Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 29, 1915, Page 4

Jlorwich Bulletin and Qoufied ! 119 YEARS QLD i :mmmn--memm- montl Year. Entered at the Postaffice at Norwich, Conn., as ‘second-class matter. Telephone Calls: BulletinBusiness Office 480. " Bulletin Bditorfal Rooms 353, H Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willlmantic Office, Room 2, Murray Building. Telephone 210. Norwich, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1915.. The Circulation of The Bulletin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- 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 hurdred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. in every D. The Bulletin town and on all is sold of he R. % routes in Eastern Connecticut. F. CIRCULATION average..... e 5,920 3 e 9000 T 1901, 1905, average. GRINDING IT OUT OF THE POOR. While so much is being said in be- half of a square deal’and being done in the way of philanthropy, in putting down swindles and in se- curing correct welghts and measures, it is but proper that New York's com- missicner of weights and measures should devote some attention to the manner in which the poor of that city are in the grasp of the coal dealers. Not only has this official secured evi- dence which substantiates the belief that the poor of the metropolis are being given short weight when it comes to dealing in this commodity, but it is apparent that they are being made to pay about $25 a ton for what others who are able to get it in quan- tities can buy for from $6.50 to $7 a ton. This enormous profit is to all appearances going into the pockets of the big dealers as well as the lit- tie ones. The situation is one which calls for a thorough investigation and a radical change. Because people are poor and are restricted as to the amount of coal which they can purchase it does not follow that they should be made to pay four times what others are called upon to pay or that they should be subjected to the underhanded work of short weight. This is simply in- creasing the destitution and misery which exists in an already too large degree under the impression appar- ently that bec: the people from whom this heavy toll is being exacted are poor they ought to be made worse and their position in life is such as to secure little attention in case of protest. The commissioner has evidently dis- covered an opportunity where he can do much good to humanity and he shouid pursue it with all the vigor and authority that he possesses. FRICK'S GENEROUS RESPONSE. Too much credit cannot be given to H. C. Frick, the Pittsburg steel mag- nate, who, upon hearing of the clos- ing of the Pittsburg Bank for Sav- ings in which the school children of that city to the number of over 40,000 had deposited their pennies in re- sponse to the movement for thrift, made arrangements to have the depos- its of the children paid them at the very earliest moment through other institutions, the expense of which would be borne by him. The action is in accord with the step taken by the Norwich Savings iely a number of montas ago when, through the generosity of certain of A5 officials, the deposits of school chil- dren who had been interested in, a similar system of saving in an- other institute, only ‘0 have them tled up by a receivership, were made good to them, either in the form ©of new accounts or in cash. Such acts cannot fail to win wide- spread approval and commendation. They recognize the need of overcom- ing the wrong impression which the closing of banking institutions con- veys to childien and the detrimental effect which it is bound to have upon the important principle of systematic £aving as weli as the dlstrust and lack of confidence which is likely to pre- vafl throughout their entire lives as the result cf acts which they are not able to understand. Thrift and the importance of mak- ing provisions for the future are things which every school child should be taught but the lessons lose their value i¢ when they are put into actual use the money which they have man- aged to save is only returned to them in part. Mr. Frick in providing the money to see that they get the $170,- 000 or more that is due the Pittsburg children has quickly recognized the need of the situation and its impor- tance to the future. el e 5 CHINA’S REVOLUTION. Revolutions in China are by no ‘means & novelty. They have occurred top often to have the present one viewed in such a manner, but the up- visings which have taken place In a number of the provinces only point out the unsteadiness of that great country and the tremendous task that 's before Yuan Shi Kai before he