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Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-10
eERN1ANlos loesEs.

K After weeks delay and following a determined attempt to make it appear that Great Britain has been covering up the loss of some of it's big battle ships, Germany makes the admission that two of it's warships which had not been previously mentioned were lost in the naval combat off Jutland, thus adding 30, 1000 to the tonnage of the German navy which went down at that lime. This is in substantiation of the British claim that Germany has been covering up it's losses in that fight, and this it admits when it declares that it was done for military reasons, but even with this new ad- dition to the vessels sunk there are still ships which Great Britain claims to have sunk about which Germany has said nothing. It has not admitted that they were lost and it has not de- nied it, but in view of the fact that il has pleaded guilty to hiding some, il is impossible, in view of the British claims, to consider 1t other than prob. able that 1t is refraining from admit. ting others.
 Gernany's conduct in this regar, throws 1t open to the suspicion tha if is trying to gain an advant ntage iron that naval battle to which it is not en titled. Great Britain withheld tn news at the start but it has come for ward with full list of the vessel destroyed and damaged and it has re peatedly denied that others whicl Germany claims to have sent 60 tn
 bottom were lost, but maintains tha they are safe in it's harbors Thus i
 becomes evident that Germany fa failed to furnish the evidence to sup
 port the great victory which it claim
 ed to h1ve won. and that in time i
 will reveal losses which Great Britail
 insists took place and which show tha
 the honors of that big fight belong t
 the fleet which was commanded b ! Admiral Beatty.
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tfons dating as far back as the time of the PharaotS when this town was a
 place of exile for political prisoners,
 it's ancient name being Rhinokolura- Its present name is supposed to be de- rived from the custom which obtained
 here of cutting off the noses of male
 factors whose death sentences tad
 been committed.
 Some thirty miles to the east of Fl
 Arish, on the Egyptian Syrian bound
 ary, lies ancient Rhaphia, now called
 Er- RaSa, where Josephus tells us that
 the Roman condueror Titus made his
 first stop on his march against Jeru-
 salem. Here also SarE0n overwhelnl- ed the Egyptians in the eighth cen- tury before the Christian era, and five
 hundred years later there was fought on the same sands the famous battle
 between Pto1emy, Phi1ppator and An tiochus, when the charging elephants of both armies played such a spectacu- lar role. Of these great beasts, which l had been introduced into Syrian and I quests in India, much was expected. ! The battle opened with a trumpetiI1g dash of the opposing armoured noun tains of flesh, Ptolemy's forces com chargers while Antiochus sent into the l fray 102. With the first onslaught practically all of Ptolerny's elephants were captured, yet he won the day. 'sEl Arish fell before Napoleon s Egyptian army in September 179S, the credit for the eitys fall being given
 to Frances great general. KIeber, com-
 mander of the vanguard which also | seized Jaffa and Gaza. It was during this campaign that Napoleon commit ted inc great atrocity at Jaffa, shoot ing those prisoners whom he could T neither guard nor feed, yet whom he feared to release. After Napoieon's l departure Kleber concluded conven- tion at Fl Arish with the English ad- I miral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, where
 by the French were to be allowed te capitulate and were to receive safe
 transport back to France. This agree ment was revoked by Lord Keith
 however Whereupon Kleber witt 10000 men marched to Heliopolis af16
 administered & crushing defeat to tht ! Turks who ol1tnumbered him six tC one. Had not a fanatic assassinatet
 the great French tartician, on the day engo, the fate of French arms in Egyp might have been different.
 '@The Admiral Smith whose agree . ment with Kleber was disalowed wa. ! the same British officer who haG 2 caused the signal defeat of Napoleon before tgae walls of Acre, relief worl . for which a grateful parliament vote, him an annuity of a thousand pounds . tTn the center of the town of B Arfsh is a granite wall with an in 5 scription in hieroglyphics, perpetual ] ing a curious legend about tn 5 Egyptian god Shu. A short distanc beyond the walls the traveller shown the ruins of the building i :. which Baldwin I, one of gle Crusade 3 kings Of Jerusalem, died in HIS, afte 3 an unsuccessful attack on Egypt" . l
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sToPRINe REclSl EssNEss.

