Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 23, 1914, Page 4

Entered at the Posteffice at Norwich, m-,umuflu& Callne luna Busi: Office 48, ¢ n RN LA Willimantte Offce, Room 2, Murray Ouilding. Telephone 210, ¥ Norwioh, Tuseday, June 23, 1914, The Circulation of The Bulle 1901 1905, averagessecnesnsons 5,920 AVOrBg0.cccscnsnssos 4412 INDIFFERENT CITIZENS, Setions, While the height of absurdity Is reached when the claims are put for- ward by the electign officials charged with illegal procedurs that the ballot box stufiing was resorted to that the district might msike a good showing, it nevertheless. indicates that it lles within the power of the individual veter to contribute his influence to the overcoming of sueh a possibility by getting to the polls and casting his own vete. Just go long as there is a disposition to neglect the duty of veting and to trust election and other impertant opportu- nities for participating in the d‘l::woin of public irs tg.a few, there is bound te be dimmwl‘iun and such cannot be ‘bvercome by the claim of not being Interested, New York's sit- uation, which represents. a condition not new in large communities where voters are comstantly changing and are not widely known, is direetly due to the crooked election officials but in- directly to the willingness of a large number of wvoters to permit any kind of conditions to prevail. When the desire peizes the yoters to have the district make a good showing then will there be better officials and different conditions governing elections and po- litical effairs. 'The responsibility of the voter cannot be too fully realized. SENSIBLE RECESS.” The teking of a recess In the medi- ation ings is e sensible thing. Although it may not be possible there- after to reach a satisfactory agree- ment matters are at & stage in Mexico at the present time which make it pos- sible to put an entirely different phase on the situation within e shert time. The break among the rehels offers em- barrasement just now amnd upon that portion of the Mexican people a great deal depends whsn it comes to adjust- ing the intemnsz; difficuities in that country, With the adjustment of the rebel troubles ang the resumption of the successful operations of their forces under Villa at Zacatecas and Obre- the net about Mexico City must make its impression upon the federal dele- sstes. Further and stronger evidence of the inevitabie is bound to have its effect apd encourage the sanctioning of & temporary peare estabiishing gov- ernment even though it has at its head one who has constitutionalist inclina- tions. With the adjustment of the rabel break such a one represents the stronger element in that republic and the one whieh is ultimatciy going to control if their past successes form ary basis for judgment. It 15 just such a reeess as has now been taken by the mediators which Dermits of sober consideration of the entire situation, It gives time for due remmo:'n;‘nfi and value of compromise e fure geems to he indieated it js highly commend- able that the effort is met to be aban- dened whils there sesms to be the lgast poesibitity of a chance to reach & settiement, i MODIFIED SEAMEN'S BILL. ‘The gppearance in the house of the Le Folleite seamen’s pill shows that it has yadergone & number of import- ant chasges sines it left its author. The chenges are of g type which are calculated to femove it from the very radical class of to the rea- sonable, and thus give it a greater possibility of hecoming & law. The first object of the bill is to insure 8reater protection to life when occa- slon mekes it necessary to leave a vessel at sea, ou the lakes or other pdies of waler, As fyst introduced it required that : d seamen take charge of the lifgboats, two being re- quired for each ene and every pas- senger, provided with lifeboat accom- modations, Such meant the mainten- ance of & large crew. whose services would be required only in case of a disaster. This would mean a large increase in the ship employes and ex- penses without guaranteeing any 8reater safety than could be furnish- ed through the training of able bodied men employed in other capacities about the ship, e wodifications take into consid- e those vessels which never get out of sight of land. VALUABLE OBJECT LESSON. ‘When the statement is madg that the health of the United States pE. at Vera Cruz is better than that of the army elsewhere, it speaks volumes for the sanitary meaeures which haye been introduced into that section of the western hemisphere by this eoun- try. Death from disease is one of the great eauses for ralsing the mortality records where military or industrial operations are underway unless proper attention is given to the sanitary con- ditions. The cleaning up of Vera Cruz was one of the first things attempted