Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 7, 1915, Page 4

Willimantie Ofice, Room 3% Werras rotidiag. T o fargest circulation of any paper in East- ern Coni and three to four times larger than that of any in/Norwich. It is dslivered to over 8,000 of fluuflw» in Nerwich, and read by minety- three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is ¢:.vered to over 900 houses, in Putnam ' and Danielson to over 1,100 and in all of these. places it is consid- ered the local daily. East2rn Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and cixts rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is eold in evéry on all of the R. F. D. in Eastern Connectizut. CIRCULATION 1901, average at2” Octoker 2......... 9|| |7 GE'RMAN!’S DISAVOWAL. In the disavowal of the act of the commander of the submarine who was responsible for the sinking of the steamship Arabic, and the agreement to pay au indemnity for the loss of American lives, Germany meets the issue head on and gives the one sen- sible demsion. It is the first positive indication- that the German govern- ment intends to meet its responsibil- ities and end the policy of ailly dally- ing which has Characterized the nego- tlations. This actlon is a complete change of attitude. It meets the demands of the United States government and it furniskes strong,k evidence that Ger- many .does not desire a. break with this country. How long the former policy would have beep maintained dnd _negotiations strung out if this country had continued to be satisfied with the exchange ‘of notes is dis- closed By the dodging which Germany was incliped to carry on. As long as it yiewed the protests of the United States as a bluff and operated under the beijef conveyed in the Bryam statement that the protests were for the purpose of satisfying American feeling hut were not to be taken se- riously abroad there could be no hope of an understanding. It was only after this country had taken the di- lemma by the horns- and flatly told Germany that failure to disavow would result in a severance of diplomatic relations, and insisted that it meant it, that results were obtained. This leads to the belief that such a course should have been adopted earlier, but there is cause for gratifi- cation that it has come now. It is 092200228 200e3¢38000002208¢ now time to insist upon the adjust- ment of the Lusitania and other cases in a like manner. Nothing else will satisfy, although Germany has for the first time definitely indicated its fu- ture submarine policy and respect for our rights. iy TOO LITTLE INTEREST. 4 How little interest is manifested in the proposed amendment to the state constitution which would make it pos- sible for the legislature to pay the transportation expenses of the mem- bers of the general assembly is indi- cated by the §mall vote which has been cast at the ejections held thus far in the different towns. Even though the results announced show that a majority of the small towns are in favor of the ameandment there was in those cuses no apparent en- thusiasra over the idea Sucn matiers seldon: get the atten- ton wifich they demund and never Lring forth a vote in kesping with the eXxpression for candidates for office and even though there was apathy dis- played upon this questior: it was as pronounced cn one side as on th other. This prevailed in the big t% well as the small towns, for while New :Haven, Waterbury and Bristol were decidedly opposed to the meas- ure, the size of the votes in . those places indicated that there was slight interest taken in it cne way or the other. Whether this was due to a spirit of don’t ears or whether it followed the uncertafaly which exists in the amendment MSJ“V“ ihe amount of such transportation to be fixed by the seneral assembly is not disclosed. It ig doubtful if there would have been any’ G'fferent wetion nad thiere been a deqnite stutement of the - amount which the various representatives could be awarded to meet actual tra eling expenses. It indicates rather a laxity upon the part of the voters to give their attention to such matters: when they ar€ given the cpportunity. | TRUANCY. Nothing, gives more trouble or calls for more attention in overcoming it thon truancy. It prevails in every community to-a varying extent and the success of the public school sys- tem in out illiteracy requires that it should be constantly fought. growth. In recognition of this and for the pur- ! thing for Norwich to do is to get back It it is worth- Dpose of determining the chief for truancy apd delinquency vestigation has been conducted in Philadelphia. with the result that the study of 100 cases of chromic truancy by the Public Education association of that city showed the causes of tru- ancy to be retardation in school work, unsuitable environments and the brealkd ( _parental control. The sivestigation ‘Yevealed . the ple. alites sixty-five postoffice districts, and | was b i an ;n- the king. but the action of the cham- the popular demand of the Greek has peen and is doing all possible to ald the kaiser while Venizélos has been throughout sympathetic with the a.in- L of this. he ght back to the country and re-elected - to the premiership. He now stands ‘for the support of Servia against the promised attacks of Bul- garia in with the treaty existing between