Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETI THURSDAY: MARCH 2! é?m wich §ulletm and @oufied 119 YEARS OLD Bubscription price 13¢ @ week; 56c & month; $6.00 a year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwioh, Conn., second-class matter. Telellv-! (‘nl‘l;; Bulietin Business Office itorial Rooms 385-3. . Bulietin Sifforia) Roomy M, o Willimantlec Office, Room 2 Murray Buflding. Telephone 210. Norwich, Thursdag, March 25, 1915, ._....-.-.m........mm, The Circulation of The Builetin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of th 4,053 houses in Norwich, 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 consid~ 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 tewn an- on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connectizut. CIRCULATION 1901, average 1905, average cecoscow. 4412 5,920 9,167 FEDERAL DRUG LAW. The federal drug law which has re- cently gone into operation didn't come any too soon, and from the effects which it is producing throughout the country it is apparently accomplishing Just whdat was desired. Designed to put a check upon the Indiscriminate sale of narcotic drugs there are few citles which cannot show results al- ready. Terrible are the revelations ‘which have already been made con- cerning the unreleasable grip which such drugs have gotten upon men and women of all ages throughout the country, for not only have the brakes been put upon the sale of such harm- ful and demoralizing stimulants, but ‘there has been disclosed the pitiable wictims of the detrimental practice. The disappearance of such stocks of dope as the users had laid in displays the alarming degres to which people have become slaves of the habit. In many citles special wards have been set aside by hospitals for the treat- ment of the drug victims. Many had ecquired the habit unknowingly through having been furnished dan- gerous drugs under names which gave mo inkling of the ingredients, and hav- ing continued their use until it was impossible to stop. The result is that a great number ©of drug users are welcoming the op- portunity which will permit them to get away from its clutches. It re- quires proper treatment but it is one ©f the best things which could have befallen the small army of drug users throughout the country. Inability to get the stuff is not only going to result in the release of those already en- meshed, but it will be the means of preventing others from getting into the maelstrom, March 20 H THE ODENWALD CASE. The interning of a vessel in the port ©of & neutral nation places a respon- sibility upon that country for such property throughout the war. That is to be recognized both by the coun- try to which the vessel belongs as well as the country twhich insures the pro- tection. Just what the Odenwald proposed to do if it was able to get away from San Juan harbor has not been defi- nitely revealed, but from the char- acter of the steamer it can only be interpreted as a desperate attempt to get to sea either for the carrying of provisions to the last remaining of the German rovers or else it was hoped to be able to fit out as a war vessel to prey upon belligerent shipping. The circumstances were sufficiently sus- picious to warrant the denial of the clearance papers w! the effort to leave in spite of the disrespect to the legal requirements and the neutral po- sitlon of this country indicates the desperate character of the mission. When it is disclosed that the escape of the Odenwald and its later appear- ance as a cruiser would have made this eountry responsible for any dam- age which it might have done, the same as happened to England after the Alabama received protection and assistance from a British shipyard and engaged in its depredations, there re- mains nothing for this country to do but to take steps which will insure proper respect and protection. And had its purpose been only to give help 0 a belligerent warship it is equally important that our neutrality stand £hould be upheld. £ RIFLE CLUBS IN SCHOOLS, For some time the wisdom of cre- @ting & greater interest in rifie prac- tice has been felt and it has been get- ting much encouragement through a mibvement back of which the govern- ment stands whereby rifles and ammu- nition are furnished to rifle clubs which are organized under stated con- ditions. It has secured quite a gen- erous response throughout the coun- try in recognition of the value which 1 thus to be obtained in the develop- ment both of a sport and a knowledge of how to handle a rifle. The encouragement extended for in- kreased