Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 18, 1918, Page 4

Jlorwich Bulletin and @oufied : 122 YEARS OLD Subscription price 13¢ s week) G0 a riomth: 36.00 & year, Entared at the Postoffice at Norwich Coun., &s second-class matter, Telephone Callss Bulletin Business Oifice 480. ulletin Editorial Rooms 35.3, Bujletin Job Ofice 35-2. Willimantic Office, 625 Ma'n Straet. Telephone 210-2. ] Norwich, Tuesday, June 18, 1918, - CIRCGULATIORN 1901, avera: 4412 1805, average ..............-5,925 June 15, 1918........ 10032 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press Is exclusive- Iy entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news despatches credit- ed to it or mot otherwise credit- ed in this paper and also the local news publistied herein, All rights of republication of special despatches herein are alsc reserved. *Right is More Precious than Peace” THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE. From the reports which have come of the Austrian offensive it appears to have been launched on a much longer front and with far less severity than those in France. But whether this is actually so or not the Italians with such help as they are getting from the British and French forces are put- ting up a magnificent defense which is not only stopping the enemy but is preventing the loss of any great { invested e. “O'Leary has been a troublemaker for a long time. It is claimed that be and those who are involved with him have been passing out military secrets to the enemy, that the conspjracy in- cluded the destruction of our trans- ports, that the plan was to hamper the production of munitions in this country and that by backing the Sinn Fein trouble in Ireland it was ex- pected that a serious thorn would be placed not only in the side of our ally but in that of this cotntry. 5 O'Leary didn’t want to face the mu- sic which he knew was coming. Ho hoped to keep out of the clutches of the law but he failed, and along with the others, upon conviction, should be made to pay the full penalty of the law. It is time td make an example of such conspirators. ' THE THRIFT DRIVE. Between now and the 28th of this month the entire country is to be cov- ered by those who are going to aid in the work of encoyraging thrift. In keeping with a plan which ‘has been successfully tried in England the sale of thrift and war savings stamps was opened in this country the first of the year. It is hoped by the end of the vear to secure at least $2,000,000,000 for the government's war needs through such sales. There has al- ready been an extensive recognition of the aid which can thus be given at this time in the securing of funds for the prosecution of the war and many hundreds of thousands are possessors of these stamps, the war savings stamps carrying compound interest at the rate of four per cent. Stamp buy- ing is therefore not giving. It is an investment and carried out in this manner in order that each and every- cne from the smallest to the largest ean participate to a greater- or lesser degree, In order to give the movement a boem at this time evervone is to be asked to pledge that he will save whenever and wherever possible in order that such small savings may be in this manrer in govern- ment guaranteed pledges to pay with interest. It is really the oppurtunity given to the very little fellow to do his part and do it to the extent of his ability. It means a valuable en- couragement to the habit of saving the meaning of which will be better realized as the years roll by for hav- ing proved to themselves that they can save for this reason they will real- ize that they should continue to do so for the benefits which will accrue. The effort is an admirable one and there is reason to believe that the whole country will so decide. Everyone of the 110.000,000 or mere in the country should have a part in it. NO RESPECT FOR HOSPITAL SHIP The degree of reliance which can be placed upon Germany to protect the United States hospital ship Comfort in its initial and subsequent trips amount of territory. It is a case where the Italy forces must stand their ground and the man- ner in which they are doing so indi- cates not only the character of the fighting but that which they are pre- pared to continue. Ever since the halting of the Aus- tro-German drive which swept over northwestern Italy last year that country has been valiantly rallying to the defense of the Venetian plains. [Extensive preparations have been made in the way of equipment and a reorganization of the army. Italy has had the advantage of the hold up caused by the winter to fortify its new line. By the success which has been attained in its winter operations against the enemy Italy has demon- strated that it has regained its old time form and if there was any se- rious division among its people re- garding the war it has been dissipated by the manner in which the invaders bave treated the civilian