can 2estublish peace undér a monarchical form of government. It was only a short time ago that a general election declared for the re- nunciation of the republican govern- {ment 2nd the return to the monarchy. There wers provinces then which op- posed such a move and it is this cp- _position which has now developed into 2 revolution. XNot only have the coun- {try’s. troops in those provinces joined ithe revoit, but others which have been dexed to suppress it have alizned themselves with the cause until what might at first seem an insignificant outbreak has taken on the appearance of & serious one, ‘What the outcome will be no one can tell. The sources of information are such that it is difficult to reach a conclusion, but if it amounts to ‘what 1s now indicated much bloodshed is portended in the far east, for that country is thickly populated and in- ternal trouble of the character of the present revolt means the waste of a great many lives, as the great Tai- Ping rebellion in the last century Which lasted a generation and cost as estimated forty million lives plain- ly indicates. Bven though a layge ‘part of the world is now engaged in a colossal war, it will be impossible to overlook the possibilities of the open revolt which has broken out in the Chinese provinces. “PORK BARREL” ADVOCATES. Despite the condition of the nation's finances and the large demands which will have to be made upon them in meeting the requirements, which are generally conceded to be necessary to give the country proper protection and the required strength to assure peace, there is little evidence in Wash- ington that the demands for needless expenditures will give way in favor of matters of far greater importance. The “poric barrel” promoters are dis- playing too much activity to have the mistaken notion get abroad that they are going to withhold their pleas for go0od slzed sums at this session of congress. They have no intention of admitting that any cause is so vital that it should sidetrack in any way their regular call for government funds, and so assiduously have they in the past fought for their bills that it s not improbable that their loyalty to thefr cause will lead them to pro- clalm that the strengthening of the nation’s defenses should become a matter of secondary consideration to be obtained from the balance after the “pork barrel” has been properly filled and tamped down. According to indications at the present time between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000 will be asked for the pur- pose of erecting public buildings throughout the country for which in many instances there is no crying need and the carrying out of new projects for river and harbor improvement, to say nothing of the creeks and the ditches. These aye matters which are worthy of consideration when the na- tion is flush with funds and has no better use for the money, but the interests of the nation demand that first consideration should be given to matters of much more importance. Compared with defense most of them could wait’ for an indefinite period without serious harm. LLOYD-GEORGE’S ADDRESS. When Llovd-George, British minister of munitions, spoke to the trade union meeting at Glaszow on Christmas he hit out straight from the shoulder and if the manner In which his speech was received is any basis for judgment he ade a profound impression. It must be apparent to every British son if he gives the matter proper thought and views it from a patriotic stand- point, that it is fllled with the sound- est of common sense and if such con- sideration has not been given to it it is time that ¢ was. As the minister who is being talked of so extensively for premier saye of the situation which Great Britain faces: “This is not a passing shower. It is the deluge. It is a convulsion of nature. Tt is a cyclone which is tearing up by the roots the ornamental plants of modern society and wreck- ing some of the flimsy trestle bridges of modern civilization. It is an earth- auake which is upheaving the very rocks of European life; it is one of the seismic disturbances in which na- tions leap forward or fall backward generations In single bound. this chattering about relaxing a rule or suspending a custom is out of place. You cannot hagzgle with an earth- quake.” David Lloyd-George has been en- deavoring for months to bring before the lahor unions of his country the plain fact that they must make &s great a sacrifice those who have gone into the army. It is a time when the future of the nation is at stake, a time when there can be no hag- £ling over things of lesser Importance, il a successful fight is going to