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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
Miss Lora Maheu.
EIks Goinq to Boston.

Many members of the local lodge of Elks will go to Boston today to attend the ElkS' convention.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07

Attest: HELEN NJ DREsCHER.
 Clerk
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27
MRS. MARY ROBERTS RNEHART WRITES
INTERESTINGLY OF WAR MATTERS

Just Why are Sc ia this waf' Fof
democracy For the sake Of Belgium
For the ancient law among nations
that the word OF people Is its oath
. Perhaps Tor aiI of them Perhaps
too because Rr could not keep oui
Ne tried Whatever mag have been
our record tH the past Il can never BE-
said 81 us that we brought this war on
ourselves ar that sc failed to use every
honorable method to kecp oft of The
death grip Of Europe, II We were long
Ia coming 10 our decision. IA was be-
cause SO remained incredulogg We
wore asked 10 believe something that
vas hard to believe.
So Ne waited and hoped and stressed
every point of international law 20 the
breaking poIHt because Of this thing
Sc Would not believe We wure a cleau
and humane people So can under
"fHHH 'HbR' fHHai 'ih'ifNs We nave ba1
sad experiences OF thu hysierta az
crowds But We can not understand.
and today Ne hardly credit, the cruelty
ri government
Had GermaHys cruelty ceased With
Belgium, she might In time have made
her case before the world For three
years In that wretched country she
has been covering her tracks
Where Germany aungled
but Germany has bungIed. She has 4
isclaimed frightfuluess r. Belgium
,hly 10 bring 1t home 70 the world az
arge She has introduce d into warfare
.uch cBueltios Of killing. such inhuman
methods such destruction. such eon-
ompt ct the laws at var as have set
he world pale with horror She has
ddpd hate o The vocabulary Of war
nd hatred Is a Coutagton +
Vet pe,sistently and in the face OF
h. cyi,ence, she has disclaimed the /
troctles In Belgium She has been /
.iitug so shoulder the sinking Of
omen aud children IN unarmed ships
he is proud Of the invention OF poison d
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27

and the use of the submarine against
gases and af liquid fire She believes
that the Smelling Of unfortined cities
S4elpfess bshlng boats will. on her In.
IiiatiEc, be accepted hy the next Hague
convention as ethical and legal
But ebe conttauea "a dtselaim the
atrocities In Belgium why should she
not The Thousands u ho died In pro.
trctlng the advance Of her army the
other thousands who were shot with
pui Inquiry against The brick wallis Of
captured towns, those men Who were
boyenetea while trying so protect their
women from the assaults ST drunken
soldiers the little children whose
bodies lay HBbHrlod rs the roadside i
none of them viii ever tell the story.
The atrocities a Belgium are true.
They are matters Of record German
soldiers then elves have set down the
details ia the liaries their Government
gave them | have read some Of those
diaries lot all German Roldiers turned /
lal0 beasts ia Belgium There are sons
ho record that the horrors sfckened
them II is rot true that the German
Government ordered assaults on wo.
men bat II did order lootiBg and arson
md Wholesale murder
The result Of that order for lootIng
Nas mob OF drunken men whose
victims to-day 8n great graves /
A War Against Brutality /
To the American people to-day this
q a war mol only 81 democracy against
autocracy, not only of The
'reakiaE Of treaties, not ut all OF dlplo-
matte Juggling and disputed points of
avs II is war against brutality and .
a war against cruelty. a b
iar against rutblessRess and barbarity /
nd Incredible sayagery; q war against
he German conviction that nleht * /
light IL
King Albert Gr Belgium told me in IL
II Interview Thousands of civilians IL
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27

have been killed without reason. Tho
/ execution Of hoacombatents Ia not war
aud no excuse can be- made for II such
deeds can not be- called var"
"hnt II the townspeople ared on the
Germans" / asked
An weapons had been depoaItad IN
the hands of the town authorities II
Is unlikely that any organized attack
by civilians could have been made
However. If Ia individual eases shots
we're fred At the German soldiers this
may always be condoned In country
suffering inyaston During an occupa-
ton t would be different naturally
No excuse can be offered for such an
action IN occupied territory"
Civilians ussa to Shield Troops
Various Belgian officers have told
me Of seelag crowds Of men, women
and children driven ahead Of the Ger
man army 10 protect the troops This
Is SO incredible that must ash
It has any foundation Of
truth ~
u Is quite true II IL a barhafous
md iabumaa system Of protecting the
German advance. when the Belgian
soldiers fred on the enemy they Killed
beir own people Again and again
innocent civilians Of both sexes we're
sacrificed 10 prolee, the Invading army
lafiag attacks. A terrible slaughter"
Enssryiew With the Queen
4 kings statement and mans.
io@ about . woman who herself had
'eca among the last 10 leave Brussels.
ad before whom, Ia the intimacy Of
hat small villa at la paane, came
elders and refugee mobiles with their
tories ol murder and debauch by the
lgaders2
Not all can be told. bat because an
ifamaus report has been spread broad
lsi that Elizabeth OF Belgium sympa.
lizrs With Germany shall tell some ,
the things she said Again | quote
ON my noirs Of that interview
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27
WEST rELtcfANA REGISTERED 7st

