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Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-23
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
How the Birth of Nation impressed a Civil War Veteran.

MT. Editor: The great photo play,
 '"The Birth of a Nation seemed to me
 more of a thrilling. speculative drama
 than a historical play of importance.
 I must say I was more surprised by
 what it lacked than by what it con-
 tained.
 Those familiar with Southern land-
 scapcs saw there was not one typical
 house with its contiguous negro quart CTS being nowhere in evidence.
 Those who expected to see Sher- mans March through Georgia to the Sea, did not behold a single com pany of well-drilled boys in blue in it and not single company of Con- federates which the South would be willing to recognize as representative of their military efficiency. From
 soldiers point of view there was
 a rabble and a big noise. There were sensational thrills in 1t where love and cruelty crossed each
 others tracks. and where lech- erous negroes were represent | ed as trying forcibly to make wives of pursued cast herself to death over | precipice. Most every one shed tears I-doubtless all did who had tears to shed.
 ed in the pictures. When we saw | him in authority denying to the white | men the right of franchise he was a | citizen preventing men from voting who had no legal right to vote-for 1 50 years the negro has been killed at l the polls by these same white citi- | zens when he was legal voter seek | ing to deposit his vote for his party. | What the negro was represented as | doing at Piedmont I have seen white troops do in other parts of the South. 1 I have no reason to think of the col | ored volunteer as being more fierce or lecherous than other soldiers. The
 of any country are the exceptions. not the rule. 1 While there were many beautiful | pictures shown, there was a conglom- 1 eration of historical scenes prtGented | from which only wrong differences could l be drawn by those uninformed. The whole thing in effect was immoral be- cause defamatery both of the white and colored people, North and South. The only well-organized body of ! men in the whole performance was the
 Ku Klux Klan and they rode with a I the nincing walk of the Cameron maids became a movement a female
 pedestrian would find it difficult to l initiate.
 It was greati It was greatI We 1 have heard reiterated a hundred times. l ton, but not as a mental conception. should not be proud even having | one of the censors who approved of ! such a play.
 A CIVIL WAR VETERAN.
 Norwich, Nov. 22, 1915.
 Rock salt is produced by deep | shaft mining in Eastern United | States; the annual output is 1000, 900 | tons, valued at g per ton.
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sidewalks or streets except between the hours of seven a. m. and nine p. m.; that no person more than fifteen years old shall skate on streets or sidewalks at any time except by con sent of the adjoining property own CTS, and that no person shall skate on street or sidewalk within block of a physician's notice warning against 1t because of sickness on the prem ises. There is not, however, any ord- finance which warrants the posting of a notice forbidding "all skating on this sidewalk under penalty of the law" and it were well if some per sons took notice of that fact. Neither have they any right to drive children who are harmlessly skating of the sidewalk in front of their premises New Haven Register.
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tOry.-BrldgepOrt StandarQs
 Paterson, N. J., is trying the exper- iment of selling bonds to its own people. A new issue is to be put out in the popular denomination of -10o, as well as in $1,000 bonds, and is to be advertized to the public People everywhere ought to be educated in to the idea of buying the bonds of their own city. It would teach them to invest with sense of security, be- cause every man who has $100 is in a position to judge of the credit of his own city. It would save brokerage. and it would give the cities at mod crate interest the considerable amount of money which is deposited :n old stocking banks.-Waterbury Republ- can.
 One may say without undue evidence of partisanship that, if this thing really occurred. it was mistake in judgment for the fiancee of the presi- dent to deputize a German-American to go to Paris and secure for her from French modistes her trousseau. There Is a natural ban on all things and persons Teutonic in France just now and, while it might have been more polite for the Paris artists to smother their natural sentiments and furnish the gowns sought to the Ger manic agent, what they have done is entirely natural and not at all dis creditable The mistake was made in employing an agent from hostile na- tion to make this trip and this pur- chase. A plain American without hyphenated tendencies would have been more acceptable to France and more likely to bring back the coveted gowns in triumph.-Ansonia Sentinel. If the savings clubs and the savings banks connected with the public schools are identical in purpose, and similar in method of operation, the
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board of education of Waterbury should not hesitate to establish them Hartford has had a satisfactory ex- perience with savings banks in con nection with the public schools, and this experience is a recommendation to other cities. They afford the school children an opportunity to practice thrift and to form the habit of say ing. The practice and habit will be useful. In after life such training will be an aid to competence against the time when earning capacity will have been impaired by advancing years. It is not the purpose of those who advocate the establishment Of banks to make the child feel that the
 main purpose of life is the accumula- ton of money. but to help him form habits that will protect the evening of life from want and enable him to spend it in ease. Prudence suggests the forming Of these habits and ex- perience emphasizes the necessity of practicing them.-Hartford Times.
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The War a Year Ago Today
Nov. 23, 1914.

