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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03

J. $. PARENT has just been named
sales manager OF :he r. w. Moon Sales
Company and assistant sales manager
of the Model Garage CorTortion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03

Gold coin and certificates
in vault. ADMINISTRATORS 46s.75s. 900
Gold settlement fund
Federal Reserve Board. 3s3.6o4,
Gold with foreign agen-
cies .................. $500. 900
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03

Total liabilities, :3.l,G.023 900
Il Ratio 0. gold reserves 10 net 40.
post and Federal reserve note l!abDI-.
ties combined, CO per cent.
Ratio OF total reserves 10 ue, ~.
posit and Federal reserve noe Hahn.
ties combined. G5.2 per cent
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03
Outs landing

Outstanding s522so 600
Total amount OF bills discounted and
bought for the weed ending Friday
February ]. 1918. s3l.il70oO.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03
Resources.


Resources.
Gold coin and certificates
In vault. ADMINISTRATORS i6s15s 900
Gold settlement fund
Federal Reserve Board. 3s3,6o4O0o
Gold with foreign egen-
cies ................. $500. 600
Total gold held by
banks .............$ sl5,SS3.OOQ
Gold with Federal reserve
agents ................ TSl.667.0o0
Gold redemption fuxd. 81 Is.472.ooo
Total gold reserves. :sl,7i7,o2a. 900
Legal tender notes Sill
yer, ETC.. ...............S 5S.435, 900
Total reserves. sl,775,457, 900
Ellie discounted for mem
bers and Federal reserve
banks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COS TIA 0Oo
Bills bought in open mar
ket ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2ss,so5.ooo
Total bills on hand IS ss6.5s3.0oo
United States government,
long-term securities. 52734 oon
United States government
short-term securities .8Ses oOO
All other earning assets. 3S05,oOO
Total earning assets ..i.o33 .o2o ono
Due from other Federal
reserve bankS-nets 3Ii5s 0Oo
oncohected items ......... 321,994. 900
Total deonction from
gross deposits. ..s 3sG45o 900
Five per cent redcrp,ion
fund against Federal re-
serve bank notes 53- mn
All other resources ,-..... $4,000
Total resources .3.1Tsoo2 ooo
Liabilities.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03

At an annual meeting OF the stock
holders OF the Talman Auto Supply
Company. held recently. the following
officers were elected: r. w Payne
president; II. e. Gates, vice president:
\. E. Fate. secretary and treasurer
The Talman Auto Supply Company has
in few years grown TO be one Of tho
largest wholesale and retail accessory
houses in this section
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03

Realizing the importance OF Rich
mond as distributing point. the Unit
cd States Tire Company has decided TO
make their Richmond branch Il dis
trict office controlling the sales and
distribution of their products in Nir-
Einia. North Carolina. 4 part OF West
Virginia and large part OF South
Carolina. Sub-branches are now open
in Raleigh and Charlotte nnder the
general control aud supervision Of the
Richmond of1ice.
w. II. Croswel! is In charge Of the
local Office ~ district manager Nu-
merous changes have been made in
tho Richmond store and in the organ
ization, which now consists of about
thirty Office employees and fifteen
statesmen.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03

Gold reserve against net deposit liza
hility, SIS per cent
Gold reserve against Federal reserve
notes in actual circulation. 55 per cent
Federal Reserve Notes.
issued s6nOaS 600
On hand. ................ 7,s17.000
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03

Total deonc,ion from
gross deposits 3sG15o o0o
Five per cent redemption
fund against Federal re
serve bank notes .s 53- ooo
All other resources ...., $4,000
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
Sunday afternoon service.
 Move Frsm Auburn.