It may seem a little strange that a woman, whose auto was struck by a train. thrown to one side. the occu- pants thrown out ana somewhat in- jured and the car damaged, should be brought into court and fined on the com plaint of the railroad. but that Is what happened and that is what has been found Co be necessary f a lot Of the reckless driving which is indulged in is going to be stopped and other lives saved
 The Long Island railroad which was the complainant in this case has fig ured in a great number of crossing fatalities. There are many dangerous points where the highways cross the tracks. which the company has en- deavored to protect by campaigns of education, by the erection of signs calling attention to the peril, by the erection of gates and the placing o1 guards. and yet there continues to be a serious disregard for the responsi- bility which rests to a certain degree upon the individual at such points.
 It is therefore necessary that those who are willing to so disregard regu- lations as to dispute crossing with . locomotive and invite death to them. selves as well as those with then should be made to stop 1t by imposing the penalty of the law If they are un. willing to profit by the experience anC actions of others, though it is ques tion when the fixing of light fines vii be sufficient to accomplish the refor l nation,
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TtFE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.

Understanding the importance of such a declaration of principles as is involved In the platform of a politi- cal party, the republicans in national convention at Chicago have displayed their regard for the solemn duty that was Imposed upon them by the adop- ton of a sound, strong, progressive declaration of belief. The manifesto is along tho lines which were pointed out as advisable in the keynote speech of Senator Harding, wherein the weak ness of the principles of the present administration was clearly and effec- lively pointed out.
 Not only is the platform strong be- cause of the words in which it is couched, but strength is added from the fact that it represents the position and aim of a party of ccomplishment. Many of the principles are those for which the republican party has con slstently stood from the time when 1t was organized. They are principles which have done much for the up- building of the country and they are necessary for its continued prosperity and growth, and combined with the stand on the new issues which have arisen it is plainly one of the strong
 
 ward in years.
 It declared undualifedly for the rnafntenance of American rights and the protection of every American citi- zen in all rights secured to him by the constitution, treaties and laws o1 nations Tn foreign relations it de- clares that we must insist upon all our rights as neutrals without feal and without favor, though our desire is for peace. the peace of justice ant right. It takes a firm stand in regard to the Mexican situation, reaffirms the approval of the Monroe Doctrine ana fauorB closer relations with Latin. America and it upholds. the policy which Mckinley so well inaugurateC concerning the Philippines.
 Upon the question of national SC. c1rty it insists upon a sufficient ant effective army and navy so strong we'll proportioned and equipped tha the country can be properly protected
 There is recognition of the need O tariff for the protection of American Industries and labor and therl urged the repeal of the Under wood act and the creation of tariff commission, which was previous ly established under republican pres ident
 kt stands for the encouraging 0 American business under a sane pol ldy Of regulation and supervisio H1aich will permit of the advancement of all American interests, but as i tho past it is opposed to the demo cratic idea of government ownershi Df vessels. It calls for economy an enlciency in government affairs, a na tional budget and the conservation C our resources. while it believes tha khe question of suffrage should be lei to the states
 The platform is one which. follow Ing the experience which this countr has had with the trying out of thec ries. cannot fail to make its appes t0 every American. It stands fC America first the proper protection ( ils people and interests and the pro sross of the nation.
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THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

EI Arisfl, one of the worlds forgot ten places until the English bombard- cd it a few days ago, is the subject of a war geography bulletin, issued to- day by the National Geographic So- city from it's Washington headuuar- terS, which says:
 With its large square fort and bat tlemented walls, El Arish presents a much more formidable and imposing appearance, viewed from the Mediter- ranean to the north and from the Des- ert et-Tfh to the south, than it's inn portance has warranted in recent years. Formerly a popul0us halting place for the numerous caravans fol- lowing the short desert route" from Egypt to Syria, it's trade has waned materially since the completion od modern railway connections with Jafra, Port Said, and Alen dria- The town c1ings to the banks of the Wadai-el-Arish, a stream which be- comes small torrent after every rain It is more than q hundred miles south l west of Jerusalem and a slightly shorter distance rom the Suez Canal { whieth lies to the West
 The recent hostilitfes fu this area l revive a host of hletof1cal associa.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sunday BaII in PIainfieId.


