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Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
LOOKING FOR KINDNESS

fusal to cash ones check should be a deadly blow, but Staggered out feel ing that he had read in my face my intentions to return that night and pick the lock of the safe. I was alone in great city and it was awful.
 '"There was nothing for it but to try another store It was dry goods shop and as I rehearsed my raIc of woe 1t suddenly sounded to my ears horribly artificial. It did not seem possible that any one with even faint intelligence should be taken in by it. 1 felt as though I had been telling it up and down the street and collecting couple of dollars from each victim I was not in the least surprised to have the store owner look bored, get busy folding goods and mutter that he was sorry put he had sent all' his change to the bank. s
 Branded as confidence woman sought the air. was so desperate that if there had been pawnshop in sight should have braved the place. How ever, I picked out another drug store. The clerk was struck instantly with eongealed paralysis when ke gathered the gist of my conversation. No he said casually We cash no checks for strangers Last time the toss did that he got done out of tenner, and it's
 worth my job. Not that I mean to
 say"
 "'Of course not helped him hum- bly, and slunk out. There seemed noth- ing to do but walk ten miles north to
 the luncheon, or six miles south to the loop, where I might find an acquaint- ance I was very bitter against my | fellow men and extremely doubtful about the truth of the stories I had | frequently read of lady snarpers who gathered in huge sums of money. 1 And then I walked into little dingy cleaning shop with little din l gy woman behind the counter whc
 didn't look as though she had $5 tc her name, and told her rIy woes and asked her what on earth I was to q. and she said right away: My | goodness, I'll cash a check for you | lady - and hauled out roll o1
 money. Nothing ever looked so bis
 to me as that dollar-and, believe me
 if I had her picture it would go into
 my sterling silver frame. Now, wha
 do you suppose made her do t?'
 Well" said the patient listener l anxious to avenge her lost time, ''sht may have been feeble minded, ant again she may have been [, desperate woman and didn't care what happen ed!''-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
Don't Gamble With Your
 Health
If You Have a Cold and Neg lect It You Are Taking
 Chances of Pneumonia

Got a cold and decided to let it
 wear off, have you?
 This neglect and taking chances
 with colds is responsible for more
 deaths than the whole list of diseases. It paves the way for all kinds of dis
 ease, particularly pneumonia. The cold settles down and attacks the lining of the lungs-then it is pneumonia.
 Many cough syrups" and "bal- sams" are dangerous. Their only effect is from opium and other nerve deadening drugs they contain. It is a temporary stupefying effect and 1 the cold remains just the same and wears away the weakened body. It only disappears when it's place is 1 taken by a more serious disease like pneumonia.
 Take no chances Begin today talk 1 ing Father Johns Medicine which has had more than sixty years of success
 treating colds and coughs without us- 1 ing alcohol or any dangerous nerve l deadening drugs. It builds fighting
 strength to ward off disease.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
DRASTIC ARMIsTIcE TERMS.

1. The terms ot the armistice whirh Eermauv was forced 10 sign-the terms for which it had asked after il v-as realized that such course wasI incyitable-are decidedly drastic. but no more so than they should be in view Of what is involved. Py the ar- mistice Germany is simply given the opportunity of getting out of the war slightly earlier shan # would have hoen forced 10 have surrendered in Inc field.
 By no means, however, can it be look cd upon as a period of rest in which the fighting machine can be repaired snd set In motion again. Such course has been guarded against. The moving spirit Of the imperial German government has been eliminated, though the punishment which he de- serves has not as yet been designated, and with him has gone the band of junkers which has insisted upon the Farrying on Of the war and the estab- 9.shment Of a central European em- p,re. Under the terms of the armis- aice Germany has been tied hand and Foot The provisions are such that 1t cannot wiggle loose. Certain portions cr the Var material. and the navy ln- fluding submarines must be surren- tlered occupied territory must be evacuated and all west of the Rhine, including certain crossing points must De turned over to the allies as a guar nntee that the armistice terms will be lived up to. The result is that Ger many is SO completely under submis- sion that it will never be able to do anything but comply with the de- mands and when the peace terms are decided upon and presented, step right ID and take it's medicine humble, pen itent and submissive. Tn the mean time. however. the great wastase con- nected with the battlefelds has been overcome.
 German followed it's only reason able course in signing the armistice as it did. It has escaped the destruc- ton of property and the loss of civil Ian lives which others have suffered tut the debt which 1t must pay is staggering and it Is time to start the ball rolling in the other direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
STORIES OF THE WAR
Supplies for the American Army.
Correspondence of The Associated
 Press

