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Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The list of vacant flats and tene- ments for rent is going to diminish steadily from now on, unless we are much mistaken, We advise any body who contemplates moving to wait no longer than necessary.-Man- chester Herald.
 The resignation of Capt Lipsner. as head of the Air Mail Service, because he will not ceuntenance a waste of money in the building of special air. planes when ordinary army airplanes of which we have an oyerahundanee can do the work satisfactorily carries it's own comment on the kind of ex- travagance which is still tolerated in Washington departments, although they are proelaiming policy of econ nmy.-Waterbury American.
 Connecticut appears to be con- eerned in the, cancellation of war $55, ,000,0 900. That of course neces- sitates a return to the manufaet- Iire of necessities of a normal char acter. It also raises the question as to how the situation will work out. Will the present high, eKtravagant and unnecessary prices be held to the artificial and inflated standard through business and manufactur. ing combination, or will we return to the status of competition win it's consequent bringing down of pricea to decent basis ?-Bristei Press. Little is to be gained by a genera strike in aid of Thomas J. Mooney convicted to die in California. Suet outbursts will voice laber's prptesi and accomplish little else. Perhaps that is all their advocates seek. Int
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
SALVATION ARMVs XMAS FUND.

Q In years gone by much commenda- ble work has been done by the Sal vation Army in providing Christmas dinners for the poor of the city 1t has been done without any great dem pnstration but the work has served to meet the needs in many homes IL has brought cheer 10 households where it was not only needed but vhere it would have been otherwise Impossible to have enjoyed such a dinner as was provided.
 There have been years when there has been less employment. but sick Hess and disability are a.ways fur. uishing worthy cases which are enti- oSd to just such help as the Salva- ton Army gives. There are the homes where this great self sacrificing or Eanization goes which need to be reached, and certainly it's work should not be allowed 10 lapse through a lack of support.
 Representatives of the Salvation Army are stationed about the streets for the purpose of receiving such do- Rauons as the people are willing to make. We have gcseruusiy given to other causes. we have given to the fund for the great work which other members of the organization have done on the battlehelds and are doing among the members of the army. We applaud the wonderful record that has been made abroad and We should not fan to give due recognition to the fact that we ought not to overlook either the poor in our midst or the cheer and comfort which the Salvation Army stands ready and willing to carry to them on Christmas day in accordance with the generosity of those in the city who can and should support such work. It is the proper Christmastide spirit to give and it should not be for gotten that 1t Is more blessed to give than 10 receive. Don't fail to do your bit
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
Dance T onignt PULASKI HALL
 U. 5. Marines S35 PRIZE FOX TROT
oALF CLUES ARE poeuLAR.

During the past year 594 boys and
 girls in Connecticut each took over
 the care and feeding of 3 calf as a contribution to the war. The success >of the youngsters was so marked tkat
 calf clubs are being organized
 throughout the state bg the extension
 service of Connecticut Agricultural
 College.
 ], Interest in calf clubs is quite strong in Fairfield county, where one
 of the leading breeders of Holsteins has offered a pure-hred heifer calf from a COW, with a milk production of 16,Geo0 pounds, to the boy or girl who makes the best record next year in the club work. Another breeder in an adjoining county has offered free service of his herd bull to the Fair l field county prize calf.
 Boys and girls in any county of the state who want to join the calf club and receive instruction in the care
 and feeding of calves should apply to ] the Farm Bureau in their county. ] Provision is made to give the young sters advantage of supervision by specialists in this work.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Speaking about come down, every body has his eye glued upon the high cost of living to provide the one big attraction.
 lt would be calamity if Santa Claus should forget and leave his avi- ator's license home in his old clothes on Christmas eve.
 Tl7e man on the corner says: The trouble with the former kaiser Is that he didn't take Santa Claus instead of Attila as his model.
 The sun is great remover of snow and ice, but no one should think of leaving the clearing of their walks this winter to Old Sol.
 Those who arc looking for the boys to come home are not thinking about how bad the girls on the other side will feel when they start for home.
 It is all right of course for the sul- tan of Turkey to condemn inc Ar menian massacres, but it is perfectly apparent that he did nothing to stop them.
 The help which you can give in the war savings stamp campaign will help to boost the Norwich quota to the top. Get your little government bonds now.
 After all that Germany has done there can be no surprise that the Bel Eians should be peeved at the Dutch for the way in which they are stand ing by the beast of Berlin. Many who have been named as con- perted with the German propaganda are issuing denials and calling fol hearings. It Is not surprising that they should want to clear theil | names.
 At the end sf trolley line in New York a rest room for the women con. ductors Is being advocated becaus, they go into a saloon But a res room would have no bar. and besides why not rest in the car?
 The best joke of the season is tht announcement of the Berlin Tagebla to the effect that Bernsterff has beer selected as g German peace delegat, because of the high esteem in whicl he was held in this country.
 The fear that, ia view of the larg shipments to Europe. the hungry vii have to go to Europe to get somethin; 10 eat does not seem half as probabl as the fear that such a trip will hay Ate bs made to get something to drink
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
STORIES OF THE WAR
Saved From A sunken Sub.

