Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 12, 1915, Page 4

“ Willlmantie Ofice, Reom 3 Murray ‘ullding. Telephone e S ———— Norwich, Thursday, Aug. 12, 1915, 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 o over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Norwich, and read by minety- three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is dil.vered to over 800 houses, in Putnam and Danlelson tagover: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 cixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin s sold in every town - - on all of the R. F. D. :routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average ...eeceecsr. 4412 § HAVE THE BULLETIN FOLLOW You Readers of The Bulletin legving the city for vacation trigs can have it fcliow them daily and thus keep "in toveh with home affairs. Order ;hrongh ‘The Bulletin business of- ce, e e THIRTY-EIGHT 'MILLION BETTER. The total fire losses in_ the United States for seven months of 1815 was $112,397,800 as against $190,568,600 for the same period in 1914. This looks good for the present year. The Journal of Commerce record shows the fire losses for July, 1915, totalled $9,006,800, which is eight mil- lion better than for the same month in 1914, which totalled $17,539,800. ‘There were 190 fires in July that caused a loss of $10,000 or more each. The largest fire of the month occurred at Oswego, N. Y, where the burning of a sawmill caused damage to the amount of $600,000, and the next larg- est was at Port Huron, Mich., where freight sheds were destroyed to the value of $425,000. Canada’s largest fire in July was the burning of a sawmill ot North Bay, Ontario, with a loss of $150,000. Just what the cause of the improve- ment is cannot be divined. If may be because men are becoming more care- ful or less criminal, or it may be be- cause of the unusually wet weather. It is a good showing whatever the cause and the underwriters are ex- pectantly looking for a period when they can keep their labilities and agsets in a more satisfactory relation ta one another. —_— HARDLY EQUAL TO THE TASK. Jt Germany should defeat the allies would she be able to go ahead and win world supremacy which is doubt- less dear to her heart? The outlook contains no assurance of her ability to do it. The French ministry estimate the losses of Ger- many and Austria for ten months to May 31st, 1915, as follows: ‘Germany, 1,630,000 men kilied, 1,880,- 1000 wounded, and 490,000 taken pris- ofers—a total of about 4,000,000 put out of commission. Its ally, ‘Austria- Hungary, had lost 1,610,000 men killed, 1,865,000 wounded and 910,000 taken prisoners—a total of 4,886,000 put out of commission. ‘This is a loss to both eountries of nearly nine million men. If one-half the wounded return to service there ‘would be nearly 2,000,000 of these. The total strength of these countries at the start was approximately 9,000,- 800 men, and additional reserves have increased the force to -12,600,000 all jtold. 'We havé remaining one-half the should win at the present mation. The countries left to dued would have 450,000,000 people to be conquered. Do you suppose Ger- ‘many and Austria could do it? SUMMER CAMPS FOR MILITARY TRAINING. Twelve . hundred claims there are not over 31 for service in English waters of which more than 8 have been destroyed, and even with this number the work has been far from being efficient, This writer concludes the Germans have greatly exaggerated their subma- rine strength and that the meagre re- sults in English waters is the best evi- dence of it. L THE GAME OF WAR. War has been defined as a game of finding out what your opponents want you to do—and then not doing it. Accepting this definition it looks as if the Russian Grand Duke under- stands the game well and is pMying a sharp hand against the German forces. in the German campaign against France a half century ago Von Moltke had two great French armies be- leaguered and out of service in three weeks; but after a flerce campaign of a year ‘the Kaiser has not captured or smashed oue great division of the al- Hes and in the number of prisoners’ lost and taken they stand at about two millions each. These retreats from Gallcla .and Warsaw were masterly movements, the Russians taking'out of the countries abandoned all war material and more supplies than they carried in. The Russians may ‘be yielding to the Kaiser's forces with a view of giving them a winter campaign far from their base of supplies, whick will prove more disastrous to Germany than anything she has yet experienced. A part of the game is to proffer peace proposals at the psychological moment, and to make secure all that has been gained. The psychologics moment does.not seem to have arrived yet—the, allies hope to grasp that. EDITORIAL NOTES. As an-organizer, Roosevelt has con- siderable fame, but he cannot get the sapheads together. Destroying citles like Warsaw is sport for Kings—inspiring examples for crown . princes, The Latin republics are now denoteq as President Wilson's A. B. C. class. They have a competent teacher. It may take the Kaiser quite a while to figure out whether Warsaw is an asset or only another burden. International laws are not the only laws which are made to be respected if there is no excuse for doing other-. wise. Austria hag been officially informed that business is business in this coun- try and not subject to foreign 'inter- ference. The season has been s0 cold the shore resort men have been too numb to get up a sea-serpent rush for the beaches. A new dance is called the Sing Sing Trot. It is never