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Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
PROBING THE LEAK.

The probe of the leak whereby the
text of the treaty submitted to Ger
many was made public against the Sc
crct understanding of the big four in
the peace conference is of course
desirable thing. 1t should be found
out IL il is possible to find out, how
the document was obtained. 1t has
been inferred that those high in finan-
cial circles know something about it
because the statement has been made
or the inference drawn that such peo-
pie have gotten hold of a copy of the
treaty. and it is well therefore that
some of the leaders have been called
before the investigating committee,
but so far as can be seen now there
seems to be little chance of locating
the leak through such a probe.
When big interests are mentioned it
may be thought that they have re-
sorted to unjust methods to secure a
copy of the treaty. but when thought
is given TO the matter and it is real
lied that copies of the treaty in both
English and French are to be bought
In Paris, when there was nothing to
prevent Germany from making an ex-
tensive distribution of it, when
newspaper correspondents have been
able to acquire copies and bring or
mail them home. it must be realized
that there is nothing very strange
about the fact that others in this
country have been able to get hold OF
copy without violating any laws OF
doing anything criminal.
The whole thing shows the useless
ness of entering into an understand
ing TO keep the document secret with
out binding all those involved. an6
certainly the impossibility of it has
been clearly demonstrated. The fact
of the matter is that no one can un-
derstand why there should have beer
any thought of trying to keep it Sc.
cret when it ought to have been real.
ICED it couldn't be done. 1t will be in.
terestinS to learn where the leak wa!
however il it is possible to locate it.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
STORIES OF THE WAR
lime For Certain Amount Of Self HeLp

Correspondence of The Associated
Press Relief work in TranS-Cau-
casus where there has been untold
suffering should be taken from hands
of the ArmenianS as far as possible
and wealthy Armenians, of whom
there are many, should be compelled
to bear some of the financial burden
in the opinion of an American OBJ
server who has submitted a report to
official quarters in London. He does
not attempt to belittle what the Ar
menians have suffered and will suffer
but suggests that Armen1aSs who are
in a position to help their country
men have depended too much on re-
lief from America.
In Tiflis and in the Erivan repub-
&c Armenians themselves would pre-
fer that Americans handle all reliei
work but, the report adds, that is
impossible with the number of Ameri-
cans in that section of the world
The relief committee has been com
PEELED to employ many Armenians.
The report indicates that the Ar
menianS and Georgians of influence
the Armenians in particular, are more
interested in entrenching themselves
before the final peace decisions thar
in looking after relief An instance
is given of this in respect to railway
equipment. Georgians paint out Ar
menian lettering on Armenian cars
and appropriate them and the Ar
menianS retaliate in the same manner
AS far as actual ownership is con-
cerned neither had a right to the cars
in the first place as they belonged tt
Russian railroads
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

Sometimes I think some people
haven't got sense enough to come in
when it rains" said Mrs Simmons
niece wrathfully, 'or else they don't
use what sense they have
II have heard something like that
before, Mrs. immons said calmly
Wont you be seated SO that you may
be comfortable while you explode on
the subject?'
Explode. is right" said her niece as
she seated herself in deep rocker. Il
didn't know what on earth to say to
her, so 1 just didn't say anything
Very wise if you were as excited as
you seem to be now"
oh, but l wasn't" declared ethe
niece i've just gotten more and
more excited since left her. She says
sh is college graduate, too"
well, don't doubt her word as well
as her sense" her aunt said reproving-
ly. BE as just as you can to the poor
creature. May l ask who it was?'
Sure responded the niece cordial
1y. 1T was Mrs. Monroe and she's a
member of my French club"
Then she must know something"
THAT doesn't follow" chuckled the
niece. 81 am not boasting of my own
French bit, but if I couldn't do bet
| ter than some of them I'd resign
When they can't think of the right
French word they use an English one
that they pronounce as if it were
French, and it's awfully funny. 1t was
the play, though, that 1 was thinking
about"
Il haven't had time to ask about it
| Was it a Success?''
'Oh, it went off all right, thanks,
the niece said easily. MY trials al
came at first, when l was trying to gel
| costume for the character l repre-
scented. You see, it was a fifteenth Gen.
fury play, and 1 was supposed to weal
the oldest costume you ever saw. Oul
directress was bound that the whole
thing must be correct, so l went run
ming all over town to see if l coulC
rent just exactly what l needed.
| why didn't you make it ?"
at was too hard" said her niece
| And, anyhow, we've begun on m!
! things for my trosseau, and mother
doesn't want me to sew all the time
You should have seen some of thu
things they offered me at the costum
ers! Of course, l always had to go a
odd times on account of my music pu
pills, and the proprietor was Away
out to lunch-they must eat a lot, the.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
STRENGTHENS
KIDNEYS?
PURlFIES BLOOD

