Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 13, 1916, Page 4

120 YBARS OLD _ " Subscription price 13¢ a week; 50c o othi year, N 5 B s St o s, larger than that of any in orwich. It is delivered to over 000 of the 4,058 houses in Nor- jch and read by ninety-three per Sant. of the people. "I Windnam it i deltvered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it considered the local daily. . Emstern Connecticut has forty- towns, one hundred and sixty- postoftice districts, and sixty fural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is ecld in every town and on all ofyhe R. F. D. foutes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average. 412 1905, aVerage...crvsssssssns 5,920 Dedember 9....u.- THE PEACE PROPOSITION. As a culmination of the peace talk Sybich has been induiged in on numer- wnl in Berlin and as the it of the success which the Teu- tonic forces have obtained in Rumania while practically holding on all the other fronts, it is not surprising that Germany, supported by her allies, has gome forward with a proposition to bring about ‘peace, not temporary but tasting. ‘Chancellor Bétimonn-Hoflwez ‘has uken an auspicious time for the ad- ‘Vancement of this plea. It comes not only at a time when German arms are p 0, but when the situation in : is at its gravest point, when pabinet crises Pave developed in Rus- ‘Great Pritain and France, when last two countries have been es- ‘war councils for the purpose ing soms of the lack of effi- in the past, when the subma- warfare of the German and Aus- U-boats 15 having serious effects the shipping of the allies, and it has been imposstble for the al- ( t0 break through on any front. it has cofne at a time when the are as firmly determined as ever on the war to a decisive con- when they have reiterated intention to stand as a unit in respect, when important changes the conduct of the war are by theém, when they are t that they will ultimately and when they have been all talk of peace. remains to be disclosed rela- tive to the terms.upon which Germany £ a lasting peace could be es- hed. It will be Interesting to Whether conditions in Germany day ere in any way responsible for fhe peace plea, even though stress is upen their vietories. [here can be no question but what pe peeds peace, and this applies entento allfes as well as the cen- powers, but it is a serious ques- hether that can be arranged un- existing conditions, without dictation, and that the allies by no means conslder, even the central powers have given Ives the chance to say that they done their part towards estab- peace. O THE PROMISES HOLD? otion with the sinking of ips by German submarines, giving warning and without ng any consideration for of those aboard, there appears to return to the kind of warfare high seas which was practiced in the conflict, with the excep- _that while it was international K the rights of humanity that being violated then, there must ‘be edded the breaking of the which were made to this following the attack on the 3 excuse now offered in the case Marina and the Arabia is that ders of the underwater & mistake and instead of them as peaceful merchant- d therefore entitled to receive ' and to have those on.board in a place of safety, they as vessels in the service ity and sunk with no OPPOSITION NEEDED. arug evil is a serious problem, ‘nething is‘gained by exaggerating i ‘to statements like that of the doe- ‘who says there are 15,000 boy ad- dicts in Harlem alone, ‘it is best to turn a doubting ear, says the New York Evening Post. ‘Little “encouragement ought to be given to exaggerations, but whether it Is wise to turn a doubting ear to the conditions which ‘are said to prevail in Harlem must be questioned. It i _entirely possible for the habit of using ‘areotics to get such a hold upon the. people of all ages and classes. There bave nly been some startling tions made since the investiga- tions were started to léarn how exten- sively dope was being used. Instead of turning a doubting ear upon the claim as to the Harlem boys, it might be the wisest eourse to probe Into that situation. If the doctor knows whereof he speaks, he can un- questionably furnish the facts. If he has any regard for humanity and the future’ citizens of the country he will be anxious to cooperate with local or federal authorities in presenting the proofs and applying the remedy. If it is actually an exaggeration it ought to be proved so, without simply tak- ing it for granted because the figures are large and astonishing. There has been some excellent work done in fighting the drug habit, but the alarming disclosures which have been made call for a still harder fight against what has gotten such a hold upon humgnity, instead of dodging duty because the problem seejns large. THE LITERACY TEST. After the stand which he has taken upon the literacy test in the