Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 4, 1916, Page 4

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CIRCULATION 31301, average................ 4412 --5,920 GRATIFYING ACTION. There is nothing surprising in the action of the lower house of congress in acting favorably upon the Keating child labor bill by an overwhelming majority. It has been feit for a long time where those representatives of the people stood in regard to this important matter based upon the ac- tion which the last house took. It didn’t escape opposition but it all came from the south where progress along such lines has been slight which fact is chiefly responsible for the urg- ing of this federal legislation. The bill makes it unlawful for any producer or dealer to ship in inter- state commerce mine or quarry pro- ducts made by children under the age of 16 years, products manufactured by children under 14 or by children under 16 employed more than eight hours a day, or by children under 16 employed at night, with the excep- tion of unincorporated canning clubs formed by boys and girls, this last named provision being added by the house since such clubs are part of an educational movement which is out- side the purpose of the legislation. The real fight against the measure is to be expected in the semate. It ‘was there that the bill died in com- mittee at the previous session and it Is not to be expected that those states in the south which fail to recognize the importance of giving proper at- tention to the welfare of its children and affording them the protection and opportunities which are acconded to ¥hose in other states are going to sub- mit passively.” The early and decis- ive action by the house should, how- ever, prevent the pigeonholing of the bill and bring the senate to the reali- zation of the fact that the time has arrived when the bill should become law, AT ANNAPOLIS. News from Annapolis is to the ef- fect that following the mid-winter examination it is found that 220 of the middies at the naval academy have falled to pass. This s an unus- ual number and they are distributed through all four classes with the sen- for class having its share, The middies put forward the claim that the examinations were unfair be- cause they were too hard, but in view of the recent upheaval at that insti- tution following the disclosure to the effect that the students had been get- ting tips concerning the forthcoming exams, either through leaks or by se- curing access to the papers, it re- mains to be shown whether the fafl- ure of such a large number to pass is not the result of the reforms which have been inaugurated there. It it s, there are reasons for be- Heving that the proper steps have been taken at that training school for the navy and the middies who are af- fected are the victims of the very practice on which they relied to push their way into the important branch of the nation’s defense. Nevertheless whatever may be the actual reasons for the long list of those who flunked, it must be real- fzed that the time for discovering their failure to measure up to the re- quirements of those who are in train- ing for commanders of the navy is now rather than when they have been placed in responsible positions and are confronted with problems which they are unable to handle. Annapo- lis is the place where fitness is ex- pected to be developed and it is not the place where pull or underhand methods should be allowed to take the place. of learning. ’ ; —— FLOOD PREPAREDNESS. ‘While there is so much being said and urged in behalf of preparedness against conditions which are set up by man, it has been brought to the attention of the people of this coun- try, and othérs who have had time to take their thoughts off of war long enough to give it consideration, that there 1s constant need of being pre- pared against the ravages of the ele-. ments. Through California the conditions inundation of a large section as if by of the efforts that have been put forward to overcome just uch conditions as prevail there have the elements can put up. —_— e A DANGEROUS BiLL. There are many freak and dangss- ous bills which are presented to the United States congress at every ses- sion with the expectation that they will become laws. They are in many instances the starting point of half- baked legislation because of the fail- ure to look beneath the surface and uncover the harmful features. Among the mass of bills before the present congress is one which pro- vides for the imprisonment of mis- branders of goods, with the excep- tion. of those intended for export. Though there may be no chance for it to become a law the very fact that every possible protection should be given to the consumer against the practice of the unscrupulous who are inclined to mark goods in any fash- ion as long as it means a ready sale is bound to gain much support, as it should, but when there is tacked on- to the law the restriction that it shall apply only to the goods intended for sale in this country and it is explic- itly stated that it does not mean those articles which are to be shipped out Plan to Organize a est hopes of the management have been realized. This year there has been formed a team of g:nnu.n wrestlers. In previous years have been eligible for the ty, but under the new rul which prohibits the freshmen from the varsity squad, & freshman team has been formed. The varsity schedule begins on February 12 with Columbia. Pennsylvania, Annapolis, the New England Intercollegiate and Prince- ton are among the other engagemen! The rumor that Yale Station and other sub-postoffices in New Haven were soon to be abolished, was denied last week in a statement issued by Postmaster Troup of New Haven. The rumor arose