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Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
klnda Of RoEaaa

The kings Of Rome were Romulus ,wfos according to conjecture, began. to reign ins the year 1S6l B. o, and was, murdered by the senators. Titus 4Ta-, tius, king of the Sabines, ruled jointly with Romufus six years; Nqma Pompflius, son-in-Iaw Of ratius; Rullus Hostilius, murdered by his succession; Ancus MartfuB, grandson of Numa; 1; Taruuinius Priscus; Servius Tuflius;
 Tarquinius Superbus, who WIS the last king. The monarchy was abol- ished and a republican form Of eev- ernment established ha 510 B. 0. There after for the most part the chief ex-
 ecutive officers of the republic were
 consuls, two being chosen each year. There were many civil wars. The re- public practically came to an end when Julius Caesar was made perpetual dic- tator In the year 48 B. C., but the em- pire is generally held to have com menced in the year S1 B. C.. when the
 supreme power became centersd in Oc- tavfus, the grand nephew of Julius
 Caesar, who rsigned as emperor with
 the title of Augustus Caesar. It was
 during bis reign that our Savior was
 born. Augustus died In the year
 14 A. D.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
SHORTEST, BUT MOST NOTED
Febrsary Is Supreme Above All 9th .e sfs as. the Natal Month of the r Worlds Famous.

Was there ever such a month as IFebFuary7 1t would seem that though it is the shortest month In the year 1t has crowded into it's 28 days more birthdays of worldwide celebrities than any of the other Il months. No ! flesse than 28 people of note have seen the, light of day for the first time in that month. And their range Is wide. February is not partial to any par ttculnr kind of celebrity.
 On February l, 1870. Commodore David Porter was born. On the third l of the month, 1909, Felix Mendelssohn came into the world. On the same day, but in 1911, Horace Greeley fol lowed. On the fifth, 178S, Sir Robert Peel was born. The birthdays of oth- CT notables occur in this orders
 February 6, 1756-Aaron Burr.
 February 6, 1838-Sir Henry Irving.
 February q 1812-Charles Dickens.
 February 8, 1s2O-william Tecum- sch Sherman.
 February 8, 1819-John Ruskin. February 8, 1S2S-Jules Verne. February g, 1773-William. Henry Harrison.
 February g, 1S14-Samuel J. Tilden. February 10, 1776-Charles Lamb.
 February Il, 1s47-Thomas A. Edi- son. February 12, 1sOe-Abraham Lin- coln. February 12, 1S09-Charles Darwin. February 15, 1584-Galileo. i February 18, 1S34-Ernest Haeckel. | February 19, 1717-Dayid Garrick.
 February 20, 1s29-Joseph Jefferson. | February 21, 1901 - John Henry Newman.
 February 22, 17s2-George Washing | ton
 February 22, 1s1e-James Russell Lowell. ! February 2s, 1es5-George Frederick Haendel. ] February 29. 1s17-George Frederick Watts.
 February A. 1s24-George William Curtis.
 February %, 1S02-Victor Hugo.
 February 27, 1SO7-Henry W. Long. ! fellow.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10

information of crime and to res. pond immediately to a call for help.
 What resident of lonely road or remote village, but would be thank fdl to know that he or she is thus efficiently protected from the mid night prowler and assassin as well as the daylight criminal?
 When one considers that the cost of this most efficient Consta bu- lary is but IS cents per capita, who would hesitate to demand it, and who would think of grumbling at the cost?
 Connecticut, quite as much as New York and Pennsylvania needs just this kinds of a Mounted Con. stabulary police force. This IS nc experimental organization that Connecticut is asking for, but one which has been tried and proved effective in Pennsylvania since 1905 and in New York since 1917.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
PsHF aE ~ .l.. '. .--.s -4- " FURTHER INFORMATION
 x. REGARDING POLICE
Field Force In State Would saf Comprise Eighty-Six q.dt va Persons

