Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 10, 1922, Page 3

FRANCO-BELEUIN TEAMWINS G.ORY RAGE Paris, April 9.—-Seres and Aerts, the Fragco-Belgian team. tonight won lhe‘mlfl permit. 2 x-day bicycie race by 1054 points and one Jap. Grenda and McNamara finish- cd second with 1308 points. Broceo and Persyn with 309°points were in -fifth place at the end Noel-McKenzie Match Off. The bowling match between N: p v day) evening in Willimantic, has been and Aerts Japped the fiald. : s N WD, S postponed owing to the inability of Mc- GIANTS 'AND WHITE 80X BREAK = |icisie fo bowl. Mr. McKenzio was i an automobile accident recently and suf- EVEN IN SPRING SERIES | fered injurfes that will lay him up for New York. Aprl 9.—The Chicago|a few days. 4 Americans scored an even break in their epring series with the New York Na- AT THE AETNA ALLEYS tionals, winninz the last game hera to- ini day by a score of 3 to 2. Each team LeiSy Enishing Gombany, won games, Wilkinson pitched the Dye House entire game for Chicago and held New | Cleutier York to one earned run. Score by in- | Gallagher . W25 % 1 82 234 nings: Qromko’ « foeu. W77 < 82. - 81 240 Chicago A. .0 00000300310 1|Stearns ...... 83 39 89 264 N ¥, ! 000010010—2 6 0]Meleski 5 U T T 267 Wilkinson and Schalk; J. Barnes} S Pl Shea, Jonnard and Snyder, g 414 414 405 1233 S Make Up Room EXHIBITION GAMES. MclIntyre il SO Bridgeport. April 9.— Mikalasi .. 89 92 119 00 New York Nationals 2nd team.. 2 9 2|Maleoleu 6 106 86 268 Bridgeport Bastern League.. 1 5 1|Shea 91 7 81 245 Rahac and Samide; Stauffer, Born-|Simcox 80 9 91 268 hoeft and_Starr,Smith. Gromko - - 8 89 Washington, April 9.— Sl — Boston Nationals . o e R 407 449 1504 | Washington Americans o Print Make Up (10 innings 5 Watson, Fillingim and O'Neil, G 2 tcom Sl :‘v:}l‘lhcan‘ Gleason and Gharrity, Makolasi 55 Baltimore, Md.. April 9.— T o Philadelphia Americans ... ) - By Baltimore Internationals ...... 4 10 0 = Rommell, Harris and Fuhman; Thom- 524 y and Styles. Cffice Cincinnati. O.. Giadue 87 0q2 Boston Americans . vveon a8 0}osborne - 97 8 Cinennat! Natlonals . .... 5 7 3|Pierson 7 92 Piercy, Karr and Rubl; Donohue and| Gray s4 I8 Purdon 100 101 n, Aprfl 9.— ~ S s Americans 0 S 155 425 Nationals SO Sl I 3 Bush and § Vanee, Ma- > maux and De Berry, Miller, 3 Jollege Baseball Columbus, Ohid, April 9.— Princeton, N. J.—Princeton 7, Le- Cleveland Amerisans 10 14 2{high 1. Columbus Assocfation ........ 4 7 4| Cambridge. Mass. — Harvard 8, TUhle. Pott and Uunamaker:; Lowder-|Providence College 0. milk. Northrop and Harrely, Lees. West Point, N. Y.—Army 11, Col- Indianapolis, Ind, April 9.— lege of the City of New York Patroit Americans e 38w ‘Washington, D. C.—Un Indianapolis Assoclation Cole and Bassler; Hill, Weaver and|innings). Krueger Medford, Mass.—Tufts 5, Northeast- St. Louis. Mo., Apri1 9. ern 1. St. Louis Americans ........... 612 1 Annapolis—Cornell 5, Navy 4. TLouis Nationals ........... 312 3| Yale 5 Fordham 6. Vangilder and Severeld; Doak, Bar-| Brown 4, Conn. Aggies 1. foot. North, Pertica and Ainsmith. Newark, N. J.. April 9.— Philadelphta Nationals Newark Internationals R 3T 50N « & b Smith and Peters Barnes, sch, Gordy and Manning. e e Outplayed from the start the Ox- Tooking For Bouts. ford-Cambridge lacrosse team met the “Jos" Werner, popular boxer, who tied |first defeat of its American tour when the K. O. onto Kid Mercier at Williman-{ it played Johns Hopkins tie last year, is training daily and will | Saturday. The score was 11 to 2. % probably be a steady man in the Tingk| Placed in a position where he has all comers of his class. Joe par-:to redeem himself because of the K. wants matches with Hartford|O, defeat chalked up alongside of his men of his weight, 135 pounds. Werner name in the record book as the result has made Willimantic his home and in- of his bout with Soldier Bartfield last FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIA! — univer ~ATTRDAY'S MARKET, New “Fork, April 8.