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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
FAKE CONCERNS.

Hardly a day gees by without some
new scheme being brought to light fer
separating the gullible from their
hard earned money. No stipulation is
made, however regarding how the
money is first obtained for it Is as
welcome from those who are able to
get It easily as from any other, but
after all the lessons which have been
taught by the alluring offers for big
interest, enormous profits and attrac-
tive promises for the future. which
have not only failed to materialize but
have resulted in the loss of the in
vcStment, 1t would seem that people
would profit from the experience OF
others and be on their guard Appar-
emily the creat trouble is that they
cannot resist the temptation and are
willing TO place the utmost confidence
in those who they ought to recognize
are simply begging for an opportu
nitv 10 fleece them.
This seems to have been the case in
New York recently where an office for
& concern which had no factory was
opened and sign displayed in the
window to the affect that the stock
would advance to 81 share the first
OF February and urging the purchase
then at 81 a share.
It was the same old story. The
amount involved was small and made
so that those of small means would
be interested since they would be the
less liable to make an investigation
that would amount to anything for
their protection. The result was that
in a period OF SIX weeks $4,000 was
taken in only to result in the raiding
of the office and the disclosure that
the promoter had been doing time for
forgery. The warning against such
concerns does little good. but in view of
the fact that they can set up bust
ness at will IL would seem to be nee
essary, if the gulIible are going to be
protected. that proper authorities
should be required to determine
as soon as they appear and before
they have chance to get in their
rObherV
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
EDITORIAL NOTES,

The man on the corner says; What
is accomplished today is really a good
start for tomorrow.
Someone has 5uns'ed badly. The
Gporg" Washington sh ,u't have al.
rived in this country OF the z2d.
Unless we are mistaken there will
be very few nations that will be able
20 get permits to fight under the pro-
visions of the new league of nations.
II Mexico really wants to establish
sincere friendship with the United
states il should understand that no
one stands In the way Of il more than
itself.
When Mr.. Hoover speaks out about
the Hun atrocities he gives those
who are inclined to deal leniontly
with Germany something more to
think about.
Information now comes to the ef-
feet that nine handkerchief factories
have been closed because Of strike.
That's going to make it hard for the
Chautauaua sa1uters.
Now there is talk about Germany
furnishing the ex-kaiser, but what is
tfiS uoc Vi HduuiIib ANN Out any AAicl Z
such decorations as they might be in
clined to pin on him?
Germany accepts the terms under
which the arnistice is to be contin-
ued. 1t tried to make the allies think
Il was powerful enough to resist them,
but the bluff didn't work.
The greater the effort to get the
cSth division home the greater seems
to be the determination TO keep 1t IN
France. And there are others who
feel much the same way about other
organizations over there.
" the New London couneiimcn
have taken the right view in regard
TO the buildings which have beer
erected by the government housing
corporation not a very satisfactory
use Of the peoples money has been
made, and one city at least doesn't
appreciate II ..-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
STORIES OF THE. WAR
Going Into Siberia.
Correspondence of The Associated

Correspondence of The Associated
Press)
People have talked lightly of send
ing an army of half million men or
more to western Siberia to battle with
bolshevism or for any other reason
connected with this stupendous Rus
sian problem. The Japanese learned
by bitter experience in the war with
Russia of the difficulties of a Siberian
campaign and would ponder long be-
fore despatghing a mighty army to the
far Ural mountains. The correspondent
Of The Associated Press. as a passen-
ger on a special military train bcxAd
for Omsk, the seat of the all Russian
government, is having a close oppor-
tunity to study the difficulties of
transporting a great army
We have on board a company of
splendid British troops recently ar
rived from 1ndia-men of the famous
Hampshire regiment-the terrftorials
or militia of England, who offered to
go to India to replace the regulars
and who served there for two years.
Now the fortunes of war find them
riding across the barren lands of Man
churia on their way to the heart of
the Siberian steppes, where the tenn
erature is 40 degrees below zero.
Anxious as they are to return to their
homes in England, they fulfill this new
| task gladly and light They
are travelling in plain, rude box cars,
| grouped about stoves with all the dis
comforts that a journey of two or
three weeks, and lt9rhaps more, in
wolves.
! For the officers commanding the
| contingent there is third class Rus
sian sleeping car with bare wooden
| shelves to hold their sleeping bags and
blankets. In another British military
train which precedes US there is nc
sleeping car and the officers are camp
ing with their men in the box cars
We are fortunate in one respect. Lack
| of Russian equipment and facilities
| for cooking oblige the officers to eat
the same rations as the men, which
if plain, is wholesome and nourishing
Lack of railroad cars is the most
striking feature of life in Siberia to-
day. There is deplorable disorganiza
ton. Their is urgent need of centra.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
pEPORTING ALIENS