interest in this direction has Fesulted in the organization of rifle «clubs not only among the men, but in high schools and colleges, there be- ing according to the last statistics presses the hope that there till event- ually be 100 such organizations in thet state. ' It can be readily understood that such clubs furnish admirable recruit- ing ground for the state militia, and whatever advance training is obtained in the handling of the rifle makes so much more valuable national guards- men. At the same time such school organizations must be conduoted un- der the strictest care and supervision. It is impossible to overlook the dan- Zer connected therewith unless the character of the organization is thor- oughly understood and appreciated each and every member. It is a club ‘where carelessness must be tabooed and excellent results are even attain- able on that score. The best discipline must be required. ATTACKING BIRD LAW. From the manner in which the Weeks-McLean migratory bird law was opposed In its course through congress from the south and west it was only to be expected that it might experience plenty of legal opposition when it came to be put into operation, so that it is not surprising that Kan sas has raised a protest over its con- stitutionality. By the decision of a federal judge in that state such a con- tention is upheld, it being considered a violation of state rights to so pro- tect bird life. This will not of course be allowed to rest as a final decision. There are too many in sympathy with the pro- visions of the federal law and who realize the necessity of such protec- tion if the wild birds are going to be preserved, to rest content under such a finding. It will be necessary for the United States supreme court to sive its opinion before the claim of unconstitutionality will be accepted. As is pointed out by the Massachu- setts state ornithologist, the serious- ness of the situation les in the fact that if two-thirds of all our states should be united in a pollcy of bird protection, and only two or three states kept their seasons wide open, they could work the total destruction of the very birds which all the other ates were trying to protect. From the large amount of territory covered by migratory birds there is the necessity of uniformity in the pro- tection necessary for thelr preserva- tion and such Mes in the enforcement through a federal law. POSITION OF HOLLAND. Generous has been the sympathy ex- tended to Belgium, Servia and Poland for the terrible effects of the war. They have been devastated by armies and crushed by the conditions and disease which have followed. Though not trampled by armies of invaders or damaged by the accom- paniment of actual warfare Holland is none the less suffering hardships which could be made worse only through actual participation in the conflict. Almost from the opening of the war has it considered it necessary to keep its army prepared asainst eventualities. It has experienced a tre- mendous falling off in its Industrial operations while its commerce has been seriously handicapped. It stands between two fires in the new policies of reprisal which the belligerents have adopted. It is but natural, therefore, that it should seek an explanation from Ger- many concerning the seizure of two of its vessels which were bound to Eng- land with food. The seizure of the cargoes might be justifiable, but the disposal of the vessels before a prize court displays no more respect to neu- tral Holland than did the sinking of the Frye in the South Atlantic to fhis country. All of Holland’s troubles are not caused by Germany, however, for the contraband list of one belligerent is as demoralizing to its products as that of the other. The result is the paralysis and stagnation of Holland’s ‘business life. The unfortunate position of this ordinarily busy little nation cannot go unnoticed, but it makes very little difference to the countries at war. EDITORIAL NOTES, Every little bit of rain, snow and sunshine advances the opening of the dandelion season. ‘What wouldn't Turkey give for a fleet of active submarines to augment their floating mines? The man on the corner says: Lotd of people overstep iIn trying to put their best foot forward. but those which come too early usually encounter the most trouble. Lucky is the summer resort which isn’t visited by a disastrous fire during this perfod of repairs and preparation. Tt makes little difference what sea- son of the year it is, if there is a re- vival of business the most should be made of it, Every householder can