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The Crittenden press., 1919-10-03

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seen the Courier2r Well |
guess! Couldn't get through
the day without the Evansville
Courier.
The Crittenden press., 1919-10-03
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Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
AMERICANS IN MEXICO.

How the battle of Juarcz would have resulted had it not been for the crossing of the line by the United States troops is of course uncertain. It was not. however for the purpose of deciding the contest between the Mexican federals and rebels that the step was taken but for the protection of American lives which had been en- dangeied by tle shots that had fallen across the river ir Fl Paso.
 What must nave surprised the Mex jeans, the federals as well as the reb- els, was the speed with which the Americans acted. Heretofore we have pursued a waiting policy even after the MeXicans have persisted in violat- ing warnings. and it is 10 be pre- sumed that such was expectcd at this time. There was no hesitation, how ever. As soon as it was evident that Americans were threatened ac ion was taken with the result that Villas forces were routed. Juarcz was re leased from the danger of capture by Villa and the danger to Ameri cans was overcome.
 .. That the step was what vas needed |. to\ let the rebels of Mexlco under stand that if they insist upon fighting they must take care to see that theii bullets do not enter American cities but in view of the ill feeling which ,.Nilla has toward this country it car be expected that additional vigilance will be required to see that he, does not create moro trouble at other points along the border
 Ii is interesting to note in this con- uection that the head of the federal forces there did not consider the American action necessary. but it is perfectly evident that he was not able Co prevent the rebels or others from shooting into Fl Paso. howeve, '-much he might have considered that ne could have successfully defended the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
THE REVISED TREATY.

Though it has been claimed that the peace treaty has been rewritten as the result of the counter proposals emade by the Germans. il is not indi- |, cated by the reply to those proposals that there have been any important changes made that affect the princi- pies set forth in the original condi- tions.
 There has been thought given to the protests regarding upper Silesia for which plebiscitc has been granted and provision made that there will be guarantees Of coal from that region. and it is agreed that there will be frontier rectifcation5 for west Prus- sia. The protest of the Danes has ap- parenuy received attention from the fact that the plebiscite for the third zone in the Schleswig region is with drawn. That is a portion of German territory where the greater part of the population is German but where they may be disposed to vote to go under Danish rule. which action would be against the wishes Of Denmark. If Denmark doesn't desire such action ii is quite proper that the plebiscite 'should be eliminated.
 Germany would. however, be per n1itted 10 maintain temporarily an ar my of twice the size that was first designated, it is given the assurance of membership in the league of na- lions if it meets it's early obligations and there must be submitted within 2 month of signature a list Of those ac- cused of violating the laws and GUS. toms of war. In addition there arc other slight notifications so that some heed has been given to the counter proposals. but now that the treaty fl the revised form is before the Ger. mans there should be an insistenct upon the document being signed. N further delays ought to be tolerated since the world should have the peace Tor which it is clamoring.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18

wealths, and the worst of it is that these losses are continually being in creased, Pennsylvania alone estimat- ing that it's yearly loss from forest fires is s50,000,00o or twice as much as is required each year to carry on the business of the state. Whatever can be done therefore toTbring about a reduction in such a loss is highly de- sirable, and especially so if the proper attention can be directed to reforestation work which will make ii possible to restore in time the losses that are occurring.
 There can be no question but what the matter of the future lumber SUD- ply is deserving of more attention than it is getting, and such being the case every possible effort should be made to conserve that which is avail able. No better work can be done than by preventing needless waste and planning for replace1nents.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18

nor Aeolus was 9 popular deity with Vulcan mariners, who wisely gave Stromboli a wide berth.
 Various estimates appeared in the papers, varying from over 1000 miles to 750 miles (this latter the Admiral tvs, of the distance from the Irish coast to the point where Hawker and Grieve were picked up, lat 5odeg 20min. N, long. 29deg. S0nin. w Unlike latitude. the linear length of a degree of longitude, the from nothing at the Poles to 69.07 miles at the Equator. At latitude 50deg. 20min. a degree off longitude is 440SS miles long, and as the difference of longitude between 29deg. 3omin. w. and the most westerly point of the Irish coast, Val entia, is 19deg. 10min., the actual dis tance in miles is S45.
 The difference between this and the Admiralty estimate is accounted fol by the fact that the Admiralty reckon distance at sea in nautical miles, anC nautical mile is 1152 of an Englisf mile.-The London Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18

