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Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03
COLUMBIA

Icabod Stoddard Rogue, ss. a Civil War veteran. and father of Mrs. James A. Utley. of this town. died in Hartford recently. The body was brought here Monday for burial in the West Street cemetery.
 Mrs. Clayton F.. Hunt. with her children, went to Providence Tuesday to visit her parents Mir and Mrs union of the members Of the Cor ia mily, which she expects to attend. The reunion is held annually and is attended by about 200 persons.
 Edward P. Lyman. the R. F. D. carrier. was in Hartford Tuesday. his route being taken by his substitute, L.. E. Winter.
 A three act play. Between Two Lives" was given at the town hall last Wednesday evening by company from Andover the net proceeds from which, about $40, are to be contrihut- cd towards the expense of a drop curtain for the stage at the Andover town hall.
 Complaint has been made by resi- dents on the road to the lake of the noise made by some of the campers returning from the dances late Sat urday nights.
 The weekly dance was held at the town hall Saturday evening. but ow- ing to the unpleasant weather. the at
 Charles E. Hadfeld, Of New Britain, was charged in court Monday even ing August 25th before Justice Ray mond F. Clarke, with speeding the state road. Saturday. the 23rd. He pleaded guilty to driving 55 miles an hour, but had slowed down to 43 when arrested. He was fined $1o and costs, totalling $22.
 A meeting Of the Columbia Milk Producers associat ton was held on the evening of the 18th. to consider proposition of the Providence Diary Co, to transport to Willimantic the milk now taken there by William Bertsch. The proposition was de- clined.
 Mrs Fred H. Avery of East Hart ford who has been in town occupy ing her cottage on the Green for few weeks, is not we'll, and will return home as soon as she Is able.
 There was n ball game in town on Saturday. and a game which was to have been played in Wilfimantic be tween the local and Willimatic teams was cancelled on account of stormy weather
 Cecil L. Gates conducted the ser vices in the Congregat tional church here, the pastor. Rev. T. Newton Owen being on his vacat ion at Bris- tol. F. l.
 Louis W. John. of Willimant and his granddaughter. Misses Una and Parmelia Bronsseau who were thrown from a wagon last week received mol internal injuries ,s was feared at tho
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03

away back in 1896. he first stumped
 the country as presidential candf- date. and with a voice that carries
 just far as it has always carried, William Jennings Bryan will speak in Orpheum Theatre this afternoon.
 His topic, according to H. G. Payne. of Westerville, Ohio. who is doing publicity work for Mir. Bryan. will be prohibition Mir. Bryan will urge that wartime prohibition be permitted to stand until January IS. when consti- tutional prohibition goes into effect ttat the necessary enforc ernent meas ures. state and federal, be passed: that there be no exemption for any alco- holic liquors, no matter of how small a content. and no loophole by which violators may esca De: that the people be educated to the meaning Of pro- hibition; that they elect officials who will support the law without fear of favor, and. finally that prohibition shall be offered to lands across the sea and from the north pole to the south pole
 MT. Bryan will come into this state under the direction of the Anti Saloon eLague of America with the co-opera- tion of the league in Connecticut. His tour covers the period from August 31 to September g inclusive. MT. Bryan will be accompanied by pr. Howard H. Russell of Westerville. Ohio. foun- der and associate general superintend- ent of the league. who will speak briefly.
 Manager George W. lde's Brooklyn baseball team added another victory to it's string when it defeated the Sa- cred Heart second team of Wauregan by a score Of to 2 the game being played in Wauregan. The home team made their only runs in the fourth inning. as they seemed unable to con- nect with Pages delivery. The score was ? and in the ninth inning. when ef foT, pounded in two runs and cinching the game. On Labor day. at the fair grounds. Brooklyn defeated the East ki1lingly team by score Of to 3
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03
NORTH FRANKLIN

