Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-10

nance committee makes vigorous de- pial of this, but the runer does not Gie in spite of that. Regarding congressional recess or adjournment the same uncertainty exists It's ease of Bobby Burns and Some hae meat an canna' eat" Some Of the congressman want to go home and fear they can't. Some don't want to 80 home and fear they can Some men want chance to explain their votes and others dint want to be asked questions which will embarrass them to answer. Unless there is an adjournment they won't get their mileage allowance and in the Gays of profiteering which make living in Washington nothing short of a hold UP, mileage will count as q factor.
 SIackers have been quick to seize the imperfect dentition' clause of draft regulation as a means of es- caping 0versea duty. The department of justice has been informed by repu- table dentists that registrants desir- ing to escape such service have urged them to extract teeth in such way as would unfit them for oversea work The war department has now issued an order warning all dentists against permitting themselves to be party to that sort of practice and calling at tention to the fact that severe penal ties are provided in the law for any person who aids another in escaping the draft.
 Autoless Sundays have brought about the revival of the "One Hos;: Shay" Old hack drivers mapping for many a year have come into their own. Rusty rattling. oN fashioned vehicles. driven by old Negro Jehu's in battered silk hats, now parade ur and down the broad avenues of tl>e city, filled with smartly dressed we- men and uniformed officers. It's either that OF footing it" for out here the werd of the fuel administrator is law and every automobile seen on the 1 street on a Sunday is he'd ID and is l occupants closely questioned ard warned. Washington is truly cit>
 of magnificent distances and ever | church going is difficult if transporta. l tion is lacking. President and Mrs 1 Wilson set the pace by driving
 through the streets and parks in : l Victoria drawn by pair Of heauti. i fui bays. They were closely followed l by wagon load of tecret servic,
 men. Seeratary of SAte Bryan wa. the last member of the oahinet to dis
 card carriage for an auto Unit
 q couple Of weeks before his resigna
 tion he drove to and from the stat department in a handsome Victori; drawn by two big hays and with liveried driver and footnan on tn box. A few of the old residential SC have kept their carriages and re fused to become modernized, but fo the most part until the new fuel or der went into effect social Washing ton had forgotten carriages existe and knew horses only as a part of tn
 hunt or country clubs.
 The decision of the war departner
 to cut down war orders iii such sec
 lions of the country as arg chased a
 eongested regarding housing an
 transportation strikes hard blow t
 a number of New England cities, in
 oluding Lowell, Mass, Bridgepor
 New Lendon, Waterbury and Derb,
 Conn. The action is taken under rec
 concentrations by the general staff C
 the army, which at the same time ad
 R1onishes the housing bureau tha
 great economy must be exercised i
 the use of money finds at the dispo
 sa of the abor department to meet in creased demands are very limited. Tn
 statement of the war departmer
 states that it is not the intention (
 that department to cut off all ne'
 orders but that the placing of con tracts in these towns and cities wi he reduced to a minimum The short age of housing facilities is alluded t
 At the housing bureau today Tn Bulletin correspondent was informe that the housing plans were runpin