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in contact with him and his methods in Siberia that are far from tavorable. encountéred In this country it cannot fall to be impressed upon Semenoff and others that he has been given the pro- tection in this that he denied Americans in his eéumtry even' though the court’s decision is that he was the agent of a de facto government. He 1s not being made to undergo the punish- ment which some people have tried to impose upon him for deeds committed elsowhere or to be penalized personally for what was done as the agent of a NORWICH BULLETIN and Coarier 126 YEARS OLD wueigricn ce » ez Eaieted at the P government. His release by the decision s mate of the court establishes that clearly. Teleshene Calte It has been stated that Semenoff was|S 3ikts Snew Offie o desirous of getting to Parls where he expects to fil \ more sympathy and sup- port, and it ennot help belng felt that no further obstacle ought to be put in = — | his way. This country can get wlong Norwich, Friday 26, 1 weil without him. _—— — o PROPERLY DIRECTED. —————— the attorney general declares May MEmSCR OF THE ASS e dmoclated Prew €0 raEss, exchustrely entitied Whea & B e Tor rwatcaion of i vem deaich |{ that the best legal talent fs going to be - e e crodited to 4 g e s pubised || Obtained to handle the cases growing [ AL g o peichm Barvin ax 5 out of the charges of war frauds, it is of course only what the situation calls for. it 1s not to be expected that there will be any half way measures followed in dealing with these matters and certain- Iy the best is none {00 good 4hen it comes to handling matters of such im- portance, . When cases invelving the abtaining of jarge sums of money from the gov- ol das- CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING MAY 20th, 1922 presented to the departmemt of justice there could be no toleration of any. plan that would cause them to be slighted, or disposed of ‘Wwithout due consideration of the existing facts. There are of course the war time expenses, which exceed those of normal times, but that doesn't Justify the bleeding of Uncle Sam to the t| tune of $192,000,000 just because it was possible to do so. Likewdse it is not sufficient to maintain that the govern- thent has been donme out of such a sum without an explanation justifying it or the prosecution of those responsible for it. Tn other words it is time to get down to the facts and have the depart- ment of justice take adequate action in accord therewith. With the attorney general working on that policy he can- FREIGHT RATES. been & demand cuTTING o have cen ¢ was be-| not fail to get the approval of the count ev to be car-| e rates wered In deciding to take personal charge of this work the attorney general indi cates that he doesn’t intend to have it used for the purpose of passing out big fees to those engaged ‘in the work. He sets the limit py his own salary, and What-| posgibly it is because of the determina- he selling|tion not to permit unwarranted salaries om for this work of investigating and pros- bus: pros- r that jon, siness, the what e This urrounding Kimself, however, with a corps of able assistants and giving close attention to the object in view there n ought to act ratiroad bus- SHOULD NOT FAIL. In view of the many faflures in the past it can cause little surprise that the représentatives of Chill and Peru who are deliberating in Washington with the “|idea of reaching an agreement regarding on thelmacna and Arica provinees Iving be- e it el ; two, one of the greatest social events|PBritain and Irgjand, born in Kensing- ss prevent|peen, the two couniries are already at F°ihe closing years of the 13th cen-|ton Palace, London, 55 years ago to- eftects upon the rosds, | [oEerheads, and uiable to proceed fur-|y, o *:r hoss Tight also be added tho da7. ave been what they are| e Without getting directions . from |iour’ around the world in the roval| Col. Washington A. Roebling, famous st they are their respective governments, yacht Ophir, made by.the royal-pair In|engineer and bridge builder, born at T They are dealing with an old problem| 1901, in the, course of which the Duke|Saxonburg, Pa., 85 years ago today. ) ©d€d Tevenue)ang there are many phases of it which|and Duchess of Cornwall and York, as| Mre Florencé Cotliss- Preston, Wash- greater vol-| come to the surface whenever they un-|their title then was, landed in Canada|ington state superintendent of public in- T e 7 are| gertake to consider,an agreement. They|and journeyed across the entire Dom-|stryction, born in Minnesota, 49 years t ave been | have not been able to agree on the car-{Infon in a sumptuous special train. ago today. 