Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 20, 1917, Page 4

and Goufied 121 YEARS OLD Subseription price i12¢ a week: S a month: $6.00 & year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwieh, Conn.. as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Businass Office Balletin Editorial Rooris 35-3. ‘Bolletin Job Office 35-2. Office, 67 Church St Bull Willimantie Telephone ~ Norwich, Tuesday, March 20, 1917. _ —_— h'lle Circalation of =2 ‘The Bulletin The Bulletin _has “circulation of any paper _iConnecticut and from ti han that cent. ul the people. it is delivered to in Putnam and Dani L1600 _and in all of these p) considered the local daily. x-:num Connecticut has gine towns. one hundred and -131 flice districts, and e di delivery routes. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 901, Verage....cicscesesncnn 4905, average...cceseeeens B E March 17 .....o..... 9’ GERMANY’S COURSE CLEAR. Although there was nothing what- ever to justify it, there may have been a feeling that Germany did not intend to go the limit in sinking ves- sels flying the American flag which attempted to proceed according to their rights where Germany said they must not go. If such was the case, even though the Caiifornia, ihe Lyman W. Law and the Housatonic had all becn sunk, it could be deducted only from the fact that American vessels have suc- ceeded in getting past the underwater boats. yet that did not furnish a suffi- clent ground for believing that Ger- many did not intend to send to the bottom the vessels of American regis- try just the same as it has been tor- pedoing those of other neutral na- tions. But whatever may have been the feeling in this respect, there can now be no question after the delfberate sinking of three American ships, two homeward bound in ballast and the third east bound with a cargo, but what Germany in its illegal subma- rine warfare is plaving mo favorites. If it is within its power everything that floats will be sunk whether it is justified in such a course or not. It may have taken some time for this country to realize that Germany would actually put such methods into prac- tice but it needs no further warnings. It cannot fail to understand Ger- many’s desperation and its determina- tion to win by foul means if not-by fair and it must put forth every ener- £y to see that its rights are main- tained. This country has without doubt delayed too long already. THE SETTLED STRIKE. A big burden has been lifted off the shoulders of this administration by the settlement of the threatened rail- road strike. The entire country like- wise feels a sense of relief regard- less of which side in the controversy was favored. The settlement means that the country is to be spared from the detrimental effects of a tieup of its transportation linés. Even though the roads had been able, following a strike, to have kept a certain number of trains in operation, the very fas that some of them would have been d up could not have meant any- thing else than a seripus embarrass- ment. With the facilities at present, with everything moving, not any more than meeting the requirements, it iS easy to understand what would have been the result of any curtail- ment of traffic. Business throughout the whole country would have suffered from tha inability to get supplies and from the faflure to get . its products moved. Manufacturing establishments would soon have been crippled, while prices on everything would have ‘gone sky- high, so muth so that those existing would hold no comparison thereto. From the result which has been ob- tained therefore it is impossible not to give the railroads the credit that is due them for the prevention of the strike, and lkewise it is impossible not to place the full responsibility for the situation upon the rallroad broth- erhoods, who from the first have main- tained -a selfish purpose and who were prepared to éxact thelr demands re- zardless of the burdeg that it would place upon the people. It was a case where the railroad brotherhoods snap- ped their fingers both at the country and at the public, and won. A JOB FOR CONGRESS. It will be interesting to note just what will be the real outcome of the threateneda railroad strike as the re- sult of the success which has attend- ed the efforts of the mediators ap- pointed by the president. It would : the consideration and treatment that it deserved, but what has tramspired since concress adjourned only dis- plays the necessity of