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New Britain herald., 1926-01-11

Church indebt edness ... l.SOo.Vo Governments bonds .., l3n.o0
 The lay members of the corpora ton arc John kiniry and James J. FitzSimonS.
 During the past year. according to ltev. Pr. Brennan, there have been @9 marriages at St, Paul's church. There have been 12 deaths in the parish and i4 children have been baptized. The Sunday school has q membership of about 300 children.
 Finds Old Document
 A receipt for service rendered on May 92, 1872, was found yesterday morning on the platform al the Der lin railroad station by Emilio Mar tino, baCga grman. The document. in good condition, and written in the peculiar style of the times, reads as follows;
 "Retcivrd Kew Haven. May 22, 1872, of Henry White. eXccutor of the last will of Sarah l.. MailoN, de ceased, each the sum of ten dollars 1 in full of our fec as distributors on said estate.
 Joseph w. MandliCld "Morris Tyler,
 "S. D. Farde"."
 How the document came to be on the platform is not known, although | it is believed that someone, carrying it for sentimental reasons, may have dropped it from wallet or from the pocket. The names are not familiar to Berlin residents.
 Library Receives Books
 The following books have been presented to tho Berlin Free Libra ". hy the Forum Book clnb: Non-nction: "Rccollections of E Happy Life" Maurice Francis Egan "Lions N Tigers N Everything,' Courtney Eyley Cooper; Across tho Sahara by Motor Car" Georg' Haardt and Audouin- Dudreul; "points of View" stuart r. Shcr man; "A Gringo in Manana Land, Harry l.. Poster; My Brothers Face" Dhan Gopai Muk"rji; "! Small House and Large Garden, Richardson Wright; "The Batl Road" Charles G. Harper; Thing Know" William I.eQueH; Days 0 Dclusion." Clara Endicott Sears with Lawrence in Arabia" Lowel Thomas: "Colonial Women Of Af fairs" Elisabeth Anthony Dexter. Fiction: :--"Thc l.oring Mystery.
 Jeffrey rarnol: Anthony Dare ! Progress" Archibald Marshall; 9Th l Little French Girl" Anna Douglas Selgwick; "CroepinE Jcnny,' Kat | Douglas Wiggin; Prize Stories C I9@3." Q. Henry Memorial Reward
 Siege Perilous," Maud Diver; "Th Needles Eye" Arthur Train; "Sar , Harker," John Masefeld; The Com ing of Amos" William J. Lockt $ Fast of the Setting Sun,' Geore
 Barr McCutcheon; "A Passage . India" L. NJ. Forster; "The Re-
 cue" Joseph Conrad; The Whit
 Monkey" John Galsworthy; "Tf
 
 = Gay Conspirators, Philip Curtis. = Leave For Florida Il Rudolph Abel. one of the propri' :. tors of the Abel Brothers garag |. and Everett Cole of the Cole grocer d istores in Berlin and East Berlin, lc d today on an automobile trip
 Florida. The length of their. visit
 not known and 1t is believed thi
 they will take their time on Il c drive south. visiting Berlin friend ! who are wintering at the various r 4 sorts.
 0 Mrs Duffy to speak
 Mrs E,,- oaGy Of West liar @ ford will speak on ''The Wor 0 Court" at a meeting Of the Re
 sington League Of Women No;ei
 which will be held tomorrow ev
 ming al S o'clock at Legion hall. IS is expected that there will be s. large attendance to hear this iHte
New Britain herald., 1926-01-11
Sewer .tnnoys Again

,rhc ..avcr in front of inc ECoCon1F
 store on Waiting street is once ''"'' causing indignation among the 'l'"r- chants thcroabouts and among ''n- yrns vbo are forced 10 tnhaIe rye stcnch as they pass by. This sewer and ,ho others about the center ""E, ,,. tIncn clrnncd out quit" r. Sn"rN
 turing the past siN mon'hs' but '"' .royions olor persists, merely S"'-
 siaing .onnoynri'y aft'r each r''&u- linr TIir opinion of mHnH is iha' u I k oratn time for cleansing
New Britain herald., 1926-01-11

