Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 8, 1915, Page 4

A . NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, WAY B, 1915 Sl Glorwich Bulletin and Goudied 3 i price 12c u week; e & n year. Entered. at the Postoffice as wecond-class mat: Telepmone Calln: Business Office 480. etin. Editorial Rooma 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2, | WVillimastie Ofice, Moom 3, Murray Telephone 310. i Norwich, Saturday, May 8, 1915. L e B e R B e The Circulation of The Buletin The Bulletin has the largest eirgulation of any-paper in East- e Connecticut and from thres #o four times.larger than that of any in Norwdch. It is delivered toever 3,000 of the 4,083 houses in Norwich, and read by minety- thres 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 sixtynfive pestoffice districts, and sixtv rural free delivery route The Bulletin is sold in every tewn -- * on all of the R. F. D. routes.in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION iNorwich, o i 4412 ----5,920 i | | THE TORPEDOED LUSITANIA. Greater attention is directed to the i torpedoing of the Lusitania because it 1s the first of the big liners to be sunk and because it is inoked upon as a direct carrying out of the threat which was made in the German submarine policy and reiterated in the recent ad- Vertisement of the German embassy warning people against taking pas- ®age on any vessels fiying the flag of the belligerents, though from the man- mer in which the Gulflight was at- tacked there would appear to be little Tespect for the flag of any country, ‘whether belligerent or neutral. In no way can this policy be looked upon other than that of piracy. The sinking of merchant vessels which are unarmed has from the very first béen the cause of vigorous protest, but this is not the only instance in which in- ternational law has been ruthlessly @isregarded, treaties violated and the Bon-combatants, men, women and chil- @ren, been made to suffer. Germany has from the very first been insisting that it demands, right or wrons, must e granted and it has stopped at noth- ins to accomplish its purpose. Hu- manity gets no consideration and such a spectacle as the torpedoing of a passenger ship simply supports the other tales of German atrocities The Lusitania is of course a British ship and British property, the sinking ©f which might be looked upon with Jess concern did it not carry over two thousand human beings, many of whom have lost their lives. ‘The interest of this country lies in the fact that there were several hun- dred Americans aboard and under the position which has been taken by this government they had a right to be there and as neutrals should have been protected. The death of any one of them i3 in no way justified by the embassy warning, ang if it is found that American lifes have been lost it presents, in the face of the other wan. ton destruction of American property and lives, a serious situation. That Germany was assisted in the attack upon this steamship and American lives from this country may well be 2 subject for vigorous inquiry, SEWAGE DISPOSAL. Even though it has been modified, the action which was taken by the house upon the bill concerning sew- age disposal indicates progress in a movement which has been underway for several years and, if concurred in by the senate, and it become a law, will permit a tart being made towards the solution of a big problem. ‘Wherever it is possible at the pres- ent time sewage systems empty into the rivers of the state with the re- sult as investigation shows that some of the streams are already se- plously polluted and furnish a men- @ce to the health conditions. The vol- @me of water in some of the larger givers makes the situation less dan- gerous under prevailing conditions, but with a steady increase in the size of cities, the development of other com- munities and accompanying sewer sy fems, a more extensive use of the in- land waters is threatened, with a cor- responding increase in the danger to public health and safety. It was for the purpose of checking this that the measure was proposed, the original bill giving authority to correct existing conditions and prevent further increase. That gave vast pow- ers and made it possible to saddle a tremendous expense upon cities which have already spent large sums upon sewer systems which make use of the rivers, as well as upon manufacturers. The modification can therefore be looked upon as a sensible handling of this matter, placing as it does an efficient and effective control over the situation as it exists and guarding the streams against future abuse. A LESSON FOR OTHERS. Much interest has been arouseG by e suspicion, arrest, partial trial and confession of a prominent New York man on the charge of robbing the pay roll of his employers. As a trusted clerk, having demonstrated to his em- yers that he worth a salary $6,000 a year, he had gained their tire confidence and was able through those who perticipated the plan might have been repeated at every favorable opportunity and the Jekyll and Hyde existence gone from bad to worse. Cop- nered, it resulted in a clean breast of the whole affair, possibly in hopes of profiting through the leniency of the court. The sentence of seven and a halt to fifteen years in Sing Sing which has just been imposed may seem se~ vere but it apparently indicates the belief of the court