New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1916, Page 6

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Because of the very nature of New [Pritain with fts enormous factories many of the necessaries of life there is a great fleld here for experimental work in industrial edu- Prominent educators the aiton over have recognized this and have turned their eyes in this direc- ion in the ultimate hope of seeing the ight, of leading the blindly grouping embers of society out of the dark- It was New Britain that first the pre-vocational raining in its schools, followed up with a more extensive method of fit- ing the children to their proper pheres in life. Now we hear of an- bther step in vocational training, fhich is having the hearty co-opera- on of educators and manufacturers In the city of Waterbury. The idea is o take cave of those boys who in their urning out ation, ess. aved way for rlier days were deprived of the ben- fits of grammar school education, nd yet need this knowledge to apply their factory tasks. classed under the This new idea “Con- nuation School”, and under its plan he pupils divide their time between Jheir work in the shops and the class- heading poms. The employers of these young- ers pay them full time for all the ours spent in the class the ork there being but a continuation if that done in the shops with the dded value that scientific knowledge applied to the mechanical. In this | bay the boys are rounded out into al first-class workmen and the fac- pries benefit thereby. In Waterbury e learn the plan has been instituted d has worked successfully. Whether | would be a good thing New ritain i= a mooted question. The hools we have already set up seem be doing their proper work, cat store is set by them. room, for b and Vocational all its forms is opening a | onderful field and its | ssibilities are yet inconceivable. i ining in educational POLITICS Sincc 28" in the yents AND POLITI the days when horse racing vozue, when the great tracks country were scenes of gala in the American and betting was done has come into of all accounts. it e on earth, the most fickle jade en. there e a new sport kings. polities is the greatest m at ever paraded before an American Men cast ambitions, worth while into the arena their cherished the hiblic. have fortun hpes. honor, love and seen forms fetched and tortured lustean bed of politics It has some few the n of Wisconsin fiscences of a life spent of mn who on pro- been only weeks venerable Senator Stephen- his in the public of the public crib, of financed ce published rem- rum, the methods and wa feed at of climhb thos: the e ingratitude he helped ladder to suc- blow to of who Now Senator His expose’ was a sad friends and former admirers “Bob” LaFollette, of all mous for top ahuse that ., another end of to esting of il the machinations that work with- land about it. This story the of reminiscences from the pen Jax-Senator Foraker of Ohio, his day was itical lights of the country pnt more tham fifty years in public it needs follow that h pnething to about the of manity within the particular sphere politics. He tells of all his ups ld downs, his triumphs and defeats, and disappointments jme in no pmes, on bphenson had say in- story American politics is in who the leading He one of b and he say ways v p achievements the that he of Republican ring all time swung h the ety r Foraker political Sen- pendulum his And, as went through the most fve and prosperous period of the pna Old career the most itical life, saying goes k and contemplates nothing but overflowing with Party’s saw part the highest side of picked the plums, a: and yet today he sits a with bitternes ratitude from the lips of confreres h the side of all dowi bright, with the predominant notes. of these men as Stephenson and dark it over the despair i discontent ¥ hearing confessions m two aker, one hegins'to wonder whether r all the political le, whether American politics as it played today can. be ever brought such game is worth Post Ofce at New Britaln | +a walk, up to a plane where men’s souls will | not be tried and their miserable. And after real his hands in holy lives made such ontem- | plation the citizen . throws up | and exclaims, “It cannot be done; you cannot take the politics out of Ameri- can politics.” American horror AT THE POST. How many disclaimers must come from B. | Hughes of the United States Supreme | Court before the nation is convinced that he is entirely out of polities? His letter to Representative Slemp of Vir- | ginia, given should | have the ultimate effect of putting a quietus to the Hughes boom; but will it? Though he is a man of his word | no one seems to take his utterance Associate Justice Charles out yesterday, at their face value and that in itself is an injustice to the man who has never violated faith with the Ameri- i can public. As things stand at present the search for a Republican aspirant to the presidency is almost as futile as the quest of Diogenes for an honest man. With the possible exception of a few men like Henry D. Estabrook, who do not prove but admit their pos- timber, the field presents a gathering of race horses ' stalled at the barrier, unable to make a start, no one strong enough to dash to the fore. Coming down the logical line, there is