Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 16, 1914, Page 4

118 YEARS OLD wmonth; a year. - tered : Postofic Norw! o ERiATS 25 e Basiomen 3 Norwion. Buligtin Bustnces Office B e Sob Office 853, Willimantic Ofice, Room 3, Murray Bullding. Telephone 210. Norwioh, Wednesda: Tho Bulletin has the lergest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut ana from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,063 houses n Slorwich, a . read by ninety- three per ‘cent. of *18 peopls. In Windhem it s delivered to over sw nouses, n Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and in ali of these places it i3 consid- ered the local daily. ' Eastern Connecticat has forty- nine towns, one hundred and xty-five postoffice districts, and sixty rural fres delivery ‘outes. The Bulletin is seld In every town and on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connectiout. CIRCULATION average. 1801 evesecse £842 1905, avarage.seseessaees 5,92] 8,117} December 12. OVERDOING NEUTRALITY. Neutrality can be strictly observed and should be, but there is such a-thing -as overdoing it. It is this latter step which promises to be taken if the ef- fort now being made by the introduc- tion of a bill before congress, calling for the prohibition of exports of ar- ticles intended for -use by the belli- % gerents in the European war, suc- s veeds, . ! The ardent advocates of peace at ! any price are urging that all the war { >rders which are being received by 1-this country be cancelled and no more ; recepted. It would have Uncle Sam irush aside what little chance he has | ¢ lor stimulating prosperity, for it is | ¥ proposed to blacklist all kinds of arms ¥ind ammunition, foodstuffs and cloth- . ¢ g intended for the promotion of the war. This course is found necessary !\ decause under the existing law there i{k no violation by the filling of such . ¢ drders. Extreme care has been taken Jo_see that the international law upon this question has not been broken. Because it is not possible for all the tountries engaged in war to have such orders delivered is not the cqncern f this country. That is a part of the war operations of the allies, in which they are manifestly showing thelr su- periority. All such goods shipped are subject to seizure and the government does not undertake to claim that they are not, but when it comes to saying that such goods cannot go to certain countries because others cannot pre- vent seizure if directed to them, it is 2. matter which is entirely outside the i consideration of the United States congress. We are still desirous of ; treating all alike but those unable to profit from our attitude have no claim ugainst this country, THE SUBMARINE AGAIN. The importance of the submarines as a factor of the navy may be consid- ered lightly even by some in author- ity, but it is fmpossible to deny that ihey have taken a most prominent part in the naval operations which have accompanied the conflict in Eu- rope. Germany has been depending upon them for a great amount of service and ‘they have figured in a large part of the North sea operations of that country as the result .of which six British warships have Dbeen sent to the bottom. Tn-all that time the Brit- ish and French submarines have not been inactive, but since the assault on the German fleet nesr Helgoland the most daring exploit to be publish- ed is that of the British underwater craft which penetrated the Darda- nelles and torpedoed the Turkish bat- tleship Messudieh. 'This wasn't Tur- key’'s best warship, but the exploit ‘was accomplished by as much dan- ger as if it had been and the accom- plishment is none the less important. { To the mine flelds the submarine has -snapped its finger and the command- ers of such craft are entitled to great credit for their achievements, The submarine has scored again. In the face of such demonstrations it is impossible to deny the value of such -craft or belittle the important place they hold in naval warfare. iBven though the submarine may not be able to bring about the elimination , will be the situation of a country " with a coastline which tries to get along without them snd yet considers itself prepared for war. LEASING GERMAN SHIPS. Interest will accempany the™ effort which it is claimed is to be made to this country for the war. The pur- ! pose of such a move if it is seriously undertaken Is to overcome the great Igss.'which is being occaalored by the leness of these ships and the large amount of capital they represent. It is even asserted that the forced inac- tivity of these steamers is costing a quarter of a million dollars a day. To lease such vessels with the un- @erstanding that they will be returned i i direct e : i » of it,” cheerfully sug- “woman who Laiif tender “Sing the rest “the ‘b -i::'t,thel.r trouble! {o somebody else’s woe! chief re; gret is 1 was so stupid! I can stand anything but that of | —only he had no business to look the he aiar” w%” you_furnish a chart?” queried Qflu“m!?'m the first girl, lean- ing over the wicker table. “Mrs. Rickle was always talking about her )-vthes. who was S0 crazy on m an have you know that when a has as much money. as . the family they could be crasy on sh.ln‘lemunll and get away and such topics. decided that he ant to answer, but I ot iving down I prattied of Mr. Stock’s genlus and asked him if ninth ony did not move him be. vond and he said it did. “He was awfully hard to talk to, Rickle's appropriation measures, which never should be allowed to slip by without a -full Enowledge as to what they mean. In the present bill the abolishment of the office of assistant postmasters is arranged for with the view to sub- | this stituting another name for the place which such officials hold. This appears perhaps only o matter of good judg- | real ment for the promation of greater ef- ficiency if such could be possible through a change of name, but it is a change which ought not to be made blindfolded. : & At the present time the positions which it is proposed to abolish are protected under the rules of civil ser« vice. To end such offices and substi- tute others covering the same duties permits of the ousting of a large num- ber-of . postoffice employes - and the building up of patronage through the new appointees. Such is directly against the welfare of the department. | It is against the interests of the coun- try and under the unfavorable light in which the present administration stands because of its attitude in the past two years toward civil -service, despite its platform declaration, it is ‘a step which should be surrounded by all the requisite safeguards before adoption, THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS. Postmaster ‘ General ' Burleson's ac- tivity for an im on looking toward the acquisition by the govern- ment of the telegraph and telephone lines of the country is discovered to be from his report that the maximum of public service can be rendered at the minimum cost to the whole people. In view of the manner in which the nostal department is conducted this is hardly borne out, but it is a fact from the experience of those who have en- tered into such an undertaking that, as the New York Sun says. such “svs-) tems.are a proven failure in every European country, especially in Eng- land and France. They afe every- where more expensive than in this country. The service is slow and pad. The employes are in many cases over- worked, underpaid and discontented. A year or two ago they all went on strike in France, where the telephone subscribers are always . on strike. Shortly before the war broke out there was an agitation in England for liv- ing pay and fair treatment; the pub- ilc are always on strike against op- pressive regulations and bad service. In Italy a few months ago the tele- graph and telephone operatives, like the state owned railway servants, were riotously on strike. Public wire own- ership has been most extensively tried and invariably with the worst possible results. In this country it would un- questionably cost millions more and couldn’t be more satisfactory than the present admirable and cheap telegraph and telephone services.” In view of such experience, even where the cost of operation is less, it 1s the height of folly to promote such a scheme in this country. Strauss, - pin, Bussy and pianos d violins, vocal and cellos and. I couldn't get a thing been so good look- ing and a Rickle I'd have given ug in despair. However, a chance like thaf doegn't come one's way often, so I gritted my teeth and went on. It was a very classical programme and I thought he would be charmed. In the middle.of the symphony I looked up and saw that he was asleep! “He cheered up a trifle at tea after- ward and when he bade me good-by he said he was so appreciative of all I had done for him and hoped we would meet again. Then he wandered off with a disconsolate droop to his shoulders while I drove home totally exhausted and my throat aching from my- monologue on music in all its forms, variations and expansions. The only time any words not on_that sub- jeet were used was when Mr. Rickle was ordering tea. a note in my brain this way: “Rickle, her brother, bilities of meeting some time. Fad, music! You surely couldn’t blame me for doing such a little thing as that!” “You, would have. .heen criminally careless if you hadn’t done so,” replied the girl who had ordered the tea. “That’s the way I looked at it,” re- sumed the girl with the pearl rings. “My-reward came last week when Mrs. Rickle wrote that brother was passing through Chicago on his way west and would I let him call upon me? She was anxious that we should meet. He would be here only from one day to the next.. I had the piano tuned again, although it had been done only last month, and I got out all those expensive collections of Brahms and Chopin and Liszt that father bought for me when he was under the impression I was going to give up popular music for the real thing. How I wished, at this crisis, that T had been a good girl and prac- tised! But the volumes looked lovely and intellectual on the piano rack and I laid out all the grand opera records to play upou the phonograph, so that he wouldn't have time to ask me to play -the piano. Then I got seats for the Friday aftermoon symphony con- cert. “As you know that single seats are not to be bought for love or money, you can imagine the agony of spirit I went through finding two friends with adjoini seats and hypnotizing them | killed him outri-ht!