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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Oficial figures show that George Sisler, the Browns sensational star, finished one point ahead Of Iris Speaker. At the rate that Sisler, has showed impro venlent tile time is not very far off when the figures will show him to b-4 the best bftsInan in the country. Sisler was a raw recruit with. q good head and plenty of pep when he started professional! baseball. He has learned a lot in tho last two sea sons. If he was with a club like the White SoN. which has so many brainy performers, he would be better still.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

In money matter the Cubans- are as ulsophisticated~ as Jess Willard. Be ing deSirous of seeing their fellow countryman Alfred De Gro. perform
 the clear Havanas voted the billiard king a pension and made him come home to collect it.; ..-7@
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
DOG ROLLER SCORES RECORD
 FALL AT NEW YORK
Throws Pierre L. Beige in Thirteen Seeonds-StrangIer Lewis Throws His Man in 13.11.

New York, Dec 19-Dr B. F. Roller of Seattle, Washn-, scored the record fall of the international catch as catch can wrestling tournament here tonight when he threw Pierre Le Beige of Belgium in thirteen seconds with a body hold.
 Wladek Zbyszko of Poland tbrew Demetrius Tofalos of Greece in IT minutes and 54 seconds with a bridge hold and double arm lock Ed "Snangler" Lewis of Lexington, ky, threw Tom Draak of Holland in 1911 with head hold
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

That Eastern Watch Club syndicate is willing to sell the watch America to Sir Thomas Lipton. The English government might like to buy the Con stitution but we haven't heard that the country is 50 poor that they must sacrifice patriotic idols to filthy lucre. '.t
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
SPORTING NOTES

Informal hockey may be a fine thing fer the onlooker but for the player it is the same old s'shinny"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

The Yale faculty has decreed that freshmen may take fencing their required exercise instead of gym .nastics. This is in line with favor
 able attitude toward mask and foil P Rhich has been inspired at Yale by Captain Overton, the military instruc- tor. It seems now assured that there will be freshmen and varsity fencing teams at Yale and matches will be he'd with Colu:nbia. Harvard, The Navy and, other institutions where fencing iss rs pular Fencing is splendid physical developer anl at the same time puickens the eye and develops
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

a greater co-ordination between nerve and muscle. Its value as an adjunct to bayonet exercise has long been dem onStrated.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
Wi1limantic Five.
AETNA LEAGUE.
Giants Leading White sox-FoIIenius
 High Man With PtnfaII of 2o57.

In the Aetna Duckpin League the Giants are leading the White Sox. the nearest rivals, by 47 points. Folleni-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Fewer cold wea ther festivities at has come from Washington that Fuel Administrator Garfield is going to recommend that the clubs in order ta save coal. shut off at least part of their houses.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
Basketball Result.

At Annapolis, Md: Navy 5. Johns Hopkins 5.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
YANTIC

Tree Being FeIled on Williams Estate Falls on Wires, Causing Trouble Thirty New Members Secured for Red Gross.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
NOTICE

PmAne1ng Pzperhanging. Mastering Mmd also a speciality in Decorating and Grnfn4ng- Samples of my work can be megns In the windows of No. Is Main St
 l.. FREEMAN. Ted aE1GA6-2 228 Dunham St. aug xSSTuTh v. -AwFm zw
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

herst; S, Union at Schenectady: 9, University of Rochester at Roches- ter.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
New Haven Masonic Club Wins Cup

Meriden, Conn, Dec. 1s-A large delegation from the New Haven Ma sonic club was present at the final meeting in the three cornered game tournament between that club, the Wallingford club and the Colonial club of Meriden. The visitors car- ried away the 1aure1s. winning the sil- yer cup for which they were striving. Meriden was second in the contests.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

October 1S-Fenn State College at Hanover.
 October 26-Syracuse at New York.
 November 2-New Hampshire at Hanover.
 November eUnfvers1ty of Penn sy1vania at Philadelphia.
 November 16-Boston College at Hanover.
 November 25-Brovn at Boston
 It was announced also that in 1919 Dartmouth would play Syracuse here, Penn State at State College, Pa. and New York. the University of Pennsylvania at
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Chic Brown plans to lay off the fight game for while and wrestle with the bowling craze.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

The Amherst college basketball schedule has been announced as fol- loYs: Jan. Il. New York University at New York: 12. c. c. New York at New
 26, Union at Amherst; Feb. 3, Spring field at Amherst; Is, Williams at Williasstown: 2s, Wesleyan at Ann herst. March s. Williams at Am
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