population. Italy is more determined than ever in its war aims. It is a solid unit against Austria and Germany and it appears now that it is gaining some advan- tage from ®e conditions which are known to exist among the enemy. The manner in which the opening of the offensive has been checked, with the cuick recovery of lost groupd, is de- cidedly encouraging to the-allies. PROPER RESTRICTIONS, That the elimination of waste is to be brought about in all directions wherever such is needed and has a bearing upon the war is indicated by the new restrictions which have been decided upon for the purpose of con- serving wool and leather and for the bringing into the plan of war produc- n all those who are not now em- ployed and those who are engaged in what is considered non essential work. Back along we have been undergo- ing a systematic saving of foodstuffs in order to contribute to the supply which is needed for consumption abroad as well as at home. It has all been needed and the time has not been reached when there can be any iet up. The fact is thatsthere are still opportunities for many to make tell- ing contributions to this effort. But while the saving is being effected in regard to food it is also apparent that there is equally as great an opportu- nity and need for eliminating the waste when it comes to clothing and shoes. The restrictions which have been or- dered are by no means severe, No one will ever miss the loss of them ex- cept those who are such slaves to style that they place it before patriotic ac- tion. There is no one who cannot get along without the high top shoes or without the many colored leathers which have been dropped. The same is true of belts and flaps on clothing, the double breasted and extra long sack coats and the cuffs cn the trousers and the restrictions on collars. They may be missed but the sacrifices can easily be made. The material savel can certainly be put to better use. O’LEARY'S CAPTURE. The secret service department of the government is open to congratulations for the speedy manner in which it has apprehended Jeremiah O'Leary and got him once more within the grasp of the law. O'Leary has long been in the public eye. It is remem- bered that he once attempted to in- timidate the president and through his publication he nas been persistently working against the government. As a dangerous character greater care should have been taken at the time of his arrest to have seen that he was held where he could not indulge in the very flight which he has partici- pated in. It meant nothing to him to jump the bail which was furnished _ in his case, but in doing what he dil could not have more plainly shown across the Atlantic is pretty well dis- closed by a German newspaper, the Lokal Anzeiger, which says in connec- tion with the plans of this country to send the vessel across without con- voy and after notifying Germany of the intended trip, “We humbly ven- ture to ask that question what will the Comfort carry on her first vovage to Europe, as she will have no sick or wounded aboard? We greatly fear American flying men, and perhaps a few dozen airplanes. After the ample experience we have had in the course of the war of hospital ships bearing the signs of the Red Cross, the gen- tlemen of America and their president will not take it amiss if we ask this question.” It is well known, as has already heen pointed out, that Germany will not lack for an excuse, even if it has to be created, in order to send to the bottom a hospital ship of any nation. There is no nation in this world which has failed to respect the rules of war and its promises as Germany has and vet it looks with suspicion upon the act of any nation which intends to abide by the rules of war. There can be little question as to what Germany's temper is regarding hespital ships or even clearly desig- nated hospitals, It has shown it in too many instances. It knows that the world distrusts it because of its acts and it makes the great mistake of judging others by itself. Germany respects nothing, not even a ship on an errand of mercy, and the tone of ‘he Berlin newspaper indicates what is likely to happen to the Comfort if encountered. Therefore why trust Ger- many? L EDITORIAL NOTES. The cutting off of the water from the fountains looks as if Washington was going bone dry with a vengeance. The underwater boat promises to eclipse the sea serpent this summer and it will not be all imagination either. —_— Berlin, Ohio, has changed its name to Lincoln, but we still have a Berlin in Connecticut, however it is pro- nounced, The German people are probably realizing before this that they cannot get indefinite sustenance out of reich- stag speeches. Probably nothing has recelved a greater setback, barring the gardens, by the weatherman during June than the straw hat. The man on the corner says: Aus- {tria appears to have collected its rain ! checks concerning that much post- poned