Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 22, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, APRIL 22 Glorwich Bulletin aund Gondic? 119 YEARS OLD on price 12¢ a week) G0 a .00 n year, Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Bn.. as second-class matter. Telepmone Calla: ulistin Business Office 4S0. ""Bulletin Editorlal Rooms 35-3. ; Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willimantle Office, Room 3 Murray Telephone 310. The Circulation of The Builetin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in Easf ern Connectisut and from three to four times larger than that of amy in Norwich. It is delivered fo over 3,000 of ths 4,058 hous in Norwich, and read by minety- of the people. In deiivered to over 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 town -- * on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1801, average . . 4412 © 1905, average ...5,920 April 17 ... ..9, I 67 JITNEY REGULATION. | In attempting to secure legislation at this time for the regulation of the Jitneys the Connecticut general as- pembly is simply being guided by the E:aon which has been found necessary other states. Throughout the west Jitney has been in operation for time and the need of restrict- it and regulating it in state as Well as in cities has been experienced. In the proposition to require a bond from. each operator of such trans- portation service there is presented one ot the plans which has been adopted is under consideration elsewhere. Tennessee the bond required is 5,000. The legislation proposed in Massachusetts for the jitney provides for a bond of $2,000, while in Penn- ania, where there is before the re bills for the control of the eys the amounts considered for a d range from $5,000 to $10,000, though one of the drastic bills would Frequire a tax of ten per cent. of the receipts and another would "Rmend the charters of the traction tompanies permitting them to engage In auto transportation. f M all instances, however, is there 'mund for regulation and this is be- manifested by state as well as municipality for the protection of the public as well as for the safeguarding of existing rights and investments. Where there is no effort in behalf of B bond the need of an additional li- tense fee is recognized and is being ‘It is an Important fact that the fit- Bey is finding Its greatest favor where lsell help for the student who goes to college for an education and not sole- Iy for a good time. It is a case of where there is a will there is a way and how generally this applies to young men going through college is indicated by the fact that over half of the last class graduated rrom Har- vard profited from the assistance ten- dered through the employment bureau. The cost of going through college de- pends entirely upon how dependent the student is forced to be upon his own resources. VILLA'S DEFEAT. Too often has the end of the revo- lution in Mexico been predicted by events which have transpired to take too seriously the assertion that the defeat of Villa’s army by General Ob- regon of the Carranza faction means the fading away of that leadership. That it carries an important signifi- cance cannot be doubted, especially when there is coupled with it the state- ment that the rout has resulted in & quarrel between the crafty leader and General Angeles which has been fol- lowed by a split in his forces. With none too much strength while united this seriously handicaps the revolu- tionist and particularly so when the claim is set up that his control of the cities in the north have been weakened by the sending of the garrisons to the front. Carranza certainly has reason to feel jubilant over the result even though it may prove only temporary. It has been fully demonstrated that Villa can be beaten and this is bound to have an appreciable effect upon the men who have been standing with him. Whatever charm he was sup- posed to have as a victorious leader has been broken and his control must suffer as the result, His cause has beey given a setback from which it is possible he may never recover and it can be appreciated that the elimination of one faction means an improvement in conditions in that republic which cannot be belittled. What that coun- try needs is the restoration of peace and a new start and the quicker j¢ can get it the better for all concern- ed, and Carranza knows what it means to get rid of such an antagonist as Villa. CHANGE SUBMARINE TACTICS. From the very first Holland has made it manifest that it has no desire to get into the war. It has been doing its utmost to maintain its stand of neutrality and from the position in which it is placed by having belligerent nations all about it, it