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126 YEARS OLD Printed every day i fhe Jear gzoms Subscription price 136 & week: §0o 5 month: §9.00 CIRCULATION Waeek Ending Sept, 30th, 1982 11,80 REPUBLICAN TICKET United States Semator GEORGE P. McLEAN, Simsbury Goyernor CHARLES A. TEMPLETON, Waterbury Lie HIRAM BINGHAM, State Seeretary FRANCIS A. PALLOTTI, Hartford State Treasurer G. HAROLD GILPATRIC, Putnam. Attorney Ganersl FRANK E. HEALY, Windsor Locks Cemptroller FREDERICK M. SALMON, Westport Congressman, Second Distriet RICHARD State Senstors Dist. |8th—ERNEST E. ROGERS, New Lopn- on. 19th—LEE ROY ROBBINS, Norwich County Sheriff SIDNEY A. BROWN, New Loendon dudse of Prohate NELSON J. AYLING. Norwich [RR——-— —— CANNOT BEPLACE COMMISSION. What the outcome of the conferspce sstween the miners and the seft geal yperators at Cleveland will be furpishes The fact yood material for guesswork. that they were but yecently engaged = prolonged strike does not prevent thep from gathering about the cenference ta- ble. That, regardless of the outcome the strike, can be interpreted 85 3 goed sign, for it s through action based on wasteful the facts in the Ccase strikes can be avoided. It i quite to the point that that of the same difficulties in the futw that have been experienced in the past. That is something for which more than The public demand for the elimination of such strike cop- experienced the The copfer- snce fndicates that it iy being hegrd. The holdup game with the public as the they are anxious. ditions as have been past summer is justified. victim has been practieed too often sxpect to win public sympathy. been played to the point where it h ereated resentment. What understanding may he reach by the miners and the operators is prob- for them to agree and yet make the puhblic That has been repeptedly Fizing it up ¢o that both lematical. It ig entirely possible the vietim. experienced sldes are satisfled can easily m€an th the public must foot the bill, require a strike to get the best of t| consumer. But whatever the outcome of the eon- ference it cannot be permitted te int rupt In any way the work that is .pla ned for the fact which has been authorized to probe tl soal industry. ecommendations which it is expected Wrer that the greatest wervice is going o be performed for the public. The evi n the coal industry have existed t eng. It is time for the much need \ousecleaning ang mow that it has been lecided upon it should be carri hrough with every determination to get o the bottom and te remove the unjust ronditions which have made possible the snjustified handicaps and hardships. REGULATING FIREARMS' SALE, For the purpose of reducing crime, and especially the taking of life, it hag been special re- the manufacture and sale of firearms. The |dea has been that making it more dif- feult to obtain such weapons will oper ety. Sueh might repeatedly advocated that strictions should be placed absut we to insure greater be the case if the restrietions could enforced and if the fireyrms oould be by such a manner kept away from the ‘Where 'aws have been adopted it has been foupd that the wnforcement placed a premium upon the otection of home without keeping the have them, wway fyom those who are by thelr in- eriminally inclined, weapons, or a ligense to siinations a menace to public safety, Thoss who have helleved that bouseholder should net be deprived ihe means of defending himgelf and family, and those whe have felt th: firearms should not be denied those who use them for hunting or target practice, have not opposed effective regulation al- though the failure to aecomplish such It is realized has not gone unnoticed. of course that firearms are not the onl means of taking life and they are by no means the chief resort of those who com- mit suicide. One werious defect in gonneetion with the attempt to enforce such a law i mne city or one state is that they can trouble. Thus those whe enap their fingers at law anyway are eertain to be supplied wnd prepared to continue as gunmen. be obtained elsewhere without Their victims who respegt the law are sbliged to depend ypen sergams or 2 po- ifee whistle, ‘With the idea of changing this situa. don and allowing the law-abiding citi- ten to possess pistols and revolvers an wfort is to be made to obtain umiferm isgislation from the state legislatur prohibiting ssles to ¢olons and reguiring 21l who desire to purchase such firearms to sign a record book in duplicate, one copy* being for the police, and this*to NORWICH BULLETIN and Courier P. FREEMAN, New Lendon thare should be a desire to aveid a repetitiop It has It doesp’t finding commission It is through the reveia- fons which that should make and the the | Weanesdsy : ‘\m‘g UBKEY. i e b Te be tale , this government hag) g with the situatien in WRRE Seut. | S ats unusgal. 