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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-20
FIRE DOES 100000 DAMAGE
One Fireman Killed and Three Others
Overcome When City Hall At Cory,
Pa. is Destroyed.

Cory, Pa, Jan. 2O.-Fire which
for time threatened to wipe out the
business section of this city, de-
stroyed the city hall shortly after
noon today. cntailing a loss of 500,
600 one fireman was killed and
three others overcome by smoke.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-20
WILSON APPROVES NATIONAL
TRIBUNE TO ROOSEVELT

Washington. Jan. 20, - President
Wilson has cabled to Secretary Tu-
multy OF his approval 10 hoId Eoose-
welt memorial meetings throughout
tho country on FEBRUARY sirnultan-
eously with the joint memorial serv-
ices in congress, -.-.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-20
WAR FINANCE CORP.
SEC. .-TRIIAS. RESIGNS.

Washington. Jan, 20,-Sherman AL
lon he's resigned IS secretary treasurer
of the war finance corporation to &C
Cept a position with a New York bank
and will be succeeded immediately by
r. Reyburn Burklin now assistant
secretary reasurers
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-20

- NsNhse IDbS
Delegates Have Plans That
Closely Allied.
Paris, Jan. 20. tEy the ASSOC
Press. )--Ns the supreme counc
the peace congress resumed sit
today marked progress was
made in comparing various plan
the formation of i league of ma
and harmonizing them into a con
proposition. Much headway in
direction was made last night a.
conference attended by President
son. Lord Robert Cecil, the b
representative charged with wol
out a plan for Il league of nat
Leon Bourgeois, the French p1
nent of q plan for such an orga
ton and Gen. Jan Christian Sd
who has formulated a plan I'D
league.
Wilson Determined to Press n
Preliminary conversations oveI
structure of the league of nationI
still being discussed in meetinl
the supreme council and are not
nically before the peace conereI
whole but the fact that the com
has advanced this question I'd
loren most place is taken to ind
that definite and somewhat de-
program will soon be evolved. II
nrOQra IL ic hnIi1v-o<5
the common thought of the LEI
Of the United States, Great IL
and Franco. President WiIsoB
personally pressing forward thiA
feature Of the work Of the peaces
gress to the virtual exclusion a
others.
May Form League Quickly. 4
with definite plan formed
erecting a structure upon whicN
nations can agree, about 25 wo "a
days remain of the time PresN
Wilson has allotted to himself u
work in France before Ieavins rs
home. The question being ask u
whether he can in this compare W
short time bring the nations tog
in an agreement for a society o.
tions. Many of the presidents Cd
advisors think he can do SO.
Bryan's Policy Being Favore IN
With discussions now past the n
where it seems to be agreed B
shall be no uper-sovercignty, LII
common police force. and that
question Of whether a nation
contribute force in carrying out
decisions of the league will be e
each nation individually in eacIN
stance, the general plan most tf#
about enbodies an enlargenlenH
the principles contained in the ire
negotiated by William Jennings
an. These provide for a delay
year before declaring war and i'm
cations by a special commission dS
disputes. and that no declaratioM
war shall be made thereafter Wit
giving certain notice, Such a plan,k k
rent discussion in Paris brings o In
intended by those who favor it Writ
to establish Il concert of power ar
the principal nations for a presd
ton of world peace. BY this plA
is apparently purposed to internal
alize the guardianship of smallcr
tions, with the idea that there
be no domination over them by
nation.
All Plans Closely Allied.
President Wilson himself haa
reasonably complete plan for the
nation of the league of nationsM
may also be stated that he highlya
CARDS many features of the plan
sented by Gen. Smuts, and is wora
in close harmony with NJ. BourM
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-20
A Ahasar Najasian. I;

Ahasar Najasian, Elm
33 Union street, Hf17tss,E{k,S
dent, had his left leg so badly ds.
that amputation was advised a
New Britain General hospital r.
Buick delivery truck that he wa1
operating, crashed into a tree in STAN
ley Quarter, near the P. c. Flood
property early this afternoon. The po-
lice were notified and Officer Rival
and Officer Anderson were dispatched
to the scene. They took the injured
young man to the hospital in the po-
lice ambulance. He is the son of
Harry Najarian, proprietor of the
Armenian market on Lee street.
Was Looking Al Watch.
According to best available infor-
nation, Najurian, with three COM
panions, were driving in the direction
of Hartford, when Najarian, took one
of his hands from the steering wheel
to look at his watch. The car sud
denly veered to the left and crashed
against the tree with terrific force.
The other occupants were thrown out
and one of them was pinned beneath
the machine, but fortunately they all
escaped injuries.
The machine is wreck The front
part of the vehicle is a mass Of
twisted iron.
IL In Critica! Condition.
At the hospital this afternoon it
was stated that the leg would be am
putated by DR.. Fromen. His condi-
ton was also reported as very seri-
Ouc.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-20
WEATHER.

