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Britain D PUBLISHING COMPANTY, reat Tim into for (Sun@ay excented) at 4:18 | fits him Herald Luilding, ear ee Months Month not His much may i the Post OmMca mt New Dritain cond Class Biall Matter. TELEPHONE not cn . b coms e caLLs ventures jus medinm 10 reulation books and press n to advertiser brofitable adver 5 o iwave an appea t of the Ascacinted TTem { R ted Press s exciusively eruitled use for rvpublication of ali news h 1o 1t or not utherwise credited pep:r and also lvcal mevs “erein. League o the zuise of ened KLAIN'S ANNIVERSARY. TUpon candidate exact. | of them 1th pnth, January 17, to be two hundre their of the h, of the and « United States, and fourtee ry hirth, in the City | electorate zreatest diplomit the T conomist own, His vith Ihe Benjamin Upon January 17th there tarted a national campaign | page te into the minds of 1he At | hungera else- thritt. char- ople, ol this and e values city However, habits in of his pon which the ancient announces well versed and upon which telling sayings, this day. rmed sov hem known of reconstruction vincing sy o I no niight of it i seems to to the fou inspipation (o frugality Eiryan, with in ng thie ound war with France. it necessary to pay her | Seeker tax Dlay of creating a upon enses by those Franklin was in Iy e time, he saw 1hat taxation merican district was inevit- be is what he it wioted as say- was obvious that his es would he = off, unavailing in t to put or considerably | his mind whieh temper Act 0o strong e amount the e w jvell have hinde ut it it we were to r Stamn the Jjaw s kindness for us. We the down, red sun's | always since is my [ prisoner may bhe long before it | court us reccive the malke We good we can may still word ality and indus- [ James T. toway idlenc heanicr ments ho towards in- | sudden s and than pride | a a hand Kiv who knew clouds of repe; klin, the Stamp Act ion, Am- Pompador cast by way of celeb danehter earth. wite : finc nd in picce of 1 Reaper Jud yards., cost 1k nej iute h zloves. shillings a hood ligee and petticoat of | oay ving. for Sall¥: with of as a four Dbottles Tittle sending he put water hat and two reels.” this Stamp has when \s repealed 1 i rart, SR i native cquipment the class ength i a1 supy 1 am willing and new zown, which School da did not send an I knew you would not like into his r than your neizhbors un- was own of your own spinning was € fhat 1 1 to a4 comfort for me to had once heen elothed, | Ve 1AW foot. in woolen and Iy wire's manufacture that | ©ity r prouder of dress in my that she and her danghter | It t again if it was necessary,” | 4 more v lived a public life, | judze gave is time o the common weal, | Deneh. little for selfish it and never | and Vet rery in the la New a light of he practice of frugality the comfortable sum for thesc | js hardened the samc tune in those. leaving about de- he o his family upon his practiced rigidly what S o Mis principles. as outlined followed decisions phy be much gy 10- 1§ evidenced success as they = B e G ing his oviding that a concen- to live ideals the his bit fitter | me. up to his @ to rever cneral public, the world will soon such | other city if not 1ce in which te live. In afte a man will be it us soon, let precepts veck upon youth, for is appurent, us the following ana | showing and rselves accordingly to on Resolve to perform | lends onght perform. without | Judge vou resolve but also ¥: Make others re but to | his no expense o or yvourself: waste ha Lose. no tume: be always | which off | in the the the in something useinl: ent ssary 2 Use heently actions. right no hurtful deceit and and, if | s justly . speak accordingly and Wrong none by the doing in- | to-man omitting benetits 1hat | father duty pointed o ion: [orbear resenting in- and phch o i lity: b yon think 1l ol ance extremes There not disturbe R antto t accidents, common el official oS\ osand | the most | early States Army Y AN'S COMEBACHK. Bryan, bnor | departuie aspirant for is his staging ramail Tect that is | At that J catic tu ind responsible deal of theatrical limelight obtain politics required ving ir His latest ‘@ covehant fhis hope: adopting advent delight who his the extremely ena lecture moin he 10 losi 1 