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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING Ao9. as, 1919 lO,559
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Some are regarding the length and the treatment of-the- different subjects in-the- message of President Wilson to the sixty-sixth congress as evidence of regained physical strength and decided improvement, but it does not appear that the whole message represents his wori1a That he has approved all of it. even. though his cabinet members may have written certain portions of it and signed it makes it his message however. though it may have little or no bearing upon his physical condi- ton. For that it would be safer to base judgment on something else even though the country has not been told what the trouble is.
 Not little surprise was occasioned by the fact that even though he at trihuted the unrest in the country in part 10 the failure of the government to arrive speedily at q just and pernna- nent peace permitting return to nor nal conditions. and the bringing into the country of radical theories during the delay he did not take occasion at this time to deal with the important subject, or to urge speedy action thereon. In fact there was seeming iy no responsibility assumed for the part that the chief executive played in causing the delay, holding back infor- nation that the senate was entitled 10 and maintaining an attitude that brought about the failure to pass the treaty with or without the reserva- tions. If that was the cause of the present unrest it would seem to be the quite important thing to do to get ac- tion on 1t as soon as possible, even if reservations, which former President Taft says does not kill it, have to be accepted.
 For the most part the other matters that were dealt with were old stories Many of them are excellent, have the endorsement Of both parties and should be adopted and undoubtedly they will get more attention at this session than they did the last
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
STORIES OF THE WAR
, Kino Peter Totally Deaf,

(By the Associated Press)-King Peter, of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Greats and Slovenes, Is in poor health and totally deaf. The aged monarch is living in quiet monastic. retreat outside the city, having been brought recently from Piraeus, Greece. Doc tors agree that he cannot live many years. His entire right side is, para lyed, and he is able to walk few steps, and then only with the aid of crutches. He has practically retired from the world. for he keeps himself in seclusion and takes no active part in the affairs of his kingdom. His physician is his only companion.
 - Prince Regent Alexander is to all intents and purposes King of Ser bia, or, to be more exact, of the Kingdom of Serbs. Croats and Slo- venes" The manifold and complex problems of the country occupy most of tbc young. Princes time. He has much of the energy, enthusiasm ani homely wisdom of his aged father and devotes himself :assiduously to the af- fairs of states. His greatest ambi- ton is to bring about eonpIete unity among the various elements. of the Serbian race, the Sloyeness> Greats
 Montenegrins, etc, who are naturally striving one against the other to se- cure do3Aihance', in the government and the largest number of political offices. The Serbs in Croatia. Dalma l'tion, Slavonia, ,.-ete., who have had the benefit of Austrian and German edu- cation and development, consider themselves superior to the southern Serb; and this gives rise frequently tc trouble within the Serbian family l Prince Alexander makes it his busi-
 ness to act as pacif1er in these dis putes
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
srILLsW WASTING.

How many municipalities will stop to give careful consideration to Q. the claim that is made that the average city fn this country sends to the dump each year 13 tons of usable material for every thousand of it's in- habitants? For a city the size of Norwich that would mean 490 tons each year. This material is valued at two dollars a ton so that in the case of a city this size it would not amount to SO much that it would create tax less city. But in cities of much larger size, or taking the country as a whole, it cannot fail to be appreciated that there is a tremendous amount of waste ;.
 Surprising as it may seem the claim is made that the reworlxing of old tin cans is profitable, and two per cent of the waste or. about 15.00O tons Is made up of tin cans. Even though the ragmen make their periodical vis- it's throughout cities it is found that eight per cent. of the waste on dumps consists of old rags that can be made use of in making paper and roofing felt. wnIlc tons upon tons of burnablt coal can of course be recovered from the dumps by the simple operation ot sitting. .N
 Just at present with the papel shortage being emphasized it is in tsresting to note that 50 per cent oi snu that goes to the city dumps is wasts-paper,sandsthat ofscourse deei EnOt sbeEsuzt te disrlese= =the ESsste in
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
MExlco's NEED.

