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Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Makes Pledue for Parads.

Mr. Editor: I was informed Of the great Preparedness parade in Nor Wich on the Fourth of July, and as heard that pledges toward the expense are demanded. have as a resident felt that I also should pledge myself whatever I could afford, and I pledge $1 toward it.
 Being a delegate to the convention of the Order Sons of Zion from our local camp, shall at the same time inform you about it.
 I have, as a representative of our camp, tried my utmost to have our next convention in Norwich, but had to give in as a compromise to G1ave Norwich announced from the platform as the most important city as to It's size in regard to the activities in the past So am sure that Norwich will be considered in the future.
 The. city of Baltimore shows its ap- preciation for our representation from all over the union by an excursion on the Chesapeake this afternoon. free o1 charge.
 The nasi, Hon. Joseph Barondess was reelected by a great majority.
 Yours truly,
 Baltimore, Md, June 20. 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22
REAL IziNe OUR WEAl<N NEss.

Little by little ss this country being forced to recognize the importance Of being prepared During all tho dis cussion that has taken place on this question there has been certain amount of opposition to getting the defenses of the country on a proper basis Although this country Is conn rnftted to peace it is to be realized that it cannot De peace ct any price and if the honor and dignity Of the nation Is going to be maintained and peace assured there must be steps taken in the way of providing the means of proper defense to insure it.
 Thus when a new light on the pre- paredness of this country fs shed by the possibility of trouble with Mex leo, new emphasis is given to the nec- essity of bolsterfng up the weak spots, and one recognition Of the ex- tstence Of these is furnished by the decision Of Secretary Daniels to ask the senate for the authorization of 10, ,000 additional enlisted men in the pending naval bill, and the move which has been made to include in the bill two dreadnoughfs which have up to now been strenueusly opposed.
 The advocacy of these matters is only for the best interests of the coun- try. With the navy so short of men that it is forced3to place modern war ships on the reserve list in order to place a proper quota on the ships which come off of the ways, 1t can be appreciated that there is a crying need for more men, Unfortunately it takes some such situation as the one which has developed in Mexico to bring con- gress to a realization of this, but be- ing brought face to face with it, there ought to be little hesitancy in meet ing the requirements And while provision is being made for the strengthening of the navy it ought to get attention in the way of ships which those who know whereof they speak consider necessary. If we are made te understand our handicaps in few more directions We may in time gel a navy and an army which is ade- quate for the needs of the nation
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22
TIE NOTE ro cARRANzA.

If for any reason whatsoever Car ranza has failed to understand the ? position of the United States in re- gard to Mexico, the note which has been sent to the head of the de facto government in that republic removes it henceforth. The document is a -clear and forceful presentation of the situation.
 ' It sets forth that this country has never had and does not hold today any designs upon Mexican territory It has labored diligently to aid it's neighbor in straightening out it's do-. mestfc troubles but with a, small de- gree of success, and it has tolerated conditions which could have been -countenanced on no other ground than that of friendship and a desire to see that country restored to a peaceful state again In spite of the fact that the interests of this country have suf- fered severely from the acts of law 1essness which Mexico has not been able to curb, this government, as the note. points out, 'shas refrained from aggressive action and sought by ap- peals and through moderate though explicit demands to impress upon the de facto government the seriousness of the situation and to arouse 1t to it's duty to perform it's international obligations" but it has not succeeded. Rather has Carranza resented such efforts and refused to cooperate in putting down common enemy, and now when the demand is made that the punitive expedition, which was sent as a last resort to uphold our rights in Mexico and along the bor- der, be withdrawn and the threat is ! made that any further attempt at ad- z vance will call forth an attack, it is 2 time that Carranza was given to ur- . derstand that any such move will lead to the gravest consequences.
 Y. Carranza is given to understand that he is not going to be played with any longer. There is decisive tone z about the note, which goes into the Y entire matter thoroughly, which can- not be mistaken. It is such as the situation has demanded for some time e and it is for the best interests of all concerned that the watc1fu1 waiting policy has thus been abandoned.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22
SAVE THE INNOCENT.

