Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 15, 1917, Page 4

while the consumer should do his duty there can be no relaxation in the ‘ef- fort to run to earth the coal specula- tors and the takers of big profits. THE KORNILOFF REVOLT. The information which comes from Russia makes certain that the revo- lution which was headed by General Korniloff is near if not actually at an end. It has been shown'that the pro- visional government with Kerensky at the head has been able io put down this threatening uprising. It has been shown that the decision to oppose the government as established must have been reached suddenly, with little or no preparation and certainly without any substantial organization. Korniloff was inspired to the action which he took by the desire to see Russia overcome the weakness which has been manifested in its army. He pointed out the trouble and he had opes that the government would act upon his advice which, even Keren- sky had to admit, hit the nail on the head. : When the needed changes were not forthecthing and did not seem likely to be he decided upoh a rash move. It was not in behalf of the reinstate- nient of monarchial rule but it ‘was for the purpose of putting the new zovernment on aMirmer footing rela- tive to the army and the opposition to the enemy. It was planned to replace ll weakness with strength. That Korniloff cannot carry out his plan is apparent, but there can be little question that he has called the attention of that country to one of its serious troubles in a way which he was not able to do otherwise. It is already indicated that Premier Ie- rensky will bring about reforms in the “hindling of the army, and if that results, though Kornffoff’s services may be lost, his mave cannot be re- garded. as an utter failure. If the ob- ject of his move is ultimately obtain- ed it is probably best that his revo- lution did not succeed. Bringing the government tq its senses is better than wrecking it and the sacrifice which Korniloff makes for Russla cannot be overlooked. \ THE AUTO REGISTER. There can be no question but what there is a decided need for a state au- tomobile register, such as was former- 1y published or one which provides as much information for the use of tke authorities who are supposed to en- force the automobile regulations. It is through the license numbers on the cars that means of identifi- catiorr are provided. That is what they are carried for, but if there-is no available list of numbers by which to tell who is the owner of a car, the driver .of which may have khocked down some person, collided with an- other machine, violated tfaffic reguia- tions, stolen the auto which he has or done any one of the many things which are against the law and which it is expected that the authorities wili check through arrests and prosecu- tions, those who are delegated to see that the laws are respected are made to work under a, serfous handicap. The lack of arl automobile register works to the advantage of the reck- less and the fellow who makes up his mind that he isA’t going to obey the law unless he is made to. The time that is required to get into communi- cation with the state automobile -de- partment for the purpose of identify- ing the license number is valuable time lost. It is therefore a welcome announcement which is made by the auto. department that a register will be issued as soon as possible. It is what has been needed for some time throughout the state. SWEDEN MUST AWAKEN. The surmise that the messages which were made public concerning the manner in which the Swedish le- zation at Buenos Aires was transmit- ting the communications of the Ger- man charge d’ affaires to his govern- ment were not the only evidence that this country possessed relative to such activities has been shown to be cor- rect by the new disclosure which Sec- retary Lansing has made. This latest uncovering of the way in which the German and Swedigh ministers have been working together to the advan- tage of Germany and to the detri- ment of the nations where they have been located as well as other coun- tries gives Sweden something to think about, if in fact the people of that country will not insist upon a com- plete reorganization of its foreign of- fice and diplomatic service. In this latest instance, where the Swedish charge at Mexico City was sending in the Swedish code and tak- ipg personally to the telegraph office late at night messages for the imper- ial German government from its min- ister to be transmitted over lines go- ing through entente nations, which service could have been obtained in no other way, the representative of Sweden must jhave had full knowl- edge of what fle was doing and what caucus have named well kneown and|De.was sending, even to the point of experienced candidates for office and | aVing a bribe arranged for him. This the whole ticket cannot fail to win| Dreach of diplomatic courtesy should the ‘ghmmendation and