Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 1, 1920, Page 4

Sstseistion grim i25 & week: 500 3 mosth: $3.%0 e per. | Enteted & fho Pustoffien &t ‘exod-clas matter. Nerwich, fvan., = CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 27th, 1919 KEEP IT UP. From the survey of business and indust: conditions which has been made by The Bulletin .covering the past year Norwich and this end of Connecticut show conclusive evidence that advantage has been taken of the apportunities presented for develop- “ment and expan Never before : there been such a satisfactory and this is to be found in| v line of endeavor. Sab‘i eases are shown in wages of the manufactured d with it there has been ted business in other than g lines as the bank fig- show. ng the demang for goods een reclaimed many of d factories that had been| ying periods. Not v been . improved and n modern machinery but number of cases been size and the hum of in- echoed throughout east- t h course ndication there is go-| d ind al activ- the new year. Produc- a much demanded of the lack of reason to be- s part of the state is go-| in the next twelve| in the past. We ig stiil oppor- th. In fact we| that we have reach- | t where we can afford toj which into | d every bit of energy| applied to that and | re giving attention to such| 1d nct overlook maintai and i i roads, due ® our transportation il eveloping atural advan- | by the close coopeiation| the various commun there 0 should c result of the ions undertaken as the result large number of deaths from! wood alcohol no one can tell, but it| is evident that the authorities are meving with commendable prompt- nging those who are re- ble for the use of this liguid as n substitute for whiskey to justice It is plainly evident that those deal- ers who sought aleohol knew they were violating the law and intended to. They didn’t expect to get the best whiskey but were willing to take = peer quality or 2 home made con- eoction, and to pay a High price for it in order to reap financial gain from| the Christmas trade. It has ont been| iisclosed however that they sought or were willing to deal in the poisoned priicle. When seeking alcohel they apparently expscted to get the slow denth rather than the quick death kind. In this they apear to have daped by those from whom they bought whether broker or manmufac- turer. Somewhere In that transaction, however, it is open to belief that there “were those who knew that wood alco- hol was being sold for drinking purs poses, that ft was known that it was & poisen and that death might be ex- pected to follow quickly its uwse. To all appeararces the attraction of the money that could be obtaiged for such 2 mixture was cnough to sidetrack eny consideration of the consequences ttending *he deal and there can be seen nothing excusable or justified in the lcng list of deaths that followed the furnishing of that fluid for drink- ing purposes. It is quits evident that many people have eallel for a drink and received . boison. From all indicgtions the zu- ¢ thorities hawve run down some of .;thoss responsible for the substitution. “ Whetner it can be actually proved - that there was a knowledge of what < was being done on the part of those .vesponsible awaits decision. BERGER'S DEFIANCE, There never was a chance that Vie- tor Berger as the representative of fifth congressional gistrict of Wisconsin would de permitted to take hig seat in congress, and the lower ‘houss showed how much opposed it was to allowing a2 man of his type to become a member of that bedy by re- fusing him his seat by a unanimous { have changed his mind: | age of 40 he had come into no greater the other, he is under a sentence of 20 years in the federal penitentiary awaiting the the result of that appeal congress in the attitude of Berger to make it change: its mind. - A At this time Berger thinks it timely to attack the American Legion be- cause that organization has advocated that his neturalization be withdrawn| and he be deported. Mmt:}: may appeal to those nstitue 0 en- dorsed him, though as Americans tion standing for 100 canism. —_— TAKING THE CENSUS. Commencing temorrow the census takérs will get busy. .It is net an en- viable job which many of them have before them in securing the informa- tion called for on the blanks, but it is 2 task which can be greatly expedited and simplified if there is the proper cooperation on the part of the people. There will be all kinds of experiences awaiting the census men, *who Wwill be sunjected to. as many questions as they ask themselves, who will find many a @oor closed ~to them until their persistence overcomes it and| who will have their troubles in get- ting informatfon from those who bave but a slight knowledge of Eng- lish and who mistrust_close question- img under such cenditions. Where the census ang the time for taking it is understooq there ought to bo no trouble. It should be realized that the visit of the census taker will be lessened by the speed with which he # ven the information sought. 