Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 19, 1915, Page 4

L &wwi: Bulleting and Gonfied / 119 YEARS.OLD Subscription price 12c 2 week; S6o-a 1 monthz36.00 a 'year. ; ¥ | . Entered.at the Postoffice at -Norwich. | Conn.. as:second-class matter. 1 4 elepnome Callx: R etin Batonal Rooms:ans. A " Ealtorial " Qe ‘Bulletin Job;Ofce 35-3 N Wilitmantic Office, Room 2, /Murray ¢ fiufiding. Telephone 210. Germany is determined not @ action until such beundarjes b been passed. It l?llm highly probable that Ger- many/Teels that it has enough respon- sibilities on its shoulders with the op- mosition, it is experiencing in both war arenas, to stave off any more as long as possible and that as long as 'Aus- triascan offer resistance to the Italian armafes without too severe losses, the ‘German forces can be used to better advantage elsewhere, and particularly 0 when it is realized that more Bal« kan states are threatening to join the enemy. It shows the first real tendency not to try to whip the world, but the length of time it will continue is de- cidedly uncertain, NAVAL ADDITION! Norwich, Saturday, June 19, 1915, i The:Circulation of | } The Builetin i 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 ths 4,053 hou: \ in Norwich, and read by ninety- .\ three per cent. of the people. In . Windham it is dcivered to oven 800 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 sixty-five postoffice districts, and scixtyv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town - - on all of the R. F. D, routes in Eastern Connecticut, - CIRCULATION 1901, average ... PR —— 143099030408 00000896000880099¢ /0005000000000 4412 1805, average- . Seoeessencsasese: sesssesesscarscosessesesesel FRESH AIR FUNDS, Fortunately there has been no great amount of hot weather thus far to make conditions in the cities unbear- able, hut what few davs there have been furnish plenty of evidence of what can be anticipated and what it is advisable to:make preparations for. Thus though it may seem a;bit early the appeals which are being made in behalf of the fresh air funds, which afford so much comfort and<benefit to children-and adults.who live in crowd- ed _and uninviting:sections and have 1o~ other m of escape therefrom, are wisely made.now before the act- ual period-of great discomfort arrives that proper organization can be per- fected, andithey are deserving of the Zenerous ort which has charac- terized suciy, movements in the past. It is throughisuch funds that new en- courcgementiis given to the suffering and Dy them’ a new grip is secured. It changes the whole aspect of life for those who have a.daily grind and struggle for existence.from one,yvear's end to the other. With organized bodies ready to deal with such problems there is assured the wise handling of the contributions and the placing of them where they will do the most good. It is a philanthropic work whichjof- fers great. opportunities and few are the places where excursions or out- ings for children and mothers who are deserving cannot be arranged twith £ood results. Norwich may notshave as large o snumber who need such help as some cities, but it has its pro- portion and it only requires a little knowledge of the conditions to prove the worth of every such undertaking, PUNISH THE'CONSPIRATORS. The statement is made that one of the affidavit makers in the matter of guns aboard the Lusitania continues to maintain thatishe heard Stahl make the declarations about seeing the guns aboard thesliner. All of that may be admitted and there Is little likelihood that such an afidavit will be dis- puted, but what does the fact that his landlady heard him make a state- ment do in the.way of supporting the actual fact as to-whether there were guns aboard the ship or not? Stahl havinz decided upon his story, his means of getting support there- fore layin talking before other people, but theifact that he talked does not aifirm orideny the honesty of his story or affidavit. shows that he had told the same story before, but he brings forward no proof of what he saw except what is based upon his own words. In the face of that one statement there is the report of the government officials, the declaration of the officials of the line and the sworn statement from the British govern- ment that the Lusitania was not arm- ed. In view of the fact that such big guns could not be hidden and the mis- sion of the United,States inspectors who were searching for any such vio- Jations of the law as that would have been was fruitless,the preponderance of the ‘evidence is against the state- ment of Stahl. Whatever the,foundation, however, of the statement which has been made to reflect upon‘this country and the liner for the purpose of showing an excuse for sinking the vessel, it is im- portant that it should be brobed to the bottom and an, example made of those Who backed: the conspiracy. if such iz established. WHY GERMANY REFRAINS. Although . Germany has withdrawn Many will today witness the launch- /ing of the battleship Arizona, the American warship which will embody the latest wrinkles which operate for a formidable floating fortress. It will, as soon as equipped, add great strength to the navy of this country and there are good reasons for believ- ing that should it ever become en- Zaged in battle it would give an ac- count of itself which would substan- tiate the confidence which this coun- try has In the ideas which have gov- erned its construction. There are rea- sons to believe that it will prove all that has been claimed for it, both as to the power and range of fits guns and the resistance of its armor, and that it will in every way fulfill the requirements of the contract. How much longer the naval archi- tects of the country will rely upon the superdreadnoughts remains to