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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
ISLANDERS ROUTED
BY CLINTON TEAM

Clinton high schools basketball
team was an easy winner over the
Rock Island team Saturday night in
a game played on the Clinton gym
floor The final count was 20 to 30,
and rs the score indicates, the contest
was little better than a farce. The
home players have mir baskets
down" 10 a frazzle. and nearly every
shot resulted in a goal. Kline was the
heaviest scorer for the winners, max
ing 3 field baskets, as many points as
the islanders entire team made, and
in addition throwing IS foul baskets,
making his personal count IS points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Especial Correspondence of The ArEus)
Detroit, Mich, Feb. 11.-Baseball
conditions in Detroit are not such as
TO cause songs Of JOY and thanksgiv-
ing TO rise 10 the lips Of owner Navin
and Manager HuGhey Jennings of the
Tigers. Instead, melancholy claims
them as her own, for it looks as II in
tprnal friction would effectually kill
cG any chances which the Tigers
might otherwise have. Especially will
this be true II Navin comedies Ty
cobb the increase in salary for which
the Georgia peach so devoutly yearns
Nayin has intimated that If he gives
Cobb the big sum which the latter de
fires ne will raise the salary OF no
other player on the team.
Here's where trouble enters the
door and makes Pandora's box look
like the abiding place of tranquility
and peace.
those who are on the inside say that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Madison, Wis, Feb. members
of the state legislature will be given
al opportunity to see for themselves
what a real boxing exhibition should
be The show, which will be staged
in Turner hall here next Wednesday
night. has been arranged with an eye
to the possibilities Of securing favor
able action by the legislature on the
proposed boxing law. The windup Will
be a ten round go between JEFF O'Con-
nell of Chicago and Jimmy Trafers
of Madison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
ST. AMBROSE TURNS
DEFEAT TO VICTORY

ST. Ambrose college basketball team
turned defeat to victory Saturday az
tornoon when the st. Joseph team of
Dubuque was sent home with the snort
end Of 40 TO 80 count. The visitors
had all the better OF the argument in
the first half, the period ending with
the count % 20 IS in their favor and
the Ambrosians apparently whipped.
The Dsvenportcrs showed a complete
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

change of form IN the second half. how
ever, and surprised and amazed their
own followers by their speed and aC-
curacy in basket shooting. Before FIVE
minutes had passel they had tied their
prospective conquerors and towards
the end of the period they drew safe
~ ahead St. Joe defeated the locals
on the Dubuque floor earlier in the
season
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
MOVIES TO DEPICT
NERVOUS DISEASES

Motion pictures illustrating various
types of nervous and mental diseases
will be the feature Of a meeting OF
tie Iowa and Illinois Central District
Medical association at the Friendly
house in Davenport tomorrow evening.
Dr.. D'Orsay Hecht of Chicago will be
the speaker of the evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Ironwood. Mich, Feb. 17.-John
lobe, a 19year-old Ironwood boy, car
ried off the American amateur cham.
pionship at the national tournament
of the American Ski association yes
terday, winning with jumps of 134 and
143 feet. The longest jump of the day,
1873 feet, was made by Albert Forti of
Virginia, Mimi, but he fell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

TO raise the salary of Cobb to $4,000
and keep the other salaries station
airy will make a LOT OF other players.
exceedingly sore. Sam Crawford. Os-
car Stanage. George Moriarty and
Edgar Willett are among those who
won't like il a bit. So it looks as if
dissension would rend the team and
keep it well down in the second divi-
sion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

claim to the tri-city high school cham
pionship in basketball by defeating
Moline's team in Davenport Saturday
night by a decisive score of 35 to u.
The winners demonstrated their SUI
periority over the visitors in easy
fashion. Moline played hard, but was
OutClassed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
a Nice Little Hint,

First Lieutenant-How do you like
the horse you bought from me last
week. Second Lieutenant-Very much.
He might hold his head a little higher
though. First Lieutenant-Oh. that will
come all right when he is paid for
London Tit Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

London, Feb. 17.-Percy Lambert
yesterday broke all worlds records for
an hours run in a motor car by &C
complishing 103% miles in that time
on the Brooklands track He covered
80 miles in 29:O0 2-5 and 100 miles in
SLABS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Do you know that Group can be pre-
vented? Give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as soon as the child becomes
.hoarse or even after the croupy cough
appears. and it will prevent the at
tack. IL is also a certain cure for
Group and has never been known 10
fail. Sold by all druggists tAdv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

New York, Feb. 17.-Howard James,
Yale '05. Sheffield, has been appointed
head coach of the 1913 Yale football
team. The appointment is in pursu-
ance of the new policy of graduate
coaching at Yale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
Then She Said No!

