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Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
QUESTION OF JURISDICTION
OVER THE FOREST SERVICE

Washington, March 6.-The public
lands of the United States should be IN
der the full control either of the depart
ment of the interior or of the agrcul-
ture department and not partially under
both as at PRESENT. Secretary Fall said
today discussing the controversy bring
ing about the question of jurisdiction
over the forest service.
Bills are now pending in congress for
the transfer Of forest reserves especially
in Alaska, now controlled through the
forest service by the department Of
agriculture to the interior department
because of the oil>and mineral deposits
in the reserves. This legislation has led
to considerable controversy.
Secretary. Fall in making his posi-
ton clear on the question attacked what
he termed the propaganda campaign"
Of the American Forestry association
against his policy with regard to- forest
reserves on the public domain in Alas
ka. Secretary Fall said he did not want
it understood that he opposed the for
estry policy of the forest service. He
said, however. that he was opposed to
selling timber from the public domain
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
IEWIsH WAN RELIEF.

Throughout eastern Europe there are
millions of people starving from the lack
of clothing and as might be expected
under such conditions disease is making
the situation much worse. Just what
the plight Of those people is no one can
imagine. Only a partial idea can be
gained from the reports which are
brought back from those localities but
where starvation and pestilence are
having a free hand it can be readily
understood that conditions are of such
nature that adequate help ought to be
provided.
What is being done by the American
relief association, the Quakers, DR.. Nan
sen and other agencies is serving to
bring relief but all the hungry are not
being fed, the scantily clad are not be-
ing clothed and the sick are not get
ting treatment. It has been recently
urged that another 5000 900 could be
put 70 excellent use in serving the fam
inc conditions in that part Of the world.
It is in recognition Of this situation
and the desire to aid in the, relief of
such conditions that the Jews Of this
country have opened a campaign to
raise fund of $4,000 900 for the aid
of the Jewish war sufferers In eastern
Europe. That there is large number
of Jews in that part Of the world is
| fully recognized and what is done for
them through such an effort is bound
to permit of just that much more relief
being turned to other sufferers by the
! other agencies. The Jews in eastern
Europe have suffered otherwise than as
the direct result of the war and there
ought to be no question but what the
! effort undertaken in this country N
| their behalf will succeed
In the present campaign the quota for
Norwich is $4,000, large part OF
which has already been pledged, and
while it is for Jewish relief only the ap-
peal is sucr. and in behalf of such. that
It must be heard by all those who arr
able an ddesirous of bringing relief K
| humanity in distress wherever It pre-
| walls. There is no lodging the fact tina
! the cause is a most worthy one.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
Stories That Recall osssn
Up On Arithmetic.


She isn't of school age yet-net by a
year But she knows her arithmetic.
me other evening a neighbor asked
whether Miss Wisdom knew her A. B.
I know only few of them" was the
reply; can count good, though"
oh. is that so? You can count.
let's hear your"
There was a brief pause and then shs
began One. two, three, four, ave. Sly.
seven: eight, nine, ten, jack, queen,
The Right Way.
Motorists on certain country ross
nave been having considerable dificuI-
" IN getting through a certain bad spot
IN that rosd. One auto had gone into
It up to the hubs but succeeded in back-
ing cut. The place it was desired to
reach was ahead, so the driver went
to a farmhouse nearby and asked :
boy wksther there was any other road
only road to - the boy answer.
ed. Amt no other way"
Oh, there must be some other way,
the motorist insisted.
NO, no other. Just go ahead into
the hole and pa will be along in a little
bit and pull you out for 81"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
CIRCULATION
WEEK ENDING MARCH 4th, 1922
11,72O
THE SUBMARINE BASE.