some such ac- tion being taken. bor, but it has not vet reached the ;mlntvhannwlfl absolye the one|Polly | while it condemns the other for acts that imperil the national safety, set at deflance the laws and threaten the welfare and even the very lives of For the inter- trafic of the country, ‘whether in time of national danger or in time of ‘peace, ought not to be within the power of any men or group of men. That is an instrument too stupendous to be j trusted to any single group to be used for the furtherance of its own interests.” PRANCE'B CABINET TROUBLE. there is no eountry en- meqlnmvu-wuchmhu!w more cabinet trouble than France. It ‘began early and the end s not in sight. There have been frequent changes but regardless of all France is still fighting valiantly and is one of the most important factors in the allied cause. It is not to be supposed therefore that the present trouble is going to alter the purpose of that country ®r seriously interfere with its prosecu- tion of the war. Just as it has sur- vived other similar breaks it will come out of this with colors flying and pos- sibly a closer un: ding between the government and the rank and file of the people. It is noteworthy in this connection that the resignation of the cabinet should have occurred upon the eve of such an important advance by the French and British armies. This would indicate that the government officials had been pursuing their course with just such an object in view. ‘Who the successors of the resigned cabinet members will be is as yet un- certain. There are some of those who have given their country such valua- ble service in that comnection that they will unquestionably be invited to remain and such an invitation will be accepted. There may be a clean sweep and there may be but a few changes, but the latter is the more likely. The services of an especially strong man have gone with Premier Briand's resignation but at no time have countries been able to bring forth new and efficient mater- ial with more excellent results than during the period which this war has covered. , Changes are by no means a detriment if they result in improvement. THE END OF PORK? Those who are in a positien to know, or who keep in touch with those who decide such matters, are making the ciaim that there will be no more pork legislation during the mext four yvears. Well, such would be a satis- factory result however one looks at the matter for if it is actually carried out it m s the end of the policy of distributing government funds about the country for one project or another regardless as to whether the expendi- tére is deserved, whether the treasury will stand such outlays or whether the propesition actually has merit or not. It is time that congress got down to a budget system and a business meth- od of cutting its garments in accord- ance with its cloth. It is time that the idea of spending money just for the sake of spending it or for the purpose of building up patronage was ended. It is a reform that has not only been demanded but which has been worked for for a long time. The ‘way has been paved with good inten- tions and promises, but if we are to judge by the past it is still a long distance from realization. It requires action to reach the goal. ‘With the large demands that are be- ing made upon the country at this time it is highly important that such fons as go under the name should -be eliminated. A good start has been made in this di- rection. The same reason that prompted it during the last sesslon of congress is bound to exist for the coming four years, and should the pork appropriations be doomed for that ‘reriod it is to be hoped that -the sensible method of appropriating the money will so impress the legislators that no other course will be resorted to after war reasons expire. EDITORIAL NOTES. Nicholas Romanoff has retired to his private estate in Russia. How the mighty has fallen. The man on the corner says: Con- science works best when it gets its victim alone in the dark. In spite of the prohibition that pre- vails there, Russia appears to be thor- oughly intoxicated with joy over " its revolution. That chap $who & bomb in the Boston courthouse paid a high price for the amount of damage which he actually did. - From the plot reports which are coming from various sections of the country there are other things besides chickens that are being hatched. i ke o ey There is still 2 chance for the fed- eral trade commission to extend the warning