Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 21, 1918, Page 4

dlorwich Bulletin and Qauimr 122 YEARS OLD Lecription price i3c & week: 5o & rionth: 36.00 u year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich Conn., #s second-class matter, Telephone Callat Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-8. Bulletin Job Office 35-2 Willimantic Offce, 625 Main Street. Telephone 210-2. Norwich, Wednesd Aug. 21, 1918, CIRCULATION 1901, average .....coeceee.n.. 4412 1905, average ............... 0,929 10,134 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusive. entitled to the use for repubilea- tion of ali news despatches credit- ed to it or not otherwise credit- ed in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also served August 17, 1918. *Right is More Precious than Peace” MUST REGISTER SATURDAY. it was only a little over two months hat youths who had reached the since the fifth of June, 1917, were required to register with the draft board: of the country. Siightly less than three quarters of a million new t cured at that time ny of them have al- ed into the service of aze of this week those who <ince the fi‘th of June he required to register be expected that there ere between 100,000 men for military hat time. This ion following =0 qui one s for S by many he registration of a much larger number of men under the change in the aze iimits whieh is proposed. days should be thoroughly borne in mind, however, that those who are 21 now and who were not 21 on the fifth of June, 1918, APP_(\"?]TNI to reg tizens of this ck and the as the per- to exemption will but that does ation require- eavy penalty for ACT'VF’IES IN THE WEST. from what > but that ies have of their hands. Al- rive has kened at points the allied forces are e They 1 the German > not going they did or in the ntdidier re- t v are nevertheless nib- t the German iront every day 1in and invariably is directed 2t some point W nt for the allies to g on of future drives are making tactical north, the French are points in the Soisson between these points as e Vesle the British, Zolng af- nd getting s in the coun- as thrown the Germans 10 the defensive. They are doing utmost to slow down the forward movement of their opponents and are into action many of their ns for the purpose of lines while they prepare ve to the rear on lines 0 which they-undbubianly oaderstind ooner or later retire. Though their zains are nof as large the allied offensive is still effective and varticularly so are the gains which have been made within the past day or so north of Soissons, the continu- nce of which will threaten the Ger- man resistance on the Vesle By his attacks General Foch has the enemy suessing and there is-no doubt abont his ability to keep them in that un- certain state and especially so with the steady stream of Americans com- ng to his support. SAVING CARS. In view of the country’s transporta- tion needs and the shortage which cXists in rolling stock in i increased production whi on it is indeed most unfortunate that there are now on the American rail- roads 60,000 box cars, or two per cent. of the entire number in the country, which are soon to be discarded because it is believed that they have cutlived their usefulness and are a greater menace than a help to the movement of freight since they are likely to result in accidents and in- terruption of transportation which would more than offset the service which they might render under con- tinued use. The scrapping of these cars will mean the elimination of a ment it is of interest to note that the Baltimore and Ohio is to erect a re- ‘clamation plant which will empioy 250 hands for the rebuilding of damaged will be of great value in saving the parts of such cars which are still good and which ousht not to go to the scrap heap, and while it is recognized that the benefits to be gained from apply- ing the same idea to the box cars would be less, it would seem that the 50,000 which dre to be discarded would by the attention of skilled hands yield at least several thousand cars for ser- vice which is greatly needed at this time without the use of as much time and material as would be required to construct entirely new rolling stock. This large number of cars ouzht not to be absolutely thrown away if there is any chance to save a portion of them. RETAIN GENERAL GORGAS. Next October Surgeon General Wil- liam C. Gorgas will under the existing laws be placed upon the retired list. He is not the only official of high rank to attain the age of 64 during the period of the war but he is certainly an official whose services the govern- mient cannot afford to dispense with. General Gorgas has rendered a most vaiuable service to his country. He is still in good ‘health and there is no question but what he is thoroughly fitted for the continuance of his work. The law does not provide for the re- tirement of certain ones upon reaching the age limit and retaining others. It explicit upon this point aithough it plainly evident that if such a course is taken. now that the country will suffer. In all probability there has been no time in his career when he more competent to carry on his than right now and there is ing -to indicate that there will be handicap to his ability for some to come. not surprising, therefore, that there should be a movement under way for the retention of his services. It will be necessary