Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 26, 1916, Page 4

Glorwiel and Qoufied 120 YRARS OLD Sulscription price 1Ze a week; 50¢ a month: $6.00 n year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., a8 second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Businass Office 480, Bulletin Edltorial Rooris 35 - Bulletin Job Offica 35-2. Willimantic _Office, 67 Church St. Telephone 210-2. " Norwich, Thursday, Oct. 26, 1916, REPUBLICAN TICK! Presideat, EVANS HUGHES of New " Vice President, CHARLES W. FATRBANKS of Tndiana. Previdential Electors, NG HAM New Hav Representative in Cougress, ond District, FREEMAN of New Lon- Se RICHARD lon, Governor, H. HOLCOMB of Southinz Lieatenant Governor, ORD B. WILSON of Brid Sceretary, L. PERRY on, eport. of New er, CHAMBERLAIN of Comptrolle: WE S| MCRRIS =) Harwinton. Senators, ANK Q. CRONIN of New Lon- n. H. K BARN, H. HI ngton “HIBALD itnam. TAM H. HALL of Willington. Judge of Probate, AYLING Represe: Ston- MACDONALD of LSON UNITED STATES MUST BE SU- PREME. h Charles E. Husghes clearly tion upon the ques- £ Americanism in his speech of t d on subsequent occa- ere have 1 determined ef- the opposition to throw sus- D i to treat it as a m to where he stan d effort to prove that ther a ret under- standing w ted or- promi have rdance their flat. were the start surprising in harder to prove h does not exist. of these attemptsg| 1es in his addres: took and s not ould ight any not instantly nd interest of i country what- for immunity that the United States m eme and that a divided a1l 1 uld not be tolerated. His Po! n is no different than it alway s been st come is He for America first, 'nd all e time and well erstood what C he mea THE SAFEST INSTRUMENT. ain ones there is a feel country is going to have an imp: it service to render in the reconstruction of Burope. That there ort that this country will but how ex- problematical. As rt American manufac- should not be too cocksure 11 be dealing h a Europe down and inefficient men and factories with antiquated machin- o1y hly probable it will be is factories have been de- largely to meeting the muni- demands but it must be remem- d that these will be immediately urned to production along other lines inute that peace is declared, and 1 tho! s engazed in war hi to receive great qu of imports, the umount brought in the past year be- ng larger than in the one before, hough of course all did not come ‘rom Burope. Thus while Europe has suffered nuch from the war and will suffer nore it is to be remembered that un- ler conditions in this country it is olly to think of competing with Bu- ropean fabor, especially since they ¥ill be in a position, because of their itrugsle to recoup, to offer even stiffer sompetition. Therefore while we are hinking of reconstructing Europe it s high time to look out for our own srotection and the safest instrument or that is a republican tariff which vill encourage the development of 1ome industrie and support those vhich already exist. THE SUCCESS AT VERDUN. Timing their advance in the Verdun lection so that the best resuits might )e obtained the French 3 lotable success by the recapturs in me day of territory which it took the jermans two months to conquer. Gen- ral Petaln had carefully sized Up the ask which he was about to attempt. e was fully aware of the weakening | of the enemy’s defense by the removal of troops to other fronts since the Germans had some time since aban- doned the effort which was started the first of the year to capture that French salient, but the capture of Douaumont, that high hill that com- mands a large section of territory, to- gether with Douaumont village, Thiau- mont, Haudromont quarries and La Caillette woods was nevertheless no small accomplishment. This success on the Verdun front, together with the progress which is being made by both the French and British on the Somme front, to which point many of the German troops had previously been sent, indicates the manner in which the allled offensive along the western battle line is being conducted. Germany can of course abandon the territory which it gained by months of fighting and the enor- mous sacrifice of life about Verdun without serfously affecting its posi- tion in the west, when considered alone, but when it is realized that this is being forced upon them and at the same time they are steadily being forced back along the Somme front even though the Verdun troops are being used to reinforce