that there is need of furnishing substantial discourage- {ment for such practices. If the sen- tence was a light one it,would be. open to the interpretation that such crimes could be committed almost with impunity. It could be looked upon as an encouragement for others to do the same thing under the expectation that when they were caught they would be able to escape severe punishment. The court apparently took into considera- tion the fact that there are more con- cerned than the individual who con- fessed. In this case the fear of the penalty was obliterated by the esti- mation of shrewdness, and an example of the guilty one has been made for the benefit of others. Even the pris- oner realized he was deserving of no sympathy. JAPAN AND CHINA. Even though Japan may not have technically issued an ultimatum to China in regard to such demands as it has made upon that republic, from the statements which have been made public it is quite evident that it is prepared to. it is determined that its wishes be fulfilled, meaning that China must agree thereto or take the con- sequences. It has unquestionably paved the way for such a document and de- cided upon the course which it is going to pursue in forcing the issue. Unless it is possible to find a com- mon ground upon which thess coun- tries can agree that means war and in connection therewith the suggestion which has been made that mediation be resorted to for the settlement of the trouble ought not to be overlooked, China. is in no condition to engage in war and vet it has rights which ought not to be indiscriminately vio- lated. There are also treaty relations with other countrles which must be upheld. Therefore Japan has reason for resorting to a thorough consider- ation of these questions and the ex- haustion of every possible means of adjustment through the channels of diplomacy before engaging in a cost- ly and bloody war. It is still be- lieved that both countrie$ would prefer to get out of the impending trouble without recourse to arms and it must Dbe recognized that if there is any mu- tual desire for a fair and honest hand- ling of the matter mediation furnish- es a means to that end. Such would also give full consideration to the pal- icies which the other countries will insist must be respected concerning China. THE NEW HAVEN ROAD. From the statement of earnings for March as issued by the New York, New Haven and' Hartford railroad there cannot help but be satisfaction to those who are deeply interested from a financial standpoint and equally s0 to those who thoroughly under- stand the importance to this part of the country in having the system once more on its feet. Nothing gives any more confidence than a railroad which is self supporting and the figures for March, showing a quarter of a mil- lion earned, substantiates the firm be- lief which has always been held that the road could come back. There is reflected in "the statement the gocd results of the policy under which the road is now being operated, for while the actual business does not show such a tremendous gain in com- parison with last vear, it is a gratify- ing showing nevertheless that the plan of economy which has been put into operation has made possible. It has been demonstrated that money can be earned by saving it and the manner in which the officials of the system have tackled this problem glves greater confidence than ever in their ability to make the most of a bad sit- uation for which they were not respon- sible, and in the methods which they are employing. There can be no question but what the New Haven is a most valuable piece of property, that it has a bright future and that its affairs are being s0 guided as to attain the best results. That this is generally realized is re- flected in the action which the legis- latures of the three states in which it operates have taken. EDITORIAL NOTES, Every city clean-up movement should be indulged in by the whole town and not a small part of it. There is cause for satisfaction in the fact that the Barnes-Roosevelt law suit isn’t going to\be featured by the movies. Heat or no heat, it is sald women are going to carry fur this summer, vet we cannot believe it'll be carried very “fur.” When a jitney strikes a party walt- ing for the trolley, it will never be possible to convince some that it was not intentional, If, as reported, Huerta has leased a house on Long Island, it must be that he has found conditions in New York satisfactory. The New Hampshire barber who boasts of shaving 84-in an hour pre- sents a stunt which appears to ignore the safety first policy. Bven though Russia may have a new name already to replace Constanti- nople it is taking longer to substitute it than it did to select it. From the dafly reports the German submarines appear to be as eager to get the Swedish and Norwegian steamers as they do. the British. B s et When the mathematical prodigy at Harvard declares that he will never marry it is only another way of say- ing that the right girl has not yet appeared, Even though the use of asphyxiating. gases in the war has been denled, the plans of the British to engage there- in as a measure of retaliation indicates something. The man on the corner says: The alarm clock can be halted, but there is no mechanical contrivance for dis- couraging the bantam rooster in the early morning, Concord, Del, is terrorized by mad Tespect in