Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 2, 1916, Page 4

snd Goudie? " 120 YEARS OLD Y price 13c & week; 50c a 'a year. menth} £ at the Postoffice at Norwich, au.w:mni-om mtt:t.‘ igtin B ‘Otfice 480, Bul Suhetin Eaftorial Hooms 853, " Bulletn Job Otfice 35-2. Willimantie Office, Room 2 Murray Building. Telephone 210, Norwich, Friday, June 2, 1916. THE REPUBLICAN TICKET For Mayor 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 Sheriffs GEORGE W. ROUSE CHARLES H. RAYNES For Water Commissioner HUGH BLACKLEDGH WHERE HAS THE DEBT BEEN REDUCED? When it comes to debt reduction everybody is interested. It is a sub- Ject which appeals to every taxpayer because there is nothing they delight in more than mortgage burning. Thus the declaration that the city debt has been cut down $43,000 in the past year by the democratic administration prompts the* question as to how it has been done. Those who are vitally concerned in this matter, the tax pay- ers, would like to know just where this reduction has taken place and by what master stroke of financiering it was possible to bring it about; Upon this question there is no light. The citizens are left to grope in the dark. It is known, however, in spite of this claim that $43,000 has been used to reduce the obligations-of the city, that there is the sum of ‘nearly $19,000 which was not placed in the reserve fund of the gas and electrical department. It is also known that there are two outstanding notes for $20,000 made within the past six years which the citizens are asked to pay out of the general sinking fund of the city. It is also shown that there was an excess over estimated receipts from the water department of more than $12,000. It is a matter of record that the sum of between $6,000 and $7,000 is collected from the taxpayers each year for the sinking fund, or a half mill for debt reduction which repre- “sents the action of the citizens and not the administration. But despite the reduction in the past year and with no unusual ex- penses in the year to come it is diffi- cult to understand why this demo- cratic administration figures that the city cannot be run on anything less than an eleven mill tax, the same tax which was called for last year and which. according to their own state- ment, made it possible for them to pay off $43,000 or a sum equal to more than three mills. If the administration had enough money to reduce the debt, why is it necessary to tax the people again for the gas and electric reserve and for the payment of loans, the money which it is desired to use in meeting them having already come out of the taxpayers’ pockets? Debt reduction is all right if it is debt reduction, but it is decidedly an- other thing if it is reduced in one place simply to have it piled up else- where. THE STRUGGLE FOR VERDUN. Three-and a third months have been devoted to the effort of the German forces to capture Verdun. The as- sault was attempted with determina- tion and it has been maintained with confidence but there were times dur- Ing the earlier stages of the action when the German position was strohger than it is today. First on gne side and then on an- other has Germany been burrowing in. It has pushed ahead regardless of the sacrifices which have been re- quired and it realizes the importance of gaining a victory over the enmemy even though by the time it*may be acconplished the real significance of It may be destroyed. 'When peace is being talked and desired Germany recognizes the importance of getting a decision to support its efforts, and Verdun would be a great feather in its cap. France has from the first recognized the value of giving -territory when necessary to conserve its men and yet It has been able to resist the tre- mendous assaults which have been thrown against its defenses. The tide )f battle has ebbed and flowed and Germany has even ‘been sald to be stripping other fronts of all available men and artillery for the purpose of tapturing this sallent. As yet it has lound Dead Man's hill and . Hill No. 104 veritable stone walls, even though ‘he claim has been made that France night even yield these in a strategic It is not to‘be:supposed that Gler- nanvictory at#Verdun would