Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 19, 1918, Page 4

Jlorwicl Bulletin nhd'ficuiiifl 122 YEARSOLD - Subwcription price 12¢ 8 week; G0e a uonth: 36.00 n year Entered at the P‘::umu at matter. Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms, 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35:2 Willimantic Office, 625 Main Street Telephone 210-2. Norwich, Saturday, Jai 9, 1918, CIRCULATION 1901, sverage . 4,412 1905, average 5,92 January 12, 1918 ....... 9455 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusive- Iy entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news de: hos cred ed to it or -not otherwise cradit- ed in this paper and als¢ the iocal news published nerein. All rights of republication of speclal despatches herein are also reserved. NEEDED MODIFICATION. Some relief which is bound to be of zreat benefit to the country is go- inz to result from the modifications which have been made by the fuel ad- ministrator concerning his order shut- ing down the industries of the coun- v. When, as first indicated;, it was cvident that all factories, whether en- zaged in the production of war mater- or not were ordered shut down it simply an about face on the pro- arame for the speeding up of pro- duction. With shortages existing in many directions, and with criticism lefere the country because there was an inadequate supply of gums, clothing and ships the stopping of production would simply incrcase the embarrass- ment in that direction, and especiaily so when there was a large numbcr of these factories which possessed suffi- : fuel to keen them goirg. While the order may have been designed to :mprove our cordition such a step wou:d have had the opposiie effeet. The ¢ ge therefore is a decidedly wise one. Our war industries should by no means be interfered with. We have been persistently clamoring for greater output and we might just as well stop despatching troop trains which are necessary as to hold up the factories which are turning out ma- terial for their use. Likewise there :ould be no justification.for the clos- ng of plants, whether engaged in es- sential or non essential work, when such plants are operated by water or by electricity ‘generated by water, or as is possible in some instances here the use of compressed air. WCRK OF THE SUBMARINES. There is encouragement in the fact that there was a decided slump in the submarine toll during the past week. There have heen other decreases as conspicuous, only to be followed by increased results, so that it is im- proper to look upon the dip In the latest period as signifying anything more than a temporary gain for the entente which serves to lower the average. It is made quite apparent, however, and such must be realized by Berlin even though it pretends to claim that there has been a destruction of allied and neutral shipping in the period since the submarine warfare was opened of ten million tons, that the Von Tirpitz scheme has not bean the success which it had expected. When it is realized that Germany clalmed in the early part of last year that it would require but three to six ménths to starve England it apparently felt that it could ddcomplish the task, The work had not been underway long be- fore it was convinced to the contrary and the lonzer it has been continued the fmore apparent it has become that not only was it impossible to attain the in the prescribed time but that the chances of ever accomplish- t were steadily dwindling. 'meny’s claim as to the amount *f shipning it has destroyed, including the neutrals’ loss, regarding which it should be hiding its face with shame instead of boasting, is greatly exas- gerated. Tt is as far from the true facts as its object .is irom accom- pliskment. That the submarines are still a great menace cannot be over- ooked. The allied nations have got to not only continue their activities but to increase them in combatting this warfare and as each month passes they should be in a better con- uition to do so. LOSS TO THE NATION. The whole country cannot fail to re- sret the aetion which has been taken by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in re- signing from the post at the head of the war industries board. in order that he ‘may give to his own railroad the services it requires in view of the government’s move in taking control °f that along with the other railroad systems, As a railroad man Mr. Willard’s lead- srship is unquestioned. He possesses the knowledge which is required for the best handling of such business. He has heen invaluable to the government n the service which he, with others, has been performing up to this time relative to the problems of the. rail- roads and war industries. He is the knd of an expert, with practical un- of the requirements, who = | Cussion where they were. Ve affairs of his own company-under the new obligations : which ‘have - been placed upon it by the government's ac- tion. 4 & b Who