Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 7, 1922, Page 4

WEBZER OF THE ASESCIAT The Aswcinbd Presy .‘ra e e for o LB T AN AT gl'fl/lfl“. d‘ _ CIRCULATION Week Ending Sept. 30th, 1922 Lieatenaat Governor HIRAM BINGHAM, New Haven Siate Secretary FRANCIS A PALLOTTI, Hartford State Treasurer €. HAROLD GILPATRIC, Putnam. Agtorney Gemeral FRANK E. HEALY, Windsor Locks Comptroller FREDERICK M. SALMON, Westport Comgresaman, Second Distriet RICHARD P. FREEMAN, New Stute Sensters mn-nzm":s-r E. ROGERS, New Lon- 1h—LEE ROY ROBBINS, Norwieh 29th—JOEN ASH, Pomfret. County Sheriff SIDNBEY A. BEROWN, New Lendon Judge of Prebate NELSON J. AYLING. Norwich FINGERPRINTING. More and more importancs has been attached cach year to fmgerprinting. It provides a meana of identifieation which is infallable. The fingerprints of no two persons are allke and consequently the valme of such prints in establishing the identity of an individual is great. With a view to getting the bemefit of fingerprinting to a much greater extent than is now secured, it has been recom- mended by a committes of the chammer of commerce of New York state that the system should be made compulsory for ms and that there should be per- fingerprinting for everyons sise, el] al miggiv The variety idea is one that will call forth & of apinions. As to the hemefit of such a plan there can be no guestion. The matter of iden- ation is important. There are banks which now require it of depositors to m- rure the protection of their money and make it impossible for others to draw n their account. This is especially val- uable in connection with foreigners and There are likewise cities which requite that all residents must be fingerprinted. and it is a boast made in connection therewith that it is possible o give the name and address of the n whose fingerprint is gubmitted five minutes gfter it Is Teceived. Many are the instances where it is 1m- ible to tell who persons suffering 1 aphasia, sickness or mental trou- Likewise it is frequently the sase that persons found dead cannot be identified for a number of days and ia many instances never. It doesn’t mean hat fingerprints would prevent all such es but it can be appreciated that it ould furnish the means of clearing WD more of them, The one great opposition to fimger- nt is the fact that it is used M con- ction with criminal cases. Because it of immense value in that conmection sn't justify the feeling that, there is disgrace to be attached to such a system. On the other hand if it can be of valup in one direction there are ex- celleny reasons for believing that it can in others, etrangere de CROSSING FATALITIES, As you recall the fatakities at this or that grade crossing you are undoupted- ly dispesed to think that the very cir- cumstaneces surrounding those affairs should be sufficient warning to ail oth- ers to bring xbout e quick end to acei- dents of that character. From the way in which they continne to figure in the news of the day it is quite evident that sach a suppesition Is unwarranted. Those who have gone through the, ex- perience and live may exert more cau- tion in the future, but those who have only read about what others have done seem te clamor for that personal touch which means taking chances with death. Accidents at raflroad erossings weald wem to be sufficiently horrfble to make drfvers anxious to prevent them. That they do not is indicated by the fact that n the national campaign for greater care at crossings there has been ehown &n increase of 30 per cent in crossing accldents during the first thres months over the same perfod of last year, It is true that the numiher of auto- mobiles has greatly inereased, but here ls a condition which has grown worse at a time when increased efforts were being made to swround the greater number of auto drivers with increased safety. If the Incresse in the number f autos is being accompanied by a 30 per cent. incremse in carelessness by users of the highways the situation ‘s ndeed beoming mmeh more serious than might otherwise be believed. The desive for epesd and the ladk of respeet for the rights of others weam to totafly eclpse he fact that the individual @river has & nost responsible duty to perform i 'm- «uring the safety of welf and others in he highway. 