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Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-16

French natura1ists have discovered
ants in Madagascar that cultivate
fungi within their nests for food
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-16

THERE Il NO advertising Hedsun In
Eastern Connecticut equal 20 The Eul-
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WANTED

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Drakemen. $40 monthly; sxperience
unnecessary. Railway. care Bulletin
TO GET PLANKED sHAD = Plank
plank Plank DOWN q quarter; wen
give yon six good Co6Yeb Corner
cigars; FaSa1s Smoke Shop
wANTED-Aufomatt tool and IA
chine men; must be experienced On hns
work. state where previously employ
care ca ana guli EsdsTe SS Address MeSs5H
WANTED OF ri6o parts
and finished rltes; must be competent
and furnish refsrencas that viii bear
iRR TIistiS tic Address Box S. care
WANTED-Pronlers. ponshers and
browners. accustomed 70 gun and rine
work. state references. Address Box
40 care Bunetin Co ang12d
MEN for state civil service who can
act as watchman-dreman (comAaned
duties). S45 to $50 per month; also SEQ
ond grade storekeepers. $2s and main
te Ss to make e5Hiss1siSSn ro5 test.
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TO Hartford: send for ciroular and ap-
p1icatton TO be nled by noon Aug. Is;
VICE com4 Hd sI 70 Room s.. Capitoi,
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MEN and women wanted: government
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ately for list positions obtainab BILE.
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ter, N Y. 1e2Sd
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-ModeI C. -Four 1915
Buick motor truck in first class con-
dition. Has covered top over seat A
bargain Stanton D. Wicks, Pomfret,
Conn Telephone.
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LOST AND FOUND
FOUND

a modern, permanent method of re-
storing disfgured Piano cases and fine
furniture to their original finish Prices
reasonable.
RUNCE. the Piano Tuner and Repair
Man. IS Franklin St, Norwich, Ct.
Phone 1214-3.
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TO RENT

QUONOCHONTAUG-Ten-room cot
Ocean and Salt Pond; sown flower and
vegetable gardens: hardwood floors,
plumbing and heat Rental $3.50.
Others $500 to $4,000. Send for booklet
FRANK w. COY. Westerly. r. J.
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FOR SALE

