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INHW BRITAIN DAILY Hh-RALU, -MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920,
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y Britain Herald.
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Proprietors.
fed t tlie Post Oiliio at Now Britain
as Socomi Claims Alail Matter.
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s Office 9-3
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nly profitable aitvi-i t:sins medium In
e city. Circulation buoka and press
om .always uiicn to advertisers.
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Member of The Anrcla(el IVrss.
Bsociatcd tress is exclusively entitled I
tho use for republication of all news
edited to it or not otherwise credited ,
this paper and also local news I
nlislied herein. !
MORROW AT BREAKFAST, j
lyou who read this, arc ti w oman i
Mibcr, tomorrow morning :.it. '
liTust as the a ram a of your deli-
coffee rises, make 1 he suggestion, j
lyou who rear this nre a man
the suggestion that the susses- !
)C made.
l'out are a very youiit; person do
large! to say. tomorrow nioniing
akfa.st: "isn't 1 his the day when
en of the Chamber oC Commerce
I luncheon together, and ought not
en go lo it?"
:n, it I he man s mind works hon-
and clearly, it will do the rest.
ill be til the Elks" Club, down-
in the large hall,' at 1:15 p. m.
man feels that his attendance
I ring no benetits'to himself, per-
bie will feel that it will hel) set
straight on mooted questions
seriousness this is said. The
.'ho do attend are eager for in-
Ition that will help them throw
influence in the right direction.
Ision is , free and usually some
speaks on the matter in which
expert. Often the speaker is
put of town which fact does not
detract from his knowledge of '
Ibject.
liestly the plea is made that
man interested in the welfare
city show his interest. If a
las some grievance let him come
it; if he has none let him come
y so it will be welcome news.
I luncheon costs eighty cents and
lod one, soup to pie. The Cham-
Inot after your money it wants
you are a man; i: wants vour
ration if you are a woman; it
I your help if you are a person
ung
r Cjuigley is to speak at to
r's luncheon. Perhaps he will
some of the needs 'of the citv.
without seeming to subscribe to an
idea not theirs in its inception.
Republicans are fully aware of the
political capital that would be made
out of further delay in bringing about
real peace, if such a condition is pos
sible after the failure of the treaty.
Of course ; hey blame delays of the
past on a. Democrat!! administration.
They will recognize as readily the ad
vantages to be grained by qu'ick ac
tion now that, they are in a position
to cut their garment from the raw
materia!, rather than having- to re
model one already prepared not. to
their liking.
Whether the declaration shall be
the simplest form of statement, or
whether it shall embody a statement
of policy !i to the future, will. "bring
whatever discussSon arises. Tiie Knox
resolution, favoring1 an international
high court and disarmament will
probably introduce the subject, but
it is doubtful if even this general
modification of a simple declaration
of peace will satisfy the "irreconcil
ables",. for whose firmness and staying-
qualities much respect, or other
sentiment, has been aroused. The de
sire to speed matters up, and to
seize whatever advantage will come
from prompt action, may be a cause
sufficiently impelling to reduce the
declaration of peace to its simplest
forms.
Whatever form the action takes, it
is believed that the United States will
be formally "at peace with Germany"
shortly.
difference between the rrt-hes of J
profiteers before and after the war. j
Of course it is possible some
might be included in the envied j
i
number of newly rich who would have I
become wealthy irrespective of the!
wai1; Some p'an ought to be devised j
to exempt thein from the lax unless j
they volunteered to contribute. Then
it is quite possible that the soldiers
will agree with one of their number
who stated the other day that the
honor of having -served his country
was reward enough. They may de
cide they want no bonus. This de
cision would receive the 23,000 con
siderably. As far as has been ascertained
there has been no popular cry against
"letting George do it," in the matter
of paying taxes. It is taken for
...... . i. j- ii . . i ,
, oiu"tr", inuiciuic, uiai ine plan
suggested would meet with no op
position from anyone unless ht hap
pened to be one of the ' Georges".
SPRING SONG
WBER R V'S COX V It T ION".
lor Truman H. Newberry's
ion of having1 conspired to vio
3 election laws marks some-
an epoch. It is 'indicative of
Ining- complaisance with prac-
houg.bt generally lo have been
Id in to a greater or less de
lf the conviction is given the
it should receive, there will
greater respect for corrupt
3 acts, tolerated but consid-
less importance than the
l: of them would warrant.
lonvietion means riot that Scn-
?wberry and his uwnau-pvs
bought votes and Indulged in
diicet methods, but that thev
d. to spend far more than
)uiit allowed by law to secure
la tor's election, ami then falsi-
ir statements about the sum
One juror is reported to have
lit Newberry's admitted knowl-
lit the amount necessary to be
lould exceed the legal amount.
letters of direction Concern-
campaign, brought about his
kn. lit moved of all more di-
irgts, ihe case was thus made
I with but one possible verdict
vould accord with the i'ac is
coi t no Bon.vTiv e e vi den ce.
