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NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBEfl 23, 19Z1 JOURNALIST HENRY WATTERSON M Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 22. Henry VV'atterson, one of the country's best known journalists and former owner and publisher of the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, died at a local hotel at 6.15 this morning:. Colonel Watterson's death was unex pected, though it had been "known for some days that he was ill. The vetergi publisher had been here about six weeks, an was his custom on his annual trips to Florida. He has for years been spending the winters Jargfcly at Fort Myers, Lee county ,and it was his Inten tion to go to that place when his condi tion improved sufficiently to take the trip. His wife, son and daughter, were at his bedside when he died. Colonel Watterson's death was due to heart failure superinduced conges tion of the lunps, aecordin;' l -phjv-:ians. ' lie was conscious for a few min utes at intervals and 30 minutes before death, called his wife into the room and conversed with her. After the words with Mrs. Watterson, the son and daugh ter were summoned. Members of the family said his death was peaceful. Col onel Watterson having lapsed into un consciousness again a few minutes be fore he passed away. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JfORNATuIST WATTERSON Henry Watterson was one of the last 5f the old time personal journalists. More than half a century his editorials, with their brilliant, original and phrase m;.'ng composition, attracted wide at torn n-n. They were commented on and ropipd by the press of the nation. Be sides his powor in mold':i public opin ion through his editorials Watterson's Inmierro is credited with having shaped the platform of the democratic party in more than one presidential campaign. It w:is perhaps through an accident that Il-nry Watterson pursued journal ism. Knrly in life he evinced unusual mu.rcal talent and his parents encour aged it. A mishap that crushed his left thumb. leaving that member stiff, caused the mu.iml education to be aban doned, as the piano was his favorite In strument. A natural bent foi4 writing developed hut even in this Mr. Watterson was seri ously handicapped as an Illness In in fancy bad affected his vision. His first jn'irnaHsMc experience Was gained on a WHsMngton. P. C. newspaper as musi rpl and dramatic critic. His father. JTnrvpy M. Wnttnrson. for 2.0 years pre c'l:n the outbreak of the war between r-i . wric n representative In con gress from Tennessee. It was during th's '! M-nry Watterson laid the foun dation for an elaborate knowledge of na 'lortnl affairs, hp spending much of his time arrneiatlng with party leaders o Ihe nrrin'i and in close contact with the :prrnfin of the trovcmment. Wat' ergon's course in letters and jour tal'm in tho national capital was In terrur-tPd just as ho attained his ma i'Ttty by :.h" outbreak of war. With his father, he mno?M the secession move ment, hnf upon the declaring of hostili ties hr- r.'tnrned to his Tennessee home, nd joined the army of the Confederacy, lie served throughout the war, except for a prio'l of trn months, when hp es taHNhP't and opprntpd at Chattanooga, Tppo.. The r.tbel, a semi-military paper. Mr. Watti-rson served first as an aide to tlv- farrotts cavalry leader. General N'atiuin Tifrlford Forrest, and later was .on th'- staff of O-'Ttral l,eonidas Polk. PTtrn-.y campa'gn between Gen erals S'i. ri::an ami Johnston. Watterson iv;;c chief of scouts of Uie Confederate irmy. Resident Commissioner The Philippines I Washington Of ijwti if-, . r 'f if . 