Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 17, 1914, Page 4

gEs i HH Horwich Balletin and Gourfied 118 YEARS OLD becrtption price 1Zc see By el gl e Entered at the Postoffice at Norwlcix, -Conn., us second-class matier. Oatls: _Bulletin Business Office Buljetin Editorial Rooms 35-%. Bulletin Job Office 353, Willimantic Office, Room 32, Mwrray Bullding. Telephone 210 not solely because of the energy back of it, but because it is an excellent thing and has merit. S e THAT FIVE PER CENT. REBATE. Norwich, Tueeday, Nev. 17, 1944, When the provision was placed in the new tariff bill providing for a re- bats of five per cent. on the Qutles of all goods brought into this country in Ametican bottoms it was &one for § Tlle c.fl'flhm Of the purpose of Imdirectly siding the f American merchant marine. Imme- ¥ o dtately it ren up against the treaty ? = provisions with Qdifferent nations for & es en 24dition to the Tebate clause it §. Yne Bulletin has-the-larsest §| was grovided that it could not be so “eirculation of any paper iz East- construtted as to \abrogate or affect arn Connecticut ana fram tiwrse the provisions of any treaty between to four times larger than that of the Unfted States and any foreign na- sny in Norwich, It is delivered tion, Comfiict with treaties appeared ‘to over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses at once. Difference of opinion exist- in Morwich, ar ! by ninsty- ed among officials and an appeal was throe per oent-of ¥he pesple. In 3| taien to the United States court of Windhem it is delivered te ovec §| CUStoIS appeals by twenty-nine for- 500 houses, in Putnam and 3| ¢i€N countries. The outcome of the Daniel & 1,100 and in hearing thereon thus causes interest e R sty ‘ both at home and sbroad. Sleat; thens Simche;itii Vo E Bven additional concern is stimu- "‘2’. t‘ "c‘:‘n “m‘ Sl lated by the chenge in the American starn nec! as o5 nine towns, one hundred and - sixty-five posteffice districts, iz registry laws and the increase in the number of American vessels. Such not only causes greater foreign opposi- tion. but it also creates more com- plications at home. The administra- tion has experienced e large falling off in revenue as the resuli of the tar- iff changes which it has put into ef- fect. Such a decrease has made it necessary to impose a war tax, but with the revenue already too small should it be determined that the five per cent. rebate is to be turned over to the American ships engaged in for- eign irade another appreciable siice will be cut from the collections. Tt s but natural, therefore, that this piece of legislation should he recelving in- creased attention. " and sixty rural fres dslivery routes. The Bulletin “is sold n every CIRCULATION AVErAg8.cecesaconenns £AM2 varage....oseseenv§ G20 THE AUD®SCIOUS. Though the loss of the British su- perdreadnought Audacious has been confirmed, the disaster ig still shroud- ed in as much mystery as some of the eariy war news. There may be certain facts in comnection therewith ‘which are not ascertainable but there i no doubt that the keeping of the loss secret for a period of three weeks had much to do with it. About the only thing certain 18 that the Auvda- cious is at the bottom of the ocean, with the crew saved except one and many conflicting stories ag to the cir- eumsiances ere afloat. It is natuvel that the British should be reiuctant to fiash to the world the destraction’ 6f one of its best vessels, but it is prac¥ically certain that had it been surc by a German submarine there would have been eagerness upon the gart of Berlin to make known the accompHstment. The natural suppo- sition therefore is that the warship strack a mine with fatal resuits, re- gardless of who may have placed it and thus proving that such vessels, almost the last word in naval arohi- tecture, are by no means invalnerable. Though they may not be sunk as quickly as smaller vessels, they are nevertheless in dangerous tetritory when they approach a mine field or encounter such fostrumentswofsdestruc- tion afloat. The terror which the mixe and the submarine are to 2 navy has been fully demonsirated but the tremendous responsibility which goes with the planting of mines in the ocean where passenger or neutral ships are as like- Iy to be blown up as the naval ves- wels . cannot be overiooked. Z NEEDS PROPER ATTENTION. There was nothing' surprising that LW discovered that the foot and mou isease is prevailing in Con- necticut. With all the states about usg suflfering from the trouble and cattle ed into this state at the ssme time that the contegion was belnz re- ported in the others, it i».no more than what couid be expected. It does seem strange, however, that some evidence of it was not disclose® fn this state before this, since it was known at the time of the placing of quarantine in neighboring states thut shipments had been made fo the vicinity of Hartford. Connecticut tackles 1its problem somewhat laler than other stafes and it' must devote every energy to the réstriction of the disease to us few jocalities ds possible. The spreading of the contagion has not been pre- vented and now the task arises of