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Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

T don't care for any dessert, thank you" remarked Caroline. T haven't time. I'm going to the jacky dance at the club, you know, and" After playing eighteen holes of golf for the first time this season." object ed her mother And with your cold! No, you've exercised enough for one day"
 Caroline smiled patiently at her par- ent. I'm not particle tired" she in- sisted And my cold is almost well. And the girls are going to meet here, so of course I have to-there's Edith
 now on the phone!" She rushed off and the father of the family sighed. Be frm," he admon- ished his wife. Shell put that dance over on you yet if"
 Harriet can't go!" burst in their child disconsolately, returning. T think it's mean. She's been sick all day and her mother won't let her get out of bed and dress for it And Harriett in an hour she will be perfectly well! And-there's the phone!" Well, but what's the good of being I firm ?" the mother of the family asked of her husband You know perfectly 1 well that when Caroline sets she mind on anything
 Caroline" said the father of the family, coldly and distinctly as his of spring returned once more. T want you to call off your jacky dance to- night because it is unwise for you to l travel six miles and dance half the l night with your cold!" "Oh, but I can't, father" she ex-
 plained patiently. You see, I got ur
 the crowd and they're coming here And Isabel just phoned she has g
 toothache and can't go-so we'll be
 two short anyway. I think I'll wear my new suit"
 But"
 And I'm afraid Louise will back out at the last minute. too, because Harold most always makes a date fol Saturday night for the Cosmos dances and she was positive he'd at least cal
 up by dinner time. That leaves jus four of us. And I think it's horrit
 when it's their patriotic duty to- l Oh, there's the phone!"
 -''Be firm" chanted the mother O
 the family, sweetly. Merely be- firn and"
 How disagreeable you are" muset the father of the family, spiritedly
 When I set down my foot
 Harold called up" related Carolin
 rushing back. T think it is perfectl, !, silly how crazy Louis is over him
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
THE CITY MEETING.

The adjourned annual city meeting will be held tonight and the impor- tance of having a large and represen- tative gathering Of the citizens cannot be too greatly emphasized. The bus iness to be done concerns the whole city and the time to make the decis- ion in regard to them is now and not some months later.
 According to the estimates submit ted by the finance committee and ap- proved by the court of common coun- cil the city meeting is asked to au- thorize he expenditure Of s10S5 627. .32 to meet t'-e a--pe1r ~ t'e city which are considered nerss during the ensuing twelve mon' 7. of that amount t is rst.mo ed t12t s2st. sos. A will be obtained through department receipts apd regular channels of busi- ness leaving the sum of s2O4, ,020.s8 tC be raised by taxation. which will near Q levy of l4 mills rT01 tla present grand list Of the city tce items as recommended are voted
 In addition thereto a number of ex- tras are included in the call as the re. rAAh NA VHAAA4DlS NlliG4 4-si . D6eI presented. It is estimated that sucf improvements will cost s117.727.5O meaning an increase in the tax to pro. vide that sum or the distribution ot - the expense over a period of years a. has been done in a number of in. stances when public improvement! were considered necessary at once.
 It can be readily understood there for that whatever action is taken ant however extensively the city goes int such expenditure, whether all that i asked. only a portion of the extras O simply the necessary amount for tn conduct of the city's business is sane tioned. 1t should not be the expres sion of a few but of as large a mum Der as possible of those who are di rectly interested. The city meetin should not be neglected.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
SUGAR BOARDING.

