Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 23, 1915, Page 4

and Gaueies 119 YEARS OLD . P lon price i3c & week; S0c & month; §6.00 & yean 3 e I EERE T ‘conn., as B B ma, " =°7 ""Bulletin Jdb Ofice 332 . Willimantte Ofice, Room 3 Murray, tiding. Telephone 310. Norwich, Thursday, Sept. 23, 1915. circulation of any paj 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 houses in Norwich, and read by ninety- three per cent. of the poople. In Windham it is c.l.vered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Daniefson to over 1,100 and in all of these places it is consid- ered the local daily. Eagtern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five postoffice districts, and cixt- rural fres delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every on all of the R. F. D. in Eastern Connecticut, CIRCULATION 1901, overage ...ceceessce 4812 1905, averace ...........5,920 9,192 eeossocesnessceseses —— e ELIMINATE INDIFFERENCE. The selectmen and the town clerk, the board designated for the making of voters, hold their meeting in town hall Saturday for tbe purpose of passing upon the qualification of those ‘who have been placed upon the list of to-be-migde voters. This 1ist num- bers several hundred and being made at this time permits of participation in the town election next month. Strange as it may seem there is al- ways a largs number who are entitled to be voters and who have gone through the preliminary duty of filing an application but who never appear before the board to be made. For a certain few thére may be good ex- cuses, hut for the majority of those ‘wno fajl to get their right of suffrage it is chiefly o matter of indifference, or an oversight which shows a slight regard for the privileges obtainable and the personal interest that is in- volved. Such indifference is not foumnd in the to-be-mades alone for it prevails to a disgraceful extent among the electorate, and it is undoubtedly true that the degree to which it prevails there is due the apathy which exists when it comes to being made a voter. It is the duty of every person whose name is on the list to go before the board which makes yoters on Satur- day and take the oath of an elector, and theveafter on every occasion ‘which presents itself to- make use of his right. Public obligations should not be shirked. If those who can be made voters are in.town and physi- cally able nething should keep them away from the performance of their duty. -~ ANTHONY COMSTOCK. By the death of Anthony Comstock, a crusader for nearly half a century against vice a® indecency, there =an who has devoted his 3G to the uplift of mankind. His efforts have for the most part been centered in the metropolis of this country but he has not failed to 1 und in the war area. m‘i___.____—... ‘main out ¢f the conflict. e n undersianding where it e ervia in case of at finm German sympathy there it is a ques. spected. s ° Each Balkan stute is up fighters and if they are involved the war there will be no hotter fig] UNITED STATES SLOW. Coming back from one of his t of South America Dr. L. 8. Rowe, sécretary general of the Pan Ameri- ed Ben, who had strolled ner of the porch, full of there’s a hayrack several buggles.” “Good gracious, what do you think is—" began Miss she could finish can Financial congress brings back | Miss the information that the people of South Ame think that the Ameri- can manufatturers and exporters are slow in taking advantage of the op- portunities which exist on that conti- nent for ‘trade expansion. This is perhaps not so surprising in view of the indifference which has been manifested towards the develop- ment of improved trade relations, for while it has been recognized that. the markets of South America have been opened up to the American trader in a manner which never existed before there has been no great rush ‘to take advantage of them. It has been point- ed out that there is need of more di- rect and rapid communication between the ports of the two continents, there is need of establishing better finan- cial relations and an absence of co- operation which would facilitate the overcoming ofgexisting difficulties, and yet there appears to be little progress made in any effort to surmount such problems. - This country is much interested in Buropean demands just at the present time but appears to ignore the fact that 1t is the European condition which furnishes such opportunities in South America. Unless advantage is taken of them when they exist they will prove but témporary and disap- pear when the war is over and trade returns to its former channels. The time is ripe now for bettering our South American relations and the time to strike is when the iron is hot, when South America needs relief and is most likely to be impressed by American goods. ROCKEFELLER'S VISIT. In all probability the visit of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to the coal fields and the swinging of a pick.in a mine will not cover a very long period of time. He will do about enough to furnish something to talk about and give him a rough idea of the condi- tions which exist in that locality but it capnot be expected that he will get thoroughly in touch