Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1916, Page 4

i x;rwic ullelin and Qoufier fire prevention have been of much val. ue. But what has bee#*hccomplished in the way of checking the number of fires during the Christmas season only shows what can be done towards the reduction in the number of fires every day in the year if there is but the proper amount of thought given to the 120 YEARS OLD Subseripti month: $6.00 a year, Entered at the Postatios Conm., as second-cla: att Telephone l:-lu: Bulletin Businass Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35- 3. Bulletin Job Offics 35-2. Willimantic Telephone 210-3. Office, 67 Church St. Nurwleh Thursda y /, Dec. 28, 1916. price 120 a week; 50c & Norwich, subject. It is no difficult matter to understand that accumulations of pa- per or many forms of waste material are always a menace, particularly if they are where a lighted match care- lessly dropped can set fire to them, and it requijres no actual experience to demonstrate that many of the se- rious fires each year are started in some such thoughtless manner, or by the failure to give the proper atten- tion towards safeguarding the very conditions which are known to be dangerous. Fire preventien has done much in the saving of property. It is “even possible for it to do greater work than the firemen, but regardless of what has been accomplished in that direction there is plenty of opportu- nity for much more of it to be done. CARRANZA RESPONSIBLE FOR VILLA. . While Carranza has been debating what He will do in regard to the agreement which has been reached by the Mexican-American commission, Villa has been doing his utmost to show up the weakness of his former chief and therefore to support the commission’s advice that the agree- ‘wesesseesse. The Cfiwhfion of The Bulletin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,068 houses in Nor- wich and resd by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivezed to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 00, and In all of these places it is considered tbe local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty ural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION average.. evies 8412 1901, GERMANY’S REPLY. Germany has lost no time in mak- ing its reply to the note sent to the belligerent nations by President Wil- son, but it cannot be looked upon as either an answer to the petition made in the note or the raising of any new points which would encourage the other belligerents to look- more fa- vorably upon the-question of peace at this time. Regardless of the statement in the note that it was not based upon the German move for peace, and the statement of Secretary Lansing that neither the president nor he regarded it as a peace move, Berlin bastens to take advantage of it as if it was a supplement to the German peace pro- posal. President Wilson asked for an avowal of the views of the respective belligerents as to terms upon which the war might be concluded and the arrangements which would be deemed satisfactory as a guaranty against its renewal or the kindling of any similar conflict, but Germany, the first to re- ply, falls to comply therewith. It seeks a conference of the warring na- tions for the purpose of talking over terms, just as it did in its peace proposition, but such was not sought by President Wilson, except as a pos- sible result from' the setting forth of the terms. And as to the guaranty against future wars Berlin says that the great work of preventing future wars cannot be begun until the pres- ent struggle is erded. It is therefore indicated that Ger- many is adhering to its original plea for peace and is endeavoring to turn the move of President Wilson to its own account. Such may be disap- pointing in ‘Washington but it is per- haps no more than might have been expected at this time. ARMORIES CAN WAIT. Governor Holcomb apparently be- lieves that Connecticut should know exactly where it stands relative to the federalized national guard hefore it makes any further moves involving large expenditures of money in behalf of the various military organizations. This statement was made in con- nection with appropriations in behalf of armories and it is well known that for several sessions of the general as- sembly there have been détermined efforts to secure large sums for new bulldings on the ground that the pres- ent ones were not large enough or did not quite meet the requirements. In the testimony which has been taken by the senate committee on mil- itary affairs, it has been declared that the scheme of federalizing the na- tiona] guard has been a complete fail- ure. It is therefore desirable that it should be kn@wn whether it is going to be continued for a further trial o . whether it is going to be abandone for some more practical plan of rais- Ing and maintaining an army such as-the proper defense of this country demands. The