Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 18, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, TUESDAY, Jlorwich Bullefin and onfied 119 YEARS OLD Subscription price 12c o week; G0e = mouth; §6.00 u year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich. Conn., as second-class matter. Telepmone Calle Bullgtin Business Ofice 480. e e o OMice 35-2. llimantic Ofice, Room % Murray ng. Telephone 310. Norwich, Tuesday, May 18, 1915. } The Circulation of The Builetin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Norwich, and read by three perscent. of the people. Windham it is dolivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Daniclson to over31,100 and in all of these placeslit is consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five postofiice districts, and cixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin ‘is sold in every town -- - on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connectizut. CIRCULATION 1901, averageas....... . 4812 1905, ,average: ..........5 920 9,150 THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, With the demards of good govern- ment in view there are reasons for feeling that the republican caucus last night acted with good judgment in the selection of candidates for office at the city election ip June. The session ‘was characterized by harmony, a sig- nificant fact In mnratters pertaining to city affairs ang the selections made must appeal to the voters of the city regardless of party. Careful considemation has'been given to the fitness of the men selected to fill the positions both of honor and responsibility. In ieach and every case they are well known citizens, several of whom are prominently connected with the business life of the munici- pality, and in all instances they are men ofintegrity and ability, who have a deep concern in the city’s welfare and in whewr can be reposed the ut- most confidence that they will admin- ister the duties for the best interests of all concerned. In not a few in- stances men have been named who have had actual experience in the very offices which they will fill if elected. Their records in such capacities stand to the credit mot'only of themselves, but of the city. It is the best.conduct of city affairs which is aimed at in the selection of members of the court of common coun- cil and the other city offices, and it is with that particular object in view that men have been chosen who are entitled to the support of their fel- low citizens, Not only have candidates been se- lected who will appeal to the republi- can electors, but to those who are anxious to place the best men in office. With the same unity on election day which characterized the caucus there should be no question as to the result on June 7, meemeeveretue. 100808uee IS e utvar by YIRSV TIEIRURERE 0SS 000008000RRS May 15 .unvmwmmou 600650000900050600800090000000000009000080008800803000668000001 E leossaesscececcessommnsessssmnanescasassoosses ITALY GETS NEARER WAR. Ttaly appears to be nearer the act- ual entrance into the war than at any previous time. It is what is being de- manded by the people and it appears to be the only method of satisfying the national ambition. If anvthing was needed to bring forth the real sentiment of the people it was furnished by the recent resig- nation of the cabinet. Giolitti has been laboring persistently, and there are reasons for believing that he was doing it zealously, for the adjustment of the situation on a peace basis. He rec- osnized the meaning of war regardless of what extra might be obtained there- by, but plainly it was not a position which satisfled the country. This was demonstrated conclusively when Salandra after refusing to act in a cabinet with Glolitti, re- signed, together with the remain- der of that body. This resulted in such a public demonstration in op- position to any move of that kind that whatever might have been his pre- vious attitude the king was forced to refuse such resignation. It was suf- ficlent, however, to indicate that it was not peace, but war, which the country was clamoring for. It proved it most certainly and it is even pos- sible of Interpretation that the coun- try is opposed to the dilatory tactics which have been pursued. Everything being in readiness for active entrance, the voice of the peo- ple having been heard and the national aspirations being fully understood it is apparently a question of but a short time before Italy will have thrown over its neutrality and there is now no question with which side it will take up arms. DR. DERNBURG’'S DECISION, The decision of Dr. Dernburg to feave the country indicates that he has