Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 29, 1921, Page 4

Bt s i 136 & wewk; Secs mewn M0Y Totomngca. - R e oo — o SR Saturdys, Oct. 29, 1931, CIRCULATON WEEK ENDING OCT. 22nd, 1921 11,659 THE AVERTED STRIKE Apapugcement to the effect that there will by mp strike by the six organiza- jtions ot railread men accord with their preyious vote was learned through out the commIry With keen satisfaction. All efforts OB the art of the govern- ment have been directed to such an end for the PuFpese of preyenting the unde- =rable conditions that would go with a strike and the handicapping of trans- portation, however peacefully it might be copdueted. The tgne of deflance in the statements of bpetherhood leaders was used for all that It was worth but it melted before the faets that existed and there copld not fall 1o be a ptromg influence wielded by the faet that public opinion through- out the comniry wes directly against the pourge the railroad men were threaten- ing to take reflection upon the decision reached by rep-quarters of the employes of rafl- roads, who refused to join in the stifke and who are not as well paid as thoss who threatened to strike. that there was lttle chance of the success of amy such venigre. The threateped strike has gmphasize the authority that exists in the rairoad labor board and the fact that it Gas the splid support of the gov- gmment. Being an agemey of the gov- groment that is only What should be ex- peeted and it s possible that henceforth 8 will get that degree of respect which it is entitled in handling such rafiroad marters as come withinuits con tro! The time was certaiply most’ unpropi- tious for 3 raitroad strike, and the op- position that bas developed to any such thing indicates the growing dewand that the ipterests of the public be. givem the sonsideration to which they are enti- tied. Had the strike proceeded as or- fared there are reasons for believing that It would have resuMed unfavorabie to the rgilroad men, but the pravention of its means the elimination of the trou- ble. inconvemience and losses that would bave accompanied more than the railroad men would . ha Bbeen obliged to share. served to to ALANTON'S M there are any CENSURE. others Who take tho §ame view that Congressman Blanton @id amd are inclined to print matter of such a character as he did in the Con- gressional Record they must realize from what has been dome in his case Jugt what they can anticipate. Congress- wan Blanign based the justification for W action upon the fact that he con- sclentiously balieved it to be the propery sawrse to foliow to bring to light condi tioos which he had found existed and which he 4id not believe should be: al- towed to contimue. That he has sucoeeded in drawing tention o those conditions is plainly svident but in 3 mannmer which reflects wpon his judgment. Under the circum- glances thers was no other course the ®ouse could bave followed apd the cen- wre administeved narrowly escaped fbe- ing expuision. Blanton, it would appear from hiséree- ord in the house, has had a peculiaryway of doing what ne considered his duty. His irritating methods have not - served to increase his popmlatity, and when he order on the inclusibn of the material printed after securing the right 19 extend his rematks in the: Congres- sional Record there can be no surprise fhat the houss felt hat it has been grossly taken advantage of. is to be realizedwthat’the vile and is Dot that used by 1 appears, in an aMdavit which he included In’ his remarks re- garding conditions and 2 conversation i the public printing; office. Whether he believed that wasi'the only’ way in which he could get the matter befors o9ngress he certainlyfound that it was % WAy 10 cause regrets. It was a case which the heuse couid mot overlook. Had it dons so it could boeasily imagined Wwhat the pragtice might llead to. Prompt apd declsive action was necesary and that taken should have a beneficial ef- toct The question now is as to what. astion wiil be taken regarding]those conditions whieh made it possible for Blanton to come inte possession of any sweh affi- Blanton's censure doesn't course punish the'ome who was actually By the \propesition which has been socbmitted o oengress by Seeretary Hoover that the war ‘' matertal in the’| of i food, medical supplies and cloth- . Bow being bheld by the war -depart- jmgmt there is revealed the need of giv- fag furtber assistapce 10 the starving in Wassia. Already reliet - mmeteon Jarge amount of feoad and fwnlsbing 3eed for planting in oeder te loss of great nembere of beings whose lives ‘are treatened . After an in- ‘vestigation regian, the sec- welary of Ue Teseavoh . coun- wil. who Mas.given + personal ; atten- tiom to the comlithwms. In that part of ‘Russia, declaves that there are 15,000.