You can't expect weak kidneys to
inter. the acids and peisens out Of your
system unless they are given little help
Don't allow them te becorae diseased
when little atieeiaan ROW will pre-
vent 1t. Don't try 20 ckAs. uatgre
AZ soon as you cesaasesee to have
bsesacaek. feel nervsus and tired. GET
BUSY. These are usually warnings
that your kidneys are not working
preperiy.
Dc not delsy 4 minute. Go after the
csese Of your asls,spfs or you may find
yourself % Eho srip Of an ine.1rahc dis I
ease. GOLD MEDAL Hsar|sss Oil cap
srles viii give almost Immediate relief
from eidney trenhles. GOLD MED
a l. HaaSism OIL Capsules will do
the wort They are the pure oriFipa.
Haarlen Oil Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories in lfaeri Igel-
isnd. Ask your druggist fer GOLD
MEDAL and accept no substitutes
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL ON
every box. Three sizes, sealed packages.
Money refunded if they d not quickly
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
SEALING Voysqe Paws Little,

The Newfoundland sealing voyage
for 1919 closed recently with the
smallest catch in recent years. Only
ten ships, the smallest feet since 1870
prosecuted the industry, the crews
numbering 1885 men, and the total
catch amounting to S1,293 pelts,
valued at s27S,145. This gives a de-
crease in number of 7o,14S and in
value of s5S5407, compared with the
1918 voyage.
TIE poor fishing seemed to be due to
adverse weather conditions, ice being
too closely packed for vessels to
navigate properly. and to the fact that
the seal were scattered. The price of
young seal pelts were placed at IS
pr hundredweight, as against S12 for
1918. and $3.50 to 81 for other qualit-
les as against So to $3.50.
The man who does his best can
trust the world to do its part.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
THE FIUME PROBLEM.

Try as they will the allied peace
delegates have been unable to reach
an agreement regarding the DISPOSE
ton of Fiume. What is satisfactory to
one is opposed by the other. What
would meet the demands of the other
doesn't accord with what is needed to
insure peace in that region in the fu-
ture. The whole situation seems to
have been we'll canvassad but as vet
no plan has been settled upon, SO far
ss the world has been informed
1t is a matter which cannot be left
open and it would seem to be time to
get down to brass lacks and settle
this along with some of the smaller
matters which have not as yet been
decided.
Although suggestions have been ad-
vanced during different stages of the
deliberations that the Fiume problem
be adjusted along the lines which
have been followed regarding Danzig
without meeting with approval thus
far, yet it cannot help being felt that
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