thoroughly understood the feeling that his own work has stirred up against his presence in this country. He has not been slow to interpret the opposi- tion to his propaganda and his deter- mination to act without waiting for ainy further manifestation of disap- provhl is to his credit. It shows that he take a hint, that he knows when he has worn out his welcome ind that it is preferable to depart without any other formalities. It is highly improper for such a rep- resentative of a belligerent as Dr. Dernburgz must be considered to be in riew of the activity he has manifest- ¥d in acting as the mouthpiece of his sountry, to come into a neutral coun- B e try for the purpose of influencing sen- timent, and had he been & duly ac- credited representative he would have been dealt with long before this. To drive out such a man is a different thing and in view of our attitude to aliens it has been urged that we should not pay too much attention to his case but rather ignore his efforts to bolster up the cause of Germany. The danger that exists in the tolera- tion of such a representative lies in the very fact that he is striking at the policy of neutrality which has been and is being maintained by this coun- try. It may have no appreciable ef- fect upon the loyalty of his country- men to the land of their adoption, but it means no good to the country and it is an agitation which it can get along best without. If he is wise he will not change his mind. IN THE INTEREST OF HEALTH. In his monthly bulletin, Dr. Town- send, secretary of the state board of health, sets forth the importance of taking every precaution against the ravages of typhoid through the proper prevention of the flies by striking at the breeding Maces and also refers to the danger of contracting the disease through giving to unfamiliar localities. Such advice is by no means new. It is given every year and will probably be continued for years to come. There are many who are quick to realize the benefits attached to a compliance with the suggestions and there are others who fail to give it sufficient thought or attention, There can be no question of the wisdom of doing everything possible to avoid the dread disease and the set- ting up of such reasonable precautions as are advocated. There are many reasons why the breeding places of the fly should be eliminated, especially when such means cleaner streets, back- vards, stables and other places where such insects, including the mosquito, are propagated, but in particular is there cause for action when the health of the individual or the community is considered. This agency for the spread- ing of disease germs has no benefits and inasmuch as it can to a large de- gree be prevented, there should be a general participation to such an end. Too many are the cases of typhoid contracted at camping sites and poor- Iy drained shore resorts, the necessity of profiting by the warning which has thus been given for the purpose of preserving health and preventing sick- ness. MORE AMERICAN SHIPS. Whether the war and the desire to aid in the development of a merchant marine will operate together for the placing of a larger numbef of Amer- ican trans-atlantic liners on the seas remains to be determined. There would appear to be the opportunity for such enterprise and there is alre#dy a disposition to enter such a field of operations although capital at the present timé does not see its way to swing such a proposition without gov- ernment support. It certainly would have a difficult time operating under the new seamen’s law after the fea- tures of that bill become operative, For some time the steamers of the American line running to England have been doing a big business be- cause of the added protection it was felt these vessels would be operated under. The vessels are, however, small, and old, both of which conditions have in the past operated to the disadvan- tage of the line, The proposition which the line has under consideration is the construction of four liners the size of the Lusitania for the purpose of hand- ling the business which it is felt is ob- tainable, but there is wanted a gov- ernment loan to base the undertaking wpon. Such is in accordance with the basis upon which the big liners of other countries are constructed but in those instances it means @ subsidy against which this country has long put up a strong fight, The opportunity for the.extension o} American shipping along such lines was never better and it gives promise of becoming a question which will re- celve greater attention.in the near fu- ture EDITORIAL! NOTES. The prospects of big things indus- trially give stimulation to a build-now