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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-07
ALABAMA SOCIETY ELECTS.
Representative Bankhead Address
es Monthly Meeting.

Representative Bankhead of Ala
bama entertained members of the Ala
bama Society at their regular MONTH
1y meeting last night in the Wilson
works of the late John Hay. The fol-
lowing officers We're elected: James
c. Davenport, first vice president:
Edward Albes, second vice president;
Cecil A. Beasley, third vice president,
and Charles *. Gould, sergeant at
arms,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-07
Would Sell Surplus Army Autos.

Immediate sale at public auction of
surplus Army automobiles. after the
distribution of 22,195 to states for
highway work, was requested of the
War Department by resolution
adopted yesterday by the House. The
measure, being merely a request, is
without legislative direction, and does
not require Senate concurrence or
presidential approval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-07
RED CROSS DRIVE AIMS
j ARE TOLD TO CONGRESS

s; The purposes of the Red Cross drive
were made clear. to members. OF Con-
j of New York. who had read into the
2 Record a statement by Henry p. Davi-
j son. former chairman of the war
tlcouncil of the American Red Cross
and now of the executive committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-07
SUFFRAGE IS MADE
AN ISSUE IN FRANCE
Experimental Ballot Will Be
Taken by Women During
Regular Election.
BY WILLIAM e. NASH.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago
Daily News. Copyright, 1919.

PARIS, November 4.-Woman suf-
srage is to play an important part in
he coming French elections. By an
intelligent system of propaganda the
woman suffragists intend to place
heir cause unequivocally before the
people. Letters will be sent to each
candidate. asking whether he is for
Or against woman suffrage. Speeches
will be made and pamphlets will be
distributed at the various party
ieetings. A campaign of advertising
s to be begun in the larger cities by
means of newspapers and posters.
Finally, on November Is, the day of
the national elections, an experiment
al feminine ballot will be taken in
one of the three major subdivisions
of Paris. Women will cast trial
votes Tor the names before the public,
tnd from the results some conclu-
SONS can perhaps be drawn as to
whether nationwide feminine votes
Enuld favor clericalisnl. socialism or
dd!"alism. PROFESSIONS will not be
organized, for they are discouraged
~ law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-07

IT am a member Of the Red Cross in
America, and / expect to raise my
voice for it again in the next drive
Samuel Gompers. President American
Federation Of Labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-07

OF republics now existing the old
est is San Marine, a tiny country sit
uated near the Adriatic and wholly
surrounded by Italy. This little re
public is said to date from the fourth
century d.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The thousand or more delegates
attending the annual convention of
the Wholesale Grocers Association
in incinnati were assured by the
president of the Coffee Roasters' AS
socia ton that coffee is in a fair way
to become the national drink after
July1 In that case it won't be long
before there Will be a persistent de-
mand that coffee be made to follow
other stimulants into punishment
Waterbury Democrat.
Among the great jobs of Americana
cation before us is the bringing up OF
legislators, with convictions and the
courage to maintain them. to displace
the men now who calculate the effect
which every vote they cast viii have
on groups of voters with a program
da at work At present congress and
legislatures are in fear of their polit-
ical lives and frequently are ready to
sacrifice every public interest and
their own principles to save votes.
We need some fashioned Amer
icanisr>. right in this weak place in
our institutions.-Waterb Ameri-
can.
1t has been said by philosophers
that true wealth lies only in the
soil but that is no longer a fact. The
clever and intricate machines which
! make modern life so wonderful are
in themselves an extension of wealth
/ to the world, by saving time and Ia
Dor and increasing each persons ca
| pacity for producing.
| If the soil were our only real basi:
of basis of wealth, then New Eng
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
Sunday Morning Talk
HOME RELIGION

