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Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
AUTOMOBILE NorEs

When the spark plug is removed from the engine for any reason it is a good plan to pEe cork in the spark plug hole to keep out dirt and grit until the time comes to restore the plug to it's place.
 When the small rubber cushion in the base Of a tire valve is displaced in any way it is apt to depress the small core stem of the valve so that a slaw leak results, which the car owner probably planes on a tiny puncture.
 Car owners may >>be interested to know that 64 test gasoline, which is about what we get now. weighs half an ounce over six pounds to the gall Ion. On the other hand, the "A fest gas that we often got weighs five pounds and 12 ounces to the gallon.
 The motor truck buyer must ha careful in selecting a vehicle to sec that the body is not too wide or too long to transgress some local ordi- nance. Most cities and some tafee have laws that limit the size of the truck body, particularly as to width
 The custom of using oversize tires Is becoming popular and it nav he well to remind car owners making this change that these larger sizes ona inch bigger in wheel diameter and three inches in wheel circumference make a difference in speedometer reo1 istration. The recording instrIlnnent will turn up fewer miles with 1fbe larger tires than with standard tires A. 30 inch tire will drop a mile in ev- cry 30 travelled, or, in other words will record only 29 miles instead of se 2 st'Ially travelled.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
HUMoR OF THE DAY

Meeks-The man who tries to change a woman's views is a fool.
 Weeks-How do you know.
 Meelzs-My wife told me so.-Lon- don Answers
 You should never hit a mon with one arm, Pat"
 Sure. and I would hit a mon with no arms if he put his fists up to me-" London Ideas.
 Lady Candidate for Parliament.-r am now ready to answer any ques- lions.
 Lady Voter-Where did you get that ripping hat?-Le Rire..
 Miss Oldgirl Avery rich)-You love me now, but will your love ever change ~
 Hunter (absently)-What are. ;. you. investments Boston Rganscript. '
 Doctor-You need more iron in your blood.
 -Doughboy Say, doc. I've got ten pieces of shrapnel in me. now the surgeons were never able to locate.As
 Our prof. kaye lecture on "Meta- physics in Lampson's yesterday" a
 ~Was there mixed audience
 Mixed I should say there was. No one understood a word he said."-ss Yale Record. 5& Sympathetic Parson-And how is your poor husband, Mrs. Jones? Mrs. Jones-Hle suffers somethinl awful with his foot. sir, and kn0HI what it's like because I've had it it my eye.-London Blighty. Did you wife vote?'
 "Yes."
 Get along all right |"
 "Yes, Mt it took her long whily to get her ballots folded like a pape. napkin. .''-Detroit Free Press.
 First Sojer-Say. Bill, femme hayi five, will yer Jack just borrowed five off me. sg7.r e--5sf
 Second Sojer-Can't do it, budd. just borrowed five off Jack a minut. ago.-The Home Sector. l F etau
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARkEr MAS lRREeuLAR.

New York, Feb. 27-Trading on the stock exchange today was mark oa by extreme Irreguiarity, strength 2. evaiiirg at the outset, with pro- uornced weakness at midday and a vigorous rally III the final dealings.
 The setback during the interme- date period was traceable to the re- hewal of bearish aggressions which asai1, Centered in steels and allied ing occurred as a result of a recent adverse industrial exhibits.
 Independent steels were under con- stznt pressure, as were also motors, o.is and equipments. Typical Of the movement was the w-de swing of General Motors. which more than cancelled it's early gain of 10 points, only 10 come forward again at the eld
 a2ails were again the sustaining s2lures of strength on further ex-
 -isive accumulation Of low priced sh-res. Rock Island led the move Dent ot gain of almost five points and issues of other secondary roads t-ayeI sing western and southwestern agricultural centers gained one to three VoiEts.
 Representative or dividend paying -zsis Jagged for the most part, but gathered ssI ength when Pacifics and Coolers began to rise. Equipments also threw of their heaviness, shar- ing var ably with the more specula- tive issues of that divis on. Sales aEiCulted to 1.050.0o9 shares.
 There was little in the money mar ket or foreign exchange to offer es- pecial encouragement Call loans re- newed at 10 per cent, advancing to le Der cent just before the close and active bidding for time funds was without results. Exchange on Lon don was uncertain most of the time, but improved later.
 Further heavy trading in Liberty and Victory issues at lower prices featured the active bond market. but rGils and industrials rallied with the stock market Sales. par value, az gregated s1S.S5o.0O Old U. s. bonds were unaltered on call
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
SPCRTINC NOTES.