Except FOR the fact that il is I'M
fued with rua same spirit that is
gctuau-g those WHO ara showing
themselves TO be % menace 10 the
country. or that they are guided nv
false Information and dangerous lead
srshiu it Is impossible 10 understand
how amy labor union such as that Of
lac mac'ir!sts In Brooklyn could take
thc stand that 10 did IN sending a
protest 90 the department Of labor
against the deportation Of aliens who
p7ve been found guilty OF seditious
acts 100 this country The idea that
my body o. organized labor made IN
Of citizens Of this country could take
such "a stand In view OF the knowl-
edge that they must have about what
has been and is going on in this coun-
Tr is hard TO believe. They might
JJst as well stand for the admission
NJ anarchists and throwing the doors
wide open 10 all kinds of immigrants
regardless Of their desirabilitv or the
interests of labor. as 10 protest the
deportation or those who have been
shown to he actually dangerous TO the
lest interests Of the nation.
Secretary Of Labor Wilson in his
-cplr to the protest must have opened
the eyes OF that local. lie considered
Sc a fitting time to administer a rebuke
60 such an attitude and he did it in
q manner which can leave no doubt
50 20 what tho stand Of labor as rep
resented by his department is and
should be. and the members of that
and other bodies should fully digest
the declaration TO tho effect that the
law concerning deportations is going
% be enforced because the aliens here
Who urges "thc overthrow OF our form
" government BY force is an invading
cpcmy, who Is treated with great
lsniencv when he IS simply deported
- the land from which he came.
when leuiency goes beyond that point
" IS going 10 seriously endsnser the
nation and invited an endless amount
q serious trouble.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
The surre1aer Of General Vonaeck.

The surrender of General Won Let
tow NOnbeck. the German commander
in East Africa. with his command of
about $500 Europeans and natives
which took place on November Is is
graphically described by the Rhode
s an Herald According t. this pa
per, General Won Lettow'S command
included 401 armed natives, ma
chine gun carriers, q medical unit and
numerous women had followed their
husbands through the hardships of
years of campaigning. the sllrrend-
er took place on the Chan.bezi river
near kasanra. Rhohesia.
The surrendering troons were form
ed into three lines and General Won
Lettow read his formal surrer<er to
General Edwards. Won Lettow then
ordered his native troops to lay down
their arms but the Europeans amcs .
them, were allowed to retain theirs
in recognition of the har:l fighting they
had experienced. The natives were
then marched away to the internment
camp.
1T was a most impressive spec
tacle," says the Herald. The sur
rendering forces numbered 1855
Europeans, AIT natives and S19 wo-
men who had gone through ;ong cam
paisns were carrying hugo loads and
mary of them had children born dur
ing the war. The nLtiva carriers
came in singing with ulltjis&uised joy
at the thought that their Iabors were
ended.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
FROM THE CONSULAR REPORTS

The New Zealand government pro-
poses to appropriate 81 S5s.500 dur
ing the coming year to set:fr returned
soldiers on the land.
Exports from the DomiIfican Repub-
lie in 1917 reached s22,44458B, of WHICH
SIS, 660,TT6 worth went to the United
Staes and Porto Rico.
China is the third country in the
w,Arld in cotton production. The nor
NAL years production Is from 1,50e,-
600 to 1000. 600 bales of 500 pounds
each.
The British government is asked by
the Pottery Managers and Of1cials'
association to prohibit the expectation
of English clays to enemy countries
after peace
During the calendar year 1915 there
were 1901 fires In TIN. province of
Ontario. with loss Of st0,3e5.53s.
The province has a population of p
900, 600
The estimated income Of the Fed
Grated MALAY States frotn the export
duty on rubber for the year was $3,-
s5s 4s4.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
RsiIroadinq in &c many.