the stunt’ i the and Nations Lodze flefena s for the Republi Tt does the thoush. into 3 with t candidacy tongu President satisfaction There but politics who Tone! constituted the with s0 room Justice death pall over city their Although in lived model into sons. room Vs, was athiete—lte undertaking. his motto. After ihis position fair, never By knowledge w Britain Democrats he appeal. His senaal o constantly ., eve uzh tour Without wou e for 1 v tangua ado ince reservittions er of will platform Presidency cuns the f not pla the Repn a he a1 seriously principles. qu ker: b ha have be of the candidacy wish to and nd chara hard, the that ¥ regarded appearing in t such Meskill, t a him, eve the car dreary cut the Meskil ver: a A nati his life been so Whet u M or Judsc put practice, b and police courts, that h sal his of 1 he criminal justice as were {3 many superior ¢ who, can him directing i Meskill heen ¢ have lives bench, ummoned there. talk might it haye Judge capacity, summer eve of time than by vears ourt had his rulin court jv fewer vears look thank the him 1onor an was @ man v fellow-meon. acte proved o path Judge an offer in'a a tal give the rig the yo been had com b sincere of cawip the there will man—au could feel down life that built there nick ut he Lis a en nothin of an ol watch i o) m ad cter cold milk his de 5o jul hefor st he man he ne this morning hs officialdom n 1y shado y flow 1. in m ve of that « char her it pon eskill, sccond pa Chna the honorable position of judge e was has been said of Judge upright or upon excellent aw for courfs a synonymous with justice. could the circumstances. votes fight i chance wit, proved everyonc be that fullest the morning by and the projects and obtains him much advertising which bene- n thoush ic to clect are a sourc his posi- Id not be b ad- ceturer ough his political wrena he ed tication bookers is ption of Ui Tuding., hox» ihe cal- hold forti. several mos arc basing avor of the debar Bryan n as all his is hailed blican new. to split wcient. weds will not considut whatever his He | is a coi- would malk dmitted, the excepting to bother g the public an amusing a4 master fou him closely. TESKIL an who was so developesd he could mandates of of Ilfuman scisions wey st that the e him in the ire he would sensc of was Judge rws of whose s cast and those cold gray hours ws over th the of his forty-five Grim wer man- ay well ser New DLritain letermination acteristic of was in the footbali Hizg none the in his to as sntire enev Thoroughness ssing the ba aminations and building up a luer chosen fox 1he in of nd it was best known. Meskill that conscientio any cou judgmen: intent himself aul name The mo-t feel sure most innocen That his is nowhere better the f: on t that dui- the act he bench as’f as 1dge <ing Judge Meskill cerror to t d hag not ith And a d ma the £ vouths st Stepping Mesk nder i heart-to-heart, k suc 1o nt an mg many Meskill by e ut in ¢ was enacted 1916 at the in Connecticut will only trov possibly Niantic. ew occasions those of any in the Staie be many back to his for of his v he path that Jpiness. For a judee, n interest in in the little baclkroom adjacent to the court there ny incidents turning point ving from down frou had often office man- i1l nto his as a loving erring son— the wrong man anothe. testimonials thosc contact one in T It for the Mexican border and there s wers | to what then seemed like certain wu e several so- men in {1 that ’ | die, | worker woops’ | ty who had for sourc a long time been a > of annoyanc 4 menace to to the police public. Thes brought the fenders had Meskill his been Judze many times: man 1t th times decisions fhat vere severe so happened practically entire of listed Szay wrongdoers had Meslkill, interest - and Judgze still retair ing s kindly in these boys 1inst whom he had been compelict to render hgrd decisions, journeved to Niantic “lo sy ¥ a company Z00d-hyo As to my hoys as lic term he came down the street, erstwhils vingleader shouted for his “gang.” Meskill grinning and immediately Judge surrounded by all echo. a throng of whom cheered him He briefly. what of o young 1he men. to responded telling them he expected them and sending them away with the feeling that he was their frier Tudze