governor’s advice is therefore deserving of serious consideration. Connecticut has not gotten to the point where it can afford to aisregard each and every "opportunity for prac- ticing wise economy, and whatever money might be available for new ar- mories can certainly be put to good use in other directions until the fu- ture of the federalized national guard is fully determined FEWER CHRISTMAS FIRES. Small in comparison with some years were the fires and deaths re- sulting from Christmas trees and dec- orations. To have expected that there would have been none would have in- dicated too much faith in the eager- ness of the people to look cut for their own protection, but the large re- duction in the number of Christmas fires resulting from carelessness or o failure to take proper precautions to kacp Infilmzmble material away from. .shows that the’| and the work in behalf of here is no reason why any neutral ment should be approved. The bandit chieftain has been demonstrating that nothing unreasonable is demanded by this country in fnsisting upon the right to pursue bandits across the bor- der on a hot trail. He has repeatedly shown that Carranza is no obstacle to his operations on Mexican soil, and therefore he can be of no greater value in suppressing him in any contem- plated raids on this side of the line. The very operations of Villa should force Carranza to 4 redognition of the justice. of this requirement. Long ago, following Villa’s raid up- on Columbus, Carranza was given sufficient reason for devoting his ef- forts to eliminate this leader, but he failed to respond. Villa has Carran- za to thank for the stop which he put to the operations of the punitive ex- pedition under General Pershing, for had the de facto president ‘given his cooperation and taken advantage of the assistance at hand, Villa would not be the menace which he is today, but Carranza with his usial stub- bornness took the opposite view, over- estimated his own abllity and the re- sult is that Villa is daily gaining strength and becoming more of a menace. Under such eonditions this country has no alternative than to insist upon properly protecting the border and a large part of the respon- sibility for the present situation rests upon Carranza. NEUTRAL APPROVAL. Look at it from any standpoint nation, if it is actually neutral, should not be desirous that the war in Eu- rope should come to an end, for that would not only mean a check upon the horrible conditions which are pre- vailinggin certain of the belligerent countries but it would mean a dis- tinct relief for them, since the neu- tras have been called upon to under- go no small amount of sacrifice and suffering. Thus it can be appreciated that in- asmuch as this country has sent a note to the belligerents, they have an excellent opportunity to endorse it as a step looking towards peace, without bearing the respomsibility of starting it or of saying which side should give way to the other. Hemmed in on all sides as Switz- erland is, that country must naturally want to see an end to the present sit- It has felt the burden of the war and so has Holiand, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The whole world knows other than through the reports of the battles that all Europe Is at war. However much they may prefer that one side should be victorious, for the effect which it would have upon the future, and the establishment of cer- tain principles, respect for neutrals and the rights of humanity, they can- not as neutrals take action aiong that line. The best they can do is to en- courage peace, but even then it must be as apparent to the neutrals as the belligerents that unless peace is going to be made permanent the war better go on to a finish at the present time. The most that can be hoped for at this time is the successful outcome of an endeavor to determine whether a permanent peace could be effected un- der the existing state of affairs. The allies give little encouragement that it would succeed but the neutrals may feel like lending an influence in be- half of a test. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: It's hard to get people interested in the blessings of poverty. uation. Old Sol has been experimenting a little with the eight hour day, but it is gradually working back into longer hours. Villa is having as much difficulty getting credit for the capture of Tor- reon as he did when he took Chihua- hua City. ' Peace may be some distance away, but then it is remembered that it was once thought that the famous Oliver Osborne could not be produced. —_— It is entirely possible that if Veni- zelos is not arrested on that charge of libel, he may yet be indicted on the grounds of too much patriotism. That new expedition which is about to set out for the North Poleto check up Admiral Peary must look upon it- self as a sort of auditing committee. No sooner does Greece yield to the allies’ demands than it finds itself con- fronted with a new list of things which it is advisable to do in erder to remain neutral There are 22 graduates of the Deep Sea Diving school at Newport at. the end of its first year. They will find plenty’ to do searching Davy Jones’ locker after the U-boats get through their work. When there is no demand for the product factories have been forced to shut down but that can hardly be said to be the reason for the talk of closing the United States Philadelphia. mint at We have been expecting as the re- sult of the note to the belligerents that Carranza would be demanding an ad- justment of the bord trouble be. fore any effort is made to: mtcl; up peace over in Enro”. 