The most bnlatpA returns Of reRistra
fIup day in West FelIelaua reached
town Saturday morning and show
hat q total al i8l women registered
aud AL signed food pledge cards. Ger,
titlcatus 81 births ghnw q total Of 81.
The iailIHr behind at iuod pledges was
due 10 two causes the unmarried wo.
men IN most Instances felt. az thny
"'I' '."i h"Hsebrep"fs. thai they weFe
""' ~ Idaiti"H 10 pledge tood con.
s'T'ailoh. thtN Jailed 10 realize that
'h'lf personal example and Influence
counted Many housewives declined to
f1Ea me 'afas because they felt That
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27
nLAMEs TEbnY

The Kaiser and the Crown Prince
we're slipping cordial
Father, Who started the war; the
Grown prlnce asked
Why. we've proven IL on England
France and belgium. to say nothing Of
Russia sharply answered the Kaiser
fpE, ! know. said the Prince. but
who WIS really responsible"
Well his father answered "lf yau
must kuaw It was like this You re-
member when Roosevelt came back
from Africa gave him a good tlmo
showed him ail around and took
him cut and together ae reviewed the
army When Ne Rol back 10 the palace
Teddy slapped mr uu the back and
said 'fili YOU eau lick the world'
and likr 4 damned fool believed him
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27

IT Is the women and childrent" she
said n Is terrible There must BE-
killing That l8 war But not ihiB other
IhInR
She could not understand American
skep'icism oB this point She had bat
JUST returned from England. where In
enc convent - Belgian nuns were en-
ooiaie by German soldiers She had
visited them.
That 90 her was the Most terrible
thing Of var That these quiet women.
living sheir devout aad simple lives.
should have suffered SO grossly heWll-
defed aud daspd her Was there moth
ing then sacred to these invaders not
even the church,
She told me In detail revolving
stories al the proclamation Of churches
under the pretext, totally uafouaded
that the HelRiaa churches weFe store
houses for arms. She told me-. too. Of
t8a especial cruelty they had shown
10 priests and nuns, Of locking the
priests in churches and. after inmlllinR
ha altar, Of killing them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27

meat To look back nu these thiaea We
acre skeptIeal az FIRST bus time has
shown their truth. Tor they are Of 4
piece with the things that have hap.
pehed since They belong with the
itsttauia and the little fishing boats
with the attacks on London with
liquid FIRE
America Fighting for the Home
W. are proplo Of homes. Politics
means lit1le 20 ug The quarrels Of
Europe nothing llut here Is an enemy
"hith has marched over the homes Of
q nation and sautonly destroyed them
Here is au enemy that tonk the women
and childroB out Of these homes aad
with that pllial advance guard. drove
ahead Again aad a9ain nnocent
civilians ui both sexes were sacrificed
Ia protect ihp invading army
IL is luF Jhe home vc are RahlInR
."das Democracy will live. because
.he principle Of q free people wIll never
lie Liberty wlli survive. So long as
he soul is greater thar the hody Rut
he world wiIl go on and progress only
'heh Ne have placed on the Intel of
zach daor tu every land the sign. In
Hood If u must be-. that the covenant
4 The weak and the unprotected must
.e kept
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27

We are at War against the convle.
ton. In German minds. that might il
right that the end IustIaes any means.
no matter hog brutal
We are q clean aud a humane people
We would not believe these things AZ
FIRST A million and a bali Belglans led
80 England with the story We we're
stu tucfcdulous Noncombatants were
sunk Al sea We sin felt there must
be- some Justification New and ever
new cwotties Of death came from the
German trenches. and We have said
This Is modern war
llul the score Is mounting higher day
By day The politics Of this war are
oFt In IS nhumanitics. fashered hy
German skill II vas not enough that
men should die They must die horribly
Il Is aeli for as to pause for ma.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-27

klag Albert Gf Belgium told me in
ats Interview Thousands Of civilians
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
sBlG CANALS IN MEs0P0fAlaIA
saudad Once Had tise Most Remark
able System Of Irrigation That
Has Ever Been Constructed.

