Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 24, 1917, Page 4

Glorwich Bulleti n and Gouied, 121 YEARS OLD Subscription price 1. cek months $0.00 8 yemr . oo 500 2 Entered at the Postoffice a1 Norwich, Conn., as second-class mapfer. Telephone Calla: Bullein Businsss Ofrice 480. Billetin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Ofice 35-2. Willimantic Office. 67 Churca St Telephone 210-2. Norwich, Thursday, May 24, 1917. The Bulletin has _the circulation of any paper in Eastern § Connecticut and from three to fous times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered fo over 2,000 of the 4,063 houses in Nor- wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses. in Putpam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it is consilered tre local dally. Fastern Connecticut has forty-$ aine towns one hundred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and Sixty § jural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold In every town epd on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern-Connecticut. CIRCULATiO average.. 1901, 1905, average..... CHANCE FOR EVERYONE. Careful and systematic plans are being perfected for the purpose of =iv- ing everyone an opportunity to do his part in raising the Liberty loan. There are many large subscriptions which are being received, John D. Rockefeller with his ten million dol- lars being the largest individual pur- chaser to date, and those who can af- ford to buy at the rate of a miilion a clip are doing so almost daily. Bank- ing houses, big corporations and in- stitutions are investing extensively in this government guaranteed loan, knowing that by so doing they are aiding the country materially in car- rying out the part which it must play in the grea: conflict and at the same time recognizing that it afford e safest kind of an investment at a 8004 rate of interest. Tt is also ap- preciated of course that it is not a Zift they aro making for the mome: will be returned with dividends. But regardless of these big contri- butions, it is the desire cf the gov ernment that there shall be a large participstion by the little fellows. In order to encourage that the bonds were issued -in sr Genomicaticns, but plans are already being carried out which makes it easter fc. the wage earner to be included in st of subscribers, than would be possible if 1t was required that he should s tempt to buy otherwise. It is there- fore for the purpose of encouraging the small subscriptions that corpor- ations are azreeing to carry these ob- ligations for their employes until they can repay at stipulated small sums each week, that the participation cer- tificates of $10 have been decided upon and that the installment plan for amounts as low as one dollar is being adopted in some instances. The purpose at the bottom of it is to get evervbody interested. There are those who are going to be called upon to fight. There are a great many more who are being called upon to ald the government fina: y at this _time and there not only should but there will be a generous response. The lean should be oversubscribed and made a pronounced success. It is a patriotic duty. BRAZIL LOSING PATIENCE. ow it is Brazl that is chafing un- der the treatment which is being given its vessels by the German submarines. Brazil waxed indignant some time ago and threatened to get into the war on tha side of the allies because of the manner in wiich Germany was dis- regardinz the rishts of that nation, bt it sobsided after demanding an explanation from Germany. In the case of that country, as with other neutral nations, Germany is anxious that it should not join the entente group but it is not doing anything te avoid Such a step. In fact it is by the methods which it Is pursuing with its submarines, doing the ve: thing which will force every self re- specting nation to break relations with the imperial German government and take sides with the ajlies, by its wanton and unjustified destruction of shippins. The temper of Brazil has been tried out by Germany, but like the pitcher once too often to the underwater boats are bound ¥ haven't done s0 already, to drive this South Amer- fcan country to the point where it will fight for its rights. It is possible even that such has already taken place by the sinking af the Brazilian steamship Tijuca and the loss of life in connec- _ lion therewith, since the president of the Brazillan republic sends a mes- sage to the consress of that country recommending the revocation of the decree of neutrality between the United States and Germany in the war. It remains to be seen what the Bra- dlian congress will do but it is evi- dent that the feeling prevalls in that country that it cannot overlook such mistreatment indefingtely and khers is nothing to Indicate but what Ger- many intends to sink without warn- ing