campaign. The man on the corner says: Though cast aslde as it occasionally is, civ zation is a good thing to have around. The Barnes-Roosevelt trial promises to end just about the right time to make way for the Thaw sanity hear- ing. When it is declared that Zapata left Mexico City unprotected, it gives a pretty good idea of the treasury’s con- dition. The submission of the issues raised by this country to arbitration is all right, but what is going to happen awaiting the decision? It is already time for the visitors to the parks to remember the untidy effects of promiscuously scattering pa- pers, boxes and refuse about. In the announcement that Dr. Dern- burg is to leave it is to be ‘gathered that he appreciated the fact that his hat was being handed to him. Those rioters in London and Italian cities wouldn’t be accused of bad judg- ment if they reserved their warlike demonstrations for the battleflelds. ‘With a baby show at Mohegan park another strong attraction has been provided for the summer. All that is needed now is a rose garden and a trolley line. Captain Turner says the sinking of the Titanic did not teach anything about iceberss, and of course we knew enough about war before the torpedo- ing of the Lusitania. ‘Those who are working so hard for armory appropriations at Hartford possibly overlook the fact that the gov- ernor declared that this was a year when armories should wait, There are quite a number who be- lieve in individual option when it comes to wearing a straw hat and there is no good reason why there shouldn't be.—Norwich Bulletin. What's the matter? Who wanted to wear a straw hat before the law allowed it except possibly on two oc- casions in April? And who's going to wear a straw hat next week, un- less he feels perfectly in the mood?— New Haven Register. If the editor of The Register should visit the Rose of New England, the land of perpetual sunshine, he might experience like some others the ag- gravations of the straw hat law. KEEPING HER BUSY “I kept a diary,” said the woman who had been cleaning house, “be- cause I knew no humen soul would be- lieve me if I tried to tell them, un- supported by documentary evidence. Any time you look as though you were going to doubt my werd I can show You the page and the hour! “I won’t count the times the door- bell, front and back, rang, letting in the workmen. This happened while I was hurdling furniture, getting break- fast, the maid having retired to her bed with a bad case of grip, I think she took one look around the house and decided that slow death was pre- ferable to facing it. "I fea the family on a rard table wedged in between the victrola and the sideboard—and any one wanted toast had to walk a tortuous - path through the dining room, the hall and the living room, leaping the piano and diving under the library table to get into the dining room again at the oth- er side of the card table, where the electric toaster rested. “The postman rang the bell when I wormed my way out to the kitchen for coffee and getting to-the front door I made a path like a zig-zag streak of lightning. While I was up on the third floor feeding Hannah—she's the maid —some hot milk, the telephone rang furiously. Dropping the milk I pro- gressed by spurts and bounds to the bedroom phone. It was a lady with a confidential voice trying to point out to me why it would be better to pay $100 and become a life member of the Art Institute than to dole it out at the |rate of $10 a year for forty years. “Meanwhile the back door bell rang. It was the furnace man asking for the rugs to beat. The rugs, 1 told him, were buried beneath a load of furni- ture in the basement. The front door bell rang just then and I reached it triumphant after a high dive that would have made Annette Kellerman jealous. It was a jaunty agent in a $10 suit who surveyed me and then said scathingly, “Ah, I see you do not keep a servant girl !” ““Yes, I do!” I sassed back indignant- “Well, where is she? he demanded, nailing my statement with triumphant unbelief. ““Upstairs sick with the grip!’ I hurled back and slammed the door. I can't imagine what he did with the in- formation, because I had to answer the telephone just then. “It was a sweet voiced woman who told me in an afternoon tea voice that Mr. Binks, just for a few weeks, and to oblige a few special customers, was making his $20 photos for $8, and would be pleased to come to the house. Stories of Turkish Sailors in Action. Pictures of Turkish sailors in a modern naval action are seldom seen to such advantage as in a native's ac- count of the loss of the armored cruis- er Medjihieh, of the Turkish Black Sea fleet, published in the Constantinople papers. The account purports to be a dairy of one of the men of the cruiser, who saved themselves in small boats when the vessel was sunk by a Russian mine, near Odessa, early in April “We left Constantinople when the golden rays of the springtime sun were reflected in the verdant waters of the Bosphorous”, the account begins. “We were on our way to accomplish an important duty. We were desirous of threatening the enemy on their shores. “What great joy lighted all the faces when the Captain, Nazmi Bay, had told the officers and marines that we were off for the fight, which for weeks bhad awaited thh feverish desire. “On April 2, towards dawn, the en- emy’s shores were visible. The coastal waters where we were steaming were very dangerous. The enemy had sown mines everywhere. We were ignorant of the positions of these mines, but we could rest quiet, for our torpedo des- troyers ahead of us were sounding the sea and making a road for us. We were advancing and the riging sun with its broad golden reys was light- ing the pathway. It was 6:50 a. m. The first of our guns was about to salute the Russian ships, houses, and hearth of the enemy, and prove that the free and majestic flag of the Ottomans floats on the waves of the Black Sea. “Suddenly an explosion occurs, a detonation which shakes the whole ship. A column of water rises, then bursts. Pieces of iron strike the deck and plunge into the water. What has happened. The ship heels rapidly and the prow begins to sink, in the shal- low sea. An enemy’'s mine which, be- cause of its special manufacture, had not been seen by our niine-fishing boat, had hit our majestic and beauti- ful ship. “Here the spirit of bravery in our crew appears. No alarm, no dis- quietude is shown. All is done in ab- solute calm with the most perfect ser- enity. No one seized the life-boats. Not a man thinks of the boats, for the captain has not given the word. Four sailors are at the wheel below. Their situation is extremely critical but they stick to their post. They ask through the speaking tube if they may come up as their comrades have done. This deed is one of a heroism which cannot be described. It is a duty to publish the names of these brave men and to cite them as the in- carnation of the sentiment of duty. They are: ‘Ashar the son of Abraham of Cartal, Achmet the son of Mehmet of Adalia, Mehmet the son of Mustafa of Ayanjik, and Ismail the son of Yussuf of Brousa. So long as they had received the order of their captain they would not quit their perilous posts. water has already reached the boilers and the engine room. The pumps no longer work for lack of steam. The mat is too little to fit the horrible leak made by the mine. “At last the Captain orders the boats into the water and the life-belts dis- tributed. This is done in the greatest calm without the least alarm or haste. The torpedo destrovers thea rush to rescue the crew of our ship which is sinking while the boats are being low- ered. The vessel leans more and more on its side, and as the cannon are partly under water, the Captain gives the word to leave. The order is ex- ecuted without alarm. The boats fill ‘with sailors, reach the destroyers and come back for others. ® All the objects and important in- struments of the ship are lowered into the boats and saved. The Captain has no life-belt. A sailor offers him his. He was the last to leave the ship, af- ter having made sure that no one was left on board. The prow was entirely under water, the stern still out. “At it wis necessary to prevent the enemy from refloating the ship, & destroyer fired a torpedo at her. It was a wise measure. Immediately a coltmn of water arose end the ship disappeared.” Damage Inflicted on Poland. The amount of damage directly in- flicted upon Russian Poland by the war up to January 1 is estimated at 1,014,668,000 roubles ($507,334,000) by the Polish Central Citizen's Commit- tee, which hes just finished a thorough investigation of Poland's losses. Of this amount 698,767,000 Nwflel _(§349,- I told her that the only way he could pose me just then was on a pile of upturned furniture, a bucket of paste in one hand and e dust cloth in the other. I don't think that girl was used to airy persifiage, for at that she stammered that really she never had known Mr. Binks to pose any one just like that, ’hut, of course, it might be So I had to shout a cold, * before she would compre- “I fou d the furnace men impatient- g me _in the Kkitchen. He said the pile of furniture on top the rugs was nailed together and cemented down. At any rate, he couldn’t budge it. I encounged him with kind words until he tried again, and this