Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 25, 1919, Page 4

by the president as representative of the gevernment. A number of such have likewise been quistly dropped ap- parently, altho the public has been inforsied ouly of their resignations. It is entirely pessible that what ig being charged agoinst Mr, Hapgcod is in- torrect, whith is to be hoped, but Slerwich Gullei und Foubied 123 YEARS OLD SO vty oo ot subiotiilen s (28 w wWiK: G 2 meath: §3.8y . &mmm‘-m i matoer. s g SR : Baitiin l:'-'an s < wimantle Omee 1 Chieh 8L Tekiofions 165 tirn the light on him the ccuntry will awalit the result impatiently. SELF RULE FOR IRELAND. To Lleyd Géorge, from all indlca- tions, there will te no surprise at the intimations to tro effect that Ireland will not faver the home rule measire which he has prdposed. He under- stands the situatioh in the Imerald 1sle. Ho kmows what difficuities have boen envourtered in the past in en- deavoring to reach an agreément on legislatlon that would ratisfy ahd he hasn't in all prebability féoled himself if the bélief that the plan is going to be jumpeqd at as a hungry fish darts for the bait. The idea {8 advarced apparently with the view to overcoming as far as {s possible at this time the discon- tent that Is giviny way to manifesta- tons of trouble for the premier de- clared that he knew of nothing that would conform to British opinion that Ireland would 2ccept. In fact it is well known that Ireland is divided in its own ideas for what is accéptable to the séuth is not to the forth and vice versa, The plan of providing Ireland with two legislatures one for each sectien, which would have control of Irish af- fairs wilthout separation and with cer- tal matters still Grected by the British parliament shows & different attitudo toward Ireland than has been manifestéd in previous years. Even the self control that would be provided would be increased as time wWent on and it was shown that the Irish were wEMBER OF YHE ASSOTIATED PRERS, led ‘ or noh cleaie parer a%0 Ako W ey cbwy n of repunlieatton of eclal dédpated. e i vervad, " Norwich, Thureday, Dec. 25, 1019 P ortar Aot o d St Y CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 27, 1919 10,366 CHRISTMAS, Conditions this year as Christmas comes are qu. different from what 7 were a Year ago at this time, hien Just as the great War had closed the world wi looking to the demobili- zatign of armres, the entrance upon the perieds of recofistruction and re- adiustment and anticipating the pros- Pt s conditiore that it had a right to expect would follow the strife. The year has heen marked by a great reduction in the fighting, though it still continues in certain sections end there has m much thought given to the important problem of ar- rangicg the terms of peese. Unfortu- nately even at this sweemd Christ-| FEven thaugh the prime minister has e since the signing of the ar-jcmphatically stated that the idea of a misiice peace 18 not actually in force!sepuration of Ireland from the British &nd in many quatters of the world|empire cannot be aceepied there is there are otier manifestitions of un-|no Indication that the Irish are dis- t st that are dlsquieting and trouble- | posed to accept the homo rule bill sume. jeven if it is adopted. Influentes at Christmas, however, alvays brings a| work, howe ay cause it to be re- message of peuce and good will to the|alized that a half loaf is better than! world. The jov and gladness on this|not great anniversary always reflects the inspiration of the message of the day. ‘Thé world has emerged from its grea est waf, it has also encountered other obstacles of discerd but it is: never- theless the time when we should get the full meaning of the lesson of Christ's patiencs, service and sacri- two legislatures would be merged in- to one as soon as the two seetions could agree, Treland would take care of its own affzirs and much that is jeotionable new would be elimi- nuted, e S L SUGAR FOR EUROFE. ! Some reason for a part of the sugar shertage in this country, aside from the Increased use of it beeause of pro- hibitlen, can no doupt be attributed to the large amount that has been sent to I"urope When it is reported fice and apply them as best we can {0 that there were 1,300,000,000 pounds | [9MOrTOW will be Christmas Day. We i:w meeting of the difficuities encoun- | gert abroad in the last ten months it 2,‘,’501““’03‘,‘ (;E;[:;e&n "fs‘houihiuf "§ tered, We should accept the Christ-|ean be appreciated that very goed use n mas message mot only with thankful : of such sweeiness could have heen hoa 1 made right Lere, At the same e it is imposeidble to ovetlook the reason for sugh sl rts but with hearts full of hope the future regardless of what ig eifg done to deprive mankind of that hope. 