5 0 he. oon-| rying out of the terms of the treaty in- Robert W. Chambers, author\ of nu- shoul volving {lese provinces, so that it can- not be regarded as strange that haye encountered a snag already. ctions in due they R g It s to be sincerely hoped that the SEeIsE TADS ON NEIVERS, endeavor to get a settlement will not be ess. Jt is @ conference in which i o only the representatives of the two countrics are participating, but it is only matural to expect that before the conference would be allowed to tarmi- o, without result this government might offer its gervices or a suggestion with & view to avoiding a failure, Hav- ing come here at the suggestion of this government there cannot fail to be in- terest in having the undertaking suc- ceed. South Amerlea may well desire to be rid of this quarrel between neigh- bors and certainly this country would urts n made Rogardiess of the trouble that he has| .iwhat1” cried the girl in the fringed black silk sweater, friend in the smart jersey suit at the glove counter, gone over to open the family country place and save your mother work for & change! What are you doing back in town?” “I thought it best” confessed the girl in the jersey -m. "to M my- self for a space from thought maybe if I :nn sort of van- ished T might be forgotten—" “I never knew you to be self-effac- ing,” her friend fold her flatly. “What crime did you commi “I_didw't do much,” the girl in the jersey suit sald sadly, “but what I did was_effective! Hyer- green Hills, the huge estate next to us, was bought last year by that stun- ning bachelor, Harley Hopes—" “Qho !” chirped the girl in the black silk sweater with unkind perspicuity, “I begin to see Why you were 8o un- duly anxious to spare your dear moth- er her usudl “I never get any credit for my good acquaintance of. a perfectly goregous man while 1 wag fiying around in, the prettiest bungalow apron-dress I could bring from Chicago, with a distracting housewifely frown upon my white brow and if he should be impressed with my domestic abilities so unusunal in the modern marcelled girl, who was I to throw any rocks into the wheels of rogress?” “T think T get you, “T admire Mr. Hopes for his wonder- ful character,” eaid the girl in the Jersey suit. the work people met me at the lodge and I had to have somebody take off boardings from the widows and doors before I could do a thing. Being ab- solutely helpless there was nothing for me to do but go over to Evergreen Hills and see Whether 1 could borrow a workman. It dld not seem that much had been done yet at the Hills, either. Most_of the house was still shut up and the gardeners were not to be found in the greenhouses and 1 began to despair until around back of the gar- ages I Tan across a man sawing. up wood. He was smoking a_ pipe and his face was all stubble and his clothes were a sight. demanded. “He gtraightened up rather slowly, the way fasin mén do, and Himiwved s e. Diveyed me placialy atter ‘the cool ernment under fraudulent conditions are | P’ IN THE PUBLIC EYE th t A was fitted to the vaults of a bank well as| fouting that he has been handicapped in| Tifty-five vears ago today. in old | at Morristown, Il e ;mkpfl getting some that he desired to assist|y.;gincion palace. London, was born a|1876—Gainsborctagh's™ famous painting, the n-| him, baby Duchess of Teck, who was destined to become the present aueen of England. of two|<houid be obtained the results which the|Princess May, as she was popularly| ° N T et of Maser v the view| country 1s looking for if the charges|called, grew to womanhood with little| 107 rs. William MeKinley, widow of that have been made are substantiated.|thought or prospect of ever occupying b e Cantor o the throne, Before jeing called upon Erd el S to fill such an jmportant role the : young princess had figured in three events of public inferest. first, her engagement to the Duke of Clarence, elder brother to the present king; next, ter, following the decease of his brother, and then the memorable marriage of the 1786—Congress to receive the Connecticut in the west, 1814—Joseph 1847—The 1864—President 1870—The Fenian way of all the work people in that dis: trict. ‘You might call it work’ he told_me rather rudely. ““Well, 1 said, T've simply ot to have some thing done over af our place and I am sure Mr. Hopes wouldn't mind your gtopping that saw- ing and coming over help me a while, There's jots of wood sawed up here, isn't there?” I guess so,” agreed the man, ‘All right—what d'yuh want dove?” “Well, I got a good day'’s work out of that man, He took off all the board- ings and stacked them away and then 1 said he could sweep-off the outside of the house and begin raking up the yard and burning the dead branches and leaves, and L did wish he'd take down the Kkitchen stove pipe ‘and kriock out the soot, and see if the chimney was all right. . “I tell you I kept him jumping—they axe g0 slaw over thers, you fist kave to keep at their heels. I think he'd| never had to W life before. 1If he lookul bad at first you should have seen him later cobwebs all tapgled in his hair and soot all smeared over his face and the perspiration traveling down in rills. When I got lunch I called him in and sat him down at the Kitchen table, where I had put some hot coffee and some slabs of fried bacon. The work people around there love greasy things. I always think it pays to treat eyery one kindly. as she met ‘her “I thought #ou had yrtle lodge. I L7 polson, You know that spring labor.” gloomily remonstrated - her “If indicentally I made the “I told him to come back the mext day and repeated the programme and just as he was leaving at 5 o'clock and 1 was hunting up my puree to_pay him his $3 a day, the gardener from Evergreen Hills arrived post haste. He said some orchids had come'and he must see