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The Washington times., 1918-07-12

to have any basis. Here's a
man that does some pretty work
along that line. Tell the lady
about it, Sam"
"Sam" smiled, but with diff
Guilty. Life is a serious business
with Samuel Bell Thomas, and it
will be a serious business for any
"slacker" who has Sam on his
trail. He is q born sleuth-keen-
eyed, suspicious, relentless IN the
pursuit Of his duty. Gazing I'M
easily at Sam, the caller wondered
whether she could possibly have
overlooked two or three dollars in
turning in her own income tax
report. Then she asked a ques-
ton that interests every profess
sional worker.
ain checking up salaries" she
said, "of course, you have the en-
ployers' lists to 60 by. But how
do you check up the income of a
person who has half a dozen I'M
salaried occupations? Take the
case Of q doctor, for example,
who earns money by writing and
lecturing in addition to what he
makes by his practice. How can
you get at the amount Of his in
come, if his returns are ques-
tioned?"
The eyes Of Sam lit up.
81 examine his bank account"
he said, with JUNCTION. "If he has
been depositing a lot more than
he has accounted for, we'll find
out what that means"
"But suppose he has sold a
house or some land and added this
amount to his bank account"
'Tt's up to him to prove where
the money came from. He'll have
his chance" added Sam grimly.
He smiled as he spoke. That
smile, if they could see is, might
keep some doctors awake these
nights!
The Washington times., 1918-07-12
HEARD AND SEEN

Frankfort. In the meantime, why
should the gloomy prohibiti0niSta-
hang around Washington trying 70.
put Bevo into the Workingman's
beer? Goodness knows, the beer all
over the world Is weak enough now,
No need to drive the people 70 moon
shine and bootleg Whiskey.
THOMAS W. GILAER
Real Estste Note.
Mr.. La Bert Sc. Clair says.
GEORGE C0OKSEY, the well
known Assistant Secretary Of The
Treasury, has sold his house and -
now rOoming in . trapezs."
It was Z. Z. FOX and not A. p.
FOX that made the pertinent COM
ment, published IN this column, per-
tanning to whether the telegraph
company sent night letters By train
or OK cart. Many apologies.
A big coal wagon has sunk IN mid
channel Of the southwest corner %
Commissioner Gardeners house and
has been there for three OF; four
days.
Speaking Of old steamboatS-
don't the Express and Excelsior ante
date any Of those 80 far mentioned?
And the Lady Of the Lake and Jane
Mosely some Of them?
NORTHERN LIBERTIES"
-
The Patent Office fire took place
Monday, September "a, 1877. was
day manager Of the Associated Press
and sent items about it throughout
the country. A three-eolumn ae-
count Of the fire, printed IN q Wash
ington paper 1.-THE Evening Start Of
September "a, 1877, begins as fol-
lows:
This morning, shortly after II
o'clock, fire took place In what Is
Known as the "Green House." Just
under the roof Of the Patent Office
building and directly over the por-
tieo Of the west or Ninth street
front.
A. /. MUD.
Famous Heroes.
R 7. EDWARDS, Of this city, win
address the Women's Association Of
he United States on July II, in Gin
sinnati, on "Silence, and How Il VIII
Win the War" Only q hero would
attempt it.
Here's what LEW THAYER tells
ne about trying to buy q 10-eent
,ieee Of ice from the factory plat
iorm on Sunday:
Time, II q. m. A line Of ninety
NIX persons (aetual eount), ahead Of
ne, every other one guarding q two
Wheeled soap box cart or q deerepit,
ong-abandoned baby carriage for
transportation purposes-snd the
inc over a block in length Tray-
led in mud four inches deep part Of
he journey and stood for fifteen
minutes in a drenehing rain (al-
hough the day was fairy, caused by
defective pipe leaking and blowing
he water from the factory directly
cross the path. Several umbrellas
p. They'd been there before. In
hirty-6ve minutes had my ice and
! weighed just twenty-one pounds.
)oes it pay? Surel Shoe shine, 10
ents; pressing, suit, 81; hat never
expected to look the same! Great
tunt, this direct from factory 10
onsumer business. Sherman has
aid it,"
an reply to the gentleman who
ANTS to know where the old Can
erbury Theater stood, / can inform
i'm that it stood on Louisiana ave
ue, between Four-and-a-half an
,ixth streets northwest.
"Yours. truly,
"SAM GASSENHEIMERS
BILL ULLMAN, of the A. A. A,
vent to Warrenton, Va, recently to
nap out a good route for WAShingtsa
nokoEtSta
The Washington times., 1918-07-12

