Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 26, 1918, Page 4

Serost B and Goufied rvnth: SO0 = year. Entered at the Postoffice a¢ Norwich, “Couny as second-class matter. Telephome Callat Builetin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Builetin Job Office 35-2. to respect its rights and prop. erty. . 15 Just what the plans off Germansy have not been disclosed: It is more not. ‘more than transport sand and gravel. Willimantic Office, 625 Maln Street Telephone. 210-2. "~ Norwich, Friday, April 26, 1918, CIRCULATIOR 1901, everage .....essceensecs 4412 1905, average .. April 20, 1918... MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusive- ly entitied to the use for republica- tion of all news despatches credit- ed to it or not otherwise cradit- ed in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. \ “Right is Mere Precious than ' Peace” LISERTY DAY. Today is the day which has been designated by DPresident Wiison as Liberty day, that the people of the may assemble in their re- spective communities and liberally pledge anew their financial support to ustain the nation’s cause. Govern- ors of states who huv power have been asked fo declare it & legal liday, or the aftermoon a half -holi- for the holding of patriotic dem- onstrations in every city, town and namiet throughout the land. The purpose of this day is to use a deever interest in the third and the object for which it ig being raised. Even though there not a few instances where the vernors cannot take the,step re- ested there need be no fear that there will not be a widespread rally to the appeal. It is eveh probable that just as great if not a greater, ve- sponse will be made to the effort to sive the loan a mighty boost where the day is not a holiday as thers would be if it was. Demonstrations will be held, patri- otism will be pushed to the frontand aroused by parades and raliies and there will be a keen endeavor uponm the part of every citizen, young and old, te accomplish the full object of loosening the pursestrings. This ean be done even if we do net lay aside our werk. It is time to awaken and as the president says “express in un- mistakable terms the determination of America to fight for peace, the per- manent peace of justize.” You are of course going to do your part. are M. E. STONE'S QUARTER CENTURY It was an important wae recently passed in the history of the Associated Press and likewise in the career of, Melville E. Stone, the general manager of the news gathering eorganization., It was therefore highly fitting that this dou- bie anniversary should have been ob- served in the manmer which it was at Yne annwal meeting for as was said there, the Associated Press has never had a greater man in that pesition since it has never had any other. It is impossible therefore to overlook the magnificent service which he has ren- dered in that position for the organ- or s It stands today is a mon- his ideas and e¢fforts. The » e has rendered speaks through this great organi- which Is in comstant touch 7ith the entire world. A auarter of a century of such in- defatigable efforts was Ubund to bring resuits and is entitled to rec- 'gnition, but it was characteristic_of the generai marager that ne should attribute no smail share of the credit to those who have worked so closely and diligently with and under him. R was necessary that there should be such cooperation to attain success, but it is nevertheless impossible to overlook the lcadership, which in view of the chavacter of the organi- vation and the many difficuities con- fronting the task has brought re- markable resuits. It is through his activities, the high plane upon which he has placed the newszatherinz or- garnization and the constant endeav- ors for even greater attaimments that t high standard of jourmalism to which reference was mad~ has be- come possible., The tributes which were paid to his work were not over- drawn; they were fully deserved. HOLLAND ANOTHER BELGIUM? Until something more definite in the way of facls concerning the:differ- ences between Holland and Germany are obtainable there is hound to be deep anxiety not only among the Dutch but likewise among the allied nations. That Germany is trying to force Holland to grant it the use of certain of ite rail and water facilities that a short cut across Dutch terri- tory may be obtained for the benefit of Germany and its operations in Bel- zium is plainly indicated. Just how the matter stands is uncertain. There is little doubt but what Holland will insist upon maintaining its neutrality to the very last, but the report to the effect that the Dutch minister at erlin and the German minister at 'he Hague have departed for their respective countries gives indication that the negotiations which have been “wderway between the nations have j ms | milestone | with President Wilson Senator Everything points