing in thoss days. “You ail very “So_did_vou,” then she turned aslked for a_flas in well,” said Fitz. replizd Maher to his seconds and k. ‘Taking a_ long Iraveht he then handed it to Fitz. “Will you join me ” asked Maher. “Of cource 1 will?” answered Fitz, and he drained the bhottle. Fitz cama north for a short trip sto exhibit his prowess and incidentally to pick up some stray ducats. He boxed three contests in Newark, one in this city and ome in New York, beating James Farrell in two rounds, Joe God- frey in one and Jerry Siattery in two. He then returned south and beat Mil lard Zender at Anniston, Ala., in ons round. Fitz found himself in a dilemma. aft- er his conquest of Maher when he re- turned to New Orleans. Jim Hall had lomed up in Amcrica. He was hot on Fitz's trail, because the story had preceded him that his victory over Lanky Bob in Australla was a fluke. It was the newspapers that forced the match, for in those days ring contests were discussed on the editorial pages as well as the sports sheets. Hall and Fitz met March 8, 1888 in ‘the Crescent City Athletic club ring, which had succeeded the Olympic club for the time being in bidding for pat- jronage. A purse of $40.000 was order- ed for the boyt, but it was never paid. Fitz_won in_four rounds by a right- hard half-arm uppercut. He receivad just a tithe of the original purse. He said he id never meet another heavywelsit. Fitz was a spectator at the Sulli- van-Corbett fight when the ex-Califor- nia bank clerk won the world’s title Sejt. 7, 1892, in the Olympic Club ring. The next morning the crowd flocked to see the new champion. The writer the late Thomas J. Ryan, then harbor master of Philadelphia, and’ jack Mc- Auliffe spent the morning with Sul, livan, consoling him in defeat. Cor- bett was seen later in the day. An incident occurréd, which Fitz verified, but which - threw. doubt on his declaration that he wouid never nieet another heavyweight. TRe story goes in New Orleans that Fits went to Corbett'’s dressing room, knocked at the door and remarked to the sen- try in charge that the middleweight champion would like to congratulate he new,heavyweight champion. Cor- bett apparently had little use for Fitz, for he sent him a slurring mes- sage. Fitz shrugged his big shoul- ders and passed on, remarking: “That Corbett had better efijoy -his championship while he has it, for if ever I decide I want it T4l take it away from him! I can beat him any time I want to.” The expression evidently sank deep into Corbett. He always sidestepped a match with Fitz. He evidently be- lieved himself what Fitz said. Willlam A Brady was Corbett's manager. He saw a fortune in the heavyweight- ti- tie 80 long as Jim could hold it, so he was not going to take any chances of it being sacrificed. . Corbett beat Charley Mitchell, boxed Peter Court- ney for the moving pictures, in which Courtney took a flop; boxed a foure round draw with Tom Sharkey, and gave. a ‘three-round _exhibition with Jim McVey, his sparring partner: That was the extent of Corbett’s fistic en- sagements in four and a half years. In the meanwhile Fitz had knocked H and out Jim Hall, Phil'Mayo, Jack War- [} ner, Jack Hickley, Frank Kellar, Dan Creedon, Al Allish, Peter Maher again, this time in one round; boxed a draw with Joe Choynski and was robbed of a fight with Tom Sharkey. The public clamored for a Corbett- Fitzsimmons match. The ex-bank clerk’ could no longer sidestep the Js+ sue. One of his plans to aveid a meeting was that he claimed to have presen Lh;, title to Maher. That was before Fitz had flattened _‘the Irishman the second time. The" pub- lie that as rot. Corbett had either to fight Fitz or else confess he feared the result. The climax came 2 to! He thought he could | say| ] | Don’t You Want Good Tezth? Does the dread of the dental chair cguze you to negisct them? By our msthod you can have aeed- have no fears: : erowned or ext: CTRICTLY SANITARY OFFICE | STERILIZED i ted ABSOLUTELY CC™SIDER THESE OTHER FEATURES You our tseth Ffilled ¥ ITHOUT PAIN. INSTRUM INTS CLEAN LINEN ASEPTIC DRINKING CUPY LOWEST PRICES CONSISTENT WiTH BEST WORK 1t these appeal to you. call for examinetior eharce for consultation. DR. F. C. JACKSON and estimats. Ne OR. O. J. COYLE DENTISTS (Successors to the hing Deatat Cc.) 203 MAIN ST. NORVW/ICH. CONN DA WM. to8 P M Lady Asistant itch thelr skill | Telep=ons in this city during the waning ot the 1396 theatrical scason. Fitz was playing_at the National theatre