Standing at the corner Oh rOnt-
teenth and G streets waiting twelve
minutes for a Mount Pleasant car IN
the middle Of the day, / forgot All
about John BEELER'S skip stops
A car came along Just as was
about to say Hello" to BOB VIII
SON. the magazine writer, and 70
JOHN POOLE, the eminent banker
and national rotarian-
So l said Hello" to neither, but
dashed madly into the trafnc while
a good-Iooking lady IN the car laugh
ed at me, and the conductor shook
his head. He pointed further up the
street to the yellow car stop sign
And inst as I turned away, DR.
ALVIN YELVERToN PEYTON GAR
NETT, who has the longest name
known to medical science, rushed BY
in q gray motor.
Complain about It IN tomorrov's
he advised a. he stuck his
head from the car.
And as I always obey the Doctors
orders, here / am complaining. II
you want to put that kind Of con-
on It
About Those Florida Potatoes.
Answers reaching me as to why
potatoes are soaring in Washington
and being given away In Florida can
not be printed all at once because
there is not room.
Two Of the replies, however, fol-
low:
''One way to figure Is this-that as
yet we 'commoners' are not fully
alive to the true import conveyed BY
the fall OF the Bastile. This cry Of
aiding and abetting the enemy and
'pro-German' propaganda may i'm
pede, but cannot forever estop.
IAN INTERESTED READER
OF YOUR MERITORIOUS
ARTICLES"
you ask why are potatoes 50 high |
here, and about to rot elsewhere. |
Here are the reasons, or some Of |
them:
"FIrst-The potato growers want
ed all they could get to begin with. |
Second-the commission men wanted |
10 make a clean up In profits for |
the potatoes. Third-the
retailers want a big profit on every
oushel Of potatoes they sell.
zone remedy for this would be CO.
operative buying, direct from the
grower, but not at SIP to SIS .
barrel.
Three, 81 to IS for q clean,
good quality potato is enough. Six
dollars should be the limit for the
best. C. j. NEWELL"
The most important food price de-
of the day Is the an
by Food Administrator
Clarence Wilson that ~ cents a peck
s a fair price for potatoes, and that
III over that amount is rank profit
eering. / knew something would
happen when l published that stsry
bout potatoes being 50 plentiful in
Florida that one man has 10000
bushels to GIVE AWAY. This po-
alto situation is proof positive that
here is prOfteering in food, and q
OF of it
Wise Words.
Everybody is willing to eat the
light kind Of wheat substitutes in
he war bread, but if the profteers
re putting in unwholesome things
he food administrator should object.
We all love Paris, but do not care
or plaster Of Paris in the bread.
I the bread gets to be much harder,
he lunchroom profteer viii have to
lse a chisel to slice it.
We all dream about those deli
ious. crisp, ante-bellum loaves; but
We know we cannot have them until
lam Burger beats it back to Ham
,urH and Frank Furts1 Aiea fwt
The Washington times., 1918-07-12

BILL ULLMAN, of the A. A. A,
went to Warrenton. Va, recently to
map out a good route for wAShingtsa
,uaotoEiata.
The Washington times., 1918-07-12

an reply to the gentleman who
wants to know where the old Can
terbury Theater stood, ! can inform
him that it stood on Louisiana ave-
nue., between Four-and-a-hah an
Sixth streets northwest.
"Yours. truly,
"SAM GASSENHEIMERS
The Washington times., 1918-07-12

We all dream about those deli
cious. crisp, ante-bellum loaves; but
we know we cannot have them until
Ham Burger beats it back to Ham
burg and Frank Furtae diaS f0E
The Washington times., 1918-07-12
Wise Words.

Everybody is willing to eat the
right kind Of wheat substitutes in
the war bread, but if the profteers
are putting in unwholesome things
the food administrator should object.
We all love Paris, but do not care
for plaster Of Paris in the bread.
II the bread gets to be much harder,
the lunchroom profteer win have to
use a chisel to slice it.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
DANFORTH HANGS UP
 UNEQUALLED RECORD
Worked in 50 Games But Pitched Only
 One Complete Game in 1917.

