Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 27, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, - Jorwich Bulletin and gaeem@ 119 YEARS OLD Bubseription prce 120 & weeks GO & 5000 @ year. Entered the Portoffice 3u Worwieh, | Conn., &% second-clase mstter ‘Bulletin B: ;~ :’f-:c:‘;;‘__ R n anizens Gilice €99, ‘Bulletin E4iiorial Rooms 358 Fuiletia Job Ofce 35-2. S Mmantle Oftee, Moom % Murray {4e-liutog Telophome 6. T —— e turday, Nov. 27, 1915. Norwich, The Bulletin has th circulation of any paper ern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It delivered to over 3,000 of ths 4,053 houses in Norwich, and read by rinety- three per cent. of the reople. In Windham it is d...vered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and in all of thase places it is consid- ered the local daily. Eastarn Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and xty-five postofiice districts, and cixt+ rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every idea, than. it would have been to have it returned in pieces even though that would have substantiated the claim of those who. had opposed the excursion, but the accomplishment nevertheiess ought not to be used as the basis for urginig its presence at each and every celebration that is held in the future. ‘The bell in its old age and weak- ened condition has made a memorable trip. It is now back in the place where it has been seen by so many in In- dependence hall and it is the hope of the nation that it will be possible to view it there for centuries to come, but such will not be possible if proper consideration is not given to its value and every means of protecting it pro- vided. It is a blg drawing card and millions have profited by the oppor- tunity which-has been given them to view it on the way, but there are nevertheless risks in such transporta- tlon which cannot be disregarded and it will be a wise decision if they are recognized to such an extent that fu- ture junkets.are forbidden by the cut todians. AMERICAN SECURITIES TAIN. With Great Britain depended upon to provide the finances not only for itself but for many of the other allies in the war it is not surprising that the suggestion is made by Chancellor McKenna that the American securities which are held in that country should be bought up for the purpose of se- curing quickly the necessary cash that is required in meeting the financial demands. 3 Great Britain and other allies have secured a half billion loan from this country through the sale of British bonds, and Canada’s effort at raising tunds resulted in a large over-sub- scription on_the first day, but while IN BRI- country the desire for British bonds is not so brisk that there is a will- ingness to invest an unlimited amount in such a manner. town on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average ...... 4412 --5,920 —_— DRINKING AUTO DRIVERS. Great responsibility rests upon the secretary of state In enforcing respect for proper conduct by autoists on the highways of the state through the fact that the issuance and suspension of licenses are in his control. Secretary Burnes has had enough cases before him to understand thoroughly that too many accidents are due to the fact that the drivers are under the influence of liquor. Thus when he decides to put a stop to such practices and accompanies his determination by the suspending of flicenses for indefinite periods it will be generally recognized that he is Wwisely administering the duties of his office and making a needed and val- uable contribution to safety on the highways. ~ The efforts to avoid the penalty are those which are 5o often advanced for shedding blame for any act which is committed while under the influence of liquor and it is not surprising that the secretary declares he has no pa- tience with the drivers who claim to have been “drinking ‘to an extent,’ or “Yust a little bit before lunch’ and cannot to save his life explain why he should have lost control of the car from having taken such a limited amount of liquor.” Ityis the same with the auto driver as it is with others. It is in their interest to remember taking only one glass of beer when as a matter of fact if they were talking among their pals they would be bragging about the dozen or more schooners they had gotten away with, to say nothing about the befuddling mixture which went with them. It is what they do after such indulgence which tells the best story of what they had been drinking and how unfit they were to handle a car and the state secretary does well £, imposing the penalty which will either put a stop to it or at least ‘“#ssen the number of accident: 1905, average - AMERICAN RED CROSS, The appeal which has been made by