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Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

It was then that Officer Smith was called from his beat and ordered to mounted duty and he has been right on the job ever since, and he is just as impartial as ever in the performance of duty. It makes no difference to him whether the violatOr is among the rich or the middle class or the pooE If he operates an automobile, and does so in violation of law, he is picked up by Officer Smith, as all violatOrs look alike to him. His return to that spec iaI duty has had it's effect and the OVerspeeding and reckless driving is now down to the minimum, and the other details of the law are considered and respected. Officer Smith has put an end to the use of Ocean avenue as a speedway fer automobiles at times when there is the greatest element of danger. There are some opera tors who are familiar with the hours of duty, the working hours of the motorcycle cop; and some of these seem to make nieht and speed ID and down Ocean most reckless manner. The avenue is at times a, real racing course and some night there is liable to be a real snash-up and perhaps with loss of life. But Officer Smith is getting onto that game, and, it would be just like him to take a ride out on the avenue on his own time and bring some of these late at night vioIators to the bar of the police court. There may be other mounted police officers just as efficient as Smith. but as Barneyque would put it: He can't be found in seven states"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
Especial to The Bu1letin.)

New London, July 21.-For some reason best known to the police man agement of the city of New London, Officer Nelson Smith, who did such ef fcient traffic service the season prev ious as a motorcycle cop, was not as- signed to that service at the opening of the present season, and naturally there was wonderment as to the reason why. It was talked about town that he did his duty too in1partial1y to sat- isfy the police committee of the court of common council, or perhaps sorNe of the influential friends thereof, and that he held up and cautioned, or per haps arrested, some violator of the automobile laws of influence, and that his assignment to other duty was adopted as 8 punishment for his ef- fcienCy. So another officer was as signed to ride a motorcycle and en- force the laws that govern the opera ton of automObi This officer learned how to ride, that is he learned to sit astride the machine and ride up and down the streets, but he did not have the knack of keeping a lookout for violators as he was kept busy watching his own motor vehicle. There came time, however, when he essayed to hold up an automobile and he crashed into it, with damage to both machines. The police motorcycle was put out of commission and so was the new motorcycle cop. He was returned to do regular patrol duty and he does that quite well.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

nuisance, that of standing in front of the State street stores without regard to time limit thereby interfering ma terially with the business of the stores from patrons who ride in automobiles, that fifteen minutes limit was inserted in the new traffic ordinance Its en-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
Suffrage Meeting Planned. .

A meeting is to be held Wednesday August End, in the interest of Woman Suffrage, on the premises of Mrs. Fan ny Dixon Welch, on the north shore of Columbia Lake Every voter in town will receive q notice of the meet ing and an invitation to be present. Those opposed to Woman Suffrage will
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22


 l don't raise oats any n1ore because my soil doesn't seem fitted for them. But those fields which I have seen on other farms are looking first-rate. Of garden crops my string beans are rusting badly. The crop promises to be a failure. My melons are way be- hind and way off" But my peas and onions and beets and carrots and cabbages and couIif1ower are doing themselves proud Tomatoes and pep pers and eggplant are in poor shape Lirnas are not yet where they should have been July 1st. But such lettuce as is growing behind the barn haven't before seen. Great heads six inches across, as hard as an average cabbage, and so tender that they don't have to be chewed-literaIIy melt in ones mouth"
 There are several things in my gar den and on your farm that are most emphaticaIly not doing well. If we want to, we can find plenty to kick about and plenty to get discouraged over. But there are also things in my garden and on your farm that are doing fine. If we want to, we can find plenty to rejoice over and thank God for.
 Try looking these last up and see if the result doesn't make life pleasanter for you.
 It certainly will for those who have to hear you talk!
 THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

