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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
THE SILVER TRAIL

Why the wild haste?' I inquired.
 Oh, Helen, what a goodsend you are, she exclaimed. I've just learned that a very dear cousin was taken to the hospital last night, and 1 must go to see her at once and I find I haven't money enough with me for a taxi. Now you can lend me a few dollars, can't you?'
 T gave her the one S5 bill 1 had, and then watched her drive away on , her errand of mercy. It must be love- ly to be able to hail car as non chalantly as she did.
 T" Anyway 1 said to myself, some body nice is going to buy my lunch, and l walked on quite gayly to meet Leonard. We had a really delicious spread.
 T told him it was not right to spend so much on foolish food, but he said we hadn't had party for a l long time, and that he knew 1 was getting thin on conservation, so he i ordered lobster, Nesselrode pudding and other luxuries for which he knows 1 1 have weakness. And then, what do you suppose? We'll when the wait CT brought back his change after pay l ing the check there was only 10 cents on the plate. 1 By George, Sthat won't do,' Leon- ! ard said. Helen you'll have to put l up 50 cents for Joe here 'The waiter grinned and I endeavor- ed to give Leonard the 50 cents with a carefree air, but l knew it was gone 1 irrevocahly. Leonard is too opeT handed himself ever to think of 6 1 trifie like that again. If I had bough my own lunch, 1 should have gone tC a cafeteria and spent not more thar 25 cents"
 But you wouldn't have had ban quet,' laughed her sister. You car live on the thought of that Helen
 while you're recouping your lost for tunes. l don't wonder you were croG when l took your last quarter. Are yol completely busted, dear?"
 Oh, no I still have money Helm jingled her purse. and then smiled a
 the cook who had suddenly appearet at the door of the room. T hope vol aren't after cash for any purpose, Sal
 lie"
 T sure am Miss Helen without yor
 alrs got a stamp. Pse been writin' t
 my soldier friend and I wants him t
 get it befo' Sunday and l can't fin
 no stamp round this here place no
 how"
 one, by all means, Sailie" ordered Hel
 en as she magnifcently pressed thre coppers into a copper colored hant Now I'm safe. There's perfectl good reason why no one can borroy } another single cent from me today Chacigo News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
HELPING RUSSIA,

Much interest centers at the present tune in the attitude which the Rus sians will take relative to the decla- ration of President Wilson that he stands for the aiding of Russia as we'll as France. What they can and should do and what they will do un- der the circumstances, knowing full well as they must what is in store fer them from the German scheme of dominating that country, remains to be seen.
 Bu; following up the announcement of the presidents attitude regarding Russia there is certainly reason for an early determination of the policy which should be pursued by the, al iied nations jointly in the extension of this aid. l. is of as much importance to all the allied nations as it Is to any one of them that protection should he given 10 Russia and to the far east IL would have been well if it could nave been determined some months ago as to just what the mode of pro- cedure should be that steps could have been well advanced by this time, but there should be no greater delay at this time than is required 10 get the allies to reach an understanding upon this matter.
 All are convinced of the wisdom Of helping Russia. There can be no dispute upon that point It is simply a question now of what is the most advisable course to pursue under all the conditions which are known tc exist. Russia is doubtless more in- clined to look with approval upon any plan which may be decided upon thar it was directly after the Brest- Lii tovsk peace was signed. It has had : chance to see it's errors and if proper representation can be secured thar country should be brought into tht councils of the allies regarding tho next move.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
MEN WHO CAME BACK
IN FRONT OF MEsslNES.
By Major J. c. Blggs rd Canadian Mounted Rifles


 [The fiuctuating value of an army great coat is illustrated by Major Biggs of the Chicago Depot of the B. C. R. M in the following story.]
 In November, 1915. The Canadian Mounted Rifles Brigade held the trenches in the front of Messiens, which has since been captured. The trenches were very wet, being in the low grounds in the valley of the Dove River the Germans holding the high CT land where the town was built Neither side had any great amount of ammunition for the artillery, but the Germans had more than we had. Nearly every afternoon they put on 'bombardment of considerable inten- sity. directed against some particular sector.
 The officer commanding one of the squadrons of the Mounted Rifles, who i was an ex-mounted policeman, a | thorough going fighter had his leg 1 broken by the falling of sand bag during one of the bombardments. This occurred in the early afternoon and it was possible to move the 1 Major at that time from the front 1 line trench because of the heavy fir | ing from the enemy. The weather was cold and the heavy casualties l winch were occurring made II QlI1cull | for the men to receive mush attention. l Nevertheless when evening came and 1 it was possible to evacuate the casual l ties this Major absolutely refused to | be moved out until all the casualties I no matter how slight, had been evac- uated. This was commented upon uI
 and down the line.
 i The last man to be carried out was 1 the Major, after his leg had beer rudely attended to, a rifle, being strap ped to it in the emergency in lieu ot l the proper splints. He was sent to i England and later to Canada where he has completely recovered.
 l Later, when this particular squad | ron was in billets, it was found tha1 there was an unusual shortage oi great coats, and on inquiry among the men, some sixteen were reported
 missing, each man claiming that ht
 had placed his great coat over tht l Major when he was lying injured, ana | new great coats were issued to thes,
 men. When this information wa. given to the Major. first he laughed
 and then replied: There wasn't
 damn-coat put on me during the af . ternoon, and I nearly froze to death The Mounted Rifles had been issuet cavalry great coats which had yer,
 full skirts, and when these became we they were too heavy to be carrie,
 around, and consequently most of tn men threw them away. In this par ticular instance they were allowe l new coats without repayment, but tn
 occurrence was not repeated.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