secure the!be sufficient to make neutral Sweden support of the independent as well as| Understand that a complete house- the party voters. cleaning is needed. EDITORIAL NOTES. S8OME GOOD SUGGESTIONS It begins to look as if Jack Frost In connection with the task which|had lined himseif up in opposition has been set out for him in the regu- | to the food conservationists. iation of the price of coal, it is a : timely and sensible appeal which -is| From the present price of pork, it made by Coal Administrator Garfield | begins to look as jf the hog was go- when he urges everybody to save all|ing to follow the cow over the moon. ths coal possble during the coming winter. The adjustment of the coal situation and the regulation of the price from the time coal is. mined until it reaches the consumer is not the eas- lest job in the world. Ie may be easy *nough to say what should be done but it is another thing to get the plan into_actual operation and-bring about the Telief which is desired and needed. it is not only going to call for the closest -attention but it is going to take time. Therefore it is but proper that ev- sry user of coal from the largest fac- tory to the smallest household should consider carefully what he can do to help the situation. Dr. Garfield says that the coal supply can be conserved by more economical methods of firing, by sifting ashes, by watching the fur- nace door, by heating only the parts of the house in' use and by reducing the temperature of the well heated house at least five degrees. ‘There can be no question' but what Dr. Garfleld is right when he says that this is a publis and patriotic duty for manufacturer and individual to consider and the statement appears to be well founded when it is shown by the bureau of mines that 30 per cent. .of the cpal which plants buy is wasted through tific fir- ing and inadequate equipment. But R T N Glorwich Bulletin v and Goufied - 121 YEARS OLD n price 12c a week: Soe a torfice at Norwich, @s second-class matte: Telephome Callss Sulle _n Businzss Ofrice 4SU. Balletin Editorial Rooms 35-8. Bultletin Job Ofiice 85-2. 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All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. 1905, average......... 8eptember 8th, 1917... —_— AN ADMINISTRATION TO EN- DORSE. . Norwich, like many of the other towns In the state, is getting ready for its town election next month. The @Party caucuses have been held and the tickets are before the voters for consideration. Though the time since the closing of the town’s books the first of Sep- tember has not permitted the Issuing of the annual report, it has been de- termined that theré has been an effi- clent and economical administration of the affairs of the town and that in spite of the conditions which have ex- isted in the- past two years, with prices advancing in every direction, Norwich has been most fortunate in those who have been directing its business. . \ It is therefore but proper that republicans should again place in nemination Caspar K. Bailey for the head of the board of selecimen and Charles P. Bushnell as his associate thereon. Throughout their term of of- fice the town has profited hy the care and attentiye consjderation which thev have given tofits requirements. Theirs is a record of accomplishment in looking after the needs of the town in other directions as w=ll as firan- clally. They have proved to bas capa- ble officials on everv test that has been applied to them. and such can- not fail to impress/the voters and taxpayers with the. necessity of re-| taining them in office. Faithfu! and conscientious service can be recog- nized and endorsed in no be‘ter way than by a reelection. Along with them the republicans in the ' With the close of the first week of school there are not a few who are already sighing for the long vaca- tion. Coal Administrator Garfield is do- ing his best to change the color of the black outlook in the fuel aitua- tion. One Swedish paper says that Swe- den will not be frightened out of its neutrality. Possibly it will be fright- ened into it. It ought to be no mew sensation for Colonel Roosevelt to go up in an air- plane. He has been higher than a kite too often. Korniloff may lose, but there can be little question but what he has given Russia the proper preséription for certain of its internal ills. The man on the corner says: It's the same old story; those who were but recently kicking about the hot weather are now complaining because it 1s too ocool. - , If the copgumer doesn’t get some relief pretty’ soon, he will not have to be very hard to skimp s the use I this He not be able to do oth b LA m b b et a. A~ ma The oi.e thing “the new thoughters” and a fcw other modernized thinkers are tryiag to teach us is, that we have & bidden force it will be well for uf to become aequainied with, to know ‘selves better, that we may get mory out of life for ourselves to enjoy, ind put more into life .for