must be agreed that it has been holding to the straight and narrow way with credit. From its announced intentions and from its efforts in upholding them, it is no cause for surprise that there is relief at the announcement which -comes from Germany to that country that the latter will pay for the Dutch vessels which have been sunk by submarines without cause. Such is the attitude which Germany has taken towards the destruction of the William P. Frye. It means reparation which it cannot honorably dodge and which it indicates that it does not intend to. Much more gratifying, however, would have been an announcement from the kaiser's sovernment to the effect that it would hereafter refrain from attacking Dutch shipping, that it would take the precaution to make an investigation before instead of after the vessel had been sunk and that it would fully respect the mneutrality which Holland bas been maintaining. Holland may be recompensed for the loss of its ships, but that does not remove the handicap that is caused to its shipping through the mainten- ance of such a policy, but Holland may have reason to hope that inas- much as the destruction of its ships neither brings advantage to Germany nor results in any disadvantage to the allies, 2 gradual change in the sub- marine operations may follow. It cer- tainly is due. EDITORIAL NOTES, Huerta may decide after all that New York is a great port in which to intern. the requirements of the public are not jbeing met by the trclley lines. In {Cleveland, for instance, it gets little encouragement, but in Providence the Btreets are not broad enough to per- mit of the rush of business that they sre finding. The result is going to be that unless steps are taken to furnish proper supervision, such service as is now being rendered by the traction companies is going to suffer and the Interests of the public throughout the year are going to feel the effects. There can be no question but what jitney is giving and will continue . provide accommodations in many Instances where none at all exists to- day, but it is only proper that they should be required to operate under restrictions in accord with the re- quirements imposed upon the existing common carriers. Connecticut cannot afford to ignore ‘this Jitney service even though it is new, and though its chances of con- tinuing are not of the best. it has been demonstrated from the manner [n which such vehicles are operated that there is a justified demand for [regulation the same as for all other | igtreet vehicles for hire. No state or . frommunity can tolerate the wild races for business which accompany the jit- Jey's introduction and it is highly im- {portant that there should be the in- imistence upon the safety which is aim- jed at in the bond. No state or city, ver, can afford to discourage or rta\' the service which the electrics are reAdering. = 4 COST OF COLLEGE. i 3 | There should not and probably will iniot be any discouragement to those {Who wish to go to college in the state- {ment which comes from Yale that the meniors this vear will spend over a imillion dollars for their diplomas. |This, it is to be remembered, is figured the expense accounts of the men, y of whom are representatives of wealthy families and expenses get lit- consideration, as is indicated by the ent that one spent $4,500 in his man year while it was pos- ble for the frugal member to get ‘his education in the corresponding year ffor a cash outlay of $200. What is a fact at Yale is true also of other large universities, but even the average of such a class, including the heavy and the light spenders fail 16 place college cxpenses in the right Might for such are seldom balanced, for lwhile the average for the year was 3 ilx.m at Yale, an amount which cor- responds well with Harvard yet it is 3 demonstrated that it is possible live and get just as good results nder half that figure. At the Univer- sity of North Dakota the average is 'but $210 a student. The whole secret lies in the push determination of the student, for are plenty of opportunities for The appearance of the oiling carts is a welcomed relief along the dust filled streets. There appears to be plenty of time to take a trolley ride while waiting for the jitneys, The man on the corner says: Spots on the sun furnish a poor excuse for neglecting to clean up the backyard. The decision of the Chicago strikers to submit to arbitration is sensible. it should have been done in the first place. There promises to be plenty of flles and mosquitoes but the Eastern base- ball association®appears to have been effectually swatted. Those English coast towns that find it more agreeable to be without glar- ing lights at night know how to make the best of war requirements, Those women who have gone abroad to talk peace ought to have waited and tried their influence on the D. A. R. delegates at Washington first. 