with the miners’ position in a few days’ time, The visit to Colorado, however, will give himgfirst hand information in many respects which he did not pos- sess before. He will be able to see how the business is conducted, how ‘he men work and the conditions un- der which they and their families live. He is taking the opportunity to see ‘with his own eyes instead of depend- ing upon reports and somebody’s say so and he is doing what he promised he would do some months ago when trouble was at the height in the coal fields. As the result of his inspection he should be in a better pesition to judge whether the miners ure being treated properly as partners, the term under which they have been referred to. Where sole depemdence has been placed upon a manager's statement in the past he will have personal knowl- edge in the future. Having mingled, worked and eaten ‘with the men whom he employs and ascertained that their wants and hopes are like those of other people it may be that the miners will get more conaideratfon. That, however, rests with the future, but he has nev- ertheless made the fnitial step which might be expected to lead to it. - EDITORIAL NOTES. . 1“?&0 trade has failed in England, but no more so than it has in this country. . Eurcpe needs ro such illumination launch his attack wherever he felt [as would come from a clash in the there was need for it. Because of the determination ‘with which he has carried on his efforts he has aroused great opposition, so much se that he was almost always engaged in a légal tussle of some kind, and the fact that he has been the cause of having 3,697 persons arraigned in state and federal courts of whom 2,740 pleaded guilty indicates not only that be was deeply interested in his work but that there was necessity for just such efforts for law enforcement. Tm- pressed by the detrimental results Wwhich wene following the scattering broadcast of objectional literature he saw the need of putting a stop there- to and at no time since becoming possessed of that convictipn has he wavered in his duty. Mr. Comstock may have in numer- ous instances been over enthusiastic in his cause and too radical in his views but he was nevertheless con- scientious in his undertakings. He was thoroughly imbued with the ne- cessity of placing a firm check upon immorality and he was unrelenting in his fight in spité of the antagonism which he aroused. His disposition was not to wink at indecency because it might be the easier way. He pos- sessed the strength of character which Is needed in such work and his ac- complishments ‘are to his credit. He made his mistakes but they were in- significant compared with the good which he accomplished. * l THE DRIVE INTO SERVIA. The_announcement that the Austro- German forces have commenced thefr drive through Servia for the purpose »f opening up a rosd to Constantine- rle and the relief of the Turks {ndi- cates' that the Central Powers are 1gain carrying out their policy of go- ng deliberately about what needs to e done without spending much time ‘alking about it. : Turkey, which is under German military control, has been suffe ‘rom a lack war munitions. The ‘ransportation such supplies has séen denied by Rumanie and while Sulgaria Wun indications that t the passago of such goode 1L is necessary to open the line . rom tbe Aystrian Dborder fervig to Rulgaria before such san be . accomplished. = This .3 peans that Germany feels confident Balkan hotbed. History is repeating itself, Great Britain has returned to the idea of puiting a tax on tea. The only objection to this cool wea- ther is that. it too clearly indicates what 4 on the schedule. Staggering under the load’ of war debts many a European country can appreciate the task of Atlas. None will miss Anthony Comstock more than those who have learned to guard against his opposition. ~ ‘This is the season of the year when the tailenders begin to realize that the baseball pennant is a forlorn hope. The fact that the lemon crop is ta be doubled this year will not increase the prospects of the pplitical candi- dates, From his obstructed letter Dr. Dum- ba admits that President Wilson had a little more power in this country than he did. The man on the corner says: What one says to a friend doesn’t amount to much until he gets a chance to tell it to someone else. If Carranza gets the recognition which he is looking fer, it would be Just ‘like him to follow it up with a loan. demand for a war Possibly Grand Duke Nicholas will gst some satisfaction out of his change -from the fact that he can ge¢ ahcad instead of backward. o S The material which Archibald ob- tained for a lecture was of a different character than he antlcipated, but nothing more than he should have ex- pected. The ‘announ t that Holland is to have a Jarger navy may be for the purpose of forestalling the viait of Col. Bryan and his peacs at any price lecture. The determination to send more. troops to tho border- doésn't Indicate that Washington belleves the Mexi- cang are going to take thelr pres- 1dent plessantly, it Birthday surprise!” 