Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 17, 1915, Page 4

Jorwich Bulletin . ond Geusiee 119 YEARS OLD price iZc & week; Gfe monthy & year. sl . Entered at.the.Postoffice at Norwich, oonne s second-clese matie, Telepmone Oalint otin Eajtorial Reoms ¢ Bulletin J..o.-%-‘ Ofice, Room 3 Murzay T Fun Bu 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 Nobwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of thy 4,083 houaes in Norwich, and read by rinety- three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is dcl.vered to over 900 houses. in Putnam and Dan’eison to over 1,100 and in all of these places it is consid- ered the local dally, Eastern Connecticut has forty= nine towns, one hurdred and wixty-five postoffice districts, and chvtv rursl free delivery routes, The Bulietin, is sold in every town - - on all of the R. F. D. CIRCULATION 1801, average ....ecceeeov. 4412 2,1905, average ...........5'920 August M........ 9, | 5" [ S D A SR 'L HAVE THE BULLETIN FOLLOW 1 You Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have it fcliow them daily and thus keep in touch with home affairs, Order ;hrouth The Bulletin business of- ‘ce. e — NO CAUSE FOR PROTEST, It after its previous statements therdon it'was necessary, this country has now said the final word in its note to Austria concerning the question of the manufacture of munitions of war in this country for the nations of Eu- Tope or any other purchaser. It was thoroughly considered at the opening of the war and long before and the TUnited States does not intend at this time to alter its stand upon that mat- ter, This country as a nation is not en~ gaged in selling munitions. Its man- ufacturers are engaged in that’busi- ness and they have a perfect right to do so which is recognized not only by this government, but by others. Even those who are engaged in the war understand that they are not exceeding thelr rights. They are doing only what is entirely legal and’the government does not intend to interfere. There is more to be considered,than the effect such business may be hav- ing upon certain of the belligerents because they have:been.placed at a disadvantage by their enemies. To place an embargo ,upon:such exports would simply be a breach of,neutral- ity. It weuld llkewise be aniinvitation to other nations to departfrom an international understanding ' whenever it pleased them in case this country should at any time be seeking muni- tlons from aforelgn market for repelling of a forelgn attack. This is @ situation waich this country cannot and does not intend to ignore. It has been beset by agitators working for a selfish purpose under the guise of a sreat principle, but ita position is right and it will not be changed. Aus- tria has no cause for:iprotest. GREATER CARE IN HIGHWAYS, It ix impossible to judge without proper investigation what degree of re- sponstbility rests vhon the driver of that automoblle v (h struck and kill- ¢ a chlld upo Wateh Hill road, but It waas the cecognized danger which exists when an automoblile pasa« o8 & standing trolley car which result. ed In the passage of the law in the state requiring the auto to be brought Lo a stop, before proceeding. In this @ the child had not. alighted from & trolley and had not left the @duto bus to which the mother and child had gone for transportation, and it was possibly without warning that the little one stepped out in front of the death deallng machine, yet it werves to emphasize the necessity of using more care in the operation of motor care. There are the rights of otherg which must be respected and guarded. ¥ Driving a car,at 20 miles an hour, especially when ' passing a standing car or vehicle about which.thefe are good chances that there will be men, women or children ,unconscious of the approach of the fast and sllently mov. ing speeders is.highly dangerous. There are even, many cases, of,ag- gravation where, drivers) are ' worried by the risks\which,childrensand other fndividuals will® take with. apparently no other reasonthanito’bother chauf- teurs nd-lnvn-.‘nmfnfiuoubh. Ace. Cidents in such mnmem,t ot . be attributed,to-the drivers, but the.wide- spread disposition to drive {cars at ailroad, speed on Lhighways = without paying attention” to: other ‘users de- serves'proper rebuke.; Life isitooidear.