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Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
Stories That Recall Others.
It pidn,t Keep Up.

Some children do not take kindly to the idea of going to school while others cannot get there quick enough. Billy was considerably peeved when told that he was slated for school the following Monday.
 Two nights before the fatal Mon- day Billy complained of pain in his stomach. It was a sure enough pain and the mother resorted to numerous remedies known to anxious mothers and finally Billy went to sleep. About midnight he awakened his mother. The pain was still there. The young spent some time in deep thought and then remarked:
 Mamma, if this thing keeps up won't be able to go to school, will IIg'
 The mother declares there was a note of exultation in Billy's voice. But the thing didn't keep up and Billy went to school.
 Maybe a Bone Button.
 Marcelle's mother had been taking daily Urea tment Of an osteopathfc phy- sician. She told at dinner just how the doctor and q thoracic vertebra that had departed from true align ment in the spinal column.
 So when Benjamin came over to play Marcelle began thumbing his 1 backIboIIe for a misplaced vertebra. Here's one that has gone pad" she shouted triumphantly. But Bennie was not enthusiastic Get away, he said. that's only g 1 button.'
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rHE SHIP AUCTION.

That there is a demand for ships and that the German ships taken over by this country are much de- sired was indicated by the interest taken in the bidding for their pos session, but it is a surprising fact that the bids made openly did - not range as high as those submitted to the shipping board last month. The bids received however, do not con- stitute a sale. There must be an ac- ceptance on the part of the shipping board before any deal can be put through and in view of the increased interest being manifested in the ships by the senate and through in dividuals in seeking court action to obstruct the disposal~of the vessels it may be some time before anything further in the way of turning the vessels over will be attempted.
 That it should be stated on au- thority from the White House that the president would give an emphatic negatice answer to the senatorial res olution seeking knowledge as to whether there was any secret under standing with Great Britain regard :
 ng the ultimate disposition of the ships causes no surprise. It is only what was expected. In view of the safeguards which 1t is assured the shipping board has placed about the sale of the ships there has been nothing to substs ntiate the intima- tion tha- the German liners would eventually get into British hands
 That ver- step is blocked by the re- quiTemeHt that they must remain American ships and be available for the use Of this government in case it needs them.
 The move of the shipping board is unquestionably in response to the de- mand that the government should get out of the shipbuilding as well as the ship operating business. Com petition by the government with priv ate capital has always been opposed | The sale Of the ships if not at toe great a sacrifice will be advantageous to the country in the end. The bids are, however, not encouraging.
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CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING FEB. filth, 1920
 10,575
HOUSES FOR NORWICH.


 When former Mayor Murphy de- olared that Norwich is in sad need of more houses" he pointed out condition that is all too well under good by those who have been trying 70 get accommodations Norwich Is ambitious 70 STOW, II wants to in crease its m2nufactories and It uanrs a bigger population, but it mast re obvious that such growth ~-r-9t fake place unless housing ia ~r--cs ara provided And what is --r1e of Norwich Is likewise true of other communities. with the excep- -ia, that where other cities are talk ing the bull by the horns in recog- 7fricn of the requirements, Norwich 17s failed to display much interest
 =ueh g. situation cannot prevail in growing community. When city Is satisfied to stand still it begins to -1 haczward- Norwich hasn't come 51 That situation vet. but with oppor-
 -stirs Ter increasing our industrial zztchl si1ruentS. and thereby adding to .s-- nomination before us. with fac Ir~--s about to increase their plants sld others seeking locations here the ts-ne appears to be ripe for giving tlre added induceme1t of attractive and comfortable homes.
 Eut 5t is not solely the newcomers fzz- need to he provided for. There are many families in the city today thzt are unable to get the accom- gaodat.ons they desAe. They are forced to take cram9ed and unsatis- factory rents because they can get nothing else. Jt is situation that ouerr nor 70 exist and it will not if the right attention is given 10 the important matter of providing new houses- Nothing will do more to i'm prove the standard of the existing ac- commodatiors.
 Other cities are going into much the same proposition that has been put before the people of this city They are doing it for the very same raasous that exist here. They are n la1inr the chance for municipa development go to some other cify aud the quicker the movement fol more houses in Norwich is assured O a successful outcome the quicker viii conditions improve.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
TOURING WITH FRANCES