appreciate the approach of the time when it means a reduction in the coat of feed- ing the furnace. A native of Switzerland 1s making a tour of the world barefooted. What a howl he would put up if any such hardship was actually necessary. Mexico pronfises e big battle between Villa and Carranza forces, but it should know that it is almost useless to try to compete against Europe. Norwich has proved to its own sat- isfaction where it stands on the ques- tion of divislon. Now let it do like wise to the legislative committee. That centenarian who includes “never ride in an auto” in his advice as to how to live to be a hundrea probably didn’t have a farm te mort- gage. Fox trotting may be declared an ex- cellent remedy for insanity, but there are not very many who will admit such to be the real reason for its pop- ularity. The shooting down in cold blood of the chief of police and a detective at Blmira, N. Y. ought to put a quick damper on any talk in that state of abolishing capital punishment, The only surprise in connection with the recess appointment of ex-Congress- man Mahan to the postmastership of New London is that it came so quick after the adjournment of congress, In bringing in the Piutes General Scott has accomplished what it was 2771 college clubs of this kind and 4883 high school organizations. Fol- lowing the organization of a new high w MRS i Mabaashysetis the believed was an impossibility. The suggestion that he be sent to the bel- ligerents. in behelf of peace is not a bad one, Straws may point to early peacs, |st; WHAT FRIGHTENED HER “It's a mouse!” Frantically she shook her sleeping husband, who spang up with the wav- ering roar of the suddenly wakened, “Wh-what 1s it?" “Hush!” commanded his wife. “Youwll scare it away! it's a mouse— hear it?” “For the love of Mike!" he mutter- ed disgustedly. “I thought it was a burglar or two! Well, if it is a mouse. don’t want it scared away? I don’t hear any mouse!” “That's because you're making such a_racket {talking!” she said tartly “Of course I don't want it scared—] want to catch it!” “There is no trap nearer than a mile and a half down in the basement,” pro- tested her husband. “Go to sleep!” ‘And have a mouse Tunning across my face?” ehe shrieked. “It can't be a mouse,” he protested, now thoroughly awake. “Because this house was recommended as burglar and mouse proof by the agent. Any sensible mouse would know it was wasting time up here, anyhow_ unless it yearns to dine on silver button- hooks and clothes brushes!” “It’s after the birdseed!” insisted his wife, “The bird hangs right in that window, you know, and the seeds fall on the floor! If I wasn't so afraid of ‘em I'd say it showed wonderful in- telligence—a-a-aah!” Describing a double arc she shot out onto the floor and whirled around madly. Appalled, her husband sat up and stared at her after snapping on the light. “It b-b-bit me!” she wailed. it Tun right across my foot—" In half a bound he joined her. Cau- tionsly he threw back the covers dis- closing no mouse. He laughed with suspicious uproariousness. “Your imagination!” he taunted. “You were just as scared as I was!” insisted his wife. “Anyhow, it might very easily crawl up the side of the bed. If you don’t catch that mouse T'll die, Ferdinand!” Muttering things about a woman's nerves he shrugged into bathrobe and slippers and made the tour to the basement, finally dislodging the mouse trap. “There!” he gasped, arriving up- stairs. “Now go to bed, for heaven's sake, and go to sleep—for here’s the trap! There isn't any mouse, but I got it to humor you! "I haven't heard the slightest sound of a mouse!” “There was, too, a mouse!” she in- sisted with her last breath before fall- ing asleep. She shook him violently in the morning to waken him, indignantly waving in his face the mouse trap he had brought up a few hours before. “Cheat!" she stormed. “You put the trap down, but you didn’t bait it! And 1 might have had mice running all over my bed, thanks to you—and I slept right through it!” “Then what's the difference ” he yawned. “Gee! One would think a mouse was a maneating tiger the way vou act! Besides, 1 didn’t hear any mouse” “That mouse is going to be camght tonight!” she insisted fifteen hours later. “Here is the cheese. Now you fix that trap and fix it right! You promised to protect me when you mar- ried me, and I'd like to see you do it! “I tell you there wasn't any mouse!” he muttered as he set the trap. “This humoring a woman has its limits! You get an idea in your head and no power on_earth—o-oh, Lordy!