which he was held, to out by the aid of &n- on the firm's Eéim,m of i dogs, says a report, which leaves it to THE MAN WHO TALKS It we were early taught we are self-registering souls, and that we re- veal the shadows and evil stains which wrong living has cast upon our minds, Jjust as the great ceders of the Mari- posa_grove contain within themselves the record of growth and drouth and accidents for the 2,000 years of their existence, we should have been more circumspect in our lives—we should not have held and gloated over so many secret thoughts, or found such pleasure in doing questionable things on the sly. In view of this we must express the fear that we are a very speckled lot. What if we really cannot indulge in & revengeful feeling, or a false thought, or do an evil deed and escape the record of shame in our own book of life? Do you think the perusal of the book will be very en- tertaining by and by? On the other hand, if every good deed recorded in the mind finds_ spiritual expression in our form and features, how delightful we should be to look upon. There is a glow with a charm to goodness, and this is what transforms mortals from a low to a high estate. There are too many men in this world trying to save people who are not lost. There are too many also who think there is more merit in trying to save the other fellow than in trying to save themselves, or their own. The great ‘accomplishment in this life is to be such a good example that vour fellowmen are prompted to become what you are instead of remaining what they be. There is too much tallc and too little true action. It is just as easy to tell the other fellow the right way to live, as jt is to tell him how he may better use his money. It is not so easy to show him either. There are more leaders than the world needs, and too few that are worthy of being followed. It is said of Tennyson that he lived the great life he depicted in his poems; and this may be truly sald of other great writers and speak- ers. Handing out the truth for the good of the people which you do not live, is mnot unlike doing charitable ‘works with money you solicited instead of earned, Somehow men who are least in this world think they are greatest. One thing that makes the German and the Austrian and the Russian armies weaker than the English is be- cause in them the sovereignty of the individual is not recognized. They do not know Kitchener was as divinely born as the Czar or Kalser, because God made him and endowed him with sreater ability than either of them ever possessed. The saviours of men still are born in hovels, not palaces. Who is Lord Kitchener’s chief of staff? He is Robertson, who began life as a lackey with ideas and who promises to end life as the commander-in-chief of the British forces. His great feat has been to treat the rank and file as if they were the cream of earth in- stead of the ravellings; and giving them the best of food in_camp, with hot baths and good beds, bringing the exhausted forges to a high state of efficiency in a few days. The British camps in France, which are the most complete military camps the world has ever seen. Where men of ideas are recognized there is a surplus of com- manders in every military company. Tyranny robs men of initiative and in doing this it weakens and often under- mines its power. The young man who throws his money away in vouth discovers what an idiot he was in old age. To be a good fellow all one has to do in youth is to pave the way to want, and per- haps ‘the poorhouse later on. Gen- erosity calls out sweet praises, but the reaction is usually acid meditations. The world at large is like the child who forgets the generosity of its par- ents when the money is gone. Those who enjoy gifts are often caught say- ing the meanest things about the giv- ers. Good will that is bought can turn into ill-will as easily as milk can sour. When it comes to boosters, those who talk enthusiastically to bleed the gen. erous, usually reap the rewards they were working for. The money thrown down by fools becomes the fortune of people who know its value and what to do with it. Little money gets lost! It has a way of getting into the right hands, where it will serve a good pur- pose. It is not necessary to be mean to gain a surplus, for that only re- quires forethought and prudence, The authorities opposed to the wom- en who plead for peace point out that their petitioning for righteousness and justice in connection with war shows they. know nothing about war. This is a cold blooded confession, but war is made up of conspiracies, as- sassinations, murder and violence of every sort, theft, destruction of prop- erty, starvation, famine and pestilence, These are not Christian virtues—they afe the horrors of life which men incite and invoke when® passion rules and righteousness and justice are in abey- ance. Half the world does not know what this tremendous slaughter of hu- man beings is for, and even the men who have faced showers of flame and blood and died by thousands never knew why they sacrificed thefr lives. 