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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-10
Specie, Gable DESPATCH TO TUE srS.

LONDON, April g.--The Foreign Ohice
issued to-day a comprehensive report OF
the Government committee on the treat-
ment Of British prisoners OF war at the
0erman prison camp at Wittenoers
during the typhus epidemic last year.
The report makes eighteen typewriter
pages and IL signed by Justice Younger.
chairman OF the committee. II is based
upon information collected from re-
patriated prisoners Of war, including
Major Priestley and Capts. Vidal and
Lauder. all Officers in the Roya, Army
Medical Corps.
It discluses a story Of terrible suffering
and prvation under the most appalling
conditions. After describing the loca-
ton of the camp. which occupies an area
Of about ten ard half acres In which
some 5000 or 1000 prisoners are con-
fined. including British. French, Bel
gians ard Russians. the report states
that "overcrowding was most serious.
Left the Prisoners.
Typhus appeared IN December, 1914.
''Thereupon,' continues the report. the
German STAN. military ana medical pre-
cipitately left the camp, staying away
until August 1915"
During that period communication be-
tween prisoners and guards was made by
guards or officers shouting instructions
from the outside wire arrangements of
the camp The report says:
"Ail supplies for the men were pushed
into the camp over chutes. while FOOD
for the hospital and medical Officers
passed in on a trolley so as to avoid all
contact between the prisoners and the
outside world No medical attention
during the whole time was provided by
the German staff"
Medical arrangements AZ Wittenberg
we're under the charge OF Dr.. Aschen-
bach and his German assistants. all o'
whom fed at tho outbreak Of the cpl
demic. leaving a number Of Russian and
French doctors. but no British
In the middle of February. 1913. Sin
British medical officers. including Major
Pr.estley and Captains Vidal and
, Lauder and Major Fry and Captains
Sutcliffe and Field were sent to Witten
berg from Halle. where they had beer
detained since the previous November.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
WITNESS TELLS
 0F EXPERIENCE
WHILE A MEMBER OF THE CREW OF STEAMER
 MINNESOTA.
ALLkINDSOFTROUBLE
TUBES AFTER TUBES IN THE BOILERS WERE
 BLOWN UP.

A member of the crew aboard the steamer Minnesota when she sail ed from Seattle, Wash, November F, tells of their experience from the time trouble began off Cape fiattery until the big ship was lowed into San Francisco.
 The occurance of trouble began with the blowing out of the boiler tubes and no sooner could one boiler be put into commission by the replacing of the old tube by new one than a tube in another boiler would blow out. This was kept up until 375 new tubes were used when it was found necessary to use old tubes that was stored away on the ship. During the blowing out of the tubes several of the firemen were seriously burn ed and one man experienced the breaking of an arm, leg and four ribs.
 Shortly after leaving Seattle bunker fires were discovered which added to the hardships of the men in that shovels, bags of cement, picks and boxes were found in the bilges which not allowing the wa ter to be carried away kept the fire room flooded.
 For twelve days the starboard enigne would not work satisfactorily and finally it went out of conlmis sion altogether and emery dust was found in one of the bearings. This occurred about 300 miles south of San Francisco when to the know ie,.ge of the crew the first call for help was sent out.
 Shortly after leaving Seattle fire was discovereyd in the emergency coal bunker which had been burning for years.
 When relief came to the stranded ship she was at the mercy of the seas.
 As a means of breaking the nlonotony the crew rigged an avn Ing over a portion of the upper deck with music furnished by an officer on the piano, dancing was indulged in until they were safely within the Golden Gate.
 The big ship is now in the China Basin at San Francisco undergoing repairs.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
SOME LEAP YEAR DON'TS.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.)

Here are a few leap year "don'ts" given by phrenologist to guide the lowly man should he be gagged and declared "it" by one of the other sex. Don't marry a woman," he advises, "whose mouth is set in deep round lines. Such a woman will have too much of a will of her own. Don't marry a woman with a line running down one side of her mouth to her chin. Such a woman will be cranky. She will have opinions. Marry woman with an evenly balanced mouth. Don't marry a woman whose mouth lines are heavy and whose whose upper lip is long. This means sell fishness. The prominent mouth and the retreating chin in all cases mean that a woman is looking out for herself and her own interests. Don't marry woman whose facial lines are like spider webs inclosing the mouth as in a network. This means that the woman is a wor- rier."
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
THOSE WAR HAS. MADE BLIND
FRANCE AND BRITAIN GIVE HELP AND IN A WAY
 BRING HOPE.