Many years ago great irrigation
schemes enabled Mesopotamia, Ar
menia and other countries in the near
and middle East to become the seats
of empires in spite of their arid eli
mates. Today. writes DIR. Arthur Sell
wyn-Brown in the Scientific American,
they have few cities of any Importance.
Bagdad, which has population of
about 10000, had 100000 ten CEN
turtles ago. The difference between
MesopOtafnia then and today Is the
result of the destruction of the
canals.
In the height of its prosperity Bag
dad had the most remarkable system
of irrigation that has ever been
constructed. The canals aboutsatfe
city measured over 5000 miles In
length. - 80 -
There are others. both north and
south of the city. that Joined the Eu-
pirates with the T1grfs. and there were
several that ran parallel with the
rivers.
|, The largest was known as the
Chosroos canal. 1t was built In early
historical times to connect Bagdad
with the city Of Dur. about 100 miles
north.F Whenever this canal parsed
through loose soil it was over 2O0Ffeet
in width and six feet deep. Where the
ground became rocky 1t was reduced
|. to width of 20 or 80 feet.
\ between Dur and Rassora therd
were over 50 trunk canals between; the
Tigrts and the Euphrates and they ir-
rigated 81 900 square miles. OF rich
farming faaa. --e--4z-s- s,f-spS -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
HOW Luther Valued Music.

Luther had q keen relish for the
beautiful in music. but the relief and
comfort it afforded him through ex-
pressing his own feelings were with
him trivial commentators as compared
with it's use in bringing home Gospel
truth to heart and conscience. The
meIodious cadences and clear and
brilliant phrases of sacred songs were
for him golden characters by which
the knowledge of God was to be i'm
printed on the memory. Never is the
singleness of the mans heart more
conspicuous-the concentration of his
soul upon one grand life-purpose more
evident-than when. with congenial
toll, he sets to simple words and sim
pie tunes, for children to sing, the
main verities of Christian faith, the
main facts of Christian story.
Luther gave the initiative for count
less psalms and hymns and grave
sweet melodies. sung by the Protestant
vanguard Of mankind. The best re
Iieious inspiration OF these last ages is
in spiritual song-From Peter Bayne's
Martin Luther"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
LEARNED TO COOK, ALRIGHT
Then InkeIIa Opened a School Of Her
Own and Mistress Advertised for
Another Servant

After Mrs. Hostetter's advertise
ment, t'Wanted-Goodi intelligent vege-
tartan girl who can cook" had been in
the daily papers for four days. a tall
girl of medium stature, with pink eyes,
a red nose. and yellow jaundice, pre-
sented herself.
"Ay bane good intelligence vege-
tarium girl, but ay can't cook" she an
nounced.
Never mind" said Mrs. Hostetter
desperately. "TH teach you to cook"
And for ninety days and ninety
nights Mrs. Hostetter shaved away
showing Inkella the ms and outs and
sideways of Russian Followers, Bel
gian biscuits. Peruvian pancakes,
Honolulu hash. California crullers,
French flinders. Swedish swatnots. and
a thousand other culinary mysteries
that represented a lifetime's devotion
to the kitchen range.
At the end of three months Inkella
could make Norway noodles. Japanese
jampums and Swiss zwieback better
than Mrs Hostetter herself.
At the end of three months and four
days she opened a cooking school of
her own. and Mrs. Hostetfer put an
ether ad In the papers.-Detroit Free
Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
SIGNS SEEN IN THE FLOWERS
Many Popular superstitfons Ara
Woven, About the Raising and
Handlinq Of Narious Blossoms.

d.
To burn faded flowers Is sure sign
Of coming sorrows. To plant flower
hedge is to bring good luck. If per
son wears flowers with the stems up
ward it is d sign chat he or she is
in love and does not know 1T. To
have flowers wilt quickly in the hand
denotes i'll health. ssf s.sts
If q person smells flowers gathered
from 4 Cemetery he win lose the sense
Z e smell. . : It Ii consi defed unlucky
/ to gfeather MOWERS S0ut OF season. as
before and after the seasons they are
said to belong to- the faifies. -
The first Wild flowers which are
gathered by, a young woman In the
spxfng are supposed 20 give the Initials
Of. her future husband. Spearmiht
is sbeIieved BY ssome to prevent Illness
when worn about the wrist. ~ ss'
Iflscatmpfd is held IN the hand un-
til heated5an then put into the hand
OF another, superstition says that It
will SO control that person that he or
she cannot leave you as long as the
catnip Is retained IN the hand. =
Z Pefihyroyal Is said to make q quar-
rels6me husband and wife stop bick-
erings IL 1t is given to them by some
friend.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
DRAINAGE DUE TO MOSQUITO
Saving Of Mhiions Results Fro~s Dc
termination of Status OF lnsect
by Army Hospital Corpe-

