Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 19, 1918, Page 4

S Borwich Bulletin and Qoufied 122 YEARS OLD Subscription price 13¢ & week; G%e | month; $6.00 a year, Entered at the Postotfice rwic} Conn. & second-class ...m‘&" " Telephone Callss " Bulletin Business QOffice 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2 Willimantie Office, 635 Matn Street | DY the United States through such an Telephone 21e-2. Norwich, Friday, April 19, 1918. CIRCULATION 1901, .average .. 1905, averas April 13, 1918.. a| 8¢t the conmsent of and it is disposed to furnish it sufficlent to tide over jts. own ' requirements pro- vided Germany is not permitted to M'mb&t in - doing so it simply asks that three v of sim- ilar size be sent to this nm.y§ for the three which are ready to depart for Holland. Such is only a fair ex- change and so by the Dutch, whose chief ern now is to rmany to the safe passage of the ships, both those which will come to the United States and those which will be sent to Hol- land. It is & case where the interests of Holland are at stake. No additional help is to be gained arrapgement. It is in fdct giving up part of its supplies in order to helo this neutral and the ships which will come here will simply replace those which it has and which it had a right to take. —_— ARBOR AND BIRD DAY, This is Arbor and Bird day, go ap- pointed by Governor Holcomb in ac- cordance with the provisions of the state law, and which all in the state should do their utmost to observe. TUnder normal times the observance is for the most vart left to the school MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Preés is exclusive- iy entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news despajghes cred ed to it or not otherWise credit. ed in this paper and also the logal mews published hereln. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. FAVORABLE TO THE ALLIES. There can be no denying the fact children and this year with the many other -matters of greater importance before the people it can be expected that it will be in the schools 'that it will receive its greatest attention. There are of course these who resog- nize the meed of preserving trees and of planting new ones for the replace- ment of those which have had to be removed for one reason or another or for the improvement, of the property and appearance of a community, and they will without appeal give attention to such matters at this season. They at the same time understand the necessity of preventing the wanton destruction of song and insectivorous birds. The trees and the birds are a combination which we would hardly know what to do without. It is perhaps among the children that the greatest attentlon needs to be directed to these matters. Impres- their early years usually bear excel- lent fruit in the years to come. The annua] observance of this special day is therefore of no small importance. The inferest therein needs not only to be maintained but to be increased and it is through the school children of all ages that this very thing can be accomplished. It is right that their interest should be kept active-in this ection, not solely once a year, but all times that the central powers have heen FLY TIME 1S AT HAND. gaining ground ns the western i : procny ) Possibly you have noticed even this §iisiar eametve ay that thelr| carly in the season the advance guard B o wo i ”(d' 5 ;"““ of the army of flies which is about to = Ing to @ schedule DUt}yeqin operations under the encourag- no one kn ter thau they do that hey have failed to keep up with it. They have secured territors which they did not previously 1 t they have not secured what red at and t they have obtain not been ed. But heen ted lire s and cannot emendous sacrifices Division af- sured sight which there is have been appalling. “been sent forward to for grognd gaining purp. Ilies been willing to ma great is entirely proi tiat, ey couid have held their adversaries without as great a loss of territory, ad the ,but land I them is considered cheap- Yer than however Germany may look vpon The situa today is therefore one which seems out favor- ably to the allies, to the extent that they still possess their large reserves and an tmbroken line. Germany's gain for the losses which it has suffered is small ana the allies have in reserve the strength which should tell upon the zradually weakening forces of the enerm THE FRENCH TRAITOR. ing warmth of a higher sun. If so i is time to get out your swatter and open an offensive, for it is to be re- membered that while the chance of running up a big score at this time is by no means as favorable as it wiil be a few months later, execution now is s0ing to obviate the necessity of much hard and