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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Davis Theatre Fire Escapes.


 $; Mir. Editor: In passing the Davis sthestre of late I have noticed with pleasure the addition of new fire es- capes, taking the place of those that were part of the equipment of the building when it was erected many years ago, and which nave always been entirely inadenuate for the saLeIy and comfort of the audiences that have for so long a tinr~ occupied the theatre. This is only one of the many improve ments that Manager Davis has adaed from time to time since he became the lessee of this handsome playhouse, and is another proof of his constant thought for the convenience and well fare of his patrons. and should be highly appreciated by the theatregoing public who throughout the year pat roEize this place of amusement. The ire escapes that have been built on both the north and south sides of the theatre are of the most up-to-date construction, broad iron stairways leading from both gallery and balcony to roomy platforms from which ac- cess to the street can be made in the most expeditions and comfortable manner. The example that Mir. Davis has set in this addition for the safety of his patrons may well be emuiated oy the owners of other public build- ings in this city where the conditions for speedy exit in case of fire or acci- dent are in many instances not of the best
 4 THEATREGOER
 Norwich, Conn, Dec. 29. 1914.
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T will not." stated Whingle, firmly and coldiy.
 Mrs. Whingle went on with her din- ner unruified. we meeet te the Dup- And think I'll let them come here next time The curtains are just back from the cleaners and everything Is nice and freshi"
 You may be going to meet at the Dubl1irks." said Whingle. hotly. but sires to see me this evening will find me right over there in my comfortable libary chair, with my slippers, news. paper and pipe, presenting a picture at once dignified and appropriate-a middle aged man appearing as he my wife. who should have my best in terests at heart, should want me to make a fool of myself"
 Now, WiIfred," said Mrs. Whingle, dropping her airy tone and getting down to brass tacks. you are per- fectiy ridiculous! You were in the dancing class last winter and why should you suddenly turn against it now? We had awfuily good times-p
 ttSo we did, said Whingle. T don't know when I've had more fun than I did watching Whoo1es learning the Hesitation! 1t was just like a chicken with the stringhalti And I've no doubt Whoofies enjoyed himself quite as much when he gazed on me trying the Twinkle. All grown men who did the Twinkle last winter should have been taken out and tenderly shot.
 -
 'The Twinkle is a pastime for babes, but not for adults,a continued WhIngle. When 1t came to the pompous Tango felt just as much. at home as would an elephant trying to skip lightly from crag to crag. I smothered my feelings Ef<rm aNw- E1 slightly relieved because all the other fat men of my age looked just as silly as I did. That sustained me some what.
 T was born to be hanged, otherwise the Castle Walk would have killed me on the spot. To do the Castle Walk and still have your breathing apparatus at the end of fifteen minutes a fat man needs to go Into training suitable for 8 prize fighter. My part ner always had to give me first aid to the injuried and call for water to bring back the ffickertng spark of life at the fnfsiI
 Above all. hated the Hesitation! When waltz I want to waltz and at- tend strictly to business, instead of being snitten with paralysis every few seconds during which I feebly suspend one foot in the air as though signaling for assistance. Do you re- member when lost my balance while my foot was in the air and fell into the Chinese vase at the Ebbicks? They shouid have thanked ,ns for smash ing such an atrocious thing as that vase, but to this day Mrs. Ebbicks looks as thougi1 she was about to burst into tears when she meets me and I have the uncomfortable feeling that I would mortgage my home and import sacred paGoda. inlaid with gold fer her if were really a gentle mani"
 This hasn't anything at all to do with the dancing class this winter!T insisted Mrs. Whingle. 'Srhey aren't doing any of those dances nowi"
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down sales. Had the city lost out we understand that there were at least seventeen other junk dealers ready to unfurl the red flag. Too bod the street vendors and fiy-by might store keepers were not eoralled at the same time.-Waterbury Democrat.
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If officers and men are going to be put to death for failure to detect the operations of a submarine, after the example of Turkish justice, the pop ularity of the army and navy can be expected to decrease rapidly.
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The state of Pennsylvania had 27 deaths during the hunting season. but judging from past experiences it can hardly be expected to have any i'm fiuence upon those who go in search of game next year.
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Ordinarily ex-President Taft is a pretty careful observer, but when he declares that a navy is like woman's hat because it has to and ought to be changed every year, he can hardly qualify as g millinery expert.
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British Marine insurance Reduced.