Hartford, Jan. 20.-Forecast
for New Britain and vicinity.
Fair without any important
thermal change tonight and
Tuesday.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-20
All Plans Closely Allied.

President Wilson himself hal
reasonably complete plan for the
nation of the league of nationsl
may also be stated that he highlJ
CARDS many features of the plan
sented by Gen. Smuts, and is wor
in close harmony with NJ. Bourd
and Lord Robert Cecil,
Newark post., 1919-06-25
No Liquor Signs After july |

In view of the fact that the Loose
liquor law, applicable to all parts
OF this state, prohibits any form
OF liquor advertising in "dry"
territory within the State, all
liquor signs standing on July, if
the country goes "dry'' on that
day, will be in violation of law.
Attention to this fact was recent
ly called by Rev. E. G. Prettyman,
superintendent Of the Anti-Saloon
League, who said the league will
get after persons responsible for
all such signs found standing after
July l.
The law provides a penalty of
from $50 to $500 for each offense,
not only on the advertiser, but also
on the person permitting such adj
vertising to be on his premises.
Newspaper, magazine and circular
advertising is included.
Newark post., 1919-06-25
"The Big Idea''

A man is not a success i'll life till
a dominant purpose takes hold of
him, to which all other procedures
and measures and all the powers of
his being are subordained.
Sorrowful is the state Of the man
who, at any age, has let himself be
tanned and chastened down to an
unseeing, unthinking jog-trot in
the same old rut, day after day.
A man is not old till he refuses
to admit new light, embrace fresh
experiences, entertain thoughts
that never occurred to him before,
open the doors and windows of his
mind to the morning.
Perhaps we hugged to ourselves
the delusion that we were doing
the best we could. 1t is so easy to
feed the aspiring spirit upon that
anodyne. 1t is easier to dream than
to make an effort; easier to accept
things as they are than to change
them; easier to conform than to
quarrel.
Then comes a vision Of what we
might be and are not, and it chal-
lenges us and will not let us rest.
We must be up and doing. We
know at last what we were made
for, what we were sent into the
world to do. Life becomes purpose.
full, and each waking minute has
! it's mission.
It is so easy to drift with the
crowd, to accept what each day
brings, to throw the sop of com
placency to conscience, to admit
that circumstances have mastered
i us.
But if we give room and chance
to the driving impulse, life is NJ
longer the same.
As it is in life it is in the worlC
of business. One sees a mOribunC
enterprise that barely crawls alons
from pillar to post, a sort Of hobc
among industrial concerns, sub
sisting from hand to mouth. Sud
denly there is imported into it
man with a "big idea and a funt
of energy-better than a fund il
Newark post., 1919-06-25
What Will Happen When
The Peace Treaty Is Signed?

There has been a great deal of
curiosity here concerning the ma
tnrc of the ceremonial which will
mark the signing of the Treaty of
Versailles. At last the stage manag-
prs of the Frnch Foreign Office,
who have the matter in hand, are
letting some of the details become
public.
1t will strike a great many Am
orleans as almost deplorable that
the eating Of the leek is to be made
as painless for the Prussians as pos
sible. Still, it was not to be ex-
pected that American, British,
French, Italian and Japanese
courtesy would allow the Allies to
initiate the rough arrogance OF Bis
marck's tragedy enacted III the
same palace in 1871.
Now it appears that when, be-
ginning with President, or rather
Plenipotentiary., Woodrow Will
son. the representatives Of the high
contracting parties have affixed
their names to the document the
bands and the fountains will be-
Gin to play, the flags will be un,
furlcd. the troops will present arms
and all will be merry as marriage
bell.
Here is a difficulty! 1t is under
stood that representatives OF the
Allies and representatives OF the
Central Powers, who had been re-
garding each other with hostile
ewes for months, will cease to b'
enemies and shake hands.
If they do it would not be sur
prising should the French states
men. at least, rush to their quar-
tors and make vigorous use O
soap and water.-N. Y. Herald.
Newark post., 1919-06-25
AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
Depot Road and Others in the
Vicinity are Included

