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NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1913 A FEW SPECIALS Butterball Duck Philadelphia Squabs Philadelphia Turkeys Philadelphia Capon Florida Strawberries, Belgium Endives, Japanese ; Crones, Radishes, Celery Knolls, Caul n m m b - '. . - lHOWer. LCCK. ISeetS. Ceterv. q .- , w r ii J wjjiiaut new VBPDiEe. reaSi Sprouts,, Red Bananas and To matoes at SOMERS Dr. J. M. KING DENTIST ! May Building JanlTuWP O . Be Thrifty! Buy for "cash" from first hands and save the middle men's profits. All our goods sold about half regular prices. ALL BEST TEA 25c pound OnitedTeaiipriersoO. Franklin Square, over Somars Bros. WINTER IS HEBG1 Have You An Overcoat? We are making Ksht, Warm Over coats that have style ,-.nd comfort, and would be pleased to make one for you. COXETER, Tailor 33 Broadway represent the latest advances of MEMORIAL ART. Real photographs of the finest monu ments in the metropolitan cemeteries elected by experts. Unique designs from France and Germany, Original drawings, etc, Ton ar invited to ex, .mine them at any tim. THC'CffARLES A. KUf BLER CO, .. 39-41 Franklin Street Telephone NorwiciiVderjnaryflospitar DR. F. D. COWLES, I' . Proprietor Rear 17 Chestnut Street Phone Connection LEE CLEGG Watchmaker and Jeweler Collects, Delivers and Guarantees All Repairs. Send postal (or phone S77-2) to ISi Washington -St., City, MBS. M. . BOLABfDE, Tei'He at Muaie. 874 Washington St. Telephone UTi-3. febKMWF ..I. C ATCHISON, M. i).. ri if Siwi.n 4e'j SuhUcON, . aeconu b'i ir, iSUanouti iiiu. Sanitary Hiimtoj A peep into an up-to-date bathroom fm only leas refreshing than the bath ltaeif. DurlBE thai mimm.- .. - , fuu will tfae more look to the bath for bodily comfort. 1 will Show qu samples and 1 pians of the porcelain and ether tuba and give you estimates for the wore of putting them in In the. best manner wu a aauiioij uiBujnniiuia guar antee the entile job. J, F. TOMPKINS, t T West Main Street 5. F. GIBSON Tin nfid Sheet Metal Worker A sent ff fUcbajnts? and Bo Furnaces, - ' we?t Main Street Norwich. U-., T. F. BURNS. Heating and Plumbing, S2 hanklin -Street s ROBERT J. COCHRANE &. k-ilimz., tluiubfnii. lraai t'llliu 10 West Ual ft : Harwich, Cn. Aftit N- ft. Q. Sot Phalanx. prU grMrrn n nafir s iiiw mriiril&irr''' rriejfai mlmin Mltsiiirrf ritsrin jfiiwfrti'ili:i-,iir 'iff Norwich, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1913. VAKious matters. Longer mornings please the early risers. It Is daybreak now before g 'Clock. r - The Icemen were reassured Tuesday - at IS flegrees. i morning, wnen they found- the mercury f This year Memorial day falls on Fri- I day, which will please those who plan I wees ena trips. Fresh caught ros.": adv. flounders at Powers An. Essex patient, Willis R. Hunt, has entered the new sanitarium in Norwich, for treatment. Cold weather has dried the mud so that motorists And traveling- on coun try roads' somewhat improved. Fresh causht mackerel at Powers Bros." adv. Lot owners and others are beginning to visit Groton Long Point, starting plans for spring cottage building-. The state boar' of pharmacy is to meet this (Wednesday) afternoon at the capitol to examine dru; 'clerks. Many horses have broken through honeycombed ice the past week, where cutting has been going on about the Stat - Fresh caught blues, not frozen, at powers .Bros. , 10 Rose place. adv. At N'iantic, C. IT. Cone has com pleted harvesting his ice crop and has a gooa supply of ten-inch ice for sum mer demands. Boxing- bouts at Baltic hotel toniffht. .tiiii jomns vs. K.. U. Falitz. adv. The members of women's clubs in eastern Connecticut expect to attend the luncheon at the Hotel Taft in New .Haven on Feb,-25. Agents of the New Haven rna d ha va begun a crusade about the state for tne arrest ot loungers about the com pany s railroad stations. Fresh caught cod. alive Wednesday. at rowers uros., iu nose place. adv. Stephen Wenzel of Xorwich and Miss Ida Judge of Palmertown were married Sunday evening at the M. E. parsonage in Uncasville bv Rev. J. B. Aianen, -Mantic fishermen are to protest against the bill introduced in the gen eral assembly that is intended- to pre vent tne using ot trawls on the Xian tic river. Baked bean, supper at Spiritual I Academy tonight, 5 to ; lac. adv. As a general thing, merchants in merchants cities about the state will keeD their stores open Washington's birthday, as tuey cannot anora to miss the Satur day trade. , . The New Haven road icehouse's at Midway are being filled with a fine quality o ice w-hich is being taken bv .carload lots from the ice pond pear ipe navy yara. Somerset Lodge works . the Entered Apprentice degrees this evening. adv. A book recently received at the Otis library bearing on a topic in which many iv orwicht social workers are in terested is M. L. Greene's Amonw jscuooi liarpens. The Holy Name societv of St. Pat rick's parish, which numbers 550 men. will receive Easter communion in a body at the 7.30 o'clock mass on Sun day morning next. For strictly first class human hair work, try Mrs. L. W. Pratt. 