4 “Why, why, how lovely ‘of you to remember my birthday,” Miss Belinda managed to gasp-as the group around ?er began shaking her hand violent- v. s “We could remember it all right” said an elderly farmer, “for there's a Jot of us left yet in these parts who haven't forgotten the little Shetland pony team your father gave you the day you was 10, and that's—let's see g‘r}'w many years ago to-day was' that, 85— “Oh, Mr, Billings, you mustn't ask Miss Belinda that,” interrupted a sprightly widow from the village. “She don’t fook one day older than she did ten or twelve years ago. I only hope T'll ‘hold my age as well as you do, dear Miss Belinda.” “Thank you,” said the recipient of this compliment, looking up with a pleasant smile into the face of the widow whose youth was many yea: behind her own. . “All these summers in our sunshine have kept the roses blooming in your cheeks, my dear.” Gallant old Capt. iostwick touchéa Miss Belinda's hand lightly with his lips. “It means a great deal to us that you and Ben come bo&k to the old place here every yea t's our home, and we love it.” Miss Belinda’s eyes filled with quick tears, for she knew that the captain was thinking of those dear friends of his, her father and mother, who no longer could come back: “And you're always doing so much for the neighborhood with your flow- ers and oiling the roads and starting the village library and everything that we just made up our minds to show you we ain't unappreciative.” said Miss Belinda’s nearest farm neighbor, a tall gaunt woman, whose burdens were often lightened by Miss Belinda's thoughtfulness. ‘So we just come over to celebrate your birthday in a way Hospital Train Contributed. The contribution of the German Mu- seum of Munich, one of Germany’ most prominent scientific institutions, to the cause of the Fatherland, is a hospital train which is declared to surpass in efficiency, excellence and luxury any other train now in use. The outbreak of the war all but put a stop to the activities of the Muse- um; it checked the construction of its new building; it cut off the intercourse with foreign countries that had long been a feature of the institution, and generally it has taken away a large part of its personnel.” The more rea- son, its leaders detided, why it should perorm some concrete sacrifice. The equipment of a train, it was decided, would afford the Museum the best chance to apply the scientific at- tainments of the institution in a prac- tical way. The result is a train of 29 cars, with a cmcity of 200 wounded soldiers and officers, and about fifty physicians, clergymen, nurses and at- tendants. Luxury of appointments was at no time considered essential in the train, but it has been achieved nevertheless in the provisions making for absolute cleanliness and sanitation. The cars are enamelled floor to roof; each bed has its individual electric light; the eating untensils are of nickel and aluminum: each car possesses its tele- phone; there are ice chests and elec- tric fans, hot water heaters and drink- ing water coolers; separate heating establishment for winter time and ventilation system for winter and summer; the train pos- sesses a library and all its cars are made more attractive with pictures and photogsphs; a smgll part of its equipment; and last but not least, the train has an operation car that is the last word in surgical equipment. The train now is attached to the army of the Crown Prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, head of the s'tth army in France. It regularly carries three phy- cians, three administrative officlals two clergymen, three female nurses, 22 assistant nurses and attendants, four firemen and machinists, two cooks, four soldiers and three railroad employes, a total of 46. The operation car consists of five divisions, in the middle and largest of which the operation table stands. Ev- ery known facility of the operating room has been included. There is a Roentgen ray room, a plethora of the latest instruments, anasthetics, mate- rials of all kinds-and powerful electric lights, ‘with reflectors. The car also contains a disinfecting room, steml- ization quarters and an apothecary de- partment. Patriotic Burglar. A patriotic burglar who broke into the house of a government officlals in Paris a few days ago found that not- withstanding the recent request that citizens turn all their gold coins into the public treasury, this official had $400 in gold in his safe. The burglar took the money and left the following note addressed to his wjctim: “Sir: I write to you an indignant patriot. How 8are you keep one hun- dred 20 franc pleces in.your posses- sion when the country has need of all its gold? . “I have helped you to your duty :i taking the money myself to the Ba of France. notes given me in exchange as a re- ward for my ‘trouble. Yours truly, “A PATRIOTIC BURGLAR.” Found Gold Near British Positlon. . STORIES OF THE WAR each car has its organ is Naturally I have kept the ly Belinda? Did yeu ever participatd in a more gloomy fu!lve'y than the one we've just weathered i “Oh, Ben, it was so dear of them to to celebrate my birthday that I don’t think we should smile even faintly about them, but it truly was sort of a do-or-die hilarity.” “Were you embarrassed, :3 dear, when they took up the collection? “Yes, after 1 discovered