washlpsto he: tell of:
'30me
cabinetfs‘ay frankly that they were
worse oft. financially than they were
wines they assumed their official du-
Tties. one member left with his in-
.comerso’ low “as to cause him actual
.. we are ,told turther. whose private in-
comes “have made ,up, 'the deficiency
‘ worryJJe-Only thoseicablnet members.
have Lbeep .ablekto get; alonglwithout
considerable embarrassment. The so-
? tide, 12:52 a: m., 1:17. p.311.
1P 6 2-07, sets 5 :57. ..
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in m use for publication of
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new. published herein.
m
m of publication or‘special
' herein are also reserved.
“some NOIES
I
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“sous-c In
rooms, Tuesday
15th; 1921, 'st 8
0 Degree.
cordlally and fratern-
_I‘ruternnlly yours,
'1 mild rams, W. 31‘.
m M. Wilcox, Secy.
fl ampter No. 88. R. A. M..
w to ”sonic Temple. South Main
M (In and and 4th Tuesdays at,
' _ month at 8 o’clock. July and
m accepted. All R. A. Masons
m and traternally invited.
I). B. BEACH, H. P.
Secretary
«”8011; AT THE CARD TABLE.
V h an eflort to convince their con—
“ of the greatness of their ac-
Meats while in control or the
mom Government. the Members of
7-“: present administration of that
_Mnment have been boasting or
”achievements in connection with
he framing of the Peace Treaty.
Am other things they have boast-
ed a! the immense area of territory
m which they were given control
“all the system of mandates. At
, . a some time that President Wilson
on: toasting of the “supreme sacri-
t'fir!‘ he had asked the United States
do .30. British ‘ politicians were
m of their acquisitions out terri-
“is.
4 .1 must be admitted. after a review
6"." facts. that the British politl-
rah-have good reason for their self-
qmmdation. for they extended their
m over something like a. mil—
Efi- and a half square miles in area.
. m of this had been partially under
rm control before. but most of it
I.“ lean entirely under the control or
(may. Probably the most im-
M of the British acquisitions wns
~ farm .East Africa which borders
(1-. the Indian Ocean and possesses
g ‘gin probably the most important
.mzrrmercial port on the Farsi. coast of
m: continent. This Colony was one
«£525: most highly valued of the Gcr~
rm Mania! possessions and to it
' 1-. s. LYON,
4
than along the line or interior de-
mt and improvement. It has
imiy as large as all of the
Mom States of the American
men. It has 620 miles of sea. coast
:wmately equivalent in length to
Mon. South Carolina. It pos-
m all kinds of soil and climate,
m it lies in the tropic region! but
m altitudes up to 19.000 feet thus
2% it possible to raise not only
= ’ products but also .those com-
mon- in the temperate zone. During
w control of the Colony the Ger-
t” built two railroads. one of them
saris-fling inland from the coast 220
“a. and the other 780 miles, the!
”- combine being equivalent in
m to a railroad from New York
“m. .This road will easily con-
- with the British Cape-to—Cairo
' and .wili give Great Britain
“ ‘ of! practically allot the com-
f , otthe African Continent. Bri-
m already controls railroads
3‘: into the Congo territory un—
“mm control.
. , “In East Africa is rich in min-.
”. The mountain regions contain
M quantities of gold. copper. iron;
' ' alt. and precious stones. The
region. which are tropical in
r.-s.re‘ richly productive of,
which grows wild~and also un-l
sorghum. maize. bananas.
. tobacco. and tea. SWeet po-
“8 and peanuts also thrive.t
‘ .. and lemons are not yet pro-
u but the climate is suited to their
' production. In slightly
, oltitudes apples and melons
frild and are exceedingly. pro-
» under cultivation. Farther up
{In hills live stock is exceedingly
{and the herds are estimated
he 4.000.000 head of cattle and
' = head of sheep. es.
*1” country is inhabited principally
W8 numbering about 7,500,000.
