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Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

To, southeastern Connecticut noth- ing more important in the way of steps taken for highway improve ment has been done, since the com pletion of the military highway be- tween this city and the submarine base, than the letting of the contract for the macadamizing of the road leading diagonal1y across New London county through the towns of Preston, Ledyard and North Stoniagton. This
 road will be over nine miles iE length and will fill in the gap now existing in the highway between this city West erly and Watch Hill, and will be built
 this summer.
 Highway Commissioner Bennett is to be congratulated upon his decision to put this stretch of road in condi- tion to take care of the travel that will be accommoda ted thereby. It has long been in a deplorable condition. It is a part of the foute leading from Hartford through Norwich to the shore in this end of the state to say nothing of the help it will be to the extensive farming lands in the towns through which it passes.
 It has been so long coming. how ever that there cannot help being a general rejoicing on the part of those who have waited SO exoectantN for action to be taken. but wItn 5his ;:21- provement undertaken there are req sons to hope that similar attention will be given to the stretch of road running south of Colchester to Boz rahvi1le which is the direct road between Norwich and Hartford. The improvement of the section of five to six miles would bring these two cities many miles nearer and furnish almost an air line from the capital to the southeastern corner of the state by connecting up as it would the excel lent road to Colchester from Hartford via Marlboro and the improved road south from Bozrahville to this city Such would of course give this end of the state only what it has so long de- served and what it has so patiently awaited.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
Cleaned from Foreign Ex-
 changes

Miss Mary Cunningham whose life in Courtrai during the war was recent ly described in the Daily Chronicle by Philip Gibbs. has now returned to Belfast.
 Miss Cunningham, who is a. native of Ulster, is nearly 90 years of age. Her grandmother was a Miss Kimmins, the sister of President Wilson's great grandmother
 I found one old English lady in the city, or rather I should say an Irish lady, named Miss Mary Cunningham (wrote MT. Gibb bbs-. She has lived in Courtrai for 12 years, at first in well to do circumstances, but afterwards obliged to earn her living by teaching French and English to Flemish pupils.
 Even that failed her after the war because at is dragged on English and French did not seem. much good to people surrounded by, Germans. So Miss Cunningham is poor now and lives in tiny house opposite the ca tehdral, with a cooking stove in her parfor, and not much to cook on it. poor soul.
 But she received me as a great lady of the old school, with most. beautiful ominous crashes clase at hand. and sounds of breaking glass. She made only one remark showing that she mo- ticed these things, Do you mind like those bombs coming in
 I noticed that bombs. as she called German shells. had already broken the front part of her little parior, and she was very close to the danger point of hostile shell fire ranged by the belfry of Courtrai. She did not say much about the war. except when she spoke of the Germans as highway robbers; but her mind went back to Ireland and old friends there and her old people
 I do not know President Wilson, but I should be glad if he could hear this old lady. so brave, so gracious in her poverty and danger, with such gallant spirit.
 Following a conflict between Cana dian soldiers and Farnborough~ civil ians, a number of soldiers stationed at the Ontario hospital marched May 30th to F'arnborough armed with sticks, tree branches and other weapons.
 Their object was to beat up their assailants in the village. but they were
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

home very rapidly and the day Is not only to be in commemoration of that ast of over a century ago by which we declared our freedom, but day of honor to the men who, in the present time, fought on a foreign shore to maintain that very princi- pie of freedom that was enunciated in 176.
 a sane, patriotic, American celebra- tion.--Bridgeport Post
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

How the number of automobiles has increased is well disclosed by the fact that the motor vehicle commits sioner has taken in more money in registration and other ftes in the past nine months than he did in the twelve months preceding that period
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
OTTER VIEW POINTS

If you think that your prospects in life are a bit uncertain and you are not at all sure what the future holds for you, just think of the bar tender and what it means to him. Meriden Journal.
 \ The success of the municipal band concerts on the green during past summers is evidenced by the an nouncement of plans for this season
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

To strengthen the muscles of ths feet of sufferers from fallen arches a device has been invented consisting of wooden disks of varying sizea. mounted on rod so that they mas sage foot rubbed over them.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

