Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 29, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1915 @nrwu:h gullelm and Gonfied 119 YEIARS OLD Subscription priice 12¢ a week; Soe l menth; $6.00 a yeiir. Bntered at the .Postoffice at Norwlch, Cenn., as second-cflass m: Telegrone C-II-: ulietin Businesis Office Bullef al RQ 383, e Edfl;u etin Jcb ‘Office 35-3. Willimantie O Nuliding. Telep! e S e sl S Norwich, Thuraday, April 29, 1915. Pr s et e (e it il O The Circulation of The Builetin The Bulletin has: the Targest eirculation of any ipaper in East- ern Connecticut ayd from three to four times largerithan that of any in'Norwich. H iis delivered to over 3,000 of tho 4,068 houses in Norwich, and read by ninety- Yhree per cent. of the people. In Windham it is dilivered to over 800 houses, in Putnam and Dawefson to- ever 1,100 and in all of these places: it is consid- ered the local daily. Easterr Connecticut:has forty~ nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five postoffice clistricts, and cixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every _town - on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Comnectizut. CIRCULATION 1901, average 4412 1905, averace ....4......*5,92[] 10,230 BIGGER AND BETTER EASTERN CONNECTICUT. The need of working for the greater development of this end of Connecticut has for a long time been realized and it has at the same time been thor- oughly appreciated that the best re- sults in such an endeavor are going to come through cooperative action. There is a need for the stimulation of interest to such an end in each end every town of Eastern Connecticut. For two years during the existence of the Eastern Connecticut Develop- ment committee in which are interest- ed flve civic organizations from as many _centers there has been disclosed the benefits and possibilities of work- ing together, one for the other and each for them all, in setting forth the advantages of this section of the state, improving the ‘conditions, developing its resources and. creating a closer relation between the communities, Instead of limiting this working to these five centers, it is now proposed with proper foresight to enlist in this work all the civic organizations of the cities ‘ahd towns of the two counties of which there are many. Rural as well as city Improvement is sought and through the combined activity of each and every civic association wunder whatever local name it may appear greater cooperation and greater results are possible. The extension of this opportunity to such boards, leagues and associations should and it is be- lieved: will meet with a generous re- sponse. Everyone can and should have a hand in making a bigger and better Eastern Connecticut. Aprit 24, HELPING A CITY WITH ROSES. Seven million, two hundred thou- sand roses are blooming on a single hedge surrounding a thirty acre orange grove near the city of Los Angeles. It is a hedge eight feet high and four feet across containing La France, La Marque, Henrietta and Papa Gontier varieties and the total number was estimated by carefully counting a squared section. This is only one of the great num- ber of beauty spots of southeérn Cal- ifornia where roses grow in great pro- fusion, though it is by no means the only ‘section where roses can and are being grown for the delight of the residents and the attraction of a far greater number of visitors. Rose gar- dens are featured in many cities, par- ticularly in places which are dispased to give attention to its parks, and during the blooming season draw from all quarters of a state many thousands of visitors and lovers of flowers. It quickly becomes a magnet which gives valuable publicity and proves a draw- ing card of permanent value. It is the active city, the city which makes the neighbors and others whether on business or pleasure bent want to come again that appreciates and secures just such an attractive asset. This is a feature which Norwich should be quick to cultivate. It may not be able to produce Californian dis- plays, but it can surely do much in the way of such beautification throughout the city and & rosé garden at the park which would be possible of highly gratifying resuilts. ENDS8 GERMAN RAIDERS. Despite the persistent assertions that the Kronprinz Wilhelm had simply come into Newport News for repairs and provisions and that it was going ‘out ‘just as it came in, little confidence was placed in thém. The internment therefore is only what was expected. It was foreécasted by the action of the Prinz Eitel and there was certainly less reason for this lone vessel to at- tempt to get past the British squad- ron in waiting than there would have been for the former. This action terminates German ac- tivity on the high seas. Though han- dicapped from the very start by hav- ing its navy bottled up in the protec- tion of home ports the light and con- verted cruisers have taken full advan- e of the great éxpanse of ocean ::‘a the opportunities for hiding from the enemy while preying upon its com- merce. Because of the large number ‘of merchant vessels and the small number of German warships at large