following the restoration of peaceful conditions in the eity, How=well and thoroughly it has been done ia reflect- ed by the health reports from our troops. It was this same kind of a policy which magde pessible the construction of the Panama capal and which has brought aboyt such excellent resuits in improving the health conditions in Cuba. It is the salvation of the citles in that part of the world if they will but realize the great benefits which: are to be gained therefrom and put the principles into operation. What ! has been done in Vera Cruz, while not what might be attempted if there was 0 be permanent occupation, is no more frtben what would result to the benefit of many other Central American cities. When the unhealthful places of yes- terday are compared with the same ones today after undergoing sanitary treatment, there is a lesson provided which cannot be disregarded if there is a disposition to replace disease breeding with healthful conditions, THE FORD EXPERIMENT. It was only a short time ago that | the country was discussing the gener- ous announcement by Henry Ford that thereafter the lowest paid of his many theusand employes would receive at least five dollars a day. It was a rad- ical step from which he expected "greater efficiency. That he proved his point is indicated by his explanation of the laying off of large numbers this #pring ‘because the plan he put into operation has resulted in such a great- 1y increased production: Whether the idea will prove a sue- cess in the opinion of the workman who is now laid off and who has not anticipated such a reduction in his income, remains to be seen. As the Springfield Republican well says: “Mr, Ford seems in a position to maintain a very useful experiment station in economies. But the most immediate point which comes up is the fact that high wages do not remove the neces- sity of preparing for a rainy day. By the genteel standard of living to which he has been undertaking to raise his employes, they would be no better off than before this increase of pay, and so far as saving money goes they would be worse cff, if one may judge by the average American family which has just reached a point where it feels that it really must have an automo- bile. The Ford system has not been in operation long enough to have had a very great educational effect as yet; if in the future periodical reductions should turn adrift men used to ex- pensive livirg and to supernormal pay, the e{fect on labor conditions would be disturbing.” It is guite evident that Mr. Ford's plan is in an experimental state and it is likely to be given much serious study pefore it is put into effect by many manufacturers on as elaborat a scale. EDITORIAL NOTES, “Back to the farm” takes on a new meaning after you have come to ex- perience its full significance, From the reports heing received General Funston is going to be known as the man who put health in Vera Cruz. None better than the man with a lawn mower realizes what an ac.ele- rator of business an occasional siow- er is. It is a fortunate thing that the open- ing of the vacation season isn't de- pendent upon the adjourning of con- gress, Just because congress is being kept in sessian through the summer is no excuse for the overdriving of the over- loaded team horses, The man on the corner says: Some people miss a lot of this beautiful world by not responding to the call of the early morming robin. This sudden resolve of King Alfonso to grow a full set of whiskers may be due to the recenmt discovery of a Dbad case of throat trouble. A German aviator may shave him- self while looping the loop, but the chances are that he will pot try cut- ting up a dirigible in midajr. ‘While Secretary McAdoo thinks peo- ple are dodging the fncome tax, it is impossifile for the country to dodge the effect of the administration’s tar- iff, e The fellow who desires to play safe in taking sides on the Perking affair is waiting until the progressive party returns to this country, before deeid- ing. It seems quite evident that the gey- ernment is unwilling to collect its tax- es by the same method under which the, president explains business condi- tions. With the democrats of Conmecticut placing great reliance upon the third party vote again, it is well not to place too great reliance upon the unhatched chicks, Even though-the new reserve board gets out millions of dolars of a new design, there will be just as many try- ing 1o get more than thelr share of it for nothing. . When General Villa declares that he is a patriot and that his sole ambi- tion is to fight for his. country, it doesn’'t look as if he was greatly in- terested in peace, The report from Kansas that it has obtained ‘in tweo days the 30,000 har- Vest hands desired shows what the condition of , the labor market is in the country just now, 5 and Goudic? of seamen whether they had that or|§ o o ether duties to oecupy their time, BEARS OLD which can be brought fo just as high bl . a state of efficiency. The 1 bill m- price 13e a week; B¢ a| glso discriminates in lifeboat equip- monthy e ment between the ocean liners and and feet as awkw: be; and, besi I didn’t at you, and you know give me any Deace in my life; hunted me pillar sued me till I was out of breath, then, while 1 was still out of breath. and could not answer you, you asked me to marry you, and took silence for consent and married me before I re- covered. 