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Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

Yale. through L. E. stoddard, the crack Meadowbrook player, is endeav- bring to obtain in Texas a group of ponies bred for the polo field Colonel F. F. c. Goetz, commandant of the Harvard R. o. T. C., has been trying to obtain army ponies instead of draft horses for the Harvard mounts.
 When we get the ponies We will be able to begin to plan for a team" said Colonel Goetz in discussing the sug- gestion for intercollegiate competi- tion. He is in favor of the college po- 10 teams forming a league.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
WILL GIVE EXHIBITION AT
 AETNA ALLEYS TONIGHT

Fred B. Hall, champion pool player of the world was in town yesterday and gave a short exhibition last night at the Arcanum club. He demonstrat- ed that he is an exceptionally clever one with the cue and his exhibition eiicited hearty applause. He will be at the Aetna Bowling alleys tonight to give an exhibition of his clever handI- ing of his cue. The following are some of the shots that he exhibits:
 Pocketing from 1 to IA balls at single stroke of the cue, playing 15 or no
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
COLLINS WINS BILLIARD MATCH

Belair who left Norwich at o'clock di dnot reach Worcester until after Il o'clock at night, while Larson, Hig- gins and another player from Willi- mantle were stalled in Putnam until a late hour and did not get to Wor- eester at all.
 The crowd at the game waited un- til after ten o'clock for the team to appear and then the game was called off.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
YokeI Reeovers Titls.

Boston. Feb. 26.-Mike Yokel recov- cred here tonight the worlds middle weight wrestling title which he lost last spring by defeating Waino Keto- nen, two falls out of three. Ketonen won the first fall by cradle hold in l5 minutes, 46 seconds. Yokel won the second by a toe hold in 34 minutes. IS seconds, and the third by toe hold in three minutes.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

Ray Demmitt, one time Yankee and a member of the St. Louis Browns for the past two seasons is not to be a member of the St. Louis club in the coming campaign, according to re- ports from the Mound City.
 Harry Rush, a pitcher who had some minor league experience before the war, is to get a tryout with the
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
sATHLFTe FOR -ELGlAN TRIP
 SELECTED BY COMPETITION

Chicago. Feb. 26-A committee to direct the selection of an Olympic team to represent America in Belgium has been chosen by the Amateur Aah- letic Union, according to Colonel John Y. C'innin. president of the Central Department.
 The roe7o bers are: Samuel I. Dallas. Philadelphia; Frederick J. Rubion, of New York; Gustavus T. Kirby Con- necticut; Everett C. Brown. Chicago, and Joseph B McCabe, Massachusetts.
 Selection of athletes to make the trip to Belgium is to be entirely by competition.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
WA5s. AGGIE BASEBALL
 CAPTAIN DEAD

Arnherst Mass. Feb. 26. = Allen Pond Of Holliston. Mass, captain of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col lege baseball team of next season. died today in the college infirmary of pnue- menia. One of the star athletes of the college he explained last seasons football team ad was a member of the present basketball squad. He was a rember of the senior class.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

Browns this spring. Rush is col lege graduate, close to six feet in height, and is said to have great speed
 The University of Michigan boxing team has challenged Yale and PrincE- ton to complete in an intercollegiate boxing team has challenged Yale and Princeton to compete in an intercol- legiate boxing tournament.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
zbxszko Downs Erehsra.

Springfield, Mass, Feb. 2G.-stanis- laus zbyszko the giant Polish grap- pier. defeated John Freberg here to- night in two straight fawlls. The first fall came with an arm scossors and crotch hold in one hour, 10 minutes and 40 seconds and the second in 14 minutes and 50 seconds with a crotch and neck hold.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
PENN TO MEET HARVARD
 AND PRlNC-TON IN REGATTA

Philadelphia. Feb. 26.-Announce- ment was made here today that the University of Pennsylvania would meet Harvard and Princeton in a tri- angular regatta on the Charles river on May l. It will be the first time liar yard and Pennsylvania crews have met since 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

count. pocketing balls on the fly, Chi l nese pool, force draws. rainbow spot, 15 bail combination, juggling 10 balls around the table right and left hand at lightning speed. He will play the best town player call shot after the exhibition, he using only one cor
 Her pocket.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

Groh. Eddie Roush, Jake Daubert and Walter Reuther.
 The first squad of Washington play CTS will leave the Capitol City for the Senators training camp at Ts-- pa, FWlorida, February 27. and work will be started on March 1. The vet erans of the team will report fer work March 8.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
TAKE CARE! GET
 GENUINE ASPIRIN
PRESCRIBED BY PHYSICIANS FOR
 OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS

Eac4 -ackage and tablet of genuine Payer Tablets of Aspirin" is marked with the safety "Bayer Cross"
 The -Baver Cross" means you are getting genuine Aspirin. prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years.
 In the Bayer package are safe and proper directions for Colds. Heada che, Toothache. Earache, Neuralgia. Rheu- matisn. I-uuhago- Sciatica, Neuritis md Pain generally.
 Handy tin bCxes of F tablets cost cnly a few ce-fs. Druggists also sell larger Bayer packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of B yer Manufacture os ATon0a acidester of Salicylicacid.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
Prineeton Takes Match.