While Dan Morgan pers sts that Edd-e Fitzsimmons is the most pow erful puncher in the lightweight di- vision at present there are several others who are willing to box ,Fltz, although Morgan has maintained there are none.
 One of the group is Willie Jackson, the Bronx lightwe. .ght, who hits as hard as Fitzsimmons. Jackson stip- ulateS that F tz is requiredVto make f33 pounds ringside.
 Joe Yelling is another who will accommodate Fitzsimmons if he makes weight.
 Another boxer who would meet. Fitzsimmons if the latter agrees to make weight is Mickey Doniey, the Newark boy.
 Mrs. Mildred Wolgast, wife of for mer lightweight champion Ad. Wol- gast, has brought suit against Ad for $250 monthly separate mainte- nance, accord -ng to Los Angeles re- port. Sine alleges Wolgast deserted her in 1917.
 Billy Gibson's newly imported coast lightweight, Spider Roach, has been selected to meet a good boy in the sem1-hnal bout at the Dundee-Leon- ard tilt at the Arena A. A. of Jer- sey City. Roach is training, daily at Stillmans.
 The signing Of "Cuddy" Murphy by the Boston Red Sox has made a big hole in Dartmouth's pitching staff. The minor league ball players as we'll. IS the big leaguers now de- clare they must be given salary boosts tp meet the high cost of living.
 Benny Leonard is going to meet a dangerous contender in the near fu- ture in Lew Edward. the son of 1 Wales, who is no win this country and is planning an invasion among the boxers here. Leonard has been l having it fairly soft right now, doing away with the various contenders for his title but, in Edwards he will ] meet boy who is likely to cause him much trouble. Edwards has the backing of a newspaper man who knows whats what about the boxing game, also about Leonard and, unless Edwards blows entirely, the top- heavy holder ,of title may either have to fight for them under conditions governing such affairs or else get in- 10 the welterweight, where many de- clare he belongs.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
WALSH GIVES WARNING OF
 INCOME TAX ADVISER

The following statement was issued Friday at harpford by the Bureau of Internal Revenue through Collector James J. walsh;
 :'1he puolc is advised by the com missioner of internal revenue to in- quire careIully into the qualifications oG persons advertising thenseiVes as income tax experts and offering for a conslderation-to aid taxpayers in making out their income tax re- turns.
 "The ;ssioner's attention has been direcled to advertisements and announcements of this klnd, some of which are issued by former employees with the obvious purpose of caplta1iz- ing their service in the bureau of in terna1 revenue to secure business. The claims made by certain of these ex- employees, to say the least, are eXtraV- again, and not in line with knowledge of the income tax laws and regula- tionS obtained while connected with the internal revenue service. The advisory tax board at one time a part of the bureau organizations, com prised but five members, although claim to it's membership is now being made for former employees in no way connected with it.
 Every taxpayer is assured of c sduare deal from the government bas- ed entirely on the tax laws and reSu- lations and the facts in his case. No other influence is allowed to enter into internal revenue matters and the intimation of any firm or individual that they are in a position to exert special influence with internal ,'n'---7Ie officers is without foundation in fact. Painstaking and open minded co44s-uo ia lIoIl IS sven in every case ! regardless of whether the taxpayer appears in person or by attorney. | The bureau recognizes and appre- ciates the cooperation rendered by qualified tax advisors in the work of preparing tax returns. Banks, trust companies and similar responsible in st4la4t.ons have aiWays co-operated in i furnishing authentic income tax in formation.
 'In the filing of income tax returns the bureau of internal revenue is of fering to taxpayers free advisory i service. Revenue officers are visiting every county in the United States tc assist in the making out of returns i'll cities the usual .oca ion of esf l officers is at the office of the collector
 of internal revenue or deputy ,-OI- ! lector, and in the country districts at post offices and banks.
 Firms or persons who offer tC prosecute claims against the govern
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
KALEIDOSCOPE

