Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 21, 1915, Page 4

Glorwich Bulletin and @Goufied 119 YEARS OLD Subseription price 13c & week) 500 u month; $6.00 a year. Entered at the Fostoffice at Norwloh. Conn., as second-class matter. Telepnome Onlln: SBulletin Business Ofice 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-8. Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willimantie Ofice, Room 3 Murray Telepho: —_— Norwich, Wednesday, April 21, 1915. —_— Butiding. 210, eesesesssssssescsscoacesescocees 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 the 4,063 hou 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 route: The Bulletin is sold in every town --° on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average ............ 4412 5,920 167 COSTLY REVISION. At a time when it is thoroughly convinced of the need of ecenomy and when efforts are being devoted to keeping down the expenses of the state ‘and mew methods of taxation are be- ing devised for the meeting of the necessary expenditures, the general as- sembly must recognize the need of giv- ing careful thought to the proposition of revising the statutes of Connecticut. It is a matter which it would appear might be classed with a number of others and deferred on the ground that mo harm would result from allowing 1t to lay over for future consideration. To revise ths statutes of the state and bring them together in one up-to- date volume it is proposed to name & committes of six and to expend $42,000 for the vork. It is a recognized fect that such work must be carefully &nd thoroughly done and that the ex- Penditure of money for any such pur- pose without such a result would not ‘only be a waste of time, but a waste of money, yet $:2,000 is a sum which cannot be plucked from every huckle- Berry bush and it would appear that the opportunity is here afforded for the curtalling of expenses. If on the other hand it is consid- ered advisable that the revision be made at this time before there is any larger accumulation of laws, isn't it ®°good time to apply the policy of, retrenchment to this revision as well ®s to some other business matters? It is mot too much to presume that Connecticut has men who have the mbility and the time who would be £lad to do the work for a much less sum, and such being the case, why mot cut out the waste? 1905, average . April 17 the requirements and compete with the vessels of other nations. The stipula- tions of the bill are such as to make it impossible to comply, as to wages and added luxuries, and show a profit. It places them on an unequal basls with the vessels under other flags engaged in the same kind of business and operating between the same ports, for it would be suicidal to expect that the shippers would be willing to meet a higher transportation cost simply because that line was providing bet- ter working conditions for its crew. It is a radical effort at regulation which exceeds all other attempts in this or other countries and the action of the Pacific company is only what can be anticipated from others. In- stead of building up a merchant ma- rine it is killing it. THE FRANK CASE. As far as relief from the United ‘States supreme court is concerned the decision of that body relative to the appeal in the Frank case makes it evi- dent that there can be none. It is a divided opinion, but with the majority against the petitioner in holding that he was not deprived of due process of law by the action taken in keeping him from the courtroom while the ver- dict was being announced, With characteristic persistency, how- ever, those who are making a fight for the saving of Franics life are not dis- couraged and while their only hope now lies in an appeal to the Georgla prison commission for a pardon or in clemency through action of the gov- ernor, those avenues will be exhausted Defore the effort is abandoned, The chance for a review of the case by the new governor of Georsia will also be afforded. The majority decision of the high- est court in the land exhausts court procedure, but it does not remove the chance to bring to bear all the influence possible, including the minority de- cislon of the supreme court in behalf of the accused on the ground of rea- sonable doubt. Thus far the action of the Georgla courts has been upheld and little weight is given to the claim of mob rule before the trial court, It is a case where greater effort has been made than in most cases for the pro- tectlon of the rights of the prisoner and If there is interference in his behalf by those who now alone have the power it will be solely on the grounds of preventing the possiility of an injustice being done and made NELSON