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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29
STORIES OF TIE WAR
Around Lake BaikaI,
Correspondence of The Associated
 Press)

Correspondence of The Associated
 Press.)
 American railroad engineers who will doubtless come to Siberia in large numbers in connection with the reor- ganization of the Trans Siberian rail- way, will have much to do with the re- zion of the famous Lake Baikal, which is skirted on the south and southeast by the great Russian railroad. It is possible in the winter months to cross the lake on sleds. thus varying the monotony of the long journey. and in summer by embarking on a steamer. But the builders of the railroad found it desirable to have a safe all-rail pas sage to Vladivostock, so the way was hewed through ranges of hills. The tunnels are now guarded by Japanese troops.
 Baikal, which is one of the largest fresh water lakes in the world, is call ed The Holy Sea by the Russians who live in it's vicinity. It is only exceeded in size oy the American Lakes Supe- rior, Michigan and Huron and by Lake Nyanza in Africa. In contour it re- sembles the human heart. It attains at certain points the great depth of 3,1S5 feet.
 A number of islands may be seen as one crosses the water in the navigable season. The Buriats, descendants of the Mongolians, who are found numer- ously in the Baikal region, have a su perstitious reverence for the island of ] Oikhon as being the residence of the 1 internal divinity. BegdoZy, who is SUD- posed to have under his care the souls of the damned. The scientist Gheorghii who visited the island in 1772, declared | that at no place in the then known world were so many sacrifices made as on this island. According to another Mongolian tradition, Olkhon was the domain and home of the ancient hero I Genghis- Khan.
 Americans who have seen the rocky | human profile in the White mountains of New Hampshire would be interested in the spectacle on the eastern shore of the lake, to the north of Cape Holy where the summit of a perpendicular 1 column of jagged rock resembles the i colossal head of man, with a lons nose, and with the eyes represented b! profound and sombre cavities. In tn, crevasse which makes the moutl flocks of cormorants build their nests The idolatrous Buriat priests anC the Lama priests regard the subnarin, rock situated near the point where tn, mighty Angara river finds it's sourc,
 in Lake Balkal as being especially sa cred. They hold it to be the refuge o The Invincible White God, and offer III
 many sacrifices.
 The water is pure and transparent The climate is rigorous. The summe il is short and the nights for the mos part are cold. In winter the tempera
 ture falls to 40 degrees below zero
 Fahrenheit. Violent winds drivin,
 from the Arctic region produce shor1 perpendicular waves which, durin storms, reach a height of seven feel Fish are abundant and welcome foo
 to the. people.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29

permanent successor to Lord Strath- coma Then the war broke out, and Sir George consented to carry on until peace was restored. It it understod that he will now shortly retire, and MT. Lloyd Harris, chairman of the Canadian Mission in London, is men toned as his probable successor.
 Sir George is millionaire, and is known as Canada's 'fHandyman." ow- ing to the number of occasions on which he has temporarily acted for members of the Borden administration while away from their offices.
 The official guides to the museums. who resume their rounds next week will be welcomed, for there is nothing more dreary for the unlearned than a round of museum in which one feels that many things have interesting his tories, if only the information were available in a form less irksome than that entailed by repeated references to the official guide books.
 The museum guide, we know from experience, is very different from the lackadaisical guides to country houses. We recall one such who used to point out to visitors to Bridge the model of a full-rigged ship with the information that this was the actual vessel in the ConQueror.
 There is new apple being raised in central Essex from a pip, and it's name is 'Mr. Prothero," after the President of the Board of Agriculture. It is said to be a large handsome fruit of excel lent quality, which keeps longer and better than any British apple now grown. will not readily decay. even if damaged CT bruised, and is in season from October to June.
 Unlucllily, survival of the fittest" in fruit growing too often means victory for inferior quality. because market gardeners will plant. not the best kinds of apple-trees, but the heaviest crop pers. which are usually the most pro- fitable.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29
ONLY TREATMENT THAT GAVE RELIEF Suffered Three Years Before
 Finding "Frdt-a-tiyes"

CENTRAL WHARF, BOSTON, MASS.
 ''For three years, I was troubled With Constipation, accompanied by Dizziness and Violent Headaches. ] took medicines and laxatives, but without permanent relief.
 Last October, heard of 'sFruit-a- tives'' or Fyait Li0ey Tablets. I used one box and the results were so pronounced that I bought two dozen boxes.
 I continued using ''Fruit-a-tives'' until the twenty four boxes were finished, when my physical condition was perfeet". JAS. J. J.ROYALL.
 5oc. box, 6 for $2.5o, trial size 25c. At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited. OGDENsBJRG, \. f.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29
Conditions in Archangel.

