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Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
ClLIClA

Cil,cia. one of the most important
regions of Asia Minor, from which
French troops are being withdrawn as
a result Of the much discussed agree
men tbetween France and Mustapha
Kemal Pasha, dictator of Asiaticl Tur-
key is the subject Of the following
bulletin from the Washington, D. c.,
graphic Society:
IF an artist, an engineer, a farmer
and a mining prospector were sent
out to find the most desirable region
in Asia Minor they probably would
come nearer to agreeing on Ciicia
than on any. other section says the
bulletin. In hardly any portion of
Europe or America has nature been so
generous as to this relatively small
area at the extreme northeastern cor
.ner of the Mediterranean; and though
man has not made the most of his
opportunities on the material side by
turning potential into. actual riches,
! 1t is onlya question of time-and per-
haps-of world ipolitics-nntil he will.
Along most of the southern coats
of Asia Minor the 1owlands form a
very narrow strip. Near the extreme
northeastern corner of the Mediterra-
mean, however, at the southern base
of the Asia Minor peninsula, the, sea
plain broadens out forming fairly
level region more than IS miles long
and from 20 to so miles broad. At
the seas corner the highlands close
in again, and the coast through Sy-
ria and Palestine for 500 miles 10
Egypt is rugged except for, occasional
narrow strips. Cilicia, therefore, is a
sort of coastal oasis. 49,
/ Back Of 1.-THE Chilean plains rises
"a
tains from ! whose heavily wooded
slopes timber has been taken for ages
to meet the needs of treefess Egypt
and relatively ueeless Syria. From
the Taurus flow numerous streams the
year round watering the fertile plain
| and making possible extensive irriga-
ton whenever the necessary dams
and canals shall be furnished. Even
under the bfghting rule of the Turk
and with the handicap of semi mo-
madic, semi agricultural populace,
which has let much of the country
become swampy,, Cilicia has produced
good crops of rice maize, sugar cane,
fruits tobacco and cotton, Its climate
and soil are especially good for the
production Of the latter crop.
Some of the streams flowing from
the high Taurus offer excellent op-
portunities for power development, and
IN the mountains is much uneapped
mineral wealth. The Taurus are IA
NOUS for their scenic beauty and they
have been a practical>>boo through
the centuries to the city folk who
have dwelt in the Cilician plains since
the beginning Of recorded history. Vii
las were constructed among the foot
hills and in the pleasant valleys that
extend upward intb the mountains
in both the Greek and Roman eras.
In this favored region the Germans
planned ito create a great base for
the realization Of their dreams of ex-
pansion into the East.
The Taurus have formed in their
time one Of the most important miN-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05

New York. Jan. "A hitch in the
proposed three cornered trade of
baseball players, involving the Wash
ington, Boston and Philadelphia teams
OF the American League, by which
Roger Peckinpaugh, former captain Of
the Yankees, would become manager
! OF the Senators, developed today at
q conference between Clark Griffith,
owner OF the capital club and Harry
Erazee, head Of the Red Sex.
Griffith came to New York especial
, ly. 70 talk over the deal with Frazee
and returned to Washington withou.
any definite understanding having
been reached. Fl
Frazee stated after the conference
! that there was nothing he. could say
other than that. the proposition had
not gone through, and that 1t remain
ed for Griffith to make the next move
LIT was understood that both club
owners had been in communication
with Connie Mack, who is in Texas
and that word was being awaited from
him before the transaction could be
consumnnAted.
The trade was said to include send
ing Joe Dugan to the Red Sox and
joe Judge and Outfielder Bing Mil
Ter TO the Athletics. Other players al
so were reported to be involved.
Later Mr.. Frazee said that Mr.. Crit.
fifth advised him that he could obtair
| Dugan from the Philadelphia club, ant
trade him to Boston for Peckinpaugh
The Boston magnate declared that M
wanted additional players and tina
Mr.. Griffith's refusal to make Z J
trade other than on even farms caused
The hitch.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05

