Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 11, 1916, Page 4

t gmh guzwu and Qoufied 5 120 YEARS OLD tion price 13¢ 8 week; S0o & Bully omu -i { fl E&m- Fov " rdve asa. | Ration Willimantic Office, Room 3, Murray Building. Telephone 210. Norwm:. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1916, ment under the circumstances may not have beer the best, but he was wholly within .his rights and the responsi- bility for his death lles with the gov- ernment whose submarine sank the Persia. 2 The Bulletin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in BEastern Connecticut and from three to four 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 peopls. In Windnam 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 fort nine towns, one hundred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town €nd on .all of he R. F. D. routds in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average.......ecceveees 1805, avera 4812 .--5,920 Jlmury B, oot o peipeind 9 100; RETIRING FROM GALLIPOLL The retirement of the allied forces from the Gallipoli peninsula without the loss of a man reflects great credit upon those in charge of this retreat. It was & move coming so close after the withdrawal from Sulva bay and Anzac which called for the exercise of much strategy and this from all acoounts was cleverly worked out, and operations which have been the cause of a great loss of life and much erit- icism are ended. It isn’'t quite a year ago since the allles sent a large fleet to -force the Daraanelles, only to have it realized that a tremendous mistake had’ been made in thinking that such a Hercu- Jean task could be accomplished by ithe navy alone. It wasn't long before the necessity of sending a large land force to cooperate with the fleet was recognized, but the enemy had been given valuable time in which to pre- pare against the double attack and they have been successful to such a marked degree that the evacuation of the peninsula which was jnvaded with such large losses has been indicated for the past three months, Getting away, however. involved as serious problems as getting a foothold and for that reason much praise is due to those who were in chargs of it on land and water and who so skil- fully held off the Turks ttat the large force was withdrawn not only without & calamitous less. but ik only one soldier wounded. It wes a re- markable accomplishment and from the standpoint of the allies a Atting end to the campalign which has proven such a fallure, A large body of men is now made available for service else- where with the probabflit:- that it will be either at Saloniki or @gypt. BUFFALO'S BAD START. It makes little difference where it is tried or just what the special form is under which it will be worked out, commission form of government is bound to be watched with much inter- est by those communities which have adopted it as well as by those which still cling to the old form. Buffalo is the largest city to have demanded a change and like s0 many other cities it was anxious to get rid of the deplorable political conditions which had prevalled in the past and get the benefit of good government, which it was hoped would result from running a city by a ¢dmmission. When it is getting started may be a poor time to pass judgment upon the mer- its of this form of government for from a bad start there may be a good ¢nding, but there must be a strong determination upon the part of those who are vested with authority if such is going to be accomplished in Buffalo. That city is about to put the com- misslon form into effect and in doing 80 it was supposed that an under- standing had been reached whereby men qualified for different positions would he selected, but the cunning hand of politiclans is already distin- guished in an effort to control city affairs, with the result that one coun- ¢ilman has resigned, nominations for heads of departments have been held up and there is a deadlock prevailing. Politics is already manifested and the stormy inauguration of the system gives some idea of what may be ex- pected in the future, sothat thus far there gppears to be no great benefit secured by Buffalo even though it has adopted the form which is supposed to right long standing wrongs. It to all appearances has changed its form of government, but elected the same old class of men, e e B A NOT THE CONSUL'S FAULT. It 18 hard to agree with the attitude which is taken by one member of congress who is apparently all out of patience because Americans persist in times larger than that of any I-; ADMINISTRATION WANTED. With the opening of the legislatures in the adjoining states of Rhode Is- land and Massachusetts attention is directed to the manner in which pub- lic expense has been mounting with the result that there must either be a large increase in the revenue through taxation or there must be a slicing down of the cost of running the com- plicated machinery of state govern- ment. Such warnings are In keeping with thase which have been advanced in other “statés.’ Tt was one of the big problems before the last. session of the Connecticut general assembly and it must be as evident in other states as it was here that it is impossible to go on spending money far in excess of the state’s revenue and not pile up a debt which is constantly adding to the burdens of thescommonwealth. Governor MecCall recently told the Massachusetts legislators that the cost of running the state had advanced 43 per cent. in the past five years and that 1its Qirect debt has been ad- vanced 50 per cent., but in that time there had been an increase in pop- ulation of bt ten per cent. and the assessed valuation of property had risen but 22 per cent., which gave evi- dence that that commonwealth was being led into a serious state of in- debtedness because its credit happened to be so good. The situation there is much the same as it was in Connec- ticut and calls for a readjustment of methods of doing business, the proper regard for economy and the measur- ing of its expenditures by what it has to do with, It shows an unbus- inesslike conduct of state affairs and the need of injecting the methods ot the successful business man into the running of the state government. OPENING PANAMA CANAL. ‘That progress is being made on the removal of the obstructions caused by the slides from the Panama canal, though it may be slow, is indicated by the occasional passage of vessels. From the middle of September until the latter part of December it was im- possible for any vessels whatever to use the waterway, but by that time the excavations had been carried on with such success that it was possible to pass-through a half dozen vessels drawing but fifteen feet of water. It was announced then that it would be some time before the canal would be open for larger vessels and it was not until last week that a . vessel drawing 27 feet was allowed to pro- ceed. This all indicates progress, but there-is much contained in the state- ment accompanying the announcement of the vessel's passage when General Goethals declares that the official re- sumption of traffic is not to be ex- pected for some time. This means that while he has done his best to accommodate those ships which have 'been held up since the slides filled the ditch he is not ready to encourage the general use of the canal, for while much has been done there is a lot more which remains to be done and it is unwise to get traf- fic headed that way in such volume that it will handicap the work which is underway. It is preferable that the big job should be subjected to im- pediments as little as possible until it is much nearer completion, but from the fact that a steamer drawing 27 \feet was able to get through it would appear that very satisfactory progress is being made in removing the block- ade and in the meantime it is to be hoped that the commission which is investigating it will be able to devise some way of blocking the slides per- ‘manently. BUSINESS EDITORIAL NOTES. The popularity of horse meat in New York is not causing any radical changes in the hotel menus. The man on the corner says: portunity goes right by the where the loafers congregate. _— Op- place The weather scer who promised all kinds of weather for January must be given credit for his discerning abil- ity. —— The rumor that the Lusitania case is about to be settled will call forth general expression to the effect that it is about time, “Whoa! January!” was frequently heard during this month in years gone by, but it was for a different reason than prevails just now. From the amount of rain with which we are being favored it might be in- ferred that the brooks were neot high enough to have winter set in. Though the kaiser may be suffering from as many troubles as the crown prince was during the early days of the war no one has dared to refer to him as a dead one. ——e The city employes who are called upon one day to shovel snow and the next to hoe mud have no reason to complain but what they are get- ting plenty of variety. Thoss New Haven directors who were acquitted are glad to be out of the case. The other- five would have manifested the same amount of sat- l':’?cflon if they had been treated like- . The New York police are to. en force the anti-expectorating law to break up the grip epidemic. If they had seen that the law was lived up to it might have been a great preven- tive measure. — Even though the German forces are | being selected for new operations they have not heen so weakened ‘on the western front that they cannot give a good account of themselves when oc- casion requires. | French lessons and am studying have. a 's brother Sunday wm.anunfla‘am mmflmontwn&m in the living room of their winter quarters, “I know your hands were almost “all the time we were W ed Miss ernoon as you ly diffuse in your expenditures, young woman! I dare say you have given away enough -money since we came back to tewn to buy yourself a set nt !'r & prin man and nm. girl, Louise. “How Jperfectly lovuly to find both in!” bubbled Mrs, Ju greeting brother and sister -flullv‘lw “I've said to Louise over and ovi again that we must be among the first to eall now that you are-back in town.” “We've onths, been hete nearly two ; ‘gen, casually. ‘Why t doesn’t seem pos- dear, how time just zal- away, doesn’t it? Especially when anybody is as busy as I am. And I meant to come to see you dear peo- ple right away and hear all about lovely Hillton and the garden and everything. 