105 Wil liams street.: adv. Up to Fridaj', the 14th, the pledged total or tne tuna tor which Smith col lege alumnae hereabouts are working had reached some $680,700,' and it is a constantly increasing quantity. Rev. Edward J. Plunkett of Norwich, temporarily assigned to St. Michael's parish, Pawcatuck, has been in New London at St. Joseph's church this week, owing to the illness of the pas tor. The natty blue caps worn by mem bers of the Norwich police force are to be adopted the coming summer by Hartford police, who have been wear ing . white helmets like African e3f-r plorers. Ladies: For a perfect shampoo, giv eu itn moaern apmiances, call on Mrs. L. W. Pratt, 105 Williams street. aav. The directors of the State Automo- bi'e association met Tuesday afternoon in the ropms of the Automobile club of Hartlord for the purpose of discuss ing matters of interest now before the legislature. -nane u- nuooara or Norwich is having a 28x32 foot icehouse built on his property at Haughton, near the site of the famous Haughton tavern of olden days, and which was burned a few years ago. a- iarm colony lor inebriates was the subject placed forcjhly before the meeting of the Hartford ministers on, Monday afternoon at the Center church house, Hartford, by Judge Ed gar M. Warner of Putnam. Sterilization of brushes, combs and all implements used by me in mv hair business strictly . adhered to. Mrs. L. W. Pratt, 105 Williams street. adv. Governor Baldwin has selected the. men whom he desires to appoint to the -New England railroad commission and has written them for their ac ceptance. He is awaiting replies be fore making the names public. J " ' i ' i m m 1 1 1 1 rms at irinity coi- lege, Hartford, held its Trinity term elections for class officers Moridav. The sophomore class at Trinity col- James Patrick Murray of Norwich Town being chosen president.- Murray proved one of the stars on the base ball team last spring. Arcanum Club PoVl. Four games were played on Tuesday night in the Arcanum club 'handicap pool tournev. 'Church defeated Bailey 80 to 78. Rawson defeated Tilly 90 to 92 as the latter is a scratch man, and Hliven defeated Honeyman 88 ta S4, but lost to Pendleton SO to 16. $20 Disappeared in the Mails. "A letter eontainine 120 which was mailed from Hartford last week to a .Norwich resident has net yet reach' eu us aestmation. The sender now regrets that he did not register the letter or obtain a money order for tnat amount. Cutting Ice by Moonlight. jonn Jt. iord had his men cutting ice by moonlight in the early part ot Tuesday evening. Mr. Ford is still lilting and housing from the uyper yii". iiere- me K'fe In -some uuts is itsii indies,.- but' la -other iic unl j Attended Council Meeting. Lieut. Col. Otto F. Ernst and Capt Herbert WiHey of Canton Oueco, No. , i. .... u. r-ci,were m New Haven on 4-uesaay attending a council meeting. A. A. Browning was la New Haven on j. uesoay. PERSONAL. , A. H. Maine of Oroton has returned irom visit in Windham. , Capt. George D. Allen of Niantie has Been the guest of friends in Norwich. Mrs. William Carpenter and children of Groton have been vlHitlnir frUnda in INurwicn. Coroner Franklin H. Brown of Nor wich visited his mother in Niantic earn- in the week. , ' Mr. and -Mrs. Latham Rovers have returnea to foquonoc after a visit to relatives ana jfriends in Norwich. After a visit of wq weeks with, .eosion rrienas. Miss L. Louise Fellows pr UTansiin street has returned home. Mrs. C. H. Giddines and Miss Alice Giddings were in Fitchville Tuesday attending the funeral of Mrs. William Smith. . -'- . .. . Miss Jean Fraser has returned to Westerly after spending a week with Air. and Mrs. Irving Church of Foque tanuck.. ' . George Kirtland and Miss Dorothy Clark of taybrook called on Miss Charlotte Chappell in Norwich one day recently. The engagement of Mrs. Leila Chiv- ers of i antic to Attorney Albert J. Bailey of Jviorwich has been an nounced. Miss Anna Coleman, daughter of Mr. ana Airs. Patrick. Coleman, of Lafay ette street, is ju witn a sngnt attacii jl scarlet fever. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Guinan and daughter Nellie were in Old Saybrook to attend the funeral of Mrs. Kliza- beth Vaughn Saturday morning. Airs. M. E. Wall has returned to her home in New London after visiting her brother in C6lchester.