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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-03-28

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-03-28

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-03-28

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-03-28

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-03-28

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-03-28

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Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
SPAIN's JUSTIFIED ACTION,

In deciding to take over the Ger man vessels interned in that country Spain has acted promptly and wisely. It was in fact the only thing which it could do and maintain it's self-re- spect in view of the warning which it gave but . few days ago to the Ger man government.
 That it went further than it was indicated it was prepared to is shown by the announcement to the effect that all of the German vessels are to be seized when it was under stood at the time of the notification that it was planning to take such ships only as Spanish ships were sunk. Since the giving of warning to Germany Spain has lost three ves- sels and it must have become evident when the whole 90 German ships would have to be taken over even un- der the piecemeal plan. and in view of the fact that Spain has already lost practically that number the sen sible thing to do was to make a clean job of it all at once and get the bene- fit of the vessels as quickly as pos sible.
 Germany has thus learned that Spain was not blufing but it will be interesting to learn what effect this act will have upon the relations of the two countries and how badly damaged it will be found the ships are. for 1t cannot be believed that Germany has not given the com manders sufficient notice in which to demolish the engines of the ships even more effectually than was done in this country. Germany thus loses on- other valuable portion of it's merchant marine. the ultimatum has been put into effect and it will surprise if it is not followed by severance of re- lations if not the declaration of a state of war. Still Spain is fully justified in it's action. It has tolerated abuse too long already.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02

Tn the German tongue were frequent and intensive The German speaking men of the Wisconsin regiment cursed the captured German soldiers with an inhospitable frankness very shocking to the prisoners, who had been passed in silence by other American regi- ments, and had received cigarettes from battalion of English. Words like "dummkopf and "setiweinhund"
 were employed with prophetic ex- pletives; and the general sense of
 what the Wisconsin men said to their
 German cousins was as follows: You
 dash -blanked jackasses and idiots, we
 and our fathers left your old Father
 land and went four thousand miles to live in a better place. Now we have | come all the way back, four thousand
 miles again yet. to slaughter you, be- cause you haven't got any more sense
 than to believe and obey that old pig
 dog of a Kaiser! We'll send your
 Kaiser and princes to sheol, where they can't do any more harm; and as for you, dunderheads, you ought to be hanged for making us all this trouble of coming over here to teach you some sense with our bayonets,"
 The citizens once called German l Americans will work out their own 1 salvation if we do not make it too hard for them. What man can show enthusiasm for anything, when he is threatened with punishment if he is not enthusiastic? Loyalty is a feel ing; it is not a spoken word. You cannot possibly produce a beautiful
 feeling in any man by threatening him or prosecuting him. Let us not threaten at all, and let us prosecute
 only when we have evidence. Is it certain evidence that a man is loyal l if he have son in the American
 army? No. There were Rebels in 1 '63 who had sons in the northern
 armies. Is it certain evidence that a
 man is disloyal if he have son in the 1 German army? No. There were loyal 1 Union men in '64 who had sons fight Ling for the South. So it may be now. 1 There are American citizens who have 1 relatives in the German army and
 other relatives in the American army
 Here and there is an American citizen
 who has one son in the American army and another son in the German
 army. Let us go gently with a fel- l low citizen who finds himself in such
 a position. It is a hard enough one
 without the additional burden of his
 neighbors' suspicious. If his conduct
 be loyal then in heavens name let us believe him loyal.
 The finest answer Germany has had
 from any source is the loyalty of the | German Americans" to America: and l that was the answer of all most sailing to Germany. Let us not punish them now, when their boys are dying in the American cause-iet us not punish them for sins that are not theirs Let
 us not patrioleer at their expense. Let us not patrioteer at all. The war is
 too serious for patrioteering.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02

tests is in Berlin. They know. or at least should know. that the imperial German. government is responsible for the air raids which they are experi- encing, and even then. if they were properly informed, they would appre- ciate the fact that what they are complaining about has been far less severe in their case than in the case of the allied civilians. for the air raids over German cities are con ducted with view to destroying es- tablishments of military importance while German raids have no restric- tons whatever.
 The people of Germany do not like the effects of the aerial bombs any better than the army liked the re- suits when the allies began to use gas and employed it even more effectual- ly than did the Huns. It is the usual result of trying a dose of one's own medicine but the people of the Rhine might as we'll realize that they will get more before they get less.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