~ Lea Dressen, a pastimer with the Cardinals five years ago, is to play Burns. is called to the co1ors. While meaning no reflection, ont the ability of Dressen, can it be possible that the Tigers paid regular money for a Cardinal of five years ago? ..
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
COTTON

COTTON New York, Dec. 1s-Cotton futures opened steady. December 3020; Jan uary 292S; March 2sS4; May 2s62; July 2S35. Spot cotton quiet; midd1ing Soso.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

onStrated.
 Williams will go in for hockey this season, and q schedule of games is now being formulated. It will not be ratified by the Athletic Council until after the Christmas recess However, special permission has been obtained from the Athletic Council to play the first hockey game of the season with R. P l.. on Saturday, January 5, on the Western Field rink.
 Harold Janvrin is the twelfth mem Der of the Boston Red SoX to answer the call 70 the colors and his enlist ment will add a few more gray hairs 10 Harry Traces fhatch. Other players who have quit the club for the service :/e Manager Barry, Chick Shorten, Joel Gainer. Dick HobIitzel, Duffy /,wis, Mike McNulty, Ernie Shore, Herb Pennocll, Lore Bader, Jake Bentley and Jimmie Cooney- The Red Sox have made the best shoWing in enIistments of any club in either major. league. With the infield shot to pieces it is reported that President Frazee is working on q deal that will soon add some high-class talent to the team.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
HONEY

New York, Dec. 19-Car money strong; high. 6; low G.; ruNng rate 6; closing bid S-4; offered at 6; last loan 6.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
ATTORNEYS S-AT-LAW

Brown & Perkins, liilngs-s-lsB Over Uncas Nat Bank Shetucket St I-rfrance stairway near to Thames National Bank. Telephone SS-S
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

us is high man with an average of 37.20 for 21 games.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

NEW. SCHE FOR
 FOOTBALL SCORING
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
W ESTERN

Governor John B. Kendrick of Wyo-
ming has resigned to become U. 8.
senator.
The Rock Island railroad asked
Iowa to amend its laws so that the
road might issue $30.000,0O0 of pre-
fsrred stock and spend $s,O00,0OO to
310.000,000 Of the proceeds for reor-
sanization.
Thousands of tons of foodstuffs on
the Pacific coast are awaiting pur-
chase and shipment east, commission
men said at San Francisco, OF rice
EEofs there are i25.666,666 pounds.
much of which is ready for shipment
and the price is lower than it has been
1Qr several years-so low, In fact, that
millers have been holding 1t.
Eight corporations and eleven indi-
viduals were named in an Indictment
returned at Boise, Idaho, by the Unit
cd States grand Jury for alleged con-
spiracy and unlawful combination in
restraint OF interstate commerce and
in violation of the Sherman anti
trust act. in the buying, selling, manu-
facture and shipping Of creamery and
dairy products.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
WASHINGTON.

All travellers in Mexico hereafter
must carry passports bearing their
photographs. according to announce
ment in Nuevo Laredo.
President Wilson addressed Con-
gress asking for authority to use the
forces Of the United States to protect
American rights on the high seas.
Conferees on the legislative appro-
priation bill threw out the Poindexter
amendment, which would put all first
and second class postmasters into the
civil service.
Although there will be no embargo
on oil, decided increases in the export
duties on crude oil and its products
are provided in a decree outlined by
the Mexico department OF fomento
and now awaiting the signature of
Gen. Carranza.
Postponement OF the effective rate
Of the "bone-dry" prohibition amend
ment to the postoffice bill. until Oct
!, 1917. is proposed in q concurrent
resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Moon of Tennessee. chairman of
the postoffice committee.
Senator Lewis Of Illinois introduced
a. an amendment to the revenue bill
Q provision to authorize the President
70 seize foodstnffs deemed to be
1onopolized in violation Of law. Food.
Seuffs 20 seized would be disposed Of
1t public sale under government su-
DarvfH1nn,
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
SPORT.

Joe Wood, who, because of salary
differences, refused to play with the
Boston American Club last year, was
sold to the Cleveland American
League Club for $4,000.
What is said to be worlds record
in twenty-four-hour endurance roller
skating was established at the Broad
way roller skating rink in Denver,
when Robert Wheeler covered 2S1
miles and eight laps in twenty-four
hours, defeating Weatherby, Miller
and Eisenhand, the latter dropping
cut when he was painfully injured.
Many surprises marked the first
two weeks of play in the annua!
squash tennis and handball tourna.
ments of the Denver Athletic Club.
George Hemmen defeated E. A. ms
keep by score of 1914 and 1914.
Fetzer whipped Vagnino, 1910. 1915
and 1912. and DR.. w. G. Mitchell
trimmed J. G. Kerr, SIS, 15-9 and 1873
in the preliminary rounds { the
squash tennis tourney.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, oINa .. ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs. HoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union Nsws service
ABOUT THE WAR.