The ,,k, system under which a Mounted State Constabulary would act in Connecticut, following the metAods in use in Pennsylvania and New York States, is to have Gen. traI tHeadquarters force situated at the Capitol in Hartford, consisting of a Superintendent, Deputy and office clerks, numbering five persons.
 The field force, comprising Cap tain n,Efentenants, Sergeants, Cor poEals and men, numbering 86 per sons, would have one main barracks, sittated, in the discretion of the Su- peilntendent, at the most available point, all things considered, such as it's, strategic. position, it's easy acces- sibSlity, presumably somewhere west oflHartford. From this central sta tion, sub-stations composed of two orSthree Troopers, would be thrown out, so placed as to cover the entire StSte, and all in constant and quick standardization, by telephone or tele- graph, with the Central barracks and SuSperintendent's office, from which they would receive daily orders as to the roads to patrol, information of crimes committed, and other instruc- tidhs. The roads to be patrolled varying from day to day, at the or deg of hne , directing officer, so that thE would-be criminal could not cal culate the whereabouts of the patrol atjany given time; differing, radically inlthis respect, from the accustomed plan of patrol in cities by local po- liSe. q ! t
 IA system of signal flags to be put oRt bYdresidents living along the country routes, to attract the pass ing Trooper, is arranged in advance by; the, Superintendent, so that a patrol op his tour, can be communi- cated dWYfth by the Superintendent CT other Officer, without delay. The patrol seeing the flag immediately gbes3toZ the telephone, in the house baarisag the flag, and receives his ln' structiehs In this way the whole OSnstabulary force, scattered over the State, can be informed in very few minutes of crime having beer c6mmitted, it's nature, of the prob ableydiraction taken by the criminals ahd other information enabling hin td. intareept and apprehend the male factoul f9This system makes possible aiwide4spread police net, into which eVen% %ttie most daring criminal would hAsitate to commit himself, and from which. escape would be affected wit! extreme difficulty.
 < At every station and usb-statior ther9 would be at all hours, day anr nixh4ea Trooper on duty, to receive
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
AMERICAN LEGION NOTES

Proof that disabled veterans ap- preciate the efforts of theaAmarican Legion in their behalf is provided by statistics showing. that of the mum Der of ex-service men confined in hospitals of thirty states, oneIthird are Legion members. The figures were obtained from a report of the Service Division of National Head quarters, based on a,'Lesion national census.
 The week ending February 26 was one of the most successful in the his tory of the American, Legion and Women's Auxiliary of that organi- zation from the standpoint of new posts and-'units. Eighty-two posts sot the Legion and seventy-three- units of the Women's Auxiliary were added. Applications for thirty-twc charters for the Auxiliary were re ceived in one day. There are now 1O,20O posts and 2,150 units, ac. cording to National Headquarters. Alvin W. Owsley, of Austin, Tex. who was a pioneer in AmericanJL Leg ion organization in the Southwest has been appointed assistant direc tor of the Legion's Americanisn Commission. Mir Owsley is a speak ter of national prominence and ac quired especial recognition among ex-service men for his efforts in ob taining the passage of a bfll in tn, 1 Texas legislature providing a million and a half dollars for a hospital a Kerrville, Tex.
 When the employment bureau O: the American Eegi0nli in St.9 Paul en rolled four hundred ex-service mel out of jobs, o! " .Krause, secrHtar! of the bureau, appealed to theapabli of St. Paul through the newspapers As result, more than ones hundrec men found employrnentrin oneA day.
 A plan by which thousands 'o members of the American, Begibl : might be given a. free course in gov ernrhent is proposed, by Representa- tive Hamilton Fish, Jr.y of sNsv York, an American Legion frfenber MT. Fish suggests that each memBe l of the House and Senate bring I JELegionnaire. to- Washing gtonefor thre .Emonths as one 4o6s tie secretaries per n1itted him in his office and replac i him at the end or the period. wit another and so on. MT. Fish has al ready started relay of New Tor Legion members in his office.
 An appeal has been made to Ns tional Headquarters of the America Legion by officers of the America and French Children's League to ali 1 the League in it's distribution o several millions of poppies, whit the women of France have made t be worn on Memorial Day. Tn poppies will be sold in all parts O the United States and the proceed will be used for French and Anne f. can war orphans.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10

It has bee n
 claim c d hat G c org C Eliot's highly train . d mind suppressed the i'm Pulsiv . heart. She suf- fered from bodily ills most all of her life, and but for her extraordinary mental health she could not have acc complained the amount of work that came from her brain and pen. Among the many books which she published. W CT C "M | d d | emRrch," !" 'DanieI Deronda,n @The Spanish GyP- my,0 a drmmm m, and
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10

