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Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08

used by interruptions pension agents to force the hand of congress for more and more money until even now. 54 years after the close of the war, the pension bill of the government amounts to nearly $18D. 100000 for the year 1918. In view of the na ture of the bills now before Congress that large amount or money will be but insignificant drip pings from the spigot of the Treasury.
 It is hoped that the American Le- zion at it's November meeting in Minneapolis will take a strong self respecting position on the matter and try to keep it a matter of generous ma tional gratitude and not a scandal of pension grabbing.-Waterbur Amer ican.
 The authorities of Yale accept gifts made to the venerable institution with such an admirable outward expression of delight that we are led to wonder in what manner they would act if lib- eral minded and loving graduates should form the habit of just leaving their bequests without strings to them. If the immense sums of money that have been given to Yale in the past nifty years had been given outright for the trustees to use to the best advant- age Of the institution. how reia lively free from endorsements it would be today. The saving in overhead charges for wear and tear alone would have placed upon the faces of the teaching force a smile that would nev CT have come off. One, who is inclin-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 4th 1925
OUR CITY OWNED AUTOS.

Ii is difficult to Jrr1e7T -1i a nd why the officials of any department of the city government should refuse to mark. or hsggie over the form Of marking, the automobiles that were purchased with the taxpayers money for the purpose of looking after city business. Pos sibiy it is n case where some depart rnenrs must comply and others need nor and possibly ir is a matter that doesn't call for any a-F ntion what ever. regardless Of the fact that the order emanates from the court of com nc-Souncil. but # ought not to be overlooked that such disregard or the council resolution is bound 10 make only one impression upon the people os the city
 The whole matter revolves about the use of public automobiles for private purposes T. is unfortunate that there has not been a committee named to furnish all the details connected with this use Of city property. but follow ing such an investigation as has been made and the recommendations Of the committee that all city owned au- tos be marked with the name of the department and the word Norwich in certain sized letters. in order that the people may know when their machines are being properly used and properly spared there ought to he an ea gerness on the part of the departments that are permitting city property 10 be used for other than the intended pur- poses to overcome the practice that doesn't look good in the eyes of the public
 No city meeting and no department ever authorized the expenditure of money for the purchase Of automo- biies that were intended for the per Sonal use Of officials except in the conduct Of city business. They were not intended for private needs and outing parties It IS time to find out where the authority lies and if the council Is powerless take steps to overcome the deplorable situation. It iE time for the people of Norwich to wake uus
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
CARELESSNESS.

What seems to be the height of
 carelessness is revealed by the an nouncen1ent 10 the effect that trust ed messenger boys in the financial district of New York have disappear- e7i with a million dollars worth of ne gotiable bonds in the past six months. lf this loss had covered cons idera bIe period of years less might be thought Of = but when it means that that sum has been carried off in a half year because 100 great confidence was placed on messengers or because they were given opportunities for getting away with such bonds that were no, Justified. il becomes plainly evident thai even the simple transfer of se- cu-ities from one bank to another. or from one brokers office to another could be more profitably done if em- pioyes a bout whose honesty there is no question. as shown by years of faithful service, were used for this work even if it would cost little more money for the service
 How those about whom too little is known can be trusted with such large sums especially when negotiable. IS LfSond unc erstanding- From all in- dications even the first few losses during the six months period did not cause others to exercise proper pre- cantIon. They continued to do busi- ness in the same old way Though fcrewarned, even though they had no reason 10 suspect their messenger boys, they failed to benefit from the open tip even to the extent Of dis regarding the possibility of such thing happening to them. H is of course the same old story where per sonal experience is required to learn a lessen. and even though this reve- lation regarding the stolen million is Tdade there will be those xho VII conlinut to maintain old practices In- tl the% get caught and the.I. lossc. contribute to the easy loot.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
OTHER VIEW POINTS

