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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
EDIsoN's CONCRETE coNsTRUc.
 TON,

Everyone will wait eagerly for a more detailed report upon the destruc- tion of the seven million dollar re- inforced concrete and f1reproof plant of Thomas 4. Edison. MT. Edison has been an enthusiastic advocate of this form of construction He advanced the idea for the pouring of concrete houses and throughout the world there has been general recognition of the merits of the idea as applied to bus mess blocks and factories, to such an extent that it has come to be the mod ern method of building Great reliance has been placed upon it both for it's permanency and it's non-inflammable character.
 It is indeed a bit peculiar that this demonstration should be made upon property of MT. Edison, for, while it entails a tremendous loss, there seems to have been little or no resistance to the flames and what was consid- cred f1reproof and therefore much more expensive was not immune. The result was just what wasn't expected.
 That it wasn't fireproof has been es- tablished, but just why it wasn't and how it furnished such a feeder for the fire once it was started remains for MT. Edison to explain. If the walls alone were of reinforced concrete, or wood was extensively used in the con- struction. it might be expected that fire would sweep through wherever there was anything to burn and it seems probable such must be the case How ever until such facts are known it will not do to condemn the building which is constructed outside and inside of reinforced concrete. MT. Edison's fu- ture building plans will likewise be watched with interest.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

the forsrunner of the recent invssti- sation, how far beyond the control of the legislature were the affairs of that commonwealth when measures which had been actually indefinitely postponed were carried along as if receiving favorable action and re- ceived the signatures of the presid- ing omcials of both houses and even the governor. The probe has. however, done more than to unearth the re- spousibility for such laxity, for it went behind the curtains and revealed sit- uation which Indiana cannot with re- spect to itself permit to continue. It was an instance where the service of the grand jury was sought. It has apparently done it's work thoroughly and 1t is now for Indiana to take such steps that 1t will not occur again.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Overcoming Waste.

Scotch manufacturers use the soot from their chimneys to make shoe backing; they import cork shavings from Spain and Portugal out or which to make hnoleum. The cotton mills or Lancashire, though they pay more Tor the coal they burns have lower fuel bills than American mills because of more efficient stolking. They utilize most of the cotton waste which IS thown away by American mills.
 A thrifty housewife, the mother of nine children, who lives in Minnesota, says that she saves enough out of her household expenditures as compared with her neighbors' living costs, to support another family half the size ot
 when she buys potatoes she gets them when they are most plentiful thirty bushels at a time In the same way she buys quantities of cabbages, beets, turnips. carrots, celery; she crate, vinegar by the gallon, whole hams and bacon by the hundred pounds. These things she stores in her cellar and she keeps the key. This woman buys clothing in duan~ titles and every merchant is willing to reduce his prices under such condi- tions.
 She has borrowed money at the bank in order to buy a two family house and eliminate the waste of rent pay ing and substitute for it some actual income from the half that can be rented.
 What the Minnesota woman has done is exactly what the successful manufacturing corporations have had to do in order to make good profits for their owners. There's no magic in these acomplishmentss'' said the head of one of our country's greatest and most successful public service corporations, referring to it's waste saving programme.
 Those who are able to see the hnan- cial value of waste elimination and act
 upon their vision are the sane, steady and persistent workers who can look beyond to-day's needs and predict the requirements of tomorrow. Personal thrift begins, must begin, with the elimination of waste!
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
TREAT THE INDIANS RIGHT.

The care of the Indians is no small part of the concern of the govern nnent and this is fully indicated in the annual report of Franklin K Lane, secretary of the interior. It is a, prob lem which has taxed every head of the department and it is one which still faces others to come.
 From his report, however, it is quite evident that Secretary Lane has not overlooked these people. referred to by him as the wards of the nation, '' and he does not approve of maintain ing the same relation with them that there has been in the past. It is his belief that the existing method of deal- ing with them is not the proper one and that it is not to their interest that it be continued. There have been many scandals in connection with the manner in which these people have been treated and while it is difficult to see the justice in his belief that it would be better to sever all ties between the Indian and the govern naent, give every man his own and let him go his way to success or destruction, rather than keep alive in the Indian the belief that he is to re- main a ward of the government" it can be understood that there should be a greater cultivation of self reliance among those people.
 Such a policy has been started in a small way and the worth of 1t Is going to be obtained as it is in creased. There is 8 responsibility to the Indians which the government cannot shirk, but it should endeavor to administer it in the best possible manner, not only for it's own inter- ests, but for the welfare of the h. dians. They should be treated right.
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MEXICAN BORDER TROUBLE.