‘ Britain has recently adopted
policy in Rhodesia of placing the
» on reservations. egcept where
one needed as laborers tor im-
nt in productive enterprise,
making the land available for
"settlers. Under such a policy
Jinnah East Mrlca all of the
prdductive portion of this new
acquisition can be made a.
adjunct to British commercial
' » — The mountain streams
out of Lake Tanganyika and
Nyanm‘aflord immeiise water
for industrial development.
as it is between British not
‘ and the British Colony of 3119-.
.d in the direct line of the
i... o railroad. German East
promises well to, fulfill the
:the British politicians who
to it as one of the rich
from the war.
... -u
l
I
m had given her greatest {It-g
l
.mmd 384.000 sqaure miles—e
me an coast from New York city to‘
-who can unify Germany as it was be-
cial ‘sta‘ndaqd is traditional and the
scale oi: living is practically prescrib-
ed. . .
i It isian'anomaly that a demofiratic
icountry'f'should pay its cabinet mem-
bers so small salaries that the smaller
the means a. man has the harder it is
to’serve‘ as the head of one or the
government departments. Many a
citizen' of means can accept a. cabinet
position that many a citizen without
means would either have to decline or
could accept only at a loss so far as
his private fortune was concerned.
The cost of living is still high. but
life is cheaper. I
. ————‘.——————
One thing about Mr. Hughes: He
can play at the .international poker
table and no one. will‘know whether
he has a poker face.
An ad reading. “Four hundred
thousand miniature typewriters in
use." might inspire somebody to write.
“Why Editors go Crazy."
in or President Wilson's '
Lick «)5 Proper Supervm ""61”!
- Neglectororphanaom
‘ M , ical Oversight
‘;Because of lack of investigation
and supervision of ffee foster homes.
andfthe lack of utilization of board-
ing homes, the placed-out children of
Connecticut have been found to be
overworked. exploited. poorly - edu-
cated. poorly, trained and twisted and
thwarted from normal development."
says the Connecticut Child Welfare
Commission, appointed in 1919 by ex-
Governor Holcomb. in its report on the
placing out of dependent and neglect-
ed children. in this State. which-was
submitted to Governor Lake. Tuesday.
This report is part one of the second
volume of the commission’s findings.
“ Town Visitors Failure.
The report points out the following
alleged defects in the system in vogue
in Connecticut: I ’
1. That the system of town visit-
ors has been tried and found wanting.
That there are no standards on
commitment of children are
-)
which
based.
l .
Nothing is sacred to the X-ray op-
erator and the income tax collector.
'Nn‘MuNAchl .
IN filliMANl
mum. AWAY
BEILIN. March 12.-——The King’s
Party 'in Germany, which is seeking
the restoration of the monarchy. has
hailed to arouse any enthusiasm either
for the. proposal to put a Hohenzol-
glcrn again in power or for the en—
'thronement of a Bavarian or \Vucrt-
t‘emburg prince.
d ucutive sla ff.
That there is a lack of adequate
care of dependent
3.
facilities for the
children. .
i. :l‘lmt there is a lack of regular
medical oversight.
The following are the conclusions of
the commission which are based on
investigations by members of the ex-
ir. which private and
county institutions were involved:
“The study of private placing-out
agencies shows them to be doing
effective work in a limited field. It
indicates that child-caring institutions
are realizing the lit-ed
and placements.
Lack of Facilities.
“The study or children placed out
from tll<v(‘ounly Homes has served to
emphasize tin; met that there is both
a lock or adequate facilities to care
for dependent and neglected children.
mid a inilure to make the best use of
Opinion atoms in prvvnil llml flu-
Lgr-vulsion against llu- oh! l‘wflllllf‘l
rough? on by the debacle of \\'{il‘_
.(‘annot lw wiped out in lvss than St‘Vv
voral generations. liven the men who
'stood close in royally before and dur-
Hill: lb» war. will: the exception of
(‘t‘l’lfllh miiilur‘utq \vllnsv pry-slice nll'l
lulluvl‘wv mn‘i‘j.’ Y'uz‘ \ulllslH-«l, an-
only lukewarm l0‘»‘.’."?‘(l llw monarch-
list movement or flatly oppose it.
