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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS DULL.

New York, Dec S.--Although many important factors influencing the stock market remained unsettled over the week end. prices were disposed to move forward during the greater part of today's dull and uncertain session.
 Sentiment as reflected by market let ters was more hopeful respecting the Mexican situation and the coal strike. The increasing seriousness of the fuel shortage was manifested, however. by further reduction or complete suspen- sion of operations at various centers of industry.
 Failure of the United States supreme court to hand down decisions in the nuch-discussed stock dividend and prohibition cases now before that tri- bunai occasioned some disappointment, but did not extend beyond few is sues.
 Another slump in foreign exchange, with sterling francs and lire at great est discounts ever known. was neutral ized in part by the per cent. rate for call loans. In the last fifteen minutes of the session. however. call money rose to per cent. 10 per cent. being quoted at the close.
 Reactions of one to three points ac- companied the money furry, the tone changing from firmness to irregularity in hte final dealings. Steels. equip ments. motors and shippings led the rnoanra te reaction. Sales amounted tc fn' r-A shares.
 -roups of stocks-sugars and met .epecially the former. derived ma-s 'o1efits from trade conditions Active sugar shares were one to five points ID at their best and coppers rallied from their recent depression with an advance of one-half to one cent per pound for refined metals.
 Movements elsewhere were chiefly due 10 the operations of pools or thu csprces of the short interest, rail! yielding moderately to pressure o professional origin.
 Liberty. Victory and foreign bondi were mixed as to trend. but local utili tics and several of the convertibl, railroad bonds were firm to strong To tai sales, par value. aggregated $25, s75.o0o. Old U. s. bonds were un changed on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Uncle George. what is success M l1fe?" asked the small boy.
 uncle George-Its gettin' ither folk to think as highly O you as you think yourself.-London Eighty.
 Would you marry man for his Well I can't say positively, butt if | were 10 l should take good care not to let him know that was the reason, J Detroit Free Press. tfss Mir. Duck-Seems to me vnur voice ,s kinda husky this morning MT, Pe1ican MT. Pelican-Weu you see, I went hTh1nT earlier than usual and got reg in my throat.-Cartoons Maga-
 Patie7ce-I hear that France has no- Enaland.
 Patrice-That's easily accounted for You see, most .Frenchmen talk with their hands.-Yonkers Statesman.
 Gibbs-So you vert after the. job? l thought you believed that the office sh"'''7 seek the man9
 D.bbs-l do. but this is a fat job and | thought it might get winded before It reached me--Boston Transcript 1 Husband farriying home) = Your eyes look red. Whats the matter? l Wife-Oe, nething.
 Husband-Yos there is. What is it something tlrat har-yened at home pr something you saw at the movies?- Milwaukee Journal
 Prof.-Jones, do you tlRas you can handle the English laneuaee?
 Fresh.-Sir. my knowledge e. Ire English language has always been. nay greatest asset
 Prof-Good; take this dictionary downstairs, then.-Penn State Froth.
 'Bliggins says he's a socialist"
 Wants everybody to divide all the property?"
 "Yes. Only he proposes to be the one who superintends the dividing with rakeof to compensate him fol his trouble. Washington Star. , q must cancel my engagement" de clared Yorick Hamm
 What for?"
 My doctor says I need a change ot scenery"
 That will be all right. We put or 2 new play next week" Kansas City Journal
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unday morninr and said had no

Sunday morning, and said had no objections.
 Though neither of us had power to represent the opposing factions, we had. an informal talk of an hour, in which Nayin made a strong argument for, the establishment of peace in our league. I told him we would not yield from our stand. but I believed convinced him that the meeting called by the board of directors was the only legal meeting that could be held and that any meeting held in Chicago would be illegal. MT. Navin took g train for Chicago shortly after oul conference.
 we are glad, of course. at the de- cision of the other clubs to come here in response to our call for 3 meeting. We take no arbitrary stand but we are convinced that7 condition: of the past must not be repeated ant that hereafter no man can have tht arbitrary position in the league whicl was taken by MT. Johnson before thu Mays Case"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
SUPPORT SHOULD BE
 GIVEN LOCAL TEAM