The Levy Court has mapped out
an ambitious program for improv-
inc the county roads and keeping
them in condition, erecting sign
boards and reconstructing por-
+ions of improved highways.
Those in the immediate vicinity
to receive attention are Glasgow
to Newark, 38,462 square yards !;
Cooch's toward Christiana, 1878;
Depot Road, 5,632; Newark Mech
anicsville, 1928; Wilmington,
Christiana Pike, 1897.
Among the bids recently sub
mitted to the Levy Court for 1892
miles of road are 2.7 miles of the
Glasgow-Cooch road in Pencader
hundred.
The section between Newark
and the Maryland State line is
nearly completed and will soon be
ready for use. The engineering
department is now working or
nlans for the section between Pike
Creek and Newark, preparatory tt
asking for bids.
When this program is complete
the County roads will be in ex
ceElent condition. 1t is expected
that work on the roads will con
tinue through the summer.
Newark post., 1919-06-25

ment is increased somewhat on
certain envelopes, but is reduced on
the extra quality envelopes. Prices
to the public will, therefore, be
changed, beginning July l, 1919.
The increase will be II cents per
1000 on first quality printed and
imprinted envelopes of Nos. and
13 sizes. Prices of other envelopes
are fully set forth in the June
Postal Guide.
UNUSED &c. POSTAL CARDS AND
&c. ENVELOPES
POstmasters shall redeem from
the public all unused and rn-
damaged No. 8 and No. 10 cent
cards and 3 cent stamped envel-
opes, printed or imprinted, at full
value, provided they are convinced
such cards and envelopes are pres
ented by the original purchasers.
They are not redeemable in cash
but will be exchanged for other
stock selected by the owner or ap-
piled in payment on part payment
for 2 cent special request envel,
opes. The public will be allowed
one month from July 1st-in which
to present their 2 cent cards and
3 cent envelopes for exchange al
full value: after that time hostage
value only will be allowed an6
three-fourths Of postage value fo1
cards.
Postmasters sholl not redeem
3 cent adhesive postage stamps
from the public nor return THEN
stock to the department. These
stamps will continue to be good fo1
use of mail of all classes requiring
stamps to the amount of 3 cents Of
more
Newark post., 1919-06-25
The Cleverness Of The Indian

Among the many interesting
stories told by members OF the
Canadian mounted police IS one
that has to do with the cleverness
Of an Indian. 9
One snowy morning a band OF
Crecs awoke to find that about a
dozen of their ponies had been
stolen during the night. A bano
to 90 in pursuit was Immediately
organized, and in the course OF an
hour the trail was struck. Inc
band followed it for thirty miles or
more till it entered river, and
headed for little wooded island.
Smoke was rising from the trees
and an opening, apparently the
mouth of a cave, was in PLAIN view.
Presently a Piegan Indian showed
himself in front Of the opening. At
his heels was a dog.
Pretty soon the dog scented the
Crees, who were lying low, and De-
Gan growing and barking. The
Picgan looked up, glanced about
him for a moment and then III,
stantlv entered the cave. In about
ten seconds, another Piegan came
round the rocks and also went IN
then another, and another and an
other. The Crees lay silently IN the
bushes, counting, till upward Oh
fifty Piegans had come round the
rocks and gone into the cave ano
still they kept coming. Each car
ried a rife.
When at last seventy men nae
disappeared in the cave, the super
stitious and cautious Crees con
cluded that the evil spirit hae
something to do with it. S'
throughly were they filed with this
idea that even when re-enforce
ments came, which was IN a rev
hours, they were reluctant to
tack that island.
That night, however, one Cree
less credulious than TIE Others
crossed oyer the ice to lnveSt'@afe
On approaching the supposed cav
he found that it was 70 cave fl an
Newark post., 1919-06-25
Postal Rates Lowered July l

July | will be a notable date for
reasons other than that OF the be-
ginning of the ezra OF Great
Thirst"
AS far as the Postoffice is con-
cerned the war is over on that date
and two cent stamp will take a
letter Just as far and as speedily
as a three cent stamp will now.
Postal cards will sell for penny
and only one cent stamps will be
required on souvenir cards. This
cut in rates will probably mean a
greater volume of business by firms
which do their advertising that
wav and a return to the use OF the
nostal card for trade announce
ments. >. 49,,
The orders from Washington
"Beginning July l, 1919, the
rate of postage for frst-class mail
will lbe 2 cents per ounce, or frac-
tion thereof, and for domestic pos
tai cards l cent each.
STAMPED ENVELOPES
GA new contract for stamped en-
welcomes and newspaper wrappers
hecomes effective July !, 1919. The
cost of envelopes to the depart
Newark post., 1919-06-25
Jobs For Soldiers
Cure For Bolshevism

