Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 14, 1917, Page 4

480, 1 oors 33-8. ’gu'h"-‘(‘ll- Job Orfics 33-2. Office, §7 Church St 210-2. - Wednesday, March 14, 1917. e e e rhatasnt circwation ot aby paper 1n Bastern n of paper ticut and from three to four larger than that of any in jorwich. It is delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,053 houses n Nor- Wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivcred tu_over 900 houses, and Danlelson to over and in all of these places it 18 considered tbe local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- towns, one hundred and sixty- postoftice districts, and sixty free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every and on all of he R. F. D Toutes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1001, aVerage..iieicccceeniee 4412 5,920 9,349 NOTIFYING THE WORLD. In sending out notice to all the gov- ‘ernments of the world, the United has taken the proper precau- relative to the course it is pur- " Suing in the matter of arming its mer- 3 for defense. It tells mnot | Only those which are the cause of the #t8p Deing taken but it informs all the belligerents_as well as the neu- ‘trals that this country has not aban- . its rights and that it does not | infend to be frighteried into doing so. purpose is clear and above board. dntends t6 stand up for and insist upon getting the respect to which it _ is entitled. This it has endeavored to ‘secure through diplomatic channels 4 the holding of other nations to obligations in regard to inter- law, but falling in that it has ed to back it up by force. It . éalling for anything unreasonablé, isn't asking for special favors and _ it doesn’t propose to exceed its rights, Hut it does propose to resist what it being made to suffer, through loss ts subjects and property, when one 3 t is attempting to include it &ia plans for striking at its ene- There is no other course which it | ean creditably take, when it is told ~ that its vessels will be sunk without | any precautions being taken to deter- | mine whether the agsressor is right %Z,' not, and without any effort being ~ made to save the lives inyolved. This | eountry is not trying to get into the War. It is simply insisting upon re- #Spect for the rights which other na- | tions have admitted belong to it and | @greed to recognize and it has now " given notice to all as to how it in- tends to doit. THE BAGDAD VICTORY. By the capture of the city of Bagdad from the Turks, the British have not Only retrieved the honors lost when | Genmeral Townshend was defeated, forced to retreat’ and finally to sur- render. They have done even more _ for they bave captured one of the im- Portant Turkish centers in that part _ of Asia Minor and have apparently thrown the Turkish forces into con- fusion and that promises to be one of ‘the greatest results of the whole achievement. ‘Where the British will stop, or be stopped, is by no means indicated by the reports that are coming from S i Maude, for not only are the “Purks fleeing in the same sort of dis- order that has been apparent since they lost Kut-el-Amara but the Rus- : are showing an activity which % 15 meeting with much the same sort Of success that is attending the Brit- h and it cannot be long before there 1 be a union of those forces. | The loss of Bagdad is therefore a jous blow to the Turks. It is one lof the important victories in that part lof the war zone and the broken moé- [ Fale of the Turks places that empire o in a serious position, which ecannot fail to give Constantinople and the _céntral powers as well much concern 6 what the outcome is going to be. inly Turkey is going to require the resources in men and equip- that it can muster to check this sniace in the east for it Is not simply falling back by the Ottoman troops it & complete rout, which should put ‘end to that dream of German dom- on from the North sea to the Per- gulf. GERMANY'S NEW PLEA. may be relying upon thb - to respect international law deliberate course in try put any reliance live up to its obligations amendments? PATROL VESSELS., A needed step towards proper pre- paredness is that which has been taken by Secretary Danfels of the navy do- partment to secure the early con- struction of & large fleet of light, fast patrol vessels for the giving of the ports and coasts of this country the protection against any submarine at- tacks which may be made upon its shipping. In this respect the government shows that it has profited by the ex- perience which countries already af war have had in this direction. It is unwise to send out the a none too swift warships for such dlity. They turnish as admirable a target as do merchantmen, and while they may be adequately armed and prepared for fghting off the submarine it has been fully demonstrated in the Mediterra- nean, when three warships were con- voying a transport, that it did not de- ter the underwater