I 'l‘ht-rv is. lzov'v'w‘vr'. ztr; :Lpimr‘n! lu~
Cllnziiiou lo Hum.» llu- l‘ormrr Emper-
m‘ or (“l-own l‘rinm- rm- thv dumngrs
(in-many has unlurod. except among
tho extreme radicals and sonu- ol‘ Hm
sm-iullsi. VIM. llurs gu-ncrnlly lay tlm
fault lo the UM liui'm of government
more than to the Emperor ll"l‘§0ll:‘lll.\'.,
or to his ussm'lzllvs. _
liverywhcro» in the provinces.
throughout :uvn :‘la. Radon. \Vuori-
tomburg. East, l'russla, l'ppcr Silesia.
the fuc‘lllllvs u‘l'lwh cflsi.
“ill-row olllluln n :n'w commilied to
lhn- homr. llim- is: no moi-ms lit the
disposal of the Slate and the county—4
although they I"i_\’ thr- bill—by which
they can dell-rmilw whether or not
such 'r‘ommiimvnis are advisable.
'I‘htrc (il'l‘ no standards as lo what
shall constitute sufllvlrnl cause {or
breaking up a family and committing
the children to an institution.
Left to (‘li‘nm-o.
"AHI-r commitment of children to
tlu- County lionws. llli.‘ matter of plac-
in: lln in Hill is ll-l‘t largely to chance.
“Home lludim: is a highly special-
izml pi~ol'.~s::ion. but there- nrc‘no per-
sons “'htnw (mo and special duly it is
to find noun-s for lhrsr children. Con-
suqucnily home-s :il‘v lfc‘nerall)‘ secured
\
among business men and . peasants
'allkc. thi- opinion is firmly held that;
Germany was Forum] into the wnr‘hy;
England and Franco. and this bns'
tended to keep alive the Hohcnzolla-rn
popularity.
A prominent Tluvnrlan mauul‘actun
or told the correspondent llic “Rayon
inns will always lwlif-VP the war was
forced on Germany." Business men in
linden. property owners of l'ppcr Sl-
lenia. officials and farmers of East
Prussia. with whom the correspondent
spoke, conflrmr'd the prevalence 07
this feeling that Germany was not re-
sponsiblo for the war.
"Regardless of this belief. however.
the Germans are not ready to restore
a monarchy." said a, man who was
closely associated with the Emperor
during the war. “Perhaps in 40 or 45
years yes. then it will almost cor-
tnlnly be rc-eslnbllshml. You say
you have heard the opinion lltnl Ger-
many will have a monarchy within 10
years, but I believe that is not possi-
ble” Not before at least two gener-
ations have passed will the people be
ready for a king again. and then nev-
cr for a monarch with great power. Iti
will be. a limited monarchy. and very."
limited. Agitation now is untimely.
and useless."
Those who favor the restoration of
the monarchy. and those who believe
it will be restored but, do not favor it.
say the proscnt government “is too
weak and thorn is no responsible head
fore-the Min". The people. who were
long accustomedlto royalty, “need a
directing social head it not a power-
ful monarch." it ls'nrgued. and such
a'ruling house would not destroy the.
principle of democracy which has
been grounded since the war.
Rivalry and jealousy of‘ pO‘Wer
which have» always existed .brtwen
the state and particularly between
Bavaria and Prussia. will not prevent
the restoration of the monarchy after
a numberof Years. said a-promlnent
Bavarian, although in ‘his opinion the;
former Emperor or Crown Prince "is
out of the question." .
"we cannot have a. government
torn forever by' political dissensions
and prosper,” he- continued. ”We .519
not like _ Prussia and 'Pruss’ia‘ is not
ovcr~fond of us. and East Prussia gen-
erally is understood to, just: tolerate
Berlin. but we all realize the neces-
sity of standing together.‘ We have
the factories here. the agriculture in
East Prussia. and ‘Prus'siai has the
railroads.‘ Our interests are so closely
allied there can neveribe any success—
ful penetrations In my“ opinion a
monarchyis the logical solution or our
political ditiiculties. .-‘but~‘not 3. mon-
archy established at the behest of
Pmmanvo- .7 , 3 .