1t is because several nations who de- serve them want open ports, and two nations are contending for world su- premacy of the seas. If men were righteous and just there would be no wars. When a man gets along in vears, soclety ceases to call often for him, and the insurance agents,have ceased to follow him up as a good ris] He is relegated to the realm of quietness to be plucked by a nurse or a merry widow if he has money and no mate; or to be sadly neglected if he is recog- nized as a might have been. Age is what mind has made it with the aid of time. It may be baldness, decrepi- tude and squalor; or it may be pros- perity, prudence and pride polished and set aside. Age may be in sympathy with youth and in step with the har- mony of heaven, and it may be more than an old stoop-shouldered culprit can bear. After 70, Coleridge says: “Woman falls into three classes: The dear old soul; that old woman; and that old witch!” Man after 70 may be recognized as the old gentleman; the old grouch, and the old simpleton! Cato pointéd out that old age had in- firmities enough of its own, so there is no necessity for adding to it vice. How many people expose their ignor- ance by trying to conceal it! ~But pre- tending to know is just as common falling_ to remember. When _littie Mary Jane came running home to ask Aunt Maria_who Shylock was, didn't she reply: “Why, Mary Jane! You g0 to Sunday school and come home ask- ing such a question as that! You should read your Bible more!” And when infantile Bobby asked his father if he belleved a whale swallowed Jonah he replied: “I used to when I was a boy, and I guess Uncle Jim does now. You might ask him!” And we wonder why children get tricky before they reach their 'teens, We are all inclined to dodge the fellow Who asks questions. No wonder a celebrated American wit said: “Life is short—only four letters in it. Three-quarters of it a ‘lie; and half of it is an ‘it ” In Shakespeare's time one man in ten thousand was supposed to be honest, but in these days all idea of proportion seems to have been lost. We are a generation of gay deceivers. be inferred that the animals may be put_out over the failure to get their licenses renewed. [ HOW ONE STATE TEACHES (Written Speclally for The Bulletin.) An invitation, during & Summer trip a few_years ago, to visit the state capitol of Vermont did not at first ap- pear very entlcing. Statehouses are all statehouses, I supposed; and wal- though the fine, imposing building of native stone on the broad street at Montpelier Jooked attractive, 1 could not see much to induce one to visit it. Once inside, however, my opinion soon changed. For the State of Vermont has gath. ered here & most interesting and in- instructive collection of exhibits, giv- ing an adequate idea of life and con- ditions throughout the entire state. Great yooms of the big building are set apart for the display of every known specimen of native stone—and that means something, for the Green Mountain State! Such a fine collecs tion of granites, marbles, polished and unpolished, et al. would delight the heart of any geologist. Then there are specimens of wood, such an interesting collection, so ar- ranged as to show the grain, the build- ing_possibilitie, etc. . More than this, the state authori- ties have here assembled birds of every species identified in the state. They are so arranged, too, that they form a strikingly beautiful exhibit. All the state animals, too, are here shown by choice specimens. One can spend hours inspecting these, some of which, of course since the advance of civilization, are now extinct. But the stae of Vermont has not stopped here. Almost a complete history of the state’s part in the Revolution and in the Civil War is unfolded, by means of pictures of the state's soldiers, collec- tions of war relics and curios, flags, and the like. The state’s inventions have a place, in representations of each. Nor does the exhibit stop here; for year after year public-spirited citizens have add- ed to it many interesting articles, un- tists tell him. We are assured these tiny creatures do a tremendous amount of good and a tremendous amount of harm. We call them tiny, but they are so tiny they are invisible and multi- plied a_thousand times by a micro- scope they appear es large as the period at the end of this line, A new bacillus has been found in the trenches of the Belgian war zone which is now charged with being the cause of rheu- matism; hence the old and well-sus- tained uric acld theory as to the cause of this disease is wobbling. But the readers of this paragraph will be pleased to know that the most won- derful bacillus ever discovered is the one which excites confidence in the medical fraternity and in their patients that the thousand and one nostrums prescribed for various diseases are a sure cure—the Bacillus fideo—discov- ered In Great Britain and thence intro- duced to the world. It may seem ab- surd that a bacillus bestirs our confi- dence; but since bacilli give flavor to butter and cheese and stimulate crops, why should we not believe that they may be needed to inspire confidence among men? Sunday Morning Talk THE NICK OF TIME. There is a tide in_the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the vovage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. The wise head of Shakespeare for- mulated a truth of which every man has at least some realization. The current of life sets right at a certain hour, and the canny mariner will take it when jt serves. ~Fleeting opportun- ity must be seized. The book of Ecclesiastes emphasiz- es the same lesson. “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” And if other sapient words are required to clinch the