to get around the law in some way but that does not offer any very serious difficulty, for as it been pointed out it would be ntirely possible to let the retirement iaw take its course and have a new surgeon general named who could be detailed to serviee abroad or for some special service and then have General Gor in which he s now engaged. There can be no question but what it would be for the interests of the country to follow this course in view of the circumstances. DRIVING THE FiNNS. Is evervthing going well niand? There have been evidences which in- dicate that some at least of the Finns were not satisfied with the arrange- ments which have been made for Ger- man control of the Russian province and these are now incrensed by the orwarding of what amounts to practi- cally an ultimatum on the part of Germany which demands that Fin- land send an army at once against the allied forces on the Murman coast. niand has for some time been tak- rders from Germany. It is due n time to be ruled by a German prince but at the present time its govern- ment is in the hands of those who are supposed to be ‘faworable to Germany for it was through the influence of the German forces sent to assist it In its revoit arainst Russia that it was created. It therefore ought to be at the beck and call of the imperial Ger- mian government, but the very fict that is considered necce: ni an ultimatum indicates not the case and that Fin take kindiy to the task wh pefore it It is to be expected I Finnish government fact that the Finns are b favorable to such zovernment will do its out the order can not improbable be encouniered of a more or less seri- ous nature right fainly a situation the eves the ndicate: instead of " per 4 to determ its own course Tin- nd, according to plans of Ger- v. is going to be for advanc- ing the interests of Germany not only now but on ail occasions. but EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Trans- gressions are all down grade move- the davlight saving plan that there can be little question about its becoming a4 fxture. With the French wheat crop larger Ly 25 per cent, than last vear the allies appear to be gaining in an- other direction. Cleaning up the plate as a means of overcoming waste is a good idea providing it was not overloaded in the first place. No one will begrudge the president ihe meager vacation he has been tak- ing, but all will hone that it will be a most beneficial change, As the last step toward setting the whole Russian people against them the conscription for service in the Ger- man army ought to he sufficient. Director Genera) McAdoo does well in urging the railroad employes to be courteous at all times. It doesn't cost anything but it accomplishes wonders. Three Ohio papers printed in the German langudge have suspended for patriotic reasons. It is a move that should have been made some time ago. Norwich will never get the auto drivers and passengers in good humor until it gives some attention to that stretch of road through Greeneville and beyond. When Germany asks for men in the gas section who desire to continue in that service after the war, it doesn't looks as if it was figuring on a per- manent peace. Inasmuch as it is known that the German U-boats are in touch with peo- ple in this country, thers can lLe no delay in stopping it or in punishing those who are aiding the enemy. The German losses are said to he greater than the allies dreamed of, which may be true except that the al- lies are seldom given to dreaming about such things. Facts are prefer- able to fiction. The American troops arrived in Viadivostok harbor cheering. It was an inspiring experience for the sold- iers of other nations there and the spirit which was displayed, is bound to hrine about vietory. and eondemned steel cars. There can be no question but what such a plant s detailed to carry on the workj {res jand d | half Americans on the fields of France. The possibility of electrifying all the railways of the country impressea itself on the.alert mind of Secretary McAdoo during his two ‘months’ ab- sence from Washington, and he has ex- pressed Jpimself as favoring it as a na- tional enterprise in case the railways ahould long continue under govern- ment control. The longest electrified piece of what was formeriy steam-op- erated railway is the 440 mile stretch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's Pacific extension across the Rockies, the power being derived from Great | Falls, Montana. What was formerly a long and tedious piece of slow climb- ing behind two or more locometives during which firemen toiled and pas- sengers choked, has now become a most delightful ascent of a most beau- tiful mountain range, fast, clean and quiet. To make the engineering feat ideally perfect the force of the de- scending train is utilized to store up energy to assist the ascent. Another stretch of over two hundred miles of the same railway in the same north- west is almost completely -electrified. Nearer” home the electrification of the Grand Central terminal of the New Haven lines and the Pennsylvania terminal and tunnels are proof that the technical difficulties have been largely gvercome and that the remain- ing problem is one of finance. The electrification of a railroad is so expensive that only the richest roads have been able to afford it. To extend the system over the entire countr: would be a