Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 17, 1912, Page 4

Qar;vich Bulletin and Goufied. 116 YEARS OLD. St facription price, 12¢c a week; 50c a month; $6.00 a year. Eintered at the Postoffice at Norwich, van., as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Sulletin Business Office, 480. )Alletin Editorial Rooms, 35-d alletin Job Office, 35-6. Willimantic Office, Room 2, Murray puilding. Telephone 210. Norwich, Tue.,dav, Dec, 17 1912. MAKING THE CITY ATTRACTIVEJ One cf the real visible benefits of tha effort started during the past summer to have Norwich profit by participat-} ing as a whole in the city beautiful| idea, is to be found at the entrance to! the Centrdj Vermont station. There| through the efforts of the board of| education of the West Chesea school | district a triengular parklet has been laid out with concrete cement border and 2 number of trees have been placed therein, all of which when it becomes grassed over and the trees| skow a year or two's growth is going| to be a relief to a bare and other-| wise unattractive section. The id has been well carried out and it is hoped that it will only be the begin- ning of many more such xmnnrmnu improvements in the coming year. it! is located at a point where it will serve to impress more favorably the traveling public, the visitors to the| city and those who are pa ng through and it is through such that impres- | sions are carried and publicity gained. | There are plenty of places where! as good work can be done in beauti-| fiegtion but the example has been set | and deserves to be continued in order to get the full results. Tree planting | offers the opportunity for much im- provement of bare places, .while the| determined effort to keep the streets| gnd yards clean, can be carried out| a8 well during the cold as in the warm | weather. It is a matter in which ev- eryone should take pride and in which | all sections should endeavor to main- tain the greatest interest. AUTOMATIC SAFETY DEVICE. It is an interesting thing to note tirat the New Haven road, as the re- sult of the wrecks and the decision of the public_utilities commission that all trains must come to a stop in tak- ing short crossovers, that President Mellen has looked into the future and offered $10,000 to whoever will invent & device which will effectively halt any trains which might pass such a signal. How soon it will be before| he will be obliged to turn over that| sum in exchange for such a device will depend upon the efficiency of the| inventions which one Connecticut man | and at least two Rhode Island men will submit to him, and it is probable | that there are many others in this pro- lific field of inventions who will try for the prize. The day when such a contrivance will be perfected cannot be hastened too fast. It is something which is vitally needed on every railroad wheth- er there are long or short crossovers. Tt is in the interest of greater safety and would operate to overcome the »xcuse that signals had been disre-| arded, or that the condition of the ~veather ‘'made 1t impossible to 'sea| hem. If a satisfactory device can be placed on the railroad equipment | to auntomatically stop the train when | and where it is necessarv in order| to avold danger, much advance will have been made. Mr. . Mellen is cer- tainly moving in the right direction and he will have the united well wish- es of all of New England that he may be successful. SIX DAY BICYCLE RACES. Another six day bicyvcle race has end- ed and as in many such performances of recent date it was all decided in the few hours at the finish, the con- | test during the preceding time of the long race being simply a case of fol- lowing the leader. Looking upon it all as a wasteful sport, the Philadelphia Bulletin s: 2 | quite sure that speculating is carried “About once a year, while the long grind s In progress, the gorge of the| metropolis rises within it, and the death knell of the continuously per formed ctacle is sounded. Then,| the race r and the sawdust swept out of the ring, some new sen takes the place of the old an matter is forgotten for another ¢ months. But it is not easy stand the mental attitude of the man! who is willing to pay real money for the privilege of witnessine the spec- | tacle of ten or fiffeen teams of weary | tndividuale pedalling re 3 ¢le and fesv hours of the “Perhaps feature of danzer of they accent dents of their but the waste of perfe. good time which the ym.l verblally rushed citizens of the metrop- olis might spend in watching the pro- | gress of an excavation or the hoisting | of s safe into the steenth floor win- | dow of an office bailding " l These long endurance amused great int Is missing tod tinue to be conducted y er as long as the public continues to give up the price of ad- missien. For most of the time it is o3e long grind and a waste of time! to watch, but it will continue as long | ag there is a dollar in it for ths'] | | ition