Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 3

'NORWICH Buu.tim,' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922 3 CHAPMAN LONE GYCLIST 10 RETAIN HIS CROWN DURING 1922 SEASON o kept agtive dur- With tracks runming in se: leral castern citles and six-day races New York and Chicago, the past year to Jthe riders and the frromoters alike might 6 eaid to have been asuccess. New [York fans have in the past year satis- d thelr craving fov outdoor racing by {taking in the road races run in the Metropolitan' aisirict, or journeved over to the Newark velodrome, “where racing yas conducted twice & week. This year they had their own track rwhen the New York vdlidrome was fopened on Decoration day.« Keen interest of the fans in both out- joor and indoor racing was an outstand- g foature ‘of the vear. Newark velo- me, New York velodrome, club and x-day “Tacing were offered the cyciing olks almost throughout the year. Two x-day races at Madisun Squars Gar- flen drew wonderful crowds. The first ©ne in March was won by Alfred Grenda nd Reggie McNamara. The race just nished last week was accounted for by Ifred Gouliet and Gaetano Belloni, the erican-ltalian pair. Two six-Gay af- rs were also run in Chicago. In Feb- ary, Wikie Coburn and David Lands, lewarkers, wou. In a race run No- ember Alfred Goullet and Ernest’Kock- er, & Chicago rider, were the victors, George Chapman, of, Newark, J., BF Ve Al hnadl i e wn during the year. Chapman, who ac_ounicd lor the motor-paced cham- Wionship In 1920 and 1921, won again this tyear. In the professional sprint class, Wilils encer, now of Newark, won with Ray ton, title holder in 1919, second and rthur Soencer, champion in 1917 ani 1920, third. | Lwo races were run for the so-called middledistance championship. Alfred ullet winning the ten-mile and Alfred Grenda taking the twenty-five mile. Villle Grimm, a Newark lad, accounted 'or the amateur sprint championship. New Recoids Made. ‘ Anthony Beckman a Secauces, N. I. teur, proved to be the best record reaker of the year. Beckman bettered our seconds on the road. He did 32 1-5 mds for an unpaced quartermile and :13 for an unpaced thrée miles. George mzer,w of West Hoboken, almo did. 2 1-5 for the unpaced quarter the samc Jay as Beckman made his time. Reck- 3ndn, in competition, did twentw-five fles in one hour and 39 3-5 seconds d . sixty miles in 2.44:30. Monroe {Nelson, Chicago, did 100 miles in com- {petition in 4.36:30. Bertell W. King, WBrooklyn, bettered the quarter-mile un- Paced competitive mark by doing 29 2 meconay. | .On the trask Roy Mobeck. Chicago. ‘elipped the one-mile comwpstitive record | fo 155 at, taking 3-5 seccnds from the | | that Johnwy meet aither We'ling or Pundee later at the Garden and Johnny said he was aiming for just such a goal. R is likely that the local battler will meet either of these lightweights at the ";lhmrlc fight arena in the near future. KILLINGLY HIGH LOSES TO PUTNAM HIGH (Special to The Bulletin.) Daniejson,--Dec. 20.—Before a crowd that packed the town hall to :the-doors. Putpam High school defeated Killingly High school by a score of 34 to 25 here tonight, Just before the opening of -the game, Mr. Tasker, basketball coast at Conniecticut Agricuitural college, explain- ed some of the new rulings of the game. Putnam scored the first three points and Keach scored Killingly's first points. The first half was very fast and cleanly play- ed, the score at the end being 13 to 12 in favor of Putnam. In the second half tnam gradually increased their lead and stepped out so far that Killingly was unable to overtake them, the final score being 34 to 25. The lineups: Kiilingly. T. Reeves Putnam. aieas s pisies vessees McCoy L. F. Blakeley Bobe Keach Harrison Williams .., Morse Meunier .....c.....- ~L. G. Substitutes —G. Reeves fof Meunier. Field goals, Blakeley 4, Keach 4, T. Reeves 2, Bube 6, McCoy 4; \Harflson 3; foul goals, Reeves 5, Bode 8. Referee, Tasker; scorer. timer, Gareau. In a very fast preliminary Killingly Second team held Putnam Second team to an § to 8 tie. eecesess Meher Bessette ; BASEBALL ARBITRATION BOARD NOUNCES TS FINDING Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 20.