Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 2, 1915, Page 4

- Jorwich Bulletin and @oufied 119 YEARS OLD Sul price 12c & week) 50c a | month; a year. | _Entered at the Postotfice at Norwich, ‘Conn, as second-class matter. i Telephone Calls: ! Bulletin Business Office 480. s B netin Battorial Hooms 35-3. | Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willimantic Office, Room 2% Murray | Building. Telephone 310, e B Gl o o SRR ' " Norwich, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1915. The Circulation of The Bulletin Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any -in Norwich. It is delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,058 houses in Nor- wich and' read by ninety-three per captured or sent to the bof enemy. the owners or long as the war lasts and beyond, but they also have a perfect right to sail when they like provided they comply with the regulations of the country concerning clearance papers. It'is folly to think that this coun- try is restraining them, since they are not interned as are tife comverted cruisers tied up at Norfolk. The Ger- man merchantmen- are held“in New York harbor now for the same reason that they were first tied up there and that is the knowledge that if they get outside our territorial limits they stand a pretty good chance of being captured and it is not intended that any such rich prizes shall be turned over to the enemy’ for their use when it can be so easily. prevented. THE KAISER'S CONFERENCE. Athough the announcement was quickly - forthcoming following_ the re- cent conference of Kaiser Wilhelm and Kaiser Francis Joseph in Austria, the second which they have held since the opening of the war, that it hds no special significance, it is impossible to believe that it does not mean some- cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it is considered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in Eastern H CIRCULATION 1901, average......... . 4412 1905, average...............-5,920 thing more than a friendly social call. Close upon it comes word to the ef- fect that Austria is seeking a separate peace with Ttaly and while this is not the first time such a report has been circulated, the increased activity which has been displayed by the Italian forces resulting in the impending fall of Gorizia, the key to Trieste, and the slow but steady drawing of the net around Tolmino and Doberdo, which the Austrians out of that territory which it covets, furnishes grounds for the belief that such may be the case. Certainly the central powers would be elated if they could eliminate Italy from the opposition, for -while it has not required any great portion of the see— 1 ) [ —_— TAFT AND GARRISON. ‘Whatever conviction Secretary of War Garrison may have concerning the merits of the policy which is be- ing carried out in the Philippines by the present administration he makes a gross mistake when he undertakes to assall ex-President Taft for his partisan attacks thereon. Whatever approval Mr. Taft may have given to & report on conditions in the islands as set forth by a Pacific coast writer, ‘whose interest in such a matter it has since been found to be solely for per- sonal gain and as willingly turned to one side as the other for the proper remuneration, it does not affect in the slightest degree his sincere interest in the best government for the Fil- ipinos or alter the belief that exista 80 widely throughout the country that Mr. Taft understands thoroughly the conditions in the islands and knows what he is talking about when he crit-. leises the policy which is being fol- lowed there under the change in ad- ministration. The fact of the matter is that as governor general, secretary of war and president, Mr. Taft has had unusual bpportunities for studying the Philip- pines and the needs in keeping with the policy adopted by this country when the islands were taken over. This is something which Mr. Garrison has not bad. He must depend upon the state- ments of others and reports for his knowledge of conditions there and his views therefore cannot carry as much welght as those of the former presi- dent. And the manner in which Mr. Garrison has attacked the partisanship’ of Mr. Taft is not justified by any act or interest which Mr. aft has manifested in supporting the national policy towards the Filipinos. It is a rase where Secretary Garrison can ex- pect little encouragement in his posi- tion. A OFFICIALS ALSO TO BLAME. Not satisfied with scratching over the surface in connection with the re- cent fire at Williamsburg, N. Y., where lives were lost in the Diamond candy factory building because of the failure to provide proper protection for the lives of the employes in case of fire, the investigators opened up the entire sittiation and showed that