Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 1, 1917, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSD NOVEMBER 1, 1917 Jiorwirh Bulletin and @oufied 121 YEARS OLD Subscription price 1Zc & week: S0c a month: $6.60 a year Entered at the Postoffice Sonn.. &s second-class matte Telephone Calla: Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3, Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willimantic Office, 625 Main Street. Telephone 210-2. Norwich, Thursday, Nov. 1, 1917, Norwich, CIRCULATION ceee 4412 ..5,920 1901, average 1905, average October 27, 1917 MEMBER OF THZ= ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusive- eptitled to the use for republica- on of all news despatches credi ed to it or not otherwise credit- ed in this paper and also the local news published herein All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. DOUBLE THE GUARDS. That Food Administrator Hoover day at which government representa- tives, breeders and others interested throughout New England will gather for the purpose of discussing the stimuiation of sheep raising in this part of the country. It will be an op- portunity to review and discuss the drawbacks which are always referred fc whenever the subject of sheep rais- ing is. broudht up, but there should also be aroused a deeper realiza‘ion of the necessity of meeting the re- Guirements in this direction. The ob- stacles can be overcome and with the raargin of profit offered through pre- vailing tonditions the chance of get- ting much more out of their invest- ment ought ‘to be eagerly accepted by those who are in a position to do so. It is to be hoped that the conference will be able to accomplish all that is desired. NEW POSTAL RATES. It is well to remember that the new postal rates go into effect tomorrow. ‘This change will require the placing of a three cent stamp upon first class mail for each ounce or fraction thereof and the spending of two cents in the mail- ing of a post card. Where letters are to be delivered in the postal district where mailed the old rate holds good, hicwever. Later on there are other changes which will becdme effective on parcel post and ,on second class matter. That there will be some curtailment of mail because of thc advance Is to be expected. How great it will be it is impossible to figure, but it is plan- ned that there will be many millions cf added revenue secured by the gov- arnment for the purpose of war ex penses. That is the only reason wh the increase in the rates can be ac- cepted without stronger opposition for it means that the whole country is bound to make small econtributions which when summed up will amount to’a tidy sum. In this connection it is of interest that the postoffice department has re- centiv reported a profit for the past vear of about $9,000,000. That of cours~ means-a profit according to the way the department books are kept, which differs so radically from the methed of bookkeeping used in ordi- nary business that it amounts to ! rle. In fact as long as the existing method is used it will he impossible ‘o tell whether the department is act- ually making ends meet or not in spite of what appears to be a large amount on the right side of the ledger. With such profits as is claimed, how- ever, it would appear that there was an admirable opportunity for putting knew what he s talking about when he gave warning tc the effect ‘that piers and food de- pots should ven extra guards in erder to properly protect them againd: the plots of the enemy gents to de- stroy them f: blished by the disastrous pier fire which caused a loss of many millions in Baltimore. How much destructicn may have been _prevented at er points be- use of prompt action in mplilance with the warning, it is i but = 'me v sclecte1 for the starting_of the DRaltimere blzze which made i- difficuit to check or hold a fire and therefo-e all the more ‘avor- zble-to the acccmplishment of the in- chject. Aside from putting forth every pos- sible effort to locate and arrest those who are ma = such plots, and there. by nip the schemes of destruction in the bud, the action which has been taken by the authorities in certain sections of New. York’s water front, in clearing the enemy alians out of those districts and denying them the right te work on or approach the piers, is most commendable. Just as long as opportunities are goinz to be presant- ed to such people to carry on such cperations they are going to take ad- vantage of