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Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

| close coupled touring car has about passed out of existence and in it's place is the club roadster so that in the pure touring design there is always plenty of room in the tonneau Two factors have been very impor- tant as regards room in bodies. The wheel base is longer on most cars and the engine is shorter due to the block method of casting. This has allowed from five to six inches more space to l used in the bodies of a great many cars and it has been used to great ad- vantage.
 A great amount of ingenuity has been displayed during the year in the development of the roadster. The four passenger type, which has all the room of the small touring car and which still preserves the graceful lines of the roadster, has been the seasons popu- lar development. These cars are seen around the country club and the shop and are often owned by people who have one or more other cars in their garage.
 The touring sedan, which was intro duced three years ago, is now de- veloped to a higher extent than ever. In faok, the sedan has become the most popular type of closed body and has made the limousine secondary. The latter is holding it's own, however, among people who have chauffeurs, and probably will continue to do so. When the one-person type of top was brought out year before last it struck
 
 the year along this same line are Wor- thy of'note. The big improvement is in the use of side curtains which open with the doors! With the former side curtains 1t was necessary to take them all down or to StOOp beneath them in entering or leaving the car. The one man top idea has also been improved in detail so that now this type of top is very easily put up in short time.
 In the arrangement of the instru- ment board in front there has been some improvement. Instead of being strung out in a long line across the cowl board it is now placed close to- gether so that it can be read at a glance and also that the electrical in- struments are in a unit. When the dash is assembled the matter of wiring becomes very simple. In some cases the instrument board and wiring are independent of the dash, so that the latter can be taken off without disturb ing the electrical layout.
 That the crude and heavy gas engine Of 20 odd years ago would surpass the steam engine. for lightness; equal the the electric motor for handiness and render possible luxurious fittings not then possessed, did not enter the wild est dreams of the inventors of those days Yet this has been done, and more. The light powerful high speed gas engine to be seen in profusion at the automobile show in Grand Central Palace has not only made the auto the supreme road vehicle but it has con- quered the air until mere girls think of the Chicago-New York flight as a short winter day nonstop jaunt
 Nor is the end in sight. The very success attained has proved to be a stimulant to greater trials. Instead of regarding the auto engine as a finished product and no longer striving to inn prove it, the bright engineers of hun dreds of factories are today studying and bettering it as never before
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
CLASSIC DOG TEAM
 RACE STARTED
Eleven Teams Skimming Over 522
 Mile Course.

Winnipeg, Man, Jan. 24.-Eleven dog teams and as many drivers, the hardest in the north country, were skimming over unbroken trails south of Winnipeg early tonight on the first lap of the 522-mile classic, the Red River Derby. from this city to St. Paul.
 The weather was clear and cold. but the drivers found the going difficult Late today they were well punched nearly 20 miles south of this city.
 Gabriel Campbell, a young Indian of Le Pas, Manitoba, drew what the drivers termed 'unlucky number one,'' compelling him to break the trail at the outset.
 Premier Norris, at the request of President Louis w. Hill of the St. Paul Carnival association, under whose au- spices the race is being, held, gave the word for Campbell to start The race will be a go-as-you- please affair, the men having the privilege of stopping to rest or pushing on as they choose. The drivers will ride but little, so it will be A test of endurance for them as well a. for the dogs.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS NARROW.
Bethlehem Steel Showed Net Gain oi
 17 Points for the Day.

New York, Jan. 24-Operations on the stock exchange again today were very limited as to scope and volume, but the tendency was towards moder- ate1y higher levels. occasional rever- sals being due to realizing sales. Uni ted States Steel and other speculative favorites contributed fully 50 per cent to the days meagre total of 3S5, 900 shares.
 Bethlehem Steel, which yesterday declared a substantial distribution of dividends, moved between 425 and AT, closing at the latter figure a net gain of IT points. United States Steel de- noted quiet and confident accummu - Iation, but made only a nominal ad- vance.
 Shipping and oils were irregularly the morning and fractions recovered much of yesterdays setback. Pressed Steel Car scored net loss of a frac- ton, announcement of the increased rate of dividend coming after the close of the market
 The paper group was heavy and list less most of the time but responded to an extra dividend on the new shares of the Union Bag and Paper Corpora tion. Utilities were featured by Mon tana Power and American Telephone at gains of to points.
 Rails were more prominent than re- gently, displaying general strength in the final hour, when Norfolk and Western rose 8 5-S points on deelara- tion of an extra one per cent dividend. Long Island added more than points to it's steady gain of the past week, selling at 47 1-2. its highest quotation in many years. Reading, Atchison and Toledo, St. Louis and Western com prised the other strong features or the railway list.
 Exchange on Petrograd and Rome continued to decline, their new mini mums showing discounts of from 40 to almost 50 percent. but rates on the Teutonic countries were lsightly harder. Negotiations are said to be pending for large exports of gold to South America and another transfer of currency to the Pacific coast was assumed to represent further with drawal of Japanese reserves at this center.
 Bonds were irregular. with slight concessions in industrial issues Total sales (par value) aggregated $4,290, ,000.
 U. s. bonds were unchanged on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
PENN. LEADS IN @.
 BASKETBALL HoNoRS
Vale a CIose Second - Princeton is
 Still in Running.