from the fact that the New Haven postoffice will soon move into the new building. This, it was thought, would result in the abolition of several of the branches which were made necessary by the congested con- dition at the main office. However, as regards the removal of Yale station, Postmaster Troup states that the postoffice department has no such plan High School Club—Rowing Activities to : v of ment proves ing | new crew quarters will be establ usatonic., y on the Housas The_col held Jan fao at " 20, m'pua a series tee of the department and will be de< signed to test the student'’s breadth of reading or research, his general grasp of the subject, and. his intellec- tual quality, rather than his knowledge of specific details considered in any one course. It has been so arranged that in case students prefer to take these examinations they will be ex- cused from the semi-annual examina- tions both in February and June. The Eastern Interscholastic Swim- How She was Cured. | | .k N | TODAY at 215 &5, b5 3 RTHUR! . PETER CRIFFIN Five 2 Reel KEYSTC utter and e g X Tomorrow, Famous George Nash, in “The Cotton King, east, and from the blacks of the Sou- dan, in the south, such necessities and luxuries as their cheerless portion of mother earth can not supply them. “There are five main tribes in the Tuareg confederation, and they in- habit the desert from Tuat to Tim- buktu and from Fezzan to Zinder. Thelr homes are reared in the heart of arid wastes, where vast solitudes, un- ming championships will this vear be held under the auspices of the Yale Swimming Association held here. Due to the fact that many of the best swimmers of the country are in pre- paratory schols, the meet will be one of the fastest ever held in New Haven. Among the schools to be represented will be Brookline High School, And- over, Poly Prep., DeWitt Clinton, Ham- in contemplation, nor has it ever had of the country, it is evident that there | (7 CORtSTMPIATON, TO% (08 . OO F is a lack of sincerity among the pro- moters of the act. If homesty is the best policy it should apply to goods for export as well as those for do- mestic use. ‘With this country striving to in- crease its foreign trade it can be Professor H. H. Farr, chairman of the freshman faculty, has been active in forming a high school club at Yale. The plan of such a club would be to provide some sort of an organization whereby students from public high schools that do not ordinarily send a Lynn, Mass,, for free advice. to appear before our school board with some of my neighbors on a question other than medical inspection or VIOLINIST quickly understood what an effect such a law would have upon Ameri- can goods abroad. It would imme- diately give ground for suspecting that all American goods were mis- branded and the reason for it would lie in the fact that such a law would virtually sanction such swindling op- erations. Whatever is going to stop misbranding of goods is to be com- mended but it should apply to all goods and not a certain per cent of them. DANGER FROM SILENCERS. New attention is attracted to the harm which exists in the unrestrict- ed usc of silencers on firearms by the case which has been brought to light in Albany of a young man who was using such a weapon to shoot down people in the streets of that city. It wasn't so many months ago that a New Yorker murdered the members of his family and then committed sui- cide without anyone in the apartment house where the crimes were com- mitted knowing anything about the tragedy until a search was made to ascertain the whereabouts of the missing people. In each instance it is apparent that the dangers surrounding the use of this invention are too grave to per- mit of further laxity. There is need of protecting the lives of people to such an extent that the sale of si- lencers should be surrounded with the most rigid restrictions. The fact that they could be obtained only with difficulty might not deter a per- son from the commission of the crime which he has in mind but it is appar- ent that he would not be able to com- mit a series of them without being quickly and easily detected. The si- lencer is an aid to the criminal such as cannot be overlooked. Had the or- dinary noise which accompanies the firing of a revolver or rifle occurred it would have been sufficient to fur- nish a clue to the perpetrator of the deed before he had opportunity to pick out his second victim. New York has a stricc law against the carrying of concealed weapons, for the safeguarding of its people but it is apparent that legislation rela- tive to the sale and use of the si- lencer ought not to be neglected any longer. EDITORIAL NOTES. No one can disregard the fact that every day now brings us so much nearer to spring. The man on the corner says: Un- like the prophet, a good guesser doesn’t have to be eccentric, ——— e > No one appears to be greatly dis- satisfied because the groundhog fail- ed to find a place in the sun. The case of the Appam gives new reason to believe that Germany thinks well of the neutral ports of this country. A considerable increase in infant mortality in England and on the con- tinent is attributable in the past two years to dirigibles, s s TSI The merry song of the sleighbells was a welcomed change even though it did mean extra work for the man with the snow shovel The people of the west are reported to be listening to the president. Can it be expected that the president and congress will listen to the people? If it is a fact that Germany really wants to end the Lusitania case it must be apparent to an impartial ob- server that no one but itself is stand- ing in the way. A great many would be gratified if they could be assured that the groundhog didn’t get his dates mixed