W, ALDRICH. Thirty years’ experience as a mem- ber of the senate of the United States eannot be had without placing a man In especially close touch with the man- mer in which the affairs of a nation are conducted. Such was the record established by the late Nelson W. Aldrich, and such gave him a wonder- ful insight into the business of run- ning the government and permitted him to become an infuentiz! mem- ber of the upper house. He was one ©of the active members and as is the ease in most every uniertaking that metivity made it impossible for him fo satisfy everyono. It was his de- votion to what was termed the big in- terests which terminated his services Several years ago. He was not a weathercock, whica revolved with ev- ery breeze for the development of pop- wlarity and whila that resulted in the opposition which caused his retirement from political life, it did not detract from his contributions in the service of his country. "The constructive element of his work cannot be overlooked and thore can Be no question that he had a most im- portant Influence in the promotion and development of an improved currency system though a change in administra- tion prevented the enactment into leg- islation of the recommendations mgde under his name. It is a well known fact that many of the features of the Aldrich plan have been found worthy of being made law. It is not to be forgotten that Mr. Aldrich declared the government was being extravagantly conducted and that it was possible to save $100,000,000 & year. The wisdom of following this particular bit of advice not been fully appreciated, but it is not too much to presume that it may yet re- sult in the adoption of business meth- 9ds in the conduct of the government. A DETRIMENTAL ACT, ‘Bver since the seamen's act was by the last congress, as well as there has been pointed out the various effects that it can be expected to have. It has always been looked upon as having provisions which are inimical to shipping and the increase Bf the American flag on the high seas. It contains violations of treaty rights and was a measure passed to satisfy demands of the Seamen’s union. the opposition to the bill both and after it was passed. was apparent results something fears have been expressed by the Pacific Mail Steamship com- which has announced that it cancel all its sallings after the of November, two days before new bill goes into effect. It finds, ‘was anticipated, that it cannot meet irreparable if the death sentence is carried out. JUST AS EXPECTED. Even after an investigation by the commander of an American warship nothing has developed from the wild story about Japan establishing a naval base at Turtle bay on the coast of Lower California. It was as ground- less as it was anticipated to be. Japan is there for the sole purpose of sal- vaging or floating the stranded cruiser Asama and has no larger number en- gaged In such work than is reason- able. Just how Japan looks upon this at- tempt to spread a wrong story and create an incorrect impression of its operations is to be gained from the or- der that has been issued to all its vessels in the eastern part of the Pa- cific to return home except those which are needed in the work at Tur- tle bay. The investigation has shown Jjust ‘what it was believed Was the reason for the Japanese being at that point, but not without a lot of harmful publicity. The government has simply substan- tiated its inference and has not, of course, raised any feeling of un- friendliness with the Japanese, but it might with good results expend some effort in running to earth the source of such unsupported stories as those which wrongly accused a nation with which this country is at peace and on good terms. It was a reckless handling of a matter involving inter- national difficulties which can do no possible good and unless such “yellow stories” can be based upon actual facts they should be suppressed. Japan knows our attitude towards foreign invasion of this continent and it is respecting it, EDITORIAL NOTES. If Japan's actions in China are only as baseless as the Turtle bay tales everyone will be satisfied. If Billy Sunday accepts his call to Great Britain he will have to make his punch fit the locality. President ‘Wilson ought to know that there is little chance for a neutral zone at the D. A. R. congress. Interest in New York has for the time being shifted from Albany to Syracuse. Two bosses draw bettet than none. The man on the corner says: Start- ing the day with a laugh is all right, but the alarm clock always takes it too seriously. ‘Traffic regulation for baby carriages is proposed in New York, but they haven’t got to the point where the: need a license tag. p Carranza thinks that the defeat of Villa presages the end of the war, but that is what he also thought when Huerta was driven out, Admiral Fletcher has no desire to be the new naval chief of operations. Judging by the recent experlences of another, he has made a wise choice. Getting the sunken submarine F-4 to the surface is as much of en up- hill struggle as the institution of some other needed changes. ‘With the discovery that they carried contraband sealed cars crossing Switz- erland hereafter will uncover the fact that all customs inspectors are from Missouri. 