- #00 I divest-danger of starvation unless 'nome chelp ix-given Bvery time desperate conditions are-| (om the.giobe .im- this country. n of the reliet of 1 It omly required a bit of| t and in which many | goods which are held by the war de- pertment eannot possibly be used by the Frmy and it is realized how little would be obtained from them if put on the markte (0 say nothing of the effect that would accrue to industry. by such acs don, it is evident that congress has g0od reason to carefully consider the appeal and make the best posible use of the goods undér its contro. Helping the starving Russians -~ doesw't - necessarily mean alding the bolsheviki. Russtans and bolsheviki are not necessarily syn- onymous. Instead of taking the loss through other disposition of the goods, continue the expense of storage or in- i vite waste through deterioration it womld be preferable fo get the full measure of {benefit by helping “those who actually need it by giving them the goods. * A BOON TO ROAD WORK. " According to the department of agri- | culture there has been distributed among the various states by the bureau of pub- lic roads of that department a total of 22577 motor vehicies from the surplus vehicles turned over by the war depart- ment. Al but about a seventh of these were auto trucks, the distribution vary- jing from the 50 that were turned over to Rhode Isiand to the 1337 that went to Texas, No state received less than one hundred except Rhode Island and Delaware, while Texas, New York and Illinols were the only omes to recelve over 1000 each. The guota received by Connecticut was 145. Intended for use in France as part of the war materials these vehicles haye !been distributed among the various states by federal legisiature under the reqn‘roment that they should be used Lonly for road building purposes. and are iless than a tweptieth of the total num- ber vehicles . so far allotted to the states. |has Deen to the respeetive states in connection with the maintenance of {200d romis and the buflding of others can be meadlly ‘appreclated. It has put {to use/a lot of material for which the jgovermment had no use, for which it would have been obliged to make a large sacrifice if 1t had been disposed of/ and which would only have deterio- mated and gone to waste had an attempt been made to keeo it for future emer: encies Federal highway appropriations have lonz been wurged and while the contri- jbution of ‘motor yehicles doesn’t provide |the new romls it certajnly §of the important ftems n development of better systems highways throughout the country. The employment of the war material in such a manner has been a great boost to road buflding a'l over the country and tie utfization of equipment that could “have brought no better results in any jother way. of s THE EXCESS PROFITS TAX. If the action taken in the senate can e used as a basis for judgment there are good reasons for believing that the end of the excess profits tax has been decided upon, That.is what has been demanded and that {s What is going to be aecomplished if the majority'in the sen- ate has its way. The excess profits tax was one that was established at a time when thers were’ excessive profits being made, at a time when big money was pourtng into certain estabiishments that were en- \€azed in war work of one kind'or an- other. 1t was belleved that what was bein ggained at that time under émer- cency conditions ought to be taxeq for the benefit of the entire country that the biz expenditures could be the better mef. imes are over and today .excess profits are deeidedly. few compared to what they were at one time. Nevertheless just as long as that tax remaing it stands as an obstacle to bus- Iness wxpamsion and furnishes one ‘of the reasans for keeping “Wown entorprises and/ keening activtles from getting back ta/mormal “The tax Wil he maintatned throush is vear but will coase with the coming of Japuary aithough cfforts were made to have it continued until next July ithout success. Tt is in this particula: that loud and persistent demands have been made for tax revision and ft through such actlen as is contemplated that relicf will he furnished. What will be lost fn the way of reve- {rue from such a tax will have to be made up in some other way but there is this mueh consolation that there fem't a time When the tax gould be removed with less loss of revenue than right at the pregent time when many an indus- try and business house as well as indi- vidual _have considered !t fortunate to make ends meet without getting into |the excess profits class. In the revia- fon af the taxes it Is time to get away from the war tfme basls. Taxes cannot be