the. countries. The opposition is ‘disposed to treat this obligation as Germany did Belgium and disregard it, relying nevertheless upon the German promise that Greek neutrality will not be violated. It therefore becomes a case as to ‘whether she popular demand in Greece for the suppart of Servia will be ree- ognizéd or whether the king possesses enough power to swing sentithent his way. There was a similar situation in Ttaly just before that country en- tered the war and sentiment of the people was #o strong that it was im< possible to ignore the public clamor Zor war with the allles. ¢ RILEY, DAY, Today is the§6th anniversary of the birth of James Whitcomb Rile: In recognition of/that event the governor of Indiana has issued a proclamation to the effect that it should be observed in that state as Riley day. Reeog- nizing the timeliness of this, Secre- tary Lane of the department of the in- terior has requested the state super- intendents of schools to have at least one Riley poem read In the schools on the anniversary. J. Whitcomb Riley in his writings appeals particularly to . the children and it Is an admirable move for the stimulation ®f a greater knowledge of his poems, and there is no question| but what 8 t majority - of the schools. .will find time for. complying with the suggestion that has been made, 5 It is &8 the Brooklyn Eagle well says ‘jone of the very simple ways in which a_love of literature could be stimu- lated among the school children. This is the chief need of culture, and it comes less from ' committing facts about poets: than from reading such of their works-gs will appeal to the child’s !%nc!!-, and stick in his mind because of that appeal. No poet is more useful for that purpose tham Riley, .and if learning his verses can be combined with a tribute of remem- brance to their author, so much the better.” >, Certainly thére can be no good rea- son for opposing such an idea. If it is thought that the observance of Riley day will only result in the request for the observance of the anniVersaries of many other authors there is still noth- ing to be said against §§. Such might even be a good plan td follow. ot. with girls. He was scared to death of the young man, triumphantly. are the cou: man sight .of one? as ‘though you were afraid she was going to eat you. Lem was so modest he never could .believe might be attracted to him. He didn't chased him up and fzelos has stepped down from hic post | through failure to get the approval of ! gray; 3 peo- ‘Because of relationship the king |mi . "Are you going to Doro- 80 with me I am.” sald the “Lem used to bother me For one thing, he was so shy “It you'll thought! said icest this m.'ah:z n on earl but what is the sense of a going into a blue funk at the There's no use acting ‘How “That's just what I that a girl realize & even when some of them D pestered him to death with invitations and notes. I uses to tell him to buck up and ®o Eagle Badges Presented at New Lon- don. First New London troop, Boy Scouts of America, held a council Fri- day evening at St. James' house. Fuill ps from Groton, Qau- ker Hill and New London, with their scout masters and a large number of fathers and brothers of the local scouts were also present. Scout Commissioner Benjamin W. Bruce of Norwich was the principal speaker of the evening, and ed-to Traey W. Ames and 4, is the Ighest award by the natiopal council. . It has besn won by only 200 boys throughout the entire United States, and by one other boy in Comnecticut. Mr, the need of a local eouncil, to which the mayor, representatives, of Chamber of Commerce and bank pres- {dents should belong, and all scout matters would some before the board for decision. A similar council has proved most successful in Norwich, *~ The exercises opened with assem- ly, sounded by Bugler Ames. Scout jaw and' the flag salute followed. Scout Master John M. Cruise spoke a brief message of welcome, and af- ter the roll call introduced Leroy Gracey, scout master of the Quaker Hill troop. Mr, Gracey talked about the duties of a scout, and favored the adoption of the merit system, a sys- tem once in vogue with the local troops, but dropped some time ago. Charles Noble, scout master of the Groton troop, No. 1, told of his expe- rience in a Boy scout camp. George Howard of Norwich congratulated the New Londor troop upon its remark- able first aig work exhibited at a arill EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: To re- main strietly neutral a fellow must be too proud to argue. It Culebra cut could be controlled there would be no question about the defense of that waterway. Though the nuts may be growing scarce, there are plenty of the other kind of chestnuts to be had. % Even though Berlin is changing its submarine poliey it is not placing any of its plungers in the “For sale” list. Despite the prohibition orders is- sued in the armies, both sides in the 'war appear to be partial to Cham- pagne. SRS e It is to be hoped that the naturali- zation days in the court will be ac- companied by the elimination of the hyphens. There aré apparently limits to which Germany is unwilling to go when it comes to losing the respect of the neu- tral world. . - '{ A cold winter,is being predicted in has been plenty of evidence #that that locality will not lack for a hot fight. G