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New Britain herald., 1923-01-19
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New Britain herald., 1923-01-19
Hosiery and Underwear
 EXTRAORDINARY VALUES

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New Britain herald., 1923-01-19

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New Britain herald., 1923-01-19
Table Linens
At Unheard of Prices

TABLE DAMASK-NIercerized Table Damask.
 quality Yard
 70 INCH DAMASK-Fne mercerized quality pattern Yard
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The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
WELL DUG BY WASHINGTON
IN USE AFTER 167 YEARS

able. Within the boundaries are situ-
nted the Fort Louden seminary and a
number of private homes. In the yard
of home next to the seminary is the
Washington well. No greater monu-
ment to that American hero can be
found.
The well Is 1873 feet deep. drilled
through solid rock. II Is about 3ia
to feet in diameter and every inch
done by hand; not even an explosive
was used So much trouble did the
engineer have In obtaining the right
temper for the steel that he brought
from his old home at Mount Vernon
his private blacksmith There Is no
record of how long II required to dig
the well-not more than three or four
months at the most
The history of Winchester records
thar for 1871 years the old well has
continually functioned and has never
been polluted. A short time ago. In
placing n concrete cover over the top
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Australia Will Have
Capital Like the u. s,

Melbourne.-Then next session of the
Australian parliament will be in Can
berra, the new federal capital which.
like Washington. d. c.. Is a city To-
Gated and planned for the special pur-
pose of being a national capital. The
Australian capital was laid out by an
American architect, Walter Burley
Griffin of Chicago.
Canberra is situated on snlendid
undulating plateau about 1000 feet
above sea level, little to the north
Of the highest peaks of the Australian
Alps.
The city site is divided bv tbree
large sheets of water. supplied nv the
sluggish Molonglo river. and adorned
by parks and boulevards. The nor.
lament house and government build-
ings' Will face a central lake. with
streets laid out in octagonal form
around them. On one side will no a
fan-shaped residential quarter: ON the
other the university, municipal and I'm.
dustrial centers.
Main thoroughfares will rod,te
from the parliament building.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Congress- toMden Hishmay G}5Sg2s}IsSesosySS ca
9 evsT f., Roof fz. sf4sw1r'd"iiO iiO rs gSEa8SaoU

| Yellowstone, 9S,223, with 1928 cars
Yosemite, 100,506, with 1858 cars
Glacier, 23,935, with 2,418 cars. Rocky
Mountain therefore had only $500
fewer visitors than the other three
parks combined and IL $50 more cars
Rocky Mountain, 1922, has had
1,122,042 visitors. Those of the three
other parks total as follows: Yellow
stone. 37S,5S7; Yosemite, 3S7, ,294; Gla-
cier, 1850. Rocky Mountain has
therefore had, 1922, no less than
243,612 more visitors than Yellowstone,
Yosemite and Glacier combined.
Rocky Mountains appropriation for
the fiscal year of 1924 calendar year
1929 is $74,2SO. That of the three
other parks is: Yellowstone, $38S, 900 /;
Yosemite, $295, 600; Glacier, $225, 900.
Rocky Mountain, 1924, has had
appropriations aggregating 500, ,18O.
Those of the three other parks for the
same period total as follows: Yellow
stone, $2,O49,5 ,508.12; Yosemite. $2,O3S,-
600; Glacier, $1,17S,113.2
II is true that Yellowstone and Yo-
semitic return considerable revenues to
the United States treasury. Yellow
stones revenue in 1922 was $185, Ola. .13
and Yosemite's $131, ,797.51, while Gla-
cier's was $6,0S2.71. Rocky Noun
tain's was but $2,695.41. But the gov
ernment policy is to make the ma
tional parks ultimately self-supporting
as to administration, maintenance and
protection, with appropriations for
permanent improvements. Rocky
Mountain produces no revenue to the
government because the government
has made practically no improvements.
Fancy overlooking such Il business op-
portunity as Rocky Mountain!
However, even the Doubling Thorn
ases are less pessimistic than usual
this time-since the congressional
committee does not propose to give
Rocky Mountain the $2S0,000 outright,
but plans to get the money all back
from tourists using the road. The
plan, as prepared by Senator Robinson
and approved by Senator Warren and
the other members. is that each car
owner using the Fall River road be
taxed one dollar for season pass
which allows him as many trips as he
chooses and pays for all his passen-
gers. These fees will go into a sink
ing fund to repay the government,
which is to advance the money for
immediate use" in the spring Of
1924.
This fee of one dollar applies only
to Fall River road. Entrance to
Rocky Mountain National park is free.
There are three entrances for auto
mobiles: East, Estes Park; south,
Longs Peak; west, Grand Lake. The
Fall River road runs east and west
through the park, from Estes Park to
Grand Lake. Owing to the Typography
II Is the only east and west road that
can be built and no north and south
road is possible. The plan, therefore,
in effect makes the only automobile
highway through the park govern
ment toll road.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Mortality Rate
for Men Lower
tinued to be higher than ,he female
throughout the rest of life.