With the Intercol1esiate Basketball League championship series one third completed, Yale and Pennsylvania are deadiocl1ed for first place, with rec ords of three victories and no defeats. Without question these two teams are the strongest in the league, although Princeton, despite the fact that 1t was defeated in nip and tuck fight with Pennsylvania last week, is not out of the running by any manner of means.
 Columbia, which has begun the year under the direction Of c. J. Nerner, a new coach in Eastern basketball, has made a fair start, having won one game of the three played. The Blue and White however, was not decisive Iy defeated by either Pennsylvania or Yale, and has plenty of time to make a bid for the title.
 Dartmouth, with only one victory out Of four starts. and Cornell with four straight defeats trail along at the bottom of the ladder. The Green has Q poorly balanced though hard playing combination, while Cornell with an absolutely ~unseasoned combi- nation, is doing as well as could be expected.
 Yale has a veteran team from right guard to left forward, and in it's three league contests so far has done the unprecedented in basketball by failing to play a single substitute. Incident ally, the Yale team has the best rec ord for fa1r pIay-s InaSmuch as It's op- ponents have profted only to the ex- tent of If points through fouls made by the Blue. Cornell is the worst of fender in this respect, and 28 points have been resistsred gainst- thesItha- ca five o@< feul@ tries.
 OTtner of Cornell is leading the league in scoring with a total of 57 points for four games; 30 being from free shots and 2 from foul tries. His average is 1925. while Bisson of Dart mouth has an average of Il for four games. Kinney of Yale and Hallon, his teamn1ate, with 12 baskets in three games, have an average of f field goals per game; while Ortner's average For field goals alone is SIS.
 The standings follow;
 Ir4f0;dizI Scoriy,n
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
NEW LONDON ATHLETES WON MEET
Local r. M C. A. Swamped in Dual Indoor MeetScore 5S
 Places.

Before a small sized audience, an athletic team representing the New London Y M c. A., completely swamped the local r. M. c. A. team in the gym Wednesday night. The score was 5S to 6.
 The New Londoners captured first place in every event and outclassed the local athletes in every. respect. Hansen of the visiting team was the outstanding star of the evening. His jumping was way ahead of any of the locals and he won three first places. The real exciting events of the ev- ening were the relay races, although the New Londoners won these events they were nearly matched by the Norwich boys.
 The summary follows:
 Three standing broad iumps-First, han. Norwich: third. Gadbois, New London; distance 2s feet ? inches. Points, New London g.; Norwich 2
 Running high jump-First. Arn- New London; third, Lilpenstein. New London; fourth, Isbister Norwich. Points, New London 10, Norwich 1. Height, feet.
 Shot Put-First, Hansen. New. Lon- don; second. Gauthier, New London; third, Gadbois, New London. Distance 39 feet 8 3-4 inches. Points, New London 10, Norwich 1.
 Pole FaulC-F1rSt, Hansen, New London; second, Liljenstein, New London; third, Charnetski, Norwich; fourth. Allen, New London. Height 8 feet inches. Points. New London g, Norwich 2.s
 Medley relay race-Won by; New London. Time minutes 23 3-5 sec onds. Points, New London 10.
 Relay Race-Won by New London, time 5S 4-5 seconds. Points, New London 10.
 Final score-New London 5S, Nor wich 6
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
CANADIAN SOLDIER KILLED
 BY A GRENADE EXPLOSION Ten Others Seriously Injured at a Bomhifag Range at Toronto.

