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1901, RVErege scsvescssacce.s H812 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED ’ PRESS The Press Is exclusive- ly enti to the use for republica- tion of all news despaiches credit- ed to it or mot otherwise eredit- ed in this paper and also the locai herein are also \ 2.4 *Right is More Precious than Peace” THE NORWIGH-NEW YORK LINE. Those who are interested in the shipment of goods and in getting or- ders delivered appreciate the value of rect transportation service with New York and having received th penefit of such a means of moving goods they know what it means to have such cervice cut off As it has been for the past three months through the elosing of the Thames river by ice and the unfortunate crip- . vling of the stsamer Chelsea by fire, There cannot, or certalnly ought not feilure to appreciate the hzve been put forth to ret a new concern interested in ser- ving this trade and putting a new stesmer on the route between Nor- wienh and the mefropolis. There was 2 time when Ncrwich was in daily touch with New Yorlk by water. Such commuhicatior hagd gradually dimin- ished until a week gervice hecanse the Norwich Fropeller company eould to provide a new hoat e o the damaged to have that steamer put for future operations entertained, The efforts which have resulted in| zotting the Kay Steamship company to put the Eigene C. Hart on the route and i¢ indicate that if business warrants & d=ily service will be es- tablished therefore deserve strong commendation and support. Trans- portation nesds are such today that every available method should be util- ized and it Is to be sincerely hoped that this undertaking will not only re- sult in the building up of a success- ful bueiness but that the ship- pers will find it to their interest to get even better sirvice through a daily steamer to New York. Norwich can- not afford to disregard its water fa- cilities. ¥ THE WISCONSIN RESULT. From all indications the people of Wisconsin have elected Irvine L. Len- root as the junior senator from that state to take the place in the.upper house of congress made vacant by the death of P. O. Husting. .1t is not too much to say that such a result was anticipated because of the fact that Wisconsin is a strong republican state. There were complications which entered into the contest which gave added advantage to the democratic candidate at this time, but it was rec- ognized that whether it was the re- publican or democratic candidate who was chosen a loyal senator and one who stands firmly behind the admin- istration in the conduct of the war ‘was assured ‘Wisconsin has thus demonstratéd that it is loya] and that was the big is- sue of the campaign in that state. Be- fore the primary much uncertainty existed as to what the Badger State was going to do When the republi- cans declared for Lenroot there was still seme doubt, but it was quiekly dissipatéd by the announcement of his republican opponent that he was sol- idly back of the Tenroot candidacy and from that time there was good reason for believing, in spite of the n determined efforts of the democrats, that he would win. LaFollette has therefors, as far as his policies regarding the war are concerned, been turned down by his own people. He has been rebuked not only by the legislature of his state but by the people at the polls and Wiseonsin is assured a senator whose Americanism is of the highest order, That state has fully demonstrated its| =" J loyaity to the nationm, PHILADELPHIA’S INDICTMENT. In view of the manner in which Philadelphia has been indicted by the repert to the secretary of the navy it is to be expected that efforts will be made in that city to show that the conditions claimed are not true. The Quaker City is of course bound to claim that it is taking care of the evil conditions in an efficient manner, but it seems to be a case where the real great need of that community is to do s utmost to locate and eradicate the cenditions. < ‘When it is alleged that Philadelphia has failed to do its part in providing a wholesome environment for the young men who are in training to werve ¢ bt the idsa of having! the-country in this crisis there! dition. Sakes alive!” said the woman who 'was about to mend the pocket in a - |pair of boy’s trousers. She surveyed the oddly torn and worn piece of cloth with a frown. “Now, what on earth” said she out loud, “can Willie be carrying around that should wear out a perfectly stout pocket like this? _a lady of experience, she sought Willie's room. There on the dresser with the mixture of tumbled string he had emptied before he brought her the trousers, loomed ‘a key ring, weighted with keys. It was the sort of key ring which would naturally belong to a jailer of a jail or the janitor of a skyscraper, or an assiduous collector of scrap iron. It was a bunch. of keys to d respect arid awe. But theré was no awe in her manner of jangling it when ‘Willie, banging in from school dashed into_the room. He gave a howl and