Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 21, 1918, Page 4

122 YEARSOLD 12 & weeks oo a bacription raouthy $4.00 utared at the Postoffice at Norwich | g Conn., as -class matter. Telephome Callar Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Eqitorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2 Willimantie Office, 625 Ma'n Street Telephone 210-2. “Norwich, Thursday, March 21, 1918, CIRCULATION 1501, EVerage ...cssessesscs. 4412 1905, average -.......s..-.-m 5 March ’w, 27 R 9573 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusive~ ly entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news despatches credit- ed to it or not otherwise eradit~ ed in this paper and also the local news published hersin, All rights of - republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. *Right Is More Precious than Peace’ —_—— OUR AIRPLANE PRODUCTION, That all is not as rosy as has been pietured in regard to the production of aircraft in this country for war purposes is revealed by the statement of the acting secretary of war to the congressional committées on military affairs to the effect that the pro- gramme is 74 per cent. behind and that only a little better than a quar- ter of the desired resuits have been obtained. This may have been brought out as the result of the claims made early in the year that war preparations were falling down, or as. the result of the conferences with the committees which have been taking place in an effort to keep both branches of congress in touch with administration affairs, and which were arranged as a consequence of efforts.to bring about changes in the war department. 2 Regardless, however, of what led up to the bringing to light of these con- ditions it i8 a disclosure which should bring about immediate reform. In- stead of the prodyction ‘being in ac- cord with the report to the effect that the first of the airplanes were on their way to Burope and sufficient’ to sup- port the recent declaration of the sec- retary of war that the engine produc- tion for the airplanes would within a few weeks reach its peak, it appears to be to the contrary. It is high time that a special com- mittee was named to look into this matter, but more than that the red tape and the handicaps whick are bolding it up. should be removed. Our soldiers need the service which the airplanes perform and they ought to have had the benefit of it before this. HLLITERACY. Repeatedly has attention been called to the illiteracy which prevails in this country. It has been shown in fig- ures and in percentages and the sec- tions which contribute the most to it have been pointed out. But with the steps which are coustantly being taken and the forces which are at work to overcome this state of affeirs we are inelined to give less consider- ation to the meaning of this condition in normal times than we are just at present. What this illiteracy mears ip the country at the present time is well set forth by Secretary Lane of the department of the interior when he points out in connection with the raising of an army that the first draft called to the colors 30,000 to 40,000 who could not read or write in any language. That means as the sec- retary points out that ey cannot sign their names; they cannot read their orders posted dally on the bul. letin boards In camp; they cannot understand signals or follow the sige nal corps in time of battle” That means that these men called into the service are a handicap to whatever organization they are as. siened, and it meansjthat in ail prob- ability there will be a like number found in the second draft. The need of overcoming such illit- eracy is perfectly apparent and while it has been known through the census that there are over four and a half million illiterates in the country over 21 years of age, none too much prog- ress has been made in reducing it. The revelations, of the secretary of the interior ought to spur us on to creater efforts in that direction, since illiteracy is as detrimental in peace as in war times. = " A NATIONAL BUDGET. Because it is needed, there is al- " ways interest attached to every ncw move which is made to secure the es- tablishment of a budget system in congress. Congressman MecCormick cf Ilinois has revived this matter by the introduction of bills and resolu- tions in the lower house with a view to bringing about the change from the present method of handling the- fi- nances. Congressman McCormick would change the system now in vogue and place it on a scientific basls, Ac- cording to his plan the budget maker would be the secretary of the treas- ury. He would have the power to re- vise the schedules of the different de- partments so that they would compiy time for the introduction system in national affairs bring about efficlency. = ~ DANGERS IN DELAY, g £ i teel that the Russians who ars al-|ation! An ready feeling the effects of the iron|thing to send to heel of the kaiser might misconstrue the assistance offered by a friend. Such an attitude might be justified if it