MATT A. TDSKER--.... Auctioneer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
A Straw.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There is a moving picture house in
Arlington, y. j.. where the question "Do They
Want Roosevelt" would be PROFESSIONALLY
answered TO the satisfaction Of the most skep-
teal quizzer. When Colonel Roosevelt ap-
peared in the reels the mere showing of the
name Theodore Roosevelt" has been the
signal for storm of applause which is I'M
abatirg until long after his name and his pct-
ures have disappeared from tn screen; while.
on the other hand. the showing of any of the
present administration. or of any member;
OF past administrations, or OF a past member
of the present administration brings forth
nothing more than an ominous silence so
profound as to almost hurt. | offer this as
one of the "straws which show which way the
wind blows VI. B. GATES.
Newark, y. j.. Dec. II. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
Dreams and Dread.
or Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Men have dreams and dread; one is
of victorious Germany which might invade
or in some way get possession of Canada, and
thus become national menace to US, or even
invade our territory. Other men may dream
and have dread of victorious England. who
remembering that we once wrested from il
what would have proved the richest portion
of its vast domain, might reach out and
regain the rich portion, especially if VIC are
unprepared to resist its attempt.
The real intent of men and nations ma ,
not always be learned by their open declara
tion, for too often plausible recondary causes
are used to cloak dangerous first causes.
Dreams and dread like these may not come
true in decade. nor even IN a generation
Don't catch at the shadow when common
sense tells you that you need the substance.
Number one is the lucky number in life's
lottery, because self-preservation. nature :
first and greatest law, demands that it should
be so.
The foolish idcalst who would sacrifice
sacred self interests in vapid dream of a
worldwide and sudden moral revolution in
= God-created world of degree will throw
moral straws in the path of the cyclone.
J. L. WELLS.
Crsnbury, n. j.. Dec 10. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
TRAIN THE CITY'S YOUTH
Schoolboys Could Be Drilled mex
pensively, with Benefit TO Them.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Aside from the appropriations which
may be made by Congress, there is much that
can be done By the individual states in the
way of preparedness. In this | think New
York ought TO lead the way. As the expense
70 the Federal government will be great, any
additional help which is comparatively mex
pensive ought to be doubly welcome.
Boys learn faster than men, and they need
exercise. The city is we'll supplied with ar
mories, and the less travelled streets might
well be used at certain seasons of the year
for drill purposes. The expense Of rudimen-
tary drilling of the boys would be small in
any case, and would be justified even on the
score of exercise. 1t would materially assist
those Of them who afterwsrd became iden-
tilted with military bodies, by reason of the
feet that they would have already learned
much Of the rudiments in regard to drilling.
Furthermore, the boys would enjoy it. As a
result, within a few years We would have a
large body OF young men who had at least
taken the first step as defenders of their
country.
In addition to the foregoing, it seems to me
that the Legislature at its next session ought
to consider ways by which young men of six
teen and over might receive additional mill
tary training.
The present condition of affairs, both as
regards the state and the nation, is intol-
cradle. However much we may desire peace,
we must impress upon all other nations that
that desire does not spring from weakness,
and that on occasion, whether injury to our
own citizens or outrages like those of the
Turks upon the Armenans require it. We can
and will fight. Crimes against humanity like
the wholesale massacres that have taken place
in Turkey and the sinking of the Lusitania
and the Ancona cry aloud that We be pre-
pared and that our preparation begin at once
and be thoroughgoing.
CHARLES Z. MANIERRE.
New York, Dee. 16, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune deserves praise for the
editorials "Do They Want Roosevelt" and
"The Bourbons," but it is all useless.
The Barnes crowd have death grip on the
Republican party. All that the Republican
party can ever do will be what Barnes
wants it to do. When the Barnes day is
over the Grand Old Party will have expired,
and the progressive idea which called it into
being, will be carried forward by national
party which will bring to unity the elements
now embodied in the Progressive party and
the progressive wing OF the Republican
party.
The Tribune cannot save its party. but it
can get squarcy behind the inevitable pro
gressive idea. Roosevelt would still be in
he Republican party if it was susceptible t.
rescue.
To be strategic The Tribune should hasten
the destruction Of the Barnes vehicle and be
come an ally of the Progressive party. Eleven
months away from Election Day the Progress
sives have an organization which in point of
preparedness is nestimably superior to the
equipment which The Tribune has at hand
lin the matter OF planning to reform the Re
publican party for bringing about changed
order in political practice. and this am sure
is what you sincerely desire.
| am a Progressive. | was a Republican.
and would be one again. if it we're of any
use to be one. but it is absolutely useless.
Some cIstwhilc Progrcssives Il mean those
counted as far sized leaders have gone
back and we'll that expresses it all The
Moose is down 10 brains, muscle and deter
minaticn.
The Progressive party has never suffered
defeat. Nowhere has local failure any sig
aifcancc. Every incentive which 100000
voters had for protesting in 1912 remains in
1916, intensified By the brazenness with which
Barnes continues to eXpound his Bourbonistic
theories. Local successes have fooled this
strange mind into assuring itself that, in the
expression of one Of its satellites, Every
thing goes; look at Chicago"
We have working organization. although
the Barnes locals have solemnly told them
selves otherwise.
We are for what The Tribune is for: New
Nationalsm; protective tariff, scientifically
regulated. insuring national solvcncy social
and industrial Justice; American honor above
every other consideration.
VIII tradition hold The Tribune to the i'm
poverished party of Lincoln?
GEORGE L. BAPPLER.
New York, Dec II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
Colonel Watterson.