NUVs EOJ I5fTs
 Fierce fighting in the Argonne. Ypres again bombarded. German advance on Warsaw Checked.
 Many Germans captured near LoWicz.
 Austrians captured 2,4oo Rus sians near Pilicia.
 British defeated in attack on German railway terminus in East Africa.
 British defeated Turks near Per- ian gulf.
 British warship Patrol ranmed German submarine U-18 and took crew.
 Serious riots in constantinopie, British embassy footed.
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That Chicago baby who lived but few days secured more prominence through it's death than many a normal baby who has lived to grow up and become a useful citizen.
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Satisfying as his defense may have been concerning his acts in the war cabinet Winston Churchill will have to use different methods when he gets into the trenches.
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When the Russians are finding but two men with machine guns defending the German line in places, 1t begins to look as if Germany had started a strategic retreat.
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The opening of congress will soon show whether Claude Kitchin is to preside over a kitchen cabinet or sim ply become kitchenette.
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It takes an optimist to believe that a democratic congress can be expected to do any better than the previous ones.
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Every little while somebody brings up the problem here, but not as often as formerly. Roller skaters, when, the height. of the craze is on them, do menace their own safety and bother older persons more or less. But the judicious do not mind them much. Roller skating in the streets, with our present congestion of travel, ought all ways to be discouraged. As for roller skating on the sidewalks. it is regu- lated by ordinances which say that no person shall use roller skates on the
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If it is destined for Bulgaria to re- gret that 1t decided to get off the fence on the side which it did, the actual evidence hasn't been produced as yet
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There ought to be a great chance for Germany to smash something if China decides to join the allies
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While consideration is being given to the poor and distressed abroad, it is the season of the year when thought must also be given to those at home.
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In the Montana mining district there is poignant regret because the picturesque mine mule is being super tana papers are printing pictures of Babe, the only and doomed lady mule that chews tobacco.
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That German editor who looks for hate to nourish the people after the food is gone will find that 1t Is poor stimu]ant for long war.
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The man on the corner says: Even lazy man will put up fight if an attempt is made to interfere with his loafing liberties.
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At present the Hiram Johnson pres identia1 band wagon has more of a jitney appearance than ever.
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Even those countries which have come ip last are quick to understand that they are not engaged in a holi- days recreation,
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With King Corn showing assets of over $114,000,000 there is one monarch that is not worrying about the future.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

It isn't too early to begin to make list of the blessings for which thanks are to be offered this year.
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would be no fear from those causes, but this war is an exception in such respects to all others in recent his- tory.-Bridgeport Standard.
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Those great liners, the Aquitania and the Mauretania, have been used in hospital service for quite a while now and are fitted up to accommodate 3,IOO and 4,000 patients respectively. They are excellent for hospital pur- pose and can go where their services are most needed, the only drawback being the fear of mines and torpe- does In a warSsghere the least re- gard for humanity and the dictates of Christian civilization prevailed there
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

The suggestion that savings banks be established in the local schools was made at a recent meeing of the board of education. The purpose< of course. is to inculcate habits of thrift School savings banks have been very successful in several of the cities and towns of Connecticut. - Waterbury American.
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If the savings clubs and the savings banks connected with the public schools are identical in purpose, and similar in method of operation, the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-23

Rock salt is produced by deep shaft mining in Eastern United States; the annual output is LOCO, 900 tons, valued at g per ton.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
Tax Board Unconstitutional.

Fargo, N. D., Jan. 2.-Judge Pollock
of the district court has handed down
q decision by which he declares the
law creating the North Dakota State
Tax Commission is unconstitutional.
Provisions in the law which give the
commission power to step in and over
rule authority of the local assessing Of
f1cials are deemed by Judge Pollock as
being in controversy with a section of
the constitution which provides that
property shall be assessed in the coun-
ty, city. township. town or village in
which 1t is located. Judge Pollock's
decision grows out of an action
launched by the tax commission to
compel Cass county officials to certify
to the assessment of public utilities
in Fargo on a basis fixed by the tax
commission. This the county authori.
ties refused to do.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
PREVENT NEW YEAR MESSAGE
European War Keeps U. s. From
Sending Greetings Around the
World by Cable.

