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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-26
STORIES OF THE WAR
What the Water Carriers Have to Do. Correspondence of the Associated Press

What the Water Carriers Have to De- Correspondence of the Associated Press
 Carrying water to the thirsty fight through a double barrage of bursting shells from both British and German guns, while the i1iti1ti -colored flares from the German trenches cast weird light over a sf1ell-riven battlefield puts to test the nerve and courage of the bravest. Z Yet the work must be done while the battle is in pfogfess.
 comrades of falling exhausted at11oflg them, fiotindefing through the mud Or into shell ef-atefs. the water carrier yet must struggle oii till he reaches the first line, unless death relieves him of the task. A vivid stofy of one stich journey is told by Victor Grayson, formerly member Of the British par- liament.. now serving as a private in the British army.
 tailed to eaffy up ratiuns to the front line trenches through 8 dual baffage, 3 he writes. We all knew that the boys up the line Were to hop over at day break the following morning, but we were not aware until our sergeant major told us, that they had beeii With out rations for twelve hours.
 t.As mulch as the mud wosaadk permit, our pace vas speeaed up. and we were (board walks laid in ia1ud) myself and
 my immediate eetnpanions each laden with two petrol tins Of water.
 s"The front line was about two miles away. For the first part of the jour- neY a bright moon made the travelling comparatively easy. But suddenly the duck-beards ended, the moon cofa-
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GREATEST CRIME OF THE WAR.

The departure from the accepted rules of warfare, the disregard for in lernational law and the outrages iri- f1icted upon humanity have all come in f1r extended attention ever since the opening of the war. In connection herewith the question What is the greatest crime committed during the war;" was put to number of the prominent men of Europe. "The tor pedoing of hospital ships" was the answer given by one. In the opinion of another ''the declaration of war covered all the crimes while a third looked upon the destruction of the Rheims cathedral the greatest. 4 fourth considered that the murder of sailors whose vessel had been tor pedoed was the limit, while it was the opinion of as fifth that the most abominable deed of the war was the invasion of Belgium.
 In the opinion Of another it was the troubling of the course of hu- man thought and proclaiming the su- periority of war over justice" while another looked upon the intruder of thousands of innocent Armenians with the tacit consent of Germany as the most glaring act. James Bryce said that the most abject crime was the carrying of hundreds of thous- ands of French and Belgian girls in- to Germany to work against their stricken countries. and a professor of international law looked upon the ruin of the moral fotihdatfon of fn- ternational relations in setting up the Tight of the strongest to violate pledged faith with other nations. Still another viewed the war itself as the most atrocious act
 Iii each and every one Of these cases the crimes which have been picked out as the greatest has been c6fhnitted by Germany. Is it any wonder that this country will have nothing more to do with such a gov- eminent that the entente nations insist upon the crushing of Prussiana ism?
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DESPERATE ADVENTURE

