Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 26, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETI MARCH 26, 1915 Glorwich Bulletin and Qoufied 119 YEARS OLD Sobscription price 1Zc & week; 5o & montis; $6.00 n year. Entered at the Postofiice at Norwich. Conn., as second-class matter. Telepnome Call: Bulietin Business Office 480. Detin’ Kaitorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin B etin Job Ofice 35-2. Willimantle Office, Room 3% Murray Bullding. Telephone 210. The Circulation of The Builetin The Bulletin has the-largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and from three Yo four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of tho 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 all of these places It is consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut. has forty- e towns, one hundred and sixty-five postoffice districts, and sixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town 2~ on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connectizut. CIRCULATION 1801, averaze .... 1805, averace PROPI The members from New London county in the general assembly are to be commended for the stand which they have taken in county meeting in opposition to the effort which has been made to secure an increase in ‘the appropriations for the county law libraries. The three to ome voto against such a plan gives indication ©of a proper regard for the existing Sinancial condition of the county when considered in connection with the ex- isting tax rates in towns and the ‘finances of the state. Neither has {there been overlooked the featurs of {the measure which would make such jan increase an annual feature forever. {1t 1s an impartial judgment which has {been given by the county representa- tives and thers can be no question but jwhat they voice the sentiments of thelr \constituents. g The recommendation to ‘the judi- |clary committee that there be an ad- iverse report upon this proposition ishould carry great weight with that fbody and subsequently with the gen- jeral assembly. Expenses enough are going to be faced by those who must ipay the taxes without this contribu- ftion to the legal fraternity which it iwould appear is being pretty well taken care of in the provision and mainte- ;nmce of two handsome libraries for twhich the county is already paying and will continue to provide a thou- sand dollars a year. It is not recalled that any other profession or class gets |quite as much assistance from the \taxpayers of New London county. The {big majority of the members from this _county have taken the only justifiable *position upon this question and they |Will have the full appreciation of the ipeople they represent for the manner lin which they have analyzed the sit- |uation and placed the interests of the ‘county before self. ' RENDERING A GREAT SERVICE. Much has been said in criticism of Ahe manner in which the money which 1s controlled by the Rockefeller Foun- /dation has been made, and the in- ifluence which is exerts but it is im- ipossible, however other expenditures lare viewed, to belittle the great hu- ‘manitarian service which is being ren- Idered thereby to the innocent suffer- ‘ers in the European war. Generous contributions have been /made through that source alone for the irelief of the non-combatants of Bel- glum, which country has been so drightfully crushed under the heel of jthe war god, but no less important is ‘the campaign which it is to partici- pate in jointly with the American Red Cross soclety for the solving of the tremendous sani‘ary problem existing at the present time in Servia. As is always the case disease is proving as great, It not a greater ter- Tor to many sections taan the actual ‘warfare. Servia is one vast breeding place of disease. It presents a situa- tion with which the raedical authori- ties of that and adjoining countries are upable to cope and tihe death toll therefrom is bound to be as largs, it Dot larger, than the terrific slaughter on the battlefields. It is a time when a helping hand Is needed if there ever was one and the response which is being made by the] Rockefeller Foundation is bound to re- Bult In great benmefit to humanity. Thouzh its speclal cbject will be the Ehecking of the much dreaded typhus Pever the influence of the work can- ot but have its effects upon the gen- eral conditions existing thers whers Bisease holds full sway. To Servia it shouid prove a friend in the time of fire distress. s GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS. Though it is not indicated whence lhe troops are coming, the land- Ing of forces by the allies on the Gallipoll peninsula discloses lhe coming concerted action of army 2nd nevy egainst the Darda- nelles. It is & movo whict takes into . tonsideration the necessity of shutting " Y the resources of the fortifications which line the straits and thereby in- sreases the effectiveness of the cam- gn for the control of that impostant ty. . Evidence has been furnished of the jandicap under which the fleet has Jeen operating by being unable to fol- up on land the results which Lave 3 obtained by the big guns of the 5 3 navy. The Turks have besn frec to bring on new