Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 25, 1916, Page 4

Jlorwich Bulle tin and Goufied 120 YEARS OLD Subseription price 1Z¢ a week; 50c a month; $6.00 a year. = Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willimantic Office, Room 2, Murray Building. Telephone 21 Norwich, Friday, Feb. 25, 1916. g'l'he 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 8,000 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 hundred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION average 1901, . 4412 Seosssescvecsssssessocecescasesoesesssssnsssas 1905, avera: | ADVICE TO DRUG LAW VIOLA- TORS. There was some good advice given to violators of the narcotic drug law by Judge E. S. Thomas in the United States circuit court at New Haven when after imposing fines upon drus- zists and doctors he warned them that there would be jail sentences for sec- ond convictions and that they were playing with fire if they disregarded the warning. The federal law was passed for the purpose of overcoming just such loose handling of narcotics as those who were fined were guilty of. It is neces- sary that doctors and druggists should not only get such supplies of that kind as they may need in the regular way, and have such transactions re- corded but it is equally necessary that they should keep a careful rec- ord of the manner in which they dis- pose of the drugs, whether they are sold or given away. There must be respect for the law. It cannot be enforced in one case and winked at in another. Not only does the public need the protection from those engaged in such illezal busij- ness but it is required in behalf of those who are living up to the letter of the law. That the federal agents are alive to their duties in running down vio- lators has been made evident. They are in ng upon that respect for the law which is to be expected and their activity as well as the state- ment from the bench should be a warning not only to those who have been caught but to all others who are inclined to be lax regariing the handling of the drugs about which vigid restrictions have been placed. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE. The drive for the purpose of a de- cisive victery in the west, which has been promised by the Teutonic forces appears to be underway, with Ger- many attacking along a iarge part of the front in France and massing a million or more additional troops for the purpose of capturing the impor- tant French stronghold at Verdun. ‘Whether Germany can carry out its designs with any greater success than t has been able to obtain in the past rests with the future to disclose, but it is evident that it does not lack the determination and that it is ready to sacrifice the men in order to gain its Jbject. It cannot be looked upon as a sur- prise attack for it has been antici- pated for a long time, and for that reason it is to be expected that the allies have made proper preparations for defense and that they will be heard from at the right time and in such a manner as will leave no doubt as to their ability to withstand and roll back the German offensive. However, as a preliminary the Teu- tonic forces are receiving much en- couragement from the advances which they have been able to make and from the capture of certain trenches and towns even though their opponents may look upon such as insignificant. Of course if Germany could crush France it would be accomplishing what it set out to do in the early part of the war but it is going to require more than the capture of the few points which they have recently obtained be- fore anytning of the kind can be ac- complished, yet those who have de- clared that the decisive battles of the war will be fought on the east.or west front are manifesting increased inter- est in the offensive which is now un- derway. DIFFERENCES ADJUSTED. For a time it looked as if there was going to be a serious disagreement be- tween Great Britain and Sweden which even threatened to disrupt their good relations but the necessity of avoiding this must have been ap- parent to both sides and prompt steps to patch up the differences have met with success if the London report is correct which declares that Sweden is to be allowed to import greater quan- tities of coal and Great Britain to get supplies from Sweden which country will also transmit goods for Russia. It was Great Britain’s holding up of the mails which brought the trou- ble to a climax for Sweden at once retaliated by doing lkewise and re- fusing to forward large quantities of goods for Russia. Sweden like other neutral countries in that locality have suffered much from both sides since the war opened. A certain amount was to be expected but there were rights which should be observed by all the belligerents, and - when _they were not it was justified in taking re- taliatory measures. Sweden of course realized that nei- ther side could afford to drive it in- to the war, and it was not anxious to get into the struggle, but it was in- sistent tiat it should not have its nose held to the grindstone, and the indications are that it has succeeded in making its position plain to Great Britain whereby a better understand- ing has been reached. It was a sen- sible