to the fact that it intends to bring about a greater utili- zation of its great forces now on the ‘western: front’ by moving them across Holland even as it did across Bel- giume in order to gain a amick advan- tage and strike at a gewr point. Such being the case a little obstacle like neutral Holland will net be allowed tor stand in the way. That Holland will' not submit to it any more pass- ively than did’ Belgium is to be be- lieved from the attitude. of its peo- ple, but in the meantime the allies cannot fail to ba getting preparations underway for a counter mowe. CHANCE FOR OTHER OPERA- TIGNS. Whether or not it was possible for the British to have made more of the raid that was cenducted againet Zee- brugge and Ostend is something which can be better judged by those who were directing the attack. The same is to be said about the belief which exists in some quarters that still greater preparations should have been de 5o that greater advamtage might | have been taken of the conditions as they were found and as some thi could have ‘been turned to a still] greater benefit to the allies. is entirely possible that the 5 of the ports was accom- ed with much greater ease than was anticipated, that the British war- ships circulated in the harbors for some time without serious rmolesta- tion. and that had there been a suffi- clently large landing force waiting in the offing to take advantage of the situation that the two ports and even more of the coast in that vieinity might be today in the hands of the British and, as such, a troublesome thorn in the side of Germany. If sugh was the case, although imagination is apt to run wild in re- gard to the possibilities of such oper- ations without knowing the actnal conditicns, it appears to be another instance’ like that in the surprise Arive on Cambrai by General Byng where there were not sufficient sup- porting reserves to maintain the ground which was gaified from the Germany because' the fuil extent of the pessible success had not been an- icipated and prepared for. The move against Zeebrugge has undoubtedly given the PBritish much valuable help and information, and disclosed the way for future and more extensive operations: HARM FROM LACK OF UNDER- STANDING. Not a little sentiment had prevail- ed in the country in favor of a dec- laration of war against Bulzaria and Turkey, the belief baing that inas- much ag these countries are allfes of Cermany and Austria thut. their rep- resentatives should not be permitted to have all the advantages whieh are extended to them to obtain facts with which to keep the allies of their coun- tries informed. It is recognized of course that should war be declared as urzed by Senator King and sup- ported by other members of that body that it would not in alt probability mean the sending of armies from this sountry against those natiens. It would simply clear up the unusual sitmation of being at peace with na- tions which are fighting those coun- tries with which we are allied in our war activitie: Sight, however, cannot he lost of the fact that it has been repeatedly urged that there are also advantages which are to be gained by not mak- ing suclr a declaration of war. Mis- sionaries who are in touch with ‘con- ditions in those two countries have advised against it for the better pro- tection of Americans there. The ad- ministration has likewise stoed out azainet such a move ever since war was deciared against Austria. That those who zre in possession of the in- side information know what is not generally known is to be indicated by the fact that following a cemference King withdrew his resolution. This, how- ever, emphasized the fact that if there was a hetter understanding betweea the administration and congress such moves wouid not be made. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Skip- stops are popular with those who live near the corner where the car stops. As good a shot as the Mindu plot- ter was he falled to excel the sheriff of the courtroom in his marksman- ship. The Ameriean casualty list makes it evident that the soldiers from this side of the water are not dodging their duty. It ought not to require a legal hol- iday for the people of this country to show enough patriotism to make the Liberty loan campaign a suecess. Evidence continues to pile up con- cerning the great detriment which sheep-killing dogs are to the sheep- raising industry. If the effort to bottle up the German submarine bases has not succeeded there is good and sufficient reason for repeating the operation. Hobson’s trick in the Spanish un-: pleasantness doesn’t appear to have been forgotten even during the stress of much greater war activities. — The slackers in- the Liberty loan! campaign are simply extending an in- vitation te the kaiser to come over and take the money away from them. Couneetictit swells with pride at the news that fts men