Baseball records usually show q number of unsuspected oddities, but it is probable that there have been none more extraordinary in many years than in the pitching records of the American league this year.
 One record hung up by Danforth of the White Sox perhaps has never been equalled and it is doubtful if it will ever be touched.
 Danforth led the league in the num- Der of games worked in. He got into nc less than 50 box scores during the year, a remarkable record for a pitch CT, but the records show that he pitch ed only one complete game. He is credited with eleven victories which show he was successful as a relief pitcher.
 Ed Klepfer of Cleveland pitched in forty -one games during the year, but did not pitch complete game. Klep- fer was also one of the best relief hurlers in the league.
 Big Slim Love of New York work ed in only two complete games out of total of thirty three he took part in. Cunningham of Detroit was in forty two games and only pitched two com plete.
 On the other hand Babe Ruth prov ~ 'o pe ttle run Hdn or the league He pitched in thirty-six complete games and was taken out only three | times during the season. His team mates. Mays and Leonard, also broke | into the iron man column, the former pitching twenty eight and the latter | twenty-seven complete games. Other iron men of the league were Cicotte, who finished thirty games without assistance, Walter Johnson who finished 28. and Jim Bagby 27.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
IT WAS SOME GUN.

Here's a story that T. E. Doremus, former president Of the Interstate as- sociation, says he has carried in his mind for 20 years. It is worth while has improved with age, like they tell us certain fluids do
 It was along about 1896 when Har- vey NcMurchy of Fulton, N. r, at that time sales manager for the Hunt CT Arms company; the late Ed Fulford, Of the Remington company, and Jack Hull, of Parker Bros. began to argue about the respective shooting qualities of their guns, to the delight of crowd at the New York State fair.
 Fulford claimed for Remington guns (they were making double barrel guns in 1S96) that they would kill ducks at a distance of 150 yards. Hull insisted that the Parker was good for 25 yards more. That seemed to about settle the argument.
 Suddenly McMurchy horned in and in his quiet, serene manner told how one day he was out hunting partridges and,. upon looking heavenward saw a small object sailing around way up ir the clouds Although somewhat doubtful about the chances of making kill he nevertheless let drive. The result was most startling. The object seemed to stop for a moment, then it began to fall tiward the earth in a wide, circling flight. and at last grace fully landed on knoll some 200 yards away.
 All curiosity, McMurchy said he hur- ried to the spot, and his surprise was beyond imagination when he discov- cred that he had injured baby angel He carried it to a nearby farmhouse and after a few days nursing 1t re- covered from the gunshot wound and flew hack home. =
 The Smith gun was unanimously lavoted some gun. .y
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
NEARLY 700 TEAMS IN
 INTERNATIONAL TOURNEY
Christy Mathewson Getting His Big
 League Bowlers in Shape.

With 300 out-of- town teams already entered, and prospects bright for an additional 200 to be in line when the entries close, and not counting the 200 teams that will participate from Gin cinnati alone, the annual international bowling tournament of the American Bowling Congress, to be held in Gin cinnatf from February 16 to March 10, promises great things for bowlers and for followers of the sport in general. Cincinnati certainly must look attractive to the members of the fraternity, when 700 teams can be counted on to contest under condi- tons that have heretofore not inter- ferred with the success of any bowl ers' meeting. When one considers that hundreds of the younger element Of the fraternity have answered the call to the colors, the entry list for the Cincinnati tournament is truly re- markable.
 Manager Christy Mathewson of the Reds has returned from Camp Sheri- dan, at Montgomery, Ala, where he now Is busy getting his major league bowling stars in form for their meet ings with big leaguers from other ci- ties during the tournament. Heinie Groh, Hal Chase, Tom Griffith, Lee
 Magee and Matty, are putting in hours every day improving their spin-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
TRAP -zz 1aj and (1d lE
 FIELD 3]..
TRAPsHooTlNG YARNS.
s1,ooo FOR EACH TARGET.

