Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 7, 1921, Page 7

NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESD PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE T0 CONGRESS § — A digest of sage 10 con Human Sympathies Should Rule best traditions if we were unmind I, mors} Gl g plkleat o the congress with the republic th the nations of the worid, Ihdes and the very Mm&ns nterest of a people blest with our national good for- tune. Mit is ‘not my purpose to bring to you @ program of world restoracion. In the main such & prerwm wust b2 worked out by the patinns most divecly ned. They must themselves turn €0 heroic remedies for the mena ons under which tney are strug. , then we can hejp, and v We shall do so unse! there s Componsation in ti and internatio wiich marked o advanecemant ars the nations of &l cox tored to Atable trder but tre ul uier, 1 normal re to_restore nqrmaley in the w must come through. the initiativo of the executive Lranch of the government, | Letters for Santa Claus For the convenience of the Children who desire to write to Santa Claus, a letter hox has heen placed on sur main floor, at elevater. As Ug-ual«—wThis Store Will Be the Recognized - RISTHAS SHOPPING HEADQUARTERS And in Every Department We Axe Now Ready Begin C Cliwistmas shopping at once—no peed of waiting ancthar minute n fact the eprlicr the better, while every-| ng is new and bright ard all lines complate. ing the Little Folks to See Old Sanh.. Claus every day from row uptii Christm sfierroon hours: 2:30 to 5 o'closk, is elegas immings, is avar ready in frant of win- reccived by ths rapture. By all EITE YR T b W e O SRR L 5 ) T S s v 540 Pairs of Men's Sample Hosiery I Wool, or Silk and Wool Sport Hosiery—Novelty and Plain Silk, in a wide range of colors, some with clox, others in stripes and heather mixtures — the greatest showing of fine Hesiery, suitable for gift-giving that it has been eur good fortune {o offer. Divided into four price groups:i— 50c—$1.00-—51.25—31.50 Easily worth one-third more, On sale beginning teday, n’s Department, Men’s House Coats, ‘at 310;00 Men's House Coats, wool mixtures, in a very desirable range of patterns, brewns, greens and fleeces, trimmed AL T T DR AT MY e s e WP = e i with braid to maich, and with three pockets—ihese are J exceptional value—at $10.00, Men’s Bathrobes, $8.00 to $18.00 Men’s Bathrobes, in plain colors and fancy designs, a large line of patterns to select from, in.a full range of sizes — Prices are $8.00, $10.00, $12,00 and up to $18.00. Men's Boston Garters, all styles, in Christmas boxes—at 35c to 8. Men's Neckwear, in all the latest ideas—at 75c, $1.00, $1.80 and $2.00, n's Mufflers, in Kritted 8iik and Men's full-fashioned Silk Hosiery, quality—at a pair, Man's Fibre Sitk g\lrts, the “Eagle™ maks, in neat y bnxa, excel- lent quality—at each, in Woolen—at $2.00 to $5.00. Mens Holidgy Sib wnaniia o Men's Belts, with or withaut bugk- rters qnd rm:Bands, Boston and jes, in holiday bgxes—at 50g, ton, make==at 50c and 75c. and $1.00. Men's Belt Buckies, plain or initial- 8 ed—at 50c and $1.00. Men's Shawknit Hosiery, in haliday M boxes—at 3 for $1.00. Men's Holiday Sets, consisting of L3 .’ and Garters = at $1.00 and Men's Holiday Sets, consisting of Suspenders and ‘Hose Supporters— at $1.25 tg $2.00. THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL CO. { Indeed, we should be unworthy of wur the best of intentiens and most carefully | black, navy and cordovan, superior | comsidered purposes wouldfajl utterly if the sanetion and the' co-operation of:con- gress were not ohw;glflly ‘aczorded. S Constitutional Duties “I am very ‘sure we shall have nc confliet of opiion. about consti.utiona. duties or auvthority. D'h'm’ the anxicties of war, “when necessity seemcd compell- ing there were ex @ arants of autnor ity and an estraordinary - cencentration of powers i, the execatve ‘The rapeal cartime legis-ation ard the automassd whica etizaded “the Doice rer than tha or irlt of co " to oy most €a.d'1y Wy c lnation and 20-3pars r of Confiteaca 11 d Mo Pictatiya io Congraus hment or attex : the fu Shrposs wnd conodrd bt poed tho solution of the Aiff} blems confrinting both the legis- and - execntiv e of the government. to ‘make r liusion the cha of pur government , as-one must