Germany is employing 100000 war
prisoners as farm laborers.
The French steamer Athos, Of 49,
900 tons. carrying senegalese troops
and colonial laborers. has been tor
pedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean
sea.
London announced that Of the seven
Dutch steamers torpedoed only three
were sunk while the four others were
severely damaged but remained
afloat. Four of the seven were home
ward bound with full cargoes.
Austria's reply to the United States,
defining her position in the submarine
war, Is known in Berlin, according to
the Frankfurter Zeitung, which pre-
diets that a breach of relations be-
tween Washington and Vienna Is in
ovitable.
German naval and military leaders
in Berlin estimated that the total tom
mage sunk during February would not
exceed 100000 and expressed salts
faction with the achievements of the
submarines. The announcement was
made by the German admiralty that
1000 troops bound for Saloniki per-
Ahed when the Italian transport Mi.
mas was sunk Feb. IT..
Casualties in the German army, ex-
elusive of Colonial troops, reported in
the German casualty lists in the
month Of January, 1917, totaled 1854
officers and men killed, wounded,
prisoners or missing. These casualties
bring the total of Germans killed and
those who died of wounds or sickness
to 9S8,329, and the total casualties
since the war began to 4,0S7.692.
The British have captured Pys,
Serre, Miraumont and Petit Mirau-
mont in a great offensive on western
front. German line is pierced to a
depth Of three miles, military observ.
a-s dac3are. Drive is believed to be
prelude to gigantic onslaught along
entire front. London announces sue,
cesses for British forces in Mesopota
mia and declares the invaders, after
defeating the Turks, have crossed tn
Tigris river. Minor engagements are
reported in northwestern Russia and
in the Carpathian mountains. Rome
announces that Austrian attacks have
teen repulsed. Berlin says that the
situation in Rumania is unchanged.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
STOMACH MISERY
GAS, INDIGESTION
1Pape's Diapepsin" fixes sick.
sour, gassy stomachs in
five minutes.

( Time It! In dve minutes all stomach
dfstress will 90. No indigestion. heart
burn. sourness or belching of gas, acid.
or eructations of undigested food, NO
dissiness. bloating. or foul breath.
4 Pape's Diapepsin II noted for its
speed In regulating upset stomachs.
It IL the surest, quickest and most GER
tain indigestion remedy In the whole
world. and besides It Is harmless.
Please for your sake. get . large
hfty-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
nom any store and put your stomach
right. Don't keep on being miserable
Life 10 too short-you are not here
long. 20 make your stay agreeable.
Eat what you Hike and digest it; en-
Joy 1t. without dread Of rebellion in
the stomach.
Pape's. Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one Of the FAM
lily eat something which doesn't agree.
with them, or In case Of an attack Of
Indigestion dyspepsia. gastritis or
stomach arrangement at daytims or
during the night. it is handy to give
the quickest relief known. Adv.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
sFUKaIdN.


Navigation between Spain and the
Philippine islfnds has been resumed
There is such . scarcity of tobacco
In Trieste that 1t has been decided 4
Issue tobacco;tickets. None viii be Al
loved to women.
The Panama canal did its biggest
months business in January. .17e YES
sells with tonnage Of 557,s89 to
having passed through the waterway.
Several buildings Of the famous
Cockerill works at Seraing. five miles
southwest ofLiege. Belgium, have
been destroyed through an incendiary
fire.
The army estimate issued in Lon
don provides for an army of 100000
men exclusive of India. An additional
Lazy estimate calls for $4,000 officers
end men, bringing the total of the
navy personnel to 100000.
A number OF Sinn Feiners. who had
recently returned from internment in
England, were arrested in Limerick.
Galway and skibbereen. as well as
in Dublin. The arrests were made un.
der the defense of the realm act
The Berne Bundesrat announces the
long awaited restriction of food dis.
tribution whereby Switzerland will
have henceforth two meatless day
weekly, must do without whipped
cream and other similar dishes and
must limit its egg consumption.
The duke of Atholl has. Just died
leaving an estate Of 100000 acres il,
the Scottish highlands Of Perthshirc
At $40 acres to the square mile, this
is over 315 square miles, or about the
size of those sections in southeas,
Europe which desire to be liberated
and "nationalized."
1t has required a thirty-twc-pags
booklet for the imperial postoffice to
enumerate the list of newspapers and
periodical publications in Germany o:
recognized standing which "tempor.
arily will not appear during tn,
course of the war;" The list includes
1,430 publications.
The will of Roger Easement, the
former British knight and consul, who
was hanged in Pentonville prison
Aug. last, after his conviction oi
conspiring to cause the Dublin revol!
last Easter, was probated in London
1t disposed Of his estate of alS5
which he left to his cousin, Mrs
Parry.
Telegraphing from Madrid Sunday
Iseutor's correspondent says thai
James w. Gerard, former American
ambassador to Germany; Mrs. Gera,c
and the members OF the embassy stat
left the Spanish capital on a specia
train for Corunna, where the party
Will embark for the voyage to thu
United States.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
GEN ERAL.

