Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 23, 1914, Page 4

and Goufisf { , 118 YEARS OLD dskserpgion price 13« sk e e pated 3 e Daeeis s e Calla: Bulletin Business Office e tPorial Bulletin Bdo e o Sob Otce 352 Willimantie Office, Room % Murrav| Building. Telephone 310. e Norwich, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1914. ———————— The Circulation of The Builetin Yhs Bulletin has the larges* circulation of any paper.in East- arn Connecticut ano from three to four times larger than that of any in Nerwich. It is deliversd to over 3,000 of the 4,US3 houses in Slorwich, a . read by ninety- three per osat. of t1e people. In Windhem it i3 delivered to over sw houses, ; Putnam and Danislson to over 1,100 and in ali of these places it is consid- vred the local daily. Eastern Connecticat has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five postofize districts, and sixty rural §ree delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every o and on all «f the R. F. D. m‘:(:c in Eastern Connectiout, CIRCULATION average. 1901 S §892 1905, @VArage.ssessssorse 5.92] December 19..... 9, I “n CLEANING SIDEWALKS. It doesn’t -require very much of a storm, as long it is accompanied by snow op sleet, to demonstrate the importance that is attached to the cleaning of the sidewalks. It is de- sirable that walks should be in good condition at all times of the year, for good walks reflect the public spirit of a community, but it is especially re- quired that proper attention should be accorded to the clearing of them in the winter, It is impossible to make the walks too good or too safe, and aside from the legal obligation, the removal of the snow and slush is a service which every householder owes to his neighbor as well as to him- self and family. It is a chance for’ cooperation which- ought not to re- quire pressure. Such a duty is to a large extent recognized, but the disposition to neg- lect such tasks, and depend upon the kindly but slow assistance of the sun, adds to the danger as well as the discomfort of that large portion of a city’s population that walks. There has been no occasion this sea- son to. shovel stow until this week, but the Wnclination to overlook per- sonal responsibility discloses the great opportunity for everyone to do his part. If that was included in the winter'’s program of every property owner or occupant it might cause sur- pri but it would contribute ma- terially to the relief of the handicaps of .the season. There is, in fact, less excuse for failure to clear off the walks within a reasonable time than there is for poor walks and it is de- cidedly unfair that cmly a portion of those responsibe feel obliged to re- spect the law, MAINTAINING NEUTRALITY. Now it is Chili that is protesting against the violation of its neutrality and even making claims for repara- tion. It is in its nelghborhood that two of the big naval engagements of the war have taken place and it is evident that ships of any nation mak- ing that their stamping ground, for any lengthy period, must get fuel and supplies from somewhere, if their pro- sram is to be carried out. Chili is not the only country which has had its neutrality violated, but there is reason to believe that it has good ground for its action. Vessels from this country, one even fiying the TUnited States flag, have been used to furnish the requirements of the German warships, while other well lald plans of a similar nature have served to sustain the operations of such vessels in both oceans, However, when it is claimed that ports and {sland harbors have been used for stays of five to seven days it is but natural that the indignation of that country should be aroused. Even though without coaling stations in that reglon, Germany dld not appear to have any difficulty in keeping its fieet stationed there. The lack of coaling and supply sta- tions 4id not affect the British vessels in the same way but the claim is made that a transfer of mail was ef- fected within Chillan waters. The fact is that the strong are ever ready to take advantage of the weak and even though a poeition of neutrality is taken 1t“is no small task that goes with it in the maintenance thereof. The belligerents are not disposed to assist, and the “longer it has to be respected the greater is the appre- ciation of what strict neutrality means. BLOCKING A WASTE. Instances are plentiful to show that estimates are not always a sound basis for action. When the question of se- curing the valuation of the railroads of the country was ralsed it was considered that the cost might run Dbetween' three ‘and five million. How inadequate that was was quickly real- ized after the was start. ed. It was looked upon as a gigantic task requiring much time and money, but the experience thus far has dis- closed it to be so much ‘greater than enticipated that there son. It is going far beyond s. Where a small amount was io start with it is now figured, after an insight has beel, gained into the i excellent portunity for economy. It at least to. be a matter .