'y 10se Of the census is to find out how many people there are in each hamlet, town, city and state, and thus in the whole country. It is taken per. cent Ameri- ] every ten years and providing the Proper credentials are shown -there should be no apprehension on - the part of the people that the answers given to the enumerator will cause any legal entanglements, increase their taxes or otherwise operate; egainst one’s welfare. The information cammot be used to harm anyone or his property. No detrimental use will be made of it, the enumerators being forbidden to give out any information regarding thereto. There should be a willing-! ness on the part of each one to has-| ten the completion of the work and with a proper understanding it is be- lieved there will be. SIR WILLIAM OSLER. ‘While the name of Dr.: Williamj Osler received widespread attention| be se of the statement which he made some vears-ago to the effect that man has passed his usefulness at the age of 60 and should be chloro- | formed it was not because’ of ' that that he beeame famous. Dr. Osler, whose death has just occurred in En- gland in his seventy-first year, has in his own case lived to prove the fal- lacy of his own statement. It was the eclaim of’ Sir William Osler that man-had passed his most effective period at 40 ‘and gradually grew less useful until the period for putting him out of existence painless- 1y arrived, but there are reasons to] believe that er views much have altered his o ions. Certainly "if he judged others by himself he must Up to -the prominence professorships, one in Canada and the! other in this country. Following that! however, was what appears to have been the most effective period in his if we §re to judge by the fame he cured during the 15 years at Johns| Hopkins university and in the Iast ten} years-of his life during which he was regius professor of medicine at Ox- ford university and was engaged in writing and editing two books, in ad- dition to work in other organizations. Dr. Osler was not a man who was rying to keep himself in the public even though some of his state- than the holding of two; t €y ments seemed to have that effeet. He| = was devoted to his work and the| result of his experience ungaestion- ably took a different view ‘of condi- tions in his last years from what he did in some of his earlier ones. Nei- ther he nor the world will be sorry{ that he proveq his theory tobe wroug.! It was not accented at-the time put! forth any more than it is today. EDITORIAL NOTES. Make 1920 a banner year for Nor- wich and eastern Connecticut. | It doesn’t take long for a first class Christmas tree te become an outeast. To each and every reader may it be 2 happy, prosperous and peaceful new | d year, The mhan on.the cormer says: In starting the new year be sure te aim high enough. The passing of the old year does not mean that the old problems ‘are ell eliminated. From the way in which hats are be- thrown into it, it is a lucky thing that the political ring is a large one. These who drink wood alcohol be- cause no other kind of whiskey, is evailable are simply jumping into the undertaker’s wagon. P el S TR M, Looking for & hew planet seems un- ' pecessary. Theére is trouble enough here without seeking what many con- sider the sign of more. Those. whe have been doing so much boasting about being able te leave it alone are going to have a great chance to prove it. France has ordered the clocks turn- ed ahead February first to save fuel French thrift is something ~many countries might well pattern after. In laying the dezths frem wood al- cohol t6 prohibition a grave mistake vote barring one. Berger has been re- clected to cengress by those whose|lingness on the part of some to kil That he will|their fellowmen for fi | sentiments he voices. endeavor to take his seat iz to be ex- pected but nmever can an American| The report which now comes that congress accept the responsibility of | the American, Wallace, who was shot permitting such a man to participate | by a Mexiean soldier, was not tntexi- in its deliberatiens. No one understandg this better than|ness causes no urprise. Just being Berger, but as if to defy the action of |an American in Mexico is dangerous. the house before taken a second time e wouia ‘articles stremger.. retract nothing that he had|_The coal commission has been au- sald regarding the emirance of this|thorized to grant further wage in- eountry into the war and if he had it|creases if necessary and to raise the to do over again he would make his|price of coal if that is necessary, but beeii