™ He had walked into the forgotten trap and it went off with a bang like a gun. Slightly pale he recovered and adjusted it. “This is nonsens he said shortly. “I felt “See!” she cried the next morning. “I lay awake most of the night and I was sure I heard it—and it's eaten all the cheese, but didn't get caughtl Which proves that there is a mouse! THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Socioty Belgium—Out of 11,370 square miles of territory occupied by Belgium be- fore the present war, less than 300 square miles thereof is still hela by the Belgians and their Allies; and the normal population of the part of the country ‘still held by the Belgians is only 100,000, while the peace popula- tion of the whole country was more than 7,000,000.” All of Belgium's cities, her com- merce, industry and resources of mine and timber lands now lie behind the German lines, which sweep from Westende, on the North Sea, to Basle, where the Rhine leaves Switzerland for Germany. Independent Belgium today is a thin of land wedged into the French departmient of Pas-de-Calais. This ares i3 the sand-dune infertile, low-1y- ing, sparsely populated part of Bel- glum. Antwerp, Brussels, Liege, Ghent, Charleroi, Louvain, Namur, Os- tend, Malines and some score of other important oities of the low country are under German domination. In that strip of tarritory which the Allies de- fend thero is not a single city with 000 population, and there are but ten small towns in all the section. The coal flelds of Liege, Mons and Crarleroi, with their annual outputs in normal times of 22,000,000 tons a year, are in the hands of the invaders. The great steel and iron works of Liego and ‘Charleroi are lost. When, in the years before the war, one pass- ed through the busy city of Liege on the Paris-Berlin express at night, he saw thousands of splashes of fire- glow in the fleeting shadows, where *| the restless furnaces of foundries trad- ing with every country labored. The American traveler who watched these fires gleam by, recalled to mind a strip of raflroad eastward out of Cleveland, where factory and foundry line the way for miles. The iron, zinc, lead and manganese mines of Belgium lie behind its en- emy’s lines. Its rich quarries of mar- ble, granite and slate are in its north- ern and eastern provinces, Here also, are, its forests and its more important manufactures. ‘These sections have been In the hands of the invaders from the early days of the war. Ghent is the capital of the Belgium textile In- dustry which occuples many of the cities and towns of Flanders, where woolen and cotton stuffs and lace genres are made, but the looms all lie behind the German front, So, too, is all of Belgium's agricultural country lost; and a sand-drift and stretches where dairy farming was carried on in peace times are all that now re- mains under the shadow of Belgium'’s battle standards. Belgium stood sixth among the na- tions of the world in relative value of her commerce before the war broke out. Today this commerce has been completely crushed; no free ports re main, and there is not even a customs port on all her borders where goods pass through save those ports alone upon the French and German bord- ers where war munitions and supplies for contending semies s pouring in. Belgium’s o is no more; her min- !nfi is no more; her cities are foreign her_schools, her four universi- ties at Ghent, Liege, Brussels, and Louvain are no more; her capital is lost; her farms are gone — Belgium, herself, ls-almost non-existent as a ! concrete thing.” I shall bait it myself tonight—you are too careless!’ “I'm sick of mice!” he growled. “All I want is to sleep peacefully and be let alone! You're crazy on the sub- Ject! I won't touch your old trap!™ Painstakingly she baited the trap herself that night and from the utter blackness of dreamless sleep she shook him awake. “It went off!” she gasped. “Ive got it! I've got the mouse! Snapping on the light she darted at the window and presently triumphant- ly held before him the trap with its prey—the tiniest deadest, little mouse imaginable. “There—now, will you be- lieve me?” He opened one eve and blinked it disbelievingly. “Huh!" he gurgled, “Bgtcha bought it off some boy and stifck it in there just to gef the best of me” And was asleep again. “I—T'd like to throw it right atyou!" sald his wife to the atmosphere. fercy! How I hate men sometimes!" —Chicago News. | Stories of the War Optimistic German Correspondent. “I have come back from the front as a convinced optimist, even if there are some things which I cannot explain,” writes