Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 17, 1920, Page 4

Sateeription grise 123 & werk: 500 a mesth: $0.00 :&--r—-—-m‘w- Totappzas Camls. -n-nmmguc-.aun--nl Pttt WEMSER OF THE aectal demwated- —_— Norwich, Wodnnday, March 1! 1920, EDITOR OF THE BULLETIN Since March, 1893 Died March 16th, 1920 Y A T A. WALTON PEARSON. It is with a keen kense of the great foss it has suffered that The Bulletin today records the death of its editor, A. Walton whose ‘term of service in this office covered a period of more than ferty years, of which much more than half was ds editor in chief. He was one of the last of the old school whose editorial work was re- inforced by the hard school of ex- perience as a practical printer in the siden days and in the equally trying task of running his own newspaper, but through it all there was that con- stancy and tenacity in the perform- ance of duty that was unwavering. His zeéal and enthusiasm lost none of Pearson, its vigor as years passed. There was ¢hat same endless capacity for werk, that same enterprising effoft to maintain high standards and that same spirit of fairness and thoréugh- ness that characterfzed his many He set a pace that was not easy to follow but one that has been an Ineffaceable inspiration and guide to many. His was a thoroughly trained and well stored mind. His opinions Wwere carefully formed and firmly helg and his convictions were backed by a clear vision and a broad spirit of jus- tice. Though ' deeply. intérested in everythihg that pertained to clvic'up- lft, and believing that whatever was worth doing was worth doing well, his activity ‘n public matters was confined to the part his work played therein. He sought to avoid en- tangling alllances and was an exam- ple of devotion to whatever outside study he turned.” And there was that same loyalty to friends! There was always that friendly Smile and the cordial and humorous greeting. His friendships were many and lasting. His active career and his sturdy character have left their monuments. A good, true and able man has gone to his reward, but his influence and his memory will long remain, years. BLAME NOT HERE. The Situation in Germany appears to be still uncertain with indications of each government endeayorin, control. Even the reported ce- ment does not appear to have ma- terialized and the state of affairs over there is not much cleared if the repofts are anywhere near, correct., It was to be expected that the sit- uation- in this country in regard. to the treaty and the fight that is being made for our protection through re- servations would be pointed to as re- sponsible for the German coup. That the treaty action has been delayed too long is not to be denied, and it has been subjected to™influences which ought not to have had any part therein, but the delay in ratification by the United States did not have sanything to do with the signifig of the treaty by Germany and it df not relieve in any way the respensi- bility of the German government to live up to hte treaty provisions. Had this country been seeking and been awarded large material benefits 48 the| result of the war there might have been some basis for the claim of in- spiring the revelution but it is the other countries which stand fn thaf position and they are capable of see- ing that Germany lives up to the|resi treaty. it is also significant in this commee- tion that the leaders of the revelution realize the importance of upholding the treaty provisions. However sin- cere they may be they know what the effect would be of creating an other impression. They play & stronger card by standing for treaty than against it and their effor would have been made had this country ratified menths ago. There can be no question of the wisdom of expediting action on the treaty for our own benefit but even von x;q and von Luettwitz will not attempt to claim that we have been opening the wav for thefr action. CUTTING UP SCHLESWIG. Thus far there appears to be even split as the result of the plsb‘u- cite that has been held in twe zones of Schleswig for the determination :l to which country they shall be a tached in the future. There was in fact much less certainty on the part of the Danes, to whom all of Schles- z::undtdbhmm to} in€ to_so ly zone to its north, and the third or southern zone, where the request has been mfllo,by the Danes that no on. op! That the result of the voting will| Year's day ” be . by the allies who insist- vrovlngl ‘probable. Naturally Denmark will be disappointed.but it