the result of the raiding operations shows a small total in comparison with the great amount of shipping at risk, But with the list of vessels which the Krouprinz Wilhelm has ¢o its: credit in a period of nine months it has given a good account of itself and partic- ularly so since it has managed to escape destruction. It has done much more than some of the naval vessels because of its speed and though its oits were of a different character from: that of the Emden its accom- { plishments coupled with the fact that it is still intact cannot help giving it &« place of prominence in the work which Germany’s commerce destroy= erseibave done, ITALY’S ACTION. Friom a high official in Italy comes thewtatement that his country will not entél the war. As an offset to this Col. 43aribaldi makes the assertion that war' 'Will be declared by Italy against Austtia on or before the 15th of May. The declarations may be looked upon as eixforessing the desires of the re- spectiiive men or there may be a guard- ing c{ff the exact situation in one case and ‘hlot in the other. Time will tell. Thej calling home of a number of the :gmbassadors to European coun- tries fmay appear to give support to the rirediction of Garibaldi, but de- spite Bine clamor which prevails in that countigy for war there is also a strong effort [peing made to adjust the situa- tion & plomatically and refrain from the terrific losses which must follow participating in the great conflict. ‘Whether this can be done depends upon ihe willingness of Austria to wmeet the demands. Italy wants an tmportiint part of ‘Austrian territory wehich it formerly possessed, and it is ,sceking: to obtain other valuable con- cesslons. It is responding to the de- m:ands of the people in this regard and it remains to be seen whether it can satisfy them with such progress as it is’ smalking in that direction without going to war, or whether they will in- sist ugon getting it at any price. Aus- tria iln. the meantime is taking advan- tage of the benefit which comes through prolonging Italy’s final de- cision, Italian sentiment does not in- dieate'sa disposition to compromise. Its demanils are likely to be insisted upon and oljtained in one way or the other. BELGIAN RELIEF. Magnificent has been the response which has been made by this coun- try” through different agencies for the relfef ©of the war stricken people of Eurvope. It has gone forward in many formms and through various channels for the supplying of the many urgent needs in the way of hospital supplies, necessary foodstuffs, clothing and cheer. All has been warranted by the. conditidns which Have followed the ravages! of the war whether they have gone to the. relief of the women, chil- dren anfl aged or to the alleviation of the suffering of the sick and injured soldiers, . | ‘Worla--wide sympathy has been aroused by the piight in which - the people of neutral Belgium have been left and & number of states have sent one or mpre shiploads of supplies for the Telief’ of those people who are left homeless, fatherless and provisionless. That there is need for vutside aid to prevent pearly a million and =& half of those people from starving to death can be logked upon as no exaggera- tion. In realization of this a Connecticut committee has been organized for the purpose of having this commonwealth participate in the relief work by for- warding & shipload of supplies in co- operation with the intermational com- misgion which will meet the state's fund dollar for dollar, and gives as- suramce that every dollar will actually reach Belglum and be dis- tributed in _the shape of food. It is & worthy humanitarian work in which Connecticut will no doubt enter with its customary ingerest and zeal. EDITORIAL NOTES. April is doing its best to drive home the argument that it.is time to “take ‘em off.” The general assefnbly passes the statute revision bill just as if it pro- vided a job for everyone, The trial at Syracuse is getting a lot of attention, but it doesn’t appear to be producing anything new. It is a question whether the jitney that advertises to be the speediest or the safest will do the most business. There will be gemeral satisfaction if summer entirely overlooks spring and does not attempt any heat records. It should never be possible to say at the conclusion of a clean-up move- ment that nothing has been accom- plished, Billy Sunday says that golf is hara work, but he ought to be able to put more ginger into his “tut, tut” than the president. If Norway and Sweden decide to seek recompense for the ships they have lost they will have a chance to pre- sent a good-sized bill. The man on the corner says: It is almost impossible to keep chickens in town and spread sunshine and happi- ness among the neighbors. The action of the Kronprinz Wil- helm causes no surprise. Though not what the commander promised it meets general expectations, —— Now that there has come criticism from Canada against our war policy, we can rest assured more than ever that we are right.