judged by court|ing the price of coal if that were pos- house of representatives for |sible. independently of | the consumer. is made. There is overiooked the‘wil- nancial gain. cated but attending strictly to busi- not one word was daid about lower- Everyone must be satisfied but’ | were her special friends. i fulness to others -and in the s added charm in| ! simple I and more real as win- picking out the best cigar in the jar and eyeing the even- mgpanef;' A ed at “this| Here ‘“They’re all especially fine,” growl- “Every blooming in How can you bear to miss Then they show a picture of Percy, all tangled up -in a symbolic mess of thread. What the dickens can-it all be about, you wond make a note of the date. ; “Then is flashed a scene showing Mildred Mildew in a clinging dress with no back at all and dark shadows heneath her. eyes, struggling in the grasp of a handsome hound in even. ing clothes, a brief glimpse of the thrilling climax in ‘Her Great Aunt’s Secret,” or something of -that sert. ‘Heavens!” you gasp, T must not for- get to come Friday night and see how sne: Mildred ‘Wwrestles with her trage- vt . “And so it goes. No—once and for all, I am not going to take this family to'the movies tomight. It is time all of vou learned to remain peacefully at home to read improving. books or tat. Why don’t you and your mother do tatting, Elsie? TIve noticed that if women hook thread with a hook or knitting needles or tat they .are per- fectly calm and not troubled with the wild desire to tear out right after dinner and visit movies and shows and things. As for you, Doddington, you can read—er—Washington Irving. or the ‘Conquest of Peru’ and grow in- telligent, as you should.” “Aw, heck!” wailed Doddington, *T don’t wanta read, . I—" “There you are!” shouted his father. “That's the modern attitude for vou. Nobody wants to read or do anything except waste time, I should think all the publishers agd the poor deluded 2nd | hang, uthors refuges scattered throughout this broa.d,l% Standbys called on_us the other night for the first time Zi;aee, the home s = ~ oodness » to give the Standbys the glad , though I have not the least doubt that when e return their call they won’t be home. They will be at the movies. Doddington, you needn’t There is a whole bookcase full of expensive literature that somebody has to use and your’re elected. Hasten, my son, and give us an imitation of a youth thoroughly enjoying himself.” *Oh, honest, dad,” broke in the daughter, “can’t we go? Aren’t you really going to take us?’ “You can read your paper after- ward,” ‘added his wife. “You, too!” roared her enraged hu band. ‘“Don't you realize that you should be an example to your children and uphold me in my efforts instead of abetting them? Haven't you some new towels to initial or gocks to darn? Why, when I stop to think of the rate at which your intellects ang tastes are being dragged down it makes me shudder!” “Aw, T wanted to go tonight!” wail- ed Doddington. ‘T wantéd to see Hal- i in The Dizzy “O-h-h!” said his father sitting wp, “is it to-night that Halibut Spouting- ton is billed? Say I guess we can’t af- ford to miss that. Of course, there are some actors and .some fil’as that are excellent and I always——" “We're ready to start,” the family chorused.—Chieago News. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR| A Tribute to Marion Lamb. | Mr. Editor: To have been' friends | of Marion. Lamb was to have re- ceived the gentle ministries of spring- | time sunshine and beauty. { Marion possessed unusual qualities of mind and character; her spirit liv- ed in the freedom of the wild flowers | and her life was as pure as the blue| 8K; She was a ghild of nature, and was one with its sincerity and open- n Simple things were her delight, and birds and flowers. and children | Life to her was a choice opportu; ty for seif-improvement and for help- neither were | nor was her| her interests selfish, helpful limited to her own homg | Gentleness and modesty gave to her | = ip refinement and charm, and | afé intelligent mind made | her an engaging companion. i The ways of the Spirit were natural to her and received from her constant | and close cultivatiph. In the experi- | ences of a vital, ‘Dersonal faith, her | life was always radiant, and her chief | happiness was in bringing happiness to others. Her cheerfulness was in- | fection: nd her sunny, loving na-| ture deeply endeared her -to her| friends, { life of hers, but| fations; parnest | were its purposes, fine was its spirgt, and in it, othets have found new joy rief, ‘was® this ome, the way of Christ. Here, was the triumphant faith that overcometh the world, and _having Kept the faith, she sed from earth, leaving behind her influences which make better and brighter those by whom she has been much beloved. H