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Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
A Band Problem. .

MT. Editor: In these days when there is a shortage of men on every hand Director SWahn of Tubbs' band is having his troubles, and it is well nigh impossible to meet the demands that are made upon him to do patri- ctiC work. On account of sickness, death and the draft only five Norwich musicians responded last Friday to assist in giving the concert on Union square. The small village of Taftville furnished eight musicians, and when we take into consideration that these men pay the trolley company on an average, about one hundred dollars a year to attend rehearsals so that Nor wfch may have a band. we can but admire their splendid patriotism
 In order to meet the band demands Iot a patriotic nature, Mir. Swahn is
 oftimes obliged to spend much time
 in securing musicians from Plainfeld
 Willimantic and New London There are doubtless a number e1 musicians in Norwich, who upon learning of the great difficulty under which the leader of Tubbs band is la boring. will gladly offer him their ser vices, and thereby not only do tkeil "bit," but q big bit in the solving O this, which has come to be 8 req problem.
 A CITIZEN. Norwich. Oct 2, 1918,
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production has not come up to the amount required to meet the demand. The increases obtained have not have heen sufficient to meet the needs in spite of the response which the peo pie have made to the placing of the orders early and the general partiei- patton in the plan to avoid consump tion wherever possible This can be attributed to number of reasons since labor troubles. transportation difficulties and bigger demands for industrial purposes have all figured therein.
 Now, however. the fuel administra- tion announces that it is to inaugu- tinued until next April during which time every mine and every miner will be expected to pro duce stipulated amount of coal with no restriction of course on excess production. This plan is ex- nected to give twelve million tons of soft coal and two million tons of hard coal week. or a weekly increase of about million and three quarters tons of soft and about an eighth of a million tons of anthracite.
 How this will succeed remains to be seen. It is being attempted in the bad season of the year but it is to be hoped that it will not be necessary to put the blame for any failure in the plan upon lack of transportation, That is one of the things which is quite as important as production.
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THE FALL OF ST. QUENTIN.

The capture of St. Quentin, the strong point in the western front for which the allies have contended for a long time. and the place which the German troops were ordered to hold at all costs. means much to the en- rente forces. For some time it has teen a question whether St. Quentin or Cambrai would fall first, but even though the former comes into the complete control of the allies first it is but little in advance of the taking Of the latter
 By the results which have been ac- cOmpiished, and those which are being added each day, the allies are show ing that despite the defense positions on which the enemy has been at work for a number of years and the dog sed determination which they have displayed in clinging to the Hinden- burg line the Huns are being pushed backward whether they happened to be found on the plains. in the hilly region or back of what they consider impregnable positions
 These accomplishments taken in connection with the advance on Bel gan soil and the progress along the Mouse. means that the enemy must fall back upon a new line. that they must give up their hold on the Belgian coast and that it is going to be i'm possible for them. owing to the en- circling movements to hold onto the fortress at Laon ard that at Lille General Foch has been indirectly striking at these points all the time By cutting them off from communi- cations he Is going to be able to talt them without the great loss of lift which would be involved by fronta attacks and it would not be surpris ing if the Teutons were today en gagged in getting their equipment bacl over an extended area and one of suci depth that none or very little o Trance and a greatly reduced section of Belgium will be held after the, stop.
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MAKE THE JOB THOROUGH.

Announcement is made to the effect that investigation is being made of 800 promoters Of questionable specu- lative enterprises. who are selling se- curities in competition with the fourth Liberty loan and that steps may be taken soon to blacklist them publicly. If what is believed to be true of them is substantiated by the Investigation such a move will be a decidedly wise course to pursue and it would be well if list of the promoters and their se- curities could be placed in the hands of every individual in the country, for they cannot be given too great dis couragement or the people toe great a protection in this respect
 Such action is called for regardless of the part which the Liberty loan plays in the matter, if it is true. as reported, that there are more than $200, 900 of fraudulent or unauthor- ize6 securities now on the market. It can be appreciated that the boosting of such enterprises and the painting of alluring returns not only absorbs capital for non-war purposes, but in a great many instances it means that people are being urged to part with the government bonds for something which is bound to net them more or less serious losses.
 Swindlers of this type need not only | to be publicly proclaimed but if they can be detected in such dealings they ought to be punished. but what calls for special attention just TOW is the i claim that interests whose loyalty ha. l been questioned in the past are sup. porting these operations. Thus whilt the government is at work in thii direction it ought to do a thorough ! ioh
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: If you don't like giving till it hurts. give till it helps.
 Now of course it is the ambition of the Serbians to do the same thing to the Austro- HungarianS.
 Bulgaria shows good sense in being able to reach quick decision just as soon as it has had enough.
 Prisoners are being taken in such large numbers that any capture of 50 or 1eO is hardly worth speaking about
 General Allenby now has his eye on Beyreut. having taken Damascus, and what he goes after he generally man ages to get.
 Norwich is of course going over the top but every one should be anxious to have hand in thus boosting the fourth Liberty loan.
 And to think that Germany is try ing to raise another war loan under the conditions which its faces al home and on the battlefronts.
 Nothing can afford the Belgians greater pleasure than to participate in the offensive which is driving the Germans back out of Belgium
 Some of our new streets are going faster than the old ones. and negii genee is again making itself manifes in the condition of many of the side walks.
 It now looks as # that railroad iron Belgrade to Bagdad was going to b; of much more service to the allie! than to the imperial German govern ment.
 Of course, as the kaiser tells tn, people of Germany. this is no tim to worry; it's time for nervous pros tration unless they hurry and kicl the kaiser out.
 Even before the army of Genera Esperey can strike at Austria Hun gary's open door. the cue will probabl! be given to the Italians to make an other move for Trieste and beyond.
 Gasless Sunday has certainly show results when 1t is claimed that a hal million barrels of gasolene have beer sent to France in the past few week. which could not otherwise have beer obtained
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THE END OF THE WAR