point, those of Pliny the Klder may be quoted: “It is a maxim uni- verselly agreed upon in . agriculture that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.” The peril of misjudging the main chance, of procrastination, has been dinned into the ears of succeeding gen- erations. We have been warned of how serious a mistake it is to miss the tide at the flood. And all dawdling voyagers on life's ocean had Dbetter give heed to the warning. ‘This doctrine of the swift and irrev- ocable passing of opportunity may be preached, however, in a way merely to discourage people. It is possible to put fictitious importance on some single failure to act wisely, on some momen- tary indecision, A man may be mede to “feel that having made a single false move, having committed a single strategic blunder, he is hopelessly out of the race. Of necessity he stands condemned to failure, penury and woe because once he missed some leading chance. I cannot believe that life plays so sharp a game as that with ue. A hu- man being is not to make or break his career unchangeably by any _single grasp or loss of opportunity, We will grant that, occasionally a lucky guess on the stock exchange may mean fin- ancial competence and an unlucky one financial ruin. We will grant that oce casionally some fortunate political al- liance for a man or some social con- nection for a woman will raise to prominence those who might otherwise have lived in oblivion. But we will not grant that those who have let some chances slip by must henceforth resign themselves to inevitable fail- ure. Success in life is a bigger thing than any particular financial, political or social triumphs that may have attend- ed it. Success is, after all, a spiritual rather than a material value. It is to Dbe judged in terms of character and of ittle else. No one’s life is bound in shallows or in miseries, whatever his blunders or his defeats, till he has lost his purpose to become a moral conqueror, to become great of soul. Practically life is built up on a long series of choices rather than on a sin- gle strategic choice on which every- thing else depends, Character resuits from a daily and hourly doing of the Dest that one can do under the e cumstances. It is B will set to make the most of each opportunity as it comes. There is, then, of course, no time like the present. Just now is the time to do the thing that ought to be done. ‘What time is it? Time to do well, time to live better. Give up that grudge, answer that let- ter, Speak the kind word to sweeten a sorrow, Do that kind deed you would leave il tomorrow. The average man is not supposed to know much ebout bacteria, or bacilli, or animalcule except what' tha scian- Every day is doomsday. moment is the nick of time. THE PARSON, Every til these rooms are as ipstructive as any museum. T native woods alonme could be studied for many hours and with pro- fit. A person who has taken the long train-ride up into Vermont under- stands the source of the supply of wood specimens. Hour after hour the train rung through densely wooded hills, recalling one’s idea of the forest primeval; just a path along the nar- row river banks affording room for the winding railroad line, Such a sight makes one a bit skepti- gal of all that ls written and said about ‘cutting off our native forests. It would seem as though there must be timber enough here to last for ages! That it is being cut off, how- ever, and rapidly, too, is demonstrated by the great piles of logs lying .along the beds of the streams, @ pathetic sight dpring a dry summer, since only plenty of water in the . rivers can serve to move the log booms from whers they have been cut, back in the hills, down to the towns aud to the sawmills which make them avail- able for industry and commerce. As may be imagined, too, the stone specimens of Vermont furnish an in- teresting collection. An observer appreciates this the more, after a visit to any of the querries. The same fact is impressed, When a tourist visits certain of the towns. In Proctor, for example, in the heart of the marble district, the most ordin- ary of the buildings are of marble, the streets are covered with pulver- ized marble, everything is white as Spotless Town, the material for the thriving city coming direct from fits quarries nearby. ‘What Vermont has done, on a large scale, to teach its resources and pro- ducts and birds and animals, might be attempted on a smaller scale by many another city or town. It is safe to say that thousands in every locality are as ignorant of the productions, manufactures and _Te- sources of their own state or city as would be the proverbial traveler from New Zealand. We recognize that fact, when, as occasionally, we have in our own city some special exhibit of the output of our mills or factories. There are ex- clamations of wonder, that Norwid! produces so many and so varied arti cles and menufactures. Because we all take for granted the wonders about us, the grains and fruits and minerals, the flowers and birds and animals, the countless arti- cles which we need in our daily lives and so many of which are furnished by shops or mills in our own city or state, it might be a revelation to us, were it possible to collect specimens of many or all, in one place, for our surprise and admiration. In & state largely manufacturing, as is Connecti- cut, one can imagine something of the size and the