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Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
STORIES OF THE WAR
The Capture of Ginchy.

The Lrish troops who captured Ginchy seldom had a more accepta- ble task, telegraphs a correspondent at British headquarters in France. The assault of this well fortified village was the kind of fighting the Irish like, bayonet thrusts, close range bomb ing plenty of hand to hand strug- gles in narrow trenches.
 There were fewer breathless rush es after panic stricken fugitive Ger man, says the despatch, than when Cuillemont was taken. The Germans at Ginchy stood up to the Irish and did not turn tail. It was good fight, but the Irish won it.
 ''They found Ginchy far better de- tended than they had expected. The village had been razed by successive bombardments, but the cellar re- fuges under the ruins afforded accom- modation to many German infantry men and machine gun sections. The loopholes, cut flush with the ground and cunningly disguised, gave the Germans in the dugouts an excellent field of fire over the approaches to the ruins.
 For five days and nights the Irish battalions had lain in shell craters south and east of Ginchy, scantily fed and heavily shelled and with little sleep. Two nights before the attack the shell craters were joined by shallow trench and from this position the attack was made.
 Notwithstanding their fatigue and the incessant strain of lying in the open under a galling fire the men were so keen to take part in the attack that the lightly wounded pleaded to be allowed to stay. Three servants at the headquarters behind the firing line disappeared on Friday night and were found afterward on the firing line. One of them left a note saying:
 "I missed Guillemont and I must be in Ginchy. If I'm all right I'll come back when it's over. I am very sorry to leave. but can't keep out of it."
 "The troops on the left got ahead, but those on the right were checked by ~the accurate fire of several Ger man machine guns, from which one battalion suffered severe losses for a few minutes. The men lay down and trench mortar was brought forward and held the machine gunners.
 "A very courageous feat was per formed by four volunteers, a, sergeant, two corporals and 8 private, of the Ministers, who occupied a 300 foot gap been driven, and after clearing 1t of the enemy with a machine gun re- rnained there unaided until relieved three hours later.
 Immediately the heart of the will lage was reached by the Dublins, the Germans in a trench running from it's western end to the centre promptly surrendered. Those in the cellars and dugouts kept up a stout resistance. Some Bavarians emerged from cover to engage in close quarter fighting. Snipers hidden in trees and behind piles of broken bricks had to be dealt with singly. One man had climbed
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~BEATEN GOOD AND PLENTY"

The democrats are doing their best to wear @ smile instead of @ frown as the result of the Maine election. It is Q case where they must keep up appearances for it would never do at this stage of the campaign to admit that defeat stares them in the face, however much they may recognize the inevitable. The thing to do of course is to put on good front pres ent cheerful countenance and do their best to offset the inevitable in November by making claims as to what effect the presidential contest is going to have upon the voters over and above the election which has just taken place, in which those who have in the past supported the democratic administration and would continue to do so in the future were defeated.
 It was appreciated by the voters of Maine in the selection of United States senators and representatives that they were selecting men to back the kind of an administration they desired They are not going to reverse them selves in November but the probabil- ity is that MT. Hughes will get even a greater vote and plurality than did those who will go to mal,s up the HeAL cOuSTeSS. And what IS true In Maine will be found to be true in many of the other states which are not already conceded to the republi- cans.
 It is all well enough for the demo- crats to explain that they expected that the republicans would win in Maine but they fought with the belief that they could win and they have found out to the contrary The faot of the matter is as Champ Clark says, '"We got whipped. We wers beaten good and plenty" and no ros~ demo- cratic prophecies as to what Novena- Der will bring forth can change it one lofa
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activity. It understands how reluc- tant has been the administration to give this country adequate prepared ness as an assurance of peace and it is cognizant of the manner in which the prestige of this country has suf- fered as the result of the foreign policy that has been maintained.
 It is recalled that the democrats laid great stress upon the extrava- gai1ce of the republican administration and promised to practice economy, but it has kept it's promise in this regard as it has kept many others by ignoring it.
 During the past four years the ap- propriations made by the democrats have amounted to s4.S46, 5S4. .423. 61, which does not include the $25, 900, 900 for the purchase of the Danish West Indies but that is nevertheless $1,- 046, ,66S, ,666.62 moro than the appro- priations made by tho republicans during the preceding four years, which with the increased amount for the army and navy eliminated still leaves them three quarters of Q billion in excess at a time when economy was promised. It Is only one of the many instances of how the democrats square their acts with their promises.
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THAT CANADIAN BRIDGE.