past it is surprising that there should be those in congress who belteve the pres- ident has undergone a change of mind on that subject and would now approve of it. Yet such is indicated by the effort which is beinz made to include it as one of the important fea- tures of the immigration bill already under’ consideration. However extensive such an_opinion may have prevailed, or in however narrow a circle it may have existed, it must have been dispelled when it was made known definitely in the sen- ate that the president would again place his veto upon such a measure. What effect this will have upon re- framing the measure or amending it remains to be seen. There was a per- sistency on the part of the promoters on two previous occasions when the same situation was faced and it is en- tirely possible that it will be display- ed again but every such effort must be recognized as standing in the way of the other features of the bill, many of which are desirable and would meet no opposition. President Wilson is doing no aiffer- ent in this matter than his predeces- sors have. Presidents Taft and Cleve- land were opposed to the literacy test as un-American and they did not hesi- tate to tage the action which they were expected to under the circum- stances. President Wilson is equally as firm and the prospects for that fea- ture are no better now than they have been in the past. “'PAPER SAVING CAMPAIGNS. For a long time the paper supply ‘in this country has been the cause of much anxiety. The shortage has re- su'ted in some 800 weekly papers sus- pending publication throughout the country while it has resulted in a cur- tailment of the size of many of the dailies. But the newspaper publishers are not the only ones who are feeling the effects of the shortage for It is already a serious problem in many lines of business, particularly stores where many bundles are wrapped every day. Methods have been devised for re- ducing the amount used. Cheaper grades of paper have been utilized and In some instances paper has been dis- carded and goods have been placed in containers which are brought back af- ter delivery, for the cost of wrapping paper has risen to a point where it is one Of the big instead of the little costs of doing business. 1t is not surprising therefore that extensive campaigns are being launch- ed for the conservation of the paper supply, and especially when it is de- clared by one of the big department store heads that one-third of the pa- per which is produced daily in this country is wasted. This means that there is a great opportunity for over- coming this situation, that theme is a big chance for the prevention of this waste and for fmproving conditions, and those who are back of the paper- saving campaigns -deserve to succeed. it 1s a timely undertaking. EDITORIAL NOTES. A headline says: “Stockholders get $6,751,965.” Dollars to doughnuts they were not satisfied. This is an expensive time to acquire the taste for eggs even though one is partial to the ammoniated variety. The man on the corner says: Money may talk but in these days when a dollar is carried into a store it whis- pers. The only purpose that Llova George appears to have in the selection of a cabinet is that Great Britain shall do its part in winning the war. z If that German raider succeeds in taking any prizes, they will probably be left with Davy Jones for safe keep- Ing instead of being sent into Nor- folk. From the way in which he disposes of anyone who happens to cross his path, Villa acts like 2 man who is anxious to get both feet into the grave. It is to be hoped that the efforts which are being made in Washington to bring down the cost of llving will pan out better than the president's promises. New London hasn’t any reason for being very greatly elated over the ac- compiishments of Captain Koenig. But for him and his boat there would be In its midst five of its worthy citi- zens who are abeent. The United States supreme court has fixed January 8th for the argu- ments on the constitutionality of the Adamson law. This doesn’t look @s if it feared a strike if the case was not decided before the first of the year. Horror is expressed at the thought of people being burned at the stake in Mexico, but it is to be remembered that that is what took place in Texas only a short time aso and the whole town looked on without moving a fin- “My husband" besan the fuffy lit- tle woman, ‘has onc of these rapid, flare-back ‘minds! In no other w: can I explain the perfectly flen habit he has of plunging into the distant past and remembering thblg he should have forgotten completel ‘ages before! ;rl?qvmu way to make Herbert Te anything .is to abandon it ori throw it away! That seems to start ether waves of some sort that resct on his brain, no matter s way 9ff downtows shut up in his bombproot “Let me “give you an instance. For