to under- marking ‘ime unt! the last race most disereditable the performance ig injury to the as one of the inci-| business, the not the at races finms‘ *h of which con- | promotenxs and part ants, With Perkins paving a quarter of‘ 8 million for the removal of the anti- trust plank in the Bull Moose form, it would he an ta determine if Muns was for the 1 plat- interesting fact 's contribution With the of sigmals it work for such o to keep them by law. tman y on autes speed per- | and Goff pro to do! inst “the viee trust They are an efficient | for which New York can give ited thanks. A Parls elephant got mad because he had mistaken a painted tin car- fot for the real thing and started in to clean out a restaurant, ' How like some people! ——— The California town which has een- tributed six carloads of onions to the poor is making a strong appeal for tears for |+ TIME FOR PEACE. | The peace negotiations have been' opened in London which all the world hopes will mean the conclusion of the, Balkan war, the conflict which has mowed down many of the best business men of Bulgaria In the large losses which that army has suffered on the| one hand while the losses in thel Turkish forces have been equally great | and the results certainly dishearten- | ing. The peace envoys are meeting now under the influence of indirectly interested friends, calmer in their own judgment than on the firing line of bat- tle or behind the ramparts and real- izing the fact that peace without too great humiliation is far preferable to a continuance of a disastrous war. Each party to the negotlations has its best men in the conference, men who know the troubles which have beset European Turkey and the iron hand of the Musselmen and are de- termined, as they were at the out- break of the war, that Turkey must go. The Ottoman empire is going to] give up reluctantly. It is mot used, until recently, to give up its hold on territory, but compromise must appeal to it in the present situation as the best way out. The control of some of the important cities will cause much discussion as will other points as they are reached, but it is believed that concessions will be effected now that -hostilities have ceased whereby peace will be declared and the work S of reestablishing the business of the countries can .progress. If the war| was necessary, now let us have peace. WHITELAW REID. After long years of prominent activ. ity in the journalistic political and dip- lomatic circles the death of Whitelaw | Reid, ambassador to Great . Britain, | came while he was still in the harness and it means a distinct loss to every line of effort to which he was devoted | and brings to a close a remarkable | career. His life is an example of what a| poor boy can accomplish by taking advantage of the opportunities as they are offered and making the most of; them. He rose from humble parentage | to become. one of the greatest diplo- mats of the country and a man whos aim in all the circles of his activity was of the highest. For forty years he has been a power, strong and virile | in the republican party and the broad | field of journalism through his| editorship and ownership of the New York Tribune, where he exerted a wholesome and powerful influence. In the service of his country as a‘i diplomat he’ displayed the same grasp of the situation as in all other en deavors and was highly esteemed by | those with whom he was sent to min- He enjoved the duties and op-| portunities which the service offered and being able took an important place in the social life. His services won him the greatest respect both at home and abroad and permitted him to round out a life of continuous achievement. Success marked his course and honor crowned his efforts. He was one of this country’s great men and this was appreciated both at home and abroad. gle. EDITORIAL NOTES. | Mumm is the word in all front page headlines now. Even in the peace negotiations the powers are presenting a united front; | to Turkey, Coal prices in Wilkes Barre are only | a tantalization to the consumers in New England. I 13 1s son’s lucky number he will start his term as president in the proper year. The fellow who stole 10,000 five cent | pieces made successful a corner in nickels. attack on| The hoot and rubber trade and the' youngslers are about the only ones | mourning the tardiness of snow. Connecticut pleased at the an ex-president. From all indications seems to be well thoughts of getting Kansas women are now proving art- ful dodgers of jury duty. This is a natural development after years of peddler dodging. From the progress made by the Pujo investigating committee it is made on in Wall street. A Pennsylvania man while being op- erated on was found to have two ap- dixes. This ought to mean double 1y for the doctor. When Peary and Amundsen meet | at their banquet next month the Cook will furnish the food for digestion as well as expression. Reform in the opium -scandal