- They are all being treated alike, < Secretary Bryan declares that Rear Admiral Peary has been indulging his imagination. Can it be that the sec- retary of state is getting ready to vin- dicate Dr. Cook? Johnny Bunny never knew what life was until he found that he was funny and ever since then he has made friends around the world and aided others in covering up the blue spots. The claim is made in New York that the public is to blame for the most of the accidents, but of course the public 6ught not to have many rights and it takes quite a little to stir it up any- way. Not having forgotten that the com- mittee on new towns and probate dis- tricts is opposed to the division of this town and has gone on record as such, Norwich is anxiously awalting the re- port to that effect. When the Pennsylvania legislature abolishes 800 obsolete and worthless laws it sets an example for many other States, but it also calls attention to thé folly of encumbering the statute books with them anyway. - A SEASONABLE TALE “Burn it dpwn!” insisted the woman with the pale haggard face to her friend in the starfish shaped hat who had just airily mentioned that she was about to have her happy home re- papered, decorated and the floors done over. “Burn it down, quick, and then see that the ashes are all scattered and proceed to plant radishes over the remains!” she continued. “Life will be so much more endurable if you do! “Why,” proceeded the haggard woman, “I was weak minded enough to indulge in that redecorating idea recently. I always was tender hearted and the decorater man threw a look into his eye that told plainly of having at home ten starving children and I succumbed. “We'll start Monday, said the decorator man, with the appealing eye, ‘and I promise you that we'll be all through and out of the way by SBaturday night! Your husband will never know anything has happened by Sunday except that he has a lovely new home! Tira lira i!” “I know what was the trouble,” in- terrupted the woman in the starfish shaped hat. “Why didn't you arrange to have—" “Oh, I did!” broke in the haggard one. “I arranged it just as those ar- ticles on efficiency in housekeeping in the magazines teil you to! I arranged that while we were living in peace and order downstairs they should do the upstairs sitting room and part of the bedrooms! Then when the family, looking like the beautifully tailored scene around the library table in the back page magazine ‘ad’, removed it- self to the fresh upstairs sitting room, the men could do the other bedrooms and the front rooms downstairs, and after that the dining room and kitchen. There would then be no confusion and discomfort to the family. “John is a fine man, but he never can comprehend why it is mot possible to houseclean and paper eight hours a day, having the house in perfect order before and after each eight hours when he is home. So I wanted to spare his nerves as much as possible. Did they follow my schedule? Why, woman, I went out of the house for a couple of hours or so on the first day they were there, having packed away the up- stairs sitting room and three bedrooms for them to work in. And when I got back there wasn't a spot from attic to the coalbin in the basement with an unoccupied place where one could sit down. “I don’t know how they managed it in that short time. Every wall was stripped and_everything else emptied. I beheld the hem of my best ball gown sticking out from under a pile of dusty portieres atop the piano and a new case of canned goods from the kitchen pantry was upstairs in the bathroom with the umbrellas and my best table doilies, which had been on the top of the sideboard. “The laundress was drinking herself to death on tea in the Kkitchen de- manding to know how a hard working ‘woman could wash in a laundry filled with millons of pails and buckets of calcimine, paint, varnish remover, shellac and paste and a few dozen stepladders, to say nothing of a small lumber yard of planks! The answer was easy—she couldn’t. ‘“When John came home at night he gave a low moan at the front door and in his agitation dropped his hat into a bucket of calcimine. He waded ankle deep through the wall paper they had been scraping off and every time he tried to sit down he couldn’t because there was always a lamp or a picture or a vase in the chair he headeq for. He leaped like 4 chamois over the par- lor couch and landed in my pet Boston fern and when he found the kitchen full of the library books he brilliantly suggested that we had better go around the corner to a restaurant. “We had breakfast off the piano bench and when John wanted a neck= tie the cook said he would find his ties in the jardiniere on the bread box, for she had seen one of the workmen care- fully put them there. By the next night it was worse, because there was varnish and enamel in unexpected spots and when you finally located an article of furniture, such as your workbox, they had moved it somewhere else.when you went back to it. “Margery wore one patent leather and one. plain shoe to school because she couldn’t swim a sea of varnish to her closet to get the mates. “And then the varnish man got sick the next day and never came and the paperhanger sent word that his grand- mother had died. And the