™ said the girl into eelling them to me for that day! lwith the pearl earrings. “That’s why I was bound to have them if I had to!I'm so sad!"—Chicago News. “And the next mail brought a note from Mrs. Rickle saying incidentally that she and Brother Arthur, the mus: ical one, she explained, had just re- turned from such a wonderful pro- gramme—and how had I got on with! James, dear boy, who was on his way | west to his mines? She added that James cared about nothing on earth but football and engineering and that he wasisuch a trial to her and Arthur because he didn't know one note from another and thought DeBussy was a breakfast food!™ 2 “I understand from your story that,” said the hostess, “this James person }’l = concluded you are not his affin- 1f the after~oon I gave him hasn't LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Foot and Mouth Disease. In your issue of December 10th, un- der caption of Foot and Mouth Dis- ease, Prof. G. C. White of Counnecti- cut Agricuitural colleg, after en- larging upon the highly contagious nature of the malady, teils us that it attacks all cloven footed animals and the human family occasionally. In the human family it is more apt to occur among the children through the milk supply. He says further that the milk sup- ply can be made safe by pasteuriza- tion at 145 degrées temperature for 30 minutes. In as much as this is a question which concerns us all and a subject on which doctars darically dis- agree, I offer the following from the Lancet, which journal is considered representative of the. best medical thought in Great Britain and Europe A. W. DAVIS. The Dangers of Sterilized Milk. To the editor of the cet: i The line printed above thish is the heading of an impertant article i dition to faH victims to tuberculosis. Later on I have detected in them early signs of rickets. In others I have found the tender bones and the bleeding germs of scurvy. But as soon as the sterilization of milk was stopped improvement set in and was continued. T am, Sir, yours faithfully, EDMUND OWEN, Consulting surgeon to the Hospital for sick children, Great Ormond| street, W. C, The Late William H. Frisbie. Mr. Editor: Please may I rectify an error in the statement concerning the death of the late William H. Frisbie as a benefit to his family. ‘William Heary Frisbie whose death occurred very suddenly, November 23, was born in lower Preston near the old toll bridge, October 3, 1856, the son of Henry Frisbie and Rachel Conkling. ‘While yet a boy his par- ents moved to Lisbon, where he spent most of his life. He was a carpenter | the London Tirges oaDecember 29th, in| by trade having learned his trade ~ EDITORIAL NOTES. Which Mr. Robert Mond had a good|with the late Benjamin Hull In 1881 Seeing is believing but there is lots|deal to say against the practice of he married Carrie Bentley who sur- vives him, also five children, and two grandchildren. Also an aged mother, and sister who live in Greeneville, Th® funeral was from the parlors of G. G. Grant, undertaker, at Taftville, the Rev. A, Varley of the Taftville Con- gregational church officiated and read a committal service at the grave at the Ames cemetery in_Lisbon. Friends acted as bearers. “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” was sung very sweetly by a friend of the family. The flowers were beautiful. Among them being a wreath from the children with Father on it, also a pillow with the word Children with Father on it, also a pillow with Grandpa on it from the grandchildren. A sheaf of wheat from his son, Harry. Mr. Frisbie "had been in very poor health for some time, but his sudden departure came as a great surprise to his family. E. T. LIBBY. South Windham, Me., Dec. 12, 1914, OF the Key. Mr. Editor: When Christian church- es get “out of tune” with the lofty principles which they are supposed to promulgate and when they have to invoke the offices of the law to set- tle their differences, why should the public expect anything from the poor “heathen Chinee” who mnever goes to church and makes no profession of christinity In these days of war and sin (it behooves Christian people not to en- courage the spirit-and methods which has left the natlons of the old