be seen. With the Arizona mbout to join tliose possessed and those for which appropriations have been made, import- ant additions to the navy are nnderway, but there has as yet been no effort made to increase the naval prepared- ness through the construction of bat- tle cruisers. This is a type of war- ship which this country lacks, but one which is especially valuable where speed, as well as powerful guns are needed for effective service. ‘That they can be used with excellent results has been manifested in the present war ang that they should have a place in every navy is indicated by the at- tention which they are getting from the European nations. This country needs such ships as the Arizona, but it should also understand the handi- cap which exists as long as it possess- €s no battle cruisers. STUBBORN CARRANZA. The statement by General Carranza that there would be no reply to the Villa_proposal for an armistice that there might be arrangements for the establishment of a provisional govern- ment in that country, is not so sur- prising. It is in fact just about what might be expected in view of the un- compromising attitude which Carranza has maintained throughaut his fight for the constitutionalists’ cause. Even though the Villa suggestion followed as the result of the note of President Wilson, Carranza has since declared that he controls seven-eighths of the country and the greater part of the fighting forces, It is true that Villa has not expe- rienced the success with his army that he did Dbefore his break with Carranza, but he has nevertheless caused the latter an endless amount of worry and still is able to keep him from setting up anything in the way 'of a government for which the coun- try is in great meéd. In spite of his claims to forces and territory Carranza has not risen to the task which he faces as the leader of his faction. He made a rank failure of it when he was in Mexico City and even now matters are getting worse. Carranza may continue to reiterate his opinion of his power, but the belfef still exists that he is making poor use of it for one who clalms so much. If he has the welfare of Mexico in mind and understands the importance of an eariy end to the revolution he might show better diplomacy than to coldly cast aside the one important faction against which he is now fighting. ~ It appears to be a time for putting aside personal feelings for the good of the nation. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Chil dren or growing vegetables look bet- ter on a vacant lot than weeds. Now that his services are not need- ed Mr. Bryan is giving more attention to national affairs than evér before. It may be as Mr, Bryan says, that war is a nuisance, but he might say the same thing about a sore thumb. If there is a persuasive power in money that million and a half left to the suffrage cause ought to make some impression. Wrecks of fortifications and vessels shown in pictures of the war zones must make the junk men nervous for a chance to get busy. Having declared war against Ger- many, Mexico and the United States, the Yaqui Indians must have that fight-the-world | feeling. Carranza snubs the Villa get-to- gether proposal, but then that Is the only attitude which will insure the continuance of the revolution, 1f President Wilson still thinks that Mr. Bryan should be knocked into a cocked hat he doesn’t appear to be do- ing much to help out the cause. This is the season of the year which affords the opportunity for comparing the cost of graduation gowns with those worn a couple of decades ago, That New Jersey court which holds It doesn't pay a young man to be backward about coming forward. Hes- itation may be well enough as the feature of a dance, but it has no abiding place in business. Timidity in us doesn't create confidence in those to whom we are commended. Fear expressed in one's action seems to forerun failure. It lends strength to character to believe in one's self— in one's own talents and ability, Many an opportunity has been lost because the applicant for employment aldn't put the right inflection upon yes and no. How we move and speak makes an Impression for or against us. Doing little things right leads to acceptance for the conduct of great enterprises. Belng modestly firm is different from unbecoming_ boldness. This is where tact plays its promoting part and it rarely fails of success. S The only way in which anyone can attain the fullness of life is by the acceptance of truth—the dlspelling of ignorance. The truth cannot make you free if through disinterestedness or prejudice you keep yourself in darkness. Ignorance makes slaves of people who think they are free. The way to truth and freedom is the con- sciousness that you have a mind and have a right to think and_conclude from any array of facts or figures, as well as anyone else. The truth has never made anyone free who was will- ing to fill up on second-hand conclu- sions. Well-meaning people, even, are prone to, through lack of knowledge, tell ys too many things that are not so. It is easier to adopt ready-made opinions, but they are not as satifyinz as rational conclusions of our own. It requires study and thought to possess knowledge. The largest freedom is to be found in courageous and sincere mental activity. A near-philosopher says: “Worry knocks more men out than overwork.” We all know that fretfulness eats out the cornerstone of éfficiency—that worry rTeally wears out sanity—that it is the first and last evidence of a disordered mind, so that its final man- ifestation is sure to be found in dis- aster, if not in destruction. Then why does many worry? It must be because he has either become distrustful of his own ability, or because of interferences in life which check his ambitions or destroy his hopes. A