Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 23, 1920, Page 4

gcmmh Sulleti i nnd Toufied 124 YEARS OLD Subscription price 13 & week: Se & moath; a gear, Enterec st the Postoffies at Norwi* second-class matier hane Cally, Tel Bullettn Editor Conn., ar Butleitn Basipess Ofice. Rooms, 85-3. Bullettn Job Offics, 35-3. Witthimantie Office. 22 Church St Telephone 105. Norwich, Thursday, Dec. 23, 1920, — e L —— MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, [Toe hsediud Pross i exclusively entlijed for republication of all news despateh- ted to it or GOt otheiwise credited to {his paper and also the local news Dubiished All rights of republieation of epeclal des + inreln are also reserved. T T T S T CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 18th, 1920 11,035 FEDERAL PROFITEERS? A new plase to the coal inquiry is opened up by the testimony of the man- iging director of the wholesale coal ociation in which he declared tp : committee that a ring of gov- had made enormous in soft coal during the ot coal shortage. though the assertion .appears to been made without the idea of the commiitee to dig into it, and stor Cushing endeavoring to t reference to it eliminated, ight course that was follow- when the committee insisted upon 1g just what basis there was for t and who the government offi- This nen's rament ofticials ave his fi 15 the makin, imvestigation is not being made pose of getting information 1 few. If there are others e taken adva antage of their po- d the information they were creby to obtain in advance, for e of speculating in coal it is it that the facts should be dis- indulged mmittee in his statement to about “government offi- 5o making big profits in thé bus- could not be allowed to go un- If Director Cushing based. upon facts he of course ired to substantiate them. ast show the transactions he reference to and point out those he To let it go without bringing to light would indicate that the remiss in its duty, that king to do a thorough tement pre wa v under: in case Mr. Cushing is wrong, misinformation or misjudgment the chance to clear provided. Having thrown ght of accusation the flood- is called for. If there is nrofiteering ring of federal want to know it. If there t been it is only fair to t be included thereunder »e exonerated. er re 11 be son, S KNow NO LIMIT. > been accomplished but nd in the way of prog- er accomplishments. Be- of the kind has been at- the pa, isn't today accepted r not undertaking it and sing confidence that it can be s 1o be noted in connec'ion with ns which have been put before an Society of Mechanical rs by Gustav Lindenthal for a c the Hudson that will unite 1d New Jersey at a point nothing of the ery new faeil traffic is quickly overburdened. have been driven under the are to be built for n of vehicular travel, is need for an outlet to the will accommodate the metrop- fently as do the bridges to and Long Island. The idea of previously considered but s in the river have been consid- an insurmountable obstacle, since] v sufficiently congest- Ity seems to have been eme. While the under copsideration no these days of great accom- that it will not be suc- carried out and at no distant ea of the £ize of the job is in- the statément that the tow- y the cables will about equal the Woolworth building in height, that will be 8300 feet, the middle iz 3000 feet, that the will be five feet in diameter and o structure will carry ten railway tracks in two stories besides the road- ways and w me thing to dream such a and another to produce it. From ndications much study has been this project by a builder of and it is put forth not as an ima- e scheme but a plan intended to se carried out. CLP 1S. NEEDED, with the efforts which t has long fosiered for the fighting of lisease, and thereby bringing untold re- ople in other countries, the Foundation, whose purpose is the wellbeing of mankind out the world, has entered on a commendable course in%aying out operative programme whereby help siven to the medical schools of Jurope. purpose of the Rockefeller to aid. in the rehabilitation flo equipment for medical and research, providing medi- Jjournals to universities throughout Wurope and to bring here the authorities of the medical school at Belgrade to study m al education in this country, There are a few centers in central Burope wherg there are good medical #chools but the conditions surrounding medicine and those versed in it through- out that region are frightful. All the ountries, except Austria, suffer from a shortage of physicians, Serbia Is said to have less than 300 doctors and outside of the army the 25,000,000 inhgbitants of Pyand are served by less than 2000 phrsicians. nis makes it apparent that that part of the world is in particular need of fust such help as it is planned to give i, for in addition to the shortage of foctos there is likewise a serious lack ¥ equipment. In order to properly han- Yo ‘he heslth sitnation there must be WHERE ¥ In connection promote lation kind exists and| for taking care | equipment, supplies and doctors. It is therefore a most vital need that is be- ing served when plans are made to bet- ter the medical education and increase the number of doctors. The decision to give this assistance is bound to be of far reaching importance. 