A B Yantic, Conn., Dec. 30, 1919. The Lynching Record for 1919. - Mr. Editor: I send you the following information relative to lynchings for th Accord@ing to the rec- he past year. ord compiled by Monroe N. Work, of > departmen records and re- rch of the Tuskegee institute, there were 82 lynchings in 1919, of which 77 were in the south and 5 in the north and west. This is 18 more than the number 64 for the year 1918. Of those lynehed 75" were negroes and 7 were whi One of those pui to death was a woman. - Nineteen, or less than one-fourth ef those put to death, were charged with rape or attempted rape. Seven of the victims were burn- ed to death. Nine were put to death and then their bodies were burned. o The charges against those hurned to death were: Rape 3, murder 2, killing sheriff 1, no charge given 1. The charges against those: first killed and then their bodies burned were: At- tempted rape 3, shooting a#icers of the Jaw 3, rape 1, murder 1, incendiary talk 1. The offense of murder was charged inst all the whites lynched. The offenses charged against the mnegroes wer Murder 13, attempted rape 10, rape 9, abetting riots 4, shooting offi- cers of the law 4, insulting a woman 4, killing officer of the law 4, alleged in- cendiary talk 2, writing improper let- ter 2, charge not reported 6, shooting a woman 1, robbery 1. murder sentence — e nhang_ed to life imprisonment 1, shooting night watchman 1, shooting and wounding a man 1, alleged com- plicity in killing officer of the law I, killing a man in self defense 1, killing landlord in dispute over crop settle- ment 1. no charge made 1, for being acquitted of shooting an officer of the law 1, remarks about Chicago race riot"1, for keeping cumpany with a white woman 1, for being found under bed 1, for making boastful remarks 1, for alleged misleading of mobs search- ing for another 1, because appeal was taken from ten years' sentence for at- tempting life of another 1, for discuss- ing a lunching 1. The states in which lynchings oe- curred and the number in <ach, state are as follows: Alabama 7, Arfansas 12, Colorado 2, Florida 5, Georgia 21. Louisiana 7, Mississippi 12, Missouri 2, Nebraska 1, North Carolina 3, South rolina 1, Tennessee 1. Texas 4, Washington 1, West Virginia 2, Kan- sas 1. Very truly, ROBERT R. MOTON, Principal Tuskegee Institute. Alabama, Dec. 31, 1919. § I e OTHER VIEW POINTS 1t is astounding that such a viru- lent poison as that known as “wood alcohol” should ever have been per- mitted a name that “counfounded it with the familiar ethyl-alcohol, the qualities of which are known to all. There should be a stiff penalty for- bidding its sale under any name re- sembling alcohol or without a poison label.—Bristol Press. Collector of Internal Revenue Walsh is quoted in complaint against the newspapers for embarrassing his men in their enforcement of the prohibition law. When any of his sleuths appear in a town the newspapers proclaim their arrival and everybody covers up. The newspapers are not trying to queer hig game, but when there is anything secret the mnewspaper are stimuiated to uncover it. It ought to be possible for a real ‘sleuth to steal into town and do business without be- ing discovered until he has accom- plished a good deal. It 1s not nece: sary for emough men to arrive to- gether. to visit all the drinking places in town. A visit here and there and a discovery and punishment will serve not only for the immediate victim, but for everybody engaged in the vi lation of the. law.—Waterbury Amer- ican. There seems to be a very general sentiment in® Connecticut in favor of the nomination of General Wood for President by the Republicans, also an extreme probability that the Connec- leave. the bo serious germ diseases. - SCOTT'S EMULSION * FURS OF INDIVDUALITY For twenly&-ze years Macpherson Furs h:vm g ticut delegation will go to Chicago in- structed for Lowden or Harding. Ground for this belief is found in recent incidents and in statements of men who usually know what is going to happen Republicanswise in Con- necticut and who know it before it happens. their party leaders as as any- one. All of them have found unmis- takable sentiment in the state for Lowden. | That means the state would be de- livered for Lowden if the convention were tomorrow and it means that the ‘Wood men and the Johnson men will have to be alert, or they won’t have any voice in the selection of the ean- didate—Hartford Post, In these times it is goed for the soul to meet the optimist. He does not worry about whether the coal will hold out through the winter. He does not consider that there will be any appreciable quantity of snow be- fore spring. He bridges over the next two months - of winter, deep cold and continuous, with his opti- mistic brain: In the turning north- ward of