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HASONIC DIRECTORY
—I.
.Woli Lodge, No. 10a. F. and A. M.
fleets in Masonic Building, South
lain street. lst and 3rd Tuesday of
touch month—July and August ex-
cepted—at 8 o'clock. All Master
' Masons cordially invited. Arthur
, T.’ Ferrite, W. M.’ Robert M. Wilcox,
‘ Soc.
M
Ameetlng of the former “Fellow.
CfaftClub" Of Old Well Lodge will be
.heid on Thursday, January 13th, at 8
p. on. at MasOnlc Temple, South Main
,xfitfest. for the purpose of re-Organiz-
MS. .Aii brothers of the lodge interest.
. ed are requested to be present.
' Fratemsliy yours,
ARTHUR F. FERRIS, w. M.
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ARE WE FEEBLE- MlNDEDf
IJI'. Oliver M'endell Holmes long ago
save currency to the idea that we're all
W more or less insane, each in his own
way." Now Prof. new Wallin of the
Psychological Clinic of Si.
' that most of us are feebleminded.
Louis says
when the vessels are destroyed. These
are the most complete guarantees we
have yet obtained from either Ger-
many or Austria. And yet, in the light
of our ewerience, particularly the re-
ties, how much faith can we put
these promises?
they give no ground for much rejoic-
fect in practice, as shown by the whole
history of the submarine controversy.
Germany promises explicitly to
make a careful investigation of all
cases of destruction of enemy merch-
nnt ships, and communicate the re-
sults to the American government.
Then, “if commanders of German sub-
marines should not have obeyed 0rd.
ers given them, they will be punish-
caused by death or injuries to Ameri~
CilIl citizens."
‘Fair words—but what is the sum of.
the matter? it may conceivably mean‘
this: '
Germany and Austria are determin‘
ed to do their enemies all the harm
finess life more emciency, eliminatiop
’of waste. the growth of system and or-
ganization such as have made indus-
ltrial Germany the
cent series of Mediterranean atroci-l
in?
i
And even if we ‘accepi thetii literally, 3
lbs lining up in support of Congress-
ing. For ““9"” iron-clad they may lman lKltchili’s attitude toward the
appear in theory, they have a fatal den
ed. Furthermore, the German govern-i ago the farmers were applauding Wil-
ment will make reparation for damage.
THE SOUTH ROXWALK EVENING enamel.-
We need in all departments of our bus
marvel of the
world.
__——-.——-———
The organized farmers of North
Carolina, 40,000 strong, are reported to
President's defence plan. Prom other
parts of the country come stories of
agricultural opposition to the measure.
it would not be strange if the embat—
tled farmers of the land should he
found to have the whip hand in the
controversy. Yet preparedness seems
sure to pass in some form or other.
The farmers are said to feel keenly
what they term the President's “ds-
sertion" of his real principles. A year
son for his peace sentiments. Now
they are objurgating him for his mill-
tarism. it is indeed a curious situation
because Wilson as a. peace President
is to be the central picture in Demo-
cratic campaign literature and oratory
next year.
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they can at sea. They don't care what
it costs them. They don’t mean to leil
or without warning, with or without
saving the non-combatants on heard.
On occasions when American citizens
are killed, they will cheerfully inform
us that the submarine commander
failed to obey his orders, and that
they have punished him, and that they
are willitn,r to pay for the American
lives destroyed. The actual cost in
money will be slight.
That is the principle they
maintained for nearly a year,
Frye case. They have assumed the p0~
siiion-—lmplied, though not plainly ex-
pressed—that they may sink any Am-I
have
in the
He makes this disquieting announce.
H Intent in connection with :1 attack on,
:the-dlietwimou "mind test" which
i hae'acquired currency and prestige in
the last few years He maintains that
(this test, as applied in various charit-
able, penal and medical institutions
lullaclOus.
