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Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26
WAR BUNCOMBE

Recently terrible hubbub was created through out the United States because of the fact that the Red Cross had been prevented from shipping milk for German babies' It was thought inconceivable by some that such cruelty could be permitted in the name of warfare. The New York World discusses the matter as follows:
 Machs appeal President Wilson on behalf of the citizens comittee for food shipments which desires send pow e1ed and condensed milk for German babies will strike of the babies of other people She has made amends for the children slaughtered in the Lusiana Her ally still lawlessy drowning children in the Mediterranean Many babies Belgium, Serbia and Northern Francs persed 4vatlon But these why German babies should needlessy suffer The starvation of blockaded people tomary The Germans in S7O71 admitted milk to Paris for babies; German adults at least, fairly plain now if conditions are in part reversed But surely in telnationa plan possible by which milk could be admitted Germany exclusively for children supplies admitted Belgium for Begans An English writer Rebecca West in the Atlantic Monthly that should begin until he has arranged that baby will miss his feeding Britain did begin this but she should be ready accept now any practical panth United States should urge such
 anhat shall be waged against babies any country in the world
 That no deusions on the subject of the blockade and the question of shipment of war munitions by neuras IS entertained by official Germany IS ev- denced by the fact that while Austria has made rep resentatons to the United States on the subject no protest from Germany ever has been received A writer in The Outlook quotes editorial from the Berliner Lokalanzeger which perhaps may be taken for the German official views on the subject The editorial says:
 cannot share the sentimental policy which Engands attempt to sarve into submission gross barbarity share beca would be exquisite pleasure those tactics against England Incidentally the question of not of actual starving several dozens of millions of humans but simply the idea of forcing the lay down
 
 He adds that this policy starvation pursued by the Ger at the ot Paris lS7 and he that humane thing than to Lombard civil population Really the whole thing has been witnessed before in history.
 Germany furnished munitions of England freely for against the Boers in the Boe war and this although sym
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26

The naval critic of the London Daily News Jauuary ? published sensational warning the British that the German dacnaugh being equipped with seventeen-nch guns capable of throwing shells weighing ton and that than twenty vessels being thus prepared for attack En.
 within the few months The critic claims that they far class the British ships and that they probably will engage the British navy Ii this be the question credited with being exceptionally well inormed-why should there be probaby about their engaging the British
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George Bernard Shaw that conscrpton shoul bo re5oed to without the largest safeguards of liberty Of the Ject If comes, it to stay. With visions of Salvation Army methods of securing recruits he says that lawfully regu lated compulon would be many ways less oppressive than the sort of anarchc compuon that has produced the alleged ulnrh ci volunteering since the began
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26

Berlin dispatch that the German newspapers are the people expect much from the expedition into the Balkans Gran flour and provisions which had promised the German people Serbia crushed and the opened to C0nSannope have failed and the suggestion Is made that the transporting supplies from Turkey and Asia Minor German markets by rail hhiNe
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America referred debate in the rechstag l9 by Herr Heydeband leader among atheands worst enemies On the theory, Sweden and ether neutral which have supplied Germany sites would be enemy nations to the alliance
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Senator Laflpttes lack of those qualities which make for staenanship apparent than in his announce that he Is favor of embargo the shipment of begeents Sincere and though he be- he does possess the clarity Of vision which would enable him that in his desire that the United shall sell Britain when Germany unable purchase he would place the United States in the Uneural attitude of assisting Germany and her allies
 Had there all times been embargo the shipment of munitions from the United States Latin America would today the hands of Spain and the Cuban revolution would have been possible Iafolette will the White House such q rotten plank.
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Two North Caronans shot and sashed fatally in en- deavorng to decide which teach Sunday school would be interesting know what they proposed teach the class.-Pittsburg Gazette Times
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26

"What is the cause of socil aurest? ?"
 The desire" replied MT. Dustin Stax "of the workingman for leisure and of the leisurcy man for something to keep him busy Washington Star.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26

Juneau newspaper publishes dispatch the effect ta w. A. Gilmore the weIknown Nome attorney will be candidate for delegate congress Gilmore expected aN the Republican territorial be held Seward next month
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26
lF-OLOGY

If everybody had his say, And carried out his plans for peace, And if those plans were all o. K, We'd have no need of the police.
 Washington Star
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26

Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, S1 50 per can Iditarnd Meat O.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26

