New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1919, Page 8

itain Herald. | Britain Herald. | D PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. dally (Sunday excepted) at 4:1% ., at Herald Building, 67 Church &t ¥ o M %5c a Month H 88 Secand. Tlass nll‘l}\lter. TELEPHONE CALLS ) Omoe o3 litorial Rooms only profitable advertising medfum" ‘the eity. Circulation books and pri 2«:\, always open to advertisers. _ Member of the Assoclated Fress. | Associated Press & exclusively entitled the use for republication of all news ‘eredited 5 it or not otherwise credited in _this paper and also local news published heretn. KIDNAPPING OF SOLDEERs. & wily Mexican, be he outlaw or | Ognized member of the alleged gay- fiment of that country, is getti eper and deeper into the hole wity | dulge proper methods of procedure. Their punishment, we suppose, will be soli- tary confinement for a few days anl deptivation of the twenty-five dollars “kitty we are with the ! was in the abandoned But which at the.time of the raid. particularly concerned punishment. That not is the warden's businest The as faithful | of late Sing Sing fame, is the conjec- thing hap we do not un- happy, carefree bunch of convicts, thing that does appeal to us, followers of one Osborne, ture, “How could such a pen?” rstand d, re accustomed to having even a generous o far descend as to in- It puzzles us; how a nice, well- who their State, fothes supplied by uld sport of shooting dfg money. What good : mercenary "’i SR i notuer he gredWagemart of it? comforts couldit buy? Plug or two of smoNing was the mo had corralley What N creatu; “sbut b actions of the last few days. Fol- ing closely upon a virtual ultima- (0 to the peons the United States has #n appraised of two acts that nearly Iproximate a war situation. Satur- the Carranza government was rned that lawlessness and disorder cease, particularly where it af- American citizens. Since, then British representative, left in ige of the legation documents, has en\ virtually kicked out of the coun- ‘and two aviators have been held, r threat of death, for a ransffa ifteen thousand dollars. holding of the two aviatdrs, uts. Paul S. Davis and Harold 'G. rson, who made a landing on: he ‘der when their plane went wroig, symatter of the greatest concein Of course they were not mace e by forces of the Carrgiza nment but were taken by Tebel But the lawlessness of these has been of the greatest con- to us and should be to Carranza, ) 18 either unable to stop their I8 or is unwilling to do so. Even if beyond his ability to make the quit he must answer to us for acts. If he is unable to keep er the United States must take )8 to “help” him, and that ‘help- " will involve sending an armed into his territory, with the prob- & result that he will take it as a upon himself and consider that declaration of war has been made. establishment of a neutral zone, ar to-that along the Rhine, to a t about fifteen. miles South of the Grande, with U. S. troops in occu- tion, might help the difficulty some at, but we doubt whether Carranza uld accept it as an act which had ather motive than the protection of 2 lives and property of American lzens. War, such™ war as Mexico 1 offer, would be the result. How- er, it is time that we did something eliminate the pestiférous acts of the tlaws along the border. s far as the ransom for the avia- P8 is concerned, we are told from hington that the amount will bly be paid, with the belief that fill eventually be collected from Carranza government. The coun- owes/it to the fliers to rescue them the earliest and best .possible hod, which is the one that the cap- require. Yet we will not readily Eet that we have been the victims ‘4 virtual holdup, and that fifteen sand dollars, will bring tb those receive it, much more trouble ATl the same amount usually does to plénts. Even if Carranza pays it iately, the thought that ‘the event might reoceur will contin- fliy\rankle. In addition to this, suc- for the bandits, in this case, will 6 them more courage for the next tempt. THe removal of the British: offiical Mexico qity may be a more serious fident than we yet anticipate. ould ‘Great Britain take offense it Il be our duty to interfere and bring out a change of government down re. The Monroe Doctrine, for eh we have argued so much, es this imperative. We will not ook’ interférence by the ' power joss the ocean upon the continent of brth America, if we wish to be con- ent. Great Britain probably will care who does the interfering as 3% as someone does, and will be lling that we look to to our own §e. It means that we must pro- 8d, though. England will have just for complaint about Mexico; we Have to recognize it. ; Franza may ‘“carry on” with his | dal plans, we have countenanced § actions long enough at present ihg, and have come to the point re we are willing for cause to in- e. Then the old fellow will learn he was seriously mistaken in his ressions of our peacefulness. [ INDOOR SPORTS ‘AT SING SING. nother instance of the severity of New York State wardens in tleir | mduct of the prison at Sing Sing has | ien brought before us in the chron- of 2 raid on a “crap” and poker ¥y at that institution lately. Six of the party were recognized and before the warden’s court for ‘tobacco, which—if Mg pun—should b¢ all well-regulated prisons.’ Of \ous "‘s the convicts are said to have\e. prajned, outdoor exercise is deniad d-$ but & privileged few at or shewing will (pardoy the eschebed' i the prik gagnd means of excitement are sa b, {even indoors. The pris- oner hd$ a hard row to hoe. Nevertheless, after the steps that have Jeen taken to alleviate his mis- ';#l). we feel for the poor convict. ught to the place of internment through no fault of his own except that of getting caught at something or another, he has to do penance and show regret for his past sins. He i3 aided in this showing of regret by many guards and many safeguards: Why has he so far forgotten his duty to society as to roll the bones? We will answer our own question. He has not any amusement outside of that. Money, as we sald before, can amount to little except tobacco from the out- side. The thrill of the game is all that appeals, we venture. As a remedy for this; we offer dur suggestions—born of the regime of Osborne: Why not serve . tea, which the public is invited, at the prison ‘every day or so? Get a jazz band and establish a dance floor. The saviours of society who would convert the pervert may collect and trip the light fantastic with the outcast mem- ber, may chat lightly of many things over the teacups, filled with fragrant Oolong, ‘or whatever it is that tacy fill teacups with—in places like Sing Sing. Thus the convict’s mind may be diverted and his entity saved. The well-meaning will also have an outlet for their ambitions. Take it all around, it saves a lot of trouble—for us on the outside, particularly. We will not have to bother about the to reformers. ' OLD HOME WEEK. Britain's Old Home Week will soon be upon us, and the first organ- ized to attempt to crystalize the sen- timent of the “Native Sons” in our city will be made, to prove whether the city has the loyalty ‘of its people, as it should, or to fail through lack of interest on the part of New Brit- ainites. Which shall it be? There is, here as well as in every community, a greatly strengthened civic spirit as a result of the war &nd of the sending of many of the younger citizens to France. The death of a boy from home, while he was on mil- itary duty has done much to weld the parents of New Britain into one, whether they lost one of their family or not. The strain of waiting, of “Keeping the home-fires burning” has been shared by all and like all hard- ships endured by a collection of people has intensified the feeling of the community and added to its co- hesiveness. We will admit that every soldier or sallor that went out from here on the sreat adventure did, in- directly a great deal for his city, for its record. The record of New Brit- troops in action is brilllant and another cause for local pride. We hope that this feeling is to be well illustrated at the coming ms- sembly of local people, previous resi- dents, and military men who have returned from service. It is the op- portunity to give tangible evidence of our community pride as well as pay respects to the boys in uniform, all should “pull” for it with a in order that there shall be no detail lacking to the stranger within our gates just what we think of our city. Unless all work for the success of the plan there will be no pleasure in it—it will fall flat. It co-operative undertaking ot the first magnitude, in which each must play his part. The committees, as formed by the Mayor, are doing what they can to insure the full realization of the scheme. Their plans will come to naught unless an inteliigent interest is taken in them by the one not on a committee but who is to be enter- tained. We belleve that New Britain has the spirit and is going to put through the “Old Home Week” in a Lize of glory. The attitude of the New ain our and will small show is a soldier and remissness in observing the sailor has been hard to get from talk- i FEDERAL TPROSECYTIO N NN A\ N ing with representatives of both forces. There is little enthusiasm for the mil- itary features of the program as far as we have found out. The pros- pects of a return to uniform, even for a day, do not appeal to many. the soldier and sailor will realize that it is not for his pleasure and not to show himself off, that he is going to return to his “out- fit’ for the day, before it is time for the parade. Without a large turnout of military men we cannot make the showing that we wish. It will not be a time for personal ment, but one for the ultimate bene- fit of the city. It will.also be an op- portunity for the soldier to show the gratitude of his folks that they de- serve for keeping his hgme for him. It will be a “benefit” for parents who have not had a chance to see a’'com- plete assembly of our soldiers. It is Nevertheless time for the returned man to forget ! his peculiar aversion to military mat- | He | ters and plan for the parade. should see matters in an unselfish 1ight. = We know that it is irksome to bé\gnade_a “lion” of, to the aver- age boynbut the old folks will have to be ablé"to do so. Our advice to the boys is to grin and break out the outfit, whateyer his own aversion. R 25 YEARS AGO (From the Herald of that Date) August 18, 1894. The city directory has been com- pleted and will be put out within a few days. Last year there were 8,389 names compared with 8,409, a gain | of twenty names. There were 1,320 names added and 1,300 erased. The Adkins Printing company put out the directory. H. L. Cuartis left town Block Island. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mills have gone to Milford. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bailey are visit- ing friends in Haddam, ‘George L. Damon has returned from his outing at Sachem’s Head. George Cowles, shipping clerk at North & Judd's, went to Naugatuck yesterday for his two weeks' vacation, Willlam H. Hart, R. A. Mgore and George P. Hart are enjoying a fishing trip to Martha's Vineyard. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Vibberts* will spend Sunday at Short Beach. Mrs. W. E. Chapman of Pleasant street is spending a few days at the shore. A big the men ley. today for celebration will be given to returning from Camp Brad- National Happenings. News from the Orient—Chinese and Japanese forces in Korea—Prospects of an engagement near Seoul—Euro- pean powers will protect their con- sulates—Great walk in China strength- -ened. Oil tank car on the New York Cen- tral explodes in collision and is thrown over 1,000 feet. \ The Cunarder Campaignia crossed the ocean in 5 days, 9 hours and 29 minutes, a world’s record. FACTS AND FANCIES. When the president hands it to con- gress and congress hands it back to the president, the chances are about all that is done will be the peo- ple.—Philadelphia Press. men announce Just as the coal a aggrandize- that | the underwear men a statement that underwear will be very high this winter. like team work.~——Detroit New having a violent at- '—Wash- shortage, Von Tirpitz tack of the ‘“I-told-you-so’s. ington Star. We believe we have forgotten to state that, in our opinion, Portland is, after all, the best place to live in-— in some ways.—Portland Press. Restoration of peace between Great Britain and - Afghanistan is a good thing, especially for Afghanistan.— Montreal Gazette. \ T. C., Atkinson, of the National irange, says the farmers of this country are being robbed. That is not so; but if it were, they could stand { it—Albany Argus. is obviously e to give as for as much hington Part of the difficulty caused by a general de: railroad men are on the wrong Boston Evening Transcript. the track. OLD MOTHERS. old mothers—mothers white hair kindly eyes, softly sweet I love with And and lips grown With ing babes; is something grace That speaks bf the calm of Sabbath afternoons; A knowledge in their deep, ing eves That far outreaches all philosophy. Time, with caressing touch about them weaves The silver-threaded fairy age, While all SONgs joingd to lend a sweetness to their speech. mothers!—as they slow-timed step, Their trembling hands cling gently to Youth's strength; mothers!—as they pass, sees again Old garden walls, old roses and old loves. There in their quiet shawl of the echoes of forgotten Seem old pace with Sweet one —CHARLES ROSA. Long Island Twins. (New York Sun.) most recent stat in about of according to the tics of this prolific city, is 1 140; that is, in every 280 visits the stork he arrives once with double gift. The chance of a new born child to live to the age of 89 is 1 in 55. 1In the case of twins a gambler would lay 2,600 to 1 at their birth that both would not survive eighty-nine year: Therefore, multis plying 280 by 2,500, it would seem that the chance of finding a twins alive at the age of 89 is 1 in 700,000. Therefore the distinction of the twins of Sea CIiff, Maria Hawxhurst Banks and | beth Hawxhurst, is great 'the odds not unreasonably, ladies in a million. The birthday of Stretching they are these fortunate endar of Long Island of the annual celebration which attended the birth- day of the Muncy twins until the death of Twin Samuel in 1914. These brothers, born on Christmas Day in 1818, lived together, after being | widowed, until death separated them, | their last birthday together being thair ninety-fifth. Theirs was a re- markable case, for the chances at birth against Moth living to the age of 95 were mjre ‘Fan 100,000 to 1. come | Tioks There is a growing impression that | murmured blessing over sleep-! unfalter-' The chance of being born a twin, ' a | pair of Eliza- | twins has taken the place on the cal- | Long Island is fortunate in having the Hawxhurst twins to succeed the Muncy brothers as evidence of the | salubrity of the climate. The Muncys | advertised the ozone of the South Side; Sea Cliffs atmosphere iIs cele- brated by the sisters whose added | years became 178 on Monday. Of course everybody who has travelled Long Tsland knows that every town is “the second healthiest place in the world, the doctors say,” but here is | proof of it. The island has received a good deal of ‘unwelcome publicity in recent years as the hunting preserve of un- happy wives. Husbands with false social notions moved there only to be shot. The cases of the long lived twins offset these sad histories and paint a moral. If you wish longevity do not move to Long Island and abuse your wife. Be a twin, inhabit Nas- | sau or Suffolk, and live well into the | nineties. Nature Stories. (Waterbury Republican.) New Haven Register, ventur- a moment into the fleld of natural phenomena, won- ders if Winsted will be able to hold its own against a British invasion. s the Register: Winsted has so long held without challenge the championship of na- ture stories that it is worth chron- icling the English invasion of the field which comes in the following dis- patch from London: “A waterspout which burst about Tobermory in Argleshire spread a shower of herring over the town and part of the town of Hull. They fell in heaps on the pavements and roofs. Gulls were quickly gobbling them up and’later these were assisted by hens, ducks and cats. People were awak- ened by the screaming of the sea | birds. “Pretty fair for summer, afd Tobermory, song and story by Harry Lauder, may caim to be a contender for the title for so long held by the Connec- ticut town.” We won't attempt Winsted for Winsted is well able to speak for herself. We think that she will have no trouble in produc- ing some little natural abnormality . that will put this British effort in the shade. We deny, however, that there s any possibility of this country ever losing the palm for nature storiss to , Great Britain or anybody else, and i we adduce the following from the Ma- Ison City .