Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 18, 1916, Page 4

year. Entered at the Postoffice .Conn., as second-class mai -‘c' ‘Norwich, {llimantic Office, Room BIIHMI‘A ‘elephone 210, - Em— ¢ Norwich, Thursday, May 18, 1916.. B e o e T The Circulation of The Bulletin has the largest lon of any in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four, times T that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to ove: . 3,000 of the 4,063 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 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 postoflice districts, and sixty 1ural free _routes. The Bulletin is sold In every town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. i | i | Such a course as Great Britain has followed in the war has been far more considerate than tolerated. There are good reasons for which has been taken in holding up all mails, and in delaying mails be- tween neutrals whether they = are bound for Europe or this country. Certainly ‘American bound mails are not carrying goods to the central pow- ers and they ought not to be subject- ed to such treatment as they have been receiving. CIRCULATION 1801, average....,ccecesncens 1905, avera .5,920! Great Britain, however, when it pleads -that its action has been made necessary by the German attitude, does no better than Germany when it claimed it adopted its submarine pol- icy because of the blockade which the allies established. In both in- stances it is the neutral that suffers and does so without justification. Thus the protest should be firmly and pointedly made and the imposition stopped. VERMONT AND PENNSYLVANIA. Further evidence of where the members of the party stand relative to the nominee at the national republi- can convention at Chicago next month has been furnished by the primaries held in the states of; Vefmont and Pennsylvania, In both instances there is an out and out declaration against the se- lection of Colonel Roosevelt. The del- egates who would have gone to the convention pledged for him were de- feated overwhelmingly. In the Green Mountain state this was manifested Dy the preference of the people who either used stickers or wrote in the name of Justice Hughes as the stand- ard bearer for the party in the No- vember election. There was no great amount of interest shown in the primary and the vote was light in some of the big centers but it was nevertheless declsive among those ‘who did ‘take the trouble to go to the polls. In Pennsylvania, as in other states, it was a contest between, the pledged end the unpledged delegates. Had the delegates led by former Governor Brumbaugh won, it would have meant that they were committed to Roose- velt. It was, however, the unpledged delegates who carried the state and their choice, while not announced, means someone besides Roosevelt. "It was there as it was in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Those who stand for Roosevelt had the opportu- nity of so declaring and the fact that delegates who are not pledged to him were selected means, if it means any- thing, that the sentiment of those states is against his candidacy. Whether Pennsylvania will support Hughes or some of the favorite sons rémains to be seen, but if the pri- mary is to- be considered as a guide, it becomes evident that the republi- cans of that state have, as far as their say goes, eliminated the former president ‘from further consideration. It ouglit to leave no doubt as to where Public sentiment is upon this point. —— et A BLOT ON TEXAS. The action of the people in Waco, Texas, when' they assembled to the number of 15,000 to witness the burn- Ing at the stake of a Negro, whose charred remains were later dragged through the street by a man on horse- back, can hardly be looked upon as that to be expected from a civilized community. That ‘there should be such a culmination of a court trial places a blot upon the ‘people of that state as glaring as any which has been earned by Georgia. ~It is not to be inferred that the vic- tim should have been treated with any greater care than is ‘called for ander the law. He was arrested for an assault upon and the murder of a woman. The crime was such as to sall for the full application of the law, and it is to the credit of the authori- ties and people of that city that he was given a trial, that the facts were sstablished and that he was found tulity of the charge in the manner provided by law; but thereafter the tommunity appears to have lost con- trol of itself. There was no reason lo believe but what the Negro would o bech sentenced to death and that ‘would have been carried out as di- rected by the law of that common- wealth, and that is the course that thould have been followed, but when 3¢ was burned to death in a public A PROPER WARNING. The warning which Germany has sent out to all neutral nations re- garding the conduct of steamships which have been ordered to stop is entirely proper and it shows a’ dispo- sition to prevent serious misunder- standings. It is of course understood that a warship is within its rights when it orders a merchant vessel to stop for the purpose of determining its character, destination and cargo. Such, of course, means some little delay while the formalities are being gone through, and in the case which prompted the issuing of the warning, there was an effort made upon the part