"Why. Mrs. Percy, I thought, you were in Florida" exclaimed a Christ mas shopper when she met an old friend at the silk counter.
 "So I was" replied Mrs. Percy, dropping her lorgnette and extending her hand, but we had to come home rather suddenly. My husband and l may go south ssgain after the holi- days. But we shall not take our niece, Frances, with us, and that will simplify matters.
 "Oh, indeed, we are exceedingly fond of Frances" continued Mrs. Per cy, "but she developed an extremely democratic spirit while she was over seas, and she carries it to such an ex- tent that travelling with her is. well, really embarrassing. Mr. Percy is so proud of Frances work with the ar my in France that he was anxious to do something nice for her, and in vited her to motor to motor to Flor ida with us.
 Imagine my surprise when we ed, to see her ill her I. NJ. c. A. uni form.
 "'Why are you wearing that" l
 Because, aunty, nothing hurts it and it's so easy to get around in, alId because I just love it. Don you like me in it?
 "'Yes, dear I replied, for you know Frances has boyish beauty that is set off well by that trig uniform, but 1 was about to suggest that possibly she would feel more comfortable in g less conspicuous costume.
 While we were lunching by the roadside the first day out a youth driving a farm wagon drew up hi. horses by our car, and looked al Frances rather too admiringly for z stranger, I thought.
 ." 'Hullo, buddy said our irrepres sible niece, don't you want to fl your mess cup with hot coffee? 1 Well, I'll tell the world you're tn, real thing he declared. Say. sister l l haven't seen one of you "T' girl ] for a year.
 Perhaps this isn't as good as tn 1 slum you used to get, but try i chicken sandwich and some coffee and she and the youth began swap ping war stories.
 You know we are on our way tt Florida, 1 remarked at length. an, l Frances and her uncle reluctant, i packed away the luncheon hampe and said goodbye to our guest. 1 That evening in the hotel at La i fayette the elevator boy stared har, i at Frances and asked, Where wa ] you, miss?'
 1 Near Verdun.' she answered. i Who was you with, miss% i Frances pointed to the button O
 her coat and the boy said: oh, wa
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