others 1o enjoy than wec ever have done befcre. They do not mean to bary/uv, and ou: duliness often ex- pressed by our contempt for their teachings doesn’t excite in them meanness, but a seemungly well-found- ed pity. Their lack of res-ntment and patient jersistence is one of the very best evi.ences they possess something we do not, ard mar‘fest a power of which we seem to he d>void. Some of them frighten us nearlv to death hecause they call this hidden power, occalt power, and they would do bet- ‘er if they would not try to mystify what properly stated we must all rec- cgnize we possess. ‘Man has not been capable of -exhausiing the power Heaven has erdowed him with. | The way tc enlarge your world j to put more of the world into you mind, more of the material world and more of the spiritual entities. reason hope and love and happiness exist in the world for vor is because you hay~” prepared your mind. for them. The songs of birds delight the ear in proportion to the kaowledge the mind has of them. The light of the mind is not the spelling boak. but the Leautifu: thoughts which nave found expression because of tne speiling book. Every picture held in memory that is pleasurable lends its own charm to conscwusness. We have the power to collect horeyed thoughts from life, just as has the bee to gainer nectar from the flowers, and thus add sweet- ness to sweetress and joy to joy all the da; of our lives, Life was in- tended tc produce for us a broadening horizon .and a boundless hope and a sustaining vision naught cf earth can destroy. This is a good Americanism: “Never say die’ - Why 11d_we give up? All the life there s will be found to be vested n activity. When activity ceases the individual is dead. We not only should ‘get a move o but we should izcep moving. The stimulating thought should be cnltiyated even to the verge of hilaritv. It doesn’t do anv harm to become slightly intoxi- cated with delight, or to be _thrilled with entl usiasm. / What does harm is the quieius gloom puts upon us, the inertla resulting from lack of inter- est, the paralyzing thougnt we are done for, installed in the mind. Idling is not pleasure, but the fi rst symptom of aecav. He who retires from busi- ness really retires from Lie A cast down or cast off soul will rust out just like cas: off iron. He who says die has lost his grip upon everything which hi.s power to hold him to activ- ity and hope and happiness My geod people do vou realize that one “of our worst habits is self-sup- pression. Our sins of omission hard- en the heart more’ than our sins of commission. We are all guilty and know it if we are awake to our habits, and if we are not awake to them we should be. How many kinciy acts and good deeds the heart prompts us all to perform, and some of them are easy and some repugnant to us because they interfere with plans or are hu- miliating, and we turn a deaf ear often, perhaps, to the whispering of the angels. Our convenience is scme- thing the Sprit does not take cogniz- ance of, and every time convenience is placed first we are set back in the spiritual sphere of our being: we are self-injured; we have cast away gold to accept dross. You haven't -looked lat your conduct .in this light! Then get ‘into the light and see yourself from the viewpoint of usefulness instead of from the viewpoint of eelfishness. lows have gone to the Long eaches and thence flown South in a muititude at night such as those unaccys*omed to their habits must marvel at, for the uncounte:d thousands which assemble on the beaches must fill the e¢ky with birds when they fly at night. All the birds arc gathering in flocky and the starlings- which less than ter years ago did not number over a score in Norwich are to be seen assemblea in flocks of hundreds keep- ing up a ceaseless twitter in the sub- urbs prepara‘ory to extending their forces all over New England to the border ot the British Provinces which they'are destined to invade. The past week I have noticed. a stray catcher, the Chebec, in the garden: and a Cardinal displayed kis gorgeous plumage among the blue-jays in the pear trees. Those who study birds are booking birds of passage. You cannot get what you want in this life {f you do not know how. You haven't a purpose unless in your mind you have at least, a dimly charted career. 