v.
, in reduction of costs except in lumbg
ass: 7. ULRBY’
. Janus comes
a. L. a, A. 1.. consume».
Kaspar: FEBRUARY“. 1921‘,
mamfbas‘ entrants r101;
. rouosnow ,1
Sun rises 6:49, sets 5:25.
. High tide 3:38 a. 111., 4:07 p. m.
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A Stated Communication of Old
Well Lodge, No. 108. F. and A. M..
will be held at its rooms Tuesday eve-
ning. February 15th. 1921. at 8
o'clock. Work E. A. Degree.
All Master Masons cordially and
fraternally invited.
’ Fraternally yours,
Edison T. Harris. W. M.
Attest Robert M. Wilcox. Secretary.
Butler Chapter No. 38. R. ,A. M.,
meets in Masonic Temple, South Main
street. the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of
each' month. at 8 o’clock. July and
August excepted. All 3. A. Masons
cordially and fraternally invited.
D. B. BEACH. H. P.
F. S. LYON. Secretary.
THE METRIC 535511331.
The metric system. which measures
everything in tens. is the logical basis
for all human computations and
measurements. The reason for this is
that all of us are equipped with 10
fingers and 10* toes. From the time
we are taught to say “this little pig
went to market." our attention is di-
pected to our digits. \Ve normally
pount in tens.
Thus it would seem reasonable for
fits country to adopt the metric sys-
[pmvand do away with our clumsy
measurements of miles. pounds. bush-
Oll and gallons. Bills are even now
before both houses of Congress pro-
viding for such a change. All scien-
tific work is done metrically. The sys-
tem is universally used on the Conti-
nent of Europe. Only England and
the United States lag.
To be sure. it would be a difllcult
thing to accustom people to buy milk
by the liter. to weigh goods by the
gram and measure distances by the
meter. France. when the system was
put into effect there in the days of the
revolution, suffered some inconven-
ience for a. time. In fact. it was not
until the period of the second empire
that its use became universal.
Two million Americans who recent-
ly took a notable little journey to
France are now more or less accus-
tomed to the metric system. If the
change is ever to be made in this
country, this seems a good time”. It
will come down. But it will mean
that the arithmetic of business will
be greatly simplified. 'Our _money
system is‘ already metric. Why not
make our measurementi‘ of other
things conform? ,
OBSERVATIONS.
Rents will come down appreciably
when folk are able to find somewhere
else to move.
A man fools himself a. lot more
than he does a. woman if he thinks
he can make a lie stick. ‘
There 'is nothing quite so certain as
a growing bank account to create-a
feeling of optimism. .
Perhaps the largest Inumber of
sighs of relief are breathed by women
after the company has gone.
The way civilized peoples are acting
these days gives the savage a. better
standing in history.
The man who makes a mountain
out of a molehill has no reason to be
proud of his mental inflation.
This is the season of the year when
the backyard gardener seems to have
the greatest enthusiasm. '
It looks as though all the jail space
in the country would be occupied if
the crooksare ever rounded up.
It is no disgrace for a man to be
called a crank if he is the kind that
keeps turning things around.
Many persons appear to have the
idea. that a dollar is not doing any-
thing for them as long as it is un-
n .
Many individuals are so self-satisfied
that they never become suspicious of
the man who always agrees with
them. - '
A_ There is'usually trouble for the man
who gets the idea that he can get:
ahead best by keeping others behind.
After Premier Briand has taken the
guns from the Germans he might be
able to give some good hints on dis-y
arming American bandits.
Edison says man may some day
bore great holes into the earth to ex-
tract the heat. but the principal inter-
est just now is to get booze.
STIMULATE BUILDING
Important in the process of getting
back to "normalcy" is resumption of
building operations. not only building
of homes. but of business blocks and
industrial plants or extensions. This
work was practically suspended with
out entrance into the war.
Lumber dealers point: to 'a decided
reduction in prices and say "that the
next move is for the dealers in other
building materiils and workers to
make if anything worth while is to be,
done toward stimulating building. Lit;
tie progress seems to have been made
Those who would be willing to en-
iects are financed with borrowed mo,
floans. “Present interest
' lature. was cdnveyed to Premier 0.
hey. hndtuany homes are built on
" rates dis-
courage investment in building.