 Mir. Editor: Plainheld is to have Sunday baseball. again this summer. A great deal is said about the neglect ed moral and religious training of our American boys and great praise is given to our grandmothers for their firm government and the religious training of our parents, but what would our grandfathers have said to Sunday ball games? How can boys be taught to, keep the Sabbath when they can hear the hoots and up-roar from the ball game which they would not be real boys if they did not want to attend. They are held in the after noon so as not to keep the people from church. but how much interest does a man or boy take in sermon or Sab bath school when he is planning to at- tend a ball game, or in the evening after he has attesded one? Can mother attend church and Sabbath school and have dinner in time for her husband and sons to go to the ball game? And if she keeps her boy at home he regards himself as i'll used and mother as unreasonable. Sunday ball games are said to be necessary So store clerks can enjoy the games If this is so. cannot 1t be arranged to close the stores Saturday afternoons and open them Sundays as they would not be as noisy or objectionable as the ball games. The ball lovers say they work all the week and have a right to their pleasure on Sunday Granting this-have not other people the right to a quiet Sunday? If we must have Sunday ball games locate the grounds far enough from the vii. l !age so that the noice cannot be heard and have an officer on the ground tc stop indecent and profane language I and pocket saloons.
 When games were played here Sun. day afternoons in the past the roa, could be heard all over the village.
 A MOTHER.
 Plainheld. June g. 1916.
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each year. lt is tine that serious thought was given to methods which would put . quick end to 1t
 There are many uses to which such waste conld be put and the fact that there Is such a casting aside 6f val uable material only adds tu the cost of living. While this refuse might not be available for lumber there never theless ought to be a way found of getting it to market for some use if for nothing other pupose than fuel, In which direction the consumers are steadily being confronted with atl- vanced prices The utilization of this waste material might not mako 1t pos sible to cut melons but it ought to show some profit and bring about no little relief
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The sailors who took part in the big parade are reported to have said on their departure that they received the greatest reception in Hartford that they ever experienced. They came here, one of them declared, expecting to be fed on cold sandwiches and cof- fee, as they have been in many other places, but instead, were dined in one the City,s best hotels. Hartford will never regret that 1t gave the sailors such treatment. The advertising that this City will get will be worth many times more than the cost. = Hartford Post
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WASTE SHOULD BE CHECKED.

With the cost of living steadily ad- vancing, through the repeated increase In mo price of commodities, it is im- poasfnle to overlook the statement whitn lB made by the United States Hortst service when 1t discloses the great amount of waste which takes rIace each year at the sawmills throughout the country.
 Tna forests of ehis country are none too great fo supply the constantly i'm cfeaeins wants of the nation. There i4 great need of conserving such re- sources as we have and making the MoAt of ali tho products but when it A4 declared that there 10 over four ma half billion cubic feet of waste p1 st million cords of wood wasted
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now whers t has sona through SoNfhe original n1acadan1 coud be sius8ad with cement and made passaable anH fore tl1s water gets under the surface. AIthoush city employees are capable Of the work, it is not done. Why ncf7 the question may be asked Individual infringement of e private highway un- der similar circuznstancee would see management. t seems to be different. Why the Indifference? ?-oGi GiddletoWn Press.
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cwr4tten Specially for Tns BuiIstfn1
 From time to time, notices appear regarding men or wonen who do something worth while, perhaps Who1 live or die marry or what not in some WesterH state, and the explanation will be made that the person referred to was descedanf of ancestors Wllos in earlier times. went forth on colon- izing expeditions from Norwich.
 A number of Norwich pioneers uer2 norths after the treaty of peace, in 176S. to Novs Scotia, which was open to en1igrantss it's farms and townships being thrown into the market and adEenturers being anxious 10 take pos- session of the vacated seats of the exiled Areadians. By the treaty, this territory was confirmed to the English who grasped it. The provineiaI gox- ernment caused it to be distributed into towns and sections, and lots were offered to actual settlers on easy terms.
 The inhabitants of the eastern part of Connectieut, and several citizens of Norwich in particular. entered largely into these purchases, as they did also into purchases, made at the same period, of land on the Delaware River.
 The proprieturs held their uneetinns
 
