Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 24, 1918, Page 3

kS new “work or fight” army draft regu- lation announced today shall apply to professioral baseball players, and thereby .probably put the big leagues out of business for tl riod of the war, will not be d ““until the point is raised.on: an appeal -to the provost marshal-general's’ office after the regulation becomes effective July 1 At first it was indicated that ball players. certainly ~would Dbe = classed among those in non-useful occupations who must seek new jobs or go in% the army. Provost Marshal General Crow- der, announced, however, that there would be no decision unmtil .a case arose turough official channels, and Jater the war department issued’ this fermal statement: “No ruling as to ‘whether baseball players or persons engaged in golf, tennis" or any other sport come under the regulations regarding idlers or Insucance and Real ‘Estate Agent Richards Building, 91 Main Street LAST YEAR %50 million dollars worth of pregerty was burned in this country; about 21 million @smonth, about 700 thousand a day, abeut 29 thousand an hour. 500 dollars worth- is burning while you read this advertisement. Is your property insured?. B. P.LEARNED & CO. Ageney Established May, 1846. until a specific case has been ap- pealed to the provost marshal gen- eral's office.” The paragraph of the new resula- tion which may touch the baseball rlayers a_sub-division® of the enu- meration of classes affected,. and ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW . Brown &Perkins, Attorneys-at-Law Jver Uncas Nat. Bank. Shetucket St. Intrance stairway mnear to Thames “Persons, including ushers and oth- , engaged in and occu- pied in, and in connection with games, sports an@amusements, excepting act- ual performers in legitimate concerts, Tational Bank. Teleshone 38-3 | operas cr theatrical performances.” 3 Would (Leave Four Detroit Players. BASEBALL. Detroit, May 23.—“Such an order would cause us to close our park,” said FPrank J. Navin, president of the De- troit Baseball club, when told today that baseball players may be included in the amendment to the draft reg- ulations requiring men to engage. in useful occupations or join the army. “The order would Jeave me Donovan as pitcher; Stanage behind the bat: New York-Chi Detroit-Phiiadelphin, "wet Spencer at first and Jennings at short, :‘::?:nr;nu 2, 1fu- ES How does that sound for a pennant it X winner? Bridgeport 2, New Haven 0. Hadord-Xew Toator, i, SAILORS TO STAGE denco 13, Worcester 2 ANOTHER BOXING EXHIBITiON International League. T, Ringhagion 1 Span Three Fast Bouts Have Already Been Baltimote 3, Rochester 4, - Newark 10. Buffalo 2. Jensey City 4, Torvgto 18, American Association. St. Paul 2, Columbua. 6. Toledo 2. Minneapolis- 0. Milwaukee 5. Louislle 6. ™ Indianapolis-Kansas City,. rain. - Coilege Games. Boston College 8, Syracuse University 3, Signed—Trying to Sign Up Rankin. Seeing that the local people have been so well pleased with the boxing vhibition that was staged here" re- cently by the Boxing Club of the Sub- marine hase. President Jack Kennedy unnounced Thursday evening that the club would run another bout here on or about June 5. Mr. Kennedy states that the sport is strictly amateur and that they are not into it to make mon- GAMES TODAY. National ‘osten at Pittsburgh ‘Washington, May 23.—Whether the Divest Major Leagues of From Seventy to Eighty Per Cent of Their Personnel—No Specific Ruling Until July 1—*“Baseball Is Only Too Glad to Comply With New | i * Regulations to Help Win the War” Says Tener—Presic dent Navins of Detroit Says He May Have to Close His Park But Is Willing to Help to Victory. s non-essential pursuits, will be made, - without a single defeat and Mana: . Giants Win in Fourteenth. St. Louis, Mo, May 23—By win- ning today’s game in the fourteenth inning by a score of 6 to 4, New York ook its third straight game from the ocal club. 1In the fourteenth inning Zimmerman and Fletcher doubled and Holke singled, giving the visitors two runs. Score: ) New Yerk (N) bpo ab hopo a 2 6085 ] 5181 3 6111 a 6140 2 6310 2 22l 60831 15 6 000 £ 6 1123 21 1 1000 0 10040 0 90010 - 11000 Totals x34 17 90000 20030 ; Totals 51 94219 2 (x) Rodriguez out in 2ud, McCarty batted out, of tu mn (x1) Batted for Tesreau in Oth. (2) Batted for Doak jn 8th. (22) Ren for Homsby in Sth, (7zz) Ran for Wallace in 14th. Score by innings: ey as the proceeds all go to the club for the purchase of athletic equip-| ment. - Mr. Kennedy guarantees that| New York— the next show will be even betier than| . 