1 K a The Rebel Instantly achieved great popularity. The paper was outspoken and independent, forecasting in many things the Louisville Courier-Journal, a lineal descendent to follow it within a few years. ' Abraham Lincoln was said to be the great passion of Watterson's' life. His lecture on Lincoln was delivered m hun dreds of cities and it was his pride to tell of calling on Lincoln the morning of his inauguration and of standing be side him at the ceremony. "Let no southern "man point his fin ger at me," .Mr, Watterson said, "be cause I canonize Lincoln, for he was the one friend we had at court when friends were most in need," When Watterson founded the Journal he made a. plea for harmony in the south. Thoroughly reconstructed him self, he urged all to follow his course in complete submission to the federal government. Mr. W ai Person always advocated "Tariff for Revenue Only," a phrase which he coined, and which finally was adopted by the democratic party. He was an ardent friend or Grover Cleve land during the latter's first adminlstra tlon as president, but opposed Cleve land's third nomination. His service as a public official was confined to a fractional term In con gress. He accepted a seat there In 1878-7 at the wishes of Samuel J. Til- den, with whom he was closely allied. Mr. Watterson Tefused renomlnation for the full term. Frequently urged to run for high office he always refused, main taining: Mr. Watterson opposed William Jen nlngs Bryan In his candidacy for pres ident in 1896, but in 1900 the Courier- Journal gave him luke-warm support. In 1908, however, what Mr. Watterson de nominated as the "free silver heresy' being "as dead as African slavery," in the United States, he became a warm supporter of Bryan. Mr. Watterson also devoted some of his editorial attention to social questions, He once made a savage attack on New York society women calling them flock of unclean birds." He accused them of a fondness for display that ruin ed the men, and a love of chamngns and bridge that eventually ruined their morals. His dashing style gave currency to "Light Horse Harry" and "Hent-y of Navarre." The most popular nickname and the most frequently used, however, was plain "Marse Henry." As effectively as he wrote Mr. Watter pon snoke on th public platform. His reputation as an orator reae'.ied its ell max when he delivered an address at the dedication of the Columbian Exposition when he appeared as the government1 official spokesman. Among the several hooks he wrote or compiled were Oddities of Southern Life and Character, a volume of southern hu mor: The Spanish-American War, writ ten concurrently with the events, and his latest work, Compromises of Life, compilation of his lectures, addresses and numerous editorials from the Cour ier-Journal. Of his career, Mr. Watterson recently said: . "I came out of the! war like many of the young fellows of the. south, a very picked bird, indeefi. In order to escape the humiliation of borrowing from northern uncle, whose polities I did not approve, I went with my watch to an "uncle" who had no politics at all and got ?50 on it. - Along with two blanket mates, who were as poor as myself started, or rather revived, publication of an old suspended newspaper at Nash viile. Nothing could withstand the ergy and ardor which we three threw into the enterprise. We were working for bread and had to have it.- When we began there were nine daily paoers struggling for a footing in the little Ten nessee capital. At the end of the year there were but twc. and one of these. ours, had two-thirds of the business. Af ter two, years I was called to Louisville to take an editorial position on the old T,ouisvil!e Journal, the paper of George D. Prentice. Si months later Walter N. Haldeman, who owned the Courier, joined with me in combining the journal and Courier. Incidentally this led to the purchase of the old Louisville Demo crat, this publication losing its identity entirely. That is about all." The consolidation of the three1 papers was the first of the great newspaper combinations. - It resulted In the first ap pearance of the Courier-Journal, Nov ember 8, 1868. In his early years he superintended the detail of every department and for more than 30 years put tne paper to press every night. He was born In Washington, o. t-., on Feb. 16, 1840. . - SCHEDCXE OF THE PROPOSED WAGES BY XEW HAVEN ROAD INVESTIGATING PRICES ' CHARGED FOR NECESSITIES Washington. Dec. 2 J. Federal Investi gation of retail priepB charged In ivarlous parts of the country for food, fuel, shoes and clothing was initiated toaay Dy At torney General Daugherty. He av or ders to Director Burns o the bureau of wvestigation of the justice department to assign a force or men ai once iu me duty of obtaining data on retail prices in different localities. Mr. Daueherty