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New Britain herald., 1919-04-19
Koons Meets Mith Committee.
Washington Was Uninformed.

Tn D brief statement to the com nlittee, he said that no action had been taken heretofore by the depart ment in relation to the strike beca use the suspension of telephone service had hampered communication be- tween Boston and Washington. Until the arrival in Washington of Mayor Peters, he added, the exact situation U9c 1111Lzuouvp +bare
New Britain herald., 1919-04-19
Investigating Finance.

Mir. Rooms said that before taking definite action, he wished to look into the financial condition of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. It was arranged that the committee should go to the office of General Manager William R. Driver, Jr., of the Telephone Company for a conference with MT. Koons and MT. Driver at 3:30 this afternoon. After leaving the, mayors office, the pro- posed representative visited the of uces of the telephone company.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-19

.Continued on Page Three)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
es7,3e TROOPS RETURNED.

Washington, Feb. 12.-From the
signing Of the armistice to February
8, 2S7,332 American troops in France
and Great Britain had embarked Tor
the United States, while UP to Febru-
ary 10. 57,545 officers and 1,06e,116
men had been denobilized in this
country. Total arrivals Of overseas
troops up to February were 215,749.
These figures were made public to-
day by Secretary Baker, together with
others relating to the number of sick
and wounded now in France ana tic
number returned hone. en- in France
being treated for disease on February
/, totaled 62.561, and those suffering
from wounds were 24,484. The aggre-
gate of S7,O45 was 4,6SS less than in
the preceding week and 106,403 less
than the number in hospitals overseas
on November IA.
Since the end of hostilities 53,O42
sick and wounded have arrived in this
country. bringing the since he
beginning Of the war = '2,120. OK:
February 1 the occupied oeds in hos
pitals in the United States numbered
60,777, while there were 47.048 vacant
beds available for returning cases.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Cost of War Found
Totals One Hundred and Ninety
Three Billion Dollars.

Washington. Feb. 12.-The total
cost Of rhe war to all belligerents, in
Guiding the central powers, was p7ac-
ed at $4,000, 900, 900 by Secretary
Baker n an address tonight at the
American womens victory dinner"
This estimate, the secretary said, was
based on figures just compiled by the
war college.
New inventions-in the process Of
development by the associated gov
ernments and the enemy, Mr.. Baker
said, would have made the fifth year
Of the war twice as destructive IN hu-
man life as all the four years that
had gone before. s..}..s.
Other, speakers at the dinner.
which was attended by women from
all parts of the country, were Madame
Catherine Brslikovskaya, known as
the Grandmother Of the Russian
Revoluticn"; DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
Miss Julia Lathrop and Mrs. Charles
Robson of Ottawa.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
German Sailors Were Intimidatcd b!
Mines.

Lawford Eng. Feb. 10.-The TACT
that one British warship penetrated
the guard patrol of the German High
Seas Fleet after the battle OF Jut-
land and laid mines to cut Off their
retreat has just been disclosed.
The information became pubic
through the presentation to Law
ford church of a flag OF the warship
Abdiel, Of 1856 tons and speed OF
40 knots.
The inscription accompanying the
flag testities that the Abdlel slipped
through the rcdoubled guards Of pa
trolls on the night of the battle OF
Jutland. May 31-June !. 1916. and
laid a great series Of mines close to
the German coast. blocking the en-
trance of their retreating ships into
the harbor This dangerous nights
work. adds the inscription was COM
nletelv carried out and the havoc
amonc the German ships was SO great
that their crews mutinied and refused
TO so cut again. The white ensign
presented to the church was flown by
the Abdiel in the Jutland battle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Bourgeois Plan
Is Rejected
President Wilson Will Read
Twenty-Six Articles to Plea-
ary Meeting of Conference
To-Day.

