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Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16
Enqaeement Announced.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Henry Clark of
Liberty Hill, Lebanon, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Gladys to Myron J. Hoxie of Lebanon.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16
WEDDING
Distefano-Si

Salitino Distefano and Miss Rosalio
Silontre were married at eight o'clock
Thursday morning at ST. Josephs
church, Rev. T. F. Bannon, the pastor
officiating, and singing the nuptial
mass. Michael Rosi and Josephine ST.
lontre were the witnesses.
Hoxie- Wilton.
Wednesday afternoon at the Bap-
fist parsonage, Frank w. Hoxie of
Willimantic and Louisa v. Wilton of
Mansfield were married, Rev. William
F. Rowley performing the ceremony.
On their return from a short wedding
trip to Boston they will reside on High
street in this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16
Busy Quarter for HospitaI.

this year up to the present, 1914 pa
tients have been admitted to st. Jo-
seph's hospital in this city. Last year
there were but two less in the same
period.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16
Praise Usually Short Lived.

How many. iauded in song. are given
over to the forgotten; and how many
who sung their praises are clean gone
long ago-Marcus Aurelius.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16
Hoxie- Wilton
Flags at Halt Mast.

In memory Of the anniversary of the
death of Abraham Lincoln, fifty years
ago Thursday, many of the flags in
the city were at half mast, including
that at the postoffice, the American
Thread Company, the H. c. Murray
store land several other places.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16

Windham County Medical Association
Meets for the 122nd Time-Hears
Paper by Dr.. J. J. Donohue, Of Nor
witch.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16
GAVE rs YEARS SERVICE.

Chaplin, where they have been living
for the past month.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16

Co. L Members Before CourtmartiaI.
Major General George Rau of Hart
ford presided at summary court held
in the state armory Thursday evening
following the regular drill of Co. L.
Six members of the company who had
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16
What Is GoIna On Tonight.
PHYSICIANS IN SESSION

Purinton Temple. No. 2, Pythian
tcrs, K. of p. Hall.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-16

Several assistants were called out by
Fire Warden Peter Robitaille to help
in putting out a brush fire near ST.
Mary's cemetery Thursday afternoon
1t took long time to subdue the fire.
which burned over a very large area.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your pro-Ally views, as Agnes P. Sis
son says. "have a vast number of. supporters,
women included" but your antiWilson views
nearly turned every one of them away from
you, and America First" entitled patriotic
drama" Il should call it "disloyalty
drama") in The Tribune this morning is, or
should be, the last SCATTERING block. You
certainly should feel much shame in allowing
any one connected with your paper to publish
such an article-and the injustice, the falsty,
the disloyaty of such anti-Wilson views are
strongly held up to you in the numerous
letters also published in this
mornings Tribune-letters full of enthu-
siasm, appreciation, loyalty, almost reverence,
for the man at the head Of our government
who has up TO now kept US out of war. ].
New York, Nov 81, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
Patronage or Public Service?

If the Democratic party values patron
age more than it values efficient service of
the public it will depose Postmaster Nor
gan when his term expires next month
If it has regard for duty to the public
we'll performed, with which the public is
cr,inently satisfied, Senator O'Gorman's
endeavor TO land deserving Democrat IN
That place will be thwarted and Mr.. Nor
gan reappointed, even though he happens
TO be Republican.
The New York Postoffice is we'll man.
aged, carefully operated plant, which re-
turns a profit of about S20,000,00O year
TO the government. 1t is, without doubt,
the best run Office in the country. For
much of this efficiency Mr.. Morgan per-
sonally is responsible. He knows the bust
less of the office as only a man who had
zone from carrier to postmaster, as ne
did, could know it. The business men OF
New York, to whom quick and accurate
service there is vital, have come to regard
him as the one indispensable man in the
cfice where he has served so long.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
The Army as an Educator.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Much is said nowadays about "pre-
paredness." My plan, as regards the army,
would be very simple and effective. I would
require every At young man to serve one
year in the regular army. Thus, after a
few years, we should have plenty Of SOL
dicrs ready to be organized into regiments
and put into active service in case Of need;
and from these many company offcers-cap-
tains and lieutenants-could be selected.
An important feature of this plan Is that
the experience and discipline thus gained
would be of very great benefit to the young
men irrespective Of possible war, and even
if war were actually impossible. know this
from my own experience. / served in the
army the last two years Of the Civil War
Immediately after my graduation from COL
lege. and have always felt that those two
years were we'll spent, even viewed only as
preparation for the successful practice OF
law. which has since been my profession.
Indeed. have sometimes said that valued
the discipline and experience of those two
years almost as much as that Of my whole
four years in college. This would be time
we'll spent. by the ybung men and money
we'll spent by the government-war or no
war-and a most effective preparation for
possible war. THOMAS YOUNG.
Huntington, N. Y, Nov. 90, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24

