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NofOToh, Thursday, Oct, 11, 1917.
GIR8ULATIQU
1801, average ... 4,412
1906, average .5,920
9,420
Oeetofcer , 1917..
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS .
The Associated Press is exclusively-entitled
to the use for republica
tion ef all news credited to It or not
otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published herein.
AH rights of republication of
special dispatches herein are also
reserved.
, GOOD HIGHWAYS-
The action of the town meeting in
faishing the amount of money call
ed for tn the estimates for the run
ning' of the town during the ensuing
year makes it evident P-nee more that
there is thorough confidents in the
that there is no disposition ta hamper
them in the administration of thei
duties, or to place any handicaps in
their war which wpuld be dctrimeptai
to the town's Interests.
Few extras outside, of these which
are voted each year were petitioned
fbr, but in providing for the $5,006
for highways, it cannot help being
felt that a wise course was -adopted.
Good highways are of vital import
ance to every town and there should
be a disposition to provide not only
for maintenance but for betterment'
especially when the state Is rwlljing
to. xurnisn -tnree tor every ao.iar tnat
the town expends. Where "the" state
' ands so openly for the improve
ment of roads there ought to be suffi
cient interest taken by the town, es
pecially when it is the town that Is
going to get the greatest benefit.
Certainly ycrwich Is willing to
spend $5,000 for $20,000 wprth of 1m
, proved roads and while there Is no
certainty that the state appropriation
will be sufficient to inset all the de
mands of the towns, it will be appor
tioned in accordance with the appli
m t inn with TCnrwirti pettlncr itc
share. The town meeting has shown
by its action that the people ef this
community stand for better highways
and that they are amicus to do thsir
part to get them.
NEW ENGLAND COAL.
That the coal situation for the New
England states .. is not all rosy has
been indicated for some time and' it
. is not surprising that the : chairman
of the New England coal committee,
James J. Storrew of Boston, Is giv
ing warning or tne possibilities of a
shortage of steam coal and the pos
sibilities of such a condition legard
ing hard ooal. . This has been antici
pated for sonie time by those wlio
have been following 'the situation and
not a few have been do'ing their ut
" most to prepare for it.
.. When Mr. Storrow refers to the
manner in which the navy depart
ment is interfering with the ccal
transportation to this section and
points to the fact that last week
there were five tugs with a towing
rapacity of three-quarters of a mil
lion tons taken over by the govern
ment and away from this servici,
it is only explaining in greater de
tail what has been apparent for
months. The fact of the matter Is
that there should be nothing to pre
.vent the tidewater points from get
ting plenty of coal if there were' the
vessels available for such service, and
the shortage in this diretcion is plain
ly indicated by the statement of deal
ers to the effect that .it is cheaper,
in spite of all the congestion that ex
ists on the railroads, to get coal to
Norwich by rail than it is by boat.
This may also be the reason why
coal is being sold from 50 to 75 cents .
a ton cheaper at inland points .than It
'a at tidewater. But it is thus made all
the mere apparent that the govern
ment must give due attention to thin
A TITUk TV T7 9 J .
" . - v. ' ' ---. t Li vUb
in the manufacturing that it is, and
with the government depending upen
it for a great many of its war sup
plies, it must be Impressed with the
seed of doing its utmost to prevent a
fuel shortage and industrial stagna
tion. THE RIGHT MOVE. '
The action which has been taken
hv tVlA TA1 OrlA nri Rtfiam.hln nnn-innn.r
!n ' acquiescing with the conditions.
imposed - by this ' country regarding
bunkering facilities, and the agree
ment to bring back from Java cargoes
exclusively tap United States or
Canada, furnishes -n example fw the
ather ships tied up in the port of
New York or at other points.
Larse sums of money are being lost
yy the inactivity of these vessels and
Jiere does not appear to be any pos
liblilty of a relaxation en the part of
this country in its determination not
grant licenses for theee stranded
sargoes. . Sensing the situation a few
ressels have decided to do business on
this side ftf the Atlantlo by ear-rytng
mxgoes to South American' porta and
ringing back geed which are await
ing transportation from ports In those
oo'untriee to th United States. They
are- of course aontrlbutimg to the re
lief, at the transportation problem tn
this country but they are at the same
time MLgadns In prefttbl trade
and overcoming the lea which was
pi)i UP Steadily just as long as they
remained Ml In Ms Tork harbor.