| 10 be:sacrificed” forfcavelessness, peshai ity A DIPLOMATIC FIGHT. ! ' Thereiis,as great a atruggle]dipio- matically{forjthe winning of the)Bal- kan stafesiand thelr .or neutrality,in the great struggle. now onfinjBurope:as there. is by force winning of the war. states going E of ‘arms’for'the ‘win Just, at ‘the.present timejthose with’, their; armies “are in ition to be’of much -d';t:.;n:o ) can be of | inestimable hel .the allles in the opening of'the.Dardhnelles or in the launching:of, new;military oper- ations. for the annoyance.of the Teu- omeqd worthy.-of cherishing' as_the 3 b - not but be looked upon as a step in the right direction. It can be read- ily understood that when profits are interfered with it furnishes the great- est ground.for a protest whether it is justified or not. Just how the, consumer will benefit by the decision cannot be told. That the cost of coal is reduced might ‘on first thought te interpreted as mean- ing that that reduction would accrue to the benefit of the fellow who utilizes e product, but few and far between are the instance$ where such actually follows. That it should be brought about is the one logical result, but when prices are Increased to make up for a higher rate of wages for the miners and the consumer is made to pay millions more than the com- panies pay to the employes, it can be readily segn that it Js not such a difficult matter to apply that policy when freight rates are reduced and instead of allowing the *consumer to get the benefit thereof, tax on another charge somewhere else and still keep the consumer on the same old basis of rates. Cutting rates seldom continues until it affects the ultimate purchaser. NOT A BLUFF. Some months ago the statement was made by the Pacific Mail Steamship company that it could not continue to do business between this country and Asiatic ports in competition with Jap- anese lines and comply with the re- quirements.of the seamen's law. It was evident after a thorough investi- gation of the situation that there was nothing else to do but to dispose of its vessels and permit the steamships which operate under forelzn flags to carry on the business. ‘Whether this threat was looked upon as a bluff or not at the time, it is apparent now by the announcement which has just been made of the sale of five of its vessels that it was sin- cere In its analysis of the, situation. It has done what it promised to do and ‘what it was forced into by the legisla- tion which was passed by the present administration. It was not disposed to carry on a losing business and it has adopted the course:which was.its only alternative. It has thrown ‘its vessels into the market for others who are In need of just such methods of transportation as they will permit be- cause of the conditions which have been created by the war, and as long as the'war lasts the vessels be continued under the American - flag, but it is inevitable thereafter ' that they will be found under the registra- tion of some other country which tur- nishes more encouragement for those engaged in shipping. The action, of the Pacific Mail in disposing ships makes it clear that its early‘dec laration was not a bluff. EDITORIAL NOTES, Tt 1= time for Hayti to realize.that: there is no good to be gained by emu- lating " Mexico, . X —_—— Nothing is much more discomfort- ing just now than the combdination of hot weather and hay fever. The fellow who saves for a rainy day doesn't appreciate it when it comes in the middle of his vacation. The man on the corner says: Too many strikers suffer from the delusion that' what they need is violent exer olse. That Gordon Highlander who is dia- playing 29 bayonet wounds appeara to be somewhat cut up over his'experi- ences, The Bastland {s once again.afloat, but the negligence which resulted in the terrible loss of life can never be righted. ‘Whether the European buyers cane celled their orders for wheat or not, it s having no effect upon the coming bumper crop, From the manncr in which Holland has suffered and is suffering from the war it can be appreciated that it is interested in bringing about peace. —_— The Dardanelles campaign_is prov- ing aibard one, but no harder than has always'been maintained would be required to penetrate .that waterway. Carranza may have the good sense totrealizo that:'if he wants!to be rec- ognized (he should' first givesconsider- ation, to*those he'would impress, and ook to*for- support. ——e Having been warned mot.to . cross | defen: the Canadian border, (Americantavi- ators. should. have the}good ' senset to understand that.there! oftroom in this country-to'get up.in the alr. —— . “On, 1 shouldn’t like to have Katle et up in the middle of the night to cook me a breakfast, anyway, Can't eome flee “Yes, of course I can. w Belinda rqse