tinued to be higher than ,he female
throughout the rest of life.
The ages, says the report. are def
nitely those of child-bearing They
are also the ages at which the influ-
enza epidemic made its greatest in
roads and In which tuberculosis
showed the most pronounced decreases
during the last decade II is entirely
conceivable, comments the statistician.
that each one Of these three, items
played an important part in The phe-
nomenon under consideration. Atten-
tion has been repeatedly called in re-
cent years TO the excessive mortality
among women from causes Incidental
to pregnancy and collaborating. these
excessive maternal death rates having
shown, ii is said, the greatest reluc-
tance toward Improvement.
The influenza epidemic, beginning
with 1918, 1t is thought, may have
been the exciting cause for much of
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Water Still Being Taken From
Hole He Drilled in 1856.

Winchester. -Washington's well
,p the four-month drought that threat
ened such serious consequences to the
Shenandoah valley did not fall In
the mission intended for II by the then
Col. George Washington, constructor
and commandant of Fort Louden,
winchester: In 1855. with the French
and Indians moving slowly from the
west, Winchester, then an outpost OF
English civilization. was threatened,
and Colonel Washington. afterward
general and President of the new re-
public. was ordered by General Lou
den. commander-in-chief Of the Eng
lIsh troops Of America, to construct a
fort.
A portion Of the embankment
thrown up by Washington is still In
'acf. and the line Of the fort is trace
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28

Scenically the Fall River road is a
wonder. Globe-trotters say 1t is un-
surpassed in the whole world. For
often 1t is above the clouds.
The senators and representatives
who hold out hopes for the $2S0,OOO
appropriations are members of con-
gressional committee that started from
Brooklyn April 81 and wound up In
Rocky Mountain. They visited Porto
Rico, the Canal Zone and Alaska !;
Mount Rainier, Glacier and Yellow
stone National parks. They disbanded
in Denver The members of the com
mittee all have more or less to do with
appropriation are members Of con-
and their trip was in pursuit OF first
hand information concerning places
where money is to be spent. Senator
Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, for
instance. is chairman Of the senate ap-
preparations committee.
The congressional visitors, Willingly
or unwittingly, followed an ancient
precedent and reserved the best to the
last-at least that is what they said
while on the "Roof of the World
Anyway, they had experiences out OF
the ordinary in their automobile trip
from Loveland to Denver, some 80
miles: The varying elevations suggest
its possibilities Loveland, $500; Estes
Park, 1900; Roof Of the World, 11,797
Milner pass, 1O.76O; Colorado river,
900; Grand Lake, 1915; Berthoud
pass, 11,330; thence through the Den
yer mountain parks to Denver, 5000.
They started from Estes Park In the
bright warm sunshine of summer
day over the Fall River road, which
follows the old Ute trail up over the
Continental Divide. as shown In pho
tograph No 1. They saw enhancing
views from the hairpin turns of the
swtchbacks, as they climbed up along
the Fall river churning through It's
rocky gorge (No 81. On the Roof of the
World they followed the path of
tractor through great drift-hero the
road engineers tobbled; they should
have carried the road a hundred feet
higher so that the winds would keep
il clear. Ten days later the visitors
would have found the entire roof
adorned with untold millions of Alpine
flowers. A picture (ND. y shows the
party in the cut through the drift,
Park Superintendent Roger w. Toll of
the national parks service standing
ut the right and President Roe Emery
of the Rocky Mountain Parks Trans
portation company at the wheel of
the first car.
The visitors, I'm fact, kept the camera
men busy and have many Interesting
souvenirs. One, for ex-
ample, shows Senator Warren, Sena-
tor j. T. Robinson of Arkansas and
Representative e. T. Taylor Of Colo
radon overcoats and gloves. An
other shows Representative Winslow.
Representative G. L Underhill OF Mas
sachusetts and Representative Harry
Wurzbach of Texas-also I'm overcoats
and equally glad Of It. A third photo
graph shows Representative @. L.
Abernethy Of North Carolina, Mrs.
Abernethy. Mrs. Robinson and Mrs.
ladies In furs and quite
pleased over the fact.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28