 many persons of even small means were induced to become subscribers, in the hope Of ultimately betterfng their fortunes.
 The townships of Dublin, Horton, Falmouth, cernuaIIis and Amherst were settled in part by Connecticut eHigrants. Sloops were sent from Norwich, and also from New London, with provisions and passengers. One craft in a single trip carried 13T set- tiers from this county. The second Capt. Robert Denison, history tells us was among the emigrants.
 Norwich as well as other towns ci I Connecticut, was taxed with the sup- I port Of a certain number of the French l Neutrals, the sad and greatly abused l people, who, iE 1775, were driven from their homes in Acadia. or Nova Scotia as Longfellow has so beautifully mar. rated in the story of Evangeline, by tEeir English conquerors. The dis. tressed wanderers were forced to talk refuge in New England.
 Traces of their residence in Nor
 wich are found in the survival of { number of French names, etc. Man. of them, in later years, Ventured ti return to Canada. Capt. Richart L,eff1ngwel1, ir the brig Pitt, carries : 240 of these oppressed French an, tnelr jealous priest to QueDecs In 1161 One of the noted pioneers from Nor wich was Col. Durkee, whose name : doubtless perpetuated in that aroma
 tic thoroughfare now known as Burke Lane-whic1l is some time going to b , worthier. it's. namesalxel. Joh11 Dur , lzee was a native of Windham, bu : settled in Norwich early in life. H served upon the frontier against th
 Trench, in several distinct eHped1 tions, and later held the rank of ma z jor in the militia He kept an fnT : cultivated a arm-probabiy on Ian 2 which is now Franklin street, and wa I often engaged in public business.
 After the repeal of the Stamp Ac
 he became interested in the purchas : made by the SusquehannaEl Compan
 in Pennsylvania.
 He was enc of the forty pioneer
 sent out by the company in 1769, | :, take possession of the Wyoming Val ], ley. Robert Durlkee was also of tn e company; and the first fortress ereci :. g q - ssT
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themselves they aren't going to add one thing to the defensive strength of Ase country. They may even carry a sort of menace in as they reassure q lot of people as to the state of the American spirit-Fhich spirit if often assumed to be sufficient safeguard. the more comforting since it makes so little demand upon ones time, or pocketbook or personal efforts-Hart- ford Times
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There is another thing strange in municipal management when you come to look it spare in the face, and that is the 1p-keep of streets. Main street pavement is slipping. From day to day it Is getting worse. Several places just
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-10
Sunday Morning Talk
COURTESY ALWAYS.

