Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 25, 1919, Page 9

Gansett THE NEW BREW WITH THE OLD NAME: ALL the skill that nearly a third of a century’s experi- ence in brewing gives, has cul- minated in the production of Gansett - a beverage with the good old tang of hops and malt. ‘ Brewed under conditionis of ab- | solute cleanliness, from the finest and plumpest grains and the cleanest and most perfectly ripened hops; it is a wholesome food in liquid form as well as a delicious beverage. Ilnu]zg,-;m f:f The best grocery stores sell ii, also soda fountains, restaurants, hotels and clabs. Brewed-and Bottled by NARRAGANSETT BREWING CO. TROVIDENGE, R.L All the Good it Would Do. Whiat's Small Change? Given a six-hour day, man would{ New Yerk rc‘rafln a shortage spend the extra two hours talking of | small changs, but it is hara to the time to come, when he &oflvdml«nw e do with e of been assigned to watch radical head- see | quarters throughout the city in orde would | why she complains of it. What can yoy to forestall a possible demonstration |aftér evicting the carétalker reinstated chanige in Kew York’.—-‘ An be h in Groton in Fe er and son banquets to bé i various eommunities of the county in February, promotion of & summéf camp for the month of July and eé- ganization of additional local Y. M. €. A. units in new communities are a few of the projects which the county Y. M. C. A. secretariés Will carry out in New Lohdon county dfi{ins the yedr 1920. Two seeretaries are now giving their full time to the devélopment of the work in this county. G p WO is now reaching 120 boys with a fourfald programmie under Christian leaders in communities as" follows: i ia . G. Dart, Palmertown, W. W. Lyman; - Colchester, H. W. ‘Webb; - Fitchville, O. S. Maples; Je¥- et City, John P. Post; Old Lyime, H. Applebey; Flanders, S. A. Kidd; Old Mystie, F..Sterlifigs ° , - fath- PRE-WAR SPIRIT EVIDENT I CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS Washington, Dee. 24—With peace a de facto if not a de jure condition, the American people tonight began the celebration’ of Christmas in pre-war spirit, Evidences ' of the nationwide retutn to the spifit that qothinatéd thé Amier- ican Christmas prior to 1914, when the war although confineg to Europe cast a refiéction across the Atlnatic, has been noted in unpreccderited buying of gifts, .according to réports to the headquarters of mercantile associa- tions. Christmas malils—one of the most exact indications of national participation® in. the spirit of the Hol- iday—haye been the heaviest bn rec- ord, it was said tonight by postoffice department officials. President Wilson, owing to his ill- ness, will spend tomorrow Guiétly; &l- though his Christmas eve was mafk- ed by announcement of his . décision with regard to return of the railroads to private ownership. Because of Mr. Wilson’s_illness, the grafidchildren of the family will not be at_the White Houge tomorrow and for the fifst time in - the. Wilson administration : theré will-be no Christmas tree. The inter- jor of the White Hotise tonight, "how- ever? was ; decofated - throughout in Ch mas ‘style, Mrs. . Wilson = during the day having supervised the,plac- ing of - evergreens , holly Christmas decorations. Restrictions ‘on the presidént's diet have been removed by ‘his physieian, Rear Admiral Grayson, ang he will eat his Christmas dinner.in his room. Un- less the weather should prove dis- agreeable, he will follow his newly proscribed custom of spending a part of the afternoon in a wheel chair o the White Housé portico. Members of the president's official family will spend tomorrow at theff homes, many family gatherings having been arranged. Vice President and Mrs. Marshall went to Indianapolis early in-the week for the holidays. and {other family, and Secretary and Mrs. Glass Lynchburg, Va. Other cabinet mem- bers will be in Washington. All departments of the government by executive order .closed at noon to- officials* and eémployes holiday. Officers and men of the army, whether they be in camps ih thHis island possessions, had réceived .to- night the wishes for a merry Christ~ mas sent out by Secretary Baker. . A nature than that of a year ago because of the