gentleman Snorting pu1tple fire and with his necktie under one ear had emerged pyrotechnically from the hurled himself upon the caboose of |, freight train going east at that mo- -nent and he had carried a bag of golf clubs. There had been no chance to train conductor had the telegrarns and what was my trouble.
 There was nothing to do hut chase back to Michigan City and get Cat chett So I wasted gasoline getting graph man stuck out his head.
 "'Say!' lie called. The fellow you sent that wire to three hours ago to wait for you hove in here looking for him you. had gone on to the next town. the one lie had just come from and my! They sure do teach lang uage in them eastern schools, don't tiieyf He spoke a real pretty little piecei"
 .''Whefe is he? I gasped wiping dust. from my eyes and tightening up
 my belt, for you know I had been do irg all this Marathon on an empty stomach.
 Why said the telegraph, man, a fast freight west was just com ;hns through and the last | saw of your riend he was hanging on to the last pla tform with one hand While he ar gued with the brakeman with the
 cthar l suppose. the brakeman tf ought the golf clubs were bombs or something!'
 T didn't like the eSpressiof, on the face of my automobile. You know you can go just 50 far With sof1ie temperafnents and my car has one of that kind. So I spoke soost -nglE. No.' I said I remain here. am through travelling until there is d definite object to travel toward! Giff1 : me a telegraph blank!' So wired Jones, the next town agent, to seize and hold all hazdrds the desperate character with the. bag Of golf clubs On his arrival and distract his atten- tion till I could get there Also to wire me when this was accomplished and I would start In another hour the word came and for the third time travelled that dreary road When I reached the fatal spot, Gatchett zf1d I, with feeble n1oans. fell on each otli- CTS necks and cried our hearts out. Then we hit it up for LaPorte- and when we got there 1t was pouring rain and Bill was still in bed He asked sweetIy whether ] had had a pleasant trip and please have them send up his dinner, too. Now I ask you--'
 You're right said his listeners heartily. 'It certainly was!"-Ex- change.
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have fof it's soie motive the discov- cry of my over wrought form to the eneft1y.
 After half af 1tour of well -nigi hopeless wahdeting. a sf1rieking shell exploded so close to me that the con- ct1ssion lifted my steel helmet from r11y head and a1r1iost blew niee off my feet. At the same moment l tripped dver something and feli-betweer two dead soldiers They had fallen facing each other, their arms extended. For a mo inefit 1 envied them their paih-f1ee sleep.
 "An inscrutabie Providence. rather than ahy eonscious effort on my part brought me to fny dark but we1conie dug-out. My comrades were hugely had counted he afiioi1g the faiien.''
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pletely disappeared, and the resulting darkness acted like g signal to the o1- posing batteries. The air was torn with the lowis and shrieks of shells.
 Tt became a matter of infinite care and considerable skill to pick our way wsre some times so close together as to be divided only by slipping ridge of less than 8 foot in width. The enemy was firing wild and shells were exploding on ali sides with a pfopin duity that made US 'ir1voiuntarily duck our heads and wait for. the Inevitable shower of dirt and mud or worse Every now and then a man would lose his footing, and he and lis cafis would roll with d splash into gaping shell hole.
 Tt seems inconceivable, even irrev- e1-ent, that one should laugh in the midst of such horrors. Hut when 1 saw my" pal in front dart away from straight into the arms, so to speak of a muddy sEellhole on the left, I laughed till stitch came into my side.
 trenches, halt was caiied-not a mo- mef1t too s6on-foa- a rest My water cans had become amazingly heavy, and all of us were panting as we erouched beside our comrades who were waiting in the support trench, in reserve. l had recently suffered from a cold, and I heartily wished that my journey might soon end. After five minutes we started our journey again, and the sergeant-major set a pace that knew myself failing behind, and every fresh effort to catch uf5 with my party only served to increase my exhaustion and limit my breath. At last with a feel ing of utter desolationi I fell beside my cans. The flares revealed to me that I should soon lose contact with my hurrying- comrades, and the mad music of the hurting shells stimulated nfe to a fresh effort.
 For a couple of hundfed yards, i struggled forward. but, weak and be- reft of wind, went down once moro and watched with a sort of guilty des- perntion, the rear file disappear over a ridge between two iofiely she'll stricken trees. It was terrible to feel alone on that tortured field, yet l was not altogether alone. The fitfiii g1ares lighted up for me the uprnistakable faces and forms of the dead, comrades who had fallen on their way to the front line. ...
 "A great weariness seized me, and in spite of the heise afid uf1cafif1y sar- roundings I could haFe gone to Sleep. tash neryed me however; to a final eff fort. I found my way through the stark sentinel trees, and though wand : efinE Blihdiy, With iia further sense of direction, I finally heard voices, Brit isf1 voices and was soon looking down in a standardization tfefich.
 '' Get down quick, digger cried afi officer. Never mind your cans
 'i5ut those cans had become a pre- cfous part of fhy self, and afipping them affeetionateiy I sifthefed 1ffa tiie trench and cofnpafative safety The experience had been thrilling and un- fofgettabIe; but there was water fof sixteen fnefi, And the sight Of the boys eagerly filling their water Bettiet made everything wonderfully worth while.
 aNiy comrades of the ration party hand duly delivered their burdens and fetsifnea. So that fay journey back te the dug s6ut had to be accomplished alone i freely confess that I felt fairly sdaeafnish hs I climbed out, of field again. Every flare seemed ta
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-26
NEEDLESS Loss OF LIVESTOCK.