Paris, Feb. 13 (By the Associated
Press)-The Bourgeois proposition
for an interallied military force tc
enforce peace was defeated by an
Overwhelming. vote at the meeting OF
the Society Of Nations commission
today.
The French and Czecho-Slovaks
were the only representatives in the
affirmative. ...,.
The draft Of the society of nations
plan was then unanimously adopted
as a whole.
The final draft consists Of 26 arti-
cles. President Wilson will personal
ly read the dra It. to a plenary meeting
Of the peace conference tomorrow.
The conference will not be asked TO
finally adopt it at this time. The Jap
anese delegation presented an amend
ment providing that racial discrim ma
ton should not be tolerated in i'm
migration laws.
Several delegates urged that this
would open such a large question that
great delay might ensue, and the
matter was dropped without vote.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Make 1t More Attractive
Glass Asks for Wider Authority
on Next Loan.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Secretary
Glass told the house ways and means
committee that it was apparent
something must be done to make
the bonds or notes of the victory nd
erty loan more attractive than their
predecessors and asked that congress
give him authority to fix interest rates
and determine exemptions from tax
alton according to financial conditions
existing when the loan is hoatec IN
April.
The head of the nations financial
system also urged that authority DC
given the war finance corporation 10
make advances to exporters not 70
exceed $l,0oo.o0o.ooo and that the
purposes for which the treasury MAY
make loans TO foreign governments
he broadehed. Mr.. Glass said both
provisions were necessary to restora-
t;on of the country's foreign uade
and would be mutually helpful to ans
sovernmen, and the allies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Oppose Big Army
Military Committees Stand
Brings Forth Applause-Not
Over 175,000 Men.

Washington, Feb. 12.-General OPP
/, position to a standing army III excess
Of 49, 900 men as authorized IN the
national defense act three years ago
was voiced in the house today during
debate on the annual army approprla-
ton bill with its provision for Mill
tary force Of $4,000 officers and men
during the period Of demobilizat:on.
Chairman Dent Of the military ccm-
nittee was questioned closely as to
the future army with several NOM
bers asking if the force provided in
the bill was to be the permanent army
strength. The chairman explained
that it was not and there was general
applause from both sides of the
House when Representative McKen-
zie, of Illinois, Republican, said the
military committee favored small
army.
Mr.. Mckenzie said the proposal Of
the army general staff for a pernaa-
nent peace time military establish
ment Of 100000 had been rejected by
the committee, and Representative
Kahn, Of California, Republican, m
terrupted to say that not a single
member Of the committee favored the
proposal. 3
Discussion in the House continued
throughout the day with leaders >f-
fering no prediction as to whan Z:
vote would be taken on the meas {.
which carries total Of $1,000 q
600 for the war department during
the fiscal year beginning next Jul! /.
Debate. was not confined to the bill
itself. There was criticism Of the N,ar
department, praise for Gen. PersE Gs
and various American units WI ch
fought in France, discussion Of l.oi-
shevism and protest against President
Wilson accepting a set of books e:s 4
birthday gift from King George, Of
England.
Much of the discussion was giEen
over to the National Guard. Rerce-
sentative Mckenzie said that what
ever the futurc military policy might
be the NationS lard should be re-
tanned and his claration was vigor-
ously applauded. Other members in
urging retention Of the guard after
decentralization praised the work OF
the guard divisions during the war.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Press of Paris on Peace
Name of President Will I Ere
quentIy Mentioned.

Paris. Feb. 12.-The Paris news
papers today in their discussion OF the
nations question make frequent rel
erence to President Wilson.
''Mr. Wilson is decidedly lucky
man. writes Arthur Meyer, editor OF
The Gaulois. He had in his brain OF
philosopher and apostle conceived a
certain plan 1t was in 1915. He was
Of the opinion that the war into
which conscience had not yet drawn
him, would produce no complete VIC
tor and no wholly vanquished. IN
consequence of this he had built up
whole series of propositions which ne
now dislikes to abandon.
But there has been vanquished
and there have been victors, an g
whom is the United States. Geri.
had to ask for an armistice. 1t is re-
grettable for the conceptions of Mr..
Wilson, but it is very fortunate for
US. Had there been no victor or no
vanquished, the solution of the ac-
tual difficulties would have been
much easier. Nothing would have
prevented the formation of the league
of nations of which Mr.. Wilson
dreams, as all the belligerents could
have been included.
But if Mr.. Wilson persists in his
original plan Of which no thinking
being car deny the generosity, we
desire that he should remember the
necessity of certain guarantees which
were not excluded from his original
plan and we doubt if the creation OF
an international police force would be
sufficient to guarantee US the security
to which we are entitled"
Mr.. Meyers contention is that
France should have a defensive from
tier as we'll as membership IN the
league Of nations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Save Money By Not Using Tobacco.