God bless the kaiser II he succeeds
in keeping in the United States the
food we need" shouted a speaker
from the platform in a mass meeting
on the food situation at Philadelphia.
Thirteen persons are known to have
lost their lives and more than 100
have been reported injured in series
of tornadoes that swept portions Of
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi Fri
day.
A four months old Berkshire. hog
sired by Epochal, an English hog.
sod for $1,000 at the annual sale in
connection with the American Berk-
shire Congress convention at Purdue
University at Lafayette, Ind.
New York city. glutted with the
widest prosperity the metropolis has
ever known. blinked and stared while
from the bowels Of the East Side there
surged into City Hall square a mob of
desperate women, crying for bread
and demanding that the mayor do
something to relieve their suffering.
Herbert C. Hoover, chairman Of the
commission for relief in Belgium,
stated in New York that the commits
sion had effected an arrangement
with the British government on one
side and the German government on
the other by which an acceptable lane
for relief commission ships between
forth American ports and Rotterdam
has been agreed upon.
Rioting was resumed simultaneous
ly in five different parts of the Bronx
ir New York, Saturday. Stands ir
several markets were overturned. Re
serves were, called out and made sew
eraI arrests. The rioters said they
were members of the "AnttHigh Cost
of Living League"
Investigators of the police depart
ment in taking a census Of food sup
plies at Chicago found in storage ai
one refrigerating company's plant ).
000.0o0 pounds Of poultry and 100000
pounds Of butter. besides carloads d
meat. fiah and apples.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
Denver Dog Show Closes.

Denver.-Every dog has his day
but the dogs belonging to J. c. Coy
kendall had their night when. from a
possible $50 prizes, and with some
23S entries they won fifteen Of the
awards, the highest number received
by any one owner, In the twelfth an
nual dog show Of The Colorado Kennel
show. The show was the biggest H.
nancial success the club ever bad.
The total number OF admissions was
near $500. and the total receipts
abeVt 500.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
Yields $40 Per Pound orc.

Cripple Creek.-A strike rivaling in
Importance the finding of the million.
dollar vug" in the Cresson mine dur
ing December. 1912. has been made on
the El Orc mine, Eclipse gulch, owned
by the Queen Gold Mining Company.
1t is reported that large body OF
high-grade ore has been encountered
at depth below 1000 feet in the Ell
Orc. Selected samples from the vein
are said to run as high as $40 pound.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
Auditor viii Examine County Books.

Charles H. Leckenby. state auditor,
has advised county clerks and others
10 communicate with Willard d. Peck
chief public examiner, for any benefit
desired In checking accounts. Many
counties in the past have gone to the
expense of hiring experts not in the
employ of the. state to make audits oi
their books. The law prescribes that
the public examiners office shall au
dit the books Of each county and ev'
cry state institution at least once in
every biennial period.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
CALL EXTRA SESSION
UNLESS LEAKS in PROHIBITION
LAW ARE FIXED.
Governor Gunter Asks Legislature to
Enact Effective Prohibltion Meas
ure Before AdJournino.