These days the streets of Paris are filled with soldiers, each of whom has given to France some part of his physical self. That his country may endure, that she may continue to enjoy and teach liberty, he has seen his arm or his leg, or both, blown off, or cut off. But when on the boulevards you meet him walking with crutches or with ans empty sleeve pinned beneath his Cross of War, and he thinks your glance is one of pity, he re- sents it. He holds his head more stiffly erect. He seems to say, T know how greatly you envy me
 And who would dispute him Long after the war is ended, so long as he lives, men and women of France will honor him, and in their eyes he will read their thanks. But there is one soldier who can not read their thanks, who is spar ed the sight of their pity. He is the one who has made all but the su- preme sacrifice. He is the one who is blind. He sits in perpetual dark ness. You can remember certain nights that seemed to stretch to doomsday, when sleep was withheld and you tossed and dashed upon the pillow, praying for the dawn. imag- inc a night of such torture dragged out over many years. With the dreadful knowledge that the dawn will never come Imagine Paris with her bridges, palaces and parks, with the Seine, the Tuilleries, the boule- wards, the glittering shop windows conveyed to you only through noise. Only through the shrieks of motor horns and the shuffling of feet (By R. H. Davis.)
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
SERBIAN PEASANTS
 AWAITING DOCTOR
DESCRIBED BY A PROMINENT WRITER IN A REGENT
 ARTICLE.

To watch the sick peasants wait ing outside a roadside dispensary was to be given an Illuminating in sight into thefr isolated lives. From dawn till sunset, men, women and children would arrive, the victims of every conceivable kind of dis ease. Some of them, never having been able to consult doctor be- fore, would walk from 50 to 100 miles across country for the privil- ege. That, weak and ill, they could perform such big walking feats seemed impossible to believe. One woman I saw had walked 20 miles with a condition of the neck and throat that would make civilized being think twice about crossing a royom. Another, suffering from can cer, had ridden on horseback on a journey lasting several days, while other patients came in OK csrts or, if too poor to afford even that mode of travel, were strapped to the backs of donkeys. One grimly stolid Joking peasant brought two child ren delirious with diptheria. Ris wife and two other children were lying dead at home.
 The way in which these destitute, stricken people sought to express their gratitude was not without its touching side. Many of them would bring punches of flowers gathered by the wayside on their long 'anl tedious journeys. Others, at the American clinic, were distressingly anxious to give the eminent pr. Castellani his fee in coin. For the medicine he prescribed they tried in vain to induce him to accept penny or twopenee probably all they had.
 Such flashes of self-respect and pride, revealed by the most sub marged of Serbia's population in the face of poverty and pain, are an earnest of the spirit and temper of the race as a whole. No matter how poor he may be, the Serb still remains proud. "our enemies may trample over our bodies, but stamp out our spirit they never will" M. Pashich declared lately, when the outlook was at it's blackest: "Bet- ter far for us to die in beauty than to live in shanel"-The Serb ian People in War Time,' by Stan ley Naylor in the March Scribner.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
WHAT UNCLE WALT,
 POET PHILOSOPHER, SAYS
Dependency.


 I sometimes think when am tired of writing dippy verse, that natught owhich I have aspired is worth a tinker's curse. l look around with gloomy eyes, in these, my woeful moods, and everything beneath the skies seems bargain counter goods. "All men are false, all women fierce" I cry, with scorn- ful jeers, and then proceed to shed tierce of effervescent tears. There's nothing permanent but woe, and that's a cinch," say l; "there is no virtue here below, and truth it. self's a lie" But when I stop to think a while, this fact comes home to me; my system is too full of bile-I need some boneset tea. And when drink about six quarts, this life seems a delight; m yliver ac- lively cavorts, my stomach's work ing right. And then all men and women, too, seem lovely and serene; and thus, perchance, it with you, o specialists in spleen! You roast this good old merry globe and make the swear words buzz, and think you're harder up than Job, the gentleman of Uz; you cry alackaday. alasl and rend our tearwet garb, when all you need is sassafras or t'other useful yarbi
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
MIR. MORRIS FAMILY ARRIVE

Mrs. L. D Moore and her daugh- ter Miss Edith Price, arrived on the Al-Ki from Seattle Tuesday night and were met here by MT. Moore, who is in the logging business in this vicinity. The family will likely
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
WHY PAY RENT?

