Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 29, 1920, Page 3

'NEW LOW PRICES FOR STOCKS., New York, Dec. 28.—Reduced to its shief easentials, trading - change today travarsed for the m-pu: the reactionary or retrograde movement of the last two months, several special issdes falling to new low records for the year of a longer period. Developnents in their direct relation to values were mainly unfavorable, when not distinctly discouraging. These rang- ~od from additional dividend suspensions or reductions to further cutting of work- ing forces on the railroads and at steel centres, a forthcoming drastic “readjust- ment” in the moon victure indus and more bank failures in the northwest.. Local industrial conditions ‘were ~un- settled by threats of another harbor strike, beginning with the new year and fumors affecting the financial status of th emore important utilities were again actively circulated. Passing of the dividend on' Ansconda Copper, after an unbroken record of 1§ years, was a plece with prevailing' con- ditions in that industry. The course of othér stocks seemed to foreshadow sim- llar action in the near future. y Rails were the only shares to manifest # of firmness, a few of the more représenta‘ive transportations, especial- Iy coalers. trans-continentals and chang- being Again responsive to better No- vember earnings, where substantial net gains were le. At thp irregular to heavy close losses ot 1 to § 1-2 poin's in Utah. Pan-Ameri- can Petroleum, Chandler, Atlantic Gulf, Replozle, o e and New York Air Brike were offset by gains of 1 to 2 points teading, Southern Pagifie, Royal Duteh and Pacific imounted to 750,000 shares. improvement was shown by nd marke', especially ertible issues. Liberty issues ere strong for the most part, not- 1-4s. Total sales (par egated $29,300,00, Old U. 8. unchanged on call. ac road pad vernl STOCKS. High Low. Closs. CL L on the stock ex-| . 200 Rep 1 & S 19900 Sou “Pac ., 2060 8o Pie Tob Pr . pr 3600 Tn Pacific Un_Pac.pr 840 U S Rubber 300 Willys - Or pr | 00 Wor P & M .. 200W P & Moor.B % MONEY. New = York, * Dec. steady. closing bank acceptances 6 i- cel Steel pr 200 Denver & 00 Dome ~ Mines 2600 Erié 900 Erle middling 14.50, S Lib 3%s ... S Lib 24 45 S Lib 24 S7Lib Tip n deandda S Lib 3d 4%s § Lib 4th 4%s B § Lib ith 4%s reg 13 30T o 260 Int Paper 00 Int. Paper pr s tpd.. 8100 Tnt Me: M, W00 Tt M 7800 Ken 2606 Lehigh Vall 200 Max - Motor 200 Max Motor 1 ter. 5 COTTON. . New York, Dec. 28.—Cotton spot quiet, BRERS NN FEFETR s EhuKad R ' 3 28.—Call * money High 7; low 7; ruling rate 7; bid 6; offered at 7; last loan T; i Don’t wait for vour happiness until others hand it to you on a silver plat- 22grespERsLeE BR2BRL2EFIELS W REEF Demind. . Cables RRZRERA & s CHICAGO Chicags, Dec. net. lower with gain, July ‘will endeavor to crack bunch of base. . 8.13 Germany (pit 303 ‘cania per mark) - 5 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. 23 GRAIN MARKET, 28.—Bears in the wheat matket made much today of depression R cotton and stocks, Largely as a re- It, wheat closed unseitled at 1-2. to 3¢ March 1.62 1-2 to 162 3-% and May 1.57 1-2 to 1.57 3-4. Corn finished at 3-8 decline to 1 3-8c advance; oats urichanged. provisions varying from 7¢ off to- 5c to 1-4@3-8 down, and H igh. - Low. 168 165% 183% ieuky 1y SUB BASE HOOPSTERS TO PLAY ASHL‘A.\'D Thursday night at Jewett " City, the strong submarine bases basket shooters start the last column for the unbeaten Ashland team. Tnele Sam’s boys are reputed to be a tossers. Ober«| flocker and McGowan are classed with the best in this section and are well sup- ported by a trio that cream of the personnel of the submarine hoop represents the Ashland will use the same lineup as in preyious, games. S —— Regular Price. made at the time of -~ regular price. $35.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $40.00 SUITS. AND OVERCOATS $45.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $50.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $55.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $60.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $65.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $70.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $75.