Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 2, 1920, Page 3

oledo, - Ohio, Fci 1—Ad Thazhe promoter of the world chmnvlon.llfix) itywd t bout between Jimmy Wilde,|- o Beitishtiile. holder, and Frankie|atan average of every 150 miles. Oaly Mason, American claimant, will go to|qualified aviators will be allowed to Milwaukee tomorrow to’ confer with|enter and their machines will be ex- Wilde's manager, and{amined at each’ stop beiore being al- Dave Hughes, to complete arrangements for staging the event here some time. during the latter part of this month. . George Blemer, Mason's manager, who arrived herc tonight from® Fort ‘Wayne, informed Thacher that Mason will meet Wilde. in no place otl Toledo, This was agreement son that the bout if held anywhere, would be held in Toledo, .it was said. ‘Biemer also signed Mason’s end of the agreement. Mason mnow is at -South Bend Biemer said, and Will come here as soon as the final con- tracts are signed. Thadher also an- nounced that Wilde will come at once to_Toledo to complete his training. The weight is to. be 108 pounds at 3 .o'clock the afternoon of the fight. The agreement calls for a no-dzcision bout, it is understood The promoter is figuring on staging the fight in the Coliseum, providing he can seat six thousand spectators. He put in his time today arranging a blueprint of the floor space. PLAN AIR RACE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND NOME, ALASKA New York, Feb. 1—Tentative plans i !‘o md lgnzpa toNnm Coi lowed pdoceed. PHILADELPHIA TENNIS PLAYERS SE RULE CHANGES ‘The Philadelphia and district Jawn her than | tennis association at its annual meet- because of an|ing Friday went on record agninst the d Ma-; Proposed changes in lawn tsnnis piay-| between Thache: an ing rules, particularly taose relating o The association also dzcided to ap- to organize a middle states district lawn tennis association to embrace all territory from Trenton, N. J., to Pitts- burgh, Pa. Delegates from the Philadelphia body will support Joseph M. Jennings, Philadelphia, for treasurer of the na- tional organization. CONNECTICUT MILLS DEFEATS TAFTVILLE (Special to The Bulletin,) Danielson, Feb. 1—Connecticut Milis won a fast, cleverly played and high- ly interesting game of basketball, 40 to 33, from Taftville in the Town hall Lere Saturday evening. A biz crowd of rogters were kept on for a trans-continental air race this ear between New York and Nome, laska, a distance of 4,870 miles, wer 1b, which is cooperating the training and operations group of the army air service in the project.} The provosed race will be held ‘un- d r the same rules and handicap plans the race between New York and| b;n Franpcisco last vea From Minecola to Minot, South Da- a distance of 1673 miles, the United States terri- course . Canada, and continues n to , Dlayers seen here il their loes nd cheeréd continuously the brilliant playing of both the h and visiting teams. e bumps "and dumbs that must of ja red their innermost mechanism, but here ‘was no semblance of rougnstuff. tie members of the teams showmnz the tinest spirit of sportsmanship. For Killingly Marland played a won- derfully fine game and was repeated- ly cheered fur his great work. The Taftville’s lineup included Pickett and; Higgins of the Willimantic Emeralds two of the speediest and classiest s season. Manager Keach of the Conn. Mills team stated after the smme that FINANCIAL AND SATURDAY'S MARKET York, Jar. $l.—Industrial| of the more rescntative s gave promise of exiending re- cent gains at the outset of today's brief session, steels and equipments | ugain pointing the w with percep- tible improvement in rails and ship- pings. Trading had not far, however, New A cla; progressed very when pressure, eviden 1y of protessional character, mani fested itself motor issucs, soon to the general list. 1 Motors made an reversal of 10 points, ending T ss of 6 3-4 and extreme,| with & ‘rycible Steel's | weplaced by ver five points. leader of re-| also forfeited its fur- Republic Iron seem- ed to be a lively short es Steel lost o and the that follow the sed mostly aty Sales amounted CflMMERBlAl 700 Chino Con € . 300 Consol Gis G0 I Har ¢ 1 268 Int Mer 309 ot 3¢ 06 16t Taos 100 Int P or 2700 Kennecoit 800 Lebigh Ve 200 Max Motor significant feature statement wa of $26,324,600 3 discounts, maki coentraction of about $1. n, llm first month of the new year. resqrves made up only a rt of weel's total excess about $23.