made a grab for the key ring in her hand . ? “Aw, mother! Gimme my keys!” “Wwillie,” began his mother, holding the bunch of keys out of reach, “I want to know why you are carrying five pounds of useless metal in your pocket, and expecting your clothes to stay whole! De you think you are giving me & treat when you bring me those trousers every other day to mend?” “They ain’t useless!” denied culprit with some heat. a boy I know that's got keys like mine! They—they're important keys, choice. There are others which have|and I need every one of em! Aw, stood on both sides of the question as|{mother—you're not going to take any conditions changed but with national|off conditions what they are and the need| His implacable parent selected a of climinating drink being-more and [key and held it forth. “What is this more emphasized this leading New h“.g.;h.t’t.,,ni'egan Willie eagerly, “Why, “England state has apparently _beenlipat is the key to my locker that T had brought to realize that national’ pro-|when I was visiting at Aunt Ellen’s hibition would be a good thing and|last summer! Out at the golf club, that there is no better time than pow|you know! Uncle Harvey, he said I to put it into effect. could use his locker when I played A getermined effort was made totennis. [Ive got to have that key, idetracl( action at the present ses- ¢ sion of the legislature of that state, “No doubt,” said his mother, “that key is going to be of great use to you, by deferring action until the matter had been submitted to the people inasmuch as Aunt Ellen has moved away to another town, and you'll never through a referendum. Tt was rec-|[see the country club there again! ognized that while it would be possi ble in sich a manner to get the senti- “What’s this? “Say,” breathed Willie fondly, “ain’t ment of the whole commonweaith there would be nothing binding upon —— e MASSACHUSETTS FOR PROHIBI- "TION. The prohibitionists haye good rea- son to be elated over the action taken by the Massachusetts legislature in ratifying the federal amendment for nationa! prohibition. It means that the cause has reeeive@ a tremendous boost for the influence of the Fay State is bound to be larger amonz other states as this question comes up for consideration. ‘There have been certain sections of Massachusetts which haye persistent- ly remained in-the dry column by the “There ain’t|suil so flat and Jong and sh|ny;fl;‘ln‘n:g Efll- ings, 'llf.n%eme five o y keys for it.l‘mt you betcha I won't! Why, it's just a key! I found on the 7 keep that y don’t o off! Honest, I gotta have that key! Why, it's the key to the little barn that used to be on Silver’s back yard, where we kept guinea pigs and rabbits! | Yeah. . I know the barn's torn down now, but you never know when some- body’ll build one, and that key looks as “though it'd fit most anything! If I get a puppy on my birthday T've have a place to keep it, haven't ? 'Why, I need that key——" “Well,” said his mother, “I hardly think any one is going to put up a barn before Jume to accommodate a ‘What's this one?” “That,” gulped her son, “Why, that's 2 key to the mailbox in the flat where we lived lagt year! No—I never did get any mail, but them I might have and what if I'd come home and seen & letter to me in the box and everybody was out and I couldn’t get’a key to open it? Why, it moght'a’ been an important letter and I had to have the key ready. “That—why,” he contjued, the key to the loek they“took off Her- bert’s hardware store, because it was broken, when I was visiting Aunt Ellen, It's a dandy key and it would ibe wasteful to thow it away—aw, jmother! That's the key to the busted case you gave the furnace man. jAncé that one's a key I found in the &t when we moved in_here, and that—why, that is a key Hank traded me for—for some things of mine, and it's a particular key with lots of curly- cues on it. And those big ones- - “My good gracious!” cried .his mother, hopelessly. She gazed at the discarded pile on'the dresser and the still bulging ring and at Willi agonized face. “Are all the rest as absolutely important as these?” “Just exactly,” her son aseured her. “Aw, mother! Youre not going to throw them away? Aw, moth-er!” She looked at his face. “Well.” she said, “if youw'll solemnly promise to keep them out of your pockets—-" “Aw, gee, mother!” cried Willie, ecstatically, “T'll carry ’em in my teeth just to keep 'em! Say, but I was worried!. You don’t know how: im- portant those keys are! I might need one, most any time!"