1Znowing what to de is what counts for efficiency and makes doing of value. Most youths seek a profes- sion, a business or a trade because there is in them an aim, a promise of dependdhility. The ne'er-do-wells, as as they -are called, might have been do-wells had they had awakened in them ambition to progress. and back of them helpful advisors. Not so many people walk alone and unaided as we imagine. - There isn't a first-class place for everybody, but everybody may do first-c'ass work. What we put into wor represents us. Honesty and excellence, or ignorance and ehiftless- ness show up in all the wcrk of life. When your work speaks for you have it speak right. Don’t_you feel sad to think Presi- dent Wilsom was not diplomatic enough to suit the country’s enemies, or the Kaiser's interceders. He spoke the trutn to Pope Benedict instead of dressing it in deceit like a diplomat. The language of a diplomat is language which cannot be accurately interpret- ed by any one but himseli! We are all giad that America’s President was not schooled in the European schooi of diplomacy. The art of making something look like truth which isn't, and appear to be binding that isn't, is the kind of legerdemain responsible for the revival of disputes and _blood- letting strife. Diplomacy and Dishon- esty have been caught waiking arm in arm a thousand times in the past; and shrewdness, which is the genteel name for a thousands kinds of trickery is the Dbest recommendation of a lomat. The fact that President Wilsols note lacked diplomacy is *he best evidence that it was of the right tone and true color. It is a pity the girl who smiles may be sinister a3 well as sunny. The way the smile lights the face fixes the expression. and impression. The smile as a hotural gift may prove a life-long blgssin, but, as a cultivated product it is apt to be overdone—to be a repellant mask. The smile that is Lright and cherry is tne smile the poets sirg about, ni the smile that is broad and leery. Every smile is not a gleam of good heartedness. The true smiie is so attractive that it has many counterfeits, but these are not of the color Love wears. A smile may redeem an ugty face or it may mar a face as .ovely as that of Venus. Some people smile when a frown would be more fitting. The girl who smiles £hould be able to make a house sunny, and Tearts of many.people glad. The. (Writtea Specially- for The Bulletin.) Taking up the topic of public im- provements, in his comprchensive ac- count of conditions in Ncrwich up to the year of the quarter mi'lennial cele- bration (1909), Mr. Gilman humorously refers to the fact that Norwich, in the course of fifty years—since the cele- bration of the bicentennial in 1859— has seex many ‘‘Justifiable -domicides.” He writes: Norwich never had at any time suh fine examples of domestic architecrure, “colonial” so-called, as may still be seen in tne searort towns of Salem and Portsmouth, and ail of the oldedt houses; like the people who dwelt in them, having served their day and gencration, have quietiy passed away. ill without any grest landed estates? oy. very costly man- sions; iut her citizens nave always been justly proud of their unpreten- tious homes, indicating comfort, refine- ment, p-osper.ty and .domestic happil ness. The number of euch dwellings has mu.tiplied remarkably in the last twenty years, in all p3ris of the town that are easily accessible by street cars, notably on the West Side, on Laurel ill, Lamb's Hill and upper Washington street. Norwich is In 1882, Leffingwe!l row, sometimes called “the long shop,” built by Chris- topher Leffingwell about one hundred rears bofore, and the iarge red store zdjoinins. near the fork of the roads opposite the residence. of the late Gen. Edward Harland, were destroyed by fire. The family of Benjamin Huntington, living in the adjacent Leffingwell house, c: the land_ below to be graded on rraced and thus opened 7 charming view, the only view of the Yantic river tiat may be had from any point on -the main road between the southern part of Washington street gnd the bridge below Yantic. Some years later, General Harland boualit B iinous ol Bouse: on the corner 27 Har:and roa® and Washing- ton street, originall; the home of Thomas Lefingwell, and afterwards known as the Edgerton house, and annihila.ed it. Improvements project- ‘ed with great enthusiasm by Henry Harland, the lamented nephcw of Gen- eral Harland, left the long sope of Sentry Hill and the ancestral family residenc: free from obstructions. This improvement, and ihat of the Hunting: property opposite, have fiy | contribuied more tham anvthing else, perhaps, for the betterment of the ap- pearanc: of this section of the town. A few. rods farther north. Dr. Lath- rop’s drug store, wiere Benedict Ar- nold learned his trade, has_quietly Arnold was born, f demolished over sixi street cnurch, built in 1831, the tist church, a frame building on Broa way where the Central building now stands, fices, the Park church, with its Osgood Memorial parish house, erected by Mrs. | husband: Trinity Methodii church, oh church, Joseph’ and completed at their pearan than that of its predecessor. Shunnon building, wich bank, having a portico with four wooden columms, stood for sixty-six years in the most conspicuous situation in tHe property, was then acquired by James B. Shannon, who erected a five story building for business purposes. it_was utterly yeurs ago. lost thres church 1ous—the “Sachem . 