Correspondence of The Associated
Presss)
Railroad fares, already soaring to
unprecedented heights all over Ger
many despite an equally rnpreccdeut-
ed poverty Ct service. are going up
again and this time with q jump to
take the travellers breath. Prus-
STA attempting to make up a deficit
of a billion and a quarter macks, is go
ing to put up fares for passengers so
per cent. Above the present high rate
Bavaria and the rest Of Germany are
expected to &c likewise ard to be af-
fecred by a general increase.
Coincident with this pnwcicome an
nounccment comes word that all pas
senger traffic is to be reduced by at
least so per cent. all military and
freight trains by the same proper
ton. The delivery of hundreds an6
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20

and dominant factor Of the continent
is the Alps.
I'm the Alps are the fountain heads
of the Rhor2. Rhine, and 10, and in
the outspurs rise the Loire Seine,
Mouse, Elbh, Oder Vistuia. and Dan
ube. These rivers have each limited
or determined the wanderings of peo-
pies, the march of armies and the
boundaries OF States. The Danube
was a natural and inevitable westward
roadway of pastoral peoples from
Asia.
"A line drawn from the ta0lth of the
Pruth to the mouth of the Niemen and
thence prolonged through the Baltic
and Gulf Of Bothnia to the soursec
of the Torne Elf in Scandinavia. gives
an approximation of red or historic
Europe's eastern front'e r md extent.
West Of tina; line and norIh of the
Alpine system. an enormous plain,
broken only by the watersheds of its
rivers, extends to the North Sea.
When the Christian era began, all
that plain was covered by forests ex-
cept the marsbsands in the east. That
plain, as well as Scandinavia. peopIed
almost wholly by Teutons vas some
times called German a. East of that
line was another still more enormous
plain Sarmatia, the home Of the SIavs
race almost unknown. The Alps
northern Italy. a part of SPAN, France
and the British Islands were inhabi-
tated by Celts. The certers of the
Greco atins were Greece ard Italy.
Thus. at the time o. Christ the
Alps are the signpost OF Europe
roughly pointing out wberA the races
are to be found: north of the Alps
4 H.
Greco -Latins: in the sAlrs and to the
west the Colts: far east OF the Alps
little affected by them. and therefore
little influenced by Europe and of as
little influence in it. the Sltys and the
F'inno- Ugrians"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
A PREPARATION SUGGESTION.

= Herbert Hoover has been in a par
TcuIarv good position IN know a
great deal about The frizhtful condi-
''on7 which prevail in Belgium and
uor'hor1 France as the result Of the
merci'ess conduct Of the invading
Germans. He was well posted before
his present visit TO Europe but he
has been getting additional facts
through "a closer personal contact.
Never has he been disposed 10 mini
mize tho Offerings and destruction in
tho devastated territory. and never
has he shown any kindly attitude to
the Germans. lie has been guided by
i1cts and whatever feeling he has
given vent 10 has been justified
There is no cause for surprise there
fore that in making his report about
conditions in Europe he should again
refer 90 the horrible situation which
be has found there. The world is sick
~ heart about tho stories which have
been related concerning the brutal and
atroc.ous condur. Of Germany and its
nilies throughout the war. It has
heard horrible tales hut II has heard
only "a small mart. II may feel that
10 has heard enough but il certainly
is no time now. when the peace CON
'frrence IS engaged I'm Its work OF de-
lerm.rirs what shall DO done. TO cover
uD tho practices which were resorted
80. tho misarr that has been caused
md the setting back or civilization a
rrntury or more
Mr.. Hoover has this IN mind. un-
questionable WHOM De tl'ios occasion
10 refer anew 90 German barbarity and
7hcre is suggestion made regarding
the feeding Of the people i'm the de-
raetated sections when he insists that
Tho cattle and dairy herds which were
taken from the Beigians and French
and driven into Germany should he
returned head Tor head. It is one
feature Of ,hc rcnaration which the
peace conference ought not to over
look such would mean moro to the
ycori" affected than tic equivalent in
money
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20