3 The friend of the returned traveler speaks: “My dear, you don't know how glad I am to see you! I think it is simply too dear of you to cdme right over to tell me all about your lovely trip. And how perfectly sweet of you to bring all your post cards and pho- tographs with you! Im simply fran- tice about post cards! 1 think they give the most = wonderful idea - of things. Go right into thé living room, while I run upstairs and get the baby. 1 want you to see him just a minute before you begin to tell me about your trip. We have the most wonderful new! No, I won’t tell you now. want to_surprise you—no, 1 won't really. Yowil have to wait -until I— “There now, here he is! Now, Too- dlycums must let Aunt Mollie kiss his little cheek. No, no, he mustn’t put his tongue on her like that. Just let her kiss his sofe little cheekums. Oh; my dear, don’t let him get hold of those cards, please. I'm afraid —and, besides, I couldn’t bear to have your lovely cards spoiled. “Now, dear, I want you to begin right at the, beginning and tell me everything. You don’t know how I've been looking forward— “No, no, baby darling! You must not pull Aunt Mollie's glasses off. That’s naughty. Of course it |is naughty, but I really do think it's per- fectly remarkable how he notices when people wear glasses. I saw the minute I brought him into the room that he was looking right at them. “You went by boat, didn't you, dear, part of the way? I remember you ex- Flained just how you were going, but I was so worried that day because the baby—and, oh, that reminds me! We haven’t told Aunt Mollie about our wonderful secret, have we, mother's love? Take off your gloves, dear, won’t you? Now, I wonder —gof course, dear, I know youwll understand so I'm going to be perfectly frank with you—but would you mind just washing your hands? “I didn't mean for a minute to in- timate that your hands aren’t perfect- Iy clean? ~Of course, I suppose, I hope, | that is—of course—I know they’re per<’ fectly clean. But, don’t you know, I f_e?l as though I couldn’t be too care- i “Of course, dear, you aren't really hourt, and I expect you'll go away and make all kinds of fun of me—but would you mind just putting your fin- ger in the listerine for a minute? “Oh, thank you so much! Now, darling lamb, here’s Aunt Mollie’s nice clean finger and we'll just put it in the babykins’ ittly, bittly mouth and —there— “There, what did I tell you? Aren't you just too surprised for words? I almost fainted when I first felt it. I couldn’t believe it! It didn’t seem pos.- sible for a baby of his age really to have a tooth. It seemed too awfully clever or something, and I just sat there for a minute without saying a word and Jack said afterward I looked so pale that he was frightened. ust hold up the cards one by one, won’'t you, dear, so that I can look at them? I don't believe he’ll let me get near enough to take them in my hand. He seems so perfectly pos- sessed to put them in his mouth— ““Oh, isn’t that a beauty? It's just like the one vyou sent me, I think, but THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soctoty Aivali—"“If the reports of refugees arriving in the city of Mytilene, on the Aegean.island of Lesbos, are worthy of credence the Greek citizens of the flourishing Asia Minor seaport of Aivali are undergoing unhappy ex- periences closely akin to those visit- ed upon their forebears just 95 years ago,” says a war geography bulletin of the National Geographic Society. t was in 1821 that Greeks and ‘Turks clashed in Aivali with the ne- sult that many of the former were massacred while others were sold in- to slavery. Now, according to cable despatches which have reached Amer- ica via Athens, 500 prominent Aival- ians have been deported into the in- terior after being subjected to ‘the roughest treatment.’ “At the beginning of the present war Aivall, with its propserous pop- ulation of 20,000, largely Greek, was one of the most thriving cities of the Levant, enjoying an extensive fish- ing trade with- Constantinople and Smyrna, and exporting quantities of olive oil, grain and wood. The town is on the northeast shore of the Strait of Mytilene, and its harbor is pro- tected from the prevailing winds of tkis region by the Moshonisi Islands, beyond which lies the Bay of And- ramyti, with Mt. Ida of historic note at its head. ‘Aivali, whose Greek name is Ky- donia, is built on the site of the an- cient town of Heraclea, but of far reore interest than the latter city is a once noted metropolis 25 miles to the southeast—the splendid Pergamus or Pergamum of the third century be- fore the Christian era. ‘Pergamus (the modern Bergama) occupfed a magnificent eminence overlooking the fertile valley of the Caicus River, and was 15 miles from the sea. Its great acropolis was crowned with many buildings—tem- ples, palaces and theaters. Here ex- cavators have discovered the remains of the great Altar of Zeus with its ‘wonderful relief sculpture telling a running story of the struggle of the gods with the gians. This relief has been ‘restored and taken to Berlin where it is prized as one of the great- est archaelogical treasures of the German capital. “Pergamus, whose modern succes- sor is a town about the same size as Alvali, owes its first impulse to great- ness to Lysimachus, one of Alexander the Great's generals who stored in the strong fort then existing on the acropolis, a part of his imense treas- ure. He placed a trusted but un- trustworthy subject in charge of it. This was Philetaerus of . Tium who seized a favorable opportunity to re- bel against his master and before the latter could put down the revolt he was beset by other enemies and lost his life on the plains of Corus, where his body was guarded for many da: by his faithful dog—a familiar llo‘x of canine fidelity. “Philetaerus managed to keep on good terms . with his mor€ powerful reighbors and his tiny pflnc’pfill(y grew appreciably during his 2 reign. He was succeeded by his nephew Eumenes in 263 B. C., and he in turn By Attalus I, who, after de- feating e Gauls in an important battle, assumed the title of king. The newly-styled monarch now attached himself to Rome as a staunch friend and admirer and Pergamus’ great day was at hand. Art flourished and the commerce of the kingdom was extensive. “The last king of Pergamus, At- talus III, reigned only flve years, and by his wil he gave his throne to RPome (133 B. C.) That power an- nexed the kingdom as a province, but for more than two hundred ‘years the ecapital was one of the three great citles of the region. the other two being Ephesus and During all this time t! ecmmnt-lo'— al to the Roman cause as had been K:u know I was so worried about the by ‘when it came that I didn't real- Iy have time to notice it very much— “No, I don't know what was _the matter with him; he just seemed to be acting so differently from the way he usually does— “Yes, he ate as usual. That was one thing that worried me. If he hadnw’'t wanted to eat, I could have understobd— “No, his umpernure was normal apparently, but I was afraid my ther- mometer wasn't working right, and while he seemed to be sleeping pro- perly I couldn’t help feeling that there m something wrong— 'Yes, that's just what Jack said, but T'm sure he was relly just as much worried as I was, because he looked quite pale and called the doc- tor up the minute I suggested it— “Oh, do let me look at that pho- tograph a minute! I believe that's the very hotel Jack and I stopped at when we were on our wedding trip. Isn’t it the most wonderful thing that zou’, should happened to' stop there, 00 “Look, baby darling, look at the prétty picture! That's where mother and dada stopped when ‘they were first married years and years ago. “Jack says he doesm’t believe the baby understands me when I talk to him like that but I'm positive that hé doe ,sbecause he looks up at me in the most intelligent way. “Oh, must you go, dear? I'm so disappointed! I thought of course you would stay to luncheon. Please change your mind and stay. See, beby wants you to stay, too. See him hold out his little hands. If you only would stay, we could take euch a nice walk after he’s had his little afternoon nap. “Well, I am sick with disappoint- ment, but you will come again soon won’t you, dear? I don’t feel as if I had heard anything about your trip and I was so anxious to have you tell me— “Well, A e of course, if you really have o go! But do come again soon. Baby to go away like this, do we, Lamby? “Say by-by to Aunt Mollie, sweet- heart! Isn't it cunning the way he waves - his little hand? 00d-by, dear! Come again just as “soon as you possibly can!” What the friend of the traveler said to her husband that night at dinner: “Somchow, Jack, it seems as if that perfectlys wonderful trip had been almost wasted on Mol- lie. She was here quite a long time today and I couldn’t et her to tell me a thing about it, hardly. She really didn't seem to have got a thing out of it."