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Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 18th, 1920
 11,O35
RELIEVING THE SUFFERERS.

People have learned to have confidence in the projects that are advocated by Herbert Hoover. He demonstrated that he was thoroughly conversant with the situation in Europe on a previous occa- sion. that his experience at that time gave him an unusual advantage for the Judging of conditions following the war, so that when he tells the people of thii country that there are 33,OOe9Oo cniI- dren who face death from starvation and cold in the countries of Central Europe this winter and that there is needed S3,- 5OO,0OO to save them. his statement is accepted without question and the coun- try gets busy to meet the situation.
 Why do they always look to America: is question that is frequently asked They look to America because they know the humanitarian spirit that prevails here, because they know that We are not inclined to allow others to suffer and die if our means will prevent 1t and because they know that we are generously dis. posed under such circumstances and are inclined to act quickly
 From the manner in which the country is responding to the appeal which has been made for the furnishing of the money to keep the children of central Europe alive there are encouraging indl- cations that it will be raised, that help will be furnishedSsin time to accomplish the needed relief new hone VIII be --- '- ''-- r-~Tns where the dire conditions prevail
 There are mar,- ---'-- o-- and arc uiv ing much toward the raising of this fund. There are most of us who can give something, and there cannot be many who are not desirous of doing their bit toward the checking of the distress tha- exists abroad. It is the quick help that is going 10 prevent tho starvation and ote-~~--- 4'-~ -i~o-s of winter.
 Norwich has already indicated what q wide endorsement the appeal is getting and there is every reason to believe that during the period when subscriptions are being received that there will be many big and little contributions.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
path and sInsIns s0nEs 2, praIse and

path ard singing songs of praise and , At Elizlbethtewn Point Washington was met by committee of congress and thence was rowed to New York folicwt.' by long procession of barges. with mu sic and song, while the fag-bespangie- ships in the harboT fired saiutes in his honor. l. When Washington arrived tn New York. accompanied by Governor Clinton. he was dressed in the familiar bun and blue upi- form. He walked the entire distance from the boat landing to. the house where il was arranged he should reside 1t ig noted that -as the people caught sight of the stately figure and beloved colors hats went off and the crowd bowed and cheered as he went by"
 Owing 10 the length of the journey and the delay caused by the citizens of the new republic to pay their first chief mag. lstrate appropriate honoTs. instead of its being the first Wednesday in March. as set by congress. Washington did not reach New York until April 30. He immediately repaired to his home, dressed himself in | suit of dark brown broadeloth of Amer lcan make, with white silk hose, silver buckled shoes. and dress sword, and, ac- companied by a military escort, he went to Federal hall and in the senate cham. | was received by Vice President 7Johr Ad- ams' who had been inaugurated few days before.
 Tlle oath of office was administered to Washington by Chancellor Livingston of New York. after which the first president bent and Kissed the Bible that Otis, ths secretary of the senate, had brought for ward Long live George Washington, president of the United States :" shouted 1 inc fa eNn .N a taces Al the signal glad huzza rent the air and the cannons at the battery near by thundered the first of presidential sziutes. The president then withdrew to the senala chamber and there read his inaugural ad- dress.
 Shortly before Adams was chosen vice president he had returned from his weary and almost fruitless mission 10 tho cour, or St. James When he was notified of his election he set out from Bostoi for New fork. He was escorted by trocp pi horse through Massachusetts and CeIIner. ticut and in similar manner frpm ths state line to New oYrk city.
 It wac more imposing escort tha,
 was given to Washington. but the pres dents receptioP everywhere along tn route was in marked contrast to tha
 Of the vice president, who was looked up
 on as man df vain. irascible disposl
 tion' and lacking in tact. although hi great ability was generally recoguizef
 For Washington's executive u1aasiol in New York. very handsome edific
 was eonstrueted in Bowling Green i . lI9o, but pe never occupied 1t. ns th capital was removed that year 10 Phi adelphia. It was afterwards used b Governor Clinton.
 (Tomorrow-Walkers FilibustsrlnE Ez
 ditIons.)
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
WASHINGTON AND HIS
 FIRST INtTGIRaTIOS