PreSS.)
 High prices and no work have ex- hausted the savings of the peasants and, according to advices reaching the American mad other allied food com mittees in Archangel, the world will have to feed and clothe the half million people who live behind the allied lines in north Russia for at least eighteen months
 Six months ago almost every peas ant family in this district had it's se- cret heard of bank notes. While in the cities the people were, in many in stances, starving the peasants had money hidden under mattresses, in socks and buried in the ground and hidden away from possible Red Guard raiders were supplies of grain and other foodstuffs.
 Tn August frost killed most of the meagre acreage of grain that was sown last year in this territory, which is mostly forest. The secret food hoards were eaten months ago. Lum- Der mills and other concerns which usually gave employment have been shut down, and the peasant, with no source of revenue, nas been digging every day into his money savings to buy the food that came in from abroad when the allies landed. There is no prospect of north Russia feeding her self until the next harvest-and even this is made extremely difficult by the shortage of seed grain.
 The allied food committees in Arch angel are seeking a way to help this | population. The conditions that pre- vail in this territory among a popula- tion of half million are believed to prevail to an equal or worse extent throughout central Russia, under Bol- | shevik control.
 The American Red Cross has ceased civilian relief on large scale in the Archangel district, since this work is to be taken over by the sHoover fedora Organization, whose representatives al l this date, have not arrived.
 1 The Archangel Tiestnik, comment l ing on the situation says: If the | Northern Region desires to be able te ! subsist on its own supplies, the nee.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29

essary seed grains must be received not later than in four months. If they are not received in that time, the pop ulation is either condemned to starya- tlon or they will depend entirely up- on the allies
 Relief work among the peasants in the hunger stricken territory along the Murmansk peninsula and on the Arctic Pechora. at this time of the year, is greatly hampered by the ice An ice breaker with about TOO tons of flour. sent to Pechora district had to return to Archangel. unable to penetrate the ice fields.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29
FAT PEOPLE
 GET THIN

Best safe home method. Get a smaii box of oil of korein at the drug gist's. Follow plain directions under S100 guarantee. New book tells all about reducing weight quickly. pleas antly, lastingly, in plain wraper, free; write to Korein Co, NE-5 56S. Staticn r. New York. N. r.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29

service. Some clever men who never even got into any sort of war ser vice say the chance for money mak- ing that there was in arousing pub lie sympathy through the soldiers. They have been making profits of Get-Rich- Quick Wallingford charac- ter through their work, pushed by means of soldiers who get only a share of the profts.-Waterbury Re publican
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29

Holland is said to have purchased thirty German seaplalios of the latest type, for delivery forthwith. for an air service in the near future with this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-29

Dandruff causes a feverish irrita- shrink, loosen and then the hair comes out fast. To stop falling hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, get small bot tie of "Danderine" at any drug store for a few cents pour a little in your hand and rub it into the scalp. After several applications the hair stops coming out and you can't find any dandruff. Your hair appears soft, glossy and twice as thick and abund- ant. Try it.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16

And, besides all that, there aren't
any eligible princesses left in
Europe. Naturally. all the royal
ladies of Germany and Austria are
eliminated" by the late war. The
four beautiful daughters of the for
mer Gar, Olga, Tatiana.> Marie and
Anastasia, met a tragic and mysteri-
GUS death in the Russian revolution.
The other European princesses who
might be considered as possible
mates for the British heir-apparent
are barred by their religion. The
English prince must mary a Prot
estant.
The king and Queen of England
are both said to have assured Presi-
dent Wilson that the prince is to
visit America, and the news has al
ready set mothers of eligible Ameri-
can dollar princesses in a fiutter Of
interest and preparation.
Unfortunately for the romantic
match-makers, the daughters Of
President Wilson, Americas nearest
thing to princesses, are already
married to American citizens, with
the exception of Miss Margaret Will
son, who is older than the prince by
several years. and VINO is more con-
cerned with pleasing Yank soldiers
than royal suitors.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
BAKER TO TELL
BIG ARMY PLAN
War Secretary Will Ex-
plain Need of 100000
Men to Congress.