that locality, it must be realized of course that those dents in the line are likely to mean serious trouble and the abandonment of an important section even though the allies are not able to break through. The gain at Verdun at this jtime must therefore be looked upon {as significant. NOT THE—WORK OF THE ADMIN- ISTRATION. It is interesting to note that out in Colorado reference is being made to the prosperity that is being ex- perienced. That state, like some oth- ers, is feeling the effects of increased business. There is lots of work in the stockyards, the grain exchange has its hands full and the only hold up to the shipments is the lack of cars. This of course is a desirable situa- tion. It is the kind of activity that is wanted, but how much of it is attributable to the democratic admin- istration? This prosperity is not the result of any act of the administra- tion, but as shown by the contrast between now and the days before the war broke out, it is the direct result of the war across the water. The war business which this coun- has received is not by any means confined to the trade in munitions, for while the manufacturing states are feeling the effects of that, the agri- cultural states are experiencing the benefits from the demands which are being made of this country to fur- nish foodstuffs for the countries at war and those countries which had previously depended upon those na- tions which are at war. This country is thus zetting help in many lines of activity because of the struggle in Furope and it can be ex- pected that this will be maintained as long as the war lasts, but there should be something more positive than a war among other nations to insure the permanency of prosperity. This the democrats were not able to bring about by their policies before the war, and they will not be any more suc- cessful after the war protection ceases. The republican policles are the on ones which have given it in the past and they are the ones which must be relied upon to do it after the w: ends. Republican success is' there- fore important on November 7 if gen- eral prosperity is to be put on a sta- ble basis. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Plung- ing heels over head into debt has made many a man a cripple for life. Of course if anything goes wrong now at Sing Sing it can be blamed onto the methods of Thomas Mott Os- borne. The entente powers think that they will be able to stop the Teutons in Rumania, but it cannot be overlooked that that country isn's as large as Ru Henry Ford is giving his women employes the same pay as the men, and from the way in which prices are advancing they will need every penny of it and then some. Ity is only natural that Holland wants to know if its vessels are going to be torpedoed at America’s door. But without re why should they be destroyed vhere? If Greece had taken one plunge it would now be accustomed to the sit- uation, but being urged in a foot at time is excruciating to the brave, to say nothing of the timid. Now the claim is made. U-53 has been sunk, but as yet Eng- land has no more to say about it than it has concerning the Bremen. Davy Jones, however, might know. a that the President Wilson has probably come to the realization that his secretary of war is as much Inclined to the wrong kind of talking as he has been too silent regarding his fhird house. Now that it is reported that Car- ranza is ready to quit, possibly Secre- tary Baker will detail the punitive e pedition to escort him over the bor- der to a future home in the U. S. A, There are a lot of people who never think anything about the country un- less they are-looking for nuts or game, and then they give precious little con- sideration to the property of others. ‘When Matthew Hale clalms 50 per cent. of the progressive vote of Mas- sachusetts for Wilson, he means the progressive Vote of today and not that of 1912, and that means some differ- ence. Having ordered the Greek army out of Thessaly, the next move of the en- tente powers, if Rumania is to get any benefit from it, should be to or- der the allied army north out of Sa- loniki. Bread has advanced in price and the old time advice about edting cake has been urged, but with that article joining the upward procession, wherc is a poor soul going to get any relief this winter? The democratic cry is “He has kept us out of war,” but according to the judge advocate of the army the United States is at war with Mexico, but