adjustment of the relations which were steadily becoming aggra- vated by each new move and the in- terests of both nations have been well served by the better understanding which has been reached. THE ARMY PLAN. After a long time there has been presented before the lower house of congress a plan for strengthening the army of this country, giving it a larger number of men and officers and getting a second line of defense in a much_stronger condition than it has ever been in before. This is apparently the plan which Secretary Garrison was unwilling to endorse, because he did not consider the federalization of the militia the proper thing to do. His idea was to establish a continenta] army of much larger size which would be a unit di- rectly under federal contro! but he was unable to bring the administra- tion around to his point of view. Whether it will be possible to rec- ognize the present bill after congress has got through changing it remains to be seen but it is apparent that all are conscious of the fact that some- thing needs to be done to strengthen the national defense through a better army and of doing so at once. A start is necessary even though it may be found that it does not meet all the requirements and further steps be- come necassary. It must be recognized that the or- sanized militia of the many states cannot be disregarded as a valuable force. It is much better in some states than it is in others but there is an opportunity for bringing all of the national guard up to a higher standard and greater usefulness through federalization, a step which has been urged for some time. Either course which might have been recommended for strengthening the army would be subject to cpposi- tion but it remains to work out the best and most advisable course for the nation’s interests, regardiess of whose plan is adopted or whose plan fails. ————— OLD LYME’S EXAMPLE. The question of preparedness has awakened much interest in this sub- ject from coast to coast and from bor- der to border. It is prevalent in the small towns as it is in the big com- munities and wherever there is a thorough vnderstanding of the import- ance of contributing to the national security there is to be noted some ac- tion which cannot fail to receive at- tention and support. For instance the Boston Transcript calls attention to the patriotic move which has been taken in the town of Old Lyme which is among the small- est communities in this state and states that that town “has started a company of local minute men, which already numbers twenty men, and will undoubtedly grow larger, which is pledged to the defense of the country in time of war, and in time of peace will fight fires. The two employ- ments, it is needless to say, are en- tirely compatible. Instant readiness to spring to the defence of a country village and its outlying farms against the fie-flend is a virtue that closely paralléls the spirit of true patriotism. It means public service in the greatest of emergencies. Moreover, there is nothing better in the preparation of a man for the duties of a soldier than the drill which fits him to be a good fireman. The whole country needs the development of the minute man spirit of '76, and that spirit will be the no- bler and the more effective when de- voted to the country's defense, if it is assoclated with service of the local community. Old Lyme has set an ex- cellent example to the small towns of the country.” B ‘With more of this spirit manifested there would be quickly removed any doubt as to where the country is going to get men for defense should the oc- casion ever arise when they are needed, and Old Lyme is showing that all the good examples do not come from the big centers. EDITORIAL NCTES There appears to be some weak spots in the backbone of winter after all. Some of the democrats are giving a brilllant exhibition of how they would uphold the rights of the nation. The payment of car fares according to the copper zone will temporarily di- vert attention from the war zone. The man on the corner says: The man who tries to sing, though know- ing he cannot, is never given credit for possessing praiseworthy emotions. If there is anything in a name, Con- gressman Mudd ought to have but lit- tle influence when he urges the na- tional legislators to adopt his road- building plan. Reports came that Ambassador Ge- rard received a broken collarbone while skiing, but it ought to be about time for someone to discover a German plot back of it all. From the number of candidates who are springing up for the republican presidential nomation it doesn't look as if the reelection of the president was a foregone conclusion. If the president makes his selection of a secretary of war in the same way he did his candidate for the su- preme court bench, there is a great waste of time and space being made in offering suggestions. No one can blame Charlie Chaplin for wanting to get out of his line of work, but if he thinks that he would do as well in legitimate theatrical productions he needs some advice about letting well enough. alone. ———— Inasmuch as the courts find that no one was responsible for the East- land disaster, is it to be supposed that steamers will be continued in use which are likely to cause the repetition of just such disasters? Finding that the president has de- termined to stand up for the rights of this country, there are democratic senators who are anxious to knock him off his feet and make him kneel to German disregard for international law. BULLETIN'S SPEC Assistant Coach for Yale to College Men. New Haven, Feb. 24.