Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 23, 1918, Page 4

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CIRCULATION October 19, 1918, 10,284 “Right is’ Mory Precious than Peace” ot eem——— GERMANY'S REPLY, From the wireless reply which has been recelved from Germany it does not pear that Germany has complied with the requirements set forth by President Wilson as necessary before therc could be any steps taken for gn armistice, and with the exception of one or two particulars it does not in- dicate that the situation has been changzed. It does not Indicate that Jermany s ready to surrender un- conditionaily, but it shows that Ger- many hopes, through 'he A:scuseions which it is engaging in and the re- querts which it is making, to bring bout an ending of the war with ts agh z machine in fairly good con- ition and without th: allies aceom- pidshing the objects fo ich they ire Tt w iehting. re has been n6 guarante2 glven there has heen any change in yerman government The kalser holds Mis job and for ‘ell that will continue to do so. It is simply a matter of stazs play when rrot are made against the pre dent’'s reference to illegal and inbu- mene acts, and denials are offered to he assertions that the German navy test:oyed iifgboats with passengers The fact of Yhe matier is fhat these acts ‘have been committed and Ger- inany must not be allowed at this iate day to gioss them over with its ready excuses As for asking this country to ap- prove of no demand that would he ir- reconcileble with the honor of the German people and with the opening of the way to a peece of justice, it must understood that United States not the only natfon which naw been outraged by Germary apd whatev action taken will be in sympatony with iis allies. (There is no wssurance that the present govern- men' represents the Germapn people, 1 unt’l there is it is a pretty sit- tion for the German government to ng about honor and justice reply does nothing toward the way for an istice or peace. It is simmly a case of codging ducking in an offort to escape the naity which it it should pay wnd which it would exact had it gained the upperhand, thy he still is known is ing THE SUEMARINE REFORMS. In connection with Germany ussion no the slatest reply relative to the peace di a little interest is mani- fested in that portion of it which re- fers to the calling off of the subma- rines from the sinking of passenger hi Germany declares that it has ed orders to be despatched to all rubmarine commanders prectuding the torpedoing of passenger ships In or- der to avoid anything that might ham- ver the work of peace This cagnot be rezgard>d as other than a direct admission of the fact that the submarines by the following of the unrestricted warfare have been pursuing an unjustified course. Other- wise it would have been unnecessary for them to show any change in pol- iey in order to talk akout the arrang- ing of peace terms. At the same time t makes it piain-that thése very same submarine commanders have been operating under Cirect orders to sink anything in the shape of a ship whether it was a passenger vessel or not. If they bad not been it would not be necessary now to give orders to the contrary. The fact of the matter is of course that the Germans have been vielating ail provisions of international law wherever it was necessary in order to accomplish their objects, They have 1atally disregarded any restrictions, bat they realize that it was their submarine policy which brought the United States into the war and there thus the necessity of manifesting some evidence of reform in-that di- rection if it is zoing to make any im- pression upen thig country, The stand taken will not be sufficient but it makes Germany plead gniity to ille- gal and inhumane acts on the seas which at the same time it is trying to deny relative to the land forces. CHANGING THE TIMEPIECES. In view of the fact that it has been determined that there shall be no con- tinuance of the daylight saving plan heyond the time fixed by the cxlsting legislation,, it means that or next Sunday merning at 2 o'clock tha clocks of the nation shouid be set back one hour. That is the time when the official change will take place and vhen the hour which was iost in the spring will be replaced. As was the case in the £pring, most peopls. will not sit up Gntil the wee hours of the morning for the purpose of changing their clocks but will do <o before they retire Saturday night, hut the suggesticn has been made in this connection that instead of turn- FACTS AND COMMENT The American certainly hold the record for being a last minute people, ing clocks who are mechanism, ahead eleven hours, which will and -watches backward, which is t the advice of those they should be turned of Thursday