0t e e iy e e s . '," et fuaband, tasily bloging singa:of smo what, ences are possible lfl!f‘:l the trouble, aside from 2 helping hand in administering “Didn’t Bdna Bailey have to ng;x’udm the Wednesday club because W ending said ehe must avoid all exelts p to the ¥ b el e u;";‘“ . ;;:mmfis: ;:u';: Pen:| guestion of morals. ‘The way thines have i 4 ‘been going on lately, we felt it was up to ishment of the Turks seem to be un-| .. 4o take a stand of some kind.” mipgfel of the fact that it rests with; «How do you mean—going on'—exact- copgress to say whether there shall bel jyo 5 2 There is no question but what| “Oh, I don't know.” Mms Davis was a and| trifie vague. “People, perfectly nice peo- ple that everybody Knows and likes, do all sorts of things they wouldn't hate dreamed of doing bafare the war and the eighteenth amendment. There are the new dances, of course—though they're not nearly as bad as they were a year or two ago, it seems to me. And the short skirts —but they are such a comfort. And all that dandelion wine that Mame Halsey made this spring—only Jimmy poured it aut in the sink, because he was perfectly furious at her for smoking a eigarette at the Van Smelt's dance.” “He needn’t have bee: made her deathly sicl “I know. But he said that one thing led to another. Tt seemed a terrible waste —the wine, T mean—not the cigarette. Al] those dandelions! The Halsey children were picking for days! To say nothing of Mame's work.” tor i er na- tions have failed to give proper treat- ment and which they are mow not In full eement abaut. '&flm for this countpy to rush inte war with the umspeakable Turk foeen’t jibe With the ery for ne-more- war. It stends out in strong condemna- tion of the ides of agkin permitting tha Turk to come back into Burope, but when we step into Purkey with an ar- my It means an interference with those #ffairs outside of our sphere of influence which will require us to assume & simi- lar respensibility every time there is a flare up in that and other regions where trouble develops over night and wars are gplmost numergus as birthdays. Is ut desired ' that we should be the world's policeman? This government has declared for the pelicy of having the Dardanelles kept epen to all nations, That seems likely to be the outeome, but indications #t presept gre that adjustment of other matters in that region will be at a peace copference, where more may be accom- plished than by war as has been 5o often done in the past without set- thing snything. The nations of Europe would like nothing better thap to have the United States shoulder the problem which they hayen't been able to adjust. it is one of thqse eptanglements from which we have lang steered clear. sald Dayls. “Tt “Weli, what's the answer? Ts the Wed- nesday club going to lead a crusade against short skirts and daneing and dandelion wine?” “How silly! Of edlirse not. But about one thing we took definite action. and that was playing cards for money. “I thought you plaved for a prize?” “So we did, for vears. First we gave silver spoons. But people stopped using gouyenir spoons ages ago. Then we tried miscellaneous prizes—only | everyone's taste is so different, and some of the girls returned théirs to the store, and the hostess’ feelings were hurt. We finally fell hack on silk stockings. Deon’t you re. member? My size I 5, and T always won a 9 1-2 pair” “Seems to me T reeollect something about that. Well, what happened next?” “Finally we began to give a dollar bill each time, and let the winner buy any- thing she liked. It worked out beautiful- 1y. Sally keeps her for taxi fare and Carrie puts hers in the baby’s bank.” “A sensible arrangement, it seems to me.” acknowledged Pavis, “when T think of the junk you used te bring home.” “I felt that way about it myself,” mused his wife. “zntil T heard about the scene at the Couyntry club last Friday. They've been givirg a mohey prize there, toa, and Mme. Burnett just put her foot down and said the place was no better than a gambling den, and no wonder the beys- and girls carried on when their methers set them such an example. Pat- sy Hovne was dreadfully upset, and talk- ed right back to her. and now the town is split wide open, with the Ifberals on THE WORLD'S SERIES, Today the great baseball classic opens, and once again the contest for su- premacy lies between the two teams Tep- resenting New York city. Bath have for the most part held the leading position in their respective leagues throughout the season. They are aggregations of baseball players which have been built up from other teams that they might be gcongidered equal in ability to the size of the pity they represented. 