1 seem never to have a minute’s time to do the things I wish. I'm dreadfully serious. I'm taking m- nastic and interpretive dancing. %en I've started on a course of bridge in- struction and have joined a modern novel reading circle, so you can see for yourself, Miss Belinda, how oc- cupied my time is. “It's frlgh'.hfl isn’t it, the way we women have to rush nowadays to keep up? A friend asked me to join a group who sew for the Red Cross, but I threw up my hands and sald, ‘Nothing more, I simply can’t make another . regular weekly engagement. 1 must save a few hours to_devote to my little girl,’ Of course, I'd like to help with every good work, but I mustn’t neglect Loulse, and we all know that charity should begin at home.” “That’s exactly what I was telling Belinda before you came in,” said Ben, amiably. “Won't you lay off your !ura. Mrs. Lyman?” “Yes, thank you. really awfully warm.’ “But very handsome and very be- coming,” remarked Ben, taking the muff and neckpiece from her with a gallant alr. “Is it a new set? I'm quite Interested in furs just now." “Are you really? Are you thinking of buying some for a sweetheart?” Mrs. Lyman inquired archly. “If you are, let me advise you to get good ones. There’s no economy in cheap furs, for they’re sure to wear shabby in one season, but a set like this will last almost indefinitely. I suppose some people would think me extrava- gant to purchase such elegant skins, but I regard the $125 as well investe: T economize in many ways, but I real ly think I owe it to myself to dress well, and I wish little daughter to grow up always remembering me as at least a presentable person,” she laughed self-consciously. “You'd be surprised to know how Interested the child is in my clothes, aren’t you, dearie? Louise was sitting on Miss Belinda’s lap holding a whispered conversation about the chipmunks at Hilltop that ate hickory nuts from Miss Belinda's hand, and it was only after her mother had repeated the question twice in a rather sharp tone that she replied gravely, “Yes, mother,” and then to Miss Belinda, “Didn’t the squirrels like the nuts, too, specially the big red one that used to run up the old oak. tree, the one you and Mr, Ben called Flambeau? Why was his name that?” “Now, Toulse, you mustn't tease Miss Belinda any longer. We ought to be leaving. P'm going to a concert to-night and a. little girl T know must have her tea and go to bed before I start. I always attend to Louise's meals myself if T am home, though the woman we board with is so fond_ of the child that she loves to have her This collar is pay less at the pl ‘where she ehe saved $140. s at Hilltop. No ‘wonder she can pay $125 for furs! “I think you're horrid sbout h her. 1 really do!” “I think you were a little woolly lamb. my dear, at Hilltop. I really do! you a set of furs, !'m ldnz to tl" ‘bu Jummer, there wlll be no Mx‘l. Lyman 1 guess you've had your lesson, haven’t you “Well, . ted Miss not a bit maybe,” . reluctantly admit- Belinda. “But, anyway, I'm eorry about last summer, for it did that dear child a world of good.” —Chicago News. Stories of the War \ Operations in Sea of Marmora. The destruction a few days ago of a British submarine of the class -was due largely to the fact that on a captured French submarine, the Turquoise, cruiser were found certain secret instructions concerning the operations of the allied submarine fleet in the Sea of Marmora. These documents, be- terms of eight years, were lnpoud upon them. Notwithstanding trafic continued until quite The papers found on the Turqunxu show also that the newer and large: types of British submarines use ggs aa'hal In the Jat of tmses Marmora sea are several places where coal could be obtained. Turkish pa- trol boats had reported that they had seen submarines from whose funnels coal smoke issued. . At the time this ‘was not believed. It has been learned since then that the principles of lo- comotion, above and below the eur- face, remain the e, with the differ- ence that the submarine so obtaining its power must, while in the zone of the ‘enemy, repienish its electric stor- age batteries at night, when nothing but sparks from the funnel could re- veal its presence. In connection with the efforts of the Turkish authorities to restrict mili- tary activity on the Sea of Marmora, a rather amusing incident occurred last July. .Tae officers of a certain Ger- man submarine were in the habit of dining at one of Pera's best hotels. So did. the officers of an English subma- ripe on at least one occasion. At that time ‘the Turkish government, as it does even' today, permitted the sub- ' AT AUDITORIUM o™ Wednesiay THE FAm aa-m MUSICAL COM GEO. STEWART, CDln-dlln || BONIA, Vlolllld TR2%YHAZEL DAWN i THE HEART OF JENNIFER Today = COL. ONIAL. = Matinee 