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Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-01

allow heat and afr to circulate in them and improve their dampened condition.
 The substituting of auto service for the parce; post and motorcycles for the special delivery service has proved a great convenience. Each year there is added more to the work and responsihiE ity of first class post offioes. and begin ming January another addition has been made which is the adjusting and paying claims for indemnity on insured mail This has been attended 10 in Washington but as claimants have had to wait several months for settlement 1t is considered they can be adjusted more readily by the local offices.
 The postal service is the largest bus- mess, institution in the world. It transacts a business of more than four hundred and fifty million dollars annually. Also a money order business of more than one billion. two hundred million dol lars annually: postal savings or. bank ing system which, though in existence only about seven years. has on deposit more than one hundred and seventy-nve million dollars, most of which money has been brought out of hiding and placed in circulation.
 There are employed in the postal service more than three hundred thous- anu GuspfOgCos dAl CLdooEo' postmA Sters, clerks, carriers, rural car riers, and star route carriers It is the largest civil organization in the world. It has a larger nurnber of men than the standing army in times of peace It IS represented in every village, town and city in our great land by some ensploye ; in the smaller towns by a postmaster. in the larger not only by a postnaster, but by carriers clerks and other employees.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-01

1,74o packages
 Postal Savings Business.
 New accounts opened 130. Deposits $52, ,661.46.
 Dues depositors s13S.5so.6o.
 Money order insurance, c. O. D. and registry receipts are rapidly increasing. The postal account which consists of the sale of stamps and stamped paper has increased 30 per cent. during the term of Postmaster John P. Murphy. and the work of the office has been transacted without any increase in the number of employees. As it is on this deparanent the post offices are rated. the postmaster finds it necessary to ask for an addi- tion to the force for the coming year
 There were nearly five million pieces of mail cancelled in the office the paa, year.
 With the increase of salaries during the past year the payroll of the office is nearly $S,000 a month. There are employed 15 regular clerks and 21 city carriers, rural carriers also r sub- stitute clerks and carriers. There are sub stations located in various sec tions of the town for the convenience of the patrons where post office, supplies and money orders may be purchased.
 Veteran Carriers Retired.
 Five veteran carriers of the Norwich post office were retired on Aug. 20 un- der the new law which retires a postal enploye when he reaches the age of s5 providing a pension whicn is rated oil the salary he has received. Those to be retired were Herman S. Case. city let ter carrier for 35 years, Emil A Jahn city carrier for 34 years. and the fol lowing rural delivery carriers who hac served for many years: Alfred w. Lef fingwell, Salem turnpike route Charle. sN.a Sweetser, Route 6, through Led gard :. and Joseph T. Frazier, Route over Plain Hill from Norwich Town.
 Last September all the wood work iron and tin of the exterior of the pos office building was painted and new grill doors placed in store rooms so as tn
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NORWICH POSTOFF|CE RECEIPTS
 INCREASED TO s914, ,132 IN 1920
ALFRED W. LErrINGwEIL

The business in the various depart ments of the Norwich post office during the year 1920 shows an increase each llontE of the year as compared with that Of any previous years. The amounts dci.o sited in the postpasters account in the Thames National bank, which is the U. S. depositaryi were as follows: Surplus money order funds ..s7s7 ss1 co Postal account. ........... 9S,273.41 War savings and thrift stamps 13,9os.io Revenue stamps ....... 1l,so7.e2
 ss14.133.5s 4 year ago the post ofice receipts were sSS9.6s1.}
 The business of the Norwich post of Is shown 4s follows:
 MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
 Issued tDomestio).
 Amount $ Fees Number Main office $24o,4S5.S7 s1.455.ss 1s,42O
 s41s,ass.45 s2,71s.s5 a7,o4S
 Paid (Domestie).
 Amount Number $2s4,7s7.15- 'e 25;529 i International (issued), T Amount Fees No. Main office ..s2.s5s:sS s37.7O 257 Stations .. =. 544s1 7.60 &2
 sS,2o4ss s45.aO 29s
 International Paid). Amount .. Number $23o.s6 22
 REGISTER BUSINESS. Dispatched.
 Main office ........... .14.s12 packages Stations =. ............ 1856 packages 22,1ss packages
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-06-21
FRENCHMAN ADVANCES
AS CLEVER BANTAM

The second and third years of
Georges Carpenters ring career
started him OF like a future BAN
tamweight champion of the world.