London, Dec. 30, $40 D. m,-The gov ernment rate of insurance of cargo against war risks will be reduced it was announced today, from one and one-haIf guineas to one guinea per cent. The new rate takes effect Dec. S1.
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Colonel Roosevelt has set out to ad- just the problem of the unemployed. What a lot there is to do for those who have the will?
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Fortunate for the life term prison CT, who upon trying to escape failed and was sentenced to ten years addi- tional, that he has but one life to give his commonwealth.
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New Haven seems to be having it's usual run of Christmas holiday fires with their discouraging features. New Haven is one of the towns where the people who built houses took more pains to have a fire station located near each new section opened up by realty boomers than to build houses of slow-bt1rning materials or equip with fire prevention apparatus. Had there been a sprinkling system in the Orange street apartment house in which the Pollard girl lost her life, Waterbury would have fewer mourners today.-Waterbury Republican.
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There are jails and prisons which cannot De such terrible places after all, when Boston man begged to go to jail for the winter and a Previ- dence man asked permission to re- main in prison until after he played his part as an endman in a minstrel show.
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That New York young man who rob- bed that he might make larger con> tributions to charity, neglected to place the police on his list
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It's a long, long way to Christmas, but there is some consolation in the fact that cherries will soon be ripe.
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The man on the corner says: It is just human nature for those who had the merriest Christmas to be glad it is over.
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The governments determination to print daily newspaper. rather breaks the nose of the Congressional Record.
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While the countries of Europe are declaring moratoriums, the United States ought to be declaring dividends
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over the present nnanc1aI dlncG1ueS would be relieved.-Hartford Times.
 There is one way in which Connec- ticut people have it on the doctors, and only one, probably. and that is when the doctor prescribes a change of climate. Then you can go right home and, putting aside all thoughts of costly sojourn at some health re- sort, rest assured that, with the ther- mometer constantly going up and down. sometimes as much as 40. de- grees in 24 hours, there is nothing left to be desired in the way of a change of climate.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 Cases of mental illness can be caught in the ineipiency and cured and no doubt if some of the pressure is removed there will be fewer cases anyway. We must slow up, take more time with our eating, drinking. working and enjoying ourselves and the problem will work itself out. How ever, as long as there Is a premium for speed, as long as it is fashionable to rush about like mad and as long as we indulge ourselves to excess we cannot expect much change.-Meriden Journal.
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Wellesley needs $40.oO0 to complete its fund for rebuilding, but any insti- tution which can get within that dis tance of two million is not to be baked.
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Hobson's work ought not to be over looked when the prohibitionists begin to look around for a presidential can dida+A
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

It would only be an insult to wish Europe a happy New Year.
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Corporation Counsel GuilfoiIe should feel proud of the good work he has accomplished against the auctioneers. In any event he has saved the merchants thousands of dollars that would have been spent during the holidays at these knock
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the state bonds as they mature, or before when feasible, the anxiety over the present financial difficulties would be reIieved.-Hartford Times.
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The New Haven Journal Courier points out that an increase in the liquor license fee should be turned over to the state. The Courier es- inmates the revenue from the ip- crease at $S00,O00 a year. This cer- tainly would be a substantial addi- ton to the income of the state, and if put into a sinking fund to redeem
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

The opening of the Coney Island winter bathing season with 52 partici- pants in the chilly pastime does not prove that New Workers are more hardy than Bridgeporters, but rather that they don't always show as much sense.-Bidgeport Standard.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
TURKISH FORCES TRIUMPHANT,
IS CONSTANTINOPLE REPORT
Advancing on Russian Port of Batum,
and Decisive Victory Over
British Claimed.

