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New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
FORTUNE IN BONUSES.

Manchester, Feb. 2o.-The. Cotton Manufacturers and spinners associa- ton has decided to pay in n' bonuse more than 100000 pounds between January 1T and April 10. This will be given 70 operatives engaged in the production of cloth, in four install m ments, men or women full-time work CTS of IS years and over to receive 16 pounds, those under, IS years s pounds. and half-time workers { pounds.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
DENIES REPORTS.
Sir Geddes Not Considering Joining English and American Interests.

London. Feb. 2o.-The report pub lished yesterday in & weekly journal devoted to transport interests that Sir Eric Geddes, the minister of transport. was considering overtures to join the London branch of Lee Higsinson and Co. the American banking house was declared today at the banking. house in question to be incorrect Sir Eric, 1t was said. had
 not been. approached with reference to making a connection with the firm.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
, RAIDERS REFUSED.
Attack on Police Barracks in Ireland
 Are Thwarted After Long Fight.

West Kerry, Ireland. Feb. 21.- After a three hour siege, in which hand grenadeS, rifles and revofSers were freely used, an attack on police barracks by armed raiders was re- pulsed here early today. One police officer was wounded, and it is believed three raiders were struck by bullets.
 The raiders made extensive prep arations for the attack having blocked all roads with fallen trees and. barricades and having dug deep trenches to check the approach of military motor lorries. Telegraph and telephone wires were cut over radius of 5 miles about this place. One end of the barracks was de- molished by the explosion of a bomb.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
AMERICANS ENTERTAINED [. s. Naval Officers Stopping al
 Jamaica Are Greeted by English l.

Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 20.-The officers and men of the ships of the U. S. Atlantic fleet now here are being entertained fn var1ous ways. Today several of them went by special train to Bog Walk, where they enjoyed river bathing. A large party of officers was conveyed to the New Castle military camp, where the day was spent
 :. -Charles.L. Latham. the American consul, gave an ''at home in hohor of the visiting: of1cers, which was att tend ed by prominent. residents and officials of Kingston.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
HERE'S A BRAVE MAN.

Plymouth. Eng. Feh- 2o.-when the trawler Clara ran on the rocks at the harbor entrance in a fog the other day and stove a hole in her side one of the seamen stopped the great rent with his body and enabled the boat to keep afoat until help cams. After saving the lives of his comrades The sailer remained. waist deep in water, for four hours utnil the boat was toWsi into harhor
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
SNOWSHOES USED IN.
 INSPECTING WIRES
unenen Have Hard Time in
 Cross Country Walks s.
SCHOOLS CLOSE ON MONDAY
Turnpike Resumes Aspect Of Busy Thoroughfare-Silk Worm Indus try Was Once Tried Out i'm Town Other News tems of Interest.

"A mum ber of liRennen employed on high tension duty were in town this morning inspecting the wines. All of the mon wore or carried snow shoes for use in the deep snow which they say is three feet on the level. The snow shoes enable them to go across lots to ths,, steel towers, some of which are miles away from the; broken path. Very little trouble has been experienced with the service, the men stated, but thorough in- spection of the eqpipm ent has to be made at least once q week, as loose wire could tie up g. city,s industries. Several thousand volts are carried through each wire.
 Old Cars Being Rum.
 Several of the old type side -seater cars are making their appearance on +he Berlin line owing to the break do~rr of, the regular cars The water has caused tha motors on the others to burn out, 50 that the com pany was obliged to put, some of the old cars into, operation.
 Relics of the Past. >; : More than 76 years ago silk. worm s were grown.,fn Berlin by relatives of the Misses Brandegee. ;, Directly across from :. the present town hall there was a, niafb erry. orchard; the leaves of which were sa fed to the. worms. The Brandegee- family did not. raise them for industrial purposes but rather to furnish silk entirely for their own use. William Bulkeley. now s2 years old. renembers we'll when the grove was a hourishing tract and said thattmany times he had spent hours watching the insects devour the null berry leaves and then prepare to wind their cocoons.t One could hear the worms eat tke -leayes,j making a. pe- curiar cracking noise as they attack cd a leaf When it had wound, itself into a COG oon: the mass was plunged Into hot water. to kill the worm as it would eat its ways out again and de- stroy the silk if i,ad spun. = l-G
 Besides the grove on Berlin street there were a few mulberry bushes on the corner opposite therhoHe of liar cid Upsor. The leaves from these bushes were taken to Berlin street and fed to the silk worms. Many beautiful pieces of silk were. woven from the silk cccoens and on a. num- berg occasions the Misses Brand egee displayed a silken robe which wac spun more than "a, years ago. The robe was always in demand at fairs and was the admiration of thousands who saw it.. ts~s s < .-.+,
 '-It was not, thought, that theesilk worm would thrive in this .ciim ate but through sxtreme care of the spe- cies the culture of the animal was car ried on for several years. The e1- trene cold climate in the course of
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
GERMAN PROPAGANDA Id
 CAUSE OF FALSE REj