-, { recent d?flcl(\ 1a aga $3000,000. ng itd course of g days of the week, t additional foreign of aimost 1 the pre- the bend ground Lib- istues displaying heaviness. T’):'\ sales {(par 50,000. Oid . & bonds nged on «zH the | :TOCKS. bl decrease, ! | | per 6. Sterling 60 day bills, 3. | commercial 60 u " Wiliss n 269 Worth Pump . COTTON MARKET New York, Jan. 31. ‘ottan futures opened: steady. March ‘541, May | 3 July 32.43 October New Y Jan. 21.—Spot cotton | quiet; middling $9.00. New York, Jan. 51 tton futures closed easy. March 26.00: May 34.07: July October 28.33; December MONEY MARKET New York, Jan. 31.-—Mercantile pa- mercial 60 day bills on banks, 3. ay bills, 3.46 1-2: mand, 3.50 7 francs, demand. cables, 1325: Belgian francs, demand, 13.40; cablcs, 13. enilders, demand 58 1-4; lire, demand ;* marks. demand. | Govrnment bonds heavv Railroad bods heavy. New York Jan. 31.—Bar silver 133, Mexican dollars 100 7-8 BR 1-8; cables, hies CHICAGY GRAIN MARKET Open. . High. Lo 8% 7 stops will bhe arranged Tly to the national body for permission - “forfeited” to either 15 ). 1920 con Taftville team certainly had made up his team of sp.encid players and gen- || warned the Daniclson ‘rocters that no yrfair coaching from the bleachers would be tolersate: 3 the Conn. Mi team is playing ketball as a clean sport and B to if that evary tearm that comes here gets a.square deal. This statement s, Walden, ra; Feddy, 1t; Blliatt, 1. Taftville—Mills, ¢; Higgins, +f; Be- lair, 1f; . rs: Murphy, _Field ‘goals—Knowles, 11; Eliiot, Fcul goals—Higgins, 3; Knowles, 2 REFEREE FLYNN CLAIMS GAME WAS CALLED OFF To the Sporting Editor of The Nor- wich Bulletin: Dear Sir: Pertaining to the basket- ball game between the Jewett City team and the Conn. Mills team of Danielson, held in Bijou hall, Jewett City on Thursday evening, I believe it is my duty to correct the assertion made in the Danielson news of Satur- day morning’s Bulletin that I-forfeited said game to Danielson. In order to dispense with any doubt vhich. might. exist as to the final de- cision of this.game I wish to advise that the game was “called off” and not team, and a stands’ at present is sti s game may be finishe ff” at the discretion aznd. ag of both managers. tatement or assertion that my v to the above is Very respect- | arroweous. 1 s P. E. 7L ROVERS CHALLENGE THE MELROSE FIVE Rovers of Jewett City challenge the Melrose Five of Taftville for a game in Jewett Cit~ on Thursday night of this week. o asked to call . ; Jeweit City, between 6 and 6:30 Monday night and ask for John Seddon. , Referce Briton Gets Decision Over Conway. Jack Britten, world's welterweizht champion, was given a referec’s Gee- sion over Jimmy Cony 5 [ ¢ the end of a tweive {Savannah Friday night. ibe letter of his opponent st all of the Bout. i Teboainits | Aces of Baltic Accept Challénga. The Aces of Baltic atcept lenge of the Ben Hurs of Jew for a game to be played Waednes night. Will the manager 0{ the D Hurs please call up the Taltic Drug store if this is accepted. Meeting of the Rival Baseball Club A meeting will be held in the club tonight in Baltic at § p. m. of baseball « All members requested to attend. Thormahlen Signs Yankse Contract i New York .Ame: ct was signed TFriday by Pitcher Ilerbert Thormahlen, ON iAFTVILLE ALLEYS Melrose manager is! il BULLETIN BUILDING AXE AND TOOLS OF ALL KINDS SPECIAL LlGHT HANDLE AXE, $1 75 TH’E HOUSEHOLD 74 FRANKLIN STREET TELEPHONE 531.4 g/ CLTY JEWETT % Armitage Brown 101 90 Totals 548 AT THE PALACE ALLEYS Gas Burners 85 93— 270 104 98— 95 86— 2 94 113— 110" H3— 3 Seidel .. Erlbeck Farmer White Mather 9 Finlayson 9 Johnsoy 9 Woolly 30 Prodell . 68 Bdwards 117 Totals ... 510 M. U 1. 0. 0. F, No. 2 Addison 83— 265 97 7 Lewis 111 0 113 90— Smith 104 101 Kilby . -0% Drun 113 i Austin 119 Totals 16 Quarton 101 : 450 496 1451 The Digger Five (5 8% Totals Otto Warwick Duteh Totals AT THE AETNA ALLEYS CRESCENT FIREARMS LEAGUE Superbas Sanders Congdon Clement 83 Totals Warriors Smith %0 . Fontaine 87 83 k) 1 1447, The Board of Relief of the Town of Norwich, Conn., will meet in the Cit}' Hall building, in-suald Town, each d s excepted. from Feb. 2d to Ve, p. m. to listen 1o apnehls from the doings of the As- " sessors, and to trapsact any other busi- ?ess uroper to be done at said meet- na. [ bated at Norwicfi, Conn, Jan, 20th, FRED G. PROTHERO, JAMES C. FITZPATRICK, FELIX P. JI'MAHOY, Jjan20a Eoard of Relief. AT A cotmT OF p jen at Coichester. wi of Jan., A. D. 1920. SUELL._Jud On moficn oL mate ecutor on the testate ki Cragin, late of Colchesier, within suld district, deceased. This court doth decree that six limited for months be allowed and the creditors their ¢ ecutrix and, directs tha be given of tais order hv adwer. tising in a newspaper having a cireu- lation in sald discrot, u. copy thereof on the public sizn post | id town of Colchester nearcst the where the deceased last dwelt. tified from record. H.