lessened war restrictions, will be served in all camps and canton- Special preparations have begn made for Christmas in thé navy, thé navy department today predicting thal its men whether in horhe waters or in ré. mote parts of the world, would have the merriest Christmas in the davy’s history. Ship supply officers; it was said, began earlier than usual this year to prepare for the occasion so that every man is insured of a turkey dinner. Entertainments have marine ful citizens of tRe communities which the institutions are located. following statement, addressed to the American people: “Christendom on the 25th day of the birth of an era which gave {0 and thosa principles which have been the foundation stones of modern prog- ress and civilization we have entered.upon a new .era of peace and of higher standafrds of in- ternational and national life. It is not a new:era but the old era, Wwhich was ushered in By the birth of Jesus, per- fected by His teachings and conse- crated by His death, thé old era, to which we return after a time of mad- . of agony ang of evil. Clothed in the ancient peace proclaimed over nineteen centuries ago on thé hills of ethichem, the world, with consciéiice which it has passed, should find re- newed hope that Christian prineiples will triumph and become the dominant tiohs.” TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF New York, Dec. 24—Two adminis- Jacques Lebaudy; “Emperor of e Sahara,” who was shot and killed by his wife last January. One of thém will represent Courtess Marle Theérésa Jeanne Lebaudy De Sels, sistér of the wealthy eccentric, and the éthér the widow. tending that Mrs. Lebaudy névér was le; agreemeht has beeh reached whereby the sigter and Mrs. Lebaudy will di- vide the estate. The administrators fileq bonds of $5,000,000,008. THey will leave soon for Parig to catalogue the assets of the estate in Franee. It was estimated that the value of the estate was $6,000,000. Lebaudy owned the controlling interest in a mining property in the Tfahsvadl afd a large share in what'is said to be the richest silver mihe in Bolivid, & surrogate was told that the ‘Bolivian interests would be lost umfless imme. fllau‘a action was taken to protect thé estate. NEW YORK POLICEMEN ARE GUARDING HOMES OF WEALTHY New York, Dec. 24.—A pémindér that even the spirit of Chrigtmas has no influence on the spifit of anarchy was given New York tonight when orders were issued for spéeidl polics and prominent citizens - tomofrow. Members of thé “bomb squad” have er ual older boys' conference to “Community work has been organized and promoted for tie pgoplé i Cen- || in the |ter Groton. A suecessful . triztotinty. camp Wwas conducted last July for thrée weks and 24 hoy were enfolled frem ten eommunities in the county. i ‘Other activities of the past-year fol- low: Five boys attended the life train- ing céhfeténce for high school boys at Camp. Beckett, Mass. Twenty-two and two laders’ boys and’ thtee leaders were enrolled from ten c8mmunities of the county field in the> géport coniference, Oc- tober 24, 1919, Sevén of these boys Hive joined the chureh. Mahy ‘e are béfig- developed in varibus capacities of leaCsrship. Eibh- téen codinty commiitfeemen, 42 local eommitteéemen and éight leaders of lo- cal groiips. - County Seeretaty Keller has beén_appointed superintendent of the work department of. the County Suhday Schoo! Association. ASSISTANCE FOR .GERMANY IS ESSENTIAL FOR EUROPE Washwgton, Dec. 24.—The fate of Europe is so closely interwoven with that of Germany that the other Eufo- pean nations should lend her every as- sistance in the organization and maintenance of a stable governtient, Generdl Tasker H. Bliss, Amgrican répresentative on the supreme g war conueil, saig today in talk-Yyith newspapér men. Présent untest in Burope is'due al- most_entirely to unfayorable economic conditions, General Bliss said; but this could be rapidly and wholly corrected if all Edfope comBiried resources in the effort. 