The song of the sparrow heard some
davs ago became so deadened by the
soft snow of Saturday which hushed
the footfall and s-tilled eager anticipa
tory beatings of tluo heart, that its en
couraging note 'aa almost forgotten.
Forg'etfulness begets doubt; doubt
fathers disbelief and the latter breeds
cynicism.
But there was no doubt, disbelief
nor cynicism in the hearts of persons
who passed a certain great elm tree
on West Main street Sunday morning
.about 9 o'clock. Such true believers
before advancing in response to
church bells, paused and gazed up
ward, wonde-,-ingly at first, then with
souls so filled with thanksgiving that
their later devotions were unusually
hearty, and espied-the cause of their
inspiiat ion.
Perched on an upper limb of the
great tree ."-"at a chubby, cheerful
robin, and from his throat came the
delightful song, easily interpreted by
those who sympathized and casting
into outer darkness the skeptics who
discredited the word of the poor little
sparrow.
M
V i.iu
bring the Springtime sunshine."
sang the robin in the tree;
ridiculed the sparrow please
don't ridicule me."
Ittitude of Senator Xewbcrrv
Iin ins statement and in
lied sense of innocence, wi.l I
understood by those who be- !
provisions of the election
p4ddHig great expenditures '
n violated in ma nv instances. '
as no word of evidence, savs :
a tor. which would cause his
Ito lee! shame. He seem:: :
is of no guilt in hav ing' '
to spend and to have spent
pan the. law. permits. The
I courts have never passed on
he declares, and he will
ir interpretation before g'iv
iis seat in the Seiiiite.
ll.v the conviction c f Senator
fy win inspire other similar
to purify political proeed-
tsibly it -a ili be shown that
Ipractices acts mean what t'nov
nave the right, to eav it. At.
lonies as a warning note that
iearu and heeded.
;ii?sox m"vs "i,ii'K"
.Many learned effusions have de
scribed the r.'se of the laborer on the
ra'lroad tracks to the presidency of
the road, or ascents of similar cha---ac'.-r.
but few occasions have arisen
permitting the noting of an artist's
advance from boy-contributor to a.
great periodical to its ownership.
Charles Dana Gibson has purchased
ihe majority hitcrest in -life." Years
ago. as a boy, he is said to have sohl
a drawing to it for four dollars. Thus
are those disconcerted who cling to
the old-fashioned idea that "a artist
i o;- poet never don't amount o
j nolhin'." even viewed from the stand
i point of the materialist to whom sue-
cess means nothing but the accumu
: ial ion of dollars.
i But it is? a I'e to say that Mr. Gib
! son's heart has been made far happier
j by the artistic success of his concc'p
i lion.s than by Ihe. financial returns
his 1 I bey have yielded. At one time hi3
' Gibson Girl represented the acms
of perfect ion. the goal of the "smart"
young woman at a time when the
word was never used in the sense
familiar today. Countless young men
have discarded wrinkled ties in their
vain endeavor to look like Ihe chap
upon whom the Gibson g'irl was
plea.s' 1 to smile. Older men. im-
! pressed by the ridiculous -figure one
i of the artist's caricatures cut. have
' avoided situations of which he made
j delicious fun.
i And it is predicted that many lads,
i surreptitiously engaged in spending1
j their time in drawing, a practice
! sneered at by their elders, will take
courage to persist because of the
. news that Mr. Gibson has bought
'lil'e."
WHAT INTERESTS YOU?
The things that interest you and
which you believe should interest
other dwellers in Xew Britain should
be discussed on this page. Every
thinking citizen of this city is in a
j position to have special knowledge of
some matter which all should share.
It is his or her duty to give such
knowledge publicity, not in the form
of propaganda but tempered by sonic
thing of judicial treatment.
If you are confident of the wisdom
of some reform, or' he abolishment
of some reform tried but found want
ing, you will be confident, also, that
"publicity will bring about a change
beneficial to the city. If such matter
which interests you and which you
believ.e should be of general interest
is not here discussed, it is more your
fault than the fault of the editorial
writer. For, strange as it may seem,
the editorial writer may know nothing
at all about it. Tell him!