guns ard set up new batterles during the lulls in the oper- ations. They have only been required to give their attention to oze form of attack. Henceforth cven though they may have a large number of troops In that locality In realization of the of- fect which the isolation of the penin- sula would cause preparation for the double attack by the allies give strong- er evidence of the determination un- der which the campaign is being con- ducted, . Unless lana forces were brought into the operations in sufficient numbers to drive out or conquer the Turks fol- lowing the Teduction of the forts a constant menace would exist against the operations of the fleet. The cutting off of communication by land and thereby ending the possibility of re- inforcements and ammunition supplies is not a move which the allies have neglected. Its Importance has been fully recognized. What they lacked was the forces to spare for such oper- ations and these they have apparently secured, PROPOSED TOWN WOULD FACE LARGER TAXES. When it comes to seeking a division of the town of Norwich that a por- tion of it might bo conducted under a lower tax rate, it might be well to see what chances there are of such a thing being brought about. The grand list of the town upon Which the last town tax was pald totalled $17,535,315. The grang list of the city at the same time was $13,315,058, leaving the tax- able property outside the limits of the city valued at $4220,257. With that as a basis it is evident that the grama list of the proposed town would amount to $3,500,000 or more. ‘Without attempting to approximate the expenditures which would have to be met in the organization of a new town, the provision of the necessary buildings and the additional cost of conveniences through dependence upon their own resources, to say nothing of the regular town expenses, it might be well to look at the tax rates found necessary by towns with a grand list approximately the same as the pro- Posed new town. According to the last report of the state tax commissioner Plainfield, a town with a grand list of $3.616,686, laid a tax of 12 1-2 mills, Killingly with a grand list of $3,973,830 and Put- nam with a grand st of $3,662,195 each laid a 12 mill tax, in addition to which a borough tax of § 1-2 mills and a city tax of 11 1-2 mills, respec- tively, were laid. Watertown, with a grand list of $3,892,606, found & 13 1-2 mill tax necessary to make ends meet. Seymour with a grand list of $3,573,786 had a 12 1-2 mill tax and Glastonbury | with a grand list of $3,147,407 required a 15 mill tax. With a grand list of $4,001,408 the town of Branford had a tax of 18 mills, The average tax in those towns which would compare in taxable prop- erty with the proposed town amounts to over 13 1-2 mills and that for all the towns in the state is 14 1-3 mills es against the tax of 12 1-2 mills in Norwich during the same period. This furnishes first class evi- dence, taken as it is from actual ex- perience rather than theory, that there is nothing to be gained in the way of lowered taxation by seeking a di- vision of Norwich. Rather would it invite a larger tax. As a matter of fact no one bdelieves the fourth ang fifth districts should pay a city tax even under a plan of consolidation, and at present they are doing better than the average town in the state. EDITORIAL NOTES. It begins to look as if international law was a luxury restricted to times of peace, It is about time for someone to point out the advisability of adopting a form of government like Mexico's. The greatest surprise is that the news of the day isn't filled with the evil effects of the new civil service law. Russia has experienced some severe setbacks so that the ‘capture of Przemysl ought not to result in a swelled head, A8 ‘When the stock exchange shows a firmer tone there is usually something of a substantial nature behind it as well as optimism. General Scott says that the Indians are only children and the wily gen- eral knows that taffy counts more with children than threats. The man on the corner says: The arrival of spring can always be fixed by the manner in which the landlord suggests the need of new wall paper. It is the same with neutrality as with many other things. There are as many anxious to circumvent it as there are those offering defiance to law. Vermont has adopted its eugenic marriage law, but it isn't likely to amount to much as long as the sur- rounding states have no such require- ment. Those who refuse to buy the furnace any more coal after the bin is empty know right well that the refrigerator is going to require an early appropri- ation, From the way in which the armies of Europe are being mowed down there will be little to do, for that association which has been organized to limit their size. The practice of going to Europe to recuperate is mnot likely to get many followers this year. New York urder present conditions is a greater health rosort than Furope. When the British commander, Sir John French, declares that victory will come before long, the end should come soon after, as Lord Kitchener has said, the war really opens. g s I Henry Ford is going to make men out of those who are usually sent to a state prison, he should establish factories more accessible to the different sections of the country. The fall of Przemysl makes it evi- dent that Germany and Austria have more to contend with iIn the eastern arena than was anticipated. They would prefer to release their forces for western operations soon. The jitney craze is spreading over the country like an epidemic but with BULLETIN'S SPECIAL YALE LETTER Annual Inspection Trips of Seniors in Mechanical and Elec- trical Courses—Yale Week at Exposition—Dr. Born Go- ing to Michigan. New Haven, March 25.