1t is not often that the contest for the world's champlonship takes mlace be- tween teams in the same city. It mgkes it eagy for the fans who gather for th2 event gnd it is known ip advance which city gets the honor of the hest haseba!l team. Throughout the season the ¥an- kees have had more difficulty in keepipg to the tep of their league than have the Giants but ip the passing of advance| judgment the former are heipg strongiv backed for the championship. That they gain prestige from the fact that they| = - - are the present holders of the honers s| By James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor probghle but sentiment isn't all that is The Housing Problem responsible for such an attitude, Created during the war for the pur- Begause there is a dispesition to faver|pose of providing housing accommoda- the ¥apkees doesn't mean that they are|tions for those engagad in war indus:ries, not going tp ciash Wwith a remarkably the United States housing corporation fine agaregation of baseball ~ players has furnished a permanent co'ntrihu_n'm whose playing ability cannot be disre- 1’; ff:“’ i::s‘gh::bls:dgfirx?l oot ran \'r:l;‘:r?' mf?'{n.';"fri"fi" o m“afli: statement may be found in a survsy of the twenty-eight model communities Those who are copfident that their fa-|ghich have been built under its direc- vorites will carry off the trophy are|tion in several states throughaut the obliged to wait for the last ball to be|country and which are nractical dem- thrown before having it confirmed. onstrations of the fact that in ths con- From the character of bgseball that|struction of homes for wage earners it is the fans have reason to expect there possi;:le tqllconfider the aesthetic as well shoyld be reeord breaking attendances;as the udlitarian viewpoint. B e enthuerat i oery sity| Upon the termination’ ot hostilities the in the sountsy will he on tintoes untjl|SORSIuction work of the corperaticn n gein ceased. Its activities at the present time the series is over. Buebgll has 2 hold| v he summarized as follaws: on the American public which is not eas- ily shaken. 1—Rentals and sales. 2—Collections from rentals and sales ADMIRAYL, CLARK. ip of Humanity in Covemment re. to 25 ad at 8—Liquidation of transportation and public utility loans. ¥ 4—Auditing of original construccion Be| The depth of Rear Admiral Charles E.|, (-0 ) Clask, retived for the past 17 vears, Te-| s (peration of the Norfolk county meves another prominent figure in na-| ferries. val history. Prebably more peaple know about the famous run of the battleship Oregon from he Pacific coast, by way of Cape Horn than yemember that it was Admiral €lgrk who was responsible for the magnificent accompiishment of that great fighting machine. Though it wasn't knewn at the t'me the United States f2et could have taken care of the Spanish warships at the bat- tle of Santiago without the assistance of the Oregon. To make sure of victory its, presence was desired that a third more strength to the battleships might be added for adequate protection. Ad- miral Clark was one of those who was always prepared. He was confident, his Oregon gguld make the trin in t'me. Mis erew backed up hat confidence. That famous circling of the horn that lefi the Oregon in fighting shape when It ar- rived and found it with steam up when the Spanish undertook to escape permit- ted it to participate in the destruction of three of the vessels. It was a magni- ficent record and it is impossible to give Admirgl Clark too much credit for the masterful guidance of that powerful fighting ship, the builders of which like- wise shared in the most creditable dem- onstration. Admirgl Clark was another one of those New Engianders who gamned fame tor his service.in the Spanish wyr and who likewise had the honmor cf partici- pating in the Civil war, He was not a notoriety seeking naval officer tut one who was found repdy and waiting for efficient service when the call came 6—Operation of the government hotels. The properties of rhe corporatioa com- promise some 6,000 housss as well as seyeral hotels and dormitories. They are scattered throughout seventeen Jif- ferent states of tne iTnion. Throaghout the war these properiigs were ren‘ed ta employes engaged in industries essential to the national defense. With the ces- sation of armed strife the necessity of government Intervention in this field of business ended and the duty of recover- ing the largest possible proportion of the goyernment’s vast expenditures cn this aceount devolved upen the corporation, Instead of authorizing the Immediate sale of its properties to speculators, with the opportunity for exploitation of the ultimate purchasers whieh such a course would have involved, the corporation formulated a policy which was not with- out a touch of altraism and whicn was caleulated to increase home ownersmip throughout the