Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 24, 1916, Page 4

y... it AR R R %,“W. > of -the fact that It g display Judgment to dis- ‘them, it is apparent from the n has been issued to the effect that an agreement has been reached which has entirely yoatisfied the representatives of the pebple, that & new policy is in operation in that country and that the people of Rus- sla have mueh more to look forward to than they ever did in the past. This course must be looked upon as an important compromise, but it will be one which will have great ef- fect upon the nation. It insures first of all the unity of the nation and that is of the greatest importance at this time when the talk has been going around about a separate peace. Rus- sla has made many blunders during this and other wars, but if it has been brought to a realization of its ‘weakness in this respect by these de- mands it is one of the best things that could have happened to the na- tion. = . Busl; Office 480. e R T LT Builetin Job Office 85-2. limantlc Office, 67 Church St. hone $10-2. " R Norwich, Friday, Nov. 24, 1916. S e THE ADAMSON LAW. The importance of knowing Jjust ‘what the Adamson.law means for all concerned, and whether 1t is uncon- ¥ stitutional, cannot be disregarded. It is appreciated by the rallroad men, the railroads and the government that there is far from a clear understand- ing of the law and it is but natural . ' that the master should be cleared up before the law goes into effect. Steps to bring this about have been taken by the railroads in the suits which they have filed in the federal courts. ‘Whether or not that case in which Judge Hook, for the purpose of getting the question before the high- est court In the\land at the earliest possible moment\hat ‘a decision may tl The Circulation of The Baulletin H be rendered by the first of the year, the supreme’ court, there is evidence The Bulletin has the largest}|to support the belief that an early glreulation of any paper in Eastern §| consideration of the law will take held the law to be unconstitutional is the one which eventually goes to|s Connecticut and from three to four $| o0 Norwich. “1¢ Ordinarily the action of the rail- 3,000 of the 4053 houses in Nor-§|Toads for an injunction preventing Wich and read by ninety-three per§|the law from being put Into effect cent. of the people. In Windham§|would take -its course and in that k t;,“ dellven.:dton::::h:zfl (l;m:‘-'o:; event it might be many 1100, and in all of these places it §| row e oebrome court nine towns, one hundred and sixty- = donw J-and Dec Bve. postofice distreta and sy §|ng of such importance it will take iprecedence over matters which can wait. It s the preliminaries which iural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every are now being hastened and as soon as there has been an agreement be- town and on all of he R. F. routes in Eastern Connecticut. tween the government and the rail- roads as to the particular case which clnCuLATIoN is to be argued, little should stand in |V’ the way of the desired end being ac- | If than that of any in 15 delivered to over el months be- reached it, is such that the|a P D. complished. ACTION THAT IS NEEDED. b channel, Boston, But it is entirely pos- sible to prevent the repetition of such a trazedy and that is what the pub- e service commission’ of Massachu- setts has determined to do by its or-} der to street railway companies in that state operating cars over draw- bridges to establish positive stops at each bridge and to arrange for the placing of black and white striped }r gates which will work automatically with the bridge. This action is taken as the direct result of the investization of that channel affair where in the opinion of | 4 the inspector it wis the failure of the motorman to stop his car at a slgn 200 feet from the draw opening | r ‘which made the catastrophe possible |s and had there been an observance of the requirement it might have been prevented. With such a revelatfon 1t is time for positive action, and while the remedy is being applied in one place it is the part of wisdom to sec that all such danger spots are equally well | ¢ guarded. It is not often that cars plunge through open draws but when they do there is usually a large loss of life and whatever bother and ex- | pense may be caused by the new or- der, it must be realized that it is fully justified even as arc other steps which | o are taken in behalf of prevention. Every order of the kind is to be en- couraged where it means a check on THE BRITANNIC TRAGEDY. To say that the