will be nanied to take hls place|used to i is rot indicated. . Jt'is possible that there will be_a readjustment of the work if certain legisiation which is before congress is enacted and the se~ lection of his successor-will doubtless Norwich | be delayed until that is determined. g thing the British cannot get s s imeriean shirt-sleeves and the American spirit of independence. utocracy has taught the people that pageantry and prestige are closely al- lied and represent .power. The de- niocracy America teaches no ‘one be- lieves in over in Europe, and that is why American officers as well as the But it is apparent nevertheless' that|men must not only Tepresent democ- when it comes to the handling of the class of work whick he has been do- ing a man of the same executive abil- ity is going to required. . It is work which cannot be ‘safely left to politi- cians or theorists: ”. WILL BOLSHEVIKI STAND FIRM? If Germany -and the.bolsheviki both adnere to their present positions the possibilities of a separate peace have been greatly decreased. Thus far the yielding hasall been done by the bolsheviki. They went to a German fortress for the conference. Their pro- position to conduct future megtings en neutral soil was strenuously- op- posed ‘and they complied with ‘the German demand to continué 'the dis- The bol- cheviki have, however, refused fo agree upon any terms of ‘peace until the oc- cupied portions of Russia are evacu- iated. They have even refused to let Izhe people in those provinces decide as t> what kind of a gevernment they showid have until the German army and influence has been wlt\i“rtwn. and ner» can be ‘no question but what hey are right in standing by such a ‘policy. As might. be expected, many is firm in its nce that « will not withdraw its army, al- thouszh it is willing to ‘take away most of its troops, until this matter of sefl dctermination is settled. This means of course that it is not going to sac- rifics the chance whieh it has to Lring its 1ull influencs to bear in swinging the vote of those provinces. Tt is de- e~mined that they shall comeé under German confrol. Being on the grcund they can help their contention mater- iadly. It thus remains to be seen whether the bolsheviki are actually deter- mined as Trotzky says, that having overthrown the czar they do not intend to submit {o German imperiaiism. it is a question'in fact right now whether Russia is going to come under Ger- man control after as well as before peace is declared. NO TIME, wever, Ger- "FOR LENIENGY. No sympathy can be manifested for|- and absolutely no leniency shouid be shown 'the® twd' coal dealers on the east side of New York if .they are convicted as charged of charging the poo: of that section at the rate of $39 & ton for coal. - | This is a practice which is followed however with too . great frequency where coal is’disposed of in small quavtities. “Those who pay the price are those who 'haye got to have the fuel. They supply their needs-by. pur- chasing in driblets and vet at a-time when only small orders are-taken any- way there are those who ‘proceed to ‘take advanta¥e of" théee whb are the least able ‘to mett suéh’an” exprbitant demand, R These consumers who buy .in lots of 2 coalhod or so are those who also carry their packages. The dealers are thus relieved of the delivery cost but that is apparently not taken ints con- sideration. The only alternative t> the taking of the fuel“at the price which ‘they fix is to leave it, and, those who' do ‘not stop to figure up.what it costs them by the time théy have pur- chased .two. thousand: pounds. of the nuggets are those.who afe:the least apt to make a complaint-ever the ex- orbitant rate, or if they“do’it’ oo ‘in- frequently ‘géts"to ‘the ear’of thé au- the: ities, ; e 1t is therefore of the utmost import- ance that an example should be made of such profiteers. .1t is.bad -enough to get high prices in'normal times but to insist upon ‘such ‘extortion 1n times like these calls for ‘stiff punishment. EDITGRIAL NOTES. Even in the bean eating belt this is -supposed to be porkless Saturday. The enforced vacation comes at the right seasonof the year to satisfy most of the people. - —_—tie And yet it was only .a few.days ago that there was indulgence in talk about the conscription of labor, ! The man on tie corner says: Years change and new resolutions are mada but human nature goes on the same as ever, If Mr. Garfield only had control cver the January thaw he might he able o bring about a quick adjustment of the situation. et & _— g Snch encouragement .as the trolley roads might. get from the cuttlng .off of passenger trains is pretty -well' dis- sipated by, the coal shortage. A prominent doctor now suggests the prohibition of the manufacture of he- roin in order to _check the dryg habit. 