New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1919, Page 5

TO THE HONORABLE GEORGE Pointed, Pertinent Questions for His Honor to Answer. The Taxpayers of New Britain respectfully submit the following questions and feel that it will NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, $ A MAYOR OF THE CI be your duty as well as your pleasure to them at the City Meeting to be held February 26th, 1919, at the Grammar School Hall. QUESTION 1—Why should Hartford’s tax rate show no increase since 1914, while New Britain’s will show an increase of approximately 649, during the same period if the proposed tax rate of twenty-five mills should be put through? Is this a specimen of the economical government you promised the taxpayers when you were seeking election in 19147 QUESTION 2—Why should the building inspector’s salary in New Britain be $2,750 and in Hartford $2,500? QUESTION 3—In your first message to the Council, you used the following words: must give the people whom we serve, a good, economical government, . . . . AR ROUTES AGROSS DESERTS PREDICTED Caproni SeesWRome-Cons[amino- "~ pleFlight in 12 Hours Across the deserts of Africa a cara- van was slowly tracing its way, when suddenly the silence was interrupted buzzing, humming sound. where the sand and sk cemed one, a dark shadow appeared, small at first, but rapidly growing arger, nearer, louder As the winged monster approached, the camels thrust their heads into the sand, and passengers buried their heads in their knees which pressed on the hot nds and called upon Allah to save d protect them. Allah answered cir prayer, for soon the buzzing was no longer heard and the monster lost tself in the great cxpanse behind hom Strictly speaking that is fiction, not fact, but, according to Gianni Ca- proni, before long the fiction will be- come a fact. In an interview granted to an Italian newspaper, Sig. Caproni, one of the brothers who helped de- n the famous Caproni planes, pre- icts a marvelous development for the plane, especlally in regions here the railroad has not penetrated Across the deserts of the across the plains of I and the waters of the Near F Persia and India, the airplane will fly astward laden with products of and westward with raw n Is from the East. It will gions where the snort of a loud, r off the eat Sahara, ‘e West, the loco- == | flight $100 Reward, $100 The readers of this paper wiil be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all ite stages, and that {8 catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions constitutional treatment. s Catarrh Cure is taken internally acts thru the Blooc on the Mucous Surfuces of the System thereby de- siroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing fts work. The proprie- tors have so_much faith in the curative powers of Hall'’s Catarrh Cure that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonlals Josgy, 80ld bv 31l Druggists MICKEY Is Coming to Fox’s CHFNEY & CO., Toledo, 76c. [ | “is ” WANTED! At that time the tax rate was 15 1-2 m four years of your administration showing an answer “we One thousand more taxpayers to join the Taxpayers’ association. there is but one way in which you can do it, and that is by banding yourself with the a twenty-five mill rate, the larges increase of about 64% you wish the taxpayers to unde “good, economical government?” B der the taxpayers cry out “Halt, thu no farther, Mr. Mayor.” You have been in the balance and found was i mist in city affairs. QUESTION 4—In your messa? to the taxpayers, “l believe a new sy method of assessment should be naugura®® the assessors’ office, that [ shall devote some 2t~ tention to this very important department dur- ing the year.” attention have you given in the past FIVE YEARS to bring about a more equitable assessment in this very important Department? If you felt the assessors, your own appointees, were incompe- tent, why didn’t you remove them instead of re- appointing them year after year, and if they were permission to borfow enough money¥some $30, - 000, to plug up the holes. to keep out the rain. Is this another brand of the economy you promised the taxpayers in your message of 19147 That was in 1915. How much Respectfully submitted by The Taypayers of New Britais: If you desire to keep down your taxes, Taxpayers’ association, now numbered over two thousand and going to the city meeting which will be held in the Grammar School hall, Wednesday evening, February 26th, at 7:30 o’clock and voting down the twenty-five mill tax rate. motive is unknown, where there are no road of transpo barriers; and only primitive methods ation cxist neither leserts mountains nor valleys can flight. It will be rier of the future, and a not ant future, ac- cording to Sig. Caproni's prediction. Italy will play an important in the development and practical ap- plication of the airplane. Sig. Caproni nor seas, halt its gives two reasons for his belief—the | fact that Italy has at hand all the raw | the manufac- | materials nece: in ture of airplanes, and the fact that her geographical position makes Italy ary the logical center for intercontinental | has a large | trips. Furthermore, Italy number of pilots trained and read undertake the most difficult journe: The colonies of Italy in Africa are cut to off from the motherland by