'He denies that we can give, nnv dellu
iteness to such terms as 'mcniul tic
loci." 'feeblevmlndcdness“ and “sub'
normality." The standards are rillI
‘ ‘w-rong m if they are right. then!
i
dearly every one of us must confess to
defective mentality.
in applying the tests himself. he
* found that ‘every one of a group of
“newly schooled adults consisting of
our tarmers, one business man and
., g One housewife, all eminently sucoess
- tu.ll in their several callinga all living.
amoral and respectable lives, and par'
cuts of mentally normal and health)
(children. would grade as feeble- minded
“when tilted by the llinet Simon scale. "!
filo-found that of a group of six‘
dents consisting of one high school'
inhibit and live freshmen in n. teach-
Woollen. four of whom at lensi
re, superior to the average students;
equal training, four would be rsted'l
as feebleminded by this stale.
l' that's the case, we needn't mind‘
. . much being called “feeble minded "3
Ct being set dorm as "morons"-—adults
:ewith the mental deielopment of child- I
entetween eight and elev.en lt"s
_ cally the abnormal individual, saysj
Prof iWaIlin who has a mind better;
“thantbstof a thirteen- yearold. and;
macrophage students and successful:
hostess men are morons.
A * But it's hopelessly confusing to any-l
~my who tries to follow modern p332"
etiological sicence. ,
__._._._..__..—_
'THOGE OERMAN CONCESSIONS.
m an admitted the passion—i
lty bf one of her submarines baring
sunk the Persia and kiued the Ameri-
inane: Consul who went down with the
.lnssmuch as Germany has at?
on W pledges not so sink linen
without “was. this raises the duel-
oa again whether we my true any
promises from either “Berlin or Visu-
l
l
l
l
. helpmlness and coordination between
Wmflsmflthflimwweramtondm The rail-
mmwhiohwemhoadawhuekeotunderorooormls-
Mmumbohsiddowntoproltl
mm received can-oral
mites-stances. mash-scout
" gofurtherthsnauyl
{immune to «murmummuiammnrf
lherestoftboworldlnm W"
i
an on freight tulips,I
. due.
l counry.’
late," in an effort to profit fully by
ericnn merchaniman carrying contra-
band. if they pay for the ship. 'Do
“they mean now to assert, by implies
.tion, the principle that they may kill
gAmetlcun citizens at sea With impun-
lily, if they pay for them iii so much
per capitn"
___.___....._,_.__.
ll‘s am illuminating commentary on,
our ncutralliy laws ihatn bank clerk
bribed to supply infomiailon regard-l
lug munition shipments to a Germs an
secret service agent for illegitimate
'tlpping statute, charged with‘ ‘accept‘
ing a gratuity without the knowledge
of his employer." Apparently there.
was no other legal authority for ur-
resting him, in spite of the serious
character of his offenmse
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HOW TO KEEP PROSPEROUS.
“Prosperity in 1916. contrary to the
view mistakenly held in some quar-
ters," says the New York Times. in a
careful review of the lbusifiesa situa.
tion. “Is not dependent upon the war
The l'nited State's has been passing
through a period of relatively leanl
years, and the fat years were about
iirage Committee who signed the re-
The conditions attendant upon
the war, after the first shock of the
struggle had been met and surmount-
ed, stimulated but did not create, the
forces making for great activity In this
The continuation of our prosperity
after the war. says the Times, de-
pends on "our own industry. our fore-
sight and our willingness to cooper-
"the greatest opportunity ever afford-
ed to any country.”
that are we to do? As the Times
“sees it, we should cultivate foreign
trade more then we have done hereto-
fore, by the judicious investment of
capital in the countries whose mark--
sis we seek. We should devote more
careful study to those markets, and
give them what they want instead of
what we think they ought to want.
And We must enlarge our merchant.
marine.
At home, there should be mutual
somellsstokosptbsatlsils‘srof
Marys-ammonium»
amnion Fall-m9)!» Mir.
wagesshoaldbslrsohdi “should
American objection hinder them. They1
will keep right on sinking ships, with prosperity but nouns in Europe has anyl hearted and unsuccessful.
lJolnt Resolution No.
lpurpose has been held under an anti~ introduced
'wasimpoulblsuo autism-out oft
There may be. some in this country
who think it was not the war that
. the House of Illeprescntatives in 1877.
state rights pies behind him.
