Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 17, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1915 GHorwich Bullefin and Qoufied 119 YEARS OLD Subscription price 1Zc a week; 50c a month; $6.00 n year. Entered at the Postorfice at Norwich, Conr., as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Business Office 450. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-8. Bulletin Job Office S3-2. Willimantic Office, Room 2, Murray Bullding. Telephone 210. éThe Circulation of The Bulletin has the largest$ circulation of any paper in Eastern § Connecticut and from three to fou times larger than that of any in$ Norwich. It is delivered to over§ 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor-3 wich and read by ninety-three per 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 postofiice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every own and on all of he R. F. D, outes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION average....... o 1901, 1905, average.. BETTER CROSSING PROTECTION. Every now and then a community in some section of the state is shock- ed by the taking of life at grade crossings and despite the work of eliminating these death traps, a few being removed each year, there con- tinues to be collected a toll in human life such as occurred Wednesday at Dayville, which makes it evident that the day cannot arrive too soon when Connecticut will have abolished all such danger points. But until that time arrives too much care cannot be exercised on the part of the railroads in giving reasonable protection to humanity, while every- one who is oblizged to use such cross- ings needs to be fully impressed with the responsibility that devolves upon them in safeguarding their lives. It would appear from the account of the triple fatality at the Dayville crossing, which crossing has been the| scene of previous affairs of a similar nature, that it is unprotected by flag- man, gates or signals, a condition which prevalls at several crossings in that locality, so that no warning what- ever is given of the approach of trains and the responsibility of a safe cross- ing rests solely with the individual. This is a tuation which apparently needs to be remedied. If the traffic there does not warrant the placing of gates or the location of a flagman at that point the expense which would be attached to the establishment of a bell or a semaphore signal which would give warning of the approach of trains a s nt time in advance to preve more deaths at tast point is too insignificant to quibble over. The peril at that point has been demonstrated to be of such a nature that it cannot longer be disregarded. Human life is too precious to be wasted in that manner and further proof of the need of better protection ought not to be required. GERMAN VIEW OF NOTE. Word comes from Germany to the effect that the demands made by this country upon Austria are considered severe, but it is a strange view which is taken of the situation if it is con- sidered hard upon Austria tp be re- quired to respect rights of this the country and humanity, and carry out international law the provisions which it has agreed to do. No coun- the impression that try ought to carr it can make and unmalke the laws of nations rezardless of the effects such disrespect will have upon those who happen to be concerned and it oug] not to be forgotten that if Austria had obeyed the rules of war and given proper protection to the lives of American citizens during its subma- rine operations it would not have been neces: to call it to account for its actions, The Ancona case plainly indicates that it has, through the commander who sent that ship and a portion of its human cargo to the bottom, laid it- self open to criticism and invited just such demands as have been made of it. It is no more than that country or Germany would be doing under sim- ilar ccnditions if the s ion was re- versed and the United States subma- rines swere taking the lives of neutral Austria and German subjects. If Germany considers that the de- mands are severe because Germany was treated in a different manner, and many notes were exchanged which have not as yet resulted in the d avowal of the sinking of the Lusitania, it is undoubtedly correct, but this gov ernment has apparently seen the inad- visability of again pursuing such a course as was taken with Germany if its protest is going to amount to an; thing and one lesson of the kind is enough. And while Germany looks on the course as severe it has a chance to realize that it to a certailn degree Is responsible for it. REMOVING JOHN FRENCH. For some time dissatisfaction has been expressed against the manner in which Field Marshal John French has been guiding the British forces in northern France. It has been felt that for the size of the army which he heads that there ought to be more progress and more aggressive action. It has been felt in England that tae British forces ought to do more than stand still and much was expected of them at the time the Austro-German drive was made into Russia and later into Servia, but it failed to material- ize. The feeling has prevailed that too little serious consideration was being given to the task involved and that full advantage had not been gained ~t different times because of Ailataxy tascs ard the failure to follow up and support the advantages tempo- rarily gained. To overcome such weakness sub- ordinate generals have been reiieved | of their commands and now the head of the British forces has been super- seded by General Douglas Haig, who rendered distinguished service at the Aisne and who has won the praise of his superior. He has been placed in command of the armies of Great Bri- tain operating at that point for the purpose of getting the best possible out of the British fighting machine. He has had an opportunity to study the points on which his predecessor has fallen down and it will be expect- ed that he