Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 15, 1915, Page 5

NORWICH BULLéTIN, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1915 NATIVE SPINACH NATIVE ASPARAGUS ... NEW PEAS VINELAND SWEETS . NEW STRING BEANS NEW BEETS .. NEW CARROTS . CUCUMBERS . SCALLIONS RIPE TOMATOES BUNCH CELERY < HEAD LETTUCE . LARGE BUNCH RADISH ....... 5¢ GRAPE FRUIT ..... LEMONS ......... MUSHROOMS ......... PORTER HOUSE STEA BEST ROAST BEEF ..... SIRLOIN TOP ROUND . ENGLISH BACON ENGLISH HAMS DUCKLINGS .. BROILERS . ROASTERS . FOWLS . SQUABS . . asen SWIFT PREMIUM BACON ORANGES . aee «v... 190 to 75¢ RED BANANAS .. sessruecase OC SOMERS . Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER Al String Instruments repaired Vielins sold on easy terms For appointments address E. E. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Nor- wich, Conn. Lenses : Will Break But when they do remem- ber that we make repairs within an hour or so. If your glasses were made elsewhere be sure and bring us the pieces so we can make accurate measurements. If you nesd glasses we make skillful examination of the eyes. The Plaut-Cadden Co. Optometrists and Lens Grinders Plaut-Cadden Building JOHN MARSA Ready-to-Wear Clothes Exclusively Offer Men and Young Men $18.00, $20.00, and $22.50 Suits IN A GOOD VARIETY AT A SPECIAL PRICE $14.95 Suits include Silk Mixtures, Dverplaids, Smart Stripes, Fartan and Club Checks, Glen Urquhart Plaids, and Fine Weave Blue and Gray Serges. Come in and look us over ind you'll be convinced that »ur claim of $20.00 clothes at $14.95 is not an empty boast, but an actual fact. Thune & Lowenberger SUCCESSORS Ward Building, Cor. Main and Market Sts. Everything in FRESH VEGETABLES At RALLION'S _Send us your order early Baatain COnnOGuIGus eqUEL 0 06 BUk Norwich, Saturday, May 15, 1915, - - VARIOUS MATTERS Several motor parties went to Salem’ Friday to inspect the new free library. Bridge Brothers, finished the maca- dam road at Oneco and went to Pres- ton, Tuesday. The annual convention of the Con- necticut State Policemen’s associa- tion is to be held in Danbury in July. The public schools of New London will close Tuesday, June 22 for the annual summer vacation of ten weeks. Local visitors to Westerly Friday found the banks closed because it was Arbor day and a legal holiday in Rhode Island. James-Burke, who is the last public heckman since the retirement of Wil- iiam Campion, has been in the business 49 years. At ‘Wauregan Rev. J. Gove, pastor of the Congregational church, has de- cided to kand in his resignation to take effect in September. A Novena to. the Holy Ghost be- gan in the Catholic churches Friday evening and continues until Sunday, May 23, the Feast of Pentecost. Miss Gregoire will have to show to- day a full line of the very latest style of trimmed hats and millinery novel- ties. Room 105, Thayer building, Nor- wich—Adv. Gov. ‘Marcus’ L. Holcomb has ap- proved the bill authorizing the ac- ceptance of the old Indian fort, at Groton, the gift of Marquardt Bros. to“the state. . . .. .- e ‘Anna Warner Bailey chapter, D. A. R. held its annual meeting at the Monument hcuse, Groton, ~Thursday afternoon and elected Mrs. Belton A. Copp, regent. The Sunday evening service in most of the Methodist churches will be special and in celebration of the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Ep- worth League. At Vernon, L. Wetstone will plant 17 acres of shade grown tobacco, and 22¢ acres. of. broad-leaf this season. This is the first shade grown to be raised in Vernon. Mrs, Hagpnah. Heflin, 95, a_resident in different parts of Plainfield, mostly Central Village, died recently at the home of her son, Henry Heflin in Providence. Burial was in Appon- aug, R. L. Mass will be celcbrated at Cres- cent Beach at eight o'clock, and at Sound View at nine o’clock, Sunday, May 16th. Both chapels will be orened for the summer, June 13th with masses at the usual hours, The Rev. John F. Ryan, a native of Norwich, pastor of St. Lawrence's church, Hartford, a member of the juvenile commission of that city, is a_delegate to the national conference of charlties and corrections being held in Baltimor PARISH HOUSE ASSOCIATION HELD ANNUAL MEETING. Followed by Entertaining Talk and Paper. There were over 50 ladies in attend- ance at the anaual meeting of the Parish House association