night only two thirds of the six billions naeded for the fourth Lib- erty loan were in sight and it seem- ed an imposiible task to raise the nec- essary two billions in two days. Once ‘acquainted with such course mean tha same hour and re- quire a little more timé in the opera- don but it will prevent much harm heing done to timepieces and thefr ad- justment. It is of course possible to stop them for an hour but the idea of turning them ahead eleven hours will prove the mest satisfactory solu- tion of the operation, There can be little question but what there has been a large sdving effected as the result of tne daylisht plan. That it will be resorted to next aummer seems a foregone conclusion for it is not likely that the idez of overcoming waste will be quickly dis- rosed of even should the war end. As was expected little support was gain- ed for the maintenance of the day- lizht saving plan all the vear around but for several months of the year it is a plan that seems likely to become t again, however, the impessible accomplished :mz tabulators have nof oning the stupendous number of the eleventh-hour subscribers, it is pretty certain that the entire six billions was taken. German appeals for a vessation host: was though the host of t vet finiched reck- Four special difficulties made the work of the canvassers Larder than before. The amount of the loan was wice that of the second and three times that of the firsh, while the three wecks allotted to the campaign was a shorter time an; h difficulty was the peace talk that was rife at the time. against the Turl lapse of Bulgari in Flanders, change toward a democratic form of than had been set for v of the previous loans. The third Allenby’s suceess s in Palesiine, the col- , the marvelous gains Germany’s pretended overnment, and the and of es were all such rceent events Austrian nermanent. A ARMIES FOR FULL VICTORY. that many people conld not but think that victory had already heen won. They forgot that even if it had been won, there were two million American soldiers still to be fed and brought The fact that Germany is talking about peace and engagingz in an ex- change of notes with this country is noteserving in the least to bring about any letup by the allied forces. Thera are points where increased resistance is being encountered because it is nec- essary for the enemy to impede the vrogress of the cntemte.armies at cer- tain vital points in orvder ‘o prevent the routing of his troops. Thixs strengthening of certain points is made nossible by the shortening of the line but throughout that portien of Belgium' which is still held by the} Peutons therg is a general movemeat to the eastward in which every fa- cility is being utilized, the object of oyrse being to make the Tefreat as arderly a one as possible, in which an additienal advantage would be gaineil if the armies of the allied nations could be goften interested in the mat- v of peace. Nowhere, however, is there greater determination to push ahead and a a a W u back home 1nd that, in be finished in a dny. It 15 en to know that, ing. these very people who hesitated to people to only w semblies prevented other fromn meeting and becomi frem Switzerland to the for the past Belgian coa o great cannot couraging had America been los- n undertaking as a world ubscribs would have put their last o into the loan. There was no oubt of themr patriotism but it was hard to mak> them see that their prac- tical as: tance was needed The greatest difficulty in e an interesi i s the prevaler getting the lean e of the “fAue” Net 15 the epidemic keening thous- nds in their , but also the reg- lations against public and private as- thensands fired with the enthusiasmt that ma uch cam- pai a cess. It is hard fo get all ajone and it was not enthusiasm that brought success. It was the stern resolution of the Amer- ican neopie th fail these * those heve should not The west front no longer extends North Sea, eck has seen the entire evacuated by the Ger- heen made and they realize what ¥ to come, hut they ars insistent tha there shall curry the war to a victorious coneiu- sion than right among the fighting men. They know what sacrifice has be no compromise and mans. The north end of the line there- forc now rests on the Duicl, frontier. The precious forty miles of the Bel- gian coastline, the vantage-point from which they FLoped to carrv the war to s T no stopping at this point to give the 5 Huns a chance to recuperate. They recognize what a mistake it wonll| he to let Germany" enter into theld making of peace terms after doin: what it has, and the manner in which they are going forward, reclaiming iost territory and crippling the ene- ! my indicates that they are not only insisting upon unconditional - surren- Ger but tells in plain