Princeton. N. J.. Feb. 26. : The Princeton swimming team defeated Columbia here tonight, 40 to 13 Co., bia won the polo game, IS to 13.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
WoRcEsTER-cREscENT GAME
 WAS CALLED OFF
Special to The Bulletin.)

Especial to The Bulletin.)
 Worcester. Mass, Feb. 2s.-Owing to trains experiencing great difficulty in travel on Thursday the Taftville Cres- cents were unable to reach Worces- ter for the scheduled game in that city on Thursday evening. Murphy and
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
Brown Takes Fifth victorv.

Providence, R. l., Feb. 26. = The Brown University swimming team de- feated Harvard here tonight, 36 to IT. It was Browns fifth victory in five matches since the season opened.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
paredeviIs Accent

The Daredevils of Taftville accept the challenge of the Jewett City Row CTS for a game in Jewett City. To make arrangements call tel. 1973-3 between 1 and o'clock in the after noon.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
MONEY

New York, Feb. 26-Can money steady; high 10: low 10: ruling rate 10; closing bid g.; offered at I9: last loan 10; bank acceptances , IT.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

The Minneapolis Millers recently purchased trio of big league pitch Schauer from Washington and James and Roberson from the White Sox.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27
COTTON
NEW YORK coNo mARxEr.

New York. Feb. 26.-Cotton spot quiet; middling 1885.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

LEE 6 osGooD co.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
With a Few Exceptions the Class of
Men and Women Employed
Was VeryLo

when conviction was inevitable. six
had their death sentences commuted
to penal servitude, while the others
received prison sentences of varying
length. In addition. there were
dozens Of spies interned for want of
convictlng evidence, mainly people
taken off boats, who did not intenc
to land in England and were thux
not amenable to trial under British
law
One Of the strangest things that
strikes one in Mr.. Felstead's narra-
tive is this: that while, with the ex-
ception of Carl Hans Lody and pos
slbly Fernando Buschman. who
acted on patriotic motives and were
regarded as gentlemen and treated
like officers, the spies executed in
Britain were all moral bankrupts,
more or less, all but three met their
death with a remarkable courage
which evoked the full admiration of
their jailers and executoners.
Of Lody, who was executed in
the Tower on November 6, 1914,
Felstead writes:
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

waiting room, and it took him three
precious minutes to bring him to.
"Everybody's fixed but the girl
herself he boasted. Il got books
for most Of EN-
"Where YOU been?" asked Billy.
"What time is it?"
"You've about thirtv-three min
utes to get present for your lady
love and grab your train. You'll
have to pass up the office"
What time is it? Where you
been?'
Don't bother about that. Come
on"
On the ride down Billy begged
every one in the elevator to tell him
the time, but no one seemed to
know. Tommy hurried him out of
the store and into a taxi
''There's flock of stores around
the station,' said Tommy. "You
can find something there for the
dame"
But the progress of the cab
through the packed downtown
streets was painfully slow and
the station clock, when at last they
got in sight of it, registered SIT.
"You can't watt said Tommy.
"Give me some money and tell me
what to get"
Billy fumbled clumsily in seven
pockets before he located his pocket
book. In it were two ives and a
ten.
"I've gotta have feevee," lie
said.
"All right. III get something for
fifteen. Whatll it be-"
Make it wris' watch"
"Sure she has none?"
"She's got one. This for other
wris'"
II used your last card. Have YOU
got another?"
"Pocketbook," said Billy
Tommy hastily searched and
found card. He pushed Billy to-
ward the station entrance.
"Goodby and merry Christmas,
said Tommy.
"Goo'by and God bless youc" said
Billy, but he was talking to a large
policeman.
"Where are you trying to go?"
asked the latter.
"Souse Ben said Billy.
Hurry up, then. You've only got
minute"
The minute and six more were
spent in the purchase of a ticket.
And when Billy reached the rate
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
ne Facts % { isn Tyne W.

