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Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
THE DYEsTuFF SITUATION.

The dyestuff situation is far from satisfactory. There are demands for the product, which this country has grown to be dependent upon Germany for, which are far in excess of the available supply and as the result tex tile manufacturers are seriously affect ed, paper makers are turning our yell low Instead of white paper and other lines of business are likewise suffer Ing.
 There have been efforts upon the part of some large concerns which re- quire dyes and chemicals in their bus mess to establish plants for the man. ufacture of such commodities, and they have demonstrated that it is en- tirely feasible not only to meet their requirements in the present emergency but to manufacture their own supplies along that line in the future.
 The reason that permanent indus tries to take care of this business are not being established in this country exists in the case of the corporations which are making their own dyes and Chemicals temporarily, but are plan- ming to do so only so long as the war lasts. Without any protection being given this line of business it is un- derstood that the capital that would be required to establish permanent plants would be just so much money Thrown away when the German man. ufacturers begin to pour their products into this country after peace is de- clared. Unless the dyestuff industry in this country is given encourage ment through protective measures the chance to build up a prosperous Amer fcan business Is going to be sacrificed and we are going to be as dependent as ever upon foreign production, in spite of the experience which this country is now having.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

veals the wet glittering forehead in time with the little backwaters Of the river from the sand bar.
 Good God, what are thoseP
 Some of Babounsky's acquaint- ances,'' says the French officer. Ba- bounsky is a Serbian guerilla He has no standing in the laws of war, but he isn't bad sort, and he admin isters a very rude but very efrec- tive sort of justice hereabouts. A good many of the inhabitants of this part of Serbia are Bulgars you know and there is no end of spying and gem eraI lawlessness going on. Baboun- sky looks after that A lot Of Serbs have fled. leaving all their belongings The temptation for the Bulgarians who remain Is great. But if Babounsky catches them---and he generally does their shrifs is short. He sends them to Salonilxi as he calls it. The French man jerked his thumb over his shoui- der towards the river just passed. 'Those are on their way to Saloniki," he added.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
SITUATION TN MEsoPoTAMlA.

Because of the conflicting reports which have been given out by the re- spective sides concerning the opera tions in Mesopotamia it is difficult to form a correct opinion of the condi- tions which actually prevail there. That has been a theater of the war where the British underestimated the strength of the enemy. From early British accounts of the progress of the expeditionary force 1t was only a question of days when the city of Bagdad would be captured. but they reckoned without due consideration For the enemy which appeared in such numbers that there were terrific loss- es at the battle of Ctesiphon and a retreat was immediately begun to Kut- el-Amara, at which point there have since been powerful attacks made by the Turks, who were driven or only after fierce fighting.
 That the Turks are on the offensive in that region is thus evident, but it is difficult to reconcile the statements which are coming from the respective sides relative to the fighting which has been engaged in there more re- gently. According to the Turks the British force at Kut- -el-Amara have been cut off, while in parliament the announcement Is made that the Turks have been defeated and are being pur- sued. There is some discrepancy here if reference Is made to the same oper- ations. while if the reports concern dif- ferent points and different attacks it is quite evident that the British forces at Kut-el-Amara have not. received the endorsements of which they are so much in need though the success full attack may indicate relief force on the way. Whatever the situation in Mesopotamia it is quite evident that the British army in that locality has encountered greater opposition than anticipated, regardless of reports.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
Incl. the old town spreading over the.

one, the old town, spreading over the hills, while the other nestles around the base. Across the river, the an- cient castle still frowns defiance upon the country, though it's war worn walls could offer but little resistance before the power of modern guns
 ''Batu, the cruel leader of one of the waves of Mongol buccaneering against Europe. laid Kaminiets waste in 1240 In the 18th and 18th centu- ries, storm after storm of Tartar, Turk and Moldavian invasion broke upon it's walls, and the principal industry of the people of this outpost became that of fighting and weapon forging. The adventuresome from all parts of Eu- rope found their way into garrison there, and took part in the great drama, in which the East was finally turned back upon itself. The city passed to Russia in 1795."
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

Pompey. Although biighted by Turk fsh misrule, Valona has growing trade with Great Britain, and supplies us largely with the tanning material called 'valonia," obtained from the acorn-cups of a species of oak (Quer- GUS valonia). which our tanners prefer siderable Italian population and some historical associations with Italy. for this ''best port of the Adriatic" was formerly held by the Venetians.-Man- chester Guardian.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

The demands of Bulgaria for more territory if it is to continue fighting, now that 1t has accomplished what was wanted Of it, reminds one that the fiddler must be paid if there is going to be dance.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

The speed with which Germany of- fers to disavow the sinking of the Persia, if it is found to have been a German submarine that was respon- sible, isI the best evidence that it was not German plunger.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
The War a Year Ago Today
Jan. f2, 1915.