was not already ‘apparent to Rus: sia and the world that Germany i doing its uimost to pet its tentacles|yesrs and ye: iy gret thig circumistance, Among our 10,000 or more customers, when an account shows a balance of There are those of course who are |t trying to put the brake on the plan to|of have Japan take part in checking the An insinua- abominable y husband.” “Phe balance of Mr, Thorpe's ac- count is O'll::n :d!. long standing,” Mr. Hardy expl “Of course it is ‘one of long stand- ing’ He has led with you fo going to , instead §f ‘T am sorry, Mrs.’ so firmly inbedded in Russia thatthey |another flrm which doub: would | caused you distress. cannot be dislodged, UnGer the ex-ihave treated him with the considera- |make an exceptional case of any in- isting conditions it is not likely that)tion due a gentleman. Russia is going to overlook the posi- tion in which it has been plaged and those who have caused it and make an enemy of those who come to its|aecount is overdue. Isshould have seen assistance. the obstacle going beria will be This Maine railroad, wach year where awn use. be sent to be lengths. railroad to become fectiveness of a Japanese force in 8i- uch greater this spring than it will be ceveral months hence. There are dangers connected with a watchful waiting poiicy in comnmection with Jepan and Siberia which ought not to be overlooked. [ e REDUCING WASTE. ‘When it comes to meeting the fuei|t situation and making use of which is at hand with the idea of eliminating waste the plan of work- ing up the discarded railroad ties along | Published by The Blakely-Oswald Co., the lipes of some of the leading rail- roads ought to prove of great dene- fit in such an undertaking. When it is shown that the prison-|and many mere charitable excyses he|cease to be a customer of yours. ers captured by the Russians during|made for you. the earlier days of the war and sent to{kind man, Siberia prison camps are being re- ieased, armed and organized into new armies it must be apparent that they are bound to form a strong nucleus for a fighting force in the east and the|to this degree.” longer preparations are delayed s 2 ater is combat such a danger th m’rhe ot |again, Mr. Hardy, to tha idea was advanced sometime|in connection with the Pacific slope. 2go by the officials of the Boston &|He has recorded much regarding the|on the glde of Germany. It is a recognition of | west and works are widely recognized | Consul and had almost had a fight with the enormous waste which takesplace|as those of an authority. such materlal is workshops, burned beside the tracks simply for the purpose of disposing of the ma- terial and eliminating the danger of accident to outsiders who might tres-|ese ' which may be due to his long pass upon railroad property for the|associations with the far west, and he | without a passport from the German purpose of getting such wood for their|said also Beware of Nippon; beware | authorities. Following up the idea the Boston| American & Mainc has already established a portable sp'w mill at one ‘station on its lines to :which discarded ties will cut up into stove|Goq for the wisdom and power to|for another 56 days, Some eight to The wood thus made avail-|fight for the honor and integrity of [ten years later he is called back to eble for stoves will be distributed to|the nation. stations, switchmen's shelters where' coal has|iduality of mind in his book and he|belongs to the army and is home only and been required in the past for the pur- pose of turnishiog power and heat. It not only means that much wastc will be stopped but that the coal biil will be materially reduced, and it is not improbable that this mill will be put many other points into service at alon, purpose. the railroad’s lines for the same It is certainly a step which could be adopted with good results on every railroad. EDITORIAL NOTES, This is going to be a season when less attention should be given to the {lawn and more to the garden. merous as income Secretary to accompiis! after completion. to make the most tax questions. of it Of course the further the Germans penetrate into Russia the The man on the corner says: Robins and bluebirds are becomimg as nu- Jaker tells about “taking the army to pieces,” in France, but he did what the boches will never be akle It is well to remember that in air-|that lheu};ad sz.id t:a; she vlvxt;:fldi shgc;t ship operations there is as great an|her brother should he enl n the | o ished. cpportunity for speeding be'loveh as |army, she underwent a change of heart 2 Fumy ‘Whenever & neutral vessel is sunk outside of the German harred zone it is to be remembered that zone is decidedly elastic. Fifty thousand Bavarians are to be | station. sent to colofiize Courland, which of course means that they are expscted | to establish another Alsace. the danger| A pathetic ending is where she died It is tims that people began to think | Hudson, N. Y. -what the daylight saving plan is going to mean to the individual and prepare greater chance they have of outdoing the