—Exchange. returned OTHER VIEW POINTS Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, who voted for the Adamson eight hour bill, is now very sorry that he did it. “I have always reproached myseif,” he says, “for not filibustering against the bill, not because of its terms so much as the manner in which it was intro- duced.” Apparently Mr. Weeks did not appreciate at the time the compulsion congress was under. Now, he says, he realizes that they and the president acted under a threat. — Waterbury American. The Bridgeport Post, never exactly shy in the expression of its opinions. in a comment on the New Haven jail rightly takes us to task for having spent an exorbitant sum on the new courthouse when a part of it should have been used to build a mew jail. But we beg to differ from its conclu- sion that, because we spent thousands on the courthouse, we deprived our- selves of a humane jail. We have failed to have a decent jail because public sentiment had not been proper- aroused. We are oin to have it now because public sentiment is aroused. And we be further to inform our Bridgeport _contemporary that the county of New Haven is not in debt and can afford to do its.duty when the time comes.—New Haven Journal- Courier. It is said that two-thirds of the stu- dents in agridultural schools within accessible distance of New York city are city boys. They are attending the schools because they are interested in the “back to the soil” movement, and they mean to cultivate the soil, when they get to it, according to the most modern methods. New York state re- cently opened a farm school on Long Island( near the metropolis ,to_serve especially this class of students. It was the first deliberate effort of the sort the Empire State had made. The cit- ies axe full of excellent material for the making of farmers. The day may yet come when all big cities will de- mand agricultural colleges, right at their doors, for the use of their young men.—Waterbury Republican. If there is any meritorious project scheduled to come before the legisla- ture, it is the proposal for a reforma- tory for women offenders against the law. Connecticut has a large amount of money in her treasury, more than before in years. If there is any prop- osition to which any of that money should be devoted, then some of it should go for a woman’s reformatory. There is no reason why the project should fail in either house or at the hands of the governor on the ground that eceonomy must be practiced, for that is in itself an economical project as well as a step toward genuine re- form.—Hartford Post. During the past year many things have happened in Meriden, which have shown a healthy desire on the part of the public to “get together” and “do things.” The chamber of commerce saw an opportunity to bring a new industry to Meriden. It appealed to the public for the necessary cash ,and it was forth- coming. The Boy Scout advocates wanted their organization put on a safe finan- cial basis for two years, with a per- manent worker to direct their endeav- or. A campaign was started and the necessary thousands were secured in a brief space. Right on the heels of this gpurl of civic patriotism came the whirlwind campaign® for the $200,000 Y. M. C. A. building. It was a big project and was treated in a big way. The hearty co- operation shown by people in all walks of life was a delightful revelation, for it revealed a spirit which hitherto peo- ple had only dreamed of. The Organized Charities and the Public Health association went into new quarters because they believed the public would support them in their wider field of endeavor. The Boys’ club has enjoyed a decid- ed boom because new blood has infus- ed the public with greater interest in their work. During the stay of the soldiers at the border there was shown a disposition on the part of the general public to keep their sacrifices in mind and many of ‘the local manufacturers displayed a truy patriotic -plrtt by keeping in men and T don’t think it's a bit nice of you ! =7 MOTHER'S: REMEDY FOR BRUISES CHILDREN’S BUMPS, SPRAINS AND MINOR HURTS QUICKLY RE- LIEVED BY SLOAN’S LINI- MENT. It is the very nature of children to hurt themselves—to come crying to mother with littfe fingers bruised, with heads bumped, with sprainéd ankles and wrists. They are painful hurts, tco. But their pain and sting can’t survive the gentle use. of this liniment. A single application of ‘Sloan’s Liniment and— the little fellow’s bravely kept back tears give way to smiles. His hurt is relieved. In every home where there are chil- dren a bottie ¢f Sloan's Liniment is a necessity. Aching muscles, rheumatism, lum- bago, stiff neck, backache, childblains, etc,, can be effectively relieved with Sloan’s Liniment. Cleaner than mussy ointments_or plasiers. Sioan’s Liniment can be obtained at all drug stores, 25c, 59c and $1.00. <H/LLES T PAIY [ STORIES OF THE WAR l Morroccans Rewon Douaumont, In a recent issue of the Bulletin des Armees, the official publication of the French armed forces, there is an of- ficial