‘ Plans for new buildings to be erect,
1‘ ed during the current year are befits ’
made now. and it is to thecommou
interest that a basis of'operation be
agreed upon: It; is unreasonable to
expect that yielding to lower costs be
done by only one or two of the ele-l
meats upon which building, depends.
It is time for all of them to get to:
gether.
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HELP FOR ARMENIANS
How Comm. icit’s Syrups, thy is E:—
. y .
Connecticut's sympathy for the _Ar—'
menian orphans and ;efugees. as ex-
pressed in a resolution unanimously
adopted last week by the State Legis-
Ohanjanian. Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs of the -Armenian Republic .and
formerly Prime Minister. in a" letter
forwarded tohim by State Director
E. H. McDonough of the Near East
Relief. The letter also carried the in-
formation that Connecticut has
adopted 2,000 of the 200,000 orphans
and refugees who were destitute at
the beginning of the y'ear. and that
the Near East Relief organization in
this State is directing its eflorts tow~
ard increasing the number of Con-
necticut adoptions to 5.000 before the
end of June.
The following is a copy of the reso-
lutionadopted by the Legislature:
“\Vhemas. the General Assembly of
the State ,of Connecticut has had
brought to its, attention the serious
condition now existing in firmenia
and 0th}; Near Eastern countries.
whichfmenaces the peace “‘of the
world: therefore be it .
“Resolved. That we urge upon our
Government the necessity of immed-
iate affirmative action in bringing to
an end the suffering and wrong that
still continue within the border of
these Eastern countries, and that we
express our deep and earnest sym-
pathy for the unfortunate people of
‘Armeuia. and that we believe that
our Government. consistent with its
cdnstltution and principles. should
render every possible and proper old
to them in tlfeir efforts to establish
and maintain a government of their
own. and that we heartily approve all
work which has been and is being
conducted by the Near East Relief
Committee in relieving these suffer-
p.
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People! of Hanoi} to Point
of Exterminatiomé Say ,
Missionaries --—".C m p e l:
' Rayment of Taxes and
Seize Homes and Shops “
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HANKQW. China. Feb. l2.—-.Ap_~
pulling stories of a populace oppress.
ed to the point of extermination by
an uncontrolled» soldiery have been
coming to Hankow for weeks from
tire upper reaches of the Yantze riv~
er. The reports are princ'haiiy from
missionary ,sources. The people in
the western part of Hupeh province.
these advices say. have been reduced
to the direct straits by troops! who
demand tribute. levy AtaXes. seize and
occupy shops and live on the
land without restraint and those un-
der the yoke have no possible chan-
nel open to tliem to voice their griev-
ances. '
Shihman and adjourning districts
in the western part of the province
are said to be wholly under domino.-.
tion of the soldiers. The area is not;
far distant from the Yangstsze trans-g
shipment port of Ichang which was
seized and looted by mutinous troops‘
in December. In ordinary times it is
secluded from the rest of China with
little or no communication with the
other provinces due to the utter lack
of routes of transportation over the
rugged heights.
It was in the early months of 1918
as a development in the strife be—
tween North and South that the sol-
diers appeared here under the name
of the "Pacirying Nation Troops" of
Hupeh. These troops brought disas-
ter. '
Recently by reason of differences
these forces have had with the
Szechuen troops the source of salt
supply for the district has been cut.
For weeks. say the reports. it was
impossible to obtain salt at any price
with the result that the plague ap-
peared among soldiers and people
alike. Here is a (fiotatk'm from one
letter to the American Church Mis-
sion at Hankow. /
"In one home the soldiers became
enraged at the family's lack of re-
ing peoples."
The Near East Relief organization
in Connecticut will not participate in
the intensive campaign for funds to
be conducted in Hartford next week
by the European Relief Committee.
nor in any of the drives being con-
ducted by the latter organization in
the State. it was announced at State
Headquarters of the Near East Relief.
