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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-31

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Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-22
Norwich, wednesday, Dec. aa, 1920.
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 18th, 1920
 ll,O55
CHRISTMAS FIRES.

When Chief Stanton of the fire depart ment warns the people to be careful in the selection and use of materials con- nccted with he Christmas decorations and celebrations it is to be realized that the object aimed at is fire prevention, and through the avoidance of fire the protection of life and property.
 Fires as the result of Chris mas lec- orations were more numerous than they are in recent sears That was before the Effectiveness of the campaigns winch have been conducted for the purpose lof safety was felt Fires in stores and store windows during the Christmas sea- -1n. and those connec sd with Christ mas eve and Christmas day celebrations arg far less frequent than they used 10 be because the hazard has been re- duced through attention given to few details the need and importance of which cannot be wisely dsregarded
 The avoidance of gas jets in the use Of Chris mas decorations is an excel lent precaution Likewise there cannot be overlooked the danger that is involved In using candles on the trees, or in per hitting children 10 light them. The light Ing of the trees should be done wherever possible by electricity.
 Instead of ihe inhammable material for tla decorations there should be secured those which will not catch fire or burn. With the proper precautions taken con corning fire and material which kindles quickly much will have been done to- ward making impossible such losses and tragic stories as too often sadden this season of the year.
 c;Are is of course every reason why the needed amount of care should be dis played. Too often is it said that ''had there been any thought of such an out come nothing of the kind would have been attempted" Such after-reaections can well be indulged in in advance By anticipating just such danger and by following the warnings which are giyer with the sole idea of saving trouble ant loss, there will be eliminated the reason, for regrets.
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THE REPORT ON HAITI

With the report of the naval board of enquiry. which has been probing into the situation in Hayti, to the effect that there has been no indiscriminate killing of natives. a decidedly different aspect of the situation in the administration of he affairs in the island is furnished. As the result of it's investigation the board finds that. there were onfy two cases which could be considered as unjustifed honieides and that there were only IS other eases where serious acts of vio- lence was due to the marines, and in these cases the accused were brought be- fore courts martial and convictions fol- lowed
 That the reported action of the ma rines in Hayti was against the reputation 1f Americans was generally recognized and it will therefore be gratifying that the decision is what 1t is. It indicates that during the period of service in the Island the United States marines have seen conducting themselves far differ mt than the charges made against them would indicate, and that the continuance of their stay doesn't mean 8 period of terror for the natives.
 There is no telling how long it will be~necessary to keep marines in the isl. and. It is the statement of the Haytian president that that government has ex- Derienced much benefit from the presence 5f the marines. and it would appear that most of the opposition among the na, lives ia directed against the civil gov.
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time his efforts in this country were un- successful, but eventually he took Gre nada and his power in Nicaragua was complete. The Don Partricio RiYas. the opposing general being made president. While Walker was made general-in- chief of the army
 Not satisfied with this honor short time afterwards he declared himself President, which he was able to do with the assistance of the array. The Nicara- guans and Costa Ricans however, com bined against him and drove him from place to place until resistance became hopeless and he was glad to return to the United States.
 After several othsr unsuccessful expedi- tiAs Walker eventually turned his at tention to Honduras. It was in June 1869, that he first landed at Duaton, but fSlding things there not in favorable con dition, he proceeded to Truxilio. which he found little trouble in taking. He as- sured the people that it was not against them, but their government that he had come. to make war.
 Ii was not long before Walker had to confront small army of 700 men, head ed by the Governor of Honduras. and an English man-ef-war laying nearby with hostile intent. On the 3rd of September
 