offénsive. - A German general has declared that General Foch's reserves have been ex- ! hausted. Another case of whistling as ! the graveyard is approached. There is talk about a protest from Germany about the lynching of Pra- ger, just as if it had all been forgot- ten that there was a Lusitania! There appears to be a locality 70 to 100 miles from the Virginia capes where the United States destroyers in rumber might congregate with profit, Much s being said about the aerial mail service and its great success, but there appears to be great need of de- voting a little bit more attention to the service down here on earth. ‘Well, there's one thing about 1t, it looks now as if there would be some- thing far more interesting than sharks to keep the shore resorts in- terested in the briny this summer. +That massacre of 20,000 Greeks by the Turks and Bulgars was probably welcome news 1o the imperial Ger- man government. They are doing their best to keep up with the Huns, his true character and his whole Senator Weeks’ Son on the Firing Line—Plan For Airplane Station Fortification Bill — Slackers Bill Likely to Pass—Connecticut Senators Opposed Gag Rule. (Special to the Bulletin.) ‘Washington, D. C., June 17.—A war correspondent of the Washington Post who has just returned from the front thus de;cribea a yisit he paid to a small sfack on the firing line where Lieut. Weeks, oniy son of Senator John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts was in charge of a battery, and which gives a vivid idea of how the boys on the firing line live “Over There.” “Ascertaining the location. of the American Battery that I heard in ac- tion I started out on foot to find it. Down the road, then sharply off to the right, along the line of a little dummy railroad which carried am- munition up to the very front. I turn- ed off into a swamp, took a muddy path through a piece of woods, over ‘which men were carrying shells on their shoulders up to the guns, I came upona.| bit of a shack, so cleverly camouflag- ed that it looked like a thicket. 1 called out and a young officer emerged He was First Lieutenant Charles Sin- claire Weeks, the son of Senator John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts. He sreeted me warmly and inviisd me into his house. It was a very small shack made of boughs of trees, covered | with sticks and leaves. A box in one! corner served for a table where he had his telephone and his tobacco. At the side were two bunks, for he shared this palatial residence with anotaer officer. The floor was attractively carpeted with mud three inches deep. The walls were festooned with haver- sacks and canteens and revolver belts and field glasses and .things. Every few minutes his Dbattery would let go with terrible bang. right at our ear, and presently we walked out to see it in act The guns were located in the emplacement about 30 feet away, down the steepest, slipperest, muddiest path I have every seen. In the gun pit, anding knee deep in mud and water. he soldiers were busily engaged in dropping shells into the boche lines acress the way. Leading from the gun emplocements was a long trench, and dug into the sides of thi vere th wretched holes in the earth in-which; the men slept. Fifteen fee) underi they burrowed, and when ihe Ger- man fire came uncom Livet. Weeks would b there too.” ! The fortification bill will be reported out of the appropriation committee next week and wilj carry a recom- mendation of $16,6£),000 for the es- tablishment of airp.ane stations. Un- til the report is made public it will not be known just where the stations are to be located. but the sub-committee has recommended that there shall be sixteen stations shirteen of which to be on the Atlantic coast and the re- maining three on ‘the Pacific coast. Although no deiinite details are eti obtainable Chairman Borland of the sub-committee today stated that the existing system of fortification wouid largely guide the recommendations for air craft station: “We .do not feel it would be advisable” said he “to es- tablish stations along barren sirips ufl cecast. but shall recommend a system based largely on the esent line of of fortifications. Cities and harbors of the greatest value ' of the United States would naturally be the first points of attack by the enemy, and it is these points which we shall recom- mend be fully protected. Of course New York comes first, and after that we shall recommend stations at points | where the presenet fortifications show the United States regards them as most valuable and where the enemy would be likely to strike. To such points we shall recommend special air- craft protection.” The ways and means committee will continue the hearings on the revenue bill until June 20th. Thus far fewer men have applied to be heard than was expected. Congress is staggered by the suggestion of Secretary Mc- Adoo that eight billion dollars be rais- ed next year by