were numbeted among the heroes at the battle of Seictieprey. Its expectations are cer- tainly being realized. PSS It was to be expected that Ger- many would claim the credit of sink- ing those cement iadenm ships which the British took to the .Belgian coast to block the channels of Zeebrugge and Ostend. There ought to be no difficulty in recruiting that army of a million cats which General Pershing wants for the fighting of the rats in the trenches of France. But how he must long for that famous old piper of Hamlin. e Inasmuch as Germany has given Holland permission to transport ce- meént across Germany from Switzers land, the Dut¢h may be blamed for the large amount of cément which the British were able to dump in the chan- nel leading to Zeebrugge. fat Mrs. Bump's. “I debated a long time” said the eligible middle -aged bachelor, “about coming to call on you this evening.” “I'm glad you hercically managed to put it over,” sai@ the pretty young woman a trifle tartly. “Life is filled with these unpleasant duties.” “Now, Hortense,” chided the bache: lor, siting down beside her “when you know that every time I go down your front steps I begin countig the minutes till T can walk up them again. Nd. The reason I hesitated was that of late you haVe beéem so much engaged otherwise, You—" “Excuse me,” saigd the pretty girl, “that’s Alice. I told her that if she called up this evening I would give her directions about a sock. Yes, Alice, after you've purled four inches you knit plain for four and then you narrow, but you won’t get so far as that tonight and you'll forget if I ex- lain it now. Not at all, dear. Good- “That's all” said the bachelor when she returned. “I know more about purling now than 1 know abeut run- ning a bank. and I've been in a bank since I ate porridge. 1 tell you, puri- ing is shattering my state of happi- ness.” “All men are selfish and demand at: t | tention,” said the pretty girl, “but you are aetually proud of yout sins. I— excuse me, there's the phone!” The bachelor groaned. “Hello, Edith;” the pretty girl wa% saying. “No I won't be at the surgi- cal dressings tomorrow morning be- cause 1 am going te that war lecture No. you cut them crosswise, and Mrs. Smith will show you how to fold—not at all! Three thousand and two! Yes, indeed! Good- ‘H'm!”. commented “There you go. again. I have in mind to say, that infernal telephone interrupts. You weren’t as busy as all this a while ago. T'll bet you've hired a small boy to sit at the phone in the corner drug store and call you up every five min—" “You are perfectly ridiculous” told me. “How can I help it? the bachelor. No matter what she story of your life while you are scold- ing about it if you'd conserve your }» i And ymony, and I've enough to say to fill a you wouid have time to tell me the|whole evening and—oh deprecatingly as |;|TI. Yes, I intend to. Two . rm Good-by.” certainly be there. She returned to find the eligible achelor sitting bolt upright with fire in his eye. pretend to keep the list of your yet ¥ am tolerably familiar with the bevy and it numbers in it no Oscar. Fve got used to the six troubles typified by six young men who are giving me a run for my money—and now have you the nerve to add a seventh. for me to size up and agonize over, because he has more hair than I have.and still plays tennis while I've taken up golf? Oscar! I 0,” he began “who isf scar, may I ? Of eourse, I do not | never did like that name. Where is he and who is he?” The pretty girl sighed. “T'm' ve fond of Oscar,” she said dreamily. don’t know any one I rely on more. He does so much for me. He—well. he's the janiter at our clubrooms and.} a mighty good one.” ell, he’s an interruption— “Excuse me,” said the pretty girl, | rising again. - “Realiy 171 be just as quick as I can. Oh. Louise did you? 1 guess so—when did you? Was it eally? 1 should say 1 would. I de, Yes—no—what? All right. Good- “I wish you could hear yourself,” | the bachelor told her gloomily when she returned. “You sound like a pic- ture puzzie put in wevds. Don't v answer that thing if it rings again! Three separate evenings I've cal to ask you something and your rushes to the phone have shot all my ideas to pieces.” . “Wh—what did you want to asl me?” asked the pretty girl a bit ner-, vously. . “I—1 don’t see what you can} have to-say wh—which is se import- ! ant. What is it. Henry?” “I wanted your undivided attention” ! said the bachelor firmly, “on cme of; the at questions of the day. [—er —I “want to discourse omn—er—matri- cui 1 onfound it! There goes the bell again!™ “Never mingd,” said the pretty girl temper.” “But you aren’t interested” he ob- Jected. “¥ou——= | “Let it ring! 1 certainly have to be polite to callers. haven't I? Go on ‘Henry.”