while there was negligence on the part of the factory owners in not complying with the requirements of the law after they had been ordered to fireproof the stairways, there was *also a serious neglect of duty on the part of the state officials in their failure to get the work done. > When it is shown by the jury's finding that for the fiscal year of 1915 in the first district of the state there were 10,650 factories out of a total of 35900 which were not inspected, and that only 246 of the 2711 orders issued to property owners for fire- preofing were complied with it reveals o condition which calls for something more than placing the blame entirely tpon the proprietors. While they are lax in overcoming econditions which exist in violation of duty it is to see that the law is respected. Their respon- sibility does not end with the order- ing of improved conditions. They are required to see that their orders are carried out, but how inefficient has been the work is indicated by the , many cases where they have failed to * ‘make inspections and the much larger number of instances where they have entirely disregarded the important duty of seeing that dangerous condi- tions which have been found are cor- rected. The law amounts to little un- less it is enforced and when officials fail to do what is expected of them little respect can be anticipated from property owners. : A GROUNDLéSS - STORY. Many are the stories which have been circulated in this country since the opening of the war,. which though they do no particular harm are really groundiess as to facts. It is a condi- tion, however, which exists regardless of the war, though that has furnished " an added opportunity for their manu- facture and that appears to be the situation concerning a New York re- port to the effect that plans are being | made by @ number of those who owe allegiance to the central. powers=to £0 aboard the German liners which are laid up in that harbor, cast off the hawsers and steal away to the father- land. . . However alarming this might ap- ‘pear to be the fact is that this coun- _try has no objection to any such plan | Austrian troops thus far to hold it back, and Austria is the only one of the, two countries against which Italy has ‘actually declared war, it is in- dicated that it will soon be in a po- sition to be a much more serious men- ace to the dual monarchy. Italy like- wise Is about to enter the Balkan fight with the troops which have been land- ed in Albania, while its navy is co- operating with the ships of the other allies in the Aegean sea. Italy spurred peace offerings at the start and 1t has repeatedly declared that it will not negotiate a separate peace, but time will tell whether that was the object of the recent confer- ence of the monarchs. CANADA’S WHEAT SEIZURE. When the Canadian government commandeered 20,000,000 bushels of wheat it took advantage of a right which it possesses although it has caused much speculation as to just what was the reason for it and what the effect is going to be. It is an act which s not of every day occurrence and the one logical explanation of it is that it is due entirely to war de- mands. From all indications it is ap- parent that Great Britain or some of its allies are in need of wheat. That need can be supplied in. Canada and at once, and by such a method it ¢an e obtained at the market price. Had it been noided about, however, that such an order was to have beer placed, prices would have gone a-soar- ing, and while the effect of the seiz- ure has been an advance in the price of wheat it has not affected the quan- tity demanded and obtained, or re- sulted in any greater jump in the mar- ket price than would have followed the purchase in the open market, The 20,000,000 bushels are, however, but a drop in the bucket. Canada’s supply has by no means been wiped out, for it is a great producer of wheat and while there may be a temporary embarrassment if the entire amount is immediately taken away, it seems im- possible that it can last long. Its chief harm is likely to come through the inability of ,the owners of the wheat seized to fill their orders which may already have been taken, but that danger can be obviated if the quantity is withdrawn gradually and uot in one fell swoop. Canada’s pur- pose has evidently been to eliminate the speculators’ profit and in that it has unquestionably succeeded, and it would be but just to protect those whose grain has been commandeered and who can show that it had been held solely for filling orders already on the books. EDITORIAL NOTES. Possibly there was no time when the Serbians welcomed blizzards more than they do just now. There is more than one youngster in the land who has his mind made up for a white Christmas already. Even the chill in the air doesn’t