There ta a good slated fleet of Dutch
veeeels which can neither get away
from port to return home nor go
to Mother points without coming to
some agreement with this gpverjir
ment. The situation has existed long
enough to show that this country Is
determined In the matter, and the ac
tion taken by the Nederland company
Indicates a thorough appreciation of
rhla. The quicker others come to the
same conclusion, or are forced,' to
by this government, the better it will
be for all concerned. ' .
THE SUPPLY OF STAPLE FOODS.
The announcement which baa been
made from Washington to the effect
that federal control of staple food
necessities will be put Into effect by
the president's ' proclamation on
November first is only what has been
expected- JlnTorts have been made ta
get the same result without talcing
such a step but it has been impossi
ble. Those who are in a position to
do it have continued to take advan
tage of the purchasing public. the
speculator has . lost no opportunity
and prices have not come down with
the speed that they went up even
though the actual or fancied short
age does not now exist.
There has been no Justification for
the unfair profits, the boarding ' and
speculation and the waste which has
occurred, and In some cases been
forced, in order -to affect the, supply
and therefore the price. The govern
ment has endeavored to relieve tho
situation but it has been brought to
the realization of the fact that a
firmer grip must be taken on the sit
uation, and as is usual in such cases
.tie innocent must suffer with 'the
guilty in having the new. regulations
imposed upon . them for all whole
salers, retailers, packers, cold storage
men, and grain dealers will be in
eluded in the order- They will be li
censed and will be required to observe
the rules.
it is the intention of the food com
mission to keep in closer touch with
the food Industry for the better pro
tection of the nation as well as the
individual. There n!ay be an Incllna-
I tion upon the part of some to look
upon the move as drastic but when- it
cprnes to dealing with pirates in this
direction as well as those "In others
stern measures have got to, be em
ployed. THE EPISCOPAL PENSION FUND.
The idea of pensioning employes
who have given faithful service for
long periods of years,, and to whom
in a majority of instances ean be. at
tributed a large share of the success
of the business with which they ar-
eennepted. has been crowing as the
years pass. Large corporations, and
small ones as wall, have seen the light
rind are responding. Munlpipailtles
have to some degree followed the
course which has been adopted by In
dustries and the government In some
of the departments . have established
the pension system.
It is- not surprising therefore that
the idea is : being , .taken up by the
churches, where several of the de
nominations era busily engaged In
raising funds for this particular pur
peee. In this connection the report
which has Just been made by those
in charge of the work of raising a
$5,000,000 fund for the purpose Of tak
ing care of Episcopal clergymen during
their old age must be highly gratify
ing, for not only was the desired
amount raised which would assure
the success of the plan but nearly
four-fifths as much again, of which
amount over the desired sum has al
ready beep paid in.
Clergymen are by no means the
best paid people. In too many in
stances are the far underpaid and
it is but proper that some provision
should be made for taking care of
them after they have reached the age
where poor health or feebleness makes
it" impossible for them to carry on
their work. The success which has
been attained by the Episcopal church
in this direction 'cannot fail to give
much encouragement to other denomi
nations which are striving for the
same end. Ii is a wfse solution of
the much debated question as to how
the aged ministers should be cared
for.
EDITORIAL NOTE 8.
Anyone who is looking o ' make a
safe investment cannot go wrong., on
one or more of the Liberty bonds.
Why not a Liberty bond for a
Christmas present? It's a chance to
get that much of your phopplng out
the way early.'
The man on the oorner says: When
It ccmes to unraveling a mystery,
seme people find tliat a detective
story is preferable to knitting.-
From the way in whloh the South
American countries are breaking with
Germany, that nation will soon be
without a friend on this side of the
Atlantic:
Berlin ' is ordering the darkening of
German cities to baffle the air raid
ers. But that is, only one way in
which Germany's light is being put
out.
