Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 13, 1917, Page 4

‘Buile n Busin . Bulletin Willimantic Telephone 2t SO orial. 3 Uétin Job Offica 35-2. Otfice, 67" Church St 1.1 is considered the local Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty- five and sizty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin 1Is nlh‘; in ev GERMANY’'S ANSWER. If an answer was being awalted rel- ative to what Germany was going to do about passing the Belgian relief ships, it must be looked upon as hav- ing been given by the treatmernt which was accorded the Storstad. This was a Norwegian vessel but was engaged in Belgian relief work and was on its way to Rotterdam with a cargo of maize for the people of Belgium hav- ing come from South America and was taking the mortherly route in accord- ance with ‘German orders. The vessel was not only fiying the Norweglan flag but it was also carry ing the flag of the Belgian relief com- mission and both of these with the name. of vessel and the service it was engaged in were painted on its sides. The vessel was bound for a neutral port ‘and its cargo could in no way have been diverted to use by the al- es. The sinking of this fessel like the destruction of the other grain ships by the German submarines shows what an attitude Berlin is taking towards the carrying of relief to the nation which has been so unjustly and harsh- ly treated. Germany is not only doing its utmost to depopulate and impov- erish Belgium but it is blocking at every opportunity whatever efforts are being made to relieve the suffer- ings of non combatant people and the denial of such aid is simply piling up the number of outrages which have been committed against them since the opening of the war, and it is a blow which redults in no military ad- vantage to' the aggressor and.which is no way handicaps their opponents. AFTER-THE-WAR PROBLEMS. Many have asked:thé question, Af- ter the war, what And Jmany are stii! asking it. = Well, there will ‘be many changes after the war and it is impossible to tell today just what they will be. It is impossible to say what the. territorial limits of the dif- ferent belligerent countries will even- tually be, any more than it can be told just what it will cost to repair the dameage that has been done by the armies, or what the burden of taxa- tion is going to be for the people of the several countries and how long it will last in order to recoup the finan- cial losses that have been occasioned by the war. But each and every one of the countries, as well as many of the neu- trals, is bound to feel the effects for e long period of years o come. It will be handed on from generation io generation. This is always to be exvected when nothing in the way of life and ex- pense is allowed to stand in the way of victory. Some idea of what it is going to mean can be gathered from the establishment of a new pension plan in Great Britain under which privates totally disabled will receive a minimum weekly sum of $6.87 or an alternate pension based on their earn- ings previous to the war. It is esti- mated according to this plan that it will - cost $125,000,000 the first year and gradually decrease thereafter, but that is only one of the many wavs in which money raised by takation will lave to be used following the ‘war. ere’ are the widows and orphans, the great war debts, the destroyed villages and cities to be restored, to say nothing of the wrecked factories And_enterprises which must be rees- tablished. The after-the-war problem is almost asdifficult to imagine as some of the conditions which actually -exist among the countries at war. & e gl i ‘MONEY FOR FLOOD CONTROL. In spite of the demand which exist- ed that the last consress curb its in- ciinations to authorizs the expendi- ture of money which must be raised by bond issues and special taxa‘ion for profects which might be_delayed with- out working any harm to the country, it s 060,000 for the purpose of controll- that the states or the towns in the danger zome must interest in the work and bear a cer- tain part of' the burden and it will be the willingness -en- part of such interests: which will determine the of ‘the governmrent grant. % phidernvs Tn looking abaut for methods of de- creasing the .cost of liviig and over- coming the great amount of waste which takes place throughout the country each vear, it is not surprising that the department of agriculture cails attention'to skimmed milk, which it figured is’ thrown away to the extent of 17,000,000,000 gallons every twelve months. With the price -of milk advancing this is one of the ways in ‘which the consumer can bring about a Saving but it would alsc mean the prevention ‘that are an .of a large amount of waste on the part of those who have large quanti- ties of it and have no other use for it than to feed it to the pigs or throw it away. It wasn't S0 many" years ago that certain peddlers found it profit- able to make a business of . selling skimmed milk. There ars those to- day who sell it for what it actually is but according to the.department’s fig- ures there is an opportunity for many more to engage in that b ess. Carc must be taken to see that it is not palmed off for the real article but with proper supervision this can be gowern- ed and what is now a l0ss turned to a profit. . . The skimmed product yields & con- siderable amount of protein as well as properties that make it not only proper but. of value as a’ factor in nourishment. - Food can