—Exchange. “that's that a dandy key? I never saw a key the legislature to follow such an ex- pression, The referendum therefore received the same disapproval that it did in New ¥ork state and consider- ing itselt competent tbo- act upon the matter the Massachusetts legislature has now eliminated what was bourd to be a troublesome question as long as it was permitted to hang fire. Not vet a third of the required states have taken the necessary action to pass the federal amendment but ex- cellent progress has been made inthe short time it has beem before th: SERReR ik the several nations engaged LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Is Each Doing His Bit? predestination may have reason think or feel that this great war—and perhaps other wars that have been, but 1 speak of this one because of its its effects—i: LOAD THEM WITH WHEAT. According to the terms of the sgreement which hag been entered in- to between this country and Japan tre United States is going fo secure a stantial increase in its shipping. Ja axchange {oF steel from this coun- v Japan is g to turn over to a7 ‘estimated tonnage in ships of 250,- 0%, a part of which will be furnished %y ths Jupanese government mnd the remainder by individual interests. { e win by no means give us all the ©ipping we nced until the prodwetion {of our own ryards reaches the peak, but it must be realized that cvery bit helps and that goed use can be made of such ships as Japan will release. That there will be more in the future is ‘confidently believed. Just what the terms are for the turning over of the ships and where the delivery will be made Is not known, but if we are going to take the shins as they lie in Japanese ports it would appear to be anh exceilent move, unless there are other goods which it is more imperative to trans- port, that these ships be first sent to Australia to be loaded with the large accumulation of wheat which exists there today and bring capacity ship- ments to this country for use here or for transportation abroad. These ships are nearer to Australia than they may ever be again during the war and if it is the Jong haul which is pre- | venting the allies from securing the benefit of a large amount of available grain a large reduction in the dis- tance can be secured by taking ad- vantage of the vessels which are eom- [* ing to us and which are already on the other side of the Padific. check the growth of selfish ambitions, unlly desires and other evil tendenc- ies. or comprehend the divine plan. to understand for the acts as time goes on. will, ther need of chastisement by war. great aim in life and act upon ness be secured. bit? UNCLE BILLIE. Spring Hill, April 2, 1918. MEN WHO CAME BACK The Fight at Courcelette. Recruiting Mission. By Capt. R. W. Simmie, F Unit, Military Hospital Commission, EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Noth- ing like a war garden to provide exer- cise and break a sedentary habit. pot. B. C. R. M. Regardless of the other result, Wis- consin has shown by its socialist vote that it still harbors too many who are disloyal. Cross. of the cross_ reads: Battalion Canadians, Those who have been doing so much gallantry worrying over the daylight saving idea are happily disappointed to find that it is so simple. celette, on Oct. 8th, 1916.) the Somme, Those who have plans for guns with long range delivery are likely to be listened to with greater respect these days than they would have received a fortnight-ago. It was my men who won the cross The British are sweeping through Asia Minor like a desert sandstorm and when the two forces join then Turkey will have greater cause for worry than it ever had before. celette. during that attack. New York must be fully aware dy ow that the days of the gunmen have not disappeared. Those who predicted their return now have a chance to shout, “I told you so!” the bullet out of their ordinary amm blank cartridges. bye, Sir, I have done my best.” There is nothing in the announce- ment from Japap that if it invades Siberia it will do so in a friendly way. That is only what has been asked and expected of the mikado’s coun- the young man’s father, D. B. Brown, of Orangeville, Ontario. There is enough time to engage in strikes outside of war times -without putting industries and government plans out of joint by resbrting to such actions now. Strikers simply give patriotism a cold shoulder. many of us who are wearing them. with me. ‘Those who by their actions are Mr. Editor:—Those who believe in to magnitude and is so much broader in as a -chartisement; that those who make up the population of in the great conflict and, in fact, nearly.the whole civilized world, are getting in a bad way and that it is necessary to It may be so. We cannot fathom We must acknowledge and accept it but it certainly seems impossible for us of the guilty; why the millibns of good, hon- j est, hard-working people, those who are content to live by honest labor and let live, should be deprived of those rights and their lives made mis- erable or at least entirely unsatisfac- tory to feed the lust for temporal power which makes despots of a few. However, conditions are and have been in the last hundred years gradually changing and we should be thankful that the latter class are getting fewer The American Re- volutiod seems to have laid the found- ation for ‘a better order of things and we should foster the hope that in the near future the nations of this earth through educational methods, come to more amicable relations with each other and that there