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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
AUsTRiA's MOVE FOR PEACE.


 That the forwarding of tine Austrian war aims to President Wilson before they were set forth in his speech by s.coun. Czernin, minister of foreign af- -afairs in Austro- Hungary, may be re- garded as a move on the part of that country to break away from its all .liance with Germany and set in mo- tion g movement for the bringing about of peace, which has been clam ored for so persistently in the dual monarchy. is entirely possible It is not surprising in that connection that ~lt aroused much concern in the press ~of that country as well as in Germany. Ut is significant, however, as pointed out by the socialist paper Vorwaerts 'of Germany which has been suppressed -Eeveral times for its utterances which l-did rot meet the approval of the im- ..perial German government, that Von Keuhlmann in his recent address de- ciared that We are in agreement with Count Czernin."
 Whether it is a case where Germany ais using Austria to make the first -ove-tures looking to peace negetia sti0ns. in view of the feeling which is growing in that country. or whether il is an attempt to get the entente na- tions interested ;n the peace question ,ts such an extent that they will dror their war activities long enough to give Germany the advantage which it seeks and permit 1t to strike a telling blow flor victory remains to be determined SThe latter possibility Is thoroughly fin keeping with German acts, ani cunning as it may be there can be lit. 7tie question but what pressure will b, Drought to bear upon every war ac -tivity by the allies. including thi. country. until there is something nor, certain that Austria. or those it repre-. sscnts. is actually sincere Tn its effort and is anxious for peace under tn, terms which this. country has SC forth
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
MAKE USE OF HE WOOD.

There have been great many peo- ple who have made up their minds 4hat they will not use wood for fuel if it can possibly be avoided. There are perhaps good reasons for this in nor -1nal times because wood is not as ham, 1iy as coal. or oil, gas or electricity rlnd while 1t gives excellent heat it requires more attention, but when it as difficult to secure coal either for domestic use or for the needs of the Fublie utilities which furnish the gas and electricity, it is time that preju- Alice was put aside and use made of &uch fuel as can be obtained.
 . Just now this part of the country 8 undergoing a shortage of coal the ike of which has not been known for gears. It is a section where wood is che natural fuel and where there are thouFands of cords which are going Go waste because. except for those people who live in the country, thera Is only. a limited demand for it.
 But with coal hard to get this natu- ral resource should be developed There is no need fnr people to freeze as long as there is enough wood. and the owners of woodland cannot fail to recognize the opportunity which is presented to them to turn portion oi theiE woodlots into cash and especial H at a time when their other activi- ties are at a low ebb. There is nc wonder that one of the state foresters asks Why should people be freezing in our cities and towns this winter while wood is actually nottipg ant wasting all over our state within theil very grasp"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
SAVE YOUR HAIR! ASMALL BOTTLE
  STOPS DANDRUFF
EVERY BIT OF DANDRUFF pls- APPEARS AND HAIR STOPS . COMING OUT
TRY THIS! YOUR HAIR APPEARS GLOSSY, ABUNDANT, WAVYr
 AND BEAUTIFUL

Thin, brittle, coloriess and scrasgy
 hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandruff-tha.t awful scuff.
 There is nothing so destructive to
 the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair
 of it's lustre, it's strength and it's very
 life; eventually producing a feverish-
 ness and itching of the scalp. which
 if not remedied causes the hair roots
 to shrink, loosen and die-then the
 hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
 tonight-new - any time will surely
 save your hair.
 Get a small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter for a few cents, and after the first application your hair will take on that life. lustre and lux u.riance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and fluffy and have the appearance of7tabundance, an incon- parable. gloss and softness; but what will please you most wilIbe after just . few weeks use. when you will act ually see lot of fine, downy hair new hair-growing all over the scalp. Danderine is 10 the hair what fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to vegetation. It goes right to the roots, i invigorates and strengthens them. It's exhilarating and life producing proper 1 ties. cause the hair to grow long, strong and beautiful.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hospital Needs x.ray Machine.