He added
l
l ., that theinei'rt monarch
must he {mm the Bavarian or Wuert-
rpyalty, which always had
through rhnnm- npplicatlons. and
those applications are largely from
pimple who look upon the County
Homes as free employment agencies.
whore chv-np farm and kitchen labor
may by oblaiiu l.
"A child mm l-t- placed in a foster
home by the (‘ounly Commissioners.
Ilw superintendents of the County
Homes. the to“ n visitors. the visitor
for the (Hoot-min burs-nu, or the State
for trained '
workers to deal both with admissions .
' a.
Permits v, Exploitation '7 and
cial 4Report FCharges __...
Amounts to but Little
’Board of Charities. After placement
these persons, or by none.
. Misplaced-
“This work- is not specifically‘the
function wot either the County Com-
missioners or the superintendent of
the home, all 9; whom have other im-
portant work to do. ‘
“The system of town visitors 11”
been tried and found wanting. Con-
necticut's experience bears Ollt the
statement of a well-informed observ-
cr. local supervision. and‘especiully
that undertaken by volunteer and un-
compensated persons, has alwaYB
proved sporadic. inadequate and in-
sumcient.
"Until recently there has been only
one visitor for the diner-so in this
State. and the number of Roman
Catholic children whom she was able
to place and visit was necessarily a
very small proportion of the total.
No Co-ordinstkm.
"The child welfare department of
the State Board of Charities is ham-
pered both by lack' oi” workers and
lack of authority. \Vilh only three
field workers to visit some 1,600
placed-out children. till-h“ are over
500 children under the care ot each
agent. The best standards consider
fifty children to a visitor to be the
proper number. Thus there are ten
times as many children in each agent
as can be handled most (\n‘ectivcly.
In addition. their work is hampered
and is made already advisory instead
of supervisory. by the luck of thor-
ough organization and (‘U—Ol‘dlnatlon
of the ‘arious factors involved. '
“Although there is provision in the
law for placing children in boarding
homes. this is hardly cvvr done. and
none of the losier homes sludied were
found to be of this nature,
"The luck 01' regular nudicai over-
sight is a constant obstacle in the.
way of efficient work." ,
Mullen! Examinations.
Explaining the lack of proper men-
tal and physical ‘cxaminnuon of chil-
dren committed to County Homes. the
report says:
"ln‘lhc great majority of cases the
child enters the County Homo without
a mental or physical examination. li’
a child should qlllll‘ apparently lw
suffering from some (lim‘uH‘. to doctor
is called to sm- him; if not in cri'icnt
need of medical care at . nlrancc. the
physical condition of the child is scl‘
dam of any concern. Children are m:-
unlined for tuberculosis. however.
twice a. year as required l-y the State
law.
"The laws relating to the County
Homes for dependent 'rwl ncglcclcd
children state that no (‘lllld suffering
from an incurable o: Contagious dis-
mal or a mentally dellrlcnt child.
shall be nllowed to remain in the
County Home. '\\’ithout a mental or
physical examination at the children
at entrance it is impossible t o carry
out the law. and consequently there
are many children entering the Coun-
ty liomcs .nnd loll-r being placed out
in family homes, who do not fit into
either environment llt'OfluM‘ of special
deficiencies."
l
CAMP KNOX MAY,
BE USED AS GREAT
TRAINING CAM
Continued from first page
P
“0330?. North Carolina. South Caro-
lina. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama.
Georgia and Florida.
There will ulso be an artillery camp
for mwnlwrs or all artillery units lo-
called at Harvard. Yale, Princeton.
Cornell. Virginia. Military Institute.
A1abanm Polytechnic Institute. Pur-
due. Culver. Ohio Stale. University of
Chicago. University of Illinois. Vni-
vt-rslty of Wisconsin. Iowa State. Uni-
versity of Missouri. Colorado Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College of Tex-
as. University of Oklahoma. Leland.