be, that i no ies- t of comeern” to all or u speak most 0 idcal lines I do nor gress Praise for Co are mi- to prudent loan safeguarding oft ot even be at- 1t ourselves and it will 5 ong cur debtors and settlement of the de- rest may be negotiated. Merchant Marine. ‘The previous congress, deeply con- ned in behalf rchant ma- ne’in 192 saip- | ping law, desizned pbuilding of | the ican mer Among other th providad o encourage -our hipping on the world's seas; the execu- itive was directed to give notice of the termination of all existing commercial treaties in order to admit of reduced i§ | duties ou imports carrigd in Ameriean i I AT THE BEEED THEATEE bettoms. During the life of the aet ne executive has complied with this order of the congress. When the. present ad- ministravion (:ame 14> rasponsif (8 it began an early inguiry into the i..- ure to execute the expressed purpose of the Jones act. . Only one conclusion has been possible.” Frankly members. of the house and sepate, eager as I am to join you in the meking of an American mer- chant marine commensurate with our comunéree,, the ‘demouncement < of our commercial treaties weuld involve us in @ ehaos of trade relationship and add in- describably - to the ‘confusion of the al- ready disordered cvmm relal world. + Power of Congress Not Disputed. #Your power to-do ‘is not disputed, but power and ships without comity.of relationship Wil not pahded trade which is inseparably linked with a great merchant marine. More- over, the applied recuction of duty for which ths ‘treaty donouncements were necessary, encouraged Ony ‘tie carry: of dutiable imports to our shores, whiic the tommage which unfurls the flag on the seas is both free and dutiable and | the gavgoes ‘which . make- a -nation- emi nent in trade are outgeing, rather than incommg. . “It. is not my thought to lay the prob- lem in getail before you teday, *It is desired only tb Say to vou thht the executive braneh of the government, uninfidenced by the sprotest of na tion, for twne has been -made, i 3) convinced ‘that your proposal, Highly ins tended and heaftily supported here, 4s €0 frapght awith Qifficulties and so mark- ed by tenden pansion that I invi non compliance e your toleranee of a very few weeks until & pilan may presented whieh con- Lemplates no greatqr draft upen® the ubllc treasury and wlhich thotgh yet too rude {0 offer today, gives much prom- expunding our merchant marine Americap hant marine im- con- il appeal | o | “Permanent” “There is Dbefore of the enactment of ed a Tarifl Law. bejng used o di le £mergeney act s expedited early in the e m and whieh is th law to- °| said, tr'ed ¢ HOfS bR ribute 8o “n of our netion, “Again must Avw(ma Is Not Sought. s econamies and resoiuta as the necessary remedies “not_enly t commended to obligated g 3 of none of our own ployment and malatained Torif Eeglslation Difiicult. “Etery contemplation,” it little mattcrs in which direction -one turns. magnifies the difficulty nf legislation, but the negessity of the revision is maemified Doubtless we ar ustified In e. for o that the rates may be a will- be foanu to maki elastioity to mest unusua' and changing conditions, ich cannot be accurately anticipated. are problems Inci- dent to unfalr practices and- to exa changes which ‘madneséy in. monev hava made almost unsaivable. I know of-mo manner in which to efect this flexibility other than the extension of the powers of thy tariff commission, so that it-can | adant itself to sclentific and wholly ad- migistration ef -the law.” POLLUTION COMMISION SEERS MORE MONEY ‘l Althaugh the state board of eantro! al ready refused to apmropriate $20.000 to the state commission gn stream pellutipn, h he wrzmed i commission, It Was learned Monday that tha commission is plannm- t> make another sttewit ta, have the board aporeariate an amgufit for the binding.of tha reeirds made by the form- er commissio The commission met at Hartford Mon fay, but not all ths -memhers - were present. Sevetal wees ago the commis slon asked the board for $20 000. of w+ sum about §6.000 was f-r the bin the records far permanent use. It ‘s un- derstood tha¢ for. John T. Back., comm sloner of health amrd former head of th- defunct “industrial wastcboard, Dane t appear hefora the board and make a Te quest for an