declared that prices of necessary commodities were too high anU that in some instances rue jiruuus ux- it tailers were "unconscionable." It woula never he -possible, he aserted, to get prices down to th, pre-war level cut wrun wages lowered and the costs of foodstuffs reduc ed, he was determined to learn whether the present "badly proportioned" retail prices should be maintain Ad. Mr. Burns was Instructed to put hi. men to work simultaneously to obtain the variations in various localities in thi retail prices of general foodstuffs, such as meats, provisions, beansfi bread and butter, fuel, shoes and clothing and to make scti-dmaes of the comparative prices. Reports will also gathered on the wholesale prices of wheat, teei and meats of all kinds In order, Mr. Daugh erty explained, that comparisons triglvt be madA of the costs of these commodi ties with the prices onargea oy tne ouien- ers artel igraeerss. The depitititmentls agents are to be Instructed to do their work carefully but as rapidly as possible. Action to remady price conditions, Mr. Daughterty declared, would be taken through several channels. In the main, he said, the situation was a local one and the states would be asked to do as much as they could to solve It with fed eral co-operation. Secretary Hoover: he added would be invited to join with the justice department in its effort to lower prices while it was believed that the pub lication of the comparative wholesale and retail prices would do Much to remedy high prices try conveying to the house wives of the country accurate knowledge of actual conditions. Onganlzatiorte of retailers' In different parts of the country were Warned by Mr. Daugherty for high prices. These asso ciations, he declared, were formed "by smart men who sold a scheme to defe the laws of the country by perfecting an organization for fixing prices which con cealed its real purpose under a declara tion of a- desire to help competition, The department, he stated. Intends t 'get these smart fellows'4 while at the same time recognizing that many innocent merchants had been Imposed upon by them. Mr. Dautgherty declared himself as unualifiedly in favor of trade organ izations which confined their aperations to improtvin-g their services to the public. hut he asserted they would not be s lowed to nx prices or apportion terri tory among their memlbers, thus stlfiling competition. 1- Trade associations generally, he said were showing a commemJalble willingness to confine their activities to the lines suggested oy trie justice apartment as in conformity with the lamr, but where the department s advice had been disregard ed, it had been necessary to institute pro ceedirrg under the Sherman anti-trust act The decision of the sirpreme court last Monday in the Hardwood case which de- fyied the general scope of activities of trade associations, he added, would do much to remove uncertainty -as to rh exact application of the law to the activ Ities of trade associations and would en atble accurate definitions of what prac tices were legal and wh ch -were Illegal. In connection with the Hardwood de cision, Secretary Hoover said today that the supreme courts ruling would not interfere with the commerce department' plan for the publication of trade statis tics gathered by associations within the various industries. According to the de partments information, he sadd, there were only 150 associations operated on line.s similar to the Hardwr-od Lumber as sociation, out of some 1700 trade sociaMons in the country. New Haven, Dec 22. A schedule of the proposed readjustment of wages of employes of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, effective Janu ary 16. was issued by General Manaeer '. L, Eardo today. The items follow: Clerical and station forces, reduced seven cents per hour. This covers store keepers and assistants, Snd chief clerks. All clerks seven cents ner hour. Most of .this class of clerks now average at a rate of $25 weekly.) Assistant station masters, announcers. gatemen, baggage and parcel room em ployes, other than porters, ' seven cents an hour reduction. Crew callers, first year $1.75 ner dav: second, $2. Baggage porters, 35 cents per hour. Jifnitorg, 'switchboard