account of the battle of Verdun. from the beginning of the German advance last Spring to the recapture of Fort Vaux by the:French on Nov. 2 last. The account shows that to an African regiment France owes the re- capture of Douaumont, while not a shot was fired in some of the most important engagements that marked the recapture of Fort Vaux. Concerning the recapture of Dou- aumont the article says: “Fort Douaumont was garrisoned on Oct. 24 by an important German force and was protected to the last degree by a series of works and defenses. On that day by a sudden stroke on our part Douaumont was retaken. In four hours we recaptured territory wkich it had taken the Germans eight months to conqueor, and the price they paid in men was several hun- dred thousands of their best troops. “The last big German offensives against Verdun were those of June 23, July 1, Aug. 1, and Sept. 3. Beginning the offensive, the French little by lit- tle reclaimed the ground that had been lost. The series of local success- es inspired our men with confidence, and our commanders began to pre- pare for the opportune moment. “General velle. intrusted the exe- cution of the plans to General Man- gin, it having been General Mangin who had re-entered Douaumont on May 22, but who because of the fact that Douaumont then formed a salfent in ' the enemy’s line did not consider it wise to maintain his position. On Oct. 21 the weather was clear and favored observation by airplanes and captive ballons. The artillery prepa- ration began. “Day by day we could follow the destruction. On the 23d a fire in the Fort of Douaumont followed the ex- plosion, of a bomb. The shelters cov- ering the gquarries of Hardaumont were destroyed, as was also the bat- tery of Damloup, and the rawines were blown to pieces. The Germans were uncertain of the point of our at- tack owing to the great extent of our action. Little by little we discovered the positions of all their batteries, which numbered over 130, and of which 60 were destroyed. “The troops selected to make the assault on the Germans belonged to divisions that had previously operated in that sector. From the left to right was the division of General Guyot de Salins, reinforced on the left by the Eleventh Infantry. This division was made up of Zouaves and Colonial tion. There are enough pessimists. We need optimists—men and women who believe in Meriden and who believe in constructive instead of destructive policies. Less suspicion, less prejudice, less jealousy—more kindness, more Jjustice, more sincerity—will make ev- ery mother's son of us better citizens who can make a better Meriden.— Meriden Record. President Wilson is to be inducted into office again without the accom- paniment of an inaugural ball. Time was when it would have been felt that without this formality there could be no real inauguration. But row the pubiic—even the Washington public, composed so largely of office- holders and_socially ambitious wives —acquiesce in the change. It may be “undemocratic” to cut out the inau- gural ball. But the last few functions of this sort furnish sufficient justifi- cation. They were not “balls”. They were mobs of people pouring into the White = House like _ election-night crowds ,and jostling and crushing each other in the limited space so that dancing was impossible and even eat- ing a buffet lufch called for athletic prowess.—Meriden Record. ont wmt for time to heal your skin — ““Oh it will get well anyhow!** you say? Perheps it will, and perhaps it won't. Maybe it will get worse instead, And think of the discomfort and embar- rassment it causes you even now. Isn’t it better to get rid of the trouble by using Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap? Doctors have prescribed the “Resinol treatment for over 20 years, so you nced not hesitate to use it. Resinol usually stops itching instantly. All druggists sell Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap. Fora free samole of each, write to Dept. 4R, Resicol, Baltimere, Md. You'd detier try= d New fihbwToday 1.!0 KEITH ACTS N l.l FlIlDERS KEEPERS A POWERFUL PLAYLET THAT WILL KEEP YOU ENTHMRALLED | FROM START TO FINISH. THREE KELTONS Musical Wonders of the Unis+ verse in a Pleasing Offering HARLIE . HAPLIN KELLY AND DAVIS The Twe Black Dots, Comed: " Singi mm-m'"’ THE RINK Your Favorite Comedian In His Latest Comedy Sensation. WILFRED LUCAS AND CONSTANCE TALMAGE IN THE MICROSCOPE MYSTERY ~Five Part Triangle Feature PARAMOUNT AND METRO FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS LIONEL TODAY AND TONIGHT ARRYNMVMORE and GRACE VALENTINE in “THE BRAND CF COWARDICE” Matinee at 2:30 Eve. at 7, 8:30 All Seats 10c Eleventh Chapter of “THE CRIMSON STAIN MYSTERY” Coming Friday and Saturday RITA JOLIVET in “AN INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE” Ty AUDITO THE FOLLY OF REVENGE —FEATURING— WARREN E. LYLE AND ALL STAR CAST GRANT THE POLICE