paper stors sent the wrong order and John kept coming home looking more and more pathetic till finally one awful night he sank down on the front steps, a wreck. “As T raised his head he murmured LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Action on License Question. Mr. Editor: Reading in today's Bul- letin of the doings of the house .on the license question called to my mind a preachment by the Bulletin Parson under the caption, He Got His, quot- ing the words, “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall be also reap.” It is evident that these words have no reference to material things. We are told that the field is the world, the harvest the end of the world. He that soweth the good seed is the son of man; that the good seed is the word (or the truth); that it is the hearts of - those into ‘which these words fall that are the ground—shallow, stony or good. That it is an enemy that s0ws tares (or lies). That full text reads: “Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” The context seems “necessary ' to a right - under- standing. It says that he that soweth to the flesh shall reap corruption and he that soweth to the spirit, life ever- lasting. The 19th to 20th verses, 5th chapter, Gal. tells the fruit of each sowing. In mentioning those that got theirs the Parson didn’t mention the woman brought to Jesus taken in adul- tery in the very act. To my mind Jesus knew who sowed the seed that brought forth this act. When her ac- cusers got His answer they wers con- victed in their own consclence and went out, leaving the woman. Per- haps if every judge before passing se: tence, would ask Jesus that same question it might make a difference, or even read the second chapter of Romans: certainly some of the preach- ers ought. With our storehouses fill- ed to overflowing in the form of jails, penitenun:les, almshouses, insane asy- lums and sanatoria, and the state to build another calling it a state farm for inebriates, it seems to me we are sowing too much of the ground to the flesH! If some material concern was manufacturing or growing some pro- duct at a big cost, and found there was no _call or sale for it, would it keep on producing and building storehouses until it was bankrupt? I think not, It would stop producing. But the chil- dren of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. But be not deceived, God is not mock- ed. No matter what we label our seed bag, God knows when we are sOwing what the seed is, and we may all know what has been sown by the orop that is gathered. He that goeth forth weep- ing bearing precious seed, shall doubt- less come again with joy, rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him, Preach the Word, 3 A BELIBVER. | Mapstela- cmwm 22..1915. feebly, ‘They—they've begun redeco- rating my offices to-day!’ The poor thl;ng didn’t have a place on earth to 80, ‘They iot through just ten days af- ter they d promised they would and my cook left because she sald her constitution wouldn’t stand such an awful looking house. I didn’t blame her—T'd have left, too, if my job hadn’t been for life. As it is, I don’t think John ever will feel quite the same to- ward me again. I can see it in his eyes. So—burn yours down!” ‘I've no doubt that's all the gospel truth, agreed the woman in the star- fish shaped hat. “But, come on and help me pick out wall paper!”—Chi- cago News. If Stories of the War Austria-Hungary’s Financial Power. ‘The official Fremdenblatt at Vienna publishes an article by the director of the Aligemeine Verkehrsbank on the financial defensive power of Austria- Hungary, in which he assert that the econmic system of the dual monarchy has proven and will prove equal to the great tasks imposed upon it by the war. To the most intensive exploitation of the avallable working forces, to the willing submission of the people to national - regulation of nourihment, and to the sound basis of the indus- trial and economic life, he said, is due to the fact that “nowhere a trace of a crisis shows itself.” Pointing to the success of the Aus- tro-Hungarian war loan, he notes that the decrease in bank deposits as a result of this loan amounted to only three per cent. or 600 million crowns, ($150,000,000) “which in view of total deposits of twenty billion crowns, jus- tifies the assertion that the war loan for the greater part was paid from out of our economic reserves, so that the deposit accounts in Austro-Hungarian banks remain intact. ‘“As a matter of fact”, “the deposits in the larger Vienese private banks, not considering the Postal Savings Bank increased dur- ing the first two months of 1915 by 110 million crowns, i. e, 7.1 per cent. This ratio was undoubtedly higher in the provinces. “A further war loan is at the mo- ment not a matter of actual occur- ence, but it is certain if a new ap- peal to the people should be necessary, the next war loan would be floated on terms even more favorable than the first. For the present ample provi- sion has been made for immediate needs by the issuance of 3 1-2 bil- lions. “In case a longer duration of the war has to be reckoned with, and if the costs are