—Week end opera- tions .on the stock exchange closed very as they began—in a whirl of spec- . ve enthusiasm and many new high | Hupp Motor Car rds for the sustained movement. Illinots Central iy dealings were irregular in con- | Inspiration Cop sequence of further realizing sales. These | Int Harvester . «ffected reversals of one to four points |Int Harvester pr among Studebaker and Chandier Motors, | 1nt Mer Marine meral Electric, Baldwin Locomotive, | Int Mer Mar pr Mexican Petroleum and Electric Storage | Int Motor Truci Battecy, Int Mo Truck pr Prices soon rallied, however, on renew. | Inter Paper buying of independent steels under | Int Paper pr sta 1l of Guif States, yesterday's sensa- |Kennecott ... Uonal performer, as well as Bethlehem, | Lehigh Vailey Midvale, Repubiic and Sloss-Sheffield, Maxwell Mot A local utilities aiso strengthened their | Mexican Petrol position on the outcome of the Interbor- | Mex Petrop pr ough Rapid Transit situation and addi- | Miamli Copper tional accumulation of rails proceeded, | Missouri K & T mainly in Reading, Baltimore and Ohic, | Mo K & T w | AMissouri Pacifie, common and preferred, | Mo K & T prwi .. and other low grade issues. MK&T w1 stopq Tis experienced another uncomfort- | Missouri Pacific .. le tme in their efforts to depress the | Missouri Pac pr .. olls. that division resisting pressure and | Nat Enam & St .. adding substantlally to the many net|N Y Air Brake gains at the very active finish, N amounted to £35,000 shares, & recora 1o | N ;Acefitzlfl 5 any (fiwo»vhour session since 1919, Norfolk South o "jicepting German marks, which eased [ Norfolk & Wast 2 .rifle. all the forelgn exchanges dis- | North'n Pacifs ,“i %flr )".ll"nfg lom:. Sterling’s rise to | Penn R R s €., pm%nd hills represented the | Pierce Oil Dighest quotation for that _remittance | Piorce Ofl pr Since the eariy part of last March. Allied | Ray. Con ©" and Seandinavian bills gained two to 12 | Resding. vints and the Montrea] g i Wi discount here | Reading 1 pr Dewpits the & Rep Ir & Steel % i i :r:‘ark;x‘mnzd";,"" activity in | Rep 1 & Stees © % , and the resultant de- Pa i mand for funds, clear South TPacific discounts showed an astuey gonin® 2nd BoutusHalinay, '_\gh ¥ more than * | South Ry pr erate gain in cash Increased actual excess | mer” COPPer od TESETves to about $14,660,000. EOb:CFRoub‘::nd. u gits ber . ' : S—I‘DCES, U S Rubber pr . U S Steel U S Steel pr ... West El & M s O'land ys O'land pr Worth Pump Liberty Bonds. Hizh. Low. U S Lib 3. ... 99.30 99.24 U S Lib 1st 4s . 99.20 99.20 U S Lib 2d 4s. 99.10 99.10 U S Lib 1st 4%s 99.58 99.40 U S Lib 2d 4%s 99.44 2 1-2 ev 4%s ... 99.60 U S Lib 3a 4%s 99.56 99.50 U S Lib 4th 4%s 99.60 99.44 Victory 4%s 100.92 100.90 Am Car & ¥ pr ... Am1 Cotton Ol Am Hide & L ..... Am H & Leath pr.. Am Tel & Tel Am Tobaceo A Yoolen . Victory 3%s ...100.02 100,02 100.02 Am Woolen pr Quoted in dollars and cents per $100 | Anaconda bond. :‘1{- &T r‘( o gl Foreign Exchange. Bale & Ohio pr With the exception of sterling, all Beth Stee| quotations are in cents pér unit of for. bh Sie (B eigu currency: . h i (B) - Steel 7 p 4 car Rap Tr . Sterling— Saturday 7% Rap T ctf Demand ... ... $841 % Butte Cop & 2% Cables a1y Butte ‘& Super . Frangs .. 91515 Canadian Pacific Guilders ..37.83 Marks [ Lire > Swiss francs Pesetas Belgian francs Kronen Sweden Denmaric Norway Greece. Argentina Cent eather : Cent Leather pr Chand_Motor s & Ohlo « IS « 2 & St P Ch M & St P pr Ch M & St P pr Chi & N'weot CalRI1&P ... Cano C Cosden Crucible Stee! Crucible Stee! pr Det & Hudson Chicago Grain Market. Wheat— High Low. May ... 133 130 July ... 120% 118% Sept. ... 114% 1123 e Minecs Corn— B s A 2% G2, pr 143 67% her Rody (0) pr8dy ien Elestric .181 Gemn Moter 13 Gen Motor pr ... 