'These are the times when the faith should be strongthened and the problems tackled by a peoplo united under the imspiratfon of true Christ- mas (houghts, - ments. Sugar production being knock- i ed out practically Europe, where ccuntriss among the alijes during some of the time were on very low rations if not out cutirely, arrangement was made wherehy n certain amcunt of the {Cuban crop sheuld be distribyted agmong oyr allies and it {5 in accord with the agreement relative to sugar, as in regard to olher foodstuffs, that se shipments were coptinued, sugar was the purpese ol refining it, etherwide the shipments joculd have laen made NAVAL AWARDS. When Admira! Sims refuses to ac- cept o dlstinguished service medal from the secretary of the navy umder the existing syslem of giving out medals it cannot fail 1o arouse inter- est in the method that is ysed in re- warding meritprious and extraordi- : nary ce performed by membens of | LTOW Cuba rather than thix couptry, the navy. Admiral Sims will not ac-| &R It avpears that except for what cept the medal until it is made certain |19 $ald to have beon an eifor on the that others who are entitled to it but|P2rL Uf the sugar bourd Turope re- have mbt as yet beem d ted to ceived no more than its agreement régsive it though recommended for it,|C4lied for. It was o case of helping are provided for, And this brings to ‘3‘""' oup of what would ordimarily light what at the present ap to | DaVe beep & bountiful supply here, be the injustjee of the who): l::“':tem We kep!‘ the Kuropean eeuntries out & A hivards, cfy(he Cuu::n rv(;a_rzlmt he(c}lnsedo( !Kcl Not ) h arrgngement and it wes desired to do vf\:dnol:ai' Bt:' the "i;l”:.m“dsig:: so agmin when authorily was soyght the secretary of the mavy "m“'d -5 b; the.board last summer to acquire disregarded the recommendations Of| treq o tanny i mei G Prosident of ’, failed to follow the bcard’s recom- the Havy board of award and exercised | ;endations Furopran countries began! e tn Judgment in handing out dec- |y by The market was boosted and | g e dt tyen being his contention |ingecad o2 being able to buy (he raw be.ln ey hd“: ot V:'“‘; ““;:“"' sugar at a reasonable price it ig next Ret the Qistinenished corvice medsl| 17, [7POSIPIC 10day and the result is vhil =ips ce medallyyo new crop, even under the contin- while these who have sunk submarines ued control. is going to cost much héve not been honored by as high an | mere than it Shcla award. Apparently it is a question of 3 favoritism with the secretars swho The cause fer regret s not s6 much & that we heired cut Europe a8 the puts into the honer list those not en- e titled to be thers and disregaras| Ot Sighiedncss at home. thbse who should raceive the honor. It - DITOR Ee is to be realized of course thet such s EMTPRIAL NOTER service as they rendered Was not per- With American toys tie children | formed wi reward but will enjoy Christmas more than ever. the idea of getting the iBnsmuch i prominently in comparison of ethers they should reo A merry Christmas, a day filled \\’uhi joy and bappidess, to eacn and every one. as it & w e it ve it handed to these un- that The man on the corper says: Chrigt- mas is the holiday when et that such a method of The u the ' lowly | distributing henors is bound to have " in the navy eam be fully aporeciated. | 00T "AAEH high, ! \dmiral us followed an un-| Tho weitherman has given evidenca! Leaten path in taking the action that he has but it cannot fall to be realized | that he is standing for justice in pref- erenee to favoritism and it is belleved that the lists of recommendations and of acival awards will prove this when discloged, that the sleés and skates are not lke- iy to pass the winter on the shelves. Being in the air- doesn't make a man immune from vultures as a cou- ple of aviators have found out over in Burope. s HAPGOOD'S HOMECOMING. The country is interested to know the euteoms of the Hapgood affairs and te necertain the reasen for his re- urm at this time and to learn what it is {hat the forcign relations commit-| The idea of a cheap aleohol for fuel tea has learned regarding Mr. Hap-|purposes is a capital one, but it would g00d and is willing to tell the senate|be a hard job restricting to engines in andl possibly the public when and if [thesa prohibition days. recessary. When Maurice Bgan closed his com- mendable gervica as minister to Den- mark Norman Hapgood was selected by President Wilson as his successor, The nominatien was looked upon un- favorably at the time because of the views which it was kmewn that he held and it was no surprise when the senate failed to confirm the appoint- It should not be cverlooked that temperance needs to be practiced at tho dinner table quite as much as anywhere else, It is said that the president has an open mind on the railrcad question but he will have to show which way ke is headeq before long. v A big ship lead ¢f Christmas gifis has started for Germany, which coun- try has been getting things of a dif- ferent character for some time. ment, Confirmation héwever, wasn't { waited for, Mr. Hapgood hastened to| Much of the pleturesqueness of ths) Denmark, (aking a chance on heing|yisit of Sinta Claus hos disappeared apmoved and hLe has -for several months been serving in some sort of a capaeity but no: as the accredited minister of the United States to Den-| “Wilson €an liagve Tarkey,” says mark. doctor. Well, that's about what the It has been denied since it was|allied powers have been offering for knpwn that he was en his way hnme’sama time but the opposition has been ‘hat he had been recalled. On his ar-|tco streng. rival he refused to have anything to say reserving all communications for ‘he state departmaent, but view ofjome but themsecives when on balking ihe bolshavdk leanings ted to|cwer the government plan of adjusting Hapgood before he was selected for|the coal situation there is a demand the post rumer hds it that he used|that they be mads to comply. «uch jufluence a8 he had in behaif of SRR o o the bolsheviki of Rowsis during bis{ Now that we have golten prices clay abroad amd it is in explanation |started on the tohoggan, as Secretary of that that it is believed his trip | Palmer intimates frem the pement liome is made. with the packers, it will be expecied fo Mr, Hapgoed is met the oalv one of resulis- sepner or later inall direc- wadical views whe has been selocted now thgt he has put aside his rein- deers for speedier trangperiation. Tke coal operalors cam blame no‘ i o N K AN S v face would have been handsome if it Wero not for the habitual look of dis- content that marred with the senate cofnmittes preparcd to|his eyes and mouth, %tl‘ul distance from the master of the clattering of heavy shoes up the entrance of the son of thé celebrated revealing two rows suffused the handsome boyish face as able to compose lheir differences. The | hi; an M. D. to know that my right eye has been sent into mourning. see what T can do for it. Come over am rather proud of it.” ful tone oI voice. 1 the following builetin: Doctor Bredford paced restiessly - back and forth in his library. His the Dbeauty of A vigorous peal of the call-bell up- on his desk, imiediately brought a white-capped maid who stood at a re- ford Hall. “Has Master Gerald returned from &chool " “No sir, he is a little late, but—" “Was he not told to come home to- day immediately after the close of school " “I think o, 'sir.” “You thifik s0? Do you not know?” ‘Yes sir; he was, but perhaps—" “Silenc You are to answer my questions. You are called for that purpose, not to make excuses for my son, You may go!” “Yes sir” murmuréd the girl with flushing, ocheeks, as she retreated to- wards the door. “Stay Mollie,” Here is something to et you a' new apron,” and a crisp aik note was tucked into the tiny pocket of Mollie’s gpotles apron. - “What a beastly temper I have!” muttered the doctor as the grateful maid's footsteps died away down the| hall. “It's a good thing the gervants' understand me or I'd have to walt up-; on myself.” 