-—Chairman John H. Farrell or the National Board of Arbitratiol of the National Associa- tion of Professional Baseball Leagues to- day gave out the decision of the board following the hearing held by the com- mission on the” recent Louisville meet- ing. In the matter of the return of ineligi- bles to minor Baseball the following reg- ulations have been formulated to' gov- ern in the future: 1—Disassociation from. ineligibles for one year is required before an applica- tion for any plaver listed as a contract jumper may be acted upon. 2—Players listed as contract jumpers who have not played with or against in- eligibles or debarred a ?‘DDAY'B SI;OIT! RACINS Meeting of Jefferson Parish Fair Association, at New Orleans. Meeting_of Cuba-American Jockey Club, at Havana. «Meeting of Tijuana Jockey at Tijuana. Club, TENNIS International conference of tennis federations, at Londen. HOCKEY. ‘Western section of U. S. Hockey Association opens its season. TENNIS. Meeting of International Federation, at London. BOXING. Willie Herman vs. Joe Reno, «ounds, at Paterson, N. J. lawn Tennis 12 UNION TROTTING ASS'N EEADY TO AMALGAMATE New York, Dec. 20.—The Union Trot- ting association, through A. E. Leather- man, its secretary, announced tonight it was ready to amalgamate with the American and National Trotting asso- ciations, providing all three bodies can Dbe brought together' under one govern- ing body which will regulate and im- prove exisfing conditions. ‘Wanderers Win Again, At the Baltic gym on Wednesday evening the Baltic Wanderers trimmed the Norwich Y. M. C. A. Seniors by a score of 35 to 25 in a fast game. The Bantams beat the Battery B.Seconds 15 to’14 in a close and exciting game. Yale Opens Hockey Season. “New Haven, Dec. 20.—The Yale hockey seasen opened here tonight when the St. Nicholas club defeated the college 5 goals {to 4. SPORT WORLD BRIEFS Now that the salary limit is off in the Southern League, former big leaguers will lose no time in trying to sign up with the Southern organization. Clarence Rowland, former manager of the Chicago White Sox, is desirous of returning to the American League either as an umpire or assistant manager of the Red Sox. Ensign Walter R. Jones, lightweight champion boxer of the Naval Academy during the seasons of 1920 and 1921, re- ported to be assistant for the seasson to Spike (Webb, the boxing coach. Julian Rice, ‘the naticpial amateur Class B 18.2 balkline champion, has been appointed to act as chairman of a committee that will issue a ranking of the players of National Association of Amateur Billiird Players. The University of Wisconsin expects Snooks Dowd of Springfleld, well known [hvpugh this section as a chaked court performer, has joined out with a basketball team made up entirely of baseball playerd. Ed. Holly, former big leaguer and now a major league scout, is promoting the team and he will send his charges against the Original Celtics at Madison Square Garden Sunday night. Anyone who knows anything of the Celties, will agree that Fd Is not picking a soft spot for hie player. : The team,, which ‘s calied Holly’s Majors, is co sed of Alec Ferguson. Red Sox pitche Herb Thormahlen, I mer Yankee pitcher, now with the Min- neapolis club; Va! Picinich, Washington catcher ; Frank Bruggy, catcher for the JOHNSON GIVES LANDIS DATA ON BASEBALL POOLN Chicago, Dec. 20.—Ban Johnson, the precident of the American -league, today turned over to__Commissioner K. M Landis. data covéring two years' inves- tigation of baseball pools. compiled at the expense was read at ng in New York impressed Mr. Landis that }e requested that it be turned over to him so that he might combat that which he previously had termed ‘the Himiest crooks 1 have ever encountered Mr. Johnson's investigation was car- ried on only in Chicago where pools are said to be operated on a more extensive scale than any other place in the coun- try. According tv Mr. Johnson. the re- port names the places/where the tickets are dispensed. GIANT OFFICERS DENY MWGRAW MADE OFFER New York, Dec. 20—Emphatic d nial as made by officers of the New York National Jeague club tonight that John McGraw, ever had offered to trade Jess Eames, Reds in ex e fnr Adolfo Lique, that/ the .mr had been rejected-by the Reds. Ruel Takes Bar Exams. Mo., Dec. 20.—Harold catcher for the Boston Red Sox, is one of 140 law students taking the bar examination here, it was learn- ed here ‘today, Harvard Hockey Team Wins. Boston, Dec. 20.