Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 24, 1914, Page 4

Jlorwich gnttm'n and Goufied 118 YEARS OLD Subseription price 12¢ & week; 50¢ @ month; $6.00 a year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwica, Conn., as second-class matter. —_— Telepnone Calls: Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 8S.8. Bulletin Job Office 35-3. Willimantic Offiee, Room 2, Murray Building. Telephone 210. — Norwich, Thursday, Dec. 24, 1914, —_— The Circulation of The Builetin Yhe Bulletin has the larges® eircutation of any paper ix East- arn Connecticut ana from thras to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is deliversd to over 3,UU0 of the 4.u53 houses in Jorwich, a . read by mimety- three per oent. of *3e peopls. I Windhem it s delivered to over H i % § ; s nouses, tn Putnam and l Danielson to over 3,100 and in H i H H H £ - H ali of these piaces it is consid- ered the local daily- Eastern Connecticat has forty- nine towns, one hundre’ snd sixty-five postoffize diCoricts and sixty rural free dslivery -outes. The Bulletin Ia seid in every d il of the R. F. D. o U min .Ennrn Connecticut routes CIRCULATION 1901 average. 4a2 1905, average..cessosoene 5,923 December 13..... 9, I flfl NATIONAL PROHIBITION. The defeat of the resolution intro- duced in the lower house of congress by Congressman Hobson seeking an amendment to the federal constitution whergby the sale, manufacture for sale, transportation for sale, impor- tetion for sale and exportation for sale of intoxicating liquors for bev- erage purposes in the United States and all territory subject to the juris- giction thereof would\be prohibited is not calculated to be looked upon as a crushing blow to such an endeavor. Rather was there surprise, if the facts were known, that, while it failed to get the necessary two-thirds vote,. it : did get quite a majority. Such can be viewed with encouragement by the backers of such a proposition and it is likely to be. There was nothing discouraging in the figures, and to An optimist they naturally give much cheer, for it is possible to!glean much eatisfaction from the results, Just how much serious thought is represen‘ed In the vote is hard to teli. The measure was known to be doomed to defeat before (115 vote was * taken, but it was more than prohi- bition that was before the house. There. was invoived the tinkering with the federal conmstitution over| a matter which is widely considered to be a matter for state legislation and it would only be natural if the claim of . the advocates of the Hobson measure should point to a portion of the op- Position as coming from those who believe it is not a propér thing for the national government |to interfere with the rights of states, even though such an amendment wo\pd have to ' be referred to th CANNOT E%AP% IT. That public opinion ould have permitte any such paraging of the Thaw asa from time to time as has ocrurrad for the past sevéral years s seriously questioned, Tt heecame tired long ==n of the farce which was be- Inz mede of justice throbgh the in- fuence of thet family’s wealth. And vet it in not surpriced, npw that the Untted States sunreme court has de- slared that It has no‘bing to do with the present case, which Is an affa'r entiraly between the etates of New York and New Hampshire. that there is that same Jetermination unon the part of Thaw to continue to fight for his Woerty. It is his intention to get around the penaliy for the crime which had it been committed by the ordinary indlvidual would have been paiG in the electric chair and he doesn’t plan to® acknowledge defeat until the very last chance has been exhausted. 3 The fact is that public opinlon amounis to nothing with him. He is looking cut for his own personal wel- fare and he has the funds yith which to do it. As long as they last recourse to habeas corpus proceedings is open to him and there appears to be no way in which such legal proceedings can be blocked without proper hearing. Thaw is going back to New York, but only for a resumption of court action. This declaration by the pris- oner is no more than what might be expected. It is in accordance with his whole criminai career and while ths public is sick of it there promises to be no immediate rellef from its occasional appearance, and as long as it is persisted in it 1s New York's duty to oppose it. RUMANIA AND GREECE, Good progress is belng made towards the entrance of Rumania and Greece into the wer. There is nothing sud- den about the activity which has been disclosed in these countries. There has been such an inclination for a long time.but there were certain ob- stacles which needed to be removed. ‘While they have been desirous of get- ting in they have also been anxious to know the attitude of some of their neighbors relative to such a move, and it has taken time to arrange the preliminaries. 