"Im not hungry enough" said
Tommy.
"Hungry or no hungry" said
Billy, II buy your lunch now or |
don't buy it. See? Hungry or no
hungry"
whats the hurry" asked Tom
my.
Il guess you know what's the hur-
ry. Me for South Bend on the 40
and I got to go to the office first.
Hurry or no hurry"
"Listen to reason, Bill. How are
you going to eat lunch, go to the Of
fee, buy dozen Christmas presents
and catch the 1:4O?"
Christmas presents! l forgot
'em. What do you think of that
forgot 'em. -night.'
What are you going to do?"
"Do. What can l do? Send 'em
the money instead of the presents,
guess"
"That would be swell stuffw
well, what can I do? You got
me into this mess. Get me outn'
Sure, I'll get you out if you'll lis
ten to reason" said Tommy. Has
this / 40 train got anything on you?
Are you under obligations to it? Is
the engineer your girls uncle?"
Il guess you know better than
that. guess you know I'm not en-
gagged to girl who's got an uncle
for an engineer"
"Well, then, what's the next
train?"
"Thats the boy, Tommy! That
fixes it! III go on the next train"
"You're sure there is one?" asked
Tommy.
as onel Say, where do you think
South Bend is? In Europe?"
Il wouldn't mind" said Tommy.
"South Bends only a two-hour
run. Where did you think it was?
Europe?"
II don't care where It Is. The
question is, What's the next train
after 1:40?"
maybe you think I don't know"
said Billy. He called the gentle
man with the apron. "What do you
know about this, Charley? Here's
an old pal Of mine who thinks
don't know the timetable to South
Bend"
"He's mistaken. isn't he?" said
Charley.
''Is he mistaken? Say, Charley, if
you knew az much an | do about
the timetable to South Bend you
wouldn't be here"
40, sir" said Charley T'd be
an announcer over in the station"
"There" said Billy triumphantly.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Reads Like a Farce

The supreme surprise about the
story Of German spying ip England
now it can be told-is that it
reads like farce from beginning to
end in every respect. save for the
personal fate Of the spies themselves,
who, to use the not altogether orig
inal phrase of the author, had to pay
the supreme penalty for the stupid
ity and unscrupulousness of their
employer, the German General
Staff.
Indeed, were it not for the official
stamp of Mr.. Felstead's revelations
the book has been passed for pub
lication by the British War Office
one would almost be inclined to re-
ject them as irresponsible boasting.
For his testimony. all things con-
sidered, comes down to this: That
the Germans did not get five cents
worth of military and naval infor-
nation from England out of their
most Of spies employed in that coun-
try; that in this host-more than
shirty spies we're convicted by Brit
kh courts during the war, apart
srom large number of suspects
merely interned on the ground of
lack of evidence-there was one sim
gle person really equipped and COM
petent for the task; and that from
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

a small place, and so far as I could
see he employed only one clerk"
"Has Mr.. Dierks any other rep
resentative in Englandw
"No."
"Would it surprise you to learn
that the address of Messrs. Dierks
& Co. is that Of a member of the
German secret service?" the Brit
ish officer asked blandly.
Jansen, changing color, alleged
that it would.
"Well, that is so; and, further
more, we think that you are a Ger
man spy. You will be detained for
further inquiries.'
Face TO Face
In the corridor he was confronted
with his accomplice, Willem Jo-
hannes Roos, another Dutchman.
Jansen stoutly maintained that he
had never seen the man; but de-
NAL was to no avail Both men
were found in possession of a per-
fume which on examination proved
to be sort of invisible ink. The
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

wrote Tommy. "Old crab" he added
When the important preliminary
arrangements had at last been com
pleted, the two old college chum.
went out into the air.
"Whcre do we shop?' asked
Tommy.
"Marsh's,' said Billy. "S only
place got charge account"
Maybe we better take a taxi ant
save time" suggested Tommy.
So they waited five minutes for {
taxi and were driven to Marsh's, two
blocks away.
"We'll start on the first floor and
work up" said Tommy, who had
evidently appointed himself cap
tain.
They found themselves among
the jewelry and silverware.
You might get something for the
girl here" suggested Tommy.
Don't worry bout her." said
Billy. Leave her till las"
"What's the limit on the others??' -
II don't care" said Billy. DOL
lar, two dollars, three dollars"
"Well, come on said Tommy
eve got to make it snappy"
But Billy hung back.
"Say, OF boy he wheedled
you're my ol'st friend; is that
right?"
"That's right" agreed Tommy.
"Well, say, OF frien', I'm pretty
near all in
eco home, then, if you want to-
can pull this all right alone"
"Nothin' doin'. But if l could
just have II nap, ten, fifteen min
utes-you could get couple things
here on frs floor and then come
get me-"
"Where?"
"Third floor waitin' room"
"Go ahead. But wait a minute
Give me some of your cards. And
will I have any trouble charging
things?'
"Not bit. Tell 'em you're me. "
TT WAS thus that Tommy Rich
ards was left alone in a large
store, with Billy Bowen's charge
account, Billy Bowen's list and Billy
Bowcn's cards.
He glanced at the list
"'Samuel Mcdonald, cigarettes.
Old crab" he read.
He approached n foorwalker.
Say, old pal" he said, "I'm doing
some shopping and I'm in a big
hurry. Whcre'd find something
for an old cigarette fiend?"
"Cicarcttc cases. two aisles down
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