of Park Cori- gregational church which was heid in the parlors of the Osgood Memorial on Friday afternoon. This was conducted by the president, Mrs. A. N. H.Vaughn. In her annual report the secretary gave a general review of the meetings held during the year and the treasure- gave the year's membership as 112. Three losses had been sustained from this and the president spoke at length of Mrs. Frederick Symington, Mrs. George F. Bard and Mrs. Thomas J. Wattles. The report of the nominating com- mittee was read by Miss Butts and the following_officers elected: President, Mrs. A. N. H. Vaughn; vice presidents, Mrs. Henry T. Arnold, Mrs. W. Tyler Browne and Mrs. Edson F. Gallaudet; secretary, Mrs. Frank H. Bunnell; treasurer, Miss Eliza W. Avery; execu- tive committee, Mrs. William H. Allen, Mrs. Leonard W. Bacon, Mrs. Charles W, Frentice; anditor, Mrs. George D. oit. A most delightful hour was then passed listening to a talk by Mrs. George D. Coit on the San Diego and Panama-Pacific expositions, which she visited on her recent trip to Califor- nia, and a paper by Miss Amy L. Cogs- well on English and American gar- dens. Refreshments were served by the so- cial committee, Miss Alexandrine N. Trumbu!l, chairman, Mrs. W. Tyler Browne, Miss Mary A. C. Avery and Mrs. Joseph W. Gilbert. WEDDING. Burieson—Thresher. The marriage of Miss Marguerite A. H. Thresher of this city and Charles A. Burleson of Schenectady, N. Y., was solemnized at 10 o'clock Friday morn- ing in the Church of All Saints, Wor- cester, Mass. Only relaiives were pres- ent at the ceremony, which was per- formed by Rev. Lewis G. Morris,. D. D., the rector of the church, assisted by Rev. R. R. Graham, rector of Christ church in this city. The bride’s maid of honor was her niece, Miss Hope Norman, of Worcester. The brides- maids were Miss Edith C. Lucas of Boston and Miss Edith F. Wilson of New York. The best man was Wallace H. Payne of Jewett City. The bride was attired in a traveling suit with hat to match, end her attendants also wore suits, all carrying marguerités for the bouquets. A reception and breakfast followed at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Edwin G. Norman, of Rich- mond avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Burleson will reside in Schenectady, where Mr. Burleson is electrical engineer in the railway department in the General Electric company. Mr. Burleson grad- uated in 1306 from Norwich Free Acad- emy and in 1910 from Sheffleld Scien- c school. Mr. Burleson is the son of . and Mrs. E. F. Burleson of Sylvan- dale, who with their daughters attend- ed the wedding in Worcester. FUNERALS. Gladius Sadowski. Gladius, infant child of Jacob and Cecella Sadowski of No. 330 West Thames street, died Thursday and was buried g St. Mary’s cemetery on Fri- day morning. Undertakers Shea and Burke had charge of the funeral ar- .rangements. Upward Progress. A man who follows his own vir tuous heart will be always found in the end to have been fighting for the an awakened mind, and that upward progress from effect to cause—R, L. Stevenson. Material, 8 . PERSONALS ‘Miss Beatrice Huber has been at her home in Moosup for a brief stay. Mrs. Frank Halyburton of Norwich WBS: caller on Plainfield friends this week. Mrs. Ernest Torrey of East Put- nam has been in Norwich visiting friends. John Bussey, injured at Onego last week, is doing well at Backus hospital, Yorwich, Jirs. Jomes Sullivan and son, Wal- ter, have returned to New London, from several days’ visit with relatives in Montville, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Morrill of Somerville, Mass., are the guests of Mrs. Morril's mother, Mrs, Cecelia Lester of Laurel Hill avenue. Mr. and Mrs, Ezra A. Gallup of Ekonk, were in Norwich recently vis- Idng their daughter Mrs. Ed. S. Gal- lup, who is improving in health. Dr. and Mrs, ‘W. M, Hill, Mrs. C. L Libby,-Mrs, J. W. Potter, of Noank, and Mrs. M. Curtis of Southampton, L. I, were visitors in Montville on ‘Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Gordon and daughter Irere, of Norwich, spent a brief time early the week with Mrs. Gordon's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sim- mors, ol Williamsville. Mr. and_Mrs. Frank T. Diggins of Norwich, Julian Moran, Richard Tar- rant, and- Thomas Crawford were among the 125 persons who