Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 13, 1916, Page 4

Rooms % “Bulletin Job Office 35-3. . Office, Room 3, Murray fl@h' o cent. ldof the ]p&ople. In’oy?fl 0 over uses, T ¥ S panieison to. over 1,100, and in all of these places it is considered the local dafly. Eastern Connecticut has forty« nine towns, one hurdved and sixty- five postofice districts, and sixty rural. free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. routes in Eastern Connecticut. —:i CIRCULATION r 1901, average. 1905, average. E June 10, 1816.......... 9;279; TR T S S TIME'TO GET TOGETHER. All shades of opinion are being of- “fered by the followers of the progres- ‘sive standard as to what action will be taken regarding the situation - 3vhich haslbeen brought about by the <momination of' Charles E. Hughes by ‘the republican: convention and the nomination of ‘Theodore Rodsevelt by the - progressives, his subsequent ~declination of that honor and the statement that he is out of politica. There arethose who are frank to admit that the progressives have been left high and dry, that there is noth- ing else for them to do but to sup- port the 'republican nominée and that there is no question but what he will be the next president of the United States. They consider it their duty to support him because he stands prac- tically if not quite for those princi- ples ‘for which they are fighting. 44 Others arc not willing to acknowl- ‘cage; their reconciliation or to prom- ise ‘their return to the party which theyileft, while many more nre sitting quiet and pondering with the proba- bility that they. will see the necessity of deing -their part: when tho time comes to elect the man who firmiy and convineingly stands for America first. Mr. Roosevelt has seen the hand writing on the wall. He understands Sthe folly of putting a third ticket in- to the fleld to do fust what it did four Jycora ago cnd theps is no question =But what those who have been sup- porting him will see the wisdom of boosting the candidacy of Mr. Hughes. It is the one sound and logical course to pursue and one which will have no future cause for regret. Mr. Hughes bas gone a long way towards clearing up whatever doubt may have existed as to his position on vital questions, and there is the man behind those fdeclarations which cannot- be over- ooked." The time to get together has arrived. # NOT TO GERMANY'S CREDIT. 4That Great Britain has heen busy inan endeavor to determine just how the™ cruiser Hampshire, upon which Earl Kitchener and his staff were faking their way to Russia, met its fhte:is reasonable to believe. As yet there has béen little offered in the SWay of actual facts to explain the dis- aster, which besides the loss of the vessel and its crew except for the twelve “who got to shore on a raft, “removed England’s minister of war, #ut enough has ‘been determined from o investigation to warrant the an- Snouncement that it was a mine and Znot a torpedo which did the frick, and Sthat but for ‘the +high sea that was other interpretation tenable. This will be regarded as the taking of the teeth out of the law. Many have been forced to give up the habit because of the prosecutions under this law and humanity was*bound to profit from it, but a weaknesshasbeen found which the supreme court is powerless to change. The only remedy there- fore lies in new legislation, which will cover this very point and,remove the defect, and inasmuch as’ this weak- ness has been established, theé thing to do is to get busy and correct it as soon as possible. There cannot beé too much restrictive legislation regarding the 8ale and use of opium and if the present law does not meet the Te- quirements it should be made to. MILITARY TRAINING. Strongly impressed by the success- ful manner in which the Plattsburg idea of military training worked out last year, the opening of the season this year finds every state represented among’ the 1500 student soldiers. This, of course, is a small number compared to those who wculd be required in case of trouble, but this is only one of the several training camps, which may have several classes during a season so that the number of plain American citizens who are being made capable of going to the aid of their country and rendering efficient ser- vite in case of war, and who have shown their willingness to meet the expense’ connected with such training is not to be sneezed at. That this number will be consider- ably increased im the future is highly probable because of the new army re- organization act, one section