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many men. to carry their banner of
Preparedness throughout the land
Mrs. Bates made speech upon pre-
paredness at one of the sessions of the
National Civic Federation in Washing
ton which was regarded by the men
and women who heard it as one of the
strongest pleas for national defense
which had been made.
Said Mrs. Bates in a recent inter
view: THE story of the woman's sec
tfon OF national preparedness begins
with the very beginning of the war.
partment of the National Civic Fedora
tion came into the work of the may
>ors committee in New York city to
take charge of the woman and children
refugees. Manifestly. this concerned
the people of the steerage, who were
left in Europe stranded and without
means for reaching their homes.
We met the steamers at all hours OF
the day and night. and seeing the
conditions of distress and hearing the
tales of terror of these people gave us
our first contact with the real condi
tions of the war They told us of
those other vast hordes fleeing from
their countries before the invader who
France and clear to its southern cities,
like Lyon, where later our cooperating
women were to help in their rescue
and provision.
after the refugees OF the war had
all been brought home we were
asked by the united ambassadors and
ministers of England. Holland, Bel
gium France, America and Spain, as
we'll as various foreign committees. TO
organize the woman's section OF the
commission for relief in Belgium. Bel
gium was then facing famine, but the
world was incredulous that such a ca
tastrophe could confront whole ma
ton in the twentieth century.
mission. the men and women's sec
tions. took up the work of rousing
America to save the Belgians. We be-
gan a united campaign to inform
America of the facts and conditions
and to organize America to collect food
and money and clothes. The womans
section, recognizing that with famine
six weeks distant it could not begin
organization through individuals. beg
al organizations to stand with 1t In an
appeal for the rescue of the Belgians.
y 4
TT began work In October. 1914. BY
December 10 it had allied with 1t the
presidents OF organizations represent
ing collectively 100000 women. One
month later it had added the presidents
of state federations Of clubs. bringing
the representation to nearly 5000. 900
women.
The commission next proceeded to
organize the states, and il formed
committees. with chairmen, in thirty
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ganization which did set a value upon
its clothing collected, our commission
gathered together between two and
three million dollars worth of cloth
ing. making a total Of money value
contributed to Belgium of between
nine and twelve million dollars.
Now this philanthropic movement.
while seemingly large. was only suf-
fcfent to enable Belgium to turn round.
because 100000 people could not be
fed through philanthropy. During re-
cent months a totally different system
has been provided for feeding Bel
campaign for food. It is asking for
clothes alone. There remain two large
national bodies of men in charge Of
providing for these needs of the Bel
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0<1 YHIh preparedness tne "dtcn-
wv :::: :;::: q .':.,s: =; 3. ;''n ;s' s:: ::s
against it. with the man in
the street having a word anent 1t as
he passes the time of day with his fell
!owman. it is not surprising that men
and women in their organized efforts
for the betterment of the race are, in
their conventions and committee meet
ings. making this the prime object
of their present endeavors.
One of the strongest orga nizati
Of American men and women today
is the National Civic. Federation. whose
president is Seth Low, and whose OBJ
ject is 20 lend helping hand to such
people and such institutions as need 1t.
This organization has allied with 1t a
body of women named the Women's
Department of the National Civic Fed
Grafton. and II operates. under the
guidance of national board, with
branches in every part of the country
and through sections which take in
hand the various divisions of the work.
The most important. as it was the
most prominent, section of the wom-
EMS department at the late convention
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urer. Mrs. Lindsay Van Rensselaer, as
secretary, and Mrs. August Belmont.
Mrs Francis Mcneil Bacon, Mrs. Ed
ward r. Hewitt, Miss Mary Parsons
and Mrs William K. Vanderbilt as
members.
Such an amalyamation of bodies OF
women, already over 100000 strong.
with it's cooperative bodies of men.
adding many millions more. should
WELD immediate and nationwide IN.
fiuence in the interest of adequate Dc.
fense for the United States.