appropriation for printing the records, 3 NO FIRE ESCAPES, RO THEATRE IS OBDERED CLOSED- . The Empire {heatre on Bamk sirect New London was grderad clasad indefi- v State Policemen B, Q E‘rentis and Anihony Buddes making gn insose'ion of all pla give us the ex- s to discourage trade ex- ffnent of the whole world this soldler was | soldiers swav from facing the enemv. MARSHAL ¥OCI'S TRIBUTE © 'TO Y. M. C. A. WAR WOBK Officers and members of the Young: Men’s Christiag association have been greatly interested in the dinner given at Washington ;last month. under the inter- national tee of the- ¥. M. C. A at which Marshal Foch of Frange was 3 Befors the 200 guests, whe included members of the United States govern- ment and a representative gathering of the lay officers and secretaries of the Y, M, €. A, Marshal Foch paid the follow- :;1;: mbuqe 1o the war work. o(.m usov 1 L‘ra is no greater eulogy to be mo r Y. M. C. A. work op of the glllefl armies than to enumerate in figures, the services that were rendered. There gre no words that speak than these figures; 1 cannot begter them, But T must say here, In my capaeity esd | chict of the French armics. how greatly we .have appreciated the seryices that} Yoy were gble to render- us. {led by the great principle of unselfieh: service, you started to aid, to relieve the prisoriers of Jar; and ghortly after we asked yo me and help us to uplift our’ soldier: The French' so'dier, |brave, full of initiative; he s full-of |impulse, he 1s full of that snirit which ‘§° called the ‘French fury,” but will it 12st? "The world doubts it. Wil it he'd out? ‘Will he be steadfast? Will he last ) iin a Yong war? All the werld asks that‘ SP it Is knowm, is quasHon. ©_Welll Yes! To the eraat astonish- seem to -endure.: to -hold -out- during bat- ] i tles asting’ more than twenty | der continuous fire. nersistept, without | any ghelter. having verv oftemifor cover. | onty the bodles 'of his comrades who had fallens durine four winters he’ was seen | maintaining his trenth ‘warfave’ a war in the flood-land. having for sky et the y aml Navy Surplus oy - 35 BROADWAY IAL i} BLUE BROADCLO’I‘H. LENGTH 44 BJCHES, $50.00 MACKINAWS MADE OF GOVERIMENT NAVY BLUE BROADCLOTHS, LENGTH 36 INCHES, §25.00 VAL- R LR TOR ( PANTS MADE OF GOVERNMENT NAVY BLUE BROADCLOTH $12.00 VALUE, ..............$5.75 LEATHER JERKINS WITH SLEEVES, $12.50 VAL- eosesscsssssescasss $945 In this effort, all - moral . sunnarts saemed suve to break wner a hombard- ment which never ceased. Whet ‘man was there awhose meryes were sufficlent- ly. stronc to endure for entire yoars? Above all, ‘the loneliness thy Teaetion, demregsion. the melareholy. that ch was recent'v and wery fudicinaet the “blues” fnvaded t¥ s semed it they must Secretary, Joan’ J. Ojuurac ‘oo Norvrn Caamber of Couins comuied nm giscributea a minds | turn the * Taxation. Weli! This thora’>, we have hren shie| Made exten: 2 ta SWEtain. thanks to YCUF nowertul hel [foung ; that an thanks to the Fover ,du S9! Unton | nessitke _system . prevai s. meAmg feam AL G into | niet the which. the “tired solfier came for maw |anes to snn to fird o toush of that is-an assessment map. t famitiar eon-| for an mppro; fm an 1n6nite | g0 to secure .a basic map. 2 means bv which|map .ig_. secured. resistance’ wasana'ntgined. und when we | ment shouid 1 wished to adrance. we found enarwias much befte~ ravitaized and much bejter Bt aid gt isn thecs soldiers who feit| Endofsed the a rovad 4n themeolives the contact of | tic boRd fssue of §1 Aaesd entiraly at fhoir) GUring next threc tHemseiva€ ohtiend to ore with their 1ife-blood end .advance. :ommmu When. we program for rebyi 1o eficet. _Also crews be engagod streets in propers con proyement of sidewall of new i | the city i friving eur sa‘ls, andjonec that w them forwarg lxon 'x"m, to that fha definftaly wars S lannehed onr final| Arfven farward hi ~ation of the farees hehind, and | arched ahead with termined and consct c0 to the very limit. & Alrection came that magnif- whic = t eet uenarrr ¢ of which stleration by. ing. “Halt! hiendine The Housing Problem. Tnvestigations disclose = th most suceessful increased ho commodations were obtained s through the eco-operat Industries built en and sold Breanizstion ove all. bv . thelr s belef and thelr