—Chicago News. How the “All Ciear!” Boy Scouts do love their labors as heralds of good tidings in the silent watches of the night. They did give us a fanfaron- ade yesterday morning! They had had {a lonz wait, and bayish energies had accumulated till the lads must blow or burst. In one district the buglers sounded at the rate of three calls to every two houses. and not all in the same key. One lusty soloist found his formal “G. C.” “G. C.,” insufficient, so he ripped out a magnificent “Come to the cookhouse door, boys, eome to the cookhouse door” with a force that would have drawn the British army. Except on political platforms in the country the Sinn fein leaders are lit- tle known by sight to the Irish publi Mr. De Valera, their- chief, for ex ample, would scarcely be recognized in Dublin, outside of the headquarters in Harcourt street, though his picture is sold on the guays. The son of a Span- ish father and an Irish mother, he has a foreign air, and is a good looking young man, whose friends - describe him as a schoiar with a sword in his hand. He lives in a modest house at Graystones, near Dublin, It is not the dogfish, writes a cor- respondent, which displays itself in pink cutlets upon the fishmongers’ slabs as rock salmen. Rock salmon is the trade name for catfish (Siluridas), of which there are more than a thous- and species. The name is derived from the resemblance of the head and bar- bels to the head of a cat. It is an e cellerit fish, ranking 50 per cent. hial er in price than dogfish in the co troller's scale. During eleven menths of last vear 26000 cwt. of Ccatfish fetched 48,000 pounds, while 45,000 ewt. of dogfish realized only 39,000 pounds. There were the usual courtesies as to precedence in fhe use of the match. “it's very English,” said the man in the corner. “In Secandinavia you can tell the nationality of a man’ by the way he lights his cigarette. A Swede strikes a match, uses it, and throws jt away. A Dane uses the match first, and then offers it to vou. The Nor- wegian strikes a match, offers it to combanion, and uses the fag-end nim- self.” The discharged soldier is making his influence felt on the land. - The cqunty distinction, a championship flag, offered by the board of agricul- ture to thqse ploughing the greatest acreage has heen secured in IWorces- tershire- by two priv: soldiers who, having fought in France. were dis- charged medically unfit. It is less than six months since they had ‘heir st lesson in tractor ploughing. To- are the ploughing champions and county of hops and ci- Salmond talks good figur- ir- na, when feinting for a fight, curls his be- tween his lezs, lest it should he bit- ten off; but the lion, with all his tribe, erects his. Our fighters are only cubs —or kittens. One of them “swanked” into the army at 15. He came into the writer's study early in the war “to have a look what Gibbeon says about these Hun Jonmnmies,” and while he thumbed over the index he put out of his pocket, on to the floor a little tame rabbit. He has his tail up now! He has a chum. They transferred to the R. F. after the rabbit men had had appalling experiences and won promotion. They learned at the same aviation school, and were to go out together. Owing to the illness of the rabbiteer (aftermath of -gas), the chum went out first. He has just had his first joy day—a ripping fighkt over the German lines. FHe got his man, but the dying German shot him bad- Iy in the les. He flew on to his ap- rointed objective. bombed the right dump, returned, erawled out, and faint- ed frem loss of blood and access of triumph. General «tive zoology when he savs our men have their tails up. The b along the banks of which the greztest battlc the world hag ever witnessed has been swaying during these eventful days, is asso- ciated with the earliest known mili- tafy annals of France. Tt is the an- cient Samara, mentioned by Julius Caesar, who met the chieftains of Gaul at Samarobriva. which means “the bridge across the Somme,” in the avtumn of B. C. 54, and passed the following winler on the bank. This usually peaceful canalized river is al- so_connected with our own earlest military history. * Tt was from the estuary of the Somme that Caesar started on his second invasion of Brit- ain. The Somme, When the kaiser returns ¢l s to Krupp's for guns which massacte con- gregations of women and children in their churches he is, in a measure, GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES thanking himself. For he is a great shareholder in Krupp's. The revela- tions of Dr. Muhlon, former direc- tor, showed only last week that the kaiser was working hand and glove with the head of the firm, when min- isters were Lept in the dark and the war plot was being hatched. Herr Krupp von Bohlen complained members of the government could never hold their tongues. By speak- ing they might avert war. Krupp’s flourishes only by war and rumor of war. It had its own press in various countries. its own secret ser- vice te whisper false rumors and pro- pagate