Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 1, 1916, Page 4

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CIRCULATION 1901, average.......... . 8412 .5,920§ se0e0c22s60000c800000000 1905, average.. i Feesssasscocessscssescessescsoesassccessscseses’ RAILROADS UNDCER MARTIAL LAW. In his appeal to congress to prevent the impending railroad strike through new legislation President Wilson makes a number of recommenda- tions. In his address to both houses of the national legislature he recom- mended action looking to the estab- lishment of an eight hour day as a means of averting the strike, this be- ing In accord with the effort he made to settle the dispute himsel?. He also seeks to increase the membership of the interstate commerce commission, to extend to that body mendations that the Increase of wages be considered in the fixing of rates, the passage of a law similar to that In Canada requiring a complete vestigation of conditions before any strike is permitted, and the recom- mendation that the president be giv the authority to operate the roads in case of military necessity. There is much of this legislation which ought not to be acted upon without due thought, for whatever is done it must be looked upon as emergency legislation and such 1s bound to be full of defects and gen- erally unsatisfactory. The purpose now prevent the strike. That is needed and in this connection the action which would give the president the authority to operate the lines would appear to cover fhe situation.. This was done in the and legisiotion similar to that which authorized the pre:sident to draft into the service of the country train crews and administrative officials such as were required for their safe and ef- fielent use would serve now. It would ayert a calamity and it would not throw arbitration into the discard. is of course to BREAKING TREATIES, In comnection with Germany’s declaration of war against Rumania, the official announcement from Berlin declares that it “disgracefully broke treaties concluded with Austria Hun- gary and Germany.” Such of course must be looked up- on as a cause for war and Germany was expected to do just what it did inasmuch as there was a move made against its chief ally and the country for which itself entered the war, but it is interesting nevertheless that Germany should place so much stress upon broken treaties in v of its own famous statement that the prom- ise which it made to protect the neu- trality of Belgium was only a of paper.” Thus it appears that Germany is now putting up a howl over actions which are only in accord with its own and for which it can be said to have set the example. It is no worse for a nation to break a treaty with Ger- many or one of its allies than it is for Germany itself to commit such & wrong, and especially after Ger- many had disclosed its policy in this respect. This holler is much the same as that which Germarny put up whén allled aeroplanes in their at- tacks upon German cities toock the iives of civilians even though nothing of the kind was attempted nntil after such action had been taken by the German air forces and” submarines. When it comes to treaty breaking with Germany, everything sgoes to how that it makes a difference whose x is being gored. UNWARRANTED SELFISHNESS. An interesting revelation is made by he suit which has been instituted by the town of Tewkesbury, Mass., to ecover its expenses in connection vith the maintenance of William P. Erinnell for the past nine years. Grin- 1el] 1s one of the heirs of the estate if Sylvia Aan Howland who left in rust to Mrs. Hetty Green, for years tnowr as the world's richest woman, e income of $2,000,000 and from which she is said to have amassed her freat fortune. The Grinnell share of that estate 'scrap recom- | in- | ime of the Civil war | is $20,000 and out of this the town will seek reimbursement for its ex- penditures but it is almost beyond be- lief that the woman who had secured the benefits of this large estate for so many years and who possessed SO many millions in her own name would have permitted one who was known to be an heir of her benefactor to languish in an. almshouse and be a burden upon others, yet that appears to be just what happened. It is of course possible that this sit- uation was not known to Mrs. Green but while she was engaged in mak- ing big loans and helping out others financially, to say nothing of the large amount of charitable work which she did about which no one ever knew anything except the recipients, it is strange indeed that she did not take interest enough in the ultimate heirs