2 From the manner in which Italians and Austrians along the border are mixing things up the time limit on Italy’s active participation is being shortened, The wearing of boiled shirts on Sun- days may be looked upon as a great privilege in Sing Sing, but there is many a household where it is viewed as painful punishment. The jitney regulation bill before the state legislature gains support from the fact that two people at least have been killed in Providence by fitneys during the past fortnight. It is possible that Holland will be satisfied with a promise to pay for all Dutch vessels sunk, but what ade- quate recompense can be made for the fallure to allow the crews a chance to escape? * said her husband, “for whom are you going to vote for alderman of the ward?” ‘The pretty young woman surveyed him with a touch of dignity. “That,” she told him, “is a topic which it is far too early to discuss! The man laughed rudely in the way of husbands. “Huh!” sald he, “you can’t put it over on me with your su- percilious air!. You don't know a blamed thing about it! You haven't even considered the subject! Why it's one of the most important things put up to you women—the choice of the man who is to represent your home and streets and alley! I'm sur- prised that you, an intelligent woman who was howling for the vote, appre- ciate it so little now that you've got it! I suppose you know all about the kind of a spring hat you're going to get, don't you? And you haven't thought in the least about the alder- man!” “I aldn’t say I hadn’t thought,” re- torted the pretty young _woman. “Smith is in now, and there's Jones and Brown and White beside “What yuh know about 'em?” de- manded her husband. “Didn’t you get a notice that there would be a parlor meeting to discuss White? You didn't 8o, did you?” “No,” ‘admitted the pretty youns woman, hesitatingly. “You see, the notice was sent out by that dreadful Mrs. Himmerschorn on the next street and was to be at her house, and, Har- old, I wouldn't set foot in her house for a thousand dollars! She is the pushing kind, and if I went to a polit- ical meeting under her auspices she’d be claiming me as her dearest friend and coming to dinner whether I want- ed her or not!"” “Huh!” jeered her husband. “There you go! Letting personal prejudices affect you! That's where a man shows more sense—he uses his head on the question at issue and doesn't drag in the fact that the other man is a dub at golf or wears the wrong sort of necktles! That's the trouble—you women will let silly little personal nre- Judices—" “Now, Harold!” interrupted his wife. “Should you really enjoy hav- ing the Himmerschorns to dinner— with his nose and laugh and her—" “Heaven forbid!” said her husband, hastily. “But meeting her in politics GETTING A RISE S S ] and saving the ward is entirely dif- ferent. If you had heard White speak you might have got an entirely new idea of him!” “His pictures are good the pretty young woman. Her husband twisted in his chalr and addressed the ceiling. “And they want to meddle in affairs of the na- tion!” he gasped hoarsely, befors he again cast his eyes upon her. “Good looking!” he snorted. “Do you sup- pose when a man considers a candi- date’s points he cares whether the fellow has cross eyes and is four feet high and possesses a disposition that would shrivel boilerplate? No! All he asks is whether the man is able in- telligently to handle important affairs with an unbiased, clear mind! It you're looking for looks 1 expect you'll Dick out Jones—he has matinee eyes and a touching voice and always wears a perfectly cute carnation in his buttonhole ‘“Yes, he is very effective,” agreed the pretty young woman, brightly. “I should think he'd be an ornament to any council.” Her husband groaned. “You don’t care how he votes on the pure milk question, do you?” he demanded. “It never would enter your head that the alleys ought to be cleaned up, pro- viding his smile was sufficiently sweet, would it? Oh, politics will 80 to the dickens with feminine fingers in the pile! It's a_shame! Men will get elected on their complexions instead of their brains! I