will no fmi; all could realize that interest in work- ing for humanity, the greatest good to the greatest number, should be the it, then wbuld our prosperity and happi- Is each doing his Copyrighted by the British-Canadian Now Serving at the Kansas City De- (Captain Simmie wears a Military The legend on the reverse side “Military Cross presented by His Majesty King George V. Won by -Lieut, R. W. Simmle, 3rd for conspicuous in = actien, although twice wounded. He personally held for eight hours a very important block at Cour- I had_ been given forty-eight picked men in the battalion to block the Ger- man communication trenches after the taking of Regina trench north of Cour- 1 will mention just one inci- dent of the hundreds that happened Corporal Brown, mortally wounded, instructed the men how to shoot the rifle grenades while he was bleeding to death. He told the men how to tals nition after they had used up all theic When I left Brown he raised himself up and said: “Good- He was recommended for the Vie- toria Cross, the highest military dec- oration in the British army. The dec- oration, ¥ allowed, will be given. to ‘We of course sppreciate these dec- orations but every man who serves in France deserves a decoration just as much, and probably more, than a good ‘Whex I go back to Toronto I will meet some of my officer friends who have come through the same engagements Some of them have proba- bly lost their legs or arms. It is at such times that I feel like taking my the Somme that day have done thett part. No, I am not through doing m$ part yet. STORIES OF THE WAR The “99%th Infantry.” (Correspondence of the Associated Press) ' Six weeks are allowed in some in- stances for a regiment to lie in a rest camp for refitting and restoration of its efficiency, after a period of hard service in the first line trenches. Take the case of the “9¢0th “Infantry,” a fistitious number of real regiment, for example: When the men come down to the! cantonment six weeks ago from the sector they had been holding. the “999th” looked somewhat the worse for wear. The men were dirty-and fati- gued and their uniforms were far from being of the original bright horizon blue of the time of their issue. There ‘were a few gaps in the ranks although not of a serious nature, for there had been no big engagement. Arrived in the small country town, the various squads were told off to | their billets. where packs were thrown off, arms ranged and everybody except the squads settled down to rest. The following morning the entire regiment was inspected and note was taken of the men’s requirements in the way of new uniforms. Then there was a gen- eral wash-up of dirty articles of cloth- ing and the men went in groups to the hot and cold shower-baths now installed in every cantonment. while many visited the company barber. By had come over the appearance of the | men. ed of those men entitled to the regu- every four months, and large groups of them speedily made their way to the “leave train” was scheduled to start. All is not rest in the rest-camps. The work there is gometimes very" hard for the men are kept fairly con- stantly at exercises with the bayonet and ordinary manual exercise, They must perfect themselves in the new formations brought about by modifica- tions in‘the tactics necessary for the most efficient employment of the auto- matic rifie, the rifle-grenade and the hand-grenade, as well as in the best methods of manoeuvering, all of which undergo constant change. 1t is not all hard, however, for the men find plenty of opportunity to in- dulge in sports, which are greatly en- men have returned from furlough the regiment is in a condition of the high- efficiency, while, the strain from which the men had suffered while un- der constant bombardment in the trenches has combletely worn off. It was in this state of difficiency and , | general cheeriness that the -~ “999th” found itself when the bugles rang out the reveille on morning of its return to the trenches. After breakfast of hot coffee and bread the regiment started off on its twenty-five march to the sector to which it had been assigned. ‘With the men carrying their heavy packs and arms the pace was not rapid. The very sensible arrangements CONSTANT PAIN AFTER EATING | The Tortures ofDyspepsia Corrected by “Fruit-a-tives” 8r. Marmin’s *For two years, I suffered tortureg from Severe Dyspepsia. 