Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 23, 1914, Page 4

wmm-m-n. Entered at the Postoffice at ‘Norwioh, onn., as second-elass matt Telephone Calla: Bulletin Business Offis Bulletin Editorial ulletin Ji -2 Willimantie Ofce, Roow 3, Murray Noflding. Telephone 210. x e eeee— Norwich, Thursday, April 28, 1914, The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- orn Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Norwich, a: | read by ninety~ three per cent. of the people. In Windhem it ;s delivered to over %0 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and in al: of these places it is consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five posteffice districts, and sixty rural tree delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of the R. F. D. reutes in Eas Connecticut. CIRCULATION average......... 1901 .« 4412 1005, average.veeesernns 5,920 April 18 SIDEWALKS. Now that the sidewalks have been ordered in Division street after years' of effort it is an excellent time for cooperation by the residents thereof 1o make it one of the attractive streets of the city. Every street should have good walks. They increase pro- perty value and they contribute to the comfort of every user of the thor- oughfare. Bad walks or nome at all are a blackeye to every section. Sidewalks, however, like sewers, strange to say, too often develop op- position without a careful considera- tion of the requirements, and still the general plan of building sidewalks is not founded on the equitable basis of sewer construction, where all the pro- perty owners of the street participate in the cost. Sidewalks as a usual thing fre a one sided proposition, y when the residents of one side are called upon to do all the work and bear all the ex- pense. Unless both sides of a street are to have walks, a sidewalk is a public improvement which should be borne not alone by the residents of that side but by all the property own- ers of the street. There is no good reason why half the taxpavers of a street shonid be made to provide walks, maintain them, clean them and sand them during the winter season for the comfort and convenlence of the others, than there is for the con- struction of sewers in that manner. Sidewalk building is something in ‘which all the residents of a street can and should participate for the gen- eral benefit but better and more equit- able results could be obtained through cooperative effort. NO ENTHUSIASM FOR WAR. Tt took some time for the senate to act upon the resolution in support of the new policy which has been adopted concerning Mexico, but it was the wiser course which was followed. It cannot be said that the senate de- bate was a waste of time for it ls well to look at all phases of such a sitvation and making sure of what is being done. There has not been and is not now any disposition in this country to rush into & war with Mexico. War is not demanded and whatever step can be taken to preserve the dignity and hon- or of the nation without it, even though it calls for the careful working out of the details, is to be encouraged. Such is the position which the pres ident has taken and when he is deter- mined to put war off with the idea of avolding it If possible he has the coun- try united at his back. The broader position which was taken by Sen- ator Lodge in his resolution was for jumping headlong into an attitude which covered the whole Mexican trouble, and one which may have to be taken in time though not called for then. It didn’t mean the meeting of the situation at the present time, but went much further and discarded entirelr even an honorable chance of preventing war. It was certainly no time for indul- gence in politics but the very time to back up President Wilson in the re- sponsibie office he holds and the high purpose he has undertaken in this crisis. There are no truer words than those of ex-President Taft at this time when he savs: “It is the duty of every American to stand by Mr. Wilson on an occasion like this when we have become involved in & quarrel With an- WELFARE OF THE CHILD, Matters of great importance to the welture of the children are beipg con- sidered this week at the third inter- wmal congress on the welfare of the child at Washingten, D. C, and ideas and opinions which should have much weight from the wide study, observation and experience which has been given to this matter are to be expected. are questions touching the cents and the teacher and tho re- fon of the parent to the training * the child which are designed to ‘\cus atrention of parents and iesch- © upon new problems thai are the aduct of modern givillsailen, Kor instancs thepe is wide interest ia such questiony st Are the fundamentais in l-.::: taught as thoroughly tofiay an were in the old tims sehoel? Aro pupils developing the power of concentration today A§ fully as they m in the scheols of' ewr mn- %-m- g the mining the conduct of the young in Dresent day Itfe? wm & 8chosl as a social cénter solve the problem of training? ‘Theso are all questions which econ- cern every progressive city and many valuable contributions should be made towards a solution of the problems In- Yolved. It is where many minds and sxperiences get together for such dis- cussion that good resuits. MILITIA REORGANIZATION. Even though 1t Tequired the approach of an emergency the action'which has been taken by the senate In approval of the bill for militia reorganization which has been waiting on the