warm work as the season advances, Bigger averages in proportion to the changes can be rolled up.now than later on and it is to be remembered that every fiy that is felled, at the present time is going to mean just so much l2ss anneyance and danger in the months to come. The thing to-do therefore Is to start the swatting and keep it up as long as there is a chance. But in this connection it might just as well be understood that it is not the swatting alone which needs atten- ‘tion. There are the dirty and filthy places which attract the flies and which serve ,as breeding places. These need to be cleaned up and to be kept so. If that is done there is one great handicap placed in the way of the propagation of the fiy. Even if the breeding places did not harbor the flies they ought to be elimmated for the improvement which is bound to result to the health of a communit and the double reason is certainly sufficient to cause every effort to he made to accomplish results. Every- one should contribute his hely wherever the chance offers. EDITORIAL NOTES. plain Just what Tate awaits hoee wh | DONC Jeb It e said that you were are tra 1o that country. The exe. | the cause of any letting up in the sub- cution of Bolo Pacha ia omv what mes| SCTIPtions to the third Liberty loan. expected a~d what he m R ey s ntic d s ¢ res agts D - ers and a little warm oy ;"‘;h‘ gy el h}':“s“l‘x“‘,\_ sun are going to get things in readi- e b b fols O1IY | ness for the big floral display in May. When his operations were discpvered vas that he could, by uation create a suf- to his disloyaity and division of opinion. That failed as was shown by the prompt, short anq dra- gmatic court martial wherein every op- portunity & escape throus s given him to prove his The man on the corner says: Tie fellow who has a reputation for verac- ity never thinks of offering o pro- duce the proof. ‘Wetare told that there are plenty of substitutes for wheat but strange as it may seem all these plentiful sub- stitutes cost more. nnocence and where the evidence - produced n: m was convin It is reporteq that the United States Some surprise was occasioned by | Steel corporation will turn out a ship made at the last|eVery ten days. Let us hope that seems to have been an what author inforn ties in about clemency in his such a promise is put forth mot solely to please but to be kept. With 25 trainloads of wounded Huns not o irse been | 20Ing east every night it is plainly public, Whether he told the|Shown what price the British are ex- “whole story from beginning to and|acting for the advance of the Ger- just as it happened will probably be|mans. Yevealed some day. Yipe it is bound to in a cl in sistance to the government of the proper time. However much it may have would prevent the exaction death penalty such Dbeen pated by the execution ana it stand: &8 2 warning to @ bo inclined to geninst his nat HOLLAND SEES THE LIGHT. The feeling which the Dutch gov. of =rests, ernment was sald to have azainst this ionirg : because of the requ of its ships has apparently changed. Fhey have naturally been giving the matter the serfous thought that it re g angles and putting aside the pre $udice which the German matter. " As was believed at the time the ef- fort was being made to bring the ne- motiations to a successful conclusion ‘whereby Holland would approve and,| sign an agecement, the Dutch are not 3 grain ship- ments which this country was and is|found out, but more particularly be- disposed to refuse the #till willing to send to that country. The United States Until the time is sed Yook, but there are reasons for belicv- that if he told anything of any as- that country he doubtless implicated oth- ers which will receive due attention at been thought that his eleventh hour move the dissi- such a way and after looking at it from influence has endeavored to stir up .they have reached a sensible conclusion in the appreciates the| peror. The people of Karlsruhe may clamor for the abandonment of the unjustified warfare but the imperial German gov- ernment cannot be turned away from its baby killing. The selection of Count Czernin to command Austrian forces on theItal- ian front shows that he ig not so much of a pacifist as he would have the allies beliove, s who may it required a tremendous loss o Gerthan lives and the erippling of 2 great many more to cause those in Germany who stood for peace without dditions or indemnities to join the junkers. made no effort to stop the et from going to Kronstadt, certain no.doubt that it is only o question of thme when Lenine will- hand over Petrograd and all it defenses to the kaiser.s 3 —_— keep those suspected of being crimi- nals out of the country, increased ef- The because he allowed himself to .