problem so vast that would call for the limitless resources of the national government. Further- more it is right and proper for the government to embark on the project. Electrification is not for the present alone but for all time, hence the pres- ent generation of stockholders should not be called upon to pay the entire cost out of their present dividends. The resulting economy of coal also would be a blessing t6 the entire na- tion, if indeed it would not always be as now necessary to its continued ex- istence. The locomotive is about the most wasteful machine that man has devised. It uses three times the coal per horse power that would be neces- sary in a modern electric power sta- tion. At present the railroads use a quarter of all the coal that is mined.! Closely connected with the absolute saving of coal would be the soving in transportation. Under present condi- ditions sixteen per cent of the freight moved by the railways is coal for their own use. Central power stations could be placed so that their fuel could reach them by cheap water transpor- tation, but most plants would not de- pend on coal at all times but would derive their power from waterfalls. Coal is synonymous with discomfort and dirt, water with comfort and cleanliness. Every pound of coal has to be toilsomely dug from the heart of the earth, water once directed comes fairly running to its task.| One need but step into the cool, ciean and ry powerhouse above the turbines at gara, and then let his imagination carry him over all the repulsive steps connected with the use of coal. The darkness, danger and dirt of the mine, the unhealthy toil of the miner, the | squalor of the mining town, the heavy cla1 king coal trains, the dirty docks and pockets, the blackened drivers, passers and trimmers, the hot, smelly firerooms—all mean the hard. unlovely | and uninspiring toil. of mfilions of | men. To eliminate all this, the dam- age to property, the injury to health the crushing of the soul. would be a national benefit for wilich a nation should pay. The electrification of the railways wouid be the longest step | toward that happy condition. Th2 Allies have made little visibl:e progress eastward in France during the past week but have kept up a continuous pressure the whole length of the line. On the Lys salient in Flanders the British keep nibbling awa,, above and below the Somme both British and French are gradual- ly forcing the Germans to abandon their advanced posts, and along (h Aisne and the Vesle all the way Rheims American gunners amon; t keep pouring a continual sirea shells into the enemy lines north of Any pressed (Germans seems for the ha impossible; a substantial retreat would | & ‘}seem 1o be inevitable. Allies are pressing s, Rove ar the hinged on Albert Another re- eat would have to hinge on Ar miles further north, and given up would include Peronne and Ham and the fighting into the region of 0-called Hindenburg Line. When moment comes the Germans { be back on the line from which they tarted their March advance, . their TV expended, their m ered, their home population deceived heartened. and a million and a Not only have the Allies’ consuls | the removal of the Ger- Through hig! handed robber: 1 outrageous threats the countr: Lh:‘ mou aroused vnmlnl 2 but sullen indifference and | tali murder has resulted. With Everyone is so well pleased with | decent (reatment Russia would havi proved Germany's salvation. were no blacker moments in a war than those in which the {saw Russia crumbling and all ! limitless possibilities falling into the power of the Kaiser. But the utter inability of the Germans to understand the other people of the earth has ruined their cause. The Russian peasant wanted nothing but land enough to cultivate and a chance to make a decent living. Instead of t ing to establish law and order German | agents, many of them prisoners of, war, went throughout the country posing as “Internationals” and preach- ing the doctrine of the right of the} proletarian to everything that he could lay his hands on. Local com- mittees were appointed by the Bolshe- viki in every place in Russia with power to condemn and confiscate in the name of the people. Every head of cattle, every field of grain, every patch of woodland was declared pub- lic property, Owners were forbidden to sell what they ewned in order that the community might confiscate what was desired. \ Cattle weg: pastured on cultivated fields and peasants refused to work the land, while the owners, though deprived of their means of production were ordered to feed their entire communities. In case of re- fusal there was an organized search. Confiscation followed discovery, de- struction often followed disappoint- ment. were the tools for enforcing these de- crees. These men, inured to slaughter and brutalized by suffering, had prov- ed fertile ground for the seeds of anarchy sown by the Bolsheviki and the wily Germans. The army that had furnished them a livellnood was non- existent, their homes were gone, thier families dead or scattered none knew where. Law and government had noth- ing for them, anarchy and violence could supply their immediate neegs. Everyone who owned anything, were he landowner, banker, business man, or manufacturer, was legitimate prey It was thesee classes, the educated, intelligent and capable people of the country. who would have backed even Germany, had she