Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 5, 1920, Page 4

g i AMUNDSEN'S EXPEDITION. Some surprige was occasioned by the word that was regeived to the effect that Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explor- er, was on the northeast Siberian when it was supposed that ho Was the polar There was & possibility that communication since recelved shows that they may go in théir efforts and calcu- lations they do not as a rule show dis- couragement. From all indieations ev- erything went dead wrong with Amund- sen in his attempt to drift across the Arctic sea but he nevertheless bobs up smiling and with the same courage®and enthusiasm makes his plans for the con- tinuation of his effort though it may cover a period of five years in that cold, dreary, desolate region. To the ordinary individual such an un- dertaking would mean a tremendous sac- rifice, but to the explorer it means simp- ly the devotlon to a work In which he is deeply interested even as the scientist ties himself dewn in his labratory day in and day out with the smallest amount ot time possible for sleeping and eating and scarcely any for recreation. Up to the present time the expedition is liftle better than a falfure, though of course 1t is not completed. FHardships 1| h : . . The good and plenty have been experienced i under and there are of eourse more to come Siry nevertheless but there is Hio evidence of dismay. The experiences have only spurred him on to greater and more determined efforts. He is engaged in an undertaking that les close to his heart and the fact that he was driven far off his course on the first try is no reason for confidence in him to be shaken. Thus far there has been no report; made as to whether he has made use of his airplane in the arctic rcgions. That added facility is relied upon to give him a speedy means of reaching = the pole when he gets within striking distance and it will be with keen interest that his experiments in air navigation in that re- glon are learned, and whether he suc- ceeds or not he is bound to have another most fascinating story to tell of his struggle sin the frozen north. | H e H I;' #f labor and materisl sinee the begin- Bing of the war and certainly it can be sppreciated that: the railroads have been %o exceptions in that respect. The rail- foads have no way of meeting the higher $osts except through their rates. Im- proved and extended service is constant- | being sought but little can be expected #a such a direction until the roads are pearmitted to maintain nermal transpor- tation through getting a fair return on their investment. _— THAT JERSEY RECOUNT. +In every close contest it seems to be uite the thing to let the impression get Sbroad that there has been some chi- eanery and that the ome who lost has béen counted out. The fact is that there ' no more reason to be surprised at a elbse result than there is at a landslide %l thifigs being equal, and in the case THE LABOR SHORTAGE. There is hardly a section of the ceun- try where those engaged in agricultural pursuits are not feeling the effects of the labor shortage. Those who formerly worked on the farms and in many in- stances the farmers themselves have been attracted by the wages offered in manu- facturing establishments and the result is that it is next to impossible to get anyone to work on the farm even though high wages are offered for that kind of ‘work. It is not a situation that has suddenly descended upon us for the shortage of farm labor has been experienced since the early days of the war but the ten- #f Senator Johmson and General Wood | deney is to grow better instead of worse fn New Jersey it was agreed in advance|and at a time when there is a demand . | for increased production. There is no wonder therefore that many are wonder- ing what the result is geing to be, or that extra efforts are being made to turn labor toward the farm. Certainly it is going to be a year when every possible bit of farm produce is going to be need- ed if production is going to maintained at & proper level and the desired effect on prices is going to be obtained. ‘When or how the farm labor problem is going to be solved is uncertain. It was insisted before the immigration confer- ence by General DuPont that the .coun- try is suffering from a reduction in im- migration, that its than-power is short four million for that reason and that the general demand for labor is aggravating the situation. It would thus appear that one avenue of relief and the one that has been de- pended upon in the past is to secure an early increase in immigration. That ‘would serve to inerease the man-power and to previde labor that would serve to reduce the shortage wherever it prev. 3 It doesn’t mean that the country ought to be floeded wit hany and all who are willing to rush In but those who as far as can be told would make desirable citizens and who would come for that purpose. claim of intentional wrong #0 many words was it claimed ohnson men in the appeal for a the fact that it was inti- trouble, if there was any be found in five counties the feeling was that suprema court justice to was presentsd should deposit to insure recount In case the #imply means against need- of the Wood of that expense leaders to raise ere satisfled they ived of votes. ght of the peti- their determi- efforts for a announeement that the conducted a clean cam- this New Jersey .!