This page is conceived to be a place
for violent propaganda only when
there is no question as to the wisdom
of the thing advocated as affecting the
city or any great proportion of i!.-
inhabitants. It is a wise lawyer,
indeed, who is able to see both sides
of his case and to sive full weight to
the justice of Jiis opponent's conten
tions. His words are given less con-
rsideration, generally, because of the
intensity of his partisanship than are
conclusions of the court, even though
the latter may be couched in milder
terms. Regardless of the binding
character of the court's decision, .con
verts are .'brought because of the fact
that men realize those conclusions
have been reached after a careful con
sideration of both sides. Even though
one side is not represented before the
court, confidence is felt that the judgu
has taken the Arguments of counsel
with a "pinch of salt" and lias al
lowed for his enthusiasm in his cause.
The editorial writer should not pre
sume to set himself up as an all-wise
judge in matters of which he may
hear but one side. He should be wt.-e
enough, however, to distinguish be
tween propaganda inspired purely by
personal interest and that the aim of
which is to accomplish something thai
will be worth while.
All of which means that, whilo
matters of great national important
and of interest to every thinking man,
woman and youn
be overlooked, this page is intended
primarily to interest and aid every in
habitant of Xew Britain and vicinity.
The help of all, therefore, is asked
that this may be accomplished, not
through formal "letters to the liditor"
but by informal conversation 'when
questions may be asked and answered.
THE MciliLLAN STORE, Inc
"Always Reliable
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"JEST IICMIXATIX'."
(Robert Russell.)
There's lots o' difference be
tAveen pure, virgin snow an'
slush; there's likewise a dis
tinction 'twixt true sentiment,
an' mush. The wat'ry stuff
we're gettin' now don't make
us feel as sad asravin's o' the
mushy cuss who's got the ail
ment bad. But 'fore we des
ignate as "rot" expressions
s--pokc sincere lefs all be sure
we're breathin' of the proper
atmosphere. My briar pipe, all
black with age an" fearless
like in thought, allows there's
things it ought not say an'
other.i that it ought. "Don't
build a wail o' frigid stone
about your heart," it glows:
"don't devastate no soil where
on tho tender flower grows:
don't be ut.aid o sentiment if
ma wkishnt's.1; ain't there:, the
strongest hands is gentle when
the hearts that rules 'em care."
In my pcor human, humble
way I guess the ol' pipe meais
that adamantine roughness is
one way to spill the beans. So
I'll be mij-hty kcerful. when
I'm tempted for to sneer, that
I am sympathetic in the prop
er atmosphere.
!
A SOG.
head upon my shoulder.
' Pillow your
i so
Look in my face, to yours I'm bend
j ing low;
j And love, love sweetest, for Love's
J moments go.
j Lean back your head until our lips
; x shall meet
! In one long kiss, that shall the mo
; ments fleet .
Stay in the hurry of their swift re
; treat.
New Draperies and Rugs
To Freshen and Brighten Your Home
New Spring Window Draperies
Virit our third floor and make your selectiuns from our large
showing of Curtains and Drape ry Materials.
Quaker Nets
We arc featuring these han dsome Nets this spring they un
doubtedly make a most beautiful window drape.
CrilT.MXS. priced' $:i.50 to $9.00 pair
YAISD GOODS, priced.: tj.V- to 89c yard
SCIUMS and MARQUISETTES in White, Cream and Ecru.
C URTAINS, priced $1.73 lo $.SO pair
YARD GOODS, priced .". . . - to $1.25 yard
Cream Figured Madras
A most effective Drrfpery at 63c yard.
Over Drapery Materials .
is
Let
so
your head rest
! scented hair
j Stray on my cheek.
i trembles there;
j Like some bright web a-quiver in the
i air.
that your
and straying,
Lean back your
eyes shall
beep into yours:
own ways
Alone are sweet
days.
head
gaze
and love
so that mine
for Love's
in all our length of
year of grace and prohibition the old
line Wine, Women and Song should!
read Gingle Ale, Wives and Commun
ity hinging. Current Opinion.
Clasp your t:oft arms, and a walled
kingdom make
For us to dwell; and of thy mercy's
sake
Love me, ah: love, lest Time us
overtake.
Look, love, our breath iii the still
evening air .
Rises as one, and rising, mingles
there,
sighing breath ascending as a
prayer.