aspirated. for many seasons to come. By and by there will be so vast sur= plus that a break umst come. with benefit to the consurner.-Bridgsport Post.
 The unwritten slogan of the public school teachers in today's parade was
 The American doughboy-he is ours, :"
 They didn't shout it very loud, In
 very truth it was an unwrftten slo-
 gan. But privately, deep in their
 hearts, they feel a great content
 ment whenever the wonderful feats
 of the American doughboy are dwelt
 upon. And each little lady whe
 glarces back over her share of the
 5000 who were found ready when Waterburys number was called. smiles complacently for she feels that he and his deed are really hers,
 claimo Where. as in the schools, do the children learn to love their flag ! Where. as in the schools, do they learn it's meaning? The American doughboy? The American schbol teachers He is theirs,-Waterbury American:
 One of the many financial reviews published recently called attention l to the erroneous increase in the number of persons holding stocks and | bonds of corporations in small quan- titles. Commenting on this increase l due, as we aill know, to the great returns made possible by the war 1 this view holds that it is possible
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
REPLACING THE HORSE.

It is not without a certain amount of pride to the people of the city of Baltimore that the announcement is made that its fire department is to be completely motorized. The horses. what few are left. are to go, and while that feature of fire department removes what is always interesting, it cannot fail to be realized that it marks progress in the right direction.
 What is being dCne in that fire de- pa tment is what is being done in others also, and some have all roldy been in tha- rosition for a long
 me With 2 p,trerly operated mo- torized fire department there cannot fail to be economy and efficiency in the service rendered The expense of maintaining motor fire apparatus should be. with the exercise of due consideration, much less than in de- pertinent where horses are maintained
 since their term of service is limited
 and the expense of keeping them
 heavy.
 It is always d matter of regret to
 note the passing of the fire horses
 but it cannot fail to be recognized that while they seem to understand the responsibility that rests upon them ii- responding to alarms. the motor en- zines arc the sDeedier and the strair on the faithful and noble animals is relieved. Sentiment has long sur
 rounded the fire horses and it will be bound to as long as they are utilized for such purposes but it is the same
 in the fire department as in every line ! of business the horse is fast giving way to the automobile because greater service can be obtained thereby anc the overeXertion of dumb animals i. prevented.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
by 1900 amounted to s25,ooo annual.
STORIES OF THE WAR

Fifteen per cent of the population in Bosnia is absolutely, destitute. Ty- phus is on the increase both in Bos- llia and Herzegovina. Although only 800 cases of typhus are officially re- ported the American medical author ities believe that there are more than 5000. Great difficulty D experienced by the authorities in inspecting Mo- hammedan homes where three-quart- CTS of the cases are believed to be concealed.
 Mohammedan women refuse to be treated by male doctors no matter how serious their illness. Many of the Christian natives think it unmanly to have the attention of a doctor or nurse.
 We are not afraid to die,'' the hardy mountaineers assert when medical aid is offered them. Why all this fuss Disease is a curse from God, but if He sees fit to send it to us we must die like men,
 The Bosnian government how ever, nas closed all moving picture houses, dance halls and places of public congregational and is attempt ing to introduce a plan whereby a
 medical certificate will be required
 of every traveller on the railways. A veritable plague of lice overruns the country. They are to be found everywhere carrying with them the germs of typhus. One of the greatest needs of the natives is soap of which there is none to be had. Typhus is following the lines of communication especially the railways. American Red Cross personell. members of the Hoover Food Mission and American naval officers avoid the railways as the cars are infested with typhus 1 lice.
 The American Red Cross is mak- l ing preparations to aid 2 civilian hospitals in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 and six military hospitals which hav' been converted into civilian hos pitals. Four small hospitals where 1 typhus cases are being treated b,
 American Red Cross doctors ant l nurses have been established and ait 1 also is on the way to five militar. hospitals in Dalmatia at Cattaro l Spalato, Sinj, Meljini and Ragusa Members of the Hoover Food Mis-
 sion at Ragusa and of the American navy at Zelanika have been aidint 1 the American Red Cross restore Bos l mia and Herzegovina.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18