Much is being said at the present time about peace. It is of course the object for which the allies are fight ing with greater vigor than ever, but the fact that Bulgaria has surren- dsred and that the armies of the al- lies are meeting with magnificent successes along the entire line of bat tic from Belgium to the Mouse, in the Macedonia region and in Turkey, where General Allenby is making the most of his rapid advance which wiped out several Turkish armies does not necessarily mean that peace is right at band.
 It certainly cannot mean that the allies will in any way let up in the hard fighting in which they are en- gagged. Whatever advantage they have gained needs to be used for the purpose of still greater accomplish ments. IL can be expected that Ger many will resort to every means to delay meeting the terms which it knows that the allies will exact and that the war lords will keep calling for greater and greater sacrifices in order to leave no stone unturned in saving their hides. That only calls, however, for the putting forth of every possible pressure which can be ex- erted. Germany is at the present on the run. There can be no letup un- less Germany is ready to come to terms for it is not temporary cessa- tion of war which is wanted but an ending which will be permanent and that cannot be secured by any false move at this time concerning peace Germany would like nothing better than to get time to reorganize for q harder blow later on and that fig just what must be avoided. The fact that the central powers are weakening is highly encouraging but the fight must go on until they have all been brought to their knees. It would be folly to let any talk of peace now interrup, such a process. When the war ends it must be ended right and for good
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

The airmen have at last been given a nickname that promises to stick. They are by common consent to be known as 'airnats." That has been settled by the fighting men themselves. New Haven Journal-Courier.
 Maine is a prohibition state, and has been for some time. But Maine like other places winked at the law. The governor reelected enforced the law. and that accounts for the poor showing made at the polls. Others running for office in different states where the liquor question is the issue will possibly take notice and trim their-poiitical sails aecordingly.-New Haven Union.
 When the German people have had enough, what will they do? Will they admit that they are beaten, or will the higher powers attempt to hold the armies after both soldiers and those not yet drawn into active service reach the point at which they would sooner trust the generosity of the en- emy than the order of the kaiser ?- Hartford Times.
 Saving gasoline on week days is as important as on Sundays, and much conservation is possible without re- duction of the customary mileage Stopping the engine when the car IS sta4ding alongside the curb is one of 1 the easiest ways of econenizing, yet l the number of drivers who let the motor run while waiting from five
 minutes to half an hour is surprisingly l large. ! Thousands of owners of cars also waste gasoline by not keeping 1 cylinders free from carbon and bS neglecting the adjustment of carbure-
 tors. That the average driver wastes
 gallon a day is not an exaggerated 1 estimate The individual who get: | along with a gallon less each day o- l the week may not think that he is do ing much, but if three or four million ! persons do it the total is impressive
 There is gasoline enough for all legiti mate purposes. The restrictions on it:
 use are made necessary by American fulness.-Providence Bulletin.
 Berlin, Conn, still retains it's Ger man name. It's attention Is respect 1 fully called to the fact that 14 citie' or towns with Teutonie designations O names of German remIniscence hav'
 renamed themselves. St. Peters bur.
 led the way, taking it's name Petro grad, a Russian name in contract witt the burg termination that it hat
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Rose Lobelia and he met in the course of a little week end party at the suburban home of a common friend. She was fresh from a social settlement. but to say that he was fresh from anything would be to deny the facts. He was, so to speak, stale from lawyers office in the heart of the city.
 T adore the country" she said to him, and he took fire at once and be- gan to quote something from Keats to the effect that ito one who had been long in city pent it was very sweet to look upon the fair and open face Of heaven"
 !. And I adore poetry" declared Rose. And what more could be asked than that a young couple should have a common taste for the country and for poetry?
 But in place like this mere ex- istence is poetry" she went on, ''and it is pure bliss to be where there are no sounds and no evil smells"
 q can stand the city smells" he declared, but the noises batter my nerves beyond endurance My office is on the edge of the elevated and though my friends told me that would get used to the sounds after a uiiio dtlu 'HeN0T kIlOW when d lFdli passed have never arrived at that state of abstraction"
 q don't wonder" she declared sympathetically. And even when the sounds sing into ones so called sub consciousness they go on hammering away there until the walls of that re- | ceptacle are ready to break"
 I'm looking forward to the first good nights sleep that I have had fol 9 year" he announced, for although don't sleep on the edge of the ele- vated. my room is not far from the electric cars and few garages, SC that I never know what it is to enjoy state of peace.''
 And then they were called to din ner, but after that meal they renewed 1 their conversation relative to country bliss and he asked her to go witt him the next morning for an early walk.
 Not too early" she demurred. SC want to enjoy to the full the joy of si
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cLINeINe TO BULGARIA.