There is no greater need today than
quickening in home religion. 1t is
true beyond question, that we are
now reaping all over our land the
painful results of irreligious home
life 1t is evidsnt in all social do
nestle, and other crimes that shame
us.
There is no safeguard of our civil
cation Of the state, or the church that
is nearly so strong as that which
godly homes furnish. When unbelret
or evil dominate here wrong finds
an ally. There is no institution in
the world that can do or undo the
wrong in equal measure with the
home The church is a great suffer-
er at the hearthstone today.
1t seems a nuneven task to teach
children in the Sunday school, when
it is not supplemented by prayer and
example in the home. The respon-
sibility Of parents, not of one but
of both, is very grave - No condi-
ton can excuse US. Gods word
puts a distinct mark upon the Chris
tan and I'M Christian home. There
is no culture, or display of wealth
no earthly comfort that can substi-
tute the family altar
A prayerless home is like a house
without a roof, wholly incomplete
There is no assured hope for tht
home as long as it is prayerless.
On the other hand. a family gath
cred about the altar of prayer i'll The
morning, the father reading the wore
of God. and their commencing all tt
God for the day, this is mos
forceful example and one of the
most beautiful pictures of heavel
ever witnessed on earth.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
EARLY PLATE IN CONNECTICUT CHURCHES

pie who had given much thought or
study to colonial silver. 1t was gen.
orally taken for grants that the
fine old pieces which had been in the
family for hundred or two hundred
years were all made in England and
sent to America in the sailing vessels
which brought from Europe nearly all
of the iuxuries of those days. But
by degrees the makers marks began
to be deciphered; the history of their
lives was pieced to gether by search
old documents and newspapers; and
then, when too late, many people dis
covered they had sold for old silver
or had melted up. pieces which could
never be replaced at any price. In
the same way the churches had their
old fashioned chalice cups, and es-
pecially tankards made over into
newer and more convenient shapes or
later gifts We're used in preference to
the fine old pewter and silver SER
vices which sometimes lay hidden
away in attics for years and. having
become discolored and corroded, We're
sold for junk. 1t is to guard against
such happenings in the future, thai
museums are endeavoring to get the
churches TO consent to the deposit 01
their unusued silver where it will be
safely cared for, and where it viii
also be always accessible to students
and lover of all that is beautiful ant
historic.
in Massa chusetts many services
have been given outright or deposited
| indefinitely in the Museum of Fin
Arts in Boston land a beginning ha
been made in Connecticut by tn
First Church of Christ, Windham
1 VIZ; at flo
eight beakers in the Morgan Memoir
al over a year ago. 1t is CONFIDENT,
| hoped that before tie present eXhi
bition closes other church will signi
! fy their willingness to do likewise
and thus permanently safeguard som
| of the most interesting relics that gu
| Colonial ancestors have left US
| Included in the exhibit are thre
| 'beakers from the Congregations
| church of Canterbury, two fiagon
and six cups from the Second Churc
/ of Christ, of Colchester. a beake
from the Congregational church Q
/ Columbia, three beakers from tn
4 First, Congregational church
Groton, seven beakers from the Ffrs
Congregational church Of New Lon
don, a two handlsj beaker and tw
two handled cups from the Congre
gational church of -Norwichs Tow
two beakerS from the Congregat loni
church of Scotland. four beakel
from the First Congregational churc
of Stonington, flagon, two chalice
a tankard, two plates and six beak
ers from the Congregational churc
Ipf Lyme, besides the Windham Co
lection.
| The exhibition is open to the pub
lie during June.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
BEReER's ATTITUDE.

Victor Berger. congressman elect
from Wisconsin, cannot be said to be
getting along swimmingly in his eff
fort to be sworn in as a member of
congress and allowed to take his seat.
The committee on elections to which
his case has been referred has agreed
10 hear with open minds the
whole matter and in fact give him ev-
cry opportunity to show why he
should be allowed to become seated in
the s5th congress after he has been
convicted Of violating the espionage
law of the country during an especial
ly trying time and now stands SEN
fenced to a term of 20 years in prison
awaiting the outcome of his appeal
Berger is thus getting every consid
Grafton that be has reason to expect if
not more. Certainly he could hardly
anticipate that he would be welcomed
as a member Of the lower house OF
congress and given an opportunity to
participate in the making of the laws
Of this country after he bad SO braz-
emily persisted in openly defying them
but he has not even deigned to profit
from the experience he has gone
through for he persists not. only in de.
nouncing the law under which he wa.
tried but his trial and conviction. H,
seems to carry the idea that he ant
others of his kind should be above tn,
reach of the law. that he could do a!
he pleased regardless of the danger;
Gus appeals that he made and thu
character Of the elemea- to which h
appealed. With such men allowed I,
go unrestrained - the limit OF tnei
efforts while the country was at wa
ii can be readily understood wha
would be the result of such menac
ing radicalism. A defer of such a Law
under such conditions certainl
should have no seat in congress.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
THE FAULT is eERMANY's.