5 A USELESS CONTENTION, In connection with the refusal to per- it the emtry of the fishing ayflower in the contest for the man’s cup, becaupe it doesn’t ihe opinion of the judges with i. i i 8 i " h 7 i 1H : i § i i i | lrig LIQUOR ON AMEBICAN SHIPS. When ‘atténtion was called to the fact that would show it to be legal aad not sels are American they happen to be, whether it is inside or outside of the three mile limit. would be treating them no differently outside territorial Iimits than others are tion and sale of liguor on limits of this comntry. Tbat is the in- terpretation of the Jaw by the head of jon that was to be expected if the pro- tion on water as on land. There has been no effort to say what ‘forelgn vessels shonld do outside of the three-mile Iimit, except to have the li- quor limit fxed at twelve miles, but now it is set forth that they are violating the law when they bring liquor within three mi'es. In view of the fact that the seal- ed bsrs have been permitted within that terfitory in the past it doeen’t appear that the attorney genmerals ruling wonid upset that situation, even though it was that which created the idea that Amor;- can vessels ought not to be expected to do any different. GREECE WOULD FIGHT. Greece is opposed to the plan of the allies in yielding to Turkey and it s of course even more opposed to the proposition made by the Turks. It isn't denying that it was crushingly defeated in Asia Minor, whatever the explana- tions may be of the reasons therefore, but regardless of that disaster it is still ready to fight the Turks 1if such be- comes necessary in order to keep them out of Thrace and Furope. The allies have previously permitted the Greeks to waste their manhood and money In efforts to comquer the Turks. Throagh it there was a possibility that there could be an enforcement of the provisions of the treaty of Sevres, from which the Greeks obtained much, but which -the ‘nationalists under Kemal re- fused to accept. That the Greeks are prepared to pat forth last ditch efforts to the Turks out of Thrace indicates that their fight- ing gpirit hasw’t been crushed even if their army beyend Smyrna was. Possi- bly under the changed conditions in Greece today they could give an account of themselves which would do ~more credit to the country than the recent de- bacle, but asxious as they are to asain try out their stremgth it doesn’t appear that the allies are disposed to permit it They are willing to back up concerning certain provisions of the Sevres treaty and yet there seems to be a division among them as to how far backward they will go, or to what extent Turkay will be permitted to dictate the terms. The situation with new ultimatums de- veloping gives some indication of the difficulties that can be expected when it comes to meetinig around the tabje at the proposed peace conference. EDITORIAL NOTES. OctoBer's\ warm weather conmtinues to make business brisk for the icemen. It must take 2 lot of ecurage for those who do m0 to come out in defemse of the Turks. 3 {There s a chanee now for Constantine and De Valera to meet and exchange experiences and sympathies.” The man on the corner says: Quite a number are being denied that joy of get- ting out of the mackine alive, The fact that W. R. Hearst is to sup- port the democrats hasn't as yet any vote' of thanks from the leaders of that . accelerator the| fiction, but who Nstens to warnings? When 1t is clatmed that 65 per cent of ] § i i 18 i 3 f y & i { The excuse for the szls of Mguor en|to. ships is illegal 2nd that the same applies| tion. The size of a man's pocketbook te foreign vessels within the territortal| ought not to determine the size of the the department of justice. It is a decis- hibition law is to get the same atten- the fact that he has got mon- bank ex-King Constantine | lesson very well.” i i ave been in existence for a lopg time fitting young men for the ministry, law, medicine, and school teaching.. In recent ears schools of a technical 2 ‘sprung up all over the country, teaching journalism, civil and mining en. gineering, the textile bulm:-n and ail of the schools of theology; o<t young lawyer is called upon to pass examinations; every school teaeher must have a certificate showing e fitness for teaching. At present what credentials do public officials have showing their training for their respective positions? Is there room for better and more intelligent public service? If we want this we must first {mprove the official. knowing the recent conditions of the coal and railroad strikes, are perfectly willing pay their appropriate share of the shouid one dealer on the same day ask $18 a ton for eoal, while another was selling it for $167 It may be distance same time we need an administrator as 2 protection from exaction. He is also ¢ - unstable, is only a symbel :xm that make the nation rich and treasury—the A eoin or bullion, and the Iatter in the shape doliars. The gold and silver purpose exeept to red g so these bills are safely se- eured by metal on deposit. next Dill that you examine s not 3 eertificats, but simply one of Uncle Sam’s promissory notes officially known as TUnited States notes, but popularly known as ‘greembacks’ or 1 tender. The amount outstanding of such motes is lim- ited by law to $346,681,016. urned gold and silver serve’ which is now mors than $150;- 000,000. “Your fourth mote is a federal reserve bank nots. Such notes bear the promise of Uncle Sam, but they are issued only through the twelve federsl reserve banks, and therefore partake of the nature of bank notes. 