New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1919, Page 8

New ritain Herald.! " HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. ed dafly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m, at Herald Building, 67 Church St. £ $3.00"a Year. £ $2.00 Three Months. f " 15c a Month. ntered at the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS ness Office itorial 925 926 Rooms ... he only profitable advertising medtum In i the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. Member of the Associated Press: The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published hereln. el — "URNING THE for the government RAILROADS. the to railroad prop- hands as The private erties scheme return owners of in it was outlined by the National Transporta- tion Conference seems to be worthy of thought and serious consideration When the step referred under- aken. It will appear to place a tinge l0of government to is ownership upon the public service corporations, will allow consider: nd will lemong shown ble government supervision, provide for which, worthy competition the has of support. uaranteed earnings are not favored, ‘uL it is suggested that the Interstate Commerce so fix rates that the carriers will obtain a return jof six per cent. upon the value of the fproperty as determined by the board. FPhe roads which earned more than roads, war us, is Commission six pér cent. would be required to put ope-half of the excess into a company gontingent fund until that fund had reached a ‘otal of six per cent. of the mroperty valuation and the other half jinto a general fund ad- ministered by a government board. Irhe latter fund, it would be used to assist any contingent so is planned, railroads nvhich might not succeed in earning Rheir six per cent. or allowed to ac- icumulate until it reaches \dred fifty million when mny surplus might be used to build jup equipment of the roads, providing mdditional ones, or paying off capital Bnd investment accounts of the roads. seven hun- and dolla The roads of the country, it is recom- mended, would be divided 20 or 30 competing systems and five hun- into dred million dollars is set as the sum which Congress place fund. should appropriate in of the general contingent All of this, it is planned, would be paid as the roads built up the pro- posed contingent fund from their own earnings. One of the greal reasons that many roads have been unable to earn a fair return on their investment is that the sum sented repr in capital stock has by far exceeded the amount that has been for producing equipment. were possible days, since gone by spent Farning in the rosy but the property was so much overvalued that there is little return “Watered stock’ is cheap and per dollar at present. is good when money useless when the dollar spent must earn its return. Evidently a commission will price upon the property ment of all roads their ‘eapital set a and equip- irrespective of what liabijlities "in bond i ssues and stock amount to. Having as- certained the companies’ value, it will e a simple matter to judge what the jearnings should be on per It mevise rates nwill a basis of six cent. will also be simple that those in. Sheuld extraor- attained so that are greater, half of the money will go into a government fund for the ailing afflicted by a great catastrophe or a district calam- to so earnings be brought dinary the profits efficiency be brother ity from natural causes, upon which and half o into a fund to build up the own get than no man can reckon, would road’s resources. The stockholder in put value of thd property in which he is inter- ested would no more actual cash returns before, would see the enhanced and his investment further safeguard&d. When the prop- erty is increased by government ap- income would naturally states that six per cent. returns would be allowed on a fair property. Competition encouraged, stock under the ban praisers his increase, as the plan valuation of the would be watering placed healthy Providing and reinvestment sustained Congress able to pu: the same already weak em, the public will inevitably ben- through time such a plun, at safeguarding an ¢fit. Stockholder and traveler wiil be Letter off after the scheme is in full wing. It appears a sane plan. THE MAIL STRIKING CARRIERS. We are convinced that the ultimate, in strikes and novelties, has been at- tained in the recent walkout, if ene may term it a walkout, of aerial mail carriers of Belmont, L. I., and the upper stratas which surround Two of were ordered refused to with the mails which the cause of their discharge. Claiming that the us. their number into planes and ascend was planes were