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Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18

he traverses this forest You are hem
 med in by. thickets which prevent you
 from pentrating the green depths on
 dense canopy of foliage overhead forbids
 an untrammeled view of the heavens to
 the eyes so wearied with eternal green
 'Hemmed in thus animal life Is scarce
 ly discernible. but monkeys break the silence with their chatter, butterflies of
 infinite variety and color fiutter about
 the occasional open places. and con- quering hordes of insects hold undis-
 puted sway. Here the ants abound
 Whites ones build curious structures against the trunks of trees Others pa- tiently carry the earth, bit by bit. to
 the treetops to fashion strange house es that often suggest some weird anil
 nal about to spring upon. his prey. Forming the northwestern boundary of the territory is the great Congo riv- CT, sometimes spreading out to five miles wide Unfortunately for it's com mercial value this river breaks into a series of falls when It pierces through the Crystal Mountains from, the great central plateau of Africa to the At lantic. These rapids extend for near 1 " 200 miles from Matadt to Leopold vile. To circumvent this barrier a rail- road was constructed from Ma4adi to Stanley's Pool.
 "Few more than 5000 white people live in the Belgian Congo. Estimates of the native population range between ten and twenty millions. These natives, for the most part, are either of the Bantu race
 or pygmies."
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cnossrsoe srnL pAxoEnous.

Tha summer week-ends are passing. but the last one collected big toll at the rallroad crossings as wen as from rScEiess driving.
 Six lives were snuffed out in Maine at . blind crossing because there was a failure to observe the warning, Stop, Look. Listen" It was apparently one more of those cases where the thought vas upon reaching a destination or hav- ing a fine time after getting there. ra- ther than on the danger involved in get ling over q railroad track.
 That it was blind crossing furnished all the more reason for the exercise of cara The degree of care ought not te vary much at any crossing for 1t Is a place where the greatest effort Is none too much in view of the price that is too often exacted for failure to give proper protection to self and others.
 That there should be an eagerness tc work in cooperation with the warnings placed at crossings or with the tenders must be apparent to most users oF the highways, but that Saturday night affaIl where four escaped with their lives only to have their machine wrecked at a HAhA0cA 4@CSAS ClOoSAAlS lHu4CAJGS LudL 2 driver cannot be too careful. In this in. stance the driver was allowed to go by one gate only to find his exit blocked by the other and the train coming. SucF a situatton seems difficult to explain from the standpoint of the gate tendel whose act would seem to have entrappeI he auto party.
 When there Is any chance of encoun tsrfng train 1t is preferable to lose ch, minute or two that has to be sacrificed 10 watch the locomotive and cars pas. han to take chances.
 Every crossing accident or fatalit, Ihould serve as a warning to all others There Is no telling when like orcum rances may be encountered as long al dangerous crossings exist. Care is tn, Text thing to elimination, and it ts witt interest that highway users learn tha thu pubnc utilities commission is plan ming the elimination of three of thos it considers the worst.
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PUBLIC MUST BE SERVED.

The situation in regard to the rropo- sltion that has been put forth by Pres tdent Harding for the arbitration of the coal strike Is that it has been accepted by the anthracite operators and mos. of the bituninous operators. but has tten declined by the miners. That means that the effort has failed to bring about the results that have been de- sired It means that the miners are un- w;.'ing to submit the questions in dis putf to the decision of eonmls5ien namd to hear and decide upon the facts. It means that they give no con sideration to public welfare and that the only thing that win get their en- dorsement Is the yielding to their de- mands This clearly placed the burden of responsibility upon the miners fact which the president declared, when they declined to agree to arbitration, he hoped they fully realized.
 Coal production is necessary. and ir view of the fact that the miners have declined to arbitrate there remains noth- ing else to do but to endeavor to gel it. That this Is to be done Is indicated | by the invitation extended by the pres i ident to the coal miners to reopen the mines that have been closed since thc 1 first of April, and the reply of thu head of the operators to the effect that this would be done in the way that seemed best.
 Under the circumstances it is to b. expected that any trouble that result. from the effort to resume production that coal shortage may be avoided will get whatever protection is needed from the government. Naturally i would be expected that the respectiv' states would stand in the way of disor ders but it is not always possible t obtain the response that the situation calls for and whenever that situation develops there is the plain duty of tn federal government to let it be knowl that it means business
 Whatever action the president may b required to take will be, as he has tndi cated, for public welfare and nationa security, and under the circumstance there would be nothing but public sup port back of such action as the situa tion calls for. Public service cannot b blocked. The holdup has continued lon | enough.
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WHERE UNIFORMITY IS NEEDED