and thus came forth yesterday in- stead of the day previous. Even though President Wilson de- clares that there is no actual crisis before the country, it must not be inferred that it is not advisable to look out for our interests along the same line that a map takes out an incurance policy/ L —e “These men voted to make the treaty of Parls a ‘scrap of paper ” Wwas the effective manner in which the New York Tribune headed the list large representation to Yale would be brought into closer touch with each other and the university. In this way, not only would the students be aided in both their curriculum and extra- curriculum activities, but Yale would be brought into closer touch with the high schools throughout the country. The fundamental principles which un- derlie this new organization are pre- cisely those which, last year, led to the formation of the Norwich Club of Yale University. Professor Farr was inter- ested in the foundation of this club and ‘the results which have been shown during the past year and a half, have given rise to the plan which is now under consideration. However, the new organization will undoubtedly be a notable success since so little has been attempted along the lines of bringing the university into closer re- lation with the secondary schools of the country. John Masefi will make a second visit to New Haven on March 10, un- der the auspices of the University Dramatic Assoclation. After his re- cent reading in Lampson Lyceum, Mr. ‘Masefleld expressed his appreciation of the enthusiastic support he had re- celved, but said he could not return as he was sailing to take up Red Cross work with the British army at the conclusion of the present lecture tour. On further thought, however, he de- cided to postpone his sailing date one week so he could visit Yale again. He has written expressing a desire to lec- ture here, but no definite date has as yet been decided upon. He will prob- ably be here some time shortly after the Junior Promenade. H. H. Wheaton, of the Bureau of Education in Washington, a specialist in immigration education, will come to Yale to lecture on the general subject of the “Americanization of the Immi- grant.” Mr. Wheaton represents the National Association of the TUnited States which has selected Yale as the university in which to train men for the work of Americanizing the count- less numbers of immigrants which pour into thig country every year. The course will be given under the aus- pices of the Department of Soclal Ser- vice in the School of Religion and will supplement the work in industrial ser- vice of both Academic and Sheff. men. In addition to the lectures, there will be actual work in Americanization. Those who are interested in and en- Joying the work, will be given oppor- tunities to go into it upon leaving Yale. The course will be given a trial here for the rest of this year and next. If it is successful, eimilar courses of lectures will be established in the oth- er universities and colleges of the United States. Last Saturday afternoon and eve- ning in the rooms of the University Chess Association in the bagement of Wright Hall, the tenth round of the Rice Memorial Chess Tournament was played. This is the first time that & tournament of such importance in this country has ever been played outside of New York City. In the most im- portant game of the evening, Jose R. Capablanca of Havana, the United States champion, defeated Scholker, of the Brooklyn Chess Club. Other very interesting games were played by chess masters of international fame. There was a large body of students present to watch the players, also President Hadley and several of the faculty. In his address of welcome, President Hadley commented upon the appropriateness of holding the tourn- ament here, and expressed the desire that other similar tournaments might be held at Yale. The first of December, it was decid- ed that the university rowing activities would be transferred from the New Haven harbor to the Housatonic River near Derby. Since that time, investi- gations have been carried on by the members of the crew committee, and the results obtained haye been most satisfactory. It is an obvious fact that the present course is unsatisfactory and inadequate. (Proper practice on harbor is often prevented by rough ‘water for which there is no remedy. Another disadvantage in the present situation, is that a race can not be followed conveniently except with 8] chartered launches and steamers. For this reason important races cannot conveniently be rowed with other college crews on the pres- ent ), and the facilities for un- uates to witness and of senators led by Vice President|yrq: Marshall, who woted for the indepen: @ence of the Philippines in four years. ce is_gratifying. It is unfortunate that the Unitel| States submarines have fallen into such repute that anyone would sup- pose that the underwater boat which becomes from -the others is in need of help. ilton Institute, and Worcester Acad- emy. Probably the strongest bidder for the title will be the Brookline High School, whose relay team broke the world’s record last year. Mathew Mann, the recently appointed coach of the university swimming associa- tion has been instrumental in bringing the champlonships to New Haven, and considerable interest is being shown in the results of the Brookline team which he has coached for four years. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Our Failing Lights, Mr, Editor:—I am sorry to note that the Gas & Electric management is showing an inefficiency which would not be tolerated in a private company by any city. Under private management If an arc light got out of order a new one was immediately put in its place and the useless lamp was taken in for repairs. An arc light in my neighborhood has not been lit for 'two or more, and all inquiries result not in the assurance that it will soon be again in service but that the brush is gone, and the only inference is that brushes at the municipal .gas and electric plant are short and so no de- finite information can be given when again this lamp will be put into ecom- missicn. T hear there are some fifteen or twenty of these dead electric arc lights in different parts of the city which have been out for some time and eon- cerning which no definite information can be obtained except that they are out of service and there is no im- mediate prospect of their put in use because of lack of stock. The business relation of this plant to the city authorities seems to be no closer than though it was a pri- vate company, and even the right of the mayor to advise the commission- ers or even be presemt at a meeting ‘was recently questioned by that hon- orable board, although there is no question that the late Charles F. Thayer hzd complete indirect control over the enmtire plant, hence why should the city pey under contract for 20 arc lights out of service No pnivate company would WP A make such a demand, and the city should not pay for a service it did not receive if they dared. Why should not the appropriation be reduced the amount of light lost to the taxpay- ers? CITIZEN. Norwich, Feb. 3, 1§16. Gas and More of It. Mr. Editor: It takes more than the words of the commissioner, who seems to have a bad case of sour stomach just at pres ent, to seriously impress the public with his views on gas and electricity. Better have sthe doctor prescribe for him, may be he has, and the medicine didn’'t taste He wishes to know one thing that the commission has gone which succeeded him. One thing they have NOT done is to keep taking out the side of the electric light building and putting it back again every time they bought a piece of ma- chinery, and what few contracts have been given out we all have had a chance to bid on them and a lot of “other little things—too numerous to mention. DISINTERESTER. Norwich, Feb. 3, 1916. Not Only Town Opposing Medical In- spection, Mr. Editor: It would seem from such information as can be culled from reports of the joint sessions of the school board and board ef selectmen that the gentlemen composing this joint body are between the devil and the deep sea. Now probably it is not generally known that Norwich is not the only town in the state that is opposing medical inspection of school children. The following extract from a private letter written by the Rev. C. H, Reimers of eriden, gives us an idea of the conditions that exist in that town, and demonstrates very forcibly that the opposition which has developed to this law is not only ful- ly Jjustified, tut absolutely necessary if we would protect our rights as cit- izens of a supposedly free country, and secure to our children the right to an edycation free and untramelled by any arbitrary encroachments of a . self seeking medical oligarcy. Mr. Reimers writes as follow: A few evenings sinde I had occasion . A YEAR AGO TODAY. Feb. 4, 1915, Gen Von Hindenburg hurled 50,- 000 men at Russian lines near War- saw. Evacu: la. fln. ":ch‘hd -I‘:d!\e: ..qngngo- ments at S oulal. wm“.:. ;i"nl‘:t shelled Germans at 8. Germany imed the waters around Great Britain and Ireland a \:.?r zone and warned neutral ves. 's. per At Rl S vaccination. During the discussion, which waxed rather warm, a member of the board accused one of my neigl bors who was speaking of making threats, in answer to which my neigl bor replied that about a year ago the board voted to have him sent to jail for refusing to have his child vaccin- ated. m 1 said that they voted to send me to jail too, but that we were still at large, to which the su- perintendent of schools replied, “Yes, and it may be our duty to vote to send you there again.” The position which seems frequently taken by many editors and newspa- per writers (especially in the larger cities), that compulsory vaccination and compulsory medical inspection of school children is a question which the ordinary citizen is not only not qualified to discuss but is actually ex- ceeding his rights and prerogatives when he attempts it, seems hardly tenable. Such ideas however, seem to have been too freely imbibed by some very small intellects who have been intrusted by their fellow citizens with a little brief authority. John Stuart Mills says in his “Es- say on Liberty:” “The sole end for which mankind are warranted, in- dividually or collectively, in interfer- ing with the liberty of action of any of their members is self protection The only purpose for which .power can be rightfully exercised among members of a civilized community against their will is to prevent harm to_others. Blackstone's “Commentareies” say: “In former times sumptuary laws were sometimes passed, and they were even deemed essential in republics to re- strain the luxuries so. fatal to that species of government. But the ideas that suggested such laws are now utterly exploded and no one would seriously attempt Justify them in the present age. ‘When these political doctors ap- proach a legislature asking for laws respecting health matters the argu- ment is always made that there will be no attempt to invade the rights of the citizen. . Can we rely on this? Are not our school children already strip- ped, examined, treated and inocu- lateq@ without our consent, and malnly without even statuatory authority? Is it possible that this system of exam- ining school children may some time save the three lower incisor teeth say of some little neglected Polish girl— but at what a cost to American free- dom. American principles