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Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03

Eo4a of the people expressed at pri- nGaEes- The naesSage in fuI is as fol kows-
 GentaEHlHn of the ComgTess-In pur- EuaneR of my onsdltutional duty to @'giEe tc the congress information of the sta1e of the Union" I take the lib er1F of addressing ys0a on several mat tes wiairHa oHg1st- as it seems to me, particularly to engage the attention of yOHr hOnGE7fle body as of aI who stndy the welfare and progress of the nation
 I shall ask your indulgence if ven tUre to depart in some degree from the usual custom of setting before you in formal FeEieE the many matters which have engaged the attention and called for flse action Of the several depart meHtS of the government or which look to them for early treatment in the fBture. bee2Gse the list is long, very long, and would suffer in fhe ab- breviation to which I should have to subject it. ! shall submit to you the reports of inc heads of several depart menfs in which these subjects are set forth in careful details and beg that they may receive the thoughtful atten- ton of your committees and of all members of the congress who may have the leisure to study them Their obvious importance, as constituting the very substance of the business of the government, makes comment and em- phasis on my part unnecessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
WANTS TREATIES RATIFIED.
Asserts That United States Leads In
 Peace Negotiations.

Peace Negotiations.
 The country, am thankful to say, is at peace with all the world, and many happy manifestations multiply about us of a growing cordiality and sense of community of interest among the na- tions, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will. More and more readily each decade do the nations manifest their willingness to bind them selves by solemn treaty to the proc esses of peace. the processes of frank ness and fair concession. So far the United States has stood at the front of such negotiations. She will. I earnest ly hope and confidently believe, give fresh proof of her sincere adherence to the cause of international friendship by ratfying the several treaties of ar bitration awaiting renewal by the sen ate.
 In addition to these 1t has been the privilege of the department of state to gain the assent. in principle, of no less th>A A thirty-one nations, representing fouT-ffths of the population of the world. to the negotiation of treaties by which 1t shall be agreed that whenever differences of interest or of policy arise which cannot be resolved by the ordi- nary processes of diplomacy they shall bs publicly analysed, discussed and re- ported upon by tribunal chosen by the parties before either nation deter mines its course of action.
 There is only one possible standard by which to determine controversies between the United States and other nations, and that Is compounded of these two elements-our own honor and our obligations to the peace of the world. A test so compounded ought easily to be made to govern both the establishment of new treaty obliga- lions and the interpretation of those already assumed
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
ASSERTS FISH HAS MEMORY
Novel Exhibition With Trout Is Given by an Expert te Uphold
 This Theory.

An expert in fish culture, who be- lieves that fish have memories, gave novel exhibition to support his theory
 In one of the enclosed pools at the hatchery under his charge there was a very large trout which always came forward to see and be seen when visitors appeared. It was the experts S custom, after calling particular atten- tion to that trout, to raise his cane quickly and hold it over the water. The performance would have no effect upon the trout
 Then the expert would produce a light trout rod and appear with it at the side of the pool. Instantly that trout would turn and fee hide itself at the far end of the enclosure and remain there so long as the rod was in sight.
 This is the explanation of the sud den change in the trout's demeanor: One day early in the career of the fish, the expert, to try a barbless hook he had devised cast with one in that pool, and this trout seized it.. The hook penetrated and passed through it's upper jaw, and by the time it was released from the hook It had undergone an experience that made a lasting impression upon it.
 The expert discovered soon after the hooking Of ths trout that whenever he approached the pool with his rod the trout would instantly dash to q place of hiding, although it paid no attention to cane or other stick held over the water The trout lived for years in that pool and never failed to show its fear of trout rod as long as 1t lived
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
VIEWS ON CURRENCY BILL.

