New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1917, Page 6

w Britain Herald. ERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. 3 FProprietors. 4 dally (Sunday excepted) at :15 p. M. t Herald Building, 67 Church St. at the Post Office at New Britain Beoond Class Mail Matter. fared by carrier to anv part of the city 15 cents a week, 5c a month. iptions for paper to bo sent by:mail, Myeble In advance. 80 cents & month, 17.00 a year. only profitable advertistng medium :n Re oity: Circulation books and fress wom always open to advertisers. Morald will be found on sale at Hota- Ing’r News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- vay, New York City; Board Walk, At- antic Cit;, «nd Hartford Depot. VALE ! hteen years ago Admiral fivictorious homecoming from the fle of Manila Bay was the occasion fine of the sreatest demonstrations staged in the nation’s capital. morning his funeral cortege g from under the capitol dome wed the same course over historic hsylvania avenue. At the same the battleships of the United bs on the seven seas fircd the ad- Bi's salute of nineteen guns, while on throughout the \try draped at half All ¢ of the federal government was ended for the day. /The hearts of hundred mjillion Armericans cher- Jove and/ honor for the nation’s His pass- Dew- buildings mast. est naval commander. Inarks merely the end of a career; ame will live just so long as mer nation holds intact, so as there ure officers modeled on Lame lines as George Dewey, who brief for militarism, conquest, and n no who he no spirit of only when the honor of the nation demand action. who the NG THE WHEEL AWAY IPROM JOHN BAR Y CORN, pator Klett has introduccd in the ral Assembly k. that d command the respect of all our hakers and more than passing in- t among the public,—pedestrians Both bills of two Is drivers of motor cars. to do with the operation r driven .vehicles. One provides no operator convicted of drunk- again within one year from on of the Secrctary of State. other resolution provides that no vehicle license shall be issued the Secretary of State Is satisfied the applicant Iis than jen years of age and has not been a more éted of drunkenness within e first of these bills strikes at an hat has followed in the wake of mobiles since the industry was in dling clothes, “John Barleycorn [he Wheel” has been the subject of editarials in the press during the five years than even politics called 4. And yet the evil has not been ked, except in some states where ‘1 laws obtain. The taking away censes for one whole year in cases fe convictions are secured should It in sobering up some reckless Judge Klett, himself an Fmr of a car, knows that the ( or operating while under the mce of liquor or drugs, shall be fate of convictipn except at the [} jers attendant upon a car driven man under the influence of liquor not conflned solely to the pedes- i public. Other drivers are con- itly in danger of having their cars lshed to pieces by passing auto- iles whose drivers are not in com- le _cantrol. If the bill introduced udge Klett does no more than call mtion to the ever present risk to and limb when drunken drivers on the rampage, its mission will have been in vain. But it will do ¢ than that, if passed; and there 0 reason why it should not be en- d into law. It will rid the state of langerous class of people, even if riddance must come by the siow sess of elimination. One year ¥ from the wheel will teach any 1 & lesson. he bill which provides that no se shall be issued until the Sec- 'y of State is satisfled the appii- ! is more than eighteen vears of and has not been convicted of Inkenness within a year, is all right ar as the latter provision goes. age limit is not half so important is the essential qualification of a er,—namely, the ability to operate . There should be a rigid test examination given to all appli- Jjts for licenses drive motor icles. There have been instances, some in this city, where men ab- ! tely incompetent have driver s through the streects. In s, accidents have occurred, to some In lers, people narrowly escaped, The n who is not fully versed in the wration of a motor car is every bit dangerous as the one operating ler the influence of drugs or liquor. d, it that snses have been issued to incompe- its. Judge Klett has taken a step the right direction. His endeavors, ¢ (prove successful, will serve as has been insinuated NEW ‘BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1917. in the state who have occasion to use | Last year the public highways. there were 202 persons killed in this state by automobiles. How many of these accidents were directly at- tributed to John Barleycorn at drivers, much, will Hever be known. however, seems logical: Thi; bills are cnacted into law forced to the letter. and en- ONE PARTY, ONE MAN. Surely no one would Democrats in the from going out on strike if the pro- posed rule for killing unfavorable bills in committce passes the lower house. The very best