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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
S1o,ooo FIRE THREATENED
 VILLAGE OF ATTAWAuGAN
Five Horses Meet Horrible Death in
 Flames.
(speeial to The Bulletin.l )

NGp6Glal LQ The buu6Lln.)
 Attawaugan, April 3.-The village of Attawaugan was threatened with destruction by fire tonight when the big barn of the Attawaugan company and some attached sheds and a gar- age burst forth in fire that looked extremely dangerous. Only the fact that it had rained during the night allowed of the mills company fire de- partment keeping the fire under con- trol but the Methodist church and mill company dwellings in the imme- diate vicinity were steaming with heat at times. The barn and other struc- lures were burned to the ground The loss could not be accurately estimated at l o'clock but it may reach as high as s10000. Five of eleven horses that were in the barn were burned to death 1 The other six were gotten out and turned loose and were searched for after the fire. The horses that were | burned belonged to the Attawaugan l company. The six that were rescued were the property of Joseph Borgaro He succeeded in releasing them an6 made a brave attempt to get the com 1 pany's horses out, but these animals were so frightened by the flames that they would not move from their stalls MT. Bogaro lost 8 touring car in tht 1 ire. The mill company horses, In- cluding a number of wagons, har. nesses, tools and other such equip. ment and 8 quantity of hay. Mir. Bo. garo also lost wagons, harnesses ant tools. The mill company started tn, pumps at their plant, giving ample water pressure through the stree
 main to feed the streams that wer, directed at the fire which is the larg est that has occurred in Attawaugan The buildings that were destroyer wer
 ill one close group and together GOV
 cred very considerable area. N reason could be given how the fire which broke out about ten minutes t,
 twelve. started. It was said, how
 ever. that it started in one of tn
 sheds and might have been incendiary The loss is partly covered by insur
 ance The offices of the Attawaugal
 company are in Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
AT THE DAVIS THEATRE
1t Pays to Advertise.


 In spite of wet weather Wednesday night the Davis theatre was practical ly sold out for the Myrkle- Harder production, It Pays to Advertise. As usual the Myrkle- Harder players ably defended their reputation. The play which was originally produced by Messrs. Conan & Harris, was rapid fire from beginning to end. Miss Myr- kle appeared in the role of Mary Gray son and Jack Bertin as Rodney Mar tin who bucked his fathers soap trust and made fortune in the soap busi- ness through advertising. James Dempsey, who appeared as Judge Weeks in Mile-a- Minute Kendall, was seen in the role of Ellery Clarke, ri val soapmakers model" son. Ralpf Brady who made a hit as Jim Evans in Mile-a-Minute Kendall, appeared as Charles Bronson. The production was in three acts.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
TIRED OF LIFE Constant Backdche
 and Rheumatism,
Foley Kidney Pills fiz.d.p T.z.. br.tena

Foley Kidney Pills fixsdup TeEas brakeman % he's geod as ever.
 Almost down and out with kidney trouble. Rheumatism so bad he could scarcely get up when he sat down. Back aehed all the time.
 No wonder Mir. F. A. Wooley, brake man on the road from Dallas to Jack son, Texas, 'was tired of living.''
 'I saw Foley Kidney Pills adver- tised," he said, T took some and after a short time was thoroughly cured and am having no more trouble.
 Your kidney ills will disappear and with them the backache and rheu- matism, by the use of Foley's Kidney Pills. lOnce your kidneys become strong and active, aches and pains will disappear like magic.
 There's nothing to equal the genu- fine. Win help any case of kidney or bladder trouble not beyond the reach of mediciaes, Contain no harmful drugs, Try them.
 Lee & osgood Co
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
Charged With EmbezzIement.