Mahy valuable plans are being eaf- ried out throughout the country for the purpose of overcoming waste. The heed of this work has existed for a long tin1e- Conditions have caused ii1uch greater attention to be given to such Q matter now than there would otherwise have been, but while there are many ways in which cofi- seryation is being pBacticed there are stili others which are getting too Iit- tie thought.
 One Instance is pretty clearly dis closed by the statement Of the gen eral manager of the Central of Gedr- gia railway when he reports that fEod animals valued at sgD;B9o were killed on the tracks of that raiifdad during the first riine rfioi1ths of this year Fine dairy cows, beef cattle. hogs, sheep and geese, in all tSB2 head of stock were lost through the failure to keep them from the railroad tracks.
 When that took place on one rail- road it represents a serious loss, for with one animal Killed to Every ffii1e of track a loss at that rata through : but the entire country would niearl the destruction of three to three and . half million dollars worth of live Stock in period of nine months. Tn view of the need which the country has for such livestock and the na- tionwide effort being made to save food the general rnahager Of that rail- road is fully justified in asking "Wotild it not De fair and right fof. the own CTS of livestock to keep their cattle within range and away from raiffoad tracks where they trespass to the tal- tiInate cost of everyone ?'
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-26
SENGEHS.

The recent disclosures which have been made to the effect that crews of ships plying between this country and Scandinavian ports have been carrying messages between this coun- try and Germany call net only for the prompt suppression of such commu nicatiohs but the punishment of those who are engaged in such work.
 At first thought it might appear that the messengers are the ones who should be taught a lasting lesson. They certainly cannot be absolved from responsibility but while punish n1tnt is being meted out to them those ~ho -afe even more guilty, the prime snovers in the scheme >anu the real brains Of the plan, should De sought out and be given the full penalty for their spying operations.
 Although a less rapid method was Tesorted to- this system of the agents of Gerf1af1y it this country is much the same as that which was used by Count Luxburg in getting the Swedish legation in Argentina to, send his communication in which he forwarded lis famous 'sink without trace f1es- sages to Berlin. Those who lent their services in both instances are tools of master minds and it would be grossly ifnproper to look upon the punishment of the hirelings as suff1- cieht to put stop to such opefatioi1s The leaders are the more guilty and no efforts should be spared in giving them taste of the law. Until such Is done it can be expected that they will continue to carry on their activi- ties and keep the enemy informed to the best of their ability. This couii- try must likewise adopt sotf1e method Of making it less easy for such n1es- sages to be gotten into the hands of crews going to neutral ports.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-26

the sorrows of the world and a lovef of peace among men. Even after the war had run for a year Henry Ford could see nothing more in it than this European question and with this in mind he launched his peace expedi- ton with the slogan: Out Of the trenches by Christmas" And that was Christmas 1915,
 But at last the deliberately planned and rutnlessly executed policy of saw asery and frightfulness SD carefully w0rked out by Gex1nany's military leaders has borne fruit. The eyes Of the entire world have been opened to this modern menace to civilization, the voices of the pro-GeTTuans have been hustled, those of the pacifists arc becoming more and more quiet and louder and louder in spite of prf- walton and Bereavement is heard the voice of united America that the thing
 must be seen through to d ffnish Frightful as has been the cost of thr war. it will have- been wortf, it all if after its conclusion the world max discard forever the standing army and navy. This can never come about until the spirit of nni1itarism is definitely conquered. Tine allied na- tions, if free front the burden of mili- tary expense will be able in the suc- ceedirg .generatiens to pay all that hut if armies and navies must still be maintained. this will be Impossible Should the struggle end in Gernany's victory or even in a draw, general Bankruptcy Is inevitable. It has been truly said that unless Ensland wins she loses but unless Germany loses she wins.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-26
Cut This out-It Is Worth Money