The National Chamber of Commerce
declares that had not the hospita1
corps Of the army definitely deter
mined the status Of the mosquito and
thus caused menacing swamp lands to
be drained, it is an open question
whether the building of the Panama
canal would have been possible.
In following up this work we ind
that the United States, in draining
breeding places of the mosquito. has
reclaimed thousands of acres of land
and made them available for agri-
cultural purposes. There are apptoxt-
mateiy 100. O0OOo0s acres Of 7swampp
lands init country. where for years
the mosquito has held undisputed
sway, OF which 75. 600. coo. or about
.oae-eighth of the total area Of the
country, can be reclaimed for the ploW-
share, The only value of swamp land
lies In its Possibility. Of reclanna ti0o !;
otherwise IT Is d serious liability as q
breeder Of dlsease.-Leslie's Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28

Remarkable invention Deusonstr1ted
In London 10 Based Upon tho
Principle Of Resonance

The distant control OF mechanical
operations by sound. as demonstrated
In London. depends upon the principle
of resonance. or the setting up of re-
enforcing sympathetic vibrations by
sending out the note for which the APP
paratus is tuned.
The resonat0r consists Of a tele-
phone transmitter and receiver. placed
near together face to face In closed
cylindrical CASING with a tube contains
ing piston extending at the back Of
the receiver. The piston 1engthens or
shortens the column OF air behind the
receiver, ana thus changes the vibra-
ton riote OF the transmitter and re-
ceiver diaphragms. The: transmitter
is connected to the primary current Of
an induction coil, with switch Battery.
re1dstance, and an ofdinary post ONCE
rezay in circuit the receiver Is cou-
pied to the secondary circuit. When
thor pr0per note ivtbrates the a.
aphraxAs,s the armature OF, the relay
Il, moved. closing the local cireuit and
this can be adapted for Starting and
stopping an engine, releasing bombs.
or Other pufr6seAa - ~ 81
sFlSrss cdnsf0lisn&s sdlfigfDle.e thS
s0lshdss mieht We sent from the teound
By q SIREN, the NOTE of which would jbQ
adjusted by varying the speed Df-
ferent notes. could be made, to perform
different fequffethe hts and In guiding
al airship. turning the fudder 10 the
right, to the feEE. selevatings depressah1s
spgedink DIP tina eneine:s:and slosstnesft
doWnswould each heve tts epeeAee snotes
To, avoid diseovety sof the means q
rarfnr,,ninRwany operation, the appar-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
sam t.a. lsartit Nation, To,

I shalt not forget my first sight OF
the AIeatian islands. writes Frank g.
Carpenter from Alaska. s. We had
passed no land for two days when We
came to the Island of Unimak. which
is at the end of the Alaska peninsula
and which forms the beginning Of the
great chain of islets that reaches from
Alaska almost to Asia. The Islands
lie in great crescent whichslook like
stepping stones on the face of the sea.
They form the arc of a great circle
reaching from the western to the east
ern hemisphere. Unfmak lies on our
side of the world and Attu, the last
of our islands, is in the orient, 1,5OO
miles distant and not far from KAN
chatka. We have coaling station
on the Island of Kiska, which is in
the eastern hemisphere, and there the
evening twilight has not disappeared
when the sun is rising in Maine. John
Bull often boasts that the sun never
sets on British possessions. The same
is true of Uncle Sans dominions,
when we take in Attur island and the
Philippine archipelago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
NOTHING IS, WASTED THERE
s4ayW Ono Country Whore Almost Ev-
erythiUg 10 Utilized, Especially 10
tt 10 Made Of Wood o. Tia.