- Mis. Wall aleo called at the Academy of the Holy Family at Baltic, where she visited her daughter. LAST OF CHARTER MEMBERS OF CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH Boriah S. Rathbun Dies at the Age of 93 Hymn Rathbun" Named After His Wife. Beriah S. .Rathbun. for many years a resident of this city, died at 12. di) o'clock this morning following a two weeks" illness with grip at his home No. 8 Church street. He had partially recovered and had been about the house. He was 93 years of age. He was born in a little farm at the foot of Escoheag hill near Beach pond, L'xeter, R. I.. Nov. 8, 1819. and was the son of Dr. Nathan Rathbun, At the age of 19 he went to New London nd took up stair building as hia trade. which he followed all his life. He has K, . , f : ,-A i: o v ; - '? -j - - tfi' ' BERIAH S. RATHBUN resided in Norwich since 1840 and was the last of' the 38 members who or ganized the Central Baptist church September loth that year. For a long period Mr. Rathbun and his wife were members of the choir there and the music for In the Cross of Christ I Glory, written by Ithamar Conkey, was named "Itathbun" in honor ot Mrs. Rathb'.in. v Mr. .Rathbun was three times mar- ried, his first two wives being sisters. He married Phoebe Coburn Nov. 30, 1843, and she died less than a year later He married her sister, Martha D. Coburn March 15. 1846. She died May 30. -1856 and on April 27, 1857 he married Eliza A. Thompson. Her death occurred March 8, 1911. His first two wives were noted as singers. Except for a alight deafness Mr. Rathbun retained his faculties to the last and maintained a lively interest in events of the day. All his life he was a music lover and up to the time of his death often spent the hours with his violin. From Sept. 15, 1S40 when the Cen tral Baptist church was organized Mr. Rathbun was an active member as long as it was possible for him to at-. ten(j the services and was always deeply interested in the work of the church. He was well liked for his, kindly ways and was honored and re spected bv all who knew him. His death wilf be a source of deep regret to a wide circle of friends. - EVENING SCHOOL CLOSED, SEVENTY-FIVE SESSIONS. Course Has Been a Successful One Music on the Last Night. Tuesday evening the evening school conducted lined the auspices of the town school committee concluded the Ta nights for which its term was set. In recognition of the last night and the closing- of the school, Principal Herman Alofsin, 2d. had all the classes assembled in one room, where a Vio- trola from the Pla-ut-( 'adden company. manipulated by Abraham Curland, en tertained them. For each of the vari ous nationalities represented in the class there was some tuna of their home-land, which made their faces I liffht un with happy appreciation as ; they heard it sent out from the ma- chine. - i The term has been a successful one, with an average attendance of about 40 in the classes taught by Principal Alofsin, Miss Helena CoughJin. Miss I Marion Munger and Lotiis Swatzburg. The rcsii.st ration of over 200 according to nationalities during the whole se ries of lessons has been as fellows: Polish 65, Greek 42. Jewish 34, Italians 36, Assyrian 6, Irish 3, Norwegian 2, Japanese S, Swedish 4, Dutch 2,French 2, negro 3, Americans J.1. Cape de Verde Islanders 4. GAMBLING RAID. Place at 11Q Nerth Main Street Ra on Suspicion Five Arrests. ided The house No. 110 North Main street was raided shortly' after midnight by the police and a party of six men found there w-ere arrested oil suspi cion of fi-n-iueritins a gambling place. Frank Cfstaahfskt 1 acc-uBed as u keeper ud the other - live men with hard iiuiMie to feroiiMunc- a frequent ers.. .Thd age of thf prisoners range from' 2: to 40. ' The police party consisted,, of Ser geant Kane and Officers Casey, Eb berts, P. Murphy and M. Morjtan. When they made the arrest the men were sitting, at a table playing cards. Three of those arrested. Including the one accused of being the proprietor, were balled out- l . w 1 - STRAIGHTENING Widening Above West Town coropliahed by Work to Company Buys Land to Has Let Contracts For - Deeds have . recently been recorded in the town clerk's office and the. con tracts made bearing upon the widen ing and the straightening of the Ya.n tic road ' from the West . Town street bridge to a point above the Central Vermont railroad crossing. The land is bought by the Connecticut company, but is deeded from the original owners to the town of Norwich, as it is to be used for highway purposes. The trol ley company also makes the contracts for the work. . - Three pieces of land have been pur chased,' two of them adjoining and. on the north side of the Yantlc road and above the railroad crossing. These are from Jennie A.