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Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
MOTHERS ARREST PROBABLE Charged With Aiding Escape of Gladys
 Hill, on Probation.

The arrest was impending Friday
 afternoon of the mother of Gladys
 Gill, the girl who was this week orr
 dered committed to the state school
 for girls, but who disappeared from
 the custody of her acting probation officer Captain Fee of the Salvation
 army. Mrs. Gill will be charged with aiding in the girls escape from the probation officer. The whereabouts of the girl was unknown up to late Fri day afternoon.
 AlI-Star Team Coming Sunday. Manager Thomas McDermott of the Putnam baseball team has arranged | one of the sport treats of the season for Sundays game. The team that | will be here tomorrow to oppose Put l nam is no less than the Queen Quality organization of Boston, the semi pro- fessional champions of New England. This team trimmed Putnam 1 to 0 l in a ten-inning game last season, and hope to do as well this year. For a pitcher they announce Murray of the | Boston Nationals, and Connolly of the
 same team to catch Manager McDer-
 mott said Friday afternono. Putnam ] will use the same lineup that was on 1 the field last Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

''I am not in the habit of praising any material medicine as I am an advocate of New Thought (alzin to Christian Science) but some timeago, l had such bad attack ofLi1sr and .Stomach Trouble that I gave up thinking did not have it, and took natural medicine, 'Fruit-a-ti7es' or Fruit Liver Tablets.
 Most gratifying yGs the a1esnN. It relievedmyliverandstomac trouble, cleaned up my yellowish complexion and put new blood in my body.
 While I am no backslider from New Thought, I feel there may be times when g help to nature may be necessary; and if so, I believe that 'Fruit-a-tives' is the highest result of New Thought in mcdicine".
 A. A. YOUNG, Schenectady, NY.
 5oc. box, 6 for $2.5o, trial size 25c. At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENsBURG, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
PELLETIER AND GREENWOOD Names for Goodyear's Honor RolI- Both Married, But Anxious for Ser

Napoleon PeIletier and Alfred Green wood, both of Goodyear and both married, Class " men, have waived all claims to deferred classification, as granted them some months ago, and have asked to have their order mum bers advanced so they may be induct- ed into service with the next quota that goes to camp from this district. Pelletier is not only married but is, as we'll, the father of children. s
 These registrants have set a new record as the only Class " men who have asked to have their order mum bers advanced. They have stated to the board that they have made pro vision for the care of their dependents and that their w1ves have waived all claims to deferred classification, as they have themselves. This district has other married men who have been inducted into service but they went in last fall before the questionnaires were issued and when different rules were III force.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
unclaimed letters.

The list of unclaimed letters in the Norwich post office for the week end ing June 18th, 1918, is as follows: Mrs Mayoell Brand, Edward J. Carr Nina Difnum CD. George E. Reyes Mary P. Kennedy, Rev. J. L. Ray, Mrs William Read and John E. White.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
Noted Here and There.

General Foch, at the Belgian head quarters, in. the presence of King AL bert, handed the ribbon of Com mander of the Legion of Honor to Gen. eral Gillain, and decorations to nu- merous Belgian soldiers who dis tinguished themselves in the recent fighting at Kippe [Ypres sector].
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

A collective protest has been made by the Allied Consuls at Moscow against the prohibition of the dispatch and receipt of code telegrams to and from Siberia. on the ground that such a proceeding is contrary to treaties of International law.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

Miss C. s. Crocker, a member of the faculty of the Norwich Free Academy, left Friday to spend the va cation at Tufts College, Mass, and on the coast of Maine.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

Children's Sunday will be observed at the First Methodist church, to- morrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

& After completing her second year of teaching at East Granby, Conn, Miss Gala R. White returns to her home at Pecks Corner today (Saturday).
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
Shelterina Arms service.

Rev. Dr. s. Fl. Howe, pastor of Park Congregational church will be at the Sheltering Arms for the Sunday aft ernoon service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

Mrs. Elizabeth Shelley of New Lon don is the guest of Mrs. Rutherford +. Snow, of Huntington avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

Miss Cooke of WilTimantic was the recent guest of Mrs. Sherman Beebe of Pine Tree farm.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

Miss Lillie Browning, a teacher in Hanover, Is at her home on Plain Hill for the summer vacation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
NORWICH TOWN

Teachers Home For Vacation-ChiI- % -dren's Sunday at Methodist Church
 Tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

Miss Agnes B. Chapman of Boston is visiting friends in Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15

stuffs that will be available for can- ming.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
Loyalty at EImviiIe.