Sunday afternoon service.
 Move From Auburn.
 MT and Mrs. Alex Dawson and fam- fly of Auburn, N Y, have moved to J. D. Fleming's apartment on Bliss place.
 Schools in Session.
 Contrary to the custom of past years the schools will. be in session today, Washington's birthday.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Burke moved Saturday from the city to Sturtevant street
 Mir. and Mrs William Denker are moving from Otrobando avenue to Sturtevant street.
 A recent guest of c. I. Rathbun of Plain Hill was Austin Rathbun from East Great Plain.
 Samuel Bliven of Dyersburg, Ten nessee, has been visiting Mir. and Mrs. C. I. Rathbun of Plain Hill.
 Harry Spicer of Otrobando avenue was at, Camp Devens this week to visit his brother. Earl Spicer
 Mrs. D. W. Avery of West Town street was the guest of relatives in Stonington early in the week.
 Mir and Mrs. John Mccarthy and MT. and Mrs. Henry Farrell have re- tuIHO't lo 1AoI SANAo o oiISi @ "" NNS 0 stay uptown.
 Hermann Karkutt from Fort H. G. Wright had two days 'furlough this week to spend at his home on Otro hando avenue.
 Miss Ellen Irviag of sturtevant street has been spending a brief time in Boston and while there visited Camp Devens at Aver. MT. and Mrs. George A. Peck and son Crosby of Otrobando avenue were in Letfingwell this week. guests of MT. and Mrs. Wiffred White.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
GOULA-POWERS BOUT PROMISES WELL
Will be tie Best Fight Seen Here n Many Days According to the Fight Records Interest Centers in the Pre- Eninary Between Rankin and Clish- -Semi-F Final Bids Fair to be Fast Mill Between Young Rocco and Ham mering Howie-Dave Fitzgerald Will Referee.

The boxing exhibition staged by the Pastfme Athletic club for this ev- ening promises to be one of the first magniture as both boys are in the pink of condition and are at their. best.
 Young Goula reports that he will be on hand to give the fans one of the best runs for their money that they could hope for. The young Rouma- nian is anxious for chance at Pow CTS and will put up one of the best fights of his ring vareer.
 Powers, on the other hand. is well aware that he will have to do some tall stepping to get more than a draw in the fight. Powers is in first class condition and has been doing much training in the line of road work and bag punching along. with taking on some of Boston's best boxers for short goes. The Big Harp is one of those who can ctand terrible beat ing and it is thought that he will de- pend on his ability to stand up and wear down his opponent
 The premilinary looks like good go and the ayoungsters are both out for the fight as the. one that loses has his. trouble for his pains. Rankin is confident of putting one over on the Kid and taking the winners share. Clish has been doing some good work with the gloves and is a fast. shifty little scrapper. with a punch in either hand
 Young Rocco of Norwaik, who goes up against .Hammering Howie, the Roumanian lightweight. is one of the fastest little. boxers in the state. He has an exceptional build for the ring and can; handle himself with speed and assurance He is a trif1e shorter than Howie but he is more solid than his more rangy opponent. Howie has a little on the Norwalk boy ir reach but all in all they appear to be well natched.
 Matchmaker Jack Sullivan and Manager Hastead have done wonders fer, the boxing game in this city and have put themselves right with the boxing public from the start and to- nights exhibition should be largely attended.
 i Dave Fitzgerald. who did good wori in the last exhibition as referee vii
 be the arbitrator of "tonights fray 1 Jack Shugrue will be on hand to dt l the announcing and Jackie Wilson vii 1 take care of the gong.
 New London and Willimantic fam
 may be assured that the fight will b. over in time for them to gettrolleys t 1 their respective cities.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
CHAPTER xx1-continued.

The Germans made three counter attacks, which we repulsed, but not without heavy loss on our side. They also suffered severly from our shell and machine gun fire. The ground and spotted with their dead and dying. ls kaB
 i. The next day things were some what quieter, but not quiet enough to bury. the dea. {
 We lived ate and slept in that trench with the unburied dead for six days. It was awful to watch their faces become swollen and discolored. Toward the last the stench was fierce.
 What got on my nerves most was that foot sticking out of the dirt. It seemed to me, at night in the moon light, to be trying to twist around. Several times this impression was so strong that I went to it and grasped it in both hands, to see if I could feel movement er
 I told this to the man who had used it for a. hatr4ck just before lay down for a little nap as things were quiet and I needed rest pretty bad ly. When I woke up the foot was gone. He had cut it off with our chain saw out. of the spare parts box and had plastered the stump over With mud. .. During the next two or three days before we were relieved, I missed that foot deadfully, it seemed as if had l think the worst thing of all was suddenly lost a chuIn.
 to watch the rats, at night, and some times in the day, run over and play about among the dead
 Near our gun right across the para pet could be seen the body of a Ger man lietenant, the head and arms
 of which were hanging into oul l trench. The man who had cut off the foot used to sit and carry on one l sided conversation with this officer | used to argue and point out why Ger. many was in the wrong. During al | of this monologue I never heard hin
 say anything out of the way, anything
 that would have hurt the officers feel | ings had he been alive. He was
 square all right wouldn't even takt
 advantage of dead man in an ar | gument. f~-
 To civilians this must seem dread
 full but out here one gets so used t
 awful sights that it makes no impres
 sion: In passing butcher shop, yoi are not shocked by seeing a dead tur key hanging from a hook; we'll, il
 France a dead body is looked upol 1 from the same angle.
 But, nevertheless, when our si. days were up. we were tickled- t,
 death to be relieved. t.f.'
 Our machine gun company. los
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
ADVANCE IN LIBERTY BONDS
Was the Most Noteworthy Feature
 k of the Stock Market.