dispensed with but they can be lev- fed with less detrimental results EDITORIAL NOTES, The decision regarding medicinal beer bas made some people feel sick already. The man on the corner says:- It is a good season of the year to be ecrossing the hot sands. When medicinal beer bécomes avail able it will not be so’ difficult to provide the cash as it will be to carry the ease. It as Teported Russia is to resume the manufacture of Vodka, that and bolshe- | vism ought to make a ereat combina. tion. The Florida hurricane. has gome to s but that doesn't make it any pleasanter for the fellow who goes down to the sea in ships. Even those who have to rake leaves realize that there is an end to all things theugh there are times when it doesn't seem s0. - Conmgressman Blanton has unquestion- ably been taught a lesson, but. the lesson ['s one which others can vrofit from if they will. ag if they meant business duced dead er alive. : Still if the brooks and ponds must be filled before winter can set in we face considerable mild weather or else a large amount of rain. Chicago is now pommting to New York and remarking that there are still Dlaces in the east where bold bad hold- up men comtinue to operate. With a move made for mediation.in the Greek-Tarkish - fight in - Asia Minor it looks like a willingness to abandon & tough job for a good settlement. The Panama canal's -reeeipts were greater tha nits expenses for, the fourth ! year but the waterway isn't as vet paying ‘any dividends on the inwest- How valmable service such equipment| THE MAN WHO TALKS There is at present no imternal gues- tion before the American people more serious than the growing dangers of the highway. Publications of every eon- ceivable variety are taking the matter up and suggesting panaceas all of which have some merit. But the root of the trouble has not yet been touched. be- cause accidents of all kinds are alarm- ingly on the increase. Would it not be| feasible to baye a federal law enacted to limit the speed power of all ma- chines to 25 or 30 miles an hour? It will be noticed that by far the larger part of the trouble comes from - ing. This would mot prectude collisions altogether, but it would probably cut them doym at least 50 per cent. But the toughest part of the problem is hard to handle, how to cut owt the fool driy- er. ‘The only approach to this will be by making it exceedingly hard to get a driver's Jivenge. ] g e e the ‘housewife profitably epen her ‘time in pickling. Now this latter word simpiy means preserying, although the thing pickled is not always preserv- ed by the , especially if the ob- ject pickled is humam, and the agent used is moonshine whiskey. Of course the good housewife does not deal with this branch of the trade. ' But when fruits and vegetables and mot human be- ings are subjected to the proeess it Is one of the fine arts of the household economies. It is -an excellent way of using up 0dds and ends of the orchard and’ garden that otherwise would be wasted.” And ‘the relish it gives to our food in the long, eold eeason When the fields are barren of production fu'lly justifies her work. ~Sometimes she may balk at price of spices and other condi ments but the results fully justify the expense. Please take down another emp- ty jar from the top. shelf! The mid-autumn seasom of pleasant days is the time when the neat house- holder gets busy and clears away the Tubbish from his premises. There may not be anything particularly unsanitary in dry litter, but it hurts the looks of a place and does mot improve the ad- joining property of your neighbor who has been unsparing in the use of his rake. It is amazing what transforma- tion a few hours of well-directed labor will make along this line. You can tell something of a man’s babits by the way he treats his property. Are there not times when it is expedient to rip out a lot of junk that bhas been accumulating inside the house for many vears? A man never realfZes how poor he is un- til he finds out ho much he has—to move. -We save this thing ‘and that, saying: “Oh, it will come In hand: until cellar and attic look like a regular junk shop. Why not be! brave and consign the whole mess into | the junk cart of some itinerant Salo- mon! Have we any explanation of the pre ent revolt against the smirit of author- ity? Of course we must admit that law- -sness is not a novel phenomenon, but we now passing through a wide- spread and exceptional revolt against the authority of law. This is indisput- able as judged by the court records of an unprecedented growth crimes of recent years. Just to indicate the pres- ent downward trend take the following { seasons. | was about 10 per cent. for illustration: there are now pending 3000 cases of violation