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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16
CONTROL OF THE WIRES.

Without as long delay as was at one time threatened congress has acted fa- "orably upon the bill giving the pres ident authority to take over the tele- phone, telegraph, cable and radio lines of the country whenever he deems tt advisable. This is in accord with the request which he made and is action which was brought to a head by the threatened strike of the employees of the Western Union company.
 The authority has been granted for the purpose of protecting the interests of the country at the present time for 1t is fully recognized that nothing can be allowed to interrupt the wire ser vice of the country under conditions existing today. How soon the presi- dent will order federal control is not known. It is probable that it will moi be long delayed but when such a steT $ actually taken it is to be sincerely hoped that the president will make il plain that there is no political purpose involved therein, that the control is simply war measure and that there is no thought of prolonging fed eral direction of the lines be- yond the time when peace is declared. These are matters which ought to be made clear and by an ex- press!on from the executive, for it has been the fear of the results attending such a chance that has brought most of the opposition. And at the same time President Wilson should see tc it that whoever is put in control oi the wires is a man of experience and fully qualified for the job and one who is not an advoQate of government ownership. Such would do much tC allay the fears which still exist
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NEW U. BOAT FIGHTERS.

Out in Michigan there has been put overheard 8 225 foot craft, built on speedy lines. and of light draft, which is the first of large number of such vessels from which much is expected not only in defending our coastline but in fighting the submarines wherever they may operate. These boats are known as Eagles and the first is to be followed by othess in rapid succession, so rapid in fact that it is believed that they can be put into the water at the rate of one day. The boats are be- ing built by Henry Ford ard are the submarine chasers from which this captain of industry is expecting as much in the way of meeting require- ments on the high seas as his famous ing transportation and cultiyating de- mands.
 Built so that they can carry as large guns as the destroyers and at the same time capable of sufficient speed to enable them to circle the fastest underwater boats or to drop depth 'ombs and get a sufficient distance 1way to insure their own protection, there are reasons to look for excellent results from these vessels and it is to be hoped that they will be ready for use before our coast is subjected to another visit from the U-boats. The ability to produce them in a very short time is bound to be an inpor- tant factor while their speed and arm- ament will make them decidedly dangerous for the submarines and though their production is coming st time when the submarine menace is claimed to be on the wane there is no question but what there will be plenty of opportunity to try out theil merits on the other side of the At lantic if not on this
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average elevation of 1000 feet. The Arctic shore extending distance of 260- miles, is known as the Murman coast Ia corruption of "Norman'). It presents a rugged appearance, with cliffs rising abruptly from the sea to q height of nearly 100 feet in many places. There are several fluctuations, however, where excellt nt anchorage may be found. and one of these breaks in the granite line is Kola bay.
 The koia peninsula is especially rich in its timber resources. Great forests of pine, birch, fir and spruce are to be found here.
 The month of July in this region it usually quite warm, and the crops ma ture rapidi' the time of harvest being August which is also the rainy month Winter settles down over the peninsula in November
 "The Kola and the Tuloma are two of the many rivers which flow into the Arctic: there are also severa large streams which drain the southerr hal fof the peninsula and flow into tht White sea-
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of German invasion remains to be

of German invasion remains to be seen.
 It is entirely possible that no defi- nite programme has been mapped out and that owing to the changing cons ditions in Russia it is difficult to reach any positive conclusion. The bolsheviki are doing their utmost to continue their government but condi- tions are such that they give little promise of being able to succeed all though Germany Is doing all in its power to give it encouragement and assistance, for so long as it can be maintained and obstacles placed in the way of unity among the people of that country just so much advantage is gained by Germany for it prevents the necessity of sending larger forces to that region. The movement of British troops to Siberia, however shows the advisability of having them where they can be used if needed whatever the excuse for sending them now
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render?" asks a reader There isn't any use for one in our sarmy.-Meri-
 den Record
 before December 1 must burn wood
 James J. Sterrow. New England fuel administrator, has Issued orders 1 ings with coal before that, date unless that if one of those famous east winds l begins to blow into Boston in the lat i ter CT even the early partyof NoFem- 1 Der Mir. Sorrows heart will be sym 1 ipatheticaliy touched to a degree that 1 will bring a modified ton of this order
 in a hurry.-W atsrbury Republican.
 This years new way of observing
 the Fourth of July seems to have siven general satisfaction. We can-
 not remember a time when the cele- bration of the day gave the newspa- pers so much to talk about Usually
 the record closes with a chapter of ac- l cidents caused by the careless use of explosives But this year that chap 1 ter was happily absent. In it's stead come stories of all sorts of patriotic demonstrations in which thousands i took part and which left all of them better Americans. If we mistake not this year will mark a turning point in the observance of the Fourth. At any
 rate we believe that the day of the deadly toy guns and fire crackers is or the wane.-Manchester Herald.
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SELF PROTECTION FIRST.