President Wilson to the people of this country for the replenishing of the resources of the American Red Cross by generous contributions which will assure against the curtailment or dis- continuance of the large activities in which it is engaged: will be generally recognized as being made in behalf of & worthy cause. The Red Cross has so thoroughly demonstrated its efficiency in handling tunds for the aid of the suffering that no appeal is likely to be turned aside without consideration. Experience has shown that this organization is equip- ped second to none when it comes to looking after the needs of humanity * whatever may be the cause of distress. Its acts have established the confidence of the people in the purpose of its work and in its accomplishments. Thus when the American Red Cross Bnds itself nearing the exhaustion of Its resources it will be recognized that the million and a half which it has lispensed through its war relief fund has gone where it has been possible tg do the most good in lessening the a0rTorS of the conflict across the wa- 'ér. It is a work in which everyone 3as an interest and in which everyone :an appreciate that to stop now would Ye as unsympathetic as to have de- ~ 3fed such aid as has already been ren- lered. ‘When it comes to American securi- tles it is a different thing, however, and the idea of gathering together the large amount of them that is held in the United Kingdom, for which British holders would doubtl&ss be willing to exchange British bonds, and sending them to this country as col- lateral for loans can be expected to result in powerful financial assistance. Lending money on the securities of this country is an entirely different thing from floating foreign loans on credit of nations engaged in war. Great Britain has invested heavily In Amerlcan securities, one estimate placing it at over three billion and when that is considered with the idea advanced by Cellor McKenna, it indicates the basis for the statement that British gold can be expected to outlast the central powers' resources in men, INFANT MORTALITY. ‘While attention is being attracted by two or three cases in the largest cities of the country over the saving of the lives of bables who in one case was mentally and physically deformed with no hope of improvement, and in the other of a child which is destined to be a care for life because of its physical condition though it appears to be perfectly sound mentally, new emphasis is placed upon the great amount of work that can be dgne in saving the lives of :children who are both mentally and physically sound but fail to get the proper aitention which will permit them to live. There is unquestionably a great op- portunify for excellent work in pre- venting infant mortality by raising the standards in all matters affecting in- fant welfare. The idea is not to work for the saving of the lives of a cer- tain number of babies who are des- tined to be a burden to themselves and soctety, but of seeking to lift through educational endeavor certain great handicaps which have weighed down upén all child life. As has been well said by Homer Folks, secretary of the New York state Charities Aid association, “Nothing stands out more clearly in the history of the last decade or two than that a large amount of infantile illness and mortality is preventable and that it can be prevented very speedily at extremely moderate cost, and with rel- atively little effort. In 1904 the death rate of infants under one year of age in England and Wales was 145; in 1906 It was 132; in 1908 it was 120; in 1910 it was 105; a reduction of 27.6 per cent.” ‘What has been done in Great Britain and in other countries can of course be done in this country and the goal is most certainly a worthy one. EDITORIAL NOTES. The turkey may not know it, but it is a short trip from the country to the soup. It would be an excellent idea to keep the Thanksgiving spirit alive throughout the next year. Inasmuch as Servia is reported to have turned down the German peace offer that little country has not been driven to its knees. The man on the corner says: It is pessimistic to suppose that opportu- nities all knock at the neighbors’ door and the tramps at yours. It will be a good idea to stand from under when those twelve million dozen eggs are thrown onto the market be- tween now and the new year. In view of the approach of Christ- mas many others besides members of congress are giving due thought to the question of preparedness. Rumania has not decidea to get down off the fence, but with a Russian army of a third of a million on the border ‘Wherever the effects of death and lesolation exist there is the field for sperations of the agencies of the Red Cross and