struck the bride. The massive timbers
crumpled like paper. Cannon, men
and machinery were mingled in air.
Many officers and 800 soldiers either
were blown to atoms, drowned, or
burned to death
Even this mighty effort did not dis
lodge the patient Prince of Parma and
finally, after IA months, the gallant
city surrendered.
Antwerp sustained other blows
than fighting. Heaviest of all was that
when the Treaty of Munster, in 1913,
closed the Scheldt to Navigation.
"One other siege of Antwerp was as
interesting in it's circumstances, if not
in incident, as that of the Prince of
Parma. Antwerp, in 1882, as in 1914,
had the usual fortunate experience of
the innocent bystander
With all the formalities that might
mark a &riendly boxing bout, an army
from France, which was not at war
with Holland, politely set about dis
lodging from Antwerp's citadel a
Dutch garrison of 5000 men command
ed by Gen. Chase. Two years later
in London, the powers, including
Prussia, recognized Belgium's free
dom, and signed what one of them
| IuSS1d, later Was u term d scrap Oh
paper guaranteeing Belgiums neutril-
! ity.
| when Holland did not recall Gen
Chase, the English fleet and the
| French land force acted in the inte-
rests of peace between Belgium an(
! Holland, Gen Chase was notified HI
7 would get no aid from his govern
ment, but he decided to fight. FRS
! the combatants courteously arranged
to regard the city as neutral. Despite
the best of aims, craftsmanship will
err and Antwerp was damaged con
siderably during the three weeks
! constant bombardment before Ger
| Chase surrendered.
These are but high lights in tn
eventful history OF Antwerp whicl
might, without irreverence, be calle
the city of SORROWS She has see
almost as many tragedies, played in a
many keys, as there are bells in he
majestic cathedral tower"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

some such arrangement will yet be
adopted The idea of making Danzig
an independent republic doesn't please
the people of that city because they
are for the most part German, but to
make Fiume independent under the
league of nations ought to overcome
the trouble in that locality, though the
internationalizing of that port ought
to serve the same purpose without an
tagonizing Italy or the Jugoslavs,
though that has been frowned upon
when previously urged. The fact of
the matter is that it is not the prob
lem of meeting the demands of Fiume
itself but those of Italy that is bother
ing the peace delegates.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
old model, saying:

old model, saying:
'1n the training and development
of the men democratic innovations
should be avoided, and the old mill
tary principles should be maintained.
One object should be the establish
| ment of the highest possible standard
of discipline. The authority of the
officers as class must be restored.
The means of enforcing discipline
must also be restablished by reviving
the military regulations, the court
martial system, and the obligation to
saluate. The civilian penal code is
not well ada pied for use in the army.
Activities of the general staff and of
the war department must not be
| curtailed."
The general said the Germans in
sist upon being permitted to organize
their new military establishment in
| the foregoing manner. If necessary,
| he said. they should refuse to sign
| the peace treaty rather than relin-
quish any part of this program.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Bridgeport has something to be
proud of in the fact that it is one of
the leaders among cities in watching
out for the teeth of it's school chill
dren. The Bridgeport dental clinics
are models for the rest of the world
to follow. Twenty five years from
now there will be generation of
adults with sound teeth in Bridgeport,
who will be looking back at the city's
school clinics and blessing the wis
dom and forethought that taught this
early care of the teeth.-Bridgepor
Telegram Standard
The present reign of terrorism in
America accompanies the necessary
suppression Of the war.
For these reasons, the bombing
conspiracy, should not be made the
occasion for restrictions upon ex-
preston. Rather the limitations
should be broadened.
Speech relieves overweight minds.
Speech tells everybody what every
body else is thinking about. The doc
| trine a man entertains will be known
| if he is permitted to tell it.
| Free speech does not include the
! right to advocate violence, or dis
! obedience to law, and therefore brings
it's own remedy, in cases where the
privilege of free speech is abused
Bridgeport Times.
Our readers are aware that we are
| in full sympathy with the movement
to confer upon women the right to
vote with men. They are also aware
that we are stoutly opposed to the
employment of the federal constitu-
ton to deprive the states of the
union of their power to pass upon all
matters of domestic origin and concern
We are opposed to the proposed
equal suffrage amendment because
takes from the people of the statee
of Connecticut their control of theil
citizenry without their consent II
opposing the ratification of the
amendment by the Connecticut leg
islature. we shall conf1ne ourselves t.
that all important phase of the dis
cussion and not permit our approva
of the principle of equal suffrage Il
. influence us.-New Haven journal
/ Courier.
Short weight icc dealers should b
followed close throughout this sum
mer and put out of business. With ic
at so cents a hundred pounds the mos
who are most frequently victimized b
law breakers of, this type have bur
den enough upon them without havin
the pressure increased through sue
crook edness. The sealer of weight
and measures should take the init
alive in going out to catch violators Q
the weights and measures law. H
should organize his work in such
6 way as to make it easy for the cheate
housewife to communicate with tn
proper authorities without loss of tim
so as to set in motion the machiner
of law provided to protect the publ
from short-weight stealing. The 70
:, lice should be encouraged to get on
and catch such thieves when report
$ of their activities are made oy vic
n Tins. 1t is time that a process unde
e which the police tell the complainin
Y victim that the sealer of weights an
: measures is the man to get into actio
S and then the victim is unable to locat
: the sealer came to an end. Citizen
:. rave the right to expect cooperativ
: work between city departments in tn
S interests of the citiaens-Waterbu
o Republican.
Anyway, there's no danger of an oil
toper's dying of water on the brain.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
MEETING GOVERNMENT NEEDS