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS . MEN—You expected reductions but surely nothing likke this—Now come stock up—buy two or three Suits and an Overcoat. This is the most drastic step we have ever taken to reduce stock—but these times require ic measures. Not a single Suit or Overcoat reserved—Ever: =k~ ) STARTING TOMORROW Every Suit and 0ver’coa't»w On Sale Exactly 2 Price The original price tickets remain on the garments—Reductions You simply pay, one-half the $17.50 $20.00 $22.50 $25.00 $27.50 $30.00 $32.50 $35.00 ... $37.50 that they are here— y garment on sale at exactly One-Half its SALE STARTS TOMORROW, 8:30 A. M. 1-2. .The champions defeated New York university 2°1-2 to 1 1-2. in ‘the third -round -and Pennsylvania 3 1-2 to 1:2 in the fourth round.. Pennsylvania, which defeated the College of: City of New .York 3 to 1 in the third round, has finished its schedule with a total of 6 1-2 games wegn. ‘The Massachusetts Institute of Technology which lost in:the fourth round to the City College by the margin of-a ‘defaulted game, has a winning.game to- -tal. of .6 games, while New York' Uni- versity and the City College each have a total of 5 1-2. In the ‘other collegiate league,: Prince- ten won from Yale £71-2 to 1°1-2, and Harvard surprised the Columbia’ cham- picns by holding them to a draw. T. H. Banks, Yale, and S. E. Hall, Princeton, drew at the top board; . C. T. Smith Princeton, defeated F. T. Paine, Yale; A. Strout, Yale, defeated . E. Koetter, Princeton ; ‘and P. §. Clmstead, Prince- ton, defeated H. C. Jackson,.Yale. The defeat of M. A. Schapiro. of Co- lumbia by K. S. Métt-Smith of ‘Harvard at the No. 1 board was unexpected. P. Wolfson, Columbia, . defeated A. King, Harvard, and/the matches b tween O. Frink, Columbia, and H. H. Jackson, Harvard, ‘and F. Worden, Co- lumbia, and J. H. Hoeck, Harvard, were drawn. BIG TREASURE HUNT FOR ALL BOYS OF CITY TODAY . Treasure hunts have.been used on a small scale for the members of .the Y. M C. A. on several occasions providing a good deal of interest. The hunt planned for today will be far superior to any of the others, both in’the value of the treasure and the interest of the directions and the country to be traversed. . Today all the boys of the city over eleven years of age are ‘invited fo participate’ and it is expected that seventy-five to a hun- dred boys will gather at the Y. M. C. A. at 2 é'clock this afternoon. * The directions as to how to reach the resting place of the treasure will be such as to call into play all' the boys’ powers . of observation. Each boy wiH have his own copy of the directions and his ability to follow instructions to the letter and observe landmarks quickly will determine whether he finds the treasure ‘Which will be a year's membership in the + Y. M. C. A. for non-members and a year's renewal in case some boy already a member is the fortunate on® The first orize ‘gives a membershin entitling the boy to full privileges. / The second prize will be a membership giving limited priv- iliges. Care has been taken to mark a route which ean be traversed without incon- venience even though the weather is bad. WALTERE JOHNSON SIGNS 1921 BASEBALL 'CONTRACT Washington, Dec. 28.—Pitcher Walter Johnson's signed contract for the seaf son of 1921, his. fifteenth season.in ma- jor league baseball; was received in the mail today by PresiGent Manager Griffith of the Washington American League club. Johnson wrote from his farm near Cofteyville, Kansas, that the injury to his jarm which handicapper him last season, had yielded to treatment and that he expected to regain his. former effec- tiveness. * Johnson will be 34 years old on-his next birthda . Rosebuds vs. All Collegians. Thursday night, the Rosebuds will line — RICHTER & CO. Hartford New Britain i Springfietd The present investment op- portunities are just as available to the small investor as -the large. There are many attrac- tive stocks- selling today at prices ranging from$25.00 to $100.00 per ‘share. Make your money work for you. Suggestions cheerfully given upon request. H. N. CHRISTIANSON Local Representative Telephone, New London 2211 RING'S THAYER BLDG. SIRLOIN, ROUND, PORTERHOUSE Boneless Brisket Granulated SUGAR 10 Pounds $1.00 Pound ...... CANNED PEAS AND CORN | games with the Dare Devils, All Colle- STEAK, Ib. ... 22¢ SMOKED SHOULDERS Pound ... . .ii...;2ciPound;......c.... Pound ........20c BREAKFAST COFFEE Capt. Jim Hayes' team No. 8 in the Elks duckpin’ tournament, won i‘s match Tuesday xight with Team No. 2, Capt. Bill Stevens, two games out of tliree. The game’ showed - the unusual Yeaiure of. each tearn’ rolling the sameé team to- tal for. the match. Hutchinson of. the winning tesm {(ook all the honors with a high single of 115 and high thres string of :95. The scores 5 91— 260 $02—1282 408, 477 397—1282 In. the Monday night match . Cart. George Madden’s team No. 6 won three Straight ‘games from Team No. 1, Capt. John Combies. s Bantams Waat Games. The Baltic Social and Athletic club ex- pects to have their_club open on New Year's day. The Baltic Bantams basket- ball club wouid like to arrange home gians of Jewett City, Willimantic Rovers. Address Manager H. Collins, Box 431, Baltie. CORNELL RUNNERS AT OXFORD TO FINISH TRAINING London, Dee. 28.