holding it to its present confines. This calls for and should receive the heart- iest coaperation upon the part of all cattle owners. It is for their interest that the disease should De guickly and aftectual stamped out. The fewer s the less will the meat and the < suppiyv.of“the state be affected and ndt only the cattle owners, but every householGer Is interested therein. Prompt and efficient melhofls should omplish a great deal. Every sus- pected cuse should be given the ear- liest investigation possible. it is a which every ‘ndividual owes to If and to his neighbor to lend 1is assistance to stamping out a men- ace in its early stage. The quicker t cantbe done: thesbetter.for all-con- cerned. hims EDITORIAL NOTES. From all indications Jtaly has - de- Strive as we will to keep out f & | o cfded to let Vesuvius do it. and fortify as we may against ¥ by the enactment of peace treaties, there are other preparations which thig coun.- try must.malte in view of the pomsi- ities of war. Whaiever our semti ments may be the situation is as Gen- eral Wood, formeriy chfef of staff, , that “there is mo particuiar res- We should be Mlessed above other nations in respect to the poset- bilities of war against us, and ws must The destruction of the Audacious shows how easy it is to prove that the invincible ship besn'c been duilt. Haiger Willilam wishes to sell his villa at ©orfu, Carranza plans to get rid of his Villa in Mexico otherwise. e The withdrawal of the American troops from Vera Cruz will be like throwing another bone to thedogs of war. 1press upon the yoang men of today| the importance of being prepsved to meet. the respon#ibiiities of fhe fatnve. L woul counsei a Jarge measure of rreparation for war, at the same time, cantioning agafnst militarism.” In other words General Wood be- Jieves that the time has not come when We can afford to neglect ourselves in belief that:we are immume from As desirable as such & condition| safety does mot lie in #magining that time has arrived when as 2 matter of fast it has not. The posi- tion which is taken by General Wood is one which gets much sympathy throughout the country. It makes its appeal to a. common sense view of thic country's position in the light of past and present experiences. There ate already sufficient shortcomings in the army and navy departmenis of this country. These should receive the attention that is being sought for them. We cennot afford to back a policy - of negligence and procrastina- tion. It is an established fact that we must look after our own interests if they are gding 10 be cared for and =uch lies in adequaie preparation. Such, however, must be carefully dals. tingnifhed from miNtarism. One is needed,” the other is highly-—unfesir- able Things are coming to & pretty pass whan the crown prince of Germany is forced to eat raw turnip. Was he looking for blood? The man on the corner says: The fellow Ssn’t normal who has to feel his pulse in order to tell whether he i# stretching the truth, In bringing suit against John D. Rockefeller for taxzes, Ohio apparent- Iy overlooks the fact that it is all going to come out of the people. ‘With the state debt increasing four i-muunwtm‘umnwn sympathize with France where the war expenses call for aix milllon a d: e e Fizing the limit of the war is guess- work. In such an even and well play- ed contest there is no telling how many extra innings will be required. The news of the present day doesn't amount to much unless something ter- ribls is reporied from the fleld of tmttle, and yeot - we are a pesce-loving nation. No ane is getiing any more eatis- faction out of the election r‘:lhutu?ai.: the progressive candidats 0 Puf Trig pletform = promise to stay home nights, Going-to Ths front at eighiy-iwo was & risky trip, DUt probably Lord Rob- erts would heve repeated that he re- grstied not having dut one life to-give CHILD LABOR. Constant agitation of the evilss the presentation of the existing' facts and !he recogmized need of improvement have resuited in noticeable progress in the movement ageinst child ‘labor. There hax been a manifess in -onditfons even to the point where it = not too much to hope, &’ Ganeral Secretary Lovejoy 'of the national ohild abor commtttes belleves, that it can e abolished within the present wen-3- rration, Certainly - there is ceuse for “entiru- iiasm over the advance whith hasbaen nade during the past ten years of or- t for all factory wosk, while in 1914, wirtw.xix had adopted:it. Ten vasss ess thundered onward towns and Yvillages, n hun- dreds, of cheerfully llnh.dtohomez ere was & ‘welcom some a.n”";?a“ husband father. The thought emphasized his loneliness and he reverted sadly to the wreck of his married happiness. was all kin of*a fool, 16 years 8go," he said bil terly to himself. ‘While he recailed- the past, TWilgnt had darkened into evening. Suddenly the Gocupants of the sleeper were star- tled by the explosion of a torpedo on the rails. Then came & jarring, grind- ing crash and the passengers found themselves lying on the floor. Some rose, cut and bleeding from collision with the woodwork of the car. Several of the women were hysterical and the ‘men