Western Nevspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Governor Julius c. GunteI
sent a-special message to the General
Assembly urging 1t hot to fix date
for adjournment until an effective pro.
hibition measure has been enacted In
to law. His message reads:
To the Honorable, the General Assem-
bly, OF the State OF Colorado:
am reliably informed that the pro.
hibitory statutes are being grossly AM.
extensively violated, especially by the
unlawful introduction Of intoxicating
liquors from New Mexico into Las
Animas and other border counties.
The executive is very earnestly direct
ing the attention of the county author
tiles to this situation and is urging the
enforcement of the law. The law as it
now stands must be and will be en-
forced, but there are serious infirmi-
ties in the law and it requires mater
ial amendments to be effective. The
executive earnestly urges the taking
up and enacting of the needed amend
atory legislation. This can only be at
tanned by the prohibitory forces agree
ing upon some wholesome legislation
and pressing 1t to enactment
In this connection 1t is recommended
to the Legislature that no date Of ad-
journment be fixed until effective pro-
hibitory Legislation is enacted and the
legislation has been approved by the
executive. Should the Legislature ad-
journ before the enactment of such
necessary legislation special session
will become imperative. With great
respect,
JULIUS c. GUNTER, Governor.
Reported violations of the prohibit
ton law in Las Animas county led
Governor Gunter to notify authorities
in the southern part Of the state to
arrest and punish all bootleggers.
kilograms were sent to Joseph W..
Hawley, district attorney, and John j.
Marty, sheriff, at Trinidad, In which
he promised the officers aid, if de-
sired, in enforcing the liquor laws.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
vii Visit Idaho esrInas.

Denver.-Governor julius G. Gunter,
Mayor Robert w. Speer, members Of
the Twenty-first Legislature and
members of the State Highway Com
mission, will be guests on March 3
of the officials of Idaho Springs and
the Midland Trail Association of that
city. The trip will be made by auto
mobile over Lookout mountain, re-
turning by the Bear Creek road in
the city's foothills park system.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
Industrial Board Deadlock Broken.

Denver.-The deadlock in the Sen.
ate over the confirmation Of Cover
nor Gunter's appointees to the State
Industrial Board has been broken, and
Hiram ]. Hits, A. Newton Parrish
and George Warren Densmore named
to take the places of John c. Pear
son, Joel Grantham and Daniel G.
Burns. and they were confirmed by
the Senate
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
STATE CAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ASSESS At FULL VALUATION.
Governor ounter Urges Assessors Il
BE Fair to stats In Raising
Revenue.


Governor julius G. Gunter
In a speech urged county assessors
at their annual meeting with the Colo
rad0 State Tax Commission to do all
In their power to fix taxes at fair but
full cash value and not to fail to pro
vide the proper revenue for state sx-
penses.
II know Of no other body with more
important duties to the state than this
body" said Governor Gunter. zone of
the most serious questions confront
ing the Taxpayers il the fair listing Of
property. and the course you pursue
should be the object of profound
thought. You must recognize your
duties as officers who fix the amount
OF money that shall go to support your
state activities, the activities of your
state institutions and the welfare of
your people. l do not urge you to
place high valuations, but l earnestly
suggest that you make efforts to be
fair in your every consideration"
Governor Gunter said that It was
his intention to foster a spirit OF
working with, not against, county Of
ficials.
State Treasurer Robert H.. Higgins
and Attorney General Leslie E. Hub
bard also urged the assessors to do
their part in placing fair valuations.
Something must be done," said
Treasurer Higgins. The tax valua-
ton is going down every year and the
mill levy up. Can it be true that
Colorado is going backward instead
Of forward?"
Attorney General Hubbard thanked
the assessors for help he received
from them as state Inheritance tax ap.
praiser. He also urged that they co.
operate with state officials in doing
their utmost to be fair IN fixing val
ues.
Secretary Of State James holland
told the assessors that he would en-
deavor as q member of the State
Board of Equalization to consider the
Interest of the counties as wall as the
state.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
Museum Visited by 15s, ,2ss Past Year.

In the annual report of the Colorado
Museum of Natural History covering
The year 1916, the enlargement of the
quarters devoted to the exhibition of
groups of larger mammals for which
the museum has wide reputation is
urged. All other departments of the
museum have shown steady progress
but owing to the lack Of suitable
space nothing has been accomplished
In the department of larger mammals.
During the year 1916 159,29S persons
visited the museum. The disburse-
ments of the year amounted to $27.-
s54.32 and ths total receipts $2s,ssO.
Cheyenne record., 1917-03-01
signature sssss sss :, ls>HAZzzSs<
In Use for Over 20 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria-
Amusing.

Amusing.
Bill-The business men of Sacramen--
to, CAL, have formed Barefoot league.
for health and amusement objects.
GILL; fail to see where health is
helped, but can see the amusement
part when another brother steps on
tack.