of which places the burden of the cost of such training upon the government. Inas- much as it has cost each recruit 350 for board and uniform to say nothing of the transportation cost it can be appreciated that the Plattsburg idea, while it may have appealed to large numbers, could only be taken advan- tage of By a:few. Even under the new arrangement whereby the gov- ernment_will ,reduce the = individual expense there! will stlll be those who are in hearty. sympathy with it and would like to profit by it but who will be unable to because they cannot af- ford to devotejthe required time in securing such? military education} Much of thejburden will, however, thus lifted ' and - henceforth the training camps should prove a greater success than ever. The plan Is an ex- cellent one and the. lending of finan- cial as well as moral support to it by the government is just what is néeded to secure the best'resuits. EDITORIAL NOTES. The action at Chicago has practi- cally taken all the interest out of the convention at St.yLouis. 1t is about timei that someone de- manded an explanation of these weather ‘offerings from Germany. my head shaved! “If I were ke some thank heaven, I'm not! Attention from other men doesn't flatter me—I'm above that! Ouch-h-h! let the water run down my face, be- cause‘this powder I have on is expen- sive. I suppose I ought to be thank- ful my husband isn't litke sister’s —he ran off with another we and cur family never had anything hap- pen like that before. “‘Of course the time the bank di- rectors put the blame for the failure on my uncle and He got a five year sentence we bore it bravely, because ‘we knew he had done nothing wrong— a Mushing never would soil his _hands that way—ouch! Goodness, Hattie, but you pull, today! While I think of it, don’t put brilliantine on my hair— it soiled the white lining of a hat I intended to take back after the ‘Whites’ reception, because I don't think such expensive things are suit- able. I hate to splurge, but I had to keep it. “‘That was one time my husband really dropped his newspaper and paid attention—when the bill came in! On the whole, I guess life is easier when husbands don’t notice ome much. So far as hats go, anyway! “ ‘Hurry up, Hattie, because I've got to be at a committee meeting I would not miss for worlds—all most fashionable women in town are on it, and I ean’t miss the chance to get my name in the papers with theirs! I think a woman owes it to herself to progress—and besides there a few persons I'd like to have read 1t! Not that I care at all for the society game, Hattie—it is beneath me. But I have ‘my feelings!™ “Meanwhile and in addition I've been getting much of the procedure in the booth on the other side and when the shampooed lady departs I receive it in fuli force. ‘And so T always go straight to the most expensive dressmakers,’ she says plaintively, ‘because it is cheaper in the end. I must things just right. What is a hundred dollars . extra. if you are getting what you want? I never could understand why women haggle over such a trifling amount! I think it shows a emall na- ture! I expect some people would say I was extravagant to pay four hun- dred for my last evening wrap, but it has style to it—and that is what you pay for. “‘I always have my shoes made to order, too—New York. Nobody can THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety e i The lIsonzo front is the subject of the National Geographic Society’s war geography bulletin, issued today from Those wko declared that Charles E.{its WMh!p‘tOn Geadquarters, which Hughes would notiaccept the nomina- tion are not now. calling attention to their prophecy. With King Constantine suffering fromcold feet, it is rather tough to have ‘the exportation of coal prohib- ited to that country. Those who have stood for Roese- velt because of his ‘Americanism now have as strong reasons for backing the republican nomiunee. R The yman on the corner says: Even a pienic- is not all joy. It is only when the fun overbalances the dis- comfortsithat it is a success. — It must make the Germans before Verdun envious to learn, if they are given the opportunity, of the progress which the Russians are making. There has ‘been one clear cut case of the nomination seeking the man, instead of thejman seeking the nomi- nation, and itiwill not be quickly for- gotten. Not only the war but political ac- tivities are cutting down the inter- est in baseball this year, while the weather is doing'its best to block the receipts. Bverything is likely to be har- monious