Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 19, 1916, Page 8

Ferguson’s Ferguson’s Jewélry.'Store Franklin Square, Where All Cars Stop Excellent Values Are Offered in " the Following Articles DIAMOND RINGS, BRACELETS WATCHES, GENTS’ WATCHES, LAVALLIERES, CUFF BUTTONS, NECK CHAINS, LOCKETS, TOILET SETS, SCARF PINS, TIE CLASPS, CAMEO BROOCHES, CAMEO RINGS, GENTS’ STONE RINGS, LADIES’ FANCY STONE RINGS, FOUNTAIN PENS, SILVER and GOLD PENCILS, GOLD KNIVES for Gents’ Chains - BRACELETS, UMBRELLAS, ROSARIES, ETC. We are Headquarters for the HAMILTON WATCH 900 sees LACK OF FUNDS FOR OPERATIONS OF MINT. Beoretary MoAdoo Has Notified Con- gress of the Shortage. ‘Washington, Dec. 18.—Secretary Mc- Adoo_notified congress today that he Was faced with the necessity of sus- pending operations at the Philadelphia fmint for a lack of funds and asked for deficiency appropriation before the days to keep the plant going. As tladelphia makes coinage dies for the San Francisco and Denver mints, the eecretary said, suspension at Phii- @delphia. would mean suspension at the other two in the near future. R LINCOLN PATRIOTIC LEAGUE TO BE ORGANIZED Throughout the Country Following the Celebration at Cumberland Gap. league will be organized through- the United States following the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of Lincoln Memorial uni- ’Oum’ riand Gap., Md., Feb. John Wesley Hill of New York, who has just resigned as general secretary court league to become ‘chancellor of the university, made this inouncement in Akron Monday Beems Quite Likely. As betwen Mr. Hughes and Mr. ‘Taft, President Wilson will probably il the mext supreme court vacancy 3 FLAX STRAW AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WOOD PULP Experiments Being Made by U. S. De- partment of Agriculture. - Thief River Falls, Minn., Dec. 18.— Exhaustive experiments ~with = flax straw as a substitute for wood pulp in the manufacture of paper are about to be made by the United States de- partment of agriculture, it was an- nounced here today by persons who have shipped two carloads of flax straw to a plant in Winona, Minn., at which it is sald the experiments wi'l be conducted. A representative of the bureau of plant {ndustry in the agricultural de- partment, who was here in ‘October, learned that thousands of carloads of flax straw could be obtained in this vicinity annually. OVERCOME BY GAS IN A SUBMARINE. Three Riveters Were Revived by Pul- motor at Bridgeport. Bridgeport. Conn., Dec. 18.—Three riveters, working inside a new United States submarine on the ways at the Lake Torpedo Boat company's plant here, were overcome today by coal gas emanating from an open forge. They were revived by a pulmotor. Aiding Agriculture. More men wil go back to the farm when they have moncy enough to be- come gentlemen farmers. — Toledo Blace. WAISTS and Give These For XMAS GIFTS Waists 1.2 w© 982 CHINBES AND JERSEY SILKS. Sanpleofigp HEADQUARTERS —FOR— LACE, GEORGETTE CREPE, CREPE DE CHINE AND COTTON VOILLE IN A VERY PRETTY SELECTION Petticoats A BEAUNFUL ASSORTMENT TO CHOOSE FROM IN FLOWERED, CHANGBABLE AND PLAIN COLORED EFFECTS. A LARGE VA- RIETY OF STYLES TO CHOOSE FROM. TAFFETAS, CREPE-DE- 2 wige Furs Muffs $4.75-$25 Scarfs $4.75-$22.50 Sets $8.50-$39.50 BACH PACKED SEPARATELY IN A NEAT HOLLY BOX Note:' We will send these gifts out of town for you via parcel PETTICOATS ——|——lc0——pjle———|———[a[————]u] WHERE “SMART” STYLE MEETS MODERATE PXICE Wauregan Block | A _FRENCH BATTLESHIP TORPEDOED AND DAMAGED By a German Submarine in the Medi- terranean on December 12. Amsterdam, Dec. 18, via London, 3 D. m.—A French battleship of the Pa- trie class was torpedoed and badly damaged by a German submarine in the Mediterranean on December, 12, according to an official statement’ is- sued in Berlin toda The statement also ‘reports the tor- pedoing on December 11 of the! “arm- ed French transport Mahelan,” a six thousand ton vessel having on board 1800 troops. The statement reads: “One of our submarines on Decem- ber 12 torpedoed and badly damaged @ French line ship of the Patrie class 55_knots southeast of Malta. nother submarine torpedoed on December 11 t of the i of Pantelleria Italian isla the Mediterranean sixty miles south- west from Sicily) the French armed transport Maghelan, of 6,000 ton with 1,000 white and colored troops “n board.” There are only' two battleships of the Patrie class, the name ship and the battieship Republique. They dis- place 14,630 tons, are 439 feet long, 79 feet beam and