New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1915, Page 8

ted) at 4:18 p. m. u’f Church St. Post OfMce at New Britain Class Mail Matter. " — to any part of the city ‘eek. 65 Cents a Month. ‘paper to bé sent by mall 4 advance. 60 Cents s th, 47.00 a year. advertising medium in ulation books and press open, to advertisers. - Dw round on tand, 42nd St. and Broad- ¥ York City; Board Walk, City ‘and Hartford depot. nd city of Connecticut Ing more or less consider- lewage problem and even on the water front have %o think over what is the dispose of sewage because ong sentiment against ollution of the waters of s quite important as to . is done and _for that han ordinary interest is iin the bill which is now gislature and strength- iyorable' report of the n ‘public health and & measure _contains one particular which indi- ctionable ' features and s might cause the mem- legislature to hesitate be- its approval. It says ito board of health shall points of sewage dls- all examine all existing ublic sewage systems ‘disposal plants, and may f operation in a manner I protect the public health ‘or may order their alter- msion. or replacement by e The bill also says it has passed no public item or refuse plant shall be [ 'the design has been filed e’ board of health. I should pass it would at deal of power in the e board of health and a ure about it is that it engineering en- | views the entire ques- stardpoint ' of health. hé)d‘/that the state or nment should make on of the sewage dis- Wi expense,; est system of | Tocafities *and ! fowns to adopt | e best without any cost ‘to put 1t into active & pua a law concerning arter in regard to a com- of government, thereby " rter all prepared for a ares to adopt it. ‘The ques- .88 well be asked at this 1dn’t the state provide )0 system which a city At adopt in the same man- -, compulsion if the au- } desired. There is hardly n but that tne time is sewage will not be al- ! of Connectiout, t seem as it the whole should be done should in the hands of the state iealth, It is a large ques- eds a great deal of thought- tion in which the most fngincering advice 1 Te- . does not. seem to be made for such a thing réts and the'wholo mat- ‘in an entirely different ch a bill be allowed to sure does not provide | being approached in e and the legislature ¥y slow in giving any r to take such drastic any town or olty as is he P of this state e railroad committes and son why it should not, ' of trains with the en- kwards will cease after s - ig Senator Kletts railroad committee has t favorably ' upon it. in and a few other places, Hariford, Bristol and ve been annoyed by this r ‘since the discontin- 14 third rail metHod of er trains and on more sion accidents: 'have to it and‘in some ties have beon attributeéd . blll has been regarded I onc and its passage will’ &d by all lving between nd Bristol. The praciise crgines backwards is ro- ed @own'in the senate vesterday on it&'bill which it favor- ably reported &nd which passed the house. This measure provided -fthat dam:l and; other equipment of water suppliés should be taxed in addition to the tax that is now levied on prop- erty used for water supply purposes. ‘This bill was calculated to increase the revenue in'thosé towns where res- ervoirs are located and to also give them the privilege of taxing pipe lines. This matter has been before the legislature for a number of years in some fotm and while it generally passed the house, where the smdll towns have so many representatives, it has never fared so well in the sen- ate, where the cities have a better chance, It passed the house this time and it was feared that as it had the backing of the finance commit- tee it might possibly get through the upper branch of the legislature. The senate, however, defeated it after a good debate by a vote of 24 to 7. The opposition to the bill was ably led by Senator Klett, assisted by Senator Chep’ey, Senator Barnes, Senator Heineman and Senator Molloy. The bill is an unfair one because it seeks to obtain from citles more mcney‘ than they should be asked to pay. The land used for water sup- ply purposes is now taxed as improved" farm land whereas it was of scarcely any value until it was taken over for water supply purposes. Then the towns sought to make the cities pay on a big basis of valuation which is due more to agreement.than to any argument that the proposition was Justified. Now they want the right to tax the dams in addition to the land upon which the dams are