Help Is new being sept to the flood
sufferers in China. It makes little
difference where want exists, appeal
tc this country is seldom made in
vain.
N.P one should hesitate over, par
ticipation in the Liberty loan. It
means not only support for the gov
ernment but financial backing for the
boys in- olive drab and the upholding
of liberty;
The probability that Greece will be
actively participating In the war is
only what was anticipated with Veni
zelas . directing affairs In that Coun
try. Greece . is now assuming its
proper role.
Those who play with loaded shot
guns, those who . dispute a ' railroad
crossing with a locomotive and those
who persist in changing seats In a
canoe must have all been brought up
in the same school.
Of course Christmas gifts are going
to be sent ta sons. . brothers, hus
bands asd sweethearts acress the wa
ter, hut it should bo remembered if.
they are coins to get them by . the
holiday they must be mailed by the
middle of next month. " s
YOUNG ROBIN'S
' "Since Saturday'..' said the girl who
likes to talk, "I have become a hope
less pessimist, misanthrope and gen
erally disillusioned person. It is' all
because I tried to do a good died. I
have come to the conclusion that geod
deeds In this world must be rare ns
otherwise the populace would be more
accustomed to them, and the accomp
lishment of one would not be fr-tugtit
with so much excitement. , Jt I had
started out with a fife and drum cprps
to call attention to tne tact tnat. J
was in the aet of doing samethnsg
praiseworthy I could not have drawn
4 large crowd.
"If you ought not to' do a) thing yon
are at once crazy to do exactly that
and nothing else, which probably ex
plains why the robin which caused
the trouble acted as he did. No doubt
the cause ' goes farther back rhl
mother knew perfectly welt that she
had no business to build a nest where
she did, in a spindling poplar tree on
a street that averages fifty-eleven au
tomobiles a minute, so. of course, she
built it there.
"And when young robin fell put of
the nest he fell into a ' hard paved
world of tooting machines, . yelling
small boys and dogs and cats. A
crowd of small boys followed him,
making futile grabs as he hopped and
stumbled out into the roadway.
"So I dropped my magazine and
went out and picked him up, where
upon he opened a cavernous, yellow
lined mouth and yelled his head off.
People popped out of doors and win
dows and I hastily deposited him on
a front yard bush. He fell off, having
no tail feathers to balance himself
with. So I chucked him up on the
grass and fled.
"In two minutes he was back In the
road, and again I rescued him, circled
by email boys, full of carying advie.
A soldier in khaki and an agent with
a bag joined the Interested onlookers.
Miaanwhile the robin had hoppod
down a house areaway and was bat
tering himself against the cement.
"The soldier and the agent and I
resolved ourselves Into a hoard ef
managers and be came chatty. We
agreed that it was tee bad but
were unanimously voiceless when It
came to suggesting remedies. Between
small 'boys and dega and cats the
robins hold on life seemed fragile.
"So, finally, I went into my house
and got a bird cage and popped the
young adventurer inside. Was he
grateful? He was not. He yelled his
head off, so I hurriedly took hfan to
tho back yard, dug a worm and pre
sented it to him. He scorned it. It
was a perfectly, good wriggly worm,
and Jie should have been delighted.
All he was interested in was batter
ing himself against the cage bars in
a clumsy, determined way. .
"While I was looking for" a fuzzy
woFm or pink one or something
calculated te tempt his appetite the
cat from next door made a spring and
knocked the cage over, and when I
cuffed the cat its owner came out and
LETTERS TD THE EDITOR
Four Dollars an Hour.
Mr. Editor: I cannot help but -believe
that there must have been an
error somewhere in the article pub
lished in this column last Friday in
which the writer' slaring himself Far
mer said that his boy raised two hun
dred and fi'tv bushels of potatoes on
one and one-half acres, of land, selling
same for ninety ' cents per bushel, and
thus made a wage of four dollars per
hour.
I cannot believe that hour is meant.
I think that four dollars per day would
sound better. Such statements are
read and quickly believed, by many
city people thai? don't know about
labor, etc.. on one and one-half acres
of potatoes. Then these people begin
to bewail and holler hpw the farmer
is B"ettin5 rich from them.