course in dodging. He was almost
as badly battered as the day he
played guard against the Indians.
"Three left besides the queen her
self he observed. Lord, no,
forgot Bob and his missus."
He moved downstairs again to the
books.
Have you got The Man Who Mar
rled a Dumb Wife, he queried.
Anna Henderson looked, but could
not find it.
"Never mind" said Tommy
Heres one that'll do"
And he ordered The Green Eyed
Monster for the cooing doves in
Evanston.
"Now," he figured, "there's Just
Wilma and Edith and Aunt Louise" ."
Once more he started away from the
books, but title caught his eye:
Eat and Grow Thin.
"Great." exclaimed Tommy. Tt'n
do for Edith. BY George, It'll do
for both Of EN-. Eat for Wilma,
and the Grow Thin for Edith. |
guess that's doubling up some. And
now for Aunt Louise"
The nearest t1oorwalker told him,
in response to his query, that
switches could be found on the sec
ond floor.
Il ought to have a switch engine
to take me round" said Tommy,
who never had felt better in his life
But the foorwalker did no. laugh,
possibly because he was tired.
"Have you anything to match it
with?" asked the lady in the switch
yard.
"No, I haven't"
Can you give me an idea of the
color?'
"What colors have you got?" de-
manded Tommy
Everything there is. I'll show
them all to you, if you've got the
time
"Never mind,' said Tommy.
"What's your favorite color in hair"
The girl laughed.
"Golden," she said.
you're satisfied, aren't you?"
said Tommy, for the girl had chosen
the shade of her own shaggy name.
"All right, make it golden. And a
merry Christmas to you"
He forgot to ask the price of
switches. He added up the rest and
found that the total was s16.25.
about Is cents for the hair" he
guessed. THAT will make it SIT
even. I'm some shopper. And all
done in an hour and thirteen min
utes.'
He discovered Billy asleep in the
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Death for Lody

Carl Hans Lody was the first spv
to be executed in the Tower of Lon
don since the time of George III. He
was also probably the most favor
able specimen of German agent
with whom we had to deal during
the war, for there is no doubt that
his motives were purely patriotic.
On those grounds there was some
talk of his death sentence being COM
muted to penal servitude for life.
but when the proposal was brought
before the head of the counter
espionage section it received the
strongest possible refusal. 1t was ar
gued, with excellent reason. that the
execution of a spy and the public
announcement thereof would have
most deterrent effect on future Ger
man spies who might be thinking Of
coming to this country. This finally
decided the matter, and Lody paid
the supreme penalty on Friday, No
vember 6, 1914. He met his death
without fiinching, and on the MORN
ing of his execution, when the as
slstant provost marshal came to his
cell to tell him his time had come.
he said, rather wistfully, 4 suppose
you will not care to shake hands
with a German spy? No, would
not said the assistant provost mar
shall, but | will shake hands with
brave man. and so Carl Lodv
died 4"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
(Continued from preceding page)

night ne looped the loop. He re-
tired early, for the next day prom
ised to be a big one.
Billy got in from st. Louis at
Z Friday morning and had been in
his Office an hour when Tommy ap-
peared. I have no details of the
meeting.
At $50 Tommy suggested that
they'd better 90 out and hist one.
"Still on it, eh?" said Billy.
what do you mean"
II mean that I'm off of it,"
"Good Lordl For how long"
The last day Of November"
"Too long. You look sick al
ready"
II feel great" averred Billy.
We'll, I don't. SO come along
and bathe in vichy."
On the way along" Billy told
Tommy about Ellen. Tommy's con-
gratulations we're physical and
Jared Billy from head to heels.
Good stuff" cried Tommy, so
loudly that three pedestrians jumped
sideways. "Old Bill hooked. And
Do you think you're going to cele-
brate this occasion with water?"
Il think l am" was Billy's firm
reply.
you think you are! What odds?"
"A good lunch against red-hot." +"
You're on" said Tommy. "And
I'm going to be mighty hungry at
O'Clock"
You'll be hungry and alone"
whats the idea? If you've got
innch date with the future, I'm in
on H."
i haven't" said Billy. "But I'm
gong 70 South Bend on the 1:40,
and between now and then I have
nothing to DO but clean up my mail
ara buy q dozen Christmas pres-
ents.''
They turned in somewhere.
Don't you zee the girl at all TO-
oay!" asked Tommy.
Not to-day. All I do is call her
~"
We'll, then, II you get outside Of
. couple, who'll be hurt? Just for
eid tlmes' sake"
III you need lunch money, III
siye It to you"
10, no. That bets off,"
hs not Of. won't call it off,"
cut youraelf," said Tommy gra-
eioutly.
4 Z HALF-PAsT . it was off,
"A cialIy decided that Billy had
pr, 'ost The bet. ~ half-pazt u
'h's said IT was time n pay Il.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

