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Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

Those who voted for Woodrow Will son are finding out what it means to desert a certainty for an uncertainty
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

April is making serious inroads into the surplus coal pile which the mild winter left.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

The Boston police must now excite the envy of the New York blue coats. Kid Carter. who confessed there to several murders, planes the police for it.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

From the way in which the demo- -crats are seeking office there is no danger of a hunger strike being insti- tuted right away
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

Governor Blease of South Carolina declares that the courts cannot dic- tate to him. There is 3 display of judicial recall with a vengeance.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

Self preservation is the first law of nature, but by the way the demo- crats are husuing for free trade it does not apply to nations.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

Clark and Bryan have agreed on reconciliation but the chances are that they will not take q fishing trip to- gether this summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22
CALIFORNIA AND JAPANESE.

The Japanese question is one which has long given the state of California
 much concern. On previous occasions it has attempted radical legislation which would operate against that na- ton and the matter of the Japanese still continues to be cause for op- position in whatever manner it is con sidered. When the question of edu-
 cation was up few years ago. in or
 der to relieve the situation Japan
 agreed to use it's influence against inn
 migration to this country and figures
 show that it has.
 The fact that those who have come
 here and started at a low wage in
 the agricultural districts. and later de-
 manded more pay and as result of
 their training have gone into business for themselves has made the state dis like the encroa chment and started the pending legislation against alien land ownership As a matter of fact there are but 44,000 Japanese in the state of two and a third million population and that the Japanese own but 199 farms and about the same number of pieces of city property. all to a total value of less than a half million indicates the small control they have.
 It is apparently more fear than fact which is actuating the Californians in their present move. The lesson which the Japanese have given them has not been fully learned. It is the competi- i tion which they are creating against l which the natives are up in arms and l it behooves the California growers to | hold onto their land, give it the proper i development and maintain their prom 1 thence in the pursuit of agriculture if i they want to keep the Japanese away. The situation and the cause for it | should not be allowed to bring the i entire country into an international squab bbfe.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

mired in us what Goethe admired in Schiller, the grand style of life.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

6aiifoFHia evidently felt the pressure which is being placed on the legis iatttre when II decided to PestRe action until this week. Tine %isest Legislation is never enacted without pTePeF thought and consideration,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

The women of Meriden will undoubt- edly play an important part in the To- cal Fourth of July celebra tion If present plans are developed. there will be many interesting and artistic fea- lures in which women will he the guid ing spirits.-Meriden Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

IL might be interesting to know what the city is going to do in the way of participating in and assisting to make clean up week a success.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

Whether Beelzebub is father of lies, or as Prof. Haupt says father of flies, his progeny either way is numerous enough and equally undesirable.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

Tine New England conference oil railroads will be hsld at Boston this week, This should open with the fixed belief that New Englends railroads are working fer it's benefit, not trying to stFaheie 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22
N0MAN'S ILLS
 DISAPPEARED
ike Magic'after taking Lydia E. Pinkllaln's Vegetable
 Compound.

North Bangor, N. Y.-"As have
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-22

Lack pf enforcement is the weak point in all pro lective efforts, Here IT our c"n state the game ward en system is. joke. Now an6 then an official is active. but as 8 rule hunters
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

principles of Charity, Justice. Broth
erly Doye and Fidelity"
"Elks aim TO practise these COM
mendable virtues, not only with mem-
bers of the order hut toward all man
kind
"our notices are:
",Te do unto others as we would
they should do unto us.
The faults of our brothers we
write mpon the sand their virtues M
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

ship than any other club in the city.
Know. too. that an Elks' Club is
n real club in every sense 1f the term.
It is no mere lodge room It has
nearly all the comforts OF home that
any place may have which isn't bless
ed by woman and a few that do not
flourish under female direction in
most homes. such as billiard tables
and bar There are no lines drawn
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

ity appealed strongly and who gave
stability and local standing to the fra
ternity.
As is true of nearly all societies
which have really grown strong. the
charter members who are now living
are privileged to see n development of
which they never, dreamed and proba-
bly, can hardly understand. 1t is not
my privilege to know any of the char
ter members of the Jolly Corks. but
I know it is with mingled emotions
that they regard the plans of the mill
ion-dollar Elks' Club which is to be
the home of the Mother Lodge on For
ty-third Street. just off broadway. in
New York City. or the similar club
which the Philadelphia lodge .complet-
ed four years ago. Clubs which cost
$4,000 TO 100000 are scattered
throughout the States and territories.
In many cities they are more comlor-
table hcttcr equipped, and have what
is called more desirable" member
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