Urges Measure That Will Prove 5ene- it to Farners-Hopes For Quick Ao-
 ton.
 1 turn to matters of domestic con cern. You already have under consid- eration a bill for the reform of our system of banking and currency, for which the country waits with impa- tience, as for something fundamental to its whole business life and necessa- " to set credit free from arbitrary and artificial restraints. l need not say how earnestly I hope for its early enactment into law. l take leave to beg that the whole energy and atten- ton of the senate be concentrated upon it till the matter is successfully disposed of. And yet I feel that the request is not needed-that the mem bers of that great house need no urg- ing in this service to the country.
 l present to you in addition the ur gent necessity that special provision be made also for facilitating the credits needed by the farmers of the country The pending currency bill does the farmers a great service. It puts them upon an equal footing with other busi- ness men and masters of enterprise, as it should, and upon its passage they will find themselves quit of many of the difficulties which now hamper them in the field of credit The farmers of course ask and should be given no spe- cial privilege, such as extending to them the credit of the government Itself. What they need and should ob- tain is legislation which will make sheir own abundant and substantial credit resources available as foun- dation for joint, concerted, local ac- ton in their own behalf in getting the capital they must use. It is to this we should now address ourselves.
 It has, singularly enough. come to pass that we have allowed the indus try of our farms to lag behind the other activities of the country in it's development 1 need not stop $% tell you how fundamental to the life of the nation IS the production of it's food Our thoughts may ordinarily be con- centrated upon the cities and the hives of industry, upon the cries of the
 
 crowded market place and the clangOr of the factory, but it is from the quiet interspaces of the open valleys and the free hillsides that we draw the sources of life and of prosperity, from the farm and the ranch. from the forest and the mine. Without these every street would be silent, every office de- serted, every factory fallen into disre- pair.
 And yet the farmer does not stand upon the same footing with the fores- ter and the miner in the market of credit He is the servant of the sea- sons. Nature determines how long he must wait for his crops and will not be hurried in her processes. He may give his note, but the season of its maturity depends upon the season when his crop natures and Hes at the gates of the market where his prod uets are sold, And the security he gives is of character not known in the brokers office or as familiarity as 1t might be on the counter of the banker.
 The agrieulturaI department of the government ia seeking to assist as
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ACT.

Urges Legislation to Safeguard Work
 men Both on Land and Sea-Points
 Out Needed Economies! Reforms. Three or four matters of special i'm portance and significance I beg that you will permit me to\mention in clos ing
 Our bureau of mines ought to be equipped and empowered to render even more effeetual service than it ren- derg now in improving the conditions of mine labor and making the mines more economically productive as well as more safe This is an all important part of the work of conservation, and the conservation of human life and en- ergy lies even nearer to our interest than the preservation from waste of our material resources.
 We owe it in mere justice to'the rail- way employees of the country to pro vide for them a fair and effective em- pIoyer's liability act; and law that we can stand by in this matter will be no less to the advantage of those who administer the railroads of the coun- try than to the advantage of those whom they employ. The experience of large number of the states abun- dantly proves this.
 We ought to devote ourselves to meeting pressing demands of plain justice like this as earnestly as to the accomplishment of political and eco homie reforms. Social justice comes first. Law is the machinery for it's realiZat ton and Is vital only as 1t eX- presses and embodies 1t.
 An international congress for the dis cussion of all questions that affect safe ty at sea is now sitting in London at the suggestion of our own government. So soon as the conclusions of that con- gress can be learned and considered we ought to address ourselves. among other things, to the prompt alleviaton of the very unsafe. unjust and burden some conditions which now surround the employment of sailors and render it extremely difficult to obtain the services of spirited and competent men such as every ship needs if it is to be safely handled and brought to port
 May I not express the very real pleasure I have experienced in coop erating with this congress and sharing with it the labors of common service to which it has devoted itself so unre- servedly during the past seven months of accomplishing concentration upon the business of legislation? Surely it is a proper and pertinent part of my report on "The State of the Union" to express my admiration for the dili- gence. the good temper and the full comprehension of public duty which has already been manifested by both the houses. and hope that it may not be deemed an impertinent intrusion of myself into the picture if I say with how much and how constant satisfae- ton I have availed myself of the priv llege of putting my time and energy at their disposal alike in counsel and In action. WOODROW WILSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
PROBLEM IN ALASKA.

