Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 28, 1920, Page 4

Bannd ELSpear b WEEK ENDING FEB. 21, 1520 10,529 : ARMY REORGANIZATION. It bas required some time to get reorganization bill ‘shape whereby it can be presented for action but it seems to have been arrived at such a stage. with those iwho have been advocating a moder- 8te sized army winning their point. t been and there is not| tion manifested to | {There has disregard the There is no Inclination to encourage| unpreparedness, but there is on the pther hand an insistence that we “shonld not have a big and umneces- +ary military machine such as would hot be required but which would be' the means of piling up a big ex- From the size of the army that will be recommended in the bill which it has heen decided to report. it is plain hat due consideration has been given| {rom being at an end, and he might} to the advice given by Wood and Pershing as to what there COme there ca ought to be in the way of a standing| duestion but he army to meet the country’s require-|Planted his influ ‘ments, protect it against invasion and Fiod requirements, 24minis Such advice ran contrary to the size Stand out ‘n of an army urged by Secretary Baker Century old ir and Chief of Staff March, but the ac-| tion of the committee indicates that It impressed congressional {much the same as it did the country | protectior @s being rational and practical, ' That the committee has decided to! tention. report as it will, dees not mean that to the respective the bill will not be open to attacl There is every reason to believe that y. it will get much debate upon a num-|to ber of features before it is passed,’ other but from the action of the committec in referring the matter training to a sub-committee to inves- tigate the economic effects and the cost of the idea Generals| Still serve Yale of military seems probable| u;, that no action on that matter will be| that taken at this session. much as the plan was not to have sach training start it been done by suca reference. COULD VETO BE OVERRIDDEN?' There can be no question whatever | P°" but what the course that is pursued| '’ by the president in regard railroad bill is perfectly proper. That ;& the department of justice should give, consideration to such an in order to eliminate any | Lidden defects shows precaution that is commendable, and it is to be un- derstoog that those who have sought 6 get the president to veto the bill Shave a right to make :'The president has ten days from the|y . o “time be received the | oPinion important oy the bill to decide “what he will do it it before it could become a law witiout his signature| but it seems probatie that his decis- ion ome way or tie- other will reached before the first of March when the roads go back and the law| should be effective. In view of the (fforts to secure a ‘veto consideration has naturally turn- ed to the possibiilties of overridden. On the vote as taken in| “the senate the support of the bill was! suficient to override a veto. however, was not the case house, and whether votes could be secured is a problem. & two-thirds vote of each body Is re- Muired to override a veto. ‘house the vote was 250 in faver to i will not insist upon over- It depends much upon: the ground for the veto and that { the veto of the railroad bill. When, however, unjust demands have Fesuited in increasing the vote in be- half of the measure, and when ad- Iministration efforts have not been di- ereted toward the defeat of the bill| ki H 7 . ! L nrtl' lE:i [i5; i b el i H H ; i i I L : Y H £ i i | g g ;i i £ is indicated by the fact but one 'bus in that city at present that would meet the pas- fenger " requi: Springfield has not as yet adopted the recommendations. They in- ly do not malke the jitney outlook any too promising but it is evident that = @ Feusfle o Newidh “ea. o | there is recognized the need of giv- e ing service during all the time it Is supposed to be given if it is going to be furnished, and encouragement isn't giving to the taking of business trom already established transporta- tion lines. y PRESIDENT HADLEY OF YALE. Even if it didn't come with a sur- prise, since his views on the matter have been previously expressed, the fact that President Hadley of Yale is to complete his services, as the head of the university will be a mat- ter of keen regret, because of thé highly corumendable manner in which he has directed the institution’s af- fairs. The graduates and the under- graduates of Yale