When travelling if you get a cinder in your eye, insert a whole fiaxsee6 =. soon as you reach "civifIzation."
 If you gulp down icy drinks when overheated, then don't be surprised when you're taken i'll.
 When suffering from indigestion do without food for two days, trying the raisin diet.
 Don't expect bright eyes and good complexion if you stay indoors all day.
 If you use public drinking cups, then expect gore throats and worse.
 A slice of lemon may be rubbed over the lips if you wish them to be partic- ularly red on some occasion, but the best way to have red lips is to build up the health Take plenty of outdoor exercise and sleep, and let nature do her part. If your circulation is good and you are well you will find your lips will be as red as the proverbial cherry. Peroxide will help to whiten the teeth.
 If your eyes are in good order we may keep them so by opening them under cold water every morning when we wash, but cold water is for strong eyes; weak ones should 1t tepid, with little boracic powder dissolved there in. Keep your boracic solution ready mixed in bottle, then you won't have to make it up every day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
ENCOURAGING THE ENEMY.

It might be we'll for those who are so inclined to launch out into strike because their demands for an increase in wages, amounting to double or more than double what they were re- ceiving before the war. are not con- sidered justified. if they would stop to think what an impression their &C., tons must create upon the nations which this country is fighting.
 It is clearly understood what an impression is created in the United States when word is received of strikes in various parts of Germany or Austria Hungary. and it is only reasonable to believe that the same sort of feeling is created in those countries when they learn that the employees in factories which are turn ing out war goods are throwing down their tools and quitting work. Would it be at all surprising if they looked upon such actions as move directly gainst the interests of the nation, q step against the government and a lack of support to the cause for which this country is fighting?
 HeEe IS nO TedSoH tO DeueFe, DOl what as much encouragement is given to the central powers through unjus- tified strikes in this country as the peorie of the United States gain from the labor unrest which is from time to time disclosed ;n those countries even though the conditions are far different
 The fact is that every strike which interferes with the nations war pro- gramme displays most unworthy at :itude. Of all times the present should command the utmost loyalty of every citizen of the country and IT this respect labor is no exception.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
SPEEDING THE ADVANCE.

Regardless of the resistance which the enemy is giving by the throwing in of achievements at various places along the line It is insufficient to hold the allies. Perhaps the idea is simply to retard the British and French until guns, material and troops can be moved but even so the captures which are being made, and being made steadily. make it evident that the Teutons are not getting away as clean as they expected or as safely as they would like.
 With no definite schedule. except to strike where the best results can be obtained, the allies are moving ahead rirst in the north and then in the Eouth with blows in the center when it becomes necessary to straighten out the salients. For some days t has been evident that General Foch is aiming at the capture of Douai and Cambrai in the north and Laon in the south and it cannot fail to be ap- preeiated even in Germany that he is making excellent progress.
 In the north the recovery of Kem- mel hill. the advance to the outskirts of Lens. with the observation of fires in Lens and Armentieres, and the taking of Bullecourt make it evident that the Germans are going to be forced to last ditch fighting if they retain their hold upon the Hindenbura line. This opinion is strengthened by the driving Of the Germans out of Peronne. the crossing of the Sommt and the progress being made on the oise while it is-a significant fact that the British losses in the past weel were much lighter than in the pre-. ceding one. The rapidity with which the allies move forward, with artil. lery as well as infantry cannot fail tc make a serious impression upon those who are conducting the retreat. A the present rate of progress it ough not to be long before the allies vii be knocking at St. Quentin and Laon
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02