Walter Jordan of Willimantic spent Wednesday with Mrs. T. H. Ward
 Perry Lathrop of Rockville called on friends in town Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Sans Throop and Mir and Mrs. Karl Bishop of Lebanon spent Thursday with MT. and Mrs. Hermon Gager.
 Mrs. o. Louis Johnson and Mrs AL bert Stiles are visiting rela ativeS in New Haven and Brookline, Mass
 Mrs. Henry Bristol of Milford is wis iting Mrs. Fred Duerr.
 Mrs Frank A. Redwood entertain ed the sisters of the Social Corner at her home Thursday. with 15S present Dinner was served and everybody had a good time.
 Fred and Herbert Duerr have re- turned to their home in New York city after a months visit with their aunt. Mrs. Fred Duerr
 Mrs Addison Redwood and chill dren, Jennie and Arthur, and Mrs. Earl Rogers and children, Barbara and Philip. are spending a week at Ouono- contaug Beach.
 William and George Tait are visit
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03
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tendance was small. Following was the batting order:
 East Ends-Riley and 1b, Pedace 1b, Lessman 3b, James 2b. Calkins cf and D. Debarros If and c. Beellefeur If, Dyer Sss Shahan D and of.
 Coichester-Bennett c. Friedman Ib, Lazinsk ss. McDonald If Chafetz 2b Lewis 3b. McDermott of. Dember rf Slovkin D.
 The score by innings: East Ends .....2 O. ? colchester .....o *-12
 Umpire Mir. Wilson of New York. Strikeouts, by Shahan 6. Debarros l. Slovkin 13; bases on balls, off Shah 6, Debarros 3. Slovkin }: left on bases East Ends s. Colchester 12; three base hit. Lazinsk
 The Colchesters will play return game in Norwich Sunday, Sept. 14th.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03

time. They escaped with external bruises, and had bad shaking up:
 Invitations are cut for the wedding of Harriet Porter and Lieutena mt Carlton P. Davenport, September 10th.
 LlewelIyn Latham, who is stationed at Camp Devens was home on fur tough over Sunday.
 Charles K. Hitchcock. who has had charge of the Sunday services at St. PauIs church wiIlimantic during the a ahscence of the rector. Rev. Walter F Borchert, officiated there Sunday morning. also at St. Pauls church, Windham Center, Sunday afternoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03
YOUR arsrESr.oN. PLEASE.

If your bowels need wholesome physic that thoroughly cleanses. sweet ems the stoma oh nd benefits the liver. take ; Foley Cathartic Tablet tonight and yolf win feel better in the morn ing. It is ;i auick nd safe remedy for Sick headacife. bDiousness bIoating sour stomach: gas tad f,reath, fndis~s- ton, eonstipation or other cond ion caused by cloEged or irregular be~efs Foley cathartic Tablets eause no grip i7- raueea. fec < Ne---d Co
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03

New Haven.-As example of early American architecture, the beautiful entrance to the Bristol house New Haven gift to the Metropolitan Mu- scum of Art by Cass Gilbert, was re- cently placed on exhibition in the Re- cent Accessions room of the museum, where it remained throughout August
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03

fall term September 8th.
 Mrs. Fred Church has been in Nor wich the past week, having a slight operation performed on her throat.
 Several friends and relatives from here attended the. funeral of Mrs. Sa- rah Dart, held in New London, Friday.
 Miss Maude Blaisdell is enjoying a two weeks vacation from her duties in the office Of the c. NJ. Robertson Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-03
LEONARD BRIDGE

Mrs Julia Geer has gone to Provi- dence, R. l.. to be the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Stevens, for several weeks.
 The assessors are busy revaluing the land in this section
 Mir. and Mrs. w. Henry Kneeland of Columbia and Mrs. Everett H. Bos- worth and daughter. Miss Mae Bos- worth, of Hartford, spent Thursday with MT. and Mrs. David Walsh.
 Messrs. F'rankel and Merlzer are at their farm here after several weeks spent in New York city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-02

$500 Skirts at $3.50
$1,000 Skirts at SASS
$3.50 Skirts at $r6.SS
$500 Skirts at $1S.75
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15