1 married you because I was sorry for you and because none of the other girls look at you and because and, if I had my life to live over again, I would marry you again!” There seems to be no es- “1f you to making eyes at the little girl noxt door.” said Mre. Stan- dish, “and coming to tell me how =en- sible she is, you'll have to show a rea- son for your interest or I'll put a spider in your coffee. Confess!" “All right, here's where 1 make a clean breast of the whole affair I have been watching her for a time. She takes the same car to town every morning that I take, and she knows two men who take the same car. One of these ia an Apolio. If the seats are all occupied he is happy. He takes his place in the be- tween the two rear seats, 08 & hand up on elther side and gets kold of a strap. Hanging that way, every one who enters the car is compelled to scrouge past him, and se notice what a beautiful creature he is, When he is so unfortunfite as to be able to find a seat he sits in the end nearest the isle, crossing his knees carelessly so that one foot projects into the aisle, where everybody will fall over it. and se take notice of him, he sits sidewise so that his beautiful cameo- like profile is turned to all the rest of the car and preserves that position all the way to town. The other man she knows is a small insignificant shrimp with pale hair.” “Are you describing yourself?” “No, 1 would not flatter myself that way. I I were describing myself I would be the Apollo and let the other FAMOUS TRIALS I TRIAL OF BROOKS FOR ASSAULT- ING SUMNER. One of the most exeiting scenes ever enacted in the United States sen~ ate was the assault of Charles Sumner of Massachusetts by Preston’ Brooks, @& member of the house of representa- tives, in 18568. The attack grew out of the violent slavery agitation of the peridd. Sumner had & powertul speech on “The Crime of Kansas” in which Qe went out of his way to abuse certain senators whom he did not like, especially Senator Butler of South Carolina, who was at the time absent from the city and who had made no specjal attack on Sumner. Brooks was a relative of Butler and resented the imputations made against him, He lay in wait for Sumner for an hour or more at the Pennsylvania avenue approach to the capitol on the day following the inflammatory speech but Sumner had gone in another way and he missed him. The following day the senate had onl A“ short ses. rel h! over his desk busily engaged in writ- ing when Brooks approached from the rear. The senator had not noticed his presence until he heard some o call his name, when, looking up, he caught the words: “I have read your speech over twice earefully; it is a libel on South Car. olina and Mr. Butler, who Is & relative of mine”—and while he was still speaking and apparently without fin- ishing the sentence the tall, power- fully built stranger raised a heavy cane and struck him with all his force over the head, Bumner threw up his arms and endeavored to protect him- self, but the first blow blinded him and Brooks continued to rain bdlow after blow as hard and as fast as he could. Finally Sumner fell bleeding and senseless to the flloor. Brook's arm was stayed at last and he was forced away from Sumner. The wounds of the senator were dressed by a physi- cian hastily summoned and he was removed to his room still only partly conscious, So great were his injuries that he did not fully recover for four years; and, indeed, never after this assault was he the powerful, ropust athlete that he had been before. The physical condition of Sumner and the masses of his full head of hair, which he wore long at the time, probably saved his life. 2 The following day the affair was taken up by the sepate and a com- mittee was lgpo(ntbd to make an I vestigation. They reported that the senate had no power to arrest or pun- ish a member of the house and that all they could do was to complain to that body. In the house on the same day a committee was appointed to make a report in order to vindicate that body. This committes called for the expul- sion of Brooks, but it was voted down. Thereupon Brooks arose and said that he was no longer a member of the house, having