be made. His talk was plain and to the point and it ought to bring results. EDITORIAL NOTES. The combination of cold snaps and thaws only adds to the number of thin ice victims. That rolls are being taken to Vienna is as astonishing as it would be for coal to be taken to Newcastle. e O el This is the perfod when the Christ- mas toys are beginning to show the need of being repaired or replenished. Hot Springs s a great honevmoon spot, but it never got such advertis- ing as it has during the past ten days. The fact that the price of gasoline looks like thirty cents for the future will not bs viewed as a joke on the part of the users. Now that it has been learned that Mrs. Wilson is an enthusiasile golfer the sport is bound to become more popular than ever. The man on the corner savs: Be- fore condemning the whole world and the people in it a person should have his own liver examined, —_— Fargeeing was tho hollday shopper who gave consideration to adequate preparedness for the time when the mid-winter sales open up. e The time is brief in which to zive ‘the proper amount of thought to the New ¥Year resolutions, even though they may be for a day only. —_— Even though business s reported as picking up it fsn't preventing some of the highly financed raflroads from go- ing into the hands of receivers. In the release of General De Wet it is recognized in the South African republic and England that there are times when leniency has its merits. B Even though King Peter has been forced to go to Italy he has not given up hopo that it will be possible to find Servia on the map in the future. Many are declaring that Mr. Roose- velt would not accept another nom- ination, but there is cnly one person who by a clear and emphatic state- ment without a string to it can make that certain and such a declaration hes not been mede, |asmuch as Harry joined me in a few ithe oven fire, which Harry had lighted Al FROM LUCILE’S DIARY Friday morning I happened to meet Harry ‘Benson on the street, and I asked him when he and Marie were coming into town. “Very soon,” he said. ‘But you city people don't realize how delight- ful the country is in the early win- ter.” “We don't get a _chance to” I re- plied laughingly. “I'm sure I should love the country all the year round if I were so lucky as to have a subur- ban home. I become extremely city worn and often long for the deliclous quiet of a little place like St. John. “Then why don’t you come to see us? The latchstring is always out “Alwaye? Would it be out to-day, for instance?” 1 asked, half in fun. “Of course it would,” sala Harry. “You just come along and see If It 180’ “Well, Tl do it!” I cried. “I have a sheaf of engagements, but I'll cast them all aside for a nice little visit with_you and Marle. Don't telephone her I'm coming. It will be jollier to surprise her.” He told me what traln he would take and I promised to meet him at the station. Marie was waiting on the porch when we walked up from the village, and she certalnly was astonished to see me. When I was taking off my wraps she sald: “I'm awfully serry, Lucile, that it happens that Harry and I have an_ engagement for this _evening, which he forgot when asking you to come out here to-day.” “Don’t bother about me, Marie. I shall be contented with a book.” “But it's a dinner, and I haven't prepared a_thing for dinner at home to-night. Our brfdge club of twelve dines first and then plays. I wish I could take you, but I know our h tess can’t possibly seat an extra one, so I don’t like to suggest It.” “Don't think of such a thing. Il get along all right, I'm sure. 1 can banquet royally on eggs and bacon. 1 don't know anything nicer than a good omelet. “Ill run right down and attend to it” said Marie. “As soon as you're ready to come to the dining room. 1 changed into the pretty little house frock I had brought and was still manicuring when I heard a tea bell ringing. “Why, Marie, did you cook my din- ner yourself?” I asked when 1 saw sow flushed she was. “Yes, I let our maid go home, as I always do when we're dining out. You'll excuse me, won't you? I have to_dres: “Yes, certainly,” I replied, but T was not alone any length of time, in- moments. “This doesn’t seem like a square deal” he remarked. “I feel like an old blunderer,” I said, laughing, “be- cause, if you are, I must be a blund- eress, and I'm not the least bit sorry, I came.” Just then Marie came into the room, saying that they must fly or they would be late at the party. It was not until I had finished eat- ing and taken up a book to read by for me, that I realized I was alone in the house. The thought was not cheering, but I tried not to think of it and endeavored to lose myself in my book, which was one of Poe's. 1 had heard David Robinson say that any one who had not read Edgar Al- lan Poe was not grounded in Ameri- can literature, so 1 selected “The Mur- ders of the Rue Morgue” from the Benson's library. I was absorbed in this for two hours or more and then as I rose to replen- ish the fire the shadowy room seemed gruesome and I heard strange noises. T looked out of the dindow, but the night was too dark to disclose any thing, and I pulled down the ehad and took up my book. By this time, to be frank, I wa umpy” and I| could not get my mind on the stories. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety “San Giovanni di Medua, the gate- way to Northern Albania, is a sea- port by courtesy of geographers. It is merely a curve In a low, eandy shore, and in itself, suggests no rea- son why any vessel should ever touch at such a place. However, at the be- ginning of 1913, Albania, hitherto un- known, found itself grown famous over night as a ‘foundling' State of the European Great Powers, and San Giovanni di Medua shared in the fame. At this point in the world-war Medu bids fair to add materially to its importance by having a business thrust upon it surpassing that of its 2,000 years of sleepy desolation.” Thus begins a primer on war geo- graphy issued today by the National Geographic Society, which describes the strategic entrance into Northern Albania, and Montenegro, a port Which, in view of reports, may soon be used as giving the most direct line of communication with the Monene- grin_and Servian fronts. With 50,000 Servians warring on the Servian-Al- banian border and with the Monten- egrins heavily engaged on every front —both _entirely dependent now on their Allles for materials—, it is most probable that, whether Allled troops land here or not, San Giovanni di Medu will blossom under an un- dreamed of rush of business, handling munitions ana food supplies. The primer continues: ‘“Despite its unimpressive appear- ance, Medua has been conveted by Servia and Montenegro, both of ‘which countries demanded it as a prize won in the war of the Balkan league. The port lies at the head of a wide bay formed by the estuaries of the River Drin. A range of frayed, unkempt, dispirited hills, stretching from JBoi- ana to Alessie, constitutes the back- ground. To the south, lies a mel- ancholy waste of swampland, which reaches out so gradually toward the eea that there is no line of demark- ation between land and salt water. “There are no harbor works, pers, wharves, warehouses or docks at Me- dua. A’line of stones piled into the sea has served the port's full purpose for many a year. The shore shelves gently out, and the bay Is very shal- low. = Landings of travelers and freight were made by lighters, in the days before the war when the steam- ers of the Austrian Lioyd called here. Boatmen, like opera-bouffe brigands, animated arsenals and true Albarians, served the place's traffic. “From Medua the road runs to Scutair, or Scodra as the natives call it, the Albanian capital. It, like the port, is recognized only by courtesy; its principal property of being a road is that of direction. For & short dis- tance out of the port, and, at the other end, for a short distance out of Seco- dra, a roadway is apparant. In be- tween, however, lies the uneven Zad- rima plain, the crossing of which is complicated in all by dry weather, by the inconsistent wanderings of the Drin River. “Medua could be made into a sea- port of some importance; and its use by the Allies might bring a blessing in disguise, a blessing of the nature of army engineers, a nucleus of harbor- works, and the beginnings of a sound roadway to the ancient capital” Naturally, I became more and more disturbed’ by the mysterious noises, which I now felt sure were in the Thouse. I switched on the light in the dining room and kitchen, but saw nothing unusual. Then I listened at the door of the celiar, and knew at once that the noises came from there. I turned the key in the door and piled chairs against it. I decided to etick to my post and telephone Harry “Come quick,” I sald as soon as I got him on the wire. ‘There’s a man in the house. I have him locked in!" In an incredibly short time Harry and five other men arrived, having jumped from the bridge tablés into a motor car. “Where 1s he?” gasped Harry. “In the cellar. “In the cellar! Then Sir Ni must have got him all right” 1 had forgotten all about Mari handsome St. Bernard, which she had told me slept in the cellar. Harry opened the door. His friends were_all behind him, two with cocked