condition of dis- order in the mind—dis-ease—is what prevents an orderly accomplishment of purpose. It takes a masterful soul to keep its own house in order—to keep the machinery of life working smooth- ly and the spirit from becoming jaded. No don’t worry club ever prevented this. It is the conjoining of the I-am- ness of God to the I-am-ness of man that accomplishes such a stunt. Have you ever thought the person who takes hearty pride in the great- ness of his ancestors has really done nothing which would have caused them to have taken pride in him. The great ancestor could have little admi- ration for the persistent claquer who only feels elated when he is blowing his horn for him. The great ancestor doesn’t know how to value a proud descendant. It is in ancestral Dlood of distinction to prefer the ad- miration of the world to the praise and applause of relatives. It is the habit of the ancestor to look forward with hope—of the proud descendant to look back with pride. There is nothing to be said against being well- born if one adds to the honor of his tribe by his accomplishments; but of itself, heing well born is simply an incident of life made possible by the achievements of our forebears. It is Detter to be the creator of good con- ditions than to be the proud off- spring of them. It appears to be a law of our na- ture that the less we feel a limitation to our ability to gratify our own needs the less we sense the pleasure of do- ing what we can to increase the com- fort and pleasure of others. Wealth does mot proportionately increase generosity, or contribute much to good will. The poor befriend the poor, and the world would be.amazed if it kiew to what an extent those who have no material surplus in this world appear to have a superbundance of kindliness which in- spires them to helpful activity and decdy of goodness which call forth lasting gratitude. They seem to be demonstrators of the fact that “Where there is a will there is wa and also, a blessing. What we all need is the disposition to help, and that is more important than the surplus we could bestow on the needy if we were only possessed of it. While most of us may be able with truth to say some of the most delight- ful moments of our lives were spent at the dining table, we cannot forget that some of the most miserable ma- ments followed because of our indis- cretion. Good nature may increase the flow of the gastric juices and 2ood teeth and diligence may aid the iver in its work, but haste and heed- lessness go a long way toward pro- ducing dyspepsia, whether the feast is accompanied by joy and laughter or not. The person who thinks noth- ing will upset the stomach like gloom might try fresh fried doughnuts with mince pie. The mental attitude doubtless has a bearing upon the di- gestive organs, but it cannot prevent the misery which proceeds from a stomach overcrowded with fermenti- tious matter. Good sense has more to do with prolonged good digestion than good humor. They say Satan was the first hypo- crite, parading as a saint when he was full of malice toward God. There were no daily papers then and it took a great while to get Satan into print in his true character. He has known from the beginning that hypocrisy is something on one can succeed at, hence his delight when a mortal is fool enough to pretend to be what he is not. He took the measure of all fools and furnished the garment that best fits them. A lie lived never takes on the beauty and force of truth. A smooth tongue and a smiling face can- not keep a villainous heart hidden for- ever. A man's motives bud and blos- som and he cannot keep them secreted after they have matured. A man is that women can fib about their age would probably reserve the right, how- ever, to its own opinion in such cases. It is gratifying that the 'American rejoinder is belng received in a friend- its representatives. in Italy it has not made an actual declaration of war. Why this has not been dome is not explained and is causing some specu- lation inyview: of.the,fact that Italy's army is invading Austria and Ger- many has in other-cases declared war where Austria has. The severing of diplomatic relations while it may mean @ step towards war, is not necessarily Bn actiof war or a declaration thereof. It is to be remembered, however, that German ¢ territory is not being Invaded and. asiyet is not threatened. Throughout the entire effort to have Italy maintain. its neutrality and dur- Ing the discussion, of the demands of Italy end the . concessions which \Austria wwas: willing to make, German influence: was jused to persuade Aus- tria to meet ‘the situation without bringing any more into the struggle sacrificing that territory which 1y manner over in Germany. Now let some consideration be given to justice and humanity. The German correspondent who de- clared that this country was clamor- ing for war probably heard someone urging the “swat the fly” and “kill the mosquito” campaign: With powerful wireless stations sending messages from Petrograd to Paris-and back it seems to be a fact that the allles are talking right over the heads of the Germans. Prof. Meyer regrets that citizens of this " country born in Great Britain, France, Norway, Italy, Greece, Turkey and many other countries do not use the hyphen. It is not a cause for re- gret, but gratification. The real Te- gret is that those using the hyphen do not follow the good example and safe only when he is true to the pre- cepts of justice, What is religion? Some people talk about getting religion as they would getting a prize. How can they get what is simply a life—"a daily practical in- ward life according to the immutable principles of tru® order.” Religion is the bringing of the.spirit into its true relation to Him who breathed into man the