"But you are old enough to be my
father"
81 wish I were your father. Then
I'd have his fortune without having 10
larry you."-IIoustOn Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Kip was the best counter for the Is
landers. throwing two field goals and
rolling in % out of "a throws from the
foul ring. Tremann and Gleason each
made a lone basket. Rock Islands
lineup was: Fipp and Chalk, for
wards: Tremann. center, and Whistler
and Gleason, guards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Boston, Mass, Feb. 17.-B. Koleh-
mainen, the Finnish professional run
ner, defeated William Queal in 15-
mile race here. The time, 1857,
was announced as a new record for
that distance, but uncertainties as to
the measurement of the track led to
doubt Of its final acceptance as a
record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
GRAND.

Orpheum NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
daily at 2:3O and $50 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
Both Alike.

81 don't understand why my watch
will not co." said Stayate. I'm sure
it's wound upr'
Dear me-" yawned his hostess. look
ing toward the clock, what a remark
able coincidencer-St Louis Post Dis
patch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Joy never feasts so high as when ths
first course Is misery.-Simmons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
zn-,eate'ljIg7|
ILLINOIS.

Feb. II, IS and 19-Elks' MinstIels
EMPIRE.
Vaudeville e Performances daily at
. 70 and Sis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
Hickman, Ky. His chances for re-
covery are said to be slight.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 17.-Harvard, by
a decisive victory over Princeton, OBJ
tanned a clear title to the American
collegiate hockey championship. The
score was 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Ali the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Boston, Mass, Feb. II. = James
Thorpe created new indoor records in
three events in his first appearance as
a professional. Thorpe's performances
were: Forty-five yards low hurdles,
:06 Id; shotput Q6 pounds), AZ feet
s inches; 40-yard dash, :05 Finished
third; 440-yard dash, 81 3-5; high
jump, 5 feet liz inches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Havana, Feb. 1.-THE game be-
tween Chajes and BIanco, adjourned
from yesterdays round of the Cuban
chess tournament, resulted in a draw
after 50 moves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17
DAVENPORT BESTS
PLOW CITY'S TEAM

Davenport high school won a valid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Fond du Lac, Wis, Feb. 17-An
autopsy oyer the body OF William c.
Green. the former Toledo ball player,
who was found dead in Lake Whine
bagO, revealed that death was due to
fright and not to drowning There was
no water in his lungs and the authori-
ties suspected foul play. Green was
with Cleveland in 1897. He was as
years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

New York, Feb. label r. Kiviat
of the Irish-American Athletic club es-
taJlished a new American indoor rec
ord of AIS Is for one mile in the Co
luiubia university games.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Minneapolis, Mimi, FEB. 17.-George
"Rube' Waddell. pitcher for the Min
neapolis American association club, is
dangerously i'll. suffering from pneu-
monia at the home OF Joe. Cantillon at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Boston, Mass, Feb. Manager
George Stallings of the Boston Ma
tionals denied that he was planning a
trade with the Giants whereby Pitcher
Tyler and Outfielder Campbell would
go to the New York club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

New York, Feb. 17.-John McGraw,
manager Of the New York National
league champions, yesterday signed a
five-year contract to manage the team
for the seasons of 1913-1917, inclusive
McGraw was working under a five
year contract which had two years to
run. but the new one gives him a sub
stantial increase in salary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 17.-Manager
Doom of the Phillies yesterday an
nounced that he had sold the release
of Pat Moran, the veteran catcher, to
Cincinnati. Tinker wants Moran to
coach his young pitchers.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Local Laconics