tary frontiers in the Old World. They
were practically impossible except
through a deep gorge known as the
beasts of burden, ran in a narrow
stream bed. But more than 400 years
before Christ some nameless De Les
seps constructed a roadway through
the defile for wheeled vehicles. a work
which probably changed the whole
course of history in that part of the
world. Cilicia becani, the halfway
house for commerce between Egypt,
Syria Arabia, Mesopotamia and even
the Far West on the one hand, and
the Greek and Roman worlds en- the
other. Almost exactly over this great
caravan route the famous Bagdad
Railway has been constructed in late
years making Cilicia again an inn
portant way station. British soldiers,
! prisoners of the Turks, performed
much of the labor in. constructing the
difficult section OF the road through
| the Taurus.
Whether conquest ebbed eastward
or westward Cilicia was sure to be in
its path. The Persians held the coun-
| try 1000 years before Christ. Keno
phon and Cyrus passed that way.
Alexander came through the gates 10
Cilicia in 1913 B. C. and defeated Da-
RUS on the plain of Issas. After has
death a. Greek kingdom sprang UP
there. Rome. set up her standard in
Cilicia in N1oS B. c., to remain for
several hundred years. Tarsus, the
home of st. Paul, was the principal
city of Cilicia in, Roman times. II
was made free city by Mark An
tony; and there he was visited by
Cleopatra.
| w. 6,I -.
ownership of Cilicia, retaining con.
troll from the seventh to the tenth
centuries. During this period Byzanti.
UNI held sway beyond the Taurus, ant
the Cilician Gates.
formed the bulwark Of Christendon
against the Moslems. 10
frances interest in Cilicia, which
was recognized after the World Wa
when she was given a mandate To-
part of the territory, may be traced I,
the Crusdes. A Frank Kingdom wa
i maintained in Syria for more than
: hundred years in the twelfth AM
thirteenth centuries. Prior to ,tti
llarge numbers of Armenians had NOV
ed from the north because of Turkisl
encroachment, and had set up tn
kingdom of Lesser Armenia in Cilicia
: With this Christian kingdom tn
Franks.
= After. the Turkish Empire game
control of .Cilicia in the sixteenth cen
tury the Armenians In the population
suffered much at the hands of tn
Moslem fanatics. Adana, chief moder
ciey of the plain, has been the see
of one bloody massacre after anothe
in which woman and children as we
as men have been slaughtered by tn
thousand =.
Keen memories of the massacre c
1903 when the Young Turk moyemer
arose. of that during the World Wa
when the British left Gahpoli, and es
pecially of that of 1919 to celebrat
J the growing power of Mustapha Ke
NAL Pasha, are no doub irresponsible
for the fears of the Christian inhabi
tants of Cilicia as the French evacu
! ate the territory and leave the coun
try. to occupation by the 'Kemalists
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
JACK FROST

Jack Frost is an embarrassing Wis
itor if he comes too early or stays
too late, but in the main hes a bene<
ficent old duffer, and not the enemy
of plant life that he is supposed to
be, according TO an article in the Jour-
nal of Agricultural Research, written
by F. W Coville, botanist of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. The article records a series of
experiments with. healthy blueberrJ
plants, and shows the relation, of
freezing winter temperatures to plant
growth in the spring. One fact stands
clear in the result-the dormant con-
dition OF the plant in winter is not the
result OF cold and freezing; on the
other hand, ciod stimulates the revi-
val OF life in the plant when spring
comes again, it is said
Such an explana ton Of the effect of
cold is new to the everyday reader.
WHO is used to looking upon winter
air as detrimental to plant life, fore
ing the shrub Into dormant state
scarcely better than death. But heal
thy, husky blueberry/ bushes which Mr..
Coville sheltered in his greenhouse
went to sleep just the same, despite
the fact that. the air. was kept at a
| growing temperature. The shrubs. he
admits didn't go to bed so early as
! they did when Jack Frost useG TO hur-
ry them off, but go to sleep they did.
Their leaves dropped off, and in the
warm greenhouse the plants went into
dormant condition exactly like that
| of others outside in the cold and snow,
Moreover, they were late in. waking
when spring. came. Some, indeed. slept
through the whole year. -
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
YALE HAS GOOD ARRAY
OF FAST SWIMMERS