unsafe 2nd that the weather was too thick for safe flying * their | the postmaster, Otto charge of the air-mail they would quit unless the two reinstated. the rest comrades decided to back up and served notice on second assistant Praeger, in that were They were not and twenty pilots are now out. The Wash- ington-New York tirely up, mail route is en- told. the machines were not peace-time flying were probably tied we are The contentions of their men that adapted to at moderate speed justified though know nothing of the actual conditions we which brought about the discharge of the fly. machin in use and must be used, if we wish to get immediate results. two who would not are still This is perhaps unfortunate for the flyers but it is a fact. The strike has probably done- no real harm to the mail system or any business which might by it. We customed to receive matter have not become so ac- the quick transit that we demand our letters within their being dropped box several hundred miles away. a few in a The ordinary mails, providing a fair serv- hours of ice has been given, being. mails are are fast enough Of course de- the rule at the present time, but that is apart from . for the time layed more or less the subject under dis- We cannot grieve at loss of the aerial route ather do we svmpathize with the pilots of the machines—and thank them for new twist which they have put the history of aviation and for new experience that they us. It is amusing, cussion, the the upon the have given not serious. THE NEW SHIP. Many years ago, so long ago history does not tell even ignores two that of it and it my- thology probably trail there sitting between pre-historic villages at the border of It lake, across, trail were men upon a a lake. miles was forced was a big the and several and to one side lengthened water many miles obstruction could until be travelled We can imagine the conver- these thought have meet the around. sation of leaders in whom we caused to on the shore. The trend of it was that it was many miles around and few not S8 ?7 across; why Swimming too far. im- Finally it was decided that a log might help to bear the weight of the wished and was possible, it was one who to save steps venturesome soul, lived being a all he decided to H~ lay at length in the water kicked his way for miles, ing occasionally on the log. The next thing which occurred to comfort lov- ing and expedient the might be flattened a and it would be upon it and paddle hands and feet without getting his whole body wet. The obvious thing to do after this was to substitute a wooden paddle for the flesh. as were who in those times, try it. and rest- man was, little possible to sit with log then his Meanwhile the boat was grad- ssuming form, going through proce; log to. raft and raft hollowed out log. An inspired individual conceived the use of wind to help him push and fash- ioned a Thus, through the to save extra steps and extra work the modern ship gradually took shape. It has has been ually the from from to sail. de- sire of man been improved added to give ita motion, until we have reached our present day upon, steam floating palaces capable of crossing not a pond, but thousands of miles of and into closer touch with ocean bringing us our neighbors on the globe. The announcement of the Shipping Board that it wi nila 1 build monster ships thousand feet length and capable of carrying thousands of passengers. across the Atlantic in four days further step in the evolu- tion of the science of public ease and expediency. Mankind demands the same things that were demanded in the days of the primates, though he accustomed to more today. The gigantic hould great benefit busines: pleasure-seeking public. Their assures that ocean trip will comfortable, more surrounded conveniences than ever in is a liners the prove a to and size be with Their the before. speed ‘promises closer relations with the people of Eufope. The Board is acting with a grecat deal of attention to the wishes of the public in plan- ning the ships. The argument about the League of Nations stiil goes on. But nothing has been proven satisfactorily yet. A Democrat reviles a Republican and a Republican reviles the the Democratic Party. League Once and in a while a Republican switches to the Democrats and vice versa. make news, as it were We Republicans absolutely despise 2 Democrat.and us Democrats hate them Republicans. And we're all working at it, hayd. But that doesn't League i that that prove the no good—or it s worth while. War | Just to | Mutual vilification proves nothing. Summer Trimmed Hats QUICK CLEARANCE A $2.50 2 §3. Exquisite summer trimmed Georgette Hats, Satin Hats, Taffeta every kind derful values i these da Ribbon Sport Hats $2.39 The largest assortment of ibbon hats in Hartford. Variety of becoming shapes in white, pink, Copen blue and other Summery shades. Specially priced during this sale. Values up to $15.00 Hats, incluing all of our newest models Hats, All Straw HMats Banded Panamas $1.49 Genuine Toyo Panamas in a wide selection of styles for out- ing and vacation wear. Trim- med with silk ribbon band and bow. This price for this sale only. Leghorns with velvet crowns or of Hat that is correct for immediate wear is included in this offering. of high prices. The McMillan, Store Inc.’ “ALWAYS RELIABLE"” Exclusive High Grade omen’s and Nisses’ SUMMER DRESSES At July Clearance Prices models, effects, also dainty $5.98 ™ $14.98 RADICALLY REDUGED are for this sale. brims, in fact These are truly won- reduced This season’s most desirable including creations of Sheer Voiles, in Foulard and Flowered and fine quality, fast color Ging hams CLEARANCE PRICE Formerly priced up to $19.50. Tissues Oser Panamas $1.00 Looks, SSED BLOUSES Clearance lot SATURDAY 98C Good as new after being laun- M S AND M S’ CAPES Balance of our stock $9 98 . Sale price ... cach WOM Al one grand feels and wears Ilke real Panamas. Variety of be- each Trimmed with ribbon coming shapes. velvet or and bow. Zancy band Worth double and more. dered. WISE, SMITH & CO., . Hartford Store Closed Fridays at Noon Up to Sept. 12 Except that the vilifier know anything else, ject in hand at doesn’t about the sub- least. shows to fisht However the whole thing that we must have something about. Which for is probably the real reason the entire situation. Shantung is still one of the the league argument. and its "loss to China” points No one seems actual truth of debating in disposed to give the the matter. been the cause of so much trouble painted as being enormous place which will be deciding influence over all China, by anti-League speak- is an the ers. The province contains population 000 square miles and of 40,- 000,000. The part transferred to Ja- pan from Shantung equals one-sev- enth of the total less than one-twentieth of its popula- tion. It and twenty-fifth of the total arca of China has a area and contains is one-three-hundred The roads, cables and Japs have control of the all of which owned before she the Orientals, rail- mines, Germany was dis. possessed by the and harbor after she had acquired it. Germany developed resources Control of Kiao-Chau (part of the province) does give to the Japanese a base in China striking point at Pekin and, combined Porth Arthur to the north, it makes a of eastern entry to the Chinese republic. and a convenient with dominating control the But the fact remains that Shantung belonged China the. United States rights have not to 1897 when agreed to the establishment of ince Senate there by as nations. The deplored then. a naval base Germany, did other China” “rape of was not 1t from erty took prop- is also true that Germany what had been of the Huns. Japan And if China had entered the war and jumped for Shantung she could have had it providing she was strong enough to take it. Form your own conclusions. s — FACTS AND FANCIES. While we permit ourselves to grow alarmed over the mythical danger of Bolshevism we are deaf and blind to the menace of greed that is gnawing at the vitals of the nation.—Baltimore Star. As Burleson has exprassed a desire to be investngated he will be accom- modated, and the testimony will rival in interest that of Henry Ford. The postmaster genera! is invulnerable so leng as Wilson backs him up, and that is the worst thing the president can do in the interest of any one.—Philadel- phia Inquirer Marshal Foch has no illusions about the ability of any leagie of nations to maintain peace in the future, however, the plan works' out. He can see no concert of nations he soldier, and, above all,” tho Irenchman knows what is coming and what must be The province which has | I done. Foch intends that France shall be on the watch and alert so that the nation shall be able to hold till Eng- land comes to help, just as she did in 1914. No illusions for Marshal Foch. —New Haven Register. Italian premier sa he “the solemn necessity of re- ducing the cost of living.” We should think he would. And here’s a friend- ly suggestion to help along the good work: ® Reduce the ambitious Italian pro; am of imperial expansion; for- t about conquests and start looking after little old Italy.—Greenville (8. (.) News. The new recognizes Germany will import footwear free- Iy, savs Berlin. Better buy your win- ter shoes before the rush starts.