patriotic duty as to hold the foe at arms
length beyond Germany's frontiers. Some
new metal cross ought to be devised for
the solace of those who now have to
forego broiled meat on Mondays and
Thursdays and cooked ham and pork on
Saturdays. That would be psychological
master stroke, since it would probably re-
lieve a lot of acute psychological suffering
Germany does not face any real danger
Of famine. But she has to face popular
horror of anything like a near-famine'
This is shown by the extreme seriousness
with which the imperial government is
dealing with the problem of a German
public on shortened rations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
Girls and Scholarship.

1t is always a little disconcerting, ex-
cept to the extreme feminist, to receive
incontestablc proof that girls excel boys
in scholarship. The November issue OF
"The Michigan Alumnus" presents such
proof in table entitled Comparative
Standing of Fraternities, Sororities and
Other House Clubs" whose graphic elo'
quence is supplemented with no editorial
comment whatsoever. Possibly this is be-
cause in the co-educational environment
the phenomenon is considered too common
place or too tragic to warrant 1t. In any
case, glance at the table will show that
only one general fraternity stands above
the lowest of the rungs achieved by gen.
eral sororities; that only one of the many
professional fraternities stands higher
than the single professional sorority, and
that the seven entries under "Other Mems
Clubs" stand lower than all but two of the
much larger number of entries under
"Other Women's Clubs" while one of these
Women's clubs has climbed so high that
it cannot be included in the table at all
and must be relegated to footnote.
There are three favorite explanations
of all this-one is that girls mature more
rapidly than boys; another that they are
more conscientious, and the third that
they are endowed with better brains. The
third, indeed, is fast becoming militant
battle cry, AS "kultur" has become with
the Germans, whose average superiority
to their neighbors in the pursuits OF peace
as in those of war seems no less incon-
testable. And yet, as DR.. Eliot has pointed
out, the Germans are not creative, and,
with all due respect to her ability and
charm. neither is woman. However oppo-
site women as a sex are to Germans as a
race (and we must grant them an infinite
divergence), the two have this relative
deficiency in common, coupled with their
greater reverence for authority. Indeed,
il is this reverence which may explain the
puzzle Girls as a whole aim to please,
and they aim to please their parents and
teachers no less than the unworthy and
young cubs whom later they are
to accept as their nominal masters. Is it
any wonder their marks are high?
All of which, we fear, will be considered
by some the typical masculine crawl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
LET Us BE PATIENT
We May Yet Demonstrate That
Cowardice Is the Best Policy.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / have read with much satisfaction
the reassuring news from Washington that
our government has decided to write note
to Austria on the Ancons incident. Another
academic discussion, then, is about to take
place on this unfortunate affair. But why
trouble about this? 1t Is already cold.
Since the Ancona has occurred the casualty
By which the hospital ship Anglia has been
torpedoed, and now the Norwegian steamer
Ulriken, bound from New York to Rotter-
titute Belgians, has been torpedoed by a
German submarine in the North Sea. II it
should not seem to be IN any way inexpe-
dent or adverse to more important inter-
ests, hope President Wilson will not over
look the opportunity to send note to Ger
many touching gently on the little incident
Of the Ulriken.
One can fancy the government clerks
eagerly scanning tho list Of sailors to dis
cover whether any precious American life
was heedlessy lost and their blessed relief
In assuring themselves that only foreigners
lives were sacrificed We very properly take
no interest in foreigners lives. The claims
Of outraged humanity have fortunately no
hold on US. We have neither guaranteed
nor recognized any such claims, which luck
lily can make no appeal save to our indi-
yidual sympathies. No treaty can be discov
cred in the archives of the Department Of
State which binds US to enforce or even to
encourage them. Thank God for Wilson
and peace
Moved as they doubtless are by envy of
our achievements, the people Of the world,
neutral and belligerent alike, affect to de-
spisc us. But we should remember that envy
is apt to take the form Of abuse. Repressed
emotions often find utterance in an inverted
form, and where we have q right to expect
admiration we encounter terms Of hatred
or contempt So Mr.. Blifl might well be
surprised at being misunderstood, and Mr..
Heep is reported to have found some diff
Guilty in adjusting himself to general opinion.
With such eminent examples before US we
can we'll afford to be indifferent and even
magnanimous.
And much magnan!mity is necessary for
us to contemplate, unmoved, the difference
between the sentiment felt toward US in the
period between 1880 and 1850, when We were
the hope of the world, and the present con-
demnation of our friends and enemies alike,
who to-day regard US as a shame to civliza-
tion and disgrace to humanity. Let US be
PATIENT Thus only can we dsprove the
ancient dctum that no nation of towards
can endure; and at the end Of this present
unpleassntness in Europe we will find our
account in the transfer to New York Of the
financial centre of the world and in the sub
stitution of dollar exchange for sterling.
We can well afford to see humanity betrayed
and civilization blighted If for a time we
can effect this fine substitution.
A. STUART NJ CHISHOLM.
Bennington, VT, Nov. 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION
Reasons for Believing Should Be United the Present Crisis
and Might Would Make Serious Study OF Russian
Conditions Ignoring German and Jewish Promptngs.