of her original fortune to ascertain whether they were in comfortable cir- cumstances or dependent upon others for a living. The very situation that has been revealed is one which it would seem she ought to have care- fully guarded against, but there are those who have a regard selely for self and such may be the case in this instance. Such selfishness usually comes to the surface. MAKES THE DEMOCRATS SQUIRM ‘When Senator Taggart of Indiana made his attack upon democratic ex- travagance he knew what he was do- ing. He appreciated fully the fact that there was good and sufficient cause for criticlsm and that it was more creditable to say just what he thought about such a condition than to participate in the drain upon the national ireasury and know all the time that way down deep in his heart it was against his principles. He un- questionably knew that he would be called to account for his attitude which struck a blow at the party, and what he expected has happened, hut {he has the satisfaction of knowing that he was justified in saying all he @id about the “pork barrel” merhods. He attacked the policy of erecting costly government buildings in towns which have a population of from 1,000 to 1,200 for which appropriations varying from $25,000 to $40,000 are favored and showed in the case of uth, Ky, where it is proposed ild at the cost of $30,000 for a ion of 1,271 that it would mean - expense against the govern- ry resident of the by no means an rde a popular appeal when he asked “Instead of squandering mone; in catching cattle ticks, killing coy- poisoning ground squirrels, doc- wild “ducks, treating goats suf- from Malta fever, sending out garden and vegetable seeds, ork barrel river and harbor nd pork barrel public building otes, bills, would it not be better to get down to bed rock economy and cut these useless expenditures and save the people from the never ceasing vi its of the tax gatherer?” There only one answer to such a question, FAY’S ESCAPE, That a thorough investigation will be made of the circumstance: surround the escape of Robert the former German army offic was recently convicted of con: against the United States in connec- tion with munition plots, and sen- tenced to eight,years in federal prison probable. It certainly is demanded and if it is necessary therec should be a revision of the regulations at that penitentiary which will make it im- possible for others to work the same scheme or others equally simple. It is strange that Fay, considering the nature of the crime for which he was convicted and the knowledge that he was anxious to get back to Cer- many, should have been permitted such liberties as appear to have been allowed in his case. He had not been at the prison long enough to really find out whether he was one who could be trusted and yet within three months after his conviction he had such opportunities allowed him that he was able to obtain passes and make his way with one of these bearing the forged signature of the superin- tendent to the outside gate, and de- spite the offense he committed there i was no thought of questioning his de- parture even though another convict was with him and they were unguard- ed. It is one of those instances where it is useless to lock the door after the horse is stolen, but it has doubt- less caused an awakening at Atlanta which will result in better restrictions hereafter. is a from the Atlanta institution is EDITORIAL NOTES. Labor day is never overlooked but it is getting a lot more advertising this year than usual. Turkey has now Weclared war upon Rumania, just as if it didn’t have enough trouble of its own already. Fortunately = the brotherhoods re- frained from issuing the strike order until the majority of the people had returned from their vacations. There appears to be an opportunity for those who have been praying for cooler weather to insist that their ap- peals have not been made in vain. The man on the corner says: One can get almost as great a variety of wisdom from the back platform of the electrics as there are brands of cig- arettes. President Wilson may claim that he has not deserted arbitration, but it is a peculiar stand which he takes when he asks for concessions first and arbitration after. ‘With the loss of the cruiser Mem- phis it is quite evident that this country is going to need all the ad- ditions to the navy which have been provided for in the naval appropria- tion bill. . Col. George Harvey, the man who picked Wilson, has come out boldly and unqualifiedly for Hughes. He has had his eyes opened together with a lot of other people and one