An urgent appeal for placing on
permanent basis the work Of find
ing employment for soldiers, sail
ors and marines was issued by
Major General Leonard Wood,
from the headquarters Of the Cen
tral Department of the army at
Chicago recently.
According to DR.. George w.
Kirchwey, federal director of en-
ployment for the State Of New
York through whom General Wood
has issued his appeal to New York,
it is the opinion of General Wood
that the surest way Of combating
Bolshevism is to connect the poten-
tial Bolshevist with a job.
"This work is Of such import
ance,' said General Wood, "that
it must be placed at once on per-
manent basis and full provisions
made by the present Congress for
the unqualified support Of all
agencies now engaged in the work,
with especial attention to the
United States Employment Serv-
ice, appropriations FOR which are
now being considered.
"When the soldiers who have
fought and won the war come back
to find stay-at- homes occupying
/ their old positions it is natural that
they should be discontented. Many
of these men are sick both bodily
and mentally, and finding nothing
to do they naturally are inclined tc
listen to the radical orators to be
found on every side.
"It will be a mistake for any
agency now engaged in the Worl
of obtaining employment for sol
diers to slacken its efforts in th'
slightest degree. consider it alb
solutely essential for the fedora
government to continue its effort
to place discharged military mel
and civilian war workers in profit
able peace time positions, and TO
this purpose funds should be mad
available, Immediately to continu
the United States Employment
Service, which has proved a poten
tial factor in helping to solve thl
/ problem from a national stand
point.
"We cannot place too muc
stress upon our responsibility |
: this matter. The soldier natural
: feels that his first help in findin
| IA lob should come from the govern
b. ment to which he has so cheerful
!, submitted during the war, and tn
g nation must continue to be able t
=. offer that assistance.
Newark post., 1919-06-25

put simply an opening leading
some ten feet into the rock, where
II made turn and came cut On
the other side.
There was the remnant of a sin
gle camp fire, the ponies were gone
and not an Indian was in sight.
Inc ingenious Piegan thief, by
making the circuit of the passage,
and the end of the island seventy
times, had so deceived his pursuers
as to gain the time necessary for
his escape.
Newark post., 1919-06-25

spend money in order to make
money!, and he knows when to
clutch the purse strings tightly.
A life is transformed when it has
found the spur, the incentive that
it needs. A man who dawdled and
was Indifferent wakes up; he fairly
comes to life. He starts out at last
Newark post., 1919-06-25

dollars-to give it the driving pow
er that it needs. He puts the solid
asset Of character into the days
work, but above all, he has the
forceful genius to see what is es-
'sential and what is irrelevant. He
knows when to throw dollar after
a dollar (realizing that one must
Newark post., 1919-06-25

to redeem the expectation that his
friends had of him. He turns their
disappointment to qualification.
He has ceased to be the shambling,
mumbling misfit that he was; he
has found himself, and he comes
finally into his own.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Newark post., 1919-06-25
The Come Back Boys

Have You Noticed
their big shoulders, how much
they stand and how
funny their old clothes look?
The New Clothes
are here. Special models in the
Best Clothes made:
Hickey-Freeman Suits, $50 to 500.
Kuppeheimer's, $50 to 500.
Schloss Bros, $25 to $50.
Kirschbaum's, SIS to $50.
More styles, more, sizes, more
stock and more business than you
ever saw i'll Wilmington.
Everything else in Furnishings,
Hats, Shoes and all Clothing and
Wearables here and ready.
MULLINS HOME STORE
sth and Market, Wilmington
The Washington times., 1919-04-06

fuel question is of no consequence. An
ample surplus can be carried.
The air speed of the Sopwith is 100
miles an hour, which is slightly faster than
any Of the giant machines which have been
constructed in the United States for long
flights. None of the mechanical details
entering into the construction of the Brit
ish Governments great Handley-Page sea-
plane have been divulged, but it is safe to
assume that it is as large as, If not larger
than, the various flying boats of the United
Copyright, 1913. by Star Company.
The Washington times., 1919-04-06