the delegate of his soviet, and the unit
is, roughly, one delegate for every 500
workers. This is concededly the heart
and soul of the system, that the work.
men in any factory can elect their own
personal representative, we'll known to
them, and can recall him easily whenever
they wish.
Now these soviet delegates in turn
elect delegates to the All-Russian As
sembly, and this Assembly elects an ex-
ecutive committee of about ESQ mem
bers, who elect the Council of Peoples
Commissars. To parallel the present
Russian system in America to-day, in
respect to indirection, we should have to
conceive of electing only aldermen, who
would meet by states and choose dele
gates to huge national congress, which
would elect smaller legislative con-
gress, which would elect the President
and Cabinet. And even this is not as
extreme as the Russian system, for the
alderman represents many more constit-
uents than the soviet delegate.
Could more perfect system be de-
vised to permit political trickery and
bossism? To be sure, each individual
soviet has the power to recall the dele
gate at will. But the nation has no
power to recall Lenine by direct vote. 1t
chose him only at fourth hand. 1t never
votes as nation. 1t never votes direct
ly for any national officer, executive or
legislator.
1t is entirely conceivable that this in
direct system of organized selfshness,
readily manipulated by tyrants to their
ends, is the best form Of representation
of which ignorant Russia, fumbling for
the first time with democracy, is capable.
But to foist such a system upon Amer
lea would be madness, a stupidity of
which only muddle-headed folly would
dream
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
The Decapitated Eagle

"Off with his head! So much for
Buckingham" If the bill decapitating
the double-headed eagle of Austria and
reducing that marvel Of nature to the
single head customary in the species
passes the parliament at Vienna, the
visible symbol of the imperial house will
comport with the reality The Dual Mon
archy is no more, and it is fitting that
this symbol should depart along with the
universal "K. K" which attested the fact
that the Emperor of Austria was also
King of Hungary-Kaiserlich -K0nig-
llche. The "hysterical Bird" like the
American eagle in the old ditty, may
flap his wings and crow" but it will
be with feebler voice than of yore.
Yet the double-headed eagle had moth
ing to do at the time of it's birth with
the Dual Monarchy. Early in the four
teenth century the Emperor Louis Y chose
two eagles for the national device, for
what reason it were idle to speculate.
The idea did not appeal to his successor,
who accordingly merged the eagles, as it
were, and gave the united bird two heads.
Thus through all the chances and the
changes of this mortal life it has re-
manned. What Hapsburg, adding to
dominions by force or fraud or fortunate
marriage, ever dreamed that this fierce
and supernatural token Of imperial
power would be thus butchered to make
an enemy holiday? The new eagle will
hardly scream at all; he will instead be
sad and civil, as suits his fortunes.
1chabod Ichabod! the glory is departed.
1t is not easy to see the future of the
diminished and fallen state 1t was
Charles V, retiring to St. Just, who said.
as quoted by the poet:
"Most like the dead before my death
am /;
Like the old empire ruined, and fit to
die"
The Charles who has gone to Switzer
land might apply the words to himself
and his country, too. Austria may not
be quite ruined, but it is difficult to
imagine her rebuilt to her former pro-
portions. Her mutilated eagle speaks
eloquently of the change that makes
Vienna provincial capital, of less con-
sequence even than the upstart Berlin.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15

builder must do is to pay over ESQ per
cent yearly on the value of his building.
If money is worth per cert the
builder must see an 8 u per cent return
to be warranted in going ahead. We
don't lay consumption tax on wheat,
but we do on houses, something Of equal
necessity. A lifting of the tax which
paralyzes home building would populate
vacant urban lands. The farmer now is
able to borrow from the agricultural
bank. The time would seem ripe for an
urban bank for similar purpose. Why
should the rural population be favored?
1t is nonsense to contend a city loan
would not be good if the loan were kept
within reason.
If anything good is to be worked out
of the situation it will not be by the
manufacture of wind either by the poll
tician or his companion pest, the chronic
agitator The problem, if solved at all,
will be solved by men of sense and judg-
ment. Of course the chances are moth
ing will be achieved except by the slow
processes of economic law, and that
then there will be an oversupply of
houses almost as evil in consequence as
the present undersupply But the pub
lie, in the way of experiment, might try
being intelligent.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
If Profits We're Divided