Anyway, that is what Is asserted by
members of congress who crossed the
Colorado Continental Divide on II this
summer and at an elevation Of 11,797
feet rode through 15-foot snowbanks
and enjoyed the panoramic view OF
100 miles. Presumably 1t was the seen
cry that inspired the appropriation
program; certainly some of the con
gressmen declared that the vacation
season of 1924 would find them there
again. Nevertheless, Representative
s. t. Winslow Of Massachusetts appar.
emily spoke by the card when he said
at dinner In Denver:
II am firm believer In national
highways. l also believe In making
can ride over them without tremor.
AS to the Fall River road say this
II the transportation busses should be
widened six inches and the road should
be left as 1t is, I'd never ride over the
Fall River road again!p
Apparently the Massachusetts, rep
resentative considers the Fall River
road none too wide He Is right.
While the road is safe to efficient
drivers, II is only a one-way road with
turn-outs for cars that meet And
there are places where the passengers
in the outside car can look pretty
nearly straight down and see lots of
scenery thousand feet below.
The visitors therefore felt that the
highway should be made a two-way
road. The park people figured that
$2S0,O00 would add six feet to its
width and make 1t two-way road.
so that Is why the Fall River road
may get 000-wlth string tied
to it-at the next session of congress.
The Rocky Mountain enthusiasts,
however, are mostly from Missouri
congress will have to show them. The
truth Is that Rocky Mountain has had
cents from congress while Yellowstone,
Yosemite, Glacier and other national
parks have had dollars. The why and
wherefore is mystery.
Private enterprise established the
hotels and laid out the trails. Lari-
mer and Grand counties constructed
the few roads. A public spirited clti-
zen built the eastern entrance. The
Estes Park Womans club gave the
ground for an administration building.
The state Of Colorado built the Fall
River road.
The official reports of the national
park service show these interesting
facts:
Rocky Mountains attendance in 1922
was 219,164, with 52,112 private cars
That of the three other parks was !:
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Women Fast Losing the Ad-
vantage They Formerly Had,
Statistics Show.

observation-disclosures are fast losing
the advantage which they have pos
sessed in the past of lower rate OF
mortality than men, II Is indicated by
life Insurance statistics The excess
mortality Of men over women. II Is
said, has been one of the supposed
fixed relationships in vital statistics.
In the United States the death rate
OF males has always been found 10
be higher than that OF females at
every age PERIOD from birth till
death and this condition has pre-
vailed quite generally throughout the
civilized world. In recent years, how
ever, the mortality of females has
actually been higher than that OF
males among the industrial policy
holders of the insurance companies in
the United States and Canada. In 1911
the mortality of white males insured
In one company was more than 13 per
cent higher than among females.
While the actual excess in male NOR
tality varied somewhat from year to
year, the condition continued up to
and including 1918.
Change Also Noted In Negro Race.
The year 1919 was marked by a
sudden drop to about per cent, and
by 1920 a reversal in the relationship
had. become a fact, with the female
mortality &c per cent above that of
males. In 1921 it was 1.2 per cent
higher. In 1922 the condition was
again changed TO an excess of IL per
cent In male mortality over that of
females.
In the negro race the difference
between the death rate of the two
sexes was never so striklngly marked.
but, nevertheless, between 1912 and
1913 the excess of male mortality was
continuous, varying from . to about
10 per cent. The year 1919 was the
first year in which the mortality Of
females actually exceeded that for
males, and this condition has contin-
ued since, including the year 1922
The fact that reversal appears
among both white and negro lives Is
considered significant. Very similar
relationships in the mortality rates of
males and females are apparently in
dicated, it Is pointed out, in the fig
ures for the registration area during
the corresponding years, and light is
thrown on the possible factors by con
slderation of the age periods of life
where these changes were most pro-
nounced.
Y Greatest at child-Bearine Age.
1t Is shown that among white per-
sons the excess of female mortality
was entirely limited to the ages of
twenty to thirtyfour in 1921 and to
fifteen to thirty-four in 1920. Among
the negroes 1t occurred between the
ages of ten and thirty-four in 1921,
ten and twenty-four in 1919 and one
and thirty-four in 1920. After age of
thirty-fve the male mortality has con-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Entire Armies Will Be Put to
Sleep and Made Prisoner,
Says U. S. Chemist.

New York.-Whole armies put to
sleep and taken prisoner in gas war
fare is by no means an impossbility
% years hence, Col. Raymond +.
Bacon, chief of the technical division
of the chemical warfare service. A. T..
f., says in a description of the pos
sibilities of the future art of war
made public by the American Chem
ical society.
The S200O,000 spent on the research
organization did more toward winning
the war, Colonel Bacon asserts, than
any $2OO,OO0,OoO spent in other ways.
Great Lesson Of the War.
One of the greatest lessons of the
war has so far gone almost unheeded,
according to Colonel Bacon, who con-
tinues:
"To say the use of gas in warfare
must be abolished is almost the same
as saying that no progress must be
made In the art Of warfare toward
making 1t more efficient or more hu-
name.
"If one reads of the great battles Of
history, one will find that the vic
torous general conquered his enemy
usually because of the fact that he so
chose his position as to have his flank
protected by river, mountain range or
some naturally strong barrier.
"Much Of the strategy of these bat
ties consisted in maneuvering so as
to obtain the advantage of position.
With the use of gas 1t is possible to
saturate piece of ground so that no
troops can cross it, and thus make an
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Use Gas
i'm Future Wars