'NOTICE! To Those Who Prefer Page & Shaw's Boston Candy: Page & Shaw’s fine Candy is ordered by us every week. At no time is gur stock over 10 days old. ; This insures you an absolutely clean, fresh stock, which is' a great satisfaction to those making presents of confectionery. To those who never have bought Page & Shaw’s candy we invite their special attention to this notice. We doubt if the freshness of any confectionery is equal to this stock of ours. It sells at one dollar a pound and comes put up in one-half, one and two pound boxes. Telephone us your order if you cannot get down town. ngs ind the Universalist chuvch om Main street. 1t has gained among other new edi- Hugh H. Osgood in memory of her| Main street; St. Andrew's Episcopal in Greeneville; Grace church, Yantic; the First -Baptist church, on West Main street; the Ceniral Bup- tist, on Union square Congregational church; Lutheran chu‘ch, on Golden street; the .Universal on Broadway, now known as thy’ Church of the Good Shepher. the Sacred Heart Romat Catholic church, Norwic» Town; % 3 (Polish) Roman Catholic church, Cliff strect, and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic church, on Broadwa: Of this |, edifice Mr. Gilman writes: This ‘ast is speciaily notewor- thy, not only because it is the ldrgest and most impressive church building in Norwich, and ministers to the re- ligious wvants of the largest congrega- tion, but because in 1911 it was én- tirely freed from debt, by the exertions of the rector, Rev. Hugh Treanor, ahd was sol-mnly congecrated by the bish- op of' the diocese. N — Some mportant landmarks have dis- dppeared and new buildings _occupy 2 i their places; among them the old Norwich, town hail on Church street, which was Cc destroyed by fire in 1565. A new A ] nn, § building for the purposes of the town . : city of Norwich and the county ‘of New London, erected expense in 1873, stands in-a commanding posi- tion on Union equare, where its ap- by no means suggests that it has aiready - attained a greater age A large extensiou was bullt in 1909 for the law library and the enlarged town hall. of Norwich, th town, with its thousands of soldiers, and every haf hour of the day I gain Some new, unéxpected impression Im- possible to describe by etter—very | difficult even by speech. I write by the ligh: of one dim candle, “Such an extrapordinary sensation, being surrounded by thoucands of men who far months have facec death day and night! It gives a peculiar and | very beautiful expression t¢ many of the faces. STORIES OF THE WAR considers _the ng: The Nor- little building, Mr. then wi quaint Gilman Selo—Village of Death. Selo (the word is plaint Russian and has been adapied by the exiled Slav population of these strange -lands—it means simply “village” as “Tsarskoe Selo” means Tsar’'s Village) overhangs the steep sites of the Brestovizza Val- ley. Two trench systems embraced_ and enveloped it. 'The first was the |line known as the machine gun trench. because the horrid thing was barbed like a wire entanglement with the sol- id squat Schwarizlose . machine gu city, om the corner of Mair and She- tucket streets, until 1889, when the bank honorably discharged all its lia- bilities »nd retired from busines; The building, with some adjacent Made-In-Connecticut War Interviews ‘This sanz des:royed by a disaslrous fire, in disappeured; and here it may be men- , e A 3 AT t: Mr. ves, i 5 which Austrians use so prodigally S S e | sttt e S ey e s | VT eriow Biies Whe | Thion Aueisoe s s, ool never find a trace of the old|Shannon immediately proceeded to y Dudley L. Va o chfield | six yards of irench, each with four will buildings, nor of the house wherein structurs erected in Norwich, and it not only protects its own occupants, but would be an effectual barrier in " Sunday Morning Talk A New Birth of Freedom Among the ancient and inveterate enemies of thc human race we must name fear. Primitive mar found him- self in 'he grip of powers stronger than he, evil-disposed for the most pari, and capable at.anv moment of compassing his destruction. One pon- ders with compassion . the countless generations of men. held in such a bordage in the barbarous ages that preceded -civilization's dawn. For our move remote ancestors the universe jn which every mountain, grove, river and sea swarmed with deities of uncertain temper and désigns must fiave been in- ] deed a p'ace of terror. Nor is fear of that old-time type un- known in modern times. Races of men still exist on the earth in whose daily experience the ancient apprehensions are repeated. A missionary lately re- turned to the home land after 33 years of service in the New Hebrides makes this significant statement: “Some per- sons who think that the natives should be left alone to live their sim.ple, happy lives free from care should live ameng them. Qauite happy, are they? In daily fear of malignant spirits; dreading to omit the smallest detall of their cere- monies, lest they should be smitten with disease, or their gardene blighted; in terro- to move at night from their huts lest they fall under the unseen