Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 21, 1918, Page 4

it comes to reeognized that it quired in greater qu: ing of more hogs and the kesping of more cattle. 5 Secretary Houston asks that 3,060, 000 more acrés of wheat be planted this year relying of course u & greatér acreagd for a greater yield but He might alse have urged more intene sive fafming and the development of the wheat yield acre so that a dorwich Gulletin and gaueigre .122 YEARS OLD price 13c a week; 500 a month;’ € a year. at the Postoffic Worwich Conn., &8 second-class mat Telephome Calls: Bulletin Business Office 480, Bulletin Editorial Roomeg 35-3 Bulletin Job Ofiice 35-2 limantic Office, 625 Maln Street. hone 210-3. Norwich, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1913, from the land which is normally de- voted to Wheat. We are not raising as much wheat to the acre as othet countries are doihg but there ddesn’t appear t0 bé any reason why such cannot be doné if the right attention is given to i A ——a GET. THE SHIPS. Z It is difficult to see what is going to be the outcome of the negotiations CIRCULATION 1901, aVETRE® iiiunivieii... $812 1008, average .iiieviesisens8,925 February 16, 1918....+ 9578 time with several of the neutfal nas tions regarding the use of their ship- [ping some of which is already bei employed and some of which remains tied up in our harbors. Norway is even now thréatening to tie up a certain amount of its ship« ping if the shipping interests cannot arrive at a favorable understanding with this couatry regarding future terms. There can bs no question but what every sinsle idle ship should be brotight Into use, It {8 a titme when it is needed. 'We are turning out new vesséls but they are not sufficlent to meet the demands. We want lmme- dlate cargo carrying space and even though neutral ships couid not be em- ployed in transportation service through the barred zones they could be used with excellent results in the voastwise trade to North and South MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS titled to the use for republica- gu:not all news despatches credit- ed to it or not otherwise cradit- ¢4 in this paper and also the local news published hereln. All rights of republication of speeial despatches herein are also reserved. America and to other moutral potnts.| D Thig country has been working for a long time on mnegotiations to this end, It has setured sotne results, but even now as pointed out by the Nor- wegian situation ihiey are uncertain, It is time therefors that we should settle this matter at the earliest pos- sible moment, recvgnizing of course the necessity of safeguarding our po- sition in the war, but at ith® same time that we are not going to ailly dally on this preblem for the pro- " | longation of the war or keep the mat- ter hanging fire to our detriment until the war is over. We cannot ovérlook the importance of these neutral bot- toms any more than that of new wes« sels. We must get the ships. THE COAL POLICY REPEATED Several of the important manufac- turing -companies wiich ate engaged on war orders atre hlirmed over the brospect that it will be necessiry to tloge their plants owing to the inabil- ity to obtain fuel oil. The position of thest industries regarding oil is muet the same as that of New Englana re- garding codl inasmuch as they have been deprived of the customary méans of transportation In sécuring this net- essary commodity. _The government in the commandeer- Ing of tank ships for the purposs of transporting fuel oil across the water has taken the vessels whiclr Rave been bringing the oil part of the distanee "Right is More Precious than Peace™ [ S ——— GERMANY AND THE BOLSBHEVIKI Owing to the muddled state of af- fairs 1A Russia it will be diffieult to tell for some time just what the an- nouncement of the bolsheviki that they will sign a treaty with Germany agreeing to eomplete submission means. Thers will be .no surprise, however, if it means that the bolshe- viki are prepared to throw up their hands ag far as offering any opposi- tion to the German policy and.are willing to enter into peate regardiess of what the terms may be. That such would be the result was indicated durihg the peacs negotiations at Brest-Litovek. Troteky aid his best to bluff the representatives of the ten- tral powers but as was inferred then it was purely bluff and it fafled to at least to the factories, The burden Is thus thrown upon the railroads and the railrogds are already so congested work, If Germany could not get what it wanted through negotiations such as it was then conducting, it was de- termined to get it by force and the immediate mbvement of its troops fur- ther into Russian territory brought the matter to a climax. 