2 . General Bliss suggested the pooling of necessities and .raw materials tih- dér one mian who.would bé designated “fliregtor general of supplies” and who would have associatéd with him a a “director general of distribution” to seé that supplies wefe apportioned where most urgently needed. Declaring that foed production in Europe this year would be from 80 .to 83 per cent. of normal, General Bliss expréssed the conviction that there would be énough for all if properly distributed and tHat thefefore there Wwas no real reason for famine in any part of Europe. . Genéral Bliss“sald the fear of a re- vival of German militarism had been greatly eéxdggerdted; that no reports which had reached him indicated the return of Junker _domination and moreover under the térms of the peace treaty, the German army and muni- tion facilities were so reduced as to make her come back as a combatant hopelese. Discussing the operations of the waf council, Geperal Bliss expressed the Dpl{lion thaf the successful out- come of the war was directly attrib- utable to the adoption of a unified command. If this had been in 1914, he said, thé war would have béen ma- terially shortenéd the Russian- revo- Secretary and Mrs. Lansing léft today | liohs of livés saved for Watertown, N. Y., to spend several | military aays with members of the secretary’s | each of the allies acting alone. day until Friday morning to permit | gisap) country, inEurope, in Siberia_or in the | q Christmas dinner, more varied il its | today “Today it is heralded abroad that| . force in the affairs of men and of na- {vdrd Carson, details to guard the homes of wv‘:fithy b lution probably prevented and mil- in unsuccessful operations undertaken by are to spend the day at their home at [ PRESIDENT WILSON HAS SIGNED THE SWEET BILL Washington, bill, S Dec. 24—The Sweet led former Service men and en- to enjoy -the ) larging the classes of beneficiaries un- der the War risk instrance act, was signeq today by the president. Employes of the compensation and lalms division of the war risk insur- ance bured Have been working volun- tarily several hours overtime daily~ for more than-a Wweek, it was announced at the bureau, and it is hoped that December checks, payable in January and carfying the additional amounts, will go out without delay. THe bill, which practically doubles the compensation for some classes of disability, was urged strongly by rep- mehfsfi'\-es of the Américin Legion in conference here last week. L s EXPORTING HIS WINE TO PREVENT ITS SEIZURE York, Déc. New 2 —Fifteen years been | ago Miguél S. Alvaréz imported many arranged, many of them for tonight. |casks of wines bequeathed him by his For the men of the army, navy and |father from Spdin, and transported convaléscing "in hospi- {them across’ the American continent » war wounds, most elaborate | to His home'at Pasadena, Calif. “To- preparations have been made both by |day Heé décompdried 28 of those the military authorities and by grate- | casks—containing vintages from twen- in |t¥ to thirty-five years me old—on thé steamnér Antonio Lopez,/ bound “back Secretary Lansing tofiight i$sued the|home” from these prohibition shores. Senor Alvaréz said he was taking the casks home to guard against pos- of | sible chance of losing them “through December celebrates the anniversary|legal aetion” in the United States, mankind a Divine message of peace| WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR ALIENS HELD IN HARTFORD Hartford, Conn., Dec. 24—Seven oré Writs of habeas corpus calling for the production in the United States court in this city on December 29, of aliens held at the Hartford county jdil as liable to deportation were today presented to the office of the’United States marshal for service. THese increased the total of haheas corpus writs granted by Judge Garvin at the request of Harry i awakened by the fiery ordeal throtgh |SIR EDWARD CARSON CALLS FOR EXERCISE OF REASON Belfast, Ireland, Deée, 24—Sir Ed- 2 léader of the Irish Unibnikt party in & message to Ulster- ites today appeals to them to exercise reason and patience in trying to re- store normal conditions ‘and “above “EMPEROR OF THE SAHARA”|all things to bfing about brétherhood and friendship.” Sir Bagrard says he hopes 1920 -will trators were appointed hére tbday t0|be a vear of “real and genuine peace gather up the assets of the estate of | at home and abroad.” TROUBLE OVER COMPULSORY VACCINATION IN TORONTO Toronto, Ont., Dec. 24 —Justice Su- therland refiiséd tdday the application The cortess began a contest, con-|Of the Brovincidl board of health for a1 érder to comipel the city of Toronto S married to.her brother, but an |0 carfy out the éompuisory vaccina- tion order. In his judgment he holds that the Ontario boafd of health can- not enforce such an order but if the Ontafio attornéy g&efieral consehts to be added to the application, he will give it {HFtA&F hearing. TRIBESMEN ATTACK TRAIN ON NORTHWEST INDIAN FRONTIER —Advices from Tn- ort that a train was attackea London, Dec. 2 2 irecently -on the, Nonthwest Indian frontier, four' miles from Thal, by tirbesmen. & engine was derailed and the tribéSmen fired on the: train, killing ten and wounding sixteen In- disn s6ldiéfs. The attadking party afterwards robbed the passengers on the tPafn. . - = FARMHOUSE RAIDED , IN. COUNTY CORK, IRE. Skibbéresn, Counity Cork, Ireland, ec, 2k—A pirty of armned men today raided a farmhouse neaf this .town |ana evicted thé caretaker family. é rajders thréatened- to shoot _if réSistance.weéré offered and by friends of the “Reds” deported on |the fofmer possessor of the f&r!flflfiuse' increasing theé compensation of | ang his! | A : Mgrr‘y Christfi;as o To You Al With Peace and Prosperity for the Cdming Year Iyn furrier), received on I dolman, ,a garment of rare loveliness. trapped in the interior of the Burgesin region of ‘wild Siheria. luxury welghing a 52 times its weight in in s trading pos ki, rezionis of thé wotld; les this year are ve furs.” An -advabce gifts for the rich since last spring. ent, are hring or neckpiecé and a muff. Last the price was $5,000. price of the wild pelts. RAILROADS AND EXPRESS COS. (Continued from Page One) be thé man._chosen 3 d ] government’s business in railroading. express companies. Consolidated on of the h K law in their remaining a .unit. $646,000,000, according to estimates 000 annually, based oh the avefage in- inland waterways, etc. ltrannmyoeAjeguar-000iroenth t by congress, other of $750,000,000, much of the raiuroad conporations and for thd purchase of new equipment. amounts will be repaid to the govern= meht. . After the president’'s ~proclamation was announced, Director Hi administration, thanking them fof their cdopération in the past and be- speaking their best efforts in the fe® maining period of federal control. of the president, issued the following statement: “Last May in congress the president announce that the railroads would be handi this sary tion. In_the 2 no agreement having yet been r caleng@ar year. It is now neces- terest to allow a reasofiable ti elapse between the issuing of, proclamation and the -date of | actually taking effect. ’ “The president railroads and express compafiles areé not organized to make it possible fof them to receive and manage their properties if actually turned over td them on Dec. 31, and if this were:doné it would raise financial and legal comi- plications of a-serious character. . “The railroad and éxpréss com- paries 'sHould be given amplé Sppor- tunity to adequately prepare for thé resumption of «their business under the ‘control and management of thelr own stockholders, directors and offi- cers. Therefore, the transfer of pgs: session back to *the- tfailfoad _ecoffi- panies will become effecttve at'12/01 a; m.. March 1, 1920.” The decision of - the presidént with régard to the railroad propérties.was slet forth in the following ‘proclama- tion: : : President’s Proclantation. “By the President of the United States of America, “A Proclamation: “Relinquishment" of ~federal conerol of railrodds - and - systems of trans- portation. “Whefeas,.In the exercise of du- thoritycommitted to me by law. -1 have herefofore,. through the secretary of war, taken possession of, and have; through ‘the director general of rail- roads, exércised -control -over. certain railroads, systemis of transpdrtation and. property appurtenant thereto cr conmnected thefets, including systems railroads or. systems of try tion; ihciudifie alse términals, term nal’ companies and._terminal associa- tiors, sleeping and parlor care, Bfi- |vate cars and private car lines; éle- ‘yhtors, warehouses, h 83,000 Fur Coat For a Christmas Gift Christmas