at the St. Louis convention. There promises to be no houn’ dogs Srunning Kitcheneriand his party andjabout to disturb the sérenity of the fundoubtedly many ' other lives ‘woula | oceaston. ave been saved. % Whether the British have any in- Zformation, or any medns of getting uch,| as to how:the mine came to be In path of the cruiser has not n revealed. It is mot known, as ¥ar asiany official statement has been Jmade, whether it was a mine which shad been placed by the British and Swhich had gotten away from its Smoorings and was floating about to uu to whatever vessel ight {strike it,"or whether it.was one hich " had been dropped by the Ger- ns to do such damage as chne- ight ' permit. g That the : British have ml;otmll From the way im Wwhich Russia is taking prisoners there promises to be more survivors of its drive into Aus- tria than there will be of the attack upon Verdun. i That Charles E. Hughes IS a man who holds firmly to his convictions is manifested by the way in which he showed his respect. for the court during hisiperiod of<silence. ———a = ‘With ,the ; food, dictator of 'Germany ordering the rlch and poor to go with~ out, meatifog eight: weulu. it may sim- Ky:be tho;be:m:int, says “Contrary to pupular belief, the Isonzp River, along which the Italians made their first attack against Aus- tria and where their lines have heid more firmly against the vigorous Teu- tonic offensive of the last ten daye than on the Tyrolean front, is not the boundary line between the two coun- tries, but lies wholely within Austrian territory, from two to twelve miles from the border. Tts source is_near the juncture of thre Carnic and Julian Alps, on Mt. Terglou, the lotiest peak of the latter range, and it follows a tortuous channel for seventy-five miles, emptying into the Gulf of Tri- este. So turbulent are the Isono’s wa- ters that the river is practically un- navigable, except for the few miles of its estuary, where its course is through 2 rapidly extending delta. On its way through the alluvial plain it is known as the Soobba, whose mouth is less than 20 miles _ from the important Austrian port of Trieste, lying to the southeast. ‘“The Isonzo is the principal river of the county and crown-land of Gorz and Gradisca, which have an area about equal to that of Rhode Island. This pl' pil.llly and two other crown- lands, Istria and Trieste, . constitute Austria’s Kustenland (coast land). “Before the devastation wrought by the war the valley of the Isonzo was a highly productive region, agricul- ture and vine-growing being the dhief ocdcupations of that part of the popu- lation (mainly Italian) which was not engaged in silk-worm culture. “The leading city of the Isonzo val ley is Goritz (Gorz) with 30,000 in- habitants, known as the Nice of Aus- tria, on account of its popularity as ave Heghity RaRBSgEt,pataids ggfieaaess?fiaé | Don’t | talk. " commented the pAu!nt tener, “T'Hl give 'em a trea Tl talk the and sing popular songs!”— Stories of the War ‘e How Russians Took Erzerum. Fifteen thousand Armenians were killed by Turks at Mamakhatun- prior to the evacuation of Erzerum, accord- ing to a statement prepared for the ted Press by Richard Hill, a local represental Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief of New York. More than that, 0d surioshding vilages, have Srop: and surroun - ped odt of sight and it is as: ed that most of them have met a fate. It is estimated that there are 200,000 Armenian refuges in the Cau- casus. They are beginning to return to their homes in large numbers. By April first it is thought 20,000 will have been repatriated. More than $120,000 has been expended by the American committee for their relief, 175,000 ar- ticles of clothing and boddlu, several tons of sugu tea, aonp and kerosene having been distributed Mr. Hill descrl’bed lnteresunxly the almost superbuman ‘achievement of the - Russian soldiers in scaling the heights around Erzerum, packing bieavy guns piecemeal over the moun= tain ranges preparatory to atftacking the fortresses. His information was gathered from various officials, and army officers who have returned to Tiflis from- Erzerum. S “The work of the Russian forces was nothing short of : marvellous”, writes Mr. Hill. ‘“They had to fight their way from their original pos- itign near Sart Kamysh clear up to the city itself, over roads that beggar description. ‘The snow up to their walists, pushed on through a blinding snowstorm, scaled apparently impossible heights al in weather as intense gnd bitter as that of thé Arctic circle. ‘Guns