—Nearly three hundred graduates were present at the third annual Alumni University day held at the university last Tuesday. The attendance was almost twice as' large as the gathering of last year. The graduate school and graduate in- struction was the aspect of the univer- sity activities which was emphasized this year. This custom was estab: lished last year when the university collections were given especial atten- tion. The ‘general meeting in Lamp- som Hall, Tuesday morning was wholly given over to- a consideration of the graduate school. The pageant com- memorating the 200th anniversity of the coming of Yale to New Haven, to be held next October, was described by the pageant master, F. H. Markoe, 1506, at the alumni and faculty lunch- eon, held in the university dining hail Undergraduate _activities were _dis- cussed at the afternoon session of the assembly. The Elizabethan club, the Brick Row Print and Book Shop, the Yale University Press, together with the other university institutions were visited by the returning graduates. Captain Arthur M. Milburn of the university baseball team, one of the five men declared ineligible to compete in Yale athletics, will continue to hold his position as leader of the baseball squad. This decision was reached by the athletic association at a meeting held last Wednesday evening. The manager of the university baseball team reported that at a meeting of the members of the 1915 nine held on Tuesday, Febrvary 15, it had been voted to request that Milburn be re- tained as captain of the team, and direct the policy of the team until further notice, or until otherwise voted by the athletlc association. This report was accepted by the associa- tion. The first definite steps in the orzan- ization of the Yale Aviation Corps were taken at a well attended meet- ing for that purpose held at the battal- jon headquarters in Edwards Hall last Wednesday evening. Blue prints of the dirigible to be furnished by the Connecticut Aircraft Company were studied as well as the charts of the car and engine. Lieutenant Slocum, of the Yale Battery, who has been de- tailed to the supervision of the or- ganization, outlined the work that is to be done. The corps will be com- posed of twenty men from the battal- jon and twenty men who are not en- listed members of the battery. The selection of competent men will ‘be made by Major Danford. The dirig- ible will be set up in the state armory at Hartford, where from February 22 to March 4, there will be practical in- struction in the essentials of aircraft management. Later in the year, the study of the kite balloon will be taken up in New Haven. From this machine observations are taken and are re- ported by telephone to the men who are directing the fire below. Before the summer vacation several ascen- sions will probably be made in New Haven. A telegram which had been received from Washington was read to the members of the corps. This stated that the government was keenly in- terested in the aviation corps in con- nection with the Yale batteries, and would send representatives to inspect their work at Hartford. A series of talks on “Careers Open to College Men” has been arranged by the Bureau of Appointments. The first talk on Choosing a' Career was given Thursday by President Hadley. This will be followed by talks on teaching, advertising, engineering, the ministry, law, banking, foreign trade and business training. The speakers will be for the most part Yale gradu- ates who have distinguished them- selves along these particular lines. The bureau has as one of its principal ac~ tivities the assisting of seniors and recent graduates in choosing their careers and_particularly in assisting them in finding openings for which they are fitted in teaching or in busi- ness. The Belgian Soldiers’ Tobacco Fund, administered by the Over-Seas Club of London, has appealed to the American universities for tobacco and cigarettes, to be sent the Belgian soldlers and the wounded. The Yale campaign which will be conducted for one week, started Monday. It is expected that some of the most prominent members of the committee will come here to spealk, but as yet it is not definitely decided. An American organization -has been formed for the purpose of sending to- bacco to the Belgians with Joseph H. Choate as president. This organiza- tion will conduct the American cam- paign and the movement at Yale is being carried on under its direction. The university dramatic association announced on Monday evening that it will give Shakespeare's Troilus its annual commencement perform- ance. The choice has already met with undivided approval of the fac- ulty, and it is especially appropriate at a time when the tercentenary of Shakespeare’s death is being observed. In selecting this play, the association has adhered to its ideal of giving