Sporting Editor:-At the local Y. NJ. c. A. gym floor Saturday evening I witnessed one of the fastest games of basketball that I have seen in these parts of late years. The local boys have a bunch of all around steady men. With the exception of their star guard. Joe Daly, all of the other players are mere youngsters, none go- ing over the twenty-year- mark, and they certainly put up fine game against the Jewett City crowd who had such men as the Benjamin brothers, Blake and Mellon. men who have seen a large field of basketball experience, Hussey and Dixon, Y. NJ. c. A., their forwards do not tip the scale at over 130 pounds. but are two fast men. Grebe Is a hard man to out jump at center while you will have to travel to finds two better guards than Daily and Williams.
 also hope that Manager Dixon will give the Norwich fans" another chance to see his team in operation. (Signed) WILLIAM GEESE
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09

Belvue, the yearling brother of Har- rods Creek and which number of Kentucky people considered the best baby trotter seen at the Lexington track in years. The youngsters from the Gould Farm at Kearney, Neb., also commanded high prices when it is con- sidered that Judge Maxey and Bingen Silk, the two stallions at the head of it's stud, are still young horses and their get had to be accepted for what they could show in the ring. On Tues- day five yearlings by Judge Maxey av- eraged 4,1117, one of them a lilly out of Sea Maid by Mainsheet going for $3 200.
 The Connecticut Fair Association is planning purse of $5,OG0 for free for all pace as a special feature in connec- tion with its Grand Circuit meetings at Hartford in 1920. Several years have
 elapsed, since the first flight of pacers
 have been seen on the eastern tracks
 and if Philadlphia, Poughkeepsie, Bos- ton and Syracuse will follow Hartford's s lead, either by giving an early closing event or large purse among it's late cloSers for them all of the top liners
 will no doubt make trip through what
 Frank Trott calls the "betless belt next year. -*
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
U. OF p. SENDS APOLOGY
 al TO SEVERAL COLLEGES

Philadelphia, Dec. 8.-The football committee of the University of Penn sylvania announced tonight that an apology would be sent to the Swarth- more, Pa, State University of Pitts burgh and Lafayette College teams against which Walter I. Pearce. a sub stitute halfback, played as a member of the Pennsylvania team. The state ment said that Pearce has admitted that he played professional baseball last summer, making him ineligible to be member of the Pennsylvania football team.
 Pearce played in the Three I league part of last summer and joined the Chicago Nationals in the last month i of the season. Pearce, the statement said, reported late for football prac- tice this season and avoided signing
 the statement of amateur standing and
 was overlooked because he reported after all other players, had signed
 Pearce W.s not permitted to play football after tx coaches learned ot i his professionalism.
 The. committee took no action in | the case of Ben Derr. regular member of the eleven. who is alleged to have played professional football this sea son, because rumors affecting his
 amateur standing were not admitted
 by Derr nor proven to be true.
 l Unofficially, it was said that the i athletic council at a meeting or Thursday will take action toward z new standard of athletic eligibility and will insist that all teams it play: l live up to it.. Heretofore Pennsylva
 mia has never questioned the amateu standing of members of opponen 1 teams. It was also. said that othel members of the 1919 varsity team wh' 1 have played professional football sine l the season closed on Thanksgivin' Day may be deprived of their colleg' letter.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
CARPENTER SAYS HE HAS
 siGNED NOTHING: BUT WAITS

Paris, Dec. s.-(By The A. P.) Georges Carpenter. the French fight CT who won the championship of Eu- rope from Joe Beckett at London. re- turned to Paris this evening.
 T have signed nothing. l am wait ing for offers. I want little time to think 1t over" he said.
 NJ. Decoin. manager of the Wonder land Sporting Club of Paris, who on Saturday sent a cablegram to Jack KeArns offering to deposit whatever amount Jack Dempsey would ask for a twenty round fight with Carpenter on July IA. informed The Associated Press that he would deposit one mil lion francs with the Equitable Trust at Paris tomorrow to guarantee Dempsey's end. although the Ameri- cen champion has not yet replied to his message stating his terms. Carpentier spoke highly of the sportsmanship of the British public, but added that he was sure Ameri- cans would be equally fair. Neverthe- less he preferred to meet Dempsey in France.
 Asked what he thought of his chances with Dempsey, Carpenter re- piled: '1 understand Dempsey Is a great fighter"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
SPORTING NOTES.