Without a doubt Germany. has been
looking for it if indeed it has not been
playing for a split among the allied
nations. 1t would have been delight
ed if the same sort Of situation had
place. in the Balkans during the last
Balkan war when the little nations got
to quarreling among themselves. over
the spells. To expect such of the at
lies was however giving them slight
credit for after sticking together dur
ing the trying periods Of the war it
could hardly have been expected that
they would sacrifice all they had been
fighting for by playing into the
hands of, the enemy as soon as the
fighting stopped. -, 4zs. :. .2..'.s
Count Reventlow. leading pam
German recognizes the futihty of any
such hope and even maintains that
the Germans themselves are to blame
for the severity of the peace, terms
He takes this view, however, not be-
cause of what Germany, did in pro-
noting the war and the policies it put
into effect during its progress but at
tributes 1t to the weakness of the
German governments since the kaiser
lost his grip, as is shown by his state
ment when he says. That Germany
is considered guilty. by all. the world
is the. fault of the German govern
ments from Prince Max of Baden on,
The guilt of Germany was thorough
ly established long before the govern.
ment of Prince Max of Baden was
thought of. It was demonstrated wher
it refused to prevent the war, at tn,
time when it could have been avoided
had not the desire to get control O.
the world been paramount and it II
useless to try to wiggle out of it, ant
because OF that and it's conduct o
the war it is responsible for the terml
it has received
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
THE INVESTIGATION RESULT.

The senate investigation regarding
The way in which one copy of the
peace treaty. which it was agreed
among the big four should be kept Sc
cfet. reached this country has been
held and the source of the copy
revealed. It does not show that there
was any intrigue. any crooked work or
in fact any harm done when Mr.. La
mont gave a copy to Mr.. Dawson who
allowed Mr.. Root to see 1t and who in
turn showed it to Senator Lodge. 1t was
not this copy that was given out to
the public. II was not this copy that
was published either in France or this
country. and it has been shown that
the big interests" have not been TAX.
ing advantage of it for any Interior
purposes 1t is only one of the many
leaks, but there is little prospect of
being able TO find out. Just where the
leaks occurred in those instances
where the public was really put in
touch with the text
Furthermore 1t appears that there
is no likelihood that the senate in
vestigation can find out where the
other leaks occurred, The copy thai
was given to the senate and that
which has been published was secured
by newspaper representative in
Paris from highly. confidential
source" The same can probably be
said Of other copies but further thar
that IL is impossible to learn who fur
nished them through any investiga-
49, l.
was the peace conference that i'm
posed secrecy. 1t was in France that
there was failure to respect that Sc
crecy and 1t would appear. to be the
duty OF the peace conference. or the
big. four section of it. to find out who
disregarded the secret il it is going
TO be done. The senate investigation
has cleared I'D any misapprehensior
regarding one copy but seems power
less TO get at the real leak.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
First Half Year of After. War Trade