touched she became. with the speed of g uick-change artist, a veritable man of-war. Q-50 was an old collier and sailed with sealed orders. which read:-"Submarines are sinking Brit ish and American ships in such and such a position. Proceed there forth with" Her crew looked like mer- chant crew, ard fairly undisciplined lot they appeared. but when they got out to sea a change took place in their aspect.
 It was in the Atlantic at about il 0 clock on a summer morning when a submarine was seen from the Q5o who started to run away. Her maxi mum speed was eight knots. Her fires were stoked and volumes of smoke came from her funnel. The order was given by her captain to slow down to seven and then to six knots A gun was fred-a two o-and-a-
 half pounder The. submarine over hauled the O. boat, and shells burst on her decks, killing and wounding men. The o. boat held on, and sig nailed that a submarine was following and smelling her, that the crew were about to abandon the ship, and asking for help. The signaller in the sub marine took in the message. An hour and a half passed and the submarine was getting welk within range when a panic boats crew-a very undisci-
 plined looking lot--left the ship, one sailor taking with him cage with s parrot in it. A shell from the sub marine struck the poop of the Q-oo ond blew one of the guns and the guns crew into the air at a time when tht | submarine had only to proceed another 100 yeardS and three of the guns Of the Q-50 would have been trained on l her at 400 yards range. When it was disclosed that the Q-50 was not what l she had pretended to be, butNa fighting ship the captain signalled to the man of-war waiting below the horizon, who 1 had answered his first call for assist ance, to keep away for the action was l not ended.
 The submarine fired torpedo after torpedo To allay the suspicious of
 the Germans the captain of the decoy
 again gave the signal to abandon ship
 and some of the men jumped over
 board; but the captain with an officer
 or two and the picked guns crew still
 remained hidden, and blew off steam
 to make the submarines crew thing ] that the boiler was holed. Completely deceived. the submarine came up Then shell after shell was fired at her and she went down. her end being hastened by the fire from the warshir
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The Massachusetts Highway Com mission reports 703 arrests the past twelve months in the Bay State on the charge of operating automobiles while oxicated-alnost double the num- ber in the preceding ayear-and 113 operators charged with running away after being involved in accidents. It looks as if the Fuel Administration must appeal to considerable hopless material when it depends for volun- tary abstinence from Sunday gasoline consumption on the patriotism and conscience of such motor cars.-Provi- dence Bulletin
 Nobody has as much coal as he thinks he warts. but most, forehand- ed people by this time have some coal in their cellars, or are well os- sured that they will have some be- fore the need for furnace or stove fires begin. Coal is moving stead ily has been moving all summer. It will have to keep moving all win
 ter. But there is no spasmodic about fuel. or anything approaching that, it is unjustif1ed. We are, if we are making the best of the sit uation, taking the fuel problem easy.-Hartford Times.
 The seventy-year limitation forcing out judges of the superior and su preme courts is illustrated again in the
 retirement of Justice Shumway this
 month, and only few years back the
 retirement of Governor Holcomb. l The latter by the way has displayed
 more vigor than many younger men
 now on the bench since he assumed i the governship and is up and doing all of the time. Justice Shumway is also in the prime of manhood, but the rule is in vogue and every year wit
 nesses some we'll qualified jurist relin- quishing the duties he is still fitted
 to carry out fer several years.-Mid- dletown Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
RECIPES,
Baked Winter Suuash.-Cut in

Baked Winter squash.-Cut in pieces
 two inches square, remove seeds and stringy portion, place in dripping
 pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and allow each square one-half teaspoon full of molasses or sorghum and one
 half teaspoonful of melted butter or butter substitute. Bake 50 minutes or
 until soft, in a moderate oven keeping
 covered the first half hour of cooking
 Serve in the shell.
 Cauiihower au Gratin.-Place whole cooked cauliflower in a dish for serv- ing, cover with crumbs and butter or
 butter substitute, and place on an oven
 grate to brown the crumbs. Remove | from the oven and pour one cup of thin white sauce around the cauliaower.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
LONG SKIRTS APPEARING.

The heightened skirt is stadily making headway, though it is not as yet by any means a dominant note. The extremely narrow skirt is likely to be the longest. These narrow skirts invariably have a tunic or an arrange nent of panels.
 One smart frock of grape tinted hue had coat-like overdress remind ing one of a redingote. The narrow underskirt was machine -plaited. The bodice was in crossover effect, the ends being at either side of the front. The sleeves were long and close fitting at the upper part and faring at the wrist
 Combinations of wool and satin are very much in vogue this season. One distinctive example was of black satin combined with beige gabardine. The blouse was of the gabardine trimmed with black satin. The girdle. revers and cuffs were of satin.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
SUGGESTIONS FOR


