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Chicage, Feb. 10.—Peace and har- mony reigned in in the ranks of the ‘rlub owners of the National league "|at their meeting today, but In an ad- same hotel, tes were _ub- able to finish their business at their day meeting and it was necessary for !the junior organization to extend its | session into the night. | National league owners in .addi+ ‘tion to adopting a schedule of 154 |games for the 1920 season sa:eepted the new rules, agreed at a meeting of the joint rules committee of the {American and National leagues yes- i The new rule regarding contested by of limiting ‘each club to two pitchers as will pre- {wvail in the American league this sea- |son, it was decided that all clubs 1will be permitted to play every spit- :h.l pitcher on their roster. A list of | recognized spitball pitchers was pre- | sented, anw these men will be allowed to use the “spitball” during thg com- {ing championship race. The list: Boston—Rudolph, Fillingim, ing. j B Inuis—Dmk Goodwin, Tuero, New York—Dougfas. Brooklyn—Mitchell, Philadelphia—Hogg. Cincinnati—Figher, Chicago—Hendrix. Pittsburgh—None. After the board of directors of the league inspected the books of the or @anization, Priesident John Hey stated that six umpires have alr |signed contracts for 1920. This list Bob BEmslie, William Klem, "Day Barry MecCormic! Charles Moran, Péter A. Harrison and Grimes. Lau C. Fyfe, who last season handied | the indicator In the ichigan-Ontario league and who previously worked in the Central and Western leagues. Charles Rigler and E. C. Quigley have | but their sig- ortly, said not signed contracts, patures ape expected President Hevdld-. has retired from thi The salary for uny h was cut in 1918 and 19 has reverted back 1o the 1917 slandard according to Mr. Heydler. ~The club owners also decided to he number of players on each 25 men between May 15 and but after that date until i of the be allowed 40 « The waiver pri $1500 to $25000 @and the president of the league was given the power to name the waiver price on a free agent, but the price will not be $3,500. The magnates entered into a dis- rry cussion regarding a marker or me-|mistake morial to be placed at Cooperstown, | The newspaper adds that the Ameri- where the first game of base- | can took the wrong course because ball is said to have been played in|pne was nervous N. Y., 1837 action was referred t Heydler. The injunction suit against the Na- tional league filed yesterday by Chas.; to TRADE MARK . Fi remmf?Ammunifion Shootmg R1ghf' WE OFFER BABCOCK PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURING CO. 8 Per Cent. Preferred Stock at par and accrued dividend A. B. LEACH & CO,, Inc. PLANT BUILDING NEW LONDON, CONN. C. ROYCE BOSS, Representative. Bywon { .1 that Robert was . not _brought up today. court hearing is scheduled for Feb- ruary 25 the suit is not expected to enter into the déliberations of ‘the baseball men. The owners said des- upite the suit they expected the Na- tional league schedule as anno | tonight to go into effect. | SCHOLZ EQUALLED RECORD IN 70 YARD INDOOR DASH New York, Feb. 10.—I. V. Scholz of the University of Missouri equalled | ™~ the American record of 7 1-5 seconds for the 70 yard indoor dash at e Millrose Atlfleth: Associatien games in Madison Square Garden tonight. 