BERLIN, November 23, by wireless
to Sayville L. I.-Official reports given
out in Constantinople and reaching
Berlin today relate the continued sue
cessful Turkish advance upon Batum.
the Russian port on the Black sea.
All the territory between the Turk o.
Russian border and the river Chursk
is in Turkish hands, while a Turkish
force in the southern part of this ter
ritory has taken Artwin. The Turks
Shatt-el-Arab amounted to $50 dead
and several thousand wounded.
The report is reiterated that the
Turks have reached the Suez canal at
Ell Kantara, after defeating the Eng
lish in a sanguinary engagement at a
point thirty kilometers (about eighteen
miles) to the eastward of the canal.
The English fled, leaving many dead.
Nearing the suez Canal.
LONDON, November 23.-Turkisll
forces are reported within touch of the
Suez canal, and the famous Egyptian
Camel Corps is said to have had q
brush with the Turks.
.Constantinople reports severe fighting
at Katasa and Teatebe. both WITHIN
thirty kilometers of the canai. troops
Evening star., 1914-11-23

of English camel riders and Egyptian
police are reported to have surrendered
and the British casualties also are said
to have been heavy.
1t is officially announced at Petrograd
that the Russian littoral of the Black
sea has been mined, in many places fol-
a distance of sixty miles out from the
coast. Ships are absolutely forbidden
to sail at night in or out of Russian
ports on the Black sea, through the
Bug and in the Gulf of Kertch.
Russian Port Bombarded.
The Amsterdam correspondent OF
Reuters Telegram Company sends the
following:
"An official Constantipople telegram
received by way of Berlin says that
the Turkish cruiser Hamidieh Saturday
bombarded and destroyed the Russian
petroleum depots and wireless station
at Taupse, near Novorossysk Con the
Black sea).
"A heavy battle, lasting nine hours
occurred November IS along the Shat
El-Arab river (thiS river empties into
the Persian gulf and forms part of the
boundary between the Persian and Tur-
kish dominions), between the British
and Turkish troops. The British losses
were heavy. Captured British soldiers
declare that the wounded included the
British commander.
"One shot from the Turkish gunboat
Marmaris hit British gunboat and
caused an explosion. Details are not
yet available"
Evening star., 1914-11-23
GERMAN CONSUL URGES
BOYCOTT OF HOSTILES

SAN FRANCISCO. November 23.-
Baron E. H. Won Schak, imperial German
consul, urged Germans throughout Amer
ica to boycott goods manufactured by
nations hostile to their country, in an
address last night at benefit for Ger
man wounded soldiers, widows and or
phans.
1.-The allies" he said, always envious
Of Germany's commercial prosperity. have
utilized the present occasion to SANDER
German industry With coid-blooded con-
tempt of all commercial treaties and OF
their own laws, they are suppress.ng Ger
man commercial houses within their own
countries and are now annulling, or plain
ly stealing, German and Austrian patents
Of inventions.
Here in the United States are 12.00O.-
600 Germans or German Americans
Placing the buying capacity of these at
only $3.50 per annum, their yearly pur-
chas ng power Is $1.SO0, 900. 900.
Let me suggest a better system of
buying You should buy articles of Ger
man or Austrian origin ii you cannot OBJ
tain American made wares. Before buy
ing ask where the article was made. Be
loyal to America and be loyal to your old
fatherland."
Evening star., 1914-11-23
TO AID BELGIAN CHILDREN.
Two. Chicago Women Start Tomor.
row to Work Among Them.

CHICAGO, November 23.-Dr Caroline
Hedger, formerly in charge of the in
FAINT welfare work in Chicago, and her
assistant. Miss Janet Hall, will leave
tomorrow for Belgium to take charge
Of the work Of caring for homeless
children under the Belgian Red Cross.
They will sail from New. York on the
liner Philadelphia November 2S
The Chicago Women's Club today do
mated $4,000 to DR.. Hedger and her as
sistant to defray their expenses. They
will carry 10000 doses of typhoid vac
cine. prepared and donated by a Chi
cago woman physician at a cost of
$4,000. In New York DR.. Hedger will
be given 10000 vaccine needles and
Cross.
DIR. Hedger is going to Belgium. it
was announced. in response to an ap-
peal from her friend Mrs. Anne FoW-
Ter Won Schmelle, wife of the chief Of
the Red Cross workers in Brussels.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
AFRICAN REPORTS CONFLICT.
London Says Rebels Dwindle' Berlin
Tbo+ Thew Multiply.