guage) to the English. But, for me there is an argument of some validity for it's retention. namely, that, unless the German press here is abolished both at present and for the future, what that press has to disseminate should be under the critical eye of experts in German who are not them selves German. Their perfect con- versance with the language in all it's shading would be the perfect antidote to the spreading of any Teutonic poi son by means of the printed page :! This poison has. circulated freely, I think, because there have not been enough accomplished American schol- ars to read and to announce the mis- chief that was being done by un-
 leashed journalism of the Teutonic breed. The most of us, finding the in tricacies of construction in the evolu- tion of a German sentence too much for us, would not volunteer our cen sorial services. For instance, a friend
 of mine who speaks German with some facility and who has run up and
 down the Fatheriand in other days
 but who now has been desirousa tc
 serve some patriotic end in this war
 received the suggestion, Watch the articles, when necessary, and give the results to the American press.'' "Oh that" she said, would be altogether beyond mel haven't the scholarship to do it." And so, it seems to me that if we would put check upon the
 rabidity of the German mad-d press, we would do well to use tht hair of the dog to cure the bite; tha is, not do away with the German lar guage, but select loyal teachers of th' same, who will iTnpart it in prore place and proper proportion to tli l other languages that have always hat
 an equal claim upon us. and whose ac 1 quisition would be quite as advantage
 ous for us, whether in trade or il polite society. or in letters. But 1 above all the English, and Englisl
 only to the incoming foreigner; ant
 with the idiom, let the spirit still nor l be inculcated.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
aLiBERrY THEATRES

@IIBERFY THEATRES" Have Been Built in All National Guard
 and National Army Camps
 in America. .. "Smileage Books" issued by Federal Military Entertaipm ent Council, pro- vide free admission. to these theatres. Send one to YOUR soldier or to
 ANY soldier.
 Price s1. For sale at the following places: Tie Porteous & Mitchell Co. Fte Reid & Hughes Co. (Bosten Store). -- Rathbone's Drug Store. Ricker's Drug Store. The Lee & Osgood Co. The Wauregan Hotel Office Mara & Eggieton. George Madden Cigar otore). Engier's Pharmacy. K of (. Rooris. Ring & Sisk. Druggists. The Y. M. c. A. Office H. M. Lereu. J. c. Macpherson.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
NO EM5ARRAssMENTro HUGHES

The prospects, seem good that the idea of Judge Hughes that there should be but one investigation made regarding the airplane situation ssrms likely to' be respected by the senate where a committee has been named Tor much the same purpose. Judge Hughes has made a start in the in- vestigation which he has been asked to make by the president as a special assistant for the department of jus tice which indicates that he intends to cover the entire matter in a most thorough manner, that he plans upon making the hearings public so far as it is consistent with military secrets and that he intends to make a report which will be complete in all details regardless of what the finding may be.
 Such being the case it can be real
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

An official of the Food Control De-
 partment of the German War Office,
 speaking at Liepzig, has just fore
 shadowed reduction in the bread
 ration, "even if only for period
 of one or two dnonths,' and also a
 reduction in the potato ration. The
 meat ration, he said, will not be
 reduced; but it seems nevertheless
 that the Berlin papers report an official decision to increase the pro-
 portion of bone in it. Great dis
 appointment has been experienced in regard to the expected supplies from Rumania and the Ukraine.
 The Ukraine peasants are being forced to cultivate their lands by the
 occupying German army literally
 at the bayonet's point; but this
 stimulus, if it succeeds, will not produce crops till the next harvest.
 We must not exaggerate, however,
 the effects of the shortage. It can
 scarcely be more severe than that ago, when the failure of the Ger man potato-crop in the previous
 year so greatly increased the pres sure, and there were no conquered granaries to relieve it. The history of the war is pretty conclusive against any possibility of Ger
 many's being starved out. But her food shortages can reach point at which they considerably lessen
 the capacity of the civil population
 for work, whether in the intuition factories or in other services sub- sidiary to the war.-London Chronicle Our inquiry as to the early pro- nunciation of "tea" may, I think be considered settled by the following ad- vertisement, which appeared in the Mereurius Politicus" of September l 30, 165S--" that excellent, and by physicians, approved, China drink | called by the Chineans Teha, by other nations Fay olias Tee. is sold at the 1 Sultaness Head Cophee- House, ir
 Sweeting's Rents, by the Royal Ex.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES

change, London Nothing could more clearly show that both pro- nunciations were in common use.
 The admission of the Local Gov ernment Board that the country needs S00,000 new dwellings suggests that at least million and a quarter people are at present inadequately housed. The position arises not merely from increase of population. but from the fact that railway and industrial de- velopments have swept away very many homes. Formerly the railways were the great dcveurers of dwelling places. When first prospecting for a quarter of the entire area of the City proper.
 The threat was appalling. The population of St. Bartholomew's par ish, Moorfields, was crowded into 500 houses, where the "aristocracy, were those able to rent two rooms. Yet the Great Eastern Railway proposed to demolish half these houses for a route to Finsbury- circus. the whole of which they sought to acquire. Over 5O,0eO people were threatened, by va rious schemes, and no provision made for them. Parliament interfered after thousands had been displaced, but the chief effect was to stimulate private compassion-that of Peabody and Waterlow in particular, and of phil anthropic building companies which followed.
 Two men plotted this war-the Kaisser and the late Archduke Francis Ferdinand. The Archduke was mur- dered, and his death was made the pretext for a world wide confiagra- tion. Now the man who committed the murder has followed his victim tc the grave. Germany alone had five million men dead up to the opening of the present year, and the end is noi yet. The result of my system o. philosophy will be- said Coleridge. 'tt ] show that So far from the world beins a goddess in pettieoats. it is rather
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

An unnecessary scare was being made about the disease known as botulisnl, said Dr. -DewsDury. patholo- gist at Charing Cross Hospital, at an inquest at Grays (Essex) yesterday.
 There was another inquest at Lon don Hospital on a Poplar road la buorer. and in this case Dr. Suther- land, house physician, said the germ of the disease-to which he gave the name of botulismus-had been found in sausage, ham, timed fish oysters, and cheese. For the last few months there had been an epidemnc of the disease all over the world d.-London Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

There can never be too much at. tention given to the running down 0. the least semblance of a German plot Germany has no superior when i comes to intrigue
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

Perhaps one of the best demonstra- tions of the fact that Ukrainia is not furnishing what was expected of it in the way of food is the cutting down Of the bread ration in Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

When Mr., Creel says that he didn't mean to reflect upon congress, he is old enough to know that he should have thought of that before he spoke rather than afterwards.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

The rivalry among the riveting squads gives promise of creating a greater interest this summer than the baseball scores. It's 8 healthy sign.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

Kerenslly will be given a welcome here but it is useless to make an ef- fort at trying to make him feel at home in this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
STORIES OF THE WAR
The Naval Raid on PoIa.
By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
 The details of the recent Italian ex- ploit at Pola indicate it was one of the most audacious feats of the war. worthy to rank with the British at Zeebrugge and the Merrimac at Santi- ago.
 Plans were long matured by Lieu
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

Dillon hands the Sim Feiners a jolt right from the shoulder when he declares their policy wrong, foolish and disastrous
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

The establishment of martial law in Bohemia makes it evident that those peope are thoroughly disgusted with German ways.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

Of course the establishment of the new mine field in the North sea will give Germany a new excuse for not sending out it's big fleet.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Anyone who dodges the Red Cross solicitor has no right to call himself an American.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

When the two kaisers announce four kings for the Russian provinces m better evidence could be wanted of stacking the cards.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

The man on the corner says: Lack of recognition and even barbarous as- saults with the lawn mower never dis courage the dandelions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

When 1t comes to helping the Red Cross give till it hurts and then wear bandage if it is necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

New England has received large or-
 ders for government work which ought to mean the forwarding of sufficient fuel to this part of the country to see that they are filled without delay.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

While no defensible excuse can be offered for the Yale students who broke out into riotous conduct Mon day evening, there is an understanding of their behaviour which tempers crit icism while not modifying condemna- ton. The element of viciousness can be left out of the reckoning entirely. The element of mischief carried to a iamentable degree forms large part of it.
 The students made bigger fools of themselves than they intended to, and the penalties should not be with
 held. The fact is, however, that
 previous generations of students have
 done the same thing and yet lived to
 take dignified places in the American
 tives are fighting on the fields of
 France today. We are quite sure that the students themselves feel the full humiliation of their offensive conduct New Haven Journal-Courier. The reports from Litchfeld coun- ty that forest fires have. within the past few days or so. destroyed thou sands of acres of valuable woodland show that in spite of all the state has done in the way of enacting leg i islation to protect growing timber from fires. the menace to the woods of Connecticut continues. The towns have fire wardens and the Legis- 1 ture has vested them with what seems to be ample authority to ar i rest the progress of fire before the l flames have done much damage even if it is found that the difficulty
 of preventing the starting of tht fires cannot be overcome. We dc 1 not know that the authority has been exercised to the fullest extent but the damage done by fires ev. cry year suggest that the exercise O
 it has not been efficient.-Hartfort | Times
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