of a steamer’s captain to lessen that time. When he was signalled he turned his ship about and headed in the direction of the submarine in or- der to shorten the distance between them. _This was interpreted by the subma- rine commander, with a certain amount of justification, as an attempt to ram the underwater boat in ac- cordance with certain directions and encouragements which it is alleged have been given by belligerent nations. It didn’t take long to find out differ- ently, however, though it would have been easy of course for the subma- rine to have submerged and disap- peared, but 1t showed nevertheless that there is bound to be a danger- ous uncertainty under such conditions unless a fixed course is followed, and that according to the German noti- fication should be the immediate halt- ing of a vessel when warned to stop. Such, of course, is a fair position to take in order to prevent any mis- interpretations of intentions. Those which intend to flee, or those which are going to attack the underwater boat will under such rules be readily distinguished from those which have nothing to fear and it should result in the prevention of unjustified at- tacks being made upon peaceful mer- chantmen. Germany has taken a step by its warning, which should aid such vessels in protecting thgfilves. EDITORIAL NOTES. After the kind of weather which May has been putting forward this week, it looks like a long way to summer, Villa is reported as raising an army in the state of Durango. He seems to be able to ralse most anything that means trouble. — It has been some days now since the rebellion in Ireland broke out and yet there have been no appeals made In behalf of the sufferers. The man on the corner says: Not- withstanding the constantly increas- ing use of motor vehicles, there is still lots of horse semse in the country. The Springfield chief of police has announced that gasolene cannot be sold on Sunday henceforth. That means more tanking up on Saturday nights. From the way in which Hughes is being called for, it doesn’t look as if there would be much for the favorite sons to do but to move to make it unanimous. . ‘While so much is being said about daylight saving, it is to be remem- bered that farmer does not have to set the clock ahead to take ad< vantage of it. Tnasmuch as service with-the Red Cross caused Mary Garden to lose 30 pounds there ought to be no further need of offering suggestions to those who want to grow thin. — Gloomy, wet days are not always welcomed, but there are reasons for feeling thankful that this section did not experience the two-foot snowfall which South Dakota received. From the way in which democrats voted against the Rublee appointment by, President Wilson, it is apparent President Wilson’s supporters claim that the republicans have not shown the necessity for a change in the ad- ministration. The democrats have ce | furnished all the proof that is needed in that respect. ‘When that he Secre i s, but] L that does not mean that it should be | Su course, not a t telephone, and if he'd called, I'd known it. No, they'll be done in a few minutes. Well, T'm mrry“.mbml'“ been working “Aw-w-w-w, say Mame! You know perfectly well there’s nothing doing| mj with that Beagel hoy—I just hate him! won't tell you his name.He ks in a bank and he's a peach of a dancer— we're going to eat where there's danc- ing to-night. “What do I call him? Say, now! Well, Tl tell you this much—I call him Dickie. Uh, huh—Richard! Swell name? And instead of being good hearted and willing to help a girl along this dub I work for wants to row because I take time to iron my best waist! I expect it's because he's afraid I'll get married and he'll lose tically as great as ever.—New Union. The public does not realize how great is the death loss due to - tres- passing. The official statistics show that in years when 300 passengers and 3,000. employes are killed in railroad are killed, mostly while walking the tracks. They are knocked over one at a time and the iccidents do not at- tract the same attention as a collision or deérailment. Yet the total for the year is more horrible. The victims are not mostly tramps or worthless characters, either. The records show that most of them.are’ useful mem- bers of the community. The public should reform itself.—Waterbury Re- publican. A German Survey. A German survey takes up in detail ‘the various operations on the West- ern front, but cCovers the operations only up to April 1 and gives but lit- tle further information than has been contained in the official communiques and other despatches. Referring in a general way to the battles of the Meuse, it declares that the most important result was that French troops were relieved by the English from Armentieres to Arras, and in the last third of March still urther southward to ‘the Somme. 