Mir. Editor: The city of Norwich has witilit. the last six months given ample proof of what it can do when the call comes to rally around the flag. Look al the liberal subscriptions to both is sues of Liberty Bonds. the Young Mems Christian Association, the Red Cross and Knights of Columbus? We can feel justly proud of what we have done. In the midst of our enthusiasm to do anything that will make the kaiser respect our liberty and will re- call to him the fact that no nation has ever compelled us to lower the flag that prociaiTas liberty and ffee- dom to all,, we have forgotten an in : stitUtion that all Norwich citizens can feel justly proud of mean the BaclSus hospital.
 We have in the Backus hospital an institution that ranks as one of the best hospitals not only in Connecticut but in all the entire New England states. When the time comes that our sick and wounded soldiers return from abroad Backus hospital win be called on to do it's share and we can be as- sured it's excellent staff of physicians and nurses and it's able superintendent will do their duty. . l. The attention Of the writer of this article has been called to the fact that it lacks apparatus which it must have to hold its place among modern hos pitals. An X-ray machine. Only the ether day the writer saw the incon- renience poor sufferer had to un- dergo to be dragged to the top of the shannon building to have the X-ray applied. The expense of an X+ray ma chine is only about 5000. If we can subscribe so literally to all undertak- ings, why can we not raise sufficient funds to purchase this machine for
 our own need? When our soldiers eemf
 back this machine is absolutely neces- ! sary. Let us not be caught mapping I Let us be prepared. Send your sub | scriptien to The Bulletin and if evers l one is as free with his donation ir this case as in the cases mentioned above in a few days we will see ths fund ready for the purchase of ths
 X-ray machine and our Backus hos.
 pital will be ready to do it's mite
 when called on.
 1 sa A SUBSCRIBER.
 Norwich, Jan. 2s, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
STORIES OF THE WAR
Pat o'srien's Story

Flight Lieutenant Pat O'Brien, the
 former Santa Fe railway man who ef-
 fected remarkable escape from Ger
 many after being shot down in an
 aerial battle as member of the Roy
 al Flying Corps and who walked
 across a part of Germany, all of Luxemburg and Belgium before dig ging under the wire of death" and reaching Amsterdam, has told his story to the King at Buckingham Palace And 0sBrien and the King have formed complimentary impress sions of each other.
 T have met some of the heads of departments on the Western division l of the Santa Fe,, some of the big bus mess men in Chicago and a few of the i men doing the fighting in important positions II ths war, and want to say | that the King is one of the best" says QBrien, who is native of Monence, H., and 8 resident of San Francisco.
 T don't think he knows what side means. We shook hands heartily ! three times--on my arrival, when I
 thought might be taking tao much of | his time and started to go, and finally when we said good-by.
 | T reee.ved a telegram to call at l 1o:30 o'clock and, arriving two minutes before, found tEe King on railroad l time. ! was not kept waiting nnnute l but was taken directly to him by one I of his sacretaF,es who withdrew on 1 presenting Eie We ffen c:latted for
 40 minutes tias King showing grest ! interest in i,ty cxpeeleRee and qIi"s- tioning me .miilptr.'y as to my reate
 from the time I jumped out of ths tran window until l concealed rnystl Ii nearby and studied the electrically l charged barrier between Belgium ant Holland for about week of nights I before succeeding ill plan of es- cape.
 '"rhe King .rst offered my 2 chair
 but when I declined politely stood with me throughout our conversation He certainly had more than an anna. l teur's knowledge of electricity, as gathered by the lively interest he dis played at the several ways had ir I mind as to how best to put the live \ wires out of business. l thought frs of grounding the current in the sev, eral wires with a horizontal metal bar then made ladder of sap1ings se } green that the wool proved a con-
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ductor and decided on another plan successfully
 He was keenly intereste in my jump through the window of the train and the guards effort to hold me in. l think he laughed most heartily at
 my passage with the guard previously when I complained of our having to ride in fourth-cfass compartments. The guard responded that we rightful- ly should be riding in hog trucks. 1 answered that such ,woAid be prefer able to riding with Germans, and then
 my English speaking guard exploded
 in gutterals, probably net. knowing profanity in foreign tongue.
 T couldn't realize the King was. a king. He seemed just like other men
 but more interested in my story. He expressed great sympathy for my mother owing to her long belief that had been killed, it indeed having been so announced in the British oficia report. l. have been gwen leave for three months to visit her at Momenee H., but my time may be extended. Ii l is very likely that shall be trans ferred to the American Flying Corps 1 in which I received my first training and was serving at San Dego before becoming restless and enlisting wftl | the Canadians in Victora. I have nov
 about recovered from the effects o 1 seventy days diet of cabbage' and turnips."
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29