Correspondence of Associated Press1.-An extraordinary story of the salvage of a British submarine which went down in Gaerloch Loeh near the Clyde has now beel1 published.
 The submarine had TS persons on board, including naval contractors and men from the yards where she had been built. The order was given to suhmeFgs and she had descended just beneath the surface when water began to pour into her aft and she descended stern down to depth of i5 fstiloms, An insnectieu showed that the yentilating shaft had been left open and st peFsens iR the rear of the vessel were Immediately drown ea The forepart was shut off and the 42 persons there were saved.
 A few hours had passed before divers were sent down on what they con- sidered forlorn hene, so far as bringing anyone up alive as eepcaFn- cd. Getting to the bottom they dis covered that the stern of the vessel was embedded in many feet of mud. Knocking at the hull, they were amazed to hear a responsive tapping.
 Then Capt. Goodhart attempted a task which reads like a. tale from Jpies Verne. High pressure bottles were brought into use and the captain un- dertook with their aid, to be projected through the coming tower and shot into the water with the hope of reach ing he surface and giving information regarding those below. He was shot forward but his head struck Q beam and he was instantly killed. Another officer volunteered and was fortunate i enough to reach the surface, Res euers inserted through water flap 2 l flexible hose through which air, fpef and chocolates were passed. The en. 1 temhed men asked by. means of Morst
 signaling. for playing cards "te be- 1 guile the tedium of waitiRg,' as on' of them said,
 Strong wires were put reIlnd Lh'
 vessel and the air bottles were utili
 zed to blow out the oil fuel stoWet 1 forward, which enabled the vessel t 1 drive upwards at high speed until he
 bow was well above the water in perpendicular position,
 Immeditely a big hole was made i her by aeetylene burners and the men brought out and conveyed to q infirmary. They had been below 3 hours when Capt Gpedhart made hi ili-fated attempt and altogether tn
 party was down 57 hours before bein
 saved.
 Capt. Goedhart was pestmumeusi
 awarded the Victoria Cross.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
AN UNMANNERLY ACT