And the investigation does not ap- pear to have been a camoufiage affair for nine men charged with participat- ing in the murder have been placed under arrest and it is expected that others will be added to the number. What the outcome will be no one can tell, but 1t is made plain nevertheless that there is no disposition on the part of the governor of Alabama to wink at such crime. In that attitude it is to be presumed that he represents the best sentiment of the state. Such has been said to be the feeling of the public in other states where such crime has long been resorted to. and in rec ord breaking numbers, but it is noted that no very determined move is made to check it. It is the attitude taken by the Alabama governor, backed up by the law abiding people of the state that will put end to mob violence.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

The judges of a baby snow who awarded a prize to each eItry had probably presided over such contests before and knew what to avoid
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

It is hard to tell just now whether it is the medicinal supply or the 275 per cent. that is being supplied that is keeping up the business of the po- lice courts
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

With Bethmann-H Hollweg asking a trial in place of the former kaiser in the expectation of being acquitted, he has the confidence of Jack Dempsey.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

Now that the postage has gotten back to two cents. it will be time for she advocates of one cent postage for first class matter to get busy again.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

While it has been found that no little dishonesty has been used in fiI- ing income returns. it is likewise dis closed that many honest mistakes have been made.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

From the stir that is being made in Washington it looks like a deter mined fight to put an end to even the 2.75 per cent. beer.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
Believes in Playing Save.

Rethman- Hollweg thinks it Is safer to blame the war on Russia. The czar is dead and there does not seem to be anybody else there with re- sponsibility.-St. Louis Globe Demo crat.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

If as reported the Montenesrins are fighting the Serbs, it is the character istic outcome of all wars in tine Bal . kans
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

The man on the corner says: The farther we get from the first of July the thirstier the crowd looks.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Don't forget to fly your flag today, Independence day.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

Go at it safely and sensibly ana there will be no regrets on the fifth
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

TAKE THE BULLETIN ALONG
 Subscribers and readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for the season, or a vacation, can have The Bulletin sent to their address by mail for any specified period at the regular rate by notifying the business department, telephone 4sO
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
 Academy Campus
 Friday, July 4th
 Afternoon at 3 O'Clock Series Lecture-Miss Hamilton, Super intendent. Concert: Trimmer Carter Company-Harpists and Reader.
 ADMISSION 35 CENTS
Afternoon at 3 O'Clock
Evening at 8 O'Clock

Concert: Thinner Carter Company. Lecture: Dr.. Carolyn E. Geisei, "Just You" or "How to Live 100 Years"
 ADMISSION 50 CENTS
Evening star., 1919-03-14
Says Huns Face Starvation.

LONDON, March 13-If Germany does
not get quite large food supplies during
April literal starvation will result, says
Reuters dispatch from Berlin.
The government was forced to raise
the bread ration weeks ago to it's pres
ent status to keep the people even rela-
lively quiet" the message reads.
with this ration grain supplies will be
absolutely exhausted by May. Cultiya-
tion is backward and only half a harvest
is expected this year. In the meanwhile
the specter of bolshevism is taking on
flesh and blood, as one can see when he
passes through the east and suburbs. or
talks with people who see behind the
scenes or with educated Russian fugi-
tives in Berlin"
Evening star., 1919-03-14
0VERCOMES OBSTACLES
IN FLYING TO NEW YORK
Lieut.. Smith Has Motor Trouble
Near Bustleton and Returns for
Another Airplane. '>-s-"