Carranza in his reply to the note from this country talked about the constitution and the restrictions of the government under it. but when this country -reitegates its demand for the release of Consul Jenkins it is point ca out by Secretary Lansing that while Carranza has been declaring that he was powerless to interfere with a prosecution that was going on in one of the Mexican states he nev- ertheiess has the authority under the Mexican constitution to secure the. re- lease of the consular agent for the -.eederai courts have fur Jurisdiction --syer- eases concerning diplomatic agents and consular officers"
 At the same time the note brings plainly to the attention of Carranza and the Mexican government that while they are placing SO much weight upon the prosecution Of. Consular Agent Jenkins for perjury. and upon which charge they consider it neces sary that he he kept in jail, they did nothing that would effect his rescue ! from his abductors and as yet not one Of them has been brought 10 justice. Mexico apparently thinks much of prosecuting the victim of the lIidnap- ping while those responsible for the whole affair are -unm6lested.
 The situation is aggravating the relationship of the two nations. It is as uncalled for as many of the other Mexican acts but it seems 10 be in keeping with the same grouchy atti- tude that Carranza has manifested both before and since he was favored with recognition by this government IT there was as great 2 willingness to better relations. as there seems to be 10 Keep them strained and upset. con di;ions in Mexico would not be what they are today. This country desire: improved relations with Mexico rathe than trouble but nothing is working if the opposite direction more strongly than tho Csrranza government. It 1! time for Mexico to use some gooJ Judgment.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Georgia.


 In the crazy quiet of newly made boundaries and would-be nations in the Caucasus, Geotgia now looms as one of the most important because of it's control of important railway lines, which connect Armenia with the world according to news dispatches.
 The National Geographic Society has issued a bulletin on this quaint people, based On 2 communication to The Society by Maynard Owen Wil- Hams, as follows: ~-
 of all the varied peoples who i'm habit that rabbit warren of humanity, the Caucasus. the Georgians are most interesting. With the Armenians. they form an important outpost against Turanian dangers. The great moun- tains that sheltered Shamyl and many another patriot have shut off the war; ious tribes and races in secluded val- leys, where they have retained their peculiar customs. Thus the noun tains of Daghestan have kept that re- cluse among nations an island in 3 sea of history s.4-
 "But Georgia has sheen more or less fortunate. for the same pass that is now used by the wonderful Georgian Military Road. with it's matchless views, has been the pathway for in numerable historic movements, and the valley which is now followed by the railway from Batum to Baku has been the caravan route of countless traders.
 "A few miles south of the snow ridge of the Caucasus, there is a wretehed little village whose fame should be world wide Mtzl.het has l-ia ir4at- fO %I,of England towns appear as eIpbryos, for it's citizens assert that. it was founded by one of Noah's sons. who strolled over from Mount Ararat one day after the waters had subsided and chose this site because of it's excellent drain age.
 Beneath it's terraced homes two i rivers unite-the clear cold Aragwa hastening from it's birthplace in the l eternal snoWs of the Caucasus to the hot depression of the Caspian, and the ] Kura, sullied and dirty, swinging il from the west to make it's way down | the Tifiis depression and across the barren Franscaucasian steppe. be- tween the mountains of Daghestan and the highlands of Armenia. l 'Damascus has verdant freshnes, about it that is an deceptive as grease paint, but MtZkhet. stands out iron green fields and pastures new like . weathered, sharp bowed fishing snacl in an emerald sea.
 "On 9 rock cliff opposite this quie city with the eatflght name the king Of Georgia erected their first castle but it was in Mtzkhet itself tha Georgia was born. The Georgians ad init their descent from the Accadian and Sunerians, but there is nothing il their appearance or personality to in dicate their decent from anything They seem to have ascended from tn plane of other men.
 Militant of appearance, handsom of countenance, chivalrous, and un familiar with hard toll, these lovers of aSne.- woman. and song are a princsly in bearing as the unwashe Bedouin before his desert tent. Par
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04

