Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 14, 1917, Page 4

diorwich Bulilefin and gm?-:e 121 YEARS OLD Sutacription 3600 nremtis Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich Cora. as second-class mattar. Tclephome Calls: Bulletin Business Oftice 480. Bulletin Editorial Roome. 85-3. Bulletin Job Otfce 85-2 Willimantic Office. 625 Ma'a Street Tele Z10-2. Norwich, Friday, Dec. 14, 1917, o o P il e B o SUEA CIRGULATION MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assechited Press is exclueivi Iy entitled to)the use for republica- on of all newst despaiches cvedit ed to it or mot otherwise credit- ed in this paptr and also the local news published nerein. Ak rights of rcpublication of despatches herein are also INVESTIGATING WAR WORK. In the early days of the jrosent session of congress an investigation has been started for the purpose of learning what the real conditions are regarding ordnance as well as the supplies and conditions at the mili- tary camps. ,The need of such has heen emphasized by statements of those who have been informed in one way or another regarding these mat- ters and who consider that it is time that there was an improvement if what they have observed and have been told is true. This country has suffered scriously from lack of preparation In spite of all tmt has been urged in its behalf. The gdmim is even now being made that the present programme calls for the providing of material In one year which it had been arranged to secure in five years but that does not pro- vide the necessities now or give any definite assurance that the proper steps are baing taken to get them at the earliest pessible moment. But right at this time comes infor- mation to the effect that one of the supply ships which has been carrying xoods to our soldiers in Jrance has returned to this country with 150 tons of beef in a refrigerator compagtment. This was not discovered until the roufid trip had been completed and the meat had spejled because the re- ‘rigerating machinery was not opetf- ated on the return trin because the cargo was supposed to have been dis- charged. What seems more surpris- ing is that the master of the ship brought back a receipt showing that the full cargo had been received on the other side. This indicates nothin less than gross neglect of dut an carelessmess and if such exists re- sarding other war preparations it is time that 1t was known and an im- mediate check appled. AUSTRIAN SUBJECTS. It is quite evident that the admin- istration feel that tact must be uscd in connection with the Austrian sub- jects in this eountry now that a state of war has been declared between this country and Austria is is re- flected in the proclamation which has been issued by President Wilson to the effect that the unhaturalized Aus- tro-Hungarians should be free to live and travel anywhere except that they may net leave or enter the country be made to register like the German subjects and the reason for this is that the sentiment among a large part of these people is different.than it is am6ng the Germams., There are many Hungarians, Rumanians, Czechs, Slovacs, who are really subjects of the dual monarchy but who are not in sympathy therewith and wha will continue to carry on their lahors in this country as they luv‘ been doing in the past. "Phis indicates the dlficl'lty in es- tablishing rules ‘which would exciude sueh labor in the many industries of the country where it is needed and unquestionably makes it advisable te keep such people as they are, aliens, without driving them into the classi- fication of enemy aliens. Such, however, cannot be .permitted te stand in the way of detarmining who and where those gubjects of Aus- tria are who ars prepared to do just what many of the subjects of Ger- many have been doing and make themselves a decided menace to this ration. Thus while there is the difs- pésition to treat those Who are pre- pared to do the right thing with con- sideration there ought not to he neg- lected any precautions which will with the others as they sheuld be. It is preferable that we should be alert .to our own welfare. We can leave no loopholes for Germany. JAPANESE AT VLADIVOSTO! Little is known about the new gov- ernmént whieh it is claimed has been set up in Siberia in the cabinet of which Kerensky is said to be minis- ter of justice. That it would oppose e bolsheyiki = government would naturally be anticipated as one of the things which would go