ab- gentloman, attrfhute a arees to ven agl 2s In the offensiva | hich yan eave ns ama | 2 5 pthipr o :led. A representative of lhe cha tored 2l o : g o aldl ek in! tendea natlonal 'housing i Joeh oy, (¢S -the| in Bridgeport and renorted e Sy R ;¢1 forts elsewhere. The committe : i AT e msnr ity | the best results ean be obta o “arosenee of ‘owas | local conditions, “though ¢ Hmamesenee of shehiand co-operation of our fir A macyiges wan e est ‘The committee e ot T et tar o o o o | wich Building & Lqan_ Associat! hs of my heart, far a wor S ve undertaken and realized. Somngiont SR t0 = tion of this pressing problem. Industrie®, The chamber co-operated to ret Vaughn foundry in Norwich. This dustry remains an asset to our cr nity. Efforts were also made to jitate the clgar manufacturing .nduflr) in Norwieh, Approximately fifty o makers were formerly employgd in. this city at an annual payrell of § $30.000, At présent scarcely a dozen are 2 regularly employed. FEarnest cfforts | audience, including somie teachers from|yere made to interest fourteen indu ew London. That Harrison spoke | yrioc 1o locate In Norwich e ferestingly was evidenced by, the fact|{poet year, that she held her listeners for . more jthan two hours, the uppér grade teach- Educational Fac'iities. ers giving as close attention as ~@id| The chairman of this committee made tnose ¢specially concerned. a survey of Teaghing reading, said the »speaker, was Ilke traveling over a country road.i | We used to jog along, with a great deal 'oi' urging, often getting into deep ruts, but kecping at it until we somehow arr rived.” The new metheds are like the improved roads over which we may trg- vel with less effort, arriving much soon- cr and with more pleasure in the trip. True some children are high powered cars and are capable of better things than others, but the good read offers} ereat possibilities even to the .css pow- erful. With this introduction Miss Harrison went on, explaining her ideas and methods of teaching reading ,illustrating | her polnts with materially actually used | in her school as well ag by references and statistics. Even the kindergarten should eontrib- ute toward the teaching ef reading by furnishing a& mueh richer badigreund of stories, by emphasizing, drnm: and by much conversation. The kine dergarten chiid should be ablo to read | JeRce and New Haven. Six confersnees his name, printed mumbers and very | DaVe been held with ] o Simpls Airestions When he Is peady for | Taliroad officials as to better passenger grade one. l.ervlce. the res!n'atlon of an !c\cmlv:; how 2 Hittle child might be taught to|the § o m. tra'n o4 This matter 15 read sp that he woud not onmly enjoy | PenE = BEY iar Tondived Eadet his work wut guin continually in POWSr | Amee in the resumotion of & local boat ormation of goed ng hal e b sn;qal life means a .ll‘y: in up- | e service ‘&o";fi:"\‘.‘r“"‘h::"f‘ml;; ver gradé work. Healthy reading m-"“"‘ aur g ~ valves the keeping of these good habits just as healthy living does. Because | much is madg habitugl does not megn it must be menotenous. Tests shouid be made econtipuglly as to a child’s ability and encouragement nd hein given where needed. - it has beem found that the mormal Amerigan child should acguire & voca- bulary of about three hundred words. in the first grade, those of sgmewhat high- er ablity about feur hundred and those nt very high inteiligence fiye hundred. | Miss Harrison belleves these figures can be iméreased materially by our new methods Listé of good reading far the first three gradee wera left for dlstribution. Tha'tests of Gray, Otis and Thorndike were nmmnnsq gnd also the fact that NEW METHODS TO TEACH LARLY LOVE FOR REAPING second of the-series of lectures for | wich Teachers’ | later Memorial An-; morning. The epeaker Gail* Harrison York_cit, the of the Lincoln and the subject, schoo,; N Reaaing in There were about a ed and nceded addftions to pro| house the children. The mber operated with the school board to secure an appropriation of $200,000 to build the pew Mt Pleasant street school and purpoees in Preston, Mo%rn Lighting System. The chamber endeavored tu secure &n tlon of fifty- lights in the business sec- tion' of the city and known as a White Way. The type of standard proposed other citles gt present and iz