pos- sibly plans are underway to apologizc to Carranza. With wheat, cotton, shoes, coal, su- gar and most everything in the line of foodstuffs on the rise where is thc increased cost of living under ou: prosperous democratic administration going to stop? GOSHALL IS PECULIAR “Oh, yes,” suld the man from Hyde Park to his friend from Woodlawn, “Goshall would be all right if oaly he were not such & boaster! You can’t mention a thing on earth without his going you one better. He simply can't permit anybody to get ahead of him!” “Yes,” agreed the man from Wood- lawn, 'T've noticed that too! Now, when I got my car—" “Why,” went on the man from Hyde Park, warming up, to the subject, ‘he was particularly unbearable this year about his vegetable garden! I hap- pened to mention that I was having great success growing a few things— and that's as far as I got! He cut in with a detailed account of his meth- ods, and yowa think he was going to have tomatoes as big as melons and cucumbers 1t would take a saw to sep- arate from the parcnt vine! I don’t make so much fuss as he does over fertilizers and such truck, but I'll bet my tomatoes will beat him to a fraz- zle! Somehow I seem to have a knack with tomatoes—I got thirty-seven oft one bush last “His car!” broke in the Woodlawn man in airy sarcasm. ‘Say, did_you ever see that collection of welded tin cans he drives? Truly, if any one should force Goshall's car upon a junk dealer, the unfortunate man would never again hold up his hea “Why,” continued the Woodlawn citizen, “the ashman would refuse with scorn to be identified with it down the ! You can hear it comirg a mile and you can’'t decide whether the end of the world is approaching or it's a little tornado roaring and rat- tling by! The children n terror- stricken to their mother's arms when they hear it, and without investigat- ing, the women who live in Goshall's neighborhood say: “Hush, hush! It's THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society Epirus—What portion of northern Dpirus Greece wisned the lintente Allies to promise her the price of her participation in the European war will not be known, perhaps, until the terms of peace are made public. That portion of the ancient district northern Greece which is said coveted both by Italy and the ment at Athens lies in the new cipality of Albania. The Epirus district, without respect to its modern boundaries—Greek, and Albanian—is the subject of the follow- ing war sraphy bulletin «issued by the National Geographic Societ ‘In_ancient times the name E (mainiand) was given to an exten area of northwestern Greece to dis- tinguish it from the islands of the Ionian Sea, which form a fringe to the west. It extended from an indefinite northern boundary, somewhere in the southern part of the territory now embraced in the infant principality of Albania, to the Corinthian Gulf, and although the Athenians, Corinthians and Spartans were wont to look upon the inhabitants of the district as semi- barbarous, no less an authority than Aristotle gave it as the original home of the Hellenes. “Owing to its extremely mountain- ous character, Epirus has never heen a great grain-producing section, but from ancient times up to the present $t has been famous for its fine cattle and horses, also for a peculiar breed of dog, the Moloss! In the eastern part of the district towers Mt. Lac- mon, the backbone of the Pindus range, on w! rise three of the great ivers of northwestern Greece. iy bes even before historic times on account Spirus world-renowned of the great oracle of Dodona, the ruins of whose temples were diScoh- cred during the last half of the 19th century only a few miles southwest of the modern Macedonian town of Jan- ina. The m es from the gods were received at Dodona through the rust- lings which Zeus was supposed to reside, but a local legend says that the first age was delivered I peaking from the tree with a human voice. At any rate, the prie. the oracle were called Peleaid (doves). Herodotus reports that while on a visit to Egyptian Thebes he learned that the oracle had been found- ed by an Egpt vho had been epirited away by Phoenicians. “As the rivalry between the oracle of Zeus at Dodona and that of Apollo at Delphi grew more keen the priest- esses of the former invented new methods of receiving messages, among these being the interpretation of the murmur of a bubbling fountain near the oak tree, the sound of the wind rushing through the brazen