'But” the report adds, “the substituted troops have not developed any, con- siderable activity. Neither have the ‘English made the slightest attempt to relieve the strain upon their hard- pressed ally by making an attack up- on_their own account.”” sThe other two allies of tha French —the Russians and Italians—made more earnest efforts to support their ally, says the stirvey, and it sums yp what these operations were as f6l- lows: “Before the German east front there were observed since March 10 troops in motion which announced the begin- ning of heavy attacks at several points. Heavy artillery fire began March 13 upon a large section.of our defenses and reached in places the proportion of drum-fire. It could be seen that the enemy had by night cut passages through his wire entangle- ments, and that during the artillery firing reserves were being placed in position ready to advance to the front. On March 1 8the attacks began. The enemy had selected seven points at which to try to make a breach in our lines. His offensive began in the sec- tion south of Dvinsk. The region be- tween the Narotch and Wisznieff lakes. then further to the north, the region around Postavy, and finally a strip to the north of Vidsy were at- tacked daily by the Russians with great vim from March 18 to 22, At only one point, the outpost at Stach- ovcze to the south of the Narotch, lzke, was it found nccessary to make an unimportant retirement ouh front, but the new positicn was then held without wavering. At all other points one Russian attack after the other broke down with frightful loss- es on their side. The like bloody loss- es and failure to. score results attended the enemy's advanced near Dvinsk and at several other points between Dvinsk and Riga. - “After the complete failure of the attacks of March 18 to 22 the enemy brought up fresh troops, and after another long artillery preparation a new series of attacks began on the 24th and 25th at all the points that had been presviously threatened. They were all bloodily repulsed during the following thre days; and in the nights of the 26th and 27th we were even able to make counter attacks and to dis- lodge the enemy from portions of his original positions south of Vidsy and to the south of Lake Narotch, from which he was harrassing us. Since that time the Russian offensive has been suspended—owing to the thaw- ing weather, as the Russians rather lamely explained. In reality the great operations of the eastern ally to re- lieve the pressure upon the French ended in a complete fallure and with unparalleled losses. “The situation on the other fronts can be summarized as follows: The attacks of the Italians again failed, broken by the stout courage of our ally; and here the ‘relieving offensive’ was transformed into a defensive in which the enemy had considerable fensive duty. on.the East front, conscious of the fa that we are dictating the character the fighting, are just as much inspired by the offeffnsive spirit in heroically resisting the onsets of the Russians en masse as their comrades. the troops fighting in Russian who en- Jjoyed the good fortune last summer of pressing forward incessantly and wrestling enormous stretches of ‘ter- ritory from the Russian colossus, are now looking on without envy at the attacks of their comrades in the west, after these had for so long been con- demned to the self-sacrificing task of ‘warfare. me. “Believe me, it takes a quick brain to take his dictation. No, he’s not one of those gatling gun ones—he’s a hem- mer and hawer, you know. And he changes his mind and drives you crazy, and has a fit if you write it like he says. With my dying breath I'd still insist he said ‘Those kind of heams is'—and you'd “ought to seen him act when, he read it in the-let- ter. Unfortunately the city ice plant will not be ready to _relieve the situa- tion this summer. Why it should be easy to spend millions for Warrenite, and hard to spend a few thousand for an ice plant is for the authorities, who are so swift in one case and so slow in the other, to explain. This plant ought to be regarded as part the program to make Bridgeport a good place to live in. It is part of the pol- icy of industry, and of Bridgeport’s at- tempt to keep its share of the labor, ‘Nothing to make a fuss about, any- how, was it? T guess a real busy man B s e S st Lo e The war has not sensibly increased any attemtion to cases and tenses and the number of cases of mental dis- o orders amounting_to_ insanity in the army. Professor Regis of e Central !nstytm.lon for Mental Diseases at|in the coming period when labor is go- Bordeaux gives figures showing that|ing to be more needed than it is now, of 1,232 officers and soldiers sent tofand harder to obtain—Bridgeport the establishment between August 20,|Farmer. 3 1914, and January 31, 1916, suffering “mental commotion”, there de- veloped only 69 cases of permanent derangement. These permanently insane were mostly reservists and a third of them of the oldest contingents from 40 years up. There was one officer, two sub- alterns and €6 privates. Forty-seven of them came from the front, twenty- one from the bases in the .interior proving thet insanity is as likely to develop in_the barracl as in the trenches. More than a third of the cases are of melancolla with charac- teristic symptoms of imaginary ac- cusations or self-accusations relating to army discipline, to courage and conduct in face of the enemy and var- jous details of military duty. There were only eight alcoholics in the num- ber. gs. T had a good education,’ T told him indigant like, at the time. T'd have you know I'm a graduate of the pub- lic schools. And I went six months to high school, too, besides the bus- iness college, and I'm perfectly capa- ble of knowing what you said! I wrote it Gown just that way—'those kind is—and my mother says it is killing her to_think one of her family has