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Congress will have to decide what percentage of alcohol malkes a drink intoxicating. Why ask congressmen? facoma Ledger. appropriate piece bands to play as the last the Americans leave for home “When the Harvest Days Are Over. — Manchester Union. An French for the of In view of the speed he w ing when the stice halted him, we feel sure Foch would have got peace more expeditiously, if it had all been left to him, than the peace conference did.—Columbus Dis- patch. t 25 YEARS AGO | show- arm that (From the Herald of that Date) 25, Wednesday, July 1891, Freddic Brady, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Brady, was knocked down on the Strickland cor- ner by a passing team last evening. The little fellow had his face scratched and one of his arms was bruised. William €. Hungerford, son of At- torney F. L. Hungerford, in company with his aunt, were driving out last cvening when their horse stumbled and fell while going down Linwood street. The occtipants of the team were frightened but escaped unin- jured. The harness and shafts were slightly damaged. B. F. Gaffney prosecuted the case against George Rice for the violation of the liquor law. Officers Cosgrove, Bamforth and Nelson made a raid on July 21 and found the liquor in Rice's possession. A spotter called on Elam Kilby last night and called for beer and whiskey but Kilby offered him cider as that was all that he had. The Central Railway and Electric company is contemplating extending their lines to Berlin shortly. There is slight hitch between the Berlin town officials which must be straightened out before it can be done however. National Happenings Three firemen are killed this morn- ing in disastrous fire at Washington this morning—200 draft horses burned to death—Iloss placed at $250,- 000. The Debs trial has been postponed until Sept. 5. A new labor union to be called the American Labor union will be start- ed soon which will embrace the entire country. China is all activity-—war prepar tions being rushed with vigor—block ade established against steamers from Japanese ports. Very little activity shops-——Pullman retu from island in the St. Lawrence Sugar investigation ordered due to the undue speculation in sugar caus- ing high prices. The Equitable Life Insurance Co. of New York, will do no further busi- ness in Germany and will remove to the United States ue to the German demands on their business. at the Pullman ns to his home unjust ! 1 {Dr. Bell Exi)lains Long Lives of | scendants. Choose Several Blouses $5.98 " $6.98 in Clearance Now Saturday Values up to $9.98. at prices «+ov0nch They're creations of fine quality Georgette Crepes tucked embroidered and lace trimmed models. July Clearance Sale Prices in All Departments Georgette HOW LONG DO YOU EXPEGT TO LIVE? Voiles, wa 09c The newest designs and colorings in regular 79c and 89c grade. For the last few days of July 36 INCH WHITE WASH Value today $2.50 Some Families 52019 Sale price IMPORTED SILK PONG D. before —“Most middle Washington, C:, July 2 reaching few Women's $1.39 desirable for Men's Shirts and $1 people die life, and comparatively old. “Examine the history of the people you will find that very few of them had parents who died be- ' fore 70, while tion had parents who lived to be 80 or Natural color, so live to be Blouses. Value today price .. Do Not Misunderstand Us ADVANCING. know and vou a considerable propor- even much older: “Why 2" Dr. pounds these them, PRICES ARE CON STANTLY 1 instances we are offering special items con- siderably less than it to replace them. As all times ready to share our savings in purchases by offering values Neverthless in sever Graham Bell and communication to the Magazine in which Alexander pro- answers would cost we are at questions, in a extraordinary to our patrons. tional Geographic he sets forth this theory: “The weak and delicate are not ca- of bearing families. It is the strong and vigorous who live to “GORDON” PURE DYE THREAD SILK HOSE Black, full 5 fashioned, at pair $2. 