Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 12, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915 ART e ? Sl orwich ullefin nnd oudic?d 119 YEARS OLD Bibeptien poics 10v = weaks Sea Eten po Enterod at the Postofice at Norwich. Conn., as second-class matt: Teleynone Callsy “ulietin Business Ofiice lletin Editorial Rooms 358, Bulletin B fletin Job Office 85-3. Willtmanttc Offce, Room 2, Murray Bullding. Telephone 310. Norwich, Friday, March 12, 1915. r..‘_..—m.:..-..m The Builetin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and from three o four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered o over 3,000 of ths 4,053 houses in Nerwich, and read by ninety- three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and in all of these places it is consi ered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five postoffice districts, and sixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town ard on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average . 4412 19205, averace LONG STAY CAN BE EXPECTED. Troubles of a new character result- ng from the war in Europe are thrust spon this country by the steaming nto Newport News of the German srulser Prinz Eitel Friedrich., Not only is there involved the question as to how long such a vessel should be given for the making of repairs in addition to the 24 hours permitted for the tak- Ing on of coal and supplies, but an ugly situation is presented through the fact that the ship brings Ameri- can prisoners and a tale concerning the sinking of an American built and American owned ship, the cargo of which according to present accounts contained no contraband. This not only calls for an explan- ation of such action against American commerce, but indicates most plainly that Germany will be required to re- Imburse the owners and the shippers ©f the carso for their loss. That the responsibility for the blowing up of the Wiliam P. Frye rests with the captain of the German cruiser is like- 1y, but it is a responsibility for which Germany will be locked to for re- dress. Unless there are revelations to come which will prove that the Frye ~had other cargo than wheat destined for Queenstown, the seizure of which cargo, however, did not warrant the destruction of the bark, there lare ®ood prospects that the Prinz Eitel .will spend more than a few weeks in American waters. Tt is the first instance of the wilful destruction of an American vessel, but there is every Teason to believe that the interests of the owners of the sailing craft and the cargo will be well taken care of. TIME FOR INSISTENCE. Mexieo is at the present time under the control of no one leader. It has no established government that amounts to anything. Carranza, Villa and Zapata are directing affalrs in thelr own localities and they must e dealt with separately when it be- comes necessary to protest against sonditions which affect foreign resi- lents in their respective sections. Concerning the conditions in Mex- o City Carranza appears to realize the force of the appeal which is made by this country. He of course knows what happened to Huerta and it Te- mains for him to display such power 8s he can in demonstrating the safety of foreigners for upon that hinges his ability to control. It is time that he was made to realize that there is a responsibility which he must assume and discharge in such sections 'of Mexico as he lays claim to. This is what the United States is Insisting upon and the despatch of another squadron to Vera Cruz gives emphasis to_the sincerity of the demands. In view of the past, however, jt remalns to be seen just what sort of * In Interpretation he places upon them 3nd how much he can really do in fompliance therewith. It is a well Yecognized fact that Carranza lost a balance wheel when he parted com- pany with Villa, however the latter may be classed, and it is a question whether he has ever rezained it. This country apparently sees the need 6f abandoning its long continued policy and replacing it with something which will insure respect for foreign- ers if it does not result In putting &n end to anarchy. MAKING FOREIGN LOANS. It was thought some time ago when one of the large South American coun- tries floated a lcan in this country that New York was beginning to get its just recognition 2s a money mar- ket. Such 2 financial transaction was to a large extent due to the conditions in Burope where there are plenty of @emands for all the money that Is evailable. It was also interpreted as the one step to be expected for the opening up of better relations between the countries In the western hemi- sphere which has been so much de- sired. The recent loan of fifteen million fSollars to Switzerland, however, can bo looked at upon a different ground, for while it, like the South American repubiic, !s at peace, it is a European sountry and has never failed in the past to get such help as it has wanted In that line right at home. The war s of course responsible for the plac- Ing of the business clsewhere now, but Bwitzerland is not slow to recognize rate of foreign exchange it 1s far cheaper to borrow the money in this country for the payment of such debts as it has contracted here of late in the purchase of grain and supplies. 