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Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
THE PORTEOUs 6 MITCHELL CO.,

more than the most casual concern; :; yet it's mines, fisheries, and furs alone have added to our wealth the grand sum of $500, 0,000, 00O. Individual for tunes have been made in that country larger than the price paid to Russia for the whole territory.
 Its waters are teeming rich with skins and fish. How rich we know, be- cause they have been proved. But how rich its lands are in gold and copper. coal and oil, iron and zinc, no one knows. The pTospector has gone far enough, however, to tell us that no other section of our land to- day makes so rich @ mineral promise. And in agriculture the government it. self has demonstrated that Alaska will produce in abundance all that can be raised in the Scandinavian countries (Sitka has cooler summers and warmer winters than Washington, D. @, the hardy cereals and vegetables, the meats and the berries off which nine million people live in Norway, Sweden and Finland. It has been es- timated that there are 50, 100000 acres of this land that will make homes for a people as sturdy as those of New England. Alaska can be made self sustaining agricuIturally.
 Tt is 3. territory one-f1fth the size of the United States containing less than 1000 miles of anything that can be called a wagon road. It has a few inconsiderable stretches of railroad,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Somers.-Postmas ster Charles ". ". Pease has moved the postoff1ce to fhe new buildings erected by Ernest $. Fuller for that purpose, east of the new garage.
 MiddEetown.-During January Miss Sharp, superintendent of the Middle sex hospital, is to give a course of lee lures on the care of the sick These lectures are to be given from 10 a. m to 12 o'clock on Wednesday of each week.
 Saybrook.-Tlae ferry crossing Is nov covered up to 10 o'clock nightly by a, dasnan, which will continue during this winter In the spring a man will be placed there throughout the night to protect the travelling publiC by oTae5i of the state utilities commission
 New Britain-supt s. H. Ho9ues, reports that he has received no resig- nations from the teachers during the holiday vacation and he expects them all back this (Monday) morning when school reopens. The new plan of hav-- ing the teachers sign a, years ccntrsct is working out very satisfactorily.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

which terminate either in the wilder ness or at a private industry,
 Alaska does not by any means comprise all of our undeveloped re- sources Vast stretches of the Great American Desert still remain to be reclaimed for fruit, grain, vegetable and grazing land. Millions of acres of coal lands are in store ready to be opened as the need for their richness arises. Southwestern oil fields are storing vast quantities of petroleum for future use. InnUmerable water powers throughout the Middle West are waiting to be ilarnessed- Our vast deposits of phosphate rock, embracing millions of acres and containing bill lions of tons of phosphate, undoubt- edly form the worlds greatest supply. These deposits run for hundreds of miles through Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. In 1910 the United States pro- duced 52 per cent of the worlds phos- phate output.
 "A discovery of deposit of potash within the United States was made some time ago, though little has been done in the way of its development The Department of the Interior has expressed the hope that this supply would for some time at least make the farmers of this country indepeTd- ent of foreign sources. It lies. how ever still undeyelo~ed. Germany, uso to now, has had a world monopoly of potash.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

Tor mansion in the Wilhelm Strasse, around which cluster memories of Bis marck, Caprivi, Hohenlohle and Bue- low. 4 portrait of the emperor. with his two elder grandchildren, inscribed
 with words of warm appreciation, stood on the table: on another table were a. number of signed portraits
 including those of Duke Ernest Au- gust of Brunswick and Princess Au- gust Wilhelm and in the anteroom hung life-siZed painting of the ex- chancellor, Prince Won Buelow, who has now accepted office under his sue cessor as ambassador to Italy.
 Regrets German View Has Not Reach
 ed United States.
 The conversation turned first to
 news conditions and the difficulty of presenting the German side of the sit
 uation to American readers. The chan
 celior regretted that owing to the British and French censorship and
 control of cables. the German point
 of view had not been adequately pre- scented in the United States. He felt
 this to be a great injustice.
 Since the English have the possi-
 biAty of getting the truth about them selves and their allies out,'' he asked. 1 why should they object to letting a
 little truth out about Germany To Issue Reports of Early Battles. We shall,'' remarked the chaucel- Tor, shortly issue full reports of the earlier battles, as for example. the battle of T9nnenberg, that on the
 Massurain Lakes and the battle on the Marne.''
 To a remark of how little was known abroad concerning Tannenberg,
 he Tejoined quickly: "One of the greatest battles if2 histoIyl One of the greatest? The greatest, I should say" :"
 'Ts there any truth, Your Excel Iency,'' he was asked, ''in the tntima- tions that Germany is hampering the shipment of provisions to the popula- ton of Belgium and what is the atti- tude of your government toward the American relief work for the Bel g1anS 2T
 Doing Everything to Assist 5eIgiansr fOn the contrary, we are doing ev erything We can to assist 1t and are giving of our own supplies,' he said We are very grateful to the Arneri- cans for if. We are very sorry for the BeIgians. As to our attitude on the question of Beligan neutrality, I have l spoken at len~th in the reichstag. You l have seen the documents published in l the North German Gazette which show that Belgium had abandoned it's own neutrality and that England and ] France had arranged to violate Belgian neutrality long before the war;
 l Germany Prenared for Emergencies. 1 As to the British interpretation of contIaband. his exceilency maintained l that Great Britain had been directing I her contraband regulations not SC much at absolute contFaband in wal materials as at raw stufs for the 1 German industries and at provisions, with the idea of starving out and ruin- i ing Germany economically. But Ger many was prepared, he said, to meet ] the situation.
 You have been here and have seen Iconditions,'' he continued. We have enough. We can get along. Copper, oil, ruhber-we shall have enough ot 1 all. The British restrictions on trade are hurting the neutral states more than they are Germany They have l affected the United States, have they mot? One of the remarkable features
 of the war has been the adaptabIIty
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
FOR EVERY SUFFERER
 FROM CONSTIPATION
RheumaSalts InsureS Quick
 and Safe Relief