One man who goes to work al s o. clock in the morning and returns at $
 o'clock in the evening. feels sure some
 one is saving daylight; he says he
 doesn't see much of it.-Middletown
 Press.
 It is stated that Japan will give Shantung back to China after the
 treaty of peace is ratified by the
 hand and. hurry matters along? It is a time for deeds, not words.-New Ha = ven Courier Journal
 Politics should not enter into the election of the administrative officers of any city or town. Men should be because they are backed by a political party. The less politics there is played the better the men selected Meriden Journal.
 Plainviiie is one of the few towns that has a. license contest on in the town election. Just what it~ would do with licenses should it chance to go wet" is something of a puzzle. The value of license under prohibition wtN'd appear on the face of things to be- valueless. but that it is desired Is certainly uggestive.-BristoI Press.
 The genial philosopher of life re- marks editorially in the current mum Der of his weekly periodical that "So long as organized labor fights capital jstic greed it has case but when S nuisance. That's il exactly. So long as capital. in order that ten men may be continuously and senselessly rich runs by a chart that keeps in poverty toiling thousands who aspire only to a modest competence. so long will that numerically impressive sec ton Of society that likes to see fair play be sympathetic and charitable even if it doesn't particularly enjoy tfe resulting fracas. But when the heads of six or eight or ten labor unions or brotherhoods flourish shila- lahs. and set themselves up to tell some millions of people whats what, these same bumptious leaders, sew to find society sitting on their necks and sitting mighty hard. And that's a bout what. the present sltuation comes to-Hartford Times.
 Bills to give a large, bonus to war veterans are before congress and provide for the spending of billions They arc fEe introduction to future bills providing for the expenditure of many other billions during the next 50 wears or more Old timers know by experience how hard it is to op- pose these measures and how impos- sibfe to defeat them. Every grateful citizen wants to deal generously by the men who went through the hell of war, and give them more than they can reasonably ask But the matter quickly gets into the hands of pro fessional agents. who play on the ti midity of politicians, and Congress is swept off its feet and can never re- cover them- Since the end of the Civil War the soldier vote has been
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
TELLS DYSPEPTICS
 WHAT TO EAT
Avoid Indigestion, Sour AclS Stomach,
 Heartburn, Gas on Stomach, Etc.

Indigestion and practically all forms or stomach trouble. say medical au- thostties- are due nine times out of ten to an excess of hydrochIoric acid in the stomach. Chronic acid stom- ach Is exceedingly dangerous and suf- ferers should do either one of two things.
 Either they can go on limited and often disagreeable diet, avoiding foods that, disagree with them, that Irritate . the stomach, and lead to excess acid secretion, or they can eat as they please in reason and make it a practice to acid and prevent the forma ton of gas, sourness or premature fermentation by the use of a little Bisurated Magnesia at their meals.
 There is probably no better safer or uore reliable stomach antiacid than Bisurated Magnesia and 1t Is widely used for this purpose. It has no direct action on the stomach and is not a digestent, But a teas poonful of the lets. taken in a little water with the food will neutralize the excess acidity which may be present. and prevent it's further formati This removes the whole cause of the trouble and the meal digests naturally and healthfuIly without need of pcpsin pills or artlfi- cfal digestents.
 Get few ounces. of Bisurated Mag nesi2 from any reliable druggist. Ask for either powder or tablets. It never comes as liquid. milk or citrate, and in the bisurated form is not a laxative Try this plan and eat what you want at your next meal and see if this ism the best advice you ever had on what to eat.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08

grain And timber horses. cattle and wool also were marketed there.
 .Busy as it was, and large as it was, for Russia, with it's 200. 900 inha bitaf1ts EkAerinoslav- seemed singularly de- void Of distinctive or picturesque fea- boom cityk for fifty years ago it had less than 20, GOO people One may imagine that provincial Russian cities had theirI inconveniences for tho traveller when it is recalled that since the days of our Civil war. certain city fathers of Moscow opposed street lights because, they said, it was the duty of cHizens to carry their lanterns with them by night. Eka terincslav Tsar's regime and a fourth of the in ha abiIantss were Jews.
 The broad Catherine Prospekt. a bronze statue, and other reminders aresto be found in the name city of that strange German woman who was elevated by the intrigues of Frederick the Great, espoused her adopted Rus sia so devoutly that she begged the court doctor to bleed the German blood from her veins. form ed her cab inet of her lovers and ye; ruled Rus sfa so acceptably that her public acts won the praise of many historians while her private life furnished con stant scandal for the courts of Europe to gloat Dver There is a suggestion of the tNicky- Willy correspondence of recent fame in her letters to Fred as Brother Gu. and of the mysteri- ous influence of the latter day Raspu- tin in the methods by which Potemkin remained political master of Catherine long after she had ceased to be his royal mistress"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08

ed to give money to ones alma mater, should seek knowledge as to how it can be given with the maximum amount of advantage. We are quite aware that It is difficult to give wisely but we sus- pect that university officials could, if they desired, have conSidera ble to say about the wisdom of receiving-NeW aVen Journal Courier.
 Dr. Frederick $. Lee, of the College of Medicine, Columbia University. says that we should not work F hours a day, 10 hours hours or even 6 hours. We should not have any d~tinite set time limit to our working day but we should work until we feel tired
 That's the stuff we like to hear, doc! By all means let us all work until we feel tired. Many a man and many a woman works until about two or three in the afternoon and then feels tired. By all means let them quit then. The doctor points out that efficiency is lessened if we keep work ing after we are tired and that pro- duction is thereby slowed up instead of increased
 We'll grant him that, in fact we won argue the matter with him at all. Hes right all the way through. We thoroughly approve of the plan of not working after we begin to feel tired That's the proper idea especially when you consider the fact that lots and lots of times we wake up tired in the morning:-Brifye Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Ekaterinosiav on the Dnieper.