roNDoN. November 2S-A dispatch
po,,,ar's Telegram Company from
Pretoria says:
1T is officially announced that Gen
aa VETS rapidly dwindling rebel COM
ao hecame surrounded by loyal
forces in the vicinity Of Boshof. on the
saa. with only twenty-five men
ISua TSe remainder of his force surren-
dered."
RERLIN. November %. by wireless
ding the situation in South Africa
the oficial press bureau says:
"Dutch newspapers report that the
poar rshel forces are appearing every
Wbere % in the Transvaal and the Orange
river Colony Gems. de Wet and Bey-
ers, the rebel leaders. are reported & to
have ioined hands, the combined forces
now being $4,000 strong. A lasting dis
affection in South Africa, the news
papers say, is an assured fact"
Evening star., 1914-11-23

RERLIN. November %, by wireless to
savville. L. According to official
information reaching Berlin today the
Austrians again are meeting resistance
in servia. but strong detachments OF
Austrian forces have crossed the River
Kolubara.
Floods and soft ground on the levels
with snow in the maintains
have greatly hindered operations.
"For Strategic Reasons" only
NIsH, servia. via London nenm;ne Nossmn q
tse ssSan servian a' retirement beforethe Aus $.
eenn 5s,nns made for stratssie reas9ns aaas is
The retirement, the statement nsnt,a a'nn, msn Is
,a;ne carried out in an orderly man
peihs 80 Guard actions. The Aus
ner IN req shabats, it declared. lost 1000
msn trans kiiled; IL near smederevo $500 k'iied
Evening star., 1914-11-23
SFR VANS SHALTN RETREAT;
GIVE BATTLE TO AUSTRIANS

and about the same number of prison
ers. and at Soublin 1000 killed or
wounded. The statement concludes:
Our spoils up to the present amount
to seventy guns, forty mitrailleuses
and 10000 prisoners.
The bombardment of Belgrade con-
tinues as before
ENJOYS Warned to Leave.
LONDON. November 23.-Two mem
bers of the Servian legation. who re-
mained at Constantinople, assisting
Henry Morgenthau, the American am
bassador, in looking after Servian in
terests, says a dispatch from CONSTANT
nople by way of Sofia to Reuters Tele-
gram Company, were ordered by the
porte to leave the city within forty
eight hours. The diplomats complied
with the order forthwith.
1t is announced that the porte has de-
cided to permit Russian Jews resident
in Turkey to become Ottoman subjects.
provided they do not revert to their
former nationality at the end of the
war.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
LOSS OF CRUISER EMDEN.
German Commanders Report For
warded to British Government.

BERLIN, via London, November 23.-
The admiralty has received by cour-
tesy of the British government through
Walter Hines Page, the American am
bassador to Great Britain. a brief sail
orly report of Capt. Won Muller Of the
German cruiser Emden's last fight. in
which she was defeated by the Aus
tralian cruiser Sydney.
The report, which was transmitted
to the. admiralty by Joseph c. Grew.
charge d'affaires of the American en-
oassy here, was an unadorned tale of
the beating down of the Emden's fire
oy the Sydney's superior armament, the
exhaustion of the Germans ammuni-
ton, of the beaching of the helpless
cruiser and of tho return of the Sydney
TO finish it's work of destruction.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
OUTLOOK FOR BELGIANs DARK.
Charles Maskens, New Legation Sec
retary, Thanks Americans for Aid.

NEW YORK. November 23.-CharIes
Maskens, recently appointed secretary of
the Belgian legation at Washington. was
an arrival here yesterday on board the
steamship Philadelphia FROM Liverpool
Mr. Maskens said that when he left Bel
gium early in November the outlook for
the people of his country was anything
but favorable for the winter
while 1 am not officially authorized
to speak on the subject" he said. in
formally 1 was requested by my govern
men, to extend its thanks to the people
of America for the prompt and generous
response to the cry of a starving people.
Americas big-heartedness will never he
forgotten, and the food that is now ar
irving will save many a life"
Mr. Maskens said that Brand Whitlock.
the American minister, has handled the
situation in a remarkable manner.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
LUMBER SALES FIRM TO QUIT.
Douglas Fir Company Fears New
Antitrust Law.

PORTLAND, Ore, November 23.-The
Douglas Fir Sales Company. which for
four years past has marketed the out
put of fifteen large lumber mills of
Portland and the Willamette valley.
announced today that it would cease
operations and dissolve January l.,
1915. The reason given was that the
management considered the concern
might be regarded as in restraint of
trade under the new antitrust law.
Mills now marketing their output
through the concern will again put in
dividual statesmen in the various ter
ritories to which Willamette valley
lumber is shipped.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
CONvICTS MUTINY, KILL GUAR1
Five White Prisoners Escape From
Florida Camp.