taxation. Whether congress will stay in continuous session until after the passage of the bill or whether, it will take a month recess to give the ways and means committee uninterrupted time to frame the bill is still undicided. With the passage of the sundry civil bill on sight and the fortification bill the only appropria- tion measure of impertanece left on the programme, there will be little or nothing for the house to do until the revenue bill is in shape to come be- fore it. And that will probably be a month or more after the Committee begins it work behind closed doors. One exception is to be made regarding closing hearings June 20th. The Pub- lishers association informed the com- mittee it desires to be heard, and could not prepare its statements by the date named, and the committee agreed to hear them June 28th instead. The alien slackers are likely to be caught in the draft net an at early date, as it looks now as though the slacker bill would pass and the men of draft e of forced to serve. The matter was before the house this week and Congressman Rogers, of Mass- achusetts who introduced the bill said that over a million and a quarter men in this country of draft age are aliens and at present exempt from draft. In some states, the percentage is as high as 35 to 40 per cent. “This is an un- Jjust and unfair drain on our citizen population, and the spectacle of a young alien stepping into the job of the drafted American is not an agree- able one” said Mr. Rogers, “but run- ning still deeper is the conviction of to our shores, obtaining our protection our people that the alien who has came and enjoying our freedom and pros- perity, must not escape without the slighest obligation to defend the Unit- ed States in its struggle for exist- ence.” One of the bills before congress is for providing badges or buttons for men who have been honroably dis- charged from the army. Congress- man Rogers, of Massachusettsin pre- genting the bill said that it was only a just recognition of thos® men who have been to the front and come back maimed and disabled that they should be provided with some sort of a badge which would tell the story. He stated that in England it was the custom to so. decorate not only men who had seen active service and been honorably discharged, but that some bade of recognition was worn by men of draft age who had been exempted on disability or vocational grounds. The so-called whiskey bottle scandal which developad in the house office building recently was found to be a frame-up. Even Congressman Randell of California, the one mémber elected on a strictly prohibition ticket, ad- dressed the house stating there was foundation for the story, as sent out reflecting on members of congress. He declared it to be “an attempt on the part of certain persons to discredit congress” and added he had r\de a thorough investigation' and found th bottle to have “been planted” for tha purpose. . Its very hard to get people in Wach- ington or congress interested in any- !huu‘ except military or naval af- close, | 1 |stantly as a “Oh, I forgot!” Caroline said cas- ually “just as the dessert came on. “The club is going to meet here next Friday night and we're to have initia- tion—it won't bother you or anything, will it?” “Dear me, no!” said the father of the family, pausing over his plate of floating island. “if the house isn't torn down forcibly it no doubt will get set afire some way and burn down, but ,things have been a little slow aroung here for some time and I've no doubt it will please the neighbors. No, it won't bother us in the least, my sniffed his L. D. girls are going to do!You must think we don't know how to act!” “That's the trouble,” said her parent. “You act far too well It is your super-abundant success in the art which is worrying me. °If it were.a crowd of boys I'd be perfectly easy. I'd know it was going to be a quiet affair with nothing more strenuous than chopping Gown the sleeping porch extension or shooting golf balls at our new banded rock crystal glasses or some trifie on that order—but in- asmuch as it is a bunch of delicate, gentle girls, my Heart fails me! “Why, after your last initiation at Harriett's I met her father the next morning on the way to the train and the man had aged iifteen years. The day before he had been in the prime of life with a sparkling eye and up- right carriage and [ couldn’t believe; that this gray tottering, decrepit wreck was indeed Griswold. He jumped as if shot when I addressed him and he shrank from the conductor as from a mortal enemy. It took a month at French Lick to set him up again in his old form! He—" “Why, we didn't do a single thing!” cried Caroline, indignantly. “We just have eilly. littie things for the girls to do, because we aren't a real secret society, you know! How did we know Harriett's father was going down cel- far to fix the furnace just when he did? We had to have the dishpan and strainers