The safest, most pleasant and quickest way to relieve constipation and all the misery and ills that go with it, is to dis solve a little Rheurnasalts in water ana drink it while 1t is effervescing.
 Rheumasalts is a scientifically blended and chemically pure carbonated ltthia drink that cleans out the stomach and fntestines. eliminates toxins and poisons and leaves the intestinal canal clean ana sweet.
 eff you are bothered with constipation, headaches. sallow skin, coated tongue, had breath indigestion, .biliousness, neu- YaIgia or rheumatism, then you need Rheumasalts. Fine for both adults and infants.
 It is uric acid solvent as well as sa- line laxative. Instead of "doping" yourself with drug-forming, heart depressing flax ative' pills and tablets. take Rheumasalts. It is delicious to the taste and sots quickly without griping or nausea. Rheunasalts is as pure as the natural laxative salts from the Mineral Springs.
 The next time you need laxative ask your druggist for about five ounces of Rheumasalts If he hasn't the original Rheumasalts, write to the Rheumabath Corupany, Minneapolis, Minn-, who will be glad tq see that you are supplied :
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
OUR AGRICULTURAL AND
 MINERAL RESOURCES
Attention Directed Thereto By Great Waste Taking Place In Europe.
Special to The Builetin.)


 Washington, D. C. Jan. 3.-With the great nations of Europe wasting their wealth and their resources with free handed disregard, and this country be- ing forced to depend more and more upon it's own capital. agricultural and mineral resources, the question of our undeveloped stores takes on an inter est such as it never before has had. In this connection the National Geo. graphic Society has prepared a state ment which says:
 Tn addition to the wonderful agri cultural and mineral development which already has taken place in the United States and which makes this country outrank any other in the world in the value of her crops and the product of her mines, we have vast undeYelOped resources. W have more coal, more petroleum, more phos- phate, and more copper than any oth- CT country. Our coal reserves reach such an overwhelming total as to make the combined coal reserves of the next six greatest producing na- tiOns-all of whom are at war-dWin- dle into inslSnifiCance. Zinc, lead, sil- yer. timber, salt, iron, ore and other staples of commerce are here in un- developed abundance. Alaska is the greatest of our unexploited treasure trOves.
 The largest body of unused and neglected land in the United States is Alaska. It is now nearly cen tury since we purchased this terri tory, and it contains today less than 10000 white inhabitants. less than 1000 for each year it has been in our possession. The purchase was made as a means of protection against pos sibIe aggression of 9 foreign nation and without hope that it would be even self supporting. In the inter vening 46 years we have given it little
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
IKE 6 SEAMAN IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR
Ven HolIeg, Grants Interview to Associ- ste2 Press Correspondent - Talks Past and Present Phases of War-Conhdent of Ultimate German Victory