Mr. Hopes—and by the time he had-ekplained to me that Mr. " mused the other. calluses “Well, as usual, none of Chas. tail; Pi matter worse. Don t Baby Corns—Use “Gets-It” Thousands of le have ofly them: selves 10 blame fof gorn’ agony. hiood etc. Trimming and off—in one piece. tcher ‘& Service. “treating cutting and paring merely makes a bad 3 o “Millions _of - others are wiser. They know how easily and quick- 1y “Gots-It" shrivels and peels corns and money back if it falls. Wear new shoes with ‘comfort. Get a bottle today. Lawrence & Co., Mfr., Chicago. Coéts but a trmevevenwneu Get Sold in Norwich by sgood, Lee & Osgood Co. Re- Harley Hopes had been digging flower- heds and shoveling soot for me for me for two days and eating at my kitchen ‘table and T had floated back to consciousness, the gentleman in question had slipped out and disap- peared. I presume he mangled that gardener later. But when a man hasn’t shaved for & week and has a penchant for manual labor in the country, what chance did 1 have, T ask you?” “I think it is perfectly romantic!” eried her friend. “And people always automatically love you if you make | them suffer, so if I were you I'd go right back to Myrtle lodge!” *“To tell the truth, I'm only in town some more clothes,” confessed in the jersey suit.' “Yes, he certainly suffered.’—Exchange . of. fun.” 2’ lot of ‘Do you work here? I He shoved back hs old cap and from the United States was re- pelled by the militia. 1874—The first time-lock ever “pur- | chased and put to practical use was in the “Duchess of Devonshire,” stolen from Agnew's gallery London, 1897—Bradford's Pilgrim Journal girl, daughter of the Duke and was the president, These were Today’s Birthdays her engagement to the lat- Her Majesty Queen Mary of Great merous popular novels, born in Brook- b 03 Iy N, Y 3% o Today’s Anniversaries : i signified its willingness lands Stories That Recall Others Ignace Guillotine, the French physician for whom the machine known as the guillotine was _named, died in Paris. Born in 1738, Earl of Clarendon was ap- pointed lord lieutenant of Ireland. Lincoin signed the measure creating Montana terri- tory out of part of Idaho. raid into Canada Times Have Changed John who hasn’t completed his edu- cational work as yet has ‘“acquired a girl” whom his father finds an added expense. The other evening he remon- strated with his son for spending so much money on the girl. “You didn’t have to do that in my day,” he said “I went to see my girl, she set me up to a good dinner, and then I fed her a little John returned. fun.” Left face tafty and she counted the evening a lot “Well, times have changed since then,” “I go out to ses my girl now, she feeds me a little taffy, and I set her up to a good dinner. not sure whether she counts the evening Had Martha Beat A couple out walking happened along at a time when an outdoor military drill was underway. They stopped along with others to listen and watch. As the cap. tain shouted, E. And T'm Suburban Day Specnl "HAMMOCK Complete, As Shown $23.95 right shoulder arm—left shoulder arms,” etc., the husband watched with amuse- ment. : Finally he turned to his wife. “There's a fellow, Martha,” he said, “who can beat. you changin’ your mind. For Senate right face William Tyler Page Men- tioned As Candidate For many years Mr. Page has been connected in a clerical capac- ity with the United States House of Representatives. He Is regarded as one of the country’s experts on Parliementary procedure and other ‘matters pertainmg to legislation. He is the author of “The Ameri- can’s Creed.” MERGER OF MUTUAL AND GULF OIL COMPANIES New York, May 25.—Officials of the Mutual Ofl company of Denver, Colo., conducted negotiations here today for the purchase of ‘the Boston and Wye- ming and Mountain and Gulf O com- panies. The Mutual company is report- ed to own 575,000 shares of Mountain and Gulf stock and the Boston and Wy- oming owns 750,000 shares of Mountain and Gulf, The Wyoming ofl fields company also had been mentioned in connection with the proposed merger, but ofl men be- lieve that thefe is little likelihood of its becoming a member of the combination Decause Its acquisition with that of the other companies would give Mutual Oil an acreage in the Salt Creek flelds larger than that permitted by the gov- ernment to any one producer. There has been considerable activity in Mautual Oll stock on the curb markets during the last few days, 8200 shares having been sold yesterday at prices ranging from 9 14 to 9 7-8. Today's closing price was 9 5-8. Poisoning from Coal. 5 Arsenical polsoning by coal and coal products was recently discussed before the * French “Academy of Sclence by Charles Richet in £ paper. There had been an outbrealk 'of serious symptoms at a briquette works. The name given to be happy to serve as the peace maker through such help as it might be able to render. The trouble between the countries bas come about as the result of fore It is time to bring about an agraement by different and mare lasting methods, and it would be most unfortu- nate f anything should serve to termi- nate the conference before something tangible was accomplished. ordinance n of the board that the er motor get a traffic police on hotograph cemen