in- dicate that the icebergs have begun their southern trips in any very large numbers. Those who are doing their Christ- mas shopping early fully appreciate the added pleasure it gives to the hol- iday season. . The coming of the Ford peace party promises to have about the same re- sults as many junkets of political in- vestigation committees. It isn’t going to be long before thin Ice will be offering an inducement which a certain number of youngsters will be unable to resist. The man on tfé corner says: Ten per cent. of what a fellow lays out for tomorrow can usually be consid- ered a good day’'s work. The return of Lord Kitchener to London is the best evidence that he has rot Tesigned his office and that he was not headed for Indi Col. Roosevelt has ordered his name taken off the Nebraska primary list. No one appears to appreciate the boom ‘which’ that state is trying to give. If there is a plot to blow up pow- der factories those who are behind it fully understand that those places never did have.a reputation for safe- ty. Over in the house of commons the supply of stationery has been cut down, but that is not likely to huve any effect upon the Congressioral Record. It doesn’t look as if Christmas would mean any more to those in the trenches than it did a vear ago. Their exchange of presents isn't calculated to give the recipients pleasure. means that Italy is gradually driving| “The open season for house plants has besun,” mournfully said the man who had got on at Hyde Park. “Td feel better about it If my wife had a fad for mushrooms or silkworms or baby rhinoceroses. s it i my home life 1x" unendurable from il ‘Don’t you care for flowers?” There was some surprise in the tone of the man who had got on before. ‘who had boarded the train k gave a short, hoarse !” he erhoed. ‘Who said anything about flowers? It was house plants I mentioned! Did you ever hear of one’s raising flow- ers from the modern house plants? In ploneer days maybe wpmen 3id have windows full of geraniums blooming their heads off and night blooming cereus and calla lilies—but no more! ‘Why, if a house plant to-day e a mistake and bloomed the florists’ un- fon would put it on the blacklist and surround it with caterpillar pickets! “I don’t object at all to a woman's liking to grow things. It keeps her from playing bridge and talking scandal. All summer long I beam at my wife when I find her weeding the onfon patch and putti collars around the tomatoes or picking pan- sies. I think it is an eminently suit- able feminine occupation. But along toward the last of September she be- gins to grow restless and no matter what I do to distract her—I even talkeq fall fashions this year, think of it—she invariably has her usual attack. - “When- I am gently mentioning the number of buttons that are missing from my personal possessions she sits and stares at the porch boxes. Recalls British Acts of the Past. Mr. Editor: In your editorial of to- day you mention the case of the British steamship Barulos and the humane conduct of the submarine commander in the saving of lives of people who had thrown themselves into the water as the result of a needless panic, and in_allowing the ship to proceed later. While Britain is allowed to play the role of an angel, through the aid of the censor and press, while she is in reality playing the role of a liar, bully and braggart, have the people of this country forgotten the Revolution, the war of 1812, and the attitude of Great Britain in our Civil war, when for no reason at all she despatched §,000 British troops to Canada, with the idea of terrorizing the union, the fitting out of privateers in Ensglish ports to prey upon our commerce, which has never recovered, and which English capital intends shall not? Who hired Indians in our early wars to prey upon our defenseless women and children? Have the people of this country forgotten the terrible Indian massacres instigateq by English gold? If the people’s sympathy is with Great Britain in this war, wait till English troops get upon German soil and then We may form our opinion, but they say history repeats itself, and I am sure it will in the present war. I am a Yan- kee, whose forefathers have fought and dled for the good old Stars and Stripes againet English tyranny, and it makes my blood boil to read the lies of the English_press, but my heart goes out to the brave French troops, for have the people of the good old union for- gotten the dashing young Frenchman, Lafayette, who was one of the greatest aids In securing the help of France, and last, but not least, Baron von Steuben, the Prussian drillmaster, who instilled’ discipline into the raw re- cruits of Washington's army? To the memory of these two men and their people we owe a debt we never can repay, but to England we owe nothing but the memory of defenseless pioneer women and children slain“by English gold. A YANKEE. Norwich, Conn., R. D. 3, Nov. 30th, 1915. (A Yankee apparently overlooks the fact that it was a commander of a submarine belonging to the central powers, or one of their allies, and not a British official, who performed the “angel act” In the case of the Baru- los.