about raising the price to others besides the coal producers. If some of the reports which come from Germany are based on the truth, that country is In a serious condition regarding. food supplies, much worse than it is inclined to admit. The one way to get rights respected on the high seas appears to be the placing of a German ambassador aboard the vessel, but unfortunately, or fortunately, the number is limited. Ohina hu ot only followed this vlth— | will be a great success, you're to be a Chinese lady,” T as I looked at the embroidered as an empress of China, = know, Lucille,” returned s’f you think I have copied the ,Chinese of embroidery well?” “Indeed you have. I thought at first it was the real thing “A little of it is—that on the shoul- ders and the sash, but it's so dread- fully expensive I had to do most of it myself. I shall use the garment later for an extra nice negligee, and I'l! feel very smart in it. “I think you're wonderfully clever to imitate their art so effectively, Foily. ‘What are you “The joke of it is, I haven't been able to decide yet.” “But you have only a few days left” Yes, I must mgke up my minl right away” I sgi And on my way home.I did make up my mind. I remembered that fath- er's old college friend, Mr. Grevlock, had eollected some perfectly marvel- ous Chinese embroideries, and 1 stop- ped in at his house to see if Mrs. Grey- locke would lend me Some of the less valuable pigces. But Mr. and Mrs. Greylocke were out of town. Their son, a winsome lad of 17, saw how I left, and he asked me if there were anything he could do in view of his parents’ absence. I hesitated. “T don't t! don’t know.” k T ought to bother vou" “T don’t believe you could bother me,” he answered gayly. “Well, 1 won't try.” T Said in_ the same tome. “I'm going to a faney dress party, and I thought that per- haps, your lovely generous mother would let me deck myself out in some of her Chinese embroideries, but as she is away I fear I shall have to conjure up some other costume. “I don’t see why you will. I guess I can lend up the duds vou need as well as any other member of the house of Greylocke.” Now Get Ready for Big Crops. Mr. Editor: There is to be a lot of le weather in April, with storms, one about Easter time, ‘which will be very bad. But on the whole April is to be a first class month for amateurs to get ready for cutting down ghe cost of living. In reply to Several hundred I would like to sive a few rules for planting and trust all the “amateur” farmers as well as the regular sort will have bountiful crops for 1917. 1 have sent seed to nearly 200 people, four’ of them only have acknowledged the re- ceipt, but I suppose that they arrived O. K. Every name has been sent to either the member of congress or one of the U. S. senators so next year seeds will be sent direct from Wash- ington to each and all. Now about planting:— When the earth is in the fruitful signs of Scorpio, Pisces, Cancer and @arthly sign of Taurus it is well to plant. And the signs of Gemini Leo and Virgo are well to skip as those signs _are all barren. This vear Taurus that runs from April 20 to May 29 is the best of all times for most planting and the Gemini sign from May 21 to June 21 is the worst season to plant. The moon of course has to be con- sidered. An old rule of Welchmen dating to early in the 17th century is a sood one and you who try it will find it so. David Williams, the writer of as- trological and astronomical letters in his day, used to say to the farmers in Wales: “Things that grow, above ground should be planted when the moon is increasing in size, which is often the new moon. Things that grow in the ground will do well planted during the old or decreasing size of the moon.’ By his rule cabbages, beans, ail grains and tomatoes should be plant- ed the new of the moon. Potatoes, tur- nips, ‘onions, beets and carrots, the old of the moon. Now then— The moon is full April 7 at 8 o'clock a. m., or soon after: consequently at 9 o'clock it is decreasing in size and from that date commence to plant on- ions, beets, round turnips, carrots and potatoes, having all these crops in the ground before 10 o'clock a. m., April 21. en the riew moon starts its growth sweet cofn, beans, peas, toma- toes and all over earth crops can be successfully planted. If you fail to get your earth crops in the ground before April 21 let them rest until May 6. Potatoes planted between May 6 and May 20 this vear but beans, corn and peas can be