cauldrons which stood in a circle near the tem- ple, and the sounds made by a metal- tiped whip as the wind drove it against a bronze tripod. Many Ath- only Goshall's car--right off, without leaving their work to look out of the window! “And then he had the nerve, when he saw me in my new eight cylinder Battle-ax—you know the Battle-ax, of course—to raise his eyebrows critically and hem and haw and say 1'd be sorry when I found out how fauliy the igni- tion system was and how fragile the fenders were and how it ate up gaso- line compared with the modest appe- tite of his. Everything was compared with his, of course! Why, that car of mine will cltmb the side of a wall on high speed, I tell you, and never gasp! I can get more distance out of a gal- lon of juice than any one I ever heard of, and, say! She just purrs_along when 1 open the throttle! Why, I wouldn’t swap that car—" The Hyde Park man had been smil- ing dreamily. “Do you know,” he broke in, “what Goshall did last year? He knew I was growing tomatoes all right, for I had told him, and yet he had the gall to send me over a bas- ket of his own production! He said he thought we might enjoy some real home-grown tomatces! 1 hope you get the sarcasm! Totally ignored mine, you see—assumed that they didn't ex- ist except in my imagination! “I told Imogene to throw them away at once, but women are so doggone peculiar—no sense of dignity at alll Imogene said they were perfectly good fruit, and as mine were vet in the green marble stage she didn’t see any sense in not using Goshall's. And then she had the nerve to ask why his got ripe so long ahead of mine! Somehow I despair of ever teaching a woman unything. Imogene simply cannot understand why a tomato that ripens slowly and is not urged by strong fertl is a far finer, better flavored fruit— “That’s nothing to what he handed me,” said the Woodlawn man. “I was starting downtown in my Battle- ax the other morning and passed Goshall walking to the station, and when I hollered he said his car was in the siop, 5o I told him to hop in. He shook his head and thanked me and said he was in such a hurry he though he'd better take the surface car ta the city! He said he had grown 50 used to dashing about in his speedy car that it got on his nerves to ride in any other! Why, I'll stake my car against his on any road, any season or under any conditions! My car will outrun, outlast and cost less than two of his, and he certainly makes me tirea!™ “That's how it affects me” the Hyde Fark man. “You should have heard him talk about the two rows of measly little strawberry plants he set out! I had to laugh because I had so much better results with m: red raspberry hedge! Really, that raspberry hedge was prettier than any flowers, it was so fuli of fritit! Why, Imogene made quarts of preserves and jam and gave away a lot to the neigh- bors, and whenever I mentioned it Goshall would break in about his in- fernal strawberries! Oh, he's simply impossible when it comes to that!” “He certa is!” agreed the Wood- lawn man. n't stand & man so conceited about his own possessions!” agreed “Same here,” said the from Hyde Park feelingly. ‘“It's so fool- ish!”—Exchange. 3 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mr. Hughes’' Attitude on Labor. i As I have not seen ies E. Hughes' attitude on labor, published in any local papers, or dis- cussed by correspondents, it might be welt perhaps to set t 3 In 1908 Mr. Hughes said of organ- ized labor: “There are some w gard organized labor as a sour strife and menace of difficulty; I re- gard it as a fine opportunity for the amelioration of the conditions of men, working with no other purpose than to make the most of themselves and fo achieve something for their fami- ie: “The mission of or; _one of the finest that any association of men could guard.” Quite a contrast with Mr. Wilson’s attitude in 1909 when he said: “Labor unions drag to the level of the low ain in 1909 Mr. Wilson said "he usual standard of the laborer in one da: to is give as little as he for his t is only the difference of a real friend of labor and of a ma who wants the votes of labo JOHN R. BOWMAN, JR. Norwich, Oct. 25, 1516. Belgian Children Still Hungry Mr. Editor: Once again and for the third successive year I crave the pub- licit: 3 columr helpless children in Dollar Christmas Fund of wh: treasurer wants to make a still more urgent appeal than in the two pre- vious years simply because the need is