Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 3, 1916, Page 4

month; a year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, ,Conn., as second-cless matter. : AR Bulletin Business e letin B4l Rooms o Bul Job Offln.'-‘ Willimantic Office, Room 2, Murray Building. Telephone 210. L e e e A ST Norwich, Wednesday, May 3, 1916. e e—— The Bullétin has the largest circulation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any inj Norwich. It is delivered to over; 3,000 of the 4,068 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 lelson 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 1ural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is' sold in every: town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. H CIRCULATION BVErage...ccceecsnenaas H £ 1001, § 1905, average....esseees April 29 THE LOCAL ICE FUNB FOR THE SICK. When it Is realized how many lives are lost, particularly among the chil- dren, every pummer because of the lack of proper food or the kéeping of it in tho risht condition to, insure healthy conditions, it must be appre- clated that the effort which is being made to bring relief in that direction is well concefved. Great benefits are gained through the teaching of those who are not Informed thereon how bables should be cared for during the hot weather season, but something more than Instructions are necessary. If there is not possessed the money necessary to reach the desired ends little benefit can be expected and the instruetlons go for nought. 1If the poorer people had the means to pro- vide the ice for keeping the milk or the food in first class condition, there might be no oceaslon for pointing out to them how the health. of their chil- dren might be improved or their suf- ferines relieved or even prevented. It is reasonable to belleve that they do not deny thelr famllies because they prefer sick children to well ones, but that it Is the result of circumstances. Thus, in view of the great amount of good work which can be done for humanity by the ralsing of an ice fund, there exists an excellent oppor- tunity for the people of this city to join forces and ald by their mite in the commendable cause. If there are ten or a dozen cases where such help would not only ald the unfortunate but perhaps save lives, there should be a ready response. It doesn’t mean much when many are interested and Norwich has not the reputation of being niggardly when it comes to im- proving conditlons of this character. The campalzn which has been start- ed should prove a declded success. The promoters are to be commended for making the start and there ought to be no restrictions to the number aided provided they are worthy and the fund is large enough. Ice funds on a much larger scale accomplish wonders in other cities and there s no Teason why it cannot in Norwich. PARTY PLACED SECOND. True to their convictions, the thirty or more democrats in congress showed the same opposition to the granting of independence to the Philippines in a few years, as provided by the Clarke amendment to the Philippine bill, when the time came for them to vote in the house as they did in the party caucus. It was a case where partisan action was called for against the interests of the country and the islands, but where those who refused to be driven by the party whip placed the latter first. Even though the defeat of the Clarke amendment had been indicated by the split in the caucus, it did not discour- age the advocates of the scuttle policy. They worked. tooth and nail to break down the opposition but. witheut suc- cess. These men realized the obli- gation of the United States to the is- landers, the more binding because it s moral, and they washed their hands of any effort which would work an Injustice both to the Filipinos and to this country. i For years there has been a deter- mined effort upon the part of certain politicians to cast off the Philippines. They have a purpose in their under- taking. There are those who want to get control of the islands and they prefer to give them their assistance and set the islands free because it would be much easier to do that than to continue to carry out the policy which was established when the is- lands were takem over. They give iittle consideration to what -gwuld hap- pen in the event of the Fil. .res get- ists between them. ‘Having made it evident by action that he means what he says, and pointed out-the disadvantages to all concerned which is bound to follow labor troubles, he foliows a wise course when he takes his employes in- to his confidence and outlines the way in which all who are interested can benefit, and there is every reason to believe that the suggestions which he makes will be accepted in the spirit in which they are given. It is perhaps unusual for a manu- facturer to tackle such a problem in the manner in which Mr. Park has, but it is nevertheless a handling of the hard, cold facts in a businesslike manner. It means a readjustment of labor conditions in the same manner that business in