William Howard Taft, who seems perfectly content to teach jurisprudence to aspiring law- vers at Yale; Colonel Roosevelt who, after he gets through his series of magazine articles, may yvet get in the race, but who has not committed him- self; Senator Weeks, who lost the “’s” from his name and proves not strong enough; and Governor McCall of Massachusetts, who ordered his name stricken off the roll. Then there was the Whitman flash in the pan There is the situation in a nutshell. Jt may come out all right in the end, or a ‘“dark horse” might put appearance and win the nomination in The process be on sibilities as presidential in an of elimination must very soon, or this man Woodrow Wilson will capture all the | stakes. THE “BULLY” NATION. Wherever men gather the question OF THE of government ownership of various public utilities has often come to the surface, pro con have been many and varied the for there has cropped out the advisability and the arguments and With preparedness present plan of establishing a government armo plate manufactory and naturally This | the personal a storm of protest has arisen brought barons, climax when their was to a through representative on the floor of the Sen- steel ate, Boise Penrose, of Pennsylvania, served mnotice on the United States of | America that if such a project was | carried through the steel industry would jack up prices to such an extent it all as to make the nation sorry thought ory ever of a In of a more insolent threat hurled =t such a plan. the his America there has heen never the men who make our laws than this same attempt at intimidation from the the No magnates who control manufac- ture of armor p first class his brazen robber in palmiest. moment over waxed so ever attempted such a holdup.—this act of the barons of is for the extortion millions word, through their chief lord of the United ablish Uncle Sam's money o i barons admiralty, Penrvose, dare the States to even attempt to a government armor plant. The Senate naval” affai if steel committe on s promptly informed that such a course is undertaken the barons price of their armor all future ming it out on this plan, the fol- The proposes 20,000 will advance tHe $200 a ton on orders. I'eck lowing robbery would take place: the government plant that would be able to turn out only tons of armor during the course of one the amount need- of proposed vear, approximately dreadnoughts modern As for ed on two the naval of ships construction. program calls the building dreadnoughts, sixteen capital and six dreadnought battle-cruisers it is easily seen that the government would have to purchase a zreat deal of armor from the barons and would be therefore held up to the tune of like $50.000.000. Al of be regarded as enormous reprisal. But great this of bulldozing may seem it had not the effect the which forthwith back to the Senate the bill appropriat- $11,000,000 for the buying of plate final outcome of the whole affair that the United States govern- and the something which may as as piece Senate naval fright- report desired on ymmittee, failed to be ened and voted to ing the building or armor factories. The may rise its might such holdup ment will in pre- vent any by ex- pedient methods plants and producing armor plate for of e such itself. In time war the govern- ment ean sei plants and oper- ate them by right of eminent domain. If the steel barons and | try to force their the | United States Senate, our highest law zet too “bossy dictates on of | ten | of taking the harons' | making body, the people of the coun- try might not seeing { this crowa of bullies put out of busi- ness in of the same right of eminent domain. Some of with the govern- been a trifle barons should not be adverse to time peace by | | their transactions ment in the past have shady and the steel | get too cocky The poor old govern- ment has been fleeced enough, as it is. John who Howard Payne, the American gave to the world “Home, Sweet Home, during his writing made fortunes for all who had any- thing to do with his genius, but died Even the United States government owed him some two or three hundred dollars which some of his heirs are now attempting to collect. They feel, evidently, that humble there is no place for it like home career practically penniless. be the sum ever so FACTS AND FANCIES. Tt is again intimated from London that “Lord Kitchener is to go.” Yet it is to be said that the passing-bell has not been rung so often for Enz- land’s military chief as for the Ger- man Crown Prince—New York World. with the has which war allies say excites the remote—New The persistence Germans declare that the only just begun and the exactly the same thing hope that peace is not York Sun. Men's fashions this spring are io be of the color type. The individual with the one suit, however, will con- tinue to be seen and will not fail to g0 out just because his suit is not in style. That is the difference of the sexes.