- Manning ana jaez, , Bailey. The Manning traet is the smaller of the two and Is about 16 feet on the Otrobando road ,and 27 feet on West Town street. The Bailey lanl is 208 feet along West Town street with a, general width Jndicftted by a line. parallel with ana as t-s reet distant from the center line of the trolley track. Opposite these two tracts there is a reverse curve in the, present trolley track which will be4 taken out in the NORWICH ELKS WERE VANQUISHED BY VISITORS. Brothers from the Whaling Town De feated Them in Three Out o.f Five Contests. . , . , . . Once more the Norwich pool and card exnerts were vanauished by ithe rplayers from New London lodge' of Elks when Norwich lodge, iso. en tertained about ninety members of the down-the-river lodge at the 'home on- Main street. Tuesday evening, tne vis itors winning three of the five con estes. Carron, the star pool player of the local ' body, was far from his usual form, and was overwhelmed by the score of 50 to 4 by Roe of New Lon don. Rudd of New London beat O'Neil 60 to 35, and Eliensky of New Lon don beat Nickerson. Boylan was the only Norwich man to win. defeating Dondero 50 to 36. Norwich won at forty-five by the score of 52 to 43. New London won 8 to 4 at cribbage, and was also victorious at pinochle, the ecore being New London 22,520, Nor wich 21,723. At pitch Norwich won 24 to 21. An excellent supper of escalloped oysters, rolls, celery and plum duff was provided. Music was furnished by the Elks' orchestra, led by Brother Walter ane. Pleasing- solos were rendered oy Brothers Hugh and Raymond O'Neil of NorvicA lodge and Herman Elfen bein of New London. Prof. Tevlin of New London presided at the piano: A quartette from New London, composed pf Elfenbcin, Dreyfuss, Rudd and Roe, also entertained with selections. R. C. Plaut and D. J. MeCormick instruct ed the - visitors in the game of "Rum my." which was unknown to the men from the Whaling Town. The visitors made the trip by special car, returning at 11.45 at. the close of a most enjoy able evening. The forty-five teams were composed of: Norwich Patrick Hayes. D. J. MeCormick. William Ward, William Callahan, Patrick Bray, Fred Hutch Ins. John O'Neil, George Madden and John Niles. New London Captain Burns. James Sexton, John Murray, Neil Twomey. John Ryan, Edward Dray, Thomas Robipsori,Fred Burrows and T. E. Donohue. Cribbasre: Norwich John , Ansel, Thomas Wilson, John Young:. Thomas Cranev. New London T. Comstoek, Al Rudd, T. O'Neil. Armstrong. Pitch: Norwich Daniel Young, John Young. Oscar Main, John Harrington, A. S. Spalding, N. J. Ayling, I. I. Gott helf, J. A. George, W. R. Ealcom. The affair was in general charge of Jeremiah Lucy, D. J. MeCormick, T. H. Crawford. A. S. Spalding, J. A. George, Patrick Hayes, Joseph Williams and Exalted Ruler Craney. VERDICT WAS DIRECTED FOR THE DEFENDANT. Amos and Frank Case Lose in Suit K A Against New Haven Road. Judfere Curtis in the superior court, at New London Tuesday directed the jury to bring in a verdict in favor of the Connecticut co. in the suit or Amos and Frank Case, and the jury did so. This "was the suit for $3,000 brought bv the Case brothers for the wrecking of their Pope-Hartford touring car by a trolley car in Rockville. This suit was tried some time ago and .a verdict far $ 2,000 returned in favor of the Case brothers. The su preme court found error and there was this retrial with the trolley com pany winner. Before court, adjourned last xnurs day the attorneys for the defendant moved for a non-suit and .direction of verdict fur theclient. , In the afternoon Tuesday, the su perior uourt was occupied with the trial of the suit of Agpes Whitney ts. the New Haven road. The plains tiff is suing for the loss of her leg when she was struck by a railroad train two or three years ago in New London. The suit was tried a year ago and a verdict given in favor of the plaintiff. The supreme court found error and this retrial was er dered, . - AVIATOR JONES MUST REPAIR HIS MACHINE. Will Have to Stay Few Days at Niantic. -Aviator Jones will not fly from the Niantic state camp ground for Ne'w Hsven before the first of next week, Going to the" camp ground Tuesday morning with Mechanician Ashley, the young aviator made a thorough - lamination ot his machine ,and found i it in need of repairs which will neees i sitate leaving the maehine where it is Tor a lew days. The chief trouble with the. ma chine is with a propellor. It was bruised by a stone thrown at it while the machine was parked on the Wal ter Fish farm in Mystic and the pro pellor was strained to the heavy wind of Sunday, so that -It must be re placed by a new one. . Neither pro pellor is in prime condition, so .a, new set will " be installed. Addition to Plant Estate. - Within the past few days Morton F. Plant has made an addition to his extensive estate at" Eastern Point by the purchase of a large tract of land at the Point from the Eastwood Park corporation. The land adjoins the Plant estat-e. Grass Fir on Laurel Hill, The auto-chemlcal was called out from th central utativn about uguii on Tuesday fyr i- sill yr.4 fire on the Laurel liiii bjjk. A tnkLtl. tim itn uain probably started the fir!. . Attorney Desmond Improving. - Attorney J. J. Desmond is improving daily hut slowly at his home en Broad way after a severe Illness. 