1t is a question just how much this means for like transactions in the future since it all depends upon the length of the war, but it serves to show the preparedness of this country to handle such financial matters and it at the same time provides the op- portunity for the extension of bus- iness in this particular line. It must serve, however, to strengthen our for- eign business relations, SEAMEN’S BILL INJURIOUS. Statements are being made that the provisions of the La Follette seamen’s Dbill recently passed by consress afe not going to operate harmfully to Americgn shipping, but such is mot based Upon what American ship own- crs think about the situatfon. What has long been needed has been legis- lation which would give encourage- ment to American shipping, but just the opposite has been furnished by the provisions of this new bill. One of the great reasons for the registering of vessels owned by Amer- ican capital under forelgn flags has been the much more favorable condi- tions under which they could be oper- ated, and this has simoly been in- creased by the new requirements whick have been imposed. Tt is not surprising therefore that Robert Dollar threatens to change his vessels. which have been flying the American flag under the recent registry law, to some oriental regis- tration, possibly Chinese. He, of course, is not the only one affected, for what concerns his steamers applies alike to all others under the flag of this country, and every owner or steamship corporation has reason for feeling the same way as he does, The inabilitv of trying to force American laboring conditions onto the steamships, which must go into com- petition with the low paid labor of foreign vessels, and at the same time strive to build up an American mer- chant marine ought to be apparent. Instead of -an improvement congress appears to have made things much worse, RUSH OF THE JITNEYS. The jitney bus has come upon the country like a storm from the west. The idea once launched has spread like wildfire and the west appears almost unable to control itself in its eagerness to get the new transporta- tion service. It has come so quickly that it has progressed without regu- lation, but the need of giving sreater attention thereto is fast being realized by the municipalities where .the jit- ney has shown ity popularity. From it all must be realized the new outlet which is offered for the product of the auto factories. Such can be quickly understood when it is stated that there are over seven hun- dred autobuses In Los Angeles. In San Francisco and its vicinity there are close to a thousand, and 500 or more are doing service in Seattle, while Portland, Ore, Bellingham, Wash., and other cities in the far west have not been slow to copy. In Jan- uary there were one hundred placed on three different lines in Konsas City and the onward rush has taken in the south as well as the cities of the east. In many cities a serious competi- tion has been set up against the street car service, the novelty of the idea making 1ts appeal just now, since the jitney coming up like a mushroom has no regularity as to route or as to time. The bringing of a test case in New York to determine the legal rights of such 'busses paves the way for getting them down to a basis like other public service conveyances and what is being done In New York must De done elsewhere as they Increase. New Haven, March 11—At a conference of the United German societies of the American col- leges, known as the Deutscher Verein, held in Cambridge last Saturday, Ray- mond T. J. Higsgins, Yale 1917, of Nor- wich, presented one of the six papers delivered in behalf of the German in- terests in the European struggle, The paper, entitled, American Neutrality in the Present War, served as an ex- position of the fact that though America, -as_a nation, was keeping strict neutrality, the American people were exhibiting considerable partial- ity by the vast exportations of sup- plies and munitions of war. Statistics and reports of various German ambas- sadors and envoys were presented to confirm Mr. Higgins in his assertions. The United socleties while in Cam- bridge were the guests of the Har- vard members. The conference next month will be held in New Haven. At Cambridge Saturday representa- tives were _present from Columbia, Princeton, Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Yale and Harvard. The Deutscher Verein has found an enthusiastic member in Mr. Higgins, who was last month elected to the secretaryship of the Yale branch of the society. A historical cane carved by Robert Yale, of Norwich, N. Y. has been presented by him to the university, and has been placed in the trophy room of the gymnasium. This unique piece of workmanship is composed of 2,000 pieces of various kinds of wood, and has some 60 historical records. The main stick is of oak taken from the oldest inhabited house in the United States, built in 1640 by Jona- than Fairbanks at Dedham, Mass. The head of the cane is of oak and was taken from the tree to which Putnam was bound by the Indians to be roast- ed alive during the French and Indlan war, Putnam was rescued by a French officer named Molang. Upon the cane there have been carved many mottos and quotations together with numer- ous representations. One of these rep- resentations is of Washington. The American _eagle is next followed by photographs of Lincoln Garfield and Cleveland. ~ Next the Bartholdi statue. Below this is a picture of Rob- ert Yale with his name and resi- dence engraved on a gold plate. The vear when the cane was completed, 1886, is below the photograph. ¥n the other three sides of the cane there are 51 different