in Russia, because it only means putting new
wood to the fire of the numerous anti-Semites
in Russia and weakening the power OF the
Russian liberals, who are struggling for
just solution of the Jewish question in Rus
STA. But the Jewish agitation in the United
States press and society endangers not only
the fate of the Jews in Russia, but imperils
the possibility OF a better understanding be-
tween the great republic and the great en-
pire, because it suggests to the Russian
statesmen the wrong idea that the United
States has no policy of its own, no govern
mcnt of its own, and that it is preferable and
more efficient to treat with the Alliance
Israelite than with the government at Wash
ington regarding American affairs.
Summarizing my deductions, made by
studying American life, am obliged to say
that it is time for all sound Americans to
cease to look upon Russia through Jewish
and German spectaces, and to set to study
ing Russia seriously, methodically and i'm
partially, beginning with her language and
her history. You cannot change Russia after
your taste; as state she is 914 years older
than the United States, and if Russia can be
extremely helpful to the United States as q
friend she can also be very dangerous II
the Americans compel her to turn to the side
of their enemies.
SERGIUS n. SYROMIAINIKOFF.
New York, Nov. %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
Compulsory Labor for the Voorhees,

Every year about this time New York
City becomes the mecca for the tempo
rarily unemployed and those merry pill
grims of the highway who prefer to live
without work. If Police Commissioner
Woods's plan of putting such individuals
at work on various municipal improve
ments to pay for their keep goes into
effect, the metropolis is likely to be highly
unpopular as a winter resort this year.
That is by no means an argument against
the plan. 1t is, rather, distinctly in its
favor.
Last winter there was an unemployment
problem of vast magnitude here. Tens of
thousands of men, honestly and earnestly
seeking work, were unable to obtain 1t
and were brought to the bread line and
the Municipal Lodging House. This year
there is no such situation. Careful cam
vases made by various charitable organi-
cations and the police show comparatively
little unemployment here-not much more
than what is considered normal" In
some cities there is actually a scarcity
of labor, not alone of trained mechanics
and skilled workers, but of ordinary
workers. There is no need, therefore, for
"Hotel de Gink" or any similar expe-
dent to take care Of unemployed who
might, conceivaby, be employable. For a
man to be out Of work and seeking charity
this winter will be p,iEla fdcie evidence
either that he is not hunting work too
vigorously or that he is in some way
incapacitated for it. If he is unable to
work he becomes a proper object for the
ministrations of some one of the various
charitable or philanthropic agencies which
handle such cases, and there seems little
likelihood that they will not be able thls
winter to handle their applicants without
undue strain. If he is able to work, but
unwilling, the Police Commissioner s
scheme Of compulsory labor is the proper