1t is even now claimed, according to Trotzky, that Germany demands the surrender of Péland, Lithuania, gulf of Riga and Moon islands in the way of territory and an indemnity of $4, 000,000,000, and it is this demand which the bolsheviki are prepared to meet. It seems probable that after Germany gets control of sufficlent ter- ritory in this new move that such an arrangement will be concluded with the bolsheviki, but how much of a standing such a peace treaty would have is decidedly uncertain. The power of the bolsheviki hes stegdlly dwin- dled and it certainly cannot bind lis successor to very much especially in view' of the trouble which it has al- ready encountered during its short control, care of the business which they have, to say nothing of furnishing this other service. This was the very same move that was made regarding the water transportation for coal to thie part of the country. Without giving setfous consideration to the dépendence placed upon the vesséls bringing coaml to New England they were taken for government service and nothing did more to congest the railroads than thig very move. Somehow of other it was expected that the railroals could ac. complish the impossible and regard- leSs of the experience regarding coal policy is being carried ot in regard to fuel ofl. There can be litile won- der that the manufacturers depending upon that oil and being urged to hus- tle the completion of the war orders should get nervous over the situation. EDITORIAL NOTES. Give the rain a proper chance and it makes a great street cleaner. THE COAL PRICE. From the very time. that it was evi- dent that this country was going to become involved in the war it was apparent that the coal industry was going to be of the greatest importance. It was piain that all possible produc- tion shonld be obtained and that the producers as well as the users of coal rhould be given just treatment. About that time there was a conference with the coal operators in Washington and in view of the general understanding that coal would be one of the first commodities which it would be nec- essary to regulate there was an ine formal agreement reached between the operators and several government offie cials that the price of soft coal at the snines would be $3 a ton. In connee- tion with that agreement it was un- derstood that the operators would put forth every effort to increase produce tion. That agreement did not meet with the approval of the war department head. The price was considered too high and it was dropped to $2 a ton. The result was that it demoralized the business and production dropped because certain mines were doing bus- iness at a loss. It was not long be- foro an Increase was granted and later on another jump was. authorized so that it went from $2 to $2.40 and then to $275 a ton. /In the meanttme the country Has suffered from the lack of coal a8 it never did before. ZVow the announcement is made that the basic prive in certain Pennsylva- nia flelds is to he made $3.05 a ton or five cents more than was favored at the very beginning. This tends to show that had that initial figure been adhered to there would not have bean the trouble in getting coal that has been experienced by industry and in. dividual during the present winter. The man on the cérner says: Even an optimist leoks helpless in the pres- enge of a flood. No one dares to praise the weather for its good behavior lest it resent any effort to encourage its eontin- uance. < [ The silence in Argentina these days indicates that they are walting for another vessel to be sunk without leaving a trace. Those who are stigRing and stack- ing the thrift and war savings stamps are helping the country and themselves at the same time. d Inasmuch as the Hindenburz offen- sive failed to taks place on the fixed day it is to be expected that it will be ettributed to a strategic delay. How anxious Austria is to get out of the war is shown by the fact that it will have nothing te do with Germany in its new move against Russia, ot S s Giaany Wonder what Troteky meant when he said something about not over- throwing the csar for the purpose of yielding to German imperialism? It & well enough to call attention to the coal problem for next winter but it should be remembered that the present winter hasn’t ended yet. ) —— It has taken Lenine and Trotaky some time to accomplish it but they have apparently got Russia just about where they started out to land it. Judging from reports coming from Franee and those from Texas it makes little difference whether the aviators are working over the battle fronts or not, MORE FOODSTUFFS. There can be no question but what Secretary of Agriculture Houston is entirely right in urging upon the farm- ers of the country the necessity of raising more wheat so that we will get the benefit of about 50,000,000 more bushels and the raising of more hogs s0 that there will be at least 10,000,000 more than at present. Not only does he favor the increas- ing of the production of wheat in the 80 called corn belt but he advocates more food crops in the south though he does not disregard the importance of raising cotton. There is unques- tionably a great opportunity for an Increased production in all these There ought to be no question about Connecticut doing” its share towards furnishing the reserve for the ship- building operations. There's a great chance to do your bit. The increased business in the ma- rine recruiting stations doesn't bear out, the Geérman helief that the loss of the Tuscania would cast gloom and fear over the /United States. A répresentative of the national fuel