spirit of life. God, the scriptures tell us, is a’spirit; and we also are told His children must worship Him in spirit and in truth. We abide‘in God and He abides in us, because His life, the one only life, is everywhere, and all the activity of the elements, and the products of the earth repre- sent His. purposes of love to man— His daily blessings bestowed upon us, He who lives a_religious life needs wear no label or take special pains to speak of it, since his daily conduct toward his fellowmen should proclaim it. Religion is spiritual quality, not human pretence or parade, Should Be Specific. Remarks on “the injury to the Ne- braskan” should indicate _clearly wWhether one refers to the affair off Fastnet_or Champ Clark's marriage feast—Boston Advertiser. (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) As commencement draws near, at- tention is directed, with annual inter- est, to the Norwich Free Academy. This Alma Mater, fostering mother to many graduates, was opened October 21st, 1856, with eighty pupils—conse- quently vigorous, comely mother, is nearly her sixtieth birthday. The school was incorporated two years earlier, after about fifty public spirited citizens had subscribed $80,000 to found an academy of high school grade. The aims of the corporators as set forth were: First, to excite in the minds of parents, guardians and children a deeper Interest in the sub- Ject of education; second, to stimulate scholars in primary, intermediate and grammar schools to make higher at- tainments in the elementary branches; third, to elevate the standards of edu- cation in this town. known that the demy project was the Rev. John Putnam ~ Gulliver, for twenty years (1846-65) pastor of Broadway church. The seal adopted was the familiar open book with motto, Sit Lux—Let there be light, against the radiant sun- burst. Then and there, the Academy lighted the almp of Knowledge. From the first she has been.a sage mother, to warn, to comfort, to com- It is well spiration of the A mand. 'She has taugnt in her class- rooms the axiom, “Non scholae, sed vitae discimus,” we learn, not for school, but for life. She has been likewise a mother progressive, to be sure, but not one one of many changes. In all of her sixty years she has but four perman- ent principals: Elbridge Smith, the inspiration of the pupils of her rather humble beginnings, Willlam Hutchi- son, of whom it was said by a pupil after his death, “It was not so much what he taught us as what he was”; Dr. Robert P. Keep, a man fifty yvears in advance of his time, in wise for- seeing and breadth of planning for the institution to which he gave the ripe scholarship and devoted service of his life; and last, Henry Archelaus Tir- rell, A.B. Wesleyan, *94, who went out with the large class of 1890, to be Te- called' later to head the imstitution In which he had a son's pride and the natural interest in and devotion to, which no mere stranger could ever feel, Throughout its career the Academy has always had the scope and influ- ence of a small college. The State of Connecticut held its summer. school there during one season, bringing to the institution lecturers and_teachers of noteworthy reputation. The Na- tional Philological Association held its annual convention at Slater Hall, men and women from all over the country coming, to marvel at finding such an institution in a quiet New England town. The trustees of the great Met- ropolitan Museum came by special train from New York, to learn from the selection and arrangement of the statues in its museum: instances of the effective manner in which its in- fluences have reached out. A Norwich woman, speaking yester- day of the coming alumni meeting, when the speaker is to be the distin- guished author and traveler, Poultney Bigelow, who writes: Iy heart turns joyfully toward Norwich—and the Academy,” stirred her hearers when she said, “My first impression of the Academy was one of its broad-mind- edness and liberality! I was a child, when 2 member of the family returned fro msome graduation, to tell of the fine spirit shown in that early year, soon after the war, when the color prejudice in many Connecticut towns was so bitter. One of the graduates that night had been a colored girl (who went out from Norwich to do signally good work for her people in Sunday Morning Talk TEMPERS IN CONTROL. The steam that is let off never runs anything. It is steam repressed and controlled that speeds our trains and our ships. And £o it is with temper. ‘While some relief may be afforded to overcharged nerves by an occasional explosion the energy expended in anger is largely wasted. There is an old Latin maxim to the effect that “anger is a brief madness.” Surely the truth is as patent today as in olden times that a man who loses his"temper loses himself It is well to have a temper, but if one fails to keep it, we can only say that he is not in full possession of his faculties. One function of his personality has slipped from his control. Anger need not be deep or long con- tinued to do a lot of harm. The petty annovances of every day are enough to make ‘trouble. A temper uncon- trolled is liable to break out like a geyser at the most trivial causes. It is apt to go to pieces and to carry its owner with it—often just when the es- pecial need is for calm thought and reasonable dealing. Explosive tempers explain innumerable human failures. Habitual “sputtering” means weak- ness while righteous indignation stead- ily directed to worthy ends means strength. Power in control is d&sir- able in morals as well as in athletics. Says “Smokey Joe” Wood, crack pitch- er: “The only secret I know anything about is that of control. It makes or unmakes every pitcher. I know many a pitcher who has more speed than I have, and of course, plenty