3 “Your fifth bill proves to be a bank note issued, say, by the First aNtional bank of Paterson, N. J. Its security is provided for by the national bank sct. In bonds in the United States treasury equal in amount to the notes to be issued. It must also maintain with the treasurer of the United States a redemption fund in lawful money equal to 5 Der cent. of its outstanding notes. Ameriea’s Experience—“On such se- carity, a mere piece of paper can be made worth §1, $5, §10. or mose. It was only needed fo protect frem wmjust distribe pile of coal he may justly have in his Do wo nod seo seme trends toward re- publicanizing the whole world? The ua- fortunate and long-contimued turmoil in Burope is reviving the old question: “Ultimately will a1l independent nations resort to government by popular repre- sentation?” The trend is doubtless that direction. but the question arises if things, certainly seen dimly at present, may not check this trend with a jolt. To say the least, all intelligent nations will move slowly in this direction. In theory democracy is the ideal form &I human government, but it involves requirements on the part of the people at large that very few thus far have measured up to. There is no mistaking the fact that as a nation grows in intelligence and wealth, there is a yearning to govern themselves; at least, they insist unon the selection of | their own eulers. When well managed, {2 democracy is the most satisfactory form of government. Has the entranchisement of wemsa tended to lessen that refined deference which the opposite sex has been wont to pay to her? With the growing sense of co-equality has there.not been a corre- sponding withdrawal of. those polite cour- tesles which were once'supposed to belong. to her inherently? Perhaps one's obser- vation of the matter has not gone far enough to prove anything definitely (it is only a comparatively short time since female suffrage became a law of the land), but one can’t help feeling that an Intangible something has arisen between the sexes in the last year or two that has not tended to the mnity of endeavor on any great moral or political question, Very likely this acceptanec of new politi- cal privilege has made the.average wom- an more self-reliant. 1f €0, it has worked in the right direction. But is 1t not equally true that there has been on the part of man a growing disposition that she shall have a fuller opportunity for exercising her self-reliance? The writer of this paragraph was not bitterly opposid to, neither was he en- thusiastically in favor of, female suffrage. There seemed to him some very strong Teasons why a larger use of the ballot should be put into her hands On the other hand, there seemed to be some things worthy of consideration that mili- tated against it. Aszain I say that the time has been too short to attempt any tabulation of permanent results. There can be no reasonable expectation that in the short period of two yeacs the influ- ence of women in lifting the political field into 2 clearer atmosohere should be olearly marked. In the past men have aligned themselves into those in fayor of shady polities and those .opposed. In the last two years the vole has shown no radical change from the old lineup. In the past ome great menace to £00d government consisted in the fact that so many people of the better sort failed to vote. The testimony of the last two years shows that the menace is still here, ! Shakespeare cined many expressions that will live and worthily so, and among others this: “Man is the paragon of &ni- mals.” Admilting that Hamlet was right in his diagnesis, yet it is true that man is not so completely the paragon that he may not learn many things to his advan- tage from the lower animals. the sub-paragons of The lower world is the spider that is not very attractive in personal appearance, but his patience is something marvelous; and patience to