French attempted offensive near Perkhes and Soissons. , Germans repuised French In Al- sace.
 Russians pressed the Austrians back near the Nida river.
 Austrians were fleeing from Bukowina. Turks and Russiana fought fer the Erzerurn road; Noury Bey talk en by Russians.
 British government asked women to persuade men to enlist.
 Remainder of Turkish Tenth army corps routed at Kara Ourdan.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

There is little wonder that Constan- tinopie is celebrating the evacuation by the allies since their departure leaves Gallipoli with both Is intact.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

If as claimed the throne of Servia is two kitchen chairs, 1t indicates that part of the home where many mon- arch holds forth.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

The man on the corner says: If a fellow did really want but little here below there would be those who would accuse him of having no ambition.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

It is a hard and persistent fight which the Germans are making for Champagne. when 1t was supposed they liked something else better.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

It may seem little strange, but there is nothing unreasonable in the announcement that "a cold wave is on the way.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

Inasmuch as the allies have been gotten off the Gal1ipoli peninsula the Sick Man of Europe appears to be on the mend.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

With the crowning of the emperor of China next month it is to be hoped the new government will last as long as the ceremony.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

If, as claimed, the kaiser is not as sick as reported, the chances are that he is making up for a lot of lost sleep.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The president might go much far ther and fare worse than by tender ing to Former President William Howard Taft position on the su- preme bench of the United States. The man is splendidly fitted by tenn perament, training and knowledge for the highest Judicial gift in the hands of the chief executive. Partisanship should be forgotten, when it comes to filling vacancies in the personnel of the nations highest court. = Ansonia Sentinel
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

Those who consider the grip joke change their minds as soon as they get acquainted with it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
EDITORIAL NOTES,

As cause of nightmare, rarebit must play second fiddle to horse steak in the metropolis.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

"Kaminiets PodeIsI<, the city upon which the latest large-scale Russian offensive was based, that against the Austro- German lines in eastern Cali cia and Bukowina, was at one time the greatest fortress in the Kingdom of Poland, the stronghold that held back the wild hordes of Asia through many years of battle," says a war geography just given out by the Na- tiona1 Geographic Society. "The Tar tars struck time after time against It's high rocky biuff in vain, and many skirnishing parties of Poles and Rus- sians left tho fortress to carry terror Into the Eteppe around the southern Dnieper.
 "The town lies but e few miles from the Austrian frontier, and Is built over peninsula formed by the smotritch River, an affluent of the DnieHter. odessa is 2s5 miles in tho aeuthsaet, and Kief about an equal distance in the northeast. Kaminiets is the seat of administration of tho Podoiian Eev- ernrnent. and, since the war. t has become important as one of the larger supply depots just back of the Russian front. It is divided Into two parts,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
What England Needs

What England needs is little com- pulsory intelligence. - Boston Trans script.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
somethina to Worry Abeut.

Doctor Cook secures a temporary flash from the limelight by trying to get into Germany. Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

