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Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22
NOW--and-THEN

Seventy-six years ago today the first vessel to cross the Atlantic all the way under steam arrived in New York harbor at 10 o'clock at night. It was the Sirius, a coast wise steamer chartered from an English company by Junius Smith, a Connecticut Yankee, to beat out another British vessel, the Great Western, for the glory of being the first real transatlantic steamship. The Great Western, which had left Europe three days later, arrived in New York only a few hours be- hind the Sirius. The Savannah had crossed the Atlantic nineteen years before but she had used steam only during three days of the voyarge. The Sirius made the trip from Cork, Ireland, in eighteen days, making the last of her historic run by burning her extra Spars and fCrty-three barrels of roSin. A great crowd gathered at Jones' wharf to celebrate the arrival and huge bonfires were built along the waterfront to light up the boat.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

lence, and there is no doubt that a large majority of the residents of New York, including all who work honest ly for living and have managed to lay by 8 few dollars to meet ener- geneies, would heartily favor stringent measures for their suppression.''
 Other cities besides New York have reason to regret their existence. not for the success which has crowned their efforts but for the discomfort and unrest which they have unjustly ere ated
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

Many good Americans are pessimis
 tic because the new era plus the new tariff has not reduced the cost of living, while indi Vidual incomes are still on a sliding scale. Several thrift
 societies have been organized recently, and it may be that management of this kind will have it's effect. m the meantime. however, theorists theorize and merchandise shelves accumulate dust. If as the president states, 90 per cent of our business men are hon est, it is hard for one to sympathize with the administration policy to
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

Today a trans atlantic sailing
 ship is as rare a sight in almost any port as was a steamer seventy six years ago. Today more than half of all the worlds vessels are propelled by steam. It has been an important factor in the successful penetration of the two polar regions, it has carried a great fleet of American battleships around the world, and almost daily with engineering Improvements it has established some new speed record. A modern swift mail steamship can make nearly five hundred miles a day. Using the Suez Canal and the new gateway at Panama, such a ship could encircle the south in nearly g. straight line in less than fifty days a, voyage of 23, 900 miles. The old Sirius in her day would have had to encircle Africa and South America and make a journey of nearly 1000 miles. At the rate at which time she made her first trip across the Atlantic she would have required practically seven months.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

This Mexican tRetsie iaas beBsed up te bother the administration and congress when it had plenty of ether
 in1haFtant business en it's hands te say nething af an anticipated vacation
 S6aa6R.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

These aye the times when it is easy to point to the wisdom of army and navy expenditures in the past and se- cure support for the maintenance propaganda in the future.
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chance to demonstrate the value of the aeropiane promises to be afford ed along the Mexican coast, but 1t Is going to be a poor place to have them do any baking stunts
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

The season is here when tne street eiiinE can be expected, but befere such thing is attempted theFe is 8 iarge aaeasnt ef weFk te bs aeHe putting ths streets in shaHe ta seeeixs it.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

With the return of better #eathef ths aute is getting in eeaa ssasrs eff it's deadly WaI.a. It is tas had tne dFix- efs do not have the same respect fer humanity that they do fer a steam neller,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

Capital punishment has it's weakness | but it doesn't permit or encourage
 | murderers to return the week after their release and repeat bad perform ances
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The man on the corner says: Some
 l men are such great peace lovers that they would rather turn their backs and walk away than quarrel with their c0nScienea
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Those who are shouting the loudest for war either don't know the real meaning of it or they are not plan ming to respond at the first call for yolunte teers
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Neither Carranza nor Villa should be gullible enough to be inveigled into any alliance by the crafty Huerta They cannot forget the fate of Ma
 darO
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When French woman advises the suffragists to initiate the militants what can be said of the agitator who urges the I. W. w, to initiate the an archist?
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

With his poem on the flag Congress-
 man Reilly knows how to put ginger
 into congress as well as into ball team
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

Voting machines in general should not be condemned simply because one machine happened to go wrong in the Hartford election. Consider the num- Der of other places using machines, where there has never been a hitch. Under our form of voting,-with the large and cumbersome Australian bal lot,-any number of voters are dis franchised every election through de- fective ballots. The machine-mode of voting has the ballot-system beaten to a frazzle'' notwithstanding one ma chine happened to slip-up in Hartford. Rockville Journal.
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Whether it is intuition or a hunch or common sense it isn't the first time that Huerta has shown the lack of if
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EDITORIAL NOTES