11 is just beginning . - 1 aia'Aikii THE YANTIG ROAD Street Bridge Will Also be Ac be Done This Spring Trolley Make the Improvements and the Work. widening, and straightening plan for me roaa. . At tnis point there will De considerable euttinsr to be done, as the land is r.isrh ant rnckv. The other tract of land is on the other side of the road and is pur chased from Frank S. , Avery and Iwight W. Avery, , It is 'part of what Is known as tfeu "flats" above the bridge over the Yantic river and is a atrip about ut feet long and 9 feet wide. As this is low cround. a re taining wall will have to be built there. The trolley track will be laid as now on the same side ,of the street as at present and will be moved over about six feet. The contract for both the wall along the Avery property and the excavating at the Bailey" and Manning properties has been signed with Arcn ibald Torrance and the work will be gin as soon as the weather permits. When the trolley jtraok is relaid it will be with the 90-pound rails which have already been laid as far as the West Town street bridge over the river. The heavy rails will be laid clear to the end of the Yantic line. I The plan for the layout has been made by Chandler & Palmer, NEW LONDON FREN MADE VISIT HERE - - v - ! With Their New Triplex Combination Wagon Chief Stanton's Figures on Recent Tests Conducted. The new American-LaFrance com-, bination auto-chemical, pumper and hose wagon which has been purchased by the New London fire department maae a vieit to this city on Tuesday afternoon. The demonstrator from the lactory was at the wheel, and had irom J.& to is ot the JNew London vol unteer fire laddies on board as well as one of the isew London fire captains. The New London machine came here by agreement to meet Chairman Brockett of the New London fire com missioners, who made the return trip witn tnem. The powerful looking "American-La- 1 ranee machine attracted much atten tion as it ran around the streets here. It visited the central station, frcm where Chief Stanton and Alderman Thomas H. Hockley of the fire com missioners took a. ride up Broadway with Commissioner Brockett and the New London captain. Chief '-tanton was in New London last week when the machine was given its test and was invited by the New London fire commissioners to take the test, which he did with his own instru ments, and with three of the Norwich engineers, as wtnesses Calvin C Wiliiam, Alejc1 Williams and William O. Woodman. , The following were the showings in the tests, which he has sent to the makers at their request: Test No. 1- Two hours' endurance run with 2 lines of 2 1-2 inch hose, 300 feet each, with 11-8 inch nozzlea, pump pressure 120 pounds, nozzle pres sure 46 pounds, delivery 508 gallons per minute. Test No. 2 Two lines of 2 1-2 inch hose, 100 feet long each, 1 1-2 inch nozzles, pump pressure 80 pounds, nozssle pressure 32 pounds, delivering 754 gallons per minute. Test No. 3 Two lines, 100 feet each, siamesed into one length, taking out one stream, ncszle 1 1-4 inch, pump pressure 190 pounds, nozzle- pressure 132 pounds, delivering 630 gallons per minute. - Chief Stanton stated that the engine took suction from the Central Vermont dock at New London, draughting the salt wateh 20 feet and doing well un der the adverse conditions, as salt water, is heavier than fresh, and the test lias on a windy and very cold day. I His personal preference, he said, wae for a combination auto-chemical and hose wagon such as the Norwich de partment uses, or the combination pumping engine and hose wagon. In his opinion the triplex combination wagon is not as well suited to a city department like ours. ENDORSED GUNSHANAN FOR REAPPOINTMENT. Norwich C. L. U.. Wants to See Him Again en State- Tuberculosis Com mission. - At the meeting of the Central Labor union on Tuesday evening in Carpen ters' hall resolution was passed en dorsing John F. Gunshanan of Hart ford for reappointment on the state tuberculosis commission when his present term expires in July. The Norwich union felt that this would be well deserved because ot Commissioner Gunshanan's