Meskill has gone o his last reward. but the city is lived it. that better that its he in Many of people are ctte they were and the associated witn him., memory of the and his Kindly ways will the evidenc decease:d long survive more tangih of the human form. We alone cannot let news this one remain in our that columns with, U chance it will be missed du reader. bLut n itsell. pitaph” sasual have Lt which to it here. niscent by is winds up program the Itobert for the annual . ccleb ot anniversary of the 1 Burns which will by the local Burns Club: be observed * O Robert man. we miss ye sair. Prohibition Punch paloots the air: It you werc.only here the noo You'd hac ird time gettin® foo. While tioned the the Robh. thorship is not men- in program, we imagi a :r»;t' 1d poct dialect. that Steve long in local Scotch cite ay proved ability in Scotch thanked o is to be for the bit of the verse Scnalor there Lu many is, convin ed in that the ave more Reds country against whem action must taken. He s the ratched the tes that the raids of past month or so have Let's Keep scratching Victor DBerger was to addr sathering in Jersey ( The n Yty last nighr r-congressman from the home of 1 beer miet the icl of police near the door of the Hogve building where the speech was to been delivered. that speech upon his che Mexicans evidently feel that i is safe to continue the their *policy United es upon Stutes. the en Two Americans, Standarvd il emplores of Company. have b murderci and robbed for the payroll they carried. he United States is mvestigating As usual FACTS AND FANCIES. Of course it is possibic many more foolish but running for won't one is wc may things before we constable in Tre- land of them. —Dallas News. he The miaple sugar crop also will be short next spring. The farmers in Vermont won't able to zet any cane sugar to make it oul of.— Kansis City Times. he Miss Lucy Page Gaston, the Anti-Cigarette leagur nounced her candidacy dency, will expect all tors of the country one free putt. Transcript. founder who has for the p the to of n- csi- sive het at Boston Iivening Remember that it ally to make it a if you can pay Boston Globe. will Tappy all New Year up our bilis.— Pr serts dent Care fign on tending Mexican war, He might Austria’s ostensible effort in war with Serbia back in 1914.- ville Soutliern Lumberman Nz, one comenting factions by recall that writer the con- a foreign ch was forcing Nash- as- With wood so scarce and high. maybe it would be a measure of econ- omy to leave the ex-Kaiser alone until the winter is over.—San Light With kept in coul und other precious things the eellar, the second story liable to practice vevision —Washington Herald s downward contemporar) ave 300 active most of them. being quite smali.” The same might be siid of presidential Washington Pos A reliable that “‘there in the world. announces volcanoes thin hooms, But the railroad that soon connect Bagdad with Europe will not have erlin as the northern termir al.— Boston Transeript is to Omly Zagli ment Pe hoae to sons who empioyed Lea el faultles zovern- Thilip- speuk by th English in t was humor in | only § i way, of out- | whici | gallunt edi- | 1y miateri- Antonio ! however, THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME Ll pET JOHN WILL EITHER QUIT THAT BOWLING CLUB HE BELONGS TO 0)R VULL KNOW THE REASON wHy !! | China | States 5o or them. but we would like ,';IU- S. GAINED IN ry much if on Saturday You cou SELLING SUPPLIES ! But at home Uncle Sam is not | 1r—Cleveland Plain Dealer. An exact librarian would index the tederal “fair price lists” as fiction.— New York Sun. pines. ta 0 particu X L > have a reception matinee. This would give us opportunity to give a lasi farewell to our favorite plavers and | cspecially to Miss Leonard whom e | isc very much. . Would Have Cost Mc vansport | We look with resret upon the future 2 of the theater. pre ntinz movies and vaudeville hut hope that the Lyceum Players ay return with the spring and make us happy after a hard winter. Please consider our request and if possible grant it, that we may once more for the last time speak to our friends. We thank you much for ‘our endeavors and appreciate your Wwork very much. Many of the Hizh ! sehool pupils had the opportunity of 2 happy social time with you and t(wo of our vorites but we had no such opportunity we this one last favor of your to have a recep matince on Saturday afiernoon Yours very truly TWELVE LYCEUM —— 1 docs not have to be s0 v old to have a memory that runs back to a time when hash was s unpop- ular as pruncs. but nothing that has meat in it is despised these days.