time he toppled over the whole pile and nearly killed_himself. Hearing of this, the paperhanger essayed one better, and fell from the stepladder. This occur- red while I was assuring a lady at the Egnt door that I positively djd not h to purchase a set of Washington Irving, a bottle of silver polish or a Ppaper of needles.” “Then I carried soup to Hannah on the third floor and she told me she thought she was going to D#es away very soon—but this was interrupted by the telephone again. I had to hurdle three chairs this time to reach it, and when I did a breezy man asked if this was 5678, my number being 5768, and he was decidedly annoyed when I told him it wasn't. “I then feebly paused for a little luncheon, eaten off the top of the ice- box. Just as I began on it the front doorbell rang egain. I always answer the bell, because it might be a tele- gram saying that 1 had been willed a lot of money. This time I found it was a c. 0. d. parcel—and my_ purse was in a dresser drawer flanked, pro- tected and rendered impregnable by all the rest of the bedroom furniture. So the boy took the parcel back. The back doorbell rang as I started again for my lunch, and in passing it I ob~ erved that the varnish man had laid his brush in the midst of my omelet. “At the back door was a man asking if T wouldn’t sell him some old clothes. ‘T'd sell you the whole house and con- tents for 30 cents—if I dida’t know I'd be sorry efterward®¥ I told him fierce- ly. ‘I come a-back again, maybe? he said doubtfully, and fled with his bag. I didn’t keep the list of the remain- ing doorbell rings and telephone calls, because my paper ran out and I couldn’t reach any more. And this was only one day!” “It certainly will .be herd to settle down to an uneventful, house cleaned condition!” agreed her triend.—Chica- g0 News. ; the War 383,500) is called a direct loss, and 315,901,000 roubles ($157,950,500) is at- tributed to damage sustained indirect- ly during the course of the war. In the occupied portion of Poland, 27,000 large and 10,000 small estates are in various stages of destructionm, from superficial defacement and muti- lation to complete ruin. The damage done to furniture and other moveable property, excluding livestock, amount alone to 51,800,000 roubles ($25,500,000). The loss in buildings is 47,500,000 rou- bles $23,750,000); livestock 156,069,000 roubles ($78,034,500); grain 141,768,000 roubles ($70,881,500); the loss in des- troved timber 31,680,000 roubles $(15,840,000). Over three million rou- bles’ worth of dairfes, and an equiva- ient value of distilleries, are a total oss. Shots of War. No history that ever will be written about the great world war now raging will be quite as complete and striking as the huge collection of photographs, bearing on every conceivable phase of the conflict, that is being made by the general staff of the German army. Already more than 20,000 reproduc- tlons that range from soldiers in the trenches to wounded meq in the hospi- tals have been gathered together and filed away for present or future refer- ence. The collection is constantly growing, and requires a staff of men to keep in order and supervise, This pictorial record Qf the war is the finer because the government is able, through the rules which it lays down for all photographers who go to the front, to secure a copy of every picture that is made, by amateurs or professional. The general staff, therefore, has been abie to pick and choose for its own gallery the cream of everything pictorial that concerns the war, and has acquired, not only accurate and interesting representations but photo- graphs that in a great many cases are artistic in the extreme. Collection of Soldiers ’Lettors. The Museum of Hamburg History has begun the collection of eoldiers” letters from the front to relatives at home, and the latters' replies, as an adjunct to its archives connected with the war. The aim is to get, not the writings, of officers and the exceptionally well educated, but the humble comments of those who have written without any expectation that their words ever would be published, and therefore were completely unconscious. The proponents of the plan want to get an insight into the patriotic cour. age, hate and love of peasant and cit- izen, worker and store keeper by which they wege actuated while at the front, to know their feelings as they thought of their homes, their relatives and their families. ST Looking For lron Cross, Lieut. von Muecke and a landing party from the German cruiser Emden, who escaped when their ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean on November 10, have arrived at Damascus, after six months