The State director. upon being ask-
ed what. plans the Near East Relief
was making for nest week‘s cam-
paign. said she was glad of an op-
portunity to answer the question. as it
gave her an opportunity to correct
a general misunderstanding that the
European Relief Committee was in-
tended to cover the needs of the re-
fugees and orphans in Armenia. Syria
and the Near East. which is not the
fact. ,
“The Near East Relief is an es-
tablished relief organization. incor-
porated by special act of Congress, in
1919. on the some national basis as
the American Red Cross." said State
Director McDonough. "It carries on
its broad humanitarian work in an
area. where neither the Red Cross nor
the Hoover committee are operating.
and the slightest let-up in the money-
rni‘ng activities of the Near East
Relief organization in America at this
time would de rive that part of the
world. where
are in frightful straits at this mo-
ment. of vitally-needed succor and
would put, thousands of lives in Jeo-
pardy for want of food and clothing.
“The Neat-*East Relief has aviong
lob on its hands. It began almost six
yearsago to give comfort and aid in
the wake o; the brutal Turk. and.
while great headway has been made.‘
as indicated by the establishment of
220 orphanages to date. with hospi-
tals and clinics treating thousands of
cases daily, there has been so little
improvement in .the unsettled politi-
cal conditions in Armenia. that our
organization is reconciled to the fact
that it has yet a long task. The per-
formance of this duty requires con-
tinuous solicitation for funds and our
experience has taught us that for the
peculiar character of our .work. the
best policy- is to avoid intensive cam-
paigns. Instead. we have a well ea-
tdblished organization of volunteers
reaching into every aectign‘ of the
State. whose success in‘ keeping the
needs ‘of our relief work constantly
before the public has enabled Con-
uecticut to shoulder her part of the
hlll‘den. and has reassured us that
“the land of steady habits" will not
abandon this hu nitarian work on.
til the suffering h 3 been ended.-.
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D0 RAPID WORK.
Automatic Present: Print St
nm E
the ‘Millions m y
Few labor-saving in
more ingenuloua in comgfrfgnglnugt
ber of operations. or more impressive
in the amount of work they do. than
the new stampqprinting presses of
the U. 8. Bureau of Printing and En-
graving. Each press. with two leper-
ators. moistens. prints. gums. dries
and rolls atotal of 4.000.000 poetage'
stamps in ad eight-hour day. states
an illustrated article in the Popular
Mechanica Magazine. ‘
’tions are made both lengthwise,de
being adjusted torposltion. , cheap-
gage in building enterprises it cost
conditions were made right appear to'
have left it with the contractors. the
dealers and the workers to bring:
about my understanding that will elf-7
courage erection of homes and con-
struction along other lineal
7 ‘Wot only is it important that.
be lowering el moot" ~
the. perforators by means
The other operator. at" the; ,
slates the speed ,_ of 'inao’hine and in
pacts the’flniah 'workél'muul " 7'
u” of“ ‘
or a.
.-
roll is cut into
'er.£00.000 Christians,
The rfora- ,
N iuueen: . John. ,
across. both the roll and thepanchesjm’w 3°?“ MW ‘3‘“
orator. in taunt takes jeare to: the Atin-ti
winding roll; and adjusts itlpathto
who board without paying. threw the
.food of thehousehold to their horses.
,The‘ needy family could not smother
its protests, ‘fér starvationwas then
.upon them. The . soldiers then
promptly called out the oldest son and
.hanged him.
committed suicide and the old. mother
their killed herself."
TOKIO POLICE DON'TS
They Might Easily Be Applied to Any
American City. .7
TOKIO—(Correspondenco of The
Associated Press)-~At the end of the
year the police issued their custom-
ary warning to the citizens. These
consist of ten "Don'ts" and the police
advise that on account of "hard
times" more than the usual attention
should be paid this year to their ad-
monitions.
The following are the
"Don'tsz" ‘
1. If no member of the family re-
mains at home. don't go out .without
seeing that your house is well locked.
2. Don‘t neglect to lock up early.
3. When in the tramcars or in the
midst of a crowd. do not .fall to see
that your purse is safely ensconced
in one of your inner pockets.
4. When making ,any payments
don't show those around you how
much you have in your purse.
'5. W‘hen carrying: anything valu-
able. don't. cheese routes where traf-
tie is light. ,
8. Don't send women or children
for money from the banks or with
money to the banks. ‘ ’
7. Don't leave bicycles or packages
outside the entrarrbe or doors.
8. Don't purchase goods from
strange peddlars. .