We await whether the Anterior Alaska" mail service Is to be ed merely that of the city Fairbanks and immediate vicint,s
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When Senator Hoke Smith realizes that worth 20 cents pound the Berlin market his ing women and children of GermanyNew York Morning Te graph.
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It's to understand Mir Rooseves clamor for greater and He can't live always and doesn't leave us entirely unprotected-Souhern Lumberman
 It beginning to look though it would take than the support of Herr Munseberg to kill off the Roosevelt boom Boston Transcript
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It will not escape attention that American or neutral or nombatan has been done death by of the allies Whether they just to commit such acts the tact remains that they have committed them and sequence the ympates of mankind largely with them Rochester Post-Express
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-02-26
TALKING NONSENSE
(ketchikan Progressive Miner

he Seward Gateway "Somehow that story of Tom
 Riggs giving his blood almost to its the life of his wife looks like the action would expect from the Riggs big splendid type That fellow the finest type of kan He the of who has made Alaskan popular Would to God the government had brought thousand like hint"
 The Gateway must be anxious to throw bouquet when it picks such unsente6 affair to throw who has than his duty. Where is the man-not only Aaskans who wouldn't risk his life his wife especially when she has just rlse her own life in giving birth his cd Not that want to detrac from MT Rggs bravery but say that he showed bravery than his wife, than the goes into the hills to provide for his family the risk his life more than millions of who skng their lives in de tense Of their countries Talk about Tom Rggss bravery! Pfe
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
AN OFFER TO LABOR,

Frequent demands are made upon manufacturers by their employees for increased pay, shorter hours and i'm proved working conditions, under the claim that they are not getting what they are entitled to, and because it is felt that the capitalists are raking in all the profits while the workers are held to the grindstone.
 In view of this it is an interesting situation which is created in Paterson, N. J., where labor troubles are fre- quent and often violent. There is at the present time a labor dispute in progress in that city and as the re- suit of the demands and the claims of the manufacturers that it is impossi- ble to meet them the offer has been made by the chief owner of one of the mills that if the strikers possess such information as they claim regarding the business, he will turn over to them his mill and permit them to operate it according to their own ideas which will give them a chance to put into operation these demands which they have made of him, the only provision being that they must provide a bond which will guarantee him eight per cent on the money which he has in- vested in the plant.
 The claim cannot be made that this provision calls for an exorbftant rate and it indicates that he would be sat isf1ed to receive that, which it is pos- sible to infer is about what he is re- ceivipg at the present time. This cer- tainly affords labor a chance to prove that the manufacturer can meet the demands that are made upon him, and certainly under such an arrangement they can fix the hours and conditions of work at anything they pleased, if they can do so and make both ends meet. For that reason it will be in- teresting to note the outcome of this novel situation.
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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO po7

No reply has been received as yet from Germany, to the inquiry by this government, as to whether the recent sinking of merchant vessels carrying passengers, among whom were Amer jeans, was actually and deliberately done by German submarines, or other war vessels. This effort to determine the full facts is in accord with the policy which this government has fol- lowed in previous eases and it means that Germany is being given a chance to state whether there are any cir cunstances in connection with these cases, which this government ought to know about but which might be over. looked by nasty action.
 Thus far the evidence all tends to support the belief that the attacks, which were clearly unjustifled were Intentionally made in accordance with orders and the policy of the German aaval authorities. It is even possi- bIe that the continued sinking of un- armed merchant ships without warm ing Is intended to be taken as a reply to the information which this country seeks, but it is the safe course which observes the precaution of establish ing the facts to the fullest extent, as thereby mistakes and blunders on oul part are to be avoided.
 But what is going to be the action of this government in case Germany admits that it deliberately torpedoed these vessels without respecting the provisions of international law, with out providing for the safety of the human life, and without regard fo1 the promises which it has made? We have promised to hold Germany to strict accountability, and there have been threats of severing diplomatic re- lations, and it begins to look as if we were getting to the point where Ger fnany was trying to see how much we are willing to stand.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP

Management, circulation, etc, required by the act of congress of Aug. 24, 1912, daily at Norwich Conn, for April 1st, State of Connecticut. County of New Before me, a Notary Public. in and for the State and County aforesaid, peTSoPlaily aPPeaTed 3,,I William H 0at. ing to law, depOses and says that he is the Business Manager of The Norwich Bulletin. and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, man. agement (and If a daily paper, the cir culation). etc. of the aforesaid publ- cation for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24 1912, embodied in section AS Postal Laws and Regula tiOns, to wit:
 l. That the names and addresses of the publisher. editor. managing editor, The Bulletin O., Norwich, Conn.,; ed itor, A. W. Pearson. Norwich. Conn; managing editor. Harvey M. Briggs, William H. Oat. Norwich. Conn.
 2 H Crane, New York. \. Y, Charles 0at, Norwich, Conn.
 g. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning. or holding per cent. or more of total amount of bonds. mortgages, or other securities, are: None.
 nv e1-ir L rhg two paTaggfapns og t IS, next Is
 