pistols, and they advanced down the stairs ‘into the electric lighted cellar. The dog, with a bark of welcome, leaped on to Harry and then ran into the corner and proudly lifted a dead rat. ““There's your burglar,” said Harry, and the men all laughed. I dia not see much humor in the situation, for I had suffered as keen- ly as if there really had been an in- truder in the house. Marie and the other women came bursting in just as we all came up from the cellar, and when she found that there had been no housebreak she began to cry hys- terically and Harry petted and sooth- ed her quite as if there had been something real to cry about. “Won't_you come back and finish the game?” asked the man at whose house the party was. “Oh, no, 1 couldn’t; I'm too upset!” answered Marie, and I fancied that she look at me reproachfully. At breakfast the next morning she complained of a headache and said that the nervous excitement had kept her from sleeping. She was so dull and depressing that I decided to go home. She and Mary accepted my rather flimsy excuses for running ay without making any difficulties. Harry said he was going to take the Saturday off from work. but he in- sisted upon lending me his commuta- tion ticket, and he put me on the train. As 1 waved good-bye to him I thought what martyi to their nervous News. s some men are wives! —Chicago OTHER VIEW POINTS If the kaiser should et the chance to sit in his saddle under the shadow of the pyramids of Egypt would he say something to his troops about forty-one cCenturies looking down upon them, and pass on; or would he consider it more fitting for the future of civilization to have them treated after the manner of Louvain?—Hartford Times. The enl ting of school children in the clean-streets campaign being waged in New Haven is most com- mendable. It is a good thing for any community to have children working for clearer stree The: often thoughtlessly, cause untidy streets by scattering bits of paper about. In interesting them in a move for clean- er streets, half of the battle has been won.—Rockville Journal. The recent session of the Service Reform league State_Ci- in New gave expression to some cel reaflirmed eternal alle iance to “the principles of the order” and girded up its loins for fresh ef- fort. It demands the re-enactment of the civil service law as it stood be- fcre the change by the last Legisla- ture and is intolerant of any modifi- cation whatever. The old law, the whole law and nothing but the whole o1d law, is what it calls for and that will be its battle cry in the session of 1917.—Bridgeport Standard. Until the nationality of the sub- marine that sank the Japanese liner is established American protestation can wait and indeed will have to wait. If it was an Austrian vessel the act merely adds force to our de- mands upon that country. If it was German it proves that the promise Germany has given us in regard to undersea warfare Is not worth the paper on which it was written. That fact has been surmised ever since Germany refused to disavow the sinking of the Lusitania and make proper reparation therefor. The dead of that unhappy vessel are still unatoned and it is this that renders us suspicious for all time of the sanc- tity of the Teutonic word or the reli- ability of German honor.—Ansonia Sentinel. Not a day passes but the automo- bile law is broken on Congress street bridge. The law says when a_trolley car stops to take on or let off pass- engers, every motor vehicle ‘“shall come to a full stop not less than ten feet from the rear of the car” and then proceed “at a reasonable rate of law speed. In another section the eays that any motor vehicle a standing trolley car on the which passengers are ordinarily re- celved or discharged at a rate of speed greater than “three miles an hour”—note that—it shall be prima fecie evidence that the vehicle is op- erated at a rate that is greater than reasonable and is in violation of sec- tion eleven. Such violation is punish- able with the same penalties as above. This law Is broken hundreds of times every day in Bridgeport and right under the noses of the police. So we say that three-quarters of the deaths through automobile accidents in Connecticut every year are due to the utter disregard of the law, openly countenanced by a supine set of pros- ecutors and other officials whose duty it fs to protect their employers, the people.