Now that General Esperey in com mand of the allied forces which brought Bulgaria to it's knees has disposed of one adversary. it is not to be supposed that he is going to al low the grass to grow under his feet in following up the success which has been obtained.
 IL is not to be expected that just because Bulgaria has internationally sUrrendered and under the agreement VII lay down it's arms and turn the talroads and river steamers over to he allies. that Germany and Aus tria will refrain from doing their ut most to hold onto every point of ad vantage where they are in position to do so and to embarrass as far as ross.ble the allies in rcaping the benefits of their accomplishments The central powers will in fact do their utmost to stir up trouble amongst the Eulgarians and will prod King Ferdi- nand to repudiate the action of the Bulgarian government.
 This is all indicated by the reported arrival of General Mackensen in Sofia in command of a force which is said 10 be a quarter of a million troops consisting of the Austrians and Ger mans already in Bulgaria and the re- inforeements which 1t has been pos sible to send there from Austria and Rumenia. Germany knows what it means to have the railroad to Turkey cut, but with General Esperey's army greatly encouraged by its successes and with Turkey looking for peace the situation is certainly most favor able to the allied commander and full confidence is placed in his ability to overcome the Teutonic efforts and get he utmost from the defeetion of Bull rraria
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go into any great detail of the show. My company commander got>shet car 1y in the engagement; he died game ly and as an officer When the show was over we recovered oar positions had taken eighteen prisoners, killed between, seventy and eighty hoehes, captured two machine guns and a small minnewerfer. Our losses were very slight. although the company was rather shot up lnerveusl from long service in the line. We were relieved tfe next day and very glad of it too; but if Fritz had come again he would have found as warm a welcome. for, as one plucky lad said, It's what I call good sport On afterthought, perhaps I do not mean that. but when enc sees what they did to these beau tiful towns and farms, -, a beau tiful city. footed, but what is worse
 destroyed, it makes your heart steel against the dirty boche and all of his"
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HORRORS OF THE WILD

lence and the satisfaction of knowing hat I don't have to get up until the spirit moves me"
 However, she agreed that she might be ready for a saunter at and prom ised to meet him in the garden at that hour.
 She was there at the appointed time and so was he, but a very different pair they were from the enthusiastic couple that had sung the praises of the country the night before. She had lost her bloom and he looked wan and pale from lack of sleep.
 Did you hear that internal Roost- er?" he questioned as she sank into a garden seat
 ''Rooster?" she echoed ''Who minds a rooster? But didn't you hear that horrible whipporwill?"
 But that's bird, isn't it?" he de- manded. Anybody can stand bird, but this monster with a cracked voice which begins about midnight and keeps you in torment the rest of the night is too terrible"
 "Well, there are intervals between I his crows" she protested, whereas the whippeorwill never pauses, but keeps repeating that stupid phrase un- til you are ready to go insane"
  at nightingale?" he questioned weakly.
 q don't know" she answered, ''but he has my sympathy, whoever he was"
 When the regular guaranteed aut- umn is here" he observed, smiling faintlF. "the katydids have the floor and they can beat your whippoorwills all hollow"
 T don't mind them so much" she assured him. They seem to sound the note of woman's efficiency, but the whippoorwill represents nothing bu the masculine need of reinstatement.
 Oh" he said, "I think you are toe sophisticated for the country
 And you?" she questioned.
 Well" he answered, I'm looking forward to a restful night in my ow1 city bed. I'd rather hear all the ele vateds and electrics and garage! going at once than listen to on' trooster. Chicago News.
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.otten from Prussia and Berlin On

gotten from Prussia and Berlin. On-
 tario, Canada, became Kitchener; Germania, Ark, is now Vimy Ridge; Germantown, Cal, is now Artois; Berlin, la, is now Lincoln; German town, Kas., is now Mercier Wilhelm, La, is now Tunica; Baden, Mo. is now McLaran; Bremen, Mo, is now Hyde; German Valley, N. J.. is now Long Valley; Berlin, N. C., is now Rina; New Berlin, N. C., is now Delco; New Berlin, O., is now North Canton; Ger mantown. Tenn, is now Neshoba; Ber- lin, Wash. is now Miller River Why Berlin in Connecticut ?-Waterbur Republican.
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An UnqrettabIe Event,