here while Corbett was filling an engagement in Wilmington. It was . near mdnight on a Saturda z was at the bar of Green {quafing a lemonade before retiring ifor the night. Con McVey, Corbett sparring partner, came into the notel and went to the room clerk’s desic and was in conversation when wali- ed over to get the key of his room. While talking with the night clerk Corbett came in, wedged his way be- tween McVey and Fitzsimmons. el- bowed the lattcr and yelled, “\Vhat sre you goin; around talking about me for?" Fitz stepped away from the desk and answered, “When T get vou in the ring at Carson City T'll do more than talk about-vou.” it is al- lezed Corbett spat in Fitz's face. The latter was unfuriated, and a bystand- er, who turned out to be Joe Corbett, a ‘brother of Jim, a_baseball pitcher, srabbed Fitz around the waist. Fitz broke loose, and when told who the man was ran over to a ncarby table, ipicked up a caraffe and dashed it at {Joe Corbett, saying, “Why don't you bring the entire family here? The late Dan Mills. Jr. who was j the sports 'editor of the Times, who was a lifelong friend of Fitz, tried to lead him away, but the Cornishman, now an American citizen. for he be- came naturalized immediately after bis victory over Hall, refused to leave. Corbett was spirited away to his room and peculiarly both slept in the same hotel that night, neither being cog- nizant of the other’s presence. The incident wiped out the appella- tion of Gentleman Jim and made the sport public a) Ithe more cager for a championship battle. It came, and its arrangement caused more discussion than'any other ring confest of the century. = The late George Siler was agreed upon as referee, and the contest mark ed the inception of the asimine inter pretation of the Marquis of Queens- -berry rules—allowinz the principals to hit on the breakaway. It simply put a premium on clinching. Happily, the rule is fast losing prestige and will soon be a memory of the past. The result of the battle is now hi: tory. Corbett's display of temper af- ter recovery from the Knockout pre- vented hirg ever getting a return bat- tle with Fitz. days How he lost the battle, and Bob Fitzsimmons the man, and touching incidents of his uniaue domestic life ill_be topics for Close-up No. 6, which will _appear in these columns on Saturday, «Dec.: -15. { SPORTING NOTES Morris Schick, the Cub’s young out- fielder who was drafted has joined the colors. “ the Brooklyns has gone to the navy as a yeoman. George Lees, ‘bails from Lebigh university, has been signed by the Chicago White Sox. Connie Mack ir still going to col- lege for ball players. His last capture was . Davidson, captain; of Brown. Fred Luderus was the only player part.in every game plaved by his club. Eddie Roush is one of the youngest players who ever led the National !elsgus in batting. He is only 24 years |old. . B Col. Ebbets says that Kansas City is the best minor league proposition in the country and deserves a place in the majors. Del Baker, who taught for the cham- pion Frisco team this year and was re- called by the Detroit ciub, has enlisted in the navy. Jack Lelivelt, once with the Yanlees may suceced George Stovall as man- agey of the Vernon, Pacific Coast League team. “If Miller Huggins gets Derrill Pratt to play second base we will finish third or higher,’ , says “Rozer Peckinpaugh, shortstop of the Yankees. The major league clubs will not be- gin signing their players until Feb. 1 at the earliest. There will be no advance money meanwhile, .In view of the cominz demand for all kinds of players. the St. Louls Browns have withdrawn their request for waivers on Lee Magee. Marvin - Goodwin, _the Cardinals' promising right-hander _ pitcher, has joined the aviation sgection of the United States Signal corps. Jimmy Dunn, for ten years a pro- fessiona] boxer and for years manager of prize fichters, has taken up his du- ties at Camp Zachary Taylor as bo: It is reported that Dave Hickman of | a young catcher who | in the National league this year to take | 1 i tion of the 20,600 seiccted men from Indiana, Kentucky and Southern I1- inois. At present Dunn is attached civilian under the committee on {raining camp activitie: of tue Coast leasue Hollocher of ked up an- ident Bau, says that in Shortstop Portiand the Cubs have D, other Dave Bancroft. v Jones, manager $25) to Short- own pocket to lary démands. n notified Own- the game ership. Last winter Wie cf the Crowns, handed stop Lavun out of