My neighbor's corn looks bad, very, very bad. So does mine. It's been a simply "piz'n'' time for corn, all about me. But my grass was unusually heavy and we got it in in toIerabIe shape-haIf of it, almost, without a wetting. Considering the season, I call that a triumph of good manage ment and good luck, combined.
 My potato ground has been kept soaked ever since it was planted. But the editor the other day, recalled to my attention the interesting fact that the potato in it's wild state is a wet land plant, and I guess mine must have reverted somewhat For they're making a good growth of tops, most of them are of healthy color, and they're digging out quite as well as the average. Perhaps they'll rot; per haps they won't. Anyway, I'm having good sale at good prices for all I can supply. as fast as they become fit to dig. The rot has got to come on mighty quick, or my pocket-bOok will get ahead of it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

of rye was as fine sight as ever gladdened country eye. Thick, heav-
 fly laden. unbent as yet by any wind, it stood six and more feet high, almost ready for the reaper. I quoted to him the old saving of how we can't have everything to please us, and drove on-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

Only yesterday came up against ore farmer who was blue as indigo. Took at that corn: nevar'H amount to -otht-. won't be worth Cuttin' even 5C~ fodder"
 Vet just across the road his field
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

of rye was as fine a sight as ever gladdened country eye. Thick, hea-v- fly laden, unbent as yet by any wind, it stood six and more feet high, almost ready for the reaper. I quoted to him the old saying of how we can't have everything to please us, and drove on.
 Another man was likewise blue about his hay. Oh, yes, it was heavy enough, but the tarnatiOn rain pre- vented him from curing it. and it was goin' to lose half it's value soakin' and dryin' out. How about the strawberries ?" I asked, knowing that ned had an acre bed which the hail last summer almost ruined. Did they ever recov&?" Wall ye-es the Having heard some rumOrs about those berries pressed him a little and at last worried out the admission that the crop was a Ieetle the biggest he'd ever had and that the prices a leetle the highest he'd ever obtained.
 Still a third farmer was cocksure that the bugs were going to eat off his potato, tops in spite of all the poisoning he could do, and that the wet weather was going to rot the crop, if he should finally beat the bugs. Any way and anyhow, he was confident that he was going to have potato failure. WhereupOn I asked him if he hadn't better wait about crossing the bridge till he got to it.
 And 50 it went all my twenty mile trip through the near by farm and villages. Pretty nearly everybody was blue and glum and discouraged. T. got so that the minute l came with in talking distance of a farmer, I'd start a vOlley of questions about Mex leo or the battle of Europe, just to head off the outpOur of gloom that else was sure to be forthcoming.
 Now I'm rot trying to set myself with Robinson Crusoe on my book shelf to let myself get into that state of mind. Considering the good things Providence does for us. it isn't quite fair to pick out the bad ones from the lunch and spend all the time whimDering over them. Neither is it comforting nor comfortable. There's almost certain to be a lucky red mark to chank down against every blue One-if yOu'u only be as watchful for the one as for the other
 To be sure I've had wet feet every day for weeks, and my sprained wrist doesn't get any better, and my rheu- natic knee is as full of Ornery twinges as q pinCushiOn is of pins; but l haven't had to go hungry a single meal ! yet And I'm much luckier just to be l alive and able to kick than many a i better man who lies dead by the banks ] of the red-running Somne or in the i valleys of Nerdun.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

this sort before. And also perhaps I may have mentioned his famous sum ming up of the good and evil in his castaway life on a lonely island in an uutraveIIed sea. Never mind. There's food for reflection in it more than gu-a.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
Ni-e old Rchfnscn!

Wi-a old Rcbinscnl
 L' he'd been a farmer this thunderous. ~I-I'0wn Tair-d~enChed summer of .arf ] 1e- he'd have been able to get some comfort out Of it as truly as .- did on his lonely island in the gulf of rha great River Orinoko.
 And I've got some neighbors that I wish [ could induce to read his book and copy his example!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31

The increase in British living ex-
penses a. per cent, since war be-
gan. is serious enough. but living
expenses in this country are said
by statisticians 10 have risen a per
cent in the single year Immediately
preceding the outbreak OF tina world
conflict.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
BOARD RECOMMENDS
CLEMENCY FOR MANY
Record Report Returned at Sitting
of Pardon Body at In
dianapOlis.