0120010000000 2% the first one, and he hopes that the| ™" B 000 050N 1600 U Gl Norwich people will trust te boys to rut on a good show and patronize the next bout. Three of the bouts have already been signed up and they look good. One bout will be between Terry Mit- chell and Jackie Norman, both bhoys having met before in a draw. The other bout will be between “Goats’ Deoag of Fort Terry, who claims a champisnship in the west, and Sailor Michaels who fought here at the last bout. The third bout will be between Johnny Balzerene of Fort Terry and Sailor Schad. Balzerene has fought in Chicago and recently fought a draw with Schad. The boys are trying to get a match with Red Rankin but Red seems to fight to fight shy of anyone in his own class. It is hoped that Red may be signed with Geacoble of the State | Pier. The Base boys would like to hear from Red. Two base hits, Holkc, Paulctte, Zimmerman and Fletcher. Home run,” Cruise. Braves Even Up Series With Reds. Cincinnati, May 23.—Boston evened up the four game series today by hitting Eller hard in two innings. J. Smith’s- two _errors each cost a run, but -his single in the eighth sent in the tying and winning tallies. Score: Boston (N) Cincinmati (N) ah b go ab I Rawlings,ss 5 2 4 Terzoe, 20 1 Powell cf Wickland rf J.Smith, 3b Konetehy, 1b Groh.3b L.Magee,2b couas i 1 4 1 4 wlecezrvoseco olecccaccsen Coast Guards at Jewett City. Sunday, May 26th, the Ashland club plays the fast U. S. Coast Guard Academy team on Ashland Park. The | Coast Guard Academ; composed chiefly of college players and i uted as being one of the fastest vice teams in New England. Thu this season they have won five games Cubs Shut Out Brooklyn. Chicago, May 23.—Weaver held Grooklyn to four scattered hits today while Chicago bunched hits off Griner ven up the series by shutting cut tors 5 to 0 in the final game. Chicago uk: s i 3 i Brookiyn (N) ) I po Olscn.ss 0'Mara, | Daubcrt,1h o Flack,rf Hollocher,ss Mann,If Merklo. 1b Beardsley states that every his team is confident have little trouble in defeating Ash- land. The Ashland club has won three pames without a defeat and the game promises to be bitterly fought as one of the teams must swallow its first defeat of the season. The crowds in attendance at Ashland Park are getting larger every Sundav and in will man that they 4 1 4 4 1 THickman Grimes,p @l men 51 Totals Manager Carpenter of the Ashland club is making every possible ef S fort ‘to provide seating . accommoda- | SHAE . oo el 8.0 10 1 2 0 tions for every person attending. The following are the I'neups of the teams: Errors Save Pirates From Shutcut. Brioklyn at St. Loufs * Now York at Chleago. 4 Philadeiphia at Cincinnat. American_League. hicagn at Boston, Cleveland at New York, St Louls at PuBRaMHhia. ’ Detroit at Washington. Eastern League. Sew Fave nat Bridzeport. New London at Hartford. Springfiald at Waterbury. Worcester at Providence. College Games. At Sprngfield—Wesleyan vs. Springfield College. MARKET WAS DEPRESSED. Prices Were at the Worst in the Lat- Trading. ter Part of the New York, May 23- adjustment of quoted values continued to feature today’s stock market teh last half hour, i STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS. National League. Tot Spi Xew Yerk 7 rally in U States Steel and Snchumatt * - few other leaders caused a firm close Mitsburgh . 