80 tends to remain there in the future it 1 of Willimantic and McKenzie of Moosup, Durinz Saturday night's riding Seres | Which was to have taken place this. (Mon- e 70 s 81 228 TODAY’S SPORTS RACING ~ Spring meeting of Southern Mary- land Agricultural Association., Bowie. % SHOOTING South Carolina State trEpshpothg tournament opens at Camden. BOWLING Nortawest International champion- ship tournament opens at Spokane. Nebraska State championship tour- nament closes at Omaha. = BOXING Johnny Dundee vs. Johnny Shug- rue. 10 rounds, at Worcester. Joe Burman vs. Billy Mascott, rounds, at Philadelphia. Gene Tunney vs. rounds, at Pittsburgh. Pete Hartley v rounds at New Orleans. Lew Tendler vs. Charley Pitts, 8 rounds, at Philadelphia. erring vs. Young Stribling 10 rounds, at Birmingham. Paul Doyle vs. Pete Latzo, 10 rounds at Lynn, Mass, at Jack Burke, 10, . Young Galiano, 15 Thursday night in Providence. Morley, Frog Hollow welterweight, is to stake his all in next Thurs- day nights bout when he meets Jim-'| my Kelley, rugged Bronx battl | the star go of twelve rounds. The Char. | ter Qak A. C. of Har ready of rescuing ti on finish fl pa who over the I decis present title holdes would personaily guaraniee a purse of §40.000 for the bout. Charles Paddock, whirlwind sprinter of the Los Angeles A. lenged to compete with Loren Mu chis 2 of | 7 14 3| Vermont 2, Catholic University 3 (11| linois A. C. world sprint records. Johnny Weismulier, the Hlinois "A. >, star swimmer, clipped two-@iths of recoid yard free style, winning ! tne national championship for tiwt distance in the Detroit Athletic Clui tank Saturday. His time was Coach Jim Corderry of the . Yale crew has picked -the following men who are in the White crew, to row st hoat against the Univer- ivania a week from for the in the sity of Pen Saturday. Le Littler, No. Capt. Gibson, No. 5; Sheffield, No. Haldema. ; Freeman,s stroke; Ch 5 The baseball season at Weiss Park ed in a week from Sunday when the New Haven Pro field agains the afford far get a pe will be usher Yale and the E {a week from Wednesday. At the Yale-Georgetown shooting eld Saturday afternoon the Yale team took the fina season with a perfect score of 500. Georgetown'’s rifle team d abil in handling the rifle but the ed them George- match town’ on to the boxin to be paid is cent. Federal force. Connecticut State College, in its first lown to de- ay afternoon, me on tap st man up to the last out. { Laubscher, the Connecticut twirler, | pitched winning ball, but two bad Gordon put him in bad holes and allewed three of the four rums made by the Bi don slipped twice, he had a great day nd his magnificent work on several occasions brough applause He was one of the big hitters for the visitors getting two Trinity’s expectations of a come- back in baseball, which lik drops, have bloomed every years as soon as the snow is off the open spaces only to wilt when the full heat baseball weather hit them, will test Tuesday at Trin- en the Blue and Gold nine ‘ys(f\l'i of the { feat before Brown Satur {4 10 1 with a real ba | from the fi hrows by from the of have their fi ity F. cros; sity te nival at the Queen’s afternoon. The Penn: finished only 10 yards ahead of Ox- ford. 5 Henry J. Topping of Greenwich won the North and Southe amateur golf championship at Pinehurst, Saturday by defeating F. K. Robeson, of Roch- ester, three and two in the thirty-six hole finals. 3 Temmy Hennigan. with a handicap 30 seconds, won the 10| 1 Y. M. C, A, road ra of mile Cathed minut er, Jimmy Hennigan, | Tinished third. wi tion:of the Ame of late years by e opening bas ale Field, the New Yor d three times but the won news ion contract wi Moore said on of the Illinois A, C., in a s of races to determine the- d championship, if the plans of the Il- materialize. Both- hold ond off his own worid's 2:17 lie, bow Rock Ellie No, efeller, No y Nos T co; n. 1lldogs far surpa score of 493. East for ir a real fi encounter | Connecticut is takig the opposite di- rection. It is going up and either the fans or the club must