New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1922, Page 3

Gargle Throat | Clp Tis f Subject to Sore i Throat or Tonsilitis Prepare a harmless and effective gargle by dissolving two Bayer Tab- Iets of Aspirin in four tablespoonfuls of water,”Gargle throat thoroughly. Repeat in tow hours if necessary. Be sure you use only the genuine Rayer Tablets of Aspirin, marked with the Bayer Cross, which can be had in tin boxes of twelve tablets for few cents, —_———e e LEGION ANNOUNGES ITS PRIZE WINNERS foun. Girl lnMeH ‘Among Those| Who Get Essay Awards | Indianapolis, Ind., Dec, 7.—First! prize state winners of the American Leglon's national essay contost for| €chool children were announced to- day by Garland W. Powell, national director of the Legion's Americanism commssjon. The subject was “How| Can the American Legion Best Serve the Nation?'* The list of winners follows: Alaska, Verna Lilllan .Wacker, of| Wacker; California, James (!, Barron Los Angeles; (anal Zone, Agnes Johnson, Balboa ‘Heighgs; Connecti- | ice, the commission reviewed opera- | curlties; and foreeast the outlook for | Slsseton; Texas, Lillian Boyer, Dallas; Virgnia, Ellen Douglas Gordon, Rich- mond; Washington, Bernice Hartley, Langley; West Virginla, Lavaughn McCray, Newlonton; Wisconsin, Rob- ert Drew, Janesville, The winning essays will be judged by John J. Tigert, U, 8, commissioner of education, B. E, Brown, farmer na- tlonal commissioner of education, and 8. 8. McClure, publisher, to determine the national award. This will be an- nounced January 19, the birthday of Robert T, Lee, Natlonal prizes are, first, $760; second, $500, and third, $260, “More than 60,000 school children participated in the contest, a part of the Legion's campalgn to advance the cause of education In connection with American Education Week," sald Mr, Powell. Medals | to the state prize winners are being forwarded today. .G, C. REVIEWS ITS WORK DURING YEAR (Suggests Making 1t Felony to Bribe Railroad Emploges Washington, Dee. T.--An increased | 8scope of activities, due partially tn‘ enlarged responsibility put upon it by legislation -of recent years, and parti- ally to use of emergency powers re- quired by industrial disturbances in recent months, were described today in the annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Together, with its usual work in regulation of railroad rates and eerv- tions by which it assumed some de- gree of actual control of railroads during the ummer period of emer- gency cccasioned by the double strike in the coal mines and in the railroad shops; presented summaries . of re-| sults in its supervision of railroad se- | final conclusion of the protracted set-| tlements of financial accounts between | eut, Joseph Giandonato, Bridgeport; Florida, Charles Edward Kettle, Jr. | Bt. Augustine; Georgia, Francis Lonise | McAuliffe, Augusta; Hoawail, Ah Sing | Ching, Ewa Oaku, T. H.; Idaho,| Vaughn Simmons, Soda Springs, 1n-! diana, Pduline Virginia Czastain, In- dlanapols; Iowa, Donald L. Campbell, | Clinton; Kansas, Frances C. Gritten, Courtland; Kentucky,. Mary E. Mar-| shall, Hickman; Louisiana, Frances| TPhornton, Mansfield; Massachusetts, | Phillip E, Mosely, Westfield; Michigan, Grace C. Buhe, Kalamazoo: Minneso- | ta, Ralph R. Sullivan, Twin Harbor: | Mississippi, Leny Owen Mitchell, Nat-| chez; Missouri, Viva Fay Cox, Salem; | Montana, Evelyn Wright, Hysham; | Nebraska, Douglas W. Meservey, | Kearney; Nevada, Howard Sheerin, | Tonopah: New Hampshire, Iranklin! Temple, Somersworth; New Jersey, J. Stewart Hunter, Lover; New York,| tuth Griffin, Elmira; Ohio, Lee H. Btrahl, Norwood; Oklahoma, Zelma ‘Wickershaw, Mangum; Oregon, Ruth Beott, La Grande; Pennsylvania, Carl 1. Krause; Miiton; Philippine Islands, James. W. ‘Ferguson, ‘Manila; Sonth Carolina, C. Heyward Hudson, Bishop- ¥ille; South Dakota, Lillian Burdine, Generous Quaker Peppermints NOTH!NG stingy about these big, man-sized choco- late peppermints. And good—Oh, boy! You never tasted any better. Here is the smoothness of combined with the tingling mint. the government and the raiiroads arising out of the federal control during the war. Its major action in the rate fixing ficld, the report said, was the ten per cent reduction’ in freight charges | ordered last July. | “Manifestly, the existing rates are no longer interfering with the free flow of commerce asa whole,” the re- port gaid, ‘‘The tonnage moving has been steadily increasing in recent months, Little opportunity has been afforded for determination of the ef- fect of the reduced rate level upon the nct carning of carriers because of freight congestion and other abnormal conditions which have resulted from the coal strike, the shopmen's strike, and other causes.” Priority Orders The report reviewed how the com- mission, to meet the ‘“menacing do- mestic and industrial consequences of the ctrikes” had put priority orders into effect, and co-operated with the emergeney organization of the fed- eral fuel distribution offlcc’ Though conditions of disrepair of ‘equipment grew ‘‘most eerious on some import- ant \trunk lines,” before the strikes rich chocolate and fondant sweetness of fine pepper- Just o wore put, it was said, the commission had not found it necessary to lay embargbes, or resort to the more ex- treme of measures which congress llzed while the danger was great- Regulation of Rates In its more traditional fleld, the regulation of rates and service, the commission was enabled during the year.to reach a basis of co-operative understanding with state commission i and regulative bodies, the report sald, and for the plan devised, hope of ul- timate success was expressed, It had also moved to require experimental installation of automatic train con- trol systems by a large number of rallroads, for accident prevention, and had laid the basls for compara- tive studies of efficiency in rallroad operation, Control of raflroad security issues, vested In the commission, resulted in| !ts approval during the year of s!oclu! and bonds having a total par valua- tion of $889,719,710 with some add)- tional issues