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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
GEORGIA TECH NINE
 HAS HARD SCHEDULE

Atlanta, Ga, January 2O.-With the ex- ception of few practice games and pro- posed contest with the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, the 1917 baseball schedule for Georgia Tech was announced here today as complete. The schedule follows: April 4, Indiana at At lanta April 6-7, Mercer at Atlanta. April 1914, Auburn at Auburn. April "2o-21. Sewanee at Atlanta. April N-2S, Washington and Lee at Lexington Va May 4-5, Vanderbilt at Atlanta. May 11-12 Georgia at Atlanta May B-1s, Georgia at Athens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
August 20 Is Set as Date for the Amateur
 Golf Championship

Pittsburg, January POW. c. Fownes or the Oakmont Country club was notified today that the date for the national ama- teur golf championship had been set for August 20 at the Oakmont club This date was decided yesterday at conference of 1 officers of the United States Golf associa- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
CHIN CLuR NOTES

c. M. Brady, the just right man. from Chicago, was going in good shape.
 Hillman has been shooting very little of late, but can still hit some.
 H. c. Ryding made four scores of 21 each out of 25.
 T. K. Lee is improving wonderfully with the scatter gun.
 R. H. Baugh shot well but could not beat Brady, so had to buy the cigars
 LeRoy Percy is shooting we'll for be- ginner Only matter of getting a suit able gun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
TURKEYS ROMAN HAS
 SIGNED WITH CARDS

University, January 20.-Thomas D. Bo- man, pitcher of the University of Ala bama team. has signed with the St. Louis National league team. He win report after graduation next spring. Roman led all college pitchers Of the south last year, and is captain of the team this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
shown Up

From the Philadelpha Bufletln'
 Henry Ford said at a peace propaganda dinner in Dearborn:
 ,vrhe warning nations are all more or les,. in the wrong. Accusing one another, thev show up themselves It's like the t,ritisher.
 "A Britsher in my employ said one day to a forernan;
 ..you Yankees. notice. say, Where am atg' Now a Brltisher always says. yoa know. Where is my atg''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
The Fighting Man

From the Popular Science Monthly. ent war the soldier of today is better off than ever before. At his beck and call are the foremost surgeons of Europe and the most up-to-date hos pital equipment in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
EASTERN COLLEGES
 WANT TRACK MEET
Cornell University Will Wage Big Fight for the
 1917 Meet

New York, January 20.-At least four eastern universities will endeavor to secure the privilege of holding the forty -second annual championship track and field games of the Intercol- Ilegiate Association of Amateur Attn Iletes of America, scheduled to be held
 Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 2o. Harvard, Pennsylvania, Cornell and Princeton are all expected to extend invitations to the association at the annual meeting set for early in March.
 For several years the meet has alter hated between Pennsylvania and liar yard, but the rivalry is likely to be keener from this time on as both Princeton and Cornell have completed excellent tracks inside their football stadiums and are eager to stage tne | I. C. A. A. A. A. games
 Cornell is already sounding sentl- ment among the various colleges ana institutions of the association ana Will offer excellent inducements m the way of a fast track and field for the com lnetitors perfect accommodations for 1 the spectators and up-to-date tram | ine quarters for the athletes during their stay at Ithaca i The athletic facilities at Schoellkopi Field are said to be equal to any Tn the country, the quarter-mlle track pc 1 ing 30 feet wide ond the straight
 away with vaulting, Jumping and
 weight pits well situated on the in 1 field. Many close followers of college athletics are of the opinion that a
 change of scene for the I. c. A, A. A. A.
 would benefit the sport and hope te see Cornell or Princeton awarded the
 1917 meet.
 l Reports from Australia snow tne
 strict censorship that prevails over all I forms of mail matter. Recently a wei known sporting authority desired te 6 send letter to Boxer Les Garoy' ny"
 ;,s ttis country. and intrusted the com
 munication to a friend about to sai.
 for the states. The letter was founc n
 laf+ tba dock. As a result he was fined
 s5o and the writer $125. after hear
 ing which caused the bearer or the let Iter to lose his passage on the snip
 which sailed while he was explaining
 how the note came into his possession
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
Great Golfer Killed

