Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 31, 1914, Page 4

* handling o ol AT 118 YEARS QLD h e i price. soe & RS T o T T ek Eatered | Conn., as eecond-class matter. T e Calta: 2 Bulletin Business Office 480, - Bulletin Editorial Bulletin Rooms 35-8. Job Office 352, Willimantie Offiee, Room 2 Murray —— e Norwich, Thursday, Dec. 31, 1914, Yhe Bulletin has the larges® eircutation of any paper i East- ern Connecticut ana from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich, It is delivered to over 3,006 of the 4u33d houses m tlorwich, a . read by ninety- three per osat. of #18 pedple. In Windhem it 3 delivered to over ‘seu houses, n Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and in als of .these places it is consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connectivat has forty- mne towns, one hundred and sixty-five postoffize diastricts, and sixty rural fres delivery routes. X The Bulletin is sald :_.F“; town and all of the . Dy € Connecticut. reutes in Eastern CIRCULATION 1901 QVErEQS..cessseneses §892 1908, averag®.cesessaeeas §,92] ' e, B Zuceossescesesssescessssesssssnsonsassessessend CITY AND TOWN JUDGES, The anncuncement is made that a movement is on foot to reform the present method of appointing judges for city and town courts. Whatever may be the outcome of this effort, or the success of the plan proposed, it cannot but be realized that it is a step in the right direction. There should be no half-hearted action about it. Such judgeships should be removed from the list of political footballs and whatever the change, if it is for the Dbetter, it can only be looked upom as a tardy recognition of duty. Mat- térs of such importance are handled through the city and town courts that the choice of judges should not be entrusted to log: rolling methods, Just whether the ng tof such ap- ‘pointmeénts the hands of a special committee is” the best . manner = of thé problem remains to be seen. The merits of such a plan de- serve to be thoroughly understood be- fore adoption, if there is sincerity in the move to overcome the undesirable features of the present method, Thae filling of such places is always the cause of extended political con- tests and endless bickering. It is time such appointments were placed on a ‘basis elmilar to that in which vacan- cies on the superior and other court benches are filled. It is an office in which politics should play.an incon- spicuous part, both bzfore and after appointment. Ien of character and qualifications should be selected, and if experience can be added thereto 50 much the better. There is no more ex- case for dropping efficient judges every two years in such courts than there is in the higher courts, AMERICAN COMMERCE. From the time that has been spent in the preparation of that note from this government to Great Britain rel- ative to the treatment of the com- merce of this country on the high seas, it §8 made evident that every effort was put forward by this country to make it, as declared therein, a friend- ly communication. It may cause some surprise to Great Britain but it cannot fail to be received in the spirit in which it was sent. It was realized from the outset that Great PBritain like other belligerent nations was confronted with a multi- tude of problems and due allowance was made for the manner in which it was counsidered necessary to hold up vessels and subject them to long delays while their cargoes were being searched. It is still realized that car- riers of contraband are subject to seizure but sufficlent time has passed to secure relief from the unreasonable detention of ships and seizure of car- goes of mneutral nations, which characterized the early days of the war. Such, however, has not foliowed and it is but natural that a protest, with a careful setting forth of the-facts and claims should follow. There are rights which a neutral na- tlon’s commerce is entitled to even though it is a matter around which there is still plenty of uncertainty. If Great Britain has not realized what it was doing._for the demoralization of our commeree, and has falled to un- derstand the attitude of this country, it does so now, but with a disposition to ‘deal justly with such questions it is to be looked upen only as the ini- tial step towards the better under- standing which is so greatly desired. — USING' A LIBRARY. There is no question but what there is a’lack of proper knowledge as to the use of a lbrary for the getting out of it the -great and valuable in- formation which it contains, even. by those who are most likely to profit thereby. Knowing how to uyss a li- brary s so important in. the estima- tion of the United States bureau of education -that an investigation has ‘been conducted to find out what edu- cational institutions in the country are doing as to “instruction in the man- agement, and use of libraries.” : :Out- of 446 institutions of highe education replying, 91 gave definite library courses. Of 168 mormal reported ods.” Separate Nbrary schools have been established at five of the col- “yges - end universities. Required 5 t the Postofiice at