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Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

MT. Editor: Let us hope that this will be the last of the letters printed in the "Traff1C-Non Traffic" newspa- | per squabble. To the few who have | been trying to make a, nasty mess, by hOuering for more traffic. uncivilized laws, and ordinances. iu-regulated l system of city safety" they would be l the very first ones to complain of the l laws, if they were knocked down CT | hurt by an automobile in one of their much wanted great crowds that l they are clamoring for.
 They hoIler now for more traffic never mind the safety!" They con- | demn those who are authorized. and who are doing their best to make | Norwich streets safe for everyone. | including these "rattle-headed know | it-alls;" who just want a chance to air their worthless views in the news paper.
 It is these dizzy-headed speed l breakers. or n1aniaCs, who are a hin l dranCe to our welfare, on the streets or any place where they are encount- cred. They need prairie, where l they can be turned loose. and rear and | tear all they wish to-. They are l "cooped-up" too much in Norwich. l They think they are credits to Nor l Wich by shouting "mOre traffic" That i less the traffic has a system of it's own.
 The larger the crowd. the more care should be taken for safety. The laws need more enforcement when the l traffic is heavy.
 l Some of these writers don't seem to | think of that. If a man is too lazy 1 to park his car and walk to a store l to trade, then his avoidupois needs 1 careful attention, or his conceit needs l turning down. If he is "too nice' to | mix with the crowds on the sidewalk. vt NP -l5--yg | wants to see, and yet he wants to roll i by in his limousine and look over their | heads. and park his car in the busy 1 sections and expect traffic cops to fa- vor him. He is no better, nor half
 as sensible. as the common people l who can walk and go by the rule of 1 5O-50
 Common sense and character shows up unexpectedly some times. and 1 these un1eveI headed writers who have l permitted their thoughts to escap pc l them, should keep their mouths clos | ed
 The laws are made, and will be en- | forced, whether you or your rabble 1 like it or not.
 The mayor pays no attention to you. His business is the welfare of the city. | and "cranks'' have no effect on him 1 He can enforce the law easier because he hasn't men in public office of your stamp. We would have no laws and 1 Norwich would be bedlan let loose 1 with your idea of government.
 If you don't like the way Norwich 1 laws are made and kept, why don't you go elsewhere? You won't be i missed, and you'd never make any i'm pression on anyone. no matter where you live. We want no "bullies," and your letters show you belong to them It might sting you a little to have to obey the traffic laws. but just try to go against them and see who has the authority to change your opinion
 of what you think ought to be done
 Your letters are disgusting, and we 1 want no more of them.
 SAFETY FIRST AND LAST. ] -Wo1untown.- July 31sef916,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

Ternonde, a prosperous town of 10000 inhabitants at the beginning of the war, but now a scene of food ri Ots, according to recent despatches, spreads over both banks of the Dend- CT River and the right bank of the Scheldt, the Dender forming a june ture with the larger waterway at this point, says today's war geography
 bulletin of the National GeOgrap phic Society on one of the cities of Belgium which is feeling keenly the pinch of priVatiOn.
 Ghent, the great heart of Flemish his- tory, TermOnde itself has a past of which it's citizens may well feel proud. It was here that Louis XIV Cuifered an ignOminOus defeat at the very beginning of his war of ReVOlu- tiOn, or Queens War, in which he set about to upset political customs and substitute civil usage in the matter of royal inheritance. When his father-in-law, Philip of Spain, died Louis laid claim to Flanders in the name of his wife, Maria Theresa, she who was mere fgurehead at the French court during the sway of the notorious MademOiselle de la Valliere and Mime. De MOnteSpan and in later years of the devout Mme MainrenOn. Louis defeat at TermOnde was due not to the proWess of the city's garrison
 