Pinehurst. N. C., January 10.-James D. Foote, Rye, N. Y., widely known among the older generation of the country 8 golf players, was fatally wounded by the accidental discharge of his gun while hunting. at Eagle Springs, N. C., today, and died after an operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
BASEBALL PLAYERS
 HOLD BIG MEETING

St Louis, January 20.-A meeting of saior league ball players and players from Class A and Class leagues IS being held here today. Those attending were pledged to secrecy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21

An Englishman has invented device to enable avlators in flight to pick up messages from the ground by dropping a srapnel at the end of line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
FREE TO DECKER

During this time the player remains on the club roster and he is free to dicker for another job. In mighty few instances can a player latch on with another club immediately. It usually requires sometime. This should be demand the league should be glad to grant unless it wasn't demanded ir such manner
 The next demand of Fultz is for travelling expenses for players to the training camps This is another de- nland which is now practically uni versal practice. Usually when all con tracts are returned signed transpor~ tation is mailed immediately. Should the railroad fare alone be paid, which is the greatest expense, the players should feel gratified.
 small circuit cannot force it's members to pay the transportation as this would probably be greater than the combined salary limit for two months and possibly more. A league like the Southern can stand it, but as long as they're doing it, what's the reason for kicking?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21

The case of Cecil Coombs last year supports this statement. Coombs suf- fered serious charley horse and was out of the game for over month. He was placed on the ineligible list and paid, his salary the entire time. In addition the Birmin gham club de- fr8yed all bills of physicians for treat ment The case of Tex Mcdonald, who was "beaned" in Memphis, was treat ed in like manner. Countless other in stances can be named, showing the same action There's not a law in the Southern league forcing this practice but the magnates follow it through custom.
 The second of the demands calls for the permission of players to sign new contracts with another club inmedf- ately following their release. This de- mand is preposterous At the present time the constitution of the league forces each player released to be given a five or ten-day notice. What more could a man ask? There are thousands or people discharged or fired with our being given notice
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
FIVE NEW SUITS ARE FILED
Ledyard Woman Sues Henry KaroI for $2ooo Damages for Trespass-New London Banks Ask Recovery on Promissory Controversy Over Property in East Lyme.

 London, and Eff1es Haynes of East Lyme. were appointed administrators of the estate. On October 21, 1914, the estate was settled and the property was distributed to the plaintiff. a sis ter of the deceased. The administra- tors were appointed by Austin I. Bush, acting judge of probate. On October 21, 1915. On petition of Maria l.. Kaze- wicz of Brooklyn N. r.. the defendant made an order setting the distribution aside and Maria L.. Kasezewicz was appointed as ancillary administrator
 Damages of $5.00O are sought by Alice E: Savage of New London in a suit which she has brought against the City of New London as the result of a fall on Garfield avenue near Con necticut avenue on January 14. 1916. It is claimed that at the point where the fall occurred the sidewalk was sunken and left another part of the sidewalk projecting about four inches above it. In the fall she broke her nose and received severe lacerations and contusions of her face and knee, her eyes were badly bruiAsd and blackened and three teeth loosened so that they had to be removed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
JUDGE TOOK PAPERS
 IN MYSTIC CASE
Right of Way Dispute Last Case of
 Present Session.

The case of Miss Jennie Wolfe Of Mystic against GeoF.> D. Johnson and Percy H. Morgan of Mystic for dam ages for an alleged assault was com pleted in the superior court in Nor wich Thursday afternoon. The question of right of way is also in disputex
 When court came fH Thursday morn = ing Miss Wolfe was recalled and gave testimony as to alleged trespass on her property and of the assault Several other witnesses were also called in re- buttaI and the testimony was com pleted at 11.15 when both sides rested. The arguments were then started and concluded in the afternoon, Judge Reed ta king the papers.
 This is the last case to be tried in the superior court at this session. The court will come in at New London to- day for a short calendar session.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
TESTIMONY
 AT "LEAk" INQUIRY.
Telegraph Operator Differs With State
 ments Made by Connolly.