aT'vs come to tho conelusion that manners are uselsss,' Loretta said with a laugh. Bitterly useless"
 sDe you mean your own manners.s her brother asked euFiously, "or just manners in general? I thought every- body was agreed that this was an un- maHneriy age.''
 All ages are unmanncfly," Loret- ta declared. t1 have wondered at 1t, but now begin to have an ink ling, Young Eeople are lacking in good manners because the older people do not want them to have thena.p
 t.Their parents don't want them to have them her brother corrected her, just because # is too much trouble to teach them. What has brought you to this pessiinistie pass r
 ! was brought to show difference to age" Loretta said in explanati tien. "So were you, though have my doubts about your having studied the sub- jeet to any great extent.' T was taught all right her broth- CT grinned, but it did not take. Have I been lacking in deferenee to you P q haven't been thinking about you, 1 Leretta said scornfully. q have just been taking notes little. As I said, we were brought up to be polite to QldeE people"
 "ttad as scrappy as we liked to those l of our own age
 we were to rise when an older per
 son came into the room and we vert
 never to take the most eomfertablf chair under any circumstances unless we were alane in the room. We werf
 to open doors and gates for an oldeI l person and a thousand and one ethel 1 things that were supposed to makI 1 life a little more exciting for thosi who got here before we did. It wal
 2 beautiful page taken from New England book on etiquette, only i | doesn't work
 When !1u. get excited you forget al
 about it7" her brother asked politely Even though you know there will hi 1 another car in half minute, you pusl frantically with the rest of them" l :1'd like to know on what line vol can get another car in a half minute | Loretta sniffed. .'Ne, it isn't that. l l IS that people do not want to have yol l polite to theHl.''
 T have always been tbia 10 look fo
 hoidup man when somebody offer
 to show me the sights her brotho
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12

said laziiy. And it isn't good idea for beautiful ladies like yourself te let gentlemen open windows for them when tra yelling"
 It isn't ;hat. either.r Laretta ex- plained. sYpu see, l Wens to see Aunt Sarah while I was away. She isn't what you would call an old lady. but you never weIld call her yaans, She's old enough to be our mother. sa l Anyhow, it was a sort of habit with
 me to rise when she came in and to yield the best seat if there was a diff ference in .hean, Finally, after 1 had done that J few times, Aunt Sarah exploded"
 Some explasion.' her brother com uented.. stShe weighs oYer ZOO"
 "She said she wondered whether l thought she was entirely deerepit that was so deferential to her. She said
 that she Wisked me to understand
 right then and theFe that she did not
 feel any older than I was, and she did
 not intend to have me making her feel
 ola, either. I tried to reform and she
 did not complain again, but fell from grace on the train when ] lleld open
 a door for 3 weman who was coming after I1a.H "Wtat On earth had you done to. her ?' T mean she was following me- Ler- etta said. "She stopped right there te ask me whether thought she was old 1 just because her hair was gray. She said it began to turn gray when she was IS and she didn't believe she was mite more than five yearsspider thar I, I was secretly amused and theught | them 8 queer pair of woRlen. we hold doors open for everybods ana anybody here in Chicago. and no l body gets crass. However. since then l I've been spoken to thrfe times in Z
 resentfnl way because women though
 I was refeeting on their years. and was heginRins to think there wal ] something the matter with them. To l day I changed my mind I've come t l the conclusion that everybody is yopnl as long as he liyeg, these davs." May I inquire why you think differ 1 eftIY todayf'
 Well" Loretta acknowledged with laugh. "I got on g crowded car thi afternoon and q young girl of about | l jumped up and gave me seat There such Q thing as too much manners, l-chicage News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12

eaurts cannot be terrorized into doing justice. If they are not minded to do absolute and even handed justice, strikes. though participated in by hundreds of thousands are not likely to compAl them to, Secretary of [4aher Wilson urges against strikes and promises justice. He has been Mooney's best friend thus far and his advice is worth needing. We have trouble enough on our hands without 2 general strike of protest.-Hartferd Post.
 The government housing plans are shrinking visihly. The latest news is that g large part of the South End contract is to be can celled and hat only 5 houses will be completed. So much rTslimi- qars work has been done on the basis Of the larger project that The Repuhhean is informed on good au- thority that the cost of the houses actually completed will run very high. perhaps as high as S15 0e0 q dwelling.
 There is a great waste of money here, all the more regrettable be- l cause it would evidently cost very little more to finish up sll the hous- eS lAai IQ LeFHlp3e the WOfk TOT the sake of stopping the outgo Ii the government stops, as proposed why should not Waterbury realize on the possible salvage?
 1 Bridgeport has already husief
 herself on this question and has sent committees to Washington tl see if the government houses thore | cannot be finished up by the gov
 efnment, or il that is net possible to arrange for local interests taking
 oyer the work.
 We suggest that the Chamber 0 ! Commerce start a committee work 1 ing to save these houses for Water
 bury right away. Waterbury need housing and particula~ly such heus ing as tais.-Wa,e ,erbury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
ARMY DISCIPLINE.