centuries and centuries in the back of Herbert's closet has hung an obso- lete smoking jacket. I don’t even know where he got it—maybe it came as a prize with a can of baking powder. I never can recall his using it. By the way, why is it that men of today don't wear smoking jackets and elip- pers? 1 suppose it is because -they have to be all dreseed up like a fire- man, so that they may instantly dash away when the automobile hoots out- side: i Every time I atred Herbert's clothes out came the dusty smoking jacket and after bein gaired back it went with the “other things. Between the closet and the clothesline outdoors- that smoking jacket must have traveled miles and miles in my lifetime! I was just as accustomed to it as to break- fast or sunsets or the nose on my “So, everything considered, I can't imagine why I should at last have come out of my trance a week ago and said, “Here! Whatever is the use of this thing?” But I did and I has- tily gave away that jacket, ‘which at u:'l'rms‘roml-:mrrog Mr. Webster’s Position. Mr. Editor: In your lssue of the 6th there appeared an article stating I was Gned for a technical violation of the pure food act in disposing of milk found below the standard. The offence is said to have occurred May 4, 1915. During that spring I was asked by a man living on the road to the station and who kept registered Holsteins, if I wouldsship part of his milk in my name which I did. ‘When I received the notice that a sample taken, was below standard, T showed it to him and he said no doubt the trouble was at his place and he| would stop at once. ~ T went to Hartford December 5th, fully prepared to have my case tried, but was informedgby the district at- torney that I c#hld not be heard for at lease three weeks, although my attorney made a special assignment about two me A~ before. ! I was prev upon by two inti- mate friends to allow the case to be settled rather. than stand any further expense. After being “told it could be done without pleading gullty or any expense on my part, I agreed to it. I have shipped milk about ten years and never had trouble until I shipped this man’s milk in my name. Yours truly, JOHN A. WEBSTER. Willimantic, Dec. 11, 1916. Health Movement. Mr. Editor: 1 wish to express the thanks, which T am sure many parents must feel, to Dr. Cassidy for the pre- paredness movement against grippe germs in the schools. - action between If, by concerted teachers, parents, children and doc- tor, not only last years malignant form of grippe but the usual winter's complement of colds and sore throats could be prevented from sweeping through the class rooms, what a sav- Ing of strength and energy it. would mean, for I am sure any teacher woula tell us that a child with a_congested nose and an inflamed throat does not make a brilliant scholar. Yours truly, HANNAH SPRAGUE DODGE. Norwich Town, Dec. 11, 1916, Pleased With Preparedness An Inventory of Humanity. Mr. Editor: We are living in an age of reckless waste of innumerable hu- man lives. The equal can only be found by turning back the pages of another age. We are told of the tombs of kings, monuments, not alone of monarchical giory and pride, but of the eame reckless disregard of hu- manity. In those days deep in the sands dug a myriad of slaves, ignor- ant of everythMig save the stern ne- cessity of yielding up every bit of strength in their bodies, and every last gleam of intelligence in their minds, to the demands of their kings and masters. In the quarries, on the Toads, and on the walls for scores of years, there toiled these thousands of men, wageless, and half-fed, over- worked and scourged, sick, dizzy and exhausted. The only hospital they knew was the taskmaster's ‘whip, which stimulated into one last effort the exhausted muscles of a used up body, or the frenzied movement of a reeling brain. In this century the glory of the monarch and the king demands the same toll, to satisfy their selfish pride, or, to reduce to manaseable Droportions, a too rapidly growing racé. I have sald the same foll, we have improved on the science of those days, our superior minds (?) have found new modes to annihilate the race of mankind. After nineteen hundred years of Christian philanthropy can we look back on the dark days of early times, and claim that we are free from the taint of heredity? What have we done with two of the foremost eemmand- ments, that we should love God, and our neighbor ‘'as ourselves. Which surely means responsibility to God and fellowmen. Where are we to find the spirit_of these commandments? Are they stalking the blood-soaked ground of the Old World under the black cloak of war? No. for, as it has been in the past, So it now happens the heart of mankind is contaminated with the bitter gall of malice and hate. The hypocrisy of the race has doublea on its track, with all our miracles of science, our