—Middletown Press. It is the business of Germany, hav- ing conquered Poland, to see tha: Poles do not starve. It is the polic) of Berlin to do this, since it courts Polish sympathies against Russia. So Sir Edward Grey's refusal to aid neutral Polish relief puts up to Ber- line a perplexing difficulty. Starving Poles who see food shipped out of their country to Germany will not hLe strong Germanophiles—New York world. Read these with-holding how many aloud to the family, the answers, and see can guess them. What is that which is sometimes with a head. without a head with a tail. and without a tail? A wig. Why is a committee of inquiry like cannon” It makes a report What more wonderful than a horse that can count? A spelling hee Why are tallest people the laziest? Because they are always longer in hed than others. Who the ancier mentioned in the because he floated a limited com- papy when all the rest of the world was in liguidation.—Capper’s Weekly. tional U is was successful Bible? fin- Noah. most The (Washington of the States versit Pos One greatest needs of the United would be supplied by the enactiment of Senator Dillingham's bill creating a university of the United tablished in the District The purpose of the uni- be to provide facilities for the highest possible instruction in the sciences, arts and letters; to pro- mote” the advancement of knowledge by original research and investigation: to provide the instrue- tion needed to qualify students for im- | portant posts in the service of the ! State and nation and to supplement | State universities and other institu- i of coliegiate rank as they in rest upon the high schools and States i0 he ¢ of Columbia. versity would means or i tions turn | acacemies, {11 s noteworthy the slishment | tion narrowly in the States that of such missed being of the was favored Washington, vin tranklin, other framers provision for institu- included United such i an Constitution itself and s George Pinckney, Benj Madison and document. The the the Charles James of that only argument inclusion of such a provision in Constitution was tha{ Congress would have ample authority to create a national university and would in all | likelinood take immediate action fo ont the desires of the founders lot the renublie, duse whe ihe sation is not as far advanced scientifically and its business ation as | some the European countries is a that has often heen asked. wnd the partial answer is found in the lack of a national university. Such an organization would help to crystallize the best thought of the na- | tion. Tt would enable this country { to train diplomats as they are trained abroad. It would permit the train- { ing of men who could represent the interests the United States in the study of foreign markets with a view | 1o obtaining larger share of the | foreign trade. 1t would be helpful in | so many ways that amount for its establishment—$500,000 | for buildings and $3.000,000 as an en- { dowment (o carry on the work—must regarded as insignificant There could he no hetter | establishing such ins | at session of (o | would be in line with | | | made rinst earry | i in of question organi is a the money be time for fion than re It an the present 1 economy Would Complete the Sef, (Chicago A lady told a true story of a soldier's wit, that a soldier in a hospi- tal on recovering consciousness said: “Nurse. what is this on my head “Vinegar cloths,” she replied. “You have had fever.” After a pause: And what is this on ‘A mustard plaster. Y | inewrionia. | And what Salt bags. News,) me, as my chest? ou have had is this at my feet 2" You have had frost from the next bed bite." looked A soldier up and said “Hang a pepper hox to nis | nurse, then he will be a cruet.” nose, j ers of | WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office. City With Weird Name Is Russian War Bride A Story of the Code. (Boston Herald) The society woman locks up her dia- monds and the manufacturer protects his trade secrets with not half the mi- nute care with which naval officers guard their signal codes and hide them away from the inquisitive eyes | of international spies and the repre- | sentatives of foreign powers. The wireless, whose messages m be | picked up by enemy ships hundreds of miles away, makes the secret of the code more precious than ever it has) been before. No wonder the navy de- partment is concerned over the disap- Dearance of the battle signal book from a destrover connected with the Pacific fleet. The hook must be found or a new code must be constructed at once. And this recalls what befell a Brit- Ish ship in the harbor of Boston a vear or more before the close of the Civil war. For some reason. which in his bulky diari ecretary Welles did not disclose, he is said to have found it desirable to acquire the secret of the deciphering of messages which were coming into his hands in what he assumed to he the British naval code. He commissioned the man who had served as Farragut's signal officer when the Union fleet ran the batteries below New Orleans to secure that code. According to that officer's own account, he came to Boston, ingratiat- ed himself with some British officers whose vessel was in the harbor. 