Berlin, Dec. fl Correspondence of The Associated Press)-The imperial chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmaun- Holl- veg. received a correspondent of The Associated Press today and spoke openly on the Belgian relief situation, the question of contraband, the way in which industrial Germany has adapted herself to waT conditions, the senti- and toward America and on the re- responsibilities of the war, which he at tributes to Great Britain.
 Did Not Want War.
 T did not want this war; was one of his phrases given with striking emphasis. We Germans do not cher ish hate,' was another, occurring in the discussion of the attitude of the Germans toward the French soldiers and people.
 Four months and half of war have not passed lightly over the chancel- Tor. In his uniform of lieutenant general, with grizzled, close cropped beard and iron crosses, first and sec ond class, he seemed much older than the scholarly, frock-coated statesman of reichstag debates. Face and eyes showed signs of the strain of the past few months,
 $OhHQeHT or GsFFnaG NtCI0fSs
 He spoke with confidence of ulti- mate Germany victory, although a weary, expressive shrug of the shoul- ders was his answer to q. query as to the possible duration of the war. The chancellor had only that after noon received " wor1 that his son, Q young cavalry lieutenant. had been badly wounded and captured in Po- land by the Russians, but of this he made no mention when stating that the situation on the eastern front ap- peared to be very favorable.
 interview in Chancellor Mansion.
 The interview took place in the re- ception room of the historic cflancel-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
posed to the action of radiun1

Astronomers in the Carothers ob- servatory at Houston, Tex. report a new method for observing sun spots without the aid of a, telescope, as fol lows: If images of the sun be form ed through clean cut round holes of proper size in a darkened room at sufficient distance from the aperture and cast upon clean white paper or cardboard. sun spots of ordinary size may be readily seen on the image. This method would enable amateurs to note the progress of the spots across the solar disk.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
MYSTIC

Adrs Edward Harris and two sons have returned tp Boston after a, visit to Hrs. Harris' parents. MT, and Mrs. John Ripple.
 Ml. and Mrs, George Swain are vis- ting Mrs. Swadn's son, William Holmes. and family. in New York.
 Mrs. NJ. L. Small entertained the Helen Starkey chapter of St Marks Episcopal church at her home on Lii brary street, at last weeks meeting.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

of German industries You have seen he way in which she has been read
 .usting her industries from peace pur-
 poses to those of war. Oh, we have enough he repeated. in disIniasing the subject.
 No Trouble About Financing War.
 'eW hat about financing the war, your 4xcellency?"
 There is no trouble about that. You nave noticed how iiberany the first
 war loan was subscribed and it will be the same with the next. We shall have funds enough to continue the war to the end. '.And when does your exceuency think that will be-
 \ Shrug of the shoulders and mo- ments hesitation preceded the answer: Impossible to say. I hope that 1t will nor be long. We have good news from the east front. The situation there IS favorable"
 No Il-Feeiinq Toward French The conversation then turned to the sentiment of the Germans toward the various nations with which they are at war The chancellor said that there seemed to be very little ill-feeling tow ard the French. On the contrary, the men at the front get almost on friend " terms with the French soldiers op- posite them. ''But we Germans do not cherish hate,'' he said. ITO hate is not a Germanic trait The vendetta be- longs to the Latin races. q did not want this war" he con- tinued with emphasis For the five years that I have sat here, he said. touching the desk before him, T have lahored steadily to develop a good un- derstandin9 with England. In my speech in the reichstag the other day told of these efforts. But all came to naught, and not through my fault" Says England Encouraged Russia. The chancellor then went on to dis cJss as in his e~eech of Dec, 2, how the attitude of the British government, by steadily encoura ring the Russian war party with the necessary confi- l dence in ultima te British support, had brought the war nearer and nearer. At this point. Colonel Won Mutius, ] the emperors S aide de camp, was an nounced.
 Better News Facilities for American Press. "T am very sorry that I cannot give you more time, but I have been sum moned by the kaiser" said the chan ceIIor. Before goln9 however, he found time to volunteer assistance to | the correspondent in securing better news facilities for the American press l and to discuss the feeling in Germany ] toward Americans.
 l There had been perhaps few iuci- l dents in which Americans had suffered annoyance, he acknowledged, particu- 1 larly in the early days of the war, and l some Germans were not quick to real ize that the language of the English was also spoken by 6 hundred millions 1 of neutral Americans.
 Mistakes Will Occur.
 ''But war is war," he said, and re-
 grettabIe mistakes will occasionally
 occur. But the feeling of the govern
 ment and the people here is friendly to
 1 Americans, and we hope that they will
 continue to understand that they are 1 welcome
 Referring to charges of brutality against the German soldiers. he con
 1 cluded
 1 Our boys are not bad boys. They l do not do such things
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
Extra Special!