| cause he bared the hands of the em- sions which are left with them duringt While the effort is being made taf forts might be turned toward helping out some of those who are already in. 1 came dangerously-near to losing two of them to-day,” said Helen. Oh, dear, with man friends so scarce in these parts ToW, You shouldn't be so reckless” said Laura. “I -wasn't exactly reckless, but I was something. 1 was alone in the studio all the morning painting fn- riously on my patriotic poster. At about 11 o'clock the telephone rang. “<ill you lunch with me at the Sky High? somebody asked. “‘Yes, thank you.” I replied. ““That's bully!’ came back a hearty answer in a half familiar voice, which 1 euddenly realized that I didn't quite recognize. “‘But— 1 began, and then dis- covered _that the connection was troken. However, there was a pleas- ant dash of adventure in not knowing who my cavalier was to be.- I was just getting the paint scrubbed off my hands at 12 when in walked Mr. Hil- ton. I was awfully surprised because I had always thought him very dig- nified and ceremonious in his English way, but I really like. him ever eo well. Before he said a word I re- marked gayly that I was delighted and I was simply starging. ‘Are you really? he asked. “4Indeed I am,’ I replied, langhing. ‘You mustn’'t expect any ‘food con- servation from me to-day. Let's go right out before-I get hungrier and then ] should love to have you come back and see some of my work, if you will! “And away we went. We had a very pleasant little party. I exerted my- self to be entertaining, as I wished him to realize that 1 appreciated his friendliriess, and he did me the honor to say that he had never met-any one like me; that I was even more joll$ and original than any of the other charming Amerlcan girls he, had met since he came over last spring. Yeu can imagine that I was decide®y pleased.” “Yes, sis,” Laura looked up with a smile and a sigh from the half knitt® sock in her hand. “But what about Phil? His letters—— “Letters! Letters §¢;—hut never mind. I suggested to Mr. Hilton that; after: luncheon, but he said he was awfully sorry he didn’t have time— that there was some one he had to see on important business. I gathd¥ed that the business had something to do with his war mission over here and I felt proud. “As I sailed along toward the studio with my head in the air, who do you we take a little walk down the avenue} think passed us with the coldest bow imaginable? It was Phil! “Honestly, my heart just stood still when I saw hima. I could scarcely be- lieve my eyes, but it was Phil, and ok, he looked so big.and handsome in his uniform! And he didn't pause to speak! I stopped walking and I guess turned white because Mr. Hilton looked at me in alarm. “‘Are you il1? he asked. ‘No; I answered, ‘but please run after that army officer Who just passed us and tell him I must see at once. Please go! Hurry! Quick! You might lose him in the crowd’ &He obeyed and I stood perfectly still thinking that neither his opinion of me, prop- riety nor anything else in the world mattered. “‘Oh, Phil’ I cried when he came back with Mr. Hilton. ‘Where did you come from?' “‘From the door of your studie,’ he answered, ‘where I've been doing sen- try duty for forty-nine minutes.’ “‘But ‘when did you come from gamp? 1 didn't know you were here. “‘At 11 o'clock you engaged by phone to go to lunch with me. I went to your studio, found it locked and—' «“Oh, Phil, why, Mr. Hilton, I—you didn't expect to take—' I bczn.n. “iAw, it's perfectly all right’ said Mr. Hilton, ‘I was delighted, I assure you. Awfully jolly time, but if you'll excuse me now Ill run along .fo an engagement I was about to keep when 1 dropped into your studio quite ac- cidently, you know. I got the numbers mixed. T meant to go into the drafts- ‘man’s office next door. If you'll excuse me I'l hurry on. I may be a bit lata, but I dare say it's of no consequence.’ “Jolly ald boy,’ remarked Phil amia- bly as Mr. Hilton disappeared. ‘But; how in the world did you ever—' “‘Why, 1 thought you were a thou- sand miles away, and why didn’t you speak in a natural tone and say you were you? “‘Because I wanted to surprise you. T've been trying to get leave for months to come up here on very special busi- ness. I can stay only four days. That's ninety-six hours and, subtracting | thirty-two for sleeping and dressing, leaves sixty-four only.' ‘Well, he figured it closely enough,” said Laura. “Yes, and he'll be here for dinner in just a few minutes” said Helen. “Do have Sally make something extra and T may as well tell you now that— that the business he came up for is already settled and I am the happiest and proudest girl in the world and— oh, there he is now!"