A special business meeting Of the >.,,.ie, church will be held after tN" r. -ular prayer meeting on thuts- ,,,,- evening to take action on the resignation of the pastor Kew v' ,'' Ward and to transact other 0nS'- rnss of great importance. II is hoped jthat every member of the ch"rch ,,.in In rnSnnt.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-11
will Review school Plans

A joint meeting of the hign school building committee and Of I,no finance committee will be held Wednesday evening, Jan. 1S, at o'clock at the town hall for the
 purpose of reviewing the plans TOT
 the new high school. Tho commit tee hone to be ready for town
New Britain herald., 1926-01-11

estine talk, Members and their friends have been invited to be present.
 Mems Lyceum Debate
 The Mems I.yceum of Kcnsington will bold a debate this evening at s o'clock in the parlors of the Ken sington Congregations church, the discussion being on the subject, "RcsoNed: That the United States Senate Should Adopt Rules Limiting Debate, in Accordance With Vice President Dawes Plan." Those ap- bearing for the affirmative win be Horace Raymond and A. Gilbert Johnson, while the negative side will be upheld by Arthur l.. Moffatt and Albert FritzSon
 Woman's Aid society Meeting
 Mrs. Mortimer L. Rhodes will open her home on Worthington Itidae on Wednesday, afternoon next. January 13, at o'clock, for the reg s- Ular monthly meeting Of the Wom- ans Aid society of the Berlin Con. grogational church. Meeting Of Sclcctmcu Tho board of selectmen will meet 1 tonight at o'clock in the office of 1 the town clrrk at tn" Town hall, , Berlin street. Several matters Of 1 importance arc scheduled 10 come up for discussion at the meeting. in addition 10 the regular program of routine business.
 i FOL BERLIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02
THE EVENING STORY
Copyright. by M. z. Bertram.D

father had not been among them. But
always Fay Evelyn's mother had
watched the ships. And the wisp OF
girl had wondered.
Something beyond argument told
her that the man on the bed spoke
of her mother. For the time she for
got that she had been watching for
the fishing fleet, due today after four
months absence. Her heart forgot
to leap and catch in her throat at the
hope of a meeting soon to be. She
knelt and listened with parted lips.
Il wouldn't hear you, dear. I want
ed other seas and strange lands. i
said / would get my ship and come
for you. You were afraid
of the ships. You said-the boats
Sn He "s struggled to a sitting posture
and clasped hands about his thin
knees, staring out of the window
which gave upon the ocean. He did
not see the crouching girl.
Then the papers reported that I
went down with the Nomad. And
you married Better the boats,
and you. and home"
Dear God"' Fay Evelyn. whispered
to herself, half strangled. That is
what Mac has said to me all the time
the boats, and me. and home.
And have wanted him to go
away and get ship! But my
father died with the boats
AS If in answer to the wild protest
of her heart the weakening voice
went on.
Il might have gone down out
there. Evelyn. But we would have
had those weeks before. We would
have lived. You were mine"
There was silence in the shadowing
room. LongF golden bars broke
through the clouds, and lay across
the water. And dancing down the
length of one bright bar rode black
dot. and then another. and another.
The man was the first to see and
he stretched out one trembling arm,
his voice a whisper.
The fleet. The day is sweeping
west" Then lower. fainter, Home
and rest""
He subsided gently upon the pillow
Fay Evelyn drew the covers tender
ly over him and touched his white
cheek softly for the sake of that other
Evelyn. Then her gaze turned to
those specks that grew against the
sunset, her face rivaling its wild
oh. Mac. Now 1 know. Now
know"
(The End)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02
Ships and Another Sea-"

~ UT. Mrs. Casey" yentured
- Mrs. Casey's assistant,
IN you can see he's too
weak to walk much farther
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02