PENSACOLA, Fla, November 23.-
Posses today are searching the swamps
for five white convicts whe mutinied
at a county convict camp near here
yesterday and escaped after killing A.
Mayo, a guard.
Bernard and Robert Fortenbarry,
Louisiana boys. serving eighteen
month sentences for robbery, are said
to have led the mutiny. County au-
thorities allege Bernard Fortenbarry
shot Mayo while he was attempting to
summon guards who were off duty
and asleep.
All of the prisoners who escaped are
armed with rifles and revolvers taken
from camp.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
HILL ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
Marine Captain Must Tell About
Vera Cruz Comment.

Maj. Gen. George Barnett. comman-
dant of the Marine Corps. under instruc-
tions from Secretary Daniels today
called upon Capt Walker N. Hill, now
in Boston, to explain whether publish
ed reports were accurate which quoted
him as saying Mexicans would proba-
bly, be burning and looting Vera Cruz
before nightfall if the American forces
left there today.
Capt. Hill also was requested to ex-
plain fully just what he did say. il
anything, concerning the situation at
Vera Cruz, where he commanded a
company Of marines during American
occIna NOV
Evening star., 1914-11-23
Body That of Ship Stewardess.

DULUTH, Mimi. November 23.-The
woman whose body was found on the
shore between Grand Marais and White
fish Point Saturday. and also wore a
locket with the initials "R. B." en-
graved on it, is Rose V. Busick of Buff
falo, N Y. according to w. A. Mo-
Watty of this city. Mewatty says she
was stewardess of the steamer Curtis,
which was lost in the storm with her
two barges.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
First Choice Is Best

1t is an easy matter to get
first choice of the good things
to be had every day in the lead
ing shops of Washington simply
by reading the interesting store
news printed every day in The
Star.
Many people prefer to shop
early in the day. when both
buyer and seller feel fit.
So much of the store news"
published in The Star cannot
be found in any other local
paper explains why "store
news" is read so carefully by
Star readers.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

The German forces in France
and Belgium are reported today
as making new attempts to break
through the lines of the allies and
reach the English channel. One
severe assault has been launched
at Ypres, Belgium, and another
farther east in the Argonne forest
region.
Berlin reports the kaiser'c army
as gaining ground, while Paris
says the German attacks have
failed.
GermaSy accounts the battle in
Russian Poland as virtually won.
An announcement today from the
German general staff is to the ef-
feet that a decision is at hand and
that conditions everywhere are ia
vorable.
Unofficial reports from Petro-
grad state that the Russians are
continuing their advance in East
Prussia and have captured Gum
b.nnen, a fortified city sixty-six
miles from Koenigsberg.
From the other fields of battle
reports were meager. The Turks
were said to have reached the
Suez canal, after defeating British
forces.
Evening star., 1914-11-23
Searches for Lost Hunters.

ELY, Mimi, November ga search.
ing party of sixteen under the leader
ship of John Cooper OF the Ely police
force. started out today to find three
hunters who have been missing since
last Monday at the north arm of Burnt
side lake. The lost hunters are John
Kiibane, Eric Peterson and Joseph
Hakkonen, well known here. .
Evening star., 1914-11-23
Floating Mines Declared British.

BERLIN, November %. by wireless.-
The official press bureau says:
Holland reports that as the result
of an official inquiry. 1t was shown
that every one of the hundred mines
washed up on the Dutch coast we're of
British and not German origin"
Evening star., 1914-11-23
German Placards Demand Peace,

LONDON. November 23.-The Copen-
hagen correspondent Of the Daily Mail
says he learns from Berlin that
placards are posted nightly in the
suburbs of the German capital demand
ing peace and containing threats The
police tear the posters down. but they
always appear the next night, says the
correspondent, and the authorities do
not seem anxious to catch the offenders
for fear of drawing further attention
to the peace agitation. &
Evening star., 1914-11-23
Spanish Bark Teresa Overdue.

MOBILE, Ala, November 23.-The
Spanish bark Teresa of the Moragues
Lumber Company of this city is over
due fifteen days from Havana, Cuba,
and fears are entertained for her safe
ty. The vessel is due to load 4 cargo
of lumber here for Spain.