William A. Cotton of New London was arrested Wednesday on a charge of embezlement of about $75 from the Adams Express Co. Cotton has been employed as a driver and is alleged 10 have taken the money from his col- lection, fixing his accounts in such a way as to cover up the thefts. Cotton it is said. has an automobile delivery car, which he was endeavoring to sell to make up his deficiency. Bond of $T50 was required for his reiease.- New London Day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
FUNERALS
Michael Murphy

fThe funeral of Michael Murphy e7 years old, was held from St. Johns church. Montville, Tuesday morning at o'clock, with a mass of requiem at which Rev. J. F. Quinn officiated. The bearers were Robert Mccarthy and Timothy Sullivan of New London and Fred Tooker and Dennis Har- r;ngton of Uncasville. Interment was in UncasviIle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
Miss EsteIIa sprasue at New York
 Meetinu,

Connecticut was represented Tues day at an important meeting in New York city of the home conservation division of the United States Food Administration by Miss NJ. Estella Sprague. Connecticut director of home economics. This regional conference was called by Miss Martha VanRen- sselaer, formerly of Cornell and now of the Washington office of the food administration.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

of each co-operator and each month remaining there 24 hours weighing the night and mornings milk, taking a sample of same for the Babcock test, weighing grain and roughage, keeping systematic records of man labor and horse labor, keeping accounts of all receipts and expenses and entering the same in the farm account book. The ercords are from April, 1917. to April |191S At the end of the year the work was summarized and the results are
 as follows:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
ls Given Commission.

Dr. Julian D. Lucas of Roxhury, Mass, son of the late J. B. Lucas has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve corps. He is a graduate of N. F. A. class of 97 and Tufts College '03.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

The farm feeding the largest sbnount of hay produced milk the cheapest, One farm lost about $400 on the dairy herd and they were fed as follows: Hay 57t, silage !, grain 1.2 per COW per year. In this case more grain was fed than hay, and inasmuch as grain furnished
 nutrients at the greatest cost loss was l inevitable.
 Farm accounts which have been kept 1 on these seven farms afforded the best means of determining the cost of milk
 production and the financial condition of the farm business as a whole
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Misses Katherine. Emily and Eiea- nor Gage, of New Haven have been their grandparents. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Howe.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Mrs. Burton S. Wood and son Bur ton s. Wood, Jr., of Waterbury. have been visiting Mrs. Woods mother, Mrs. c. Newcomb Kinney.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Miss Margretta c. Johnson, who is taking a course in art at Columbia
 university, has been at home for the spring vacation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

John Porteous and his sister, Miss Porteous have returned from a trip through the south.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Mrs. George D. Colt and grand daughter, Miss Frances Colt, have been passing several days in New Ha- ven
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Miss Marion L. Bishop of New York has been at her home on Broadway for several days.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
Murphy & McCarry
 207 Main Street

Mass, was in town for the Easter re- cess,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Miss Mildred J. Cary, a student at Lasen seminary, Auburndale, Mass, has been at her home on Sachem street for the Easter holidays.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY

Miss Frances R. Whitney of Natick
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Miss Helen L. Perkins, vocal teach CT in Dr. Reaser's School for Girls at Jenkintown, Pa, is passing the Easter
 recess with her mother, Mrs. Thomas H. Perkins.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

II VIII De seen that the cost runs from 3.S to e.4c per quart The lowest cost IS in a herd of 13.5 cows, pro ducing 651S lbs. of milk. There are several dominant facts in this low cost. Practically 1000 lbs. of milk per COW were made in excess of any other herd and in one case over 2,e00 lbs. But probably the most important factor in this low cost of production is seen by the following table. showing the amount in tons of grain, hay and silage few per COW per year:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

MT. and Mrs. Henry L. Bennett, of 32 Williams street have announced the engagement of their daughter, Rosalie A., to Frank M. Hebbleth- waite of New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Announcements have been received here that the annual convention of the Connecticut Congress of Mothers is te be held in New Haven May g and 10.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Many property owners who had de- pended upon schoolboy aid to clean up dooryards and gardens were disap- pointed because of the short vacation this spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Barber wanted at the Wauregan Hotel Barber Shop. Wages and com mission good for $25 week.-adv.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Journeymen tailors of New London belonging to Local No. 264 are making a demand for nine hour day and a 15 per cent. increase in wages for the weekly worker.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Directors of the State Children's Aid society whose terms end in October of this year are Mrs. Frank A. Mitchell,
 Norwich; Hon. Charles Phelps. Rock vile; Mrs. Robert B. Chappell. New London.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

A book of special Norwich interest
 recently added to the shelves of the Otis library is F. J. Stimson's My Story: Memoirs of Benedict Arnold.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04