Correspondence of The Associated
 Press.)
 Warehouses stretching over several square miles, baled hay by the acre piled 30 feet in height, and other vast quantities of supplies needed to nain- tain the American army mark thus dis tributing center as one of the points where one obtains an adequate idea of the tremendous push America is put ting into the war.
 This vast accumulation of supplies is necessary to keep train loads of food clothing, ammunition, trucks, wagons, wheelbarrows medical stores and the whole range of the army wants moving forward in huge daily traf- hc with unvarying precision so that no division, n0 matter what it's losses in material, need suffer.
 Each warehouse is hive of indus try with the supplies moving out from one side to the front. and moving in from the other side as the steady streams of supplies flow in from the American base ports so that the full quota always he maintained here. At one point machine guns were be- ing tested before going forward to the l front. This was in the machine gun 1 section of the ordnance park, with a vast array of these deadly mechanical | devices. Squads of soldiers were mak- ing the final tests, and the rattle of guns sounded like an early morning skirmish on the firing line.
 Almost as noisy as the machine guns were the machines for baling hay, which stretched out in long batteries 1 like threshing machines devouring the stacks of loose hay and turning it out | ir compact bundles for the artillery and cavalry horses.
 l Farther on the balloon sheds were 1 turning out the big gas bags for use in observat tion along the front These l are assembled and packed, and some i of the parts are made here. Like ev- erything else. the supply of ballons must be finally regulated here, depenu- l ing on the number lost or destroyed along the front. and the varying activi- 1 ties of the different sectors.
 ! Near by 1.S00 German prisoners were i at work piing fuel wood. It was a hot autumn day and, the air was heavy and gray with the dust of the immense traffic going on. Rut the prisoners l did not seem to mind the creature dis l comforts, but bent 10 their work witt a will. while American guards witt rifles ready stood at the summit of the huge piles of wood to see there wa, no SIaCKlnG.
 Another TOO German prisoners hat arrived the night before, so soon there will be 2,500 of these workers handling picks and shovels instead of rifles
 This is the headquarters also for thu | salvage carried on at the front, anC for the extensive system of sterilizing and delousing. As the vast debris o the battlefields is gathered up-brokel cannon and guns, ammunition, harness tentase, etc.-it comes back here il huge masses to be assembled and for
 warded to the big salvage station a
 Tours.
 The sterilizing system also radiate
 from here. and while the actual worl
 is done at the front, yet the regulat
 ing is all carried on here with stack of clothing, underclothing, shoes etc
 moving forward constantly to meet tn
 requirements of this systematic cleans
 ing
 Gas attacks have delevoped tn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
THE END OF THE WAR.