administrator has been sent into New England to study the coal situation. After the patient is convaleseiag & doctor is detailed on the case. with other work that they cannot take {4 65 the result of that idea the same|{s 12 1 don't die of nervous prostration th before 1 get my child grown up* related the mother of the family to her triends who had dropped in, “it won't be my fault! I work hard enou e Someing s exasperating exas] part of it is that invariably she makes good, sliding in under the wire at the last gasp of the last second! n'ts = "I am a tottering wreck at all because I mixed in the am‘f the Kilgores' and the Jamskys' dinners and clothes party. Caroline's club of girls, having some surplus money in | the; the !MI{P}', fda(:::led ttDM“ el ok to a couple of destitute s, thy " began arriv- which afe underway at the present| o ¢n the proj pel street car trip. - “ T guess into the filled up room. “Harriett has @ party and BEsther's got to gét a mar- ¢el and Blizabéth had to go to a bar- | time gain _sale and—' ““Would you kindly suggest,’ I ask- €4, ‘just where %e are to serve dinner to-night unless this room is cleared out? mess lying around the house for days till you girls really do get together? Do you think these chickens and things will retain their pristine freshness in: definitely cuddled up next the radia- tor? You might just as well have the agony over to-day! Round those ls up by telephone and say that must hurry, It is 2 o'elock now and you simply cannot go over into that neighborhood after dark!® “The girls began straggling in about 0. < 1 made a little speech about the for haste and they agreed with me enthusiastically. Somebody then shrieked at the piano, ‘Oh, you have that perfectly darling new rag!’ and started playing it while the others instantiy began dancing. It was now twenty minutes of 3. “'@irls!* I cried desperately, ‘you must gét to work at once and divide these groceries and toys and decide which of you are going where! And what are the addresses? “Bverybody looked blank. Then some oné remembered that Mabel had the addresses. No, Mabel wasn't there! After a rush to the phone they an- STORIES OF THE WAR Fatalism Ameng Soldiers. The feeling of fatalism is strong among soldiers. Many hold the opin- fon that “if the bullet is not made for you, you won't be hit.” One soldiér beasts that he knows he will come through the war all right, because dur- ing his latest battie, a large plece of shrapnel on which he found his own initial fell at his feet. “It was made fur me, all right,” he waid, “but it missed the mark so noth- ing else can kiil me” Mascots and luck-bringers of vari- ous sorts, are numerous in all the ar- miés of today. They are of great va- riety, although peorhaps tiny rabbits and black cats made of “lucky” metal are encountéred more frequently” than ng else. Probably in mest cases the lucky ¢harm which a soldier ear- ries is something sent him by his wo- menfolk *in the hemeland—a thimble, a ring, or a child’s trinket of some kind that has been passed down in the family as a luck-bringer. Among soldiers’ superstititions, of which the British soldier has his full share, one of the most characteristic is connected with the number three. “The third time is never the same,” is a proverb among the Irish troops. “The third of anvthing is fatal” is a common expression among the English country battalions. Soldiers have deen known to refuse to take their third leave, feeling certain that it will be their last. A soidier's third wound said to be the one which must be most carefully attended to. A devel opment of the same superstition pre hibits the lighting of three cigarettes with one match. 04dd numbers, according to the Brit- fik;'ommy, are more likely to be un- than even ones, and thirtéen is ‘worse than nine. Fridav as an un- lucky day has been dethroned, \and there is no particular Bad luck con- rected with any day of the week in Tommy's estimation. Sunday. how- ever, i$ preeminently a lucky day for battles, The lucky flower, by common con- sent, is white heatMer, and a piece properly tucked away inside the hat- band is supposed to save the wearcr from a fatal wound. Some regiments regard certain deco- tations and medals as unlucky not to the wearer. but to the regiment in rene: One very well known battal- lon objects strongly every tims one of its: number is awardeq the Military Cross. As regimental pets, black cats are regardeq as the luckiest possession a detachment can have, and the arrival of & stray &nimal of this color at a gan-pit of dugout is an event of great importance. Everyone is bound to be lucky for some hours at least. To meet a black ‘cat while marching up to the trenches puts every member of the company in the happlest humor. On the other hand, a black magpie fiy- Ing aeross the line of march is a bad omen, To hear the cuckoo calling be- fore breakfast is another bad omen. Views of the Vigilanted , VISION. By Amelia Josi 4 Vi phihe Burr ofl the ilants What is the great present need of the American people? I would say a quickened sense of prgportion, a re- Vised and improved standard of values, 2¢al according to knowledge—in a word, vision. We