The largest orang -outang ever
measured was feet inches in
height. AZ inches around the chest,
and stretched to feet from finger
tips to finger tips.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17

to receive more favorable terms.
Assistant Secretary Lansing and l
discussed the possibility of other loans
being negotiated il this plan was ap-
proved, by which the country would
be divided up into groups, each group
engaged in negotiating loans TO the
bclligereht countries with which it
sympathizcd. Before leaving the State
Department that evening, l wrote a
letter to the President, and a day or
two later / conferred with him on the
subject at the White House.
He approved Of the proposition not
to loan to bcllisercnts, and at my sug-
gestion wrote out a sentence stating
the governments position very concise
ly and strongly. and this sentence l
incorporated in an announcement
which he asked me to make.
SET NEW PRECEDENT.
This, / believe, is the first time any
great nation ever took this position.
1t had been discussed at peace con-
crosses and / remember having sup
ported the doctrine some six or seven
years ago at peace congress held in
New York, but / am not sure that
any convention or congress of any i'm
portance ever endorsed it. 1t may
be regarded as setting q new stand
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
Scars of War Are Healing

venicnt bank. These holes were
nome for six whole months before
they could be exchanged for a wooden
shanty built out Of material supplied
by the government. The money was
found out Of the proceeds Of the first
crops from as much Of the land as
could be cleared and flattened by labor
from dawn to dusk.
In the autumn arrived the first in
stallmcnt of the compensation for
war losses, which was just enough to
buy two horses, a dozen chickens, two
pairs of rabbits, and some machinery.
1t went no farther, because it was
paid at pre-war valuation in paper
francs, and for the losses of 1918
only. But the farm was now in 60
ing order, and next June lucky sale
of early potatoes laid the foundation
of small reserve. BY next Christ
mas the whole of the land had been
redeemed and the harvest of the farm
justified the building Of a small wood.
en- stable for COW, and the pres
ence of sturdy baby. In 1921, am
bition, hitherto restrained by the
drudgery of reconstruction, began to
soar. Ten extra acres were bought,
the original holding proving too small
for hands nerved by victory, and in the
autumn a man was hired to help with
the harvest. All around were now
Springing up little houses of red brick;
but the farmer stayed on in his shanty.
Time enough to think of a house when
the land would pay for it. Never
theless, little nucleus of bricks, res
cued from the mud, was carefully piled
up as a reminder that a house one day
there would be.
Today. after three more years. CT
fort. that day has arrived. The land
is already all plowed and planted,
and during the coming months of
winter the farmer will build solidiy
the home, of which he will also lie
the architect. In the bank arc 100,-
600 francs. In the back room of the
shanty a store Of good beer ana WINE.
In the nursery there is a population
of five. On the table there is good
food enough for all - too much for
the faint appetite of the townsman
visitor. Only one thing is lacking
to make life perfect in the farmers
eyes. He must have more land, ever
more land, and none will sell even
foot of the stiff clay.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17

I ONION, Jan. 16.-This is q story
Of how a small farm in the battle
area Of northern France has been re-
deemed from the chaos Of war and
restored to the production of the fruits
of the earth, after their season, writes
a correspondent of the Times. In the
background of the telling are two
facts-the first that it is only one
case out of thousands: the second
that its scene is a land of silence and
cemeteries. exuding even for strang-
er, an i1describable miasma Of de-
preston beneath a sky ever laden.
ever dropping pitilcss blanket Of
driving rain upon the sodden fields.
Which is the grimmer pilgrimage-the
ascent of the tortured slopes of Notre
Dame de Lorette to the bleak crest,
where lie the 10000 Frenchmen who
fell for Souchez, or the descent to the
shattered valleys where live their sur
vivors? Both teach in their way the
lesson of a grim fortitude.
Beneath such sky and to such a
valley the farmer returned. after 81
months service, in March. 1919. With
him were his wife, two small chill
drcn, and a handcart. Around him
was wilderness of mud, from which
nothing emerged save coarse grass
and barbed wire. The former rotting,
the latter rusting. His farm had been
overrun and sacked il the first on
rush of the German armies, in 1914,
then liberated by the returning tide
of allied victory, which spent itself
eight miles farther east. During the
three succeeding years his wife. his
mother and his sister, unaided, AMI
under intermittent shell fire, hal
painfully built up again stock, furni-
ture and implements. But when the
front bulged in April. 1918. all wGs
utterly destroyed again. Hardly u
brick, hardly even n clod was left un-
broken. The family were therefore
destitute of all but courage.
Five miles away the British had
left some derelict huts. The farmer
and his wife went over and carried
one in sections to where probing in
the mud had disclosed the founda-
tion of their cid home. Hardly had
they erected it when a hot gentle
man arrived who claimed to have
bought the thing-and by bad luck
it was numbered. There was no al
tentative but to pull it down. and
makeshift with couple of tarpar-
Inns stretched over holes in con-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
Administrative
which Mothers
Can Rely On