spare. After the spider has spum his lates it he will set to work at once to repair the damage. Mutlate it again and again the patieat little creature will re. store it, and as long as you damage it he will restore it to the limit of his strength. work we have done needs re-doing. We are apt to lose heart and patience. It is here where the spider is the “paragon.” ‘When shall we learn that the Biblo was not intended to be a text book~ of sefence? struction in botany, and geolo- For liberal Christians to upbraid the Writers of the Bibie for being unscientific, or for the conservatives to eriticize mod- ern sclentists for not making their theo- ries mquare with revelation, is in both cases the veriest nonsense. Luther, great as he was, fell into this error. He onmce said as quoted by Dr. Fostict: “People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon, Who- over wishe§ to appsar clever must devise some new syStem. which of all systems is, of course, the véry best. This fool wishes to revise the entire system of astronomy, but sacred seripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.” Luther way mo authority in science. X B “I s'pose Tm due to get the gate to- day, teacher. Guess I don’t kmow my ““You don't know the half of it, d€arie, quoth teacher, who is acquainted with a little slang herself.—Louisville Courier-- Journgl, 3 two groups— Some of is something that most men have not a whit web with almost infinite ca?®, if one muti- Here is a lesson for most of us when the One does not lock to the Bible for in- gY, why then for other scientific matters? Even Martin after many years of finaneial experiment that & new country like the United States could establish its financial system on a secure basis. During those years, many experiments were tried—some of them very costly. Many mistakes were made— and a few high erimes committed. The stery of Uncle S2u's money is full of im- portant, grave and some dramatic incl- dents, “Between Colonlal days, when wampum, dried fish, tobaceo, corn, rye, rice and ‘warehouse receipts served as money, (o the establishment of the federal reserve bank system in 1913, there was & period of growth marked by bank failures, pan- ics, suspension of payments, fiuctuations of metal prices, apd similar occurrences during which business was anything hut stable. An act of congress passed in 1873 made no provision for the minting of sil- ver dollars. These coins' had become practically obsolete because the market price of silver was so high that there was no profit in offering- it at the mints for free coinage. Moreover, the actual mondy of the country was paper,” and people ‘were not interested in coinage problems. A Tew years Jater, however, the develop- ment of rich sflver mines in Nevada and other western states brought down the ‘price of this meta] below the sixteen-to- one ratio previousty fixed for coins, and its producers discovered that they had been deprived of a valuable privilege Whem {ts free coimage was discontinued. Thus an outcry arose over the ‘crime of 11579, and the country was plunged in the greet free silver comtroversy which raged for several years. The Federal Reserve System—"The last great event in our monetary history was the establishment of the federal reserve banking system. Under this system all the national banks, and many of the state banks and trust companies, are tied te- SUNDAY MORNING TALK The Anchor. Which hope we have as anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil—Heb. 6-19, In these times when doubts are & painfully prevalemt—doubts of the in- spiration of the Bible, doubts of the fu- ture life, or the wisdom of God's provi- dences, or the guccess of His gospel— there is nothing that will stand but a firm hold on Christ. “I know whom I have beileved” held Paul. It will hold you ‘and me. We do not see what holds a vessel when the storm is smiting her; and in like mnanner, when a child of God is sssailed by doubts or adversities, or Satanic temptations, we do mot see what it is that helds him that he is mot moved as others are. But God sees an anchor sure and steady, down in the g£5- cret depthsof his soul. It fastens him to Opmipotence. There s & danger which sometimes proves far greater than the storms of adversity, or the assaults of enemies, It is from the stealthy undercurrent of temptation. An.unanchored vessel maj glass, and ysgt before the shipmaster is aware the keel may strike a hidden rock! Had 3 wind began to blow, the master wonld have taken the alarm; the undercurrent was slowly drifting and he did not heed the danger. So are