Mr. and Mrs. George T. BindIoss ot New London were in Westerly Thurs day.
 Just a little out of season. but rho dodendrons are in bloom in Wilcoz park.
 Judge Williams held a session of the Third district court in Hope Valley on Thursday
 A. C. Ladd of Willimantic, formerly of Westerly, was here Thursday calling on acquaintances.
 Charles F. Berry is to have a two- apartment house erected on his land in Friendship street.
 Mrs. Ruth Nash of Westerly went to Willimantic Thursday on a visit to Mrs. Dewey Griggs.
 Charles w. Willard and Charles E. Stewart have returned from Block Island fishing trip.
 The November session of the supe- rior court for Washington county will convene on the 17th.
 William E. Loy, the soldier boy who was connected by circumstantial evil dence with the theft of watch, has been released from police custody.
 William H. Doane and family have vacated Echo lodge, their summer home at Watch Hill, and left Thursday lOI JH6iI winter nome III ClnClIndIl.
 George Henry Clarke and Mrs Julia BIven, both of Pawcatuck, were mar ried Thursday morning in Stonington borough by Rev George B. Marston:
 4 fellow, drunk and abusive, was taken into custody by Policeman West Wednesday night, and was disciplined according to the regulations Of the Third district court Thursday.
 Charles w Murphy, an aged carriage trimmer and for many years a resident of Westerly, was taken suddenly i'll at his boarding place in Canal street on Thursday His condition is considered serious.
 At the annual meeting of the Rhode Island state conference of charities and corrections, held Wednesday in Provi- dence, Mrs. Charles Perry of Westerly was reelected a member of the execu- tive committee.
 Simon P Nichols is having house built on the site of the old White schoOlhouse on the Potter Hill road The old schoOlhousee has been pur- chased by Santa Turano and moved to his property and will serve as an addi- tion to his residence.
 An automobile fire truck weighing eight tons, and supplied with motor pump, designed for use in place of
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

separated, Mir. Coatchelly walking towards the Perkins house by the footpath and Mrs Coatchelly running towards the cartpath. She saw Coat chelly disappear around the corner or the house while Mrs. Coatchelly had nearly reached the backyard of the house
 Heard Women Screaming.
 Then she heard two women's voices screaming and saw Ida Coatchelly moving back and forth at the rear or the house. She heard no shot. Mrs. Lewis saw all this from a place where she was standing near her own door yard She saw no motions of Toms hand towards his hip pocket.
 Telephone Talk With Mrs. Perkins.
 To question from States Attorney Hull Mrs. Lewis said she talked over the telephone with Mrs. Perkins that afternoon between the time Ida left her house and the time Coatchelly was killed. Mrs. Perkins called her up and said she could see Tom coming up over the hill and asked where Ida was. In reply to Mrs Perkins, the witness said she told Mrs. Perkins that Ida was all right. as she had swung around the back way. She told Mrs. Perkins that if she was nervous to bring the babies over to the Lewis house, but Mrs. Perkins replied that she couldn't do that.
 On cross examination, the witness had several lively exchanges with At tOrneV Desmond over how she could see things near the Perkins house from her house and over the way the two paths through the lot ran. Her testimony was not materially altered upon cross examination.
 Spoke of Shooting CoatcheIly.
 Andrew Rosie of Gales Ferry testi- fled to being at the Perkins house on May or 3. a day or two later than Coatchelly came there with the auto mobile with a number of men. He kins in which the accused told him that she did not know what Mir. Coat Chelly might do if he got into the house, and if he tried to get in she should shoot him.
 Mir. Rosie testified that Mrs Perkins told him the baby was sick and they had shown 1t to Tom at the window. He said he saw the baby and it looked sick.
 Wanted to Kiss Baby.
 Berandt Erickson of New London, chauffeur of the machine in which CoatcheIly went to the Perkins house to see the baby, identified some of the photograph exhibits as pictures of the witness said stood with his hands held appealingly in front of him ahd said to the two women inside the house: All I want is to kiss my baby" They women said "N." There was talk about the baby being sick The women also refused to let Erickson see the haby when Coatchelly suggested that.
 Court adjourned at 4.30 till the next cay aJ 10 in the morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