—After spending Christmas ‘in London as guests of the Anglo-American club ‘and the American University Union, the Cornell runners yesterday went to Oxford to finish train- ing for Thu¥sday’s race. On - Friday Coach Moacley walked his men over the sevén-mile Roehampton course, where the annual Oxford-Cambridge classic has been held for years, affording the Americans an opportunity to study the route. The Zourse s‘arts in the Thames val- ley at Roehampton, a suburb southwest of London, 'and follows & circular route, Which includes 2 water plunge and a long stretch of plowed land, and finishes with a mile and a half run over Wimbledon Commo nto the starting point. A combination Oxford-Cambridge team of seven men will be entered against the Americans. The first ten men to finish in the race wili be scored by the Amer- fcan system—one point for first place two points for second. and so on—and the team having the smallest number of points will be declared the winner, WELSH, RETIRED CHAMPION, RETURNS AND SCORES KNOCKOUT Newark, N. J., Dec. 28 —Freddie Welsh Who retired after losing the world's light- weight boxing championship to Benny Leonard in 1917, returned to the ring tonight! and scored a technical knockout over Willie Green of Boston after four rounds of a twelve-round match. Green refused to respond to the ball for the fifth round, claiming he had injured his shoulder. The former titleholder showed only flashes of his,old time form but had 1ffc tle “difficulty -in- outboxing his opponent. NO MORE HOCKEY GAMES UNDER - DIRECTION OF ASSOCIATION Pittsburgh, Pa.. Dec. 28.—The contro- versy between officials of the United States Amateur Hockey Association and leaders of the Piitsburgh team, came to a close tonight when the management of Duguesne Gardens announced that the zarden company’s contract with the home club had been cancelled and that no more games under direction of the association would be staged there. In the final association game tonight, the University of Toronto defeated Pittsburgh 4 to 2. History. records thit when the Athe- nians were voting on ostracising some man in public life against whom public sentiment had developed.or been organ- ized, the votes were written on oyster shells. These shells may have been the original ballots for elections. FRESH SHIPM CORNED BEEF Pound......... 8¢ Sugar Cured HAMS, bb. .. .. 22¢ WHOLE OR HALF . California ORANGES Dozen 25¢ Whithose SYRUP ‘Bottle35c TN FLKS BOWLING MATCH |- cross-country | CREAMERY BUTTER, lb. 49¢ BEST CHUCK ROAST EXPORT BORAX / SERIES “A" _ Secured by a First Mortgage on a recently completed steam gen+ erating station of 60,000 kw. - eapacity, and by s direct mert gage on all other property of the Company. Population served by Company about 450,000. Price 100 and Yielding 8% Write for further information BODELL & CO. 10 WEYBOSSET STREET Providence, R. I. Boston New York ERIEF STATE NEWS New Haven—Rev. and Nrs. Asson Phelps. Stokes of this city opened their villa at Lenox for the holidays. Danbury~—A bill will be presented W the next session of the legislature which commences in January asking for an ap- propriation suffcient to build a dormitery for the Danbury Stafe N Old Saybrook.—Engineer Frank Smith and daughter left for Charlotte, N. C., where they will visit Mrs., Smith’s sister over the holidays, then start for a month’s pleasure trip to Cali- fornia. Haddam—Thanks to the kindly diepo- sitions of the children in the town schools, and - the -people of Holy parish, Middletown, with the aid t county commiseioners, the children at the Middle- sex temporary home at Haddam had a bounteous Christmas. farm in New arm, Bolmer of New Mary, B. Smith of Beaver Brook dis The farm consists of about 150 acres, with large barns and other buildings. In the dourt at Bdmo the spectators were aston only a woman prisoner, bt a magistrate and a woman lawyer. Mentioned For Harding’s Cabinet EOR RIGAT ELINEDINGT. WASKACTONT David Jayne Hill, who is one of the three men most frequently mea- tioned for the highest position in Harding's Cabinet. ENT OF FINE a3k kA Fresh Shoulders Pound........ 18¢c ... 15¢ SLICED HAM Potnd =0k S Cooking COMPOUND Z Pounds 29¢ Pure Tomato CATSUP Bottle 25¢