byiany neans-end the war. * It would sdd ma- to note he will have a hiz mind. This its utmost to refrain from in Mexican affairs. It ‘has o great deal more than have but when Carranza says that it|j/ Talds must accept these occasional and make the best of them, and not attempt to punish those who are re- sponsible, when he himself has shown that he is not able to prevemnt such border trouble, he has made a gross mistake. [} ‘When Carranza and his government was recognized he declared that he possessed the army and the control sufficient to furnish protection to for- eign subjects. He failed to display this, however, both before and after Villa made the raid at Columbus, and despite the fact that the bandit leader is a common enemy of both this coun- try and his own Carranza has done little or nothing to run him down. Rather has he failed to cooperate with the United States troops to such an extent that he has been actually lend- ing assistance to the man who |is striving to wreck his government. Thus is it a preposterous demand which he now makes that the punitive expedition be withdrawn. If he did not fail to authorize the expedition, it is time that he realized that he ought to have and he should be given to understand that thers will be no end put to the operations of this country until he shows that he is dis- posed to and actually does control af- fairs in his own country. Carranza’s attitude is that of the dog who bites the hand of the man who would be- friend him. _— OSBORNE SHOULD GO BACK. It is indicated in a statement made by Governor Whitman of New York state that if Thomas Mott Osborne is exonerated of all the charges brought against him, he will be returned as warden of Sing Sing prison. And why shouldn’t he be? If all the charges are proved false it means that he is an innocent man, that there was no reason for his removal and that the trumped up charges were intended solely for the pw of discrediting the work which he was doing. and that would oe accomplished in part at least unless he was returned to the office from which he stepped out at the time he was indicted. Mr. Osborne of course has unlimited confidénce in the prison reform meth- ods which he not only advocates but which he has put into operation at Sing Sing. The very fact that they. have been introduced and are known to"be supported by so large a number of people who believe that old ideas should be abolished and encourage- ment lent to those who have trans- gressed the law to see the error of their way and to take a new start is reason enough’ for a full tryout. It may be that his ideas will net work out as he expects but inasmuch as the effért has been started it should be carried to a conclusion. It should be determined whether Osborne’s ideas are practical and-he is certainly the one who should be entrusted with the demonstration. They never should be halted after a partial trial since that is bound to mean a eclamor at no distant date for their reintroduc- tion. The test should be completed while underway and Governor 'Whit- man’s idea of reinstating Osborne is based on good judgment. EDITORIAL NOTES. Many people are getting a chance to realize what o benefit good trolley service really is. Colonel Roosevelt declares he has made another discovery. He should make one more and quit. All that the favorite sons need now is a non partisan league organized and conducted in their behalf. News from Mexico. . The troops of the de facto government wunder Col. Cavazos have killed eleven bandits. New Haven, June 1—As a mark of Duight, the fass on aif colloss e on CO! S T figs In the cliiy to bs &t heit mAH'U i = smedy Sidt “A BASEBALL FLIRTATION” oh-tndauuutmdnm‘m LYONS ter work The sonal stimulus to bett Without an Army is necessary for all but the rare ex- Five Part Triangle Feature . with the Uncas Power company, Matines 15c_and 25¢ candidates for the | & ‘one-sided afmair. Norwich wiii nave|] PIRICES Matines, 15c and 252. Enlar Orchestra ight srowth. s honors degree. The spectal work in|io‘be ready to start up %.3‘, plant first_bore fruit in the completion of|supervised generally by the depart-|.¢ any time this fails, at a expense gl.