1t should be clearly understood that the question Will Wilson run? has to do solely with politics and in no way involves his position on neutrality. The theory advanced is that the F-4 was lost by an explosion, but nothing will satisfy but the bringing of it to the surface and the disclosing of the actual facts. As might have been expected, Col- onel Roosevelt tried to give the court some points. The only wonder was that he didn't withdraw and establish a court of his own, It is being made perfectly plain that the season of forest fires is with us and it calls for a display of greater care on the part of those who are in I;xy ‘way liable to be the cause there- of. Much emphasis is being laid upon the politics of the members of the Barnes-Roosevelt jury, but it is a law suit and not an election and it re- quires more than a plurality vote to win. Certain concerns turn down large contracts because they do not want to make death-dealing munitions, but they’ would be glad to turn out the necessary machines for the fatal joy rides. Thers is a telltale significance at- tached to the fact that Germany plans no further offensive in the west. It has been effectively checked at that point and there is a serious. menace in the east, HER MYSTERIOUS CALL “Oh Miss Ripley, somebody called you up twice today and wanted to speak to you, awful bad,” said Mrs. Gerson, the moment the bright eyed youngwoman entered the flat where she rents the best room. It was Sat- urday afternoon, “Who was it? Did you get the name?” “Yes, of course I asked who it was. It was a man by the name of—of— well, if that ain’t funny! It's just slipped my mind! But wait a _minute, T'll think of it. Let me see. Oh dear, 1 wish I had written it down!” “It's too bad you didn’t,” said the brieht eyed young woman, a little grimly. “You said it was some man who appeared very anxious to speak to me. I wonder why he didn’t call me at the office.” “It was this -afternoon, only a little while ago, the last time. It's the fun- niest thing how I forgot that name, when I put it on my mind so hard. Well, I'm sure it will come to me. Yes, I know how it was—it was, well, I can't quite get it, but anyway I'm sure it ended in ‘er.’” “‘Er]"” repeated the young woman. “May be it was Jack Weber. Didn't he leave any message “No, but he seemed awful excited because he couldn’t speak to you right away.” “Well, I'll call him. I'm sorry now I dlan’t come stralght home from the of- ce. She went to the telephone with pleasant visions of a motor ride that she might not yet miss, and she breathed a sigh of rellef when Jack's mother said that he was In. “Any- way,” she said to herself as she wait- ed for him to come to the phone, “he hasn’t taken any one else out any- where.” “Hullo, is this you, Nell? How are you?” “Why, 'm all right. I thought I'd see whether It was you who called me twice this afternoon, Jack? I thought perhaps there was something you—-" “No, not I. Tve been terribly busy lately, but I have been intending to telephone you and see whether you couldn’t take a spin. The runabout's just out of the shop, all varnished for spring. Can't you go for a ride to- morrow morning?” “Why yes. I think so, but I—" “Fine! ~ T'll be around by 9.30 1 morning. Will that be all right “Yes, thank -ou,” she hung up the receiver in not an entirely happy mood. “He wouldn't have thought of a ride tomorrow at all if 1 hadn't phoned him,” she reflected. “I'm almost sorry I didn’t decline.” She sat for a mo- ment in silence and then murmured “er. er,” two or three times. “Mr." Springer, of course. He sald last week that he wished me to go to one of those Sunday concerts he is so enthuslastic about. Is this you, Mr. she was saying in a mo- . “This is Miss Ripley.” “Oh, how do you do, Miss Ripley?” “Very well. Some one called me on the phone this afternoon before I came in, and I'm wondering whether by any chance it was you. The frawment of the name reported to me suggested yours.” Not _guilty this time, but I'm aw- fully glad to have a word with you! By the way, why can't we go to the the concert tomorrow? I hope you have no previous engagement?” “No, but—" urely you'll overlook such short I feared I might be morrow or I would earlier in the week.” “Thank you very much, Tll be de- lighted to_ go,” she answered, and after Mr. Springer had expressed his satisfaction she held the telephone ir- resolutely, “It must have been Tom, after all” The voung woman's cheeks burned with a heightened color. “I wonder how he ever came to call me. T sup- pose I'd better