Norwica, | ! Places ools | all, when a Boston man begged to go quired, but it.should constitute & defi- nite part of the work required for a degree.” It is the knowledge of know- ing how to get at things which is especially ~veluable {n such a store- hotuse, g —_— THE TRADE COMMISSION. Word comes from Washington that therein he is right, for by such alknow course he takes a proper view of the duty imposed upon him and through | H it will get nothing but commendation | With from all sections of the country. The flood of recommendations has not served to swerve him from his deter- mination and the-selections when an- nounced should reveal men especially fitted for that particular kind of work. Such makes it evident that he is|t fully cognizant of the fact that the success of this commission rests large- 1y upon the men who are selected to guide it. It is after such a plan that he made choice of men for the federal reserve board and it is not to be sup- posed that he would desert such am admirable course in this_ instance. Much responsibility rests upon This shoulders ‘and he is not shir¥ing it. This trade commission is given broad powers relative-to the business of the country and it will never do to display a careless attitude in the appointing of the members. It means much to the country and it means much to the administration. The time to avoid a blunder is now. Because of the very task imposed upon it business men with large trade experience are the specialists required to handle and guide the work of the board. AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR. Most unfortunate was the ending of that incident off Fort Erie where death resulted from the violation of the duck hunting law along the inter- national boundary. It was unfortu- nate because of the risk which the hunters took for a little sport, and because ‘as alleged from Canada it was not intended to kill Such affairs never create any better feeling whatever may be the excuse or provocation. It is bound to stir up a lot of resentment which could better have been avoided, even though it appears to have caused as deep and sincere regret in the dominion as in this country. If the facts as disclosed thus far ars correct no small amount of the responsibility rested with the men. They were engaged in breaking the law and in doing so they were also techni- cally violating the law which prohibits the taking of firearms into Canadian waters without a license. Whether it was in their power to comply with the demands of the Canadian officer, whether they did all they could in such an endeavor or attempted to get away from the position in which they were will he disclosed in the investigation, but it would appear that it was too in- significant a matter for the shooting down of the men. Even though there may be nervousness along the border because Of the fear of -reprisals on account of the war, a shot in the air would have been sufficient to have halted the violators. If such was the order it shows a dangerous disregard for commands, ~ —_— ‘Davis Theatre Fire Escapes. Editor: In g the’ Davis itre: have noticed with the place of those that ': the aquipmant“dot the puilding en it was erec many just as silly | years ago, and which nave always been inadecuate for the saieiy and comfort of the audiences that have for 80 long a tir~ occupied the theatre. e or'the otk o Hgze el | To e ol She SRS e, imoreve: o ments ihat er Dav. as - ‘Walk and still have your breathing |from time to time since he became the apparatus at the end of fifteen minutes | lessee of this handsome playvhouse, and a fat man needs to go Into is another proof of his constant suitable for a prize fighter. My part- | thought for the donvenience and wel- ner always had to give me first ald to | fare of his patrons, and should be the injuried and call for water to bi highly appreciated by the theatregoing hack the flickering spark of life at|public who throughout the year pat- the finish! rorize this place of amusement. Tne “Above all, I hated the Hesitatlon! | fire escapes that have been built on When I waltz I want to waltz and at- | both the north and south sides of the tend strictly to business, instead of |theatre are of the most up-to-date being smitten with paralysis every |conmstruction, broad iron stairways few seconds, during Which I feebly |leading from both gallery and balcony suspend one foot in the air as though [to roomy platforms from which ac- signaling for assistance. Do you re- |cess to the sireet can be made in the member when 1 lost my balance while | most ex tious and comfortabic my foot was in the air and fell into |manner. 