*P. BUELL, Judge. 4 est te any trouble in stopping the pilchers from using eith the spit ball or shine ball. There will be spec- ific rules to govern both and they will be enforced.” Penn Loses a classy performer Pitmann, the high jumper, who has been barred because he is a medical schoot student. season for prevaricators. The s deny they want Walter John- n't use Roger Horns- and the Pirates never could see Milton Stock. The recent mat pelformance of Ed Lewis indicate that the “Strangler” has fully recovered from the threat- ened attack of appendicitis which bothered him recently. The Wisconsin boxing commission announces will license only three clubs in Milwaukee and will permit each club to stage only one boxing show a month. Lh.ulcn B. Cochran, in announcing at he would sail for England ay on the Baltic, made this Ln.u ment as to the big match: regards the oft repeatéd rumor v contract with Carpentier v ss 1 securé Demp znature by that date 1 can only Iumt more that there 1o such i c Mr. Kearns w more time in which-to make up mind, and I have no objection to SPORTING NOTES. president of elimmated by the > next month. The been clamoring for more hi and we are going sort sire. “Q ther it will pect any J out { fing T ’X‘qr trouble. ‘hers from us o uot believe jor leagues will ex- shine of. going to Add ‘Meade in Tumble In at Davis Theatre, Friday, Feb. 6 ey in - signed “\m- Army, and we m Qu\le raolqg&*m K.:Iur All Dur sigters lndsour cmuhn ‘wept with pride to see us go Smeu [0!!0.10 France: for war unds Yery nmice, you But \\'hen we had ‘crossed the bil- lnms what, you ask me, was eur Did e ride. on foaniing “chirgers—. did we dodge the shefl and lh% Brlef“ reader. no.. we e lown to rescue Fran Qu.te delgrmlned o be heroese—and they’'d lured us therc to dance! For ao—\\"lm admirals” and generals we ed round the fioor, captains = and with col- Onels, till n\lr lIttls feet were sere; Though 'we never rated wound- .stripes, never got a de Guerre— When they fought in Tours znd Paris, oh, believe me, we were there! Talk mot of your Lost Bltullnm and their courage in the fray! We were only, shrinking maldens. hut we dared 'as much as they. Every nlg‘ht the clafrion Lo! a camion at the g: olos‘has to be d us forth in our an oh, the doughnuts; or, caper And _with Coa jolted to our fate. { on, the nst. the feeble candle’s flare; On, the een hundred soldiers fight- g for a partner $here! e cruel war is over—we're in now, at last; e the radiator, we can smile gers past— at When with cooks and loots and wag- oners we bumped' about the floor, And with M. P’s in their hob-nails, till our liftle feet were sore; When wild shrieks rose o'er the car- nage as that “cut in* whistle blew. we'd signed up with the Army, and_we saw some fighting, too! —LUELLA STEWART HUMOR OF THE DAY “Does your husband .expect you te obey him ” “Oh, ne! fore Life. Afillie—How did Mr. Bonds set his eldest daughter off his hands '\ Clarence—Ey putting the mi@ she married on his feet.—New York Globe. “Brown acknowledges (hal he - nothing about women.” What an immense experience Y§h them he must have had."—Boston Tanscript. Billingham—I bouglhit a hunting dog last week. He's been married be- disappointer.— London Tit- Bus “My friend,” said the judge, "you are a trifle vague about your home.” ‘I s'pose that's the result of belng a vagrant,” responded the party of {the second part.