operators. watchmen, etc., seven cents an hour re duction. , Office boys $1.75 and $2 per dav. Station agents, seven cents an hour rv. auction. i'reight handlers to be paid 35 cents an hour. Sealers Increased one cent an hour stevedores, increased two cents. Common laborers are to have a fixed rate of 32 cents an hour. Bridge foremen and assistants, track foremen and bridge mechanics are cut nve cents an hour and draw tenders eight cents an hour. Shop employes have been furnished with detailed statements showing rates tor various Kinds or work. Rates proposed range from a max! mum of 66 cents per hour for mechanics to a minimum of 40 cents per hour for helpers. Regular apprentices to be re' duced seven cents per hour. The rates of helper-apprentices to be reduced to correspond to the new rates established for helpers. Rate of 40 cents per hour to be establishedfor car cleaners. Agents at small non-telegraph stations are cut to 40 cents an hour. In engine, train and yard service rates are restored, that were In effect Decem ber 2nd. Switch fenders are to get e maximum rate of $4. Stationary en gineers are cut five cents per hour. Signal department men are to get 42 and 67 cents per hour. Conferences are being held daily by Mr. Eardo with the groups of employes. A repair shop committee has made a de mand for a 13 per cent. Increase In wag es. Back Hurt? When the kidneys do not properly dd their work or purify the blood stream, waste products and poisonous acids re ' main in the system and cause backache, rheumatic pains, lumbago, sore mus cles, swollen joints, itiffneet, lams back and similar symptoms,-. COCBT UPHOLDS REFUSAL OF JITNEY ArTOLICENSE8 New Haven, Dec 22. Judge John 15 Keeler, of the superior court. In a de clsion announced today, upholds the pub lie utilities commission In Its refusal to issue jitney automobile licenses to Clin ton E.r Modeste and John H. Whitby. The men appealed to the superior court after the public utilities commission de nied them permits to operate Jitney bus es between New Haven and Waterlmry, via Bethany, and between New Haven and Clinton, on the Shore route. Buses are operating on these routes and the commission held that "public convenience and necessity" did not require additional service. LONG CONFERENCE HELD AT BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICE London, Dec. 22. (By th A. P.)) A long conference was held at the co lonlal office today, presided over by Winston Spencer Churchill, colonial sec retary and attended by Sir Laming Worthington Evans, secretary for war Lord JMtzalan, governor general of Ire land; Sir Hamar Greenwood, secretary for Ireland, and General H M. Tudor, commander of the crown forces in Ire land. It- Is understood the military sit nation In Ireland was discussed. ITALIAN DEPUTIES DEFEAT RELATIONS WTH RU8SI Rome, Dec. 22. (By the A. P.) The Italian chamber of deputies today defeat ed a motion of Deputy ISugenio Chiesa In favor of a resumption of commercial relations with Russia, The vote was 220 to 8S. Afterwards, the chamber unanimously adopted a mo tion approving the Khsian policy of Premier Bonomi's eaibinet. IMejrIiierm COPYRIGHT CL1M1DINIT. WASHINGTON Isauro Gabaldon, resident com missioner of the Philippines, n: VDs)jngton. regulate and restore the healthy, normal action of kidneys and bladder, bringing clean blood and better health, withfree riom from aches and pains. J. Georfe Bulins, Bennington. Vt., writes; List fall I was attacked with lumbago and auffered untold agony. 1 had a severs vain across my back and at tina?a could not dress or andress myself. I was advised to take Foler Kidney Pills for my trouble. After taking them for a few days the pais in my back left me and I have not had any lumbago since that time ai U"V1'h?h,t was months ago. I recammaod Foley Kidney Fills to all wh have lumbaga." 