Russian sable coat. It was a kihd of skins from animals This extraordinary price, paid for a little more than five pounds, ‘was at the rate of $1,062 an ounce. The coat was valued ap- this Brooklyn firm, and other good and forbidding says that sa- “not the most ex- of 50 5 per cent. has heen made in these The palm for the highest priced furs, however; must be atwarded to the fin- est natural black foxes which, at pres- e $7.500 a pair, enotgh to make a “set” consisting of a searf vear Natural silver fures come next at $1,500 to $6,000 a stated, had no_efféct on the market to wind up the Even bigger problems confromt the in- Sherman anti-ttust In two years of physical possession of the railroads, the government has encountered a deficit of approximately | submitted by Mr. Sherley to Senatof curred in expenses of administration, Two appropriations have been madé one of $500,000 and the which has beeri uséd os a revoiving fund by These General s made public a message to all and directors of the railroad In announcing these two decisions Secretary Tumulty his message to the over to their owners at the end of to act by issuing the proclama- present circumstances; h- ed by the two houses of congress ifi respect to legislation on the Siibject; it becorhes necessaty in the publie in- e -0 the its is advised that the 35 pe abled New ¥ork to equal if not surpa not higher, abroad. MF. Argefibfight said the sea ottef, marketed throughout the world past year, is pérhaps the rarest fuf. and would bring about $5:000. It used for colars, cuffs or capes, silyer. The only “cheap” furs in the are sellihg for tromi $300 to $409 to $1,000. ment and appurtenances such railroadls and systems of trans fiow undér Such dent of the Uhited States, do hereby 12,01 o'vloek 4. m., all railroads. ihconsiStént With the Said ‘act of Mi¥eh 21, 1018 t6 adjust putes of of or incident to federal contdy the president 6r by act of congre: 4nd génerally to do and pérform lamation and the relingdishment tion and property. day of March, 0. at 12.0' a. m. “In_witness whereof. T have here- nd ahd éaused the seal unto Sét my h een, and nitéd States of America the predilcifg €ouhtry in the ‘world, both for variéty; aliality and dressing.” He said that while there was a duty of 50 per: cent. on manufactured furs and cent. on dressed skins, at pres- ent there is ho dity on raw pelts en- tering :thé United Statés and tiis en- Paris and othér Bufopean fur centetrs. Fur prices were as high, he said, if of swhich hot mére than 15 had been the It is coarser and heavier than sable or fox, a pelt weighs about ten pounds In colbr it is & dark brown, tinged. with New York fetail fharket at present, it was said, aré Russian pony and Australian (of rabbit). Codts of these ma- , trimmed in beaver or nutri, A $300 to_ $400, are now bringing $850 commonly uséd ubon or opefated as a vart of federa leontrol-be March 21, 1918, and of all other puw=- ers and, provisions of law thereto me enabling I, Woodrow Wilson, presi- relinquish from federal cotitrol. effec- tivé the fifst day of March, 1920. at same to the possession and control of through such agént and agéncies a& he may @8iefthiné, in any manner not rovisions of settle and close all mattérs, icludthe the making of agrebrhents fof com- pensation, and all questions and dis- whatsoever natufe arising out 1, until otherwise provided by proclamation of fully in &1 respects as the president is authorized to do. all and singtlar the acts and thihgk nécessary of proper in order to carry into effect this nroe- of said railroads. SyStems of transporta- “For the purposes of accounting and for all othér purposes; this proclama- | tion shall beconfiie!fective on the first in the Dist#iet of Columbia. this 24t} day 6f December. the vear of oiir Lord ‘one thousand mine hundred and nine- of the independence of the one hundred nd forty-fourth: (Signed) “WOODROW WILSON. “By_the President: “ROBERT LANSING cretary of State: “NEWT D. BAK . New York, Dec. Ameriean | J. W. Argenbright, a “Secretary of War. woman, the wife, s mother, or |porter with i firm ne: The proclamation réfin- daughter of a%post-war Croesus (hér|old, explained that the war had help- | giti of the American identity is