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Britain Herald. IBLISHING COMPANY, ropriotors (Sunday excep! rald Bullding ar e Months onth 16 d) at Church o Post OMe pnd Class Matl At New Britain Matter PHONE CALLS 025 926 medium In s and press % open to advertisers of The Assoclated Press a v In exclusively entitied ublication of all news not otherwise credite also local news Intion organization and advers \nalysis of of © I & national nishes newspapers Ih & strictly honest Our elreulation statistics upon this audit. Th ar aninat fraud ne wapaper nd n th nation MM CWISED Up” taking steps to wet after within its organization: sost thing labor could do ent, least, and perhaps thing ) at it could do at any $'s opponents oct Hardin eactionary:” his friends it he hich is e Influenc mervative direction ry one conservative "' fhe committees and ted by the next President, umes this conservative s “congervative. correct, if he has all it will it there- will not Congress, Labor Congress more from bonrds at t fight, therefore, must of that radical element lown body. It begun ing John J. Fitapatrick z. inclined and moves radical, tive labor aside from expediency; L the fact that it iu best to & conservative adminis- jBout to take charge of the it Is believed that Labor beginning to solid for itself by beginning and removing own organization sympathy with polley of the has Foster, to- most leaders. lay a at elements which the tra- United le 18 always ready to give Ihy and its practical help to @ public's good<will is ever he asking, If that asking is b;' playing fairly and sen- . indicated that it is about by placing*the reins of its he hands of steady-think- can working their eause whose call Ity to their government men does not DIVIDUAL UNREST, Sullivan wanted or. He was, to be a in fact, one est prize fighters the world Jefferson, the elder, wanted Inter. ot test actors flar examples of “Individ- * might be given, You Are perhaps one of them bly you have longed and o do work other than that . between § tha He was one che Du are engaged lividing line Discontent’” “Human fon" diffcult @ former Impels one to give best to his work: to be satis his achievements ing to do bettor, This t that brings results e other hand and Is very to never: to is the dissatisfaction ‘s 1ot brings no results what- pt make iserable and to achieve to himself and nth rst thing for a man or woman o make it necessary ork along which or led him or there ohoula Is whether or nat tor he lines elreum- him or rin the he she has ar been to which circumstance It discontent her the neces that If conditions dicloses the be is cultivated an erutin t that on may change und of livelhood to which | Ltrald 0 s the change en to the cuure warning should be given we are so very huma ontent which 18 apt to be a dissati we, und we alone, ma efore, as a general rule. it | remedy that dissatisf on the brighter side “going to it’ tion Iy of thing with one's whole | “TEST RUMINATIN. (Robert Russell.) A picture o Abe hangs where 11 the don’t resemble don’t Lincoln may them boys see; he he resemble But that briar pipe from which there roll out many themes, suggests it wouldn't be %0 bad to keep him in our dreams. His face wa'n't beau tiful they say. an’ awkward wax his frame, but homeliness takes nothin’ from the splendor name. - It that public officers in whom the people trust. would allus think Lincoln be straight right, It seems ax though pettiness would thelr it though no laziness would cause them ¢'er to shirk It seems though true dignity tho t would mark their ts that subtle, little arBuments weuld alter facts. They th was human, crude, I hope me ol o' his seems o an an’ or bust no mar public work; seems as never say At he RUMORS. ding of rumors is often to blame, of courss, is the uncul an’ all that, but thi don’t feller from e hat in such a man picture o' where all a op n his k movin reverence fe Lincoln like be- Lincoln may —————— . the we'l Abe the to hangs boys see - ———— speech pome time ago. when constdered he P to eritical informed that the President had died, The The we for a puident’'s sickness was be at a stage, and was groundless it rumor was ry and anxiet created little while was great the street there was : had Yeterday on that declared United rumor Japan war States must a joke another on the Somconc have started it as The spread- ing of the rumor was cruel ed. Imagine the people who saw at their sons drafted to fight of conflict the once when the perio anxiety over recent great has scarce pas ed. Of course there was no basis for the report Often the spreading is thoughtlessly. It evil of but done is another example of the thoughtless tions may produ NOW COMES OUR DAY, while fit futility Fate, to Once In a in the trend of mankind even®s, sees impress of it upon the unrest and discontent with what has, in com- with the parison what others em to have. At present time such is under . and citi- ing it rs demonstration New way ha the fact, Britain arc