terms how they would resent anv other conclusion of the war. Germany's peace taik is set- ting the armies all the more firmly at their task. measures of Massachusetts ‘in sum- to court 63 dealers of Boston who have been using unjust weighing dev defrauding the people” with whom they did bus! ness. Some of the cases are worse than others, particularly those where false scales were used, where unseen eights were used to reduce the quan- i of goods sold,and where scales which had been condemned twc years ago and found o be in use yet. It is impossible to look upon such deale: otherwise than swindlers. They re- sort to-the practices for which they hav®heen arrested for the putpose of getting more money than they are en- titled to for the goods sold. The prac- € can he no question but what the pur- chasing public is entitled to every bit oi protection which can®be given in icmselves as business men, but in nine cases out of ten they are not en- o 8 K scldiers and anarelists are wandering titled to it. Letting up on the penal- |\ oughout the land stealing and des- {y simply invites a continu | troving whatever of vaine can be practice and means an found. To complete the picture re- who have been wrangfully member that there is no government prived of their good money. At all|capable or eyen desirous of organiz- times the buyer is entitled to g pEoducien «"“dk‘”‘ ortation 2nd money's worth .and the authorities | Protecting the worker 'n Ui posses: L e il ""';‘;‘“ “‘“h 5 that Tel\ man power that can save Russiai will get it. ere should be little| from _ the horrers of the approaching onsideration for the dealer who de-| wintcr. perately schemes to swindle his fel- fowmen, + EDITORIAL NOTES. Germany is stalling in every wav possible in order to avoid following in_the footsteps of Bulgaria. The loan was ushed er the top because the people realizel that it was vital to the best interests of the coun- iry, The man on the corner says: Even conscientious objectors are willing to have the world made a fit place to|a live in. i Germany might as well understand that the quicker it takes its medicine, the quicker it will overcome the dread of the ordeal. ANl the oversubscription to the fourth Liberty loan means just so tauch less for the sovernment to bor- row later on. Austria might as well understand that no halfway measures will do now. it must meet the requirements set ‘orth or it will be foreced to. It makes little difference to whick line the Teutons withdraw, they are made perfectly aware of the fac: that the dead line is following taem eclose- Iy, | Can Germany imagine for a minute that it is goinz to clear itself of all its atroeities by the making of pro- tests to President Wilson's state- ments? If the German prince who has been invited to thé throne of Finland doesn't accept until all Finland agrees, he is likely to cdie an old man while ¢ o t | England, has been definitely know th: hetwecn the corner of H now east of Hol Iy sixty miles from the F Emden is nearly must travel this ads before reaching her huating grounds, way much of its effectiveness now er feeding these refugees . ing and has yet anything that can be im ture g country overwheln that of what must come, sh ne nothing to sell. mediate vicinity has long since been reqguis the demoral roads makes it impossible to procure it from afar. rases oceur daily the es of those uneaten by the dogs lie ty. a neated the purpose of remov of opvosi o without they tice tection of Germany”—a damning proof of the part that Germany is taking in the suvpert of the Lenine,government. Such is the report that refugees bring of ine brings riot, murder die from starvation. who dor't starve will frecz Petrograd and Mos itude of Hudson Bay The cities are entirely coal owing to the breakdown of trans- portation and given rticularly geatifying to this great success was won D -3 ¥ mostly by th> Belgians themselves un- er command of their so'd r-king. So sudden was their onset that the Ger- irely time to escape. As 5.000 of them were tranped ollind and ther chose internment by than captivity by the 200 square miles of Leen occupied by the a enemy from the earlr days of the war. Now 3 square miles the ecities of Roulers, King ed 2.000 including Ostend. Cour- of his d B S trai nd Bruge t. a place FULL PUNISHMENT DESERVED. 