than can be said of such a measure is that it is undemo- cratic. It has already passed the Senate under suspension of rules. If it goes by the house the Democratic members of both branches of the Leg- islature might as well pack their bag- gage and go home. Under the work- ing of such a measure certam mem- bers of the Gencral Assembly would \have no more idea of bills considered by the various committees than the court knows in advance what verdict a Jury will find. for the broposed rule is that it will expedite business. The trouble is that business of this kind has been expedited and executed too much to suit the general bublic. There are some members of the General Assembly who once they secure their seats become firmly of the belief that the state and all that goes with it belongs to them. The pcople are supposedly their chattels. The day is coming will be taught a lesson. No matter what par- ty is in power it has no right to run rough-shod over the rights of the mi- nority, or the people othe minority represent. Such tactics might have prevailed in the earlier days of the Republic, say before the war; but today, never! The purpose of two parties contending for the right conduct the government of the cities, states, and nation, is to do away with anything that borders on monarchial form of government. If one party, why not one man? Such tactics as those in vogue at Hartford might be good Republicanism. Thes fall far short of being good American- ism. blame the The claim when these men members to e POST OF PUBLIC DEFENDER. It is the plan of Senator Henry H. Hunt of Glastonbury to have estab- lished in every county in the State the post of public defender. The duty of this official would be to appear before the courts and defend ail those per- sons who are accused of crime and who are without the necessary means of employing counsel. There is real- Iy mothing new in the idea. It has been discussed pro and con for many vears. The only merit it possesses is that it would impose upon one person the duty of taking special interest in certain cases, whereas now the judge of the Superior Court appoints coun- sel at random to defend those without legal aid. Seemingly, it would be better for Senator Hunt's idea to be carried out in the lower courts of the State. There are few instances before the Supreme Court where there is need for such work as a public defender might be delegated to do. The Superior Court already looks after those who appear before it by appointing counsel where the defendant has not so provided. It is in the lower courts where great harm is sometimes wreaked because unfortunate individuals have no one to plead their cases. In cities and towns, then, rather than in the coun- ty itself, should the public defenders set to their work. There is rarely a year goes by with- out someone being dragged before the police courts of New Britain and other cities of the state and sentenced to im- prisonment because the proper and competent legal advice is not in com- mand. “Once an unfortunate, always an unfortunate,” is the slogan that seems destined to hang around those who have been hailed before the les- ser tribunals and “sent away.” There is a certain callousness that grows with police court work, and judges, clerks, officers, and newspaper report- ers are not immune from this harden- ing of the heart arteries. It is not their fault then if sometimes innocent men are sent “‘over the road” merely because they happen to land in the court. With the post of public de- fender established there might be less injustice done to a very mild form of criminal, namely ,the ‘“police court character.” Alderman Paonessa has performed a worthy service In securing an ordi- nance that will prohibit children from playing in the vicinity of dumps and refuse piles. The attention of the health board should have been called to this practice long ago. There are of little ones whiling away their time in places that are anything but redolent of a per- vasive odor of roses. And these places must necessarily he germ-laden. The good health of the community de- mands that such carelessness be not prevalent. Since the mothers and instances every day the | wheel, and how many to incompetent | there | will be less killing when Judge Klett's | General Assembly ! tathers of these children ' are either | too busy, Or incompetent, to 1ook ' after thetr youngsters, the duty re- | verts back to the community. According to Leslie’'s Weekly, & woman in Chicago is circulating a petition for the passage of a law com- | pelling men who smoke clgarettes to walk in the middle of the street, and some of the men are circulating & petition in favor of the passage of a law gompelling girls whose dresses | i are over six inches from the ground to walk In the middle of the street also. Tf the latter condition comes to pass, who would want to waste time | on the side-walk? From the report of the Department of Agriculture it is learned that American farmers in 1916 produced crops valued at $13,449,000,000. This, of course, is merely a ‘‘rake-off” from the well known H, C. of L. In six weeks more the present Con- gress will go into the discard; by that time the ‘“leak” may be discovered and repaired. going up. will have The price of cigarettes is Soon the high cost of living no terrors at all. Now that there Is to be a clock in the common council chamber the legislators will know when it is time for action. AS TO THE CHIDDREN. ‘What Will They Think of Us? To James Shepard. 