of the prohfbition | statutes: in the case of burglaries. the | amount of money repaid by casuaity | companies has increased from near! $900,000 in 1914 to over $10,000.000 in 1920; to this must be added the hold-up | of raiiroad trains in all parts of the| United States; ani in Switzerland has' bedome so motorious that all”trains | are now run‘under' mi'ifary guard. T frequency of murder must be added tc this long black list. No clearer statement of present world | conditians has been made thap by the | venerable pontiffi of the vatiean in his last address to the colege of c He puts great stress upon the present unprecedented challenge of authorit The vone does ot hesitate to call this | revolt universal, because it is not con- ed to any ome country, ner fined to any one country, net is it con- fined ta the political slate alone. He ro- to the terrible “welter of anarchy” ! is seething through two of the and one of them the oldest, em- the world, China and Russia, In. g one-half of the world’s ponula- The whole Balkan region, like a o0, is ready to exploge. Mesopo-| tamia zlso is feeling this undergrow! ot discontent. India, Egypt and Ireland are arly as bad. Tt is a well known that the Italian government was from overthiow by & vigilance commit-| tee Who tock the law into their own | hands. The pove is right in calling 1t unlversal disorder. Another evidence of Pope Benedie acumen is seen in the statement that| there is an unfortunate hatred between man and man that has visibly inereased since the war. .The strife of the world against Germany settied nothing. The Prussians grew sul'em because their dreams. of world eonquest were thwart- ed; the French inourably ansry because of the unprovoked agsault that ruined their filds and decimated thelr poputa- | tion; Great BEritaln resentful because of the damage dene to “er commerce, and the unsettling of her internal relations; and thus on among the nations there | are grievances growing out of the war| that are not in sight of .settlement. Not since the close of the French revolution has there been such hatred between na- tion .and natfon. class and class, man | and man. Workmen in this country, mever. pzid for. their labor as now, are in an angry attitude, and while thess lines are “written, 500,000 Tailroad -employes threaten to paralyze the country’s trans- portation. It would seem that hatred was reaching the zenith of its power. There would seem to be a very close relation between the third and fourth voints in the Dope’s indietment. The third charge he makes against presemt seciety is the unprecedented aversion to work at a time when work was never moro imperatively demanded than now. The natural effect of war is to waste a; nation’s resources, and hence the first great post-war necessity is to Tecon- struct the foundations of prosperity, and this can only be dome by restoring the nation’s industry. This Is only done When the whole natim sets Mtaelf to work. Instead of making & larger out- put of labor the oblective, there is an insistent demand for larger pay and shorter hours. In the judgment of many competent observers the economic ca~ tastrophe of 1921 “is far greater than the politico-military catastrophe of 1914, This is doubtisss due to the mad craze for pleasure With which the warld Is now obsessed. Th# aversion for work, by substituting pleasure for labor, will be paid for by the sufferings of a finan- cial depression. The fifth indictment of the pope against the present tendency of the age is that a gross materialiem is denying the reality of the spiritual in human lite. How far this may be due to t rapid inerease of scientific studies in our seats of learning may be hard to tell, but undoubtedly it carries great weight. This may be a reaction from the o'd Puritanic condemngtion of the mater- ial. In swinging d%ay from their rigid denial of the value of the material, the tendency naturally is to the other ex- treme, in over-emphasiing the things of time and sense. But in time the pendu- lum will swing back to its normal place. Still we must face the unpleasant faet, that at present, the drift is away from where the spiritual is taught. 