 With our present facilities for Irans- portation it is hard for us to realize witf what difficulty our forefathers wen about the country on their official pisiuess. Ts the present generation 1t reads like 3 TO- nance. the journey of George Washing ton from his quiet home at Mount Vernon to New Work city to be ina .gurateIl the first president of the United Statrs.
 After Washington had bid farewell 10 his army. and retired to the seciue:on af- forded him at his beautiful homo oa the Potomac, this quiet was to be interrupt d by his being chosen the first clliei x ,u- tive of the new nation on the first Wed nesday of February. 17S9. He did not have very much time t~ prepare for lis which was supposed tS take place the first Wednesday in MaIch. and only two days elapsed after he was iIoti- fed of his election before he set Out from Mount Vernon,
 His first stop was at Alexandria, where he was given public dinner by his friends and neighbors. As ne continued his journey from this small Virginia v!l- lage the road was lined with people ,o see him and cheer him as ne rasscd In every village the people from the farm and workshop crowded the streets to watch his carriage, and the ringing of bells and firing of guns marked his com ing and going.
 At Baltimore a cavaleade of citizens escorted him and cannons roared a well come Finallly Chester, Pa. was reached and here Washington mounted a horse and in the midst of troop of cavalry he rode into Philadelphia beneath triumphal arches, the day of his arrival being given over to public rejoicing and festivities. At Trenton, instead of snow and dark ness, and q sudden onslaught upon sur prised Hessians, as on the Christmas night of 177e, there were mellow sunshine, an arch of tri lmph and young girls walk ing before him, strewing flowers in his
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
ENDING WAR LAWS.

While this country is technically at war with Germany, hostilities ceased when the armistice was declared and they are not likely to be resumed. Ex- cept that peace has not been signed the war is ovtr and 1t will be but a matter of time before the technicality will be overcome
 For considerable period, however there has been experienced ho small amount of chafng under the restrictions that were imposed by the war measures passed in this country to continue dur ing the state of war. It was not ad- visabie to declare them void upon the signing of the armistice It was to be expected that they would be terminated in the natural course by the concluding of peace terms. The attitude taken by the administration relative to the league of nations interfered with that, and yet these restric ions which have been more or less irksome, have remained
 The demand for the ending of the var laws was keard by congress at the last session. An attempt was made then Co pass resolution which would have Repealed them. Congress favored it but President Wilson put his amp of dis approval upor it and it failed. While the resolution was killed the demand was not and how congress feels about if is well indicated by the action which was recently taken in the lower house where resolution was passed provid. ing that all war legislation except the trading with the enemy act, the war fl. nance corporation act and it's amend. ments and the laws dealing with the is. suance of Liberty and Victory bonds bt repealed. It doesn't say that the war 1, over, but it ends much war legislation
 That the senate will take a sirnila, View is to be expected. The demand oI the country in this respect is to be con. -s'dered and in view of the expression o the people at the polls in November it i. not improbable that the president vii govern his action upon it in accord herewith, or expect to have his vett oveSr1dden.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