1 notice that my Lake Street friend Has for the Evening Herald penned And given us in pleasing rhymes Much knowledge of those olden times When our forefathers did begin Their fortunes in this land to win, In charming way does he review Contrasting old times with the new; His interesting facts and dates And all the stories he relates, Show that his memory has in store Much that we did not know before. If anything you wish to know 'Tis to James Shepard you should go And if you give a little time You'll get your answer in a rhyme. When we compare the old and new And twentieth century marvels view, I wonder if in future years More rapid progress still appears, To prompt the question from some “cuss’ ““What will our children think of us?” FRICTION MATCH. FACTS AND FANCIES. With our naval los peace it is startling to they might be In wa Sun. es so great in think what —New York The obvious short cut in Greece is to intern or depose King Constantine and his German wife —Toronto Mail and Empire. A boy is proud of his warts. Men, who are merely boys grown tall, are greatly puffed up over being felected evalted swank of Concentrated Or- der of Gooks or having their names listed as among those present.—Pat- erson Call. Barbaric notions of military disci- pline slopping around in the half disciplined minds of ill trained mil- itla officers are to blame for such incidents as the wheel strapping in a New York armory. Bridgeport Farmer. An actress 30 years old removed from a furnished room to the Poly- clinic hospital, where she died, “was not known to have elther friends or relatives.” New York is so accus- tomed to think only of the glare of the footlights that it may profitably pause for a moment to peer Into the shadows behind them.—New York World. The Cricket. (William Cowper). Wretched man, whose years are spent Little inmate, full of mirth, Chirping on my kitchen hearth, Wheresoe'er be thine abode Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give. Thus thy praise shall be expressed, Tnoffensive, welcome guest! While the rat 1S on the scout. And the mouse with curious snout. With what vermin else infest Every dish. and spoil the hest: Frisking thus hefore the fire, Thou hast all thy heart's desire. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest, happier far, Happlest grasshoppers that ar Theirs is but a summer’s song— Thine endures the winter long, TUnimpaired and shrill and clear, Melody throughout the year. Neither night nor dawn of day Puts a perfod to thy plav: Sing then—and extend thy span Far beyond the date of man. ‘Wretched man, whose vears are spent Tn repining discontent. JYives not, aged though he Half a span, compared with be, thee. Now the Grocerteria. (Fresno Herald) Twenty-four-ounce loaves of bread are being sold at eight cents by one of the largest department stoves in Bakersfield, Cal. This is a feature of the fight against advancing food prices being made through the establishment of ‘‘gro- certerias,” where customers wait on themselves. { merged rock or sunken Boating in the Guiana Wilderness. The method of paddling adopted by the natives is very pecullar, and con- sists of about a dozen short-arm strokes, all the paddles being slid , along the gunwales on the recovery. Then, at a shout of “Yep yai!” and the signal of a raised paddle, given by the bow paddler, the stroke sud- denly changes. At the signal the paddles are dug deeply into the wa- ! ter with the full power of brawny arms and backs, the water ls thrown . miniature cataract at, upward in a the end of each stroke, and the heavy boat is fairly lifted from the water, until, at another signal, the short, lazy arm-stroke 1s resumed. All is done in perfect time and unison, the brown arms rising and falling, the bronzed ' backs bending, and the pad- dles flashing like one, while on the prow the bowman perches with his enormous paddle ready to swing the craft to right or left at sight of sub- snag; and at the stern stands the captain, the big steering-paddle slung to the gum- wale by a bight of rope, and its han- dle gripped firmly in his hands. Of all the crew the captain is the most important. He must be skilled in han- dling the boat, and must know every eddy, current, rock, snag and island of the river. He is responsible for the safety of the boat and passengers, for he s licensed by the government, after a long and searching examina- tlon, and his word is law when afloat upon the river. Until one has