the gun today he sees his daffodils, ' hyacinths, jonquils and tulips already breaking ground. . Let the objecter warn him that the period is long and the way is weary. He is afire in an instant. He states his contention firmly, his argument is unanswerable. =The beginning of spring is only as far away as was to- day on the twenty-second of Septem-. ber. And everybody knows that Sep- tember has only just passed by. The best of it is that there is no demying the truth of his assertion: In three short months, months as short as those since September passed, comes Epring. Any .wonder the\optimist of the garden enjoys a merry Christmas. —New Haven Register. A 2LIN/ 1 Qur N 0.2 Chestnut 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 YOUR FURNACE COAL. Old New Bedford Ships. An interesting and unsual collection of vessels was seen on the New Bed- | ford water front recently. At the old open wharf which is under the juris- diction of the lighthouse board, were | moored many ships that showed an unusual variance in type. They rang- ed from one of the latest of Uncle Sam'’s destroyers to an ancient ‘whale- ship, a bark of the old fleét which years ago carried the American flag over the seven seas on prolonged ‘whale hunts. Other vessels of the polyglot fleet | at this one pier included a finely fit- seboat, the Everglades, on the eck of which a nursemaid was ng a baby carriage; a two- st wooden lightship, painted red and labelledq “Vineyard,” a big, husky lighthouse tender and an ancient k schooner, two masted, and with lines, v far the oldest and perhaps the most iinteresting of the varied flotilla W the whaleship. which was the bark Greyhound, just returned from a year's cruise on the western ground. {Her yeards, painted white, had been strippeg of their canvas and the slim,|{ trim, whaleboats had been lowered ( from the heavy wooden davits, always | LEHIGH COAL MINED. Shetucket Coal & Wood Co. PHONE 1257 | | | | ocean, Dregsed Beef. The Morgau, Greyhound and bark Bertha are the last of the old type whaleships left in the once famous New Bedford fleet. There are about fifteen schooners still engageq in the s It is reported that Sir Francs Webster i a wealthy manufacturer of hemp goods in Scotland and the own- er of a stock range in Texas on which : whale hauling industry from this 4 swung outboard, whaleship fashion. 1;;‘;: ot Bl Care. comparitively mod. | thousands of cattle range, clad, during Ane ol i was being mifle wehdy et the winter at least, in garments other {to be overhauled. Her Iast cruise was 2 i : 3 & Succhsstul” one, ‘500" barrels, ¢fithe| IW0 ofthe old type whalsshivs have |than thely own hide ana hair valuable sperm being’ taken and de-|bPeen lost W L"Qk ‘1'3 e\ hn Sir Frranciss cows, it appears, wear | spite ; the Greyhound will | onth bark Rebecca Inowles | suits of hemp cloth made in his own | g Viola. The latter was re rigged vessel built in New Bedford for whaling and was only about thirteen years old. The disappearance of the pretty lit- on the seas, She w. t despite her long sor -five years. she is sound and sea-worth; | factory fo 'protect them from the cold |and snow. make them less susceptibie to tuberculosis and- increase their ily yield of milk. ach cow, it is said has two suits a s one of the oldest | vessels -still in tive service the|tle brig, with the captain, his wife, | week. They are not elaborate affairs, { Grevhound is outranked in this re- |daughter and crew of twenty men will {by any means—simply coverall blank- H by the bark €. W. Morgan, | probably remain one of the mysteries|ets that fit loosely. There are 1,009 of the sea. The Viola sailed out past hich is now enzaged on a whaling | 3 : Gayhead on a whaling voyage over cruise and is due home soon. The | Morgan was built ini§41, and is there]| fifteen months ago and never has been | {fore about seventy-eight years old. |reported since. Old sailors here think 3he is thought to be the most vener- she was too heavily sparred for her able vessel still in sea-worthy condi- «build and was overwhelmed in a sud- tion on the Atlantic or any other den storm. cows in his dairy farm, and they usc 2,000 hemp blankets a week. That, of course,- means added ex- pense,but the 1d of milk during the cold weather is about 27 per cent. larger than from cows net thus pro- tected. THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF NORWICH DEPOSITS MADE ON THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY OF ANY MONTH BEGIN TO DRAW INTEREST AT ONCE. DIVIDENDS: MAY and NOVEMBER \ Deposits Treasarer—FRANK L. WOODARD Bank is open from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. each business day except Saturday. No. 40 MAIN STREET - - - $3566,950.58 President—FRANCIS J. LEAVENS Assistant Treasurer—JOHN H. PERKINS Closed Saturday Afternoon.