At S3.2e-Size 24-inch Scotch Linen Dinner Napkins, value S4.00. At $6.s5-Size 27-inch Scotch Linen
 Dinner Napkins, value $10.00. At S2.e8-Size f4-inch Madeira Tea
 Napkins. scalloped edge and
 embroidered corner, at S2.98
 a dozen, value $4.00.
 He1nstitched Luncheon Napkins, size Is inch-at $2.43 a dozen, value s3.00-at $3.4s, value $4.00-at $4.48, value S5.00-at S4.9s, value $6.00. 32 dozen assorted size Napkins. subject to ill inperfectionB-a half prices.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
STONINGTON

Linemen in tGle employ of the Vest er2y Lighting company have made an extension to the main line wires on Water street.
 Mrs. Albert Randall has returned to Bridgeport after 8 visit here.
 Mir. and Mrs. George W. Haley cele- brated the 21st anniversary of their marriage New Years day.
 Mrs. Charles Kellars has returned to Taunton. Mass, after q visit with StUuington friends
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
All Wool Steamer Rugs

A limited quantity of strieIy All Wool Steamer Rugs, at these very Special Sale Prices,
 At S2.es-reduced from $500
 At $3.es-reduced from $500
 At 4.eS+reduced from s7.50
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

Winsteeis-Owen E. Wilcox of Horf- con, Wis, has been the guest of Mrs. Ophelia Garrett in Collinsvi1le. Mir. Wilcox, who is 92 years old, is taking a rip to visit friends here in the east, lnd came to Collinsville from Farm ngton. He came from Collinsyille to Wingted.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
Bath Robe Blankets

Beacon Bath Robe Blankets, size T2x90, assorted pat terms, with cords, etc, to match. regular price s2.5O- co Sale price s.s.As.....- RS
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

Danburv.-ReI Walter J. Shan1ey rector Of St. Peters church in Dan aUry has accented an invitation to address the public school teachers of Hartford in that city on Tuesday even 5ng, Jan 70 "~ +he subject Education ER the Philippines.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
OBITUARY.
John Willis.

John Willis died at his home on Green avenue Saturday morning after teiHg in' failing health for year MT. ~AFnlis -as born in Belfast, Ireland July 3 fS42. the son of Agnes Alexan- ter and Robert Willis. He came to ehis country in 1866 and was employed ygit hthe A. T. Stewart company He lived at Whitesides, N. Y, and in Webster for 25 wears. He has lived in Jewett City 17 years. He married susan Walsh in New York, Mrs Willis having died four years ago. MT. Willis IS survived by three sons, Gordon and 77obert of Jewett City, William of +S5Cuthbridge. and three dauohters Mrs. Walter Farrar of Norwich. Mrs. Joseph C5lll and Mrs. Eugene Smith of wor- cester, Mass. There are IS grandchil- aren. He also leaves @ brother Will Gam, and a sister. Mrs Hugh Gordon. n Belfast. Ireland, He was member of fine Webster 4. O. U. w
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
Cottons, Pillow Cases, Etc.

At 4e-Ss-inch Unpleacl1ed Sheet
 ing.
 At 594c-40-inch Unbleached Sheet
 ing. irregular weave, value SC. Unbleached sheeting at 61sc from Slzc-at "A from 1oc.
 Bieached sheeting at 6c from So at 7Zc from 10c-at S&c from 121zc.
 S1-inch Brown Sheetinly at e3c from 30c-Bleached at 25c from S2c. 42-inch Pillow Case Cotton at 1O1sc from 14c-45-inch at 11Ac from 15c.
 Ticking at SC from 121sc-at Is1sc from 16c-at 16c from 2Oc.
 Pillow Cases at Sc from 1oc-at 12Ac from 1Sc- at 16c from zoe. At 37Lac-Brovu and B1eacted
 Sheets, size 72x90.
 FuIl-size Sheets at 45c from 55c- at 55c from 66c--at 65c from 79c- at 75c from 96c.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

Grown Prince Rupprecht of Baravia commands the German forces in the Metz area, the least discussed, but by no means the least important part of the fighting line. He is forty five years old. He is commander in chief oftIe First Bavarian army corps.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

At 4e-One case of Huck and
 Turkish Towels. Better Towels at Sc from loo at 10c from 121ac-at 123ac from 16c-at 1Tc from 22c. At 48c-1S- inch Sanitary Diaper,
 4Sc a piece of 10 yards, value
 CSC.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04