of them have curves. But they are unable to make the ball break and pass the bat- ter where they want it to.” Grantland Rice tells the same story tn “Over the late:” Bill Jones had the speed of a cannon ball; He could loosen a brick from a three- foot wall, ‘When he shot one across it would hustle by Too swift for even the surest eye. No one could hit him when he was right, And no one could follow the ball's quick flight. Bill should have starred in a big league role, But he stuck to the “minors”—he lacked control. Have not the pitcher and the poet told why many of us in the game of life play in “bush leagues” rather than in big ones? ‘A temper controlled and directed to worthy ends is a great possession. “Be ye angry and in sin not” says the Scripture. One can be angry in a con- structive helpful way. He may set his face against wrongs still allowed under the sun, against iniquities that society still permits. To turn one's wrath steadily against these things is to play a noble part. The man of patience and of righteous purpose accomplishes something worth while when he gets angry. Bvery ounce of-his energy is gathered and directed toward a good result, It is the moral steam controlled and made to hit a definite piston that sends this old world upward and on- ward along its appointed way. ‘Washington.) She was made more of than was anybody else in the class, with a beautiful, broad friendiiness ‘which touched every person in the audience. That was my 8rst Impro: sion of the Norwich Free Academy”— the Alma Mater, which has ever since held her welcoming arms open, to Te- célve her children of all colors, creeds and races; rejoiced with them in their successes, ‘sorrowed with them in their Tosses! From the first, friends of the town and of education have gladly aided in expanding the Academy’s work. Such names as Charles J. Stedman, Gen. Wililam Willlams, Henry E. Bowers, Jeremiah Halsey, Mrs. Harriet Peck Williams, J. Newton Perkins, ‘Adam Reid, Mrs. D. G. Evarts, Robert W. Sayles, Willam C. Birge, Willlam H. Allen, Elizabeth B. Woodhull, Frank- iin Nichols_ Joanna D. G. Mitchell, above all, William A. Siater, Charles A. Converse, and Lafayecte S. Fos- ter, are written in_gold in the list of her benefactors. They have provid- ed the medais, the prizes, the bulld- ings, the grounds, the working capital, which enable the school to live up to the aims of its beneficent corporators. Others, too, h: hel with many the sentiment h: graduation, that of the typic: small boy, “Hurrah! _School's out!” some who have zone forth, sinnce the Acad- emy epirit _inspired her sons to glory in the Civil War, have returned, an- nuaily, when possible, to say to their Alma Mater, “All that I have, owe I unto thee!™ A financier as able as Arthur H. Brewer will marvel at the generosity, the liberality, of the men who, in those early days began with the splendid offering of over $7.000 toward a free academy. A traveled, cultured gentleman such as George S. Palmer will tell with gratitude of what the Norwich Academy did, in putting into his hands the key to the treasure- house of knowledge. Governors and statesmen and writers, merchants and mechanics and artists and scholars and college presidents and divines, the soldier, the home-maker, in many lands, carry love and veneration in their hearts for the old Academy. d. While been, at True; at times she “has been like other neglected mothers, her sons and daughters spendthrift, prodigal, for- getful. But ever she sits like a queen, in the shelter of her wooded hills, at her right her handmaidens, Literature, Art; on her left, Labor, Domestic Sclences, glorified; the 'shouts of health and joy and recreation rising from her wide campus. It is not too early to return to her with gifts and gratitude on her sixtieth anniversary; and whether the comer be the friend of emperors, whose “heart turns joy- fully toward Norwich and the Acade- my,” or the plain worker with the smut and smudge of labor on his hands, she is still the welcoming mother! There is a big lesson in the list of officials of the school, from 1854 to the present: Corporators and Trustees—Russell Hubbard, Willlam P. Greene, Governor William A. Buckingham, William Wil- liams, Henry B. Norton, John Breed, Caleb B. Rogers, William W. Coit, James Lloyd Greene, Daniel Tyler, Samuel C. Morgan, Israel M. Buck- ingham, LaFayette S. Foster, David Smith, "John F. Slater, Charles Os- good. Erastus Williams, Lorenzo Blackstone, John A. Rockwell, Leon- ard Ballou, Charles J. Stedman, John Gulliver, Charles N. Farnham, Edward O. Abbott, Charles Tracy, Albert H. Almy, Jeremiah S. Webb, Lucius W. <Carroll, Jedediah Spalding, Stephen nB. Meech, Henry Thomas, Christo- pher C. Brand, Charles Johnson, Eb- enezer Learned, Elisha Edwards, An- drew Currier, ‘William M. Converse, George Perkins, J. Hunt Adams, J. Newton Perkins, Amos W. Prentice, James M. Huntington, Charles A. Con- verse, Timothy B. Norton, Hennry Bill, Gardiner ‘Greene, E. Winslow Wil- llams, Amasa Hall, Daniel F. Gulliver, Gilbert Osgood, Moses Plerce, William P. Greene, Jr, John Mitchell, A. P. Sturtevant, Thomas D. Sayles, Ed- ward Chappell, James S. Carew, B. W. Tompkins, Charles H. Kenyon, Charles Bard, Edward N. Gibbs, William H. Fitch, Miss Sarah A. Huntington, Mrs. Harriet P. Williams, Frank Johneon, Willlam A. Slater, Bela P. Learned, William A. Aiken, Jeremiah Halsey, John M. Johnson, Hugh H. Osgood, George S. Palmer, William N. Black- stone, Jonathan Trumbull, Francis J. Leavens, John A. Rockwell, William Buckingham, Edward A. Palmer, Costello Lippitt, Arthur H. Brewer, Oliver L. Johnson, Judge Gardiner Greene, Frank T. Brown, John C. Av- erill, Wallace S. Allis, Willlam_ B. Aiken, Frank L. Woodard, Adam Reid, Charles L. Hubbard, Archibald Mit- chell, Winslow