1 New York, Feb. 1-Contradictory testimony, regarded by the congress sional committee as of grave impor- tance was given in the Teak inquiry
 late today. So serious was the unex- tpected developments considered that it resulted in the abandonment of. a plan formulated earlier in the day to dis continue the hearing in New York be- cause it was felt the international sit- uation demanded the presence of the representatives in Washington For mai announcement was made tonight that the inquiry will be continued here tomorrow at least. The point upon which testimony diff fers is whether F. A Connolly, the Washington broker and partner of R.
 w Boiling, a brother-in-law of Presi- dent Wilson. sent his forecast of the
 presidents recent peace note over his
 private wire to E. F. Hutton & com
 pany, New York brokers, or by some
 other route.
 Connolly has testified that he sent the
 information in a message, now missing,
 between 1.15 and 1.30 o'clock on the afternoon of Dec. 20 over the private wire. Joseph w. Becker Hutton's op-
 orator on the Washington; wire, swore today that he was on the wire from it's opening to closing On Dec. 20 and no such message as Connolly described ever came to him.
 Becker's statement stirred the com mittee to great activity. ImpresSed& as several committeeman said, with Beck CTS apparent sincerity and keen recol- lection of events of Dec. 20, they in sisted on following up his declaration without delay.
 Sherman L. Whipple, counsel to the committee, joined in their view. That no doubt may remain as to whether the Connolly message did reach the Hutton office by any of it's wires, Whipple declared, every telegraph op- orator in the employ of the firm should he called at once. Becker suggested that there was another wire, the southern circuit. over which the mes sage might have come, despite MT. Connolly's declaration that he used the private wire, but he hardly thought such was the case.
 Chairman Henry then announced that the unusual importance of the con- tradictory testimony could not be over estimated and he therefore called the committee into executive session to consider prolonging the local hearing |
 New HaNen.--It was estimated yes terday by Fire Marshal Perkins that 1 the total property destroyed by fire | during the past month in this city would reach value of $65, GOO.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
NO OSTOMACHP PAIN, GAS, INDIGESTION
 IN FIVE MINUTES
"PAPE'S DIAPEPsIN" IS THE ONLY REAL STOMACH
 REGULATOR KNOWN.

Really does" put bad stonachs in order-.treally does'' overcome indiges- tion. dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and sourness in five minutes-that-just that-makes Pape's Diapepsfn the largest selling stomach regulator in the world. If what you eat ferments into stubborn Jumps. you belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food and acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath foul; tongue coated; your insides filled with bile and indigestible waste,. re- member the moment 'Pape'S Diapep- sim comes in contact with the stom- ach all such distress vanishes. It's truly astonishing - almost marvellous, and the joy is it's harmlessness.
 A large f1fty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin will give you a hundred dol lars worth of satisfaction or your druggist hands you your money back.
 It's worth it's weight in gold to men and women who can't get their stom- achs regulated. It belongs in your home-should always be kept handy in case of a sick. sour, upset stomach during the day or at night. It's the quickest, surest and most harmless stomach regulator in the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02

Five new suits were filed in tho su- perior court on Thursday. The Ma riners Savings Bank of New London has brought suit against Byron Bill nngs, Benjamin L.. Armstrong and Thomas F. Foran all of New London, for recovery on 9. promissory note for S2,5G0.
 eMartha L. Wilcox of Ledyard brings suit against Henry F. Karoh of Led yard, claiming damages of $2.000. She alleges that on Dec. g. 1916 and divers times since he has entered unlawfully on her premises and cut down and broken down fences. gates etc
 The Savings Bank of New London Is suing Nellie E. Collins. adm. ct al. Of New London. for recovery on a promissory note for $1,500 dated Jam uary 31, 1911. Nellie E. Collins is ad- ministratrix of the estate of William J. Burke of New London.
 Olivia Case of East Lyme has filed papers in a suit against. Austin I. Bush of East Lyme. claiming damages of s1,200. In the complaint it is all legged that Clara M.s Root of East Lyme died intestate on June IS, 1913- April 6, 1914. John J. Lawless, then of New
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
CHILD GETS SICK CROSS,FEvERISH
 IF CONSTIPATED
CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FtGsn CAN'T HARM TENDER sToM-
 ACH OR BOWELS.