alread; placed his resignation in the hands of the gov- ernor of his state, to take elfect when By this means he a farce. Sumner filed a' nst Brooks and he was indicted by a grand jury. He in ‘Washington at court ati coterie of seuthern fri 3 the assault and justified himself in a speech likening S who defend their weunded {:ld‘o fined him $ and im without imj mment. Sumner took no part in th cept when testify before and jury, Sumnper disclaimed all responsibility for the trial, realizing that pu; ishment would be ipadequate the injuries he had received.. )urln[ Sumner’s years of suf- fering following the attack it is said that he never s ly af after, the con- Brooks. It is related that years when one day va-lklnf gressional cemetery a w-fiu-. Sumner’s' comgwhm, George Willlam Curtis, called his attention to a ceno- taph of Brooks which Sumner had Rot bef noticed, - his only remark was: “Poor fellow, Poor feliow!” To the question then asked by Curtls, “How do you feel about Brooks® he replied: “Only as to a brick that snould fail upon vour head- from a chimney. He was the unconscious power,” 5 you needed some one to look after you,'| i | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR now I am going to compromise on a five-cent picture show.’ ‘That will be perfectly all right. T can get the new dress myself. T get ;’ll your salary, anyhow.” — Chicago ews. EVERY DAY REFLECTONS Every Mind H World, Eery mind has its own world. Theres llr‘ as many worlds ag there are peo- ple. What the uniyerse rm ne one knows; it ig a vain qu for no- body will ever find out; the only mat. ter of interest is what the universe is to me, 2 So many men, so many worlds. To be sure, there is what William James called looming on of con- sclousness;” that is, there is a myriad multitude of things in the outside world that crowd upon our attention, ‘but after all we make our werld what we will, “just as the architect is free to create his bullding” from all the waterial he finds, The late Henrl Poincare, who re- ceived the Bolyal prize from the Hun- @arian academy as the most eminent mathematiclan In the world, mid: *“What is not thought is nought; since we can think only thoughts, and every word we use in talking about things stands for a thought: to assert there is anything else than thought is a senseless afimation. Geological his- tory teaches us,” he continues, “that life is only an episode between two eternities of death, and even in this episode thought endures but a mo- ment. Thought is but a Sash in the midst of a lo night. But thet flash is_everything. ‘Whereupon another says “What a fool, then, am I to think that any outward event can over- ‘whelm m “What all men can do to me is noth- x:‘z‘; it matters only what I do to my- self. “To a soul that knows realities there can be no tragedy no collapse, no fail- ure. In that moment when the volecane spews upon him, the lightning sears him or men burn him or crucify him he inwardly laughs. They cannot reach his world, “My world is my secret. You can- not enter, you can only guess. “It 1 t the right value upon thoughts I need not fear things.” The Other Side. Mr. Editor:—Peter W, Collins in closing his address attacki Social- m called upon the ju ence) for a decision. a deci- sion without hearing both sides, and anyone who has listened to evidence knows that, no matter how eclear and evident a case may seem to have beem resented, that when the other side is eard there be good reason for a change of opinion. The K. of C. and Mr. Collins weuld not accept our challenge to debate and thus refused the other side a hear- ing. Now Mr. Editr 1 would that you allow =—<ifough your columns to present the other side of the subject. Mr. Collins named many soclalist, writers and claimed that they were not workers and that socialism did not come from nor represent the in- terests nor Sentiments of the werkers. Many whem he mentioned and many | Ghe cou more whom he might have mentioned | hor own name. are and have been as closely con- nected with the workers as is Mr. Col- lins. Mr Collins has not been a work- er for years, but is and has been lv- ing on the workers. Most of the men he mentioned have been living less directly off the workers than he, and #0 are in a position to act mere inde- pendently and with less of personal interest. But supposing that many of them ame not wol neither were Abraham Lincoln, illiam Lioyd (}.rl'lltu‘lL Wendell Phillips et. al, slaves; but was nof their work the more effective, not less effective be- cause they were not slaves? hat- ever may have been the feeling at the time, today we give t honor. Mr, Collins at the same time said that the Soclalist movement was an Now T have neither e to to qus views. lLet me quote Kautsky, ;3;‘1.