built. The defeat of this measure does not nécessarily mean that the last has been heard of the matter. It will come up again and the greatest watch- fulness must be exerclsed lest it get through in spite of all opposition and include the right to tax the pipe lines, which the court says is unlawful at present. / JUSTICE HUGHES SAYS “NO.” Supreme Court Justice Hughes has made it pretty plain that he not only is not a candidate for the republican nomination for the presidency, but that he does not care to be considered or discussed .as a candidate. Justice Hughes has always held public office as something to be proud of, some- thing elevating, and in the case of a justice of the supreme court as some- thing not to’ be ‘dragged. into polities. He evidently regards his present po- sition as the realization of the height of his ambition. He might have been the republican candidate for the presidency in 1808 when Mr. Taft was nominated. Heé was not in the best of favor with the republican leaders at that time and conspicuously among those who were opposed to him was Theodore Roosevelt, who has been quoted as saymg that he did not want Governor Hughes and that if the con- vention did not take Mr. Taft it would have to take himself. The convention nominated Mr. Taft and he was elect- ed, and when his term expired his re- nomination was opposed as was also his election by the same Mr. Roose- velt. AND FANCIES, FACTS Down in Savannah there is so much rivalry - between the jitneys and the trolley interests that motormen are accused of sprinkling tacks in the raths of the jit hance for latter to 1etaliate effectively Meriden Journal, That Sayre baby has cause to be proud when the busy president of the United States pauses in his tasks as the nation's executive to attend the christening ceremony. Waterbury Republican, Automobiles that are not in ths Jitney service ought to be so labelled. A sign reading: “This is not a jitney” might cause comment, but it would guard against mistakes, With so many motor cars engaged in the busi- ness of carrying passengers at a nickel a ride it is becoming something of a task to recognize the ones that are not.—Waterbury American. The advent of a‘second mad-dog scdre after two months of muzzling makes it appear that the muzzle order has not been as rigidly enforced in Lrdgeport as it should be, or else stray dogs have not been properly collected and disposed of. It would seem that ithe more rigidly the muzzling law is erforced, the better it will be. Itisa great nuisance at best and a hardship cn the dogs, but if.it is only partly ,enforced, it is worthless as well. The outbreak of rabies, and the running amuck of an unmuzzled dog in the streets is prima facie evidence of the fact that the authorities have not paid proper ‘attention to the carrying out of the dog warden’s instructions.— Bridgeport Telegram. \ New Jersey has just adopted a plan for dealing with men wnho are sent to jail which it might be well for Connecticut to follow. In this state.if 4 man is sent to jail for drunkenness cr aily other crime against the statu- tes his family is punishea more than he is, for they are deprived of his earnings for the' time he is incarcer- ated. There are no workhouses ‘in Connecticut nor any plans by which the culprit may be compelled to earn money and all or a portion of it used for the support of his famiiy. Under the New Jersey law men sent to jail may be put at work on the highways or other state occupations for the state six days in each week ana fifty cents of what he earns each day is sent to the family, thus enabling thein to get along while he is locked up.—Hart- ford Post. — . Over in the city of Waterbury, for the purpose of getting in closer touch with conditions about the city, Mayor Scully has been making a tour of the various sections in company with the board of public works. It was a prof- itable inspection for tne revelations which it brought to the city fathers both as to work which has been done and . that which needs to be under- taken. One thing in particular was disclosed and that was the lack of trees in certain sections, which made such an impression upon nim that he was hot backward In declaring that if this matter was not given more at- tention Waterbury, which, like every city, should take pride in its trees, would- be a shadeless and sunstruck city. It certainly is not a pleasant thing to look forward .to.