trench had been blown in and there was no sign of any of the men I had been talking with.
 I crossed over to where the shell had exploded and found one of the men I had been talking with lying at the bottom of the trench lifeless Along little piece further was an- other of our patrol done for. I went back and ordered stretchers and g couple of men with picks and shovels They were soon digging out the trench, and there they found the ser geant who had started out on this inspection with me, buried, blown te pieces. Of the nine men that were there that night I was the only mar who got out.
 It was only a chance shell but il certainly did it's work-and from tha' hour l had more respect for the Ger man wfiz- bang shell.
 A man often goes through soms daring attack unhurt, through tht most perilous patrol duty, througf raids and scouting parties, and thel at some time when all seems quie and serene, chance shot will do it. 1 work.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29

development and continuous opera tiols. subject to market conditions. should be required. Already millions of water horsepower are held out of use to further monopoly by private
 sorporations.
 6. Corporations or individuals who
 make money out of rights granted by the people should share their profits
 with the people.
 '. The public has right to complete
 information about every business bas-
 ed on the use of public property
 It is a real pleasure to tell Neu that
 every one of these principles is fly
 safeguarded in the adnainistratjen's
 water power bill. What remains
 therefore is for congress to put this
 measure through without delay.
 The administration water power bil representatives, where an effort vii certainly be made to amend it in ths interest of the power interests, | that fails, the water power lobbyist, will epdeavor te have the indefensibls provisions et the Shields bill substi tuted il, the senate for the admits tration bill. Beaten in that they vii fall back upor the formula of obstrlc fien and delay they have used so sue ceEsfully for the last ten years. This measure is practical, fair. ant l wise. The friends of conservation should insist that their friends in con I grass shall give their prompt an, full support to the administration va l ter power bill and shall see to 1t >tffA ] it is passed without emasculatien, sub 1 stitation. or postponement. It is o vital interest to our country while tn war is on. and will be equally import ant after the war is over. = l. The passage of this bill will secur
 to the American people forever va, 1 resou-nes whose use for the good Q l all will make this land a safer an
 a b1ter place to lice in. All tn forces Of conservation are behind ii I urge you to give the adnainistratio 1 water power bill your strongest ap proval and support.
 Sincerely yours
 ] CLIFFORD PINCHOT. l Milford. Pa, Jan. 27. 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29