A beautiful and new United States flag of large size has been hung over the highway at Rents store in Elm vile and attests the loyalty of the residents of that little place, which has furnished a number of men for tha service
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

istry OF Munitions handles 10000 600
articles per week and sends abroad
ao,000 consignnents per week. In adj
Gition TO over ninety national arsenaIs.
Great Britain has now 5.G46 govern
ment controlled factories. all working
cay and night on muaiuans and sup
plies. Women 10 60 70 70 ser rent. ~
all the taachine-wofk on stsils, fuses
and trench warfare supai,es aud have
contributed 40 trained mechanics to
the Royal Flying Corps. In one way
men are working for their country in
her need, many of whom never worked
in their lives before.
Turning to the feet, what shall
say. what can say that VIII be at 81
adequate to the theme, OF the worl,
done by the British Navy? 1t would
be almost ludicrous in a review OF
Britain's share IN the war to dismiss
in a sentence the absolutely vital part
borne by the feet did I not feel as
sured that every intelligent man and
woman In the United States knows Us
well as II not better than / that the
civilized world owes its existence to-
day to the unparalleled services rem
dered by the Navy.
And. alas, how can / deal with the
aid given TO the motherland by Can
ada, Australia. India and South At
rica7 The requisite tribute were 1t to
be rendered adequately would need a
volume.
No review of our four years fight
can omit a brief reference to that III
omened word KuItur. According to
the fun. the whole quarrel hinges on
the refusal OF the democracies OF the
world to accept Kuitur. Very well.
What is Kultur? l have here a table
of the worst forms Of crime committed
in Germany and England during the
ten years 1S97-1907:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

iis prime ministers, Its secretaries of
state, It's judges, Its governors OF far
OF lands. its parliamentarlans, law
yers. professors. scientists. It's I'M
doubted leaders in every branch OF
human thought and endeavor. That IS
part Of the price asked Of Us for
choosing to support Right as against
Might, and it Is a heavy impost in it
stiff Again, we have lost nearly every
officer and man OF that small ut'su-
perbly efficient army which we threw
into France early in August, 1914.
It has been estimated that britain
has fouEtt on seventeen fronts during
the past four years. One can readily
enumerate most of them, for her troops
hase been to the fore in Belgium.
fance, Italy. Serbia. Greece. Russia.
'alestine. Mesopotamla. China and
North. East and West Africa, TO name
only the main theafers OF the war
She and her Colonies have raised
100000 soldiers. and OF this total
Englands mot Great Britain's) pro-
portion is 60 per cent. In this regard
| must remove a misapprehension, or,
TO be candid. nail down a Hun lie.
which has found credence 10 some
quarters. ! shall not labor the point
II should suffice II l state with abso-
lutte authority that one man in every
seven and a half of the population of
England IS IN the army. The same
ratio holds good of Scotland. Wales
has contributed one man in every ten
and 8 fifth. Ireland one man In every
twenty-six and a third and the over
seas dominions one man in every if
teen. Those are the cold, hard facts
as to man power in the army, while
the following table tells its own story
and refutes another Hun lie:
Relative proportions OF men IN Brit
ISL forces and OF casualties suffered
by each part OF British empire, exclu-
sIve OF India, Africa, etc, to Noyem-
hor 19I7.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