feet draught. Their armament is in turrets and ten main batteries, guns in the Republigu the Patrie i vlement of 7 our 12-inch guns 6 inch guns in the with eighteen 6.4 incn secondary batteries. The s Jaid down in 1901 and They have a com- 2 men. Denial by French Admiralty. London, Dec. 1S—It was stated by the French admiralty today that there s no truth in the statement that a French man. of war of the Patrie class was damaged on December 12 and that the loss of the Maghelan already bas been reported. SLAYERS OF MR. AND MRS. J. P. BECKER GOT $14,000. Elderly Couple Who Were Shot Death Near Mason City, il to Mason, City. T, Dec. 18 $14,000 was obtained by the Mr. and Mrs. John P. Becker, the for- mer a wealthy farmer, found' shot to death in their home near here yester- day, according to Sheriff Close of Ha- vana, Ill. The money had been col- lected by Becker from tenants on his farms and is now missing, the sheriff said. The Beckers, owners of 3,000 acres of land, are said to have Kept large sums of money concealed in their home. RELIEVE HEADACHES ~ WITHOUT DOSING BY APPLYING SLOAN'S LINIMENT TO FOREHEAD YOU CAN STOP THE SEVERE PAINS. Many headaches are of a neuralgic origin. The symptoms of such head- aches are intense and lingering pains in the brow, temples or back of the head. There is one certain relief that has been known and recommended for years back, Sloan’s Liniment. One application and the dull pain is prac- tically gone. It is easily applied with- out rubbing. Rubbing is unnecessary, as Sloan's Liniment quickly penetrates to the seat of trouble. Aching muscles, rheumatism, bruises, lumbago, chilblains, = sprains and stiff neck can also be most effec- tively treated with Sloan's Liniment. Cleaner than mussy plasters or oint- ments; it does Dot stain the skin or clog the pores. At all drug stores, 25c, 0c and $1.00. Famous German Aviator, Who Brought Down Firty Hostile . Aecroplenes Before Meeting Death in the Service—Dra- matic Incidents and Interesting Features. Berlin, Dec. 18.—(By Wireless to Sayville). Replete with dramatic in- cidents and interesting features are the' reports just published of the lats Captain Boelke, the famous German aviator, who brought down forty hos- tile aeroplanes during' his service the army, which ended with his death on October 29 last. - As ‘summarized by the Overseas News Agency, these reports from the fleld include the fc lowing: “Shortly after the opening of the war, on October 27, 1914, Boelke re- vorted that on a reconnoitering trip over Rheims he had observed nine batteries, one of which was in close proximity to the cathedral. On.July §, 1915, Boelke reported: “The superiority of the German ma- chines is becoming more apparent. Today I had the impression that the enemy was no longer offering resist- ance but that he had nearly given up hope of escape. Shortly before the downfall of the hostile machine the observer made a typical movement with his hand as if to say "Why let us go on; we are done for and- sur- render.’ The reports show that in the ma- Jority of the air engagements the dis- tance between the combatants usually was about 100 metres, but often only from 30 to 40 metres. On November 2, 1915, Boelke made bold to approach a French aviator as close as three metres. “He fled,” says Boelke's re- port, “but it didn't help him for I was much quicker. I fired 500 shots, keep- ing up the fire until he began to’ fall. I had approached up to a distance of three metres and still he hadn't be- gun to come down. At the moment when a collision seemed inevitable. I turned my machine rapidly on its left side. The enemy turned his upside down on the right hand. I did not see him any more. Many times hostile machines made seemingly incredible efforts to escape the much-feared German aviator, the hostile airman apparently =designing at least to save his own life, the re- ports indicate. On March 4, 1916, Boelke reported: “Again 1 approached the enemy, who had already been violently fired upon, Then I saw something most peculiar. The observer had climbed upon the left wing of the machine and was clinging to the supports. ~ He looked at me as if quite terrified and waved his band. I had shot. away a piece of the helm and the machine had pitched downward. In order again to get it in balance ‘.o observer had seated himself on tue wing.’ Boelke Teported a gruesome incident as occurring on one of the last of his raids, on Qctober 8 of this year: “I wondered at the stubbornness of the enemy,” wrote the aviator, “con- || sidering that he must have been fin- ished a long time ago, but he oo tinued to circle in the same fashion. Reason told me the man must be dead. and that the machine was being maintained in its right position also by the rubber bands at the helm. ‘Therefore I approached closely and saw the occupant of the machine lean- ing toward: the right side, dead. The airplane bore the number 7,495. The horrible picture left me unshaken. -1 let the man alone and attacked the next one.” An Example of Chivalry. An example of chivalry reported in Boelke's book is to the effect that af- ter having encountered an adversary, Boelke made several “rounds of hon- or” over the place where his enemy had fallen. A “round of honor” among aviators is a mark of courtesy to a fallen brave enemy. Boelke him- self decorated the place -where the enemy aviator had been buried with military honors with a bunch of red, white and blue flowers. A British flier, who was shot down by Boelke, was’ taken to a German hospital and there visited by the German aviator. Boelke took him English books and phbtozraphs of his machine. Boelke adds: “He was very glad about it and knew my name wel One of Boelke's most remarkable qualities was his respect for an ene- my and he repeatedly used phrases like the following: “A British aviator really flew home at a height of one hundred meters over our trenches. He was a smart chap. That is not likely to be done by another.” LOSSES OF FRENCH AND BRITISH ARMIES. Overseas News Agency Gives Former as 3,800,000, Latter as 1,300,000. Berlin, Dec. 18 (Via Wireless to Say- ville) —The losses of the French army to date have been ,3800,000 and of the British 1,300,000, according to “compe- tent military authority,” says an Over- seas News agency statement today. The same authority says the French losses on the Somme up to the end of November are estimated at not less than 250,000, and those of the British at 550,00. The statement says: “The total French losses since the beginning of the war have been 3,800,- 000.and the, British .losses 1,300,000, ‘or altogethér 5,100,000. These figures are based on most reliable data. They do not include ‘the .1bsses of the colored troops of both the French and British armies, but as these colored auxiliary troops ' are always used as much as possible in great attacks, the total of {¥rench and British losses probably is several hundred thousand higher. “In the engagements on the Somme, since July 1, 140 French and British divisions ‘have been employed. These were drawn from all parts of the front from the ocean to Switzerland. The majority of these divisions; after short rests, returned twice or even three or four 'times to the front. “The French losses on the Somme up to the end of November are esti- mated as least 230,000 and the British at 550,000 men. Thus the total of French and British losses on the Somme are conservatively estimated as at least 800,000 men. They therefore exceed considerably the German losses as established by Germany's enemies at 690,000 men. As a matter or fact, the German losses were much les than 500,000 At the same time it must be taken into consideration that about 76 per cent. of all the German wound- ed, after a short time, are able to re- turn to the front, thanks to the cellent medical care they receive the high standing of German surgery. PETITION OF HENRY FORD HAS BEEN DENIED For Dismissal of Temporary Injunction Restraining Development Work. Detroit, Mich, Dec. 18.—Three cir- cnit judges tos denied the petition of Henry Ford for dismissal of the tempora injunction which restrains the Ford Motor Company from develop- ing work. TLe injunction granted for sixty days was obtained recently by John F. Dodge and Horace E. Rodge, mofor car manufacturers, and stock- holders in the Ford company. The Dodge brothers are seeking a permahn- ent injunction to compel Ford to use the profits of his company for divi- dends instead of developing jhis busi- ness. Ford’s attorneys argued today that contracts for the construction of a large smelting plant neag, Detroit were let ‘some time ago and {hat the Ford Motor Car Company would lose a large amount of money uniess the ‘work could be resumed immediately. Ford offered to give a bond to reim- burse the Dodge brothers for any loss they, as stockholders, might sustain should he be permanently restrained from carrving out his smeélter pro- ject. The offer was not approved. The court also denied a_motion by Ford's attorneys that the Dodge brothers furnish a bond of $3,000,000 to insure the Ford Motor Car Company against loss as a result of a perman- ent injunction proceedings. TENDENCY OF NERVOUS DISEASES TO SHORTEN LIFE Public Health Service Issues Citations to Discourage Worrying ‘Washington, Dec. 18.