Hartford has within a few days been visited by federal agents who proceeded to search the home of a prominent resident in quest of .su- gar The tip had been given that this family was hoarding the sweet stuff end as the result of the investigation it was found that there had been ac- cumulated in small packages and pre- sumably at different times over 100 pounds of granulated sugar. The re- suit was that the man and his wife were arrested and the former held for trial on the charge of evading the law concerning hoarding.
 According to the statement of the accused there was no intention of breaking the law. The sugar had been purchased in the regular way, accord ing to his declaration for the preser- vation of fruits during the canning season and for other ordinary uses The situation is decidedly different from that of the medical director of the navy at Washington who had stocked his home with considerably over a ton of sugar and a long list of OllCI IDuSSilOAO uCCCoStLAcS III proportion so that more than a years siege might have been undergone without suffering any hardships. The Hartford man claims that he had nc idea that he was violating the law.
 The cases are decidedly different ant in all probability different penaltie: will be imposed. but it has been mad' evident that there may be many oth CTS in a similar position to the Hart ford resident and if such is the cas- 1t behooves them and any others t get posted in regard to the sugar reg ulations. It, ought not to require long list of arrests to impress the i'm portance of not hoarding upon tn people. It is such storage whic causes the serious shortages.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

presented so many men of national prominence, the fact that his parents were not wealthy did not deter his ambitions or progress. Rather is it possible that such gave him greater ambitions and made him appreciate the more what he was getting in His struggle for an education. His rise was steady and consistent and as he went through the different stages from college to newspapernaan, to an en- yiable position at the bar, and to na- tional prominence through service in the United States senate and for four years as vice president for which office he was renomfnated, during which years he was repeatedly advanced by his state of Indiana, to which he had gone following his marriage, as can didate for the presidency he demon strated substantial qualities of char acter which are so necessary in men in public life. He was a prominent figure in national republican conven- tions and while not an orator he was said to have been one of the best pre- siding officers the senate ever had:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
PUTTING IT OVER

Why you'd think he was the king of England, or something, the way she drops everything the minute he Wl1lstl- esi I guess I'd be more independent. And when it's her patriotic duty
 "Oh, fishhooksi'' seoffed her father, the rest of you are jealous because Louise has a beau these barren days and you haven't! Now that your party has simmered down to such a small number, of course you will not want to go. I am glad Certainly we're going!" insisted Caroline surprisedly. Leave all those our duty! And, oh, yes, mother, you'll have to go along to chaperone, because Harriett's mother won't want to go now that Harriet is out of it
 'What-me?" sputtered her parent protestingly. q certainly can't The Jamesons are coming overs'
 But you said you would!" cried Caroline indignantly. You said you'd go if no one else did-oh,, there's the | phone!"
 ''Why do I talk so much?" groaned the mother of the family distractedly. 1 T have no recollection of it whatever! Why don't you stop her? She really shouldn't go out tonight"
 What do you think" Caroline de- manded as with shining eyes she dash 1 ed back. Tt was Dick Somerville- the tall one that played football and is going to be an aviator just as soon as he can persuade his father-and he wants me to go to the Cosmos dance l tonight with him and Louise and Harold! Why, he's never asked any girl in our crowd before! And ot course I said yes, because knew | you'd so much rather have me go tc a party only two blocks away where I can't possible catch cold, and
 But your duty" reminded the fath- CT of the family in hollow tones. "Youl patriotic du-"
 "Oh, l thought of that" Caroline told him kindly. And Dick said tC phone the other girls to call it off ana and he'd run me down to the jack. dance in his car for an hour and thel we'd come back for the Cosmos! Ant there simply has to be a chaperone fo the jacky dance-there's plenty o room for you, mother in the car, anC do hurry and get ready! So, you see it's perfectly all right"
 "Oh, my grief" moaned the fathe of the family as his daughter boundet frantically upstairs and his. wife pro tested unavailingly; mot one dance but two! And you can't 3nat 'em, no lock 'em up, nor anything! g!"-Ex change.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
DARkENING THE METROPOLIS.