am enians, Spartans and Lastern poten- |IS more urgent. . tates consulted the oracle and it is saidy| o l: Hoover, the head of the Relief he Tast iomtof Tyaidd commission for Belgium, has drawn it RE of Ly attention to the facts of the case and whethes attempt a campaig 51 king of the Persians. the famous ‘rich man’ acted upon the advice of the Delphic Oracle which told him that ‘he would destroy a great kingdom. And the prediction of the oracle was verified, but the kingdom which he destroyed was his own. . “The Hellenes founded many colo- nies on the Epiran shore and these served as stepping stones to dominion over the Adriatic. The wealthiest of the ancient cities Phoenice, which became the head of an Epirotic Lea- gue after the fall of the Molossian kingdom. he Molossians, most powerful and progressive of the fourteen _tribes which inhabited Epirus, sere ruled by chieftains who_professed to be d cendants of Pyrrhus, the son Achilles, of who was, supposed to have settled in this part of the world after the fall of Troy. “One of the most noted of the Mo- lossian kings was Arymbas 1II, who gave his brother's daughters an ex- cellent_education, married one of them himself and gave the other, Olympias, to Philip II of Macedon. Olympias lives in history as the mother of Al- cxander the Great. From Alexander's aunt descended Pyrrhus, who waged a long war with Rome in behalf of the Tarentines and who made Epirus a power in world politics for a short time. More than 150 years after the death of Pyrrhus Epirus again came in conflict witn Rome as tne ally of Perseus, the Macedonian who mount- cd a throne over the body of his mur- dered brother Demetrius. The Ro- mans under Aemilius Paulus annilatéd he forces of Perseus at Pydna (16§ B. C.), and took the defeated king in tri- umph to the capital. The punishment meted out to Wpirns for ity share in the war was the destruction of 70 of her principal cities and the enslave- ment of 150,600 of its people—a. blow from which the kingdom never recov- ored. “With the partition of the Roman ‘mpire Epirus was given to the East- -rn_emperors. When the Latins took Constantinople in 1204 it became a possession of Michel Angelus Com- renus. In succeeding centuries the territory has been variously governed ‘nd misgoverned by Albanians, Ven- tians, and Turks.™ emphasized the the children mea] a day positive necessity receiving 3 served at school. existing arrangements neces persons in Belgium—there are three millions. of them—receive one- third of a soldier’s ration, just enough to keep body and soul fogether. The Belgian people as a nation bruised and broken by the tragic experiences of war are feeling the tremendous rain most severely but the alarm- ing scourge of tuberculosis and other forms of disease due to impaired vi- tality has been felt most of all by the little ones. All impartial witnesses who have had the chance of seeing conditions for themselves in Belgium have re- ported that the children there cannot grow .to healthy maturity unless the are provided with more food. Mone cannot compensate for the loss of Belgian cities lately radiant with the splendor and glory of centuries or the loss of life but money can at least supply one square meal a day dur- ing the winter months. That is just what the Dollar Christmas Fund is striving to secure. Our committee iIs cooperating now, as in previous years, with the Com- mission for Relief thereby safeguard- ing against all waste. The same rep- resentative and prominent citizens who backed our appeal in the first Year are stil! with us lately reinforced by the names of Mr. Oscar Straus and Sir Herbert Tree. Mr. Percy Bullen of 66 Proadway, New York, from whom authorized collecting cards can be obtained is again our honorary sec- retary. Hitherto the response to our Christ- mas appeal has alwavs been prompt and generous and our donations are accepted by the sufferers in Belgium as a special Christmas gift from one people to another, a tangzible proof that Christmas goodwill even in these days of strife and bloodshed has not isappeared from earth. °‘All dona- tions sent to myself as treasurer, care Henry Clews and Co. Bankers, Broad street, New York, will be sgratefully acknowledged. HENRY CLEWS, New York, Oct. 20, 1915. According to a bulletin issued by the department of commerce _there are 5,073 radio stations in the United Statas, % THURS,, FRI., SAT. FEATURING MayWard The Dresden Doll of the Screen ADAPTED FROM ALEXANDER DUMAS Greatest Novel BL.ACIK "= The Greatest Film Discovery WHERE FATHER? ' THE UNTOLD SECRET A REMARKABLE STORY OF GUILTY LOVE, BITTER ATONEMENT AND GRIPPING B—REELS—8 3—8HOWS DAILY—3 MAT. 10c INTEREST EVE.