calen- dar for several months, has iong been realized as the proper thing to do. This bill which now becomes law pro- vides the method which shall be used by the president for calling the volun- teers into action when occasion re- quires. By it it s specified that the president In his prociamation calling for volunteers shall state the number of men desired for each arm, corps and department, and sets forth the rules and regulations for the purpose of examining and receiving the men called for into the service. It was set forth by the war department that in case of war much dependence would have to be placed upon the state mi- litla and for that purpose the gradual bringing of the state troops under gov- ernment control as a reserve force has been urged for the benefit which would be gained in uniform training and knowledge of the Tequirements. That the action should have been delayed until a serious situnation should mrrive to make its value better real- ized seems entirely unnecessary, even though war has not been anticipated and is not desired now. The wisdom of what was asked for and sought by the department of war should have been sufficient to have gained the needed attention long ago and without the prod of an urgent situation, when it could have become operative with- out the confusion and excitement of « crisis. APRIL AND WAR. There seems to be no explainable season why trouble should loom up on the national horizon in April more than in any other month of the year. but that it is so is borne out by facts and figures. In the past his- tory of this country April has won the title of war month and the week's developments do not indicate any change for the present. It was April 19, 1775 that the Amer- ican and British came into conflict at Lexington, the beginning of the rev- olutionary war. It was April 25, 1846 that the first blow was struck at the Rio Grande in the war between the United States and Mexico. . It was April 12, 1861 that General Beaureghrd opened fire upon Fort Sumter, the beginning of the civil war that lasted four vears. It was upon April 21, 1898 that the war with Spain began under declara- tion by joint resolution of congress following a week’s debate. It was April 21, 1914 that Rear Ad- miral Fletcher took possession of Vera, Cruz and the Atlantic fleet arrived at that Mexican port for the carrying out of the blockade of that country’s seaports, for the coercion of Huerta. It is not to be supposed that April is the' only month in which trouble has developed for many another month can be pointed to as the time when serious matters began, but it has seen the opening of some of the worst con- filets in this country’s history. EDITORIAL NOTES. Politics and war are two things which should never go hand in hand. s ol e a0iig The great trouble with the house- ocleaning season !s that it is liable to strike on simultaneously with Spring fever. Colorado 1is developing conditions ‘which show that Mexico doesn’t harbor all the bad men, or New York all the gunmen. Réar Admiral Fletcher has prompt- Iy climinated himself, the marines and the navy from any possible classifi- cation as “bluffers.” ‘Those who expected the president to urge a general war with Mexico were disappointed and it is only pro- per that they should be. The idea of keeping fighting ma- terial away from the enemy wes the proper move. That will bother Huer- ta more than the salute. An Towa misslonary has been killed by a lon in Bgyptian Soudan. It fsn't all joy and happiness being a messenger of righteousness. After General Maas gefs to Huerta and tells him a few things the best thing that could happen would be for the both of them to continue the flight together, As long as the president had the power to go ahead, and the situation demanded it, it 18 just as well that congress is not rushing blindly into a rious matter. The man on tne corner says: There are always people who start out in the morning with the fear that some- thing is going to happen to the weath- er before night. The government is getting offers “of plenty of help and advice in the handling of its- policy in Mexico, hut the greatest assistance will be given by standing back of it. Governor Colquitt says the “move is a year late” but a good many healthy American soldlers have also lived a Year longer and it is desired that they shall continue to do so, The sltuation which resuits over the Paname cansl Indicates that while treaties may be made with greater oare than legislation Iy enacted, it ap- pearw to be just as casy to find jnop- holes in one s the othar, e e There is nothing sirange abeut this eountry’s peiicy being critieised by the foreign press. I: has %eem echarscier- istic of the gatire cousse this countwy has followed {n Mexico but it deesn’t indicate mny luek of wisdom, The fingl desigion whish Ands Capt, PBerey of the Nantucket responsible for the sinking of the Monroe is & vindication 6f Capiain Johnson whe was peecseding slowly and obssrving < ‘other -_Unlike the dog, Mrs. Mul- was the mfll’ of h m' n! er “Beast!” hissed Mrs. Mullong. Erucefully draped fluttering in the Jagged remnant of white On the clothesline in Mrs. ‘Mullong’s yard switched a sheet, the lower edge of which showed a dis- crepancy which would have peen 8lisd in aicely by the fapping rem. nant in the bulldog’s mouth. Squared on his feet, the bulldog gyed her war- ily. At a faint motion of her arm he pranced lumberingly, first to one side ther the other. His eyes sparkled. “He—he _thinks it's a joke!” almost screamed Mrs. Mullong in her wrath, ws this fact dawned upon her. ‘Thal the marauder wes blissfully unreck- ing of the damage hé had wrought merely added to the insult. “You white heathen!” Mrs. Mullong ot out. “Do -you think that my wash is a ‘merry-go-round for you to hang onto with your murdering teeth, I'd like to know?’ Tll show you!” Stooping, she picked up a conven- lent bit of brick, crooked her arm, and saw that her enemy had prugently vanished. Giving a good imitativn of | & lady about to indulge in apoplexy | Mrs. Mullong removed the mutilated | sheet from the line and bdre it sadly into the house. - “I'll cut it down for | Jimmy's bed,” she said. However, there was more than that | one sheet. There had been the beef- | steak left on the back step by the de- Iivery boy the day she was downtown. When she opened the door Mrs. Mul- | long found only the Wrapping paper | left, and the bill. The tail of the | white bulldog was even then just van- | jshing through the open place in the | tence. Moreover, muddy footprints showed | constantly on the otherwise immacu- late porch in the rear. Also, there were the frequent wars of the roses— feline and canine on either side, that raged indiscriminately over tne atey | and the various back vards. Once | Mrs, Mullong had opened her door to | find’ her 10 year old nephew perched | precariously on the summit of back gate post, while seated below | was the amused bulldog, making a| great pretense of licking his chops. “1t'd a black heart you have!” Mrs. Mulong told the dog after a pail of water had routed him. There was no use protesting to the In OTHER VIEW POINTS | Connecticut Democrats, who regard- ed the preponderance of 34 votes for Lawler over Cheney in the’ Hartford | election as a glorlous victory for the party and an endorsement of the | Wilson administration are kindly in- vited to make some appropriate re- marks upon the result in New Britain. —Ansonia. Sentinel. The public library nity_ is the public college. If it be a ®00d Iibrary, it will have within its walls the méans of providing a com- plete education—along _either acade- mic or sclentific lines—to anvone able to read the English language amnd spurred by the desire to learn— Bridgeport Telegram, in any commu- In fact, as formerly, the most sen- sible thing just now is to keep cool. What the president ordered at Vera Cruz was ordered without authority of congress, and needed not the au- thority of congress, because it was not an act of war. Some newspapers should be more accurate in their heads which describe yesterday’s events.— New Haven Register. The final test of strength between republicans and progressives will | probably take place at this fall’s elec- tions and uniess the new party can show unlooked for gains in the com- ing state and congressional electio it cannot hope to remain with long. There has been some disheart ening news accumulating to greet the colonel on his emergence from the | Amazon’s wilds—Waterbury Republi- can, Mayor Quigley finds the city in good | condition, it is true that it is in debt, but it has sinking funds established | and by the aid of regular payments | these .funds will be large enoughs to meet the bonded indebtedness of the | attention to her. the | & { hours later on his return. animal’s ers, for since the mfl Yater cpinuio - the Da; nul Mutlongs nad not . terms. In_fact, M that in Some’ m: Davlins urged on the dog in acts.. 5 Ay “Fnose Davlins couldn’t thake® a dumb beast understand!” protested. Mullong in strict justice, when his wife propounded. this theory. Mrs, Mullong leaned back in her! chair and looked at him - scornfully. “That's all you know about that dog!” she informed himi. “It's no common animall He can tell what you say what you are thinking.” Mrs, Muilong never let Jimmy play out in the back vard alone. Jimmy was 3, and the beginning and end of the world. For the white bulldog he would have made about three comfort- able mouthfuls and Mrs. Mullong nad no mind to give the animal so delect- able & treat. When she had to g0 on errands she would call Jimmy indoors from the back yard and shut the door. Sometimes the bulldog watched the process interestedly. Jimmy for him had the fascination of the unknown, the forbidden. When he approached the fence . with tentatively wag- £ing tall to reconnoiter there would bo shrieks and a flylng mother, who grabbed up the bundle of red chesked umanity and flew back with it. It was Jimmy himself who unlatehed the screen door and admitted the white bulldog one warm day when hl mother had gone to market, leaving the boy in the sunny kitchen. Cn her return Mrs. Mullong was greeted by strange sounds. She dropped the carrots and the chops and her color fled. From the Kitchen with ersistent regularity came a _fierce, emphatic “Gr-r-ri” Mrs. Mullong reached the kitchen by the air line known to mothers whose children are in dire peril and need their help, Her hand was at her heart. She even screamed despairingly. The bulidog paid not the slightest Seated squarely on the floor facing Jimmy was the dog. Both cropped ears pointed forward ttentively, and his gaze never wav ered from the baby. Before his moth- er's eyes Jimmy deflantly reached in- to the large box of matches he had purloined from the third shelf of the paatry, extracted one and awkwardly lit it. With a snap the white bulldog extinguished it and again rolled forth his warning, protesting growl Jimmy aropped the match hastily and frown- ed at the bull dog. “Well, I never thought to see the likes of this!” said Mullong some The white sprawled across = Mra. Mullon; and she was feeding him_cookies. “You said—" What 1 said, Willlam Mullong,” in- terrupted_his wife with high _color, “was that this was a smart dog! And I'm not taking it back now!”