be greatly im- proved If it is used in place of water. The higher cost of living ought to re- duce the annual waste which takes place in this respect and certainly it would in no way be injurious to the health. PROPER SENATORIAL MATERIAL. At tifs time when a dozen senators have come in for so much ecriticism for the unpatriotic stand which they +took relative to-the armed neutrality bill calling forth. as it @id not only condemnation from the states which they represented but from. the whole eountry, it is refreshing to know that some of them at least are be re- B _eenators who m:,’g opinions. These states must con- gratulating themselves that the change has been made and that they will get henceforth representation which is in accord with their ideas. This is particularly true in the case of Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, who succeeds Senator Clapp. He is by no means unknown for he has figured in the limelight of publicity through his activities as federal prosecutor, but he dispfays his Americanism In the proper manner, when in a- letter writ- ten since he was sworngin as a na- tional legislator he says: “I certainly shall vote for an armed neutrality bill which . authorizes the president to arm merchant ships to protect American lives against unlaw- ful attack by submarines if such a bill again comes before the senate. I will not vote to prevent Americans from traveling upon merchant or passenger ships of belligerent, neutral of Ameri- can registry or to close the oceans to American commerce. I shall never lend my influence to make this great and enlichtened democracy the first nation to take the backward step and close the pathways of the oceans at the request of any or all belligerent nations. “I will not vote for a referendum on the question of war or to submit to a plebiscite the question of whether this country will protect its citizens. The Constitution of the United States places the power and responsibility of declaring war in congress.” That has the proper ring. It is straightforward and pointad and indi- sates that Minnesota has sent to the senate the material which is needed in the makeup of that body. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Sym- pathy is inadequate compensation for being an under dos. It begins to look as if the Turks were preparing to announce that Bas- dad was of no further . strategic im- portance. There is one thing about it, if Bul- garia decides to sever relations with this country, it will not very seriously interfere with American shisping. The: blaming of the Dardanelles fai! ure upen Kitchener is like finding a dead engineer to have been the cause of a railroad wreck. The dead can put in no defense. In view of the extensive plotting which Germany is doing, it wouldn't be surprising if its influence was play- ing a part in the revival of the Irish question at this time. From the way in, which the Missou- ri legislature turned down a vote of confidence for Senator Stone,the leg- islators of that state have apparently been shown some things. 5 The appeal which has been made to the American press ‘the secrets of the preparations whi¢h this courmtry is making for its prots n be not di- vuiged ought to command respect from coast to coast and border to border. Now it is claimed that Germany- is promising Guatemala to Mexico if it can conquer it, and at the #me time it is doing its best to foment trouble in the other Central American coun- tries. Why ‘not give the whole of North America to Mexico and then tax Carranza’s vernment to ~death to help pay”for the gift? that _as he was the task was declared ‘that such a lost her wits: ‘woman should have \TRIA with MRS. VERNCN CASTLE FIFTH EPISODE OF THIS GREAT SERIAL IN THREE REELS The Auditorium Now Has a Tejephone for Its Patrons’ Use. “Suddenly Imogene had an inspira- |p, boil: tion. She eaid she gvould pour ing water on the ground while I chop- J that fult of water and an ax and do dym- King | nastics without ittracting attention. bulbs into thinking that spring had come! ~ N “Imogene filled a dozen pots with ‘bulbs and then rs be- gan to come over and ask whether the city had been consulted abo@t our us- ing the back yard as a burial ground. T did not _blame them, for Imogene had caused the than of all work to excavate a gravelike hole to accom- modate the pots.. Then she had the earth put over them and the piace covered with leaves to prevent freez- ing. she said. After that she waited until to-day, ‘hen ske decided it was time to proceed to the next stage. “She said she chose to-day to start digging up the bulbs because it was so very wintry that it made one think of spring. After she tflnl!‘klnfly People roundabout telephoned all their’ friends to hurry over and see the show.. % “Finally T managed to hack out a large chunk of earth and we eased out a flower pot, But when we gouged off the frozen covering the three inches of bulb shoot al y started came away also. Thereupdn Imogene burst into sobs and catst herself upon my chest, at the same time dropping the teakettle in such a way that the con- tents went down the imside of my shoe. I added an intricate and en- tirely original dance to the already elaborate program.® So Imogene wiil have to buy her flowers of the florist after ail!” “I believe she will enjoy that better, any way,” said the Woedlawn man.