It may appear to some that the steps which are being taken to darken the city of New York at night for fear of air raids are far in advance of any real danger from that source As yet 10 airship has made the trip across the Atlantic, however much it has been talked about, and so far as known there are no large vessels be- longing to the enemy which have been able to get away from any of Ger many's bases which would serve as a point from which such a raider or raiders could be launched. It is a time when surprises are being devel- oped in all directions and there is no telling when some of the large sub marines will be able to act in such a capacity, particularly so when they are reported to be anywhere from 200 to $50 feet in length and notification is given that supersubmarines are be- ing perfected.
 Having experienced visit from the underwater boats, it is only proper that, being forewarned, we should be forearmed. Knowing what aid a lighted city is to raids in the air by night it is perfectly proper that &C., tion should be taken to guard against them in all possible ways. It is vel to have such an organization perfect ed and that is what is being done ir this instance. It will not be possible to say that such a possibility was not thought of in case it materia1ized There are many obstacles which seen to stand in the way of a submarine assembling an airplane because of the time that would be required and tn, danger which would be experienced during that period. but no harm vii come from the provisions for darken
 ing the city and in the meantime ther will be a saving in lighting expens | which will cause no harm.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Norwich Should Have More Perma-
 nent PaVements.

nent Pavements.
 Mir. Editor: At the annual meeting of the citizens and taxpayers of the city of Norwich, to be held June I. 1918, in the town hall, in addition to voting OH the ordinary expenses of the city for the ensuing year, ten (10) ad- ditional items will be submitted to the meeting tor it's consideration and it Is in relation to two of these items that wish to say word.
 These items are numbers four and five in the warning namely: Widening and pavement of West Thames street from High street to schoolhouse, and pavement of same to city line. estimated cost s1S,S50. Widening of North Main street from i Central avenue northerly and pave nlent of same from Eighth street to city line, cost sa4,77T.50, and pave ment of same from Golden street to Second street. cost sI2,220. Total S36,- 1 S975o.
 Now, there Is not any doubt but what these two streets are sadly In need of a permanent pavement as well as other streets in the city for Nor wich with over 50 miles of streets has very few miles of permanent pave ment and the situation is just this Norwich has got to commence now tc I.plan on laying section of permanent pavement each year and to keep it uE for several years to come and 1 think that the following suggestions are timely and will be voiced by the intel. ligent citizens and taxpayers of the
 city. and they are:
 First the city of Norwich should plan and appropriate d certain sun
 Of money to lay section of per
 manent pavement each year.
 Second. The work should not be le
 out by contract to anybody, bu
 should be done by the city of Norwich
 teams and with Norwich stone
 It is not necessary to contract fo this work with any contractor ioca or otherwise. for the profit realizei
 by contractors could be used by tn
 said city of Norwich to extend tn amount of pavement being laid. Third. The permanent pavement t l be composed of crushed stone Q gravel, sand and Portland cement , mixed together and laid properly an want to say right here that we bay stone and gravel enough here in Nor wich and vicinity to pave all tn
 streets in New London county an [ then some" and lt is not necessaf . | t to send to the western part of tn state for crushed stone. etc; the sam
 as was done to pave Frank1in, Mort
 Main and Thames streets when " s have such an abundance of this ma a terial right here In our midst. Q have selected the cement concret r pavement for there Is nothing ths y can equal 1t for perfnanency when s Is properly laid f : Fourth have been told that tn c city has it's own stone crushing plan l l steam road roller, concrete mixei : and all the tools, etc. necessary to Ia g this pavement and if I nave been col
 reetly informed the city will not hat g any trouble in having street con r missioner available tn take charge ' the work for am told that even no ' the ofFiee is "svsr subscribed" we that Is characteristic of Our pe6p f here in Norwich they zo lover u
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
FIGHTING THE U-soAT.