9. Don't send your office boys with
articles ordered by customers whom'
you do not know well. ‘
10. As soon as you are victimized
by robbers. lmposters. burglars or
'pickpockets don't forget to report the
matter to the nearest police station
immediately.
CQNQCEROR COULD NOT 3mm;
“'llliam I. of England Signed ms
Kathe by a Cross to a Charter.
In the collection of Norman char?
ters sold recently in Engnnd. the
property of Baroness Beaumont of
Carlton Towers. York, there is strong
presumptive evidence that William
the Conqueror ‘was unable to write.
police
da. the queen. bears their crosses.
This collection of Norman charters
was made by the artiquary. Thoma
Stapleton. one of the ancestors of the
barony of Beaumont. and has been.
reserved for centuries at Carton
Towers. Ite sale is attributed to the
taxes. »
The earliest grant is undated.
and 1079. It is in Latin. on vellum.
of his lord. William 1. King of the
English. and others. to St. Stephen!
church. Caen. of the Church of St.
Mary;- lnsertetl intheir names-are
the. atoms or thewitneeses. ~Wlliiani.
tiring ortuonngmn. .. ,mmas‘". 7 the r
and by-la’ws’of the
ety. Sond-of,1he Ame;
which. it“s.d'opted. Will-establish the
Chinos Soldiers OPDI‘BSSinga’independence of 311
spect for them. One day the soldiers. .
His wife immediately?
I
for a grant signed by him and Matil- ‘
costs of the war and the present high .; ”
‘btit ,
-was made between thexyears of 1087, ,
and is a grant by ;_Welderand (do ‘ 1
Meulin-) for the-much of the Soul . I :
f amendments. to the ‘flconstitutiun
e‘COnnecticur So~
ciety, for the time. in order—what it
Amay continue the purpose for which ‘
lit was’founded. uninfected by political <
exigencies in the national. society. .or
influences' which may . at Junctures
control ii'ecOuncils. will [be proposed
at a special meeting of the Connecth
cut Society to be held at the Hartford
Club. Hartford. Feb. 22. , ,
The question has arisen. whether or
not the $600 paid annually by the
Connecticut Society into the treasury
of the national society: toward flie
payment of the operating expenses of
that body. could be better employed
in some form of Americanization
Work.
The opinion has also been ventured
”that there might be more enthusiasm
and interest in Connecticut in the
‘work of a society, which is one of the
country. if directed
ccticut people... thug
ary of a nations
largest in the
solely by Conn '
operated as a substdi
not always apparent".
PARIS. Feb. Ink—An
conductor. A‘Vcston Gales. of New
directing the lhmourcux orchestra.
the government-supported
the war. was given.
Mr. Gales founded and
orchestra.
prised the "Ricnzi."
man" and "Thanhauscr"
and the preludes from
wnnecttcutmflocii
rioan Revblutiom,
body. “the trend of whosepurposes is
American
York. gave Paris her first solid Wag-
nerian program of overtures recently
when he was accorded the honor-cf
Paris now seems to accept German
music without protest although with-
in a mouth squads of police guarded
opera
when "Die “'aikure." the first Wag-
nerian production sung there since
conducted
for four years the Detroit Symphony
His Paris program com-
"Flying Dutch-
overtures
"Lohcngriu."
"liarsifald’ “Tristan and Isolde” and,
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_The ”treasurer oif the European
ed to acknowledge receipt 2:001:15“
»during. the' ‘Eweek' ending February
ilth: 1921. from the folloWingf _
Miss Phoebe Yolk. £2.le Parker. M.
B. Grace. in. Richard Sweeney.- Earl
F. Thomas. ‘W. A. Redness. George
Ingham. George M. lde. J. A. Lock-
wobd. Thomas F. McMahon.\Mrs. F.
F. Huntington."Samucl Kantor. Dr. T.
R. ,Bradley. Mrs. A: Hyde Cole. Dr:
John A. O'Connor. Dr; E. H. Jones.
Mary Marshall Brooks. Carolyn V. C.
Raymond. A. \V. Se'rlnger. George H.
{Lockwood Donation in memory" of
$50.00.