That the country should go wild with joy is only what was to be ex- pected in view of the significance of the act Of signing the armistiee, meaning an acknowledgment of the fact that kaiserism has been crushed rnd that the resumption of the war will be impossible. But the elation is 1'y TO means confined to this country, for it extends Co all the allied nations, Go the neu'rsis and to a certain de- gree Co the central powers, Tor it Iucans In the case of the defeated na- lions that they have been freed from The yoke Of autocracy whici. has so ionr hung about their. necks ard that lienceforth. even though they have the burden of the war to bear if Is going to mean that they will have a voice and a hand in their own government
 Hauehty arrogant dominearin1 Germany ras been brought 10 the bar of justice. Although lt had been de- vclopinE its war machine for a long period of years it has been crushed 7nd In such a manner and SD effective iy that it will never be able 10 under take any such fr!ghtful scheme again. ,t has been shown that there E B greater force than it was able 10 ere tte that it was a force standing for the rights of humanity rFainst the 'vran;. that it was defeated at its own game and that civilization anal democracy have won an everlasting victory. the fruits Of which will echo down the centuries of time
 It is a most hunHliatinc day for sPrusEianism but glorious one for democracy, for humanity and for -right and it is Impossible to overlook ahe slightest bits Of effort which have -been contributed by every agency s- hich has had a hand .n bringing About the results The worlds great sst war has been fought and decii- svely won by the side which should snean the establishment or permanent q eacc.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
THE WAR PRIMER
The Five Provinces of Turkey

In a war geography bulletin issued today, the National Geographic society gives q brief account of the five prov- inces or districts into which Asiatic Turkey may be roughly divided. The bulletin. which is based upon a com munication to the society from Will liam H. Hall, says:
 "Anatolia (the name is from Turkish word meaning the dawn') lies between the Black and Mediterranean seas. This district is the home of the greater part of the Turkish population perhaps 1000 600 in all Here is a case where the people can be distinguished from the government. Even the so called subject races have suffered but little more at the hands of the govern ing officials than the comman Turkish people.
 When one remembers that all gov ernment of the empire lies solely in the hands of a group of not more than 300 men, and that they impose their selfish will on Turk and Christian alike. one readily understands how a distinction can be made between peo- pie and government In spite of a constitution having been proclaimed and parliament summoned, the peo- pie, whether of Turkish or other race, | have absolutely no voice in the affairs 1 of the nation.
 Armenia, east of Anatolia, extend = l ing to the region of the Caucasus and l the Persian border, is the site of the i ancient Kingdom of Armenia. The i population is not wholly Armenian in fact, even before the war the ma . 1 iority of the people were Turks and i Kurds-hut here the bulk of the Ar menian race was found.
 Tt is a rugged land, a succession of mountains and valleys, where the peo- 1 pie have had to contend with nature
 for the establishment and maintenance 1 of their homes but, like all highland countries, it has been the means oi producing religious, freedom loving people
 They were the first nation to em l brace Christianity when, in the lattel half of the third century, their king Tiradates, accepted the new faith, ant most of the nation followed him Throughout all the succeeding cen.
 turies they have remained steadfas
 against wave after wave of persecu
 tion, until this last storm of hate ana fanaticism has swept the greater par
 from their homes and has destroyed a
 least a million-two- thirds of the en
 tire people.
 ''Kurdistan. hill country north o
 the Tigris river, is the home of
 brave, virile, largely illiterate serie
 of tribes and clans known as tn
 Kurds. They are the descendants 0
 the Cardushi, who gave XenoDhol and his ten thousand so much difficul ty on their march across these sam
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The next one will be when the boys come marching home.
 The man on the corner says; No one had to be reminded about letting joy be unconfned
 Bill HohenzolIern is apparently just as uneasy without IS he Was when he was wearing a crown
 No, no one ever saw anything just like it, because as a matter of fact there never was anything of the kind.
 Just because you may not have been pass of contributing to the comfort of the boys over there.
 Whether it is an old fortress or a new one, it is being found that the al- lies are able to take all of them in enc way or another
 After General Foeh got to going properly it only required a little over three months to bring the central powers to their knees.
 While some are thinking about the future of coal in this country 1t might Ee we'll if the proper attention was devoted to better water power de- Velopment.
 There was far less excitement in ] waiting for the decision on the ar- mistice terms, than there used to be 1 sticking around while the Australian | ballots were counted.
 It Is pretty good reasoning on the part of the Teuton troops who hold that inasmuch as Germany has los, there is no use for them to stick tt | the firing line and be killed
 That The Bulletin daily furnishes it's readers with later news than is carried by the metropolitan dailiea was clearly demonstrated Monday morning in connection with the sign- ing of the armistice. The New York papers received here had gene to press hours before the news was announced The Bulletin carried it in it's regular edition due to the pvnmpt and efficient service of the Associated Press which in addition to being quickly transmit. ! ted had been fully verified.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