Forty-three years ago, when the Lib
eral Republican Convention was assem-
bled in Cincinnati the editor of "Th'
Louisville Courier-Journap was consp:cu
GUS on the scene, joyously active among
the "onlie begetters" Of that memorable
venture. He has since described himself
as he then faced the world. Il was Z
young fellow of two-and-thirty," he has
said, "of boundless optimism and with my
full share of self-confidence, no end OF
physical endurance and mental vitality
and having some political as well as news
paper experience. 1t never crossed my
fancy that ] could fail. | met resistance
with aggression, answered attempts at
bullying with scorn, generally irradiatec
by laughter" Thus the colonel in 1872
end thus the colonel In 1915.
To-day in Louisville he celebrates the
fiftieth anniversary of his wedding, and
the readers of "The Courier-JournaP are
celebrating it with him, which is TO say
that congratulations are being offered to
MIN ITOIU OIlt slut VI llIc NONiitiS w WV
other. The colonel's paper Is not depend
ent for its fame upon its regular sub
scribers alone, numerous as they are.
Everybody reads him, if not in his own
columns, then in those whose editors have
the sense TO borrow a good thing when
they see it, and, reading him, they have
come to honor the dean Of American jour
nalism as one of the most lovable writers
in the history of our press. y
Whitelaw Reid, looking back with him
at the incidents of the famous political
campaign in which they had fought Shout
der to shoulder, recalled them as memo
ries of their romantic youth The
phrase is in exact harmony with his
friends unquenchable spirit. Watterson
is always optimistic, always Astounding in
mental vitality, and his announcements
on public affairs, still potent and stirring,
are still irradiated by laughter. Journal
ism in the United States has known no
wittier no more resourceful, no more gal
liant protagonist. Paraphrasing a cele-
brated author whose ardor for truth and
Justice he shares, we may fifty pay tribute
to him as to one whose heart has been so
romantic, who has given himself so prodi-
cally, who has given himself to sides and
to heroes not ours-only never to the
Philstines. 1t is privilege to salute him
on this day of happy omen in happy
life, the soul of courage and generosity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20

court that this nectar of the gods Of De-
mocracy is harmless if not used in ex-
cess
But one might say the same Of any
drink, of arsenic or prussic acid. And
thus falls to the ground that fabric of
hope which had builded upon the insecure
base Of grape juice. One can drink too
much grape juice, this eminent authority
AYERS. lie might as well have said one can
imbibe too much Chautauqua wisdom, sub
scribe to too many peace treaties, offer
ones unprotected bosom once too often as
a target for the sings and arrows of an
Unregenerate world.
Grape juice is indeed harmless if not
used in excess" But there are some who
will contend that excess begins with the
first drop. 1t will be noticed that DR..
Wiley, true to his cognomen, neglects to
commit himself on this point.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
Holes in the Income Tax Net.