P While attention is being directed to
 the saving of the lives of children
 and the reduction of infant mortality
 by efforts which are being made
 throughout the country to educate
 mothers in the care of their offsprings, dep1orable situation is brought to
 light by a report which has been made
 by a Baltimore physician who is a
 member of the Maryland vice comnnis-
 sion, wherein he points out the great loss of life which takes place among
 infants who are taken away from
 their mothers soon after birth and
 placed in institutions for one reason gor another. He shows that in one in- ,s stitution 230 out of 250 admit lt ted in one year died, and he
 gives as the reason that they were
 Separated from their mothers and the
 nourishment and attention they re-
 ceived was insufficient to keep them
 alive.
 -e1 Just how many states or cities, there are which permit this sort of neglect and which countenance such
 slow murders, is not revealed, but it .4s to be believed that one locality is mot so much worse than all the rest, 5eand this revelation is sufficient to set in motion a widespread effort to ina- ' prove the situation. If illigitimacy < plays it's part in bringing about this
 condition, 1t is not a sufficient ground srfor permitting the children to hne that the parent may be protected and relieved of the care to which the in-
 fants are entitled.
 - The disclosure which has been orfnade, and which unduestionably deals 2 with facts that are seldom brought to light, not only demands immediate at-
 tention but every possible efeort al correction should be made. Human life ought not to be sacrificed in any
 such way and if 1t cannot be pre-
 vented otherwise. the suggestion that
 las baan made that q law Do passed
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22
PLEASURES oF FLAT HUNTING


 It's nioe 10 see you home againl exclaimed the next door nelgnbors ad~ dressing the middle aged woman who. had been visiting in the city. q sup pose you're resting here on the veranda after the rushing 9ifs you've been aead-
 Huhl" sniafled the woman who had been visiting. taking a long whtm of fire sweet, clover scented air. I'm sit~ ting here learning to breathe once more's
 'sGuees you'd need to- agreed the neighbor- The city must De stuffy! I've always heard so, and
 The city's all right," said the wo- man who had recently come home You can't beat Chicago for good fresh air. It 1sn'T that at all. Itss the way spare a minute
 You've heard them tell aBout sun porches, or gun Dsrlors, haven't your" sAae continued q believe they're call- ing them solar something others nowadays We'll, my daughter Jennie the family believe for they certainly are fine contraptions for folks who have to live in hunched up apartments, if Jennie wasn't such a slave to fads.
 Indeed she is. Sorry ! am to have to- say it Of my own flesh and blood.
 
 Ifs, I take it, a sort of room where you can have space and sun and air by the wholesale-unfu Not so my Jennie'ss It's just a c1uttered up medley of things. It wasn't so at first, however. She started off all right, but gracious me! No sooner did the sun parlors in new $125 a month apart ment building across the street sprout palms and ferns and what not than Jennie got the plant fever
 Pretty soon you should have seen usi We couldn't move around in that sun parIor;; we couldn't even rock in our chains without getting ends Of all sorts of growing stuff in our eyes, our ears, our, noses. 1t was awful Jennie not only had palms and ferns and um- brella plants dotted most everywhere but she had vines trained against the window easement and a11 over the woodwork.
 Why VFfIk-he's my son-in-1aw- couldn't even read in comfort The moment he got happily seetded with the evening paper, Jen would cry: tOf Will, dear, do be careful Don't you see yon switch the ivy every time you turn the paper? Win didn't say much at first, but after time he said planty
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22
AeAINsT lWpEAcIIME ENT.

Because United States District Att torney Marshall of New York took cognizance of the activity that was being carried on in this country a few months ago against the laws of the land, and in behalf Of beIligerent nations and brought about the indfct- ment of certain persons, among whom was Congressman Buchanan of Illi- nois. the subcommittee naneo py the lower house of congress to investi- gate the matter, following et move ment for Impeachment, does not be- heve that any such drastic sesp should be taken. In it's report against any such move it apparently holds to the. sensible conclusion that q federal of- hcia1 should not be dfscredftabTy re- moved from office because he did his duty, or what he considered to be his duty. and did it conscientiously.
 According to the evidence which it was able to get the sub committee finds that the district attorney was alive to the obligations which he as- sumed when he took the office. It would be depIorable situation in deed if a member of congress could 1awnal1fng body and at the same time become involved in activity against the nations interests and have those who are charged with the enforcement of the laws fail to do their duty sim- ply because of the position of the one against whom what was considered to be weighty evidence was presented.
 The subcommittee has considered ali phases of the case, and even those efforts which were made to bring in other instances of the attorneys &C., tivity in bringing others before the bar of justice as a proper protection to society. It has reached it's de- cision and rendered it's opinion and there appears to be nothing else to De done but to accept it and let the mat ter drop.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22
Stories of the War
Reeonstruetion WnI ee sIow.