variety of the goods and specimens to be thus brought together; while it is safe to predict that the variety of the collection from the Na- tural History side would be equally astonishing, Our occasional small loan exhibi- tions serve to throw much light on local and state history, especially dur- ing Colonial times and the stirring days of the Revolution. Great-grand- mothers' pewter plates and tankards, the quaint church siver, faded prints of long-forgotten scenes, portraits of worthies whose names are but a mem- ory, the spindle-legged chairs, the blue china, hard-made cabinets, tables, odd highboys and lowboys, heavy old four- post beds, maybe with quaint canopies, the warming-pan which some ances- tor took to church to temper the frig- idity of the high-backed pew, while the staid and solemn parson was ex- pounding from fourteenthly and be- yond; the poke bonnet and the flounced cape; the expansive silk skirt which once hid but did not altogether con- ceal the ugly hoop-skirt; the hair- covered trunk which went on journeys when the railway train was a curios ity; the blue and white coverlid of Grandma’s industry with her knitting needles during many a winter evening long ago, everything serves to open a page back in the past, to teach its lesson to the new generations. 1t is a_hopeful ght that towns and cities are doing, n a way, what Ver- mont has done so well, i. e. looking backward in one fashion or another, to study up the state's or town's be- ginnings. Herein | those patriotic societies whose aim it is to dig into the past and discover the builders of the greatness and the suc- ces of this our own age. To find out who were the “mute forefathers of each hamlet;” the toilers who cleared oft virgin forests, built the ancient turnpikes, erected the buildings which We now use so carelessly and so con- stantly, labored day after day and year after year, cultivating, sowing, reaping; who had time from the hard- ships of reclaiming stony fields and bridging rushing rivers and building substantia] homes, to make laws, found schools and colleges and churches, ex- pand the weakling towns into great cities, and then, when the call came, had the couragée and the valor to go forth to fight for and defend the homes and the colony which they had set_up. Vermont's way is good. We may not be able to copy it in its entirety; but it is a method of instruction which appeals to heart and graititude, as well as to eye and brain! THE DICTAGRAPH. Stories of the War Exiles From Home. Thirty-five thousand exiles from the occupled departments of the north of France have returned to their country by way of Germany and Switzerland during’ the past month. They are neither hostages nor civilian captives; they are expelled from their homes by the Germans end a printed circular handed to each adult at the frontier gives the German view of the expul- sions as follows: “This is why Germany finds her- self obliged to undertake the trans- portation of a part of the civilian pop- ulation residing in occupled French territory; France refuses categorically to_send food to its citizens.” In_the last convoy that arrives at the Siwes frontier near _Schaffhouse there were 79 men from 55 to 90 years old and 216 women and girls of all ages, There were also 177 children of whom 50 were under 4 years old, many of them in the hands of strangers, having separated from all kith and kin. Most of the others in the convoy Were also remnents of families that have been separated by the mobiliza- tion or scattered by the invasion. Their pinched and worn faces tell the story of many trials. The last train was 43 hours on the road and the exiles were all this time left to their own resources for refresh- ment. In different centers, these exiles re- the Germans are encouraging menufacturers to resume the opera- tien of their work and are even re- pairing bombarded factories where re- paire are possible. Where buildings Pave heen eptiraly Jdagtrayed.they ara having estimates of the damages made by commissions of German engineers. It is supposed they intend the popula- tion to infer from this that the Ger- man government will idemnify owners of factories but no definite promises have been mads . Faw Imposters. Comparatively few impostors have been detected since the war began but the pretended’ hero, home on sick- leave, with thrilling tales of adventure, has lately made his appearance, along with the fake nurse and stretcher bearer. One woman, Blanche Favereau, with the military medal pinned to her waist and getting about painfully on cruteh-~ appeared in the Lemercier passage in' Paris in October. She explained that she had been shot by a German officer at the battle of Bapaume while helping pick up fallen men. General Gallleni, she declared, had personally pinned ' the military medal on her breast. On the strength of her well-told story she obtained the official allow- ance for women without support, and collected a considerable amount in subscriptions for an imeginary relief work, besides many packages of pro- visions and clothing, the distribution of which, she said, she could facilitate through her army relations. - With the complicity of a printer she utilized a blank space at the bottom of a col- umn in the Journel Officiel to insert a spurious citation {n the orders of the day to facilitate her work of gecuring subscriptions. She is now in Seint Lazare