preferable that |t should find out the attitude of the people:of that zone in | such a manner than to have had ‘it awarded to Denmark by the allies a;xld then be obli to meet the trouble m:? such & fint anti-Danish senti- ment would cause. One of the most ’\mtortunate things in connection With the plebiscite is the open demonstrations that have been made by the ‘German people of the secorid zone against the Danes. They give no thought to the marnner in which that territory- was “stolen f nmark but because was r;‘;l:rege by the allies to the extent of providing for. self determination the spirit of enmity has been aroused and unless sentiment undergoes a marked change it is going to be an unhealthy region for the Danes, It is ed contrast fo the experience .of the Germans in the first zone. Jubilation | over results is to be expected but there is no justification for threaten| éd_persecution. of-fhe minority and if the allied commission is alert it will put a prompt d to any such effort. pesin i e Py SCHOOL HOUSE FIRES. Newport has gone through the éx- perience of losing a high school build- ing, including a - valuable reference | library. The destruction of the four story brick structure’ which was a.t- tended by 800 pupils means a loss” of $200,000 to sdy nothing of the ineon- venience that is going to be, caused by the decreased. facilities. A bond is- sue of oyer a half ‘million had Just been approved by the state for an ad- dition to the building., It comes im| time to mear the early replacement of the high school but in all proba- bility had the addition been com- pleted that too would have been swept away by the fire that destreyed the building. In this instance as is too often the case in school fires, the causg cen- tered about the heating apparatus and while it was a bit of good for- tune that it occurred while no pupils were in the building it should not fail to impress upon that city the import- ance of so constructing its . heaticg plants that institutiens of that kind will be safeguarded ' against fire. It is more important to secure the prevention of such disastrous fires by proper construction, then it is to maintain expensive fire departments to endedvor to extinguish fires after they are started. . t happened in Newport is only what has. repeatedly happened else- where. And the Newport case will not be the last. It may cost a bit more to previde fireproof conditions where the real danger is known to exist but it pldinly means the sav- ing of far larger sums in other ways. The knowledge of the increased safe- ty is worth all the added protection would cost. PROPER WAY. TO HELP. Along with the sentiment that ex- ists against any more loans to Bu- rope, even _though appropriations have been authorized from which such might be made, there is ground for satla.facuon in the approval which has, been given to the plan of selling millions of pounds of flour -to those countries where ~distreéssing condi- tions have long prevailed. When this flour is sold it.will not be for cash,' It will be necessary to give them long- time credit, and while cash would of course mean a better transaction it is to be appreciated that thosé countries are. willing to pay and are through the long time credit doing the best that they ‘can. They have been stripped by the war and! they are doing their best to regain some semblance of former productive conditions. -They need help .in the way of food and clothing and this is one of the countries that is prepared to supply their, needs. - And the way to meet the situation ig not by in- creasing our already large loans to European countries but by aendlng the. supplies ymud ‘When we plan, to furnish them flour it should not.mean-that.we are. go- minish our, own ‘supply to the. point where it will'serve to boost prices. The flour_ whlch “will_be dis- posed. of will be g60d in every- respect but it will be ot a low. which does not appeal to userg in, this coun- try. if it is possible fo get anything else. Having this supply on hand, and. the .emefgency in . Po- and Austria, abont . which vol- hl.ve been. writ [v. under- stood, it is only to be expected that congressional approval. will ‘be forth- coming even though payment bere- fore may be somewhaf delived. ' We need meney quite as much as at'any other time but our situation is’ far from being “asdesperate. aa in ‘those stricken countries. EDITY;?:IAL NOT’ES B Love, is_bl el s going fo wed her. Germ}\k';gnfi'g’ Now that f&u?am bhssba Bitne has been’ played spring is o! course right u;sn usw. If the former kaiser 'mmld.gstha.ck to Germany-under existing conditions Holland -would. never, be able te square itself with the .werld, The man on the corder. Jobs is- for ) ashes are good for the Tugs. HBryan, sacrifice -himself: for ‘the:’ nomin&tion . again - he how much joy he gives the wets. * _.