each and every Brazillan ship that it encounters on the high seas. The patience of Germany has about reach- cd the breaking point, but it is no dif- ferent there than in a number of other countries. Germany is fast losing what few friends it appeared to have retained. SUBMARINE MERCHANTMEN. The announcement which has been made to the effect that submarine merchantmen are to be constructed in this country for the purpose of over- coming the menace of the U-boats does not come as a surprise. The only surprise in connection with the pians which ars underway is that they have not been resorted to before, and the sizo to which it is believed that such vessels can be constructed. Such an idea does not mean any improvements in the methods of fighting the subsea boats, but it does mean that the mer- chant vessels of eight to ten thousand tons capacity will. have the same means of protection that the submer- sibles which are endeavoring to starve out the allies now have. They can disappear from the surface and over when they would be making beadway above water they would furnish ths Jow visibility which is of great fm. portance In_escaping detection. On a smail scals Germany has dem- onstrated that the underwater mer- chantman wheon it is necessary can be put to excellent use. It has shown that It was possible for it to over- come the conditions which are to Ba encountered in a transoceanic voyage and that they can carry cargoes which will pay for their construction. Work- ing apparently upon such knowledge Simon Lake, who has long been iden- tified with such kind of ship con- struction, has the confidence and the backing which will result in this country developing underwater freight carriers which should overcome the terrorism. which has been created by the ruthless submarine warfare, and from the claims which have been made they can be built in a compara- tively short time. Necessity is the mother of invention and it has beemn fully demonstrated in many way =ince the European war opened. Many new devices have been perfected because they were required. Science is ever showing progress and { while others are working upon schemes | for overcoming the torpedoes of the German U-boats, the prospects of the underwater merchantman accomplish- ing it in another way seems highly probable. PILING UP RUSSIAN TROUBLE. No sooner does Russia appear to lovercome one obstacle than another problem bobs up to Lother and add confusion to the troubles which are already being experienced. The cs- tablishment of a new government is always heset by sufficient trials and tribulations when there are mo out- side difficulties in the way, but with Russia enzaged in the world's zrcat- est war the task of handling a revo- lution and moving out from the effects of that into the establishment of a sound and smooth government is by no_means an easy one. Ruszia has been in an uncertaln sit- vation for a long time. The old rezime was getting ready to sell out to the emcmy at the time the revo- lution which placed the government in the hands of the people took place. Trouble was jmmediately encountered in getting all the factions together for the harmonious conduct of the na- tion's affairs, and now when the so- lution of that appears to have been rcached, Finland bobs up With a de- wand for independence. Finiand has of courss always chafed under Russian soverefenty. To ap- pease that feeling one of the first acts of the new government was to zrant it automomy and give it a_governor who was satisfactory to the people and who is fully in sympathy with the sentiment of that part of Russia for better conditions. Finland un- questionably believes that now is the time for it to strike if it is going to set its independence, although it has been given excellent assurance that the monarchical methods have been discarded. Thcre are also rcasons for believing that the Finns have been cncourazed to take this stop by the German agents who have been doing their utmosg to get Russia to agree to a separate ‘peace. Germany s of course anxious to keep the Russian influence in the war at-the minimum. I it cannot do it by a separate peace it seeks to do it by keeping Russia busy in dealing with its provinces. Thus the new demand by Finland promises to keep Russian affairs in the limelisht for some time to come. EDITCRIAL NOTES. The man on the corner savs: It is what a man does, not wha: he looks like, that makes him great. “1t cannot enlis, subscribe!” is cellent slogan which those who working in behalf of the Liberty have adopted. an are 1can From all accounts the German ar- mies on the western front are ex- periencing the same sort of trouble that they encountered before Verdun That Memphis mob which lynched a Negro appears to have been taking lessons of the wrong kind from the action of the lawless mobs of Geor- gia. With the Germans