experi- ment is enough. Dye prices have jumped from 35 to 40 cents a pound to $4 and $10 a pound and still the administration maintains that we should still con- tinue to lend encouragement to the foreign dyemakers. Charles E. Hughes has been doing some plain speaking in his campaign in the west and strange to say it is the kind of talk that has convinced his hearers but it has made the dem- ocrats extremely mervous. [ “Oh, den’'t!” cried the girl who likes to talk, addressing her cailer who had ‘mentioned that he might go big game hunting next winter. “I can tell you something exactly as exciting and heaps less expensive! Go to any small town and try to catch a street carl” “Wh—what?’ etammered her caller. “Den’t jeer,” she warned him. “I did it and I know! the time you have tracked to its la¥r a heaithy, rampaging streot car, choked it to death and stood with one foot on 1ts prostrate form, your arms folded and your noble gaze headed toward the north star, you'll know how excitement, heartbreaking suspense, thrills, an- guish rage and triumph really are spelled! “There were three of us who had to, pass the day In a flourishing town of some 30,000 people, and the day seemed 2 holiday of some sort, streets were crowded with festive merrymakers. Consequently we de- cided that.we'd go out to one of the small Jakes near by. The hotel clerk looked us straight in_the face, clear eyed, trusting, and told us just to take a Lake Mona car out on the main street. “We had observed cars passing nu- merously all the morning, but the moment we established ourselves on a corner all trafic ceased. In boih di- rections up and down that blazing, parhoiled street the tracks gleamed empty and shining. Jf you will notice, there is no heat on earth so intense as that of a street corner where you are anchored waiting for a car. It beats any of your Africa jungles hol- low. Isabel and I melted in silence, but I'd hate to tell you what Isabel's husband said when he felt his collar wiiting and_coiling nd his throb- bing neck like an effectionate serpent. “The populace surged up against us and ate baranas and particylarly sticky candy and wafted 25 cent per- fume beneath our noses. Finally some- body yelled that a car was coming, two car: There was great excitement similar to that of a band of ship- wrecked sailors when a sail comes in sight. We rushed out into the road and Isabel's husband, who is used to being obeyed, mctorman just idly and sped b: tion of his raised a hand. The looked at us sort of , With a negligent mo- toward the second thumh rd car came the con- it didn’t go to Lake t went out the Yy, and away while sband was demanding to be ngs about the behavior of the mo- Again I can- a purple, D! skirt and aid r nal the motorm ot see us an to pass us by. t last we approached what to be a stoppins d other per- sons on th car showed ns of get- ting off. ‘Is this Lake Mona?” we begged the cond “‘Irgerurgerrow body tti know We W w were S tti: we THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety th" one JGF tHE which the Russi al Geographic Societ bulletin todav : “Reilway five d most ma the ing it soutl made it ar center nd manufac one of the most important before the war being of roilin; stock for “The through Roumanian 10.45. southeast of Lemt thwest of C itz u and former. the Sta: to the passing tant. Th rd, s fords dire, ommur on in peace between Stani and the Hun n capital, the dis- nce being about 27 hetween two a River, one of thi rn tributaries of tie er, which flows ten miles to the important sou Dnle: north. “The land in th is extremely fertil: inity of Stanislau d before the war the town, which had a population of 23,000, was an riculiural center. Among its industries in addition to its railroad shops were ing, milling, and_tile-making. “The most impressi bit of arc tecture in the cit the handsome parish church, which contaihs the tomb of the famous Potocki family, one of whom founded the place in the last half of the 17th century and ancther Stanislau Felix Potocki, was largely instrumental in the utter ruin of Po- land. The lattor as a promising youth became tie standard-bearer of the Crown at the age of' 22. He was in- tent upon dividing his country into an oligarchy of independent grandees who were to enjoy supreme power in rota- tion. With the aid of the Russian empress, Catherine, he became a d tator for a short time, but when the Prussians took possession of Great Po- land he was unable to secure further ald from Muscovites. He retired for a time to Vienna and the last eight years of his life were peacefully spent in im- proving his vast private estates. “Stanislau was almost completely destreyed by fire in 1868 The War A Year Ago Today September 1, 1915. Austrians captured Russian for- WHAT THEY CAUGHT because the{ tress of Lutsk. General Alexieff made chief staff of Russian army. Allies in command of Buvuk. Arafarta valley on Gallipoli penin- sula. Germany promised America to rlnk no more liners without warn- ng. of we emerged through the trees and saw a large sign reading, ‘Recreation Park.’ Everybody was indeed recreating. We turned and fled, remembering too late that the clerk had told us to get off at Lake Mgna. station, which this most evidently was not! “In the hot sun we waited for the next car and when it came the motor- man gianced at us with a stony eye and sailed by, up and around a curve. Isaber’s husband broke into such vio- lent objurgations that she and I has ly suggested walking, so we started out along those burning tracks. Oc- casionally a street car camo whizzing along and we did everything to stop it short of casting our boedies prostrate acress the rails, but with no effect. “Once we sat down by the roadside in the hot sand and amid a colony of energetic ants to mcp our brows and catch our breath. Isabel kept saying that we must be ncarly there and | every time ehe said it I thought her hushand was going to end her life on the spot. “At last when we were speechless from fatigue and choked with dust and | inarticulate with suppressed rage we| came upon Lake Mona station, and there were three or four street cars which had rounded a loop and were prepared to make the return trip to town. Without a glance at the lake or the lovely lawns and flowers Isabel's husband litérally fell upon one of those cars, gathere it into his arms, so to eay, and glered back at us.” “%No!’ he howled. ‘l don’t care a hoot for the lake! Now that I have| actually, really caught this car noth- ! ing is going to tear me from it! 1| know I've caught it only because it| car’t go any farther and get away, but even with my triumph cmbittered it still is a triumph! I'm going to sit right in this car all day and ride and ride and ride—you two can do as you choose!” “So you see—" concluded the girl| o likes to talk. { “It does look like a pretty sporty field,” agreed her caller. “Ill certainly have to con: icago News. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Cause of the Railread Men. Mr. Editor: It is not strange Presi- dent Wilson is «nxious to prevent the conditions which portend of federated railroad men create—the knock-down temporarily give busin. tunity it will give ever flecce the people and and distress it will cause millions of Dpeople. All intelligent _citizens him the dread of of plenty which death and famine. The public should naturally sympa- 1 the ra A men who are hout mercy and blamed for ailroad horrors without The dead railroad er , worked is likely tof blow it w oppor- | tor to share with onditions in a land y produce riots, these corpo S a week switchman who has more and sesponsibility put upon him than it put upon some of the $5,000 men in! at; the offices higher up. There r was_a more railroad man than the late Ch: president of the Consolida , who received $50,000 a year—vet | :ssors have $100,000 a ear today, while a retired presider s tos ,000 bonus to kecp mouth shut. In Ct in S per d upon | hare | nd made A d stock g If the strik 1a: juired mi de it pos and ar Relief Work in France. ditor: Since returning to Paris o continue my w relief work, new itions have ing the | -widening tant from | the Avenue de I'Opera in a Lo court and loaned by free of rent until the war en a v table hive of activity. now giving away over 2,000 a week, without any red tape, d to all se who come authenti and whose stories would wring your heart. There are now thousands of, soldiers called “Reformes No. 2, dilch: d from hospital still possessing limbs and eyes, receive no pensions. Too weak to work, they are adrift, penni- less and homeless; their houses are in ashes, their families only God and the Germans know where. These men come to this depot with their feet through to the pavements, in rag members of soclety, giving, themselves, to_the poor. I beg every adult who reads this to search their wardrobes for clothing not absolutely necessary to their own com- and to have their old boots re- and send anything, old or new, | » will clothe these heroes, dis- charged as “‘unfit for further service.” We never have enough of commo: necessities like soap, towels, stockings, boots and shirts. On Tuesdays we go in our delivery motor, which Philadelphia donated, e Paris where