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New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

render the navy impotent for war
While Senators inyeigh against limi-
tation of armament and condemn the
conference for scrapping our battle
ships, the House refuses 10 give us the
men necessary to man the ships re-
naming from the conference, declines
to provide coal for the fleet and COM
pels the navy to tie up to the docks at
our navy yards or to remain at anchor
with no drills or maneuvers to train
the personnel for battle.
Naual Heiplessness
In the mean time, while the House and
Senate are facing in opposite directions
in their naval policies, where is the
navy? 1t is between the upper and
neither millstones. 1t sees the country
threatened in the Senate with condi-
tions that are calculated to prom ote
war, but the House so shackles the navy
that it can do nothing to prepare itself
for war. Officers, midshipmen and en-
iioCC0 pei oOIlIiCi are lclC III SIdIo VI
bewilderment and suspense They are
threatened with retirement, unemploy-
ment or discharge. If it were pos
sible to demoralize, disgust and dis
courage the officers and men of a navy
men who have so recently acquitted
themselves with credit in war-such
would be the condition in our navy to-
day. AS far as Congress is concerned
there is no head, no legislative policy
turmoil.
The Remedy
1t is fortunate that the President and
the Secretary of the Navy are alive to
the seriousness of the situation. The
President has never had any illusions
on the subject of the navy and the
naval policy which the United States
should follow. He has favored limita-
tion of naval armament and the utm ost
economy also; but he has repeatedly
declared that the United States could
not safely Or wisely disarm completely
upon the sea. He has recently ex-
pressed himself as opposed to cutting
the personnel below $4,000 or $4,000
men. His position is unassailable.
The Secretary of the Navy and the
officers of the service generally have
loyalty accepted the DEGREES of the con-
ference in its limitation on capital
ships, and the Navy Department has
planned to develop, organize and en-
ploy the navy in such a manner as tc
give to all weapons their proper
weight in the navy of the future
Economy has been exacted in all de.
partments, and Congress has been asked
to provide only enough men to mar
the minimum of ships that the feet re-
quires on peace basis, with the neces
sary fuel to enable these ships to op
crate under the most economical regu
lations,
The navy can have but one hope a
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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-03

admiralty contracts, in his fine steam
yacht Jeanette, of over 1000 tons. 1t is
to be a leisurely cruise, extending to
roughly 10000 miles, in which many
unusual places are to be visited. AS an
engineer Sir Henry Livesey intends 10
spend good deal of time in studying
developments of engineering in the more
important countries at witch he touches.
Substitute For Tin-Expe1 iments of a
far-reaching nature are being conducted
at tinplate works at Swansea, having
for their object the Substitution of nickel
for tin with which tInplatas are coat
ed. A company has been formed TO de al
with the invention, under the style Of
the Steel Nickel Syndi 'Ate. a prominent
member of which is Henry Mon5, son of
Sir Alfred Mond. rhe production of
rustless plate is aimed at.
Wireless Use in Indus; Interest at
taches to the Forthcoming statement by
the postmaster general, on the govern
mert attitude regardins the use If wire
less in cases where it IL likely to prove
of value to trade and indusry IT the
present time the numoar # licenses fcld
by amateurs in this c)Jatry for exreri-
ments in reception s 1000, and in trans
rived from the fees is f3,265 andf355
respectively. The annual expenditure in
connection with the issue of licenses and
the inspection os stations is about f5,-
000.-London Chronicle.
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cities indicates Judgment Of high or