London, Feb. 20.-ReportS a ing in the German press reg clashes between troops and q in upper Silesia are inaccuraI '+proba bly, the result of Gerna aganda," according to official to the British government. have been one or two minor ina but reports Of serious turmoil
 founded, it is asserted.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
BATrIEsHIPs .QUARANrRED.

Panaoa, Feb. 20.-The battleship Pennsylvania and the cruiser Colum- bia of the sUnfted States Atlantic fleet have been auarantined at Cristobak because of an outbreak of influenza on board. Three sufferers have bsen removed from their hips to Colon hospital aud one seaman died of pneumonia.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20

eral weeks due to the ice and snow has resumed V
 R. O. Clark is expected home to- morrow or the early part of the week. !He 1is attending the convention of prick manufacturers now in session in Cleveland
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
TO DEFEND TITLE.

New York, Feb. 2o.-Joe Stetcfer worlds champion catch h-as-catch-ca wrestler will defend his title here to- night with Jim LondoS of Greece One fall will decide the match.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
ENGLISH EDITOR DEAD.

Liverpool, Feb. 2o.-Baron Russell Edward Richard Russell) long edi- tor of the Liverpool fP Post is dead at f,is 1re..zis3 a,s ee sh ere 7 ;S'
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04
HE MANNING ISSUE.

When 1t comes to the matter of cutting down expenses it cannot fail to be realized that there is great need of it today in congress- and it has thus early. been manifested that the plan for compulsory military training will be attacked on that ground. How successful it will be will depend upon the strength that can be mustered by those standing for economy and those who are. SC. much opposed to war that they fear every measure of prepared ness is going to force us into it in stead of keeping us out.
 According to estimates that have been made it is figured that at the lowest the first years expense for military training would not be over a half billion dollars. That means that for that one thing alone the gov ernment would be put to an expense half as large as the entire lisburse- ments of congress a few years ago, md as the system is maintained it is estimated that it will not be over s7o0.000.000. These are of course only estimates and estimates can be relied upon to be under rather than. over
 
 It is to be understood that what might be considered unexpected oppo- sition at this time does not necessar- fly mean permanent opposition to the Idea. It is felt, as has frequently been shown. that expenditures which could be gotten along without should be delayed, and by. many the compul- sory military training is included hereunder, even though it is to0 be appreciated that the longer it is put off the harder it will be to bring il up and get favorable action.
 J It is going to be a case-of deciding whether we should afford such an ex- pense in connection with our military programme or whether with condi- lions as they are we are going to put bur money to different use for the present and cut down our war debts
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04
OTHER VIEW POINTS