__._ nt-ndnlma the steamship Tyee not enough food to serve those aboard| gje, &n | until they could get to port but it décidedly fortudate in means of letting it be It MAy be a4 they sdy that fhe| % dry' voters of Ve met her at an-artillery dance ed. upon self determination for that|last December at our Lo near Ver- pi 5 mated that t r no| work was done and the terms of the o, B One critic of man to|ener, who u: the try to. convinge his ‘wife that cigar|above, in an effort to defend himself, somy doclares he is ready to| about. derdocratic | possibly I might pray more than he doesn’t knew | does) has nothing to do with the B Dlavoted DSe 7 srmont didn't vote| nof™y AR L e silly part she had in an when we were botia “over me’fi" last plpbllcltl be held, has a pronounced year. “What are. yo ked Gertrude. whi un. "We .are to have a grand New Year’s ever celebration for our men,” make’fudge to give out with the New Year's dinner I-haven't’ any special plan for the.day. Lieut. &4 say, something ~abo ntuns American cheese at the commn.rv r a Welsh rai it he Bar le Duc’ coud.” | Y “Oh, do 'bring the cheesg over to Mariecourt,” I urged. “You. know I|- have a chafing disfi and Welsh rabbit is the one thing I can cook, to per- fection. ,Don’t you: think 'Lieut. Ash- bridge would e to coms “Perhaps, L don’t know,” respond- ed Gegtrude oubttully. “Let me ask him,” 1 suggested. . T intended to ‘haye a gogd fire in ne billet when Gertrude and Lieut. Ashbridge arrived on New. Year's day. but right after. dinner one of our sergeants asked me: to take a drivi to St. Dizier in a side car and I felt it was my duty to go. Aslhafl never seén St. Dizier I had him drive me about the tdbwn, and and we were later getting home t‘hafl 1 expected to be. I.found them ting for when I entered. SWell™ !'e'mxtked Gertrude;, “I be- gan to think you had forgoften that you w having a party.” I plained why they found me ab- “You know. I can't disappoint one of my -men,” ‘T said “but it's ‘too bad there was no hostéss here to greet oD # “All I hope is that you have a] generous sunoly officer, chimed in’ Lieut. AshbiTage, -“for I've used all { your kindling and a good share of your wood trying to get this salon of yours from freezing.” “The Tfire, looks comfy now. ~Let's sit down around it and tell what we did a year ag$ today. “T'd rather talk about what we are going to do this day,” said Gertrude. “After our long drive I'm hungry. What about the rabbit?” “We can’t have the rabbit yet—not until the rest of the company comeg. T've invited Miss Fitzpatrick from Bar le Duc, with Col. Daybury &nd mfi%!ng a wry taée 2 wil oing to dg on New | awfully j'fiy lgé“ 1| bridge’s: spirits te in | ment.. I paid Ashbridge |'soon. “You knvw it - “Well,. P'm. L ém. They'ré ut Lieut. Ash- sfrom that mo- s de- marnner Appar- scomfiture. I felt that' they ent should have béen. mor te or 3 my feelings' tfiz 1o &%w is to be appreciated that it is far| ne replied, “but except that I shall pleasuréw Dlazlg.c lornser gy 8 1 a long drive back to o “You s‘y lfigen( t6 pass the eve- ning here, Gertrude?” _“Oh, no, Lueile. I must be back in camp béfore 8.30 to help Miss Wist- ner serve hot chocolate to the men.' “She cah ‘do that wflhmn you, Ger- trade” “I'm_ so! Lucile, ‘if you are disap- | pointed, fi{ 1 tholight this was to be a supper. party, or I shouldn’t have come, I can’t desert either Miss Wi ner or our boys. this holiday night. “There's no use trying to tempt Miss Higgly from the stern path of duty," said . thei lieutenant locking ad- miringly ‘at Gertrude. re the. ofhers. will be 1_assured them. We chatted for a few minutes and then Gertrude said that she simply must go. So I cut some slices . from . thp cheese he had brought and, they ate il hastily with crackers.. Just as (hey were leaving my other friends & but they were in such a hur; away that they scarcely_tool ] acknowledge the _introduction gra- ciously. But I always take ride in keeping my poise under any circum- stances and set myself about: making the eévening a success. 