—Exchange. i i | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR One Who Disagrees. Mr. Editor: I note that Uncle Billie has overflowed once’ more, but I see nothing in his statements likely to up- lift humanity. I venture to state that I entirely disagree with his remarks. Possibly a woman occasionally has the last word Why shouldn’t she? Hasn't she as much right to the last word as a man has? I want Uncle Billie.to write again and state exactly why a woman cannot do as much good with the ballot as without it, and will he also state how he happens to know just wherein ljes a woman's greatest happimess” Why, too, is there any- thing of notoriety in the casting’ of a ballot by a woman? I have cast two ballots and I saw nothing notorious about doing so any more than in at- tending church. Wil® Uncle Billie ex- plain how he knows who wants the baliot and who doesn’t want it? Has he made a heuse-to-house canvass? He is worried about the time required to fit women to vote intelligently. Does he think that all male voters are vot- ing intelligently, and is he worrying himself sick over those who don’t, or is he thinking of limiting male suf- frage to the few who do vote inteli. gently? T want him to write again and explain this side of the question. He is also worried about congress be- verworked. If they had attended vine women the suffrage earlier— before the war—they wouldn't have the matter on hand now. Uncle Billie is quite willing, I see, that women should be put off forever. There. are many of his type. He wants everyone to do his bit, and we hope he has done his. If he would knit more socks for the men in the trenches, possibly his time would be spent to better purpose than by writing such articles as this in 'The Bulletin today. AUNT SALLIE. April 17, 1918, Plainfield, Conn Men in Navy Shculd Have Square Deal. Mr. Editor: I have read with pleas- ure the high tribute paid to Walter Moran in the speech of Mayor Allyn L. Brown before the members of the Chamber of Commerce. What I and the rest of the Norwich boys on this ship cannot understand is that Mr. Moran, according to Mayor Brown, deserves the more honor be- cause of the fact he went on with his usual business, instead of joining either the navy or marines, in order to escape the more dangerous resulls of the draft. It seems to me + popular opinion is too prone k that the mavy Is a haven of e rather than their rightful place—our first line of de- fense. It i d to see where our brave comrade. cver get mighty of the army could ce to put in their lov ot Germany without the navy to keep cpen the lanes of the sea. And it may be well to say in passing that 4 regiment of soldiers of the navy 2 nes) were the first to land on foreign soil. T Mayor Brown did not 1y slur on the naval establish- Men of our army in France, it must be -remembered, haye an oecca- 1 respite behind the lines, while '7 man is on duty all the time. We are not looking for brass bands and botiquets, it would be quite im- possible to ve either here. All-we ask, Mr. E is a fair deal of the cards. Also it would be well to re- member that many a sailor is in a watery grave in accomplishing the | great feal of landing all our transperts in France with a single casualty, and, lest we ferget, ‘remember the Jacoh Jones! Toth the undersigned were in the service some three years before the war, and therefore do net claim credit due to the boys whe sacrificed their all in the cause of their coun- try, and it is for these volunteers in a completely volunteer outfit that this letter is written, Yours truly, STEWART WILSOX, Q. M, U. S. N. M. A. CORNELL, U. § M. C. On Foreign Service, March' 23, 191%. 1 ment, . ive and Let Live Mr. Editor: If you will Rindiy al- low ma the space in your valuable pa- per 1 should iike to ask “Southerner” a question or two: Would we know America at all and would any of us great trouble with the story|be living here today if it were not for telling of Count Czernin was partly be the first “foreigners” who put foot on Plymouth Rock in 16207 And why did they come to America? For,the very same reason that they have con- ued to come ever since, and the very cause of the world's greatest war which is now raging— tocracy. Foreigners come here and are glad to get menial labor, such as young America is unwilling to do today, and they live according to customs of their native land and are able to save money. Why shouldn’t they own their own homes? This is a free country and .people are not bound in slavery. They are willing to begin at the foot of the lad- der, but must they always stay there? We admit we could not and would not live as they, although it means dollars in & few vears. Men are paid fabulous salaries for brainpower, but it is