Operated by a long lever. new device enables freight car doors to be opened easily. M
 The Ecuadorean government has added an aviation course to it's mili- tary and naval college.
 Pulling down the front and back of a new house cap for women converts it into a sunbonnet.
 A Frenchman at Madrid looped the loop in his plane 624 times in a flight of 2 hours 4y minutes and g seconds.
 A revision of a French dietton- ary which was begun in 1878 now is expected to be finished about 2O2e or 2O25.
 Gathering nuts from the ground has been made easier by a Caifornia. ans invention of device for the purpose. t r
 Japanese have found cement u1op- tar mixed with volcanic ashes v2luas hle for work that is submerged in sea water. 's's'
 The Regency of Tunis, having it's northern or Mediterranean limit in the same latitudinal position as the State of North ! Carolina, and. like North Carolina, supporting an esti- mated population of 100000 on. an area of about 50,000 square miles, fS essentially an agriculture country de- irving it's wealth from farm and uinx.
 The Province of Manitoba covers an area of 1882 square miles, Of which 17S,O0O square miles were adds ed in 1912. The added territoryF known as New Manitoba, contains t24 miles of railroad, 332 miles of which have been built by the Canas dian government to connect the grain fields of the northwest with the Hud- son Bay.
 An exchange of exhibition trains for showing in one country the prodS ucts cf another is a recent. trade- Extension project that is attracting attention in Canada. The Canadian National Railways have arranged' for the transportation of exhibits s0ei French goods through Canada, and Ca- nadian manufacturers win be able to secure a similar exhibition of their goods on a train that will be taken through the principal cities of France.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
NEW LONDON POLICE
 pIsOREY COMMITTEE ORDER

|, Despite the order of the New London police committee that any officer of the police force there would be charged with insCbord na tion if further attempt was made to agitate an increase in the salary of members of the department, that threat has been ignored and it would not be surprising if petition, sign ed by a majority of members of the force was presented to the court of common council at it's meeting next Monday night requesting that the council grant the request for an in crease of $500 annually to the officers, which request was denied by the po- lice committee.
 It developed Friday noon that pe- tition was being circulated by the members of the force and that it was intended to present the pet tion to the council. Mayor Morgan became in formed that the petition was being circulated and learned the petition was in the hands of Patrolman George Perkins. Mayor Morgan made a demand upon the officer for the, pe- tition and receiving the document, called a meeting of the police com mitree at o'clock, at which time four of the signers of the petition were on hand. ill response to a sum mons. these being Sergeant Michael Grady and Patrolman John Perry Frank Geer and Patrick Murphy.
 The committee heard statements of the men to the effect that the peti- tion was to be handed to Captain Pinney for his approval or disappro- val and then turned over to the po- lice committee for presentation tt the councl and that there was. no in tention to take the petition over the head of the committee and endeavol to steam roller it through the coun- cil.
 Later Patrolman Perkins went tC the office of Mayor Morgan and re- ce;ved the petition.
 By a member of the committee il
 was hinted that if the petition reach
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
APPLE5Y WINNER IN
 MATCH WITH RICE

Boston, Feb. 27-Francis P. Apple by of New York won q 29 inning match today from Julian Rice of New York in the national amateur 1S.2 balk line billiard tournament at the Boston Ath- letic association. The score was 900 to 14S. Appleby's average was 10 10-29, with high runs of 54, 55 and 25. Rice averaged 2-7 and made high runs of fl, 3S and TO-
 An unfinished run of 109 in the 18th inning gave David McAndless of Chi cago, a 300 to 153 victory tonight over Perry P. Trump of Pittsburgh. in a match that developed some of the best billiards of the tournament When McAndless went to the table in the 18th inning he had a lead of two, which he increased with run of forty. His average was 23 1-1S, the highest of the tournament. Trump made high runs of s9, 2S and 1s, averaging Il 10-l3
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28

san Francisco, Feb. 27-Jacik Demp- sey, heavyweight champion of the world, and his manager, Jack KearnS, have been indicted by the federal -rard jury on a charge of having Dempsey avoid the selective draft, ac- co-dinE to a responsible federal official here today. The indictments will be filed in the court late today according to this official
 A second indictment charging Demp- sey with an actual evasion of the draft records also will be filed, this official said
 Warrants will be Seworn out after she jury reports and the men will be arrested upon their expected arrival here from Los Anfeles tomorrow, this chicial said. Their bonds will be fix cd at s1. .O0o each, it was said
 William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world, and his manager, Jack kearns, were indicted by the federal grand jury here tonight on Q charge that they con- s9ired to have Dempsey evade the selective draft. A second indictment against Dempsey charged actual eva sion of the draft.
 Warrants were sworn out for their
 