-which might & little careful attentiogr just now towards blocking a possible There can be no surprise if there t of enthusiasm and despite the opposition to the sy: tem which permits the rolling up of such great wealth and its retention under a single roof, it must be recog- of whom ave living to see the good results that are being realized. It would appear that there is a plenty of gther ways in which the federal commission could direct its attention with the probability of good results, than in this search to deter- mine whether there is anything to the charge that such funds or foundations represent “an effort to perpetuate the present position of predatory wealth through the corruption of the sources of public information.” Little else is known of the charge and nothing of those who stand back of it. The com- mission, it would thus appear, is moved by a slight pretext to devote its attention and funds towards delv- ing into-agencies which are known to be doing a magnificent work. These great phllanthroples are giving excel- lent-accounts of themselves and there is no reason to belleve that the in- quiry will disclose otherwise. GOETHALS, THE MAN. .His task on the Panama canal is not completed. There ~is plenty of work calling for the skillful guidance of Col. Goethals, whose master mind has been responsible in a large meas- ure for the success attained in that stupendous undertaking, but it must be viewed as a high compliment to his services in the government's em- ploy that he js being urged as the one to be placed in. charge of the construction work on the rAlaskan railroad, Even though it is desirable that he be retained at the canal until it is fin- ishéd and it is his intention of doing so, such being the desire of the ad- ministration, it may not be too soon to determine whether he would con- sider the other big - undertaking when at liberty to do so. It is a rugged climatic change from the Canal Zone to Alaska. Condi- tions are going to ‘be materially differ- ent. Col. Goethals has been steadily engaged on the isthmus for a lonz period and it might be that he would be unwilling to wrestle with the prob- lem of pushing a railroad into AlemSa. There can be no question as to his qualifications for the task, but If he is desirous of a rest or work in a different locality it can be ascertained by inguiry. As long, however, as he is desired as the director of the work and his record so eminently fits him for it, some idea of the possibil- ities of getting him can be ascertained by putting the question before him. There are other gualified engineers, ‘but even in .government work it is well to have the best. EDITORIAL NOTES. Christmas is something which winl stand a Uberal sprinkling In every community. Thaw isn't the only one who knows the pain which accompanies the end of a vacation. The woman who elopes with a blind fiddler proves the old saying that mu- sic hath charms, [ Watch your Christmas decorations. It is a capital time to use every ounce of fire prevention. Those who did their shopping early even had the advantage of good weather and walking. Some of the top notch ball players ought to be able to get ome of two ‘gold medals as hurdlers. It doesn’t take long to find out that the icy sidewalks are just as tricky and uncomfortable as ever, A casual observer might be justified in the belief that Christmas joy is being distributed this week by the armful, The one who attempts to try the full list of remedies for an old fash- ioned cold might as well prepare for a tough winter. —_— It fsn't going to be a merry Christ- mas all over the world, but that will not prevent each one doing his share wherever he may be. ‘This is the season to remember the poor. There is no danger but what they will be with us always, but the fact is they need it mow, The man on the corner says: When a man bdoasts of deinz self-made he [ A — Report. comes from abroad that the Thunderer has been sunk, but more evidence than that is necessary to prove that a vessel with such 2 name could be as quietly disposed of. From time to time of late we have tual work and time required, thatl tions. sl i i ] g5 HH Hh i grz i it B i my disposition and my widely herald- ed willingness to be charitable to my neighbors, take that place? By National Geographic Society Batum—‘Squatting on a marshy