Urges Development by Nation of Nat
 urai Resources and Full Territorial
 Form of Government.
 /, A duty faces us with regard to Alas ka which seems to me very pressing and very imperative; perhaps I should say a double duty, for it concerns both the political and the material develop ment of the territory. The people of Alaska should be given the full terri torial form of government. and Alas ka, as a storehouse, should be unlock ed. One key to it is system of rail ways. These the government should itself build and administer and the ports and terminals it should itself control in the interest of all who wish to use them for the service aud deyel- opment of the country and its people.
 But the construction of railways is only the first step-is only thrusting in the key to the storehouse and throw ing back the lock and opening the door. How the tempting resources of the country are to be exploited is an- other matter, to which l shall take the liberty of from time to time calling your attention, for it is a policy which must be worked out by we'll consid- cred stages, not upon theory but upon lines of practical expediency. It is part of our general problem of con servation. We have a freer hand in working out the problem in Alaska than in the states of the Union. and yet the principle and object are the same wherever we touch it. We must use the resources of the country, not lock them up.
 There need be no conflict or jealousy as between state and federal authori- ties, for there can be no essential diff
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03

never before to make farming an eff cients business. of wide cooperative ef- fort ih quick touch with the markets for foodstuffs. Phe' faFneFs and the government will hencefoFfh work to- gether as real partners iH this field. where we now begin to see our way very clearly and where many intelli- gent plans are already being put into execution.
 The treasury of the United States has by timely and well considered the moving Of the crops iR the present season and prevented the scarcity of available funds teo often experienced at such times. But we must not allow ourselves to depend upon extraordi- nary expedients. We must add the means by which the farmer may make his credit constantly and easily avail able and command when he will the capital by which to support and ex- pand his business. We lag behind many other great countries of the mod ern world in attempting to do this Systems of rural credit have been studied and developed on the other side of the water while we left our farmers to shift for themselves in the ordinary money market. You have but to look about you in any rural dis trict to see the result, the handicap and. embarrassment which have been put upon those who produce our food
 Conscious of this backwardness and neglect on our part, the congress re- gently authorized the creation of n special commission to study the vari- ous systems of rural credit which have been put into operation in Europe. and this commission is already prepared to report It's report ought to make 1t easier for us to determine what meth Ods will be best suited to our own farmers I hope and believe that the committees of the senate and house will address themselves to this matter with the most fruitful results, and 1 believe that the studies and recently formed plans of the department of az
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES FAVORED

President Wilson Urges Legislation Providing For Direct Nomination of Candidates For Presidency-Phippines Not Ready For Independence, He Declares in His Mes sage But Their Development Should Be Along Lines to Fit Them For Self Government-Cu Currency Bill Prove Benefit the Farmers-Not Likely to Have Occasion Alter Our Mexican Policy of Awaiting Huerta's Down faI-Woud Have Sherman Law Clarified.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03

Washington, D. C.-In his message delivered at a joint session of the houses of congress at the beginning of the second session of the Sixty-third
 congress. President Wilson urged ina mediate currency legislation devoted farmers and referred to the Mexican crisis. The Sherman antitrust law, he said, should be changed so that its exact meaning would be clearer. The president also urged the choice of presidential nominees by the direct
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
URGES CURRENCY REFORM
 TO BENEFIT THE FARMER.

President Wilson in his mes sage urges the immediate pas sage of currency legislation. He asserts that business interests of the nation are waiting on the ex pected law before making large new investments or developing resources. The president also calls attention to conditions as they exist at present, which make it very difficult for the farmer to finance his crop. He urges in his annual message pro- visions that will safeguard the farmer, help his credit and pre- vent repetition of the neces- sity for the goVernmemnt to de- posit large sums of money in the southern and western states so as to aid the producer, as was the case last fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
PRESIDENT MAKES KNOWN
 HIS PHILIPPINE POLICY.