with the as- sertion of its independence. But here is much doubt as to the s.nn::\ ‘of the Siberian goverament resistance which it could of- rc u—yihinm-do by those under “were able It could tuke T sion of | the railroad line which con- nects Fetrograd with the Pacific and hprevent 'the bolshewiki from using it in any way whatsoever but right there \1ts weakness is indicated by the an- fnouncement that 1500 bolsheviki troops have beem sent to Viadivestok. Japam, realizing the danger which exists in allowing the bolsheviki to get jpssession of the stores which have ;en piled up at that Pacific port by e}f and this country has likewise nt trocps there and they have taken cbatrol of these stores. This is not Liyr the purpose of embarrassing Rus- sh. The object is to prevent them f:lom getting into the hands of Ger- mhany and when Russia has a gov- erpment which will do that, it will hewe mo difficulty m moving them as faft as the single railroad line will pefmit. E.ut until that is assured those sup- plls are not likelv to zet any nearer Rassia and the preventive action must 9¢ regarded as”e wise one. THE NEEDS OF HALIFAX.. investigations have resulted in the rewision of the figures relative to the merber of dead ar Falifax even ibqueh it has been inmipossible as yet to) 'dig over all tho ruins. e nu- bei- i€ not as iyrge as i Bad been an- | ted but the inquiy has lossioned the desolation, misery ferfys and sorrow omp iota. It is a mosl deplorabic situatfen with the 500 (houses wreeled bryond repair, witl 509 moro tomeiiy a Taalished end 1,000 wh ing A Bat! in addition, n Lig P rostored without e, “butid- pictiine which means magy thovsaud are en- to this ie clothing and limited ‘suppiies, there are thouyuands ! wito an sufferfarr from injurigs, trom {200 to 1300 are. partially or totally ded to say nothing of the broken fgmiljes | and parentless children. the exneasiom: of every possible as- istance. id js pouring in from al directiorss byt belp aeeded n that c nd vieinity for = long time rto gome. Ralef shipsand relief trans which have bben sent or are on the yay are not sufficient. They will do meuch towards improving con- aition# in! zhat desolate city but more 5 needed. This comntry has never is gelag to be iufned 3 |deaf car to suffering bu- manity angd it is net goinz to wow. It can be akgicipated that the United States Wil do its utmost to rolleve the situat! x but it cannot bhe over- looked th:¥t those who mive prompt render a domble serviee PUNlalel THE ' PROFITEERS. Ever singe it wa8 anmcunced that those who preferred to @0 centrary to the rezulat ons set forth by federal authorities 'to the effedt that profit- cering woul'd not be tolerated there has been 2, question as to whiat the Zovernment, was going to do in such 2ases, what the ppnishment would be |2 snd how it would be appied in the case of dealers who persisedsin tak- irgg advantmze of the customers who must have dertain coramgdities. Even thoash feod nistrators have repeatesily stated that it was a vioktion of the law to &0 combrary to the edicts regarding prices there have. been those who have eitherbeen unwilling to ablde by such regula- tions’ and are determimed to hava thoir own way, or else they have not heen fully impressed with the deter- mination of the authorities tor uphold their position, Skeps have heen taken, however, which ought to clarify this sitwation by the action of the food hoara in w York state where two Ncemsed grocers have been fouud guilty of selling sugar for more than ‘the offi- cial price and it is announeed that these demlers’ licenses will be’ revok- ed and they will be put out of busi- ness for ‘the period of the -war. Such action will do more than tirests and where the practice of gouging the consumer is pgrsisted in it cannot be carried out any too soon. ‘- With such a penalty enforced a few times it is bound to have the desired effect upon that class of dealers. Whey deserve no mercy. EDITORIAL WOTES. In spite of the ruin and desolation at Halifax, that oMy is not withaut its heroes. ——p g The awarding of the Nobel peace prizes to the Red Crmoss eannot fail to win pepular appréval. The man on the corper say: the chickens many spod intentions zo to sleep early in the evening. Those who haven’ ‘completed their. Christmas shopping should make it a point to do it as esrly as they can. Trotzky of Petrograld wants the al- lies to restate their ,war aims. Can he get as mueh frem Germany, or is he fully