desecrating cem- eteries to get the leaden caskets to melt up for bullets, there is no limit to which the government of that coun- try will not go. _From the reception “which he was siven at Charleston, there are indica- tions that Major General Leonard Wood has captured a part of, if not the entire, south. Given the proper authority to carry on the food control which this coun- try needs there can be no doubt that Food Administrator Hoover will show the food speculators who's who. While Spain and Sweden are send- ing indignant protests to Germany be- cause of the sinking of their vessels, the underwater boats continue to put Norwegian ships under the waves. From all accounts the British and French do not consider the Hinden- burg line impregnable and they are proving it little by little to the dis. tress of mind of the German war lords. Deplorable is the death of the two nurses killed by the boomeranging of a shell case. Tt is a heavy price to pay for the disclosure of defective am- munition, even though it is well that this discovery should be made now rather than later. “Ho, hum!” said Langster, straight- ening up carefully from the drawing board and stretching prodigiously. He again_bent over the set of plans he was finishing, but in a few minutes once more leaned back in his chair. “Gee!” Langster informed the big empty room, “but I'm dog tired and sleepy’ He had worked at breakneck speed for several days and late into each night and was paying the penalty. In epite of himself, his lids flopped downward, his head reeled and every muscle ached. Tt looked like a nice prospect for him to distinguish him- self ag an escort that evening, and Langster had been looking forward to the occasion for two -weeks. [He was to take a very special young woman ter party and supper. Langster muttered, scowling at the completed drawing, “‘will nevek, never do! I've got % get in a map if 1 die for it He looked around. The big table desk was too short, the chairs plenty, but they had arms, Nothing remain- ed but the fioor. There was nobody clse in the office, it being after hours. Rolling up an office coat for a pillow, Tangseter placed it on the rug behind i the desk. Then he seized the small jeick on a draftsman’s table and he t the alarm forty-five minutes head. Finally, composing himself iupon his unyielding couch, he sank into profound _slumber, almost be- fore hehad sighed his relief. was some ten minutes later that Mrs. Kiovineky, the scrublady on that floor, let herself into the place with a clatter of mop, pails and brooms. Heavily singing a ditty composed of four notes, she proceeded with her labors until she had rounded the large desk and stumbled over Lang- ster’s feet. Mrs. Kiovinsky save one wild whoop and abandoned both her song and her labors and junged out into the corridor shrieking for Nels, the janitor. Nels came on a run. Man be dea Klovinshw cried. “Quit your kidding!” Nels told her gruffly. Nothing like that ever had happened in the bullding and he dis- approved of it. Besides, Langster was generous with tips. He rushed into the office and eurveyed the prostrate figure in the shadow fearfully. He touched it with his foot. There was no sound, no_movement. Nels hastily drew back. He breathed hard. “Gosh!" he gasped, “it's Mr, Lang- ster! Somebody's done for him! Don’t you touch him! The police won't want you to touch him till they agreed Mrs. Klovinsky fear- “He give me a dollar Iast Christmas! He fine mar Mrs. Klovinsky scurried off to break the news to her confreres, who drop- ped pails and brushes and gathered from all directions and from all floors in a solid phalanx in the fatal office, banking against the walls and staring at the motionless form shaded from the light by the table desk. Neis shot down by the freight elevator to the office of the building, but the agent and all his assistants had departed, Thereupon he consulted the engineer's assistant in the basement and the subjanitor. There seemed nothing to do but to telephone the police and Snyder, the agent. Synder was decidedly peevish, being at the moment on the point of going out to a dinner party. He seemed to regard the affair as merely another evidence of the inconsider- ate selfishness of tenants, but said that he would be right down. Nels and the subengineer and the assistant janjtor and several other janitors haslened back to Langster’s office and joined the whispering, heavily breath- | ing mob of scrubwomen against the wall. With one accord all of "wem Kept their eyes upop the silent form on the floor. Sometimes some one with sharp eyes wowid insist that he saw the glint of a revolver on the farther side of the body and several described the dark of a pool of blood by_the left arm. There was a sigh of relief when a ‘etail from central station clattered down the hill and into the room. “H'm!” said the policeman in charge, planting his feet wide and staring at_ the lifeless one. “Who found him?