effective and earnest work in the anti-tuberculosis campaign. CONNECTICUT-NEW YORK LINE Latter State has Taken First Step Towards Fixing the Boundary. New York has taken the first step towards establishing a definite bounds ary line between New York and Con necticut, Governor Sulzer having sign ed the Levy bill. It la now up to the legislature of this state to put the matter through and make the bound ary an established fact, there being a bill- the same as the Levy bill new before this session, it having been in troduced at the rcommendation of Governor Baldwin. The purport of this bill is the legalizing of the boundary lines run and established by the geo logical survey within the past five years. This boundary line has long been n unknown quantity, an period of years locating it in certain spots, and another moving it just a little to the east or west. People who live near the border say it changed with every survey. SWORDFISH SWORD Presented to Fir Chief Stanton Philip Spelmap. by Philip Spelman has made Fire Chief Howard L, Stanton a present of a sword, made from the sword of a sword-fish with a carved wooden handle fitted to it. In the handle is fitted one of the Norwich fire depart ment buttons. The whole is a very creditable piece of workmanship and a valued souvenir which Chief Stan ton has hanging on the wall of his office at the central fire station.. First Break in Hassam Pavement. The first break in the new Hassam pavement on Franklin street has just been made through the need of putting in a compressed air connection at the building near Willow street to be oc cupied for an auto tire repair station. The workmen found how hard the combination tlf stone and cement had set when if took thtn mmt yf a day to drill through the 7 or a itit-U of Iiaajistp.1 ty the dirt blvW. - Norwich State Hospital Trustee. At a hearing before the committee on suate appointments in Hartford Tuesday Senator John L. Puree!! epoke in favor of the appointment of Dr. Naylor of Hartford for the board of trustee of the, Norwich state hos- plto', -'''.. rriimsiaMfstii T'riiitin 'iiiiii mnnir imnfiwu'n -iintfffrnir'ni"r"iiiT ti"'t-"t iti rn "tt iin -in-riiT mn i in'mr n-ft ryiT'trri "rr " yDc'V-wr rirr"r'mTrr,jrrn"-T"Ti'i -,- -r -j n - THE BALKINS ' AND THEIR PEOPLE, Final Lecture In Y. M. C. A. Course Given by Dr, Edwsrd Steiner. The final number in the Y. M. C. A. entertainment course, a lecture , on The rtalkans and Their People, by Dr. Edward A. Steiner, was given lit the Central Baptist church Tuesday evening: before m large ana most- cn thuslaatlc audience. Dr. Steiner ad dress showed a clear first hd know ledge of the people and the situation In the - Balkans and his lecture was made most entertaining by his- rla ttonship of humorous Incidents and aneodotes. Rev, Pr C. "Wright Intro duced the speaker and said that the original idea of the Y. M- C. A, had been larttely . realized . each year i giving the community the high, order at .musical entertainments and lec tures at so moderate a sum The patronage this year, he said has shown appreciation of such a course as has been afforded. In , predentin Dr. Steiner he mentioned the taol that the speaker was here three years ago when be made a most favorable im pression. ' Dr. Steiner said in part! LTnlike us, the Hebrews conceived great truths in flashes; the prophets saw events before they occurred, pre dicting truths which have stood every test up to the present time. No na tion is a prlvlleeed nation that dees not work in heJ-weny with God, Na tions eome and go, they have their morningr, noon and night. There in the bright morning1, filled with, brilliant prospects, -a period of grace. , . Then comes the period of . blindness when youth of the nation sows its oats re gardless of the harvest; then -comes darkness and doom. Whieh Way i America Going? . I asked a noted historian if Ameri ca is going the way of the other na tiona. He replied that that is a question which every American asks him and that the question itself shows that we are afraid of something in spike of our pride and boasts. "No nation lives," he said, "which does not move in harmony with the fuBdamedt? al ideas a of its nature, the principles which tt has conceived. When it 'lets go tts ' grip on the principles upon which it is founded then it begins to die?1 , ; Nations Perished by the Sword. The libraries of Assyria are being uncovered of their dust and ashes and the histories show that the kings built Babylon as if it would endure for ages. When the arm grows weak and smites only for gore and lust of bat tle, it encounters a stronger arm. Egypt took the place of - Assyria, building magnificently and lastingly, believing herself the mistress of the