lies—all to keep the continent in a ferment and the nations re- arming—at Krupp’s. It was master of the defense secrets of all peoples, for it supplied arms to all. The firm knew that a way could be hacked through Belgium, for the great guns ordered for Antwerp had been delibe: ately delayed; they were at Krupp's, ready for German wuse, and there were dummy forts at Antwerp, guns should have been. entirely- different from those that were followed at Athens and Rome, said Prof. Flinders Petrie at the Royal in- stitution. There must be no building on top of the ancient eity. Not only would this be contrary to modern no- tions of sanitation, but the old asse- ciations would clash painfully with the growing needs of the new commercial eity. \ uburbs should be laid out on either side of Jerusalem. about two miles from the eenter of the city, with which they would be connecied by electric trams. Let people be prohibited from building in the old eity and the whole-| population would meve to the suburbs in_a generation or two. 5 Ultimately public offices might bhe put up among the ancient buildings, and there might also he a rest house for pilgrims. and a hospital in which the Jews could die within the boun- daries of the old Jerusalem. Was the boy who wanted to put “perches” in‘a rabbit hutch right after all? At any rate, a correspondent has- tens to his defense. He says: My latest volume on “Rabbit Keeping” instructs me to “fix in hutches used for buck: a wooden piatform a little off the floor so that the animal can lie thereon.” They are quite common here (Nor- folk) and are to be seen in many a converted sugar box in back yards: locally they are known as “perche: My sympathies are with the small boy who possibly knew more about prac- tical rabbit keeping than his master. But perhaps it was the boy and not the master who gave ‘“the lesson in nat- ural history” which followed. ILet us hope so.—Loadon Chronicle. The Leipzig Volksstimme says that Germany, having drained the labor re- sources of Poland almost te the point of exhaustion, is now turning her at- tention to the occupied territories of Russia, where German troops have al- ready begun to transport men to Ger- many. Now that Poland is depopu- lated, it is hopeq soon to get gkilled workers from the densely populated Ukraine. Polish laberers on estates in Saxony are treated like modern slaves. . In spite of all its pious phrases, the organ of German “Liberalism” is per- fectly reconciled to the Prussian an- nexation of Ceurland. The Frankfurter Zeitung says: Couriand is enly a geographical and historical conception. It was part of Russia, but' Russia can dispense with it without ‘injury to her vital system. Courland is inhabited by German minority and a Lettish maiority. the majority is numerically small—a few hundred thousand—angd. while the Letts are a nationality, 'they have never been a nation in the real and political sense of the word. The tear- ing away of living limbs from a great national body like the Pelish national body is something quite different from the incorperation of a little race with- out any «past as a state. The Scottish character is a com- pound of viees and virtues in which “thrawness” (Anglice “abstlnacy”) and modesty are strongly represented The other day an officer was bidding good-bye to ome of his men who had been awarded the D. C. M., and who had, in consequence, been granted ten days’ leave. “Well, corporal,” said the officer, “it’s a proud mother that'll be waiting to greet you when you get home this time.” “What'll she be proud for?” ‘queried the corporal, with a puzzled expression. “Of your medal, of course” was the answer. “But } don’t think she knows T've.got it sir,” said the corporal. “Wh; told her?” “Well, no, it wasna' my turn to write.” Sorhe of our soldiers’ sleeves are be- “Oh, shucks!” growied the bachelor. { that | where the | P { Jerusalem must be rebuilt on’lines But | suffering have to dpézbt il A:Y‘k For ial advige write L Pinkhmmledkm‘ o Co., Lynn, M £ F i 15 10,000 nurses will you that nathing keepa the skin so free from soreness 28 Sykes Comfort Powder Its extraozdinazy i and i power is noticeable on first application. 25c at_the Vinok andl other drug storea T he Comfort Powdet Co., Baston,, coming quite futuwietic in appearance. Yesterday we noticed one warrior’s tunic which red and three biue for service in France; two gold stripes for two wounds: three more chevrons with a crown above them on each sleeve for the .rank of company quartermaster sergeant. On the left of his tumie he had the ribbons of the D. C. M., two South African war medals ang the {Mons star. A wag suggested a coat of many colors earned under difficult conditions. g a” ! people of Palestine. American mi: sionaries reached Jerusalem on the 1 heels of General Allenby’s army, and | they send home glowing reponts of the Hebron hospitai, the Bethlehem clinic, the Jaffa orphanage, and the Jerusalem, dispensary. The conditions in Sgria are appalling, and the need for food, fuel, clothing and medical supplies simply ‘overwhelming. Over 500,000 has been eollected for the starving chil- 1 dren of Palestine from 16,000 American Sunday schools. No race of men during the nineteenth | century struck more deadly blows for ! freedom ‘than did the spiritual soldiers and pioneers of America.