enlightenment. and our Biblical supplications, we have again knocked on the door of the dark ages, we have been admitted, and again are reacting the deeds of past generations. As it was then, so it is now, and becoming more clear, human greed is the determining factor, and not alone in Europe for let us look at the back- grounds of civilization here in Ameri- ca. There are among us, born ih the lap of luxury, men.who presume to say that all of the”advantages of science and lzbor should be restricted solely to the use of those who are employers, or investors, and the rest of us should live in huts, on clay floors, windowless and fireless, unsanitary, clad in rag: ‘and below the level of the beasts of the field. They dare not advance this thought, but their arguments are dan- gerously close to stating the same thing. What matters, let them grind the bones out of their arms for bread. This is our vaunted humanity to our fellowmen. Instead of attacking the injustice, dishonor, and cruelty of ex- ploitation at home, our statesmen spend millions to defend principles and ideals that have been openly and re- peatedly violated here without.protest, and that are flounted and crucified by men Who pose as leading citizens. J. H. CUMMINGS. - Norwich, Dee. 11, 1916, : ieast would 4 “1 h:‘:‘ to q:\r the scquel, but that very identical night after Her- ‘bert bad walked restlessly all over the houseghe said 5o he didn't care {0 £o out, nd he didn’t know just what he did wish to do. Iirally he yawned and declared that he wanted to sit down and spend a comfortable evening Teading and, by Jove: aldut he have a sort of smoking jackst or some! he could slip -on? He believed he'd like to use it! 3 3 ' you hear low rumbles and anywhere it is Herbert, still his opinion of a home ere. a man never can be sure to find his_beiongings when he wants them! You'd think I had disposed of his new winter overcoat and his eve- ning clothes to the ashman to hear the way he goes on! All the rest of his life he'il mourn over that smek- ‘ng jacket! “Then fhére was the smoking set Aunt Bllen gave him. Aunt Ellen has & kind heart, but limited ideas on art, and this thing was painted china. that looked as though you had won it in 2 raffle got up by your worgt ememy, Even Herbert himself turned pale that wintry morning ten years ago, when we unpacked it amid the Christmas excelsior. “I put it in the attic where the light was dim, and twice a_year it has contronted me reproachfuily. Nothing ever fell on it and emashed it and mice never tipped it over and the scrubwoman handled it with tender care. It didn’t even get caipped. “At length I had a cleaning woman fwho burst into ecstasies over the smoking set’s glory—I think she was abom to marry her third husband— and when I found that she looked covetcusly I wept with relief and hastily bestowed the atrocity upon her. Yes, you know thé rest! Herbert an- nounced at dinner two hours later that he wanted to give the.gld elevator man something and he kaeW the old chap wanted a emcking set and why not sive him that perfectly good if slight- 1y brilliant oné of Aunt Ellen’s? The old-fellow would appreciats i % “I sald ‘No, Herbert, much as I re- gret to state, that set is totally beyond the appreciation of your elevator man, unless by chance hc is going to wed Mrs. Mahoney!” When the full truth buret upon Herbert ne was as grumpy as a man always is whom balked in a deed of kindness. I think he even be- lieved I had dcne it on purpose. “That is why 1 still dust his boy- hood collection of sheils which he has not seen for twenty years, and un- pack and repack in camphor his two |uits of logging . camp wool under- wear that he hought ‘to go iceboatini and then never went. He mever will 5o iceboating and he never will want that wooiens unless he turns aretic ex- plorer in his old age, but I dgn’t dare dispose of them. Just as cerfainly as 1 did so, Herbert would arrive home at 2 o'clock in the afternoon with the breathless news that he had joined somebody’s north Greenland _expedi- tion and where are those woolen suits of his? No, I've learned my lesson! 1t's no use!” “You alarm me!” said her friend. “T guess T'll pacse in my own rackless- ness—I had just set aside some school- books used by Tom Lteen years ago and three hats of the vintage of 1910 cried the fluffy woman, “Put ’em where they're handy, because Ill bet they're the first ‘things Tom calls for tonight!”