—BALCONY 10c MAIN FLOOR 20c. POLITICAL The Free Trade Menace. The London Globe is now out- spoken in its demand for a protective 2 policy in Great Britain that will apply specifically to American goods which enter into competition with those produced in England and its dominions and colonies. When reciprocity was proposed to Canada many of the statesmen of the Dominion argued to the voters there that Canada would get the worst of the bargain. The few advantages which the United States would have obtained might have been set down beside the advantages which Canada would have obtained, but _this fair method seldom is adopted by political orators. The result was_that Canada became convinced that it would ob- in fewer advantages than the United tes. Later on, when the Under- wood law was written, Canada was given all the advantages it would have received under the reciprocity agree- ment without giving anything in re- turn. The Underwood law likewise opened the American market to Great Britain and all other foreign nations, with the result that importations increased tremendously. ‘The war has converted Great PBritain to protection, and it is now proposed that this fiscal policy, which built up the industry of the United States, whose temporary aban- donment of the policy has demonstrat- ed the necessity of restoring it. How Great Britain would profit by its new tariff faith is clearly revealed by the London Glob: Tn order to be able to deal success- with American competition we develop to the full extent the re- of the British empire. All the needs of the empire can be sup- plied from within its own borders, h abundance to spare for the re- es imperial organization and a ser partnership between the mother countries and the dominions.” The question that arises and that hecomes important in the campaign fs whether the United States, which had its hands full in competing in foreign markets with Great Lritain even when England had free trade and this coun- try protection, can keep its head up when the conditions are reversed. Great Britain's costs of production are lower than those in the United States. nd turns wholly to protection, ed of the United States for such 2 cy will be greater than ever be- fore in its history.—Washington Post. Some Election Figures. In how many states of the Unlon id Mr. Wilson in 1812 receive a ma- jority of the votes cast for the three leading candidaftes? Answer: Four- teen. Of these Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Fiorida, Ala- bamay Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas i as—ten in all—are never open to a contest; any Democratic candi- date can have them for the asking and, of course, Mr. Wilson will have them this time. The only states of this which are ever open to a partisan con- test_are Kentucky, which voted for McKirley in 1896; Arizona and Okla- homa, which the Republicans on a tidal wave can carry: and Tennessee, which now sends two Republicans to Congress and in 1910 and 1912 elected a Republican governor. But in a e rest of the country President Wilson was a minority can- didate, with all that this means in the forthcoming election. It is an inter- sting psychological fact that people like to find vindication of their own judsments. If they have voted for Jones for sclectmnan they like to say to their neighbors that their choice was a wise one, and so when election times come around again, they vote for him again. It is the same with Presi- dential candidates. Voters who fav- ored Wilson in 1912 would like to vote for him again. Simarly, those who thought it a mistake to elect him then will seek to sustain their course by picking out somebody else this tige. And it should be remembered that voters of this latter class are in a ma- jority in no less than thirty-four states. Let us, for example, consider the IMassachuset:s figures, where the three candidates four years ago ran sur- prisingly even, in percentage which we have already quoted in these col- umns. No one can doubt that the Re- publican-Progressive combine is now sufficiently established to give Mr. Hughes a larger vote than Mr. Wilson. In other words it will be impossible for Mr. Wilson to bring the 38 per cent of the total which he polled in 1912, with three candidates in the fleld, up to the 50 per cent which will be necessary to carry the state over Mr. Hughes alone. Of vastly more importance is the situation in the great pivotal state of New York. There Wilson in 1913 re- ceived 43 per cent of the total cast for Republican, Progressive and Demo- cratic candldates. Everybody believes that Mr* Wilson will increase his vote this time—that he will get more than 43 per cent of the total—but it will be an extraordinary feat if he .shoufd raise his total to 50 per cent, thus se- curing the state’s 45 electorial votes and, in consequence, his v§-election.