Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1920, Page 10

THEY STOP THE TICKLE | do Briggs’ Cough Drops are wonderfal for childreén. They like them and they ~|for 1919 aggregated $152,290,639, a de- New York, March 24—Earnings, of the United States Steel Corporation crease of - $55,990,465 from 191 cording to the detailed report’issued today. This sum is reached after al- lowance is made for estimated amount , ac- .|of federal income and excess profits stop a cough. C. A. BRIGGS CO. MASS, Balance of earnings, after interest payment on outstanding bonds and mortgages of subsidiaries, amounted to $143,589,063, a decrease of $55,761,- 617; net income of $98,043,136 de- creaseed by '$60.588,720 and a surplus net income of $26,159,781 as comparea with $28,935,350 in the previous year. * Adding this surplus accumulated by all companies from April 1, 1901, in- cluding the $25,000,000 provided for working capital 'at organization, the corporation at the end of 1919 had a total undivided surplus, exclusive of profits made by subsidiaries on inter- company sales, of $493,048,202. Volume of business done by all the companies of ghe corporation during 1919, as represented by combined gross sales, aggregated $1,448,557,835, as against $1,744,312,163 in the preced- ing year. The combined general balance sheet fixed assets at the enormous total of $2,365,88,382, including current assets of $672,285,388. Among the largest cates and other marketable securities this ‘toni: Liberty. items in_ this account are States treasury certifi- bonds, United valued at $159,068,671; accounts ner] Dbills receivable of almost $93,000,000 and cash in band on deposit of $166,- 762,806 : < Casual reference is made to Chair- man Elbert H. Gary, to the coal shortage and labor difficulties of the later months of 1919, when output was only 67 per cent. of normal and the- lowest ebb in October. For the en- tire year output Of finjshed steel pro- ducts averaged 745 per cent. of ca- pacity. Production of iron ore fell from 28, 332,939 in 1918 to 25.423,008 in 1919; manufactured coke decreased from 17,757,636 _tons to 15,463,649 and roll- ed and other finished steel products decreased from 13,849,483 tons to 11,- 997,935, Comparison of the number of em- ploves on the payroll shows a total of 252,106 in 1919 and 268,710 in the rflalthe'w'l church in Bedford Hills, N. preceding 'year, but salaries and wi in 1919 amounted to $479.548.040 as against $452,663,524 in 1918. This is accounted for by the fact that all em- ployes, exclusive of the general ad- ‘ministration and selling forces, receiv- ed an average daily wage of $6.12 in 1919, compared With $5.33 in the pre- vious year. WESEL CAPTURED BY THE RED ARMY Coblenz, March 24 (By the A. P.).— It is reported here that Wesel has been captured by the Red anfhy. The Ruhr district is quiet today. The government troops have retired to the northeast, back of the Lippe Tiver The government troops are being reinforced and their supplies, includ- ing ammunition, replenished. There ate other indications of a heavier en- gagement shortly with the Reds. The German official reports, how- ever, show that the rumor of the cap- ture of Wesel by the Reds is unfoud- ed. Negotiatios opened today south of Wesel between the government PUTNAM / (Continued from Page Six) et al ing y€ Clifton G. Spaulding, A. Henry Mosle, Trus., vs. Caspar F, Goodrieh ), George M. Jordan, Admr., Vs. Charles Como. weuld met run through the knitting| Uncontested Divorces — Mary A. machines without breaking the nee-!|Spooner v lliam R. Spoener, Alice dies, was lacking in uniformity and|j. Hadfield vs. William A. Hadfield, color and, in a word, was unusable. | Wil The case occupied the e Thursday. stone store—adv. re day on It will pay you to go to Danielson turday—Dollar Day—at tho—Key- Jast] Trial Ames vs. Charles Dansereau, Edward vs. Le iam A. Robbins vs. Rilla J. Rob- bins. List to court—Edward G. lund Subins, Jak Hosse- zuk vs. May Kil Louls J. Sylves- Principal George Shafer of the Wil-| ter et al Francis Downing, Wm. S. limantic ormal school was in this city| Brown vs. George C. Clarke, P. A, Wednesday and during the afterncon,| Dominick A, Del Peschio et al vs. &t different gatherings, addressed the| Charles E. Hopkins; to jury, Rhode pupils and the teachers. Principal | Island Roofing Co. vs. J. M. Shepard, Shafer was shown about the city dur- | ing the morning by Superintendent W. L. Macdenald, of Putnam’s} schools. Herbert Smith, who is steadily re- covering from a serious illness, was|A. Gertrude 1. Gilman vs. Lettie Gilman, Walter B, Chase vs. Davis &, Brown ‘Woolen Co. ssignments to’ jury: First Tues- March 23, Thomas E. Hatch vs. illiams & Co.: second Tuesday, wn town for a time Wednesday| March 23, Guy L. Baker vs. John T, ?:rvn»on and was greeted by friends.