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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-17

and even as a schoolboy I took intense delight in Shakespeare, especially in the historical plays. T have also said that formerly pictures gave me con siderable, and music. very great de- light But now for many years can not endure to read line of poetry. I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found 1t so intolerabiy dull that it nauseated me. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures or music. l retain some taste for fine scenery, but it does not cause me the exquisite de- light which it formerly did. My mind seems to have become a kind of ma chine for grinding general lays out out to live my life again, would have made rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week; for perhaps the parts of have been kept active through use. The loss of these tastes is loss of happiness and may possibly be iDjur- ious to the intellect and more prob ably to the moral character, by en- feebling the emotional part of our na- ture-" 7. TIT. .,efe 7reelc n7 a.
 They pay a high price for success who, to win it, blight any of the finer powers of the soul. No one was quicker to recognize the fact than Mir: Darwin himself. If the experience of the great thinker is in any sense dup Heated in our own, the remedy he proposes is available for us also.
 It is a faIlacy to assume that the goal of life is to make money, or to gain office, or to win popularity. The is sending half the race on fools errands. The truth was hinted at by Abraham Lincoln when he said:
 q am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. ann not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live ty the light that I have" It Is, after all. the inner victory that crowns men. There are folks who barely escape the glory as moral =millionaires.
 5cz.51 c.rs- -rsTIE PARSoN.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Little old Norwalk is responding nobly to the cause of the Red Cross. But stin the required number of mem bers is lacking and this week is be- ing devoted to filling the gap. Re- cruiting stations have been placed about town with a Red Cross mem Der in attendance, and 1t behooves every man or woman with a spark of patriotism to become a member. The dues are one dollar a year, and in these trying times there is no more worthy charity, for who knows but that the man who gives his dollar to- day. may be torn by shot or shell in
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to the towns of Preston, Griswold. and yoluntown, for the sum of $l375
 It is interestinq that in commentina on the failure of turnpike companies to get rich duickly-or at aIl--Mfss Caulkins solemuly observes in her History of Norwich, The railroad supersedes and destroys the turnpike. The Norwich & Worcester Railroad Company was formed in 1892: the legislatures of Connecticut and Mas sachusetts each granting charter for that portion of the road which lay two companies were united by the said legislatures In 1ss6. the whole capital amounting to $1,700. .0o6. The length from the Steamboat landing in Norwich to the depot at Worcester is 5s 9-I6 miles, eighteen of which is in Massachusctts-
 The railroad is thus accused of
 killing the turnpike; but later the trolley lines ate into the profit of the railroads. and now history is coming back in a circle, and the turnpikes and post roads, with their autemo- bile traffic, are the real popular lines of travel, encroaching seriously upon the profits of both steam and electric roads. This evolution of transporta- ton was something which even the sage Miss Caulkins = wonderful woman!-could not foresee. s
 There is likewise sentimental in-. terest in the attempt of the Chamber of Commerce and Development Com. pany in seeking to make popular the early. turnpike while restoring to, favor zti1e name of the great tribe of Bncas, in christening the auto route The Mohegan Trail There is no, reason why this should not rival. as it will parallel. the famed Mohawk Trail , No more picturesque scenery can be found any place than the tourist proposed trail. Tradition and history have done everything to make its varying sights and scenes of appeal ing interest
 The very contrast between it's changing panorama of modern busy manufacturing villages, live towns wild and almost unexplored woodland, valleys ravines, hills, winding lanes and much -traveled highways, typical New England farm houses. as a foil to fine mansions of latter-day construe- tion, entrancing river views, the still we'll preserved traces of stirring warriors, scores of conditions which tell. of evolution from Colonial ways. surely there is nothing lacking to in- vest the trail, of which the ancient turnpike is the trunk, with delight to either the careless tourist of a .1ly or to the thoughtful student of an ever changing nation, who shall glide over the Mohegan Traii through seasons always charming in this section of Connecticut.
 THE DICTAGRAPH.
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THE TARIFF coMMIssIoN.