prison. Typhus Stricken Servia. The following excerpt is from a let- ter recently recelved from Dr. Cook- ingham, written from Valywo, Servia. Dr. Cooke, to whom reference is made, died o few days after the letter was written: I have not been able to write before | owing to an attack of “typhus recur- rans” 1 am writing this close to Dr. Cooke, who is on his back with the same malady, suffering very much and too_weak to write. At present I am in what they call the interval, which will last a few days, after whica the fever returns so that I shall have to £0 through the same thing over again. Twice usually ends it, but it leaves you very weak, and thin. ‘I have lost about forty pounds alread: When Cooke and I arrived here we were each put in charge of a hospital; Cooke got the gymnasium, and I drew the military hospital, formerly a hotel. My place is o crude that it is impos- sible to do any operating there. In Cooke’s place we have managed to fit up a room with four tables in it, and we have a couple of sterilizers and a fair line of instruments. Surgery here seems almost hopeless, as after an op- eration patients must have milk to drink and eggs to eat and we have had none to give them except such as we could buy with our own money. Then too, they have no beds. A few have a pile of straw and the rest have to lie directly on the floor. It is pitiful to think of those 35000 beds in Paris, with all the comforts and the finest equipment possible, and to know the condition here, and what a lot of good those beds would do scattered around Serbia. Our wounded are all old cases of gangrenous limbs necessitating op- eration, and these have all been at- tended to. Our mortality has been high because there has been nothing for the poor beggars to east post oper- ated. They are bringing no more wounded in to us, as everything here is sickness noew. Typhus is taking its toll. The other surgical hospital, run by the Dutch Mission, is closed because the surgeon-in-chief, with most of his staff are critically ill with typhus ab- dominalis, 50 you can see what we are up against. While we were working ful] blast it was not uncommon to run out of bandages and cotton and have to wait a couple of days for more. Many cases that should have been dressed every day had to go over and death usually terminated the poor fel- low's agony. We have no ether and money will not buy it, as there is none in the country. The supplies we brought with us stood us in good stead but are all gone now. They were surely appreclated by these people. he town itself is in very bad con- dition, showing very markedly the ef- fects of war. There are absolutely no sanitary copditions, filth abounds ev- erywhere. he streets are filled with about six inches of mud, although the people say that in time of peace this is one of the most picturesque towns in Serbia. Bottled water is almost un- obtainable, and the water we use all has to be boiled. You see that we need almost everything, especially ether, cotton and bandages, but anything we could get would be of use, even cigars and cigarettes. OTHER VIEW POINTS former inmates of Sing are sadly dejected because it has been necessary to transfer them to Auburn, to relieve the congestion existing. To leave their Sunday base- ball, their movie shows and the other attractions provided by Warden Os- borne must indeed seem a real punish- ment.—Bridgeport Standard. The postoffice department announces that by July 1 it will be providing rural mail facilities for 1,000,000 more persons, “without additional cost.” There's many a private corporation that would like to get the govern- ment’s recipe for extending its busi- nes on such a scale without adding to its operation charges. —Waterbury Democrat. The inauguration of the safe and sane observance of Independence day here resulted in establishing hollday arrangements that kept people in Meriden, gave them an enjovable pro- gramme and the expense was hot large. The City Council has rather placed a damper on this for the com- ing summer by refusing to order an appropriation, although the town has done its part.—Meriden Journal, This question of whether or not gas- oline pumps should be permitted on sidewalks, or between curbstones and sidewalks, for the convenience of au- tomobilists and oil dealers, is not so 0ld that there is good precedent for a decision one way today and another way tomorrow. All citizens should be treated alike in the matter and the best interests of the majority pro- tected. It should be a simple matter 194 Main Street 100 Dresses i = R ——— Former Price up to SI2.95 We Issue Votes in the Great Library Contest THE STORE THAT SAVES AND SERVES YOUR PATRONAGE DESERVES 5| Wauregan Block I = 8 the passenger pigeon have become in bird life, unless more care is taken to preserve them. Already it is noted that persons who know of places where arbutus may be found are keeping this knowledge to themselves. Why should there not be a closed eeason for flowers, as there is for game? It would not materially injure anyone if the gathering of certain varieties of flowers should be restricted, or even prohibited, temporarily, until there had been time for them to become once more abundant as in former days— Waterbury Ameican. Our minister to Berlin during the Spanish War was the Hon. Andrew D. White who is now perfectly neu- tral but takes occasion to remind Germans that