8 Glancing at his watch, Doctor Bradford resumed his restless pacing, pausing at the great tower window to mutter: “Where is that boy?” The banging of the great hall door, broad oalfen stairs, announced the Doctor Bradford, A flushed, dirt-begrimed face ap- peared at the door. A broad smile of shining teeth he saw the look that overspread the father's countenance as he looked at my, “Jerry, yvhat has happened to your aya * 7 “Gee, Dad, you wouldn't have %o be Doctor Bradford ignored the slang. In fact, when they were alone, he rather encouraged it. “How did it happen, Jerry? Let meJ to the light” “Oh, I say, Dad, u won't take thel ? You see it's color away, will u? and I} { the first black eye I ever had Doctor Bradford smiled at the wist- | “How did it hap-| pen?’ he asked. “Well, you know—" For the first| time the hoy faltered and seemed ill at ease. “Oh,”” he ended lamely, “one of the fellgws gave it to me.” ‘Gerald! Tell mie why.” The stern note in his father's voice| was not te be den “YWell, Dad. of course you know,! rokeén leg. Just happened this morn- ing, poor g And so we had te have a new captain. The fellows, with one exception, chiose me.” “Who was the exeeption?” “Jackson. “And w Silence. Yo 2 we should have a gentleman for a captain, not the sofi of divorced par- ents. ed!” thund mother and Gee, Dad, you're & good sport all righ but my mothér—she's all right, too he finshed defiantiy, Jackson good and plenty. two black eyes. hi and safd: game, Dad. stand by you; but at the same time, Governor, you must admit that moth- the boy turned waiting at the threshold _for word from his father. son’s eyes, he answered:— have asked you not to go to her and you have kept Bradfora! his voice, ‘we must dress for dihner. We are late now.” ed face, Gerald Bradford walked slow- ly along the corridor until he reached his own rooms, room, he mechancally tub for his bath. look of determination upon his face, l'm turned off the water and strode sobbed throwing himself into the arms ef his astoniched father. “it is Christ- mas-Eve, father, and it's the first one without mother, and so—and went to her today. tor Bradford spoke. not quite steady as he asked ‘Why, because—because—" th ung chap hung his head. “He said “Buyt your parents are not divore= d his father, 2 “No, Dad, but it's about the same thing. We live in one house and sister live in another. “and I lcked He . hasi Doctor Bradford looked earnestly at is twelve-year-old son. ‘Gerald, are you happy with me?" ‘Sure, Dad.” “Would you be happier with your mother, Jerry?’ “Can’t I have both, Dad?” Doctor Bradford was almost hidden in the deptis % his great easy chair. One white hand covered his face. His son could not see the trembling of the uweually firm lips. As his question remained unanswer- ed the boy glanced toward his father “Of coure you know I'm Mother has. Dolly. Tl er—oh! mother is a peach!” With a sudden catch in his voice, toward the door, some |- Influenza and as a Take sl axative Bromo Quinine . Tablets” Be sure you get the Genuine Look for this signature C. 2o on the box. 30c YOUR FURNACE COAL. PHONE Raising his head and meetng his “Jerry, your mother is a peach. And I—I am not half the man you are. [ your word—like a|tl I am proud of my son Then, quickly changing the tone of he cried: “Hurry, Jerry; : B the Georgian government to order all With a strange 160k upon his flush- Bntering his dressing prepared the Suddenly, with a rom the room straght into his fath- Father, I'm not a man! partments. rid! I'm ouly a little boy,” he T'm not a ¥ so—1 1§, I was hungry for her, father!” Several minutes elapsed hefore Doc- His “Why did you come back, Jerry?’ “Because Mother is a peach, Dad! She sent me back. She said you must not bhe lefl alome, and she told me to be good and loving Lo'you and then We ng to ask Mother to forgivk me and come home!” The sound of 2 low sob, caused tather and son {o tuen quickly tow- ards the door. Doctor Bradford| 2 i | i “My wify b “My husband! It is Christmas-eve. [ had to eome back to you,"” she sob- bed from the depths of his dressing zown, wl Baby Dolly was minutel! examining the blacketed eye of her proud and happy brother.