 For the purpose of overcoming incen- Eistencies and ending irritations efforts have been repeatedly made to obtain a greater degree of uniformity relative 10 laws among states of New England. The need of a move of this character is frequently disclosed but unfortunately matters cf that character are apt to move slowly because of the unwilling ness of stsies to abandon practices to which they are accustomed but which would simplify matters for much Treater number if there were a uniform ty of laws by the several states con corning similar questions.
 Highway regulations have been found 10 be one thing in Connecticut, some. hing else in Rhode Island and vary il about every state visited, making il next to impossible for the travellers tC know when they are respecting or vlo. latlng the laws even though 1t is theil desire to obey them. An unpleasant mixup in this respect As that which has developed betweer Massachusetts and Maine. In the lat ter state It Is provided that all notol trucks must pay a license fee. This il iztertseted to mean that all visitinl e@an@ Aro in1lnAAA .n-.A st1.-a sn~.A~ -4---
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INSIDE SECRETS

'aThis Abalona Spotts who Is visiting our Bueua," began the family man. who was putting four Jumps of sugar in his breakfast ceftee-t'isn.t she the prettiest thing you ever saw, afsar our own child of eoursef Last night at dinner thought had never seen anything so perfect ]! Her hair-her lovely compiexion-'t
 You never did" agreed the family mans wife. deftly ahstracting the sugar bowl and hiding 1t behind the toastraek, sNo human being. until this last year or so, has ever beheld anything 50 re- markable as these girls. And 1t IS going to work large havoc among the trusting youths of the day who behold these fair creatures, looking as though they al. ways had looked this way since the be ginning of time and were going to cons tinue in the good work.
 'sIt Is going to be an awful blow when they come home from toll early some night on the day the twins have been teething, the cook has left and the pa perhangers have come, and find their adored Cienatis with straight. stringy hair, q red nose and an old wrapper just slung on anyhow, trying to cook g beefsteak. hear Jimmy say his prayers and clear up the paper paste before ths baby eats 1t. You see, when the real
 business of fife begins for them they ars
 not going to have the required amount of time to devote to upholstering, var. nishing and tinting themselves. Have you any idea, Hosea, the hours 1t takes l them to produce the finished product vol so admire?"
 well, but every woman has always
 had to wash her face and comb hel
 hair"
 'aThey intensity the process now" hi wife told him kindly. T think 1t wa. about o'clock yesterday that Abalons
 and our child yawned, abandoned tn
 jazz records and said they might as wei start dressing for the evening. Tn tn course of doing half days work fl l four hours I caught frequent glimpse l of their arduous efforts
 They began not by letting down thei hair, that old-fashioned preliminary t renovation. but by carefully pinninl towels tightly around their mareels, l think Abalona stuck little combs all owe her head to shape her permanent way before she enwreathed herself in tn towel. They then sort of shucked thei l limp little one-piece dresses and clinnbe into kimonas, curled up on the couc
 and discussed practical things such a
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Today's Anniversaries

17S7-Congress ratified the treaty of peace with Morocco. lS6S-The Atlantic and St. Lawrence railroad, from Portland to Mon- treal, was opened to traffic 1S54-Tom L. Johnson, congressman mayor of Cleveland, and noted ad- vocate of the single tax, born at Georgetown, Ky. Died at CIeve- land, April 10. 1911. 1S72-Attempted assassination of the king and queen of Spain. 1s77-At the request of the governor of West Virginia; President Hayes ordered federal troops to Martins burg to quell the railroad strike riots.
 18s8-Teroentenary of the destruction of the Spanish Armada eelebrat- ed at Plymouth, England. 1909-Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davis, died at Colo rado Springs 1s19-London presented General Persh- ing with sword and the freedom of the city
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A TARIFF COMPASSION.