It is a puzzling situation that has
been encountered in congress in con-
nection with the plan to repeal that
portion of the revenue law that con-
Germs the semi-luXury taxes. Nothing
has caused much more complaint than
the manner in which these taxes have
been levied and the loose provisions
that have been made for their collec-
ton. 1t is causing endless work and
trouble for the business houses as well
as much uncertainty regarding what
is demanded, while the way in which
the taxes are made to apply operates
decidedly unjustly in numerous in
stances.
But with the plan to do away with
such taxes, there comes a flood of
demands for the elimination of other
taxes. The feeling seems to be that
if some are to be favored by the re-
moval of the semi-luxury taxes that
others ought to get the benefit that
would accrue from the repeal of other
taxes. 1t seems to be working into a
wild scramble to cut down taxation,
when it should be realized that the
government is going to have need Tor
every dollar that it can get from such
a. source The result may be that it
will be necessary to remove some OF
the worst inconsistencies of the semi
luxury taxes without eliminating them
all in order to avoid trouble by not
delving into the reconstruction of the
entire revenue act at this time when
there is such a large amount of bus
mess needing attention.
During the last Liberty loan it was
declared that there would be no more
such loans. Loans or taxes, however
will be required to meet the needs Of
the government for the immediate fu-
ture and it is going to require some
figuring to see that the situation i!
/ properly met.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
WEEPING ECZEMA
soon RELIEVED
A Perfect Treatment For This
Distressing Complaint


ST had an attack of Weeping
Eczema; so bad that my clothes
would be wet through at times.
suffered terribly. I could get NO
relief until I tried sFruit-a-tives Tor
Fru1 Liver Tablets and SCOTIA
Saliva. The first treatment gave me
relief. Altogether, have used three
boxes of SCOTIA Saliva and two Of
'Fruit-a-tives', aad am entirely welp".
G. W. HALL.
Both these remedies are sold By
dealers at SOC. a box, 6 for $3.50, or
sent by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited.
0GDENSBURG, NY.
"Fruit- a-tives" is also put up In .
trial size which sells for Csc.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
APPROACHING ART

take so long about it. Of course, the
person in charge knew nothing about
periods, and she would try to palm off
ANYTHING from her stock that was hard
to rent.
ut took me two weeks to go the
found, and finally when l was on the
point of resigning the role, somebody
suggested that one of the customers
would make the thing for me.
They won't usually, but these people
thought it might be a good dress for
a masquerade, and SO they could rent
it often. I went to that particular
place and made the arrangements, Sc
lecting the cloth and all that, and
then my troubles began"
You always did SO dislike dress
| makers
ooh, if it had only been like a
dressmakers l shouldn't have minded"
| laughed the niece. But these people
weren't accustomed to making things
to order, and they had to have eight
| fittings before it was done. AS their
place is eight miles from where I dive
| and we are not blessed with car, it
was some job to go every time and not
| skip my lessons.
| Did you like the costume when you
| got it her aunt asked sympathetically
1T had to go back twice on account
of the queer headdress being wrong
| but that didn't so much matter, eX-
| cept that the second time was the day
! of the dress rehearsal, and I had tc
| sit in the dingy shop and wait for it
! 1t certainly was quaint though, ano
it made a great hit at the dress re-
| hearsal, and it made 2 great hit among
| the people at the dress rehearsal. Il
| almost paid me for all my trouble just
to hear them say how perfect it was
| and how like the gown that a woman
would wear in the fifteenth century.
They said it was real art all right
and made them feel as though they
were living in those days. And now
go and meet Mrs. Monroe to spoil i
ALL"
Please tell me-" her aunt begged
Just whit did Mrs. Monroe say"
She said declared the niece rock
| ing violently. She said the play wa
very good, but she could not under
stand why I wore such an outlandisl
costume. She thought it was a pit.
that a young girl like me sould b.
put in such stiff costume. She salt
L ought to have appeared as co
lonial lady or Vatican shepherdess
Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