a correspondent of the Frank- furter Zeitung who has recently been making a round of the German trench- es in Belgium and Northern France. He was particularly impressed with the work which the German authorities have accomplished in the occupled dis- tricts of both Belgium and France, where, he says, every conceivable pro- vision' has been made for the time “when dur powerful army shall break over the borders into the interior of France.” All the railways and roads, he observes, have been brought to the highest efficiency for that objective. He continues: “The pause has been used to the ut- most advantage. The north of France and Belgium have been transformed into a German border province, whose granaries. ammunition depots and bases for the provision of war supplies are overflowing and ready, at a sign, to send thousands of tons fo the front, while the hospitals and transports for the wounded are marvellously organ- ized. All the warlike preparations in the west have been placed on a new and extraordinarily strong footing. “In_many respects these prepara- tions surpass even our German mobil- ization. Here in the depots you feel how this preparation for war has been thought out in the most concentrated way. An unprecedented energy is de- voted to it. While greater and greater masses of men are being hurled against our wall outside—with only a wave now and then breaking over the dam, while our trenches are sending the storming parties home again with bloody cost, all the time our inner fortress is being more heavily armed until the signal for a new offensive can be given. Kitchener's millions and the new French army have never alarmed us, althoush we must not un- derestimate them. But it is one of our characteristics to look only to the front and to belleve only in the ex- istence of what we can clearly per- celve. “Before T went to the front, all accounts and stories of the war -left me unconvinced. Even when I passed through the trenches in front of Rheims, where the front of the towers of the Cathedral still stand out al- most uninjured; when I walked over the héights which dominate Arras, that Junction of important railways and roads; when I heard the thunder of the cannon by Ypres, where the trenches are driven right up to the town, I had a lively desire to criticise, Why had we not held on to these towns? We were once in them! Why had we not closed the gap between our right wing and the North Sea in the days when Antwerp was being taken, so that Calais and Dunkirk might now be in our possession. What has happened in the woods of the Argonne and on the Marne? “When I began to talk about my doubts and to complain, and began to Qquestion this person and that, in order to gain information to convince the Philistines at home, they simply put 2 map in my hands, which was marked with a blue pencil round the broad plain by Rheims. “I was then invited to regard with my own eves our excellent disposi- tions on the plateau which overlooks the Aisne. I was shown the crest of the hill in front of Arras on which our front leans, the Kemmelberg, the center of our enemy’s position in Flan- ders, the high road in the: west in front of Ypres, behing the protection of which the besieged city is hidden. The whole position was carefully ox- plained, and I was invited to say Whether I could devise any better dis- positions which could render our front more secure and more favorable, in view of the whole line of battle in the west and the east, “Even this much knowledge was worth a visit to the front.” Covered Retreat of Belgians. An English cavalry officer under date of March 6 writes: “We cant get our minds off the war, ‘which seems like a lifetime instead of only eight months. Sometimes we try to change the subject, but it's got too strong hold of us we relapse into the jargon of shooting and shelling, We try to see the comic side of it-and there are many funny incidents. One night we were being badly shelled with ‘Black Marias,’ our postman and his two clerks were cooking some food in a farmhouse. A shell struck the house and the postmen shot out like rockets. Half an hour later my gen- eral’s chauffeur came to me and said: T have had a bit of luck; I found some food ready cooked!” Thls ‘was the postmen’s dinner, for which they had no,_appetite. “The. French are fighting Jolly ‘well; Are You Giving Your Body A Square Deal w ‘Read FOR DANDRUFF, FALLING HAIR OR ITGHY SCALP--25 GENT DANDERINE GIRLS! GIRLS! SAVE YOUR HAIR! MAKE IT GROW LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL. heir, that is radiant