L It is announced from Atlanta that France, but thefe- should be the stamping out of lynch- ings. x Py R SRR St The o Bulgaria and Russia's Ltie posses- of Constantinople for held in Norwich about two months ago. » Rev. Henry W. Hulbert, master of the third Groton rtoop talked about the strength and manhood which he said was so much needed for the good of American citizenship, and which he believed was fostered by membership scouts., . : 8. Hitchcock, principal of New London Vocational school, and a member of the executive board of the court of honor, related stories of his experiences in camp, and told about the thrift of one Boy scdut in New Hampshire. Mr. Hitchcock pre- sented merit badge _certificates to Tracy Ames, Robert B, Cruise, Ken- neth W. Greene, Harold F. Round and Hareld McLaughlin. Rev. Phillp M. Kerridge, rector of St. James' church, and secretary of the local court of honor, gave a his- tory of thé scout movement in New London, under Henry Douglas and John W. Cruise, and awarded Life Tracy Ames, Rob- ert Cruise and Kenneéth Greene. A talk on Obedience as the Watchword of the Scout, was given by Captain Edwin Cruise,"'C. A. C, company L., . N. G. How Scout Craft Makes ome Life Better, was the subject of an address by Rev, George R. Atha, pastor of the Groton Heights Baptist church, and scout master of the jun- ior scouts of Groton. s An invitation to attend a motion and Star badges to sions for Turkey seems to have put pervot in the clasé of rain- There but it is having no o eftect ting nature from going right preven! Lo in it along abouf autumn colors. portunity before it for of it and boost it along. 'having it is worth warking for. be offered to public riext month.. If they take the constitu- tact that ! jock oA § be of dyes, may a scaréity will return to a monarchy is to the people of that s H g ¢ i i il g then he lool convulsively. “You see,” hoarsely, “I—I'm box A smiled sweetly at him. tend,” she sald. soothingl: glmo News. § : young man looked ked up. He ly, me—to you, you know! lame, I—I want to propose to you d can't{” % ‘The pretty gitl sat up aiterly. She “You just - ¥, “that Tm Binks twin—and go ahead!"— Headquarters is t. Call there and find out what troop you should join. Q. Can a scoutmaster or a deputy stout commissioner give ' the second and first class tests without the scout |’ commisgioner being present or has the scout commissioner any authority to direct scoutmasts to give the second’ and first-class t themselves ?—G. W. C, Kittanning, Pa. A. 'The . loeal council has the au- say how, when and by whom thority to the tions in the honor, scouts are sometimes rsquired to apear before them to take the ex- aminations. Q. Can a scout be expelled from a troop of scouts for not taking a cer- tain examination in a certaln length of time?—Scout E P., Pa. A. The matter of admitti; mittee.—Boys' Life. Troop No. 2. H, Amburn has been secured in work with boys at the First Baptist church and the troop is to be congrat- ulated on securing his services. Troop No. 3, John A. Scott has received his scout- master’s certificate and the group of 13 ba; from the Greeneville Congre- gational church will hereafter be known as Troop No. 8. . Allan Brown is to serve as assistant scoutmaster. The personnel of the troop is as fol- lows: Frederick Metzger, Ringland, Herbert Scott, Godfrey Johnson, George McNally, Edmond Olsen, John Atterbury, John Buchan- an, Crowe, Hugh Dilworth, Thomas Ferguson, Raymond and Arthur Olsen. George Crowe is the troop scribe. All but two mem- bers of this troop have already passed their tenderfoot examination, which aflnl (:nt}::u’:mou will have to on the P they are to keep ahead of Troop No. 8. Scout Motion Picture. In spite of the bad weather, sized audiénces attended the showing' at the Auditorium theatre of The Adr ventyres of a Boy having the picture was to ple as to the meaning and value scout movement. Expert on Landslides. I ing . Colonel for 1918 “Viotor " Mupdock, o Goubt, thinks the man from Culebra would just naturally siide In—New York Telegram. . The War a Year Ago Today Oet, 7, 1914, 3 Allies drove German s back Lille and nh\:.d' '3 from | P = s S Hr 2 = = mm 1 1] ! 3 7 This Stage Success of i 8 | g ¥ € i:‘fl % 3 +8 ? i i ; H i Ei* i i i ¥ { 8 i i i ] Drama d'lg-;h- Royaity. Grabber,” || “Condemning Circumstances,” Biog. “Officer 086."—Five Act Feature Film i the bfl(m?rm majority of know that @ fine is usually Ll i ‘i i 4l i i gt j 3 i g“i i i ; ] : g H 3 P I | b % £ ¥ =4 §it 28 ) ...4,766,833 5,066,232 5,806,532 It will be seen that the health de- the town with & [H i !Eg ] z H 3 5 2,88 géifif .‘5;1 . ly and it 15 now generally accepted that mmay be ‘Therefore we have computations of the health depratment |., bdsed thereon, and their results of no value for the pur- poses for which they used. Ovérhauling and epair Work of all kinds on AUTOMOBILES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, TRUCKS and CARTS Mechanical Repairs, Painting, Trim- ming, Upholstering and Wood Work. Blacksmithing in all its branches. b Clak shall see many more here at this scheme to control our gains a permanent foothold. A. D. WHITE. Norwich, Oct. 6, 1915. the driver of a jitney up in ticut company thal 'MORAN & CONNORS m Custom Made Clothes Now is the time to order ov...hefl"-*_. ’*‘,_-look