and put it in a picture frame we had
left over when we framed some en-
CRAVING. I fixed it so that it would
open easily and I counted that week
lost when ] didn't add patriotic
button to the collection. 1t was a
wonder I wasn't run over by some au-
tofnobile or ice wagon while I was
gazing at peoples coat lapels to see
if they had on a new kind of but
ton. When I saw a new one l grew
so bold that l would ask where the
wearer got it. People were very
courteous about telling me. Once or
twice when they heard I was making
a collection they took the button Off
and made me a present of it. l got
on famously at first, but after while
it became more difficult to get new
kinds and / became almost certain
that ! had been put out all the
organizations. One day I saw a new
by all the one"
How executing" laughed Mrs.
Simmons. Something like chasing
butterflies"
THE man who wore it was just
leaving the elevated station" the
caller went on, "and I caught
glimpse of the button just as he turn
cd away. He was nice looking man
no hesitation in asking him where he
got it had 1 been able to get near
him. All I could remember of the
button was the cdd way the red,
white and blue stripes went across it,
so / set out to find one like it,"
THAT must have been a job" sug-
gested Mrs Simmons.
1T was but it was fun" replied the
caller. Il went to all the stores to
ask for it, haunted the different war
" ork shops, asked everybody about
il and quite generally made myself
81 nuisance. | wouldn't give UP, how
ever, and one day | found where l
could get one"
Good" said Mrs. Simmons, where
on earth did you have to go?"
Il didn't go anywhere" said ths
c&ller gayly. II was in a stationery
store asking a girl clerk where I could
get such a button, and l told her in
explaining, that l had seen it on a
mans coat. There was a man at the
back of the counter mending a shell
and he turned around and told me- It
was the gravediggers union button.
Exchange.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
SIR WILFRID LAURlER.

A big man in the public life Of
Canada has passed in the death of
SIR Wilfrid Laurier. He was a leader
whose last days we're made less
Pleasant by the fact that his control
lad waned. There was a time when
lAuriar was all powerful but there
Ime a time when he fell and he was
never able 10 regain his former posi-
ton
lle was the great liberal leader who
recognized the advantages of a closer
relation with the United States. He
advocated and fought for reciprocity
with this country but the opposition
that he encountered at home was too
much for him and Canada showed it.
self unwilling 10 follow his lead It
49, a blow from which he never re-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The people who think the modern
farmer is an Uncle Reuben should see
him whisking around the corners after
dark, driving his automobile over to
the good roads meeting at the nearest
county center.-Meriden Journal.
Twenty one millions is a good deal
of money to be expended by the state
to complete its trunk line highways.
The money should go only into the hest
possible roads obtainable-roads Fat
will endure and not eat up their orig
inal cost in maintenance within a few
years,-Mancheste Herald.
Bridgepert's board of recreation GER
tainly met Il long felt want It's re-
port shows that close to a million peo-
pie enjoyed in ten months the recre-
ations arranged under the direction of
the board Band concerts were al
ways popular, but the summer play
grounds drew the steady crowds. There
was great variety of amusement and
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20

I'VE are going to miss the war
drives of one sort and another that we
have had every fifteen minutes while
the war was on said the lady who
was calling on Mrs. Simmons. They
have given spice and interest to our
days and we shall not know what to
think when nobody shakes tin can
at us asking for donations and we
don't have to answer the door bell
dozen times day only to be ask
ed to buy bond or to give to some
thing or other"
1T has kept me continually broke,
but liked it." Mrs. Simmons laugh
ingly responded. And it has taught
me that l can save money. One of
these days I'll have a little laid up
for a rainy day"
1.-THE dressmakers know that we
would look too plain and dowdy with
out our war buttons" the caller con-
tinued, $50 they are making our
dresses gayer. 1 know have gone out
with my black coat decorated with
bond buttons, Red Cross pins war
fund pasteboard, orphan tricolors and
all the rest
Simmons. 81 think they may be of
iHt6FtSl " IdLulc SSitSI dl1OitS.
II have not only kept mine, but |
have made a most interesting col
lection OF all these buttons that the
stores have given away or sotd,' said
the caller. Some of the clothing
stores gave out the prettiest pins with
all the different flags and, of course,
thsre were the pins they sold for the
benefit of the blind soldiers. You
can't imagine how pretty they look
all together"
Mr.. Simmons brought in a few"
Mrs. Simmons said. But my nieces
saw them first, so l haven't them
now
We'll, I started to collect them, "
the caller went on. And when one
begins a collection it is difficult to
stop"
1--WE collected everything when we
were youngsters" said Mrs. Simmons
II had several brothers and they col
lected stamps and postmarks and tin
tags and cigarette pictures and
garter snakes. We had lively
household"
Il got large piece of black. vel
vet resumed the lady caller, "and
made it nice and square and even
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
IN THE DAYS NEWS
The Racial Families CT Europe.