President Wilson'e policy to- ward the Philippine Islands is made clear in his message. He urges the development of the Philippines, always keeping in view ultimate Independence of the islanders. While he does not believe they are ready fer self government today he believes that eventually they will hs. He points out improvement that has recently been made by calling attention to the fact that more natives have been appointed on the Philippine commission than was the oase preNtoaaty.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03

ference of purpose between them. The resources in question must be used,
 but not destroyed or wasted; used. but not nonopoIized upon any marrow idea
 of individual rights as against the abiding interests oteomInuEfsiea, That a policy can be worked sutshy confer ence and concession which will release these resources and yet not jeapard or dissipate them | far one have no d0uht. and it can he dome on lines of reguiattenk which need Aano Hess. ac- ceptahle~te the people and savernmsnt
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
oustar shsIIs az Madioina.

Ground oyster shells were given by the medieval doctors to children sui fering from rickets and scrofula. Now it appears that they were right The shells contain lime, nitrogen, iron. sui- phur. manganese, magnesia. four. bro- mide, phosphoric acid and iodine. all excellent for feeble children. They say that if growing children were to take powdered oyster shells in their food the teeth would be improved.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
HUERTA MUST GO.

Predicts Downfall Of "Usurper" Who
 Cast Aslds Even Prstsuse ef Legal
 Right and Declared Himself Dcta-
 tor"
 There is but one cloud upon our hori. Eon, That has shown itself to the south of IS and hangs over Mexico, There can be no certain prospect of peace 4n America until General Huerta
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
PRIMARY NOMINATIONS
 FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

urge taas prompt enactment of 4aGSs4a ton which will provide for primary elections through o4at the country at which the voters ef the several parties may choose t4selF Ssonaassees for the presidency without She intessaea~ tioa oF szosaSas&iA9 conventions. ~eataE@ the suggestion that this 1eqtstat4oa shaosaad provide for the retention of party conventions, but only for the purpose of de- etariHs and accepting the yer dict of the primaries and forr1u- tstiag the platforms Of the par ties, and 1 suggest that these conventions shoNld consist not of delegates chosen for this sim g5e PsFpose, but of 1tiae nominees for congress, the nominees for vacant seats in the senate of the United States, the senators whose terms have not yet closed, the national committees and the candidates for the presidency themselves, ia order that plat forms R~ag be framed by those responsible tp the people for car E1sng them into effect.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03

riculture may be made to serve them very greatly in their work of framing appropriate and adequate legislation.
 1t would be indiscreet and presump- tuous in any one to dogmatize upon so great and many sided a question, but 1 feel confident that common counsel will produce the results we must all desire.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
d Narurai OneafIon-

Hubby, I'm going in for the simple life while" All right, my dear, % said Hubby, as he reached for his check book How many gowns will that require?'
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03

of the nation at large. whose heritage these resources are. We must bend our counseis to this eHd-A A common purpose ought to make agreement easy.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03

Proauctlon o9 QuicMsbve /
 California naines have Beldad more than one hundred million dollars of quicksilver in the last sixty years,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
t&The Easiest Way. 4

It9 k-WaFE@0kN VEegFt "Learn to labor and Ato hWaitf'4 sasR !, the psa1naiat, but Haoat9 t9peaaisa merely learn to wait
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-03
Rauer EinIkhnd-

NoNeF FFHIkFfGus
 Tl&e scholar should regand&ne snheol as a AnIahtng school. One'a eAucstisn Is nevers flnished.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-03

Speaking of small feet, 500 of a
certain kind of microbe can stand
on the point of a needle
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-03