the most approved type knewn, The vemoval of everhead wires and poles, particularly In the business section, was a gubject of cons!deration. Freight and Passenger Facilities. Chamber cooperated im securing daily delivery of freight from Boston, Provi- a prolonged experiment for a lats eve- ning trolley to Central ViMaee. lank of patronage cancelled the new schedule. Other Activities, The chamber co-operated with the Re- Used gee that {hey cor g m 10 the requirements under the atate law. The-cfficers state that<the BEmpire t gtre is not equipped with fire escapes ap: hat, while there are danger from fjza is not reduced to the re auirad winimun ‘The pwnnem of this thedtre ha%n i ars] codasiony ta buy small strip nf land adjoi~ing the theatre ‘Which is unoceunicd,. sa that he mizht o g.all fire escaces, but he has been unabls to: chbtain the property, fore been unzbl o ercdt the fire escapes. —— Iwr;-LQq.—%vzra friends of Dr. B. E\ lannon gave fim a ‘diurer ai the Peasel ouse in Saybrook Thursday evening. 1 several exits, the ® and has there Hf able to read. lnsn tests " caretully given, confirm” as d)e. Tpa judgment of the experi- encl and_ skill lteucher as o the bility, ,’?;er’ !\;W‘ng gome Interesting lan- tern sli‘es to illustrate polmts made, Miss Harrison closed with .a" quetation frem Lord Damsany on poetry Which :)l‘zhi h\ul :e anpl \o mmlr;" Thraughout -the morning speaker urged the vital ne:gs(w of !Mmax a chilg to love reading, not simply to be e Hariford—For-about four or five days the in_the Connecticut river hLas been rising sfowly and has gafned about taree or four foet. |tan shv of winter, with its clouds and it vl-,nu-oxrs YEAR'S WORK L1~ =ors. »nd his only shelter a hole'in the CHAMBER 0F COMMERCE |t ground. o 'L~. uqu.um, for ths 000 to| | Hampton, school-housing conditions ! and found that several were overcrowd- [ {3835 purchase adjoining property for school | ploye, appropriation of $12,000 for the installa-| ¢ g11 1 back of was stmiler to those belng installed In|oots of 3684, Six_conferences | . Someat bargam pnces Association throug! Merchants of an appro- cimoer is practical- in the est Ibll redit ‘buscau and is the Lk imyporiant u:u - has “been kept itinerant uard the questionable on vendors, peovie the report in T took steps to further de- ames river us a means of Congressman Freeman rwich with rep- mber as to this n promised o and make an effort to ary m from the chamber belfevo ndon County . charge 3 Amo'd‘ ur organzation rendered valua- t - In charge. ber cooperated with the pub- a’s for the annual clean-up chamber coonerated with the lo- al Red Cr chapter In its efforts for eooperated with the ten last November 1eld eince last December. were in the interest of ittees held - §aty-one dition to this six import- rences with (ransportation offl- four co nces with assess- concerns were held. Compensaticn Agreements ‘s compensation agreements lows have bern a proved by Com- Donoaue Inc., rwich, em- §7 Fountain St infeoted and badly swellen d, at rate of $8.10. 2 of Howard C. Brown, Colches- employer, -and Olin Church, Bast employe, cut foot with aye st rate of $7.00. C .B. Cottrell & Soms Co., Westerly, r, and Timothy Mulcahy, Weet- oye, injury to ribs. at rate of 0. Robert Gair Co., Uneasvilla employer, and Frank Garrison., New London em- pinched three fingers. at rate of $10.46; and Denman Korchak, Lvm lle, employe, fingers bruisel of $9.30: and Dan Zavidsky, New Lon— don, emp" right foot jammed, at rete Lorra Mfz. Co. Wegterly, emnloyer, and Georg Knowles Westerly. em loye right hand cut and bruised, at Woman County Cémmi ner Governor Lake has filled the vacad ey in the New Haven county board board of commissioners, caused by the fesignation of United States Marsha) Jacob D. Walter of Cheshire, by nom~ nm: ing Representative Emily S. Brown, Naugatuck, for the place. She will hold ut.’lce until the third Wednesday in January, 1923. She is the-first wo=- man in the state to be named for this office. . . To Gain Weight Lee & Oégood Co. guarantees Bitro. Phosphate to rebuild shattered nerves; to replace weakness with strength; t6 add body weight to thin folks and re- ndle ambition in tired-qut peopie. o Cars lfmneedofausedcar,-callmanfl look over what we have to offer. Norwich Buick Company 319 MAIN STREET