to slave in a stony hearted busi- ness office, and get down at 9 o'clock too! “I_ was just bound he wasn't going to think 1 was nobody and he could jump on me like that! -Huh? Oh, he Sort of ran his hands through his hair and said something in Latin or French, or something. No gentleman would talk a language a lady can’t under- stand, and it's hard to put up with his crudeness, but the salary’s good. “I dan’t know as I can endure his treatment much longer, though. The way he acted the other day! He came tearing in here so mad he was purple. He saig he'd rung and rung the office on important business and could get no answer, and where in thunder—yes, those was his very words, Mame, and me the first member of my family to demean herself to go into business — where in thunder was I when T should ‘have been here on the job? “I told him I got lonesome and went downstairs for a soda water, and wasn't gone five minutes, and did he expect me to sit here and choke to death? Oh, he just talked some of Up to date, the moving picture the- atres of New Britain have shown films that are detrimental to the morals, of young people. There is no gainsaying this fact. It would seem then that the managers of the local moving picture houses would take warning, would do something to prevent the demolishing of their own business. Many people are not going to the “movies” be- cause they are not sure just what kind of an entertainment will be presented, are not sure they will be given good, clean, wholesome entertainment. Even in some of the advance notices of films there is the tendency to play upon the emotional drama, to gently hint 'that what will be shown will smack of the salacious. This is done ostensibly for the purpose of drawing people to the playhouses. While it may lure a cer- tain class, it has the effect of keeping the better classes away. This is where the managers of these theatres should exercise foresight and stem the onrushing tide—New Britain Herald. QTHER VIEW POINTS Five motorcycle policemen are now on duty in Bridgeport for the summer season. We think the police board would make no mistake if it increased this number to ten. While it is true that the principal usefulnebs of the motorcycle officers lies in their ability to handle infractions of the automo- bile law, it should not be forgotten that they are useful in all other. as- pects of police duty as well. A mo- more ground than an officer on foot toreycle policeman can cover infinitely and he can get to a sceré of disorder in a great hurry when wanted. We believe that if the records of the mo- torcycle policemen in Bridgeport are examined it will be found that their total of arrests, entirely aside from violations of traffic laws, are better than totals of the average foot trolman. In other words they justify themselves by regular police service, entirely apart from their special du- ties as regulators of automobile traf- fic. The presence of ten motorcycle officers in Bridgeport, patroling at all times the principal highways of the city, would exercise an extremely ben? eficial influence on the automobilists. But that there would be a great deal less speeding under the circumstances, goes without saying.—Bridgeport Tel- egram. < Speaking of the Hon. Thomas M. Waller, one is reminded that he fis Connecticut's leading relic of a mili- tant Democratic party in Connecticut. He can place “former” before his name for more important offices than almost any other man, certainly more than any other Democrat. He is the only living Democrat in the state who ever secured a majority vote of its citizens for governor, if memory fis correct. That was back in 1862. This makes Mr. Waller the oldest living former governor. He is also the old- est living former secretary of state, having served in that office forty-six years ago. Still again he is the old- est living speaker, presiding over the house in 1876.—Bridgeport Post. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society Lowestoft, the most easterly city of the British Isles, is the subject of today’'s war geography bulletin issued bv the National Geographic Society from its Washington headquarters. ‘Lowestoft, the Suffolk seaport sit- uated on a declivity which might be called England’s ‘Land’s End to the East’ is a hundred mil northwest of . London, almost the e distance across the North Sea from Zeebrugge, Belgium, and three hundred - miles southwest of the German naval strong- hold Cuxhaven,” says the bulletin. “This town of 35,000 inhabitants, the scene recently of a unique triple at- tack by German Zeppelins, cruisers and under-sea ¢ , was one of the most fashionable watering places on the west coast of England at the be- ginning of the war. The aristocrat- ic section of the city lies to the south of the Waveney River's artificial ou A former Meriden man now a prominent citizen in New Britain, W. L. Hatch, induced the school board of that place to decide to give every pupil who graduates from the public schools of the city an American flag. This will be eight by twelve inches and thus large enough to make an impression upon the young mind and ‘help instill the lessonhof patriotism in the boys and girls. at is a splen- did suggestion for the Meriden school board for it should not be an expen- sive thing to do and the results will be worth while. Children are taught now- adays by