Military dance in Willimantic State Armory, Saturday, April 9th, at p. m. Tickets: Ladies, 25c, gentlemen, 35e, Pickett's orchestra.-adv.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17

cation, was graduated from the Mis-
soula count high school in 1912. and
entered the University of Montana in
the fall. He took a prominent part
in student activities.
At the University of Missouri Simp-
kins became much interested in the
chemistry of the radio elements. 1t
was natural, then, that when a scare
ity of radio active material occurred
at the outbreak of the war he should
go to the Chemical Process Company
near Denver. This company was en-
gagged. in conjunction with the L. S.
Bureau of Mines, in working up the
radio active carnOtite ores of Colorado.
In September, 1917. feeling himself
called upon for even more active par
ticipation in the war he enlisted in
the aviation service. He was sent to
the ground school at Berkeley and up
on his graduation was transferred TO
France. Here he found that there
were few planes available. He there
fore obtained a transfer to the radio
telegraphic service.
Lieutenant Simpkins is the first
graduate of the University of Montona
to be killed in action. Dean r. II.
Jesse. Jr., son of DIR. Richard II. Jesse
of Columbia, will speak at the men,
Orial services to be held at Missoula.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17
POLISH STUDENTS RESTRICTED
College Boys Of Warsaw Arouse Ire
OF German Governor.

Students in the Polish universities
have been so open and fearless in
their anti-German demonstrations
that it has been necessary to place
them under surveillance. Although
these boys are nearly all under p
years of age, they have been among
the most active elements in their agi-
tatiOn fer a free Poland
While some of their performances
SAVIOR of the traditional pranks of the
college freshman, the patriotic mo-
tive behind them has caused the Ger
The first outburst took place on Jan
uary %. 1917. Immediately following
President Wilson's declaration in ia
vor of a free Polish state On that
occasion they danced and marched all
night through the streets of Warsaw
After the Brest-LitOvsk treaty they
hung streamers Of Grape from their
dormitOry windows. They also held
Eurlesque representation of the
signing CT the treaty which was con-
side-ed so seditious that the German
soldiers broke it up. shooting and
wounding two of the participants.
After the Versailles meeting Of June
3. a jollification meeting was held.
A letter of Governor General Won
Beseler to the rector of the Univer-
sity of Warsaw comments bitterly
upon the boys behavior. and declares
that the German authorities cannot
yield to the wishes and demOnstra-
tive displays of politically unripe
youths" Evidently Won Beseler's
remOnstrance had little effect. for the
order placing the universities unde-
military surveillance soon followed
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17
on STARS AND STRIPES STAFF
Edward Fulton, Former Journalism
Student, Now i'm London.

Edward Fulton, former student in
the School of Journalism of the Uni
yersity, is now a member of the staff
of the Stars and Stripes. a newspaper
published by soldiers of the Ameri-
can ExpeditiOnary Forces in France.
Mr.. Fulton, whose home is in Dali
las. Tex, has enlisted in the air serv-
ice and was with the flying squadron
until short time ago.
He is now located in London, but
expects to be transferred soon TO
Paris. where the paper is published.
Mr.. Fulton says in a letter to the
School of Journalism:
The Stars and Stripes has perhaps
had one of the most remarkable
grOwths known i'm the annals of
journalistic history. The paper is
scarcely more than six months old
and has 4 circulation close to 100000
which is growing at the tremendous
weekly rate CT from $1,000 to 10000.
II has about 1000 in England. which
we hope TO increase to $4,000 shortly.
1t has about 10000 in the States. This
will give you an idea of the immensi-
ty Of the proposition"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17
N. j. AVIATOR KILLED
Lieut.. ]. c. Simpkins Former
Chemistry Assistant, Los
cS Life in France.