ecquainted with the Kaiser” programm: ‘ ‘With the blowinz up and sinking ef two allied munition ships and the col- lision and destruction of two Germsn ammunition treins the waste of ex- viosives still eentinmes. Many of the mew métermen and conductors at New Haven . failed to appear for their rune because of the cold weather. Wy they expect that lMmousiries will be sent’f6r them. ——— Fhe idea of keeping the Hartford boats punaing between New York amd Saybraok after the Canmmecticut river freezes solid 1s an,excellent one. Theve can be na such thing as.fdle boats tn these days. B e Those who are so eager to partici- pate that they casnot wait until the next loan is launehed ghould remem- ber that they have an éxécllent op- portunity to- heélp- by -purehasing 'av savings stamps. If it had been a Ge¥man army th: was occupying Jerusalem before Gen- eral Allenby entered it- would have been impossible for thie Fepodt té Rav been issued that meme .of the holy| places had been damaged. F Spain is to proteat .the .bombard- ment of one of its steamers, by &U- boat, but in view of the which past promises have been &re garded by Germamy it might as well save the paper @r the telegraph toll. ....-..——‘ &.g The faod administration an- | nouncing that an tlie::?- a hyndred pounds h" on . cane sugar- advises ocught nct to iw The faet i The siumibp is one which calls 'orl PHYLLIS WRITES TO FATHER __“Dear Dad: Thanks a thousand times for the five You handed me when you left me on the train. I ran across 2 girl friend and, of course, I had to ask her to go to luncheon with me, S0 1 bad to kiss my five round men good-bye to pay for the treat, but the dopation certainiy hit me hard. “Mrs. Benson and Marie met me, but their car Is out of commission, 50 we had to take a cab, and, of course, 1 wouldn't let them stand for the cost. I had to buy some things after I ar- rived here that I didm't h.ne time to get before I left, so my pretty flat just now, but T having a ?Quch of a time. ope you and mother are missing me Jun enough and not too much. YA of love. PHYL. S—1 had to tip that porter again after you left. He acted as if he had forgotfen ail about the 50 cents you gave him. Greedy!” “Dear Dad: Yov're some gewerous parent, belleve me! 1 haven't a min- ln. to write, bat must let you know that the ahcek reached me safely. “Lots of love to you and mother. Tell her to send me my old temnis shors. will you? 1 was going to get = news palr here, but the exchequer is pretty low, so 1 have to cut out any m.nnrusmy esper:@itures. “Phanks awfolly for the ten. Tgey're pretty neariy shot to pieces already, Bit you can be sure I was glad te got } them ravl “Dad Darlirg “How did you guess that T was out of funds? Raally. I thought I could but wher sessed just a quarter, come to the rescue. I'd have had to barrow from Marie or samebedy. Yoa old preciows iamb. yoa, to send without my saying a word' “We had g terriblo espariemce ves- Marie 2and I were out in the X anather automofile ran inte us and we bad an awful spill. For- tunately. nopedy was hurt, bul tie man in the other car sald it was our fault and acted dreadfvlly and enys he's woing suc us—and my suir wao ruined. 50 1 had to go downtown this morning and set another. I borrowed the money from Marle's mother, and I don’t know how I'm ever 3 to pav her back unless I get the money refunded on my ticket and’ then I don't kmow how I'll get home. I'm_ just worried to pieces about it. What do you think I'd bet- ter do? Lots of love, terday PHYL.” r Dad 05t bnmt with joy when I .ot »our 1 ter and found ‘the eheck. don’t know anybody that has such 2 perfactly wonderful father. lots of fsthers would have eent the check, but they would have spattered a good deal of wise talk around the landseape with i Marle said when I showed- it het ‘I _wish I'd drawn one like that’ I pattern. Her father's really a dear, but he sputters a lot about mothing, and you know that's awfully trying. “I'm_soing to be very, very eareful with this money. I think I ¢an maly it last without a bit of trouble. We had a theater party vesterday after- roon and went tol tea afterward and took taxis home, so Jt cost us seme- thing, but as I'm going te be here only a week longer I'll get along all right. OTHER VIEW POINTS Bvery ounce of ‘effort the United States can put into this war will be needed to victory to the banners of those whe ting humanity's cause. The more we 'give ourselves to the ome thought of ending the war the sooner will vietory be assured. We must fight to win and sacrifice to fight It is your war and my wor and we must all work and fight together.