world is shocked over the torpedoing of a hospital ship, whether it happened to be the largest or the smallest in service, is but ex- pressing it mildly, but when the claim is o that the Britamnic was sent to thdbottom by such a method it in- dicates the desperation of a belliger- ent nation and its willingness to add t0 its already long list of horrors. Such_o vessel aid ot permit of a mistake being made. Its size did not admit of such an excuse being offered, particularly when such vessels carry broad red bands and fly special flags, and if, as claimed, it was in fact a torpedo which sent it to the bottom it must be looked upon as ome of the most dastardly acts of the war and one which could have had no other object than the deliberate. determina- tion to take the lives of the sick and injured. Except for certaln past conduct there Would be an unwillingness to belleve that any such cold blooded deed could be carried out, but it is impossible to forget the fact that other hospital ships have been sunk with a large loss of life, merchant vessels have been attacked and sunk, carrying with them hundreds of non combatants and even neutral vessels have falled to receive warning before BULLETIN'S SPECIAL YALE L University Presented Book and Papers by Capt. Koenig— News announced Captain Paul Koenig, before return- g to Germany had yresented the University with a copy of his book in which he relates the experi- ences of his first trip to and from America. * The book tells in a very interesting way of that first memor- able events that lead up to it. Some of the chapters-are even more exciting than those by Jules Verne. this gift the captain gumbers of the Leipsiz Iilustrated- Zeitung the only one to have passed the English blockade. ed on Tuesday have undoudtedly been races last June has naturally caused Mr. Nickals to take up the work of determination "tnan cver before. order that this work might not be interfered with by any as the Columbia race of 1915, have been nos outside diversions to speak of. have been devotsd to developing as much material as possible in order to increase the size, and strength of the practice, For this reason possible to form any clear opinion at present in reference to the best Uni- versity eight or first defeat of the season on Saturday losing to Harvard 19 six. seemed Harvard's defense against 1 ing freshman’s ground gning was done mainly ter, watd passes : . ] Yale's 25 yard line to within a yard of j interfering with slavery, but by slav- Horvard’s goal scored Yale's one touchdown football was necessar d beneath the waters F int | ot e waters of Fort Point ) " mird quatter prevented his play= ing the rest of tic zarse. Stadium last Saturd=% will face Har- vard at New The only change back where Tr: instead of La Roche. ler season and wus prepared 10 go.in agafhst the Tigers, quired. Smith LeGore is the only man to graduate in my team of Saturday, excepting Cap- tain Black,” who is 45 yet in his courss Society has made a_radical change in its former policy. any outsiders to its meetings, at which papers were read on Professor Richard S. the lecture course by which its mem- bers may be admitted on the iuitiative tific ' World corresponds to Phi Bet Kappa in the among its members some of the most vk Fall Rowing Season Ended—Only One Change in Foot- ball Team Which Meets Harvard—Honorary Society New Haven, Nov. 23.—Tbe Yale last Saturday that Thirteen men from Post Graduate de- partments, eleven Academic Seniors and twenty Seniors from the Scientific School were alsos clected. new’ e prospects for a championship swimming team are exceedingly s0od this year. I. A. Ferguson 1917 S, who was the highest individual point’ win- ner of the Inter-Collegiate League last year, and who is captain of the Uni- versity team this year, is probably the most valuable man on the team. C. B. Schlaet, 1917 S, captain of the team last year; A, C. Rosener 1915; R. B. Mayer 1918 S; Captain Ferguson and J. V. Jenks 19i8 S, should furnish suf- - ~ felent material for a winning relay h ¢ rowing which end- | team. Clark Hopikins 1917 will ‘un- jhe six. wasletiaf rowing whigh. & doubtedly be a valuable man in the voyage to America and the In addition to included two the miost systematic and most stren- | 220 yard swim. uous of any fall season at Yale. The| In the fancy dive Yale has two ex: Toss. of the freshman and university | cellent men, M. S. Benjamin 1917 S; and W. Scobey 1917 S. With the erection of uniform boards in all the tanks of the members of the Inter- Collegiate Swimming Association this year, the diving competition will be much better. Heretoforé it has been more a question of familiarity with the Dboard than real ability. Both Benjamin and Scobey, with two years experience, should prove very valuable to the team. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Trouble Was With The South. Mr. Editor: Our friend, “Southern- er,” in his letter in The Bulletin of November 18, states that the south- ern people were not rebels or traitors in seceding from the Union. It would he rather interesting to know just what his definition of these two words would De. He compares the South to an ill- treated child leaving the parental roof in sorrow rather than in anger. The facts are—to continue his methaphor— that this particular _child departed from the family roof-tree because it could not rule the entire househoid. The was was not caused by the North he present year with even greater In event, such there The six weeks just ended quad of the candidates for the spring it is im- the best Freshman ight for the year. The freshman football team met i 9, twenty-one to The Yale line greatly cutweighed unaple to <top the powerful ttack of their opponents, wherees s plung- impregnable. The was almost through iorward and lateral assing, particularly in the last quar- when a series of suceessful for- brought the ball from ery interfering with the North. For forty years preceding 1860 the nation had’ been endeavoring to pacify the South by concessions and compro- mises. About the only remaining thing that could have been done would have been to turn the entire from where Murpky Har- ard’s fast and heavy backfield had ttle difficulty in ghining numerous rst downs, and nothing but straight Twice Har- ard made five consccutive first dowrs and twice made four. Horween and|COUNtry over, bag and baggage, to the It is tmpossible to restore the lives [ Church figured particularly in the|SidVe power. = lost when na trolley car crashed |ground gainins. For the freshmen,| “Southerner” bids us to reaq In through an open dfaw and disappear- | Kempton piived well during ‘the first|Shame of the il treatment of Jeff Davis while in prison, but he fails to mention the fiendish tortures inflict- ed uron thousands of Union soldiers alf, but an injury in the beginning of in Andersonville and Libby, James £ _ . |Russell Lowell says in the Bigelow The same powerful machine which | Papers: “I'd sooner take my chance to mowed down Princeton at Palmer|stan' at judgme: where Your mean- est slave is, than han’ ez drippin® Davis.” He might well read with profit and instruction of the outrages committed in Kansas and Nebraska upon peace- able settlers from -the free states by border ruffians, and how _the right of suffrage and free speech in these territories was stified by the minions God'’s bar hol’ up a Haven) ud ez yourn, Jeff next Saturday- to be at cuarter- s Smith will start Smith has fully ecovered from Lis injury of the ‘earl- had occasion re- “Yale will beat Harvard,” Jones said tonight. - “T belicve I have struck thelof the slave power imported from the ight combination with my . present|South. e Ay line-up, and the only change will bel “Southerner” shows the poverty of at quarterback.” We have ounded nut a team which next season hould show up wonderfully. Harry his aggument by citing George Wash- ington_ as_an advocate of the slave system. The fact is that Washington, Tefferson, and the founders of our r public generally, regarded slavery as a grave evil but took no action against it as they supposed it would die out in the South as it had in the North, not being able to foresee the great growth of the cotton industry which made slavery so profitable. Apparently “Southerner?, does not regard the moral factor as Having any various topics.|force in political or business affairs. Lull, who was|His theory appears to be that what- lected President of the Soclety. for{cver a man has in his possession he 916-17 has formulated a new plan for[is entitled to keep regardléss of his method of obtaining it or its effect upon his neighbors. If he is logical he would advise peo- ple with money invested in the liquor business in states which vote prohi- hition to rise in insurrection. undecided the Scientific Sigma Xi Honorary It has been the ustom in previous years not to admit f a member. Sizma Xi in the Scie; Academic. It numbers they were sent to the bottom. Such |the squandering of lives. prominent scientists in the country.| There is no instance in history utter disregard for humanity In the = Last vear eight members of the facul- [ where rebels were treatqd with amnes- past only gives welsht to the believe| * EDITORIAL NOTES, ty,—Director R. H. Chittenden, Prof.