'he example that Mr. Davis the Chirese vase at the Ebbicks? They | nas set in this addition for the satety ‘hould bave thanked me for smash-|of his patrons may well be emuiated ng such an atrocious thing as that|oy the owners of other public build- vase, but to thls dey Mrs. Ebbicks1ings in this city where the conditions looke as thourk she was to | for speedy exit in case of fire or acci- burst into tears when she meets me |dent are In many instances not of the and 1 have the uncomfortable feeling | best. that T would morigage my home and A THEATREGOER. Norwich, Conn.,, Dec. 29, 1914, ’ — reli fat men of my age as I did. “I was born to be the Castle Walk import a sacred with mwy‘" her if T were really a gentle- man!” “This haen't anything at all to with the dancing class this wiatelgg ‘nsisted Mrs. Whingle. *Th aren't doing any of those dances now!” Charles Henry Davi Mr. Editor: Kindly allow me to submit to you for publication in The Bulletin a few words as to the life ot the late Charles Henry Davis. In the death of Charles Henry ! Pavie, noted in last Saturday's issue of The Bulletin, Norwich loses che of jils best types of citizenship. He was in many respects a vnique personality. He was possessed of a masterful mind and sturdy common sense. The community in which he lived THE' WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soeloty — - Metz— rtress his acquaintance will mourn him, but Romgp d‘l:‘v: ;:. me:!bel::tzmn:; few us as) yet fully realize the by storm . Throughout history down |3¢2th of our friend, for we shall long to 1870 it successfully defied all be. |Temember g 3 slnd chelruh themsre.!mem- slegers _and the French in 1870 sur- [protog Of Dis manly fgure, o rendered to famine and d the ful and enthusiastic personality and than to a pressing ememy. This al- his many acts of kindness. impregnable fortress has changed He had the unfaltering honesty of hands now and -again and = these glu nm:estoru;l He coe:ld not do e!.hdls- chan, onest or underbanded or mean thing. and treachery ey sested by, treaty | frank, candid and sincere, his hear: by force of arms. The Romans Xnew | K% 0 Sulle-and his soul no decep- etz, voduru: as “th e ey urum, e stronghold Metz is the capital of German Lor- raine, and it is considered to possess on. While he was not liberally educat- ed, the most important part of his ed- nmtil?n ‘was g:}.lnsd mhthe schoolsuof practical experience, where his native ;’:Bi"fr;‘;: e ‘;:";"53"“1 pmmg‘”;; common sense, self reliance and cour- the broken frontier - dividing the | oopenc o Ocveloped to a very high Franks, Celts and Gauls of the west 4 and south from the Germans of the | east and north. The centuries-lo contest between Latin and Ge: has surged back and forth over this city, broken in eddies around it, and the contestants have continually re- ntral He never aspired for public mention or was he materially successful i TE | those things which the world counts as success, but rather in those things which count in the life to come. He was an honor to his name, his race and his country. EDITORIAL NOTES. It would only be an insult to wish Burope a happy New Year. honorable, full and bemdhll"-léfauusd will h;ngflbe x!'emem- 3 wi ndness and affection as a portant key in the barrier between % = 7 Latin and Germanic civilizations. Metz a‘;fin‘mmfi S o e and Strasburg are the two western R. E. STEFFERSON. gates to Germany, Syracuse, N. ¥,, Dec. 28 1914, The Romans used Metz as their {\)nr?.b::n base &g;llimt the Germanic ar] ans, and they connected it by military roads with Toul, Verdun, and FAMOUS TRIALS d. TRIAL OF ALEXIS. What a strange mixture of paternal lové® and military - severity was Peter the Great! What mental struggles other camps in TRoman hinterian From Metz, the Roman legions made must have passed through the mind of this great uplifter of Russia as their incursiops into the impenetrable Black Forest, 0 the east, and into the forest and swamp lands of the morth and west. By the Treaty of Mersen, in $70—Metz came into the possession he weighed in the balance the love of his son and the duty to his people! This prince, by Peter’s first wife, was a voluptuous youth, -in love with. a dissolute life, ever promising to re- of East Franconia, now Germany, It rapidly gained importance as an in- form, and just as often breaking his promises. ‘When the Czarowitz reached the dustrial -and outpost city, and, in the 13th century was made a imperial city. The Reformation, another ele- ment, of the Latin-German raged around Metz as a center. Dur- ing these times of religious unrest, age when #e should have had dis- <retion, his father tried to satisfy his one great wish, to leave a son to rule the nation he had buiit, by teaching him the arts which constituted the ruling of Holy Russia- Seelng his words Metz fell into the power of France. and the French were confirmed in their had no effect, he sent to his son a letter, in it showing all his love for possession by the Peace of Westphalia, the profiigate offspring. In answer (1648). It remained under French rul the Czarowitz wrote his father to the until the German conquest of 1870, The country all about Metz is strat- effect that he no longer desired the throne of the Muscovite empire, that egic, and - consequently, forbidden ground. Tourists, with pronounced he would uphold the claims of his younger brother: that he was not, even camera tendencies have never been if he had the ambition, fit to rule; and, encouraged around the fortress. The city Hes in a fertile, pleasant valley. lastly, that he would retire from pub- He life if his