of adventurous wandering. There are fifty men in the party. “Have I won the Iron Cross " was the first question asked by Lieut. von Muecke. He and the sallors in his command were told they were regarded in Ger- many as heroes, and’that all had been awarded the coveted cross. The lieu- tenant declared all he wanted now was to get a command in the Nerth Sea. “on Muecke and the remnant of the ‘Emden’s crew were reported to have escaped from Allied patrol ships, and piloted the schooner Aysha, on which they escaped from Cocos Island, safe- ly into the Arabian harbor of Lidd on March 27. They reached Hodelda, Arabia, on February 6. They probably travelled by rail most of the distance from Lidd (Jidda?) to OTHER VIEW POINTS I To shut our eves to the reality of this danger and to suppose that the excellence of our fire department and the abundance of our water supply amply atone for all structural defi- clencin would show an unwillingness to face disagreeable facts and a lamen- able k of intelligence. A confla- hmrd doel utt Bridage- port and will continue to exist until much of the city ll‘fncuca.‘lly rebuilt. The inspections conducted ‘members of the department serve to, en this hazard somewhat. Bxtension of the fire limits and the adoption of an up- to-date building code would ha the immediate effect of keeping conditions growing worse end result event- ually in making Bridgeport to all in- tents and purposes a _confiagration- proof city.—Bridgeport Standard. . If the proposed new law (concern- ing savings bank) improves the audit- ing it will be all the better for deposi- tors. It would be far better to have the stealing prevented than be obliged to sue directors after the looting is discovered.—New Britain Record. Sam W. Smell, prohibition leader says that Americans booze enough last year to pay for 200 bat- tleships. It must be admitted that at this particular moment, viewing the matter in the cold light of the morn- ing after, we'd rather have the bat- tleships.—Waterbury Democrat. With that bumper wheat crop the country over, the Connecticut peach crop assured, and strawberries to be 50 plentiful they will grace every table—in course of time, the outlook for the summer season should spread a ray of encouragement to the ordi- nary of mankind.—Middletown Press. The arrest of a score or more promi- nent union leaders of the garment workers in New York on charges running from murder down to assault and intimidation reveals a condition in the metropolis that needs immediate and drastic cure. . It should be im- possible for labor leaders to employ gunmen to carry out their policies of terrorism and one may well believe that it will be almost impossible or at least exceedingly costly to idulge in the process after the courts have finished with the present defendants. —Ansonia Sentinel. Only an inability to look squarely at e situation and discern it in its true aspects can prevent the citizens and officials of the city of Bridgeport from realizing that this city is deliberately licensing disorder and violation o1 the law within its borders. For what other term than icensing” covers that policy in the city court by which habitual offenders are allowed to for- feit nominal bonds, to the end that they ‘mey continue their business and persist in their offense, after having made a small contribution to the city treasury >-—Bridgeport Telegram. The deer is a graceful animal, it is becoming numerous in the state and wherever seen is much admired for its beauty. Casés have been reported where it has visited vegetable patches and destroyed the crop and has also destroyed young trees in the fields. It is this form of depredation that has caused the legislature, where the far- mer has something to say, to permit him to take down his shot gun and kill the invader. There is hardly any doubt but that it will be done with a vengeance if the present bill becomes a~Jaw. Venison will be plentiful in Connecticut during the next two years or as long as the deer last—New Bri- tain Herald. The New Haven reporters were shut out from a recent board meeting and complained of it. Mayor Rice was asked why it was necessary to trans- act business in secret. - He is reported to have answered: “If you news- paper people would be decent and not publish these things we'd let you in, but you won't.” There are reporters and reporters and newspapers and newspapers. Some can be trusted and some cannot; most can. If those who cannot are disciplined in the right temper they quickiy learn the lesson. Here in Waterbury the newpapers are understood to represent the people, to see that everything reaches their ears and minds ultimately, at the proper time. If they are asked, for reasons of business policy, to with- hold publication of anything for the time being they always do 80.