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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-28
HOSPITAL INTERNES
 OUT ON STRIKE

St. Louis, Nov. 27.-Forty-ons jun for rinternes at the City hospital were dischargedlastnight etaoin etaoin h discharged last night by >Dr. Cleveland H. Shut, hospital commissioner. af- ter they threatened to walk out un- less the commissioner agreed, to SUD- port a bill now pending before the board of aldermen which provides a salary of $25 a month for internes. Seven hundred patients in the insti- tuition were without medical attention until members of the visit staff could be summoned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-28

Harry Pollock, manager of Freddie Welch, declares his readiness to wag- CT $5,0OO on the chances of the former lightweight champion in a return bout with Bennie Leonard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-28
XZZ1l


 Making a Soldier
 of Sugar
 AS we have sent abroad to fight for 4 Amerca-as we have money-as have drafted steel, with other commodities, into fight ing-service Or enlisted wheat and other fighting foods must make soldier of sugar.
 Nutriment for the nations at war Is as vital to the outcome the powder that feeds the guns A great nutrient in time of peace-in veriable sinew-sugar called upon play heroic part to supply the peoples of Alies-whose strength To wrap up sugar in the American flag, SO to speak and put into the fight becomes duty of loyalty It will be borne cheeruly by every industry every dealer, and every individual it falls upon Upon certain industries falls heavily-and especially the workers who derive their living from them. Yet the American civilian IS in this with the soldier Amer ican business great and small American capital from Wall Street to the remotest country bank is with the Gov ernment every step of the way. The U s. Us We all of us in the fight with everything we have for the sake of everything cherish. This company regards 1t privilege to com ply with the Governments request. made similarly to all manufacturers employing sugar in quantity duce output fifty per
 To the end of conservation we pledge our farther efforts in every direction that opportunity may disclose, in manufacture we'll beyond the scope of immediate interests and in this effort generally we bespeak the cooperation of dealers and consumers everywhere.
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
THE END or THE BLACKLIST.

The announcement which has been
made by Great Britain that it has
dropped its blacklist, which applied to
certain business houses in this coun-
Try and prohibited subjects of Great
Britain from having any dealings
whatever with them, is only what was
70 be expected as the result of the new
state of affairs The conditions which
existed at the time when it was con-
sidered necessary to establish such
4 list have been changed by the
entry Of this country into the war, so
that there is now no reason for its
being maintained
When this country was maintaining
It's neutrality it was willing OF course
20 deal with any of the beIigerents,
md it of course did so insofar as it
was possible. 1t was prepared to sell
whatever could be taken away and
the result was that there were many
instances where goods which had been
imported by firms n this country were
Immediately sent back across the wa
ter and found their way through neu-
trail countries that side into Ger
many. That of course was not pleas
Ing to Great Britain and it was de-
termined to sec that its goods did not
travel any such roundabout route and
eventually become of service to its
enemy The blacklist was the result
1t may have included some that were
not guilty Of such acts but it was a
case where mistakes could easily be
made with no other object than self
protection.
With this country in the war, how
ever, it can be expected that the au-
thorities here will take good care to
see that nothing of the kind is hence
forth permitted. The blacklist is no
longer needed and can safely be re-
moved. This country is in fact com
ing to the realization that it may be
necessary to deny neutraIs foodstuffs
unless they can give definite assurance
that they will not and their way into
the territory of the central bowers. |
as there is reason to believe they have
done in the past
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
JOSEPH BRADFORD
BOOkBXNDER
Blank Books Made and Ruled to Order
1903 BROADWAY

