New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1919, Page 1

TROM THE HEEALD f g e ESTABLISHED 6 \Jf\‘(/ BRI"‘AIN, CONN.:\,T{C JT. FRIDAY, JANE PRIVATE OWNERSH F THOSE WHOSE TAXES ARE | MTIFOIEHE 'S. Davies Warliel Asks Return of Prominent Citizens At-ng[m FROWNS AT ' URGES COMPULSORY ‘i”‘S”R“‘G R tepresenting 30.000.000 Stockholders, | tend Indignation yiyiehy |AND) GRAB MILITARY TRAINING v ovi oo e 5508 icy as Solution to Mills and “eetlng to pro{est —— —_— Tangle, ; $:;wn-, (565) Aga]nst Assessors. Declines to Be Party to Division Semator New of Indiana Prelers| asimston gan o1 bavies Nom ool leld, president of the National| yyutomobil Association of Owners of Railroad | ol German Colonies Among Yictors: This to Large Standmg ATy | Sccuriiies, save the senate interstate| ponches, Corringy commerce committee the se- MCMAHON INCREASED curty holders” “view of ihel Fintorice nn ey railroad roblem ie urged 7 s " 5,000 AT ONE Jump CRISIS BELIEVED PASSED ALL BETWFEN 19 AND 26 | tac i roads b veturme 1o privata | Houschold Ewrnighre and S et lation Insuring a fixed return on | oy lcs at Interest in TON State Belief Is Expressed That Conferees ()ppns('.\ Standing Army of 500,000 As | Inmwm investments, sayving 3 1 ” Figures results of federal control and opera | Have Adopted Compromise Pro- Unnecessary—Advocate Continuous | tion thus far obtained cannot give Moncy on Hand Exceeding $100 .. .. 4 i, P y fanufacturi “ All Taxable Property Not Specifically mentio . v o ng Concernsy & Ten Per Cent. Additional ................ 262,719 mMost One-half of the Taxes Foy Showing Increases Are Read— | > LA . = comfort to advocates of goverament o & eram—Civilized Colonics May Be Training For Those in 19th Year— | ownopship b 852,116,067 Howl of Protest Raised When Some Favor Appeal For a Legisla- | car—Main Property | Wants Country Preparved. " !“'{'\"_"f‘fi";‘ 30,000,000 People Deductions On Account of Blindness. . 820,416 ; ! Mr. Warfield, who said he repre-| peductions On Account of War (Soldiers, Sailors follings olHarrisoniStrectian | Paris, Jan. 31 (By The Associated | Washington, Jan. 29.—Universal, | Sented 30,000,000 persons owning or | Aol W0 ) IR S 56,807 i | interested in railroad securities, pro-| 3 o s " | | i | | Given Se Government. tive Investigation—Onc Large Fac- i s i P Those Freely Boosted I3 tory Has Rate Lowered, Is Claim | prese.)——The crisis in the peace ne- | compulsory military training for u cly Boosted By A be | American vouths as a permanent na. | Posed a comprehensive plaa for ad- | | gotiations over the disposition to ors. Madc. made of Germany's colonies seems to | tional policy is proposed in a hill in- | Ministering railroads under govern- | TOTAL_ . el s o $52,000,654 It | troduced in the senate today by Sena- | Ment supervision, involving profit-| . Grand List for 1918 . s Lol ,009,654 tor New, of Indiana, republican. Such | Sharing — amon employe cre-1 mutal Grand List for 1917 .... e . 50,007 a policy, the senator said in offering | 2tion of a federal corporation to assist | = - in financing railroads and to super- against any occasion for the mainten. | vise unificati n of facilities and re- There has been considerable loud th protests of the r which has been accepted in principle, | #1ce” of a large regular army. ""””:"»’ of t l"“‘ arbitration of mhn = cism heard among council men are loud in their protests of the re- i i RS e disputes; control of future secur Gy ¢ . 2 will he worked out with details which Includes All Between 19 and 26. s B e i that the assessments in the city cent boosting of rates on properties, | V1 =¥ i 5 > sues i ate commerce 10t high as they shonld be, THE et vciing . treot, At | Will be acceptable (o the American Training of not more than one year | commiss Al e on Eae [ et e iy \ particula se Main street S 2 2 ! : i 3 S il et : malrl NG G M G viewpoint, for all youths between 19 and 26 |commissions. He opposed the Mm ors mu.‘” e 1 Vo \' e the outset of the meeting officers were When the supreme council meets | vears—limited to one continuous |for creating a department af increased freely va chosen as follows P. S. McMahon, | today it will have before it the very | period and not divided from year to | roads cabinet officer at ”,‘ \’L"("';“!