* Mrs. 'Klovinsky was pushed for- ward and exploded in several langu- ages ail at once. Nels joined in, aid- ed by the engineer and the subjanitor and his friends. One of the friends had reached the point where he had heard a shot through the open window of the adjoining building, and every one was listening breathlessly when Snyder, the agent, resplendent in his evening clothes, tore in. He took one look and staggered bacl “Good Lord!” he gasped as the hor- rible truth was impressed upon him at last. “Langster! One of the finest fellows in the building! This is ter- rible! This—" A shrill, prolonged whirr of an im- pertinent ‘alarm . ciock bell made the assemblage as one nan jump and| gasp. The gasp changed to choked Yells of terror when the murdered man jerked, sat up, yawned fright- fully and then opened his eyes wide. Wow!" said Langster, “but that was a good sleep. a life save: He became aware of the gasping crowd and blinked. “Thanking vou one and all for the kind attention,” he remarked dazedly, “will some one explain my sudden popularity 7 “Oh,” cried the harassed Snyder, who recovered his breath g0 plumb to hades! first, “you ~—Chicago News. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Irish Question and Mr. Cummings. | Mr. Editor: It must seem to Mr. Cummings that his opinion on all world -wide movemeuts, political and | retigious, is of equ world-wide im- portance, and if this be the case, then this commgnity may consider itself deeply indebted to him for keeping it informed on these various points. Only a few days ago he showed up Irish Home Rule to be a farce, and today he opposes the referendum which of- fers a settlement of the Irish quegfion by the Irish people themselves. From this it is plain that Mr. Cummings is of that happily small faction to whom the settlement of the Irish question would be a calamity. Like Othello, his occupation would in part be gone. The business of spooning out the gruel of hatred and discentent would be at an end, in the event of a conclusion which would destroy the mark for it. The coming together of the Irish people on a new and modern basis of mutual in- terests and not on the _aboriginal acrimonious disputes of Saxon and Celt in by-gone centuries, would rob the agitators of their cherlshed themes. Agitgtors, who laud the Sinnfeiners and denounce Mr. Redmond. Cheering the impossible and hissing the possi- ble—yet posing as friends of Ireland. When we sing God Save Ireland. well may we add— From such friends! "LAG-A-BALLAGH. Norwich, May 23, 1917 | i THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic So ty. Schiusselburg, a suburb of Petrosrad where munitions workers are reported to have participated in a demonstra- tion against the provisional govern- ment of Russia, Is the subject of the foliowing war_geography bulletin is- sued by the National Geographic So- | miles up the Neva River, and one miles to the east in an air line from Petrograd is the small | manufacturing city of Schlusselburg, where munitions workers are said to have threatened to set up a separate Russian republic recent: “Schlusselburg is _situated on the south bank of the Neva at the point where the river emerges from the waters of Lake WLadoga, while the small fort, which was the original nu cleus of the town, is built on & emall is'and in the stream. “At the beginning Schlusseiburs had a population ' of only 7,500 but it dhas unquestionably increased encrmously since 1914 for the whole district along the Neva be- tween this point and Petrograd is a succession of manufacturing settle- ments. “It is a trip of four hours by steamer from Petrograd to Schlusselburg, while the down-stream return trip re- quires ore hour less. Along the route, a few miles out of Petrograd, the voy- ager sees on the right bank the famous Thornton woolen mills at Alexandrov- skoye Selo, the largest in Russia. Next there appears the extensive manufac- turing estabiishment of the Imperial Porcelain and Glass Works. The porcelain plant was founded in 1744 by Tearina Elizabeth Petrovna, daugh- ter of Peter the Great, and the glass works in 1772, the two being united a quarter of a century ago under gov- ernment management. “The Obukhov steel works and sev- eral huge cotton factories are aniong the most important of the numerous mills along this industrial artery be- tween the capital and the fort city. ‘Schiusselburg has had an interest- ing history. It was probably recog- mzed as an admirable situation for a stronghold by the early vikings and mariners of the Hanseatic towns who made their way from the Baltic to Novgorod_via the Neva, Lake Ladoga and the Volkhov, for in 1323 the Nov- of the war i gorodians, who were at war with Sweden at the time, did establish a fort here. [or several