:, Four men have volunteered to make the rocket trip to Mars unconditional ". Three or them are soldiers sta toned at Fort Slocunn. The thousands or eM-service men who went through Fort Slocum as receiving camp will not pe surprised that these men are wiling to be shot to Mars to get away from Fort Slocum.-W Re- publican
 The American spirit of democracy and generosity can always be depend ed upon to come to the fore under adverse circumstances. A, storm such as yesterdays brings it out.
 Suburbanites, completely deprived of trolley service, and with only a few utneys able to blow through. were faced with the alternative of walking to work or getting a lift" on 4 nrivate car And 1t was noticeable that the private cars were always full. The owners didn't wait to ask to be intro duced to the wayfarers who were noohng 1t" It was always a, case oF a cheerful Hope in and come alonrf" untli each car had it's capacity load.
 O course, there were exceptions, ] the point to emphasize is that there | were so few and far between,-Bddee- l port Telegram.
 The storm that takes rank with the Dig ones has given a pretty conyincfng 1 oemonstrataon of the advantage and ! dependabflity of the trolley. The snow ] came and trafnc was pretty much par elyzed. Steam trains in many fr-
 stances quit and the railroad schedule
 WAS forgotten. The 5itneys disappear
 ed altogether. They were down and out. But the trolley cars kept going
 In Foite Of the storm and sickness ol 1 many employees, and made regular 1 trips o1 fair gcheds11e time. Had they | hunked as stsaIn trains earsd the it,
 neyg dld. tho Drsbre would hsve sui fsred, Under ths circumstances 1t is
 hardly fair to accent ths. trolley eyr- vice as . snatter Naf .ecuEse. ztFdseerveE
 mora recognition and credit aa6 re-
 roesneTEnee thEn that-Fsziascf Press
 phe F5scking o1uaaay Of our Rtneets with snow, tkas ass6aairg ofk tracks cad I ptsaguTs vehicles anasfhe general de- ! nQraNzati tiol of stradle seEas resSlt c.
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you with them engineers? They was !, Best in the world, agreed Fran ces. and then remarked firmly thas should like to be shown to my room.
 That was the way it was on our entire trip. ;. Everywhere. we stopped either someone spoke to Frances CT she hailed someone in uniform. Notc- ing could say would restrain her. We had to take our automobile into garage in a little Kentucky town and Frances pulled off her jacket, slipped into her overall apron and be- gan helping the men take off back wheel. When I remonstrated with her later she appeared agtonished at my displea sure.
 "'Why, aunty, just loved to help | those nice chaps. One had been at | Rupt. which is only few Siloneters from Marats le Grand where I was part of the time, you know. They l wanted me to go to mess with them but I was afraid maybe you and un- 1 ele wouldn't like it.
 "Like it. Why, Frances Percy, you are simply wild I exclaimed i'm l patiently.
 We were in Atlanta on Armistice i day and nearly every soldier and of- | 1 Frances. As we walked down Peach l tree street she stopped and chatted l with dozens of them until I was so worn out that I went back to the ho- l tel. where I was soon joined by MT. Percy.
 1 "'Where is Frances asked
 "fJust now she's sitting in the lounge downstairs with the best looking sol- l dier of them all he replied
 T merely sighed for MT. Percy doesn't seem to have any more sense 1 of propriety about Frances than she has. but when she came to my room l inquired severely who the friend was
 "'Our top sergeant she replied He's taking a business trip in the i south Rather funny we happened to l meet.' She did not speak of him again until our first evening at Jack
 sonville. Then she came to me and
 said, 'Aunty, my top sergeant is here I and he wants me to marry him. and well, I guess I wifi. You see, he
 asked me over there, but girls were SC
 scarce I thought maybe he didn't know
 his own mind, but he says he has seer
 thousands of girls since he came hom,
 and he still wants me so I'd like to gt
 straight back to Chicago and havt
 some awfully stunning "civies' mad,
 and have 8 real bang-up wedding
 'Now you know why am frantica17
 busy shopping, for Frances can't b,
 bothered to select her own rousseau
 Well. you'n be glad to have her set
 tied down. won't you. Mrs. Percy?
 "Y -ess. but it wIl be awfully dul
 travelling without Frances" = Ex j change.
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TuREs Vs. AuTos-

A test of the mall service insti- tuted by Postmaster Burieson in the big cities to replace the pneumatic mail tubes has beeh provided by the recent storm. With streets clogged and transportation in general handi- capped seriously it is not Surprising that the mail service should feel the effects of it. It has of course ex- perienced the same delays as the railroad service, and in many in stances the railroads have been re- lied upon for getting through certain goods that had until the storm came been transported overland.
 But there has been. a chance to compare the efficiency of the substi- tuted auto trucks in the large cities with the service previously rendered by the underground tubes and the result is that o.000 aczs of mail are reported piled up in various receiv- ing stations unable to move and some of it has been detained for eight days, when all of this first class mail would move without delay were the pneumatic tubes service avail able.
 Tn addition to this the Merchants Association Of New York points out that only about 90 per cent. of the departments automobiles for nov ing mails are in condition to be used and that approximately 150 are broken down and in the repair shop Ill other words the equipment whicl has been substituted that the mai can be handled by the use of tht streets has encountered condition. that it cannot overcome through thu abandoned tubes had they been re tained would have made it possible tt overcome all mail service troubles but it can be appreciated that un. derground service is not affected b! bIizzards.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
STORIES OF THE WAR
Lono Time to Restore Lens.