walit and let him call me again. Still, Mrs. Gerson said he was awfully anxious to speak to me, and, of course, the line's been busy these last few minutes, so maybe I'd better call him and show him I'm not too_dreadfully unforgiving.” “Is this Mr. Harter? Is this you, Tom?" she asked in a strangely sub- dued voice when she got the Harter number. “Why, Nell, bless your heart! Are you going to let me come over to see you? I do want to tell you—I want you to understand! You see, you thought something entirely wrong, and I know I was a_bear to go away growling as I did, but I think it's just like your sweetness to call me and let e oh “Tom Harter, didn’t you telephone me twice this afternoon?” Nell de- manded in a_much stronger voice, “Why no, I've been wanting to, but you were s0 severe and so sort of final that T hadn't had the courage, but you'll let me see you tonight, won't you, Nell? I have a date to go to the Athletic club, but I'd break an en- gagement with anybody to see you. T'll be over by 8.30 o'clock.” “All right, Tom,” she sald, and as she hung up the receiver she mur- mured: “Now, of course he'll think T called him just to give him a chance to come over, but I'll make him under- stand clearly how it was I happened to telephone.” Notwithstanding these firm words, there was a very happy light in her eyes as she went to her room. . be good enough to notice. You see out of town to- have called you “Oh, Miss Ripley, that man’s on the phone again,” exclaimed Mrs, Gerson, scarcely stopping to knock at the young woman's door a few minutes later. “Yes, this Is Miss Ripley.” “Tm Mr. Turner, the cleaner” “Yes, well?" “I just wanted to say that I can’t send vour skirt over tonight, the way 1 promised, because when we took that spot out it left a bad place and the whole skirt's got to be cleaned. You sald you had to have it tonight, so I've been trying to get you to tell you. 50 that you wouldn't blame me, hope this won't cause you trouble. “No, Mr. Turner, it'’s all right. It won't cause me trouble. It caused me other things” the young woman laughed a little hysterically. “What's that you say? “Nothing of importance, Mr. Turner. Just send_the skirt over next week when it's done.” Up went the receiver once again and Nell went back to her room, sayving to herself: “If it hadn’t been for you. Mr. Turner, it might have been a dull week-end for me.”— Chicago News. Stories of Mass of Wreckage. A dispatch to the London Daily News from Chios, dated April 13, says: “Barly this morning I sailed south along the coast from Chios and after a voyage of 13 miles came to the tiny hamiet of Komi in the Gulf of Kala- moti, where the Demir Hissar, the Turkish torpedo boat which tried to sink the British transport Manitou, is aground, by permission of the Greek authorities. and make a_thorough inspection, be- sides taking statements from the coast patrols and other witnesses of the engagement. “It seems that she was run literally to earth by four Britsh men of war. Two destroyers chased her on the west and south sides of the island till she began to turn north between Chios and the coast of Asia Minor and then the cruiser Minerva and a third destroyer met her inflight. When she saw these two, she knew the game was up and ran for a sandy cove between Craggy hills, sprinkled with olive plantations, where I found her. She is a _thoroughly modern craft and proved herself possessed of a fine turn of epeed. Examination of her two deck torpedo tubes and laxims shows that she was armed in 1910 by Schwatzkopft of Berlin. “Internally, the ship is a mass of wreckage, and she is holed below the waterline, though not as a result of British gunfire. The damage was done by two Turkish or Turco-German bombs of a makeshift description, out of four or five, which were intended to blow up the vessel while men were on board. ‘A boarding party of 20 had an ex- ceedingly narrow escape. The pres- ence of one of the bombs was detected immediately, and a few moments after the men had been withdrawn it wreck- ed the interior of the vesels stern quarters, blew the binnacle to pieces and flung an iron ladder, which was at the ship’s side, a dozen vards away. “Half an hour later, when a board- ing party returned to the ship, a sec- ond bomb, probably intended to ignite When the door of the chief cabin op- ened, slightly injured two men, who were trying to enter. “I saw what was painted out to as a third bomb. It was a petrol tin, apparently filled with explosives, lying iu the water near the stern of the vessel. A fourth, said the Greek sen- try on board, had been located in the forward part of the vessel. “Inside the vessel everything was in the wildest confusion, with two feet of water