The fact that a veteran who gets into trouble with the law is an ex- service man will not be emphasized by the Associated Press, according to orders issued to it's superintendents and correspondents. The American Legion at its Second annual conven- ton passed resolution urging the press to adopt similar policy. E. ssss
 American Legion members were chosen for office at two California special election in one week Walter F. Linberger, past commander of Long Beach Post No. 27, was elected to Congress and Walter c. Smith, of Golden Gate Post No. 40, to the state Legislature. Two Legion men now represent California in Congress- and fifteen ex-service men have seats in the state legislature.
 %&&s
 Enlisting new members, is not difficult for Medford PostyNo. 37 of the American Legion, which received a prize, flag, as the most efficient Ok lahoma post in a state membership campaign. With a membership of 1 fifteen last September, the post ob- talned renewals from every member and added fifty-four names to it's rolls. Wilken Green Post No. 19O, 1 of Gotebo, would have received the prize, had its, report been made on time. The Gotebo post renewed it's fourteen members and gained seventy-six recruits.
 Every American Legion post in Kings County, N. Y. has adopted a ward in, Fox Hills Hospital, Staten Island, N.. Y, which shelters more than one thousand disabled veterans of the World War The Legion mem bers have established a regular schedule of visits, entertainments and gift parties as we'll as a system of assistance in obtaining compen- sation and other rights of their comrades.
 Billy Marvin, an ex-service man, of Mulberry, Kan, found real help in the Fred Hutrhison Post of the American Legion at Mulberry and the Ben Fuller Post, of Pittsburg Kan: While member of the 106ti Infantry, Marvin suffered. disability which necessitated his removal tc l Arizona. The Mulberry post staged a benefit dance, the entire proceeds being given, to Marvin, and the Der Fuller Post also aided him finan cially!f
 A meeting of Aarvig-CampbeI Post Mo-, 78, of Pontiac, H., was tht scene of the presentation of thC Distinguished Service Cross to Ser ! geant Isadore Solomon, of that city who was cited for extraordinar! heroism in recovering an airplan' message in front of the line nea, Son1manthe, France, November 4 1918, in the face of heavy machine gun fire.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
Their Ancak1oR

A congressman said ar dinner: "I detest the war proflteer. One of these brutes bought last year a fine colonial estate in Virginia. He was showing a friend of mine over the grounds one day, and pointed to a quaint old private cemetery.
 Those he said, are the. graves of the former owners ancesters'
 "'Our ancestors, his wife broke iu, proudly. are all ifving.'" t.-
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
The "Drys" Of Bombay.

Mohammedans in Bombay have started an anti-drinking campaign to reform" their co-religionists. They are picketing the liquor shops and the Moslems coming out have their faces blackened and are marched through the streets. One man found drunk was decked with O garland" of old shoes and was taken round the city by an escort beating empty oil ttns.- London Mail.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
stili In! poubA.

T understand you are patronizing new boarding house"
 ''Yes, 1t has been open only a few days"
 Who's the star bOarderT
 "We don't know yet. A haberdasher's assistant told a story yesterday at which the landlady laughed heartily, but noticed that be didn't get any more butter than, the rest of us."- Birmingham Age-Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10

The top shelf in the book case is not good place for Tive" diary there'l be nights when the farmer is too weary to take it down. Keep it on the reading table with a good, smooth-working fountain pen tied to it with bit of string, advise spec ialists of the United States Depart
 rnent of Agriculture.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
Wealth No. LIfe's Real Prize.

Wealth Is not the real prize of life {; V is only a trophy, symbol and may carry with it no satisfaction; indeed, 1t does not carry with 1t genuine last Ing satisfaction unless won and em- plsysd fairly, honestly, henorablyt
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10
Corrugated Cardboard for insu,ators.