need to understand that the cause for which we are fight- ing is more than national more than individual—no less a thing than the fiving growing quality of the world- Epirit—a cause so great that our own worth today is measured by our ser- vice to that cause. Once we realize once we see ourselves in the right relation te the great need that claims us, there will be no moere clam- our of “I choose this, I want to do that” Our only word will be “What ¢an I do?” One of the recent recruit- h‘lg posters tersely phrases the situa- tion. g Don't. Prlist Without Thinking. Where do you fit. Find out Then enlist to help win the war. ‘Where do you fit? re will you bethemwtlelp in winning the war? In France, perhaps, bearing hardships that are a glory to you, Suffering in body and triumphant in. soul. At home, perhaps, earrying on with the little dull -things that few notice un- at | ed t althink I'd learn after a while, but I|and much greater amount cali be obtalned | don't can't go to-day,’ Caroline | hands ing | 01 me calmiy as I edged sideways Do you think I can have this|piano started nounced that Mabel hadn't reached!crow over you! home from down-town, but her mo-{ | slackers in the world of today. This| \seen, because of the issues it involves. R Auditorium Theatre AATINEE 2:16, m EVENING,-8:45, 8:30. FOR DEMOCRACY To Wives—Mothers—Fathers—Sweethearts the Freedom of the World For BY GAPT, EDWIN BOWER HESSER, The. Finel Summing-up of the Aims of the World War Extra Added Attraction—Everybody’s Favorite Wm. S. Hart in “The Hater” DAY AND Viola Dana In the 5.Act Metro Secreen Romarice The Winding Trail il The ,&‘a?fi“ a Divine Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle In Mis -Latest Riot “QUT WEST” Burton Holmes Travelogue Boxing .31 Rounds —at— Pulaski Hall, February: 22nd | DAVE POWERS os. YOUNG GOULA YOUNG ROGCD, XMMERING HOWIE RED RANKIN va. KiD CLISH Referee, DAVE™ FITZGERALD Door open at 7 p. m. Bhow starts at 8 THURS, FRI. AND SAT, KEITH VAUDEVILLE TRTANGLE FEATURE PLAYS ‘Nature’s Sweetest Warblers introdusi ng “ROUGISEH ROSETTA” the Biggest Little Star in Vaudevills NESTOR AND VINCENT RONAIR AND WARD Comedy Variety Jugglers I “When Tommy Met Maggie” CEORGE HERMAN DEZ in UP OR DOWN 5 Part Triangle Western Drama With Lots of Pep. CURRENT EVENTS CONGERT ORCHESTA late. As it was, I told them stérnly, we'd be hours going and coming. They looked serious a minute and then the at half past 4 the girls perfectly serene and gigly, I tense, disgusted and distract- ed, thinking of my disner party. I toid them ,I hoped this would be.a on and next time wWhen they tried do am'tmng they would manage it better. 1 tols le!qe 1 was simply i:at 50 n:’utl-:h h:“il t:l: ‘mfl::eqntl:g COMING GE A R e oy L wawex PARENTA MESSAGE Can you do the great hard glerious thing? Do it, and thank God tha¥ it is giving you to do. Can you oaly be a drudg’. a chink:filler? Be it—and thank God, you too, that you have a place in His Service. “And after all my hysteries that taxi made the five mile trip, the things got distributed and we were whizzed back home at the neat hour of 5:30 it was all over nicely. “T don’t see what there was to make such a fuss about’ Caroline told me loftily—and to tell the truth I didn't either—then. There I was, home in time to dress for my dinner and the provisions and toys were Ye- posing whfire they were intended to repose—really, it was most confusin, 'The hardest thing to bear was Caro line’s ‘saying triumphently that she knew all the time they'd get there and back all right!" “They do it confided another mo- ther of a family, “just so they can They do it on pur- cause privite interests block action on it and we'll have to risk going through another winter of awful heat famine, With heat enough to set ,evzrybo:ly afire lying dormant and umapplied. ‘We are like Some farmers who sdold- ed and shritked for coal and were tod lazy to go out in the back lot and cut wood. All of this unused heat—electricity— belongs to all of us.© We should de- velop 1t for all of us. We should von- trol its production, application and its cost, for all of us. There's the rub. It's what private greed doesn’t waht, and we permit private greed paign which is to ‘begin tight off, are {to #o:influénce our congress that we brobably not making the Impression|den't get this heat. Why shoulan’t on the ountry they think. The éout- | we shiver?—New Haven Times—Lea~ try is thinking very seriojisly 8f somes | ger. !thing else, and hasn't rouch interest in partisan politics for the time being.— Waterbury Ameriean. - X DanceInT. A. B. Hall FEBRUARY 22nd AT 8 P. M. / Given by Boys of U, 8, &, FULTON. ADMISSION, 5¢. Dancing From 8 Until 2 OTHER VIEW POINTS The republican leaders, mesting to- gether and electing & ney chairman, talking 6f Reosevelt for the next can- didate and apparéiitly anticipating victory in 1820, as the result of a cam- MEAVY PLANTING OF WHEAT IN NEW YORK STATE of Spring Crop is Placed at Bushels. New York, Feb, 20.