— Exchange. . Bucharest—“A low rTange of hills lies té the west and southwest of the capital, says a war geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic ‘So- clety, the two directions from which the ‘main invading armics approached what was once known ds ‘the City of Joy; but which in the few brief weeks that bave elagsed since Rumania en- tered the lists of war on the sife of the Entente Allies became a city of sorrow -and foreboding. On all other sides stretch plain_and marsh land, the latter huving been drained with some success. Eighteen major forts and numerous batteries and redoubts, mounting Krupp and Grason guns, constitute the defences of Bucharest, and before the present war upset all previously ex- isting theories as to the vaiue of arm- or-plate in protecting the inside of forts, this city was supposed to be one of the most strongly fortified in all Europe. “With its immediate suburgs Buch- arest covers an area of more than 20 squure miles, and its iron ring of de- dence has s circumference of nearly 50 miles. “It is interesting to recall that Bucharest owes its present system of forts'and batteries to General Hepri Alexis Brialmont, the noted Belgian general and military engineer whose name was so frequently mentioned in the early days of the war following the asteunding collapse of the defénces at Namur and Liege, both of which towns were fortified according to the princi- ples developed by him. It was owing to the oposition which Gen. Briajmont encountered in Belglum when hé en- deavored, to enlist his government's ing’ many cities that he 1éft Antwerp and went to Bucharst in 1883, Here he drafted the, scheme of defense for tha Rumanian ‘capital which in the main was followed during the eleven years (1885-96) required in the construction of the fortifications. Because of his participation In the strenzthening of a foreign capital, without the consent of his own government, Gen. RBrialmont was droped from the militdry service of Belgium, but a year later he was brought back to Antwerp to continue his work of fortifying that city and inspecting the defencesthroughout the kingdom. He continued to fake an interest in Rumania’s defences, how- ever, up to the timo of his degth in n contemplating the resistance of which Bucharest’s ring of forts is' capable it should be remembered that the same conditions do not optain here as existed at Namur and Liege, for the rugged mountain passes through ‘which the Austro-German armies are descending from the northwest would make it extremely difficult, If not Wholely impossible, to transport to tho vicinity of the Rumaman capital the gigantic 16-inch Krupp guns which ‘wrought such amazingly quw§ des~ truction at Namur and Liege- _Neither could such guns be transported readily by way of Bulgaria across the marsh- bordered Danube and over the Walla- chien plains. “For the purpose of comparison it may be recalled that Verdun has 16 mapor forts, whers Bucharest has 18, and the perimeter of the fortified area of the former fortress is about 3¢ miles, whereas Bucharst's is nesriy 50. Ver- dun’s defences, however, have the very decided advantage of being disposed upon numerous heights surrounding the tcwn and comanding ,the Meuse. which flows at tha!notolthcflm Buchsrest— lies in a _plain, on banks of the. River Dinsbovita.” all run-down, weak, devitalized con- Erondway Pharmacy, G. G, Engler, W hmantic by e -w;un%»r.‘fi' : By pt 1o Pt T 'y I . Donahue. . Also at the leading Grug stores in all Connecticut towns. 'STORIES OF THE WAR' Morning on Bapaume and Peronne. The Allles are creeping floser to Bapaume evéry day and bringing nearer the eventuality of another great battle there wiere Freuch heroes of nearly all the ages have fought. The town has seen almost as much war as Peronne. General Faidherbe gained there Jan- uary 3, 1871, one of the fow French victoriés of the Francc-Prussian War, defeating General von Goeben. The possession of the town had previously been disputed a half dozen times, besieged two or three, and sacked once. Louis XI. besieged it, took it, and destroyed it. Charies Quint restored it. Francois I besieged it and took it. It’feil later into the hands of the Spaniards from whom it was taken and made French by dJe la Meflleraye, Marshul of France in 1645, with the aid of the musketeers of d'Artagnan and the Gascony cadets of Cyrano de Bergerac. For the Germanic coalition thday as for the Prussians in 1870 and the Spaniards in 1641, Bapaume is a posi- tion of vitai importance: it marks the Hmit -of the last ridge of the Artols hills to which an army pressed from the south and west can cling; after Bapaume come the plains of Fianders with Cambrai, Valenclennes and Douai in plain sight. Bapaume taken, Peronne becomies untenable and Saint Quentin an _unsafe shelter for the German _staff. The Germans certainly appreciate the value of the position no lese than did Charles Quint and the Spaniards, and they have orgarized its accord- ingly, but the French 16-inch mortars are now almost within range of the town. It was a critical period of the 30 years war that 3apaume became French. M. de la Meilleraye had probably more to do with its conquest than either 4'Artagnan or Cyramo, but there was less romance in his role. De la Mellleraye had taken Arra: after