—London Chronicle. THIRD LIBERTY LOAN MY WORLD SERIES DOUGH. By Billy Evans, the American League umpire who. really writes his own stuff. Thrift in any crisis is a great as- set. The Liberty Loan is teaching most forcibly this lesson to the peo- ple of the United States. The Lib- erty Loan right now is doing a great Qut: It is enahling our Govermment to -defend the very thing’ the wodrd “liberty” ‘implies. That is a great service in itself. The good effect of the loan, however, will not be tem- porary. the future. American economy. The purehased of Liberty bonds by a great many people meant the sac- rifice of many things, which at the time seemed . necessities. A few months of denial have made what in many cases seemed a neeessity to be more of a lusury. Most of us have learned it is not nearly so hard to deny some of the things which seemed to have come to be a part ‘of our lives. A sacrifice here and there has been turned into a Liberty bond, the It will have taught the people the reak value of most praiseworthy investment any loyal American could make. In 1915, when I offieiated in the world’s series between Boston and Philadelphia, I took my share of the prize fund and bought for myself an automobile. It was money earned quickly and spent equally fast. At that time I anticipated using a part of any world’s series meney in the future to cater to my motor desires. Then came the Liberty Loan. Instead of putting part ef my 1917 prize money into a new ocar, I decided the old one would suffice. I'm getting along nicely without it, and have a number of Liberty bonds instead of a new car. They keep moving, after the auto and other luxuries are fer- gotten. MEN WHO CAME BACK IN THE WHEAT FIELDS NEAR ALBERT, By Sergt. A. J. Finlay, 29 Battalion, C. B, F. This last drive has brought Huns back to the trenches we from them a few years ago. I re- member the wheat fields we drove them out of not far from Albert on the Somme. In 1916 they thought they were set- tled until they were ready to make a victorious advance. They had cal- tivated the land back of the lines and I don't doubt that their officers had fresh vegetables - daily from their gardens. We never knew ourselves how.we happened to take that second line trench, but after that, it was easy picking to get them hiding be- hind the grain they had stacked ready to gather. : \ On the 15th of September we had orders to go over the top at Courcel- lette. The = Germans fought from their gun positions in the foundation of an old sugar refinery, and our Bat- talion got pretty well mixed up with the trenches. But we took them and we held them. While we were con- solidating—it was really more - like digging ‘in-—swe heard ‘For heaven's sake, look what's over there!” We had . heard about the tanks. There were three of them wobbling in and out of the sheil holes toward the see- ond line, and spitting fire at every- teok i i bore four chevrens, ome| { valuable help for the sick and famished | It will tell a great story in, the i by Federal 5, 30~ The Meaning of America’ DR. LYMAN ABBOTT SLATER HALL to theso inaaf Send one to YOUR- soldier or $o ANY soldier. Price $. | For sale at the feliowingz places: The Porteous & Mitchell Co. BA:M)' Beld ‘& Hughes Co. (Boaton e, Rachhone's nng Store. m:ker's'bt P ore. The Lec & Otgaod Co. The Wauregan Holcl Office Mara & leton, G en (Cigar Store). Engler's Pharmaoy. K. of C. Rooms. Ring & Sisk, Drugmists. The ¥. M. ¢ A Otfce. . M. . & C. Macpherson. — [thing in sight. Some of the Huns, about a dozen or 50, ran forward and tried to disable “Champaign.” They leven eclimbed up en top, bembing for all they were worth ang striking it with the butt ends of their rifles. We stood there laughing at the sight, and then with one impuise ran forward. Before we knew it we had the secomd trench, but it is a fact that | we do not to this day know who gave the order, or if an order was ever given, It seemed like spontaneous action. The Germans saw it was up with them and they ran. In that secord trench we found some things that tasted good to us: bread and meat, beer apd wine. Their mail was just coming up, tee, and we got their parcels. There was no pei son in the food or drink that time. They were far from expecting us. It was a wonderful sight to see our artillery come up—it seemed as if there were miles of .it—to see those big guns placed and turned on the e 13 emY. Now in April 1918, the Germans are