the laborer. who produces the to escape au- in Mexico or she wouldn’t “knock” the Puritans, Negroes and “foreign- ers.” A zood motto for us all to adopt is to “live and let lve.” Yours for “liberty and justice to’all,” NORTHERNER. Norwich, April 18, 1913 THIRD ‘LIBERTY LOAN HOWELLS WRITES A PIECE. | Shortly before the opening of the present Liberty Toan campaizn, the Treasury Department requested W. D Howells, the dean of American writ:y: to prepare for publication a short arti- cle on the loan. few days later this letter was re- ceived from h! “I am so unu: to writing any sert of publicity material that I do nct think J could do znything of that sort even for such a good cause as *hird Liberty Bond. But if you c for the fact I am glad to say t have invested largely (for an au in the first and second bonds, and hope to buy even recklessly of th'rd, which I think has an m on our resources. Our money o lezst that we can give to Suf co: try, especially when our country pays us back so handsomely in intersst on our patriotic loa: Tt gzested to Mr. Howells that an artiele alon& the line of his letter would be of great interest, and to this suzzestion he replied: “It is supposing teo much of a man nearing the end of his Sist vear to suppose he can recall what he said a week ago. I can not put my forgotten letter into publicity form for you, but it will be the best thing to quote is as stands as coming from one ‘True Friend, which I will helieve you are, if you are mot too stubborn. In this shape it will have the best effect with the public.” And that's the story publicity work. the increasing i i i of Howell's STORIES OF THE WAR How The Generais and Staffi Officers Live. (Correspondence of The Assoclated Press): The idea that generals and staff officers live in mansions and “lead their regiments from behind” does not apply to the British army, as anyone can testify who has spent any con- le time in the war zome in ff rank is no_passport to safety, least of all i these days, when the belt of the danger zone is many miles wide and over vast areas. of shelterless and desolated countryside the best cover that can be hoped for is the ruins of an old dugout or the crumbling cup of a shell hole. A concrete illustration of the fact that the senior officers are as ready to face the dangers of the battlefield as thir comrades of the rank and fite, is found in the recent award of the Victoria Cross to an officer who holds a high command in the fleld, Brigadier General Clifford Coffin of ‘the Royal engineers. General Coffin was already the holder of the prized Distinguished Service Order, but the award of the V. C. is made specifically “as a bright example of how a commander, by his own fearlessness and devotion to duty, can inspire his men to face the most tryipg situation.” One of the “chief difficulties in any attack is the mainténance of com- munications. As soon as an attack commences, the enemy drops. a cur- tain of ‘shells between the advancing troops and their supports,ito prevent messages getting back of rellefs coming up. Telephone wires are cut by shell fire and runners take tre- mendous risks while making their way through the barrage, Knowing. this, General Coffin de- I { { would he a I - SAVE YOUR FURNACE COAL by using Wood Chunks daytime and in moder- ate weather. ARE SIX INCHES LONG AND CAN BE READILY USED IN FURNACES. The Edward CENTRAL Chappell Co. WHARF GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES ‘The Duke of Marlboreugh, who has just resigned the position of Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, explained in the House of Lords last might that he found it quite impossible to defend the policy of ploughing grass land in March, while in his private capacity he was trying to bring about the abrogation of the unwise policy which was' being en- forced upon him as a farmer. If Germany fulfils her intention and occupies Petrograd, it will be the first time the city has been entered, or even attacked, by enemy forces. This dis- tinction—almost unique among Euro- pean capitals—is due partly, of course, to the modernity of the city, for it was not untll May, 1703, that the first building was erécted on the site. The British is perhaps the most vocal of all the armies, sald Sir A. Mackenzie, speaking at the Royal In- stitution yesterday on war music. Tommy would sing according to a plan, but when on the march on in his dug-out he choses his own _somgs. making not a few of them himself. “Annie Laurie” was said to be the “queen” of national melodies in _the trenches. “Tipperary” had never been much in use, although it had travelled over five continents. Mention was made the other day in this column of a Chinese practice be- gun in the reign of Kublai