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The Press., 1919-07-31
WELLINGTON

Rev. and Mrs. Bacheler are enter taining several guests from Manches- ter.
 Miss J. D. Bennett has been home for a few days before going on a case in Abingdon.
 For all the electric shower of Mon day was not violent it put one of the telephone lines of the Hill out of com mission, showing the wisdom of hav- ing service by two lines.
 Last Wednesday the Hilltop club was very delightfully."- entertained by Miss Coleman at the Studio, and the 3Oth by Mrs. Smiths guest from near Boston, who with her family are sum- mering at Loomis Naples.
 Rev. Earl w. Darrow, former pas tor here, was recently called to take up Baptist state convention work in Vermont with residence in Burlington. His church at West Hartford made af- fectionate protest, backed by a sub stantial raise in salary, and the Yer mont invitation was declined much to the satisfaction of all the Baptists in Connecticut, who would deplore the removal of this useful pastor and pas tOreSs from the state. Mrs. DarrOW' s aunt, Miss Emma Rose, of BrOOkfield Mass, is visiting her.
The Press., 1919-07-31
KEEP COOL AND KEEP WELL
Some Points of Importance to Be Re membered When an Epidemic ls
 Threatening Public Health.

At its worst any epidemic takes but a relatively small toll of the pOpula- tion, and as a rule the majority of people are resistant to the assaults of the worst disease germs, including in- fluenza, if they but take ordinary care of themselves. This Is important. Whatever medical science may advise as to prevention or as to treatment, one simple fact vat outweighs every thing else Is that If every individual will but follow the normal life he has led, eat those things that are suited to his system. things he has always eaten with resulting good health, rest and sleep as usual and avoid Overfaigue while carrSelg on his work, also as usual, he will escape the pestilence. There Is no excuse for any panic. Above all, the individual should re- member that the first and last rule to follow in this state of things is to keep cool and keep well. For the man who will keep cool will keep well, and the man who keeps well and has all his faculties about him will keep cool This Is no time for official or individ- ual or collective hysteria.-Philadel phia Public Ledger.
The Press., 1919-07-31
LEGEND OF CHRISTMAS ROSE
Story Merely Beautiful Imagery, but Beautiful Flower Really Does
 Bloom in Winter.

There is much beauty and pathos in the legend of the Christmas rose. which comes down to us by way of both Italy and England. It concerns a little girl-Madelon, flow CT seller according to the English yer sion; shepherds daughter, accord ing to Italian sources. She desired to see the strange little king and fol- lowed the shepherds to Bethlehem, foot-sOre and weary. "But she for got all her trouble in the joy of see ing the mother and the child," says MT. Jackson "She stood entranced by the sight. She saw the rich gifts the wise men had brought. She saw the humble gifts of the shepherds, the loaf of barley bread, the home made cheese, the fleece of a lamb, white and soft, fit to wrap around the baby's limbs this cold winter night She was seized by childhood's native spirit of generosity. She, too, must give of her best. The best she ever had to give was flowers. But there are no flowers now, for 1t is winter, nor has she a farthing of money with which to buy anything else. She looked down at her little sun-browned hands, and a great sob arose in her throat. To have the impulse of love, without the means of expressing 1t, is real pain, and Madelon burst into tears. Her tears brought an instant response from the Guardian Angel Ga briel, who took her by the hand and %ho 1{ f{aly when, To, rich flowers sprang up on every side. Yes, there really are Christmas roses. They bloom in mid winter, under blanket of snow, and their petals never wither. It is true, only the legend tells it in the form of poetry, that is all."
The Press., 1919-07-31

Mrs. Walter Ide and son, Whitman, of Piqua, Ohio, are visiting her par ents, MT and Mrs. Otis Chapman.
 Harris and Norman Ludwig of Man chester have returned from few days visit with their grandparents, MT. and Mrs. A. U. Charter.
 Mrs. T. FDarcey of Rockville spent the weekend and over Sunday with her parents, MT. and Mrs. A. U. Char ter, returning home Monday.
 The supper held at the church Fri day evening was largely patronized and the society cleared $44.25. An other supper is planned for soon.
 George and Joseph Webber, sons of Henry Webber, a former resident here, and Frank Clark, all of New York, are boarding with Mrs. Thomas Casey ,and expect to remain over Labor day.
The Press., 1919-07-31
STAFFORD SPRINGS

