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Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

quests continuation of grant s100,0G0 monthly"
 But. aside from the work in the Turkish empire. it must be remem- bered that large part of our work is among the hundreds of thousands of helpless. homeless, penni ess Arne- nians and other refugees who have fled into the Russian Caucasus, Persia MesopOtamia and other sections out side the Turkish empire and within the protection of the Russian and British lines.
 The following cab1egrams, received from or through the American con- sulates, will suggest the urgency of the need in these sections, not for a supplementary meal, but for a meal, the first morse1 of bread with which to ward off starvation:
 Relief funds finished. Need un- precedented. Require hundred thou sand dollars this month CAfay).
 Request committee to assume re- less children at rate of g per month per child"
 General conditions of refugees has reached critical stage. Nearly two years exiled from their homes. Only negligible proportion have been able to find work in their new environ ment. What little money or posses sions they were able to bring with them now exhausted. Great distress from hunger. Housing bad. Bedding entirely lacking among large propor- ton. In many districts signs of ex- haustion appearing. Larger numbers of old or sick or weak men with fam lilies to support. Appalling number of widows with dependent children. Ma jority will not be able to return to old homes for at least one year. Estimate 10000 orphans here. Need for aid at this time greater than ever before. Urge and implore that New York com mittee continue it's efforts with renew ed vieor if the many thousand it has helped are to be saved. We need mill lion dollars for next 12 months"
 The committee in the last 20 months has spent three million dollars for re- lief in western Asia, without one cent of expense for collecting or admins tering funds and at the present time has no funds whatever with which to respond to the above cablegrams.
 Government aid such our govern ment IS well as France and England have been privileged to give to Bel gium cannot be secured for these peo- pie, since they have no national or ganization with which to deal nor is there any strong protecting govern ment at hand to stand between them and starva ton. They are solely de- pendent upon voluntary contributions to sustain life until they can be re- stored on a self supporting basis. The American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief, No. 1 Madison avenue New York is the only American com mittee administering relief in this area and relief is being administered to the full extent of funds available, one hun dred cents or every dollar going direct for relief, all collecting and admins tr9tive expense being met privately
 Sincerely yours,
 c. V. vTcKREY.
 New York, May 26. 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
WAR TAXATION.

As must be expected, there Is wide spread interest throughout the coun- 1y in the action which wfII b0 tass9n by congress in regard to the revenue bill now before 1t. In the house there was approved the bill calling for S1,- 500 .oO0, 900 in war taxes, whereby all most everything imaginable was in- cluded- The mea sure was drawn with the idea of getting the money. In some cases full consideration was given to the wisdom of the levy. bl,4 in others it was not, as has been dem onstrated by the protests which have been presented by those affected. showing as they did the injustice of the plan which would require certain of those to be taxed to pay more un- der the provisions of the act than they actually received as profit in a year.
 The faults in the measure are be- ing brought to light in the senate where 1t is even claimed that the country does not need as much reve- nue as the bill which came to it from the house would provide. The senate Is endeavoring to get the revenue bills provisions on a basis where they will be equitable for all. There is no need for the imposition of oppressive taxes Such in fact is not aimed at even though according to the house bill such would result in actual opera tion-
 Thus while it may seem that the senate is taking a contrary course to that of the house, 1t must be appre. ciated that it is endeavoring to deal with ths matter justly. It is impor- tant that a certain amount of the ex- pense of the war should be raised each year. The people of today are willing and anxious to do their na rf and they of course look for fair treat nent and wise distribution in the as- sessment- That of course is some thing which should prevail at all times but particularly now when the burden is heavier
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maintaining neutrality. but with the continued determination of Germany to sink all ships, whether beiligerent or neutral, the members thereof must have come to the realization that they have no easy task.
 After all that has been said and done by the Spanish government, the people of that country are now con fronted with the sinking of the steam CT c. de Eizaguirre with the loss of I33 lives, accompanied by the an nouncement that the Begona had also been sent to the bottom. This of course can only be looked upon as adding insult to injury. It is quite plain that Germany does not intend to pay any attention to Spain's protest and it remains to be seen whether that country is going to accept it pas sively or show it's resentment by talk ing steps to protect it's rights, the lives of it's people and its shipping. Germany is taking no steps to pre- vent such a move.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
DRIVING SPAIN TO WAR.