—The annual inspection trips of the seniors of the Sheflleld Scieniific school in the elec- trical and the mechanical engineering courses started this week and will ex- tend until the Easter recess, which will begin April 1st. The electrical engi- neers left New Haven Tuesday even- ing for New York. Remaining in New York Tuesday night, they proceeded to Pittsburg on Wednesday. Other places which the schedule includes are East Pittsburg, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, New York, Newark, Harrison and Brooklyn. The social features of the trip will be a luncheon at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and a dinner with the Westinghouse Yale club at the Fort Pitt hotel in Pittsburg. The party consists of 30 students and is under the_supervision of Professor Scott and R. P. Winton of the electrical depart- ment. This is the fourth annual in- spection trip of the seniors. and, the visits this year cover a wide range. Tre plants Visited include three phases in the practical application of electrici- ty; plants which manufacture elec- trical apparatus and steam turbines, plants where this apparatus is used to generate and distribute electricity, and plants, including a_battleship, where this electricity is put to practical purposes. The mechanical engineers left New Haven Wednesday morning for Hart- ford. They then continued their tour, which will consist of visits to plants in Springfield, Chicopee Falls, Worcester, Providence, New York and Philadel- phia. About 25 plants will be visited in all, and each visit is to count as a recitation. The social features of the trip will be a joint smoker with the senior mechanical engineers of Brown university in Providence and lunch- ecns at Hartford and New York as guests of the Travelers Insurance company and the New York Edison company. For the visits on next Mon dey in New York, the mechanical en- gineers and the electrical engineers will join forces. The mechanical en- gineering party is under the direction of Professor Roe and H. L. Seward Professor Breckenridge will join the party for several of the visits. The mechanical engineering trips were first started at Sheft 30 years ago, but were discontinued for a number of years. Since they were resumed in 1910 there has been a steady growth in interest ard numbers. In 1910 there were 29 students who entered the party, in 1912 there were 5, and thls year there are Acting in conjunction with the au- thorities of the Panama-Pacific inter- national exposition, the Yale Alumni association of Northern California has set aside the week beginning Monday, July 12, durlng the exposition, to be known as Yale week. Arrangements are being made to welcome the officers and the graduates of the university who have signified thelr desire to_visit the exposition during Yale week. Pres- ident Hadley will be in San Francisco at the meeting of the association of American colleges. One hundred and fifty rooms have been engaged by the association for the Yale men. Mayor Rice of New Haven is also plannins for a New Haven day at the exposi- tion, and it has been scheduled to come during Yale week. In reference to this plan, Mayor Rice has stated that the exhibition will contain a large number of displays both of local and widespread interest and that a pro- sramme of special events for the day is being considered. Coach Guy Nickalls of the crew coaching staff when asked as regards the conditions in England, replied that things are quite normal there. You would hardly think there was a war LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Consolidation or Division. Mr. Editor: It seems to me that the people who are anxious to divide, the town may be divided into two general classes: those who are enjoying city privileges without paying for them; they know they should be bearing their share and are afraid that they may at any time be required to do so; then there are those who do not directly share in city privileges but have been made to believe that an effort may any day be made to force them to pay for that which they do not receive. Both, I believe, by seeking to divide the town, are putting all of us at much unnecessary expense and retarding our natural development. Personally, I believe it would be a gain to all to consolidate town and city. We would have fewer salaries to pay. But taxes should be apportioned according to benefits recelved. Thus there should be three or more zones with varying tax rates. The great advantages of city life are water systems, gas and electric light, fire and police protection, sewerage and better streets. These all cost money but enhance