what it was " Miss Belinda actually giggled that fearful 'ul eenter table would em- barrass almost anybody.” “But, you hyporite, you accepted it gracefully.” “What eise could I do? It was what it represented that touched me—the love and thoughtfulness-that prompt- ed the gift.” “The only flaw in your conduct was the cheefulness with which you re- linguished the gift when the collection was counted and proved insufficient to pay for it.” “Oh, Ben, 1 hope I didn’t look us happy as 1 felt.” “I had a great mind to-dash your re- Hef by making up the necessary amount. * “If you ha “Well, ‘I took another look at the table. and I. decided that if it re- mainded here we should have too buy trous-rs t> coneeal its crooked legs, and I thought the expense to great.” “Wouldn't it have been_a blight in our lovely living room? What an es- cape we've had!" “My dear Belinda, don't rejoice too soon. Don’t you realize that the dan- &er 15 not yet over—that that table is t0 be exchange for some other mon- etrosity $1.85 cheaper?” “Oh, dear! 1 do wish they wouldn't give me a present.” “I told them not to when they were getting up the party.” “You told them when—why, you sin- ner!”—Chicago News. been up to August 1 decorated with the order pour le merite, the highest military service medal within the gift of the German Emperor. Eight of those forty have received the addi- tional gold oak leaves with which the order is sometimes decorated as a of special favor. The order is now 175 vears old, but it has only been since 1810 that it has been conferred exclusively for extra- ordinary service in war. King Fred- erick Willlam III in that year stipu- lated that he would net “loan” it for any other cause, and three years lat- er created the oak leaf complement to the order. The names of those who have garn- ered the pour le merit in the pres- ent war are almost without exception known all over the world now, though mény of them, probably the majority, had never been heard of before the present conflict bégan. Many were not $ran known in Germany. Here is the s Emperor Francis Joseph, Gemeral von Emmich, General Field Marshal von Hindenburg, General von Zwell, Lieut. von der Liride, General von Beseler, General von Quast, .Lieut. General Ludendorff, Captain Otto Weddigen, Colonel General von Wo: rach, General Field Marshal von Mac- kensen, General Litzman, General Scheffer-Boyadel, Lieut. Géneral von Morgen, General von Mudrt, General von Falkenhayn, General Otto von Below, Lieut. General Kpsch, General von der Marwitz, Colonel General von Einem, General Disemann, General Fleck, Prince Eitel Friedrich, General Fleld Marshal Buelow, 'Colonel Gen- eral von Kluck, Archduke Frederick of Austria, General Conrad von Koet- zendorff of Austria, Major General von Seekt, General von Linsingen,Gen- eral von Francois, Auchduke of Sax- ony-Altenburg, General von Pletten- berg, Lieut. General von Krussel, Cap- tain Kersing, Major General von Zis- ten, General von Bothmer, General von Gerok, General von Stolzmann, Gen- eral von Gallwitz and Genéral von Claer. The extra oak leaves already refer- red to have been conferred on Hinden- burg, Beseler, Mackenzen, Emmich, Falkenhayn, Marwitz, Linsingen and Ludendortft. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mutual Liberty vs. Personal. Mr. Editor:—In the Bulletin of Aug. 25 I saw an article entitled Personal Liberty, signed T. M. Gilmore. 1 would like to ask what is personal liberty. He, She or It? Is he the guy that tossed the apple to Eve in the garden or is he a god and therefore spirit? We are told that a serpent beguiled Eve. Was it a snake or was it the serpentine coil known to distill- ers gs the worm, the spirit from which has begulled so many? Personal lib- erty (called by another name) reigned from Adam till Moses and is trying to in Europe and "Mexico at present and has showed his hand in Georgla. Contrast this liberty where the prin- ciple actor can spare a million of his friends and lives for personal glory, with the liberty wherewith Christ makes free. He humbled himself and became obedient even to death: gave himself as a ransom for many. If we make Him our King we all share alike in liberty and glory—joint heirs with Him. He said to him that over- cometh will I grant the privifege to sit with Me on throne. God made man a son and life and death be- fore him, Adam chose death, Jesus chose obedience and was resurrected The War a “Year Ago Today Sept. 28, 1914, Germans bombarded Verdun. Allios advanced left wing nea Lagsigny. . Russians took Wislok. Cossacks raided Czenstochpwa, Russian cruisor Boyar sank Ger- man orulser and two terpede boate. British aviators dropped bombe on Zeppelin plant at Dusseldorf. R — R TP S Shows 2.30, 7, 840 - - b an tral country and parentless Beiglan ¢ Holland never d ed homes or par- ents and for them is wast- ed. Mr. Bigelow's statement agreed wili the verified reports and Mr. A-bell's do ‘mot. Norwich knows Mr. A- and Mr. Bigelow and it can take its cholce. ‘ Mr..A-bell knows it is pleasanter to fiddle for the kaiser tham to be a he get bugler for the Uhlans. May his reward. NORWICH BOY. Norwich, Sept. 22, 1915. "RITA JOLIVET in THE UNAFRAID Eleanor M. Ingram’s Extraordinary Romance. 