77 150000, e, IRt Right In keeping with what is re-| .. % o falles With the loss of cnired especially under present day |, yoto ¢ 6% 7 conditions is the action taken by the ! uhmarines is se The | state commfssioner of weights and|nearest ba are a was bar three hundred, a se us handicap to the tional distance again must quit e there vet remain es enough to carry home. The elect long the Dutch fronti 1 ‘uel and sup- her the long fied barrier has also lost that the There will 1lies' line tonches Tiolland he a constant leakage of the Belgians. who fled to Holland to escape Ger- . for they can now pass own country ound tho nd of the barrier. It is easyv to imag- ne that the Dutel - crly too eag- to be freed from » hurden of a4 will wink fice no better than hig? v rob- |2t flw';n, ape to f'w'” the ranks of bery although it may be carried on|King Albert’s army. under less violent methods. but there| *The horrors that Russia Is endur- to face agri- cultural in which no crops have been ‘his respect. | raised for a eall that the There is too often a disposition to|health of th on had already i be lenient with such frauds who class | been undermined hy four vears of uffering and pi tens of thous ion. Add the fact (s of discharged The present situation is indicative Petrograd, three of three millions, has mk to -a third of that There is business, for the markets have The food in the imy ears ago a ¢ tioned and consumed, while ized condition of the rail- A thousand new cholera All the horses in ty have perished and the carcass- round the stree ction wh Thera is no pro- soever for lif: or proper- 1.ooting 1s general and murder has eased to atiract attention. There is distinct effort to destroy all the ed- d professional cl s, with all sources to the Rolche The re the Red Guards who, warrant or authority. enter house they please and take what wish. The only protection that of any effcet is to post the no- This property is under the pro- on nly potice the situation in hte citics of Ru In the centers of population fam- and destruc- n. In the more sparsely settledgdis- ts the peasants just lie down and Many of those to death w are at the lat- and Labrator. destitute of the demoralization ef he peasantry ad their lack of teols waiting. Even if half the cleaning up that i being advocated as the result of th epidemic is done, it cannot help being has interfered with the preparation of fuel for the long winter season now at hand, In normal times after his crops are harvested the Russian peas- 2nt spends the winter in simple home- s e realized that it required a tremendous sacrifice to bring it about. Although the central powers may be trying to create the impression that the war is over it does not prevent this government from plaging new or- ders for machine guns and other war material. When Germany takes away 15,000 of the inhabitants and leayes the resi, it is quite evident™that only the in- terests of the Huns and not the dan- ger from the allied guns made the de- porting necessary, craft, and weaving. and mary of his tools are homemade. There will be none of thi; Therg is no supply of metal for the craftsman, no teols for him to work with, nobody with the money or in- clination to ki even to repair his plow and harrew for the spring planting. Nothing but idleness and starvation peasantry throughout the winter, and if is equ sium’e Lfl»nathy and help of tha warld: RBua. sueh as woodearvinz, forging Much of his furniture this winter. his product, no way face Russia’s htey live till spring the prospect hopele: The fate of Bel- seyen millions aroused the | submarine that | § ar | 1 her depredations | P¢, € “It’s. been what vou might illuminating experience,” exp! the, woman from across the hall, had just run into the corner flat her hands full of photographers’ sam- ples, “but unless you can halp me with your advice, Mrs. Canister, I am apt to lose my mind and cause damage {n the premises! 7 “No. I havan't had my |icture en. I know bhetter. It's Depjamin, my husband, who is the unhappy and de- lighted victim. I gave up the ph babit ten years ago when I had a fil length tal in a hallyown, one ef the slinky kind that wind around your ankles and make you look like a fish. It was a iovely dress,. but everybody would ask me right to my face pp- litely who was my beautiful .friend. saying they never saw a face and form quite like it. “So, although the frame cost $5.76, regretfully hung my photo in my darkest closet, face agamnsi the wall, and have lived in comparative peace ever since. ¥ D “I can't imagine -what possessed Renjamin to get his picture taken. Therp is the one taken wher he was 30 and fed all his hair. Ta this T have heen pointing with pride all these vears and it would haye done perfect- 1y well for a long while, but he claims that he grew weary of haviag people look at it amid exclaim that they never knew he had a son, 8o he stepped ini a studio to face facts. Desides, some trade paper had requested a photo and he felt that lie couldn’t gat away with the 38-year old one. Al it ,:““t:h" ng i pom perfect wite, I said ¥ dear. of course, and pl!u“‘ ght 1 be served with some dinner 7 “Absently putting a teaspoon of ,m:gflav the steak platter, one string n and:m to on ,n;nv bl;t‘ at me. Benzamin