boat commander from getting into a position Where he ©could launch a torpedo with disastrous results against the convoyed ship. It is the speedy, shallow vessel car- rying sufficient protection In the way of guns that is required for the run- ning down of the subsea boats. They cannot be reached by the torpedoes because they do not set deep enough in the water and while the submarine captains may be fearless they do not have the temerity to remaln on the surface as a target long enough to Eive the chasers an opportunity to get a fair shot at them. It is the fast U- boat chasers which are demanded for dealing with such a menace and the proposed fleet of 100 of such vessels could be doubled or trebled without providing any too many of them. PRESIDENT CARRANZA. Ot course Venustiano Carranza will have grounds for believing that the people of Mexico are solidly back of him when he looks upon the result of the election in which he was almost unanimously chosen president of the Mexican republic by a million or so votes. It is claimied to. have differcd from some of the previous- elections from the fact that there was no co- ercion used, or at least none appeared on the surface, however one may care t6 look upon that phase of the battle of ballots. But it is an auspicious start which is thus given to the constitutional presidency of Carranza. It was un- doubtedly one of the casiest problems which he had to solve in connection with the change from a de facto gov- ernment. There are reasons which are perfectly apparent why Carranza should have been chosen for the office to which he has been elected. He has made a long and persistent fight for it. He can, if he will, bring about many important réfornis In that Reigh- boring republic and in such efforts he i8 bound tb have the best wishes of all his friends and neighbors. How he will administer the dutles, take care of the interests of Mexico at home and abroad and overcome the long per- iod of revolution that has torn the country asunder remains to be seen. There is a long struggle ahead and Carranza will have a chance to dem- onstrate whether he has the inclina- tion and ability to respond to the great obligations which he assumes. The United States has always been well disposed towards Mexico even though its attitude has not always ‘been reciprocated and it will not only be interested in, but antious to lend its influence to that country in every worthy ambition. EDITORIAL NOTES. It looks as if Germany was playing the dual role of Jack Spratt and his wife with Beigium as the platter. der such All that 18 Fequired 15 a pleasant day to demonstrate the fact that there is no car shortage in the automobile tine. e e Just as rice was being resorted to to reduce the. cost 6f INdng, miore places are passing ordinances prohib- iting its use at weddings. The man on the ¢orner says: There may be substitutes for foodstuffs, but there is_nothing which really takes the placé of things to eat. When the Dominican republic lopped off a number who had been on its pay roll but actually did nothing, it set an example to a 16t 6¢ other governments. It remains to be seen now whether Villa will be any better satisfied with Carranza as a cohstitutional president than he was whén he was in the de- facto class. e Now that a New Jersey girl has been rewatded fof an act of courtesy by & gift of $38,000, will such larse tips be requfréd fof Eifilar acts Hence- forth in that vicinity? Carranza has been elected constitu= tional president of Mexieo, but it wasn't sueh o SUFDFiSe to the people that they stayed K up until morning waiting for the fetdrns. i, It begins to lobk as if those who criticised Congressman Gardner for | reign presenting the need df preparedness in emphatic terms a yeaf or so ago, ought now to come forwafd and apologizs. But for the faet that bigger things have occupied the attention, the past week would, #¢ it followed precedent, have been devoted to a discussioh of a change in the date for inaugurations. . B e If the back yards ama vacant fots are filled Wih all tfié good intentions which exist today by those who have orning my faithful car right where I left it. I could devote my spare time to busi- ness. But things are different now. I go nearly crazy worrying about that chauffeur!” “Why don't you get a good one?” “He is good! The trouble is liv- ing up to him. It isn't possible to use that car every minute of the day, and, belleve me, when you're paying emperor's wages t oan employe you've sot to give him something to do or he loses respect for you! No real chauf- feur is going to regard his employer with anything like awe if he has to kill time playing pool or counting the buttons on his coat. “After at my office more Ings I try to settle down to work and then the horrible thought of James overwhel me and I call up the house. rothy,’ I ask my wife, ‘why aren’t you using the car?” “7T have been out’ Dorothy wails. ‘Tve been to market and stopped at the dressmaker’s and made James run me through the park and I just had to come home, Lionel! Unless I take It Qetracts from my fun at the thea- ter when I recall James hanging out- side in the rain or snow sleepliy wait- ing for me and cursing me under his breath.I never enjoy a midnight res taurant supper any more because I can feel James' reproachful eyes gla>- ing through the walls at me. YoX can’t make him hang around too often. either, or he’ll quit. Heil say his health won’t stand it. “He's worse than the span of blood- ed horses that everybody formerly owned and which couldn’t be driven too fast or left out in the sun or let stand in the snow and altogether were a perfect nuisance So far as being er joved was concerned! When I ac tually do have uee for that limousine I usually ecan’t get it, because James ig eating his dinner or taking a nap or seeing about repairs. So it's grad- ually wearing me out. That car gets me coming or going! Say, but don’t I wish I had that rurabout again! vou'll get used to vour lux- ury,” ‘comforted the man with the light cigar. “Tt just takes time to sink in, that's alli"—Chicago News. THE WAR PRIMER By National Gecgraphic Soclety The Senussi—The defeat of the Se- nussi at Gibra, in Egypt, by the Brit- ish forces brings again to notice this fanatical group of Moslems about whom there has grown up such a for- midable body of legend and myth, and whose last ~appearance priminently was during the Turso-Italian war of 1911-1812 Of them the National Geo- graphic society, with headquarters in Washington, says: - “The sect of the Senussi was found- ed in 1835 by Sldi Mahomed bin Ali es Senussi, commonly known at Sheikh Senussi. He was an Arab, born in Mostaganem not long before the dom- ination of that country passed from Tupkish’ to French hands. He was counted a lineal descendant of the Prophet and as a_youth he gained a great reputation for sanctity at Fez. He begar his propaganda at Mecca, where his marked success provoked much jealousy among his rivals, and he was compelled to leave the holy city, makink his way to Egypt. This hegira he did not neglect to turn to his own benefit through the inevitable comparison which it enabled to make between himself and the child Jesus, who has a high place in the Moslem calendar of holy men. “At Alexandria Senussl established a zawla, or monastery, which attracted a large number of zeaiots. The Sheikh ul Islam at Cairo—not to be confound- ed with the similar heirarch at Con- stantinople—excommunicated Senussl, Who fled across the Lybian desert to Jebelel Ahkdar, near Benghazi, on the north coast of the Tripolitain. Here he set up another zawal and repeated the successes which had attended him at Alexandria. Here, too, he died in 1859 in the oder of samcti and doubtless also amid the inuumerable other aro- mas which are characteristic of the Bast. He was succeeded by his son, Mahomed, who ruled the sect until 1902, and Whose successor has not even yet been completely identified. The doctrine of Sheikh Senussi was (1) to free the Moslem faith from the many abuses which had crep it; (2) to re- store the purity of the faith under a universal leader; (3) to libérate all Moslem communities and especially those in Africa from foreign rule; ail this to be accomplished by a wide- spread Jehad, or Holy , _after which Islam, under one leader—pre- sumably Senussi himsélf—was to be celansed and purified and restored to its primitive austerity and vigor. “On his death bed Sheikh - Senussi proclaimed his soh and successor Ma- homed to be the long-expected Mahdi, whose advent had been prophesied by the founder of the faith. This proph- ecy says that a great prophet shall arise,who will be the the Prophet him- self reincarnated, shortly Béfore the end of the world; and that under his leadership the whole of mankind shall bé gathered into the fold of Allah. The circumstances of M ‘Senussi’ early life coincide with qualifica- tions by which the great mm declared that the new leadef t be singled out. His parents were named Mahomed and _Fatima, as had _been forstold; he was a direct déscendant of Mahomed; he had lived for seyeral years as a hermit; he had the :glav-nfl open flhla lbltn %\‘. luyd. e V-shaped openini s the purple mole bétween his Shouiders which signified the favor of Allah. It is mot strenge ‘therefore, it his ap- peal to the fana 2y shuch as to give the Seniissi fiu highest power under his rule; for he was, {i adai- tion, & man of M‘m ohality and of remarkable foresight was also an excellent organizer and adinifistra- tor. thin tWo years 6f his aceession he was so strong that he 1aimed B s ul Ma; ul Smmander 5t the faithbul, on Account of \le clssanem of his Felations with e European powers; and du travelers have fgenerally borne witness _that ‘admittedly pos- sessed among co-religionists a power greater than of either Mahdi