T. Williams, Albert H. Chase, Willis A. Briscoe, Waterman R. Burnham, Grosvenor Ely, Charles W. Gale, William B. Birge, John Eccles, Frederick T. Sayles, Leonard O. Smith, Ebenezer Learned, Archa P. ‘Willoughby. Presidents—Russell Hubbard, Wil- liam P. Greene, William M. Williams, William A. Buckingham, Henry B. Norton, William A. Slater, Lewellyn Pratt, Francis J. Leavens. Vice Presidents—Amos W. Prentice, George S, Palmer. Secretaries—Ebenezer TLearned, Fd- ward O. Abbott, John M. Johnson, William N. Blackstone, *Costello Lip- pitt. Treasurers—William A. Bucking- ham, Ebenezer Learned, Frank John- son, John M. Johnson, William Blackstone, Francis J. Leavens, Cos- tello Lippitt. THE DICTAGRAPH. — Stories of the War Germany’s Lines of Communication. In a one-time prosperous and busy city that now contains almost as many German soldiers as it does French- inhabitants, is one of the “Hauptpunkte” or chief points in the remarkable lines of communication which stretch from Germany to the front trenches. Even a casual inspection of this link in the wonderful chain of com- munications reveals one of the rea- §sons why Germany is able to contest stubbornly every effort of its oppon- ents to recapture the territory that has been taken, and why its soldiers are possessed of necessities, and even luxuries, that were unheard of in earlier wars. Various such “Hauptpunkte” exist all along the long battle line, and from each trench out fan-shape lines to within a short distance of the trenches. Along these ribs of the fan there are transported daily the enor- mous _quantities of food, ammunition and clothing that are needed. The “Hauptpunke” may be called for want of a better name a division headquarters in the lines of commun- ication. This _ headquarters has, roughly, two functions, the prepar- ing and forwarding of food and am- munition, and the repairing of mater- ial that has broken down under the strain of battle. In the city recently visited by an ‘Assoctated Press correspondent, the German authorities have requisitioned the slaughter house of a one-time French butcher, and in it are method- ically_preparing the enormous:Q tise of meat needed for the army a few miles away. The cattle are, for the most part, driven in from Germany. For miles as one approaches the city one can 500 the herds grazing on the rich French flelds. By the time they have reached the division headquarters they are fat and sleek. The slaughter house, of course, has been found entirely too small for the amount of work that has to be done there, especially in that department where meat is salted or pickled. In default of receptacles therefore the army has requisitioned bathtubs and similar inappropriate but useful ves- sels, and in them lie thousands of pounds of meat. A thousand pounds of wurst a day is prepared for the front. as well as many hundreds of pounds of beef, mutton and pork. ‘Within a hundred yards of the slaughter house is the bakery, for- merly a manufacturing establishment Whose brick ovens have been found to lend themselves very well to the baking of 16,000 loaves of bread a day. Hach joaf, composed of one third of white flour and two thirds rye flour, weighs 1,500 grams. Where' the necessary railroad tracks did not exist they have been built so that there is easy and ef- ficient railway connection with these two plants that supply the two main food "necessities of the army—meat and bread. Perhaps less important and vital but more interesting are the estab- lishments where damaged artillery and guns are repaired and put into shape for use at the front again. In these plants also it has been found feasible to employ French civilians at many kinds of work, so that they may earn their livelihood, be inde- pendent, and not be a drag upon the German_ authorities who are support- ing many of the city's inhabitants. From all along the front there come to a former machine shop the guns of all bores that have been put out of commission in the fighting. They come in with damages that in_many cases are quite as freakish as the in- Jjuries sustained by the soldiers, and are repaired with quite as much in- genuity as are seemingly impossible disablements of the human body. Nor are the worst damages always the result of the fire from the other side of the line. Thus there are guns that have been literally torn apart from the explosions of shells prema- turely. The damages range from shattered and twisted wheels and rid- dled steel shields to worn out bores and broken muzzles. In a carpenter shap French work- men, aided and superintended by Germans -remake the wheels. In an- other part machine guns are made whole, oftentimes by using the un- damaged parts of two, three or more weapons. In. still another building new muzzles ara moulded and put onto undamaged trucks. screwed into the ground. Thus at- hoops of wire that can be stretched in front of a trench in an emergency at a moment's notice and can be made fast by stakes of steel that are screwed into the gorund. Thus at- tackers whose artillery has demolish- ed the usual entanglements of barbed wire can still be checked for a time at least. Quantities of English cable wagons have been captured at one time or another. These wagons are nothing more than square wooden boxes mounted on a wheeler, from _which telephone wire can be pald out. They have, however. been found to make excellent machine gun ammuni- tion wagons, and are turned to their new use by the simple expedient of being fitted with pigeon hole com- partmen - In conjunctionn with the machine shop there is a shoe shop and a leath- er shop, where broken saddles are mended, and where the stmps for ar- tillery wagons, rifles and knapsac] are put into order onc more. It is the exception rather than the rule that any plece of apparatus used at