world pling at each others throats. But rather the feeling and saying that by their example ye shall know them an® make the example a good one. Let us hope that the false notes will be made true and in this glorious season of Christmas everybody will more satisfaction in having it only sterilizing the ocow's milk on which feel like snow, children are fed. The heading may possibly have sur- prised or even alarmed some people; others it may have pulled up short and caused them to think, for sterili- zation of children’s milk is still wide- ly believed in as necessary. - It is, indeed, part of the ritual of most nurseries. The question of the expediency of the necessity of the practice, however, cannot conveniently be centered in- to by medical men in the public press (though I for one am grateful to the Times for bringing the matter for- ward, as well ag for the way in which it has been dome), and I hope that the Lancet will' be inclined to open its columns to a discussion on the subject. I do not know where the steriliza. tien of nursery milk was first ad- vised, but it is easy to see how it came about. Thus, cows are liable to tuberculosis; milk from a tuberculosis cow may give rise to tuberculosis in the human subject; the germs of tu- berculosis are killed by a heat som what below that of boiling water: children may be fed on milk thus treated without risk of their being infecteq with tuberculesis, even if the milk be drawn from tuberculosis cows. it is very simple and attractive. But we do not yet know for certain that milk from a tuberculosis cow will in- fect 2 human being. Mr. Mond says that children have been on unsterilized milk from cows which have afterwards been found to be tu- berculous, and have been none the worse for it. He also reminds us that our post-mortem records reveal the fact that tuberculous children are infected by the air passages rather than by the stomach or bowel. He also tells of certain kittens which, be- ing feq wholly on sterilized milk, died ly; Wwhile others used as a control and fed on plain cow’s milk, grew up and flourished. This was valuable vivisection ewner'ma-+ it is to be hoped that by planning it and seeing it carrieu ou., ¥ will not have attracted the suspiciou c‘o;‘olt;:cg of any of his friends. Something to worry about: A Pitts- burg sclentist declares that Niagara Falls will go dry in one thousand years. Shoppers long ago learned that there is no better place for the flling of Christmas wants than the Norwich stores, Great Britain is passing along to Turkey some of the worry that Ger- many has been giving it with the submarine attacks. So seldom is it that sentence is im- posed for an assauit upon an officer that such comes to be looked upon as a part of the training. It cost the lives of three children in Maine to determine that the ice was too thin for safe skating. A tremen- dous price for one day. “Keep cool to avoid colds® is the advice given by ome doctor, but who ever heard of anyome getting over- heated negotiating a chill The one serious plight which Paris faces at the present time is the pos- sibility of losing the prestige of the directing center of fashio: Carranza and Gutierrez may order the shooting over the border to stop but if they expect their dogs of. war to stop Diting they must apply the muszzle, The man on the cormer says: Man may train his dog to lie down and roll over, but only a hardened sinner can make his consclence jump through a hoop. The reliance which the president places in the national guard will prob~ ably be followed Ly an increased ine terest in the matter of pay for such soldiers. If Massachusetts plans to pardon all others as it did the bank treasurer who got away with $300,000 there is going to be on'te an Incentive to that kind of business. Secretary Daniels has cut- in try of steriliza- am not competent to process lll%red. for its taste is quite flflmz The has been altered from a Hying - fluid to a dead ome. To the edult -this may not signify much but for the child' it meke all the dif- ference, the milk havin~ lost ite Vv spirit. What that——but, of course, he|gpirit, 'should ing up the tem of impuri about of ities. You will know Dr. ’;‘lble!l by their olive AN be looking for 21 Days of Northeast Wind. Mr. Editor: The Cloud Digger's pre diction of ’ storm—snow—between December 1114 as usual arrived as predicted. ile storms are not ways rain or snow as expected, the condition for stofm were on hand at the set time and now get ready for another, December 10 to 22. While it is natural to ex snow, rain may fall instead, but a big one is in the air for ahout that time. Get under cover all your loose tools and w Trim off all dead )imbs as you will find some howling old northeast winds hetween now and Christmas. In my general predictions for De- centber 1 said that there would be 21 days of northeast wind in the month of December. We have already. had 8 