or Khalif. : ‘He early abandofied Benghazi as his seat of power and built at Jagh- bub a strongly fortified awia. z This cénter of Moslém fanaticism is located northeast of the oasis of Siwab, on th frontier between the Tri ince of Benghazi and were established factoriés duction of firearms, waF d&pots, gatablishme . _other _manufac- tures S ot into Orlental language as the symbol of overflowing riches At the zawaia were many slaves who, with the ani- mals, were branded to signify conse- cration to Islam. No European has ever set foot in Jarabub. nor has any European eyve even lighted upon its walls. Nachti- gal, Duverien and Rohifs ali cssayed the journey, but all were turned back by the brotherhood before even sight- ing the goal. In all the wars which have taken place in the region fruit- less attempts have been made to in- trigue with the Senussi, especially by the Germans, but to no avail. If they are now fighting, it is under the ban- mer of Isiam and(in defense of the faith—not for the benefit of any for- eign nation. Among the Senussi are no poor; they harbor no hermits nor would-be sairts; there is a keen sense of hus mor, sxpressing itself chiefly in sons: their only dissipations are tea and perfumery; they do not smoke, and. of course, like ali good Moslems, they use no aicohol. They speak a Tunisian Arabic dialect, they are physically well set up and smart, and above all they are convinced that Africa belongs to the Prephet and one day shall ail be s, It was due to them that the strons- s’ ‘resistance to the Italian invasion in 1911 arose in Benghazi and there was alwavs during that year of war a dreadful fear that the Senussi in force would one day sally forth from their oasis swinging the great green banner of Islam and waging the holy war for which they have waited so long. Their strength was unknown and, like all things unknown, it inspired terror. It may be that their defeat at Gibra has broken their spell.” OTHER VIEW POINTS The Vermont Central railroad i hard up or it has lost fear of the legislature. It has taken off the train which runs up on the west side of the mountains to Burlington, carrying the legisiator from the towns by the way, and taking them down on the east side to Montpelier, the capital. It used to run every day and back; now it is taken off except Mondays and Fridays, ‘60 that the legislators have to stay in Montpelier during the week. There is some kicking about it. Qth- ers thing it is a Bood thing. e American’s old graduate’'s (Wil Wheeler's) paper, the Vergenness En- terprise, thinks it “may be just as well for the legislature.”—Waterbury American. A national guard armory is gener- ally regarded as merely a place in which to recruit and train guards- men. armories in New York have been adapted to a new purpose— getting jobs for returning guardsmen. Agencies have Dbeen established in them to provide employment for any member who may have lost his posi- tion when he was ordered into the field. This is a legitimate and proper activity. There ought to be such an agency maintained in conhectlon with every regiment, so that every guards- men on being mustered out of the army can be promptly mustered into a good civillan job.—~Waterbury Re- publican. Whether tramps are best reclaimed by moral lectures or by setting the dog on them, is a fair question for debate. Their narrations sound piti- ful. That is part of the business. The dog method at least makes tramp life less alluring. If consistently follow- ed, it would lead some of them to adopt occupations less open to pub- lic censure. The woodpile is the final and most conclusive test. A tramp who will take hold and.saw and split half a cord of wood has something in him yet. The housewife might well listen to his story and offer him ad- vice. But the majority, offered this distressing alternative find the eaw and axe in deplorable condition and the weather conditions _unfavorable. They should be permitted to move on dinneriess. The sooner, trampfare be- comes precarious, the more attrac- tive settled occupations will become.— New Haven Union. The emergency military measure passed in the state Senate - Friday may be a good bill, and one that prob- ably will prove of great aid to the State of Connecticut, should war be declared. Many persons, however, will take exception to the provision which gives the Governor the right to “organize and employ any and all re- sources within the state. whether of men, properties or instrumentalities, and’to exercise any and all power convenient or necessary, in his judge- ment” The constitutionality of this, no doubt will be questioned. It might be considered by some to savor foo much of monarchial rule—Hartford ost. B Postmaster Charles. F. Green has developed an_interesting plan for the obtaining of food supplies direct from the producers by parcel post, and_has succeeded in getting a list of 7,000 names of farmers willing to