In 1908. he fought six battles, win
ming two by knockouts. one on a
foul, one on points, while each of
the other two resulted in a draw.
DeScamps gradually became more
daring in choosing opponents for the
fifteen year-old boxer. Salmon, the
Englishman, whom he defeated by a
knockout the first time in eighteen
rounds and again on a foul in thir-
teen rounds. was among the best of
the English bantamweights. Le-
grand. one Of the shiftieSt of the
French bantams. twice held him to
a draw. once for six rounds and
again at twenty rounds.
The following year promised to be
even more successful In one Of the
round Wetinck. who had nearly held
him even in one of the 1907 contests.
Four victories by knockouts and nine
bouts won on points, including tri-
umphs over Charlie Ledoux and Paul
Til, both famous bantams, comprised
the record for the year until Car
pentier ran into Gloria, a veteran,
who stopped him in six rounds.
This was the first time that the
Lens youth had taken the count De-
feat at the hands of more expert
enced boxer did not discourage either
CARPENTER or Descamps, for. on the
whole, Georges development had been
phenomenal and none recognized that
fact better than the shrewd little man
who has piloted the boxer to his
present pitch Of prominence.
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Some time after he defeated JEFF
charges of violating the Mann act,
but he evaded arrest and finally jour-
neyed to Paris.
When the exchequer shriveled a bit
he accepted challenge from Frank
Moran of Pittsburgh. and they faced
each other in France on June q,
1914. The negro warrior scored a VIC
tory on points in twenty rounds.
Moran was game and stubbornly
stood up to Johnson'S assaults. which
had not the steam of the champions
earlier attacks. johnson possessed
all of his old-tine skill, however.
There was not a single knockdown
or anything that smacked of fin
ishing blow. Johnson's superior skill
and his incessant uppercutting kept
Moran in subsection. Moran's attack
lacked the power to dispose of his ad-
versary.
The crowd was as cosmopolitan as
Paris itself. There were baronS and
dukes at the ringside, and earls and
duchesses, too. Sporting men of many
nations, clad in the formal evening
garb with which Europe honors Its
boxers, were part of the throng.
Johnson was proud of his victory,
for it was the first time that a cham
pion as old as he had even defended
his title and won. He was then
thirty-six years old. Moran's senior
by almost a decade.
The referee of the fight was Georges
Carpenter.
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CHOICE TO MEET T|LDEN
Kingscote, Briton, Figured to
Reach Challenge Round in Vim.
bledon Tennis Tourney.
BY the Associated Press.
By the Associn ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
By the Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON, June Fl. - enzo shf-
midsu. the Japnnese STIR. won with
ease in the second round OF the Brit
ish tennis tourney today from Count
de BOusies. France. Go, g.. 80.
er, defeated J. &. Masterman, Eng.
lnnd, Ga. 60. 1O-l2, 60.
Mrs. MOlla Bjurstedt Mallory, Amer
lean champion, won by default from
NJ iss II. &. johnson, England.
yVIMPT EN0N E"oiHnd Tuno d.
llaj. A. II. F. Ikingscote, who, for the
past fourteen years has been promi4-
nent figure in the tennis world. was
considered here today as the probable
opponent of William T. Tilden, I'd, of
Philadelphia, in the challenge round
Of the British turf tennis tournament
in prograss here. He played a mag
nificent game in defeating F. z. NJ.
Fisher of New Zealand yesterday,
60. 81, IS.
Other important matches decided
yesterday were:
Francis T. Hunter. United States,
defeated Jack Hillyard. c-3. ca
6-O.
A. Diemer Doole, Holland, defeated
A. B. Graves, California, 6-4. IS.
So, 60, 6-3.
s. NJ. Jacobs. India's Davis cup cap
tain. defeated A. W. Gore. England.
6-3. C.. 60.
Randolph Lycett, England. defeated
7. ~. 'iannt. champion of Singapore,
S-6, CO, 60.
Alfonso, Spain, defeated Askham,
El- .nIu. 81, IS, 6-3.
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the knockdown, however, Williams
flew gamely back at the champion.
Yesterday the champion increased
his boxing to eight rounds for the first
time since he started training. The
crowds which witness the daily work
outs at Dempsey's outdoor camp are
getting larger each day. Woman spec
tators are numerous and they applaud
the champion as he goes through his
PAGES.