—Prospects for a record crop of spring wheat in New York ate exceilent, Calvin J. Huson, director of the bureau of fovd pro- duction of the state food commission, said here today. It is exg‘ected 106,000 & will be planted, he declared, lec!h would aseure & crop estimated at 8,000,000 bushelz. Plenty of seed is avallable for the farmers, Mr. Hu- g6n said, at a cost of not more than §2.75 & bushel . Estima pose!”—Exchange. less they are left undone, trying to remember when you resent your own stodgy comfort that it really does not matter whether you are comfortable or in pain. The thing that counts is Whether you are putting all' your strength into what you can hest do. Betwéen those two extremes—the ser- | vice that nobody can help recognizing and the service that sometimes does not recognize itself,—thers are a hun- dred kinds of effort, all needed. A Red Cross worker i France tells of the women who applied” to him for positions—executive preferred. One had come over bechuse her husband The only people who will be puz- zled b& the situation in which Russia is neither at war, In a state 6f peage hor eveh neutral will be those who understand what sort of a national orgganization the 1. W. W. are aiming to accomplish.—Waterbury Republican. The report of the park commission, and the proposed plans to increase the Park system of the city is admirabla L comes at a time when the popular fancy turns once more with longing to the out of dooys. There is mugh) telk of the morale of the soldier, but the morale of the civilian is of great {moment too and nothing is more | wholesome in its effects upon the peo- ple than the proper récreation. Too {long the saloon, the dance hall and was monotonously good. Another, be- pool room have pandered to the love cause her husband was monotonéusly |of recreation without rivalry, Bxper- bad. A third because her husband had {jence amply proves that the low and died and she was lonely. There was|yicious pleasire 0f men and Wwomen work at home, crying for those wo-|are invariably crowded out when the men to do it—but they were thinking lappeal is made to the bétier nature. less of what they could do for France |The manner in which the people of than of what France could do for|every class flock into the great out of them. There is no room for suchl|deors in the spring and summer 1§ tes. timony to what the public really pre- fer. The plans of the park commis- sion will intensify the enjoyment of our fine parks, They ‘cail for publie dance halls out of doors, improved bathing pavilions, and more ample space for the popular games of w mer. Bridgeport cannot help but b come a more wholesome place to live in when these improvements are made. And ‘we are willing to predict that Washington will get word of ifcreased production in war munitions when the peoplé have again & chance for out- side play.—Brilgeport Telegram. The Food Adminstration seized all barley from !Iuw‘eu ’:f"i;er. 3 war is not a drug for sick nerves nor a stimulant for jaded emotions. It is the sternest reality the world has ever ‘We need the spirit of service that is willing and eager to do thése thank- less little jobs which are necessary to the great whole In the hospital at Neuilly, there is an elderly woman in ¢harge of the lipen room. She has drudged there patiently and faithfully since the war began. The wondering and admiring pilgrims to the miracle-workers of the wards have nothing to do with hér. Only “70” Pauy, the one armed general, when he visits the hospital goes al- ‘ways to the linen-room and salutes, as one brave to another. 'He under- stands. But therc is many a linen room sister who has no great-hearted old Pau to encourage her. What of that. It is not praise that counts, not even Pau's—it is the cause that claims -our best and most effective labor, and it is the cause that shall judge us not our fellows. Ome longs at a time like this to be obviously do- ing the right thing; but we must re- member that when it is because of the speech of others we do the thing asked of us. if the energy goes to that doing means the leaving undone of any bit of our own special job, by What a lot of trouble our govern- ment has had with the coal situation! What a lot of shivering and eating of food in the raw we've done because of lack of ceal! What a domingering, arrogant, merciless autocrat we've made of King Coal, collectively and individually! And in doing it, we've Jjust demonstrated ‘that “Tyrants are the creatures of slaves.” cause private interests block action on Coal is heat. Hlectricity is heat. ‘Water horse-powar is electricity. And we have eongress sitting inert, on cal- loused haunches, upon & bill to give us over 50 millions of ‘water horse- power. s The adminstration’s Watér power bill is stalled in congress sitaply be- CASTORA { Mothers Know That Genuine Casteria r THE SALE OF WHITE Bezutifal U dersitks and U_darmusling For sheer daintiness and beauty there are few germents which can rival the Undersilks and U which we bring to you in this sale. Of course you will find the ‘more sober, sturdy pieces built for utility, and these are not without their charm. We know, however, you will be most intérested in the daintier, more delicate “frillies” " whicl are shown in such profusion. There is a display here which will delight any woman’s heart. 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