bullet of the hidden enemy—their lives are miserable and it is tke greatest mockery to say they are happy.” We may grant the possibility of all this in heathen islands of the sea, but what shall we say of fear in cultured Christian America? How shall we reconcile with honest faith in God, the timidity. with which thousards of us who may be respectable citizens and good charchmen live out our lives? In view of the creeds we profess, with their emphasis on a God ot holy love in charge of human affairs, how can we explain the fundamental sense of insecuri'y with which we commonly survey both our personal fortunes and the developing life of the race? A man from Mars looking into the Christian Scriptures and noting the uncondi- tiona) assurances therein might imag- ine that a race accepting such a reve- lation would be afraid of nothing in heaven cr on earth. Yet how far his surmise would be from the fact! More important -than naming the trouble is finding the remedy. How shall we of the modern age escape from our inherited bondage of fear? Is there victory for us over the tyranny of such evil imaginings as the cave man suf- fered? Fear is a malady of the spirit and the cure for it must be, essentially, a spiritual one. One must simply bring his Christianity into actual practise, He must, somehow, get his faith out of the cold storage of a church creed and put it to work as a principle of life Let him actually iive in the conviction that the worid is fn control of Al- mighty God and not of the Devil; let him heartily belleve tha: all things work together for good to them that love God. It is surely not always an easy conviction in the presence of so much that seems to prove the contrary, and yet ‘t is the onc real solution of our problem. Best of all, it works in the casec of those who try it. “I will fear no evil, for Thou are with me,” declared the Psdfimist. He did not expect that evil would wholly pges him by, Life for him, as for all the sons of men, wouid know its diffi- culties and dangers :nd valleys of the shadow. But of none of tnese experi- ences would he be afraid. He would fear no evil, for in God’s world no evil could touch him. Upon this high mood of the soul wait, for any of us, bsth physical health and mental peace, Fear is a damper on all human energies. The ramoval of it means freedcm. Free course is given for the abounding life currents when the old -weight that pressed down on all the vital centers has been taken away. We are dealing here not wit': theorv but with fact. How many men and women have testi- fied that they first began really to live in some such hour of clear vision and deliverance when banishing the old haunting\ fears, they have moved out 'into the glorious liberty of the sons and daughters of God. THE PARSON named and Honorable Fraternity of Free and en in a communication to the Geograpisic Louise de Rosales, a part of which graphy iulletin of ‘timely front so successfully against the Aus- sometimes they wound the men at the very_door. 2 fell 30 meters away from the hsspital: a great cxample of courage and sacl rifice, patience and faith, that one near them feels unworthy. in this zone, ceive the mos* gravely wotrded. turally, we rannot do everything t worse if we were not here. and with the moral part. coupled with the help at the bedside, we can comfort so many stricken bodies, so hearts. hour's walk across the mezdows, and on the Thills, just ten mi battle has been raging since our ar- riv: day and night: but we are alreally so sccustomed to the nolse that we often forget the sound and talk auite lightly of different things. 1 ing as I write, as tl:ough trey would break off bits of the mountain and crumble parts of it to pieces. mions pass day and nighit—one procession—carrying up fresh troops and ammuni woinded or those who have stood the strain of fighting so long tnat they are being brought away to rest a little. At night the sky ls fully illuminated by the tlashes of explosivas. noon. of the wall to enlarge it, and the sol- diers were busy digzing new graves, S0 as to have them ready. .There was military music in one of the camps nearby and it was really comforting to _hear '‘t. fect security and the sensation of be- lieving that the enemy is he'ng.beaten back and back and will' never croes the Ison%o again. short while ago. Excepi for a few peasant folk and a few in lit- tle shops, I am the only wo! County Auxiliary Committee. As a most necessary step toward the goal of permanent peace 1L the thor- ough defeat of Germany. This is one important thought in ‘a r Interview with Duadley L. Vaill, chatrman of Litchfield County Auxiliary Committee of the Connecticat State Council of Defense secured by a representative of the council and made public today in the series of “Made-in-Connecticut War Interviews.” Mr. Val)! was acked “Why America must win tkis war to bring about permanent world peace?” He made the following statemgut: “If there is one