Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 3, 1918, Page 3

FOR EVERYTHING J. L. LATHROP & 8ONS 08 Shetucket Street Norwich, Conn. | | WINTER mes . i _ The d-u-firws whhf“' fire. Is wi FIRE 1N8UHA‘NGE. %fln furnaces, defective flues and qu. very often 5 re in imm, roporty toflay in our Mnfi com- " ISAAC S. JONES thsurance and Real Estats Agent Richards’ Building 91 Main St ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW * Brown & Perkins, Hismysadat] Sugen Over Uncas Nat. Bank, Shetucket St. ‘Thames LEGAL NOTICEN' . . Atteation, Sidewalks! | " The ordinances-of the City of Nor- wich impose a penalty of $5.00.. upon Any owner, occupant or person having |, the care of any land or building abut- ting the public highways of the City where there is a sidewalk, either grad- ed or paved, who fails to have re- , moved therefrom all snow, sleet and ' jée within three hours after it shall have been deposited or within three hours after sunrise when the same has fallen ‘in the night season, and also upon any such party who fails-to have the snow on such sidewalk removed or properly sanded within two hours of its becoming so deposited during the day time, for each successive period of Jfour hours thereafter that mains after proper notice given. This will give notice to all affected by the foregoing Ordinance ‘that the same will be strictly enforced and any- one failing to comply therewith prose- cuted fro mthis time forward. GEORGE E. FELLOWS, Street Commissioner.~ EAGLEVILLE Thirteen More Join the Red Cross— Total Membership at Last Report 115. Religious services at the hall have been omitted for two Sundays owing to the severe weather and dangerous roads. Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Vinton were Christmas dinner guests of President and Mrs. Beach at Storrs college. The winter term of the public schoel will open Monday, Jan; 7, without change of teachers, R b Still Gaining Members. The good work of recruiting new members for the Red Cross is keeping up right well in this village. Mrs. Vinton reports 13 new enlistments since Christmas: Mrs. H. F. Thompson, Joseph W. Prue, Byron S. Medbury, Nolia Price, John Havyden, Mrs. Ford Chadwick, Fred S'lmonura Felix Al- berts, little Ross Pinpan, Willlam Jo- seph Pinpan. Mrs. Nora Thompson, Nellie May Thompson, Lester Cham- pion. The total to Dec. 29 was 115. STONINGTON Fred A. Hyde, who enlisted several ‘weeks ago in the paval reserves, has received orders to report at Newport Saturday next. Stonington harbor is almost com- pletely frozén over, and-many fishing vessels are ice-bound. The week of prayer meeting, by members ofthe First Baptist church, was held Tuesday evening at Bella Vista, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward E. Bradley. City of Norwich Water Worh Office of Board of Water Cnmmudnm. Norwich, Conn., Jan, 1, 1818, Water Rates for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1917, are due and the office Jan, 1, 1918, o » Office open from 8.30 a. m. until'§ m. Additions will be made to all b remaining unpaid after Jan. 20, IQHL{ CHARLES W. BURTON. Cashier. " that will always WHIP - Fresh Daily —at the— People’s Market 6 Franklin Street JUSTIN HOLDEN, Propristor Whitestone Cigars will be $3.90 a 100 from Oct. 1st, 1917. $2 for a box of 50, Same rate per thousand. J. F. CONANT, 11 Franklin st it so re- | O a1 cuwehnd 0. .Tan. 2 ; Sonnns. e of 2T Mlnn.. ‘and | Jack Wom of-Cleveland ' has . been changed from Jan. 23 tu Jan. 25 AETNA DUCKPIN LEAGUE. Giants Hold Lead;With 19 Games Won .- L !M—lvnth High Man, Mwnr..u,c. ...1'1! ne ‘league ‘Giants m‘u\e leaders, having won 1’ § games and lost 8. The White Sox are second with 16 won and 11 lest, al- t.hough they have a_total. pinfail’ of | Cer¥ only 52 pins less'than ‘the leaders. S e e e ngs. The s follows EIGHT cL UBS TO ; "SHARE! O“lll MO“EV ] Wor, Lost. P.C. Giants o =.. 19 8. 