It is~said that Eddie Casey, the liar yard gridiron star., has decided to re- tire from football. -r
 According to baseball gossip. two big league teams are to be sold before the season starts next spring.
 The clever boxing displayed by Joe Toplftz in his bouts this fall has made the Philadelphia lightweight great favorite with the fans.
 Although little :. known heretofore as football championship contender Center College of Kentucky attracted no end of attention this season.
 Now that the football season is over the big. league baseball monguls will soon begin to slam one another at their annual winter meetings.
 A California promoter IS desirous of matching Harry Wills, the colored bearcat against any heavyweight at large at the present time.
 Babe" Ruth's jump. into the nov ies has started numerous stories con- corning the home-run king. The lat est is that Babe" is to forsake Bos- ton for California.
 Johnny Summers, the English well
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
RUPERT SATISFIED WITH
 JONNSON'S ACTION

New York, Dec. S.-Col. Jacob Rup- pert of the New York Americans ex- pressed satisfaction today when he read a dispatch from Chicago stating that Ban Johnson, league president. had cancelled his calk for the annual meeting of the leaguesin that city and had agreed to attend the meeting called in New York by Messrs. Com iskey, Ruppert and Frazee.
 s"So Mir. Johnson's coming here. Is he?" asked Col. Ruppert. That's fine At last he has found he had no au- thority to call the meeting in Chica- go."
 r. "a question as to wheth- CT ' , 4rawal of the proceedings brought to injoin Johnson from holding the Chicago session were in the nature of comprom ST Col. Rup- pert said;
 No, indeed. The suit was with drawn because too many iong drawn out technicaIities were involved There was no compromise"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
KALEIDOSCOPE

The total number of new European stamps issued is about 1000 of which 1,500 are the first stamps of the European states. eig
 Refrigerator cars, cooled by am monia matchines operated by internal combustion engines utilizing petrol cum for fuel, are being built for "a German railroad.
 For shipbuilders an inventor has mounted an electric drill for counter sinking rivet holes in steel plates on a two wheeled cart to make its movements easy.
 Practical experiments to determine the, possibility of harnessing ocean tides for the production of electric power will be conducted by the French government.
 Counting steel steamers, alone. there are now under construction in the United States 3.075.266 tens-9as compared with 2.79G,154 tons building in the United Kingdom.
 The attendance of women at the English football games has increased to such an extent that the most of the professional clubs have decided to withdraw the special concessions l heretofore granted the far sex in the way of free or reduced admission. i Poland. formerly represented by a single stamp, has since the armis- l tice. produced 400 separate and dis i tinct posta~e starns. Ukraine ranks second, with ITS varieties. Jueo- Slavia and Czecho-Slovak' a contrib nte abnut 1So specimens each and l Plume 73.
 The Rritich Cba~'her of Commerce at San Pauln has decided to ereanize ! a series of British industrv fairs in nrde~ to stimulate tha Appropriations
 of Rritisl, manufactured goods into Brazil. These fairs viii start De- ceonber 1. and will continue until l February 2S, 1920.
 | Czecho-S'oval5 statistics first half year 1919: Total exports, almost thirteen hundred million crowns: i'm
 ports over one billion. Favorable trade balance of over two hu-dred i millions were executed hv the uilap-
 tit'es of coal exported Imports from United States over thi-taen million
 exports over million crowns. sl
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
HARVARD ASKED TO DELAY
 DECISION ON WESTERN TRIP

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 8.-The Carnival of Roses committee of Pasa- dena, Calif.. has asked the Harvard Athletic Association to postpone final decision on the trip of the Harvard football team to the coast for a New Years day game until the result of the coal conference at Indianapolis is an- nounced. The trip was cancelled last Saturday because of the fuel situa- tion.
 A meeting of the athletic committee has been called for Wednesday, when it is, expected the request for recom- mendation will be taken up.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
STECHER THROWS zBYSzKO IN TWO HRS.