Therefore it the four dollars per
hour Isn't an errpr, I think it would
be very Instructive and interest'ng for
Farmer to write anothsr letter, tell?
ing us all about the boy's potatoes,
how he could possibly plant, attend to
the growing, and harvest one and one
half acres of potatoes in fifty-six and
one-quarter hours. For as I fisrure at
ninetv cents per. bushel, two hundred
ari fifty bushels would come to 1225
which, at four dollars Pe,r hour, would
be fifty-six anfl one-quarter hours.
ITcrdV enough time for ope man to
disr them, yet he got the two hundred
and twenty-five dollars for the whole
eron. Now when the cost of seed and
fertilizer is taken out it would reduce
the number of hours a erood many;
therefore one may readily sea my
grounds for not crediting the state
ment as it read. Hoping that same
was an error, and will he speedily ad
justed through your letters to the ed
itor, I anxiously await developments.
Tours respectfully,
FARMER VTQ. t.
South Coventry, Conn., Oct. 8, 1917.
Nothing to Do With Suffrage Question
Mr. Editor: I have been asked to
state whether there is any connection
between the pink slips, issued by the
Women's Liberty Lan Committee or
the committee itself and woman suf
frage and I "wish to state clearly that
there is none. Further than that the
Connecticut Women's Liberty ' Loan
Committee has among its chairmen
Airs. T. N. Hepburn, president Con
necticut Woman's Suffrage Associa
tion, and Mrs. D. A. Markham, pres
ident Connecticut Branch of the Na
tional Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrase, who are working harmoni
ously together. I have already sent
an invitation to the Norwich Anti
Suffrage Association to appoint a rep
resentative to act with me on the
Norwich Women's Liberty Loan Com
mittee and have receiyed a reply that
ttiey would ao so. -
It wpuld be a pity If rhe first direct
t-aii lu m? wumeii ui nits country irom
their government were ta be miscon
strued In any way. The only belief
required of any member is a belief
in her country and its ideals.
ADA R. CHASE.
-Norwich, Oct, 10, 1917.
A Mother's Viewpoint.
Mr. Editor: I have read Ball's, and
Mrs. Hall's letters in your papers,
and would like to make the follow
ing reply.
TheNRed Cross is certainly doing a
Worthy and helpful work in our city,
and we should and dq appreciate the
time and money our women are giv
ing to make the work successful. But,
the suffering caused by drafting the
married and family man ean never be
alleviated by the eharity of either the
Red Cros3 or any ether organisation.
Perhaps if lira. Hall had small chil
dren to whom the giving away of
"Daddy" means the giving up of home,
and the loss of future opportunities,
she, . too, would appreciate the factJ
that the unnecessary drafting of the
family man is gdtng te rob wives and
children of homes and heme influence
that no amotftt of material comforts
!iven them by- the Red Cress or the
United Missions can compensate. A
home Is not based entirely on one's
financial resources. , A husband gives
his loveinfluenee and personality to
ADVENTURES
told the sun, moon and stars what she
thought of me.
"Then I bore' my squawking prey
back to the front porch, set htm. down
and sternly surveyed him. io was
amenable neither to reason nor ad
vice. All he wanted was to escape
and probably be run over for his
pains. There was nothing doing to
my suggestion that he remain pa
tiently where he wu for a. few days
till his tall feathers grew so that he
could balance.' There was nothing to
do but to put him where dangers did
not threaten. So. picking up the llt-
tie cage. I set out down 68d street to
the . little lake shore park.- o tne
ay I met one . thousands persons,
each of whom was either shocked,
surprised or pained to sea a robin In
captivity. And all of them, whether
they knew me or not, desired to tell
me of their emotions. Rapidly cal
culating, J saw that if I paused te tell
my life's' story to each objector I
should be 7-5 years old and the robin
ton-dead before I ever Teaehed the
park. Therefore - I strode en with
comments whistling shrapnel-like
about my seething ears. '
" ' A robin! hissed a lady in osange
Jersey cloth. In that cage! The Idea!