First Half Year of After-War Trade.
Exports of finished manufactures
from the United States in the half
year following the close of the war are
three times as much in value as in the
corresponding, period preceding the
war. A compilation by the National
City bank of New York shows that the
V'luG of finished manufactures export
ed in the six months following the
signing OF the urmistice (November,
December, January, February. March
and ApriD aggregated s1,161 900 900, or
an average of s193.000.000 per month,
while the expectation of finished man.
/, ufactures in the fiscal year immedi-
ately preceding the war averaged but
$61, 100000 per month. g
In the six months since the war for
which figures are now available. I'm
ished manufa ctures have been going
out of the country at the rate of So
! 100000 per day, While in the year be-
| fore the war they went out at the rate
Of about .s2,o00.000 per day. In the
other group of manufactures. classed
as manufactures for further use in
manufacturing" there has also beer
an increase. but not as great as in the
\! class manufactures ready for con-
sumption" OF the group "manufac-
lures for further use in manufacture,
! ing" the exports since the war have
averaged about $4,000. 900 per day
while. in the year preceding the wal
they avera ged about 81 100000 per day
| This growth in the exports of fin
| ished manufactures has occurred espe.
/, cially in the movement to South Amer
lea. Asia. Oceania and Africa, all O.
which are large consumers of manu-
| features. In fact, manufactures form
over so per cent. of our exports t.
South America and Asia. 80 per cent
of those to Oceania. SIS per cent. o
those to Africa. and SIS per cent. o
those to North America.
Just how much of manufactures ha
been sent to the respective grand divi
sions since the close of the war or tn
actual per cent. or gain to each CRANE
division or country cannot now b.
stated. but it is a fact that the tota
exports to South America. of whiel
manufactures form over so per cent
amounted to 1920. 100000 in the hal
year following the close of the wa
against 1925, 100000 in the full yea
preceding the war the total exports t
South America since the close Of tn
war having averaged S37 .00o. 900 pc
month against less than s11 900. 900 pc
month in the year preceding the wal
To Asia. the exports in the half yea
following the war are $40, 100000 a
against -$113,000, 600 in the full yea
preceding the war. being thus 81
; times as much per month since tn
! war as in the year which immediate
: ly preceded the war. and it must
remembered that manufactures forl
) so per cent of the total exports t
! Asia To Oceania. where manufat
: lures form 80 per cent of the mel
: chandise sent from the United State
our exports in the half year follow
S ing the war were Sill. 100000 or a
average of s1s,000,000 a month
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
PROFIT FROM rhE WAR.

Attention has been called to what
are considered inconsistencies in con-
nection with the treaty and the league
Of nations 1t has been pointed out
that there is conflict between the Sc
cret treaties or understandings that
were. entered into among the entente
nations prior to this country entering
the war and the idea of self determi-
nation. The most recent opposition
comes from some Of the small nations
among the allies, or those set UP
through the support Of allied activi-
ties, over the claim that while there
should be no interference with the in
ternai and domestic affairs of the
countries. this seems to, be, upset by
the clause which provides that minori-
ties should have equal rights in re-
ligion and language. Whether this is
the real attitude of the countries that
are referring to it or the result OF
promptngs on the part Of Germany
remains TO be seen
II is an attitude, however, that car
hardly be regarded as showing the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
Forced to Live On Trains.

Virtually all the Toxic newspapers
have published an item reading as fol-
lows:
"A despatch from Verkne Udinsk.
Siberia (on the Trans Siberian rail-
way east of Lake Baikan received at
a certain quarter says: Two hattalions
of American troops have recently ar
rived here. There are no barracks
available at Chita. 70 quartering troops
and the American troops have had to
live on board trains for a long time
owing to c lack of lodgings. Moreover
they have come to Verkne Udinsk
without negotiating with the japanese
or Russian authorities before hand
This attitude of the American army
which has hitherto complained about
the insufficient railway transportation
but which is now employing many rail
way cars at the expense of general
railway transportation is criticized ir
various quarters as an act of incon-
gruity.'
"A certain quarter is the term
usually employed to signify the For
+ eign Office of the War Department
i Statements similar in nature concern
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
good results Of the struggle that has

good results Of the struggle that has
been taking place in Europe in behalf
of humanity. 1t gives the impression
that these countries do not like the
idea. of departing from the old and
troublemaking ideas Of bysone days.
In the readjustment that is taking
place the allies seek to overcome much
Of the. unrest, that has taken place In
the past by eliminating the reasons
therefore. 1t is a move in behalf of
peaceful conditions and not an effort
to control internal affairs, but it is OF
course an excellent time for Germany
to bring forth such a question for the
purpose of creating doubt and suspi-
cion, and it doesn't reflect the proper
sort of spirit in the SMALL countries
when they think OF opposing whai
prevails in other counties. even Ger
many. 1t is time to profit from the
war.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
RuiIdina in Denmark.