estimated at twelve million crowns, the country would have to raise additional taxes of about 700 million. “The Austro-Hungarian debt at the end of 1913 amounted to 18 billion crowns, of which ten billion comprise rallroad investments, so that more than half of the nationa] debt con- sists of productive expenditures. The budget receipts of the two countries since 1900 increased nearly three bil- lions. In Austria the annual taxable income of the people when estimated last was nearly seven billions. The wealth of the people of Austria is es- timated at 100 billion crowns. The normal -value of the agricultural pro- duction has risen to nearly flve billions yearly. ‘The elasticity of the state budget for both monarchies therefore permits the covering of the interest requirements of the war costs without any injury whatever to the economic life of the country.’ The article controverts the asser- tion that Austria-Hungary is meeting its money requirements in connection with the war by drawing on the Aus- tro-Hungarian Bank, and points out that the financial department had re- ceived money neither from that bank nor from the Postal Savings Bank, but that in issuing the war loan it had relled upon an Austrian bank syndi- cate which together with a Hungarian synidicate of equal rank was available for the credit requirements of the en- tire country and would show itself equal to any further tasks. The injuries done to the economic life of Austria-Hungary by this ter- rible war”, he says, “are infinitesimal compared with those wrought in other countries, - because the economic life of this country is based chiefly on its own bhome resources, and because our part in the affected international traf- fic is only modest.” The article concludes as follows: “That the monarchy heretofore had to adapt herself to conditions and build up its economic system from its own resources proves of great advantage now. She can draw the powerful means for the conduct of the war from her own national resources and will also be strong enough to meet the great tasks of the ensuing peace.” he continues, What Russians Have Done. Just as Field Marshal von Hiden- burg has become a dominating figure throughout all Germany, so, in the % vince of East Prussia, Adolph von atocki, the Ober Praesident, has be- come the most prominent charcter be- cause of his indefatigible efforts in behalf of the hundreds of thousands of persons made homeless by the in- road of the Russian. Von Batocki began his work as soon as he was called from private life to his high office last fall, for much had by that time been destroyed and devasted. With the more recent raid on Memel, and the destruction of a majority of the district of which it :xs f:e center, he once more took te the eld. It was at Tilsit, one-time prey of the Russians, that an _Assoclated Press correspondent met him, fresh from the countryside teeming with the wagons of the fugitives. He had just completed an investigation of the work of the Russians, which had been sur- pal‘lngly thorough and dispassion- ate. Angered at the vast amount of de- struction he was, but he had not in the least been misled by wild reports and exaggerations. He was intensely fair- minded toward the Russian and quick- ly gave them ‘credit for decent ac- tions. By a thorough sifting process he got to the bottom of the tales of the fu- gitives and disproved much of what had been told him under the stress of wild excitement. Moreover he had seen thé humor in many of the situa- tions he had encountered and was not wholly depressed by what he had been through. Three = hundred thousand {nhabi- tants of his province, he estimated, had fled from their homes or the re- mains of them, and had to be cared for in various parts of Germany. To accomplish their care, typical German “system’ has been resorted to, so that about 1,500 fugitives from each sec- tion were taken care of together, ap- portioned off to districts all over Ger- many. ‘These 300,000 persons, older and very young people in the majority, have fled from the agricultural dis- tricts all along the curving Russian border, from a district 300 kilometers or more in length, and extending in- ward into the German empire any- where from 10 to 75 kilometers. For the most pdart these fugitives are si Women s Health Requires Care ‘Women are so constituted as to be peculiarly susceptible to con- stipation, and their general health depends in large measure on éareful regulation and correc- tion of this tendency. Their del- icate organisms rebel at the violence of cathartic and purga- tive remedles, which, while they may afford temporary relief, shock the system and seflously disturb the functional organs. mild laxative is far pretemb}a and, if properly compounded, much more effective, The combination of simple lax- ative herbs with pepsin sold in drug _stores under the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syru'p Pepsin, is ideal for women’s use. A free trial bottle can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 452 Washington St., Monticello, Tils. are they as yet being urged to re- turn. ‘A few districts, notably