She ought to be reported to the Hu
man Society!
.. 'Lookit! Ixwjklt!' chled a small
boy. "She's got a robin! Ain't that
orful, mummy!'
" 'Yes dear,' ' said mummy, wither
ing me with a glanee. 'She must be a
crew-el. erew-el person! I -hope you
will not grow1 up to be like that"
"Madam.' said a lady with a large
nose. 'If you will give me your ad
dress I will call with pamphlets! You
cannot know what you are dolngl By
shutting op one robin you allow ninety-one
thousand, three hundred and
eighty-seven buge and destructive in
sects to flourish all summer 'and their
desoendants will reach billions and
trillions!'
" 'Gee!' said a young man. Just
lately graduated from the bird's nest
ing epoch, 'she's gotta robin I Ain't
that fierce!'
"So, pursued by ' the objurgations and
scathing dislike of my fellow man, I
at laet reached the park, sought a
thick clump of bushes and into their
midst dumped by squalling captive.
" 'There! said I .'For goodness" sake
go dig your own worms and shut tip!'
" 'Sauawk!' said he and vanished.
Breathing freely i started home,
swinging the empty cage.
" That's her!"" said a disapprov
ing voice on the corner. That's the
girl that has the robin. -
'Til never live U down. In my
neighborhood, whenever I appear they
will point me out as the savage who
makes robins into - pies and little
children will run from me! Do you
wonder I am peeved?"
"Well.' said the unwilling listener,
"being a philanthropist is a hard job!
And I'll bet that bird got paral?jsls
because he hopped so fast serosa the
park to reach the street and the au
tomobiles again ! " Exchange.
the home he has provided for his
family.
3111 and I may be "small cubs in
this jungle" of public opinion, but wa
cannot sit quietly by and see here
tofore independent families thrust
upon the charity of friends, or the
public, in order that by selective
draft, the ' father and husband may
serve in the army to protect single
men or married men with no children.
It is an injustice to permit the opin
ions of unmarried and childless men
and women to carry weight in judg
ing the rights of the family man in
this question. No one but a father
or mother can appreciate how seri
ously these separations of families
will ultimately affect the family life
and society of America; only they can
know the unnecessary and unpardon
able suffering these decisions will
cause of persevered in.
Why must we, at the beginning of
caiiing upon our resources, enlist the
men whose services are going to mean
the greatest sacrifices and add un
necessary sorrow to our already brim
ming cups of misery caused by the
war?
A MOTHER.
Norwich, Oct. 10, 1917.
THE WAR PRIMER
By National Geographio Society.
The Trene-Siberian Railroad. The
vastness of the problem which Russia
has to face in maintaining herself by
the side of her Allies in the great
world war is nowhere better exempli
fied than In the story of the Trans
Siberian railroad. When it is remem
bered that in normal times it takes a
mail train thirteen days to make the
run from Vlaivostok to Moscow, and
that the total distance between the
two cities is 5,391 miles, ft wil.be seen
what a tremendous haul is required for
a very large pencedtage of the muni
tions which Russia must have to wage
her war. In this connection, the fol
lowing bulletin, just issued by the Na
tional Geographic society from its
headquarters in Washington is of in
terest. "Few people realize how great some
of the difficulties are which the Rus
sian, government has to face in keeping
its armies in the field, provisioned and
munitioned. These difficulties are
strikingly exemplified by the story of
the Trans-Siberian railroad. The dis
tance from the Pacific terminus at
Vladivostok to Moscow .is 6,391 miles,
and to Petrograd 5,481. In the days
before the war, when the line was well
equipped and not unduly burdened
with t raffle, the fastest express train
required nine days to make the run.
while ordinary mail trains, which prob
ably made better time than the best
freight time now Can be, toek thirteen
days. The first-class fare on the
Trans-Siberian between Moseow and
Vladivostok was approximately $160.
"Much of the Trans-Siberian road is
still single track, and the tremendous
ly heavy traffic of the past three years
has levied a- heavy toll on both equip
ment and roadbed, with the result that
it is reported to be in far from prime
condition. While in the main grades
ape fair, yet it Is not to be expected
tat on a road of snch length these
could be compared to the grades ob
taining on our own principal lines. The
result is compartively short trains.