‘:"’;"‘“ 1'\‘ the :m There v chairman: Isadore Simons, vice chair- | Plain statement made by President | year—is provided by the bill, which | head | m‘ '”nl(uv‘n»u‘u. I\[;lm :}mur : . a ‘ i 3 o . ? erty for entire length o son at Wednesday's late session. | was referred to the senate military Principal features of Mr arfiel¢ ‘ o man; W. W. Leland, secretary and | Wilson a < 3 itary cipal features of Mr. Warfiel .a; | street. The increases did not | With an increase of $2,002,077 the grand Mst of 1917, the list of: shows an assessed valuation of 009,654 as against )07,677 in have passed , momentarily at least. s 100 early to say that President Wil- s view has prevailed in its entire- hlock last evening when an organiza- but in American quarters there is tion of taxpayers was formed who | confidence that a compromise plan, A big gathering of indignant tax- payers filled Room in Booth's the bill “provides the only guarantee Total Increase Over 1917 2,002,077 : So particular was Mr. Wilson to have | committee with suggestior by Sena- | program follow —_ with the appr treasurer. It is probable that “New | 4n exuet record of what he had said | tor New that it be laid before army Wants Congressional Guarantees, [andten a2 mll)rfl 2 ey are up in arms abot De the name given the organization | he summoned one of his personal on 3 i o~ - N of the city, sa a genera a A encezraphers and kept him at his side | 211 youths upon completion of the |investment made effective through £ ty, s general in and the slogan adopted is Square | Siet i e el s e B ol S ords - ol . . . | and many otker pieces of prope o o e et G e ac = Yol s oy TS B L Actor From Taking Sixh Wite | Trolley Company 8,000,000 5 i e year. 1€ actories wi bear | was not confined t o Main street tax- What he said did not appear in the | for call in case of necessity. Priority |and their credit established on a ha- SEIEAL < payers, there beir representatives miwwl ,»:hnm:u-'um \7\01 has it been | Of service would be placed on the [sis necessary to secure the money to :Y-m\rlm“ oo taxesbion ag ! ; S voungest annual class provide to the shippers and the tras e aIEseljassestant oyl Y but it may be stated that it was a very Qpposes Army of 500,000, eling public adequate facilities an (m']x(»rullm;. which is ,‘,\;4 ssed B cle reaffirmation of the prineiples 4 1 184,950. The Stanley Works is in | Scnator Dillon Wants Fair Sex to | second at $3,121,450. Third b | list of manufacturers is the pls | Landers, Frary & Clark at §2,74 voiced strenuous objection to the service Establishment of a hmr' s 3 ; The plan was urged by Senator New | administered by the interstate = com- tl board r Whil or whict “‘H pr -‘1 nt has previous- | ,¢ 4 pational policy to be adopted merce commission, of excess earnings PCath Due to General Breakdown ) oar f assessor Vhile no 1y contended. In phrases stripped of ! «oon ag possible. He denied that uni- above the fixed ratc of return, one- definite action was taken, the local | diplomatic niceties, it is understood, | vergal training involves maintenance | chien methods and increases as imposed by " oEiiakto 50l ot il Health Following Removal of His| Vote for President at the Next Dir. Wilson stold sthes memberajiof (N0 [ior afiarge standingziarmy andideclared (| codpany | Gas-third tof eniploye 4 Right By \Was Borntin 1657 in Election—Judge. Mink Reappointed | #nd following close on Landers, supreme council he would not he party | it would prevent that situation. In |profit-sharing, and one-third to a 1 v A i ik & Clark’s heels is the Stanley sinming of the DreientmURITSET aql || oo the division of Germansis colonlal['this connection he opposed the war | servelaccount | Roston, Mass. in Bristol, and Level factory, listed at 5 NG G . possessions among the powers which i qepartment’s plan for a temporar: Creation of Federal Board. | N . The five largest individual pri ministration issed and &} now hold them and then hecome a| domestic army of 500,000 men as| Creation of a federal corporation,| New York, Jan. 31.