Yale university Will place another for
nidable swimming team in the field this
year andNshould have little tro.ble hide
Tending successfully the national coilegi-
ate championship won so brilliantly last
winter.
AmoRg-the crack sprintergs still avail
able are three of flle stars wh9 were
chiefly instrumental in shattering several
varsity and worlds relay records in 1920
21, Captain C. D. Pratt, Lening, Jelife
and Robert Solley. Other sterling candi-
gins, Colgate, Frost and Stewart. so Yale
Is exceptionally well heeled for the so,
100 and relay swins
In line for the 22o yard event stand
Pratt, Marshall and Cook. whose times
for the distance have MT been beaten so
far by any representative of a c51lege
entered and for the team championship
series and slated for the rGungeS are
GUERNSEY the ablest glider in the ranks
CT the league last year and Wood, Coop
er and Roberts, pIungers of title caliber
also
For fancy diving the blue have in train
ing a$fine group ef expert springboard
artists headed by John Pollard present
intercollegiate champion. Brane, McAllum
and Prince, in particular ara doing superb
work at '1ract4ce and should be reliance
point winners.
Taken as whole the Eli squad har-
bors potential victors for every contest
! on the regulation list and its prospects
are brighter in that second string men, vir-
tually as GOOD as the regulars will be
ready to step into tho breach If circum-
tstances made it necessary.
Yale's outlook for water poo is dis
tinctly prohlematieal. however The OILY
| players with varsity exp r-e-c4 havipe
reported t. date are Usher, the new cap
! tain, Jeliffe, Or-hv-e-n and Higgins AS
a result Coach T1Ii@Nuth faces the task OF
| develo1ing sev = forwards and hacks
/ fro nxather green material, not an easy
matter in water colo. Still, New Hsver
has succeeded in the rast in buldins
strore teams at short notice, 50 it may &C.
con-0lish the feat again, for there's
nlentv Of promising timber available thi:
season.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
EGGS FIGHT WITH Moss

A French naturalist recently had
the rare opportunity. of observing an
intensely interesting struggle between
an egg and a moss pant
The egg was that Of a lizard which
had been deposited on q cushion of
moss. II was inciosed by a white pro-
tecdve covering of leather-like tough
ness.
The moss on which the tip of the
egg rested secreted at the point of
contact a substance that gradually dis
solved the leathery shell of the egg.
When there was no longer any re-
sistance the stem of the moss plant
penetrated the shell and sent its
branches through the substance of the
egg. emerging at the opposite end
But the egg was equal to the erner-
gency. It eyeloped. the stem of the
moss inside the egg with a membra-
nous coating that formed an insulat-
ing tube around the intruder.
/, Then the moss sent out side ORANGES
through the, egg, traversing it, but
these were made innocuous by an al
luminous coating.
7 In>spite of this struggle against the
fntruding moss, the lizard embryo de-
veloped to all appearances normally,
and finally emerged from Its prison
Observation-Disclosures
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
FINANCIAL AND Commercial.
MARKET WAS IRREGULAR.

NeW York. Jan. 4.-Uncertkin tenden-
.eiss prevailed in the stock market today,
Although prices strengthened in the af-
terDoo1 in response to easy money and
the support accorded selected issues.
such as sugars. textiles. tobaccos and
chain store and mail order specialties.
Dealings we're extensive. approximate
ny s5oAhn shares but very large pro-
portion OF the business converCed around
less than score Of dealers comprising
chs oil; moor. rubber. steel and equip
mont divisions.
Sentiment continued 10 be svayed nv
the Chicago banking episode ami the
less favorable aspects Of the industrial
situation. eSnec'allv as affecting the au-
tannob5i= ard allied trades
General Motors vas offered in single
lots ranging u to lo.eoo s',ares at the
general list n the short covering of the
fgaI hour. Directors OF General Motors
were, in session long after the close q
she MARKET 10 consider action on the sew
s-al civsdends.
Motor accessories es7ec:aliy ruhhers
ee-e under increased preseu-e in conse-
oasffe Of yesterdays omission Of the
Keiiy-S7ringheld stock dividend. Ship
nin=s Chemicals ard numerous miscella-
neeus Erares denoted little more than
casual support and rails coalers exeeTe+-
ed. we're releEated to ohscurity.
TIE money market again was the
greatest source Of encouragement tc
bulEsh initiative. Call loans dropped
from ) IL per cent 10 per cent al
midday and were literally su-olied a
-e- cent. In th- last half Of the SEES
siou-
Dealings in foreign exchange wer,
hight the London rate easing Only slight
y. All other continental bills except
Belgian francs were lower by two IL
twenty points.
Irregular conditions featured the mod
erztely large dealings n bonds. Liber
y issues showed triains gains anc
lesses and a similaS- tone marked thu
rEd-ns IN rails. Forecasts pointed t.
The successful hotation Of the new $40,
100000 Dutch East Indies loan Tota
sales st7ar vafuEQ aggregated s16i25e,
leo-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05