pieces of wood, each one of which is connected with some interesting item in history. Mr. Yale has carved a key to each item of his- tory on_the corresponding piece of wood. The lower part of the cane represents various animals, fish and the like, all inlaid, the different shades of timber being so arranged as to pro- duce a very pretty effect. The cane has been valued at five Jiundred dol- ars, The thirty-seventh anniversary of the Yale Daily News was celebrated last Wednesday evening in the Palm room of the Hotel Taff. The list of guests who were invited included many former editors who have assisted in the gradual evolution of the paper from its foundation in 1878. The srowth of the News has been gradual rather than spasmodic, increasing col- umn by column until in 1912 the ne- cessity of a six page daily became ap- parent. Albert H. Ely, Jr., the 1915 editor in chief, acted as toastmaster. He described the progress of the News since its foundation, and outlined briefly the purpose which the paper was fulfilling in the undergraduate life at Yale. Other speakers were Pres dent Hadley, Secretary Stokes, Treas urer Day, Dean Jones, Director Chit- tenden and R. H, Macdonald. It was EDITORIAL NOTES. Even the submarines are finding out that there is plenty of room at the bottom. Responding to the order “Back to Vera Cruz” American warships are plowing, familiar waters. Constantinople s not the only place where spring moving plans are get- ting more than slight consideration. TE 1o can be no question but what the season of the year has arrived which always causes the clean-up feel- ing. ‘The man on the cormer says: You can never make the other fellcw feel g00d Dy telling him that ignorance is bliss. Rice is said to be puffed up by big guns, but the allies are doing their best to bring down wheat by a like agency. It is about time it was impressed upon Carranza that there is a limit bevond which even the Mexicans can- not go. A magnet has been built for pull- ing out bullets but no one is likely to be ever-anxious about being a tar- get just to see how 1t works. The Dardanelles and the fleet of the allies are glving a demonstration of what happens when an irresistfble force meets an immovable body. From the Mexico City experience it would appear that some of the worst trouble comes from trying to get peo- ple from places of danger to safety, . There are a lot of new consgress- men who will emulate Elihu Root, but they will at any rate have the satisfaction of picking out e fine ex- ample for their statesmanship, In spite of the record breaking fea- tures in many ways ineluding appro- priations, it must make the members almost mad to have it referred to as a jitney congress, Carranza says that everything is all right and that someone is trying to hurt his cause, but acetrding to his idea Mexico must be enjoying all the contentment of pacification. There can be no surprise that Ger- many is thoroughly disappointed over the results of its submarine blockade. It was a rash undertaking in an en- deavor to cause fright, but which proved a boomerang, 1t s impossible to tell which ex- treme 1s going to be met. The pro- prietor of a New Hampshire moving picture house had difficulty in driving out his audlence because of a fire, THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society Sinai Peninsula—Among boulder-strewn field, and great bar- ren fountains of rock of the Sinai Peninsula, the British and the Turks are struggling for the mastery of a waterway of first importance, the Suez Canal, whose safeguarding at the pre- sent time is of vital concern to Great Britain. Reports leaking through the other day by way of Italy tell that the Turgs, re-enforced by the wild Bedouin natives, are giving the Brit- ish a hard battle in these world-buried cortests in the desert. Even Alexan- dria, far across the canal, is said to be growing anxious. There are 11,200 square miles of comfortless country in the Sinal Pen- insula, which forms Asia's juncture with Africa. It was over this bridze and through the Sinai desert that the Israelites wandered 40 years toward their Promised Land, and it is here that the sacred Mountain of the Law lifts its head. Some of Israel's most Sreatest Dattles were fought here physical battles with opposing neigh- bors and spiritual ones with the re- curring hunger for the old-time ser- vice to_idols and to Nature, The Suez Canal divides Sinai from Africa. Suez Canal is one of earth’s greatest commercial and political water avenues, and it is at present one of~the most important links in the British world-empire. The bordering Sinai is 230 miles long and 150 miles wide, or it is about the eize of Ire- land. Its whole population does not exceed 5,000 and practically all of these are Bedouins, who tent along the intermittent streams and pasture their flocks of goats and sheep in_the desert’s grudging cases. The Wady Fran is the most fertile and the best known of these oases. It is called the ‘Pearl of Sinaf, and here alone, it is said has earth enough of paradise to make the Persian bulbul, sweetest of bird singers, forget his roses and, con- tent without them, sing his thousand songs. In_the early years of Christlanity the Sinal region was sought by many of the sterner-purposed hermits, who filled the numerous caves of its honey- combed hills and mountains. Monas- teries, churches and convents were built here In districts commemorated by sacred story. Among these