—Nat C. Good- Hartford, Jan. 31. ate aid to the | owners and taxpayers and the comparison of the present rates cer- | party to a League of Nations which, | “‘neither necessary nor desirable” operating without profit to the rail.| Wi, the actor, died at a hotel hm\, extent of $2,000,000 to the Connecti- ssments are The Iorate S the ro. | in effect, would guarantee thelr title Yo/ AMethod of Preparcdness roads with the nine interstate com-| €arly today after a brief illness. He | cut company was proposed in a bill tate, $397,600; }red Beloin, There are inferences that the presi- e e merce commissioners and eight rail-| came to New York last Monday from | offered, *“by request” and unspon-|550; Morris Schupack Estate, ferred to a peace of Universalltraining fenaranteas At o e e pur- | Baltimore, where he had been play- | sored, in the general assembly today. | 150; P. S. McMahon, $170,300, IRloot s the ‘m"fl who is to be conscripted | PP B equipment from the railroad ing Death was due to a general | The public utilities commission would | Isidore, Lillie and Rudolph Si Ve L e ! The net result of the past two days | OF Who shall volunteer shall go pre- | o 0\ o on o o T melng | breakdown In health. following an | first give hearings to determine the | $170,000. of d jon on the colonial question, :"‘1:: Y‘”""““)‘ 'r;l",“ :E“"};‘ SI(T';";"),"“LF‘:T the roads during the period of return| operation for the removal of his | need and to decide on the payment of | The following is a list in the opinion of many Americans 1‘( m_m‘M(‘_S ha ol it asainst | t0 Private operatioa and to. continus, right eve ‘\»\‘vr‘\I mhn\h;& ago. ”‘f" sums as required. : who are asses \:wl 20,000 here, has been to clear the atmosphere | |, " [ cncion for maintenance of a |2S @ Permanent means for mobilizing Born at Boston, July The amendment to the Bridgeport|Abrahamian, Sarkie D. mitteo {0 name five members of the | generally and to force a clear defini- | many 1 Carme of greater sramortion | ANd Durchasing cquipment to be leased | Goodwin was a familiar figure > | Taxpapers' league bill for inquiry into | Alford, F. H. & F. L. (| e 3 3 z to railroads, to put into effect foint| American stage for many vears, ie | affairs of that city and offered in the | American Hardware Corp. organization to take immediate steps | tion of aims on all sides. N : o s F than the country needs or is willing to ; | el | i = use of terminals, unification of facili-| made his first appearance in senate would limit the expense of the | American Hosiery Co..... toward the solving of {he taxation | nment SUDROFLS ‘""l““fi ‘A“;"""“‘"““T‘l”"‘,"‘ IS | ties re-routing of freight hy pooling and subsequently played leading | investigation to $3,000, to be paid by | Andrews, John A...... | Paris, 1 el ae e nent :“\:“rf“rp’p”;“’"‘{"“]‘:w‘“h’i; ‘:f‘;‘“’(“‘" | or otherWise and to continue other| voles in many successful plays, both | (he city. Senator Bartlett said that|Andrews, Joseph R. | reached by the allled council of ten| fion except for ihe period requ | reforms found advisable during gov-| in the United States and England. it was ihought advisable to have a | Andrews Swift & Co on the colonial question, according to | for his proper training. ernmeat management | The removal of Goodwin's eve was | committce determine if such an in. | APPell, David A : a Havas agency statement today, pro- == : : 5 Regulation of Rates. the result of an error an emplove | quiry was warranted, and upon his|Armour & Co. bers ot iine Fossociation Afayored o e T e e e e Necd 200,000 Capable As Officers. | Federal regulation of rates by the| made several weeks ago in preparing | g ocoction to raise & committes to|Attwood, Wm. El.......d petitioning to the legislature for an :” e e e “We should have at all times some- | interstate commerce commission ag!an evewash for the actor. Chloro-| poonic5ey ch ve S0 S o ent pro. | Bardeck, Philip . . invesdeation’ ot itheliboaxdis an ditsiGcASniE YRGS Zot ST0F EEHSH AT FCXUES thing like 200,000 men capable of he- | already established co-ordinating with | form instead of the usual liquid was ol sertl e s Barnes, Luther M........ methods. Texpayers in Dridgeport | Sion of their