7 The Pacific coast sprinter Charles W. Paddock, of the University of Southern California, who came here especially to take part in this meet, ran in two sprints. He finished only third in the 70 yard scratch events being beaten in thHe final heat by Scholz and Loren Murchison, New York A. C. In_the other sprint, a handicap at 70 yarfrs, Paddock was penalized a vard behind seratch for a false start and was eliminated when he failed by inches to win the second time-heat. Paddock was equally unfortunate at the start of the fifth heat of the 300 vards ‘handicap run. He incurred another penalty and, starting from a | teh, failed to qualitfy ed. by running unj Mike Devanney of the Millrose A. A. decisively defeated his field in the| three-quarfer mile scratch run. He led from start to finish, winning by from Homer Baker, Simmons of Syracuse ity, forty yards further back, rd. { Farl Bby,® University of Pennsyl- cania, won the Milirose 600 yards run by two yards from Dave S. Caldwell | | - A Remarkable- Dividend Record has been established by a . company whose stock we are offering at an attrac- tive price. Dividends have been paid on this . stock every year begin- ning with 1851. In ad - dition to the cash divi- dends, stockholders have received valuable rights which have increased the average annual income return on the stock. For complete informa- tion send for -circular N B-497. i the Boston A. A Had the Bos: BODELL & CO. ton man won this event he wou ave secured pmrmanent ownership of the 1 WEYBOSSET STREET, | E. H. Post tropny, as he had prewjous- Providsnce |1y won this race twice. Boston New' York McLEAN CLAIMS MISTAKE AT O R T S s CURVE DUE TO WRONG SIGNAL Christiania, Feb. 10.—The news pa- pers are unanimous in the opinion; McLean, the Chicago skater, was beaten by Oscar Mathies. en of Christiania in the ten thous- and meter race Sunday. One of the | papers says that nobody saw an in-; correct signal at tae curve, which | Mclean cluimed was the cause of his Hincks and Binney—took the 200 yard relay in 1:42 2-5, one fifth of a second slower than the intercollegiate record. RANKIN ANDRREYNOLDS TC MAKE 126 RINGSIDE A smoker is to be held at Olympic | lodg that | for the New Haven, defeated Wesleyan | promenade sw Just ed immediately neither McLean, playing the part of Beckett of the now famous short fight in London last De- cember, they will' give a reproduction | something more than 1,000,000 franos Passage has been booked for America for about his American tour. middle of March. YALE DEFEATS WESLEYAN IN SWIMMING MEET 10.—Yale Conn., Feb. in the | Thurston, of Honolulu, intercollegiate fifty yvard champion, wase not entered in taking the wrong course. as Mathiesen was in the five thousand meter race. 1t is pointed out that protest must be after a race and the American referce or Vice Consul Plerce made |fans. jumior { oxpense gave the imming meet hete this | o but the weath | afternoon by a score of 48 to 5. The| hall the latter part of this month un- der the auspices of the Norwich Sporting colub. The club has arranged three bouts to take place during. the evening having secyred Rankin and Reynolds for the main bout which saould prove to be a lively bout. Both local boys have a large following of Rankin and Reyolds have both sugh & protest. . ° agreed to weigh in at 126 pounds McLean said ‘today that if the moy- | ringside or forfeit money that has ing pictures of the events showed the | Peen posted at this weight. N blame did not rest with him, he e would challenge for. another ten AT THE PALACE ALLEYS thousand meter race. Warriors Gate receipts for the races are fig-| ** ured at about $100.000, of which $80,- | Johnson ....... 106 104 93— 303 000 will be divided cqually between |Jacobson . - 106 = 106 95— 307 Magthiesen and McLean), Hanrahan 108 91 88— 287 Lewls .. 120 109 ~ 118— 347 Wheeler . 103 81 54— 27 CARPENTIER WILL STAGE g s B el EXHIBITION 30UTS HERE| Totals .......543 491 488 1522 Paris ,Feb. 10.