traveled through the rapids with these men, ore cannot realize what consummate skill and knowledge they Dpossess. On every hand are the jutting rocks with foam- ing, roaring torrents rushing between, and everywhere upon the black wa- ters are swirling eddies Indicating sunken reefs or dangerous currents. There are no marks, no buoys, no beacons to guide, and far and near are countless wooded islands separat- ed by winding, tortuous waterways, one so like another than no one who had not spent his life upon the river could distinguish them. It was after passing a ‘waterfall that we had our first taste of danger, when in paddling furiously to stem a series of small rapids, our boat was caught by an unseen whirlpool and, despite the frantic efforts of the men, dashed upon a submerged rock. With a blow that almost threw us from our seats, the heavy craft crashed against the reef, rode half its length upon fit, swung as on a pivot to the rushing waters, and tipped perilously. Ere it could capsize or fill, the men leaped overboard, some breast-deep, others buried in the torrent to their mouths, and others swimming, and by dint of sheer strength they lifted the boat and pushed it into deep water. Then, with the agility of monkeys, they clam- bered over the gunwales, grasped their paddles once-more, and drove the craft through the rapids in safety. Tt was a splendid exhibition of skill, pluck, and concerted, Instaptaneous action, Had they hesitated, had one failed at the critical moment, nothing could have prevented a capsize and probable loss of life.—A. Hyatt Verrill n Harper's Magazine. England’s Two Millions. (New Evening Evening Post). The present strength of the British army in France is placed at two mil- Hon men by the semi-official Havas News Agency. Publication of the numbers is unquestionably intended to placate that part of French opinion Wwhich has been calling upon England for a greater effort. There has been no serious attempt made to conceal the fact that French resources have begun to feel the strain of numbers, and It has been openly stated in the Chambers that the English must take over a much larger portion of the front than they have hitherto held. But If Sir Douglas Haig has two mil- lion men behind him, the implication is plain that the uncqual division of the front between the Allies has not been due to British rcluctahce or in- sufficiency in numbers, but has been part of a strategic plan. speak simply of the fact that the British still hold less than one-fourth of the western battle-line is to overlook the very important consideration that mere extent of front is a subsidiary matter. Britlsh concentration along their fraction of the battleline has compelled a similar concentration by the Germans. If the British army keeps one-half of the kaiser's forces busy.it matters little along how many miles the effort is distributed. ) To the two million British troops in France we should probably add an- other half-million for the forces In the Balkans, Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and the beginning of the war must now be close to a million and a half, with a probable permanent de- duction of one million. Add finally the home troops, the armies still in the making and the heav. drafts that have gone into the navy, and we are very close to the flve milllon men which was taken as the measure of England’s effort some time ago. But this still does not come up to the mag- nitude of France's effort. That coun- try has brought into the war one out of every six of her population, or be- tween six and seven million men. By that reckoning the United Kingdom should contribute eight milllon men, with another million from the col. onies. Tf the war is to be fought out to the bitter end, a British army of three milllon men in France is more than likely. With such masses of men may come new developments in strategy. Heavy battles may he fought simultaneously at more than one focus of contact. Two battles of the size of the Somme going on at the same time, at a distance from each other, might open the way for a higher generalship than the mere brute process of thrust and counter- thrust. The bridal party left the church to irring wedding strains of Men- delssohn.—Hendersonville (N. C) Herald. ‘Washington, D. C, Jan. 20.