Toronto, Ont, Jan. 24.-One soldier was instantly killed and ten others se- rionsly injured by the explosion of a grenade at the bombing school of the Rifle Ranges today. The man killed was Private William Nelson of the l64th Halton and Duffern Battalion. R. T. Small Jof. the same battalion, is believed to be mortal1y injured.
 The accident occurred as Captain I arvey Evel of Hamilton, was deiiv- eriAg lecture to a class on the con struction of bombs Among a lot of u1lSaded grenades used for demonstra- ton, was one loaded one. Nelson in rXa..riling the loaded grenade, is be- leVed to have moved the lever and caused the explosion. How the loaded bomb was placed among the empty ones is unknown.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

ond in this event. In the 70 yard low hurdles, Robert Simpson of the Uni versity of Missouri clipped a fifth of a second off his former record of 2-5 seconds, made by both J. J. and Robert Filler in Madison Square Gar den in 1910 and 1911.
 George w. Goulding of Canada, the worlds champion, was unable to over come a handicap of thirty seconds in York A. C.. the winner.
 Ted Meredith of the Meadowbrook club, Philadelphia, led from start to finish in the special 600 yard run, win ming by two yards from Joe Higgins of New York. Dave Caldwell of Bos- ton was close third
 Jo Loomis of Chicago, after winning his trial heat of the TO yard dash in z 3-5 seconds, won the final by go- ing one-fifth of a second faster.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
ALEXANDER HURLINe kINeI
AIeck Has Won 1eo Games For Phil.
 lies.

Last season, Alexander broke all big league records in the matter of shut outs. On Is occasions he blanked the foe, surpassing the previous record of A. Furthermore, since breaking into the league in 1911 Alextnder has won 16O games for the PhilIies. an av- craze of almost 27 games a season over a period of six years. Without doubt Alexander is today the most valuable pitcher in baseball. Yet he has never received real big money for his services.
 Last season he is said to have gath cred in S7,500 for si work, including a bonus of $1,000 for winning 25 games. There is no reason to suppose that he won't prove valuable to his club next season as he did last season, pro- vided inc is not hampered by injuries Hence he feels that now is the time
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
NOTICE

The Board of Relief of the Town of Lebanon will meet at the Town Hall from II o'clock a. m. to 3 o'clock p. m., to hear appeals from the doings of other business that may legally coma before said meeting. The Board will also meet In the Town Hall at the same hours on Monday, Feb. 5, 1917. and will hold adjourned meetings as the law requires. The adjourned meet ings will be held in the Town Clerk s Office.
 ISAAC e. LARKIN,
 w. w. PALMER,
 C. H. FOSTER,
 Board of Relief. Lebanon. Conn, Jan. 20, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
NOTICE

Norwich, Conn, will meet in the City Hall Building, in said Town, each day, Sundays excepted, from February 1st to February 20th, from 10 a. m., to 4 D. m., to listen to appeals from the doings of the Assessors, and to trans- act any other business proper to be done at said meetings.
 Dated at Norwich, Conn, January 20th, 1916.
 FRED G. PROTHERO.
 JAMES c. FITZPATRICK.
 HENRY GEBRATH
 Board of Relief.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
LES DARCY BOOKED
 TO FIGHT AL MCOY.
Australian MiddIeweight King Will
 Receive $3o,0o0.

Pittsburgh. Pa, Jan. 24.-Les Darcy, middleweight champion of Australia, has been matched to meet Al Mccoy in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on March 5, ac- cordin gto an announcement made here tonight. Darcy will receive ESQ., 000 as his end of the purse.
 The announcement was made follow ing the receipt of a telegram from Darcy's manager saying the match had been closed with Grant Hugh Browne and the fight could be held either on Feb. 12 or March 5. Darcy selected the latter date.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE

All persons liable to a personal taN in the Town of Lebanon are hereby notified that I have in my hands a warrant to collect a personal ta~ of S2.00 (two dollars), payable February 1st, 1917. The same will be received at my office (Goshen). Lebanon, or by mail to Leonard Bridge.
 All persons neglecting this notice must be proceeded against as directed by the law of this State
 WILLIAM T. CURRY,
 Collector. Dated at Lebanon, Conn, January 9th, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
NOTICE