w R. c. meeting next Wednesday.
 George Watson of Norwich is visit ing his daughter. Mrs. flanagan.
 Amos Gingras returned home Satur- day after nearly years service over seas
 Mrs. Augustus Garvais and son, Leo, and Miss Alberta Rounds are on a trip to the Berkshire mountains.
 Mrs. John A. Foster is spending the months of July and August at Crystal Lake, the guest of Mir. and Mrs. David Bissett.
 Miss Mona O'Connell left on a trip to Ireland last week. It is some time since anyone from Stafford has been across the Atlantic on pleasure trip.
 Mir and Mrs. w. E. Cam of Eliza beth, N. J.. are the guests of MT. and Mrs. F. A. Sweet. MT. Cam is direc- tor of physical education at the Y. M. c. A. in Elizabeth and is also a mem Der of the state athletic commission of New Jersey.
 The Cyril Johnson Woolen Go. have been having some trouble in getting a whistle to take the place of the bell that has been used till recently. The first whistle was too shrill and not loud enough while the present one is quite deep but not very strong when 1t comes to distance.
 At town meeting held in the fire mems hall Tuesday afternoon it was decided not to sell the building lot at the south end of the old hotel prop erty in Stafford Hollow. The select men were advised to grade the prop erty on which the hotel buildings stood.
 Ed" Gillies came across with an other victory behind Forest B last Thursday afternoon in the PA trot at the Greenfield meeting of the Bay State circuit for a $1,OOO purse. This was his fourth victory this year behind that worthy stallion. He had no trouble in winning this victory for he found it quite easy to send this trotter down the back stretch and under the wire at grand clip trailing the whole field.
The Press., 1919-07-31
OCEAN HAS KEPT ITS SECRET
No One Knows What Became of the Steamer President, Missing Since
 March, 1841.

The first steamer to be reported missing was the President, which sail- ed away from New York as long ago as March, 1841. Perhaps it was be- cause big steamers were then marvels in the eyes of the people of both the old and the new world that the whole public of America and of Europe thought of nothing but the missing liner over a period of many weeks. Ship after ship arrived which had started after the President and still no tidings of the missing ship came te hand.
 On April 13-unlucky day-a letter was received by one of the family of passenger of the President, saying that the missing ship had been driven to Madeira with a damaged rudder. Flags were hoisted and there was joy on both sides of the Atlantic, but, alas it was all a cruel hoax.
 Since the ill-starred day when the President left New York there have been many missing ships, and the story of the old American liner has been repeated again and again, with per haps slight variation In detail. Some mysteries, although never actually solved, give us something on which to found theory. The ship which sail ed away with cargo of railway met als. matches and gunpowder, and was afterward reported missing" may have sunk, but Sherlock Holmes would probably have thought otherwise.
The Press., 1919-07-31

J. H. Mccarthy has purchased the house of George Potter occupied by F. G. Medbery and family. | George Bosworth and Wm. Fronk of Springfield were the guests of Her | tert Bosworth over Sunday. MT. and Mrs. A. c. Lyon and son or Wales were the guests of his parents,
 MT. and Mrs. T. M. Lyon, over Sunday. MT. and Mrs. Emil Von Deck and four children of Vernon visited his | brother, Rev. John Von Deck, and family on Sunday. Mrs. G. E. Webster and two daugh- ters of East Longmeadow, Mass, were the guests of her mother, Mrs. l.. M. Booth, a few days last week and over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Merl Hughes and two sons of Springfield are enjoying their vacation with his mother, Mrs. Nc Carthy and grandfather, G. M. Moore, this week.
 MT. and Mrs. F. G. Medbery and family visited relatives in Willimantlc and Mansfield Hollow last week, Mrs. Medbery remaining for more ex- tended visit.
 Miss Catherine Silk and Mrs. Rose Silk spent last week on Block Island. Miss Silk and friend, MT. Bird, re- turned to Chicopee Falls, Mass, Sun day evening.
 Rev. o. J. Aldrich of Stafford Springs will exchange pulpits with Rev. J. M. Von Deck next Sunday morning in the Congregational church. Mr. Aldrich will administer the sacra- ment of the Lords supper.
 MT. and Mrs. H. Bigsbee and son, Earl, of Schenectady, N. Y., accom- panied by their cousins, Miss Sadie and Wm. Denue, of Watervliet, N. Y., are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Morrell making the trip by auto.
 MT. and Mrs. Barley and family of Philadelphia, MT. and Mrs. Lawrence Murray of Long Island, MT. and Mrs. Frank Brown of Indian Orchard, MT. and Mrs. Popp of Springfield, Martin Nelson of Monson and Louis West were recent guests of MT. and Mrs. Philo West.
 MT. and Mrs. c. w. Stephenson and William Phelps of Worcester, Mrs. A. J. Hedges, Miss Esther and Charles Hedges of Wollaston, Mass, and MT. and Mrs. Whitaker of Auburn, Mass, were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. B. Phelps on Sunday, making the trip by automobile.
The Press., 1919-07-31
FURNACE AVENUE GARAGE.
COMIQUE THEATRE