\l v mxp‘;t&%y!l: 11::; and the | che cularly by s hu:n{wfl‘l Er:g:iy": bou‘ aa&:o#‘: was 3 cost of elect or the . 5 Ry en Library in the following . It re: wmmt‘::sionmw of Bomm mfi‘ two(F Friday AUDITORIU Paramouat Pictures months ago_foun: new complished than would be in the reg-| poi) for. their pl but found if|f Saturda String Orchestra Evenings iE oMRVNONG, bt (e Worke. 16 0| aoiorcy © o it have 1 Pt WAl A T e W _| prices, so agreed in the interest of JESSE L. LASKY Presents m ex-1916, has economy to wait ancther year. Nor- 2 . AMERICA'S MOST St R i TR WSS BTRASE) gY ANCHE SWEET BSier, / een_an less. the Frénch Government for War Ser-| 'Ii has been remarked by many that PHOTOPLAY STAR ted | vices as a member of the Harjes Am-| ihe street department has been virtu- In THE RAGAMUFFIN L bn‘l’““ c:;-lv-m- ‘H_:gvt lffr' Yale last gy rnr;anfing itself, which is e et . . lan ers n tl : : - d chool and the latw build- | drivers, 'most of whom were from 3,,””3 Baive }’m‘“’“‘,hm;” whhemn’“;’gux-md Replete With Dramatic Action, Ten se Situations and Excitement ng were complef , and in ps 2 a ity meeting and that it no - 2, W wrful Comed; and Plerson Halls, the former at a m, which is th difference, as the taspayers' vote does|§ Napolian the Great and Sally His Mate Xondsrfyl Somedy cost of about G:;tzom In gflfnm‘: luate, Was | not Sount, and clte the %pmo%nmm year Farnam leway was built, an for the pumper engine an e increase the College Street Hall purchased by of the salaries of the fire department,|] “TRICKS OF FATE” . . Two Reel Pathe Comedy the Corporation. Fifteen new Uni- claiming that #e taxpayers in the versity buildings were erected, five seats voted against thes¢ motions, dut i buildings alte; and enlarged, and that they were carried by a solid body one acquired bywpurchase while Pres- | wounded being amidst the constant|.s men standing in one corner of the ident Dwight held office as the Uni- | Tain of shell and shrapnel. r clty hall, and among whem not a sin- (f TOday = COIL.ONI AL = Todaz Tona - Procumity to the casmpes wes| Since the first week in_December| SIS, taXpayer was recognized. ‘The insurai men romised the o (2 s also purchased. the Brick Row Print and Book Shop| iaxpayers benents seom theos metions || 3 Parts—“The Human Cauldron”—3 Parts, Vit. Drama ? e g has mew been Seciareq a | LY Proved reverce benofits, for they | #THE INTRUDER” ......................... Two Part S. & A. Drama The growth of tho number of stud. 2 raised the insurance rates. % o8 T Billg Dinina ents during President Dwight's pres. |Success. The board of directors %oe| . The stople of Norwich have been;§ ;HARTNEY MURWIN'S ADVENTURE st idency was very remarkable, in 1386, | received practical assurance ""m! l¢| casy marks, but are now waking up. “THIS WAY OUT” .....cconnvenns there being 1,076, and in 1899 treasurer that the undertaking fousT| They should retire the Lilbridgs - 2.500; about twice as many. supporting. The purpose of the found: | crowd and send them back to ibe farm e number of instrctors was also more | SrS of the Shop was to establ -~ R S R T R i e L R T A —1 hear they have some mighty good than a few miles above its es- than doubled. It was during Presi- Toads up In the Sountry——or Sive thom |ON German East Africa, so fer as the|more than ern tri concerned, is | tuary. Bt i Mt el Gl B e s b T tae et Eonfined “to the last thirty or forty| -One name of interest in osanec- jecti: St in the college g ~ in | tios the mgo is r ain ' development, the ‘Graduste. De- ortunity of| UL fo otk for & living now: any- | 3eaS B O ey fo her | Hoger Casement, now & prisgner in partment was strengthened, the Music|Might be afforded the oportun: th° way, let us have a new street commis- | the ign, Leopold 1L, who found- | England charged with high treason. School was established, the first move- ;‘;‘;m‘flg old, rare, and out-of-the- sloner, o xho 13 efi?‘:fi‘%& slive and e AtarnT & Abmeintion ot | Sic Sowwe. When Deltlify' cosaul =t ment toward a University fund start- e , as he is and one - A one | & xploration and Civilization in Africa| Boma, thé Congo capital, made & Gratnate Sehoo was agopted, and the | knowledge of hook collecting without | Wwho, 15, & Tesident of the eity of Nor- |1 ¥h7¢ %, 0 roglt Gf thia associa- | Journsy through- the upper regions of whole aspect of the campus changed.