will feel that the deeision is untimely, even as will the friends of the university “who have watched its activities under his guid- | ance. y Dr. Hadley's ideas coincide those of many others large responsibilities before physical conditions make it necessary but he places the age a number of years younger than others have and cer- tainly that is not necessitated in his case, even the same vi at President Schur- man of Cornell does when he advo- cates the head of -an institution should not be held too long' by one in- | dividual but should be changed suf- | ficiently often to kecp it upon a high and pro basi: d. There have been un- indeed |such a wise counselor when such problems and conditions is any university in and as have had met. Though bis usefulness for man be no d and gi TIME TO DO SOMETHING. Long as tl to ¢ jof tae co .| two houses « of the doesn’t appear that any harm has tnq country the same created od of ] trol e ard In the to be sen iis not i rates ana | tarir should thonsh of th industry eve: new fiel lance in the t ployed. I e;m.gh:, not to { terests of tk m, | attention { prote under the should be a n to of the m: who has given subject must realize needed. EDITORIAL NOTES. A Geor prodaced ness for the gre to More in ruts are ‘bad. d, invariabiy stalled, stufls to America, ‘When it is declared there is to construction work. his wife waiting. eling in a crowd. s . i 2 toasmmui 55 iasor o o uosa in| Kespu Amimals Sirred Up, |10k PRRE Sbie o stana it _sny cooking, it is indeed strange that| Mf. Hoover would be worth while|and said: “Have a bite?’ €| mince {pie cating contests haven't|to have around and mention occasion-| FEagerly the other youngster ‘took f| been started before this to determine| ally if it were only for the fun of see- | the apple and bit. When Johnny got how many it will requiré to intoxi-|ing Senator Reed pawing the air— | his apple back again he looked at it cate, Ohio State Journal. in wonder. Thep he turned to the 5 s other boy busily munching and cried: | = e T T “Here! Give me that bite, and you ns‘mollx‘e signals are suggested by a Has Proved Something. St Hiave the Apple ryn Mawr professor in order t0| pegeral operation of railroads cost : - | communicate with Mars. But after i 's. $700,000,000. And, of course, U. Didn't Know He Sang. all Pittsburgh has done, it's hard 0| g means us. But what it has demon-| An employe of a music store tells -jarouse much enthusiasm in such a|strated is worth it—New York Tele- | this interesting incident: t | move. gram. with| in unloading if he should likewise take s been direft-|oquire into our inner. e through a most y strenuous years and fortunate! cors SN having right; it may be acouired 3 leader | est effort, and in this form is, perhaps to be faced were being far ears to| thoroughly im- there in the pe- en an continue to | of of a mystery than it is but for its| gray days. It is these latter occa- sions that often; give us the key to many problems ich we have found perplexing and ineapable of solution. ‘We are told that in the tropics the oc- casional gray day that comes affords - mvlrl;er view l!mmwhen the sun’s i the vision, and naw bennfi:fi!?:v‘, ‘wonders are ‘dis- covered that have hitherto remained unnoted. The gray days are not with- out their salutary lessons, hard though the lessons may be,.and he who ac- cepts them i the right spirit goes far toward solving the better meaning of life. ~ There must be shadows to soften the glare, or else we would lose our sense of proportion;. theré must be hardships to make us understand, or else we would not unrave. life's tangles; there must be sacrifices or else we would not know how to live— to takethe bitter with the sweet. Did you ever stop to think how some. people ask questions? There are those ild_their ‘conversation about questions. they .really want to get. your opinion, while others who soframe them tha they expect you to coincide with their ideas. They seem:to be certain on their likes and disikes and satisfied until they have tried { pomnt of the national | Some-ask questions for the | ysake of: information, because the | United - Statés, -of more ' than thirty millions, live on farms. Near- Tunities having a population of less than 2,500, In other words, nearly onc-half of the population of this country is to be found on farms or M cuontry distriets, according ta a coni- pilation of agricultural statistics contained in the booklet, “Our Basic Industry — America’s - Agricultur Prosperily,” just