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The Press., 1919-07-31
ELLINGTON Crystal Lake

Clifford Charter of Rockville visited in the place on Monday.
 Mrs. Maynard and children of Mys tic are visiting at MT. and Mrs. D. H. CurtiS'S.
 John R. Downes is building a bung alo on the Holland turnpike near the trolley line.
The Press., 1919-07-31
Our Great Half Yearly Sales of Furniture
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The Press., 1919-07-31
A Helpful Way
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 Birthday Gift

There is that birthday coming along in a few days, and you hav'nt picked out the gift. In fact, you can't quite make up your mind what will be accepta ble. It is a hard problem, but a visit to
The Press., 1919-07-31
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The Gift Shop

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
US. YARDS TOBUILD
SHIPS FOR EUROPE

orders for possibly athree million
gross tons OF ships to be built tor
foreign account in American snip
yards may be placed as the result 0i
an order by President Wilson per
hitting the building of such SHIPS
provided it could be done without
interfering with the construction ot
the American merchant marine. Toe
Presidents action was announced an
statement issued at the White aouse'
The order was suggested by ChaIE-
man Hurley. Of the Shipping BoaIo.
Norway is expected to place lSrs
orders, possibly 100000 tons, ana
France and Italy probably VIII Ie.
contracts for considerable tonnage lI
was explained, but England Is not eH-
pected tor place any orders in AmerI-
can yards.
At the Shipping Board IL was ex-
planned that few orders coulo
placed Immediately, as the Capacity
OF the yards for foreign account was
yet limited.
In respect to the prices to be aueteo
by American shipbuilders to foreign
interests it was recalled that the las
price made for ships built In Ameri-
can yards was $40 q ton. All con-
tracts for foreign ships will be placed
privately. Shipping Board officials
said, but under the general super
vision of the board.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
WILL URGE BUDGET
FOR U. S. EXPENSES

II appeared certain today that a
budget system to regulate govern
mental expenditures will be adopted
by the Congress which conVenes next
week Congressman James W. Good
chairman OF the House Appropriations
Committee, is preparing such meas
ure for introduction at the next ses-
sion, and several members OF the Sen
ate are known to be working 10 the
same end.
Mr.. Goods bill will include pro-
vision fixing responsibility for esti-
mates submitted by heads OF the ex-
ecutive departments and will place
the preparation of the budget under
the supervision OF the President.
Before giving the budget his oxen,
the President will be required to es-
innate the revenues out OF which the
recommended expenditures will be APP
propriated
President Wilson is known to be
strongly in favor of a budget system
and is expected to recommend legis-
lation looking to this end in his forth
coming message.
Secretary OF the Treasury Glass is
also giving the matter considerable
study, and support Of the measures
is looked for from him.
Both Republicans and Democrats
declared for a budget system in the
platforms adopted at their last ma
tional conventions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14