5 If it develops that they are deter- —_— STILL CLING TO FUTILE VOTE. The senate would appear to have jumped from the frying pan into the “I don't know, likes to talk, “which one madé me maddér—the vacant minded woman oF zuwu;vu- fire by its action in refusing to recon-| The sider the vote on the ratification of with other leading maritime nations. Prodded along by the president that this government should not be neg- ligent in faillng to act upon this con- vention the timie limit for which is December 31st, the senate proceeded to ratify it but with the amendment that this country could fix higher standards for safety for its own ves- sels and for vessels of other coum- tries while In its waters. Such action amounting as it does to the nulllfication of the convention was cause for surprise {n view of the prominent pert this country had taken in securing it. The real meaning of ‘woman urmured, ‘Oh, i_ha:_'t's he doing? Is he going hunt- ““No,; said the man, genially. ‘He's golng out to shoot a few but- ernuts!® _;' “Butternuts!” echoed the lady. - ‘But ““Daisy," lmsrrnpled uozherr fem- inine voice, evidently “*Oh,’ sald George, modestly, know a lot more things than that! ‘You just wait!® “ Now, George!’ she protested in a ga.le ot hopeless laughter. ‘Oh, look at What malkes him saw the air se. “‘Well,’ said George, ‘he was bitten by a tarantula in'his youth and ever since then he breaks out unexpectedly. *he. amendment caused the effort for | He— reconsideration to be made, but with- out suocess. Mach mbore stringent provistons ere desired as aimed at in the LaFollette Ml the adoption of which, however, is surrounéed with much uneertainty The mnove to re- “ ‘Why, George!' said the person who owned him, T didn't know a tarantula bite affected one that way, and I thought he sawed the air because he didnt want his daughter to marry the other man!’ “‘Well, maybe that was it admit- consider was taken because, of the|ted George. president’s recommition of the worth- tessnese of the atterpt at ratification, vet the endeavor to rectify an appar- ent futile vote met with no success. The senate has virtually reaffirmed its previous vote in the very face of the fact that it amounts to praec- tically nothing. VON TIRPITZ AND SUBMARINES, Anything which comes from a Ger- man source just at this time is not calculated to cheer or ease the minds of the English. There is not that sort of spirit prevailing despite the season of the year and it is borne out by the declaration by Admiral von Tirpitz, who claims that Germany will vet attempt to cut off England’s food supplies by means of submarine ac- tion against the merchant vessels ‘which are now maintaining their reg- ular schedules. There of course is nothing In that which will add to England’s comfort over its present position. There may be nothing in such o statement more than a desire to contribute to the anx- ‘ety of that nation for it is certainly expecting a good deal of small but danzerous war vessels. There have been some clever dem- onstrations on the Dart of the sub- marines of both nations since the war opened and these have increased the importance of those vessels especially since they are now capable of oper- ating at long distances,” but it Is doubtful whether, serious in his remarks. they could be kept on such duty without a base or tender. the possibilities of maintain- ing which are slight in view of the ‘means of prevention. Perhams. how- ever. the most to be gained out of such a statement is the confidence which the admiral places in the underwater craft. He is apparently convinced of their availabflity for work much daif- ferent than they have been doing and the plan which he speaks of only voices his belief In the great future of those vessels. EDITORIAL NOTES. It is well understood along the Yorkshire coast who put the rough in Scarborough. “Back to the Front” is a wrong at- titnde for the fighting man whether it is the kaiser or mot. Whiie we may have what will pass for a white Christmas. it is bound to be blue across the water. The hardest time filling many =& Christmas st came in reaching a decision on the last one of many gifts. Canal traffic is already quite siz- able for a youngster. A couple of vears and it will never be recognized. The only trouble with that prohibi- tion resolution was that it required a two-thirds instead of a majority vote. ‘The time has arrived when it will be impossible to do your shopping|V: early, unless it be this early evening. g -or The originator of the “Don’t cpen until Xmas” did & great thing for the parcel handlers, but #t is an awful tax on the curiosity. The man on the corner says: Lis- tening to a passenger who knows it all {s more entertaining than scanning the posters on a trolley car. During the year Massachusetfs had 229 deaths from automobiles, and the worst of that unenviable record is that g0 many of them were needless. If as Geclared Rumania and Greece desire to enter the war, there is rea- son to believe that they can be ac- commodated. No one has been turned mdemm. nluryondanndnotharmus agent declares that she prefers hos- pital work to operatic there is no question but what she can be accommodated. — Even though eggs at 56 cents e dozen are forcing great inroads into the cold storage product they also mean o longer time between .produc- tion and the breakfast tabdle. if the admiral is| “ 2y goodness!’ gasped the woman ‘who owned him, leaning over to grasp the arm of the other, ‘there he is—and, well as I know him I thought he meant it! He's just awtu LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Properly Conducted Amateur Athletics Mr. Editor: The undersigned begs to_make a contribution with special reference to the value of properly conducted amateur athletics, to the discussion now going on in press and the congress as to how the nation shall best prepare to defend itself in case of invasion by a foreign foe. There are in the state of Connecti- cut. I venture to say, at least a hun- dred thousand young men, who are of the right age. eighteen to twenty, five, in a military sense, to do the work required of soldiers. The all- important question of the actual value of these young men to the state and the nation under such circumstances has to do with their physical fitness, their intelligence, and their ability to get into shape quickly in matters of discipline. Here is where amateur athletics systematically carried on can be made, I believe, of the greatest use. I mean chiefly track and fieid games promoted in such a way, as they could be, that novices and the average young men of the state would find in them stimulus and encourage- ment by winning prizes, praise and honors, o that by an alliance of clubs throughout the state, or however, it might be, we could get, in short or- der, not less than fifteen to twenty thousand young men having a part in such open air sports and games mostly in the eight or nine months of the spring, and fall. These younrg men having a part in such open air sports and games mostly in the eight or nine months of the spring. summer and fall. These young men would be subject to discipline, and this would be a great help. They would have the best inducements to take care of and develop themselves physically. No voung fellow engaged in amateur ath- jetics can hope to amount to much. it he dissipates or engages in physi- cal exgesses of any sort. He must cut o\lt smoking, as a rule, care for his ealth, get plenty eof sleep, eat good ovd practice temperance and every- lhlng like that. The fact that this l! not thrust down his throat, so speak, and he wants to do it mmnelf is a very great advantage. Ten thou- sand young men engaged in system- atic amateur athletics under these con- ditions mean that number or more men in arms within a few days, every last one of them, I have no doubt. if Japan or any other nation dared to put its foot on our shores. They would be ready for the business in hand and worth, every one of them. at least two or more of the young tellows selected in a . haphazard. guesswork way. As to their ability to shoot it would be a simple matter to add a shooting competition in con- nectlon with the usual track and field No such condition exists today. in my opinion, to a satisfactory degree among the young men of Connecticut. Through the desire to help of young men and co-operation from many prominent business men of New Ha- ven, I have had the privilege for the past several years of developing up- o-date amateur athletics along ad- ced lines for the young men of this city and a number of other youns men throughout the state, who on their request have come in with us as mem- bers of the New anen Amateur Ath- letes. Frorh these young men and a few of their associates, I could furnish. I am sure, in a few days at least three companies of a hundred men each in case there was need to defend the country against a foreign foe. Our track and field teams, considering the more proficient among them outside of the baseball teams, number about forty men. Comparing their physical fitness with that of the members of the Connectlcut National Guard, these forty young men, more or