1o- cated the code book, and one night managed to appropriate it, substitut- ing within its leaden covers an equal number of pages, cut to the proper size, from a schoolbook; this code he duly delivered to the secretary in Washington, wisely declining at that time to explain how he obtained the volume. “Tt will he better for you not to know,” he said. Very likely such stories are told of all the navies in the world, and not all >f them are false. Contemptible Politics. (Bristol Press.) Not long ago the Dress received from Washington a letter stating that a bureau had been established there for the express purpose of furnishing to newspapers literature intended to discredit President Wiison and his administration. It went on to say that he was very strong with the peo- ple of the country without regard to party lines and that ne would be re- elected unless something was done (o weaken him in the esteen of the vot- In order to do this it was neces- sary to open submarine campaign for the avowed purpose of bringing ! him into disrepute by arousing suspi- cion and questioning his motives. We submit that such a propaganda descends to the depths of political meanness and degredation. Those en- gaged in it confess they cannot openly oppose; that they have no real case to conduct on its merits the open but must to that which i cowardly., nd despicable. A political cause nas nothing bet- ter than that much infliction as the grip, which it closely resembles for insidious meanness Yet there are papers here in our own state that are using just these tactics and appear to be getting their inspirations from the source we men- tion. It not necessary to name them. The readers doing that even more effectively than we can. They are not fooled, We submit that the president of the United States entitled ta better treatment than this even from his enemies It is one thing to differ with him and quite another to attack from the brush like a hushwhacker. in resort covert that 1s is an are It Ts to Laugh. (Middletown Penny Iress.) Frank E. Healy, speaker of the last house of representatives and pros tive candidate for governor on the re- publican ticket this fall, is now active in showing up the weak spots in the national democratic administration, As for the state democratic adminis- tration Mr. Healy smothered that long ago, and though his political ability has given the republicans of the state | such an exiler through his speaker- ship career, that the president of the | United States fades into insignifi- cance. But the joke that Healy should have the nerve to criticize any- body politically even democrats When he jumps on President Wilson, | however, the people will no doubt shed tears, for the president is nobody compared to Healy. It is | doubtful if the president would get a look in should both of their political | | careers be framed side by side. For | that reason the people are liable to | take Healy serious and if there is any- | one higher up in the republican party { of the state at this particular time, | they should w hisper something to the ex-speaker. There is no necessity to | shout aloud, just a mild tone should | he sufficient, and the advice should | contain a reminder to make a com- parison of careers. Here is an echo from an East Hartford gathering: | Frank E. Healy, speaker of the | house of representatives, said that | |in the last presidential campaign he | heard Wilson say that he stood | squarely on the democratic platform. | “And vet today as he is campaigning ; again,” said the speaker, ** he is look- | | \ | is a ing for a second cup of coffec.”” Wil- son said that a protective tariff was wrong in principle and was instru- mental in having the Underwood tariff | bill passed in congress. ““Business bhe- ame stagnant immediately.” Mr, { Henly said, “and if it were not for the | war a number of you might not have had enough money to pay for #his | hanquet.” Itenry ¥ord is soon {o show us ‘he difference between a personality and a personage in his next peace move. We pause for the revelation.—New daven Journal-Courier. .and the marvelous development of its | ses | home | the reader | student of music has not found | analyze Washington, D. C., Feb. 10.—"Ikat- is the Essen, the " begins a Birming- National just i crineslaf ham of Russiz Geographic society statement sued to the A the Russian war-bride cities, where the needs of the great world struggie have caused a ring of giant furnaces to be kept burning day and night. It isone of the most important iron smelting centers in the Czar's domain, and, be- fore the war, its machine works turned out a vast output of agricultural im- plements. Now, however, likely, the mills and furnaces of the town are working to capacity in the service of the vast battle lines from Riga on tl.e Baltic to Hammadan in Persia “The town is one of the great rail- way centers and distributing points of southern Russia. It lies on the right bank of the Dnieper, 673 miles by rail —southwest of Moscow, and, as gards the gigantic campaign area of the present Russian armies, it is cen- trally situated. A well developed rail- way net centers in this city and hranches out toward the west, toward the east, and toward the south. The facilities for the distribution of war manufacturies produced and assem- bled in Ekaterineslaf along the Rou- manian, Bukowinian, Galician fronts, and southward along the Caucasian battle front are excellent. Stores can be carried from tais city down the Dnieper to the Black sea, and up the | stream to Kief. G “Ekaterineslaf was a rapidly grow- ing city at the out-break of the war, | press. is one of e industries during the last few years seemed to promise it in a not too dis- all § The shops place among southland. machine