centuries the Atronghold was a_cource of constant dispute between Russia and Sweden and finally in 1817 it was surrendered to Gustavus Adolphus by the youns Tsar Michael, other possessions going to Sweden by the Peace of Stoblova, i for about | three or four feet deep it frequenty | { asparagus, iplant plenty of them. But beans are { absolutely safe. being the provinces of Kexholm and Ingria. The island fort was then known as Noteborg and was consid- ered the key to Finland. In 1702 Pe- ter the Great wrested it from the Swedes after an assault of 25 hours, and its name was changed to Schlus- seiburg.” Lake Ladoga, the great reservoir for Petrograd's River Neva, is the sub- ject of the following war geography bulletin issued by the National Geo graphic Society “If the Casplan Sea be sea instead of & lake, Ladoga takes premier place among the lakes of Turope. With its area of 7,000 square miles it very nearly approaches in size our own Lake Outario, which has a_water surface slightly exceeding 7,200 square miles. “Ladoga has recentl: the public prints o lutionary activities of the munit workers at Schlusselburg, the fos fled town situated at the point where the waters of the lake find their out- let to the Gulf of Fintand through the River Neva. By the water route it is a distance of 40 miles from the west- ern extremity of Lake Ladoga to Pet- rograd, but in an airline it is only 21| miles. “This great sheet of water ic fed by more than seventy rivers and streams, the most important of which are the Syas, Svir and Volkhov, all of which are 'connected with the Neva at Schlusselburg by canals. The canals have been dug in order to relieve| shipping of the perils of the lake,| which are numerous—trequent gales, | amerous reefs and rocks. and dense | fogs. The most important of these | canals connecting the Volkhov and| the Neva, was dug nearly two hun- dred years ago along the southern | shore ‘of the iake. In 18§1-86 the old | waterway was supplemented by a new canal running parallel to it. By| means of these two cana's Petrograd | is connected with the ancient eity of | rated as a appeared ng to the Novgorod (not to be confused with the great fair city of Nizhni-Novgo- rod), the seat of government of the Volkho Republic In the 1ith and 12th cemguries. In this city originated | the proverb, “If the prince is bad,| into the mud with him. the advice| being frequently acted upon. i “What little commerce is carried on | the waters of the lake itself, from the northen shores to Schlussslburg must be handled during the summer | montks, for ice blocks transportation | 180 days out of the 3 ice seldom is more than | While the is piled up off shore to a height of 60 to 80 feet and in the eary sum- mer, when it begins to fleat down the Neva. it has a very perceptible refrig- erating effect on the climate of Pet- rocrad. “The chief products handled by the little lake steamers are hay, fron, timber, firewood, kaclin and granite, uch 'of th> maarble, granite, and sandstone used in the buildings of Petrograd come from quarries on the sparsley setiled morth shores “One of the most interesting of the numerous smail islands which dot the surface of Ladoga is Valamo, the scat of the famous monastery founded in the tenth century by Sergep and Herman. The retreat is visited by thousands of Russian pllgrims dur- ing _the festival of St. Peter and Paul in June of each year. Valamo itself, which has an area of about 12 square miles, is surrounded by about 40 smaller islands. A second monastery on the island of Konnevitz is also a popular place of pilgrimage.” OTHER VIEW POINTS ‘Washington is being bombarded with a propaganda for a new sort of land tax. It is proposed to lay a tax on all patentially productive land that is unused and held purely for 6perua- tive purposes. On ordinary farming, grazing and forest land the tax would amount to $1 an acre. Land contain- ing undeveloped iron and other min- era] deposits would be subjected to a tax of $30 an acre. Gas, coal and oll lands held out of use would be re- quired to pay still more. Vacant city lots would be taxed 20 .per cent of their annual rental value. A twofold advantage is claimed for this pan. It would help the government to raise the money it needs for abnormal war- time expenses, and by hastening the j this summer, Mrs. Selena Tanner, Athens, Ohio, writes: “I cannot find words to ex- press my thanks for vour kind ad- vice. 1 never once thonght I had catarrh of the stomach. I commenced taking Peruna, as you directed. MY stomach continued to hurt me for about two weeks after 1 began the medicine, and then it stopped. 