Fred Gilbert. rom Marshall and Bill Crosby, three Of the members of the American trapshooting team that in vaded the British Isles nearly a gen cration ago and pHoved to the residents of those Isles that Americans were just as effective with the shooting iron as ever, attended a trapshooting tour nament at Anaconda, Mont, several years ago as the guest of E. P. Math- ewson, then the general manager of the Anaconda smelter
 Anaconda will never forget the occa- sion; neither will the trio of shooters. For the comfort of the spectators a gfandstand had been erected behind the traps. And with such celebrities on hand the stand was crowded. Be- fore the tournament began Mathewson drifted in front of tie stand and call ed Gilbert, Marshall and Crosby to the front and stated that Anaconda appre- clated the presence of each one and to show how marked the appreciation was and how generous the people wereA and their willingness to take a chance three targets would be thrown, one for each of the professionals-and to each man breaking his target S1,000 in gold would be given.
 This seemed too good to be true Gill peTt, MdFSnall ana CfOSDS nad shot In every state in the union-and some outside-but never did anyone offer to hand them money before Marshall being the spokesman for the shooters
 was first called to the traps. He knew that Crosby and Gilbert would break their target and he made up his mind
 to get his. He gave the word and held
 exactly where he wanted to shoto, but
 the target sailed on, and $1.00O sailed
 with it. Gilbert was next Determine ton was written all over his face He | suffered the same fate as Marshall Ii was no different with Crosby.
 1 After Crosby had fred the trap pull
 CT ran into the field and gathered G! 1 the three targets ard returned then to Mathewson, who held them up fol the benefit of the crowd and said This Anaconda advertises Here are
 three copper targets, embellished witt | lead pellets, until they have the ap. l pearance of a porus plaster"
 l The. good people of Anaconda knev all the time that the trio of shooter. would not get the money, and ths 1 shooters vowed that when anyone of | fered them money hereafter to breal | targets they would inspect the target! l f1rst.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25

All Is in readiness for the IS round mill between the two colored heavy weights, Sailor Jim Carroll of New London and George Robinson of Bos- ton. which will take place this even ing under the auspices of the Pastime Athletic club.
 The management of the Pastime A. c. have been instrumental in pro- noting the boxingf game in this city and have showed the Norwich public that they have done all in their power to give them their moneys worth. Matchmaker Jack Sullivan has been out after the big fellows and has se- cured an excellent card for tonight's exhibition. Sullivan said Friday eve- ming that on Washington's Birthday he will stage a bout between two well known Connecticut boxers, in whom all boxing followers are interested.
 Robinson, who has been grinding for the past few weeks to get into trim for his bout with Carroll, will arrive in town this morning and will have a light workout. Robinson states that he is out to win as he has been anx- ious to get chance at Carroll for a long time. Carroll seems to be just as well pleased at the chance to take a crack at Robinson as he realizes that he must beat the Boston lad in order to get a chance at other boxers. Both Carroll and Robinson are to weigh in at ITO pounds at 6 o'clock.
 The semi-final promises to be a hot ly contested bout and both fighters will be out to win.
 The preliminary bout is between two local youngsters who, although they have not boxed great deal before the local fans, promise to put up fast exhibition. Red Rankin of the Falls is fast and wiry and has a punch in each hand. Eddie Mack of Greenevi1le who is under the direction of Barney Keenan, is also there with the hard hitting left.
 Among the notables that will attend the match are Hugh Rority, Howie Hodgkins, Moffitt Flaherty and George Munroe of the Munroe Athletic club o1 New Haven.
 Jack Shugrue win do the announc- | ing and Jack Carney will take cart | of the gong.
 Dave Fitzgerald will be the referee and it goes without saying that tht veteran arbitrator will keep the fight! going every minute Fitzgerald is { hard man to stall or and he sees to i that the boys break when he tell
 them to. Dave certainly knows tn,
 game and his name is a guarantee that the bouts will be run off in grant
 style and the public will get 31 round
 of good boxing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
COTTON SITUATION.
Matter of Grave Concern. in Opinion of
 Local Manufaeturer.

W. H. Hall makes the statement that New England cotton factories will certainly be obliged to curtail pro- duction unless the federal government offers some assistance in solving the southern cotton situation which today is a national scandal. Cotton is sell ing today at the highest price in 90 years. In 1914 the south was begging
 America for aid and inaugurated d propag ganda Of bale at 10 cents a pound to save the southern farmers from dire need Southern newspapers today declare that cotton is wortR 40 cents pound and advise the farmer
 to hold it at that price, at the same
 time suggesting the possibility that he
 may be able to get $1 pound. Fig
 uratively speaking, the south today is
 wallowing in wealth at the expense
 of the north and the rest of the world
 They know that cotton is an absolute
 necessity in every stage of life from
 infancy to old age. The south is not only full of cotton, but of cotton mills,
 and evidence has been furnished the
 council of national defense that many
 of these mills, through the protection of congress which is controlled by the south, are making a profit of 30 per cent on their government contracts. Many of these mtlls have declared stock dividends from 25 to 75 per cent. and their earnings for 1917 were double those of previous years. The govern
 ment regulates the price of coal, steel, copper, grain and other absolute com
 modities but doesn't touch cotton
 Claude Kitchen. leader of the dem ocratic majority in the house of rep
 resentatives, has said that the gov ernment must keep it's hands off cot ton and that the cost of war must be | laid north of the Mason and Dixon line. l Nothing that man produces enters into more lines of use than cotton.
 What is going to happen to New l England, the home of baked beans and cod, with the south controlling con
 gress and the kaiser dictating to God
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS NARROW
Seasoned lndustrioIs Made a Good
 Showing in the Final Hour.