which and Rheims the French have re-
Gently scored notable victory, ad-
vancing along front of nearly 70
miles.
Although It remained untouched
when the Germans made their first
sweep through northern France, ad-
vancing to the Marine, scissors was
sorely buffeted In the benbardment
Aisne. and was further damaged dur
ing the weeks battle of SCISSORS at
the end of which the French were
forced to retire across the AlSne al Il
point to the east of the city, in jan
uary, 1915.
..Bombardments. sieges and pillag-
ings are part and parcel of Scissors
history Indeed, few cities in Europe
possessing as little strategic signlf-
canoe as this pace have suffered as
greatly in war. In early Roman days
the place was known as Noviodunum,
chief town of the Suessones. Here
the last of the Roman governors of
Cfaul, Syagius, was defeated toward
the close of the fifth century by Clovis
the Frank. And in this city, which
witnessed his triumph over the foreign
foe Clovis was welded to Clotlldas
she about whom so many romantic
legends have been woven and who fin
ally prevailed upon her husband to re-
ncunce paganism and embrace Chris
tianity Long before this notable
event, however, scissors had become
an important place in the chronicles of
the Christian faith for it was here in
297 that the famous shoemaker no
bies, the brothers Crisptn and Crlspin-
ian suffered martyrdorn.
Among the many stories tod of the
trials and triumphs of these two apos-
ties is one which relates that the Ro-
man project Rictiovarus commanded
that they be cast into caldron of
boiling tar. The brothers emerged I'M
scathed and refreshed after the bath.
much after the manner of their Jewish
forerunners. Shadrach, Mesheck and
Abednego, from the fiery furnace in
Babylon. Rictiovarus, upon witness
ing this miracle, cast himself into the
caldron and was consumed. But the
martyrs were subsequently beheaded
and their remains rested for time in
the city of their execution.
Across the Aisne from scissors is
the suburb of st. Medard, famous for
its celebrated abbey which was one of
all France during the middle ages. II
was in this institution that the Roman
Louis the Plus was held
prisoner by his own sons in the 9th
great teacher was confined for time
after the tragic denouement of the
Heloise romance
"Soissons was the rallying point for
shattered army after the
ba tile of Waterloo. During the war of
1870 the town capitulated to the Ger
mans after a three days bornbardment.
Only a few years ago a monument was
erected in q public square of the city
to the memory of those citizens whom
the Teuton invaders shot.
AT the time of the outbreak of the
world war scissors had a population
of Is, 900. It's chief industries were iron
and copper foundries, boiler factories.
and the manufacture of agricultural
straw hats and glass. It's
grain market was important and it |
was famous for its haricot beans"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
HOME RULE IN IRELAND.

For a long time the Irish question
has been the cause of much trouble
for England. There has been per-
sistent fight on the part of certain
leaders and certain sections of that
island for home rule. Just as strenu-
Gus efforts have been put forward by
others for the continuation of the
present government under the British
parliament and up until just before
the time when the war broke out there
appeared to be little prospect of any
material change taking place there.
Notwithstanding this the efforts have
been uncea sing and those who have
left the isle have never put this prob
lem out of their minds.
In the prosecution of the war Great
Britain has found the home rule sit
uation Of much enbarra ssment. 1t
has occupied attention which could
with profit. and it is as vet unsettled.
But progress is nevertheless being
made. Like other big things it moves
slowly but it is apparently getting to
the point where something is going to
be done, if faith can be placed in the
statement of Premier Lloyd George
and there is no reason why there
should not be, when he says, We
must convert ireland from a suspic-
cheerful loyal comrade. Settlement OF
the Irish question is essential for the
peace of the world, and essential to a
speedy victory in the war. 1 appeal to
the patriotism of all men to sink
everything for the one purpose of get
ting this question out of the way
With such a man back of the matter
ireland has greater hopes than ever.
It is expected that he will offer home
rule to those counties which vote to
accept it and it can be told in ad-
vance that that will include the great
MAJ ority of them. And by the man
ner in which Ireland's affairs are cor
Quoted under such arrangements it is
entirely probable that the others will
be convinced of the advisability of
such a plan and that their interests
will be properly taken care of, so
much so that they would be willing to
go under home rule themselves in a
few years. It is certainly worth a
trial and it IS to be hoped. if adopted,
that 1t will prove a marked success
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
STEAM VS.. SAILING VESSELS.

When this government reached tho
decision that it would not insure sail
ing vessels which enter the war zone
1t decided wisely 1t did not come to
his conclusion for the purpose of dis
coura ging the construction of such
ships, but solely because it was real
lied that the submarine menace is
such that il would be an act of folly
to think of sending a fleet of those
vessels across the water with the ex-
pectation that they would be able to
reach their destination.
Sailing vessels are slow. They are
excellent prey for the underwater
boats for they do not possess the speed
which would make it possible for them
10 run away even under the most ia
Vorable conditions and with a calm
prevailing it would be absolutely i'm
possible to offer resistance The sail
Ing vessel is not one which can be
satisfactorily armed for defense and
to attempt to resort to such a type
would simply be inviting a greater
loss than is already being experienced
by the present type of merchant YES
sells.
1t is not to be supposed, however
that the construction of wooden yes
sells. which are TO be operated by
steam. is discouraged by this decision
hut on the contrary they are needed
and viii be built in large numbers
because the material can be quickly
obtained and a force Of men can BE-
used in their construction which would
not be the case if iron huIls were in
sisted upon.
But that does not mean that sailing
ships will not be useful henceforth, for
there will be even a greater opportu-
nifty for utilizing them in the cOasting
traffic where everything that floats is
now being put into commission. 1t
is the fast steamship which is required
for getting through the war zone and
past the submarines. This is true be-
cause of the greater speed and also
because guns mounted on their decks
can be used with accuracy and the
sailing vessels will serve to relieve
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01