attendance records fell but little below
those of 1920 and had the rotation of
Sundays been favorable, new record
would have undoubtedly been made.
Many young and promising players are
being developed In our league and there
should prove strong attraction next
summer.
| Fewer HoIdouts Expected
"Contractual relations with the players
will be more Harmonious and there will
! not be the ,holdouts which Helped towreck
the early season chances of teams las.
spring. expect to see better pitching
during 1922 and Consequently closer
games, We are, also looking forward to
some form of agreement regardinenas bet
! ter drafting system with this minors.
| These are some of the things which
lead me to express the opinion that there
| will be no dinainuatten of Interest in base
! ball next summer. Taere are likely to
be other factors of Importance develop
to be held In NeweY DIRK on February, which
will have an influence in Increasing the
interest in the game.
| With the New York Nationals in the
role Of Worlds champions this feature
/ alone should prove an attraction In the
National league and boom to baseball
in the cities of our circuit Speaking
of the World Series remindssne that Will.
the senior league favored retention o
the nine game series We have not los
sight of the fact that a reduction to sever
games will go a long way toward meeting
the objection of certain fraction Of tn,
fans who protested that attendance ant
gate receipts were rapidly cvershadowin!
the original idea of the series 1. e. to de
ternine the best team in the major league
at the end of each season.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
90 score Miss Helen Boice made I of the

90 score Miss Helen Boice made Z. of the
. points registered by her team.
one'of the strings of the O'Connell
deal is said to involve the future purchase
by San Francisco of fur Giants. Per-
haps McGra% will be able to get back
ute slice of that $4,000 in this way.
Harry Stout, manager of Jay Lannhan.
wefterweight, had to call Off three match
es on account of Lanahan breaking two
knuclkles of his right hand. Lanahan
will be seen in action in about three
weeks
Harry Frnzee will not comment on the
proposed triangular trade that would
send Roger Penckinpaugh from the Red
SoX TO Washington as aptatn and man
ager of the Senators, and Joe Dugan from
the Athletics to the Red Sox.
Pitcher Dave panforth recently traded
by the ColunotSs Clue (Americsn Asso-
ciation) to the St Louis Browns has an
nounced that he will not report unless he
gets part of the rnoney-he( says figured in
the deal He has notified the Colzrribus
club Of his intentions he says. y
| Champion johnny Buff wa offered q
match with Joe Lynch at the Garden. but
| his manager, Yev Diamond. demanded a
guaranty Of $4,000, with the option of
,,.37 1-2 per cent Bluffs manager claims
! he has an offer. for three fights in Eng
| land.
Mickey Travers of New Haven squared
accounts with Red Chapman Of CreIsea
i'm their return clash at Bost.n. Thurs
day night, winning the decision over
Chapman IN one of the fastest hitting
Contests between little fellows on the
nights calendar.
In Offering $4,000 to Kilbane to box a
little match with Charley Beecher, Phi
Bernstein named 126 pounds as the weight
i This now being the official featherweight
limit all over. the world. Bernstein told
Kihane that 126 was the Walker law
provision KiE5ane declined and said hi
would defend his title only at II:
pounds ringide.
| II may he generally known that Ralpl
SINNERS, the young outfelder for whom
the Giants paid fancy prizes. IN players
and money not long ago was turned dowr
EcoId when he asked for a trial with tn
Milwaukee, cl,ro. his home town team, IL
the spring OF 1920. The Browns t5sset
some $4,000 over. the left shoulder, TO
that is sIsproxinately what McGraw ga3i
4 Indianapolis for. SINNERS.
I Out In San Francisco they have starte,
a symposium to determine whether jim
O'Connell is entitled to any part of tn
j $4,000 the Giants paid the Seals for tn
young star So far, the ayes see:ll to fav'
it. although the San Francisco club ma.
have a:mething to say about tne matter
:, All Eof which, however, is OF no concerl
whatever to John J. McGraw-
A new record for woren's pedestrian
in Panama has been established by Aim:
Mann. 12 years old, who walked thrt ugl
the Canal Zone from ocean to ocean,
distance of approximately so miles. i,
is hours and IS minutes actual watkins
time an average Of about three miles a.
hour. Miss Mann, who is the younges
girl to undertake the feat. .also hollis tn
/ Canal Zone women CHAMPIONSHIPS 70
, high and fancy diving and swimming.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
.cH1cAao GRAM MARkEr