planted suc- cessfully this year between May 20 and June 5, even if it is in the barren sign of Gergini, owing to other plane- tary conditions, The sign of Gemini from May 20 to June 21 is the best of all times to de- stroy weeds and wild grasses and plants of all kinds. Remember this also, peas sown the first day after the new moon will grow more rapidly and yield better than if planted at any other time. If they are planted after the moon fulls the growth of vine will be abundant, also blossoms, but few peas will set. The watery signs of the Zodiac are all 50 connected with the moon’s set- tings this year that early planted crops will have a grand start. However nothing can possibly be gained by planting ahead of the times set above, I always plant (or set) onions soon after Mareh goes out, sometimes be- fore, but April 7 at 9 o'elock this year will be my onion mlanting time, Remember one thing, the spring of 1917 while a little late, perhaps, in getting started, will be one of the most fruitful and successful ones for ‘farmers and gardeners ever known in Connecticut. THE CLOUD DIGGER. The Trees of Portsmouth, The following is from_An Old Town by the ‘Sea, by Aldrich, veferring to Portsmouth, N. H. “If you chance to iive in a town where the authorities canmot rest un- til they have dtsuvly every precious tree within their blighting reach, you will be especially charmed by the beauty of the streets of Portsmouth. ® *** You may waik for miles under LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | comparison. well in her little homemade robe, I took pains to tell every ome how clever I thought she was. The morning after the party moth- er came to my room in great perturba. tion. M i m “Lucile,” she began exeitedly, "whfl( dld ynu ‘wear last night for the party?” inese costume, dear.” "!(ercy' Then you did borrow some- thing from the Greylocke collecton. Mrs. Greylocke has just telephoned me that when she came back to the city early this morning her son told her he had lent you the wonderful empress robe that is the very prize of the whole collection. She was hor- rified at the thought of any onme dancing in it.” immie Greylocke simply forced it ! He’'s only a c:uld You might have ruined it, Lu- cile.” “But I didn’t mother. Why fret?” She looked in a bewildered fashion at me and left the room, and I took another nap, for I had dancéd ex- tremely late.—Chicago News. chance, but the ample reward of the loving care that is taken to preserve the trees. There is a society in Portsmouth de- voted to arhoriculture. It is not un- usual there for persons to leave lega- cies to be expended in setting out shade and ornamental trees alons some favorite walk. Richards avenue, a long, unbuilt thoroughfare, leadinz to the South Buryingground, perpetuates the name of a citizen who gave the labor of his own hands to the beautifying. of that wind-swept _and barren road to the cemetery. This fondness and care for trees seems to be a matter of hered- ity. So far back as 1650 the selectmen instituted a fine of five shillings for the cutting of timber or any other wood from off the town common. ex- cepting under special conditions. STORIES OF THE WAR Tommy At Home On Leave. The British Tommy, home on leave from trench-digging and guarding the line, now passes most of his time dig- ging and hoeing truck gardens in his nat! land. In doing this he is aug- menting the land-army of civilians at home and the thousands of soldiers in training at the various military camps in Engiand who find time to do their bit” in the gardens. Throughout the length and breadth military camps and especially along the rail- way lines, an Associated Press corres- laid-out gar- dens or allotments. The first of Feb- ruary there were 25,000 of the plots under cuitivation in this country, thus giving some idea of the speed with which the people have taken to the spade and plough since the authori- ties have tried to arouse them to the danger of starvation as threatemed by government idle land uniess it was cultivated. The result was that farmers everywhere got busy and there is now very little land “go- of this island, around the pondent has seen well the submarines. The threatened to commandeer ing to waste.” On thousands of acres British Tom- mies are to be seen working beside old men, women and children, turning up the soil and getting it ready for the are to be beds are spring planting. Flower barred; only foodstuffs raised. In London and other big cities