The woman whose voice was a tri--, fife husky shot into the conversation
 just as soon as the lady in blue serge stopped relating how she had canned a bushel of corn and wondered why the government had taken no notice of the feat.
 q must say,'' she remarked. that I am beginning to think there is some thing in Albert's system after all! One of the trials of my married life has been. the fondneSs Albert has always had for taking medicine. Whenever he has had any slight ailment that did mot call for physician he has been just as happy ss a small boy let loose in the china cupboard with a hatohet. His pleasure in doctofing himself has been pathetic. If he had been willing to confne himself to one medicine it would not have been So bad, but he went on the theory that possibly never again would he be iii and have the chance, so he always would take everything in sight, You can imagine how this has up set me. Whenever Albert has suffered from cold or a tumny ache or a pain in his head or little toe have been kept in state of constant pet- turbation. not to say apprehension. Try as I might, could never rid of the wretched feeling that any minute Albert Nsas going to double up in con- vulsions or stretch out paraIyzed from some unheard of medical comhinatio l Oh, yes, he always took those he
 knew about. but it was the centbina- tons which worried me!
 Ever since I once read that if you drank chartreuse immediately after I eating a banana the resultant poison would cause you to drop dead-though why anybody with bottle of char treuse should pick nut a banana to ! go with it don't see--I have been
 wary.
 ! So far Albert has let me alone with his combinations, but the other night when I said I had been chilly ali day and my throat felt sore he sprang tc his guns. He said I was on the way l to a hard cold and that the only thing to do was to nab it while vet there was time. He began to stick around
 in that ominously happy way of his which always precedes a raid on tho medicine cabinet and I began to fgh for air. I assured him that all I need
 ed was a hot bath, a hot lemonadt and to go to bed.
 Albert pushed me back into m,
 chair and fixed me with a stony eye
 Didn't I know that half the diseasel
 on earth started with cold? And h, had been saving 2, perfectly cracking | good thing that Bellows had told hin
 about. something that worked mar
 veiously with colds and Here it was
 He thrust two little pink pellets at m,
 and tIey looked so silly and harmles , that I swallowed them.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
THE LACK OF LOCOMOTIVES.

In a report which he makes to the director general of the railroads, In- terstate Commerce Commissioners Me- Chord declares that gross neglect on the part of the railroads under private management has resulted in hundreds of locomotives being tied up in round houses and yards because of lack of repaIrs, and this state of affairs, he holds to be 8 principal cause fer the present freight congestion.
 Commissioner McChord has appar- ently not given any thought to the handicaps under which the railrpods have been forced to operate by the in- terstate commerce commission. He recognizes that they have had trouble getting help to repair the engines but he attributes much of the trouble to neglect because of lack of forethoTght In this respect the roads of this cpun. try are no different than those of Eng land where thousands of locomotives are out of use because of the inability to get help and material to repair them.
 But while the commissioner appar- ently thinks differently, it cannot helI being believed that had there been the proper amount of forethoughr on the part of the interstate commerce com mission in coming to the relief of ths transportation systems a long time ago when 1t was asked and permitted them to have gotten sufficient re- turn for their service to have pro vided new locomotives and roilini stock they would not be in the condi
 ton which they are today and tn, freight congestion would not be wha
 it is today. It is quite evident tha all the negligence cannot be attributed to the roads however much the com missioner thinks 1t ought to go there
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29

their wives and children. There are huge drinking vessels made by join ing the horns of the forest antelope, faneifully decorated wofnen's work boxes, and numbers of boxes and jars Of various sizes and shapes.
 As a whole the carvings show such technical perfection as to suggest the use of the lathe and other modern tools. Yet all of the work is done with native iron tools of primitive simplicity. Fashioned by the artists themselves, who never follow a plan l having at the outset of their task bls:
 a general idea of the form the ob- l ject will finally assume, the tusk oi
 piece of ivory is first trimmed wAf a hatchet, as if it were a piece oi 1 wood; with an adze, rude outlines art
 shaped, and crude knives and saws I cut the deeper and finer holdings Finally the whole is smoothed witt
 the edge of sharp knife. The pic.
 tographs are made by carving fine. lined portraits in tte tusk, and rub ping into these lines grease and char. coal after which the ivory is highi, polished.
 The polish which so augments tn,
 beauty of the worries is produced b, 1 natiEe sand paper" gathered iron l the trees. These people have fount that the leaves of certain trees con. 1 tain particles of silicates. those con taining the finest crystals producinf
 a brillian polish when rubbed over tn, surface of the carvings.
 Nearly all of the specimens on vaAE l were secured from the famous Kin, l Okondo, who died in 1918, and who's realm, for administrative reasons was afterward divided among dozen of smaller chiefs. .,'. MT. Lang, who stayed for a consid erable period in Okendo's- domain learned that among the Mangbet
 and some other of the African tribe.
 all ivory belongs to the king and tfiS
 such objects as are in the coiieetio
 may be used only by the king an
 those to whon he presents them. On
 would assume from this that larg : stores of the carved art treasure
 might be found in the courts of tn kings. But their barbarian custom demand the complete and immediat destruction oe all the property of king at the time of his death, so ths only new objects are found. in tn 1 royal household. The museums part was therefore extremely fortunate i , 1 securing this fine collection-an ep portunity which came about throug 1 the chance that, moved by some su
 perstition. Okondo, the last of thi } old line of kings, was willing to pal with the best he had. In this wa : the museum has acquired a unidu collection which will probably neye be duplicated. -
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
GERMANY HAS FAILED TO REPLY TO UNITED STATES
About Granting Officers Held Prisen.
 CTS Pay of Their Grade.