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next generation. We regard the Ameri-
canizing of the bodies and the souls of
the children of the alien-born as one
of the most vital defenses that could be
provided for America. The reaction of
such training in the home of the alien
would be one of the mightiest trans
muting agencies that could be secured
Allied with Mrs. Lindon Bates on the
national board of the woman's section
of the movement for national prepared
ness are Miss Maude Wetmore as vice
chairman. Miss Anne Morgan as treas
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I'M HE need of the central powers for
copper has been told in numerous
news letters and dispatches from
various points in Europe, but there has
come no statement from any credible
source that Germany's supply of copper
is near the vanishing point. The ac-
counts generally relate to some un-
usual expedient for conserving the re-
naming supply of copper, taking pos
session for war purposes of copper
which had already been put to domestic
and industrial uses. and plans and
ruses for increasing the copper sup
ply by bringing in the metal from the
world outside of Germany. Some of
these eXpedients have been interprete ed
as showing a copper shortage in Ger
many and Austria, but the facts or the
alleged facts have been given diff
ferent Interpretation by other writers
and readers.
1t seems to be established as fact
that several months ago Germany be-
gan the collection of household uten-
SilS of copper. German photographs
showing lines of children bringing to
the designated authorities pots. kettles.
pans, lamps. cuspidors and many other
rent in the newspapers. Last November
it was published on what appeared to
be good authority that Germany was
seizing or communicating copper
wherever it could be found in the en-
pire 1t was said: THE copper roof is
being taken from the imperial castle
at Donaueschingen. to be converted
into war munitions. This is not the
first imperial residence from which the
copper has been taken to supply Ger
man guns. Even the German emperor's
palace in Berlin was searched last Sep
tember for the now precious war metal.
as was the cathedral at Bremen"
The store of copper in Germany. il
the roofs, fixtures and brass work be
taken into consideration, must be vast.
and that this is being taken by the
government indicates that the supply
of copper stored for war purposes and
the free stocks of copper in the hold
ing of importers and industrial copper
users is either exhausted or seriously
impaired and that the difficulty and
hazard of obtbaining copper from foreign
countries are very great. Several
months ago the statement was made
by an authority in the American copper
eating something like 200.000.e00
pounds. nearly one-fifth of the annual
production in the United States. had
been placed by German representatives
with copper concerns in this country.
Phe metal was to be placed in storage.
and under the agreement Is to be
shipped to Germany Immediately after
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out the transport tax. and are
now selling coal to Spain.
Julean II. Arnold has probably the
largest territory of any drummer in
the world. In the numbers of it's pop
ulation China surpasses all other ma
tions, and in area it is one of the
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TN certain parts Of Europe the acorn
is being converted into bread by war
stricken people, and to people unac-
customed to acorn meal. and being de-
prived Of their usual portion of grain
-four il may be that the eating Of meal
made from the meat of the nuts of the
oak tree is not agreeable and is ac-
counted one of the hardships of war.
But the acorn is a very old form Of
human food Bread has long been made
from acorns. especially by the peasants
Of France. Mosses. dried and powdered.
are still used for bread by Norwegians,
and other substances that have been
used most Of them Yielding little nutri-
ton without the addition OF cereal flour.
include the roots of colchicum iris. man.
dragors and hellebore.
A number of tribes Of the American
Indians used acorn bread before the
coming Of the Europeans and In "A few
Of the tribes this custom has persisted.
though. even in those tribes where acorn
bread Is still part Of the diet OF the
family corn Or maize is beaten into
more or less fine meal by the ancient
pestie and mortar method. and the
dough is rolled between stones into
cakes. which are cooked on hot stones
In the chronological exhibit in the Ma
uonal Museum are groups Of lay figures
Of American Indians engaged in their
primitive industries. and one OF the in
dustries SO represented is bread making
The processes OF poundinS grain into
meal. working up the dough into cakes
or loaves. and the crude baking are H.
Illustrated. ,
:.