— “Sinope, one of the seaports of Asia Minor upon which a Ruasian flest descended recently with disastrous effect on the Turkish ships in its har- bor, unquestionably would be one of the most important trade centers of the Black Sea's southern coast were it | not that the forest-clad mountains hem it about so closely as to make access to the fertile plateau of the in- terlor most difficult,” says a war tional Geographic society. Unfortun- ately for this section of the Ottoman possessions, the advantages of the two rival ports of Sinope and Samsun are not combined, for while the latter is connected by an excellent road with Angora regions, but has an harbor, the former has the finest road- stead between Constantinople’ and Batum, at the Eastern extremity of the great inland sea. " “A movement was begun a quarter of a century ago to build a carrlage road from Sinope to Amasia, but it 'was never completed. Should the pro- Ject ever be carried out it Is probable that the 'Seaport’s present population of 5,000 Moslems and 4,000 Christians will be greatly augmented., ‘“There are two ‘legends concerning the founding of Sinope, one of which attributes the city to Autolycus, a companion of Hercules and one of the argonauts, while the other bestows the honor upon the Amazons. The place was named, according to some authorities, after the nymph Sinope, a daughter of the rivergod Asopus and sister of Antiope, the latter famous in Greek mythology as the mother of the twins Amphion and Zethus. ‘“Herodotus thought that the Cim- merians were the original colonists but other historians have claimed that the Milesians were earlier settlers. “At the time of the retreat of the 10,000 Greeks, immortalized in Xeno- pron’s ‘Anabasis,’ Sinope was a flourishing city, On one occasian Pericles sent 600 colonists here and the port grew to such proportions that it began to send out colonies of its own along the Euxine coast, while its navy became mistress of the inland sea as far west as the Cyanean rocks. (These were the famous cliffs which, mythology says, were nt to move upon thelr bases, crushing all ships that attempted to sail between. It Where Men Once Hunted For the Golden Fleece geography bulletin issued by the Na- | the rich Sivas valley, the Erzerum and | unsafe | | was the Argonauts who outwitted the evil genius of these rocks by releasing a pigeon which flew ahead of the ‘Argo,’ and after the bird had been crushed and the rocks had begunm to! swing back into a vertical position the vessel bearing the golden fleece hunters dashed through unscathed. Since that time the rocks have re- mained fixed.) “For many years Sinope was a pos- session of the Pontic kings, and it was here that Mithradates Euergetes was assassinated by his courtiers at & banquet. The murdered king's son, Mithedates V1. (‘the Great') was born and reared here, and it was during his ascendency that the s=eaport reached its highest degree of prosperity. This king built harbors on both sides of the narrow isthmus on which the city is situated, erected arsenals, and con- structed great reservoirs for the pelamy’s (a kind of tunny fish which was a lucrative resource of the early Sinapians. ‘“After its capture by the Roman general Lucellus in 70 B. C. the city was almost totally destroyed by fire, and six years later the body of its greatest benefactor (Mithradates VI.) was, by Pompey’s orders, brought here for interment in the royal mausoleum. This inveterate but unsuccessful enemy of Rome, having failed in his attempt to poison himself, finally in- duced a Gallic mercenary to kill him, an example followed twenty-two years later on the fleld of Philippi by Brutus’ colleague, Cassius. “In the middle ages Sinope was sub- ject to Trebizond under the Greek emperors, but in 1461 it became a part of the Ottoman domain. During the Crimean war a Russian flee¥ bom- barded the tawn &nd destroyed several Turkish warships, anchored in the harbor. “No account of Sinope would complete without reference to the city’s most famous native son, Dio- genes the Cynic; he who spent his davs, lantern in hand, going abaut the streets of Athens in search of ‘an honest man,” and who, when asked by Alexander the Great if there were some hoon the philosopher would like granted, replied, ‘Yes, vou can step to one side, so as not, ta stand between me and the sun,’ a retort which, far from angering the mighty soldier, evoked the praise, ‘Were T not Alex- ander, T would be Diogenes.’ " be Always in the Sun. (Portland Oregonian). If we acquire possession of the Danish 'West Indles, the United States will be also to assert truthfully as Great Britain has done for cen- turies, that the sun never sets on its territory. With our possession of the Philippines and Porto Rico, we al- ready extend over alrcost 180 degrees of longitude, which would bring the dawn of morning on the little island of Culebra only 1 minute and 12 and 2-10 seconds later than the begin- ning of twilight on the western shores of the Phillppines. This gap is to be closed by the acquisition of the island of St. Croix, the easternmost as well as the southernmost of the Danish islands, concerning which negotia- tions are now pending, for the east- ern shores of St. Croix extend some 38 miles farther cast than the present eastern limit. The little islet of Culebra is practically part of Porto Rico. Porto Rico and the Danish West In- dies are within a few degrees of the same latitude. The length of a de- gree in that latitude is approximately 56 miles. One degree makes a differ- ence of four minutes of time, and by adding 38 miles in an easterly direc- tion we add within a fraction of a second of two minutes