— Columbus Dispatch. one hem Back Here. Says Gen. Conner. Antwerp, Jan. 4.—Almost $300.0 000 was realized from the sale American army stocks remaining in lrrance after the departure of the Am sican army. said Brig. Gen. W. D. Conner. chicf of staff of the American department cf supply who sailed today for Ameri Gen. Conner said he had estimuted the value of the stocks at $1.700.000.000 and decclared it would hive cost $75.000.000 to takc the sfocks back to America. The United States therefore received little than 50 cents on far S 3 supplies that were so L o \IEE MIRONS The selling of army stocks was BEIENDSNORRETEIE N CR G L e S S e PLAYER . could do. the general declared. [ad e they been held in various countries 25 YEARS AGO grea: loss would have been entailed. s the expense would have been heavy. | (From The Herald of That Date) feel that you would cnjoy a chew on the corner of your The pulp from which the e has increased in cost chiefly during the last Paul Pioncer Press It you rvich diet newspaper. paper was mad 633 per cent., five year t. his asks he Wilson will be. Gerard’= Ger who is president James W candidate for not intend to be in President and nobody expects he somebody may get in Philadelphia Press from Jan. e —Wall ur own savs does a less dolliy the the | But way. of the Wild mixed nal 16 will be un- Street Jour- ouls with Irance - paid $400.000.000 on stocks taken over while the Allics and sm er nations purchased = supplics £860,000,000. Asan offset against the tocks bought by Franée thiat country undertook to pay damage claims amounting to several billion francs .as | a result of Americanr operations in | training ares When the | American | army went to France it w agreed | 1f you don’t believe there’s plenty of help around for jobs. just you look over the list of presidential candi- | dates, if you've time.— Manches- r Union ot 7 Januarvy North & Judd's laid off a-week business. The teamsters 1895 ‘moulder: on account have deen of . dull was signed in possibility of No comment upon the situation the senate more clogquent than simpla dates in the culendar. York World. The T'he armistice peace a who have to travel over Prospect street are complaining ipat farmis and buildings used by it i about "ashes which- vesidents are | yiining would be Ieft in the sume con- throwing uvon the eet making dition :"Q found siecighing difficult. Miles of ‘renches duz and Thomas W, O’'Connor..clerk at’C. J. huildings were demol ed and [ur(‘x';i White’s clothing store.” left this morn- { were rushed into Germany before U,.,! ing ftor days' sojourn 1o New and could be restored to its forme York. condition. | o, L Gen. Conner sailed the Red hias pregs in as the New were New York is to have five new thea- fers. That ought to help some toward soiving the housing problem.—Prov. lence J nal . is two 1 Aardware deaier. . § on AherYaung Men's T. AL | of St | liner Lapland which was the first and ¥, soeiety 5 ocedan passenger steamer to clear from | stand. that will Rot Antwerp for America nce Auzust, ziff, bul @ handrome ornament lo 1914, There were 430 passengers on | new quarters heard including Henry D. Mergan. | Robert N. consulur seneral at Birassels and wite, | husiness trip | interests of the DEMBQRATS GATHER I reported Uhat A5G Representatives It is almost time to publish the cacualty list of the good resolutions.