Washington, Jan. New York
greetings from the United States to all
the world did not circle the globe as
has been the custom for many years
because the land telegraph and cable
systems are in disorganized condi,
ton because of the European war;
The navy department, by prearrange.
ment. formerly has flashed the time
around the world in few seconds.
The Secretary of States diplomatic
breakfast. always the most colorful
event of New Years day in the capital.
was not held because diplomatic pro.
cedure does not permit gathering Of
SO many diplomatists whose countries
are at war. Secretary and Mrs. Bryan
have sent out handsomely engraved
New Years cards.
The New Years reception at the
White House too was abandoned be.
cause Of mourning there for the death
Of Mrs. Wilson and none of the state
dinners or receptions are to be held
this season.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD:
"California Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give q
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have we'll, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good INSIDE cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California.
Syrup of Figs" handy: they know q
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a So
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies.
children Of all ages and grown-ups-
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
NOT THE TIME FOR A SMOKE
Old Lady, Filled Up With "car-
tridges," Was in Natural Fear
Of an Explosion.

A robust old woman in the noun
tains of north Georgia was i'll for the
first time in her life and doctor was
sent for. Partly by persuasion and
partly by force. the physician induced
his patient to swallow some big quiz
nine capsules-a simple enough opera
ton. which. however, scared the old
woman almost to death. She was
soon able to sit up and her daughter
thought she would give the conva-
descent treat. She took her moth
er's corncob pipe from the SHELF" or
mantel, filed it with tobacco, and
picking up a live coal between two
sticks, started with it toward the bed.
"Ma," she said brightly, ''jes' look
what got fer ye."
"Git away from me, Sary," she
screamed in terror. "Take away dat
fire! Take hit away! Don't yer know
rs done plum filed up WI cartridges?"
Chicago Ledger.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
sCREWDRIvER AIDS ARREST
Cashier Of Bank Uses Instrument to
Release Himself; Then Over.
takes Bandit.

Bingham, Utah, Dec. 31.-The Bing-
ham State bank was held up by a rob.
Der who obtained $4,000 in gold and
currency and was quickly arrested as
a result of a cashier of the bank hap
pening to have a screwdriver in his
pocket at the time of the holdup.
The robber, who said he was Bert
Heasted, entered the bank dressed al
miner. He forced Cashier Earl RAM
dali and two men and q boy to lie on
the floor while he bound them. They
were then locked in the vault, while
the robber searched the bank.
Randall, who since a recent Utah
robbery in which another cashier was
locked in vault, had carried screw,
driver in his pocket. was able to open
the vault from the inside and release
himself and his companions.
Randall summoned ]. H. White. a
policeman, who overlook the robber
and recovered the loot. Another man
who had been observed with an auto
mobile in readiness for two days past
has been arrested on suspicion of be.
ing an accomplice.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
suoINEss OUTLOOK FOR NEW
YEAR IS RosEArE ACCORD.
ING TO SECRETARY
REDFlELD.
COUNTRY SLOWS DOWN
BUT 1T NEVER STOPS
Federal Official Declares Nothing 10
the Matter With Crouch Except
An Absentee Heart and
Missing Nerve-War's
Over Wonder.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Heartened by
months of close study of the business
outlook of the nation Secretary Red
field of the Commerce Department
wrote New Years greeting to the
merchants and manufacturers of the
country, bidding them in characteristic
language to reach out for the pros
perity he sees within their grasp.
There is no warrant, Mr.. Redfield
declares, for gloom or despair. The ill
effects of the European warfare on
American enterprise are passing and
new vistas Off commercial ventures
are opening with each new day. His
message follows:
To Bring Prosperity Now.
IF you want prosperity do your own
share to bring it and do it now. Get
that addition to your shop going; it
will cost you less today than six
months hence. Is trade bit dull in
the works? Get those improvements
begun. Prices are low and likely to
rise. You've been thinking of that
contract work, better start it yourself
before things get the start of you.
"This country slows down bit now
and then, but it never stops growing
and 1t always moves up and not down.
We don't know what it means in most
of the United States to have real gen.
eral distress. Think of Belgium and
Poland. o, man with crouch, and
stink into your hole and pull it in
after you. There think of your sins
and your blessings and come out with
your courage in working order.
There are lots of good American
examples of pluck. Do you remem.
Der San Francisco and Galveston and
Chfcago-Boston, Charleston, Balti.
more and Dayton and many others
like them? Remember Thomas A. Edi.
son and lots of others of your fellow
citizens who showed pluck when
things went hard?
Quit Talking Misery.
Nothing is the matter with the man
with a crouch except an absentee
heart and missing nerve. Cheer up. 70
to work, do your level best, quit talk.
ing misery. The wars over yonder.
not here-men are slaughtered yonder,
they are living here. All clouds there.
all clear day here. Get out and sell
some goods. Plant some more acres.
do more work than you planned. Talk
cheerful talk and you'll find this coun.
try of ours a pretty good place aftsr
ALL"
To support the secretary's hopeful
views are the figures gathered by his
department as to American foreign
commerce since the outbreak of the
great war. Since August, when the
monthly trade balance Of the nation
showed a deficit of imports over ex.
ports, the situation has been complete.
ly changed. For December alone It is
estimated the export excess will reach
$1o0,00o,oo0 or more, with one excep.
ton the highest mark of the last two
years.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
CUTS JOHN DIETz' LIFE TERM
Governor McGovern Commute. SEN
tence to Twenty Years-Reiease
In Four Years.