general is adjusted to meet new situations, and it is through such cooperation as he sug- wests that the most favorable and lasting results are going to be obtain- ed. If more manufacturers were in- clined in the same direction there would be less friction between labor and capital. THE HOME Al THE SCHOOL. Frequent are the instances wl those who are brought in touch th educational work find that the: not the proper understanding between the home and the school. Too often is the welfare of the child left entirely to the influence of the school teacher. There appears to be a peculiar idea of parental responsibility in a great many cases, ,and in others the ends to which the schools are working are en- tirely misunderstood. This happens in some instances because of a don’t care spirit and again because there is not erough interest to find out. In order to overcome this situation and to bring about a better coopera- tion between the home and the schools for the benefit of the pupils, there has recently been instituted the National League of Teacher-Mothers, the pur- pose of which is to have instructions started in the home when children reach the age of three which will con- tinue for a few minutes each day. These would be given by the mother and would serveito mot only get the children acquainted with some of the methods which would be found later in the schools, but it would get the mothers interested in and put them in closer touch with the schools. The neced of bringing the home and the school closer together is evident. There are too many who look upon the educational institution as the place for turning the children loose, or who look upon the teacher as a nursemaid ‘who has nothing else to do but to give her attention to such principles of dis- cipline as ought to be taught at home. Thus the possibilities of the league in oringing the home and the school nearer together are many, if it works out as it is planned, but it is more likely that it will suffer through lack of interest like so many other well in- tended profects, EDITORIAL NOTES. Of course England may look upon the surrender in Ireland as balancing up the surrender in Mesopotamia. Ireland has reasons to believe that republics that are born of rebellion are short lived and full of trouble. Looked at from another angle, the Dublin insurrection makes another small contribution to the cost of the war. Apparently all that is needed to set ’| some strikes in motion is to give no- tice that there is plenty ahead. of work The candidates for vice presidential honors do not appear to be monopoliz- ing thé attention of the voters of the country. = Going to the convention solely as a newspaperman, Col. Bryan will have an opportunity for once to tend strict- ly to business. Perhaps one of the greatest sur- prises of the Irish rebellion is that the rebels should adopt the sniping methods of the Mexicans. Many dogs would be passing sleep- less nights if they were given to wor- ry over the failure of their owners to provide their new brass tags. Ordinarily when a schoolmaster asks for an immediate answer, he ex- pects it inside of two weeks, but ex- pectations do not count apparently in the case of the note to Germany. By government reports it is shown that the price of meat animals has advanced over 19 per cent. in the past year, but the ultimate consumer is getting toughened to most anything. ‘With the announcement by one operator that the price of the comi- modity will probably be advanced 40 cents a ton retail, the worry has simply been shifted from the miners and operators to the consumers. That is a perfectly good question which General Obregon presents When he asks why Mexico should permit for- eign troops on its territory when it is able to control it, but he would have some difficulty in proving the control of which he has so, much to say. It was but a short time ago that the war department turned down the offer of several aeroplanes to help out the expedition in Mexico because the government could not accept such con- tributions, but ‘we are now informed that the navy®lepartment is going to accept the use of telephone and tele- anelles maintained by ailied fleet. - British steamer Minterne and four Norse steamers sunk by German submarines. 2 “|couldn’t even make a dent in it, let|Breal lish tvy. i I was in the midst of the latest Ver- dun news, ‘look at this poor' thing, Henry! It is positively pathetic the way it is t to grow in this tiny little basket With its roots sticking out through the bottom as though it had holes in its shoes! And it's beginning to turn yellow and gasp for food! 1 must transplant it at once!” *“I told Imogene that I admired her kind heart but she would not-leave me in peace. ‘Henry,’ she dem: Just as I had reached the point where the prominent clubman had beaten his ‘wife over the head with the opera glasses because she objected "to his flirting with the end girl in the front row, ‘don’t you think the ivy would look nice in one of those smart black and white stripped flower pots?’ “Perfectly sweet I told her earnest- ‘But,’ she broke out right in the middle of the beaten wife’s revelations concerning her husband’s life, ‘on the whole, a green one would look better in this room, wouldn’t it?" £ “It was then that I remembered a pressing business engagement and I QTHER VIEW POINTS Shad from other streams may be just as toothsome, but residents of this particular section are never satisfied until the Connecticut river products appears on the table, browned to the priper degree—Middletown Press. Judge John M. Thayer retires soon from the supreme court. ‘Why not John M. Thayer for next governor?’ asks the democratic Hartford Times. It is always a perplexing _question what to do with distinguishea pub- lice servants when they are forced by }an arbitrary estimate of age into pri- vate life. The bench of Connecticut may be made more attractive than ever If the practice of nominating for- mer judges for governor continues. We hestitate ‘o say more lest we find ourseives upon forbidden ground. — New Haven Journal-Courer. There is an amusingly semi-serious controversy going on hetween Senator McLean and the Hartford Times as to what each means and where each stands. Both profess to be unable to find out. We venture to reveal our discovery after reading both _care- fully. The Times is backing Presi- dent ‘Wilson as far as he will go in insistence that - submarine warfare shall obey international law and that unarmed ships shall not be sunk with- out warning. Senator McLean finds fault with the president in so faf as he fails to take unmistakable ground on this issue and shifts his ground and confuses the issue. We agree with them both—Waterbury Ameri- can. It should be rememberéd what a crazy demand the Massachusetts peo- ple made on the ‘New Haven' road, when we read of the hearing on the subject of celling certain securities. The demand was that the New Haven & Derby road and the Naugatuck were to be sold. These are both of them strictlv Connecticut properties, wtih not a foot in Massachusetts. The people over there have no interest in them, are not served by them, and, consequently, according to Massa- chusetts judgment they are not need- ed. On_the other hand, such a road as the Northampton Division, the old Canal road, does serve certain parts of Massgchusetts and, therefore, they think over there that that branch should be retained. There has sel- dom been a more ludicrous exhibition of shortsightedness and of selfishness than in this performance across the line—Hartford Courant. The clean-up, and paint-up cam- paign is on in New England cities and town and the New England com- mittee in Boston is soliciting money to further the scheme. In Boston: it is planncg to have the city inspected, with the purpose of locating ali very bad and unsanitary places. Police, public works department emplope: boy scouts, firemen and health i spectors will assist. The large silver loving cup that was last year award- ed to Hartford, Conn., for conducting the most efficient and thorough clean- up campaign, is to be contested for again by the New England cities and towns taking part ‘in this work. The judges who are to award this cup are Governor McCall of Massachusetts and Governor Spaulding of New Hampshire. The New England com- mittee will offer a silver cup to its cities and towns of 5000 or less in- habitants, the cup to be the perman- ent property of the city or town win ning 1 Meriden Record. alone dig it up, and why should. we have frozen ground and would T please as | do something about it? Well, take the hatchet, she suggested, and maybe, I got the hatchet and at the first whack the head of it indignantly rebounded from the petrified earth and nearly scalped me. I told Imogene what I véhousht of a womsm hvlvhx; ‘would e'l;- langer her husband’s life for a measly old ivy plant and we parted coolly. . “That night Imogene reported that tke ivy had lost three more leaves and it was a perfect shame and in the morning she was going to melt some earth with hot water. At 10 o'clock that morning our nextdoor neighbor Tang me at the office and in tremu- lous, =confused tones said that she hoped I wouldn't mind—and maybe it i1 was nothing at all people did such queer things nowadays with all these health fads—but that my wife was sitting out in the back yard with the teakettle, pouring the contents on the earth one minute and frantically Jjabbing the wet spot the next, follow- ed by wringing her hands and holding her head. And didn’t I think I ought to do something about it2 “I at once c=lied Imogene to the phone and told her again what I thought of her and she retorted that I was a brute an dthat the poor lit- tle ivy was just gasping for breath. When I advised her to smother it completely she paid no attention and asked me whether I couldn't bring home some tiny little dynamite cap- sules, just big enough to demolish a pint or so of the frozen ground, be- cause something had to be done. She said she was sure the composition of our back yard-bad changed