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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
CLOSING THE FINGERS.

Try as they will to stave it or the progress which is being made each Fay by the allied fcrces indicates that t will be impossible for the Germans 70 prevent the winning back of the salient to the 1Tsrne which they Grove at such great cost this spring. Laying themselves open to the very blow which General Foch struck. and which he is following up with great consistency, the Germans find them selves in pocket which is gradually being drawn together at the ten. Where the base Of the salient was 9 miles wide before tho counter drive was started it has now been narrowed 10 about q by tho advance which the allies have made on each side of it just to the south of Soissons and to the west of Rheims. One of their Railroads has been cut of and the al- lies have approached dangerously near 10 the other line so that in fact there is no road CT center within the salient as it exists at the present time but what can be reached by the artil- lery which means that the loss of ex- tensive stores ard equipment if not Of men is threatened by the allied op- eration.
 The advance which was made Thursday 10 Mefy Premecy marks the penetration of the German held terri tory to the north Of the Vile en Tar denois and toward the more important points of Fere en Tardenois and Fishes. This was done in spite of the determined efforts which were made by the enemy not only there but at other points nlong the line of the salient to hold back the allies until The escape can be made. For days il has been engaged in the backward movement but the situation is surf that the allies are making as much i not better progress m closing tn, pincers than the invaders are in get. ting clear os the two jaws and wit the territory getting smaller tn, chances Of escape are becoming muef smaller.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
THE n.anAr roIL.

|. There is not ana there cannot be any disposition 10 belittle the loss which has been experienced by the sinking of the JIsticia. This is the second largest vessel to be sent down during the war and 1t is to be re- nembered that q ship Of 29.Doo tons cannot be produced in a twihkling. It was vessel which possessed speed and capacity and it's loss means that one Of the large transports has been eliminated and at the same time again calls attention to the fact that it would unquestionably be possible to save these returning transports if 1t were possible to give them the con : voy service coming west as they get going east. Alinost invariably have the transports in the service batween this country and Europe been tor pedoed while they were empty. and on theh return to the United States. An empty vessel Is not as important as a loaded one but It makes a big hole when such a one as the Justicia is destroyed.
 Much encouragement regarding the Norh Whlch Is Delng done to onset the activity of the U-boats is furnished in the report for the month of Jins which shows that the losses sustained ny the British and allied shipping amounted to but 275,s29 tons. the smallest amount for any month since September isis and a decrease of nearly 1000 tons over May. It Is quite apparent however, that the U-eoai menace has not been eliminated. Il sti1l exists as a handicap which eanno, be disregarded but there is satisfaction in the fact that 1t Is being persIstentlS reduced while the shipbulldihg facili. ties are steadily serving to counterac it in another way, but whether it fl fighting the underwater boats or building new vessels it is perfectl- apparent that there can be ao letur.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26

 tion, tho whole interest of the rain- coat makers seems to have been cen ' tered upon the selfish idea of getting every possible cent which they could out of the government work. Such might have been all right If they had given value for the money received and been satisfied to get their profits from the orders which were fiiled but that was not the idea. The whole plan appears to have been devised for the purpose of defiauding the govern rhent, Of palinifg off inferior goods and material which it was known would not be accepted if property in- spected. This obstacle of inspection was sdfmounted by having the sys- tenn changed under the plea that the production would be greatly increased thereby
 The disclosures and the arrests which have been made should be sufi- rient for going to the bottom of the entire swindie Everyone having a hand therein should be corraiea and made to pay an adequate penalty which will do more than to relieve them of the iii gotten gaih. And while the investigation Is underway 1t might not De aifiss to ascertain %hethef any similar practice is being carried 6n in any other lines of government work such swindiers should be handled without gloves.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
.EzRA'S AWFUL EXAMPLE