wishes as to the form of (hing like o e s an | vosall went talthaloitics andllborousnal| Eetbstl R el TR s recently set up a similar howl over | thelr government will be permitted to, "), "o . osion comes the cltizen | the interstate commerce commission| was serlously injured. SouLmitoos fonge renory Beaton, Chas. H. and Bst. thel caplalin creasSRInR R « ratcs BIE=tRRDE SL B E e O L e S oy T ricc oo oo Delaobilizacii bt italjito bol the fnellcount oilarpeal s | L A T Strolie, Favors Vote for Women. Meryih Do T T Luspices of the League of Nations, oh- | ufiers Apoplectic Stroke. A suffrage resolution by Senator |B. & K. Co.... nd as a result the board in that city | @ s W av anefl at | rate matters ve | Sotional i e fnf:\nbey;- will have the benefits that l(', alterss RUBNENEA At the Notel here today it was| A suffrage resc Sy e accrue from judiciously applied phy- ontinua existiag rate in-| goted that the actor suffered a slight | Pillo e v Rrvom on feollat o)) Dol f el administration came in for a scath- ing eriticism. The tax rate at the be- | { { voters to r his voice in the meeting the and secretary were appointed a com problem in this city. It has been ad- mitied by a member of the organiz tion that the courts may be resorted | to if no satisfaction is obtained. Mem- faces investigation by a special com- | taining either mittee. The board as a whole was | or living under a protectorate of one | o,y training, of discipline and the | comes composed of railroad men and stroke of apoplexy just before he | tory rights to vote for presidential and under fire last night. Some of tha | or more of the other governments. improved conceptions of citizenship { shibpers, to pass on rates proposed by | gicd. oodwin’s histrionic career was | Vice-Dresidential electors in 1920, Beanett, Ossian S, JnSmbers, 10 vol fDele opinjon TesgucitofGhoosciMcthod, _'that military training’ brings with | either railroads ov shippers, before’ aiq to date hack to his sechool dave| Senator Hemenway proposed a bill | Berkowits, Samuel . year must be incompetent and it was | developec r sclf-government, the Hitlcizes Wa fans commissions. i ganr 3 LS s itive i t | Bissell, further claimed Hm]( e ’\‘\'r:v\lld | statement explains, the league shall Bl e D Elan. | S State (<I:mm\‘\'ny\ D Con o Swh exo RIISE A va U [l ryiivo 1§ SRS 51"“‘(' e o O OBt S a el itana Coll ) fare better by having a one-man | choose the power most suitable to gov- | The senator explained that his | oh 00 5 oaciaie maiee but in Mo nuniinglosalrenow SNAL gl shines and lncluding servanis, for the £9V- | Hofnowskl Licyan; trustes board, and paying an ipviting salary [lern, under certain guarantees to be |Mmeasure should be regardedionly as | = i iionsnip with interstate ‘rates| 0% &t clerkship In Boston stores, dur- | einors use. A commitice on €OVern- |y nerer Valentine .. to an officlal who understood the | fixed either by the peace conference | the mucleus for legislation wather !’ "o o0 o1 oup £q) pastutasorop | O, Which he read Shakespeare andj or's house would be raised to rebort| g, -~ Forace, Est.. .. proper valuation of property and the {or the league. Provisionally the Afri- | {Nan a fixed feature. War department | 1000 = HBSISLE O © | studied dramatic art, he n\;n:r his | on :‘ site and re«o‘mmr,»:@unons forfa | ol levying of taxes. | on Aad Fir aiieon colonios atall be | Plons to extend the president's au- | o Bt Wanel Dishores professional debut as a newsboy in | residence at the next session. Boith e i 5 thority to hold men now in service, left as they are now, in control of the 7 Wage disputes to be conciliated if > “Taw in New York”, at Boston in Local Gas Company Petitions, SR e e o e he predicted, Wil prove unpopular | AT [ (RN (O iang | 1874, The following vear found \»31”‘.' There were petitions to revise the | Cadwell, Margaret I. Simons explained that the meet- | | As regards deiatic Turkey, the | With the American public. | or, failing in this, Dy arbitrators, with | 4F the famous Tony Pastor's in New | laws of taxation of water, gas, elec- | Cadwell, Willlam H... ing was a preliminary step in a move- | statement adds, the four great powers