offered their stricken land any semblance of decent government; it was these classes who for so many months looked, in despair for some power that could protect began Bobby that evening . “Papa, after dinner. “Now, when you make a cnntnct you got to keep lt ain’t “Usually if you want to keep out of court” his father answered. “Of course strikes and war and Dbeing struck by lightning might make a difference.” “Well, you know,” Bobby went on to explain, “Susie’s father has a unit and he's gone to France and they got a service flag and everything. I think she makes an awful mess over that old service flag—she takes evervbody out in front of the house to look at it, even when they come in the back gate. They had letters from him and Susie had one addressed to her, only it wasn't very long and her father writes something fierce. Billy eaid he could read some of it, but I bet he couldn’t, because he didn’t tell us what it was. Of course, her father writes a lot on account of its not costing anything. You don’'t have to use tamps. “It was Susie got the idea to have our unit sell thrift stanmps and we did, too, an awful lot of 'em. All of our mothers and fathers they bought and a lot of unrelations got a slew.” “T remember quie well,” his father said feelingly. “Fond memory recalls the day.” “It was more'n a day, “It was a couple o' W 3 Mamie Kelly didn't act,right, lhu\lgh and she went over on Aunt Mary's street and Aunt Mary bought eight of her before I got there. Mamie said it was her street, but I told her it was my aunt, and she got mad. Of course Aunt Mary bought some more of me, but I might " had the whole lot. That's just like Mamie Keily. She's always butting in on something. What do you think? When her moth- er tells her to help wash the dishes she telis her mother to leave 'em till she comes in from an errand. and then she goes over to Susie's and stays all afternoon. She thinks it's funny because her mother can’'t wait till she gets back, and does the dishes herself.” “I remember once,” Bobby's father said dreamily.. “There was a boy who >h, well, that's different!” Bobby hastily. “Gardens can wait, but dishes have got to be done quick. Anyhow, it was Mamie Kelly said we ought to have a prize for the one that sold the most stamps. hey talked over everything and Billy wanted it to be a bat and Susic wanted it to be a friedship bracelet. Did you ever? Ain't that the limit? Would- n't I look sweet going around in & “Yes," Bobby conceded. that's right, but what was me use of a prize, anyhow?Sam got funny then and he said we'd have a kind of for- feit, you know, for the feller that lost They up and jab- bereq a lot about it, and finally they said the one that soid the fewest he'd have to take all the others to nickel movie. “Yes, sir, they all agreed that movie show was to be the forfeit and it did sound like something, all right, like things do sometimes a long way instead of a prize. off. “Gee, -but we hustled! around- every minute I got time, but Shorty’s mother lets him go out nights all he wants and he tackled the men when they was home and he didn't find anybody housecleaning ~or with her cake burning up like me. “Shorty’s folks let him do what he wants and -he has a lot of funm. one night he had a ride in the patrol wagon clear out to the south side! and he had to stay at his aunt's all night. anyhow ?” course, nearly 9. Well, Mamie next. géts high when there's any adding or And Sam: was third and Billy fourth on account of having to rake the yard, and Susie was next and there ain’t but six of us here, on account of its being so hot everybody’'s away.” arithmetic _to “And the Bobby “That's me,” ftencisigip bracelet? Shucke! makes a girl talk like that?" “A bat would do a girl a lot of| “Didn’t they have room at the sta- tion?” his father asked cooly was the patrol going to_the annt’e, “Aw, no, sir!” Boby said. “Tt was busted and they was taking it to the shops, somewhere. . he got the most sales. Pete's sake, a feller can't do ‘much that has to come in at 8!” “Bverybody you'd call upon would be home in the early evening.” “Not on your life!™ quickly. “That’s when theyre at the movie and they don’t get home before he got the most and Bobby said hastily. “But it ain't going to cost but cents.Billy says it's a contract.” “I guess vou're Bobby father. “Well. but, you see” mered, guess it ain’t me that's in for it, you know, on account of me buying so many stamps to score. 1 ain't got a red. country and we got to give hurts.~ Don't you see?"—Exchange. Bobby stam- It's for the them from outrage and destruction, while German agents assisted Lenine and Trotzky in overthrowing the ci ilization of the ages. It is these class- es who are receiving the Allies with the gratitude of the drowning man. as they push ther way into Russi men, whether from Norwich or any part of the country. ious services, We have relig- theatres and all sports any young man could wish. Anq 1 for myself must and will say that 1 would not change now for any- a from | thing, as in the army we young men the Artic, the Pacific and the Caspian | have a chance to think and make use = 3 tales about the army and the soldiers i LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |as to discourage the young men, my of our brains. Instead of telling such one regret is that I did not enlist be--| offensive | v and Noyon. | \redunv German line | le low- | Ex-soldiers