 who employed the irresistible waters of the North Sea to fight their battle for them, as has been the case so many times in the history of the Low Countries. The dykes were cut and the investing army of the Grand Monarque fled before the flood. During the war of the Spanish Succession Termonde bravely resisted the great English general, MarIbor- Ough, but after a ten days lombard ment was forced to yield. This oc- cured in the famous campaign of 1706 during which Marlborough achieved his famous victory at RamiI- lies, 50 miIeC to the southeast, where the French under Marshal Viueroy lost 15,000 men while the English and less than one-third their number. "On many maps TermOnde goes by its Flemish name of DendermOnde At the outbreak of the war it was one of the five fortified towns of Belgium. but it's defenses were not of modern design. The city is 25 miles by rail southwest of Antwerp. It is nine miles from LOkern and 13 miles from St Nicholas, two other towns of Belgium where riOtiug occurred simultaneously with the outbreaks at TermOnde: The most interesting buildings in ! Termonde are the Hotel de Vile l century structure, and the Gothic l church of Notre Dame which contains ! two valuable pictures of Van Dyck ''TermOnde is only 20 feet above sea- l Ieved, a fact which accounts for the ease with which the surrounding ! country was flooded when besieged in 1667."
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coMPuL Lso!RY PATRIoTIsM.

The Bulletin is of the opinion ii '''The Star Spangled Banner is not honored because of it's inspiring senti- mept, it had better die than to at- tempt to compel respect for it by law The action of the city of Baltimore in passing an ordinance compelling people to rise when N'The Star Span gied Banner is played or sung, or else to be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and subject to a fine of $100r is worthy a tyrannical government but unworthy an American city.
 The Star Spangled Banner an old song which first saw the light under the title of "The Defence of Fort Mo Henry" but afterward was changed and given the present title to make it nationally acceptable, is more Balti- morian than national; hence there is Q sense of municipal responsibility for its being preserved and respected ii 1t must to be done by punitive ordi- nances.
 We are still freemen, not slaves to be rapped on the knuckles and com mended to stand up when national anthem is sung or the Stars and Stripes thrown to the breeze.
 If the old flag and the old song do not incite the love and respect of the people we can soon teach them to hate them by such laws as Baltimore has enacted.
 Let us teach people to love our songs and flag, and set the example our selves by saluting them, that they may pay both due respect. It should not be done by law.
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his secretary of the treasury to it's provisions, and they will make all
 efforts to secure it's passage. As at
 present pending the measure does not in any material way differ from the one that failed in the last Congress. It provides for the appropriation of 950,- O000O0 to be invested in merchant yes sells for the seagOing trade, these to be sold or leased to private owners, with the provision that the govern services in event Of war.
 This means the investment of public money in enterprise into which IFi- absurdity of the whole thing climaxes pOsal of a party that has always pre- any kind, especially from the pay ment of subsidies or bonuses. It is also part of the record of the Democratic administration that it forced American ships to pay tolls through the Pana- ma Canal, a concession to the ship ping interests Of Europe A further anarchrOnism is that the measure will open American coastwise trade to foreign built vessels, thus compelling
 the direct competition of our ner- chant marine with the world in the
 only field of profit that has been pre-
 served to it by protective laws.
 Objections to the Wilson Me AdoO
 shipping bill have often been stated,
 and do not lose any weight because Of the inclusion of the measure in the St. Louis platform.-Omaha Bee.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
Stories of the War
Where Crosses Stretch Like Fields of
 Wheat.