lhe,m. ‘This country has suf- fered too great losses mlready from their hands and it is time that every possible precaution was taken. If it means a hardship to such people it must be as plain as daylight to them that there is no one responsible for it but themselves. We cannot afford to be lenient iust for the sake of handi- capping ourselves. WHAT WILL ARGENTINA DO? The world knows something of the operations of Count Luxburz, the Ger- man diplomatic representative in Ar- gentina. Additions are being made to the reveiations from time to time, he latest of which shows that he was taking advantage of his position to not only compromise Argentina but ‘o stir up trouble in Brazil. He was thoroughly aware of the irregular course he was pursuing when in the latest messages to be made public hé asked for a submarine squadron to influence or frighten Brazil and Chili Into sticking by neutrality. It is highly probable in view. of these new dls. closures that it was such information which caused Brazil to make its re- cent declaration of war against Ger- many. If there has been any question about Luxburg making Argentina his head- quarters for fomenting trouble in Brazil and for carrying on a propa- sanda in Germany’s interests regard- less of the means that he used, these latest messazes should immediately remove all doubt. Luxburg was up to all the schemes of Bernstorff in this country. He was taking advan- tage of his position and of the help extended by the representative of Sweden to control the leading coun- tries of South America in one way or another. He didn’t care how- so long as he obtained his object. Brazil has lost no time in resenting such activities and it is a question now how long it will be before Ar- zentina will decide upon the same ac- tion. Argentina has severed relations and stopped, but with the accumula- tion of evidence it will be surprising indeed if it does not feel compelled -to take the same action as its northern neighbor. Certainly Argentina does rot want for reasons. TO STIMULATE SHEEP RAISING. In order to relieve existing condi- tions and to revive an industry which used to flourish in this part of the country efforts have been made fof a long time to arouse the farmers to a recognition of the need of engaging in sheep raising on a much more exte: it ail right back into the business for the betterment of the service. GERMANY’S NEW CHANCELLOR. Germany has 2 new chancellor. A successor to Dr. Michaeils has been’ named. by the kaiser in the appoint- ment of Count von Hertlinz, premier of Favaria, to that office. Count Hertling had been considered for the place before. It was offered to him when Dr. Michaelis was named but he declined at that time and he is given the credit for recommending Dr. Mi- chaelis. Count Hertling is a Bavarian but that does not mean that he is not “horoughly in sympathy with Prussian ideas and methods, so that while the selection. of this leader from that ‘kingdom might indicate that the cus- tom of naming a Prussian for the im- portant office had been broken, it is a auestion whether it will actually make any @ifference. By meking the change at this time the kaiser may feel that he has ccn- tributed to the demand for the bring- mg about of Internai reforms, but when it is realized that the new chan- cellor is not given any more to re- forms than his . predecessors have been, and this is khown to the mem- hers of the reichstag who are clamor- ing for this change, it is doubtful whether there has been anything gain- ed by the change. There certanly will net be if the count ismoreof a conser- vative than Dr. Michaelis. The change has been made. Those asking for a new chancellor made no selection. The successor .of Dr. Michaelis was lef: to the kaiser as usual and he has named HER MISTAKEN IDENTITY “Never again,” declared the young married woman. “shall I trust in my rowers of intuition, my common sense my presenc: of mind! And as for nerves they are still jumpy! The next time 1 get married I shall not marry a man whose brother has charge of an expensive, exclusive in- sane asylum! “We stopped to make a family call on this doctor brother-in-law while we were out motoring last week and the doorman asked us to wait in tle reception room, because the doctor was very busy at that moment with a2 new patient. Lawrence sald he wanted to wander around and ex- plore, so I settled myself in a com- fortable chair. ‘I'll be back soon, Ed- ith; Lawrenc: eaid as he vanished through the door. “His coat talls had not entirely dis- appeared before a hearty voice boom- od out about four feet from my ear. ‘Why, hello, Edith!’ “There sat a man, beaming at He was a fat man and his coat collar were oif, his face was red and his hair was rumpled. I never had i&id eyes upon him in my life and there he was grirning at me as though he were my bes: friend. me. and I knew right away was ar insane man; either one who had escaped from the nurses or had been standoned by whatever rerson had brought him there. Such things have happened. He sat be- tween me and the door. _Through my dazed mind floated all the scraps of information I had ever read or heard about humoring insane people. Humor them—-bumor them keep them calm! I must keep this man calm to save my life! I managed a smile. ‘Why, how do you do!’ I raid v in his direction. slapped his knee - vigorous " he informed me, ‘I knew it w#® you the minute I laid eyes on you after I heard vour name! Who was that fellow * . “It's a terrible thing to have a fat red faced man call your husband a fellow! I felt somehoiv that I was not doing my duty by Lawrence in not ob- jecting. but I looked at the size of ihe man's hands and stopped right there. ‘Wh—why. that's my husband!’ I told him. Ai once he frowned and my knees shook. I had irritated hi and heaven alone knew what wor ¥: happe T hastened to palliste mv offense. ‘B-but’ I stammered ‘T hawi not been married v ry long!’ Then he exploded. I sh’d hope not!” he boomed. ‘I sh'd hope not! For the love a’ Pete, what'd you do it for? Wasn't Oscar enough? Th'¥k 2 Oscar! Whadyuh do with him, anyhow 2" ‘I leave it to you if this was not a dreadful situation! I mever know any kind of an Oscar and here it was necessary for me to manufacture one instantly. I didn’t know whether he was to be a fine young man or a scoundrel to suit my impatient ac- quaintance, who was glaring at me. ‘Didn’t .you say,’ he demanded—didn't vou tell me thLc last time that you were really through and were going to lay off? And here you go again— Lord, these women!’ He subsided with muttered growls 2nd mopped his forehead. ‘Tve a no- tion to peach or yuh!’ he broke out again fiercely. He seemed to be get- ung terribly excited, so I gasped out, Oh, please don't—I'll nmever do & 2gain! 1 promise!” “““You promised before!' he smorted, ‘4nd look how yuh kept it! How the mischief dc you keep that inmo- cent, baby gaze and your perfect lady ir> I will say, Edith, that you are a corker! You're ab—so—lutely per- Ab—so—Ilutely!” By thig time I had concluded that il Lawrehce did not return by e time 1 had counted twenty-five, I should just gently shut my eyes and dic on the spot. The fat man got up and stood over me. ‘I don’t know just hat to do with yuh!' he anaounced. ‘And 1 gotta do something!” “Somehow 1 couldn't | remember what to do to keep him calm and I coutdn’t keep calm myself. As I opened my lips to scream good and iard, in came the doctor and Law- hello, Edith!" said ther-in-law, and kiesed me. the fat man did explode. he roared at the doctor. she got you too? For the love ke * “What do you mean? the doctor inquired coldly. The fat man stam- raered earnestly. ‘I hain’t seen Pitts- Lurgh Edith since the time she was up for her tenth: caxe of bigamy!’ e irformed the doctor, ‘but I spotted Ler right awa,, and what's more, she admitted it! Ske's one of the slick- cst workers in the country and you'd never deam it, because she looks guch a perfect lady! She trimmed the last fellow for a hundred thousand— “Well"” concluded the young mar- ried woman with a reminscent chuckle “we got straightened out finally. The fot man was a detective who had trcught in the case that the doctor had been so bisy with. And he was porfectly sane, but I guess his bump ol tdentity received a fatal jolt that day! He was calling for ice water when we left him! And Tve a ‘new cceupation in life—looking for my in- teresting doubl Chicago News. my At ‘You ‘Has p2. LETTERS TO THE EDITO Play’s Position. Mr. Editor: Last week J. H. Cum- mings disgustedly announced that he was “through with the bunch” but he appears to have reconsidered .that %cellent resolution and is “all het up” over an alleged charge of disloy- alty and loudly calls for proofs. Now I did not charge Mr. Cummings with disloyalty. I stated that the contro- versy which has been carried on for the past three vears between himself and various correspondents of The Bulletin -had been kept alive by his