pay more, ac- cording torne 3 be recent dec: Mr. H for tax would B 5N by the ring spo gt , in X. The tota aining son went monian the field and: clean singles. eld w! s bats with the Clark Un at Coach I destined to be more guczessful ! than his predecessors in producing a- hardy plant and that the Trinity team will wax stronger this year -as the season goes on. Tif> Univiergity of Pemasylvania’s quartet of diminutive mile runners finished second to the Cambridge team in the three-cornered relay teween Cambi Ivania in England’s first relay c 2 minutes, Boston Saturday, finishing in 12 and 3 atch th 2 time of 38 secona: = G ~1 thc. thres-vear-old ‘sénsa- on turg - during. the “A QUARTETTE OF HUSKY YOUNGSTERS” For 75 years 0l1d Coon Cigars have stood for satisfying mildness. CENTS EACH last month or more, exer d a h:l'l(-1 PHillips at the Jamaica track R. Proyost ford has framed card that promises much in the of action. Altogether 4t calls for thirty rounds of milling. After the jaunty manner cu'tivat- Fordham Colleg2 ball game 90— 293 | Island sound last week was a former 113— 327 | resident of Plainfield. 133— 385 Miss. Sarah T. Palmer, state super- into the Kentucky Harry Lunte, inticlder Tormenly with the Cleveland ed to play ball wit club of the ¥ suspended, of uhe owners of the Sacramento club 518 1579 | past week. wno refus- 1o 25 INORTH GROSVENORDALE 110— 330 Members of the agricultural classes of 106— 344 | Tourtelotte M. H. S, have been doing 137— 362 | Practical work the past week under the 99— 352 | Supervision of Mr. Sawin in clearing up —_ | the campus. 1742 | Miss Esther Lindevall has been award- Sat- urday afternoon sailed gaily past the a 6 to 5 winner. The lead itors got to Tommy Hartnett, Yale's initial boxman, in the sixth for three wh ific C#ast Leagu Paddy O’Connor, the aggressive Wind- Locks native, tallie: h seemed to clamp down the lid kwith a 6 to 2 lead. Pal, Moore, Memphis bantamweight. aper decision: four champions in his division but withal has never held the has announced that he would ! turn promoter, in an effort to get i Johnny Buff like a real ball club, is ex- at things this scason. pected to do ge in the pep Willie Hoppe, former worid’s cham- from St. Louis. He stated that he had nouncement retirement from , Will be chal- | competitive billiards made by his man- touched a cue in Chicago and intend to for said Hoppe. myself will start within the 121— 337 o 2‘7'4 ennc Trudeau. Second honors, Milton will take up aii of our time. I have Fair-minded fans hope that Miller the Thursda individual tow: won first honors with 382 Yanks that he is the big boss of the [ 11 team can succeed with- less he rules with an move by h and order of the PRINCETON B! 1544 |7 had perfect attendance during Marcl take the the Boston Red Sox of American League. This contest will their first opportunity < of Bill Donovan and his rejuvenated forces coming city championship series with stern League opening C. Hopkins before the 98— 307 97— 296 are not guiky of 3 g lennahan st cond leg of the Walsh-Raney Dean McClenna aid the placing of athletes on the ineli i 1 game of-the for a long P a with the | The funeral service of Mrs. Martha J. n in cheering for their favorite pair. | Converse, widow of Reuben first pair had a lead mittee composed Princeton men. ould make fu wek acecting played fine holidays at<Penn. State be. [*2% Harvard athletes. gin next Wednesday, but the tion period promises to bhe busy one for members of the va baseball and t will invade conte: comple reope weelk., While the cost of all other neces® sities in this world are supposed to be the downward trend, the luxury vaca- most names have bes the annual Dixie teams and will aunts in time for the college the following ment of the c not altogether been confined to Princeton. PLAINFIELD In the Men by At y. It will remembered that the state ath- itic board asked decision regarding ti on fight tickets no so long