Huerta must realize ere this that it is time to get out his signs Keep off the grass.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Assassinations are more or less common in European countries, but the alleged reasons for such crimes there are grOund1ess here It Is a sad commentary on our free country where every man has a chance for success that our public officials need a body guard to save them from as- sassination.-NeW Britain Herald.
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Congress wasn't inclined to over- look the wisdom of making sure it was right before going ahead.
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There is nothing like the talk of trouble in Mexico to pull down the in- terest in that otherwise popular game baseball
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The three most lucrative and most important positions in the service of the state are filled by republicans by the appointment of Governor Baldwin They are Mr. Bennett in the high way department, MT. Copbin in the tax commission, and MT. Lippitt in the bank commission. Governor Baldwin cannot be accused of being a partisan governor-Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

one big fat fellow was so pleased talk in bout American women bein tn finest ever, he forgot to get off at Hickory street.
 Twelfth street! Twelfth street.
 Look where you're goin', now! Step careful!
 Lively, there! Look where you Stepi"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

FHnnE Is m lnvertising mediu2 n MssteFn Connecticut equal to The 1ul- letiR for business ReSultA
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

THERE IS no aoverr-=,=S medium ix Eastern Connecticut equal 10 Tae Ra2is lstiH fer business rsxultA
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-22

Norwich, Wednesday. April 2o. 1s14.
Evening star., 1914-11-09

tore the Tufts limo to shreds, while
Ghee. who, you will remember, ran
seventy-five yards against Princeton
for a touchdown, was at his best also.
And what is the moral of this? Sim
ply that there is going to be mighty
spectacular game over in Philadelphia
next Saturday, when Penn Is to be
played by Dartmouth. With only one
defeat against US, and that an ac-
knowledged lockout for Princeton, l
want you to know that we are not out
of the running for the championship.
business and Eastern are scheduled
TO meet tomorrow in the high school
series. The contest has no bearing on
the title. and the interest, rather than
being general. will confine itself to the
immediate followers of the two schools.
Georgetown's eleven faces the most
difficult proposition that any eleven IN
the south has been confronted with in
team a week from Saturday. The
Pennsyivanians will bring to this city
what undoubtedly is one of the most
powerful combinations that represents
any institution. That it barely lost
to Harvard by single point and then
dc feated Yale is evidence enough that
the Blue and Gray has it's work cut
out for it if it is to make the right kind
Of u showing.
A rest will be given the regular play
.rs on the Hilltop today and tomorrow,
but after that they will be compelled
to work desperately in order 10 get in
condition to face the w. and j. aggre-
cation.
Evening star., 1914-11-09

a system, but it does seem as If COACH
ing by committee, the plan adopted at
Princeton in recent years, has proved
fiat failure. What the Tigers need is a
permanent coach with a permanent pol
icy. On the word of the coaches the
material was about the best that ever
reported in the early part of the sea-
son. If such is the case 1t has been
ruthlessly wasted Penfield, the head
field coach, has been out of college only
two years, and his only coaching eX-
perience was with the freshmen last
season. He might be the best coach in
the world and yet prove Ineffective as
the mouthpiece of a souiless commit
tee foot ball eleven needs something
more than direction and coaching. 1t
needs the power of personal magnetism
and strong initiative"
There is one way to make a success
out of anything, and that Is to have
one head. and that head responsible
for the success or failure of the un-
dertaking. Many times the return
of alumni coaches, and the obtaining
of one or two persons to help out at
different times, does more harm than
good, because the average foot ball
player can hardly hope to learn more
than a part of one system in !: season.
and parts of several are bound to con
fuse.
This may not be a statement of the
real reason for Princeton's poor show
ing with good material. but the
chances are that if the Tigers had
something of Harvard's system they
would accomplish greater things. Har-
ward has one man in charge, and he is
solely responsible. His opinions are
final, absolute. and it was his advent
few years ago. with the change from
a combination system something like
Princeton now employs, that was the
prelude TO the wonderful record the
Crimson has made on the foot ball field
in the last three years..
The following is an excerpt from
letter received from w. l.. Mccoy.
Washington boy at Dartmouth:
You have no doubt followed the
rather brilliant record of the Tufts
eleven this season, including it's very
close and evenly matched game with
Basing their judgment on this contest,
the critics foretold very close con-
test between Tufts and Dartmouth. But
as YOU know. Dartmouth took Tufts into
camp and completely smothered it. The
brilliant and much TUFTS OF
fense which so completely beWildered
harvard was ineffective against the
Rig Green team. On the other hand, AS
the score 6S to 0. indicates. with capt
whitney and Custis IN the backfield. 1t
was impossible to stop the Dartmouth
attack. | am writing in the enthusiasm
of the game itself, for | nave just lelt
II hi; I think the unbiased observer
would admit that he mad never seen
s,,ch good foot ball as Dartmouth
showed today. Whitney and Curtis
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come of these young players when they
begin to slip back to the minors. They
are certainly not saving up for a rainy
day. The automobile fever has hit our
boys hard.
"One afternoon last summer. just be-
fore a game, ! counted on Lehigh ave-
nue., outside of Shibe Park. no less than
seventeen automobiles that belonged
to our players. The expense of rum
ming those machines must have cut
into the salaries of the boys consider
ably. Then, too, every few weeks one
of the boys trades in his car Tor an
other one and hands over bonus to
boot. This should be the harvest time
for our players, but they seem TO 'hihh
that prosperity has no limit.
The automobiles doubtless had a de-
cided effect in taking the minds of the
players off their work, but TINS was
only one of the several reasons 1or
Manager Mack deciding upon MS mousse
cleaning. =:
Among the reports in circulation is
one that there was friction between
Capt. Ira Thomas and the players. roI
some reason not understood there Is
"a id to have been a feeling OF anlmoS-
ity toward Thomas by certain OF the
team from the time that lra's appoint
ment was announced at Jacksohvii.e
last March. One of the stars is report
ed to have gone through the entire sea.
son without speaking to Ira except
when absolutely compelled TO 90 SO
during game. ~ .
The veterans are said to have resent
ed orders issued to them by Thomas,
and also to have caused this feeling 10
spread to the young players. Such
condition was very unusual among the
Athletics continuance of 1t was GER
tain sooner or later to cause the play,
ers to split into different factions, Just
as prevailed among the Chicago CUBS
during the past season, and which Sc
riousIy Handicapped Manager ODay IN
his efforts to develop pennant WIN
ner.
That Manager Mack has full conf
dence in Thomas ability as lieutenant
is shown by Ira being given charge OF
the All-Americans on the trip to the
coast. Connie intended to take this
tourney himself. and it was not until
the worlds series that the announce
ment was made that there had been a
shift in the plan and that Ira would
take Comics place. ,
1t was while on coast trip several
years ago that Manager Mack sized up
certain young players aud decided
which ones to keep for his team. with
Thomas is McAvoy, a young catcher.
who is expected to be well coached in
some of the fine points of backstop
work for future use with the Athletics.
Evening star., 1914-11-09
HOULIHAN REPLACES STOUT.
Welsh Objects to Referee Originally
Named BY Club.