Plain and Figured Effects.
t'KETOXXES Light and dark
designs and color combina
CURTAIN" RODS Single a
WINDOW SHADES We can f
Opacities, Hollands and Tin
prices right.
TARDY SHIPMENTS FROM T
usual strong showing of G
meut for spring is complcl
this spring.
WOOI, AND FIBRE AND DEL
SxlO, !xU' ft.; also TAPES
Rooms, in sizes 6x9, 7-6x9,
AXMINSTER RUGS for the pa
BODY BRUSSELS RUGS that
values in ro- m size Rugs,
colorings, "extensive assortment of new
tions.
nd double; regular and extra sizes.
urnieh Window Shades of all kinds,
t Cloth. Let us estimate your needs
HE -MIM.S hav- not affected our
OOD WEARING RUGS. Our. assort-
e, embracing several new designs for
TON GRASS RI GS in sizes 6x9,
TRY BRUSSELS RUGS for Dining
8-3x10-6, 9x12 ft.
rlor. Sizes 8-3x10-6. 9x12 ft.
give you unlimited wear. Special
9x12. ft.
Congoleum Rugs
8Je
in the new Spring designs.
Ro om .s:zi 9x12 ft.
priced Sl!.oi) each.
You know you don't meant that:
Conditions created by yourselves
won't let you and any such predictions
can't mature.
Xavv while the productive or skilled
workmen ought to be and probably
are well satisfied with the. liberal
wages they are now- receiving, - the
dispensers of tne necessaries of life
will chuck the same price at the
truckman as ho does to the machinist,
and you may already begin to perceive
the curved lip.
Now if the shart-shorcnicn should
get the same fever as the longshore
men will that reduce your II. C of L. '.'
Will you do anything with pro
fiteers? Potatoes are one of- the sta
ples. Befo.-w the war we saw years
when the Irishman's pride could be
bought for 4-") cents a bushel, whole
sale price, and thousands of two
bushel bags of onions were scattered
on the dump, bag and all. Today they
Upon investigation they found a gal
lon jug of brandy beneath the drC.s.-:
of the first doll and a quart boltli-"
concealed in the clothing 'of each of,
the others.
l search of the vessel brought o
light quantities of liquor stowed in
ventilators and lockers behind piles ot
life preservers. 'Xlost of it was found!
in the crew's quarters. Xo -arrest.?'
were made.
BERLIN DISSATISFIED
Interests,
Agreement Between l.ubc
ar.d Government Not Pleasing and
Political Crisis Impends.
Paris, Ma.rch 22. ---There is much
dissatisfaction in Berlin regarding: Uisi ,-
stand at $3.75 per but-hel. Hoy? But agreement reached between the laiboT
Mr. Tuft's two sons are active in j
JJoover clubs. They may have heard j
tne old man say something at . the
dinner table. Xew Haven Journal-Courier.
A
Ah,
Kven Louisiana, though all sticking
to a system of laws based on the
Code Xapoleon, is being rapidly An-
glO-Saxonized. The rnv-fi-nnr liiiu
person should not j ,ust st0iued an international n.
main at Opelousas. Xo Latin would
have done that. Brooklyn Eagle.
sighing breath
content: -
heart of mine! when
short hour is spent
What shall our life have for its
nament ?
A. E. Lloyd Maunsell in the En
lish Review.
contentment scarce
Love's
or-
25 YEARS AGO
(From The Herald of That Date)
FACTS AND FANCIES
The. modern conception of Cuba is a.
mahogany island surrounded by a
brass footrail. -St. Paul Daily News.
Chicago only allowed 32,000 pints
of whiskey a day? That's worse than
prohibition: it's aggravation. Man
chester Union.
Father Were you a good boy to
day? ieven-ycar-old (with an ear for
news Honest, daddy, the steel trust
didn't have a thing on me: Buffalo
Fxprcss.
SIMPLK.
hits it not been
NOW I OR PEACE.
days may elapse before a.
,'ev.ia ratio n . by Congress lhat i
t
f peace exists takes form by
tion of a resolution to that :
But when- conferences have
tcluded it is extremely pro.b-
t suvih a resolution will be
"speedily. Kven those skep-
i ....
he good faith of members of
te in their fight over the
alize that-body is anxious for
ition of peace and will batten
Lion now lhat they can do so
PERFECTLY
f course : Why
thought of before?