and the right conduct of a free government. Th can be no national prosperity, no scientific progress, except among peonle unhampered by unnecessary re- strictions. The true funection of government is to preserve individual freedom and not to restrict it. The parents are the legal and moral heas of the family. The government is no and when it establishes compulsory valccination, compulsory examination of school children, it is arrogating a power that does not belong to it. ‘While this fight for medical freedom is proving to be a long way to Tip- perary it will soon dawn upon the political doctors and their allled edu- cators that it is the wrong way te tickle Mary. The magnitude which this fight is assuming all over the country proves that nothing is’ set- tled until it is settled right. A. W. DAVIS. Norwich, February 3, 1916, to THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society Masked Tuaregs—“Back of the trou- bled areas of Northern Africa, Where war and agitation for war has been engendered anew by the contagion of the world-struggle, there lies a truce- less country, inhabited by a people, the masked Tuaregs, fascinating for the mystery and exclusiveness with which they have surrounded their life. These people, natives and rulers of the Mid- dle Desert, are the allies of no one neither of the Germanic Bund nor of the Entente, but wage a furtive gueril. la warfare with the invade the in- hospitable Sahara®sands of their do main. They are the buccaneers of the trackless sand, forever at war with all civilization and its restraints,” begins & war geography primer just issued by the National Geographic Soclety at ‘Washington, which describes the peo- ple now warring with the African armies of Italy for the maintenance of their power to levy tribute upon the ancient trans- cavaran “Masked are Berber no- mads, a white desert people, Wwhose country is probably the most inacces- sible on earth. Even hefore Egyptian civilization began to leave coheremt records of its history, the Tuaregs, or natural heats, and unmarked distances shroud everything tery. They are masters of an area half vated land. v only maintained by an enduring strug- in uncanny mys- SLATER HALL Friday Eve’y, Feh.4 at 8 o’clock Admission - $1.00 All seats reserved. Tickets are now on sale at the store of Geokge A. Davis. that of the United States in ex- tent. Of this 1,500,000 square miles of territory, scarcely 38,000 acres or less the area of New York City is culti- This scanty farmland is gle with the drifting sands. These flerce adventurers who have forced the desolation to yield them a sup- port number 300,000, or more, accord- ing to estima and they have made themselves feared by the natives from the ){ad‘l\txeflrflnun to the jungles of Cent: ica. “'l‘;;‘e‘l Tuaregs wear the end of their turban cloth drawn around the face, allowing nothing but the eyes to be seen. It is worn for the purpose of protecting the throat and lungs from |—————— the cutting blasts of fine desert sand,|the coast cities and thrive upon the and, also, probably, as an element en- | tribute they are able to exact. Still, hancing the mystery of their life, for|the time is coming when the long car- they seldom or never remove theseiavan will no longer cross the desert, masks, whether roving over the desert|but the Soudan products will be car- or visiting in- the cities on the coast.|ried by railway to Port Soudan or Due to these cloths, they are called|down the Congo River for European Masked Tuaregs, while the Arabs call | ports. them ‘People of the Veil'. The masks| .The Tuaregs are of the purest Ber- are dark blue and white, the former|per stock, the noble families unmixed being worn by Tuares noblés and the| with other blood, and, in their own latter by the serfs and slaves. language, they call themselves ‘the “Some centers for trade, Tuareg|noble people’. Nominally, they are Mo- towns, are situated in the Middle Des- | hammedans, and some of their num- ert. These are Wargla, Timbukty, |ber compose the most intolerant and Ghat, Ghadames, Murzuk and Insalah. | warlike sect in Islam, the Senussite He is a fearless, enduring, hard-fight- | sect. Their hatred for the foreigner is ing ‘adventurer along the merchandise | granter even than-that bred by stheir trails that cross the desert. Two im- |religion, and, 80, they are moré ex- portant trails leave Tripoll, on the|clusive than ever were the Chinese or coast, and traverse 3,000 miles of sands | Japanese. Their social organization and barren wastes to the Soudan,|divides them into five classes, the no- where rich cargoes of skins, gold, 1v- | bles, the priests, the serfs, the cross- ory, and other interior African pro-|breeds and the slaves. All of these ducts are loaded upon camels and|classes have this that is democratic— brought northward. Sometimes, a sin- | they form together the Tuareg family, gle caravan consists of thousands of [ which holds itself superior to all the camels and merchandise to the value | other peoples of the earth.’ of hundreds of thousands of dollars. When passing through the Tuareg = Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S country, the leaders of such caravans had to pay a tribute to the chief- the way for safe escort or run WHEN YOU WANT %o PUT YOur bus- iness before the pubiic, there 30 the risk of losing all their goods. “From Morocca to Tripoll, the re- medium batter than through vertising columns of The E ha: tans lentless ferocity, the cunning, and the daring of the Tuareg is mingled in all the traditions unpleasant to the more peaceful natives along the coas Tuaregs, meanwhile, openly spy upon the caravans in course of outfitting in Don’t You Want Good Teeth? 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