the first the rich the tant future the cities of iron factories and were largely in the hands of German and Belgium investors. They made up the greater part of the town's industri- al life. It also possessed flour mills, tobacco factories and breweries. French capital was also largely inter-) ested here. While but a modest com- . petitor with Odessa, Kief and Rustof in matters of buying and selling erincslaf, nevertheless, possessed important commercial business in cat- tle, cereals, horses and wool. These articles form the leading products of the country around, and were the im- portant feature of the city’s three an- nual fairs “Ekaterineslaf was one of the many cities found by Cathrine the Great when she decided to Buropeanize the vast lonely region of Russia, and also, to build a cordon of army bases along lier wide fromtiers Potemikin, the czarine’s favorites, founded the city in 1786 and his imperial patroness laid the foundation stene of the cathedral in the following year. It, however, was to appeal to the fancy the jussian peasants and artisans. and the work upon the city dragged along until 1835. Paul L. the sombre, disap- pointed son of Cathrine, after his ac- cession, loved to follow in the foot steps of his mother undoing all th.t she had done, and he changed the| name of the city to Novo-rossiysk. “The original name was restored la- tew. The boom of this eastern city is of recent date; it having followed the coming of foreign ital, which be- gan to find its way here some score and a half years ago.” an slow COOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED IN INSTITUTE’S LIST THIS WEEK »Aeroplanes and dirigibles of war, by P. A. Talbot. American ideals, by C. Cooper. “A popular, readably written book, hopeful in its general tone yet not without its note of warning. Amer; can idealism as it expresses itseil in business, society politics, religion and literature, is discussed, our ideals are compared with those of England and the Orient, and in an interesting symposium, the opinions of one hun- ! dred representative American men | are cited."—A. L. A. Booklist. P its early | 1 Belgian democracy, history, | by H. Pirenne. “Admirable study of the economic and political growth of the medieval towns of the Netherlands from the Norman invasion in the ninth cen- tury through the seventeenth, by = professor of medieval and Belgian history 1 the University of Ghent.” —A. L. A. Booklist P Canadian commonwealth, by ALSC, Laut. “The writer deals in a popular way with the character of the Canadian people, with Canadian conditions, ‘onomic, political, social, and with recent and present-day problems. In- forming and readable, more so, pe haps, because the treatment is fre- quently personal: very i enthusiastic | regarding present and future possi- | bilities."—A. L. A. Booklist. i PR Tducation of a music lover, a hook | for those who study or teach the art of listening, by Edward Diclk inson. . English folk-song Frank Kidson % dance Ned and and Mary | o | Jrench novelists of today, by Stephens “An introductory sketch on “The French novel on the eve of the war’ precedes personal studies of Tinayre Tolland. Tharaud, Boylesve, Mille, Ai- d. lists of their novels, and analy of those best known." A 3ooklist. ca P Granville Bantock, by H. O. Ander- ton. “Of particular interest on account | of pioneer work done hy Bantock and Flgar in fostering a style of unac- companied choral musie.”"—Nation. P Lusitania's last voyage, by C. B. Lau- riat, J ‘A clear account written by a sur- vivor. Contains also extracts of re- | ports taken from the Frankfurter Zei- | tung, the report of the official in- quiry made by Lord Mersey, and a | chapter answering natural questions | which arose from 4 reading of the writer's first account, which is printed | practically verbatim as he sent it to his people.”— L. A. Booklist. . oo Sixty Trish songs, edited hy W, isher. v oo ome musicians of former days, by Romain Rolland. “Very readable, very informing: aside from the light shed by his own | critical quality, the author has made ! research to good purpose and gives delightful results. There | which the average him- self and which is most useful—infor- mation on the place of music In general history, the beginnings of | opera, notes on Lully, Gluck, Gretry, | Mozart.”—A. L. A. Booklist. P s material; . Carlyle; how to know him, Bliss Perry ’ | homas by “Like tary study. unacquainted ning with Phelps, this is an elemen- and is intended with those Begin- for Carlyle. a sketch of his life and personality the author proceeds o | his writings and explain his philosophy and teaching or rather “to let Carlyle explain himself, | when | agt | navy to protect it," sayvs the New York ! million as possible in his own words."” 1. A. Booklist. PR reasurer of hymns, by A. R. Wel “Contains the text of 120 favorite hymns, most of them the great classic hymns, by as many leading svmn writers, accompanied in each case hy a short sketch of the author and often by interesting incidents connected with the writing and use of the hymn.’—*A. L. A. Booklis PR Fiction. half-moon, by J. A tale of the Orient. ““The action is attended with thrilling and occasionally amusing in- cidents. together, with a pretty ro- mance that concludes satisfactorily —-Springficld Republican .