Secretary McAdoo has twice admitted
the failure of the observation-disclosures
provision of the income tax law. Why
should Congress stick any longer to
method which has proved a disappointment
10 the Treasury, and which, in addition,
imposes a needless burden on corporations
and other large employers?
The plan of passing over to employing
concerns and 10 the banks which cash bond
coupons the labor of collecting and turning
over TO the Treasury income taxes owed
by employees and depositors was one of
Representative Hull's felicitous inventions.
He thought that it was an ingenious way
of getting government work done at pri-
vate expense. But it didn't turn out that
way Secretary McAdoo says that much
larger revenue could be collected if the
withholding at -the-source method were dis
carded and full responsibility for return
and payment were put on each individual
taxpayer. The single exception would be
the taxpayer living abroad, whose return
cannot be verified by Treasury agents.
If the law merely required every en-
ployer to furnish the Treasury with infor
nation as to the amounts paid to employees
in excess of the income tax exemption, and
banks to furnish similar information as TO
the deposits of bond coupons, the law
could undoubtedly be enforced more sue
cessfully than it is enforced now. What is
needed is to bring home to the average
recipient of taxable income the necessity
of filing a true and complete return. In
come tax dodgers are still very numerous;
for, according to the last report Of the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, there
were only 82,754 persons in the United
States with net incomes Of from $4,000
to $4,000 This is manifestly inadequate
total, since the number with incomes be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 was $685., and
the number with incomes between $4,000
and $4,000 was 127,448.
Another loophole in the law is its failure
to require the return of every gross income
in excess of $4,000, with the deductions on
which the maker Of the return relies to
force the net income under $4,000. Now
anybody may make his own deductions and
refuse to file a statement on the ground
that his net income is below $4,000
1t is evident that thousands and thou
sands are not paying who should pay
in the $4,000 to $4,000 and
$4,000 to $4,000 classes. Congress should
amend the law so as to make its admins
tration at once more equitable and more
efficient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
An Office Workers Union.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Elsie T." seems TO favor union fol-
stenographers. As a member of the union
| shall be glad if you will publish this letter
so that she and others may know that there
is already union in existence which work
ers in the clerical field may join.
The union is affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, and meets the third
Monday OF each month at i3 East Twenty
second Street, at $3.50 p. m. The union is
interested in short workday. increasing
the wages. and seeing TO it that the office
workers get justice. Only By organization
can the Office workers hope to make their
conditions Of work better. All such work
ers are invited to ask for information at
headquarters. ALICE s. BEAN.
Chairman Organization Committee.
New York. Dec. IL. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
The Greatest American.
tor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ] am very grateful to you for your
brave words and splendid editorial of Satur-
dag. the 1lth headed "Do They Want Roose-
welt ?" Words cannot express the satisfaction
and JOY your editorial brought to one of the
millions who love and admire that greatest
living American, whose manly and unstaned
career made him recognized through the
civilized world as the greatest commanding
figure in the United States. ! am one of the
thousands who believe that if our noble and
fearless leader. Colonel Roosevelt. had been
President of the United States there would
have been no war and no Lusitanis tragedy.
Theodore Roosevelt is the man the people
want to-day in this world crisis-a real patri-
otto American, who puts the honor of his
country above any other considerations. Let
the politicians know that the people want
their champion for President in 1916. and no
one else. He was safe man when in the
White House, and there was not one American
life lost during his Presidency. He never de-
clared war against any nation, but he was
awarded the Nobel peace prize for bringing
about the settlement of the Russo-Japanese
var. | sincerely hope you will Rep up tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
DIR. Wiley's Warning.

DR.. Wiley must be included in that toe
numerous company OF persons who are
always taking the Joy out Of life" The
nation had at last settled comfortably u
the conviction that il had discovered sub.
stitute for intoxicants, drink pleasing 70
the eye, seductive 10 the palate, stimu.
latlng, nutritive, harmless; drink es
poused and recommended by the national
administration and become identified with
en- important phase Of national history; q
drink that was 70 revolutionize the domes
tic scene, purge diplomacy Of its guile
bring international peace. And now Or
Wiley, having withheld his opinion these
many months, calmly takes his scat in Tho
witness chair and testihes under oath ii
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
A Foolish Fiction Disposed Of.