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INDIANAPOLIS, March SIN
one of the biggest reports ever fin
ished by a state board Of pardons.
clemency Thursday was recommend
ed for five persons in prison for MUIR
ders and Sayings, and a number OF
others who are serving time for
lesser crimes. Anthony 3. Trentman
of Fort Wayne. who killed a waiter,
and John Ferriter of Indianapolis.
who killed a policeman. Will be pa
rolled if Gov Ralston approves the
recommendation OF the board.
Trentman is said 10 have been in
toxicated when he killed the waiter
and Ferriter is said 10 have tried 10
stop a neighborhood fight when he
shot the policeman.
Communication OF sentence was rec
commended in the case Of James W.
DELPHI of Laporte county. who killed
his mother-in-law. Sarah Afeachem.
Clemency was refused Sherman
Keller Of Richmond. serving a life
term.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
METH0DISTS BUSY
HEARING REPORTS

FORT WAYNE, Ind. March 81.
The fourth day of the North In
diana Methodist Episcopal confer
ence was a busy period. the fore
noon session being devoted principal
~ 10 the hearing OF reports from
the Muncie. Fort Wayne and Goshen
districts, all of which reported ex-
ceptional improvement In every line
Supt Line of the Muncie district
whose term OF service as superin-
tendent expires by limitation with
this conference was remembered by
his associates by the presentation Of
a handsomely filled purse. COM
mittee reports and recommendations
were received and referred.
In the afternoon. Hon. Charles ".
Fairbanks. president of the Metho-
dist Hospital association. made a
brief address to the delegates bear
ing solely on the work which he
represented in the conference He
returned TO indianapolis during the
afternoon.
The place for holding the next
convention will be decided Friday
with Warsaw apparently in the lead
and Huntington a close second. Prof
Lynn HOugh Of Evanston delivered
an intensely interesting lecture dur
ing the afternoon session, having as
his subject The Strategy OF the
Cross" Pastoral appointments will
not be made until next Monday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
VIVISECTION IS
TO Be REGULATED
Opponents of Practice Begin
Letter Writing Campaign
to Secure Law.

WASHINGTON. March 31-Fed-
eral legislation that will limit the
activities OF physicians. surgeons
and investigators who conduct eX-'
periments on live animals is 10 be
sought bv the opponents OF vivisec-
ton. Various 'anti-Vivisecuon So
cieties and organizations throughout
the country have begun a campaign
Of letter writing and petition gath
ering directed against congress. They
seek some federal statute that will
either prohibit or regulate the use OF
live dogs. cats, monkeys and other
animals as subjects for experimental
operation while the animals are still
alive.
As a first step toward the regula-
ton OF vivisection, the opponents Of
this form Of experiment want thor
ougr and complete investigation by
some branch Of the federal govern
ment into the practice OF vivisection
throughout the country. They as
sert that the facts and conditions de-
veloped by such an investigation if
laid before congress and the public,
would be OF such a startling char
acter that immediate action would
be forced by public opinion.
There is grave doubt in the minds
Of members Of congress whether the
federal legislature would have the
authority 20 make and enforce any
statute regulating vivisection which
would be effective. Under the con-
stitution the federal government
would not have the power to go into
the various states and preserve rules
for the conduct Of individual citi-
zens The observation-disclosures be-
lieve. however. that federal in
vestigation would have the effect of
concentrating public opinion on the
subject and would probably result
in action in the separate states. With
this in mind Rep. Kahn of Califor-
| mia. has introduced in the house and
is now pressing before the house
committee OF agriculture a bill pro-
viding for an investigation by the
secretary Of agriculture. The meas
Ure would provide
That the secretary of agriculture
/ is hereby authorized and directed to
examine into the extent and condi-
! ton of the practice Of experimental
ton on living animals in laboratOr-
! les for research. and in hospitals and
/ other Establishments. and in the
! commercial productions OF serums
/ and vacCines for sale for the pur-
| pose of ascertaining whether such
/ experiments and practices are at
tended with unnecessary and pre-
ventable suffering arising from use
less repetitiOns of experiments. want
of proper skill in the experimunters.
non-use of anesthetics. and the alb
sence Of proper care Of the animals
upon which experiments or opera
tons are conducted: and 10 report
the results of such examination and
/ investigation TO the congress of the
United States"
The resolution would appropriate
I $4,000 for the investigation and
would authorize the secretary of
agriculture TO employ experts 10
conduct it,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
Developments of
Day in WarZones