— ‘Waterbury American. Connecticut has many fine shore resorts of all descriptions. It also affords lake and mountain vacation places all of which are easily reached by steam, trolley or automobile. All along the Sound coast can be found enjoyable places where cottages and hotel accommodations can be ob- tained at almost any rate one wishes to pay. The Litchfleld hills, with the beautiful lakes in the valleys be- tween them, afford attractive places for those who prefer to spend their Test time inland. The eame is true of Windham, Middlesex and New London counties. For the man who is fortunate enough to own an automobile there are numerous tours in various parts of the state which are easily made. The highways of Connecticut are among the best in New England. All along the country roads are way- side inns at which good accommoda- tions can be secured. See Connecticut first.—Hartford Post. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society Riga, the most ultra-Western town in the whole Muscovite Empire, a city of merchant princes, of bursting ware- houses and miles of crowded docking, of vigorous Teutonic architecture and cosmopolitan organization, with a hurrying, tense business life that finds is counterpart in New York and Ham- burg, lies near the head of the Gulf of Riga, a few miles northeast of Mitau, or just back of the struggling Russo- German lines in the Baltic Provinces. Riga is a great commercial city. It stands third emong Russia’s seaports, and second among all the ports upon the Baltic Sea, where commercial ci- ties have been growing and building for centuries. The city is 363 miles southwest of Petrograd, and is filled with the spirit of modern business. It it a main gateway into vast Russian hinterlands, 1is, probably, the most up-to-date city to be found from Viad- ivostok to Libat So begins the National Geographic Soclety’s description of the great Rus- sian port that has sprung into prom- inence with the most recent German campaign, that whose direction lies through the Baltic Provinces. The ‘war primer continues: “Riga is second only to Petrogred in population and industry. German mer- chants of the thirteenth century laid the foundations of its commercial re- nown. It was founded in 1201, and many German colonists soon found their way to the new city, attracted thither by the many commerical privi- leges granted by its founder. Riga became a powerful, flourishing mem- ber of the Hanseatlc League, the great OUR CHALLENGE! N. D. SEVIN & SON DECLARE THAT HEM-ROID SHOULD CURE ANY CASE OF PILES. By authority of Dr. J. S. Leonhardt, N. D. Sevin & Son guarantee Hem- Rold for any kind of piles, no matter how bad. 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The headlong Gustavus Adeiphus, of Sweden, brought up in his course of conquest with a shock before its walls in 1601, and, only after a long hard siege, was he able to take the city. Riga passed to the control of the Russian in 1710, and has since played an important part in the development of the mighty northern empire. “Riga has the appearance of a Ger- man port. The older part of the port looks like a medieval German town, Wwhile new Riga might be Bremen. It has none of the happy-gd-lucky Sla- vonic air about it, and, so, for the tourist it is disappointing. Before the war, German was the language of its business, and German wa the idiom of its streets and homes. Official Rige was Russian, and, as Riga is the seat of the Governor-General of the Baltic Provinces, this official element was of much significance. “For the most part, Riga is a very modern city. Its older buildings have been torn down to make way for struc- tures more up-to-date, more suited to the prosperity of a business city. It is situated on the River Duena, ten miles above the mouth of the Gulf of Riga, and it is bound to the Baltic by canals. Riga has princes of finance and trade, and they have lined many of its avenues with modern villas end pal- aces. As an example of the city's growth, it may be mentioned that Riga erected more than fifteen hundred new business and apartment buildings dur- ing a recent year and that most of these buildings were equipped with elevators, open plumbing, vacuum cleaning, centrel refrigerating and steam heating plants. “A strong and varled industry has grown up in the port city. Machinery railway cars, lumber, leather, candles, tiles, glass tobacco and other products are turned out in its numerous fac- tories. The annual value of the arti- cles manufactured in Riga exceeds $30,000,000. As an industrial center, it has been becoming more and more prominent year by year, and its ture seems to be one of an almost un- limited promise. “The average value of Riga's exports is well over $35000,009. Its imports totdal about $30,000,000 each year. The exports include cereals, flax, flaxseed, eggs, lumber and bufter. 