build- ings, St. Catherine’s monastery stands foremost in fame. It was builded as a monument upon the Mountain of the Law: but as the location of the Mountain of the Law is a matter of dispute, the claim of St. Catherine's is debatable. The monsstery is in the control of Greek Orthodox monks, and it is vislted once or twice a vear by some stray pilgrim from the lands of western Europe or America. Stnei has been called ‘the best des- ert in the world’ by one of its en- thustastic friends. However. with its fearful scarcity of water, with its end- less burning stretches of vellow and gray sands, with its bare and brown- ish rock masses, and with the night songs of those children of the desert, the jackal and the hyena, as the kind- est break in its monotony, it is cer- the sands, while under most circumstances he ‘the fact that owing to the existing would have had trouble preventing a stampede. tain that those fighting in _Sinal’'s waste will ind their theatre a fittingly grim stage for the work they have to oo BULLETIN'S SPECIAL YALE LETTER R. T. J. Higgins Reads Paper Before Deutecher Verein— Cane Carried by Rcbert Yale Presented to Univrsity— Anniversary of Daily News—Bundle Day Arranged estimated that over 200 graduates, un- dergraduates and members of the fa ulty were present at the banquet. Next Friday, March 12, will be “Bundie Day” at Yale, under the di- Tection of the Yale undersraduate Red Cross committee. In view of the fact that business conditions have great- Iy increased the want and need of the city of New Haven, the committee has decided to cooperate with the New Haven Red Cross committee, which is conducting an energetic cam- paign throughout the city for the col- lection of cast off clothing, and to make a concentrated effort to gather up all garments available for the poor of the city. All clothing collected will be turned over to the authorities of the Organizeq Charitles association and the Yale Hope Misslon, in order to Insure their distribution to_those who are really most in need. De: tory attempts at old clothes collect have been made in the past, but it is hoped that this intensifled effort will make it possible for Yale to have a much larger share in alleviating an unprecedented situation of poverty in the vicinity of the university. Kach entry and house in the university, as far as possfble, will be canv on Friday for the collection of all gar- ments that are available. In order that the canvassing may be carried on most systematically, committees have been chosen from each class, there belng six representatives on each committee. Miss Jane Addams delivered a lec ture last Friday evening in Wools hall on Social Work ‘War. _Miss Addams pointed out to her audience how the present war tends to destroy all the social work previously agreed upon in the international meetings. She also showed how the immigrants regarded the situation. She said that these immigrants look at the Bu pean countries and compare them with the thirteen charter colonies which formed the United States, and wonder why such a confederation Is not form- ed In Furope. Since the immigrants of different nationalities live together peacefully here in Americd, they should be able to do the same in Eu rope. Miss Addams finished by show- ing how conditlons are tending toward international cooperation and mention- ed as an example the situation of the International Sailors’ unlon as con- nected with the present war. After her address Miss Addams answered many questions concerning social work and the war situation, OTHER VIEW POINTS 1 Bridgeport very properly has a municipal ordinance forbidding under penalty the carrying of concealed weapons without a license. Experience has shown that regulations of this character are needed to make our cities safer places to live in—Bridge- port Standard. The improvement shown by the re- poTt of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for January, as compared with the same month of last vear, is confined to the net figures and imply reflects President Elliott’s abil- ity as a practical railroad man. The fact that the gross business done for the month was less than for the cor- responding period of 1914 reflects_the general business conditions in New England six weeks ago.—Bridgeport Standard. There's isn't much property de- stroyed in New PBritain year after year by fire and the reason for it i the efficiency of the fire department. The expense is undoubtedly annoying to those who are trying to make a dollar do where two are demanded but the-only thing that can be done is to be as economical as possible and at the same time keep doing something every ear until new motorizing is com- pleted.” There does not seem to be any other way.