A laxative today saves sick chpd tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish: stomach sour.
 Look at the tongue, mother, If coated, or your child is Istless, cross, feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold orehas sore throat or any other children's ailment, give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs" then don't worry, be- cause 1t is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this constipation poi son, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a we'll, playful child again: A thorough inside cleansing is oftimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups' Ask your druggist for 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown ups plainly printed on the bottle. Look carefully and see that 1t is made by the Cal ifornia Fig Syrup Company.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
BOTH SIDES FIRM
 IN NoANk STRIKE.
More Workmen Arrived from NeN
 Jersey Thursday Morning.


 Jersey Thursday Morning. 1 Both parties in the strike situation tare satisfied with the way things are standing.
 1 F'ifty-one men, said to be $5 a day men, arrived Thursday from New Jer- | sey on one of the early working cars of the Groton and Stonington line and proceeded to the shipyard, where they were welcomed.
 | Those from Boston, arriving Wednes- day, 30 in number, after attending the meeting of the strikers held in the af- ternoon returned late in the day to their homes refusing to- work after finding how things stood. " eAn interesting meeting was held in the town hall with over 100 present, all eager to organize, which, with the Iheip of a. man from one of the labor unions, was effected.
 There was no one at the car Thurs day morning to meet the incoming workLpen and no officer was stationed there, as was the case Wednesday, evil dently the position maintained by the police circles that no disorderly con duct is to be anticipated.
 Officials at the shipyard say they are able to cope with the situation, which they deny cripples them in the least They say all branches of the plant are working with as many as formerly.
 Everyone who went to the yard for his pay was promptly paid and there is plenty of cash on hand to take care of any demands of that nature.
 The strike committee appears to# be delighted with the way plans are turn ing out and the boys who are out are hanging together. The most that can be said against them is that they are mostly helpers, few, if any, of the me chanics of the plant being with them.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02

and Main streets. warning them thai future violations of the Sunday laws in keeping their business establish ments open, would result in prosecu ton in the police court.
 With but few exceptions the order was obeyed. A choice few continued to carry on business on Sunday and are said to have kept their stores open throughout the entire day. When the law-abiding merchants learned of the open defiance of their competitors they are understood to have visited the police and civic officials and made the threats mentioned.
 Thus far no action has been taken by the police in bringing about the prosecution of the Sunday. vioIators. Whether the matter will reach the court probably rests upon the action of the merchants next Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
CITY MISSION ACKNOWLEDGES
 DONATIONS IN JANUARY
Garments For the Little Ones Are
 Greatly Needed.

The City Mission again gives thanks for clothing and other things received during the month of January from the following persons and firms:
 Miss Ida Thurston, a friend. Miss c. F. Crocker, Mrs. j.. O. Dodge, Mrs. c. A. Northrop. A. H. sNorthrop, Mrs. Mary Beswick, Mrs. F. E. Dove. G. H. Stanton, Mrs A. BruneIle, Mrs. Geo. D. Colt. Mrs. Catherine l.. James, Mrs. Daniel w. Davis, Mrs. Martin Dur, Mrs. Ellen Donahue, Miss Alice Jewett. Mrs. F.. w Coleman Mrs Charles E. Grover, a friend, a friend, Mrs J. F.. Bliven. John Swahn, Mrs. Louis Ma brey Mrs. c. w. Gale. Mrs. Mary DriscoH, Miss Marion G. Beebe, Mrs. J. F. Kelly. Lahn Furniture Co.. Mrs. A. l.. Bellefeur Mrs. R. C. Jones. Mrs. Thomas J.. Dodd, Rev. J. W. Areson, Mrs. C. B. Chapman. Mrs. K. H. Leav- ems, Mir. Curtis The name of Willis Austin, casI contributor to the Christmas fuI'S was inadventantly omitted from the list last month.
 The Mission is in great need of all kinds of -children's clothing. Nothing is more needed than garments for the little ones, especially those in school. If the friends of the Mission will take particular note of this appeal and do what they can to meet it, they will receive the thanks of the mothers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
BUREAU SHOWS
 THE LARGEST GAIN
Nearly 2,4o0 Positions Were Filled
 During Last Year.