‘il gzzgf’ H ¢ » - s E 5 3 g2 4 i ! 2 ¥ i H E if i i ! i : { ; i f -3 HERL | gi g L { 3 i EDITORIAL NOTES. “Thess are rather trying days for those | | Who delight to sit on the bleachers . —— The man on the corner says: Even if it is cheaper to meve than pay rent there is no place to go. s EE!’I Mpney never was so chesp and yet there doesn't appear to be any great gen- OUSTING CABBANZA. eral movement to salt it down. Had President Carranzs of The weatherman seems to be having :a‘-fiuu;ztmdlfi’:nh nulnum.nyhudthlwhchlltme "—tmhhm m‘h .m!lmnflthmulll(or. Pessessed of & stubborn Car- 4 g ey 1 =k H If reports are correet condftions are 11 L L — It would be less trouble and worry for Carranza if he would throw - up his hands, capitulate and let Mexico settle down preparatery te setting the next revolution agoing. — Overalls may be produced rather quickly but with the prices already high the increase in demand is enly sérving to boost the pries as much out of propor- tion as that of the clothing ever which Jn belox mada. “I meant to,” but Dorothy Atkins her cousin visiting her, and she wants us fellows to bs very attentive and make her think is the o in the world for a girl. Dofothy like to have her uncle come here ing?” “For ten, -or ‘supper 1 guess it fs; any time after § o'elock. I'm glad it fen’t one of those afternoon affairs, becsuse Ted He was up in the north woods last year, and he says that next year he is going after moose.” ‘“He wants to live up to his name, doesn’t he? But having him here you ‘won’t see much of the family in the after- 3 ! i H : : H : § £ g i B i : { 8 £ H 3 .% i % i L i 3 g& 38 g3 E§ il fizgl 3] i Ezi | E i VAR-NE-1S s recogaised as & temedy of real value in the treat- i s 1tuterest g JARINE-SI3°* will i { ; i 3 i b vty { . Douglas, thé author of s yeoes 4 | sEainet Stephen A. Dousies, th ds took out & notehook and asked:) yynjje Lincoin made ready for that! many tickets shall 1 put Y04 doWR{ ompaign, ‘as always in every hour of S g i o decision, e retired within himself. He 1 guess.. When daes {t comelgoncuiteq no one and gave no hint of his “|line of attack until he called together a for | d0zen friends and read to them his open- Ing speech, which began with those im- mortal words: A house exxvmu‘huun‘ o *litseif cannot ‘stand. I believe that this rybody . in our set is going; i there e & ir et chat ou esuld have | ETVIRIR P, 1LY P e | Tt e G g0, unless you|become all one thing or all the other: change it to Saturdey.” Bvery man in the little group wasmed “You have a merve, when ail the ar-|Nim that if he-delivered the speech 3 B would defeat him for the senmate. “If 1} ""ié‘,':"fi;“u.m broke in amother|had to draw a pen across my record | man, ‘“we've got to have you . in the|And erase my whole life from sight” bhe party. Call off your old date!” quietly ‘replied “and 1 had ome poci et W T 1 pER S, ) o m; a8 invi me ) 1 Eventng with her. : that spetch and leave it to the world un- ‘mother? ? would | erase Wt SO You conid el up it her| | The Lincoln-Dougles debate is the old | for any old time,” said one of the ,{story over again of David and Goliath. | and another exclaimed: “Shucks, mothers| Although physiquly Lincoln towered don't eount above the “Liftle Giant,” who was hard- | " replied yeung Gillmore.— {ly five feet, four, Douglas had ail but, iten the country lawyer that be had left so far behind ip his swift elimb up | ofr?” #“A week from Friday.” “Sorry, old man, I've got 3 date that " “Shucks! You can't get out of it that! way, Eve LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mr. Editor: In reply to the piece in Tuesday morning’s Bulletin, with head- ing of “Girl attends school while peel- ing with scarlet fever,” will say that the girl mentioned has never had scarlet fever or any other fever to my knowl- edge. She has not been sick one minute and there has been no occasion to call a doctor. She was in the house one week with a perfect case of mumps, len on both sides but not one bit sick, with any fever whatever and never missed 2 meal. I would like to know how many mothers have called 2 doctor When their children had mumps? WWhen Dr. Brophy was asked how she could have had scarlet fever when she had been in perfect health every day excepting the week she had the mufmps, he said “she must have had it in the night” I wish al) children might have it as she bas if she has had it. She has slept soundly every mnight without once waking up. Strange none of the children she plays with all the time have it. The boy in the same house who has It is in the same room in school 2s the other children who have it. _Until either my own child or some child that T know she played with comes down with it, T shall not belleve she has had it as T think it is impossible for a child to have scarlet fever and the mother not know it. If my child has been a menace to Broad Street school 1 am very sorry, as jt was unintentional upon my part. “HER MOTHER. Norwich, May 4, 1920. Daylight Saving. Mr. Editor: I see that the