issued by tae Guar- anty Twust Company of New ~York. ‘The publication,” which deals with the ever increasing importance c¢f the busines of farming from the stand- weltare, con- tinues in part, as follow: “Fhe farmink interest, is noa com- prised_entirely, however, of those who actuaily live on the farms. Semething like 40 per cent. of our farms are rented and a geeat mamy of the own- ers live in cities and ‘vilages. . This means that among the merchants, law. ers, doctors, real estate operaiors. ers and insurance men of our cities, and especially the cities and and villages in agricultural secti there will be found owners of farms or men waose business is directly dependent on or counected with farm- he amount of capital invested in iy twenty million more live in com- ! tation v¢ things from ends, however, up the receipt e aton by Thoss. capital and labor are used. Ordinarily thoy would We compensated by the impor- 18 elther unahle to produce these things at all, or her production IS so out of pro- portion to the things which she ob- tains from us as to leave a huge bal- ance for which compensation must bo made in gold. Extraordinary Balance. “Fhis balance has now Decome S0 large as to upset compietely the Gr- dinary ‘bas upon whnich exdaanges ith tne result thai lae Amcriean Qollar is ‘at a ‘premium in! itam, France, Beigwum, itald, which require aid. the prices. those coun+ ve 1o pay for American G- es are increased by the amount the premium, a circumstance which nds Lo the size of the bal- and, oiore, the premium on oliar also tends to reduce tne awount purchases made in tais country by deiay the there. ‘g In otner reswuption of 10se countries had gold to off- After the Grip, Influenza, or any serious iliness there is nothing better to give tone to the system, and a rapid lHums\hreya’ Price $1.00, at all Drug Stores or sent | by Paresl Post, C. O. D. if your dealer does not keep ther Humphroys' ‘Homeo. Medicine Co., {156 Willlam Street, New York. recovery of = strength, than Tonic Tablets 1ca’s balance of goods the tuation would be righted, be fiooded with goid, n enough uOW. of the set A others admit, and seemingly at times against their actual beliefs, that they think the same way, like the same things and make the same moves that they do, Such _conversa- tional habits: give an interest insight into personality and furnish fascinating opportunities for h nature study. We, are all fellow be- ines but no two of us are alike. There are too fev how to commune with themselvés w wholesome results. Such a course 100 often produces the oppo: effects from those desired, soothing our feelings g is large and constantly in- In 1910 the value property was approximately $4L 000,000, or more tnan the capital of the manufacturing ~ establishments, ralways, mines and quarries United States The value of property in 1919 is conmservatively es- timated at more than | property but during the'decade begin th §500 the increase value oi firm property was greater the entire accumulation of farm in all the preceding years, of all farm in the farm 51,000,000,000. From 1860 to 1890 tais vaiue increased the s additons would tend to ing Ia their train adant upon inflation, i ¥ s situation America cedits here for Lurope. to our raise the Archeoligists think that Benin, Afri- ca, may be a land where records of an_ea { Egypt are tobe found, “Whatever the antiquity its present day interest is scarcely to IN THE DAY’S NEWS ier civilization than that of of Benin, 3 : be surpassed,” savs a bulletin from ! et oy and dne W ton, D. C., headquarters N a Fecgraphi Society. | S R baY s of the National Geographic Society. | woney to invest. | "iiese promises to pay would be in tne form of securitics issued iSaropean governmeats, national or municipsl, or by Buropean corpora- be sold directly to American | henight century ago, they put a taboo exportation of all their products ex- cept palm oil, and practiced human| sacrifi so advanced tha “Here are to be found a people so| that. until a quarter of a| upon i to an appailing extent; yet| they knew the pro-| phites—a _reconstructive tonic, build you up after grippe and pneumonia— Regular Price $1.25 Special Price ... $1.05 Removes dandruff, scales and foreign matter from the scalp, leaves the hair fluffy and well groomed— Regular Price 50¢ EATON, CRANE & PIKE WRITING PAPERS— TWO SPECIALS .. .. the wrinkles it only nervous depression. we do not know how to i consciousnes: m the down only deep enough to make mat- surface