the famous siege, then turned to Bapaume, called ‘the key to Flanders” ‘There aré many analogies between his campaign and that of the Allies today. Today,% then, the people e tinding the war “iong.” Then. as today, par- lor military critics picked out the flaws in the plans and complained of slowness and lack of energy in ex- ecuting them. The army of the Hapsburgs had dug itself in around Bapaume as the Germans ace dug in there today. Then, as now, mettlesome_soldiers of France chafed in the trenches, Like the poiflus of 1918, they wallowed in mud when in the open and waded waist deep when underground. Mar- shal de la Meilleraye was ‘hen, as have been generals in the present war, criticized for dilatory tactics, and his laurels, gained at Arras, had begun to fade; he saw the shadow of dis- grace falling upon him. Cardinal Richelieu, impatient and jmperiovs, in- sisted upon greater ivity and en- Tken, as toCay, the reply was “more ~cannon, more ammunition; Richelieu sent mora cannon, moge am- munition, with an_order to attack. De la Meilleraye assembled his lieu- tenantggenerals, de Lorgueil and Her- court, in a council of war to decide whether they should risk the assavlt. ot the Guayd,” said M. de Lorgueil “a most capable officer and a man of spirit and resources. He came to me lately, re- turning frora duty, and told me some- thing that impressed me. Call him in, Marshal; he will repeat better than I What he observed. The officer of cadets came in, and with the accent of Armagnac told how he had noticed a portion of the town wall at the suburb of Suint-Plerre that was not so well defended as the rest. “Stimulate an attack in force upon another part of the ramparts” he £aid, “and give me a company of my comrades from Gasccry; 1 promise you Pl get Into the place.” . “Well, sir,” said the Marshal, “I will send your coremission to be signed, but you shall answer for the success of this auracious venture with vour head.” The following day, January 13, 1645, Bapaume was taken by assauli, and the officer who planned and organized the attack and led it to success earned there one of his titles to the haton of marshal himself. It was d’Artagnan. Historians are conflicting in _dates and many details as to the taking of Bapaume. Some place it in 1641, others in 1645 which is more probable. In the latter case Cyrano de Bergerac could not have participatea with his cadots in the final assault. He had been wounded at Arras by a sword thrust in_the throat that had sent him back to Par's, an invalid for the rest of his days. D'Artagnan, though, was The italian and the Boss > 3 A CORNER IN COL FRED MACE With additional embargo placed on freizht ehipments, Iy the railroads the New England states, coupled the new order about ear demurrage, doing business at the present time is not all pleasure. However, it is just possible @ breaking point will be reached eventually and business will get back to normal, _Many business methods now practiced take on the form of frills, like living methods, and the general public is well aware of the result.—JMiddletown Press. The accident which occurred at the | Washington street crossing, recently, was the Wprst happening here in a long time. The crossing has been recognized as a dengerous one, and an attempt was made some years ago to remedy conditions by changing the lines of Leke street, which runs into Washington street right at the cross- ing. The common council dropped the matter because of the prospective ex- pensc. It was for Lake street that the hack was heading when struck by the train. But, had the railroad gates been down, the _accident would not have happéned, regardiess of the un- safe condition ‘of the crossing. The hack-driver had no chance to see the aproaching train. He was driving south. his view was shut off hy the factory buildings, and the gates were up.—New Britain Record. Every morning we seize, afresh up- on &l of our little pet grouches as if they were novelties belonging to each one exclusively, and not ancient ir incambrances which we should have discarded years ago. And pechaps we cannot cure ourselves aitogecher of the habit of getting grouchy about some- thing. But can we not prove our lives extraordinary, almost heroic, by get- ting rid of all those common place | grouches and inventing a few brand new ones? A grouch never gets any- thing but resentment and resret—re- sentment from those who hate him and regret from' those who love him— don’t forget that aimost every grouch has a heart with lots of soft spots-in it—and those who know about soft spots ignore and forget the thorns that prick and sting. Kind words help a lot. Harsh words are full of poison they hurt and they kill—New Haven Times Leader. 