1 had constant pains after eating; paing down the sides and back ; and horrible bitter stuff often came up inmy mouth. I tried doctors, butthey decoration off and handing it to them, ’:‘k’fll’ Iurxeu of themselves in Que-| Just how much is one's “bit” in| did not help me. But as soon asT ec would be rendering a much great- | times like these, anyway? It depends| giorte, ing ‘ Fruit--tives’(or Fruit er service to their country if they|upon the viewpoint, perhaps. Does it & d taking ( i were as willing to fight the Teutons as they are their own countrymen, |tle front? How the talk of coming back and the efforts which are being required to accomplish it must ¢ those bolsheviki kick themselves when on reflecting they realize they were the ones who got Russia into such a con-|said to me. i’ ; forty-eight who/went auar +ha and where “best” begins. I hope soon to return. depend’ on the distance from the bat- Perhaps the viewpoint of an officer who has been in the thick of things “over there” and who ought to know, would be a bit revolutionizing in the matter of where one’s “bit” ends “But surely | you have dome your part,”’ a recruit The forty-three out of tag an Liver Tablels) I began to improve and this medicine, made of fruit juices, relieved me when everything else failed.” i MRS. HUDSON MARSHBANK, f rely on it“for coughs, cold and in- of the French regulations call for a| ten-minute halt every hour, which is| highly appreciated by the men. Twen- | ty-five miles is a long way with over | fifty pounds weight on one’s back, and when dusk fell and the reached the immediate rear of the front positions | there were many weary ones among | them. Every now and again a shell irom the German batteries away yond. er wouid scream overhead and some- times one of them would strike (hei ground near-by. was rather discouraging to the new hands, reassure ti the winding communic: to the front lines. from the regiment about to be reliev- ! ed by the “899th” met them here to lead them to the proper sector of the line, for it wae very easy to go astray through one of the numerous arteries in the absence of any light and a false | route might have led the regiment far awsy from its destination. sound travels far at night. noise besides that of shrieking shells was._the footsteps of the tired men mufiled by and here the officers of the out-going regiment handed over to those of the |: “999t] the indications as to dangerous points and accompanied posted their sentries and small and great guards. sector and all was.silence. abandoning all unnecessary construc- tion work for the period of the war, in order that money, labor and material required for it may be dévoted to the the end of the day a complete change | On the ensuing day the roll was call- | lar” ten day’s furlough due to them | nearest railroad station from which a | couraged by the officers. 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NOT !¥sLuping and 50c. WAR TAX AUDITORIUM THEATRE Matinee 2:15—Big Laughing Show—Evening 6:45, 8:30 BIG TANGO CONTEST TONIGHT KING MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY GIRLS—LAUGHTER—FUN—TUNEFUL TUNES Harry Morey and Gladys Leslie IN A VITAGRAPH SPECIAL FEATURE \ . An Irish Drama, of Many Delights that takes you to a Village in Ireland FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY DAVID BELASCO'S ' GREAT AMERICAN DRAMA - The Heart of Wetona AT Today and Tonight Two Big Features EDITH STOREY “REVENGE” FRANKLYN FARNUM IN “THE SCARLET CAR” Burton Holmes Travelogue A Trip Through Tokio In the darkness this but veteran comrades would ; em. At length ,to avoid useless losses men were ordered to enter the: ion trench leading | A laison agent: Perfect silence had to be kept, for The only nations great task. There is no bet- ter way of preventing useless con- struction than by preventing fires destruction that necessi- i Advocacy of the in- i stems there- fore becomes a legitimate, proper war enterprise and state and municipal and the mud. Eventually the sector was reached plans of the sector, gave all Military Entertainment Council, vide free admission to these ilLaatres. , PULASKI HALL DANCE * FRIDAY, APRIL 5th PICKETT’S FAMOUS' DANCE ORCHESTRA “LIBERTY THEATRES” Have Been Built in All National Guard and National Army C: in America. “Smileage Books,” issued by Federal pro- amps Send one to YOUR soldler or to ANY soidler. Price $1. For sale at the following places: The Porteous & Mitchell Co. The Reid & Hughes Co. (Boston Store). Rathbone’s Drug Store. Ricker’'s Drug Store. The Lee & Osgood Co. The Wauregan Hotel Office. Mara & Eggleton. < George Madden (Cigar Store)s. Engler’s Pharmacy. 4 XK. of C. Rooms. 2 Ring & Sisk, Druggists, The Y. M. C. A, Office. / H, M. Lerou. J. C. Macpherson. . insurance authorities are amply just- ified in urging this propaganda to the uttermost.—Hartford Post. them while they The regiment had taken over the| mqyuo mne April weather went far to make the change in time realize the best expectations. Many learned for the first time that they have been in the habit of wasting an hour of per- fectly good sunlight in bed every morn- ing, Some will learn today that it is possible to do a full day’s work and still have time left to play an hour or two before dark. It may be that others have already discovered _that the change of an hour is hardly notice- able in the middle of the day or night. Eleven o'clock is exactly like noon if the clock says 12, and 9 o’clock is bed- OTHER VIEW POINTS Great stress is Jaid upon the need of time if the clock says 10. The change is really manifest at daybreak and at dusk. 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