x -GA CSlNSU tlle uedtH ulOW. NS
much yaunted German sys-
TEN Of espionage in Great Britain,
the source of so much fear and
hatred. stands revealed before the
world as a pitiful joke. Not to be-
Heve in the reality of the spy dan
ger used to be in that country, as
in others, a deplorable heresy, al
most the mark of the pro-German or
the foolish, unthinking paciist-
Now, there may have been coun-
tries where the German spy organi-
cation worked smoothly and effec-
lively, and delivered the goods; but
England was most certainly not one
of them. Moreover, the revelations
contained in German Spies at Bay,
q volume by Sidney Theodore Eel
stead. telling. on the basis Of British
Official records, the story Of the Ger
man intelligence service in England,
make it rather unlikely that the
Germans should ever in any particu-
lar place have got their moneys
worth out of their spies, poorly paid
though most of them were.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

asked on the point, that he had never
been in Germany and did not like
Germans.
Questioning Spy
Then the following conversation
ensued:
"But how is it (quoth the Scotland
Yard Officially that your employers,
Dierks G. Co., engage a seaman as
traveller in cigars? Surely there
are plenty of experienced men in
such a country as Holland?"
"That l cannot say" Jansen an
swered. 81 was unable to obtain a
berth as an officer on a steamer and
took the offer Of coming to England
to sell cigars until such time as
could find more suitable employ
ment."
"And what do you know about
Messrs. Dierks & Co.? Have thew
large ot1ice?"
"No,' replied the Dutchman. 81
was introduced by a friend. Mr..
Dierks took me to his office. 1t is
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Much B0asted German Spy System Was Failure in Engla1

blllty, OF British counter espionage.
and, more particularly, that of it's
most formidable arin-postal and
cable censorship, which, in a way
could be likened to a colossal drap-
net, wherewith the English kept on
sweeping the entire field of German
activities in neutral and Allied coun-
tries and hauling in rich and vari-
egated catch every day.
Postal and Cable Censorship
The working of postal and cable
censorship proved fatal for the Ger
man spies, not only because it yield
ed kind Of signaling apparatus,
faithfully registering the arrival of
and movements of particular agent,
but chiefly because it detected, with
a deadly speed and accuracy, his
weakest spot-the Continental ad-
dress with which he was supposed to
communicate and which, almost
without exception, was identified on
the spot as belonging to a member
of the German secret service instead
OF the neutral business house it pur-
ported to cover.
A couple of examples will illumi-
nate this particular angle of German
laundering.
In the carly months of 1915. Mr..
Felstead relates, the officials of the
British cable censorship were rather
astounded to receive messages des-
tined for Holland, purporting to or
der huge quantities of cigars. That
in itself would not have been ex-
traordinary, but the extraordinary
feature was that most of these tele-
grams emanated from naval ports.
Now, to any one who knows Jack
there is one thing more positive
than another, that is, that he is not
smoker of cigars. And yet tele-
grams were coming in from places
such as Portsmouth, Chatham.
Devonport and Dover ordering from
an address at The Hague all sorts
Of impossible quantities of cigars.
The messages asked for 10000 Gu
banas, 1000 Rothschilds, 5000
/Coronas.
Too Much Business
There was something radically
wong, so the authorities decided
they would like to interview the en-
terprising travellers who were doing
such wonderful business. The Brit
ish counter espionage officials hap
pened to know something of the ad-
dress to which they were telegraph
ing. So the two suspects were ar
rested and taken to Scotland Yard
for Interrogation. One was a big,
saturnine Dutchman, with a heavy
black, full beard; he gave his name
as Haicke Petrus Marinus Jansen,
his age as thirty-he certainly
looked fifty-and his profession as
that of seaman. He asserted. when