'But there are signs that the wave of the spiritual is returning. A ight is already shining in the east. ment. Some men who are short on hair are long on brains. The progress toward recovery -which business has been making since August was somewhat interrupted two weeks ago by the- announcement that a strike of railroad employes was to be called on October 30, and also by persistent ru- mors that railroad freigiit vates were to be" cut, writes Frederick H. Cur- tlss, chairman of the Federal Re- serve bank of Boston in his Monthly Review. Nevertheless jt should be realiz- ed that this is probably a temporary hindrance because. almost any settle- ment of these questlons is better than continued uncertainty. The leading in- dustries in New England are in = slightly better condition than a month ago on the whole, and there is certainly more optimism. Very few people are looking for a rapid improvement in the situation €0 of the present rate of pro- Ereds continues, expectations will be fui- filled and that in itself will breed further confidence. It must be admitted, of course, that it is not entirely lack 'of con- fidence that is holding business down, al- though that is having its effect. This is seen in the retail trade, for instance, where the outstanding orders for mer- chandise to be dellvered in the future are very small Before the war, this country had made considerable progress In reducing seasonal operations of indus- try, largely through the custom of plac- ing orders for merchandise months before delivery was desired. The present epi- demic of hand-to-mouth buying has therefore aggravated the depregsion. Now that the stocks of finished goods through- out the country are low and there is so much evidence that the average commo- dity has at least stopped declining in price, if not actually started to go up, it would appear that the excuse for hand-to-mouth buylng has practically disappeared. The Boston wool market' was quiet dur- ing October, while New KEngland woolen and worsted mills. continued to operate at about 80 per cent. of capacity—the rate maintained shnpe early. summer. Cotton mills held their own with pro- duction at appro®imate 30 per cent. of normal capas but like wool textiles, have reached the point where it is diffi- cult to increase operations. The boot and shoe industry is not quite as active as It was two months ago, as this i§ their quiet period between Production during September less than that during the corresponding month-last vear. Shipments from the factories following the usual seasomal tendency are declin- ing. The paper industry 1y making sub- stantial progress. Production has been increased lately without enlarging fin- ished stocks. Thig is quite significant because, previous to August, stocks were reduced only by curtailing production. The industry ig still much below nor- mal but the improvement is encouraging. The meta] trades are showing more life. They had become so dull the past sum- | mer that notwithstanding the present in- creased activity they remain relatively quiet. However, inquiries and orders are improving and the industry. should hold much of its gain throughout the coming winter. The total value of contracts awarded fol, new construction in New England Guring September was only three quar- ters as large as in August according to the F. W. Dodge Company. The physical volume of construction which these con- tracts cover likewi: declined. obE INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY e ————— e ———— HOW AND WHERE AMERICA WAS NAMED, The claim of having given the name America” to our country has frequently. been discussed and is still somewhat in dispute. The little town of Sagit Die, France, seems to have the undispuied distinction of having done so. at leaston April 1907, they celebrated this honor in the little village in the province of Vosges, and sent President Theodore | Roosevelt an invitation to be present. In a letter to the municivality There Is no monument in France that ( am more desirous of sceing that the house that is o closey linked with G- my country only does Saint Die contain wherein sat the savants who o give the name America to new discovered continent, but it was in this same town that a book was written which was the incentive that led to the discovery of the new world. In 1410 a Frenchman named Pierre @Ailly wrote a book calied Imago Mundi (The Image of the Universe). This book was read and meditated over by the great navigator, Christopher Columbus, and first gave him the idea of seeling the unknown land Pierre @'Ailly was born of poor parents in Champagne in 1330. He became a priest of the Roman Catholic church and rits rose to the exalted al. In his work Imago Mundi, d’Allly sustained the thesis that the whole world was habitable and in- habited, and according to his belief other lands existed which were as’'vet un- known in Europe. “How could one get there?’ he asked “From a Spanish port under a favor- able wind,” was the answer. ‘This statement, however, was mixed up BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN NEW ENGLAND The cost | he replied: | of huilding has not changed appreeia- bly duting the past few monthg although it has had a downward tendency. s l‘;fmvlormt ‘s undoubtedly lower in [ this district now than for several months.