will profit by past failures. The deposing of General French is in line with the same action which has been taken in the case of other leaders who went into the war with reputa- tions but failed to sustain them. He has had plenty of opportunity and failed to meet the requirements and it is but proper now that another in whom confidence is manifested should e given a chance. BORROWING ON AMERICAN SE- CURITIES. The action which has been taken by Great Britain in passing a law em- powering that government to buy or borrow the American and Canadian investments held by English capital- ists and pay for them in five per cent. five vear exchequer bonds is only what was indicated would be done some time ago. It is only one of the methods which that country has for financing its war expense and of bol- stering up its credit in this country Such bonds. or other bonds similar to those which were recently disposed of in this country to the extent of a half billion would not have the attraction in this country that American and Canadian securities would, yet the same thing, in the way of securing additional funds and credit promises to be accomplished by this procedure. The bonds will be disposed of and the recipients will be satisfied. American financial assistance will be secured and those who advance the money on the securities in which they have full con- fidence will likewise be satisfied. When it is realized that the amount of such securities held in England is estimated all the way from one to four billion, and that such financing will relieve the country of the necessity of keeping up a constant flow of gold to this country in maintaining its credit, it can be appreciated that the plan is of much importance to Great Britain. How well the idea will succeed remains to be seen, but it has the advantage of being wisely conceived and there are reasons for expecting good results from a sound beginning which has the confidence of those concerned. PROTECT THE HORSE. Even though the horse has to a large extent been replaced by the auto, which undergoes no physical suffering as the result of neglect or over-exer- tion, there is still a large number of animals to be seen on the streets of a city every day in the pursuit of bus- iness and pleasure, and they promise to hold a conspicuous place there for a long time to come. Such being the case they ought to get the proper amount of care which is required to protect them against the elements for the value of a hors depends to a large degree upon the kind of attention it receives. - Because horses can do so much under nor- mal conditions does not mear that they can be made to do the same thing under abnormal situations. Be- cause they can go smooth shod dur- ing the greater part of the vear does not mean that they should not be given proper protection in the way of iks when the roads and pavements Because they can be allowed to shiver and shake in the cold and the owner does not feel it, does not mean that they are being treated humanely. Even auto owners have more respect for the machines t drive than do many owners and drivers for their horses, and vet in spite of the fact that the latter are constantly working against their own interests they are willing to overload and possibly beat and flog the animals which are made inefficient by their negligence, The horse is a faithful animal. Tt will respond to its limit when it is treated right and this is a season of the year when they should be treated with a fair amount of consideration and common sense. EDITORIAL NOTES. Santa Claus will have something of a job if he leaves a snow shovel in every household where it is needed. The shorter the notes are which are sent to the belligerent countries the better they appear to be understood. The man on the corner say The time has come when the Christmas spirit ought to be as easy to catch as a cold BULLETIN'S SPECIAL YALE LETTER Robert L. Johnson Mnd.e Secretary-Treasurer of Norwich Club—Walter Camp’s All American Teams—Constitu- tion of Athletic Association Amended—United Workers Boys’ Club. New Haven, Dec. 16.—The December meeting of the Norwich club of Yale university was held in Vanderbilt hall last Friday evening. Robert L. John- son of Norwich, Yale 1918, was elected to d¢he oMce of secretary-treasurer. President Earl R. Bragg outlined the plans of the organization for the com- ing year. The club, which was found- ed last year, has progressed very rap- idly since its organization, and it is expected that this year will show still greater development. At the meeting it was decided that the Norwich club would accept the invitation to occu- py its allotted space in the Yale Year Book, the Banner Pot Pourri. It was also decided that during the coming year a series of smokers would be held, the object of which being to ef- fect a still greater degree of social activity in the club. Committees to direct these new interests in the club were appointed by the president. The membership of the organization at present includes President Earl Bragg, Secretary Robert L. Johnson, Emmons P. White, Harold W. White, David L. Bacon, Harry V. Champion, Charles D. Prentice, Charles W. Wil- ley, Howard T. Byles, Fortunate A. Troie, T. Parker Lathrop, George W. Weller and Francis C. Luce. The American Academy in Rome announces that Prof. C. U. Clark has accepted the directorship of its school of classical studies, and will enter upon his new duties in October, 1916. This school, and the school of fine arts affiliated with it, have magnificent quarters high up on the Janiculum above the Spanish academy. They offer American students exceptional advantages for graduate work in the classics, history, painting, sculpture and_architecture. The director of the academy is Prof. Jesse Benedict Car- ter, formerly of Princeton. Professor Carter was valedictorian of the class of '97 and was voted the man in his class who had done most for Yale col- lege. He was on