To save coal formerly used for laundering, the British are abandoning stiff shirt fronts. At the same time, they are adopting stiff battle fronts and taking the starch out of the Huns Waterbury Democrat.
 In reading that the captain and crew of a Gloucester fishing boat recently divided, as the net profits of one weeks 5 trip, $1 900 to the captain and $500 to each of the men, we are enabled a lit tie. more readily to understand the req sons for the high price of fish.--Provi- dence Bulletin.
 It is time now for congress to take up the matter of guarding AmeriTan manufacturing and business from an after the war Hun invasion. It should not be difficult to so arrange matters that our allies will not be hampered while shutting out Germany. The great factories that have been built up must be kept busy. We will make no
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12

Always said the girl who likes to talk, i've fiattered myself that had an honest face. Whatever else my faults and f;tilings might be. could go through the world feeling that any stranger looking at me jnstinctively would say: My, what an honest wov man! This has been completely knocked out of me. have deep sus- picious that what I really resemble is a thief and a bank robber.'
 "Oh. I wouldn't go that far!" polite ly said the patient listener, who didn't want to listen at the mo- ment.
 Tt was the. day I had to go clear out north to a luncheon" proceeded never been at the house and I was vague about getting there. And I had to 'change car lines. Ani when I did change and opened my silk bag to get my nickel 1 discovered there wasn t any purse. I had paid my fare on leav- ing home with a nickel fn my coat pocket, secure in the thought of the purse in my bag. Tn panic I took every single thing cut of the silk bag and laid them all on a bench, much to the curious and interested amusement of a severe looking lady also waiting. I tried to be iaunty. We'll said to her. with great cheer. I seem to be having somewhat of hard time, don't I? I've got this far on my journey and find I haven't cents to my name!'
 T waited hopefully. I expected to see the severe lady soften into instant pity and cry, Poor child! Let me loan you a dime!' There was absolutely noth- ing doing except a blank, thick silence. My solitary onlooker had directed her attention stonily toward the post in the middle of the room. I could feel waves of embarrassment and e1tilt sweeping over me. and I hastily swept things back into my bag. Among the debris observed was my check book and grew quite naughty and debonair at once. It was almost the same as hav- ing money in my pocket. Heading for the nearest drug store. I inquired for the manager and when he came told my troubles and asked if they would cash a small check. Alaska instantly moved down upon the premises. "Er-,' said the man who was so ap- parently the owner that he might just as well have been labeled the man. ager is not in. If he Were-so sorry
 cen do nothing.'
 q don't know why strangers re-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
THINKING OF RETRENcHMENT.

Now that the armistice has been signed and has gone into effect it is 10 be expected that Senator Martin of Virginia will take steps to see that Congress calls upon the executive de- partments of the government for the curtailment of war expenditures. he was right when he declared that his views were shared by leaders in both parties when he spoke in hehalt Of such curtailment and called atten- ton to the fact that the appropria- tions for two years of war would amount to the stupendous sum of S57OO0, 600, 900.
 There aye many of tEe appropria- tions which will have to be carried through and possibly some additions made thereto in order 10 provide the country with the requirements needed, since the product can be and will be or as much use following the war as iI would be in connection herewith, but there are other directions where appropriations ean well he reduced This would seem to be the case In connection with the enlargements of the cantonments which have just been authorized at an expense of over s1s,- e40,O00, in connection with supplies fer he army which will not be available for a year or more and in connection with the calling of more men into the service
 That the government is disposed to act in this direction is indicated by the stopping of Sunday work in the nary yards the revoking of the Nov ember draft call and by other curtail- menti which are intended to reduce | expense, but 1t Is gratifying neverthe- less to see the spirit of economy man. i ifesting itself after such great ex- penditures have been made and when it is realized that it is yet possible to overcome the spending of large ap- i rropriations which have already been made but which with the ending oi
 the war will not be required.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
OUR CONSULAR SERVICE.