Whether or not the abandonment of
the submarine base on the Thames
river is actually threatened it must be
apparent that there was never a better
time TO display the sentiment of this
part Of the country against the removal
Of such a station.
In all probability the future of the
base will depend upon the appropriation
that is made. If no money is provided
for maintaining naval station it is not
likely to function for any great period
Of time after the funds have expired
but if funds are going to be appropriat-
ed for such a purpose, and it was only
the other day that Admiral Sims called
attention TO the present day Importance
OF submarines in defending the coast,
u is important that what has already
been expended for the establishment
and development Of a submarine base
should be utilized instead of having it
transferred TO another point for in
creased expenditures in order to get the
new base up to the standard Of equip
Inent and efficiency now possessed at
this plant
The thames naval station represents
a considerable investment and it is To-
Gated at a point which makes it much
more valuable for the service intended
IN the opinion Of experts, than would
BE the case II it should be transferred
10 Hampton Roads. The fact that it is
possible for the underwater boats tc
submerge in deep water before getting
outside, which can be done from tn,
Thames naval station is a factor in ia,
vor OF the base which cannot be wisely
disregarded.
Economy is the watchword. in connec
ton with federal expenditures, but VIZ
are not going to abandon our navy ant
we are not going to do away with sub
marines, It is going to be necessary t
maintain protection for our coastlin
and under such circumstances it is t.
be realized that what must be regardet
~ important submarine bases and ma
val stations are going to be necessary
There may be need for ourtailment bu
even that cannot be done TO a degre
which would entirely disregard the pro
tsction Of this part Of the country an,
- cannot be ANTICIPATED that congress
s-onal action Will go that far.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
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FREE SEEDS AGAIN.

According to reports which come from
Washington the free seed appropriation
bill has got to undergo another contest
this year Efforts to defeat it haven't
been lacking in past years but they
have never succeeded. Whether con-
gress is ready to contribute a million to
The country through the voting down of
the proposition will soon be disclosed.
Under the provisions of the bill there
is an appropriation Of but 100000 for
free seeds, but there is enough other
work involved IN the marking and mail
ng Of the seeds to cause it to be esti-
mated that It costs the government a
million dollars each year to hand out
this gratuity.
In view Of the fact that there isn't
any such widespread appeal upon the
part Of the public for these packages
Of free seeds regardless of what the
congressman may think about it, there
could be no better time for eliminating
This item OF expense. Appropriations are
being pruned to keep within the bud
get Il is even decided 10 be wise to
greatly curtail the amount Of fuel for
the navy during the next several months
and certainly IL that step is desirable
IN the effort to reduce federal expenses
Il certainly should be extended to apply
20 this matter Of broadcasting free seed
throughout the country. a large part o.
which IN all probability IS never put In
20 the ground.
Tho eagerness Of congressman to dis
tribute free seeds Gag be shown by tn,
sppeal Of one representative. who re
Earded the seeds as a great vote getter
70 a senator who has persistentiy re
used 20 have anything to do with then
Tor his share Of the packages. Need
less to say he never got them, but h
might get a similar rebuke from hi
constituents If he were TO sound Their
In regard 70 this free seed appropria
ton especially now when a cutting O
government expenditures which wi
Lead 10 further reduction in taxatio
s so generally demanded. More credi
viii accrue to congress for the savin
Pf the seed appropriation than fror
voting and wasting it,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

The overthrow Of the government in
Fiume PROMISES to bring up the ques-
ton as TO whether Italy is going 10
sanction what has been done there on
previous occasions and what has been
done now, or whether It will mean q
population OF 1t with view to having
the treaty concerning that territory OBJ
served. On both occasions 1t comes at
a time when the Italian cabinet has
been in none too strong a position. For
that reason the use Of a firm hand was
prevented on the previous occasion and
Y remains to be seen what the outcome
Is going TO be now.
The seizure Of the city b. the Italian
nztionaiists was bound to arouse the
1ugoslavs. Happily that has not as yet
brought about q clash and that the
more sensible method Of dealing with
ths matter between the governments
has been adopted. With Jdgoslavia for
warding note to italy concerning the
seizure Of Fiume # is to be expected
that the matter Will be brought to a
head and It viii mean the devotion Of
Inherent attention to It by Rome than
las otherwise been indicated.
The situation Is one which Italy can
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
FRANK WAS PEEYISH