"Durazzo, where the debarcation of Roman legions Is reported to be talk ing place once more, is now scarcely a shadow of the fiourishing Adriatic seaport of before the days of Christ and during Roman Empire, whose mer-N chants traded beyond the boundaries of the known world,' begins a study in war geography just prepared by the National Geographic Society, which tells of the Albanian port that recent ly awoke to feverSsh industry with the landing .of Italian troops there for service upon the Servian flank. At one time, Durazzo, then Dyrrachium, was a favofite starting point for ex- petitions of conquering Rome; for the Via Egnatia, a great military road, led from this city to Thessalonica, now Saloniki. and, so, into the kingdoms of the north and east. The legions that subdued the chaos of the Grecian world and first brought Rome into contact with the Slave passed through Dyrrachium.
 across from the Italian port of Bari, and 50 miles south from the Albanian capital, Scutari, or, as the natives call 1t, Scodra. It is built upon the rocky peninsula of Pelu, which marks off the broad Bay of Durazzo from the round the city, and the gigantic ruins of an ancient Byzantine citadel are overgrown with plane trees. Along the coast, around the town, are the dismal marshes that made it an al- most impregnable point for defense in early Roman times The harbor has slowly silted up. Two millenniums of Albanian misfortune are reflected in
 the present desolation of the port. "Epidamnus, as Durazzo was called
 in it's infancy, was founded by a joint colony of Corcyreans and Corinthians
 in the 7th century B. c. 1t soon be-
 came a wealthy trading center, and a
 hotbed of political dispute; for the
 democrats and aristocrats fought such
 bitter struggle there over the Rights
 of Man, that Athens, Corinth, and
 Sparta were drawn into It. This strug-
 gle considered among the contributing causes of the Peloponnesian War. Ep- idamnus became great and populous In 2z9 B. C., it passed into Roman hands and changed its name. Angus tus gave the city to a colony of his veterans after the Battle of Actium in 31 B. C., and through the next four centuries Durazzo enjoyed it's golden age of prosperity. With the break | ing up of the Roman Empire, it be- came the shuttle-cock of all the Bal
 kans, and has remained the sport ol conquest-lusty nations down to the l present day"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

The Bridgeport Telegram" demo-
 cratic. asks if there will be the same scramble" to get on the republican ticket in Connnecticut this fall, if a progressive ticket Is put in the field. We are not sure of any scramble at all, nor are we sure of progressive state ticket. But we must remind our rainbow chasing contemporary that two years ago there was a progressive ticket in the field in this state and Marcus H. Holcomb, the republican candidate for governor, got a plural ity fover 17,000 and a clear majority of over 1. 400 votes.-Hartford Courant.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

New Haven banks are having, some what later, an experience similar to that which New Haven churches have had in connection with the change and expansion of tho city. The merger of banks does not indicate c decrease of business. 1t means in. crease and expansion. But just as the not all of them could be in the cen. ter of the city, so the banks are dis- covering that continued centfaitza. ton Is not practicable. So instead of having all the banks on Church and Chapel and State streets, we now have a bank on Broadway, and another building in Fair Haven. This of neces- gity takes business from the central banks, and has it's inevitable result jH merger. Banks will not be so slow to see tho point aa the churches were, Four banks have already besfi merged into two, and thers is talk Of . talrd merKeE-rNew Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

According to the opinions of medical authorities, the splitting habit is a ser ious menace to the community and should be stamped out. Bridgeport has had a similar ordinance for several years, but it has long been a dead let ter. Local health authorities un- doubtedly do not question the sound ness of the opinions expressed by New York officials, and even if the spit ting ordinance were enforced only during the prevalence of the grip epi- demic in Bridgeport, great benefits would result Action by the Health Board and Police Commissioners seems desirable.-Bridgepor Stand ard.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12

The story of the disc of the Rern- ington Arm plant, which appeared in our news columns yesterday, reads al- most like the tale of magic. We read in Holy Writ of making the desert to blossom like the rose. Here we have an example of turning meadows into manufacturing plants, with a new city around them, all within year. It is a marvel. Nothing like its extent has been recorded previously by way of accomplishment, in the factory nak- ing line. In less than year build ings are ready for use which will give reckon the workers as but one for every four people we find in this wor- derful establishment the sustaining plant for a city of 64.o0o.-Bridgeport Post.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-05
Finds Husband Dead in Stairway

Mrs. Jennie Hayes, 800 Cute
street, received a severe shock when
she went to call her husband, Chas.
Hayes to breakfast Wednesday
morning about o'clock and found
him dead.
Mr.. Hayes, who was day watch
man at the Owosso Carriage factory
returned from work Tuesday even
ing apparently in the best of health.
Wednesday morning when he did
not respond after Hrs wife had called
to him several times she went to his
room and found him dead. On the
arrival of a physician it was found
that he had been dead for six hours,
death being due to an attack of ap-
oplexy.
Mr.. Hayes who was sixty-one
years of age was born in Medina, O.,
and in, 1877 was married to Mrs.
Jennie Gibson. Besides his widow
deceased is survived by two children
Ralph Hayes, of this city, Mrs. Geo.
Spaeth Of Grand Rapids and a broth
err, Burt Hayes of Galesburg.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-05
CHARGED With BisamY.