the first intercollegi- ate debate won for Yale. After sev- eral years of travet and study abroad, part of which he spent as fellow and lecturer in the Roman school of clas- al studies, whose director he now becomes, he began teaching at Yale in 1901. He became assistant profes- sor in the graduate school a year ago. He is widely known all over the coun- try as a lecturer. He is a specialist in Latin paleography and in the liter- ature of the middle ages. A rccent analysis of Walter Camp's All American teams since 1889 gives Yale the leading place, 80 Yale men having been chosen up to date. Har- vard is second with 66, while Prince- ton and Pennsylvania follow with 51 and 34, respectively. It is of interest to note that up to 1895 only Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Pennsylvania were represented on these teams, and that in three of these years Yale, Har- vard and Princeton furnished the en- tire lineup. The largest number of men which any college has had on one team is seven. Yale alone has had this distinction, once in 1890 and and again in 19 Six Yale men were selected in 1909, and five in 1891 and 1894. Harvard had five men attaining the honor in 1890, 1892, 1901 and 1914. Princeton had five in 1889 and 1893. In all 80 Yale men have been placed on the team. Of these men, only two have held this enviable position for four years. Frank Hinkey, was chosen as end in 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1894; F. G. Brown, 1901, filled a posi- tion as guard in 1897, 1898, 1899 and 50 There have been 19 13 guards, 7 9 halfbacks ends, 18 7 quar- fullbacks At a_university mass meeting held last Wednesday evening in Woolsey it was voted to amend the con- stitution of the athletic association upon the recommendation of the senior council of the Sheffield Scientific school. The amendment was to effect that the date of the election of a ant managers of baseball, track and crew be advanced to the first week after the Christmas vacation, the foot- ball elections being held in October. It is expected that this change in the election proceedings will tend to elim- inate all fraternity and society inter- ests now so evident. Until the spring of 1912 the second stant managers of the four major sports were elected by the sophomore class in.the college and succeeded in due course to the position of manager in their senior vear. In 1912, however, it was felt by the senior class in the Sheffield Scien tific school that the same opportunity should be affordéd men in that depart- ment to serve as managers of major sports that was enjoyed by under- sraduates in the college. Therefore, after careful investigation and con- sideration on the part of the Sheffield student council, the system now in force was devised and recommended to the undergraduate body for rati- fication. The principal innovation in th system was the provision that two competitors, one from the Shef- field freshman class and the other It is to be hoped that nothing bobs up in Washington which makes it necessary to postpone or curtail the wedding trip. From the way in which man’s work has been demolished by the recent storm it is to early to talk about con- quering nature. It makes little difference whether they are in trenches or in the mountains the advice to the European armies to keep cool appears to be superfluous. The condition of some of the side- walks indicate that there are a lot of snow shovels which have not been gotten out of their summer quarters. The demoralization of the overhead lines in the western part of the states by the recent storm furnishes another argument for getting them under- ground. King Constantine has done his best to keep Greece out of the war. It now remains to be seen whether the Teutonic powers will keep the war out of Greece. From the way in which the Austrian admiralty is backing up the act of the submarine commander who sank the Ancona, it might be supposed that Ad- miral von Tirpitz held the post. While there are many who are rec- ognizing the opportunity of doing something worthy by contributing to the Salvation Army kettle, there is still a chance for a great many others to do Hkewise. It will be interesting to learn, while China is seeking to borrow money, whether Yuan Shi Kai had foresight enough to have the old crown put away on the shelf or whether he will have to have a new one R.| the | from the sophomore class in the col- lege, should be elected to compete for each of the second assistant manager- ships; the winner of the competition, upon the ratification by the athletic association, becoming second assistant manager of the university team, with the provision, however, that not more than two of the four managerships should go to one department in any one year. It was felt by many at the time that this limitation might fre- quently require the election of candi- dates who made very poor showings in the competition and that in this way absolutely unqualified men might be selected to fill managerial positions of the greatest importance and diffi- culty. In spite of this objectionable feature, the system as proposed was presented to a university mass meet- ing for adoption as an amendment to the constitution of the University Ath- letic association and was accepted by !more than two-thirds of the under- graduates present, with the provision that it was to be given a trial for at least seven years, and was automat- ically to come up for reconsideration at the end of that period in June, 1919. Throughout the first two years of its operation the results of the system were noticeably satisfactory. In the effield Scientific school the greatest care was exercised in the selection of competitors and men of popularity and marked ability were invariably { successful in securing the managerial positions. More recently, however, since the graduation of those classes which had been actively interested in securing the adoption of 4his new s: tem and