Washington, Jan. aS.-Germany has failed to reply to the proposal of the
 United States that German cofnmis- stoned officers held prisoners here, re- ceiye the pay of their grade in return
 for similar privileges being accorded
 American officers held in Germany, so
 tine war department today cut of the payments which were being made to
 Germans.
 Secretary Baker sent the foilowsns official memorandum to army pay of- ficers on duty at detention camps: tThe government of Germany hay ing failed to make any reply to the agreement proposed by our govern ment through neutral diplomatic chan
 neis, regarding the pay of commission ed officers held as prisoners of war. fl is directed that no further payments
 be made to,any such prisoners in the ! custody of the United States, unti Germany shall have expressed its vii. Engness to reciprecate." '"'
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29

lost, but it is evident from the effort which the congressman is going to make that it is not believed that the trouble arises from that reason. The indications point to the fact that the mail service is not what it should be.
 And while he is about it this con gressznan might as we'll make an in- quiry into the mail service which we are receiving right here, at home where the German submarines are unable to torpedo it, but where all sorts of de- lays are being experienced. It is time that an effort was made to improve conditions in general or at least to see if everything possible is being done to make the postal service at home and abroad what it should be-.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
MisTREATEn SPAIN.

On several occasions Spain has con- sidered that it had sufficient cause for protest over the manner in which its ships have been treated by the Ger man submarines. As this country started in to do and as other neutrals have since done repeatedly, Spain has called Germany's attention to the in justice of such acts, demanded that they be stepped and asked for repara- ton. In the case of Spain as it has been with NorwGv, Denmark and Swe- den. Germany has forwarded it's re- grets and made promises that nothing of the kind would happen again, but each reply has been a mass of empty words. Germany had no intentions of Keeping any such promises when it made them, any more than it expected to observe the neutrality Of Belgium when it agreed with other nations to do so.
 If Spain or any of the neutrals had any reasons in the beginning to think | differently there have been instances enough since the scrap of paper cpl sode to convince them to tho contrary l Germany is disposed to do iust~aS I pleases so long as it can obtain an ad. | vantage, and the mos eff ctive reply
 which comes from Germany is tht
 steady repetition of it's unjust acts Another Spanish vessel has just beer
 sent to the bottom, the destruction be- ing preceded by the pillaging of thu | ship. There certainly can be no ciain 1 in this instance that a mistake wa
 made or that the error was discov
 cred too late. It was clearly a, pre-
 meditated case of violating neutra
 rights which causes the rest of thu
 world to wonder how long that ceun
 try is going to eondone such treat ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Massachusetts

A Massachusetts congressman
 FiilIe on a visit to the American ex-
 pedit.onary force in France was con-
 ironted with many complaints regard
 sg the mail service that was being given them. He made collection of the criticisms that were received re- tafding belated and lost letters and it q his intention to call on the postof-
 Zee department, through congress, for 1pecial information in regard thereto.
 {: There is nothing more welcomed by qhe soldiers gin France than a letter rom home. They want to. keep in totch with families and frients and latur7lly they are anxious to get such messages and gifts ss are sent to Gem It is to be appreciated of course .hat the sending of mail as well as dlhef supplies to Europe is accompan- .i.- ''-- r--'-'' uncertainty. There is no rt '. e. '-~ .o ho sent