objected her son. "They just pretend that's all Aw heck came In the other day when you weren't expecting men and you had Japanese Sandman on the photograph"
 Jim" appealed the brown eyed wife, T should thing that you would make some attempt to make your son treat me with respect--iust common, ordin- ary respect It's little enough for awife to ask. I'm sure"
 "Why call him iny sonf' whimsically demanded tho easy going head of the house "IVe haven't been to vaudeville for long time, Rena-"
 Now Jim" protested the brown eyed wife. "iet's not go into that again It's so fatiguing to sit through the acrobats and iugglcrs and the silly old woman dressed life a girl who lets her does do the tricks and then poses herself when the applause comes. don't mind some parts of 1t, sbut-"
 Its good bill this week and there are no acrobats or jugglers or dos acts apeased the easy going head of the house T asked especitIly.s
 "But that show at the Michigan" be- gan the boy 'SEee, Myron said that there was one girl in It who had a dance that he had never seen before and ii was really something that he never saw why 1t must be good. Mvron has enough money every week to chase around IT everything good in town"
 "The concert is elevating. too" rum mated the brown eyed wife. But the movies would he very nice.' said the visiting cousin. land if we al go there we can be home again by Il at the very latest"
 ". Who wants to get home at tha i time?" demanded the younger man. | '"Tell Hester to cut that homemad' pie into big pieces" urged the easy go
 ing head of the house "Its excellen pie" a\ Please don't change the subject" pro
 tested his wife. Are going to that con l certT'
 "Why. we'll do whatever you like dear" conciliated the easy going head o 1 the house, "but at the vaudeville ther {; really are no dogs nor acrobats nor jug l lers. I asked particularly when bough the tickets today.-Exchange
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


 MT. Editor: Perhaps little attention will be paid to this epistle, but I cannot avoid asking this question. What is the gas commission distributing through the mains of the city where gas formerly found it's way? l have heard of some soggy stuff of the composition of clay, being found in the gas mains, together with water. I have also heard that sev- eral housekeepers have had narrow es- capes from severe burns from the flames that followed explosions in their gas ranges. Many women are afraid to use their gas stoves for that reason. For Illuminating purposes, the gas is a sad failure. The writer cannot get as good a light to read a book or paper froi { a gas jet, as he can from tallow canule iii perforated tin can The bill is made largen than formerly, because the yala 2 must ba turned wide open thus using more gas than should be neces- saw but " Ei no better results than when it is baFeiy open. The -hea tn of- ncer should investigate this matter be- cause there is a very bad QUOT .l houses when the gas is lighted, and it is not conducive to good health to in- hale it. The price has been increased, and the users of the agas. are not receiv- ing any value for their money from our "one million dolar' plant. You cannot make good gas from a mixkire of oil and water any more than you can make good whiskey from benZfne and water. If the gas was made from the distilla- tion of coal we would have gas. We would not find fault with tho price if II was necessary to increase il, uu, | + an imposition on the pu3lic 40 charge the present price for a useless article have waited long time 10 see if there would be any improvement, but there is none; in fact matters are growing worse. When persons are obliged to go tc bed immediately after supper rath6i than sit in darkness, and To patronizt 1 restaurants, because they arc afraid q the gas stoves, it is time 70 investigate Very popular practice nowadays. | This complaint is universal all aboni the city. It does no good to mentor ] the trouble to anyone connectei with fIii plant. Is there no remedy? Rents anC [ taxes have gone over "the top," but what | is the return to the people? Iae pres ent manner of making gas will neve I be a success Give us gas that vii enable us to use it to advantage anC comfort and we shall not growl con corning the bill. A
 Respectfully yours.
 CITIZEN.
 Norwich, Dec 20, 1920.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
THE NATIONS FORESTS.

Efforts to bring about a better cooper ation between nation and states regard ing the protection and development of forests throughout the country have long been underway The need of such action has been demonstrated in many ways so that it was only what was ex- pected when the forestry teachers and foresters at a meeting at New Haven should again call to attention the need of giving the forestry problem of the country greater attention.
 The inroads which have been made in- to the timber supply of the country through the demands for lumber, through wastage and through fires have served to cut deeply into the natural resources. While we are using our lumber supply faster than it can be grown there doesn't appear to be g proper realization of the situation that as faced or recognition of the need of providing against the time in the future when the supply must end.
 In order to insure enough timber for the needs of the nation in years to come there should be due consideration given to the work of refoFestation, even as attention is directed toward the protec- tion of what is already possessed. Ire mendous losses are experienced each year from fire in spite of what is already being done to guard against it, while lit tie attention is given to the full utiliza- tion of the trees that, are cut.
 For the preservation of certain. forest lands, both for lumber and the protection of watersheds there have been large tracts of woodland acquired by the gov erument There is likewise an excellent opportunity for the government to ee operate V ith the states in survey 0. forest resources and the direction of ef forts thereafter for the better handling protection and development of such re sources. Delays in such matters onl, make the problems much larger.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