1t is certainly worth considering; Lenine ;now. thimks ‘that Trotgky: is piaying into- German-hands. It is ‘a serious situation: when one of the bol- sheviki leaders sugpects theother. When it comes to defeating- the ef- fects-of storms the railroads ‘are nc more successful” under governmen: than they were under private control. The German officer masqueradingfin an American captain's clothes decided too iate to-take nozmore chariees. Tike the pitcher ke’ went'to_the ‘well on too offen. bl Germany ‘has -sent ‘poisonous pollen to this eountry to kill our wheat crop. That. country -emits no‘ opportiinity when it comes toi.causing death-and ‘destruction. # n Tt is most. unfortunate “'that * the Kansas army ‘captain’ hadn't ‘tuphed his gun upén' himself before he. aug-| mented his reasons for committing sui- cide by killing. others: - o L ——— Germany may vepewait ‘to get hold of them, but otherigd ‘nd. ong else.is likely to interfere,wit! (?anldl,'s oW ership of those islands in the Arctic which Have beep fotind by Stefansson. e According’ te the fiel’ pected to gave' 30,000,000 tons but in view, of..the fact: that the coal miners claim that they: edn Prodice a million more tons a day if there were of Y war racy but live it. An American snob is a diggrace to this country. whether in the ranks or in command. Over There they do not understand life as circling from shirt-sleeves to shirt- sleeves every three generations—they prevent it by their class system and the system which pensions the aris- tofracy and the beaurocracy upon the pezsantry. We are the heralds of the world's best democratic product, we think, and it will be no easy task to practically make the fact manifest This is a stunt almost eqbal to the stunt of whipping the kaiser. If you haven't been called a slacker by some one who is doing less for the country than you are:you are indeed fortunate. It .is easier to misjudge one’s neighbors and . to call names than it is to do a patriot’s part in silence. The world needs all the cen- sors it has, and might make use of a few more good ones, ‘Too many peo- ple are innocently repeating and too many newspapers printing stories which were inverted to shake our confidence in the eountry’s defensive systems. It does not pay to lend a free ear to every gossip in these days of trial and stress; or to’ get stub- | born because certain sacrifices are be- ing made compulsory. Manhood as well as money is needed to give the right kind of suppert to the men who are facing the .enemy. The nation must stand true and its action ring true to support the forces at the front. We talk loud about the glory of achievement when there is no glory in it. Selfish motives rob the greatest acts of all their merit. The greatest glory in life is poirted .out fo be the silent conquest of ~ourseives not -the accomplishment accompanied by a great noise. As . Goldsmith says: “Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall.” It takes pluck, persistence and purpose to make apparent the glory ‘of an act.. Nothing except vir- tue is finer than glory, and neither ever stand out for recognition or ap- plause. Pity. it is that man often glories in things shameful, ahd- that the most glorious deeds seldom. escape the assaults = of the calumniator. Most things man calls glorious are wicked so defective are his powers of judgment and - discernment. We should not forget there are people in every. community who are just as good - citizens .and just - as patriotic if they do not give money to support the war, or even work, as those who do. It is doubtless a grief to many to find themselves so lim- ited in ‘money matters or so handi- capped by Cprivate demands upon their time and energy that they can- not get into the swim. We talk about the great wages paid in the munitions factories, but $25 a week today does not equal in purchasing power the $15 a' week earned in .1913. The people who have not had their wages in- creased over 25 per cent and have seen things increase in price from 100 to 500 per cent are in.the doldrums today as never ‘before, -And- with things promising to double in price within a year again those with a small surpius must not be blamed for ‘being wary. Everybody is doing the best they can and few deserve thv odium of disréspect. ' . Of course, the. world will never be exactly the samec again after this war for many old things will have passed away and old humbusgs be brought to an end. and new things created and new plans promulgated for the better- ment of all the peoples of earth; and the things which will stick long will be the authority and the taxes which will be necessary to redeem all prom- ises and to restore order and thrift and comfort in ail parts of the earth, In concludi these excerpts from the late Geoir,{xge M. Curtis’s valuable book on Early Silver of Comnecticut and Its Makers, a book issued in a limited edition and only possessed by the fayored few, Mrs. E. E. Rogers, of Norwich, being one of the fortunate cnes and loaning- her book to The ‘Bulletin, it might be well to sum- marize the silversmiths of this section, as in that