suppose you think Brown is a _peach, too, because he drives that big automobile and looks like a milllonaire!” “It's a beautiful car!” sighed’ the pretty young woman. “I think it would give tone to a ward to have its alder- man so conspicuously attractive!” looking,” Her husband looked as if he was ofi the verge of apoplexy.fl He threw up his hands. “It's awful!” he groaned. “Here's Smith, who has been alder- man two terms with an excellent rec- ord—and you'll pass him by and elect a dub just because—" “Why,” s he pretty young wo- man sweetly. mith is the one I'm really going to vote for, Harold “What?” yelled her husband, in be- wilderment, “Well, why in thunder didn’t you say 802" “Oh,” giggled the pretty young wo- man, ‘because I do so like to hear you talki”—Cbicago News. Stories of What Holland Has to Do. Holland is keeping in training a formidable army and a small but ef- ficient fleet not to be despised when taken in conjunction with her power- ful coast defences to be prepared for the eventuality of having to defend herself in case she ls threatened from any side during the great European war. The nation to a man is fully aware of the fact that itsvarmed forces may at any moment be called upto to strike a blow to maintain its neutrality, and the statesman forming the government know that this necessity may arise with terible suddenness. The Dutch land force, in times of peace almost insignificant in numbers as compared with the millions of men composing the continental armies of the great powers, have since their mobilization at the beginning of the war been augmented by the calling up of reserves until they now total over 250,000 men. Altogether seventeen yearly classes of troops, averaging about 15,000 men for each year from 1899 to 1915, inclusive, have been called to the colors. Seven of the classes, composed of the younger men, belong to the landweer and the other ten to the militia. Since August the men have been constantly exercised and they have now reached a con- dition of preparedness and fitness such as never has been known in the Dutch army. The army as it at present is organ- ized comprises first the field army of approximately 90,000 men; second the troops forming = the city garrisons wherever they might be most required, The fleld army, which would bear the burden of resisting any attack on Dutch territory, is not divided into army corps but is formed into four di- visions, each composed of forces of all arms—cavalry, infantry, artillery, en- gineers and transport—and these oc- cupy strategic points. The garrison troops occupy the lar- ger cities and forts and would not be called on to take the fleld. The surplus army is distributed all over the country in training depots, where the men are continually drilled in field work, diging trenches, erect- ing wire entanglements, shooting and carrying out long route marches. Besides the resistance to an invader offered by the fleld army, Holland pos- sesses what is regarded as its most valuable defensive asset In the shape of its system of inundation, details of which are kept strictly secret. It is known, however, that tracts of terri- tory can in a short time be covered with water to a _considerable depth by the piercing of the dikes protect- ing the ' low-lying country from en- .croachment by the sea, for a great part of Holland lies below the sea- level. Should the field army be defeated in its encounters with an _invader, it would retire behind the first line of water-defence after resisting long enough for the inundation to become effective. In the unlikely event of the enemy overcoming the difficuities of the flooded country in this first zone, the field army wouid retire behind the second water-line enclosing the larger cities, which it would then defend with the assistance of the landweer and landstorm already_there. Frederick the Great in discussing the invasfon of Holland is recorded as having said: “It is no use my attempt- ing to march my six-foot soldiers into a country covered with seven feet of water. This = difficulty still _exists and makes it a stupendous undertak- ing for any army to attempt the con- quest of Holland from the land side. As to its naval defences, Holland makes no pretensions to be among the first-class powers: The bluejackets rank among the bdt in the world and they have the traditions of centuries behind them, but the vessels which they man are small and would have very little chance in an encounter with the heavy ships of the bigger nations. - The most powerful of the Dutch vessels, DeZeven Provincian, displaces only 6,350 tons, and there are flve knots. Some of them are fifteen years old. Coast defence ves- sels, protected