—The public health service, which has been gather- ing statistics on nervous diseases and their tendency to shorten life, today is- sued a bulletin saying “no bird ever tried to bulld more nests than its neighbor; no fox ever fretted because he had only one hole in which to hide; no squirrel ever died of anxiety lest be should not lay by enough nuts for two winters instead of one; and no dog ever lost any sleep over the fact that he did not have enough bones laid aside for his declining years.” e e B Punishing. Villa. After abandoning the plan to get Villa, dead or alive, the administra- tion ‘mignt compromise by bresking his crutch.—Seattle Post Intelligencer. Economize Where We Can. - - Stewed squash on the shivt front ks.as well as the yellow of an g, "and ", is, _much’* cheaper.—Toledo INTEREST IN EXCISE . .. K VOTE IN BOSTON TODAY. Strong Publi by “Wet Campaign Conducted and “Dry” Forces. Boston, Dec. 18.—Interest in the out- come of the fight to make Boston a no-license city overshadows all other interests in the election to be held in five Massachusetts cities tomorrow. The registration, about 120,000, is the largest in the history of the city and the almost unprecedented publicity campaign conducted by the “wet” and “dry” forces has been aimed to bring out the bulk of this vote. Although Mayor Curley has another year to serve, the newspapers have devoted as much space to the cam- paign, both in their news and advertis- ing columns, as they have given in the past to an average contest for the mayoralty. Some of the papers have announced that, for the first time, they will issue extra editions on the license resul Ordinarily, Boston is considered a cense city by a substantial i The yes vote last year was against a no vote of 31,877, a majority for the “wets” of 14,2 In the 41 consecutive years the city has gone license the nearest approach the “dry” advocates have made to victory was 1892, when they lost by a margin of 1,140. The evangel by Rev. William A. Sunday is lly admitted to have stimulated activity in this year's struggle. The other cities electing tomorrow are Fitchburg, North Adams, Peabody and Quincy. In Fitchburg, where the license majority last year was 76, and in North Adams, which went wef last year by 184, the license campaign has been keen. Quincy I vear went against license by 2,408. Peabody holds its first election as a city. It went “no” in its last town election by 400. POOLING OF SHIPPING OR ENTENTE ALLIES For the Economic Struggle Expected After the War. Paris, Dec. 18, 12.05 p. m.—Pooling of the shipping of the entente alli fo the exclusion of the flags of all countries now at war with them, is suggested for the economic struggle expected after the war by Georges An- cel. a deputy from Havre and a spec- ialist in such questions. M. Ancel believes the benefits of pooling, as il- lustrated by the prosperity of shipping combinations, should be token into consideration” in_connecticn with the rebuilding of the French merchant ma- rine-and in - consolidating the pos| tion which ‘the allies have gained through. the blockade of Germany and Austria. As soon as the seas are open to her merchant fleet, M. Ancel says, Ger- many naturally will make an immedi- ate and violeat effort to remove her shipping. It is his opinion that she expects discrimination against her flag In ports of France and Great Britain. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’S PROHIBITION BILL DEBATED In Senate—Proponents Believe They Have Sufficient Votes to Carry It. Washington, Dec. 18—Senator Un- derwood’s amendment to the District of Columbia prohibition. bill, providing for a referendum to the citizens of the District, was debated at length today by the senate without reaching a vote. Proponents of the referendum believe they have sufficient votes to carry it through by a close margin. A vote may be had tomorrow. Before debate began on the referen- duf, the senate rejected by a decided majority Senator Smoot’s _substitute forbidding the sale, manufacture or importation of liguor for personal use. While the District measure was under discussion on the floor, the ju- diciary committee called a special meeting for Thursday to vote on re- porting the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment forbidding throughout