from last season into New England granite and maybe we could quarry it and get rich, though, of course, that did not di pose of the ivy problem. She con- cluded by saying that if I had the soul of a lobster I would think of something to help her out. “So, on the way home I dropped in- to a seed and plant store and pur- chased a nickel's worth of soil, which I carried home in a paper bag in my pocket and the bag burst and the earth smeared all over the lining — and whgn I showed Imogene what I had do%e and waited for her hysteri- cal, apologetic thanks she merely yawned and said , ah, yes, she had thought of that herself after phon- ing me and had got the pot filled at the florist's down the street and the dear little ivy was looking better al- ready. Did she even look sidewise at my muddy pocket? You bet she did not! But, thank heaven, the ivy is planted. “You do lead a terrible life” sym- pathized the man from Woodlawn.— Chicago News. MEXICO A COUNTRY OF RICH MINES. Humbold Well Described It As the Treasure House of the World. (Speciai to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, D. C,, May 2. — With one-third of all the silver in the world today having come from the mines of Mexico, the metallurgic history of this cotmtry has fully justified Humboldt's famous description of it as the “treas- ure house of the world,” according to a bulletin issued today by the National Geographic Society of Washington, which says: * “A close contender with the United States for the first place in the pro- duction of silver—the two having pro- duced nearly seventy per cent of the world’s output in 1914—and ranking fifth as a gold producer, _Mexico is easily maintaining its position as one of the world’s richest nations with respect to minerals, a position it has held since the Spanish conquistadores first began to extort gold from the vanquished Aztecs. “When Cortez landed in Mexico he told the matives that the Spaniards suffered from ‘a disease which _only geld could cure’, and the chivalrous, credulous Asztecs, it is said, sent the Europeans great wheels of precious metal as well as ornaments of all sorts which, reckoned in values of today, were worth $30,000,000. “Immediately after the conquest the Spaniards began to work the gold and silver mines of Mexico, but many min- eralogists are of the opinion that there are gold mines which were known fto the Aztecs and worked by them but which even to this day have been hid- den frcm the white man, the Indians, actuated by superstition, keeping their secret. As if to substantiate this at- titude of the natives, the handsomest monument that graces the City- of Mexico between the capitol and the castle of Chapultepec stands to the memory of <Cuauhtemoc, the Atzec prince Who refused to reveal to t; conquerors the source of his people’s wealth, even though his torturers in their endeavor to make him disclose air, of the death of speare, tercentenary the world is celebrating this month, that a law was passed in this mining district ‘forbidding the branding of slaves on the %ace.” “Brutal tasl rs did not escape unpuni_;h‘?ld, ‘however. stance, in t e produced 38’?6.000,000 ‘worth of silver in 50 years, the slaves rose in 1760 an& massacred every white man in that region. Lo s “An apocryphal story, strongly rem- iniscerit of the Pefuvian tale of & 4re built against an- overhanging silver boulder, is told of the discovery of fhe rich silver deposits of the Guanajuato district. It is related th#t’a band of muleteers discovered in that_neighbor- hood one morning the glitter of refin- ed silver in the dead aghes of their campfire. ~ “All the stories of early mining op- erations in Mexico are not blotched with the-blood of peons. There is the interesting, authentic account of the famous Avino mine, worked as an open quarry and deeded by the owner to all the white men who would build their ‘houses close together for mutual pro- tection against hostile tribes. This was the beginning of the prosperous ‘City of Sunshine,’ Durango. “It is of the Durango vicinity, inci- dentally, that one of the most pathetic stories of an ancient prospector's blasted hopes is told. Thirty years after the conquest a wealthy Spani- ard, hearing of a mountain of solid silver, started on a journey of explora- tion. He traveled for days, hoping each morning that the rising sun would reveal a gigantic peak of glist- ening treasure. At last it came view. He hastened on, but when he reached the base of the mountain he discovered that it was of iron instead of silver. Crushed in spirit, he camped that night at_the foot f the mass of ferrous ore. Indians fell upon his band and some of his followers were killed while the leader himself was mortally wounded. He died while making his way back to the Capital. ‘This adventurer's name is perpetuated in the famous mineral mountaln, Cerro de Mercando, one of the rshast out- croppings of iron ore in the world. “No ancient mines of Mexico were more important to the aborigines than those of obsidian, the glassy volcanic