—Louisville Courier- | Journal. Mrs. Flatbusi—How many lumps of sugar shall I put-in your coffce this morning, Henry? | Mr, Flatbush—Oh, have your own {'sweet wdy, as usual, dear—Yonkers Statesman. Rover—I haven't seen a ‘bone in a brother. I wonder what is Nero-—Meat, you poor boob! Why, I became a vegetarian more than two —Buffalo Express. is just like a man.” ot hen you want it to nd it iasists on staying in soon it would go . KALEIDOSCOPE Silver is the carliest currency men- tioned in the Scriptures. The new price of milk in Lawton, Oklaboma, is s a quart. The census showed 8,508,- 000 persons in the United States who could not speak Kigl One hundred lakes in'the Tyrolese Alps ‘have subsided and disappeared witnin the last century. A Chicago man is the inventor of a universal joint socket wrench pro- | vided with several sockets which can be used on every nut on an automo- Dbile. A resident of Minnesota is the in- ventor of a portable tool chest - forr carpenters that can be converted in- to a work bench of the usual height. Brazil's government will spend large amounts to assist local governments and agricultural societies to import thoroughbred cattle -for breeding. ap'n” Tairfield Collomore and wife, of Vinalhaven, both nearly 80 cears of age, recently had their first ride i an automobile and also their first taste of ice cream. A Randolph merchant, missing one of his young clerks, finally found him in the stockroom secretly shining a goid tooth in his mouth with a preparation from a can of polish. A Frenchman has invented piano music printed! on long scheets, €0 | mounted on motor driven Iools that they ‘are advanced as rapidly as a user wishes, saving the work of turn- ing pages. I don in the small town when . . Hazel Dunbar eloped with & - young man, whom she had enly krown a few weeks. - : “Merit Dumbar mever shouid hare . adopted 2 child in the first place,” 5 mald one, to which ,opinion others <" nodded assent, adding: “Especially of . that light-minded Sesley stock. Dena Seeley would wever have béem may- thing but a child if she had Hved to be @ bundred. And Rafe cared mere about fiddling than farming. If Merit Dunbar must adopt—" . : " “Why mast? She was fust feeling *. lemesome after Duabar was lost atses, * though gooduess knews he was mever * at home long enowgk o be misged.” IV = “Then she spelled Hazel in.the “ bringing up,” wemt on the friemdly woices. “She left her grow up a fip- perty-jack, 1o Ler mether, and even ** let her take 153002 on hér Tather's Ad- die.” Echoes of these remarks and frag- ments of the general village gossip e o to the ears of Mrx. Merit Dnn- e - fiat §9U0i03 10 S3y iR re- tzl_toa or defeuse. What she suf- fereu in her most recemt serrow and bereavement she alone realized. What it meant to her 1o go about a silent, empty houss, unassisied at Wer almple guess. Three days ltur Hazel's dinwur anee, & letter had come in ber hand- writing, addressed to Mrs. Merit Dun- bar.’ It aiso bore the stamped address olaeityw,udtothls'phcntwu promptly returned without reading. After a while other bits ef interest- ing gosaip drifted vound the social cir- cise of the village. In some way it be- came kaown that a letter had been re- ceived and returned umopened. | “Now, Merit Dynbar's showing some grit,” approved ome. “But Hazel'll be back yet. Just walt. Begging to be taken t?. Hiely.” ““That’s the way such affairs genmer- ally ead. And I've heard that the young raseal she weat away with was a dseadful reekiess fellow, and fairly threw momey away. And I've heard—" Thesroupon, the missing Hazel's hus- band was invested with such traits as would stamp him (nevitably as an un- serupuleus ac’er-do-well, caleulated to ‘bring disgrace and disaster t» a fool- ish trusting girl These rumors agitated ths gentle heart of Merit Dunbar. She began to think of Haszel as mo~e sinned against than sinaing; to wonder if her punish- meat weuld not be more severe than even her wremg-deing warranted Ha- 7el and wer Wusband at ‘her deer, with ‘coidly and steraly. She would mever forgive them, she thought. But Hazel, deserted and wretched, alone or—the foster-mother’s vision leaped of a once happy home. To this figure, creeping to her in the shadows; a fig- ure holding a swathed bundle to its breast, seeking the light and warmth © fa once happy home. To this figure, would. she—could she—withbeld for- giveness? Every monmiing when the cottage windows were opened on the dewy garden, Mrs. Dunbar's first thought was of the 3.issing girl who had loved to work amorg the growing flowers. Every night when the eottage doors were locked and the lights dimmed, the foster-mether would pause at the door of the deserted room om the way to her own bed-chamber, and whisper a littls prayer for the truant's safety. There was 10 great surprise, there- fore, when Mrs. Merit heard a tapping on her door ane mellow eveming in