The idea of revised tariff commits sion that would be non partisan and that would ike rates on scientific basis is nothing new. It has been urged for years. A tariff commission has in fact been established that t might work up on such problems without political bias and give the benefit of their study to congress when the time came for the making of tariff changes.
 Such a commission is in position to ascertain the facts and act upon them in their recommendations without being swayed by what might happen to them as candidates at a coming election. But it has not been the experience of the country with a tariff commission that ii has been able to function and have its conclusions accepted. Even though the findings of the commission were avail able for the use of congress, it has been the experience that they got little or nc attention unless they happened to ac- cord with the views of whichever party 1 happened to be in power
 In urging the reorganization of tht tariff commission Senator Frelinghuyser isn't standing alone. There are othe: senators who take much the same view that he does and believes that a great waste of time and far more satisfac- tory results could be obtained by actual. ly getting away from unsatisfactors methods and resorting to means that will stand whatever tests are applied tc them and make it evident that some thing more than political claims are be hind the rates that are being sought and that something more than partisan ship must be displayed in such attack! as are made against them. Whether ; tariff commission can be obtained tha will be any more effective than what W, have had remains to be seen.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JULY 18th, 1922
 11,695
RESPONDING TO Drrr AND DODO.

lNG.
 Marked ss the contrast between the manner in which the govs-Gor of Kan Has Is responding to the need of main ta4ning law and order wn :h v.oiercs is d;sp.ssto '7 hat 0: the g.Ve;pc' of Texas. and this Is illustrated by the ex- perienen of one railroad which passes through both states.
 When 1t became evident that the op- eTation of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad was to be interrupted by action of the strikers, the governor of Kansas recognized the necessity of giv- ing protection to the public and prevent ing the interruption of transportation. It was through his prompt action in calling out the state militia that the threatened violence was discouraged. It vas a move that was for the good of all. What that action has prevented nc sas can tell. but 1t Is we'll enough that h has served as a notice that disorders would not be tolerated.
 Down in Texas the situation is decid- edly different With the railroad shops and yards threatened by the strikers guards were placed therein. but they have been driven from their posts and a@auited and murder has been com Hsitted besides a serious interference ir shs operation of trains. Appeals have bean made to the governor of Texas te euralEh protection by calling out the ytaAs troops but he has refused to thus Bafeguard the property of the railroad CT the lives of the people of that state Texzs. through its governor. thus gtvei the impression that nothing will be done as . commonwealth to suppress sucf mob Tuia- WhsthsF this Is because ar slsct1on wfn take pAacs in the near flu, dlra. or because the executive is weak hnsed lt presents q deplorzble situation md to . Notwithstanding constituency i O1ghf to be the best kind of evtdenci Ihat Tezzs has the wrong man for gov 1rnor.
 It 10 . sftuE1aon where state author. Rty could easliy handle the situation and render servics to the general public When it fails it means that the fedora government must be relied upon and g. soon as l. Is definitely determined that rexss is hopeless the government should ncs promptly.
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what salaries their most attractive beaus drew and just how frequently they ought to count on theater and dinner invitations.
 Meanwhile they were smearing their faces with cold cream, messaging It in well. It had to stay fifteen minutes, and while they waited they turned on rec , ord and toddled. Then they carefully