Lieut.. c. A. Smith, Army air pilot,
stationed at Boiling Field, started
yesterday afternoon for New. York by
airplane, his ship being one Of feet
Of FIVE headed for Hazlehurst Field,
Mineola, L. I. Near Bustleton, Pa,
his craft developed motor trouble and
he had to land at the aerial mail field
there. :. lta SO
Was Lieut.. Smith discouraged? He
was not. He had started for the gay
metropolis to see the aerial exhibition
and he wasn't going to waste any of
tleton. gazing at st. Luke's Academy
and the other beauties of that bus
Ting" hamlet. He brought his re-
calcitrant plane back to Boiling Field
here, where he knew there was an
other similar ship he could use, got
It out. started all over again for New
York, and landed at Mineola about
dark last evening. Robert Bruce's
famous spider had nothing on
Smith.
Lieut.. Smiths plane was the one
equipped with aerial radio telephone
apparatus by which the squadron
could talk en- route both with the War
Department and the Madison Square
Garden exhibit. All the other planes
got to Long Island earlier yesterday
Lieut.. G., E. Graves and Col w, L.
Patterson, chief of aerial coast de-
fenses. u. s. Army, started to New
York for the aero show at 2 O'clock
yesterday afternoon.
Capt. Felix Steinle. officer in charge
OF flying, accompanied by a passenger,
also made the Washington to-New York
flight. He five a De Haviland bombing
plane. .' :
Two aviators from the Aberdeen
proving grounds, Nd. arrived at Bol.
ling field yesterday afternoon. Lieut.
Roone acted as pilot
Evening star., 1919-03-14
NEW FUEL ADDS SPEED.
Bureau of Mines Product, However,
Not Practical for Industrial Use.

Development too late for use in the
war Of a motor fuel which adds ten
miles an hour to the speed of air.
planes and has possibilities for use
in automobile racing has been an
nounced by the bureau of mines. The
liquid, O combination of benzol and
cyclohexone, called hextor, costs
about 81 a gallon, 80, while Of military
value. It is not regarded as practical
for commercial purposes at present.
Another combination developed by
the bureau. consisting of benzol and
gasoline. has been found to be more
powerful than gasoline alone and, is ex-
pected to prove of value in industry.
The comparative scarcity of benzol,
however. makes its production to sup
plant gasoline on a large scale i'm
bile IN the Immediate future;
Evening star., 1919-03-14

Tho greatest question before the
world today. and before this nation, is
the league of nations.
Efforts are being put forth to make
II a partisan issue. but It Is not and
cannot be juggled into a. partisan
question. .--. -, .--.
1t has not the slightest relations
with or bearings upon either the
republican or democratic party as
such. 1t Is national question.
And il is a religious question. It
every. church. every preacher should
preach upon it, it should be taught in
every Sunday school, and every hu-
man being that prays at all should
pray for it.
Because it concerns humanity.
Because It is the first Intelligent
concerted effort Of the governments
OF the world to make provision not
for war but for the death of war
This does not imply the league Of
nations. as formulated by the world
council at Versailles, will be perfect.
1t will be human, and therefore i'm
perfect.
But it will be a beginning, and we
never before have begun.
No matter how incomplete the first
no man who fs not an enemy OF the
human race should utterly condemn
and oppose It, but every man should
do what, he can to improve it.
1t ts the first deliberate effort Of the
rulers of the earth to redeem man
kind from the curse Of war. The
cries of distracted Russia, of starving
Serbia ana Armenia and Of wretched
Germany rise UP to God in a united
appeal that war shall be no more
,os From n,.nt ,nnqmerabfe pn,,cab homes in Amer
IL heard also the wall Of "RacheI
mourning for her, children and refus-
Ing to be comforted. because they are
Therefore every minister should
ously as any Turk ever proclaimed
Eoly war.
Every Jewish Rabbi should advocate
1t. because it stands for the realiza-
ton Of those principles Of benevo-
lence which are the vitality and
charm of his ancient faith
Certainly every Christian minister
should be a flaming apostle for this
new covenant. for its very aim is to
save that world for which Christ died
based upon as broad foundation as
Christian missions.
And every mother should pray for
it, that the mothers of the world may
hereafter De spared the torture which
the stupid ambitions and governments
Of men have inflicted upon this
generation.
And il the mothers of America will
but unite in earnest prayer, it will
matter but little what may be the
Vaccinations of narrow and scheming
politicians.
II the Church Of God cannot speak
now in no uncertain tones upon the
most tremendous moral question that
ever faced mankind, then let the
church forever after hold her peace.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
ROADS EXPENSES DECREASE.
Gross and Net Operating Revenues
Also Continue to Decline.