men are gathered to spend on ight before returning to the infer#.o of the front. Their last pleasure before they die is our little packet of comforts which we give them, containing a pair of socks, soap, towel, shoelaces, hand- kerchief, pipe, penknife, safety razor, brush and chocolate. If you could see their wistful pleasure as they file you would hasten to add to these pack If you will put in each packet a postal addressed to yourself, in an en- velope addressed to this depot, each soldier will write you his gratitude. The government has given us two sol- diers to help with heavy work; one of them formerly sang in grand opera; and after the distribution he mount; on a table and sings, and we all join in the Marseillaise, while the men march away cheering America. ‘We have just come back from the war zone, where we went in our de- livery motor piled high with American generosities. In Thoyes, where the prefect and his wife entertained us, 7,000 refugees from the Verdun district are huddled together in garages and sheds, many sleeping on loose straw under sacking. , They need everything. If you kind Americans would only go to 25-cent stores and send me a case of kitchen utensils, oilcloth, cotton and flannel night gowns, knives, forks and enameled plates, many would bless you. Our next trip is to the Vosges, where few are allowed to penctrate; but the minister of war has ordered the offi- comfort | vet JEL Y two vears ago they were prosperous | to the Depot des Isoles, NV help amone the ruined remnants of homes to which these poor unfortu- nates cling. You in prosperous, happy America, would deprive yourselves of a theatre seat, or a new hat or a cocktall, if you could see the misery which so slight a sacrifice assuages. America has given magnificently, but pity should not be an emotion of which one wearies; poverty is on the increase here, and I do beg with all my heart that giving ehall not be on the de- crease in the one country which profits by this war. Address cases to the Secours Dur- yea, 1233 Charlton street, New York city, enclosing a list of contents, and sending a duplicate list to 11, Rue Louis-de-Grand, Paris, Very sincerely yours, NINA LARREY DURYEA, President. Paris, France, July 22, 2916. OTHER VIEW POINTS \ The many rumors about the Bremen are well calculated to employ the max- imum number of the British fleet for burposes of intercepticn. The sub- marine fleet now has a warehouse at Baltimore and another at New London. Still others may be established. The more widely separated the places where it is supposed these ships may arrive, the more costly the operation of patrolling the high seas to catch them. It is reasonable to suppose that the Bremen would not leave Germany until the Deutschland had returned.— Bridgeport Farmer. There are still twenty-elght nations in the international permancnt court of arbitration of The Hague which have yet an opportunity to join the confilct =0 no one should conclude that all is lost yet. After they have accomplished their purpose of annihilating the Teu- tonic and Turkish states, the rest of Europe will prcbably feel quite com- petent to band themselves together for the perpetuation of such peace as will follow the cessation of conflict with the kaiser and his allies. Then there may be a new “permanent” court estab- lished, which, perhaps, will be more re- pected as a court than its predecessor. —Waterbury Republican. In a Danbury court a carpenter claimed to have put an extra door in a house which he was building for which he demonded extra pay and brought suit. The defendant said there was door put in. The judge took t and all the parties use. They conldn’t find hich had been put in. The e rved his decision. We should curious to see it. Did some one the door away? Didn’t he leave ole or somecthing? Why did the judge h Cither there was a wasn't. If there had been gone, there ought to be the place where it had been. It is the withholding of the court’s decision us. 'Why wasn’t the of the door conclusive?