 Vinegar will soften the bottle of dried glue.
 Metal that is wrapped in waxed paper will not rust
 Left over vegetables are good used for vegetable soup.
 Excellent polishing cloths are made from old velveteen. There is more heat in hickory wood than any other kind To fry fish properly they should be put into boiling hot fat Skimmed milk and corn bread and butter are nourishing lunch. A weak solution Of chloride of lime will remove peach stains. Put cupful of Indian meal half a cupful of white flour and three table paper bag. Articles that need cleaning can be put into this bag and shaken. | Union suits dried on a coat hanger and with the tape about the neck l drown up slightly will not draw out of shape about the neck, as they do when hung on the liEe by the shoulders.
 In making custards or other food stuffs calling for scalded milk, remem- 1 Der that if the milk is in a double boiler it reaches the right temperature as soon as the water in the outer uten- l sil boils.
 After thoroughly washing white lace curtains, put them in solution of one I teospoonful of chloride of lime to three quarts of warm water. Let the cur tains stand in the solution for about an hour.
 If the seats of caned chairs sag, turn them upside down, wash well with soapy water, soaking so as to thor oughly wet them, and in drying they will stiffen to almost, if not quite their normal condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
THE COUNTY FAIR.

Once again the annual fair of the New London County Agricultural So- Ciety is at hand and once again is The society cooperating with the Gen. tral Labor Union for the joint ohserv ance of Labor day. This idea has worked out most successfully in past years and there is no reason to sup pose but what 1t will prove the big attraction in the county today for those who lay aside their war. or other activities to get the benefits of the holiday which is set aside for labor.
 Labor day, which has been the open ing day of the fair for q number of years. comes this year on next to the earliest day possible inasmuch as it Is definitely fixed for the first Mon day in September. For that reason it is possible that it will prevent as great a number from displaying agri- cultural products as it would at some later day but there can be no ques- ton but what there will be a varied and interesting assortment, and inas- much as everyone is thinking agri- culturally these days and thousands who gave the tilling of the soil prac- tically no attention before are now contributing their mite there is bound to be a greater enthusiasm and rival ly in this particular department. The results which others get cannot fail 10 arouse keen interest.
 With efforts made to bring other de- partments including the amusements up to a high standard the great gathering where the country and city folk hobnob and rub elbows, swap gossip and stories should be the cen- ter for all towns of the county, while the fact cannot be overlooked that it Is such attendance which guides the officials in making up their pro- programme from year to year.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
DICTATES OF FASHION.

Voile shirtwaist frocks have long sashes of self material.
 Many jersey dresses are ttrimmed with heavy Italian lace.
 Satins promise to be the greatest favorites among silks for fall.
 A novel trimming for white serge is a checked material.
 As skirts grow more narrow they naturally grow longer.
 Chiffon evening gowns are absolutely without trimming.
 Pink and white striped materials make the most fashionable summer dresses
 Some of the prettiest vei1s are fgur- ed and are simply thrown over the hat
 The new mushroom hats are very apt to have heavy wool embroidery
 With beige and biscuit colored frocks hats of positive hues are most desir- able.
 Many of the new fall suits have a high necked vest of the same cloth as the suit with fur collar. Others have tehese vests in contrasting color.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
USES FOR ALUM.

A little alum in the water used for washing perspiring hands and feet will alleviate any unpleasantness.
 Alum is used by an economical housewife who preserves summer fruit with sugar or vinegar. Pick. the fruits from the stalks and put insb bottles. Put on drachm of alum into four gall Ions of water and let it stand till it is cold. Then fill the bottles and fasten them tight Put them into a copper of cold water and heat to 176 degrees.
 To Keep Out Moths-To keep them out of the carpet. pour strong alum water on floor a foot and a half from the edges before putting down the car pet Sprinkle salt upon carpet before sweeping Occasionally.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
ICE CREAM AS A FOOD.

Ice cream is real food and not a delicacy only, says the Illinois State College of Agriculture in calling atten- ton to the fact that serving ice cream is one way in which people may re- spond to the appeal to use more milk.
 As a dessert it is free from the heaviness of some puddings and pas tries and in nutrition is the equal of many foods considered as staple atti- cles of diet.
 One quart of ice cream of required standard on an energy basis equals S.75 pounds of strawberries, 5.11 pounds of bananas, 696 pounds of apples, one and one-half pounds round steak and one and one-half dozen eggs. Give the children plenty of ice cream. But be sure it is pure ice cream. Many families have their own freezers and use ice cream often as dessert. Its cost is no greater than pie or cake It furnishes nourishment and helps dispose of the abundant supply of milk now available