were taken apart and carried on the back of sol- diers, hauled up by ropes to the top of cliffs and then dropped down the icy slopes and put together in the clouds from where they brought terrer and consternation to the enemy. Too much praise cannot be given to the valor and hardiiood £ the Russian sol- dier. An artillery officer who was in the fight from the beginning told me that the wonders performed-~and the difficulties overcome were every whit as great as those. which made Napo- leon’s march over the Alps a military classic. “The city itself is little if anw dam- aged, the forts even hardly showing evidence of severe ardment. When the fall of the city was immi- nent the Turkish soldiers in certain quarters began to loot and burm, but before much damage was done the in- habitants were ahls to prevent the fire from spreading. The approach of the Russian soldiers caused the looters to beat a hasty retreat. A population of 25,000 was found in the place, mostly Turks. Some Persians and a few Greeks made up the remainedr. Pos- stbly a hundred Armenians had been able to hide with friendly Turks and were found in the city upon its cap- ture. Apart from these there has been found no ymce of other Armenians, 15,000, who were taken from the city and sent into ‘the inter- ior in June of last year. That is to say, no word has come from any of the men, but Mr. Stapleton, American missionary in Erzerum, has in- directly from some of the women de- ported at that time, The whole of the province has been cleared of Armen- jans with the exception of those few who hid in the city. At the same time 15,000 were sent away from vil- nearby. were taken as far as un-where they were killed. Other groups have been sent off at different times many of them t00, no doubt, sharing the same fate as ‘those from Erzerum, although some hope is entertained that many of them may still be found alive in the region of Aleppo.” In this connection it is men waded in a fashionable resort. Its growth coin- | BT cides with the now an insignficant town of less than 3,000 people, situated to the southwest, six miles from the sea, but which was reckoned the ninth city of the Roman and a great seaport closing years of the “The fighting which -is now occur- ring on_ the Isonzo recalls great battle of the Isontius (nonno) in L ihe the Roman The vanguished TRavenna, where, after a pro- Timavus _gushes from & moun- LS tain-side, full-formed, in of amdeth-: ‘volume to float t decline of ~Aquileia, | 3 Constantinople to do, to ease th the Armenians. Realizing fall of the city was near he sent for Mr. Stapleton wnd to him delivered a message for the Russian authorities to the effect that if the Moslem ulation were riot molested by the 3 Tiie War A Year Ago Todz) June 13, 1916. French took strengly M!Id _ridge near Souchez - ; g i 15 £ £ I it i il : Smith, nsul ‘Wilson, Dr. Macallum, Mr. Hill Mr. Gracey, have been at work for |} some months. They represen Ame Committee of New York. Nearly 600,000 rubles has been re- ceived by #em for the relief work more than 1%&! of which expended. this committee come an appeal from Van from Russian governor, to assist in triation of that province. commence the work, but it is erpect ed that th American public will ?B apealed to for funds to finieh it Northwest Persia there are 25000 to 20,000 Armenians who have all winter on help given by the Amer- ican missionaries and by the Russian government. A Awarding the Victoria Cross. Notwithstanding the countless deeds of bravery that have been chronicled on the British front, the ceremony of awarding the Victoria Cross is still rare enough to be notable whenever it occurs. One such. recent ceremony was, in fact, unique for the recipient was the Rev. Noel Mellish, a London ‘curate, who is the first chaplain in the British army to receive the cross in the present war, or in any war iisnoe the second campaign of 79. The units of the army were drawn up for the ceremony in a division forming a hollow square on the spring green of an open fleild, in the center of which stood Mr. Mellish and other officers who were to receive ilesser decorations. The general who pinned the ribbon on the chaplain’s breast read a brief account of thé gallantry that won him the honor. . The gen- eral told how, again and again, Mel- lish had risked his life to attend to and bring to places of safety those wounded in the fighting at St. Eloi. The clergyman, who is an extremely slender and boyish looking man of gentle manners rather than atypical fighting. parson, took his