Even though the people of this coun- try have possessed Liberty bonds but a short time it has been necessary on several occasions for warnings to be issued to them to carefully protect their holdings. It is a new experi- ence to a great many to own bonds, and especially government bonds, and there are always those who are seek ing to improve their own financial condition at the expense of those who are but slightly acquainted with stock and bond dealings
 It is therefore of great importance that there should be a careful watch kept to see that those who are always ready to prey on the gullible do not manage to get your Liberty bonds away from you for something which :hey claim is a much better invest nent but for which you must rely up- on their honeyed words The treas ury departments attention has re- gently been called to circulars whicl, one broker has been sending out, of- tering to exchange a stock at it's book value for Liberty bonds in which it is PoAAeSu Out lAdl theIo IS qulle ulI ference between the book value o1 which he speaks and the market value, a difference which will be tC his advantage. There are many othel ways in which the tricksters can ply their trade to the detriment of the un. informed and it behooves any wh; own Liberty bonds to hold tightly tt them for the investment is known tt be sound. Where it is necessary fol any reason to dispose of them or con sidered wise to make an exchang, those with whom one Is acquainted o who are known to be trustworth, should be consulted. Liberty bond should be as carefully guarded as l; bank account.
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WHY THEY WEAR THEM

T wish 1t were not the fashion for mothers to look like mere girls, like regular half grown kids" sighed the young mother who was arranging her hair in 8 manner reminiscent of Billy Burke. Tt is entirely too much troublei"
 "Too much trouble is right agreed the other young mother, who looked like d high school junior. But what are we going to do about it? Unless we continue to look like baby dolls our husbands will he ashamed of us. They won't care to take us out. And you know people say that if your hus- band doesn't take you out hell take somebody else Maybe not, but any, way, it's up to us."
 T know" the first young mother added We simply have to primp and look earefree and Irresponsible. When we stroll down the boulevard with our respective husbands we have to ap- pear so nifty that other men will glance admiringly in our direction--not that we covet such glances certainly not! But they are satisfactory proof to 8 man that his lady is sufficiently at- tractive."
 "A man is funny that way" com mented the second young mother. "Ht doesn't want his wife to glance toward the other fellow. put he wants to fee that the other fellow would be fat tered if she did And to reach tha degree of fascination you simply mus keep up with the styles
 And at the same time" observed the first young mother you've got [, keep up with the gas bill, the iigh bill, the ice bill. the grocer's bill ant the baby's temperature. It's brett, strenuous to stand before the miro and fuss with the waves in your hai and the length of your skirt when you feet are aching from work you've beel doing for the house and the kiddies. "T wish we mothers could put ol old fashioned wrappers. fiat, wid shoes, twist our hair in a cuick tigh knot, and if need be. hook spectacle 1 behind our ears and be comfortable! "So do I. That is I wish it some times. Then we could give the chil dren the proper care without strain'n ourselves to death. When we ar
 awake with them half the night W could make up the sleep next day an thus preserve our tempers and ou
 health. But, no! While they are nap
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own men. The visitors are clothed in sky blue, or vivid scarlet as the case may be with all sorts of color com binations and much decoration and many medals. The French colony oc- cupies quite a space up in the fash ionable northwest section where the French embassy is located and very decided foreign atmosphere prevails over which float French flags which
 fly and flap with every summer breeze
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von HertIing may declare that it is not Germany's plan to keep Belgium, hut there seems little doubt that it is its intention to so completely destroy it that there will be nothing left for the Belgians,
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France Bears Tn. Burden. By G

France Bears The Burden. By Gran
 vile F'ortescue. Cloth. 214 pages,
 Illustrated. Published by The Mac
 milan company, 64-S6 Fifth ave,
 New York. Price $1.25.
 The author presents vivid picture of France in wartime in this volume telling in a most intsresting manner of the fighting on the Somme, at Yer dun. in the Argonne and in the air.
 He is thoroughly in touch with his subject, having been on the ground as a war correspondent so that he knows what he is talking about, and lie certainly knows how to tell it. As NJ. Andre Tardieu, high commissioner of France says regarding the book, From your observations and expert ences you develop a picture of the whole subject. To your vivid and ac- curate articles, to your accounts of the fighting you have added methodi cal delineation, exact and instructive 1 of the organization and practice of war as developed in France during three years"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