 sh officers and his surrender was de manded. 1'he following day he was taken under a guard to the Icarus and the sloop- of-war weighed anchor and steamed up to Truxillo where Walker and his c9nfed- crate, Col kudler, were turned over to , the Honduras authorities.
 At Truxiilo they were taken to prison and were placed inl heavy irons. Walker knew that it was the end of his filibuster- ing and that he could expect no mercy He sent for chaplain and declaring his Hith as a Roman Catholic he knell at the feet of the priest and told him tha he was resigned to die and that his DO l litical career was finished.
 On the 11th of September at o'clock l, in the morning Walker was informed that the sentnce of death had>been passed upon him by the court-martial His onlS i reply to the fatal ms ssage was his askini i at what hour he would be executed, anC if he should have time to write. l On the 12th the condemned man wal marched to the place of execution H, showed throughout the greatest cool ness, not even once changing color whil walking from the prison to the plac where h was to be shot. Two solds rs with drawn swords, advanced in front Q him, and three with fixed bayonets follow l cd behind.
 In his right hand Walker carried a hal and in his left crucfix He locke, straight ahead and listeued to the devou passages which the priest was reciting t him. After making brief confession i which he assumed all the blame. he seate himself and file of ten soldiers advanc ed and fired on the instant. He die without struggle. The soldiers gay three cheers and all was over. Wake was but 36 years Of age at the time o his death.
 (Tomorrow-Davy Crockett Wouldn'
 Be An LLD)
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THE NEwINGToN HOME.

Just at time when the state has been ge ting an appeal through campaigns conducted in the different countries :. there comes the report to the effect that the Newington home oe the Connecticut Aid society is not fit for further occu- pancy and that it will require s6oo,0o0 to replace it with such an institution as is needed
 That an appeal will be made to the general assembly for such an appropria- tion seems likely. Under normal condi- tions there might be less opposition to the project. but it can be anticipated that there will be objection on the ground of expense That that doesn't entirely offset the need of giving adequate pro- 'teetion to the crippled children and oth- CTS housed there can be readily under stod S The institution had been doing most co1nmendable work not only in car
 ing for children but in curing many whose condition at previous times had been regarded as ineurable and in fitting them to earn living after leaving the institution. Thus it can be appreciated that the service rendered is of the greatest importance to the state. There is a value attached to it which cannot be disregarded.
 But in view of the existing conditions as to the institution and the needs for state money, the question arises as to whether it will not be possible to under take whatever help is required for this home by piecemeal instead of doing it all at one time, and thereby distribute the burden over period of years in s,ead of at a time when expenses are l heavy and income none too large. N It is through the addition of a unit at a time that the state hospitals have been constructed Possibly some such policy could be worked out in connection with the Newington home, to the help of which the directors believe the leg
 islature should come. Safe conditions for
 the housing of children are important,
 especially where crpples are concerned, while the need of adequate facilities for the work at hand cannot fail to make
 it's appeal It is one of the problems I in connec ion with the financial situation
 of the state that will give the Legislators something to wrestle with.
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THAT CIDER DECISION.

The standing of cider in connection with the prohibition law is once again before the country as the result of the recent decision by Attorney General Pal mer to the effect that a man can make and have cider in his possession with out violating the law.
 To certain extent this is in accord with tho ruling that has previously been made regarding cider, but the attorney general goes farther than others and he indicates that through cider it is possi- ble that the intentions of the Yolstead act will be overcome. This at least is the fear of the prohibitionists. Attor- ney General Palmer holds that a farmer can make all the cider he desires That he can permit it to become hard and that he can use 1t for beverage purposes, sweet or hard and give t to his friends. In other words that is no limit to the production of cider and while the sale of it. as it is understood, must be re- stricted 10 the time when it is sweet, there is nothing to prevent under the present law the retention of cider as long as desired and regardless of the alcoholic content for consumption by the maker his family and friends at his home.
 Knowing what hard cider will do the supporters of prohibition are urging leg islation that will overcome this situa- ton. provided the decision is one thai will hold water. Perhaps such is nc more than should be expec ed in view of the bone dry efforts, but it should bt realized that there, is too much of thu open violation of the prohibition law with the sale of liquors which it va! directly intended to hes'rict which need 10 be given remedial attention befor, launching out on campaign against thi glider decision.
 It is much like the ruling of the reve nue officials to the effect that liquo could not be used in the making of mine, pics when it was no secret that it coul, be purchased openly for beverage pur poses and city after city had the repu tation o1 being wetter than ever Ther are imuch worse conditions that need t be eliminated before it will be necessar Go turn attenton to the cider situation.
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Stories That Recall Others
In Trouble