sell to the public -in this imanner. Food stuffs may be put up in packages for parcel post delivery in weights not exceeding 50 pounds per package. The postage is a comparatively small item in the larger lots, and It may be possible through this.eystem to work out an economical means of distribution for a certain quantity of food stuffs. Such a plan, for the present, can only supplement, not replace, our regular system of food distribution. Tt may MUGH HENRY OBBOCD MEMORIAL ridy, st 8 oolosk ey by CBOR b BTH el —Sellgete liustrated by 100, 3¢ mors colored o be possible, howevés, f0f thoss Wit Stuay it and mBke iftelligent use ‘a it, to effect quite a savi in LITHOGRAPHIC STONE. ey A New Industry in the United States 40,000 Péunds of Product Sold in 1916, s In 1916 for the first time there was a considerable production of litho- graphic stone in this country. This production, according to information received by G. F. Loughlin, United States Geological Survey, d partment of the interior, was madi Dy the Kentucky Lithograph Ston Co.. which has quarries at Branden: burg, Ky, and an office in Louisvillr. In 1916 the company sold 40,000 pound: of finished stone at prict ranging from 2 1-2 to 27 cents a pound. For some years previous small quantities had been sold occasionally in Louis- ville, but In 1916 the stone was shipped to buyers as far away as Clevéland, ‘Washington, New York and. Boston, The quarry at Brandenburg contains three distinct beds from which litho- grophic stone may be obfained. Two of these beds are about 3 feet thick and on 9 to 10 feet thick. They are sep- arated by beds of limestone of other varicties and make up only about 20 Dper cent. of the storié that must be re- moved. ~ The remaining 80 per cent, however, is available for crushed and pulverized limestone, chicken frit, and other uses, and considerable quantities were marketed for these purposes in 1916. The greatest difficulty in the de- aphic stone quar- States has been f quarrying and prepar: in competitioh with the well-known Bavarian stone. Much of this stone is reported to oceur In thin Tavers that hequire only planing and polishing before nse, whereas all known" denosits ‘In _the Unitéd States t sre at all suitable for lithographic work occur in more massive beds that must first be sawed into slabs of proper thickness. High cost of la- of the! g | Rursda) Matinee at.2:80 "By, at 7, b.30 AfF Bedts 108 METRO PIOTURES CORPORATION PRESENTS THE SWEETEST OF STARS MABEL TALIAFERRO “A WIFE BY PROXY” THE S8TORY OF A GIRL/ SACRIFIOE IN B SUPREME ACTS sttt i e Burton Holimes Travel Series || Black Diamond Comedy DAVIST HEATRE B MAT: 2115; EVE. 6148 and 8:45 e 3BIG KEITH ACTS—3 TRIANGLE PHOTOPLAYS CHURCH TRAINER TRIO Three Merry M\nn in a Comedy Sesnic Veeal OWering ~ “Simple Life DUPREE & DUPREE _ I NIANGA | FRANK KEENAN in “THE CRAB"—Five Part Triangle Feature A Novelty in the Art of Oyolin: In Hawaiian Bengs and Music i J TRIANGLE COMEDY || bor In the United States and of rail- road as compared with ocean trans- portation have also stood in the way of the domestic industry: Quarrying of the Bavarian stoné however, involves the landling iarge quantities of waste, and waste piles around the quarries today form hills of considerdble size. marketing of crushed stone and sime ilar products from the Brandenburg quarry should go far toward eliminat- ing the cost of quarrying from the expense_of preparing _lithographic stone. With this advantage it may be possible, even after the Europesn War is over, to markeét the Kentucky stone i eompetition with the Bavarlan stone, the better grades of Which unz dér normnal conditions biing 5 o cents a pound for 10 to 12 iheh slaby and the poorer grades 1 1:2 eefits & pound fof slabs of the same size. e et The original spelling of Missigsippi was Mache-sebe, which, in the AMon: quin Indian language, meant father of waters. CONCERT ORCHESTRA LLOYD GEORGE CONFERRED WITH COTTON WORKE On Bubjeet of Cotton Duties in Ind sProceedings Were Private. Iondon, March 18, 634 p. m. —F mier Lloyd George today rec deputatioif representing th shire cotton industry and the of coftol ‘dutits in India were d ed, The Proceedings were pri n member of the deput n interviewed after the conferer {hat the prefier held out b the gd¥grhment would fon or comsent to any compr ocean-goink net tonnake, sccording to ¢ for imeasurement for the ca 28,8007 the gross tonnaxe ‘he total amount ID‘ 4 throul the éanal last 4.9 1.-!1"1 tone of 2,240 pounds Commencing Tuesday, March 13th AN AUTHORITATIVE DISPLAY IN WHICH IS PRESENTED ALL OF THE CORRECT & CONSISTING OF TYLES FOR SPRING 1917, Sults; Coats, Dresses, Skirts and Walsts CARE AND WARRANTS THE CONFIDENCE CHOOSE WITH SECURITY OR DISCRIMINATION IN ITS INFORMED A& TO FASHION DICTATES. ABSEMBLAGCE OF ALL WHD WOULD WANT TO BE CORRECTLY You Are Cordially Invited To Attend WHERE “SMART” STYLE MEETS MODERATE PRICE Wauregan 'Block