Through making allowances for the location of border cities much patience has been manifested by this country over the many Americans who have been killed and wounded along the Mexican line. With no apparent let up despite the representations to the factionaI leaders to the south of the line, and the realization that all such shooting can hardly be classed as acci- dental. the determination upon the part of this country to adopt a differ ent course Is entirely justified.
 If the sending of troops and artfl- lery to the Mexican border has the good effect which resulted on pre- yious occasions, 1t will bring a well comed and timely relief Go many To- caiities. even though the ad1ninistra- ton Is just as heteF1nined as ever that there shall be no invasion of the re- pubic to the south of the Rio Grande. Dependence is placed upon the pres ence of the forces to have their good effect but in addition much more may be expected from the order given to fire back if Mexicans continue to vio- late their rights.
 This of course calls for the exer- else of proper judgment in the carry ing out of such an order if it is going to he possible to administer lessor and still remain at the north Of the line. Still there can be no half heart ed activity about it If the rights o1 the people of this country are going to be protected 1t is time that Uncle Sam put his foot down and made il certain that he would tolerate no more shooting across the border.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
aereat Green Way.~

According to the Waterbury Amer ican, Meriden's proposed great green way" of Christmas trees is so appeal ing that the people of the Brass City would fain 'tgo and do likewise" All of which indicates that good news, as well as bad, travels fast, and that a novel idea is sometimes worth irni- tating.--Meriden Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

When the charter was being re- vised some time ago it was proposed to insert a provision that the liability in cases of falling on icy sidewalks should rest on the property owner. but it was so strongly opposed that it if a person fell on a sidewalk and sued the owner of the adjoining prop erty and obtained substantial dam ages that it might mean his ruin and the loss of all his property. The matter was discussed at length. in fact it was one of the best and most interesting discussions ever held be- fore a committee at work upon a charter for New Britain.-New Britain Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

In the report for 1914 by Dean E. Jones of the college it is seen that for the last five years there has been a steady increase in the number of men entering the college. as a result of which the faculty is confronted witL several troublesome problems. Bat tell Chapel is, too small to accommo- date the students. During the past year men entering with an advanced standing have been excused from the daily chapel. and other expedients have been adopted, in order to reduce the number to the seating capacity of the chapel. During the coming year a still larger number of men must be excused from chapel services. When the dorInitories on York street were leased by the college it was thought that there would be sufficient accom-
 ncoations for the entire body of stu dents, but the unusual size of tho en- tering class in the fall of 1918 upseS all calculations and notwithstandiEg the increased dormitory capacity a number of freshmen were obliged to secure lodgings in private houses. Forty eight members of the sopho- moro class have been unable to secure rooms in college buildings for the year 1914-1915, and there are on file 315 applications for quarters ins the fresh- man dormitories, the maximum nun- bers of rooms available being 200. It appears, then, that a large body of freshmen and sophomore musts be housed outside of the college oail1- ings. The faculty is now facing the danger of return to the old private dormitory system which was abolish ed several years ago. Permission to rent private houses has already been sought by groups of students and if is difficult to refuse such requests when no adequate accommo odations Saa be offered. The third result of ths rapid growth of the college is the increased size of divisions and the necessity of erlarging the recititation rooms and of adding to the teaching staff These fectg warrant consideration of he future policy of the college. It has been suggested that Some IirnIt be hundred men cannot be accommo lat . e.i in buildings, designed to hold enc tacus and and if the authorities arc unwilling to restrict the enrolment the equipment must be increased. 4 building for educational purposes and dormitories for at least three hundred men are necessary to provide for the present registration. If the necessary funds can be secured, possibilities are open either to erect additional build ing on the land north of the present library on the campus; or to erect a new building on the land north Of Ed wards and Taylor halls, the Divinity buildings, or on Pierson Sage square The report from the Art cisooI and the schools of Medicine and Religion show promising increases in equipment and i in gifts. No definite changes of pol icy are mentioned in any of these re- ports.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

Rhode Island proposes to take no chances with the foot and mouth disease among cattle. IL plans to inspect every herd in the state and to discover the disease. if possible. in it's ilacipient stages. This appears to be a wise percaution, and if carried out with thoroughness by men com potent to do the work it should be worth all that it will cost. Only prompt action. apparently, prevents the spread of the disease, and this action cannot be taken until the presence of the disease has been detected.-Hart- ford Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

4 citizen army with opportunity for everyone 10 acquire training is Pres ident Wilson's solution of the defense problem. but even under inc existing national guard plan it might be en- Tightening to learn from the commando CTS the difficulty in keeping up to the present unified ranks
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
OTHER VIEW POINTS