Possibly the Spanish are so consti- tuted that they can continue to accept the sinking of their ships by Ger man submarines and do nothing more than enter protests and make de- mands for reparation, but such will be a surprising revelation if it is true. Yet such is the impression that Spain will be creating in the minds of other nations if 1t continues to hold to it's policy of neutrality Sfter the gross abuse of it's rights an~ repeated dis regard for the promises which have been made to 1t.
 A number of Spanish ships have been sunk by the underwater boats without warning and without jristifi- cation Spain has protested, but de- spite the apparently friendly attitude of Germany and it's proclaimed desire to retain aInicab1e relation with Spain, the Spanish ships continue to go down It was only recently that 2 change was made in the cabinet, because the old cabinet was desirous of breaking with Germany. The new one was selected for the purpose of
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society.

Menin-"New of the deportation of the whole civil population of the Bel gian city of Menin by the Germans brings into the focus of world inter est community which is strangely connected with the inception of the world war; says war geogra 2hy bulletin issued by the National Geo. graphic Society.
 Tt is barely possible that had there been no Menin there might have been no world war, for 1t was at the siege of this little city in 1794 that the Han oVerian army officer, Scnarnhorst. won his first distinction. Subseq uent1y he wrote a military paper on the escape of the Menin garrison and this brought him to the attention of staff officers of various German states and he was offered several commissions He ac- cepted service under the king of Prus- sia and from this time dates the be- ginning of activities that eventually resulted in the establishment of the present-day PruSsian military system, which was the genesis of the holo- the hero of Menin, who induced his sovereign to put aside the Prussian professional long service army which had been shattered ar the battle of Jena and to inaugurate the policy of universal service. This was not or dered, however, until after the origi- nators death from a wound inflicted at the battle of Lutzen in 1913.
 Menin is, or was, a prosperous lit tie town of 20. 900 inhabitants enga ged in the manufacture of lace, cotton goods, and tobacco. It nestles on the banks of the River Lys which here forms the boundary line between France and Belgium for a few miles.
 Less than seven miles to the noth- east of .Menin is Courtrai, scene of the famous Battle of the Spurs in 1902. To the southwest, three and a half miles by rail, is the tobacco manufacturing town of Wervicq, whose 10000 inhab- itants are very proud of the Church of Medardus, founded at the beginning of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1885 1880. It had been rebuilt just be- fore the outbreak of the war.
 Branch lines run from Menin to Roulers, II miles to the north and to RoubaiX. a mile two nearer, in a southeasterly direction. Ypres is Is miles by rail to the northwest. Lille lies to the south, a distance of 10 miles in an air line"
 The Pope has sent ( 800 for the assistance of victims of the war in Lithuania.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
THE ITALIAN COMMISSION

The same sort of a welcome is be- ing extended to the visiting Italian commission that was accorded to those from France and Great Britain. Headed by the prince of Udine, these representatives of Italy, the third commission of it's kind to reach this country since the United States de- clared itself in a state of war with Germany, are here for the purpose of discussing the various phases of war cooperation with the leaders in this country.
 It has been shown that this coun- try can do much in the way of assist ing the entente powers. It can not only aid materially in providing funds for carrying on the conflict but it can furnish engineers, send it's army and navy to help and keep up the steady flow of supplies which are needed in the way of foodstuTs and equipment Italy is of course in as much need of suck things. barring possibly the army ana 2Avy, are the other nations. This country will therefore be asked by this commission to consider its re- quirements and as in the case of the others, there is every reason to be- lieve that it will not appeal in vain.
 The, commission brings evidence of the cordial relationships which are existing between the nations. It gives assurance not only for the present but for the future, and at no time could Italy set forth it's needs, or point out the part that 1t is playing, with bet ter results than right now while it is in the midst of the big drive for the capture of Trieste.
 The commissioners of course bring the pledge of loyalty on the part of Italy in the common cause and as the result of their coming there will be better understanding between the na- tions as to their plans and policies.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
WHEN THEY vARNISHED