Lieutenant James Claude Simpkins.
assistant in chemistry at the Univer-
sity of Missouri in 1916. was killed in
action in France on September IS.
Lieutenant Simpkins was a radio
telegrapher in the aviation service
1t is assumed that he was killed while
riding in an airplane as an air tele-
grapher although the war department
in its message gave no details of the
manner of his death.
Lieutenant Simpkins enlisted in the
aviation corps more than a year ago.
the front. he did not get into active
service at the front until some time
after he completed his ground school
work.
In France he transferred to the ra-
do service of the aviation corps, and,
according to word received by his
father and his friends here, he went
into action against the German avia-
tors last month.
Lieutenant Simpkins is survived by
his father. James Simpkins, of 125
Brooks street, MissOula, Mont. two
sister. Nell and Mable. and a brother.
Edward. somewhere in France with a
machine gun battalion.
Lieutenant Simpkins was born in
to MissOula eleven year ago with the
NissOula eleven years ago with the
other members of his family. There
he completed his grammar school edu-
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17
NEW STYLE PERISCOPE NOW
ii Sea Is smooth 1t Need Be Only
Few Inches Above Surface.

AN IRISH PORT, Sept. 10 (By
maiD.-If the popular conception of
the periscOpe and the manner in
which it is brought to the surface and
lowered, were accurate, CHI sing sub
marines would be a much easier task
than American destroyer commanders
have laid out for them. They do not
see a pipe four or five inches in dia-
meter with lenses at the top swishing
through the water or disappearing
during the rather slow process of
submerging a U-bOat.
Instead they see. if they are for
tunate enough a slender pipe not
more than one and One-half inches
in diameter shoot up above the sur
face and disappear within a few sec
ends. 1t is the telescope periscOpe
that may be operated from a depth of
several feet. All underwater craft
now are equipped with them rather
than the old type which, through pho
tOgraphs and drawings, has been i'm
pressed upon many people.
The operation of the periscope is
controlled to a large extent by a very
delicate instrument which denotes to
the U-boat commander the condition
of the sea at the surface If it is
comparatively smooth which enhanc-
es the danger of detection he need
raise the periscope only a few inches
above the surface.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17

be a long way Oft is only by rig
i'd saving. self-denial and by the prac-
tice Of the closest economy that the
food supply of the world may be made
to meet the demands upon it.
This is the conservation program
for the coming year; to provide for
shipment half again as much of the
necessary foods as were exported last
year; while the war lasts to maintain
the health, comfort and courage of the
Allies; when the war ends. to rescue
and restore all feeble folk who sit
at common table.
And to reach these ends America
must continue to save food"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17

number want to study, and technical
books are in lively demand in hos.
pitfalls.
"A mans state of mind has much
to do with his reading" reports Miss
Carey. He may be disappointed. hi
may be anxious about his family. He
may be afraid they are going to fore
close the mortgage. He may be mere
ly homesick." What would YOU like
to read to forget inconsistencies? II
you have such book send it to the
American Library Association. If you
haven't the book give its price when
the big welfare drive starts on Nov
ember IL. $500. 900 of the $40 500.
600 TO be raised goes to the War Lii
brary Service of the Library AssO-
citation.
One hundred fOrty-nine hospitals
and Red Cross houses have already
been equipped with libraries, and no.
where have the books been more Gag
erly read. A man in hospital will
read more than he ever did before in
his life. He will get the reading hab-
it if he did not have it when he was
well. No matter where he begins he
will usually end by reading real lit
erature. The librarian makes il her
business to introduce good books into
the wards. She comes in at regular
intervals wheeling her well loaded
book wagon. stopping at each bedside
letting the men browze and select at
will. She talks books with sick men.
and gets from them the kind of read
ing they prefer. The next time she
visits the wards she has exactly what
each one asked for. That is why mon
ey as well as books is asked for.
Money is necessary in order to give
the books that are needed when they
are wanted.
Every hospital" says Miss Carey.
needs books in simple English, for
in our army there are many illiterate
and uneducated men who cannot read
the ordinary adult literature The
books that were given in the last drive
did not include many sO-called boys
books. These books are very much
needed in hospital libraries to meet
the needs of the uneducated.
Books in foreign languages are
needed greatly. There is nothing
more pathetic than a sick soldier who
cannot read English, and our army
has some who can scarcely speak it.
Books are called for in French, Italian,
Spanish, Russian and Greek. Text
books are wanted. including primers
and readers, for even in the hospital
there are occasionally men who will
want to learn to read"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17
Wanted: New Trench Game,

The Y. NJ. c. A physical depart
ment in France is anxious for a new
sort of athletic game that may be en-
joyed under the limitations of front
line trench service. 1t must be play
ed in the open air but in all ways
concealed from the eye Of the enemy
airplane scouts; it must not cause
large groups to assemble; it must
not cause shouting or be so siren
uOus as to tire the men.
Brick for sale. Boone Co. Lumber Co.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17
PEACE WILL BRING
NEW FOOD PROBLEMS
Conservation to Be Even
More Important at End
of War.
MUST FEED WORLD
Half as Much Again for
Export, Is Program for
Next Year.