— Meriden Journal. Farmers who berrow money from the federal farm loan board hereafter will have t6 pay five and one-half per cent for the, accommodation. The board yesterday announced an in- crease to this 'figure from five per cent. which it has been charging. No special explanation accompanied the announcement. which will be a dis- tinct disappointment inasmuch as the hoard, when it fixed the five per cent rate, jet it be known that it expectes materially to reduge that figure aftev it.had sold its bends to the country =t large. ar time financing, how: er, has interfered with the original plans|,¢ of the board. —Nev Bl’luin Herald. How prompuy and -moou.ly and < ed Crosa machinery works atitar dllaltay As Wwas known relief Now, only a few and clothing have Money will be needed. a great dadl of i for supporting ihe theusands ef destit! m families and r&- Mfl‘h! ‘the oity, assistance can- nnt it is_eomfort- hz know that despite the arctic Eeaier And the ferce wales that h,:‘v"e prevailed sinee explosion and the oonsequent devastation the helpful it, | told her they'd destroyed the “Well, take good care,of yourself. r.ou; of love to vou both. PHYL™ Dear Father: “I thought maybe TI'd get a letter trom you yesterday and was _very much disappointed and am beginning bo Rfrild thet ofe of you may be sick. If you are, either of you, please telegraph me, for I'd never forgive you if you got sick and didn’t let me know. “T've had a lovely 'time, but I'll really be awfully glad to get home again. T've felt rather tired and de- pressed the last.day or two. I had such a trying kind eof an experience yesterday morning. Marie and I went downtown to do eome. shopping and when 1 started to pay for the lunch asn’t much in it—only $2—but it 20T bad ena 1 foel 8o eshamed of g- ing careless. Well; Tll be home after tomorrow and I'll borrow a fhood change from Marie (I'd blush to tell irer mother), that is, if Marie has any, and 1 guess I can get along without any lunch on the train going home and T won't need to take a seat im the parler car. I'll be perfectly ail right in the day coach. “I can hardly wait to see you ahil mother, T guess I'm getting a little homesick. “Your loving daughter, ~ ' PHYLLIS.” “Dear Daughte “Please have your friends send you home by express, properly crated iAnd marked. I'l pay all charses at this end. “Your affectinate “DAD.” “P. S—I am inclésing §5 for lunch- eon, tips, etc. Please note that this bill has wings and is of the migra- tory variety. Don't let it iy away."— and began to look for my purse I found it had disappeared. There Exchange. i i i Geeman art critics devote enthusi- astic_artifles to Rodin, whom they senerally. consider one of the greatest jsculptors who eyer lived, and certain- ly the greatest France ever produced. One writer says: “Rodin, like Shakes- peare and Michael Angelo, beiongs to us Germans, for our claim on every great art creator is one we will never allow anyone to guestion. The Rerlin Academy of Arts is t !diseuss at its next meeting the advis- ianility of sending through a neutral country, a message of condolence to | Rodin's’ family. On October 2, with three battalions and two special assault troops in the front line, a determined advance wase made between Hill 344 and Samioz- neux, and our Allles then lost a short piece of trench. On October 21 2 strong but fruitless attack was mads on the flank of the Chaume Platea: The usury of enemy strength has certainly been higher than last vear. We know that while 76 German divi- sions were used upon the Verdun front last year, that is eight per month for the active period, 24 divisions nave been exbausted in two months of this autumn. There is a significant difference b.