Khan and ended in the closing years of Queen Victoria. It would be interesting to know if th ne Coat boys still utter their charm for cramp, for if so that with days of 350 years The petition was employed in _c° Calericge, who said that it had been in the school since its foundation in the time of Edward VI The sufferer had to hop out of bed and say:i— The devil is tying a knot in my leg! Marlé‘ Luke, and’ John, unloose it I eg! Two for the thieves, and one fdr Christ Crosses three we make to ease us, Jesus! And really, upon getting out of bed, <aid the poet, pressing the sole of the ‘o0t on the cold floor, and then re- ting this charm with the acts con- wative thereupon preseribed, I cap cafely affirm that I do not remember an instance in which the cramp did not g0 away in a few seconds. Our Belgian visitors are rapidly ac- quiring an adequate knowledge of our language, but théy are occasionally baffied. The other morning one of thcm, reading of a futile effort of the Germans, was uncertain whether she should grieve or rejoice, and therefore asked a compatriot the meaning of “futile.” “Ah!" was the answer, “I do not know the other word for it, but it is what the English call the married lady when there is no family Lon- don Chronicle, lan Hay, in his latest series of ap- ticles from the States, draws a con- trast, between British and American cided it was his duty to be in such a position as would enable him to get very quick and accurate information of the way in which the attack pro- gressed. With this object, he estab- lished his headquarters in a shell hole which, although exposed to heavy sniping and artillery fire, had the ad- vantage of being close to the front line. : Later, hearing that the advance had been checked by very heavy machine- zun and rifie fire from the front and right flank, and that his men were digging themselves in on a shell-hole line on the forward slope of a ridge, he determined to go forward person- all and inspect his posts, Accompanied by an orderly he went up to the new line, where he found that owing to gerious casualties among the officers, and the deadly fire that was being concentrated upon the po- sition, the ground that had been won was in grave danger of being lost. Though under the heaviest fire from both machine-guns and rifles, and in full view of the enemy, he fearlessly walked quietly from shellhole to shell- hole, giving .advice to officers anr cheering the men by his presence. He was the most conspicuous figure there as he made his way from one end of the line to the other. Men were falling all around him, but the General ap- peared to be unperturbed. A company commander who was present said that when the men saw their General walking calmly round the post in the face of the enemy's fire, they were encouraged by his ex- ample to work all the harder at their task of digging themselves in. %The General,” he said, “has gained the con- fidence of every man, not only of my company, but other companies. I have never seen a braver or cooler offi- cer than him, for he cannot know what fear is.” His very gallant conduct had the greatest effect upon all ranks, and it was largely owing to his personal courage and example that his com- mand held on to the shellhole line in spite of the heaviest fire. It was generally agreed by his presence in the front line at such a critical time, General Coffin saved the situation. households. “If an English home has sent a son to war,” ho declares, “it presumes you know the fact, or it in- different whether you do or met. In America a little flag, with a black star for each member of the family who is away, hangs outside each home.” The contrast may be true as between London and New York, but there are parts of remote England where a sim- ilar custom has been in vogue since the bDeginning of the war., Walk down the old-world streets of Truro or Fowney—or any parts of Cornwall or Devon, for that matter—and in nearly every window you will eee a plaque or plagues, with the words “A man from this house is serving his country.” Some tiny windows are literally cov- ered with them. Not the least enthusiastic among those who appeal for an increased home production of food gre the teach- ers. In a Black countfy school the other day a class of children devoted their usual arithmetic lesson to the making of drawings, from which the cost of material necessary for the con- struction of a rabbit hutch could be calculated. When the drawings an- proached completion, the teacher said: “Look carefully at your drawings, boys, and see if ‘we have omitted any essentia] feature.” All seemed satis- fied that the rabbit hutch was com- plete, save one, who, with upraised hand, said: “Please, sir, we've been and forgotten the perches in natural history followed.]