|ty equal to that displayed by our that the same ruthless practice has 5 E. S. Dana, Prof. F. A. Gooch, Prof.|government toward the leaders of the About the only claim for - progress which Carranza can make is in the frequency of Villa's death. Dbeen resorted to in this instance and those who are being blamed for it are the ones who have directed suspicion against themselves by their deeds. rince, Dr. R. B. Robbins and R. W. owell—were elected to the Society. ‘We all know what their fate would bave been had they dealt with Eng- H. S. Wells, D. B. Prentice, Dr. A. S,lrebemon. ‘With bombs found in a_sugar cargo on an American vessel, it looks as if General Laxity was again in charge of the loading operations, MR. HUGHES' MESSAGE. Much has been sald about the with- holding the message of congratula- tions to President Wilson by Charles E. Hughes, but it #ias been ‘recognized _ all the time that once the facts had + been definitely settled there would be no hesitation in making such an ex- _pression as ordinarily goes from the defeated to the successful candidate. The criticisms which have been made over the delay have been occa- sioned by the fact that the election differed from the most of those in the past. This was made quite evident by the early assumption that Mr, Hughes had been eolected. Former methods of judging the final outcome by the early tendency in important states were re- . sponsible for that mistake. It was a jumping at conclusions, which been followed in the past with suc- cess but on this occasion was not re- liable. This was due to the closeness of the election and to the fact that one section of the “country was not showing the same preference for can- didates that the other was. © The closeness of the vote has left the matter in doubt. It is but nat- ura) that that doubt should be cleared up before either .admitting defeat or maling claims for victory when prac- tically every precinct had an impor- tant part in the final result. This Mr. Hughes makes clear in his message ¥ but he does not hesitate to wish the president a successful administration once the figures have been shown to e against him. His attitude has bech no different than would have Ween followed with good judgment had the election gone the other way. _AGREEMENT IN RUSSIA. Not a Nttle interest has beem mani- | fested in the outcome of the presen! pession of the Russian duma. Tt has e . evident that the people have clamoring for reforms and com- The advances in wages are being an- nounced just in time to have consid- erable effect upon thefsale of turkeys, whatever the price may be. The congresswoman-elect from Montana finds that politics is a game which one cannot play successfully and keep out of the public eye. The man on the corner says: The story teller may be conscientious to the extent of hoping that the tale he tells may some day come true. ‘William J. Bryan is leaving Nebras- ka for the solid south but according to the last election that only means leaving ome democratic state for the other. i On setting out for his return to Germany, the commander of the Deutschland shows his faith in the old saying that if you dom't succeed at first, try again. ‘When it comes to introducing new reforms the six hour day recently an- nounced at Sing Sing indicates that Thomas Mott Osborne has a successor who is bound to command attention. It is strange how quick the bel- ligerent nations discover that certain points over which much hard fight- ing is done are of no strategic im- portance just as soon as the enemy captures them. There can be little surprise that the Belglans at Dinant rebel at the Ger- man order to rebulld their village when it is considered what the allies are doing to all of them where the Teutons show resistance. If*1t is €0 that produce has been aflowed o rot In \the flelds and on cars in the middle west in order to put up the price, it is time that those who are engaging in such robbery were put on a diet of bread and water. have an increased leverage. at a time when ‘Constantine doesn't like the idea of turning over his arms and ammuni- tion to the allies, but if he is going to treat both sides alike h& must re- member that Greek munitions and even soldiers have gotten into the Fourteenth Year Attention, Farmers! DOLLARS BONUS For Fattest and Big- gest Turkey Raised $10.00 - Next Best $5.00 Third $5.00 The Bulletin proposes te capture the three fattest and Jargest Turkeys to be offered 3\ for_the