—Norwich Bulletin. Good Friday gave us another mov- ing picture treat, which was as ‘heartily enjoyéd as ‘the one that pre- ceded it. The films were all new, having arrived by express from New York in the morning, and some of them had never before been exhibited. Therefore it was an up-to-date ex- hibition, and the views of the war, submarines, aeroplanes, launchings, and other current events, gave us a glimpse of things that are transpiring in the outside world and feeling that we are not quite ‘out of it after all. The exhibiton, and the kindness of the warden in providing it, were thor- cughly appreciated, and the deport- ment of the audience compared favor- . Governor Hughes was not under the ‘thumb of any boss and that was the reason why the bosses did not want hitm., With him out of the race for the .presidency it leaves the way open for an easier selection of some other candidate, but who it will be is dif- flcult to say. There are several seek- ing it and to them the declination of the justice to/run means that they have a better chance than before. _Justice Hughes would probably be a strong man with the voters and it would seem as if the office is of suf- ficlent importance and greatness to attract any man no matter what his position may be. Justice Hughes likes his position on the supreme court bench and it surely is a place-of great honor and responsibility. It seems & bit strange, however, that even with al) its honors that a man should pre- fer it to the presidency of the great- est country in the world. It 1s interesting to note the fact that local manufacturing stocks are increasing ,in value and furthermore that” there is great demand for them. New Britain factories have been grow- ing in size for years, the land cover- ed by some of them’being very large -in area, in some instances extenqflug over an entire square. The factor- fes are the backbone of this city and the latter's success can well be ' at- tributed to them. New Britain is pleased to hear that { Tom Reilly has been honored with an offce as special revenue -azgnt for B ctome’other part of the to the same extent as., It ‘is here that the eclated. Connectictit. - He was always a Wwork- er and deserves weil of his comstitu- ents and his former fellow towns- men in this city, where he was born. ably with that at any performance where a good price had been paid for admission.—Monthly Record, Wethers- field Prison. The Word Fitly Spoken. (Albany Journal.) Did you ever stop to think that a pleasant smile and a kind word cost no more than a frown and a.surly answer, and that the giver receives as much satisfaction as the recipient? It requires no more time and effort to reply, “Sorry, 1 don’t know.” to a question, than to growl, “How should I know?” and everybody about you will feel better for it. A R In the closing days of the legiila- ture, when Senator~Henry M. Sage was played out.from his hard work, it cost Senator Thomas H. Cullen, one of his democratic opponents, mothing to step to his side and say, “I'll give you a 1lift, Henry, fog I know you are tired out” and everybody who heard him felt a certain recompense for the long hours they:were work- ing. ¥ One Sunday recently,” an elderly woman dropped into police headquar- ters and asked Policeman John. J. Sayers the name of a dentist who examined teeth free Sunday after- noons. Many might have treated her with indifference, for she was poor and unattractive, but ‘the policeman spent some time lookigg over. the newspaper advertisements and finally securing the informatfon sought, es- corted her to the door and “directed her to the dentist. Scores of pedestrians .passed by a blind man 6n North Pear] street yes- terday afternoon dnd paid-gio atten- tion to him ‘as he attempted to cross at Maiden .lane. Finally, a well- dressed man left a woman he was with for.a moment and escorted the unfortunate -across the busy little thoroughfare. 