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Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13

Trent. According to Mastanduno's story the Italian troops were underfed and much of the time were fighting in the Alps in snow at least six feet in depth.
 The greater portion of Mastaduno's regiment had had little or no train ing at the time they were shipped to the front, and what they were able to learn about soldering they picked up in spare time from the few regulars scattered here and there throughout the detachment.
 His next commission was with the Sanitary Detachment of the 90th Regi- ment. Here he served for 14 months, He then went with the 277th Inf, and later with the 81st Infantry.
 It was with the latter regiment that he served in many campaigns fought in six feet of snow in the Alps. -
 The war over, he returned to his native town, Tunio, ill the province of Caserta. He sailed from Naples and after an exceedingly stormy passage of 23 days arrived in New York
 One of the most interesting phases of the young mans story is his des cription of the conditions in Naples at the time he sailed from that port. According to his estimate at least 4,000 Italians were in that place waiting to be shipped to this country. Tt is sometimes necessary to wait in Naples over a month before passage can be arranged" he said. T waited there over two weeks myself after had ob-
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FUEL ,FoR NEW ENGLAND.

That immediate steps are to be taken to relieve sthe coal situation in New England gives hope sthat it will result in such shipments that there will not have to be any further cur taiIment. of industrial activity, but it will all have to depend upon the speed with which the fuel is. des@ patched.
 When it has become necessary to protest not only against the. shortage of coal here but against the seizure of coal by. the railroads. it is plainly evident that not only have the sbY- ernment forces in charge of the sit- uation failed to give due considera- tion to the needs of this part of the country following the strike, but they likewise neglected She provision of sufficient fuel for the government controlied railroads to operate.k
 If the railroads cannot get coal enough to keep the locomotives iB operation it is readily understood that there cannot be "a sufficient amount. of fuel to keep ifidustrfes go- ing. Thus while, the seizure of coal destined for industries and in some instances for public utilities has beer made it simply emphasizes the seri- ousness of the situation, for unlest the trains can be kept in motion the transportation of ali commodities will practically cease. New England's transportation as well as industrial requirements in the way of fuel have been seriously neglected. We failed to get attention when it was possi- ble to, move coal into New Englan6 under more favorable conditions ant the result is that we. are made te face a deplorable situation at thu worst time of year. New England ex. haalsted any surplus 1t may have ha< during and since the strike and it lla: not only been slnpossfhle to res;ors the surplus but i. has not been ahle t. get enough ?. current nee Is When, however, t is understood tha. many mines are clo ,31 because of the inability to get cars it is quito evi. dent that the railroad administration is not free from blame in the matter
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

l The wood alcohol route is effective for those who wish to leave the world but it is such a painful trip that the method will never be popular.-Meri- den Journal.
 Hartford's s1,0o0,o0o housing fund has been finally raised while Water bury is content to drift along and in- cidentally only show a population in- crease of 17,000 in ten years. Well, you can't expect people to come. here and sleep in the streets or be hit on the head by aprofteering landlords. Waterbury Democrat.
 The mature consideration of the problem of what to do with 8 rest less world in order to cure it of it's serious errors of judgment leads in- varlably to the same conclusion. The only way in which mankind can re- heve itself of the heavy burdens which the selfish greed and anbf- tion Of mankind have placed upon the dropping shoulders, of civilization ia to work hard and to depart from ex- travagant induIgences.-New Haven Journal Courier.
 y The construction of sidewalks is one of the visible and outward mani festations of prosperity, push and progress in any community. Side walks take town out of the hick class. They are, as it were, collar and cuffs on our community shirt. They make us unaShamed to go right in and sit down with company: to take our place in the society of up to-date, Prospecting, business like
 Connecticut towns. Manchester
 Herald. i. . Those who have read attentively the explanation given the Rotary club by Charles l.. Campbell, treas
 uter of the Connecticut Light and Power company, of the reasons for
 the new rate system put into effect
 by that company cannot have failed
 to be impressed by the reasonable ness of the explanation. There is no fault to be found with the justice of the company's computation of the charge for it's service under three heads: first. a fiat charge of 50 cents for the work. such as reading meters
 and bookkeeping, that is the same whether or not electricity is used !; second, the demand" charge. or the varying charge for expenses of main tenanee of the part of the company's equipment necessary to give the cus- toner service; and third, a charge oi | five cents ki1owatt hour for the ac- tual current used. The layTtan will pereceive no reason why this system of computing the charge for electric ity is not just.-Waterbury Republi- can.
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CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING FEB. 7th fs2o
 10, 5O9
TREATY RESERVATIONS.