New York, Feb. 21.-A spirited ad- vance in Liberty bonds. predicted on the belief that the next issue IS to be on 4~1-2 per cent. basis, was the most noteworthy feature of today's session of the stock exchange.
 Liberty second As, which were most active, made an extreme advance of 1.16 per cent. to 91.26, first As rising from 96.56 to 97.50 and the 1-2's, al ways the most stable issue. from 9S to 9S.14. N 4a 4st.
 Trading in stocks was of the un- usual holiday character. Except other specialties, selling pressure was resumed in the active list.
 Rails were most reactionary, albeit the latest programme of the authori- ties at Washington met with general approval. This was largely nu1lifed, however, by further government own lership" debates in the senate.
 St. Paul common and preferred yielded over two points each and oth- CT grangers as we'll as trans-conti- nentals and coalers lost an average of a point, while New York Central fea- tured the heavy trunk lines.
 Practically all the steels and rail- road equipments registered losses of OLlS LO dlutUSI LuIcc pO11Lcs U. N. oIcOl closing at 95 5-8; a net loss of 1 IA points. Coppers and allied metals
 forfeited one to two points with mo-
 tors and utilities. 4"-A 7 { Marine common recorded an ex-
 treme rise of IA points, the prefer
 red gaining two, but Atlantic Gulf and
 Pacific Mail cancelled early advances with United Fruit Total sales
 amounted to 615, ,000 shares.
 Bonds were irregular, Anglo French
 Els making a further gain. Total sales
 par value, aggregated $5950, 900, of
 which the Liberty group furnished g
 large proportion. | U. S: old twoas advanced 3-S or
 call, with minor gains in others or
 nominal transactions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
SENATE VOTING ON THE @
 RAILROAD BILL AMENDMENTS
Champions of Government Ownership
 Overwhelmingly Defeated.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Cha1npiors of government ownership lost by an overwhelming vote in the senate today their fight for indefinite federal con- trol of the railroads after the War. An amendment to the administration rail- road billy offered by Senator Johnson of South Dakota, and providing that government control should continue until congress otherwise ordered, was defeated 61 to 10. z Determined contests over disputed sections upset plans for passing tho bill today in both houses of congress, but the senate disposed of all irnpor : tant amendments and will reach final vote tomorrow. Discussion continued in the house, where under an agree ment to close general debate at 6 o'clock tomorrow night the leaders ex- pect to pass the measure early next week.
 Senate debate was limited aftsr 3 o'clock today to ten minutes and to- morrow it proceeds under a, five min ute rule. The first test of stresgth upon the efforts of the so-called rad icals to amend the compromise draft brought out by the senate interstate commerce committee came on an
 
 Iowa designed to reduce by about $f7S.o0o,000 compensation to be paid fhe railroads. It was beaten, 52 to 23 In effect, Senator Cummins proposed that government compensation to the railroads should cover. only normal dividends paid during the last three years and that earnings above divi- dends should be retained.
 The ten senators supporting the proposal to re-insert the original ad- uninistration provision for indefinite government operation were,
 Democrats: Ashurst, Johnson, South Dakosa- Kirby and Phelan.
 Republicans: Gronna, Johnson, Cali. tornia, Jones, Washington, Kenyon Norris and Poindexter.
 The vote was accepted as decisive Senator Johnson of California, who le6 advocates of government ownership said tonight that he did not expect tt renew his effort
 Senators supporting the oummin. amendment were:
 Democrats: Ashurst, Gore, Hard, wick, Henderson, Hitchcock. Hollis Johnson, South Dakota; Kendrfcf, King. Kirby, Reed, Thomas, TrammeI and Vardaman.
 Republicans: Cummins, Gronna Johnson, California; Jones, Washing ton; Kenyon, McNary, Norris, Suther land and Townsend.
 An amendment by Senator Robin son of Arkansas to eliminate a pro vision granting carriers an additiona allowance. aggregating about. SC, 300. 900 annually. for money spent on i'm provements last year, was adopted, 4 to 3l.
 On viva voce vote the senate re Jected Senator Cummins' amendmen to place government control after tn, war in board of five men. MT, Cum rnins said he would seek "a recor, vote on the proposal tomorrow.
 An amendment offered by Senato Frelinghuysen of New Jersey an, adopted provides that the new lay shall not interfere with states taxa ton of railroads. 7
 Late today Senator Poindexter in troduced an amendment providin, that the conmission's authority ehaj not be interfered with except that tb president, if necessary. may supersed the commissions orders.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