| Paying too dearly for the pflvue:ehof tion's activities in effecting ~ treaties ' the great river basin in 1903, after In the development of the University | SUch information. While the Sho oo e taxpavers, grasp tne|With native chiefs, there was develop: | which he made a famous report al- idea the labors of President Dwight|2t present a stock of omly ten thous-|,,oortunity. - All vote, and then at- sdthedcgrs!%gfi; gi:,te- nnetrv; cl:k A iy ofmny troci! From . the. Cpnmectiont. logielatrira. of largely _| tond the city meeting. Let us by econ- | CQP S cuch by the jUnited States in| _“The most inferosting scttlement in omy and el ent J: ,- & town fm ihe’ conpectont tesiunfury o crsse thls ey ue e Sroveh 4o | omy and pood eovertment dial? loyer | 6,50 SUCh By (RALPIGE ST | certaon e been keened than. tbat|of 14,000 inhabitants, chiefly Arabs. title’ “Yale University,” by the Presi- :‘::"d’”:' f:“{““‘;’t“e‘:&:{ ;‘3}7‘;’1‘;5&3 property owners may be encouraged | ReW resion had eens dent and Fellows of Yale College, and el er ruler whose private purse | This slave and ivory mart of the nine- . SR Novmick Srow aud Seasper, A h sn of | teenth century was first visited by ; | by purchase of private libraries, by . |had defrayed thuch of the exper: e o imee o ot e canl- | puirchase from book dealers. in Phila- | Norwich, Juge 1, Bua Cr T U T Y- | expioration, was named as (he Soger- | Buropeans in 1858, when Richard Bur an active force in his policy, con-|delphia, Boston, and New York. eign of the new state. By a will, ex-|ton and J. H. Speke discovered Lake shores b has made successful bids as of ecuted four years later, the king be- | Tanganyiki, on whose eastern . stantly smphasieed by, word and act. | i1l s 00k soctions i thoss oitiga. - 1¢ 15 That Debt Reduction. . Auenthit the Gongs to helelunt: ATWe | She Sy 4 MESetal . S OF Svec mons : 2 in constant receipt of packages and| r Eaitor: I was interested | prolonged international con erest, B A 4 likely that it will send a representa- | per which told how the democratic ad. | Leoplod's . 5 membership in the Metropolitan Asso-| ive o the English market during the | bumistes fior hay repocgmocratio ad- | ot finally voted to assume fall con. | explorer “gao:cxwxiohg:rn;so&e as ac- Clation of the Amateur Athletic Union. | coming summer, there being excep- | $5,000. We are all glad if something | trol of responsibility for the territcry | comp - T T ke future Yale athletics in alll tional opportunities there at that time. | has been saved, but if it is not am em. |85 2 colonial possess! on JE S Metropolitan Association. At various| . The May'moeting of the Sooisty for | nection hetween s saving and_the | tion a5 Africs was Germany, in danu-|| OTHER VIEW POINTS timas Yalos o armione asocrtions | Experimental Biology and Medicine | fact that our city has had to borrow L i T g have heid mem,sml‘, in the associa-| Was held at Yale last Thursday.|between $45,000 and $50,000 in the pas: ll'{be any's comtrol of the territory peen represented in the Boverming| Hernoon, The program for the meet. | efficient workers (and voters) who we | tinent opposite the Telgian Congo.| Along the line of maro b Tuestay Y‘;Jy wfx’u ha tehrrisiz :' t “,r ing included a variety of papers on|now see on every corner, trying to fill | dates bac Ia qufll P atbur veans MG morning it :u.g! ive X :g e s rack and Aol team 1o the Gocey| topic of biological and medical inter- | some of the holes in our streets? And, | When the sultan i ey e 1he “Toye g P . s bl el e 0 e by|est. Those attending included the|in any case, where has the $43,000 re-|mainland possessions of 384/ o N ere ot ohligs g i A AR i O et o hacten, P¥ | Gereral publie besides a large num- |duction gone to? R e e o sl being provided far in_comeortab team, 1o the New York A. C, indicates|ber of science students. There was Yours respecttully, mere million dollars. e ke T v St the kind- that it will not be done.” M Oles|8lso a large delegation of scientific| . ANXIOUS INQUIRER. “The early listory of the coast of |nees &nd courtasy,of tho awners of the su:ted that he was ws{cfimg for