handy, and so we set them at the top of the besement stairs out of the way—and I guess it was- n't our fault he kept on going when he struck the bottom and knocked all those cans of fruit down ail over hi just sounded as though he was try ing to make all the racket he coul 1 guess he was trying to be funny. e “Oh, ‘no doubt he was endeavoring to be a sutup!” said the father of the fami warmly. “Griswold is some ol He sca could con- trol his mirth -when he, told me abou he needles and,ping with which the |- eat of his hvcjnb chair was thor- oughly filled without his being notified o B the kind attention—' 'Oh, that!" sniffed (Caroline. T never heard a man make such & fuss! How did' we know he was going to go into the library and sit down? We'd have cleared the chair, all out if he'd given us time—uniess it had &lippeq our minds—because we ' ha such a lot to do, managing the affair. You have to think awfully hard to initiate four girls at once! And Eloise |- was such a cry-baby that it delayed 'm!” said her father. “Was it Eloise for whom you fixed up that choice mixture of yinegar and mo- {lasses and water and ginger and soda and stuff? When poor Griswold went downstairs for a drink late at night and grabbeq up the water pitcher in the dim lignt from the hall he didn't notice what was in the pitcher. He thought he was polsoned sure, and dressed and carried the pitcher to the corner drug store and routed out the sleeping druggist and begged him to |save his lite! It cost Griswold $5 to have that stuft analyzed because the! druggist was mad at being waked up. I don’t wonder Eloise cried! Any one wduld ©ry at that 'dope except 32 wooden Indian or an iron deer!" “Well, the girl who had charge of the Mystic Drink had to go home un- expectedly because her car came,” de- jfended Caroline “and nobody else re- membered to empty it out! Mr. Gris- wold needn’'t have got so excited be- cause it wouldn't have hurt him at all except maybe he'd-a felt sort of sick for a minute or so! Truly, the ini- tiation here is going to be awfully quiet, and we aren’'t going to do a thing! Couldn't you stay upstairs and read or something till it's over if you're nervous about it? And, oh, yes! 1 guess mether'd better order two oOr three oysters for that night and" we'll want some old gloves and sawdust and have we got six large pails " “Ye gods!” groaned the father of the fami! “I'm on to the oysters and old gloves and wet sawdust, but i the pails—six pails! What can't they jdo with six pails? You ean have the house, but I shall remove the rest of the family and myself to a place of {safety far distant that evening and i pack away all the valuables and | double the in: What do you nee! said Caroline reveal jt—but, honest, nothing will happen with themthat is, unless they get tipped over or something. 1 don't see why fathers always have to make such a —Chicago News. “I couldn't fairs just now. No matter what one intends to talk about or write about he finds himself drifting into war talk in spite of himself. Its in the ai About the only persons who are work- ing except “win the war” are the suf- fragists who are lobbinying with added vigor. President Wlilson has taken a hand in the game and in playing a strong lead to win over the four votes lacking in the Senate. Whether or not the president and the militant’s will win out and get suffrage amendment through the senate at this session is about a fifty fifty guess. The women of the senate are doing splendid work as a Red Cross uni Mrs. Marshall, wife of the vice pres dent is in charge of the surgical dress- ing and@ Mrs. Weeks, wife of Senator Weeks of Massachusetts is at the head of wvhe wool and knitting department. The gift of the American Red Cross of $125000 to the Swiss Red Cross in recognition of the great work done by that branch for the Allies is applauded here. It is largely through the Swiss Red Gross that news the whereabouts of our soldiers taken prisoners b the Germans is obtained. And now our soldisrs in France are to be as clean faced as safety razors can make them. Gen. Pershing has cabled that clean faces are essential to the morale of the troops and re- commended safety razors as a part of the regular equipment. The war de- partment so ordered and now the Quartermaster’s department will fur- nish the men with safety razors combs towels and all other necesary toilet supplies. It is the first time in the history of the nation that razors have been made a part of regular military equipment. Senators Brande: and took a leading part in the senate’s ef- fort to defeat the gag rule. Both the Connecticut Senaters held that debate and careful consideratiog of the great measure now before Congress was es- sential to the enactmenet of safe laws. The proposed charge of rules was ad- vocated for the most part by men ser- ving their first term and who have not yet learned the wisdom of looking at both sides of a question before it is made