 steam fire engine. passed through Westerly en route from Providence to New London, Thursday morning The apparatus is on a demonstration tour.
 There is a Rhode Island law which provides that every person who shall wilfully send to the publishers of any newspaper for the purpose of publica- ton fraudulent notice of the death of a child or of the marriage of any per- son, or of the death of any person, shall be fined not exceeding $100.
 The plan to change the coping in front of the Memorial building, to be in line with the inside coping of the walk in front of the postoffice has been abandoned. The entrance to the park, next to the postofHce. will be by two steps to conform to the entrance steps to the Memorial building, and so chang ed as to be in harmony with the post office frontage lines.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Norwich Man Invokes Westerly Law
Emil M Fox Gets Frederick Gray Restore $45 Paid For Unsatisfactory Horse-School Boy Cigarette Smoker Gets Reprmand and Dealer Gets Warning Mystic Shriners to Traverse the Desert Sands in December

and the papers were given to Deputy Sheriff Mitchell for service. Rather than stand suit, Gray offered to satisfy the claim, which was agreeable to those concerned. He paid back the pur- chase price of the horse to Fox, and agreed to take the horse from the Fox premises alleging that the horse was worth $145 of any mans money On that point there is a difference of opin- ion between Messrs. Fox and Gray MT. Fox returned to Norwich in the early afternoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

The Mystic Shriners of Rhode Island will assemble in Westerly on a day in December to be selected, bringing their working paraphernalia, and perhaps the camel from Providence. The Shrin- CTS band will furnish the instrumental music It is hinted that 8 number of prominent Westerly citizens will walk on the hot sands of the desert to reach the shrine. Incidentally the visitation of the Shriners means a big time in Westerly, as it will probably carry with it a street parade the like of which was never seen in the town.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
STOMACH UPSET?
Get At the Real cause-Taks pr,
 Edwards Olive Tablets

Edwards Olive TabIets
 That's what thousands of stomach $ufferers are doing now. Instead of sasking tonics, or trying to patch up ! poor digestion, they are attacking Sae real cause of the acknowledged Ever and disordered bowels.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way, when the liver and bowels are per- forming their natural functions, away goes indigestion and stomach trOu- bles.
 If you have bad taste in your mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor, lasy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or energy, troubled with undigested food, you should take Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain.
 Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief, so you can eat what you ike. At 10c and 25c per box. The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus Ohio,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Dr. William H. Holmes, supervisor of schools, has several times called the attention of the police to violations of the law in regard to the sale of cigar cites to minors under 16 years of age, the penalty for which is a fine not to exceed S20 for each offense. Thursday q case was reported to the supervisor where a boy under 16 had package of cigarettes in his possession, and the matter was turned over to Policeman Henry Chase The boy said he pur- chased the cigarettes i'll the store of Lewis Gentle. The police officer and the boy went to the store, and it was asCertained that the sale was made by a girl 10 years of age, who was alone in the store at the time the purchase was made. The Gentiles declared that they had always observed the law and promised to not permit the little girl to wait on customers in the future Phe officer gave them to plainly under stand that a. repetition of the onense would result in prosecution.
 The police officer also gave the boy a reprimand and impressed strongly on the youngsters mind that he, too, violated the law by smoking cigarettes and was liable to punishment. He read this law to the boy: No person under 16 years of age shall smoke or chew in any public street, place or resort, any tobacco in any form whatsoever. Any
  this section shall be fined not more than s for each offense."
 Emil N. Fox of Norwich, proprietor of the Providence bakery in that city, was in Westerly Thursday seeking re- adjustment of an unsatisfactory deal in horse11esh, and he accomplished his mission. He purchased a horse from Frederick Gray, a dealer in horses, while in Norwich. but who is in the horse business in Westerly tempora- riIy. The animal looked good to MT. Fox, and MT. Gray assured him that the looks were not deceiving and, in fact, the horse was even better than he appeared to be. Fox paid over $145 to Gray and took the ESrse. It did not take Fox long to learn that the horse was not as represented and was of no use to him. Fox learned that Gray had come to Westerly. When Fox arrived here Thursday morning he told the story to Policeman Harry Chase, and that officer explained the mode of procedure to have the matter adjusted.
 Fox consulted with Attorney Dunn and a shit was instituted against Gray
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Personal Mention.