his- torical advane of Wapoledn, There is 2 Jot of worry about the efiect of the daylight saving plan on tne rallroad scheduies, but there is no telling but what it may be the means of getting the trains on time, Patriotism is apparently the last thing in the minds of those Baltimore shipworkers who are striking for 100 per cent. increase in their pay when they are already getting abnormal wages. ‘When it is declared that the Ukrain- ians have invited the Germans to form an army in Ukraine, it was prompted of course by the same reason that the Finns asked the kaiser to name his son to be their king. The only satisfaction that the New Jersey man can get out of his sen- tence upon being found guilty of as- sault in kissing his wife is that it ‘would probably have been worse had it been someone eise’s wife, ‘When the northern neutrals Atnp to consider what Germany is doing to Russia in spite of the ratification of the peace treaty, they must realize that it is useless to put any faith in the imperial German government. was sent X tian ‘When the dun jdividual, and -this form letter we send came yesterday morning, Mr. Hardy, |out, as a matter of business, to all our the indignity of it rendered me speech- | deliquent customers, merely as a re- less, and instantly I asked my husband | minder. ‘whit you could mean. . He said: ‘The to it before, T've been negligent—'|leave this store, and he will forever My husband i{s a very | When your firm receives the munifi- Mr, Hardy. He never|cent ':ll:l‘ :a o;a :z:u. I mntbt.hal; ‘the would have sent you a dun, if you had | firm e able resume business, owed him a thousand dollars for sixty | Where is the cashier’s desk, please?” years. We bhave charge accounts at| “At the end of the aisle, madam. the best stores in the city, but it hae |But your husband—" regpained for your firm to humiliate vs| ‘T’ ‘Mrs, Thorpe, I assure you that—" | decision,” Mrs. . Thorpe said with dig- e can mever feel sure of you|nity, as she walked away. v nd from now on| Mr, Hardy removed his index finger we shall carry our trade elsewheréd.|from the letter and finished reading— ‘But while I am on the subject I should | “regret the oversight and inclose check like you to know that when my|to cover balance of bill. Yours truly, brother removed to this city last fall|John Thorpe.”—Chicago News, would get together with knives and . plan to fight the Prussians. One of NEW B‘OO](S the rules was that if an Alsatian boy own language he was punished by < forfeiting a whole money, 3 In These Latter Days. By Hubert| I was in this country on business Towe Bancroft. Cloth, 548 pages.|when war was declared. 1 knew if there were not papers to show that I had enlisted with Germany, the law Chicago. Price $2. Mr, Bancroft has long been recog- C have our family’'s business when it nized as a leading historian especially is over. So I went to a German Consul. But I never intended to fight 1 saw the him, I finally While the ery in the country was|him. Now I have destroyed them. peace at any price, Mr. Bancroft wrote, |I will be able to get the factory and “Better the United States should join}the business without them. Alsace- the allies than that Germany should |Lorain will be free. win.” He is not a lover of the Japan- After a boy o seventeen he cannol Alsace-Lorain is leave the ‘country He has to agree to of ‘dbreeding Japanese in America for|come back at the age of twenty to citizenship ; safeguard | serve a year in the army. Neglecting China; hold the Pacific; elevate pub-|to do so he forfeits citizenship and all lic morality; purify government—and {property there. Six months iater he in a word Americanize America, and thig ever with renewed hope thanking|year or so later he is called back the army for 3 weeks service. There- Mr. Bancroft fully reveals his indiv- |fore until a man is 45 years old he does not refrain from expressing it al- jon furlough. The whole nation is a though he must know that it canrot|war machine. The life of an Alsa- get the approval of the country: tian in the army is made miserable. explosions were over. lence again: Into bed. loud humming; The Sister of a Certain Soldier: By Dr. Stephen J. Maher, New Haven. Paper; 48 pages. Published by Dr, Maher, price 25 cents. Dr. Maher, who is chairman of the tuberculosis commission of the state wields a ready pen and this pamphlet tells an interesting story which cannot fail to arouse desp thought. It deals with a Negro girl who has been deeply Humiliated by the insults hurled at her people. he is a graduate of the New Haven High school but in spite of this education her contact with the world has developed a hatred of her country, A talented girl, whose ability re- STORIES OF THE WAR Must Get Permit To Travel. (Correspondence of The Associated Press:) : Military police now travel on all the trains running between Paris and various points of the zone of the Amer ican army. Their sole duty is to see to it that members of American Bx- peditionary Force do not travel with- out auhorization. there’ friend “The