cruisers, gunboat, des- troyers and torpedo boats, some of them modern, other old, make up the rest of the fleet, which, however, pos- sesse very good guns. There are also half a dozen submarines bullt within the last few years, and a strong move- ment has been started to accelerate the construction of a large number of these craft. Coast defence in Holland is very powerful, many 32 centimeter guns Dbeing in ‘position at all vital points, while extensive minefields protect the ports and river mouths and the coast is well supplied with torpedo stations from which the projectile can be launched against vessel. any approaching Russian General Dying. The retirement of General Russky, one of Russia’s most distinguished military leaders, is announced. The General has been suffering for some time from cancer, and only continued so long in his command through a high patriotic sense of duty. General Russky made his mark early in the war by his magnificent conduct of the Galician campaign, taking Lemberg and defeating the combined Austro-German armies. Latterly, he has been in charge of the Russian_ forces around Przasnysz and is largely responsible for the Russian successes there. The Emperor ac- cepted Russky’s resignation with an official rescript expressing his regret and appointing Russky a member of the Council of Empire. 3 The state of Russky's health Is said to very precarious, and it is not ex- pected that he wilfbe able to leave his bed again. Conditions at Przemysl. A full description of the history of the fortress of Przemysl and its gar- rison has been issucd by the Austrian General Staff, giving an account of the capture, the sufferings of the men, and details’ relating to the provision- ing of the garrison. The statement in part is as follows: = “The garrison of the fortress held Przemysl to the very last hour that human force could do so in the mili- tary sense of the word. _General Kusmark only surrendered when such a course was dictated by humane and military considerations. On the day of the surrender there was nét a sin- gle morsel of food in the fortress, and no breakfast could be supplied to the men. “Nothing positive is known yet as to the terms of surrender but pre- sumably they had to surrender un- conditionally, and Generals Kusmansk and Tamassy (chief of the Honved forces) were taken prisoners with all the garrison. Under them were: the Honved division of Versacz, the East Galician Landwehr, the Northern Hungarian and Galician_Landsturm, the Hungarian Artillery Division, and the fort artillery detachment of the First Austrian Landstrum _Artillery. Events have developed .around Przemysl more quickly than was ex- pected. During the last sortie it was ascertained that the Russians had built counter-fortifications all around the fortress even in the direction of their own territory, preparing for all eventualities. In fact, the Russians built a new fortress all around the besleged territory. The fortifications were so constructed as to constitute an impenetrable obstacle to inward attacks, just the counter-form of the fortifications and the defensive works of the fortress itself. The Russian ring was constructed _exclusively against Przemysl with unparalleled skill and rapidity, and with all avail- able means of modern technique. “On the west of well-fortifled de- fending line and on the south a large Russian army stood in the way of any attempt to relieve Przemysl. In adai- tion the roads leading towards Russia were well fortifled, as the last sortle proved. This was the military situa- tion of the fortress during the last weeks. “The last sortie was directed to- wards the east, and was undertaken, not with the view of affecting the re- lief of the fortress but to find out if the urrounding Russian force was as strong towards Grodek and Lemberg as in the other directions, and whether the Russian had fortified their posi- tions in the Grodek direction as well as to the south and west of the for- tress. - ‘With regard to provisions the for- tress was well suppiled at the outset, ‘but the stores were consumed at the time of the first investment, which lasted until October 1. On that date the fortress was relleved, and General Borvevich entered the fortress with his army. The rallway lines had been blown up by the retreating Russians. On the Galiclan roads it was impos- sible to transport anything at that time, and this fact obliged us to pro- vision the army fighting to the east of Premysl from the stores of the for- tres, the army being out off from all other points of supply. ‘It was thus necessary to draw pro- visions from the ,hample stores of Przemysl in_the hope that as soon as the railway line was reconstructed the stores could be replaced. The railway line was reconstructed, and on Octo- ber 2 the first trains began to move towards the fortress. ‘At the end of ten day, however, | | | JOIN NOW/! JOIN NOW! NMembership L.imited $81.00 Complete Outfit $1.00 PER WEEK includes this beautiful upright Victrola (not a separate cabinet), shelves for seven albums, exhibition sound box, automatic start and stop, large, powerful spiral drive i proved motor, 16 record selections of your own choice (8 records), 100 loud tone and 100 soft tone necdles, and one package fibre subdued tone needles. 