CCTnlLL AND, RAY
a“ T0 CLASH AGAIN
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BOSTON. Fob. 12.—'rhe racing riv-
ruimcr and Harry Cuibill known as
the flying par-son of the Boston Alb-
ietic Association in which Cutbiii has
gained one victory this acasdn is ‘10 be
renewed here at the Legion Games on
February 22. Ray today wired his
entry for the "Boston mile" in which
other competitors probably will in-
clude Crt'biil. Mike Devanneyu the
New York runner and J. J. Connolly.
Children‘s Relief Committee is pie-is; ,
buttons to the Boo er findi‘veeeived' A
Mary Estheraficnrd. Frank C. Broken ’
Malcolm E. ’Love. Additional: Fast
Day contribution. received through.
Mrs. Hill. $5.25. From a. friend!
I
airy of Joie \‘V. lay. the Illinois A. C.’
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of Georgetown ljniver'sity.
York and Massachusetts legions also
is planned.
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A large delegation from the Nor-
waik Aerie. No. 588. Fraternal Order
of Eagles. visited the Danbury eerie
last night.
automobile.
Brazil is to hold a centennial expo-
sition in 1922.
an ‘ *‘
r~‘
(iii “ENE hi ‘i
sL—IJ 1”
5%“?
a stick of WRIGLEV’S
between your teeth
Tt’aa motorist help
to daily tasks --aod
sports as well.
my FRUIT?”
"FIB" ,
SEMID TIGHT
KEPT RIGHT .
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Nettttimeyoo
want toconcen-
trateoo apiece
ofworiilustslip
. Haze rds
fdisaopear
a lid bard
macaw.
f.
the zest that
means success.
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for 50
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Iréhbishnp (of am
meat)" , and
(3%“. man: t).g.’ . . .
thermos! interesting 'antomp the
is ill _' to come into» “the a
room mums. fem ~‘
A medley.
lay race betweeniteame of the New-
The trip was madqgmy '
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THE GEEA
color.
‘Esr VALUES IN ' REC
rEAns
.Women’s‘ Pure Silk
. ‘ V . ‘ . '
’Trlcolette Dresses
‘ This'is an extraordinary purchase of high class richly em.
haliroidered dresses, that are in the very height of style. ni‘i‘mu-d
conmdcrabiy less than the manufacturing cost~cx (TV
"4
“Regular price, $25.00 "
Special-$14.95
.EXTRAORDINARY SALES IN
Women’s and Misses’ All Wool
Jersey Suits
Choice 11303313 in Brown, Green, Copcn, Navy, Gm; ;.» .1
Henna Mixtures
They» are. worth‘ $25.00
Intended to sell at $8.00.
Specml *
”‘ Special-1313.75 ’
Ail] Wool Plaid Skirts
at."
SPLENDID BARGAINS 1.?
Women’s Dresses
of Wool Serge, Velour and Tricotine; values up 1., $19 w
$8.88
S '31 ‘
mi esoeess-n-.."---
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Georgette .and Crepe de Chine Shirt Waist
Flesh and White. were $6.89 and $7.98
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HOUSEFURNISHIN G S,
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HARDWARE“ and AUTO SUPPLIES
125 wasmcron or.
PHONE 340
ENT
........ $4.19
FREE DELIVERY
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i’NEAN'rs’KNIT BONNETS AND
Rather than carry these goods over we have made 11m
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following reductions
. Knit Bonnets reduced from File and $125 to
Corduroy Bonnets, 50c and $1.00 reduced to
Corduroy Tonnes, 81.00 and $1.50 reduced {'0
50c and 511‘”
39c and 75c.
75c and $1.00
Eiderdowu Bonnets. $1.00, new 75c.
A dainty assortment of silk and poplin bonnets. some are Mr.
broidered and there are pink, blue and white silk ones trimmcd wim
shining. rosebud trimming and rosettes, former prices ranged {mm
We to 3235! and are now 89c to $1.76.
Silk Poke Bonnets. for Older children. with shined brims am
decorated with tiny animal heads of fur. reduced from $2.25 to $1.75
J. I. Mallette
so warmer-on at.
South Harwell:
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VICTOR
WWESELY
(Formerly with Vaast Bros.)
Automobile Bodies, Fenders, Radiators.
and Made to Order, and All
Kinds of Sheet ‘Metal‘Work.
Welding of “All Kinds of :Metals.
’13 W M Smith Hamill. Near South Main Street.
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