the value of property and make life more worth living. The main streets between the city and Yantic and the village of Taftville are or are fast becoming lined with houses, and are needing and are going to need more and more as time passes these city privileges. They will find it cheaper to become part owners in the institutions which = have become established by the city than to estab- lish such for themselves. As a matter of fact, much of these privileges have been urged by and ex- tended to outsiders. Thus lights have been extended to the property of the Ponemah company towards Taftville and to Yantic on the west. Fifty-two street lights are established between the city.line and Yantic and ten lights between the city line and the.village of Taftville, and petitions for many oth- ers have been presented to town meet- ings. These sixty-two lights cost the town $992 per year. The people where | they are placed pay practically nothing/ of ‘this, the city paying over three- quarters of the tax, and the rest of the whole town the balance. Again, water mains have been ex- tended from the city line to the prop- erty of the Ponemah company in Taft- ville and from the city line to Avery’s at Bean Hill. This gives these people water and city rates of fire insurance. They should have fire protection and should expect to help pay for the sup- port of the city fire department. In the last ten years the city fire department has answered to fifty-three calls outside the city limits. Thirty- seven of these calls have been from the direction of Yantic, twice to the Glen Woolen mill, once each from Porters and Avery Brothers and a school building worth eight to ten thousand dollars in Norwich Town was saved. These very needs should be enough to show that the people of these dis- tricts should not separate from the town of Norwich, but seek to become more closely assoclated with the city of Norwich, which has established the institutions which they are needing more and more every day. Could the people of Yantic, Bean Hill and Norwich Town get these advan- tages from Taftville? This village cannot supply itself with these things evidence of some degree of perma- nency where other transportation ac- commodations are not up to require- ments. in quantity and quality and have re- fused them to outsiders. Yours for the commonwealth, ALBERT BOARDMAN. Norwich, March 25, 1915. going on. The rumors that one hears are greatly exaggerated. One sees more people on the streets than ordi- nary, and there are a great many of ficers in uniform seen in public places. There is a shortage of chauffeurs and stable boys, and the usual number of street loafers and beggars has quite diminished. We think the war has just begun. The realization of its enor- mousness is just beginning to be felt. How long it will last is hard to say. It may continue a year, and it may go on for 18 months; but about @ year from May they will begin to talk pea In reference to the army, in which Mr. Nickalls was a first lieutenant, he s: Lord Kitchener’s army Is recruited from the best stock of England. There are about 2,000 Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates in the army. These men are the best athletes and the bruiniest men of the two universities. Their physical fitness, combined with their ability, makes them excellent leaders. All athletics in the universi- ties have been suspended and the row- ing activities of the colleges, in which he was extremely interested, has been discontinued. Miss Mabel T. Boardman of the American Red Cross Relief association has received letters of thanks from M. de Voque, for the French Red 0SS society, and Cecil Spring-Rice, acting for Sir Edward Grey, representing the British government, concerning the automobile ambulances which were sent to the Red- Cross relief societies of the belligerent countries last month. These letters have been forwarded to the Yale Red Cross relief committee, and were made public last week. In the communication from Cecil Spring- Rice is tendered the warm apprecia- tion felt by the British government for the sympathy and consideration which prompted the action of the donors. M. de Vogue commends the care and prac- tical Intelligence with which the ar- rangements for the ambulances have been studied and executed. Also in that it every day appears more ap- parent to the entire world how inex- haustible is the charity of the Ameri- can nation. Dr. Frank J. Born, 98, who for nine Yyears has been the medical examiner of the Yale gymnasium and the Yale athletic association, has been elected to the position of dean of the normal school of physical education connected with the Battle Creen sanitarium, Michigan. He will leave here Aprit 1 to take up the work in his new pos tion. Dr. Born’s successor has not yet been chosen, but his work will be con- tinued during the spring by Dr. An- derson. Dr. Born was graduated from Yale in the academic class of 1898, In 1906 he returned to take up the posi- tion of medical examiner for the Yale athletic association. During his stay of nine years he has added sreatly to the efiiciency of the physical depart- ment of the university. Each year he has made out a prescription