3 Vew elements entered into the tech- T nical situation at the outset of the session, created by the failure of the war board to advance copper prices and the more serious consideration ac- corded war bulletins from the western battle front. Rails again expressed the ‘n speculative sentiment chahge occasioned Toul by the government's plan of unified “hiladeiphia con‘rol and bullish asior suffered T 3 further restraints from Washington — e advices bearing upon increased war Eastern League. taxe Brideeport A These and related factors, including *pringfeld 8 the failure of the Baldwin Locomo- Sew London T tive directors to act on the common i oad 1 dividend, the short interest a Waicrass ! pretext to attack the general list, Sew Haven 0 which reacted ‘one to three peints in darttord 0 the several recessions. Prices were at their worst in the latter part of the trading, but Steele’s vigorous rebound from 106 5-8 to 109 1-2, a met gain of practically two points, served as a warning to the bears, who covered urgently. The sharp upswing was equally ef- fective in other industrials and equin- ments, also many specialties, includ- ing Sumatra Tobacco, which recovered a new maximum on its extreme rise of 4 3-4 to 134, Colorado Fuel, Lin- seed Common and preferred, cotton HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE STANDING. Southern Division. Won Norwich Free Academy . 2 : R ) oil, Lackawanna Steel and Wilson Marines at Academy Saturday. Packing. Sales amounted to- 875,000 Saturday afternoon the Academy |Shares. will play the team representing the Marine detachment at the Submarine Base in New London on the campus. The Marine' corps which is the pick of the service has been the chief at- traction to college men aside from the aviation corps and many of the best | college players are mow in the corps. The Marines have a fast team, hav- Ing already trimmed a number of semi- pro teams in this part of the state in- cluding the Submarine Base team. The Academy did not hold practice Bonds again showed irregular’ten- dencies, a very large block of Liberty 4 1-2's selling at the minimum of 97.50. 'Total sales (par value) ag- gregated $4,875,000. 0Old U, S. bonds were unchanged on call, but registered 2’s and 4's rose 1-4 and 3-8 respectively, on sales. STOCKS. High. 1% Alis Chal pr Thursday aftétnoon in order to give cen L the team a rest after Wednesday's Tt e i game and to. give the worn out base Am Car & F 8% paths a chance to recuperate. It is Am_Colton ‘0 % expected that-Sayles, the crack third ol i baseman who:has been out of the Am Tee .. - 31 m; ;‘or daewE.l ‘weeks with an in- Am Int igm §§* Jures iand, wi Am Linsee —ee 9 Memorial day. 7% 24k nplayity e SRl The probable lineup of the Marine b e AR ] corp_team will" be Poseley ¢, Cairns Am Malting .. 3b, Jennings 1b, Robinson ss, Paint. el g er 2b, Breen:rf, Franek If, McCann cf, Am Smelt pr . Slagle p. ! 300 Am Steel Fdry 500 Am - Sugar . “To w War,” Says Tener. lieAn S-%:?a'r o Dittsburgh, .. May 28 “Everything | 13900 Am Sumatra . must be done to win this war,” saiq| 100 Am Td & T John K. Tener, ;president of the Na-| i am so'™, tional zeagu%értoduy, upon learning of | 21800 Anzeonda new ord of Provost Marshal 800 Atchison .. .ot 85 B4¥ 85 neral Crowder, “and if baseball is| S0 AL G &V T Yo Ao e =port as classified in this new order, | “sa boh & ony Si% 5% 5 2d not a business in which there is a 100 Balt & Ohio pr 5T . &1 57 wrezt investment of money, then base- 100 Batopilas MB 1 1 1 iall wiil not be behind other interests | 30800 Beth Stcel B i contributing its part toward win- ning the war. 209 Brookly R T 100 Booth Fish 200 Bums Bros 100 Brunswick .. 1000 Butte & Sup 700 Cal Packing *100 Cal Petrol Bowling- THE AETNA - Billiards 7 ALLEYS Phone Conn. 6 TABLES Majestic Building, Shetucket St. Norwich, Conn. Sswl and n:% Blrliflrd:n for exercl 420 Cal Peirol pr 1800 Can Pacific 100 Cent ¥Fdry &0 Cent Fdry pr 0 Central Leather 0 Cerro De Pas 600 Ches & Oido 690 Ches & Obiy opened irregular; 23.50;- October 22.95; December 23.00; January 22.93. U . Coast Guard Academy: Lieut.| Pittsburgh, Pa, May 23.—Philadel- Derby n, Dowdy c. Nickolson 1b,|phia and . Pittsburgh closed a three Akers 2h, Burke 3b,” Park ss. Con- me series today, the visitors win- nors If, Perkins cf and Dunworth rf.inring 3 to Bancroft's error in the Ashland in Dyke p. Chase c [second gave the home team its two Brennan 1b, Raney 2b. LeClire ss.