To DR.. W. II. Caldwell. Of Month
cello, ILL.,, practicing physician for
~ years, it seemed cruel that so many
consitpated infants and children had
to be kept STIRRED up and half sick
by taking cathartic pills, tablets, salts,
calomel and nasty oils.
While he knew that constipation
was the cause of nearly all children's
little ills. he constantly advised
mothers 10 give only harmless laxa-
tive which would help to establish
natural bowel regularity"
In DR.. Caldwcll's Syrup Pepsin
mothers have regulating laxative
which they can depend upon whenever
child is constipated, bilious. fever
ish or sick from cold, Indigestion or
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17

ard-as establishing new precedent,
and this precedent, in my judgment,
will be sooner or later followed by
other nations. .. O.
Soon after the breaking out of war
in Europe in August, 1911, Mr.. Dav-
idson, of the j. Picrpont Morgan com
pany, telephoned the State Depart
ment to inquire what the attitude of
the government would be in regard to
loans which he thought were intended
for the French government. / replied
that ] would confer with the Presi-
dent and would let him know.
OPPOSES FRENCH LOAN.
l at once consulted Counsellor Lans-
ing and learned that prcccdcnts were
ell in favor OF such loans, they not be-
ing regarded as a violation of neutral
ity. l said to him that / thought
they violated the spirit of neutrality
because money, being able to pur-
chase all other contraband materials,
was in effect the worst of contra
band. He at once endorsed the posi-
ton as sound in principle. even
though not supported by precedent,
and later came back to suggest an il
lustration which appealed to me as a
very forcible one, namely, that as the
government discourages its citizens
from cnlisting in foreign armies and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17

sour stomach. All children love its
pleasant taste.
Buy n large 60-cent bottle at any
store that sells medicine and just SEE
for yourself how perfectly it cleanses
and regulates the bowels of infants
and children,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17

Copyright In Canada and Great Britain, Q
COON after Wilson's administration
began, word was received from the
Morgan group, which was the Ameri-
can firm interested in the six-power
loan to China. asking that date be
set for the consideration of the loan.
A day in March, 1913, was chosen,
and on that day a committee including
8. p. Davidson, of J. Pierpont Morgan
Company, and Willard Straight called
at the State Department and present
ed their case. I called into the con-
ference Counsel Anderson, and First
Assistant Secretary Huntington Will
son.
The position taken by the bankers
was that they had interested them
selves in this loan at the request of
the government and that they were not
willing to continue their connection
with the loan unless the request was
renewed by this administration.
FOUR VITAL POINTS.
During the conference, inquiry
brought out four important facts. First
that no American financiers except
those in this group could participate in
the loan. Second, that the financiers
interested in this loan expected to con.
troll future loans. Third, that the loan
was to be secured by control of rev.
enues. Fourth, that the six groups of
financiers expected their governments
to furnish such support as might be
necessary, even to the use of force, to
compel China to live up to the stipu-
lations of the loan contract.
l reported the conference TO the
President at a cabinet meeting and
expressed the opinion that the loan
was Objectionable, first, because it
gave the monopoly of this nations
interests in China's finances to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17

deplorable weakness, invited tina
threat. Had it displayed any firm
ness or provision, that would nevcl
have occurred.
IT has had two evil results. 1t will
cost the British taxpayer 30,O00,0 600
pounds.
The second and more serious mis-,
chief is the effect it must have on Ia.
Dor. These methods had been indefi.
nitcly abandoned by labor organ;za-
tons MS pernicious and futile. Trade
unions marched with resolute stride
away from the direct action doctrines
Of 1920 and 1921. The success of the
July holdup has swept opinion back
in that direction.
The governments foolish surrender
was a calamitous blunder. No one
regrets it more than the saner leaders
Of the labor movement. They had re-
captured control of the runaway steed
and he was ambling quietly in the di-
rection they wished to travel. He has
since then become once more trouble
some and fractions and when the gov
eminent noscbag is taken off and the
treasury ceases to supply him with
oats. he may bolt unless he is very
strongly held.
LABOR ELSEWHERE NORMAL.
Apart from the possible effect of
that foolishness, labor throughout Eu-
rope is normal - in some countries
subnormal-and there seems no dan
ger in the immediate future from that
quarter.
In Germany, Socialism is very tame,
business struggling not so much-if, at
ALTO reclaim fresh territory but
just to hold what ID can of the land
it has already captured for its pro-
lctarist. The disappointments of tho
last few years have depressed its vi
tality. 1t has been satisfied to give
up much Of what it won from capt.
talism.
Its energies are absorbed in keeping
the hands of the Nationalist from
he levers which direct German policy.
In France, the Socialists are engaged
in demonstrating that they are the
Dnly body of men with any rational,
practicable ideas as to how the bud
get should be balanced.
In Britain they are busily employed
lressing bogeys in bourgeois garments
20 they may not brighten the most
imid wayfarer. In Belgium, they have
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
Commoner Reveals How Currency Bill
Was Revamped in Accordance
With Democratic Principles