is be- ing attempted in China, but New York seems to be immune from every ef- fort to break it up. for today: Rvery !ver lining, but thooks which have it are 15t losing their color. Now it is the butter trust which is being sued hy Attorney .General Wick- The government’s legal ma- chine ought to get well greased in that attack. — an archbishop has been} sident of Santo Domingo it the attendance of a ates warship to keep the na- Though l mtrrl s T B AT T A P Y SRR iDEAS OF A PLAIN MA! I | should not mind.” { her mercy.” | the door and went quietly | again to go riding. | me some attention. | posed by | sound, NORWiCH BULLETIN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1912 OTHER PEOPLE’S MOTOR CARS “Of course, I realize that the world| wouldn’t be half so !nt«resung if there were no queer peeple” said Adela, looking up from her embroidery, “but| of all the queer people some of those| who own autemebiles are the queer- ow, give the explanation,” said| the girl who was making buttonholes. | “What started me thinking on this subject was the car that just passed,”! Adela went on obediently. “It belongs to the Prentices, and they have had it a year. We used to take the whole Prentice family out driving Saturday afternoons when we had horses, but we've never been asked to ride with them in their machine, not once.” “Nobody else has,” said Jean, sooth- ingly. “The two of them go alone in that seven passenger car every time. Once I thought they had turned over a new leaf and had asked somebody to enjoy a ride with them, but it was only a married daughter that they were taking to the train.” “I have a cousin who has a car,” re- marked Louise. “She never had asked | one of us to go with her, so when she telephoned me that she was going to| stop for me and take me riding I was| all in a flutter. She was prompt in coming, and off we went. After we had gone four blocks she asked if I would mind her stopping to see afriend on a little errand. Of course I said I “There was nothing else that you could say,” laughed the girl who was| making buttonholes. “She had you at “Well, she did not have me at her mercy long,” Louise chuckled. “She made her call, but after I had sat star- ing out of the window of the limousine | for an hour and five minutes I opened home. My cousin never brought up the episode | afterward and she never asked me| T fancy sometimes | that her chauffeur is trying not to laugh audibly when her car sweeps | pas& me.” | “I was treated worse than that,” said | the married member of the circle, “It| was just after my wedding and al friend of mine was anxious to show | 1 was very much | pleased when she invited me to go to| a large club reception at a fashionable hotel, so I wore my wedding dress. | around to the garage and the guests | face { machines and mortgage the machines There isn’t anything nicer than the reception that that particular organ- ization gives, and my simple wedding gown was not too fine, especially as my friend called for me in her car.” “We had a delightful day and I en- joyed every minute of it. When we came home and were near her corner and .a mile from mine, she stopped the machine and had the man open the door. She said she was sure I would not mind taking the street car the rest of the way home, as she was in a hurry to get home herself.” “She didn’t cried Adela. did you say?’ “I said good-bye,” declared the mar- ried member. “Then I went into a| drug store and telephoned for a taxi. ‘ I considered myself lucky to have so much as a nickel with me.” “I've often noticed that dropping habit, remarked Alice. “Still; if I had contracted to take a person home I should not expect her to walk part of the way.. Yet, there is a man near us who brings home from town six oth- ers every night and dumps them at his door. His chauffeur calmly drives “What walk home. It doesn't seem to me that it would hurt the car to set down the guests at their own doors.” “Oh, you don’t know!” said the girl who was making buttonholes. “I have a friend who worries herself ill because she fears her car is getting scratched and she won't even take it out when it rains.” “The amount of worry that comes from owning a car is funny,” said Louise. “What with the automobile and the automobile nerves the owners are wrecks before the machines “They mortgage their houses to buy to keep the houses from being sold,” said Adela, cheerfully “There go the Dunbars now!” cried Louige, spilling spools over the floor as she jumped up to look out of the window. “I wonder what they'd say if they knew how we have been talking.” “I can guess that,” laughed the girl who was making buttonholes. “They’'d shrug their shoulders and say it is easy to tell that not one member of our valued sewing circle owns an tomobile and that we are all wildly covetous."