having no par value, or a value expressed in forelgn cur-| rencies. The Iliinols Central and Ches- apeake & Ohlo raflroad, the commis- sion sald, had given “encouraging in-' dications” in the field of ' railroad finance by demonstrating that new capital could be secured for'their ex- pansions by issuance of stock, in- stead of by increases of bond indebt- edness, Railroad Figures . Discussing the reimbursement of railroads which incurred losses in| operations during the first six months after their return from government to private control, the report sald that up to October 31, last, total payments of $450,073,045 on that account had heen authorized from the treasury. Sums still payable to the ' carriers, who were guaranteed reimbursement for such losses, the commission es- timated at $85,926,000, The report also expressed the conclusion that the further loans to railroads, authorized by the Transportation Act, would not involve much money. Reductions in the estimates for ap- propriations, made by the bureau of the budget, occasioned the commis- sion to recommend formally to con- gress that amounts be given it “suf- ficient to meet our absolutely neces- sary requirements.”” For the current fiscal year, its appropriations were $5,046,050, the commission sald, and for next year, it would require $5,- 204,500, though the budget direttor had recommended that the amount be reduced to $4.494,500. With this smaller amount, the report said, the commission would be “forced to defer or greatly restrict work.,” Congress was further requested to enact legislation to make it criminal to bribe railroad employes to give preference in car supply; to increase use of all-steel passenger ' ¢ars by railroads; and to clarify sections of the exiting transportation act in rela- tion to proposed consolidation of rail- roads. GOV, ELECT NAMES WEMBERS OFSTAFF Gol. John Trumbull of Plainyille Chief of Ordnance. Waterbury, Dec. 7.—Governor- elect C. A. Templeton last night an- nounced his appointments for the governor's staff for the coming twe yvears. With the exception of Brig- adier General George M. Cole,. dll are new men on the staff. The appointments are as follows: Adjutant general—Brigadier Gen- eral George M. Cole, Quartermaster—Brigadier General Morris B. Payne of New London. Surgeon general—Colonel John 8. Bye of Waterbury. Chief of ordnance—Colonel Trumbull of Plainville. Inspector general—Colonel liam E. Allen of Waterford. Judge advocate general—Colonel John,| Wil- Arthur F. Ells of Waterbury, Personal staff: Aide de camp—Major C. G. Hoerle of Torrington. Aide de camp—Major Clifford Hol- lister of Waterbury. Aide de camp—Major E. Weiler of Naugatuck. Naval aide—Lieutenant Command- er Mark L. Sperry, Jr., of Waterbury. The governor-elect announced that the places of assistant adjutant gen- Mann PENSION SYSTEN I COSTLY 0 G, SU00001,000 5 Expunse: Ot sioned During Past Year Washington, Dee, 7.—~The_ ' Amer- fcan pension system cost th® publie $266,201,662 during the fiscal year onded last June 30, according to the annual report of the commissioner of pensions sent today to President Harding. Of thls amount $253,807,- 583 was pald out for pensions, the | cost of maintenance of the being $1,394,079, Number Is Declining. That the number of pensions in this country is rapldly diminishing is shown in the statement that $4,008,. 360 less was paid in pensions during the past flacal year than during the previous year; that 25,082 Civil war veterans died, as against 24,775 for the previous year, and that 21,259 widows died as against 19,451 the year previous. The number of pensioners on the rolls June 30, 1922, was 647,016 com- pared with 566,063 on June 30 the previous year. Of these, 193,881 were Clvil war veterans; Civil war widows; 45,956 veterans of the Spanish war; and 9,198 widows of Spanish war veterans. There were 73 soldiers drawing pensions for werv- ice in the war with Mexico, and 49 widows of soldlers of the War of 1812, system Several Modifications. Several+*important modifications of the practice of the pension bureau were brought about during the year by departmental decisions. One de- cision held that a person who en- listed in the regular army subsequent to April 22, 1898, and was discharged on or before April 11, 1899, or who| 272,194| NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1922. enlisted in the navy or marine corps after May 4, 18 and charged prior to April 11, 1890 could be considered a ‘“voluntec This holding favorably affected hun- dreds of claims filed by widows and minors of soldiers of the Spanish War, Instructions approved in August, last year, provided a llberal system of rating claims of Spanish war soldiers under the act of June, 1920, The practice orlginally laid down under act of May, 1020, made the $72 rate for helpless Civil war vet- erans commence from the date of medical examination of pensioners by a surgeon or a board of surgeons of the pension bureau, More than 52,- 000 claims for the $72 rate have been allowed and 34,687 were draw- ing that rate per month on June 30, 1922, 130,736 Claims Disposed. In the past fiscal year, 130,786 pen- slon claims were disposed of and 2,260,767 checks prepared and sent out. At the close of the year 82,615 claims and various pension laws were pending. Under the act of May, 1020, pro- viding for the retirement of civil service employes, there were 7,676 annuitants on the roll, of whom 6,667 were retired for age, the remainder| | for atsability. The retirement law, with several broadening and lberal- izing acts has been in operation for two years, the commissioner declared, and experience indicates it needs but i few changes. It was suggested that employes eligible for retirement at the age of 70 should have the option of retiring at 65; that retention beyond 65 should be by agreement between em- ploye and head of his department; and that no employe should be re- tained beyond the age of 70. Similar provisions were suggested for those eligible for retirement at 62 and 65 years of age. 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