—Ed.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | * “It always slips geranius “Then she plants and things. She says a home is so time after the onset of variably pull down two bowls full of stones, water and tullp bulbs. My wife acts up something terrible. While I am searching for arnica and witch-hazel for wounded skull she is gathering bulbs and say) hat an awful shame just when roots were so nicely started! See, John, what cunning little white roots! + And they’re all broken, every one, and she worked so hard getting them all fixed, and they ‘would have been in full bloom by Christmas! “Bitterly I point out to her that they never have been in full bloom at Christmas or any other time! Al- ways those «'bulbs have grown and grown into regular forests-of leaves, but the flower buds either never came out or grew backward or otherwise sulked. Once a Chinese lily-bulb ac- tually @id bud and we had intense ex- citement in the family, but it blight- “Besides, our house is not intended to grow plants in. None of the win- dows gets the proper sun or air ex- cept at brief periods of the day, and my wife never has time to go out- doors beceause she has to carry the plants around from the library win- dows to the kitchen and then up in- to_the guestroom. “And when it gets real cold she has to put all the upstairs plants into the clothes closets at night because we raise the windows. If she forgets to do this when we come home late from a party she always wakens me an hour after I've fallen asleep and tragically tells me to hurry and put the plants safely away before -they are quite frozen! I paddle around barefogted and acquire an expensive case of pneumonia and she finds in the morning that I've set the wettest flower pot on the train of her velvet reception gown hanging on a hook and she is very peevish for a week. Or else a fur coat falls on a geranium and smashes it. “Those fool geraniums are the worst! They look like little Shang- hai_roosters all winter, long stalks with a wad of leaves on top. There isn't a table to lay a book or paper on because the geraniuts are occu- pying them all. My wife s passion- ately fond of geraniums! Blossoms? Ok, no! No! We've never had a geranium slip blossom, and in the spring she has to throw them _all away and buy new plants from the florist for the porch boxes. Never- theless hope simply thrives and surges in her heart and she slips them every fall. “I've got a scheme, though! I'm planning to_ walk backward - into_the biggest tableful and tip it over ker- smash. Then I shall borrow the rab- bit next door and turn it loose among the others and maybe I can throw down a morning paper when I'm through with it without causing her to shriek hysterically to look out, I'm hitting the house plants! I'm a des- perate man, I tell you!” “You sure are some little sufferer!” greed the other man. “What you want for a winter residence is a house without any windows at all!”—Chi- cago News. A Long Felt Want. It would help a little if this coun- try would provide a regular wailing place, somewhere in regions remote, for the «convenience of Mr. Bryan.— Chicago News. THE VELVET HAMMER A Good Natured Treatment in Verse of Some of Norwich’s Prominent Men By ARTHUR BROOKS BAKER NELSON e sits as Judge of Probate e used to be State Senator, down the most emphatic or throw the bones or burgle, tertainment for the mind of activities inclined. Ayling’s well-known legislative his kind in many worthy ways, our gratitude and praise. J. AYLING Court, where sad and weeping heirs come in to have their final quarrel and eplit the final hairs; for when a busy citizen has permanently died and gone to join the angel band upon the other side, his goods and chattels left behind to grace the earthly map are often made the center of a long-drawn legal scrap. . and on the statute books put rules for punishing the crooks; and then as prosecutor in our worthy city’s weal, he read thase fatal l]aws to all who felt inclined to steal, to break the peace fight or bet—he pointed out the punishment that they were sure to get. A mons the worthy Masons elevated In degree, there's mot €0 ( very many holding taller rank than he. among the Elks, that fat fraternal bunch which punctuates with anecdotes the jolly social lunch, providing much refreshing en- He likes to herd him who finds himself to such e figures that consumption at its present active pace would soon abbreviate the present numbers