book for every member of the academic fresh- man class, and In addition he has measured all of the Sheff freshmen who have entered athletics. Last year a total of 1,078 men were measured, 390 of whom were freshmen and 502 were men_returning for a_remeasurement. Dr. Born in his work here at Yale has acquired such a high degree of effi- clency as to gain Pim a wide reputa- tion in the realm of physical educatjon. He has been uniformly courteous to those with whom he has been asso- ciated, and wil carry away with him the good will of all Yale men who have come under his influence. The question of national armament, which is at the present time causing considerable agitation throughout the country, was presented to the students of the university this week in its va- rious phases by two men competent to be authorities on the subject. On Mon- day evening Oswald Garrison Villard, editorial writer and owner of the New York Evening Post, presented the ar- guments against an increase of the United States army and navy. Mr, Villard was born in Germany, was ed- ucated in this country and graduated from Harvard in 1892. For the last 20 years he has been an _enthusiastic newspaperman and he ranks foremost among the students of current events. He offered four concrete propositions to take the place of the present mili- tary provisions against war: First, that there be in addition to the secre- tary of war a secretary of peace; that $25,000,000 be expended annually 1in peace negotiations with countries with ‘whom there may be friction; that those in _charge of the United States forelgn affairs be shown that war is the result of a failure in statesmanship; and that the power to declare war be trans- ferred from the heads of the govern- ment to the people. On Tuesday even- ing Hon, Augustus P. Gardner, mem- ber of congress from Massachusetts. addressed the university mass meeting on The Need of a Larger Army and Nevy for the United ~States. Mr. Gardner led the recent movement In congress for increased armament. He graduated from Harvard in 1886, has served three terms in congress, and was assistant adjutant general on the staff of General Wilson during the Spanish-American war. The argu- ments presénted by Mr. Gardner were highly convincing and were filled wits practical experiences of incidents com- ing to his attention during his term of office under General Wilson. Stories of the War ‘A German Victory. To a German baroness whose father is a diplomatic representative in a South American country an English lleutenant on the Glasgow wrote: “H. M. S, Glasgow, “November 14, 1914. “My Dear “You'll have seen by now of our action, which was a big victory; for you. Tl describe it, but can’t give you many details as, although I know you wouldn't tell anybody, still it might be a temptation. We sighted your fleet— THREATENING WEATHER Laugh at it. your Hub-Mark rubbers and go down guarantee the foot protection. Hub-Mark rubbers are perfection in service, and that means economy. Hub-Mark rubber footwear for men, women, boys and girls is made by the largest and best equipped factory in the world, and the Hub-Mark rubbers are jealous of their reputa- if you They cost no more than any standard first-quality rubbers. These rubbers are manufactured by the Boston Rub- tion. You will have no regret “Hub-Mark” to the storeman. . er Shoe Company, Malden, Mass. _THE HUB-MARK IS YOUR VALUE-MARK FOR SALE BY Put on your comfy storm coat and town. We makers of say Charbonneau & Andrews, M. J. Cummings, Branche Bros., The Peoples Store, Taftville, Dearnley & Clarke, Voluntown, Geo. W. Dart, Uncasville and Montville the advantage was on our side. The fight lasted 7morf:10 oadmn _ trtfa Otranto being sent out of it before it started. The Good Hope and Mon- mouth caught fire at once, and Wwe saw occasional fires in the Scharn- horst and Gneisenau, and we think we hurt the Leipzig, as she fell out of line and the Dresden took her place, “At 7.30 the Good Hope blew up, a terrible _sight, and the Gneisenau started firing at us. Thenk God, she never hit us. One of her shells would have sunk us. The two smaller ships were firing at us the whole time. It was a wonderful sight to see their shells pitching five yards on either side, and yet missing us. Your gun- nery was magnificent. and I should say ours was bad, although we never sew where a single one of our shells went. “At 8.20 we ceased firing and the poor old_Monmouth was down by the bows and unmanageable, almost. But our, ceptain decided it was no good staying with her, as we couldn’t help her, so we went full speed to get away and later we saw firing and knew she's gone. “It was a heavy sea, and I've never felt anything like it, going full speed into it, expecting to break in half every ‘minute. During the action I had no feelings to describe, except just a little excitement, but I felt rotten for two days after it, principally at the thought of all my pals being killed, several of whom had only just been married, and there wasn't one saved. Thank goodness there's no ais- grace attached to us, as we fought two ships; but some of your papers in Buenos Ayres had huge headlines about us showing the white feather, which