and 0| { of our history. | 3 pparent to all observers of | the efforts now being made by Lhe na- j tions of Europe to readjust their af- that the Uni‘ted time s to a peace ba: States must continue for some irs or tiey wou.d e in the form securitics issued by American tions which. heid the original urities as collateral The uld be used to compensate | American cap.tal and labor ior the cesses of tragie human W ving, and the arts of} o metal work long hefore te man came, “Concerning an early attempt to istinize the Beni there is a story of . appeal. Portuguese | AND, OF COURSE, OUR 59¢ SPECIAL CHOCOLATES People Say They Are the Best in Town. ters even wol not always a birth fter ea more valuable because it is the resutt of our own exertion. The proper kind of self-concentration i mind, and those of us who feel our- selves at dagger’s point with the wor should seek some quiet corner and work our way back to peace and hap- | piness, The loud prot: accomplished connected at they had | the sun for | the ! | we ittees of theent already acted bill} the |1 ine what| vhich time cre the in- the country the legislation that any| ny thought to the| garettes than cigars| t war popu- When is spoker to refer There those of course who are told that those who travel i but those who get out of ruts today are America is looked to to feed hun- gry Euope and yet Holland is send- ing shipload after shipload of food- an overproduction of bricks around New York it shows what prices are doing How contrary it is to present day conditions for a West Virginia man to return after 54 years absence? But even greater is the fact that he found ‘When any governor determines to wear a three or a five year old over- coat in protest against the high prices he is certain to find himself trav- So many of 1 the past t i though i the problems h costs-we a own_heha rs. One our liv: Rg! d accide loads cn the bridge. e only the forer | It has been said 1 thov d per=ons livin; ot more than ! ve in the best they e see <h instead of lool { iy are luse them? Did you over stop to is poor his am me rich? And that : ong: bezome ler? Ther. 0 hecome enovgh, then he wants power and reachi y 1 nat. When he s appetite for mor till is tortured by ion is .to ‘go do greatest man of k histor er successes still beckon hi on, the disturbance of his peace of 'twill ever be. mony with existing condi blame in any circumstances, miliation of doing this we are con it ought not to rest. Healthy ac ant, help at the same time fect us personally. fluence upon them. The power of self| ¥ nces peace of the high | Yet, when | vhen he where a [* but | becomes | to | ind and the disquiet of his soul. "Twas ever | thus, and thus, we have reason to feel Most of us have experienced the un- pleasant effects of being out of har- jons, but we do not, as a rule, feel that we should share the responsibility for the same. It is hard to admit that we are to and rather ‘than put ourselves to the hu- tent to place. the responsibility where ity of mind and body help us to keep ourselves in harmony with general conditions and, what is more import- in har- monizing irritating influences that af- ‘We are all respon- sible to-a greater or lesser degree for conditions as they affect ourselves and it should be our pride and our boast to feel that we are courageous and determined enough to do our full part in exerting a good and healthy in- take a leading part in reconstrue- n work. icat “Beyond: the question of mere suste. {mance is the still greater one of get: g their productive and distributive s organized upon a basis which, into consideration changed eon- t th e the r heir prosi ughout the world, will m Tity:. alone of ail the nations in the world a position now to make an ap: ble effort tdward giving F ces to Furope. The s the only We the point w “ciency. ds primarily, of cou licy to produce tae ope needs, and no g of Ame t the capacity of ter'als, tey v ow lonz the producti this country will On every hand there are ns thet it will be impossible | for those nations to produce the food jand provide the work to sustain their | | several populations without our aid. ival, and continuance of The United States United nation, from which e reviv- mov- he possibiiity sion of assistancé to Bu- up- ngs one who resoure- her , fuel and at To what ex- en- function | goods produced and sent to Iurope Thus, Americins with money to in- ould be assisting Kurope to rebabiiitate herseli and at the same time would be keeping the productive | machinery of their own country goung. {if this is the best way in which we can aid (and such is the opinion of closest and most competent ob- of the probiem) the extension | to Europe depends upon a’s capacity to absorb for es quite as much as it does il.ty to produce the things tent to waich a people can | absorb securities depends upon the imount of money they, have available and upon the amount command by f the flourishing condition of life and the prospeets | develpment, How the general condition is inferred from the condition of industries—agricul- manufacturing and —and of these agricul-| 1damentally important. | served and therefore | other rises or falls with it. | age of the cost of vy industry is for la ded far foad. Therefore, | he condition of the! immediately other indvstry. is Sunday Morning Talk What Is True Happiness? happiness of the to to merry be up tor it Now that | very” bag way | future Life, wa do £o0 or oridly merely to put the thoug! th away from s when such p with the co at hand? They pDpé iace find the rich man have no of the parabie. Th worldiy wealth, but h: any use for it, pie: lor d God. forward hed not a bit of take with them y have not laid up a the beyond ti ind Their case fact they much pleasure in gratif own desires makes the I ng that can give satisi tion so much harder to bear. that are impe taken so z their n end. will confinually human being can obtrude itself, allogether out of what pleasure, m.ght otherwise itself immortal. And the only but possesses “all things” really worth while, “all can be possessed always. - not die, his goods | thine such a wealth | f is most piteous. | have | For the thought of the end | No forget the vanishing nature of all the pleas- ures of this life and a future that is a bladk or worse takes all the best be True happiness is that which knows kind that does that, is that which does not depend upon the things of this life. that are things” that The happiness that is based on love for God and for our fellows cannot die because God is love and God can- ¢ some music and after T had 1 s for her, T told| G 1 ed the piece she saidl > e, why I have heard cut him and Friday, INCOME-TAX FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW No. 2. : owed me $500 for two ziven up hope of pa swed to deduct that! kng out my income-tax | Ty ve exhausted every heans for collection, and ged off the debt in 1919 as wed as a deduction a e charged off within th i worthle: The return must ce of the manner in which discovered. State- made that the debior ged in bankruptcy, or no_property, methods of col- been exhausted. As ncome-tax ounding circ a debt is wort! , and that legal | enforce payment would not result in the satis ution on a judgment e facts will be worthlessness the purposes of’ dedue- discove v evider have b | 2- ss and to ¢ an ordinary dsbt not as Wworthless is not income ditor, since it mere chai in form of capital. Whenever, ever, a ucted as worthless in some prev determined to fight yrohibition even et | mon_sense should teach us 10| racoy ¢ recov though they know they are violatng A e s e, inoome' 1o 158 Invr: s ture, he oVl 99| urcs which not only camnot fail, but| {ne creditor for the year in Which re- ept e e T | il grow more and greater ail our | cefved, AT = i brother to ives and w.l continue after death (U The man on the corner says: It|ls ever contented and, therefore molin ‘more perfect form in a more per- g8ite Nelathene. QuEht niot to be necessary. for! warn: | St WIth Ibat one cxpeption. 46, bap- [fect life, L G deductton s 3 ) he Issued against overesting|PY Very long at a fime. No matter | A s tinfsl maicifor Todte 16 TetaByes end Friondn: ik iy i 78| how successful a man with any stutt| P e ey Ing ot $f| Before a debt can be deducted its | s in him may be, the lure of still great- | {5 that must necessarily come to| Character true debt must proved. Questions such as this reach £ T advanced a_sum to friend or relative, hav- e little or no reason to expect that it would be returned. may I claim a deduction to cover sucl vance?” The is “No.” an advance s 5 is not held to be a bona-fide debt. A valid debt which is proved to be worthless is not always a proper de- duction. Treasury regulations provide | that worthlegs debt arising from un- paid wages polaries, rentals, and simi- lar items of “ncome will not be allowed a deduction unless the income such items represent has' been included in the cred; wheh the deduction is sought, or in & vrevious