—London Chronicle. A leading autherity on ballistics described the German gun which has bombarded Paris as a “freak” weapon, probably used for the purpose of creating a moral effct. “A gun of that size, about 9-5in.” he said, “could, in my’ opinion, if the shot barrel were of the appropriate length and the charge suited to the gun, obtain such a range. The powder used would have to be of a very slow burning quality and the length of gun very considerably in excess of any naval or fortress gun at present utili- zed. The German powders are cer- tainly the most efficient cannon powders in the world. Probably such a gun as this would have to be from 75 to 100 calibres in length. It would have a very long bore, in which the powder can be expanded many times with a very high initial chamber pressure, probably about 26 tons per square inch. The range would, of course, very much depend on the weight of the shell employed, but it is likely that the weight of such a shell would be between 300 and 350 Ib. With regard to the possible destruct- ive effect of a shell at long range, this authority eal T should think a shell of about the size utilized would earry a_bursting charge approximately of 181b. of tri-nitro-toluol (T.N.T.), which would have the destructive effect of & bomb carrying that weight, which would not be very material. But it would not, of course, have the same de- structive effect on buildings as great bombs weighing between 300lb. and 4001b."—London Times. Mr. George Haven Putnam, the well- known publisher, is cominz to Eng- land, with some other distinguished Ameicans, to tell us how earnestly America means to see the war through. He will get a warm welcome, alike for his friendly mission and for him- self. Bvery summer, for many years, | until the war broke out, he has paid us a visit. He must, indeed, have al- most as many friends here as he has in America, and that is saying a good deal. No American did more than Ma- jor Putnam—le fought in the Civil War—to prepare America for what ghe regards as her stern duty in this greater struggle. . Canon Cooper, vicar of Filey, well known as “The Walking Parson” be- lieves in plebiecites. He has asked his cdngregation to vote as to the hour for evening services. Next, he will appeal for decisior: as to what proportion of music they prefer, and also what length of sermon. Ther is common- sense in such a method, for, after all, many absentees from church stay away because of too long sermons or not enough music. The Kaiser has refused the duecal crown of Courland and left it to a son. If all the little statelets into which he is_encouraging Russia to_ divide her- self, press thrones upon him. he will not’ know whom to follow, Frederick the Great or Napoleon, his twin idols. Frederick said: “In the matter -of kingdoms each takes what he can, and no one is ever wreng except when he has to give up what he has taken.” Napoleon planted monarchs as crutch- es for himself. “Bring’ your own jam pots” is the latest edict of the grocers. In some areas Jam js among the rationed ar- ticles of food, and when the allowance works ozt at a pound and. three- quarters, for instance, it has to be specially weighed out. Many people, however, do not appreciate the extra trouble involved, and when a grocer made the usual request: to one goed woman the other day she indignantly retorted, “I suppose the next thing wiil be that you will expect us to bring our [A lesson |_ Matinee 2:15 Evenings 6:45—8:15 In The Theda Bara MATINEE PRICES 25c. NIGHT PRICES 25¢ and 35c. Auditorium Theatre 3VDays, Commencing Monday, April 22—Matinee Daily. THEDA BARA “CLEOPATRA” MATINEE AT 2:15—NIGHTS 7:30—CLEOPATRA 8. 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There is rare appropriateness in the popularity of “Annie Laurie” with our soldiers—"it is. the queen of songs in the trenches” says Sir Alexander Mackenzie—for tradition has it that the author, William Douglas, of Fin- land, was himself a soldier who fought and died in Flanders two centuries ago. The original song, however, had but two verses, and was revised and pro- vided with the beautiful third stanza by Lady John Scott.