704 1 5% change § division the, vlawu‘-m of :hen’ o | Teceipts, mission, and Ban ‘B. Johnson, president. ‘of e l;n Amerifan league, Herrmann ‘Jolinspn were recently appointed a major leagiics in Chicagetss sk o, the es in cagoito act on the ‘sligzestion of John K. Tener to divide MARKET WAS STRONG. (Sold only tn the La Touraine bag Ak 35ca pound — all grocens . : * right. " ness and: blend..’ bag kcmut HE one: tfimg that can make ormarabre,akfast is the coffee. vAmpoffl;vorys:\my Tou- ramelsthpcmwnmgglowota perfect meal. warquphy—ltshrt theday La’l?ourainewinsm-mseyw for - its rich flzver,rtsref;eshmggoud Nonebut: théchmcxt coffée beans - ~tobe‘found thewofld’smmket are used in' this dlsfind:rw o@fiee “ W.S. @mby Compnny Your dealer awill recommend Quub_y pnlua - you. gnfed_ satisfaction ... It puts’zest into superior quality. Ground fresh when you. ‘ogfler it and sold onlv-in. the T.a Tox ke knotiss they will give . Prices Attained Their Highest Levels "in the Final Hour. 2 world’s series receipts .\mong non-con- testing players. ; According 16 the change adopted by He:rmann and Johnsonthe remainder ofthe purse will be divided on a graded u:fle méng. the players.of the teams New York, Jan. -2—A spirit of rfulness pervaded -the - financial on the frst day of the new |cul year, many stocks recording gains of two'to seven points. The. further improvement was ac- cepted as a crystalization of the great- er confidence resulting from the gov; ernment’s action ‘respecting railroad control, although that group was/ gly backward in today’s move- =% mctuded hll f the teams with the exception of *.|'the 'failenders. The new plan will be given a tryvout next fall and. will _be permanent if it proves satisfac-| The money divided among the other first division players will depend entire- Iy on the size of the gate, as the sums of the winners and losers is fixed and will remain the same whether the games are plaved at the largest or the smallest parks. The radical nature of this ' change may be appreciatéd when it is consid- eFed that the winning White Sox play ers” received $3,673 last fall and the losing Giant plavers $3,499. The hich ‘water mark: for winning players was in _wheén each of the Boston _Red Sox pulled down mere than $4,000 ;| While in 1916 each of the losing Brook- iFn-plavers took m a sum in excess of $2.800. Prices attained to highest levels’ in | i e b on the hee's of the announcement that the department of justice had recom- mended postponement of further ac- | at, tion in certain of the anti-trust cases. Unofficial advices of a further breach in._negotiations between the Russian delegates and the Central Powers were overshadowed by the report of the American war mission which indicated the detérmined attitude of the admin- istration. Industrials, more specially. specific war, indnstries and war materials fea- tured the competitive trading. The rige haltad at intervals; but gathered tion. B ivesh strength in renewed absorp- The ease with which specialties mov- ed forward bespoke further punish- ment of the bears, resumption on a large sca’s of pool activity and no lit- tle: revivai of public interést. U.'S. Steel asserted its Yeadership from the start, making a gross gain of 5 1-2 points to 96 1-8, retaining all but a slight - ion. Other steels, | Maxwell -Motor+2 pt shippings and motors were the strong|May Dent Stores - £ the plavers’ purse, the rest to be di- fit?f‘islgoz‘ze tlosge,. Shlew amount;i g 2 : vided among the other plavers.’ > i LM ? ' The National Teague adopted Ten- Tntersstipal oonds yows Sleady ancl) 2 er’s scheme at its annnal mecting last e T, ety s winter. brit the American League sold at 97.20 to 96.90 and the 3 1-2's % o fon It Yohmasn value, amounted fo 34,550,000 belong tha spoils.” However, the 1917 o Lwss puncharged world’s series ‘again convinced - Tener el tha the contesting plavers drew en- tir too. much for - the amount -0t work, involved. and he again put his proposition: before the National League which . agairi recommended its adop- Ban Johnson ‘again’ fought the idea-at’ first, ‘but Garry Herrmann lat- er explnnad its benefits and converted him ‘to. the " proposition. w3 | In connection with the new arranze- ment it might be added’ that the club owners will get-no more out of the se ries, than formerly. In discyssing the action of the Chi- cago conferénce Tener said he was well pleased. “I have long taken the stand that the- world’s ‘seties rules had no idea that individuals winning players would recsive $4,000 and losing players $2,800. Such sums for a week’s work are entirely ollt of proportion to base- General General Tilinois Central Inspiration - Cop Tnperbond €0t I Com 10¢ing Brooklyn plavers in 1916 is really the direct. reason for the change. Brdoklyn it will be recalled was de- feated décisively by the Red Soj. There. was much adverse criticism at the time about. the losing player's get. ting 5o much . money for five days’ play that President Tener devised a scheme by which the active participants of the series -would get about 60 per cent. of l(enneerm Lack ~ Steel © . Lehigh' Yaller- Tehigh Valles. Toase Wiles Loulsville Mackay Cos Manhattan - £ Maxwell Motar Maxvell Molor pt Tncidentally this big purse y\aad the ball fought for a change, I believe a por- tion of the world’s ssries money could be utilized in making plavers fight for, every. pomtion right. to the:end-of the season.” TPener's object will bé attained: ‘The players an the second place team. will get something like $700 a player 4f the series is. played in large cittes and. it clubs are out of the pennantifight they: will fight as hard for that.sum as for the ‘'pennant. The fourth place ‘team will “get *around’ $300 4 mau, and.-the scramble to ‘gét in the first division will be' keener than ever before. There will be no more hippodroming afier the raee is won, WRESTLING TO BE ‘INTRODUGED. AT Y. M. C.:A. Leel( A::quhon Is Dnvelepiv;g a Team That Will Be of Great Strength At the local Y. M. his Thurs- day evening there will tryouts ‘for the " wrestling team which is to be started 'at’ the' local .association. The wrestling 'is' 2’ new feature of the gym work ‘and - bids fair to he o drawing card. The wrestling will take place from § to 8,30 and then for an how: there will be basketbal practice.. Joe Dajey is heading ithe;local team and has some’ fast”material lined up. It is ‘tHe ‘intention of ‘the local asso- ciation’to ‘have 2 fast basketball gama n the gym every Saturday eveniu and for this coming Saturday the. W limantic Blue Ribbons will play. here. The Naval Resérve team which played here on Tuesday evening looking for zames ‘in this part of. the state’ anq’ ‘would like 'to play . either Jewett City or Taftyille. " Leonard to'Stay at Camp Upton. . Benny- Leonard, the world's light- Yveight . ehampion, is ;going to- deserl the ring...This doesn't mean that the popular champion. has: bid the canvas ropes, and .hell. farewell. Far from! that, simply that he is going to work his young head off whipping recruits into shape at Camp Upton. And while he's doing -this ‘work-he.will-pay little af- tention to the ebb’and tide of the pu- gilistic ocean: Benny's: annoigtement was as mod- est-as the chamyion ‘himself. - Just a postal rexding as follows: % 3 “Just, a -line to say, hel'a. Back in good shavne out here; and I 'am goin-' to st here. And, believe me, - | won't box for' a long time, as Unclc Sam comes first.” TLeonard ix to receive $1,880- pE!