plain, with a smell of petroleum, a wonderfal harbor, and & Strong naval fortress, Batum, recently bombarded by Turkish warships, is the great naptha port of Russia, a sea outlet for the oil flelds of Baku, and the foremost city upon the eastern shore of the Black Sea. It is a place of 40,000 in- habitants, alive with the snap of Wes- tern business and filled with the color of Eastern peoples. It has just three things to please the fancy; Alexander Park on Lake Nurie, at its eastern boundary; a cathedral completed in 1906; and straight palm-fringed Turkish frontier In Asia Minor. sia conquered it from Turkey, and the Congress of Berlin, in 1878, confiirmed the conquest. In awarding Batum to Russia, it was stipulated that the port should not be made into a naval base, but the city is now a strongly forti- fied station. In 1911, following the col- lapse of the ancient quay, extensive herbor works were undertakem, with the result that Batum has been made one of the safest, best-equipped har- on the Black Sea. “The city is very ancient in location and very recent in importance. It is mentioned, under various names, from early antiquity. The Russians have been the first to endeavor to launch it upon a career. Though still highly un- successful from a sanitary standpoint, it has a model modern city’s ground- plan, the streets being the shortest ways between two points and most of the city squares having sharp right angles. Modern conveniences, how- ever, have been lost sight of in the city’s stride for business. “A pive-line and a railway made Batum. The pipe-line is 1laid down from Baku, and it brings to the port its principal exvort-oil. The railway con- nects Batum with the main Trans- caucasian line, through Tiflis, and with Baku. Besides petrolevm and its by- products, the city ships liquorice, manganese, silk- cocoons and.-wool. It imports tin and machinery. . Greeks. the shrewd dealers in money and goods in the Near East, have control of much of the business. “‘Subtropical vegetation sets off the city. A recognizable tea and consider- able bamboo are grown in a nearby valley. Lemon and orange.trees grow out of doors. While mild and warm, the weather is very erratic. nual rainfall is high—ninety inches, and falls mostly in Aucust and Sep- tember. Sometimes sixteen inches of rain bursts upon the city within forty- eight hours. Batum is in_its second, or, possibly, third childhood, with only an occasional well-appointed house, but with a commerce of around $30,- 000,000 a year, and with the same alert ness of air which business success has brought to favored western cities. “The Vistula River, one of the mightiest streams flowing toward the north, sweeps in an i lar course. through three empires, Austria, Rus- sia, and y. It serves as a frontier line between Austria and Ger- many, between Austria and Russia, and, for a shorter distance, between Russia and Germany. Upon its banks lie the cities of Cracow, Warsaw, Plock, Thorn, Kulm, Graudenz, Marfen- burg and_the Baltic port of Danzig. “The Vistula rises in Austrian Silesia, gnd takes a circuitous course of 650 miles to the sea. Its source is on the northern slopes of the West Beskiden, a spur range of tile Car- pathians. The upper reaches of the river run through a mnarrow, wooded valley, narrowing in places to a pic- turesque gorge, with tree-hung sides, and throughout its hidghlnnd way is surrounded by as wild scenery as can be found within the United States. “Just before reaching Cracow, the Vistula leaves the mountaihs, and from this Galician city seaward it is navigable for smaller boats. Its di- rection from Cracow is away from its mouth, and it penetrates deep into the plairs of Russian Poland before it turns, not far from Warsaw, back to German lands. Its banks through the high Polish platean in the south and in the neighborhood of Warsaw are high bluffs, often sharp and faced with loosely held earth erosions, and al- together difficult of passage between bank and bank. From Warsaw on, it is ‘uv!;nbla for larger river craft. “The plain through which the river! paeses from Warsaw to the Prussian ! boundary smeathe away into sweiling | lowlands, the rlver ooursc Lecomes tricky and wanderine while the sandy banks are forever sitding _into the water. The Vistula enters Prussia 10 miles above Thora, ke strong Prussian froptler fortress. Beyond this point it cuts through the Pruasian ridge, enters low country aguin, where it shifting benks give considersdia trouble to wvigation. The Prussian B overn: has expended large sums of m é ’ A %% E;g : : 5, % : i 4 i i 24 : £ I ki o e i i f : i P ] i & f i for | “1 Had - Saarp me that she was at Esthers and saw me, with her own éyes, e first