The democratic administration has claimed much credit fer the alIthori- zation of a tariff commission for the purpose of taking that important question out of politics. It claims such credit in spite of the fact that 1t was democratic action which caused the tariff commission which was
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 It it not safe even to venture upon pleasure in this world without count ing the cost for if we do we may have occasion to rue it. Charles Lamb told the world the greatest pleasure he knew of came of doing kind act by stealth and having it found out by ac- cident; and the pleasure to be avoided is the one that exhilerates us today and tomorrow bites us. They discov- cred ages ago that The buys honey too dear who licks it from thorns.'' Only those who make pleasure subservient to duty maintain the right relation to it. Pleasure as well as debt, can make, slave of us, and breed both misery and despair. What we like to do may lead us to ruin. but what we should do brings a compensating re- ward. The pleasures which are O, the senses are disappointing, but those which are of the spirit are lasting. A life of pleasure such as the world gives ends in "a kind of yoluptuous dotage,' says Johnson. The world can have all the fun 1t pleases, but it cannot escape paying the price. We may pursue the pleasures we please but whether they produce pain or sweetness does not rest with us.
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How Germany listens to the call of suffering humanity is demonstrated by the repeated sinking of the ships which are carrying relief to the people of Belgium.
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PROTECTION MUST sE GIVEN.


 From the account which has been given by the commander of the Amer jean steamship Algonquin. it is quite apparent that there is sio other course fer this country to follow than 1t has already decided upon. The rights of American shipping must be upheld by the arnfng Of the vessels and the pro- tection must be secured by looking upon all Herman submarines as hos tile vessels and firing upon them the Eomsnt they make their appearance.
 Otherwise. American ships are go- ing to be subject to the same kind of attacks, if not worse, than that which befell the Algonquin. That vessel was not warned and there was no attempt made to visit and search < the vessel before destroying it. Eerpedeesz were not despatched against it but it was subjected to shell fire with the expec- tatiou that nothing more would be required to dispose of 1t. After 1t had been determined. however. that the vessel was unarmed and therefore unable to protect itself against, at tack the destruction was completed by bombs, but such can in no way be looked upon as the carrying out of a legal visit and search. Had the shell fire been sufficient to have sunk the Algonquin that would have accom- plished the purpose of the submarine commander who made no effort dur- ing that assault to protect the lives of those aboard and therefore such shots cannot in any way be twisted into a warning.
 There are reasons to believe that had the Algonquin been armed it would not have received such treat ment- Thus the quicker American vessels get such protection the better it will be for them.
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The man on the corner says: There's something about these spring hats and other finery which seems to make some people forget all about the high cost of living. ~
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The congressman who wants law to prevent restaurants from serving too much food must be from Missouri on the restaurant portions or he would not have made that break.
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That inventor who has perfected a noise1ess haircutter will doubtless con tribute much to the sleeper in the barber shop chair. provided it also controls the operator.
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With the finding of Harry Thaw in sane, it will become necessary for Pennsylvania tozkeep better tabs up- on it's milkmen than New York did.
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The man on the corner says: All that Is expected of good listener is that he give an occasional nod of ap- provaI.
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The Federal trade. commission is taking Stimely action when it notifies the anthraoIte coal producers that the usial spring reductions must be made: There is no excuse for any other course.
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Never Thought Of That. .
 It wouldn't be fair to pass Senator Stones bill to .puniBh neWsAapehs that lie and let ysenhtofs zho sife to the newspapers 60 free.-Toledo Blade.
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EpIroRIAd NOTES.

Old Sol is pretty hard on the snow banks these days. but no one thinks of starting a fuss about 1t.
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The leaders of the railroad unions may not be pacifists but they are planning to do- the country equally as much harm by sthe course they are taking in ordering strikes att this tin1e.s s. a.-...s z..s
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It is -alls right forsTurkey to claim that Bagdad isn't an important strate- gic point but just the same if the British would not be there today.
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This company continued in opera ton more than thirty years. paying dividend averaging 1 Ia per cent. Tn 1861. the franchise was surrendered
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THE WEsrERN ADVANCE.