—Americans will have Swan's Garage lan gpportunity to see Georges Car- | Blanchard 4 11 101— 952 pentier, the French fighter in action! gyTivan 7 90 71— 243 before he meefs Jack Dempsey. Car-| gison 101 89~ 308 | pentier’s manager has affixed his sig- | Bugen 110, 92— 293 nature to a contract, calling for a t€n| zera)ski 91 116— 319 weeks' appearance of AR S e e n ~ | in the United States. P { his trainer, Laenerts, Al e | rig exhibitions and, BALTIC GIRLS CLUB PLAYS i WINDHAM ALUMNAE THURSDAY The basketball game scheduled for of that affair, last Thursday between the Baltic The French fighter, according to The ! Girls' ciup and Windham High | terms of the contract, will receive' Alumni, did not take place. The Girls club will try and bring off the game this Thursday if the cars are running. Miss Nellie Bailey on ac- count of being sick will be replaced by Miss Dorothy Wood. Miss Wood is some classy player. The fans of ,Balv'l- #09 requiested to attend the Mr T(wlm and Mr. Collins at great girls a good send joft but the weather took a hand and n . the g=me had to be called off. The Blue swimmers won everv event.iAces did not fare any better. One | Robert F. Solley of New York cap-|was stuck in Wiiimantic and the | tured tt}mzflllv ya;d swim in n}}; fast| capmin has met with an acfdent jtime of 25 seconds. Bdwin Binney,! s, their game had o call |also Yale was second. Lorrin P.| 5 £ 34 caTes of. MADE RECORD OF 8 1-5 FOR 70-YARD LOW HURDLES race for Yale in 58 2-5 secnds. Thel __ in this event. but won the 100 yard; New York, Feb. 10.—An American Bl relay team—Milry, Thurston, |record of 8 1-5 seconds for the 70- yard low hurdles was made by Barl corporation. manufacture. 299 BROADWAY REGISTRAR Equitable Trust Co, N. Y. Organized to take over the business and ‘assets of The Woolf Optical In- strument Company, established since 1877. PRICE §15.00 PER SHARE DIVIDENDS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND NORMAL INCOME TAX i This Company manufactures and sells Optical and Surgical Instruments which are known all over the United States and Canada, has also very firp foreign connections, owns and controls patents for all these instru- ments, has very large orders on hand which are now in the process of SPIEGEL, PILLER & COMPANY INVESTMENT SECURITIES AN INVESTMENT IN A GROWING CORPORATION The Woolf Instrument Corporation NEW YORK Capital Stock 150,000 Shares (NO PAR VALUE) The Company has no mortgages, no funded debt, and has no pn:ferred stock issued. The stock offered is the only class of nock issued by the NEW YORK TRANSFER AGENT Metropolitan Trust Co., N. Y. J. Thompeon of Dartmouth college, at tae Milrose Athietic Association games at MavWison Square Garden tonight. The former national hurdles cham- pion equelied the record of 8 2-5 in his trial heat and sliced off a fifth of a second in the final. He also won the 70 yards high hurdles event, RIVAL BASEBALL CLUB WANTS GAME WITH N. F, A, The Rival baseball club will have a team this year and would like to book games with Norwich Free Academy, Windham High or any other High school team before the school go on théir vacation. Write to Mangger H. Collins, Box 437, Baltic. SPORTING NOTES. Erwin Trout, former New London catcher, has been signed by Manager Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Car- dinals. Since New London passed out of the Hastern League, Trout has been”catching for the Klein Chocolate team of Philadelphia. ‘Walter Betts, a left handed pitcher, has been grabbed by the Phillie. He has had experience with various in- dpendent teams in Delaware, Lena Blackburn, third sacker of the Phillie last season, his been bought by the Toronto Leafs. Blackburn | formerly played with Téronto. { Scout Bugene MeCann of the Cin- i!cinnati Reds, is in Philadelphia. . | mission is to get Pitchers Gerner ud | Bressler anl Second Baseman Rath in line. As a rule scouts have very tle to do in the winter-time, but ppal ly the former Bridgeport and New London manager has some work outlined for him by Pat Moran dur- ing these suppesed dull months. “Zigg” Kahn, who pitched in the International league last season, exhibiting to his friends contracts and other ‘mxph league olub—Pitts- | burgh Di Kahn daid not pitch in the Interna- tignal league last season, but pastim- ed with Waterbury. It is hardly pos- soble that Kahn will be