When NIT. Peckham with the Ryus Drug & Jewelry O.. is of fering his furnished home at a very low figure for quick sale. Five rooms and large bath room. Splendid view. Call and see Mir Peckham at once. Adv. If.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
LOCAL VISITORS FROM
 PRINCE RUPERT

Arriving on the Princess Sophia last Tuesday was Mrs. Emmons of Prince Rupert.
 While in Ketchikan Mrs. Emmons will be the guest of MT. and Mrs. Carl Collins.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09

FOR SALE, CHEAP:-25 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. 6 in cabin cruiser with complete equipment. ' h. D. 4 cycle, 2 c. Palmer Engine. Or iginal cost of boat over $500, will sacrifice. Inquire of ". E. Mills at New England Fish Co. adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
D WEINTRoe

Does ladies' tailoring. Have made suits for the most prommest ladies in America for twenty years.
 Fiji Guaranteed
 Across from HeclSman's store.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
AT THE HOTELS

AT THE REvILLA. Sam Orchard, Shrimp Bay. William Cansen. N. Olsen, Hot Springs.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09

TO SAVE SHOE LEATHER
 We are offering an eigth months subscription to the Daily-Progres- sive Miner for $500 cash-we give you the ceileesor's commission.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
RoW-RoAT LOST

4 TOW boat known as Davis Boat" painted green with yellow trimmings, was lost at or near Ship Island last Thursday night. The finder will please notify Sawyer 6 Mckay.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09

make their home in the city during the summer.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
FOUND

If you are looking for something you have lost; or something you need whether it is a bargain in clthes, engines, meal tickets, position or whatnot, read the Classified Ads column" It is there.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09

The Daily Miner de livered 75 cents per month.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09

Subscribe fol the Daily Progress sive-Miner. Only 75 cts. a month.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09

Send in your furs and get the best market price for them from P. J. Gilmore. adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-09
FOR SALE
TYPEWRITER FOR SALE

A Model No. 5, L. c. Smith Type writer in splendid condition for sale for fifty dollars. See and try the machine at N. F. Zimmerman s store. adv.
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
st. Anne Whist a Big Success

One of the largest Wrists ever held
in the city was that OF the 81, Anne
society held in st. Mary's hail, Tues
day evening for the purpose of raising
money for the fund TO be used In pay
ing for the new reetory. There were
more than three hundred people pre-
sent and many bought tickets that did
not attend. A substantial sum WAS
realized.
The arrangements were under the
supervision of the ,society's president,
Mrs. j. B. Lafiamme, assisted by Mrs.
Narsisse LaCroix. The score card
punchers were Mrs. Joseph Tetreauit,
Mrs. William Jolie, Mrs. Edward Van
dale, Mrs. Joseph Paige, Mrs. Adore
Guertin, Mrs. Eugene Durocher, Mrs.
Paul MandIer, Mrs. Cvila Guertin and
Mrs. Delima Dufault. IL was very
enjoy able as well as profitable enter.
tainment.
The prizes were awarded to Mrs. Ed
mond Durocher, set of fine towels, and
Alfred Bonneville, silk scarf for the
highest scores. A tea apron was given
Miss Clara Lahamme and a valentine
to Alfred Gaucher rs consolation
prizes.
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
CandIenlaS Day

Wednesday was Candemus Day.
We do not know how the ground hogs
OF other parts of the world Jared but no
eastern connecticut chuck saw the
vestige OF shadow with his sleepy
eyes Wednesday morning.
People who believe 10 the sign may
now secure a supply of their favorite
brand Of moth balls and prepare 10
put away their furs and winter cloth.
ing. When old Mr.. Hog danced back
into his hole IL was to awaken Mrs.
Hog and tell her the joyful news that
she was soon To be out in the open
again bothering the farmer round
about with an eye To the dead shots
with the rifle. No more sleep below
ground is the wireless among the
brown-baeked borrowers. While we
on the outside may make up our minds
for an early return of the robin and
the blue bird and come TO the final de-
cision that our winter fiannels will last
the season out.
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
Talks to French Club on Building and
Lean Association