 stockholders, and security holders, if any. contain not only the list of stock holders and security holders as they appear upon the books Of the company, but also, in eases where the stOckhOld- CT or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other f1duciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two para graphs contain statements embracing affant'S full Knowledge and belief as to the circum- stances and conditions under which do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock. bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him.
 5- That the average number of copies Of each issue of this publica ton sold or distributed. through the mails or other wise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is 9213.
 WILLIAM H. OAT,
 Business Mana ger.
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of March, 1916.
 fSEAL) LESTER GFSEERSAIAN. CMy commission expires Feb. 1st. 1918)
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which is doing exactly the same thing? If We are to make a special law for an individual concern. why isn't 1t bet ter to make a general law that will apply to all such conditions and ex- empt any concern from taxation for a specified period?
 So far as the favorable end of the proposition was concerned. Ar. Brown thoroughly covered the situation in very commendable and complete man. ner.
 The position taken by MT. Higgins. to one who is closely scrutinizins rne point at issue, was undoubtedly the most reasonable position to take up- on this situation. but the meeting ev- idently was there not for the purpose of considering things reasonably but for the sole purpose of exempting a single concern from taxation for a specified number of years.
 The action taken by the meeting was no doubt commendable, but why not broaden it's scope and make the ap- plication general?
 City meetings resolve themselves, as a matter of fact into humorous affairs and develop a great deal of comedy, | and why should SO many people at we have a city meeting on when they | could attend that for nothing while | at the theatres they have to pay an admission price?
 MT. Bec6with's speech certainly af- forded pathos and entertainment. and 1 1t surely took a good-natured audience | to sit there and listen without a mur- mur to all that oratorical effort which it seems would have been better | wasted upon a primary school gradu- | atinE class than body of full grown citizens. The citizens of Norwich are certainly q very patient body of men, | It seems there are men who always have to appear at a city meeting to make a speech regardless of whether or not they have anything to say, and while our friend was talking about the dogs of Lazarus, more than one man in the meeting was wishing that the dogs would only come up and take a bite out of him, if only to cut the speech out. Those kindergarten ef- forts which men rehearse and satisfy themselves as being impressive and entertaining could well be left canned up-
 After NIT. BecSwith's last efforts al finding fault with the men who work on the ash carts for going from their work early in the afternoon when he didn't know that they were working early in the morning when he was in his slumbers, and after retort from a citizen at that meeting which made his remarks look like thirty cents. and after the last city meeting In which Mir. Robbins completely knocked him of his feet when he got up and made a false statement to the citizens in public meeting, 1t seems that ought to be enough to encourage any man to depart into innocuous de- suetude. But then. When ignorance Is bliss 'tis folly to be wise" But men who falsify and make state ments should not be tolerated to talk in public gatherings
 Let us hope that when we come to- gether again in city or town meeting that the hot air artists and men with II prepared speeches on their chests will take them to the proper place for de- livery, presumably the ash can, and when we come to talk about taxes and V exemption Grnm taxas lat,s stIalS t1
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an organization to do excellent work in most any community.
 The plan is to educate the school children in an effort to get cleaner, streets by checking the widespread habit of throwing litter of all kinds about the highways or public places just where the individual use for such material happens to end. Outside the matter of untidiness stress is laid up on the liability to injury which goes with the indiscriminate casting aside Of fruit peelings, and the question of health which cannot be overlooked when rubbish is allowed to accumu- late.
 It is an ambitious undertaking which these Brooklyn citizens have launched and it is to be hoped that it will succeed for the double purpose of overcoming the complained of condi- tions and at the same time set an example which will encour- age other cities to do like wise. While the educational ef- fort may have the best results among the children it must of necessity be remembered that they are by no means the greatest offenders, and that while they are living up to their slogan Check the habit they have an excel lent chance to do much good mission ary work among the elders. It is an effort which ought not to end without a thorough trial.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
CHANCE FOR WORK IN MEXICO.