1 now have a good appetite, while before 1 was nearly starved.” Those who object to ligiud medi- cines can now procure Peruna Tablets. PERUNA Made Me Well development of the unused lands it would immensely stimulate = produ tion and cheapen the cost of various necessary commodities. It sounds pretty radical, and yet thers are probably few people—except the laad speculators—who would object to the vasic principle of it. The unearned increment isn’t held in such high repute as it used to be.—Meriden Record. Seven out of eight of the Gover- nor's vetoes scored, which shows their strength. He did especially good work in kiliing the anti-vaccin- ation bill. Connecticut has had auite enough experience during the past year of the danger that comes from failure to enforce vaccinnation. Small pox +has been epidemic to an unusual degree, and all because of stubborn defiance of necessary eafeguards and criminal failure of officials to e force the laws. It is, however, an thing but complimentary to a legisia- tive body when it requires vetoes from a strong Governor to correct its weakness.—Bristol Press. The way In which anclent supersti- tions cling round the househod, in epite of the advancement of modern life, is strange indeed. One of these which should immediately be ban ished to the outer darkness of ex ploded theories 1is that of spring cleaning. When a woman has to turn her house upside down, turn out every drawer and closet and make herself and everybody else miserable for two or three weeks each spring and fall, it is a sure, infallible sizn that she is a bad housekeeper. She is using su- perstition instead of common sense in her household. There ought to be a definite day in each week for jobs” Two hours a week devoted to special cleaning or overhauling will keep the biggest house in perfec: or- der and ceanliness. Doing these things all at once is the most difficult and also expensive way of keeping a house clean and comfortable.—Water- bury Republican. The launching of N-7 is another feather in the cap of Bridgeport, greatest community in the States in these days of war, preparation and victory are watchwords of the hour. The marine, in stress of trial, itself the most tremendous weapon of modern times. Pridgeport must feel a thrill of pride when it thinks of these under water ships as an Amer- ican inventjon, and especially as a Dridgeport invention. The name of Simon Lake is known wherever a submarine is made or destroyed. Tt is gratifying to know that the finan- cial Dower necessary to realize the Lake submarine in practical warfare is largely a Dridgeport product. The N-7 was _christened by Mrs. Frank Miler. The name of Miller always will be associated with the submarine dustry of America. Simon Lake in- vented the hoat. Trank Miller bad the imagination, the organizing power and the epirit necessary to realize a project so useful and o difficult. — Bridgeport Farmer. rhen the sum- HOME GARDENS Beans. “Let me suggest that every ome who creates or cultivates a garden helps, and helps greatly, to solve the prob- lem of the feeding of the nations.”— President Wilson. “When in doubt plants beans.” This_is the advice given today by Carl Vrooman, assistant eecretary of agriculture and member of the Na- tional Emergency Food Garden Com- mission of Washington which is co- | operating with this newspaper in urg- ing more food gardens this year to cut the high cost of living. The lesson today is in the nature of a warning to the people of the coun- because of the shortage of cans and tins for preserving needs and the commission directs special attention to the warning as a result of the con- dition of the market at this time. “There is a serious danger,” con- tinued Mr. Vrooman, that hundreds of thousands of ‘back vard farmers' will plant 100 many perishabN vezetables. it is all right to plant ervugh fresh vegetables to supply your own needs and if you can be sure of securing cans or glass jars in which to put up such vegetables as tomatoes, etc., then it is safe to “Nature has provided beans with their own_dessiceators or drying ap- paratus. 1 refer to the pods in which beans grow. All that is necessary to do at the harvest is to store your pods in a dry, cool place, and let the air do the rest. Most dried beans are exactly as good as green and when in doubt, plant beans. Views of the Vigilantes CORNELL GOES TO WAR. By Hendrik Willm van Loon of the Vigilantes, Professor of History at Corneil University. They are going. And there is something very fine about the quiet way in which these boys have taken to their unpleasant task. There has not been any enthu- siasm. That was right. A war like this does not ask for words but for silent deeds. Our boys seem to under- stand it. At odd moments they drop into the office. There is very little talk. “Going_away?" “Yes, Sir.” “Army or Nav “I _don’t know vet. I called up my pepple on the long-distance phone last night. They said it was all right. So I'm going to New York tonight and then home to eay good-bye. “Want to go?" “Not partieulariy. But I suppose it is the only thing to