Ekaterinos1av. where the Bolsheviki evacuation was accompanied by wiloIesale executions Of more than a thousand citizens, according to reports which have just reached the United States. is the subject of the following bulletin from the Washington head quarters of the National Geographic Society:
 Once there stood on the banks of the Dnieper. some $50 miles south west of Moscow. and just above the deep Assures and whirling rapids of the region where that. river struggles through granite barrierss q Polish ca asr tie. The Gossacss destroyed it.
 A hundred years later. tcward the end. of the eighteenth century. an other castle stood there. which had much to do.-with the history of Eka terinoslav and with Russia itself. Until castle still was standing and was used as a palatial club for the nobility
 Originally that club was the palace of Pctemkin. Russian Waiter Ra- leigh, who won the favor of Catherine II. b. harding her a plume on the day she dethro @fd her husband kept in her grGc = maintaining q social lobby foi .-., ish and bizaare enter tainments, died Of eating whole fowl when he had a high fever, and was burielt in d pretentious tomb only to have his bones thrown on a scrap heap when Paul succeeded Catherine.
 ITO tickle the vanity Of his royal mistress, Potemkin arranged that she should found the city adjoining his estate. and that it should bear her nan.e. So happily chosen was the To- cation that. though the city is less than i5o years old. it ranks among the first ten cites of Russia in population.
 ''Ekaterinoslav stands in the, midst of the government or district of the same name, which not only lies in the fertile black soiP' grain producing region which the Germans coveted so strongly during the war but there all so are rich--deposits of iron and coal. The Dnieper drains a wooded area down which timber is 1oated until it reaches Ekateriroslav, vic became a timber center because; it is the last station before the rapids and twisting of the river father south. Beside
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Thanks For Help.

Mr Editor: Connecticut was one of the first states to subscribe the fun quota which the American Women, s Hospitals requested in a nation wide campaign which they recently con ducted for relief work in Serbia and the Near East.
 The work. conducted by the Amer ica Woments Hospitals overseas is under the auspices of the Medical Wo- mems National association. Several dispensaries have been conducted Nin France in cooperation with other organiza tions.- In recognition Of thls service many of the women physi- clans and other members of this of~ ganizatio were decorated by the gov ernnents where this work has been done.
 This service is now being extended in Serbia and the Near East. Pesti- lence and famine have followed the war in these countries. Typhus and tuberculosis are prevalent Lfttle children are in need of care. Tn CO operation with the American Red Cross we have helped to establish a hospital at Mona stir. Serbia, which is known as the American Wonen's Hos pital of the American Red Cross One group of physicians has been equip ped and financed by this ganization and is serving with the Serbian Re- lief committee. Our largest group which we expect to have in Serbia is about to begin work under the lead ership Of Dr. Etta Gray presidential the Medical Women's National as scciatfon. who is now in Belgrade. We have also secured and financed per ~onneI serving with other relief organ izations.
 The war is not over in the devasta l. ed countries for those who are sick and in distress and it is my privilege to thank all those in Connecticut who contributed time or money to help us carry on' the work we have under taken in Serbia and the Near East.
 Yours very truly.
 ESTHER LOVEJOY,
 Chairman.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
OUR BIG EXPORTS.

Big demands have been made upon this country by other nations ever since the opening of the war. and Whhe It was evident at the start that surh could be expected it has contin- -ued to increase as time passes The result is thatsinformation is now given to the effect that the exports of fin- Ished manufactures from this country
 in the first year of peace will aEgre- gale four times as much as fin the year previous to the war
 what this means can be gained from the fact that during the eight months up to the first of September we have exported finished manufactures to the amount Of billion and two-thirds which means a gain of a third of billion over the exports of similar goods during the same period last year. and billion and a quarter more than we exported in the same months Tn 1914. or four times as much
 This means that while we were do- ing big business while the war was underway we have not experienced a slump in that particular line now that the fighting is over. The fact is that while our goods were needed to aid other countries while the conflict was underway and the regular markets were shut off. it is evident that the same situation continues to prevail.
 From the present showing the indi- cations are that the years busine in finished manufactures will go over two and Q half billion as against s6So. COG. coo for 1914. This is only one line in which other countries have placed their dependence upon this country but 1t is evident if we have satisfied their demands and are going to continue to do such business in the future it is apparent that we should not curtail but increase pro- duction. We cannot furnish the de- mands unless have the goods and goods are not produced through in dustrial unrest and idIeness
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
New York, Oct 6, 1919,
How to Hasten Return of Normal
 Transportation Conditions.