|runs. and but for this fact Pittsburgh Herbert ‘2b. Demarse 1f, Duhaime cf, |would have been shut out. Score: Harris or Cyr rf. Philadelphia (N) Pittsburgh (N) G ab b o ab hpo a e Witzzeraldrf 5 11 Bigheedf 4 0 1 0 0 Red Sox Release Wyckoff. Bancroftss 5 4 5 Mollsitz1b 3 0 7 1 0 Boston, May 23 Weldon Wyck- P00 Caryef 31400 cff, a pitcher, formerly of the Phila- A s deiphia Americans, was released by 121 20320 the Boston American League club to- cte 30100 night to the Minneapolis American 5.133 L6 TIR Association club. i Y0000 s 6 1 20 2] Miller,p 20020 rumhrs.n 20010 i Totals 28 421 9 0 | (¥ Baited for Archer in 8th. : o | 030000 02000000 nd Meusel. Three Fitzgerald, and u. P ————— e St. Louis Wins in the Ninth. 300 Chie Gt W Washington, May 23. — St. Louis Chic G W pr staged a ninth inning rally here to- prtain day to make ‘it four straight wins over CoM & 5P C R4 &P ¢ Washington. The score: St. Louis (A) Waskington (A) ab hpo a e ab huo a e Tobin.ef 4 0 2 1 0|Shotton.rf 40100 Col Gas & Elec Austin,3b 3 1 3 1 0fJudgelb 4110 20 9 Col & South 4 12 2 0|Foster.ih 122290 Con I Cal’han 1 4 1{Milan.cf 4 0000 Cont s 0 1 ofShausit 3 2 6 00 Con Ins Co: xMaisel 9 0 0 OfMorgan2 4 0 4 6 0 Hendryx.rf 0 0 0 oL 'S s R Smith,If 3 1| Ainsmithe 3 1 1 3 0 ker.c ! 0] zSchulte 10000 Gerlxr.ss 1 0] Ayers.p 31 620 Rogers.p 41 0jzzYingling 1 1 0 0 0 ‘Totals 111 2718 3l Totals 409 18 0 (x/ Ran for Demiit in oth, (1) Batted for Alnsmith in 9th. (z3) Batted for in 9th. Score by inmiugs: St Loui 01000000 2 ngion PRt o G 08 R IR TSR T base hits, Judge, Demmitt, Three base hits, North_pr Gt N Or Subs Greene C Cop Haskel Bark Int Agricul Int Agri pr Iindians Shut Out Boston 1 to 0. Bosion, May —Guy Morton held Boston to one hit today, Cleveland winning 1 to 0 and taking two out of In; Copper 534 . three for the series. It is the first Inter Con .. s "ihome series Boston has lost this vear. Interb Con pr Int Har of N J Roth’s double off the score board in Int Mer Mar left scored Chapman with the only 32660 Int -M Mar pr run of the game. Score: 1400 Int Paper a a 1 1000 2 4033 0 £l T ck Steel " 0 (|Whiteman.it £ 0 8 0 100 Lake E & W 0 3| >InnisIb 3 010 0 100 Lehigh Val . o ol 2001 2 200 Lz & Myers pr 1 S Touls & Nash 1 1.0.5.2 Max M 1 pr 0 0000 Mex Petrol 1 2000 Miami Cop | 1000 Midvale _Sted | 2812010 0 Jenes in Sth o 0 00 01 I SRy 00 0—0 2cc Lits. Toth and SUBMARINE BASE T AT FALLS SUNDAY Manager Callahan Books Fast Naval Nor Pacific Aggregation as This Week’s At- Ohio Cities G 00 Cutario _ Silver traction. 100 Owens B M pr au:g Pen R R Sunday afternoon at the Falls dla- e R mond the All-Norwich team will meet 900 Phila Co. the newly organized team from the 160 Pierce Arrow s ubmarine Base and another is_expected. B good 1300 Pitts Coal 600 Press Stoel Car a p i n e The Sailor Boys have been hard at 400 Pub Ser of N J . . this week preparing for this 400 Ry Steel Sp me as they want to make a good im- o, Cov this time. Lieutenant Swen- 3500 Rep T & Steel son, the athletic officer, has had them 900 Royal Dutch 100 Savage Arms 100 Saxon Motor 000§ 8t L & S B out in al! kinds of weather, and has rounded out a very fast team. Man- ager Stooks of the Sub team has un- covered a spitball artist from the Pa- fic Coast league and has been sav- = him to hurl against the Norwich They have won nine games rear and lost three. - The All-Norwich team will have a stronger line up this Sunday than last | Sunday, and the Norwich fans can ex- i pect to see good baseball. Fox, the new third baseban is an Albany hoy, and played fast semi- pro ball in New York state. He cov- ors a world of ground and is a good 2900 Ttah Copper 100 Wabash . 6600 West Pac pi 6600 Westivghouse 8200 Willys Overland Total sales 906,180 ehrares. . hitter. : The diamond will be in great shape COTTON. for Sunday and theie is no reason New York, May 23.—Cotton futures|why the largest crowd of the season May 23.75; hould not be in attendance. Brooks, Bush and Farrell are in areat chape and if the Sub boys cross the plate once they will be lucky. July CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. coRN— Open. Iih. lLow. Close. More of the Horrors of War. June ... ....140% 140% 136% 137 Washington, May 23.