No one would have believed that two such sensible girls as Prue and Rosalie would have quarrel over so slight thing as scrap basket but then, as Rosalie said it wasn't the thing itself, but the principle in- volved that caused the trouble
 It was this way: As Rosalie and Prue were fond of home and had, in their day, lived in the homes of their fathers, they could not bear to reling- uish the comforts of such an esrab- lishment, even though now they were both working girls and away. from home about eight hours each day.
 T hate boarding" declared Prue. 'Td rather live in an attic that was my own and that I could do as pleased in than to dwell in the most el- egant boarding house ever conceived ! said Rosalie, and with this taste for domesticity in common they started housekeeping together in a five room apartment
 But, of course, each one had her owr way of doing things and each was g l little set in her way. Prue's specially was a liking for anything that was sanitary and aversion to whatever could not come under that head. | T don't mind having things a little 1 dirty" declared Rosalie, ''as long as they are decorative: l cant stand ugly things about me-
 i And one day she brought home in tri. umph a crude but handsome scraI | basket ornamented with artificial ap- i pies and plums, which she said sht
 was going to place in the kitchen un- 1 der the sink where it would not onl! 1 be a thing of beauty. but also serve a! ] a time saver, holding the papers ant
 scraps that otherwise would have tt
 be taken out to the garbage can. I'm afraid it isn't sanitary re
 marked Prue as she eyed the baske with some disfavor. q don't believe il
 permitting old paper that has beer around meat and groceries to remail l in the kitchen. 1 l.have always beer
 used to taking things out at once t 1 the garbage can.
 "Nonsense," replied Rosalie. Tt
 a waste of time to be running out t
 the garbage can every time you opel
 ae package and it is mucht better t wait until the basket is full and thel take it out. We always had some kin
 of basket in our kitchen at home, an
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
CONSERVE AND REPLACE.

Protection of the wooded area of states is a matter which has been given no small amount of attention throughout the country It has been made plain that there have been seri- ous inroads made into the forests of the country and it is not only the woodman's axe that has caused it. Fire is the cause of the worst destruc- lion for there is no benefit gained from such clearing of wooded sections where property of much value is wiped out
 It is not therefore surprising that Clifford iPinchot should declare be- lore senate committee of the Penn sylvania legislature that Forest fires have made a desert in Pennsylvania larger than the whole state of New Jersey. and one-sixth of the state is pf no benefit to the people"
 What has taken place in the Key stone state is in keeping with what has occurred in other common
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
American Naval Forces in Adriatie

Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, who is in charge of the American naval forces in the Adriatic is sta toned at Spalato, Bosnia. News from Plume reaches here quickly and Ad miral Niblack maintains close wire i less contact with Washington and Paris. Developments in the Adriatic are being closely watched by the American naval authorities.
 The American Navy for humanitar- ian reasons is giving allu the assist ance possible to the American Red Cross and Major Lawrence of the 1 to- supply the destitute and starving 1 of Bosnia and the Jugo- -Slav state with medicines, food and clothing. 1 There have been difficulties with l the Italian authorities in securing permission for American food sup l plies to enter the Jugo- Slav state l but recently dozen motor trucks ] loaded with medicines, food and | clothing reached jugo- Slavia and have been distributed by the Ameri-
 can Red Cross.
 American sailors fraternize with l the Czecho- Slovaks and both the Food Mission recently made up a special shipment of food and medi- cines and sent a special commission 1 of doctors and nurses to care for the
 hostload of Czecho- -SloEak soldiers
 who recently came home from Co.,
 lombo and Vladivostok after a voy- age half around the world.
 The Czecho- Slovaks fought theii
 way through Bolshevfk Russia tc tVIadivostok along the Trans Siberi an railroad. They were held fol
 months at Vladivostok but finally
 were put aboard ship and sent home
 via India and the Suez Canal Man1
 of the soldiers were suffering iron their wounds and bore traces of tn, 1'hardships they endured while fight ing.
 1 Admiral Niblack strongly urged the American Red Cross to ente l Spalato with relief shipments ant on his recommendation Colonel Hen ry W. Anderson of Richmond Va
 Balkan Commissioner of the Amer
 can Red Cross, has instructed hi Bosnian representatives to rush sup plies into Spalato and the noun
 tainous districts beyond it.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Canada and Reindeer Industry.

Conversion of the Arctic and sub artic regions of Canada into a rein deer meat producing area is being csonsdered by the Canadian govern ment and is being widely discussed throughout the ominian.
 A bulletin from the Washington headquarters of The National Geo. graphic Society recalls that reindeer were not indigenous to Alaska and tells the interesting story of their in troduction there.
 'The story of the inception and growth of the reindeer enterprise in Alaska is very interesting and is not generally known" says the bulletin, which is based on a communication to the Society. During an extended 1 trip of inspection of the missionary l stations and government schools ip 1890. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, then | General Agent of Education in Alas l ka was impressed with the fact that i the natives in Arctic and sub-Arctic 1 Alaska were rapidly losing their sources of food supply.
 Each year the whales were going 1 farther and farther north beyond the i reach of the natives who had no 1 steamships in which to pursue them i the walrus which formerly had been 1 seen in herds of thousands, were dis appearing; the seals were becoming 1 exterminated. and in winter the l Esimo had to tramp 15 to 20 miles 1 out on the ice before he could catch one. The modern hunter, with his steam launches and rapid fire guns had found the whales, walrus and l seals such easy prey that he was
 ruthlessly destroying them. Also the 1 wild caribou, that the native had l na nj hnf frightened away and was rarely seen 1 Not only was the native losing | his food, but what in an arctic eli mate is no less important, his cloth ing as well. The whalebone, the ivory tusks of the walrus, the. sea skin. and the oil had given him means of barter with the Siberian traders across the Strait, from whom
 he obtained reinder skins to keeI him warm in winter.
 "Dr. Jackson saw that unless some thing was done at once the United l States woGid have to choose be-
 tween reeding the 10000 and more
 ':at1ves or letting them starve tc death,
 The same moss which covered SC
 many thousands of miles of the plains of Arctic Siberia was see.
 everywhere in Alaska. The tam,
 reindeer was practically the same animal as the wild caribou of Alas ka, changed by being domesticatec
 for centuries.
 "On his return to the United
 States in 1891, Dr. Jackson asked
 Congress for an appropriation te
 provide the money for importing (
 few deer. Congress was not con
 vinced of the wisdom of such action
 but several private persons were st
 interested that they placed 1000 a
 Dr. Jackson's disposal to begin tn,
 experiment. The first deer were brought over that year. It was no long before the government realized , the importance of the movement and in 1894 appropriated the sum o , s6.0Q0 to continue the work. Late T the appropriation wa sincreased an,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Now we learn that a new infantry man is called buck private from that famous indoor sport, poker. They always had a buck to pass in pokre and so the guy that had things passed to him was the buck" Sounds req sonable-Meriden Journal.
 The democrats threaten that they will filibuster to prevent the Knox resolution from coming to a vote be- fore the treaty is signed at Versailles. Well, it is the democrats turn to fili- buster, Otherwise nothing can be said for the. plan,-Waterbury Republican.
 As the Mayor pointed out the right of every citizen of Ansonia to go to his work unmolested and unhindered by force is an unchallenged as is the right of any other citizen or citizens to quit their work either collectively or individually. Invasion of this right is as much an affront of democratic freedom as would be the invasion of the home of any resident by persons having no business there. The sooner this right is recognized as one that will be backed if necessary, by the full power of the state, the better.- Ansonia Sentinel.
 This year of scarcity and high prices is bringing the ice question to book The revelations are serious enough to call for relief, But unorganized eff fort won't do much. The public will buy where the price is lowest to beat out competition. State or city must go into the business or legislation must regulate it. Ice is a necessity not to be controlled by monopoly Waterbury American.
 In almost all the necessities of life nature has done wonders in the past year. Yet the consumer finds only here and there little reduction ir prices.
 But there. are ways in which some can gain relief, and that is to go in fol raising everything possible, hogs, hens and hominy, as someone aliiteratively
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
A SCRAP BASKET SCRAP