Operating expenses of the principal
railroads of the country showed de-
crease in January. Gross and net oper-,
ating revenues. however. continued to
decline, the net revenue, after deduc-
ton Of taxes, falling about S54. 900. 900
short of the governments average
monthly rental obligation Of approx
mately 375,ooo,oo0.
"A summary Of revenues and ex-
penses for 18f roads with. annual
revenue in excess of 100000, made
public yesterday by the Interstate
Commerce, Commission, showed that
gross operating revenues in January
declined more than $43,000,000. or
about 1915 per cent. from the Decem-
Der figure Of $40. .100.165. Net oper-
ating revenue fell of $S,744.sS2, or
81 per cent, from the December total
of }45.065, ,603, while operating ex-
penses were $sso.4ss.s15, a decrease Of
$34,56S,747.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
SAYS THE STAR KEEPS HIM
POSTED ON D. c. EVENTS
Maj. Philip Browne, Now in
France, Refers in Letter to
"Bootleg Raid Story" "

In = letter to Maj. Pullman, SUPER
intendent Of police, Maj. Philip
Browne, U. S. A., performing military
intelligence service in France, made
the statement that he is kept posted
on events at homo through the col
umns Of The Evening Star, receiving
a copy of The Star occasionally.
Unable to recall a date of a hap.
pening in France. Maj Browne wrote
that it happened "tke day OF the big
bootleg raid in this city. undoubtedly
referring to one OF the raids on a So
called booze special"
Maj. Browne wrote that he had
been very busy since reaching over
seas and told OF q number of persons,
acquaintances and others, he had met
in France.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
RULING FOR TRAVELLING MEN.
Deductions Allowed for Expenses in
COMPUTING Tax.

Commercial travellers receiving al
loWances'for expenses may deduct ac-
tual cost of meals and lodging in
computing their income tax, accord
ing to a ruling given today by Com
missioner Roper to George H. Payne,
president of the Eastern and Middle
West Travellers Association.
Any excess of allowance above
money expended must be included in
taxable income. Travellers working
on straight, commission without ex-
pense allowance may not deduct their
expenses.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
Australian Report Incorrect.

A. W. Ferrin, commercial attachc at
Melbourne. has cabled the Depart
ment Of Commerce that the report
that Australia had prohibited fmbor-
tation of all except British products
was incorrect The report resulted.
ne said, from confusing an order of
the Australian government limiting
the importations of dyestuns to Brit
ish goods.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
ARMY'S HEALTH GOOD.
Fewer Cases Of Contagion Reported
for the Week in United States.

Health conditions among troops I'm
the United States show decided de-
cline in new cases Of influenza ard
pneumonia compared with last week.
Camps Taylor and Upton report the
greater part Of new cases.
The strength OF troops In ehs
United. States as reported is 54o.sas,
as compared with 55I,S21 last week. a
net reduction of approximately
1000.
The death rate for diseases ia. is
somewhat higher than last week, SO.
The non-effective rate remains high
s4. There were 126 deaths reported
for the week ended March Z. of which
III were from disease. Pneumonia
caused death in forty-seveu cases,
tuberculosis fifteen and influenza sIx.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
WAR RISK MAY SUSPEND.
Faces Shortage Due to Failure of
CONGRESS to Make APPROXIMATION.

With funds available for payment
of March and April allowances, the
war risk insurance bureau faces the
prospect of suspending operations
after that time, unless special pro-
vision for money is made to remedy
the failure Of Congress to appropriate
for the bureaus continuance.
The Treasury was engaged today
in an examination of the various
funds available to different govern.
ment agencies and the legal provi-
sions surrounding them, with a view
to borrowing until Congress provides
an appropriation. officials expressed
confidence that this would be done.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
Inquiry in Deportation Report.

investigation of q report that ne
gro workmen employed In steel plants
at Coatesville. Pa. are being deport-
ed by the state constabulary has been
ordered by the Department OF La
Dor. Charles J. Fury. commissioner of
conciliation, was assigned to conduct
the inquiry.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
LIEUT.. NICHOLSON DIES,
Was in Quartermaster Corps-Two
Sisters Live Here.