Tn TrouDie
 Little Donald is interested in nursery rhymes, as his mother always reads them to him whsn he is tired and sleepy. One morning when he did not play as usual. she asked: Donald don't you feel well this mo~ning?r
 .No." he replied. T got sheeps in the meadow and cows in the garden" ~
 "so E.e Losed out'
 Four year old Billy loved to say rie0s but he never said them just. d they were written. Rhyme and rythm wer nothing in his young If.
 Tn other day he attempted to say Mother Hubbard" and when he came to the part where she went 10 get the dog bone and he got none. he said, 50 he losed out"
 Twas Not "4gEer."
 Two fed.ral prohibition agents were seated in an inbound train:
 "Ah. hal" exclaimed ore as he nudged his companion in the ribs. Look !r
 The two thereuPon watched an elderly colored couple. The man had a suitcase which seemed heavy. and he handled it gingerly as he placed 1t under the sea; as he got aboard at one of the smal stations. The agents studied the situation
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THEY GET RESULTS

brick got married only last week, you remember, with church wedding and a limousine for the groom's gift and trip to Japan. and she goes in for purple lips and lavender powder. With her black hair she is positively thrilling and Louis is crazy about her!"
 Louis wears glasses His own mother says he can't see across the room plain ly as it is. If you made up the way Helena Plibrick does I'd disown you Sh looks just like a vampire!'
 of course she does-that's what she was making up for. She took lessons ill it. didn't have to because the profes- sor told me to stick Co the sweet and girlish type and that is easy"
 My stars!" gasped her parent. "This is outrageous When I was a girl We accepted ourselves as we were made and complexions p
 My stars! P gasped her parent t"This Is outrageous! When I was a girl we accepted ourselves as We were made and did our duty and wore our own natural complexions 1"
 You must have been sights" unused the pretty debutante frankly. Any girl who lets her eyebrows spread out all over her forehead and has pores show ing on her nose ought to be ashamed cant find my best rougeI 1 wish you'd use a little rouge mother-you'd look ever so much younger and brighter!' "I have no desire to look what I'm Tot p's said the exasperated mother Al least I can have the satisfaction of hay, ing done my duty You look exactly like chorus girl, putting that red on so thickly p
 "It will blow off, said the debutants negligently. Nobody would recognize 1 me if I were pale. It isn't my type, l seem to be doing very well with it all as it is-I had three boxes of candy ant two sprays of orchids sent me today and Irville Oryiile is taking me to tht ] theater and supper tonight and I'm suri l he's the picest and most eligible man il 1 town, and I think"
 | "What% asked her mother. 'I am quite sure I'll be wearing g 1 large, square cut diamond set in piAti
 mum after this evening" biushed A pretty debutante. Does that copvinc your
 '.Irvllle orville F gasped her parent "If I'd picked out your future husband couldn't be any more pleased Yol lucky girl! Don't drop that rouge bo, maybe after all little wouldn't b l noticed if I did begin to use it-pass it over !'-Chicago News.
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DUTY OF CONGRESS.