Carlin of Virginia, chairman of the
subcommittee is also in favor of fed-
eral legislation on prohibition.
With the situation thus clearly de-
fined the members of the Union be-
lieve that it will not be long before
they will be able to secure action in
'both Houses. One fact that heads to
'hope among the suffragiets as to the
coming vote: is that as they point out,
with the increase in the number of
Republican members, if they get the
sole proportion of Republican votes
this year as they did last. their amend-
ment is won.
Mrs. Florence Kelley of New York,
who for several years was chairman
of the Congressional Committee of
the National Association. and who
was in the gallery when Senator
Thomas reported the bill, is enthus-
iastic over its early appearance and
made the following statement in re-
gard to the progress of the federal
work. '
“The federal amendment for wom-
an suffrage seems this your for the
first time to be sure to be referred
to the slates.
“The first federal amendment for
woman suffrage was introduced by
Senator Sargent of California in the
Senate in 1875, and by my father in
But until the Congresionai Commit-
tee under 'Miss Paul and Miss Burns
undertook to get it passed all the cf.
brought us a partial restoration of
such delusion.
4 _,
[fort made in its behalf,
’ilonal Association, through two Con-
was hall'-
I was
‘chairman of the committee in the Na
themselves, burning the bridge of thsldespatcbed by the Carranza author-l
Ities in pursuit of the bandits. onelgo
ing from Juarez and another from
Chihuahua.
Another dispatch to the Depart-
ment‘ said General Villa recently had
been seen near Chihuahua, but his
present whereabouts was unknown.
Senator Sheppard, of Texas, today
received s telegram from Dr. C. C.
Young. of El Patio, stating that the
dead Americans had been invited in-
to the country by General Obregon.
Senator Sheppard said he would lay
the message before the State Depart
ment.
President Wilson told Senator
Sheppard today that the Americans
had been. specifically warned to keep
out of Mexico, in reply to a sugges
tion from the Senator that the situa
tion was serious. Senator Sheppard.
said the President did not say what
further action would be taken.
EL PASO, Tex, Jan. 13.-—The bod-
ies of eighteen Americans killed Mom
day by Mexican bandits near Santa
Ysabel, Western Chihuahua, reached
El Paso early today, and were taken
in charge by undertaken preparatory
to sending them to relatives in var-
ious parts of the country.
The body of Joseph Eudora, report»
ed to have been killed, was not among
those arriving today.
F. E. Stephenson. Secretary of the
Mining and Smelter Men's Associa-
tion of Chihuahua, who organised the
party that recovered the bodies. said
that the heads were almost blown off.
"They were stripped of clothing be-
fore being dragged out of the cars
and killed." said Stephenson. "When
we arrived at the scene of the mas-
sacre, a Currants guard remained at
Santa Ysabel, where we found a num.
ber of the bandits encalnped. We re-
turned to the troop train to get a ma-
chine gun. and then proceeded to the
place where the bodies were heaped.“
An expedition which left Chihuahua
Brvan is willing to debate the que<- 'gresses. and never succeeded, as none :(‘iti’ to recover the bodies of the nine
jlion of preparedness with either Ml. ‘
Taft or Col Rooseielt as an opponent. Ie
Why does he omit Alton B. Parker
from the list '3
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had
it they get
raise or two, maybe they can pay their
traveling expenses out of their wages,
and have their tips left to support.
their families.
their
another
Pullman portcrs have.
wages raised.
-._____.
Silll Sllffllifli
W0il|ifll8 ARE BUSY
V
The woman suffrage bill surprised
oven itsyfrienda by coming cut oil
committee onto the calendar of ihc‘
Senate today. Senator Thomas of
Colorado, chairman of the Senate Suf-
fr rage Committee, reported Senate
1, which was
by Senator Sutherland
The bill will therefore be known as
the Sutherland bill. (In his report
which he submitted with the bill, Sen-
ator Thomas declared that Congress
owed it to the women of the nation
to pass the measure. and prophesied
that the states would ratify it upon
its submission. The concluding words
of his report were: "The power of
Congress to propose this amendment
is obvious. Its affirmative exercise
upon the proposed amendment is in
our opinion due to the women of the
nation .who desire thes ufl‘rage. More
over it is in conformity with justice
and it is our confident opinion that its
submission by Congress will be fol-
lowed by its ratification."