A plan is being considered at
Washington whereby the "23,000
i it-w millionaires!" who have made
' their fortunes out of the war will
j have to pay the $2,000,000,000 need
ed by the government for the pur
poses of the soldiers' bonus and the I
$1,000,000,000 necessary to clear up
the floating Treasury deficit. The
scheme looks very reasonable to all
except the said 23,000 millionaires.
It Involves the levying of a special
tax of perhaps o0 per cent on Uie
You will find it hard to get a man
to the land so long as it requires
about 250 acres and a dozen mules to
make what a. silk-shirted guy will
P'lill down from a roller-top desk.
Houston Post.
Our observation is that the cleanest,
faces in the WQild belong to girls
about 11 years old. Dallas Xews.
Alluding to the religious move
ment now going on, we doubt if any
thing would stimulate it more than a
revision vf the income tax law. -Columbia
Record.
Every time you look at a four-year-old
boy he needs a new pair of
shoes. Don Marquis in the Xew
York Evening- Sun.
William Allen White's ' boon for
Henry J. Allen is making good
progress in the cast, but might make
better if the east ever could remem
ber which of them is which. Kan
sas City Star.
Traveling ina becoming suit of
Copenhagen blue, with hat to match
the newly weds left on the Dululh
t ra in . Can a d ia n Pa per.
With the price of lobster up to 90
cents a pound, more lobsters from
Xova Scotia would get a warm wel
come in our midst.- Boston Globe.
The yokel who said parting was
such sweet sorrow must have been
thinking of winter. St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Tammany Hall now welcomes
women, but. following its immemor
ial Indian lingo, its calls them squaws
which is not really what women
enfranchised .themselves for. Poli
ticians will now have to learn po
liteness. Boston Transcript.
Most of us seem to have stopped
talking about the high cost of living
and arc just grinning and bearing it.
Charleston Xews and Courier.
One .-ecR by the papers that Con
stantinople is going to have a sewer
system, so it must be that the Turks
are going to move out. afte.r all.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Some wag lias said that
in
Shot at Old Guard.
(Bristol Press.)
In making comment on the sugges
tion that Mayor Dutton of Bristol be
the democratic candidate for governor
the Xew Britain Herald says: "The
big four of the state, Spellacy, Ma han.
Cummings and Fitzgerald. will not
iwjrmit it." The Herald might have
also said truthfully that the democratic-
party in Connecticut is hope
lessly in the minority because of the
dictatorial rule of the big four nam
ed big, by the way, only in imagina
tion. So long- as things remain as they
are, so long as the present control ex
ists the democratic party in this state
will remain a name only. The voters
of that persuasion do not seem to care
who "leads" them nor where they are
going. The general direction now is
this j toward the dismal s-wamp.
March 22. 1895.
The society known as The Starlights
among the school children gave a so
cial at the home of Francis Denting
last evening.
At a meeting of Court Charter Oak.
F. of A., held last evening. W. F. l)c
laney was elected a member f the
committee on arrangements for 1he
celebration of the organization of the
court on May 2S.
A number of friends of George
and May Xafcy were invited to their
home on South Stanley street last eve
ning. Games music and singing were
indulged in and refreshment!? were
served. All report a pleasant time.
Freshly laid native eggs at 25 cents
a dozen.
Mrs. R. M. Wightman is the guest
of Xew Milford friends.
One case of shirred ginghams for
sale at Pullar & Xiven's far S cents
a yard.
O. F. Curtis has six bouses for rent.
He had a number of building lots for
sale on easy terms.
Hubert P. Richards was taken with
a hemorrhage while on the train from
Hartford late yesterday afternoon and
he was quite weak fm.m loss of blood
when taken in a hack to his home on
Chestnut street. Te revived after
medical aid was summoned.
I can't fill the paper, the editor won't
let me. but unless I am wrongly in
formed, a lot of potatoes, butter, etc.,
came into this country from Holland
recently and the government banks
lent your money to the speculators to
pay the Dutchmen so that they could
place this food in pawn for the higher
prices the short-shoremen will have to
pay while we stand gaping- here.
As I said before, a long while ago
there is room here for 300,000,000
more people to come and make their
'appy 'omcs, but they should be dis
tributed over territories where they
would do the mast good. Let cards be
given to European agencies stamped
Utah only. Idaho, etc.. etc., fc-tates
where farmers are crying on their
knees for help to plant their crops.
You would very soon then obtain a
low cost of living and a far bettet
dinner table than you ever had befo.ro.
