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APRIL 11, 1924, | “Most dramatic of Savoy's efforts to MONUMENT TOR FRANCE. | gain possession of Geneva was ‘the| Sainte-Adresse, France, April 11.— Kscalade,! In 1602, while appar- |The Belgian people have begun the ently friendly toward the city, the |erection of a monument in this sub- | duke of Savoy sent his soldiers at lurb of Havre in memory of the hos- | night with ladders to scale Geneva's | pitality accorded the Belgian govern- | # walls, The intruders were discover- 'ment when it removed here during | mc e i ed, many killed, and the rest driven 'the four years their country was in | out. When Geneva became the the hands of the Germans. The | Dispute Arises Over Swiss Penil- | stronsnoia ‘or the Retormation, the | monument win' ho unveiiea in Au- | Protestant Rome,’ its relations with | gust, | s“]a in FPCflCh s% Catholic Savoy were even more e | strained. Alliance with cities of the | Best Butter, 51c! Russell Bros.— | ’ Swiss Confederation afforded protec- | adyt. | | tion however, and the city held its | | Washington, D. €., April 11,—Call- | own, | Best Creamery Butter, 51¢ Ib.; 2 lbs ing on the League of Nations-—from| ‘“Modern Geneva, besides being the | 21,00, Russell ,Bros.—~advt. seat of the League of Nations, draws 4 $ to its confines thousands of visitors | speak-—to settle a discussion With|ang even permanent residents from ¥rance, next door, is an action threat- | many lands, and so is in more senses ened by the Canton of Geneva of the |than one an international city. As- Swies Republic, in which this world |tride the Rhine where it dashes from organization has its seat. Take Geneva, the city is most pic- This queer combination of world |turesquely situated. At its door the | problem and domestic problem re-|lake furnishes a delightful pathway sults from Geneva's being a sort ofito some of the most beautiful scenery . i “political and economic penincula and some of the most delightful re- | ) <TTamIn thrust into France,” according to a |sorts in Switzerland.” NSt A" LIVING ROOM SUITE BEDROOM SUITES £ ) Vi D. C. - ————— | & . . ’ :‘:::{"“:flr’(’:’l‘:‘ J}"’u“l“fifififiii ‘Gt»(;: | . that will be a real pleasurg to all members in Walnut, Mahogany and Ivory, to fit all DEAD ATREDALE HONORED R of your family tastes and all pockethooks within its own houschold, so to graphic society describing the canton. Depends on French Supplies —_— « The Canton of Geneva seems _tn; Long Beach, Cal, April 11.—When | e Ny . bang precariously to the rest of Swit-|«Royal” an airedale dog belonging to | Say Bayer - lnSIStl ferland like a fragment of '0"'11‘;’“’Ur, and Mrs. J. E. Stubbert, died at the bottom of a spoon" &ays the {heir home here, the body was taken | I $ bulletin, “Though it has an area of |10 Tos Gatos, 450 miles morth. fop | 1 OT Pain Headache more than a hundred square miles s |y,pja), N alei Rh . contact with Swiss territory is across | Ty and Mrs. Stubbert explained euralgia eumatism a narrow neck little more than three | na¢ ag the dog had been their com- miles wide. The contact with France, | 0o 2% fhe G0k had been e rom-| Lumbago Colds on the other hand, is along a border 'ton o0 (B TEE S e European A more than 30 miles long. |and Asiatie voyages, they wished to | Lpt only a “Naturally, Geneva has looked Ibury him on the ground where he | Bayer pa—ckage i ] ol 54 |5rgoly to Fr}(nnh Ianvl._ only a Monf“x had spent the greater part of his life, | 2 A throw sy in avery vll;vrttln'nl. rtor”-gf They accompanied the body on the | Whichcontains proven directions . fresh supplies, 8 tact inet (BUA joumey, | Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets DAY BEDS COGGSWELL CHAIRS ™™ surrounding region is one of France's S AT ST | = i garden spots increased this natural| | f,‘::..:‘o.'