Don't miss this. Gut out this, slip, enclose with SC and mail it to Foley & Co, 2s36 Sheffield Ave- Chicago. III, writing your name and address clear 1y You will receive in return a trial package containing Fo1ey's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs. colds and oroup; Foley Kidney Pil1s, for pain in sides and back. rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder ailments, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathaftic for con- stipa ton, biiiousness, headache and Sluggish bowels. The Lee & Osgood
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plying only when they are forced to

pIyIng 0nIy WTeH tHey arc I0ICeu lo 1t.
 But regardless of the hitches and drawbacks it is apparent that a large number of the people have given their cooperation to this effort in recognf- tion of the need Of doing their part. This is shown by the estimates of government authorifies that s90,00o tons of food necessary for the carry ing on of the war have been saved in the past six weeks through self de- niaI It is certainly an important ac- complishment and one worth working Tor but it should be an inspiration for those who are not participating to join in the great movement. It is a vital way of meeting war cundi- riOuS
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-26

Reports show that the New Haven road has moved over a third of d million more tons of coal into New England than it did last year, but the' unfortunate part of it is that the water transportation lines cannot show as large gain.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-26

While there. has been a steady stream of packages from the stores to the homes in the past two weeks or more. a lot of them will be stored on the backward journey. this morn- ing.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Individually and collectively con- gress must be tuned up to war time. Politics and time serving must be eliminated. There is only one bus iness-that of waging war and every thing must be made subservient to the one end-winning the war
 Investigate but don't whitewash. There is nothing to be ashamed of in eonfessing a mistake and even a crime might be condoned if it's dis eovery led to constructive changes- Meriden Record.
 So eabarets are an amusement, and a ten per cent. war tax m ust be paid. and drink by those who frequent this form of entertainment" in New York, it might seem that the propfietors could afford to pay the war tax. But evidently Arguing that if they can af- ford to pay the present scale they will not care for ten per cent. more. Prob ably the war tax will be set at twenty per cent. following the eustom of some New York theatres.-New Haven Register.
 Those who have lived in Germany and have been so warm in their praise of the German home life, the kindli ness, the industry of the people; real ly understand the German mind less than do those of us who have never been in Prussia; for they know only the nation at peace and do not real ize how war and nnilftarisn1 have transformed it from home loving hu- man beings into beasts of prey. The u1ilitarism of Germany, the absolute obedience to superiors and the heart less way in which those who oppose them are killed, can only be under stood by those who know both sides Meriden Journal.
 If the coal. situation continues to become more serious iii Hartford it might be well for the city to consider very shortly the desifabiiity of establishing a card system for d, dis- tributing the available supply. There now by reason of the fact that dealers have been instructed to i'm it deliveries to two tons and not to deliver coal to persons Who have a. supply in their cellars. But. if we should have real famine. 1t would be advisable to put this informal a1.- rAngefnent on d formal and . of= f1caal basis in order that tfe sittiaE
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1t 'is hard for those who have boys and relatives at the training camps to understand why they couldn't come home when many of the ihterned Ger= mans were allowed the privilege of a furlough for Christmas
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It would De interesting to know just how much of the disclosures which are being Brought out by the investigating committees is real news to Germafiy. z
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When Trotzhy declares that thers is an lnvincible army ready to attack the Cossacks from the rear it is en4 tirely possible that the wish is father to the thought. ..
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? Most people viii be gfatifed at the decision of the c1al miners to take
 but one day off for Christmas Not so, however with the school children,
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The socialist newspaper vorwaerts Of Berlin has been suppressed for telling of the food conditions there. This loeks very much like punisha mefit for telling the truth.
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With the almost daily report of some aviator losing his life in this country the dangers of flying are by fio means cohfined to the battlefronts
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Now that Christmas and the Red Cross membership campaign are over, everyone can turn attention to the storing up of thrift and war stamps.
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The beef barons claim that they are not guilty of what is charged against them. and of course no one would ever suspect them.
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If it is true that Russians are starv- ihg and supplies are being sent> from that country to Germany and Aus- tria, the ~boIsheyiki are undermining their own govefnfnent
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EDITORIAL NOTES,