| Ryan; to court, first Wednesday, Captain J. H. Bulger of the police| March 24, Samuel L. Ide et al, va. Wi- department was at Newburg, N. Y.|cek Clesla; second Wednesday, March Wednesday to precurs a prisoner who 24, Retall Grocers Syndicate, Inc, vs. will be brought to this city te answer| Talabac and Talabac; first Thursday, to a serious cl March 25, Joseph Bednarz vs, John Seas of mud are reported by those|Chudak; second Thursday, March 25, w! highways that lead out through the surrounding country. ing stalled in snow h #d to yarns abeut getting s ho have to use other than state Stories of be- | Mur banks have chang- | John Chudak third Thursday, Board ck in the| follow short calendar) vs. Joseph Bednarz; March 25, *Doyle & The Federal Paper lay, March 26th (to Elizabeth M, phy Co. v -~y | Chapdelaine vs. Louis Chapdelaine; Business engagements hero pre-|lo jury, special, March 30th, (nis), vented the attendance at the republi- | Gertrude A. Wardell vs. Town of can st convention_of State Treas-| Killingly urer G. Harold Gilpatric. | — e Mre. Myrtlo Barnett, who has been| LAUREL HILL GRASS in charge of the Fabric Shop here| FIRE CALLS DEPARTMENT R 56 Do For the second time in the past two e nietsen Ber Chome town. | days the fire department was called B i & Sow mausger |out on Wednesday afternoon for a SORtiune. hare S°F W Mllgrass fire near what is known as . v St " Crown hill, between River avenu Jurors now serving in the SUDEriOFi.nd the raiiroad tracks. The fire was K W er the league's dec new high record for the vear and a SHORT CALENDAR SESSION short calendar ca: 10. i v lace Amil Barlowe, Frank A. Phillips vs. M. V. Dowd, Eva Schuh | ys. Lena Muller, Brewer & Company, Ethel R. Spauld- dar list | Ellen Dwyer, Louise Tresa Barlowe W the rate of | advance over the rate fect for many years. for rt Funer: empf were services eld from i used loca Wik that Shore| At a in breaking out r f here was near the Thompson schoolhouse. am High school and Tourtél- meet tonight the deciding | of the| sketball league. s withdrawal af- | ion on a protest. which Vebster Cent, was ning but allow any member of the Community Cents the matt ing, the mereury in Putnam, a to degrees up 1 boomer for spring trade. AT PUTNAM FRIDAY | county ~ superior court and assignment of [} ses at Putnam, Friday, March 26, at .30 o'clock a. m. Judge George inman, presiding. The short cal Gallup Bros. & Lindner vs. | Windham - | Albert J. Piche v TICK ELE FRON CONSTIATON Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets committee ed by sparks from a passing lo- ye and quickly spread to the in the vicinity. The chief's car the car of the deputy chief_ re- led to the telephone call but af- four tanks of chemical had been the Main street chemical was o and a line of hose laid, bduing the blaze. There no damage. practic: Change Plan for Dances. a meeting of the recreatianal of the Girls Community er held on Wegnesday evening it decided that the method in run- the regular Saturday = evening should bé. changed. = Hereto- certain ‘units could attend at the meeting it was voted to er over 18 years of age to attend Saturday evening dances. Other rs were considered at the meet- The 15 Day Final Sale troops and the attacking Reds. The latter demanded the surrender of the town, but the troops opposed this, as they expect reinforcements. There was some fighting on the Lippe south of Wesel in the morning. The same sources indicate that the government is starting to clean up the soviet district of Thuringia after the capture of Halle yesterday. The con- centration camp at Ohrdruff, Saxe- Coburg Gotha, has been cleared of the Reds after heavy fizhting. There have been raids in the direc- tion of Gotha from Erfurt, and the troops expect to take Gotha tomorrow. NORWICH TEACHERS LEAGUE FORMED