Matters are taking shape, for the lime when the treaty will again be up before the senate for discussion. That action is going to be quickly se- eured is not assured. It seems likely that there will be plenty of discus sfon and the covering of ground that has already been gone over ana over.
 Tine attitude that is taken by Sen ator Hitchcock on a proposed com promise reservation for article ten to take the place of the one previously eu,bmitted indicates that the demo- cratic leader is still being guided py tha position that has been taken by the president To regard 1t as a sur render rather than a compromise en- tireiy ignores the fact that the ln- serests of his own country are at stake. that even those who have stood steadfastly for the ratification of the treaty unchanged during the early 6avs are now advising the making Of a reservation on this particular ar tiele. and that it has been made as plain as daylight from abroad that whatever reservations are deemed necessary for the welfare of this
 
 country will be acceptable there. To protect the United States is not sur rendering but to do otherwise might be.
 In view of such situation it can not fail to be regarded that those who continue to stand in the way of the ratification of the treaty with the reservations that appeal to the ma jority as necessary are simply stand ing in their own light, working for something that is not even required by the nations of Europe in order to accept our action, and continuing a fight simply for partisan reasons.
 Though no such statement has been made there are those who feel that the president will not pocket the treaty if the necessary vote for rati- fcation is secured. It is in fact time that he let that be known, if 1t is so, to the democrats who have been bIindly following his guidance for the treaty has. taken time enough, the course to be followed has been clear Iy set forth and the quicker final ac- tion can be secured the better it will ke for all.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13
TIME ro COMMENCE.

For a century this country has been engaged in the gathering and conn pilation of immigration statistics and ducing that time there has been a de- cided change in the rules of admission and the number coming to our shores each year. Immigration has f1uctuated for various reasons throughout the hundred years influenced by hard con ditions abroad and opportunities here, by famines, depressions and wars. In 1918 the number of immi- grants was the lowest for nearly so years. going even below that of the hard times of the 70's and was of course due to the. world war.
 Today. more than a year following the arnistice, immigration is again on the increase. Just at present there are many coming here from Italy. Many are doubtless returning from that country to which they went following the war to locate relatives and find out what the real conditions were, and with them are coming un- 6oubtedly many who are seeking re- lief from the conditions that prevail there at the present time. How large the number will be or how soon the game move will be general through out other countries that have suf- fered from the war no one can tell. There will be conditions to keep them where they are and there will be req sons why they want to locate else where. It seens not improbable that the desire to seek new homes will be manifested among those who have been brought under new governments by the war changes unless they can be satisfied early that their chances and opportunities at home are worth clinging to.
 During an of this century since our Afst immigration law, we have lately come tp realize that while we have Welcomed the aliens we have not done what we should to improve them and have them become citizens and then better citizens. That work lies before us. We should not neglect it Dor onr own good and there is no bet Der time to start it than right now when we are beginning to feel the in reasing tide running in this diree- tien. It is nc small problem. this task of Ameficanization, but it will never be any easier.
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to Denmark is favored by three to one. This means that the boundary of Denmark will accordingly De changed. It means that what was formerly under the Danish flag will return there and that Danes or Ger mans remaining there will be under Danish rule It is bound to be fol- lowed by a period of reo5icing. even as there was on the eve of the refer endum.
 Thus While the vote displays the desire pf the Danes to return it like wise indIcafes. that they have been peaceful citizens in the country of which they wers forced to become members. but not even a half century of residence there was sufficient to Prussianlze them The adiustment of the problem there is, hoWsvsr,~sin de- cided contra ass to- the n1sfEgds 1en- ployed in taking away the Danish territory, and simply means a proper restoration a
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FOR ITALIAN POST.