wish to discuss in your Progress
sive Farmer thrift contest two ideas
which have helped me save money.
]. One has been abstinence from
all use of tobacco OF whiskey. Old
Steel's Physiology early convinced
me that was the only sensible thing to
do from the standpoint Of health, lnd1-
gestion and nerves; and an uncle OF
mine brought out the money side or
the matter in way that have never
forgotten. He was a great smoker,
and in the family circle one day some
BODY suggested that he figure out
about how much money he had spent
for tobacco. do not recollect the
exact figures but know it astonlshed
him and all the rest Of us to- see now
much he would have had it he had
saved and put it out at interest,"
think about $4,000. An old man rear
ed near where was gave an exper-
ience sometime ago that is pertinent
in this connection. He said:
"Forty-three years ago I quit using
tobacco in any form. 1t had cost me
little over s24 year. At the end OF
the UGSL ySdl i Po~ LII S33O OeAAA&A SS@t
taking a certificate at per cent. At
the end Of each year put in the bank
s24 together with interest. AT the end
of II years the interest was $25. At
the end of 2s years my certificate
drew $40 At the expiration of AZ
years it drew s102. Total $2,690.
am using this in the education of my
children. Am now sending the sixth
one to college"
In other words, when he as a young
man was spending s24 year On to-
! bacco, he was spending not merely
the s24 but he was spending some
thing else. He was spending the pos
sibility of getting all the later interest
on this amount, the interest alone on
his tobacco money now amounting to
over s100 a year.-The Progressive
Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19

Sand clay and ordinary dirt roads
will no. stand up under the heavy
traffic Of automobiles and trucks and
if business is to be carried on in this
country, if the farmers are to be able
to market their produce at a reason
able cost, substantial and permanent
roads must be built. Such roads VIII
cost lot of money, but they will be
worth all that they cost. People who
do not want to live under modern con-
ditions and pay the price should move
into some undeveloped region where
they can live amidst pioneer condi-
tions and pay no taxes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
4 Former Sumter Boy.

Among former Sumter boys who
have seen much active service IN
France is Kenneth Hardy. who left
here several years ago to rejoin his
family who had moved from sumter
10 Little Rock. Ark. He gave up a
oosition in which he was doing we'll
to train with the 312th Engineers at
Camp Pike. Ark. and later at Camp
Dix \. J. From these he was sent
TO the front where he has had siren
nous experience in that branch OF our
army which has won so many laErcls.
His friends will regret to learn thai
be has recently been i'll with p2eu-
monia in q hospital in France. ii'S
last letter reported that ne was con
vaiescing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Goes to Defend Self

Washington, Feb. 13.-F. H. En-
ge1ken. former director Of the mint
and later president Of the farm loan
bank at Columbia, is on his way to
Washington, according to the state
ment of friends here today, who
wired him to come on and take care
of his case before the senate judiciary
committee and to answer charges
found against him by the South Caro-
lima Council Of Defense. through
Former Senator Christie Benet.
These charges. which have already
been made public through the press.
go to the bottom Of Mr.. EngelNcHs 5
loyalty TO the United States at time
when ne was holding {, responsioie
and lucrative position under the treas
ury department. IF the charges are
sustained. as Mr. Benet said they
must be by the atfiGavits on file. there
IS much speculation as to what the
next step will be.
Governor Manning and Senator
Benet are prepared to carry the mat
ter to its limit if necessary to furth-
or substaatiate the charges which
they have flied here under affida"its
and at the same time. aIr. Engelhen
his friends say. is in lighting trim.
No indication of what the commit
tee investigating the charges. with
other alleged pro-German matters
would do was forthcoming today noi
! could it be ascertained whether thu
reports from the secret service DC
\, y -
! examined. 1t stated that Mr.. En
gelken Will not let the matter yes
where il is but will insist that there
! be q show down With no 'whiteWash
ing
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
DR.. Mills to Go to France.