City Similar things happen every
week wherever there are Elks. Ta
attempt to go beyond ones own per-
sUIaI experiences i'm mentioning in
stances would mean the preparation
&C ab ulky volume
No such elaboration Of the Elk idea
Is possible in those little scrawny cit
les OF the type mentioned at the be
ginning Of the article But the wormth
of the spirit is there Give the first
Fir You meet half a smile and he will
come all the way TO meet you and find
way to make YOU glad you came.
The Grand Lodge is 4 movable in
stirutj0n It Is wherever the Grand
Exalted Ruler is. The Grand Lodge
Meeting and Reunion is held from year
to year and BE- Is a mighty notable fes-
tiyity as well as the important Occa-
sion OF the election OF Officers and the
settling OF the business policy Of the
order Tor the ensuing year. The geo
ar9phiCII situation Of the city makes
but little difference i'm the attendance.
There viii be no more Elks In pro-
portion to the total membership at At
lantic City next year than at Detroit
this year or than there will be at FL
PasO in 1912.
All in all, when YOU see a man iwth
proug-horned deer head on his coat
lapel or an elk tooth on his watch
chain, YOU see one who is trying to
make the United States a kinder.
more cheerful place to live IN. The
Order OF Elks is a good help to every
Elk and good help to its country.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

promise to lay all other business aside
and run to the rescue of every Elk
who may be reported to be in trouble
He simply subscribes to the teaching
of the order: he undertakes to live in
good will with his fellow Elks and
bear a. stipulated share OF the expenses
of his lodge and Of the Grand Lodge.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

which ISSUES Oriers-aHd as few Of
them as po-s.ble-fOr the government
uI all tie subordinate lodges u is
taken for granted thai he will helm
where be- can: aud he does. lie does
not even have tp attend meetings II
He doesn't want 10: forced attendance
isu.f apt TO gather "a spontaneously
cheerful assembly OF good-natured
spirits Or he Is a good Elk he will
attend as many as he can convenient
ly. % be is not q good Elk he viii get
out Of the order autOmatically-by the
easy process Of not paving his dues
For the average man will not c1ntin-
ue TO pay his dues every year for the
privilege Of wearing little gold badge
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31
The Story of
the Organization

lC0utiuued from page . first sectioHI
sandwiches. song and story There
war the inevitable clash with those
WIN wanted nothing more than a per
pafuafiua = the Jolly COrks. The
s0ucr minded brothers used the
strong arm. the rOystererz were
expelled without the tOrmaliJy Of
Tie trial called for by the orig
iuaI constitution and at least one
nf those who had been the first TO out
lire the plan ana scope Of the new or
der was rolled down The steps OF the
lafo Brother Tony Pastors variety
theatre on his bcfuddlei head when
be presented himself iu what the eE-
press companies call bad order" al
the first formal public entertainment
Or the lodge
Then again. despite the solemn NOR
aliziug Of some unofficial historians
about the almost Supernatural nature
Of the Inspirations which gave the fra
tcrnlty It's name. We have the picture
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