Stanford. University of Utah. and
Oregon Agricultural College.
Commencing on July 6 and ending
lSept. 4 all the national guard of the
Fifth Corps Area will attend for' per-
iods of two weeks for each organiza-
tion. ’ "in addition there will be a re-
giment of artillery from Missouri and
a battalion oi” artillery from own. It
is proposed that the national guard
united engage in practical, training of
a nature which cannot be given at
their home stations. “
' It is proposed that there also be a.
month's camp for citizens between
the ammo! is and 45. These men
willlhen be given courses between
tion'with a viewto including as great
'9. proportion as possible of practical
field work including firing. The prin-
cipal part or the training at the citi-
zens camp will be in the infantry
to put in ten per cent. of their time
undergoing instruction in some other
branch. 7
In order to provide for the large
number oi'instructors needed the 40th
Infantry at Camp Sherman is now- en-
listed mefi as spepialists wit: the var-
ions infantry arms.‘ A number‘ot ot-
flc’ers from the corps area are. under-
going' instruction at the infantry
school at Camp Benninz. Georsflh and
it is planned that upon completion of»
their courses these officers ' will be
utilized as instructors
Camp 31192
31.000 acres. . '”
branch although individuals may elect ‘
gaged in‘ intensive training for the ‘
purpose of preparing officers and ens .
r... puma Knee :
reservation consists of
AGED HARTFORD (‘O‘l'l’LE
MARRY.
HARTFORD.“ March l:.-—-—(.‘.upld is
no respecicr of years. Mrs. Abbie A.
Tucker. who has twu sons. livcgrand-
children and two great grandchildren.
and William O‘Brien. who has a son
and a daughter and six grandchildren.
{were married Tuesday night at
,Retreut avenue. where Mr. O'Brien
has made his home for a halt cen-
tury. Both Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien are
74 years of age. This is Mr. O'lirion's
{third marriage and Mrs. O'Brien's
.second. Mr. O'Brien is a retired con-
glrsctor. His bride had been his house-
keeper for twa‘ years.
I
COUNTY Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY
QUARAX’I‘INED AT HOME.
Owing to the fact that the little
ldaughter of the Y. M. C. A. secretary.
;Mr. Sexton. has diphtheria. he is quar-
antined at his residence. it is expect-
led that he will be able to be out with-
'in a few days.
he may be visited by any or all or i
136.
.
MTH
A Store Full of
I GREAT BARGAIN.
Shaving Down the Profits—Forcing Prices Just as Far im n a
They Can Go—That’s \Vhat This Great Clearance Sale
THE TIME TO BUY IS Now 1
t
l
Out i
BOSTON. March l2.-Suddvn ap-i
poarnncox of James Sullivan outsidet
the big Sim-l cage in the l‘nilrd Slates
Marshal's office. imwhich he had been
locked and bolted while awaiting a
hearing on a charge of stealing from
the mails. throw Federal agents mm
a quandary today.
Cage Is Still Bolted,
But Prisoner Is
N»
at
The cage was still fastened securely a
and Sullivan refused to tell how he
nll’ectcd his escape. A Deputy Mor-
shsl caught him us he was climbing
a window ledge.
. e _ o
tflmt'ritd's Leading
CORSET
To appear youthful is every
woman’s desire. This ,sgc of
youthful attire calls for youthful
corsoting. combining the attri-
butes of Youth. Slendcrncss and
Grace, all found in W. B. Nuform /
Corsets.
Al'srluuxs A LONG TRAIL
FOR “’5“ BRIDES.
A.—
535 “'omcn with 55 Babies Stranded
in Canal Zone. Y. \\'. C. A.
Plays Hostess.
“ V'hcn in trouble go to the Y. W."
This advice. long given to American
girls headed for New York. holds
good in many other parts of the world
I
ins ,wcll. Recently 535 women. mostly
‘English war brides bound for AuS- W. B. FORMU BRASSIERES
{trails to start home tires burning. m'ithW-B-Comueuure ton-fit Pet-
oddju-ttmmceoodsns-hauhe .,
Wm: the outset accomplishes below.