— Boston Herald. e A Great Fact. The grandson of one of America's greatest poets is carrying a hod, and sometimes it seems as if the grand- sons of the greatest American hod- carriers are trying to write poetry.— Milwaukee News. Proof Positive. ‘We shall never be entirely satisfied that the trend of humanity is really upward until we see men willing to trade their automobiles for aeroplanes. —Browning Magazine. DAVIS Shannon-Annis LESTER & MOWRIE Eccentric Comedy Duo in a Bunch of Nonsense TWO REEL KEYSTONE THE o DIRECT FROM THEIR BIG HIT AT KEITH’S, PROVIDENCE NORMA TALMADGE A Delightful Triangle Feature in Five Parts NEW SHOW TODAY KEITH VAUDEVILLE TRIANGLE SUPREME PLAYS 5—-PEOPLE—5 Special Scenery & Co- In a Beautiful Musical Oriental Idyl “THE GARDEN OF LOVE"” SUSAN TOMFKINS Violinist Late Soloist With Sousa’s Band In “THE SOCIAL SECRETARY” | CONCERT ORCHESTRA EXCLUSIVE SHOWING OF PARAMOUNT AND_METRO PHOTOPLAYS THE CRIMSON PRESENTING THE GREATEST ARTII\ISTS THE WORLD TODAY AND TONIGHT EDNA GOODRICH in THE MAKING OF MADDALENA FIVE PART PARAMOUNT FEATURE STAIN MYSTERY Coming Friday and Saturday HAROLD LOCKWOOD AND MAY ALLISON in THE MASKED RIDER OTHER VIEW POINTS Rather than allow one of the big “tanks” that got beyond control of its driver on the Somme front, fall into the hands of the Germans, Brit- ish gunners destroyed it, kiiling the British men inside. T dead tanks, as well as dead men, tell no tales, ap- parently was the decision of the British officers.—Hartford Post. It is said that the roads in Ensland are frequently p: d with old grave- stones which are croken up, and make fine road stuff when ~rolled down by wheel. These stones are from t)]:e n graves of forgotten generations. America we haven't yet suffcred much from overcrowded grave yards and lack of burying plac: If we ever come to the crowded state of Europe and have to use bu i und over and over, we may not know whose the grave stones are and m: be un- feeling enough to use them for road- making. Many thought we were pretty heartiess when we tore up the old Grand Strect Cemetery and trans- ferred such remains as could be iden- tified and ‘buried the grave stones that could not be otherwise disposed of, Cemeteries in cities_are often very much in the way.—Waterbury Ameri- can. The present acting warden at Sing Sing differs from Mr. Osborne in be- ing willing to admit the good intenfion of the superintendent of prisons. He is apporently disposed to make the best of the situation instead of as- suming that it has gone to “the dam- nition bow-Wows. He succeeds to office free from certain strongly-de- veloped beliefs as to which there is more or less reasonable difference among men who have studied the prison problem. Mr. Derrick, act- ing warden, apparently means to_get on with the superintendent, whom Mr. Osborne could not stomach, and to do it in good faith. It is always open to him to retire if differences of opinion become too urgent, but for the present, at’ least, all seems peaceful—Hartford Times. Is Wilson's administration queer or are the public? We all know the vag- aries of Daniels. Now comes Baker of the war department and he has given offense to an unappreciative public. In_a recent speech he declared that the Mexicans were like Washing- fon and his fellow revolutionists, The Mexicans are a rascally lot, but eo were the American revolutionists. They looted churches and attacked minis- Now there turn up prominent American citizens who resent this kind of talk. They call themselves patriotic and had an idea that their predecessors were patriots, and pa- triots of a high order, too. Mr. Baker, secretary of war, where Josephus Daniels 1s secretary of the navy has made no friends by likening the cruel murderers down in Mexico to our American revoiutionists. So far as we have scen the report, he did not decide whether Villa or Carranza was the Washington of today.