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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

If Carranza would show as much
interest in checking the flight Of Villa
as he has in the past in defeating him,
there would be but short time be-
fore the United States troops were
back their own soil.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

Great Britain is no doubt elated over
the fact that it has a fleet of IS sub
marines captured from Germany, but
it Is a bit provoking that it doesn't
get a chance to use them.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

The preparations which are being
made to put tons Of seed into the
ground is bound to be looked upon by
the cutworms as a timely relief meas
ure.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

The man on the corner says: Con-
science is to be envied. 1t is on the
inside and knows what is going on
all the time.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

Spain protests to Germany about
the sinking of the Sussex and the loss
Of Spanish subjects. The answer ap-
pears to be the torpedoing of a Span
ish vessel
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

A Stacker is a mar who has no taste
for war but prefers to be a live mouse
rather than a dead lion. 1t is not
sport to 60 hunting men with a gun
who are hunting you with rifle-it is
risky business. Most of the men who
assail the slackers are men who never
think 1t is their duty to go to the
front, because they represent the
class who urge and plan-who are
needed at home. I have no patience
with the fellow who expects the other
fellow to be patriotic and lay down.
if needs be, his life for his country
The patriot doesn't say Got" but
buckles on his armOr and says:
Come" He leads where any man
dare follow. The men who have been
in the trenches are the only men quail
flied to taUnt the slaCkers. 1t is more
becoming for the man who cannot go
to keep silent.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

If the probe into the high cost of
gasoline is no more successful than
the efforts to reduce the high cost of
living, the expense might as well be
saved
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

There may be some uncertainty as
to where Villa is, but there can be
none as to where he ought to be.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

Now that everyone IS anticipating
the dandelion, it is time to stop rub
bling it in on the grounding.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

No complaints have as yet been reg
istered over the non appearance of the
first mosquito.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

Perhaps you are not aware how
fast scholarship is working back to
old Adam. At the middle of the last
century Adam, the progenitor of the
race, had been a fixture for ages as
having appeared 5000 years before in
the garden of Eden; but now science
shows us that something like $4,000, 900
years were occupied in making the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08
EDITORIAL NOTES

April appears to be doing it's best to
encourage early Easter shopping
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

1t was Ebert Hubbard who pointed
out that the ten commandments are
all rescinded in war time There is
nothing holy even about a holy war
such as the Mohammedans have long
dreamed of and in their faith amass-
ed a large fund for. They desire 10
wipe the Christian dogs Off the face OF
the earth; but now they witness ten
million of them annihilacing one an
otter which must be rather comfort
ing to them; since what they pray for
is being done without sacrifice or ex-
pense on their part: and they are
doubtless thanking Allah three times
a cay for these evidences Of his favor.
When kings let the bosom of destruc-
ton loose they have power to knock
out most everything but the ten COM
mandments. The nations can annihil-
ate one another, but the laws of God
are imperishable. The commands do
not need armed legions to back them
UP, for they are firm and effective
whatever man may do in violation of
them.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

CWritten Specially for The Bulletin)
In these days, when there is so
much talk about a merchant marine,
it is interesting to recall that there
was time in the early history OF
Norwich when craft sailing from TINS
port had to go armed.
The continuance of depredaions at
the period of the French and English
war made 1t imperative for trading
vessels to be furnished with means OF
self defence, or otherwise to hover
under the wing of an armed escort.
Early in 1898, the ships Hope, Capt.
{. Clark, and Sally, Capt. Boswell,
were respectively fitted with an arma-
ment of fifteen and twelve guns, for
the purpose of protecting themselves
and others. They dropped down the
river in May, and were soon Joined
by seven brigs and scnooners from
Norwich, under Captains Benjamin, l..
P. w. Chester, Cook, Gilbert, Lord,
Billings and Winchester. At New
London they were Joined by several
vessels from that port. making a re-
spectacle West India feet that sailed
under their convoy.
In addition to depredations by for
eign craft, the dangers from storms
and the sea, Norwich vessels Of that
early time had other risks to dread.
Tropical fevers at that period proved
intensely NlTulGnl. capt BOSWELL OF
the Sally, lost eight of his crew. Jo-
seph Lanman, second mate of the
| Hope, died at sea, after leaving the
| Mole to return home. These two YES
sells arrived at Norwich the 1st of
| October, crowded with French passen-
| gers, as the Mole was about to be
| evacuated. and possession taken by the
! African General Touissant. At the
/ same time. a fleet of thirty American
! vessels left the islands, under convoy
| of the Hope and Sally.
| In August and September of the
same year, 1898, Norwich craft had &c
be safeguarded against danger Of con-
| tagion down the Thames. yellow
| fever ragged with fatal severity in New
| London. All vessels coming up thS
river We're Obliged to lie at quarantine
near Bushnell's Cove--probably thC
present Bushnell's Pond. Thamesvill'
| under direction of the health com.
mittee.
Seizures of carqoes sent out from
Norwich continued during 1893. wheI
a regular war with France was seri
Ously apprehended: but tho same fat
awaited all American vessels from
ships of both France and England, on
| of fierce indignation at American neu
trality. Then as now, there were hot
heads who advocated swerving to on
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