1 4e iiJ-Haar We Want Your Business BUY YOUR XMAS CANDY HERE JENNY LIND MIXTURE, lb 24c An assortment of the Old-Time Hard Candies and flavors made of pur sugar. Last year 47c CUT RGCKLZZ lb. 2Go The Hard Candy that puts the joy in Xmas. Last Year 43c We htwe all the old fashioned kinds of Xmas hard Candies in Ye Old Fashioned flavors made of pure sugar and at prices that will surprise you. BOX CANDIES Fancy Asstd. Chocolates in all sizes from the 1-4 lb. for that Xmas stocking to 5 lbs. in Holly and plain patterns. WE CAN SAVE YOU HALF. SPECIAL An .dividual lb wooden box of ORANGE Q PEKOE TEA. Foil lined and sealed at the garden . . OJC CHURCH, LODGE AND CLUB ORDERS SOLICITED DIRECT IMPORTING COMPANY 157 MAIN STREET NORWICH, CONN, Mail Orden of S1.00 or Over Prepaid Exept cm Sugar and Milk ' jr Norwich Savings HUMOR OF THE DAY Dusky Depositor "I wants to d;aw ; out dafmoney I put in d.s bank four ears etgo. Dusky Cashier "Man, you am t got; no money In here no how. De interest j done et up de principal long go." Exchange. , He who srteala usually receives pun ishment in the end." Yea, and that even applies to the fellow who steals a kiss." "How so?'1 ' "Why, he frequently ends up by getting married." Florida Times Un ion. The automobile has not displaced the horse." "No," said -Cactus Joe, "and it never will. Everybody in Crimson Gulch keep bettin on hoss races in the hope of winnin' enough to buy a new. fliv ver.' Washington Star. Do you remember when you father drove the donkey cart?" The parlia mentary candidate fixed his eye-glass and gazed thoughtfully at the Interrup ter. Then he replied: "A a matter of fact, I had quite forgotten the cart. But I am thankful to see the donkey alive." Edinburgh Scotsman. 'Judge cried the prisoner in the dock, "have I got to be tried by a woman jury?' 'Be quiet,' whispered his counsel. I wont be quiet! Judge, I cant even fool my own wife, let alone twelve strange women. I'm guilty." Houston Post. Jones Hello, olde chap . Where'v you been? Bones Just returned from my va cation! WhHe there 1 looked up my iamny tree and Jones Get hit with any cocoanuts? wayside Tales. "Walter, if this is spring Chicken where is its wishbone? 'It was too young to wish, sir"- Boston Transcript Chloe I sho' mlghter knowed gwine have bad luck if I do dat wash in' on Friday. - Daphne What bad luck done come to yuh? Chloe I sen' home dat Dink silk net- tiooat wid de filly aidge what I was gwine keep out to wear to chu'eh on faunday. Columbia (S. C.) State. 'We were just about to eo to oress last week," said the editor of the Chi geraville Clarion, 'when we discov ered that we didn't have any ink.' nut you got the paper as usual V Oh, yes, I had a hantiv thoueht I rubbed the office towel over the type iorms ana we printed a Drettv fair addition.' JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY Last night when we were at tea the little fellow said: "Paw, what are all those packages hid beneath your bed ?" I almost choked upon my food and mother simply smiled As though to- say we're bringing up a very knowing child. He's waiting for me at the door when I get home at night I try to sneak into the house and not turn on the light ' And get upstairs before I doff my overcoat and hat, But he is Johnny on the spot, with 'Paw, oh, what is that?' He's eyeing me suspiciously. I really think he tries With all his youthful artfulness to take me by surprise. He hasn't intimated yet that he has found us out, But eyes and ears are open wide whenever we're about I spelled a phrase to mother once, and then he promptly said : v "I guess it's time now, maw, for me to go upstairs to bed, An' I suppose that you an' paw will talk out when I'm gone."t I'd make an affidavit that the little rascal's on. Detroit Free Press. KALEIDOSCOPE The name Siberia sienifiea "fhira. ty The framework of a shin resembles tne skeleton of a herring. The Germans frequently flavor their tea with cinnamon and rum. A gorilla four feet six inches in height has the strength of four strong ment- Islands of the Corsican coast were recently offered for sale at $6,000 eacn. A camel carrying 500 pounds on its back is nearly equal to two average norses. An English centenarian is record ea as having lost his first tooth at the age of 102. City foga are said to cost England more joss irt a year than does unem ployment. More than 100 tons of wood are con sumed in the world daily in form of matches. The British government has award ed contracts for the construction of railroad from Nakuru to the Uaslngtsu plateau north of Victoria Nyanza, which will attain the greatest altitude of any railway of the British