An address lately delivered before the
Austrian Geographical Society by DR..
Schott, of Hamburg, may probably be
taken as marking the official abandonment
of a fiction that has been cherished by the
German people these many months with
wonderful faith and simplicity.
1t is true that confidence in German
power at sea had already been shaken. 1t
was no longer possible to persuade the
public that the British navy was dwindling
rapidly before the attacks of German
submarines or that British oversee trade
was at a standstill. But they were still
encouraged in the belief that the German
navy was preparing to strike and that
the only difficulty was the timidity of the
| British. EXtravagant writers like Count
Reventlow are discredited, but occasional
announcements of an official or semi
official kind led the credulous to believe
that the German feet was roaming the
North Sea, eagerly seeking an encounter
with the enemy. Mr.. Won Wiegand's en-
] Att NdllliiE NOllNti SciNlOilo WIFI btllildil
commanders were good examples of the
kind of nonsense published to keep up the
spirits of those who were little disap,
pointed at the impotence of the German
navy.
DR.. Schott spoke plainly. He explained
that German shipping could not emerge
from what he called the Ems Heligoland-
Sylt triangle. To pass through the Straits
Of Dover was obviously impossible, anc
the northern passage from the North Sea
though 900 miles wide, had, he admitted
been successfully closed by the Police
Bureau at Kirkwall. AS to the Mediterra
mean, only at the Dardanelles and The
Bosporus did the power of the British
cease; for the rest everything was at The
mercy of "the rulers of Gibraltar"
This was all very discouraging, but DR.
Schott's purpose was TO show that German
hopes lay elsewhere. He spoke cheerfully
of the great transcontinental world-trafi,
Of the future-the -Vienna-Con
stantinople- Bagdad- Persian Gulf route
and foresaw great possibilities for the
Central Empires. "This is our future h
said dismissing further consideration Of
the expensive German navy. Here, ever
in times Of war, we shall have a way oper
to the important oceans of the world. 1t!
maintenance is a question of life for th'
Central Powers. To gain this is the NOR,
important, since in the Indian Ocean Eng
land has only two obstacles in the way
the Persian Gulf and German East Africa
Otherwise the Indian Ocean may be re
garded as purely British"
Altogether, it was quite a cheering
lecture and timely one. The old fctior
that Britain had lost control Of the SCI
Icould not be kept up forever. The Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
Ending Dependence on Germany

From Tbs Provideno- JournoL)
1t is not only in the United States that
serious plans are on foot for the establish
ment OF a synthetic dye industry After
carefully considering a number of Locations,
the directors of the British Dyes Company
have decided to locate their works for the
production of synthetic dyes at Huddersfeld
The purpose of this company is to manu-
facture pigments on so extensive a scale as
to make the dye users Of England indepen-
dent of foreign supplies. 1t is estimated that
the new works will eventually employ 10000
adults. which means an added population OF
probably $4,000 people TO the city. One un-
looked for result Of the war is clearly going
to be a new declaration Of industrial indie.
pendence Of Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
A Veteran ACTRESSES Reentry.
dron Tn. Westminster Ga:,ttc)

A remarkable stage temperance of the
near future will be that of the venerable
Miss Genevieve Ward, who is TO take prom
inent part in a farcical piece which Sin
George Alexander is producing shortly at the
81. James,. To the present generation Gen
evieve Ward il little more than an honoreC
name, but to the last she was one Of the
greatest tragic actresses of her time Sh,
has been described, indeed. as the last OF
a., tragedy queens, ana. such being the case
il speaks volumes alike for her versatility
her vitality and her sense OF humor that al
the age Of seventy-seven, she is now about
TO come forward in work Of such different
CIDER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
"A Leader to Deliver Us"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
sir: read yesterday an extract from
your paper published in "The Kansas City
Star" in reference to Theodore Roosevelt az
possible candidate for the Presidency.
am not hero worsh;pper. and am willing
to concode that Mr.. Roosevelt is not without
fault, but neither was Lincoln, Washington
nor Cromwell. But We, the American people,
need a leader to deliver US from the slums of
political corruption and ineficiency. and I
believe that Theodore Roosevelt, with all his
faults, is the man of the day.
This may be wastebasket literature. bu
1t is the honest conviction of a loyal Amer
lean citizen. DR.. n. SHERRICK.
Kansas City. Mo, Dec. 10. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
Is 1t a Confession?

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Being York State Yankee. we feel
like laughing at the humor Of it all.
Answering your query, do they want
Roosevelt" OF course they don't. but I'VE
the people," do. That editorial is, oh. so diff
ferent from The Tribunes cartoon in 1912
THAT Third Cup OF Coffee"
Well, confession is good for the soul. and
we are glad TO see The Tribune get up on
the drivers scat of the 1916 bandwagon.
0PTiMIST.
Princes Bay. ~ Y. Dec. Is. 1915.