In the selection of Robert Under- wood Johnson 9a5y the president as the next American ambassador to Italy, whose appointment thero ap- pears to be no reasA1 for the senate to hold up. a. young man is not be- ing selected, and hitherto it does not appear that Mir. Johnson has sy been connected with the diplomatic ser vice, but it is apparently a case of following one literary -appointee with another, for Mir. Johnson -ris a well known. author. and editor, even as was Thomas Nelson Page. who re signed from the post some time ago.
 WhetherSor not ,t5 had any bearing upon his selection. Mir. Johnson has been much interested iHa italy. He has written much about it has bsen awarded honors by ti11t country and it IS plainly toe. be- san that oven though man well a;oags in his. six ties he will go. to his post with a sympathy for his duties that is like ly to be, considerably different than would be the case if the appointment Nas elsewhere. This is of corsse tt : cause 0; his Er owledge of nd s.atef- est in Italy and it's affairs.
 And because of this attitude of fhe man selected to represent ttis e,v- ernrnert toward Italy, there is good reasoflss to expect that 1t viii make him all the more welcome by the Italian government and people. It is post of much importance and ap- parently the selection of Mr. Johnson is made in the expectation that his love for the country to which he will go if approved will make up for the exper- fence which he lacks as a. member of the diplomatic corps.
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troduction in the programme of the. schools since the admitted, formal plan is to have well selected passages of the scriptures without any denomina- tional coloring or teaching But an early familiarity with the Scriptures through the agency of the schools can not fail of benef1cient and far reach ing results. As literary forms and models of expression the sacred books are ur1surpassed-they are rich with a tone at once uplifting and purifying The mind of childhood cannot come in to contact with such exalted thought without finding an incentive to nobfer and better effort. Does some one argue that mere form will yield but lit tie of potent influence upon the youth of our land--that more is needed than merely formal scriptural reading, whether by the scholars in unison, or by leader. We beg to claim that such reading will not be without a most wholesome influence. It will serve to direct the attention of youth. if not to enlist their interest toward the best literature4the best code of laws and the highest realm of morals the world has ever known. What may seem to be mere form at the first will abide to awaken independent interpretation and furnish food for thought in the later matured years. And so such mental discipline will not be without avail in the whole course of life. Passages of scripture will be reHern aSred that have been reiter-. ated in the curricula of the schools. and. will prove a valuable asset in, the formation of character. Scfentiflc, It, erary and historical data as interest ing as they may be will not be irl- teresting enough to wholly obliterate from mind and heart those lessons from Holy Writ obtained in the years spent in the public schools. ,s
 CITIZEN.
 Uelphos, Kans., Jan. so 1920.
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scHLEsWIe eoEs aAcK.

When it was made part of the peace treaty that the return of Schleswig to Denmark should be de- termined by an expression of the peo- pie therein. there was little question but what the referendum would re- Bult favorably. It was formerly Danish territory and is still largely populated by Danes, although many Germans have settled therein since it came under German rule. A half century ago the promise was made Gat the return to Danish rule would De made whenever the people so de ciared but they were never given the oppoEtunity to vote upon it, or at least they never would have unless the time had come when it was known for a certainty that the Ger nan~electorate would win.
 Those entitled to vote in Sctlles- wig, however, have been docking back home for the referendum. They 6re being protected in their right to vote as they wish and it is by no means surprising that the early an- nouncement is made that the return
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Stories That Recall Others.
Where Aae Counts.