— Chicago News. Universal Miiitary Training. Mr. Editor: I am writing you on the assumption that yourself and e principle citizens of your community, are always willing to do what you can for your own town and that you are especially willing to lend your in- fluence to anything which - will pro- mote the security and save the lives of your fellow citizens. You are doubtless aware that we are at a critical time in our life as a na- tion, far more critical than most men realize. A navy sufficient to restore our safety at sea is vet to e buiit. Last year's scheme {0 zive us an army has failed. Even if the regular army as provided by the- legislation of the last session of consress were sufficient in size to repel an invasion the rate at. which recruiting proceeds presages failure, and_the mobilization of the National Guard on thc border proves conclusively that if our nation depends upon such a system for defense this fallacy will produce immense disas- ters in the future, as it has done in the past. Of the total number on the rolls of the National Guard at the call £r mo- bilization nearly 47,657 wers lost on account of physical gisability, or for other reasons. Of the total number who went to the border 128,000—nearly one-half, or 60,000 were without any military training; 56,813 had never fired a mil- itary rifle, and only 37 per cent. of those who were enrolled when the cali came were mustered into the service. Therefore, had our troops been called upon to face the troops of a first class, or even a second class power, the most appalling slaughter of our own people would have been inevita- ble. These figures are significant, but they are especially prophetic ~when you recall that in peace times one foreign nation can land $27,000 trained soldiers on our Atlantic coast in 46 days, another nation at present can land 238,000 seasoned troops om our Pacific coast in 63 days. Is it wise jonger to leave our homes and our families unprotected when we can so easily raise an effective barrier against war's reaching to our own shores? Universal military training and ser- vice is now our only safeguard against general disaster should war come with a first class military power. Without it we will never have an army suffi- clent to Inspire the respect of preda- tory nations, and in the name of hu- manity and of patriotism, I ask you for the sake of the men and women of your own .city, to zive your influ- ence to bring about this much needed change in our military system. If war comes as the result of our present, al- most criminal negligence it will carry off the young men of your city just as have past wars, so what better ser- vice could you render vour fellow eit zens than by helpinz So to shape con- ditions that we shall be madertoo se- cure to warrant any natién in atfack- ing us? Yours very truly, - HENRY A. WISE WOOD, Chairman. New York, March 2, 1917. Some Windham County Farms. Mr. Editor: Farming in eastern Con- necticut has become a thing of the past. The land has been so long neg- Jected it will not produce a fair crop. "Some recommend sheep-raising; this cannot be done. The ravages from dogs have demonstrated in the last few years that this project is a disast- rous failure. Tt is simply a loss of time and money for farmers to think of raising sheep. Some of the land has so_long been neglected that it is a loss to a man t6 try to make a suc- cess of farming in this vicinity. There is one town in Windham county which has a tract or zone of 4,000 or more acres which is sadly neglected. - Sixty vears ago this tract of land supported 20 yokes of oxen and 756 head of other cattle. This same tract has not®sesn a yoke of.oxen on it for years. Tt has now not to ex- ceed 15 head of catle and one pair of horses which works on the, road team- ing most of the time: These farms 50 or 60 years ago were all well fenced with wooden rails cut from the farm. Now these fences have all rotted down and no fences are on these farms. The pastures on these farms were kept clear. of brush. Now those pas- tures have all grown up to bushes, Dfllfifl and brambles and will not feed cattle. broad field is the crack of the sports- Nearly ome-half of the in “this tract of land ‘rted. These must man's gun. farms nam are now mow be fenced to divide the tfrom the mowing land. A ire Trace must be used which will cost a large sum’of money as the wood lots have all been cut over and there is no tim- ber with which to make fence rails. A large amount of labor must used to get this land so it will be productive. There is no barn fertili- zer on this land and some of it has been neglected for 40 years or more, so a chance for good crops is out of the question. This land has become sword-bound and must be plowed deep and harrowed up before it is in con- dition to plant. This requires teams and labor to do it. Where are the teams and labor to do this work? Un- less this land is fertilize{ when pre- pared it will raise a small and poor ercp. - & The men on these farms are poor men and have little money to fix up these farms. These farmers cannot afford to buy horses to dv this work, ‘The only way is for them to raise oxen and do this work. These farms navc gone to waste and ruin and no effort en the part of the owners can save them from almost total loss. If these farms are ever saved from utter de- struction it must be done by some form of county or state paternalism. Count agents, granges and agricul- tura] societies may resolve what ought to be done, but work is the only sal- vation. If county or state aid could be furnished in tlie shape of labor to help these