—Boston Re- Reord. i IN THE DAY’S NEWS Mongolia. Dispatches stating thai China again will control Mongolia prompted the National Geographic society to issue “Monpgoila is ene of the most inter- esting countries in the world ioda: and also one of the most primitive,” says the bulletin, which is based on a comrmunication to The Society from Ethan €. Le Munyon. “The inhabitants in many ways re- semble our own North American In- dians. v have a writlen laneuage, are blindly devoted to the Puddhist re- ligion, and are very fanatical. The lamas, or Ruddhist monks, are the curse of Mong and are parasites living on the religious credulity of their lay hrethren. Bvery third man in Mongolia is a Lama. “The highlards of Mongolia vary in altityde from 3,000 to 5,500 feet. There are many mountain ranges, and in very few viacee is the country -level for rms'] considerahle distance. The word Goh! meang a ‘parren or desolate plain’| Vegetation is absent on the Gobi desart, with the exception of a few grasses, §0 that areol (or dried camel Aung) is the only fuel used. Tt is col- tegted \and stored in Tnrze quantities for nse during the winter. “Water fs gcarce, n few wells along the caravan route furnishing the en- tire supnly. During the winter and snring the came! iz the onlv animal that ean crpss the desert and subs on the dried-up evasses. At this & son of the year blocks of fce are car- ried for the water sunply, and at other seasaps two laree tuhs are carried on each camel ured for this purpose, one tuh on each side of the eamel., “The, med'um of exchanga Is the o tael (an ounee of silver) or cubes of pressad ed. hut brick tea wilil pasa current for barter in any nert of Mnngolia. Tobacco is also .used for this nurmose. The trade is in he hands of the Chinese. with the excen tinn of the R an traders in U There ‘s a Ruesian and alen a Chinese post bfMice in Urga. Both maintaln 2 pony express route across the Gobi; the time is 7 days. “Mongols ook on the dead in a dif- ferent light from the Chinese, and their dead are taken just antside the town and thrown down. The dogs. sometimes those from their own tent and also others, soon make short work of the bedies; in_a counle of hours nothing is left. The natives helieve that the auicker this hanpens, the het- ter chance the spirit of the departed has in reaching Paradise. “The Mon=ol is a great meat eater, iving in semec cases entirely on mut- | ton. In comvaring other foods, he willl stronger ones climt on freight cara ask if they are as good as mutton. Tt is not uncommon: for a Mongol to con- sume 10 pounds of this meat at one sitting, He puts mutton fat in his tea, which is prepared with milk from the brick tea (noorest grade vressed In bricks), and of this he drinks enor- mous quantities: 30 eups ver day is Tot an uncommen amount for an adult. There are no regular hours for eating; the native eats when opportunity of- fers. Game 1s nat'common near Urea, btut many varieties are found in the mountains, thouzh hunting on Rogda 0! (Buddha's Mountain) is prohibited 1y the residence of governer, or ambian, os ha was called, the repre- sentative of the Chinese zovernment. Bince Mongolia declared her; i dependent of China, early there hag been no amban, one having fled, reasoning that he was not needed. “There ars few recular streets in TUrga, with the exception of the majn thereughfare, along whieh are lines of prayer-whee's, which are sheliered hy small shanties or sheds. These are turned by hand by the neople who wigh to pray. Prayer flags float aver 4il tenis and temples and smsller prayer-wheels turn in the wind, while gllt nrayer-wheels swing from the raofs of the te Hazel, 2 man isp't necessarily a cannibal because he eats lohaters. STORIES OF THE WAR Helped By Dispute Setilement. (By The Associateq Press.)—Colo- ael William Haskell, high ommis- sioner for the four great powers in Armenia, believes that one of the most difficuit questions of the Near Itast has been solved by setiement of ti dispute between Armenia, Azerbaidja: and Georgia as 0 troi « g lies between the; ( Black the former Lorder of Persia and Transcauc . Representatives of the three countries named have| agreed to settle the dispute over territory and to adjust all furth er disagreements by cenference), Colonel Tlaskell told The Asocciated Press that this settiement ovens up a much greater field of work for the| American Commiltee for relief in the Near East. “This organization,” ready is housing, feedinz and cloth- ing 09 orphans in 42 orphanags scattered throughiout Nussizn Arme- nia besides caring for 23,000 sick children maintaining fourteen hospi- | tals and feeding 307.000 homeless re- | fugoes or destitute persons. “Before the recent conflic he said,* al- i ces in the neighborhood of the capital of the disputed Even then they were unable to reach 58,000 more in the mountainous re- gion known as Karabagh who were cut off by the political complications | now settled. “Tt is hoped te bring relief to more than 100,000 Armeniens