Loet- zen, Darkehmen; Angerburg and Gum- bimen, which are only partially de- stroyed, have been reopened to their former inhabitants, who are straggling back slowly. Von Batocki found that about 100,- 000 horses have been driven off by the Russians, some 14,000 of which have been recovered by German offensive movements. The loss is very keenly felt, nevertheless, for horse breeding is one of East Prussla’s main indus- tries. The war has told heavily upon the province in this respect, for thousands of the choicest animals early in the war were drafted for military pur- poses. Von Batocki and others al- ready are considering ways and means for reestablishing the breeding indus- try with government aid, as soon as the war ends. The number of cattle taken by the Russians exceeded the number of horses, Von Batocki has found, but so also has the number recaptured been greatly in excess of the horses. Fully 100,000 have been retaken by the Ger- mans, but most of the animals were in a weakened condition that required almost immediate slaughtering. In this tour throughout his province, the Ober-Praesident said he found traces of many peculiarities on the part of the Russians, none stranger than their almost superstitious fear of espionage. Electric light plants had been demolished, great moats had been dug about hospitals to counter- act the supposed influence of the Roentgen Ray, and nurses and inhab- itants suspected of spying had been carried off by the hundred to Rus- sia. The fate of these is still in a ma- jority of cases unknown to their friends and relatives. Some, it is not known, have been taken as far as Vladivostok in Eastern Siberia. Others especially, the nurses, went only to Petrograd where they immediately continued hospital work, and Wwhere with few exceptions they were decent- ly and carefully treated. Von Batocki and all the others who have investigated conditions in East Prussia are utterly at a loss, however, to understand the Russian’ motives in carrying off aged women and months- old children. If the Russian fear of Prussian spying has been great, they themselves have done their share. In addition to having had some few agents in the towns along the border they made ex- cellent use of the windmills that abound all over the province as sig- nal stations. Patrols, or agents, were able to com- municate with the columns behind quite effectively by turning the arms of the windmill in a prearranged man- ner. To this same purpose also the Rus- sians found the hay stacks very use- ful, and would eet one afire to give one signal, two for another and so on. How many tons of hay have been burned for this purpose it is impossi. ble to estimate, but the number is very large. The worst of thé plundering and looting, the Ober-Praesident found, has been committed by Russian sol- diers who have come into the pro- vince lately. The first troops to en- ter, last fall, were for the most part weil disciplined and respectable, sol- diers rather than looters. During all the time that the Rus- sians occupied Tilsit and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaivitch made it his head- quarters there was scarcely any vio- lence or trouble, But as the first line Russians were defeated and decimated their ranks were taken by less dis- ciplined men who have carried their deeds of violence farther and farther until East Prussia today is but a wl;t;ck oé ltts 'garlmer self. on Batocki is unusuall ung for the position he -hulds—still’lny‘l,xu :n']y forties. He is a captain in the army, and a few years ago served his pro- vince as a ‘“Landrat” or magistrate. Personally_wealthy, he retired to his big East Prussian estate, only to be called back into service when the war was well under way. He is short, nervous, wiry and ac- tive, and on his tours of inspection does the work with a thorougness that is surprising. He fails to get ex- cited over excitable tales but probes them with a somewhat disconcerting coolness. He makes his home for the in Koenigsberg in a typically old- fashioned German state residence, which, like his wife and himself, is a model of simplicity., At the conelu- sion of his most recent tour of East Prussia he entertained at lunch a party of newspaper correspondents who had been viewing the depreda- tions of the Russians. No family meal among friends could have been more charmingly informal than was the luncheon—quite typical of mm, say those who knew him best, and strong- 1y indicative of one of the reasons for his tremendous popularity. —_— A Musical Note. The phonograph is & - titonkbatku &h musli’ca.l lm‘m\:mmv::a stock ticker has the sweeter — Boston Transcript. S resent ‘While it is true that there m: a wide difference between a ]’o.vyelx':g ment estimate made on April 1 and the crop as harvested several months af- terward, still the chance is even that the crop may be increased tead of decreased. The ~exceptionally high price of wheat since the war began and the prospect of a great demand until the war ends induced farmers to increase their acreage beyond every precedent. Big crops are the basis for good times in the United States,.so that