KIN In every cline where the English
tongue IS the speech OF the people.
We have dared all we shall gain ali.
So II you haYe read into this preface
the meaning | have strIven 10 convey
you Will understand that IN the re-
malndcr of this brief essay shall tell
OF the glory and the immensely on
Britain's achievements in this war not
10 flaunt her deeds In the eyes OF the
world, bur as an earnest of the self
same sacrifices and ideals that shall
How from this great nation of the
West In an eyer-increaslng and ire
Sistihle stream That is my purpose,
and want to declare fl now. Britain
has done much and. though weary and
hlood-stalned. VIII do more, but the
measure OF her heroic effort can sure
ly be applied to the determination OF
the splendid country IN which write
these lines. Why. TO mix with you
Americans on the days when the news
seems had, when some disaster al sea
or some reverse on land chils the
blood and adds fresh burthen TO an
overladen heart, is the best OF all
tonics for an Engishman. have
gone out TO address audiences OF an
evening when my soul was heavy
within me. when each mouthfu1 Of
food in a well-appolnted club or hotel
had almost .ehoked me by contrast
with the privations better men than /
were enduring with steadfastness-
But the first sight of an American au-
dience. the first ringing cheers evoked
not BY my oratory. OUT my theme,
brought healing and strengthening
altogether Divine in their efficacy. for
here. indeed in the truest sense of the
phrase. the voice OF the people became
the voice of God
Well. the record has many Items.
Let us begin with the worst, the ir-
remediable. the tax levied by death.
II is a sad showing. The British cas-
ualties in officers and men are as fol
lows:
August. 1914. to the end of
1918 Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
In the year 1916. G5OO00
IN the year 1917. 100000
In six months of the present
year (estimatedl .... 100000
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09
By LOUIS TRACY

New York, Tomorrow, Au-
gust 4, a STRIFE zen world Will have en-
dured four years OF war and enter on
a fifth. How many more years Will
the human race be called on TO suffer
this agory7 God alone knows. But II
II be not impous for a mortal man to
dare interpret the DEGREES OF the AL
mighty / do now most solemnly say
that, although this carnival OF woe
may be permitted by Providence to
scourge US for months or years yet TO
come, II cannot cease till Germany is
beaten to her knees. And why do |
dare In the same breath proclaim that
the issue rests In the hands OF the
Lord OF Hosts and yet that l am con-
WINGED in my very soul that the only
outcome can be Gerinany's defeat?
This is my answer: II | believed 9TH
erwise ! would cease TO be a Chris
tian: If | admitted the possibility OF a
Prussian victory l would never again
believe that He who gave US the Ser
mon on the Mount died on the Cross
OF Calvary for mans Redemption. |
would know. perforce. and go sorrow
full TO my grave with the knowledge,
that Might is more potent than Right,
that the ethics which brought France,
Britain. Italy. America and even poor,
torn Russia into the conflict, the prin-
ciple which led Belgium to risk and
lose all, the sheer sense of justice
which has ranged twenty other ma
lions on our side. were nothing more
nor less than foolish, even grotesque
blunders. Yet | laugh TO Scorn the
notion that shall ever accept any
such theory-no. not till Millions re-
incaruated self declares him a disciple
of Lucifer, not till Shakespeare rises
from his grave and SCOTS at the beau
tiful England he loved so well. not till
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech is proved
a sham and fraud. Some miracles
do happen, but not such miracles as
these. l have lost everything | valued
in the world. | walk hand in hand
with tribulation, but there is a great
joy In my heart that comes to my aid
even In those dreadful watches of the
night when memories OF the dead
drive almost 10 frenzy those who
loved them and stIll live, because /
know-yes, | know-that my country
is fighting for the right. and not my
own dear land alone, but her kith and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

these figures. They are official. We
know some OF the details with q
mournful exactitude. During one
month in France in 1917 We had 1000
men killed. In the first twelve months
of the war we had $500 officers and
$4,000 men killed. During the month
Of april OF this year as the result OF
the great battles which began on
March 81, 1918, we had over 10000
casualties among officers alone. or
course we have Killed and wounded
many Germans. But chat does that
matter7 What does 1t matter how
many OF the brutes are killed? II is
we live under. obey and swear by to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09
Per Cent Per Cent
OF Armed OF Casu-

/ do not apologize for reverting TO
the casualty list. Ii IS essential that
these statistics should be made known.
II is difficult IN a Short article to con-
vey any fair picture OF Britain's work
In other fields. In heavy guns alone
she manufactured during the third
year Of the war twenty-seven times as
many as In the first year and two
hundred and twenty times as much
ammunition. The expenditure Of rifle
ammunition per week is now sixty-five
times greater than the average weekly
expenditure during the first ten
months of the war. The output Of ma
chine guns has increased thlrty-nine
tines Two thousand miles of railway
track, one thousand locomotives and
many tens of thousands Of wagons
have been shipped abroad. The Min
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