thinrg murs than an- other thut the whole worll wants pas- jonately, it is assurance that the eace which will some day succeed this tremenduous war shall be curable and permanent, not a mere truce. And the first and moSt necessary Step to- ward that goal is the thorcugh defeat of Germany. She has spent her en- ergies for years in plotting and pre- paring for the subjugation of other na- tions, and it must be made clear be- yond mistake that any such attempts are futile if peace that .s won is to endure. This ;+ an :mmense undertaking but no one doubts that it wili be accom- plished. and every man who wears the uniform of ths American army Or na- vy will Lave the satisfaction of know- ing that he is doing a mar’s work to make sure that the world -hereafter will be 2 fit place to livs in, for our descendsnts and for all peoples. It has not been so in the past for most of the peoples of Eusrope, though we have enjoyed comparative immun- ity because of our geographical re- moteness, They have lived and labor- ed under a burden of military ex- penditure which has meant crush- ing taxition, and-they have lived in constant fear of sudden agression from a powerful neighbor, a fear which the outbreak of the war three years ago more than justified. We have- been spared that fear cheifly because we bad no “realization of our danger, but now tha: German imprelali'm has giv- vlain_a demonstration. of its purpose3 and plans an dmethods, we should Lereafter share the dread of unprovoked assault “at any time if German were able ta secure peace be- forc she was soundly besten. We should have to live armed as the na- tions of Europe were armed, in contin- ual fear of sudden attack. is this condition of things th & world is banded together to end) and to bring it to an end requires that the foremost military power in the world muyst go down in military defeat. “There is no overestimating what this mean: It will.requore the exer- tion of every bit of power this coun- try can summon, the devotion of ev- ery avajlable man and every dollar. It will require for Bur gereration an appalling sacrifice, but one for a wor- thy and noble object, the future peace of the werld] This should mean much to the hegrt and conscience of every and who’serves in the army, or in any capacity, for each one may feel that he Is davoting himself to a mighty enterprise whoseqoutcome will be a better United States to live in, and a batter world too, than the past has ever known.” men as crew. Except for these the trench was practically empty. We shal see the effect of our guniire when we move on. Beyond that was the famous K trench, named after the first letter of Castagnavizza. (The _ Austro-Hun: spell this place with a K.) This, again was a bristle of machine guns, but il shows now as a mere string of shell craters. British guns have had part in redu ing this formidable line. The island gunners have been twice thanked by the ltalian supreme comamnd for su- perb work. Their 15000 shells on the first day of bombardment have beer far improved on since. These Selo positions, once taken, re- vealed about twice as many Dolin as shown on thestaff maps. Dolina the local word for the curlous crater- like depressions in the surface of the Carso, ranging from 20 yards in diam- eter to 200, where the soft red ear outcrops and ailows the pauper people of ‘a miserable country to cultivate their scanty crops under the Austrians These Dolinas have been extraordi- narily developed; for instance, at Selc the enemy gad burrowed out enorm- ous labyrinffis and packed them tight with stores. A whole page would not suffice to catalogue the [talian booty at Selo, when at length the tenacious Grena diers, dropping with the fatigue of three days of battle ,bombed and bay- oneted their way for the last time through the sprawling stone heaps which represented the houses of the big village. ~ It was defended by enemy troops consisting of a majority of Hungari- ans, the remainder being Transylvani- ans and various brands of Slav: Our Grenadiers have done a great and terrible work where they have passed. They slaughtered and deto- nated their way to the dozen or so of Dolinas whence came the incredible booty. First and most obvious here was the raw machinery of war. Every Dolina was a battery of great trench mortars. Most were machines of 9 inches, but I have heard tell also of vast death squirts of 18 inches. 