and Tartars| alike in the contested territory who | 1 death this winter unless outside heip is received. “The United States is country endeavoring to hel ulation’ of all Transcaucasia besi whose desperate sitvuti the cen- dition in devastated ¥rance and Bel- gium deseribed as simply child's . (Fifty-thousand Armenians who re left in Turkey are arriving at ¥rivan, Kars and Alexandropol by dri- blets, clothed in bits of torn sacking pleced together with thorns, their bodies frightfully emaciated. The stomachs of tiny children are gro- tesquely swollen from living or roots and herbs. These children are - fit only for treatment in hospitals where only a leng course of most careful feeding can remake into human be- ings. “Around every station along the raifway are gathered- groups of homeless people lying huddled to- gether on the ground, the majority of them too weak evenp to try to help themselves. From time tg time the the only the pop- | | and move cisewhere, always steking better eonditions which do not exist Two hundred and sixty-thyee thru- sand hoinsless refugees from Tarkish Armenie. thus are comstanty milling about throughout Rusatan Aymenia, making the relief work comducted by the Americans, a problem requiring infinite patience and organizing abil- | ty, v frue i visw of the existenge of 242030 destliute in- habitants of Ru 1 Armenla who possess homes but no fpod as well as 150,000 Greeks. Nnssianps, Persians, Syrians, ard Yeezidis who have bedn driven out of parts of Transcaucasia. “One hundred ard forty £ Moslems whose. villages ed in the course of five vears of stant warfare are helplessly in the open around 1 of their former enemies, begging infim- itesimal quantities of flour which they mix with dirt to give the illu- on of neurishment, “Thegs ™ is of thousande of guffering adulls, mostly homeless and lacking every necessity of life, hav- ing nothing more to lose, are con- centrated in a country as yet inade- qualely polined @r go)erned. They constitute a fertile ficld for the seeds of Bolshevism or ary form of afiarchy, the snread of which gnee loosed would | be impossible, to predict, | ‘“This situation upquestionably Is the cause of the banditry, sporadic rovolutions, ¢ral political unrest throughout the Caucasas of general political unwest throughout ‘i iflis and Baku they will have no- wanderers whom none unless Ameri- cans are able or willing to feed. The Near FEast relief supplies now on hand are sufficient only until January and are wholly new drain upon the existing resources. have saved 30,000 babies and PREVENTABLE DEATHS entitled “Preventdble Death of shown the real death hazard, by age| and Caspian scas, just north of j 1o ard of & 1 1d h i Irish highe: local conflicts and gen- which ambitious he Caucasas of which ambitious ang uns@upulous efantents fre mlmost! certamn to take advantage Sooner or later. The present economic situation n Transcaucasla already has prompted temporary residents of Tiflis who are unabie to show that they are employ~ ed and earning enough to feed them- soves and their families to leave the city as the supply of foodstuffs will be insufficient. “Georgia hopes in this way to elim- inate 100,000 non-productive mouths and to conserve the present limited siupply of food for the working popu- lation of the “capital. “About 45,000 wage-earners in the Baku oil wells pow are unemployed owing to cessation of the exportation of oil. This has forced the Azerbaid- an government to take a similar step. “If these 145,000 are driven out of to go and must inevitably to the nuimber of homeless inadequate to .meet this “It is generally admitted in the s that the Americans of the st Relief Committee already the lives of at Jeast children and .of 000 adult refugees ang destitute. This work -still is continuing.” IN COTTON MANUFING INDUSTRY From an jndustrial standpoint, death at less than oid age means 2 fixed and definite loss; the worker has at each age a certain expectancy of life, vary- ing according to certain factors, but] still definitely caleulable, which mages dealh the loss of so much potential dustrial activit; In Bulletin Ne. 251, in the Cotton Manufacturing Industry,” just ued by the bureau of labor statistics the department of labor, is roups, for wage earpers, especially for se engaged in the several processes eotton cloth manutacture, and also t factors have been especis ‘ i i the lives