1t will mean much to the people of those countries and indirectly to the entire world. It will be timely help where help is needed. THE ONE MAN CARS. From different points it is noted that there are attacks being made upon the one man trolley cars. Instead of being safe they are pointed to as unsafe and up in Hartford efforts are being made to drive them out of the city because of accidents in which they bave becn involved. There was strong opposition to the cars when they were first introduzed and they can be pointed out in different ways as being less pleasing than the «1d type of cars, but it is to be realized that they have mot been introduced bezause they are a more satisfactory var than !the others but because conditions T quired the cutting down of the operat- ng expenses and it WAs through such cars that it was seen fo be possible. It is through such cars that service io the traveling public is continued c¢n many lines and through such it will be ! possible to reopen lines which had been scrapped. So far as can be observed the cars furnish a greater degree of safety than |the other type. Passengers cannot get on or off while the cars are in motion, the cars are under excellent control, ac- cidents are no more frequent than with cars of other types. The trouble in Hartford doesw’t ap- pear to be With the cars but with the operators. On the one man cars the mo- torman must keep his mind on his busi- ness. But if the operators become in- volved in accidents While turning around to gossip with passengers, or if one of them runs over fire hose or collides with other vehicles it doesn't mean that such would not have occyrred with the same operator on a two-man car under the same conditions. ¥t is evidently a case where the cars are being blamed when it is the operators who are at fault. Such carelessness is mot to be tolerated. It indicates a situation where an appar- ent remedy can and should ®e applied, but to blame it onto the one man ears, or to insist that the cars because of these accidents are unsafe, is unjust to the company and to those who are de- pendent upon trolley service. CHILD LABOR AND UNEMPLOY- MENT. That there is plenty of opportunity for work in child labor reform, in spite of all that has been accomplished, is evi- denced by the situation which has been disclosed as the result of a survey made by the national child labor committee whereby it is shown that not only is child labor increasing but it is serving to increase the amount of unemployment amon gadults. $ While war conditions were prevailing less was thought of the part which chil- dren were playing in the increasing of production. There was naturally a growth of child labor due to the emer- gency -conditions, but when it is foind that more children have left school to g0 to work in 1920 than did even in 1919 and that there was an increase in child labor in 14 states during the first six to cight months of this vear, it becomes evident that the situation is not what it should be. And all the increase is mot confined to the couthern states, the part of the country where child labor gets so much encouragement. In the state of Minne- sota there has been an increase of 193 ver cent. since 1915 in the application of children for work permits. The gain in Bal'imore county, Maryland, up to Nov- ember first this year 4064 over last year. During the summer in Chicago there was an increase of 13,000 while in New York city for nine months the number of applications was greater than last year by 2353, the third quarter of the year showing a decrease over the first two. The unemploymen: situation in Detroit is such that the school authorities haye offered to revoke the permits of 1000 children, if the municipality will provide aid for the families they represent, that they may be returned to school and their places taken by the men now idle in that city. It certainly is time for the ending of the child labor relaxation Which accom- panied the war. It means much to the children and to the country that they should get a proper education, and while there may be insctances where certain ones might just as well be at work after a certain age in the great majority of cases there is bound to be a benefit attached to a better education while those who should be at work ought not to be deprived of taat opportunity. EDITORIAL NOTE: Have you arranged for your invisible guest or guests on Christmas day? It looks as if popcorn and cider were going to be more popular than ever. #What everyone is looking forward to of course is the “long green” Christmas even if it does snow. \ Argentina must be of the opinion that the old earth is not only trying to do a shimmy but succeeding. This is the time of the year when the pocketboook is obliged to give the S. O. S. signal quite frequently. Even New York, where it is wetter than ever, will admit that the crime Wwave isn't due to prohibition. —_— The man on the corner says: It isn't as catching as some things but when one does get the Christmas spirit it usually sticks for a while. — e If it takes as long to get Martens away as it has some’of the radicals awaiting deportation he can expect to tarry here a considerable time yet. —_— With conscientious objectors as guests of honor at dinners, they will soon be organizing a patriotic saciety for the ben- efit of their descendants. —_— There are none happier than those Who have got their Christmas shopping all done, packages tied up and mailed and with nothing to do but wait for Santa to come, The fact that undesirables kept out of this country might go to South Amer- ica doesn’'t bother the United States ex- cept that we would be sorry for our neighbors to the south. The answer to the demand for big ap- propriations throughout the country is to refrain from indulging in What can be delayed with pretty good agsarance that it will cost much less soon. Those New York contractors who but there is much value attached to the help the state will recelve from them in Tunninz down and prosecuting athers. pleaded guilty and were fined got off light |- “I had my pocket picked today, an- npunced the cheerful but careless youth. who is a member of a large famiiy that is given to speaking its miud.. I am not his father. * have been expecting the least surprised” said Just this very thing to happen to you Mai- colm. You are 5o careiess and thought: less about everything that I always look hurriedly when you arrive home nights | to be sure you still retam your head !” ‘T_suppose nothing will cure you but a few upsets like this!” added his moth- er who had just discovered the roast was overdone and felt accordingly. “Maybe you will listen to a little advice after this! open and flapping and not paying ‘The way you go With vour coat the slightest attention to anything is simply ridiculous when you are as old as you are ! “It's never happened before,” argued the careless young man, “Probably You will experience the same thing' righ father ,severely. t along now," said his grand- “When those sharpers ODD INCIDENTS HISTORY IN AMERICAN T —— T T DAVY CROCKETT WOULDN'T BE AN LL. D. Davy Crockett was not only one of the early American soldiers of fortune. but he earned for himself quite a repu- tation late in life in the halls of state. Davy’s’ induction into political one of the singular incidents of American | politics during the middle of the past; century. It would be hard to imagine any state today that would be willing to entrust its affairs in the hands of a person who had been little more than a backwoods- The love ! was always more to Davy'’s liking than a\ professional career of any man and of adventure, life an expert rifle shot. was | character and there is little humor that he was frequently the butt of the humeor of his feilow members. Crockett was undoubtedly well at home in his own state legislature at the peirod he served, and he had some train- g for the higher sphere to which he wns chosen. and after home legi: to Washington where he was the “lion!any other soul on ecarth the pickpockets serving several terms in slature he was chosen to of the Hour.” Crockett was probably the quaintest character election to that ever sat in congres his seat was unique. W hundred dollars, and by is a He had been a judge for a brief period in the backwoods where he lived. | his %0 His thout | Most usually If they were sellag $1,000 funds to make a canvass ,a friend loaned | 000 bonds for 30 cents you couldn’t man- him a few picturesque stumping methods. his ready wit and the quaint and homsly stories he told his constituents he won over his ris- tocratic opponent by close o 3,000 votes. ‘When he reached Washington, Crock- ett’s pecull drew attention to hin people visited the capital purpose than to see th “the wilds surd stori with gun jarities of manner and and hundreds for no ot member The most of Tennessee. es were and knife, and there dress | of her from | ab- told of his prowess| was scarcely anything said of him tor wildly improbable to believe. “Davy Crocketts Almanacs” and lives of “Colonel Davy Crockett” were sold troadcast. and he| was credited with sayings of ywhich he| nefer dreamed. Crockett went to Washington a staunch supporter President Jackson, the President’s enmity, ceeded in term. The presi through conzress Davy vie ed his fig defeating him for dent was t his Indian usly opposed it. the bill ng to pr but he won | cents. and Jackson sue- | fourth | i and He deserib- 9t with Jaclson in his autobi ogr2phy in the following picturesque man- ner conscience right. Loy no neck you with the engraving, Jackson.’ ” “I am at lfberty to rty handcuffs on them: vote as tates to at my arms you will look at there any co! y dog. And and judgment d ok will ot fin my be find | my Davy fame had hacome natlonwide. and during bi ird tetm been invited to do so. ted 2 v ber of > ern citfes. in each one which he was riven an ovation. him with taken to Boston. vited to Harvard U steamer. open arm: While there he was versity, at coneress, havi - of His first stop was ot Paltimore and from there he | went to Philadelohia by he spent seve and in sicht-se New York was the next elty to recs pm,‘xy obliges, filli i public receptions | to suit the occasion. ve and then he was | Various activities, in- Cam- bridge, but he refused to do so, and when asked why he replied: “I fear they might bestow on me the title of ‘LL. see. almost lik ong would happen to_be they w y translate it ‘Lazy, lounging dunce’. ” Col. Crockett next visited Lowell and was much astonished at what he saw ‘n the mills. Mr. Lawrence presented Lim with a suit of broadcloth made out of wool brought from Mi From Lowell he returnnd to New from there to Philadelphia, wi mirer again dined him for sev He then went to Pittsburg, ©Ohio, ' touc: hing at various it D which I do not think| would add to my popularity am own people in the backwoods of Tenn I such fate and my constituents would see this degree attached to my name, m: and ad and thence down the Mississipp to his home ir the woods. He had hi€ constif it. They did not like it, nor did the: ent Jacks his_bitter and when was badly Crockett his picturesque ed. He a great time in the Nor tuents were not ple attacks on Pre! he came up for re-elec: defeated. was now ol turned bk 0 years of age back upon on he and al career was end- pub life and started once more for the fron- tier. to ass Te fought ‘i 1 undaunted couraze t Texas to gain its independence. and in the heroic defence of the Alamo he was slain with the others of tHe small | band who made one of the most hemlc stands in (Tomorrow—Our Greatest Snow Stol'rm | Arich (& history. mooth-bodied fine-flavored ane Sugar Syrup & el into meaning They'll probably trail you from now on, lnd if I were you'd leave my watch at home when 1 went out after dark. I gave you that watch when you were 21, and if you are careful of it thre is no reasun why it won't last you a life- time. Where were you?” “I am sure that the tragedy occurred durjng the nnon hour at State and Madi- son,” explained the cheerful thoush rob- bed young man. “There ien't a soul on earth but sou who doesn’c hang on to all his nucketu, when he sttempts State and Madison at | Boon., s iug| TyiEmade olater coln “I have fo doubt you were whistling | along there, as though you were alone in| country lane, with every pocket yawn- { ing invitingly! T+ just serves you right. Malcolm, and it will be a good lesson for you to eat 10 cent lunches for awhile to! make up for it! Even if you have to o without lunches ‘altogether, 1t wiil be fine because you are getting too fat! And you haven't the faintest idea of economy. either ,the way you spend! your money | With your salary you should be saving $10 a week and if you had done as I ad- vised you wanld have a hice balance in| the bank irght now to tide you over this| I shan’t loan you a cent. Havn't you any money left?” demanded his_small brother, dolefuily. “You promised’to buy me tickets for thei game, and those new gloves! I suppose that's all off now! Gee, but might-a! thought about things you promised and | | been more careful when you had money in | your pocket! I beicha when I'm as old | as you I won't let ‘em pick my pock-| ct! I'm going to hang onto my coin, you | | bet 1 “When everything cost so much, too protested his mother. “And you've been i50 extravagant about ties and = shirts lately that I don't see how in the world youre going to buy your new winter un- 1 derwea rthat I told you you need! Youve got to have six new suiis, Maleolm! And | Yyou always send so many fowers and; isuch a lot of candy to your giris holiday | {time! I don't see what you were think- | Ing.” —_— “Of course you chose pay day to have it happen,” commented his tailormade | | sister. “When you fall in you go in all { over don't you, little one? 1If it had been would have got them the day they were broke. Any other day but pay day would have found you that way, though. age to buy one! Perhaps this will teach u to be a little thrifty! What are you | going to do about Saturday nisht when | you always take Hortense to the ihow"i { Of course, being you, it's the most ex- pensive night in the week, too " “T've told a.l the kids T wuz going to the game,’ mourned his small brother} disconsolately. “It looks just as thoush you did it on purpose 80's not to buy me he tickets!" “They got it all, T suppose?” inquired his father coldly. “You always wad| your money up and jam it into your hip pocket as though it was an old handker- ch Nobody with any sense carries money that way ! “Yep.” said fhe carcless and cheerful voups man. “They got everything I had n my pocket—tw) Jaundry hills and 19 T'd deposited thie rest in the ban! Another chap lost $20 thoush.” aidn’t you sav so hefora!” i pointed family. “The {dea of vour making such a fuss!"