1 have not the vaguest notion how many were taken; the figure grows hourly; but I have seen over 30 myself emplaced on con- crete, whence they could not be re- moved. Slightly north of where I was came also news of an entire battery of field guns captured and already turned round and firing their own ammunition against the Austrians. The trench mor tars need not wait either, since there were whole dug-outs packed with am- munition. One Dolina has the title in Austrian war geography of Garten Dolina, and there had been brigade headquarters— luxurious dogs, those Austrians. Any- body ‘would think they had ben set- ting up an American bar 20 feet un- derground. They had a mess equipped with everything from Maraschino to whiskey. They had even a cocktall shaker. There were also hundreds of tins of excellent biscuits, each about the size of a penny, made of the whit- est possible flour, also clothes and Kkit. There are now Italian Grenadlers la- boring in stifiing heat in thick Aus- trian winter overcoats, and while they sweat at trench construction they bave only to lift their eves to see opposite them, across the Brestovizza Valley the Hermada mountain with the shalls spouting Mke sudden gevers on lIts slopes—the greatest barrier on the road to Trieste—Perceval Gibbons. erect a :arger and more costly building for stores and offices on the same site. It was the first absolutely fireproof case of fire in the adjacent buildings. This _and other buildings erected by Mr. Shunnon are monuments to his enterprise. ¥ Among the notewarthy rublic build- ings of recent years, in =zddition to those nn.med, are the Broad street school, :he Laurel Hill schoc], the en- arged Central school building en Broadway, the Broadway theatre, which compares favorably with thea- tres in larger cities, and tie Masonic temple. The cornerstone of this last- tately building was laid with impressi ceremcnies July 3, 1893, by the grand lodge of the Most Ancient Accepted Masons. Arthur H. Brewer, the president of the Masonic Temple coragration, in an :ntroductory speech referre. felicitous- 1y to the immediate environment of the new bui'ling—the ehurch on one side, and tha: powerful enrginr of modern civilizatioh, the public p-ess, on the other, anrd, in near proximity, the re- fining and educational influences of the public school, the free library, the dramatic stage, and the court house, represen:ing tne majesty of the law. The principal historical 2ddress was delivered by Charles E. Dyer. Mr. Gilman goes on to comsider other buildings of a pubifc character which are mportant additions to Nor- wich streets: these will be referred to in a later paper. THE DICTAGRAPH. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Scciety. » On The Italian Front A viv'd picture of life orl the Ital- ian front during an advarce, is giv- ational Society from Marche‘il. s issued by the Society as a war geo- interest in connection with the remarkable of- fensive . row being conducted on this triand The Marchesa writes: “We are much exposed to shells, Lately two hanl grenades but we are all calm and think God will protect us in_this mission of love. Our splendid soldiers give us such “Our jiospital is tife most advanced and therefore we Te- hat we want to, but I think it would be thany | acerated Views of the Vigilantes “The “sonzo ls three-quarters of an s away, the 1. The big guns roar ard thunder A Sermon from the Firing Line. (Cleveland Mofrett, who was arrest- ed recently in New York for interrupt- ing a 8inn Fein orator in his denun- clations. of America and England, and who since has organized a Vigilance Corps to report on the seditious out- pourings of soap-box pacifists and pro-Germans, has sent to The Vigi- lantes the following Iinspiring lines which he has received from an officer cn General Pershing’s staff now at the front in France. wish,” writes Mr. Moffett, “that every American man and woman, whether highly or lowly placed, could read and ponder and act upon them. This is the message: “We need everyone's help in this hing and all the discipline, famil state, military and ecopomic, that w can crea Y “If this isn’t done and déne at once, thousands upon thousands of lives will kave been sacrificed in vain. “If politics enters into this war or our politicians squabble, it's going to murder our men. “Preach This. It's no time for small différences of opinion or differ- ences of small opinionsc. Do your bit to get unity and prompt action. It's action, not words that we need. They are pound- OTHER VIEW POINTS “Under my window hundreds of co- long { in - the R eTe e There is, indeed, a great deal of Joose and very mischievous talk about peace. That talk is being pronoun. ed not only in England but in Amer ca. It is shouted from the top of soap boxes in Piccadilly and re-echoed from the same super-structures on Broadway. It may catch a few peo- ple and turn their minds aw: from the business in hand—the making of the world safe for democracy—but it will never stay the hearts that are de- termined to wipe from the face of the earth all those who promote the doc- trine of Might makes Right. Tt will never cut an inroad on those true pa- triots who have made up their minds to scratch from the olden books the false preachments about the Divine Right of Kings. When peace comes it will be on terms of the people, not of the purple.—New Britain He:ald. after- “I was in the cemetery thi part They have knocked do “Strange, we have a feeling of per- “This little town was Austrian a in the