it is but natural that the Americans should want to do their sart in overcoming the deplorable sit- 1ations wherever they may exist, and mdging from the past the appeal will Jot g0 unheeded. THE LIBERTY BELL. Philadelphia gave a big demonstra- “ don on the return of the Liberty bell yom its long journey to the Pacific oast and expositicn. It WAs naturally -~ flad to get the historic relic back in ~ is good condition as it was taken iway, but there is good reason why his rejoicing should not be confined © the Quaker city alone for the cit- zens of the country are equally pleased _hat it has not experienced any mis- AP on the trip of 10,000 miles. It is more gratifying that it should be ble for it to be taken on such “jaunt and have it returned in as it is doubtless doing some thinking. When Turkey gets a loan of thirty million from Germany it manages to get over hard straits quicker than the allies got through the Dardanelles. “No beer, no work” is the cry of the trade unionists in London, but that shows the contrast with Boston's trade unions which have declared for Drohlbit_lom The idea of taxing gasolene ought to bring forth another wail from the owners of automobiles, who are looked to to support most every movement for more revenue. Henry Fordemakes to the members of his peace perty when he not only promises the means of transportation, but assures them a safc return home. ‘When the neople of the west are getting out before breakfast for a sight of the Liberty bell, it shows a condition as it was when it as it was confidently believed possible by the advocates of the full appreciation of the plan for dis- playing it on the way to 'Frisco and I there is an abundance of money in this |10t be in worse company., It is an important promise which We arc often warned to have 4 care We must have ‘caution to get on well In the world. Vigilance is care's eld- est child, everywhere recognized as tho preserver of liberty. Care can bo made a blessing or a burden. He Who takes care to bed with him has| Morpheus forestalled. Shakespeare| says, “Care keeps his watch in cvery old man’s eye, and where care lodges sleep will never lie” Care should al- ways be treated as a guest and never be recognized as a master. It is up to us to see that our cares do not be- come a burden. _We must know when to be alive to them and when to be dead to them. Care may be a protec- tion or a rust—it may make us wise to truth or a vietim of folly. Nowhere are the mistakes of our lives more disclosed than in health or lack of it. . There are few things which contribute more to health than exercise and temperance in things. The habit of charging up to the Lord our earthly afflictions is a common way even pious people have of falsifying accounts. What is the use of laying our dyspepsia upon the Lord when the doctors assure' us it is simply the protest of an abused stom- ach. When God bestowed health npon mankind as the blessing above | all other mortal blessings, he must have expected him to have , sense enough to preserve it; but by the olation of divine law man manages to impair it, and then if he is able pays specialists big fees to help him. correct | his own mistakes. Man likes to have | his way, but is not willing to pay the price. Many people think they are in good company when they are with them- selves, when really some of them could If_envy, | malice, pride, vanity, jealousy, hatred | or lust were visible would you feel proud to walk with even one of them Many people feel good who are guilty of harboring and taking counsel of this whole group of miscreant | thoughts. They cannot even be free of some of them when saying their prayers. How the idea of exclusive- ness is misapplied by many people. They do not think deep enough to rout these defilers of heart and mind. When we come to censider serfously our af- filiations we should look within before we look - without. No_ one can tell what may be lurking ~behind fine clothes, brilliant intellects, suave | manners and good pretences in this world. To the pure all things are pure, but to the fashionable most earthly things seem to bé impure. Fraud requires many changes of at- tire. He has to appear respectable in order to command confidence. Fraid was regarded a gum-game befors it rose to the dignity of a gum-shoe pre- fession. It came to be a gum-game because a quack doctor in Idaho “ac- cinated the people with mucilage to make them immune from the small- pox. It has been known to appear a the undertaker at a funeral in order to steal the coffin plate, and as a jndze to issue bogus certificates of citizen- ship. Fraud can play the bézgar, but it doesn't like to, for it prefers the mask of a financier to rake in.the millions of the people. It rets ints responsible positions oftenier thon it gets into jail. What is war? Fifty hundred thcu- sand dead in ninety-four weeks, two- thirds as many homes stricken wih grief and draped in mourning, tv ty hundred thousand widow hundred thousand' fatherl and half as many ‘rhade three little countries made desolat hordes of marching soldiers, horsericn | and artillery—Serbi: Poland; tei- | gium—a hundred million pecple ~p- | proaching the verge of starvation. 