II is only little over a year and a half since this country entered the war, and during that time we have not only raised an army of about four million but actually placed over two million men fully armed and equipped ir France and England. During all this time much has been said about iiie imDotency Of the United States Co render any quick assistance in the gar and the lightning training which the Yankees have received.
 - But regardless of all this the United States has reason 10 be proud of it's army, not only for the manner in which t has responded to the coun- try's needs but because of the mag Rlficent fighting record which it has established on the battle fields os Trance. Every service that it has been called upon to render has been performed with signal success and has contributed materially to the ear ly ending of the fighting.
 While establishing such a record tor quickly assembled war machine General Crowder points out that dis cipline has not been overlooked or sacrificed for fighting qualities. This Is shown by his statement to the ef- feet that there has not been a single execution for a military offense. This does not mean that there were not breaches of discipline or violations of military law, for there were 1O,S7s Court martial convictions. but in no case was t deemed advisable 10 carry out death sentences although there were a few instances where such were imposed but afterwards commutsd This Is in marked contrast to other grmies of similar size. and while there were instances where executions took place because of the commission of capital crimes, the army has shown that 1t has not suffered from bad dis opline through lack of long training
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
"MApE IN AMERICAN

Everyone knows how extensively the Made in Germany brand has appeared upon goods coming from that country, On many dilTei ent e. easions the adoption of Made in America has been urged unon the manufacturers of this country with the result that some have Undertaken 1t hut without any general resort to it even in the foreign t4s,de Wherever used such a stamp has not meant any thing more than what it actually says. that the article was made in this country. There has been no attempt made to restrict It's use to goods of any particular standard. The best and the inferior might bear the sans imprint
 In recognition thereof Secretary If Commerce Redfeld comes out in be- half of establishing prestige through such a label by making it actually mean that the goods which bear it are quality goods. that they are represen- tative of American manafacturA aud that there is government guarantee back of such declarations. This he would do by having congress enlarge the functions of the bureau of stand ards so as to permit the maker of any standard commodity to submit a spe cimen of his product for examination, and to provide that the bureau. after such an examination, should certify to the facts that a buyer, domestic or foreign, ought to know respecting the nature of the article. No rnanufac- l turer would be forced te secure such cartifieatlon but there would be stit penalties imposed for departures l therefron.
 Under such conditions the Made ir America" stamp would mean some thing and it would be possible for tht purchaser to find out whether he wa: l getting a standard article or. an imi. tation. It is a matter which vii doubtless receive due consideration
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12

Heed the teachings of diversity you would avoid a seeaaA iAs~asA.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12

may be met in time but if would hard- ly be reasonable to expect that any such demands should take precedent over the greater needs which continue to exist
 Cwtailment had to come of neces- sity much more quickly than the res- toration can take place and there IS no reason to believe but what the trayeling public will be reasonable in its demands. It must appreciate that its actual needs have been pretty we'll taken care of during the war all things considered and that the disposition thus early manifested of getting back to normal must be regarded as dis position to do the proper thing just as soon as 1t Is possible to effect the necessary establishments.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
RESTORING PASSENGER TRAINS.