“MC-ARTE" BROS” inc.
Heat-Tithe
Whole House
at low cost and p ' '
little trouble>
were stranded for a week in the Cam
ai Zone when their English. Govern-
ment transport put in for repairs.
\Viih no water on the ship for a
week. they were confronted with the
care or their fifty-rive war babies and
laundry work. Miss lpScur. director
of the Y. \V. C. A. work for the Canal
Zone at Balboa. heardot their di—
lemma hnd at once offered hospitality.
Fifty laundries and baths of local re- '
sidences were opened to them. Here
the babies were brought for daily
baths. In addition. teas and dances‘
were given as well as gala movie peril
'les m 1
1 SIM ANIl BAGK
iCsused by Woman’s Ills and
Cured by Lydia EPinkhsm’s
Vegetable Compound
Grafton. Pa.-“ I was troubled with
inflammation and pains in my sides
"to, .. ~ back. After doctor-
‘ ing with different
‘ doctors and notget—
a .-
.,‘
y hold
dis E.Pink-
ham’s a ge tsbl e
Compound and
knowm' g thats'he _ 6
really been he! ’ by
it, I it.
“v.3 .
work at that tune.
when m
u ‘ ofL
1&1!wa-
honse or arm s
. months
we ...
W'mould
taking ’ seve rslbottlesofthoz
pools with the digging ot the Panama Operate. th 1 f cc
cm“ “ “WWW““M' - ‘ ~ ' walls - ' -a. re u at urna .
The worklwould last. at minimum , cumng 110155 “1 as W‘ . g - d u W d
latitudes, more than .80, years. arts! Redw‘fire ml" does awaywith 93111112 ashes, coal 9" woo ‘ p . (fir
whm‘ ”m9: “Yeme- “mu ‘5” pm. aw}: swm,’ k‘ee'pscellarcool for vegetables, and by spreadingthe W33"? _‘
‘ ‘duced by're‘clalined land. , d1 11 . 1 on to c use of every room all wmlcl‘.
,. , throughout e onscrenabesy , Cu...
' Heater on our floor, or let our salesman a »
ties in which the entireAtown oi Bel-L
boa cooperated under the Young
leadership.
",VVith the Y. W. C. A. ready with
a friendly hand. it is impossxble to
feel homesick anywhere even in an
out-ot-the-way corner of the world
‘like this." said a war bride gratefully
gas the ship dcparted.- Amazement ,
had been expressed at the complete-
ness of the Y. \V. C. A. set-up in Bal-
EAT every room in your
houSc, all winter, day and
night. Bring comfort and
health to your family. Do
away with allthe dirt, trouble
and nuisance of stoves. At mod-
. boa. summer camnxclub activities
and classes. The Ca al Zone is only - ‘
one o, the mmom comm... m crate cost and little or no expense
or difiiculty for installing, you can en-
joy~ the comfort and convenience of an
.lnTERnATIonAL Onepipe Heater
Excellent heater for homes of ten rooms or leis. hf
better than stoves, yet COSts but little more than a ‘gF-‘(fid
stOVe. Gives more heat than several stoves at a fuel Cast
not- much higher than for one. Simple to
Only one pipe to connect (to chimney
which the International work of the
Y. W. C. A. is carried on.
‘ v»
MAY STOP ZUYDER ZEE WORK. ‘
THE HAGUE. March 12.—-—A1though
the work has already commenced. a
movement is under way to curtail pre-
sent expenditures in the tremendous.
engineering task of drying up the
Zuyder Zee’.’ , '
The present time of financial strin-
gency. say those who oppose immed-
iate proceeding with this work. _an
undertaking comparable in some 9.3-,
install and
); 110
Conic in and see this _ .
anionic. This places you under no obhgauon to buy.
1 " . Plumbing. Hollow,” and 'I'lnnlng
T‘F ' as. __
473.3 ‘ tor, th‘m‘mmalk
.mm a, new .____
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