attended a charity dance given at the Mo- hican ‘hotel Thursday for the benefit of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea pro- posed home for aged Catholic women. HOPKINS & ALLEN CO. OF MQ‘SSACH USETTS Norwich Concern Is to Become $4,000,- 000 Corporation—Boston Financial Interests Have Comsummated the Deal—Work Will Be on Big War Order for the British Government. Announcement has just been made of an important change in the Hop- kins & Allen Arms company, by which it is to become the Hopkins & Allen Arms Co, of Massachusetts, with a capitalization of $4,000,000 and will be engaged in work to fill a large war order for the British government. The details of the change were an- nounced in the Boston News Bureau as “follows: Based ‘on a large contract from the British _government for Lee-Enfield rifles, and the probable recelpt of fur- ther ‘orders now under negotiation, steps have been taken looking toward the expansion of the old-time New England industry, The Hopkins & Al- len Arms Co., of Norwich, Conn., in- corporated in Connecticut in 1868, will be succeeded by a Massachusetts cor- poration of the same name. The new corporation has acquired by purchase for cash or by exchange of securities all of the stock of the old company. Capitalization of the Massachusetts company will be $4,000,000 (par $100) consisting of $1,250,000 8 per cent. pre- ferred and $2,759000 common. The pre- ferred stock carries an unusual pro- vision, which gives the holder on July 1, 1916, the alternative of convert- ing into common stock par for par, or receiving $110 a share cash. The list of officials includes interests connect- ed with three prominent machine tool companies which have already been producing gun-making machinery and the'jigs, fixtures and cutting tools used in gun making. John A. McGregor, president of the Union Twist Drill Co., and director of L. S, Starrett Co., will be president of the new organization; treasurer and director, George S. ‘Watts, at present treasurer of the Hopkins & Allen Arms Co.; directors, J. A, Eden, Jr, vice president of Baush Machine Tool C. J. H. Drury, treasurer and director of Union Twist Drill Co, and Augustus P. Loring, Dresient ot the [Haush |Machine! Toal o. It is estimated by President McGre- gor that the profits of the contract which the company has secured from the British government should be equal to 100 per cent. on the total authorized issue of stock of the Hopkins & Al- len Arms Co. Mr. McGregor further says: “The plant at Norwich, Conn., ‘which is being taken over by the Hop- kins & Allen Arms Co. of Massachu- setts, is t comparatively new plant and well adapted to the manufacture of military rifles. “The plant has a full and complete equipment of gun-making machinery, including the stock making machines, and has contracts on hand covering black walnut stocks. I believe we can, by working at high pressure, produce a large quantity of rifles on our con- tract with the British government. Other rifle contracts are being nego- tiated and the demand for rifles seems to be so large that this company should be able to earn, should it seem desirable to take additional contracts, a profit of upwards of $10,000,000. “We have available in our existing organizations several thousand train- ed mechanics and are probably in a position to produce military rifles more rapidly and successfully than any or- ganization in the United States.” It is understood that a public of- fering of the prefessed stock is being made by the company through prom- inent Boston banlers. New Officers Were Here. Mr. McGregor, Mr. Ewen and Mr. George D. Haskell, the last named rep- resenting the Boston banking firm of Augustus P, Loring, were all here on Friday, looking over the local plant and visiting other places with a view to finding locations where they will also have factories as the expansion of the business will mean the employ- ment of about 3,000 men. . It is known that one of the places they will take will be the new build- ing on Chestnut street erected by Gor- don Bros, a fine brick three story structure, which is at present unoc- cupied. They also visited the old Norwich and Worcester car shops on North Main_street, last_occupied by the Re- liance Worsted Co., but it is not un- derstood that enything definite was done about this location. It is