a Federal law, by the highest body of law makers iz the country. STORIES OF THE WAR The Jack-Knife of the British Soldiers (Correspondence of The Associated Press): Every soldier in the British army in ¥France is provided by the govern- ment, as part of his overseas kit, with a jack-knife. K The military jack-knife is built for service. It has only three parts,— a big blade of Sheffield steel, a can- opener, and a “marlin-spike.” The whole thing clasps into a solid steel or bone handle four inches long, which is provided with a ring so that it can be hung to the belt. The can-opener is an indispensable part of the provision for a soldier's well-being at the front. Several im- portant items of his daily menu are supplied to him in sealed cans. The Sheffield blade has numerous uses too obvious to need mention, but it is noticeable that Tommy Atkins frequently uses it for purposes of eating in preference to the table knife in his kit. The knife-blade is also used con- wood-cutter. In the trenches the lighting of a brazier is frequently a difficult operation owing to the vital necessity of avoiding smoke. The Germans have a strong antipathy to smoke, and the sight of it rising from the British trenches arouses in them disturbing evidences of envy, hatred, malice and unchari- tableness. It is well, therefore to avoid smoke. Se the wood for the brazier must be split up into thin sticks and shavings, and for this pur- pose the official jack-Knife is the ideal instrument. When the soldier is withdrawn from the trenches it is his first duty to make himself and his belongings clean and presentable for inspection. Tom- my hapgs his coat on a peg and “shaves” it with the knife-blade. The marlin-gpike attachment is use- ful for prying open wooden boxes, for cleaning stones and mud out of the horses’ hoofs, for adjusting belts and harness. . Braziers for the trenches are made of biscuit tins punched full of holes to admit a draught. The Germans were, for a long.time greatly puzzled by the marlin-spike s attachment which they found on every British knife. They Pl McLean | | made great capital out of a story that jit was used to gouge out the eves of {German wounded. In the official re-| port of the British Prisoners of War | Ccmmission, several instances of this i fable are recorded. | Captain Eeaman testified before the j comm! n that he was berated by @ ! German Colonel for permiiting his mer {to use their marlin-spikes on the eyes (of German wounded. Captain Browne {told the comm'ssion of listening te a Uhlan major who was giving a lecture {and who exhibited a British jack- knife, showing the mariin-spike at- tachment and describing it as used for torturing German prisoners. The story appears to have been deliberately cooked up by the German military ! z,4.horities for the contsumption of their troops. Boy Helds Up Prisoners. | Two Germans who hag escaped from | ia prison camp near London were walk- ing along a road when they encounter- jed a boy with a shotgun. From a | newspaper picture he recognized them | as fugitive enemies and aithough his | zun wagn't loaded, he forced the two to walk ahead of him to the nearest | police station. The boy's name is Taomas Gibson. He i3 seventeen | years old and small for his age. _Devastated Armentiers. (Correspondence of The Associated Press): The difficulties of the German ad- vance over the devastated country around Armentieres are described by the correspondent of the Cologne-Ga- zette: “In Armentieres there is not a house that can,be used! he says. “The streets are in ruins. It must have been evacuated a long time ago, be- cause there is hardly a piece of fur- niture to be seen. On the western | side, by the workingman's quartes. lies a large new English cemetery. with countless grawss beaut )uliy | decked with spring fiowers. Over the gardens of the nmeizhboring village the commanding height of Kemmel peers above the Flanders plain. There: the battle rages fiercely. We meet English prisoners and our own wounded. They describe the difficulties af the fight, above all the countless machine- gun nests of the British. But they are of good courage. “In the western suburb of Lille, tha children were playing ball, but on the extreme edge of the town we came on ruined houses, and then the wild- est picture of war. We wondered how it was possible that men could hold out there. They did so in winter, too! Water lies everywhere under the soil,—a thrust of the stick and it oozes forth. One can only go through trenches on boards. The dugouts stand a foot and more full of water. The breastworks of sand and earth: must be lifted above the level "and | ?n afford scarcely any cover for ehoot- ng. “The effect of constant bombard- ments has rendered the country im- passible. Terrible is the working of our storm batteries around the region of the advance. The wire has en- tirely broken, the trenches have fallen din; ithere is . water everywhere in