1 lions in wealth worse than: wasted. twelve nations in arms and aii the res of the world in a foment: This answer 1915 gives to this ques What is it all for? To check lur. and keep the people free from brigan- dage and tyranny. Someone has said. against a doctrine, but no one is cap able of arguing against a pure v embodied in a good deed.” It pointed out that the motive of greater importance to the indi than the deed itself. We are too of doctrinaires instead. of good San-a tans. We fret and fume and fuss ove the things of least importance and neglect the things of greatest impor- tance. What you believe is of less importance in the world to come than what you be. It is not ofganized forcs which is to win, but spiritual purity. The soul that is not capable of rec ognizing reality from pretense will have to learn its spiritual lessons in some other world than this. is what he fails to comprehend that hampers man in this world and checks him from making real progress. as been It is perfectly natural for us to yearn for what we hope for; the young yearn | for success, and the aged and weary for rest; the disappointed yearn for better conditions, ana the seemingly satisfled, even, are inclined to yearn for conditions a little different, a little | better. Ambition is the father of our | dreams, and they are the foundation | of our hopes. If we didm't hope, we | should despair. Life furnishes no mid- | dle ground for us. Perhaps, if we did | not yearn, we should not be capable of being inspired. Yearning is a quiet and rational form of unrest which | seldom ends in violence, for it points the way to achievement through effi- ciency. It does no good to yearn unless | you act in harmony with desire. Anger gets hold of a man when he lets go of himself. The only mission of anger seems to he to get a man into trouble and to leave him in remorse meet for repentance. Anger simply feeds upon every fool who entertains it. _ There is mothing complimentary to be sald of wrath. Some people be- lieve God is angry with the wicked every day because they are wholly un- mindful of the bad example such a habit would make of him. Those who fiy into a. passion do not fail to recog- nize the fury and foolishness of it af- terwards. Anger is simply the fuming of an evil spirit—an unreasonable and irreligious performance. - The Boy For It. The suspicion deepens that Colonel Roosevelt not only knows mighty well what's the matter Wwith this country, but how to fix it—Boston Transcript. The War a Year Ago Today Nov. 27, 1914. Reims again bombard French made gains German army forced. 3 Montenegrins defeated Austrians near Vishegrad. Col. Maritz, South Africa rebel, defeated. New British army landed France. Germans massed near Arras. Retreating Germans in Poland fought nusrwmly. » Russians gained near Mracow " Alsac in Poland re-en- in all | |ot | Even (Written Specially for The Bullétin.) “Passengers .on the. Groton' division trains these days, find :much to in- ‘terest them in the.activities which have suddenly started in and’ about the Thames Naval - Station, where things have been qulet for so_long. Tars and marinss eome ‘and’ go by: ‘every train, carrying the i or burdened . with* packages of one Sort and _another. . There .are submarines and tenders and otler craft alongside ihe long T wharf. Electric lights ‘make" cheerful the- long brick building used ‘as .a -barracks, and light the patha about the yard, In the office buildings there is much going on, the stir of I¥eparation pervading all departments. Not, since the oxcitement of the Spaniéh war has the station shown much of any life. The! last big_warship to dock there was the old Texas, later taken to locker. In her stead, a fine new first class battle- ship Texas has been buil but the chances are that the latter will never reach the Thames, to show off for the benefit of people hereabouts, as did Captain McKenzie's big white warship. The Thames was praised as afford- ing good harborage as far back as 1811, when Commodore John Rogers, who had wintered there, set forth its advantages. A Norwich man, Charles H. Brown, reminds history students of an inter- ing episode when he names a por- on of his property lying along the river bank above Gales Ferry ?a:nmr Bluffs. For it was