I thought rather unnecessary. We've got to patch up a bit and then we'll be ready to have another go at them, though I wish the war, would hurry up and finish. I want a good dinner. We've done 25,000 miles since August 4. We get into Rio on the 16th, when T'1l post this. Here are two rather good stories. One is about the captain of one of your destroyers, who was picked up. His first words were: “That was a damned good_ fight” The other is of the captain of one of our mine layers, who was sitting in the wardroom of one of our ships, when he suddenly Jumped up, rushed on to_the bridge, and said to the officer: “You're going right over my mine field!’” He wasn' going to be blown up, and I don’t blame him, either. “Wish I could have sailed with you in your yawl. I shall, some day, if 'm alive. As a matter of fact, we'll be in the next action. I hope so anyway. I don’t see how I can help being killed, as we've no protection on board us at all. S, O. S. is the wireless call for heip. ‘Save Our Souls’ I believe it means. Please write soon.” HENRY WEST SUYDAM. Chasseur Captures Detachment. An Alpine Chasseur returning from sentry duty to his camp over the heights of Bonhomme during a blind- ing snowstorm, ran upon a party of German troops on skis who had lost their way. Taking advantage of this situation the chasseur called upon the detachment to surrender, shouting to them that they were surrounded and that it would be useless for them to resist. Not knowing where they were, and supposing they were in reality surrounded, it is said, 32 German skiers threw down their gun and fol- loweq the chasseur to samp. How He Got His Iron Cross. All prizes for brevity, and a few more besides for modesty, go to a Baden peasant who for some time has been with the forces in Flanders. His wife has just made public the follow- ing laconic letters from him. The first reads: “Dear Wife: I am still allve, and have received your bundle. If the boy is bad, spank him. Greetings, Adolph.” Shortly after came a secon “Dear Bertha: I am still allve, which surprises me very much. If the boy still is naughty, spank him again. Greetings, Adolph.” The third communication was in the form of a photograph of Adolph's troop, showing him decorated with the Iron Cross. No mention, however, was made of the medal, and the picture merely bore out on the reverse side this_brief note “Dear Bertha: I was wounded but am well again, and tomorrow I go at it again. If the boy is nausghty, box his ears. Greetings, Adolph.” Perplexed, the wife wrote her hus- band demanding to know how he had received the Iron Cross, and received the following" illuminating reply: “It was very simple about the Iron Cross. The major ordered me to stand still, and the sergeant-major pinned it on. Greetings, Adolph.” OTHER VIEW POINTS ! Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig and Dresden—about 5.30 p. m. and imme- diately fell back on the Good Hope. (Our fleet was Good Hope, Monmouth, Glasgow and Otranto, a merchant cruiser) When we met the Good Hope we formed in line ahead and steameq parallel to your ships, closing all the time. None of us for a mo- ment thought our ‘Admiral would en- gage such a superior force. The Gnelsenau_alone could have sunk our fleet Wwith her 8-inch guns. We thought he'd just hold on to your ships il deylight, when we'd have met a bat- tleship, ‘'which would have made a more equel fight, but when he altered in toward them, we knew we were in for a bad time. The sun was behind us and of course your ships couldn't see us till it set, and they altered away from us. But when it set, they could see us plainly, and we could hardly see them, and what was worse, we couldn’t see where our - shots were falling. “Your admiral must be a very strong man, because he took the chance of belng alble to sink us between sunset and dark, where a weaker man would have gone into action earlier, when Rain is badly needed, not only to replenish the brooks so that there may be some sport angling next month, but aleo to wet down-the roads, partic- ularly the unpaved city roads and dirt roads of the rural sections, which are badly chewed up by automobile traffic. —Waterbury Republican. A clean-up period for elimination frcm the daily routine of life of influ- ences that retard health is quite as ap- propriate to the season as the outdoor clean-up that is planned. Consistent refraining from over-indulgences of all kinds would doubtless accomplish greater results than almost any kind of spring tonic.—Bridgeport Standard. Twice in the last few days Bridge- port has had striking object lessons of the fact that railroad tracks are not the place for pedestrians. The prac- tice of using them as a promenade is altogether too dangerous to be tolerat.. ed.” In their efforts to keep trespassers off their right of way the railroad offi- cials deserve and should receive the hearty co-operation of the communities through which thelr lines run—Bridge- port Standard, Greenwich may have a minister- mayor. The mayor is the head of the police. What will happen should the Rev. Charles F. Taylor be elected mayor of our western neighbor? A reform has been going on in Green- wich for two years and Dr. Taylor ought be able to perfect the ideas. We will anxiously watch the results. If favorable, perhaps we could persuade one of our ministers to become our mayor.