the secreét of a big Brook-|ed to make Ameriea “the greatest fur | Railway company was couehed jn lly the same. verbi- age a§ that in regard ¢ the restora- tion of the railroad§ to'their -owners, except for. necessary substitutions. Direct Seneral sent the telegram tonight to "all of- and emplgyes of - railroads in federal control: “The proclamation which the pres. ident has issued fixes March 1 48 the fer of the railroads back and control of the I apneal to every officer and eve employe to ‘redouble . | his efferts to produce the best and the Ty heavy busi- months and the difficulties "dreated by the offi and em- e done esveci: fine woflc. so that with more confidence -than ress the hope that ali he very best agcount in this réemaininz perfod pa#ir and it was said that thefe has |vear agd they brought half the money. | D OUr common interest, and in the been a bizger demand for them this|The abundance of money in America, | PublC interest. T extend to all 6f mv winter than ever before. The numer- |another @ealer pointed out, had stim- | COmrades’ in the railrond service, and ous fox “ranehes” a new industry|ulated a revival in Htidson Bay and | their families, my sincere wishes for which sprang from a successfnl breed- Alaska seal. Coats of this fur which % ",“_"j"') C and a hapny New g on Prince Edward Island, it w: some years ago could beé piirchased for | % CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT'S ACTION ‘Washing “oneress of the president aders m ; approval action in postponing portation; and return of the railroa “Whereas, 1 now deem it needfyl| “I thiok the presidént has done the angd desirablé that ail raflroads, sws-|right © " said Senator Cummins tems of transportation and property | 0f Iow n of thesénate inter- state mittee and chafr- to one system under’ governmeht op- ree oy = e f o it A Plere it relingtiished therefrom; now, there-|man of ommittee which eration, he o o D e § 1 | fore, under authority of Section 14 of | framed tion khowh as the L e fustic if there would be any|the., federal control ~dct _approved t would have been s had been necessary legisla iation to maet will t the next month. It may he possible to & 8 tems of tfansportation and property,|Complete the legislation before the Cummins. When the foads were tak- | oe™ s e oD G D eas | end of Janu en « January 1, 1818, CONBTeSS| syep federal control and not hereto- Fayorable Commient. guaranteed them a rental of $900,000,= lrore relinquished, and restore the —N. D. Maher, Roanoke, Va., Dec. 2 sideni of the Norfolk and Western come of a three year test period.|their respective owners. and director of the Poeahen- Operating revenues in 1918 fell $238, #lker D. iines. directer genbral n of the railroad administra- 000,000 under that amount. The res|or rantoads, or his Suceess or in sfhee ight nraised President Wil- mainder of the deficit has been in-}js hcteby diithopized and directéa. s decision not to return fhe rafl- o to private control until March 1. §t. Louis, Mo., Dec. 24—B. F. Bush, southwest regional “railroad director and corporate president of the Mis- souri Pacific, tonizht asserted Pres- ident Wilson acted wisely in not re- turning: the railroads to private own- ership bafore March 1. : GHRISTMAS EVE WAS QUIET IN CHICAGO Chicago, Dec. 24.—For the first fime in many years, Christmas evé in downtown Chicago was a drab affalr. with only the theatres ministering to crowds. Hotel managers called their realm a ‘“desert” 'and said prohibition did it. Empty -tabl nades in hotels dining halls sepuichral. Fafly in the evening. the &hopping throngs were homeward bonnd and and deserted prome- and some cafes made and corridors seem of the Unifed States to be affixed. shopgirls in stores rémaining open “Done - by, the vresident, through|late had little to do. While travel on Newtori D. Baker, seeretary of war,|the railtoads was -heavy, Chicage's population had nrepared for an old- fashioned Chriftmas at.. hpme, .the overstocked Christmas. tree . market providing thousands free and many’ more thousands at a few cents aplece. it The - GROCERS, ATTENTION! Your trade for BAG GQAL‘ will be. doubled if you handlé ours, Give us a trial order on bag Coal »‘todbny. THAMES COAL C0.