5c’ “Neal of the Navy,” 2 Reels, Cannibal Island Episode ] “THE APACHES OF PARIS,” 4 RReels Broadway Flvorh- Jos. Smith and Laura Hamilton in “Dance of A Tomorrow—“TH ESCARLET SIN, Bosworth’s Greatest Film Feature § tive mansion is no particular reason that the Colomel should -charge him with treason and every crime under the skies. Especially Is this so when the Colonel cannot prove a word he sides naming the Marmora coast points where supplies-could be obtain- ed by the allied submarines, also threw a light on the movements of these yes- sels. In pursuance of the information thus obtained, the German submarine . B. 14 waylaid the British undersea cruiser and eent a torpedo inte her side. Twenty-four men were drowned, while the crafts’ three officers and an- other five of the crew, most of ‘wounded, cessities possible, fairs, the cations. by Rus: The War a Year Ago To&y Allies, attacking from Perthes, tried. to cut German rail communi- Russian lines greatly re-enforced. Military autho: blankets them were made prisoners. That the allled submarines in the Marmora are being supplied with ne- in the lake itself had been the contention of the Ottoman author- ities for some time. It had been im- however, to obtain accurate information. Since it was felt that an end had to be put to this state of af- Turkish government declared the entire Marmora coast a closed zone into which no ship of any sort could venture without a special permit and a representative of rine department aboard. Nevertheless a large number of Greeks, cases also Turks, ventured into the forbidden waters. penal servitude, the Ottoman ;ma- in some ‘Heavy sentences of in some instances Jan. 11, 1918, took over all in Berlin and Branden- pri Russia halted temporarily an government. L THE VELVET HAMMER A Good Natured Treatment in Verse of Some of Norwich’s Prominent Men By ARTHUR BROOKS BAKER HE court -uveflerlty when with just an its poor poueslor (vr a @ub; his record of the pleas. cerning almost any counsellor of o ‘what their uncle meant. very small an boys who love to ride ti tion and it_covers him wi to view it from HE leans tn all athletic terest is mot confined to A with tly sought. GEORGE E. PARSONS court we call Superior, to note its style of work, expacts it emgloyl a clerk. ‘whose skull wu shaped to muk George H. but place with elegance and ease, and Kkeeps in swell chirography HE used to be_the Probate Judge and handled the utl.tel con- which there often were enllveni.n( nvolvc lan- ordinary skill guage when he writes a fellow’s will that careful him a conservative per cent for coming N dark and mysic Masonry he's No. 82, d Wi significance to you, but for hllc“fll '::r‘ it fl“l Wit not every Mason bfl to l’o, lnd mumtua- must sports of dignity and class. tmospheric low!s vl-so‘:. can nimbily thump and padded ve, and occasion, whm the second rouna wag fought, he won uu mr decision ho had diligen It couldn’t get along Parsons fills the mw coun l.nd T ‘which th & helght to which be content sas. 'l'ha or.hu fol- lor & skiliful jects of hostile goveraments to_move freely about Constantinople. Dining one day at this hotel, the commander of a German submarine was given by the waiter a letter which bore his full name and address. The waiter said that on the previous evening the letter had been left by a party of five, one of whom seemed to be an American. The letter contained greetings from the officers- of the British submarine to the officers of the German sub- marine. It was couched in friendly terms, showing further that the spon- sors of the letter were of a sportive turn of mind. They would meet some day, joked the writer of the message, and then they would see who would get the best of it. Whethier or not the waiter was right in his assertion that an American had been in the party is hard to say. At any rate, the Turkish government be- gan to keep close watch on the United States station ship Scorpion. While the vessel still lay at its moorings off Kabatash, Turkish motor boats patrol- ed the adjacent waters . constantly, while at the jetty. which the crews and visitors of the Scorpion had to use, police officials inquired closely into the purpose of every trip to or from.the vessel. - A little later the Turkish i gove ernment, on the plea that the m of the Scorpion were no longer e, insisted that the vessel take a new station in the Golden Horn, beyond the rew and old bridges, at a point where British submarines could not endan- ger her. The protests of Ambassador Morgenthau against this uncompli- mentary procedure on the part of the Turkish government were useless. The commander of the Scorpion, Captain Morton, said that the suspicions on which- the Turkish government had acted were devoid of all justification. OTHER VIEW POINTS Still another amendment to the lighting law should be made in mak- ing it mandatory for all vehicles to carry rear end lights on any part of the load that extends out over the back of the vehicle. Many accidents have happener when autoists ha struck joles or other things that e tended far to the rear and there was no light to warn the driver.