Where Crosses Stretch Like Fields of
 Wheat.
 And when one goes to the great Der lin art exhibition in search Cf senti- mental pictures one finds that the war has stirred German artists to the pro duction of a superbly realistic run of art. From the ink and charcoal sketches done on the battlefield to the oil paintings in the general headquar- ters there IS no trace of sentimenLaIit- Jy. There is one aIegOry, and only one, in the whole exhibition, and that aIegory is horrible, not sentimental.
 The German soldier who glare from the canvases ill fife or stare from them in death are dirty, ugly, normal human beings. Most of the artists have been struck less by life in the trenches than by death in the trenches. Everywhere are huddled cOrpSeS; oft en the corpse clutches a fragment of what was once his next friend. The German artists have seen the war as it is, stripped of glamour, Steeped in dirt and wearinesS. No; it is not sen timentality.
 One is searching still for the source of Berlin's depression when one goes to dine with a German family of the type which the world assumes has ceased to exist. The father is one of the very great surgeons of Germany. He has been in charge of medical ar rangements on every front. The moth CT is a splendid pianist. Their nieCes, who dine with them, hope to become professional musicians. After dinner the elder girl plays Chopin and Grieg eXQuiSitely; the younger sings Brahms lieuer as they are rarely sung. She is IS, and beautiful. While she sings one feels again the charm of this most musical band.
 And the family's spirit is unchanged. Which make $ one curious to know what this family thinks has happened in the world since August 1, 1914. But one asks first, Does it seem to you that every one in Germany is a trit1e depressed ?'' "'DepreSsed!" the mother turns upon one almost ferceIy: of course, we are depressed. Why shouldn't we be depressed? Look!" She hands one two photographs. Her husband took the pictures himself. The | first is a forest of crosses-crOsses 80 ! feet tall with little ones about their ! feet. As far as the cameras eye has reached toward the horizon, the gray ! sky is streaked by their gaunt arms. l And the arms of unnumbered crosses run out of the picture on either side.
 That is in Russia" says the moth 1 CT. Under the tall crosses are buried i not single cOrpses, but hundreds of 1 bodies thrown in and crumDled to- i gether The little ones stand ] over officers"
 ! She hands one the second picture.
 That is in France" she says. i The crosses are smaller than those ! on the bare Russian plain, but they stretch like a field of wheat as far as the hilIy horizon. One looks from the | forest of crosses in Russia to the har- 1 vest of crosses in France and enc muses (silently one thinks) 'Kreuz- l land Comitted by the censor. *) The mother Overhears. That is ft,' | she cries, "Kreuzland Comitted by the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
SOLDIERS HAVE A RIGHT TO
 VOTE.

New York has 17,CCO soldiers at the front and the authorities of that state are determined these men shall not be deprived of their vote in November if they are detained on the Mexican border, and the officials of this and every other state should be active to prevent such an injustice.
 A democratic paper calls attention to the fact, that ''to reach this con clusiOn the attorney general has to hold that in the sense of the New York constitution a time of war is the present time. This is perhaps rather risky government by interpre- tation. Washington says TO war ex- ists. Mexico City says no war exists. Albany says otherwise, and the AL bany view will prevail so far as com polling the collecting and the count ing of the soldiers votes, unless the courts intervene and upset the attor- ney generals decision"
 If thereis no state of war. of course, there is no defense. for having. 100, 900 men on the border: and they may be called home to fill their office as citi- zens.
 There need not be a legal contest. If the men are absent on war duty the old law for taking and counting the vote will hold; and if they are not, then they should be sent home to re- occupy their places in the ranks of the industrious and 10 enjoy their priv leges as citizens of the United States
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
HUGHEs-THE REPUBLICAN NOM,
 INEE.

It is the concensus of opinion, that Charles l.. Hughes, the republican nominee is the coming man.
 He is the business type of an Ameri- can, and pOsitiyeness rather than ped agOgic manners would surely mark his administration.
 Hughes stands for protection indus triaIly and every other way; and he knows government is a fixed science, not an experiment.
 He realizes that Mexico has been more patient than Wilson; and that Wilson with our forces has been an invader of Mexico, and has failed ut tcrly in his purpose of increasing re- spect for this government because of his lack of frmness.
 Hughes is not for war, but for peace without the impairment of the dignity of the law, or the breaches of neutral ity which the nation has suffered for the past two years because of a for eign propaganda, and alien intrigues which should not have been tolerated.
 Charles E. Hughes fits the situation. He believes in the policies which have made the people prosperous and the country great. He is firm for the right and representative of the American spirit. He is as dependable as was Washington or Lincoln, and he has the full confidence of the American people.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
NOT PREVENTING PREVENTABLE
 ACCIDENTS.