volume noted. Taking them alphabetically, there was_William Adgate, of Norwich, born in 1744, died in 1779; and Pygen Adams, of New London, 1712-177§. Then follows a considerable list of smiths who worked in Preston: John Avery, 1732-1794, who was a_ farmer and self-taught silversmith. He made clocks, shoe and knee buckles, spoons and beads. He was a prominent man in his time, a justice of the peace, and held court. Four of his sons Wwere silversmiths. These sons were, John Avery, Jr, Preston, 173%5-1815, Robert Staunton Avery, Preston, 1771-1846, who was a captain of the militia. ~When his father died he'abandoned the trade. Samuel Avery, Preston, 1760-1836, and William Avery, Preston, 1765-1798. In Tolland lived James Madison Barrows, born in Mansfield in 1809, who was working at hisgtrade in Tol- land in 1828, The exact date of his death seems in doubt. Another silversmith - from (Preston mentioned in Mr. Curtis’s list is Dan- iel Billings, who was located in Pogquetanuck Village, and advertised in 1795. A famed silversmith who worked in Colchester was John Breed, 1752- 1803. He was a native of Stonington, whose relative, Gershon Dreed had derlings in Colchester and this fact thinks himself wisest is the greatest fool!” This admonition would be better if it read: “Woe to the old man who thinks he is wise for he is farthest from wisdom.” Sunday Morning Talk THE LAW OF -LIBERTY. To lovers of liberty the word law has had, too often, only a repellent sound. Law is just the thing they particuiarly hate and plan to escape from. During a famous strike in a New England textile city, the crowd paraded, one Sunday, th a . red banner hearing the legend: “No God, no Master.” There you have the very inner spirit = of anarchism, which the International Encyclopedia defines as “the abolition of all consti- tuted authority and the complete emancipation of' the individual from every form of control, political, social, r religious.” And this ideal of lib- erty is cherished, unhappily, by others beside members of the “I Don’t Work” organization. It is not to be wondered at that some who have never had experi- ence of wise government should think of law only and always as unjust re- straint. That is essentially the child- 1ish attitude carried over into age. The boy looks for the time when he may escape the rule of parent or teacher and have a good time doing “just what he pleases.” An astonishing amount of -the same sort of reason- ing goes on in heads that have grown gray, but not wise, with the:passage of years. Where will you find lawless liberty in afl this universe As a matter of fact, “there ain't mo such critter,” and there would be no happiness for any- one “concerned if there were. Every- thing and everybody -is bound to “mind.” It is true that one may make, if he chooses, long experiments in dis- obedience. No policeman with a club is zoing to keep him in line if he de- In England today they buy Rhonddas|cides not to stay in line. One may in theé market, a war buscuit which has taken the-food controllers name, and which dre likely to be a'necessity long after the war his bcome a mem- ory: and we may have a Hoover in trade as well as’ the new verb Hoov- erize, which will. .doubtless find a fixed place in the dictlonary. What we all pray may be a result of this war is a larger freedom for all the people of earth. When the pro-German sympathizer asks you: “what England has done in this war but play her old tricks of letting her provinces do her fighting and dying for her?” you should tell them her greatest feat was in block- ading 33,000 miles of coast, putting an end to all German trade and bottling up the great German, navy so it could not zet to sea, in 36 hours after war was declared. She. has been doing considerably more than holding a 500-mile front in Belgium and France. She has exceeded every promise she made to every nation with which she is allied, and beside her own great war cost. has loaned five billions to others. She and France have hoth outstriped the enemy in inventive genius and the production of war en- gines and munitions, and they are not to be inveigled into any terms for peace which do net carry with them power to assure protection to the nations against. Hohenzollern: perfidy j men and barharity. run amuck in God's universe, 1, and butt his silly head against if he wall. But it is his head and not the wall that is damaged. It is ab- solutely certain that no mortal from the beginning until now ever defied the laws of life and, as we say, “got away with it.” The cosmic founda- tions are hound to be too much for him, just as the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Liberty results, not from defiance of law, but from intelligent and heartily co-operation ,with it. One simply accommodates® himself to a wise and inflexible order. Righteous living does not conmsist in obeying a set of foolish and arbitrary require- ments, but merely in acting harmon- iously