City ] was in casual conversation
with the manager Of one of the thea
tres when he was waited upon by "a
committee from the Elks whOi invited
"the company and friends to come 10
the Elks Club TO a party after the end
Of the show. The same invitation
went TO every theatre in town. Sight
seeing automobiles went to the stage
doors and collected the guests, priu-
cipals, comedians high and low. ju-
yrniles, chorus girls and all There
was suppre spread in the Dutch
grill room. There was song and re-
cital in the great lodge room above
until well along toward dawn. There
wasn't anybody who went home with
out sort Of pity for those who had
not come. II gave one deeper re-
gard for the order to know that all
over the United States there were near
ly twelve hundred other lodges of
Elks. each OF them doing what It could
afford TO do toward being happy and
making the rest Of the world feel hap
Ply and reducing the sum Of human
misery insofar as material help will
reduce it,
IL was from the same spirit that
little later in the same city there was
sudden COmmandeering of aut1mo-
biles and the rushing of a volunteer
committee through the stores and out
into the suburbs on learning that BY
some striugency Of finances. the pick
auniuuies OF the coIored OrUha asy-
lum were not going to have any Christ
mas.
These things happened in Kansas
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

on the tHblDJs of memory"
Again, only the other day, behind
the counter OF q modest little shop iu
% side street OF % western city. ] found
a quotation from some preacher OF the
Elk doctrine iH q placard back OF the
prODrietUr's desk:
The Elks are not an assurance or
an assessment organization. They are
the clan whose blood ctrculates. Their
cardinal virtues are TO aid the sick
bury the dead and inject sunshine into
dark places. They are not saints
simply disbursers Of practical CHRIS
tiauity
There are no Eiks In Dotters fields
or county shr0uds They live los the
way and lend to the Lord; for they
give 10 the poor Their mission is to
do good.
There are no hungry EIks. a
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

square meal beats prayer for a hungry
stomach. A warm toddy discounts ad-
vice on cold morning"
There are doubtless good people who
may regard such sentiments as these
with lifted eyebrow fer them there
Is an answer: there Is i'm them n GER
tain spirit which Isn't In the Elk.
Elks tell me that when a man is
made an Elk he takes no oath OF OBJ
legation which binds him TO divide his
fortune with every other Elk who may
come along. He makes no contract
to Contribute to the support or the bur
ial of needy brother He does not
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

which is meaningless to him
The wisdom OF this attitude Is man
iTe=t when % careful canyassing OF the
whole Of the Elks shows that less than
one per cent OF the membership is
dropped from the rolls for Delinquent
cy The percentage decreases as the
order grows more popuIous with the
years. There is but one dead lodge
out Of the twelve hundred. though sew
eral lodges have been disciplined when
they haye fallen below that standard
Of usefulness Of which the Grand
Lodge is the Judge
The institution of a new lodge is
not permitted in any city which has
not five thousand population: no city.
except New York (which is allowed
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

will stand for The aid OF a member
whose troubles money will relieve.
This relief Is secretly given. NJ one
outside the lodge knows anything
about DO; sometimes the power of Civ
ing relief is delegated To an inner
council and then the name OF the ben
eficiary is concealed even from his
fellow lodge members
The business meetings are secret,
but guests are frequently invited TO
the social sessions. If they do not
have a good time it Is their own fault;
the Elks do. Dr. is traditional in tho
Mother Lodge, that whatever else is
on the program. there shall De a keg
of beer. or q succession of them. and
beside il all varieties Of soft stuff
the most abstemi0us OF men shall re-
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

of Brothers Mcdonald and Thompson.
with the sulmenity cf the oycrgrown
boys that they were, pOring over the
natural histories of Cooper Union IL
brnry IN. vain. until Brother Riggs re
called the fact that. though born in
Buffalo, he firs, saw the light on Elk
street
1t was the simplicity and sound
sense and good hearteiness Of these
first discoyerers OF the Elk domain
which has made the order endure. And
so long as this simplicity OF purpose
ls maintained. no matter how magni-
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

one for each borough may have more
than one. II Is the purpose of the fra
ternity that each lodge shall have
plenty Of material to grow strong on;
there can be no installation until
there are thirty candidates for initia-
ton, ST whom at least twenty-five are
present to be initiated when the lodge
is created.
1t is well for the quick growth of
its founders We're theatrical folk. Act
Ors are migratory people; they spread
the idea and 1t was eagerly grasped by
men Of other callings throughout the
country to whom the propaganda of
good will and simplicity and sociabil-
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