early agtums, and a gangling lad de~ livered a note. “She’s waiting,” he croaked mysteriously, and disappeared- befire he could be questioncd With trembling fingers, the woman smoothed ‘the folded pages. “Dear Mother Merit,” she read, in 2 handwriting that was familiar, but suspicionsly shaky, “please come to mmmm“ 1 want in nee vew se mwch. Ir—ol & fereigner.” husband is going te leave me, and I am in great trouble. Do not fail. Come to the Twin Mapies at once. Lovingly, “HAZEL.” “The Twin Maples!” Mrs. Dunbar’s brows contracted wonderingly. Was Hazel- afraid to come home that she ———— Just Pedaling Talk. Now julmps on my train of thought (maybe 1 only think I think, but be that as it may), a magazine headline, to wit: “Finding the Soul of the Play- er-Piano.” According to the article Headline, 'tis a hard and long walk— on the pedals—before the emotional #pirit of the instrument is discovered, my virtuesi. So the vast majority ef us vain creatures may as well keep on kidding ourselves that' we have found the soul of the roll eater, ai- though the neighbors will tell you what we mistook for the soul is only the lun, ——— s A Slight Jar, “The professor scems a trifie east down.” | “Just & little flabborgasted. uses very correct English.” “Ard a slangy salesgirl had to call a ficorwalker to interpret for her. Thought the professor was somae kind He had chosem to wait at the near-by cross-roads, lonely enough at night?: Perhaps she feared neeting ncighbors on the well-traveled village streets. In 2ny event, her truant girl had come to grief and needed her. 1t was quite dark in the shade of the ‘maple trees, and Mrs. Dumbar, making out the bulky body of a motor car, hurried dazedly toward it. The muf- fied form of a man sprang to mee her. “I am Mrs. Dunbar. Where's Hazel?” she gasped. “I'll tzke you to her,” replied the other, opening the door of the ton= neau. ) An instant she hesitated. The ton- neau seemed 'to be empty; but, as Mrs. Dunbar resolutely siepped in; a soft heanp at her fcet uncoiled itself and became an animated figure. Two slen- der arms caught the surprised woman, and a blithe young voice called out, chearfully: “I've got her, Porter, Speed ata’yl" “Hazel!" cried the foster-mother as the car leaped along the dusty road. ‘Th: arms wound closer and a hcad was, snuggicd wpon hor shogider, “Qk. dear Mother lierit, how good' it seems to be bugging you zgain. Yes, it’s Hazel. And my nice husband’s on the front seat. And welre both lid- naping you, and going te keep you un- til you forgive ua” Mrs. Merit's mind was & jumble of whirling thoughts. “You wrote me you were im trou- ble,” she accused. “I cm—worrying cver leaving you the way I did.” “And your husband’s going to leave you?" “He is; for a business trip through the West,” said Hazel. “And I want you to come and stay with me while he’s gone.” Then her young voice grew. soft and tender. “Oh, Mother Merit. We're both so sorry. We ddn’t * realize what we were doing. It scemed romantic.. But Porter’s father gave us both a great talking to when he knew. His mother's dead, you know. And we planned this trick tonight, be- cause 1 knew the best way to {ouch your heart was to make you sorry for me.” “Um-m. Perhaps I ought suggested ber foster mother. to be,” somethi for pon-fulfillment of the first, make cone think of the banker at Weeping Water, Neb., who was asked by an {m- pecunious farmer for a loam. banker was one of those people who are deaf for commercial purposes. The farmer was chronicaily wanting to borrow, and his security was get- ting shaky. Ts. “I'd like to borrow five thousand,® pleaded the farmer. The banker cupp~d his hand behind his lame ear and sa'd: “Speak a little louder and cul dowa the amouat.” R T i) Warming-Up Esercisa, Redd—Who's your friend? Greene—Oh, he's ane of the “helle “w hat do you mean by ‘hello boys'?™ “He always wants to try snd start “Well, bring kim around tomorrow Hazel's laugh rang sweetly. “I'm apg let him warm up on that Sivveg the happiest little wife in the world— g mine.” b now,” she declared. “Porter's good as — gold.” il v = . E A r Ak = 15t Heard i y e @ 3% Germany's stifin ' decsiness! Kk S A Urbrd Y8l YParwhat sensing the necisiity for hsr siriet’ compli with the first. armistice terms, ‘ald her brazen indignation at the Rarder ones imposed aa & penalty about cayt Candidate—I'm discussing humas tood now, but I'll come o your spé= cialty in a moment