That certain members of congress should oppose the tariff with emergency duties that has been favorably reported on the ground that it discriminates against others who likewise need atten- ton is not surprising. The plan to take care of some without looking after o:h- CTS is bound to meet with criticism, and in that connection the failure to protect the dyemaking industry against the dumping of German goods into the coun- try will come in for attention.
 1t may be regarded that the same emergency does not exist regarding that
 industry that confronts others, but it is known that millions of dollars worth of dyes and dyestuffs have been pushed in to England by Germany while the Brit ish were waiting and before they passed legislation to regulate,E.
 We rallied to an emergency in order to take care of the dye requirements in this country when the war shut off the
 imports from Germany upon which we had come to depend. We are capable of producing the dyestuffs that will serve the American trade and take care of some demands from outside. That our dye industry, however, will slump and vanish if it is not given the right de gree of support through proper legisIa- ton is so evident that it ought not to require congress long to see the neces- sity of action.
 There is need of eliminating ourselves from dependence upon the products of Germany, or any other country for thai matter. We have found out that We car satisfy domestic requirements. It has been demonstrated that this industry car be maintained for the utilization of wha. would otherwise in many instances be waste material, and it behooves con gress to see that it furnishes the neces sary help in seeing that it is permitted
 to continue and develop.
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ernment rather than the military force which is piaintaining order there.
 Conditions in Hayti were such as to call for drastic measures before the ma- rines were sent there. It was with a view to bringing about the needed change and get the country ont oits feet and guided in the way that would keep it out of foreign financial entanglements that this country undertook to give helping hand It is therefore what it should be when the president of the republic ex- presses the hope that. our military occu- patton will continue Hayti unquestion- ably needs the help and the important thing is to see that it gets 1t in the right way.
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The Heart of Rachael. By hathie'
 aao .o.o

The Heart of Rachael. By Kathleen
 Norris Cloth, illustrated. 4es pages.
 Published by Grosset & Dulan. New -N York. N. Y.
 J Charming and lovely, Rachael as the wife of the wealthy Clarence Brecken- ridge holds an enviable position in society. Rachael. however. is married to. man whose weakness for drink makes her life unDearable-and as soon as she feels that her responsibilities to him are discharged ed she divorces him. Her second mar riage little later to roctor of note brings her all happiness. Under its spell her nature expands. with her husband and two children she asks nothing more of the world. Then comes the prospect of anotF \ broken home-'but the catastro- phe is averted.
 The book sets forth most viyidly what divorce means-but despite CT perhaps be- cause of this more serious underlying | tissue, it is intensely interesting while being most thoroughly enjoyable.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-22
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
WALKERS FILIBUsTERING ExPEDI-
 TIoNS