un- derstood that if this building were se- cured it would still be inadequate for the expansion of the business and what other sites would have to be se- cured in addition, which would prefer- ably be as near the center as possible as it would be desirable to avold any long haulage between the different fac- tories, Mr. Haskell said that the present Hopkins & Allen factory is adapted to the use of the new rifies in a large degree, but he could not say how long before they would be manufacturing the new rifles nor would he say wheth_ er gingle or double barrel or other types of rifles would be manufactured. He returned to Boston in the after- noon, His Usual Behavior. | little boy with big, innocent blue smile had been hav- good romp all morn- i LANG HAD WINNING BACKING Defeated Thomas J. Kelly in Democratic Caucus for Nomina- tion for Water Lommissioner—Vote Was 337 to 151— Other Places on Tickets Filled by Acclamation—Dr. W. C. McLaughlin and E. E. Baker for Aldermen—E. C. Lillibridge, A. E. Cruthers, J. J. Connelly and Joseph A. George for Councilmen—City Tax Collector, Clerk and 'l;reuurer ‘Renominated. A contest on for the one nomination in the democratic caucus in which momination means election, that of ‘water commissioner, filled the town hall on Friday evening with a crowd of over 500 men. The nomination went to Walter W, Lang by a vote of 337 to 151 against his opponent, Thomas J. Kelly, who is at present on the board. In the cavcus two years ago_the romination was secured by Mr. Kel- Iy cn a vote of 205 to 175. All the cther nominations in the caucus were by acclamation, but ac- cording to what some of the demo- crats who have their fingers on the public pulse were predicting, this ab- sence of rivalry- over the nominations was not to be take nas a presage of victory in the city election. ‘hese democrat: were confessing to indica- tions of a sweeping victory for the republican ticket which is to be nom- inated gt the caucus Monday even- ing. Town Committee Chairman E. C. Lillibridge called the caucus to order and Mayor T, C. Murphy was chosen caucus chairman. He addressed .a few congratulatory words to his fel- low democrats and then called for nomination for clerk. M. J. Curran and Milo P. Waters were nominated and -took their places al the desk. The following places on the demo- cratic ticket were then filled by ac- clamation after the nominations from the floor: Aldermen—Dr. W. C. McLaughlin and Ellsworth E. Baker, Councilmen—Joseph F. = Williams, Albert E. Cruthers, John J. Connelly, and Joseph A. George. Myer Blumenthal nominated Abner Schwartz for alderman against Mr. Baker but when the vote was taken by acclamation the voice of the pro- poser of the name of Mr. Schwartz was the only one heard voting for him. For city treasurer, Felix Callahan nominated the present incumbent Charles S. Avery, for city clerk, Dr. N. B. Lewis nominated the incumbent, Stephen D. Moore. Thomas M. Shields nominated Thomas A. Robinson for tax ‘collector, who for vears has had no opposition, in_either party and looks upon public office as a public trust, he said. C. J. Downes nominated Timothy A. Carey for city sherir and Henry Ge- brath nominated Gustave Thumm. All these were duly elected by acclama- tion. Where the Contest Was. The nomination next in order was water commissioner for which it was known that a contest was on that accounted for the big attendance. John J. Corkeryy superintendent of the water department, was first on his feet. He spoke of being in many contests, sometimes with the minority, and present sometimes with the majority, and of the vote two years ago when the caucus chose Mr. Kelly by the vote of 205 to 175. He asked if it was fair for the de- feated candidate of two years ago to work against the party and try to get appointments through the opposition and then expect to come back and get places from the party again. Mr. Cork- ery nominated Thomas J. Kelly and appealed to the caucus to support the man who had ‘been loyal to his par Telling a funny story as a starter, William W. Beckwith followed _Mr. Corkery, presenting the name of Wal- ter W, Lang, who, he said, had served the city on the water board and served it well and had-been president of the board when Stony Brook reservoir was bullt and built within the appropria- tion. His record deserved