per- formances of lasting value, in that Troilus and Cressida has not been acted in English since originally put on the Elizabethan stage. Under the direction of E. M. Woolley, Yale 1911 the comedy will be the same as if were literally its first appearance any stage. a play at this early date, the officer: of the dramatic association inaug rate a new policy of choosing plays well in_advance of the final perform- ance. It is thus hoped to do away with many of the inconveniences caused by crowding all of the prelim- inary work of a production into the four or five weeks before it is given in public. on In definitely deciding upon The Deforest prize speaking contest Wwhich was held in Lampson Hall last Monday evening was won by Morris Hadley, 1916, a son of the president Mr. Hadley spoke on Preparedness and Democracy. The prize, consisting of a £0ld medal valued at $100, is awarded “to that scholar of the senior class who shall write and pronounce o English oration in the best manner. President Hadley presided at the meet- ing. The committee of award was| composed of Professors Beers, Phelps, | Barrell, Farr, and Adams. the Yale rowing authorities of the se- lection of Mather A. Abbott, for many vears coach of the Groton the Yale Navy. This announcement was made soon after it was learned that the Yale corporation had appoint- ed Mr. Abbott assistant professor of Latin in the college. Mr. Abbott will be permanent assistant to Guy Nick- alls, head coach of all the Yale crews, and will receve no salary from the Yale University boat club. The ap- faculty interest in athletics. Mr. Ab. bott, who has taught classics at Gro- ton school for nineteen years, has dis- pointment is along the line of greater I a Nearly Double the Attendance at Alumni University Day Over Previous Year—Yale Aviation Corps—Permanent and | Cressida on the campus next June as! ““Duffy’s Should Be In Every Home” school | crews, as permanent assistant coach of IAL YALE LETTER Navy—Talks on Careers Open | tinguished himself in athletics both in j this country and in England. As soon | as the ice breaks up in the Housatonic iver the rowing'squad will go there for the greater part of the spring work, and should the experiment prove a success the Yale rowing plant will be rebuilt there including a new George Adee memorial boat house. The race | with Harvard will stil be rowed at New London, but Yale’s home row- ing will take place on the Housatonic ; river where an ideal straight course of calm water has been selected. The honor of having established the first creditable course of study for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is due to Yale says the Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching in a report on the evolution of the Ameri- can type of university, which was quoted by Professor H. W. Farnam, speaking at Alumni University day, on the Development of Graduate Instruc- ftion at Yale. Instruction for gradu- ate students was first instituted at Yale seventy years ago upon the as- cession to the presidency of Dr. Theo- dore Dwight Woolsey, and courses were given the following year. o attempt was made at formal organiza- tion still less at the creatior of a dis- tinct department at that time. It was only by the slow process of growth that the various cours hich were offered gradually crystalllaed into a school with i tion and head. The connection een the graduate department and the depart- ment of science was particularly close at Yale and the two developed out of what was first known as the depart- ment of Philosophy and the Ari | the admission of women as in the of graduate instruction, Yale is one of the pioneers. When it was voted in 1892 to open the degree of Ph. D. to them, very few universities which were not frankly coeducational gave them this privilege. In 1892 the body of the department had developed suf- ficiently to deserve a head, and Pro- fessor A. T. Hadley, now president of the” university, was appointed as its first dean. The teaching force of the graduate department was in the be- ginning entirely made up of men who drew their salaries from one of the undergraduate departments, and who volunteered for this aditional service. It could not be otherwise as long as no funds were available to pay pro- fessors for graduate instruction. There are at present 12 men ranked as grad uate school professors only, in addi- tion to the dean. The total teaching force includes at present 85 profes- sors and 66 assistant professor. Stories of the War Labor Conditions During the War. The breach between the revolution- ary fraction and the less violent ele- ment of the socialist party in France is likely to be widened by contentions over labor conditions during the war. The “sacred union” of all parties, helped by the censor has kept the strife under cover since the beginning of hostilities, but there are many signs now that the fire is only smould- ering. A. Merrheim, Secretary of the Metal | Workers' Union and one of the mili- tants of the revolutionary party, and A. Bourderon, another leader of the Confederation General de Travail (general labor federation) attended the international socialist conference at Zimmerwald, Switzerland in Sep- tember