WALKERS F1LIBUSTER1NG EAPEDI-
 TIoNS
 Just prior to the civil war the country was very much stirred up over the fill bustering expeditions of Gen. William Walker who entertained the belief that his star of dstiny'' would guide him to ultimate success as military conqueror and place the sceptre of power in his hand that would make him 8 prominent figure on this hemisphere.
 Walker had a marked personality by which he was able to draw ahout him a considerable number of men of his own character. IT. October 1853 he was the leader of an expedition which sailed from San Francisco with the intention of taking possession. of Sonora, then a northern state of Mexico. adjoining Cali fornia- He lanced at 9 small place on the coast. called "a. Paz, where he met but little iesistaree. and proclairneG an independent r:a19hlic Of IIpger California.
 Tho expedition eventually proved q failure, and Curing the summer of 1855 he headed another ore hound for Nica- ragDa, then in 9 state of internal con aiet. He landed at Realjo and marched to Leon to join the headquarters of the Nicaraguan Democratic party. For a
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T wish you wouldn't spend so much valuable time powdering and rouging and penciling!" exclaimed the exasperatA ed mother of the pretty debutante. "To say nothing of plucking your eyebrows and tying your head up in yeils to keep the marcel ini It's ridiculous v
 sI don't know any SbAter way of spending valuable time. retorted the pretty debutapte, peering into the mir ror- to get the effect : of her left ear bun What should I do with it?"
 Something worth while p said her exasperated mother tartly. Nobody who amounts to anything is going to marry a girl who thinks complete household equipment consists of a powder puff and a lpstick p
 But lots. of the girls do get married" I" pointed out the pretty debutante kindly. Men just won't pay any attention to a dowdy girl these days-and you might just as well wear hoopskirts and a hustle and a waterfall as not put on war paint See how awful that Tilena Hopper looks She doesn't even powder and they could use her nose for a street light P
 "Tilena is a splendid girli' insisted the exasperated mother, bit undecided ly as Tilena loomed before her mental
  summer she canned a hundred quarts of fruit and made peach jam with hsr own hands,"
 "FlI bet nobody ever wants in the slightest to hold her hands, either !" de- clared the pretty debutante, regarding her own lily white and useless members And it is so easy to telephone the gro cer for peach jam when you want it Nobody has asked Tilena to party 1T ages. She drags her hair back from hel ears, too, and men are really shocked at ears nowadays, they are so unusual Where in creation is that new box oi powder that l had made to match my complexion?'' ?''
 Such extravaganee !" protested her ex asperated mother. You'll be having spe cial toothpaste manufa ctured woth you monogram on it neyt If you must pow der, use a little simple rice powder in stead of your permanent pastes ant liquid whitewash Who on earth eye would be dying to kiss a face that look. like biscuit dough gone wrong with som dye spilled on it? You don't think 0 l that"
 I'm too busy thinking up how tt l stop most of them from trying it." con fessed her child sweetly Men are st brave and dauntless, you know, that they'll tackle anything. Helena Phil
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and then decided tD set.
 Excuse me- said one of ths agents addressing the coiored maa- We will have to bother Ysu 10 let me see Eaat you have in that Sliiie2se-T
 'Ygs sir, yes sir came the rsply. Help yourself"
 Expectantly the agents opened ihc susfcass and peered zvitinin- Ii contained six cans of home-press rged fruit.
 The Reason.
 The other day oorpuicnt woman kept her daughter home from school to help with the work Indignantly the teacher wrote a note to ;he father and demanded a written excuse for ihc child's absence Now he was henpeeked. but this note was worthy of a genius. He wrote. Dear teacher-I let Geraldine be ab- rent'for ample reasons. See her moih- err"
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By 2 twisting of the figures in these to appear that there were 33,0e0 00a children famine stricken in Central Eu- rope for whom s3,5eo,Oo was needed to bring relief. It must have been evil dent that the figures had been reversed There are in fact S,5oO,ooo children for the saving of whose life during the win ter and succeeding months ;sa,oe0,oop is needed
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ment of the Red Cross in France and the performance of it's mission in all the many fields of activity, where there was displayed unprecedented affection. patriot ism and sincere desire to serve.
 The many millions who contributed d their mite to the Red Cross will be proud to read of the noble achievements which they helped to make possible.
 WardyqalrP'latff infer
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The census cost s2a.ooe,eee and there are not few places that would have been happier to have gone through the next decade under their own estimated population.
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Public sentiment in New York has risen to the point where the mayor has heard it and started to do something to check crime wave which he said didn't exist
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How can any city expect to get men to serve on the police force, if they are arrested for manslaughter when they shoot a fleeing burglary?
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An enthusiast says sBoest, don't knock New York" They will make a great chorus if they ever get to going strong.
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Those who find any spare time these days can. pu- in it whipping lue.r .,u->. resolutions into shape for the new year.
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The international fur exchange is try ing to keep up fur prices, but that will not interest many now that the summer is past.
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There are so many ways in which to bring joy to others that this Christmas tide ought to be happier than ever
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The man on the corner says: There cannot be any kick when you run afoul of the real Christmas spirit.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Martens will be able to tell Moscow just how much we think of the soviet government over Iiere.
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Two New York judges have declared in favor of life sentences for highway robbers. It is time something was done to check the crime.
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. Unless Italy eliminates D'Annunzio pretty soon he will have the Italian ar my and navy under his flag
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Rubber trees grow at a tremendous pace. Al { years old from planting a rubber free Rill measure is inches h girth and is then ready for tapping.