hotel where I intended to stay lost its last window last nigh put up at another hotel which still boasts a few panes of glass. I arrived; in town a little before noon, and at noon precisely Mournful Mary began her day’s performance. looked up toward the heavens, and sure enough, there were nine ‘enemy airplanes advancing in formation as if forgot and expressed himself in his|on parade. They dropped their bombs aruun(}’ thfi rz&v:: and h!ivore then driven week’ cket | aWay by machines. . S “Things were quiet until towards the end of the afternoon, when Mournful Mary suddenly interrupted our dinner, The man I was with took me to his house, which he shared with & Belgian ls such that I would not be able tocolonel and his family, r ay n. “I began to undress and was just ready to jump into bed when there came ten appalling crashes, mingled Mrourntal Stary hod “heen outwities |Place beside the” service flag in our but she made up for lost time by a : 2 serles of blasts immediately after the | 214 of sinfble . design. ‘But I no more than got interested in my new book than out went the lights and there was another visitation an exact repetition of the previous This time Mournful Mary and the bombs coincided exaectly. There were two more visits before daybreak, besides two false alarms by Mournful Mary.” It is in this town that a famous one. T fortably 'between dinmer and Juwar and if they choose, can go back and fetch another load of bombs and try again in the evening. bombing, the town is so easily found that not even a moon is necessary,— any reasonably fine night will do. On one night last week it was raided for five hours continuously, on the fol- 'm afraid nothing you can say will |lowing night it received 100 bombs persuade my husband to reconsider our | An ‘officer who spent twenty-four hours en route to England, wrote to a with beams. lence, and presently the lights went on down two flights of cellar stairs into a small and airless chamber strongly sandbagged and protected We sat there in the dlnrk ‘forl :hn hour.twher; n:l;ddenlv m ot th pers electric. lights went on, cating t] . ot X the danger was over. As I'went back to my hotel, distant firing was piainly audible. “T just got to my room when Mournful Mary again broke forth. I decided to stay where I was this time. Outside. my window I could plainly hear that ominous and penetrating hum of aircraft propellors, and pres- ently there came a ‘crash-crash.’ windows rattled and the walls shook. Then there were six more similar ex- has to go back and serve 5 days. A |Plosions, but not so. near. There was si- the lights went o “h g2l \':fy bond, 1 fecided There was liie, amnce of |18 10 open on ADril §, the anniver- getting a night's sleep in this town, ;o I got a book and tried to read in e ENID MARKEY .in 5 Great ONE DAY ONLY BREED IN EIGHT ASTONISHING PARTS and Weeks and Many Other Prominent Officials. ; MATINEE AT 230—EVENING AT 645 AND 830 As for night PRICES—CHILDREN 11c. ADULTS 17e. - With All Star Cast Including HOUSE PETERS, J. BARNEY SPECIAL SCHOOL CHILDREN’S MATINEE AT 4 P. M. PLAINS SHER- TODAY AND TONIGHT : ~ Connecticut War Films The Cast Includes Prosident Wilson, William Taft, Theodore Roose-. velt, William J. Bryan, Governor Holcomb, Former Governors Waller ENDORSED BY THE PUBLIC AND PRESS AND ACCEPTED BY THE STATE FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION At T. A. B. Hall, Friday, March 22 . THREE DAYS 15 Rounds t, 80 1| 0OSCAR GARDENER vs. YOUNG BLADES 10 Rounds JOE CORBETT vs. TOMMY McCARTHY. 6 Rpunds RED RANKIN' vs. KID CLISH DAVE FITZGERALD, Referree Ladies Are Invited to ‘Attend o We naturally group of stdtuary stands as a record of the heroism of the city’s burghers in the fourteenth century. Beside this group of statuary there now stands the wreck of a captured Gotha, downed by anti-aircraft while bombing the city. " After the war the citizens plan to erect a replica of it in marble, ded- icated to those who have gone through the ordeals of the past few months. A f t 50 'We grouped g f “LIBERTY THEATRES" in America. OTHER VIEW POINTS ANY “soldier. Many New Haveners join heartily Price $1. in the protest against the seizure of Professor Emery, who for several years was b member of the Yale &The) Reid. facylty, Germany’s act brings home|S'gred. . -~ Stave. a realization of her utter disregard for|- Ricker's Drug Store, the usages of written and unwritten! 'The Lee & Osgos laws.—New Haven Journal-Courier, The honor flag will soon take its The Then si- Mara & Eggleton. This time Engler's Pharmaey. K. of C. Rooms. windows. It is red, white and blue The story it tells is -that the window which dis- plays it is in the -home, office or store of the purchaser of a Liberty third series, the sale of which The Y. H. M. Lerou. J. C. Macpherson, 1 zot than sary of our entry into the war— ‘Waterbury Republican. and life: English Tommies and French poilus France. Fresh complaint is now |part vessels _and requiring more cars to|—Waterbury American. od The Wauregan Hotel Office. Ring & Sisk, Druggists. M. C. A, .Oslflce.'v, 31 Rewmis BOXING 31 [AUDITORIUN Commencing Thursday, March 21st MATINEES DAILY Matinee prices....... 