The tall. lank man walked into the lawyers office and deposited an object on the desk. Hello, Phibbs" he said. Heres the umbrella I borrowed yes terday-tf1anks.
 Will some gentleman present" be- began the lawyer in feeble tones, 'oblige me with glass of water
 "It's uaheard of, unusual and there fore cruel" added the real estate man from across the hall. He spoke severe lg T should think Whifiebox. that you would use a little discretion about bursting into your friends offices with heartstoppihg news like that! Who ever heard of returning an umbrella, anyhow?,, ,.. the lawyer, indignantly.
 Well" said the tall. lank man as he helped himself to a cigar from the box in the bottom drawer, T have always returned umbrellas since was young man and meditated Oh the horrible case af Ezra Poundkiilef The best thing Ezra did was to borrow umbrellas He had plenty of rnohey, But he had con stitutional objection to sinking it in umbrellas.
 whenever it looked like rain Ezra would hustle for. the nearest ac- quaihtance ana borrow one He was never known to return his borrowings and therefore it was not long before his room resem bled afi umbrella shop
 The walls were lined With them, the closet full of them. Any stranger roaming about the place was dead sure to emerge on stretchef with frac- tured bones because he couldn't avoio falling over one while getting out o1 the way of others. You hate to dun 2 person for your umbrella, ahd@so Ezra continued on his iniquitohs way un. , checked until revivalist came to towr and Ezra Poundkiller was among tht converts.
 "One of the first things Poundkillel dsd in his work of self elf-reformatior was to start returning his accumulated | umbrellas. He wanted to property not rightfully his. Ezra found it lot! 1 harder to match owners and umbrella, 1 than it was to separate them in tn, 1 first place. A man who had loaned hin
 9. slim, 1.-the sill1en umbrella natural,
 resented having fat bulsy cotton
 one thrust upon him by Ezra. witt
 tears of repentance in his eyes. Nav the man would say, 'tha isn't my umbrella. Poundkif1er. Nav 1 I don't just remember what mine wa
 like. but this doesn't look like it. some
 how. Oh never mind the blamed thin
 anyhow-it has been so lohg and
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
Views of the vigilantes
MODERN MIRACLES
By ABbie Farweil Brown of The Xigilantas

While there's life there's hoFe!
 Never was this saying so true as to-day.
 The achievements Of modern sur gety, the ingenious appliances of mod ern invention. the patient devotion Of teachers in the schools of reconstruct ion. offer not only hope but useful futuFe to R6uhded heroes Many flef1 who In earlier age would have been mere pensioners of the country a whose service they have become erip- pled, will live to make her still more grateful!
 Once upon time the disabled sol dief was regarded as human waste product. How that is changed!
 h the present need of labor and in the shortage to come when peace is declared, every man whole oT partially. So will be an asset if trained to the limit of its power Though he may hot be able to carry, on his old trade just as before, even the mos seriously. crippled soldier will find 2 place. He can either learn new oe. edpatioh, at good wages, Or, still bet. ter, learn another branch of his oit work, for Which lie can fit himself a! a specialist, if he is patient. Patience! That is what is neeeed by the soldier, by his friends, and b, Uncie Safn, who will De helping hiM | The need of wefkfaen is So great now ] that a healthy cripple should find Ii, lack of employment of one sort w afle ther To ''cafry on" still, and play
 mans part in the world! That is tn
 hope open to 95 per cent. of the in 1 iured soldiers who Will be eon1in home. But they will be wise not t
 choose tefnporafy job. at good wages
 They must look to the future, and thei
 friends and families must eheourag them to de So. Let them train, a
 Uncle Sam will help thefn to do; le l them be patient for short time an, l get control of the new conditions whici
 need not always hamper thenn as a first. Let them look to permanen
 job.
 It is truly wonderful how soon a almost helpless man can become eff cient. A course of-five weeks in han
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
CHAINED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES

wstes. In the 1Tth and 18th centuries they spelt their name "I.awder," but now it is 'Lauder," like the renowned Harry. The Laaders were the great family in Fillmore, County Roseofn- mon at the close Of the 18th century, and she church and graveyard are full of memorials to the family.
 Written to tRe Stars and Stripes printed Somewhere in France:'
 Did yob ever censor a letter from a Texas cotton-patch darky to hs mother? l was irresistibly moved tc make pencil extracts from three, an enNmously, of course They weren't all like these; but, no matter how high the education of their writers had progressed, these letters all hreathed the same spirit-the spirii that makes the American seldier b, and large, | sort of nut that no vic. tim of the Pr1ssiah iron heel can evei crack, much less crush. Regartlez:
 Mother, when I stop to think wha I am here for, and of the thousand. that are here With me fighting for tn, same cause, it makes me feel big ant proud to know that the good Lord hai l given me health and streneth to b. one of the number. And mother. vol must think often of your soldier boy and pray that he may return to you | when our country is at peace just a l strong and healthy as when he lief you"
 That extract is verba tism-not ed l ited in the least by myself. Its vRite never had a college education. Ha he been just two weeks older the draf would not have called him. He is mar ried.
 Here is another:
 q shall never forget what you an papa said to me before my leavin for CSSlp' Travis-'My boy, in ali you trials do not forget to be true to you country and your God; and, whateve you do, obey orders sI have been try 1 ing to do this-not only while her
 but 1 mean to keep that in my heal
 throughout my life; not that may |
 praised, but that people may see yo
 and your raising in. me"
 l That chap, full -blooded, dar
 skinned, fihe-looking negro, was a
 undergrad in a southern college ft
 negroes when he was drafted.
 And heres another bit throvSa in fl
 good fneasuAe-from a letter by
 youngster who has rambled over tr
 face of Gods earth and learned a fe
 things in the Big School, but is not
 college man:
 Mother, I am long way ava
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
THE WIRE CONTROL.

Iii the statement which he has made regarding the taking over Of the lines Of the telegraph and telephone companies in this country to be ef- fective the last of this month Post master General Rurleson, ii4to whose hands the direction of this new gov ernment job has been placed; does not overlook the fact that these services nave been particularly successful. As a matter Of fact he refers to this coii- dition Of affairs ana it mist there fore be apparent to hifn what sort Of q task he undertakes in efideavofing to not only make them more success ful but of maintaining the safris sat- isfactory service as is f1ow being given. It is of course to be claimed that economies can be effected but that was the same stand that was taken in regard to the railroads and in regard to the mbination of the express companies, but in spite of the fact that these may be brought about it is to be noted that one of the first things that was done by the federal authorities was to advance the rates in on4 case and to approve their in- crease in the other
 It is question whether the coun- try believes that the taking orer of the wire services of th4 country is necessary at this time. Certainly the same reason does not exist for the cen rel Of the telephone system as there did for the telegraph. but the war may have made the change i'm perative While it lasts. It was not believed that AlF. Burleson, in view of his handling 6. the postal sctivi-
 ties Was the man to direct the wire service hut he has been named and there can be nothing but the hops
 that he will succeed in his undertak- ing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26

training can, give hin a handwriting
 free and Individual. After eight weeks
 or ten in the machine shop he Is ready
 for re- -etnploynefit. In hardly more
 time than it takes his wound to heal he can learn a new trade iii which his sound lirnhs will do the hnajpr work. Think of what men in france are doing with two arms gone! They are working in the fields, with the aid of those marvellous mechanical arms. to which spade or scythe, Or other tool can be. attached. They afe doing sec retarial work with muscles" of steel 1 wire or rawhide connecting artificial l fingers, wrists elbows, with the sound, living strong muscles Of their back shd ! shoulders, Men whose natural legs are ! gone Are at work briskly in machine shops, on tractors, in garages ahd efee- 1 trieal plants. Blind men are taking | up a score of professions wherein they
 have learned to see with their fingers. | Men no longer robust after training are found cohgenial jobs as foreTnen Of 1 supervisors in factories where they were once but unskilled iaborefs! All because they have pefferee begun life ovs>' a$ain, on new basis; perha ps
 with a better training and under sym pathetic guidance, with a tn6ther- | iettAOAl AOOAAiiS O1i, Wl4Otl tlAC5 11dN hitherto felt no particular kinship
 She is watching them now as her deai sons. They must make hef pf6dt l again, as they did when they got tha fearful wound,
 1 In nearly all the great warning coan tries Of Europe there are tethniea
 schools for this reconstruction. Ant
 America is not going to be behind Civ
 her a chance, before the boys com home! Don't be in a hurry to gree them! Perhaps they will not ask eve , for your synpathy. No stun blin down the social ladder for them! The are. to De taught to climb, pefhap : higher than the flirnblest fellow wit dn!mpaifed limbs. Who can tell. i
 this. age of miracles? wouldn't it De a trfumFh-a tri ! 6foix de paix-if the returned soldie could date his success in life rom tn event that seemed at first an Inbeaf :, able misfortune?
 That is what is happening to-day i
 many countries Of this wonderful ol ; l globe!
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26