obtained and those who desire trees be given chance to get them It would be far better to be cleaned out at fair price than to extract similar profit from few trees and send the remainder 70 the dump.
 There is not only an injustice to those who are forced to pay high prices for the trees but to those who produce them and the correction thereof. lies either in the hands of the middlemen or the purchas- ing public, and the warning given to the latter is likely to get more than passing attention. ~
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
Stories That Recall Others
RerIsed Version.

4 Young America was hearing from hls mother the story of the birth of Christ massa part of his pre-Chris-mss educa- tion.
 Now tell daddy the story" said the mother when the family was together that evening.
 Well" said the youngster. three wise men got on their camels and went to see the poor little Christ baby that was born in a garage"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

Approaching the fact that it is better to give than receive. the plight of tbE starving children of Europe should make the strongest kind of an appeal to your pockethook.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

How are the applegrowers going to feel after letting the crop rot on the trees, if these is minimum price fixing for farm products of fooP raisers in oth- CT lines?
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

The man on the corner says: Women who will not wear extremely short skirts may not be in style but they are in their right mind.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

A child was killed by an auto being driven 50 miles an hour. Another speed Ser turns and fires on policeman, and yet there are efforts to restrict the rights of people crossing the street.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

Crime in New York has gone to the point where the people are inclined to take hand in stopping it.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

Mrs Cayiey-Robir son, an English wou- an, is the inventor of a sen.i-gas furnace which, it is claimed. will reduce inc ex- penditure on fuel one sixth by consuming all the waste produats. such as cinder. soot. smoke 2nd ashes.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

is entitled to brag about his ability to come back.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

Eggs are coming down but not with quite the same results that Humpty Dumpty did.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

It is the fellow who didn't believe pro- hibltion could be secured who is doing the most worrying over the effort to bring back the blue laws.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

You have, of course, done your bit to relieve the distress of those children of Europe?
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

There is nothing whatever that re- quires the Christmas spirit to be kept down to one-half of one per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

It isn't question of early but of getting your Christmas shopping done as quickly as you can
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

Whatever helps to push prices down is instrumental in making the dollar worth more.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
Nature studynin Arkanlsas.

Nature offers some odd problems. A dog isn't married and hasn't anything to worry about. And yet man lives four times as lonE-Arkansaw Thomas Cat
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

Disarmament is one of the important requirements that goes with martial law.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Norwich isn't bone dry but it is parched compared with a month ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
The immigration bin in the

The immigration bill in the house found the Connecticut members holding widely divergent views MT. Tilson and MT. Glynn voted against the measure on the ground that it did not shut out unde- sirables and did not let in desirables Mir. Merritt favored the bill because he believes the Un.ted States has enough immigrants here for the present MT Freeman has not yet returned to Wash ingtoni after the six months recess, so his views are not known.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21
Congressman Tflson of the ways an