were badly shaken up. The express had now stopped. Ham- ilton left the sleeper and went toward the forward end of the train. By the light of the lanterns swinging in tie hands of the crew he saw the wreck- age of freight cars, while a heap of scrap-iron was all that remained cf the engine of the express. The bag- g2ge car was demolished and the first day coach partially destroyed; the heavy sleepers alone had stayed on the track. BExcitedly the passengers de- manded to know what had happened. They were told that a freight train had parted and several cars had been left standing in the way“of the express. ‘The freight crew had put torpedoes on the track in warning, but too late to prevent the fiver from plunging at full speed through the freight cars and smashing them into kindling wood. The wreck of the engine was puffing clouds of scalding steam. Held within the mass were the engineer and fire- man, who had stuck to their posts. Robert Hamilton joined in the work of rescuing the imprisoned men, toiling herolcally without thought of self. When the two were finaily released the engineer only was living. Hamil- ton helped to carry him to the sieeper that had been turned into a hospital for the injured from the day coach. A trained nurse, who happened to be oa the train, was doing what she could till a doctor should arrive By her very presence she seemed (o calm and cheer the injured. As Hamilton was about to leave the excitement of the rescue. A deadly faintness seised him and he staggered toward a seat. As he sank into uncon- sciousness he saw the nurse spring to his side and felt that her arms were keeping him from falling. Then he knew nothing more. ‘When he had partially recovered his ses he felt skilful hands dressing his_smarting burns. He was soothed just by the touch of those gentle hand. and dreamed that Lina his wife was caring for him—a gentler Lina than ke had ever known—and that he was back ain in the little white cottage where they had spent their short mar- ried life. Each event he eeemed to tive over again. They had been only foolish children of 19 and 21. How often they had quarrelled and made up. At last their differences had grown into estrangement and Lina had de- parted in tempestuous tears for her father’s home, leaving him to the lone- liness that had lasted for 15 vears. The gentle ministrations continued, Hamilton was afraid to open his eves and dispel the waking dream, for then Start Campaign to Improve Conditions Mr. Editor: T have read with inter- est the letters to the editor signed Voter in the Oct. 31 and Nov. 9 issues of The Builetin; also the letter from John W, Ayer in the Nov. 11 issue. I am weil acquainted with Franklin's 21 year old legislator-elect and _know nothing against his character—he has not really had time to make or break it. He, no doubt, possesses an averaze amount of ambition and cannot in any way be blamed for accepting the office of town representative, but the judg- ment of some 59 voters Is being crit- icized. A chiid would eagerly accept a toy steam locomotive, but think of the folly of presenting a real fuil- sizeq steam locomotive to & child! it would be 2n insane act, yet a trifle over half of those who voied in the town of Franklin Nov. 3 have apparentiy done something equally absurd. They presented a. real, responsible office to a Youth barely out of school I agree with Voter when he said that our leg- islature needs experienced men—men capable of forming laws that uplift. Is it possible that a. youth who knows almost nothing of business, either of a private or public nature, can be ex- pected to know the needs of his com- munity? We want men in the legis- lature who are able to perform some- thing more than perfunctory service— 2 mere matter of roll calls or motions an agricultural interested and alive to the needs of this important industry. He should have a practical knowledge of the public school question, highway, taxes and other problems that concern ® farming district. Mr. er is of the opinion taat the responsibilities of this office are perfectly safe in the hands of even a youth as long as he beais the title of republican. In many states the minimum age for a member of the legislature is 25 years. In the larger towns the best men are selected. A legislator representing even the smail- et town in the state can have Lhe same opportunities and equal powers as the man from the largest town or eity. Can Mr. Ayver inform the readers of this paper what influenced the 3 re- pubHeans to select this youthful citi- gen? DIid_they recognize in him the qualities that go 3o make up an eM- clent lawmaker? Mr. Aver has a per- sonal acquaintance with ev. sentative back to eld Bill C time and never heard of one being - ered Dby legislative responsibili- ties. This is true—it took something “stronger” to siagger 'em. The writer can mentlon several who have been town representatives in name only, and who voted for Jaws that worked against the farmers’ interests. Voter is about right when he said that some people would not desert their party even if “His Satanic Majesty” was up for office in their chosen party. The writer is a