all| men from New York and vicinity at| Norwich, June 1, 1916. what is now German Bast Africa goes [ automobiles s was pos: ) - ise and igh the meeting. The guests visited the back four or flve hundred years be-|and they deserve all the pra fhe talen he misht be able to enlist| iversity buildings and luboratories Thié Cintetbory Avpls Teee. fore the advent of Portuguese navi- |gratitads bestoyed on them by ihe ated thai ho would shortly tranefor|early in the day and = dinner for the| . TI=t Cantorbury Apele ¥ to| E8tors Who found Arabs in possession | veterans, who are centainiy 'app gti:t:gg:sg'tal?oen From Yale to the New|members of the society was held at 53 oL F s N A DA of the native villages in the sixteenth | cjative.— ‘Waterbury Republican. the correspondent of your paper from S e Portuguese with- > S s York A. C. so that he could com.|the Taft In the even'nf. Canterbury Plains that the freak of | Goes aéter fwe centurics Arabe again| The frank statement by the Litch- I nature he mentions, viz, the apple tree | accumed control, extending their pow- | fleld Enquirer, a leadin - grepublican The wrestlers, swimmers and gym-{ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | with three varieties of apples, s no| as gar intand. Bngiand was offered | paper Of that county. fo effert that nasts, however, will probably be en- freak at all. The original tree was|Control of the region by fhie Zanzibar|nomination of Frank Healy for the tered in various A. ‘A. U. meets. Grasp the Opportunity. brought by my grandfather, Peter| arabs at about the time that Stanley | governorship in republican convention : is th rtunity | SPicer; from his brothers, Daniel|yas making Lis famous explorations | would invite and deserve defeat is Perhags no event in musical history | 5 F 0 0n O e e P e e | SPicer’s, of South Coventry, Conn, who | 5" %na ongo, but the offer was de-| significant. Bditor Woodruff is in & in the East has created as much inter- &‘;{h‘he tmxmyers "’m‘,':m s enf:;:} Wwas a great frult grower, 75 years Or | clined. Then began the activities, se- | highly favorable position to know re- e T U R I et Ietats Tt Dot Tl Attt e T ;“fi‘e experimented in graft- | cret gt first, of the German Coloniza-|publican and popular _sentiment in stars to the Yale Bowl on next Mon- 4 DD was always The time is approaching when re- ports should begin to be received again on the value of the government free seeds. Sz Wo can expect now that Villa will come forward and order both the Car- ranzistas and the punitive expedition out of Mexico. It is hard to reconcile the wave of prohibition that has been spreading over the country with the increased ccnsumption of whiskey. Vice President Marshall says he is willing to accept another nomination or retire. If he bows to the inevita- ble now it will save him a lot of WOrTy. The man on the corner says: This is the season of the year when the politician takes pains to make it known that he is interested in every- body’s welfare, Now that Henry Ford has told Col- onel Roosevelt that he is antiquated, we can expect that the latter will show his teeth and tell.Henry that he is a poor self starter. From the activity which is being manifested throughout the country in enforcing highway regulation, pedes- trians may yet become convinced that they still have rights. A Massachusetts young woman was killed by auto as she alighted from ap electric car before it had stopped. ‘Walt until the car stops and avoid man: - tion Soclety, which eventually re-|his section. He understands fuvlly the day (evering for. ue. presentation ‘of N e T “no core” apple tree. It mever|iiloied in adding the territory to the|weakness of @ defensive campaigm, Wagner's “Die Walkure.” It is es-|ents. On the strects, In the stores|blossomed, the epples had mo core,| Kaiser's overseas domain. such as would have to be waged in be- timated that the expenses entailed by | 2nd business places opinions have been | yere 1 " half of Healy, and he does not want i expressed in regard to the management 'On the western side of the contin- 3 g e Pover 455000, Incluging. the cost | O, our street department, fire depart-| 13° %, T28 TG ok Trune o "rae | emt the Portucuese maval officer Diogo| e republicats to take . any chances T the stage lighting effects, stage|Went, gas and electric department aud | on.