ev- of They are assisted by the Vacant Allotment erybody who ysable land has bought lives near a plot seeds. Society, an organization whose rami- fications extend throughout the island and whose business it is to attend to the applications of householders for a plot of ground in which to raise vege- tables. The 1 andowners turn charge. The society cuts allotments usually about 90 feet square. These can be had by a householder for six months after the duration of the war for the payment a fee of 50 cents or one dollar to cover cost of householder fails to make the land produce food- sStuffs it is taken away from him by administration. If the the society which is a semi-govern- ment institution, growing now & great searcity. All Kinds of Equipment. In the Austro-Italian theatre of war and most net in many places, because advance “Don the enemy’'s position by stealth, boulder fields, does not their vacant land over to society without it up into Fmphasis is placed on the need for potatoes of which there is favor e medleval petard, '!br-t the Serial Commen Semse Advice cn Care of the Stomach. 3 avepeptics. sullerers from gas. wind tulence, stomach Atidhv.nr sour- two after eating. ey _instantly re- o0 e orcecs Rokitts. I either con- ion, therefcre, the treatment is am- fently successful and Zecidedly erable to the use of artificlal unn- or tomach sufferers con obiain surated Magnesia from druggists in sitber powder or table’s and for treat- ent as outlin. blsurated Torm shoutd be insisted on. as It 1% especially prepared fo- correctiom stomach acidity. OTHER VIEW POINTS | For the first time in years the town of Vernon has decided to pay its bills. In other words we will pay as we go instead of piling up debts for future generations to carry on their shoul- ders. The town has been going fur- ther and further into the mire since 1885 when it owed the sum of $7.000. Since that year the amount has been growing steadily until today there is a debt of $74,000 for the taxpayers to consider. There would have been no need of a large tax rate this year i the town had adopted a more business like policy in the past as was very clearly shown by First Selectman Fred J. Cooley and Mayor Cameron at the meeting Saturday evening. There are alwavs individuals who are per- fectly willing to_contract debts for others to pay. However, the tax rate fixed at the meeting Saturday night will not be necessary another year. The large rate this year was made necessary by the purchase of the cemetery lot, and the appropriation for a school lot. The town is certainly to be. congratu’ated for the new leaf it has turned over.—Rockville Journal. The enrollment of male residents of New Haven between the ages of 17 and 60, following the military census taken under state supervision. is sim- ply an additional step in a movement to ascertain just what the amount of man-power is in the city and *o what an extent it can be estimated in soul power. It is an inventory of our ph sical and moral asset The value of the information which these local enlistments and the state census will disclose cannot be over- estimated. For the first time it will be known just what the resisting power of the community is; not only how many men there are who sand ready to give such service to the state and nation as they possess, but how many and who remain untouched by this appeal to their patriotism. It is not intended to empty the city of all abie bodied men should war come, or be recognized as aiready here. and send them to the front. sThe idea is more farsighted than that. It is to classify our male population in order artillery did just that and no m Though the rock catpult be handled by modern artillery men, officered by individuals well versed in artillery mathematics, who can place a _sheil tén miles off in the very spot where they want it, one finds that the ma- chine used differs nowise from the one employ>d by the Romans in the siege of Jerusalem. Its main principle is a beam thrown forward by steel springs. The chemical fire which the Greeks used to destroy the Persian fleet is one of the other ancient war means found along the Italian front, though it is by no means limited to this thea- tre of war. The cousin of this noxious arm, the gas- bomb, and the gas dis- tributor generally, is well-known along the Isonzo. Both sides have placed gas in their service, and both have Dbeen obliged to adopt the gas mask. The Italian front has other striking contrasts. In Southern