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Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19
Sunday Morning Talk
COD WILL INSURE YoU,

God promises to insure you We have witnessed the experiences of those who have been insured by Him, and we have ascertaihed that He has kept every promise made and never failed to be true to His compact. The insurance He offers you is life, tontine, endowment CO., operative, all in one. It is life. because your children will benefit by it in the confidence and esteem of their fellow men; tontine, because it gives marvel ous interest on the investment you make, and all the opulence of Heaven is pedg- ed to it's payment, while all the 'affiuence of earth is but drop in the ocean of the assets of God. It is endowment, because when you most need it; in weak ness, n misery, in failure, in poverty in any kind of distress, when you are least capable of helping your self, you can draw on the treasury of Christ for your daily food and for all that is nee essary to you. It is cooperative, be- cause it enlists every child of God in your interest and engages the hearts of all Christians In your affairs.
 | If you are on the road to Heaven, you cannot travel without this insurance All | who have entered into the straight gate, | have first taken out a policy in Christ | Do not fear that He will examine you | too closely, and find you diseased He
 knows that all who come to Him are l leprous with sin, but He promises to re- 1 store them to health, and to give them of His own pure unvitiated life. No oth- i CT insurance company can do that. Their medical examiners will feel your pulse inquire into, your genealogy. Christ doe: none of these things, but replenishes youi poor vitality from the inexhaustiblt fountain of His blood, and makes yor whole Weak or strong, He will revive you. Go to Him for your own sake
 Have you children whom you love witt devotion? Even though you be poor, vol may leave them wealth. such as no un righteous prince may compass-a polio!
 which the Lord has pledged Himself tt
 pay You may leave them wealth. 1
 may vanish, teach them righteousness
 Leave them policy taken out in Christ
 which you have paid for in coin of Chris
 tian honor, and then you may die witt
 songs of angels in your ears, and pas
 to the land beyond smiling. happy ant
 contented.
 You will leave behind you no spiritua
 will to be contested, and no property in
 to which your children cannot enter til long course of litigation has diminish ed its value. As you have entered int the inheritance of Christ so will you children enter into yours, for the right eous have never been forsaken and thei children have never been obliged to be- their bread.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19
THE LOAN TO CHINA.

Progress is being made in perfecting the details leading up to the meeting of the representatives of the banking groups from the four powers-The United States. Great Britain France and Japan-who with the backing If their respective governments are to arrange the loan that China needs in order to meet it's needs in the way of new Gevel- opments.
 The announcement to the effect that the first meeting of these representa- tives is to be held in tn,s country is quite in contrast to what might have been expected a half dozen years ago. In fact f was about that time that this government indicated it's dis:.pproval of any such idea, but our position as to finances has changed since the war. We occupy new position and it cannot fail to be realized that the attitude of the administration has undergone marked improvement relative to the extension of financial assistance to China
 While these countries are giving their moral support to the efforts which are being made to help China and to main. tain the open door policy there, 1t will develop upon the financial interests te work out the plan by which this loan car be put 10 the best use and at the same time be properly protected which it is working for the best interests in the fai east.
 There is indicated under the arrange ment as thus far perfected a clear un derstanding of the situation in that par of the world Japan's leadership theri i is of course recognized but under tn
 joint participation every facility slioulc be afforded for the accomplishment o the desired industrial development with
 out the danger of stirring up friction
 among the different nations This a
 least is the aim of the undertaking. Ho7
 it will work out remains to be seen hu
 indications are that it will get a mos favorable start, and if the same goo judgment prevails as is sought it shoul
 work out to the satisfaction not only c those involved but of the entire world
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19
FIGHTING COAL pRoFfrEERs.