The London Chronicles medical correspondent says: The mysterious war influenza which has occurred at Rossendale in Lancashire seems to re sen1hle in many respects the influenzal maladv wh oh is attacking the inhab- itauts Of the west of Ireland towns. With regard to these epidenics one has to remember that the so-called Pfeiffer bacillus may attack different parts of the system Of different peo- Dle Thus. in addition to the ordinary '7-'" -r'~'-a al I~Hunn"7. which is the commonest form, there are several eth e: lujtaDN tce gdstro-intestinal Sometimes the disease takes the form rheufnatisff1; indeed, pains in the joints and muscles seldom fail td accompany a6 attack of any sort. In the Lan- cashife epidemic the disease appears to have been chiefly gastro- intestinal; but this need not blind us to the great probability of the original Pfeiffer bacillus which was isolated shortly after the great Russian epidemic of 1890, being the cause of the present outbreak.
 The best way of avoiding influenza is to disinfect the upper air passag- es. The inside of the nose should be washed with soap and water and
 thoroughly rinsed, and the throat should he gal gled. There seems no doubt that the bacillus finds entry in- to the system through the upper air
 passages.
 The name influenza" comes to us
 from Italy Influenza means "an in- l fiuenee;" and a very malefcent in- fiuenee it is. The French call it Ia grippe" which is much more suita- ble term. The onset Of the disease is
 often SC sudden as to resemble : Blow from an unseen hand Those af- l flieted with it should immediately gc i to bed and remain there until the tenn 1 perature has fallen to normal. The l temperature tends to rise 10 vSry l high figures. By no means the wors feature of influenza is the physica and mental debility which it leaves be hind, a depression which seems to b. cut of all proportions to the severit! 1 of the attack. If people only give in 1 to influenza in the first instance, ant I hot attempt to fight it, the subsequen
 depression would be very much reduc 1 ed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
STOP THE STRIKES,

It cannot help being felt that the right sort Of an attitude has ben taken by the state board of concilia- ton and arbitration in Massachusetts in dec.aring that unless ali existing strikes in that state are settled quickly between the rarties. Involved the board will take action not only tc stOp them but to determine where inc responsibility lies. By the taking away of. the charter of one local union if has been indicated that the national body of shoe workers recognize that the strikers in which they are in terested have not only acted unfairly toward the country Bat that they have made scraps Of paper of their own agreement.
 The fact is that there is no excuse for many of the strikes. If the con flltiohs are not What they should be 1t is only pfoper that adjustment should be sought bat in asking that 1t does not justify a strike. There are ways provided n which such an un- defstanding can be reached which will not interrupt production, and it is this refusal on | he part of one side or the other to take advantage of this opportunity which arousess so much opposition on the rart of what might otherwise De sympathetic public
 Sight is entirely lost of the fact that this interruption of industrial effofts is hahdieapping the nation in it's wal work. Those who are staying at home are displaying a selfishness which does not give proper consideration tt the sacrifices which are being made by those who have given up thei'
 employment to fight for their eeah:
 try and. it is certainly situation
 which ought not to exist and tht l n1iicket if can ha ended the hAiiar.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26