Whether it is the fault of the plan the construction engineers or those in charge of it's erection, that bridge be- ing built across the St. Lawrence river near Quebec has been accom- : panied by it's full share of misfortune It was considered after the collapse of portion of the structure way back in 1907. when there was a much larger loss of life than occurred this week, that the investigation which followed would eliminate any more errors of Judgment in it's construction, and the progress which has since been made shows that the weak points in the first bridge have been over come thus far. for the loss of eleven lives this time. to say nothing about the. money loss both in property and in the further delay in the completion of the transportation line of which the bridge is the important link. was occasioped by trouble at a new point
 It has not as yet been definitely as- certained what the cause of the sec ond disaster really was It will be disclosed in time whether it was an engineering defect or the failure on the part Of the human element that was involved in raising the $50 foot middle span into place. That there is such bridge of almost the same di- mensions, being shorter by but a hundred feet, in Scotland, which has been in use for 27 years, makes it evil dent that the cantilever type of struc- ture for such distances is not a fail ure and that the lessons which have been taught by the trouble experi- enced in spanning the St. Lawrence thus far will eUanfI1alIv re~t71+ ;~, +t,o completion of the big job, out if the bridge was doomed to collapse it is fortunate that it occurred as it did rather than at time when a great many lives would have been sacri- feed,
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the Rapalpindi district which repre- sent the ancient Texila, famous in the time of Buddha as the principal university town of India, have re- suited in the discovery of a casket containing bones with an inscription indicating that they are those of Gautama himself This is the fourth find of the kind. The first was upon the borders of Nepal many years ago, the second near Peshawar in 1909, and the third at Mirpur Khas, in Sind, a year or so later. The fact that these relics have been found in widely sep arated localities supports the accepted story that after the cremation of Buddha the bones were distributed among his disciples and carried by them to a. number of distant places.
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POLITICAL.
Bonds to Pay for a Border Patrol.

It is now reported that the demo- cratic members of congress contem- plate bond issue to pay for the cost of the present troop mobilization at the Mexican border.
 That such a scheme should be en- tertained for moment Is significant of democratic folly in matters of na- tionaI finance. We have a demo- cratic administration which has re- sorted to revenue devices never known before in this country in time of peace. It has levied a penny here and a penny there; it has established an income. tax that discriminates heavily against a small class of the population: it has just decided upon new and. burdensome imposts to fill treasury depleted by wasteful ap- propriations; but it cannot contrive to pay for current item of military ad- ministratton without saddling the debt on the next generation.
 It is an axiom of sound financing that a debt should not exist longer than the life of the object for which it Is incurred. Nowadays no one dreams of issuing fifty year bonds to pay for road that will last but twenty years. A sane man does not borrow S500 on a prOmissory note to pay watchmen to guard his house for week.
 If we have to issue bonds to pay for a few months muster of troops what shall we do when the time comes to foot the bill for substantial military preparedness ?-New York Sun.
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A Popular ParEeino Place.

MT. Editor: We should bear in mind that the present mayor of Norwich is not only to the manor born put an automobiIst who trades at Home. He and many other automobile owners recognize that 8 stricter regulation for their use is necessary.
 This state should take the minors and drunks out of all cars; and the man guilty of doing injury to sober and sane people on the road or in other cars should get the extent of the law so far as fine or imprisonment go.
 It is gratifying to notice that or ganized labor in this state proposes to have the automobile law amended so there shall be greater efficiency back of the wheel and fewer 16 year old boys driving cars.
 The man who stands for the safety of the people need have no fears con- cerning the vagrant threats of the disrespectors Of the rights of pedes- trians or of city laws. Better men than they are in jail today
 Scotland road appears to be a pop ular parking place for many auto mobilists and there is -oom for more.
 BILL. Norwich, Sept Hs, 1915.
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MUST RESPECT OUR RIGHTS.

The holding up of the Philippine steamer Cebu within the three-n1ile limit of the possessions of this coun- try in the far east by a British war ship resulted in no harm to the ves- gel, it's officers or those on board, but It was nevertheless a violation of rights which that country has agreed to respect.
 That there could have been any question as to the fact that the hold np and examination of the Cebu's pa- pers took place within the territorial Eaters of the United States cannot De questioned and it behooves this government to make a strong pro- lest against such action,
 This is notAthe first time that such an unjustified visit and search has been committed, for it was not many months ago that an American shin was stopped and subjects Of other na- lions who were travelling between neutral ports were removed, only to be released later on when the facts were called to the attention of Great Britain. The present case cannot therefore be looked upon as one where an unintentional mistake was made. Rather must it be regarded as inten- tional and committed at a point which could not have been considered out side the three-mile limit.
 These patrolling vessels unquestion- Rbly- have a duty. to perform and they re expected to do 1t. but that does hot give them the right to.violate, in- ternational law as they did in this ease, and this country will not 4sanc- tiol , 1t any more than it did the methods OF German submarine war fare.
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FLIGHTY SUSAN'S WAYS