Cooper, the outheld recruit, made
three assists. Al Demaree, the
Chicago heavy. pitched part of
the game, and made an impress
sive showing. He is a fixture with
the Giants.
Jake Stahl put his worlds
champion battery men through
their first workout at Hot
Springs today. Hugh Bedient
was in the best condition of any
man on the staff. -
Sigurd Hansen swept the slides
at the skimeet at Cary yesterday.
The Fergus Falls, Mimi, flyer
bested Ragnar ,Omtvet, the Chi
cagoan, who broke the worlds
distance record a few weeks ago.
Barney Reilly, the well-known
Swede, was not entered.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-03

Fond Parent-What key do
you think suits my daughters
voice best? Cruel Teacher-My
dear madam, your daughters
voice is so thin I should suggest
a skeleton key.
Speaking of small feet, 500 of a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-03
His Joke Face.

While the Wilson corporation
bills were pending in the New
Jersey legislature man who was
apparently interested in some cor
poration to be affected by them
rushed up to Gov. Wilson in his
outer public Office and exclaimed:
See here, governor, those bills
make officers and directors liable
for violations of the laws. You
ought to amend them to make
them provide that officers and di-
rectors shall be liable for 'wilful
and knowing violation. If the
bills pass the way they are every
officer and director will have to
keep posted or he's likely to go to
Jail for doing something he didn't
know was wrong
That's the 'intinshun,' re-
piled Gov. Wilson, with a grim.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-26
WITH AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS EVERYWHERE

Stea rns-Knight family was first COM
plcted a wear before IL was put on the
nanrLet the car was given seized
ulc planned under the personal super
vision of Frank b. Stearns. president
of the +. b. Stcarns Company. The
ear was taken from the factory in Clevc-
land in the fall and run first to Penn
sVlvania. where a series of tests were
made for mountain climbing over the
Alleehanics. From Pennsyivania the
car was taken South and run through
the seemingly bottomless mud roads
during their worst season.
During the early winter months
the new Six was brought up TO the
Northern states and was run regularly.
The motor was unaffected by freezing
weather. Additional freezing tests IN
a cold storage vault in Cleveland,
equipped for the purpose, showed per
feet freedom of performances under
severe temperature.
During the summer months the car
was taken farther South and tests
made over the sand roads and plains
of the Southwest. The performance
OF the car during these tests was un-
usual. the construction of the motor
freeing the car from the usual troubles
with poppet valves, springs. cams and
other troublesome equipment not used
on the knight sleeve-valVe engine.
During the twelve months that the
Stearns- Knight Six was under test ev-
cry condition that could be thought up
was used in the effort to detect possible
trouble under actual working condi-
tons The tests stand as the most
unique and the most severe that have
been placed before new car.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-26

write to the wife, and after that he
rolls into the hay and is good for ten
hours sleep.
Tommy Connolly is a rich man. Hc
owns considerable real. estate and has
saved his money. He is now thirty
eight years old and can afford to quit
the game any time he wants TO, though
he is so much in love with the work that
to retire would be to leave him without
the greatest ambition of his lifc-to
help make the great game as nearly per-
feet as possible.
He came TO. the American League
during 1902 When the new idea in
stands was becoming popular. Tommy
the owners of the clubs and suggest
what was needed for umpires. In this
way he got comfortable quarters for the
arbiters. lie is little fellow. just Ave
feet six inches tall. and weighing just
$50 pounds. but he is always ready to
stand up for the rights of his profess
sion. Though small in stature he is a
giant of discipline.
Like all men who have achieved any
thing. Connolly is moro than anxious 20
help the youngster along His advice
may be had for the asking though he
never thrusts his attentions upon any
body. The player is just as welcome
as the umpire. but all must feel when
they talk to Tommy Connolly that he is
a business man and that his business is
umpiring He won quite a reputation
for himself ar a referee of roller skating
matches in the Nutmeg State. when the
game was played there by professionals.
His winters are spent looking after his
real estate and in shoYeiling snow TO
keep in condition.