It lis inpossfb1e not to attach due importance to the progress which the
 British and French are making on the
 western front. At the present lime it
 is the British who are making the
 greatest strides but they are nak- ing up for what they were obliged to abandon because of weather condi- tions last fall. and *se French can be depended upon when the proper time comes as they nave fully demonstrated in the past.
 From present. indications it can be a matter of but a short while before Bapaume will be in. the hands of the British and there is little doubt but what the French can take Perenne about when they please. The latter move has undoubtedly been delayed until the British were in a position to carry out their part of this offensive which had for it's object the capture of these two points.
 But aside from these two important centers there is much more territory, now in the hands of the Germans, which is menaced. This is shown by the manner in whicfl the German forces are falling back. Both Ba- paume and Peronne are now under al- lied guns and when they give way to the pressure that is being exerte1 up- on them. there will be a large section of the country which the Germans will be forced to abandon as a protection to the faiees which are now located there. Such Of course would be att tributed to a desire to straigshten the line of defense and there is no aues- ton but what the German forces in that section have new and strong en- trenchments to fall back upon. yet the forward movement of the allies under such conditions would be of tremen- dous importance to their cause.
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industry. This is why one should be always ashamed to catch himself idle.
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to the towns of Preston, Griswold. and yoluntown. for the sum of $1375
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 Out of the tong ago comes this piece of advice: "Be always ashamed to catch myself idle.1 Busy -in mind or busy in deed used to be the rule; : but now it seems to be the exception. In these. days a great many people would feel ashamed to catch them selves busy. The produoers are mot more than half as numerous as they ought to be in this age. It Is shame full how this lazy world lies down upon the industrious. It is cruel to tax the industrious as the state and the indolent relatives and commercial sism taxes them- Labor actually in its, great heartedness. prays for those who prey upon 1t. Labor Is bent and srimy. long suffering and >honorable. The man with tools is of more ac- count to the world than the man with arms. if history doesn't make this fact clearly apparent Labor. 4nots only furnishes the great works genius de- signs, but is also the guard of vir- tue. Nothing but empty-headed zcon- ceit prompts one to regard labor with contempt The evils which uennce man are the fruit of idlcneus not cf
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The turnpike from Norwich through Salem to Essex on the Connecticut River, commonly called the Essex turnpike, was established in 1927, and rednquished about 1860.
 sThe Shetucket Turnpike Company, to maintain a road through Preston, Griswold, Voluntown, and Sterling, to in 1929.
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1 The toll began in June 1792 (4-
 wheel carriages d.: do. 1-2 d.; man and horse 1 d.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Zeppelin Shot Do;On
in France and En-
tire Cre,o Perishes

Paris March IA Zeppelin has
been shot down in flames near Com
piegne. All Of it's crew were lost.
The Zeppelin was sighted before
noon and was reached by French
anti-air craft gun at a height Of more
than two miles. The airship caught
fire and the wreckage fell outside
Compiegne. The following official
statement was given out:
"a Zeppelin was brought down this
morning by anti-air craft artillery
while flying over Compiegne, at a
height of $500 meters. 1t remained
flying in the air for a moment and
then fell, striking garden wall and
breaking in two.
"All the bombs were thrown over
board during the fall. They dropped
on vacant ground. Most of them did
not explode, Several Of the crew
jumped out and were crushed to death
The others were burned"
An official report on the Zeppelin con-
firms the news and adds it was the
L-39 brought down.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
of Equity to Prevent
rWalkout in Pennsylvania
Is Filed.
ALLEGED FEW MEN
NOW FAVOR STRIKE
Declare Strike Vote was csncslad
Last Fall Whom Adamson Law Was
Enacted - Refusal Of Brotherhood
Heads to Arbitrate Held to BE Con-
trary to Constitution of oraaniza-
tions-To Be No Strike in Canada.

Philadelphia, March ia bill in
equity. which has for its purpose pre-
ventlon of the four railroad brother
hoods from calling a strike OF railroad
employees within the state of Pennsyl-
vania, was filed in the federal district
court at noon today by an attorney
representing members Of the four
brotherhoods.
AS no Judge was In the federal build
ing at the time, it will not have the
effect Of preventing walkout unless
the papers are signed by a Judge and
an order issued enjoining the men.
l.. p. Stradley, attorney for the men
who filed the bill, said the action would
take its usual course" He apparently
is making no effort to find judge.
The bill was filed by L. r. Stradley.
of Philadelphia. attorney for members
of the four brctherhoods. The action
is against the local chairmen and tho
chairmen Of the grievance committees.
The action affects the brotherhoods ON
|all railroads thru the state.
Small Percentage Favor Strjlss. (.
According to the trainmen. they be-
.heve that not more than 10 per cent
are in favor Of walking out. The bill
alleges that the joint ballot on which
the strike was called is not in effect
now, inasmuch as 1t was taken eight
months ago. This strike ballot was
Cancelled last fall when the Adamson
law was enacted the bill asserts.
Complaints in this action ailege that
q refusal to arbitrate by the grand
chiefs Is contrary to the constitution
and bylaws of the brotherhoods The
ballot was obtained last summer. the
bill says. by arbitrary action by the
chief executives of the unions The bill!
in equity Is signed by one member or
each Of the four brotherhoods.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
STRIKE POSTPONED
supreme court decision on the Adam
son law was still pending.
PRESIDENT HAS NO PLAN.
Considering Means Of Stopping Strike
If Mediation Fails.