Persons who have eaten acorn bread
tell that il is agreeable to The taste
but no one should undertake 10 make
this form of bread without first famiI
ia rizing herself with some of the es.
ssn,iais. The first of these is the ex-
traction Of the tannin that is an in
gredient of the acorn. Every one who
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All
" GobeWhy From United States Now Used in Na
B1enos Anes
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LlNDON Bates Chairman Womn the Movement National
" Preparedness Believes Do Much
ReugRee Work BegimOm the Movenent-And
Campaign a Educational otsm' tn
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TT is our belief that our great wom-
ans group will be of tremendous i'm
portance to these bodies of men, as
truly as we are convinced that their
cooperation will be Of value to u.s. We
are to carry their technical literature.
as they are to carry ours. so that this
great clearing house will carry. through
the cooperation of the mems and the
women's organizations. the complete
story of effort for national defense.
THE woman's campaign is to be edu-
cational. 1t will endeavor to teach.
through the homes, the schools and the
clubs the duty of universal service in
case of emergency. It's watchword will.
of course, be patriotism-the service of
each to the state. 1t will show that
women are protected at the expense of
mems lives. and women must see that
these lives are rightly equipped and
provisioned for the task set. Women
must train their children to value the
ideals of democracy above life. defining
democracy as an ideal of equality OF
opportunity and equality of protection.
I'VE think that the body of trained
and disciplined young manhood. pledged
to service and inspired to patriotism,
would be of inestimable value to the
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of the National Civic Federation. held
i'll Washington in January, was the
women's section of the movement for
ma ational preparedness, and the woman
who is chairman of this very timely
and important movement is Mrs. Lin
don Bates of New York, wife of the
civil engineer whose name Is known
throughout the scientific world.
At the very outbreak of the war in
Europe, Mrs. Bates, who was a mem
Der of the national board of the Wom-
ans Section of the National Civic
Federation. threw her energies into
the relief of the sufferings of the war
stricken peoples of Europe. When
her son, Lindon Bates, jr., another
civil engineer of the name. lost his life
on the Lusitania, the mother plunged
with greater energy into her work
for others.
That this country should be prepared
for it's own defense against hostile ma
tions is the belief of Mrs. Bates, and
that women can do a great part to-
ward advancing this preparedness is
her conviction; and she is the woman
who has been chosen by the most
prominent women's organizations
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Eians, so that the woman's section,
after many meetings of its board for
consideration, voted unanimously to
take no chances of overlapping or
duplication of work and to leave the
field to these mer's bodies.
r
The woman's section of the COM
mission for relief in Belgium dissolved
within the past month and at once re-
organized, with the same chairman
and the same board, under the title
of the woman's section of the move
ment for national preparedness. As
the entire group Of women belonged
to the woman's department of the Ma
tional Civic Federation, and as national
preparedness was such a tremendous
movement, it was decided to line up
the whole National Civic Federation
back of it and to amalgamate with it.
"Our next movement was to begin
securing as many national groups of
men and women as would cooperate
with the new effort. Within two weeks
there had been secured the National
Council Of Women. the National Asso-
citation Opposed to Women's Suffrage.
National Daughters of the American
Revolution. National Ladies of the G.
A. r.. Congress of Mothers Daughters
of the Confederacy. United Daughters
Congress, and many state organiza-
tions
Thus we carry our message to the
women throughout this whole land by
means Of these groups of representa-
tive clubs which come in touch with
the women of every interest all over
the United States. We are also to be
members of the clearing house for
nine mems organizations. among them
the National Security League, the Red
Cross. the Aero Club Automobile Club
and Navy League.
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ATTAcHE c. w. A.
VERDITZ, WHOSE INTERVIEW
WITH KING ALFONSO CAUSED
THE REMISSION OF SPANS
TRANSPORTATION TAX AGAINST
AMERICAN COAL.
Bolivian foreign Office that there would
be no future Discrimination against
American users of Bolivian tin ore, and
in the meantime all Observation-Disclosures
on the, part of the miners had been re-
moved, thanks largely to the activities
of the attache. A great smelling plant
had been erected at Perth Amboy. N. j..
and important contracts had been made
for large deliveries of ore.
1t is difficult to estimate exactly the
Importance of bringing tin smelt-
ing industry to this country. 1t will,
of course, give employment to great
many workmen, and ii is obvious that
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-15

The High Street synagogue was tax
ed to its capacity, Tuesday evening,
with an enthusiastic audience of local
Jewish people who are interested In
the Zionist movement, to hear Mrs.