to social settlements and western ranchesl
 T was just at the point where I didn't much care whom Susan married, provided he was respectable, and Artie Bingham was so nice that I almost wept with joy and relief. I told her father that 1t seemed too good to be true, after all the scares that child had glVen Us, to have a son-in-law like Artie Bingham. There wasn't one thing wrong with him, from choice of neckties to his bank account. I loved Artie-couldn't help 1t.
 appeared from nowhere and seems to have lost his head completely over Susan and she declares she never real ly cared for any one before she met Lionel and if we don't give our con- sent they'll get married anyhow-and she doesn't even know whether he can pay house rent! And when Artie could have given her everything on earthi"
 Cheer up!" soothed the woman from across the hall. Don't you know that no matter whom your daughter n1arries you'll never be able to figure out the reason why she did it? I've got two perfectly satisfactory sons-in- law this minute that I'm still wonder ing about myself!"
 Aren't daughters awful?" walled Susan's mother. And the funny thing is that not one of the dozens is really, truly good enough for her, if I do say it!"-Chicago News
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HlNpENRuRa,s TASK.

In assuming his new position as chief of the general staff in Germany General won Hindenburg has appar- ently seen the need of a houseclean- ing. Whether he attributes the suc- cess of the allies to the inefhciency of the German generals is of course not openly disclosed, but from the changes which he has made 1t is to be inferred that he does.
 To Falkenhayn is attributed the fail ure to take Verdun and he lost his job because he advocated the shorten ing of the German lines by abandon ing the Balkans and setting up Q de- fensive which could not be broken down It might have been known that the kaiser would not accept such advice. He is not prepared ito aban- don any more territory than he has to and it remains for von Hindenburg at this stage of the war to stave off German defeat.
 He is starting in by placing Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria in charge of all the German forces on the Somme front. Berhardi is sent to command an army on the eastern front and von Mackensen has been place in command Of the Teuton, Bull 5@il''i' anu LII h1SH 1oIceS operating against Rumania from the south.
 Whether this new shift will be able to stem the tide Of advance by the entente allies remains to be seen. If von Hindenburg Gan turn the defen- sive on several of the fronts to an offensive it will be an accomplish ment which justifies the change and which will show that he should have been called to the rescue of his coun- try long ago.
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 MT. Editor: In Tuesdays Bulletin read of holy war proclaimed by the Sunni Mohammedars. Does this not mean the Sonnite Mohammedans? Like the Christians, the Mohanme- dams are divided into two sects, the Schiites and the Sonnites, the former believing in the Koran alone and the latter in the Koran and the Book of Soma, which was compiled of proverbs, parables. etc, gathered from ATohom- cts statements throughout his life
 The SOnnites are the sect common ly known as Red Heads because they wear red turbans, while the Schiites wear white turhans to be distinguished from them, and the descendants of the Prophet wear green turbans. Quarrels between these two parties were at one time commln and disgrac aced GIoham- medism just as the Protestant and Catholic qUarrels have disgraced Christianity.
 l thought that there might be a pos sibility of these Sunni NIohammedans being one and the same as the Son. mites, as there is no Sunni" sect which is part of the Mohammedan religion
 EARLE M. WOOD. Taftville, Conn.,, Sept 13, 1918.
 (In the Standard and Webster's In- ternationa1 dictionaries preference is given to Sunnite in referring to this Mohammedan sect, meaning those that accept Sunna, of which Soma is a variant form. Sunni is a variant form of Sunnite.-Ed.)
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the following towns: Willimantic ?; Stamford 3; Haddam, East Granby, Portland, Southington and Shelton one each Hartford A. These make total of 600 cases in the state. In view of this increase of cases and the number of children who are i'll of the disease all over the state is it safe to open the public schools of this city next Monday as it is now proposed to do? The danger of infantile paralysis is not over in New Haven and beyond all question it is the duty of the board of education to adopt the safest course possible, which is to delay opening of the public schools for at least a week or two longer. We do not want to take risks with the lives of our chil- dren.-New Haven Times-Leader.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
4 Line on she Potato Question.

H Line on c1e FoTaro QueStion.
 Mir. Editor: I have seen several pieces in the papers lately referring to the large crop Of undug potatoes in New England. I have questioned sev- eral potato raisers who generally have 9 large number of bushels of potatoes to sell, and they all have the same answer: About enough for their own use" One man states that the farm CTS are holding the early potatoes for higher prices, but farmers have not got them to hold back. One man says 10000 men are needed in New Eng land to dig potatoes. There are several potato raisers in this vicinity who if they had a few Of those men and had to board them would be doing well to get potatoes enough out of the ground to last them over Sunday. I usually raise some potatoes to sell, but all have this year I can dig myself, but as my eyesight is not good for fine work will get some small boys to pick them up, which they can do very quickly, if they do not spend too much time playing marbles with the potatoes.
 c. w. WfIEEI LR.
 Packer, Conn.,, Sept. 13, 1916
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14

Frederick L Perry, New Haven lawyer is the new man on the re- publican ticket and is a candidate for Secretary Of State. If elected he will be practically on the bench, most of his official time being taken up with the hearing of automobile cases. Con- necticut has had several secretaries who have manfully struggled with au- tomobile questions. Unhappily they have all sk1dded badly. It is clearly asking too much of the man who holds the anomalous position. The thing to do is to relieve the office of the au- tornobile burden and create a real court with abundant powers to deal vigorously as we'll as justly with of lenders, and to transact the routine business. This phase of the automo- bile laws is sadly in need of repairs. It Is running on flat tires The in coming legislature has duty to per- form here.-Bristol Press.
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DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.