Almost on the eve of the democratic national convention Attorney General Palmer orders @ drive on soft coal profit eers.
 The prices of soft coal have been high for considerable period of time. It was realized that sufficient was being re- ceived by the operators in the way of
 prices that they could absorb such an
 advance in the way of increased pay for the miners without being permitted to increase the price to the consumer wien the first increase was allowed the min CTS.
 From Mir. Palner's statement it would appear that the action that has been ordered results from complaints which
 have been made by buyers rather than action initiated by the department of ! justice. It is to be recognized that the 1 charging of exorbitant prices for coal or I any commodities should be checked and when it is claimed by the attorney gen l era1 that it costs the operators but $279 | 1 ton to produce bituminous coal it can 1 be appreciated that the charge of $7 tc $10 at the mines is far irl excess of what ! it should be- Under prevailing condi
 tions it is to be expected that prices will be higher than they were under prt war conditions, but there is TO justif1ca tion for the gouging of the public at any time. The consumer knows he mus shoulder all increases and he is W illinS to pay a fair price and smile, but whel
 it comes to piling an unwarranted bul den upon him it can be expected that h.
 will kick.
 I What success MT. Palmer will have i
 prosecuting the soft coal pr7iteers n one can tell. Just at present he is shak
 ing his finger. Whether he will feall use his fist remains to be seen. It is evi dent, however, if profiteering is actuall being indulged in that they have i,o } been deterred by similar ant1-profiteer ] ing operations which have been carrie : on by the attorney general In fact may be due to the number who hay been making enormous profits tihjustl : in other lines without being no1cste l that the coal operators have felt ire to do likewise.
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the presidential calls.
 Richard B. Bland of Missouri led the first ballot. with 235 to Bryan's 119 votes in a total field of 14 candidates. Robert E. Pattison of Pennsylvania (s5) Horace Boies of lowe (S5) and Joseph s. c. Blackburn of Kentucky (s3) were the other principal contenders. On the sec ond and third ballots Bland still led. On the fourth ballot Bryan went into first favor. and on the fifth ballot he had 500 votes-just 1e short of the necessary two-thirds Before the result was an- nounced, 7S delegates transferred to Bryan and he had won his first of three presidential nominations,
 Joseph C. Sibley of Pennsylvania led for vice president on the first ballot in field of 15. Among these 15 were four who had coatended with Bryan for first place. Bland led the second and third ballots (just as he had done in the pre- ceding presidential voting). Joseph R- 1 Mclean of Ohio led the fourth ballot But Arthur Sewall of Maine led the fifth and last ballot with the necessary two, thirds vote.
 Two week lnter i's Ponu' ists also nom mated Bryan but linked Thomas E. Wat son of GsorGia with niTn for second place. The National Silver party however | adopted both Bryan and Sewall Then on September 2. the revolting gold dem ocrats' gathered in Indianapolis-with 4 states and three territories represented and nominated John M. Palmer for pres ident. on a single tailot. and Genera Simon E. Buckner of Kentucky for v.c president by exclamation.
 The result Of this campaign was tn
 first election of Presiden: Mckinley.
 To be couti-uaA Morday with the stor Il of the Convention of 1900
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THE DARTMOUTH TRAGEDY.

Deplorable in every way is the affair tt Dartmouth college where trouble over ! quantity of liquor resulted in the ieath of a senior and the holding Of the Ielf confessed slayer for action by the .rand jury Not only has this affair aroused much indignation because oe the lncalled for killing but it has uncovered .f reports are true. that smuggling and oootlegging have been practiced for some lime by the accused.
 The apparent determination to disre. gard the law and 10 take the life of an other because he had apparently man. aged 10 get away with some liquor with. put paying for it is hardly what o..t would expect to be revealed in the stu dent body of a New England college.
 Dartmouth is bound to get lot of bad advertising out of this affair. To havt mad students engaged in the practice o bringing liquor into the country in thu role of smugglers and later dispose O it to the students is bad enough but tt have it followed up by the fatal use O firearms in which the alleged smuggle was the assailant furnishes a climax tha calls for the application of puntfv, measures in keeping with the deed.
 There may be certain latitude al lowed college students and they undues tionably would be less subjected to sus picion than others in the matter of vio lating the law regarding prohibition. bu wien a young man engaged in encourag ing drinking among his fellow student has so little regard for human life tha Ae is willing to snuff it out on wHa
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vestigated thoroughly.
 Particular attention is being giver to the location of old trading posts mainly by the Hudson Bay and the Northwest Fur Trading companies.
 The sites already acquired include the following: Fort Abercrombie, south of Fargo on the Red river, Fort Penbina, two miles from the Canadian boundary. in the northwestern corner of the state; Waihalia trading post and mission. near Pembina on the Pembina river: Fort A. Lincoln, @. short distance southwest of Bismarck on the west bank of the Missouri riv CT: Fort Rice, between Mandan and Cannonoall on the west bank of the Missouri; Fort Clark. south of Mandan on the Missouri, and q village site Of the Mandans two miles from Fort Clark, through which Lewis and Clark passed.
 The program of the Daughters of the American Revolution also provides for better preservation of the original cab in of the late Theodore Roosevelt which now stands on the state capitol grounds.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
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nEuockAric posstBi1Ir1Es.