remedy for his case. The city will be
better off for its application to him, and
maybe he will be, too. And if, fearing the
rigors of such unaccustomed occupation,
he steers clear of the Big Town, the city
still will be the gamer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
Who Will Hold the Bag?

There is something very diverting in
the efforts Of the Democratic leaders in
Washington to thrust on one another the
unwelcome responsibility Of increasing ap-
preparations and discovering new sources
of revenue. President Wilson Is averse to
offering suggestions to the House Demo
Gratis who have to prepare revenue legis-
lation. The House leaders are equally re-
mctant to levy new taxes unless they can
shelter themselves behind plain recon-
mendations coming officially from the
White House.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, the chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee, has
called Mr. Wilson's attention to the pro-
vision of the sundry civil appropriation
law of 1909, which authorizes the Presi-
dent to recommend to Congress such loans
or taxes as may be necessary to cover
any discrepancy between the governments
apparent income and the total of appro-
priations for which the Secretary Of the
Treasury annually submits estimates.
That legislation was accepted by President
Taft as a warrant for trying to frame a
real Federal budget. Some progress was
made in that direction, and under the
Taft administration, for the first time in
the memory Of the living, the steady in
crease of Federal appropriations from one
year to another was checked.
The budget system was never fully de-
veloped however, because when a Demo-
cratic House Of Representatives came in
in 1911 its leaders, of whom Mr.. Fitzger-
aid was one, grew jealous, considering
their privileges infringed by the activities
of the Executive. They therefore added
rider TO the executive, legislative and
judicial appropriation act Of 1912 which
punctured the budget idea. 1t provided
that the regular annual estimates Of
appropriations should "be prepared and
submitted to Congress by those charged
with the duty of such preparation and sub
mission only in the form and at the time
now required by law, and in no other form
and at no other time" This practically
restored the old hodge-podge order.
Now Mr.. Fitzgerald repents his ardor to
preserve the prerogatives of the House at
the expense of economy and efficiency. He
cannot control the spenders at the Capitol.
and he wants the President to accept the
responsibility Of controlling them. He
would prefer to duck from under when
appropriations are to be vastly increased
and bonds must be issued or new taxes
levied But Mr.. Wilson is also naturally
not anxious to figure just now as "a budget
maker.
We believe that the President ought to
have a larger hand in budget making and
ought to assume more responsibility for
expenditure But Mr.. Fitzgerald is hardly
the proper man to take Mr.. Wilson aside
at this juncture and encourage him to
hold the bag which the House Democrats
are so desperately anxious to wish on him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
Modern Perils of Search at Sea.