o this point, above the present submarine base, that Commo- dore Decatur succeeded in bringing a prize vessel, in December, 1512. Here Decatur had to remain during the severe winter months, and here he was penned when spring had arrived, nd he might have slipped down the river: for a PBritish fleet appeared at the mouth of the harbor, trying the policy of watchful waiting up to the very time that peace was declared and the War of 1512 brought to a close, in February, 1815, just a little over a hundred vears ago. The advantages of the river were tully appreciated by Decatur for-it is on Tecord that he wrote to Commo- ore G. M. Rogers, hopi ngthat a navy ard might be established there, add- ing that he knew of no harbor in the United States possessing equal ad- vantages. During the Civil war, while the ad- vantages of such a site were appre- ciated, nothing much was done about utilizing the present navy yard. It was not until 1566 that congress au- thorized the secretary of the navy to| receive and accept a deed of gift when offered from the state of Connecticut of a tract of land lying on the Thames ver, with not less than one mile of water front, to be held by the United States for naval purposes The late John T. Wait, of Norwich, congressman from this district, worked d for thefintere of the yard. The onnecticut legislature appropriated $15,000 toward the purchase of the lanid and other gifts were secured. At this point, the river has a depth of about 30 feet. The site is seven miles from Long Island sound and has an area of 83 acres. It is recalled that the deed of the land w: transmitted to the United States May 22, 1868, and accepted. The government did not Sunday Morning Talk HUMBLE PIE. Originally, in days when knighthood was in flower, it was a huge concoc- tion of pastry in_which had _been cooked the less desirable parts of ani- mals brought in from the’ chase. While the nobleman 3 cests, after a successful hunt, selves in the great hall portions the game, ervants and retain- ers of the estate di ed a prodigious humble pie in the kitchen. The dish is still met with in rural districts of the British Isles. Have you ever eaten a portion of Those who have,testify both nourishing and savory. if the kind baked in an ofen has never been set before you, it is probable that another variety has not infrequently been served at your table, For humble pie is the proverbial dish that the proud must eat, and all of us have our attacks of pride. There are occasions when any one of us should, in all honesty, pass his plate for a generous helping and gulp it down bravely. Having made some blunder, having expressed a confident but mistaken opinion, having spread trouble broadcast by headstrong per- sistence in some wrong course, it is our manifest duty to eat humbie pie. With what dogged stubborness will some people fight against any admis- sion of mistake. The last surrender they will make is that of an opinion. The mere possibility that their view may not be the right one is not to be entertained. Let such positive folk hearken to words that bluff Oliver Cromwell once wrote to certain of his cantankerous associates: “I beseech you, by the mer- cles of God, to believe in ‘the possibil- ity of your being mgistaken.” Can't you almost see the grim-visaged old Roundheads, refusing to bend? The Apostie Paul met similar conditions in his day, when he wrote to his Roman friends: “Be mot wise in your own conceit. It is perilous in a world in which there is so much to learn to be cock- sure of everything. The writer, who owns up to an ill-developed bump of locality, once traveled in foreign parts with a companion who always knew the way—or thought he did. On every casion when the proper road was in doubt, this positive gentleman, scorn- ing to make inquiries, would lead oft with the assurance that he knew per- fectly well where we were coming out. Sometimes he did know, but more oft- en he did not, and it was the rule that the police or sympathetic villagers must be called on to set the travelers right. That forelgn tour was some years in the dim past, yet, somehow, the feeling survives that this confident man, whatever his present fleld of labor, is still sure that he knows it all, and is still trying to make other people acknowledge the fact. Experience with such cocksure peo- ple at least teaches us something. It teaches us from how many trials and embarrassments we may save our- selves and save our associates if we are willing to believe in the possibil- ity of our being—sometimes—mis- taken. It is a mark of moral strength as well as of a well-rounded educa- tion to be willing to acknowledge an error when we have made one. The poet Moore was surely within the :dnd Strykow