0 UNION sUITS and WOMEN'S SUMMER VESTS All extra pable large good values extreme old age and leave many de- | AND cach scendants behind them. | 25C 39C “The children of long-lived parent: are, on the average, stronger, more vigorous, and longer-lived than the children of others; and there arel many more of them per family. “Here, then. we have evidenc the existence of a natural process work among human beings tending (o improve the vigor and vitality of suc- ceeding generations.” Dr. Bell quotes genealogy show that “a very large proportion of cach generation has sprung from very small proportion of the preced- ing generation, namely, from the peo- ple who lived to be old.” nother infcrence,” he continues, “Is thal the long-lived people left more descendants behind them in pro- partion to their numbers than the others, and therefore, on the average, had larger families. “OY course many widowers may have married again when they wers well advanced in years and have had | familics by each marriage, but this explanation does not apply to women. | “We cannot, for example, suppose that mothers wha died at 50 would | have had more children had they liv- ed to be 60, or 80, or a hundred; and vet investigation shows that the moth- ers who lived to extreme old age ac- tually had, on the average, larger fam- ilies than those who died early in life. 'he few wha live to extreme old age are people who have proved them- selves to be immune, or at least re-| sistant, to the diseases that have ear- ried off the vast majority of their fel- lows. They have been exposed to all | the diseases and accidents of life and have not succumbed. They had prov- ed themselves to be resistant, not to a| o inghing jovs of Motherhood! single disease alone. but to all dis-| o "0 omise Tden knew no bliss eases; and the fact that they transmit| . * e . M The equal of a baby Kkiss to their offspring a tendency to live| long shows that the discase-re istant quality is handed down to their de- MEN’'S | Short sleeves sleevelest, BOYS' SPORT BLOUSES N lengths $1.50 knec and Value today $1.25 Special of 1t suit fast colors value records to Suit Cases, Trunks, Bags FOR VACATION TRAVEL AT SPECIAL JULY PRICES (THIRD FLOOR) Several Hundred Pieces Cut Glass at July Sale Prices INDIVIDUAL PRICES 21'D SETS INCLUDED IN THIS SALE. e-Cent Bread. (Providence Journal.) One of the leagues in the city of St Louis has a plan for getting five-cen loaves of bread, despite the govern ment's agreement to pay the farmers $2.20 for wheat, but it does not appear that the public has any chance o escaping an assessment, for a loss tc the government is involved in the proposition for paying $2.20 for wheaf and selling it to the millers for $1 This difference must be made up taxation, which in the end is paid the people, even if they are not of it In justice to the advo the plan it must be said that they not deceiving themselves; their ment is that cheap bread will stop & good of unrest and that the re sults promised justify the experimen’ of selling wheat the guarantee¢ price It is represented rope is being sol at the price in this country is $14 a bar. rel. Therefore congress is asked'to ¢ as liberal to Americans as to the peo. ple of FBurope, and to see that the bakers do not charge war prices afte: the millers are in a position to sel flour at a substantial reduction. The idea of a big loaf of bread for five cents is appealing, but it must be Kepf in mind that the popular price pro. Adam mayhap bemoaned the price, posal is not a fair market price—for But Eve looked up and bravely smiled, | when a price is lowered and taxation While thinking of the Coming Child! | 15 correspondingly increased it EDMUND VANCE COOKE. be said that congress hardly (Copyright, 1919, by N. E. A.) | the country chead Drad. EVE'S EDEN. nt EL Eve's Eden was not Paradise, Because she had not paid its price, The words which tempted Eve to eat | Mayhap were redolent and sweet, ‘ot that they promised she should be (By nibbling at the Knowledge-tree) As are the gods. What woman's eyes ‘Are tempted merely to be wise? cu by by wark ates o are Lrgu but the hint of hard-bought | Nay, | " "zood, is Then, pressing Adam’s lips, she cried, sl | “Eat! to our Paradise ouiside! we'll brave the wide world's wind and weather. we'll live and love and die together! We'll learn life’s "No' as well as ‘Yes; We'll know both failure and success. We'll raise our roof, we'll make our nest, \Where babes shall milk my mother- breast, hall we ask for heaven hereafter not know a baby’s laugh- L de “Of course, longevity itself is not a UnCex thing that is capable of dircct inher- itance: but the fact that longevity seems to run in families shows that a tendency to long life can be inherited. “What is really inherited is prob- ably a tough, wiry constitution which enables the fortunate possessor to sur- vive the multitudinous ills that flesh is | heir to and live on to the ex limit of human life. From thi of view, the attainment of old age is extremely’ significant “The people who to be old represent the disease-resistant strain of their generation: and. on account of their superior fecundity, this disease- resistant quality is distributed very largely through the population.” that flour in Eu $6 a barrel, while No Which does ten!® live Then, hurtled out of Paradi car gives .