Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 30, 1916, Page 4

Bully ul B ‘# etin Busi itorial Rooms 35.3. L Bl R tia Job Otfice §5-% Willimantiec Office, Room 2, Murray Building. T-l.nhoncm —— Norwich, Tuesday, May 30, 1916. —_———————— THE REPUBLICAN TICKET For Mayan ALLYN L. BROWN For Aldermen GUY B. DOLBEARE WILLIAM H. ALLEN For Councilmen JOHN E. VAUGHN FRANK L. ARNOLD JOSEPH C. WORTH EDWARD CROOKS For City Clerk ARTHUR G. CROWELL : For City Treasurer WILLIAM CARUTHERS For City Sheriffe GEORGE W. ROUSE CHARLES H. RAYNES * For Water Commission: HUGH BLACKLEDGE MEMORIAL DAY. Set apart for'the purpose of. paying tribute to the memory of the departed soldiers and the strewing of flowers on their graves-or about the monu- ments erected for:those who fell on land and sea and’whose final place no one;knows, Memorial day de- serves to be participated in by more than the remnants of the Grand Army and those who 'are -attached to them by family ties. It was through the service rendered:by these fallen he- roes, as wel' as‘those whose lives were spared, thatithe people:of today are privileged to enjoy the benefits of this glorlous:country, and.it is but a slight’ apprecfation that is made when there is a general participation in the observancewof theday. Thislittle tribute which is;made by making Me- morial day+ the success which it de- serves to be, is no more than a patri- otic people. should be anxious to give. Instead of being allowed to show theseffects of{lack of interest be- cause the’ veterans\who have directed, it in the past are forced by age to] lessen thelr activity, there shouldibe, if for no other reasom, a greater, re- sponse on the part of the general pub- lic to keep green the memory of the Boys of '6l. Love for country and the perpetuation of its. institutions should prompt it. Those who laid down' their lives for us cannot be for- gotten. The part which they played In the upbuilding of the union cannot be overlooked if'the same spirit which caused them to respond to the na- tion’s demands is going to, be kept alive. The first Memorial day was observed in Charleston, S. C., in May 1865. The appropriateness of it was quickly recognized and May 30 is now a le- gal holiday in all save eight of the southern states. Graves of the union and confederate soldiers are deco- rated alike and the interest in it should never be allowed to wane. ATWOOD’S EDUCATIONAL FUND. No one who has read of the act of Eugene Atwood of Stonington in es- tablishing a fund of $100,000 for the purpose of giving assistance to the boys and girls of Connecticut who are seeking to get the henefits of a higher education, can have anything but the highest admiration for this magnifi- cent act. « Mr. Atwood has: chosen a most commendable method for plac- ing a part of his wealth at the dis- posal of the coming generations. It makes little difference what in- spired him to make this generous gift or lend this strong hand of assistance, the fact cannot be overlooked that he has taken into recognition that there is a peed existing in this direction and he has proceeded to supply it.. Many are the instances where young people of much promise have been denied the advantages which will thus be afford- ed. Great numbers have succeeded In overcoming large handicaps in this respect through their own efforts. They have done their best to reach the top and they have succeeded but there are others who might have done as well if they had not faced discourag- Ing outlooks and been forced by home conditions to devote their efforts to sarning a livelihood for themselves and others at a time when they were winxious to complete their - edu- cation. Numerous examples of the good “work which bas been done in this very same direction are readily tecalled but there is still plenty of spportunity for helping the deserv- lng as well as lending encouragement ‘o all who would like to avail them-, telves of the henefits of the many sducational institutions but who are leterred therefrom by llack. of funds. Mr. Atwood has’ apparently: iized this Bimtlvn}l.nd by las' taken a most.laudabls MR, which should bear excellent fruit and me which-is worthy‘ofjemulation . by nany other men of wealth. The value it the fund@ will be more’fully:dems- mstrated as it is put to the use:for vhich it is intended, and there can be 10 question but what it will find a ready response upon the -part of those played into their hands and they have mot failed to recognize it. At the same time it is wo ~of mote that the Japanese gove fent has not con- sidered it advisable to enter inte the business of international commerce in competition with private capital, either by operating the vessels or by buying and leasing them. It is getting satis- tactory service and plenty of vessels 7, 'was this for use in case of war by encouraging | SP® private enterprise and therein lies a lesson which the legislators of this country should take to heart. THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. ‘When President Wilson the League to Enforce Peace at_its banquet in Washington, he did not at- tempt to lay down the methods which should be pursued by this organiza- tion in attaining its object, but on the other hand he did draw lessons from the present war which show that the nations of the world should be banded together to prevent any repe- titions in the future. This is made manifest when he says “the principle of public right must henceforth take precedent over the in- dividual interests of particular na- tions, and that the nations of the world must in