of the race. splendid “sanatorium upon a Norwich hill is largely due to The skill. He serves- his city and daserving large installments of ' is applied to anything ng. m:::nmuum . The Active Cleaner zze-GOLD DUST b s the moment it Stories of the War Making Munitions In England. ‘The following facts as to the mak- ing of muntitions in England are sup- plied to The Associated Press by one of the heads of that department. “The country is divided into areas, each of which has a local Board of Management in control acting under the Ministry of Munitions. This Board of Management has representa- tives of the leading engineering and manufacturing firms; and expert en- gineers working the whole time on the work of the Ministry are attach- ed to each board and survey all the ehgineering resources in the locality S0 as to utilize these as highly as possible for the production of muni- tione. “This work has been carried very far, and machinery concentrated in suitable factories and every effort made to utilize all the lathes and en- gineering equipment in every town and district in the lecality. “Each Board of Management is in direct touch with Headquarters at the Ministry of Munitions, where there is a gentleman who is in charge of ev- ery particular district amd is able to answer all inquiries and help and ad- vise in any difficulty which may oeccur in that particular area. t the head of this organization ie Mr. J. Stevenson, a business man of wide experience. It should be noted that the powers exercised in regard to taking machinery and fac- tories by these local organizations acting under the Ministry of Muni. tions are very extensive and very drastic. he national shell factories al- ready established number 20 and are chiefly situated in large centers of manufacture, while cooperative areas are arranged in more scattered dis- tricts. In many cases, the two sys. tems run side by side so that every available means may be taken of in- creasing the supply.” Steps shave been taken to control the conditions under which private factories ars working, the gowers of Ministry in this matter being defined in the Munitions Act. The most im- portant sections of this Act relate to what are called “controlled establish- ments.” The total number of con- trolled establishments is now 1,346, and there are a million work-people employed therein. This control implies, as regards the employer, limitation of profits, con- trol of changes of wages, and as re- gards the workmen, it impliee tze suspension under ' statutory safe- guards of rules and practices restric- ting production or employment, and the enfcrcement of regulations in re- rd to regularity of work and effi- Remarkable reports are in circula- tion at the Danish capital regarding the treatment of the Danish popula- tion in the north of Schleswig-Hol- stein, the German province which borders on Denmark and which was formerly Danish territory. There are still over a_hundred thousand inhab- itants of Danish extraction and of Danish tongue, commonly known as Scuth Jutlanders in this German territory and ever since they came under ian rule there have been charges that the Danes suffered per- secution, although for some years be- fore the outbreak of the European war the trouble had nearly ceased. It is now charged that the Danes are meeting with new affronts, which are bitterly resented since a great num- ber of the Danes have fought with grea: bravery and distinction as part of the German army in the present war. It is said that German com- manders have been drawing up cer- tain blacklists of the Danish Jutland- ers, and that these persons are be- ing punished with a_ severity out of proportion to the offences commit- ted. When war began, South Jutland, or the North of:the province of Sches- wig-Holstein, ' was placed under a military rule which superseded the authority of the high balliff. One of he first measures taken by this mil- ry command was to-send 300 South Jutlanders to prison. It is charged that many of the persons were jawakened in the middle of the night and rushed off to the jail scantily clad. It is declared that the arrests . were made on tenious and imagina- tive evidence, such as the fact that a large number of fishermen who were arrested were put in prison because they possessed boats in which it was thought that men eligible for mili- tary service would try to escape. Many of these fishermen were over 70 years old, and one of these old men, Who has four sons and three sons-in- law serving in the German army complains that he was kept for six days in a prison cell on most meagre prison fare. Most of the prisoners taken at this time were kept in jail for a month. Danish newspapers in the province are subjected to the most rigid cen- sorship and one of these papers, “Heindal” was