Corrugated Cardboard for In8uIators.
 Corrugated cardboard of the kind used for packing cases can be used for insulating buildings against the cold, such insulation being particularly de- sirable in barns and poultry houses. The boxes are opened along the joints and fiattened out, the material being applied with short nails and tin wash CTS, such as used for the applicatioD of roofing paper.
Connecticut western news., 1921-03-10

&RonaoIa," which may be called his- torfcaI novel, s story which owes tt@ power of attraction and It's vitality to Itm muperb prementntion of the charac- ter of Tito meIena, who belongs not to apy one period but to every genera Sfoms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Learn to Speak


 T was agreeabIy surprised at the interest taken in public speaking by the students of Wheeler Business col lege," said Benjamin Leader yester- day There was time when business men scorned oratory or the ability to make a clear, logical and forceful speech, but that day has passed. l: has been demonstrated that the busi- ness man who can't express his ideas is seriously handicapped and is fre- quently pushed aside by man of less ability who knows how 70 talk.
 T observed the interest in public speaking at this institution the other day when I was one of the judges in the debate on the subject, Resolved, That shorthand Is better than book keeping as stepping stone to fnan- cial success The affirmative, pre- sented by Walker M. Riddle and James K. Mcdonald, won the decision by vote Of two to one over the negative, upheld by James D. Burden and Mitch ell D. Mum. The keenest interest was manifested by the student body and am informed that these debates and exhibitions of public speaking will be held often in the future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-02

Sydney Brooks, in The North American
 Review.
 6T1HERE is Lloyd's agent or sub
 H agent to the number of over 1,oU
 S in every port and on every coast throughout the globe, and by telegram, cable and wireless Lloyd's is kept in- formed every minute of the day and night of the movements of all ocean-going ships and of all casualties. The reports pour in at the rate of 5000 or 4,Ooo in the PA hours, are sifted, posted circulated to subscribers, and published in "Lioyd's 5 List" Not one vessel in ten thousand ever reaches British port without being reported to Lloyd's. and the information is so speedily and perfectly indexed that any member can ascertain with hardly more than a glance the exact where abouts of any given ship, the dates Of her arrivals and sailings, where she was last spoken with, and any other incident of her voyage that it may concern him to know. As an instrument in it's intel ligence service Lloyd's has established sig nal stations in every part of the world at which, by international arrangement, messages can be received from and com municated to the merchant vessels of all countries Over 24O,Ooo ships movements have been reported through these sta- tions, several of which are now equipped with wireless apparatus, in a single year. If a ship owner, charterer or consignee wishes to transmit an order to any ves- sel at any point where she may appear,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-02
LLOYD'S INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM

one communication to Lloyd's is enough to insure it's delivery.
 An unsurpassable intelligence system has, indeed, been from it's earliest days the mainstay of Lloyd's, and great deal of it is placed freely at the disposal of the public. There is, and has been for nearly 1oo years, an inquiry office at Lloyd's where the relatives of crew or passengers may obtain, without cost, the latest information concerning the move ments of the ships in which they are in- terested No other organization in the world possesses anything like the facill- ties for gathering the news of the sea that Lloyd's has built up. and it may pretty safely be prophesied that no one is likely to venture on the desperate en- terprice of starting competitive service. It's usefulness to the British nation in time of war is self-eyident. Just as in 17s9 it was from Lloyd's that the admiralty first learned of the capture of Porto Bello. just as throughout the Napoleonic wars the society acted as the unwinking eyes of the mercantile marine, so in the recent struggle which turned absolutely on Great Britain's capacity to procure the foodstuffs. and raw material that were vital to victory. it was on Lloyds that the government relied, and not in vain, for the expert Knowledge that alone enabled it to regulate nsur- ance risks on a workable basis and to make of British shipping the winning uyeauon of inc war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-02

forced labor, is no better than that of the peasants, according to a bol- shevist commissary, Boguslavy, who writes in the official bolshevist "Prav- da." He says they are without foot wear, rubbers and even without as much as needle" The great Yart- zev textile mills were shut down for two months because of the delay and red tape in getting lubricating oil. A large part of Russia's industry is in a hopeless condition.
 There is growing opposition against the red rule, but the bolsheviki con- tinue their policy of terrorism. An official proclamation issued by the extraordinary commission" in south ern Russia warns the people that all risings of the white guards and green partisan bands twill be suppressed with implacable severity" and "the guilty parties will be subjected to the most ruthless vengeance" By "veng- canoe" is meant the destruction of will lages concealing whites" or greens, i" the shooting of the adult population and confiscation of property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-02