REPORTER SHOWS 2:30, 7, 8:40 Mat. 10c; Eve. 10c-20c RIUM |l . CARTOON COMEDIES sharpshooters, among them-the Mor- ent which had previously been honored because of heroic con- duct at Dixmude and at Fleury. To this Moroccan command was given the honor of attacking Douaumont. Next came the division commanded by General Passage, made up of troops from every section of France. Next was the division commanded by General Bardmelle, composed of troops of the line and light infantry. A batallion of Singalese also took an eGual part in the attack. “On the 23d the troops were in place. The hour had been set at 11:40 A, M. on the 24th. The action was to assume two phases. The first stroke would be to take the quarries of Hardaumont, the height north of the ravine of Dame, the intrenchment north the farm of Thiaumont, the battery of la Fausee-Cote, the ravine of Bazite; then in the second phase after an hour's stop to consolidate the first conquest, the forces were to push on to the crest of the heights to the north of the ravine of Cobeuvre, the village of Douaumont, the F6rt of Deuaumont, the dam and pond of ;v'aux and on to the battery of Dam- o Oct. 24 came. A thick fog pre- vailed and covered the valleys and hills. The commander, however, did not modify his orders and 11:40 A. M. the attack was launched in the fog. The artillery increased its range. Observation by airplanes and other observers was very difficult. The aviators went up and descended very low to follow the operations. The telephone lines were broken every moment or so, but communication was roaintained by carrier pigeons by op- tieal observation, . and acoustic ar- rangements which permitted the car- rying out in detail of the difficult phases of the battle as planned. We accomplished the first object of the first phase with insignificant losses and imediately started for the second objective. “At 2:30 P. M. the fog lifted, and the observers could see a magic spec- tacle. It was our soldiers, filing like so many ehadows along the crest of Douaumont, approaching the fort from all sides. Arriving at the fort, thev quickly established themselves within, and through the glasses could be seen the long columns of prison- ers as they filed out. “The Fourth Regiment charged with taking the quarries of Haudromont, went beyond their objective, which was the trench of Balfourier. The division under General Guyot de Sal- ins had taken Thiaumont and Douau- mont, while that of Passage had seized the wood of Caillette and ad- vanced to the heights of the ravine of Fausse-Cote. “In the taking of the revine of Fontaine energetic resistance was en- countered. The position to the right of Fort Vaux also resisted a.long time ‘before being taken. The Savoyards of the Twentieth Regiment finally ch: and captured the battery of loup, and so it was that in a few hours the victory was complete. “It was the battalion of Nicolai of the Moroccan regiment which had the glory of taking Douaumont. Some of the enemy remained intrenched in the casement of the fort. On the morning of the 25th the fort was freed entirely of the enemy. The enemy counterattacked on Haudro- mont and on Damloup on the 25th, but in both instances was repulsed with great loss. “The French losses in the whole attack did not equal half the number of prisoners taken by us. The Com- mander-in-Chief who_assisted in the battle with General Petain expressed his deep appreciation of the magnifi- cent way in which the French deliv- ered the attack. “The recapture of Fort Vaux fol- lowed closely the victory of Douau- mont. Reduced by the precision of our artillery preparation and the con- €tant pressuré of our infantry, Vaux was plucked like a ripe apple in the evening of Nov. 2. General Nivelle and General Mangin ordered our line to retire a little to the rear, about {200 meters to the south of the fort, so as to permit the unrestrajned pre- paration by our artillery. he con- nection between “the advancing di- visions was made at the dam on_the side of the Pond of Vaux. On Nov. 2 the Germans evacuated the fort, and in doing so relieved us of ‘the neces- sity of executing our planned attack. Our soldiers penetrated the moats, and from them proceeded into the fort. Vaux was ours without a shot. IThe seizure was easily an episode in five days the French recaptured all that the enemy had taken eight months to accomplish, eight months which for him were months of prodi- glous effort and unheard-of losses.” Peruvians Study Tobacco. The government of Peru has issued an order through the Department of Fomento, commissioning two Peruvi- {an graduate students to spend a_year in Cuba in a_ practical study of the cultivation and manufacture of to- bacco. The order, as published in Kl Peruano, indicates that tie Peruvian government believes the expense of this commission will prove a profitable investment. 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