to be writ- ten in letters of red. This is the most important department of the city, one that turns in-a revenue. The man to be nominated by him has been a success in his own business and while he was president of the water board, and prior to being a member of it, the city was installing a certain make of hydrants. A delegation from the Cen- tral Labor Union visited Mr. Lang and told him those hydrants were made in an unfair shop. Mr. Lang took up the matter, investigated, and from that day to his not one of those hydrants has been used in this city. This statement brought out a burst of applase and there was another when Mr, Beckwith told of the opinion given him by another man who said that Mr. Lang was a pretty pugnacious fellow but when he got his mind made up he stuck to his point untit some- one could prove him wrong. When Mr. Beckwith concluded his vigorous. speech by - nominating Mr. Lang, he was again applauded. Before the-vote was taken Mayor Murphy warned those in the caucus that everyone passing in front of the desk would be expected to pass on and out of the way and not linger in front of the desk where they could watch those voting It took 13 minutes for the line to pass in and around to give in their votes. The ballot was announced as follows: Whole number, of votes cast 483 Necessary for 'a choice ... 245 Walter W. Lang .82 Thomas J. Kelly . 151 Mr. Corkery at once moved to make the vote unanimous, which was car- ried. After a motion empowering the town committee to fill any vacancies occurring, the meeting adjourned. Dr. McLaughlin Declines, Dr. McLaghlin, who is at present an alderman and was renominated. was seen after the meeting and said that he positively would not stand for a nomination and that his place on the ticket would have to be filled by the town committee. RIFLE TEAMS IN MATCH AT ARMORY. Winners Took the Shoot by Margin of 11 Points. Two teams from the Norwich Rifle club shot a match Friday evening at the armory, in which Team No. 2 was the winner by the score of 453 to 442. C. A. Burdick made the high indi- vidual score of 96 on the winning team but William Denison with 98 led the losers. Tae scores: Team No. 2. Stand. Prone. C. A. Burdick ..... 47 49 96 L. P. Johnson . 46 43 89 W. C. Blicq .41 44 85 R. B. Johnson .... 42 C. A. Lathrop Totals .... one. C. N. Burdick .38 35 73 Allyn Brand . 43.. 49 92 Wm. Denison . 48 50 98 R. R. Agnew . . 45 46 91 Benj. Brewster ... 40 48 88 Totals .... +..0..214 228 442 ONE ANNULMENT AND ONE DIVORCE GRANTED. By Judge Greene—On Contested D vorce List in Cuperior Court. Two cases on the uncontested di- vorce list in the superior court here on Friday were settled by giving the ap- pellants the legal separation that the: desired from the bonds of matrimons William H. Armstrong of this cit had his marriage to Ella Daniels an- nulled. He had previously secured a divorce from his first wife and his plea for annulment was made on the ground that his second marriage took place while his first wife was still living. This was proved to the satis- faction of Judge Greene Friday when Attorney Telley E. Babcock produced the marriage certificate of Warren W. Phillips and Miss Florence B. Card, dhich was what Mrs, Mary E. Card, the mother of Florence, a witness in the case, placed the date by when she was testifying that she had seen the first wife of Mr. Armstrons. The date of the certificate wos Nov. 9, 1890 which was the same year that Mr. - Armstrong was married the second time. Judge Greene issued the decree an- nulling the second marriage of Mr. Armstrong. - It is generally- understood that he is expecting to be married again and that the bride will be a present resident of this city. Bringing suit on the grounds: that her husband had epilepsy, Yetta -An- celowitz - of this city, whose maiden name was Bronstein was given a di- vorce from Abraham Ancelowitz to whom she was married on Dec. 24, 1904. Her husband is now in Rou- mania. She had known him about two months before they were mar- ried. He had his first attack of epi- lepsy about two months after their marriage and also had later attacks until ten months after their marriage ‘when he confessed to her that he had had these attacks for a long time. In 1910 upon the advice of a physician, and the wife going to live with her father in this city. She described