—Bridgeport Post. Representative Richard P. Freeman of New London, has introduced a bill in Congress asking for an appropria- tion of $170,000 to improve New Lon- don harbor. With the prevailing pre- judice against the “pork barrel” any- thing that suggests that unsavory re- ceptacle of loot would get short shrift and deserve it. But there is merit in Mr. Freeman's bill and it is possible that it may get a hearing. Conditions are badly againet it, aside from its un- avoldable suggestions of the river and harbor log-rolling of past sessions, The War a Year Ago Today Dec. 29, 1914, Germans re-enforoed their line in Belgium. French invested Steinbach, Al- sace. Germans repulsed French at- tacks on Sennheim. Russians declared German ad- vance on Warsaw was checked. Suits, TODAY IS DOUBLE STAMPDAY Double Stamps With All Purchases Today Prices Are Reduced All This Week! Men’s Clothing and Furnishings At Reduced Prices Previous to taking stock January first, excep. tional values in desirable merchandise Women's and Misses’ Apparel Dresses and Furs AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES Manhaftan 121-125 Main Street- DAVIST THE MIMIC FOUR MAX YORK AND HIS PUPILS In TTHE DAY AFTSRT ____________Novsl Capine Acrobatic Ast HEAT +ROAL In THE IRON STRAIN £i55508% CHAS. Y in “A GAME OLD KNIGHT" Two Reel Keystons Farce That is Full of Ludicrous Situstions 3—Big Acts—3—VAl Acts—3 E Y _AFTER” . . The Girl With the Violin Matines 2:15, Evening 6:45 and 8: 45. Ne Advance in of Vaudeville Tomorrow Coats, out ed for the national treasury faces a de- ficit and the present Congress has be. it the problem of preparedness whi-h it must find the means. It| is in this connection that Representa- tive Freeman's_bill should command consideration. New London harbor is, wren in proper condition, one of the best on the coast, and up above the| harbor. north of the railroad bridge and not far from the race-track of the university boats, the government has a naval station. Here, in safe wate the American ships lay when the Bri- tisn were off the coast, took Fort Gris- world and burned New London. Here it is proposed to establish a safe har- bor for our smaller warships, sub-| marines, etc., near to the station| where repairs can be attended toand their other wants supplied—Brilige- port Standard. LETTERS TC THE EDITOR Third Annual Report from the Gospel Mission. Mr. Editor: Another year—the third| —has rolled by; how quick e come and go! We have had a pleasant time at the Mission, which is located in the Steiner building, Main street, and are having some of the sweetest meetings we ever had at the present time. To God be all the| slory! We have encountered some storms | as well as calm weather on the lo vear's voyage, but the old ship I stayed right side up and the anchor has never slipped, and she still hold This winter, as in the past, we wi give out free suppers Saturday nights beginning Saturday, Jan. 1, 1915, from § to 9 oclock. The Lord blessed | us in sq doing and precious souls have been led to a better life. So the in-| vitation goes out to the friendless, | cold and hungry to be our invited guests Saturday nights. Our invitation | reads: | If you are friendless, come up and | find friends. If you are cold, warm. If you are hungry, come up and eat. | If you are tired of sin, come up and find Christ, the sin bearer. We also give an invitation to the Christians of Norwich to come up and come up and get see us, and especially on Saturday nights.” We won't ask you for help, for we go on St. Paul's plan. We labor with our hands to pay expenses, and preach for the glory of God and the salvation of the lost. So don't be afraid of the collection box, for we haven’t any. Come and see what the saloon Is doing for your ci Come and see people that you would not want in your homes; see people that never go into your churches, and see men that were once honest and indus- trious and had homes of their own— not all old men, no, some just mere boys, but the saloon nas done its work and done it well. Christ suffered and died for these men as well as for you and me. How it makes our heart re- joice to tell them of Jesus and His power to save. T. H. PEABODY, Pastor of Gospel Mission. Norwich, Dec. 28, 191 Stories of the War ‘ Most Popular Town In France. The most popular town in France, so far as the opinion of the British eoldier goes, is Bethune. Located not far behind the lines, it has become ! the great pleasure resort for officers | and soldiers who can get only a day or two of leave. Bethune escaped the horrors of actual warfare in the early days of the fighting across France, aithough a small body of German troops actually entered the town on one occasion. In the months that followed, the sound of the guns was frequently heard, and occasionally shells fell within the mu- nicipal limits, but never with serious results. The town