soft- try If you caro for heavy glistens with beauty and with life; has an incomparable ness and is fluffy and lustrous, Danderine. Just one application doubles tho beauty of your hair, besides it imme- diately dissolves every particle of dandruff; you can not have nice, heayy, heaithy hair if you have dan- druff. This destructive scurf robs the hair of its lustre, its strensth and its very life, and if not overcome it pro- duces a feverishness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish, loos- en and die; then the halr falls out fast. If your hair_has been neglected and hin, faded, dry_ scraggy or 100 Zet a 25 cent bottle of Knowl- at any drug store or toilet counter; apply a little as direct- ed and ten minutes after you will say this was the best investment you ever made. We sincerely belleve, everything else advertised, desire soft, lustrous, beautiful hair and lots of it—no dandruff—no itch- ing scalp and no more failllng hair — you must use Knowlton's Danderine. if eventually—why not now? regardless of that if you acknowledge the them, especially Mons' and at the they are the first to help we are giving during the retreat at battle of Ypres; the latter was the worst slaughter we have been through, The Germans are brave to a_ degree, but they can't stand cold steel. Time after time they got as far as the trenches, when they seemed to clutch it and give in. They admitted losing 37,000 out of 70,000, which shows that they meant at all costs to break us. Our regiments were decimated, but we won the day, and have got a moral superiority over them which is half the battle. It was good to see resi- ments coming out of action about seventy strong, out of 1000, marching with their heads up. “We are goine fo win sooner or later, but it seems a sad waste of lifo fighting_such a lawless horde of sav- ages. There is no trick they have rot played on us in contravention of every law of civilization and yet we con- tinue as though we were fighting gen- tlemen. They come up to our trenches and pretend to surrender and when we go out to meet them shoc our men down. They carry Red Cros: bands in their pockets to Slip on their arms when the occasion suits them. They dress in khaki and shout, ‘Don’t shoot; we are English’ All' these things show how they conduct war on land. At sea you know as much as I do about their ideas of ‘playing the game. A good many American papers are against us because of the blockade we have started, but I think if they realized what a struggle this is for us or if they were conducting this war and had to contend with uncivilized enemies, they might help instead of criticising. No neutral has yet made any representation to Germany for vio- lating Belgium, but as soon as we be- gin to put the screw on, everybody up Inearms against the Allies. We want to end the war as soon as poss' ble and the sooner Germany realizes we men to fight to a finish, the better it will be for her. Before the war, I had a good many German friends, and have been a good deal in Germany, but since they have shown themselves in their true colors I dislike them in- tensely. “My division landed at Ostend with the idea of relieving Antwerp, but we got there too late and could only cover the retreat of the Belgians. That was a sight. We met the remnants of the Belgian army coming away. I spoke to a battery commander, but he was so_done up he could hardly speak. I asked him where he was going. He said, ‘I don’t know or care. I haven't slept for five days and I only want to get away from the sound of guns.’ He spoke very good English, but it was no use talking to him, he was quite incoherent. The roads were thick with refugees, men, women, children, all ages, pushing ‘pranes’ some women in tatters, some in evening dress, no hats, but jewels around their necks . ., this went on day and night, a Seething, pushing, hurrying mass, flee- ing from the guns and their homes, which were to be so soon, burnt to the ground. What these people will do after the war is a problem. They have nothing to go back to, their property is destroyed, stocy gone, farms burnt to_the ground, families wiped out. “All my horses, except three which I have with me here, were bought by the government at the beginning of the war, and_whenever I pass horses on the road I try to recognize one of mine, but they have all got long coats, which makes a lot of difference, and amongst the thousands of horses here it is not likely I shall meet any of mine. The cavalry are used in the trenches now, until we begin the ad- vance, which' we are all impatiently waiting for.’ Frightful Conditions in Serbia “Just as it took fire to stop the great plague in London, so fires are needed to clear Serbia of typhus. Infected houses and the clothing of the people must be burned, as the disease is car- rieq by vermin, which is omnipresent,” declares Sir Thomas Lipton in a state- ment to the Associated Press, in which he presented the appalling conditions in Serbla, where he spent a consider- able time in personal Investigations. “I met on the country roads the sicl, too weak to crawl to a hospital; bullock carts were gathering them up. Often a woman and children were leading bullocks, the husband and father in the cart raving with fover. | Scarcely enoush people remain un- | stricken to dig graves for the dead, which lle exposed in the cemeteries. “The situation is entirely beyond the control of the present force, which im- peratively needs all the help it can get, tents, hospitals, doctors, nurses, modern appliances and clothing to re- place the garments full of typhus-bear- ing vermin.” 3 Describing the hospital at Ghevaheli, where occurred the death of Dr. James F. Donnelly of the American Red | Cross, whom Sir Thomas calls one of the greatest heroes of the war, he sald: “The place is a village in a barren, uncultivated country, the hospital an old tobacco factory, formerly belong- ing to Abdul Hamid. In it were crowd- ed fourteen hundred persons, without blankels or mattresses, or even straw —men lying in the clothes in which they had lived in the trenches for months, swarming with vermin.All diseases—typhus, typhoid, dysentery and smallpox—were herded together. In such a state Dr. Donnelly found the hospital where he had a force of six American doctors, twelve American nurses and three Serbian doctors. “When I visited the hospital three American doctors, the three Serbian doctors and nine of the nurses were themselves sick. “The patients were waited on by Austrian prisoners. The fumes of the reeking wounds and fever were un- bearable. windows being opened and Dr. Don- nelly was forced to break the panes. he first thing Dr. Donnelly did on his arrival was to test the water, wkich he found infected. He then im- provised boilers of oil drums, in which to boil water for use. ‘The boilers saved five hundred lives; sald Dr. Donnelly. He also built ovens in which to bake the clothes of the patients, but he was not provided with proper sterilizing apparatus. No Dbraver people exist than the Serbians; they have never a word of complaint. In one ward I saw a fever potient, his magnificent voice boom- ing songs to cheer his comrades. Some were in a delirium, calling for ‘mother. “One source of infection is the army blackbread, which is the only ration of the troops. The patients in the hos- pital receive daily a loaf, which they put in their bed or under the pillo Later the unused loaves are bought by pedlers and are resold, spreading dis ease among the people, who are medi- aeval as far as sanitation 1is con- cerned. A Serbian soldier is given a but otherwise looks after him- his rations are coarse bread. he street cleaning and hospital waiting are done by Austrians, who are rapidly thinming from typhus and other diseases. The best hospital in the Balkans is at Belgrade, under the Dr. Edward Ryan of the American contingent, where there are 2900 pa- tients. Dr. Ryan kept the hospital neutra] during the Austrian occupa- tion and accomplished wonders diplo- matically at that time. He is wor- shipped by the people. “Dr. Ryan says that the greatest labor is keeping the hospital free from vermin. The typhus affects men the most severely. Women come next, and children for the most part recover. The symptoms in the present epidemic begin like those of grip. The disease lasts fifteen days, with fever and de- lirfum.’ OTHER VIEW POINTS Tnnumerable cases of influenza in Providence within the last few weeks are no doubt easily traceable to the unusual dryness of the eity streets, due to lack of snow and rain, which with prevailing strong winds causes dust and dirt to be blown in the faces AINTS Everything in Agents for Heath & Milligan and Wadsworth & Howland’s Inside and Outside Prepared Paints Sole agents for KYANIZE Floor and Furniture Varnish and the Paint Line The patients objected to the | NEW SHOW TODAY ALL BIG FEATURES MAT. 2:15—EVE. 7 and 8:45 WE&TWORTH VESTA and TEDDY Clever Eccentric Comedians and Their Acrobatic Dog GILSON and DE MOTT T GRACE_ALISON Comedy Singing and Talkin Duo Character Change Artist PERPURENT THE STRAIGHT ROAD MARIE DRESSLER . COMING NEXT WEEK | S ni= CHARTIE I Today AUDITORIU TONIGHT AT 830 Grand Tango Contest ALL LOCAL CONTESTANTS. $5.00 PRIZE THE TANCO TEA Yusica- FARCE COMEDY. Presented by LEW ORTH CO. EXPLOITS OF ELAINE A3Siee™ PICTURES With Giadys Hanson and All_Star Cast “Tillie's Punctured Romance” 6 Reel Keystone Shows 2:30, 7 and 8:45 Mat. 10¢c; Eve. 10 and 20c NINTH EPISODE Colonial Theatre 2,000 Ft.