Reconstruction Will Be Slow.
 The idea that enormous quantities of material will be immediately in de- mand to rebuild the destroyed sections of France and Belgium once peace comes seems mistaken.
 We shall not be able to buy many things until we have something to sell which will bring us money to buy wfth," said citizen of Ypres, the most ruined of cities an where tIle wreckage is stil pounded by shells.
 No civilian inhabitants are allowed to live in the city; but an indication of how reconstruction will begin is ev- ident in the shanties which have been built near the front, often in the zone of shell fire. Boards, discarded oil cans beaten flat, salvaged tiles or bricks and any other kind of material that can be procured at no expenses are used to make shelter for a man and t1is family.
 When the refuges returns to his ruined village or town in the fight ing zone his first object will be a roof over his head before he sets out to reclaim acres which have grown up to weeds and are poclmarked with shell holes; or, if he is in business, he will want any kind of temporary premises, on the site Of EIis old place of business which he will occupy because 1t is his and because it is there that his old customers may expect to find him.
 The simple woden houses which the army has butt for rest csmps'' for the soldiers when out of the trenches will become squatter settlements. Only less amazing than the amount of ma terial which the army will leave be- hind because it is not worth transport ing back to England will be the use the thrifty French and Belgians will make of it. For up to the very moment of peace, whether it comes this year or five years hence, the army must have ample material in reserve for con- tipuing the war.
 Lumber, wooden supports for barb wire tiunbering for the trencI1es and dugouts, all will be adapted to their necessities by impoverished people who have suffered fro mthe loss of pro- perty and enforced idleness. Any funds they have saved will be needed for inn mediate capital to buy stocks of goods or farm implement and animals. It will probably be years before the perm anent buildings will take the place of temporary shelters.
 The restoration of such splendid public buildings as the Cloth Hall at Ypres and the Hotel de Villa in ATras will come only when the civic pros perity will permit, unless an idemnity or a government grant is distributed for the purpos. Even in that case the first practical use of money and labor 1 will be to restore business to some thing like it's normal functions
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

of the traditions of history that there have to be certain days of merrymak- ing and public fro1ic, when the ordt- nary rules of sober everyday life are set aside. But Young America can be diverted, and his attention distracted from meaningless noise and rowdyism. A good program of sports is the best outlet known. If hee needs to keep in trim for running races and ball games the next day, he is much less likely to keep the neighbors awake until mid night-Mer5deu Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22


 And the plants weren't the only crime. went on the woman uf1o had recently come home. Preaentiy the people in the $125 a month flats intro- duced aquariumss Gracious mel Jen inanne diateiy bought a big bowl of gold fish and put 1t in the place of WiTsa Morris chair. Food FFfIl Then, to goI one better than the folks across the street, so Will said J6n stuck her Venus de something -or-other and her fashioned rocker had stood before. Slle-V Venus. 1nean--had a background Of greenery, and Jeu thought she just looked aristoeratic and hdghbrow from the outside. when the sun parlor lamp was lit. As though t was necessary to dress up a room for the benedt of those on the cutsfdei
 Will agreed with me too. but he didn't say much, because that man is extremely fond Of len; until she brought home q new fang1ed sun porsli bird cage for Dicky It wasn't one of the sensible hang up kind. but was suspended from a high. elaborate wicker stand, which happened to fit exactly the corner where WHY'S sEnok- ing outfit had been. When Will cams and such things stuffed into a corner of the hall closet, weII needn't re- peat it.
 Well, things went along bling up this way until felt like an old fool sitting in that showbox, my knees knocking WITS or my chair pumping Jen's. was fickIed to pieces when VIII finally took to smoking and read- ing after dinner out on the back porch, because I joined him there. It seem ed real homelke out there after all the fooIishness of the sun par1oS. Will said the garbage can Iolxed even bet ter than Venus.
 The woman who had just come home paused, looking around her roomy, un- cluttered porch
 "They're coming down here next month for visit" she continued. T l had planned to read the riot act to Jen then-I couldn't very well do it in her own home. you know--but hard ] ly think it will be necessary. had a letter from her this morning beg sing me to tell her what to do for her 1 plants. They're dying She's heartbroken, because se1e is so economical and hates to waste money. She'll never buy more if they go back on her. She says always have luck with my garden and wants { to know how"
 T see," said the neigfbor. Have you told her how ?''
 home smiled. T bad a letter from Will a1so,'' she explained He wrote fglat if told Jen one doggone' thing to do for the fdoggone' plants he'd disown me"
 .TWe11?"
 I'm very fond Of my -in-1a;w,' announced the woman who had recent l 1y come home, her eyes twinking. = Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

If Austria waits until the Lusitania matter is adjusted before taking mo- lce of this country's demand for an apolOgys and reparation for the attack on tl1eAP Petrolite, the affair may be for- gotten before 1t is settled.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

that mother and children cannot be separated within period Of cir
 months after the birth deserves cars- ful consideration ct least where such practice is known to exist
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

It was thought that that battle in the North sea had Sbesn settled when Kaiser Wilhelm praised his sailors, but now that King George has gone and done likewise fhe whole thing is thrown open to dfscuaslon aeaan
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