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For breakfast they had only tea, for their mid-day meal a small plece of meat and half a pound of bread, and in the evening tea.again with_some bread. To add to the meat supply thousands of horses were slaughtered, which was all the more necessary on account of the shortage in fodder. Later on this minimum was further reduced, so that the men of the garrison were on almost star- vation diet for the last two months of the siege. “It has been said in some quarters that fiying machines and dirigibles might have been used in bringing in supplies, but this idea was excluded from the beginning. Such flour or meat as could have been thus brought would only have sufficed a few hun- dred men for a few days, and to have made any appreciable difference all the aeroplanes "and dirigibles of the world would have had to have been employed daily. “The commander of the fortress vetoed the idea that certain members of the garrisom ehould received fogd by this means whilst the rest put up with the rations available in the for- tress. Even the game shot by some of the officers was not allowed to be brought in, but was cooked and eaten in the hunting field. The aeroplanes only brought in letters, medicines, and materia] for the wireless telegraphy. “The food supply grew daily more and more scanty, until on the morning of the 22nd there was not a particle of bread in stores, not a pound of meat qr flour .available, so that the com- mander of the fortress decided to sur- render. “The sortie above referred to had no effect whatever, but soon after this the Russian besieging army began a violent attack from the north famished and exhausted garrison still possessed. How nour poor soldiers could bear the brunt of these attacks is a mystery, but General Tamassy’s Honveds suc- ceeded in repulsing them. These weak and famished soldiers had _courage and enthusiasm enough to face the onslaught of the healthy, well-fed Russians and succeeded in repulsing them from beneath the fortress. True, this was their last effort. “After this battle, which lasted seven hours, General Kusmanek and his staff saw that another sortie was imposible, the investing ring being too strong for even a well-fed army to break through.’ . Treating Missionaries Well. “The Turks so far have treated all the forelgn missionaries and business people very handsomely,” _writes the Rev. Dr. T. R. Hodgson a British mis- sionary from Constantinople, describ- ing the state of affairs in the Turkish capital. He continues: ‘We are perfectly well, comfortable, and happy—so far as circumstances will_allow. Our most sincere recogni- tion is due to the courtesy of the au- thorities here; the Turks not only go out of their way to be kind to us, but have shown a delicacy of feeling which does credit to their humanity. “Order has been strictly maintained in this great city, and we and our peo- ple have suffered not the slightest mo- lestation or trouble. Our work pro- ceeds as usual. We do not know what a day may bring forth, but in the meantime our friends should realize that we are really well and contended, and that our confidence in the author- itles has been fully justified by_the fact that our doors have not been closed for a single day.” The federal drug law, which is so drastic, is driving the drug flends out from Ccover and already 500 of these addicts are being treated in New York city hospitals. If some of these can Bits From All the Latest Musical Matinee 2:30, 10c Evenings 10c, 15¢, 200 The Talk of the Town NEW' SHOW TODAY Postiv::ly the Best Show Ever Seen in Norwich HOMAN'S MUSICAL REVUE A Big Company of Clever Artlsts in a Big Revue of Songs, Dances and Sucesses. 