.u:.o{,.}: ',,,",1,,12?122'“5::: We have.hoth the single and the We have them at all prices in denim fo“n'l.'fr}flunn"Q':f;.'l’rdf‘i'.'m‘“,'m'fi."fiéi | ,d?{_’t BULAT RIS B ULt ion facture of Monoaceticacldester of Sallclicacld opening day beds or various covers can find just what you want _ ; and chestnut groves of the depart- | ments of Upper Savoy and Ain, and general farming regions in which they | are set with their poultry and small | = S . ¥ ; flocks of farm animals. | | < U “Geneva has drawn many o s o 3 | e e o e & WATKINS BROTHERS ‘B e "li?—' turies, long before the territory near- ¥ ‘ - by was either French or Swiss. The | *SO. MANCHESTER, CONN | S D\ the Middle Ages, being ruled as the | i | Tt [ MATTRESSES In our big bedding department you city was virtually independent during | temporal realm of a bishop appointed i F-ft- th A ° b 1 " 1) by the Pope, Ior fifteen years after - = e “_.A the Tirst French Republic was es- | 1 le nnlversa! & | | - (ablished, Geneva was annexed to L- i Trance, and no question of ho\xnjaries Aarose, . Century Oll Privilege Withdrawn | > ; .. ot S e “When the canton’s independence i - GATELEG TABLES WINDSOR CHAIR® ~¥= was restored in 1815, the custom of 1 drawing on the surrounding country b i g ; i We have them in all sizes and shapes i vt B | ; for supplies was recognized and por- | 3 L THESE CHAIRS This is the Governor Bradford style. tions of Savoy and Ain were set apart i “ ! s . : as regions of free trade, the French l _ ! Similar to those which we furnished " cconomic frontier being maintained } : i to the Burritt are very attractive for dining tables 4 terns which we show some miles back from the real boun- i v f dary, When the recent treaty of Versailles was written France in-| serted a elause moving the customs | oneeaspite thel Briers boncl ol i | GET YOUR FURNITURE AT PORTER'S AND BE PERFECTLY SATISFIED—You are always welcome to come in and bpeod i byt othiond A T : | look around. We have only one price and it is plainly marked on every piece. Our experts are always ready to help, including the extension Gatelegs One of the many fine pat- ngainst their government's accepting | the ehange, and it is the resulting dis- | pute that may go to the League of Nations, 3 = | “To see Savoy's frontiers ecreep i 3 . - i closer 48 no innovation for Genevans. | i B or six hundred years the eity had f i to withstand the intrigues of the |. i coungs and later the dukes of Savoy ) ¢ . . to get posscssion of its territory. One i L O\ “ 3 nQ SN me < o duke ,: 144¢ even went 80 far as to i W‘NG CHAlRS $39 75 p “CONNECTICUT'S BEST FURNITURE STORE™ have himself elected Pope, in that il - g { 3 capacity appointed himself bishop of i Geneva, and then resigned the i The frames of these chafra are made of new ma« Papacy, retaining the bishoprie. hi terial doweled, glued and nailed after the best prace After the death of this resourceful il tice. The upholstering is all hair with a laver of bishop a succcssion of his relatives [ [ eotton over the top. All exposed parts are solid ma= -~ held the office of bishot of Geneva, | Mogany. The covering I a vary attrastive d ot but they were finally onsted. W5 eholes of blue or taupe. Such ohairs enim 18 Used “Economic Pressore® A “ about $65.00, usually selt for “Another Savoyard duke used N ‘sconomic pressure’ that has an un. pleasantly modern tone in his efforts Row on sale at-our Manchester, Stora, to ruin the city he ecould not galn ! { possession of. He induced his son- b i | I I F in-law, the King of ¥rance, to pro- e ST ta the wame company CONNEC ICU URRIERS hibit French merchants from visiting operating music stores st the famous old Geneva falr and to 4 Bristol. t dates for the Lyons falr that 1 4 i would confiict with thoss o n:. 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