prize. She sald that after ly knew, so she’d count on me at 2 o'clock, thank you so-0-0 much and good-by. 5 so mad at being caught that 1 couldn’t talk, but I went because I had to—just as you drink that bitter boneset tea when you are a child and reside in the country and your mother says you must! I resolved to do such awful things that nobody would ever ask me again. I had visions of being paid to stay away. I just threw the cards about and played ones that Mrs. Bipps told me not to—and I got the second prize! “And all the veteran players crowded around and asked my system, for they said they had noti that I made such Wbl« novel and always n “Now do you wonder that I'm nearly crazy? What am T going to do? How am i going to wriggle out of all card party_inv.taidons that have begun 10 come? Why should my life be ruined | all because of a malign streak of luck? What'll I do?” “Ha! Ha! sald her unsympathetic listener. “You're 2 doomed woman. All you can do is go buy a book on bridge and memerize it—or move out on the desert!” “Then T'll take the desert!” vowed the harassed woman with the fox furs. —Chicago News. '.EITFR.Q TO THE EDITOR Abhor 'Political Bosses, Mr. Editor: It is proposed by = senator from Hartford to enact at the coming session of the legislature laws concerning non voters and it is as- serted t 40 percent. of reg- istered electors of some towns fail to exercise the right of franchise, but we fail to _ hear of any agitation or movement to eliminate the “political boss” who is the direct source of all that is repulsive and abhorent in poli- tics, - Nothing is more detrimental to any town than ome of those moral nonentities whose methods the young men upon reaching voting age abhor and usually leave their home town to seek a more congenial political at- mosphere. THE LISTENER. Canterbury, Dec. 22, 1914. The Cloud Digger for January. Mr. Editor: January, 1915, is going to be some month for several kinds of weather, and anyone who loves to see beautiful stars in great numbers of the first and second magnitude will have all the sport they want any clear evening the middle days of the month. Do you want to see a beautiful sight? If you do, go out Jan? 10th to 16th, any time before midnight, look directly ‘towards the constellations of Orion and the Great Bear, and the sight will pay you. Several of the large stars will be unusually clear and bright this Janu- ary. Conditions are very much the same as in 1837, when star gazers were well rewarded for their late ex- ploring of the heavens, and you may expect to see many “shooting” stars or meteors also. The last of December, 28th to New Year’s, will be windy, but not so cold. After a fairly mild opening, January wil] settle down to winter business between the 5th and Sth; gales, ther- mometers below zero. Down to 20 be- low need not surprise you. Snow and ice in plenty. The storms this month may turn to rain, quite often making a coat of ice over the earth nearly the whole month. Along about the middle of the month a big storm is due: an- ins Like Lightwing Flashes Shooting Through My Jotuts” “In the et Bty (R Ry v e Khow. So¢ oper tiites Sears. & tried remedy ‘after re y, and_doctor er doctor, but s relief as I re- celved was only temporary. Finally, 1 red me com- ed. 1 ‘were ber given it to & num! o B afflicted and ev::: gn eumatism, and eftected a cure in_every cage. "I want every sufferer from any form of rheumatic trouble to try this mar- velous lhe-lln‘ wer., Don't siny i . Ry means of curing your eumatism, Bay sond the price of it one 4ol bu(‘ understand, I do not want perfectly Isn’t that fair? er when positive 7 _Don't ‘Write today. RK H. JACK- N, No. 490A., Gurney Bldg., Syracuse, ‘Mr. Jackson is responsible. Above tatement true-—Pub. ou ar, other is directly following it, and be- fore the month ends I expect the worst disturbance of the midwinter about Jan, 26 to 28. A little thunder need not frighten you with everything else. Plenty of sleigh rides in old January this coming year, or all signs fail. The moon holds exactly the same relations to four of the larger planets it did the winter of 1880-81. January, 1881, when the railroads had some work digging out trains here in Con- necticut. The changing of the course of the Gulf Stream may change the snows to.dr:-l’m hmli take Tht‘ Cloud ger's ce and prépare for snow. ';‘Mh‘eeanhnaed!l!.nflthemmh coing to get it THE CLOUD DIGGER. Packer, Conn. “Keep the Kettle Boiling.” Mr. Editor: Captain Wilbur wish- es to say to the public, that due to having so few helpers in connection with Christmas dinner® preparations, he has been unable to send a so'icitor around after the usual Christmas of- ferings at the homes of