HayH Is one country Where almost
everything Is utilized. particularly IL
the substance wood or tin. Lum-
her hi $50 per 90 sapd any8 sullsti-
ltuts for It Is eagerly; Weiceshed ~ W.
For Instance. partition fence be-
longing to some weIl-to-dO people on q
sprpnainent street. IL made Of the tops.
ibOtt0ms and sides Of packing boxes
that contained cans Of condensed
milk two doors further on Is fence
made of odd barrel slaves and packing
box strips for fencing Is BY no means
,uncommon. -,i ass
Tin cans. with the solder melted of
and the tops and bottoms removed. are
rfiattened out and used as shingles. in
amending fences, patching holes and
for numerous other purposes.
The five-gallon oil cans. however, are
prized and cherished family possess
sions. These cans have a regular mar
ket value of Is to 20 cents gold. 1t Is
mo unusual occurrence for woman to
buy a f1ve-gallon can of kerosene. hoist
1t to her head and tramp all day ped
ding the oil in small quaint ues-at
cost, If she can do no better-just for
the sake Of obtaining the tin.
These receptacfes are used For carry
ing water. boiling clothes and storing
and cooking food. - = nc y e>'ss
The tins inwhich i've pounds Of hard
come have q value Of 10 cents gold.
and are standard measure, known lO-
cally as 'smamite." They are used as
q dry measure generally for corn.
bean& salt and the uke.G y gf= :
Even the square tins in which
matched are Skinned are sold at 3 to
10 cents each.-Kansas City Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28
sea:sait a. FertiIi.er.

Close Observers at the Royal Aeri-
gary. find that sea-salt markedly az
fects certain crops. It is generally
supposed that sea-salt Is poisonous TO
BY the fact that many parts Of the
country near the sea are barren. Some
plants. however. thrive well ON soil
that has been washed by the sea. and
the Hungarian experiments seem to
prove that certain quantity OF sea
salt acts rs q stimulant 10 crops IN
general. The investigates fert1Iixed
some beet-snsar nelds with ssa-ealt and
ments WIN be conttpped, AIthougA fthe
Doglln for he Last fours years have
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-28

- PfossSer -aaade 4 MtstaSees e
Hthere Is anything that wfli make
folks forget sleep itSis q burglar scare.s
Some thir1-rates prowler, with trick
feees made q technical mistake in tho
course of. his work In q Broadway.
apartment house. and as . result Of
shis INDIGNATION. approximately 200
sleepy eyes were compelled to do
might work The burglar. as he would
no doubt like to be called BY his fnti-
mate fffends. had gained entrance to
che house and was getting along. rath-
er fairly when he encountered baby
carriage In the dark The crash was
tremendous and was followed by FUR
ther creating and grinding as the sim
ple criminal disentangied himself. he
probably got into the carriage In his
encitement. for to the breathIess listen
ers 1t seemed that he required an hour
TO free himself Of it Finally. giving
on no end OF steaming language. the
Incompetent bandit fed down front
Inre escape and got away. he had
jnfea nothing. Everybody In the house
- Aimed up for the rest Of the night
kosaexfng that the burglar would b
- cough % seoeQe back oand tHke
- . - e1Ef1e sss-a New xesa
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
FORGED THE NAME.
Wallingford People Received Letters
 Signed by "Herbert Hoover"

WNlfngfOrd People Received Letters
 Signed by ''Herbert Hoover.''
 Hartford. Nov. 5.-United States District Attorney Thomas J. Spellacy today turned over to the postal au- thorities letters which had been sent out from this city to persons in Wal lingford purporting to have been sent by the government and informing the recipients that under certain section of the national defense act, govern ment inspectors would be in Walling- ford shortly to commander a part of tho canned goods in the households and a part of the crops raised during the summer. The name Herbert Hoover'' was signed to the letters. It is charged that the letter was a piece of vicious and insidious propaganda" and that the use by the writers of the letter of the name Herbert Hoover" constituted forgery.
 A rigid investigation is to be made in an effort to run down the perpetra- tors of the scheme.
 It was announced at food adminis- tration headquarters here that about 30.000 food pledge cards were re- ceived today.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

OFFICERS ARE USING
 HEAVY FRENCH GUNS
War Weapons Which Have Been on Battleflelds of France Now
 at Yale Field.

New Haven, Nov. 5-Twenty officers from the field artillery at Camp Up- ton, L. T., began at Yale today g. week of intensive artillery training includ- ing practice with the French guns recently received at the university. The score of officers are headed by Lieut.. Col. Henry l.. Stimson, secre- tary of war in the cabinet of Presi- dent Roosevelt.
 The war department has assigned them to Yale in response to an invi- tation from President Hadley placing the services of the university at the disposal of the government in com pleting the training of the men for the work of expert field officers in the National Army. It is planned to send different groups of men here each week.