O'Hare Proves Big Help.
Eddie O'Hare, the New York middle
weight, is making an impressive
showing in his workouts with the title
holder. He gives Dempsey a flashy
workout from the standpoint of speed
and stiffness. He hooks his left al
most exactly like Carpenter and his
moves are much after the fashion of
the French champion.
Manager Kearns was scheduled to
leave today for New York for a con-
ference with Tex Richard. promoter
of the championship contest at Jersey
City July 2. in an effort to clear up
the referee question. over which a
controversy has developed. Kearns is
opposed to the plans Of the New Jer-
sey boxing commission to select a ref
cree regardless of the wishes of the
principals. Kearns thinks that
Dempsey, as champion, should have a
choice in the selection
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While in New York Dempsey met
his first opponents of any class, box
ing with Andre Anderson, Wild Burt
kenney and John Lester Johnson in
ten-round. no-decision bouts, all 60
ing the limit. Dempsey was credited
with beating Anderson and Kennedy,
but the veteran negro Johnson
knew a bit too much for this "dia-
mond in the rough" from Colorado.
Johnson cracked two of Jacks ribs
in the second round and Dempsey
showed ring gameness by standing
up to the negro for the remainder Of
the fight.
Dempsey and his manager now talk
in the hundreds Of thousands when
discussing purses. For his first bout
in New York city, with Anderson,
the westerner received SIG. For box
ing Kenney. he was given $43 by
the promoter. He signed to box John
Lester Johnson for $500. but received
only 300. In those days. there was
no Jack Kearns present to haggle
for the boxer. and he decided that
New York was not the gold-filled
city that western stories had led him
to believe. The young fighter re-
turned to the west and to obscurity
for a few months.
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WILL TRAIN ON GR|D|RON
District High School Foot Ball
Players to Get Workouts at
Meade Encampment,

Foot ball players Of District high
schools attending the Sd Army Corps
citizens training camp, to be held at
Camp Meade during August, ought to
have the jump on other team as
pirants when they report for practice
next September. They will have the
benefit of two weeks Of real gridiron
drilling under the direction of COM
petent coaches, while learning the
rudiments of military science, for the
War Department intends to pay spe-
cial attention to the development Of
athletes during the camp term.
Twenty-seven members of Centraps
squad have applied for admission to
the camp and a number Of Business
boys will take advantage Of the op-
portuntty. Eastern and Tech are in
terested in the project and expect to
be well represented, while Western
probably will have some of its grid
ironers in training. The general con-
ditioning, in addition to the prepara-
tory foot ball work they will re-
ceive, will go far toward fitting the
boys for the annual championship
campaign.
The purpose Of the camp. briefly
told. Is to initiate the upbuilding Of
an organized reserve, ready for serv-
ice In the defense of the nation should
an emergency develop. The camp is
open to young men between the ages
Of sixteen and thirty-five. Attendance
entails no expense and the nearness
Of Camp Meade would permit Wash
ington boys to visit their homes dug.
@s TIA weekend fnrloughA
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PASSES" ALL SOLDIERS
Carpenter Never Fails to Admit
Men in Uniform to His
Training Quarters.

MANHASSET, N. Y, June 21.-For-
mer soldiers of the world war ap-
parently have not forgotten the
slogan. Your uniform is your pass"
which during the conflict was adopt
ed for them in many places of amuse-
ment throughout the country. The
man attired in his old-tim lighting
buds never fails to gain admittance
to the camp of Georges Carpenter.
And Manager Descamps has been
prompted to inquire whether the
American eXpediticnary forces have
been demobilized or not. He de-
clared enough men in uniform to
form an army corps have called to
see the challenger in action during
the last two weeks.
Georges started out by presenting
each of his former fighting COM
panions an autographed photograph,
but the demand soon exceeded the
supply, and now they must be con-
tent with the ever-ready smile. a
handshake and Hello, buddy"
Displays Defensive Tactics.
In five rounds of sparring yester-
weight. Marcel Denis. and three with
the negro heavyweight, Joe jeanette,
Carpenter exhibited the defensive
tactics he has been developing in
private workouts.
Many of the experts asked Manager
Descamps to let Georges show
something. and they were so in
sistent that the willy little French
man consented. Carpenter called on
Denis first and he went at such speed
that the little fellow appeared slow.