republican, but be- lieves the same as Voter—that politicy amount io little in town offices. Is It true that one or two men control a suffclent number of yotes to elect whom they desire? This surely is not tho voice of the taxpaying property owners. Jf you think the party leaders (hosses) mre working for interests otker than those of the town, let's see if we can't make a change, Start a campaign at once to Improve condi- tlons, Let our slogan be Safety First, CITIZEN, Franklin, Nov, 18, he would be once more homeless and alone. . some one called, “the doc- h, I am so glad” the nurse re- and tenderer, e opened his aston- ished eyes and looked into the face e peren, an: “OH, Robert—" “Ling, how I have missed you! You sald when you left me that you hated me, but I-I have loved you always.™ “How little a man understands a wo- man's heart, Robert. I thought If you still loved me you would ask me to “And I have dreamed of your com- ing back of your own free will. Deax~ est, if vour pride demands it, I bumbly entreat you to return to your husband who loves you far better than in the old days. At this moment a blooming young girl approached them. She looked in astonishment efore her. The nurse smiled and seemed about to #peak, but paused as the doctor bustled up and clafmed her services. Then Hamilton was left alone. ‘The hours wore away. The wrecking crew arrived and cleared the track, the new engine was attached to the ex- press, the train once more moved to- ‘ward its destination. Lulled by the rhythmic motion of the car, Robert Hamilton sank to sleep. When Fe awoke it was broad daylight and Lina stood by his slde wity a steaming tray; the young girl whom he had seen the day before carried another. In spite of the fact that she had been up all night his wife looked cheerful and happy as she said “We are going to have breakfast with vyou. The wreoking crew ate up ev erything but coffee and bread. That's 2 good deal better than nothing, how- ever, 'Rob!fll.. darling, put your tray hei obert; the name. ‘Hamilton wondered at He scrutinized the brigit she was strinkingly like Lina looked happily at her husba then at the girl beside her. Tenderl she took Roberta’s band and laid it within Hamilton's and clasped the two h ‘her own. ¥ . “Robert,” she said, ‘have you room in your heart and home for you daughter as well as yvour wife?"— Exchange. B | THE WAR PRIMER | By National Geographic Society [ East Prussia is one of the sternest regions of civilized Europe. From the shores of the Baitic southward there is a great sweep of even sands, and dreary. much of it uncheered even by the relieving green of the forest. Fin- ally the sand wastes end and the luke country, covering the southern half of the province,begins. . East Prussia lies beyond the beaten path of the army of tourists who heretofore annually have invaded Ger- mai A few irregulars, among them conscientions students of things Ger- man, American buyers of such ware as amber, and some who went to rest, flitered through to the curt hospitality of the Prussian plain. If they rc- mained long enough to catch some- what of its spirit, they learned to love its sternnese. For nature is coldiy frugal in Fast Prussia, producing bounteous grain and potato yields from her dun-colored sandy soils only in repayment of intense, unremittant labor: and she seems jealous of even the meagre variety of her pine and fir forests, few and always the same in the north, save where, at rare in- tervals, they are brightened up by the glistening bark of the silver birch. Amid such uncompromising sur- roundings, it is but natural that firm- jawed men and women, earnest, labor- ious, unbending, and, above all, be- lievers in dutv, should be found- Anag, as a rule. the people of East Prussia, peasant and Junker (gentleman far- mer), are-as unyielding and simple as the land in which they live. Somewhere around this area, cer- tain scholars hold, the Indo-Germanic race began its conquest of a world, and its task of accumulating an Indi- and and Western culture. No fitter country could be imagined for the dis- ciplining of a people to sacrifice ef- fort and determination. Koenigsberg is the capital of this province. It is the central market for the grains, potatoes and commercial alcohel produced in East Prussia, and, to an increasing extent, it has served as a commission market for the pro- duce of neighboring“Russian govern- ments. This city is most widely known through its university, snd most of that institution’s fame centers around a brilliant teacher of about a cen- tury ago, Immanuel Kant, author uof profound criticisms of reason and conscience. The tireless energy of the German peasant free-holder and the sclentific effort of the great estate owners have brought it about that the bleak steppes of northeasternmost Germany produce rich harvests of grain and potatoes, 1t is mostly, the hardier &wains that are raised ehere—rye and oats. The potato vield of the province is largely worked for alcohol, for use in the arts; and for domestic use, such as cooking, lighting and heating: and for power enginers. Potato distilleries are numerous throughout the country adjacent to