The man on the corner says: Flat pocketbooks indicate that it would be poor time to negotiate loan.
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Reports of typhus in Senegambia are now denied. II is d fact however, that on board some ships which called at Dakar cases Of acute malaria were dis covered.
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ion might be handled most inte4ii-

ton might be handled most inte4h gently.
 Coal cards would be issued from a central authority and tttis at teinpts to purctase would be regu- lated while c6i1ipei1ihg dealers to honor cards, as presented, as i6ng as they had coal and fofbiddihg them cards would regulate distribution ifi a fair manner A card system merely offers a fair and systematic n1ahner of appertioning a necessary eomodity in which there is a scarcity and instead of being feared as an intrusion upon deaiefs' and cQf1siifIiers' rights should be welcon1ed-f1af tford Post
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rhe feurth chrlstnas has passsd

The fourth Christmas has passed and the soldiers are still in. the trenches n6r does afy human. being When the first German troops started for the front it1 August, 1914. the kali Ser told them Shat they wotiid be back victorious before the leaves fell rom the trees Someone has, since meant pine trees For tho first few months Of the mighty struggle peo- ple could see nothing in it but the ng-expected contest for the mastery of Europe and iii this America had no part except that of a mourner for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-07
KERENSKY MOVES QUICKLY TO
THWART PLOT TO AID GERMANS

the Bolsh~vfki and kindred rnalcon.
tents Of the extreme radical ranks
20 control In Russia has b~en prae-
ucally forced by tho action Of lead
eru of tho petrograd soviet OF work.
men and soldiers in canvassing sol.
dicrn Of the Pctrograd garrison.
Thru Leon Trotsky. a Bolrh~viki
leader. tho garrison has bcen formal
~ approached and urged not 10 obey
any OF the governments orders I'M
lcss approved by the military com
mittcc Of the soviet.
In his address to the preliminary
parliament. kercnsky declared:
These forces must bo sup
pressed"
Tho congress has not yet acted on
the prcmior's request Sweeping
changes In the high army command
wore forecast from tho Dismissal OF
Con. vcrkhovsky NJ minister Of war
and his transfer to the Caucastan
front.
The military committee OF the 20
Wet. Kcrensky declared. distributed
arms and cartridges 20 some Of the
workmcn. II In therefore necessary
10 infer that among a part Of the
population a revolt has been
started"
The government has ordered the
necessary arrests
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-07

By rr.ed Press Leascd wtr~
PETR0GRtD. Nov. 7,-f1atfy
declaring that the Maximalists
threaten to open the front 90
Germany" Premier kerrnslsy
today asked the preliminary
Russian parliament N u would
support the government In sup
preston Of their attempts 10
seize civil and war powers.
A definite break between the BIOL.
sh~viki-coutrolicd local soviet OF
worknen and soldiers and the Rus.
sian general army staff came today.
Tho soviet military committee or.
dercd troops at pctcrhof. Paulovska
and Taarko-Sclo TO disohcy orders
from tho war ministry nummoning
them 10 Petrograd
Tho government authorities acted
promptly. They disconnected prob
ably raised the draws all bridges
over the river connecting tho work.
mems quarters In the city and sup
pressed three MaIimaiist and two re-
dictionary newspapers.
Kcrcnsky's open indication that
he proposes TO usso all governmental
powers In crushing tho attempt Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-07
CHINESE KILLS
COUSIN IN ROW
OVER 500 DEBT

Houi- Wing. 10. n Chinese. WINS In
Jail "wednesday charged with having
shot and killed his cousin. iiouie
bow. 20, n Chinese oaanery worker.
at Seventh ave. and King st. Tues
day afternoon. Both afo members
OF the Hip Sing tong.
Wing. police say. charges the dead
man with had faith when he refused
TO pay back 800 that he is alleged
TO have given How, They were going
to form q partnership In n laundry
In the city.
Ivan uozoroff. Russian iaborcr.
who recently arrived from Alaska.
and who was going 10 his rooms AZ
18th ave. =. at tho time OF the
shooting. was the only eye witness.
lie said he heard some shooting. and
turning about. nav young Wing
standing over tho dead mans body.
wing i- alleged 90 have sent two
more shots into Bows body while
standing over him.
iiozoroff was held on $500 bail TO
appear as witness when called.