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Beautiful Articles Given Away BIG SET OF CHINA AND OTHER All Week AUDITORIU ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TODAY THE MARCUS MUSICAL COMEDY CO. WITH Present A TRIP TO PARIS NEW SCENERY, NEW COSTUMES, NEW SONGS, NEW FEATURES EXPLOITS OF ELAINE, Thirteenth Episode, Two Reels Shows 2:30, 7 and 8:45 Mat. 10¢c; Eve. 10 and 200 MIKE SACKS L.Ko Comedy Feature at Every Matinoe This Week COUN:iRY STORE THURSDAY NiGHT ARTICLES GIVEN AWAY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR An Appeal Mr. Editor: Through your columns will you kindly allow an appeal to the friends of the McKinley Ave. A. M. E. Zion church to aid the pastor and of- ficials to meet a deficit of about $200 to close up the work for the confer- ence year, which ends in June. Any donation handed to Mr. John H. Harris, president; Mr. Clement Reed, treasurer of the board of trustees or to Mr. Speed Evans, steward, or to the pastor will be thankfully received and acknowledged. Respectfull Yours E. GEORGE BIDDLE Pastor McKinley Ave. A. M. E. Zion Church Norwich, April 21, 1915. Connecticut Belgian Relief Work. Mr. Editor: The Connecticut Com- mittee for Belgian Relief, which was formed a few weeks ago, is now or- ganized and is preparing to canvass the State. The Hon. Simeon E. Bald- win of New Haven has accepted the presidency of the committee; Mr. An- son T. McCook of 50 State Street, Hartford, has been chosen secretary and Mr. Charles C. Russ of the Hart- ford Trust Company, treasurer. The committee hopes to be able to raise $100,000 in order to pay half of the expense of loading a ship with provisions to be sent to Belgium, the International Commission for Relief in Belgium ‘having agreed to duplicate the Connecticut contributions, dollar for dollar. Personal letters will be sent out before long asking for sub- scriptions. In the meantime the Com- mittee will appreciate it, if you will make it known to your readers that all who desire to give to Belgian relief will_have their contributions counted as helping to load the Connecticut ship, if they will send them to Mr. Russ, of the Hartford Trust Company. Believe us Yours Very Trulsy HENRY W. FARNAM EDWARD M. CHAPMAN Hartford, April 20, 1915. OTHER VIEW POINTS The fatality in Elmwood avenue in which a jitney_car figured, although perhaps unavoidable and one that might have occurred had the vehicle been engaged in any other kind of service, gives point to the fear that more lives will be sacrificed to the conditions_brought about by the sud- den introduction of almost a thou: and motor cars in continuous high- speed service on the principal streets of the city.—Providence Bulletin. It is to be hoped that the changes to be made in the workmen's com- pensation bill will not be of such & nature as to have any effect upon the effi. 1cy of the measure. Employers of 5 persons should be exempted from with the Revolution and the War of 1812, without a witness but the lan they offered their lives for. —Torring] ton Register. has cause to feel proug of its own symphony orchestra, noy called the Farnham Symphony _or] chestra. From the first day in whicl there were more or less vague dreamj of the larger city of to-day, when th music loving portion of the popula tion would be large enough and tal ented enough to make up and suppo a symphony orchestra, some of thos who played In’ the concert at th Buckingham last evening have labor ed for the realization of to-day. Fo the first time in the history of sym; phony concerts here, Waterbury hear: an orchestra of sixty members pre. sent a programme of exceptional merl, with great credit to itself and it leaders, without the assistance of players borrowed for the occasio from orchestras of other cities. Thal means more than appears on the sur, face and should spur on those whi are alming for higher things, musical 1y to even greater efforts than in th past.—Waterbury Republican ‘Waterbur: THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety Paris—Situated at the cross roads o southwestern Europe, at the meetin; place of the great natural highway leading from the Mediterranean to thy Aflantic through the Rhone Valley, a from the Iberian Peninsula to the h of Europe through Western Francd Parls became a toll-taker from th| world before most of the modern citie of Europe were born, accumulatin; that wealth, that culture, that love 9 the beautiful, and that wisdom tha can come only when all the world con] tributes thereto. In population -Parils ranks thh among the cities of the earth, wif more people than Washington, Mexi City, Rio, Buenos Ayres, and Santiag together. It is the world's capital i many respects—its art treasures sur] pass those of any other city; its fash| ions dominate the civilized world an even influence the uncivilized: its lan] guage is the court tongue of the earth its history is a panorama. of the sto of civilization from the days of thj Goth and the Vandal down to th present. In the heart of the city, stands onf of the world’s most noted of building the palace of the Louvre. It is thi