the front is damaged so badly that it cannot be mended here or that it haes to be sent back to Germany. In point of interest to the casual visitor, the prize of the division head- \quarters is the “Sammelstelle” or collection point— the junk pile con- taining the sweepings of the battle field would be a better name —where every conceivable object from bits of rubber to brkeno bayonets and cart- ridge shells is collected and sorted out. The knapsack of every wounded soldier first or last finds its way to his big building and there is subject- ed to the scrutiny of “junk experts.” The cartridges that remain are laid to one side, to be reapportioned to some other fighter. The drinking flasks or bottles are similarly iveeded out, and the clothes that still are fit to wear are placed in pile saccord- ing to their character. The bayonets o to one department where they are carefully cleaned and put in shape for use again. The rifles —they include not only German_but French, English, Belgium and Rus- sian guns—are thoroughly overhauled and oiled and come out looking like new. Every plece of equipment that still has value is renovated. After every battle in which the Ger- mans have been victorfous the fleld is literally scoured, and all the junk is transported to headquarters. Scores of ripped and torn auto tires are col- lected and sent to an establishment where the rubber can be utilized in the making of new tubes. A big laundry establishment with a capacity of over 100,000 garments in less than a month cleans old clothes after they have been repaired and puts them into shape for further use by new soldiers or by old troops whose supply has been exhausted. A spur of the railroad track runs directly to the end of the “Sammel- stelle” and carts away to Germany huge quantities of scrap that has ev- ery appearan of being worthless but which later is to appear in newly manufactured form. Not one thing with any poesible value is wasted. ‘The division headquarters very nat- uraily has not only the hospital facil- itles that are common to most Ger- man cities but also a medicament headquarters. In a wholesale drug establishment of almost staggering size there are stored some 4,000,000 marks worth of medicine and medi- cal instruments for use in the field hospitals. Volunteer and professional nurses prepare some 15,000 yards of band- ages a day, which are shipped off to the front in compact packages. The establishment maintains 15 _mounted filtering plants that are Ehifted from point to point along the front and prepare daily some 10,000 liters of water for the soldiers. There are also moveable Roentgen Ray machines which can be taken to the front for use in desperate cases. Toxins and_serums in little globules are on hand in great quantities, and the equipment of the plant is so com- plte that there are even cases of snow gogsles for the use of the sol- diers on sunny days in winter. As an adjunct to the wholesale drug stablishment there is a soap factory with a weekly capacity of 55,000 kilo grams a week—so large that not only are four armies supplied but the civil populations of the city as well. There is a disinfecting establishment where both soldiers and their clothes are purified, and “where the long Red Cross hospital trains after use are switched in and sterilized and fumi- gated. Daring Aviation Work. The airman who located the 15-inch German gun that bombarded Dun- kirk succeeded by only the narrow- est margin in bringing information in. THE. PARSON, .. Several pilots and observers, Fre | Sna Enelish. volunteerea.for-inis sertl / How Heat Affects the Vital Organs Hot Weather Conduces to Chronic Constipation and Diarrhea A disposition to confine one's diet to cold food and to indulge freely in iced drinks, is one reason why consti- pation and diarrhea is so prevalent in summer, and there is no season when bowel disturbances should be more carefully avoided, as much serious disease is directly traceable to these conditions, 3 To regulate the bowels and quickly relieve even an aggravated case of constipation, the combinaticn of sim- ple laxative herbs with pepsin, sold in drug stores under the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is highly recommended by many physicians and all those who have used it. Un- like cathartics and violent purgatives, Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin acts gently on stomach, liver and bowels, without griping or other discomfort, and brings relief in an easy, natural manner. Mild, pleasant to the taste, and inexpensive, it is the ideal family laxative. By cleansing the bowel tract and eliminating the foreign mat- ter and poisons that irritate and in- flame, it will quickly check an attack of diarrhea and restore normal condi- tions. Dr. Caldweil's Syrup Pepsin hat been the standard remedy in count- less homes for more than thirty years and is sold in drug stores everywhe for fifty cents a bottle. A free can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell. 458 Washington St. Monticello, Il vice. The honor fell to a biplane with a pilot designated by permission of the censor as Monsieur* * *, with Monsieur H.*....