—Persons who 12% 13% 199% | sell scats on any roof or structure 6% | A% 5% BT 1l 4 67% 66 GG overlooking a baseball park will be|fighting spirit the Canadian obliged to pay a war tax to the gov-|had told me was one of the hiz and ernment, according to an announce- ) contributing factors to the success of » - E——— ‘ment issued today by the bureau of internal revenue. The tax must be collected and paid by the enterprising owner or occupant of the building who receives payment for the se: occupied by the “perchers” Torturing Pains and Swollen Joints Vanish When Rheuma Is Used. rrin et may be, but it hasn't come The announcement says that in one city a woman whose yard adjoins the ball park has been selling seats in a tree, the prices.being five and ten cents, depending on how high the pa- tron has to climb. Recently the price has advanced to 6 and 11 cents, the ex- tra cent being added to the war rev- enues. 5 The bureau also announced that admissions to outdoor amusement parks are not taxable. The tax does apply, however, to amusements with- in the grounds such as sideshows and moving picture theatres. HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE. Webster Has Northern Division Pen- nant Practically Cinched—N. F. A. Leads in Southern Division. With the victory of the Academy over Westerly High School Wednes- day the triple tie in the Southern Di- vision is close and is by no means settled yet. Stonington plays Wester- Iy at Westerly Memorial day and should they win then they will tie the Academy. If they lose they are In any case the game of the league will be the Stonington-N. F. A.' game at Norwich on June 4. Should Stonington defeat Westerly this game would give them the championship. If they lose 10 Westerly and then win this game the league becomes tied again. N. F. A. must win this game to win the pen- nant. They have already lLeaten Ston- gton in the first game but by the nargow margin of one run. Sayles the stellar third baseban for the Academy will probably be back in the game on this date and will ma- terially strengthen the Academy in- field. Barrlett High of Webster has gone through the Northern Division liwe a cyclone sweep'ng all before-it. They have won six games and lost but one. This was the game wiith Southbridge #t Wobster and was later protested but the score was not reversed. Web- ster lost this game by the narrow margin of one run. Killingly the second team has just a possible chance to cop the pennant, but thev do not appear to be as stronz as Webster. i get a pile of fun out of it;. that if Webster leads the league In all de- |t i { S : teaches partments. Evans, her star pitcher. |are m;fi;fi{“ tosenlla waen thablows leads the league with four won and Ther 5 one lost. The three leading batters fre, Waa bne oi {he doushbors are all from Wehster, Jewell .543. Ru- sack 10. LaBonte of Webnster leads with 17 stolen base: and Hederman of Webster is secon with 14. Lindel of Southbridge is the third with 9. batter of the Southern Division batting in the neighborhood of .350 for the year but has a much mark when only league contests are considered as s the case in the Web- ster averages. The Academy is probably the su- perior team of hitters as they are hitting good azainst the leading semi- pro twirlers of this end of the state. Twilight Baseball in American Asso- ci n. Chicago, May 23.—Twilight baseball will be given a 1 in the American Association beginning at Minneapolis tomorrow night, President Hickev an- fighting for, ay? i rounced today. The game will be|Rulers o S0 vay? Is it Home started at 6.45 o'clock. “Home Hule nothing,” came the — ready tongue, “It's the Marquis of METZGER’S COLUMN Fighting, Not Boxing is What In- Army — Humorous Anecdotes Cantonments. “That's fighting! That's what T've what been waiting to see! That’s counts! To the devil with this boxing | dénly he looked across the ring nad stuff!” These were the exclamations|SPied Harris in the opposite corner. of a Canadian officer