empire; its highest point will be more than 9,000 feet above sea level, says the Scentific American. The road will cost $10,000,000, and may later be extended into Uganda, connecting the port of Mombasa with the Cape-to-Cairo route. It is said that prehistoric men were more skilled in trephining than our present-day surgeons. More than 4,000 vessels passed through the Suez canal last year, or an average of a dozen a day. Rocking-horses with hollow bodies were recently used for smuggling con traband goods Into India. The first phonographic disc, made in 1&87 by Emile Berliner, is preserv ed in the Smithsonian Institute. Did Ruskin anticipate the founding of the Boy and Girl Scouts? It would seem so from the following note to Sesame and Lilies," which was pub lished in 15: "I wish there were true order of chivalry instituted for our English youth of certain ranks in which both boy and girls should re ceive, at a given age, their knighthood and ladyhood by true title; attainable only by certain probation and trial both of character and accomplishment: and to be forfeited, on conviction by their peers of any dishonorable act," New York Evening Poet TICEBOT SATS GOVT MCST MAINTAIN ORDER IX EfDIA Calcutta. Dec 52. (By The A. P.)" Lord Reading, viceroy of India, today declined to withdraw his proclamations against the "non-oo-operatos" and na tional volunteer and those prohibiting seditious meetings. This stand was an nounced to a native deputation which called upon him to take these stepa and to liberate the Mopl i leaders already imprisoned. They also suggestM as a remedy of the present unrest that a con ference of all the Important leaders should he called. The viceroy explained that the govern ment must maintain order, and none oi the members of the deputation was In a position to give assuranoe that open defiance of the law on the part ct tha non-co-operators would cease. Lord Reading, bowever.told the depu tation he hoped the government might be able to change its attitude In the fu ture and permit a consideration of tha sugested conference. A man without a conscience ia a without principle. , The more competition the more merit to the winner. Thousands of brands of tea, yet r L!FFWS TEA has the largest sale in the world. THE NEW-IDEA MEN'S STORE 115 Main Street, Norwich READY FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPERS Society GIFTS FOR HIM From the shop where men come for the fine things in dress and find them at reasonable prices. Where women buy ing gifts for men, can find what men want. CHRISTMAS NECKTIES Imported and domestic silks, in what We believe to be the best selected assortment of fine Neckwear in Norwich 65c to $2.50 THE GROUPS OF MERCHANDISE SHOWN HERE ARE SPECIALS OF EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. IDE SHIRTS $1.45 TO $4.00 TUXEDO SILK SHIRTS $4-95 TO $7.45 FINE IMPORTED WOOL HOSE 75c TO $2.00 PURE THREAD SILK HOSE, in five colors Per Pair 75c SILK DRESS MUFFLERS $1.50 TO $4.50 PURE WOOL SWEATERS $6.50 TO $4.50 FINE UMBRELLAS $2.50 TO $5.00 FOWNES BUCKSKIN GLOVES $4.00 . , EXTRA SPECIA L FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS WEEK SILK AND WOOL HOSE WITH CLOCKS SPECIAL 59c St. Nick Raised Old Nick When we went into the market for goods to stock this new Store. "Never met such a close buyer." "No other buyers ask to have goods made up in special ways." These are a few of the remarks made by manufacturers. We even took the Xmas spirit out of St. Nick with our bar gain driving. But it was all done for you, dear folks. Every dollar we shaved is a dollar you'll save. The better values we are able to secure, the better the values you buy for by our cash buying and cash selling, we need take only a tiny profit for ourselves. CRISP, FRESH; NEW, STANDARD GOODS READY FOR YOUR SELECTION MANHATTAN SHIRTS ' STETSON HATS COOPER UNDERWEAR PHOENIX HOSE MEYER'S GLOVES CHENEY NECKWEAR AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER STANDARD LINES. Strictly All-Wool, Hand-Tailored Suits and Overcoats $2li $24.i $27J $32.5 $37J 'TOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU WANT IT" AND EXCHANGES GLADLY MADE THINK! ilaf3 ipl KM3 Cll) Millie Live s5 tore in -New London and Norwich jir- 'SuM-af. tiiTa.ii&a