—Norwalk Hour. The fashion makers say that men's trousers are to be made with full pockets next season. It may be true but we wish to point out that the question of full pockets rests largely upon the determination of what the administration proposes to do to busi- ness during the period in question. Up to the present time it has been the sole democratic achievement to make men’s trousers with empty instead of full pockets.—Ansonia Sentinel. In other states. the open season for deer is followed immediately by a great number of casualties among the people who were mistaken for the ani- mal by hunters, or who happened to be in line with the flight of the bullets anq were shot by hunters who did not see. The Telegram certainly hopes that Connecticut will never be turned into an armed camp for these wild- eyed deer hunters, so that no country road nor woodland path will be safe— Bridgeport Telegrame. It it took the state of Wisconsin more than fifteen years to perfect its income tax law, no one should imagine that Connecticut legislative wisdom in one committtee or in the whole legis- lature can solve the problem of taxes for Connecticut in 1915. If one could have been present yesterday at Hart- ford, and could have heard the dozens of divergent opinions offered by men of high intelligence, one would realize the practical difficuities In the way of unravelling Connecticut’s Gordian knot. —New London Telegraph. In appointing E. J. Sturges of New Milford to the new and important po- sition of bank commissioner, Govern- or Holcomb has selected a well known benk cashier of the New Milford National bank, a gentleman with a wide acquaintance and an ample ex- perience of the banking business. As the governor has reappointed an occa- sional Democrat to office, it may not be amiss to mention that Mr. Sturges is a Republican and what's more, a Litchfield county Republican. The ‘Wwhole state knows that that means a real republican—FHartford Courant. The “fool who rocks the boat” isn't in it with the one who carelessly throws a lighted match or a clgarette or cigar down as he walks through the woods these days. The under- brush is dry as tinder, and it only takes a spark to start a blaze, which before it can be controlled may do thousands of dollars worth of dam- age. hat a pity it is that all of these “forest fire fools” can't be caught and punished. Every year great loss is caused by the careless act of persons throwing match or butt of cigar or cigarette into dry brush.— Rockville Journal. HoTEL LENOX LUXURY BOYLSTON ano EXETER STREETS BOSTON One block from Copley Sq. and Public Library. Convenient to Shopping and Theatre District. All Outside Rooms. Excellent Colonial Theatre A WISHING RING Featuring Vivian Martin In Five Parts A Shubert Feature | Matinee 10 cents — Children 5 cents — Evening 10 cents DAVISTH™ b 2 |3—SHOWS DAILY—3 ALL BIG FEATURES MAT. 2:156—EVE. 7 and 8:45 WENTWORTH, VESTA and TEDDY Clever Eccentric Comedians and Their Acrobatic Dog GILSON and DE_MOTT Comedy Singing and Talking Duo | PARAMOUNT FEATURE COMING NEXT WEEK THE STRAIGHT ROAD MARIE DRESSLER . CHARLIE CHAPLIN in and MABEL NORMAND and All GRACE_ALISON Character Change Artist With Gladys Hanson Star_Cast “Tillie’'s Punctured Romance” 6 Reel Keystone Fri. and Sat. AUDITORIU Shows 2:30, 7 and 8:45 Mat. 10c; Eve. 10 and 20c THE LEW ORTH MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY Presents ALADDIN OF BROADWAY SMUGGLER’S ISLAN Creating a New Idea in Musical Comedy Two Reel Drama THE ANIMATED WEEKLY Grace Cunard and Francis Ford Foot and Mouth Disease MILKMEN, ATTENTION! All rsons producing milk for sale in’the Gity of Norwich are hereby dirocted fo comply at once with the following regulations under penalty of having the sale of their milk stopped in this city: 1—The exchange, sale or buying of cattle or swineds forbidden by law, further notice. 2—A strict observance of the regulations concerning the driving or leading of cattle on the highways of quarantined i These quarantined areas consist of tha,&all«:wl“ng towns:: Bozrah, ontville, State. Franklin, Lisbon, Griswold, Greton, Ledyard, areas, as New published by the London, Norwich, North Stonington, Preston, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown and Waterford. 3—This office must be furnished with a_written signed statement within 48 hours, stati ng the number of head of cattle of all kinds on the farm at the present time, with a list of all such purchased or added within the last month, and from whom they were purchased or secured. 4 Milk dealers supplying milk to people forward to the milk inspector, Dr. D. farms or sources from wl not licensed for 1915 are liable to prosecution. D. J. SHAHAN, M. D., Milk Inspector, Norwich, Conn ch they get their milk supplies. in this city must, within 48 hours, J. Shahan, a comple(eAlil?l of all milkmen Yesterday’s Auto Accidents Remind you to talk AUTOMOBILE INSUR- ANCE with me. unexpectedly. feature of Auto Insurance. L. J. 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