ing that maybe th: scratched as The funeral of ns made an impressi cal lodge of showing at the funeral L. Nathason of M caller in town Thursday. amusement tax 20, thin achusetts was, a g clubs or fans cent. ey general has decision, however, that the cent. amusement tax should ba tion now cent., the 10 per el was a meeting of St. Jomn's |Sured success. TFor those who enjoy Thursday evening. These delegates the convention to be held at Danbury, were elected: grand knight, and Ralph Seney, Alternates, Fred Cardin- grand_ knight. al dnd Eugene Ouillmette. Dr. Hugh B Campbell of Norwich san- clinic at the medical | e c department of the Plainfield Miss, Thurs- Thomas Hargreaves, Bu-ler Pequot who was drowned inLong While Gor- the snow m of Worcester. The feeling on the hill is th 1 Stone race be- dge, Oxford and Penn- turday runners seconds. His broth- Both ave from the ! visor of schools, was in Plainfield the ed a bronze medai by the Underwood Typewriting Company for writing a net 312 | speed of 40 words a minute on the Un- derwood typewriter. Rehearsals for the two one-act junior 15 | plays will begin this week. The junior operetta which will be giv- en some time during May is under re. 1627 | hearsal. The senior class returned Friday, 370 | March 31, after a delightful trip to New 387 | York, Philadelphia. ~Washington, Mt 317 | Vernon and Arlington, Virginia. 317 || Miss Florence MacKeernan has . bee: 371 | dpjointed to the vacancy recently made 316 | in#the Mechanicsville school by the res- — |ignation of Miss Mae Rogers, 1761 | Following js a list of the pupils receiv: ing first and second honors in the sev- Robbin: otehl Juliette Lamour. <. Minnie Tow Ad Johnson, Louis Smith, Harold Thereux, 1514 Eisie Buck, Helen Ingraham, Alice Lo- roll-off for prize Peter Hopkins lie Hop- and Sul The summary gee, Margaret Lohse, Helen Lynch, The- resa O'Brien, Elmer Joslin, Leo Laporte, Herbert Wetherbee, Hannah Lindevall, Marion Bates. Grade 7T—First honors, Mary Donavan, Roy Johnson, Ardath Leyeille, Ethel Parks, and Emma Sobosik. Second hon- ors ,Raymond Chubbuck, Curt Seastrand, Edward Willet, Helena Groth, Belle Langelier, Mary Rabuski, Edith Stev- ens, Marjori Jngerer, Myrtle Luther, Ernest Joslin, Mildred Gaboury. The following pupils from District No. Robert Barrette, Edmond Brocklehurst, William and James Brocklehurst, Gud- 122— 382 } rum Carlson, Walter Cunningham, Louis 109— 317 | Defilippo, Mary Defilippo. Norman Ga- 109— 307 | yette, Orila Mirandette, Sam Muraceo, Tony Muracco, Joseph Navarro, Rocco Navarro, Carmine Leo, Minnie Leo, Vio- let Leo, Tony Leo, Sam Leo, Gertrude Menoche, William Marquis. ‘Perfect at- tendance for the term, Gudrum Carlson. ¢s. Moffitt-Hopkins championship match _— Friday night brought the biggest crowd STAFFORD SPRINGS to the local alleys seen her The fair sex, . Converse, pins | was held at her home on Highland ter- second | race Saturday afternoon at 1.30. Rev. pair, however, soon were even and then st two strings Walsh- to pull through to wm How the pins fell: A. Legg of the Methodist church of- ted. Burial was in the family lot 1 be closed Fri- Hop- The parochial school will close Moffitt kins | Thursday for the Easter vacation. 115 | The local business men's assocfation 110 | has appointed a committee comsisting of 112 | Fred T. Lane, George Stevens and T. 112 126 111 | Fake solicitors have been at work re- 102 | cently in the borough. Hereafter all 128 | who w Mullen, to infestigate solicitors of unds for charitable and other purposes. sh to solicit,must get the endorse- 26 | ment of the committee. 101| The Woman's Christian @emperance —— | Union is to meet at the Congregational 1103 | church in West Stafford, Wednesday Alexander Gibson, 67, |afterncon, at 2 ve ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING TO DAVIS THEATRE. ed a record business for eleven has been sung, played and danced into a place of as- har- on | mony, jazz and ragtime dancing, Shuffle to | Along will provide an evening of Tollick- ing entertainment. Song after song, of playing to capaci Ohamton, | With a_sparkling orchestra and uproar- past iously funny comedians, Is sure to win those who look for musical comedy a notch or two above the average.