¥5iooq ‘tn front of and on the road |Cam discovered the mouth = dntes, who are desirable and = A&Lrons. Settings, sconery and many minor de- | Others, and it seems to be true that we | S, ‘of the wall where the atore of ir. | Congo some ten years before Colum- |dBlssywho, are desirsb Commended for i g ' are M stands. The tree men- 3 ment and goo Snd"tho Proscemium arch will have an | Srom our laree appropriations. Prop- | oned”in “your paper was & sprewt|Suiied 12 the Snding of the” New|its candor, discernmen % e e ooeming ot (e acsoin 25| nigh taxes and small benefits and [T Al o o0 oo | ever, before this river, with a basin of 3 A Yokt byl AR ening | would be glad to turn their properties ton, May 26, 1916 la million and a half square miles, ere are 200, ros uaacs & Sratie SRS e BiEe Of e OPORINE | nto cash, Ewven some of our politi-| OO h 1918, larger than any other in the world|United States Heretofore the figures e i e e Bomy. ‘Brany o82| clans have been-freard to so express : save the Amazon, wag explored for|have been ovirestimated. now being made to install the neces- {h“;’e"‘fi" D:Y:ls::”’-gr::; t;her::: TR £ & sary equipment for°a steam curtain|iectmen of Dani o tor S5 e THE WAR PRIMER e oS¢ instoad of fall When|inat year they saved the taxpayers ot|l By Netional Geographic Soctety curtain in one of the most unique D”‘""‘"l' “";_W"- wd'a'fdmf features in the construction of the|3aved a larger amount A b operatic stage. A pipe will extend | Payers should atten city meeting, o across the entire front and whenever | fOF there is where economy should be-| Eagt African Battlefields.—News cf the curtain is needed, the steam will|8i%, and many special appropriations|ine success of Beigian forces In con- | be released from openings in the pipe, | 2Nd_ unnecessary expenditures should!fiet with colonial troops of German Convalescence forming a curtain-like cloud from the|DPe turned down. The 36,000 for oil . 7 ) A tonic-stimulant that is greatly reduced, a large part i o o240 to 50 Test Tho Sifeet winl b | Of that filthy etuff has béen spread on | FECCIERLY = really’ pure, that is not that of @ drop curtain. The stage|Streets where not needed and agalnst|its Washington 1 f will be shipped to New Haven in sec. | the remonstrance of the property own- over stimulous, is pleasant .| ETS. {ain" e various ‘parts whicn' have| . The $500 for s o o ! \ = to take, and produces no been cl O part peo- 3 . DT not takee” more. than ‘five or aix | Dle care nothing for them; in fact, the . ] unpleasant after effects is Easf that the victors are proceeding south- plete in every mechanical detail .and | taken the trouble to attend them. The|yward from Lake Kivu in the direction | : especially valuable in con- real for the performance. The|2PPropriation for band concerts for|.¢ Lake Tanganyika, 3 ileas M % ful lighting of the improvised opera. house | 80me years has been turned down at possess| valescence. any careful, e Setniz snade Aaily o dbtais the e { arce. for the politicians by Speoial| frine 1 1 RS unprejudiced physicians sired” effects, The University _ticket| mesting € pite . excepted. == never hesitate to prescribe capacity of about a third of the Bowl hi times - at the north end. Over 20,000 seats|interested get large " It wh wil be sold for the performance, every | Scription. Let the boosters and ‘S:cm a lsk one of which- wili afford an equal op- | érs Of Norwich adopt economy A ngo basin is variously estimated at ! 3 portunity to hear the singing. Ar-|City’s affairs and lower taxes as their|from fourteen to 3 rangements in the Bowl have been|Watchword and N . = it and worked out with this in view, inas- of the for the stomach much-as the Success of the perform- is estimat t ance largely depends on the acoustic towns around ‘properties of the Bowl. ,uu-mmm‘,;n&acm tions have been received from all put; untry. The presentatien o‘é)la Walkure” in ‘1‘ “Bowl ‘;fi! l:- o a remarkable season open- z s i e e The War A Year Ago Today egfried” will be produced in June 2 1918 Germans Recaptured Souchez su- ‘was _heard audience |} gar mill.