do." And that is all. They are going, and many of them never will come back. The pleasant iife of mediocre endeavor has come to an end. To be sure we had never looked at them in the light of heroes. “odd | United | has proved ; They were nice, lovable fellows. Their outlook upon life was simplicity itself. Graduation and a job. Then, after a few vears another job, a littie higher up. Finaily a home of their own and some nice girl to be their wife and a fow babies and a car and two weeks' vacation to go hunting and fishing. Here and there a man with a hobby or the ambition to do, or write, or build, or achieve some particular pur- pose. 3 To most of them, however, life meant a cheerful gift to be enjoyed as the faithful days came along. There was no searching for hidden motives or for an ulterior purpose. The ami- able Divinity of Things-as-they-are ruled their realm. They accepted whatever came with a smile, and they did not ask questions. And now, without a word of warn- ing, they have been asked to face the Invisible Mystery. There was no com- plaint. They packed their trunks and God bless them. They are going. Thus far they have been my stud- ents. But now, in an humble fashion T am grateful that I have been their teacher. i STORIES OF THE WAR Alsace Not German in Spirit. “If there is entertained anywhere & conviction that Alsace is German in spirit today, it is a superficial deduc- tion lacking exactly what the Germans ad, that is, the element of said Pastor Charles Wag. ner, author of “The Simple Life’" speaking to The Associated Press in Paris, about President W4son's speech to the Democratic National Commit- e and the semi-official reply se from Herlin in which it was de that Alsace Is today, as it alwa {been, German In language, tradition \d sentiment. Pastor Wagner besan his carcer as a clergyman in Alsace after the war of 1870, The Germans claim Alsace as a German-speaking ' couniry; yet they themselves were eurprised in 1870 to find a people there speaking o ian- guage similar to thelr own, vet so different in everything that moes to make up life," continued the Pastd There were Alsatians that might have been called ‘half and half; that had benefitted from French culturc {and German science. That element ! thought that, if France should lose A'- sace, it might become more and more a connecting link between two countries. Indeed, tho historical ori- gin of Alsace -ould justify the con- viction that the country had a great mission to perform in the world but that mission was denied by the Ger- mans. They would not admit that the Alsatians could draw on two sourc They required that the anuexed J ple should forget Irance, that they should have only one pride and /. that of being German 1 was a sudent at Stras bur aft- er the war of 1870 and saw the be- ginning of that new and painful era My first preaching was done there. soon discovered that, if 1 remained, I could scarcely be any- thing more than a corporal of the Em- peror. 1 ieft because 1 didn't want to become a ‘spiritual gardener.’ “The Germans failed utterly to derstand what was noble and worthy in the Alsatian character and how they might have made themse.ves ac- cepted. They were blind to the pain- ful situation of the tenacious and ob- ate Alsatian people, hoiding to old affections, and to whom, remaining faithful to France in her misfortunes, iermany appeared all the more exces- ve in her exultations. They had not the tact and discretion of a successful victor. The consequence was that Al- atians attributed the result of the war of 1870 more to circumstances than to Germany’s superiority. “The great contrast they were obliged to draw between the Germans %o emigrated from other provinces ato Alsace after the war and their ideal German, destroyed their confl- dence In the much vaunted German organization. “The Alsatian lives well and drinks good wine, but he is ashamed to be seen drunk. The absolute absence of dignity in this respect by the immi- grated Germans made it impossible for the Alsatian to aseociate with them. “The younger generations became more indifferent than the old by force of circumstances, but the partial con- aquest of this younger element was not a spiritual conquest. It was simply because the population was becoming habituated to new rulers, as an old !woman hecomes habituated to her false teeth, to her failing beauty, with- out in any sense becoming enamoured of_her old age. “The Germans needed a Napoleon to complete the military conquest of 1870 by the spiritual conquest of the peo- ple. He wouid never lay a hand upon institutions particular to Alsace and Lorraine. He was chaffed once about the generals on his staff who spoke It is true they do speak ‘Kellermann swedrs FEWDROPSAND CORNLIFTS OUT SAYS THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR CUTTING CORNS AND IN- VITING