—SURGEON WARREN’S WARD—2,000 Ft. ROBERT THORNE FORECLOSES THE UNDYING FIRE THE FALL OF THE SYNDICATE LOVE .. . Comedy Tomorrow—Vivian Martin in “The Wishing Ring thing at this particular time in the unpleasantness might have |history of the state. And we need to been avoided by sprinkling of the|have the problem challenged in a wuy streets. It is well that the Commis-|that will not call for an enfire ne sloner of Public Works has set a large |dcal at the next session of the as number of men to work thus early at|sembly.—Ansonia Sentinel. cleaning_the streets. They need it badly—Providence Bullef A good permanent highway, of the right type, properly constructed, is far cheaper in_ thy long run_than almost any other kind of a road. Its main- tenance is practically nil; and as for efficiency, there is no comparison, for the good road is open and serviceable al] the year around while the bad road is impassable most of the winter and a large part of the autumn and spring. Good roads pay in dollars and cents, and aside from that, should be a mat ter of local pride—Brideport Tele- gram. of the comr general unity. Much ill-health and Connecticut streams of any size be come so contaminated they are more nearly open sewers than anything else. Everybody agrees the existing condi- tions should be cianged, but the dif- ferences arise as to methods. How is it to be done? It is easy to say sew- ago must not be turned into streams nor must they be used for taking away factory waste. That would clear up the waters undoubtedly. Also it would cost a big sum of money. Prob- ably some way can be found to make a beginning that will eventually give the results desired If that beginning is ever to be made now is the time— Bristol Press. The sooner members of the gen- eral assembly and the senate take off their coats and buckle down to the task of solving the financial problem facing the state the better their con- stituents will be pleased. Minor mat- ters can very well be placed on the shelf until this vital matter has been thoroughly considered and the best remedy found for it. We need a read- justment of state expenditure and state Trevenue more than we do any other one In epite of the vast sums that the state of Connecticut now spends in various ways for helping the poor, the sick, the criminal, the weak- minded, there are still pressing de- mands which will be constantly In- creasing until we work more and more directly at the origin of trouble and try to prevent it rather than to cure ‘Waterbury American. Business Center ot Norwich ‘FORMAL OPENING DISPLAY Floor Coverings and Draperies We are now making our Annual Spring Exhibit of the latest ideas in the Floor Coverings and Draperies which should be used in making “the home beautiful.” In style, quality and wide variety we feel that we are fully equipped to offer the greatest assistance in the coming “renovation of your home. BUY YOUR RUGS, CURTAINS, LINOLEUMS, * PORTIERES, WINDOW SHADES, ETC., NOW —IT’S TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. Sale of Notions and Mwmhng Needs (Shannon Building) Pins, Needles, Threads, Tapes, Buttons, Fasteners—all the articles which the woman who sews will need are now to be found in our Notion Department at prices which will save you money. Our annual Spring Sale is an “EVENT.” 3 Varnish Stains Wadsworth and Howland’s Floor and Deck Paints Sapolin Enamels and Varnish Stains Celolite High-grade Inside or Outside Permanent Pure White Enamel RUTLAND Crack Filler, Patching Plaster, Elastic Roof Cement, Stove Asbestos Stove Lining BRUSHES of all kinds and prices ROOFING SPECIAL 1-ply $1.25 with nails and cement, per roll, $1.00 2-ply $1.50 with nails and cement, per roll, $1.25 POULTRY NETTING, all kinds, prices low he Household BULLET!N BUILDING 74 FRANKLIN STREET Telephone 5314 25¢c SALE Enamel Ware and Household Necessities - Come in and see what twenty-five cents will buy. ltwtlllmylnyomofadolend\ou ing utensils of blue enamel with white good ity. Your twenty-fi you use every day, and you save money oneverprdmhoamt, mopc,urpetbect-l,eoolfiudnhu.omcle articles for a quarter, or assortments of ity articles for that price, YOU WILL BE INTERESTED—COME IN AND SEE