New York claims to have lost the skirt industry. but if it's going to other places means as much trouble for. them as it has for New York they can hard1ys be as thankful over the change as the metropolis,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

When Vice President Marshall went to the White House to talk politics with the president, but decided be- cause of the press of business over Mexico that his mission could wait, he reached a wise decision.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

Another Greek cabinet has resigned. For country not in the war Greece is having more trouble with it's gov- ernment heads than many which are actually in the struggle.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

If Mexico does not wish war with the United States as claimed by Car ranza there is no question but what he can be easily satisfied, but his wishes and actions do not jibe.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

Neither MT. Hughes nor Ndr. Roose- welt is willing to comment upon the Mexican situation. This is a time when the whole country must stand back of the president
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

Senator osGornan of New York has decided to retire at the completion of his term. He is one of those who sees the handwriting on the wall.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

General Funston calls for the rein- foreements at once, which means that a bird in the hand is worth two in Nthe bush.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

The man on the corner says: What the world needs is a religion that will not put the bad strawberries at the bottom of the box.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

General Funston doesn't believe in waiting until the Mexicans get to St. Louis before an effort is made to stop them.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

For reasons which it can best un- derstand itself. Turkey is not being asked to aid the Austrians in hold ing back the Russian forces.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

If this country and Mexico really do clash, Villa will have succeeded in accomplishing what he set out to do when he raided Columbus
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

Ths phrase eentente eordiales was first used to express the friendly re- iations existing between France and England in 1szs-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22

Norwich, Thursday, June Q, 1ef6.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-01
BLACK RUST FOUND
IN PULLMAN FIELDS

The deadly black rust of wheat
has made it's appearance in the vicin-
ity of Pullman and samples of the
affected wheat plants taken within a
few miles of Pullman are on display
here, The stalks of wheat are lit
orally covered with the rust and the
kernels in the green heads are shriv-
eled, although the great majority of
the plants are too fully matured to
permit of any i'll effects to the kerr
nels. Farmers north of Pullman re-
port that the disease has made in
roads in the j. d. Carson and Del
Patton fields, which are two miles
apart. So far as known these are
the only fields affected and the sea-
son is so far advanced that no fears
are felt of any great damage to this
seasons crop.
The samples, which were brought
to Pullman by George Grant, are on
display at the Chambers grain office
and are attracting considerable at
tention.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-01
PULLMAN PEOPLE
WILL HELP STUDENTS
,her of Commerce Assures Presi-
dent Holland Rents VIII Be
Reduced

A. the result of an address BY
o.osident Holland of the State
o.,,ooe of Washington before the
n,,,,man Chamber of Commerce
.hot body pledged itself to CO.
saorate with the college and the
s,.,gens of the town to provide com.
tortable and reasonable living quart.
ore and boarding places for the great
,ncrease of students expected at the
opening of the college on September
IS.
The annual cost of college year
,n Pullman is estimated to average
s9OO. although many students would
END this an extravagantly liberal al
,owance. In fact, many students &C
through an entire year at cost OF
from 1925 to $500.
II is the avowed policy of Presi-
dent Holland to discourage lavish eX-
nenditure of money on the part OF
tbe students, even though they may
he abundantly supplied by over-fond
narents. College life is democratic
and can not be of any consequence If
one lives extravagantly. Foolish ex-
nenditure is, he firmly believes, dis
astrous to the individual and tends to
develop cliques and social distinc-
lions, such as no democratic educa-
tional institution can for a moment
tolerate.
Students are encouraged to seek
and fill positions in the college or the
town which will enable them to pay
part, or sometimes all of the expenses
Of their college education; and oppor-
tunities for work are numerous.
The forming of clubs to reduce the
cost of living is also heartily ap-
proved by the college authorities.
Clubs of boys or girls have been or
ganized frequently in the past to
rent house and live on the CO.
operative plan, and sometimes at an
expense to the individual of not more
than $12 per month for board, room
heat and light. Such plan of living
has been proved most often to work
no disadvantages to scholarship OF
health, but, on the contrary, mem
bers have gained steadily in weight
and strength, have saved money, in
creased their efficiency and stepped
out into the worthy places in the
world they had made themselves
competent to fill.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-01
STRIKE NOTICE

On account of the threatened
strike of railroad operatives, the
DIV. r. & n. Co and other rail-
roads have instructed their agents
not to receive any freight which can
not reach its destination ON regular
schedule Saturday, September 2, and
to write or stamp on receipts or bills
OF lading issued for such freight, the
following; Received without liabil-
ity for loss or damage or delay by
strike" Notice is also given that
passengers taking trains after 400
a, N. September A, or en- route at
that time, may be subjected to delay
In transportation and that the COM
panies will not be responsible for
any such delays