Or course the chief impetus behind the So
clallstic agitation here in Germany is the
widespread belief of the workmen that thew
are not getting their fair share of profits;
that they are being exploited, many saw
robbed, by capital. Hence they have wholly
mlennial dreams as to what Socialism will
do for them when profits are equitably dis
trputed am far from setting up the claim
that the distribution has been wholly Just:
but 1 am sure of thing: this, namely,
that any possible distribution will fall far
below realizing the hopes of the German
workmen.
just now the newspapers are widely re-
printing the results of an Investigation
made by Director Deutsch of the Allpe
meme Electrical Company of Berlin, and
published by the Berlin Chamber of Com
merce He analyzed the returns of 66 of
the best financed companies of Germany
for a period of ten years, ending about
year ago, to show how their profits were
distributed. He found that these companies
paid during that time 1924, 100000 marks
in wages and salaries, 21716o,oo0 marks
in taxes and 215,22O,o0o marks, or 13 per
cent, of those two sums in dividends. The
'ei"s0 o'Sioehu on capital was 10 per
cent.
Out of every 1000 marks earned he found
that the distribution was as follows: 7s7
marks went to labor, 1T marks in taxes
to nation, state and town, and 116 marks
to the shareholders. In these companies the
total number of employees was 783781, and
If the dividends had been entirely turned
over to them there would have been gain
of only II pfennigs per hour in the wage
rate. and total gain of only 27O marks
year.
Such is the result with selected list
OF strong companies of high earning power.
But all companies do not fall into that class.
Deutsch says that the average earnings of
all companies listed at Berlin do not ex-
ceed per cent
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
Discharging the Managers

The German workmen are not only tax
ing the bit between their teeth in the
matter of carrying through big increases
of wages, but also as to the management
of the companies for which they work Re-
Gently in Upper Silcsia they declared GER
tain managers discharged" in several of
the great coal and steel companies, while
one other was ordered to resign AS the
managers had been long in their positions
and their technical qualifications had been
thoroughly tested, the companies refused
to acquesce in the action of the "labor
soviets,' and it is not yet apparent what
shall be the result of the controversy. The
demands of the workmen there go much
further, too. They want to have the right
to inspect the companies books at will.
They next demand "a cooperative right"
in running the companies which looks
like an anti-climax, after having dismissed
their managers.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
Immediate Everything

This want of respect for the minister is
only typical case and not the worst one
Down with the entire government" is
the cry raised at many meetings of the
extreme Socialists and Communists. To-
days newspapers report meeting of some
5000 workmen at Jena to protest against
the assemblage of troops there in prepara-
ton to march against the Munich rebels.
They sent President Ebert a dispatch de-
manding "the immediate withdrawal of the
government troops as otherwise there would
be grave danger to peace and order" They
gave him an ultimatum ending at noon yes
terday, at the same time informing him that
general strike would begin to-day if he
refused.
Then they proceeded to adopt unanimous
~ resolutions calling for the removal of the
present government because it has shown
itself incapable to preserve orderly condi
tons They demand the "immediate"-
everything immediate, snapshot, finished
while you wait!-"immedate appointment of
a soclalization commission with far-reach-
ing powers, consisting of persons having
the absolute confidence of the working
classes; also the Immediate socialization
of all Mines big landed estates, and manu-
featuring establishments by workshop coun-
ellis, wherein workmen must have the de-
Gliding voice"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
Yachts That Fought

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the article "Chasers
Ahoy!' which appeared in The Tribune On
May 8. wish to state that there is an.
other branch of the navy that de-
serves as much welcoming home" as the
forty homeward- bound chasers. Last De-
cember thirteen yachts left Brest. Franco
with "homeward-bounders" streaming. All
had served from thirteen to nineteen
months in the war zone on escort duty.
What kind of welcome did they getf
Nine OF them went to New London, Conn.
and | doubt if New London knows it vet.
Not word appeared in any paper about
the return of the yacht Aotila. On ons
occasion, when some New London artillery
companies returned home after few
mon1hs abroad, the men on the yachts
were compelled to act rs military cuarj
while the city welcomed its soldiers Thera
are few ships in the navy that have served
longer or more creditably in the war zone
than the yachts. 1t seems a shame that
they could not be welcomed as our LARGER
ships have been welcomed.
Undoubtedly the returning chasers de.
serve a welcome. The small ships of .hs
navy are the ones that really deserve well
comes, but they won't get them. Our hiv
ships are paraded before the puhl;c CON-
tlnually. There is certainly no reason for
the Navy Department to be ashamed Of
its smaller ships. Why not give credit
where credit is due?
HAROLD H. GILLESPIE.
New York, May 8, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
227 s'BIoodhouuIs"