cities indicates Judgment of a high or
der.
IN view Of this agreement it seems
only probable that similar consideration
win be given to the protest that has been
made by the dean Of the foreign diplo-
mats against the position taken by Cen
eral Chang IN blocking traffic between
Picking and the sea, inasmuch as the al
tentative to it is the guarding OF the rail-
way line by forces of the allied nations,
which step would not be welcomed by
the Chinese
Much uncertainty has been felt regard
ing the safety Of the subjects of other
nations in Peking because Of what might
happen during fighting there, but the
agreement seems to lessen the danger
considerably provided there is continued
respect for the understanding that has
been reached.
From all indications fighting Of a Sc
we're character has taken place with
large casualties. How long it may take
to bring hostilities to an end no one can
tell except that the general who strikes
hard enough to cause Generalization in
the ranks Of the opponent is apt to SO
scatter the opposing army that OPPOSE
ton will quickly fade away.
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FAMOUS MEN.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, the New Eng
land poet, lived to the good old age of
IS years, and for practically three score
years and ten he was actively engaged
in his literary pursuits. He wrote his
first poems to attract attention while he
was still a schoolboy, his stirring poem,
"OId Ironsides,' having been produced
when he was only 10 years of age.
When the publishers of the Atlantic
Monthly" with which he was so long
connected as a contributor gave a
breakfast in his honor on his seventeen
birthday, August 29, 1879, at which
many literary celebrities were present.
he read his poem of THE Iron Gate"
which was written for the occasion. His
last volume of poetry, entitled, "Over
the Tea-Cups,' was published in 1890,
when the poet was 81 years of age.
"The Iron Gate has been called "the
finest creation of his genius" with the
exception of The Chanlbered Nauti1-
US"
DR.. Holmes may be said to have glided
gently and imperceptibly into the period
of old age. He came to it in excellent
condition, both of mind and body. He
had been Woodworking, but never really
overworked, and he had never taken eth
er work or play nervously or tensely.
DR.. Holmes resigned his professorship
of the Harvard Medical school in 1882.
when he was 70 years of age, and dur
ing the next fifteen years he continued
not only uniformly cheerful, but much
of the time Iighthearted and merry.
In the spring of 1883 the members OF
the medical professions of New York
gave dinner at Delmonicos in his hon
or Mr.. Edward Evarts, George Will
lam Curtis, Whitelaw Reid and others
spoke, and the doctor, of course, read
poem.
Even at this advanced age Dr. Holmes
began the writing of the lives of two
of his departed friends, John Lathrop
Motley, the historian, and Ralph Waldo
Emerson, the poet and essayist. He
went to the work with a full heart and
an ardent pen. He finished the second
of these two works in the autumn of
1884
Two years later, with his daughter
DR.. Holmes started upon a trip to
Europe He was absent four months
most of which was spent in England. He
is enjoying himself immensely" wrote
James Russell Lowell, "and takes as
keen an interest in everything as he
would have done at twenty" Upon his
return home he wrote the story of the
journey under the title Our Hundred
Days in Europe"
In March, 1888, DR.. Holmes began
his series Of papers "Over the Tea
Cups" In them. he still displayed adj
mirable qualities and their survival in
such freshness and luxuriance after
eighty years of life, was an occurance
nearly if not altogether unprecedented
| in liteuraure.
While DR.. Holmes was compelled to
give up writing a few years before his
death, it was not due to any impaired
| faculty of the mind. but Of the vi
sion It was question, he said. very
philosophicaHy, whether he should out
| last his eyes, or his eyes would outlast
him, and very narrowly it may be said
that the latter event fell out, and most
| happily so. DR.. Holmes was IS years
! Of age at the time of his death, oc-
| tober 7, 1894
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-03
PosrAL nmnoTE,1ENT.