‘ :m- num as instructor, bdut that :mo Wwill be turned over to the athietic {umt at®his camp Malting Malting s HEER WINNER OF P (INTERSTATE SHOOT Sugar Broke 1997 Targets Out' of a' Possible New Yofk Jan. 2-A former pro- ' | tessional trap. shooter, William H. Heer of. Guthrie, Okla., is the winner of thé i ol q W L i amateur -high average trophy of the Atcnier Interstate Association for the season A, 6 of'1917. - During the season just closed he .shot at 3,050 targets of which ‘he | broke 1,997 giving ‘him ‘an“average of 3741 which was six poinu above - his nearest cnmpofltar . Henderson, .of l?mm flxe official” hish average fn '1910° and -again 1913, “In 1910 his average' was 97.75 and in 1913 it was 97.:30. Trapshooting rules provide that 'a’ man-Wwho is a professional and. de- . |sires to' again ‘become. an amateur, must retire from competition. for three years, that is previded- that‘his aver- age was better than 90 per: cent. Heer retired. competition after ‘the 1913 - SINGLE Name ana Address. W Gnthx'le, Okh New York, Jan -Call money i | high 5: low 4 1-3; ruling ‘rate 5; clos- ing bid 4 1-2; oftered u 5; ‘last loan ‘Geo. N, Yndonville, N. Y. .. " Chatfield, J. B., T m..n“ i 15. January-21:60; March: July '2’ 70; Ofibhaf 28.80. Al et BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Ind;festlon. Druggists money if it fails. 25¢ m; Fred,; Atlantic City, N. itt, A.- C, -Morton, N. Y. S., Buffalo, N. ., Newman,’ Cal. Hefl IAuen. Anen!own, Pa: A iy, C. v H, R’émmmn,‘l‘nd hzr ymel,” Ch; Porte C .:llh:.‘ John season and returned ‘in 1917 as an amateur and won the highest average. The * professional ~high man is Les- ter. German. of Aberdeen; Md, who some (wenty odd’vears ago pitched the Memphis’ Southern 'League ‘team to champions, and after pitehed for the New York Na#lonals before entefing the'. trapshooting game “as ‘a . protes- sional. The averages 'for “single targets” for both amateurs and professionals are based on a‘minimum ‘of 2,000 targets. in. accordance with the [Interstate’ ‘I'rapshosting Association ruling tq that effect. . The averages for double tar- gets, are computed on The Interstate only, and.they are based on taking part. in . two tournaments as a ‘mini- mum, as per The Interstate Trapshoot- ing Association ruling to.that effetct. More than+ 260 amateur and 'fifty professiomals qualified under. -these season. Of this number the Rist {wen. 1y -in, each class together with their scores and averages follow: TARGETS P 2 Amateurs. Shot At Broke . Per.Cent: ' 9735 9729 9701 §73 45 9661 9649 3602 39 L9583 |, 7k S ORTHY values, a.nd for .that reasop T|. Trapshooting Association Tournaments |- <.9565 1 Mnedrth at- Front. n,m now Captain James F. Meredith: Hot of the Penn frack team, but of Uncle. Sam’s.. ving forces in.France, ‘and the one-time: hievo.- of 'the, cinder path' is now .a here -of thé aviation corps, ‘actually fiying' over the trenches on the battlefields of Fyance. This information ‘wis contained in a letier ;just received by J. Howard Berry, another Penn_hero who recent- Iy . joined. the . ambulance corps. Ted Fdmitted . in''the ‘letfer ‘that he had been-raised to the.rank of captain and jhad been, fiying on regular army as- sigmments. W {. The enlistment of . Win. Noyes. and the ‘sale of Joe Bush to the Red Sox will. leave: the. Athletics.a ‘bit.shy on pitching material. After several -weeks of idleness as a ‘result of: injuries, Johnny Dundee, itlu- New ,York lightweight.. has re- sumed his boxing activities. The menth-by-month. plavers’ tract 'proposed, by -some- of the mag- nates has been turned down. The 1918 big league contrdet” wm be tor the sea- son.: .. ERE . Earle Neale_the Réds” outfielder and former star, foptball .player, coached tie eleven at West. Virginia Weslevan this fail and scored a distinet triumph in this fole.” = Walddk Zbyszko, ‘who claims the wotld’s' wrestling championship, savs he will give Barl Caddock first chance tv zrappie for,ltha title; with Joe' Ste- 'S, knoekout { record to ‘grow. He has collected L ‘knockouts in‘his last 1§ starts, or from- the: night he won the hghtveigh' crown from Fredd' Weich. ck C\Me fight - pronioter. - is | {rving. to arrange ‘a clash * for Carl \lorml the ' Okjahoma , heavyweight, who evidently has: recomsidered his an-' i nounced determination to retire from the ring. | Afaong’ the Enown, big leaguers who are beyosd