i make up the latter’ Tw> months later Lav er Ball that he couldn't pla properly under Jones' lea Ambrose Clark expects to winter at Westbury in place of several seasons back. Most of his older performers went amiss last summer, but he has some green ma terial of promise that he is very a ious to have ready for the eariy spring meetings. Norman Kennedy will con- tinue with the stable as jockey. HORSE NOTES. They caught the Pacifi€ coast bear cat, Hal Logan, at Phoenix twice. Jack Kinsley bought Ashlook, 2.05 3-1, for I'red Belpin of New Britain, Conn. 2. Henry Titer has joined the winter cclony at Readville, which, by the way is the largest in Lady Hal, 2.03 one of the new 2.05 pacers, was campaigned by J. D. Springer of Sonoma Girl fame. Albert H. Merrill of Danvers has picked up a fine prospect in the Peter the Great trotter, King Neb, 2.11 1-2. Sister Pearl, 2.10 1-4, and Earl Narth 2.14, are _recent additions to the string | of tle. the Portland trainer, Irving Pot- The yearling half-sister to Mabel Trask 2.02 1-4, has been named Ma- hel Spi Sheé is by Directum Spier, 211 1-4. BRIEF STATE NEWS Avon—Christmas boxes for _aH drafted ,and enlisted soldiers, who have gone from Avon, are being pre- pared by the Avon Red Cross. - Har¥ford—Hartford county has a balance of $116,293.19 in its treasury at the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, - according to the re- port of the county auditors. Norwalk—The Connecticut Light and Power company, of Norwalk, has increased its rates for electric serv- ice of 1-2 cent per kilowatt hour f#r metered customers and 10 per cen for flat rate customers, e Danbury—A dozen' boxes are, ready at the headquarters of the Farm Bu- reau to make the germination. test of seed corn for entries made in the Afty ear exhibition for the corn show to be held December 18 at the state armory on West street. Hartford—Philip J. McCook, one of the “Fighting McCooks” being son of Rev. ‘Dr. J. J. McCook of this city, has been put in_charge of the draft hoards in New York city, being ap- pointed -to that position by Adjutant General Charles H.. Sherrill te take the place of R. B:"Wood, resigned. | Waterbury—It looks as if the fund of $2,000 for an ambulance to be sent to the Ttalian front, in behalf of which Lijeut. Geerge Roeder spoke in this city a shoft *time ago, would soon be completed. Mrs. Irving H. Chase. who is in charge of the fwnd, reports that $1500 of jhe amount reeded has already been raised, and contributions are still coming in. Norfolk—Mr. and Mrs, Henry H. Bridgsman of Fox Hill Norfolk, have announced the engagement of -th: daughter, Miss Isabel Battell Bridg- man, to George Griswold, son of the Mate George Griswold, of Tuxedo. Park. Mr. Griswold is a student at Celum- bia university, Ilives with his aunt, Mrs.-_Schuyler Van Rensselaer. in New York. He is a nephéw .of Frank Gray of Griswold. orvie No One Caes’ | Why not give the Kaiser Spitzbér- gen. since he 'séems to want somc thing so much? Tt “was ' discoverad 320-0dd years ago. -but . riobody. " has claimed it -yet—Springfield- - hepubli- Seem to. Need ‘Help, Will the govefnment’ have ply a few low-salaried . men. the $100,000 presidents how the railroads?- to AlllP' to. tell fo rin Concrete piles have been driven aine feet into the coral rock of Honoitulu with 3,100 blows of an ordinary -drop ing, instructor to a considerable por- | hammer. Saturday Evenings from 630t0 8 . for Deposits -mfn{ CHEBSEA SAVINGS BANK | pac Couldn't POETRY BILL'S DAD, Bil wuz jest ‘is h Our last baci off it uv Far ta' distance, benea % train, mother fer Bl &0 th' his an’ me, A-makin’ it horder y' see. we stood on the sidewalk, an’ Wwatched ‘em g Shoulder t' shculder Bill conldn't speak. high, gave “Goodby An’ T couldn’t help fcelin’, ez fathers Wil it ofly wuz me—instead uv Bill! > row to row. but ‘is hed wuz Bz look an’ waved' he ns a Br We didn't say much, at supper, that night, & An' metnher seemed older—more feeble, an’ white, But she stuck it o bra ez could be; thought uv herself, uv me. somehow, ez Never but allust seen in th' papers where Sched France, th’ front, at th’ very first the Frenchmen thanked: God, on_ their kneos, When th' Star Spangled Banner flew out on th' breeze. " Stil] 1 couldn’t help feelin’, ez fathers astead uv B only wuz me 2 word now an’ th An’ so it ran on, with then, That told us uv BEill an’ men. An' mother seemed older—more fesble As we read night. rest uv th e, in'th’ Bible a chapter at Th' thing 'at hurt most, tho. wuz Bill's ‘table. ez if he wuz be back, th’ set free. Bill together— keep praving. 