But on the other hand if you w:li con- j
tinue to vex your common people with j
fanatical and foolish laws .which can-
not be enforced and which are vi-
ciously discriminating, they'll gather
mi their ca.'h and tell you Bonne nuit. j
interests and the
day, according to
t he foreign office,
ing resisted by Hit
government y ester
information sent to
The terms are ba-'
majority faction of
the syndicalists and alo by thci inde
pendent socialists. The latter, it woj?
I declared. werfc - dussatislied becaiiao
i they had not been consulted and bo!.i;
of the protesting bodies desire the re-'
pudiation of Carl Legien, president of
j the German Federation of .Tradeo
I union, who acted in be huli of that
j organization.
central strike bureau, the
state, is claiming the right to
the strike and this is bringir.g.
menace of another political
This menace is considered t.'ia
feature of the .situation, over
the occasional riots and
the streets. The strike -.vs.1?
The
advices
call off
up the
crisis,
gravest
shadowing
clashes in
f continuing this inorninj.
.TAKE.
CHILE WANTS PEACE.
COMMUNICATED
Alxnit the H. C. of L.
One of the items of news in our lo
cal papers should be of capital inter
est to all the people of our city who
a.re obliged to work and worry for
their daily bread. It is the announce
ment that the Xew Britain Hardware
City Loan corporation had suspended
its operations until such time as ma
terials and labor should cost less. If
you had postponed shipping- a cargo
of merchandise six months ago until
today because the cost of handling,
etc.. was too high How is youd long
shoremen's fii'ike?
You don't really mean to say that
you are really trying to reduce the H.
C. of I-., building or anything: els.e, or
tlvt you expect anyone else to do so
Replies to U. S. Note Regarding
Jloiivia r-rienfliy in Tne.
I? u enow. Aires'. March 22. Chile lias
replied to the' United States note ask
ing the former country "to leave noth
ing undone to prevent a conflict be
tween Peru and Bolivia." according to
Santiago dispatches. It is said Chile
expresses the opinion that she is un
able to attribute greater consequences
to anti-Peruvian manifestations in La
Pa-, than "simple agitation by exalted
popular element? which in no case
could possibly suffice to produce the
threat of war."
Chile has no other desire than for
peace and has not considered mobiliz
ing her forces, savs the notes which
expresses full confidence Iiolivia will
appreciate her duties in respect to
foreigners domiciled in her territory.
In conclusion the communication de
nlores the frequency with which the
government of Peru is producing thess
international arrangements in the
continent and maintenacc ol" her
neighbors and the government of the
United States in continual inquietude, j
LIQUOR IN DOLLS.
CONDITIONS ARE WORSE
German .Minister' of Defense Says
OwmiBiiisI Movement i Rapu'Jy
Spreailiug fo AH Sides.
Berlin. March 2 1 (By Associated.
Press.)-The ministry of defense In
formed the correspondent this morn
ing that the conditions in the Ruhr
district were becoming "worse. The
towns of Oelde. Ahlcn and Drenstein
i'urt, in Westphalia southeast cf
Muenster. has been taken by the com
munists, it was stated, and the move
ment was spreading north and east.
Pitched battles have been fought,
the ministry's information showed and
two crack regiments of government
troops have been forced to fall back .
on the fortress of Wesel. on the right
bank of the Rhine. 22 miles northwest
of Essen, after heavy losses' on both
sides. Ten olficcrn in one of the regi
ments were killed.
The red army, it was added, was
well armed with artillery.
VOTES FOR WOMEN
Discovery of 30(1 i;arts of Brandy on
Ship Due to Immigrant's Eagerness.
Boston, March 22. An Italian
immigrant woman's eagernet1:; to re
move from her trunk a large china,
doll led to the discovery by customs
officials of 300 quarts of brandy hid
den in various parts of the White Star
liner Cretic. from Mediterranean
ports.
The officers saw a woman hastily
take a doll from her trunk and at
tempt to carry it away. They also
noticed that two other women onthe
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State of 'Washington Legislature
Takes Up Suffrage Amendment To
day No Opposition Is Expected.
Olympia, Wash.",
sideration of the
federal amendment wa.
March 22. Om
wcnun.il t-uffrage
on the pro-
pecial vession of the
legislature ca!b-d to
gram of the
Washington
meet today.
Yirtually no organized opposition tc
ratification of the amendment has
developed ' among the legislators.
Washington was one of the first
states to extend suffrage
The last legislature pet
gress to submit a suffra
ot the states.
Ratification by oni.
states is necessary ' to , -.
i women,
red con-
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more
date tb