"'Where,' I asked sternly, are my things?' She waved hand at the bookcase and I investigated the artf- cles draped over 1t There were my socks and dress studs, patent leather shoes and a handkerchief. Seating myself carefully on pile of books breathed hard. I told Imogene that appreciated immensely her thought fulness but that custom reqDfred one to wear trousers with his dress suit and those of Scotch mixture which had on really would cause comment if I wore them. Also, I needed tie. If one went without tie he attracted attention, but most of all must have a dress suit. That I insisted on, no matter what other makeshifts- en- dured.
 .1mogene was hopping mad, She acted as if she herself was the in jured party. She said that if were as tired as she was, what with house funny-and for mercy's sake, do some
 thing, because the Goodriches were important and we mustn't be tate! And I mile from the village haber- gested lingerie ribbon for a tie, and had mysteries at my hopeful suggea tion of using a dinner napkin for a shirt front No, sir!
 50 I had to go next door. to the Perlzinses' who hate us like poison, and bow and say Good evening" pleasantly, like a book agent, and ask whether I might run a plank from one of their upstairs windows to our bedroom window from whence I could leap into my closet, and if did not stick entirely to the floor, leap back again, with my plunder.
 Looking about as pleasant as gorilla seizing it's prey, Mrs. Perkins said. oh, certainty, if I would excuse the room because she had had a dress maker all day-nothing makes a wo- man madder than having to show you the room in which she's been sewing for twenty four hours.
 electric light globes in the Perkins house with my plank. All the while after I had leaped, Imogene, listening anxiously downstairs, was Shrfeking up for me to remember and stand on only one foot so as not to spoil the varnish any more than was absolutely necessary Did you ever try to spring lightly from stance on one foot. to the end of pank four feet away, meanwhile carrying a shirt, some ties, a pair of trousers and other trifes? Otherwise you have some thing to live for And then Imcgene late for the Goodrich party, But, gol- ly. we had a good time, It was worth billing my glad clothes carefully on top varnish pail as I did when we got home, thinking to keep them out of harms wayi"
 Then what are you kicking abou"s- demanded the Woedlawn man. some people never are satisfied !''-Chica 20 News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
GOOD ADVICE
4 Norwich citixen Givss Information
 of Pricsiess Value.

When you suffer from backaci1e.
 Headaches, dizziness. nervousness.
 Feel weak, languid, depressed.
 Have annoying urinary disorders;
 Do you know what to do?
 Some Norwich people do.
 Read the statement that follows.
 It's from a Norwich citizen.
 Testimony that can be investigated.
 Mrs. A. D. Lathrop. 8 Stanton Ave, Norwich, says: T am recommending Doan,s Kidney Pills because I used several other medicines for attacks of backache and found none as good as Doan's They give great relief always my back. I recommend Doan's Kidney Pills because I think they will help others"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs Lathrop had. Foster -Sfilburn CO. Props. Buffalo. N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