No one has ever been able since
the dawn of time to decide the prob
lem why a large man usually Sc
lects a little woman for life part
ner?" But this matrimonial habit
gives weight to the saying: THE big
ger a man is the less his wife is
afraid of him" This is not so strange
since a wasp can worry a lion. and a
mouse make the biggest woman jump
into a chair. Bulk is no evidence of
power. a drop of gasoline sustains
424 horse power a second, when sud-
denly exploded. 4 little woman was
not made to be suppressed. but to
make an impression, and she seldom
has failed to make it. Mrs. Tom
Thumb. even created a great sensation
on at least two continents. Martha
Washington worried f'the father of
our country when she gave him one
of her historic curtain lectures. The
little woman like the little man CAL
eXander the Great, or Napoleon, for
instance). was made to make her
mark, and it is not surprising that she
demands bulk to make 1t upon.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

Do you suppose there ever was
such a thing as a mans being mad
with God? If he defended atheism
how could he believe in a God to be
mad at? Is a man who defies the Al
mighty sane? The intellectual mas
terpieces whose names adorn the
roster of fame do not shine as dia-
monds of morality. Their ideas OF
right and wrong do not harmOnize-
their definitions of personal privilege
do not agree. Their lives are what
they made them, and the joy or mis-
cry which come of their action was
theirs. The world has in view of
their intellectually overlooked their
frailties and their defamers openly
admit some of them were excusable;
but doesn't this make the defamer in
eXcusable? When we talk about
folks how seldom we fail to exceed
the limit. Isn't it more valiant to as
sail a living reprobate than to kick
a dead lion.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

Capt. Jonathan Lester, in the
schooner Paragon, did not fare so
well. Captured by the French. his
craft was re-captured by the English
and taken into an English port. There
Capt. Lester was forced to pay a sal
wage of one-th.rd Of his cargo and all
the costs. after which the Paragon
was suffered to proceed on her voy-
age back to Norwich.
THE DICTAGRAPH.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

We have all been more or less sur
prised by striking thoughts which
suddenly took some of the cOnceit out
of us, but we seem to be less familiar
with the sore thoughts although they
are very much more common. \ sore
thought is more persistent than a sore
tooth. and if we could as readily have
it extracted it would be a comforting
thing to be rid of it. 1t was made to
stay and get sorer and to stir up wrath
and to rob us of slUmber. And a sore
thought is a fool thought three-fOurths
of the time, because it is a bad habit
Two women looked at the old school
house clock, and one hated it because
at ten it had called her to recitation;
and the other one loved it because at
IL it had called to recess or rustica-
ton. We must look out how we CEN
ter our sight and place our eXclama-
ton points. That is about all the
difference there is in being sore or
sOothed in this world We should
never forget that half a loaf is bet
ter than the average ham sandwich
| \ sore thought is one form of hate
not love. Keep on the right side OF
Contemplation avenue.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