Congressman Tilson of the ways and means committee has requested the treasury department to instruct customs
 officials to take samples of German cut
 ley imports in order that they may be
 available for the use of the committee
 in comparing their quality and value
 with those of sAmerican make the Ge :
 pertinent has agreed to do so. Col. Til-
 son made the request of the treasury department at the suggestion of Mc Rockwell of New Haven, president of the American Cutlery Association. bill to consolidate the three
 branches of war service-the war risk insurance, the vocational education ana the public health service has been in- | trodueed by Congressman Rogers of Massachusetts who believes much delay and suffering can Nbe saved ex-service | men by such a combination of work. MT. Rogers is convinced service would | be more expeditions and efficient under one management than now can be ac- conpiished under three.
 The national legislative committee of 1 the American Legion was in conference
 win MT. Rogers this week, before he I introduced his bill. He proposes to nut
 the new branch under the interior de- partment.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02

iivered to the shipping board by the
Hog Island yard have received the
highest rating of the American bureau
of shipping and the shipping board in
spectors, while fifty of the vessels al
so received the highest classification
from Lloyd's bureau.
Hog Island vessels have steamed l.
5O0,231 miles and have carried l,O02,-
800 tons Of cargo. Eleven rescues
have been effected at sea by the Hog
Island ships.
Gives Good Service.
The Quistconck, the first of the Tab
ricated ships turned out, which was
christened by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
In the presence of the nations chief
executive and a crowd of 100000 per-
sons, has a record of 10000 miles
steamed. After completing 1880
miles the vessel was drydocked and
carefully examined by ~shipbuildlng ex-
perts, who found her intact. The bot
tom of the hull was scraped clean or
barnacles and then reprinted, and from
the day of delivery, with this one ex-
ception, the vessel has been in con-
slant service without showing any
structural or workmanship weakness.
The figures issued by the shipbuild-
ing company further show that the
average daily working force during
1919 was $1,000, and the number OF
men employed 10000. as Of March 81.
1920. Riyets driven numbered 59.065.-
7s1. and $4,000 tons of steel were
erected.
The Hog Island shipyard covers an
area of 927 acres and has a frontage
of two and one-quarter miles. There
are thirty-six warehouses In the snip
yard and eighty-two miles Of railroad
track. The floor space OF the build
ings cover 103 acres.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
Ninety-eight Vessels Are Launch
ed at Shipyard in 20
Months.
611,575 TONS FOR THE YEAR
More Than 10000 Tons Added to the
Nations Merchant Marine by Phila-
deIphia Plsnt-vessels Have Steam
ed One and a Half Million Miles
Without Developing Any Structural
or Workmanship Weakness.

Adding mor than three-quarters of
a million lightweight tons of steel
ships to the new merchant marine OF
the United States in twenty months
Is the worlds shipbuilding record es-
tablished at the Hog Island shipyard
at Philadelphia, when the ninety
eighth ship constructed by the Amer
lean International Shipbuilding corpo-
ration recently was launched upon the
waters of the Delaware.
The worlds largest shipyard. accord
ing to figures compiled by the ship
building company, during the year end
ed March 81, 1920. launched a total
of 611,575 lightweight tons Of steel
ships, or one vessel launched every
t~wenty-nine working hours, and de-
llvered 5S6,S75 lightweight tons of
steel ships, or one every thirty work.
ing hours.
Record at Hog Island.
The tonnage launched at the Hog
island yard from August 8, 1918, &c
date is 90 per cent of the total tonnage
of steel ships launched from all the
~shipyards of the United States during
that period, and Is one-twelfth Of the
total lightweight tonnage of steel ships
launched from all the s~hipyards OF
the United States for the Emergency
Fleet corporation.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
u. S. SELLS 5000 PLANES
Army Air Service Disposes Of Ma.
chimes Below Cost.

The army air service between No
yember IL, 1918. and February q.
1920, sold 5000 airplanes and 5000 en-
gines.
The receipts from planes were ST.
343,983, or 0 per cent of the approx
mate cost; from engines, $2.O93,61S, or
1915 per cent. The bulk of the sales
we're to the Curtiss company.
These figures were made public by
the war department. They do not in
clude PA engines transferred to the
navy or post Office department and ii
foreign motors sold to schools.
Uncle Sam almost broke even In the
sale of % l.. w. L. planes with en-
gines, the approximate cost of which
was $4,000 and for which the all
service received S3o1,000. These were
s~erviceable planes in good condition.