of wage ze periods which.are productive activ- which is supplemen- report upon ihe sub- v er. ¢he leading cotton man- ity in the United tes, is ontrasted with the corresponding haz- the non-mill cperatives o1 the ¢ for the five y 1998 to 1912, and a made of the ates of workers in the different ooms within the cotton mill, i. e, wne ard room, spinning room, spooler room and weave room. By a com! ison of death rates by sex, of (he whole Fall River population, aged 15 to 44, it is shown that femal b the higher death erculosis. their death of the males by 12 n-tuber -ulous causes nd from all causes Yet while this mbined true of s untrue ent. 8 pe! the popula 1 does not work in cotton mills, for among these three-Gfths the male deaih rate exceeds the female by t. h hazard of the native t of the'foreign bora ¢ 9 per cent, though the native born are less liable than the foreign born to die from tubersulosis, the difference between the death rates being slimht, wever—less than 1 ver cent. The and French Capadians saow the st death rates among the differ- tween the ages of 15 and 44 are much more liable to die, both from tubercu- losis and from all non-tuberculous causes, than tha single, while among the males the single are almost invar- ably far more lizble to die early than CUTICURA HEALS [TCHING ON FACE And Arms, Then Pimples and Blisters. Could Not Sleep, They itchy. I could not sleep an hour at night, and I had to scretch. 2 ““Then the doctor told \d metogetCuticura. They ‘helped wonderfully, and 1 used about two cakes of Soap and three boxes of Ointment and I was healed.” (Signed) Arthur R, Guen- ther, 9 Avery St., Providence, R. L., August, 1918. Prevent Further Skin Treuble By Using Caticura Daily It is possible to prevent these many distressing, disfiguring skin troubles of ghildhood by using Cuti- cura Soap, and no other, for every- day toilet and nursery uses, assisted By touchies of Cuticura Ointment as needed. Think of what it means to g» forth into the world handicapped by a disfiguring skin trouble. “l-.flnluihuty lhil." Address postecard: SR ticn as a whole, 1t of that portion ¢f it (61 per are the married of the same age. nd | the ages of 15 and 44 are about one- 2y half a(g“ per cent.) more liable to die, from all hazards combined, than are non-mill operatives of the same age, their hazard from (uberculosis being 100 per cent. and from all non-tuber- culous causes of death 20 per cent. greater than the hazard of all other persons. appears that the spinning and weave rooms are the two workrooms showing the greatest peril for male workers, the death rates, both of single and married men, from all causes being greater than the corresponding rates of non- mill operatives, married females the spinning room 1 the room of greatest peril, a fact which is important hecause room females are a youthful group. 70 per cent. being under 25. is by far the commonest single cause of death, the tuberculous deaths being 45 per cent. of the total deaths, both of male and of female operatives aged 15 to 44. The @eath rate from tuberculosis among female operatives. however, ig higher by 35 per cent. than that among male women aged 15 to 44 parturition occur rjng within 30 days of death, which is 1frgely preventable, is exactly as prev- alent a cause, either principal or con- tributory, of fatalities (2.08 ner population) as tuberculosis is among all Fall River persons of both sexes of 0.2 Chestnnt | At $10 per Ton IS JUST THE SIZE OF COAL TO BE USED AT THIS ‘TIME OF THE YEAR. IT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR KITCHEN RANGE COAL AS WELL AS WE GUARANTEE THIS TO BE THE BEST LEHIGH COAL MINED, Shetucket Coal & Wood Co. i i b 1257 Fall River cotton operatives between As to workroom hazard it For both single and the spinning Within industrial groups tuberculosis operatives. Among marred | 1,000 tha same ages. Because of the popular conecern al the present time as to the subisct of prohibition, the facts shown in the re- es by restock ! salmon can be realized by considering fresh water it forces its way up the stream to small ponds and shallow creeks, spawns and dies. The deadly effect of a dam on future generations lies in the fact that a salmon once on its way up stream never quits, but keeps trying to leap the dam until exhausted and the eggs are lost. If successful in reaching the spawning ground oggs laid by the salmon hatch