- tween the taetics of the oppesed ar ies, whica largely accounts for difference of results. Among all the notable events - which the B links the name cf Joppa none captivates the imagination so pleasgntly us that letter of Hiram, King of Tyre, declaring his majesty s readiness to assist Solomon in (ne building of the Temple. Not oa'v would the King lend him cunning ar- tificers, - but “we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shait nce and we will bring It to thee in Hsals by sea to Joppa and thou shait c= it up to Jerusalem.” No man new Kknows hew or-when, those royal let: Ivanished from human ken, but Jote- phus may have seen them, for he roc- ords that his day they wWere pre- served in the archives of Tyre. Porchasers of America’s Liberty Bond ameng the foreign-born employ- eés of the Pennsyivania Railway, cast of Pittsburg and Erie, reveal some strange facts. Nearly ome in thres bought a bond, says the New York “Outlook,” and among these were 97 Turks, of whom 4i—nearly ome-half— ught a bond A third of the Ge: men emplovees also invested, and 25 per eent. of the Austro-Hungarians employees. e | Byng’s great victery proves once more that the element of surprise has net béem eliminated by aircraft irom war. We have had surprise af- ter surprise. there were the big Germaw guns, then the immortal taxicab Army {rom Paris, which saved the French capital, then the invasion of Bast Prussia ang its horrible Tan- nenburg - surprise sequéel. The emer- gence of Mackénsen's phalanx froni behind Cracow was a surprise, though that very manceuvre had been carried out, not long before the war, by Aus- trian fspops. In sash cas it was the unexpected that happened. The manner in which the Italians reached their frontiers at'the word of war found the enemy gquite unpre- pared; thé attack upon Verdun was planned and prepared ta the last de- tail, in secrecy. Serbia was swept away by a storm which had long been brewing unobserved across the Dan- ube, and the entry of Bulgaria was not foreseen until too late. Poisen gas was a surprise, as was liquig fire, and the tanks, which have mage Byng's astounding stroke possible, were the greatest surprise of ail. ly is t-herc hnuh in th blood ngs, for th- first Straffore grue enuian that Sig ?oh» I ‘who mm but eve =n fame in the ular War, the von ?q of their u phrins;hs 4 battlefiel rural rambler doi not know Wyol m Park, which fles on thé high roay Jnu Bnmet ;nd Potter’s Bar? Outs rdering uvoden fence stands the obelisk ‘which he site of the Battle of Bar- uet Lendon Chronicie. seerh a gentury removed from _of Tolstoy, yet it ig bm ten m-e he died His drea mun the horgible hs u:m:? e n ussian did’ "" Wi the m Bo k:sly ”‘ aascend-ncs fougnt hw-l. hndl. broke in and pil 1ates, and the family had %t 1to such authorities as » to o resistance g 53 PR a4 !n théfr annual ta m;kt:f unrt r..l: Hmn county fil' intefest bearing debt of -ny kind. &nl.o-fiu' ‘call attention to this e W a big tax and l‘ld aum without much °grum- o now made pyblle ith most Cennectigut’s wn - free or BT PEE account. show - %&r’% i to this soun; sEE e h-. show ew _H: en county is In line 'y 3 % 4 vMeh tln M i Sgtert e e "" Shuth Sprtias trace the lung :m al rtnahy up ko a0s | ing the year, so that the future, ke 4 1 Tet ind Tancy g fato" their heads u.%&»w?m- the expenss GLEANED FROM FOREIGN ‘EXCHANGES patriotie than the more ready to glve safety and honor of three of them are English, nene is its biood for the the state: but al much more ingi- associated with the soivency of r countries than are the people of Great Britain. What we have to do o this country s te bring home to the working man_the importance of his penry to the ‘welfare of the Comumon- wealth.” London Chrenicle. The Secretary of_ the Admiralty makes the following announcement: It will be rcmembered that during July a suecessfyl air attack was cer- ried out on cbjectives in the vielnity of Constantinople. This was accom- plished by a large British bembing aeroplane of the ‘Handley-Page type, which flew from. England, where shny was constructed, to one of our bases in_the Mediterranean. The journey was accomplished in a series of eight flights. Among other Places, stops were made at. Lyons and Rome. The total distanee flown was nearly 2,000 miles, the machine being actually in the alr for just over 51 hours. During sdme parts of the flight strong winds and beavy rainsterms were experieniced and for one Stretch cf over 200 miles the route lay over mountainous countrs where it woutd have been impgssible for any machine to land. Nevertheless the aeroplane carried out its journey praetically to time ta- ole, which is believed té be easily a worid’s record for a croes-country Journey, and also for tho weight car- ried for the distance, the machine be- ing seif-contained as regards engine and aeroplane sp: London Timss. The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant reports that Dutch Custems icers, while examining an empty towing barge—the Johanna—procgeding froni kotterdam to Germam noticed that the idue of gravel with