Clemson College. Feb. 1l.-Dr. Will
liam II. Mills. professor of rural
sociology in Clemson College. left to-
dav TO so to New York in order to
sail tho latter part Of this week for
France to engage in educational work
with tI, Overseas Educational Com
mission. DR.. Mills will have charge
of The cural sociology work i'll one of
The seven districts into which the
work is TO he divided and Will haze
associated with him 4 number OF
teachers Of rurai sociology rrom this
country. He has secured lcavc OF
absence from his work at Clemson for
ono year and will remain in Franco
thar lon- it needed for this work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Held in Washington
Wounded Abbeville Negro to
Be Brought to State.

washington. Feb. 13.-Travelins
more than 500 miles with serious gun
shot wounds in the thigh and hand,
a negro. giving his name as Marks
Smith, "a years Of age. Of Abbevitle
today. was arrested by the police OF
the Eighth Precinct at Freedman
hospital and is being held .or tnt
sheriff Of Abbeville. Smith, who came
here by a Southern train Saturday. ad-
mits that his wounds were received
in an affray with revenue officers. ano
he is suspected Of being moon
sinner. He admits the police say
that he wounded one Of the officers
who tried to capture him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19

The Columbia cotton conference r..
solved that the cotton acreage should
be reduced, and practically every man
of intelligence agrees that wisdom
dictates that this policy should Sc
followed. But will the individual
farmers act wisely? A big cotton
crop this year means a very low
price this fall.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19

There is a proposition before the
IIegisia ture to abolish the office OF
County Supervisor and employ com
petcnt road engineer to q" the WORK
the Supervisors are supposed t" 90
The business affairs Of the counties
under this plan would be direc'e& by
the Board Of County Commissioners
and it's clerk The plan is a most cx-
ccllcnt idea.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19

Weinaar, Feb. 14.-Frederich Ebert,
president of Germany, has announced
to the newspaper men that the gov
ernment is arranging the details for
complete disarmament and demobiliz-
alton of the army.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19

The banks are now ready to dls-
tribute the last issue oi Liberty
Bonds 10 purchasers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19

Bradford Knapp. Chief.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-11
DUE TO DIGESTIVE. TROUBLE
Condition Of Nareoiepsy Revealed by
Victims Absolutely Irresistible
Desire for Sleep.

Even after meal of moderate size
taken by normal subject there is a
slight tendency to drowsiness. which
becomes much more pronounced after
heavy :. meal or In dySpeptics.
When sleep under such conditions is
irresistible we have narcolepsy. The
patient may fall asleep SO abruptly
that he may endanger himself or 9TH
ers. 1t is characteristic. however, Of
narcOlepsy OF whatever Kind that the
attack is of brief duration. The vic
tim never collapses, for he always
has time to assume posture suitable
for sleep. He may even announce
that he must doze for a few minutes.
after which he will awake refreshed
He may be kept awake or readily
awakened. Hence there should be no
likelihood of installing narcoleptics
for epileptics of any kind. The diges-
tive troubles are Of no particular type
cases have been seen of alcoholic
gastritis, hyperchlorhydria, atOny. etc.
In these patients indigestion is only
a determining cause, but relief of the
stomach mischief seems to lead to
complete recovery. Possibly akin to
these gastric cases are others in
which a subject falls into an impera-
tive sleep after indulgence in alcohol,
but who wakes i'm a few moments
completely sober, instead of passing.
Into a stupor.-Rocky Mountain News.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-11
Obituary of a JeIIyfish.