with facts wrought into the texture of the world’s life. The free man is privileged to take his stand on the side that means safety, and service and peace. He brings his life under law, but under law that allows him to reach his full stature as a child of God. Limitation and loss result to those who break law, not to those who abide by it. A locomotive that sticks to the rails is considerably freer than one indulging a whim to jump off and wander in the meadows be- side the track. Never has liberty had a sweeter sound to the ears of right thinking than today. It is a word to conjure with. For the sake of it, millions have pledged their fortunes In these piping times of peace talk|and their lives. The free peoples of we should not -forget that peacé is|the earth are The | struggle man clamoring:for peace with a sword | themselves and to bestow it on the y upon truth | oppressed everywhere. rarely denied -to the peaceful. in his hand is a travest: and justice. He. who' desires the re- spect and love of " his bayonet. If ‘peace rules the day when reason rules the mind” it is too early yet to look toward Berlin for it. The peace the kaiser is looking for today is not to promote the well-being of his fellowmen, but to gratify and cement a lust .of power. ~ Any peace worth having marks the victory of right over wrong not a compromise with tyrants. TLeok'at the would-be peace-makers -of - Europe today and then think of the gentle and learned Fenelon’s counsel: ~“speak, move, act in peace as if-you.were in prayer.” In truth thig i5prayer: Thé conflict fhun no signs yet “that all parties to he conquest have beem nobly sub- dued and neither. party loser” Out from the musty. past comes the admonition: “Woe -to the old man who has not become. wise,” and at |last we become aware that age ends in childishness® oftener “than” in wis- dom. We have: been told we may know the wise nran by his display of enough cars, it appears to be a case{One distribution, common sense dn .an’ uncommon de- gree, and the aged. ‘testify that 'they ‘have not often met-a wise man. The Delphic oracle pronounced Soerates the wisest man among ‘the Greeks Lecause he was aware that he knew nothing; and Sophockes “assures us ft'¥s ax:|'much wisdom .often-goés with fewest of .coal,| WOrds,” which isa hint that silence engaged preserve in a titanic to liberty for We fight, in the. memorable phrase of President 5 fellowmen | Wilson to “make the world safe for o/ doesn’t. demand-it at the point of the| democracy.” This nation can put no lower ideal on its flag as it asks the sacrifice of life on the battle- field. .. But it is for no unchartered and irresponsible liberty that we fight. The democracy we seek to protoct must itself be disciplined and i formed with moral = principle. would be a doubtful ° expedient tc sink all the Hohenzolleris and Haps- Tt the world were still left - in the as soon take a chance under a czar as’ under a French revolution. There is something to he done for democracy, even after .Germany is beaten to her knees. Self-govern- ment is only possible when men have first learned to govern self. The problem of making a safe and ad- mirable democracy, like almost every other problem, becomes a - personal one Hefore we are through with . it Freedom is a moral condition. and hag ifs residence in the soul of the individual man. Never till the in- dividual knows what is right, loves what is good, and chooses to act in accord with his knowledge and hk affection is he a free man. What is true of anyone of us is true of every group of individuals, no matter how large. Nations and individuals alike best represents it. It may be well to recall..that wisdom ‘has two beéars— boar and forbear — and where these | Apostle is right i are in evidence wisdom is lurl 3 ,9f the best evidences of the con- is “that he who N e @ o W D are free only when they _are from their own beagily impulses. The his declaration that “where the spirit of the Lord is tkere is liberty.” hands of the mob. Most of us would | (Written Speclally for The Bulletin.) | probably influenced. John Breed move to that town He located on Town Street, or Gov- ernors Roads, the main highway lead- ing from New London to Hartford. He married, in 73, Lucy ~Bulkley, & member of an influential - Colchester famiiy. His inventory contains a congiderable list of silversmith’s tools, as well as farming implements. To agriculture he probably devoted the last few years of his life, His widow who died in 1821, left the sum of $500 to be applied toward building a home for the poor of the town. 2 Abel Brewster, of c"gnbury and Norwich, comes next in the lst. He was born in 1775, but there is mo record of the date of his death. He advertised in Canterbury in 1797, and in 1804 gave mnotice that he had moved to Norwich, and in 1805 that, because of poor health, he was selling his place of business to Judah Hart and Alvah Wilcox. to Coventry d East Windsor claim Daniel Burnap, 