The National Geographic Society in
a news bulletin today gives a general
survey of the chief racla! groups of
Europe, an understanding Of which is
necessary in order to follow intelli-
gently the peace parIeys now taking
place in Paris. This bulletin, which
is the first IF a series 10 be issued on
the same subject is basel Upori q COM
munication to the Societ.. from DIR.
Edwin A. Grosvenor. It says:
The numher Of distinct human
groups or races is various1v estima-
ted from the three. Iaphettc. Semitic
and Hamitic Of the Bible. or the three
Caucasian, Afongol, AMI Negro. Of
Cuvier to the eleven of Pickering and
the sixteen OF Desmounins The es-
innate in 1871 by DIR. Blumenbach, the
father of anthropoIogy. has hest with
stood the attacks of time. He finds
five races, Caucasian. Monaghan, ETH
opian, American. and Malay.
Two main divisions arc at once
recognized among the Caucasians.
designated as the Indo European or
.Japhetic and the Svo- Arab or Semitic.
Indo- European indicates the belief
that Europeans came from the basin
OF the Indus. Syro-Arab means, orr
gfnating in Syria and Arabia
'trhe Indo- European includes eight
branches or groups. These are: in
Asia, the .ry:,s or Hindus "f India the
Persians and the Armeinans, the last
two being often termed Iranians from
the great plateau of Iran where they
had their origin; III Europe, the
Greeks, Latins Celts, TcutoHs. or Ger
mans, and Slavs.
Common usage treats these groups
az races, SO properly VIC speak of the
Celtic race nr the Clavic race or OF
the races of Europe. Because of the
| intimate relations of tho Greeks and
Latins and the cognate neaTuess OF
| their languages, the two aIe denoted
as of the Greco-Latin race. German
and Teuton are interchangeable, being
| synonymous terms.
| "The great ma torfty Of the peoples
who have invaded Europe and whose
descendants are now settled there be
| long to the Indo- European family
In addition, about 80 100000 persons
or one-ifteerth Of the inhabitants O
members of the Ural- A1taic branch o
the Monaghan family. Al the rest
except the Jews, Maltese. and aracen:
(Syro-Arab), and possibly except thu
Basques are of Indo- European stock
'Ural-Altaian comprehends people
found between the Aitai and IRA
Mountains. Finno-Ugrian is specii
Of a western group of U,a'-Altains
The term is derived from Finn an,
Ugra, the region on both sides Of tn
Trials.
The various routes Of migration
into Europe. the later waudcrings o
the immigrants, and their eonstant re
locations NAV be diraGtiy traced t.
geographic causes. Of which the noun
tain system, the rivers and plains hat
4 determinaiive part. The backbon
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20

thousands Of locomotives and cars
to the entente powers under the arm
1stice terms is given as the main rea-
son.
Passenger traffic is to lie even more
restricted than today, ind no indi-
vtduat is to be allowed TO travel by
train unless he can prove to the salts
faction of the authorities that the trip
is urgently necessary.
Germany began on ahout December
20 to deliver to the entent,, armistice
commissioners ITO locomotives and e
400 cars day for ten days. then $50
locomotives and 800 cars a day for
twenty days SO as not 20 lie liable to
the penalty included in the armfstice
conditions Of parting with another 500
locomotives for failure 10 deliver on
time
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Pants Sun.

Mr.. Editor. For the Information of
For Better Things" the dictionary
says:
Pantaloons A kind of wide breech-
es fashionable in England at one
time.
Fants-A contradiction of the word
pantaloons and g. word USED largely
in thesclothing trade.
1t used to be the expression of a
certain popular clothin5 salesman in
this city some four years ago, when
he had sold {. suit to sav, There is
the coat, there is the vest there is
the pants-,ne whole business" Now
n a large store. which Fer Better
Things" no 1cubt refers To, if is more
than probable that where the value
is from IS and upwards they are
trousers but less than s. are Just plain
pants.
Respectfully,
TROJ SERS.
Norwich Ccb 10 1919