less, could, in my opinion, go up against the Con- necticut Natlonal Guard and win two to one. T am willing, indeed. to test this as a sample of what amateur athletics in a small way will do and to have them meet the pick of the entire National Guard of Connectfcut in a set of track and fleld games, the events to be such as might be undred day “‘Oh,’ sald George, ‘of course that was ten years ago, but her face was wrlnued then.” est you ever saw—has t‘kfin the part of 2 seal, a baby elephant and an ant eater and T see now they have it playing dog roles! Do you know what they Paid for that animal? They pald—' “‘Oh, George!" grasped the woman behind me. ‘For a minute I thought you meant it! Why, there never could be an animal like that, could there? Of course, I know there couldn’t. But there are so many strange things no “*Come on,” said George. ‘The shows over. Let's go on to the next ang see what strange things we can find there!” “Oh, let’s!” they flg!’led "Yeu‘rs awful gloomily Fnfled the perfectly to-night, Geo “And he was,” girl who likes to talk- “The awful thing is that unless he escapes from his family he'll never know it!”—Chi. cago News. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society Agram (Zagrab)—The capital Croatia-Slavonia, Hungary, on of the "River Save, 187 miles by Tail south of Vienna. It had a population of 79,000 in 1910 .Tobacco, linen, carpets, leath- er and war-material are manufactured in Agram, and a brisk trade i s carried on in grain, wines, potash, honey, silk and porcelain. The city is divided in- to three sections, two of them, the Kapitel-Stadt and the Upper Town, having been bitter rivals for centuries, until the aggressions of the Turks forced them to forget their feud and combine for mutual protection. Earth- quakes did considerable damage to the town in 1880 and 1901. Temesvar—A Hungarian city, on the River Bega, 188 miles southeast of Budapest by rail, and 68 miles from the Servian border, consisting of an_inner town, formerly strongly fortified, and four suburbs. ~ In 1810 it had 72,685 in- habitants.. The most Important center of commerce and industry of south Hungary, the city trades in grain, flour, spirits and horses, and manu- factures tobaco, cloth, matches, leather, beer and spirits. In 1514 the peasant leader, Stephen Dozza, was defeated by the Transylvanian, John Zapolva, near here, captured and executed. The town was captured after a heroic struggle by !he Turks in 1553, and n- mained in their hands until 1716, when it was liberated by Prince Eugene of Savoy. It successfully resisted the at- tacks of a revolutionary army in 1849, ~ Wieliczka—A town of Galicia, Aus. tria, eight and a half miles southeast of Cracow and ten miles from the Russian Poland border, with a popula- tion of about 10,000. It is famous for its salt mines, which empluy from 1500 to 2000 people. The mines descend for a depth exceedinz 1,000 feet, are about three miles in length and 1500 yards wide. The different levels are con- nected by fiights of steps l.nd m pierced by a labyrinth of pass: aggregate length of whk:h is abolxt 10\) miles. The mines contain two ponds which have boats upon them. Many of the disused chambers, some of which are from 100 to 120 feet in height, are employed as magazines, and some of them are embellished with candelabra, etc., hewn in-rock salt. There are also several chapels with altars, statues and other ornaments in rock salt. Kosciuszko Hill—A mound of earth, 65 feet in height, two and a half miles to the west of the center of old Tra- cow. It was thrown up in 1820-23 by the united efforts of the whole popula- tion of Cracow in honor of the Polish hero of that name. Since 1855, it has been converted into a fort from the One hundred vyears ago today representatives of the States and of Great Britain assem- bled in the hall of the Carthusian convent in Ghent, Belgium, to sign the treaty which was to conclude officlally the War .of 1812 Poah “.pe:m“ S pdopla which hes peo not since been broken. When in 1813 the Czar of Buuh lered his services as a lent Madison guickly -ccapt«l and des- ed t! commissioners to St. ‘etersburg_ where u:ey len.rnAed that and to arriving y ‘! 