want- d. to know whether 1 thought if he had worn his gray mixiure suit it would have taken better than the blue d like the way his hair was brushed” He said he had heen unde- cided whether to let it liv loose and caveless or to 'smenth it down and he ‘had tried both ways d decided on the smooth down, but he wasn't sure even how. Being a perfect wife, 1 refrained from pointing out that as the hair alluded to was all on the back of his head the general effect was the same. $ “T had wanted to go fo the movies after dinner, but Benjamin again spread out on the flaor his preciops Pros and demanded my full attention in pieking out the hest one. This was a terrible time. Of course. the profile was rore striking, hut was it as good a likeness as the three-quarters—or what did I think ef the full face? “Fhere was one whiech made him look like a skittish patent medicine seller, sart of perky, you know, that I had a terrible time sicering him away from, and the one 1 really liked best he would have naothing to do with and was mortally insulted. Did I think his leit ear showed ur oo much in this ene—anfl didn’t this nose have a oneer looking hump on it “By this time T had Benkam# tuek- ed in bed aad thought that all was ——— “Benjamin brought all thése proofs heme when he came to dinner last night and T had to call him three times when the stock was on the table be- cauge he had all of the cleven proofs spread out en the living reom figer and eould not bear to leave tuem. At last he gatheted them up and propned them up against the fern in the table center, the water glasees and the veg- etable dishes, all facing himself and trie] to eat and watch them tae. “Fle said it reallv was remarkahle how little he had ehangel in twenty years. Of courge he knew that he was not so vounz as he onee was, but if vou imagined the hair back on his head and .a few of the wrinkles out and his chin a kit straightened and that hollaw out of his check the pie- tures looked emough lik2 {he old ong to-be the same, didn't they? Being a be- i 180 millions are s perishing yond the reach of aid. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR| Norwich Needs Mare Houses. Mr. Editor: The mest serjous situa- tion existing in Norwich today is the housing probiem. It ig serious for the people of Norwich if the city is to make any notable growih in the next five years and is to find any re- lief from taxation in inereased erand 1 is serious for the gov- ernment w is depending upon the cutput of Norwich industries. now rinning shorthanded, and producing ti.e prime necessities for eur army in the shape of clothing, machine guns and aeroplane cloth. In October, 1905, there was a special meeting of the Norwich Trade on the matter of terements in Nerwich. tion has teq for a rreat vears with only one public effort to remeay it which resulied in the erec- tion of 20 houses in 1916. Tn 1917 there were onlv six new reiiiny houses erected in the eity. his wiith 6) in Danielson and ew London in the vear the directors of ~mber of commeres took up the matter of housing but were deterred from remedial action by the advice of experts on costs of building comstruc- tion and by landlords of tenement property that was showing unsatis- factory returns on the investment. To a liarge extent the objections of the latter class are now removed. Their property is now paving. They are, however, increased taxa- tion and real the zrang list ig increased and their taxes there- Ly teduced they will be no better off than before. Tast year the industrial payroils of Norwich increased over $200,000. There were many hundreds employes able to pay more rent but six new houses enly to choose from. With the present labor ghortage it is evident that there will be a large floating_elass of workmen who stay a short time in a place ani then move on. Eventually they will settle in the community where they can get the most attractive homes. Many hun- dreds of our best young men are now the army and navy. * They will re- turn sometime in large numbers. But their world vision has enlarged their borizon and they will analyze very critically the opportunities that may be offered them when they are re- lcased again for civil iife. Good hous- ing will attract good overatives. If the operative is attr: d to a locality where opportunity is offered to own a home he becomes a permanent resi- Gent, Unless semething is done along these lines in Norwich we will not even hold our own after the war is over. Building restrictions and high prices are great restraining influences at the present time. But what Nor- wich citizens can do is to urge the need of houses upon the 1. S. Hous- ing Corporation, show the efficials of the government that by placing houses lere the investment will be a gzord one and