John Fl. Madison. former grocer at
Ionia, was arrested Wednesday in Lans.
ing, where his mother lives, on charge
of bigamy preferred by Mrs. Ma5el
Madison to whom he was married in
Owosso last February. He was ar
raigned Thursday in the municipal
court and demanded examination, which
was set for today. He was remanded
to the county Jail in default of $1,000
bail Madison told Municipal Justice
Friegel when arraigned that when he
left Ionia recently he turned his groc-
cry business over to his wife. She rep
resented when making the complaint,
that the business was hers. She charged
that Madison was never divorced from
a woman he abandoned some years ago,
who now resides ia Detroit.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-05
Death of Mrs. Clinton White hear o

Following an illness of five years
with consumption, Mrs. Clinton
Whiteherse passed away, Thursday
morning at 1920 o'clock, at her
home, 915 Milwaukee street.
The funeral will be held, Satur-
day afternoon at 1880, from the
First M. E. church. Rev. Hartley
Cansfield will officiate. Interment in
DIRK Hill cemetery.
The deceased, who formerly was
Miss Hattie Harris, was born forty
years ago in Saginaw county. Since
her marriage in 1896, she has made
her home in Owosso. She was able
to be about the house until within
a few hours prior to her death.
Besides a husband, deceased is
survived by the following relatives:
son, Howard, of Flint, daughter,
iss Hazel of this city; brother,
DR.. Charles Harris Hill, Of Georgia,
who when a child was adopted by
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill, residing near St.
Johns. A son, Clyde, died ten years
age. '-.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-05

The large scale in which farming is
carried on at the farm of the Owosso
Sugar Co. is shown by the following
item from the Saginaw Courier Herald:
Jacob DeGeus, manager of the Prairie
Farm, was in the city yesterday on
business. Mr.. DeGeus stated that farm
ing operations were progressing rapidly
and that at the Prairie Farm they now
had 800 acres of oats and 200 acres of
barley planted. This is somewhat re
IN arkable on diked land when 1t is con.
sidered that many farmers on compare.
lively high land have been unable to get
on their land to prepare it for planting.
However, reports from the drained
lands show that little difficulty has
been experienced with them.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-05
Corunna City Appointms nts.

A number of citizens attended the
council meeting Monday night. Fol
lowing the routine business, the
mayor announced the following ap-
pointments which were confirmed
by the council:
City Attorney, Walter Bush.
Street Commissioner and City En-
gineer, Joseph Smith.
Care Taker, McCurdy Park, Mark
Martin.
Night Watch, John Lewis.
City Surveyor, Vernon Royce.
Supt Water Works, A. Whiting
ton.
Chief Fire Dept, John Elkins.
Special Assessors George Beemer,
and John G.. Quayle.
Fire; Warden, Tower jackson.
Cemetery Board, G., ID. Smith for
term of five years. EIvin Mills, for
term of years J.. Van de Vussee for
term of three years, w. A: MuMullen
term of two years, and j. ]. Peacock
term of one year,
Health Officer, DR.. w. T. Parker.
Alderman Fred Peacock was
elected president of the council.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-05
The Primrose Path" Given by Class
7 IT ofiel6H6f High School.