tite military asze are Fddie Cicotte, Dode . Paskert, Shono Collins. Hal-Chase;” Larrv- Gardener, Bill' Killiter,. - Gayvy - Cravath, - Jack Coombs, Larry Cheney and George Gibson. Wmdwr is_zoing ‘right ahead w h plans for a biz Bay State Short S msms E 0N STOMACHTROUBLE | Felt Wnaehd Uil He Startd . To Take “Fruit-3-tives” 594 CuaupLAIN ST, MONTREAL. "Por two -years, I was'a miserable sufferer from Rheumatism and Slomack rulings -during- the 1917 -trapshooting | Zvouble. Ihnd!m;uutov.zzySpell:, #md’ when I took food; felt wretched | and ‘sleepy. ‘I suffered from Rheu- matism dreadfully, with paing in my hck and joints, and my hands swollen. - A friend advised “Fruit:-a-tives’” and fmm the outset, they did me good. 19741 Afleraefird box, I feli I was gelting well and I ean truthfully say that “Froit-a-tives” is the’ oaly " medicine “thet hélped me”. ‘TOUIS LABRIE. » * B0e. aibox, St‘ortZEO trial size; 25c. Atall dealersor sent postpaid by Fruit- artives Limited,_o'g’densburg, N.Y. M PHE 124TH. ANNUAL ME®ETING 1'1ar_the Mujual Assurance Gempany ‘of 9812 | the ‘City 19607 | the Nofwich 506 | Jam. 14th, of Norwioh will be held at iSavings: Socets Monday, 1818, at-10-a Natice to P-nevuum Policies will be renewed at the Nor- wich ‘h\'mgs Society an presentation. dscr4d R, BUTTS. Treasurer. con- | DIAMOND JEWELRY BROOCHES SCARF PINS RINGS PENDANTS 187th Dividend - Ofico of The Norwich Samga Soenty Norwich, Conn., Dec. 15, 1817. The Directors of this Society have ' declared out of the earnings-of current six months a semi-an dividend at the rate of FOUR CENT. per annum, payable to dep ER Jtors entitied therto on and - after January 15, 1918, COSTELLO LIPPITT; Treasurer. OLD LINEN WANTED - AT THE BACKUS HOSPITAL Old Linen: and Cotton such_as Sheets, Pillcw Cases, Napkins, ‘l‘nbfa cloths, etc. Also two new - pieceg-of toweling. Same will be-called for. by notlfying the hospital. i i The Thames National Bank: Norwich, Conn. Dec. 22, 1917, The annual meeting of the Stock- holders of this Bank for the dq:Jn of Directors.and the transaction such - other business as may lcdl come before them, is hereby called to be held at t-helr Banking House ion my Jan, 8, 1!1!, &t 11 @'clock a»m. ARLES W. G , Cashier, meeting next July. Seven thousand Gollars will be hung up for 15 events and will be divideq into seven stake events and six open races. It is.also® planned to run a Memorial day meet- ing. Arthur Irwin is loose again. The business manager of the Toronto ctub of the International league says that if the league fails to start mext spring, he will take the club to France to play games for the entertainment of * the American soldiers there, b Hector Auray, star quarter miler.and reiay man of the New Haven A. A, has been commissioned as a lieutenant to Camp Devens at Ayer. He wiil probably be a. member of a team to represent Camp Devens at the Mill- rose games on Jan. 23 in Madison Square Garden. g ks LIIRNIE AWAY. HEADACKE Exeeumformtbron.hmdm asthma, | & cr sfiflnack, mz!Fa, 1 :ll pains, and achsofthehm:kor. H pra:ns, muscles, | £ mcmd.otthedlest(it i pmvemx | and 60c jars; dzem PLUMBING AND GASFITTING CALLUP 734 With or Without Gas Attac! ments but - Always EFFIGIENT" and ECONOMICAL~— MODEL RANGES - We furnish 'Repairs for all m:kn of Ranges - A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET T, F. BURNS - Heating and Plumbing " 92 Franklin Street 'iRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY ' THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY €0 Nos. 17 to 25 Ferry Street ROBERT J. COCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITT ING Washington Sq., Washington Building Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing: e~ = - Phone 581 MODERN PLUMBING - is ‘as essential in modern houses electricity is to lighting. We guar: tee the very best PLUMBING WORK 5y expert workmen at the fair_o't prices. 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