..Pm going to patent a house." be- gan the Hyde Park man, addressing
 his friend from Woodlawn, as they
 grabbed the last two seats in the
 smoking car. 'It's going to be the kind of house with a roof on a hinge,
 and all the floors on hinges, and when
 it is time to clean house all you'li
 have to do will be to raise the roof and fold it back, then turn on hose and sort of swash the place out, the
 water running away through base
 nent drains. Let the wild. sweet air of heaven dry it. Thus would much grief be saved us mortais!"
 'I take 1t that you have not been treated we'll lately" observed the man from woodlawn. "Did somebody get wallpaper paste on your hat?"
 .Huh," said the Hyde Park man. i've q soul above trif7est I don't oh-
 iect to much of anything short of being varnished in! Or out! Every time we house clean. give you my home to find my bed made up on the top stone step to the front door, with plate of sandwiches and bottle of milk beside 1t There simply is no the frenzy, She has only one answer to complaints and that Is. 'But the workmer, said they had to do it!'
 T truly believe that Imogene could beard a war council of the crowned heads of Europe and by firmly an notlncing that the calciminers and varnishers simply had to do it she could completely den1ora1ze them and have them babbIing abjectly at her feet! have grown accustomed through the years to being separated from my cigar jar by ten feet of var nish. and I know what it is to sit gazing at a pile of new magazines fif- teen feet away, but only out of reach. And I've known a lot of other expert enees.
 new fields to explore. found one yesterday. When I left in the morn ing I took my wife by the hand and looked at her firmly in the eye. Re member. Tmogene,' I told her that we are to be vanished out of our bed- room and the bath to-day. and for heavens sake remember to get out all the things that well need. Recollect that a clean collar at eventide is a thing of joy and that a fresh hanky causes a weary husbandman to chortle with rapture! Saying nothing about brushes and combs and socksi' Ir1o- gene did not hear me. She was study ing the calcimine. expecting to dine chastely at a card tabl< in the kitchen, I found Inogene behin5 the dining room screen set up before the living room mantel mirror. excitedly making her toilet. Wasn't it perfectly lovely, she said that the Goodriches had invited us to a dinner and theatre party got up one the srur of the moment and of course she had accepted? Goodness knew she needed a little change from that awful houset And for n1ercy's sake, hurry up! /
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
HOME GARDENS
Compost.

Compost.
 Let me suggest that every one who creates or cultivates a garden helps, and greatly. to solve the prob lem of the feeding of the nations" - President Wilson.
 The Government itself Is making preparations for a war that will last at least another year. The home gardener who is aiding his country by producing much of his own food need; cannot do less; says today's bulletin from the National Emergency Food Garden Commission. Therefore the bulletin continues, in gardening this year the worker should continu- ally be preparing for next year. One principal asset which he can store for next years needs is the experience which will enable him to get con stantly better garden results More concreteiy, he can start now making compost bed for next years uses
 Compost is one of the "quiclet" forms in which fertilizer can be ap- piled to the soil. It can be used pro- ntably in next springs seed beds and in the seed boxes which will be used for starting plants indoors near the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

end of next winter. It is also valu- able for use in hills of melons or other vesetables which need warm soil in the spring and for top dressings of garden beds where quick action of fertilizer Is desired.
 Compost consists of fine, thoroughly routed manure, vegetable matter, and soil mixed together. As soon as you start to gather any garden crops you can begin composing the vast DOT tions. The pea vines, the turnip tops, and waste lettuce leaves can all be thrown into the compost bed. In the city lawn clippings are especially de- sirable in the compost bed Street sweepings-if you are sure they are free from automobile oil--will help greatly to increase the fertility of the compost.
 It will pay the permanent gardener to build a perraren pit for compost, lining it with concrete.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

The writer who thinks that a south : ern nanny will have to go with ev- cry sack of corn meal to make 1t pal atafble, probably hasn't become ac- quainted with Connecticut and Rhode Island Johnny cakes and mullins.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

It Is difficult for some of the anna teur gardeners to understand why they have to go to so much trouble putting vegetable seed into the ground when the weeds have such a capital system of looking out for their own reproduction.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
LETTERS TO HE EDIT0}
National Prohibition.