From the unpublished memoirs or the
 Baron of Fremont a councillor of
 state under Napoleon I. Extract
 printed in the Revue Bleu, Paris.
 7 spite of his irascible and capri
 cious disposition, Beethoven wal 9 great favorite with Archduke Ru-
 solnh: and the Princess Lichnovsky treated him as if she were his mother
 Their attentions, however, merely em- barras ssed him. He was a radical dem- ocrat at heart and had noN use Tor gran6ees of any kind.
 His deafness began to manifest ltseit in 1903. His brother Charles obtained great influence over him, got away what little property he had, ana em- broiled him with his friends.
 Beethoven says in his will that he was not a misanthrope, but in this he deluded himself He was one, through and through.
 When Napoleon conquered Vienna the second time, his brother, Jerome, king of Westphalia. offered Beethoven rne appointment of royal orchestra con ductor. with a salary of 1000 francs l was in Vienna at the time, and he asked me confidentially for my advice. 1T remember rightly, I counseled him not to accent. but to keep his promise to reside in Austria, and to retain his pen- sion. At that time, I did not foresee Jeromes speedy dethronement; but had Beethoven accepted this offer he would not have held the post six months. Unhappiiy, his pension did not inn prove his situation. He must have felt himself an unhappy victim of destiny. in the ancient sense; for he was doomed by the gods to be unhappy The cause of his trouble rested in himself. His character invited misfortune. The brother who robbed him died but left him with the care of his son, who was already beginning to manifest his evil character His brothers widow was no better All this resulted in a lawsuit, which he was not competent to prose cute, since he was child in business
 matters.
 His eccentric habits and opinions, in
 land of rigid traditions and monarch : ial conservatism, deprived him of pop ular sympathy to such an extent that he was even threatened with lawsuit to deprive him of the right of using von, the sign of nobility. 1t was singular suit for a republican son of chorister to be defending.
 A change ccurred in his character later in life. He began to realize the value of money. Like most men who
 start out neglectful in such matters and reverse their habits, he became abnor- mally soiicitous regarding his own fu- 1 ture. and set at work secretly to ac- cumulate compel etence.
 I In 1924. the musical revolution pro-
 duced by Rossini was welcomed al vienna with enthusiasm. The Barber ! of Seville" was a tremendous success Beethoven praised this masterpiece most cordially; but true to the contra ldictions of his nature. he 'deplored the operas careless harmony, though he
 was the very one whom purists had at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-02
BEETHOVEN'S UNHAPPY END

tackled most violently for that identical laxity The success of the Swan of pesaro" caused the German misanthrops forgotten. and he was keenly affected by it. This man whose passionate genius seemed to spurn composing for any object but its own qualification for the mere abstract joy of creation learned too late to crave popular aD- plause.
 Tn 1925 and 1926, worn out, an in- valid already attacked by a fatal dis ease, and literally abandoned by all, he composed his last quartets. Finally, Note here the capriciousness of men. A man whose last days aroused no in- terest except in five or six persons who really loved him for his talent, was followed to the grave by. more than 10000! A man whose whole life had been a struggle with poverty. and who. almost on his death bed had writ ten Moscheles asking if the London Philharmonic society would not give, a concert for his benefit and to whom the society immediately sent 2.500 francs. was found upon his death to have some 10000 francs hidden away in his apartment. That was not ex- plained by avarice, but by the unhappy traits of character which had made his life constant warfare with his fel- lowmen and rendered him abnormally eager to be independent of them in his old age.
 As an example of how little attention Beethoven gave to the way his master pieces were presented, it is enough to cite his great sonata with the piano and violin, dedicated to his friend, Kreutzer That dedication might all most serve as an epigram; for kreut- ger ran all his notes together and al- ways kept his bow upon the strings. while the whole dedica tion is series of .skips and jumps such as Kreutzer never executed in his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-02
Boys Not Forgotten

"The American Legion is not for- getting the soldiers who are suffering from illness contracted since their discharge" said w. o. Sell of that or ganizatien the other day. ''on the con- trary we are taking great pains to lessen their suffering in the local hos pitfalls.
 Committees have been appointed to see that magazines are left at the bed sides of these men, and they call on each one of thea once a week. new committee is appointed every two weeks and 1t is responsible for the calls during it's term.
 Magazines of all kinds are left, but we try to leave the Legion publication whenever possible. The soldiers ap preciate this work immensely, and this is reward enough for the legion"