1 think it was Col. Daybury said my Welsh rabbit| was perfect and . the major was equally wyrm in his praise of both the rabbit ané o~ ‘udge which we ate’ later in the evening. Next time 1 saw ueflmde 1 ask- ed her cordially: if she and Lieut. Ashbridge wouldn’t. come.over again, So I could give them a rabbit to make up for the one they missed. “No, I thank yow,” she a,nswered stiffly. “I find it best to stay.with my own outfit. You know I am here to; work, not to play.” Poor Gertrude! -She has an aflb- normally cpveloped comsclence, ought to realize that thefe should.be veason in all things.—Chicago News. here presently, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Gas and Electric Department. Mr. Editor: Referring to Citizen's letter, “The City: Meeting” ‘dated March 13th, I was at the city meet- ing and do not think Citizen looks al- the matter in a broad minded Wway.. municipal plant like the gas and elec- | tric_department is not a commercial manufacturing concern in the sense that' it makes a profit for its stock- holders; the gas ang electric depart- ment gives back its profits in the form of lower rateg to -its congumers. The rate in Norwich for light is 10c per k. w. hour. In New London operated by a private company, it is 13c, 30 per cent. more. Assuming Norwich had a private company with the same rate, Citizen can find out how much this private company, would - have made after paying taxes by taking the money paid in a year by the light customers now, and multiplying by 30-100 ang substracting the amount of taxes which would have been paid in a _year to the city by this private company. .In’ the case of a private company the amount paid for. taXes, or more than this amount if the pri- vate company makes a profit, is paid by the consumers of gas and elec- tricity alone by paying a higher rate. In the case of a municipal piant the amount of the taxes a pri- vate company would have, paid, Is paid by all the tax payers pro rata, as total of taxes is decreased by that amount. Mr. Jensen’s statement. that the property of the gas and electric department could be sold for enough to pay all indebtedness and leave a surplus and Mr. Shea’s statement that by May 1st according to.the present rate the department would take in enough meney to pay all bills and. show a profit so taxpayers would not| have to make good any deficit, should remove all worry as to finaneial con- dition of the plant. I could not understand why Mr. Morin_ was so insistent in knowing the price per k. w. hour as I couid not figure what he would or could do with it after getting it. If he had electrical energy to sell the city he might be interested to know the cost at the switchboard so he could make a price just under the cost to the city to make it (if he could, make it cheaper) so as to gef the mest profit to himself and still get the business. If he wanted ‘the price per k. w. hour at censumers’ meters he would have to_know what amount each class of customers took, the hourg customers took energy, his demand, etc., and would have to know complete char- acteristics of lines and dpparatus and would then have to have ithe figure computed by .an electrical expert to be of any, value. Mr. Morin did not seem to have a clear conception of what a municipal electric. plant is, bow it functions and in what man- ner it differs from a private co pany, and the reasong for this differ- ence. electrical department could ; niot -be. directly compared to a private man- ufacturing company as the municipal plant was boung by rules, regulations and by-laws for the henefit of the public, which a private plant was not. Also the aims ang policies of the two are different as explained in the first] paragraph. Regarding to Citizen's reference to the $60,000 expert I have not seen the gontract myself but have talked with an engineer who has and he said it was fair and a common form of con- tract between consulting engineers and operatmi companies, . He esti- e amount paid on .con- tract was enly a fraction of $60,000, from -his knewledge of what ,_new contract. TH'ER Norwlch March 16, 1920, “In Yon Country (Meaning Ireland) They Vote as They Pray.” Mr, Editor:. For. the benefit. of the ge Barnes' peevj:..ust- 1sed “words quoted flies off at a tangent and tries to jus- ; his statement by .. presuming mething which he kndws nothing ether or not I .pray (and question raised. In the_15th .century. evidently peo- they .prayer; they used 's head off beéluse v prayed diflerently. Those de!u- nal days ha _passed. 'Kn ?@kg‘&hv vote as they pray.” They erently, at least they thini What has prayinz done ror Al Mr. Shea told him the gas and bt ient, neither is abuse. Let us hopé that_in this country we never vote as we_pray. OB*!