srjull, great and collosal ¥hell holes. Last year's holes have almest a romantic air, with flowers and wild things. A wounded man who fell into one of these holes with no one to aid him must surely drown. “Communications here are only poes- sible on concrete roads, which are buiit over the mud flats. Right and left of the causeways .are broken stumps of trees, shell cases, bombs, the bodies of horses and even of men. ‘On the roads is an endless procession of wagons, carts, automohiles and col- umns of troops. German airmen fly above to protect them. Feverish work goes on on all sides. The shell holes are filled with slabs of concrete and pontoons are thrown over holes that are too deep to fill. All this work has to be done under constant attacks from the air and long-range guns.” Fire has. destroved 1000 acres of timber and many buildings in the counties of Hants and Guysborough Nova Seotia. " TONIC - UPBUILDER 'is thinking i 3 rett) T . Very _ y ettty Troubled Nearly a Year, In Four Weeks Cuticura Soap and Ointment Healed, —— on her face first, her leg. mll‘b: And Could Curtis, R, F. D. 2, Holland, Mass. July 3, 1917, Cuticura Soep to cleanse, purify and beawtify, Cuticura Ointment to soften, heal, are ideal for every- THE STORY (OF & "WOMA CWITH A PAST" =7 Views of the Vigilantes DON'T SELL YOUR BOND. By Harold A. Lamb of The Vigilantes Your Liberty Eond—whether it is for $50 or $500—is your savings. 'To sell it is to lose jyour savings. The longer you keep the bond, the more valuable it is going to be. It does no good to Uncle Sam to subscribe to his loan, and then sell the amount of yeur subscription. Ma of us have strained ourseives to bu the bonds, and necessity may force some of us to get some of the money back. But the way to do this is, not to sell a hond. Dishonest sharpers will take your bonds and give you, say, eighty dollars for the one hundred. 7t vou must have money go to a reliable bank or broker. They will| lend you n'nety dollars on the hun- dred, and the interest on your bond will nearly pay the interest on the! money they lend you. Then by pay-: ing the lean, you can have the boad back. TUncle Sam's securities are making money for you while you hold them. Two years after the war ends they will be worth—it is estimated—$110. 1f the war ends in three vears or un-; der you will then be receiving six; and a quarter per cent—on the safest; The girls who think that. they can| attract admiration by . expensive| clothes, generally succeed in adver tising themselves as very costly! acquisitions.—Meriden Journal. After sinking a couple of dozen| ships, at least two of them neutrals,| one of which was robbed of 82 tons| of copper, Germany, the cables say,| ot declaring the east coast of the United fates a danger zone and warning off neutral ship- ping. The watning is not needed. The neutrals know it—Waterbury Republican. No city in the Cnited States is big enough to harbor German language! newspapers. Meriden doesn’t want them for they are an ipsult to feelings lacerated by the eventful news from abroad. s3erman languazd newspapers are not only non-essentials ;and super- fluities. They are a needless irritation at a time when the public should not! be subjected to more thorns in the| flesh than are necessary. Away with them!—Meriden Record. Ever since Wallingford was vis-| ited by a tornado, folks in these parts have been accustomed to refer to that event in their chronolegical calculations. Progressive as is New Britain in all other respects, the city could never boast of any im- portant local event which woull serve as a reference date for its residents. That is all changed now, however, and henceforth it will not be necessary to prefix nar- |FREDERICK Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday BIG BANNER FEATURE BILL CHARLIE CHAPLIN, In the S-unl,AComcdy Screbam “CHASE ME CHARLIE” 5000 FEET OF LAUGHTER ENID BENNETT. . In the 5-Part Paramount Play “THE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH” A Circus Story of Life Scenes, Under the Big” Top.” A TM;-t For q.th Young »tnd Oid. GRAPHIC NEWS—UP TO DATE CONCERT ORCHZSTRA B e Today and- Fonight* PAULINE - IN THE PARAMOUNT VERSION OF THE FAMOUS OPERA “LA TOSCA” 12TH CHAPTER OF THE EAGLE’S EYE Hearst-Pathe News v so. .on. From ford «tornado,” and concerned, history will - date from “the day of the cyclone.” For yes- terday 'His Cyclonic Majesty paid us , which, thouch brief, was mot d by a singie dull moment, and which wiil linger permanently in the minds of those upon whom he showered his unwe'come atten- tions.—New Britain Herald. A Trait of the Briton, Germany has the same annoying experience with the Britons that Ju- lius Caeser had—they never know when they are licked—Chicago News. The motor-car in Which the Gelgian Minister of Finance was returning ifrom a visit to the front. says the Petit Journal, accidentally overturned. 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