WITH 73 MEMBERS At a meeting in Steiner's hall; Wed- nesday evening the Teachers League of Norwich was organized with the following officers: President, Miss Amelia Young; vice president, Miss Mollie Kampf; secretary and treas- urer, Miss Isabel Leonard; executive committee, Miss Helen Royce, Miss and Miss Lillian Stetson. The league starts with 73 members which is about 75 per cent. of the school teachers in the Norwich pub- lic schools. In the constitution adopt- ed the object is given as “to advance and protect the interests of the teachers, to increase professional ef- ficiency 'and to promote cooperation along educational lines.” Membership in_the league shall be { open to public school teachers of Nor- wich, exclusive of male supervisors. Regular meetings are to be held on the last Monday of September, Nov- ember, January, March and May, the March meeting being the annual mecting. Special meetings may be called by the president or upon writ- ten request of fifteen members, spe- tifying the cause for the meeting. It was stated that the organization Is not yet affiliated with the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, but - that such an_organization can affiliate. LEADERS HOLD PLACES IN WEST SIDE PINOCHLE Haskell and Underwood retained their respective holds on the first and secondary positions in_the standing of the West Side Pinochle club tour- ney after Wednesday night's play but Pendleton, who had been in ninth place took high score of the evening and landeq in third place. considerable shifting in the standing, many who had had a chance at the first place, dropping wholly out of sight. The scores of the evening fol- low: Pendleton 7920: Peckham 786 A. Jordan 7790; Haskell. 7705; U derwood, 7450; Bailey 7333; Lewis 7300; J. Jordan 6765: Hallisey 6605; Pettis 6540; Hahn 6075; Parker 5560. The standing to date is as follow: Faskell 447 Underwood 4387 Pendleton 42095; Hallisey 41850; Lew- is 41625; J. Jordan 41340; Bailey 41- 210; Pettis 411185; Hahn 41140; Peck- ham 40795; Parker 40140; A. Jordan 39670, If 2 man doesn’t wind up his bad habits his health will soon run down. ARMY AND NAVY GOODS Absolutely Ends SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 9 P.M. YOUR LAST CHANCE TO STOCK UP.ON RALSTON’S AND HERMANS ARMY AND NAVY SHOES AT LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES. UNIQUE SHOPS FORMERLY NORWICH ARMY AND NAVY STORE 56-58 Franklin Street - Elizabeth Hayes, Miss M. E. Mullin| !restcreg healthy, natural bowel action There was} NO SUSPENSION OF WORK IN ANTHRACITE MINES New York, March ~24—Suspension of work in the anthracite coal fields April 1, when the present wage agree- ment between operators and workers expires, was averted tonigit, When owners notified the hard coal -diggers that they would agree to make any wage increase decided upon in the new agreement being drawn up re- troactive to that date. In dications are that the sub-com- mittee of miners and operators ap- pointed to negotiate the new agree- ment.will not complete their work be- fére the middle of next month and the men threatened to suspend work until the pact was signed, unless the owners would make any award re- troactive. The reply of the owners was received at a meeting of the sub- committee. The sub-committee then adopted the following xesolution: ‘Whereas, the negotiations pending between the antharcite mine workers and operators may require additional time to reach a mutually satisfactory conclusion; and “Whereas, it is to the public inte- rest that the supply of coal be no* diminished; therefore now clusion of negotiations there shall be no cessation of work and that by mu- tual consent the working conditions of the war allowances supplemental the agreement of May 5 1916, and thereto, be continued pending negoti- ations, and that whatever agreement is finally reached shall be retroactive to April 1, 1920." The general scale committee of the mine workers, representing the three districts comprising the anthracite field, will meet tomorrow to recieve Doesn’t Need Any Laxatives Now Mr. Becker says life is a io;' without constipation or stomach trouble. “I had catarrh of the stomach and head for three years. My stomach was so bad that every time I ate anything sweet, such as_ fruit or pastry, the burning hot water would run out of my mouth.” I tock a laxative every nigh ce taking Milks Emulsion my bowels move regularly. 