When it comes to relief work in
taking care Of those who are victims
of wars and disasters a service of ire
mendous value is rendered by the Red
Cross. 1t finds plenty of work to do
and 1t does it in a comnendabIe man.
ner whenever and wherever it is I'M
dertaken. Its services are impartially
rendered; it plays favorites; it is
always ready to do its part where duty
calls, where misery and suffering exist
and where succor can be rendered to
the MANNED.
Since the American Red Cross was
Incorporated twelve years ago it has
spent a total of nearly eleven million
dollars for the relief of those who
have fallen in war, for the aid of
those who have been made homeless
by some disaster. or in extending as
sistance to widows and orphans.
1t is. as has been SO well said in a
bulletin just issued by the national
organization, relief clearing house,
permanent, responsible and expert
enced. 1t is a semi governmental
agency for the collection and distribu-
ton of money and supplies for relief
purposes. It is the only volunteer So
ciety authorized by the government
to aid our land and naval forces in
time of war. It gives volunteer AID
to the sick and wounded. 1t gives aid
to the dependents of soldiers and sail
ors. It makes no distinction of class,
creed or race.
It is an organization OF which the
country should not only be proud but
in which everyone should take a part
in providing it's support. No greater
work in behalf of suffering humanity
could be ugurated. 1t is more than
an emergency organization for 1t is
ready on call to carry on its work
and it strives to keep alive the neces-
sary interest in its work at all times,
and not solely when war is In prog
ress or when some calamity has visited
a section of the country. The Red
Cross Is worthy in every respect and
it should continue each year to be n
bigger and better agency in its partic-
ular line.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01

I'm so anxious to hear about your
visit to Dora said Mrs. Gray as she
took out her knitting. Il just had to
come over and ask you about it. You
must have had a perfectly lovely
time
Yes admitted Dora's mother
somewhat tepidly. IS she drew up a
chair. Il had a pleasant tine
How delighted the dear child must
nave been to show you all her things!
suppose she has a beautiful home? ?"
Yes" agreed the mother. "a very
pretty house.
81 was surprised to see you home so
soon though went on Mrs. Gray.
Didn't you expect to stay with Dora
until next spring."
Yes, but 1 decided not to. You
see" The mother of Dora paused
as If considering the wisdom of speak
ing her mind You see. I simply
Couldn't stand it! Why" Mrs.
Gray's voice trailed away, and the
hostess drew Ter chair closer.
you know" she began. what an
untidy girl Dora always was at home.
used to have the worst time with
her! She left things strewn ali over
the house. I never will forget the
time she'd been cracking nuts on the
James tripped over the driver-1'll
always believe that was the reason he
left his pictures to Cousin Celia. Then
Dora left open books on every chair,
and people were always sitting on
them. My mahogany table still shows
the marks of her tracing wheel that
time she tried to make a bathing suit
And you remember yourself, Mrs.
Gray. what a state my house was in
that time 1 left Dora In charge and
went to the federation Why, she
even had the laundry soap piled up on
top of the piano. AS for cooking, I
couldn't even get her to make a salad.
She hated it.
We'll, l never told you about 1t, but
felt it my dirty to tell Peter what he
would have to expect told him
Dora'd never make a housekeeper.
But. then. you know how men are
He was fairly huffy. and said he didn't
want a housekeeper, anyway he
wanted Dora.
you can imagine how I dreaded
going to visit themi OF course I was
anxious to see Dora, but when /
thought of all her lovely wedding
presents and the state they'd be in
1t made my blood run cold. How
sver, I screwed UP enough courage to
60"
She paused dramatically, and Mrs
Gray dropped a stitch.
When I arrived" the mother went
On in a lowered tone, the house was
in perfect order. I appreciated the
dear child's thoughfulness-of course
she had done it to please me. It is a
dear little house, brand new, with new
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
THAT HOUSE OF DORA's