pro-German attitude and his attacks upon England. I will let those of The Bulletin readers who have read his letters decide whether or not he has been an upholder of Germany until the United States entered the war and also whether he has not since then been constantly casting slurs on England, either directly or in rectly Mr. Cummings can make the most of this statement. He may have heard the old saying that “a hit bird always flutters.” % Now at preserit our country, in com- mon with a number of others, is en- gaged in a desperate struggle to de- termine whether the ruling force in the world shall be democracy or im- perialism of the Potsdam type. One of our allles in this struggle is Eng- land. If Germany emerges from this war victorious we shall suffer in com- mon with our allies. Now it does not a man after his own ideas. Whether!seem to me that the highest ype of he will be able to set forth a policy that will be any more acceptable is a question which will be answered in time. He has no easy task befcre him. EDITORIAL NOTES. The season is at hand when the cdor of burning leaves pervades most of New England. It has taken the war with ncw prices and new taxes to show what real ser- vice the penny can perform. It is going to cost more maney to send letters in the future, but it will be just as easy to lick the stamps. The man on ‘the corner says: It is decidedly unusual to find a chap who will admit that the most of his trou- bles never happened. With New York reporting an ave- rage of six automobiles stolen daily, there must be a large market for sec- ond hand machines. Count Luxburg was rendering a great service to Germany in South America. His great mistake, how- ever, was in getting found out. After all the other reasons have been ziven for the rout of the Italians, it will be interesting to see what Gen. eral Cadorna has to say about it. Reports from Russia are to the ef- fect that its scouts have found. ne trace of the = retreating Germans. ‘Which way are the scouts headed?” The world will never get over talk- ing about the great leadership of Em- peror Charles in carrying the Austro- Germans across the Isonzo into Italy. Th2 man on the corner says: Thi fact that.the wind may be tempered to the shorn lamb doesn’t give much eomfort to the fellow with an empty coal bin. The anti-noise crusaders bob up frequently, but' nothing has been heard from them about the racket that is caused by the click of the knit- ting needlés. sive scale than has prevalled in the|- reeent past, both for the benefit “of the individual as well as the country. The opportunity exists for ralsing thousands of sheep on the hillsides of ew England where hundreds are raised today. There is need for the wool and there is need for the mft- ton and with the prices which they are commanding today the profit for the raiser is worth securing. = in addition to the efforts which have been put forth there iz to be a sheep ~aising conference in Boston on Fri- It is gratifying that the authorities of Georgia have captured seven of the ten” escaped German prisoners, but thére should be no relaxation in the hunt until everyone is agaln un- der guard. - While extra precautions are being taken to safeguapd the food asupplies in storage, it might also be well to look up those wheo are feeding wheat to the hogs and keeping other pro- ducts off the. patriotism. in such a crisls consisis in attacking one of our strongest al- lies. I have no apology to offer to J. H. Cummings or anyone else who has up- held the nameless and innumerable atrocities which Germany has com- mitted in this war. - He will probably come back with a lot of that courteous and gentle- manly language which he always em- plovs in debating with his_opponents. However that may be, I think he fully understands my position and sentiments and the discussion is ter- minated herewith as far as I am con- cerned. Respectfully, FAIR PLAY. Windham, Oct. 31, 1917. STORIES OF THE WAR What Turkey Has Done to Armenians and “Syrians. Twenty thousand fatherless children ol Armenian and Syrian refugees in the Causasus are in need of immedi- ate aid to save them from demor>) zation and starvation, it was declared in New York. Tuesday, by the Rev. F. W. Macallum, missionary in Turkey for the American Board of Missioners for Foreign Missions, just returned from rellef work at Tiflis and_vicinity. Ir the Caucasus, which he described as mountainous with severe winters, he said there are 300,000 Armenian and