In some instances the militia forces have been allowed to de- teriorate by reason of insufficient state appropriations. The equipment has become woefully inadequate for effective duty, and the federal gov ernment feels that it would be fool- ish to extend part of the appropria- ton in states where the common wealth shirlxs its share of the re- sponsibility for proper upkeep. This condition does not exist in Connecti- cut.-New Haven Union
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

Great Britain and Italy know enough about the anti-alien law of Arizona to protest against 1t, but the state department had to hold up it's oper- ation to find out what it is all about.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

When Germany makes Austria. offer Italy the city of Trent as a peace contribution there can be no question how much her neutrality is desired or how much her participation is feared
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

It is a little bit early, but the open. ing of the stock exchange will be none the less Christmas present tc many in Wall street
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

The man on the corner says: It is always more interesting to watch the hands go round on d gas meter that isn't your own.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

While the Goeben will be laid up for two months for repairs, there is no such good luck for the Scharnhorst, Leipzig and Gneisenau.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

The president would buy a fleet to help trade before it is needed, but he thinks the country is properly taken care of against such a, possibility as war.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

The disclosures which federal off cers have made in Hartford are enough to bring that vice commission back into activity.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

A Chicago tenement house has 1,596 people and eight batlltubs. There's a chance for Villa to make a valuable gift by contributing his movable one.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

The opening of December gives evil dence of more storms to come and it is a pretty good sign of what is go- ing to happen in congress.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

The Nobel peace prize committee has decided to hold no meeting this year, but there seems to be no reason for overlooking the A. B. c. confer ence.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

This is one of the times of the year when extra efforts should be made to keep the holes out of the stockings.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

Those who have tried it know how much easier it is to keep a good side- walk clean than it is a poor one.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

In the report of Secretary Stokes, made public last Wednesday, there ap- pear many interesting facts. Among the subjects of special importance dis
 cussed in the report are the history of the university calendar; the record of graduates of Connecticut High schools at Yale; and the general scope and usefulness of our public colIec- tions. Of the many matters of in-
 terest in the reports of the several Deans and Directors the following are worthy of special mention. Tn the college; the plans formulated for a system of special honors, whereby
 students who desire to do much more than the required amount of work vii
 be given instruction particularly adapted to their purposes, and be freed from certain of the restrictions placed upon their less ambitious feI- lows. Tn the Sheffield Scientific school ; the plans for fourth and fifth year courses in science, in engineering, and in business administration and the conditional anonymous pledge of one hundred thousand dollars to the Shefleld trustees to promote the purpose last named; also the large gift
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
BULLETINS SPECIAL YALE LETTER
Regatta Arranged With University of Pennsyvania for April 3-Collesiate Rowing Association Formed d-Systenaadc Plan for Handling Students Baggage of Secre tary Stokes and Dean Jones.

of land from Merton F. Plant to the trustees in connection with the work of the school in surveying. This land which was given to the school this foIl is situated at East Lyme and will be used by the civil engineering depart ulent as a summer camp. The sug- gestion by Secretary Stokes to the president regarding lengthening the university year by O week is certain to provoke widespread interest and discussion. MT. Stokes in studying statistics to support his suggestion finds that the Yale student has 1Se days of rest and 179 days of college work. This has taken into account excused work days, Sundays and "cuts.n
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
EpIT6RIAL NoTEs

It looks as if Germany expected Trent to serve as a. red herring.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
pRosE woRkEp WELL.

There are investigations which amount to something and there are jaries which when set to work actually probe into the conditions under sus- picicn. This for instance is shown in the situation which developed recent ly f1 Indiana where election officials oe Terre Haute were indicted. but has been followed by the indictment of thirteen members and employees of the legislature in connection with the use of public money not in accordance with law.
 ma. there was Q greater power, po- nticaily, than the laws, is shown by the report of the grand jury when it declares that by the evidence appoint ments were made whether there were vacancies or not so 'ong az they were urged by Thomas Taggert and another less well known.
 zt was indicated some tina axnA as
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

A new association, to be known as the Collegiate Rowing association, has been formed to consist of crew man. agers and captains. The plans for the meeting held in Philadelphia last week Friday. The new association is in tended to serve a double purpose, to promote interest in rowing among the colleges and schools of the country and to establish an annual clearing house for managers to arrange early season races Hitherto races have been scheduled without any concerted action The new plan is an important innovation and is expected to put the arrangement of races on a practical basis. Another advantage of the new plan consists in the fact that conflicts in dates will be avoided The man agers of crews will cooperate to in crease and promote the interests of rowing among the preparatory schools of the country, to establish an inter- est in rowing among those schools which now do not have rowing as a part of their athletics, and to increase the interest in rowing in those schools that do. It is earnestly hoped that shells may be placed by the associa- ton in some of the more important preparatory schools Of the country. as by the separate colleges. Manager Fred E. Davis of the Pennsylvania crew was elected chairman of the as- sociation. The next annual meeting will be held in New Haven during the second week of November, 1915. The visiting captains and managers were entertained at dinner by the Penn sylvania crew. Seven colleges were represented at the meeting: Harvard, Columbia, The United States Naval Academy, Cornell, University of Penn sylyanias Princeton and Yale.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