There is more than week before the aemocratic national convention will open at San Francisco. The gang has of course begun to gather and the pos sible selection is already being widely discussed. The democrats cannot fail 10 understand how the party stands be- fore the country as the result of the policies of the present administration so that it is not surprising that there is no talk now of third term That handi- cap to the party is so great that there ls strong opposition even to the naming ot William c. McAdoo. New York may not be the entire convention buh it yields q strong influence and Tammany controls New York. Tammany is op- posed to'the crown prince" and MT Mo Atloo while regarded by many as the strongest man available has just de- rlared that he will not accept even if he Is nominated
 That seems 10 eliminate McAdoo. while the chances for Hoover disappeared when he declared himself a republican There remain of course Attorney Genera Palmer. Governor Cox of Ohio, ex-Am 5assador Gerard. Ambassador Davis from Virginia. Governor Smith of New York, Champ Clark, who have been more 1- less kept to the front as possibilities while there Is the ever ready William Jennings Bryan who only needs to b. called to have him make another sacr Ice for the party. Vice President Mar shali stands today in a much better Iigh before party and country than he did lew years ago, because of the contrast h offers to the president and his policies put he has declared that he is retirinj from politics.
 Strong efforts are being made in behal of the Ohio governor, with the iduA Q biting him against a man from h.s 0w state although work of no inconsidera ole amount has been done in behalf q Ambassador Davis.
 Thus far it does not appear to be
 runaway contest except that the all 1ouncement by MT. McAdoo that he wi lot take the nomination under any cii sumstances eliminates one of the strong sst possibilities removes one of the ol stacles for Tammany and reduces by or hose who are scoring the pole position
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19
SNAP SHOTS OF
 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS Copyrighted by G. M. Adams Service
The Convention of 1sse

The 1896 Democratic National Con vention, which gathered in Chicago on July ', was destined to split the party quite as the later 1912 convention split republicanism. The issue upon which the division came was the free coinage of silver in the famous ratio of "16 to r.; and the new democratic chieftain whom the occasion made. was William Jennings Bryan-then only 36 years of age-who was destined to dominate sub sequent party faiths for 20 years.
 From the moment the gavel first fell, the convention fight raeed around free silver" and from the first to last free silver won. The National Committee had proposed Senator David B. Hill of New York for temporary chairhian. He was promptly unhorsed by a vote of 556 to S49, when the convention substituted Senator John ". Daniel. a free silver ite." from Virginia. The committee or credentials then decided all contests ir favor of the free silverites" and thus augmented their Convention control.
 The resolutions committee then report ed a straight-away ''frea silver" pla | which, after a terrific debate was sus tained by 6 vote of 626 to So3 It Wa. in this debate that Bryan-who got into the convention on'y when the credential. committee unseated the god delegation from Nebraska-sprany into whitehead popularity and dominion with that fam, ous speech which concluded in these burn. ing words-"We shall answer their de mand for the gold standard by saying tt them; you shall not press down upof the brow of all labor this crown o l thorns you shall rot cruelty 1nankinC upon a cross of gold '"
 The silverites" were now so complete ly in the saddle that the "gold standard l delegates realized they were helpless tt
 prevent a "free-silver" nomination. eeel under the two-thirds rule They di, not withdraw from the convention at th, time, but 17y delegates refused to vote oi
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on business.
 Just as she reached the climax she looked uD to see the boss himself stand ing back of the others watching her. For minute she was speechless Th.n just as the others saw him she gig gled both nervously and mirthfully as the others awed watched tl,c boss go to his private office. And then one of the old employees took her to task for gig gling. Honestly, I believe you would laugh at a funeral" she ended.
 The mimic smiled, "Ain't I just prov. ing l would?' she returned q felt the minute l saw him that it was my flu. neral"
 But it wasn't.
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Stories That Recall Others
from a School Preacher.