Although a1i possible efforts to re- construct the war shattered mines of Lens have been and are being made, there is now no hope that g single tor of coal will be extracted before 1921 In fact, the task of bringing back Lens to It's former prosperity is so immense that 1t is not expected, that the town and it's mines will return to anything like their former state before 1928 or 1929.
 Provided that the work can be car ried on without interruption. 1t will take all 1890 to clear the underground workings of the debris with which they were checked by the Germans. Most of the workings, and all the deep CT ones, are flooded,
 A plan for drawing of the water has been arranged. The reconstrue- ton and repair of the tubhing will be carried out by German workmer, and the cement for the purpose will be brought from Germany. The pumping out of the mines Is expected to take at least three years. It is hoped that by next year it will be possible to ex- tract coal from the first galleries, which are only 800 feet deep but IL is not expected that the water will be pumped out of the lower workings. which run down to s,ts0 yards. until
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Predieted sianest storrn for Eeh. i tc 8

Predicted Biggest Storm for Feb. to
 Mfr. Editor: I would like to write few friendly words in answer to my friend who signed himself Ground Hog. Knock, boys, knock!
 There are no hard feelings on my part, as 1 am still game to the end. I am not sore because someone else is more prosperous than I am. My hat is the same size it always was. If my friend only knew that I made q pre- dictien that our biggest storm would be between Feb. 1st and s$h he would not dwell so much over it. I can prove it. but owing to a lot of sickness in my family at the time, so much criticism of my predictions and grum- bling that I really cause all the bad weather, I thought it best to keep mum on the weather stuff so I have kent it out of the press.
 Now as to the letter he wrote. the only thing worthy Of notice to me was the way he signed his name We have heard all about the ground hog coming out and seeing his shadow or hiding behind his shadow, but this ground hog hid behind tree or something, as he didn't have the courage to hide behind his own name. Don't be ashamed of your name behind any ar ticle you put in the paper I would like to state also that if the one who 1 signed his name Ground Hog don't i know Gas he didn't tell anything about i i1 who the president was of whose inauguration he wrote. I can tell him all about 1t. as I was there all through i it. IL was William Fl. Taft. who was 1 inaugurated on March 4th. 1909. I ar i rived in Washington on a Monday and ! the wea ther was fine. The day before 1 the inauguration the day was fine, but | that-e evening we had a thunder shower l and after that it turned into bowling | blizzard. l was at the inaugural bal l and when l. came home from that ii was terrible night, showing as hard i if not harder than our recent storm 1 1 know I took a trip on the cars they 1 called the Jim Crow cars. where the i whites sit together on one side and the i blacks on the0other, and went to Alex | andria, then to Mt. Vernon. the home | of General Washington. back by boa up the Potomoc river, the day before l the inaugural
 Every telegraph pole between BalH- more and Washington was broken of 1 by the great storm. I rememhbe,
 of standing in 15 inches of snow arf slush listening to President Taft's ad
 dress, which was very brief Man! people were taken sick with pneume mia caused by the awful weather | What saved the day for me was a pin
 bottle I carried in my hip pocket: th'
 directions read Use internally often
 It was labelled 'FWhislzey,'' and to thi day I can say it saved me from havin:
 the pneumonia that day. God help tn crowd that was there if it had beel
 under prohibition, the way it is now
 walked around all day long in slusl
 up to my knees.
 } So Horace Johnson did hit it cor rActly, and~he was probably the bes weather prophet this state will eve produce take my hat of to him, tn l late Horace Johnson.
 1 In closing I would say that I knoy ? I have made some sore simply becaus 7 I have hit it right, but I presume the wiN continue to rave and hoIler 8
 long as make predictions. 7 Yours respectfully,
 H. W. LUCAS.
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concerned. In other words it is a case where if you want it you must pay for it. The only thing is that those who fix the prices should take care that they do not, go too far, that they do not drive business away in- stead of increasing it and that they do not kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
 It isn't of course a move to kill baseball. It comes from the wrong direction for any such motive. It is a clear case of making the game pay but extreme care needs to be exer- cised unless it forces many to restrict their attendance, to one game when otherwise they might get to. many, for the raise applies to the bleach CTS as well as the best seats.
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the storm give rise to the thought that
 science must produce some better means of removing snow than the wagons and shovelers now provide. Carting away the snow is~ altogether too slow and unsatisfactory. Perhap ps a suggestion is offered in the means taken by the railroads to keep their switches clear of snow and ice. They furnished men with powerful gasoline torches to melt away the snow from the switches Possibly an automobile truck equipped with a tank containing crude fuel oil to be fed under pressure to q series of 3ets where 1t would be ignited and form stream of intensely hot fianss, these jets to be directed aGzatsigt the s;loew to melt 1t away, wou1d ksva some possibilities. Some thing new ie coming ur~an the time, and certainly there is need for tin- provemsnt in snow removal practice. -Hsrtfcrd Times, -7
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Believes Profteers Worse Than Reds.
 Mir. Editor: Well, well, it do beat all, how some people get all het up when they have little common sense thrown at them. MT. Willard says that he read my letter of Feb. 5th with
 great indignation. I know exactly how he feels, for I. too, have read many things which caused me great indig- nation. When I read of the insane policy of some of our public officials I also get hot under the collar. Of course, MT. Willard calls them brave and patriotic. Sure! So were the Cassacks under the late czar. He also states that God Almighty, the Ameri- can people, this grand old government
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
1923 OF even 1924