—Harvard hock: team defeated the Boston hockey club’ sextette tonight, 2 gdals to 0. TO TEST CONNECTICUT Philadelph below east, a Jersey of the the Dow Nick ence. “Snooks" ern league Hartford club, noo! Kacey's during season. Athletics; City team, Kansas Altrock and baseball clowns Dony and City club. Al Schacbt, SNOOKS” DOWD. IS PLAYING WITH BASEBALL QUINTET AROUND NEW YORK Stard = h.mm.x will stage a traves basketball during Sunday Ed Barrows, of the Yankees, suggested to Holly that he call his team the Holly- Woods and not a hard look for the infer- the the Dcqrd was with a while last seascn a Iatter intermission City. 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WAS REGISTERED IN WAINE Aroostook county coast. There was a mometers in official record weather bureau Stroudwater Gorham low and Knox county low at d at a the ing the d With sh w Oyster ri Glen Cove tempera Deec. 20.—A Albany coming to the from Kansas was a dicker looki but it next Ther to his joining the || Geo. P. Madden Company FRANKLIN SQUARE idn't materialize also played with the Norwich part of B the way for the ofl Cumberland coun’ ide on va county, Th'rty-two made a close competitor for honors with the two counties irfiel in ation the Junction 34 were 28 be in Warr the IGHT UNION TR. CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY Los Angeies, Sentence w '/ The defendan The of the Atchi: trains to a. he accusation st Dec. trainmen leaders were spiracy for the strike August by verdict of a jur; district co: some twenty the California-Arizona deseet, passengers stranded. be all reside in against 20.— Rockp wind re rose rapidly ght n the United today. traing_were In th abandoned in | leaving the ! on Friday 1 zero dup? ther- from th at in suburis| and Westbrook reported 18 be Yarmo to south- dur union onvicted of con- to obstruct interstate commerce actévities in connectio s ainst th with a Sante F tates strik imposed next Tuesda Needles, C the me wa that they plotted to bring about a tie-up Topeka and Santa Fe the railroad shopcrafts the at tire the tha Pipes n Tobacco Cigars We Carry the Largest and Finest Assortment of Smokers’ Articles in the City. Sporting Goods w Brunswick division said this aft- ernoon that an estimate of the damage was being prepared and that repairs would begin immediately. He did not anticipate there would be much delay in the grain transportation business hera because of the explosion WILLIAM A. GASTO RETURNED FROM EUROPE New York, Dec. 20.—W of Boston, who was defeated by Henry Cabot Lodge for United States senator in the recent elections. returned today on the Olympic and smilingly admitted that Senator Lodge had been rlected He left for Europe while a recount of the Massachuselts vote was in progress Lodge's viotory. “Are you a party to the present effor to unseat him?” he was asked “This is the first e | received that there is a movem. sort on foot.” he answered. is my e | belief that he won the election. 1 cer- talnly kno wof nothing which would show any ceason for unseating him. As far| as I am concerned. Mr. elected senafor and DRINKING DISCUSSED BY 20. and at that time did not concede Senator information I have of that | YALE COLLEGE AUTHORITIES | other natipnal trade organimtioms. He declined 10 go into detalls of the terms pending the filing of the decree in the federal courts at New York, probably next week. It was learned, however, that about 32 manufacturers are a party to the agreement, which was reached here last night ai a conference between their representatives an dlaw officers of the government This agreement grows out of govern- ment action on disclosures made before the Lockwood investigading committee at New York. — MRES. GRON TO PETITIO FOE A CHANGE OF NAME Dec. 20.