centers around a hill and a square, from which radiate a few narrow streets and boulevards. At the foot of the hill runs the now fa- mous La Bassee canal. Around the square there are bright shops, cheer- ful cafes, picturesque restaurants, fr \ is a fair theatre, and a band-stand in the square where frequently a regi- mental band is allowed to give an afternoon or evening concart. There is an excellent football field, and pro- the the vision also for cricket, polo and other | chanical friction of the sand and | most as old. It first came into prom- sports. o stones set in forcible motion by the | inence during the War of 1812, when Bethune is a great meeting place of | streams of water which have flowed | the United States Government needed ends and acquaintances, and it s the shopping place for a long stretch of British line. For a time there was a officers club in the old Hotel de France, but_this has been closed and now the Cafe de Globe takes its place, making a speclalty of a cham- pagne cocktail whose fame will one | not day be known through the whole | the British army. The Cafe is ‘open are ly to officers of the Allied armie: in|be found limestone beds frequently | sz o e the words of a sign above the door.. |reaching a thickness of 500 feet is| GOBERNOR HANNA efore the war, Bethune was a dull | noted for its rocky grottoes, eink Tourisis and _stangers were | vicinity of Mammoth Cave give evi-| |, gqid to Be Very Ill, Probably with uncommon, and automobiles were | dence of but little disturbance by the Tphotd, o enough to be regarded as a curi- | dynamic forces of past ages. It ls y. The town was as quiet as a|such areas of limestone deposits, with | = rchyard except on weekly market |comparatively level strata and lo- |, London Dec 3% © p. m -Governor d occasional church fete days. | cated somewhat above a drainage lev- | b T Hanna of orth Dakota, has of Now, howe every day must seem [el, with small crevices or joints, that | =, )P;;edlllun et :"m e a super! fete day to the old in-!furnish the conditions for the forma- | patch to the Exéhnnse T-—lezr:ly?‘x e nabitants. Automobiles of all varie- | tion of underground passageways and | PO A5 NG, SRCRAIES TORIARS PO ies crowd the narrow streets and|chambers by the chemical and me- | Poa0 O ‘GORC L OR N, o (ESEOCTD verflow onto the sidewaiks; _the | chanical agency of underground wa- | 343 Tt BOVErROT. TIemhA square is a mass of military men, | ters. 5 e S e SN rses, and motor lorries at the From a geological viewpoin = street corners khaki-clad policemen | moth Cave is of comparatively recent | CREW DRIFTED ABOUT stand directing the traffic crowded with and variety. the pave- soldlers of THE AGE OF MAMMOTH CAVE | !¢ Estimated At Something Less Than| content, seemed through the overly- o a Million Years—How It Was|ing earth and passing into .nd:‘m:-":; :::k "H:ec}\e:"h :r'q‘ on Found. through the crevices and joints of the | € y. fted Doubtless everyone in this country | the who can read knows something of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. On the| other Land, there may be quite a number who kuow very little about how this and other similar caves were formed, how old the Mammoth Cave prob: is, what service it performed er for the youthful Government of the United States during the War of 1812. and various other interesting features connected with this greatest of all known caverns of the world, brought out in an article in the September number of the Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Washington, D. C. “From time inmemorfal"—to quote from the Bulletin’s article—"caves have been objects of interest to man- kind. Around them have clustered legend and superstition, in them men have found habitations for the living refuges for the pursued, secret tem- ples for the practice of their religious rites, and mausoleums for their dead. In ancient days they were the abodes of sybils and nymphs of Roman myth- ology; in Greece they became the tem- ples for the worship of Zeus, Pan, Dionysus, and Pluto, as well as_the homes of the oracles of Delphi, Cor- inth, and Mount Citheron; in Persia they were connected with the worship of Mithras, and in more modern times popular fancy in Europe peopled the mystery-enshrouded caves with elves, fairies, nd evil spirits galore.” But after all, caves are but the re- sults of perfectly natural forces work- ing beneath the surface of the earth just as they do upon its face, and for the sake of convenience may be di- vided Into three classes: (1) Those formed by the action of currents, the and other Skin Troubles —We Guarantee— Saxo Salve money. dies but