in the saloon. On deck were English charts, German novels, French picture postcards, of every Parisian type, private letters, ana ship's doc- Tments in Turkish. These lay among heaps of oranges, biscults, and other paraphernalia of the vessel, which had been a long time at sea and was ex- Decting a still longer trip. Food Supply in Vienna. There have beeh so many contra- dictory rumors of the state of the food supply in Vienna that it is in- teresting to find in_the latest issue of the Neue Wiener Journal a verbatim report of a speech on this eubject by the Burgomaster of Vienna, Dr. Weis- kirchner. He says in part: “We shall not starve, but we must s0 'arrange our consumption of food that we can last out till the next harvest. 1 can say confidently that the municipality has dome everything that lies in its power. Anticipating the coming state of affairs, I began buying in supplies of flour as early as last August. In that month alone I b.ught five hundred thousand dol- lars' worth of foodstuffs, and since then we have expended three million dollars ore in the same way, ‘I am not to blame for the fact that certain contracts which we placed I was able to go aboard | have not been fulfilled. The blame for this resis with certain of our neu- tral neighbors. In Rumania we placed a contract for several thousand wagon loads of wheat, but we have not yet received a single wagon. The Ru- manians took our money, but have so far kept the wheat in their own ter- ritory. ‘Let me give you another example of our difficulties. I purchased in Ru- mania 200 car loads of beans, but the consignment could not be immediately delivered owing to the shortage of cars on the railroads. Now Rumania has placed an export tax of $800 in gold on each car load! ‘In September last I purchased wheat in America. The ship was for- tunate enough to reach Genoa with- out being molested. But Italy now re- fuses to let the wheat pass through to us, and it has therefore had to be s0ld in Genoa harbor. “Even from Hungary we have not yet received the wheat that we pur- Chased. They should remember that & a common war, and the time is now come when Hungary must let us have her surplus supplies of food. Even during peace time we have to depend on Hungary for wheat and corn. Is the price we pay so poor? Thank Heaven, we were able to confis- cate some large stocks of maize at $5 a hundredweight, and we have been living on it for a long time. Do you know what price Hungary demands for maize now? Over $9 a hundred- weight! “It is a question which touches most deeply the Deople of Vienna. Hungary must let us have her sur- plus, and ‘that at no higher price than our sister state can decently demana. If it be true that Hungary is going to send us her surplus, I think we shall be safe. But we must make sacrifices ourselves by ueing inferlor flour and by limiting our food to the minimum ration which will see us through to the next harvest. After complaining of the system of Dbread-tickets, which the Government has been compelled to adopt, the Bur- gomaster continued: “Were it not that I have the peaple of Vienna at my back we should wit- ness a debacle terrible to imagine. I am giving you the plain facts so that you can enlighten others. There are thousands of people who never read the newspapers or glance at the pro- clamations. You must explain to them how things stand, in order to prévent any public unrest at the out- set. You must not lose your bread tickets, for you will not get new ones. “I pray every day to God that the system of wheat distribution in war will work out so that I may obtain the requisite flour. Had I not pre- parea carefully in advance, and had the secret flour reserves of the muni- cipality not been_distributed at the critical moment, Vienna would have found itself in a very unpleasant sit- uation. Now, it stands to reason that our reserves will in due course be ex- hausted, but I have acquainted the Prime Minister with our universal opinion that he is responsible for see- ing that we obtaln fresh supplies in time. I am of the opinion that we shall obtain them all right” In the Trenches. A letter of thanks from Color Ser- geant J. M. Miller of B Company, Secorid = Wiltshire Regiment, dated March 24, 1915, to ladies in this coun- try who have sent supplies follows:— Dear Mesdames—I write to thank you for the kindness and sympathy With our cause which you have shown in sending such & nice kit bag to a comrade of mine Who was wounded (not seriously) at our last battle, viz., Neuve Chapelle. This kit bag, to- gether with other items were forward- ed to a Pte (private) Parrin of my company by & Mrs, Groves, whose ad- The Business Center of Norwich MONEY-SAVING “NEW-ERA” CLUB