everything! Whats the difference 7- bought new one long, time ago
 Or else when Ezra had with great care stated his errand the unfortunate person upon whom he was calling would stare wildly and suffer a stroke of apoplexy like Gibbins here, and ifl the confusion of relatives and doctors and afnbulances Ezra and his urn- brella would be showed downstairs, with their mission still to be aec6th plished. s
 NO man in town ever worked So hard as Ezra did trying to return his plunder. If once in a while hn did succeed in getting rid of one he sui fered nearly as much from the Strain of joy as. he did from his usual strain of anguish. He got fired freSi .Ae bank because he could not keep h1s mind on his work wondering whether the umbrella with the carved handle could possibly belong to the travelling I man he had met at the hotel of l whether it was old Pop Aliens iii spite-of that gentlenaf's strenuous ,de- nials. Ezra really felt that Pop Allen refused to take that umbrella just te 1 try his soul.
 But that did not explain the forty eight still in his room Which he could l not get rid of. Holding his aching 1 head and staring at his forty -eighi | nemeses which stood between him ant peace of mind; ht .meditated giving g
 tea and making the guests pick od' | their own umbrellas from the bile, but his landlady sat on that She pointed 1 out that he couldn't possibly get forty | eight persons into his room and tht 1 other rooms were all full of tenants
 Poor Ezra couldn't sleep becaus, the forty-eight umbrellas danced 1 around his bed all night. He would emerge on the street with a group O them under each arm, and, rdnning ui to everybody that approached, w6ult
 beg them trembingly for. heavens sak, to take an umbrella The populae
 couldn't see why Ezra should wish hi
 sins upon then and strictly refused | touch an umbrella without signed sealed vouched-for deed from tn
 county clerk saying it was theirs an, nobody else's-so Ezra just naturaIf went crazy. and spent the rest of hi life in a padded cell. which he in
 sisted on Having ro6fed with opel
 umbrellas. So"
 q think you've wasted ten whol
 minutes of our valuable time" sail
 his friend, the lawyer, sternly. ''an ' don't believe one single word 6
 your tale But, say, I'm Sure glad t
 get that umbrella back!"-Chicag g News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
'E RAINcoAT FRAUDS.
Il Indications iiscover-

n indications discovery has o sn ndde of deeply laid and care fully executed plot not only to rob the government of large sums of money but to work off onto it great quantities of worthless rubber coats intended for the soldiers in France. Without any regard for the effect which such a swindle would have upon the young men of this country who have been sent t5 Europe through failure to give them the proper sort Of prctec-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26

one Of the Vessals demonstrated with him, and the eofainahaet feblied.. NO pArleyihg; get out, of yod go to hen." The men began to leave their boats, but one, who was rather slower ih do- ing so, was fired at from the submarine and fevoivefs bullet entered his arm. The Germans then placed b6nh5s in the holds Of the vessels, and itl a few min tites all Six We're At the bottom Of the sea. But the submarine next attacked the other hshing, boats; il in number, and sank all of tfeff1.
 The German commander is said to
 have declared that Re would see that
 no more fish were-sent across the channel to feed the damned English" |" who, he, added, should be starved ont before the kaiser won the war. h2 crews, of all the vessels were safely landed, but they lost all their belong irigs ana their ohly means Of livelihood had gone.
 The aggregate value of the 1T boats l is estimated at between $50 900 and s4e,0oe..
 The Eeutsches AdelsbIatt, a journai devoted to the deeds and interests oi
 the German aristoeracy. publishes al Interesting summary of it's losses ii the War. The Geffnaf1 counts who
 aays ssasz 5Sllf Bobg % ss 7e eoassy tasy Fss sl1dt Counts SehWeifitz ana CoHf1ti l Schwefln. The number Of -bafofs wht have fallen is s33; the Wangehheiif family heads the list with 15. faf1i lies. with the title Of "vof' have los | 1879 ffiehabefs. The families ..Whiel have l6st most heavily are the Wedef (22) and the Arninhs (21R
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26

do well to study. The English have
 already. spent SIe6,eoo,8oo i51 thts work: France, net discouraged by
 the fact that German shells nave blown villages and cities to pieces has actually torn down slum dis
 tricts to replace them with model
 houses for workers. This is the spirit
 of looking ahead for the period 4f-
 ter the war. We must build 50 as to
 insure the health of our workers
 arouse their pfide In the eommbrity
 and so bring them eontentment that
 makes for a prosperous city.-Water- Bury RepAbnean.
 The wiping out of the Salvation Army in Germany and Austria, is said to De attributed to the Kaiser him self. He hates it for it's English ori- gin and for it's activity in the relief work among the Allies. It is said that all of the equipment Of the Salvation Army in these couhtries-orph ges, rescue home. lodging houses. and hos pitaIs and corps Headquarters are be= ing confseated "A work of mercy which was begun about 50 years ago is thereby wiped out by. the Kaiser. :" Well, the war Is being fought to pun
 ish just such outfages as these, and to set the world straight again.
 Waterbury American. - Some men look upon religion as a sort of moral fire escape.