3 A number of Boys were playing at Livingston avenue and Ten Broeck street the other day when an élderly woman approached with a pile of wood on her shoulder which she was taking home. One of the boys weat Don’t forget the New Hours for Store Closing—Monday at 9 P.. M., Saturday at 9:30 P. M., Other Days at 6 P. M. RAINCOATS RAIN CAPES WOMEN’'S RAINCOATS $3.98, $5.00, $7.98 and $9.98 cach. CHILDREN’S RAINCOATS $1.98, $2.50 and $2.98 cach. CHILDREN'S RAIN CAPES $1.98 each. COLORED SILK UMBRELLAS $2.50, $3.48 and $3.75 each. WOMEN’S UMBRELLAS 98c Values, at 75¢ cach. Made of strong frames, waterproof covers, with a good assortment of natural and carved handles. Umbrellas of the better kinds ranging in price 98c to $4.95 each. MEN'S UMBRELLAS 75c Values, at 59c each. Others, at 98c, $t.49, $1.08 to $4.95 CHILDREN'’S UMBRELLAS, 49¢, 75c and 98¢ each. SPECIAL - SALE DRESSING i RORS, 25¢ cach. Good size Mirrors with white cellu- loid back and handle, just the thing for- your dresser. SALE OF SHADOW LACE FLOUNCINGS. Four hundred yards fine Shadow Lace Flouncings in white and cream twelve to twenty-six {nches wide, values up to 76c yard. Now on sale, at 20c and 39c yard. CROCHET BED SPREADS $1.50, $1.75, $1.98 and $2.50 each Fringed with square or cut corners. CROCHETED HEMMED BED SPREADS $1.00, $1.25, $1.39, $1.50 each. MIR- to $2.50 FINE SATIN QUILTS $2.50, $2.98; $3.50, $3.98 to $5.98 each. Hemmed or Embroidered Edges. NEW NOVELTY BUREAU SOARFS 49¢, 75c, 98¢, $1.50 to $1.98 each. D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREET to her and carried the wood to her house, and while his companions: at first were inclined to taunt him one really expressed the sentiment of the crowd when he said, ‘‘You're - all right, Bill.” On an A belt car during one of the recent heavy storms, an old man was worrying how he could get to the home of ‘his son with a large package he had. Those sitting near learned from his talk that he was a stranger in town and was visiting his son with a present for his grand- son. “I'll show you where he lives," spoke up a young girl. *“But you'll get wet if you don’t ride to the cor- ner,” objected her companion. “That's all right,” she smiled, “it's only half a block out of the way.” That same afternoon an Arbor hill car was rolling along Livingston avenue above the Northérn boulevard in the rain, and the passengers aboard were caught without umbrel- Jas. The accommodating conductor stopped three times within one block to permit his patrons to alight near their homes. “I'll stop any place,” he said, and some of these days he probably will get the promotion he deserves. Just watch and see how many of these kind acts you will notice every day and judge for yourself if they are not worth passing around. ° Habit Saves His Life. (Los Angeles Times.) Habit saved George' Lee, 45 years old, recently, when he plotted against his life. He placed the muzzle of & revolver in his mouth put his mind in order for the end, and was pulling the trigger, when he heard some one call, “Right!” g It was a word used more frequently than any other in his workin a down- town grocery. There Lee‘was accus- tomed to carry packages across a long room. Several persons were similarly occupled, and when they would meet, going in opposite directions, the one with a load on his shoulder would al- ways cry, “Right!” The right hand of the other would go up in signal that he would observe the rules of the ameeting, for the contents of the boxes were fragile, and ahy interference might cause a loss that would be de- ducted from their wages. While his finger was drawing at the trigger from outside, came the clear call, "Right!” voiced by chance in the conversation of passerby. McMILLAN’S { UMBRELLAS ] ¢ imp:ried Flowers Values fo 75¢ 29¢ A manufacturer's: sam- colors, . Very appropriate ple-lot. Al kinds: All for trimming these Hats. Former Vaiues Up To §1 _Pokes, Shepherd :ss, Sail- ors, Turbans, ctc. Made of fine quality straws. color including black. A splendid valye. See these bar- Every new gains. Ostrich Plumes Regular $3.00 - aND REMEMBER—That we trim hats free makes this sale doubly interesting. WHAT OTHEIRS 3AY. Views on all sides ot timely qucstions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald offico. % Men and Women in Finance. (Detroit Free Press.) Those who enter into a game are presumed to. be ready to accept the consequences. Whether they can af- ford to lose or not is their individual lookout. . Play, -if you choose; -pay up, it you lose,” is the. creed proved in'the business world and that which permeates its various in- terésf Th woman who took stveral “flyers’’ in Wall street, speculating in stocks, winning at first, as those new to the game sometimes do, and then losing heavily, as is usual, recently defended a suit against her brokers’ claim for $90,000, which practically represented all that was left of her property. This she had endeavored to save by trans- ferring it to another state. This was not playing the game. Judgment was renderced against her, Justice being blind and therefore oblivious of sex. If women get into men’'s games, whether of flnance or politics, they