were jealous for the success of it, less care had been exercised in the choice of candidates from the Scientific school and frequent difficul- ty has been experienced through the nomination of competitors who have had some society interests at stak Some of those most closely with undergraduate affairs in the entific school have felt a serious weak- ness of the present system to be that the election of the competitors for baseball, track and crew are held after the election of members of the fresh- man ¢ the several fraternities and sc ce and that therefore poli y enter in; each house endeavoring to secure the election of its own candidates to e of the three positions. The e has for its purpose the remedying of this latter defect by advancing the time of the election of competitors to some date before the period of frater- nity “rushing” in the Scientific school. It is believed that it will have the ef- fect of securing the election of candi- dates representative of the entire freshman class and not of the various fraternity and society groups. It will consequently place Yale athletics upon a higher and more efficient bas The graduate school faculty has re- quested Prof, Williston Walker of the school of religion to serve as acting dean of the graduate school from Jan. 1 until the return of Dean Oertel. Dean Oertel has been ill in Germany since last summer, but when last heard from was improving rapidly and expecting to leave for America early in the spring. Professor Walker, in addition to being professor of ecclesiastical his- tory at Yale and secretary of the school of religion faculty, has served as president of the New Haven His- torical society, and is now secretar: of the board of trustees of Amhers college and a member of the executive committee of Yale in China. He is the author of several books of impor- tance in the field of Protestant church history and biography. This year in place of the Yale Hall Boys’ club on Franklin street and the United Workers' Boys' club on Orange street, there is in progress of erection a large building on Jefferson street to be known as the United Workers® Boys' {club. Work on the new building w | started June 1, and although it was badly held up at the start, it is being rushed now and it is hoped to move into the building not later than the first of the yvear. For a number of vears the Yale students have been interested in this sort of mission work The War a Year Ago Today Dec. 17, 1914. Allies entered Westende. More German troops rushed to Belgium. Russian offensive against Silesia and Posen declared broken. Austrians had successes West Galicia. Austrian training ship ven sunk by mine. British squadron bombarded the Turkish troops on Gulf of Saros. Field Marshal von der Goltz made commandant at Constanti- nople. ngland over Egypt, erainty. Beetho- declared protectorate ending Turkish suz- Christmas Tess e Don’t forget that box of Huyler’s. It is the one gift appreciated by all. Sugar Candy of all kinds, Butter-cups =Clear Squares—— Peppermints, etc. Our Sales Agent in Norwich is Broadway Pharmacy, G. G. Engler, Shoppers S R N G i iR in touch | among the boys in New Haven. The success achieved and the development made has necessitated larger quarters in which to operate. It is the inten- tion of those in charge to give each college man who volunteers his ser vices an opportunity to take up a definite line of work most agreeable to him and utilizing his services to_the full. The new building will afford added facilities for carrying on the work of the club along social, mental and physical lines. LETTERS TG THE EDITOR Upper East Side Lights. Mr. Editor: The people of the up- per East Side would like to know when they are going to have the lights fixed, or whether it is going to be done at all. We have been without them for three wecks, but as long as we have to pay for them we would like to have the benefit of the light. TAXPAYER OF THE EAST SIDE. Norwich, Dec. 16, 1915. QTHER VIEW POINTS The growth of the parcel post is one of the startling facts of postal ser- vice. A billion packages were trans- ported in the fiscal year 1915 and the service is in its infancy. One of the novel proposals in thé report of Po: master General Burleson is for the e tablishment of an areial delivery ser- vice in certain sections, which would facilitate mail delivery and promote the science of aviation. The defect in military preparation as it has been proposed is that nothing adequate has been done for offense and de- fense in the air. If skilled aviators could be trained in the postal service their skill would be available in time of war, and the cost of their training would be met by increase in postal revenues.—Bridgeport Farmer. It is to a citizen of German birth that we owe one of the most uncom- promising and complete statements of true Americanism that has appeared from amy of our prominent men any- where. He is Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia, and in an address de- livered in New York Saturday night he said these among other things of similar aim and import: “To me neither British nor German Ameri- s h, Scotch, French, Ital- n Americans, as political entities, appeal. The notion of a small clamorous section of Americans, blazon forth their fancied claim periority over the rest of their countrymen by calling themelves the Anglo-Saxon race, is as absurd as it unsound. An overwhelming majority Shop Early--and Often We Are Glad To See You Bibs in dainty boxes, 50c to $1.25. Bootees, 25c to 98c. Cashmere onos, long ones, em- broidered in pink or blue, $1.50, $1.75, $1.98 to $3.50. Long Kimonos which are hand- quilted for warmth, in pink or blue sibk, $5.98. Long Kimonos in figured flannel, pink or blue, 50c. Cashmere Jackets in pink or blue, cmbroidered, 50c to $3.50. TRAVELING CASES from $1.25 to $6.75 Beautifully Fitted Traveling Cases for use in bag or case. 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