of the Russian armies | Prohibition ‘Island, Mr. Editor: What a para must me—no jail no peniten there is no court, and only one pol e- man. Not a dmp of alcoholic liquor is made on the ple are total an will not permit any ported. There is not Its 7 000 l‘(‘c- son on' the islard. nor & d 10 vears | old unable to 1ead: the schools is practically perfect. Most the iaprovement is due to the abolition of the liquor traffic and pro- hibitiorr of all alcoholic_beve this compact little t a beautiful : 1 would come to the statc cut and other of our states if condition was would mean that the men who had been engaged in this miserable and accurseq husiness would then turn to onest work. The drunkards’ wives and children would and could have real s. No men staggering on the All men would be en- some trade, so 1at when the week had ended the money t in the homes, where it needed, instez n of pub- d 1 uare of Norw rl‘ u~ and loaf- we ask? J.W. Norwich, Auz Benefit to Ali Yeung Men. Mr. E through ur paper THEATRE Today and Thursday BERT LYTELL —N— “NO MAN'S LAND” FROM THE NOVEL BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE PEARL WHITE N THE HOUSE OF HATE A THRILL A MINUTE LOUISE FAZENDA Those Athletic Girls A__New _Mack _Sennett _Comedy Burton Holmes Travelogue rs, since they | ht to them. It of being wai n:dl | by ‘mm | true | fore, and thus have been of more ser- e Iceland | vice to my country. wich, wake up! Respectfully 5 PV. JAMES H. H. PERRIN. Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., Aug, 19, Bin: i behim OTHER VIEW POINTS Secretary Baker’s that cisms that have lately because of the war department’s seeming indifference to the fact that tht men available to send to the front were becoming would be exhausted before the end of the year. Much of this criticism has come from the administration’s most loyal supporters. flldlrested by Secreta: ituation was ju Slackers of Nor- announcement he is ready to submit g at once a measure providing for |the “extension of the draft 3 power to meet the need in EIOK::IO KA X1 3 DAYS MORE . OF OUR TWICE - A - YEAR TAILORING SALE Suit or Overcoat To Order | | $27.50 [] | | | | VALUES TO $45.00 You hear a lot of talk about woolen prices going the limit. Every word of it is as true as gospel. We eould‘sell our piece 'goods at a handsome profit, but giving our trade splendid values is what built our business to its present large proportions. Leave Your Order Today THE VALUES ARE GREAT Marhaltan 121-125 MAIN STREET Custom Tailoring Department if we are to put,in an army fficient to settle the matter, may or not be due to the stern criti- administered than he does when he is let alone to act according to his own impulses. Owing to a pressure of other bus- iness the editor was unable t the usual amount of town topics this week’s Enquirer. 'ty suffragists Washington could make any disturbance in picket- ing the White Senate would not stop all and give their special pleas attention. These women had rather picket than write or make addresses formulating convincing arguments for the cause Picketing takes Baker toward the incomprehensible. may have ‘been simply working out a r'n | plan. which has not been hurried any the pressure that has been grow- ing more and more warm On the other hand, i uspected, mental acumen. this criticism automobilists have a code of |is given. signals, growing out of necessities of | to Speak of this agai traffic which works so well that it is;publican. d much faster under the spur being recognized by law as better than anything that a lawmaking body could conmstruct. It works admirably if the signals are given smartly. - But when a chauffeur’ slows up his car so suddenly as to escape by a narrow margin a collision from behind it is frequently discovered ' that he has hung his hand negligently outside his car as though he were resting it there, with the rtsult that the drivers of vehicles following him have not no- jticed any movement. The signal ‘should be given smart- v, as though the driver meant it, by thrusting out the arm, not the hand horizopally, that is to say, at right, angles like any other danger signal We trust we shall not have —Waterbury Re- THOS. H. The Popular Screen Star WILLIAM S. HART| IN HIS LATEST SUCCESS “SHARK MONROE” Six Part Artcraft, Picture They called him “Shark” because he was bloodless and cold—but he melted under a woman’s smile. Allied Nations’ War Review Distributed by the U. S. Govt. GLORIA SWANSON In the Five Part Triangle Feature YOU CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING INCE Presents Following the Flag to France Pershing’s Crusaders Aq uayel the - U. S. Signal Corps and Released bythe Committee on Public Information, George Creel, Chairman These offficial pictures will give the! people of this city their first opportunity of seeing our boys in action in France; to understand just what these months of preparation have brought about in combating our common enemy; to en- able the worker in the munition factories, the iler in the field, in fact, every man, woman and child. who is doing ualize the results of their labor to the present i They will show those who so generously subscribai to the Liberty War Loans, Red Knights of Columbus, Y. M. C. A, Sal- vation Army, and other campaigns just what il 2y has accomplished. IN THE 2 REEL “The Qther. 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