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Readiness with
which all margin calling was met today
on change even where the amounts de-
nanded were excessive. had a decided
~ stimulating effect on the grain mar
kets here. Wheat closed strong at to
rs cents net higher with May III Ia
to Ill SIS and July 1.o1 to 1.o1 1-8.
Corn gained 1 3-s 20 / 5-s; oats rs to
1c and provisions Ia to 20 cents.
Tbs fact that runnors Of impending f.
nancial trouble for board Of trade firms
had ins every instance failed to be sub
stantiated and that ample funds were
shoTn TO be available led to general
buying and sharp advance as soon as
the wheat market opened Belief ap-
peared to be widespread that yesterdays
selling was much overdone, and as a
consequence the pit t8day was at time.
almost bare Of offerings Another BULL
Ssh influence was gossip that export bus
mess on a ltberal scale was h, progress
and that purchases, for Europe during
Yesterdays depression amounted to L.
100000 bushels.
Notwithstanding irregllarity In the
hog market provisions rejected the up-
: turn Of grain values.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
HARVARD TO ENTER RELAY
TEAM IN MiLLRoSE MEET

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. Harvard
will enter relay team at the Millrose
A A. track games in New YorkN'eb-
ruary l, it was announced here tonight.
The Crimson team will enter one of
the medley relay events.
On February 4 Harvard will meet
Kale in two mile relay atN the B.
A. A games at the Boston Arena. AL
so on the programe for that date are
q one mile relay with Massachusetts
institute of technology and a fresh
man one mile relay between Harvard
and Yale
Dartmouth and Cornell will be zen
countered In triangular meet at Me
ehanlcs Building, Boston, February
%, for the final event of the indoor
| season.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
MAJOR LEAGUES TO START
SEASON ON APRIL 18TH

Frenchlick, Ind, Jan. WITH April
II decided on as the opening date
for the American and National Lea
CUES and the usual schedule calling
for 154 games fixed the meeting OF
the schedule committee of the major
leagues, adjourned here late today. The
season will end October /.
Those attending the meeting were:
President Heydler of the National Lea
que and President johnson of the
American League, Barney Dreyfuss
president of the Pittsburgh club of the
National League and William Harridge
secretary to B. B. Johnson, president
Of the American League. :
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
SAKE SCHAEFER TIC


Play IN NEW HAVEN
Jake Schaefer, worlds charpion 1872
balkiine billiard player, and Willie Hoppe
the man Scilaefer recently orsted from
the title throne-are to display their not
able skill on the green .e,cth Before New
HxTenl sport lovers within a period OK
six days. Horpe will perform the after
noon of January s while Sehasfer is to ex-
IhEbit on January -. 1t will be a fire OPP
portunity to ccmpare the play of both men
Hoppe will play an exhibition match
with his travelling partner Charley Peter
son, afternoon and evening blocks. Peter
son has been traweling with Hoppe for
several seasons and is capable of giving
| the ex-clarnp a, lively tuss,e. In addition
Peterson gtves his usual interes. ing and
amusing, ehtbiti:n Of fancy shots.
schaefer will oppose Roger Cont. the
billiard king of France, who is accomp-
anying Schaefer on the latter's triumph
ant tour of the country and is providirs
some fine opposition for him in their
ma tches. The new champion is sure to
| draw a fine crowd and hilliardists from
all parts Of the state will be on hand to
see him in action
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-05
McCAFFERY rs I'LL ..
AT ATLANTIC CITY

James j. Mceaffery, president of the
Toronto baseball club, is seriously i'll at
Atlantic City n, j., according to word
received Tuesday evening by Lawrence
Solmon, elu9o trea surer- Mr.. Solmor said
that re2<rts received by him indicated Mr..
Mccafferyy might not 1--we through The
night.
Mr.. McCaffery has been ia4roor health
for about two years. About eighteen
months ago he suffered a slight stroke of
paralysis and has been partly Unexpected
ever since. He has been president of the
Toronto club fr nezrly twenty vars, and
during that tine the club has won five
league cha mpionshfps