father would only give which widens out' among the hills fo the north and which narrows toward him enough money to exist. ‘The er wrote in answer that teh mountainous French. frontier. It Alexis either throw off the friends It's a long, long way to Christmas, but there is some consolation in the fact that cherries will soon be ripe. ‘While the countries of Europe :are declaring moratoriums, the United States ought to be declaring dividends. The government’s determination to print a daily newspaper, rather brealks the nose of the Congressional Record. Hobson’s work ought not to be over- looked when the prohibitionists begin to look around for a presidential can- didate. The man on the corner says: It is just human nature for those who had the merriest Christmas to be glad it is over. Colonel Roosevelt has set out to ad- Just the problem of the unémployed. ‘What a lot there is to do for those who have the will? That New York young man who rob- bed that he might make larger con> tributions to charity. neglected to place the police on his list. Wellesiey needs $40,000 to complete its fund for rebuilding, but any insti- tution which can get within that dis- tance of two milllon is not to be is upon the heights. fhe craggy hills. ‘bailked, the passss, the gorge. en, fir-cov-. eved, razor-back spur hills that the powerful detached forts which guard the city of Metz and its valley run- ning between France and Germany are| planted. These works have been con- structed around the city by the score. and they stretch in a le, comeealed fan, more than six miles before the oufskirts of Metz, A The city itself is situated on the confluence of the Seille ard Moselle about 11 miles east of the Fremch frontier. It is buflt between the two rivers and upon the islands of the Moselle. Muc hof the eity <com- posed of narrow, irregular with ancient, plcturesq: There are some new and imposins structures in the town, however, and some gtraight streets. Even in times of peace, Metz plain that its calling 1s war. it has about 75.000 eivil the peace gar- rison of 25 men monopolizes the attention on every b ".;d in it are the huge barracks of the sol- diery. Vs LER/ :::. fall of“wu;{m—f utiful. e, not only heavily f sually Fortunate for the life term prison- er, who upon trving to escape failed and was sentenced to ten years addi- tional, that he has but one life to give his commonwealth, If officers and men are going to be put to death for failure to detect the operations of a submarine, after the example of Turkish justice, the pop- ularity of the army and navy can be expected to decrease rapidly, Ordinarily ex-President Taft is a pretty careful observer, but when he declares that a navy is like a woman's hat because it has to and ought to be -changed every year, he can hardly qualify as a millinery expert. ‘The state of Pennsylvania bad 27 deaths during the hunting season, but judging from past experiences it can hardly be expected to have any in- fluence upca’ those ‘who-go in search of game next year. There are jails and prisons which cannot e such ' tefrible after to jail for the winter and a Provi- |28 dence man asked permission to re- main in prison until after he played i £ oart as an endman in a minstrel and all those who had the occasion of he had ulmfl‘nfl‘ lead a renounce all claim to the 2na’ embrace & monastic state, In "I“?t Jetter of the 19th of this month. indisposition hinders me from writing Partl at this, the mon- LR N A S Surrou.ding countries to &cq c Imvrvv;menh in ° the knowledge arts and science that would uplifi and civilize the main. Before COLONIAL THEATI IN CHUZZLEW iograph 2 Reel MA 5 At - "ch,of Dickens’ Famous Novel groves TAIDNPNT Lol | oo B OO vy Brme, Syt “ANNETTE,” Tomorrow in Fifteen Minute Jvmfio Musical Act . - Charies as soon as he heard of the elopement, #il REUTER’S sent his councilors, 0 Tolstoy to_solicit the rety L.eading Florist A SUGGESTION FOR THE NEW YEAR ariieg to Mosow Wome e, Pefbce Make Some One Happy by Sending a Box of Qur : Choice Flowers Czar minus his sword. He presented 140 Main Street - Phone 1184 en Peter was pone, seeing that he could no longer keep up the pretense, he re- solved to elope. Setting out as if his destination n the Prince, to off the track, there he put his destiny in the hands of his brother in law, Emperor VI, Peter, to his father a paper containing a con- fession and threw himself at ° his father’s feet ben'ln& for mercy. But for all his caths, the Czar could not believe Alexis, and so, seeing that after his death, the son might make a jest of his oaths of the renunciation of !vahe throne, he ordered him to be tried. His trlal took place before the Senate and states assembled, each of the judges desiring to suit his purpose rather than that of justice. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the military and consti- tuiional laws of the empire were all consulted and discussed In the passages that were read. The Senate resolved that the ordinary judges should be brought in one by one and each should be heard on his decision. When this was through the ministers did the same, and. although heard apart, they were nearly all of the unanimous decision that the penalty that was deserved was death. The Prince on his vart implicated the arch- priest James, saying that when he had said that he wished his father's death James answered: “God forgive “you we wish that event as much as you.” The Czar was merciless in the ex- amination, showing all the crimes in the strongest light, that no one could say that they had been minimized. The unfortunate Prince entangled him- self in the suit and at last the fatal sentence was pronounced to the effect that it was “with an afflicted heart and eyes full of tears, that we, ser- Vvants and subjects, pronounce this sentence” of the Prince being guilty of “having formed a base design to kill their sovereign and to usurp the empire.” The Czar ordered the sentence to be taken to Alexis, and there made him read it The death sentence together with the »oison which is said to have been administered, caused the young man to fall into a swoon out of which he never recovered till his death, three days later. the state bonds as they mature, or before when feasible, the anxiety over the present financial difficulties would be relieved.—Hartford ‘Times. ‘There is one way in which Connec- ticut people have it on the doctors, and only one, probably, and that is when the doctor prescribes a change of climate. Then you can go right home and, putting aside all thoughts of a costly sojourn at some heaith re- sort, rest assured that, with the ther- mometer constantly going up andlone.half guineas to ome sulnea down, sometimes as much as 40_de- |cent The new rate takes effect Dec. grees in 24 hours, there is mnothing|gs; . left to be desired in the way of a change of climate.—Ansenia Sentinel. Cases of mental Iness can be caught in the incipiency and cured and no doubt if some of the pressure is removed there will be fewer cases anyway. We must slow up, take more time with our eating, drinking, working and enjoying ourselves and the problem will work itself out. How- ever, as long as there is a premium for speed, as long as it is fashionable to rush about like mad and as long as we indulge ourselves to excess we cannot expect much change.—Meriden Journal. down sales. Had the city lost out we understand that ° there were at least seventeen other Jjunk dealers to unfuri the red flag. Too bod the street venders and fly-by-night store- keepers were not coralled at the same time—Waterbury Democrat - British Marine Insurance Reduced, London, Dec. 30, §.20 p. m.—The gov- ernment rate of insurancé of can against war risks will be feduced, it was announced today, from omne ahd Diamonds Diamonds : Diamonds New Haven seems to be having its usual run of Christmas holiday fires with their discouraging features. New Haven is one of the towns where the people who built houses took more pains to have a fire station located near each new section opened up by realty boomers than to build houses of slow-burning materials or equip with fire prevention apparatus. Had there been a sprinkling system in the Orange street apartment house in which the Pollard girl lost her life, ‘Waterbury would have fewer mourners today.—Waterbury Republican. OTHER VIEW POINTS | John & G2o.H. Bliss - 126 Main Street . The opening of the Coney Island ‘winter bathing season with 52 partici- pants in the chilly pastime does not prove that New Yorkers are more hardy than Bridgeporters, but rather that they don't always show as much sense—Bidgeport Standard. The New Haven Journal-Courler points out that an increase in the liquor license fee should be turned over to the state. The Courier es- 4 timates e revenue from the - b 3 crease at 3500000 a year. This afi‘&- loneer (Amy S ebul Sl BRN 317 Main Street tainly would be a substantial di- | saves o mer usan i tion o the income of the state, and |dollars that would have been spent | Hours—10 to 11 a. m. if put into a sinking fund to redeem |during the holidays at these knock- 2to3and 7t0 8 .; Corporation Counsel Guilfoile should feel proud of the good work he has accomplished against the auctioneers. In any event he has D. J. SHAHAN, M. 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For 10 francs (§1.83) you can maintain & bed for one day. A single bed can be endowed for six months for $360. One person, a group of persons, or & . community can endow & ward of eight beds for one month for $500. & X THIS IS THE KIND OF PATRIOTISM THAT COUNTS * . 5 Every cent collected is devoted to the purpose for which it is given. There are no expenses of ad- - ministration to eat up part of your gift; no pald officers, secretaries or clerks; no office remt is deducted from your contributions for postage, printing, stationery or advertising. This adv is paid for with money donated for this express purpose. Contributions for the American Ambulance Hospital In Paris should be sent to J. P. MORGAN & CO., 23 Wall Street, New York City Your money 1€ cabled to Paris by J. B¥Morgan & Co. and Within a few-hours fs' An jliustrated cirouia» will be sent on application to Chairman - 14 Wall lB:?ot. Telephone 3954 Rector. ;