—New Britain Heraid. These are hard times and yet there is a scarcity of skilled labor reported by manufacturers who produce ma- chinery. It is the highest class of machinists that are most in demand, it scems, while the men with only lim ted_experience find difficulty getting work. It is a temporary condition of course, but it is also lamentable that those most in need of steady occupa- tion and remuneration are less accept- able than those whose skill keeps them always employed and always well paid—Waterbury Republican. There are some persons in Connect- icut who seem wholly to lack a con- ception of the functions of a public utilitles commission. We have an able and efficient commission, and yet they propose bills to the legislature not only improper in themselves, but usurping its functions. Such a_bill was that to require street railway companies to sell six tickets for a quarter, and if its unfavorable report means its prompt defeat, it will be a meriteq rebuke to improper legisla- tion—New Haven Register. If all the water that is running to waste in all the water systems of this part of the country this winter could be ponded there would be no anxiety about a sufficiency for a long time to come, even if very little Tain fell. It is many years since there has been such an abundance. .All depleted reservoirs were filled up weeks ago. Most of them have been running over ever since. Waterbury's system has been full all winter and enough has flowed over the dams to fill the third big reservoir, which is contemplated, several times.—Waterbury American. The taxpayer demands and has a right to demand that new armories, new normal schools and new appro- priations for state institutions shall be ruthlessly sacrificed in these times of financial stress. It may be necessary for the state to find a way to increase its income through methods of taxa- tion which will deal equitably with the great body of taxpayers. But to try to make up a state deficit by creating one in municipal and town treasuries does not strike the impartial onlooker as the best way to solve the problem. We might as well take our medicine in the form of a state tax direct as to toke It in this roundabout way with the same result exactly upon the pocketbook of the taxpayer.—Ansonia Sentinel. Governor Dunne of Tllionis says he has been overwhelmed by letters from “dope fiends” threatening sui- icide unless they are granted relief from the strict operation of the new federal law restricting the traffic in habit-forming druss. They, either want to have their supply continued, or they want to be cured. There seems to be nothing the state can do. The proper thing, of course, would be to take all the victims and cure them in public institutions, but neither Illinols nor any other = staie bas made provision for such treat- ment, . although New York provides pertial relief.—Waterbury Democrat. It can make no possible difference to Hartford, whether or not it is cus- tomary to enforce the laws in New Haven or Bridgeport, or Norwich, or New London, or Haddam, or else- Where. If laws are being violated here they should be enforced. In the opinion of this paper the only point to be established is whether or not the conditions at the jail constitute a vio- lation of our sanitary laws. If they do the answer is so obvious we wiil not insult the intelligence of the health board by suggesting it.—Hartford Post. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Opposed to Substitute Bill. Mr, Editor: Because of the opposi- tion manifested to House Bill No. 86, proposed amendment to the present school_inspection act, a substitute bill was offered at the public hearing held by the committee on public health and, safety, February 18th. It -iS the opinion of many that the substitute Lill is equally as objection- able as the original. To quote from its text: “All such school inspection sball, however, be carried on in ac- cordance with the rules and regula- tions prescribed by the state board of health and state board of education.” and also, “The state board of health in consultation with the state board of education shall prescribe the dutles of the medical inspectors of schools and. nurses appointed under this act and establish rules and regulations rela- tiva to the conduct of the same.” The somewhat novel penal is as follow “For any violation of the provisions of this act each member of the board. of school visitors or board of educa- tion, as the case may be, shall be fined no: more than fifty dollars.” Those who Lave given these matters thoughtful conslderation see a grave danger in such centralization of dic- tatorial authority in state boards. It is thought to savor strongly of pa- ternglism. It will also at once be rec- ognized as Leing in direct opposition to the present popular policy of Home for cities and towns, as It s the authority now vested in Iccal rds of health, education and school visitors to state boards. Moreover, inasmuch as the adherents the to-cajle regular or allopathic 00! cf medicine, at present domin- section at futu of re wil' eaith, it estubiishing state medicine, reason that the chidren of the state will thereby placed exclusively in charge of Cenditions the Hex Federal to follow granting such special pri 1 to one class of practitioners. The officers Government Public Heaith allopathic school or under its control, inasmuch as no other school of medi-} cine or mode of healing is recognized or_considered. For penditures were a little £20,000.900, more than less tion In February congress defeated a Lill ported, to increase salaries favoray| in_the service by a total of $46,000. During the discussion the came in for severe criticism. According to mewspaper Cénuressmur Mann, minority leader, in charging that the had maint these increases, said: “The truth is that the public health demoralized s the past five or Six years be- propaganda. spending time working for an increase in com- instead of performing the cc has been largely cause there has been a from the top to the bottom, pensation, werk for which the men are paid. “These men do not receive poor pay. The They receive salaries for life. committee ought to tell these men: cught to be