which the vessel had beer. loaded appeared to be shiny and greasy. They soon found a trapdoor,.and on raising this, they discovered a tank runping the whole length of the vesse]. The tank ws estimated to contain frof _3.000 to 4300 smallons of fape-seed pil. Soap, gin, and tinned milk were also faufid. The barge was of 600 of 700 tons ca- ity, and the tank was so construct- nothing unusual could be seen h‘vmd outside. The shipper was ar- reed. e A party was going to the famous Queen Mary's camp at the greatest base of all—arnd with them I came to spend a might in their camp.. Little streets of huts stretched before us as we arrived, the pavement by tigm snielded from the weather—for no A. A. C. (Wemen’s Army Auxiliary TRS); may éarry an umbrella—so that the business of life went on though the raw foll. Around the éamp was'a high barbed-wire fence A {wnrm and plentiful meal was ready for the new arrivals, the food being 1. of C. (Lines of Communication) ra- tions the same as the men. Their damp codts were taken and hung in tae drying shed. In the distance they could hear the bugle ‘éalls from the men's camp; frof the Y. W. C. A, hut near by the sounds of a Waac Company golr through their 20 minutes’ weekly and when it ceased it was szo.ea by the tune of @ well-known waltz played by one of the girls who had been writ: inz letters a: one of the Y. W. C. A. writing The wemen who had been drilli . juxned in and Qanced un- til _soon after thére came the camb call to supper, 4nd then In_thelr vér- ious wavs the Wamcs amwsed them- selves until it was time to g0 te bed, Some going out in greups to coneerts for. which they had pas: The new-comers unmkod thelr pos- sessions, turned eut their fayr Army blankets, made up their be stood tileir footwear “at attentien fwifiu the door, pinned up their family tus, put away their few for tm travel moblle with as m?- L aolfller. tm then oL tharr Hedd 4 2 good cwr room mates -r an nnnrutm parcels from heme. In Hw m”u supper was still goj al the wemen who worl s-lmo- office about a “mile mm the camp, and had set out like soldibrs morning with tuelg rlt‘lg:( of “bul o o Tae to coeal bonto LrHiEn mé homie ‘were »v?lt: e \;t% emlgs mebl. :: the sick-bay mrgl;h:rx.b?n: 5 cm 'M had met with some minor uglu- SONG OF THE ~WAASS” — (The popular name for the m- of o2 i apigna capasitis who, ing me! home and 5’ the lmt.) we-nm-mtg'. Niw B! TR A Our best 'lnfl 'l!hwlll onr might, sl Pt te kS 'g\-" b ’wa,g Adle, swater-girls ot thef -Mdfl!‘,lgo"u” to M W Loyfl anl r ““ algm yoTshimere "F" eall, llaxly tha lj;l:l !w 7 fan % % Rieit o war, AUDITORIUM THEATER MATINEE 2:30 EVENING 7-8:30 THE BIGGEST AND BEST SHOW IN TOWN WILLIAM 5. HART DOUGLAS FAIRBAN KS DOUBLE TROUBLE Dolls Given Away Free Saturday Matinee—Now on Di%- play at the Pasnik Co. Store CONCERT ORCHESTRA i " BOXING 31 Rounds Augpices of Pastime Athistic Club AT PULASXI HALL, NORWICH Friday, December 14, 1917 16 Rounde—8tar Bout—15 Rounds At 145 Pounds Dave (K. 0.) Palitz of New London, Welterweight Champion of Cepnecti- eut, vs, Dave Powers, of Malden. Mass,, leading Weiterweight of Massachusetts. ® Rmmfi-—-sum -final—10 Rounds 133 Pounds ¥oung Daal o S London vs. Marty Allen of New York. Green of Hartford. First bout at 8.30 shaep. John Shagrue, announcer. All the men wii weigh Aetra Bowling All.e) at of bout. Referee, Marty Keousgh. Timeleeper, Jack Wilson. Matchmaker. Jack Sullivan. Admission $1.00 and $1.50, Ringeide $2 Speeint ears to New London sfter the beut e et —— LETYERS 70O THE EDLOY in at the 6 p, m. night Deollar Christmas Fund. Mr. Editer: Many thousands of des- titute children in Belgium are again looking to the Doltar Christmas Fuand to shed a ray of sunshine pipon th: lives this vear. They were not dis- appointed ast year nor the vear bé fore and with 4 united effort we hope they will not be disappointed in 1817. Our desire is to cabie the en ceeds to . Brussels on Ch and arrangemen whereby approv cies, acting under the auspices and control of the Commission for Reliel in Befgium, will undertake the pur- se of extra food in Deiglum for distribution on Christmas Day. The response th date has not Guite fo gratifying as_in preyious vears and at the tite of writing there is a prospect—uniess we open our kéatts and loosen our pursestrings— that the Pritish contribution will beat the American contribution for _the first time since the war started. There 15, howevor, still time to mike #eod and. I write to