and a half to the period of simultaneous daylight under the Stars and Stripes. This more than carries us over the 12- hour perfod, with more than a minute to spare. But night falls quickly in the tropics once the sun has set, and we need every second of the time to make the measure good. There is a way in which we can figure ourselves Into a trifle more of American daytime, and that is by tak- ing advantage of our presumed sov- ereignty over the waters to three- mile limit in their direction. This would give us about a ninth of a de- gree more or about 27 seconds. There will then be nearly two minutes dur- ing which persons on board ship in our Philippine waters and a company on board another vessel off St. Croix could see the sun at the same time— one as it sets in the west, the other as It rises in the east. For ages Great Britain has been the only nation that could boast that the sun never set on its dominion. Tf the nish senate takes the action pre- dicted by those who know the situa- tion In Denmark, Americans will be able to make the same boast. Office-seckers at the National Capital. Office-seeking at Washington has, through civil-service reform, lost gomething of its picturesque resem- blance to the locusts invading Egypt. But the axes to grind which are un- packed in hotel bedrooms are still nu- merous. There are the usual conven- tional lobbyists seeking to dredge Mud Creck or to build a hundred- thousand-dollar post office for Bird Center. You can tell them in the ho- tel offices by a certain lean and hun- gry eagerness, and by a sort of ‘Washington costume which they wear —it is not the statesman’s traditional black broadcloth, and yet it some- how manages to look as if it were. Then there are, besides. odd claim- ants and queer pretenders. There are tired old ladies in rusty black bonnets who, perhaps, hope still to be rich from the French Spoliation Claims, or look forward to inducing congress to pension the third cousins of descendants of those who fought in the Mexican Wear. Inventors, too, are to be found, some on the very highroad to prosperity via the pat- ent office, others destined to linger on for dreary years, pursuing the will-o’-the-wisp of some fastastic good fortune. In one little boarding-house in a seedy side-street half-way toward the capitol there lately lived no less than three inventors of perpetual motion! ‘“Cranks” as we call them, wander vaguely to and fro in all the shadows of the Washington pic- ture like harmless, amiable ghosts, for the most part—half comic, half tragic. Sometimes, however, the “crank’s” eye is lit with some smold- ering hate—already in the Washing- tonian annals his murderous bullet has put the nation in mourning—the clouds along the murky horizon are lit occasionally with lightning. This queer, obscure world, this mere pe- .numbra of the government, is always present to the imaginative observer.— Harrison Rhodes in Harper's Maga- zine. HARTFORD LOSES HOYT. National Commission Fnds Controver- sy Between McGraw and Clarkin. New York, Jan. 20.—Waite C. Hoyt, one of the most sensational high school pitchers the game has ever known, will accompany John J. Mc- Graw and his Gilants to Marlin, Tex. for spring training next month. Hoyt was officially awarded to the New York National league club yesterday in a decision of the national commis- sion. The case of Hoyt was one of the most Important put before the Tri- umvirate In many years. The Hartford club, of the Eastern league was sorely pressed for pitchers last mid-season, and begged McGraw for any kind of man that eould get the ball up to the plate. Hoyt begged to be sent out for the experience. Mc- Graw finally consented to let the boy go to Hartford., but explained to thc minor league club it should not com- promise him In any way that entailed signing a minor league contract. Hoyt also promised not to subscribe to any new document, The Hartford management, however soon prevailed upon Hoyt to sign a contract. When this instrument was promulgated McGraw ordered Hoyt to report back to the Giants. Hartford demurred. It laid clalm ot the youngster’s title and suspended him. The case was immediately lald before the national commission. WHIGVILLE TUNNEL APPROVED. Puts O. Plan, t the regular meeting of the wa- ter board last evening, a report was read by Chairman Rossberg from Professor Herbert E. Gregory of Yale university, an authority in geology, stating that the formation of rock between Burlington and Whigville is suitable for tunnel purposes. The re- port further states that the rock fis of such nature that it will not need lining, thereby saving the city from considerable expense. The distance of the proposed tunnel is 4,500 feet. The board voted to purchase a motor from the Hartford Contraction Sup- ply company for use at the store yard at Harvard and East Main street. Yale Professor K. on HHEARINGS IN PROBATE. Final hearings on the estates of Daniel O. Hultgren and Martha Weber of Berlin and John