The toll in fatal accidents because of the slack way in which automobiles are being handled would have mortified any other age but this.
 As the automobiles are increased and the. accidents multiply, 1t is ap- parent those owning machines and using them need protection as much as the pedestrians in the streets.
 When one or two children are fcripr- pied for life. or swept out of exist ence fin @ moment, it is not cOnsoltng to parents to hear that the infants should have known better than to have taken the risk,"' or to witness a few tears and hear: q couldn't pre- vent it--I wouldn't have done 1t for the worId!"
 Thereare 4omewounds in this world regrets or money cannot even soothe; and the. inefioiently handled autorno- bile is increasing them from day to day and week to week.
 The state should take heed that there is a way to prevent these pre- ventable. accidents. The ability and dependa ability, of the aperson licensed
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Norwich for the Crowd!

MT. Editor: If MT. "One of the Peo- ple," or, to more properly style him, ''0Ir AutOcrat." had put less politics into his remarks and given less crit iCism of the democratic administration, which, by the way, is entitled 10 no more bouquets than the present party of large promises and small perform anceS for the good they have done in the way of driving business out Of the city by their cOntemptible traffic rules, and if he had said Good Night" to the present traffic ordinances. 1 would be very glad tC say Good Night with him; but as he has not, ] must say Good Morning."
 We were led to expect large things from the present regime, as we had little from the past. But what has been the answer? < big cipher! Even worse He seems 10 satisfy himself with the idea that everybody is con tented with the present actions of the city government. Glad he thinks so. Better look around and ask a few questions, or keep your ear to the ground! You won't have to go very far and you will find the real facts. Sorry his feelings are so badly hurt by the criticism of this existing nuis- anCe; but, then, don't become so abusive. Abuse was never argument. Be gOOd-natured in your retort, any way. It hurts Oftentimes to tell the truth, but the truth should out at all times.
 It looked nice in print the other day to see where Q couple of people Were presented before the city court and fined because they had left their vehicles on the street over 15 minutes. Fine stuff! One of them was from out of town: had come here to spend money in the town. That is the way they had to spend it. We find no fault with the city court, or with the of fcer who arrested these people; simply want 10 say the original source of the trouble can be remedied.
 In the meantime
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
4 REVELATION,

There has been enough Of a con 1ict to show that the MeXicans are really better prepared for war than our own forces. At CarrizaI they had machine guns to moW cur troops down with, and our troopers had none.
 Although trouble has been impend- ing for years we have not taken steps to match the 8Iexicans in their equip r1ent. We have sold them arms and munitions of war and we were so short even of cartridges when the troops were called out that a hurry order for ten million cartridges was given.
 We did not have a dependable ma chine gun when Villa and his men raided Columbus, New Mexico; and 1t is said even yet we have machine gun c companies who are Unequipped.
 Talk about unpreparednss! Eastern guar rCsmen arrived in g.. Louis having been four days without food and ten days without a bath. It took the com missary department quite Q spell to wake up.
 The pacifsts have every reason to be delighted with the state of Unpre- paredness the government found itself in. Tommy Atkins or Fritzy could have come over and knocked our men out by the score without winking.
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is made to attain efficiency in at least two of the following, viz, miniature rife shooting, running exercises in organized games, swimming and first aid. The perticular object of this training is to bettar the physique Of the boys and to teach them patriot ism. At the age of IA the Australian boy is enrolled as a Senior Cadet, serving in lis organization until he attains his eighteenth year, when he passes into the Citizen Forces pro- vided he is not rejected at 6 physi- cal examination.
 It is interesting to note that the position of the Australian government is analogous to that of the United States, insomUch as the common wealth has no control over the school system, which is wholly under the stAtes, but it exercises complete con trol over the military training. - American Review of Review.
 King George of England speaks seven languages.
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should be looked into by the state; and this running of cars by unlicensed and d1ssoElee persons should be made an end of. The stata is not in. the business for revenue only. It's duty to it's citizens requires it should safeguard life as much as possible.
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censor. And I have not heard from my youngest boy at Verdun for
 a weelS!'
 BerIin's pulse beats low, her brows are knit, her eyes are intent, because | her heart is with her chiIdren-her children who are dying in unhappy far l off struggles she cannot see.-FrOm a | German correspondent.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
Australia,s Military svstenn-