What on earth, began the father of the family. after critical survey has happened tos your hair: What have you done it?"
 Caroline turned from the s.mantel mirror ill which she had been survey Ing herself and piVoted on one foot ike d 1ssnion model
 its uiarcelied, she replied lang uidiy. Didn't you evar see a marGel9 before" s-.
 Not on a babe in arfns." said tls, father of the family firmly. q thought marcelled hair went with diamond stomachers, dowagers, or at least grownup married ladies. So that's why the girls look so funny and unnaturaI nowadays, is it? For months l have. been puzzling over what could have happened to them. They looked 50 sort of plastered down and shiny and marblesque. Sort or carved out of wood, Or"
 tsrhe idea!p said Caroline. its stylish and perfectly Beautiful Why. girl would no more be seen without her hair marcelled than--than any thing. You simply have. to have. it done. Why, Rose Graham's m mother is old faShloned or stubborn or some- thing and positively refuses to let Rose have hers tixed-and nobody asks her to parties or pays any at tention to her. The boys simply aren't t going to take a girl around who isn't stylish. They have some pride"
 '''AHd no brains,'' said the father of the family. "A girls hair ought to be fluffy and have ringlets trailing outeof it or blown across her face as though she were having a good time, tell you. Now, with your hair so- lidified like that nobody could tel whether your soul was in anguish or you were bubbling with joyh l don't suppose you bubble with JoyN though do you? Ever since the girls adopted this style they have simply scared me to death looking so poised and self possessed and base And the plucked eyebrows! 'I can understand pack of girls tear ing through the house messed up with a batch of melasses candy and With :, their hairpins falling out, but bless me if l can get next to this vanished bunch that sit prirnly on the front porch with their twenty dollar patent leather pumps and buckles sparkling up at me. Why don't you assert your. independence and be, natural and let your hair have chance
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want to go-it is marvellous if it isn't miraculous.
 No, "the day of miracles isn't past. They are being performed daily. And the best are yet to come-Bridge- port Telegram.
 The proposed plan to make Dr. Black the permanent health officer in Waterbury is not meeting with any too much enthusiasm even in view of his oftime repeated good work during the influenza epidemic. There is no doubt but what such an appointment would bolster up the state machine politically, but just at present Waterbury is more concern ed in the maintenance of it's health, and Doctor Frost appears to be fill-
 ing the position in a most creditable manner-Waterbur Democrat.
 Our Connecticut citizen, Homer s.
 Cummings of Stamford, who is the
 chief of staff for the democratic party
 in national campaign affairs, is out
 with manifesto as the time ap-
 breaches national campaign prepara-
 tions
 Mir Cummings is of the opinion that congress has not done anything" to date. Of course a little inaccuracy like that does not disturb a political leader. He does not consider it "any- thing when something like s1,000,- 100000 has been saved the taxpayers. Again Mr. Cummings does not consider it anything when the con- stitution is preserved to us. This is
 not surprising as he happens to be one of the gentlemen vigorously assisting l in eliminating it from our foreign af- fairs assocition.
 Of course the country does not know MT. Cummings as well as we in Connecticut know him. In the first place, as states attorney, and in the pay of athe people of Connecticut. he was most actively engaged during the war in watching over the interests of 1 his clients at Washington while his assistant, at less than one-half the 1 pay did most of the work. All this ! was patriotic, you know.
 Again, let the country know that as a leader of forelorn hopes Mir. Cum- l nings has been one of the most suc-
 cessful in Connecticut history. MT l Cummings is about to lead another
 and on the League of Nations and ! constitutional repudiation principle I platform. He is euiinently qualified | for the job. And the fact that he sees | that congress "has' done nothing" is l one of the surest signs of his quail 1 ications.-Middletow Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Governor Coolidge on Crush the forces of disorder and disruption" platform woul dearry a powerful ap- peal, and if the public could be equal ly assured of his intention and abili- ty to knock out the high prices no- body could beat him.-Waterbury Democrat.
 The later suggestion of increasing the heat product of coal by adding q mixture of ashes and salt seems to have proved fallacious, but the old theory of moist air in the house ;o make the heat do better work still holds good. So put pan of water on the stove or the radiator or where it will evaporate freely. They say it makes less heat seem warmer and adds to comfort. It is the only cheap aid to the imagination that we know, Waterbury American. Bridgeport Rotarians, expressing themselves in the logical and con- yincing remarks of William F. Sew ern and Edmund s. Wolfe, have made a complete conversion of New Haven to the principles of the safety first campaign, judging by the space which the New Haven papers gave to the arguments of f~ those gentle
 