who had been[Amid an avalanche he started to through two years of it “over there.” as he sat by my side at a ring-side at cantonments two heavyweights had been scrapping for the camp championship a little more he But when the two h one of our somewhere big in army America, after than a minute. had been silent. big boxers got after each other w: all the fury of madmen, threw all dis Up to this bout cretion to the winds and kept up a rain of dreadnaught blows upon each other the Canadian, for the first time, spoke. This wild, furious cave-man | battle in the ring caused himn to tell{all over and faught a great fight a stor: inst the colored champion in his S ‘over there' early in the|class. game,” he said, “and I had quite a| (Copyright, 1918, by Sol M bit to do with our boxinz. We soon e L g MohEeE] dropped all that and j got the men to fight. Put the gloves on them and sent them at each other. Oh! It was a wonderful training for them. Made them scrappers all the way They're all fighters now, blooming one we send over, and we keep it up for them all the time they are in rest billets. Boxing don’t go with We found out early in the game we needed fighters. So we teach t—not box. Has it helped?” “Say, you know,” he said and his face. was ligshted with pride, “the Canadians haven't a half bad fighting record, have they? “Speaking of fighting, instead boxing,” he continued, “mak think of a boy from Calgary, Rolfe. Never had the glove: fore he joined our army. Since he’s been in France he's fought seventeen of bouts and had teen clean knock outs. He can whip any boxer in the world, I think, though h S precious little about _ boxi just a fighter; they all a hat's what you want to go in for more and more—fighting! This boxing all right but get them to counts so heavily with the mgn when they mix it up with the Hun.” I got his point as the heavyweights fought on. They were slashing - each other 'with telling blows, blows that but for the gloves would have felled each of them and the doughboys pack- ing the “Biz Y’ 'stood on the benches and yelled their heads off—or tried to. It was the first time druing the even- ing that he crowd had gone clean wild, though it had already witnessesd three of the cleverest boxing bouts one ever had the good fortune to see. Cheer them they had. was a din to the noise such as only several thousand well trained healthy soldiers can break out with when the " business at hand has| P A e Sllckencd, | Mheix’ pabt, up sadmitatiye| - oIhI0Zen: Say .V:-lhmltfln Building for the fighting spirit. They were No-wich, Conn. seeing for the first time that night, a wholesouled scrap, the kind of a display of spirit that each of them knew he must show when he met the Hun. And they were paying handsome tribute to their comrades who were displaying this spirit. When it was over, when one,of the contestants had gone down for the count and was up again, they—the doughboys—broke loose again with another reign of pandemonium when the two heavies shook hands in the ring. They felt mighty fit that night —all of them—felt mighty capable of taking on the Huns and accounting for them, too. which is the frame of mind we want them in. For they had the old fighting spirit shown them, the officer McKnight, the leading higher structors Are Trying to Promcte in of Moments of Relaxation in the Big But now there | At last a real remedy for rheuma- tism! And a good one it must be when Lee & Osgood Co. and :good druggists everywheré sell it on the no- cure no-pay basis. Rheumatics should hail the news with great rejoicing,-for it is surely a remarkable remedy and has a record of almost unbelievable cures. Read what J. F. Oliver of Albany, Ga., says about it: - “l had sciatic rheumatism for two vears, and tried every medicine offered for rheumatism. Tried many doctors was treated at one of the best known southern sanatoriums, and if I im- prov:a‘c(li any,I did not realize it. I am a conductor on the Central of Georgia Railroad. and had esecured a pass to Hot Springs, Ark., to take treatment. About that time I saw Rheuma adver- tised and concluded to try it. I