Cured His RUPTURE
I was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago. Doctors said
my only hope of cure was an operation.
Trusses did me ne good- Finally I got
holii of something that quickly and
completely cured me. Years have
passed and the rupture has never re
turned, alt-hough I ani doing hard work
as a carpenter. There was no opera
tion, no lost time, no trouble. I have
nothing te sell, bu-t will give full in
formation about how you may find a
Complete cure without operation. If v-ou
write to me, Eugene M. Puilen. Car
penter, vl D MarceHus Avenue, Mtnai
quaa. N. J. Better, out out this nottee
and shew It te spy others who are
ruptured you may save a life or at
least stop the miierv ef rupture and
the worry and danger ef an Operation.
BAD COLD? TAKE
"CASGARETS"FOn
BOWELS TONIGHT
THEY'RE FIN EI LIVEN YOUR
LIVER ANO BOWELS AND
CLEAR YOUR HEAD.
NO HEADACHE, SOUR STOMACH,
BAD COLD OR CONSTIPATION
BY MORNIHQ. .
Get a 10-ceat bps now.
OoUha whether in the head or any
pext oj the body re aulekly ever
come by urgiag the Wver te aetien and
keeping the. hewelfl free of poison'.
Take Gas carets to. night and you will
wake up -with a clear head and yeur
cold will be oae,. eaaeawts work
while you sleep; they cleanse and retr
ulate the etornach. remove the seiur.
undigested feed and foul gases: take
the excess bile frpm the liver an? carry
off the constipated waste matter 4
poison from the bowels.
Remepaber th quickest way tp get
rid of- op ids is pn or two Casosxets at
night to cleans the system. Get
io-eent bpx t any dTPf atom, on't
forget the children. They relish this
Candy Cathartic and tt Is often all that
Is needed to drive a cold from their
little systems.
many engines and slow progress, '
task of transporting te the front even
an adequate supply ef munitions, that
all Through the war fleets of shins have
sailed from England and America,
through the ice of the Aretie ocean to
the mouths of th Tenesei and Onvt
rivers, there discharging their cargoes
into river bpats whleh have carriedtba
freight up the rivers to the points
where tbe railroad erosses them, to be
transshipped there and hauled to the
front. JSvcn from, the Obi river to
Moscow is almost as far' as from Den
ver te New YeFk, white the distance
from- the Tenesei to Moscow equals
that from our Atlantic to pur Pacific
ooast.
"Few people realise the magnificent
distances that obtain in Siberia,
stretching from the Ural Mountains
to the Pacific ocean,- it is one and a
half times as large as the United
States and forty times as large as the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland. If all of our own country
east of the Mississippi riyer ' were
added to Europe, that continent would
still be smaller by '. peme hundred
thousand square miles than Siberia
alone. When it is remembered that
for the major portion of the year Rus
sia's foreign supply of munitions must
cross Siberia, either from the . Arctic
ocean or the Sea of Okhotsk. It will
become plain why Russia has faced
problems of supply such as no other
country on either side engaged In the
war has encountered,
"On leaving Moscow, the Trans-8i-
herian road rune through about 'Hie
miles of the great western plain of
European Russia to the city of TTfa
e-t the foot of the Ural Mountains.
Some 520 miles east of Moscow is a
pyramid on the one side of . which is
inscribed the word "Europe," and on
the opposite side the word "Asia."
This pyramid stands on the very apex
of the Urals. The 'railroad at this
point is 1,850 feet above- sea level. Be
tween Ufa and Tchevablusk the road
rises from 310 feet elevation to 1850
feet and drops back again to 760 feet.
At the latter, place are huge wooden
barracks where immigrants entering
Siberia are -quartered in peace times,
waiting for transportation. In 4918
more than a auarter of a million- Rus
sians reversed our own "going west"
of a srreration ago, and went "East"
into Siberia.
"Across the vast stretches of west
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railroad. Its latitude is the same as
that of the middle eeast of Labrador.