with any of the above cluirs the coming season as he barely got by in the Eastern league last season. Bill Gleason, the Holyoke, Mass., boy who had a tryout with Pitts- burgh a few season ago, will be bapk with Chattanooga again the coming season, according to present indica- tions. The d!minmflve inflelder,. who played in this league a few season's back, is a regular ar,tendum at all the b.skum‘ld‘games in the vicinity of is | from the Phillies, Akron, Birnumm‘ Luu i Aetna Casnahty & Surety Co. OF HARTFORD, OONNQG‘TIGUT MORGAN G. BULKELEY, President CAPITAL STOCK $5,000,000,00 foe, Group; Accident and Health, Group; Liability and Workmen’s Compenw tion Insurance. JANUARY 1, 1920 ASSETS : | Home Office Buildings . Real Estate acquired by foreclosure . Cash on hand and in banks Premiums in course of callection and deferred premuims. . Amortiz>d value of Bonds and Market Value of Stocks over Book Value, less Assets not admitted ..... .83 93”7:.1. 5,551,704.61 3,183,187.88 TORAl AOAS o sunsesessessssssrssssosbeohssisen s SIORUIETIAG Premium Jncome .... Assets . Increas Increase Increase in Life Insurance in Foree Payments to Policyholders during Payments for Taxes during 1919 . $6,158,060.45 13,309,612.07 219,604,842.32 24,214,809,32 1,660,656.99 19ie LT % = Antomoblle lnsmnce Co. Aetna Life Insurance Company LIABILITIES Rsserve on Life, Endowment and Tes Reserves not included above Premiums Paid in advance and other liabil Unearned interest on Pohey loans ‘Taxes falling due Reserve for speci policyholcers plyable in 1820 Losses and Claims awaiting proof and not ye! Unearned Premiums on Atcu(ant, Health and Insurance . Reserve for Liability Claim Surplus to Policyholders .... Total Liabilities .....ccveivenees New Life Insurance lssued in 1919 . “Life Insurance Paid for in 1919 ... Life Insuranas in Ferce January 1, Paid Policyholders since organization in 1850 rm Policies .$413,226,247.22 R i 386,126,063.44 Total Inccme in 1919 Aetna Life Insurance Company and Affiliated Companies $71,928,842.51 13th Annuzl Statement AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF HARTFORD, CONN. Capital Stock $2,000,000.00 JANUARY 1, 1820 ASSETS Cash on hand and in 2 . $2,087,158.24 8,034, real estate ... 1,647,975.00 Loans on .collateral 5855,815.05 Intsrest due and ac- crued Dec. 31, 1919 138,732.11 Premiums in course of flection .......... 1,450,201.71 Equity in funds of N. Y. Excise Re-Insur- ance Association. .. 79,128.76 Du: from Re-Insur- ance Companies on* paid losses and salv- age recoverabl 2,511.38 Other assets . 20,965.99 Gross Assets...... $14,014,688.24 Less assets not admit- ted by insurance ‘departments . .. 21,5713 Total admitted as- WOR - os o asas $13.993,116.94 Combination Automobile Insurance, Plate Glass, Burglary, Engine Breakage, Riot and Cixil Commotion and General Fire Insurance LIABILITIES Premium reserve..... $4,322,865.94 Loeses in process of adjustment . ...... 3,215,335.78 Ccmmission reserve on premiums in course of collection ...... 325,585.01 Taxes falling due in 1920 . .. .. 428,188.10 All other Lia 235,933.23 Total oo i il el $8,527,913.07 Surplus to policyhold- ers, Capital 2,000,- €00.00, Surplus 3,- 465,203.87 . . 5,465,203.87 Fotalie iiw it srionn $13,993,116.94 Increase in Assets $1,510,965.43 ~ 7th Annual AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO, i OF HARTFO Capital Stock $2,000,000.00 Statement RD, CONN. e JANUARY 1, 19520 ASSETS Cash on hand and in’ . $2464,868.22 . 5,385,609.44 . g 443,000.00 Loans on collateral 620,175.00 Interest due and ac- erued Dec. 31, 1919 87,505.46 Agents’ balances ... 1,991,502.17 Due from Re-Insur- ance Companies on paid losses - 75,091.26 _Olher assets . - 41,626.82 Gross Assets $11,110,378.37 Less asats not admit- ted by insurance de- partments . ....... 