~ There is never a dull moment in this captivat- ing meiodious an entirely colored one and M evy member is with the Miller and Lyles, who have one in w audienc the | won fame on the big time vaudevile stage, conceived the idea of Shuffle Along and they have put together aa genuine side-splitting book in which the comedi- ans are cpposing candidates for the mayor of Jimtown, and at the same time partners in the grocery busimess. Both spend money lavishiy on . the election, and it all comes from the grocery cash register. ‘The situation is made even funnier when the same detective is en- gaged to watch each of them, though both aspirants to the mayors office are equally satisfied that no suspicions rests on him. Their work in the store and later in the mayor's office is as funny a piece of acting as can be seen in any Broadway show.: The tuneful score by Sissle and Blake, without exception, has proven ti be an excellent example of! what popular jazzy music should be. The song numbers, sixteen distinctive hits, are sung by a cast and chorus that has long won recognition in New York, and the thing that is brought home to the audience is that the colored artists prove conclusively that Ns is the sole night to real interpretationsof jazz, blues, rags and syncopation. In it he is entirely at home. Shuffle Along will be presented at the Davis theatre, matinee and cvening, Wednesday, April 12th. BREED THEATRE, Earle Williams in The Man from Downing Street, an extraordinary East Indian story by Clyde Westover, Lottie Horner and Florine W liams, will be shown. at the Breed theatre today and tomorrow. As a secret service employe on a mission to India Mr. Williams ap- pears throughout the picture in the gor- geous garb of a rajah. The production, which was directed by Edward Jose, is an elaborate one both as to scenery and costumes, and Mr. Williams has a splen- did supporting cast which includes two well known leading women, Betty Ross Clarke and Kathryn Adams. y Other pictures on the bill include the Pathe news and an Educational comedy. The honesty of your holiness de: pends on its hehltglnu;, 3 Shuffié Along, the jall colored musical recently mov- | melange, which has establis ed to the Betterment shop. : Chapput is having his home re- [months on Broadway Thames Union, No. 137, U. B. of C. and . of A, mests in Carpemters’ Hail Battery B, 1924 F. A., meets in State No. 248, N. E. O. P., Lodse, No. 245, X. 3 M Camp, No. 6, U. 5. W. V., ‘meets at State Armory. Thames Lodge, No- ‘326, N. B. 0. P, ets Steiner Hall. ™iotion Pictures and Vaudeville a1 Davis Theatre. Vaudeville and Motlon Pictures af Strand Theatre. 5 4 Motion Pictures at Breed Theatra TODAY!S EVENTS Monday, April 10, 1922, The first Arbor day celebration in the United States was held in Nebraska 5§ year ago. Cordell Hull, chairman of the national democratic committee, is scheduled to de- 1ivéT the orution at a Jefferson day ban- quet in Sak Lake City tonight. The trial of Francis X. Willy, under an indictment charging him with the murder of Earl Fitch, cashier of the Merchants' National bank of Galena, Ill, is set for today. Some jmportant decisions are looked for from the supreme court of the United States when that body reconvenes today after a recess of two weeks. A fishing schooner building to enter the international ermen's race nexi ill be launched today at Bos- be christened Henry Ford The general assembiy of Colorado is te meet in special session this week to pass legislation providing for flood protection for Pucblo, and for the constru a railroud tunnel through James To encourage further the upb and deveiopment of the