Joe was visiting at Grandmother S house and was being put to bed when he recalled that he had almost for gotten to say his prayers. He then said them at his grandmothers knee his usual "NoY lay me" ending by asking a spiritual blessing for father, mother, and his two little sisters.
 At it's close he realized that he had not remembered his grandmother. ''Why, I forgot you, grandma" he said, and then smiled encouragingly, "but don't you mind that, pretty soon I'll be big enough to make my own prayers and then I can pray for everybody"
 It Stops Then.
 Tn the southwestern part of, the county a farmer has found plan to keep autoists from speeding by his home Last summer several of his chickens were killed by automobiles, and when one of. his pigs, weighing about 100 pounds, was crushed under the wheels of an auto, he decided it was time to do something to stop them.
 He dug small ditches one foot wide, and eight inches deep, across, the road about ten feet apart and this plan proved successful. He says that after a machine going at 55 miles an hour strikes one of those ditches and the occupants of the machine are almost thrown out, the machine always slows down to a very slow gait on a second passing.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13
HER ORDEAL


 The stony politeness with which the poor fellow was greeted whenever he arrived at the house! simply can not stand injusticei''
 Nos soothed her friend in the furs.s And Herbert is so generous with theaters and parties"
 "That had nothing to do with itp the girl in the gold hat said distant ly. 'sS0 when Herbert and became engaged knew there wasn't a bit Of. use telling the folks. Only, we. had to tell lem eventually, as Herbert point ed out. He said it would be impos sibIe to have a wedding and be mar ried and live thirty or forty years without parents being aware of it. Herbert has the most wonderful minds But we couldn't decide how to break the news. If Herbert. tackled them Nalone the explosion might scatter him to the four winds of heaven. for allsI knew, and I'd never Hay eyes on him again. If I told them Herbert said with my delicate sensitiveness I never could bear up under it."
 Just as Henry and suffered 7 said her friend. with sad reminscence.
 Isn't it terrible what parents make one suffer-? agreed the story teller 'sWe couldn't elope, because, as Her. bert again pointed out, what was the good of ,eIoping when all you could do was to come back2 There simply was nothing to do but tell them and get 1t over"
 q know" sympathized her friend in the furs, "Oh, how it does bring up Henry. and old times.''
 T was just shaking all over and Herbert looked absolutely heroic! We sort of dashed in to father and mother and hung onto each other. When father dropped his newspaper we jumped as though he had thrown down a bomb. 'fWellT' he roared in that dreadful way of his. eWe-we're engaged Herbert and got out weak ly, but simultaneously"
 'fWh-wh- what did they. do2" gasped her sympathetic friend Why" said the girl in the gold hat indignantly, they just grabbed Herr bert and me and hugged us and said | they were perfectly delighted and l they had planned it all from the start, and it was absolutely all right--they had been scsted to death for fear I wouldn't like him. Did you ever?" q never did, agreed her startled 1 friend. Trust parents to spoil every | thing! Why, they have just ruined ! your romance. Chicago Jews.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13
STORIES OF THE WAR
Fought in Italian Army.

Having completed term of service of more than four years in the Italian army during which time he was in some of the thickets fighting on the Austrian front, James Mastaduno of Brooklyn, N. T., has returned to the United States. His story cover ing his experiences from the time he sailed for the 'old country" with a group of volunteers in July, 1915, un- til the time he got back here is crowded with interest.
 Arriving in Italy in midsummer, 1915, he enlisted at Genoa, and after a brief period of training, 23 days in all, he was sent with the 90th Italian Infantry to a reserve position on the Austrian front in the province of
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13
Aam,littinu Ths Rihle.