Just what the experiment of p1ac- jng the democrats in charge of the hffairs at Washington has amounted to hasfbeen revealed fin a.. number of ways. The country Knows how it has been called upon to make good Through federal taxation for the, reve- hue which was cut off by the demo- eratfc tariff sDtu. It knows also that E period of depression was avoided because ofithe war, which is @ hide bus priceM to 4 pay q, for industzia1
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the stump of a shattered tree and tied himself fast preparatory to picking off the invaders, but was discovered almost Immediately and his limp body, pierced with bullets still hangs there.
 'The line swept northward to the outskirts of the ruined village while fresh troops pressing in from the oth- CT side carried on the work of cleaning up. Within an hour the Irish bat talions had taken the village and thrown out patrols 400 yards north of it. The remainder were firmly dug in"
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has brought us twice to the brink of war and a little beyond. 1t has seen many American lives sacrificed in Mexico and millions of American prop erty destroyed or conflscated by the Mexicans. A policy that has brought nothing but suffering, wretchedness and failure is very properly a vital issue when the president wholly re- sponsible for it is a, candidate for re- election.-Philadelph Press.
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The Mexican Policy.

His policy has made the Mexicans hostile to us and has not protected Americans. It banished and killed Huerta, but has not prevented anarchy, 1awlessness and misery be- coming chronic throughout Mexico. It has not kept the United States on friendly terms with the Mexican gov ernnent, but has caused friction that
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The other day four prisoners in the detention pen at the West side prison in New York escaped by throwing red pepper in the eyes of their keeper and beating him until he was unconscious. Such incidents are so common that they attract but passing glance when they happen under the old style regimes. But suppose this escape had taken place in Sing Sing, under the system instituted there by Thomas Mott Osborne Immediately all the little critfcasters in the country would be pointing triun1phantly to the "com- plete failure of another theory They would rejoice wildly at this proof of their belief that whatever is, is practi- cal; whatever is new, is theorettcal.- Bridgeport Telegram.
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It is a sorry disclosure which is sbeing made in number of cases re- gently where people have been killed by autos. that the driver was without license to operate a machine.
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As might have been expected, when Chief of Staff Hindenburg began to weed out the generals who needed sue cessors he was careful to overlook the crown prince.
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The man on the corner says: No one Is heard bragging about garden which outdistances last springs seed catalogues.
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Many states are glad to welcome
 home their troops, but Villa is as far
 from being caught as the f1ag is from being saluted.
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Now Premier zainis of Greece has resigned. He has no ambition to lead that country in war and that is plain- Iy what it is coming to.
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It doesn't look as if the dear public was getting very much sympathy out of that strike in New York.
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Crocker land is reported to be only @ mirage, but even that was more than the democrats based their pre- dictions on when they promised to carry the Maine election.
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Ex-Governor Baldwin isn't certain
 that ths democrats will carry Con-
 nect!cut this year, and if it was known, there are reasons to believe tkat there are many more in the same party who haven't as much confidence ill success as that. .--4--44->i issssssses1
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Dr. John T. Black, secretary of the state board of health, received yester- day notices of fourteen new cases of infantile paralysis in this state for
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Great Britain seems to think that 1t has a perfect right to seize and open parcel post matter, but it is unwilling to concede such a privilege to Swe- .den when it's property is involved.
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There is many a state which Is pre- pairing to do in November what Maine did on Monday.
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When the German soldiers are told not to eat just for the sake of eating. it is another way of saying that it is patriotic to go away from the table hungry. -
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The Scattered Bone of Buddha.
 The excavations now being carried on by the Archaeological Survey in India among the miles of ruins in
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EDITORIAL NOTES

There is nothing sadder than the farewell song tQ, the straw hat.
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There is joy in the military camp at Nogales, Ariz. A report has gotten around that the militia troops will be mustered out before long, and every officer and every man wants to go home. There is no denying the fact that the Connecticut boys are tired of camp life and anxious to return to civil life. Had there been any active service and excitement the men would feel different. Life on the border is too monotonous, and an order to re- turn home would be received with joy. The training the troops are re- ceiving on the border is of little use to them, and the sensible thing would be to muster them out without delay New Britain Record.