At meeting OF the French Canada
au Circle de Advancement held in 81.
Johns hall, sunday evening, Judge NJ
H. Geisser addressed about loo mem.
beers present on the question of n Build
ing and Loan Association.
The meeting WAS called TO order by
the president, Alexander Gilman,lwh
stated in French the purpose OF the
meeting and then introduced Judge
Geissler. Seated on the stage with the
president and speaker were alderman
Beausoleil and Attorney A 5, Macdo-
maid. The speaker outlined the two
features of such an association--the In
vestment feature and the loan feature,
in a plain concise manner. He then
offered to answer any questions and
good number took,adyantage of the Of
fer. The discussion became general
and it was apparent that there Is
good deal of interest in the matter In
the north end of the city and there
will doubtless be a, number OF share
holders from that:sectien of the city.
Others who spoke were President
Gilman, Isaac Champeau, Henry N.
Benoit, Julius Cordier, Joseph Carroll,
Uric BeausoleiI,. Joseph st. Jean, +.
H. Cordier, A. A. Brodeur, John b.
Daigle, and David Beausoleii.
The meeting was a very successful
one and it is believed created more In
terest In the association. 1t Is expect
ed that a large number from the north
end of the city will be present at the
mass meeting in Union Hall this
Thursday evening. A vote OF thanks
was given the speaker of the evening.
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Putnam High plays one more basket
ball game this week, league game
with Southbridge on Friday.
Mr.. Jones of the Willimantic State
Normal School spoke last Friday ut
the school on the advantages and
equipment of the Commercial Teach
ers' Training Course recently introduce
ed there, and of the many openings for
both young men and young women in
that line of work.
The debate between the teams of the
Junior and Freshman classes was held
Wednesday afternoon Eat the school.
The question was, Resolved That the
United States should prohibit the ex
portation of munitions. The Juniors
supported the negative. The judges
were Miss Lewis, Miss Kent, and MI.
Files, and they decided in favor of the
negative. A brief summary of The ar
euments is as follows: Affirmative
Expectation of arms and ammuntions
gives Germany an excuse for sinking
ships, makes Americans think more OF
money than OF lives, is prolonging the
war, and makes Americans party to
murder; negative-An embargo would
be contrary 10 the constitution, con.
trary to International law, contrary to
the universal practice of nations, in
consistent without stopping all contra
band, would hurt US economically,
would increase militarism, since ex-
portation enables us to keep asmall
military establishment in time of
peace, and in reality, an embargo
would be unneutral, would not stop
the war, and America has no right to
stop it, if it would.
The 2. IL. S. basket ball team got its
only real beating of the year at Woon-
socket, rs indicated by the following
from paper of That city:
"Woonsoeket High ran away with
its old rival, Putnam, at the high
school gymnasium last evening with
the record score of 10 TO 20 in favor of
tnC h0 game
rather slowly, but soon the boys in red
were caging baskets with great regu
larity, ahe Putnam men being hardly
in the contest. The visitors worked
hard but they were so badly outclassed
that the game was for the main part
featureless. The Putnam boys were
unable TO break up the fast password
of the ir opponents with the result the
ball was continually passed 10 shoot.
ing distance and the basket made"
Woonsocket Putnam
Beasley RI 10 b. Giraca
Goulet, Gleason If RIO Lombardo
Nichols C C Maynard
Savaria rb If Shaw
Davis Id RI Lowe
Summary-Score, Woonsocket high
10, Putnam high %. Baskets from
floor, Beasley 5, Goulet !, Nichols TO-,
Savaria 8, Davis 2, Gleason 1; Giraca
2, Maynard 4, Shaw 3, Lowe 5. Bias.
kets from foul line, Nichols 2; Maynard
L. Referee, Tim Crane. Timer, Feely.
Time, two 20 minute halves.
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
Congestion of Railroad Cars

While the congestion in the local
yard of the New York, New Haven Il
Hartford railroad has been relieved as
far as freight waiting to be unloaded
by Putnam consignees is concerned
yet the yard remains crowded with
cars bound for other points, mostly Tor
Worcester. A railroad man stated
that there were over 200 freight cars in
the yard Sunday and part of the dav
the main lines were occupied. The
trouble comes from Worcester where
the yard is so crowded that no more
cars can be received until some are I'M
loaded and hsuled away. All of the
sidings from Putnam to Worcester, a
distance of twenty-eight miles, are full
of freight cars and more are constantly
arriving. Unless the congestion Is re
lieved the sidings will be filled all the
way to Norwich.
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
AT FRONT
"We Win VIM Says enIley
Former Putnam Hotel Clerk