 each. The conspiracy charge provided for a maximum penalty of two years in the penitentiary and $2,000 fine and 'fhe evasion charge one year in prison.
 The indictment followed weeks of investigation conducted by E. M Blan- ford, chief of the department of jus tice bureau of investigation, and Col bnei C. ". Thomas assistant United States district attorney here. The in vestigation was prompted by public charges by Maxine Dempsey, divorced wife Of the pugilist, that she had been compelled to attest Dempsey's claims for exemption.
 Subsequently, Mrs. Dempsey present. ed an affidavit to Colonel Thomas in which she retracted the charges, say ing they had been caused by pique against Dempsey This affidavit fig lired in the grand jury inquiry, Mrs. Frank Spellman, q representative of a con pany :n which Dempsey is inter ested, a number Of persons prominent in state sport circles and executives pf the draft board. which exempted Dempsey appeared before the jury.
 Federal officials said they were ad- vised that Dempsey and kearns would arrive here tomorrow from Los An geles to surrender them selves.
 Dempsey was charges with having falsely sworn that his father, mother, widowed sister and the latter's two children were dependent on him, that he had contr buted $20 month each 10 their support during the year 1917 and that they were receiving support rom no ether source
 Derapscy's statement to the draft
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
wE ARE sUCH lCHILDRil.EIlN. z

We are such children in Bifes bound
 less sight, .is .sss5s Such infants. you and I, even. if one Has longer walked the fields, marked
 shade and sun sss. as.ss In greater. measure as the hoars.-take
 flight ssrft aa l. So fraiI our force matched with the
 tireless might
 That gathers strength from each rude
 travail done, Weaves finer webs from every web m
 spun, sssas-.ss asss And brings from every. gloom, more
 radiant light. .s- .sg4 ssssa Such prat1ers all the tongues account For. ah. the path has still to wind so
 far
 The path of earth-yea. more-ef
 every star That, with new meanings at each az
 vent new, q Now blin3ls, now glitters mid the
 vasty skies
 And bids us seek some greater. loftier William Struthers
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
All-Amerieans
An.stan
LAWN TENNIS IN ENGLAND
 BACK TO PRE-WAR poSITIf

Lawn tennis throughout England
 may be sad to have regained it's pre- war position and there is every evil dence that the sport will experience a tremendous boom during the coming summer. especially with an American team playing in the Wimbledon cham pionships. Reserved stand tickets for this tournament, which will not begin until June 21, have already been the demand that they were allotted in part by ballot.
 These seats which are good throughout the entire tournament, and are also transferable, were placed on sale about the middle of January at a cost of approximate tely SIP each. Ac- cording to the latest announcements from abroad, it is expected that the tournament will continue for close to two weeks and will contain entrants both men and women, from all the Eu- ropean tennis playing countries aa well as the United States, Australia Japan and South Africa.
 Other plans include the revival of the famous London-Paris matches he- ginning April 6 and the Inauguration of an English professional champion. ship. The conditions for this inno. vation are follows:
 Under the regulations, a register shall be kept of all professional plav- CTS. no registration fee being payable Everey challenge shall be for a stakr of $500 side and within seven days of the issue of the challenge the chal- lenger shall deposit with the treasurer of the Lawn Tennis association the sum of $100. The champion must ac cept the challenge within A days and deposit similar sum. By mutual ron. sont the side stake can be over $500. The annual contest is to be held in July each year. and challenges must he received by the preceding March 1. If there be more than one challenger.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
FIGHT TO KEEP OUT
 OF CELLAR POSITION