Indeed, at no time after it leaves Mos
cow until It enters Manchuria does
the Trans-Siberian ever touch further
south than the northern coast of New
foundland. By the time it reaches
Lake Baikal, it has climbed again
to 1,500 feet, and In eklrting that body
of water has to pass through forty
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and over many bridges. It continues
to climb until it reaches Sokhondo,
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serlptlon "To the Atlantle Ocean."
After passing the junction ef the road
te Mukden, the frana -a Iberian dreps
down to 760 feet, then climbs again
to 1.100. and thence back te sea level
at Vladivosteek.
"From this It will be asen that
whether viewed from the standpoint
of distance, which is one and onehalf
times that across the Ameriean conti
nent by some ef the longer routes from
seaboard to seabeard; whether from
that Of latitude and ellroate, whieh
Plaees It at times 140 miles north of
the main coast of Newfoundland and
gives it at some points an average
temperature in January of flve degrees
below sere: whether tram that ef ele
vation whieh gives It three mountain
ranges to cross; er whether from that
of trackage faellltlei and rolling stosif
supply, ne nation has ever had such
a railroad problem te deal with In a
time of great crisis as Russia has In
connection with the oporatipn of the
Trans-Siberian line.
STORIES OF THE WAR
A Refugee's Story.
Moeseek Vorperian is a 1 7-yearrold
Armenian boy who escaped from his
home at Harpeot during the Turkish
massacres in whlh his father was
killed, his sister carried away to a ha
rem and his mother imprisoned. With
five companions hs made pis way Into
the Russian Caucasus, where American
missionaFies and government officials
helped him to come to America. He
hopes to continue his education in this
country and also to rouse the people to
send more help to the suffering rem
nant of the Armenians and Syrians in
the Near East. Vorperiap speaks Eng
lish with fair fluency and rauph fire.
He has been lecturing under the aus
pices of the American committee for
Armenian and Syrian relief. Follow
ing is a short account of his trip from
Turkey to America ,as he '' has writ
ten it: - v i
- "I escaped from the Turkish soldiers
by crossing into the Russian Caucasus.
But I found in Russia that Armenians
everywhere were starving. I could not
stay in that land of starvation.
"My kind uncle sent me muoh money
from America, and with this money I
escaped by the help of American con
suls and missionaries. I took a train
from Tifiis the capital of the Caucasus.
I had to travel third class. Now Rus
sian third class is vpry bad, it is not
like American trains. It was full of
Russian soldiers, some of whom were
weunded and all were smoking. A few
days after' I met an American mining
engineer, who was my friend. He gave
me David Copperfield to read.
"I was traveling alone and it was
a lonesome time for a poor Armenian
boy, for I had no mends, one sta
tion two American Y. M. C. A. mis
sionaries got on the train. They were
reading English newspapers. Now it
seemed to me not good etiquette to in
terrupt them, but I found another way.
I held my book, David Copperneld, so
tnat they couia see wpat i was reaa
ing. They soon said to -me: 'Do you
read English" and so they became my
friends. They gave me a letter to the
T. M .C. A. secretary at Yokohama.
"As I rode in the Russian ear one
morning the sup arose and Oiled the
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Burton Holmes Travelogue
BLACK DIAMOND COMEDY
Coming Friday and Saturday
EMMY WEHLEN In
MISS. ROBINSON CRUSOE
east with a bright red light. I saw th
white plains of Siberia, covered with
the anew with silver streams rushing
across It. I saw the beautiful blue sky
and I said, 'Three cheers for the red,
white and blue I' For nature was mak
ing there en the Siberian plain the
beautiful American flag.
" continued my Journey through
Korea China and Japan. Then I sailed
op a Japanese ship from Yokohama to
Seattle. There I . found some kind
American friends in the Y. M. C. A.
Now I am tellin my story to the kind
Americans. Perhaps they don't know
that Armenians are starving, that boys
and girls who have escaped the Turk
ish sword are dying of starvation. That
women and children have been, driven
to the deserts of Syria arid Arabia,
where they are without a blade of
grass to eat or shelter.
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