is the same range in the amount of
the annual dues.
Each lodge has its own relief fund.
1t may vote, or delegate to its council
to vote. any sum which the treasury
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

between Elks. Every member Of the
lodge is a member af the club and ev-
cry member OF the club is a non-resi-
dent member OF every club outside his
own city.
As each lodge is the sole Judge as
to the qualifications of its members,
so It fixes for itself the extent to which
its charitable work and its entertain
ments shall be carried; 1t fixes its
own initiation fees and dues. The
Grand Lodge receives a uniform head
tax far each member In New York
for instance. the initiation. fee is 800;
in Kansas City It is $50; in many
smaller cities It is as low as $15. There
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

quire. Most Of the other lodges where
the local sumptuary laws permit have
followed this example. The part OF
the entertainment which appeals to the
mind depends upon the membership.
There has remained enough of the
theatrical tradition. brought into the
lodge by the founders that any stray
dramatic talent I'm town. whether i'm
the pers-H of a resident or a guest,
may be drafted. Anyway there is al
ways song and the swapping OF harm
less yarns
The possibilities for the Frightening
Of nj least one evening week afforded
by an Elks' lodge was borne in uuOu
me one day last summer in Kansas
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-31

ficent the club houses are made. no
matter how ornate the costumes of the
marching clubs which glorify process
ions In which Elks appear from time
to time. the Elks Will nGt become eN-
tinct
do not know who wrote this defi-
milton of the range of Elks. but the
order has good cause to be proud of
him.
"This order is founded In the broad
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-04

general from Madrid took his outdoor
sport campaigning against the Moros.
nut until the island was occupied by
United States troops in 1895 they had
never been really %subdued.
Such were the MorOs when Uncle
sam took the contract for their paci-
fcation and uplift. And derisive enough
were the comments of many British
German aDers. Sad. sudden and
sickening failure was freely predicted:
for said these journals, what do the
Yankees know OF the oriental. or IT
ruling him.
Hark. now. for the answer.
To-day in Mindanao FAST farms of
nemp m flourish in the fer
tile valleys; scores OF contented Moros
are ON Yankee payrolls and even u
most captious critics. the British cou-
SINS, admit that Yankee rule in Min
danao has been a glad surprise to the
civilized world. First, under General
Wood. then under Bliss, Hoyt and
pershing, h tanning OF the Moros and
the trial OF the golden rule has gone
on.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-04
FRAUD IS APPARENT IN
SAME HANDWRITING
ut Of a Dozen Signatures Of
Expert No Two Will Be
Alike.
From Harper's Weekly.

Most ingenious means are nowadays
employed in the detection of forgery. 1t
is a very clever forger indeed who can
deceive the up-to-date expert in chirog-
ply
AS has been pointed Out by Sandherg.
the expert ma put a juror to the proof
that out OF a dozen signatures of his w
name no two will be alike in general
form. Then the expert may turn to the
authentic and forged signatures in almost
any case and show to the layman that
the first question of forgery arose from
the fact that these two signatures are at
first glance identically alike almost to
the minutest detail. The forger has been
too skillful. He has held to the old prin-
ciple of copying the authentic signature
Ahat he has at hand. and the consequence
is that the more nearly he can reproduce
the signature in every proportion the more
readily can the forgery be proved.
A most significant fact upon which the
expert nay base his Investigations of
possible forgery is that every one has
his '.pen scope This technical term
describes the average stretch of paper
that one may cover without lifting the pen
from paper and shifting the hand to
continue the line.
In the case Of signature. IL should be
one of the easiest and least studied group
of words that the writer should be called
upon to put upon paper. In writing q
letter. for instance, the pen scope through
out may exhibit an average stretch of one
inch for the text of letter. while in the
signature the whole length of the name,
twice as long. may be covered. but II
the writer covers the full stretch of his
name in this way, the expert may prove
by the shorter pen scope OF copyist hat
the studied copy is y forgery on It's face.
For. h0wevcr free of stroke the forger
may naturally be. his effort to produce
q fac-simile Of another's signature will rem
der his scope shorter than that OF the
rigina stgne1.
4! common means Of reproducing q sig
nature is to place the original signature
on "a piece Ut glass. la. another piece of
glass on top of ii. and fasten the paper
that is to receive the forgery on top of
that. Then by holding the glass strips to
a bright light the original signature casts
a shadow through; and this may be traced
in pencil. From this the ink forgery is
made. When. however. a forgery accom-
plished by this means Is placed under =
strong magnify.ng glass it will not past
muster. X the original has a strong down
strike on the capital letters. the movement
will be free and will leave the pen lines
with smooth edges. The individual who is
tracing such letters cannot trust himself
to the same free movement Of the pen. and
the result shows, under the glass, hest-
fancy and uncertainty.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-04
cHAPTER XIV, Continued.