Secretary Baker and Gen. March
will explain to the House Committee
on Military Affairs today the plan
of the General Staff by which a
regular army of 100000 is to be ere
ated during the period of demobili-
zation of the present forces.
Secretary Baker will point out the
necessity of fixing the strength of
the standing army. in order that es-
Inmates for appropriations of the
army's needs may be put in at this
session of the Congress. Legisla-
tiOn setting forth the extent of the
retention of auxiliary corps and ac-
tivities of the army which were ere
ated during the war, is necessary, it
is said.
According to present plans the
army will number 100000 men and
will continue at that figure until
Congress, at some later date. re-
vises upward or downward. Unless
the league of nations comes into be-
ing and promises guarantees by
which armaments can be reduced
the opinion is general that the peace
time army Of the United States will
be approximately the same.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
ALEXANDRIA
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A 8. Doniphan,
- kins str,>.

Alexandria, Va, Jan. 1.-two
wills were probated today in the
circuit Court for this city in vaca-
ton One was that of Douglass
stuart dated April Z, 1917, and e.
b. Taylor qualified as executor.
AFTER beQueathing $500 to his
cousin Miss Roberta L. Stuart. he
leaves the remainder of his estate
10 MS brother. Charles A. Stuart,
ana his cousin, Miss katherine H.
Stuart
Louis p. Shuman's will also was
probated in this court. He be-
slueaths to his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Mollie V. Shuman. and her children
the three-story brick store and
dwelling. SIG King street, together
with the business conducted therein,
a bakery and confectionery estab-
hshment, and also half of his life
insurance policies.
To his daughter, Mrs. May Demon,
he leaves his money in bank, fur
niture at 516 King street, one-half
of life insurance policies and GER
tain lots in George Washington
Park and Braddock. The will is
dated September 16, 1913. He names
his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mollie V.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16

A woman was telling me a pathetic
little story the other day. She said:
My married life has been wrecked
on the dollar mark. I alienated my
husbands affections by my eXtrava-
gance. lost his respect through my
/ inability to manage my household af-
fairs, and through my ignorance Of
the cost of things. 1 am treated by
Ehim with a sort of contemptuous pity
instead of being regarded as a help
| meet, and all because " was never
taught as a girl how to handle money.
'I was the only girl in a family
where there were several devoted
brothers, and they delighted in lavish
ing verything upon their little sister
Whatever I wanted / was INDUCED in,
but it was given to me. never
bought it myself. ! never had the
actual handling of money or saw how
fast full purse can dwindle into an
empty one.
"Then got married, and did what
anyone might have foreseen' that a
girl brought up n>entire ignorance of
the value of money would have done.
plunged into an orgy of spending
I literally burned money up I ran
my husband into debt, and when he
demonstrated with me I accused him
of being stingy and wept and made
scenes
FINALLY, realizing that was ruin
ing him, he took charge of all the
family expenditures himself. He buys
even my own clothes I have only a
small allowance for street car fare
/ am a cipher in my own house. Moth
ing will ever convince him that I am
to be trusted with a dollar or that 7
have learned a bitter lesson. Nothing
will ever make him regard me as
anything more than a useless parIor
ornament or think of me as a real
wife, to be consulted and confided in"
This woman's story could be dupli-
Gated in thousands of other homes
where the first rift within the Lutte.
the first shadow on the honeymoon,
came with the young husbands dis
covery that the angel that he thought
he had married knew no more about
the value of a dollar than IL she be-
longed, indeed. to that celestial region
whose Inhabitants wear feathers in
stead of tailor-mades, and subsist
on nectar and ambrosia instead of
beefsteak, and where the divine har-
mony is not disturbed by the high
cost of living.
Nothing nips romance more COM
pletely in the bud than debt, and when
the bill collector is forever hammer
ing on the front door love is very
sure to beat 1t out of the window.
No mans vision of perfect wife is
"a lady who scatters his hard-earned
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
s5OO,OOo,ooo
ASKED FOR R. RS
To Garry Out Government
Policy of Aiding Financ-
ing Of improvements.