suppresSed for eight days because it failed to_mention the birthday of the German Empress, ac- cording to the editors, who added that their protests that the Empress had expressed the desire to pass the day quietly did not serve to move the The War a Year Ago Today Dec. 2, 1914. arm::, re-enforced took over P Austrians took Belgrade. of the Yser Region. Hungarian voted war bills. Prince of Wales fund reached $20,000,000. chamber of deputich authorities from their stand in the mater. The censors work is also seen in the fact that’they deleted an item in one of the papers which referred to the Italian Crown Primce's cele- bration of his eleventh birthday. Innumerable reports of such cur- tailment of privileges are current in Copenhagen, some of them well au- thenticated 'and otherq mere rumor. In the latter category perhaps is the report here that practically all per- sons formerly rejected by the German army authorities on account of physi- cal informity have been acepted for military scervice, even, the rumor goes, men with Club feet, cthers who are lame, crippled, and suffering from chronic iliness of various sorts. OTHER VIEW POINTS l Heredity bids fair to get a bump, for a society woman in the east here has taken a Japanese baby and is go- ing to show to the world what en- vironment will do. It is the claim that this little girl when she develops will be like the average American girl of culture. Time of course will tell— Midletown Press. I after the war is over Mrs. Pank- hurst seeks to resume the militant methods which she used before it be- gan, that will be the swift end of her leadership. The suffragists of Eng- land in general have shown a be- coming restraint in the face of Eng- land’s great emergency. Even Mrs. Pankhurst and her blooming daugh- ters have shown better sense than might have been expected in view of their past performances. But the women of England are experiencing a sort of hometpathic cure of militancy. They will continue their rebellion against it and any too militant lead- ers—New Haven Register. The official sanction of college presidents has been placed on the students’ camps for military training. At a recent meeting of college heads, presided over by Dr. John Grier Hib- ben of Princeton, it was decided not only to endorse the student camps but to recommend them to their stu- dents. “We regard this movement as in no way militaristic,” declared one of the ccllege heads. “Its object is to train the students of our colleges and therefore serve a useful purpose to the country. The education which the students receive under officers of the army is of the greatest value to them and to the nation, and we feel that the summer camps are agencies for good which the universities should do their utmost to encourage.” — Meriden Record. It is announced that the Daily News of Bridgeport has suspended publication. It had a brief existence. Its first number appeared during the recent municipal campaign, and the purpose of its appearance was to as- sist in the election of *the Tepublican ticket. Was the success of the ticket dependent on the assistance which it rendered? We guess not. Practical sympathy of leading democrats in Bridgeport made the assistance un- necessary. The paper sold for one cent. Its early "death was helped by its small price. Publishers of news- papers in Bridgeport have had an ex- perience with one cent papers which should have convinced Mr. King and his friends that at that price it was difficult to meet the obligations of the counting room.—Hartford Times. We cannot refrain from wondering what help Helen Keller will be to Henry Ford in his deadhead excur- sion to Europe to tell the folks over there to quit fighting. This woman is blind and deaf and has only the suggestion of speech acquired of late by those hitherto considered dumb. Conversation with her is conducted by manipulation of the.figers. She is a delicate person, who has been shielded and nurtured as few suffer- ers ever had the hapy fortune to be cared for. What will be her contri- bution will be one of the side-line guesses of the picnic. As for John Wannamaker, he can show how much more economical peace would be, and, like Brother Ford himself, he may possibly gain something in the adver- tising line by the promimence of the performance in the papers. Bryan, if he goes, will have a further value in the Chautauqua circles. ANl of ‘em will get a free voyage and have their names in the papers. If they do not get us into some international muss, that's about all they will get.