Syrian refugees from Turkey, mostly women and children, as the men were massacred by the Turks. “The Turks made three drives agzainst Russia. which brougit into the Caucasus, which is’ Russian. large pumbers of refugees,” he said. In 1914 more than 60000 Armenians fled before the Turkish advance. The next year 30.000 more migrated. “The third Grive is known as the lashgert campaign of July 1915. The Armenians of the district of Alashgert in Turkey were by-it compeiled to flee to the Caucasus. It also caused the evacuation of the city of Van by the Russians. % city had been defend- ed in A May by the Arm pcpulation against a strong Turkish army. Russian aid arrived just in time sav> it and the Turks ran away. but’'when the Russians heard of the Turkish advance toward Alash. gert, fearing their line of ret; might be cut off, they evacuated Van and retreated to the Caucasus, with them all the Armenlans Syrians there. “‘Thl. was gflm the & it of refugees. ey were a - by Kurdg on the way and 7.000 were kill- ed. About 20,000 died of cholera, ty- ?‘.}%':‘fimr“%“ t 200,- 000. In these ways peo- 2 - all the influx ple’ came to the C: in rossessions. Rellef work by the American committee for Armenian and Syrian Eelief began in January, 1916, and is still going on and growing in extent and imporiance. Tae Russian gov- ernment has heiped the refugees gen- erously, having given them up to the present nearly $10,000,000. This sup- piied them with food, paid their rent and made it possible to provide for 5,000 orphans, but owing to the fin- ancial difficulties of the government tais aid is now cut off. The Americar. committee has given clothing and bedding to. 50,000 of the most needy refugees and has also pro- vided large quantities of tea, sugar, kerosene and fuel where most needed. During the summer of 1916 the wark of repatriation was undertaken and hundreds of farmers were returned to their homes in the province of Van and supplied with oxen. plows, seed and so forth. This most promising work, however, was interriipted by the evacuation of that region by the Rus- sians in August 1916 and the commit- tee has decided that the time for re- patriation on a large scale will be oniy after final victory over the Turks has been won. ‘Among the 1efugees are compara- tively few men 2s more of them than of women and children fell in the massacres. As a result there are in the Caucasus today 20,000 fatherless children in need of immediate aid. Of tkese the American committee is al- ready helping 5.000 by zxvi:g them a emall monthly grant for food in their homes. “Fifteen thovsand more abppeal for similar help but no funds are avail- able at present. The comumittee fs now organizing an orphanage for 300 Loys in Erivan. Boys of good intelli- gence and sound physique will be tak- er in with a view to quick training in trades, farming and education. These boys will be prepared to act as lead- ere along these lines and fitted to tal® the place of tke artisans, industrial leaders and teachers who were kil ed. “Of the 300,000 refugees in the Cau- casus and_the conquered provinces of Turkey, 250.000 are without employ- ment and dependent on charity. The committee has begun work in spin- ning and weaving, giving employment to about 4,000, mostly women and girls. The moral effects of work are very noticeable. The life of a refu- Fee with nothing to do but stretch out his hand for charity is extremely de- moralizing and discouraging. Many of the women: to whom the commit- tee is giving work come on foot from places as distant as 10 to 13 miles and say what they value most is not the money they earn but the mental and spiritual reiief employment brings them. “Great gratitude is expressed for the aid sent from America. It seergs 1o them very wcnderful that a coun- try so far awe; and so entirely with- out any political aspirationa in those regions ehould make such large con- tributions to reiieve their sufferings. The prestige cf America has been enormously increased by this disinter- ested philanthropy. “The Americarr committee has at no time taken up the question of the political future of Armenia, but if the statesmen who have to deal with this question after the war secure for. the Armenians and Syrians - and other small nations such a degree of liberty as will insure safetv to life. honor and property. they will have than simple justice demands.” Views of the Vigilantes IT™8 UP TO You! By Porier Emerson Browne of The Vigilantes. Our-countrygis