A great railroad system has added to the slogan of Safety First the quieter but hardly less needed cry o6 Courtesy Always" Posters in every station remind both emrloyes and the travelling public of the possibility of being polite, even amid the hustle of selling tickets and cattloing trains and rushing baggage. It is a gracious ex- pertinent and deserves to succeed.
 In medieval days, courtesy was held to be about the highest quality any knight or lady could possess. In our own more matter of fact age, 1t is still exalted-in theory. We are generally too busy, however, to put it into prac- tice. AS a gentleman of the old school has remarked, ''Americans are inn polite from haste and impetuosity rather than from deliberate intention. .'s
 There is a lower and a higher ground for courtesy. From the mere ly mercantile point of view, it pays. The gentleman or the lady is 1nlRch more apt to get on in the world than the boor of either sex. The motto of an ancie1t English preparatory school at Winchester is Manners Makefh Man" How often that proves true in practical lifet Successful Snen and women not a few have found courtesy main part of their life equipment Every profession and every trade fur@ nish illustrations. There are stores. barber shops, hotels, etc, as well as schools and churdaes that point the same moral.
 As a matter of fact, it is never safe for any of us to show incivility. One can never know how much he is going to lose thereby. Your surly answer your disregard Of tho common afneni- ties, even in the case of some stranger may come back to you years after af a most unpleasant boomerang. The familiar saying of Charles M. is ii | point: Treat every man as if you ex.
 pected sometime to have use for him.
 If the remark seems unduly calculat. ing. it is at least full of shrewd sense If I were to name an invaluable bus. mess asset for young men, close aftei
 honesty and industry should place
 courtesy. Every day youths ant maidens whose lot 1t IS to earn theil own living are winning out tk1roug1 l courtesy; while an equal number arr | slipping behind in the race solely be
 cause of slipshod manners and import
 inent speech.
 The higher motive that should con,
 strain l1s to courtesy is a recognition | of our brothers right to it. We shou1. l grant him what we should like to SC ] were we in his place. The Goldei Rule contains the last word Of man ! nerB, as 1t does on most of the otAae | laws of living.
 | Courtesy becomes then not alone 'l sort of business capital but a Christiaa grace and duty. To t7fe churches Q I Asia the Apostle Peter wrote: "Be Dit iful: bs courteous!" It is q fitting ad nnondtion and deserves to rank W1k
 tine other golden precepta that Fw6 a@ soeiate with the morality of inc NS, Testament Tor s'courteou51 mean ssof the c0nrt's and these who serve ,i the court of the King of all the eard should give eVide1ics in thnif @veEgea conduct of being familiar with th usages Of royal society.
 Il TH rAEss8S.
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an honest man has been sold for a price and was not aware of it because the other fellow got the money. Be wise to the man who button holes you for any purpose. It is up to every man to have opinions and convictions and to act upon them. Then he is in no danger of being listed with the easy or sold with the acqlhescent.
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A year ago the best kind of lamb could be obtained for about a to z5 cents. Now 1t is g and 30 cents and in some markets 40 cents pound. But delicate people in every family require this delicate food in some style, now as before. Some day. pefhapS, we will think out a social condition irl which all such needs viii 1e satss6ed. Pos- sibly Connecticut, with its hundred hills, fit only for sheep grazing. will give that protection and encourage rnent that will make the growing od lamb profitable to the farmer and rec ; sonable to the consumer. Nov is a good time to start little straight thinking! How much a dollar vii buy Is just a4 important as how many dollars a man can earn q day. And the problem is Of just as much inter- est to the merchant as to the mar who has a family to support Bridge port Standard.
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The allied armies at Saloniki are said to be inadequate for an offensive but they appear to be able to get a rise out of Greece every now and then.
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A scientist says that gasoline can be obtained from natural gas. It now remains to be seen how many individ- uals will go into the. business.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

A good many people will agree with the Venerable Archdeacon Hudson Stuck of Alaska, who in his Columbia baccalaureate sermon, attack profess siona1 philanthropy as worked out in research laboratories by political economists and psychological peda- gogues and urged feae students to keep always before them fhe personal human touch in their relation to man kind. That is a good word, strongly and opportuneIy spoken. - Waterbury American.
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Colonel Roosevelt has made several Hops since the nomination campaign was started but that uncertainty can not be charged against Justice Hughes.
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For some reason or other there is about as little heard these days of Ambassador BernstoFfE as there is of that much sought for Villa.
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The fact that General Pershing's punitive expedition has not started back to United States soil is answer enough to the note from Carranza.
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The man on the corner says: Lots of people think that the Declaration of Independence gives them the right to spit on the sidewalk. or sweep rub bish into the street.
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A South Glastonbury pastor has given up his pulpit to work in mu- milton factory. War prices are cer- tainly raising hobs in all lines.
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If Germany and Great Britain can not satisfy the other that 1t was whip ped in the North sea fight, it could and may yet be arranged to try ii over.
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c1ares Great Britain has lost the su- premacy of the sea, the chances are that John BulI viii be ready to try conclusions again before Germany iz