honors mod- estly, and was given a hearty round of cheers by the thousands of soldiers present. At Piraeus Today. An hour or so at a table in front of a cafe on the water front of-Piraeus, the Port of Athens, is an object les- son in what the United States has be- come to G since the outbreak of the European war. Once the wheat of Greece came from Russia and Ru- mania by way of the Dandanelles. Now two ‘huge cargo boats moored to the sea wall are discharging Ameri- can grain into the holds of a flock of waiting barges in half a dozen yel- low streams. But the boats them- selves are 7 not American, and on their sides is painted the Greek flag the name of the boat in Roman leters and the single word Greece. On the quays, spread out in the hot ndr«h “gran sugar of Gi now it journeys a.!l the way from New Orleans. Four Greek merchants are tasting the contests of one of the op- ened sacks. The owner stands by, bill of lading in hand." The four retire to a distance to discuss terms. 'BMy-.ll talk at once, waving their hands in impassioned gestures, no one paying the least attention to what the others are saying. sharply upwards, clicking his msue impatiently. The discussion very long time, but finally the m is struck, and &hfl four zfia to talk politics over Turkish cof- Close in the shadow of the wheat ship, a dozen or €0 men are unpacking lcrate. A score of idlers look on, deeply absorbed as MNttle by little an -umwneum The from Detroit, not from France, aayouumwmmemw the war. i ‘When one dissents, he|da does not -shake his head, but lifts it|i BIG DOUBLE FEATURE DAYS CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S ®Y Four Reels of Bolid Lfi.m-r and THE SLIM PRINCESS Ruth Ster Today = Three Parts—SOLDIER SONS—Three Parts TO THE VILE DUST ... THE LITTLE TRESPASSER THE MISSING MUMMY .. Tickets on Stonehouse and Bushmann COLONIAL - Today +ssseve.. Lubin Drama Two Part Kalem Drama Vitagraph Drama .+ Kalem Comedy CIRCUS DAY, TODAY -u-hvvmnhdenmsswmlunmdm way, same prices as charged at show grounds. the American battleship Idzkwo. Spiro does nt live in Greece. He is from Saratogo, N. Y., and when his ser- vice is over in a month or two he is going back to his candy ehop in Sar- the King Constantine The waiter at the one even half-way passable resturant of Piraeus is from the United States, to. He is doing his military service, though on leave for the present—ilke most of the Greek army. . So, wiy loathing in his heart, he works in a restaurant with sawdust covered floor and a row of barrels along the wall filled with sweet, aro- matic Greek liquors, until his time is ;pmdhemmummwwh. a. ‘The foew forbidding hotels of Pirasus fly American as well as Greek ones—just why, is a mystery. Ameri- can tourists in Greece are rare days of_ submarines in the uemr- ranean. But perhaps manager ma; have made his aprenticeship in & hotel on Broadway—reason enough to set out the American flag, in the inind of & Greek who has lived in the United States. The world around there are no more patriotic Americans than ;pparently in the United OTHER VIEW POINTS —_— Judge Hall of New Haven decides that ‘holders of Hquor club Certificates are of the liquor law which prohibits Sun- y of liquor. That is interest- ing for the saloon and hotel men who pay big money for licenses are |bis_property rented. CONCERT ACADEMY ORCHESTRA Slater Hall, . Friday, June 16 25 CENTS or t'o of the jackies would march in . The city woulM" like it, l.hd !he sailors wouldn’t have cause to the hospitality that would be u;wrflea them.—Bridgeport Telegram. St The notion um hose whose nams never apear on the books of n:e u- Sessors pay taxes as truly as do those in whose names the taxes are levied never penetrated the heads of the real estate holding class as fujly as it should. It is reassuring, th that the Board of Assessors recognizes eir right to be heard in a matter ot increased rents. It is their only_ poftunity to be heard. There ex for the man whose name apears on assessors’ books a Bard of before which he may present his case. ‘The rent payer, the real taxpayer, is unconsuited about tax rate. He should have a hearing. How much of the burden falls on the owner of rented property? Mighty m.fl;.l if ‘he can keep e as matter of course that the taxes will be all paid by the tenant. If his tax- es are raised. up go the rents. It may £he | Be worthy of more than incidental no. tice, however, that in some cases there / is a twen:y-four or thirty-six been knows only -how much his gone up. It is fare of a city, to better % citizens