satisfied.” Representative Dies said: “I have no doubt if these gentlemen, high priced, high paid, who are in the health service, their way about it, they would spect every laborer in the country; and learned, they would inspéct every farmer and if the matter went as far as they would like it to <0, to take his regular bath and keep probably require him, his nails manicured. Indeed, the way we are traveling in this good nation we will pretty soon provide supervisors for all the peo- ple in all walks of life. “If we wili tax the people on all the in order to set over them a great swarm- ing army of federal employes and in- srectors, the people will be wonderful- protected against every idea and every initiative ry personal individual ambition activities of their industrial lives Iy protected—wonderfully and ¢ through zll their lives.” Corgressman Dies has referred islatfon, namely; strict dividual endeavor progress defeated. is thwarted Our ancestors as a legacy bequeath- ed to us a_democracy under the con- stituticn of which the individual has the inherent right to select the school of medicine or healing method he may empioy. This medical freedom is con- sistent with the religious freedom also which to worship God according to the dictates Therefore, ev- eryone can appreciate that to preserve this liberty, for which our forefathers it is necessary to oppose and defeat proposed legisla- tion of the kind represented by the Bill Public hearing on this bill will be held at 1.30 granted by our constitution, gives to the irdividual the right ot his own conscince. fcught and sacrificed, No. 86 and its substitute. p. m, Wednesday, March 17, 1915, Yours truly, PUBLIC HEALTH. Norwich, March 15, 1915. Stories of the War What a General's Wife Says The Associated Press correspondent has just visited Vinitsa, the Russian army headquarters near the border. An interview with the wife of a consplc- uous general was interesting g , sald she, “what I can tell our are lovely. cottages and gardens, shore, the cupolas of a church, as you see, are simply a delight. Now every- thing is white with snow; thought and my heart are not here. What is this cheerful view and the calm around it, when one thinks of what is going on in the West, at this live moment, what we all have 'to through. This house belonged to a young woman. We came to be very intimate with her, for her husband, an artillery officer, is also at the front; and during the ~whole autumn and winter we made up parcels together, to send to the front, to the soldiers and officers. On Christmas, she and her son, a small schoolboy, started for the frontier, hoping to glimpse of her husband. She caught boards of and probably for sometime in the dominate the state board is believed that passing this measure will bave the effect of for the health of the school be the physicians ¢f one school of medicine. Public 1th service are cited as furnishing a concrete example of what is likely ‘medical service, about 16,000, are all of the the fiscal y2ar of 1912 the ex- than half of which were for salaries or other comoensa- doctors reports, house doctors ed an organized lobby for Go and attend to your business; you had in- to cne very important result of such leg- that it tends to re- activities to the one system recognized by the state and thus in- and rou about our life here Well all ogs are here with us. The rooms The view of the river, the and, on the in summer and autumn it was still lovelfer. But I look at all this through a mist; my catch a FRECKLES February and March Worst Months For This Trouble—How to Remove Easily. There's a reason why nearly every- body freckles in February and Marcn, but happily there is also a remedy for these ugly blemishes, and no one necd stay freckled. Simply get an ounce of othine, double strength, from your drugsist and apply a little of it night and morning, and in a few days you should see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the light ones have vanished entirely. Now is the time to rid yourself of freckles, for if not removed now they may stay all Summer, and spoll an otherwise beautiful complexion. Your money back if othine fails. IOWA WOMAN TELLS OTHERS How Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- etable Compound Carried Her Safely Through Change of Life. Cedar Rapids,Jowa.—‘‘At the Change of Life the doctor said I would have to giveupmy work and take my bed for some time as there was no help for me N but to lie still. I took Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetablo Compound and kept up my work and now I am over the Change and that is all T took. It was better for me than all the doctor’s medicines I tried. Many people have no faith in patent medicines but I know this is good.””—Mrs. E. J. RICKETS, 354 8th Avenue, West, Cedar Rapids, lowa. Such warning symptoms as sense of suffocation, hot flashes,headaches,back- aches,dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu- larities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and inquietude, and dizziness, are promptly heeded by intelligent wo- men who are approaching the period in life when woman's great chenge may be expected. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pourd invigorates and strengthens the female organism and builds up the weak- ened nervous system. It has carried many women safely through this crisis. If there are any complications youdon’tunderstand write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi- dential) Lynn, Mass. , and died of inflam- mation of the lungs. Now, her coffin is on its way back from Galicia. Her husband and the little boy are here— he was granted leave of absence, to bury his wife. For six months, he was daily exposed to shells and bul- lets, and is unscathed; and she, who went full of joy and animation, to pay him a visit, is dead! Each re- celved what belongs to him. “Our soldiers are fighting for the ht. I know not whether God will nt to such insignificant people as you and I are, life to see their ulti- mate triumph, but there can be no doubt that our Russian manhood will prove itself stronger than our enemies. Our front stretches frém sea to sea, facing German: Austria and Turkey. .| The work of our foes now positively reminds me of a witch story, in which monsters, slain and cut to pieces, take their heads and limbs again, and come back to life. But this power is of the evil one, and only the Cross and prayer can prevail against it. By the might of these along there will come a day when truth shall triumph. “My husband is a national hero now. His portraits are everywhere, on post cards and calendars. But I feel quite dotached from all this. His _health, and final victory—I cannot think of anything else. “If you only knew what we see in the hospitals. At present, in my own nursing-home, there are 75 wounded, and in_the hospital about 700; in the Local Board hospital there are more than 1,000, and in two private hospi- tals, 180. “During the Christmas and New Year's holidays, 1 organized amuse- ments and the distribution of presents in all these places. All the ladies in the town were gathered into groups, each of which had its own nursing- home and barrack. In this way, no one was_forgotten, or given less than others. Real artists sang for them, recited, danced for them. A dving soldier’ sat propped by pillows and laughed heartily, for the last time in this world, at some comic song. In my own nursing-home, I had a Christ- mas tree and presents for the soldiers and for the two orphanges—eighty children in all. On the whole, we were able to take care of the dis- abled, feeding them, clothing them, healing them—or burying them; then again da capo. This is our life. “My husband’s whole being is in his great undertaking, his duty. He no longer belongs to_us. His energy and moral force are like the tense string of a musical instrument, drawn as tightly as possible. His letters do mot comfort him: ‘Pray not for me, but for Russia’; ‘Be firm in the thought that we have given our lives for our coun- try'— _Such sentences, and - the acts that g6 with them, do mot comfort my heart, and I cannot be ‘firm’ in any- thing. I am tortured, I suffer in the sufferings and sorrows of others. I am tortured, I suffer. “I live between the upper and nether milistone of the frightful suffering of our soldlers in hospital, and the high tension of my husband, the warrior of Christ. Sister is a great help to me in everything, but I do not know how much longer I shall be able to stand it. 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Thereupon, the commander rammed and sunk her. The mystery was then cleared. The B-11 had fouled a bouy and had been draging it about on the surface, so that all the Turks had to do was to follow the mark. Dead Lie Where They Fall. Lance Corporal Heddick of the med- tcal stalff of the P.P.C.L.L. writing from “somewhere in Belglum®, on Jan- uery 21, states that he has been in action twice and has seen the real thing. Of one engagement he wrote: “We were jolly glad when the ar- tillery cut it out. If you had seen ‘me when I got out of that trench you would have laughed. I was mud from head to foot and sopping wet . We were using a house as a dressing station, where the stretch- er-bearers brought the wounded from the trenches, the rest of the regiment remaining in the trenches till the following night. ‘We had no casualties the first 24 hours, ‘but; unfortunately. we lost three killed and thirteen wounded the second day. Among the killed was a much liked officer of ours, Capt. Newton: he was shot in the abdo- men. Our fellows in the front trench were so close to the enemy’s trenches that they could hear them talking. Outside and In front of our trench were about twenty dead French and German_soldiers. T had the unpleas- ant mishap to fall over a dead French soldier the night I left the trench with our officer. It is impossible, and a needless risk of life, to bring in & dead comrade. The dead lie whers they fall. Turkey’s navy contains only dreadnoughts. Chi;dren éry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA four EVERYTHING states that he has met three cases of this in his own experlence. The men recolved no flesh wounds at all, but because of their loss of senses they could not distinguish by taste between sugar, quinine, acid and salt, which felt alike to the tongue. “These cases appear to constitute a definite class_among shell shock. ef. fects” says Dr. Myers. “The shells in guestion appear to have burst with cousiderable noise, scattering much dust, but this was ol accompanied by the production of pdor. It i, therefore, difficult to understand why hearing should be unaffected and the ill results confined to the senses of ELECTRICAL 'Did YOU Notice Our Special Wiring Proposition? For a Few Weeks More We Can Hold This Offer Open ASK US QUESTIONS THENORWICH ELECTRIC CO. 42 Franklin Street Sunlight ‘Building