—Mrs. Made- e Ellen Gron, who was granted an absolute divorce here on Monday from Niels Gron, Danish diplomat, and con- ditional custody of their young son, will Petition the probate court immediatel: for a change of name, she stated to- Portland, Me. | gay. Mrs. Gron will seek to resume the surname of her first husband, Dr. Car! |Stone of Chicago, who died in 1315, re- taining her own maidén name and call- ng herself “Mrs. Masters Stone.” She is a sister of Edgar Lee Masters, the poet, and a ml.nber of & prominent Ii- linols family., —_— ] s - New Haven, Dec. A conferenee £ a players during (s get “the best man possible” to sue- TAX ON MWMULLEN ESTATE|Men who had been on strike since July 1 ormer mark. ¢ Alfred Gouilet registered #the lone record for the year among the m Goullet _ ¢stablished a mark for n-paced racing for ten miles, his {8ewr, made two flat flogr. records. mfle in 1:35 3-5 and 1 1-2 mile in 3:16 %5, ‘both being In compelition: - 3 THE YEAR'S CHAMPIONS, fih‘fiprmt i | sSprint . Paced . Willie Spencer . Willie Grimm . George Chapman . Carl Hambacher Charles Smithson Whrld's Petar Moeskops TLeon Vanderstayft . Horace T. Johtison . D. Marsh| BARNES-LUOVE DFEAL 18 CALLED OFF BY IWERRMANN Cipeinmati, 0., Dec. 20. proposed trade whereby Jees Barnes, pitcher of 1922 may file applications for reinstate- ment with the secretary of the national association. 3—Each mdl“dnal casp to”"be” passed upon solely on ifs own.merits. 4—Players listed _4s .Teserve jumpers whose names have appeared on the in- eligbile list for three succéssive years may file applications-for- reinstaternent with the secretary. 5—Players on the, voluntary retired list must apply for reinstatement and the same be granted. before becoming eligible. 6—No assignment of contract can be made from any of the three above clas- sifications until the player has been re- storgd tosgood standing. THE SPITBALL IS BARRED BY THE “BIG THREE” The poor old spitball is having its last fling. It is being driven not only from professional baseball but from intercol- legiate circles as well. Recently it was learned that there is an agreement among Harvard, Yale and Princeton not ceed John R. Richards, football coach who resigned recently, T. E. Jones, di- rector of athletics, said in a statement recently. . Manager Branch Rickey of the St Louis Nationals has announced a deal was -~ unday way, whereby Pitcher Bill Pertica of the Cardinals would go to Detrojt in exchange for Pitcher Oldman, should all Amecrican League clubs waive on the latter. Joe Lynch will defend his bantam- weight ~boxing title against Midget 8mith Friday night at Madison Square Garden, promoters announced day after the ban placed on Smith by New Jersey and New York nthleuc au- thorities,had been lifted. W. H. Klepper, principal owner of the Portland Pacific Coast League Baseball club, recently telegraphed Jack Kearns, manager for .Jack Dempsey, an offer of $350,000 for a ten-round boxing match between Dempsey and Jess ‘Willard yester- { Hartford, Dec. stitutionality of 20.—To test the conm- the Connecticut stat-| tax on estates is ass ed in this stat Assistant Tax Commissioner Charles §. Hoicomb, will appear béfore the United States supreme court in Washington on | January 2 to contest an appeal of the Bankers Trust company, and others, New York, on a tax of $10,286.46, le by the state against the estate of Lena McMullen, of Ncrwalk. The bank is} suing William H. Blodgett, as tax com- missioner. The estate is valued at $264,237.46. The Bankers Trust com- pany- is executor. Miss McMullen died in’ May, 1919. The penalty tax on estates is levied on taxable property which has’ escaped taxation but which is brought to light on the death of its owner. The state's claim ig that the decedent was under obligation to return her taxable proper- ty for ‘local taxation in the town where she was a resident. N The report of the state treasurer for utes under which the so-called pemaky|’ offic’als. ¢ | investization last. About twenty Attorney trains which and westeeR | The walkout lasted nine days but trains were moved in the meantime by railroad passengers reaching their desti- nation from three to five days late, General Daugherty resulterd were in abandoned untry of Arizona. began an the in- 1 dictment of connected the eight men. Two were with The, e equipment shoperafts and the others with brotherhoods. government telegrams that the eight defendants had brought ahout denied by them. out was directed by brotherhood men who believed that thefr lives were endangered by the soucht the walkout. They dec organizations Big Four” to prove having defec- ssigned to them and by the presence ofarmed guards, ACTION NOT SANCTIONED BY THE BROTHERHOOD b. This was red the walk- a mass meeting' of between President James Rowland An- gell of Yale university and fifty promin- ent members of the student body, at which the question of the control