must learn-to “take their medicine” as men do, and not ‘‘squeal.’” Men re- spect a good loser; many men object to doing businss with women be- cause they are poor losers, as a rule. Few women can understand why the business enterprise or the specula- tion in which they have put money should fail. they feel they have a grievance, and put it in cold storage pending op- portunities for airing it. s There is no chivalry in Wall street, no’ ¢chivalry in business anywhere; it is @ matter of dollgrs and cents and look out for one's eelf. Waman need not expect—she has no right to ex- pect—since she claims equality—more consideration than men show each other. If she gets into the man'’s game and insists en playing with edmed. tools -she must.learn to - play the game. like. a man and lose with equanimity, Animals and the Weather. (Washington Post.) As_an interpreter of scientific lore, Prof. G&rl}lt P. Serviss is nothing if not entertaining. He adds to dry sta- tistics the leaven of interesting com- ment and allpsion necessary to hold the attention of his clientele. The same seductive system is employed by the et historians and orators, lest tire burden of unbroken instruction become too great. There is frequently a skipping of the hard words, but the high places are struck, often enough to sustain the argument. The plan likewise was followed by Mr. Boffin's hired réader, in “Our Mutual Friend,” when they ‘‘rose and fell” together over - the entrancing chapters of the late Mr, Gibbon, to the unqualified satisfaction of both. Thus, when Prof. Serviss dilates on From habit, Lee’s right hand started | the perspicacity of beasts and birds ad to Hft in signal, the finger released | Weather prognosticators, he strikes at the trigger, and the shell exploded, but the minor twitch that had comie | Pald by'him to geese and pigs when he hegrd the word ef warning switched the aim so the bullet left a harmless wound in his check. persons heard the shot rushed to the room, and rushed Lee off to the re- ceiving hospital, where His wound was dressed, and his spirits revived :}' the promise & job woéuld be given m. The tribute and barn swallows, one feels, is altogether merited by those intelligent creatures, the very roots of being. Other | The reference also to the fact :that chickens stay out when a severe storm {s impending adds confirmatory evidence to the proverb respecting the particular sort of . intelligence that doesn't know enough to come in out of the rain. Absence of mention of the sapient ground 'hog may-be put apr | They never forget the : 1 than none,” { down to sheer professional jealousy, albelt that normally taciturn weather wiser will hardly.file a libel suit for defamation of character, so firmly is its meteorodlogical prescience intrench- éd 1h popular éstimation. That animais do possess instinc- tive for ‘knowledge ‘of = immenént weather changes will doubtless be ad- mitted, and :that their behavior in ad- yance- of rain, coming cold, and other approaching meterological conditions are capable of 'being utilized as warn- ings will'be ~equally defended by farmers 'and, éthers in daily touch with nature. That these advance warnings are of other than the most general character, however, is not so readily allowed, any more than. it is Pprobable that the warnings are given for more than a few hours in ad- vance. . If man had not so altered his terms of contract with heat and hu- midity by the' artificilities of houses and clothing, his own reactions to the stress of coming weather condi- tions probably wouldsbe a safer guid- ance than'the conduct of any of the | animals. It is for this reason that the pro- phetic perturbations of wild bird or barnyard fowl become of small"impor- tancé: ' As ‘Mark Twaln said of faith cures, they were excellent for =ome emergencies, but seemed to fail on ! fractures and furniture. Possibly in- . animate weather warnings emanate at j times from the latter. A careful study 'of the motor car might divuige a series of obstreperous creakings equal to being translated into a definite weather code. At that, a fair know- ledge of meteorological laws, -backed up with the evidence presented by a government weather map, beats them all. | Safcty First. (Detroit Free Prese.) “Waldina,” said the weather man thoughtfully to his wife. “I have decided to grant your request and al- low you to give a big return party to 'all’ your friends who 'have been o { royally entertaining us. But only on two conditions. Iirst, that |of the party shall be tomorrow night, and, second, I shall do all the order- ing.” W “Oh, well, two conditions are befter said the weather man's { wife philesophically. Y1 call up everybody on the telephone and You can go ahead and see the caterer. How many shall T invite?" “Oh, everybody you kmow. We'll make all the other parties look like picnics. Invite about 300, replied the weather man, | ealling: up. | The next day was the day of | big storm. It .rained pitchforks, cats and dogs, torremts and plain rain, while the wind blew the rcofs off houses and the houses from under roofs. Everybody that had a home tn s'ay in. stayed in it.. This included all j those invitéd to the Sveather man's | dinner. | The weather man thought it best néver to tell his wife that, having hada what the bageball literary gentleman caly "ingide dope” on the coming of he’ big ‘storm, he had never even seen the catérer. the Split in Party In Kentucky. (Washington Post.) “The prohibition issue is going to split the democwatic party in Ken- tucky all to pieces,” remarked Col. A, B. Spaulding, of Louisville, at the Willard. - “Unless there ls a very Breat change, the chances are the republicans, -profiting by the disrup- the date | And she called up everybody worth | tion in the rafks of the democrats, will- succeed in electing a governor { and a legislature. There is much dis- satisfaction and disappol among democrats at the attit ! Senator-elect Beckham. He has been oing over the state making s e in favor of stateswide prohibition. I firmly believe that had the democrats of Kentucky known the sendtor woulg takeé such an active part in the pro< - hibition. campaign, he would not havi been elected, ~He has not confines { himself to his party in his efforts bring about state-wide prohibition, but has been appearing on the same platform Judge O'Rear, who was the republi candidate for governor four years ago. In this way he # inviting the. d ization and,de- struction of, the e orghiizal tion and injeeting into it an issue that is entirely unnecessary. t “The republicans, of course, .are in great glee over t position a are, ¢ surely elect their eandidates. There- fore, there will be a lively seramble for the republican nominatio: ¢4 Kentucky goes republican this yesT, it will m that next year jt will also be found in the republican column.” 1 ] Mr. Wilson’s Walnut, (New York Press.) President Wilson planted a baby walnut tree dedicated to his firsp grandchild on the occasion ; of the celebrated christening. = The presi- dent not only did a graceful act, but did a suggestively wise and thrifty one in selgcting the walnut as the christening tree, e - it is not necessary to assume tha commercial yse will ever be made ol the tree ‘planted by a president on’ o guch an occasion to draw from the ° incident the theme for homily on | @rborjeulture, It is pretty well khown among Americans that the black walnut, which along Ameriean rivers was very plentiful a genera- tion ago, ig today one of the most valyable woodg in the world. It i sald even to be more highly prized than mabogaty. Yet it is not am exveptionally ‘difficult tree té grow. Its development is slow; planting it for commereial purposes is investing for the benefif of the next generas = tion; that is all), Several decades ago a man of vis | in a western state planted a few of black walnuts on a farm of su wide area that the walnuts were easily’ " overlooked for a generation, Nobody was concerned about them except the man who had set them out and whe l‘nrfii}ur them with the greatest des vot s, He had an idea. « In time that man died at a very ripe old age. Hig farm had Approxis mately doubled in value with everys j decade he had owsed it; 4t had beew. { & splendid inves . { But after his it was discoy I ered that the inci_..cat in value o i which his friends had caleulated & was altegether mistaken, They had+ ! not bethought themsclves of the M { wulnut grove. It turned out that: those rows of trees were worth ms money than all the rest of the beaus tiful estates R Those irges have not yet attained their maximum of value and may not & be harvested for yet another genera- | ticn, Eut they are there, sccure ns. anytaing that grows in the forests or the fields can well be, certain to bring a fortune to the beneficiaries of foresight which was unselfish eno: ts plant and care for them. . %% President Wilson has in hig ing of the walnut given a I the public which, in more ways one, it will do well to consider, ®