artificial barrier for the flank or pro-
tect the lines of communication. More
over, these artificial barriers can be
Kept barriers for just as short time
as the strategy of the particular bat
tie demands.
These are but hints, but show the
tremendous unexploited possibilities
OF gas in warfare.
Imagine Hand-to-Hand Battles.
"One can easily imagine the situa-
tion at the time the fighting was hand
to hand with the spear or the sword.
and gunpowder was first introduced,
which In those day, perhaps, permitted
the antagonists to fight at range of
100 or 200 yards. There must have
been a great outcry as to prohibiting
the horrible new mode of warfare, and
II must have been felt that il was very
unfair to stand off 200 yards rather
than to meet in combat man to man.
but no one looking back on that
period would attempt 20 say It was
possible to have stayed the hand of
progress and to have prevented by
any Legislation or agreement the use
of gunpowder in warfare.
Moreover, the consensus of opinion
today would be that the hand-to- hand
hghting with spear and sword was
more cruel and inhumane than the
lighting with the gun and the bullee.
Similarly, at the present time we car
pot eifectually stay the progress Of
science. and to attempt to do so Is
not only unwise but is also prevent
ing the possibilities of really more
humane type of war"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Blind Man Has Read
Bible Through is Time.

Middletown. Conn.-The feat n,
reading the Bible through ,5 times IN
raised print has been con,pleted nv
Urban L. Penney, blind nmn Of win.
sted. 1t has taken him almost fiftx
years to complete the tas,. He bos
now started ont to read he Bible
through for the sixteenth time. nj
though some Of the volumes sre in
tatters In places from much han.!!ing
Mr.. Penney learned the raised type AZ
Perkins institution In Boston in the
early 70s from the late DR.. snmuel q.
Howe
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28

this increased maternal mortality, 1t
having been noted early In the influ-
enza outbreaks that women at the
child-bearing ages suffered excessively
from the disease. This condition has
been marked with each new outbreak
of Influenza. 1t is further brought
forward that there is no question as
to the gpster reduction OF tubercu-
losis mortality among males than
among females and this Is strikingly
marked in the ages under consdera-
tion.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
MAY BLOSSOM

The May blossom is the subject Of
some curious supersttions. Both the
black and white thorn are said to be
descended from the horn of India,
which. being sprung from lightning, Is
not only immune from danger In a
thunderstorm. but possesses many
magical gifts, recert writer tells u.s.
The leares from II are believed by
many people TO be cure for all
cases of Inflammation, while q bougn
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28

OF the well during the excavation
'here was dug out n four.incb solid
cannon ball of charcoal iron. As the
Principle Furnace at Princin,o Ma
was the only furnace making this class
OF metal prior to the Revolution n Is
reasonable to suppose that Washing.
ton obtained his armament from mi.
place. owned by his two uncles. where
as young man. he had studied the
manufacture of iron.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28

Of. blossoms hung at the door Is safe
guard against witches, but the bios
som should not be taken into the
house lest II bring disease with IT,
Many old countrymen will not cut
down hawthorn bush. They do not
know why, though actually they are
perpetuating an old belief that the
bush is sacred, because from It the
crown of thorns was made.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Humpbacked Salmon
Run Breaks Records

Bellinghan. Wash.-Humpback
salmon have becomey 50 abun-
dant here that the Gamers are
refusing to buy them OF indie
pendent seiners. The price has
declined to 10 cents apiece. from
"a cents. Not anticipating such
a large run as has appeared,
most of the canneries did not
put all Of their machinery into
working order, and did not pro-
vide nearly so many cans as
would be required to take care
of the fish offered.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Basis Of Chewing Gum

Chicle. the crude gum used as the
base In the manufacture Of chewing
gum, is derived from the sapodilla
trees which grow In the mahogany
forests. The best quality Of chicle
is produced In the states of Yucatan
and Campeche in Mexico. In Gunte-
mala and In some parts Of British
Honduras.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
Woman Judge in washinoto,

Washington.-AIiss Mary OToole.
one of the five judges of the munlclpol
court mere, frst became interested in
the law while employed as court re.
porter in New York city.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28

DweiIers on Vesuvius.
There are nearly 100000 inhabitants
on the slopes and. skirts Of vesuvius.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
~ MountaIn
SSSbEG986&3S92R

WO hundred and eighty
thousand dollars will be
appropriated at the next
session of congress for the
Improvement in 1924 Of
the world-famous Fall
River road over the Roof
Of the World" In Rocky
Mountain National park.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-28

Canadian Labor Roll.
The Canadian Federation Of Labor
has membership OF 22OO0