Have you ever noticed what a big
difference there is in this world be-
tween what a man wants and what he
needs. Thoreau by his experiments
at Walden pond demonstrated how
much freedom and comfort a man
conld get in life for a little money;
and in our own times a few men have
shown that they could live on ten
cents a day; and yet, a youth recent
ly had a friendly suit with his guard
ian to have the court decide whether
$500 a week was a sufficient allowance
for his expenses! Do not eXclaim
Great Caesars ghost. what nom
sense" His income exceeded this
amount and competent authorities
argued that as the young man was not
in any sense wild that his demand for
an increase of allowance was not e--
cessive. y travelling troupe of stage
beauties can carry all the clothes they
need in an ordinary handbag; but the
swell society dame must have IS
trunks, a dozen pets and as many
parcels, TO represent her necessities
1t sometimes takes million dollar
| bridges to span the gulf between the
needs and wants Of man. Happy the
chap who can find Contentment with a
a pipe and three dollars in his pocket
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08
THE MAN WHO TALKS

I guess the world needs a new NOR
atty, don't you? 1t isn't possible to
keep folks poor and pure. We must
he prepared to overcome the great
army of unemployed. The new NOR
ality recognizes our moral response
bility for those who cannot care for
themselves. 1t requires us to COM
bat poverty as well as sin In an ad-
dress made before the University of
the State of Ohio, VIM. r. Malone
said: THE world is not good enough
for any of us to live in, if it is not
good enough for all of us to live in.
The man farthest down must be helped
up, lest the best that a Wanted civ
ilization has evolved be tumbled to
destruction. We organize men to fight
our battles. Why should we not or
ganize to ameliorate conditions? ?"
Those who crowd wages down and
prices up are the suspects of this new
morality. The world is recognizing
that the old question: Am my
brothers keeper" has not been seri-
ously enough considered. To abolish
poverty is the battle of righteousness
and there should be no peace until the
victory has been won!
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-08

Such stirring adventures as those
old time Norwich seamen had! The
schooner Fair Lady. Capt. J. Williams.
was taken by a French armed vessel
called Conquest of Italy" a prize
crew was put on board and she was
ordered into a French port. Capt.
Williams was detained on board the
privateer: but presto! along came the
Connecticut sloop-of-war. Capt. Tryon
Williams Of course was released.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25
LONDON STOCK MARKET
Business Is Restricted Owing to Irish
ituation-Americans Irregular

LONDON, July 25.-Buslness in secur-
tiles on the Stock Exchange was restricted
today because of the Irish political situa-
tion. In the main, however. the markets
were steady.
Hesitation was in evidence in the gilt
edged section, with rates for money firmer.
There was light weekly borrowing from the
Bank OF England at u per cent.
Premier Asquith's war vote speech In the
House OF Commons yesterday had a reas-
surfing effect The new O,000, 900 pounds
credit is expected to last until the end of
October.
Irregularity prevailed in the American
department. which was lower on the whole
following the trend OF prices at New York.
Profit-taking occurred in United States
Steels.
Another favorable weekly earning state
ment resulted in firmness in Canadian Paci-
fics. There was oheerfulness in spots in
the home railway section on dividend an
nouncements,
The French loan was in favor being
quoted at SO 1915. An investment demand
was noted in Chinese and Japanese bonds.
A further decline in the staple caused
additional weakness in railroad shares.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25
QUESTION OF DIVIDEND BY p. r. T.
COMES UP AGAIN BECAUSE OF SURPLUS
Accumulated Earnings Are Now About 10 Per Cent and
Payment Could Be Made-Hardly Likely That
Action Will Be Taken Until January