Richard Gottheil, wife Of Prof, Gotthel
instructor Of Hebrew and Semitic
languages in Columbia university. and
Miss Nellie Strauss OF New York speak
under the auspices of the newly organ
lied Norwich chapter of Hadesseh.
The synagogue was attractively dec
GRATED with American and Zionist
tags and the speakers were introduced
by Mrs. Herman Aaofsin, president of
the local order
Mrs. -Gottheil opened her address by
saying that she had the privilege of
visiting Palestine five times and of liv-
ing there part of her life. What she
has seen of both the light and dark
side of Palestine prompted her. Miss
Eva Leon and Miss Henrietta Sold
the latter now the president of the
Hadesseh since its inception to organ
ize the Haddesseh movement. She has
witnessed the conditions of the pow
erty stricken Jews suffer from diseases
which are known in the tropics and
she told of the attention they received
in the hospitals there. How medi-
val and inadequate they are and most
of all how the people are treated as
aliens.
They. the founders, at once decided
that American Jewish women VINO feel
for all pains and plaques of Israel, es-
pecially of mother Zion, will readily
respond.
Leaving Palestine four years ago
| they made a pledge to their unfortu-
nate sisters in the Holy Land that a
system of visiting nurses would be
undertaken.
Reaching America Nathan Strauss
at once placed a proposition before
| the Hedesseh whereby he would pay
| for the journey of two nurses and pay
| their salary for four months. This
| offer was accepted. They have a ma
| ternity hospital, eye specialist and a
| settlement house where the wants of
| the people are ministered to
The Hedesseh is not a philanthro-
| pic organization In any sense. It is
| now self supporting. This charity
| work is done aside from the humani-
| tartan standpoint, because Zion lies
| deeply imbedded into the hearts of
| all Hebrews. Not a prayer passes
| the lips of Jew where the hope for
return to Palestine is not asked for
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-15
HADDASH CHAPTER HOLDS MEETING
Addressed Large Audience PalestineSociety Raises
SGT.

Palestine is still cherished by a.
100000 dispersed Jews.
But not by prayers can we get back
our land. We must unite and act. 1t
is 40 years ago since the modern Zion
list movement started. A band of
idealistic and determined young men
and women went to Palestine for the
future of the Jewish people. Today As
colonies are blooming. We ought to
call them villages. They are really the
pride of Palestine. They are clean,
well laid out and have paved streets,
a system of sewerage, academies,
schools, kindergartens and above all,
only Hebrew is spoken there. In the
school, home and mart the lethargic
language has been revived.
Today all is laid to waste by the ter
rible war calamity. especially because
the head of the Zionist organizations
were in Europe.
But American Jews proved them
selves equal to the crisis. At once
the Prov. Zionist Com. was formed,
of which Louis Brandeis, now a NOM
inee to the supreme court bench of the
United States, is chairman, and Gre
ated a special relief, called the emer-
gency fund. This fund, which must
reach 100000 a year, must be raised
in America to maintain the Palestine
institutions and colonies which took
decades to build and nourish
For when this calamity is over and
when the several nations of the world
sit around the table and discuss the
terms of peace, we want man to rep
resent our nation. That man will rep
resent the voices of millions of dead
and living martyrs. We who have ac-
complished so much for the world are
entitled to own legally the land trod-
den by our prophets and made holy
by the blood of the Maccabeans. And
since we have this foOthold already
there, we must strive with all our
might to maintain it at least.
| Miss Straus told of how the move
ment was started by DR.. HertZell, who
had been away from his people for
some time, engaged in newspaper
work. Realizing the injustice to his
people. he pondered for weeks and
months on the question, and with DIR.
Max Nordeau his efforts were realized
| by the formation of the Zionist con-
gress which opened in Switzerland in
1898. Jews Immediately became enthu-
siastic and some who were too poor 10
| ride walked all the way from Russia
| The membership of the local CHI
| of Haddash mum oerS 80 and the pros
| poets for an increase in membership
| are very bright. a collection of SCI
! was taken for the Jewish relief fund
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-15
MINs-PLANTER scHoFIELp.