If the Kenyon bill becomes a law. it is to be hoped that our own states percentage of illiteracy will be low cred. In the 1910 census, Connecticut stands but one removed from the foot of a list of New England states plac- cd in order of hteFacy. Taking the
 union as a. whole. less than half the
 states have so high a. percentage of
 ilIiterates as do we.-Manchester Her
 ald
 prove that Herbert Hoover has been giving London as his residence for the
 past II years, whereas the United
 States constitution provides that a president must have been for 14 years resident of the United States. But after what the prohibitionists have done to that once sacred instrument who is going to listen to it's pitffui
 cries on so Insignificant a matter as fine nationality of a president Wat
 erbury American.
 It is an old and a very sound theory that thrift makes a good citizen out
 of a man. It is of no particular con- sequence in just what form thrift ex- presses itself, whether in the form of
 Savings safely deposited and wisely invested. It is the fact that a man has saved from his earnings and set
 them aside that makes him want to
 know what is going to happen to 1 them should assent be given every l panacea offered for the settlement of 1 human troubles Thrift makes a. cow ard of no man. It makes a wiser man of hiul-New Haven Journal Courier. l Just now, the law of supply and de-
 mand seems to be oyerworked by real 1 estate owners in Hartford. There is . shortage R houses, and those whc
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04
MAXINE SOME HEApwAY..

Even though there has been a de- lay of other legislation because of the way in which the. senate has been oc- cupied with the treaty. it cannot fail to be noticed that progress has been made on two important measures, which indicate their passage, after fights in their behalf have been, un- derway for the past ten years
 The first of these was the water power bill. and as the result of. sthe enactment of that legislation great benefits should accrue ill the iitiliza- ton of water power which is now and has been for centuries going to waste. Each year is presenting more clearly the necessity of making use of this cheap power properly har- messed and the. legislation is intended to encourage the development of hyr 1 dro electric plants.
 For practically the same length of ] time that the. water power bill has been struggling for recognition; the oil land leasing bill has been before l congress, and only this week has there been reached an agreement by the conferees of both houses upon the provisions of that bill.
 It is. legislation concerning the public domain but because of4tf1e fact that it is known that the land is coal or oil bearing care. has been taken to see that government control of it | is not lost. Instead of the7land being given awaE-it- will be leased, the wis., dom of not even disposing of it by sale being recognized. More than | J7oT HR oY7ri1-a ;S 5o ,,,, of coal lands while about a seventh i is made up of oil lands. The passage of the bill will mean the leasing of a large amount of territory for new de- ve1opment and therefore large con- tribution to the demands in those lines while the government will not be denied benefit from the unknown riches which may be uncovered
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04
Stories That Recall Others.
A Cool Head.


 While a six year old child was get ting ready for school the other day her mother noticed that the water was fairly dripping out of her hair, and exclaimed, "Why. Wilma, what makes you wet your ha& this cold day?" The youngster replied. Teacher told US to. She told us to keep our feet warm and our heads cool"
 Good Eyesipht, But Blind.
 A crowd of guests seeking rooms stood before the hotel desk. Two men entered and rushed across the lobby into the crowd. One of them waved q bill at the clerk and shouted:
 Give me two tickets to Providence" ]" The clerk was writing on the regis- ter and did not even look up. You're in the - hotel, sir" he said. ''The station is few blocks to. the east" A little later colored man walked in and looked around bewildered.
 (Which is the grocery department?" he asked a bellboy.
 = store is on the next street. ,a he was told.
 "These incidents are not unusual" 1" explained the telephone clerk back of the desk, i've have dozen or more such questions each day"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JAN. s1sts 1sz0
 1O,416
TIME TO END IT.