flesh and bone OF our bone. They are
at once our tribute and our inspira-
ton. We who gave this holocaust
must be worthy of it, We who are left
must be more resolute, more knightly.
more grandly Indifferent to loss or sur
ferlng, than those who have gone.
How can II be otherwise? The cross
they bore. the sacrifice they made. is
all the lighter for us because OF their
example. The blood OF the martyrs is
the seed OF the Church OF Christ? The
blood Of our dead is the seed Of a race
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

from Central Park to Wa nlngton
square III zen long summer days. Amer
len Is proud. and very propei y proud.
Of the great army She has poured into
France. II Is million. In round mum
hers. million OF first rate fighting
men carried 10 British slips with abb
solute safety across peril0us seas.
But Britain has already lost a mil
lion In dead and grievously wound
Ell, while two and half millions have
been smitten by the pesulence called
Germany. / have not exaggerated
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

which shall transcend In power and
greatness the widest dream ever
dreamed by enthusiastic Pan-German.
Il must be so. 1t is a deduction based
on the soundest theory Of life, the
very essence Of all that science has
taught US either OF men or of the low
er animals. But cannot blind my eyes
to the immediate gaps In our ranks.
Our universities are empty. Oxford
and Cambridge gave eight thousand or
their undergraduates TO the army In
the first year OF the war, and, be 1t re-
membered, no matter what view may
be held as to the value OF university
education, these young men were the
future rulers of the British Empire
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09
RRlTIsH oEFIcIAL pHoToeRAeHs

word | have written would be stulti-
tied II you did not realize that l am
proud of my own fOlk-has lost the
flower OF her manhood, just as You,
my honored friends ID America. viii
lose q stock hard to replace II the mil
lion of your magnificent youth IN
France and the other millions you will
put In the field until there are enough
dead Germans are fated to show a cas-
ualty list comparable with that of
Britain. But do not misunderstood
me. My faith In the destiny OF our
joint races IS supreme. Are not our
dead the best warranty or the past
and the brightest hope OF the future?
They are our very own. flesh OF our
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

OF these at least one-ffth must be
counted among the dead. So half
million gallant men OF the British En-
pire are lying in their graves all over
the world or hidden forever In the
terrible and mysterious depths OF the
sea. while more than another half mil
lion are so manned and broken that
they can never again be counted as
useful citizens of a world wherein
man must work if he would eat and
therefore live. New York and many
other great cities in the United States
love q procession. ana II is a startling
fact to note that II the dead and who'll
ly war-shattered youth OF the British
Empire could march down Fifth ave
nue. in platoons of twenty men in
rank the pallid host could not pass
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

keep on killing them till they cease to
plague mankind. have no concern
for Germans. You Americans have a
frontier proverh "A good Injun is a
dead lnjun :" Untn Germany casts
out the devil or Kaiserism and goes
back hundred years to the race
which produced some decent and use
full members OF the body corporate
shall believe most firmly that the best
German IS a dead German. What does
grieve me most profoundly is the
knowledge that Briiain-and every
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09
Total 49,. 2O9.667 2,55'

People OF America, you fathers and
mothers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts OF the men you have sent to
France, ask you to study that table.
Kultur should be known by its results,
and II benighted England can show
such a case against enlightened Ger
many is 1t not worth four years, or. IL
need be. forty years OF war to keep
your country and ours clear OF the
virus of Kultur7 The answer Is being
given today wherever the Hun stands
up against our soldiers. It Is being
dlnned into his ears by high explosives
and driven into his carcass by keen
bayonets. When he heeds we will quit,
and not until he does heed-on his
knees.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-09

! = 4 : EsF : \ 4 4 < Z Z
X
The following account Of Great 4
BritaIn's participation in the war X
was written by Louis Tracy. y
member OF the British War Mis- y
sion. to commemorate the fourth X
anniversary OF our ally's en- X
trance into the war. Mr.. Tracy r
is widely known throughout the X
United States as novelist, be- y
Ing the author OF The Wings OF X
the Morning" and some forty r
other novels.
\
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-28
DOCTOR TOLD HER
TO KEEP RIGHT ON
TAKING TANLAC
Mrs. Bieal Gains Twenty
Pounds-Wants Others
TO BE Helped.