Having skillfully wrought her up to-
this point, Peggie had retired. leaving
her revelations to work upO Lady
Drumloch's long-dorlnant but far from
extinct passion for the cause which had
robbed her of husband, sons and world
~ possessions. and left her nothing for
the consolation of her declining years
bu unrecognized devotion to the most
ungrateful OF dynasties.
To- excited to think of bed, h cous-
ms were still eagerly exchanging con-
fidences, when Prue stopped abruptly
and listened. Peggte was hurrying on
with her story, but Prue checked her
with a warning hand.
.Hark, Peggie. did you near that?
Was it not someone knocking at our
door,"
Peegie listened. and the knocking
was repeated. She threw open the win
dow. and thrusting her head out. with
drew it after q brief investigation. with
the announcement that there was a
man in the street. looking up at their
lighted window.
..Only one MANI" queried Prue. Can
81 think not said Peggic; lit does
moi seem tall enOugh--this man is
there is the knocking again-what shall
we do?''
Something he's happened to Robin"
cried Prue, hastily throwing a cloak
" i3G1s u ~ ~ ASVA ~AsN ~
what Is the matter
"IIl come with you.' cried Peggie.
impelled partly by curiosity and partly
by the impulse to protect her cousin.
They ran down together, and at the
door paused to take counsel. 1t was
no thing in those days for
the "Mohawks'' to batter thus at quiet
citizens doors and mistreat the person
who answered their summons, or even.
If O. woman, to carry her off, sllrieking
and struggling.
who Is there" Prue demanded
through the closed door.
ut is i. Steve Larkyn.'' q voice re-
piled. ''Oh! Mistress Brooke, I be-
seech you open the door; they have
taken my master!"
Prue flung the door open. n there
stood steve. CHASTITY pale IN the broad
moonlight.
aTiley have taken your master? Then
what are you doing here, alive and un-
huit?'' she cried p~assionately.
MADAM, what could one arm, and
without . sword, avail against a dozen
men, fully armed1 The captain had
but time to say to mo-, Fly to Pru-
dence.-your pardon. but those were
his wordsewhen they surrounded him
and made him prisoner without q
chance to defend himself"
.Oh. dear God!" murmNred Prue.
covering her face with her trembling
hands. cit 10 my fault; Il I had left
him with Barbara, he would now be
safe. / brought him away to his death
for o jealous within! Where have they
taken him?'' she demanded. looking ut
Steve with widely distended yer ITO
Newgate? to the tower? Tell me and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-04
Tanning Of the Meros.

FFON1 VNe CnFl9VlaN HeTaIU.
From LuzOni to Thursday island the
word Moro stood for cruelty and
bloodshed. For go years. these ia
naticx held ,~ndisputed sway. robbing,
killing and taking slave at will. Not
a coast town In the Philippine group
had escaped their ravages. and a Span
ish priest was looked on as a prize cap
tive. Thousands OF boys and girls were
stolen and forced into slavery.
1t was not until about the time of
DUR civil war that the ~9paniards. by
bringing out some 20 small steam gum.
boats from Europe. weresable ven to
To this day northern island natiyee
speak with dread of the Moros. and In
many coast towns one may see old
stone forts, built long ago to repel
Moro raids. Every successive governor