rock from which the Aztecs made most of their edged tools and many of their weapons of war. ‘“Innumerable are the stories of lost mines which imaginative prospectors are consiantly ‘rediscovering’ for the benefit of credulous investors. About the searches for some of these el dor- ados there could be written histories which would rival in picturesqueness and thriling adventure the most ex- travagant romances of a Rider Hag- gard, a James Fennimore Cooper, or a Jules Verne. Senator Brandegee’s Good Work. Although he took a very little part in the debate during the consideration of the army bil, no member of the senate was more active or influential in securing the passage of the army reorganization bill as it passed the senate, than Senator Frank Brande- gee of Connecticut. He was Chair- man Chamberlain’s chief lieutenant on the republican side and was ever alert to take advantage of any situation to secure the adoption of amendments that would increase the strength of the army. The adoption of his amendment which increased the strength of the army to 250,000 was the cimax of the quiet campaign that the senator was cond'ucting. When it was originally produced very few members thought there was any prospect of its adoption. But Senator Brindegee co-operating with Chairman Chamberlain and the other advocates of an adequate army, worked unceasingly and surprised the pacifists when his amendment came up for adoption. ~ Even if the house should not con- cur with the senate the adoption of Senator Brandegee's #mendment great- ly strengthens the position of the pre- paredness forces in the finanl con- sideration o fthe bill. — Washington Heraléd. The Colonel's Delusions. The Colonel decleres that the protective _tariff must not be the Republican issue. The reason is plain. On that issue some other man might be nominated. But of herolsm and “the nation’s soul” the Colonel has a snug little monoply.—New York Eve- ning Post. s —— Why Slight Josephus? The bigger army men having plek- ed General Wood as a good candidate for president, the Navy League can hardly afford to overlook Admiral Fiske.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. The optimist generates a lot of hope that never comes out. B The Two modern houses athletic fields, courts, baseball sports. very high, priced schools at the low ex; to send ybur son or daughter to board you come to a_decision. —Address W heeler School For Boys and Girls used as separate residences for boys and girls, \ diamond, basketball and_all outdoor rapidly as Careful supervision of an efficient teaching foree - A aine maiionanier the it possible to offer the students all conven! force. A large endowment makes arne OF 34508 ear. 1 gou are aning Y 1 you are 0 g school this vear. write us Berors Royal A. Moore, A. M., Principal, North Stonington, Conn. TO SEE THE NEW AND Last Chance Today EYE COMFORT Indirect Lighting Fixtures FOR THE HOME AND OFFICE Displayed and demonstrated in room 220, Thayer Building by a lighting expert from the X-ray Reflector Co. DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY THE NORWICH ELECTRIC CO. WONDERFUL LINE OF No Wonder. The sentimental bride at a fashion- able seaside resort watched the sun set in rapturous silence. Then she murmured: “See, George, darling, how phosphorescent!” “It's mo won- der,” résponded the matter-of-fact bridegroom, “when you think how many matches are made in this place. Apples Are Healthful. Stick to the great American apple as at least a harmless component part of the naticnal dietary. It is fairly packed with the austere New Eng- land virtues. Its flavor suggests pru- dence and self-control, and its juices symbolize intellectual pleasures. Waste Labor. Lady ot the House—“Say, Dinah, did you clean the fish?” Dinah—“Law, no, missus! Why should Ah clean dat fish? He done lib all his life in de ‘wattah.”—Puppet. Ambiguous. Staylate—*Yes, I've been very fll. Everyone thought I was going to dle, but I didn’t, you see.” Miss Weereigh —*“Oh! that's too bad. I'm awfully sorry.” e Where Vanilla Comes From. ‘Vanillin is the active principle which makes vanilla ice cream so popular. It occurs in the roots of oats and the leaves and roots of a number of plants. It has been found to be poi- sonous to clover, wheat, cowpeas and other plants. i Banana Flour In United States. Banana flour now is being made on a large scale and is imported to the United States from Porto Rico. It has - added much to the wealth of the island as well as giving the United States a new product for the table. . . Love and Liquor. She (nestling closer, while sitting out dance in conservatory)—"It's true, isn’t it, that it’s love that makes the world go round?¥ He (dull, and slightly tipsy)—"Blest it I didn’t think it was that beastly champagne.”—Van- ity Fair, \ —— Ostrich Has Many Years of Value. An ostrich often lives to be more than seventy years old and ylelds marketable feathers from the time it is six months old until it is more than fifty. 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