*, as observer. Four other machines with their crews were ready to follow in case the first should not come back. The second volunteer was about to take the air when a speck appeared in he distance, rapidly growing larger ut wabbling like a wounded bird struggling to maintain its equilibrium. Suddenly it slipped down rapidly some himdreds of vards. The wait- ing pilots watched with blanched faces until the machine righted itself; it was still descending very rapidly and the Allies’ lines were still a thousand vards away. “It's all up with her”, said one pilot, “she’ll land inside their lines.” The larie then made a sudden lurch up- ward a hundred yards, then came down again more precipitately than before. It was this last desperate at- tempt that lifted her over the lines she landed just behind _the - Allies' trenches. The Germans opened a hot fire but a sharp attack by the French drove them out of their first line of trenches and the biplane was hauled back Into safety with its great secret. Flying at a height of 2,20Q yards the biplane had gone about 12_miles be- hind the German lines. There the observer saw some new earthworks and at the same moment a storm of shrapnel burst around the machine; a shell carried away part of the tail ana tore a large hole in the lower plane. The observer, however, had time to locate a deep ditch roofed over with concrete from which peeped the saping mouth of the big gun that was sending half-ton shells into Dunkrik. The aviator was bleeding profusely from a wound in the stomach.when he landed but he had the energy to make a clear comprehensive report. He sald “I am satisfled” and then died. A few hours later the French artil- lery had located the German gun and were reducing its concrete armor. OTHER VIEW POINTS The American people are going to stand by President Wilson, but they are not going to be called upon to shoulder arms against a country that is fighting for its life and President ilson is not going to demand of Germany more than he will demand of every other couatry involved in the awful conflict now in progress on the other side of the ocean. President Wilson stands for the prevention of injustice and the maintenance of lib- and law—these are higher obli- gations than the prevention of war Dbut war will not result because of in- sistence that these sacred principles shall not be violated—New Haven Times-Leader. Numerous yvoung iadies took pains to express their interest in the work of a community by cheerfully offer- ing their services as distributors of | tags. The job at its best is a thank- |less ome but there were no_shirkers among the girls who had volunteered to help the Boys' club gather in the countless nickel dimes and pennies ‘which will be added to the exchequer. They, too, worked all day in the hot sun, to take advantage of the favor- able impression created by the boys. Finally, although it cannot yet -be said positively, the general public of New Britain showed their apprecii- tion and willingness to help *by con- tributing their small coins to these young ladies. It is safe to say that a substantial sum was raised as our citizens are not slow to realize what a help even a nickel may be and are willing to act generously when once convinced—New Britain Herald. A Hartford man has invented a new automobile wheel to run on rails as well as on the highway. But as the highways do not seem to be a safe proposition for some drivers when there is no traffic at all it is only safe over their tracks to every one wantin; to use them. But on the other han the wheel will no doubt bring about municipal tracks on every street in every city in order that frelght can be conveyed at the least possible ex- pense—Middletown Press. The aldermen acted wisely at thei? recent meeting in favorinng an ordi- nance that prohibits the placing of hot ashes in wooden receptacies. The prohibition is in the direct line of in telligent ~fire preveation—Ansoni® Sentinel. There is one form of quick trans- portation which combines healthfu} exercise with speed; that is the bicycle. True, bicyciing is a some= what Strenuous exercise for a man whose_heart is_beginning to weaken or who is inclined to embonpoint; but a large proportion of men be- tween forty and fifty could use & bicycle to advantage, gaining heaith- ful exercise in the open air and also saving time. Walking however, i fast becoming a lost art. It is too slow for a man of affairs.—Manches- ter Herald. It costs $1,000 a year to keep a boy at the Cheshire reformatory. Thera are about 200 boys there and it costa $200,000 a year to maintain the insti- tution—such are_the official figures, The Cheshire Reformatory is the newest Connecticut's state penal in- stitution and is supposed to represent some advanced ideas. Yet at $1,000 an inmate, we venture that somethi is radically wrong with the place. Wa believe that the little George Junio® Republic at Litchfield could take re- formatory boys at much less cost and get much beiter results out of them, It would turn them out, finished cit- izens, with no reformatory trade marl on their minds or faces, and it woul not cost $1,000 a year a boy to do it —Bridgeport Telegram. . i Current discussion of the liquor question is mostly keyed in the veim of hysteria. There are a few sana voices raised now and then, but they are the exception. The general prac- tice is to term the liquor business an “outlaw.” Nothing can be further from the truth than that. Even the man who believes the liquor businesa is a “damnable” traffic, who asserts that it is “accursed,” should halt at the word “outlaw.” If there is ons business in the whole country that ig fortified in the law, that is estab- lished by law, that is regulated by law, that is under the supervision of the nation, the state and even the courts, it is the liquor business. Tha steel magnate may not know just where how stands in relation to the laws, but the booze man always does, The decisions are as a rule very clear.—Waterbury Democrat. CASTORIA For Infants and Children . InUse For Over 30 Tears Almu:n bears Signature of Your Cough Can be Stoooed Using care to avoid draughts, ex- posure, sudden changes, and taking a treatment of Dr. King's New Dis- covery, will positively relieve, and in time will surely rid you of your Cough. The first dose soothes the ir- ritation, checks your Cough, which stops in a short time. 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