It didn't take long for the members of the senate to realize the import ance of the letter of Lord Grey in which he virtually sought the ratifi- cation of treaty by this country along the lines on which it has been indi- cated the majority of the senate is agreed. It is a qustion therefore of getting those who have lately come to the realization of the need of ap- proving the treaty with reservations, instead of having the question sub mitted to the people next November, to accept the fact that the interests of the country are actually being served and that ill insisting on such protection for the United States there is not going to be any protest on the part Of Europe. Il
 there has been a feeling that if the reservations were adopted that it would mean the pocketing of the trea- ty by the president or that it would bring about refusal to, accept our stand on the part of the nations with which were allied. There have been intimations in the past that what reservations the senate considered necessary would be acceptable. Those intimations have been put in black and white b55- YiseouHt Grey, who has even taken 1ne to point out the req sons why we are justified in our ac- tion. and who is convinced that it is necessary. even as President Lowell of Harvard recently declared. that there should be- a reservation on ar ticle ten.
 It is not to be expected that all will be smooth sailing from now on. Yet there has been a gradual awakening to the fact that the country's inter ests should not be sidetraeked for in- ternationalism and in view of recent understanding the Grey letter substantial help in the. right direc- ton has been received. The taking up of the treaty in the senate agair should mean the early settlement ot the long debated matter.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04
SWEETENNC UNCLE GORHAM

..Mother wants to know" began the litle girl with two front teeth out and a floppy blue bow on her straggly hair, mother wants to know, please, can she borrow two cups of sugar, Mrs. Whackbill, and she's ever so much obliged"
 ssWell! exclaimed the lady thus addressed, surveying her young caller in the open kitchen door, I'm always willing to be accognmodating-but su- gar-you see, sugar
 .tThats just what mother said" the young person interrupted eagerly. '.She said sugar just like you did as though she was in church or some thing. She said to explain that it was very special or she wouldn't ask and she's nearly distracted, especially as Uncle Gorham is deaf and can't
 probably hasn't heard anything about
 sugar, she says. Hes. coming" "Oh-is her queried Mrs. WIack- bill a trifle vaguely. Just what is the trouble at your house, Isabelle?' 2 .Tt isn't trouble" explained the l young person with the floppy bow, l setting down her bowl expectantly; ! tits fathers Uncle Gorham who's go- l ing to leave h1fn all his money, and l it's most important that he shouldn't want anything he can't get, and he always was greedy for dessert, father ! says. Maybe he'll buy us an automo- 1 bile while he's here. Mothers going l to have the Dobeli's come with their new machine and take us all out rid< ing. and then it'll be perfectly easy to
 say Isn't this the most wonderful car l Uncle Gorham, and doesn't it ride comfortably Why, if it was one of
 those 5000 cars it couldn't be any nicerI never was any hand to pay 1 extravagant prices when something
 cheaper would do just as well-not l that there is any chance of my buy | ing a ear with prices for food so aw- l flIl and my cf1ild's educationy. And 1 then Uncle Gorham will feel sorry | and"
 My word!" gasped the lady of the house. Hadn't you better run or home, Isabel-"
 fJHst as soon as you get time te give me the sugar." said the young l person. ABesides. mother can't make the dessert till she finishes1 changing
 the rugs and things. She says there isn't bit of use in letting Uncle Cor.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04
THE FARM FRS.

The postofice department has been getting in touch with the farmers of the country for the purpose of finding. out what the farmers thought could be done by the department in cutting down the cost of living. y-As-the re- suit of the answers secured it ap- pears that many have expressed the belief that the farmers must cut down production and go out of the business of attempting to supply the needs of others. The idea would simply be to look out for their own needs and stop contributing greater profits to others than can be obtained for themselves. The farmers, as represented by the replies received by the posteffice de partment, are apparently bothered by the help problem and the prices they have to pay while figuring it out that others are getting more out of the goods they produce than they are themselves. It is q case where the high prices are causing unrest the same as they have in other directions
 But it is another picture that is presented by the agricultural depart ment when the statement is made that American farmers have just completed the most prosperous busi- ness year in history" and it is shown that the crops, animals and animal products raised and prepared for mar ket during the past year were priced at $24,sS2 ,ee0 600 or about $4,o00 fo, each of the 6,O0O,O0O farmers.
 There is no getting away from the fact that the farmer has been hit by high prices just the same as othel people. Possibly there are ways 1T which he can economize that others cannot for. there are special benefit: that accrue to every line of endeaxol which are not to be found in others Yet at the same time ittis to be real ized that farm products have beer commanding big prices. Every house
 holder has reason to know that anC products of the farm as still moving upward. It is quite evident therefor' that while he is entitled to the highl! 1 prosperous year there can be no dis position to lay down under it and i
 cannot be believed that there is an! su6hl sentiment among the, great bis majority off the farmers.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04