— Waterbury Amerlcan. judge r There keeping th is an a large excellent reason for number of troops in home comps, if we are really ve a national railroad _etrike. wiil be needed, all of the na- rd left, to meet the demands transportation situation should We all know of the that have arisen in kes on the railroads and how taken the heavy, stern, impartial al the i hand- of the rezular army to cow the bers. The regular army ble but possibly it can be ilable by the substitution of and the freezing Certainly the nation casier, if it knew that me regiments of the cady to cope with and iolation of the law that or any deflance of the government nesonia of itain because 0f the the opening e ve of infantile paralysis will to the hearts of many boys Aside from that phase of the action of the school 1firmed upon confer- health department, will 1e approval of ail parents the lives of their lttle lthough there is but one re- this dread disease in v at present, the children who ome in contact with inhabitants g states on their vaca- back the germs that nnot be easily stopped. em the part of prudence ate schools of this city to lcad set by the men and vho have charge of the pub- The original date for opening the schools had been placed as the day after Labor éay, September 5. The action of the school board Postpon! schools in N praser public now fixes the opeming cne week later, & Tuesda; mber 12. One week ¢ regular scholastfe cur- S community ealth because it gives authoritles time in which 0 hose_who return from in- facted regions.—New Britain Herald. POLITICAL ] Rural Credits Pretensions. n has signed the passed by the pres- ent congress, saying as he did so: I look forward to the benefits of this bill, not with extravagant cxpectations, but with confident expectation that it will be of very wide reaching benefit, g neidentally it will be of advantage he investing community, for I can imagine no more satisfactory or solid ents than this system will af- those who have money to use. much as the measure provides only for machinery to loan money on first mortgage on unincumbered land, and for but 50 per cent of the value, tho exact benefit the farmer is going to derive is not clear. Some argument has been made that it will have the effect of lowering the interest rate to the farmer. This remains to be scen. The farm loan banks are to be per- mitted to issue dcbenture bonds, guar- anteed by the banks but not by the government, basedl on the first mort- gage loans of the banks, but these bonds must carry a rate of interest sufficiently high to make them at- tractive to investors, or their sale will be silow. The only co-operation per- mitted to the farmer under law takes the form or organizing branches of the regional bank. The short time loan, needéd for the handling crops or in a live stock deal, is no: known to the farm loan bank, which is to be exclu- sively a land loan affair. The president is justified in his ex- pectation that the farm loan bank will provide a eafe, solid and profitable investment for those that have money but it remains to be seen how It is go ing o help the farmer, who is a bor- rower and not a lender?—Omaha Bee. Offices as Spoils of War. ‘We mean Mr. Hughes' arraignment of President Wilson for wanton dis- missals from the diplomatic service of men. who had won their places in it by ford In: cials to carry our motor, filled and sealed, on a truck to where the rail- road ends and the German retreat be- gins. From there we go in the motor right up to the firing line, distributing merit: for choosing incompetent men for Government work r<quiring special skill, and for assenting to bill after bill creating new offices—in the aggregate a large number—to be filled withont of the| TH iBR DAVIS A GREAT MALE 4 HAL & FRANCIS . Character Comedy Duo in Their New Skit “TOWN AND COUNTRY” DE WOLF HOPPER In “STRANDED” E Five Part Fine Arts Production EATRE OADWAY ANOTHER BIG ALL STAR BiLL OF HEADLINERS VMPERIALS A SINGING OFFERING DE _LUX Mat. 2:15—Eve. 6:45, 8:45 3 BIG KEITH ACTS TRIANGLE PHOTOPLAYS QUARTETTE IN THREE WALSEYS Comedy Entertainers In a Novel Athletic Act CHARLES MURRAY In the Two Reel Ksystone PILLS OF PERIL TODAY and SATURDAY ROMANCE METRO—Popular Plays and THE GIFTED EMOTIONAL STAR A Vividly Realistic Story of Studio METRO TRAVELOGUE I REALISM MADAME PETROVA in «PLAYING WITH FIRE” olete With Romance, Pathos and Dramatio Incident. TODAY and SATURDAY NOVELTY Players Present—PICTURES Life, in Five Wonderful Acts, Re- HIS BIRTHDAY GIFT Friday Saturday Majestic RBoof Garden NIGHTLY 7:80 to 11 P. M. MYSTERIES OF MYRA ™. . WORTH WHILE ... .. Vitagrash 3 Reel Drama Jacobs’ New York Society Orchestra for Dancing DID HE OR DID HE NOT, Comedy || Admission ......coeeecnen.... 180 any regard for the clvil service laws. In all thjs matter Mr. Wilson has been exceedingly vainerable. ‘Whether from carelessness or indifference, pre- occupation with other things or a de- liberate purpose to throw a certaln amount of spoils to the party swine in order to get their votes for the great measures on which he had set his heart—the truth is that the President has again and again laid himself open to the attack which Mr. Hughes niade last night. It is the most destructive eriticism which the Republican can- didate has yet uttered.