at everything in general for twenty one days from the vantage point of linn Der wheel
 Next comes e. B., meaning Con fined to Barracks" This consists of staying in billets or barracks for twenty four hours to seven days. You also get an occasional Defaulters' Pa rade and dirty jobs around the quar- ters.
 The sergeant maj jor keeps what is known. as the Crime Sheet When a man commits an offence, he is "Crimed " that is his name, number and offence is entered on the Crime Sheet. Next day at a. m he goes to the Orderly Room" before the cap tain, who either punishes him with e. B." or sends him before the 0. c. Officer Commanding Battalion), The captain of the Company can only award "C. B."
 Tommy many a time has thanked the King for making that provision in his regulations.
 To gain the title of a smart sol dier,' Tommy has to keep clear o1 the Crime Sheet, andeyou have to be alarmed smart to do it. s-s I have been on it a few times most ly for Yankee impudence'
 
 rest billets our captain put us through a course of machine gun drills try 1 ing out new stunts and theories. After parades were over, our gun crews got together and also tried out l some theories of their own in refer ence to handling gns. These courses l had nothing to do with the advance l ment of the war, consisted mostly of causing tricky jams in the gun, and 1 then the rest of the crew would en- 1 deavor to locate as quickly as pos sible the cause of the stoppage. This 1 amused them for a few days and then things came to a standstill. One of the boys on my gun claimed l that he could play a tune while the 1 gun was actually firing and demon <strated this fact one day on the tar get range. We were very enthusiastic 1 and decided to become musicians.
 After constant practice became l quite expert in the tune entitled "All Conductors Have Big Feet" When had mastered this tune, our two weeks rest came to an end, and once again we went up the line and 1 took over the sector in front of C. At this point the German trenches ran around the base of hill on the top of which was a dense wood. This l wood was infested with machine guns which used to traverse our lines al will, and sweep the streets of little l village. when we were billeted while in reserve.
 }. To 30 Continued Tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
ROAM HAL A WONDER
 DOUBLE CIRCUIT HORSE
Has An Enviable Record in and Ahout the State.

Whenever horses are talked fn New England the conversation is apt to drift around tothe wonderful perform ance of Roan Hai 200 3I4 the half mile king of last season, formerly owned by J. Harmon Bronson of New Haven but now the property of W. A. Eckert of Readville, Pa. Roan Hal cleaned I'D in the short ship circuit almost from start to finish and did the same in the metropolitan circuit and then found fat purses waiting for his owner in Pennsylvania It Us a matter of record that three of the new marks set up in Bay State racing last season were the work of this great pacer, times falling at Windsor, Worcester, and South Weymouth If Roan Hal is campaigned in the short
 ship again this season, he is likely to be one of the greates drawing cards introduced in this section in many
 seasons, providing he stands up.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

New Haven baseball fans are keen ly interested in the recent announce nent that Fred Walker former Mur- lin twirler, and later Williams and Dartmouth coach, is to don the big league spangles during the coming season. While Walker ran into whole lot of hard luck during his sojourn here there are many fans who are firm in their belisf that his freak delivery will prove puzzIing to the National League sluggers. Walker is we'll. over the draft age. but appears to possess just as much stuff as he did a half dozen years ago. Walker was signed by the St. Louis Cards up on the recommendation of Scout Charles Helsdiner- who witnessed many games at the Rock last season.
 This will be Walkers fourth time in fast company. He made a brief ap- pearance with the Giants about six years ago. and later was a member of the Cleveland Americans and the Brooklyn Federals. During the intervals between these engagements he performed in various minor leagues. his last engagement being with the Murlins.
 Walker has had checkered career as a professional athlete He was
 