Two girls preparing to be teachers were strolling along the river bank and admired a row of odd little cottages. One exclusive spot The other girl agreed that she would love to live out there, but said: T would want cottage where the others ain't at.2
 Thought the End Had Come.
 A stenograpber not only clever at talk ing dictation but in irnpersohating was doing a stunt before the office force. She was especially good in mimicing the boss and she was showing up while out
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seems to have been very slight provoca- tion he can hardly expect that the law will do othefwise than take it's course.
 It can hardly be believed that the slayer is to be considered in the class of a gun man but rather that his act was the result of being made SC mad that he didn't realize what he was doing. That however, will not restore the man who was killed or eliminate the penalty that the crime calls for.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Some Time Before surrase is Consigned
 to ObIiyion

some Time Before Suffrage IS Consigned
 to oblivion.
 MT. Editor: Uncle Billie's response to Annie B. Austins letter in Tuesday s Bulletin calls for comment on Uncle Bill lies judgment concerning suffrage and seltishness of women. 1 would therefore ask Uncle Billie of Eagleville, who but unselfish women have given to the world our best men. our men who have, and now, fill the efficient walks of activity including presidents. statesmen. senators and officers of worth and talent? It will be some time Uncle Billie before suffrage will be consigned to oblivion.
 ELLEN E. FISKE. Norwich, June IS. 1920.
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When MT. McAdoo declares that he has made up his mind that he would not accept a presidential nomination, he sees the handwriting on the wall for the dem ocratic nominee
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19

That little spat between Nicholas Mur- ray Butler and General Wood doesn't seem to have done anybody any good, and of course the chance te de harm was all over at Chicago.
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special benefit aif the great arias that
 have been written since the days of Jenny Lind pr, Adam Clarke has ar- gued very learhedly that animals are immortal. Personally I'm not an author ity on the subject but hope he is right
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How the trolley roads are suffering these days is Illustrated by the abandon meht of tile freight service by the trel- leys in eastern Massachusetts just at a time when better freight service is de- manded in most sections
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Even if he hasn't been officially noti- fled of his nomination Senator Harding isn't letting any valuable time slip away unused
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When Emma Goldman says that the bolshevik government has taken away the freedom of the people it can't be the same Emma that left America.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19

Thieves have been stealing the Caruso jewels and liquors, but they can'' get away with the Caruso voice unless it's canned.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19

With Italy alone demanding over twelve billion war indemnity Germany will be more certain than ever that the way of the transgressor is hard.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19

Possibly that bicycle delivered at the White house is for President Wilson $ use in determining the boundaries of Armenia
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Hiram Johnson knows the effects of past mistakes too well to be led into heading a third party again
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19

It has taken the attorney general a long time to reach the conclusion that there are soft coal profiteers.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19

Jack Dempsey got away from that draft dodger charge without d mark. Time will tell whether Carpenter will let him off as easy.
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Colonel House has probably gone to Europe for lack of an invitation to go to San Francisco
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From now on the ouija boards will be busy picking the winner at San Francis co.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-19
EDIToR1AL NOTES.