of drinking at the college was discussed, was held here yesterday, it was learned tonight. Co-operation between the fac- ulty and students in aiding consider- gested. The exact details of the meet- ing were not revealed. ¢ T REACHED BY FACTURERS OF GYPSUM AGREEME MA ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—Manufacturers of gypsum and similar building board have agreed to enter into a consent de- cree designed to prevent them from con- tinuing certain trade practices, including alleged price-fixing, through the medium of tHeir national organization, Colonel William Hayward, federal district attor- ney of New York, disclosed today in the course of a statement before the house committee investigating ‘the Daugherty impeachment charges. Colonel Hayward said it was hoped to ation for the prohibition laws was sug-| ZERO. WEATHER 1N THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY Worcester, Mass., Dec. 20.—Worces- ter got its first below zero weather of the winter today and the towns in the Blackstone valley were hit hardest. Fish- erville reported 16 degrees below and Upton 14 below. Other towns reported on an average of seven below. BASKETBALL COMMUNITY HOUSE PLAINFIELD FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 22 PLAINFIELD vs. BALTIC to use the damp delivery in their annual | there July ¢ mext. e series. The Big Three have gone further t.hun the major leagues in their crusade against the spitter. While the National. .and American [agreement prohibits the use of the spit- ball by newcomers it permits_its be- year. ending June 30 shows thas is tax has brought back into the state more than $1,000,000 since its ‘naugu- ration several years ago. Of this the state’s share was 20 per cent, the remdinder going to the tawns where the decedents were residents. the New York Giants, would become a} Red, and. Adolfe Luque, right handed | hurler of tha Cincinnati club, would go Ro the Giants bad b pfi'\,,mmm Qiwn. Dhis was . le#trnén © $oday. when--August Herrmann president of the Cineinnati National league club renorted to. the di- make this decree a basis for similar Chicago, Dec. 20.—Wili 3. Lee icagD, Dec Viliam = G. Lee. | creements between the government and | president of the Brothechood of Raiiroad Trainmen. when informed of the convie- tion in Los Angeles of eight trainmen who deserted their trains in the desert during the shopmen's strike last summer. said he was ‘“not surpriscd,” and that FAST PRELIMINARY So far as the New York State Athletic Commission is concerned finis has been written to the case of Dave Rosenberg, Brooklyn middleweight, “whose money for his Thanksgiving bout with Mike' O'Dowd was declared forfeited because D jrectors of the club. the “strides made in moulding towether a'championship team.” "'he deal was proposed by Manager Mc- ‘Graw of the Glant= it was stated. fhe directors” dscided not to advance the date for sending the team south for {its epring training. Mamager Pat Morap had proposed to have the team leave fhere the first of March. The Reds will Istart south on March 16. & SHUGRUE OFFERED BOUT WITH WELLIN® OR DUNDEE ‘Waterbury Dec. 20.—Jghnny Shugrne imade such a hit in Madison Sauare Gar- m Jast Friday nicht that Matchmaker Flourney called him up last night mnd asked him to go on in the main ®out against elther Joe Welling or John- my Dundee ar the Garden Friday night. Jobnuy turned down the offer. saying the desired a rest/of a week, befora're. gumine training for another stiff bout. | Matchmaker Flourney then suggested New Senator From Minnesota SOPYIENT KEVETONS WEW 00, NEW-TORK . lhnfik Shipstead, farmer:labor. ¢ candidate for U. 8, Senats; who “Was successful in the Tecent, elec- “tions. Shipstead r-nnnnu the more radical element and will be {dentified with that branch in the th. Sure Relle INDIGESTIO ing thrown by pitchers were using it in the majors before -the, rule was passed. ‘The Blg Three, however, have barred the spitter entirely’ from their series. ‘This, it is believed, particularly affects Yale, which in Hickey has quite an able hurler of the spitter. Harvard, Yale and Princeton further have agreed that should they desire to use a spitball pitcher against a team of a foul The deal by which Rube Benton, south- paw pitcher of the St. Paul American Association, league champlons, becomes a Red