of them, now keep the count your- self. Get your feeding board ready for the little birds, Pile up all old .brush in heaps around the garden as shelter abl mi; on 2 Reels—“THE ancients. Asked for instances praiser of the past though his concrete kmowledge of the excellence of anclent roads may stop there. Let it. Vestiges of them still remain, and some of study. their roads nor thelr roads themselves ‘VE. AT 7 P. M. 10c, 150, 200, 280 ' NEW SHOW TOMORROW Featuring Mr. Harry C. Myers b “Their Soldiar Boy,” All Star Biogra >h, “The Reparation” 8elig “Bunny Backslides,” lx.iwi.fl_nuly Funny Vitagraph Comedy is likely to particular we were to g0 to Europe for a study le to remember the Appian Way, of how to bulld roads we should ex- amine the modern, not the ancient in- stances.—New Haven Register. 3 The University of Southern CaM. fornia has appealed to the Central Labor Council, of Los Angeles, to ald in the work of making its course In trade unionism a success. The Romans. built ghty roads at titanic expense, both the continent and in England their methods are useful for But meither the economics of fro quail and larger birds and re- member the Cloud Digger warns you to stand from under December 20 to 22. THE CLOUD DIGGER. December 14, 1914, OTHER VIEW POINTS The New Haven railrced is endeav- oring to encotrage truck farming and raising of small fruits in Con- necticut, an enterprise in which it deserves all the assistance that can be given. It is true that such a -ovement has nothing to do with the eration of a railroad, but it is jually true that it has everything to o with the development of business n the territory through which the system operates and therefore is an ndirect benefit to the railroad.—Hart- ford Post. It is a handsome Christmast gift that the Crane Co. of Chicago will distribute among Its 10,000 employes, in partial compensation for their loss in wages caused by the dull times during the year. While the company has kept .its full force at work, it was found necessary to shorten hours, which made a serious shrinkage in wages. Now the employes are to get $650,000, which is quite a big sum of money. Even when divided up it will add to the Christmas cheer in many a home.—Hartford Courant. ‘When one considers that every ra- tion at war has air croft by the hundred in practical service it does not require much intelligence nor research for the United States to pick out” a practicable type and see that the army and navy are equipped with it as soon as possible. It has been proven that an army or a fleet with- out airships is a fightjng force with- out eyves. The sooner that both our land forces and our sea fleet have a sufficient number of seeing scouts the better. To be without them _spells defeat in either branch of warfare if the enemy is well provided.—Ansonia Sentinel. The suggestion advanced by the Bridgeport Pastors’ Association that three tennis courts be located mnext spring in Seaside park and an equal number in Beardsley park, is an ex- cellent one and will no doubt be sup- ported by general public approval. A new playground in the North End, as advocated by the Men's League of Olivet Church, seems also essential to the welfare of children in that district. Bridgeport has far too few public playgrounds for a city of its size. New Britain makes much better provision for the cultivation of outdoor life among children, with its well-equip- ped playgrounds.—Bridgeport Stand- ard. The city of Bridgeport stood for an expense of $20,000 to have Peter ‘White and his corps of experts look over the city’s affairs from top to bot- tom. But how many of Peter White's suggestions have been adopted? The Board of Education had an expert in- vestigation of the Public School sys- tem. What changes have been made as a resuit? The Police board called in an expert who told the city that it dian’t have policemen enough. Very unwelcome news to the taxpayers. As a net result of all these expert visitations how much better off is the city to-day? Why not have experts run the c¢ity in the first place in- stead of calling them in at high price to advise those who won't listen to them ?—Bridgeport Telegram. It is a somewhat common habit to wind up general criticisms of modern road building by a general adulatio: of the road building .system of the Leading Re ll‘el"s Florists Time to buy your Xmas Wreaths, Etc. We have a big line at 15¢ to 50¢c Our line of new effects for cemetery decorations is complete. We invite inspection. Prices from $1.00 to $3.00 Big sale of Red Ruscus, Immortelles, Red Frieze, Etc., nowon. These are especially adapted for Xmas decora- tions. 25¢ to 50c per bunch. See Our Window Display. 140 Main Street Phone 1184 FRISWELL'S Go to BEH W t of the high rent district. use W:p.?yot:efactnrholpotmlforallm&. ? better goods for the That’s Why Z::uc;:ie‘ee:! FRISWELL’S. 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