stretches | almost i and infre- of ocean; her islands ave lated except for the poor quent steamship service aero transportation, and, will be more likely to progress in that field than countries which do not. As an example of the revolution in transportation facilitics which would result from aerial navigation, Sig. Ca- proni states that the trip from Rome to Naples could be accomplished in one hour and a half; Palermo, from Naples to Brindisi, from Naples to Messina, in two hours and 15 minutes; lermo in one hour and from Palermo to hours and 15 minutes: from Rome to Constantinople would take 12 hours. The time specified in the above es- timates does not apply to fast, racing machines, but to planes carrying pas- sengers and merchandise. Such planes are being built at present in Ttaly. “I am bullding,” said Sig. Caproni, ‘a triplane in which be accommodated, with cabins, beds and all the comforts desirable. Soon this triplane, which will be a model for others, will have its As soon as a sufficiently large is ready itincraries will be not only for points of de- and destination, but also for intermediate stops.” In the interview, Sig. Caproni re- futes the theory that the expense will be too great to permit the establish- ment of such routes at present. The time saved by the airplane routes will and 20 minutes Tunis in two ma squadron planned, parture he so great that there will always be | sufficient demand to book all passage even though the p: high enger rates may be be overcome as soon as the new tri- plane being constructed begins its flights. “This triplane,” says guaranteed against accidents because it has an extra mo- tor for the continuation of flights, and two pilots. At first, perhaps, the pas- sengers will be 20, but then, after the first flights, the timid persons will be- gin to take courage and the number will increase to 40, a hundred and even more. Third-class passengers will not be carried at first, naturally. Sig. Caproni role | Italy needs | therefore, | from Naples to | from Messina to Pa- | 100 persons can | fivst | The diffidence in the safety | of such methods of transportation will | preventable | ! The expense of the trip will be com- i It knows no | the lessening of expense for meals and | AIR TRAFF]E MUST pensated in the saving of time and | hotel accommodations urthermore, | the aerial services will carry mail and { merchandise. This will be of invalu- | able service to journalism. In little jmore than an hour a newspaper printed in Rome may be sold on the streets of Naples, if c a by air- plane.” Sig. Caproni would not limits to which aerial t would have to limit itself. that at present there are which can transport more thousand pounds. Gradually amount will be increased. “In time,” Sig. Caproni predicted, { “there will be ships of the air which will no more resemble the present planes than the trans-Atlantic liners | of today represent the first steam- [ bhoats.” predict He said airplanes this STRIKE OR LOCKOUT? Porto Rico Laborers Claim They Are | Locked Out, While pany Says It's a Strike. San Juan, P. R, Jan. 28 (By Mail.)—With the Porto Rican Ameri- can Tobacco company declaring there is a strike of labor in its factories, and the workers contending that the com- pany has declared a lockout againsi | them, there are 12,000 tobacco work- | ers at present unemptoyed in the { island | The position is an anomalous one, for both the company and workers | assert they did not begin the conflict, | and about the only definite fact avail- | able that the factories are not working. Before the Tobacco Com- is is holidays the workers were offered a bonus of 15 per cent. to be paid from the profits of the company in lieu of a flat wage in- crease. This was rejected on the ground that a bonus at the end of the vear would not meet the existing cost of living. The factorles have been closed since December 24, when ithe working agreement which has been in force for a year expired. Rivera Martinez, president of the s' committee, says he looks for longest strike in the history of the industry in Ponto Rico and that he does not expect to see the fac- tories opened for a vear. Of the idle workers, approximately 6,000 are cigarmakers and there are an ecqual of strippers and other employes, many of them womer number Should not be “dosed” .!‘or colds—apply the outside” treatment— 1\7101(‘3 /APORUE *YOUR BODYGUARD" - 30¢, 60¥. ¥ 20 the | ransportation | than a | THE NEW BRITAIN TAXPAYERS' ASSOCIATION. Room 32 Booth’s Block. em w | nsk: What have | themselve i | & done fo | and tor tne itizens ready of their own cause? Witk 1o eve deeds. Even means of a Kkite bal- ir, he will be in an air- | | 1 instruments by 3 ible from | ioon anchored in cl able to land with drome completely fogbound.” { { Lord Weir made it very plain that | he did not think the best ends of civi- | £ SE lization would be serv keeping | 4 ivil ition for a government mo- | nopoly. Co-operation between the o N state individuals, he believed, would bring the best results. The would bring the besi. remuits” “The Viadivostok Paper Not Inclined | | | es | e a, | r own inter. to sacrifice even a o BE WELL REGULATED Allies Expect to 7Work Out System of Rules interests for the co: and words they are rea not] privileged in city thing, but they the panticipate