last, and signed the joint man- ifesto of the French and German del- egates. That declaration attributed to the governments of all the nations at war responsible for the w it also averred that the “sacred union” de- clared in all the belligerent countries profited only the capitalist regime. As the result of their participation in the Zimmerwald conference, Com- rades Merrheim and Bourheron were declared “suspected” by the sections of the socialist party of the depart- ment of Seine, and al members weve invited to “keep zlof from them.” “So long as the war lasts, or so long as martigl law is maintained we can do nothink” said Merrheim to the As- sociated Press, “but as son as the war is over there will be a rendering of accounts; our action then may be very abrupt and violent.” Merrheim and his_comrade of the General Federation of Labor repudiate utterly the socialist politicians—depu- ties and ministers; they are advocates of “direct action” void of the routine of politics. The Metal Workers' Un- ion, however, maintained relations with the Socialist Minister of Muni- tions, Albert Thomas, until the last of May, when they sent him an ultima- tum’ declaring that if certain condi- tions which they regarded as abuses in the munition factories were not abol- AN EASY WAY TO END Stmple Home Treatment Destroys Germs of This Dangerous Disease. The alr is always full of catarrh germs thrown off by one person and absorbed by another, and when your system fails to throw off such germs they find permanent lodgement in the nose, throat and head and multiply rapidly. You must kill these germs fore you can cure catarrh. The germs of catarrh can be best destroyed by inhaling the pure medi- cated alr, of Hyomel (pronounced High, o-me). This splendid and powerful combination of oll of Eucalyptus with other healing agents has a wonderful ermicidal action. You breathe its air nto your nose, throat and lungs by means of a small hard rubber inhaler which Lee & Osgood and other leading druggists here in Norwich and vielnity supply with every treatment. his medicated air is certaln death to the germs of catarrh and drives them com- pletely out of your system, and when the germs are destroyed the catarrh with all its disagreeable symptoms will stop. As Hyomel is pleasant to breathe and is always sold by druggists every- where with a positive guarantee of successful results or money back, sures Iy no catarrhal sufferer should go long before trying this simple home remedy. —— ished in two months from that date, the secretary should cease relations with him on that subject. Merrheim declares that the workers are not getting their share of the three hundred and sixty million dollars the government is distributing monthly in France. He exhibited a letter from a me- chanic earning 85 centimes (17 cents) an hour making shells, who complain- ed that barbers, saloon keepers, paint- ers and masons assigned through po- litical influence to the same work made from 1 franc (20 cents) to 1 franc 20 centimes (24 cents) an hour. The average wages of lathe workers before the war was 1 franc 20 cen times an hour. “Isolated cases of discrimination al- ways have and always will exist”, said one of the most important steel man- ufacturers in France, exposing the other side of the question; “special circumstances modify conditions; dur- ing the war they have favored the steel worker more than the steel manufacturer. There was no basis for the value of the labor required to make shells in most mills; some me- chanics in consequence are ‘earning 50 francs (10 dollars) a day at simple lathe work. Scarcity of skilled labor gave a chance to unskilled men to become mechanics all at once, working machine tools and earning the wages of skilled labor. The fantastic wages are the exception, but all together workmen, skilled’ and unskilled, are getting more money per day and per man than before the war. “It is quite as erroneous to assume that the manufacturers’ profits are fabulous as that the workmen’s gains are less,” he declared. “There are few iron and steel industries that have not been seriously handicapped by the German occupation of the iron coun- iry in the valley of the Briey. - More- over concerns manufacturing indu | trtal products before the war took contracts for ammunition at fair prices only to lose money through lack of experience. The big profits made out war” this authirty declares, “are not in munitions but in provisions, and other supplies to the commissary de- partment. “Ever. g considered, the steel in- dustry will be far worse off after than before the war; their position relative- ly will be less satisfactory than that of the steel workers. “Little importance is given generally to the revolutionists. Their numbers are not formidable and the general impression is that indusrial and com- mercial activity will be so great after the war as to emerge the political agi- tator. of the QOTHER VIEW POINTS A competent witness before the na- val committee of the house was asked why it took so ong to build a subma- rine for the American navy, and he answered immediately because no pen- alties for failure in point of time are ever enforced upon the contractors. The contracts