great northwest, the Northern Pacific railroad today wiil put into egecl a 40 per cen carioad freight rates on hot farm goods from the east to kota and Montana. ANNOUNCEMENTS STRAND—FIVE BIG ACTS TODAY. The five acts which open at th are of the kind that w , both’ young variety of acts, kind predominating. The Artistic Trio offers a scenic and ical song and dance classic artistic Trio is so named beca s is the keynote of th Leonard Ruffins calls hims Stepin’ Phool. H ble footed marvel is d , graceful, ps and hapy s to put fun in his Leonard & Wh comedy sketeh Strand 1 surely old, a very the comedy and is sure 1o be a finish. Barto & Melvin are calied The Wield- ers. They wield each oth fine routine of b heir feats are rema with the precislon and desp: oniy in t expert. Harry Anger & Co., nue types, offer a musical comedy skit entitled Dy Push. Harry Anger and Netty Pa are character humorists. They created two distinet ck creations that entitled them to the position among character actors, but instead of lending these ty to semous dram they -use them for character dialogue as a combination of wit dom and hum W Harry Anger (another memoer of the famous Anger family) offers a type rare to vaudevile—but familiar to Fifth , or other str —a ty old roue, a White haired, wise old clothes of the very iatest shion plat etty Packer, ery young and e of Tisten, Les- of this t and you minutes of sure-fi new, writ a weaithy f Talmadge scores an ung in her T which Cosmo which wi atre beginning tod moments and rev ress of unusual charm omed: part of society who becomes so in falsehoods that it takes five and excitement bafore DAVIS THEATRE TODAY AND TO. MORROW. 1He; theatre patrons all o g el Ve throuzh his wonderful performance if The Woman in Mis House be seen in The Chil is now being shown Itchée, as the b nly half 3 old. but he reaches Mt of histrionic art on the screen Iy natural. His chiid- { the humor of tie picture, and i matic scenes his whole-hearted sine and trusting innécence are enough to touch the most hardened or biase. In the sc suffic'en vest Me, which 1e Davis theat himself, is ish escas presence t was con- and decided to scenes. As a resu vidual stdr, of the The appeading untouched in his world by 1 swirl of comme activity and dom tic grief that surround him, seems te take immediately with the feminine mind An exceptional cast will be seen in Marshall Neilan's latest cimema produce t in his the indi- > made by the boy . tion, Bits of Life, which begins an en- gagement at this theatre, Among the screen f: prominent roles are freck ed Wesley Barry, Lon Chaney, the able char- acter, Noah Beery, John Bowers, Ha riett Hammond, Teddy Sampson, Anna May Wong. ‘The production of Bits of Life is unique in that # presents the combined efforts of four famous writers. The production was personally directed by Marshall Neilan and is said to repre- sent the most ambitious as well as novel effort he has yet made. Satire, comedy-drama, melodrama and farce figure in the photonlay, with one theme running through each. A comedy will aiso be shown. FRANKLIN RUMFORD RETIRES FROM ACTIVE BUSINESS Franklin Rumford of the firm of Rum- Rumford & Co., at 240 Main street, is re- tiring from active business life, but the business is taken over and will be continu- eddy William J. McKnight, who has been with Mr. Rumford for fourteen years, At that time the business became the firm of Rumford & Co. Mr. Rumford came here in 1904 from Chester, Pa., an entire stranger and en- tered the meat market business, bullding up a large trade and making many friends in the city and town. He has no immediate plans for the future, but wili take a well earned rest after many years of close application to business life. orites who play New Britain.—John L. Lockett, for years an active member of New Britain lodge, No. 957, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, was instalied exalted rul« er Thursday night. X