—Hartford Courant, The fact that the thrifty habit of saving has been but little cultivated among the people of the United States is clearly shown by the follow- ing statistical statement giving the savings bank depositors per thousand of population in the more important countries of the worl Switzerland 554; Denmark 442; Norway 415; Swe- den 404; Belgium 397; France 346; Holland' 325; Germany 317; Ingland 80: Australia 300; Japan 270; Ttaly 220; United States 99. In Switzerland more than half of the people are sav- ings bank depositors, while in_ the United States only 99 out of every 1,000 persons mre thus disposed to take care of their pennies in order that their dollars may take care of them- selves. And yet Switzerland is a rel- atively poor country while the Uni- ted States is perhaps the richest of those figures the people of Europe would have been far less able to ad- just themselves to the conditions cre- ated by the great war—Torrington Reglster. A citizen who realizes the import= ance of a strong navy ready for ac- tion upon a minute's notice will not vote for a candidate who is unable to see the unfitness of Mr. Daniels as the custodian of the country's “first line of defence.” It is hardly necessary to say that if Mr. Hughes is elected Pres- ident, Josephus Daniels, after the fourth of March next, will not be in a position to do further damage to the navy.—Providence Bulletin. Joseph Pulitzer, the founder of the New York World predicted _that Charles Evans Hughes would be Pres- ident of the United States. Pulitzer got to know and to believe in Hughes when the latter was conducting his insurance investigation. He got to know him and believe in him so well that he appointed Hughes an executor and trustee of his estate and be- queathed to him $100,000. Mr. Hushes did not accet the money or the trust, nor did he suffer in_Joseph Pulitzer's estimation by his refusal. What does the New York World of today say to this?—Rockville Journal. STORIES OF THE WAR Duel in a Shell Hole. An extraordinary story was told to the king and queen at the Iidward VII hospital, Windsor, by Corporal George Bennett' Burleigh, son of the late war correspondent. The corporal was with one of the famous London regiment and he had a remarkably narrow escape from death. We went over the top,” he said to their majesties, “on September 15. I was charging quite close to a tank, and by the time we had got to the German first line I had killed cleven of the Huns. Then I was spun round and fell to the ground, a hullet having passed through my left button. I started crawling towards a shell hole. When within two and a half yards of the hole a_German major of the Prus- sian guards, who was about 6 feet 6 inches high, swore at me and lifted his rifie to his shoulder, the barrel being quite near my face. A buliet passed through my left jaw, but cwing to a good set of teeth the bullet was de- flected and came out of my chin, knocking one of my teeth out en route. “I lay perfectly still for an hour, and when 1 lifted my head 1 saw the Ger- man major picking off cur wounded with his rifie. 1 watched him go to the other side of the shell hole. I made a great effort and flung myself into the hole and rammed the bayonet through him, but it did not kill him, and he fought like a wild cat. I made a last effort and gripped his thPoat with my hands. He shrieked for mercy, but fought like a devil all the time. How- ever I managed to throttle him and he fell dead across me. “I lay there helpless underneath the German for two days without anything to eat or drink, and I lost a lot (® blood. On the evening of the second day another wounded man came along and pulled the dead German off me, but he could not take me with him, as he was too badly woundéd himself. At about 8 oclock that night the Ger- mans’ curtain fire stopped,as our army had pushed them on. I then crawled about a mile, which took me four and a half hours to accomplish. Heventual- Iy a New Zealander picked me up and carried me to our advanced dressing station.”—London Observer. Impossible for Eloquence. Not all the elogquence of stump orators can bring back Huerta or make assassination popular in this country. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch, If a married man leaves plenty of change in his pockets when he gocs to bed his wife may not have occasion _all. But for the hablts indicated by to ask him for pin money.