year, ‘When Dbt Worthless. Stories That Recail Others. A Too Generous Bite. getting ‘ready it bothered Johnny. e Johnny had an aple which he was! tting to eat. Another boy | spled it and eyed him with envy, and Where the creditor. continves to ex- tend credit to the debtor, a debt may not be claimed as worthless. A deut may not he charged off and deducted in part, but must be wholly and en- tirely worthless before any part may be deucted, though it may be clearly worth less than the face amount. If a debt 1s forgiven it can be claimed as a deduction, because it is then re- garded as a gift, which is not an allowable deduction. Gone, But Not Forgotten. We can see this early in the game —Houston Post, m skirts of the Benin is the Brit ern Nigerin. heard of word that in exchange for one white he would enroll all his subjects in the ! Christi steterhood volunteered to accept the! hand of s sal kindly, for him a wife, in token of his maturi- support. clothes the'r hushand. try the primary need, lem in the | bachelor m: for her it indeed. © N: nt. of the wages of omic presside, and with re- | does riot rely In' A fas a barometer “ of | hn or copper, s metal on one of Carusos. | that crowd able one traveller said that he never had who had so noble and commanding an that has heen said about Benin was | regulations, | land. fices have heen cant aspects. lord of the i in g later year| the Dard 1 as censor of cd Is taxable income 0 gziven Gut concerning campaign, s chief censor titled “Indiscretions of the Naval Cen- be! the ddmiral, * chief censor, not you. | is, he would hold on to a bit of bad I news for a time on the chance of get- return for the year in| that it will be some time before men will quit talking about licker, think- | ing about licker and looking for licker. | A progressive man is one who has ionaries were working on the out- | country, which ! s west of the Niger, in what now | protectorate of South- | The Benin monarch i these activities, and sent A member of the| n_church. ‘His sable -Majesty,’ and he! to have treated her most though her sacrifice wrought ble change in the native! igh cost of clothes bothers the | and girl not at all, for they | 1 token of allegiance to| . When the king provides a | 1othes he becomes a cit- with the bestowal the king also selects v choose as many ad- s he wishes, and can | man may not wear: until they are presented by usly, then, the clothing prob- 3en; one that only the need worry about—but be a serious matter, ally, under such econ- polyzamy mitted. there are few old maids in nin. Even the undraped mald of Benin| one on matural charms. on reported at a Benin sub-de- te ball would have plenty to about concerning the season’s s in necklaces of ceral, often sitely carved, arm rings of iron al; puttee-like bands-ef leps and copper rings e ‘finger: iess esthetic. though, is the native itting the body, and fre- t, to denote tribal mem- nflicted practice sug- Obvi id Na the is practiced al- , infidelity is punish- by death. Of the upper classes, et with any-black princes ‘so sen- bie 2nd well informed as these men. ancel’ In some parts of Benin ion will not permit the native a white man, but poisoning stead. Most explorers tested to the kindness and of the nat also to their} lities, and all agree nre unon their religious sure route to the sacri: where human crufixion is the wholesale. ent tense in afl ed w 1897, when, be-} of the massacre of Kuropeans, a pedition was sent from port city of the Benin! to Benin city, miles in- n the fanatical sacri- irtually eliminated, ces that violate civ- dified. - But enouzh of me customs rei n unaltered unnsnal opportunity to ivilization in many of , interesting and signif- e prac STORIES OF THE WAR Churchill- as Censor. Winston Churchill, who was first iraity at the time of pedition, used to act e ofiicial communiques that ill-fated vs Read Admiral Sir glas Drownrige. Sir Douglas was Quring the war and has s experiences in a book en- Mr. Churchill said to or this business, I am ' One day “Mr. Churchill had a knack for fram- ing communiques,” the admiral states. “He was also a bit of a gambler, that it of good news to publish as an offset, and I must say that it mot infrequently came off.” Admiral Brownrigg used to visit the first lord in his bedroom at 8:15 3. m, and show him the cables and radios that had been received during the night, Mr. Churchill, he says, “presented u most extraordinary spec- tacle, perched up in a huge bed with the whole of the