likely to be popular, since most folks do not care to trot that way. Mr. Herman Ridder of New York made a midrtifying confession when he said he never before had heard of Providence! Col. Roosevelt is pure and Mr. Per- kins is able. It is surprising how the pure and the able are drawn to- gether by politics. — e ‘When all the governors of the United States meet in Boston, Massachusetts ‘will be likely to list to seaward a lit- tle more than usual. New London knew she had the best of Norwich when she established White ‘beach, for anything white is always attractive to Norwich people. — If all old maids have written on prtnidbinh e _The papers in this country that make bold to say Wilson had British help in writing his notes to Germany would | ing Let all the scouts i e 1K ok H ! z gé £ b W : i £g i B 335 Lkt GEHT M myself and more n bors who have little ve tastes, éi, i £ " i g 2 i | §§ ¢ : i itk i it T g b 1 WHAT THE BOY SCOUTS ARE DOING Troop 4 In Camp. Twenty ‘members of Troop 4 with Scoutmaster W. G. Baker, left on Mon: for a week's camp at Groton Long int, making the trip in Mr. Baker’s launch. First Applications for Examinations. The first applications for examina- tions under the new ruling, have been received this week at headquarters. Troop Leader Norman Himes, of Troop No. 6, applies for examination in sec- ond class First Aid A & B, which will be given to him on Thursday evening by Dr. R. R. Agnew. Scout Charles Haddad of Troop No. ¢ applies for ex- amination in semaphore signalling and fire-lighting, which will be given on Saturday afternoon. Y. M. C. A. Camp Scouting Approved. Prof. H. A. Tirrell, chairman of the Court of Honor, has approved of the scout examinations given at the Y. M. C. A. camp by Harold Round, F. C. S. of New London. - Those scouts pass- ing these examinations are Edwin Sevin and Halsey Galiup. Telling tim- ber:and nature observation State Rally for Connecticut. Plans are now in the making for holding a big outdoor rally for all Connectieut scouts on Columbus Day, October 12th. The announcement of Waterbury as the scene of the meeting is the first gun in the campaign to make the day a memorable one. While the public ‘has in the past shown its interest in the scout movement there are still many influential men, molders of pub- lic opinion, and many parents, who have never been initiated into or con- vinced in concrete form of the great public benefit of the movement. For this reason every scoutmaster and ev- ery boy of the hundreds in the scout movement have pledged themselves to work tooth and nail to make the finest showing possible on Boy Scout day and enlist in the movement those wto still remain out of the fold. Plans for the meet are of course at this time not complete. Work will at once be started on the foundation of ‘the final arrangements and the lining up of the Waterbury organization to make the meet go' with a bang. It has been decided that individuel prizes will be given for each event and organiza- tion banners for the cities that have the best team in specified lines. A parade with bands from the various cities and well over 1,000 scouts in line will be one of the features. It is hoped by the scout leaders that the whole city from now én will join in the af- fort to make Scout day the biggest af- fair that ever happened, What A Boy Scout Can Do for His City. By Scout Milton Weinstein, Troep 22, New York City. (Continued from last week.) Protecting Park Property. And now we must not overlook the park department. The park is an Im- portant element on the welfare of the people of a city, most especially for the poor, for it is their only place of recreation and rest from the heat of the crowded street. Well-kept parks are the health-preserving stations of all large cities, for babies, for small children, for grown children and for adults. A scout could help this de- partment in various ways. First, by seeing that children do not destroy trees, shrubs and plants. That refuse from individuals and parties is gath- ered info receptacles placed for that pu That benches are not de- faced and by Wl‘-fi, the public from abuse of rowdies. is would be an easier task for the scout if the de- partment of parks would mt him authority by giving him a ge that should show that he had these privi- ledges. The Benefit to the Scout. ‘Why not »ave a certain number of troops appointed to serve each city de- partment We wouldn’t of course, be giving much benefit, but let us not for- Set that we would be receiving benefit our city would scout is in his duty to pay u mak- in and help; _then I guess we have & mighty ‘fine-country. A Growing Tendency. Reports which have been coming t do all in his power to his place in th National F. during the three weeks indicate that the ¥y Scouts of America played a more im- portant part in the celebration of In- dependence Day this year than ever before in the history of the movement. From all sections of the copuntry, from large cities and small villages, have come glowing accounts of acts of service performed by scouts. Ia the majority of cases these reports tell of work willingly undertaken and faithfully performed. “We couldn’t have gotten along without the scouts™ —this is the inspiring testimony of scores of city and village officials who had charge of Independence Day cele- brations. The tendency throughout the coun- try seems to be to place more and more dependence upon boy scouts for assistance on such occasions. This is most significant for unless scouts had fully lived up to their past responsibil- Ities, they would not be honored with