MILWAUKEE, November 9.-A alter
Houlihan has been named to referee
the Welsh White fight tonight instead
of Harry Stout as first arranged.
Welsh remembered Houlihan from the
days he was a fighter around Milwau-
kee in 1903. The odds on the fight went
to 2 to 1 on Welsh. when White money
expected from Chicago failed to ap-
near. and these odds practically will
prevail, according to local betting men.
The sale Of tickets brought the pros
poets up toward $3.50 OF which Welsh
will get as per cent. less the state tax
The fighters will be compelled to
weigh in formally, even though they
get into the ring at catch weights,
and Welsh probably will weigh nearer
1877 pounds than 1876, as originally spec
tfied in the articles.
Evening star., 1914-11-09
TOURING CLUBS ALL EVEN.
Bush Beats Alex" 1-0-Americans
Annex Two,

SAN FRANCISCO, November 9.--The
All-Americans captured a double HEAD
er from the All-National5 here yester-
day. Bush beating Alexander in the
morning contest 10y the score of to ..
and Bill James defeated Bill James in
the afternoon fray by to =; thereby
breaking even on the series to date VITA
the All-Nationals, as each team has won
ten games since the tour started.
Bullet Joe Bush of the Athletics held
the Nationals to three hits in the sun
rise engagement, taking the measure of
Alexander of the Phillies. who only
permitted six safeties to be taken from
his shoots. Not Tenerite passed over
the counting station. SO effective was
the twirling of the Brainerd (Minn)
marvel. Alexander was almost as ef
fective. but that lone error behind him
was fatal. the only run going over
when his teammate fumbled Scores:
Evening star., 1914-11-09
HARVARD SQUAD INTACT.
Princeton Game Leaves No Marks In
Way of Injuries.

CAMBRIDGE, November 9.-Not the
least satisfaction that Harvard has in
it's victory of Saturday over the Tigers
is that the varsity players came
through the game in first-class trim,
and all are ready to get back to work
for the Yale game.
All the men can begin playing foot
ball again today, but it is not likely
that there will be any very hard work
for them before tomorrow
The team now looks for harder
game from Brown than before the
Providence team went to New Haven.
but it is more than likely the Crimson
will hold several of the regulars from
the game and send them to Princeton
to watch the game between Princeton
and Yale. The substitutes all showed
a keenness for play in Saturdays
game. Fullback King playing up to
varsity standard. The new men,
Francke, Bigelow. Weston and Par
son, all came up to expectations.
Evening star., 1914-11-09
MT. RAINIER POULTRY SHOW.
Central Maryland Association to
Hold Big Event Next Month.