| The mayors of many New England cities have made provisions for expanding mu nicipal work and _appointed committegs to ald the unemployed in finding jobs. One of the largest woolen inills is to un- dertake an expansion of factory space, partly with the view of supplying work. That s in line with the recently an- nounced intention of the United States Steel Corporation and Standard Ol mpany of New Jersey, of anticipating future plant ts. There is not as much talk of extreme distress during the coming winter as there was two or three months ago. Usually manufactur- ing is more active in winter than in the summer and consequently takes on em- Dloyes at the time when out-of-door industries such-as building and farm work are beco:ning qulet and laying off help. The two conditiong usually bai- ance fairly well. If manufacturing shows more than the normal seasonal improve- ment this coming winter, then the total amount of unemploymeht should decrease. Retail trade was not particularly good during Septembgr. The comparatively warm temperatyre, especially during the early part of the month, made it diffi- cult for dealers to intef@St consumers in fall merchandising. October was cooler and brought a turn for’ the better, sales improving. Stares are not carrying heavy stocks of merchandise as a rule al- though they are increasing them now in anticipation of the late fall and holi- day business. Retail prices have shown little if any change during the past few months. Cotton, £0ods have been marked up somewhat ag a result of the e rise in the price of raw cotton, but mer- chants hesitate to make general increa: es because the consumer is c_nnc.'nl and is not interested in higher priced goods. He wants quality—at a price. Credit conditions continue to be sa isfactory in this district. Mon rates are declining slowly. This is particu- larly encouraging when it is consid: ered that they usuaily increase .at this time of year when so much money is needed to markét the crops. The demand for credit to be used within the district has increased coincident with the im- provement in the gemeral business situa- tion. In the west, on the contrary, the demand for credit to be used for crop moving purposes hag lately subsided considerably, reflecting the progress of liquidation in that section of the coun- try. An encouraging feature of local in- teres the fact that the country banks are continually inereasing their pur- } chases of commercia! naper. Investment funds ave accumuialing again. Many of the same evidences of im- proved dustrial conditions that are found in New England are seen through- out the country. The iron and steel in- dustry is increasing production, until now it ig operating at about 40 per cent. of capacity as compared with 20 per cent. in July. The output of soft coal has been growing since the middie of August, partly because of approa; of winter but also as a res of in- creased manufacturing activity. The number of weekly freight car-loadings— | an index ndustrial condition: m:tk(x; a new hizh record for this year nearly | cvery week. Here azain the season of unts for some but not all ¥ prices have had an upward trend\since the first of summer, accord- ing to several of the standard price in- dices. The the average commo- dity has t ate but several, such %, and oil, have mad ed with their low nd corn, en the other to tho lowest pric- . wich, Putnam, Willi 2 31, 1921, IN indicates a drooping or discontented temperament. The . tightly drawn or willfuiness, -which sometimes amounts to malice and- cruelty in varying de- | rees. hand, recentiy es reached this season. Probably the large: {wealth i this country { of ‘the crops. - The zath }nearly- finished by now ception’ of the cotton extremely s the other -important crops promise good yields. In fact the crops the world over are generally th }average size or neari 1921 | world wheat crop will than | last year and eaual to the five year av- 1914-191S. The | “source of ‘mew he annual yield ring of these ‘i With the ex-|’ crop, which ‘i indicate a firm character. In the practical process of character reading, however, the firm lips con- stitute a rather negative indication- negative in the sense’ that they are very usual, and do mnot, therefore, set the subject apart from his fellows in contrast. Fortunately for the dignity of humanity firm lips are the rule rather than the exception, for the average man or woman has firm lips. The average men and women are steady, dependable valuable citizens, who ben- efit_humanity more than they hurt it steady, dependable j erage in "‘?v D corn crop this -y 1920 and will be about er than the 190 Taken -all E than it was during the industries are slowing approachs — building 