TODAY Qur allotment of Agreements and Machines is rapidly being exhausted. New 1915 Sit-Straight “STANDARD ROTARY” Sewing Machine § e CLUR PRlCE3 9 The “New-Era” management sccured for us positively the greatest values in the world. WHAT 5¢ then Sc more each week for 39 weeks in all. small that they will never be missed. Contract was made many months ago for 1915 improvements. Pay 5¢ This Week—10# Next The deposits are se WILL DO The first payment of 5¢ will secure prompt delivery of a beautiful machine. ENROLL NOW IN THE “NEW-ERA’’ MONEY-SAVING SEWING MACHINE CLUB Club closes promptly when all agreements are assigned to members. Each Prepaid Final Payment Earns 10c Dividend If all payments are prepaid from the ill receive the $65.00 List Price_Machine offered to club members for $39.00 less the cash rebate of $3.80— start, you or only $35.20. “Save as you Sew” You surely would not think of losing this chance, would you? Membership list Then join now. is rapidly filling. $0.05 15t Week <10 34 Weak .15 3¢d Week 2 4th Week 1.55 [Stst Weak 1.60 3204 Week d u 34 1.65 W 170 b Weel 175 35th Week 1.80 th Wenl 85 Weekc 135 A l37en 1.40 1.90 [s8n Weel Tinal Pay- iment 9433 & 1.95. 50 |aoth Weeke [206h Weste 145 Owing to the death of Mr. George F. Hughes of Waterbury, Conn., the President of The Reid & Hughes Company, The Boston Store will be closed all day today. We will open Friday morning at the usual time. . THE REID & HUGHES CO. The Boston Store. dress I do not know. The custom is in this battalion if a parcel with eat- ables or perishable goods is sent to a non-com, or man who is killed or wounded, it will be opened and dis- tributed to his comrades. This par- cel contained with your gift, cake, oranges, etc. The above was carried out; the eatables distributed, and I, as company quartermaster sergeant, deputed to write and thank the kind donors. If, however, Pte. Perrin re- turns to this battalion your gift wili be handed to him. You will see the difficulty of finding out the names of places to which the wounded are sent, as they go to Havre, Boulogne, Paris, or any hospital in France or England, S0 that when they leave our forward base hospital it is almost impossible for us to trace them. No doubt you would like to have a short account of our lives and the manner of work we have to perform. This is not a war like you read about in books. It is in fact a war of the most profound science and _cunning. We, as infantry, are entrenched here, say, with our right on a road or per- haps in an open field. The enemy are, say, sometimes 200 or 300, or in some cases only 30 yards apart, with barbed wire cunningly fixed in front of each trench. You have to use the greatest care or you are sniped, and ceaseless watching is absolutely essential. Sometimes their guns fire on us, but we are so well under cover that very little damage is done. Latterly our guns have shown marked superiority and great havoc has been caused to the enemy’s trenches. This is literally an artillery war, with enormous guns, which_tear holes in the ground large enough to bury an electric car. This is how the majority of us have spent the winter; three days of ceaseless vigilance in the trenches, then three days in billets not far from the fir- ing line, in which we have managed to have a ‘bath and sometimes a change of washing. Sounds drab and cheerless, doesn’t it, and certainly not like the glorious charges and hand-to-hand encounters which so thrilled me when a_boy. The roads are drying up now, o possibly we -shall be making history shortly. My battalion, the Second Wilts., belongs to what some kind writers designate the immortal G Di- vision, and certainly never a finer di- vision left oid England for the front. All trained soldiers, with an average of five years' service with the colours. We left Gibraltar on Sept. 4, 1914, where we were stationed. After a few days’ training at Lyndhurst Camp, Hants, we left “Merrie England” for an_unknown destination. I prided my- self on my geographical knowledge, but when I was told we had landed at Zeebrugge I was at a loss. However, We went to Ypres made history there and then, until our little affair at Neuve Chapelle a few days ago, had a fairly good insight in trench work. To show what our regiment has been through, not one officer and only sev- enty-five men remain of the splendid battalion which left England on the Second of October last. I am pleased to hear that you have cousins in Bris- tol, as I am a Bristol man myself. Again thanking you_ for your kind gift to my comrade, I remain, mes- dames, Yours sincerely, 3. M. Miller. Fighting Words. Congressman Gardner, in _Boston, charaoterizes the remarks of Professor Hull, of Swarthmore college, as “noi- some slander.” Those seem to us to be perilously near fighting words— Manchester Union. OTHER VIEW POINTS The magnolia trees are in bloom and the pretty white and pink flowers can now be seen at their best. The blossom do not stay long but they are beautiful while they remain and when they are leaving us they are borne away on the wind in such a manner as to make a perfect kaleldoscope of color in the air until the last one has disappeared.