from her swinging “Thank you, dear. Leave it on t! ld.lnl:lt room table. Good-night. I guess It’s too bad our alarm broken. You must remember to bring a new one next time you come from the city, Shall I call you at 37 “Most certainl not, thank _ yonu, Belinda! I can Wwake myself. There's no reason why the whole household should be disturbed.” ‘Wiile Ben was preparing for bed he recalled how he used to pride himself in his college days on being able to wake at any hour he desired, for study or training. And he sald to himself emphatically in the old way, as he lay with wide open eyes, for he wasn't accustomed to such early hours: “Three o'clock, 3 o'clock, rise at 3 o'clock, 3 o'clock!"” ‘When he awoke it was with a sense of having just fallen asleep, but he flashed an electric torch on his watch and jumped out of bed. “Exactly 3, he said. “Well, it's a wonder the way I can guage the time in my sleep.” He was still so painfully sleepy when he began his breakfast that he thought it a wise precaution to drink every drop of the rather stiff black coffee his sister had made for him. He assured himself that he needed waking up be- fore attempting to drive his car the five miles to the station. Anarchists Aré Patriotic, The militant Anarchists, whose ex- ploits furnished so much copy to the French newspapers before the war, but who_dropped out of sight immediate- ly after the general mobilization, have been found by the police to be doing thelr patriotic duty. With only a few exceptions those who were exempt from military service in France vol- unteered and have distinguished them- selves. Pilet, secretary of the soldiers’ union, and a most aggresive anarchist who took part in the fighting in the Ardennes in ‘August, writes of German terrorism in the region and termin- ates: ‘“This monstrous butchery will cost all of us nameless sacrifices and -ox;ovu. but we shall hold out to the 't S The cld haunts of anarchy in Paris are deserted. Only a few of the old guard are left and they are occupied with patriotic correspondents with their comrades at the front. They will show with pride a letter from a former flery propagandist, Prof. M. F— the most militant of all the anti-militarists tav Herve, who has won corporal's stripes and aspires to those of a lleutenant. He does not try, to himself, to explain the mental has made him such an rendering all the justice possible to the sixty men under me; I have in them sixty comrades; si friend: they call themselves my soldiers; I am sure none of them ever heard or read my doctrines before the war. I think it is moatly the hope that this will be the last of those horrible things called War as a synonym for a thousand hells; the hope that our dear ones, our chil- dren, shall not have to cut each others throats again, gives one something like superhuman ardor.™ of the Even the open advocates “reprise directe’—the forcidle seizing of other people’s property—the apol- oglsts of the assassination of innocent people—are doing their duty. Maitrejean, the divorced husband of one of the heroines of the Bonnot band, the former director of the paper narchle, himself involved in their ex- ploits dbut not convicted of murder, is neov-‘lns from a dangerous wound. Alexandre Lerebourg, the double of “Britainious” the bandit of Orleans, whose real identity is still a mystery, was serving a sentence for desertion whn\ the ‘;n\l- droke out. “It's onl n peace, “that I am anti-militari place is at the front™ ¥ release and incorpora was nted and he fo with talion. After ey had cut German_ Imperial Guard in the battl of the Marne, he was taken prisoner in a minor detailea action. Trenches in Netherlands. The war,department of the Nether- lands has developed a new sort of trench for use in the low and marshy parts of the country where, in case of an invasion, the chief batties might be expected. ' Fighting al has taught the . s h Purpose, ‘aa s\ well’ Known, 'th a8 nown, o 80 called “waterline” has been Thejgreat misfortune of thate®ng-| The lshman “who drowned his wives. in the Ddathtub,!was convicted!July 'lst and.hes ‘sfnvebeen hafyod,\ wasithat he did.not:commit his crimes in{this “whereitrials-are.continued and’ arranged way that atia moment's notice can be turned into flooded dhchu.w In the warfare crime given undeserved encourage-; ded ment. i puts its foot upon. the |'win Germany chant of hate which+«Emperor Willlam endorsed by honoring ‘its author'with. @ decoration. They do not'think:“we |love.assone, welhate asione, weihave one .foejand: one. alon: " as £ RS o tically