Koenlgsberg and alonf the sea. Fast Prussia borders on West Russia. Over its whole extent and throughout the Russian Baltic prov- inces, Slav and Teuton have mingled pretty thoroughly, The BEast Prus- slan has in. his velns considerable blood; whils the Baltic Rus- on the other hand, possesses a strong strain of Teutonic blood. Slavic names are heard on every hand in East Prussla, both folk-names and place-names—all place-names ending in itz” ana “ow” being of Slavic origin. About 20 per cent of Easl Prussia’s two million people speak a Slavic tongye. Department of Aisne—One of the northern provinces of France, lving in a direct line between Namur and Paris. Only a very small section of its northern -boundary touches Bel- glum, the Department of the North leaving it only a flvq-mfla.guuclpn- tion in the international “boundery ‘Within its borders many historic clashes of arms have taken piace—at 8t, Quentin in 1557, and during the Franco-Prussian War: at Solssons and at Craonne a vear before Water- 100. Chateau Thierry, Vervina, 8t Gobaln, and many other places in the Depariment have figured in the his- tory making of the past few months in nee, The couniry of the Alsne i= a sue- Protect Yourself Ask for ORIGINAL GENUINE vor-——purity—crispness™ —wholesomeness. All for § cents, in the moisture-proofpackage. an of It at tu; a ch is is cession of long, rol ing swells, bri here and there by unexpected B and fretted with wonderfully well-kept little farms, with fields of grain— mainly oats and wheat—and witi large stretches of beets and fibre groomed wooded areas brambles and S allowed to spoil the general effect. ‘There are scattered throughout the Departme: which supply 2 number of small bric works. small piants for the weaving and silks, the milling of flou distilling and brewing. manufacture is one portant industries. telescopic equipment the world bearing Gobain. The Aisne i§ essentially an agricul- lands form good pastures and suport ing. Cne of Europe’s most eifectively insistent cheeses, a simple peasant’s green cylinders, and Has a sturdy indi viduality about it which always cora- mands the immediate respect and at- tention of the stranger. A food for every day. Crisp, delicious and strengthening. 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The Departments’s Aarea is about 2,866 square miles—a little more than twi po) million, Trig, intensely-worked farms fringing the roads, the rivers Somme, Escaut, Sambre, Alsne, Marne, Qureq and Olse, and ‘mil American visitor a idea of the BEuropean that which he cherished at home. s i tic t wit s £ Tk i me ndyertming me astern Connecticut equal to U letin for business T OINTMENT most distressing forms of ecaema and Salt wheum no matter how severa the ens of will stop and jmprovement 4ENT peneirates the pores, removing Please remember that 10, L | conranteed remeds. ice that of Rhode Island; and the pulation numbers more than half a Peasant holdings abound. though small the miles and les of interlacing canals, give the vastly' different peasant from In Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey isrecognized as a family mediciné everywhere GETDuffys and KEEP WELL ] HE HEALER OF SKINDISEASES” N positively clear the skin from the e may be, After the first application this valuable preparation the itohing - lhbo no~ ed each day until the disease hes en- ely disappeared. B. L. M, OINT- impurities and leaves the skin oth and clear: it speedily clearn the of children from, itching. burning, y and crusted humors, rasies, ehat- ete. For wma Prico ults, SOLOISTS SEATS NOW SELLING MISS MARGEL GLUCK, Violiniste limn,flm. 78e¢, B0s MISS VIRGINIA ROOT, Soprano 5o HERBERT L. CLARKE, Carnetist CONGERT AT 2:15 SHARP COLONIAL THEATRE Six Reels-JOHN BARLEY (ORN-Six Reels Jack Lendon’s Pictured Lifs Story Most Wonderful Temperance Story Ever mw FIRST GRAND BALL Given by the Chelsea Boat Club at the State Armory, Thanksgiving Night Mr. Joseph D. Devine, exponent of Modern Dancing, will give an ex- hibition of the One Step, Hesitation and the Maxixe, DREW’S FULL ORCHESTRA. Tickets Admitting Gentleman and Twe Ladies 2.0 Extra Ladies 75c. 7 Tickets for sale at George A. Davis’, Utley & Jones, N. D, Sevin & Son, H. M. Lerou and Pitcher & Service. Boxes can be procured at George A. Davi which have to be scaled by the tour- ist.” 1t takes a gquarter of an ho climd into the from 4 station by means of a stairway 263 steps, nelieved ang there northern France probably, the peasant proprietor reaches his fullest dignity; and his industry, thrift and pleasing appearance remove him from the class of objects that demand pity. Leon is the capital of Aisne. It is built all on (oplog l" Y-xha{edt h:l_L the spur of the Y belng over to forti- 3 e fications and military camps. laon is|Vices are being extensively in European towns | domestic science scheots. e ——————— Electric heating and eooking de- ‘used An Trellers | Tend To OPENING Fur Trimmed and Winter Hats Commencing Tuesday, November 17th You are invited to attend this Opening Display of Winter Hats. Charming and varied, they will appeal strongly to those who are discriminating and fastidious in dress.