The War Trade Board announces that, effective May ?, 1918, radium has been placed on the Export Con servatlon List
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

The Palace of Eaeken, near Brussels. which we learn has been requisitioned by the German authorities for a hos pital, has special interest for British people. For it was there the formal betrothal of the then Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra took place, in the presence of Queen Victoria. September g, 1882. The late, Queen was then visiting Laeken as the guest of her uncle Leopold, King of the Bel gians, a promoter of the Royal match. The young couple first met in the Cathedral of Cologne, and later were fellow guests at Laeken.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The men are taking hold to help make surgical dressings in many places, and several casualties are reported among those that at tempt to handle their wives sharp scissors.-Meriden Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

the devil in strait waistcoat." His words have a special significance to- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

pairymen in the North of England will be unable to understand the pros ecution of London nilkman who was fined for selling gill of milk out of a half pint measure. It is true that the measure of capacity teaches all over England that four gills make one pint, but in the North the school figures do not apply. A gill of milk or a gill Of beer is half a pint, and if Northern housewife domiciIed in London were to receive only a quarter of a pint of milk when she asked for a gill she would have uncomplimentary things to say to the milkman.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

"Trench mouth" at the front is mentioned for the first time in the
 Press this week The mysterious complaint has been for some time under observation and treatment. It is not peculiar to men in the trenches. We know of one officer who has re- covered from severe attack which was contracted in a much bombarded place miles from the front: The Ger mans. who also suffer from it, attri- bute trench mouth to their war bread, but the officer we have alluded to sus- poets his attack arose from pro- | longed diet of timed food. The cure has been discovered before the cause.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24


 The search for word to express adequately the opposite of militarism is being pursued with much ze al. Among the suggestions made are pacifsm,- populism, civicisTn, demo cratism, and Wilsconism-the last a tribute to the President of the U. s. A. Our oontemuefary the Shoe and Leather Gazette" has not waited for anybody else's suggestion It employs 1 the word ''civilism" to express the an- | tithesis of nailitarism. Our first ] task" it writes, ifs to beat the Ger mans to convince them that mili- | tarism does not pay and that civilism does.'' Compilers of Oxford and other ! dictionaries will of course note this. M. C. p. Eugene Schneider, who was | installed president of the Iron and Steel Institute in Succession to Sir l William Beardmore is. the grandson i of the founder of the old Royal foundry of Le Creusot, who became
 Minister and President of the Corps Legislative under Napoleon III. He
 claims kinship with England drought l his mother an English lady, while his wife is a direct descendant of James ! L The firm of the new president are 1 the inventors and makers of the fla
 nous French T5mn gun.
 In his address NJ. Schneider said 1 that expenditure of ammunition ex- l ceeded at the very outset of the wal all anticipa tions. That appeared due to the unbroken fronts rendered possi ble by the huge number of men iI the field. Instead of the 10000 gun lshots with which Napoleon won tht
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

After a total expenditure of e43s,- Locb I1S De poon slaSs Ayshire' % was dropped be- cause, said Earl Gurzon in the House of Lords yesterday, the engineering difficulties had been urilerestimated; {; the cost would have been greater and the time to carry it out longer than was anticipated
 There were, howevDr, credits for Z e2o5,0e0 in respect of plant, timber and material; So that the adverse balance was in round figures 922S,- 900. -.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24

Sister Susie appears to have dropped the knitting for the sewing needle, but in Greater Britain there is still big demand for home made hosiery. A Canadian lady who claimed the Elm pire record for 52S pairs of socks has been far outclicked by a native of South Australia. whose score to date is 200 pairs ahead of the Canadian lady'S,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-08-16
The Wet Referendum

teests proposing state referendum the question Their
argument that the people should have right que
ton for themselves Their however, is put off the death
of the liquor traffic. The having
people settle the liquor question by majority until after the
National Prohibition resolution passed Congress- Even
they in favor having the question settled this way
only the referendum
possibly delay Prohibition
Even though referendum vote held it would have
legal effect The Constitution provides by which
the Constitution be amended That way by majority
of the Legislatures of three ourths Of the
is illegal and ineffective.
In Ohio the plan of holding referendum National Prohb
ton is being fought in the the ground that
cannot be legally the holding
for the that the result of the election force
effect so far amending the Constitution concerned
In the last Legislature the fought and defeated
wide referendum In order their
state in the next session they will probably propose statewide
referendum for the reason namely proon the life of the
liquor business.