'rhnn foxla-ed a weary hall for and am‘zdc-;: vl.lh!a in Bosnia, A::: tria, on both banks of the Drina, 1;3 from the Montenegrin border. The town has about 2500 inhabitants, most of whom are interested in fruit cuuure A school teaching the .clmc cultivation is The valley is dotted with nm tor bacco plantations. Bielsk—A tm of 90 miles Russia, north of east Warsaw and Gwmflel it from East Prussia, on the In the lli.h century razed to the ground. Later, lt'ufi"- quently attacked by the Tartars and the Teutonic Knights. The wars of Poland with Russia and Sweden caused the town to decline in the 17th century, and in 1664 it was burnt and Sack The northern war and the plague of 1710 finally devasted the “Bielsk try." Under the second p-.r(luon ot Prussia, but was allotted to Buoda tn 1807. On Castle Hill are the ruins of le, destroyed ncg’tniu nually. Augustov—A town of Ruasian Po- land, ’ten miles from the border of East Prussia and 20 miles umma of Suwalki, with a population about 13000. It is on the Netta mver,wmh connected with the Niemen by a canal, affords water communication with the Baltic. The town was founded in 1547. It is famous for its cattle and horse fairs, its horses, mostly of the Lithuanian breed, possessing great en- durance. Belostok—A Russian town, 110 miles of and 43 ith ¥ o = Wp‘:rt of the Hngdom of Po< o Prussia_ af the parti pohon eedod it to Russia yl-ha‘h'ntyo!mtln The city has numerous cloth mills. It boasts of its ma‘nlflcmt chateau, in Italian style and known as the Versailles of Poland, which formerly belonged to John II (Casimir). Radom—One of the best built prov- incia] towns of Russlan Poland, 55 miles south of Warsaw. at a point half- way between that city and the Aus- | trian frontier. Its population is about 32,000, and it has iron and agricultural |m.u:hlna works and tanneries. It oc- the eite of what is now Old Rnd m being founded in 1340 by Cas- | imir the Great, king of Poland. Here Jadwiga was elected queen of Poland in 1382. Several great fires, and es- pecially the Swedish war of 1701-7, were the ruin of unv old city. It was annexed to Russia in 1815, IL—mTofi] law on the Connecticut books ought to be stripped of its legal verb- and put into clear, understand: n.b.e English, so that it would mean as much to the business man as it does to the lawyer. Make the meaning clear and let the technicality go hang.— Meriden Journal. Lee McClung, whose death has been announced at London, was first made famous by his heels, later by earning fame by means of his head. He was a useful man in the world and leaves a large eircle of friends behind him. Yale will hold his memory in sweet affection.—New Haven Journal- Cour- ier- There is no gooA reason for “doubt- ing that any first-class power could NOW thoats under the spell of in- 2:‘1;::80!1&1 war, the United States is adding to its galaxy of treaties with other countries. The State United Treaty of Ghent in its cover of red vclvez Here, too. is the first treaty ever contracted by Americans 3 a flowing busin it s 'md.:;:l’!m B> red silk and gold wrd- and is preserved in a silver mu I. in diameter. Besides peace treaties there are hundreds of conven- (COLONIAL THEATRE mm—m - r-de-Lis lha‘ B "wh" -chnnnfi""é.:"f-‘ o Allos 463 b"".'.'.'t: g0 m:. Compl.t .m ristmas, 1: ». m 7, :fl."hm BBM & try get wmld be the debit to place against the present naval and military policy or country that is almost imbu:lu 1y !eeblo in military preparedness in :“llaw of 'hn-t this requires as illustra- acrose the waters.— Tontntton Rn‘imr. ev: While it is not easy to take the matter wm: much seriousness, a very good case be made out for re- quiring uu- t0 be licensed for add- |'owni ing a cat officer to the number of rnh- Le officials. It can easily be ned. however, what a mighty protest would g0 up from cat owners should any such legislation seem at all probable and how unenviable would be the lot of any man intrusted with the duty of enforcing for the first time a cat- fend: rere . given licensing act——Bridgeport Standard, mposed th 2 imposed this morning less cruelty and the dumb would be tyh. better for ll—flz,w tain Herald. years ago the State had a surplus of over $265,000. To-day it is $na Bas. comparatively. Htte 1o show ani comparatively e show for it. When we talk about “assets”| [RePresentative Jevemian we must remember that many millions " f dollars have been paid out in ad- dition to the eleven millions of bor- rvwed money, all of which is in ex- of generous revenues. The lml!ing thing is that taxpayers do not appear to care much more about reckless extravagance than the happy-go-luck legislators who squand- ered the money. Perhaps the ca.ll for a two mill State tax made by Treas. urer Roberts will hl' people- —Brlaml Press. Donovan congress, Donovan’ rally to his sunport, it seems hard ‘to believe that better sense of his col- leagues wiil bring a majority in his rtems are distasteful One thing we claim, and - that fs| that we speak the language With Jfer | nominee of his party, two. Jears nence, his friends shoul tactics, to save his thunder unul then. —Bridgeport Telegram. 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