are all right and there are penalties in them, but when the contractor who is working for the gov- ernment has a chance to do other work by suspending his government work, he takes the risk and does it, and then congress in its great mercy forgives him the penalty! And so the government gets cheated through the action of its own representatives and agents—Bridgeport Standard. should anybody want to be president of the United States for the next four years? Nobody knows bet- than President Wilson the im- se labor, the ceaseless anxlety and the grave responsibility the posi- tion will impose upon the man who is chosen to occupy it the coming term. Notwithstanding the emoluments and high honors of the office, no pos- sible candidate can face the problems now impending without hesitating before reaching a decision. A high sense of duty is more likely to be the impelling force than a desire for of- fice. 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Complete Sy AUDITORIUM 8205 725 NSOME co- MUSICAL COMEDY—10 People—10 INNING THE LASKY PARAMOUNT FEATURE resenting Entirely New Show INNERS 2 s it LAURA HOPE CREWS in “BLACKBIRDS” i Taken From the Play of the Same Name in Which Miss Crews A ppeared In New York City a Whole Season Colonial Theatre MISS RITA SACCHETO, International Star Five Reels—'‘A WOMAN'S HONOR” —Five Reels and Glorious Love Mnrm;. Dealing With Royalty. Smnie"ipnointmentl Lavish and Daring in the Extreme. “HEARTS UNITED Tomorrow, Robert Warwick in Theil Massive ‘'wo Part Drama The Man Himself,” 5 Reels BLACK HAND THREATS CAUSE WITHDRAWAL OF JUDGE President Wilson, since he knows the burdens the near ' future will bring.— Manchester Herald. That is a queer technical mixup by which the fireman, for the time being at least, are deprived of their pension money which is_supposed to accrue from the liquor license receipts. The money that is due the fund is five per cent. of the license fees and an amend- ment to the charter provides for it as it does to the police pension fund. The county commissioners declare that there is no authority for them to turn the money over to the firemen, and consequenty they cannot do it. The selectman declares that there is no law which tells the town of Meriden to do this. The law is all right as far as it goes, but to have been technically correct it should have been so word- ed that the county commissioners were ordered to pay over the money.—Mer- iden Journal. From Trial of Men Charged With De- stroying Postoffice at East Youngs- town, O. Cleveland, O., Feb. 24.—Black Hand threats caused Judge John H. Clarke, presiding in the United States distriat court here, to withdraw from the trial cases of four men charged with de- stroying the postoffice at East Youngs- town during the recent strike riots there. The cases weye all ready to be heard when Judge Clarke announced their _postponement until Monday, when Judge John B. Killits of Toledo will come here for the trial. The threat was in the form of a let- ter sent to the owners of the Youngs- town Vindicator at Youngstown, in which Judge Clarke is a large stock- holder. The life of President J. A. Campbell of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company, which was involved in the strike, is also threatened in the let- ter, and destruction of the newspaper's property is hinted #. Federal authori- ties are trying to find out who wrote the letter. The men who were to have been placed on trial are Milan Cala- senc, Jacob Petrac, Jack Caddy and Vick Miklosh. Prof. Karl P. Harrington, president of the Middletown Twentieth Century club, in his annual address said: “If, at certain critical times, the people of Middletown as a whole had had the perseverance of a snail, the spunk of a bull pup, and the pull-together of even a pack of wolves, we should long ago have enjoyed better railroad fa- cilities, a finer park system, cleaner and beiter local government, more business of many kinds an da gener- ally highe rtype of life.” Except for this situation, Middletown has been all right. Aside from this there is not much to be said in criticism of our little sister city on the bank of the Connecticut. The professor seems U have covered the ground.—New Haven Union. A YEAR AGO TODAY . Feb. 25, 1915. Germans besieged Ossowetz. il & Russians split Austrian army in A local attorney, appearing in the BEE,'\:"..:“ Eaciingal Riovaded city court as counsel for a teamster accused of having cruelly maltreated a horse, is quoted as having made the declaration that “Bridgeport people are being worked to the limit of their endurance, and 1 do not se any reason why horses should be exempt from punishment if they refuse to do their This is the argument of the driver. It has no place in a civilized world. It is abhorent to a humane world that frowns upon the practice of maltreating dumb animals that have no protection or recourse. People in Bridgeport are not being worked to the limit of their endur- ance. They might be if the slave-driv er's philosophy was the ruling one. People of Bridzeport are busy—but happily busy; they are all working. but they are working for the most part shorter hours than ever before. 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