some way band them- selves together to see that that right prevails as against any sort of sel- fish aggression; that henceforth al- liance must not he set up against al- liance, understanding against under- standing, but that thers must be a common agreement for a common ob- Ject, and that at the heart of that common object lie the inviolable rights of the peoples and of mankind.” That the president referred to many of the early acts of the war cannot be questioned, but he also must have been thinking of the manner in which the rights even of the neutral nations have been disregarded by the belliger- ents. He reaches the conclusion that arbitrary| force must be rejected, that the small states of the world have a right to enjoy the same respect for their sovereignty and territorial in- tegrity that great and powerful na- tions expect and insist upon and that the world has a right to be free from a disturbance of its’ peace that has its origin in aggression and disregard of the rights of peoples and nations. The president took opportunity to express his opinion on the position of this nation in case it should be asked to take part in peace negotiations and the nation can heartily support his “God grant that the dawn of that day of frank denung and of settled peace, concord and cooperation may be near at hand"” EDITORIAL NOTES. ‘Memorial day, and a day when there should be a liberal display of the flag. Even“ 'ant it comes but once a year, it o not to be forgotten why Memorial day is observed. The man on the wrn'r-nyl: ‘Too many men have the mistaken notion tl::t ‘the thing to do is the other fel- Italy has decided to go in on the daylight:saving scheme. It might also have some interest just at present over saving its mountains. ———n It is’to be hoped that forces in con- trol of tthe slides at the Panama ca- nal willinot decide to resume activity because{Goethals 1s awa; From, the way in which the Bul- garians are attacking 'its outposts, King Constantine may not be able to retain control of Greek temper. Inasmuch as the Servian army has been able to reorganize and come back, it will be well for England to keep its eye on the Sinn Feiners. R If the preparedness parades being held about the country result in noth- ing else they convince those partici- pating of the need of better strests. England has designated Lilova George to settle the Irish question. Tt is one of thoss jobs which anybody would be willing to entrust to Georse. The price of shoes is going up, but even if Fashion decreed hip boots in the summer time the cost of them would make little difference to those who devoutly follow its dictates. cal one. ‘She —she must have gone under the pew!™ she whispered nerv- ously to the broadcloth stranger out of one corner of her mouth. “But which pew?” asked ifmt per- son, staring straight ahead at the em- phatic pulpit, as one should do In church. “I cant help it" wailed the blue serge woman, still more nervously. Bending down she peered around on LE'I'I'ERS TO THE EDITOR | i: Mr. Bditor: As many of the people of Norwich have not had information the cash receipts and dis- bursements of the gas and electrical department, and especially the way the profit from this department has been used during the past year of the dem- ocratic administration, a short ex planation is given herein. The gas and clectric department is one of the city's children, the city be- ing the parent or the one to stand the loss or profit, accordingly as its child makes or loses. The mayor appoints one commissioner each year and the total number in the commission is five who conduct the department through its superintendent, clerk, etc. All of the cash goes through the city The electors in the city meeting is the only body having power 'to vote the cash profit out of the city treasury. The cash from this depart- ment is mingled with all the other money of the city. Hence it will be seen in the absence of a vote in the city meeting taking the money from the city treasury and placed in the smmn‘ and reserve funds, the cash profit is available for all city debts. Last year there remained in the city treasury $18812,51 which represented the cash profit of the gas and electri- cal.department ending May, 1915. The administration had and used this money during the last year as well as an amount from the water depart- ment $12,288.82 in excess of the esti- mated receipts over and above the ex- penses. This makes $31,051.33 or an amount equal to about a 2 1-2 mill tax, which the democratic administra- tion has had to use. And they now suggest that $18,812.51 should be paid back to the department by an addi- tional tax of 1 1-2 mills. 'Why should this not have been done last year? It is said, “because the administration needed the money. Is this not most important to every citizen that the affairs of our city be conducted by men who have no per- sonal interest for their own pockets or otherwise but solely the city’s wel- fare at heart? Who is likely to give us the better administration, the well known responsible man who accepts the nomination as a duty to be as- sumed for the city’s benefit, or one who in addition to serving upon im- portant committees of the court of common council finds opportunity to accept a lucrative appointment in the city’'s employ, such as for instance being clerk of the public works com- mittee at the liberal salary of $1000 a year, and duties limited to presid- ing over the city barn and keeping a cash account? Very truly yours, HENRY JONES. May 29, 1916. Young Men. Mr, Editor: It is an age when