the litest ~ wheat forecasts will make cheerful reading for all business men and bread eaters as won as for the*farmers. —NomE Hour. 1t from_their homes, nord’ THE HIGHEB:I'I_ SALARIED SI MAZIE ROWL |Bu<»rvo=oxv EDDIE | FOYER NGLE ACT THAT EVER PLAYED HIS CITY. DON'T MISS THIS ONE WL ECCENTRIC an COMEDIANS DAINTY SINGING COMEDIENNE AN The Kentucky Trio Three Comedy Boys With Some Voices Thurs., =~ AUDITORIUM Shows 2:30, 7 and 8:45 Mat. 10¢c; Eve. 10 and 20c THE DANCING DOLLS CO., With TOMMY LEVENE Presenting “THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE” 5AY EXPLOITS OF ELAINE TOMORROW FRIDAY Colonial “THE APARTMENT HOUSE MYSTERY,” Two “The Nameless Fear”—Lubin “The Homecoming of Henry,” Sidney Drew .... LenEy Identit; of Clutching Hand isclosed JESS WILLARD in the Heart Punch Theatre Reels—Ruth Rowland “Mr. Stubb’s Pen,” Selig Vitagraph 10 Library Contest Coupons With Every Matinee Tlckat, and Eve. 5 OTHER VIEW POINTS Yesterday was a red day for the autoist in this vicinity. Many accidents occurred and at least one of them was fatal, while other persons suffered se- rious. injuries. The spring crop of maimed and mangled users of the highway will soon be in full blossom.— Ansonia Sentinel. The death rate from typhoid fever in Connecticut is now less than one- fourth what it was 20 years ago, and very little more than one-half that still_prevailing in the country as & whole. .With the steady improvement that is being registered each year, the board predicts that the automobile will soon be a more important factor in the death rate of the state than typhoid.—Bridgeport Standard. The House did a wise thing Thurs- day when it passed an act authoriz- ing the Governor to proclaim seasons of drought . during the open hunting season and to prohibit hunting during such a period. This is similar to the Massachusetts law and last year. with its numerous forest fires that greatly increased after the hunting period opened showed the necessity of cloth- ing the governor with the power re- quired to safeguard wood]ands ~—Bris- tol Press. Right here in Connecticut the farm- ers should put in larger crops of corn, beans, peas, potatoes, onions and elmilar vegetables. More pigs- should be raised. Any of the farms in the nill towns have flelds that are excel- lent for pasturage, but almost untill- able. They afford an opportunity to raise shee- and _cattle. Connecticut should supply all its citizens with home-raised foodstuffs. It can be done with profit to the agriculturalists and benefit to the consumer along the line of lower prices—Hartford Post. A number of efforts have been made in the past to obtain informa- tion as to the cause of fires but they all resulted In absolute failure. In one case the police were sure they had a case against one man, yet he was acquitted in the upper court because of a lack of evidence, although it seemed as ‘if about the only thing that was lacking was the admission of the man himself. The firemen have been kept pretty busy during the past week or so and if any of the calls were pre- arranged and the fires were set it would be a fine thing to know and to have the guilty parties punished.— New Britain Herald. That the city meeting is still an as- set worth while, was proven by what happened at old Turner hall last Tues- day night. The city meeting on that occasion rectified the mistake made by the common council in cutting the library and fire department appropria- tions. The chicf argument made in favor of abolishing the city meeting was that New Britain had out-grown such a system of municipal govern- ment. It was said that no hall would be large enough to accommodate the citizens if a meeting to decide upon a matter of importance was called. This talk was misleading. A city meeting may be called in & manner that would permit of a referendum vote at the polling places. This would entail some expense, but it costs nothing to retain the power to call such a meeting, if occasion should demand it. The idea of taking all power away from the people is strong with some, but it should be discontenanced on all occa- sions.—New Britain Record. Denmark has about 85 head of cat- tle to every 100 inhabitants. GASTORIA Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria For Over Thirty Years GASTORIA THE CENTAUR comPANY, Yoms orrv. The Best Automobile Insurance you can carry is written 'bythhmonguencyflld specializes in this class of insurance. STRONG COMPANIES L. J. RIGHT RATES May Building, opp. Chelsea Savings Bank, Norwich, CIf. : For Boys and Girls modern houses used as se] ldflouc flelds, tennis courts, ts. Every student is baseball parate residences lor bon spor advanced as rapidly as ho o careful supervision of an e!flclatnt teaching force. A large ana Lerge diamond, bas 1 ll-m! h‘l‘“ oautflbor e is able, under the. endowment makes it possible to offer the students all convtniencel that they could obtain ine very high priced schools at the low ex) to send your son or dlug ter to board-] ou come to a deciston. ense of $350 a year. Yyou are goin, Totora'y. ing lchQAl this year, write us ore ¥. . M., Principal;, North Stonington; Conn,