Mir Editor: Noticing in your issue of this morning a report of the activi- ties of the common council at their October meeting. my attention was drawn to that portion relative to the appointment of a committee to con fer with officials of the Shore Line Co.,. and trolfeymen's union. in "an ef- fort to effect some sort of a settle nient between the two factions"
 For "a number of people" to be kept from riding. on the cars because of fear of invoking the name b'f 'scab.r etc., is certainly sad con dition. N
 It is, however, a mental condition. If the council really wishes to as sist in hastening the return of normal transportation conditions in our city, let them pass such an ordinance as will remove from our streets the un- fair competition to which the Shore Line Co- is subjected and the fear full'' will be benefited by the neces- sary exercise. : s.is:ia5 15f
 Remember a soab on a sore spot is an indication of progress of healing underneath. @s s..
 c s. STORMS.
 Norwich, Oct. Y, 1919.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
BEAUTIFUL FOR A MINUTE

I, Carefully she pomaded her eye brows, penciled them, brushed them
 into as fine line as she could. She darkened her lashes and penciied a faint line beneath the lower lid.s If they were only darker blue." she said impatiently after a deep scrutiny i T guess they turn darker when I am excited and laughing, Why couldn't I ! have had a different nose? There ism a thing can do with nose like. this It's a mere lump! It doesn't look like l ancestors or anything. But certainly do look famous"
 Settling back in her chair. Caroline arched her neck. twisted her head | first at a naughty angle with lowerHd lids, ducked it archly, looking up in Mary Pickford fashion. stared straight ahead like the o1d-time Gibson girl, chin raised.
 l F"When it makes me~look so wonder full" she muttered. almost, with tears, why won't they let me put it on eI- cry day? Why. I'd be the most pop ular girl in our crowd. because I look ever's ever so much better than liar riet. I don't care what mother says about the way she does her face. She had an awful fight with her family. too, and they just gave up in despair
 Harriet says. because there are three sisters, and they couldn't stand three of 'em all at once. Why. I look just one would take me for q. Most any
 body might be attracted and fall in love with me"
 Arising, Caroline walked back and forth before the pier glass.
 .'It is perfectly marvellous" she gasped. q don't look like myself at all. Why. I look romantic. positively. If Richard Grahamson could see me now,"
 "Caroline. called a bass voice. Are you getting ready for dinner?''
 Utter horror overspread the remark ably rouged and enameled face.
 "In just a m -nninute." stammer- ed Caroline, tearing into her bath room. How'd he get home so ear lye' she sputtered into a big howlful of water.
 Violently scru bbine and splsshing, she emerged breathless. gasping. tore it to her mirror and studied her face face again. wiped off 9 bit of black still clinging to an eyelash. dashed on q little powder. straightened herself and made for the door.
 'I look so perfectly awful" she moaned. just this way that I can't bear it-when l think what I might look like it my family wasn't old ia ashioned. Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
RussIA,s SITUATION

Once again in the kaleidoscopic sit uzrion in Russia the opponents of the bolsheviki- appear to be getting the upper hand. What it presages in the future of either side cannot be pre- dtcted. Like the many other favorable advances of the opponents of Lenine and Trotzfy ii rests with time to de- terr1tre
 General Denektne. who has had his ups-and downs with the rest of the an u-boist.evik leaders is at the present riDs- and has been for some little whHesmzkins good progress Net only chat he is gaining hea6Hay but the fact that great numbers of the enemy are Ezrendering to him indicates not snfy she kind of campaign sthat he Is conducting but the morale of sr1re. oppo- nenes- Denekine Is headed .fcr<Bfos- COW and the capture of raflrcazE and cnrr-ercfal ce1ters certainfy-gfve shfx, prestige in his undertaking.
 Encouragement in addition to the
 rouD6 and pF1Soners gained is given D0ekire by the announcement to the eDsa that while he Is making good hsaAEzy and Is now rhut zaaout 2ne rnfzes south of Mosccw-r and irnak5re 1ig rztds upon the supplaesrand cut tfnE the communications Of the bol- shevfE- the forces in norfhern Rus- sin have ta1xenthe railway between iPe- rog-nd and PEk0v. This urezn4 a menace Ito Petrograa from .thezeprth- west in addition to what Ihe -Ffnns are dot1g, wh5ies the recall of vun der Goftzs from zthe Baltic provinces by Germany and<the succeSsy thatsiss at-l tending KolchaEs .rEnewed Sene<4s xin the east contribute to Nhee fasorzble. ru-ioofx for <the 1Ehters zzezms4 hnl-