world. Then came the wolf-succored Romans to grasp the torch when Egypt failed to hold it aloft and the Romans in turn were succeeded by tne hordes of Huns who sousrht to destroy what had been built through eges by patience and skill. The Huns of Asia were held back by the cross in the hands of Leo I and Rome had an other period of grace. Then in great er numbers, like a vast storm cloud came the Huns sgain, but for nine nunarea years have been held back by the Slavs and it is an age lonar struggle which is now coming to an end. That old truth which the He brew saw Is comins true: "That na tion which takes up the sword will perish by the sword." The Patient Slav. For 900 years the patient Slavs the meek of the earth have held hack their stronger foes. When the. chase and their poor attempts at argriculture would no longer support them, they became the great peasant race of Europe. These Slavic folk, not feel ing the sense of cohesion necessary to a great nation, lived in continuous tribal warfare until the onslaught of the Tartar and the Turk. When the Roman invasion failed, being unable to agree they sent to Norwav for a leader and he became the first They were partly conquered by the Turks but never wholly subjugated and were pushed back from the plain into wnat is knovi as the Balkan peninsula. The Fins at the north, the Hungarians in the heart of Eurniie and on the East the Bulgarians are Turks who have merged into the peoples whom they had conquered. In this country there ia one people and it is not difficult to maintain this emit dltion as there is no opportunity for the isolation of any . class of people physically or in dialect. In the Bal kans they were differentiated by the high mountains which forbade com munications. . It was to the benefit ef the surrounding people that this was so for eould the Slavic people have united the Turks would never ha.'e been a feared power. Austria has dto- jected further differences of religion and dialect into this country so that people of the same town by their re ligion and heliefs are enemies. Verdureless. Mountains And People Poor. When first I saw the countrv I was immediately struck by the very nudeness of the mountains-no ver dure except at the very edge of the sea; great forbidding storm clouds of stone, i was struck by the awful poverty of the people and wandered what they lived on. There is no har vest without a perpetual fear of inva sion, there, no one kneels in prayer without a sword above his head, and even today one is regarded as not completely dressed unless he has a belt filled With weapons about him. The ancient Roman ruins furnish stables for the cows and mules of the peasants. In one place there Is a city of 30,000 people within one palace. In some cities the beautiful works of the Romans are broken up to make roads for the mules to tread upon. Montenegro Men and Women. Up in the mountains like an eagles nest hangs the little kingdom ef the Montenegrins, Servians b.v race, and there they have clung for 600 years in a spot where there is nothing but stone. The houses are all little huts of stone, all alike, with thatched roofs. There is never but one fire at a time there for when one roof catches fire they ali burn. There is nu furniture, only a rug and a stone slab which is used for a bed, a table or a chair. I sat on a rug in one such hut, on one side my wife, oh the other ene of the native women.- When we went away my wife said, ''Isn't she horrid." She was. She was probably only about 40, but ber face was wrinkled. She was so uncivilised that she didn't knew what to do for wrinkles and couldn't make herself something which she was not. She did not even be long to a club. She had a club though and followed her husband about their tiny field. While he broke the hard soil with an axe she beat the hard lumps up with her club, thus pre paring to sow their crops. The maa is a warrior doing little work. The wife is the workhorse. When he is es pecially affectionate he calls her his "darling little mule" and treats her accordingly. I have seen the women carrying ammunition and food on their backs to the soldiers ovei a mountain path which only a mule or a woman could ngutiate. What should she be but bent and old? But the wumsm of the Balkans is virtuous. Pj-ostltu-lU.ii and adultery are aluiost entirel.v imkiiuwu in the Hplkvns uJ in the few la,rgfr viU whr tine, "svW exist it is iwi iuiuw ttiyn teaol B4ue more, civilised coituuuaU-. I vif!td M&nuiKtg-ro, i-pr$nE,lufr an American msatne at the time v a conference of The Balkans rgardinp Die situation. There were au.uutt peo ple in a city of 8,000. The prince's palace was the most pretentious dwelling in the land. It was of two stories and somewhat resembled a Only One Way to END CATARRH Reach the saw, tender? Inflamed membrane in fested , wltli "Catarrh germs, and deatrey them.