Congress will be asked soon to ap-
Dropriate more than S0O,OQO,o0 to
carry out the governments policy
Of aiding in the financing of rail-
road improvements, according TO a
statement made by Director General
Hines yesterday.
The total authorized expenditures
for railroad improvements up to De-
cember 81. 1918. was sl.277, 100000, of
which it is estimated S5SS 100000 had
been expended up to that date. II
is estimated that the minimum total
Of the additional requirements of the
railroads for 1919 will be $4,000, coo
and Mr.. Hines says it is possible they
may exceed $500. .OO0O00.
In a statement yesterday Of the
matter. he said, in part:
The Railroad Administration has
been charged by the Federal con-
troll act with two functions which are
entirely distinct and which it is very
important shall not be confused. one
Of these functions Is to render the
public service through operation Of
the railroads. collecting of the reve-
nucs therefor. and paying the eS-
penses and the rental due the rail-
road COMPANIES. The other of these
functions Is 10 require lllc HtSCoSdl
permanent improvements to be made
including purchases OF new equip
ment. and to aid in financing these
expenditures for new improvements
in order that railroad companies
may not be forced to offer large
blocks OF securities in the market
hder circumstances which would un-
le financial conditions and which
interfere with government
Is. The carrying out of this
function may call for the
gpary use of great deal more
Nernment money than is needed for
he carrying out of the first function.
This second function was one OF
be controlling considerations for TAX
z over the railroads. Very large
Expenditures were needed to equip
hem to perform their war work.
my efforts on the part of the rail-
Dad companies to borrow such sums
would have resulted in the Offering
such high interest rates as TO
.Isre with the financing of the
ment In many instances it
probably have been impracti-
railroad companies to raise
Ty funds at all. COnse-
-as contemplated in the
foI act that the govern
temporarily carry the
these improvements as
be necessary"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16

And the young prince went forth
to seek a wife"
Out of the fairy tale into America,
1878, comes the hero-prince, looking
for a wife-and he's going to look
among American beauties first!
The British throne is about the
only really good throne in Europe.
What with wars and revolutions
and other unpleasantnesses. the
royal seats are badly out of repair.
and not as desirable as in former
years.
The Prince of Wales Up. w. for
shOrD, in ordinary times. would
never be allowed to look at any girl
less than a princess, but now is en-
joying the privilege of choosing
wife he likes from among English
or American families!
Everybody feels that, under tho
circumstances, it would be very
good taste for his royal highness to
choose a wife from the maidens Of a
democracy. 1t would please both
Americans and Englishmen by its
hands ds-across-the-sea" effect, and
would likewise have a salutary in
fluence on many too enthusiastic
democrats, who would be mol
lifted to see plain American girl
in the seats of the mighty.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
FIGHTING RESUMED
IN BERLIN, REPORT
Spartacans Fired Into Streets from
Housetops-Reports Conflict.

Copenhagen, Jan. 15.-Fighting was
resumed in Berlin yesterday. dis
patches from German sources report
ed today.
Spartacans fired into the streets
from the housetops, these advices
said. Bombs were thrown upon a
railway station. Attacks were made
on the FrariZer Barracks. A brief en-
gagement was fought in the Belleali-
anceplatz, in which government troops
were successful. The fighting con-
tinued all day.
An Amsterdam dispatch received
earlier today reported that a truce
had been put into effect between Spar
tacans and government troops in Ber-
lin last Friday. This truce was not
to be disregarded by either side until
twelve hours notice had been given.
Reports from Berlin are still con-
fiictInE. This Copenhagen dispatch is
not confirmed from other sources yet.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
TEACH GIRLS TO HANDLE MONEY
By DOROTHY DIX
TIE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER

dollars to the winds, nor does he look
forward to a happy life with his nose
always on the grindstone of her ex-
travagance
No successful home can ever be
built except upon an adequate finan-
cial foundation, and it is just as much
the wife's part to supply this as it
is the husbands. 1t is just as i'm
portant for the wife to be thrifty ana
economical, and spend wisely. as it is
for the husband to make the money
that supports the household.
Now, the great majority of women
enter into marriage with a sincere de-
sire to help their husbands, and to
be real valuable working partners.
When they fail to do this it is through
ignorance. and when they waste their
husbands incomes and are guilty OF
criminal extravaganza it is nearly al
ways because they have not been
taught how to handle money.
OF course in time most women do
learn that there are only a hundred
cents in a dollar instead of a thou
sand, but their experimentation is
at the expense of the men they
have married. and by the time they
have acquired this information they
have quarreled and fought with
their husbands so often that they
have rubbed the bloom off of their
married life, and made a little
breach between themselves and
their husbands that is never entirely
bridged over.
Parents commit a grievous fault
in not teaching their daughters how
to handle money, and thus learning
by actual experience when to spend
and when to save and how far a
definite amount will go. If every
old, had her own personal allowance
on which she was obliged to dress
and pay her own expenses under her
mothers guidance, and so had to
plan the judicious use of her money.
it would save many a woman from
running her husband and bankrupt
ing her own happiness.
AS it is, the average girl never
has an allowance. She never has
any real money given to her. or the
handling of a dollar until she gets
married, and then, because she is
ignorant and untaught, she makes a
mess of the job of the family dis
bursting officer.
Teach girls how to handle money.
and you will do much to promote
il the love of money is the root of
all evil, the knowledge of how to
spend it wisely is the bottom of
contentment, peace and happiness.
Copyright. 1913, BY the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16

shuman. as executrix. and she quali-
fed as such.
Directors of two of the national
banks today elected officers to
serve for the year. They are as
follows:
First National-GardnerL l. Boothe.
president; NJ. B. Harlow, vice presl-
dent; George E. Warfield, cashier /:
J. Johnston Green and Arthur X.
Warfield, assistant cashiers.
Alexandria, National-Judge s. z.
Nicol, president; Judge Samuel @.
Brent, vice president; J. Lawrence
Perry, cashier; r. l. Dudley, assist
ant cashier.
Charters have been granted by
the State Corporation Commission
to the following concerns: John
sons Directory Corporation, Alex
andria- with a capital stock of S50,-
600; purposes are publishing di-
rectories. books, etc: B. F. Johnson.
president; John w. Price, secretary,
both of Washington.
Cold Spring Mining Company.
Inc, Alexandria, with a capital
stock of 100000; purposes, mining
business; officers, II. Noel Garner.
president; Gardner L. Boothe, Sec
retary, both of Alexandria.
Mrs Amanda Blanch Wright, wife
of James =. Wright, died suddenly at
1875 o'clock this morning at her resi-
dence. 3l9 South St Asaph street
She was a daughter OF the late Caleb
l. and Amanda Wheeler Richards,
Besides her husband, she is survived
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
Hske Enemies Work.

4 Jan. 1J.-Enemy prisoners of
|ill get a chance to rebuild what
lave wrecked in France, accord
kscision Of the French cabinet.
Ed today.
prisoners will be employed at
n reconstruction work in the
ed regions. Two hundred
4 Vare expected to be labOring
"a 20.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
STARS SIGN CONTRACTS
ELIMINATE MIDDLEMAN
Mary Pickford, Doug" Fairbanks,
Charley CHAPLIN and W. S. Harte.

Los Angeles, Jan. 10. - An agree
ment was signed today by Mary Pick
ford. Douglas Fairbanks, Charley
Chaplin. D. w. Griffith and w. S.
Hart, which will practically eliminate
the middleman in the hadiing of NOV
ing picture films of these great ar
fists. The players agreed not to sign
any new contracts after the expira-
tion of their present contracts with
the various distributing organizations.
They plan to release their films in
dividuaIly through the United Artists
Distributing Company, tentative plans
for the formation of which were made
today.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
UKRAINIAN TROOPS
BEAT BOLSHEVISTS
Gen. Denekine Defeats Reds in
Kuma River Battle.

Bolshevik forces in South Russia
were crushed in the recent Kuma
River battle with Republican forces
of Ukraine under Gen. Denekine. off,
cial Russian advices yesterday an
nounced.
More than 1Ooo Bolshevfk, well
armed and equipped, were taken pris-
oners, it was stated, and the remain
ing Red legions were broken up and
fed northward. completely disor-
ganized.
The advices officially announced the
Bolshevist evacuation of Alexandria
and Yrushave in the Caucasus.