—New Britain Herald. No city ever kicked itself for clean: ing up its germ bearing yards and cellars or abating nuisances that are a persistent offense to the eye and the nose. We shall have to judge clean-up week here by its results. Al- ready we have made a more than ordinary successful start. Let the work go on and the final tabulation of accomplishment, cannot fail to realize the most ambitious hopes of the citizens interested.—Ansonia Sen- tinel. Lincoln brought peace by throwing every ounce of the national resources into support of the sword, by picking his generals with wisdom, by urging on the gigantic military operations which eettled once and for all the issues which brought on the strife. Lincolp brought peace, but mnot a temporary peace. = He worked only for a final peace to be had in no way through victorious fighting. His pol- icy is just as sound and sane today as when he adopted it.—New Haven Un- fon. It people who mail letters and post cards were more careful there would not 'be as many pleces of mail matter held at the local post office for want of better address or want of suffi- clent postage. A glance at the win- dow in the lobby of the post office will show that many letters are be- ing held there because the writers either misdirected them or neglected to affix the required amount of post- age. It is always advisable to look at the envelope and see that it is properly addressed and stamped be- fore mailing it—Naugatuck News. Why should we grieve over our local troubles the day the big leagues open the baseball season? It isn't time for us to worry. Our season wouldn't open for 10 days or so anyway. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Wait till the day when the Eastern associa- tion ought to open, and doesn’t, and then cry out, if you want to. But it will be ridiculous to do so. Water- bury doesn’t want baseball this year. It showed it last year. With one of the best nines that ever played here there were not emongh spectators on week days to keep a fitney bus in business. Let's not be hypocrites and pretend we want baseball—Water- bury American. The permanent pavement in vogue in the majority of cities does not ad- mit of the regulation crossway which used to punctuate the street paving. Occasionally pedestrians remember where a crosswalk used to be and habit causes them to use this partic- ular spot. More often, however, peo- ple dart across the streets whenever they take a notion. Frequently with their heads in the clouds and their feet dividing company on account of the slippery pavement, they ziz zag about with the sang froid of a mov- ing picture actor who knows someone else will do the thinking for him. If A Big Company of Clever Art Bits From All the Latest Musical MUTUAL MOVIES Matinee 2:30, 10c Evenings 10c, 15¢, 20c The Talk of the Town EVERYTHING NEW Postively the Best Show Ever Seen in Norwich HOMAN'S MUSICAL REVUE tsin a Big Revue of Songs, Dances and Sucesses. PRETTY GIRLS—NIFTY DANCERS—SWEET SINGERS ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME ON FRIDAY KEYSTONE COMEDIES Pictures 7 to 8; Revue 8 to 9:30 P 0 to 10:30 Colonial WEDNESDAY AND Ladies, come and see the courtship Courtship days are those alw: caped from the palace when she only. “Love laughs at locksmiths, to the youth of her heart. Remember—Th Theatre THURSDAY ONLY ELINOR GLYN’S Famous Love Drama “THREE WEEKS?” of the “Queen of Veseria” and Paul Verdayne—the sweetest love story ever told. You will admire the Queen's adoration for the tall and handsome youth who won her heart and hand. remembered. covered she married a King in name and Kings as well. on the moving picture in which the Queen pledges her undying devotion It is true the Queen es- Feast your eyes s the Library Contest Theatre, and we give five votes with Evening Tickets, and Ten with Matinees. COMING TOMORROW—GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPL Exploitsof ElaineThitesrth A BIG SET Today AUDITORIUM A TRIP TO PARIS PRESENTED BY MIKE SACKS AND HIS FOURTEEN MUSICAL COMEDY ARTISTS COUNTRY STORE TONIGHT Shows 2:30, 7 and 8:45 Mat. 10¢; Eve. 10 and 20c IN AND OUT OF SOCIETY L-Ko Comedy BEAUTIFUL ARTICLES GIVEN AWAY OF CHINA 3 FINE PRESENTS FOR LADIES AT EVERY MATINEE there were designated places to cross it would greatly lessen the liability to leaccident for autoist and pedestrian alike would feel the necessity for “looking” “listening."