Thanksgiving market \y in Windham and New London = \\ y Counties. ‘They must be natives—hatched and grown in these two counties. The Bulietin will buy.the prize birds at the regular market price in eddition to the prize to be awarded. The turkeys offcred for prize must have feathers off, entrails drawn ind wings cut off at first joint. Heads must riot be cut off. The first prize of $1000 to the largest and fattest young turkey; second prize of $5.00 to the second largest and fattest young turkey; third prize of $5.00 to the largest and fattest turkey raised in New London or Windham Counties. The contest is open to any man, ‘woman, boy or girl residing in theso countles. The turkeys must be submitted for examination and weighing the Tuesday before Thanksgiving at 12 o'cleck neon. For the largest and fattest young turkey $10.00. will be awarded in addition to tho market price. This turkey will be given to the Rock Nook Home. To_the raiser of the second young turkey in size a prize of $5.00 in addition to the market prige will be given. This turkey will furnish the Thanksgiving dinner for the Sheltering Arms, To the raiser of the largest and fattest turkey over a year old a prize of $6.00 in addition to the market price. This will go to the County Home for Children for a Thanksgiving dinner. The judges will be disinterested persons who will weigh the turkeys at Somers Bros’ market. All turkeys that are eligible for competition will be purchased at the market price, so any turkey raiser who enters a bird in the com- test is sure of selung the bird whether a prize is won or not.. ers and baking experts because they know it makes the finest and the most wholesome food. No Alum—No Phosphate land, France or Germany, not to men- tion countries of a despotic govern- ment. . ‘Whatever evils might have existed the period of reconstruction, the nation upon the whole showed re- forbearance during markable patience and toward its rebellious citizens. A READER. ‘Windham, Nov. 22, 1916, THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety The Straits which the German and Breslau are slipped, British Mediterianeun fleet at outbreak of the Furcpean war, have again found a place in Europcan des- patches as the scenc of a naval mis- hap in which warships belonging to supposed to have England and Italy mistook each other for enemics after a collision in a f8, and proceeded to sthell one another. Concerning this narrow between the rocky masses of Sicily ssaine clos ot the Itallan peninsula, the National Geographic ‘The Sicilian an dltalian for nearly 25 miles to the be found in a cruise of the M ranean. Magnificent golden grovel lemon and orange, and fruit contrast wonderfully with fume the wkole region. “The straits are entered from thickly sown with _villages, Montalto, more than a mile ahove the sea. yond the straits to . the looms ever-threatening Etna, highest volcano jn Europe. “The most seaport of Messina, population of 150,000 fore ‘the world's most cruel nearly a hundred away. thousard “The harbor of Messina is the larg- est and safest in the kingdom of Italy, oms. Before the was visited annually by more of wheat, cotton, wool and hardware, and took away in exctange lemons, oranges, almonds, Wines, olive oil and Sucn of its commerce was and still is carrzed on with the mainlaid | of the kingdom by means of a ferry line to Villa San Giovanni, only four and a half miles away, while Reggio, the chief senport on the Ttalian Side | bemmar or hav chief silks. of the straits, and also the earthguake sufferer, next to Messina, is ten miles to the southeast. baats ply Scilla, and shores of the straits. “The historical between these points, too. Fare, Catona, Pellaro, tain many accounts of bombardments, zaids, and larly in 1783. region. Nor In 1740 moved 16,000. “Homer rocks on the Italian side straits and with the strong of of Messina, through warships Goeben eluding the eagerly pursuing the lane of wea Soclety’s recent war geography builetin banks which border the Straits of Messina east and west are among the most luxuriant to r- of orchards of pomegranate with their brilliant red the flowers of the almond trees which per- the Tyrrhenlan Sea, on the north, at the narrowest point, the distance between Punta del Faro on the Sicilian shore at the mainland lighthouse on Punta Pezzo being not more than two miles. The whole of the Calabrian coast is some clinging to the heach, while others clamber up the sides of well-wooded hills which cuiminate in th»> towering rising to an_elevation of Be- southwest; the important city situated