1 t c\‘}lmre, and_automabile production, for | by their existance. B example. But, eliminating the gains due | But don't turn from reading this ar- merely to the seasonal influences (ad- |ticle with suspicion of all lips that mittedly ltarge), there still remains evi- { twitch or tremble, for they may ind dence of & real improvement. cate nothing but nerves or pbysieal weakness, The various other things | SUNDAY MORNING TALK they may indicate will be discussed | The Spirit of God the Strength of later. Monday—The Long-Necked “d"” . the Church | “Not by might, nor by power, b i by my Spiric, saith the Lord of Hosts. | Zech. 4-6. This prophet lived at a v | important crisis of Jewish history. God | Protecting the Poles. |in His mercy had visited lis people, | . Carelessness of automobile drivers at fand they had been allowed to return|a sharp turn in the road between two from exile. A great national enthusi-|cities- has cost the lives of many peo- fasm had been emkindled and every|ple. Five accidents:occurred in one hand is occupied in repairing the waste | month- and each time a new telephone places and rearing the ruined walls of {pole at the curve repiaced the broken the temple. This whole book points| After the fifth pole had been rals- forward. to the spiritual temple which{ed and three smaller ones had been was to be reared in after days by the!.driven-in the ground and wired to the better now A few inter Stories That Recall Others I one. with many extravagant oninions, often | Lord Jesus of which every Christian |larger one for support, the company put impracticable and fantastic, but these |is intended to be a living stome. It is|up-a large sign which read: very extravagances of thought stimulat- |now a matter of history that the| “Nearest hospital twenty miles. Go ed the imagination of Columbus. who read and reflected over the strange views put forth. Savants have also shown that It was a Frenchman’s idea and his plan that finally bestowed the name America on the newly discovered land. A volumg was published at Saint Die by Mathis Ringemann under the title of Introdueto Cosmographioe, suggesting that the most appropriate name for the new country would be America. A group of savants who were the heads of the Vostien col- lege of Saint Die met in the now famous house and agreed that America was the most befitting name by which the new world should be called. This was on April 25, 1507, Columbus died in 1506. Amerions Ves- pucius survived- the great naigator six vears, Vespuctus was a clever pilet, ana after his arrival on the new shores he put forth the claim that the glory was his—he had discovered the mainland while Columbus had only landed on the istapds. Notwithstanding the fact that his merit assuredly. was secondary, quickly gained widespread fame, as an aceount of his voyage was the first to be published. Saint Die is a quaint old town situated on the two banks of the River Meuthre at the foot of the blue line of majestic mountains which is so admirably describ- ed by Jules Ferry. The house which harbored the men who selected the name America stands, at last accounts, as rug- ged and strong as it did in the early part of the 15th cemtury. To approach the place or square where it stands one has to traverse Darrow, circuitous streets, pass under picturesque arcades of pinkish graystone which the brush of time has softened into a beautiful opal coloring, when one finds himself suddenly in the center of a wide open space. The eye quickly alights on a placard which is fastened on a rather broad, low building. This tablet records in a few Words the importance of this historical edifice. The name of the verson Who suggested. America is $aid to h named time was ine professor of geography at the Academy of Saint Die. ia the Freneh village in the Vosges mountains of Lor- raime. ve been a German = Monday = Battle of the Kegs. rtin Waldseemuller, who at the | Chuch’s rise and progress cannot b jascribed to human agencies, the strength of the infant Church man de- | A 2 ; 3 rived from the unseen presence of the| While: he was opening his mail a Holy Spirit. So Christianity sSpread.