counterpane littered with despafch boxes, red and all col- ors, and a stenographer sitting at the foot—Mr. Churchill himself with an enormous cigar in his mouth; a glass of warm water on the table by his side, and a writing pad on his knee. On one occasion he had a badly swol- len face, and with two turns of a fiannel bandage round it and a scanty lock, escaping here and there, presented a truly extraordinary picture, The cigar, however, was still there.” CASTORIA Tor Infants and Children ting a field to “boom the Connecticut valley. That is a_commendable enterprise. We su gin is with the Connecticut river, or sewer, resoring it to. something like its original purity. terest is chiefly in the Pequabuck val- ley, which the Press has been com- sistently booming for century.—Bristol Press. | SMITH’S PHARMACY, Inc. 205 MAIN STREET NORWICH, CONN. FRANKLIN SQUARE OTHER VIEW POINTS A movement was started in Spring- gest that an excellent piace to be- Howevery our in- almost balf & The national executive committee of the American Legion is askjng for a bonus month for each month served, arrived at this figsure by dividing $400, the Laverage gain in savings by men not in the army, number of months served by men on active duty. get at the total cost of such payment, we have eight times $50, or §400 as the average_bonus were 3,703,273 ‘men in_ service. would make the total of the bonus $1,- 481,309,200 nation be taxed to raise nearly & bil- lion and a half dollars for abie bodled men >—Waterbury Republican. for ex-service men of $50 a by eight, the average Using these figures’ to to be paid. There ‘This Is it advisable that the As the population of Connecticut. in- creases and the natural resources of the commonwealth are grabbed up, it behooves the wise city to get its share. New Britain must have water, and it must get it from the hills. So there is a report presented which plans for great development and also to accom- ' modate a city with a ‘population of 150,000, which New Britain modestly expects will happen in 30 years. It is not necessary to expend the money all at once, but the work must be laid out, the watershed secured and the plans dawn_ for the reservoirs, pipe lines, ete. Meriden has some problems that must be considered in the immediate future and the more thoroughly we consider them the better we will be off when we have to act. We might| well take a leaf out of New Britain's book.—Meriden Journal. And so there wa, aiter all, a secret treaty about the German ships, as Sen- ator Brandegee intimated, although it was not entirely of the nature he sug- gested when he secured ihe passage of a senate resolution calling upon the executive o furnish information in re- gard to any agreement, if not incom- patible with public interest. The agreement which Senator Brandegee unearthed, and which would have been hidden until in the judgment of one man it was good for us to know of it, but for the action of the senator from Connecticut, does not provide for the sale of the vessels, or for their dispo- Sition in any way. What it does pro- Vide for is that it the value of theso ships is in excess of the value of the ehips lost by the United States through the submarine campaign, then the excess is to be transmitted to the reparations committee to be party. In Use For Over 30 Years Fort T the ability to stand stil while others ©ma day a lady came into the store are going backward. 32 Franklin Street | 5 different odors— Special Price 16c Each King Toilet Tissue Paper— 1,000 sheets in roll — 3 rolls for .. vvie. B used for the benefit of other nhtions. Senator Brandegee rendered a distinct public service in bringing this secret augreement before the people—Middle- town Press. A Regular Scream. Among the funniest men that ever lived must also be counted W. J. Bry- an, kindly volunteering to pick a pres- idential nominee for the republicans— Indianapolis Star. ————e Bay Rum State. Seven more Massachusetts towns bave switched from_ no-license to M- £ this keeps up much longer we shall have to refer to the ancient commonwealth as the Bay Rum State. —Providence Journal. Should Be Contagious. President Gompers says he 18 hours a day, and he is 70 years old. Why can't some of his dusty followers get the habit?—Cincinnati Enquirer. Regular Joy! “0ld Doc” Wiley rises up to an- nounce that whiskey is poison in in fluenza cases, but this does not make it unanimous.—Omaha Bee. Epidemic of Dry Throats. 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