1 have’now taken 10 bottles and have gained 10% pounds. Al my friends remark how fine I am looking, and it seems a pleas- ure to live agaln, without stomach trouble”—Bert Becker, Miami, Ohld. Physics usually make slaves out of their users and weaken the bowels in- stead of correcting them. Stomach trouble in many cases is directiy uue to_constipation. Milks Emulsion is a pleasant, nutri- tive food and a cosTective medicine. It doing away with all need of pills and physics. It premotes appetite and quickly puts the digestive organs in shape to assimilate food. As a builder of flesh and strength, Milks Emnlsion is strongly recommended to those whom sickness has weakened, and i: powerful aid in resisting and repairing the effects of wasting diseases. Chronic stomach trouble and constipation are promptly relieved—usually in one day. This is the only solid emulsion made, and so palatable that it is eaten with a spoon like ice cream. Truly wonderiul for_weak, sickly children. No matter how severe your case, yon are urged to try Milks Emulsion under this guarantee: Take six bottles home with you, use it according to directions and, If not satisfied with the Tesults, your money will be promptly refunded Price 60c and $3.20 per bottle. The Milks Emulsion Co., Terre Hayte, Ind. Sold by druggists everywhere. ’ NeeswichiConnl | “Be it resolved, that pending con- utie Members ‘indicated | HIGH COST OF LIVING . = fim :‘{,,. ie,flu they imm I?AHUIEI EXODUS FROM ITALY |has ately would eend officlal notice to ” i rs in’ “that there - New: Y ch. 24—The exodus. from. Italy use of the high cost of living “is’ continuing. The steam- ship Argentina Labor leaders, however, were care: ful to pctn t out that this would not arrived - here today mean that a strike would not be call-| rom Naples with 957 Italians, most ed later if continued " negotiations|of whom were former residents of failed to produce.an agreement sitis- | this country’ who had returned to fory to them. . | thelr native soil after the war with A FRIEXD RECOMMENDED = A person often does more good tha e reu;:u rhen he s -'.".Pfl).mll tend how to 3 Jerk = Lottle lie, Thd:. T “of y uun in of Ply- i enking fond of U v of Pt cl‘\-nu K o S TR g the intention of remaining there. .+ Hartford—Rev. Robert E. Marshall,| curate of Trinity church, has. an- rovnced: his intention to resign, Mr. Marshall will become rector .of St Branford.—An appraisal of the ‘es- tate of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the au- thor. who dfed recently, filed at the probate court at Branford, places the | £ total value of her estate at $77,323. natism ou! no_relle! '°§o§' ::Sfiflunam-;“or =« "friend. § Fol ey P oo ot almot ¥ R immedidte! i m rhenmatic paln the latter part of April. ood. Beautiful Rugs and Draperi 2 Express the Spirit of . Spring Indoors In Draperies we are supreme. Our Spring selection is comprehensive, highly artistic, and priced very low in compari- ALk Won son with present « standards. 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Rugs of All Kinds, Both Large and Small — Mattings, Texoleum, Inlaid and Printed Linoleum, Congoleum. See Our Display of Log Cabin Colonial Rugs SALE OF ‘Supreme Percales BEGINNING TODAY 25¢c a Yard Here’s the biggest Wash Goods bargain we have been able to offer you in many months. This is a very fine, soft finished Percale, 72 threads to the inch one way and 76 threads to the inch the other. 'In the regulation width, 36 inches, it would sell for 59¢ a yard, but this is but two-thirds as wide, and should sell for at least 39c. Ug_ht,medilm;nddnrkgrcundfl,togetherwithlndizosand Grays will be found in the assortment. ~ FIFTY PATTERNS TO CHOOSE FROM DONT HESITATE—BUY NOW 25 A YARD Old ponry Which mighs Allowed to wazder round. The tumber $as now nacscd om, Niix pavdny tomes na ot . And th: au:'e‘«b—'qlu haunt the eami - pan wolke ‘the men af brawn But the mill Is «ilent, the treem @re The Soli and ‘Torest modr. A deadly sizht are thoes ills of roeke Which anse were bets of green; ' * N3 hage for the human, no foed fer flocke: £ The flocds must be held by expensive o While _the harbor is siifed to fhe dorka— The ships no more are ssen. But the fool amokes.on fn. the forest L Leaving camnfires hornine tas, While the nat'ent-mihlic pays the M1 And the nation's -wealth is destroped for nil It the Inw dos®°t get Lim, il e ge m, the Devil Smoker, it's up_to you! —Hart's A. Reynelts.