3 4—Reeis—4 THE BROKEN Eom I PARAMOUNT TRAVEL 'ICTURI. £R%6av Theda Bara in The Clemenceau Case atre From Teénnyson Great Poem: 5 An Exquisite Idylle Breathing of the Green Meadows “Mixing It Up,” Com. | “Money, Moriey, Meoney,” || “Pup, the Peacemaker” Coming—*The Littlest Rebel,” Multiple- Reel E. K. Lincoln Featurs THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety “Ani is a remarkable ruined A menian cn_‘i In the h:r:‘ of the g.lul casus batilefields,” a_state- o = ment issued today by the 'National Father dirty room dfl?n!:l to m(...‘e“ Geographic Seciety. “Its _thick, | commodation of occasi e crumbling walls and the ragged | four beds constituted it a a:oom. foundations of its ancient buildings, it;m:-nche- made it into - a ning- Brenk ut the :reeued-'ur‘.m‘:a etenues| “The ancient capital was bullt upon for the Russian or/ Turkish soldiers |a promontory. out by the Arpa Its desolate, deeaying outlines type|and a small tributary stream. ACTost the Caucasus, the country that has|the third side, its founders had cu well and fairly earned the name of |ditch. making their city-floor a ra the l1and of fire and sword’ Ani is|platform, which gave it great advan- the Armenian Pompeli. tages for defense in the days before “The ruins lie in & rolling, parched | cannon could hurl their destruction upland country, almost deserted. They |from the neighboring aelghts. :el;_ are near the Alexandropol-Erivan|WAs a strong fortress in 5 railway, a little more than 30 miles|2nd its powerful walls, with ;‘ d south of Alexandropol, and some 35|many towers are still standing miles from the Russo-Ottoman |strung around the plain. The w boundary, There is a steep hill to|have largely decayed, however, e outh and east of the storied cap- | through the centuries in which the ital of the old Armenian kingdom,|city has lain quiet and unpeopled. and through a tortuous gorge besid Back of "‘eh W"“*“‘n ‘\;nflr::.::; the dead city flows the Arpa Chai, a | cOherent distribution, ile the weird, bright-green river. This is|Of churches. palaces and public places, the site of the last great city of a| Without n:lmber, ':“'“A:‘ ’“:;um:mh-:l‘x free Armenian people. groundwork, Sugs g B Was once & famous, splendid | structure. while other buildings sur- capiff], the ‘eity with the 1001|Vive in high. ragsed masonry. ' The churches’, whose influence extended | cithedral stan 'm‘“‘ roken, .d'obm‘ throughout the Caucasus and as far | Weather-tofn cdifice, a red and brown as England: in lhe‘.vlen. All that re- :{:.‘:\' out o e of its tion. are an ast - e nian ok the director of ex-| “The history of the later years of cavations and the pleasant host to|the Armenian kingdom is bound up in stray antiquarians and other tourists|the history of Ani. The stronghold to places out of the way, and a few |.city became the capital of the Bagra- Armenian peseants. Before the war,|tid kings of Armenia in ©61. The this population lived ‘in peaceful iso- | Byzantium emperor captured it In Jation among the memorials of their 1046, and It was then a hive of many nation’s former greatness. scores of thousands, a wealthy city “A visitor's book was kept by the|and an inviting one. The Seljuk monk, and its early Turks carried fire and sword through- back many years. The home of the|out its confines 18 years later: the monk, headquarters and guest-house | warlike Georgians took it five times of the dead city, was a one-storied, | between 1125 and 1209; the Mongols stone structure, near the cathedral | over-ran it in 1289, and .\-nhquk. in 1319 completed the work of ruin. The great cathedral, the most perfect survival, was founded in 1010, just at the beginning of the city’s long chain of misfortunes.” It contained one large, bare, and OTHER VIEW POINTS | The Federal league challenge to the winner of the world series will probably not be accepted. If the or- Zanized ball clubs have to accept the new league there will be no jollifica- tion meeting over it—Meriden Jour- nal Just why a spy should be treated so differently from other soldiers is .a mystery. He undertakes a mission far more hazardous than that of the ordinary man in the ranks, yet the latter s made prisoner and the former, if caught, és exeduted. A distinction, with a difference it is hard for the un- initiated to understand. — Meriden Record. On the theory that every little nelg: the friends of law and order will gratified to learn that an avowed an- archist was not allowed by the au- thorities of Waterbury to make a speech in that city. Waterbury had has had one object lesson in granting the advocates of disorder a free hand. It proposes to play safe this time and to made things extremcly hard | for outsiders, who wish to stir up trouble in the Brass City.—Anscnia Sentinel. unlawful aruficial Switzerland has made it to manufacture. stofe or sell wine or artificlal cider. W\ AU AT\ - - SOAUAUAOA U (NN(D STORE CLOSED TOMORROW Preparatory to the Opening of The Riley-Wolfe Bankrupt Sale TOMORROW’S PAPERS _Will Announce the Opening of the Great Riley-Wolfe Bankrupt Sale THIS WILL BE A STRICTLY BON-A-FIDE SALE OF HIGH GRADE MERCHANDISE AT ABOUT HALF PRICE. 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