—Chicago News. £tories That Recall Others l Philip’s Wish. p is very fond of having his mo- ng as she rocks him, to sleep. The two and a half vear old has told him a number of Bible stori the usual num- P) ber of Mother Goose stories, and mhcri ories so dear to children. He often uests her to sing about Mother Hub- ¢rd or Jack Spratt or some o.her equal- well known character, and she willing- z in as she gogs along The other e ing she had been sing- {ing to him about Santa Claus and b and, seeing that Phil- {ip was almost asleen, d to rest. Suddenly he opened his cyes, and said, ‘Mother sinz me a song about Moses, and Mutt and Jeft.” He Has a Fature. ‘When Henry went to grandmother’s he xpected to. get candy, or money to pend for it at the grocery. | On'one occasion, following the usual Il explain. When you buy your Genuine Victrola of us you are paying ilq more than other stores charge for the ordinary kind of Phonographs and get Curland Service Free. If you don’t know what Curland Service means come in and let us Special Terms for Xmas as low as $1.00 down, and $1.00 per week. Brunswicks — Pianos — Players — Sheet Music — Music Rolls THE TALKING MACHINE SHOP Record Booths on Main Floor — No Stairs to Climb N.S. Gilbert & Sons ONE BLOCK FROM MAIN STREET = OPP. LAUREL HILL BRIDGE Beautiil Upholglered Jurnifure Special Gift Offerings CEDAR CHESTS, AT $17.50 WILLOW ROCKERS, $25.00 TOILET TABLES, AT $40.00 CHILDREN'S ROCKERS, $3.50 NEW BUREAUS, MAHOGANY OR WALNUT TELEPHONE STANDS, $10.00 CARPET SWEEPERS, $6.00 Clriwe ¢ UINEKRS, $45.00 YOUR. INSPECTION WELCOME OPEN EVENINGS ECONOMY CORNER il drilled class than to secure the de-|L C. C. RULING ON PASSENG velopment of a natural and spontaneous FARES IN MI in thellife in the members of her class is no v e demand for candy, grandmother fore-|w stalled and further reduesis by remark- ing that there was not a cent » NESOTA house. true kindergarten teacher. I am ajmost| Washington, Dec. 22.—Passenger far The youngster was taken aback for a| inciined that the kindergarten |in Minnesota were ordered raised o t before he gravely inquired,|teacher, like the poet, is born, ot |level of such tariffs in inter-state com- grandmother, couldn’t you write | made. merce In a ruling banded down tuduy a check?” My faith in the Kindergarten can be|by the In ersiate commerce commis expressed in a sentence, thus: 1 be-| The commission held that the Minne i in it because T belic”” that willlzota fares as established by T ——— T e utl cd play can be made ediicational and | commission ef that state were und I CHILD TRAINING AT HOME I believe that every child has|prejudicial to interstate passengers an e right to life, liberty and|unfustly discriminatory agains. eom- e ———_ AT habplacst: by THE CHILDR BIRTHRIGHT. And He Overcame Them! le D'Annunzio prociaims, ‘T And on refecring to pture for information one finds th: n was the man who depended Bn he making of a loud moise to overs By Dr. Lyman Abbott. The Declaration of Independence de- clares that all men have an in-alienable right to life, ljberty and the p: happiness. This is ofe of the ble rights of children—the right Torwinten—George Tire winton and Jofep: ton are in a law & ownership of a calf. ster of Har- o of Thomas- it to determine the here full, free and happy childhood. There is! come his enemies. — Clevelapd Plain a fimiliar saying, “Be virtuous and you Deale ¥ will be happy.” It might with almost| « —_—s equal truth be said, “Be Goes Without Szying. happy a will be virtuou: Crime produces| Me a mnew president—ot some wretcheducss, but wrelchedress ol- | COU are in the making for a o vroduces crime. There was published | new revolution.—Indianapolis News. some years ago a liitle hook ‘Reading Without Tears.” ‘It me an outrage on children th ever should have invoived L entitied A strong man without confidence is | weak. §_kln Tl:.&_ubles the spirit of the kinder; 3 expressed thus: Education should bs growth; and growth should be mna M formrams&mvums Iiorlu:k s The Original Avoid a3d Substitutes. | w'flh-mflm‘hlmhm Cooking—iNourishing—Digestible The plays of children can be so guided | as to beeome themselves a means of ed- ucation. 1 hear the kindergarten criti dersons Who think that it supervises directs all the children’s act 50 takes from their initiative ought never to be true and I do not be. tieve that under a truee kindergarten teacher it is true. The mechanical spirit is fatal to all tenchinz. The teacher <hould be more than a drill master and she who is more anxious to exhibit a ForInfants, Invalids and Growing Children The Original Food-Drink For All Ages . 24 FRANKLIN STREET