Tyrol and on the Krn, men fight either in or on the edge of eternal snow, while at Monfal- cone the ' temperature hardly ever reaches the freezing point. While, on the Krn, faces m.ly be blue from the cold, the men on the shores of the Adriatic may stifie in a damp heat. Not long ago the Italians tried steel armor for their infantry. But this relapse to the day cf the Crusader had to be abandoned. The Austro-Hun garians ndw wear a helmet whose pro- totype was worn by the Roundheads under Cromwell. The Italians have a steel headpiece that reminds of the have taken to the club, others to the gay Gascon. Some Austrian troops mace. Californian Had Jack Malt “I had % bottles ey entirely reliov Bo recurremce of o days it no longer bear you suffer from troubles. ETows MGIG of 2| ana “Tho Darllny of Paris” Gfi-llim-ld-.d- Literature.’ PATRIA 58 i Mrs. Castle Pla g Into the Hands of Her SUPREME FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS “Matinee at 2:30 Eye. at 7. 5.30 All Seats 10c Ethql Bam-ym:’e TODAY AND T{ A METRO WONDER PLAY OF UBUSUAL POWER VIVIAN MARTIN in “HER FA.IHER'S SON” Tenth Chapter of “THE GREAT SECRET” DAVlS THE ATHL ] wAY s ays PUTTING ON AlRS I A DELIGHTFUL IRISH ; DAVE T WITH ! Y| MANLY OF HOME LIFE ADELAID & HAZEL Act The Pol Monologist In Lively Singin, W— S.HARTm"I'HEGUN FIGHTER” 5 Part Ince Fe: HIS DEADLY UNDERTAKING l Triangle Komedy ature, Full of Excitij ns_a CONC!IT ORCHESTRA Lots of . Action at. 2:15; Eve. 6:45 and 8:45 that the card system wiil prevent the authorities to make practical easy. — make a comparatively Journal Courler. It is entirely u the public utilities state should seek and repeal of the gross earnings. D ple who found taxi discouraging it is gas. electric and pay one and one-h: exclusive privileses and the making of easy denied others. We ment that the tax nowhere near as the homes af the necticut needs mo to pay her fairest and most just way to secure some of it is to ass that reccived the Some of t! ries of monopol seeking grea ghty poor brand Brietol Dress. are would clear her skm ¢ She wouic. be wasn't for that ion1” Soap, aided 2t first {resh an Soap and see how should - de: se who are the benefic tic advantages, and ply, blotehy complez- But the regular Ointment, would probably make it clear, charming. your handicap, begin. using Resinol u:’-. write to inol, Bait quick selection mobilization ew Haven nderstandable that companies in th: reduction of taxe law taxing their ut suppose all peo- es burdensome and nd relief? unplea; power concerns to opportuni- money venture the state- under discussion {s troublesome to the wage-earner: ney, millions of it, running expenses, and the D WATCH BRACELETS, BROOCHES, BRACELETS, RINGS of every descripticn, newest_models in every finish, John.& Gee. H. Bliss IAMONDS PENDANTS, Y e ess the corporations greatest privileges, ter ones show a ofappreciation. — _ pretty girl, if & of Resinol by a little Resinol 1f a _poor skin is quickly it improves. Resinol Scep and Resinoi o-mmm aresold For_frei byail drug- mples o After April 13 pick anc shovel men of Local Union No. day Saturday. Thi London, wheréh ut in effect. seph Aldl NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS vértl time Sundavs and holidays, and half AND CITY DEPT. Bldg. Lab. Union. + s increase has been made necessary by action taken in New v the same schedule is Felix Pagano, Pres. Sec. m . By arlia THERZ Eastern C ecticu letin for business results. nc zdverus:ng medi t eq to The ’e o & Cverhauling and Repair Work F ALL KINDS ON ‘AUTOMOBILES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS3, TRUCKS and CARTS, Methanical Repsirs, Painting, Trim- ming, Upholstering and Woeod Work, Blacksmithing in all its bianches Scott & Clark Corp. 507 to 515 North Main St. Deerfoot Sausage - PANCAKE FLOUR MAPLE S8YRUP LA TOURAINE COFFEE All Seasonable Good Things at People’s Market Franklin Street JUSTIN BOLGEN, Propristes { Most Cigars Are Good— THESBE ARE BETTER TOM’S 1-2-3 5¢ CIGAR GOOD FELLOW 10cCIGAR Try them and ees. Ny THE ALTNA BOWLING “AXD BULIARDS. Beven allers. tabl in_ Norwich. " Phone. Mijestic B, ‘ Norwich, THOS. M. BHEA, Prop. Frankliin St ext to Palace Cafe 8ix Doss the dread need havi srowned exts SETRICTLY SA 203 MAIN_ST. Lady Asistant racted ABSOLU NITARY OFFICE 4 STERILIZED INSTRUM INTS CLEAN'LINEN i ASEPTIC’ bmm(mo cuPs LOWEST PRICES CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORK . 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