The railways in the Lens district will not be completely repaired till 1921 Oflthe 800 worlfmen's dwellings belonging to the Miners Society, not a hundred can be repaired. Four hun dred concrete huts are to be built in which it is hoped to house the 5000 workers who will be employed in the clearing of the pits for the next two or three years.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18

Had the position of the president .and Mir. Lansing been reversed, Mir, Wilson indicates he would have let sthe country go to the dogs before he would have helped tout a president who was incapac!tated and seeing nc Icne. Not a very praiseworthy stand
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Think of President Wilson calling together the members of the cabinet
 who have been responding to the l'Iansing call! They deserve at ieost three checks and a half lrour after school. ss --4..s.Fsszs E. .s 7. , ts,z stss
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Deserves It.

A nation so supinely happy that it allows itself to be income-taxed to support an army of liquor snif1ing seluths deserves everything that may come to it from the boots of the gods. Chicago Tribune.
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Slow Findino Out.

MT. Gompers apparently finds it's impossible to realize that there are 110, .000 other people in the United States who have views and a voice in the overnment.-Heuston Post.
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Plumhars Come Hiah.

Already Uncle Sam realizes that 1t is going to take a good many expert plumbers to cure all the leaks that may threaten the country's bone-dry- ness.-Indianapolis Star.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Ir spite of sand. creepers and the middle Of the road habit, 1t is a wise one who watches his step.
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New Jersey shows the proper re- sentiment when 1t attempts legislation making It misdemeanor for q land
 lord to refuse to rent pTGmises to families with children. But possibly e.fanlifhes with children would be more Bpopuiar with ffandIerds # such farn- |ilies showed greater respect for ersp- FsgTty.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
Helo Them to Remember.

The Germans take a solemn oath never to forget their lost cause. And If they show signs of forgetting the allies will help them remember.- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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the kaiser. Things break well for the British because they know how to play the game.-Chicago Tribune.
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Keeping out of the war and reduc- ing the cost of living will probably continue to be used by the democrats las campaign slogans.
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4en it is possible to get s1.3o -c q ton for coal for export, why sci or send any at all to New Eng land?
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These are the days when anything the autodrivers ask is paid, but what a howl would go up if the trolley roads should charge an extra cent.
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The selection of Elihu Root to aid in the formation of an international court of justice shows that a good man hasn't failed of racnenitinn
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The tendency to put things up is contagious. The New York stock ex- change is going to erect a 22-story building.
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Charitable pleas can be made extra heavy these days since all such
 1tributions lower the income tax.
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Rreak Well for Rritish.

Things break well for the British. First the Germans scuttle their ships and now Holland refuses to disgorge
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70 man on the corner says: Even
 those who are suffering, finding ,entist's door locked brings re-
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Believes profteers Worse Than Red

Norwich, Feb. 1T. 1920.