you.tiierefors, to urge that evervbod. who has & dollar to spafe may give to this good cause and that evervone who has ziven he- fore may give akain. Any donation =ent to Henry Claws care of Henry Clews and Co., Bankers, Dfoad sétreet, New York, will be gratefully ack péwledged. The same representative and responsible committee which backed the first annual appeal pfthe Tollar Mund four years ago is with us again this year. Tn the name of the poorest of the poor in Belgium-—over a million destitute littlo énes—I bez that your readers will hejp our com- mittee to cablée to Brussels a special cantribution which we know from previous experiente will be accepted by Belglum as an expression of sym- pathy with great sorrow from cne people to another and a tanzible pranf that Christmas good will even in those days of strifé and blondshed has not disappeared from earth. HENRY CLEWS. Treasurer. Dollar _Christmas Fund for Destitute Relgian _Childrén, Broad Street, New York. New York, Dec. 11, 1917. STORIES OF THE WAR Enemy Weak in Artillery. _ It wase clear at a glance that th énemy was weak in artiilery. Oni of oyr bettalions, the Royal Fusiliers, gained thefp objectives without o ain gle casualty. Other battalions of English county regiments had oty iight logses, and they wére mostly from machine-gun bullets. At the iald dressing station e; the ubhn part of the aftaek they had eeivéd 200 walking wounded by }ev-n o’elock in the morning—five hoyrs or so after the battle began. They were very few as battles g0 now, byt I hated to see theéé phor fellows coming ent of the fghiing ar maun: their way déwn in mu to the di g statio Seme ot them coujd hardly hnbb\e and every few hundred yards had to sit down and lean up against the road. mk of a sunken Some of them were helpéd down by German prisoners, and it was queer tu ToOAv AND TOMORROW Keith Vaudeville THE TRENNELL TRIO Acrobatic Nevelty Featuring Anna Trinnell in “FEATS OF CIRCUSDOM” ROACH & McCURDY In-the Comedy Rube Sketch * A TOYCH OF NATURE” DE WITT & GUNTHER Comaody Singing and Dancing Duo Clara Kimball Young in “Magda” 6 Part Feature THEATRE B TORAY AND SATURDAY The Screen’s Greatest Character Actor George Beban [ In His Latest Patamount Picturs LOST IN TRANSIT LATEST WAR NEWS IN i1 Hearst-Pathe Weekly Big V Comedy 1 i The Bargain War Fair will be heid at the Y. M. C. A, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Afternoons and Evenings December 14 and 15 Admission Free. dier came along tegether very slowl: sid> am my T from the Landwehr whieh had 17+ lleved the 54th overnight. They were Briunswick men, and oldish fellows Through the feids of thistles came single ficures and little groups of {wounded. and an the sides of some jof the tracks were groups of prisonérs with their goards and on the ground badly wounded men on stretchers wegt - ing for relays of stretcher bearers or ambulances. Some of the amlulance drivers wore wonderful, and _drove within a few hundred yards of the battie to pick up the fallen men. In spite of their pain and weariness, the wounded always had a _cherry word tg say. "How is it geing?” 1 asked and man after man said: “Oh, it's eplendid; we're doing grand; thé boys are going straight on. One man, & Cogkney fellow wound- 6g In the leg, kept a group of com- rades halted for a rest on their way back in rears of laughter as he de- soribed his_adventures of the moraing and how he was hit by a German siiper who suddéniy appeared out of the trench He used lurid language, but. 36 comical and honest a fel- low that a padre stamding near join- &4 in the shouts of laughter that'fol. lavna his momlo‘ue 'his padre and athers went very ciose to the lines with hot doffes and bramdy in_their figsks te meet the wounded and help thetn.—London Chronich Real Junker Spirit, Count Westrap, = leader of the Junkers, is in fine form with his dec- laration that “what the sward has conquered must be used for Ger- many's safety, stréngth and free fu- ture? “Indirect” annexation will never oantent the Juniers.Springfield Republican, tes, ex-President of blivia, has been ap- to France Dr, Ismael Mo, the Republic of pointed Halivian Minister and Great. Britain. sep one of our men with his arms round the néoks of twp Germans, Mmln 'flunflfl hélpfid down by mi“ - alked t] s e “Yv with !Hl!r arms the necks of our men, and somey amr English soléter and g German sol- } No’Freoze fi Children Or*- FOR FLETGHER'S CASTORIA Aufo Heater Qui_ck Start “Ask Us Oqeifion"