thousands of professed Chris- tians carried on the rocks, not by tem- pests or trials, but by the strong and invisiple currents of temptation, One church member drifts into neglect of prayer, or into laxity in regara to Sab- bath observance. Another gets into an undercuwrrept ' of social customs; swjngs him, slowly but surely, away from a spiritual life; no sudden shock is felt, but when we look for this pro- fessed - Christian where he used to be. and where he there. When the world got hold of the Xkeel, the anchor had lost hold on Christ, and so the man ‘began to drift, of the heart away {rom The mot anchered. beart. is » ¥ is not strongth of brain that saves & man, or orthodoxy of ereed or con- nection with a church. They are not proof aggpinet the tides of temptation. These must be firm, heaven-implanted principle ; for no one is safe in business, or in pelitics, or in social life, or any where, when oenscience is unmloosed from God, The parting of the eable may be unseen for a while; but it s 2 mere question of time how soon the backslider may strike the rocks. sures anyome who unites with His chureh, and has me “anchor sure and which entereth into that within the veil, and “binds fast to Christ.” And if ever you reach heaven, yen will come in as we see come anehor proudly at the prow. Melyille, “that never go down “n life's tempests. shall be in no peri! when the harricane shall NWEED earth, and sea, and siry; and when the light that knows no night breaks glori- ously forth, they ghall be found on tran- quil and erystal waters resting beauti- fully upon their shadows.” ese are they who have been piioted by the Holy Spirit; there are the faithful over whose inner souls’are anchored to Christ, be lying on a calm water as smooth as it ought o be, he is not ‘What we call “backsliding” is really the drift Christ. Christ never en- a vessel , with the storm-tried “There are shops” said the eloguent ing amounts te approximately §16,0007a year. A Paper upon which goyernment notes are printed is made at @ private mill in Massachusetts, from a secret formula, It contains fibers of eolore®. silk as a.guard against counterfeiting. Unauthorize £ ssion of it is a penal-offense. orate system accounts for every sheet of | it, and imitation of it i punighable under | Notes are printed. from replicas; c t plate. The preparation of a piece of paper money takes about thirty days, during which time it s counted more than fifty times. | What Happens to Old Bills—Of the odd places. If enough fragments ean be assembled to make threc-fitths of a bili, it is redeemed at full face value; if be- tween two-fifths and three-fifths, at half valfe. Any smaller fragment is not re- deemed unless proof is presented that the rest was destroyed. Biils to be destroyed are countsd and made up in packagés. which are then sliced in two. lengthwise, after which the half-sheets are counted separately. The notes finally go to the “macerator” 2 huge stee] globe, in which they are| ground into wet pulp. The Nd of the; keys of which are kept by three treasucy officials. It is opened every morming to |f} receive condemned currency. i Today’s Anniversaries | 1778—The British expedition Vincennes, got 'under way. 1792—George Mason, the distinguishes Virginia statesman, died at Gun-| ston Hall, Va. Born in Fairfax county, Va, in 1726, - 1816—Edmund Hammond Hargraves, diseoverer of the great goid fields of western Australia, born in En- gland. Died at Sydnmey, N. S. W., Oct. 29, 1891 1817—Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson, brated Confederate commander, “born in Belmont county, 'Ohlo, Died at Brighton, T, ‘Sept. " 11, 1889. 1841—Revolutionary movement tn Spaim in favor of Christina and absolute government, ¥ 1850—A convention met at Indianapolls to frame a new state constitutfon for Indiana. 7 1804—Ofliver ‘Wendell Holmes, the poet, died in Boston. Born in Cam- bridge, ' Mass., Aug. 29, 1809. 1896+Czar of Rassia laid the founda- jons ome for Alexander IIL bridze in Parts. 