* The A=esican ¥ salle” attrntion o R forest fires in this sanntor hurn fon times the aren of Cevastated Framee “very year. v amemsiation NORWT wivn Rt vesterdsy tomositr lny Basking In autumn suvn; Asleep it seemed. not yet Aronsad fram summer dresm. Then auddenly by nlght The north wind blew And sang itx winter song S e 1 And’as T 12y and lete In my bed It ‘seemed - 0 chant an anthem gran That in, my heart = Fonnd auick response, And T too sane, Rejolcinz In. thie wind And promise of (e snaw! —Christian S-lence Monliter. HUMOR OF THE DAY “There's one thing . T've always Wanted to ask you adout. your lfe {n France” said she. 2 “Yes?" prompted the ex-buck trem. ulously. i “What 81 you and the colonel, nally talk about at mesl timeP— Home Sector. > Grandfataer (1o adspiring artfst, whe Qatiers himsell on the moderfity of his outlook)—I -hive no-wish to de- Firat FTen-ans 41t . these “wives |the Nmit? We husbands dont “kmew JARYthius At w.. wie o ur_yi-es know everything. - Second Henpeck—Nope; thers's one thing my wife admits. she = doesn't know. “What on earth is thatr “Why she married me!"—Judge “What's the matter with you, Sath? “I thidk I'se got infantile paralysis’ “Infaniile paralysis?" “Yassah, boss: ma arm am parfa- Iyzed from giftin' up in de night an totin’ de baby."—Floridz TimesUnion. Ward Politiclan—This here eddicat- I the masses is poor stuff. First thing we know, they'll be yotin® to sait treirselves—Life. “What is the quickest way to get w; in_the world?™ 5 g | “Bither get a job with an aviator or pat a mule on the off hind leg."— Baitimore American, | He—Statisties show that mere bachelors are criminals than married men. { She—That is because the bache- i lors have nobody to blame it om— Baltimore - American. Harold had eaten most generously of ‘good things and ended a day - of teasting and” mirth 'by lylhg on' the hearthrug -and embarking for the Land of Nod. When some.one picked him up to carry-him upstairs he mur- mured, “Put me in bed, but don't bend me." —Dallas News. THE KALFIDOSCOPE Cats are rare in Egypt. 3 Mt. Frebus on Victoria Land is-the most santherly volcano.knowp. United . States capital placed _in Canada in 1919 totaled $100,000,000, | The jdybirds of the oid and new world are of eaii.ui, & nl genera. l Rum is made from thé-scum ob- tained by boilng down the juice of | sugar cane. i A telephtne bell was recently rung from a -distance of thirty miles by wireless telegrapby. THRT Fifty thousand miles of -navigable water is provided by the River Ama- zon and its tributarfes. The greatest snuff-Ga in .the - world ‘Is. Franc: According to the ceh: negro population * of United States was 9,827,768 5 In Japan the sewage andrefuse of every 'house’ is collected nightly-and carefully used in agricultures : “» Forty wives formed part of a leg- dcy left to an American soldier by a native poténtite in the Philippirfes. * The University of Kansas has ‘ém- ployed women as stors: stace 1367, the second year of its exlstence. Twenty-five' years. ago the ex-Em: press Bugenie completed Ner mem oirs, which*are not be published #a- til after her death. 2 D The act ‘of April.2, 1752, authorized the' colnage of half cents, and _they were struck first in1783. The act of February 21, 1857, discontinued them. * It is'a curlous fact that grains ripen earlier i Norway than In the south af Europe, an advantage due to the long days and short nights. of .the summer of the north. Sea swallows' eggs - are -u- chelce dish at.Chinese banquets: “but they are terribly expensive. A dish for a dinner. party of a half dozen may cost as-much as $50. s Instead of burning. its bld ° bahk notes Ffance treats them Iflmfi: ~colork 0 which turns them into a daj pulp. ‘The pulp Is used ‘for the covers of government: Mccording to the caicuf Wons ;of geoldeicdl ‘experts, the available ply_of coal wtill unmined in ithe ie_7,397,000,000,000,000 . tons, . enough- to last 1,000 years even.if the,con: - tion continues. to.Increase at the pre=-- ent rate. . . Paf tén “The mate m‘chév:'fi: the Pt schodly “with deylish.”_ingeg Rave ‘asked the school board te.