Fighting is still going on between
the British and Germans along the
British end Of the French line, par
ticularly near St. Eloi. where Ger
man grenade throwers have succeed
ed in reaching a portion Of mine
crater held by the British. Near
Boesing the British put down an at
tempted attack by the Germans.
Strong forces Of Agstrians and
Italians are aligned against each
other I'm the Gorilla sector OF the
Austrc-Italian front on the Heights
of Seilz spirited fighting is taking
place for the possession of trenches.
Elsewhere along the front the artil-
lery duels continue.
Berlin says the big offensive Of the
Russians in the region of Postavy
has ceased and that the Russians
also have given up their attacks
around Lake Narocz. Artillery
duels. however. are going on around
JacObstadt and TO the north of
Vudzy.
Great Britain has put in effect an
order i'm council under which neither
NeSSel nor ner cargo lS immune
from capture for a breach Of the
blockade on the sole ground that the
vessel at the moment is on her way
TO a non blockaded port.
Great aerial activity is reported in
the latest official communication IS
sued by the French war office Five
German aerOplanes were brought
down in the region Of Verdun two
in the Champagne district and one
west OF Nouvion in the Somme dis
triCt.
The French machines were hit
many times. but all the French
pilots, the war office says. returned
safely
Heavy German attacks were de-
livered around Fort Douaumont.
Liquid flames were employed in
these assaults, but the Germans were
repulsed with considerable losses.
West of the Meuse, where much
lighting has taken place recently, the
infantry actions ceased temporarily.
but the bombardment of the artil-
lery continued in the region Of
Malancourt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
200 FAMILIES DRIVEN
OUT BY MICHIGAN FLOOD
Damage i'm Lower Peninsula Esti-
mated at $1,000. OOO-Grand
Rapids Hard Hit.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March
31.-Two hundred Michigan families
were driven from their homes We'd
nesday night and Thursday by the
floods which are prevailing in the
lower peninsula. Damage 10 date
is estimated at $5.OOO,OOO. with
streams in many parts of Michigan
still rising. Flint reports all danger
past, but at Bay City. Saginaw and
Grand Rapids the rivers are just
nearing their crest. Great property
damage is feared here if the Grand
continues its rise. At NewaygO a
mother and babe were rescued
Thursday by a girl student home
from Ypsilanti At Bay city 20
more families were removed 10
places of safety. At Smyrna the big
dam broke Thursday and sent a food
of water into the Grand. raising the
river here two feet But two per
sons have been drowned during the
three DAYS the foods have prevailed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31

The leading steel companies have
in hand contracts which will enable
thin 20 run 20 capacity IN the more
important products for the full year
OF 1916.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
CITY BUILDING AT
MUNCIE MUST GO
State Fire Marshal Affirms Report
of Deputy to OrmOlish Build
ing Before June is.

MUNCIE, Ind, March 31-W. +.
LOngley. state fire marshal. has af-
firmed the report of a deputy calling
for the demolition of the Muncie
city building on or before June 10.
and denied the appeal Of the city
for a review Of the order. Work
Of tearing down the structure will
probably be ordered just as soon as
new quarters can be rented for the
police department and the city court.
The original report of the state fire
marshal was made March IA and was
served on the board of public works
and Mayor r. II. Bunch. The pres
ent city building is an old structure
and its condition became so bad that
il was necessary two years ago for
the city 10 build a new central fire
station.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
DON'T SQUEEZE BLACK
HEADS-DISS0LVE THEM

Squeezing and pinching out black
heads makes the pores large and cause
Eritat1On-theh. too. after they have
become hard You cannot get all Of
them out. Blackheads are caused by
Accommodations OF dust and dirt and
secretiOas from the skin and there is
only one safe and sure way and one
that never fails 10 get rid OF them-a
simple way, tOO-rhat is % dissolve
them. Just get from any drug store
about two ounces OF powdered neroxin-
sprinkle a little on a hot wet sponge
rub over the blackheads briskly for a few
secOnds--wash off ana your be sur
prised 70 see that every Jlackhead has
disappeared. and the skin viii be- left
soft and the pores ia their natural con
dition-anyone troubled with these uu-
slightly blemishes should try this sim
pie method.-Adyt,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
FRECkLES
March Worst Month For This TrOu-
ble-IIOW TO Remove Easily.