Baker came out with a statement ad- vocating radical changes in the status of cabinet officers and including seat ing such members in both senate and house, where they might have an opS portunity to defend an dexpIain their policies. This was along the line of a bill introduced sorae months ago by Senator Mclean of Connecticut, who favored the same idea, but for the purpose of giving congress an oppor- tunitv to ask the cabinet questions and 10 get first hand information of pending projects. Mir. Mclean be- iieyes such a course would largely tend towards economy. and also engerder better personal relations between the heads of department and congress, than can be gained through. the round
 about methods now in. vogue. He cited that practically every large country in the world offered direct i communication between it's cabinet and it's law-making body, but that the i United States stands aIoof in that re- gard.
 senator McLean's bill has not yet
 been brought before the senate for ac, ton. @
 The agricultural department makes l it known that there is another sev- enteen year locuse year in sight. It | says IL VIII De nanny III the valley of the Connecticut river in Massa- :
 chusetts and Connecticut, with small separate colony at Fall River. The | bureau of entomology refers to the ' locust as "the most interesting insect ! in the world" but states there is lit tie, to fear from them this year. as their ranks are greatly thinned and
 the territory where they will appear is very limited.
 The telephone census recently ta4er by the department of commerce shows there were 28,827 ,1SS miles of telephone wire in the United States in 1917, or enough to more than g1rdle the> eartf
 a thousand times. eFhe calls regis tered were high in the billions. There is one item of special New Englant interest in the report, which reads
 ''The first censhs of the telephone in dustry was taken in 1885, only tws years after the first public telephone exchange was opened for business This was at New Haven, Connecticut
 on January 25, 137S.' The summary now issued, however, fails to tell the number of telephones in use at thai
 date.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04
TIMELY sJBMIssION

Regardless of the merits of the de hands of the hotel and apartment house fremen in New York may be In demanding higher wages, it cannot fail to be realized that regardless of the justice of their claims they were taking advantage of the health con- diions prevailing in that city and willing to sacrifice the lives of the millions involved in order to accom- plish their aim. It wasn't an instance where they were willing to let com mon sense guide. It wasn't a case where the majority was willing to listen to the pleas of members whose families were numbered among the sick and it wasn't Q case where they were inclined to rest their case on facts. They realized that a situation had developed whereby the epidemic had given them Ets assistance and they were ready to take advantage oi 1t regardless of the effect upon others They were ready to leave their jobs and thereby deny heat to the sick and to the well who were trying to ward of disease.
 The health commissioner of the city sensed the danger of their attitude The epidemic situation is bad enough even though there appears to be g slight letting up, and there is as great need as ever to prevent condi- lions from getting any worse. It can. not fail to be appreciated therefore that the firemen after listening to thu ccmmissioner and the conditions which he assured them would result If they carried out their plan follow. ed a sensible course in agreeing tC Sefer the strike on the understand
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-04

have homes to sell feel that they can get about what they want for them, whether the price is extortionate or not.
 By far the most hopeful sign of re- lief is the housing corporation being organized by the chamber of com merce. The business men of the city are alive to the seriousness of the sit uation, and without doubt they will succeed in raising capital needed for the financing of new homes in Hart ford. There will be hundreds of per sons ready to take advantage of the benefits to come from this corpora : tion. whose purpose is the building up of a solid, substantial class of cit izens, intent on permanent residence in Hartford and representing an efe-