— York Sun COMMUNICATED Our MHitching Posts. Editor New Herald Dear Sir: May 1 respectfull ittention the obsolete hitc occupying prominen center of our old Humphrey locuted front and adjoining driven street Srith an umbrella ot only be a uselul ew e Peck is on ah extended through the west in the Stanley Rule and Lev- Britain i Oh- | A vesigned the presidency of f the Swedish Lutheran hospital in i Chnicuio and the local Swedish Luth- ! { crans regard this as a goed sign that il will =oon pt the cail 10 be- coma ihe pastor af the New Dritain your to ing 1 Ly Al : Come From | sts such ; Zocd| 5 i Parts of Country to \ttend | Ho of places the Relics day entei Jack=on Wa from tinued to attend cient of ac Linner, n hinzton all Jan Demoerats of thz country con- | arvive in Washinaton toduy tomorrow the Jackson Day ! ih ramous quadrennial the democratic party when peakers considered of presidential timber discuss public guustions. | Although the banqu t is supposed | a side to meeting of democratic natic commitlee tor ihe selcction of time and place for the national convention. | main interest centers in ii. A\ letter irom President Wilton apnounced imporant, will 1d an address by Wm. Jenninas vill de- livered at that time. The from the president 1 the =peech the former secrctary ol state are pected to liave un important on the presidential campaizn church Any motor stoppinz on Main points and drawing close 1o vated by law. Lunp azainst these not w from prop- vehic At thes the curh- ne- NaConal llappenings. Lue 10 the oz in New Yo harbor tedav. 1wo ferryboatis collid cd. Pcople were throw to the decks Lut no one seriously injured A fyightful explosion occurred Brooklyn factory yvesterday vesuiting ! in ons death and over 3¢ injuries. Tialians excavating neay scene of di; aster may have struck concealed am- | munition or chemicals with pick. A big fire occurred ear! thiz morn at Bath beach, a short distance from New York cit Eighteen buildings went up the the buildings destroyed hoarding Thouses and | dences. Damage vlaced must post ishing in any wa) facilities offered Arawn that T i dense cessarily and, while to detract owners would rod them. connection | horse conve: in N never has of sceing o to be ances. | had the horse tied in this like to epcak of all of the hitching posts (stonc and adorning the our observation noted that they seldom nd. with due con- sideration of 11 Dobbin. T would est that in a city the of New Liritain it probably none m Main street would be b timely and fitting. I rea and taxpayer Britaain it but our sy al fortune the to should prehistor wooden ! city. From alo be reud inz out 1hree-story fire. Among were sto summear re at £125.000. anter of Bryan ) | se by ex- in a are i in . is suig size of th NO LICENSES ON NARCOTICS, Washinglon, Jan. salvarsan. neosalvarsan stitutes therefor. may from ull countries ¢ without import under a ruling announcesd by i war trade board soction of the state de- partinent. The new rezulation fective the 10th SLACK SEASON IN FURS. —Short | animals have been inspector trade de- He added ! Narcotics a nd all N however, that of the ity probably none of m as such. and believe: city as beautiful ani possible. 1| wish to ¢all ! ittention of the as a citizen of New Man. Jan. T fur bearing the Tur county venorted. A. Busselte. chiel of the ludson Bay Co. fur partment, serted today. that no accurate csiimate of ihe | whole season’s yield could yel bhe: made, There would not be as sreat 4 shortuge of muskral as had been rumored in his opinion although the pelts undoubtedly would be scarce winnipes. catehes of throughout " is soviet Tie nses husiness: a !sia individual making datc as ¢t Lo the ithorities. in up to this proper d Ly s of- Respeetfully. GARDNER ¢ CALIFORNTA WOMAN DECORVPED | Paris. Jan. T.—Miss Maude Cleve- | lund of Berkeley. ¢ sraduate and member of the faculty of the Uni- 'sity of California, has been awur e distin shed e medal the Americ woman's c¢lub e f conspicuous vie while as head the Red Cross home munication department of A cxpeditionary rees Heal a Cough HEALING WELD THE LYCEUM PLAY New IRS. Britain, Jan Conn (3 RUNS AGROUND. Jan, 7.