1ts chief im- ports are machinery, cotton, coal and groceries. It has a thrifty, well-to-do population of more than 300,000.” Agram—It is to the vigorous Slav- onic movement centered in Agram, where many believe that the heart and Anna Grant, Tommy O'Neil, Bert Jones and a BIC BIAUTY CHORUS LUSITANIA Stunning Musical Augmented Orchestra 2 Reel Drama Great Comedy Big Banner Show MAT 10c; CHILDREN 5c HER E:GT TRIP AND AN EXCELLENT EOMPANY OF ARTISTS 16—PEOPLE—16 MUTUAL MQVIES Theatre i Five Reels, With Wilton Lackaye Most Astounding Story of Speculation in Wheat Supremely Beautiful Photography and Acting Remember, We Give 25 Library Contest Votes with Evening Tickets e e e, 2 B e 5 S S i ST mind of the Serbo-Croat nationalist propaganda as its home, that one may look to find as many causes for the present world-war, as might be dis- coverable in Belgrade, Vienna or Per- rograde. Revolutionary Agram, intel- lecual Agram, fervently national Agram, the capital city and rallying point for all of the Dual Monarchy’s Slavs, has caused the statesmen in Vienna and Budapest more worried thought than even a Belgrade flushed with victories over Ottoman and Bul- gar. The Nationa] Geographic Soc ety has issued the following descrip- tion of the capital of Croatia-Slav- onia Agram, the seat of the ban, or vice- roy of Croatia-Slavonia, is one of the main schools of the revival of the South Slavs. It is a far more beauti- ful, more up-to-date and more keenly intellectual city than Belgrade. Agram has been recognized as the center of the Serbo-Croat movement rather than Belgrade by all of the Slave of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. The people of these Slavonia provinces of Austria- Hungary have felt themselves super- jor in education and in outlook to the Servians, and have planned and work- ed for the future of their people in Agram, rather than sought it in the Servian capital. “Situated between the north bank of the Save and the Agram mountains, MT. TOM, 8-inch wheel, four plate, $3.00, $3.25, $3.50. LAWNFETE Under the Auspices of the COLLEGE CLUB. At the Home of Mr. and Mrs, Edward Graham, 328 Washington Street, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19th from 4 until 7 o'clock. Admission 25 Cents. In case of rain postponed until first fair day. ———————ey 141 miles east-northeast of the Hun- garien Adriatic port, Fiume, and 187 miles by rail south of Vienna, Agram is a town that has few equals in all Europe among cities of its size for architectural and municipal works and for stimulating intellectual life. It is a royal free town of Hungary, the meeting place of the provincial parlia- ment, a university town and an educa- tional center for all of the surrounding country. Its university is called the foyer of Serbo-Croat nationalism, and the scientific and artistic circies of Agram are infectious sources of Sla- vonic ideals and political aspirations. “The little capital has a population of about 70,000. It is an important railway center, and has a.fair com- merce as a point for the distribution of manufactures throughout its pro- vince. The most important articles of its trade are grain and wine. There ig also a small industry being developed mostly by Austrian capital, the princi- pal products being leather goods, linen, carpets and war materials.” | “Dead Man’s Chest” The rendering of the first Stevenson’s immortal song as * men on dead man's chest” spoils the significance of the phrase, writes a correspondent. License is permitted to peoets, but no fifteen men could ever find room on the chest of any man, dead or alive, unless they were Lilliputians on the top of a Gulliver. The actual phrase is “the Dead Man's Chest,” which is the name of one of the Virgin Islands, laying to the east of Portio Rico. It is said that when Columbus discovered the group he named them after St. Ursula and soms of her mythical virgins, but the Eng- lish buccaneers rechristenéd them in homelier terms, such as “Dutchman's Cap,” “Broken Jerusalem,” “Rum Is- land,” and “The Dead Man's Chest.” Kingsley refers to the matter in the first volume of “At Last,” and Stev- enson acknowiedged, in his account of “Treasure Island,” that he had lifted the phrase from the older novelist's pages.—Manchester Guardian. 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