back om the same ground T would.be there helping our boys right now, but there is stilt shrapmel ‘or something in my forehead that the doctors have not yet dug out. But I'd rather be over there now thapn here on recruiting duty. 1t doesn’t do any goad for a man te tell me he has a wife and three children. Sq have L Views of the Vigilantes THE PRUSSIAN VULTURES By Augustus Themas of The Vigilantes : In Bombay and other centers ef the Parsee faith there are no burials, only Hberations. When a Parsee dies i body is carried to the Towers of Si- lence. These white walls rise from the crest of a high hill. Seen from a distance, they are surmounted always by a funereal and fretted and uneasy fringe, composed of waiting vultures whose office it is to feed upen human flesh. These vultures are gifted with ex- traordinary eyes. They can see ther than almest any ether bird and when they rise and circle in gheulish preparation, the watcher knows they think, some funeral is about to fur- nish their repulsive sustenance, ¥n, {the silhouette fhey resemile eagles. They have the wings and claws and beaks of eagles but a kind of leprous nudity has left them bare and ulcereus downward from the crown to_the pempeus plumage of the gorge. No doubt they estimate them- selves as veritable eagles; and as far as egotism and bad oder and quaran- tine can isolate, they are imperial. In human history the Prussian vul- tures mre of their variety. With straining sight they have been known to sit for forty years walting to de- vour, and when the obscene scaven- gers of Pottsdam soar into their pesti- lential skies. they drool a malignant sallvary portent for some prostrate people. s OTHER VIEW POINTS Few Americans think of army ser- vice as a “career.” Whatever a man's place in the organization, he gemerally looks upon his work as a transient duty, to be discharged as well as pes- sible in the shortest time pessible, and then abandoned for civil pursuits. Nevertheless it adds immensely to the spirit of the army for the soldier to realize that, while he is in the service, he is rated and rewarded at bis real worth.—Meridan Record. America, ringing true in its love of democracy; today sees this strug- gle against Prussianism without equivocations or ambiguities. Frelana helding back in refusifg to send men into the fighting lines, wili lose Am- erican sympathy. A crisis that theat- ens to set baek the dawn of heme rule for a long period to come hangs over Ireland. - This tielng up of in- dustries in paralysis at a time of ex- treme danger te all of us is an ef- fort to thrust the heme rule quéstion upon the attention in priority te the i1 This Afternoon 2:15. Dance Tonight at the Chamber of Commerce Hall with dancing from 8 to 12 o'clock D. A. R A benefit for the RED CROSS and WAR RELIEF will be given. by Faith ~Trumbull Chapter of D. A. R. at the Elks’ Home, Friday Evening, April 26th. Dancing, Car and Refreshments. Tickets 50 Cents. For Sale by the Committee. DANCING AT PULASKI HALL FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC BY SWAHN'S QRCHESTRA defeating of Germany. America sees tao cleaply that the defeatinz of Ger-, many is the first great task of civiliza- tion today. Irefand's cause may be vegarded by many Americans as stand- mext in impeortance, but Americans will ot comeede. that it stands first ‘while Germany still threatens to ever- whelm Irelapd. England and all the rest of us.~—Waterbury Republican. It is gratifyiug to know that the Remingtlon Avms company is now de- livery the famous Browning gun for gervice. They are needed at the front and will be more in demamnd as Uncle Sam’s catapult is prepared for strik- ing Germany. Bridgeport is doing ig | its part and will increase in efficiency as the weeks go by. Everybody should be readyy te assist as demands may gome upon us, especially in the way of accommodating ‘the daily arriving mew help.—Bridgeport Telegram. The farmer has as much at stake as any man. What good are his farm, his mortages, money in the bank un- der German conquest? He is not asked to give, only to lend on govern- ment security. His Liberty bond is “@s good as the wheat.” If he needs a loan he hasthe security in hand. Any bank will advance him ‘“real mopey” on it. He need not suffer the humillation of asking a mneighbor to go on his note and being refused. It is not a bad idea to take out a bond or two for the children and in- duce them to Py in part. or whelly through their own earnings or self- denmial; to do so helps establish habits of industry.—New Haven Union. Recky Hill.—At the meeting of the Roeky Hill club Tuesday evening ‘W. McClaughry, the new warden at the state prisen, was the speaker. His h}lk was illustrated with stereopticon views, KEEP LOOKING YOUNG ¥ You Know Dr. B vy O Koo D ¥ | ¢ : i I : s 8 g i : i i ; | i § 1 i 8 2 i i 1 :Efl i ive b il i i BF H E‘gé 8.2; o | ] : g g Z B {