become a deep - flooded ditch which will be no use to any one.and will merely form another tacle on the way forward. No Missionary Died From Wan Y | & total exceeding 150,000, Ras § Boiee 838 methodical pauses bétween “Thirty-seven. thirty-six, thirty- thirty-five, irty-three, ‘was gone. that infernal noise?” he If when he next awoke. daylight! Are ye up these four hours and mair? ye be sleeping the whole braw mornin’ 7" “Cut out your Harry Laudering, 'Ou red-headed Scotsman, and tell me how you got here from the station?” “I had the pleasure of coming over with your sister. She informed me that she made a serious but unsuccessful attempt to rouse you from your slum- be: t the time you intended to rise, 80 she did me the me herself, It w old fellow. soclety.” Yion the San's Been Wil mor of coming for il right with me, 1 always prefer a lady’s warmly he looked around sister, “Where's Belinda now?” “I think she’s seeing to the prepara- tion of a late breakfast for you, We had ours long since.” Macfarlane laughed teasingly as Miss Belinda ap- peared on the porch. Ben gave her a somewhat abashed good morning, and then, with more spirit, asked whom she had found so early In the morning to drive the car for her. “Drive the car for Miss Belinda!" exclalmed Macfarlane. “Why, she’s a skillful driver herself.” “Belinda, you don't mean tq say that you drove my car without me? “I always told you I could perfectly well, if wou'd only give me a chance.” “Well,” Ben laughed, “anyway, you had to get up at 3 a. m. to prove it."— Chicago News. serving for ten months ish army, brings reassurances to Ti that no American missionary is known as yet to have died in Armenia as a resuit of the war. He believes that during the first three months of the year there were probably 2,000 deaths a day from dis- ease alone among the Turkish soldiers and civilians, and he said that Turkish losses from all causes since the war began might be as high as 300,000. Aside from this, food and ammunition supplies were growing so scant that he doubted that the Turks could offer effectual resistance against the Rus- sians. He sald they did not appear to have any large strategic plan, but contended themselves with delaying the present s#dvances and threatening the Russian left flank, north of the Lake of Van. Half Million Iron Crosses. ‘The number of iron crosses thus far granted to German soldiers is near the half million mark. Statistics up to March 31, according to the Cologne Gazette, showed a total of 3838261 crosses of the second class, Even if this rate has only been maintained aince—and undoubtedly it has been ex- ceeded, considering the increased nu ber of men under arms—it would gi In the peri- od mentioned, §,488 iron crosses of the first class had also been granted. The holders of these must previously have won the second-class decoration. The crosses issued up to March 31 had cost about ,800,000 marks. ‘The campaign of 1870-71, 45,791 iron crosses of the second ass were granted, and 1,304 of the first class. OF AMERICA —_— 34th ANNUAL TOURNAMENT August 17 to 21 Single admission ................ 10¢ Transferable ason Tickets 50c Playing Day and Night Music by Tubbs’ Military Band Tues- day and Friday evenings—8wahn's Orchestra Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Cars stop street. st grounds—Rockwell More than 12,000 of thc ic officers. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR e Would Steer T Around of Into City. Mr, Editor: The conditions in Nor- wich remain about the same as they were when a few moneyed men ran the thing exclusively for thelr own benefit as long ago as 1850 when tlie noise of a factory whistle or bell, and the hum of factory wheels played havoc with their nerves. It was about this time Smith & Wesson were forced to migrate to Springfleld, Allen & Thurber stole away to Worcester, the Washburn & Moen Wire works took the up-trail and left Norwich in dis- gust. Now we have a chamber of commerce whose prominent members cpposed the improvement of Thames street, the principal entrance to our city and now employ & civil engineer to improve a country road to steer the travel to the outskirts. Now Mr. Editor, where is the improvement, whether coming into town by the way Beour Own Beatty — ipients were Instead LICUTa0dp and ot Water Cuticura Ointment will help you. Samples Free by Mail ticurs Soap and Ofntment sold “everywhers. Libaral samiple Of each maled free, with 33-D. book Address posi-card “Cutieura,” Dept. 16¥, Bostoa. Servu I RED KIDNEY Sere iy K "WILD GURE| SAUERKRALT , ered) |GOLDEN| PUMPKIN, .SERV-US SAUERKRAUT Is a distinct advantage for those who buy it. Cured Kraut pur- chased for canning is often nmot matured sufficiently and more often than otherwise it cannot be brought to the prop- them, | er stage of fermentation after it has been taken from the original tanks. The cabbage cut in.our own plant enables us to cut just such heads as will make a nice long white cut. All this insures a mild cure, long cut, solid Kraut free from cores. Compare with anything on the ] ack of white Shows 2130, 7 and 8:45 Mat. 100 Eva, 10 and 200 BIG CARNIVAL! August 186th to 2Ist WASHBURN'S IGHTY IDWAY SHOWS AND TRAINED WILD ANIMAL ARENA 50—OF THEM—50 Coney Island Brought to Your Very Door 20—SHOWS—20 The Most Wmm of Attractions ‘All This Week at Battle Groupd —————eee e ——— of Thames street, from Richmond Stove foundry to Thames square, or West Main street from the American junk shop to Fral‘!;ll' corner:! honll certainly a great improvemen e is Sflu! as rotten as the other and would have the same impression on a | tim stranger as to_the thrift of our city beautiful, the Rose of New England. 1t we had a few more members of aggregations with a good gift of gab to oppose every improvement brought up in city meetings, that would be an improvement to almost intolerable conditions, it would help out some. But it must be great for the chamber of commerce to hold meetings and tell what ought to be done to overcome what they oppose in city meetings, have it published with their photo- graphs in the paper and then “Good- night.” If there is any possible way of steering the 500 or more automobiles, strangers that come into the city by way of Thanfes street from the sout! to the outskirts of our city, let us do our level best to accomplish it even if we have to fence up Thames street altogether. But don't worry, leave it to the lime-lighters and If the glow don't fade they will be about where Moses was when the light went out. in city meeting fighting every city improvement that doesn't directly ben- efit themselves, and let us hope th STEAMER BLOCK ISLAND committee on housing the 3,000 men that are going to come here to make guns will be able to report early eo the ive Building association can get to work bullding the houses that we are short of at the present e. If it takes -as many houses to take care of the gun makers as it has the bottle makers, it will be neces. sary to commence work right away, But let us hope that the 20 ¢ Thames river channel (leave it to us) and spur track down Falls avenue, to accommodate the Immens boil« works on land donated by the city w not detract any emergy ffom the Fa Ground route for automoblile strangers to get around, instead of through our eity. And now, Mr:; City Taxpayer and Merchant, if you don’t want to shut out the automobile stranger from our city, go to the town meeting and v down the Fair Ground proposition the stranger going north will never h, | come down the West Main street hills but once. A WEST SIDER. Norwich, August 16. 1915, Real Comic Journalidm. ‘Who says comic journalism is a fafl- ure in America? There's the German- American press proclaiming its neu- trality.—Loulsville Courier-Journal. DAILY SERVICE Unti! Sept. 7 to WATCH HILL and BLOCK ISLAND Block lsland . *Daily, except Sundays P.M. P. M. Lv. *215 **245 345 420 s5.10 6.35 Norwich .... P.M. P.M. **Sundays only SPECIAL EXCURSION TICKETS Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, July 7 to September Srd AND WATCH HILL n2%0an Adults, 50¢; Children, 250 Shore Di Houses and Bathing teck lsiend. Fe information, party rates, ‘Wharf, Norwich. NEW ENGLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY and Block Island. For further of company on cket We were tho first to offer the housekeepers of this community tho O-Cedar and Wizard Polishing Mops. We have sold hundrede of them. There is nothing that will equal them for collecting every bit of dust and leaving a fine finish on hard wood or painted fioors or lin- oleums. The price has prevented many from learning of their value. We are now able to eoffer you not as large but an excellent Mop at a very low price. Will not mar baseboards or fure niture. BLOCK ISLAND »&Mfan Adults, 75¢; Children, 400 Beach near landings at Watch Hill apply at office C. J. ISBISTER, ASent WIZARD POLISHING MuP Bottle of Polish.-..... 10c SPECIAL FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY - 39c The Household BULLETIN BUILDING, 74 FRANKLIN STREET Auto delivery anywhere in city, Norwich Town, Taftville Telephone 5314