my mother was a perfect housekeeper." And so the apples and plums- were placed in the kitchen and Prue con- tinued to eye them with disfavor, while Rosalie declared that they gave a touch of color to the kitchen which it otherwise lacked.
 One day when she entered the kitch- en after hard days work the scrap basket with it's ornamental apples and plums were gone. But Prue was there, and of her Rosalie demanded
 Where's my lovely scrap basket ?''
 Its in your room answered Prue. Really Rosalie, I could not work in the kitchen with that basket there, for | 1 knew it wasn't sanitary, and that those artificial apples and pluns would get covered with germs. So I emp tied it mad then brushed and washed it and hereafter I shall be willing to take every scrap of paper out to the gar bage box"
 But I won't" said Rosalie, with a l look of determination in her eyes, 'and l if that basket has to go, I shall go with it."
 NO let me go," said Prue. If you l would rather have the basket than me, why, I'll go. It isn't the basket itself l that I object to. but it's the princi pie of the thing, the violation of the rules of sanitation that is the conse- quence of keeping it. Every time l look at one of those apples I seem to
 see germs on it and I shall never be
 able to eat an apple or a plum if these things remain"
 1 "Oh, bother the rules of sanitation 1 cried Rosalie, and if you are looking
 for germs you can find them on every
 article in this kitchen, on the pots
 and pans, the jugs and pans, the
 chairs and tables. I'm sick of this sor-
 did search for germs and this ignoble insistence upon sanita tion." l And then Prue replied with dignity that, of course if Rosalie was sick oi
 germs and sanitation, she must be
 sick of her too, and that she would no
 dive with any one on whom she haG | such an unwholsome effect.
 i And then Rosalie, who was really {
 sweet tempered person when not fired
 replied in softened tones:
 Oh well, take the old thing out t the garbage box and let's have ont domestic germ at least, the germ 0 peace. e."-Exxchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18
STILL TAKING THE TOLL.

Three fatalities as the result of a party of young people being run down in the street at Brockton by an au- tomobile the driver of which claims that he was unable to see where he was going because of the glaring headlights on another auto for which he was turning out illustrates as clearly as anything can what the need is of securing legislation not only for reducing such danger but of enforc- ing the law after it has been obtain ed.
 Connecticut has seen a decided change for the better in the headlights on automobiles since law against dazzling headlights was enacted in this state. It hasn't meant that strong headlights have been elimi- mated for there are frequent instances when cars are equipped with lights that are much more powerful than is actually required but it is to be noted that the requirements regarding the use of lenses that are recognized as legal are invariably respec.eI.
 More and more states and many cities are coming to the recognition of the menace of the glaring head light. None is more familiar with it than the auto driver himself. He knows how completely it shuts off his vision beyond the oncoming car and how he is prevented from maintaining proper control of his car and from picking out the highway ahead. Ev- cry state should insist upon the elimi- nation of the dangerous lights and certainly # is for the interests of the autoists themselves, whether there is law requiring it Or not. to look out for their own safety as well as that ot others Reasonable lights and care 1 ful operation with due regard for the rights of others would prevent many of the accidents that occur.