Washington, March IT, - President
Wilson has received no report from
the mediators he sent to New York to
confer with employers and employees.
The president today began a study Of
ways OF stopping the strike II media
ton fails.
The legal experts Of the government
have informed the president there Is
no specific law giving him authority to
use drastic steps, but it is realized,
that In critical times the president oy.
do almost anything in the PUBLIC ~
tereSt.
In this connection convep - s.e-
tween Mr.. Wilson and fox ~ resi-
dent Cleveland years ago wasecalled
today. At the time Mr.. Cleveland,
who settled the railroad strike in Chi
cago, and Mr.. Wilson were discussing
a threatened strike in the coal fields of
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Cleveland remarked that IL he
were president he would stop the
strike. /Mr Wilson asked him under
what authority. Mr.. Cleveland replied
that he did not know but that he would
find the authority,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Germans Set Fire to Town
Before Evacuating to
Enemy.
BRITISH PUSH ON
PAST CAPTURED TOWN
Towns Of Le TransIoy and Achiet-ie-
Petit Also in British Possession, Ac-
cordins to Reuters Correspondent
Berlin Admits Retirement Between
Sally and St. Pierre Vaast Wood and
Between Beauraisnes and Lassiany.

London. March 17.-Bapaume, on the
Franco Belgian front, has been cap
tured by the British, Reuters agency
announces.
Reuters correspondent telegraphed
that the towns Of LIE Transloy and
Achiet-le- Petit also are, reported to
be in the hands of the British.
Our troops entered Bapaume this
morning after stiff fighting,' the cor
respondent telegraphed. "The place
was in flames, the Germans apparent
ly having made all preparations for
setting fire to it when forced to re-
treat. Our troops are reported to be
beyond the town."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
MARsHAILTOWN, IOWA, SATURDAY. MARCH II, 1917
RUSSIAN EMPIRE TO BECOME REPUBLIC
Gear Nicholas in
Final Manifesto
Hopes For Victory

Petrosrad, March 1.-THE fol-
lowing 10 the text Of the imperial
manifesto in which the Russian
emperor announced his abdieation
and that Of his son:
I'VE, Nicholas u, by tho grace Of
God emperor Of all the Russias,
car Of Poland and grand duke Of
Finland, etc, make known to all
our faithful subjects in the day Of
the great struggle against a for
eign foe, who has been striving for
three years to enslave our country,
God has wished to send to Russia
now and painful trial.
"lnterior troubles threaten to
have fatal repereussion on the
final outcome Of the war. The
destinies Of Russia and the honor
Of our heroic army, the happiness
Of our people and all the future Of
our dear fatherIand require that
the war be prosecuted to vic.
torious end. The cruel enemy is
making his last effort and the
moment 10 near when our valiant
army, in concert with our allies,
will definitely chastise tho foe.
''ln these decisive days in the
lKs Of Russia we believe our
people should have tho closest
union and organization Of all their
forces. For this reason, in accord
with the duma Of the empire, we
have considered il desirable to alb.
dictate the throne Of Russia and
lay aside our supreme power.
"Not wishing to be separated
from our beloved son, we leave our
heritage 60 our brother, Grand Duke
Michael AIexandrovitoh, blessing
his advent to the throne Of Russia.
We hand the government to our
brother in full union with the rep
rssentatives Of the nation seated
In legislative chambers, taking this
step with an invioIabie cath in the
nams Of our we'll beloved country.
We call on all faithful sons Of the
fatherland to fulfill their sacred
patriotic duty in this painful
moment. Of national trial and to aid
our brother and the representa-
Ives Of the nation to bring the
country to progress and glory. May
God aid Russia"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17

have been soldiers. The bodies were
blown to atoms.
While the police investigation has
failed to discover the cause of the
blast, they are working on the theory
that there was a premature explosion
of a bomb or bombs while IN the hands
of two men who were carrying them to
the court with murderous intent. This
theory would place the responsibility
en- the men who were killed
Judge Loring was holding a session
of the superior court in a room adjoin-
ing that in which the explosion oc-
Cured.
A search of the building for other
bombs was begun at once. but none
was found.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Seek Protection of Property.

Chicago. March 17.-Jacob NJ. Dick
inson, receiver Of the Rock Island
lines, and William J. Jackson, receiver
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail-
road. today applied To Judge George
J. Carpenter in the United States dis
trict court here for the protection OF
the respective properties and OF sucn
employees of the road as shall remain
in service. Judge Carpenter gave as
surance that this would be done 10 the
full extent of the power OF the court.
United States Judge Bradley was
called into the conference. The re-
ceivers sent kilograms to the attorney
general for active cooperation. The
receivers plan to have all employees re-
manning in service sworn in as deputy
marshals.