 At 22c-5S-inch BIeached Table Darnask, value 29c. At 2oc-60-inch Bleached Table Damaslz. value 39c. At 4se-64 inch Bleached Table Damask, value 66c, At 6sc-70-ineh Bleached Table Damask, value 85c. At s5e-72-inch Silver Bleached, value SI.25 and $1.36. At S1,19-T2-inch Extra Heavy, Double Satin Table Damask, Scotch manufacture, value $1.50.
 At S3.2e-Size 24-inch Napkins to match the foregoing at $S.29 a dozen, value $4.50. At 37c-Best Quality Turkey Red Damask.
 At S1.2e-Size 66x56 Hemmed Linen Pattern Cloths, value $1-75. At S7.4e-Size 66x82 Hemmed Linen Pattern Cloths, value $2.00. VERY SPECIAL 103 Pattern Cloths, our own importation, subject to weayer's imperfec- tions-at half prices. Napkins at 4Sc a dozen from CSC at 6sc from s1.00-at 95c from s1.25-at $1.65 from $2.o0--at SPAS from s3.00.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
BIankets- D All Kinds Reduced

At 9e-Regular size Crib Blankets Cotton Blankets at sec from 69c at S5c from $1.1s-$1.29 from $1.50.
 WooInap Blankets at sf.65 from $2.00-at S1.e5 from g. 50-at $2.45 from s3.00.
 Wool Blankets at SPAS from s8.Ga at $3.s5 from s5.00-at s5.s5 from s7.00.
 Plaid Wool Blankets at sS.s6 from $5.00-s4.s5 from $6.0n-s5.S5 from $7.0o.
 At $5.s5-9o, size 72x90 All Wool
 Plaid Blankets, manufactur-
 CTS samples, value s1o.0s.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
Linen Pillow Cases

Hemstitehed Linen Pillow Caee9s size 45x36, reduced as foIiows:
 At $1.A5-reduced from $1.s5 At S1.75-reduced from $2.25 At $1.e5-reduced from s25e At $2&5-reduced from s3.2s
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
Guest Towels Reduced

Guest Towels, comprising Al Linen, Huok, Turkish, Etc.
 At 19e-reduced from 25c At 29c-reduced from 39c At 371Ac-reduced from soc At 4ec-reduced from 75c
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
Scarfs and Squares

At $1.69-Size 18x54 Hemstitched.
 Hand-Woyen ScarfS, value
 S2.00. At S1.69-Size S6-inch Hemstitched
 Squares, hand woven, value
 S2.00.
 Fine Towels. Squares, Doylies, Center Pieces, Etc. all at Sale Prices.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
PREACHED HIS OWN FUNERAL
MonoIogist's Photographic Records
Used at Death Services in
New York City.

New York, Dec. 22-The funeral
services over the body Of Leonard G.
Spencer, the photographic monOlogue
man, who dropped dead, we're held at
the Funeral Church and they consist
ed OF two phonograph records he die
tated two years ago and saved
As the sonorous voice recited first
the Lords Prayer and afteTward the
Twenty-third Psalm, the widow and
her three daughters and more than
fifty friends and professional assOci-
ates of the man were profoundly af-
fected Women sobbed and men
stared with trembling lips. All said
it was as if the man himself had re-
turned and was speaking
For years Spencer's monologues,
German, farmer and other dialects
have been known wherever the phOno-
graph records of the Edison and Co
lumbia machines are known
There was no preliminary except
that a large phonOgTaph was brought
in and placed at the head OF the coffin
behind some palms. Then, as quiet
settled, suddenly in Spencer's own,
powerful voice came, Our Father"
and the mourners gasped. Evenly and
steadily the voice recited the prayer
and stopped A moment later, as
someone made the necessary change,
there came in the same voice, The
Lord is my shepherd" and with meas
ured. reverent emphasis.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
AIDED WESTERN SCHOOLS
Missouri and Kansas Colleges Receive
Money From Rockefeller Gen.
eraI Education Board.

New York, Dec. 24.-The General
Education Board, founded by John D.
Rockefeller, has in the last year sub
scribed S1O,5S2, 591 to colleges with the
requirement that additional amounts
aggregate $5O,3S4, 1923 be given by the
public.
Four Missouri and three Kansas col
Ieges have shared in the fund. Drury
college at Springfield was given $685.
900, being required to collect $685.
900 more; Washington university was
given 100000 and required to collect
s800,000; William Jewell was given
1925, 1000 and required to collect $780,
600, and Central college was given
$4,000 and required to collect $685.
600.
In Kansas, Ottawa university was
given $4,000 and required to collect
$4,000 more; Washburn college was
given S125,O00 and required to collect
, 1915 900, and Baker university was
given $4,000 and required to collect
$375, 200.