—Meriden Record. and The automobile law the House appears to condit as it passed| meet _existing ns reasonably well It places a heavier {ax on commercial vehicles of the truck orde which seems con- sistent enough. The big, heavy cars that carry tons at a load, must cause a lot more wear than the pleasure machines. It is also common fairness to oblige constables and other offici- als net in unifarm to wear a dis- tinguishing badge. bilist has been imposed upan Some person posing as an officer when he was really only a thief, a grafter or a crude joker. Another feature that meet approval of the public is one obliging autoist to pay a decent respect to people who are taking or leaving trolley cars. The bill is, of course, a compromise measure, but it strikes us as being as reasonable as any measure possi ble under circumtances th 3 and the interests that conflict.—B; tol Press. t THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Socivty Describing Herzegovina as a prov- ince “beginning with the rock,” the National Geographic Society says of it and its people: “Montenegro, after successfully de- fending her independence from a bleak shoulder of rock for more than 500 years agai 11 comers, has, in com- mon with her sister nations of the Bal- kans, begun to aspire to empire abroad, and one of the flelds toward which she looks with warm desire is that of Herzegovina. Herze- govina is a continuation of the Mont- enegro mountains. it has en area of 3530 square miles, or, added to Mont- enegro, would about double that tiny kingdom's territory. It would, also, bring 200,000 more persons under the scepter of King icholas. Montene- grin statistics make one realize what a prize Herzegovina would be. Mont-~ enegro has an area of 5,650 square miles and a population of 520,000. “Herzegovina joins Montenegro in [the south and Bosnia in the north. The mountain formations of Bosnia and Herzegovina are similar, but the latter land is not so fertile as its larger neighbor. There is a saying that: ‘Bosnia begins with the forest, Herzegovina with the rock.’ Here, however, may be enjoved some of the most beautiful scenery of Europe, and, in the future, there are numberless choice Herzegovinan sites that may be developed into famous and well- paying seasonal resorts. Before the Austrians took charge of this country one almost took his life in jest who sought to journey through it without a heavy armed escort. Since assum- Many an automo- | by | — ing control, Austria Mas worked won ders, and brigand Herzegovina has been transformed into a center of economic, political and cultural pro- gress. ‘A large part of the land is barren having a number of bare péaks rising more than 7,000 feet. The eastern part, toward Servia ecially t and rocky. The plunge undergro es on their courses to the sea. is just one river in this province manages to go i without once forsaking the The Herzegovinan valleys are the only fertile p: of the proviuce, and mo: of these are very narrow. A fine quality of grape ed in them, and fairly good natl e pro duced. Excellent tobacco is grown; that is, it is considered excellent by those who prefer tobacco as fragrant as_cloves and cinnamon. is a picture city, a fascinating Or tal town in a setting of wonderful beauty. Sheer, massive cliffs, enclose it one one side, while d tains divide the valley on the other. Mostar has a population of about 15,000, almost entirely Slavonic. Is- lam, however, shares about equally with Roman Catholicism the religious: converts. The m of Her: egovina are like their neighboss, the Montenegrins, in -their sturdy inde- pendence. It was they who started the rebellion against th Turks in 187 which, spreading throughout the Bal kans and finally Russia, led fin: Berlin and the birth of veral states into the family of Nations. new What the Consuls Say. All English boot and shoe manufac- turers are now engaged in turning out footgear for the armies. The price of leather is high. Coal costs three times as much in Norway as it did before the wag. Ontario farmers are getting $1.16 a gallon for their maple sirup. WOMAN ALL RUN DOWN Made Strong and Well By Vinol Waynesboro, Pa.—*‘ I was all run down after a hard spell of bronchitis so it was hard for me to keep about. I had pains in my chest and took cold easily. A friend asked me to try Vinol. I did and it built me up 80 I am strong and well and I am able to do my housework which 1 had not done for three months before taking Vinol.”’— Mrs. Y. R. Hor- BOUGH, Waynesboro, Pa. 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