Because OF the many campaigns which
IRE being conducted. the first week in
Way must be regarded as a popular
fns for this purpose and certainly it
must be agreed whether one IS particu-
lzrIy interested IN Cleanup work. the
salvation Army or Postal Improvement
week there IS On all Of the efforts some
Thing that cannot fail TO interest and
Arouse everyone.
Postmaster General Work in promot-
nr postal improvement understands the
situation that exists and the need that
prevails To- -etter use Of the facili-
Ties for handling the mall. His aim is
io get the employees Of the department
and the ones looking for service TO work
10 closely together that the failures
whtch now exist may be overcome and
That the postal service win become what
q should be at All times and in all re-
rrccts.
Seeing O. believing IS a well known
saying. and in Keeping herewith bust
necs men are being invited 10 visit the
post Offices IN the large cities for the
purpose Of seeing what conditions the
employees labor under and the opportu-
helping % relieve the congestion Of bus
mess a. certain hours and the absence d
anything 60 others.
Cooperation has done much in other
directions and Il can do much in this Il
ras found In washington that the vari-
sus departments of the government were
cot giving Consideration 70 the help they
uight be % the postoflce department
through early mailing o. such letters as
rere -sady. The habit had been TO leaT
EN- until closing hour and then dump
* great quantities. Of mail into the Of
Zee. calling Tor extra help for a few
iours but leaving the regular employee
rith uttlo 10 do at other times. Thii
rorhle was relieved and the despatch
81 mail Improved through getting It e
he oafce several tines n day when {
vas ready and the advantages Of doini
h's are now being presented to h
fountrr.
This IS only one of the many aids tina
IAN be rendered without as wei as with
the department to improved mail ser
ice and week may weH De spent Il
aTn- special attention TO such need
hat there may be p proper response dur
ur the remainder Of the year.
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90 NO BETTER THAN BUY

says a bulletin issued from the Wash
ington, D. c., headquarters of the Ma
tional Geographic Society. But in a
year or even few months, the ans
wefs may come in quarter-turns Of a
little black knob.
For radio is affecting geography as
it is affecting many other fields. If
you can hear voices and music and
perhaps even the hum of traffic in the
streets of a distant rity, that city
must straightway lose much of its
remoteness.
even today when radio telephony
is in its infancy and radio telegraphy
is merely a slightly older brother, our
own country seems to be shrinking
rapidly, and nations seem to be gravi-
tating closer together. 1t is as though
Europe and America, and present the
other continents, were being towed
toward one another by Tightening haw-
sers of ether waves. The capstan points
for these ethereal cables-the great
radio telegraph stations-take on a
new geographic interest.
Wave lengths are not an infallible
index to the power of radio station
nor to it's sending range, but they
indicated comparatively strength at
least roughly. The station which of
ali those in the world now regularly
uses the longest waves-23,000 meters
or approximately IA miles-is near
Bordeaux, France. 1t is the Lafayette
Station, built by the United States
Navy to facilitate Americas part in
the world war. and since sold to
France. This station which until re-
Gently was unchallenged as the world S
most powerful station, sends its tele-
graph messages with ease-and prac-
tically instantaneously, of course-over
the 1900 miles of water and land that
separate Bordeaux from washington;
and it has been heard occasionally in
French Indo China, 5000 miles to the
east.
"Lafayette's title to first place is
now challenged by a commercial sta
ton recently opened on Long Island
which, if it is not yet more powerful
will be when additional units are add
ed. This station sends on the second
| longest wave in use, $4,000 meters OF
nearly II miles, and is employed fol
| transmitting messages to Ger many
about 1000 miles away.
Although the United States Navy,
station at Annapolis Nd, is assigned
! a wave length of 17,145 meters( abou
! 10 IL miles,, the third longest in use
it is easily one of the worlds mos
powerful stations. For that matter
so is the Navy station at Cavite, Phil
Iippine Islands, operating on 1890
meters. The Navy depends ON the An
| napolis station-which is operated, in
cidentally, by remote control by mean
of keys in the Navy Building in Wash
I ington-to transmit messages day il
and day out over a radius Of abou
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-03