farmers out something might be done. It is work! work! on these farms that will make them worth something. Resolutions by con- ventions of agricultural societies will noizn save these farms from decay and ruin. . Danielson, March 12, 1917, That Petition for Addie Burns’ Release _Mr. Editor: The signinz of a peti- tion for the release 6f Addie Burns, by a few names conspicucus in Norwich society, by no means expresses the opinions of a vast number of mothers whose daughters’ vocations daily bring them into contact with the lieutenants and assistants of such creatures as Addie Burns. Why such morbid sentimentality! In the sentence Christ would have im- posed upon her there is not a trace of leniency, charity or mercy—only death. Why do we have any laws if they are not to be fulfilled? Would the mother of the little child whose bright young life was so horri- bly blackened by that most heinous crime of Addie Burns consider her to- tally bad? Would the grief-stricken relatives and former friends of little Mary Ba- ker—the noble little girl whose loyai consideration of them failed to reveal her identity, her birth record, and her whereabouts and brought a light sen- tence upon those guilty of the same crime as Addie Burns—sign that peti- tion? If a ray of repentance has lightened the conscience of Addie Burns she has found more peace and joy within those prison walls than she ever realized before and the remaining years will do more for her. B. C. A. Norwich, March 12, 1917. l_sronm.sormzwm' The Armenian uation. The following communication just received by cable from Lord Bryce, gives an unusually clear statement of th_Armenian situation.” In the history of the early Christian church there are no figures so glorious, none which have continued to be so much honored by the church all trough its latter days as those of the martyrs, men and women who from the time of Nero down to that Dio- cletian sealed with their blood the tes- timony to their faith withstanding every lure and every threat in order to preserve their loyalty to their Lord and Master Christ. In‘our own times we have seen this example of fidelity repeated in the ‘Turkish Empire and it is strange that of Europe and America ‘been more b3 of courage and heroic de- rmenian Christians The only sound in this once |h: in many thousands have died as mar! by which I men they Have died, their Christian faith when they could have saved their lives by reno it This has perhaps not been one creed and no differences between one class of subjects and another. They saw that the Christian part of the popultion suffering under constant oppression and cruelties, continued to tur its eyes westward and hope for some redress fro mthe Christian na- tions; so they determined to eliminute Christianity altogether. During these recent massacres wheri- ever any Christian would turn Moham- medan his life was spared. It was only as a Christian that he was killed. Many a Christian child was torn frcm its, parents to be brought up as a Mussulman. Thousands of Armenian Christian girls were sold in the marke or distributed among Turkish officers to be imprisoned for life .in Turkish harems and there forced into Moham- medanism. But many more thousands of Armenians, women as well as men, were offered their choice between Christ and Mohammed and when they refused Mohammed were shot or drowned forthwith. For days and days together the bodies of Christian women who had thus perished were seen floating down the Euphrates. Surely the remains of this suffering nation could make no stronger appeal for pity and help to the Christians of It is still a sorely afflicted remnant. { America than they make through thesc martyr deaths. Only a remnant is now left to whom charity can be extended. Some in territory occupied by the Rus. sian agmy though safe fro mtheir fe- rocioud enemies are in sad need of help to rebuild their homes and cultivate once more their ravaged fields. The condition of others is even worse. They are barely supporting life in the deserts of Northern Syria where their oppressors watch their sufferings under hunger and diseasq and refuse to al- leviate their agonies. There is still however a chance for relief to reach them and their friends in Europe hope that generous charity of America much as it has already done will Tespond once more to the appeal made to it to send aid to these helpless survivors of an gncient Christian people. e e —— \ OTHER VIEW POINTS LA We are not discussing with Dr. Zimmermann, the German foreign secrefary, the proposed corruption of Mexico And other nations in this hem- sphere 2s a legitimate or illegitimate war measure. We are discussing it as an -act of treachery undertaken at a moment when he and his associates were professing undying friendship for this country. There is nothing to be gained by attempting to lie out of it— New Haven Journal-Courier. If there are those who think more of some other country than the one which has-given them sustenance and protection, they should be held ac- countable for. the deeds which give advantage to the foreign foe. There is one way in which epies and traitors can be reduced to a minimum. The method of elimination is grim but necessary. It ought to be employed at once if this country is to be spared further horror and bloodshed.