Tn connection with the presence of German submarines along our Atlan- tic coast it can be appreciated that a serious handicap is likely to be caused % ecastwise shipping until such a menace can be driven away or 50 re- siricted that normal conditions can be resumed.
 There can be no thought, however, os abandoning our water transporta- ton That is of too great importance. Great dependence Is placed upon the movement of freight by ships. There are hopes that the railroads will be able to take care of much more busi- ness than they are at the present lime. but when 1t Is realized how great is the help furnished by the water transportation, and how great are the opportunities for development In that direction. it must be under etood that the load Is one which can not be thrown over onto the railroads now or in the immediate future. We must therefore put fortk every pos Fibie effort to rid the waters of the U-boats or at least to minimize theil depredations.
 While this is being done the oppor. tunities which are afforded by the protected waterways cannot be over. looked. Wherever they can be util ixed they should be. even to a greatei extent than they have been before. l Is a time when we must look out fol the safety Of our ships in every pos sible way and along the New Englant coast 1t Is perfectly evident that tn, Cape Cod canal is proving to be most valuable possession, in the run between New York and Boston in off Yetting the danger from the enemy a well as the elements. Thus while tn navy Is giving protection in one wa. the inland waterways can do mucl in another.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
Special to The Bulietin.)

Especial to The Bulletin.)
 Washington, June 6.--Senator Bran degee yesterday made forceful speech on the wisdom of free speech in the senate, saying: Tt is the last forum where real freedom of speech exists. It is here, after every bill which is put through the house has to go through that the flaws may be detected and the creases ironed out and unconsti- tutional features rejected
 Senator Brandegee took the/hoor in connection with the Underwood gag rule which the Alabama senator was trying to get through the senate limit ing debate, and against which the Con- necticut senator took strong stand, saying in part:
 We ought to remember it is not simply matter which concerns the senator himself. A senator here with his colleague from his own state rep resents the entire state from which he comes in all it's vast interests. There are many times in this country of great diversified industries, of differ ent habits and inclinations of thought, largely populated by different races of i people of different antecedents ani different traditions, when a certain number of states will propose a meas | ure where the two senators from a | state which is going to be adversely l affected by the passage of that meas ure cannot possibly do justice to the | great interests confded to their care in an hours talk to this body.
 | "One hour is to be allowed to a sen ator no matter what the measure may 1 be before the senate. It may be upon | the question whether we will have an army of 100000 men or whether we | will confer upon the president the right which congress has heretofore
 exerted and supposed to be it's own tC
 raise and maintain armies. It may be we will allow the president to raise and maintain armies, but I do no think we ought. I think it is the bus mess of congress to raise armies ant fix the size of armies and provide fol their maintenance. That may be l question thas will demand a larg,
 amount of debate. There are othel
 questions that will demand Beriou
 consideration"
 It has been argued that the suprenn
 court limits debate to one and one
 half hours, but it must be remembers
 that all facts are set before it il
 briefs, not by arguments. Senate
 Brandegee expressed conviction tha
 full consideration of the great meas
 ures on which congress must act wa
 a safeguard to the nation, and close,
 by saying:
 T am pretty strong for liberty i
 these days, and 1 understand that i
 what we are fighting for when we ar not fighting, as the president says tn Indian said, ito make the whole dam world safe for the democratic party I understand we are fighting for lib erty, and one of the bases of liberty 1 freedom of speech and of thought. : : you cannot be allowed even to thinl 1, If you have got to be neutral even thought. 1t Is not my idea of libert
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
LIBERTY rHrArREss

LIBERTY THEATRES Have Been Built in All National Guard
 and National Army Camps
 in America "Smileage Books" issued by Federal Military Entertainment Council, pro- vide free admission to these theatres. Send one to YOUR soldier or to
 -.. ANY soldier.
 Price q. For sale at the following places: The Porteous & Mitchell Go. The Reid & Hughes Co. (Bssten StoFe).
 Rathbone's Drug Store. Ricker's Drug Store. The Lee & Osgood Co. The Wauregan Hotel Office. Mara & Eggleron. George. Madden .lcigar storel Englers Pharmacy. K. of c. Rooms. Ring & Sisk, Druggists. The r. M. c. 4. Office H M. Lerou. J. c. Macpherson
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
STORIES OF THE WAR
Getting Hold of The Languages.