—Chicago News. snaps his fingers; and so each of us, great and small, has his betraying sign. OTHER VIEW POINTS T e T SRR If Ausiria is bluffing, as they say, she'd better take the hint and back | down while she can do so gracefully. It wouldn't be healthy for her to have Servia, with the backing of the allies, call her bluff—New Haven Register. The petition to the incoming legis- lature for an act to prohibit the car- rying of the red flag in public pa- rades probably will be vigorously op- the Industrial Workers of One flag is enough for is that the World. this. country, and Old Glory flag.—Springfield Union, The woman who wins bridge prizes and reads erudite papers before the Woman'’s club is at the front in mod- ern society. But some old time in- stinct so lives in her that she stands | humbled and reduced to silence when a well filled preserve closet is opened | for her inspection.—New Haven Un- ion. A recent hearing before the board of fire commissioners showed plainly that discipline is none too good in some of the companies. When men | of holding “Justic { a method that makes cowards of pu- i pils and parents alike—evidently had ;“b,\' right divine” element in our midst LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Equal Ri hts Claim. Mr. Editor: The questionable method up to ridicule— the desired effect. Were there more advocates of jus- tice in the community there would be a fighting chance for the self-respect- ing people of Norwich to force the to observe the “equal rights” claim. Until righteously indignant men and in Slater hall and elsewhere, but we will have to “pay the piper,” for the fantastic dance introduced and led by these usurpers. EQUAL RIGHTS. Norwich, Dec. 16, 1912. Alma Gluck SOPRANO Slater Memorial Hall and officers are not on good terms there is a chance for almost anything to happen. Possibly a few transfers would improve the situation and in- crease efficiency. — Bridgeport Tele- gram. Charles S. Whitman, district attor-" ney of New York, seems to be another , Hughes in the appreciation of his| work and the approval it receives generally. There are many good, | strong men left in New York yet, and if they would get together ' and act together the general result would be an uplift—beyond question. —DBridgeport Standard. The Yale Alumni Weekly very prop- | erly suggests that a way may be found to improve the system of awarding tickets for the annual Yale-Harvard football game which the ticket de- partment has had laid down for it by the athletic moguls. Improve the sy tem is good advice, but a better way is to build that coliseum and provide seats for all.—Waterbury Republican. An¢ to think that some day, in the dim twture and when other genera- tions have possession of the press, nevs=paper men may become as good as laweyrs! Professor Talcott Wil- liams, in his Yale lecture the other evening, held out this very great hope and even went so far as to predict that ournalism eventually would be ranked with law and medicine. It hardly seems possible that it could ever thus descend.—Ansonia Sentinel. There is a lot of talk for and against Highway Commissioner MacDonald. Now comes a movement in New Ha- ven to have his roads and department investigated, 1f the investigation is by unprejugdiced experts, it strikes the Courant that Mr. MacDonald can ask | for nothing better. by personal enemles or by political op- { ponents, then it will be a farce. That's about, the size of this new movement. A strong sentiment in the commis- [ sloner's favor has set in of late, and there is a general feeling that he should have a fair show.—Hartford Courant. Blease knows 1is constituency. He knows that no advocate of law and order can obtain an’election to any imporiant office in South Carolina at the present time. Very likely his per- sonal preference would be to speak | as respectfully of the constitutien of Autograph Habits. Not only does a man’s handwriting characterize him, each one has his | peculiar estures, mannerisms that are | as unmistakably his own as are his | thumb nails or his Bertillon measure- ments. { candidates for the he ‘:w of ranning '\r\ml"h hair An observing friend comin the house of commons Nz&lzed(mlll: with the following autograph habits of its leaders: Mr. Asquith, the prime minister, writhes and wriggles his shoulders; Mr. Bonar Law, the oppo- sition leader, has a face as immobile as a poker player, but incessantly moves his hands, as if he didn’t know what to do with them; Mr, Lloyd George has a pet piirase he keeps bringing in, “Well, now;” Mr, Win- ston Churchill has a trick of covering his moeuth with his hand: Mr. Mc- Kenna bangs the desk during his speech as if beating a drum; wh n and Edi Mr, Birrell h at & loss for & word ;rcl' %“nn T his state as any public man ever did. But that sort of thing would not ac- complish his object. It would not pay. He must have the votes of the lawless element who are in the majority there and he has no principles or scruples that stand in the way of the attain- | ment of his political aims.