—Meri- den Record. In view of the maudlin sentiment lavished upon crinfinals in our dgy, it is interesting to find in 'om Sawyer” evidence of a more robust and sane attitude in an earlier time as revealed in Mark Twain’s withering depiction of a local excitement as fol- lows: “The petition had been largely signed; many tearful and eloquent meetings had been held, and a com- mittee of snappy women had been ap- poigled to go in deep mourning and wail around the governor, and im- plore him to be a merciful ass and trample his duty under foot. Injun Joe was believed to have killed five citizens of the village, but what of that? If he had been Satan himself there would have been nty of weaklings ready to scribble _their names to a pardon petition, and drip a tear on it from their permanently impaired and leaky water Works. Torrtngtoh Register. Civil Service Commissioner Alcorn is quoted in the Hartford Courant as recommending the repesl of the civil service law and the abolition of the Be Sure— Get “Duffy’s” No chance of failure to obtain the whiskey madehfi:::il::dnna! pur- poses only, the. ysicians rec- ommend in illness, when you call far Duffy’s METRO AND PARAMOUNT FEATURE FILM PLAYS TODAY Al - BLANCHE SWEET _“THE STORM” FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN AND BEVERLY BANE in THE CREAT SECRET COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY . hh “A Wife By Proxy’ 2R DAVIS 'iH[ATRr : Today and Tomorrow d 3—BIG KEITH ACTS—3 TRIANGLE PHOTOPLAYS CHURCH TRAINER TRIO Three Merry Men in a Comedy Scenic DUPREE & DUPREE A Novelty in the Art of Cycling FRANK KEENANWN in “THE CRAB"— TRIANGLE COMEDY || commission. The law has been tor- pedoed and the commission is float- ing around in a water-logged boat to no purpose, It ought to be rescued and relieved. S@me time a new civil service craft should be fitted out. Perhaps this Legislature will do it. More likely it will be found to be sud- fering from the prevailing complaint that commissions serving the state without salary ought not to be em- barrassed by the merit system. In that case we may have to wait till the Democrats get in and sweep the of- fices. Then civil service reform will be popular again.—Waterbury Ameri- can. Governor Whitman could not do better than to urge the Legislature of New York to pass the bill now before it providing for a military census of New York state similar to that which has been and is being taken in Con- necticut. Incidentally he could not do better than to recommend that Newy, York import some Connecticut talent to direct the work but that is entirely another story. When the Connecticut census is complete it will be possible, on a very few hours’ no- tice to sive exact figures on the num- ber of men which Connecticut could furnish for any given work, whether it operation of wireless apparatus, handling small boats, driving an ar tomobile or what not. The value of such information available instantly cannot be esti- mated and Connecticut owes a large debt of gratitude to those who are performing this work so efficiently and so intelligently.—Hartford Post. Anybody who studies the mortality statistics in Connecticut will be quick- ly convinced that our automobile law is at fault. The number of accidents due to speeding is shocking. It is all very well to blame the police and au thorities, yet the fact is that the pres- ent law is very difficult of enforce- ment, and a comparison of the num- ber of accidents here with the number in other states where a definite speed limit is observed, will show that it is the law, not the authorities, which is at_fault. The call for the regulation of head- lights is practically unanimous. There is no reason for the dangerous, glar- ing headligh}s now so commonly in use, which blind all approaching traf- fic. There are on the market scores of regulatory devices, most of which are sufficient to remedy the evil. The use of such devices, or the dimming of headlights should be made mandatory. The change in the manner of dealing with automobile cases has been antici- pated by Secretary of State Frederick Perry ,who is holding his automobile court in the various county seats, in- stead of requiring offenders and wit- nesses from all parts of the state to journey to Hartford to attend hear- ings. This is an immense improvement in the situation. Perhaps the legisla- Vocal . Offering NIANOA In Hawaiian Songs and Music “Simple Life” Five Part Tri CONCERT ORCHESTRA ngle Foature ture will*do ho more .in this . respect than to require by law what Secretary Perry has already provided by com- mon sense, and perhaps also to im- pose an additional penalty in,manda- tory forfeiture of license upon con- viction for drunken driving.—Bridge- port Telegram. From the Consular Reports. Chinese barbers in (Mukden have discarded the old Chinese razor, pan and stool and are using mirrors, old style American chairs, foreign razors, towels and cheap toilet requisites. Blockade restrictions on the impor- tation of clover seed into Norway have been abolished. Canada is beginning to develop a toy industry A - Desperate Editor. The editor of the Sevierville Vind cator cheerily announces .that he will try to get along somehow, notwith- standing the bone-dry law, i{f he has to spend his sumers In Kentucky and his winters In Florida.—Knoxville Sentinel. Chilly In Name Only. Miss Icy Frost, a student at De Pauw University, and Miss - Snow , an instructor in the Ridgeviile visited over Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Frost of East High street—Portland n. -~ eaten every ( , day —will help you K stay well. 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