new ones. It is just enother proof of the as- sertion that the Boy Scout Movement does divert boy energy into useful and constructive channel National Headquarters desires to take this occasion for an expression of sincere thanks to the scoutmasters, and through them to their scouts, for this latest demonstretion of the solid value to the nation of the Boy Scout Movement. Stories of the War British Prisoners Well Treated. The Maori was:heard in the follow- ::l‘ announcement made by the Admi- ity: “Whilst operating yesterday off the Belgian coast, the torpedo boat de- stroyer Maori, Commander B. W. Bar- row, R. N, struck a_mine about two miles northwest of Weilengen light- ship; the crew took to the boats when the ship was sinking. H. M. 8. Crusader, Lieut. Command- er Thomas K. Maxwell, R. N., which was in company, lowered her boats to assist in picking up crew of Maori, but the enemy then opened fire from shore batteries, and Crusader, after being under fire for 11-2 hours, had to leave her boats and retire. It is reported from German sources that that crew of Maori and the boats’ crews of Crusader, seven officers and 88 men in all, were taken prisoners into Zeebrugge.” eOn Bay 17 a prisoner's parents re- ceived a long letter from Heidelberg confirming the belief that all were safe, and clearly established the fact that some at least of the British pris- oners of war are being well treated. We quote an extract from the letter, which was published in the Naval Ga- zette on May 19th: “As you will know by now, we are prisoners of war. All our officers are %! here, and we all sleep together in th same ; we are being very w treated, d have plenty to eat and drink, and there is a canteen where we can buy anything we want; but I would like underciothing, etc, and you can send me uniform some time, but is no hurry for that. We are allowed to have luxuries of all kinds sent, and all parcels will arri safely. We are in a kind of barracks with number of Russian, French and a few Belgian officers, and cne native Indian officer. There i= not much to do, but we are going to em- ploy our time in learning French and German. I am teaching English to a Russian and French officer, and am learning German and French from them respectively. are told by some English oflicers that we will wart about 10 pounds steriing at onece to buy various necessaries, and then about five pounds a month. ‘The bank can let us have it via Hol- land in some way. For the present we have borrowed money from the English army officers here. The Ger- mans are treating their prisoners very well, indeed, and we were very agree- ably surprised. The German govern- ‘ment allows us 60 marks per moath, for messing, étc., and it about covers this, but we need money for various little luxuries and additions, to our grub” As for mon we ] OTHER VIEW POINTS ‘When the state department of the United States asks the ambassadors from Argentine, Brazil and Chile, the ministers from Bolivia, Uraguay and Guatemala to join with us in an attempt to restore political health to Mexico, it is possible that certain other Central and South American re- publics will be slighted. Why is Bo- livia included while Colombia, Peru, Venezeula and Ecuador are ignored, and why is Guatemala chosen above Costa Rica to represent Central Amer- ica—Hartford Courant. e It is well the lessen to be brought homie to all drivers of wheeled vehicles as soon as may that the new state law is to be obey- ed and not ignored and that it ap- plies to all, not to a few. The soon- er the lights are in place the better for the public and the officials who have to enforce the law. new law is going to be carried out in the spirit as well as in the letter. That .Cigarette:selling at sthe, same Turkish .m- s < e 5 i | e e, 0, e 1 Mat. 10c; Eve. 10 and 20s o MARY PICKFORD in “Cinderella” 5387 o e e S T - - D PARAMOUNT TRAVEL A SERIES No. 3 Y 53 MARSHALL NEILAN in “The Country Boy” THE BROKEN COIN l Twe Reels Colonial Theatre thmmm—in “Just Retribution,” Lubin || “Strength,” Vit, Western PUBLIC FISH MARKET 77 FRANKLIN STREET Special This Week BLOCK ISLAND SWORDFISH, Ib. 20c EASTERN SALMON, Ib. 25¢ BLOCK ISLAND FLOUNDERS, Ib. 9¢ LIVE CRABS, dozen 40c LONG AND ROUND- CLAMS, 3 qts. 25¢ LIVE LOBSTERS, Ib. 25¢ Phone 133 Orders Delivered fact is being made clear to and it will be driven home doubled force before the new law much older—Ansgnia Sentinel. The nature of the trouble that we encounter in Haiti is political rather e Bt R t tude States to establish and maini spiration, en no better evidence than ephemeral memory. But unless Mr. Whitney _telepathed us an advance outline of his pithy observation we saw it, word for word, in a newspaper many days ago~—Waterbury Ameri- OLIVES ARE IN GREAT FAVOR AT THIs TIME OF THE YEAR. We have a good supply in good variety. Buy your OLIVES here, People’s Market 6 Franklin Street JUSTIN HOLDEN, Proprietor M. J. FIELDS, . . Florist 39 Ward Street Carnations. Special Forms and ts, ‘Telephone 657, oy oY the prol so as is concerned, is ly the Philppines or even in Cuba—New London Day. Vincent S. Whitney, m-lur—:, of Bridgeport, went to the beach last !und‘-r:nd was so shocked that he is going to introduce a full-skirt ordinance at the next of the board. “I believe the city t to take steps to prevent such of feminine charms that are sup- pondwr-nn.lnnwnorhu-my tery with mere man,” he declares. is Achieved it is Not Inherited Let the Norwich Commercial help you win the good things in life to which you are en- titled. k2 Attend Norwich Commercial School “Achieve Success” .h-hnan Buliding