the people. Because of this funds are very low and not the required amount has yet been received. Captain Wilbur order- er chickens today at a cost of $76 and as yet has mnot received money to pay for the same. Will you spare your annual contribution to this canse NOW? : We need vegetabies, sugar, butter. tea, coffee, celery, etc., and if you will share some of this burden by sending something in this Jist to 61 Otis street it will be gladly received. Your check that you have forgotten to send will relleve a great deal of anxiety if you wil sepd it along to Captain Wilbur at o Any thing and everything you send will be appreciated amd your money dropped in either kettle will aiso help to relieve the financial pressure that is weighing hard just now. anéd Christmas will be richer and fuller if you but help to make the poor hungry folks of your own city happy. At least $100 of the house collec- tions has been sacrificed unless yon will be kind enough to drop your money In the kettle or send it di- ;ecl to 61 Otis street to Captain Wil- ur ‘This dinner must go through says the captain, even if it means going in debt, so we expect you to meet this great and serious néed and help out at thi stime and may joy reign in our city, and may there be no one hungry on the day of days OARRIE WILBUR. Norwich, Dec. 1914, Another Violation of Neutrality. ‘We expect to hear any day now that our distinguished peacemaker at Washington has abolished the Teu- tonic patron saint, Santa Claus, be- cause he is a violation of neutrality.— Boston Transcript. Sunday School Teachers Will find a great variety scholars in our stock of Holiday of suitable gifts for their Cards, Gift Books, Bibles, Testaments and various articles just suited to your requirements and to your purse. Some very nice Leather Bound Booklets as low as Sunday School Scholars Will find an abundance to select from for a gift for their teacher. Kodaks, Choice Bibles, Fine Books, Fountain Pens, Elegant Boxed Paper and a host of other articles. A great line at little prices. Dennison Boxes, Cards, Seals, white and fancy papers, Tinsel Cord, Ribbonzene for wrapping your packages. While we have pleased a great many purchasers with our merchandise we still have quantities for many, many Show for Thurs Fri, Sat 4%““%1&35&-‘“ TRE COLONIAL THEA The sum total of prisoners reported s to have been taken in the war seem- ingly would not leave many men for iehting. event, the military prison camps of Burope were probably never so large as now. far as is|2; known none of them has degenerated to the status of a Libby, Belle Isle or Bulletin. Andersonville—] If we think present prices of pro- visions ‘high, what will we think when meat goes to 50 cents a pound? Government declare that supply of cattle created by the war meat will in two years advance to 50 cents a pound and :xh;n to $10 a pair. —Manchester Her- ‘Trolley lines are a great benefit to country places, the farmers know it, and are not willing or likely to place any obstacles in the way of the work of construction. This idea, howcver can be carried out by the adopotion of a clause that the line be built within a specified time of that the charter be revoked. This would have the de- stred and would prevent the srantirg of charters for speculative purposes only. —New Britain Herald Seting of oGSy apPoIRed FepEe: meeting of officially-appoins repre. sentatives of twenty nations of the Western Hemisphere in the Pan-American Union building at Washington, to discuss -measures of The co-ordination and co-operation | public policy in which all have & com- of Selectman er and the several charitable societies in Meriden regard- ing Christmas work in order to prevent duplication Is most commendable. Th's question will intrude. If this is a good policy for the holiday why is it not ad- visable for every day? In every com- munity the gravity of the question of relieving the wants of the poor in- srease with the years. It is a far more complicated question than it was 25 years ago. Living is more complex and conclusions of such a convention, .only good Tesults can come from vccasions wherein is emphasized a union of t.lz; the interests and desires and policies of the older half of the world. — Stanford Advocate. EVERYTHING .ELECTRICAL Special For The Next Three Days One Dozen Genuine W e s tinghouseElectric Bread Toasters $2.50 This offer will not last 3 days because the Toasters will all be sold before then. HOWEVER we have numerous other desirable gifts and invite your inspection. THENORWICH ELECTRIC CO. 100 Franklin Street OPEN EVENINGS THIS WEEK - Prompt Delivery of Telephone Orders John & Geo. H. 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