|number of his friends gathered in the So century after century has the world |‘office. He came to one letier from an to rear this spiritual temple. So through! adjoining town which read as foliows: {Been used as the scaffolding with which| “A gentleman has invented what he the oracles of Greece are dumb and|terms an alco-magmet, 2 little instru- Rome's most costly shrines are crum- | ment that will locate anything contain- bling into dust, the religion which was | ing aicohol, whether much or litte. He founded in Galilee has for ages retain- | has demonstrated the same to Dot a ed the allegiance of the most civilized | few reliable gentlemen in- this vicinity, nations of the world. who will- testify i its merits It will “Not by might nor by" power, but|Show by clear demonstration the loca~ by my Spirit saith the Lord.” From F this fact men derive comfort for the future. -As concerns. the Church at large. Let the Holy Ghost be duly hen- ored in the church, and be allowed to rule in it, and it will prosper. He who laid the foundation stone on the fabric amid the overpowering glory of the second coming. ‘What ever be the difficulties and disappointments of the spiritual life by which you are cast down and dis- heartened, if only you will act upon the principle of the text you shall forge out of these very trials a di- vine arrow, by which Satan shail be pierced through and through. Be strong not in yourself, not in your pastor, but in the Lord, and in the power of His might. The fruit of the Spirit is joy. Uplifted by the Spirit you shall look away from self to Jesus, that is the secret of joy. ' A Much Desired Magnet. On Child, Broke Out In Sy Ut o e “ When my Bale gisl was years old she bada READ YOUR CHARACTER By Digby Phillips, Copyrighted 1923 ° > | i . The.most expressive.parts of the face are the eyes and the mouth, It's, real}y hard to tell which is more im- portant in the revelation of character and emotion. On the whole, however, the indica- tions of the mouth lean more to the portrayal of emotion and temperament than to intellectual and mental traits. The drooping mouth, as we have seen TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Monday, Oct. 31, 1921 This book includes the following Exchanges :—New London, Carolina, Colchester, Danielson, Deep River, Fishers Island, Jewett City, Lebanon, Lyme, Moosup, Mystic, Niantic, Nor- IS YOUR LISTING CORRECT IN THE PRESENT BOOK ? IF NOT PLEASE NOTIFY 1 YOUR EXCHANGE MANAGER ALL CHANGES OR ADDITIONS IN PRESENT LISTINGS MUST BE ARRANGED FOR ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY On the other band, firm, steady, hpsl (NEW LONDON DISTRICT) GOES TO PRESS Saybrook, Stafford, Westerly, Watch Hill, ’ AT ONCE ORDER TO APPEAR IN THIS ISSUE, tion of the stuff from 75 to 150 yards | Dakota. recently b: depending on whether the dmsntoll?,.s:;:nuu‘.. of ",‘;“G‘n,m, — is below or on the level with the liquor | o\ “\ oSt Sorted to be literally alive sought. For instance if the demonstrator | iih Jucke. From almost every section be on the sround and the liguor be o0 | o¢ Towa ducks, are reported to be pien- the same level the magnet will draw ai{ yiry) in the Green Bay section of Wis— about 150 vards. If on the other handfconsin there are said to be more ducks the alcohol is on the second story it Wik {nan ever before. Many more biack draw at about 75 yards, and If under ' gucics are reported in Maine than were ground at about the same distance’ Seen 1ast season. Aloag the New Jersey | Before the reading of the letter was | gast there also has been a m- | completed the friends had departed and | crease. e were on their wWay to get a demonstra- tion. FALL MIGRATION OF BIRDS COMING EARLIER THAN USUAL | The annual flight of wiid game birds southward from their breég grounds }is on and is ahead this year of the usual time such flights siart, accord- ling to the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, Ma- ny more thousands of birds are now on the wing, the department states. than have flown south for years. All indications are *hat the flight will not only furnish hunters excei- lent sport, but that there will have to be little waiting after the open season stars. No reason is assigned by the department for the ecarliness of the southern flight. Only the birds | know. ! The pinhead and the teal already are on the wing. The mallard, the canvas- back, the redhead, the widgeon, the black head and other later_cmigrants { s00m will be on their way to warmer lines /Reports from almost every sec- tion tell of the great size of the flights already under wa: From the sandhills of Nebraska come reports of larger numbers of ducks| than seen for years: Little Goose Lake | QOriental Cream —Siea’s News Burean MAGAZINE SPECIALIST UNION SQUARE Hourigan Bros. IYING ROOM FURNITURE Of Rare Beauty and Quality Visit our store and let us show you our exquisite display of combination cane and upholstered suites. The three- piece Suites are popular favorites with those who appreci- ate the best in furniture. The design is in the ever popular Queen Anne period. The backs are of woven cane, dur- able and sirongly constructed, yet very comfortable. These suites will be an unending source of pleasure to you and your friends. Come in and see them at ence. 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