17€0-1838. He learned his trade of Thomas Harland, at Nor- wich, and began husiness in Coven- try. About 1785 he moved to Hast Windsor, “‘and twelve years later set- tled in what is now Andover. He made spoons and buckles and repaired watches and jewelry. » Burnap's advertisement is charac- teristic of the time, and, in 1791, read as follows: “Brass Wheel'd Clocks: The sub- scriber, having for a number of years applied himself principally to the bus- mess of Clock Making and having met with considerable encouragement in the husiness, takes this method té inform the publick that glthough he works in many other branches com- mon for those in the silversmith line as also surveyor's Compasses, watch repairing. etc, yet notwithstanding clockmaking is intended as the gov- erning business of his shop and is de- termined that no pains shall be want- ing to merit the approbation of his customers. Clocks of various kinds may be had at his shop in East Wind- sor on short notice, on the most rea- sonable terms (warranted.) Those parishes that may be in want of clocks may be supplied at the above shop and may depend upan a faithful performance by the publick’s servant, Daniel Burnap. It is_an interesting fact that the tools with which Burnap engraved the dials of his clocks are owned by Al- bert H. Pitkin, of Fartford. Experts consider that Burnap made as fine clocks as ever were produced in New England. A few examples of his silverwork are extant. Theophilus Burrill was a New Lon- don smith who died in 1739. In Joshua Hempstead's Dfiry, Jan, 1s 1738-9 Hempstead wrote: *“T was ye Town Mecting & ye choice of Ta: erners & Theophilus Burrill a gold- smith aged about ——. Died - with Convulsion fitts: he belonged to Bos- ton but hath so-jourmed in Town 2 or 3 years” Foilowing down the list, we come %o Joseph Carpenter, of Norwich, 1747- 1804, who. as early as 1769 was in business in a shop belonging to his stepfather. This is the old shop fac- ing Norwich Town Green to which reference has already been made. Car- penter's son Charles, who settled in Doston, learned .his trade of hig fath- er, as did also, probably, Rufus and Henry Farnum, prominent silver- smiths of Boston. John Champlin, of New London, 1745-1800, comes next in the list; then William Clark. of New Milford. who was born in Colchester in 1750, died in 1798. He settled in New Miiford about 1775, later building a house in which he kept tavern and carried on the sil- vorsmith’s husiness. He advertised in 1774 and 1777. His inventory shows a |large number of silversmith’s tools. ‘He appears to have been a publie- spirited citizen, as when the Union Library was established, in 1798, the first meeting was Leld in his house. listed next is William Cleveland, born in Norwich in 1770: died at Black Rock. N. Y. in 1837. He was . Aaron Cleveland, and dence of some Years ir New London and New York, he re- turnad to this town to make his home. He was made a deacon of the First Congregational Church in 1812. While in New London he was in partnership with John P, Teott, under the name Trott & Cleveland. He married in 1793 Margaret Falle: His son, Lichard Falley Cleveland. was the father of the late President Grover Cleveland. Deacon William lived in'later yesrs mn Worthington anl Salem, Mass., and in Zanesville, Ohio. THE DICTAGRAPH. e STORIES OF THE WAR The Airplanes. “I'm a chef de guerre here—would be a station agent in English,” runs a letter from Sergeant L. I. Trager of Kansas City, to Company F, Thir- teenth Railway Engineers, to one of his former associates on the Santa Fe. "“This is a junction point between a military road. There are two chefs de guerre. We work twenty-four hours each. There is almost no bus- iness in the daytime. It is all hand- led at night to prevent destruction by German artillery. “We are within range, but this par- ticular station is well protected by being behind a hill. But, oh, the air- planes! They come over on moon- light nights and try to blow us up; burgs and Romanoffs in the sea, if,, | fre=|. . THE PARSON. '} W the Children Cough, Rub Whe%\duseerole on Throats and Chests WNo telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or/worse. And then’s when you're glad you have a jar of Mus. terole_at hand to give prompi, sure re- lief. It does not blister. As first aid and a certain remedy, Musterole is excellent. Thousands of mothers know it. You should keep a croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgi uhe,p,congfition, pleurisy, rheum: lumbago, pains and aches of back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia), _ 80c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50, | SLATER HALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25th VERNON STILES, Tenor THE SINGING LEADER OF CAMP DEVENS With BREED FOUR SHOWS TODAY 130, 3, 645, 8.30 FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN and BEVERLY BAYNE —IN— “THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE” A