furniture and rugs and hangings that
| have not yet acquired an everyday,
homelike look. My room was all rose
| and gray, and so sort of bare and ar
tistic that it looked like one of those
| bedrooms you see on the stage-it
hardly felt private. So the next morn
ing 1 thought I'd make 1t look a lit
| tie more honelike and pinned up
some pictures from the Sunday pa
pers. When Dora came in she looked
awfully shocked.
don't 60 with the room at ali! !!
wouldn't if I were you
so I took them down. After
breakfast I sat down to write some
letters at Dora's desk in the living
room. I'd just got quietly settled
when she came in. IF you don't
mind mother, I'd like to ask your ad-
vice about rearranging the furniture.
I'm not quite satisfied with it. If
we put the desk over there and the
bookcase here
Well that was the beginning We
spent the morning arranging furni-
sure. We tried 1t in every conceiv-
able way, while Dora stood off and
squinted her eyes like an artist or
somebody who knows how to look at
impressionist pictures. Finally we
put 1t all back the way It was at first.
Il left my glasses on the mahogany
Dora nearly had a fit for fear they'd
scratch the varnish. Then 1 put up
a calendar over her deSk-a very
pretty picture of young girls head
shat the coal company had sent in
and well, really, if it had been the
enemy's flag in time or war she
couldn't have torn it down more in
dignantly. When I left my knitting
on her sewing table she said it spoiled
the color scheme of the room. Really,
she was so careful of her house that
1 began to think she lived for it, not
just in it."
The two women rocked for a mo-
ment in silence. Then the mother Of
Dora resumed with a sigh.
at was that way all the time 7 wa s
there. [ got to being so afraid I'd
spoil or misplace something or look
out OF key with my surroundings that
1t was making me i'll. I simply
couldn't stay any longer. so I told
her I'd have to come home and sew
FOR the Red Cross. But before I left
7 tried TO fathom the reason for the
way she'd changed. And what do you
think She said? FOf course, mother
this is my own house. Naturally L
take more interest in 1t than 1 ever
did in yours. You might have known
] would"
The mother looked about her own
comfortable room, with It's cozy, lived
in air.
And this is my own house." she
said. Naturally I can take more
comfort in it than in Dorass. It's good
to be at home n."-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
HOME GARDENS
Cabbages.

No other vegetable has increased in
popularity j nthe past few years as
garden lesson from the National
Emergency Food Garden Commission
of Washington, which is cooperating
with The Bulletin to bring about the
heavy planting of home gardens in
Norwich this year
Formerly its principal use was by
the German population in the United
States. Today it is universally eaten.
1t is plentiful in the late fall, winter
and spring months, when other green
Properly cooked cabbage is delicate
and digesttb-e- Over cooking of cab
bage makes it indigestible. Young
cabbage should never be cooked long
er than 80 minutes, and winter cab
bage not over As minutes.
Cabbage is a heavy garden feeder
and a quick grower. For that reason
it should have rich soil if possible,
and if the planting is done early
enough in the spring it is possible to
get two crops from the same land
Cabbage does we'll in heavy soil
particularly large cabbage-and for
back yard garden. It is too late now
for the early crop unless you can buy
Seeding plants, just the right time to
be planning for the late crop.
Cabbage plants are improved by
transplantine- For late cabbases,
therefore, the seeds should be plant
ed in a small outdoor. bed in May
Plant the beeds in rows about inch
es apart. A quarter of an ounce of
seed will produce enough plants to
make 100 feet of row. When the seed
lings come up they may need thin
ming out the excess plants being trans
planted in the seed bed if desired
In July transplant these seedlings
to the garden, placing the plants IS
inches apart in rows 8 feet apart or
slightly less. The same method of
transplanting should be followed now
with the early seedlings which you
have bought or grown in indoor seed
boxes.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Two influences have played a more
or less disastrous part in England S
handling of her war problem. One
was the refusal of the government to
enforce the draft system of organic
ing her armies, and the other was in
the enforcement of a rigid censorship.
The imperial government of Germany
may have need of a censor in order
that the German people may be kept
in Ignorance of what is happening, but
chat kind of nourishment would soon
poison free men. The American peo-
pie can be relied upon to take care of
those of their fellows who abuse their
just as the influential news
papers of the country will find A way
to silence their restless prattlers.-
New Haven Journal-Courier-
The slIhnarina dares attack tia
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01

armed ship practically only when
submerged when its valuable torpedo
may be wasted. 1t finds only compar-
alive safety on the surface at night
because it leaves a phOSphOreScent
trail as it travels along. The study
of these problems offers Connecticut
wonderful chance to add to it's lau-
rels as the state of great inventions,
We manufacture the U-boats on our
own coast and are in a position to
know more of their Vagaries than folks
from other states. If this state dis
covers new and more effective meth
Cd of combating them it will give
one of Americas most important con-
tempted to advise Connecticut Yam
KEGS to quit giving gardens attention
and concentrate on the U-boats.-
Waterbury Republican.
While the members of the Britiah
end French commissions are politely
careful to avoid making suggestions
as to what the United States ought
to do in the war they have per-
mitted the impression to be pro-
duced that they would like to see
American troops on the battle front
in France. They evidently regard
the sending over of an eXpeditionary
force by this country as of military
as we'll as sentimental Importance.
1t seems to be the idea of the com
missioners that the three things most
needed by the Allies are money, food
and men, and the relative urgency of
the three needs if expressed in the
order in which they are named. But
the greater urgency of the need for
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
THE WAR PRIMER
BY National Geographic Society.

scissors, one of the many unfortu-
nate cities of northern France around
which the varying fortunes of the
French and German armies have ed
died and flowed since the first days of
the war, is again i'll the zone of bonn
Dardment. The National Geographic
Society issued the following war geog-
raphY bulletin on this city hetUa can