States Navy, which are now being over
hauled and groomed at the Naval Air Sta
tion at Rockaway Point. L. l.
Hawker will strive not only to make the
first passage over the Atlantic, but hopes
in addition to win the prize of $4,000 Of
fered by London newspaper. The Off
cial Government craft will not enter for
this prize
In order to claim the award of the Lon
don newspaper the flight must be con-
tinuous. If the Government plane had to
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times., 1919-04-06
.This Is the
- savannah,
the First Steam.
ship to Cross the
Atlantic. Il Took
1t 80 Days.

order to assure every chance of success
the start will be made from the American
side so as to receive the benefit Of
the. favoring winds which are usually
from the west. Hawker, who will fly at
an altitude Of from $4,000 to 10000 feet,
believes that his plane will cover an ad-
ditional so miles per hour by receiving
a steady push from the prevailing winds.
The French have not discussed their
plans openly but it is known that prepara-
tions are under way to make the trans
Atlantic effort. The French plane will
pursue course direct from Paris to New
York. This distance is considerably
greater than the route which Great Britain
The Washington times., 1919-04-06

and the United States have selected. The
air distance from Paris is 1000 miles.
The craft that will seek the laurel for
France will be one Of the Goliath" type,
recently turned out at the Farman works
at BOuisgne-sur-Seine. It is built along
the lines of the F. so, carries 20 passengers
and has an air speed of 100 miles per
hour. In its present form it is capable
of flying continuously for 200 miles and
when remodelled with pontoons and
passenger capacity given over for fuel,
The Washington times., 1919-04-06

vantageous time for the craft to start
At the present writing there are two
British machines which will seek to get
away first. one is a Handley-Page flying
boat built by the, English Government and
the other a Sopwith plane built by a pri-
vate enterprise. Both machines have
been shipped Ind are now on the high seas
The Sopwith plane will be piloted by
The Washington times., 1919-04-06

Harry G. Hawker, an Australian, who won
the British altitude flight in 1915. He will
be accompanied by Commander Mackenzie
Girve, Royal Navy. Hawker's machine is
Of the land type, but 1t has been fitted I'D
so that it will remain afloat should it be-
come necessary to descend. It carries a
single motor Of S75 horsepower and has
been reported to have made a nonstop
flight of 900 miles in nine hours and five
minutes. Only One-third of the gasoline
capacity was used on this trip, SO the
The Washington times., 1919-04-06

~ dolly coincidenL with the one hun
dredth anniversary Of the first voy
age by steamship across the Allan,
tic Ocean, it now appears from their fever
ish haste in preparation that either the
United States, France or Great Britain will
commemorate that epoch making voyage
by making the first trans-oceanic aeroplane
flight.
This fight, certain of achievement this
Spring or Summer, will establish the new
era Of transoceanic travel, making the trip
between Europe and America a matter Of
twenty-four hours instead Of five days-as
now-aboard the fastest steam vessels.
1t is a little more than four hundred
years ago that Christopher Columbus es-
tablished contact between America and the
old continent. crossing the ocean in his
three diminutive caravals. This epochal
voyage required thirty-seven days before
the Italian discoverer sighted land on Oc-
tober IL, 1892.
Three centuries later, on May o. 1919,
the little wooden steamship Savannah, of
$50 tons. set out under its own steam from
the port of the same name in Georgia and
a month later put into the Mersey In Eng
land. The event was heralded as the most
significant of the age.
Although a remarkable and far reaching
advance in the potential possibilities, the
reduction in the length Of time as against
that Of the former method was compara-
lively slight. After a period of three hun
dred years the time required for the trip
was shortened only 20 Per cent.
G1 these last one hundred years, how
ever, the forward march of science and
mechanics, as typifed in the aeroplane,
Will reduce the time by five hundred per
cent over existing ship facilities and by
three thousand per cent as compared with
the voyage Of the Savannah.
The honor of the first trip across the
Atlantic redounded to the Spanish crown,
.or it was Queen Isabella who undertook
the financing Of the expedition. The United
States owns the record for the premier voy-
age by steam. Now the most determined
rivalry has developed between France,
Great Britain and the United States in
their efforts to gain the prestige that will
faiI to the nation first crossing the At.
lantic by way Of the air, and incidentally
it would seom that the limit Of mechanf.
cal transportation will have been reached
when this is accomplished.
Great Britain's plans for the attempt
are practically completed. The start of
her aViators will he frou St JohD'a Nav
foundland, and the fight will be-nothing
interfertng-as the crow flies, directly
across TO the Irish coast: This is the