Mr. Editor. The Bible in the public school is a theme appealing both to patriotism and religion. It looks both earthWard and heavenward as part of 3 programme for civic improvement. The varying beliefs as to inspiration do not justify the exclusion of that Book (which has more than all other books contributed to the worlds bet
 torment and civilization) from the public schools, that place where above all other places of a public character influences and impressions the most lasting are made. And even the vary ing interpretations of sacred writ ought not to initiate against it's in
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13
ATTENTION
 Sidewalks

The ordinances of the City of Nor. wich impose a penalty of $5 upon any owner, occupant or person having the care of any land or building abHttina the public highways of the City Where there. is a sidewalk. either graded Of paved, who fails to have removed therefrom all snow, sleet and ice with in three hours after it shall have been deposited or within three hours after sunrise when the same has. fallen fn the night season, and also upon any such party who fails to have the snow on such sidewalk removed or properly sanded within two. hours of it's becem- ing so deposited during the day time. for each successive period of four hours thereafter that it so remains Tbi5 p[unIiif lIi eliva a0eiGe ofcn stxe F. ,,
 by the foregoing Ordinances that the same will be strictly enforced and any one failing to comply herewith prose. cuted from this time forward.
 JAMES P. FOX
 dee19d Street Commissioner.
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It was the most terrible ordeal, T said the girl in the expeneiye gold hat T just thought I'd die kbreaking the news to the family"
 You poor thing!' sympathized her friend in the million dollar or so seal and marten wrap. T expect they were perfectly awful parents always are when one-gets engaged. Why. when Henry and I announced our engage ment the uproar might have been heard all over the continent
 But you didn't marry Henry" broke in the girl in the gold hat. temporarily distracted. After all that trouble,i tool"
 Mo- admitted her friend in the furs, you see, Arthur came along just then. Henry was merely girlish infatua- ation.',
 You can't imagine how I dreaded telling them, resumed the afflicted sone, in the gold hat Father and mother always have had the most ab- surd prejudice against my getting en- gagged. Father said he supposed I would marry some day, but he beg ged me to refrain from becoming en- gagged. He said he simply could not endure the turmoil an engaged couple always creates about oness home. He said an engaged couple, sort of per meated the place., and there was no spot where an inoffensfve parent could seclude himself - either they were making candy in the kitchen or hold ring hands in the living room or bid-, ding one another good might in the front hall, or lingering on the stair case. if they weren't gazing into one anotber's eyes across the dining room table. s..eeg~. ..;ss 8sss4
 Besides, father pointed out, the dis turbance ali went for nothing as a usual thing: there seemed to be some thing about getting engaged that was death on matrinnony. And then you should have heard the family go or about Herbert before he began coming to see meg' z.iJs.s-
 You poor childi" ~
 Yes" pursued the girl in the gold hat. Mercy mother would say when Herbert went down the street. Did you ever see such a lanky person? {? Doesn't look as though he had an ounce of brains." And Can't stand the sight of him. father would sniff. Useless. extravagant5 young idioti" Naturally, my sympathies were arous- ed and when I found out how really wonderful Herbert was I paid abso- luteiy no attention to what they said.
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MOTHER CRAPS POWDERS
 BENEFrr MANY CHIYDREr

Thousands of mothers have found Mother Gray's Sweet Powders an ex- ceIlent remedy for children complain : ing of headaches, cofdss feverishness. stomach troubles and other irregulari- ties from which children suffer during these days. and excellent results are accomplished by it's use. Used bY mothers for over 50 years. Sold hy druggists everywhere.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13
Freedom, Liberty, Prosperity and Hap

piness.
 MT. Editor: John Troland seems to be one, into whose ears reason and argument can only be wastefully pour ed" I did not aver that the suppress sion of freedom of speech lis the pro- veking source of all our country's ilIs' Evidently Mir. Troland. is another one of those patriots who thinks that when the Constitution of our government says, freedom. liberty, prosperity and happiness it means for me, but not for you.
 ALBERT BoARDMAN. Norwich, Feb. F, 1920.
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tained my passport and other neces. sary credentials"
 The desire of the Italians to come to the United States at this time is greater than; ever, he says,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13

There are those who will never be satisfied until they get the farm for inebriates going full blast again and the sjails reporting all aceomnoda tions taken.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-13

What people do when they insist on worrying over nothing is shown by the nervous it of British editor over the danger of the United States absorbing Canada. ss