abandoned my trip, took three bottles, and now feel as well as ever. I am going to make everybody I see who has rheumatism try it. I would not take a hundred thousand dollars for what Rheuma has done for me. I would rather be dead than live as I was before the use of Rheuma.” If you have rheumatism in any form, don't delay—iry Rheuma today. A large bottle, sufficient for two weeks’ treatment, is not expensive, and your money back if it does not give you quick and joyful relief. the Canadian forces overseas. It's a wonderful thing for our army that it is going in for this sort of fighting. It builds up spirit, morale and confidence. In short, it makes for fighting spirit. And it does not make for brutality. Ask your parson or priest who is in a cantonment about this, if you don’t believe me. chances are 10 to 1 that he ring-side seat. He knows. He's see- ing life stripped of its Sunday clothes —as he has never seen life before. And he's enjoying the experience and fifids that it’s a pretty good life after all. He—your parson, priest or rabbi— will tell you that our doughboys look at this ring fighting in the rizht light. That it not only helps make fighting men out of them, but that they also for example. He had earned the so- briquet, “The Lenox House Assassin,” because he sent them all to sleep. But like most good men, he eventually met his Waterloo. When he came out of this sleep, both eyes were swollen shut. “What the hell do T car he piped, when he got his senses, “I've seen all there there is to be seen in . this camp.” Then there is the story of the Irish fighter, a native son who was true to tradition and got aboard a pair of Mundell last shoes before the draft caught him. He won quite a little glory in the ring through sheer grit and love of fighting. One night in the barracks, they were asking him about the Irish question, the Sein Finn, Home Rule, Conscription and so on. “Pat,” up spoke one of them, “what the devil are your brothers back home Queensbury Rules, if the truth of the matter.” _But it remains for the colored sol- dier to give the final tolich to army fighting humor. One night we were must know holding the preliminary bouts of a colored champiopship in a camp somewhere in America.” One of them, a fighter named Harris, stood head and shoulders above all other talens. Naturally none of the competitors wanted to draw him and the one who did, a sergeant named -Payne, was unaware of his bad Iluck until he was comfortably seated in his corner, en- joying the cheers of ‘the crowd. Sud- crawl out of the ring. As I was running the bouts that night, T thought possibly I had made a mistake. “Are you Serg. Payne?” quired as the first ebony through the ropes. “I was Sergt. Payne to jist a mo- ment ago, boss.” he grinned at me, I in- leg came “but now I'se Sergt. Jones. and I'se just heard retreat blowin’ Good night.” Having had his fun with all of us, he crawled back into the ring. grinned PLUMBING AND GASFITTING Phone 581 Modern Plumbing is as ecssential modern houses as clectricity is to lighting. We guaran- tec the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairest prices. Azk us for plans and prices. J. F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY CO0. Nos. 11 to 25 Ferry Street T. F. BURNS HEATING AND PLUMBING| 92 Franklin Strezt ROBERT J1. COCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMPING, STEAM FITTING Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing TOAST Fresh bread agrees with most peo- ple. If anyone cannot easily digest it, they can make it both easily digested and palatable by TOASTING. Put it 1n the oven and leave it un- { missioners have til it is hard. This makes it zwieback (twice baked). And the most delicate stomach can digest it. ANDREWS" BAKERY SUMMIT STREET “You say you have trouble finding a place to sleep?” f “Yes,” replied the gloomy stranger. “But what's the difference? I'm so worried I couldn’t sleep, anyway."— ‘Washington Evening Star. Tailor—Better order - this suit now, sir; it will increase in, price half again as much in six months. Bilter—But 1 am -gradually accus- toming myself not to wear clothes at all, and in six months more I won need any.