prove does not f\-o..in spring an air =8 { the government which would not only | | control the administration of the | Royal Air Forces, the fighting air | branch of the British army and navy but would act as the supreme author- ity for the development of civil avia- | tion tions. — Look a are crow | who could There Vladivestok, Jan. 1 voung eir motf talk of prd in specula ged in their and have no time for Manchester, England, Jan, 20, (C respondence of The Associated Pre ithin the next six lies should reach an agreement re: lating commercial traffic in the air, and within the next five vears it | should be as easy and as safe to pilot | an airplane through fog and storm as it is to pilot a ship, asserted Lord Weir, secretary of state for air forces, | before an audience here the other daj In order that ambitious projects now being discussed might be entirely suc- cessful, he said, these things were ne y: | Development of navigational in- struction by really sound and severe | air | navigational training. reason to anticipate that within the Creation of an energetic metereo- | next four or five months the princi- logical service especially designed to | pal nations of the world will have help air transport reached agreement on this momentous The adoption of improved systems | matte wireless tclegraphy and telephony. v The adoption of a first class system | of day and night marking of landing places and airdromes | prepared, and I anticipate that within “We now possess in substantial | a few weeks of the opening of the numbers, either delivered or in course | new parliament a useful act will | of construction, airplanes which will | come Into force. Until this conven- | carry a crew of seven and thirty | tion and this domestic legislation be- passengers; which will climb to a | comes operative, there can be no pri- height of 10,000 feet, and which will | vate flying at all, either international travel 1,200 miles without a stop,” | or in this country. It would be un- said Lord Weir. “One type can come | fortunate if the development of civil down at sea, float on the waves and | aviation were retarded owing to the | rise again with a full load effects of a series of fatal accidents “We have machines that can land { due to the lack of absolutely neces- safely at definitely gliding angles en- | sary regulations. tirely without human control. This “The state should require in means that when the pilot can set his 'manence a large proportion of d hear him lecture. —A RICH PROGRA OF MENDELSSOHN COMPOSITIONS (Correspon- dence of The tell Associated Press.)—In- months the nonths th nt Russians ar iticized by the their themseives | Dalekaya Okraina for alleged > first step of the new ministry in would be the organization of national flying, that is flying different countries. This involve an international aircraft failure to help their inter- mon cause misfortunes. among would con- the ewspapers arve attacking the Z 1oy ked the 5 o subscribe Alites,” the paper them for lack of active “Perhaps the Allies says, “reproaching . rubles. The vention. Y28 “We have already drafted ticles of this convention, and the now being submitted to our A continued Lord Weir. “If they stantially approve it, an international conference will be h 1 1 have { only 500,000 the ar el half ave Czech the d from th — Siber ntsia, ies. sting should cral sub- military airdromes. awailable for g all wo and sold 14 i render them At the outset of t en thing the am to and leasing shed operational companic charging a fee for landing ‘The department should undertake the training of all pilots to e { ployed on public port and map out The ready to undertake passenger terpr “From private | Alas! | should lea going to of those would be to We have that the R a now merely [ ne milar Allies the are ve maj ach tH a p aim Rolshevik em- who repr firt to rush service domestic legislation will he have to he enacted to govern flying in this country. The bill has been of larly routes. department on a vith the one mail, when pri found lacking erabundance of chines at posal upon clusion of peace, and suitable version for commercial state should he ready to disposc considerable number at a low to private operating companies.’ Lord Weir frankly heme would ¢ lot of money ac- cording to pre-war standards, but said the expense would be very little | per- ' when compared with the standards the set by war. running away from the services | is high time for the I ans to n be forces into may the st ter all their strong U rrels and ef 1 single ma- | forget { arty qua its d the con- | yration of to con- use upon t sian people of a e man cncased dangling from of a rope from the top of the Nati] Bank Puilding Monday at 19 t scared, it will be the - doing the Houdini act e his wonderful feat at the Lyce idmitted the i | CHOIR Solo for Tenor—*“If With All Your Hearts.” “He, Watching Over Israel” (Elijah) Solo for Alto—“Woe Unto Them" ( Duet for Soprano and Bass—“Thc R ORGAN NOCTURNE — (MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S ANDANTE—(SIXTH BONATIA) OVERTURE TO MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The Public Cordially Invited To Emjoy The Music T A B A T ey TR e 1 DREAM) (Elijah) ah) ng of the Widow's Son." At the South Church Vespers Sunday, February 23, 4:30 P. M. Bt N -, 7% 0