One iellyfish at least became worli1
famous, and when she died, after liy.
ing for siXty-seven years in the most
intellectual society, under the protec-
ton Of FIVE successive learned gentle
men, she received the honors of IAN
obituary notice in the Scotsman.
"Granny" belonged to the jellyfish
family, but was, strictly speaking, n
sea anemone whom Sir John Graham
Dalyell picked off the rocks and kept
In sea water all the years OF his life.
Sir John fed his protege regularly witt:
one-half mussel fortnight, and she
bore a large family.
The Scotsman "In Memoriam" no
tice stated that 600 of Granny's OFF
spring were known. When Sir John
died his anemone was passed on to
an arctic explorer, and at his death
she was bequeathed to another scien-
tific man. Granny throve and bred lit
tie ones; she. outlived four protectors,
and died finally because Of the neglect
or ill-treatment Of botanist.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-11
dffA]R]NL
$1[,G),lG1IkZ.
GOOD RECORDS OF PIG CLUBS
Boys and Girls Improve Methods OF
Management and Increase the
Number of Purebreds.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
Members of boys and girls pig
clubs are the pioneers in introducing
-purebred pigs and improved methods
Of management i'm many parts or the
South, where the swine industry is
making unprecedented progress. r..
This is true i'm marked degree in
Georgia. Among the pig clubs, the
total sum represented by the hogs and
pigs in the hands Of the pig club men,
bers of the state last year was almost
half million dollars. The increase in
the number of purebred pigs raised
by the club members in 1913 over 1917
was more than BOG per cent. The in.
crease in profits on hogs raised in 1918
over the previous year was more than
81 per cent.
Pig clubs were carried on in connec-
ton with school work in many locali-
ties. Fourteen school pigs in one
county, raised on the waste from pu-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-11
GULL HAD GOOD APPETITE
Veracious Observer Asserts Bird SwaI.
lowed Fifteen Smelt Within Space
of One Hour.

Sea -gulls never visit the COwlitz
and Lewis rivers except when the
sfnelt are running. Local fishermen
know when the fish are at hand by
seeing the big white birds in the air
wheeling and diving and utterins
their plaintive cry. They sound like
complaining children with rather
weak lungs. When the gulls are tired
, of flying they settle on piles along
the shore or on sand banks which
they whiten like fall of snow.
When the sharp eve of gull sees
smelt he plunges Cor it, submerges
his bill and head, and brings it up
squirming. The bird swallows his
prey i'm full flight. seldom or never
perching to dispose of it.
A most observant young, man relates
that friend of his at Kelso, on the
Cowliez, selected gull which he could
identify and watched it for an hour to
count the smelt it caught and swal-
lowed. The number was surprisingly
large-fifteen.
Perhaps this gull was more expert
or luckier than ordinary. 1t must
have been an exceptional bird in color
at least or the Kelso naturalist could
not have told it from the rest of the
flock. Perhaps 1t was exceptional in
other ways. And perhaps it had a
double personality.-Portland (Ore.)
Journal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-11
BASIC ECONOMICS

The schools are the medium which
we should use to spread among the
American people correct notions Of cap
ital, labor, banking and thrift.
The elementary school is none too
early in which to begin instruction
along such lines. We are all agreed
that thrift should be taught In schools,
but to teach mere saving or accumula-
ton without showing what the objects
Of thrift are. Is teaching miserliness. In
connection with the teaching of thrift
there should also be taught the func-
hon Of banks. Pupils should be made
to see that mere saving does no good
unless that which is saved is used to
create more wealth. To that end they
should be shown that there is a great
difference between money which is
merely stored up in little iron bank
at home and that which is taken to a
real bank and is put out into the in
dustrial world to earn an interest in re-
turn. In some of DUR large schools
there are. school savings banks estah-
lished. These exist not only in ele-
mentary but In high schools, but in
very few cases are any attempts made
to teach the pupils the functions of a
bank and where the interest comes
FROM