and throw the league into endless liti- gation.
 ITO circumvent this possibility the
 majority owners decided to meet the
 minority on their own ground and settle the dispute at once."
 All five loyal clubs were fully rep resented. These were in attendance: Clark Griffith of the Washingtons; President Phil Ball and Business Manager Robert Quinss of St. Louis; Treasurer Tom Shibe and Manager Connie Mack of the Philadelphia club; Frank J. Navin of the Detroit club, and James c. Dunn of Cleve- land. .f:
 President Comiskey of the Chicago
 Americans, who is alleged with the faction opposed to Johnson, also left for New York tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09

just like banana peel. You can try to dig or drag out your corns with knife, or slice them with a bloody razor, or use bandages and tape and wrap up your toe Into a package, but that's the ''treat-'em- rough" painful. of "Gets-I -It''-that's the peaceful. sure common-sense way that never faiis You reach the corn easily with the lit- tie glass rod in the cork of every "Gets-It". bottle It does not hurt athe true flesh. Try it, trut and smile. It's a blessing; never fails.
 "Gets-It." the only sure guaranteed. money back corn-remover. costs but "a trif1e at any drug store. Manufa ctured
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
AT THE BALTIC ALLEYS.
White sox
TRoTrLNG JorTIMGs

The prices paid for the yearling trot-
 ters at the sale in New York this week shows that the light harness racing youngsters are going at boom prices. Laurel Hall sold twenty-one all but one of which were by Peter the Great, that the figures for all of them were high is evidenced by the fact that the top price paid for the Queen Audubon colt was s3,70O. Tuesday afternoon eleven J. Malcolm Forbes yearlings sold for $19,200. an average of s1,754.5o, the top figure being paid by Brook Farm for the lilly Betsey Chandler. Also as an evidence that other young sters were in demand, w. H. Cane, who purchased Sunflash last winter, step ped into the ring and gave $4,000 fot
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
TROOPS IN SIBERIA GO
 IN FOR WINTER SPORTS

New York, Dec. s.-Winter sports for American troops in Siberia to re- lieve monotony of duty in that bleak country were assured today when the Young Mems Christian Association announced 1t has ordered large quan- titles of athletic goods for shipment by the first available steamer. The consignment will include 2,000 pairs of skates designed to fit army shoes. 200 pairs of skiis. 100 sleds. 500 hockey sticks and 175 bucks.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09

New York. Dec. e.-Joe Etecher of Dodge, Neb., threw Wladek Zbyszko of Poland in catch as catch can wrest- ling match here tonight after two hours. twenty-four minutes and six teen seconds. The match was a fin- ish one and Stecher' scored the win ming fall with head scissors and wrist locS.
 Announcement was made before the contest that 1t was for the heavy weight catch as catch can champion ship of the world" A telegram from Earl Caddock also was read stating that he still claimed the title and de- sired to meet the winner. Stecher weighed 209 pounds and Zybyszko 220.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
HUSTON ADMITS NAVlN
 SOUGHT TO SECURE PEACE

New York. Dec. s.--Col. Huston, one of the owners of the New York Amer jeans, admitted tonight that the club owners opposing Ban Johnson. pres ident of the league, were approached last wek by Frank Navin. president of the Detroit club with view to bringing about peace in the Ameri can league.
 "Navin first approached Ed Bar row, manager of the Boston club. on deal" said Col. Huston, "and after that had with Harry Frazee, president of the Boston club. Frazee asked me whether I would meet Navin last
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
CARPENTER GIVEN WARM WELCOME IN FRANCE

Paris. Dec. S.-(Havas)., Georges Carpenter, who defeated the English heavyweight, Joe Beckett. at London Thursday last for the boxing cham pionship of Europe. arrived at the Care Du Nord tonight He received an enthusiastic welcome from 10000 persons who had gathered to greet him. Carpenter was hoisted to the shoulders of the crowd and carried along in triumphant procession.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09

ter weight who was quite a favorite with the fgth fans when he boxed here several years ago, has announced his retirement from the ring.
 Buck Herzog had a sad experience in leading a baseball team on barn storning tour this fall. The outfi
 didn't play to enough money to pay
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
MONEY,

New York. Dec. 8. - Cau monev easy; high g.; low 6; ruling rate 6: closing bid 1-2; offered at 6; last ioan 6' bank acceptances 4 5-s.
 Alter the c.cse of the market the fol- towing quotations were reported: High 3; last &; closing bid '; offered
 Call loans rose to 10 per cent. in inc nnai dealings on the exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
WON BOWLING MATCH
 AFTER A POOR START

Team No. came from behind and won out over Team No. in the Elks bowling tournament Monday evening on the alleys at the EIks' home, two games out of three. Heating with a total of 291 made high individual total and Hayes rolled high individual sin gle with 113. The scores:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
Pernambuco.