young men are puched to the front whether they will or not. This is true of the professionai man and the business man. Hcw often is it the case that the young man is called to the most responsible positions in the e ment of railroads, manufacturing plants and other large business propo- sitions; and how rarely do they fail to make good. It may be accounted for in most cases because they are vigorous, ambitious, and put their life into their work. They do not always accomplish all they wish but they are pushing in the right direction. They bound to get results. The momi- nees on the republican ticke Now that Dr. Waite has been found | yous guilty, what is going to be done with those who sell germs to frresponsible parties and those who can be hired to put-arsenic In the embalming fluid? — ‘Announcement fs made that the Servian 'army ' has . been isafely trans- ported to’Saloniki. The allies continue, to massitroops-at that.point.as’if they:| intended 'to’ 4o something one-of these ——— is ; declared that when Colone Boouvdn,hlfl!mnhand: = is true that they are all inexperienced city matters but thxt is_nothing against them, if -they are the right ‘material. 'whn experience had Mayor Murphy- when he was first elected as ~of our city?. had office. A ;5 EFTED 5**%?;35 LTS i A red bow stuck out from under the last pew at the back and an inte: ed usher, with an eye upon te od: convulsed section before him fished 't said the blue serge woman, springing to her feet. She hastened down the aisle In a spendid imitation of a lady bolting for her ‘Here's your little mbmmno"‘ grin- ned the usher, who was an acquaint- . Tl bet you haven't any idea of the text!™ ““Well, neither has much of anybody else!” grimly retorted the blue serge g‘ayé grabbing her loudly weeping “Well,” soothed the young man, “it isn’t as though she had had a pin with her! Remember the silver lining!” — Chicago News. Stories of the War How the Germans Occupied Douau- mont. The occupation 'of Fort Douaumont by the Germans in March, which has the enemy that had slipped inside the fort with machine guns and a revolv- ing cannon. At the same time we had to watch over a winding ravine opening near the church of Douau- Germans concussions. were obliterated between 2 o'clock in the morning and one o'clock in the af- ternoon when the Germans increased the range of their. artillery fire and their infantry attacked the village. We were cut off from all communica- tion front and rear, for every man sent out with information was a dead man. “The Germans came out of the fort and from concealed positions we had not been able to reconnoitre, and ad- vanced through the ravine simulta- The men debouching from the fort were seen ‘We hesitated because they wore the new helmets the adjutant ot the battalion. ‘They are Germans.’ “The loss of our commandant through this ruse excited the fury of our men, already decided to make the supreme’ sacrifice. “The battalion had had the mission of defending the village at no matter what cost. They were doubly beat upon it now, as the s learned when with several of its machine g\;:ls upon masses which were the left side of Douaumont. onet and rifle butt our boys opened breaches in the ick ranks before ‘| of their control, as communities_ nch, with his bayonet and bhrought ige t‘:dree remaining with bullets as leutenant L—, unable to make Limself heard above the din of the battle, circulated among his smoking a cigarette n.nd with a m on his lips, to encourage them.” ese,” concluded the officer, “are only examples of a thousand cases of the heroism that characterized the de- fense of our lines around Douaumont.” OTHER VIEW POINTS That the jitneys will te them- selves, as the last Connecticut.legis- lature was content to believe, does not seem to be the view of the New York public service commission, which has Jjust handed down a decision that is liable to put many of the nickel auto- mobiles out of business in that state. The board decrees that jitneys cannot operate on streets used by the street car railways, nor can they take routes that are parallel with the car lines. The responsibility that binds the traction companies, and the “free from financial obliggtions” phase of the jit- ney business had much to do with the decision of the service commission. Hartford Post. The park board has disapproved of the idea of a bathing beach at Mirror lake, Hubbard park, although the Playgrounds’ association seems to think that the people want it. No doubt most of the taxpayers do not think of going to Hubbard park, or to Brookside for a swim on a hot after- moon, but there are a great maay who do, and if there was a beach and bathhouses at Mirror lake a large number of people who cannot go to the shore would be glad to take sd- vantage of the opportunity to bathe in a cool spot like the lake. Public pools are not expensive and they are not objectionable in any way. With an instructor who would also act as a policeman there would be no rowdyism and all the proprieties would be lived up to. We hope that the park hoard will follow the mayor’s lead and re- consider the appeal of the Play grounds’ dssociation as to a swiramin’ h:}e at Hubbard park.