J. Crean of this city, were held in prabate court this morning, before Judge B. F. Gaffney. The reports were accepted by the court, * LAWYERS PREPARE FIGHT FOR COURT Will Try to Prove Case for Charter Revisers Local attorneys who believe in the proposed city court changes, as com- tained in the committee report to the <charter revision committee, have been busy today and yesterday securin data which will be presented at th next committee meeting when tI suggested amendment will come u for final disposition. Mcriden and New Haven city courts will be cited ag tribunals, the former smaller than the New Britain city court, where procedure such as is suggested for the local court has been successfully in operation. Attorneys who have been questioned in both cities are re- ported as highly approving of natu- ralizatdon being allowed in lower courts. In the Meriden court there is naturalization four times a year, at which agents of the federal governs ment are in attendance. One halt of the fees go to the federal govern- ment and the other half to the clerk of the court. First papers may be secured from the clerk of the court at any time. According to the at- torneys, great satisfaction is ex- pressed over the procedure as those desiring naturalization do not have to go to Hartford and New Haven and undergo the accompanying exs pense. ¥ In New Haven city court there is naturalization six times a year, There are two judges sitting in the city and police courts with a salary of $3,000 each. They handle all of the work and there is no assistant judge. The clerk of the court r celves a substantial salary. ? New Haven attorneys report there are few the city court, J that) major suits tried i almost all of the; going to the superior or commor ‘pleas courts. The New ITaven judges! salaries and the type of suits In that court will be used by loca attorneys to offset the objections registered at the meecting of th charter Yevision committee this weeki when it was contended that it would . be necessary to pay a judge $7,508% ° a year and there would he many ma* jor suits listed for trial. “BILLY” SUNDAY DISCUSSIONS, At the Methodist Church Tomorrow Evening. Those that are in favor of “Billy” Sunday and those opposed will do well to attend the meceting in . the Trinlty Methodist - church tomorrow evening when Rev. Warren F. Cook, pastor of the church, will discuss the great evangalist. Such .questions the following will be answered: you believe he is sincere- Do you be- lieve he is in it for money? Do you = believe in his theology? Do you like his language and style? Do you think his results will abide? Mr. Cook hs heard Sunday on var- ious occasions before mixed audiences, before men alone, on the lecture plat- form and before college students. He, . has studied his methods and result: and has heard his converts and therefore is well qualified to talk on the man. The meeting will be open and at any time those who wish may ask questions. The service will be conducted at 7:30 o'cloc REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS, Twenty-one of Them Arc Recorded ¢ This Week, § i Twenty-one real estate transactions Lh were recorded at the town clerk’s of~ . { & fice during the past week. Some of the other matters that absorbed the time and attention of the clerk and his assistants were, the recording of sevs enteen death certificates and the is suing of nineteen marriage licenses. The real estate matters are as fo!- lows: g E. F. Hall to Charles F. Smith, lana ' and buildings. highway. B. F, Hall to Charles F. Smith, land and buildings, Mills street. Shuttle Meadow club, inc., to Dor- othy Wilson, land, Lincoln street. Bodwell Land company to Otto F. Schmarr, land, Cranston Terrace. Bodwell Land company to Otto F. Schmarr, land, Carlton street, Shuttle Meadow club inc., to Rob% ert T. Frisbie, land, Lincoln street. Annje S. Fllis et al to The B. & K. Mfg company, land, proposed street. Peter Samozveski et ux to Anna Hisselblack, two pleces land, Millard street, William P. Ibelle et ux to Brayton S. Lewis, land and buildings on Stan- lay Quarter road. Wiladislaw Gudzinski et ux to John # Wolk, land and buildings, 295 High street. ¥ Anthony Pepper to land, Daly street. 4 Young Men's Christian association 1o Landers, Frary & Clark, land and g huildings, East Main street. Bodwell Land company to Sofirick Kerleyza, land and buildings, Oak street. Theodore E. Boehm et ux to E, O. Gilbourne, land and buildings, Sunrise Park. Henry C. Hine t Charles H. Fox, land and buildings, Florence street. Estate Mary McEnroe to Willam H. McEnroe et al, land and buildings, Washington street. 4 Estate of Mary Sztaba to John Sz- ¢ taba ct al. land and buildings, Broad § street. g John B O'Brien, § street. | Bl 9 b Meyer Duns, w, land McCabe and to Terrence buildings, Bond n ocis t Main street, L. Williams ci al tc Arthur W.» ‘Williams, 2 picces land. Horace W. Williams to A, W. Wil- liams, two pleces of land. to Young land Men's on and build-