MT. Editor: Your editorial about liquor advertisements is noted with qualification Certainly all your sub- scribers believe that The Bulletin is a law abiding newspaper. and you are quite right in intimating that the newspapers can get along Yery well without such advertisements.
 But do you not think it an oppor- tune time for The Bulletin to declare not be on solid ground en doing SO? Has it not been proven beyond ques- ton. in the experience of men, that no one can use alcohol as a drink to any considerable extent without dam age to his entire being? Is it not true that you cannot find one single place, whether high toned saloon or low dive, even hotel or club, where alcohol is dispensed as a drink which does not do far more harm than good? Can The Bulletin answer these ques tions in any other way than to say 'fYes ?'
 drink traffic be upheld by any honest and sincere newspaper? Is not this traffic, because dama ging to any and al who drink considerably, and be- cause therefore damaging to the gen. eraI welfare which our government proclaims as it's first concern--is not this traffic plainly an American in- stitution, with absolutely no proper legal or constitutional standing under the American flag, when once the issue is really joined?
 I would respectfully ask The Bulle- tin to consider these questions.
 Sincerely yours,
 ALLEN B. LINCOLN.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

assigned for the greater part of the annual loss by fire in this country every year. That is nothing for the American people to be proud of es- pecially when the fire losses for the past year have tota1ed nearly $215,- O00,000
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

Those tornado swept sections of the middle west and south fully under stand the fact that all the horrors are not created by warning nations A windstorm on a rampage Is an un- welcome guest
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

Governor Mccall Of Massachusetts decides that that state needs it's mon ey for other uses than the promotion of the Pilgrim tercentenary plan at this time It cannot help being con sidered a wise decision
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
EDITORIAL NOTES,

The man on the corner says: The best time to crow about the gardens is after the products are ready for the table.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

Only one pleasant Sunday during May, but there is no telling how many lives have been saved by the wea- ther keeping down the number of au- tomobile speeders
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

Austria. must come to the conclusion before long that the Italians mean business in this present drive which they are conducting.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

WHEN YOU WANT Ip put your bus mess before the pubiIc, there Is no medium better than through the ad- yertising columns os The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
Same Word as Here.

The East Indian word for price is dam" Whether its origin can be traced to the high cost of living in the Orient is not stated.-Providence Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

An official telegram from Berlin an nounces that the federal council has agreed to the abolition of the anti Jesuit laws.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29
Syria and Armenia Need Relief.


 MT. Editor: Thousands of women and children are starving and relief work seriously hampered by a persist ent but absolute erroneous press re- port stating that since the severan ce of diplomatic relations between the amounts of money contributed in thfs country for the relief of destitute Syrians and Armenians have remained in the treasuries of the societies rais- medium through which to transmit them"
 The statement is doubtless we'll in- tended but is decidedly false and lia- ble to do great harm to the hundreds of thousands of destitute people, many of whom are starving and to whom the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief is sending without bin- drance every dollar of money that can be secured.
 This American committee for Ar n1enian and Syrian relief is the only committee ministering general relief in this area They have at no time, either before or since the severance of difficulty in transmitting funds or in administering them through responsi- ble eonSuls, ex- -consuls, American mis- sionaries and other reliable neutral this moment serving in relief admins tration without one cent of expense for salary or compensation from relief funds.
 Far from having money remain in the treasuries of the societies raising funds" the treasury is at this moment $40.000 overdrawn for the simple req son that the committee could not have the heart to turn deaf ear to the repeated cables begging for food with which to feed the starving
 AS to the possibility of getting funds to the Turkish empire, there are three absolutely distinct and safe neutral channels open to the committee, through any one of which they can transmit any amount of money to re- sponsible administrators in the needy sections of the empire where destitute refugees are gathered and the method of transmission is such that there is no possibility of loss or diversion of the money.
 The following cablegram received May 24th. bears on this point:
 'iCompetent committee continues work. American missionaries remain ing in interior helped by consuis charged with American interests con duct distribution as formerly in capi- tai and throughout provinces, undimin- ished. Committee Constantinople re-