—Meriden Jour- nal. There are sald to be hundreds of empty tenements in Danbury and all the towns In its vicinage while the de- mand for hands to help on the farms and in the big dairies about the rural sections of the state, particularly in Litchfield county is so far ahead of the Supply that it is only through the most expert management that the dai- rymen will be able to meet the extra demands of the city trade during the summer months. Farmers will find it difficult this year to cultivate as srut an acreage as in past seasons, that suggests that the state's mpa, its most valuable and most desirable new wealth, will be below normal when the next harvest is measured. The rural sections are suffering from the boom that is so profitable to so many in the cities. Thus it is seen that the prosperous conditions in some places are costing the smaller places, temporarily, more than they can af- ford, but their contributions are otfi they can’t hold their men loyal to their own industries, they must suffer. That's the problem that faces elements that is largely for the growing cost of UVing—Wae terbury Republican. The Germans’ power for conserving their resources is such that the Amer- ican public is prepared to hear of even extreme measures to preserve the pro- ducts of the country so fihll wnnt and privation shall not result. :K e pointment of a dictator to regulate use of food products throughout the empire is such an extreme measure, even in a country where the superla- tive rules in matters of expendiency, The War A Year Ago Today May 30, 1915 French gained ground at four places in France and Alsace. Italians checked by Isonzo de- fenses and repulsed at Cortina. Turks took allied trenches at Avl Burn with bayonet. German reply to America’s I.u-l- tania note received; held evasive. AT M Philadelphia National Lgague Cham- | COMING WED.-THURS. S Today=COL.O 3 Parts—The Big Brother—3 A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS...... THE GOLDEN OYSTER . ~LOVE AND LAW .. “HYPOCRITES” Tha.Mes: Siegi ACH! SUCH CRIMES E Comedy G NiAL = Toda Part Knickerbocker Drama . 2 Part Kalem Drania . Lubin ‘Drama . Vitagraph Comedy EIGHTH MOTORCYCLE MEET UNDER THE AUSPICES OF CONNECI'ICUT AMUSEMENT ASSOCIATION Norwich Fair Grounds DECORATION DAY, TUESDAY, MAY 30th, 1916 AT2P. M. Admission 35 cents that one is bound to regard it as of prime importance. It hardly seems credible that the entire country would be put under the rule of a dictator un- less the food situation were critical.— Meriden Record. Plainly speaking, in the last analysis, the housing of the workmen of Bridge. port lies within the province of the manufacturers themselves if real es- tate men, investors and others do mot provide places where families may re- side. One familiar with the situation estimates that $25,000,000 invested in houses would no more than care for the families already in Bridgeport, those ready to come to this city and those that can be induced to come when housing conditions are right. This seems like a large sum, but is reached by, the following deduction: Average odst of two-family house and lot, $5,000; number of new families that must be accommodated, 3,000. While it is improbable that manufac- turers will “chip in” any such sum, the prospect is bright of a movement to raise at least a part of that amount: for housing purposes. Thoughtful conr sideration will convince any employer of labor that while the problem may not be of his making, it is his prob- lem just the same. Let the manufac- turers take up this side of the help question and many of the others will be solved. We need all the high-class artisans we can get. We cannot get them unless we provide decent places of residence. It is not a question .of sentiment of desire. It is a hard, cold business proposition. If the manufac- turers are to get the workmen they need they must do their part by pro- viding houses.—Bridgtport Standard. This week we are teaching the pub- lic school boys how to swim. The start of three lessons won’t amount to much unless it is followed up. low much opportunity have most of those boys to follow up this start to a working knowledge of swimming? There is little chance for them to get near the water, and they find it spoiled for them when they get there. New Haven ought to take this matter much more seriously. It ought to have an adequate municipal bath, not with showers and tubs alone, but with a v”l.lhlnltl[”"I“)'nlll("‘”H‘“ T ]HM It |t ih Ui |(|~ iy il | l il Wi n””‘. it Bl | illiehiehi: Inl»IM' Boys 15 cents lwi.mmln‘ tank.—New Haven Regis- Though both arms were severed within three inches of the shoulder six years ago, David T. Jones, of ° Baltimore, has mastered stenography. PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S Address at the Dedication of the Gettysburgh National Cem- etery, Nov. 19, 1863. Four. score and seven Ke‘u ago our fathers brought forth on ti I gontinent, a new Nation, conce in liberty, and dedicated to th- proposition that ali men are cre- ated equal. Now we are engaged in a great oivil war, testing whether that Nation, or -n nation so conceiv- ed and so dedicated, can long en- dure. We lr‘ met on a great bat- tlefield of that war. e have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final M"l!h those who here gave that that Nation might li altogether flttmg and proper that we_should do this. dedicate—we _ cannot :onmn_}o— | we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men living and dea o struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or ! detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for wh ave the last full measure of devotion—that we h-m hlghlx‘ u.olv. that these dead in vain—that Nlflen‘l und.r God, shzll have a new birtl freedom—and that government cf the peflpla‘ ey lhhnnmw ” from tho un ,1,|. : g;“w(ll”d ]"““‘“” Ien ’.Thmisabemrm—azest—tofmd cooked with Cottolene. . 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