 careless drivers. It is time that the careful and conscientious men who own cars should combine to check the imprudent and the reckless Some toll must be paid for the con quest of every new force. Some lives unavoidably pay the penalty for modern improvements. But care vii
 do great things. New Haven cannot do better than to join with Bridge port in obsrving and demanding eau Etion.-Bridgepor Times.
 'The day of miracles is past said g young woman when asked to dc somthing particularly difficult. It is?
 Tell us of 9 miracle greater thar 1 taking up a tlephone receiver arl6
 talking to a friend many miles dis l tant without tLe need of wires 0, other material substance.
 Mention a miracle greater thai 1 taking machine tons in weight ant flying it miles above the earth in de | fiance of the law of gravity.
 Is taking mere words and .buildin.
 a beautiful piece of literature, shor of . miracle?
 And, what about the gas engine tha talks our automobile wherever "
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04

however, to accept conditions as they are and to hope for a resumption of the commercial activity and advant- ages which the people enjoyed at the hands of the Austrians. The friends of the Serbs and Jugo-Slavs hope that, with time the Serbian government will be able to match the prosperity and progress which the Austrians and Ger mans brought to the country.
 Among the population America en- joys great prestige and respect. This is largely due to the timely help brought to the country by the Ameri- can Red Cross and the United States Food Administration. Until the ar rival of these relief agencies, Aneri- cans had never before appeared in Bosnia in any considerable number The presence of the officers Of the Red Cross and the Food Administration has had a splendid moral and educational effect among the Bosnians. Much of the rancor and harsh feeling en- gendered by the war has been removed, and through the work of these Ameri- cans the larger part of the people now look upon the United States as friend, not as foe,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
HIS STYLISH CHILD

breathe? By, the time you are thirty,
 at this rate, you won't have any hair. .The very ideal" said Caroline, in-
 dignantly. T suppose you'd like me
 to be a perfect Nildfiower and stick at
 home and never have any one come to
 see me or take me, anywhere. I
 might just as well wear burlap dress
 and black my teeth and be done with
 it.
 I"You'd wear burlap fast enough if it
 was fashionable" groWled her par
 ent. Some joker will yet announce
 that tile roofing is too sweet for any,
 thing for frecks and all of you viii
 be going around in English matched
 effects or messed green tiles. You'd
 say it was perfectly comfortable, too,
 I suppose some inspired soul who needs the money will spring the Afri-
 can hairdressv next-the kind where
 the hair is slicked back and built up into a five foot tower and greased over with oil and never, taken down till spring housekeeping. I'd have a
 little independence. if I were you.
 Why, you look eight years older than
 you are"
 Do really z Caroline gasped rapturously seeking the mirror again. Iii terday that nobody ever would dream was as young as 1 am. He's terrib ly grown up and it's a, compliment for him to notice one of the girls of our crowd. All the others are just crazy because, he took me to the movies. Do really look twenty five?
 Bob says most young girls are so crude and that I have perfectly marvel- ous comprehension
 Case commanded her parent. Ten years from now Bob may be q real human being, but just now he is a sort of a microbe If that is the sort of admirer you attract with your marcel I'll tell you right now you're being stung. It's worth more.
 Why, I should say suffering a carved hairdress like that ought. to warrant a reward such as a crown prince or at l least the lost heir to fortune"
 You are perfectly silly said his daughter, pivoting again, one hand oil 1 her hip. And by the way, need
 $5 to buy a new marcel ticket-mine' s used up. Please may I have it?''
 L. Its struck in,' said the father of the family with a sigh, reaching for | his pocketbook, that hairdress has struck in, Caroline Otherwise you simply couldn't be 50 dense. FIX ochange,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04