Lieutenant Charles W H. Smith of the 101st Infantry, now in the supply service, writes under date of Aug. ? to a friend;
 Tt will be a long time before I shall forget the move from the woods near ito the front. Over hill and down Gale the slow. numbering, heavy laden wagons bumped and rolled; village after village we passed through unti! dawn found us under observation of the boche, and we were forced to stop for the day, camouflase the wag- cns with green boughs, hide the horses in the woods and wait until night to join up with the troops, for taey had preceded us the second time. going by earrions. Artillery was ev- anywhere, and as we rolled along, our own would startle you almost as bad as bursting shell os the boche. "The position we held was far from enyiable; the previous Americans had driven back the bocSe as far as they could and stopped. Fritz's lines were higher than ours and hence we could see about all we did. All about us were heaps of German equipment, to say nothing of his dead-black and 1 Fotting away in the sun. We had three of his heavy Maxim machine guns set lip, plenty of ammunition to 1 Tt, and we gave him a taste of his own lead. The worst difficulty was food. It had to be carried by hand l fer about four kilometres, but we
 managed to get two meals a day to 1 the men.
 We were all set. after hard nights work, by about o'clock in the morn 1 ing. I don't know that I had pre-
 sentiment. but although I had had al
 most no sleep since July I, was not sleepy at all. About 345 we were bombarded seYerely-gas. high explo- sjye, minnewerfer and sIrapnel. This
 was not unusual. for we were bonn barded continually at intervals, but after about an hour of it we heard infantry firing. At once we began to
 worry about our men. A runner dash ed in, saying the boehe had come through our - platoon.
 ''The company commander, and the men in our group, grabbed our guns and went cut to reconneitre The honbardment had blown a part Of our line to pieces| have never
 seen its equaLthe men falling back out of range: it was in this gap that
 the beehe came through. I shall not
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camphor. either one that is in the house will do, made as hot as can be used. Be sure to cover the lungs well with 1t and use cotton batting, the kind used for bed comforters. is best, tapping it on the shoulders and under arms.
 Should the fever continue, take half quantity doses of nitre at intervals of two hours and keep lungs well oiled with mixture. If patient does not respond to these simple remedies. or you are not quite satisfeld, send for your doctor. but spare the doctors all you can, so they can give their time to the really seri- ous cases, and also take time for their needed rest so to keep in condi- tion to look after the sick.
 Sincerely yours,
 ELIZA K. BOLTON, Publicity Agent, Franklin Woman's
 Committee of the State Council of
 Defense.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
OLD AGE STARTS
 WITH YOUR KIDNEYS

weakened kidneys and digestive organs
 This being true, it is easy to believe that. by keeping the Kidneys and di- gestive organs cleansed and in proper wofKIii9g rd Ii9sg order; old age can be dse1erred ts joyed by the average person.
 For over 200 years COLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil has been relieving the weaknesses and disability due to ad- vancing years. It is a standard old time home remedy and needs no intro auction. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem OH is ineesed in odorlesB, tasteless cap suies containing about drops each. Take them as you would pill. with small swallow of water. The oil stim-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03

ulates the kidney action and enables the organs to throw off the poisons which cause premature old age. New life and strength increase as you con tinue the treatment. When completely restored continue taking a capsule or two each day. GOLD MEDAL Haarlen1 Oil. Capsules will keep you in health and Viger and prevent return of the disease.
 Do not wait until old age or disease your druggist and get a box of COLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. Money refunded if they do not help you. Three sizes. But remember to ask for the original imported GOLD MEDAL brand In sealed packages
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AFTER MORE GOAL

Every new move which is made to meet the demands for coal calls forth at once the interest of the consumer. He is anxious 10 know whether he is going to be able to get enough fuel to keep his industry going. whether he is going to keep comfortable in his home, or whether the same conditions which prevailed last winter are go- ing to exist between now and next spring.
 Back along we have been told that
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What All Can Do.

We cannot all be heroes, but w can all refuse te listen to the interna lies that the enemy ciFeulates.-Chi cago News.
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WiIl Re careful.

The Crown Prince says the Aneri' cans are a lot of souvenir hunters That's true, and if he isn't earefu they'll get hirn.-New Orleans States.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
German Losses.

The Germans have lost Ham ant they also lack a great fany oths things of having the rnakings for { good square meal.-Ficrida Times.
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STORIES OF THE WAR

Norwich, Oct. ?, 1918.