-1 mb’ - ‘tm;:pmiy‘?" I @ wWarmest s lor the clase of William Liebknecht as such has nothing no man has the right to molest an- other l‘i; m; u;ha“;ghu :lr“h‘l.l beliefs or to a lvantage on " Now no deubt there it von, e Mohammedans yes, an and Buddists and Shintolsts and fol- lowers of Confucius in the Socialist party. As I have ly said the scientific soclalist believing that all laws of progress, and physical, are inherent in nature, and accepth the theory or evolution, belleves t.hn towards It to s, “SBoclailsm 5 do with rell- Tovement God's instrument t movemen s 0 eman- eipate the from present | conditions whic] it impossible to live a Christian lify Now, T admit that’ many. Socialists are Atheists, Monists, or Materialists, Collins seeks cunningly to i animesity . by claiming a man must be an :,:Iheln to be a Bocialist; which is not o 5 As a matter of fact therée are t i T st i i i i I i i today, in fact have been for thousands of years. They are the Economic po litical movement; striving for more gov: and more democratic ocontrol of ernment and industries that thn1 in: stitutions may be a benefit to all in- stead of being controlled by & few and ed 28 & means of robbing the mass- for the benefit of the fe Then there is the desire for more exaet and certain knowledge of nature and her laws which has led to the conmflict of BScience and Religion. Al religions, and there have been fore"of ‘sariy 1gmorint plain orant man to ex them to him unknown and fearful things of nature. Out of his own nation he created good and bad spirits. God Is a creation of the mind, ost of them now dead, and as we become more intelligence probably all will die. Now Mr. Collins like Mr. Goldstein is trylng to confuse these two and make it appear that they are one and the same. 1 do line up with both. I am an Atheist (Monist) agres with Brnest Haeckel's views as expressed in the “Riddle of the Universe.” But Haeckel is not a soclalist but is op- posed to 8 Blatchford's “God and My Nelghbor” cxpreases the same views in every day English as are expounded in the Rid- dle of the Universe. In fact as I remember it a person t read and accept all views as ex. pressed by Blatchford and know noth- m about soclalism. But this scien- c modern thought is permeating all society, has even entered the Catholic ranks as admitted by Mr. Collins, who denounces them as “Modernists”. Modern, ug.lo date as opposed to dog- matic, archaic. In answering Dave Goldstein I showed how the teachings of the Church on the great problems or ques- tions of the creation of the universe proved by scientific research. Not one church but all churches, religious or- ganizations have and the dissemination of any which conflicted with their antiquated dogmatic teachings. Kidd in his Social Evolution says that Karl Marx was the first to place ;oeo-ouflc. on a scientific basis. This ° ism because he does not want-it, be- lieving it best that the masses should be sacrificed for the few, thinking it to be for the interest of soclety. In regard to the family, others than socialist writers have traced the de- velopment of the family from promis- culty, through gens, etc., to its pres- ent monogamic form. Hee Morgen's, “Ancient Society.” n's “Enarly History of Institutions,” etc. These are non-socialist writers§ but recds- nize the fact that the marriage rela- tions depended largely if not entirely upon econemic conditions. Bebel and Engels have expressed opinions as to the probable future conditions and there is much reason to think they may be right. However these are personal views and a2z net obligatory to any individuel socialist. Let us see something of the present family conditions. Before the inven- tion of power machinery the family was not only a social but an industrial centre. Women had few if any rights, id not even hold property in Man was supreme. Women and children were dependent upon the will of man. Women then as now often married or were married with or without their consent for economic reasons. Many a woman did and does to-day remain with a man whom she abhors because she was or is dependent upon him fo ra living. The invention of machinery has taken industry out of the family and driven men, women and children into the factory, The cheaper labor of women and children in competition with men has made wages so low that many men cannot afford to 3 is is an economic condition which affects Catholica and non-catholic. Low men and women d houses church ‘workers.. Factory employment of women Hot Weather Tonle and Health Builder 13 "everyihing you do s& eEortt You ev ou an ou lazy- yo are ! Your stom- whole system health = mits though opposed to Social-| :fifig&' flfltl’: Western Coraeq; “THE 8| GULL"” VR-::’.R'# and Comfortable—Evening 10c Mill_Ends Matines So—Always RETAIL Cotton, Silk, 2 (Crepes, Vi, Ratines, Piques, Dimities, Lawns, Silk