Free public employment bureau
 figures show that approximately 35,- S66 people secured places in Con-
 necticut last year through these bu-
 reaus- This number is more than
 twice that of 1915 when 11,53S peo- pie obtained work through the state bureaus. The figures, which will ap- pear in the annual report of the
 labor statistics department to be
 printed in the near future, show that 2 the applications for help from en- ployers throughout the state in for work requests from employers
 being more than twice as large last year as in 1915.
 These numbers, according to the have been 50 per cent. larger had the requests during the first of the year been as numerous as those re- ceived the last four or five months. As it was, the five employment bu- reaus conducted by the state re-
 deived- 39.442 applications for work during 1916 and S2.13S applications from employers. for help. In 1915, these same five bureaus received 21,- 576 requests for work and 1432S re- quests from employers.
 The greatest gain in securing em- ployment was made in the bureau at Norwich In 1915, only 644 positions were filed and 1,055 applications for work and 7Ss applications from em- ployerS received. Last year, 2,313 positions were filled, and 2.912 ap- plications for work and 2,444 appli- cations from employers were re- cevied- This great increase in the securing of employment by the state bureau in Norwich started when the present agent, George l.. Chesbro, took charge of the bureau.
 In the annual report, William s. Hyde, commissioner of labor and factory inspection, will recommend changes in the five bureaus of the state. The work of the bureaus compare very favorahly with similar work carried on by other states in the country and 1t Is hoped by the statistics department that it will be possible to provide better officers, sep Rrate waiting rooms for men and wo- men, separate approaches and wo- men office assistants, two of these assistants to be employed in the offices at Hartford and New Haven New Haven already has one woman n assistant and is the only state em- ployment bureau to have a woman in the office
 Fifty-one employment agencies are at present doing business in the state and fee of $25 is charged each of these agencies each year. One i- cense was revoked last year, for un- desirable location and a new license was refused for the same reason. The following figures show the sum- maries of sthe work of the employ | ment bureaus during 1916 and 1915:
 E-.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02

by the way, is steadily progressing
 toward a finish, and remained about
 there for some little time. On his way
 back he was somewhat in hurry and could not understand how it was that his boat dragged so and required so much effort to carry through the water. It took him about an hour, so the boys say. to get from the hatchery to Rogers. basin,- a distance of 50 feet At last, becoming out of patience and perhaps suspecting that there was trouble out of the ordinary, he hauled his boat ashore and found that while he was at the Morgan block somebody had nailed soap box on the bottom of his craft.-New London Day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
No Monument at soIdiers, Home Plot

Many residents of Noroton are dis. appointed that. among the bills intro
 duced at the general assembly, none
 was presented in an effort to obtain a
 state appropriation for soldiers monument in the cemetery at Moro
 ton. where the veterans from Fitchfs Home lie buried in hollow square. This plan of burial, it is said, was adopted in the expectation that some day such a monument would be rear ed in the center. The project has been frequently discussed. and was revived. during recent months. but nothing has come of it. Surely some local people, or the veterana still living at the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02

home, or the officers of that -institution should inaugurate such a.. movement, since the state bodies of the Grand of Veterans do not seem disposed to proceed with the matter. If the plan is vigorously pushed, and some re- sponsible organization is -e formed, which will present such. a measure to the general assembly. two years hence, it may be possible to obtain an ap- propriation from the state for, the purpose before the last Of the Civil war veterans is laid beneath the god. -NorwaIk Hour a-.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
Mysterious Break.

A mysterious break occurred at the New London freight house of the Cen traI Vermont railroad directly acrons the tracks from the New Haven Frai1- road station some time during We'd ing was gained by forcing rear win dow. -r
 A small amount of money in, ths cash drawer was undisturbed aud 4sey- densed milk and cigarettes, were open :. !; ed but the contents were found fn facf