at war with Germany. Hundreds of thovsands of men are making ready to cross the seas and Jay down their lives if need be in de- fense of their country’s honor—their country’s life. Hundreds of thousands of other men and wemen stand ready to do all that lies in their power to ald those who are to at the front. And meanwhile a few thousands of men calllng themselves American, led Ly a few scores of men who, too, call Sout 5" she PIMPLES Why $o many young men and espec- lally otherwise beautiful women aliow their faces to be disfigured with un- sightly pimples is beyond me, says Peterson, Every ~ druggist In America who cares to speal freely will tell you that one 25¢ box of Peterson’s Oint- ment is guaranteed to banish every pimple or other skin eruption, or oney back—and it won't take more than 10 days to do ic The ‘mighty healing power of Peter son's Ointment in _skin__diseases. Eczema, Salt Rheum, Sore Nipples, O Sores. Ulcers, Varlecose Ulcers, blind. bleeding and’ itching pites, is almost beyond belief and this small price puts it within reach of all. Dr. W. Burg of Erie, Pa. writes: “I had suffered with Eczéma of the left ear and scalp for over 25 years, but a small box of Peterson’s Ointment has entirely eradicated it All drugsgists are.authorized to guarantee it. pepper in our eyes, and does every- thing in his power to destroy the ef- fectiveness of our endeavors. Truly, that man is no friend of ours. Truly, he belongs upon the other side, with our enemies. For everything he foes to impede us helps them. Every move he makes that renders us more ineffective makes them more effective. Only a fool couald argue such a point. 1 don’t know whether Senator La Follette, Morris Hillquit. Justice Co- halan, George Sylvester Viereck et als| are Judas Iscariots, Benedict Arnolds or Harry Kendall Thaws. I don't care which they are. But I know they are 2 menace to the American nation. And I ask you is it fair to allow these men to ply their rotten trade among the American people while. at the same time, the American people are sendinz their boys to the front to fight their open enemies? Are you going to ask yvour boys to fight one enemy in the open while. tt the same time, you leave another cm- emy hidden behind him to stab him in the back 1Is that fair, do you think? You don’t? Al righ;. then, what are you going to do about it? It’s up to you THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society. The Belgian Coast Line—‘“Perhaps in no other war in modern history rave a few m:iles counted for as much in ths scales of victory as in the present contest in West Flanders,” says_a bulletin_issued here today by the Bureau of Geographic Informatisn of the Natioial Geographic Society. “The distance which ceparates the Alijfed forces from full control of the coast of Belgium is only thirty miles. Posession. of these thirty miles of coastline would ot only wipe out the German submarine bases in Belgium, tut it would aiso give the Allies a new front upon which to attack in an ef- fort to drive the ememy out of Bel- gium and northern France. Posses- sion of this ceast, therefore, would be a double victory to the Allies, sorely hampering the enemy’s submarine op- erations, and ati tha same time afford- ing an opportunity to roll up his right flank on land. ‘““Nowhere else may more striking contrast between peace d war than that afforded by the elgian coast ir 1913 and in 1917. Tractically the entire coastline in normal times is given up to the pleas- ures of seaside cities and rest resorts. ‘oxyde-Plage, Oost-Luin- rke, eupcrt-Bains _ Westende, Middlekerke. Le Coq-sur-Mer, Wend- uyne-sur-Mer, Blankenberghe, Heyst- sur-Mer, and Knocke-sur-Mer, are all places which remind one of the sea- ‘ew Jersey. Of these, Ostend, Nieuport-Bains. ahd Blank- enberghe are the most pretentious. “In_ these be found a loughter and nappiness reigend with a care-free abandon that only Euro- pean resort could kmow, while today war on land, under sea, and in the air. harries the seuirs of the few brave people who_still remain there. “Between La Panne and Ogost- Duinkerke is the Hooge-Blikker, 105 feet high, the righest point of the Bel- gian dunes, and 0 the widest point. Just outside of Nieuport-Bains, in the village of Lombartzyde, there is 5 cvl- ebrated figure of the Madonna. heid in high veneration by Flemish fishermen from time immemeorial and to which Flemings are toddy addressing r appeal that thelr land shall be liberated