Turkey declares that it is making all possible haste to determine the facts surrounding the attack on the American hospital and consulate at Tabriz, but Turkey never develops much speed unless massacre is con- tenplated.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16
NEW BOOKS

Men Who Are Making America. By B.
 C. Forbes. Cloth, Illustrated, 443
 pages. Published by the E. c.
 Forbes Publishing Co, inc, New
 York. Price s3.
 Tn this volume which is finely print a most interesting study of the lives of half a hundred of America's promin- ent men, dealing in the writer's par ticular style with the personality, methods, trials and triumphs of men who have come into the public eye and attracted not only national but inter national attention because of the mast erly manner in which they have done things.
 MT Forbes has a knack of getting under mans skin anl his gentle art of persuasion leads even some of the most modest and silent of our bis American men into making very inter esting confessions The reader is taken behind ihe scenes and into the intimate confidence of thrsse who are today at the head of American affairs. No book of fiction could ee more fas- cinating than these true stories of these real men and of the way that they solved the big problems. It is remarkable chance to make a new stury from a different angle of great 1 living American business men. Each one can find in the book a wealth of useful lessons on the most important | subject of what makes for success in life and in business.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16
League of Nations, a Chapter in the ', i-+A 0f he TO.y


 history of the movement. By Theo-
 dode Marburg.
 Board. 1ss pages. Published by the Macmillan company, s4-6s Fifth Ave- nue, New York. Price 50 cents. This little book is a history of the movement in the United States to se- cure action by the United tSates and other nations. after this great world war, looking to the establishment of 3 league to enforce peace. MT. Marburg, the author, is student of interua- = tional law. 8 publicist and diploma; of marked ability and learning. Under | the last republican administration he was the United States minister to Bel gium. With good public spirit he has 1 always been active in associations fer | the promotion of arbitration and ju- diclal settlement of international con treversies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

It cannot be very pleasing news te Germany to hear that the Runaniar crops are failure for Germany rather than Rumania was expected to get the benefit of them.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

Germany has done 80 much for Rus sia that it is demanding an indemnity of three and a half billions. The wonder is that the price was fixed SC tow
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

There is such an eagerness on the part of some of the housewives to can that it is next to impossible to deters mine at present the quality of the pro- ducts of the war gardens.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

We are told that there promises te be bumper crop of corn. Let us hope there will be cars enough to dis tribute it so that it will not be elassed | among the Iuxuries.
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THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society.

kela, the Russian Arctic port, where American. British and French marines are reported to have landed recently in order 10 protect munitions and pro- visions originally intended for the Russian government, is the subject of the following war geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic so-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

The increased postage is said to be reducing the number of postals mail ed, but no one hears the letter car- riers complaining about 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

It begins to look as if the kaiser WAS depending upon Lenine and Trotzky to keep the Russian bear on its back.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

The order that coal cannot be used for general heating purposes until fur ther notice places increased obliga- tions upon Old Sol.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

Admiral von Hintze has declared that he Is willing in every way to fol- low Germany's policy. He couldn't have gotten his new job otherwise.
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These are the days when more than the school children are forced to put in much careful study on geography
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Eugene V. Debs who was arrested on Sunday, was nominated on Mon day for representative or something by the socialists. A little thing like being pinched does not deter the so- cialistic class from honoring a hero in their estimation. Middletown Press.
 Whats the American equivalent for the word 'Kamerad, which the Ger mans shout when they want to sur-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

ping after lunch we have to iron the Georgette blouse and manicure our nails, and cream our faces, and drapt long blue veil over our smart turban ESQ that the man in the case will think he is married to somebody who knows
 And our nerves are rags the whole time" lamented the first young moth CT. The paradoxical part of it is that we'd much rather stay at home with the kids
 T should say we wouid." the sec ond one exclaimed. Why. I'd rather l lie down beside little Arthur and hold i his fat little hand after he's asleep for 1 the night than to go to the most gor- geous all star performance. And I'd rather sit and rock my beby than to l get into the classiest outfit and strut l around at the most exclusive affair" | "AlwaysT'
 l Well, nearly always. I'd really
 love to lock up and go to bed at s:So l every night. l like to get up early, 1 too. It's the best fun in the world to take the children out in the crisp
 morning air in the back yard and ronp with them till they all get sleepy But there's no chance! Every evening 1 the instant they're in bed I have to get into evening things and rush off W1lAt lhCAA 10lnCt anu StcS up ail hours
 'Men are so inconsiderate that way | Yeah, we have to humor them. We've got to hop along at this pace till they
 change their taste" declared the first young mother. Maybe some sweet time the dear old boys will see that it's more important for us to be good strong, happy mothers than world
 weary human dolls. Then maybe
 they'll let us have one reliable plair
 black silk dress and wear it some plac,
 about once a month"
 Until that blessed day we mus cater to their vanity said the secont
 one. Their absurd pride makes then want their wives to look as cute a the other fellows wives; and the oth CT fellows wives are trying to look al foxy as their flashing k sistere-s
 there you are! It ali goes 'round f
 circle and we can't break it. Isn't i awful?"
 ''Terrible!" agreed the first younl , mother. Lets put on our frivolou sleeveless silk sweaters and wheel tn [ babies over to the park. z."-Chicag g : News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