Explains Bill in Detail. appeal fo the interstate commerce | Y 0Tk and ”T”‘,‘ ,‘l-)l“”v Hmv'n‘,”:,\.'l‘:ffw: iric and power companies, fhe New [iCadwell, Wm. and ment to have the tax rates leveled =0 | are to undertake its administration at Explaining his bill, Senator New | commission. “findings not to be comi-| Nis fheatrical actiities Were WACEd | Britain Gas Light company being one | Thos. H. Brady..... that the merchants, manufacturers | once and the council of ten has asked Said it proposes that in training | pulsory unless mutually ag d hefore ;"“ 'v‘!;f,\. _‘”ili i v”_’”“hmw SS€% 1 of the petitioner: Camp, M. H. and H. V I every other taxpayer would re- | thc Versailles war council to submit Youths they 'preferably should be |hand,” and future issues of securities| "t ““‘ o D e A resolution would have the state | Carlson, J. A jmare deal. Mr. Simons is 'y report as to the best troops avail- | called for the scheduled continuous | to be supervised by the regional com-; . Was Maveied Tve Times. | give formal expression of gratitude Carlson & Tore H.l‘:w prime movers in the cam- ] able for the occupation of this Turk- | {raining period in fheir 19th vear. fmissions and the interstatc commerce| Goodwin was fve fmes WMErHed | o jts men who have served in the bepenien 8 alter Ao ! Those who are sole support for par- | commission S e e | A SR 2ot W. Leland said that the manu- { ents, wives or children would he ex- Mr. Warfield presented opinions| @ comedy actress, who died 1 Proposes Excise Law. Ceatral Block Co. facturers should not be singled out cused unless the government should | from a aumber of lawyers, including few years later he married Nellie Ba- Ceminll Reattyite) if > 3 i | ker Pease: 1898, Max lliott, with g & ¢ but that the meeting was catlea to | THOMAS VV‘LBOR GETS | contribute to their dependents during | Elihu Root, questioning the consti-| ker Pease: 1895, LS L“::‘,‘, veper- | fered an excise bill fixing one and one- | i A vators Mr. Iitzhenry, of Waterbury of ake an attempt to put the taxing the training period. Men in training | tutionality of W requiring rail- o several of | half per cent. of alcohol in beverages |\ cionfrige kim0t o bisuiss bas i D.S. C. FOR BRAVERY | would receive only nominal pay. The |Toad companics ta increase or oper-| t0ie of plas L P R e e e taxpaver would be dealt square- | bill also provides for commissions for | ale under federal charters and for- | Shakespeare's subsequently, 1 Athgpasiniy ; yieating and | Cieszynski, Antont with )0 per cent. of the youths trained up | bidding state corporations te do in.| Edna Goodrich (Bessie Edna Steph- | spirituous liquors, placing the burden | ity Realty Corp.. William Shechan cited the example fo the ranic of major ‘or licutenant | terstate business | ens), who was his leading woman for of proof on the persons having such | Glark, Joha of the Bridgeport taxpavers in pre- | Franklin Squarc Boy Decorated By | commander in the national reserve Prepare For Return of Roads. | several vears. His most recent wife ; liquor on their person and giving the | Clark, Joseph H enting etition to the legislaturc He declared that railroad security | Was Margarct Moreland, now the wife | vight of search of a person for liquor. d this was thought to be & good of an army licutenant, He was soon | Mr. Sherwood, of Westport, proposed Taxpayers Want Square Deal. EXTIRerY Coha, Morris . Marine Corps Commander holders in the past had not been | Connecticut Railway plan, although no action was taken in Fos Braver TYLER'S CONDITION BETTER. | properly protected awing to develop-| to have taken a sixth wife, Georgia | to raise club licenses to $750 each with | Lighting Co that direction at the meeting. ¥ i : = i ment of a hostile state of S Gardner, of Los Angeles, Cal, who is | the regulations of a saloon to Zovern | Corbin, Philip NS inl ohol lolibe A a e e The awarding of the American Dis- | vine Street Man, Hit by Auto, Is Not | sulting in too little consT™7at playing in the company in A\\mm\ them. Cowlishaw, Wm i hy Alderman A. M. Paonessa, that the | tinguished Service Cross to Thomas Seriously Injured. legislative bodies or the in ,| Goodwin was starring the time of | Morrison Code Ts Lost. | Cremo Bewing Co.. ocal manufacturers were under-as- | W. Wilbor, Jr., of this city, is an- The condition of George F. Tyler, | S2Mnmerce Somimnsion. his death. She came here a few days | The house clerks this afternoon | Curran, Peter F ssed, a general howl was made | nounced in a war department dis- S Fec ALY “We urge,” said Mr. Warfield, ago to arrange for his care here. | discovered the Morrison school code Curtin, James M when the mention was made. One of | pateh under date of January 6, Mr. | ©f 23 Vine street, who was struck and | legislation be enacted early in the 21| Burial will take place at RoxbUTY, | bill had disappeared in transit f:.m,‘l‘ urtin, Joha M. & nt stated that he had the | Wilbor, who has heen a Y. M. C. A, | I7ured by an automobile driven by |months allowed by fedefal control | Mass, where the actor's parents live. | {he senate to the house. Damon, Bessie I former assessor that one | worker with the advanced forces of /13- B- Erwin, Wednesday evening, isjact to preparc for their return, since — = Among judgeship resolutions were | Damon, George L reported as greatly improved today.|each month of continued so-called| FINED $50 FOR THEFT OF those for Judges Malone and Mink, at 1 Pamon, W. L. Mr. Tyler is still confined to his bed, | unification and diversion of trafiic KNIVES AT LANDERS® SHOP | 3ict61, and W. R. Main for deputy | Pavidson, m i however, and may be unable to be oui j takes the railroads further away from| Dominic Amorosco was fined $50 | at West Haven LA, H | Dawson, Abbie ¢ Dickinson Drug « Dobson, Bridget Dolm, Chas. J Donahue, John manufacturing concern was put | the Marine corps, was personally dec- 10 per cent. of its actual prop- { orated by Major General John Lej { cune, commander of the second divi- oS f Marine for a week. The occurrence was an | normal methods for meeting the busi- | yng costs by Judge James T. Meskill City charter amendment bills con- *cident and Mr. Tyler does not hold | ness requirenient = of recanstruction. | i, police court this morning on a |cerned New Haven to‘include ward re- . N e : ; They are fast losing their : The following increases of property | is for exceptional bravery and valc Mr. Erwin responsible in any way. They a their individual- | o,y ssments were reported at the attending the wounded while con- 1. Tyler was returning to his home { 11 $20 from the Washinzton strect ment in Bridgeport meeting: P. S. McMahon, $25,000; D, | | tinuously under fire on Vine street and was about to cross anch of the Landers, Frary & Clark | Would Revoke Licenses, | nsky, ¢ Myrile street 000; A ‘ | 1| Heavy Increases Reported. ] ) The citation awarded the local hoy of having stolen cutlery valued . districting, and a commission govern Dubowy, Sadi Dudjak, Theodor Dunlay, W. J. & Dwyer, D. B. & J i | | Mr. Wilbor is the son of Mr. and feet to his house whep the car S factory. Three boys, charged With & | .Among excise bills were those hurch street, $8,000; ; Mrs. Thowas Wiibor of anklin | ¢ame along. Neither mar. Tyler nor i R, similar offense, claimed that “every | revoke and suspend aftef June 30 nex $2,800; M. Schu- | &qu: and during the last offensiv Mr. Erwin saw each other with the man in the shop” has at least fve fall saloon and «lub liquor license \ “ reiy wounded in action. Ati result that the former was knocked Hartford, Jan. 31— pore- knives. One of the bovs explained fwith u provision for refund of a pro- | paetern Malleabls | is in Germany with {hc | (6 the street. His legs and head werc st f Britain and that the “boss had cut my Day,” S0 {portionate part of the license fees and | Fywin I K occupation, still bein t 'ruised, but no broken hones and no vicinity onight and he took the »s to make up the { to prohibit the i nce of liquor li- | prwin, Richard - | to the second division of Ma- | internal injuries resultod. He was Saturday; e $7 and $7 | censes of any kind after national pro. = n Tenth Puge) rines, ; ltBen 1o his home in Mr. Erwin's car, ¢ impos - hibition becomes effective, (Continued on Seventh Page) Vain street, $20,000 Main street 000; I street, $3,000; Menus