in a few weeks and the following spring the young fry make their way to the gea, returning again in four years to complete the cyele. it spawns in deep water the Only one of the several varieties of Pacific salmon have been introduced in eastern streams; the “humpback.” so-called because of a hump on its back which nears the period of spawning. fry ‘of ‘other varieties are shipped east and marketed. increases in size as The Owing to the short fishing season between the arrival of salmon in cos- tal waters and the spawning period, only limited quantities of these fish are offered for winter use, making them available during all the months {between runs. In using chilled salmon care should be taken to defrost the fiesh bLefore subjecting it to heat. The best way to do this is by placing the fish in a cold Dlace, just above freese ling, or in cold w To place chilled fish near heat or at- tempt to cook jcauses salmon to loose the tlavor for . which ‘it is unique. ter until defrosted. it before defrosting The value in increased food resourc- ng eastern streams with ; age, sex and | population | port {addiction as a contributory cause of death among the male population. agedl ler the iated salmon | streams. hut rezulations restricting the s to the prevalence of alcoholic | 25 to 44 years, of Fall River are inter- esting. In this group deaths with a'~o- holic complicaticns form a more im- portant part of the mortality from tuberculosis than that from all cavses bheing responsible for 44 per eent. of the first against 28 per cent. of the sacond. Among oneratives alcoholic addietion appears as a complication of deaths {rom tuberculosis mocre freauently by 41 per cent. than ameng nen-eneae tives. From the raniditv with whirk the death ra‘e from causes comnlirated with alcoholism, s compared with the death vate from 211 causes not so co™- nlicated. wns found to incrense in the age group 35 i~ 44, it iz o whellv rea- sonable induction that fer ma'es at ames nermally of greatect industrisl ef- ficlency aleohelic addiction is an a1m- ongevity faeotr of imnor ce. Othev capses contributory to earlv death, rurh as tuberenlons kindred, unhv ie eomdition of the decedent’s = low income long mill service, =/ al work ill workers. and nroflimacv ereéd in detail in the report. i 1 1 SALMON MAY RUN AGAIN IN NEW ENGLAND STREAMS Appearance of Pacific eajmon in Maine this season has 1o the hope that New England streawms may again be teeming with fish. Young fry nlanted in the Penob- seot, Denny’s and Pemhroke river -sev- eral vears ago returned full grown, this fall, to spawn, Salmon were opce as nlentiful in every river from Connectient to the St. Lawrence as they are today in the| West, but in one stream after ,qw‘.».:h.l in ted annual “runs” of these fish were wiped out Ly construction of ; dams which kept them from reaching snawning ground in unver trihutaries The samé cause togother with poi tion of the water has almost annihil- in a number of Pacific dumping of refuse and proyiding for spiliways or “fish Jadders” over dams ill. it is hoped, prevent further de- truciion of this valuable food re- souree. Proteeted by having the road to spawning grounds clear the salmon can take care of itself. for these fish stream and have spent oVer three and a2 half years at sea in a “eatch as catch can” existence against all com- ers. Where the salmon spends ita time at sea is one of the mysteries of the deep for it has never been caught excent when mature. Once in | safe Maatschoppy e85} to render mails as possible during Mounted on the ship's deck the saf frees {tseil if the vessel should sinl In addition to an audible signal the safe when afloat sends up a rocket every hour for tweive hours and shows a light for three months. ang signalling mechanism of the In genious and interesting carried at the top. out all the ills and bring comfert to are four vears old when they enter a | the industry es conducted in Oregon and Washington where, in addition to fish shinped fresh or chilied, over 1.- 500,000 cases were canned during 1913, Safe Floats if Ship Sinks. What is called a “floating ship" has been invented N. V. Hollander. It is e2n -shaped device and the objeet is and vaiuables as safe transit by sea. The rocket invention i= Happiness in Store. The administration is going to tron rest and a storm-tossed couniry. 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