METRO SPECIAL PRODUCTION DE-LUXE e ———————— HEARST PATHE NEWS BIG V. COMEDY This Theatre will be open Monday, but no fuel will be used by order Fuel Commis- sioner. Matinee 1,30, 3.00, 645 and 830 they cannot come in the daytime or the land anti-aireraft- guns would get them. About ten days ago we had a few nights of full moon and cloudless. The German planes made life miser- able for us. On the first night I hal gone to bed before the first one camd. I heard it, but didn’t know whether he was friend or enemy. The bar- racks weye quiet—some asleep and a few awake. Just before dropping a bomb or using a machine gun the aviator generally shuts off tht engine. One the night I heard him pass by, then circle ard return, On the re- turn he cut off his engine and I fig- ured he must be a German. He start- ed it again, though, and came real close and cut it off again, It was a great relief to me when someone started the procession toward the dug- out beside ours barracks. I didn’t want to be the first to go, but I did THE BASS-CLEF CLUB Sign an Associate Membership Card Now and Tickets Will be Mailed you Before Public Sale B::i'nl—carda at Cranston's. . BENEFIT RED CROSS want to go. “One is absolutely defenselass against airplanes. You can't see them, but they can see us on the ground. The French make no excuses but simply beat it for a bambproof when a planeé attacks. The more ex- perience they’ve had the faster they'll run for the trench. They think any- one who {s ashamed to run to a dug- cut is a plain fool. I think so, too, ynow.” OTHER VIEW POINTS The more the fedral regulators at- tempt to regulate the business of this || country the greater the demoraliza- tion of business. Many' complicated problems present themselves but none of th& can be solved satisfactorily by suspending business and stoppoing wages once a week. A .few practical business men at the head of things would very quickly bring order out of chaos, then business could proceed as usual. There are too many rocking chair experts monkeying with “busi~ ness they know nothing about. Our postal service is demoralized, qur rail- road service was never so bad and at a time when we should have the greatest demoralization in the public service that this country has ever known. And now they want the na- tion to suspend all- business during one day of each week. That's the lim- it! The nation will not stand for it. —New Haven Times-Leader. In England.a war use for horse chestnuts has been found, and the ap- peal to school children has resulted in the collection of 4300 tons in seveniy ! KEITH VAUDEVILLE TODAY. CHISHOLM & BREEN fn the Roaring Comedy Skit “Bits of Variety” Feature Picture CHAS, RAY “The Son of His Father” & Part Paramaunt Picture Thrills, Romance, Inspiration WM. S. HART In a Reissue of His Big Success’ DOUBLE CROSSED . CURRENT EVENTS 4—-SHOWS TODAY—4 130, 315, 6 and 8 p. m. This Theatre will be open Monday, and give 4 shows, but no fuel will be used for ting. FOUR SHOWS TODAY 1.30, 3, 645, 830 MAN TO MAN The. sinner and his victim meet, The result is a struggle to the death—a spirited, a terrific, a Will- iam Farnum struggle. All lovers of motion pictures know what that means. WILLIAM FOX Presents WILLIAM FARNUM : —IN— ; THE HEART OF A LION Based on Ralph Connor's Novel, “THE DOCTOR" HIS SMASHING CAREER A VERY FUNNY COMEDY FULL OF LAUGHTER This Theatre will be open Monday, but no fuel will be used by order Fuel Commis® sioner, —_— counties of England, Scotland and Wales. . Thirty-six thousand chil- dren participated in the gather- ing of a crop which previous to the past year was supposed to be worth- less. The repert from London, which reviews the work of the school pupils, also states that the nuts utilized by the Ministry of Munitions have given excellent results and that if the war should be prolonged another year a more systematic method of collect- ing horse chestnuts will be adopted. In this country horse chestnuts are plentiful. If England can use them to advantage, can Americans not find it advantageous to set the school chil- dren at work on the horse chestnut crop —Providence Bulletin. worth 30c. each. money’s worth, You should be glad to get these at any price, Keep a cash account. You can always get an Account Book here at almost any price, but fqr a Saturday Speciel we are offering you a special lot of Leather Covered Memorandum Books, worth from 25¢ to 40 at 17¢ Get the habit of visiting this 'store and getting your PLEASE ANTICIPATE YOUR REQUIREMENTS IN OUR LINE PROMPT SERVICE FIVE DAYS A WEEK CLOSED ON MONDAYS The Norwich Electric Co. 42 FRANKLIN STREET SATURDAY SPECIALS YOUR MONEY WILL COVER LOTS OF GROUND IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SATURDAY SPECIALS Boxed Narcissus Bulbs The Bulbs are handsomely boxed and will grow. These we are selling at the following prices: 50c box at 39c—75¢ box at 57c—$1,00 box at 79¢c. Fine China Gold Band Cups and Saucers at 23c, easily