during _that _struggle they were supplying Krupp arms and ammunition to the Spaniards and that the American government offer- ed no objection—New Haven Union. It is up to the automobile owners to organize themselves and strictly en- force safety first restrictions. Dealers should be emphatic, in advizing pros- pective customers, as to the respon- sibility of the automebile owner to all other automobile owners, if not to so- ciety at large. Manufacturers of auto- mobiles should take an emphatic stand in this matter and spread throughout every ramification of the trade the slogan: “Safety first—for automobile, for passenger for the public at large!” —Waterbury Republican. The labor committee has reported a bill to prevent the officials of our penal institutions from making a contract for the labor of prisoners. No one who has the welfare of these men at heart relishes the idea of initiating prison reform by with- holding work from the inmates of the Connecticut prison, for that would be to throw the burden upon those least able to bear it. The cost the bill would entail upon the state cannot at this writing be fully foretold, The amount would reach many thousands. Doubtless the labor committee can point out to the legislators the adyan- tages, if any, and the reasons for forcing a change in this manner upon state criminals who themselves are busy each day and earning their own keep into a few thousand dollars. The change would cost the state many thousands.—Hartford Times. Home-made Wines. Probably the best known of all Bri- tish wines is that made from the elder- berry, but any fruit, flower, or plant that has_a wholesome juice can be fermented into wine. Cider and perry are true wines made from the apple and pear, althought, according to law, neither must be described simply as “wine.” It is further prescribed that wine made out of any other material except grapes must be qualified by the name of the fruit which forms its basis. Although the methods of pre- paration and the flavoring ingredients may differ according to the fruit em- ployed and the whims or hereditary traditions of the maker, the results are broadly the same—genuine wines of low alcoholic strength. The juices are extracted by pressure, by absorption in cold water, or by boiling; more or less sugar is added, and a real fermenta- tion then ensues—London Chronicle. A TRADE SCHOOL IN CHINA, Teaches Printing, Bookbinding Stitching of Uniforms. and One-quarter of the great province of Shantung, whose name so frequently appear in telegraphic news from the Orient nowadays, is governed by the city of Tung chang fu. The mil tary, political and educational head quarters for the eight or mine million people in the district all center here, and the city is, therefore, an impor- tant religious center for work of the American Board’s mission in Shantung. Rev. BE. W. Ellis of the board’s staff at Lintsingchow describes a recent week's work in Tung chang fu, in the course of which he studied some of the higher schools which the new China is trying so hard to maintain. Mr. Elliis says: “The normal school is one of _the four of highest rank in the province, and has an attendance of 160. The middle school has 130 and two other schools have a combined attendance of over 100. One of these is the indus- trial school. Here from each of the 29 districts governed by the city five boys are allowed to come and study a trade. “The teaching includes Chinese printing, bookmaking and the making of military uniforms—the stitching be- ing done on sewing machines. We also visited the industrial prison, where weaving and shoemaking were being carried on by the inmate: This story represents a tremendous change in the educational ideals of China and in methods of treating pris- oners. No wonder an American pres- ident of a Chinese college declared not long ago that living in China just now is like Deing in the transformations of an Arabian Nights' story. Does Seem Strange. Senator La Follette still controls much of the editorial thought of his country newpaper supporters, Mi strange as it may seem. Sentinel. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA waukes THE PROGRESS FRANKLIN SQ. CONFECTIONERY SOMERS’ BUILDING SPECGIAL Home Made Fudge 20¢c a Pound WE SERVE PUREST AND BEST ICE CREAM enough to setMle such e controversy for some time to come, without discri- mination and without litigation.—Wa- terbury Republican. Quite naturally the board of alder- men will be asked on Monday night to amend the new ordinance on street ex- cavations so that it will not be quite so inclusive as it is at present. It was never intended to have the ordinance affect repairs to side walks made by property owners and it now appears that the language of the ordinance is s0 broad that it does include this sort of worlk. It should be easy to so amend the ordinance that it will be just as effective as ever, while omitting this sort of excavation work for which a permit is not needed and for which such a charge as the ordinance pro- vides would be exorbjtant.—Ansonia Sentinel. Every year the recklessness of those who gather certain varieties of wild flowers is depiored, and the public is warned that the trailing arbutus, the ‘mountain laurel and other varietles may becoma extinct. as the deda and. ALSO BRICK Delivery on Sundays . DURING HOT-POINT WEE HOT-POINT ST FOR BARGAINS THE NORWICH ELECTRIC €0,