 New York Jan 24-Political and economic factors continued to weigh upon the stock market today, although there was a moderate rally, due in part to short covering at the end. Pools were again active in minor specialties, but the lack of public interest in rep resentative shares was an obvious drawback.
 Peace runors, government f1nanc- ing, the freight embargo and fuel shortage were among the conflicting clements that affected the moderate dealings in varying degree. Trade au- thorities agreed that as yet industrial conditions showed little improvement from the governments closure decree
 Greater ease was displayed in the market for call loans which opened at 3 1-2 per cent. the lowest initial rate thus far this year, but time funds, while quotably unchanged, were scarce to the point of complete withdrawal.
 That investment money still seeks an outlet was seen in the larger over subscription to the $5,000, 900 New York city revenue warrants, which were dis posed at a price averaging slightly over 1-2 per cent
 Market leaders moved in a very mar row groove, rails evincing reaction ary trend on presentation to congress of a railroad bill somewhat different from that originally projected
 Seasoned industrials, shippings and active specialties were responsive to the more general support of the last hour, the list closing with a firm tone. Sales amounted to 10,000 shares. International issues. especially the French group, were slightly higher Liberty 1-2's made a new low rec ord at 9S. first fours also establishine new minimum at 9670 and the sec ond fours varying from 96.3G to g6.12 Total sales. par value, aggregated s4,- 495. 900.
 U. s. twos and registered 4's de- clined 3-S per cent. and coupon fours 1-2 per cent. on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
MANSFIELD DEPOT
Twenty Five sInch Ice Stored sFor- the 1
 State Farm-Seventeen inches. Made |
 irs Two Weeks-Driver of Truck HasI Thrilling Experience. .i

Several have had bads falls recently on the icy roads and in yards, result ing in such painful injuries as brok-l en ankles and sprained wrist. 1
 Twenty Inch Ice.
 The oldest inhabitant says: ~Noj such freeze in these parts ever" The 1 ice cakes housed last week for thel state farm on the hill were 25 in- 1 ches thick. Farmer Dean of Springi Manor cut ice just before the cold, wave that rolled the old year into .thel neX, and another crop in the same | spot of Wilhmantic river, two weeks i later; both were of equal thickness, namely seventeen inches. Some freezet
 General News.
 Mrs Harriet Carr returned to Rockville last Saturday.
 To conserve precious fuel and val uable time, George Nelson, chief clerk and travelling salesman of the Martin M. Hansen Emporium, recently nov ed from bleak North Coventry to conn., fortable. steamheated bachfor's quart CTS in the Mansfield Depot postoffice building.
 The usual services at Durham Mem orial church were held Sunday and the audience room was comfortably warm. -,7' , Driver Jumped Off. \ A young man working for c. IF Phillips of Enfield Monday was run! ming l six wheel combination of Ford car and truck with a heavy | load of lumber from The Pines, ofs l Spring Manor farm toward the rail road station. Just before reaching the top of the rise of road leading out of l the; farm, the wheels slipped on tho l smooth ice and the whole affair back ed down to the lowest grade and then 1 skidded on the riverside, turning and tumbIng over, until caught by twd trees close by the foot of the bank
 Just before the plunge. the :drivei | jumped off, unhurt. Load down ward, the curiously twisted cart lay
 safely, until Mir. Phillips and some
 of his lumber crew arrived and rel l covered the wreck to the road. The car was sufficiently repaired by next afternoon to make the home run with l out towing
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
Makes Statement That He Won't Work For Weeshman Unless He Gets Part of Purchaee Price.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 24. - Charles Weeghman, president of the Chicago National baseball club, conferred with Grover Alexander here yesterday con- corning the recent purchase of the pitcher from the Philadelphia Nation als and had left before his presence became known.
 Alexander said nothing developed from the conference. He said he as- sured Weeghman that he had filed a claim for military exemption on ac- count of having a dependent mother, but had been put in Class A.
 T told him I could't think of work ing for him unless got a part of the purchase price and he said I'd have to take that up with President Baker of Philadelphia" said Alexander.