With the recess of congress, while the two great finance committees frame the eight billion dollars revenue bill, Washington will be like desert ed village so far as the congressional
 section is concerned. The senate and
 house will be called to order every three days and a handful of members will appear and vote to adjourn. This is necessary to carry out the law which prevents more than a three days recess of either branch of congress by joint action of the two No
 business of importance will be trans acted or any vote on pending meas ures taken until ASrust 24th when con
 gress again begins it's daily sessions.
 except on some unforeseen emergency, when the recess will be abandoned and
 members recalled if needed, Congress
 has been in continuous session since
 the first of December except 8 few
 days at Christmas and the prospects now is that 1t will remain in session till sometime in October, or later.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16
EDITORIAL NOTES

The man on the corner says: All the sympathy that the underdog gets makes no one envy his position
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

Washington is full of foreigners, many of whom wear the uniform of their country which is in marked con- trast to the simple khaki worn by our
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16

The inexperienced man in military
 service who thinks the formaHty Of
 saluting an officer merely an old
 fashioned order which he may disre-
 gard at will. is having a pretty hard
 time in Washington just now. Disci-
 pline along that line is being exacted
 by "salute squad" which has been
 stationed at crowded corners and which
 dragged into its act in one night alone 100 privates who neglected to salute
 officers whom they met. And the 100 priyates were scooped in and taken to the guard house for the night. It all happend when the men Were passing up and and down of the busy corners of oVercrowded Washington The city has more uniformed men on duty than any city in the country Thousands of these men were civilians when the war with Germany begun and have had lit tie or no military training. They are Of course furnished with books of rules and given instructions but they I lack the force and discipline received l by actual experience. The men are for l the most part desk men" and the only | difference in their work now and be- 1 fore the war is that they must now 1 perform it m uniform and are subject 1 to military rules and discipline To 1 such men the salute is matter of in
 difference or of slight importance. Be- l fore the war they greeted each other with How d'y Jim" and a careless 1 nod of the head. Now they are re- 1 quired to give a formal military sa- l lute to each officer they meet and it is | also the custom for privates to salute each other Officers always salute l each other, and return the salute of the enlisted men. The salute must be giv- en with snap and precision and ac- cording to military regulations It is I a very simple thins-iust a touch of the hand to the hat-but it must be given with the man standing erect. No | sloucf, no bow, no bow of the head, no sloppy careless salute is tolerated by men who have had proper military training. It was a bewildering group of 100 priyates who were rounded UT just as thev had started out for an evening of fun at the movies or the merry go rounds. each with sweet heart on his arm Some of the girls
 cried when the men were led away
 The crowd was all on the side of the
 offenders and hissed the officers whe
 carried cut the orders of the war de-
 partment in hauling the men in. But
 the war department recognized the fact that military efficiency rests on strict } discipline and that if the war is to be
 won discipline cannot grow lax. 'fWe
 can't win the war without strict disci- , pline," said a war time general. The men must learn it's importance before
 they go overseas, or we shall play { losing game, over there.
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Mir. Lonersan stated that such im- proVements as might come under the water power bill. would he of benefit not only to Connecticut but to Spring field and Holyoke and other Afassa- chusetts cities as. well. He referred to Connecticut as the munitions state of the Uninn." A great number of it's manufacturing industries said he are producing munitions and materials of war, more than the industries of any other state in the Union, and the cry ing demand is for more power. Com mentfng on the coal shortage MT Lon ergan said, the 10000 horsepower at Windsor Locks now running to waste. would have saved the transportation of more than 200 600 tons of coal and re- leased these cars and railroad facili- ties for the transportation of other ar
 t!cies and help relieve the congests on from which New En@land is suffer ing. He referred to the shortage of news print paper and the need of pow CT to convert wood pulp into paper. He also referred to the need of power in the matter of nitrates and fertilizers so necessary to the success of the war Mir. Lonergan stated that the question of improving the Connecticut river was not a local one as the industries along its banks were national and of
 tremendous importance in the conduc; of the war.