Pernambuco is now the third lane- est city in Brazil and the largest commercial center in the country. Tho active construction of build ngs af1i thoroughfares started few years
 back has continued, notwithstanding the difficulties encountered during the war. Pernamhuco's growth and
 present prosperity are due to it's cot ton and sugar production, which has
 placed a great deal of wealth in the hands of the plantation owners, cot ton dealers and merchants.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09

a scheduled six round bout Benjamin rushed the lccal man in the first round and had him groggy when the bell rang. It did not take the west .ern boxer long in the next round to land the blow that ended the bout.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09

for cakes.
 Jim Thorpe's professional football team, the Canton Bulldogs, is sweep ing everything before it. The old Carlisle hero and big .leage ball play CT has gathered together a squad of former college stars who have made gridiron history.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
Benjamin Knocks Murphy Cold.

Philadelphia. Pa.. Dec. s.-Joe Ben jamin, Pacific coast lightweight. to- night knocked out Jimmy. Murhpy, of Philadelphia, in the second round of
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
POETRY
IS WE KNOW THEM.


 The Second Lieutenant-New styies Hes younger than the most of 5s-f&r
 younger than the Top, Ana peln young he's full of pep and
 Keeps us on the hop; ne hasn been in long enough to scUr
 on the game;
 Hes tlekled as kid with it-thasss
 why we bless his name! He puts us through all sorts of sturifs
 to liven up the drill. lie laughs when he turns corners shafp ana takes. a muddy spill; US up and in it all the time-he nevFr seems to tire, Ano ooesnt know what duckin' means In lace of Fritzy's firel He always calls us "Feiiows wso@nevsr -iie, pulls the line. My men, lie likes to think he's one of us; and,
 back in billets, when lie has to make inspections, he'll sit doWn and chin a while, s Y Aho as 10 HI this Yes, sir,". stun. Y"Qf
 can it." That's his style. At shows. he plays his uke for us, Id
 ssings his college glees. Ano IT there's a piano. WOW, He sute On hikes he always starts song. or sends along laugh And those are things. you darn wsfl knoW' that help us stand the gaA l never cared for college guys whens I was in the States; thought they were a shorty lot. a Dunch of underweieht. But If our Loot's a sample. why. Ise got 10 change my mind - lies got the guts, the bean and, eo E. pun us through the grind!
 FULL MOON. 1 The sleeping garden lay
 | In silver dress, Ana great gray owls flew Iow With a swift caress | To the tall white lilies Saintly loveliness. s 8 Ash-gray the roses peered ..-.-S Ger her window-sill:
 otTaight hared her candle flame
 In a night so still: ''Ans She heard a far-off clock | Ginning clear and ciAn. She heard. the placid sea U | On the beach below. r Lapping: tapping softly. | Crawling. crawling slow: While on the glitt'ring lawn
 flares leaped to and fro. Sudden. the poplar trees
 Gave a dreaming sigh q Shaking their sparkling leaves
 In the cloudless sky: waking cock crowed shrjll-
 And the dawn drew nipht Ethel Wolff. in the New York Timss
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
.Corns Tween Toes?
 Use Easy "Cets-lt'

Any Corn or Calius Comes on Peace
 fully. Gioriousiy-Never Fails.
 It is easy for "Gets-It' to reach "hard-to-get-at" corns and better yet. it is easy to remove them, because "Gets-ltt makes them come right of
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
COTTON
NEW YORK BOND MARKET,

New York. Dec. 8. = Spot cotton steady; mlddling 3s.s5.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09

Beauty is only skin deep> but usii- ness is built up from the bone