nation.. ft contemplated that an effort should be made to dispose of these properties to individual owners for their own eccupaney befors they were offered in bulk to speeulators. A considerable proportion of ths eorp- oration’s work today is fairly comparable with that of a huge real estate and title company combined. It reguirss a knowl- edge of, and the application of the lccal laws governing conveyaneing in each of the various jurisdictions in which these properties are loeated, and the drawing of the necessary deeds, mortgazes, notes and other instruments, incident thereto. As a corollary to creating additicnal housing accommodations the corporation was also charged with the duty of im- n- he to ils 00 ed ed be of public utilities to meet the needs of pop- ulous centres affected by the war. Ad- vapces on this account amounied to ap- proximately_$6,000,000. Thess advances are secured by liens on-the properties m- volved or by collateral security bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. Peri- odical collections of interest on thsse loans are being made and arrangements are now underwoy for the liquidation of several of them in accordance with tne ltarms of ihe respective eontracts, EDITQRIAL NOTES, October hasn't as yet given any rea- son for departing for the Florida re- sorts. at — - Are you taking your morning’s fn- structions this week in fire prevention by radio? 1y — The lovers of hot weather cannot find any fault with the service October i3 giving. —— The manp on the cerner says: You never get any real joy out ef a secret unless you can talk about it. Things will never hecome praperly gettled in he near east until Mustapha Kemal signs a moving picture centract. Now that there's 2 shortage of dia- monds there will be a chance for the §lass ‘fastories to do an inereased busi- ness. QuickRelief Ay Sy AN B e it Noruss INDIGESTION : s ther| NoBother DY SDEPSIA (Rl i o 30t hb woulh nat e, SHmiSCONSTIPATION te pase the hat. be dome at least one day befors the de- P N Op salg at Engler's Broadway Mvery of the weapon. Then weapons| A move in the right direstien is made| Pharmacy, 'Norwich; Taftville Phar. samnot be carried on the or in|when better facilities are provided for|macy, Taftville; Burroughs Drug » vehicle witheut & and thess|the assessors' office. We knew enough ?"""‘ g?"“é“"‘ c.,"‘g" B bc"m jound with sueh a ‘when about| about conditions to have started lonz p'::,.p,id ?'N"?"};'qw ?n:m{ !'l"ol o commit & telony : = Plattehara, N. ¥, ’l Today’s Anniversaries ‘wzsherwnman. She learned of one that proving existent transportatlon and other ¢ Davis—a e etfully, perhaps. "We all have children to consider.” she add: tiously. “Stella’s vln‘ to. Cl of money." " “No, for each member @gflg\ Tub for its ¥ it and perefers to Are you laughing . " choked Davis, “I'm weeping with ioy, dear. I'm so proud to have you moral influence in the community."— Chicago News. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Some Facts About the Civil War. Mr. Editor: Tn 1861 young men were called to ‘the colors, and proud they were to respond fer the Civil war. Who remembers the affair today? Just think, 78 out of eyery 100 men were heardiess ¥ouths who entered those terrible hard. ships, Napoleon Bonaparte, whe con- quered Moscow and was the hero of 100 batties, lgst 15 per cent. of his men. It - is' a statistical fact that we lost 43 per cent of eur men in the Civil war. At that time haif of the land was drenched ~ TO if eve « / with bloed and the ether half with tears. At the natianal encampment of the G. A. R., this year, there were great/ honors to be paid to the oldest and ¥qungest veteran of the Civil war, There seems to he in some towns a coelness oF fear on the part of the ladies to give the proper respect and courtesy fo old vet- erans, but not so in the cities. U. 8. Grant once met a lady who told the general she had heen taught th, old seldiers were like bulidegs. “But, is a mistake, General,” said she, “I find Yyou to be a very courtéous gentleman,” VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR. Gales Ferry, Sept. 30, 1923 “What did you of the family. T could not do m; always tired out an 1802--Adolph Niel, marshal of Frange, for whom the Marshal Niel ro: was named, born. Died in Paris, Aug. 13, 1869. 1822-—Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth president of the United States, horn at Delaware, O. Died at Fremont, ~0., Jan. 13, 1893. 1830—The independence of Belgium was proclaimed. 1832—James Whitcomb, governor of vIndiana and U. 8. senater, died in New Yerk city. Born at Windsar, Vt., Dec. 1, 1795. 1871—The versity of Alabama was re. organized and opened. 1872—The American Bible Revision com- mittee held its first formal mest- ing. 1875—Great mass meeting in Detrolt in favor of closing saloons on Sanday. 