The annual report Of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company for the year end
Ing June 30 formed the principal topic OF
discussion in the financial district today.
It was agreed by every one that the report
was remarkable one in every sense of the
word. Because of the talk from time TO
time recently Of possible initial dividend
on the stock In the near future, the sur
plus naturally came In for the greatest
attention. For the year that item was
equal TO 5.57 earned on the stock. The
total accumulated surplus is now s2,987,975.
which Is equal to nearly 10 per cent on
tho stock
Gossip has had it that the first dividend Of
the company would be declared in the near
future and that the rate would be one
per cent. Now II action of this kind was
taken by the directors, the dividend would
amount to $299,7sS on the company's stock,
and there would be left surplus of s2,6ss,
1877. 1t will be' seen, therefore that a
dividend could very readily be declared at
this Time interests in close touch with the
company do not look for any distribution
TO the stockholders In the near future,
however.
Some members of the board of directors
are in favor of the declaration of a dlvi-
dend, say at the August meeting, but there
not in favor. and II is thought that that,
element will win out. Action on n dividend
at the January meeting Is not entirely
improbable. A reason for holding Off on
a dividend payment which is very logical.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. July 25.-At the opening
of the Foreign Exchange market today
further ease developed in continental ex-
change with the exception OF francs
Sterling and French exchange were steady;
on the other hand. rechsmarks, lire and
guilders were easier. Business was mod
crate. Quotations were: Demand sterling,
4.76 1916; cables, 4.76h. Franc cables
5.9Ok checks, 5.90N. Reichsmarks 72h
and 72h lire cables, 6.45h. Swiss cables
6.2sb checks 5.2s%. Vienna. 1885 and
1910. Scandinavia, 2s.70 and $3.50. Pese-
tas, 2O.lS and 20,29. Gullders cables. Al Il I;
checks, Al 7-16. Rubles. 30.40 and 30.45.
The above quotations show German, ex.
change at the lowest in week or,more.
Around midday the market was very dull
with quotations unchanged from the earlier
reported figures with the single exception
of slightly firmer market for Swiss ex-
change. In this class as in others business
was at a minimum Swiss cables were
quoted at 5.27& and checks at 6.2Sh.
Authorities on the foreign exchange market
explained the easier condition in continental
exchange on Monday and at the opening this
morning simply to a slaekened inquiry. No
receipts OF gold from Canada have been
reported so far this week. The shipment
announced today for Cuba was on account
OF sugar trade transactions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25

is that the companys directors desire %
build up a surplus. some OF which can be
used in financing when the traneit lines
under the Taylor plan are ready 70 20 into
operation.
question of a dividend comes up for discus
sion that all of the company's years have
not been rosy in the matter of earnings.
In the first part Of the year which is Just
closed the earnings were clipped consider
ably by the activity Of the jItneys, but when
these small conveyances were finally driven
from the streets by councIlmafic legIsiaz
ton the earnings began to Improve I'M
mediately. Previous to tho last three years
the company instead of showing n surplus
showed a deficit, and this was the case for
six years
On the Philadelphia Stock Exchange to-
day Rapid Transit trust certificates were
unchanged at 90, in small trading. The
stock for the last several days had been
showing strength on the belief that the an
nual report would make a good showing
Trading throughout the list was indeed on
a small scale and price changes were mar
row. A fractional gain was made by Elec-
trio Storage Battery and this was also the
case with Lake Superior and Pennsylvania
Railroad. Cramp trust certificates lost
points.
Philadelphia Electric stock came out un-
changed from the close Of yesterday. The
regular meeting of the directors was held
at noon. After the meeting II was an
nounced that only routine business was
taken up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS

per gt Sg4ci raspberries: red. per pt ggAsg n
S0e; cherries eating varieties, per s-lb basket
sweet per H., 59sc; do d0t sour. per ID: Gee
qt.. 07ci pums. Georgia, per crate. ,s0e q "a dP
peaches. Georgia, per carrier-Belle, Sl.bO W2.2Ot
Elberta 80 "a 90; eantaloupes, Californie, per
DO Delaware and Maryland. per crate. 81 ,So9
2.25; do, North Carolina, per standard crate.
I5c n 80: do, North Carolina. per nat crate
500 SOC; watermelons. Southern per car. slse
VEGETABLES
The general market was quiet and without
Important change. Quotations: White potatoes,
per bbl.,No Eastern Shore. 81. 75g 2. No
Ts No MSrtoE Se White Sots.Sss
Nort6 carelIRes per 6bl;-NO;r 4. "a, 4,so@s s. 50;
nsr efats@No i. 81 ,log !; ;0oi Ne, 2. tI@ i;;a5.
slnia: per basket; .1@i.6o celery, ,Fiorids.
per crate, 81 925O: watercress. per 100 lunches,
81. S.5OQ260; peppers. Florida, carrier, $lW
1:5O; eggplant Florida. per crate, S1Q1b0t do.
folk, per Dbl. 81 q 250i cucumbers, Norfolk.
foik. per i-s 81; BASKET S6o eucpmSers,, North
Carolina. per Dbl. S10125; do. do. per bn siset,-
25q4 q4Oc, Mushrooms. per Alb. basket. {l@1.5o-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25
new FRENCH LOAN
IN SEPTEMBER, Is
TEMPS" REPORT
Will Be Raised on the Same
Terms as the Last
One
MUCH MONEY IN HAND
Bv YVES lGuYoT
Special cable to the EveninO Ledger