on the straits is the once magnificent wrich boasted a inhabitants be- earth- quake’ of Decembrer 28th, 1908, tossod lives Ferry Scallita Galati ‘are minor towns on the records of Messina and the neighboring settlements con- piratical descents during the Punic and Roman wars, and rav- aging expeditions by Goths, Normans and Saracens, while earthquakes prior to the fatest tragedy left their indel- ible scars from time to time, particu- has plague sparcd Messina_ alone lost 10,000 of her population by dis- ease, whilc 114 yeats later cholera re- did ngt accord a definite habitation for this terrible sea-crea- tures, Scylla and Charybdis, but mar- iners’ familiaf with the perils of the the eddies near the harbor of Messina, saw in the mythical monstcrs an explanation of such dangers. Scylla was supposed to be a horrible creature with six heads and a_dozen feet, who barked like a dog- She dwelt in a lofty cave ship tried to pass bencath, and she would snatch the unlucky seamen from the rigging or as they stood at the helm endeavoring to gulde their vessel through the perilous passage. Charybdis dwelt under a rock only a bowshot away, on the opposite shore. The second creature sucked in and blew out seawater tliree times a day, and woe to the ship caught in the maelstrom of its mouth.” “Poets who came after the great Greek band embroidered the legend to suit thefr fancy. Ovid, for example, described Scylla the Teansiful daughter of a sea-god who incurred the jealousy of one of the immortals and who was changed into a sea-mon- ster. A second transformation made her a rock perilous to navigators. Some poets described Charybdis as an old woman who seized and devoured the cattle of Hercules, and in punish- ‘ment for this act ths’ demigod’s fath- er, all-powerful Zeus, cast her into the sea where her appetite persisted, but her tastes changed from cattle to ships and seamen. The professional chauffeurs of the state are going to ask the next legisla- ture to set apart the professionals by giving them special licenses, the re- quirements of which shall be a per- tests, under the supervision of com- petent examiners. is apparent, and it is a worthy .object. The men who make their living by chauffeuring have a right to be pro- tected from the competition of the un- skilled and incompetent, and the pub- lic still more advance of the tests for all whether _as or not— of a law requiring road persons who drive cars, Drofessional _chauffenrs Bridgeport Telegram. A few months ago the called attention to the tendency partments. Attention was Water street, that pedestrians were greatly incon- venienced. for a_short time, »land on other thoroughfares. Bridgeport. rels, crates and grain bags energetically . | There is in effect a city oridnance pro- - |is not enforced. There is also a fine attached as a penalty for violation. But no, the pedestrian must walk into the middle of the street while a truck loads machinery for a couple of hours ) | sidewalk. He must dodre, delay,watch inconvenience, because he has no cne take the matter up with merchants with a view to securing re- lief. This is directly within the du- ties of the police department. Organize and maintain an ordinance squad, if necessary, but do something, Mr. Red- gate. Can you get action, Mr. Stan- ley. For heaven's sake, must the peo- ple always be the “goats?’—Bridge- port Standard. . Partial failure, at least, of federal and state regulations of railroads is without it. {with pure, crystallized many famous cooking Baking Book. Book by using RYZO! Phosphate is as necessary in your food as salt. It rebuilds body tissue—you cannot do RYZON, The Perfect Baking Powder, is made ' new and-better phosphate. - And 2l good cooks who have tried RYZON agree that it is “The Perfect Baking Powder.” The baking knowledge of 10,000 women and experts made the new RYZON' Edited by Marion Harris Neil, illus- trated in_colors, the RYZON Baking Book is the first complete manual of baking powder baking. Al though priced at $1.00, you can get 3-RYZON Bakisg Ask your grocer. monosodium phosphate, from which she rushed whenever a OTHER VIEW POINTS | sonal examination and road driving ‘The object of this needs protection from the unskilled and incompetent. The bill, as proposed, would be a step in present arrangement, which offers practically no restrictions on the driving of motor cars, but a bettéF step still would be the passage Standard of merchants to use the sidewalks either for storing goods or as shipping de- called to where wholesale pro- s e k: With & depeh of more ihan 30 