main point against this daylight saving ordinance is suppressed. Its unlawful character and the attempt of respectable leaders to ig- more and evade this fact, and to encour- age others to ignore and evade it There-need to be only two sources of law in Connecticut. The federal congress and the state legislature. Each one of these bodies after due and proper hear- ing and_deliberation ref‘:uud to. impose this burden on the peop! When did _corporations, (railroads, cities, boroughs, and manufacturing heads,) gain a right to meke the laws for Connecticut? What legal standing has daylight sav- ing in Connecticut? You and I know it has absolutely none, further than the newspapers, mayors, etc., can make it a law of common con- sent. You cannot get universal consent, but you can obscure the issue. As 2 native of Connecticut, oligarchl- cal and military methods of law do not appeal to me as sound basis for action in time of peace. G. F. GOODENOUGH. Ledyard, May 1, 9203. Prepared for Events Mr. Editor: As 1, Herbert Wheeler, came out of Raphael's cigar store Tues- day at 6:45 2. m. two of the troiley strikers said to me in a Joud tone of voice: "We will get you yet Wheeler, and get you good, you —° Now if any- thing happens to me at any time, my lawyer has the name of the two men and T should worry. It is a very serious thing to threaten a man's life, 80 go easy boys. HERBERT WHEELER Norwich, Conn., May 4. . Stories That Recall Others The Why Of It. Elizabeth doesn’t incline toward step- mothers. The other day after her moth- er had done something for her that pleased her very much she said: “A stepmother wouldn't do that, would she?” Her mother informed her that there were some good stepmothers. “Do you know wWhy they eall them stepmammas?’ asked the little girl. The mother replied that she did not. Elizabethy said: “Because they make them step around.” ts Own Plaes. Deacon Jones had not only withdrawn from the honorable position but he had also ceased to be a regular attendant, quite in contrast to other days. ' The minister .came to call and inquire the Honey and Tar LOOSENS THE PHLEGM AND Ll Foley’s Honey end Tar Compound ives ;ymmpt ulidfi-nifil. colds, oarseness, tickling throat, cough, spasmodic croup aad b coughs. - LEE A ARGAOD GO, the steps of fame, and the brilliant sen- reason for the failure. ator patronizingly dismissed his aniag- “My rheumatism is much Worses than |Onist now as a “kind-hearted, amial it has been for years” Mr. Jones re- |gentleman, a right good fellow, etc, et plied, “and I cannot walk so far." Lincoln modestiy admitted that he had | “Tat, tat” laughed the miiater. “Ijbeen o ‘fat@ajlure in the race of am- believe it is a lack of religion.” bition on which the two men had started “Sir,” said Mr. Jomes drawing himself { in Springfield 20 years before. “I affect up firmly, “my religion is in moy heart|no contempt” he added, “for the high —not in my legs” eminence he has reached. So reached = that the oppressed of my species might have shared with me the elevation I| Five Minutes a D.’ ‘would rather stand on that eminence than | With Our Presidents wear the richest crown that ever press-| ed a monarch’s brow.” Copyright 1920—By James Morgan Lincoln was transfigured by the great; tssuc that had taken possession of him. Forgetting in his earnestness stage man- ners and platform tricks, his gestures ' were as simple as the words that he XLY—AWAKENED TO HIS LIFE MIS- | spoke in his high temor voice, which SION sometimes ran almost into a piping fal- Retto or again softened into music. St e it M i S Dougas carried a few more legislative ' distriets and was re-elected, but Lincoin led in the aggregate popular vote. As the defented eandidate was going home in ny election night he caught him- he was about to lose his footing | n his superstitious vein, he he drew ident an omen: “It is a slip and not a fall.” Lincolh had met his Bunker Hill. The great unknown, who had dared to cross &words with the foremost champion of the repeal, piqued the curiosity of the gountry. Accepting _an invitation - to #peak in New York, his Cooper Union address establinshed his intellectual and rmoral right to lead the nation. Nevertheless, when zealous neighbors had first entered him as a candidate for president, he protested that he was not fit for ‘the place. Until the convention of 1860 actually met in Chicago his name geldom, was mentioned for the honor out- side of his own state. Two-thirds of thel really favored the nomination of William H. Seward, but as so often ‘happens. in politics, the very pre-emin- ence of the New York senator made him unavaiable. In the end Lincoln was nominated largely because he was the feast known man on the list of candi- dates. As hey reluctantly turned from Se- ward to cast. their ballots for Lincoln, some of the delegates actually shed midst of that conflict had left him un-|tears for the great man that had fallen. available for a second term, and after|Wew dreamed that a greater man had providentially failing to obtain the snug | risen. berth of Commissioner of the General Law Office, he had retired to his dingy law office in Springfleld. The wiping out of the dead line against the spread of slavery aroused him from| his indifference to political questions and drew him from his retirement. “I know there is 2 God and that he hates injustice and slavery,” he said simply to a friend. “I see the storm coming. § know His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me—and I think He has, I be- lieve T am ready.” The cannon that called Lincoln to his duty also was the signal gun that her. alded the birth of the republican party. Joining the new party, he became at’ once its eader in Tllinois; to his own sur- prise, the second man in the balloting for its candldate for vice president in 1356, and its candidate for senator in 1863 Eross. 