and occupied Czerno- itz. ;hm fighting in the Caucasus. ts at Erzerum, Armenians bounds of truth in the character he gave to Humility, that low, sweet rot From which all heavenly virtues shot. THE PARSON. ¢ take the fee of the land, but only the use of it for naval purposes. Wi 7 to use it for the purposes the original proprietors, in Wwhom the fee still resides. e 3 It was in 1871 that the was built, tho land grad present -substantial buildings At a later date, the ships of the Naval Training,school were at the yard from time to time. Not long after the establishment of the yard, the government appointed a committee of civil engineers to ex- amine the site, with the view to the construction of & fresh water basin where' iron and iron-clad -vessels of the navy. might lay up when not in commission. Long Cove, just below Gales: Ferry, was found suitable to this purpose and so recommended; but nothing was ever done about develop- ing it, although the commission had reported that, at comparatively little expense an area of deep fresh water sufficient to float all the iron vessels likely ever to use it, could be secured for the government’s purposes. Later there was the utilization of the yard navy as a site for a govern- ment coaling station and some inter- esting experiments, demonstrating the advantages and possibilities of keep- ing coal under water. It is as a gov- ernment coal station that the yard is known to most people. The late John R. Bolles, who served as secretary of the Navy Yard com- mittee, was one of those who worked hard for its interests, up to the time of his death, in 1896. This he had to do, for, from some reason, the Thames Naval Station has never been strongly favored by the powers that be, although during the recent visit of Secretary Daniels, when he recommended the site as a b- marine base, he admitted its advan- tages in every way. But it is a mat- ter of history that the fight for the recognition and development of the yard by no means ended with its ac- ceptance by Congress. Those vards nearer to Washington and New York had always had the silent preference; and the Connecticut yard, being mere- ly an outlander, has never ranked very high in official favor. This fact is evident daily, in the orders and announcements of the Uni- ted Service. The yard on the Thames rarely gets so much as a mention. ‘Whether this will always continue S0, nobody of course can predicate. In the event of actual warfare, there is a possibility that the yard might rise to more importance than that of being merely a site. With active work on the part of the state’s Congressmen, too, there might be a chance to get the yard advanced; but, with the government taking ac- tive steps to further develop the three island forts, which really command the harbor and are the outposts of the city of New York, out little navy yard up the Thames does not seem to have such a strong and convincing reason for being as it had during Congress- man Wait's days. So it is a question if it ever had such compelling inter- est as to force the men high up in naval power and patronage to see that Humphreys’ Seventy-seven For Grip, Influenza, COLDS That Homeepathy requires faith to be of benefit is disproven by the peo- ple of all beliefs being constant users of “Seventy-seven.” by To get the best results, take “Sev- enty-seven” at the first feeling of a Cold—lassitude. 1f you wait until you begin to cough and sneeze, it may take longer. A small vial of pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket. 25c. and $1.00, at all drugsists or mailed. Humphreys’ Homeo. Medicine Co., 156 Willilam Street, New York. ~ —_— fore this German division alone reach- ed 8,000 to 10,000. The fourth line of attackers, how- ever, finally succeeded in overrunning the decimated front line of Germans, who stood by their guns to the very last; those of them who had not fallen were made prisoners. Not one of them returned to tell what happened In this terrific fighting. On the neighboring front, too, the British succeeded in breaking the German first position; and gained here from 00 to 2,000 yard ound. At the second Ger- man on, where their reserves were aiting, the attack was com- pletely hecked. The fighting lost something of its flerceness as the aft- ernoon waned; and September 25 end- ed with hand-to-hand encounters and le attacks at varipus points along th§ front. The Germhns made an attack during the night and regain- ed a part of the lost ground. The British renewed the next morn- ing their attempts to break through the German lines. “They tried with quite new tactics—or, rather, with very old tactics that are out of date in this war. It was a thing wholly unexpected; and the staff officers looked