the symptoms which he showed when he had tese epileptic attacks. Isadore Brownstein, father of Mrs. Ancelowitz, Mrs. Annie Copleman of the couple separated, Mr. Ancelowitz going to New York and Milwaukee Philadelphia, Louis Pollock, Michael Goldberg, Dr. L. T. Cassidy and Ab- ner Schwartz were other witnesses called. DOMBROFSKI BOUND OVER TO SUPERIOR COURT. Under $5000 Bonds — Burglaries Amounted to $319, Accoding to Com- plaint. In_the city court on Friday morn- ing William Dombrofski was present- ed on the charge of burglary at four places in this city since the 17th of November last. His attorney, Allyn L. Brown, waived the reading of the complaint’ and entered a _ demurred which was overruled by Judge T. J. Kelly who bound the accused over for trial in the superior court. He fixed the bonds at $5,000. Before Dombrofski, . who is 22, went to jail, he had a long talk with his aged father and his lawyer. The bur- glary accusations against him are as follows: Nov. 17, about midnight, $68, at R. F. Smith’s; March 11, about 3 a. m, $56 at the Manhattan; March 14, about 3.30 a. m., $100 at United Cigar, March 26, about 10 p. m., at F. A, Wells Co. It is a total of $319. - STRAWBERRY SUPPER. Annual Event For Month of May at Second Congregational Church. About 75 were served at the annual May strawberry supper held by the Church Improvement society of the Second church in the church parlors on Friday evening at 6.30 o’clock. The menu follows: Cold corned beef, po- tato salad, mustard, pickles, rolls, ‘cof- fee, strawberry shortcake. The tables were very pretilly dec- orated with spring flowers. The ommitlees in charge of the supper were as follow: General committee: Miss Nancy Lucas, Mrs. Chauncey Srehman, Mrs. William Wade, Mgs, J. H. Tefft, Miss ss Ethel Worth, Mrs. and Mrs. Herbert Kind. Misses Marzaret Lanz, Alice Jackson, Hazel on, Louise Fitzpatrick, Mary Stevenson, Alice Douglass, Nina Per- ry, Mollie Kampf, Elsie Graham and Mrs. Levois Young. There was a kitchen shower during the evening and many useful articles including silverware and kitchen and dining room utensils were received by the improvement society. Will Attend Putnam Exemplification. There will be an_exemplification of the third degree Sunday, May 16th, under the auspices of Cargill council, No. 84, K. of C., of Putnam. The work will bé carried on under the direction of Distict Deputy Thomas F. Berth of Willimantic, assisted by District Dep- ty John F. Hennon of Jewett City. Ixercises will begin at 2 p. m, and will be held in Owls’ hall, Putnam. A delegation from White Cross council, this city, will attend. To Be Married in June, The aunouncement of the coming marriage on June 3rd of Miss Nora of this city and James Man- ning, Jr., of New London, was made in that city on Friday evening. Mr. Manning employed at the Ther- mos factory here. Moose Initiated Seven. Conn., lodge, No. 950, L. O, O. M., initiated a class of seven at its business meeting Friday evening at the Moose home. There was a good sized attendance at the meeting, Norw! What Really Counts. A girl may have beautiful eyes, but she isn’t so apt to succeed as the one who has plenty of cheek. Daily Thought. A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.—Emerson. “The maharaja of Indian, who s sald to have an income of $3,000,000 a year, admits that he is “having the time of his life” in this county. he was made much of by .the society folk present. that name consented to pose with the wealthy Indlan prince, and the accompanying. is the result. Recently the maharaja attended a race meet at Wheatley Hills, N. Y. where Mrs. John Drexel of the well known Philadelphia family of Funeral Directors and Embalmers 337 MAIN STREET Oppevite Post Office 'Phone 321-2 Lady Assistant CONDITIONS IN MEXICO ‘A8 HE FOUND THEM Statement by R. L. Metcalfe Follow- ing Visit to C. nza Territory. Richard L. Metcalfe, of Omaha, Neb., formerly Governor of the Pan- ama Canal one, who recently went to Vera £ruz, Mexico, with Robert Pes- queira, and Daniel Dillon, has re- turned to Washington and has fur- nished the following signed statement ! on conditions in Mexico as he found them. The revolution in Mexico, so far as Mr. Carranza and his followers are concerned, is not only a revolution of arms but it is a revolution of ideas. In Villa territory one hears