The members of the Senate
Suf-
port are: Senators Thomas. of Col-
orado. chairman; Owen of Oklahoma;
Rnnsdell of Mulsiana; Hollis of New
Hampshire; Jones of Washington;
Sutherland of Utah and Clamp of'
Minnesota; Johnson of South Dakota
and Catron of New Mexico refused to
sign.
To have this out brought forward
so early in the session.—~not to have
to push or pull or plead to get it out.
is a change in the political situation
that the members of the Congression
al Union say they alone, through their
struggles with the committee for the
past two years. can fully recogiiise.
Thé general comment of the odicers
of the Union and Miss Anne Harlin
of Nevada, who is in charge of the
legislative work, was one of appre-
ciation for what they styled “the
generous courtesy” of Senator Thom-
as in giving the name of Senator
Sutherland. who had introduced the
measure for the Union. to the bill.
when he himself had introduced the
same bill for the National Associa-
"When you remember." said Miss
Alice Paul. chairman of the Union.
“ulfll two ”In duo in spite of the
mom earnest efforts of sudrsgisis it
summatmudtbatiastaos»
greasitmoniyartermny and.
l bac king. This year for the first time
of my predecessors had ever succecd- l
in getting any broad national‘
I am filled with hope that the amend--
ment will pass because at the. latest
election. for the first time the Presi
dent of the United States voted for
suffrage. And at the next election in'
will vote for a president and a million I
men have now expressed their will}
that women shall vote. No such cowl
junction as this has ever existed in
the history of the Republic. and no&
such nationwide ably organised e-f
to the members of Congress the wish-l
es of their constituents, that thisi
amendment be submitted to the legis-
Itttures at this aeolian." l
EMBARGO HURTSJAMUFACTUR-g,
ERG. ‘
NEW BRITAIN. Ms, Jan. 13.”;
Manufacturers ’bere lrt‘l said to be
apprehensive over the embargo
and Hartford Railroad on many dc:
scriptlons of raw materials lest their:
plants be compelled to go on shortl
time should freight traffic conditions?
be not early relieved. The embargo
notice was issued last night by the
New Haven road operative against
tnrioad and loss than carioad lots
consigned to New England points
and originating west of the Hudson
river and north of the international
boundary line.
It is sold by some manufacturers
that should this embargo extend
through :1 period of more than six
weeks. many of them will find their
output handicapped as they will be
short of iron. steel and cotton. The
roads embargo does not extend to
lOill, coke or petroleum products in
bulk. or to foodstuffs for human or
livestock consumption
Ten American Men
and Two English
,Women Killed
(Cohtinued from First Page.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—No word
of the reported killing of ten Ameri‘
can men and two English women by
Mexican bandits near binders, had
reached the State Department early
today.
Eliseo Arredondo, General Car
rnnaa‘s Ambassador here, delivered to
Secretary Lansing today, a letter say-
ing he "deeply deploreii the dastardly
action of the Villa forces" and giving
assurances that the Carrsnsa Govern-
ment will act at once to "remedy the
situation. ”
The killing of Bart Kismet, an Am
crlcan, by Mexican bandits. was offl-
clally reported in dispatches to the
State Department today by Collector
Cobb at El Paso. The collector re-
ported Kramer was killed soar Glider-
ra, sixty miles, west 'of Santa ‘Ysobel,
in Chihuahua.
was further in.
The Deparunent
rot-med that the band which kllledtiis
party of Americans Index was com-
mand by two fornier Villa solenoid.
Lopez and Beltran. donors! Dayna -
bsidt obsve commsadod part
this» Mexican force. Acadia: to
tubes. If men were
s Americans. A force oft»
Mummies-loo
iterators--
dim ‘ «slums.
torrent-ed to
new
those which have been shaking Gen.
tral American for some weeks pae‘.
what was it that was tmbllng yo!