The ex-kaiser is boasting of the
number of tree trunks he has sawed
up into stove lengths since he lost the
war. Wonder how many pints of saw
dust he has been able to accumu-
late?
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

be used with advantage as locomotive
or other furnace fuel; and a test made
on British express train was entire
ly satisfactory, the journey being &C.
complished on this fuel to schedule
time with the greatest ease.-Mexican
Review
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

The big strike in Winnipeg Is said
to have been broken. How much
better it would have been to have adj
justed the trouble there in reason
able manner than to have caused all
the trouble and loss!
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

1t is cheering information that we
will not lack henceforth for plenty of
electricity for light and power. 1t is
certainly to be hoped that such will
prove to be true. Yet of course we
are willing to grow.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

With the president of Austria de-
claring that the peace terms are i'm
possible, and preparations made for
presenting counter proposals, Austria
appears to be still following in the
footsteps of its neighbor.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

Though the minis are turning out
100000 pennies a month it is i'm
possible to keep up with the demand
which indicates that the cent is about
the largest coin people are able to
save these DAYS.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

The president applauds the idea of
thorough investigation by the SEN
ate of the peace treaty leak, but indi-
cations are that a better job could be
done by the conference at Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: In a
battle between style and common
sense. style always wins.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

There are some features of the peace
treaties that seem to be no nearer
settlement than they ever were, even
among the allied nations.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

II you are boarding pennies put
them into circulation. It will be a re-
lief to business and will greatly help
the treasury which is not now able to
produce enough to meet demands.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

Regarding the text of the peace
treaty, it ought to have been fully
understood that the senate could
never be satisfied until it got it.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

1t is only a matter of three weeks
now when the cost of letter writing
will undergo change for the better.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

If a returning Dane is right and
bolshevism is dead in Russia, it is
quite certain that the mourners will
be limited to a mere handful.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

The nearer the time for the presi-
dent to return home, the more tangled
become the conditions in this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-12

Anyway, there's no danger of an old
toper's dying of water on the brain.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-30
LINES ON COAST TIED UP
Throughout Southern
California Paralyzed by Strike
Passengers Marooned.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 27.-Rail
transportation throughout southern
California as far as Fresno on the
north and as far east as Yuma, Ariz.,
Is paralyzed A strike which began
Thursday night. when switchmen and
brakemen quit their posts in sympathy
with a strike of trainmen of the Pa
cific Electric company, operating an in
terurban system, and Which rapidly
extended to include other trainmen,
yard men and shopmen, spread north
ward to Bakersfield, Cal, and east
ward to Yuma. Five overland trains
on the Santa Fe were halted Mt Bar.
stow, on the Mojave desert, about 60
miles east of San Bernardino. Pas
sengers were discharged, and the train
equipment returned to the east. Later
a train was dispatched from San Ber-
nardino to Barstow. The train took
on the marooned passengers and came
to Los Angeles. No other trains moved
on any of the three lines during the
day, officials said.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-30
Gibbons Rams Profiteers.

Philadelphia iPa.-Cardinal Gibbons
in an interview strongly condemned
protiteering. The Cardinal, on his
way to Baltimore from Spring Lake,
where he spent two weeks, visited
Archbishop Dougherty at the cathe-
lral for a few hours. 81 would like
% speak in commendation Of Attor-
.ley General A. Mitchell Palmer and
he administration in the work of
,urbing the profiteer," said the Car
linal. "Profteering can be justified
oy nothing and it should be stopped
Immediately by as drastic measures
as are dit the command of the govern
ment."