priceless art museum of France; and there are contained within its three de] partments—sculpture, paintings an antiquities—examples of the highes expression of human genius. Ths col lections of the Louvre, were they of) fered for sale, would bring a total pric| 'so siupendous as to be unbelievabld For example, in the gallery of Apolld among other treasures rest the dia mond hilted sword of Bonaparte val at four hundred thousand dollars, th the operation of the act in_order that the original purpose of the bill may be carried out and there are minor points in which it could be improved. But the bill as a whole will remain sub- stantially intact or else the state will suffer a great surprise—Ansonia Sen- tinel. A “Made in Bridgeport” trade mark provides a _means by which the so- called “good will” gained in any given market by the product of each local factory will be shared in a measure by all the rest. The cumulative ef- fect of this form of co-operation is bound -to promote the prosperity of all and is now a matter of especial consequence in view of the possibilities the next few years present in the way of building up a vastly’increased trade with foreign countries.—Bridgeport Standard. Summer houses are inexpensively constructed, as a rule, and yet with such equipment they should be quite as insurable as the average city home, and it would matter little to the owner or lessee whether or not the resort has a fire department. The cost of one chemica] fire engine would pay for the piping necessary in several houses. Fires at summer resorts are more of- ten marred by fatalities than those in city structures and they are more of- ten completely destructive because of poor fighting facilities. Fire preven- tion then is the best policy to pursue to eliminate such loss.—Waterbury Re- publican. . During the Civil War there were 132 major generals commissioned and 446 brigadier generals. Of these 578 gen- eral officers. only 16 are living, four major generals and 12 brigadiers. The old generals are now nearing the four- score line or beyond. There is & sad- ness among the old soldiers to see them so fast disappearing and to know that in a very short time they will all be gone. . The old generals were the rallying points of all the eacred mem- ories of the war, and whenever th appeared the old boys of '8l to 65 would rally about them with every show of reverence and love. But they be cured a great deal will be accom- plished.—Meriden Journal. and all the ‘boys” will soon be gone, and the Great Clivil War will be one ] famous Regent diamond valued 3l three million dollars, the gems of man: a beauteous queen of France, and thi swords and spurs of Charlemagne. A life time might be spend in stud here, and libraries might be writte upon the treasure which the Louv houses. In the hall of sculpture, stand, the peerless Venus of Melos, & thi more ravishing than any other visio ever hewn from a stone. In this hal there are many pieces, of antiquil and of more modern times, the lo of any one of which would be Irre parable. Yet, the strange people o] this city, fired with enthusiasm for communistic theory, mined the Lou poured petroleum over it and prepa: to destroy with gun power what it had taken the world more than twenty-fivi hundred years to produce. Parls is over rich in the possessio of the beautiful, the impressive, and the magnificent. " Its famous buildin make an almost unending list. Riches| among the world's theatres, is the Parl home of Opera, without an archl tectural delight, within a fascinatin inspiration in’ snow-white marble onyx, jasper, malachite and bron: Its famed grand stairway is a fittl prelude to the highest moods that ca be produced by the music on its stage And there is not wanting a element of gruesome and terrifyin reminiscence in this glorious city. Th traveler stands amidst the wide sweeq] of the Place de la Concorde, “Place o Peace,” and he thinks that here befo an assembled beastial mob, the razol blade of the gulllotine rose and fel] untiring, while head arter head, mig bitter jest and song. rolled from th gory machine into the great common basket and the quivering trunks we corded at its side. Age and youth and loveliness were sacrificed to brutisy passion on this now serene square in Way that only Rome had equaled, Every contrast is found in P ,I.ndu‘l.ll v!rrll:del of excellence. Hi e world’s highest structure, . Eiffel Tower. This huge shaft of st is one of the most over-pows things within the city. Forty & men worked two years on 1 'y | different designs _necessary for 15,000 sections. Restaurants, sh and a theatre, are housed upon it steps and within its corridors. T\ thousand people can gather here one time,