Teams 4 and 2, which are fighting 10 keep out of the cellar position in the ElkS' duckpin tournament, had hot match Friday evening on the Elks' all leys which was won by three straight games by Team No. under Captain Combies. The winners had a safe margin in every game and led their opponents on team total by 1872 to 1231.
 The individual feature of the match was furnished by the competition be- tween Doc Collins and Judge" Cas- sidy, Collins rolling with the winners for Kehoe and slipping over several spares that left the Judge" trailing when the final results were figured up. Doc" anna assed a total of 273 to the Judges" PAT and won two out of three strings.
 Campbell had good night with the pins and cleaned up the high three string total of 2s8 besides the high individual single of 103. The scores:
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
DEMPSEY AND kEARNS INDICTED

 board that his wife had lived with hlrn for IS months previous to his appear ance before the board and that his parents and widowed sister had made their home with him for four years were false, according to the indict- ment. Say, dear, if I ask you would you, if wanted you to, swear to an ain. davit that I was supporting you z? Dempsey wrote his wife, Maxine Dempsey, in August, 1917, the indict- ment asserted.
 Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, said today he was waiting to hear from his attorney in San Fran cisco before making any move con- corning the indictments. He said he hoped it could be arranged for him self and Dempsey to surrender to fed eral officials here.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
TROOPS aM
 MUTlNIED IN, .koVNe.

Warsaw, Thursday, Feb. 2e.-Iithu.,, anian troops mutinied in Kovno on February 21, according to the Polish government news agency. besiegllfg the parliament building for "A hours to enforce their demands. for back pay. The railway station and other parts of the city were subjected to artillery fire day and night.
 The besiegers meanwhile. continually fired upon the parliament and other. government buildings with rifles. and machine guns. Loyal troops fnallH suppressed the mutiny.
 Report attributes the mutiny to, bofs- shevism It is said the Lithuanian po- liticians are now more favorable to- ward reaching an understanding with Poland for resistance to bolshevislr.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
Norwich Distributors Harvard

ment can secure no special consider ation beyond the merits of the claims a,s determined by the facts and the law.
 Any former government officer or employe is bafred by statute from act ing as counsel, attorney or agent for prsecuting claims against the United States which were pending while he was an officer or employe; and is also barred from aiding ill any manner the prosecution oS sich claims within two years after leaving the government service"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
NO REFERENDUM VOTE ON '
 SUFFRAGE IN okLAHOk1A

Oklahoma City. Okla. Feb. 27.@ Gov. J. B. A. Robertson declared to- night that adoption of the house res- olution by the senate today completes ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. It makes no difference he asserted, whether the house emer.s gency clause, which provides immedf- ate ratification, is attached. There IS no way, he declared, for the ratfficAs tion proposal to be submitted to rsf< eerndum at the August primary as tns senate resolution now provides.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
FRED B. HALL GIVES
 CLEVER EXHIBITION

Fred B. Hall. champion exhibition pocket pool player of the world, gave very interesting exhibition at the Aetna billiard parior Friday night. About 300 people were present. His work is all he claimed and showed shots that have never been seen in Norwich before. His juggling act was wonderful: also his wing shots are new, driving 15- balls around the table at lightning speed. Hall plays tonight at Fred Dugas' parlor, Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28

eliminating sets of matches shall be played in May.
 After deducting expenses the gate money shall be divided by the cham pion and his opponent in the cham. pionship match in the proportion oL two and one. The champion shall hold the trophy, valued at $500, so long as he retains the title.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28

es the council. as tt undoubtedly will the recorn. snaati3 O th 70 -7l +-"e will be that the request of the pet- tioneis be denied.
 It is also stated from another source that the officers have the backing of several aldermen in the effort to secure the increased com pensation
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
S1,ooo ,ooo FOR TEACHERS
 COLLEGE BUILDING FUND

New York, Feb 27.-The general cd ucbation board today announced the appropriation of s1,OO0O0O toward the $3,000, 900 building fund of Teachers College, Columbia University for the erection of the new library planned by the institution here. The new build ing, which will be particularly devot- ed to research work, will be six stories high. Provision will be made for 350,- coo volumes.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-28
TO Guaird Ax.inst T,auerv,

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 If you have even the slightest cough or cold. better begin using Foiey s Honey and Tar at once. Henry Willis. Sandy Point. Texas, is one of many tanlousaads thou. s Wn9 consioer @ r. this remedy verely with a bad cough; after using four or five dollars worth of different med 'cines decided to try Foley's Honey and Tar. One bottle gave relief Best medicine I ever used" Contains no npfates. Lee & OSgood Co. .+t' ->G-