the United States the man- ufacture or sale of any kind of alco- holic, malt or _spirituous liquors. Friends of the proposed amendment say it can be brought out of committee if & maljerity attend the meeting. A house committee already has favor- aby reported such a resolution. Senator Underwood occupied most of the time today defending the referen- dum. He declared he belived it within the power of congress to pass a law whose operation would be dependent on approval or disapproval by the people of the District and that the supreme court has indicated in analogous cas- es that this would not be considered a delegation of the legislative function of cor Senator Borab, Senator Sutherland and several others were in- clined to question this view. The Ala- BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS They are all good, clean books, with plenty of action, such as appeals to youth. They are books with char. acter and a correct style which uited to the years of the readers. If you know a girl or a boy who en- | joys a good story, a book is the Christmas gift which will be appreciated. BOOKS FOR 50c FOR GIRLS— Books by Amy Bell Marlowe: Girls of Hillgrest Farm, Wyn’s Camping Days, Etc. Books by | Grace Brooks Hill: The Corner House Girls' Series. . Books by Dorothy Whitehill: Polly’s Bearding School Series. FOR BOYS— Books by ‘Everett Tomlinson, Hugh Fullerton, Wayne Whipple, Arthur Winfield, Frank Warner and others. The titles include The Rover Boys, Jimmy Kirkland, . Bobby Blake and other series books; Ralph of the Roundhouse and Official Boy Scouts Books. BOOKS FOR 25¢ FOR GIRLS— The following series are of great interest: High School Boys, Battleship Boys, Submarine Boys, Uncle Sam’s Boys, Motor Boat Club, Pony Rider Boys, Preparedness Series, Alger Books, etc. Among the books for the younger ones and books of more general interest we can offer Kindergarten Books, Drawing Books, Game Books, Indian Books, Fairy Tales, Mother Goose, Lives of Great Americans, Linen Books which cannot be torn, etc. POPULAR COPYRIGHT NOVELS, 60c Hundreds of the late books nicely printed and illus- trated and well bound for this little price. 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President Wilson and Matter Under Cont ‘Washington, begun consideration of the revenues to meet dent let it be known er: the subject later. the . possibility. of the consideration. To keep the.expenses tment as low as possible, the president will carefully scrutinize all the appro- with _Chairman Sparkman of -the house rivers and harbors committee today he urged that the rivers and harbors bill now being drawn provide only for urgent neces- expenditures. priation bills. In a conference M. bama senator said he was opposed to|DEVISING MEANS TO MEET THREATENED DEFICIT. Dee. 18. Wilson and the cabinet already have deficit on June 30, 1918. The presi- reached no conclusion but in gen- was opposed to bond issues ex- cept to meet temporary expenditures. He probably will address congress on In this connection the patrol of the Mexican border into the next fiscal year is being taken into’ Cabinet Have lera 30 59 69 650 AR hose in two values, pai .-...80c and $1.05 Various well-known series including Miss Pat, Gracs | 1 ouiin o FaNCY HOSE in o gosd variety of Harlowe, Campfire Girls, Meadow Brock Girls, | WOULNS FoN] i Atomobile Girls, Madge Morton, Three Little | WOMEN'S PURE SILK HOSE ,in black, wmu’ s and colors, pair........... R T FOR BOYS— .$1.75, $2.75, $3.00, $3.29 .$1.21, $1.39, $2.00 $1.21, $1.65, $2.90, $2.35 $1.25, $1.39, $1.69 to $250 " .$1.00-81.75, $2.25 £ Including appropriation of $29,000, for old projects and $10,000,000 ad: tional for new ones. The latter i clude improvements in New York harj bor and the deepening of the channek. in the East river and Hell Gate. Another conference will be held be: — President | fore the bill is introduced. ways to raise | SHORTAGE OF FREIGHT 2 the threatened| . CARS ON DECEMBER 1. today that he|American Railway Association’s ReZ shortage of - 105527 continuance of eiation. of the govern-| On Aug. 1, the year were there less idle cars. . took & port Shows Deficiency of 106,527. New York, Dec. 18—There was & freight throughout the ountry on Deé: 1, ac- cording to a Teport made public herg tonight by the American Railway assow the statement: a there. was -an actual net surplus oF 762 idle cars, while in 1908 there was at one time a surplusage of over 413,000 cars, and at no time duringi than 100,000: (o e S5 in ter,. N. ie car® - ¥ fu sk