'mlnr. thrown musics poisoning
that as' doltrluti mm you; hover
know what to eat or drink nowadays.
teen slain Americans were informed
by the station agent at Santa Ysabel
that Benjamin Snell and Frank
Woods passed there bound west half
an hour after the Watson train was
reported in trouble. The station agent
said he warned the two men to re
(turn. but they said they were armed
Nothing later
and it is be-
and feared no trouble.
was heard of the party,
‘November. 1913. ‘0“? million v"”mmllieied that they met the fate of the
liaison ualn.
len. Jose Ilodrlkucr. has been cap-
tured near Maders. Chihuahua. by
Americans, according to reports rev
'celvetl here. A message received
from \iadera stated that a number of
Rodriguez's men were killed and that
3 fort ever was made before to DI‘OSPM the Americans are calling for help.
El. PASO, Tex, Jan. 13.-Gen.
Manuel hi. Medlnnvletia, former Chief
of Stuff of General Villa. now a pris-
oner in the city jnil here, chargedl
with bringing stolen property lntothe
United States, denied today that be
than anything to do with the arrest or
killing of Peter Keane. an English-
‘mnn, employed on the Hearst ranch at
llsbriosra. in Western Chihuahua
Inlaccd by the NF“ York. N" "“9“? Gen Jose Ynez Salazar former
Mexican army oficer, is in hiding to-
day. fearing reprisal by American
mining men. it was reported that a
party of twenty Americans called at
Salazar's hotel last night.
Shortly after the arrival of the Am-
ericans. the chief of police and the
county sheriff appeared at the hotel
with a posse of policemen. deputy
sheriffs and detectives. The Ameri-
cans left after they were told that
Salazar had been smuggled out 'of the
city. The demonstration caused all
the hotels to send away their orches-
[ms of ." vican musicians, while
nlainciothesnien mingled in the
crowded lobbies where resentment
against Mexicans was pronounced.
All employes of the American
Smelling and Refining Company were
ordered to leave. Mexico in a telegram
from the company's office at El Paso
today. The message. was received
here and relayed over the Mexican
Government lines via Piedras Negros
to Torre-on. .
HEAVY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Iii—«Two
heavy earthquakes were recorded
curly today on the seismographs Of
Georgetown University Observatory.
They were very pronounced and were
centered approximately between 2.-
600 and2 .700 miles from Washington,
according to a conservative estimate
of the Rev. Francis A. Tondorf, the
seismographicai director.
The first tremors were recorded at
2:94p. in. They continued until 3.
o'clock, reaching their maximum at
about 2:88 o'clock.
‘ The second disturbance commenced
at 3:43 a. m. and continued until af-
ter 6 o’,clock its maximum being
reached at i: 82 a. m.
The greatest movement during both
disturbances was north and south
The records were not easily read, and
damnation of the location of the
disturbance was With. It is mic
sidoosd probaible the quake was one or
s
Irons msrtcuar ass.
{Gallantflfaior—ft’s glad lam to see.
to about again. me dear lady: but
Convalescent-4 was very, very ill. _
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Sizes 6 to If rears. Regular
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Friday special 39¢
BELTS
Silk and leather. All colors.
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rum upon-m 5 for 19¢
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73 N. MAIN ST. 00 NORWALK
GLOW PAY-CAST DRIVER.
“What do you know of the charac-
ter of the defendant?“ the judge alk-
ed '- negro washerwoman subpoenaed
in an accident case. Lithium
had been arrested for careless driving
of I mud car.
“me callable, " irirsndsssid
"Hanson ever seen him drive his
csrldorsf"
"use. our
“Would you consider him care
\u
convinced that there is a dieffrence.
know we will add your name to the list.
I Harris & Gans
warns scam,
\
“ 3 CAN DELIv.
ER GOAL at
year the same as the
summer months. It is
not exposed to the
weather and screens au-
tomatically before it en-
Our
large army of trade are
Try a ton and we
tore the wagon.
Phone '
' 721
SOUTH NORWALK.
Cassy-That was a mesa trick tn
boss played so the am “
Caddy-enrol was their
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