15c and 2S¢ Night prices.... .... 25c and 85c. RESERVED SEAT SALE TODAY AT 10 A. M. Special Musical Setting e George Madden (Cigar Store). & Have Been Built in All National Guard and National Army,Camps “Smileage Books,” jssued by Federal Military Entertainment Counci vide free admisslon to these theatres. Send one to YOUR soldier or to 1, pro- For sale at the fcliowing places: The Porteous & Mitchell Co. & Hughes Co, (Boston 3 i 1 i jcarry\it, and more help to handle 1% n ‘be spared in France, where there ought to be desperate concen- tration on fighting for. home, liberty Washington has just given warmning,; have done a zood deal of sneering at|that if greater restraint and @iscrimi- | the petting the American soldiers get |nation is not shown in the contents of | ‘both in home camps, but especially in |parcel post packages a considerable ' will have to be thrown out. made of the mass of stuff, much of it|Families and friends are urzed to take worthless and unnecessary, which is|the responsibility on themselves by sent over to.the boys by sentimental|sending only things needed and that home friends, taking precious room on are not already obtainable in France. sulted in her selection as class poet, m:‘: "m‘?fi',‘,'“}";‘ f‘ft{:fl’(flffi& A::i-; she gave much thought to disloyalty,| necessary by so many soldiers slipping and sbocked her physician when he|,gay to “see Paris” without permis. was made acquainted with her feeling| gion” There was nobody to stop them which had been engendered by the|., {hey gimply boarded Paris-bound treatment which she and others of her| ;rain5 ~ Later on, of course, they were race had recelved, but despite the fact| yeporteq apsent’ without leave and when they returned to their commands A nderslaniing 23 the-Eesutof e, R R ST 0 2o reading her Bible and became such a | porior debarkation, who were quite supporter of her country that she of-| wijjing to take some punishment inex- ganized a regiment of colored troobs| change for a few days in the ccapital. in which her brother was a sergeant.| " Noy the military police have put an end to it and incidentally they are the envy of many other men in the army for they do get into Paris at least once every thirty-six hours. They usually have four or five hours of freedom in the city and then return to the army: zone on another train, asking every American who happens to be aboard for his authorization to travel. Stray soldiers usually are picked up and arrested after pay days, At other times -not many are found, from heart disease just as the train bearing the troops pulled out of the Famous Prophecies. Paper, 43 pages. Published by Ernest Loomis, Peekskill-on-the- Price 25 cents, These amazing prophecies of what has occurred since 1914 and of many startling events yet to occur were de- pum‘}n Y‘nu;s Dv.h. gllzlztted States gov- ernme: 6—eighteen years before the war began. They stated that the| (Correspondence of The Associated war would begin in 1914, They fore. | Press:) told the recovery of Jerusalem by the|{ ‘“Mournful Mary” s the soldier’s British, the rise of Zionism, the fate|nickname for the municipal siren which of autocracy, the anglo-Savon alliance | Warns the population of Calais that 2nd it is claimed by the author about|enemy aircraft are approaching. The two-thirds of the people of the world | Persistent attention which the Germans will be swept away before this great|Day to this port is testified by the cataclysm that has visited mankind | fact that over a large area the town will have spent its force. > lacks glass, while almost every house = has its specially strengthened and san- bagzed dugout. At present a emall army of workmen is digging indus- triously in several of the squares and small parks of the town, constructing public shelters which are absolutely essential if the town is to continue in existence at all. The Germans can raid the town com- —_— ‘Air Raids on Calais. MEN WHO CAME BACK The True Feelings of Alsatians. By of Alsace Lorraine, (The author, an Alsatian, does not dare to give his name until Prussian militarism is annihilated, as the lives of his father and sisters may be at stake. He recently enlisted with the Canadian forces. ) ‘When vou read reports regarding the attitude of the Alsatians toward Germany, they are usually misleading and often untrue as far as the real Alsatians are concerned. Since 1871 many of our people have moved into France rather than go umder Prus- sian rule. My father could not move on account of his business. many Germans have been introduced into Alsace Lorain through the cus- tom of placing a Prussian sergeant, as burgomaster, in charge of every town that amounts to anything. . To show you the true feelings of | most the Alsatians: 'When I was a boy, I to a boarding school. The THRIFTBITS. Its more fun to Watch It Grew than to Watch It Go. 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