Now at Fort casweII, North caroIina-
Will Hold Target Practice and Ex-
plode Mines.

The Wilmington. North Carolina,
Sunday Dispatch had the following
reference to the mine planter on which
Horace H. Allen, OF Norwich is an
engineer:
For the purpose of conducting the
annual mine-planting in the mouth of
the Cape Fear in conjunction with
the regular mine company stationed
at Fort CaSwell, the mine planter
Gen. J. NJ. Schofield, has arrived in
port after filling her bunkers with
coal and getting a water supply, will
proceed to the fort and begin the
practice which will last until about
the middle of the present month.
First Lieutenant G. NJ Peake and
Lieutenant Atwood are in command
OF the vessel having been assigned to
this dutp from a regular coast artiI-
lery company some time ago. The
Schofield arrived in Wilmington Fri
day, having been seven days en- route
from Colon, Panama, from where il
operated while conducting maneuvers
at Fort Sherman. guarding the At
lantic mouth of the Panama canal
and Fort Grant at the Pacific en-
Guantanamo Porto Rico, for coal and
water.
Original ORDERS for the SchofeId
Were for the vessel to proceed direct
to Hampton Roads. but few min
utesN before leaving Cuba, wireless
was received for the mine planter to
stop at Wilmington and conduct the
practice in place of the mine planter
General Ord. which was first ordered
to this port, but which has been dis
abled.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-15
ONLY THREE COMPANIES
LISTED IN CLASS A.
Third Company is in Class q With
Possible Score of 993.

The Tenth company, the Eleventh
and the Thirteenth are the only COM
panies of the Connecticut Coast Ar
tillery corps listed in Glass A for the
indoor rifle match OF the Connecticut
National guard organizations which
will take place in Hartford during the
three weeks from April 10 to 20, The
Tenth company is rated highest with
a possible score of 941. The Eleventh
company is given a possible score of
916, and the Thirteenth company a
possible score of 904.
The Third company of this city is in
Glass 3 with a possible score OF 1913.
The other companies of the corps are
in Glass c with these classifications:
Eighth company S11, Fourth company
sos, First company SO4. Ninth company
TSS, Sixth company $50, Fifth company
of this city 40, Second company T54,
Seventh company 621.
Captain Percy H. Morgan Of Po-
quonoc is one OF the officers detailed
to assist Major Earl D. Church, chief
ordnance officer. The companies will
shoot in their own armories and then
forward the scores to Major Church
for tabulation.
The range is to be 80 feet and the
team members are to fire five shots
sitting, five shots kneeling and ten
shots prone. The men shoot on a
team, the highest possible aggregate
team score being 1000. To the or
ganization of any class making the
| largest aggregate score a prize will be
| awarded and TO the ten men Of the
team medals will be given. In addi-
ton to these, prizes will be given to the
two highest organizations in each class
An average company score will also be
determined for the regiments and
corps and the state shield will be
awarded to the regiment or corps whose
average company score is highest,
For the purpose OF awarding prizes
| the various organizations are divided
into three classes on the basis OF the
order of finish in the second rifle
o. Ii, In
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-15
NO INTENTION TO
ABANDON S. N. {. LINE
Central Vermont President Says Line
is to be Completed.

President E c. Smith of the Cen
trail Vermont railway and the South
ern New England railway testified at
the interstate commerce commission
hearing in Providence Tuesday that
there never had been any intention of
abandoning the construction of the
SouthernNew England line to Provi-
dence and that it would be completed
as soon as possible.
The statement of President Smith
was made during the rebuttal testi-
mony on the application of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad for the reten-
ton of its line of steamboats, between
New London and New York and for
permission to operate two of them
out of Providence, in connection with
the Southern New England.
Counsel for the Central Vermont
claimed that the Sound line of that
company had always been a. comrsti-
tor of the New York, New England
& Hartford railroad and that the com
pany had done its utmost to obtain
business by way of New London. The
commissions hearing in New Eng
land was concluded Tuesday.