East Hanpton-Thomas Good of Middletown will sell his bungalow at the lake soOn He will go to Yer mont later and take residence there with his family This will cause the loss of some of the towns well known summer residents
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
BALTIC.
Mir. and Mrs. John Stevens Celebrate the Thirty Fifth Anniversary of Their Marriage-Gifts For T. A. So- cietys New Quarters.

brated the thirty fifth anniversary of their marriage Wednesday evening with a banquet at the Stevens house. Twenty five guests sat down to the table at half past nine, the banquet being served by a caterer from Nor wich.
 Roswell Stevens of Moosup, son of MT. and Mrs. Stevens acted as toast master. Excellent music was furnish ed during the banquet by the orches- tra from the Peoples Theatre in Moosup Guests were present from Providence Moosup and Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Mass For Mrs. ZoeI Gaueher.

A requiem high mass was celebrat-
 1 ed by Rev. John Landry in St. Mary's
 l church. Wednesday morning for the l repose of the soul of Mrs. Zoel Gau- 1 cher. The mass was requested by the members of St. Annes society and many of the members were. in attend ance at the services.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Take Pictures For Movies.

Several men were taking moving
 pictures of local spots of interest on Thursday. These pictures will prob
 ably be shown in a local theatre soon.
 The men with the machine were fol- lowed by a crowd of children who were much interested in the sight. A Catcher is seriously ill with in fiammatory rheumatism at his home on Hifih street.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Afternoon Session.

At the beginning of the afternoon recess Dr. E. J. Brephy of this city was put on the stand He told of going te the Perkins house in the au- tesneblls with Deputy Sheriff BraReF,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Gifts For T. A. society's Room.

Many fine pieces of furniture have been given to St Mary's T. A. society recently. Among the gifts are a book case from Adolphe Demute, and a beautiful picture of Rev. T. N. Burke, from Mr. and Mrs. ". c. Smith.
 Misses Agnes and Anna Donahoe of Fern Cliff villa, were in Hartford Wednesday.
 Mrs. James Stubbs of Plainfeld, was the guest of relatives in town on Thursdav
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

coming he turned back towards her
 and made motion with his hand towards his hip pocket.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Guest From Montana.


 John Higham of Main street had as his guest this week James Bryden, of Billings, Montana. MT. Bryden is a moving picture actor, and acts with the famous "Broncho Billy" He played the part Of the outlaw in the film entitled "The Outlaw and the Law"
 Personal Mention.
 Alex Dupont, Jr- and Peter Robitaille of High street were visiting in New Bedford Mass, Thursday.
 MT. Anthony DesautelIe has moved his family to St. Guillauhe, P. c.
 George Neil Ball Rocheleau, of High street was in Willimantic Thursday visiting his father William F. Roche leau, who is undergoing a course of treatment at St. Joseph's hospital.
 Alfred D6spathy and Elezear Caron spent Thursday with friends in Willi- mantle.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Money Tom Gave His Wife-

Upon cross examination by Attor- ney C. " James, Mrs. CoatcheIly said her husband gave her $10 week to spend as she pleased. This continued for about two months and not after he sold his business in Norwich Af- ter he went to New London there was trouble over money matters because MT. CoatcheIly wanted to get back money that he had given his wife.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Heard Awful Crash.

Within fifteen minutes later, she thought Wallace Norcross and a man named James drove by and stopped. She spoke to Norcross and he got off the team, came and peeked into the storm door where he saw the body of CoatcheIly and then drove on. No one else came to the house between then Draper.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
Refused to Go to Weddina-

She said ne left her on October 26 when she refused to go to a Greek wedding with him. Then he demanded the money back and said there woul1 be something doing.
 This line of cross examination was objected 10 by the states attorney and Judge Greene ruled that further de- tails were not necessary.