"The watchwords of the American Seaplane Training Camp, in Italy, are efficiency, friendship, victory" re- marked the American commander as he stood on the beach of the lake di- recting the afternoons flying. "The efficiency is for our boys, the friend ship for our friends the Italians, and the victory is the destruction of the enemy" he explained.
 If anything the work in this train ing camp is apt to be harder than iu a similar camp at home. In addition to the usual routine of flying and studying, the students must learn French and Italian or both, to know the names of machine parts, technical terms, and to know how to find their way about.
 The aviators have found that they must know a good many phrases and sentences if they would understand the Italian mechanics, motor drivers and aviators So the Americans have begun studying Italian as a sideline to their many other studies. Most of them know the meaning of long list
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
cHARLEs W. FAIRBANKS.

No son was ever more loyalty sup ported in political office than was the late Charles ". Fairbanks by the state Of Indiana Through thick and thin, at an times when the opportunity was presented, that state was found loyalty supporting him for office and it did Sd not solely because he was a politi- clan but because the people of that state knew him. knew his capabilities and had confidence that he would faithfully discharge whatever trust vas imposed in him.
 New England had special sinterest sn hlm because his parents went from this part of the country to Ohio where so many of its people settled. Born in i69 cabin ia tha stata ssA&AA ha1
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

top" on any good thing. It behooves the citizens and taxpayers of the city of Norwich 10 attend this meeting Friday evening and to vote and vote tntellIgentiy on this permanent pavement movement and to make a step now in the right direction and if you do start right and start right now while we may not be a taxless city in 1920 (which was predicted some years ago) we will surely be able to lessen the taxes very materially when we have the most of our streets paved the way they should be. Respectfully yours,
 CHARLES W. BURTON. 1 June s. 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

homework. I am telling my friends about it."-Mrs. J. M. CAMUs, 726 Caroline St., Key West, Florida.
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 If you have any annoying symptoms you fail to understand, write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine O., Lynn, Mass. The results of their 40 years experience in advising women on this subject is at your service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

at all. If you have got to be neutral in speech, there is no freedom Of speech. I believe in saying what you think, and I have said this much this afternoon to let the senate know that I think we had better go slowly about this matter at this time and let us preserve what liberty we have left now until we see if we can keep the rest of it and. it may be, get a little more'
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

Congressman Lonergan was on We'd nesday in conference with government officials regarding putting tobacco on the preferred industry list in order to secure priority shipment Of coal. The first list submitted did not include to- bacco, but now the war department has ordered tobacco rations for sol diers, the tobacco crop becomes part of war industries in a minor sense. Ii is not expected it will secure a high priority place but it will at least be taken out of the non- essentials. ac- cording to the present outlook, The preferential list will be reconsidered and MT. Lonergan is hopeful that to- bacco will be hereafter included.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

TlDle paIuS -dLlu all awful weakness in |my back. The doc. tor gave me diff erent medicines but they did me no good.
 IA friend asked me to try Lydia D. Pink hams Ve ge table ICompound and l found it to be the
 best medicine I ever tried b because if made me wes, and IT can nnyy do nv
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

Germany continues to take advan- tage of the unsettled conditions in Russia and at the present rate of progress the chances for the allies to accomplish anything there will soon be gone.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

If Austriafis have been so much 6p- posed to German dictation as has been claimed, they can hardly become reoonci1ed to the new understanding whereby Germany gets control of Aus trian man power for the next guar tar sssAHen
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

Those found in New York rejoic- ing over the U-hoat accomplishments were rounded up. Perhaps they are hankering to be sent out on an ex- cursion into the submarine field of operations.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

At the Prussian congress of the National Liberal Party, meeting in the Prussian Lower House, a resolution was adopted by 41s votes to .127 de- clearing for equal suffrage. within the limits Of the Government Bill.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

Two U-boats along the Atlantic coast do not make very big targets but if they continue to show them selves they are bound to experience some real fighting.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

If the disappearance of the Cyclops proves to be due to the submarines we are still awaiting evidence to show that it was not case of sink ing without leaving 8 trace.