LONDON, May 14.-Not the least
interesting OF the many revolutionary
postwar waves sweeping over Great
Britain is that OF spiritualism, ac-
cording to a copyright dispatch to
the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Lord
Rayleigh, scientist, and Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle are among its latest and
most widely featured opponents. With
his usual sang froid" Doyle has
boldly taken his stand upon the pub
lie platform alongside Sir oliver
Lodge, Sir William Barrett, and DR..
a. r. Wallace, and in a recent tour
Of Scotland and north England he ad-
dressed more tan fifty thousand
people.
He SAYS "Spiritualism is the biggest
thing that has come into the world,
and il is what the hearts of war VIC
tims-bereaved fathers, mothers, and
wives-sre crying out for, consciously
or unconsciousIy." Asked il he
thought his meetings were a success,
he said:
Indeed. yes. Not once have l been
interrupted, and everywhere people
listen eagerly. They are tired of
words which bring them no comfort
and long for solid facts. II is the
solid facts of human survival and
spirit communication I tell them off,
Object to Mourning.
A profound impression is always
made by Sir Arthur when he tells his
audience: I'VE believe in the depths
of our souls that our heroes are here
with us now and are not lying on the
al X.
the sands OF Kut, Mesopotamia, or
Palestine. They tell US that our
mourning casts a cloud upon their
happiness, that we should carry them
with us'in our lives and retain them
as members Of the family circle"
On Thursday begins the annual con-
vention of the Union of London Spir-
itualists at South Place Institute. The
speakers include Miss Lindaf Hageby.
James Coates, and Ernest Hunt.
Through the initiative OF Thomas
Hughes, the first Jewish Spiritualist
society OF England was founded last
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
GLASS URGES PURCHASE
OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

With the Victory loan now closed
the Importance. OF the war savings
stamp Is emphasized by Secretary
Glass in a statement urging the CO.
operation OF bankers and merchants
in placing this investment before the
American people.
while no definite decision has been
reached, it is extremely probable that
war savings stamps or some variation
OF them in shape or name will be a
permanent institution" said the Sec
rotary, who cites the stamps as an ex-
cellent investment for the average
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
KILL DEPUTY AS HE LOADS
SEIZED STILL ON TRAIN

BLUEFIELD, W. Va. May IA
Deputy Sheriff H. n. Blankenship. of
Mcdowell county, W. Va, was shot
and killed at Jenkin Jones, near
here. when a party Of officers en-
gagged in loading a captured still on
a train was attacked by three alleged
moonshiners. Will Murray. a men,
Der Of the ATTACKING party. and the
man who is alleged to have shot
BIankenship, was shot and seriously
wounded by the latter before he lost
consciousness.
Alex BnIips. said by authorities to
have been in the attacking party, is
under arrest. Posses are searching
for the third man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
BLAMESLAX SOCIAL
LAWS FOR RED4SM

BOSTON, May 14.-That the I. ".
". attained its growth in the North
west Of LAX social laws and economic
injustice worked by the moneyed in
terest" was the statement of Mayor
Ole Hanson OF Seattle. speaking be-
fore the Employers Association of
eastern Massachusetts,.
THE men who made up the mem
bership OF this undesirable society
were men who were made bitter by
wrongs committed by the lumber
kings of Washington and Oregon"
charged the fighting executive.
He continued that the movement
was losing force now, as employers
and all citizens were realizing they
could not leave the workmen to him
self without suffering.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
Wave of SpirituaIiSn1
Sweeps Over England
And Eases War Losses

week to investigate and demonstrate
spiritual phenomenon and to propa-
gate it's benefits to humanity.
Clergy all over the United Kingdom
are aghast at the inroads OF spiritual
ism under the direction Of jealous
converts. Their sermon attacks have
only served to stimulate greater in
terest in the offered evidence Of spirit
recognition. New headquarters for
soul readings, seances for investiga-
tors and clinics for shell-shock victims
are opening up all over London Pub
lie services are held every Sunday and
Monday evenings in Steinway Hall,
and they are crowded.
Says Husband Guides
Your correspondent talked with the
widow OF an officer OF the Gordon
Highlanders. who insisted she was in
touch with her husband who was kill
ed in France, and that he was direct
ing her daily life. Another convert is
the father OF two dead sons, who al
legged that he was holding nightly
chats with his boys. I have conVersed
with many others who claimed to
have bridged to the other world and
all insist they began their investiga-
lions of psychical phenomena abso-
lutely skeptical.
There are two groups active, one
holding darkroom -seauces and the
other advocates OF light-room seances.
Tom Thomas, a medium, admits il Is
impossible to make a dark seance
fraud proof. but he welcomes honest,
wide-awake Investigators, adding: IF
a medium has powers which can only
be demonstrated in the dark, then
darkness is no evidence that genuine
phenomena do not occur"
The general opinion one hears
everywhere is that II spiritualism can
ease the pain of any aching heart and
restore gladness. then it Is a good
thing, no matter what its detractors
may say.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
AR MAIL LINE READY.

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-14
LIVE WIRE KILLS LMEMAN.

YORK. May 14.-Charles SHELL a
lineman employed by the Edison
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