may be considered closed, Au- gust Herrmann, president' of the Cin- cinnatl National League club said re- cently. He said that details have besn settled to/ the satisfaction of the outside of the Big Three written per-,gt. Paul club and that Benton mm)el! mission- must be obtained from that col- lege. This makes it look as if the in- tention is to livery altogether in time. Of course, the shine ball and other freak deliveries pro- hibited by the major leagues ‘are also illegal in the Big Three series. The spitball never has been very pop- ular among the colleges and has been. used only by a few hurlers since the majors acted against it. Perhaps the most adept of the college spitball throw- ers was Cuddy Murphy, who pitched for Dartmouth a few years ago. Cuddy got a trial with the Red Sox znd, with. his spitter barred, proved a dismal failure. Carroll, the Jersey City lad who as a freshman was a wensation with Holy Cross last seasom, 1s said to <have 2 great spitter, “YOUNG MWAULIFFE” GETS A SUSPENSION BY COMMISSION New Haven, Conn.,, Dec/ 20.—Henry Gerrety, better known as “Young Mc- Auliffe”, former buxer, and a referee in the 'state under appointment of the state boxing commission has been ‘indefinitely suspended by the commission, it was an- nounced today by Chairman Moses King. Gerrity has requested opportunity to ap- pear before the -commission and the lat- Kaplan fight at Merid ter will meet at the capitdl a week from Saturday. Gerrity was referee at the Herman- len. Monday night. It is claimed that he made comments on kertain actions of the commission, and addressed .them to the members of the'| commission who were at the ringside. CHARITIES TO RECEIVE CHECKES BEFORE CHRISTMAS New York, Dec.- 20.—Local charities wipe out the damp de- | amounts to be given each designated by Baseball Commissioner Landis to be recipients of the money taken -in at the world's series game that ended in a tie will receive the bequests in time for Christmas, it was announced tonight by Jacob,Ruppert, .owner of the New York Yankees. Checks for the an wi’:l be mailed no later t.han Friday; he said. BURKE TO BE CHANCE'S FIRST LIEUTENANT Chirago, Dec. 20.—Jimmy Burke, of St. Louis, will act as assistant to Frank Chance, newly-app~#ed manager of the Boston Red Sox, Chance announced to- day. Burke was formerly ‘manager of tha St. Louis Americuns and last season served as coach on the Red Sox under Hugh Duffy. Chancs also announcas that J!dl Quinn, nxmr. hld sighed hils —_— KINSELLA DEFEATS REID IN SQUASH GAME New York, Dec. 20—Walter Kinsella, world’s professional squash tennis cham- ylm. today aisessfully defended his title by defeating James Md-. instructor was pleased with the deal. A deal was closed recently by which the Bloomington, Three Eye club dis— posed of Second Baseman Ray Wood- ‘worth to the Chicago White Sox. Wood- worth was_the leading second baseman of the Thi Eye League, his fielding average of .980 being made by a Three Eye League second baseman partici) ing in 100 or more games since I910. The past year was his first in profes- sional baseball. Harry Greb is going to resume fistic activities again shortly after the first of the nmew year, but it is a question whether ‘he will consent to meet Gene Tunney. At present Greb is matched with James Delaney, the young 'mid ‘weight protege of Mike Gibbons. If laney. is half the boxer Gibbons anpecm to think he is Greb will have 2 busy ev- ening. According to Mike, Delaney has. about all the pugilistic virtues that can be crowded into one fighting man. BECKER GUARANTEED HIS WIFE WOULDN'T COME BACK New York, Dec. 20.—A written guar- antee that his wife would not come back was offered by Abralmm Becker, on trial for the marder’ of his wife, whose body was found ‘in a lime-filled pit,” to Mrs. Yetta Weinberg, according to her testimony today. Mrs.” Weinberg testified that Bed(er had asked her to arrange the adoption of two of his children, and that when a prospective foster-parent hesitated be- cause of a few.that Mrs. Becker might return, Becker said: “I'l give a written guarantee that the mother won’t return for the child,” Mrs. Jennie Linder, a family friend, testified that both Becker and his wife had -been visitors at her home on ves night ‘of April 6, and had remained there unmtil 12.30. Other stated that Becker had told them “I was suspicious,” Mrs. Linder tes- tified. *“I knew it couldn't be true that Jennie ran away, because she was too good a mother and too detoted to her Children.” NABCOTIC AGENTS CHAIGED WITH' TAmG “HUSH ’Dfin" Portland, m Dec. 20.