 wiped of the cream and went into close communion with handmirrors and bright light With a broken-hearted shriek Buena announced that she had ' found a wrinkle. real wrinkle abafs 1 her left eye, and she dashed for an
 astrfngent which sine applied
 .'Then they both darted for the ice chest and abstracting large chunks mas saged their faces for ten minutes with I amazing results. They blooned like the rose and assured me 1t would stay on for several hours, but just to be sure they should not entirely abandon the rouge pot Buena remarked that natural I color certainly did look crude these days. "After which they each had a not bath and a cold shower, a talcurn dust and a saehet sprinkle. Utterly exhausted by now they lay down g short while, con- ferring on the relative value of true love without money or millions and q husband who might be fat and short
 sThen they arose and with the aid of triple mirrors, applied powder, rouge. more powder. rubbed 1t off and put 1t on again; eyebrows were plucked and brushed and darkened and lashes coaxed
 and then their hair occupied their un- divided time for an hour.
 Tt looks simple their hairdress
 doesn't 1t? We'll, let me tell you that
 1t takes chart. a surveyors rod. a
 n1athema&ician's mind and hope and faith
 to make it. T think they say frantic prayers while they divide and twist and roll and puff and pull in and wave the wave out and climb into hairnet
 'rwhen they put on their silly little
 wisps of dresses the dinner gong struca
 and the reason they were late was tha'
 they had to do the powder-rouge-pewdel l trick all over again and twist around 1T front of the long mirror six times apiec' , to be certain they were all right O course they were marshmallow dream when they appeared!"
 'rWen I vum!'' said the interested . family man. And sort of thought i 1 just was natural for 'em to look fix l that! Say, what joke on their beausi , '-Exehange.
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uueathed the territory to his country in his will.
 Before Leopolds death the contFo- versy over harsh treatment of the na tives who were pressed into service as rubber gatherers became a top of discus sion all over the civilized world. Mission aries and foreign consuls complained of the outrages. The system by which taxes were payable only in rubber, and the practice of holding women as hostages when such payment was not made, was liable to abuse.
 One especially severe criticism was signed by Consul Easement at Boma- later Sir Roger Easement who was hanged for conspiring against the British in Ireland. Belgians averred that the 1 agitation about those abuses followed i suspieiously close upon reports of the dis
 eovery of gold. While Leopold denied the right of foreign powers to interefere in his | Continued assertion that measures of re-
 lief were not applied led to the cessien of Congo Free States in 1910
 l Belgian Congo Is a bowl-like plateau, criss-crossed by rivers. polka-dotted by throughout with the equatorial forest. i The veritable jungle of this humid will
 derness surpasses any meaning the tenn perate zone dweller attaches to the word i forest
 Into these primeval fore5.s. Living
 stone wrote, the sun, though vertical,
 cannot penetrate, except by. sending down
 at midday thin pencils of rays into the
 gloom The rain water stands for months
 in stagnant pools made by the feet of el- ephants. The climbing plants, from the
 size of whipcord to that of man-of- war's hawser, are so numerous. that the
 ancient path is the only passage.
 More recent explorers have com
 mented especially upon the dire depres- sion which besets the white man when
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18
Today's Birthdays

Lord Atholstan. Montreal publisher and philanthropist, born in County Huntingdon, Quebec, "A years ago to- day.
 Senor Frederick A. Pazet, Peruvian Am bassador to the United States. born in the Peruvian legation in London, 63 years ago today.
 Samuel W. stratton, director of the U. S. Bureau of Standards, born at Litch- field, H., 61 years ago today.
 Mrs Richard Derby, formerly Miss Ethel Roosevelt, born in New York city, 32 years ago today.
 Rose Pastor Stokes. noted as an ad- vocate of socialism, born in Russia, 43 years ago today.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Congo