that —that zens of driven home, to them i not such a bad town in it is far better than many otheri, some The per Britain is . for his ns during not so far from our doors manent resident of New it last about tolerance of unusual conditic the past “Auction prices” have prevailed for the heen to gain the reward two years. mechanic and tradesman He was necessary to the plant which was and he what has paid what he wished hing for he desired. Many of the stay-at-homes this city felt this others keen they son men zot raise h adventurous in wages d of envelopes that in to from the more their friends of weekly pay were double and triple their own and envied them their the. deflation has started, they affluence. However, has come about, no one knows how far it will go, and the men who will leave the or received large be, and hav the first finds it expenses. whe months pay to factory heen, necessary to cut its Some which operating unfortun- for being considered age are jobs used to a ates, were tunate a few from now, turned out their far better living than they will again While the who accustomed bench for be able to ecarn “unfortun- ates” at home worked steadily A rela- their their tively at lower wage are keeping and ex- jobs, receiving the regular they purchases wage finding that are e to tend their and broaden thelr mode of living with the prices of Ivelihood lining materials for and They had ome the They pleast for skimped severa] Now than jobs they to along bec years, get they envied rather the enviers have steady At a falr wage In addition, the industries ity a period of depression of to outlive the wre adinirably situated nd to employ A rensonable number of men whatever the general finaneclal situation. Wa have not heen a boom *own. no parti- worked pay- ANy the cular unusual demana has for roll consistently inflation of been growing sudden r we have ste wnd with times, at a normal healthy rate A the factor- de for varied line of products in combined with the all times market others goods assures will who that the labor While continuc normal have been v envelopes are walk- + may now be satis- afflue re is no parti- should lose it fied We with our compar itive have a jobh and cular reason why we FOR THE DISAB Nearly a score of ex-service men and the facts in each case have been ns | NEW fiKHAIN DAILY FACTS AND FANEIES ROBERT QUILLEN By cast by mail may get the inauguration | The in ballots in time fc is doubtle have public The Irish “Republic ablished fact. ‘They byildings to burn TRV AT T TOAORROW ? 1T knocks. n finds a quart in these never puts off until to- he can take today. times he what dry morrow is not a real states- ways does the th would do. Lioyd man. He that any Georie nearly man « nse modern statesmen will over- tuation. Too many of our think a flight of come the gravity oratory of the —_—m their have been New York results of the activities of® training after cases examined Ly the offices. The early the government here have thus been and ex- call satisfactory. Service men service men n urged to at the rooms this week and ascertain the 5 facts . mphasis is laid on this matter for reason that it may mean the young man in litc which will happiness he starting of many a with something bring him kind of he could never p were to lose this opportunity in for vocational training now offered to him by the government in such a way that he is while the In one case paid $100 a month taking training that has heen called to refrained the be- notice the young man had for he from making application training he wanted because lieved some complications might have ' his chances A eall Red where the representative of the vocational trair- all res! taken from him at the Cross rooms ing board stationed, removed doubt, is and he will the No man whol the undoubtedly benefit'of the training. a miss this | ceive or partiall abled through way ought to chance STATE BONUS, The every state bonus referendum to of reality, due to the action of th executive committee held ut headquarters in Hartford last Mon- day._Having a referendum to decide the state post the American Legion is now a ate in is the only fying the atmozphere of by those who the action of the Bridgeport last summer when the state bonus matter was killed by the delegates who had not r big of issue cl arguments with a way advanced glee to convention point Legion at ceived instructions how to vote on the mattter. In voting for a referendum, the executive committee that possibly an injustice to the rank and file of the Legion was done that day The anization and many con- ideas expected to be to the headquarters when in their re- realizes in Bridgeport Legion is a con- servative or servative, are suggested the ports. post secretaries send One of the suggestions for the con- servative will be to the effect will be accepted to give them one. does not posts that the bonus if the state The want to force a ptate bonus down the throats of the ones who have the power all tion sees