kind of, you know, jerked his arm away
and stepped out in front of US like he
didn't have nothing to do with us.
"Well, bet If Ester tried on one
hat, she tried on a couple of millions
of 'em. She's got the nerve all right.
Shed leave the girl get out a hat that
cost $50 and then she'd, you know,
try it on and take 1t off and pick it
to pieces and say how it wasn't they
have something better than that. Hon
est, | thought. I'd de
Every time shed put a hat on she'd
ask Frank how did she look and ey-
erything and he looked like he want
ed to croak her.
After while he looks at his watch
and he says: Well he says, I'm going
back to the awfus,' he says.
"'Ail righE she says. only Just
tell me how you think look in this
| hat, she says, before you 60
"'You look swell he says, I
thought you was a bushel Of tomatoes
when 1 looked at you In it, he says.
And then he beat it.
"say. dearie, can you beat it? Hon
est, if ever Jim should speak to me
like that I'd die
Well don't know as could hard
! ly blame him much either. she sure
acted like pest, but / guess he didn't
have to marry her If he didn't want
| to.
Sure, she thinks he's grand, but
honest to Pete, if you could ever ses
him in action you'd think you wouldn't
never take q chance on marrying nc
Teller for fear he'd turn out to b
like that one.
Sure she thinks he's cute. Can yoa
beat it? He's like that all the time,
she says. Amt he the kidder?'' sh.
says.
81 don't know. Maybe he was. Blu
all I've got to say is if he was kiddin
I'm awful glad it don't run in ou
. family. l bet I'd die If Jim ever wa
: to act like that.
"oh, sure. just says to myself
! Leave her rave I says. II she like
EN- that way, 1 guess that's the wa
; she likes EN- 1 says.
l But. say, kiddo, listen at here
, When you see folks acting like tina
don't 1t make you kind of think
persona ought to take a day off nov
l and then to Just kind of think HOY
e lucky they are to have a hubby Xix
Jim is and like Eds going to be whe
you. and him get married? I'll tell tn
e world it does -
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
DIsREGARpINa DEATH rRAPs.

AS the result of the New York Cen-
trail train striking an auto bus at a
crossing at .PainesTille, o., resulting in
the death OF is and serious injury TO
others, the city manager of gainesville
Is advocating special election to get
authority to build seven subway tun-
1els under grade crossings at what are
known in that county as death traps!
This reveals a disposition to provide
greater protection for the lives of those
who are made victims of the careless
ness Of others, but 1t also shows that
despite the fact that those seven cross
ings are known as death traps no re-
sponsibilfty equalIing the danger is as
sumed by all who use them. In this
particulaT instance the driver of the
bus had been warned by the CROSSING
tender fully two minutes before the col
lision occurred, but no attention was
paid to dt. Inasmuch as he will prob
ably survive it will be possible to get
his version Of the collision but when II
comes to negotiating a death trap II
doesn't appear that there was adequate
attention given to the known menace
or proper consideration shown for the
lives of those who were under his care
Removing the grade crossings will o.
course overcome future collisions o.
that character. 1t will probably be re
garded as an expense against which
there can be no objection in view of thu
need Of greater safety, but it canno
fan to be realized that in cases of tina
kind had there been proper heed givel
to the danger warning, aside from tn
fact that the crossing was known as
death trap, there would have been n
accident
Drivers who display no better judg
ment than appears to have been ST
in this instance are an even create
menace to those who travel in the con
veyances they guide than the railroa
| crossings themselves, and invariably
| is the misuse of the crossings and
! failure to exercise good judgment Il
| behalf of safety that is responsible fo
the large number of lives that are smut
fed out at such points. Elimination {
crossings will end the chance of bein
/ ground under trains. but unfortusatel
It viii not make the reckless driver a,
sumo the responsibility he should in OIL
der to increase safety in the highway.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