—1 zton bhound Yorl ran 1., in the Tugs from to her assis is thoushi NSTEAM New York. mer Lexin dence to New f.archmont. thi mory Masson; Sen o Munuger Dear Mr. Masson With mucl regret we think farewell of the Lyceum layer We ave seen them in several of the nost touching plays. and wish . could to entertain us longer We have reception 2dyvan passenaer n e aground heavy this the ot servi off co fog civ { ca nee. T 10 (5, the not t b danzer To HaYk GOMPARATIVELY FEW DIAMONDS IN WORLD Whole Lot Weighs Olliy About Ten Tons all the dia- esistinz wer JanT in h and today as cut and polished zems zathered from the cuds of the earth they would form a pile about as lar wagon joad of voal dumped idewalk. says a Chleazo statis- expert. The pile would contain 474 carvats and zen.s would 107z tons. If the pile were in ro of & cound, it would have i base diameter of cisht and height of five Repkoning the diamonds at it vould a valur po. It contain @ Fallens worth 1-3 bushels - a bushel AN coyld be puckeds Litehen Chicago, monds mined as a on the tical 15. the weigh the f fact ar 710 gallon 51.570. famond: closet have would in an pantry This estimate proximation of rouzh dismonds in history. India. it is the bazed on an ap total output of the world's entire is estimated. has a1l told. 59.000.000 carat 090.000; South Africa 170,- Forneo. 1.000.000: Brit 50.000: Austrglia 150,000: 2.000; Siberin 500: United Thi a total rouzh output of 286,777.574 carals or 35 ¥-5 tons avoirdupois. Only aboul &y monds are cut Lout 60 per cent. being cut and are practically first diamond produced Brazil 13 ,000: Guilina per cent. of rou into gems and lox+ of their weight i poiished Diamond s indestructible and the ever mined may po:- sibly still in cxistence. But th: estimate allows for the Jloss of art least 1.000.000 carats by floed fir shipwreck and other disasters. These reductions and leave o total of cut and polished diamonds ‘at 16.533.- 174 carats. The cstimate yinimum price losses of $300 a carat is the at which diamond= be houzht teday. The popular demand for diamonds was never so zreat and they have become the zem workinz people well' as © the wealthy cluss arc worth three tim now before the war trom 0. to b3 0 a MILLION FOREIGNERS GO BACK TO EUROPE an as They much and sell at rat. as s N Million More Phin to Leave U, Soon As They Can Get Passports. New York. Jan. VU0 fareizn born early 1,60m:° laborérs have- left the United States for ‘Earépe since th. armistice ‘was sizned and 1.000,000 more Will depart as soon as pgssport regulations made less strict ac- cording to a slatemcnt igsued here by the inter-racial council of which Geu Coleman Du Pont is chairman Tens of thousands.of aliens are re- ported to be ziving up their jobs pre- paratory to rciurning to their heme lands. it was said. and many of thes: “as the result of racial judices. 1 take back with them siorics abou America which will make this country tiractive to immigrants.” The independence that nted the ted. e o been countries of Europe,” ‘it “and the fact that 30.000. 000 persons. women largely, are,dras inz aid from their zovernments in th torm of pensions. arc factors which detract from the incentive heretofor existing for foreigncrs to seck . their fortunes in the United States.” A nation-wide cdacational mov ment amon:z 30 nationalitics in thi country, havig for its purpoese the cn- deavor to “adjust the farcign born to American life.” has undertaken by the council which has held numer- ous conferences with leading repro- sentatives of cach race. More than 100 industrial and financial organiza tions of the country are said to be in- terested in the council which advocat “a liberal attitude on the part of public toward immizration” sult of the reported unskilled shortage be. as a ‘re- labo . Y. LEGISLATURE CONVENES TODAY Many New Faces in of 14 Assembly On Eve 20 Session—Two Women sHold Seats. Jan. 7 Th York lezisluture conyvenex oday. e assembly orzanized by clecting Thaddeus C. Sweet of o. speak for the seventh time. Re- piblicans also chose Simon L. Adler of Monroc as majority leader again. Chavles D, Donohue of New York was choice of democrats for speak He will contintie as the minority wicr. the Albany of 1he New e 1920 session senate J. Waltesrs ident cader. of pro Henry as pr blican floor senadors orily leader to succ A. Foley of N republicans have larz in both ho holds over tem and the ren democratic “on Senator Jame The majorities 29 republicans and the senate. one seat the assembly the members, the socialists new taces were scen mbly including two women Dr. Blizabeth Van R, wocrat of snects irguerite L. Smith, ) York. Theodorc i .cgan his politi sembly today. 1t was distinzuished ing L democrai being vacan republicans hav. democrats and n n 1 the mem- Gillette, nd Miss iblican of oscvelt also in New cal 1y recalied tha entered pu 35 years ago.