Madison, Wis.,, Jan. 1.-The life
term of John F. Dietz, the outlaw Of
Cameron Dam, convicted in 1911 Of
numbering Oscar Harp, deputy sher.
III of Sawyer county, has been com.
muted to 20 years by Governor Nc
Govern. Under the parole law, Dietz
may now be released in four years.
Petitions have been coming from
every state asking for his pardon.
Dietz shot Harp when defending
himself against arrest by a posse Of
deputies sent to his cabin on the
Thornapple river to arrest him. The
dam, he alleged. was the property Of
Mrs. Dietz. by virtue of deed to the
land surrounding it. The courts did
not uphold this contention.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 1914

These are the seven most important
world events Of 1914, according to Pro-
lessor James A. James Of the North
western University.
April 21.-seizure Of the Mexican
Custom House at Vera Cruz, Mexico,
by Admiral Fletcher, in command Of
the Atlantic squadron.
July 2a.-official declaration Of war
in European outbreak, Austria decIar-
Ing war on Servia.
August 4.-FederaI Reserve Act
amendment adopted by United States
Legislature.
August 15.-Panama Canal formally
opened for world traffic.
August 20.-sale Of intoxicating
liquors stopped In Russia.
Sept. 1s.-king George signs Irish
Home Rule Bill.
November 2.-Rich mans wealth
feeds starving nation. Rockefeller
Foundation goes to eeIgium's relief.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
No Room for a Third.

Ex-President Taft was on one occa-
sion in consultation with Senator Pen.
rose of Pennsylvania. Now, as every.
body knows, Mr.. Taft is gigantic and
the senator is taller and weighs more
than any other member Of the senate. .
While the two were in earnest con-
versation an aggressive politician en-,
deavored to enter the room, but an
alert secretary politely interfered. !!
what are they doing in there?".
asked the politician, inquisitively.
This pertinent question nettled the
secretary and he answered tersely:
Holding a mass meeting. pre-
sumo"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
.D|sPELS ANGER TOWARD ]. S,
PUBLICATION OF AMERICAN PRO.
TEST ENDS IRRITATION.
Some Enallshmen Saw Something
Like Ultimatum in cabIed Elk.
tracts From Document.

London, Jan. 4.-The publication in
London Of the text of the American
note to the British,government on the
question Of unwarranted interference
with American shipping has dispelled
irritation occasioned by the incomplete
sentences in the first summary of the
communication cabled from the United
States.
There were Englishmen who saw
something like an ultimatum in the
cabled extracts, but a perusal of the
actual context of these particular
phrases has dispelled this conception.
The Pail Mall Gazette voices the
general opinion when it says:
I'VE perhaps could place our finger
on certain contentious advanced in the
note which show some failure to ap-
preciate the difficulties of our position,
but 1t is not our business to chop
logic with the government of the
United States.
Sir Edward Grey may be trusted to
give the government of President Will
son all the satisfaction it can proper
ly ask, while at the same time indicat-
ing with courtesy and firmness the
measures our position as belligerent
power compels us to continue.
1.-THE government of the United
States has shown every disposition to
put itself in our place and recognize
our difficulties. Our government will
not show itself to be less fair minded
than that IF prosidonf Wilson 0hort
of sacrificing our best weapon for
bringing the war to a successful and
speedy end. nothing will be left un;;
done to meet the wishes of the United
States"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-01-08
Cotton for Germans In Port.

Cotton for Germans In Port.
The Hague, via London, Dec. 81
The American steamer A. A. Raven
which arrived at Rotterdam, Dec. "a,
from Wilmington. N. c., with 5000
bales Of cotton, was the first vessel
since the outbreak Of the war to reach
q Dutch port with a cotton consign.
ment for Germany. The steamer was
held up in the English channel by
British warships for an examination Of
her papers. which delayed her "a
hours. The freight charges for the
Ravens cargo were SO per bale, which
IL I'VE times the normal rate.