on with open-mouthed wcnder. Shortly before noon it was observed that the British thickly massed and in echelon formation of eight ranks, were advancing from, Loos to attack us. Their artillery was sending down a hail of shells to beat opén a patch for these storming masses. At the same time the enemy mounted artillery, in broad day light, rode up to take a po- sition upon hill 70 to the east of Loos, which is nothing more than a slight elevatior in the landscape hardly no- ticed in riding across the fields. The batteries were carrying bridge ma- terial with them to enable them to make crossings over trenches and ma- tural obstructions. Still more—one or two mounted cavairy regiments were observed on the plain far to the rear. ght ranks of infantry; mounted artillery; cavalry in the background— that was to much! A veritable bat- tle plan of a past age, the product of a mind its dotage and a half century behind the time! Commanders of armies get out of date in our times as rapidly as inventions and sciences, whereas the lesson taught by this war is that the lives of soldiers should be entrusted only to the most modorn, the For every occasion— and cloth— Velour, Plush, Broad- Mixtures and Zibelines. $14.50, $18.50, $22.50 RICH Handsome in wear— Moderate in price— Muffs. In every wanted style Fur-trimmed and plain— cloth, Corduroy, Smart SPECIAL COAT VALUES __~~ URS Elegant in appearance— New Ball and Melon Shape Double Fur Boas and Tailored Dr Gabarding and Popllnessylfits. Tailored models in Nov- elty Suitings. SUITS $23.75 were to $45 SUITS $18.50 were to $30 SUITS $14.50 were to $20 it ought to have much more of a 3 o { most elastic, and most highly endowed chance than it has ever been granted. | %0 1AL A0 MOt Rl o' Scarfs in Skunk, Opossum, Rac- coon, Lynx, Mink, Beaver and | pitality, | his family were stationed at the yard, jan | big defenders might The government went so far in its development as to build three good houses on the reservation, for the yard’s officers. One of these houses was destroyed by fire, a few years ago, and one has been leased for the ac- commodation of the workmen at Breakwater. In the big gray still conspicuous and substantial, there used to be genuine, old-fashioned hos- when Commander Belden and the place has been pleasantly ed at other and later times. Possibly, in case Secretary Daniels should carfy out his plan of building the nation's big new warships at the country’s navy yards, portions of the be worked on here; and that would help give the Thames River site a lift to popularity and usefulness. THE DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mr. Wood’s Letters. Ar. Editor: The letters written by Mr. Wood of Taftville (apparently an Englishman), are so terse and inform- ing that I always read them, although 1 do not see things through my glasses outlined as they seem to he through his. He isn't English-American, but rather appears as a Germaa-Ameris can, though he does not hyphenate his own title. That what he writes is pro-German he will not attempt to deny With sympathies as his constantly tend, I should like to have him write his opinion in the German propagan- da in American and what he thinks of the. violation of their parole by intern- ed German military officers whose oaths seem to be only scraps of pre- tence, as treaties are to Germany only scraps of paper. Will he explain to us how the King of Greece, who has received $20,- 000 annually from the entente powers looks to him honoring a solemn oath made to the Kaiser of Germany? These are interesting subjects which do not seem to occur to his mind, and doubtless others besides myself would like to knoy his opinion of them. OBSERVER. 26, 1915. ut] Norwich, Nov. Stories of the War Fighting Avound Loos. The fighting around Loos where the British succeeded in capturing a part of the foremost positions of the Ger- man iines in September is still the subject of descriptive reports in the press. One of the most animated of such descriptions is from the peh of Bernhard Kellermann, known in America as the author of “The Tun- nel.” He says that after four days of in- conceivably heavy artillery fire the British began a gas attack. on the morning of September 25. Four sep- arate waves of gas, alternately white and dark gray, were blown forward toward the German lines; and at the same time the British artillery was hurling gas bombs upon the Germans. The latter coughed and held their ground as long as, they could, but many fell, unable to resist the fumes. In the midst of all this the Germans were preparing_for the expected in- fantry attack. Finally the British ap- peared, emerging suddenly as if from nowhere, behind a cloud of gas, and wearing masks. They came on