2 3 The widespread use of motorized ap- paratus in the city has been followed by aitogether too many smashups. of apparatus, on the way to, or return- ing from fircs. The ~combination of weight and speed in _automobile fire apparatus is apparently a dangerous’ one, for the number of accidents is out o all proportion to the numiber of fire alarms. Under the circumstances, the commissioners ought to set more definite speed limit for the department Incidentally it would perhaps be well if the men were given more practise runs with the heavy and complicated pieccs, which are very unwieldly to steer. and difficult o brake. The drivers of motor fire apparatus are trusted with a great respoasibility ard they cannot be too familiar with the mechanism which they must guide through the city streets. And there is absolutely no excuse for the mad rush which results in upsets in tourning corners. It is far better to he a min- ute or two later at the fire than to attempt to make =uch speed in a busy city—and incidentally the chances of arriving at the slower speed seem to be better—Bridgeport Telegram. Apparently States Attorney Alcorn is impressed with the need of enforc- ing legislation which wiil rid the state of the reputation of aiding and abet- ting murder. This week a man found guilty of killing another by his auto- mobile was fired $200 and sent to jail for a month. There must have ‘been some of those funny little things called “extenuating circumstances” in this case because another man who did the same thing, to the same point of deadness, was_ sent to jail for six months. ' Now, jail for one month or six months Is no adequate compensa- tion for a life. It is pitifully poor re- venge for friends of the victim, but it does show that thiere has at last been awakened the right sort of spirit. Mr. Alcorn’s disposition of cases this week is a step in the right direction. It in- dicates a quickening of the ‘sense of justice and Jecency. If the idea once permeates the brains of drlvers of mo- tors that fines have been thrown into there undoubtedly, .and it is certain that he played an important role in the victory. ens” the . MARY PICKFORD “LESS THAN THE DUST” THE FIRST PRODUCTION UNDER HER OWN GUIDANCE nlc'r‘gn*“r'u'nmuu' 7 REE“"JO#‘ME:‘W A PRODUCTION THAT SETS A NEW ERA IN MOTION PICTURES An Intensely human story of a little English in e s ety 5t MR o 1a e ele- Matinee at 2:30 Eve. at 7, 8:30 All Seats 100 METRO PICTURE CORPORATION PRESENTS WILLIAM NIGH and IRENE HOWLEY “LIFE’S SHADOWS”’ A SUPREME PHOTO-DRAMA IN § VIVID ACTS NINTH.CHAPTER OF THE CRIMSON STAIN MYSTERY Tharsany AUDITORIUM ANNA NILSSON ROSE COUGHLAN SHOWS 2:30, 7 and 8:40 Mat. 10c—Eve. 10c and 20c n Her Surrender A POWERFUL PLAY OF ROMANCE IN FIVE ACTS — e GRANT THE POLICE REPORTER || CARTOON COMEDIES Thursday—Prize Night the discard, and that only jaii sen- tences will be meted out there will be a diminution of the crimes for which, when considered in the zggregate, the state has been blushed for shame. — Meriden Record. nt to Uncle Jo If this Congresswoman Rankin ever flies off the handls in the halls of state, Uncle Joe Cannon hij holler “Redhead. gingerbread!” at her and see what effect that would hav Macon Telegraph. in the Future. As things are now drifting, the next Hague Conference wili = draft regulations to prevent neutrals from annoying the Delligerent nations. ‘Washington Post. A Strong Inducement. Another reason for getting your Chrstmas shoping done early this time is so that_you may begin sav- 1 HALF BARREL AND 8 BAGS OF FLOUR GIVEN AWAY FREE ing for your Easter egg—irand Rap- ids Press. Homelike Broadway. ® An investigating body declares the worst evil of Broadway “the tempta- tion to spend more than you can af- ford to spend.” That's why everyone from the provinces feels perfectly at home on Broadway.—Loulsville Cour- ier Journal. No Higher Price for This. ‘While food and clothing have ad- vanced in coet, it Is weil for the sick that the prices of auch relluble Zamily remedies as Foley Kidney Pills are not increased. Persons in moderate cir- cumstances find doctors’ bills hard to pay in the easlest of times. Dom't neglect we tired or disordered kid- neys. Foley Kidney Pills cost little and relieve backache, pains in sides and loins, sore muscles, stift foints, rheu- matic paing and annoying bladder trouble. The Lee & Osgood Co. TO THE PUBLIC OF NORWICH and VICINITY We .wish to say we have a lot of.pieusofl-'ws,oddl and ends, which we want to turn into cash at once. In order to do this we will make extraordinary low prices on these goods. This lot of skins contains a great vari- ety of Furs, all in fine condition. Anyone in the market for skins will do well to call and see them and get our prices. It will pay them well. The French American Fur Co. THAYER BUILDING Make money sawi WOOD-SAWING QUTFIT would bl are vei moc " will saw from 35 16 S5 sorde of w for pumping water, grinding grain, wood this wh cords of wood = FRANKLIN SQUARE THE C. S. MERSICK ' 274292