He hurt Denis badly when on one
occasion his right crashed into the
lightweight's jaw. He shouted oh"
and caught Denis in his arms to save
him from a fall.
Carpenter has been taking lessons
in defense from Jeanette, who was
noted for his ability at this part
Of the game. With Jeanette he went
even faster than he had with Denis.
He evaded Joe's punches for one
round, then they fought at close
quarters. Georges took number of
body punches with a smile and
worked an uppercut well.
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The champion is the sixth child or a
family of eight. Three of his brothers
and three sisters are alive, but the
youngest of the eight. who was named
Bruce, died about two years ago. When
Dempsey was seven years old his parents.
Hiram and Celia Dempsey. with all their
children, moved from Manassa to Mont
rose, Col. where they lived for nine
years. Then the Dcmpsey household was
shifted to Salt Lake City, Utah, and that
is the place which they, including the
champion, claim as their home.
Inherits Fighting Blood.
Born of rugged parents-Dempsey
claims that he has Irish, Scotch and In
dian blood in his veins and insists that
the fighting qualities for Wnich all tnrec
of these races are famous have been bred
in the bone and blood and have come to
him in generous portions from his an
tecedentS.
Most Of Dcmpsey's early life was
spent in the open on farm, but later
he alternated by working in the mines
except in harvest time, when he found 1t
more remunerative to devote his strength
to reaping wheat and other crops in the
grain belt. In this way Dempsey Kept
himself in fine physical condition, the
hard labor developing the wonderful
muscles which proved to be such a use.
full factor in his winning the world
heavyweight title.
Unlike his challenger. Carpenter
Dempsey had very little early training
for a career in the fighting arena, while
the French champion was close stu.
dent Of the glove game and an actual
competitor when he entered his teens
| According to Dempsey's own story
his first fistic encounter was In an
| improvised ring at Montrose. Calf
| when he was about nineteen years
| old. His opponent was a young black
[ smith named Woods. whom he knock
ed out in the third round. This in
| itial contest netted the now cham.
pion $25 His next fight also resulted
| in a third-round Knockout. Andy NAL
10y, who had previously walloped one
of. Dempsey's older brothers. being
| the victim.
Starts Rowing Mt Twenty.
When he was twenty years old
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a puzzle.
There has been evidence that the
Navy crew has been able to slow
down their beat quite successfully
without losing speed. This would go
far toward making the Midshipmen
favorites for the event were it not
that it Is an old boating truism that
what a crew has once learned it
never shakes off entirely. AS soon
as it is in a real race, rowing men
assert, it reverts to first principles.
That is the thing that makes many
hesitate to place full confidence in
the efforts of these huskies.
Columbia would be strong favorite
were 1t not that the Blue and White
crew reached top form so early. There
are many who believe that it is i'm
possible to hold a crew at its top
notch. That condition comes only
once and should come race day, not
before. However. Coach Rice is a
wise mentor and has been prepping
for this race all year, so he is fully
trusted by the Columbia cohorts.
California. like the Navy, has been
modifying its stroke. This may have
lessened rather than improved their
chances because with the race once
under way. if the pace is hot, they
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GEORGES BOXERS LOSE
Journee No Match for Weinest and
Italian Joe Cans Beaten
by Rather.

NEW YORK. June 21.-Georges
Carpenters sparring partners, Paul
Journee of France and Italian Joe
Cans of Brooklyn, were so severely
punished in real bouts at Ebbets
Field. Brooklyn, last night that the
referee stopped both contests.
Journee lost in the fifth of fifteen
round match to Charley Weinert
Newark heavyw eight, and Cans lost
to Augie Rather of New York in the
tenth of a twelve-round match.
Journee was game, but slow of
movement and was knocked down by
the fast and clever Newark heavy
weight three times in the fourt h
round and three in the fifth. Journee
weighed 1873 pounds and Weinert,
1857.
Cans was all in at the end of the
ninth round and took a count of nine
in the tenth. when the referee in
terfered. Cans weighed 155 and
Rather, 156.
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The boats which win through to en-
trance in the regatta may not have
the same personnel, as shifts are GER
tain if the trials show that breaking
up of one Of the boats will make two
crews stronger.