ject, the President informed me that
it had been found possible to substitute
federal reserve treasury notes id
regional bank notes and to give tie
government entire control Of the en-
trail governing board.
1 was greatly relieved that the t~o
difficulties which had seemed insur-
mountable had been removed.
i expressed the opinion that the bill
in its final form would be acceptable
to the party, and being acceptable,
its introduction would no longer
menace the tariff bill. | Offered to
give him any assistance in my power
and with his approval gave out an
interview which was published on
Monday morning-his message to Con-
gress being delivered at noon of the
same day. The manner in which he.
conducted the prt paration of the cur
rency bill is conclusive proof Of the
president OpenmlndcdneSS.
COMMENDS WILSON.
President Wilson felt it his duty
to the public TO urge a reform Of the
currency and he took up the matter 1.
with the same conscientiousnes that
has characterized his work along
other lines.
The first persons called into con-
sultation were impressed with the
idea that no currency reform was pos
sible except along the lines proposed
by financiers, and these financiers,
viewing the subject from their own
standpoint, naturally favored bank
paper and a control in which the 3.
banEj would participate.
When, however, the President had
pursued his investigation far enough
TO learn Of the deep-seated objection
entertained by the rank and file of
the Democratic party to any extern
sion of the note-issuing privilege en-
joyed by the banks, he at once threw.
the weight of his powerful influence
on the side of the party.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
Steady Recovery All Sides From the Destruction and Temper
Noted by Former Prime Minister of Britain Rebuilding
of Commerce Is Universal Aim

actually coaescd with the apahc
te Communism everywhere The a
scedd rabbl with numbers
just adequate the pathetic
Its main prime
banshe for Tory speeches in order primitive
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17

7 ONION, Jan. 16.-(By Cablc)--
Nineteen hundred and twenty
five was a good year for Europe. 1t
saw q steady recovery all round from
the destruction and temper of war.
Everywhere nations applied themselves
assiduously to the task of rebuilding
their shattered commerce and their in
dustry.
The music of trowel and mallet was
heard without ccasing in lands which
for five years had shuddercd to the
roar Of cannon. Everybody is work
ing. All nations are producing wealth.
Real wealth is being made and accum-
ulatcd. Some nations are producing
better and selling more than they did
before the war. This is conspicuous
ly the case with France and Italy.
Whilst they have recovered their old
trade in the old markets almost entire
Iy, they have established fresh lines of
business in markets old and new.
WORKERS SETTLE DOWN.
The fever has gone out of che veins
of the worker. The fitfulness and
restlcssness which were such disturb
ing features Of the social and indus
trial situation in 1919, 1920 and 1927
arc no longer apparent. These symp-
toms were, in those years, n cause of
real anxiety to the men at the head
of affairs in every European country.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
Bryan Turns Wilson Against Sn-power Loan to China
Memoirs Detail How Bryan s Protests Made
President Alter Proposed Currency Bill

4 plan pa h tina
President h nyb in the Democrat
might opd Hrought in smanm
to fire. w and
Mr. WH h fac ha mpay lac by eH NO ack
y ~ Ahs e Ia h Tissue Of mone mt nc be
! ban t d doctrine al
o hhj the President
rseeu lbanko and the
! control thee governing board
sscahyre h the two difficulties dmCmm