Thesre are at present three phases
of .Denmark's building difficultieS-
land materials, and money The
land question can probably be set
tied, and also that of materials, but
a eneral arrangement of the fin
ancial question must first be made.
The cost of building has increased
from $40 crowns per square meter
(S7.z2 per foot) to 20 crowns per
square meter ts179S per square foot)
This is discouraging private initia-
tive and corporations are now. con-
Quoting onethird of the building en-
terprises in openhagen and the pro-
vincial cities. To help these build
ing corporations during the war, the
government voted 81. zoe 00o. - This
was not sufficient and, by a law
passed Feb. 5, 1918. provision was
made to finance these corporations
and compensate them for some of the
extra expenses of building. All III
all the state and municipalities sub
sidize the building corporations K
. the extent Of 60 per cent. of the in
creased costs which are 100 per cent.
so that the houses cost the corpora
ton 40 per cent. more than before.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
iRupaET SYSTEM BILLS.

In view of the fact that both par
ties have by their platforms declared
for the budget system, there ought to
be combined efforts for its adoption. 1t
indicates a general recognition of the
need of; correcting the situation that
exists today, and certainly if change
for the better is required the sooner
it can be put into operation"the- bet
ter.
What is proposed is carefully
arranged appropriation schedule,
worked cut by the proper authorities
in accordance with prevailing condi-
tons with the assistance of qualified
accountants and them submitted to a
Joint budget committee of both
houses. 1t is one thing, however. to
propose and 1T is, another thing to get
started. There are of course many
matters of the greatest importance
before congress at the present time.
They may we'll get consideration be-
fore all the attention is turned upon
the budget reform. but there neverthe-
less should be due amount of prep
aration in behalf of the. long needed
cHdHSe-
Three bills are before congress for
the bringing about of the reform. Ad-
ministrative responsibility for the
budget is fixed in one. the analysis by
body of critical exports acting for
congress is. provided in another. and
according to the third there would be
Joint budget committee, to include
the house ways and means and the
senate finance committees, to pass up
on all the appropriations.
From these proposals It ought to be
possible to work out a measure thai
will meet the requirements of the ma
TONS business and. get it upon, {
basis where. something can be tolt
about what is being done, or to give i
| financial system that viii be il
keeping with the large corporation
| that it is. -.~
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14

ing the American army in Siberia ap-
pear from time to time. The Japanese
press appears very anxious about
American interest in Siberia. Reports
that Americans may be seeking con-
cessions or American business men
seeking business opportunities con-
stantly give rise to infiamma.ory COM
ment based apparently on the idea that
Siberia is the field for Japanese de-
velopment..
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14

against an average of s7.oo0.ooo per
month in the year preceding the war.
To Africa, the total exports of the half
year following the war are $4,000. 900
as against $4,000. 900 in the full year
preceding the war, while in North
America, where manufactures form
about two thirds of our exports. the
total for the half year ending the war
is s608, 100000 as against $685.. 900, 900
in the full wear preceding the war.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14
What Really Is Needed.

: Members of a ministerial assocta.
ton In Philadelphia denounced as Boz
sfieyists park commissioners who per-
nit athletics in Paramount Park on
Sunday. Some persons who use the
form "Bolshevists' need lexicons.
Others need padded cells in lunatic=
asylums.-1souisville Courier Journal
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14

land would be petering out, because
our farms and mines, which served
in bygone days. are now outclassed
by better farms and. mines else
where. But in producing the ma
chimes that are revolutionizing life
brains skill and energy-not soil
are the necessary basis, and here
New England holds it's own-Bridge-
port Post.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-14

With three-quarters ofEa million dol
lar. deficit at the Michigan state pris-
on located@i in the Irvine account it
looks as il financial matters there
were badly snarled and tangled up.