Our latest note protesting against Brit
ish restrictions on American commerce
has drawn from one critic the complaint
that it is wanting in what he calls sea
mindedness"- certain habit of thought
apparent in many Of the old prize court
decisions. Writing only as a naval critic
for 1.-The Times" of London, he does not
pretend to discuss the legal aspect of the
matter, but as a seaman and naval Off
Ger he declares himself dissatisfied with
the comparisons made between the present
war and naval wars of other times.
1t will be remembered that on former
occasion the British government insisted
that modern conditions justified bringing
vessels into port for search, especially in
respect Of the size Of modern carriers of
commerce. In the reply of our government
this excuse was dismissed shortly on the
authority of "a board Of naval experts"
who gave il as their opinion that "the
facilities for boarding and inspection of
modern ships are, in fact, greater than in
former times, and no difference, so far as
the necessities of the case are concerned,
can be seen between the search Of ship
of 1000 tons and one of 10000 tons, ex-
cept possibly a difference in time, for the
purpose Of establishing fully the character
of her cargo and the nature Of her service
and destination"
Now the critic who deplores the lack Of
"seamindedness" in the whole note fails to
discover any trace Of 1t even In this pas
sage. The parenthetical exception admit
ting a possible difference in the time In
yolved seems TO him to establish an essen
tial distinction between current conditions
and the conditions Of former times. Those
naval experts who advised the United
States government cannot" he says, have
had any experience of the particular dan
ger that awaits the boarding vessel, and
Of which there have been several instances
in the past, while we have just had
further example in the loss of the Tara,
with thirty-four lives, in the Egean."
There can be no doubt that modern YES
sells carry far larger cargoes and afford
greater possibilities Of concealment than
vessels Of former times, while, considering
the use of submarines, the danger of delay
IS lncomparably greater to-day. "The SUBJ
marine" this critic argues, "has brought
about a change Of tactics at sea, and has
made necessary new methods Of offensive
defence not only for the war vessels wait
ing an opportunity TO give battle but also
for those engaged In exercising our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
GERMANY on Short Rations.

A recent issue of the Berliner "Morgen
Post" brings details of measures recently
taken TO regulate still further the sale and
consumption of food in Germany. The
Germans are not near starvation. But the
government appreciates the need OF en-
couraging little judicious fasting AND
u nust be remembered that even If the
average German should cut his peace diet
in half he would still be eating more than
enough to keep him in health and strength
if not in contentment.
At its sitting Of October 20 the Bundles
rath, the upper Legislative body OF the
empire, approved number Of additional
food restriction measures. By the terms
OF one Of these meat and material for
meat dishes may no longer be sold by
dealers 70 customers on Tuesdays or Fri
days. In the restaurants on Mondays and
Thursdays meat, game and fish may not
he cooked with fat, but must be served in
boiled form only. On Saturdays no cooked
ham or pork may be served, although cold
ham may still be eaten with bread.
Another decree authorizes the Imperial
Chancellor TO fix maximum prices for all
kinds Of potatoes--those for the use of
domestic animals as well as for human
consumption. Similar maximum prices are
70 be fixed for fish and game, the govern
ment having already taken control Of the
markets for grain and meats.
As the empires food stock diminishes
further restraints will doubtless be laid on
individuals who have not sufficiently dis
ciplined themselves against excess eating
The Imperial Chancellor recently reminded
the people of Germany that there was
field of sacrifice open TO those who stayed
at home as well az 10 those who were at
the front To conquer an overindulged
appetite, be intimated. was as high a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-24
A Petition to the President.
o the Editor of The Tribune,

To the Editor of The Tribune,
Sir 1t is suggested that petition, which
has received already some signatures, should
be sent to the President begging that he
should use the opportunity which has become
a duty TO end relations with the German
Empire because of the long continued de-
fance of his demands for submission to in
ternational law after the Lusitana affair.
This course is not only obligatory upon
the United States through self-respect and
to prevent Germany's condoned practice from
becoming part Of international law, but is
due to our country's interest in world peace
for these reasons:
First-It would end the use of America by
the German propaganda presuming on our
apparent indifference, which has attacked our
business, tried to influence our politics, made
the neutrality of the country a cover for all
kinds of assistance to the German cause and
has jeopardized the lives of our people on
land and sea.
Second-It would silence the pacifsts
and feminists, whose agitation for any kind
Of compromise, with disclaimer OF the pos
sibility of war under any provocation, is, OF
course, an encouragement to the world bully
THRIFT would do something toward the
overthrow of that wicked force now fighting
civilization and tend to substitute prevention
for the cure which the dispensers of the vast
charity of our people vainly try to apply
as "camp followers" in its bloody train to
the awful suffering il has left in Belgium
Poland, Serbia and Armenia.
ERvING WINSLOW.
Boston, Nov. 90, 1915.