—London Chroni- cla‘. Maximilian Harden, Zukunft, de- clares, “The German plan of .detaching | the inhabitants -of Lithuania, Livonia and Esthoula from Russia is contrary to all reason, It will prove far less in- jurious to Russia than to the German empire, because out of these large and small -Alsace-Lorraines torn _ from Russia there will arise a new Balkan group forming itself on Germany’s nk. T ready the treaty with the Ukraime has wounded the Russians as well as all the Poles and the Ruthenians of Austria. Throughout Europe the re- port is spreading that Germany has arrayed the Ukraine at the back of the Russians with the object of mutila- ting what remains of the Russian em- ire. . Pfnis is a foretaste of the devils Kitchen which wil! arise if the Balkans extend to the frontier of Pesen, of Si- lesia, and Prussia. What is the use of piercing our flesh with the claws of fresh foreign tribes and of laying new fires in our midst which would only break into flame at the first op= portunity? Jogeph Hocking, the well-known novelist, writing of the territory con- quered b in Belgium and | Northern France, —says:—“We bave heard a good deal about Thiepval, for example. To-day there is no Thiepval. Literally not one stone, not one brick ig left standing upon another. “You ride mile after mile and it is the same. thing. Ever and always is the same ghastly desolation. As for the ecountry-side, where in the past were farms, orchards, gerdens, eot- tages, yan see only shell-torn, stretches of lan®" Mile after mile, league after league, and still the same dreary death pall réians over the landscape. 9Noth- ing grows, save a kind of starved desert grass. Scarce a foot of earth has been left untorn by the wild tornado of explosives which were hurled here during the great battles of the Somme. That is the picture which greets you to-day, “And the people! The farmers, the shop-keepers, the merchanics, the la. bourers—what has become of them Where are the happy, romping boys and girls who learnt their lessons in the school houses and played in the village streets? God only knows! For all we can gather, the one-time pop- ulatien of this region have not only had all their belongings destroyed, but they themseives have become the slaves of the invader, tlie sport of the lust, the cupidity, the pagsion of a people whose motto was utchland uber Alles.” 2 “But what impressed me more than all was the ghastly crime of.the Ger- mans in forcing this war upon the ‘world. T stood on the top of one great c FEW SEATS AT $100 'BREEQ THEATRE TODAY and SATURDAY TWO STAR FEATURES GEORGE BEBAN Jules of the Strong Heart A TENSE DRAMA OF LO\)E AND LAUGHTER RUTH CLIFFORD and MONROQE SALISBURY N “HANDS DOWN” A FIVE PART PHOTO-DRAMA OF UNUSUAL INTEREST Hearst-Pathe News The World Before Your Eyes e heap of debris thrown up, and looked up, and lpoked down to the crater be- neath which the explosion took place, and the distance from the top to the bottom is over eighty feet. The great mountain of rubbish, together with the crater, covers several acres, while be- neath it all lie hundreds, perhaps thousands, of human bodies. “This is war. This is the thing by which Germany set out to conquer the world, and it is this we are called upon to destroy."—London Chronicle. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographio Society. Dulmen, German Prison Town—The National 'Geographic Society issues the following war geography bulletin, on Dulmen, the German prison camp town where a large number of Am- erican civilians and soldiers are in- terned than in any other Teuton camv. according to information furnished the United States Department by the Spanish Embassy, through the latter’s legation in Switzerland: “The. town of Dulmen, where more than 100 American prisoners of war | are being held by the Germans, is & small Prussian city of 7,500 inhabit- ants situated in the province of West- phalia, 17 miles southwest of Munstet, the provincial capital, and about 60 miles in an airline north of Cologne. The Holland border town of Winter- swyk lies about 25 milés to the west, “There is little of interest scenically or historically ‘about Dulmen. It is merely one of the many small towns on the rajlrdad which runs from Ham- burg to Cologne by way of Bremen and Munster. Many Americans have probably passed through it raveling on the famous Lloyd's Express, which carried through coaches from Hamburg to Genea dally from December to April before the outbreak of the war. rtm doubtless none ever took note of 1 “The only point of interest of which the town can boast is a_chateau be- longing to the Duke of Croy-Dulmen.’ The nearby eity of Munster with its 90,000 inhabitants, is of great historic interest, however. It was here that the Anabaptists, under the fanatical leadership of John of Leyden, commite ted so many excesses during the Re- formation, and in commeration of those days thére now hang from tower of ' the Church of 'St, Lambert three iron ! cages in which the bodies of John and two of his assoelates were expoded in¢ 1536, after they had suffered cruel torture and ution in the market place.” We save our mopey because we are economical. . Other folks save theirs because they are stingy. Children Cry. FOR FLETCRER'S ~ = ASTORIA | s -