not wiped out at the clese of the war: exhibit the faith and respon- sibility insthis project that will con- vince the government that we are pre- pared to take these houses over later when the . S. Housinz Corporation winds up its affairs and we will en- Geavor to dispose of them to indust- rial workers on easy terms. ? The meeting of the chamber of com- merce Wednesday night is the {ime and place where this important matter can e brought fo 2. head. Factory managers can and will report labor conditions und housing preblems. Here 1s the opportunity for men of hroad vision whno can ook forward to the industrial fashington, and others. Ask your doctor or druggist abaut if. Chas. Osgood, Tee & Osgzoad Co. well, but he scared me to death in the middie of the night maosnine ~nd clutching bis head. He said he wished to thunder he'd gone to that other stu- io, even if it did cost mmare. and he gucssed ho'd Lry it all over again. “T thought maybe If T could get you to pick out which proof you theusht was the best I'd hurrv down and give the order before Renjamin spent an: more meney fpolighiy T alwavs like to help a friend.” said Mrs. Carister, shutting her eves and making a grab amid the pile. “This is far' the best of the lot, yay dear Mrs. Bumhle. Tell 'him I said so” “Thanks so much!” graiefully her epller, gmbbinf the proof; T must hurry right downtown before Reniamin gets to the stulio again."— Exchange. future of Norwich as the builders of New London are deing and where over 200 houses are now being censtructed. FREDERIC W. C"ARY, President Chamber of Commerce. Norwich, Oect. 22, 1918. OTHER VIEW POINTS The quiet Sunday which pedestrians have enjoyed so much is over. But those who seck pleasure by Sunday riding deserve a pleasant day tomor- row and ungrudzed enjovment. There was no legal compulsion upon the; FL A Bui TODAY and THURSDAY Viola Dana THE HOUSE OF HATE THE SCREEN IDOL Mack Sennett Comedy i e e R T R S B A SCREEN CLASSIC 1 AMERICA'S FOREMOST ACTOR: 6-Part Artcraft “Special The Hun Withi he Hun Within This is no picture of fancy—but of fact. s K See for yourself the way the Hun-snakes work, = Seée: | their cunning, and then rejoice in that swifter, alerter brain of Ungcle Sam which checkmates them by night and by day. A great picture—see it! ' GLORIA SWANSON In the 5-Part Triangle Drama SHIFTING SANDS U. S. OFFICIAL WAR REVIEW N OWER OF THE DUSK SWEET NEW ENGLAND LOVE STORY ] 2-PART rion Holmes’ Travelogue 1 BURTON HOLMES' great opini foct but they observed the moral prohibi- tion with almost perfect record ceive: | great The establishment of school in Merit the boys and g TRAVEL PICTURES VAUDEVILLE TOMORROW et eieay proof of the power of -public’ on.—Waterbury American. a vecational will be a boon to of that city whe country but for the world and it is.of are attending school. It will give them ; importance that we should have men an opportunity to supplement. their | And women who can by, their brain book iearning by a course in indus- | and skill supply the wants of the trial training and mechanical sk world’s inhabitants—Hartford Times, This system makes a comb! R which }m‘o for the best History Repeats ltself. education, namely, that which will in- History repeats itself, ‘and the par- form the mind and train it to think, | ticular bBit of history we hope to see and epdow the hands with skill thatrepeated soon is that recorded by will enable them to give practical ef- hJulius Caesar, to wit: “The Germans p as which the mind cen- | turned and ran, nor did they stop un- After the war there will be a | til ihey had crossed the Rhine.’—St. deal to be done not only for this{Paul Press. to the id s. “Spokes”— and the Swift “Wheel” What would you consumers think of a wheel with- out spokes? What would you think of a man who wauld take any or all of the spokes out of a wheel to make it run better? Swift & Company's business of getting fresh meat to you is a wheel, of which the packing plant is only the hub. Retail dealers are the rim—and Swift & Company Branch Houses are the spokes. The hub wouldn't do the wheel much good and you wouldn’t have much use for hub or rim if it weren’t for .- the spokes that fit them all together to make a wheel of it. - Swift & Company Branch Houses are placed, after thorough investigation, in centers where they can. be- successfully operated anid do the most good for the people at the least possible cost. : Each “spoke” is in charge of 2 man who knows that he is there to keep you supplied at all times with meat, sweet and fresh; and who knows that if he doesn’t do it, his competitor will. How much good would the hub and the rim of the Swift “wheel” do you if the spokes were done away with? - Swift & Company, U.S A Norwich Local Branch, 7 Commerce Street H. C. Adams, Manager