fit Legion to grant t; The naturally it wants is fair play which sugges- be the would be to Legislative committee of try people would outcome of this attitude instruct the the endum to to secure a of matters Legion refer- to the this this state, in way would be The Zift and settled bonus would then the nd the spirit of the gift would than the once and for all come as a from people Le apprecigted even more money referendum the In the in New York State regarding bonus. it passed by a large majority, and the argu- that here, ments used bonus te namely foolishly against a in sta resembled the ones used that ir a he man would spend it An and such an argum The: douhi got it ex-service man is proud, to service 1 was is a sting any man, o excuse for it casts a doubted it him think along wrong channels. The all Legion is no the he who the upon man not when Joined service, makes sferendum will clear up misun- derstandings, and the n go on unmolested with differences with- in itself, a power for good in any com- munity ORDERED OUT OF £1TY Nov. 18.—Art »Brien, of the Gaelic leagu/: in this city, authorized a statement last night that he had been threatened with death unless he “cleared out” of the city within_24 hours. He declared the London, president | disposed HEKALD, 1HURDDAY, The instrument board of a sport isn’t complete without a tally t to keep a record af casualties. The next how politicians will be busy for the four yvears trying to figure out the women voted and why One who gradugtes from the elgetoral college® gets a- post graduate course in the university of hard Germany’s war criminals unpunished, but the income tax ap- plies the lash to America’s war crim- inals When Britain makes good a mo- nopoly of the world's oil, we shall see whethor blood is thicker than petrol- cum. When one undertakes to enumerate the benefits got from the war. he is to put the accent on the irc made out-laws by their in-la shirt comes back from oné suspects that the was closely related to the After a silk the laundry, silk worm boll weevil If the country’s money was equally divided, each man would have $51 If you have more, you are the gu the Communist is after. church has of evening gowns. A western the wearing prohibited Does one half of one per cent.? A ndidate has one sn't have to give a demonstration of the inefficiency pointed out by his opponent. A defeated solation. He do con- the prohibition affect gowns ('0\'erlnk” | 1 | In the; are these excess-profits days, malefactors of great stealth. The Bolshies can’t hape to rule the world if they can't even fool it. When the farniers strike, the public won’'t be full of sympathy or anything else. The male pedestrian with down- cast eye may be studying ofgher prob- lems or ankles. Suppose Furope retaliates by re- fusing to let our anything to drink o V 1bassadors have ! NUVEMBER 18, 1920, 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herala oi That Date). Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Chase entertain- ed a number of friends at their home last evening with a whist party. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Allen cele- brated their 20th wedding annivers- their home on East Main street last night. Many local Grangers attended the National Grange meeting held at Wor- cester, Mass., today. The heavy rain Thursday night in- creased the water in Shuttle Meadow Lake about 21 inches. Clan Douglas will be instituted No- vember 26. A banquet be served the visiting gues.s y The fire commissioners met last! night and voted to cut down some nf{ the expenses on the fire department. The engineer, stoker and driver of Engine No. 1 were laid off. The payroll for the water depare- ent this week amounted to $179.73, CITY. ITEM Removal —advt 50 Th- =ale at Leland’s. suits $25—Wilson's.—advt. Grand lodge of The Sons of Italy will give u six nights' bazarr and carnival in Bardeck’s hall be- ginning November There will be a vaudeville entertainment each eve- n.ng. November Victor Pierce & Co.—advt. 100 men can buy their suit and overcoat for $19.50 at the New York Sample Shop mark-down sale for $19.50.—advt Pianos at C records, C. L. L. Pierce & Co.—advt Order of Owls' bazar, Nov. 23, 24, 26, 27 at Electrie hall —advt. Victor November records, C Pierce & Co.—radvt. 25 L. INVITED TO MEXICO. Sacramento, Cal., Nov. nor Stephens today gram from Gen. Obregon, president- elect of Mexico, inviting him to be present ab the presidential inaugura- tion at Mexico City December 1. Gov- ernor Campbell of ‘Arizona, a friend of Gen. Obregon, at the request of the latter also wired Governor Stephens urging him to attend. 18.—Gover- received a tele- W. F. S, TO MEET TOMORROW The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the First church, will meet at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. E. Mitchell of Russell street. Mrs. F. G. Platt, will review the book, “The Near East, the Cros “Go and Get It."—advt. EXAMS. FOR NAVAL ACADEMY IN DEC.