June. seems to be making adequate provisions against drought.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-11-26
Haren Victim
Tells Story

Stolen from her home on the night
before her wedding and imprisoned for
five years in Turkish harem, Aghavni
MILAN, beautiful nineteen -year-old
Armenian girl from BtlIs, has at last
been discovered by her lover and
through the assistance OF the Near
East Relief forcibly taken from her
master and brought to one OF the
American Rescue Homes In CONSTANT
nople. Here she will stay until ar.
engagements can be nude for her mar
rlage and her return to her old home.
my story-it is like hundreds Of
Others" Aghavnl said simply. ~ was
stolen from my home on the night that
the massacres first began in Bills. 1t
was the night before l was to have
been married l was just folding my
wedding veil away when the Turkish
soldiers broke into the house. They
carried me off. L They took me
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-11-26

up to Constantinople to the house of
the man She stopped and put enc
hand over her eyes, a hand that bore
the tell-tale tattoo of her Turkish mas
ter.
But what does my story matter r.
she exclaimed. 81 am only one of so
many. It Is my people and their fu.
ture that matters. Somehow we must
rebuild our nation and show to the
Turks who tried to beat out our life
and to the whole world that, despite
what we have suffered, Armenia is
still unconquerable.
Aghavn MILAN is, as she says, only
one of many. 1t is estimated that one
hundred thousand girls are still held
captive in Turkish harems. The Near
East Relief, Americas official agent
In Armenia, is making this work OF
rescue one Of the most important fea-
lures Of It's program, and IT Is to them
and the support they receive from
the American people that Aghavnl's
unfortunate sisters stin captive, must
look for their relense.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-11-26

tractor for supplying bread to the
army at the outbreak of the Civil war,
when the politicians refused to make
him IN officer
The first time Grant came in sight
Of the enemy In the Civil war he frank
ly tells US that his heart jumped into
his throat 81 had not the moral
courage" he said, ito halt and con-
slider what to do; kept right on"
That Is the whole story of how
Grant got to Appomattox; he kept
right on. Starting without a friend
at his back, and with only long, I'M
broken trail OF disappointments be-
hind him, he never asked for promo
ton, an assignment or favor, yet this
unambitious man rose to be general
in chief.
No conQueror ever was higher souled
than Grant at Appomattox. Sad
and depressed, as he tells us, at
the downfall Of valiant foe, he met
Lee as II that foeman in war were a
hClbhbbl III llOuulc.
When he became president It wns
Grants misfortune to know no one ex-
cept his associates in the war. The
self-reSpecting among them kept away
from him. But the self-seekers and
the camp followers crowded about a
man who never forgot and never dis
trusted a friend, not even when he
came bearing n Greek gift, and Sena-
tor Charles Sumner spoke sCornfully
Of the administration as a gift en-
terprIse."
The many scandals of the admins.
tration were mostly traceablc to the
betrayal of Grants chlldllke conf
dence In unworthy friends. "Blacls
Friday" in Wall street cast its
shadow on his family circle itself.
The whisky ring" Involved the
presidents private secretary. A men,
Der Of the cabinet was impeached for
squalid transactions, but by accepting
his resignation Grant let him dodge
the conviction.
A liberal section of distinguished
Republicans reyolted against Grants
election to second term, hut they
were mostly leaders without follow
ers. The popular revolt did not come
until the panic of 1873 had plunged
the country Into six years of hard
times, aud a tidal wave in the cleo.
ton of 1874 swept the Democrats
into control of the house.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-11-26
WAITING FOR US TO
SET The TABLE

A table twenty-four miles long 10
plainly an extension table and that Is
just the length that would seat all of
the orphans now being fed by the Near
East Relief. This table Is set in Sec
lions all over the hills Of Asia Minor,
Syria, Armenia and In Northern Per-
STA 1t Is not In one piece The Turks,
who still keep the Armenans In state
Of terror, do not allow II.
But there the table is, seated on
both siGes with orphans--Syrian and