—Hart- ford Courgpt. Motion picture films “made in Bridgeport” are getting to be the rage. A local theatre is producing this week a photoplay, the scenes of which are laid in Bridgeport, woven into a hair-raising “thrille An- other motion picture firm is busy taking pictures in Bridgeport, with the Barnum circus animals as stage accessories. But the motion picture men have not yet hit on Bridgeport's most spectacular features. them take pictures of thousandd upon thousands of mechanics pouring forth from Bridgeport factories satisfied with a fair day of only eight hours' work, where mechanics in other cities are 'working nine, ten and even twelve hours a day. Let them take pictures of pay wagons coming from the local banks with the greatest pay-rolls ever made up in the history of the city. Let them dramatize the story of Bridgeport's mighty factory chimneys belching the black smoke of business. Send the pictures out over America—for all America will 1f you want clean hands- VANCO BE SURE AND SEE IT METRO FEATURE PH WM. FAVERSHAM The Distinguished Actor In the 6 Act Featurs “The Right of Way” By SIR GILBERT PARKER CONCI Evening, 10c, 15¢ and 20c Colonial Feature Photoplays COLORED SCENIC PICTURES THE COMEDIES The Famous Comus Players WILL PRESENT TODAY True Story From Life Complete change .of Vaudeville and New Novelties Matines 2:30—Evening 7 with Persival K oydon Keith, M lans and itan Cast. Prices 25¢, 35¢, 50c, 75c, $1, $1.50 SEAT SALE TODAY Theatreoe ... Dramatic Sketch Augmented Orchestra Today AUDITORIU SHOWS—2:30, 7, Mat. 10. Eve. 10c and 20c #ndse The Broken Coin The Last Installinent PARAMOUNT TRAVELOGUE | NEARY & MILLER DAISY BUTLAND, Cornetest | HE FELL IN A CABARET Comedy Singing and Dancing SULLY & ARNOLD in Comedy find interest in the -uecew a typi- cal American city.—Bridgéport Tele- gram. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society “The Vardar river valley, where the Bulgarians and French have been dead-blocked now in a desperate cliff -and-canyon struggle of ‘weeks presents a battle-ground almost as unfavorable as that along which the Austrians and Italians are contend- ing” says a war primer given out to- day by the National Geographic So- ciety. “Below Uskup this valley is formed by the alternation of wild gorges and small, mountain-ribbed plateau. It is dominated by one bare rocky peak or mountain shoulder aft- er another, and along its entire course is protected by countless natural strongholds. Here cutting deep grooves through the cliffs and there emerging for a brief course on a plain. whose bowl may be dominated by mountain-placed artillery on ev- ery hand, the problem of forcing their way down the Vardar's course is, likely the most severe physical prob- lem confronting the Bulgarians. “The Vardar rises in two branches near the Albanian boundary, which flow north and_unite just before the river reaches Uskup. Here it sweeps east and southeast through its chaos of hills and crags toward the south- eastern corner of Servia and the Greecian frontier. It empties into the Gulf eof Saloniki 12 miles south- west of Saloniki port. Frof Uskup, it is a Macedonian river. The French hold this valley from a point some miles below Koprili The roads along this old section of the valley, which forms the eecond most noted Balkan route, that of Nish -Saloniki are very bad. The rail- way parallels the river's course and, since its building has carried most all of the Servian traffic that has flowed toward the Aegean Sea. This raliway is noted as being onme of the slowest in the Balkans. The Mace- donian peasant pays for his travel by the hour, and, im order to give him his money’s worth, the Uskup-Salon- iki rafiroad hardly out-distances the ox team, and the hours and the price of the cart and the train bear a strong relationship to one another. “There is much picturesque beauty Amateur Vaudeville Next Monday and Tuesday Evenings, December 6th and 7th NEW AMUSEMENT HALL Norwich State Hospital Palm Room open at 7. Entertainment at 8. Tickets 50 cents Include trolley from Franklin Squa-e to Hospital and return. Christmas _ Novelties, Candy, Etc, for sale. Home-made Under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary of Y. M. C. A. Tickets on sale at Geo. A. Davis' in_this valley's scenery, though its hills and mountains are in great part bare rocky masees lacking in the green bdckground of northern and central Servian forests. Some of the way is as savage as are the paths through the loken Dolomites, and here the rocks are harder than the crumbling Dolomite masses. The river's course stretches about 200 miles, passing near the = Bulgarian border near the stronghold at Stru- mitza, crossing the Greecian frontier near Karasull, and some score of miles below breaking into the fertile. open guif plain between the Saloniki mountains and those of northern Greece.” Many houses in France are num- bered 121-2, in order to avoid the unlucky 13. OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. 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