—New York Evening Post. GENERAL CONVENTION OF PROTESTANT EPIS. CHURCH. Le Held at St. Louis With Open- ing Session Octoker 11th. The forty-fourth Triennial General convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church will be held this year in St. Louls, opening Wednesday, October 11. This is the Brst time in its history that this gathering has been held west of thc Mississippi. An outstanding feat of this convention will be the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the election of the Episcopate of Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri, the oldest bishop of the American church. ach of the sixty-eight dioceses has 1 ed four clerical and four the twenty-three mis- ts have chosen their one erical deputy; and the ten foreis: risdictions will each have a representative. In addition to these six hundred clerical and lay deputles, ome hundred and twenty-two bishops will be present. The convention sits as two houses, the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies, each having a veto upon the other. Its primary object is to e laws for the Protestant Bpls- Al Church. Legislation takes the form of Cancns which are operative at once, and amendments of the Consti- tution which require action by two successive conventions. The House of Bishops fills vacancles in the mission- ary episcopate with the concurrence of the lower house. In the House of Deputies there are fourteen standing committees appoint- ed by the President. There are also ten committees or commissions of the House of Bishops. In addition the joint commissions and committees of the two houses number thirty-six. Among the important subjects now under consideration by these bodies are the Relation of the Episcopal Church to other Christtan com- munions; Revision and Enrichment of e Praycr Beok; Christian Education; the Divorce Problem; Missiongry Or- ganization; the Klection of a’ Bishop for Negroes in the: United States, and ionary distr: lay and one R R S TRy LYCEUM THEATRE NEW LONDON Saturday, September 2nd MATINEE AND EVENING “Old Heidelberg” A PLAY OF FIVE ACTS Seats now on sale—50c to $2.00 an Adequate Pension System for the Clergy. Both Houses of the Convention wiil meet in the Moolah Temple, the ses- sions of the House of Deputies being open to the public. For the past few years there has been a growing agita- iion against the ex: on of the press and public from the sessiops of the House of Bishops. A proposal to throw open the proceedings was defeat a very narrow majority General Convention in there is every reason to believe wiil be successful this year. Building by Electricity. Elcctric power is being extensively each year in bui ations to drive coner compressors, hoists, cto. The main reason for this g popularity is simply that electric ari is more economical and conven than steam; provided, of course, el tric_current is available, as it usu is in the neighborbood of b communities. One man only quired to handle a motc chinc, and he need not -up is re- -driven ma- be an ex- perienced engineer, as many workmen can learn to handle a motor in a short time. A single handle controls all operations—starting, stopping, re- versing and changing the speed. There are no stand-by losses, cither. The motor uses power only when actually rupning, and when at rest involves no expense whatever. Having no botler, the mackine is lighter and more compact than a steam-driven machine, and hence is more roadily moved and placed in position. On account of its compactness, a _motor-dgiven hoist may be placed where it will not inter- fere with trafflc. The absence of fire ana sparks makes it safe even though it is crowded under the scaffolding. Cables located overhead out of the way take the place of awkward, leak- ing pipes, and there is nothing to freeze in cold weather. More than 27,000 tons of honey are produced by the American bee annu- ally. For the Aged and all medicinal purposes, Wines and Liquors from Geo. Greenberger & Co.’s are the best. Their ahsolute purity and fine flavor make them unsurpassed as tonic, giving renewed health and strength. Their cost is trifling as compared with the benefit they give. Special Prices or Debilitated for Labor Day Select any of this High Grade Steamed Beer and telephone your order LAGCGER Stroh’s, Detroit, Mich. Schlitz Peter Doelger’s Jacob Ruppert’s Narragansett Select Stock Pilsner Bohemian Al Imported Bass Ale Hanley’s Peerless. Sparkling Narragansett Banquet GEORGE GREENBERGER & CO. 47 Franklin Street