every- thing of military supremacy. In Car- ranza territory one hears suggestions concerning constructivg civil govern- ment. When Villa captares or aband- ons a town, military tactics is the dominant thought. When Obregon, Carranza’s military leader, captures a town and leaves it, Carranza follows his military chieftaif and establishes civil government. In the first place | there is a military point in this, in that Carranza obtains local sentiment ' in his favor. In the second place, or ! perhaps I should say, so far as Car- ( ranza is concerned, most important o all, whenever his military chief con quers territory and then marches on, Carranza holds it by the establishment ! of civil government. “Some idea of the dominant thought | of the ‘First Chief’ may be obtained in | the fact that he has issued a book for the use of the school children of Mex- | ico, which book is entitled ‘Ten Not- able Civilians. In the introductory of this book he emphasizes the fact that militarism has done great injury to Mexico, and he deems it important to impress upon the rising generation the great service which civilians have rendered to the people of Mexico. Carranza is not ‘a senile old man’, as one writer has described him. I think he is just a bit stubborn, but it is generally admitted in Mexico that he is an honest man, and I am sure that any unbiased judge of character would say that so far as concesns peace and constructive government in Mexico Carranza is the hope. “During my sojourn among the Car- ranza leaders I heard much about con- structive government. There are many of his followers who are ardent admirers of Henry George and who believe in a certain application of the ‘Single Tax’ in the building of the new Mexico. Workmen’s compensation and other reforms with which American democrats are quite familiar, rather than military supremacy, were the subject of conversations when one went deep into the confidence of the Carranza leaders. I was somewhat surprised to learn that the question of Prohibition is uppermost in the thoughts of these men, even as it is among the leaders of Russia and of England. They haye in Mexico a drink called Poulka, which is some- what similar to the Russian drink called Vodka. ‘I sat at luncheon with a Carranza leader who ordered liber- ally of liquors, and he talked strong- ly on the importance of sooner or later abolishing strong drink from Mexico. When, at the close of his luncheon, he opdered a Cognac brandy I suggested that he was at least an ardent Prohibitionist in theory. He added ‘I drink from habit. I would be a poor leader indeed if I were not willing to forego the small appetite I have in order to make my contribution toward permanent constructive effort in my country. We have learned in Mexico, even as they have learned in Russia and as sooner or later they will learn in America, that there is noth- ing but waste to strong drink, and I am perfectly willing to forego my own personal privileges in order to con- tribute to the general good.’ “This is a sample of the suggestion one who goes in search of real in- formation obtains in Mexico today. There is no question but that Car- ranza's military forces are gaining ground every day. There is also no question so far as my own observa- tion is concerned, about the sturdy pa- triotism of the ‘First Chief’, and his ardent devotion to all that would seem to bring good to the people of his country. Carranza is not an en- emy of the United States. On the contrary, he is an ardent admirer of our institutions. He understands thoroughly the line of demarcation between the schools of Alexander and Thomas Jefferson. The Ameri- cans who hold high place in _Car- ranza’s heart are Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Mexico is_a wonderful country but it is in a_ de- plorable condition today. I believe Carranza, who prefers to be known by the plain American title of “Mister’ rather than General, will lead his peo- ple out of the Wildernes: We advertis: asitis xaotly Have you seen the new Varsity models in this great line of fme clothes for young men? You ought to see them without fail before you spend any money for clothes. m'opinhere:oon, any tims; you want to, and let us show you VARSITY FIFTY-FIVE you’'ll see some style as well as value. Suits $12.00 to $28.00 and all prices between.