| tor McLean Wants Men to Apply for Exams by the 11th of Next Month. Senator George P. MoLean, of Con- | necticut, has been notified by the Navy Department that he will have | an appointment to make to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in June, 1921, and the Civil Service Commis- sion will hold competitive examina- | tions in Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport on December 11th, 1920, ! in the Federal Buildings at nine o’'clock a- m. A principal and three alternates will be selected from the four boys stand- inz highest in the preliminary exam- inations in accordance with their ratings certified by the Civil Service Commission. If any of the boys in Connecticut | desire to take the preliminary compet- itive examination they should report at the Federal Buildings in the above designated cities on Dec- 11, 1920 at 9 o'clock a. m. No permit is necessary | but candidates must have been actual | residents of Connecticut for one year or more and not uder sixteen or over twenty years of age; not less than five feet two inches in height between the ages.of sixteen and eighteen and not | less than five feet four .inches in ' height between the ages of eighteen and twenty. As the medical examina- tion is very strict jt would be advis- able for all candidates to be examined physically before taking the mental competitive examination. ; If there is any other information the candidates resire theyshould com- | municate with Senator McLean direct. . 1 — 1 | PRICES NOW STABLE Clothing C(osts Are Now on Steady Basis, National Retail Clothicrs’ Association Says In Stateme Chicago, Nov. 18.—Clothing prices are on a stable basis, according to a statement by the board of directors of the national assoclation of retail clothier: “Readjustment of prices has well run its course” said the statement. “Without taking into consideration | costs or material values, the retail : merchant has passed to the consumer | price concessions thal would have | heen delayed several months if the | ordinary processes of trade trend were | icllowed. “With continued public confidence and favorable weather conditions clothing stocks will be well liquidated by %he end of the season. The future of the industry is much brighter than ; at any time during the readjustment | period.” ) : fol \FRANCE WILL ACT SAME A5 ENGLAND (Continued from First Page) be supressed, the new premier today. New Cabinet In Athens, Nov. 17.—(By the Associu*- ed Press)—Geceorge Rhallis, the prem- ier of Greece with three members of his cabinet took the oath of office be- fore Admiral Coundouriotis, the regent at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Those who qualified in company with the premier were M. Gounaris, minister of war; M. Baldaris, minister of interior, and M. Callogeropoulos, minister of finance. M. Rhallis will would said i hold the portfolio of minister of for- cign affairs. Immediately after he had qualified office, M. Rhallis demanded the réPent’s resignation. The other mem- | bers of the cabinet will take the oath before Queen Mother Olga. M. Venizelos left the city secretly at 3 o'clock this morning on his way to Nice. The Greek yacht Narcissus was waiting for him and was escorted by three British war vessels. Prison- ers being detained in jails have been released. Night of Celebration As night settled over the city the streets were resounding with a pan- demonium of vells and shouts and pistol and rifle shots. Gangs of soldiers walked through the city tooting horns and blowing whistles. The offices »t the various ministers were illuminated and the wild parade continued until late in the évening. Shortly after sunset sentinels whe had been stationed at the home of former Premier Venzelos were re- moved and the building was left dark and deserted. Bands of civil guards and men from many military uglts went through the city during the day ac- | claiming King Constantine and firing revolvers as a token of rejoicing. PRICES MRE DROPPING. vi. Figures Show Marked Decline During Month of October. Washington, Nov 18.—Price studies given out by the department of -labot show marked declines in October ir practically all items entering into the cost of living except house furnishings. Clothing, it was said, had dropped 1§ per cent below figures compiled tc represent 1919 costs, and farm products 21 per cent. In some lines October prices werec still above those of a yvear ago but all were quoted as below September 192¢ figurea. > The index figure of prices for the month was placed at 225 against 24: in September and 223 in Octobery 1919 “Go and Get It.”—advi S A SUBSTANTIALLY STYLED OVERCOAT, TAILORED AT FASHION PARK, IS A BUSINESS ASSET IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. IT WILL GIVE EXCELLENT SER- VICE AND ADD DISTINCTION TO THE WEARER'S AP- PEARANCE. CUSTOM SERVICE WITHOUT THE ANNOYANCE OF A TRY-ON READY-TO- PUT-ON FAILORED AT FASHION PARK ALWAYS PRICED TO WARRANT VALUE HWils = e on % THE COMMANDER IS ILL\[_JSTRATED.