‘AR\ ER “who does not vote as he prays.” Norwich, March 16, 1920. Five Minutes a Day With Our Presidents Copyright 1920—By -James Morgln [I—WASHINGTON—IN LOVE ANb WAR 1752*—Washmgton Inherited Mt 1758—Firgk + Expedition | 46 ‘the est. i 1754—Second Expedition. ° 1755—0n Staff of General dock. 1755—Visited Boston. } 1759—Married Martha Custis. After a youth of toll which harden- ed the muscles of his character and body, Washingten at twenty-one un- expectedly became by the death of his brother the owner of Mt. Vernon.and free at last to giye rein to his rest- less spirit- for adventure in sports and politics, in love and war. A foreign visitor once doubted the story that Washington threw a dollar across the Rappahannock. An Amer- ican wit ventured to explain that a dollar went farther then, and, a still wittier American argued that it was no feat at all for a man who threw a sovereign over the Atlantic. From the bare soles of his feet, which called for’ No. 13 boots; to the crown of his small, well-formed head, Washington measured six_ feet two. His enormous hands, with their knotty knuckles, required gloves. Specially made. Massive, yet lean, his sinewy frame always remained umdér two hundred weight. A devoted sportsman, the new squire of Mt. Vernon had the wealk- ness of hic time and place for card playing, raffles and lotteries; For five days a. a steetch, he hunted and he chased foxes teen uays in two | months. He could clear the, tallest fence without rising in his. stirrups | and shoot NIS musket straight to the mark with one hand. ! i In his young manhood Washington found his “inelfhations strongly bent to arms.” To softer arms thdn those of Mars the young militarist also was | inclined. Through the graye manner he wore even in his laborious and anxious youth, he ever was ready to wink at a pretty girl and to. s! over her through the measures of a dance, Remember, the postage stamp Washington. As this is the last chance to smile at him, | let us while we may. - Prying posterity finds him at stx- een pining for a mysterious “lowland beauty,” who would not have the pen- niless surveyor. He recieved also by his own confession a ‘cruel sentence” from a “Miss Betsey,” and afterward was rejected by Miss Phillipse of New York., At last the oft-disappointed Wwooer came to the White ouse on the Pamundey, and once, mofe he lpst his heart. The mistress. of the [ manor, Mrs. Martha Dandridge;Custis, ‘was wise enough to keep it being a Widow of seven years, the mother of two fatherless children, the, owner of large estates and with no man abou the place. Qf plain appearance an simple origin, with common- a solid character, with br and shares in the Bank of to boot, Martha was the n Brad- es gland d bal- paign was hardly a glorious failure, but he reported that he nked to fhear the bullets whistle. Now General Braddock : scorn :the colonial breed w! ihowed them how ' British ought in ‘proper sodis The undrilied. 9. he rgzu!ar's formation. | % the sl o | o an. amid his panic-stricken troops the Mononghela. : At the head of : grave wilderness the praye for the dead were read by Colonel em o(fier than to keej ued discord and it 15, v’.uen 1do : inderstand it Ty are for. on the license qu the . critics’s f.i‘n :::{:u:m is teo Nblflon hw Jt thcy W fetched. to have evi Lhe - remot- 1u % ap] tion: _question brd!xnt argu- Wuhinxton Allghough Washington had won no| battles, he had made a most import- | ‘ant conquest. When the Seven' Years’ War came he was still an! 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They variously set him down in their letters and gepOrts as “vbst\nau' “ungrateful,” in “no ways ways a soldier,” and he returned the com- pliment to the ‘cowardly, . dastardly hehaviq\n‘ of the regulars who ‘broke n.ng as sheep before the hounds.” y this time the Seven Years' War was over the _colonial colonel no longer wag an Englishman.. That il- lusiogn Wwas gone and had left Wash- ington_an erican. Tomorrow. First in War. (] ; BidFcs Thi st Gibor \ Not, What It Used to Be: ready to go to the annual pow wow which his_favorite organization gave g:e and| A young lddge member was getting and he talked about it a great deal at ance. wheel for her high-spirited hus- | home. .. band, whose roving = affectjor she |, Or ening his mother became in- anchored forever at her own 3. side. | tere: 4p, the party. “I don't believe ‘Winen flying embers rrmn 6 war | YOUr J"d‘a has_enough affairs,” she fields of Burope ignited the, savage|t0ld him. “Now several years ago forests of the New World, ,Washing- : When..your. uncle attended lodge reg- ton was a militla major, ¢ was | Ul there used to be ”me'-hh'lg dispatched on-a mission to the Ohio, a | OSt jevery night. Let's see,”. perilous journey of ten weeks mrough mused, Swhat kind of nights did uwy a wintry desolation. The pext year|call them.” he went agnin i P band _-pf sol- The Igrgser man_winked at his aiers, for now the Seven ears War bably nightcaps then, mo- bad spread 1o America. ~ His. cam- fllsl' ;he ‘retorted. . “You remémben that was before the country went dl'! 