Interest Is bound to be taken in the statement which has been put forth to the affect that Director General Mc- Adoo will get the passenger service of the country back to normal as rapidly as possible.
 This will mean much to those who are dependent upon railroad service for getting to and from points and who have for some time been moving about with no little difficulty because of the curtailment which took place a year or more ago in dropping from the schedule those trains which could be eliminated with the least inconven, fence in order to better meet the de- m2nd for improved freight service.
 But getting back to normal may not mean that each and every one of the trains will be returned. It is proba- bie that they will not. for there were many which were run for competitive reasons and others which were oper7 ated at a constant loss due to lack of patronage which it would hardly be advisable to restore. Such conditions
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-21
| AMERICAN SOLDIER CARRIES
RED CROSS ON HIS BACK
Two Pieces OF ShrnpneI Make Remark
nbic Scar on New York
MINI.
TBy Associated are.,.l

fBy Associated 1rc.s1
PARIS, October 20.--Private Jean
Fournan, of New York city, will carry
a cross on his back hs u souvenir OF
the great war. The wound that has
marked him is 30 unusual that he 10
known at American Military Hospital
No. ], where he is now convalcscinr,
as the Red Cross Man" and doctors
nurses and patients have watched his
case with unusual interest.
Fournaa Is member, OF one OF the
American regiments recently engaged
IN The hghting around Fismes lie has
went through heavy nghting on several
fronts without scratch.
one morning Il short time ago ina,
as Eis company went over the ron
headed for Il bochc machine. gun nc.I
shrapncl she'll knocked him out III
had momentary singing sensation
and then awoltc TO find himself on m
American sanitary train. from which
he was taken by ambulance to The
hospital. "
When he was carried TO the oDcrai
ing room. the surgeon looked him Over
and then called the other doctors Ia
come and look. The boy had been hi,
BY two pieces Of shrapncl. one OF which
hhad gone down his back SO close 10
his SPINE tina, only miracle saved
him from paralysis. The other mad
crossed at right angles. leaving the
mark Of a perfect cross on his hack
FourHan has those pieces Of siIrnn
mel IN his Red Cross treasure bag. lie
says they're lucky pieces" bccaus..
the: only LEFT scar"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-21

where used for certain types OF steel
ships, Again. standardization would
an9rd opportunity to draw upon any
mn In any section of the country
Win the certainty that the produc,
obtained would conform to require
nents. whereas. without standardiza-
ton urgent need for SPECIFIC typc OF
lumber might compel purchase from
a source far removed from the ship
building plant instead of tho ono near
est ut hand. thus increasing transpor-
tatiOn costs.
In the case Of costly machinery. such
as boilers ana engines. Standardization
mas eliminated many intermediate sizes
Nautical Instruments, plumbing !N-
lures. winches. windlasses--n fac, all
OF the thousand and one things that
go 10 make ii fully equipped ship will
tie thoroughly standardized whenever
II Is possible to accomplish It. stand
ardiza'ion has invaded even the galley
ana Is being applied TO Stewards our
hts There Will be no longer mis-
celiancouS sets Of equipment that may
meet the requirements OF one ship. but
not thos" OF another. Linen. bedding
ami furniture are being standardized.
one OF definition OF purpose is TO
nave al! items and appliances so stan
for any shin without regard To where
the equipment is made. which will mean
maximum progress in the building and
Quitting II ships, but the economy of
standardization starts RICH, In the fac
tory anu continues until the ship puts
TO sea. Even there IL does not cease.
Nv INC SicD or ltCloTS IL means repttt-
tive work resulting in Increased speed
and skill. II affords fair and accu-
rate basis Of cost estimate. II saves IN
production. packing and transportation
costs. II reduces construction and in
Staliation costs and promotes efficiency.
not only among the men who build
SHIPS and ship equipment, but among
those who operate them. Standardiza-
ton WAS a big undertaking in Itself.
for il Involved selection and classif-
cation OF resources. location of plants
and manufacturing facilities. design OF
apparatus and equipment and the draw
Ing uD ard distribution OF plans and
spcciiicat ions. but when finally accom-
pliShcd. as II scoI Will be. IL will mean
ships built at rock bottom prices and
IN any number required