The Central Maryland Poultry Asso-
citation will hold it's third annual show
at Potts Hall. Mount Rainier Md, De-
cember l to ). The object Of the exhi-
bition is to create a greater interest in
raising thoroughbred poultry i'll that
section of Maryland.
From the encouragement of the last
show 1t is expected that this Will be
the banner affair. both in number and
in quality of birds exhibited. The num-
ber of entries last year provided keen
competition in all varieties, and with II
new hall this year Il larger entry is
looked for.
The officers of the association are: j.
+. keefauver, president: G. w. Hughes,
vice president; p. B. Crandall. secre-
tary, Riverdale. Md; Elwood Taylor,
treasurer; w. f. Tilp. manager. Mount
Rainier, Nd; George Cooley, superin-
tendent; b. w. Fitzpatrick, assistant
superintendent.
Evening star., 1914-11-09
GOLFING HINTS.
By "STRAIGHT DRIVE"

TEED IRON SHOTS.-A visit
ing Englishman once remarked
that Americans play their iron
shots from tees on iron shot
holes "in a most amazing man
ner." When asked for an ex-
PLANTATION, he said: why, they
tee their iron shots"
This remark made a lasting
impression on me. 1t stands to
reason that man accustomed
to getting certain distances with
irons from lies through the
green needlessly handicaps him
self by introducing new ele-
ment into the stroke just be-
cause he is called upon to use
the club for a tee shot.
Next time you get to a hole
calling for >the use of an iron
club. simply place the ball in
good lie on the turf and go after
the shot and be convinced. A
ball hit with iron from a heap
of sand will seldom go as far
or with as great certainty as if
shot from the turf
Evening star., 1914-11-09
CONNIE MACK FAVORS
LONG WORLD SERIES
Backs Up American Leagues Call for
Cheaper Prices and Nine
Games.

PHILADELPHIA, November 9-Nine
games instead of seven to decide the
world S Championship and a considerable
reduction in the scale of prices TO the
games have been decided upon by the
American League. The plan will be pre-
sented to the National League magnates
at their annual meeting in New York
next mcnth for ratification, and it is al
most certain it will meet with the same
unanimous support accorded by the Amer
ican League in Chicago last week.
One or two OF the nagnates were in
favor of lensthening the series to eleven
games. but it was thought that this
would be too long. that the strain ON the
players would he toe great to permit OF
them showing their best form in SO many
games and that the interest of the public
would wane. Nine games, the winner to
he the club taking the first five and the
players to share in the first five instead
o four. as is now the case was the pop
ular PLAN and when the discussion ended
it found that the plan met with
una nimous support
Connie Mack manager OF the Athletics,
who have figured in five worlds cham
! p onship series, is heartily in favor of the
| plan, and he is backed up strongly by
| other magnates who have come to realize
| that there must be some sort of q change.
President johnson advocated the new
system.
Aim to Satisfy Public.
The president Of the league placed the
| matter be ore the club owners as the
| best means OF satisfying the public and
| to eliminate the continual complaint and
| i'll feeling that crops up every year over
| the worlds championship games. Il was
| pointed out by the club owners who have
| figured in worlds series that a certain
percentage OF the regular patrons of the
game were dissatisfied each year and that
| the clubs lost many supporters. 1t was
| felt that this in part was responsible for
| the poor support for clubs after they had
won a league pennant or worldS series.
| Manager Connie Mack returned from
| the Chicago meeting yesterday. When
seen last night he was unwilling to talk
| much. but admitted that the increase in
| the number of games and the plan to
! lower the prices had been thoro ughIy
gone over by the magnates.
| II am in .avor of the plan. l think it
| would be Il good thing. Some of the
club owners would like to make the series
| eleven games, but l am in favor of nine
This would give everybody that wanted
to see the games some of them a
| chance for 1t is almost certain that the
series would not be won in five straight
games. The chances are the series Woui
Tlast six, seven or maybe eight games
and that would give all a chance to see
some Of them, ii not all
Evening star., 1914-11-09
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Evening star., 1914-11-09

Of base ball than to see a player dis
play effort and energy. If the player
is always trying he is popular even If
his ability is not remarkable. Players
of this type make winning teams, and
no one knows that better than Connie
Mack. 1t is because of his desire to
have such players that he is contem-
plating lot of changes in his team.
Though it has been more than q
week since Connie Mack announced
that he would get rid of Bender. Plank
and Coombs. no deal has yet been
made whereby these pitchers become
the property of any of the other clubs
That they would be of value to some
of the other clubs there is not the
slightest doubt, though some of them
may hesitate about the salaries these
stars will want.