- ' . You - can't reach the nooks and crevices with liquid. prepaationa-"-there is only one way breathe the germ - de stroying air of Booth's HYOMEI (pronounce it His h-o-m e), directly over the inflamed and erm infested mem- brane. HTOMEI contains no opium, cocaine or other harmful drugs, it is a balsamic air made of ' Australian eucalyptus, thymol, and some Lis terian antiseptics. " It is guaranteed to end the misery of Catarrs and Croup, . or money back. It's fine for Colds and Coughs. Ask about Uooth's IITX)MEI outfit to-day it is only Sl.OO. Jux- Exact .Size. tra bottles, if later needed, 50 cents. Druggist everywhere. Just, breathe it -no stomach dosing. Lee & Osgood Co. guarantees it, poor barn. But the people are hospi table. -1 have found that where there are few rooms there is mueh room. I stayed in the two-room home of the minister of the exterior. There is no minister of the interior, for there is so little tnterlpr, while there is a great deal of asterior. J complimented him og having a charming little niece and fie conceded that she was a "nice lit tle beast." The woman never sits When the man does, never walks be side him, but always behind him. Macedonia a Bone of Contention. Twenty-five years ago the Russians drove the Turks back into the gates of Constantinople but at a meeting of the powers at jBeKlin the lands of the Slav were returned to the Turks and given ct-ntrol pf Macedonia, a neutral territory. This has ever since been a bone of conve-ntipn. lacedpnia is inhabited by the Greeks and Slavs mostly the latter. Ever Present Fear of the Turks. In Bulgaria the people cannot go tii sleep at night without fear of wak ing in the morning to rind their homes surrounded' by the Turks. The Albanians,, between Montentgro and Bulgaria, give the Turks the beat sol diers. They are not Slavs and are wild and untamed in spite of years of rule and misrule of the Turks. Balkans lighting for Mother Country. . The Balkans are struggling now for what they thvik belongs to them; soil enough to live ,pn. They would have starved long ago' .had it not been for provisions and clothlcg sent in from Russia. The Balkani whom we have seen in this country we" .have regarded as crude, rough looking ravn, but now that we find them fighting., and fight ing successfully, we begin tovihink that after all there is something- in them. For centuries they have been fighting back the Turks and b.-irely bearing a living out of the soil. Formerly in time of a war the irKniigration to this country increased, butnow it Is a re markable - fact that if is decreasing. They are going back to fig'bt for .the mother country. I nter national compli cations cannot be escaped. We ae involved, as is the whole world. It is your money which has caused this out break. The returning immigrant-from America has furnished the bone and sinew for this war, in awakened mind, in body and in money. All these has he laid down on the altar at his country. America is Americanising EuroDe. and the Balkan struggle fosld never have come to the present state without the returning immigrant from America. Rising now with a gigantic spring, they are filled with gratitude to us for the opportunity for the sons and daughters which this country offered when the Ottoman power held them in ignorance. They are giving their lives up not only for their country but for the civilization of the world, and. the task which thev are completing today is a world s task, laid on the backs of the Slavs. Which th Dominant Nation? What will be. the dominant naiion ? I can but repeat that no nation will continue but under the principles which it has given birth. There ar things which will count for something' in America: The spirit of the pioneer, afraid f no task, ashamed of no oc cupation except idleness. Democracy mav give us eternal youth as it has given the men of the Balkans a chance here. The third truth is the spirit of Christian - civilization whiGh has caused us to send our bt daughters and sons to work for the Slavs. That nation will live which woaks in the spirit of God and lives in the" works of the Almighty. Plant Offers School Prizes. Morton F. Plant has offered some prizes for essay work in the New Lon don and Groton schools, in the name of Nathan Hale branch. Sons of the American Revolution, of which he is president. Mr. r"lant gives a Jiu gold niece and medal of the National so ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution to the pupil writing the best essay on the .struggle for Ameri can Independence. 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