The Board of Relief of the Town of the Town Clerks Office in said Town of North StOnington on Thursday, Feb. 1st, from 10 a. m: to p. m, and also hear any appeals from the doings of the Assessors. or any other business that ma be brought before said Board. Dated at North Stonington. Jan. 22d. 1917.
 AMOS P. MINER. JR.,
 CHARLES E. BILLIARD,
 CLIFFORD B. THOMPSON. jan24d Board Of Relief.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
LABOR UNION CONSIDERING
 E. BALL PLAYERS REQUEST.
Decision May Not Be Announeed Until
 Friday

Washington, Jan 24.-Consideration of the application of the Baseball Play CTS Fraternity for union charter was begun today by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. The councils decision may not be an- nounced until the conclusion of it's meeting Friday
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
TWO AMERICAN RECORDS
 MADE AT MILLROSE A. 4. MEET
Held at Madison Square Garden-Ray Clipped Seconds Off 1-2 Mile Run

New York, Jan. 24.-Two Ameri can records were established at the Mi1lrose A. A. indoor meet at Madi- son Square Garden tonight. In the one and one-half mile run, Jere W. Ray of the Illinois Athletic club, Chi cago, covered the distance in 6 min utes and 45 seconds, bettering the for mer time of 6.46 2-5. made by the late Thomas P. Conneff, outdoors. at Bergen Point, N. J., September 3, 1895. John W. Overton of Yale finished sec
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
Pitts Given Referees Decision.

New Haven, Conn, Jan. 24.-Char- lie Pitts of Bridgeport was given the referees decision over Jimmy Fasane of Waterbury in a fast twenty round bout here tonight. The Bridgeport pugilist was the aggressor through out.
 In the preliminaries, Tommy Shea and Frank Brindisi fought eight rounds to a draw and Jack McNulty bested Louis Roth in six rounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
MONTREAL MAY FIRE ALL
 FRATERNITY MEMBERS.
Situation Will Be Discussed at Annual
 Meeting of international League.

E Montreal, Jan. 24.-A move to bar all members of the Baseball Players Fraternity from the Montreal baseball club will be taken at the special meet ing of the International league to be held next month, 1t was announced today by President Lichtenheim of the Montreal club. If the league sanctions his course, he said, he would ask all his players to abandon the fraternity or else offer them such small contracts as to force them out of baseball.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
ShouIdn't Hurry.

The congress needn't be in such a dickens of hurry about passing that corrupt practices act. The boys have mt had time to fix up the jolkers to be hidden in it-Rochester Herald
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
PALACE BOWLING LEAGUE. Team No. Defeated Team No. B.
 Dunn Rolled High.

After winning the first string, then losing the second, team No. 2 in the Palace Bowling league came back strong in the third and defeated Team No. 8, capturing the evenings play al the Palace bowling alleys, Wednesday night. Dunn rolled high with 112 and also scored high total with 302. The
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
Team Scoring

Games this week-Tuesday: Penn sylvania vs. Cornell, at Ithaca; Yale ys. Princeton, at Princeton. Saturday: Cornell vS. ->Princeton, at Princeton
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
centradio.s a General Impression.

Villa continues to contradict the old impression that the Mexican is not naturally an industrious person. Washington Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
Vale Won at Hockey.

New Haven, Conn, Jan. 24-Yale defeated Massachusetts Agricultural college at ice hockey here tonight, to 3.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

The manufacture of oil from birch bark is becoming an important indus try of the Southern states.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

Sailors in thes British Navy now utilize their spar time in making munitions for which they receive no remuneration.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

WHEN you WANT to put your bus mess before the puDIic. there Is no medium better than through the ad- vertising columns of The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
COTTON

New York, Jan. 24-Cotton futures closed stead. January 1881. March 1897; May 1716; July 17I2;I October
 Spot quiet; midd1ing ITO.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
MON EY.

New York, Jan. 24-Cau nonev steady; hi<h 2; low 1 3-4; ruling rate 3-4; last loan 2; closing bid T s-4: offered at 2.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

Passengers have more comfort in 1917 bodies. Occupants can generally sit as they please, and not as they have to sit. There is also a greater choice in bodies for all purposes.
 Among the body developments of the year are the club roadster, the touring sedan, movable and adjustable seats, better upholstery, better arrangements of instruments and gauges, better tops, windshields and tire carriers and more luxurious fittings. An important inn provement is a wider choice in paint ing colorS and trim. Many makers are getting away from the solid black and are offering instead blues and grayS as standard or options.
 Most important of all the improve ments in bodies is the better arrange ment of seats. The front compartment of the touring car is now as comfort able as the rear and is no longer neg lected when the body is laid out The
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