88,171.14 Teotal admitted as- i BB - i vty < v e $11,022,207.23 Increase in Assets $1,806,006.50 Explosion. Ocean and Inland Marine Insurance Aetna Life Insurance Co. Total Assets January 1,1920.................................. $188,113,036.63 Paid Policyholders since organization......................... $388,308,350.54 LIFE INSURANCE—C. E. SHEPARD, General Agent, 18 Asylum Street, Hartford. ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE—ARTHUR G. HINKLEY, Manager for Conn., 39 Pearl St., Hartford LIABILITY AND OTHER CASUALTY LINES—ROBERT C. KNOX, General Agent, 39 Pearl Street, Hartford . LIABILITIES Premium reserve ..., Losses in prosess adjujstment , Taxes falling 1920 due i Foher s 38491254 Funds held under Re Insurance treatics . 24§,076.38 All other liabilities. .. 85,817.82 Fotalk . o0 ol $6,966,655.56 Surplus to policy hold- ers, Capital 2,000,- €00.00, Surplus 2,- Total « .....orh....$11,02220728 ¢ R Fidelity and Surety Bonds and Affiliated Cgmpam L. J. FONTAINE, Agent, Norwich J. L. LATHROP & SONS, Agents, Norwich urgh Pirates will try out Barney Ib(mu-ns. a Paocific coast youth, at short. Bringing a green youngster from such a remote point is quite a proposition for a club. Kearns is said to_be showing such class in the winter league baseball out on the coast thoi some Pittsburgh player evidently steered Manager Gibson to grab the fellow. Al Mamaux who had a good season with Brooklyn last season, has re- turned his signed contract to Manag- er Robinson of th; D;‘flgers Al will probably get eonsiderably more money than lagt yoar as he signed iast sea- son at a low figure. .Rabbit Maranville is working all the time as a tinsmith in Springfield, Mass. The little fellow is a wonder, and knows about enough of all the building trades to build and furnish himself a complete home. There ig a chance that Ernie Quig- ley, N. L. ump., will pass up the big league wind-sack this year and con- tent himself * with shis garage in St Marks, Kan., incidentally umpiring and refereeing as many big baseball, basketball and football contests in the Middle West as possible. The Phillies will .aeed Cravath’s hitting in the coming campaign and it will not be surprising if the boss of e 1 Per KIELY & 40 Wall Street, New York WE ARE OFFERING A SMALL BLOCK OF - American Thread Co. Preferred Stock at a net price to yield approximately on the investment If interested, please wire collect to Cent. HORTON Phone John 6330 the Phile decides to go to right field. He still can hit the ball and throw, and in the limited right field area at the Phillies home park he does well enough as an outfieler. John Hummel, for years a favmfie with Brookiyn fans and later a mem- ber of the Yankees for a short time, is now in charge of the Reading club of the International League. Hwm- mel has fifteen players under com- tract. Bob Coleman. former Pitf catoher, has taken charge of the Mo- bile club of the Southern Association. Coleman is rounding up his players, and expects to have a strong team this year. ) Commencing at 11:30 o’clock ON YANTIC RIVER, PLEASANT BRICK BUILDING, lwn ¢¢r|et Hou Consisting o Twister, Napping Machine, Shears, Mul Funntun. 'ro THE meflsn- Apply deseri Harold J. Gross, James H. Hurley, and E. Tudor Gross, Auctionsere 850th LIQUIDATION SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION (By order of Hitchon Bros. & Eastwood, doing business as Glen Woolen Mills) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1920 GLEN WOOLEN MILLS Line), and STURTEVANT /STREET NORWICH TOWN, CONNECTICUT REAL ESTATE, WATER PRIVILEGE, POWER PLANT, TENEMENT HOUSES, consisting of: MAIN MILL, brick and stone, three stories, dimensions 50x140 fest} EAST MILL, brick, three stories, dimensio ensions 50x90 feet, containi 5 hop, picicar and dryer rooms, WASH "AO ‘.l, DYE HOUSE, PACKING ROOM, HOUSE, OFFICE BUILDING. STEAM POWER PLANT—TWO WATER WHEELS— WATER PRIVI. L.EGEs ds-vuluplng 100 to 125 H. 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