LOCKJAW Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn can harmlessly be lifted right out with the fingers if you will apply directly upon the corn a fow drops of freezone, says a Cin- cinnati authority. It is claimed that at small cost ore can get a quarter of an ounce of freezone at any drug store, which is sufficient to rid one's feet of every corn or callus without pain or sore- ness or the danger of infection. This simple drug, while sticky, dries the moment it is applied and does not inflame or even irritate the surround- ing_tissue. This announcement will inter many women here, for it is sald th: the present high-heel footwear is put- ting corns on practically every wom- an’s feet. one | Mat, 2.15 “THE DRE ROBER TRIANGLE Vaudeville’s Greatest Cycling Novelty THE VALDARES Three Dashing Young Ladies and a Comedian in a Singing and Come Trick Cycling Act Which Cannot Be Excelled TOM MOORE & STASIA | VARDON & PERRY In the Comed. 5-Part Triangle Play of Thrill, Surprise and Beight Romance ATR Satire AM GIRL’ T HARRCN In an_Up-te-date Comedy Singing Novelty In “AN OLD FASHIONED YOUNG MAN" KOMEDY CONCERT ORCHESTRA A PICTURE FOR PEOPLE WITH HEARTS THE STORY . “pA See Mrs. Castle Lo PRI Mat. 2.30 AUDITORIUM Eve. 7-8.3 Today—Selznick Pictures Present the Screen Star of Distine NORMA TALMADGE in THE STOR OF A WOMAN'S SACR “PANTHEA” IN EIGHT PARTS OF A LOVE THAT WAS GREATER THAN LIFE OR DEATH 14-15—LAST TWO CHAPTERS OF TRIA” With MRS. VERNON CASTLE op the Loop in an Aeroplane at the Risk In the Fourteenth Chapter. CES—Matinee 15c; Evening 15c and 20c B ALICE he that in German, but Napoleon Kkhew Aisatian was Frend ed have no anxiety ol lugnuage. In_fa | since Louis XIV 'ha touch in A ince like u perfume { them. Germany's ab) great object lesson to future generati that great refuge ally forced to rebe lessons of the sacri | made by the young spirit of vouth by oldér peopie have bee ly. The world g longer admire the sa did before or will my opinfon but my elf being spirity he perfection to has brought the orga itself hood will in THE are offes REE THEATRE Burton Holmes Tra try w th a 1 not national. Germa taught, bat the old pat stance, French pene of them in the same way disgust U. S. GOVERN ALL Feature Photoplays SEATS Concert Orchestra 3 Shows Daily 2:30, 7, 8:30 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JOYCE and HARRY MOREY in “THE COURAGE OF SILENCE” A VITAGRAPH BLUE RIBBON FEATURE PATHE WEEKLY I BLACK DIAMOND ¢ TODAY AND TONIGHT LIONEL BARRY and IRENE HOWLEY in “HIS FATHER’S SON” velogue Victor Moore C ome: fights in French.! the epirit of the and that he need- n the score of the he Trench poli a4 been CHILDREN trimmed L7c PASNIK CO. 158 PLAY with anguage that was d IFrénch we X th 1 of trated ir Jectiic us did German Institutions. f = | “A curious result of the German €f arding fort to stamp out French in Alsace & {was that in proportion as the Alsa gas, tlans forgot French they became more lsatian, while they never approached i any nearer to being German. In le m | than fitteen years aftcr the beginning of the German occupation, an A iterature had sprung up. The mans permitted it. not underst e that that provinclil patois was a eort of fortress hehind which Alsatian char- . acteristics were sheltered Passing on to gencral questions re > A ding the war and its effects after- | Ty will be r rd, Pastor Wagner expressed the o g opinion that the world will be spirit- [ an cease hating w ually better for the great trial throu e it o which it has passed. - “The world wil. have observe said, “that there are things th not ‘be put into the balance, in it & oa things that count, and from Hesrines o good will come. Good will come eyen diges a from the formidable exposition by mex Fioun i of bad sentimer at will make the | me.” said r | rest of the world sick of living amoug | Jthat ¥ " aisint use of er usef| even, fin’ will be Americ liberty, was againet it. The es that have been will_improve the emulation, while n renovated men- enerally will no me things that it no longer admire It is not on'y sentiment; I feel ally renovated which Germany nization of false- the world TENT LIBERTY LO. UNEXCELLED FACILITIES OF THE THAMES NATIONAL BANK red to subscribers to the above loan without charge Does the dread of need have no fe crowned or extra STRICTLY SAN 1f these appeal charge for consu 203 PAIN ST, Lady Asistant DR. F. G. JACKSON Don’t You Want Good Teetht?” the dental chair cau; them you to neyiect y our method you can have your cted ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN COCSIDER THESE OTHER FEATURES ITARY OFFICE TERILIZED INSTRUNINTS CLEAN LINEN ASEPTIC DRINKING LOWEST PRICES CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORK ! to you, call for examination itation. and astimate. OR. . 4. CO DENTISTS (Successors to the Ring Dental Ca.) NORWICH A M.to8P. M. Teiopn