Milton S.. POS 1-4. is dead. eli won the C. of C. 20 years ago and since then has sired Milton s. Jr 2.06 1-4: Sir Milton. POS 1-4, and 16 other rec ord performers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

AT COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Ledyard. within and for the District of Ledyard. on the 2Sd day of Janu- Present. - SAMUEL E. HoLDRIDGE. Estate of Walter T. Tent. late of The Administration having made accordance with the statute. for an order of sale of the whole or part of the real estate described therein, either Ordered That said Duplication be heard at the Probate Ofhce in Ledyard on the 31st day of January, 1917. at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. and that mo- tice thereof be given by inserting a copy of this order in The Norwich Bulletin stian h a i25eTDs5PaPer i5 haXipg eireu- be made to this Court.
 SAMUEL E. HoLDRIDGE. NOTICE TO PERSONAL TAXPAYERS. . Notice is hereby given to all per sons liable to pay the Personal Tax in the Town of SpraGue that l have sonai taxes payable Feb. 1st 1s17. each of such persons being assessed the sum of two dollars as his per lecting. the same I shall be at the Versailles Postofhce in said Sprag gue. on Tuesday; ta Feb. 18th; tt Isi5, from II ster standish. in Hanover. in said Sprague. on Tuesday. Feb. 9th. 1917, T6%n 1FSm cerka ofce P ln Rafe aed in saiG tf Sprague' on all other week days dur fnsr irs the s1 month TO ta O6oP of FebrIary ls17 p. m, as' : D. m. to 9 D. m.
 All pc --ons neglectlng this notice by the laws of this State. Dated aT Sprague. Conn. this 10th day of JffR-ary. I9I7.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25

The 17th annual national automobile show, which has closed at the Grand Central Palace, New York, presented the largest and most varied display of automobiles and accessories ever shown. Over 400 cars were shown, and the interest this year was greater than ever.
 Bodies of both closed and open types in most beautiful colorings and inte- riors reveal new lines and finish that cause comment on all sides. Cars to match any calibre of pocketbook- costing anywhere from $395 to trif1e over s10,000, were to be seen.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-25
DoINGs IN THE AUTOMOBILE WORLD

Production of pleasure motors and | trucks in 1916 reached 1,617,7OS cars. The passenger cars were valued at | $921, ,37S,000, while tn trucks value was S166,65 O,273. The retail value, ,-.erefore, of automobiles sold last year amounted to $1,0SS, ,028.373. That was | the first billion dollar automobile year.
 The average price of all the automo- piles sold last year is estimated by Alfred Reeves, general manager of the automobile chamber of commerce, at approximately $672 each. Passenger | vehicles averaged $605, and trucks $1,- S09.
 More than 40- companies are now
 making automobile vehicles in the
 United States, and 30,000 dealers are exclusively employed in selling them. Competition is of the fiercest kind, yet ization, simplifying and perfecting motor cars has made the American automobile lower in price and less troublesome to the owner than auto mobiles in any other country. Speeds of 107 miles an hour were at tained in races in 1916. Four new speedways were built during the year. Automobile registration in the United States approached the four million mark. There were 2,932, ,455 in the first six months of last year New York led in that period with 259,105. Illinois was second with 203,757 Ohio third
 
 1S9, ,0S2, and California fifth with 187,- 519. Iowa has more automobiles to the population than any other state 169, ,55S, the majority owned by farm CTS.
 Imports of automobiles were only 1,474 last year, valued at SS01, ,911- one third the value of foreign auto mobiles imported 10 years ago.
 Exports of automobiles by American makers last year was 77,496, valued at 97.464,3S1, which is more than 100 times our imports, showing that the American automobile is rapidly becom- ing the standard of the world.
 The magic word service explains the wonderful growth of the American automobile in general use. The pleas ure car, the heavy truck, the light, economical car for shoppers, the fire engine motor for protection of proper ty the ambulance for protection of life in cities and on the battlefield, the swift racer for the Sport who loves speed or for the general commanding arnieS-an these many styles of cars has kept pace in improvements. con- veniences, comfort, luxury, utility and dependability.
 The motor car production for 1917 will exceed 100000 and the cost of quarter dollars. Compare this with the sales of only 25, 900 cars valued at $40, 900, ,060, II years ago, and yiu will grasp the incredible growth of the business.