from the iron heel of the in- vader. “Ostend is famous not only as a seaside resort but for its great fish- ing trade in normal times and for its oyster parks. Oysters in large num- Lers are brought here and kept in clarified sea water. The visitor may order his plate of shell fish right out cf the water. “Should the Allies get control of the coast of Belzium as far inland as Pruges, they would come info #o: session of a splendid system of canals extending from France to Furnes, and thence by way of Nieuport, o Ostend end Bruges. Trere is also a_canal from Bruges to the coast near Blank- enberghe, another to Ghent, and a third to the waterway connecting Fieyst with Ghent. A raiiread paral- lels the coast, all the way from the French border to the Dutch frontier. “West Flanders, where the big Eng- iish smash is ncw on. iS gencrallv flat ard low, and in parts marshy. Under a system of intensive argriculture, the province was one of the most produc- tive in Belgium in' the years before 'the war, and forty per cent of the population was engaged in manufac- turing. the prineipal na- linen weaving and lace-makiag.* the ti “eing Riga—'“Not even the pgreatest op- timist can fail to realize the serious- ress of the blow to Russian arms in the fall of the Baitic seaport of Riga,” says a bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society from its Washing- ton_headquarte: “With an import and export trade totaling $100,000,000 two years before the outbreak of the world war, Riga, Lecame the thiré seaport of the Rui slan “empire. and the second eea- port of the Bailic, béing surpassed in volume of business by Petrograd. “The city is divided into several sections. The old town has narrow, winding streets, while the Petrograd and Moscow suburbs are well-built, modern sections. All three of these divisions of the city are situated on the right ‘or east bank of the River Dvina, while the Mitau suburg is on haneoted Ny o Tone Aoating conne. Y. a oa which is removed. during the four months in the year when the river is frozen over. “Riga is situated. ten milen ~sove the “mouth of the Dvins, and is 362 miles by rail southwest of Petrograd. Vessels of light draft reach the city proper by means .of a eanal, but the chief harbor is on the shores of the Baltic . = “The importance of Riga 3s a sea- pert is°due in very measure to the fact that by means of the Dvina and numerous canale it is connected 9y water with the basins of the Vol fa. which flows ints the Caspian. and the Dnieper, which entérs Black ly the whole of R R R ca ou E tic w‘ this pert. In Sation, - i Atlantic Cities. Cape Mays., and Asbury Parks of Belgium, H AUDITORIUM 2:30, 7 and 8:45 THREE SHOWS DAILY .Special Notice To Theatre Patrons... 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Flaxseed, eggs, hides, and skins are shipped from here in great quantities. The chief articles of import are ma- chinery, cotton goods, coal and gro- ceries. “The shipping industry did not con- stitute Riga’s sole actlvity before the war, however. Its _ manufactured products included machinery, leather, railway cars, candles. tiles, and glass, amounting in value to $30,000,000 an- nually. “The growth of Riza during the last 35 years has been phenomenal. n 1§81 its population was 169,000: today it has more than half a million. Of this number 17 per cent. are Germans, 2% per cent. are Letts, and only 25 per cent are Russians. It is not hard to imagine, therefore, how difficult has been the problem of the citizens layal to the new republic during the last few months. It ie also worthy of note yn, Featuring Ladies that the Germans of whole of chant class exable number of the Prussian cracy. pean ter, dwelling ir “At the PULASKI THE WO0O0D DANCE HALL, NORWICH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Pickett’s Orchestra Banjos, Saxophones, Xylophones, 10-Piece Dance Etc. A SURE GOOD TIME 25¢ the most together The people, Letts are about 1,3 the w an ian ia. nor is nd it Yknown imigrated to their present its fall of the province o ia and the seat of the governor .eral of the Baltic provinces.” the time capital ot o Gents Dancing 8 to 12 Riga prosperous with are northeastern 1 Little is known of thei when home. on the me a cogsi arist indo-Euro- 0,000 stern provinces in num- Pol the R % On cold mornings. up easier. the chill. the very beginning fection quickly in the house. warmth for ei gallon of kerosene. bomv.s. 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