object lessons rather than by Year after year the cowardice of the operations, 5,000 or more tmn\ l 1 LYRES Another_Big_Headliner “KATE ROONEY & CO. Imitations Her Famous PAT ROO! TRIANGLE FEATURE THE ARYAN Big Western Feature in Five Resls His Bread and Butter Two R Keystone Co _Mat. 2:1‘;’l Eve. 6:45 -ndm:'dé _— Welcome HODGE In His Latest Success FIXING SISTER One Night, Tues., May 23. Return of the Always Favorite WILLIAM A Four Act Comedy Drama of New York Society Life Direct From His Boston Triumph Prices 25¢, 350, 0o, 750, $1.00, $1.50 Seat Sale Saturday at 10 A. M. MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED NOW Connecticut general assembly forces upon various sections of the state the troublesome servance. The s question of Sunday ob- isness of the ques- tlon and the social problems involved are as regul lators as th arly ignored by the legis- ey are presented. There can be no peace in the state of Con- necticut until the legislature repeals observance gin, and,, laws of antiquated ori- in their enforcement “dan- gerously irritating to the community at large. While it may be said in many of the towns of the state that condi- tions ‘have chan; but Httle it is a fact to be reckon large problems ha successfully principles. the statute ditions then enacted, no centers of population with that in the social ve arisen which cannot be solved by old-fashioned The observance laws on books today refer to con- existing. They had, when vision of the social read- jystments which have come and_ ask now for consideration. ~ has become The problem a moral one and more than ever one that relates. to the de- termination was Sunday Sunday It of the insistent inquiry, made for man or man for is no light question. It does mot affect the religious influences of the day, nor does it contemplate it. It asks the day to cooperate in order that moral forces in the state be strength- ened.—New i religious influences of the all ‘Haven Journal-Courier. could have Herald. othing Unusual. “Roosevelt stirs Chicago audience” says a headline. Emma _Goldman done the same.—Rochester Irish is somewhat like Greek. ASK FOR and GET HORLICK’S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Chesp substitutes cost YOU same price. losses in men and terrain. At Sa- loniki 300,000 Entente troops are held fast, withut hitherto having been able to advance against their besiegers. Aviona is closely invested. On the Caucasus front, finally, the Russian advance, at first successful, was checked. In view of all these facts the military situation at the end of March can be characterized as highly gratifying. We dictate the strategy of the hour. The grand offensive plans of our enemies have fallen into hopeless confusion. France's reserves are probably for the most part held fast on the meuse, and in part al- theory and no high sounding lecture or the daily grind of lessons can do so much to ificulcate patriotism and show the meaning of loyalty to flag and country as can be accomplished with the gift of flags. Patriotism must be taught in the public schools for we cannot depend upon the home now for that and the more stress that is lzid upon patriotism now the more e — REACHING THE SPOT let to the North Sea, while on the north bank its fishing industry 1is centrated. “As early as 1086 Lowestoft was hamletsof the royal mannor of Loth- ingland. During the civil war of the 17th century it was seized by Crom ‘well and in 1665 became noted in Eng- lish history when the Dutch fleet, un- der ‘Admiral Opdam, was defeated the Duke of Yorke's fleet of 114 sail almost within sight of the town. The English fleet destroyed eighteen of the enemy’s vessels, Including Opdam’s ‘!xhlp ‘which blew up with a loss of 500 ves. “One of the physical peculiarities of the town 1s the serles of narrow lanes, known, as ‘scores’, which run down to the water front. Similar lanes fn the comj ;Yonugort of Yule!;l\mh, 12 miles to the North, are cal ‘rows’. In Iatter cify the ‘rows wors. oncs. tho . Ui Tt AL wDlethe T nable section ced ies had planned a general on- % ndgomely accorated: howmes "of tho|set thls spring, the German armies| The tired-out feelings, antici) them and ithrew their You must reach the spot—get at the to e cause, In many cases 'tis the kidneys. Doan’s Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys. Norwich citizens testify. Mrs. Margaret Brown, 336 W. Main St, Norwich, says: “My back was in bad shape and I suffered severely from dull, heavy pains across my kidneys. It was almost impossible for me to get out of bed in the morning and I the | felt miserable in every way. I tried different medicines, but wasn't helped. Doan’s Kidrey Pills, procured at N. D, Sevin & Son’s Drug Store, made me feel like a different woman, restoring my kidneys to a normal condition and removing the pains in my back.” Price §0c, at all dealers. Dom't It Has Been Done, So Scores of Nor- wich Citizens Say. To get rid of an aching back, The sharp twinges, , from a German point of Furn quarters. “Our enemies had been prepari; for this general onset with dll the t’:- " 5 Fine patterns bought for the The War A Year Ago Today May 18, 1915. - Agents i oo it / iture -- Carpets From our extensive line you will be sure to find what BRASS BEDS ; SPECIAL AT $10.00 Spring trade before the ad- vance in price at $12.00, $15.00 -and up to $30.00 ‘HERALD RANGES”