PARIS, July 25.-The Temps II seems.
is authorized to announce that the next war
loan will be in September, at per cent,
on the same terms as the last one. There
is no lack of confidence in its success.
It is remarked that at the end of last May
deposits in the principal banks had only
decreased 775,00O,0 900 francs, despite the in
terruption to business and to all sources
of income due to the war; and II is general
ly accepted that while, in response to the
calls Of the Government, the boarded gold
has been brought out, bank notes are now
boarded instead of gold and the country
thus still has plenty OF boarded money to
call on for the new loan,
The Paris Chamber of Commerce has put
out proposition for the control Of corpora
tlons doing business in France. They have
three ,proposals-that at least fourth of
the capital of all concerns doing business
in France must be French that shares Of
stock representing at least fourth OF the
capital must bear a special stamp, showing
that dividends on those shares will only be
paid to French holders and that there shall
be special courts to control corporations In
which foreign capital is invested.
Bankers point out that the first two pro-
posals would be very inconvenient for the
companies, for the Bourse~ and for the
public, while the naturalization of shares
will restrain international credit
There have been 900 declarations on
the income tax. This is figured by the
Ministry of Finance to represent about
half of those liable. but instead of maxi
ing an Immediately arbitrary assessment
on those who made no returns, more time
will be given to them to make returns.
1t was feared that the raising of the
rate Of the Bank of England to per cent,
followed by like increase in interest on
English treasury bonds, would put up the
Pars-London exchange rate, but. on the
contrary, 1t has gone down, and Is now
only approximately IL per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25
Cotton Buyers and Sellers

NEW YORK. July 25.--July-Ginord.
Hubbard, Jr.. Sellar, Greer and Lehman.
bought Downs. Wenman, Lester, Goss,
Norden and Jay. sold.
October-AIcFadden. Mitchell, Bartlett,
Lee, Schill, Hartcorn. Hubbard, Wilson and
Hagedorn, bought Geran, Clifford, Burnett,
Goss, Parrott, Norden and Mckinney, sold.
December-Flinn. Hyman, G. Hicks,
Mitchell, Sellar, McFadden and Rosenberg
bought Carpenter, Hubbard, Jr.. Young and
Beardsley, sold.
January-Sellar, Routree. Mohr, Schiller
and Wilson, bought Schill, Lehman, Nc
Enany Cassard and Lester, sold.
March-Hyman, r. Hubbard and Young,
bought Rosenberg and MeEnany, sold.
May-MeFadden. Sehlll, Ingersol and
McDOugal, bought Downs, sold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25
Riverside Western Oil Dividend Bigger

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 25.-The River
side Western oil Company has declared a
quarterly dividend of * per cent on the
common stock. payable August rs 10 hold
ers of record July 81. On February 25 last
an initial dividend of q Of 1 per cent was
paid on this issue, ana on May 25 a diYi-
dend Of / per cent was paid. The regular
quarterly dividend OF ~ per cent on the
preferred stock was also declared payable
August to holders Of record July 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-25

CHICAGO. July 25.-HoGs-Receipts. II. 900
5ses maTs5 6s5 bsy bss q, hsa IS Spf m e25
1906 q 0; so; light. 50 s5 @lO.O5: pigs, ss.6O8
b 80: bulk, so 85 q 900.
CATTLE-ReceIpts 5000 head; market steady.
Beeves. s6.35@l0 i0 cows and helfers SS.75Q
IS 30; stockers and feeders s5.104 5.25s Texans.
sII66s. so; CALVES 81. 25 OIL. as.
SHEEP Receipts. IL, 600 head market.
strongs Native and western. ss.60Vsf5i lambs,
s7750l0.4O.