Heretofore Secretary Hughes of the
department Of state has made it clear
that those who want to trade with Rus
STA can do so, but they must not expect
this government to collect their bills.
Likewise he has indicated that there
was no chance Of the United States rec
ognizing the soviet government until that
government has demonstrated that it Is
worthy Of recognition.
That is much the same position that he
took as the result of a petition pre-
scented by a committee representing the
Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom asking for the recognition
Of the soviet regime. There is no one
who can overlook the deplorable plight
Of the Russian people and the need that
prevails in that country for improved
conditions through trade with and help
from the outside world but that doesn't
justify a recognition of the soviets. It
IS to be realized that the conditions in
Russia have resulted from internal
causes and it doesn't mean that an en-
dorsement of those who are responsible
for the situation there Is going to accom-
plish its correction. Recognition would
simply mean the paving of the way for
the continuation of conditions as nearly
like those that have prevailed there as
possible It would mean new lease of
life for the leaders.
What is needed is action on the part
Of the bolshevik leaders that will be suf-
fcient to convince this country that it is
worthy Of being given the help that
would result from recognition. It is
time for soviet Russia to show that it Is
entitled to recognition, that there ex-
lists good and sufficient reasons for 1t,
and when that Is done there need be no
question. But when we undertake to
rush in with recognition and aid, and re-
" upon the soviets to make the proper
response It Is to be realized that the In
ducement has been so seriously discount
ed as to wipe It out.
Secretary Hughes wisely declares that
when soviet Russia shows that it has
properly cleaned house we are ready TO
DO business with It but not until then.
It is stand in which he must be com
neuded.
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norwich wednesday. May 8. 1879.
CIRCULATION
WEEK ENDING APRIL 18th, 1922
1854


Tonight the citizens Of Norwich have
been summoned 20 meet in special town
meeting for the purpose OF determining
what SHAH be done here IN regard to
daylight saving.
There seem 20 be g large number who
desire q because with so many others
n'l about US setting their clocks ahead
Norwich IS out of touch with neiehboring
cities and states. out Of time with trans
r0rtation systems and the mail service
and making g. difficult for those who
come here from daylight saving commu-
mites 90 arrange their schedules accord
iueiy. They likewise Recognize the mer-
Zee q daylight SAVING as well as keep
iag ia step with other cities.
There are also those who oppose it for
personal reasons disreEar5ing the fact
lhaf whether daylight saving IS actual
ly adopted here or not there are certain
pubic services unon which business IN
general 90 q large degree depends that
have already gone onto daylight saving
schedules and wu continue such until
The last % September
There are 90 communities IN Connec-
lieut. chat are on daylight saving time
and Connecticut is surrounded by states
which are daylight savers. In Nassa-
rhurstts @ IS I'm accord with the law. In
New YORK. there ls local option with 10;
stiles and towns working on that basis
and o. estimate from so to 90 per cent
90 The people ~ Rhode Island and New
YORK are following daylight saving. Nea
Jersey for the most part viii be on day
reht saving time and in Pennsylvania
Including Phi'adsiuhia. there are ~ com
runltes which change their clocks.
Thus 90 appears that we are in the
rridsf o. a daylight saving section Of this
country and Il remains 90 be determined
whether we are 20 aid 10 making it uni
form OF whether we are going to insist
upon remaining isolated and out Of joint
win others 80 our own inconvenience
and fhe incouvenieucs of those who waHt
io come here 20 do business.
The special town uost'rr tonight vii
permit % an expression Of ths people. Il
should be a representative Fatherina
win fun opportunity for those who wani
lo be heard T. should not DO left for q
ieu &c decide whatever the decision IS
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The PORTEOUS & MITCHELL co.