1904—Frederick August Bartholdi, the sculptor, designer of the Statue of Liberty, dled in Paris. Born in Alsace in 1834. 5 1921—A riot of the unemployed occurred in London. Assembly of fhe League of Na- tions made several amendmen:s to the League Covenant. about four work as it vertised g0 well. care of, 38, Box 7, Larwill, Ind. would “come after washing and delive it, each washing done separately, etc and she got in telephonic communication with her at once. - A sweet voiced woman answered thc phone, made a fine impression and wa: engaged. After the clothes had been returned Mrs. X found that the laundry wark was very peor. In faet, it appeared as thoygh the elothes had been received, and dampened and ironed and returped. It was necessary tp get an explanation and this conversation followed over the phone: . “Our clothes do not seem to be a bit cleaner than they were when we sent them te you. And beXdes you said each washing would be done individually You have lost one of my best handker: chiefs. And the clothes are simply aw- ful.” ‘“Well,” came the answering voice over the wire, “if your clothes were so dara- ed clean what did you need to ve them washed for?” Today’s B.ihhdm Dr. A. Ross Hill, former president &f the University of Missouri, born 1 Nova Secotia, 53 yvears ago today, Arnold Daly, celebrated as an acter and manager, horn in Brooklyn, N, Y., 47 years years ago today. Representative Henry Z. Osborns of California, one of the last two civil war veterans in the House, born at Ncw Leb- anon, N. ¥., 74 years ago today. Rt. Rev. Harry Tunis Moore, coadjutor bishep of the Episcopal diocese of Dalias, born at Delawan, Wis., 49 years ago to- day. Charles F. Conklin, noted amateur bil- liard player, born at East Try, Wis., 56 eyars ago today. IN THE PUBLIC EYE Edward J. Pearson, who enters upon his 60th year today, is & prominent raii- road executive who for the past five years has filled the presidency of tne New York, New Haven and Hartford system. A natiyé of Indiana and the son of a rafiroad man Mr. Pearson eatered the employ of the Northern Pacific roaa soon after vompleting his studies at Cor- nell university and within a few years rose to the post of chief ensinesr. liauws he worked for the Chicage % Milwaukee road especially in building its Puget Sound line. which he did in a way that particularly satisfied the investors, ad- ministraters and the public, because of the relatively low cost of construction .in Mistaken Identity. Two girls arrived in town wearing knickers. When they came out of a store most everyone was giving them un- hesitating somtiny. Deeiding that knickers must not be the thing they hur- ried to get under the shelter of their car, A man came along and invited them to stay longer. They refused, saying they were in @ hurm® to get along. It surprised him and he sald: “Why, aren’t you the two girls who are bum- ming your way from California to Bos- e —— maintain ah e e health. Herduties are many and various,and it seems as other member of the family depended very much on her, ere is my hat?” cries the boy. do with my coat?” asks the daughter. “I can’t find any handkerchiefs,” yells the husband. The housewife is usually the advisor and general manager Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vefi:table Compound helflg women to maintain a happy home by Lnrvill, Ind—“My back was so bad washing. I was had no ambition, wag nervous and dizzy and scemed to worry me and I pains in my right side. ears and could not do my uld have been done. I saw dia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound o much snd it did so many people gaod that I began self. 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He's a photog- ‘apher. de a region where quite the oppoaite result was expected. Mr. Pearson’s subseguent career, before entering the sarvice of the New Haven system included a term of employment with the Missouri Pacific and the successful terminal conmstruetion at New Qrleans for the Texas and Pacific road. 2 ¢ WISE WOMEN A famous medical man of ancient times states regarding his writings that they were but a eollection of knowledge ob- tained from the “Wise Women.” Do you realize that in those times the Wwomen, and not the men, knew about tne healing properties of medicinal plants, roots and herhs? From the earliest times, women had a knowledge of the treatment of disease and of the healing merit of %:ms and herbs. Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Com- Eonnq was originated by a woman, Lydia . Pinkham, and is new known and praised by women of all ages. It is pre- pared from roots and herbs having me- dicinal action of great value in the treat- ment of lrmxblel ‘women so often have. 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