1921—New York Naionalg defeated New York Americans in third game of world's championship series; cele- Today’s Birthdays Frederick Hale, recently re-electsd United States sepator from Maine, born in Detroit, Mich., 48 years ago today. Patrick H. Kelley, recently defeated for the republican sematorial nomina- tion in Michigan, born. in Cass coupty, Mich., 58,years ago today. e George P. MoLean, renominated for United States senator from Connecticut, born at Simsbury, Conn., 65 years ago today, Joseph . B. Ransdell, semior United States senator from Louisiana, horn at Alexandria, La., 64 years ago today. Rear Admiral Clarence S. Wililams, U. 8. N, born a Springfield, O, 59 years ago today. > IN THE PUBLIC EYE Vico Admiral Andrew T. Long, U. S.! N., who has Zone to Constantinople to: direct the operations of the United: States naval force in Turkish waters, is reganded as an ideal man for such an assignment, since his past service in the | nayy has included considerable -experi- ence in the field of diplomacy. A native| of Nerth Carelina, Admiral Leng. began his career in 1887 with his graduation from Annapolis. In the war with Spain he saw active service . on the cruiser Minneapolis. Since then, in addition to the routine duties of his cafling, he has | Vienna. From 1805 to 1907 he was in command of the presidential yacht May- flower and in 1909 he was on duty at the office of naval intelligence. In the early period of the¢ World war he was superintendent of naval auxiliaries. Then he commanded in turn the battle- ships Connecticut and Nesvada, before becoming commapder-in-chief of, the At- lantic fleet. macerator is locked with three locks, the ' | | farm. served as naval attache '3t Rome and! | ! f 7 SHEET METAL WORKS Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors - : - SHOE SALE FOR TODAY ONLY LOT, CONTAINING MEN’S, LADIES;, BOYS’ AND GIRLS' SHOES _SOME $3.00 AND $4.00 VALUES atr $1.95 _ COME EARLY ! Up-to-Dite DRESS SHOES at Reasonable Prices GOLDBLATT’S SHOE STORE 46 FRANKLIN STREET, NORWICH, CONN. 4 . CENTRAL EXTRA QUALITY IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY ©ON YOUR SUNDAY DINNER, AND GET QUALITY, CALL 1563. Goff’s Broadway Cash Market BUILDING NATIVE POULTRY met ‘Harry on the Street and he' was stifffy walking along, leaning on a slen- der pole in his hands. Thinking he was acting’ as chiidren -are wont to do, &h¥ ayly ‘inquired: @ " "\'{'b)‘, Harry; what is tle matver with vou?” % Harry stopped and eyed her for a few seconds, surprise, imterrogation and dis- gust mingled n his look, and them ex- clajmed: “Why, I've been shot ! Sought the Plum Offics It was in the court house corridor that' one -eitizen was approached by a man, evidently a foreigner,, but whose broken: tongue was Do indication of his inside knowledge. He said: “Where is de- plum office?” “The what?” asked the ecitizen. “De plum office, de plum office, Yau know where. ya git.de jobs™ k e LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A Coal Prices Mr. Editor: I have been told that the ceal dgalers in this vicinity received or- ders from Hartford to'make the retil price of coal $1.00 per ion more than they were getting for it. 3 Ien't this, if troe, just about the way government “administration” worked out during the war apnd the way it usually work# out? ‘When will the public wake up? Sincerely, ARTHUR-E. MOBRILL. ‘Williamanti¢, Oct. 6, 1928, SO WINDHAM HAS NO PRISONERS FOR FARM WORK In a report made to tha state public welfare commission the fact is brought out that thé sheriff of Windham county jail is mo longer in a ‘position to hire prisoners out to farmers as formerly | owing to-the. small fiumaber in the - jail | When Secretary Charles P. Kellogs, of the commission, visited the jail this week |' there were only twenty-three prisoners in’ the custody of the jailer and of this num- ber- fourteen were . bound over-prisoners, leaving only nine who: could be hired out to farmers if they could-have been. spared. But they are.needed for work on the jail Some years ago the coumty recetved & revenye from the labor of prisoners hired out to farmers that went a great way "WE HAVE 4 CANNEL COAL tlsollfl)eo?lsuéply BITUMINOUS COAL l fgr purposes as per advice Fuel Adminis- trator, Thomas W. Russell. other jall in flesh by & few {the fact that enough than to Dr. Wi costing $7,000 are being made. pronounced the “Well,” soliloquized the prisoner ain't so worse. The doctor told Steam and Domestic I sentence you to @le in the electric court. he was being led back to his cell “that gout."——American Legion Weekly. Stories That Recall Others Shot! Harry, nine years old, regetved the! anti-toxin treatment when a diphtheria | epidemic seemed imminent just at the| ‘beginning “of the school term, A few days later a friend, grown up, i for All flzw&wd»l)khk “‘:§ MONDAY dergs Tabletforms, Nourishing-Nocooking, 96" Aveid Imitations and Sebstitutes Hourigan Brothers PRICES ON CRAWFORD RANGES ADVANCE MORNING Place Your Order Now and Save Money RANGES STORED FREE UNTIL WANTED Hourigan Brothers COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS 62-66 Main Street electricity would be a fine thing fer my