in thick lines and storming columns. The first line of the attackers was quickly shot down by the hall of rifle and ma- chine gun bullets that rained upon them from the shattered German trenches; the hand grenades especi- ally wrought terrible havoc, some of them cutting down six or eight men. The dead and wounded soon lay like a wall before the German position. The second and third lines of English suf- fered the same fate. It was estimated that the number of British killed be- house, | best talent. The English ehould have sent back their old celebrities to take charge of communications. “Splendidly, with admirable courage, the English troops came forward to the attack. They were young, wore no decorations, they carried out with blind. courage what their senile com- manders ordered,—and this in a period of mortars, machine guns, and the tel- ephone. Their oehavior was eplendid, but all the more pitiable was- the breakdown of their attack. “The eight-ranks columns, before they had advanced.ten paces, got into our mixed fire of rifles, machine guns, and artillery—all at the call of the telephone. Our hatteries were oniy awalting the signal. His English Ex- cellency was not prepared for this. Fresh reserves were put into action, only to be mowed down by the cross- fire from our machine guns. The Eng- lish mounted artillery had a wretched end; it not only got into the range of our’ machine guns, but at the same time our heavy mortars (called by tel- ephone!) raked it so rapidly and thor- oughly that the men did not even have time to limber their guns. The cav- alry regiments waiting ‘in the back- ground for the order to attack were greeted with some salvos of heavy sabres from their scabbards. That ended the battle. The attack broke down in front of our wire entagle- ments. ‘An’ enormous number of dead lay before our trenches— The enemy’s losses for the two days before this German division alcne amounted, at a low estimate, to 20,000 men”. The lesson that Kellermann thinks should Fox. and Coats, Black, Navy, Hague. We Do Fur R MUFFS $6.50 to $35.00 SCARFS $5.00 to $37.50 SPECIAL-SILK BALL MUFFS $4.50 Handsome Silk Soire Muffs, new ball shape, trimmed with bands of velvet and fur, colors to match Fall Suits Mavhattan 121-125 Main Street “The Quality Store of Norwich” Green, Brown, Plum and Remodeling and be learned from the fighting here is that “war is not a sport in the hands of a dozen privileged dilletantes.” supply is being prepared in surround- ings of scrupulous cleanliness, or at any rate, to know when this is mot the- case—Bridgeport Telegram. It is a source of pride to the Ameri- can nation that it has already suc- cessfully played such a role as arbiter between Russia and Japan. If i's at- titude toward the war.ing nations of today who in their sirfe have shown tendencies to disregard its rights as a neutral power, should hasten the end of strife its people will be prai-ed by | Phe generations of the future for con- | tributing most to the cause of world- wide peacehowever it may be brought about.—Waterbury Republican. QOTHER VIEW POINTS After all, this discussion of Yale's low estate in football is getting too serious. Some evidently think the moral and_intellectual foundations of the old university are rotting os well A little while ago it was rowing in- ability that threatened to undermine the pillars. And yet Yale has win two races straight already and the college is saved. She will begin to win in football again when she has been | punished enough.—Waterbury Amer- | ican. To President Ell'ott’s opinion that many of the stockholders need the Gividends there is a large ani hearty assent.Nor is it a jesting matter, e th- er. There are more perscns than we know whose revenue from money in- vested in the New Haven rcad—g od as government bonds, they were ad- vised—was substantially ther only means of support. They do need the dividends, more truly than we can re- alize unless we are in their place. ‘When the New Haven heslth board tackled the bakeshop question it put up a theoretical score of 10) for per- fect cleanliness and ideal conditicns, and then visited and inspected all the | New Haven bakeries, marking them on this basis. The marks, with the names and addresses of the bakeries were published in the health board's |Let’s hope, for the sake of all con- bulletin and in the New Haven pa-|cerned, that their need will eaity he pers. The bakery men, trat is, those filled.—New Haven Register. whose marks were low, howied dis mally at the proceeding, but what Interesting things conctantly come more important, they got busv at!before the compensation commission- once and cleaned their p'aces. As aler. 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