Instead of sending each boat over
the course in time trial, Coach
Hecox plans to let the three start a
race against one another and have
several watches catch each boat as it
crosses the finish line. This race prob
ably will be the best on the Potomac
:nis year. as no rowing regatta is to
be held here. and there is not sufficient
difference in the strength Of the
senior, intermediate and junior Fights
TO cause anything other than a close
race, according to one member of the
club.
Coach Hecox said he did not know
and would not pick the crews until
after the race Thursday. He seemed to
think there are chances of very few.
il any, changes in the senior boat, but
that the Junior or intermediate might
be shifted somewhat. The senior boat.
TOO, will have some new faces in it,
though, unless it measures up to eX-
pectations and beats the intermediates
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will shoot up the stroke.
The critics are getting ready to let
Syracuse and Penn down easy. but
both Coaches Ten Eyck and Wright
object. Somehow old boat race fol-
lowers cannot forget times when
either Penn or Syracuse, although not
favorites, finished first.
Finally not even the most optimistic
Annapolis supporters or those who
pin their faith to the Blue and White
of Columbia can help hearing in
retrospect those cheers-"Cornell, l
yell, yell, yell"-that so often have
breezed an Ithaca crew first across
the finish line.
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and juniors by the margin the coach
thinks it should.
ing as to what entries will be made in
While no announcement is forthcon1-
the Peoples regatta, it seems likely
that the senior and Junior boats wi!i
be the entries. with an additional en-,
try in the senior singles. g.,
1t is believed by several who have,
watched the crews in action that the.
juniors can beat the intermediates
and that the seniors can whip the
juniors by only a small margin. That
being the case. if the seniors make
good enough time in winning to war
rant a belief they should have fair.
chance at Philadelphia, the seniors
and juniors seem to be the logical
choice to make the trip. This would.
leave out the Intermediates unless
some of them do well enough to dis
place men in the renior boat.
Contra! High School oarsmen hare
a new boat, the one ordered last
spring having arrived. Some OF the
high school boys are working out tkis
summer and probably will get the use
of the boat before the opening OF
school. II this is done. as is antici-'
pated. the Blue ard White should have
crew next spring of sufficient
strength to gain sweeping victories
in nearly all scholastic regattas. e.
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Norfolk is the first OF number of
high-claSs boxers who will be brought
into camp to put Dempsey on edge in
the final ten days of his training.
Harry Greb, the Pittsburgh light
heavyweight. and Mike Gibbons, the
st. Paul phantom. also are slated to
join Dempsey's camp for the final
drive.
Chez May BE Dropped.
There is a possibility that Battling
Ghee may be dropped from the cham
pion's staff because of his inclination
to Keep away from Dempsey instead
OF forcing the champion to extend
himself. Ghee, who was knocked down
three times and had two teeth knocked
loose the first time he boxed Demp-
SeF. managed to keep out of range
yesterday. The Battler lost all of his
ambition to mix it, retreating three
steps for every step he took forward.
Larry Williams appears to be the
only Sparring partner in camp who
gives Dempsey any kind of a work.
out. Larry mixes furiously with the
champion, despite the fact that he
takes a lacing each day he performs.
Yesterday Dempsey nearly scored
clean knockout over the blonde spar
ring partner. The champion caught
Larry flush on the jaw with a right
hook, knocking him to 4 sitting posi-
ton, and only the ropes stopped him
from falling out of the ring. Despite
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Dempsey began rowing around, tax
ing on a bout whenever the oppor-
tunity offered. while between times
he returned to ODD farming jobs or
worked as a miner. His first eastern
experience in the fighting arena was
in New York city. where he met An
Dire Anderson. Wild Burt Kenney and
Lester Johnson, negro, in ten-round.
no decision bouts. This was in 1916.
During the following year Dempsey
knocked out A. Norton and Charley
Miller each in one round. Later he
won from Willie Meehan. Carl Morris.
Bob McAllister and Gunboat Smith in
four-round bouts in California, and
was knocked out in one round by Jim
Flynn, the pueblo Fireman" In the
following year Dempsey reversed this
by knocking Flynn out in a single
round and followed UP with a series
of knock-outs. among his victims be-
ing Fred-Fulton. Battling Levinsky.
Perky Flynn, Arthur Pelky and Terry
Kellar.
Dempsey's banner year was 1919.
when, after scoring Ave knock outs
OF one round each, in Pennsylvania
and Connecticut. he won the title by
stopping the big kansan. Jess Will
lard, at Toledo. Ohio, on Independence
day