enable me to manipulate Individual
parts Of the tongue, but upon pushing
upward between the bones Of the lower
Jaw, near the throat, 1 found 1t possible
TO completely close the passageway at
the back of the mouth, and succession
Of pushes Of this character resulted in
the sylIables ga-ga- ga-ga,' etc.
THE simple growl was an approxima-
ton of the vowel 'ah,' and this. followed
by a gradual construction and rounding
Of the labial orifice by the hand, became
converted INTO the diphthong 'ow. as in
the word how (ah-oo), and we soon OBJ
tained the final element by itself-an i'm
perfect 90 The dogs repertoire Of
sounds finally consisted Of the vowels
'ah' and 90 the diphthong 'ow, and the
syllables ma and ga
I'VE then proceeded to manufacture
words and sentences composed, of these
elements and tine dogs final linguistic
accomplishment consisted in the produc-
ton Of the sentence ,Ow-ah-oo-g amama.
which. by the exercise OF a little irnagi-
nation, readily passed muster for How
are you, grandmamma' COh-ah-oo-ga-
mamaD?
'The dog soon learned that his bust
ness in life was to growl while my hands
were upon his mouth, and to stop growl-
ing the moment / took them away. ano
we both of US became quite expert In tbs
production of the famous sentence How
are you, grandmamma
THE dog took quite a bread-and-buttc'
interest in the experiments and Otter
used to stand up on his hind legs and tr,
to say this sentenlce by himself bu
without manipulation was never able Il
do anything more than growl.
1.-THE fame of the dog soon sprea,
among my fathers friends. and peopl
| came from far and near to witness til
performance. This is the only foundation
| for the newspaper stories that had ono
succeeded in teaching a dog to speak"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Alexander, Graham Bell.


The way his name is listed in the
telephone directory Of Washington gives
an authentic hint of the Character of
the man who invented the telephone.
Telephone companies have two kinds
of vanities to contend with. One class Il
subscribers wish special, distinctive num-
bers; in Washington alone there are more
than thousand of the second class
who seek exclusiyeness or would avoid
possible annoyance by not having their
names in the directory at all. The lat
ter are known as unlisted" telephones.
The inventor of the telephone exhibits
neither vanity nor does he even Insist,
apparently, upon that almost, universe,
preference that his name (AlexanJer
Graham BelD would be printed In :ull.
The other day. with the same sort
Of modesty, he told group Of officials
of the o. S. patent office:
Il rather think that you know more
about the telephone today than 10"
He then called attention to the more
| than 5000 patents relating to Telephones
| granted since he obtained the original
patent of March IT. 1875.
In connection with the observance OF
DR.. Bells seventy-ffth birthday, on
March 3. the National Geographic Sc.
i ciety quotes from a communication in
which DR.. Bell asserts that his inyen-
ton Of the telephone really began with
| his grandfather, Alexander Bell. Of
London, England, who died the year our
| Civil war ended. OF his grandfather, 1T.
| Bell writes:
"He was an elocutionist and a car
| rector Of defective utterance. He was
the first in the family to take up the
study of the mechanism Of speech with
the object of correcting defects Ct
speech by explaining to his pupils the
correct~positions at the vocal organs In
| uttering the sounds that were detective
DR.. Bell then recounts the boyish ex.
| periments he made with vocal utter.
ance, including an attempt to make q
dog talk. And, on his seventy-fftt
birthday. the inventor still is to b
found in his laboratory. often working
| until or 4 o'clock in the morning. ex
| perimenting with the same keen. boyisf
zest. Continuing his boyhood reninis
cences DR.. Bell writes:
MY father. Alexander Melville Bell
OF Edinburgh. Scotland was also ar
elocutionist and corrector Of defectiy'
utterance.
Il was always much Interested in my
fathers examinations Of the mouths o.
ais efocutionarl pupils. They differed
IN an extraordinary degree In size ant
shape, and yet all these variations seem
ed to be quite consistent with perfect
speech I then began to wonder wbeth
er there was anything In the mouth o.
dog to prevent 1t from speaking and
commenced to make experiments Wit
an intelligent Skye terrier we possessed
"By the application OF suitable dose
Of food material, the dog was sool
) taught to sit IN on his hind legs an
growl continuously while I manipulate
his mouth, and stop growing when
took my hands away. I took his muz
} zle in my hands and opened and close
the jaws number OF times in success
sion. This resulted IN the proiuctio
: of tile syllables ,'ma-ma-ma-ma' etc.
/ ! as in the case of the talking machin,
1.-THE mouth proved to b too email t
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
BETTER Than CALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are a Harmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub
stitute for calomel-are mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous These little olive
colored tablets are the result Of DR..
Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calomel.
The pleasant little tablets do the good
that calomel does, but have no bad after
effects. They don't injure the teeth like
strong liquids or calomel. They take
hold Of the trouble and quickly correct
it. Why cure the liver at the expense Of
the teeth? Calomel sometimes plays
havoc with the gums. So do strong
liquids. 1t is best not to take calomel.
Let DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets take
its place.
Headaches, "dullness" and that lazy
feeling come from constipation and a
disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when youfeel "logy" and
"heavy." They clear" clouded brain
and "perk up" the spirits. 15c and SOc.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
FAMOUS TRIALS
TRIAL OF PELizzIoNI