3 - Sase ‘Not What 1€ Seemed. : One of the..well - known young wo-, men was- trippjns. a_residential 2lo; Wwhen -she, met the wife of the stor of her church. 4Oh,.my dear, what a perfecny tiful vanity case you are c exclaimed the minister's wi a sarie time. the latter grasped t,l;a uppnud vanity case, pressed the SPring. to ‘see the interior, and out popped a dozen Yau Beat It? not yet reéeived and re- the -high cost of, li is doing ‘its bést to r. te | 1a) ion of the tails of Gen- hing’s: coat’—Neéw York Tel- GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES. A long ingrained distrust of Invest- ing .one man -with too -much power to decide the destinies of the country, along with:an equally ancient antipa- thy to being drawn into entangling foreign alliances. is the root-cause which has thus far held up the peace treaty in America. We, whose con- stitution of anomalies and very baffling to foreigners, ought to endeavor to ap- preciate what is due to tradition in the states. And though we in Europe have suffered incalculable harm from |7 the long delays and the unceftainty, it is well that we should realizé that we have been asking America to sacri- fice, a traditional policy, and , to pledge her future as well as the pres- ent. Mr. Hoover for President—A food controller, whether he. controls con- sumption or prices, or both, has many opportunities of acquiring popularity. It is odd, thefefore, that the.man who 1s said to have the best chance of, being the next president of the United States should be Mr. Herbert Hoover, who, after his fine work in Belgium, was the head of the Amer- ican Food Administration. Dickens as an Attraction—In a cer- tajn Surrey town an enterprising re- fréshment establishment has de- vised an ingenious addition to its attractions. There is a Dickens room which contains every volume of a complete edition of the works of Charles Dickens. These books are much enjoyed by the public. The idea suggests extensions which might provide a Trackery room, a George Elliott room and so on. Of course, there s the risk of an ab- sept-minded reader carrying a yol- umgé away with him. A “chained li- brary,” such as exists at Guildford Grammar school, would not be appre- cldted in a restaurant. r&io T)nmlflu Néw-—Cotton if not the ly source of anxiety to the needle- womaz. Thimbles are now almost un- ol ble. In pre-war days Lille, Vnrpm erg and Vienna manufac!ure& 5. Their factories are sjlent —crl led ror ‘want of raw material. Oply four_ m; nufacturers in_ . Eng- three at Birmingham and one at itch - — trouble about thimbles. _do but little to cope Peace peace, it the methods those of examine Kingsley health! for ten of every alone. working- tories an through scarcely cle. opinion Norfolk Waterbury.—Mrs. allied governments vate secretary, to quired in this keep a million men working It is needed during ‘he next ten say nothing of other houses, 400,000 ex-seryice men who denled employment.—London “They're all out of step seems to be William Jenning: With Runn—w their friends on the: sgot might have been But that is not the Whatever the hevik horrors have but that “the :ov is willing to and diplomatic eon by the way, do all the old thimbles vanish to? = o it themselves, and would, in %« the lead in inaugurating a - derly negotiation to get.fale, mv'r- able and simultaneous terms foF; 9 o1 .n’ all civilized goverm: Builders Wanted — Trade engaged in the building have attempted to close the ¢ ex-seryicemen might do worse the figures quoted ‘Wood, parliamentary. the mini There is enough buil sguntry, he years at ledst; yet, ten are engaged estimated that . class gouses alone d workships, and re number of men now required to the allotted minimum less than the tofal Just Bryan's Way. of the democratic Virginian-Pilot. Itving M. Waterbury entertatned with- t guésts last Tuesday afternoon Cocoanut Grove, Palm Beach, men who are now. available, Ifl/ & !"