—Life. “You have han insane impulses?” 1"0! course,” said the synical bach- elor.” “Do you recall cne?” > “Several. But each time just as was about to say, ‘Will you marry me?” my sanity returned.”—Birming- ham Age-Herald. “Don’t you want to lend a hand to our soldier boys on the other side?” asked: the orator at the woman's meeting ?” “Lend a hand?” piped out ome of the sweet young things., “Why, gave my hand to one before he went over!”—Yonkers Statesman. “Mr. Winkins,” said Johnnie to the young man he had just queered with his sister, “it says here ‘descendants of the patriarchs’ Was Jonah a pa- triarch?” ° “Yes, Johnny.” 3 “But who are Jonah’s ants?” “Jinxes, Johnny.”—Pittsburgh, Press A professor of history met one of his class who had returned from fighting on the western front and asked him if he had learned any par- ticular lesson from the war. “I have discovered,” replied the young man, “that it is a great deal easier studying history than it is making it.”—Kansas City Journal. “John, dear,” said the trusting bride, “what does this mean: ‘Mud- horse—S8 to 17'” . “That?” said the young husband. “That? Oh, that's the relic of a lost descend- ‘Why, John, you're most wonder- ful. You never breathed a word to me about your being an’ archaeologist!™ THE KALEIDOSCOPE The German snbmarine can remain under water, sitting on the bottom, up to 48 hours. To become an “ace” in military air service a pilot must bring down at least five enemy planes. In Exodus iii, 8, Palestine is de- scribed as a land “flowing with milk and honey.” Bees are abundant even to the present day. In the remote parts of the wilderness they deposit their honey in the crevices of the rocks and in hollow trees. . About the year 552 two monks stolée furtively out of with scanty luggage, but an ordinary bamboo cane. In that cane were the eggs of the silkworm moth, which the monks had stolen. They carried them to Constantinople. Persian China treasuring Based on reports from provinces containing 99 per cent. of the total area under sugar cane in British In- dia, the Indian Department of Sta- tistics’ estimate of the 1917-1918 out- turn is 3,229,000 long tons of raw sugar (“gur”) from 2,796,000 acres of cane, compared with . 2,728,000 tons from 2,416,000 acres in 1916-1917. This works out at 2,587 pounds per acre; against 2,529 pounds for 1916-1917. The, 1917-1918 figures for both area and yield are the highest on record. NOTICE Commencing June 1, 1918. the price of gas furnished by this department will be as follows: Up to 30,000 cu. ft. per month $1.50 per 1,000 cu. ft. 30,000 to 150,000 cu. ft. per month $1.30 per 1,000 cu. ft. for entifle amount used. All over 150,000 cu. ft. per month $1.15 per 1,000 cu. ft. for entire amount used. No bills will be rendered, however, at a less amount than that which is calculated for the maximum amount at the rate of the preceding block. In making this increase, your Com- given the matter careful consideration and find that. because of the excessive increase of the cost of labor and all material entering into the manufacturing of @as. it is impossible to sell the pred- uct at the present price. It is hoped that this increase wilj be but temporary, for, as soon as conditions warrant, the price will be reduced. The City of Norwich Gas and Electrical Department Decoration Day FLOWERS ORDER NOW Maglewood Nursery Co. T. H. PEABODY Phone 986 ORDERS DELIVERED New York & Norwich Line Hart Transportation Corp. Telephone 1450 Leaves Chelsea Dock, Norwich, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 5 p. m, eaves New York. Pier 46, East River, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri days at 5 p. m. F. V. KNOUSE, Agent. THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF NORWICH. The regular Semi-Annual Dividend has been declared at the rate of 4 per cent. 2 vear from the earnings of the pust six months, and will be payable on and after May 15, 1918, FRANK L. WOODARD, Treasurer. apreéd DR.A.J.SINAY DENTIST Rooms. 18-19 Alice Building, Nerwich Phone 1177-3