—Cross-examin- ation of Dr. Frederic W. Tozer, proprie: tor of the Neal Institute here, was res sumed today by William R. Pattangall of counsel for Edwin C. Ruth and Ralph A. Fry of Boston, formér federal nare ‘totic _agents, on trial -in the United States district court on the charge of conspiring with Dr. Tozer' to defraud. the government by taking. “hush money” from physicians and dentists, The testimony of Dr. Tozer, the alleg- ed “go between,” was a reiteration of the ‘facts brought out in the indictment m&d in the direct -eumhn.duq PoloMEor!dnmP and is the, o)dolt of l-“ April 7, thuhhflemmhm&e Dight before. SEARCHING FOR BANDITS WHO GOT $200,000 IN DENVER Deénver, Colo, Dec. 20.—A stolen au- tomobile or a stolen license plate, and another car abandoned near the scene of the $200,000 United States mint rob- bery were the chief objects of investi- gation by the police today in their search for the three bandits in Mon- @day's hold-up. Photographs of fmnyger- prints on the abandoned car are being taken, in the belief that the bandits had it placed there for use in emergency, All nearby garages are being check- ed for a stolen car and a stolen license phate, the Colorado tag on the bandits’ car having been reported 81,009, tag taken from a_Brighton, Col cers’ machine a month ago, scene of the robbery, chased about five years ago from a local ‘however, and efforts now are being fro ma pawn shop by the “bandi Chiet of Police H. R. Wil inclines to the theory fhat the, robbery was the work of local highwaymen. Sna S Brooklyn, N. Y, forty years ago earned its- enviable name of City Churches, for every 2,191 inhabitants; today there 1s’ omly onme for every 3,370 persons re- siding in the borough. l witnl'.sns R \ such violations of contract d by his organization. be cecalled,” “that when Cexfain members of our or-' left rtl eir trains we sent a! vice president 6ut to California to order | The Brotherhood of | Raflrnad Trainmen has never sanctioned | violation of-a contract.” sanctio “It will ganization them back to ‘work. EXPLOSION OF GRAIN AT St. “John, St sheathed wallg, N. Dee. said Mr. BIN WEST ST. JOHN, B, 20.--An explo- sion of dust in a grain bin of the Can- | adian Pacific Railway elevator at West John today partly wrecked the ele- vator upper structure and Jhe|three of the big bins. % BTO-|elevator were thrown against walls and girders by the blast, and were under a The bloody shotgun dropped from the |shower of concrete, but none was hurt. bandit car as it’'sped away from tne|pjre was started in the bin, but was ex- had been - pur-|tinguished without great loss. The concrete floor of the elevator, and hardware store. ‘No record of the name|of the bin was torn by the explosion. of the purchaser was kept by the firm.|rarge holes were blown in the iran Steel rods were bent made to trace the purchase of the gun|or brokep. The structure, built about a steél frame that rests on a concrete | m' sl base, was shaken. The elevator from ground to chim- | ney top is, 220" feet high. It has a ca- never were N. damaged Employes of the pacity of 1,000,000 bushels of grain. Fire was still smouldering in several of |of the bins long after the explosion. Es- wita one place of worship |timates of the amount of daraage varied | widely, and no official estimate available. popular daylight Leaving New London Leaving New Haven Leaving Bridgeport . Coast Resorts. Connecti 142 West 42nd St. was | Superintendent”J. W. Woodman of Lhel Important Notice Commencing January 1st, 1923 THE COLONIAL EXPRESS New York, New Haven & Hartford’s train will carry through sleeping car daily between BOSTON and ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. 1140 a. m. 1246 p. m. - 123 p. m. Arrivifig Jacksonville 8.35 p. m. next evening, and at St. Pcunburq, Fla., second morning 840 a m. Direct connection made at Jacksonville for all East ONLY thrl; Florida sleeper with daylight departure from i points and morning arrival in Florida Make reservations now. anault your local ticket agent or SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. New York City