The trial of Pelizzioni, an Italian,
at the Old Bailey, London, in 1854,
was not so peculiar as to the charact-
er of the crime as it was the difficult
ty experienced in trying to free an
innocent man to whom all signs point
ed as the criminal. This trial wa
held before the eminent Baron Mar
tins and it was so apparent to him that
Pelizzioni was the murderer that he
told him he believed he was the gull
ty party as if he had seen the murder
with his own eyes. 1t was afterward
aseertained, through the intervention
of an Italian countryman, that the
prisoner was innocent, another man
having confessed to the crime.
The case Of Pelizzioni was. indeed,
curious and complicated one The
murder occurred on Dec. rs, 1864. Rich
ard Shaw, the landlord of the Golden
Anchor, a tavern in Shaffron Hill,
had dispute a few evenings before
with a party of Italians over a drink
landlord, Michael Harrington, made
some disparaging remarks regarding
the Italian race.
Among the Italians who became en-
ragged at the insult was Serafino Pei
| izzioni. The stalWart young fellow of
| 26 told Harrington that ''he could fight
six Englishmen' and that he would
settle with him yet These words
were remembered in connection with
what followed.
The night Harrington was murder
cd Dec. rs, he was roistering with
| others in the tavern when a number
| of Italians rushed into the room strik-
ing out right and left at the inmates
In sthe midst of the fracas a loud
scream was heard from Harrington
and when the police rushed in a few
minutes later they found him stabbed
to death and lying on the floor. OF the
eight or nine Italians who had enter.
ed the saloon only one was secur ed
Serafino Polizzioni who was duly
charged with the murder of Harring.
ton.
Pelizzioni affirmed that he had nj
knife on the night in question, tina
; he took no part in the row and haC
remained in the tap-room of the Gold
, en- Anchor when the other Italians
entered the bagatelle room and assault
ed the inmates. He was, however, com
mitted for trial on the charge of vii
full murder on Feb. 8, 1856, and 81.
witnesses swore that they had seei
him strike the fatal blow.
The defense raised by the italian
counsel was that another Italian curl
ously like Pelizzioni in appearance
was the man who killed Harrington
This man had disappeared and coul4
mot be traced Everything was don
by his counsel to free Pelizzioni bu
to no avail, as the Judge said that b
: had never heard more direct and con
| elusive evidence than that agains
the Italian" The jury brought in
verdict Of guilty and Pelizzioni wa
= sentenced to be executed, the day be
ing set for Feb. %, 1855.
Never did case look blacker agains
| man, yet there were several person
who believed Pelizzioni to be innocen
Among these was Mr.. Negretti, of tn
: well known firm of Negretti & Fam
bra. He undertook to ferret out tn
truth of the matter and having got
ten a clew he went to Birmingham
! where he found cousin of Pelizzioni
named Gregoria Mogni. He charge
him point blank with being the mur