There's a reason why nearly every
body frecSles in March. but happily
there is also a remedy for these ugly
blemishes, and no one need stay
freckled.
Simply get an ounce Of othine.
double strength. from YOUR druggist
and apply a little of il night and
morning, and in a few days you
should see that even the worst freck-
les have begun 10 disappear, while
the light ones have vanished entire
~. Now is the time 10 rid yourself
Of freckles. for if not removed now
they may stay all summer. and spoil
an otherwise beautiful complexion.
Your money back If othine fails
Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
CONFERENCE ON TOLEDO
CAR STRIKE A FAILURE
Men Will Seek to Get at Settlement
of Differences Today
Again.

TOLEDO. O.. March Il. The
adjustment conference between
Mayor Milroy, Henry L. Doherty of
New York and representatives Of
locked out street car men failed to
get results Thursday afternoon and
was adjourned 10 Friday morning at
o'clock. Meanwhile TOledo's street
car system remains tied up. The
car men insist on wearing the union
button. Mr.. Doherty insists that the
company will not recognize the
union
Nearly 1000 men are involved in
the lockout.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
A Talk to Mothers About
Group and Cold Troubles
The New Treatment With Fresh Air and AntiSep-
tic VaPors That Does Away With Injurious In
ternal Medicines, Flannel Jackets, ETC., etc.

All mothers are home doctors
q hen IL comes 10 treating the Group
and cold troubles ghat all children
are heir TO- They know that growing
children need outdoor exercise, and
that with outdoor exercise. some
colds are bound 20 come. They know,
100 that internal medicines inJure
delicate little stOmachs. but that
these colds must. have some kind OF
treatment
T,he answer 20 this problem is the
external" treatment Nick's "Nap-O-
Ptb' Salve. For the many forms o.
could troubles. from mead colds
rst,n1a and catarrh. down 20 sore
fb,oat bronchitis and deep chest
colds Vap-O-Rub viii DE found bet
ter than Internal medicines. Just app
f,,l- -.yan-O- Rub" we'll over the
Throat and chest. covering with "a
.xsIgn flannel cloth, Leave the COZ
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
ASSASSINATION STORY
REPORTED AS UNTRUE
Word Goes out That Mayor Rod
TiguCz Of Oiinaga i
Murdered.

MARIA. Texas. March 31.-An
effort made Thursday night by tele-
graph 10 learn the details Of the
reported assassination of Mayor
bodriguez of OjinaEa across the
border from Preside. brought a re-
ply from the latter town that the
story was untrue. The announce
ment of the alleged murder was
made earlier i'm the day ny Gen.
Gavira. The Carranza commander
at JUareZ.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
Mr.. Lloyd George is Welshm an.

the successor Of Greenwood and
Morley. He began by gathering
around him some Of the best known
journalists in London. The circula-
ton OF the paper rose. bat the
advertisements did not come pro-
pOrtionately. At the end of the year
the balance against Astor was still
heavily on the wrong side.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31

ering loose around the neck so the
yapors. released by the body heat,
may be freely inhaled. The next
morning the head is clear phlegm
looseued. and soreness gone.
40 one realizes the value OF an
external treatment better than the
skilled druggist, and While the profit
is not as large on Nick's "Nap-O-
Rub as on internal preparations.
the local druggists are anxious that
their customers should know Of this
new treatment They are, therefore,
Nap-O-Rub in the three
slzes-25c. soc or 800 on 30 DAYS
trial Your money back II not &c
u ghted-AdNt