Looking to the future Chairman Hurley Of the shipping board calls attention 10 he fact that this coun- try must take action at no distant Gay looking 10 the extension and
 building up of it's consular service. For a long time our merchant ma fine has not been up to the mark.
 There was Ettle encouragemen given Co it and 1t was next to impossible to bring abort the development whAh Nas needed. The result was that it had gotten to the point when ;he war broke out that 1t was a rarity to see ths Stars and StriDes floating from
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
THREE MILLION JARS SHIPPED DURING
 OCTOBER

On Monday. October 21. we ad- dressed an advertisement to the wholesale and retail drug trade, ad yising that we were badly oversold, due to the influenza epidemic, stating that all deals and quantity shipments were postponed, and requesting that TapoRub be purchased in small lots only. This condition still prevails.
 At this writing we have back orders for eighteen thousand us,oo0) gross and our orders each day are double our daily output. The epi- demic however. is decreasing in most sections. the demand is slaekening and we are working night and day to catch up. Iii the meantime, we ask the trade to be patient with us.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
Misusinq Red Cross EmbIems.


 Correspondence of The Associated
 Press)
 Misuse of the Red Cross emblem by the German army is bringing bitter comment from American offifers in po- sition to know what is being done. A lieutenant in the medical corps and an infantry officer assert that "a1I the stories toold about German army's devillsh and inhuman tactics are true" Taught to respect the Red Cross flag, American troops were led into many an ambuscade by Boche trickery in the display of this insignia. And what has incensed the Americans the most is the fact that the Germans refused to recognize the Red Cross emblem at any time
 Before going to the front was in clined to doubt some of the stories being circulated about the Germans" said the medical officer, but after one month in the front lines I can believe anything that is said against them. They are so guilty of inhuUlan and baTbarous acts themselves that they refuse to respect the use of the Red Cross by the allies. Their use of the Red Cross insignia is one of the big gest crimes they ought to be made to answer for after the war"
 One Of the tricks used by the Roche was to plant a Red Cross flag in tie tower of church of a village in the path of the advancing Americans. Re- specting it, the infantry would not call for any concentration Of artillery fire on these buildings.
 The American troops upon taking one particular village advanced upon church from which was displayed a Red Cross flag without suspecting any trick. When they were within short range. murderous machine gun fire was poured into their ranks from the windows and towers of the church i When the Americans finally gained the interior they found six machine guns, manned by a platoon of sturdy ] Boches-not a sign of any hospital or dressing station. Needless to say, nc 1 prisoners were taken!
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
HOW 10 GET RID
 0F RHEUMATISM
HEruit-a-tives" Point the Way
 10 Quick Relief

ER0SA. TT suffered for a number of years with RheRnatism and sepers PafnS sn my .Side ard Back, caused by strains and heavy lifting.
 When I had given up hope of ever. being we'll again, 9 friend recom- mended 'Fruit-a-tives' for Frwit Liver- Ta6lets) to me and after using the first box I felt so much better that I continued to take them and now I am enjoying the best of health.
 ". NJ. JAMESON. 5oc.'a box, 5 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At all dealers or sent on receipt of price, by FRU1T-A-TIVEs Limited, OGDENsBURG, NY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12

surrender to Germany in the industrial field. She cannot be permitted to compete with those she has 80 long struggled to deStroy.-BristoI Press.
 The question is asked what has be- come of the speIlbinders that used to tear through the country in automo- piles asking little knots of people to vote for them. Well, last heard from they had saved time and money and reached ten times as many people by paying the newspapers to print what they had to say.--Meriden Journal