1en mother ez fathers bout us, God—an’ look after BilL® ; —Kenneth Graham Memphis Comm, HUMOR OF THE DAY Officer—Are you Brown? New Recruit—No, not yet, sir. Tve only been down here a week—Cas- sell’s Saturday Journal Wyikns—Does Biggs tell well? Watkyns—No. but, confound him, he thinks he does.—Somerville Jour- nal, Dutfield in the al Appéal, a story "Why ron’t you want me to marry your sister, Bobby? I thought you iiked me?” “l do. Magazine. “Love makes the world go round”* quoted-the Parlor Philosopher. “Yes, but marriage _ generally squares things,” added the Mere Man. —Town Topics. i Doctor—Your throat is in a_ very bad state. Have you ever tried gar- sling with salt water? Skipper—Yes; I've been -torpedoed, six times.—Punch. t “She’s an estremely bright ang clever woman, isn’t shi A *“The brighttst and cleverest I have. ever met. After you have been with her half an hour you never want to see her again."—Life. S “My ‘wife watches the sugar mar- ket _closely.” “Speculating?” H “In a small way. She borrows when it's high and pays back when iUs low."—Kansas City Journal. ‘Wife (with newspaper)—A drunken man. fell_overboard and was drowned,= That shows the evil result of whiskey drinking, . Hub—Not at all, my ‘dear. It mers- 1y shows the bad result of too_ much water after one's whisky. — Boston ‘Transcript. v An editor received this a fresh youth: Kindly tell me why a girl alwaysy closes her eyes when a fellow kisses her? To which the editor replied: If you will send us your phote- graph we may be able to tell you the reason.—Puck. THE KALEIDOSCOPE The death of Professor Adoff Wag- ner, Professor of Political Bconomy at the University of Berlin, is reported. That's why.”—Browning'e letter from A eolemn Te Deum was held re- cently in the Cathedral at Athens on} the octcasion of the anniversary of the capture of Salonika. Queen Elena has placed the epart-1 ments of the Royal Quirinal Palace at the disposal of the refugee children _ from the invaded districts. d By a decree igsued recently, Senory Auéra and Senor Padilla have been * appointed Spanish Ambassadors at Fetrograd and Lisbon respectively. . British Red Cross material losses in Italy include all the supplies and stores of one hospital and about ome-~ third of the ambulance. Lord Mon- son is now working at the reorganiza- tion of the units. *'The Crown Prince, who arrived at Potsdam . recently for the christening of his-baby daughter, has had a num- ber of political and military .confer- encdes' with the Kalser. Count Hertling, and Herr von Kuhlmann. 5 Deputy,von Payer has, according .to a ‘Berlin, telegram. been designated? for; the post of Vice-Chancellor. The Kfiser- has accepted Herr Heiffetich's s resignation _on condition of 'his ac- lcepting empléyment in another capat- ity. 535 . . Parliamentary representatives ” of tha .Fréfich . Radical and Radical-So- cjalist Party are officially urged to ob- " tain from the Government a definition _ of ‘the aims by which it means to be inspired_at the Inter-Allied Confer- ences. : ¢ Under the War Time. Elections Act, the Canadian ~Gowernmeént. has ap- Pointed, as scrutineers of the votes of soldiers overseas, Colonel M. Sims for Frange and Lieutenant-Colonel Thomipson “for England. The scru- tineers for the Opposition are -Mr. sodfrey. Langlais: (France) -and Mr. ~ W.:T. R. Preston (England). :“*\We ' promised . Poland internal ,in>.. depéhdance, - Anything more is inad- missible, “A -Poland 'as the leading Power: of .u -thoroughly anti-German West Slavism is for us-more danger- ous than a Russian Poland.’—Rhein- iSch-Westfalische Zeitung. * | “Already the German parties in Aus- tria - are” beginning a vigorous -cam pajgn-for the Germgnization of South ern Tirol. ~ A, meeting of German Lib- erals held at Bozen has demanded the institution’ of .a Gorman administra- ¥ tion of the cotntry, south of the Alps, fnally a German Bishop of Trent. F 'As_importers of textiles in France r are dissatisfied with the Franco-Brit- h agreement of August 24. the Brit- o h Chamber 6f Commerce in Paris is convening -a metting ;of textile im- porters to examine the question. with | German’ schools, German officials, and La view ‘to French business interests 4s much 'as British. Some French firms think that ‘the restrictions are due - to: the’ British Government, but they were.. in fact, proposed by the French authorities,