Despite the unfavorable weather,
Monday evening, large number OF
high school students and others who
are as fully interested, packed the
Family Theatre, to witness 1.-THE
Primrose PATH" pretty produc'
ton given by the senior class. The
entertainment was successfully rem
dered in every appointed detail. The
student actors and actresses were
enthusiastic and derived great de-
lighr in playing out the comedy, in
which is interviewer an interesting
love plot, humor and sincerity.
The cast of characters were intro
duced to the audience in a different
but clever manner. AS the curtain
rose Miss Carolyn Barber, who di-
rected the play, made those who
took part known as they entered in
appropriate and handsome costumes
as follows:
Lady Olivia Olifant-Mable Ash
ton.
Lady Joyce Olifant-Adelaide
Thompson.
Ursula, an old nurse-Pauline
Johnson.
'Phillis, lady in waiting-Ruth AK
ford.
Janet, lady in waiting-Leona
Goodwill.
Lord Nicholas Olifant, lord of the
castle-George Weideman.
Lord Hunsden-Edward Foess.
Sir Willoughby Williams, sutton
for the hand of Lady Olivia-Arthur
Cansfield.
Sir Kenneth Graham, masquerad-
ing as a minstrel-Colin Mccormick.
Jackstraw, cousin to the ladies of
the castle-Sam Voight.
Robin, page-Kenneth viii,
loughby.
Peter, the poster-Wayne Cramp-
ton.
Toby, Sir Williams attendant
Gail Tannehill.
Minor Pages: Trim, Arthur Cans
field; Jerry, Sam Weight; Dick, Ed
ward Foess; Andy, Wayne Cramp-
ton.
Between acts and at the close the
audience was treated to specialties
consisting of music rendered by the
Fulmer orchestra, vocal selections
and novel dances. In behalf of the
senior class Miss Bernice Honnecker
presented Miss Barber with a hand
some bouquet Of roses as an express
sion of gratitude for her careful and
successful training of which she Is
deserving of no little credit.
The entertainment was rounded
out with the minuet, gracefully
danced by Colon Mccormick, Wayne
Champion, Sam Voight, Arthur
Cansfield and Misses Mable Ashton,
Adelaide Thompson, Pauline John
son and Ruth AFFORD.
The money realized will BE placed
in the high school funds to help de-
fray the expense of the high school
annual publication, "Spic."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-05
A son was born April 26 to Mr., and
Mrs. Frank Harris. Main street.

| A son was born April 26 to Mr., and
Mrs. Frank Harris, Main street.
Mrs. B. l.. AFFORD and daughter
Miss Ruth, left Thursday for a short
stay in Chicago, Ill.
A. F. Loomis went to Mt. Glenn
ems Thursday where he will take
treatment for rheumatism.
Cecil o. Post, formerly of this city
has been appointed assistant branch
manager for the Studebaker corpor-
alton, with headquarters at Cleve-
| land, O..
Arthur l.. Moore, formerly of this
city, who has been travelling in the
southern states is quite i'll at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Warren,
in Highland Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. orrie Beswick, rec
emily of Detroit, who have been
spending few days in this city with
relatives have gone to Muskegon to
reside.
AT meeting Of the Athletic club
of the First NJ. E. church Wednes-
day evening, Forest Champion was
elected president and Miss Helen
Cansfield, secretary and treasurer.
A. E. Hartshorn has arrived in
this city from a several months stay
in Florida. Mrs. .Hartshorn, who is
enroute to this city is visiting rela,
tives in Dansville, o..
Roy Zintel, who has been associated
with the Union Telephone company
for the past II years, has resigned his
position. For a number Of years he
has been wire chief and has been very
successful in his work.
Complimenting Mrs. Helen Fairman
Williams, who was recently married,
Mrs William McEntee. East Comstock
street, pleasantly entertained at a
miscellaneous shower Tuesday evening.
About twenty guests were present and
games and music rounded ont de-
lightful evening. Light refreshments
were served and the honored guest
received many fine gifts.
Municipal Justice Friegel gave De
cision Of no cause of action in the case
of G.. J. Harle of Duffield, formerly of
this ctty against FRANK gstsbbhs som
of T. E. Stebhins. he held that the
evidence in the case did not furnish
sufficient basis for an action for 500
damages such as was begun by the
plaintiff Mr.. Harle claimed that his
automobile was damaged to the extent
of about $15 when the defendant drove
it without his permission.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-05
St. Agnes Guild Officers.

st Agnes Guild met with Miss Addie
Grove, Main street, Tuesday evening,
and elected the following officers
President. Mrs. George E. Mckenzie;
first vice president. Mrs. W. D. Burke;
second vice president, Miss Addie
Grove; secretary. Mrs. Richard Ferris
treasurer, Mrs. F. 8. Fritz. The or
ganization has had very successful
year and is in prosperous condition.