 A country nearly four times the size of Texas, which was founded by committee provided pocket money for king. now is to be mined by syndicate--such is d Belgian Congo whither group of New York business men are reported to have gone In search of a stream where golden pebbles may be scouped up by the hand eul.
 Since Leopold IT turned wistful eyes toward the black gold or rubber, of the Congo country and Henry M Stanley proved that white men could survive there, this land of the rainbows end has Frequently held public attention" says bulletin from the Washington, D. C., headquarters of the National Geographic Society.
 Once before rumors of gold, together with rumors of cruelty to natives, sent the name Congo echoing around the world. The U. s. senate discussed the Congo Free State. as the country then was known, and alleged atrocities were deplored in churches and in meetings all over the United States.
 Tn the year America was celebratins her Independence Centennial Belgium's young king helped form a society, along with other European governments and geographers. to explore Africa. After Stanley's expedition of the following year committee of this society, continu- ing the work. developed into the Interna- tional Association of the Congo. This body sought to unite various territories in Central Africa into a single state and obtain recognition as political entity The United States was the first to accord this recognition, whereupon the Congo Free State was born in 1884. Actually the new political division, ths largest in Africa except the French Sa hara, was neither state nor free. | was an association for its governanet which was recognized; and Leopold II personally, not in his capacity of King o the Relgians. was it's ruler, Leopold be
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Lord Athoistan (formerly Sir Hugh Grahan), who today enters upon his T5th year, is a noted Montreal newspaper pub fisher and philanthropist, whose latest eff fort to aid humanity has taken the form of an offer, of s10o,o00 for the discovery of cancer cure. Lord Atholstan has had a career that should be an encouragement to young men to persevere under difficult ties He carried to Montreal. as coun- try boy. nothing but a common school ed ucation and an alert brain. Finding em- ployment as an office boy with one of the local newspapers, he rose step by step un-
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til he became the proprietor of one of the foremost newspapers in the British em- pire and a much sought leader in philan- thropic and financial enterprises, His value as a public servant was recognized in 1908 by the gift of a knighthood, and some years later his worth was further honored by his elevation to the peerage. He had the distinction of being the first native Canadian to get coronet.
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conversation when one of them beeams very much annoyed by the persistent attention of large fly.
 Sam, whut kin a fly am dis" Dat am a hoss fly. A hoss fly am fly what buzzes roun' COWS an hosses an jackasses-
 You ain't maxim out to call me no jackass?"
 No, I amt maxim out for to call you no jackass, but you cain't fool dem hoss flies"
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That Pennsylvania boy who drowned his companion of twelve to get his mon ey was inspired at an early age by that holdup spirit which is spreading about the country
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18

It begins to look as if The Hague conference had reached the point where the soviet Russians had so maneuvered as to defeat their own purposes and make the conference 9 complete fizzle.
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The Irish irregulars intend that if they cannot have things their way they are going to appal the world by the amount of trouble, wreckage and bIood- shed they can cause.
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Germany Is allowed to make partial payment on the amount due this month but that should not be regarded by it as a display of leniency which Invites endless baking.
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Coal is being imported from England but what is needed is the resumption of production in our own mines and the ar- bitration of the strike differences.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18

If 1t ever does come to carrying the mails by motor truck 1t will mark the beginning of the end of employment for a great many railroad men.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18

Tn some states skull and cross bones signs are erected at bad railroad cross ings. In some others ras twisted and erumpled remains of one CT more autos clearly indicates the danSss at suSh
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Three-uuarters of million in tax ar rears from the Connecticut company comes in handy fo rthe state treasury.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18

GIastsnbury.-Harold C. Cone. iocai manager of the Central Connecticut Power and Light Co.,. has been granted a vacancy on account of nervous breakdown.
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Having spoiled the cherries, July should be kind enough to see that the rain isn't permitted to do the same for the huckleberry crop.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-18
FpIroRIAL NorEa.

The man on the corner says: A griev. ance is something that never improves with age.
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Stories That Recall Others

Can't Fool Hoss Flies Having been to Virginia the following story was brought back: Two colored brethren were engaged in