$500 miles. This range includes the
extreme eastern end of the Meditef-
ranean Sea, and the same territory
can also be reached from the oppo-
site direction by the Philippine sta
ton.
1.-THE United States Navy has the
most complete system of high power
land stations for radio telegraphy OF
all naval establishments. Southwark
of the great Annapolis station it has
among its larger units the sending
plant at Cayey, Porto Rico. using a
1850 meter wave, and another at Bal
boa, Canal Zone. sending on 1910
meters. The eastern portion Of the Pa
cifi~ is covered from the continent
by station at San Diego, California
and another on Puget Sound. The for
mer uses waves of ESQ meters and
the latter of 400. in the Hawa. ian
Islands the Navy has two sending
stations, one using 1850 meters and
the other 1875. On Guam is naval
station which sends on s,145 meters
and finally, in the Philippines is the
1890 meter station which completes
the Nays band Of radio stations
around the world. In practically no
place where its ships are iikely to
cruise will they be out Of range OF
dots and dashes from one or more OF
the Nays sending stations.
THE British Navy does not main
tain a system Of land stations Of its
own but uses those of the British
Post Office. These postal stations prae-
tieally eneircle the earth, but they do
so in much smaller Jumps than those
of the United States Navy, and there
fore use less powerful stations.
"Of the twelve longest wave sta
lions which follow Annapolis, seven
are in the United States or its terri
i tories. They are commercial stations
at Barnegat, y. j. $500 meters' st.
James, Long Island, 16,4s5; Kohuku.
Hawaiian Island. 1890; and Tuekerton
N. j., 1890; the Navy station at Ca
vite, P. l.: and commercial stations
at New Brunswick. n. j.. 1850 met
| ters and BolInas. Cal, 1880 meters.
The five foreign stations in this group
are British stations at Leafield. near
Oxford. England, 1880 meters; and
Carnarvon. Wales. 14,40o meters; a
Dutch station in Java, 5000 meters;
a Japanese station at Iwaki, 10000
meters; and a French station at Nan
ties, France. 1880 meters.
There are only seven other impor
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tonight's Meeting on Daylight Saving

Tonight's Meeting on Daylight Saving
Mr.. Editor: The Massachusetts, legis-
lature has wisely made daylight saving
time a state law for the summer months
But the farmer bloc in the Connecticut
legislature whose constituency is only a
minority of our total population. making
them actually misrepresentation rather
than representatives said "We1l fix these
daylight savers. Well pass a law that
municipalities cannot change their clock
time" And they did. Thus we have a
beautiful EXAMPLE of imposing the will o.
the minority upon the majority
Now when a community proposes to ex-
ercise its right of local option, just as
many worthwhile cities in the state have
DONE isn't it amusing to find, in some
quarters, such a sudden respect for the
letter and spirit of the law. Would that
we might be as puhctilious as to letter
and spirit Of all laws.
In the Norwich town meeting Wednes-
day night. we are to have the opportunity
to vote upon something that win be for
the COMMON good of every business inte-
rest in Norwich. But again we hear tina
the minority will attempt to impose its
will upon the majority, that few out o.
the great ma ority of workers in Norwich
will attempt to keep this community an
hour behind the time that will prevail
practically all over New England, New
York and Pennsylvania.
Every business man. every manufac
turer knows the handicap that he will la
Dor under if daylight saving time is no.
adopted here. early closing of mails, early
closing of freights. the every day neces
sity of figuring just where he is at in
making business appointments and trans
acting business with outside places that
are on daylight saving time.
Back UP the Norwich women in tbs
meeting tonight and keep Norwich in tn
line of progressive towns in the state o
Connecticut.
FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
Norwich. May 2, 1922
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DEFECTIVE FIRE PREVENTION.

When State Forester Halves calls at
tention to the fact that the locomotive
is responsible for many Of the fires he
deals with a matter which has long been
understood There is a certain percent
age of the grass and woodland fires, and
a lesser number of building fires, which
are caused by sparks from engines, but
when he points out that defective spark
arresters on locomotives were RESPONSE
bic for a third Of the recent forest fires
in the state he puts his finger on CON
dition which ought to be remedied.
Some of the fires which are set by To-
comotives amount to nothing. There Is
not much at stake in such instances, but
there are times when valuable timber Is
liable to be destroyed and there are
plenty of instances where heavy losses
have been sustained. Whenever such
conditions prevail and are preventable
it is certainly high time that a full
measure Of prevention was applied
This is a season of the year when
damage is likely to be the heaviest 1t is
an unfortunate situation when it can be
said that appliances which are intended
to prevent fires through the checking Of
locomotive sparks are defective. If that
is not subject to revision as to the con-
dition Of the spark arresters the quicker
attention is directed to the correction Of
such defects the quicker will there be
shouldered the full measure Of response
bility. We cannot very well get along
without the locomotives but there seems
to be no good reason why defective ap-
planes for the prevention Of fires by
locomotives should not be replaced by
those that will do what is intended. Pro
perty owners are at least entitled to
: that protection.