Saxo is antee like this. and amiable rustic population,—all of which will be remembered with ten- der feelings by thousands of British soldiers who have spent days of com- parative ease and luxury there. The needs of the soldier are few and his pleasures simple. Bethune supplies all he wants. It has good lodging-places, capable barbers, and warm baths for which the man from There the trenches especially longs. BANKBOOK LOST—Lost or stolen, assbook No. 109205 of The Norwich vings Soclety. All persons are cau- tioned against purchasing or negotiat- ing the same, and any person hl\vlng - claim to sald book is hereby called upon to present said claim to sald bank on or before the 21st day of June, 1916, or submit to having the book declared cancelled and extingulshed and & new book issued in lieu thereof or the amount due thereon paid. dec2IW NEW PICTURES THE FOUR WINDERMERES THE CELEBRATED NOVEL BY BASIL KING WHICH TOOK Two PARAMOUNT TRAVEL SERIES COMING FRI. and SAT. Colonial Theatre “The Gods Redeem,” 2 Reels, Vit, With Maurice Costello “HEARST WEEKLY/ force of waves, and the grinding of shingle against a cliff on a rocky sea- coast, which forces gradually hollow which Maine, those found in volcanic regions, form- or b; ases, such as those in the Klamath Lake region in Oregon which are so large that they fectual hiding places for the Indlans in the early days of ihe conquest of been cut out of calcareous rocks in rain water, combined with the me- | through portant in size, and it is to this class that As most people know, in Edmonson County, Kentucky, about | 85 miles_southwest of Louisville, le- | This section of Kentucky, where may | center of a farming dis- | holes, and caverns. origin, somet| ago, acti stratum which underlies this section. | The rain water, with its carbonic acld stone. at that time above the level of | and waters gathered along the planes of least resistance, and as the grew in size more and more of the sur- face water was drained ana as Green River cut its bed deep- PARAMOUNT FEATURES AUDITORIUM TODAY COMEDY CYCLISTS CUNNINGHAM & COVENEY I The Motor Boat Fiends THE WILD OLIV TRIXIE FIELDS Comedienne With MYRTLE STEDMAN and FORREST STANLEY CONTINENTS BY STORM. UNIVERSAL COMEDIES MARGUERITE CLARKE IN HELENE OF THE NORTH DFAST,” 2 Reels. Lubin. Lil ARG WEE) and “THE 'UI;GLAH' FRIDAY—CHAS. CHAPLIN in “A NIG Leslie and Cast GODFATHER” 8. & A. AT THE SHOW" cave waters kept pace with the pro- cess untll what had once been mere ubterranean rills grew into that re- | markable underground stream known | as Echo River, which now flows | through the lowest levels of the cave ' and empties into Greem River. Dur- ing the ages it has been at work dis- solving the stone and cutting its way along where resistapce was least, ev- er lower levels, it bas left behind it the twisted, tortuous pass- ageways and large galiesies and chambers which form the mightiest of all known caverns. According to geo- logists, it took Green River nearly 1,000,000 years to cut away its presemt bed, 'so the cave ls estimated to be ai- in the weaker places, of Bar Hm{{i caves those found near may serve as examples; by the subterranean flow of lava. the expansion of steam and often served as- ef- West; and (3) those which have Yy chemical action of carbonic acid them for ages. These ln.n'nrlllralle to make powder. Bw-‘-fl?f = most im- | the largest entrance chambers of the e ey B Icave had formed the winter habita- tions for myriads combats for many ages, and as a consequence the soll had become converted into guano and with a large nitrate content. As & re- sult the cave became a nitrate mine whence one of the powder supply for the young nation was obtained. Mammoth Cave belongs. the cave is and | far from Green River, into which cave's subterranean waters empty. | LEAVES PEACE PARTY | The rocks in the | | jts formation having begun | IN TERRIFIC WEATHER. ing less than 1,000,000 years | b in the Pliocene age. The cave| afier Swedish Steamer Nereu Was on began after Green River had cut channel down into the limestone Sunk Christmas Day. | . London, Dec. 28, 4.20 p. m. — The | Swedish stcamer Nereu, of 1,229 tons about in two boats in terrific weather | until Afonday, when they were picked river, began the work of solution | U5 erosion. _ These underground What We Need. Nobody disputes that the United States Navy is a good one. But we need more of the same kind.—Provi- dence Journal. crevices into them, into the limestone underiay the THE CHELSEA SAVINGS BANK WHY NOT GIVE YOUR BOY OR GIRL A SAVINGS BANK BOOK FOR A NEW YEAR’S PRESENT? 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