1849—Unsuccessfally applied for ap- polntment ss Commissioner General Land Office and de- clined Governorship of Oregon Territory. 1854—March 4, aroused from his political indifference by repeal of Missouri Comipromise; kis first debates with Stephem A. Douglas. 1856—His name presented to licsn, National conventiem fer Vice President. 1853—June 16, his “House Divided Against Itself” speech. July 24, challenged Douglas to the great debate. November, defeated for the aa Benate. 1858—F¢b. 27, his femous Cooper in New eork. tor tional canvention st Chicage. The iron-throated cannon of the Wash- ington navy yard, breaking the wliliness of a March dawn in 1854 with its 100 ex- ultant roars over the repeal of the Mis- Lincoln to | Tomorrow: Called tr the Storm GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The. Scotsmen must not run away with the idea that they are the only sufferers by the existing lamentable scarcity in parliaments. We in England are also in- terested in getting things dene, and want' home rule; and therefore we are inclined to say wait until the speaker’s commit- tee on devolution makes its report. Then, it is to be hoped, we shall. have before us & systematic scheme for the relief of ‘Westminster and the creation of a num- ber of local parliaments upon which do- ‘mestic relations will develve. We hope then that as soon as the report is issued Helm In a & 1t &gi 4% endus e Tl forpe shead in e Alphoneus Walisce, » suppiied i and assimila Tecommend. o which by enri Tew blood cell Tebuilds the instil renewed energy nto the whole ‘whether 3 persen is Sninion, Nuxated T Sonic, an physician can ibe. Dr. John ‘{.dva Horne, formerty Medieat yourac Foaten of Hew otk Cionr #T6 help build stronger, b ‘women, cheque: the center. gt 4] t . & Togiave, You fl"..f:.*c;: et ¥ 2 3 {0 ihe men of ¢ men of the the_country a bill will be prepared and early date. Ca 3 . & Have You Made Your Mother’s Dreams. - ‘Come Trué¢? AreYouthe ccess- ful Iron Man She Expected ]fi:i;‘l:tv-lllfi! 3 we eat, form that is S e ol ey} always the bl and ens th es and helps to "young, or id. is, the most valuable Puilder *any The Twopenny Post—Most, of us will emit a small grumble at having to help pay ‘the nation's debts with every letter we write, but there may be ompensations in the added tax. In the old days, when letters cost even more to send than two- pence, we were more frugal with our correspondence in point of numbers, but more generous in the matter of the length of our Jetters. We did not write so many notes, but lald ourselves out to compose letters that should be worth the sending. There is no doubt that cheap postage kftled the art of letter writing, and it is not impossible that an enhanced letter rate may help to revive it. Bonus to “The Trade”—Whatever the ultimate effect of higher liquor taxes may and 2 bit over where prices are not con- trolled. Wine merchants are at the moderation of the chancellor. They expected a heavier tax. Even now light Wines pay only 5d. a bottle to the ex- and ports and other beavy vint- ages a shilling. Compared with the tax of 8s. 64 on & bottle of spirits, 30 under proof, this is insignificant. ndish Square—There is 2 possibili- ty that Cavendish square may bé thrown . open to the public. It is doubtful if it would be much used except by the poorer children of the neighborhood, as is the case with Lincoln’s inn fields. But this is all the more reasom why should no longer remain closed, Which presumably would be jmpossible if the Marylebone war memorial be placed in Cavendish square was actu- ally laid out in 1717, but the bursting of Bubble interfered with the South Sea. design, and o late as 1754 the square ‘was standing practically isolated amid the fields to the morth ealthier e e abl flw}w m'm fimes introduged at Sirong, e e Fri, tht Come st_be absorbed physiciens should, st every opsortunity Lrel:nbe organic irop—Nuxated Iron—for my experience it is one of the best tonie and red biood builders known to medical No_matter what sther tonics or irem edies you bave used without success— f you are not strong or well, you owe it to if to make the following test: See ow bu you can work or how far you cam fi":lk'_ "'hml 'I;({ird. :‘ax:ukza: e-grain tablcts of Nuxated Iron per day after meals for two weeks. e oy test your strength aod see how much fl: S LEE & 0SGOOD CO., CHAS. 08GOOD CO. ron— ating e nerves, i H i i ¥ ¥ ¥ E ‘men snd i Mr. Coke, in 1832, said he remembered a fox being killed in what is now Caven- dish square. 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