The present military situation forms
no adequate reason for relaxation OF
food conservation, Herbert Hoover de,
clared in a telegram this morning tC
F. b. MumfOrd, federal food admins
traitor for Missouri.
On the contrary, Mr.. Hoover says
European developments make con-
servatiOn efforts particularly impor-
tant because evacuation of occupied
territory by the Germans imposes up
on this country the responsibility OF
feeding this additional civil pOpula-
ton.
Even if peace should come quickly
America will have a big job to tao
kle, that of feeding the neutrals as
well as the Allies. Mr.. Mumford point
ed out in commenting on Mr.. HOovers
telegram. During the last year it has
been Americas task to keep from
starving the 12O million people of the
nations at war with Germany, he said
Their need came first.
No overnight Crops.
They were kept going through the
most critical year of the war" said
Mr.. Mumford. After the war they
will continue looking to America for
help. There will be no crops raised
overnight.
THE people of neutral lands also
will clamor for food and will not be
denied.
There are $50 million people who
are hungry or starving, victims of
Germany and the war. These are the
people whose lands have been over
run by the Germans-POland, Serbia,
Armenia; the people whose commerce
has been destroyed by the submarine
Norway. Sweden and Holland; the
people whose production has been
Slapped by the war-Rumania. the Tx
raine, the Baltic provinces; the peo-
pie whose civilization has collapsed
the Russians of every territory. All
these are needy and many will starve
unless help comes quickly.
when the war ends, when the bar
riers are raised an dshipping-what
is left-is set free. America will not
be deaf to the entreaties of these peo-
pie. And we must realize that war
time economy must continue even aft
er the coming of peace. Regardless
of when the war ends-and that may
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-17
WOUNDED, THEY WANT
WATER, THEN A BOOK

The inst thing that a wounded sol.
der wants is a drink of water. The
next thing he wants. nine times out
of ten. is a book. That the Ameri
cans are a race of readers has beer
proyed i'm the military hospitals
abroad. as well as in the base hOspi-
tails that have sprung up here al
home Nurses and doctors report that
all sick and wounded soldiers demand
reading matter, some soon as they en-.
ter the nospital.the others as soon a.
they know that they can get it foI
the asking.
What kind of books do they read in
the hospital. That depends on the
individual says Miss Miriam f. Carey
field representative of the hospital
service of the American Library AssO-
citation. TO put a man to bed does
not change him fundamentally; he is
the same man in most respects that he
was before he took off his uniform and
donned pajamas and a bath robe. II
he is an educated man with a taste for
books he will want something to read
as soon as he reaches the hospital
and in some case he will anticipate
his feelings after his operation and
will provide himself with a book in
advance
There is at least one case on record
in a certain base hospital where a
Young lieutenant insisted on taking
a book with him into the operating
room. He had just reached a thrilling
chapter in a detective story and he
was afraid that some one else would
get the book before he was out of the
ether. When consciousness began to
stir in him again his hand went crop
ing over the counterpart. The nurse
was a wise and sympathetic woman.
Here il is. Lieutenant" she said. BE
good now and we'll let you read a lit
tie tomorrow"
A sick officer" says Miss Carey. lis
usually a very unhappy man. What
he wants at first is entertainment. dis
traction. He wants a detective story
that Will fairly raise his hair. He
sends word to the librarian to that
effect. He may be a man who enjoyed
the higher classics, but just at this
point he needs the Hound of the Bas-
kervilles.'
1t is the same with the enlisted
men, What they want first is some
thing to make them forget the pain
and discomfort of their aching bodies.
A man lying all day looking at his
bandaged leg elevated at an angle
of siXty-fve degrees. his foot at
tached to a trolley wire and loaded
with sandbags. wants nothing more
difficult TO assimlate than Sherlock
Holmes or the works of o. Henry.
Later on he will call for something
more serious. Most soldiers want to
read books on the war. A very large