Following is letter written from
England, December 10th, by "foms
Culley, To a Norwich friend. Culley
was formerly clerk at the City Hotel
and was prominent in the Order of
Owls:
| have Just found your card. Ii got
put away somewhere when | joined
my regiment. | went To New York as
you know, and the consul put me on
the ). 5. Bermudian, which went TO
Canada and took Canadian troops over
to England. After this | had to take
troops to India, and when | got back
from India l was allowed TO go home
for few days.
am with the mounted branch. We
de transport work taking food and am
munition up 10 the firing line, and we
are right la the midst of il,
cannot say much as this may be
opened by the censor, but we are going
to win. | am now home ON Christ
mas leave.
There are five of us brothers, and we
have been lucky SO far | have one
brother in the Sixth Welsh iusiiiers.
lie was shot through the nose and ear,
and we cannot trace him He is either
dead or is prisoner. | have two bro
theirs back from the Dardanelies, both
inVaided home, but doing we'll. There
is one in France yet, with The Border
regiment.
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
Parent Teachers Association

The meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association which will be held Febru.
airy 8should not only attract all par
ents who are interested In ire welfare
and business Of their children, but the
young people of our city as we'll. Carl
b. Johnson, editor of the Franklin
Sentinel, will speak on the subject Of
ADJUSTMENTS. This touches very vi
tai part of the child's life, and we
should use every opportunity to be-
come familiar with the forms of
amusement which ought to he offered
our children. Come and hear Mr..
johnson on this subject. There will be
special music and an exhibition of
gymnasium work by class under tn e
direction of Miss Chapdelaine.
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
Communication

To the Editor: Thanks TO the libe-
rally opened purses of Putnam people
on Collection Day and the children
who volunteered to do the collecting,
thirty dollars were realized. While
this sum Is not very large 1t goes TO
make up the enormous sum collected
throughout the country by the young
men and women In all stations Of life
who volunteered for the aid OF their
relatives suffering from the want Of
life's necessaries In war stricken Eu-
rope. Over $2,0OOs000 was collected for
the relief OF the Jewish war sufferers.
Much credit Is due to President Wood
row Wilson for his kind thoughtful
ness ia aiding these sufferers by pro-
claiming January 9th as Collection
Day. A CITIZEN
Putnam patriot., 1916-02-04
DEBA TIE
P. II. 5. and L. II. 5. viii Argue
Platform Contest New Between These
Schools

Debating circles ut the Putnam High
school are elated that arrangements
have been made for contest of brains
with killingly High school. The de-
bate will take place the latter part of
March in Putnam and will have to do
with military training in high schools,
the 'exact wording of the resolution
not as yet having been decided upon.
The Putnam team has already been
picked and will consist of two Seniors,
Malcolm Wiley and Gould Beard and
two Juniors, Ruth Child and Percy
Richardson. Since those chosen are
generally very active in the interclass
debate for the ID. A. II. cup it is. not
known what arrangements will be
made in regard to this matter but ii is
probable that entirely new teams will
be chosen.
The school debating society is under
the direction of Miss Abbie Keith, En-
glish teacher. Debating at the school
took a new lease of life under former
Principal John Baekus and was furth-
er stimulated when the local chapter
ID. 4 r.. offered a handsome cup rs a
prize for debate for three year period.
The Senior class has been awarded the
cup Tor two years. In 1914 the subject
was; Resolved, That the retention of
the Munroe Doctrine should be insist
ed upon; and last year Preparedness
WINS argued Besides the interest ere.
ated by these interelass debates there
is hourishing debating society in the
school of nearly thirty members which
meets twice month for the discussion
of pertinent questions. Much credit
for this success is due ,NIiss Keith for
her personal interest and supervision
which takes much lime and study in
preparation.
Putnam and Killingly High schools
have been close rivals for honors in
many contests of physical skill but
this will be their first clash of brains
on public platform and there is much
interest in the forthcoming event.