—Hartford Times. Prominent among the republican speakership of the next house of representatives is Col. Willam H. Hall of takes the positive interest in his can states that he does not man should work to secure position merely to satisfy his own am- bitions. Those who know Colonel Hall down this way seem pleased with his candidacy fer the speakership. #vi- dence that his home tpwn believes in him also is to be had the fact that it has just elected him to serve his seventl. term in the legislature. The six terms he has already served have given him abundance of experience, and from that viewpoint he would seem to be well equipped.—Ansonia Sentinel. o Luckett in the leading A second Broadway Jones com is to be nrgaxtized with Ralph If it is to be made | Tuesday Evening, Dec. 17 TICKETS, $2.00 All Seats Reserved. Seats on Sale at the Store of Geo. A. Davis. PAYYCUR BILLS BY CHEQUE on th: Uncas National Bank in tnis way you will Kknuw the exac: cost of vour living and always have the best Xkird of a receipt in the re- turned endorsed cheque. Courteous and liberai treatment ex- ended to every depositor wiether the account be larze or small We solicit your patronage THE UNCAS NATIOIisaL Banw Teiephone 65 42 Shetucket Stree: The Best Candy | to present to anyone as a gift is a box of LOWNEY'S CHOCOLATES. There is a guarantee slip in each box that the Chocolates are fresh and you’ll find | the variety excellent. SOLD AT DUNN'S PHARMACY 50 Main Street BOTTLED BEER ALL KINDS Lelivered to any part of the eity. au- | women join us in protest, the present | usurpers will continue to ignore the ! public. We will not only get back seats | Ovder Now. H. JACKEL & CO. Pies, Cake and Bread that canuot ve exceiled. Furcne sour erder Promp: LOUIS H. BRUNELLE "0 Carter Avz Tel. 136-5. sarvics LEags Sicey IR C R CHAMBERLA(N ' Dentdl burgeon nur.ug s as Alunu. WMeGrory Building Norwich, Con-n The Vaughn Foundry Co. Nos. 11 to 25 Ferry St., MILL CASTINGS a Specialty. Orders Receive Prompt Attention THERE is no advertising medium in Eastern Connecticut equal to The Bu} letin [or business ruu?u» 9 AT MON, TUES, WED, E DECEMBER 16, 17, 18 RO[\D Home of Selected Photo-Plays The Famous “BlG -IAGI(” THE BOXING KANGAROO e s e . GRACE LaVELLE MYERS, SACKS & VALLIN A Sweet and Bewitching Girl Who In the 38 o'Cleck Train 8ings Great Fun Photo-Plays—The Old Reporter, A Sailor's Heart, Red Eagle, The Lawyer, A Good scenic and the drollest comedy ever written. EATRE ) ROADWAY FRIDAY, DEGEMBER 20th Werba -and Luescher’s Dainty P roduction of the Famous Operetta THE SPRING MAID DIRECT FROM ITS TWO SEASON'S RUN AT THE NEW YORK LIBERTY THEATRE Company of Seventy Including « GENE LUNESKA and J. H. GOLDSWORTHY and the Famous “Spring Maid” Chorus and Ballet, METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA $2.00 to 25¢ SEAT SALE—Monday, 16th, at 10 a. m. Broed Theatre 816 TWO-REEL FEATURE The Man Hunt-Pat 2000 Feet of Film Depicting a Most Sensational Hunt for a Criminal Viennese PRICES Fire Department Pictures Deferred for a few days. See Papers Mon., Tues., Wed., Au DlTOfllu December 16, 17, 18 The Big New York Success ON A SIDE STREET AN EPISODE OF CITY LIFE—4 PEOPLE ALBERTO, SPENCER & SPENCER, The Human Alligator The Kids With the Jiggling Feet AR DE BAZAN 2 REELS From Edwin Booth's Play Christmas Associations Because of the healthy New England sports to be enjoyed at | Christmas time, the banner gifts since our business was | founded in 1764 have been Sleds and Skates. | Knives and Carving Sets are timely, too. Pocket for you at the bottom” The great development of electrical devices has added hundreds of novelties to the list of useful Flash Lights, Toasters, Christmas Tree Strings and Toys of practical value. Large counter of Aluminum Ware, Chafing Dishes, Percolators and other practical gifts. THE EATON CHASE CO0., 129 Main §t. Holiday Gifts Are always difficult to select. That need never worry you., If you but visit our store and look over our assortment of articles suitable for each and every one of your friends. Just to help you in your decision we suggest: presents for all. ROCKING CHAIRS—Rockers for the children from 50c to $3.00. Rockers for the grown-ups, $1.00 and upwards. MORRIS CHAIRS—We have just the ones you want in any finish, with leather or velour cushions, ranging in price from $6.00 to $25.00. WRITING DESKS—Big ones and little ones, finely finished in missien, golden cak or mahogany. We have some excellent values, $2.50 up to $84. PICTURES—There is not a more sensible gift than a picture, We have a new line just received for our Christmas trade, consisting of Etchings, Pastels and Oliogrophs. There are numerous others which space doesn’t allow us to deserd| such as Boy's Wagons and Sleds, Shoo-Flies, Rocking Horses, Iron Cribs, Carriages and Carts. Parlor Tables, Chafing Dishes, Casseralls, Music Cabi- nets, Dinner and Tollet Sets, Sewing Machines and Pianos. We deliver goods Free to any part of Connecticut. Shea & Burke 37-41 MAIN STREET