New Haven, Dec. 1o.--A regatta with the University of Pennsylva1ata has been scheduled for April 3. Both the first and second university crews will compete over a mile and a half course on tho Schuykilk river. The main purpose of this race will be to furnish some preparation for the Harvard race in June, in accordance with last seasons policy of holding at least one race before this final event. This will be the first time ln 26 years that Yale has met Pennsyl- vania on the water. In the years 1SS6 to 1889 Yale rowed Pennsylvania at New London a week or so before the Harvard race, and won both races all four years This race in April will also give some basis for comparing the Yale Harvard and the Poughkeep- sic regattas, as Pennsylvania crews are members of the latter, and if, as is probable, Pennsylvania rows Harvard, it will give some idea of the relative strength of the two crews before the Yale Harvard race. The university crews will leave for Philadelphia on March S1, and stay until the race as guests of the Pennsylvania manage nent, which will give them an oppor- tunity to hold few days preliminary rowing over thee course, before the race.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

There has always been at the close of each term great difficulty in sat- isfactoriIy handling and transporting students baggage. The college au- thorities therefore have decided that efforts should be made to provide a systematic arrangement for doing this. They believed that the annoyauces att tendant to the students on their de- parture would be greatly lessened if an office were established, near the university, which should furnish pas senger tickets covering transportation to any destination in the United States and Canada This office will also provide for taking care of from the students rooms to their ultimate destination. The office is to located in the Yale Ticket department which has a good central position. The of fee which will be established the fist part of next week will operate until the end of the term, December IS. The office will be under the direction of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. The collecting of baggage will be carried on in a most systematic fashion. Each dorInitory will be visited in turn and in this way the nuisance of unnecessary and con . staut entrance into the buildings will be eliminated. This system will in- sure regular and early transperta- ton of all baggage.
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Norwich, Friday. Dec. ii, 1914.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-14
German Aviators Fly OUer
British Ports, Says Berlin
Wireless Tells of Trips to Sheeness and Harwch but No
Mention Is Made of Attempts 70 Do Any Dam
age With Bombs.

BERLIN, Nov 10. by wireless to Say
Vile. l.. I.-Oficial announcement was
made to-day that German aviators have
passed over the English seaports of Sheer
ness and Harwich.
(Sheerness is in Kent at the mouth
OF the Thames and Is about forty
miles from London. Harwlch Is in
Essex about seventy miles from
London)
Vienna dispatches announce that the
Austrian operations In the northeast are
developing without hindrance from the
enemy.
The Russians advancing through cen
trail Galicia. which the Austrians evacu-
ated voluntarily. have crossed the lower
Nistula and have occupied Rzeszow and
the Lisco district They also have again
invested the fortress OF Przemysl In the
Styr valley Austrian cavalry. supported
by an armored train. surprised the Rus
sian forces and compelled them to retreat
with heavy losses.
Regarding the operations In Servia the
Vienna despa tches say that the operations
in the northwestern part OF that country
are proceeding successfully The Aus
TRANS captured the heights Of Misar. to
the south OF Shabats. where the Servians
had fortified themselves strongly. on No
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-14

vember 10 ana nave advanced their lines
eastward from Losntza and Kroupain
and are continuing the progress. They
also have occupied the heights east OF
Javlata.
All told In operations extending be-
tween November and November II
in Servia the Austrians have captured
1900 men, 2s cannon and Is machine
guns.
An official statement issued by the army
headquarters to-day says:
Reports received here from CONSTANT
nople set forth that the Turkish army in
the Caucasus Is attacking the Russians
on their second line OF defence. An ar
tillery engagement near Koepryory oc-
cuped the entire day OF November y.
The Persian, Afghan. Egyptian, In
dian and Mohammedan elements in Con-
stantlnople have declared the community
of their interests. The Sunntes and the
Shiites, the two opposing religious sects
now for the first time are ready for joint
action.
THE Possische Zoituno reports that
Rumanla has declined 10 accede to de-
mand made by Russia for the passage
OF Russian troops through Rumanian ter
ritory.
The German Admirably announces that
the northern part OF the North Sea is
free OF mines and that therefore neutral
ships may use this route without danger.