Chiffon, Silk Poplins \PONEMAH MILLS Taftville, Conn. Salesroom closed between 12 and % and after 11 a. m. Saturday. “Trolley to the door. The Fenton-Charnley Bfliif_o, Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTORS NORWICH, CONN. Dr. J. M. KING DENTIST May Buildng | JanlTuWZ i RO M. J. FIELDS . . . . -Florist 39 Ward Street makes the modern woman much more independent and in time is likely to have great effect upon family rela- Economie conditions for ome thing is baving ite ?floet upon the size of families. People are realizing that klnul--hwipdmb.nhrn(mt the children cannot be properiy cared for and educated. Mr. Colling assumption of true sclence and religion ng hand in hand would be amusing if he did not expect to be taken seriously. Copernicus dared not send his work on the “Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies” to Rome, for there were the rulers of the older church, he dared not send it to Wittenberg, for there the leaders of Protestantism no hostile.” When published fult his death, it was publ as thesis and not as a truth. le0 was commanded “in the name of His Holiness, the Pope and the whole Congregation of the Holy Office, to relinquish altogether the opinion that the sun is the cemtre of the worid and immovable, and that the earth moves, nor henceforth to hold, teach or defend in anyway, whatsoever, verbally or in writing.” T do mot know and I deubt if Mr. Col- lins knows of the religious or lack of religious views from point of view of Volta, Qhms &nd Amphere, but I do know, and do not wonder that Mr. Collins did not refer to the views of Thomas A. Bdison. Mr. Collins reference to the triumph of Christian democracy at Runeemede is apother amusing tion. Humes’ History of England says, “In- nocent, considering himself as feudal lord of the kingdom, was incensed at the temerity of the barons, who, thoush they pretended to to his authority, dared, without waiting for his consent, to impose such terms on a prince, who, by resigning to the Roman pontiff his crown and inde- mnd'nu.'m placed himself gmmeod- ely under the papal protection He issued, th fore, a bull, in which, from the plentitude of his apostolic wer, and from the power which God ad mmnl‘;“'d to hlm,l.l:! bul{.dd and destroy kingdoms, to pl 2. ov-flb{ow, he annulled and abi ted the whole charter, as unjust in {tself, as obtained by compulsion, and as derogatory to the dignity of the apostolic see. H prohibited the/| barons from exact! the observance of it; he even prohibited the king hi from paying any regard to it: —he absolved him and _his subjects from all oaths which they had been a hy] B Y to trained to take to that purpose: | Cut Flowers Forms and uammhn pronounced a ge“n;:t-.l sentence | Plants, Telephone 657 f excommunication ag: eryone — Who should persevere in maintaining CONANT, 11 Frankiin 8t such treasonable and iniquitous pre- tensions.” Mr. Collins, if he is living fifty years from mnow will probably say Christian democracy establiched Socialism. i ALBERT BOARDMAN. Norwich, June 20, 1914. Whitestone §c and the J. ¥. C. 184 ket k2 istin fo- pusiness Heat a Menace to Lives of Old Folks : A {Sickness and Misery Result From Clogged Bowels In Hot Weather. People advancing in years should be very careful of their health during the hot months as heat has a very enervating and weakening effect on them. One has only to look at the daily list of fatalities to elderly peo- ple reported by the papers to realize | that these are the hardest months for | them to overcome. The easily digested foods should be eaten, and then only sparingly, and alcoholic beverages and Iced things should be avoided as much as possible Exercise should be taken daily in the shade. Most important of all in the maintenance of health and vigor at this time is to avoid constipation, with its accompanying headaches and mus- cular and blood congestion. This is accomplished by the timely use of a gentle laxative like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup in. It is the ideal laxa- tive for elderly people, as it is mild, tastes pleasant and does not gripe. St, Berkeley, Cal, who esteems it a benefit to mankind, and 1da C. Micheack, 210 N. Law St, Allentown, Pa., who declares that her stomach and bowels are now in per- fact working order, Dr. Caldwell's S8yrup Pepsip is the right remedy to use. It can be obtained of any drug- Best of all; it contains valuable tonic g::t at fifty cents or ome doilar a » es that build up and strength- ttle. The latter size is bought en the system. steadily by who already know Eilderly peopie should avoid strong y its value. - J lies 1o try a free sam- pIe “Bottle, can oualn ¥, postpaid: b7 addressing Dr, W. B. Caldwell, 418 ‘Washington 8t., Menticello, Il Keen Kutter Scythes EACH ONE FULLY WARRANTED P 1