—Chi- bulldog W EVERY DAY REFLECTONS Human Scrap Pile. The human scrap pile. The refuse, the discard, the useless, the nonproducers, the wasters, the parasites, the loafers, the do-nothings, the consumers of unearned food, the wearers of given clothes, the stalled, fattened, curried sieek human animals devouring the substance of them that sweat and tofl. ‘Wherever you find an idle group you find a septic point in mankind. Among the “rights of man” there is no right to work not. The conscience of the twentieth century thunders the commandment of Carlyle: “Find thy work! Produce! Produce! In God's name, procuce! The prosperity of America is at- tacked already by that species of vermin that always infest accummu- ! vested privilege, old standing inst The tramps, hobos and slum loafers are not our severest menace. The un- employed rich men, who ao nothing bu: amuse themselves and spend their | ir fathers’ money, are just | as bad. i The women who flit from northern | hotels in summer | ashionable hotels in win- ter, w 1 their days in_motoring and evenings at cards, whose whole energy is occupled In dress and | city as fast as it matures. There will be new questions arising and these | must be met the same as all other | questions had to be met. These mat- ters. will_require care and attention | and it will be up to the new mayor | to see that they get it—New Britain | Herald schemes of precedence, are but parti- cles of that heap of waste and poison | that must be swept away before de- | mocract shall find a basis of jus- tice and peace. They are the seed of the coming revolution. They are the kindlings for the cleansing fires of devtmy. .Bll’ml-: The. Foufl Dmk fnr all Agu—Qfien are and most times I believe he can tell ly for their in factor—8. M. Mitra, nightly Review. Lightning and Transmission Lines. There seems to be a general agree- ment that modern high-tension lines operated at 60,000 volts and over are less subject to lightning disturbances than lower tension used to be. This result Is partly attributabie to the better and moré thoroughly insured insulation obtained with the modern suspension insulator. The well con- structed tower line of the future will be practically free from induced dis- turbances due to lightning strokes in the viclnity. Occasionally, however, lightning strokes from cloud to ground may be expected to connect directly with the line or include the generators in its path, even in spite of the shelter of overhead ground -wires. In such a case, the discharges are apt.to be 50 | powerful that breakdowns must occur. In other words, one can expect fm- provements in aerial line construction and insulation to beé proof only against indirect . lightning _strokes. We can hardly aspire to.make ther proof _against direct - strokes—Hlec trical World. A New Burglar Alarm. A novel burglar alrm has been placed on the market in . Germany, X The Rerfect Tonic ASK ANY DRUGGIST % et Kfllgz AP.URIHAI.T‘ 3638 Hawley St Boston composed of a small metal disk, clr- cular in shape, which may easily be carried in the vest pocket. arranged that a detonating cap.may be inserted, and so loaded it becomes. a terror to thieves. Suppose a trav- eller is staying in a strange hotel and finds that he cannot lock his door. He pinces a chair against the door and 1t is so slips the disk under one of its leg‘-a. [ Should anyone attempt to erter th room the chair is forced out of posi- tion, the disk fiies open, and the cap explodes, awakening the sleeper. The disk may be used under baggage, in under bicycle tires, 'and 1 A Wyanidotte Francis Baines,” a Wiltshire, England, poultry expert, three years. pures, or automob'’e ways. hen belonging. an: to has laid 688 eggs in Hand Scrubs . . Tooth Brushes . antiseptic . MERGHANTS' WEEK SPECIALS | N LEE & 0SGOOD'S Brushes Brushes This Grey Imperial Hair Brush 50c regular $1.00 value Hand SErihe - coiios o sioesioiotets on mos sia Parisian Ivory Brushes, all prices MxhtaryBru;hu................$100up Clothes Brushes ................ Cut out this adv- and bring it with you The Lee & Osgood Co. Norwich, Conn. Park & Tilford and Appollo Chocolates Tooth Brushes .............. special 20c Sanitary Tooth Brushes, each one in a a separate envelope, very clean and And 3 5c 10¢ 25¢ Have 25¢c up Everything New Today STAYMAN and LINDEN Comedy Musical Artists. EMERSON and ADAMS Descriptive Contralts Singer HARRY SIDELLE Monologue Comedian CLARK and TEMPLE ‘The Man, The Maid, The Telephone OUR MUTUAL GIRL Matines at 2.30——All Seats 10c Eve. at 7, and 845, 10c, 15¢ 20c BALDY BELMONT BREAKS OUT Colonial ish Comedy Sketch MAY HYERS Comedy Sketch Powers Comedy Crystal Comedy L If It Swims, We Have It LIVE LOBSTERS, BLUE POINT OYSTERS, CHOICE LONG CLAMS, SHAD, Extra Choice BLUEFISH, Its Value Lies .in lh Freshness. We That Kind. NATIVE SMELTS (th Caught) © SALMON, EASTERN HALIBUT, Numerous Other Varieties. 1 114—Telephones—777 POWERS BROS., = H BF JOHN €. FISHER < w/Presents And a Company of 60 Favorites Including THE FAMOUS BEAUTY CHORUS PRI 3 “Evening 250 to $1. Seats on Sale Today at 10 a. m. 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