 the University of Chicago before he the Giants. Walkers National League experience was brief He pitched a few exhibition games, but his engage ment was abruptly terminated one day when he thIAshed a flock of bell boys in a Harlem hotel and decided that the effete east was no place for him.
 He next turned up on the Pacific coast, where he was a sensation for one season as Mysterious Mitchelr' The newspapers made much of the unknown pitcher, who won most of his games. for Walker alive to the value of publicity, played his part well. He went to the ball game each his uniform mystericusiy disappear ed until he was due to pitch again Nobody knew where he lived, and columns were written about his ec- centricities. It was rumored that he was 8 big league pitcher in disguise and many scouts went to see him hoping to identify him
 I After that one big season Walker remained in comparative obsecurity until the Federal league invaded the east He pitched for the Pittsburgh | ana Brooklyn clubs, but was not re- garded as a headhner. though he could stand lot of work.
 When he attended the University of Chicago, Walker was a member o, the football team that featured among others. Hugo Bezdek, now manager of the Pittsburgh Pirate, Last fall he took up the task o. coaching at Williams and developed z team that went through the seasor upbeaten. F4
 Walker is readily a remarkable ath I lete. He is an unusually good wrest. 1 Ter and a star in tossing weights During his term with the Giants ht roomed with Traffic Manager Eddi. Brannick, who often relates now h. was awakened each morning by tn big pitcher walking around the roon on his hands and indulging in othe unusual forms of calisthenics
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
! AMERICAN BOWLING TOURNEY.
All Medicre Scores Mark Wednes. -f days PIay.

Cincinnati, O., Feb. 21.-rhe godl- ing in the individual and two men events at the eighteenth annual tour nament of the American Bowling con gress here today was mediocre with one exception. F. Levy of Cincinnati, rolling into third place in the individ- ual with 63S.
 : St. Louis bowlers were in the ma jority on the alleys in the five men squads tonight. Up to this time the only outsiders to bowl in the five men class were the Cabanne team of St Louis and the Neuberth Colts of New ark. N. J., who are first and second respectively, in the standing of his teams, No pfenonomenal scores have as yet been marked up. In the individual team c. Wagner Newark, N. J.. led with score of 6S0 and in the five men event the Neuberth Colts were second with 8 total of z7S0. r.1 ssse ss.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
CHAPTER -Xx1I.. PUNISHMENT AND MACHINE


 GUN STUNTS Soon after my arrival in France in fact from my enlistment, I had found that in the British Army dicipline is very strict. One has to be very care- ful in order to stay on the marrow part of. government virtue, There are about seven million ways to breaking the Kings Regulations; to I keep one you have to break another. The worst punishment is death by a l firing squad or "up against the wall' as Tommy calls it. This is for de- sertion, cowardice, mutiny, giving in l formation to the enemy. destroying 1 or willfully wasting ammunition loot l ing, rape, robbing the dead forcing a safeguard, striking superior, etc. ! Then comes the punishment of six l ty-four days in the front line trench without relief. During this time you have to engage in all. raids working parties in No Mans Land and every l hazardous. undertaking that comes along. If you live through the sixty 1 four days you are indeed lucky. This punishment is awarded where there is a doubt as to the wilful guilt 1 of a man who has committed an of fence punishable by death.
 l .Inen comes the famous Field Pun ishment No. l. Tommy has nicknamed it ''crucifxion." It means that man is spread eagled on a Timber wheel two hours a day for twenty -one days During this time he only gets water bully beef, and biscuits for his chow You get '.crucified'' for repeated minor offences.
 1 Next in order. is Field Punishment No. 2
 This is confinement in the ~Clink, without blankets, getting water, bully beef and biscuits for rations and doing all the dirty work that. can be found This may be for twenty four hours ol twenty days, according to the gravit, of the offence.
 i Then comes Pack Drilp' or De faulters' Parade. This consists O drilling mostly at the double, for tws hours with full equipment. Tomm, hates this, because it is hard work Sometimes he fills his pack with stra. to tighten it, and sometimes he get caught If he gets caught, he grouse
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

There's reason. He's race horse in all the name Implies.
 Two Springfield owned steppers have also track records credited to them in the year book just out. B. M. and Lady Carnage. both owned by Frank D. Wilitcomb of the up-river city, have accounted for five best ever on as many different tracks. B. M owns records at Rockville, Greenfield, Great Harrington and Balston, \. Y, while Lady Carnage has mark al Fryeburg, Me-. which is still stand ing. -