The military force of the Australian Commonwealth consists of (a) parma rent forces, which include the admin isLraJjve and instruction staff, the royal Australian field artillery and garrison artillery regiments and cer-
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Those who approve of Wilson have to approve of the appointment of Bryan, of Bryan's resignation, and ev- erything else, even to the shaking by Wilson of his admonistary, pedagogic finger.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

Those who advise the death of cats to save the birds, and the death of birds to save the crops, are told it is time the disease spreading horse with his glanders and tetanus laden Lexecreta swas exteEn1in &. lg,.,----,
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CLOSE QUARTERS

You took your vacation early, didn't your" asked the friend that Crompton | met at lunch.
 Crompton.
 why so doubtful?"
 ITO tell the truth, I'm uncertain whether 1t was a vacation or not. I'm inclined to think it wasn't
 Why, that's too bad. What was the trouble?"
 lent us their cottage" I've heard they have very pretty little place."
 Yes, it's pretty, and you're right about it's being little. You remember those stirring verses we used to cite In school, beginning We were crowd ed in the cabin? That line occurred to me over and over again while we were at Nayhaven. When 1t rained, which it did 8 good part of the time, and Molly and I and the children and the maid were all squeezed in together in the tiny living room trying to keep warm by the fireplace, that line seemed singularly appropriate. We certainly were crowded in the cabin, and when Molly had her way not a soul would dare to speak, for fear of waking the baby, who lad the good sense to sleep nearly all the time during the bad weather. But the older children were Tot to be quelled into quiet. They continually went out and came in, and steamed their dripping clothes by the fire.
 Although I've been a proud parent for twelve years, I never realized how astOnishingly many five children are until I was shut up with them at May haven. Their name is legion. I couldn't move without sstepping on Bob's toes or upsetting Betty, who isn't any too steady on her pins yet, and as for the twins, they were posi- lively ubiquitous. They have a scien- tifc bent, and they were So astonished at the use of kerosene for light, which was new to their experience, that they decided to have an illumination, and the one pleasant evening when I took
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

The primary cause of the tremen-
 Fdous explosion with its loss of prop
 Ferty and lives on Toms Island was violation of law. We wink at wicked ness and suffer the consequences.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

Galicia, Serbia and Poland, twice fought over are marked by the crosses of the buried dead as no nations ever have been before in the worlds his tory
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

Next to the game of life the game of baseball is the greatest game ever in vented. No one is likely to deny this but the politicians
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

When Great Britain receives a sharp note from the present administration it realizes there's nothing very cut ting about it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

California's protective scheme: To thave hurdled roads approaching grade l crossings which compel chauffeurs to slow down their cars.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

The democratic editors who were anxious Hughes should start some thing are up against a flood now they cannot stem
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

A general railroad strike would be public calamity. Let us all hope and pray that such a turbulent state of affairs may be prevented.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

The Deutschland commander and crew are such brave fellows that we should share in the glory of a suc- cessful trip for them
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

Every fool who can pull or push a
 l lever runs an automobile in these days; but the day is dawning when 1 fitness is all that will take a license.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

If the war does cost $35, 900 a minute in cold cash, to say nothing of other costs, the parties to it are all still resoIute.
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POLITICAL.
stiII Welded to its Folly.

StITI Weaded 10 Its FoIIy.
 That remarkable literary document sent out from the St. Louis convention as the platform of the Democratic party is emphaticalIy clear on some scattered points. One of these is the unqualified endorsement Of the admin istTatfon shipping bill no. pending before Congress. That this measu ure was rejected a year ago does not les
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

This summer appears to have been specially designed to knock out the weather prophets. They are all down and so is about everything else.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

The American nickel may have six cents worth of metal in it, but the fact is not noticed at the soda foun- tain.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03

In Europe they are not taking so much notice of the temperature. Man the hot article there.