Attention is periodically called to the opportunity which this country has to do lasting service to Mexico by sending it's sanitary engineers and money into the republic for the pur- pose of cleaning up the disease -infest- ed cities and thereby show to those people that our interest in their wei fare is sincere
 Conditions in Mexico City are even said to be most distressing. It is there where those for miles around have fled for help and protection with the result that the accommodations are greatly overtaxed and disease finds a rich field in which to carry on it's work. Thus it is not surprising when the claim is made that there are 3O.- 900 cases of typhus there, and little headway being made by those who are assigned the task of wiping it out
 That this country could do much to relieve the situation and eventually clean out the pestholes cannot be doubted, and the offer has been made through different channels to lend a helping hand as a friend might be ex- pected to do, with the idea in view of bettering conditions there as well as taking advisable preventive measures for this country's protection. Heroic measures are necessary to overcome such a grip as disease appears to have in sections of that country but even though Mexico is making no progress in overcoming the deplorable condi- lions, it has not as yet reached the stage where it is willing either to in vtte assistance or to accept the prof fers of aid that have been made, a1- though from the reports the republic is in urgent need of a strong army to enforce sanitary measures.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

duce2 Is the human factor any more reliable on the best roads than on the poorest 2-Proyidence Bulletin.
 Any attempt to make religious or ganiZation out of an institution like the Boy Scouts would probably be de- clared a failure in advance, but the leaders of that movement apparently have found way to link 1t up with religious work without giving defense to any race or creed. This is to be done by trying to ally the Scout move ment with all religions instead of any one religion. It Is announced that an effort will be made to persuade Hart ford Boy Scouts to affiliate with their churches-Protestan with Protestant churches, Jews with their congrega- tions, and Catholics to be confirmed in their own churches Obviously if Boy Scouts will become an important the attempt meets with success the factor for the churches of all denom- nations. It will be interesting to see how the plan works out.-Hartford Post
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Advice to Others.

Mir Editor: I would like to have you correct a statement made in your paper of last Saturday. March 18th. in regards to the age of my son, Willis Bennett Your paper stated that he was 19 years of age. He is far from 1t, as he was born on November 27th, 1898, so he can not possibly be 1e years old now. He was IT years and months last Monday and would say to whoever wrote the piece in regards to the boys, perhaps they would do better if they watched their own, and their own sons mistakes, instead of writing about others, as they are to fast to see the faults in others.
 MRS. VIOLET BENNETT.
 South Canterbury, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
ANTI HITTER LEAGUE.

Associations and leagues are form
 ed in large numbers for the purpose of carrying out some much needed public improvement or the bringing about of a needed reform. Some of them accomplish what is intended and others fan by the wayside for lack of the proper amount of interest and push. This is what may happen to the Anti -satter league which has just been organized by a group of public spirited citizens in Brooklyn, but it must nevertheless be recognized that lhere Is plenty sopportunitysfor such
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South Canterbury. Conn.
Might Have Acted a Little Wiser and
 Gone a Little Farther.

Mir. Editor: Now that the city meeting has been held, and there was so much said concerning the exemp- ton from taxation of prospective man. ufacturing concerns, it is not an inn pertinent question to ask: Why is 1t not proper to exempt any concern, whether local or out of town, from taxation when they are building ad- dltions and expending large sums of money for development purposes? Is an out-of-town concern entitled to any more consideration because it is an out-of-town concern than a local one
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theft. They are both robbery in every sense of the word, although the law tolerates one and punishes the other. Lots of protesting Christians thank the Lord for their rake-offs, but no thief has the face or the heart to thank God for helping him to get away with the hoodle. The Lord must be very much surprised by the things people thank him for, and make him a partner in. He can only be a partner where righteousness is, and righteous ness never abides with wrong doing. There is no way of beating the Lord although ample means have been pro- Vided to beat the devil. In our classi- fcations and our applications of jus
 ice we seem to manifest marked croolIedneSs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Four-track road. modern signals. one of the trains involved a crack train presumably well equipped-these were some of the conditions that did not prevent a collision on the New York Central-Lake Shore route yesterday. Physical conditions were better than on most roads. but were they suffi- ciently good? Do they represent the utmost that human ingenuity can DOT
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1nasmuch as this country is spend ing eight and a half million to capture him, the chances are that Villa con- stders himself of greater importance than ever.
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the subject and do business.
 That the city acted wisely at its meeting no one doubts, but that they might have acted a little more wisely and gone a little farther with it, ev- eryone will admit would have been the proper thing.
 KNOCK DOWN HOUSE. Norwich. March 31. 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

When it is announced that three quarters of the moving picture houses 1 of New York are improperly venti- lated, that means a serious combina-
 ton if the films are as impure
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

As long as President Wilson refrains from backing up his charge that American owners of Mexican property are stirring up trouble between the na- tions, he continues to shake his fiu- ger when he should be using his fist,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

It is one of the plainest facts that the cost of war is not dropping be- cause of the amount of talk it has caused.