fatn. |duce merchants blockedythe walks so sreat calamity it than 5,000 vessels which brcught cargoes Conditions were improved but have now re- turned to their former state, both here Middle | street is probably the most blocked in On both sides from Wall to Gold streets, one is either obliged to thread one's way through lanes of bar- or must watch closély in order not to receive a swung hammer or have one's feet the recip- ient of a heavy piece of merchandise. hibiting blockade of a sidewalk, but it by means of a runway blocking the closely and wait patiently. It's always the average citizen who must bear the to_fight for him, to back him up, to indifferent s . INEST AND MOST EXPEN: O -& MAE Bm' A RAGTIME SOLDIER A RIOT OF LAUGHTER . SANDY McINTOSH ELLIOTT & MULLER and MUSI MAID: In & Nifty Comedy Skit umh.Hi:' ger, n.?«:!‘. Muiahz A Shi.y In Mynnd Tan WM. S. HART in THE OF DRAW EGAN . B Part Triangle Western Drama fl- Reel Keystone M 2.16—All _seats 10c and 10c, 15¢ and 20 Matinee at 2:30 Evening at 7-8:30 All Seats 10¢ METRO PICTURES CORPORATION PRESENTS HAROLD LOCKWOOD & MAY ALLISON in “MISTER 44> A Powerful Photo Drama That Answers' the Question “Should a Man Marry Beneath His Station?” METRO TRAVEL SERIES || DREW COMEDY Friday sacurasy AUDITORIU 8th EPISODE OF THE BEATRICE FAIRFAX SERIES THE POWER OF EVIL 3iq.e " FEATURE epicting the Far Reaching Influences of the Drink Habit Coming Monday — The Little Shepard of Bargain Row , SHOWS 2:30, 7 and 8:40 Mat. 10c—Eve. 10c and 200 conceded.” Herce the investigation of the relations between congress, the interstate commerce commission and the state commissions. An inquiry intended to improve conditions is com- mendable. Much may be accomplished if the various parties learn that one reason of the trouble is lack of regu- before a complete Investigation and a report is made. The board of media- tion then should determine the merits of all the questions in any given case. If the men are not then satisfied they have the right to strike. ‘The proposed plan is merely to protect all sides in the controversies that may come up lation by men who have practical|and at the same time offer protection knowlélige of railroad financing 8nd|to the public—New Britain Herald. operation. The country needs thou- sands of miles of new track. But con- Struction has been haited. Investors are not putting their money into new rallroads. They are afraid of a sys tem of regulation which decreases 1ev- enues and increases expenses. One remedy is to have the regulating done by competent men. Will this solution of the problem zppeal to the repre- sentatives of the federal and the state governments who are trying to find out “what is the matter wita the rail- road ?"—Providence Bulletin. Torrington is considering the advisi- bility of becoming a city and study of a charter is under way. Torriugton will no doubt go through the same ex- perience as other places, and that is increased taxation. City management under present conditions is expensive, as the small city is not satisfied until itihas all the frills of the larger city, including regdlia of officials which amounts to considerable from a taxa- tion standpoint.—Middletown Press. The principal item in the submarine Deutschland's supposedly secret cargo is said to be nickel; and most of It is from Canada! What a feat for the Deutschland’s directors, 1o obtain war supplies from a British colony by dev- lous methods, and to carry it across the ocean under the very Keels of the British navy that “rules the waves! Whatever commercial value the Deutschland may havd, and whatever point there may be in its masked threat to the United States, the strange craft's greatest value to the Germans must lie in its ability to make the lion mad. The more fury Britain wastes on inward fuming the less she will have to use against the outer . enemy.—New Haven Times- Leader. emergencies <. Dufhys | PURE Mfifi WHISKEY § shouldbe in every Home ‘When the railroad brotherhoops adopt an antagonistic attitude toward any legislation aimed to pravent : strike before full investigation, the simply resort to wie same iactics used by the railroad managers agamnst the | Adamson law. President Wilson's me:l is to make it impossible for a strike to take place on interstate railroad line; AVOID DANGER There is no reason for having a cold room even if it is too early to start your heater. A cold room is dangerous. ¢ Buy a Gas Heater and be comfortable A full line in stock. Prices $2.25, $2.75 and $3.25. Tubing 10c per foot. 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