Word has been received here Of the
death OF Lieut. David Nicholson, for
merly with the Quartermaster Corps.
in st. Louis. Mo-. on Wednesday.
Lieut.. Nicholson had been Ill for some
time. --
He is survived by his wife, Annie
Laurie Nicholson; son, William 8.
Nicholson. connected with the H. W.
Johns Manville Company in st. Louis,
and two sisters. Miss Mary Nicholson
ana Miss Sarah Nicholson. who both
Evening star., 1919-03-14
Hun Propaganda in Egypt.

German propaganda in Egypt 10
blamed for recent disturbances at
Cairo. which resulted in tho arrest
and deportation Of a number Of po-
litical .agttators. The State Depart
ment has been advised that the dis
lturhances had sbeen suppressed With 4
num6er OF fatal casualttes in nEhting
between the military forced and
Evening star., 1919-03-14
To Explain Trade Name Mysteries.

An manufacturers Of writing and
book paper have been invited by the
Federal Trade Commission to meet in
a general conference here March %
to explain the mysteries of trade
names. such as '1inen," 'vellum,"
eparchment.- : etc.. Complaint has been.
made to the commission that loose
use Of these names amounts to unfair
Evening star., 1919-03-14
Great Number of Victims.

COPENHAGEN, March 14.-The
number of victims of the latest Spar
tacan disturbance in Berlin, accord
ing to the Zeitung am Mittag of that
city, is SO great that it Is difficult to
md accommodation for the bodies in
the Berlin morgues. The paper re-
ports that there are 1876 bodies in the
morgue in Hanoverstrasse, of which
AZ have not been identified. The ca
pac1ty of the morgue is exhausted.
Inc newspapers says there is almost
as many dead in the garrison hospi-
tai, while there are lis bodies at the
Friearlchsha1n Hospital in eastern
Berlin. There are thirty dead at the
Urban Hospital in southeastern Ber-
lin.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
An Appeal 10 The Churches.
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright, 1o1s.)

Il hereby release all RIGHTS tn II.
copyright OF this article and re-
quest all church papers to publish
it.)r :"
Evening star., 1919-03-14
revolt IN Berlin
BEL|EvEDCRUSHED
Minister Of Defense So Ad-
vises AssembIy-Many Kill
ed During Riots.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BASEL. Switzerland, Thursday
March 13.-The Berlin insurrection
may be considered as suppressed.
Gustave Noske. the minister of de-
fense. announced in the national as
sembly at Weimar today, German
dispatch reports. Only one suburb re-
manned to be cleared of the Sparta
cans. the minister stated. The disar-
mament of the population must be
fastened. Herr Noske said:
Newspapers Are Blamed.
ut is especially the fault of GER
tain newspapers, notably the Fret
heit and the Red Flag" he continued,
that acts of pillage. brigandaee and
murder have beer committed in Ber-
lin. as they have been melting the
people for months past.
The independent socialists did all
they could to support these disgrace
full. shameless actions. The great
mass OF the worllmen of Berlin are
honest fnen, but. as in all great move
ments, impure elements seem to have
crept in among the loyal, thoughtful
workers. The hyenas of the revolution
began to intrigue before martial law
was proclaimed and before the troops
had been ordered to advance upon
Berlin"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-26
Demands for More Wages.

WASHINGTON, Dee 26.-President
Wilson's proclamation returning the
railroads TO private control March
lends a new aspect to wage problems
now before Director General Hines.
In the opinion of the railroad admin
istratiOn officials, the Presidents order
ehould tranquilize the labor situation,
inasmuch as the time of government
control Is extended by two full months.
Union officers who have been pressing
for settlement of their demands be-
fore the roads went back, on the sup
position that the transfer would be
made ON Jan. I, the date originally set
have not indicated how the proelama-
ton will affect their plans.
The only wage demands now before
ALr. Hines are those Of the 500, o0f
shopmeu, who were refused genera
increase of % per cent last summer
President Wilson and the director gen
eral taking the position that the wal
cycle OF advancing wages and increas
ng living costs must come 70 an end
and the government be given q fan
| chance 10 compel return 70 norma
profits
President Jewell and the executive
council of the SIX shop crafts recent,
renewed their demands They wer,
asked to await an official report b.
Attorney General Palmer, since mad
public, on the trend Of prices.