can mobile laws. n of a po- punches in EDITORIAL NOTES, n calis for the| 7The man on the corner says; Some court at which | peopie never seem to get over an at- 2y record| tack of spring fever. which are cona fon The cail of the swimming holes and bathing beach¢s is getting quite a re- sponse throughout the land. accepted 7| Red is said to be the most fashionable regarding th color in Paris. It was suppcsed a mo- serve only | nopoly on that color was held at Mos- serve 1o cow. call for serious accumulation of They have an eight months non-ag- . a lef time It| gressive truce over in Burope but that court in deter-| ¢t course doesw't apply to Texas and the driver toward | Chicago. the nter of — It will not be many days now before the home gardemer will be displaying with justified pride the produets of his gardening skill. ves h others y kind. It is those whose No sooner does one screen star get a place on the forbidden list than ‘other than the eligibles bob up to indicate that the list is going to be a long one. SEMENOFF'S RELEASE. There wa¥ a time when too. .much Ceming to this country for the pur-|couidn't be sald against the dandelion. ial assistance Gen- ow tnat it can be used in breaking succeeded In get-| the law too much eannot be said for it. trouble. He had P — e has had It| TFrance and Switzerland are exper- he has been here, fencing a heat wave that breaks the record for over a century. That should hush those who are complaining about ool nights here. —— Many of the dogs are nofsy emough already but think what will happen when in following the Paris fashion to have dogs match the gown they are dyed to g0 with some of the loud plaids. _— The spced wiht which the Bridgeport pollee caught the heid-i» wen In that city shouio serve to warn others that it Is an unhealthy riace to crerate i un- less thoy ara treated so Icriently as to invite repetitions, e has obtained a fa- on and has been re- . be surprising it he lusion that he could end of the unpleasant by pulling up stakes and even though he has gained A large amount of publicity In connec |50R with the action taken against him It jan't Bardly the kind that is going to wause people to turn their pockethooks wrong slde owt for him A8 much opposition as thers s to tha Solsheviki, is quite clear that the anti- Bolshevik element doesn’t riss to a very high place in public estimation ‘when Semenoft 1s presented as a leader soek- Ing funds to continue the work., With- fut question Semenoff has been made tostreet rallway s a municlpal propert: withstand attacks which have been well|but a few days but it is l:-:y ::l.n’- by who are F;._ _‘:'Ddl‘lh. :‘m'{u carry its Q'flk,dqntrln ‘woloed by the Americans who ecame]tn —— Detroit hasn't had possession of jts Telephone 213 SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1922 SUBURBAN DAY Big Reductions in All Our Departments Ladies’ Department LADIES’ COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, SUMMER FURS, ETC. White Star Clothing House Co., Inc. . 147-153 MAIN STREET | Men’s Department MEN'S SUITS, STRAW HATS, SHIRTS, AND A GENERAL LINE OF GENTS' FURNISHINGS, WAISTS, wtll appeal fo Suburban Day Special THIS STURDY 4-PASS. SWING - $10.95 t i With Head Rest $34.95 SUBURBAN DAY, EXTRA SPECIAL HIGH GRADE HAMMOCK, COVERED WITH FINE GRADE $12.95 ANNOUNCEMENT After June the fiest James E. Fuller & Co. will occupy their new offices in the YOUNG’S BLOCK, FRANKLIN SQUARE Entrance at 242 Main Street Norwich, Conn. the disorder was the pitch disease. In many cases there was cutaneous cancer of a grave form, which even proved fatal ; about 30 per cent. of all the employees were affected in this way. A chemical analysis was made of the pitch and arse- nic was clearly found in it, and traces were also discovered fn the dust at the works, in the hair of the working mer (and that in considerable quantities) and in the blood of most of them. It was evident ‘therefore, that they were under the influence of arsenic. It was dscer- talned that similar results have been met among tar distillers, road asphalters, tarred paper makers and lampblack makers. The origin of this arsenic is to be sought in the coal. It has long been known that certain varieties of coal contain notable quantities of arsenic vv- arsenic is so widely to be found in coal rites; but it is & new thing to find that Sor Tlen Wome Jhe eJi'C'épftona/ appearance and wearing g qualities qf Spswich stock- ) cvery member ur fomily, Delaware Is Apple King. The department of agriculture ha: crowned Dewware with & championshiy reath of apple blossoms. In the mum- e of apple- trees to the equare mile in - orchards Delaware leads all the other states.. She has 548 apple trees o the square mile. New York comes aext-with 287 trees. Virginia is third with 255 and the state of Wash famous for her apples, takes fourth rank in the list with only 130 trees, Primary Is the Best, It is dowbtful §f anything could be done to yestore ‘the convention system without reviving most of its evils. The weakness of the attempts being made to eliminate primarfes and. direct nomina- tions i3 that" they invblve a returm tc soma-Gf the worst abuses devaloped by Amerjean political - experience. —Spring- field Republican, IPSVICH HOSIERY n N