years old it begins to blossom. At this time the process of thinning begins, and the male plants can be taken up and sent to the city to be planted as orna- mental trees.
 From this, time until after the fifth year the thinning and rearranging in rows must be. looked to-, and. aCcord- ing to the best authority growers ex- pect at least one hundred plants of the best quality of dates out of the 1000 seeds planted to the acre, and as plants are at least 30 feet apart each way when twelve to fifteen years old. there will be fifty good plants to the acre to dispose of.
 A conservative estimate places an average of four offshoots to the plants five years old, and an average of one offshoot to the plant a year for the next five years. The offshoot always bears fruit identical with the parent tree. In this way the persons who plant the first seeding orchards are in line to reap a rich harvest for their surplus offShoots
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
HENRY ec. PRICK.

Henry C. Frick and Andrew Carne- gie were both men of immense wealth who started as poor boys and made their way to fame and riches in way together,- They worked hand in hand and they :fousht.l There was a bitter ness that arose out Of the= fact that MT Prick could not acquire the full holdings of Mir. Carnegie in the steel business into which he had been per- mitted to buy. And as they developed their commanding places in this eoun- try together, death claims them both within the; neriod- of a few months. Both of these men were members of q group who saw and took advantage oe the conditions connected with growing and undeveloped country. They were. masters at organization and even at 30 MT. Trick was. among the leading men of wealth in the country. It seems almost improbable shat similar colossal fortunes will ever 5c ar9assed by individuals again in times o9 peace, but there are still op- portunities, and there is no telling what can be accomplished until it is
 NsoAiNSAt -Rtl aAiN tilOoE ICNlShf IL have occasion to tell how easy it must all have. been.
 Mir. Prick has had prominent place in big business circles. He will not
 be forgotten soon for the part which he played in the great Homestead cs,rilac and t. Is Interesting to note on this occasion that his end comes at
 a time when. the person who sought to
 take his life during that labor trouble, Alexander B5rlsman is about to be ksent out of the country. Then Mr. .,FSicls thought Berknian a foolish man carried away by excitement, and help fed to get his reIeasg. Berlkman has since shown. that. he was simply car rying out his belief and was more ddn- ,Serous than MT. Prick realized.
 l- In view of the way iii which other
 millionaires. who have had so much
 that it was matter of guesswork as to what they were worth, have dis posed of their vast fortunes interest Twill naturally surround MT. Tricks , course. especially since it has been l'announeed that he has left his New
 York residence and his great art col | lection to that city.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
Slow Recovery In Bosnia.

(By The Associated Press). Bosnia may be a long time recovering from the effects of the war Factory pro- duction is almost at a standstill, rail- road transport is irregular and uncer- tain, stores are bare of stocks. imports are much reduced. clothing and food are high in price, and there is much idiepess among the people. The crops this year, however, are abundant and there is sufficient food to meet all needs.
 The German and Hungarian signs which formerly appeared above the store windows have given place te placards in Serbian and Sarajevo has taken on quite the appearance of a Serbian town. The Serbian inhabi tants are of course quite content witf the Belgrade government, but the Ger. mans. Austrians and Turks are noi quite 50 happy. There is a disposition
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04
Our Date Industry.

The date industry in California promises to become great factor in the fruit markets of the world, for 1t has been proved that the conditions in the Coachelia Valley are more favora- ble for the development of the date of first quality than any other country where the date is grown. It has also been demonstrated that a much larger percentage of first quality dates can be produced from the seed than in the Saharan oases.
 In planting the date seeds in rows 30 feet apart, the seeds are placed al intervals of about IS inches in the row thus planting about 1000 seeds to the acre. During the first few years any kind of crop can be cultivated between the rows. When the palm is three