II have not only gained twenty
pounds since | began taking Taniar
but q, has done me NO much good
that my doctor. after seeing the I'm
provcment this medicine brought. ad
vlscd m. to keep on taking ~" de,
ciarcd Mira. Mary Bicai. OF 5is Day.
ton ave. Seattle. a fcw days ago.
Il feel NO grateful for Tanlac. I
don't know what TO say." continued
Mrs. BicaL For three years / sur
fcrcd such agony with my stomach
that ! wasn't able to do "A thing
around the house. In fact. ! was
hardly able TO get around az all. /
completely los, my appetite. and
what I did force down caused mo 30
much pain could hardly stand IT
OF course this got my nerves in a
terrible condition. and hardly knew
what u was to sleep at night. Id
just roll and toss until morning.
AT last / got 40 bad off that
WAS taken to the hospital. and had
an operation performed. ] was there
for five weeks. and when | finally
got back home. was perfect
WITH was ~ MfAk 4 I
move around the house at all and
had TO stay right In bed. and my
husband had to leave his work and
wait on me. had the best atten.
ton I could get. but nothing seemed
to give mo any strength. and aitho
tried and tried 10 get up and move
around. &, was no use. was too
weak. I just couldn't do H. Every.
body insisted that | Ro back to the
hospital. but ! said. NO had been
through 40 much just couldn't bear
the thought OF going back there
again.
Then decided TO try Tanlac, "a
had heard 80 much about Il and
it's the honest truth this mcdicincl
did more for me than ever thought
anything could do. ! have taken six
bottles now. and my stomach ~ in
splendid condition. have a fine ap.
petite and can eat anything want
and never suffer the least bit after
wards.
"Tanlac certainly has built me UP
wonderfully. Just think. before
took II. didn't have strength
enough 10 set my own table. and
now can do every bit OF my house
work.. even to the washing II neces.
ry. and ! sleep like n child, and
axe up I'm the mornings feeling re.
sshcd and fun of life. I've gained
venty pounds and look so well that
W doctor told me TO keep right on
liking Tanlac, and you may be sure
m going to do II. I'm glad for
'veryone TO know what Tanlac has
lone for me. and hope the story OF
my case will help other sufferers to
get the same relief"
Tanlac IL sold In Seattle by Barten
Drug Stores under tho personal Ill.
rection OF special Tsnlac represent.
ive.--Advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-28
Thin, NERVOUS PEOPLE
need BlTR0-PHOSPHATE

suits following its use are often sim
ply astonishing.
Weak, tired people regain strength
and vigor: thinness and anRularity
give way TO plumpncss and curves:
slep returns to the sleepless; conf
dencc and checrfulncss replace debil-
ity and gloon. duh eyes become
bright. and pale. suni<cn cheeks re-
gain the pink glow OF health. Bitro-
Phosphate. the use OF which Is mex
pensivc, also wonderfully promotes
the assimilation OF food. so much so
CAUTION: Although Bltro-phos-
phate is unsurpassed for relieving
nervousness sieeplessness and gem
eral weakness. II should not. owing
to It's remarkable flesh growing
properties, be used by anyone who
does not desire to put on flesh.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-28
Prizes for Picnic
Shown Downtown
in Store Windo'

Prizes for the W. o. W. picnic
Fortuna park. Sunday. for the benz
fit OF the Our Boys in France Toba'
co Fund" may be seen I'm the wlndo'
of the Pacific Quitting Co. Third
ave. and University st. There will b'
% big and novel events. for which a
prizes will he awarded.
There are 5000 members OF the
Woodmen OF the World in France.
And they know what tobacco
means 10 the soldier.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-28
Guaranteed 20 Put on Firm. Healthy
Flesh aud 10 Increase strength,
NigOr and Nerve Force

Weak, thin people--men or women
are nearly always nervous wrecks;
thus concluaiveiy proving that thin
ness. wenkncsH. debility and neuras-
thenia are almost invariably due TO
nerve starvation. Feed your nerves
and all these symptoms due TO nerve
starvation VIII disappear.
Eminent specialists state that the
best nerve food IL an organic phos-
phate known among druggiats as
Bitro- Phosphate. n five-grain tablet
OF which should be taken with each
meal. Being n genuine nerve builder
and not atimulant or habit-form-
ing drug. Bitro-Phosphatc can b..
safely taken by the weakest ana
most delicate sufferer. and the re-