—Meriden Journal. The best lesson to be learned from our recent experience with fires is that it is costly not to build fireproof struc- tures. The next is that although fires can start in fireproof buildings and feed on the conients, they are gener- ally arrested at the start when instal- ling sprinkler systems. The first of these leson ought to be taken into serious consideration by those who are erecting and reconstructing buildin In these days concrete, brick and tile do not cost considerably more than wood. . Fire-proofing systems are standardized, contractors and work- men are becoming accustomed to handling them and the security which they give is obtained at an added cost of about twenty per cent.—Waterbury Republican. Colonel Roosevelt deserves the con- demnation he gets at the hands of the majority report which justly re- bukes him for his “slanderous attack { upon the highest officer of his ‘gov- ernment.” The Colonel set a bad ex- ample. While he is out flaying the “hyphenates,” as he calls them, and denouncing his fellows for their dis- loyalty to this government it would be well were he to look to his own sinning. Because his one greatest political opponent sits in the execu- Alkali in Soap Bad for the Hair Soap should be used very carefully, if you want to keep your hair looki: its best. Monu’;olpl and d}aro shampoos conf mu This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. it thing for steady use most or anything else you can use. One or two teaspoonfuls will CEI;I-;“ ly moisten the halr with rub it in. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather which remo dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp” soft: and the hair fine and lustrous, Suffy and easy get mulsified cocoanut oil nt -.ny pharmacy. It's very cheap and 'ew ounces will supply every mem- bw ot th. mfly for months. .|and ] were on a camping trip. After utters, It were well that others pro= fited by the Colonel's mistake.—New Britain Herald. 5 We believe President ‘Wilson would materially strengthen himself with the independent voters of this land—and they are the majority—by appointing former President Taft to the Supreme Court vacancy. Most of us regard Mr. Taft as ideally fit for the high posi- tion. Only narrow and extreme par- tizans could object to that choice and it is poor policy and poorer judgment to ulel' to that element. Mr. Taft by temperament, training, experience and ability is pecullarly qualified for mem- Mrlhlp ln the highest court of the land. l"gpolmment would give plemn to e people of the United States and recelye the heartiest en-| dorsement possible.—Bristol Press. ‘Whether it will mean a real business calamity for Hartford if the New Ha- ven road is obliged to dispose of its| Sound lines, including the local com- pany, is a question t is academlc to a’ degree, but on which a number of persons have very positive opinions. Herbert Knox &mith, former United | States Commissioner of Corporations, admittedly knows something about ' b corporations and their relations to the | cemmunity. It is his belief thnt the | joint operation of the its! water lines, in the Hartford cave ‘at | any rate, is essential to success. Man | persons agree with Mr. Smith. ‘Quite naturally, Mr. Goodrich being identi- | th fled with the rallroad ownership of the line, would be called an ex-parte wit- ness when. he’declares in favor of the present afrangement. His testimony :ann:z be thrown uo;t “uwmwu ||xx:t. o or the recent testimony . Mellen | has demonstrated what a strong rival | If any of the readers of The Bul- in the transportation buainess cam do letin have any misgivings on this scors to a weaker one even without depart. (Just Iet them try to start a blase with ing from fair business methods, and (2 lighted Sgarate, it probably would be suicidal to set up Yours respectfully, the sort of competition that severance ONE WHO HAS TRIED IT. of the properties would mean. New —— England’s interests have probably been better served by the joint ownership of water and rail lines than it would have been under independent owner- ship or than it is likely to be under future independent ownership.—Hart- ford Post. ADELE MARGULIES LEOPOLD LICHTENBERG ALWIN SCHROEDER IN SLATER HALL Tickets $100 All Seats Resorved Tickets are now on sale at the store of George A. Davis Always a Big Noise. Claims Cigarette Will Not Start Fire. Mr. Editor: Some time ago I no- ticed in The Bulletin a statement to the effect that a fire was started a lighted cigarette, carelessly thrown away. Now, I am a cigarette smoker and I remember at the time that I discussed with a friend the possibil- ity of this happening. I offered to bet hlm that it couldn’t be dome and I based my contention on the following incident: The summer before last, two friends smoking several cigarettes while out on a jaunt one morning, we got back around noon with only one match left. In trying to light a fire for our lunch W‘dkymméfl,da.mdpfilhfdmlwh the time it formerly took you to get ready to do it domh-nhptdun-p-undhmb&