And all this agitation of the extreme So
clallsts, Spartacists and communists is car
ried on with expenditure of violent
eplthets that passes belief. Some time ago
writer for the "Vorwaerts." the leading
Majority Socialist paper, took the trouble
to go through AZ numbers of "Die Rote
Fahne," the Spartacus organ which was sun-
pressed here during the March uprising, and
tahulate its vocabulary Of abuse. He found
that the word murderer" was used 31s
times, bloodhound" 227, TRAITOR" 4s1.
"capitalistic hirelng" so3, 'aunkies of bio
capital 259 times. This paper, which is
now waving red in Leipzig, was so addicted
to the habit and the language Of abuse that
it once referred to Mark Twain as 90 crazv
propaganda sheet in America a'-thinking him
newspaper
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
The Hand Salute
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In a letter to The Tribune appea "A
the following: "A man recently returned
from overseas has told me that in the course
OF lecture on discipline an officer inform ed
men IN training that the failure Of Russian
arms was due to the fact that the hand
saiuee was not required in the Russian army.
Inc man received this statement without CEN
V1ction. unconvinced, he went to Europe,
and unconvinccd he came back"
1t is possible that the man quoted above
hearo one OF the many lectures on discipline
'hat gave during the last twenty one
monehs IN the army. If so, failed to make
myself clear on this point What have said
many times is that the hand salute is the
symbol and flower of discipline; that an cr-
ganzatlon in which the saluting is bad is
sure to be undisciplined and therefore, at
inc mercy in battle of disciplined troops, and
that soon after the Russian army abolished
ehe hand salute that army became mob
"A real authority on this subject, General
Pershing, says of the hand salute:
although prompt military salute may
hoe be we'll understood by Americans, even
men In the service, its real object is TO re-
veal tho truc soldier by an aggressive attj-
tude of mind and of body. The proper.
Kind OF pride as we'll as the superior
lighting spirit will be greatly augmented
by the closest adherence to this principle,
and, besides, 1t is taken to indicate alertness.
readiness and loyalty" r. G..
New York, Nav g. 1914
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
''The Donkey!"

Great are the demands of the workmen
in socialistic Germany, and strong the
tone in which they are put forth The
other day the Prussian railway workmen
held big meeting here to demand higher
wages. They already getting-those
above twenty-seven years old-2O marks
day, or three or four times what thew
received before the war but now they de-
mand raise Of 1 mark an hour, or s
marks day. This would involve tota!
increase of at least 2,O00,00O,c00 marks a
year in the railway budget. although the
roads are already struggling with deficit
Of 2,2o0000,0o0 marks for the current
year
How can the increase be provided for?
The Minister of Railways does not know
nor does any man; and yet we are probably
upon the eve of general strike of rail
way employees. At the meeting in ques-
ton the chief speaker assured the min
New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
More Houses

The organizations of tenants, the COM
mittees Of pubic-spirited citizens, the
magistrates who have held landlords to
strict account in eviction cases, the semi
riots that have occurred when the
crowded were crowded too far-all
these have contributed to mitigate rent
profiteering. Thousands of apartments
now are occupied by families who paw
less than the owner could get if heart
less or indifferent to the opinion Of his
fellows. 1t is natural in the present
Juncture to hate landlord, but let us
be fair enough to concede that manv
have not insisted on their pound of flesh.
Yet common sense leaves no doubts.
however salutary the deterrents to rent
raising, that ultimately the price of
flat will be what it will bring-will re-
fleet the influence of supply and demand.
Unless supply of residence places is
increased it is idle to expect rents to
fall. Values are going up, and the new
owners will contend that more revenue
is necessary to give them a fair return
Indeed there are reports Of dummy sales
to enable owners to escape the odium Of
enhanced incomes
More houses-this is the only cure
And more houses will be provided only
by private capital seeking to increase
itself. The talk of municipal housing
is bosh--is propaganda. The city has
not funds with which to build nor tho
necessary legal authority, BEGIN munic-
ipal housing, and, unless the business
were entered into on large scale, the
increase in houses would be slight, for
private capital would not then enter the
field.
How is the private investment to be
promoted? BY giving builders chance
to make money, and by encouraging men
and women to erect their own houses
AS things now arc, AZ soon as man
constructs house the assessor comes
around end says tho frsa thing tho