%o Green Dwyer. Life and Gabriella, by Ellen Glasgow. i00d character study; well worth while. The scene is first laid in the South, but afterwards transferred to . New York.” . Man's hearth, by BE. M “A young man of New lionaire set has drifted into a love . Ingram. 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Special—Cotton Suits $1.00 value $1.25 Special—Part Wool Suits, $1 value $2.00. each, - ) each LONG WOOL KNIT SKATING SLOVE! 59¢, Thc, 98¢ pair, D. McMILLAN 129-201.200 MAIN STRFEET CHRISTIAN WORK IN LATIN-AMERICA affair with his friend's wife, who con- templates getting a divorce that she may marry him. Miserably musing over the situation in Central Park, the first glimmer of a loophole of escape presents itself.”—N. Y. Times. “A novel of originality and in- terest, one that discernes clearly thc things best worth living for, and that never blurs the line between 1 and wrong. It is a good and whol story Y. Times. P Marriage by conquest, by Warwicl Deeping. story of a man’s his skill with “If the reader book lays it down cause he must be a enchanted person.” * England in the days honor was dependent the sword.” who opens this without external crusty and dis- Nation. . on Persuasive by Maravene Thomy “Pleasant clever and story, slight in plot, but humorous.” . oo Russian silhouettes, by Anton Tchek- off. Within the tides, by Joseph Conrad. A collection of short stories. Defenses That Jack Built. (Waterbury Democrat.) The problem of perfecting our v tional defenses makes one think o “The House That Jack Built.” Jack’s task, howewer, was comparatively simple. He got the house built. Our labors ,as set forth by army and navy experts, seem iterminable Just now the Panama canal is furnishing a good instance of what Uncle Sam 1s up agalnst. First we strengthencd our navy to defend the canal. Then it was decided that the canal must be fortified, so the government is mount- ing what General Edwards, military governor of the canal zone pronounces the most effective land-defense guns in the world. But now it is explained that the guns themselves are defenseless against a land attack from the rear. An army landing elsewhere along tte coast might take them, and turn them inst our own navy. So the experts demand an army of 25,000 men to be stationed at Panama, to defend the guns. “If the canal must have a strong World, “and if the strong navy must have a sizable army to protect the for- tifications in protecting the canal, and who are what is to protect the sizablo army in protecting the fortifications in protecting the navy in protecting the canal?"” Bryan's friend dignantly denies ITannis Taylor, that he is to get dollars of whatever we pay Colombin. He sa ‘I do not exnect to get one-fifth as much.” Let it stand in- a Dr. Porras Welcomes Delegates to Congress at Panama From U, and Great Brita Panama, Feb. 10—The congress on Christian Work in Latin-America was opened here today. Dr. Belisario Por- ras, president of the Republic, des livered an address of welcome to thd five hundred delegates and visitors representing the principal Protestart churches in the United States nd Great Britain. The first session of the congress will be held this evening and will ve presided over by Robert Speer of New York, secretary of the board of fors eign missions of the Presbyterian church in the United States, who will dellver an address on the subject attitude and spirit.” Among speakers will he Professor Monteverde of the National Univef- sity of Uruguay, and Bishop Lucien Lee Kinsolving, Missionary Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in Southern Brazil. The congress is 2 meeting of the conference held ‘Our the Eduardo the outgrowth of Ioreign Missions in New York in March, 1913, when it was decided to undertake an interdenominational evangelization campaign in Latin- America. The congress will remain in sesslon here for ten days. Later sef- tional conferences will be held in the various Latin-American countries. CODLABORATION. CLOSER Chief Purpose of French Visit to Italy. Paris, Feb. 10, 5:25 a. m.—The es- tablishment of a closer and morg fruitful collaboration between the . lies was indicated yesterday by Aris. tide Briand, the French premier, as the chief purpose of his visit to Italy. “1 undertake this journey with the greatest confidence,” sald M. Briand to the Paris correspondent of the Corriere Della® Sera of Milan, before he took the train for Italy. “I feel certain that I shall gain from your statesmen, who have given support in carrying out the task of establish- ing among the allies a closer and more fruitful collaboration. Premier’s NO CONFERENCE ARRANGED New Haven, Feb. 10—In labor cipe cles here today it was stated that ns arrangements had been made for a conference of representatives of seve eral organized trades with officials of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford railroad in respect of the matter of demands for increased wages. It was reported several days ago that carmen, electricians and machinists on the system had asked for certain increases and that discussions were to he opened on these demands. T far, according to railroad officials, ol ~ no at that. Deserving democrats never as far gneer at $200,000—Brooklyn Fagle. request for the initial confernce been made. has