(Towa) Globe-Gazette with no fear that it can be matched any- where—except perhaps by Winsted: “Seven years ago a farmer living west of this city hung his vest on a fence in the barnyard. A calf chewed up a pocket of the garment in which was a standard gold watch. Last week the animal, a staid old milch cow, was butchered for beef, and the timepiece was found in such a posi- ! tion between the lungs of the cow that | the respiration—the closing in and | the filling of the lungs—Kept the | stemwinder wound up, and the watch had lost but four minutes in the seven years. Which Side Are You On? (Bridgeport Post.) The more that people dig into.it, the more certain they become that | the whole United States peace dele- | gation from top to bottom was Wood- | row Wilson. While others ran along to fetch the water or carry the bats, | he did all the slugging. This is one of those belated dis- coveries about which the only element of surprise is surprise at the fact that some people were so slow in finding out. And after it ha§ been out, what does it mean? The qualities that in Theodore Roosevelt were hailed as decision, force, aggressiveness, and * sclf-reliance are hailed in Woodrow Wilson as mulishness, obstinacy, sel- | . The | ing for ! curious the middle of the famed in to speak for ENGLISH PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING H.C. OF L. Point of Extreme Indignation Has | Been Reached London, Aug. 15.—The food riots | in Italy and agitations elsewhere on the continent ard focusing attention on the continued increase il the prices of food and clothing in this | country. Public feeling, judged by protesting letters to the préss and the talk one hears in restaurants and private houses, is mounting to the point of extreme indignation. | Newspapers are devoting much | space to this subject and warning the government that unless it takes ac- | tion to curb profiteering, trouble may be expected this winter. The govern- ment's recent announcement that its present modified food control would be continued at least through the winter does not appear to have ap- peased the public, and the demand is widely made for a return to the strict war-time regulations. There is great discontent among small householders. One writes to a | London paper complaining of high | prices demanded for eggs, milk and | fruit and declaring ‘Those who buy and sell seem to have gone mad in | their ‘get-rich-quick’ craze, and their | impertinence in what they charge the | public is something gross The same writer, discussing the “extortion. on clothing,” quotes the announcement made in the house of commons the other day that the high price of woolen garments is not due to short supplies or government charges, and that the stocks of wool in this country are the greatest ever | known. “If that is so,” the writer com- ments, “why are all woolen goods famine prices, and why does a man's sult of clothes cost anything from eight to eighteen guineas ($40 to $90)? Why is.the profiteering al- lowed 7" The ministry of munitions official who made the announcement re- garding wool said that the bulk of responsibility for the high prices of woolen goods lay between the man who makes the cioth and the dealer. He said the government was consider- ing actifon to prqvent profiteering. RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSED IN ROME Quarrel Arising Over the Unending Subject of Tips and Waiters | Object to Rule. Rome, July 14, (Correspondence of the Associated Press:)—Restaurant waiters have been recently veritable ancient Caesars in Rome for they have controlled both the public and the hotel and restaurant proprietors. Romans cannot eat outside the con- fines of their own home for there is naw no place to eat. All restaurants are closed. The quarrel is on the unending sub- ject of tips. It has been the policy during some weeks to include the tip in the bill. At the end of each day, the waiter's share would amount to 20 per cent. of the gross receipts in some cases. The proprietors found that this procedure was not acceptable to the guests and asked the waiters to return to the former system of volun- tary tipping. They refused. | The refusal culminated in a, strike. Some hotels were forced to accede to the demands of the waiters and in these alone was anyone able to pro- cure foad. Because these hotels were the only ones in which people could be gerved, the waiters clashed with the patrons. Ttallan officers accompanied by women were insulted, while a dig- nified British general, just returned from the campaign in Palestine, was subjected to a somewhat torturesome excariation. PRINCE FORMALLY RECEIVED. Canadian Garrison Artillery Guard of Honor to Royal Guest. | Halifax, N. §., Aug. 18.—Welcomed | by a royal salute from the citadel, the | Prince of Wales, who arrived here vesterday from St. John's N. B., de- barked from the battle cruiser Re- nown this morning to be formally re- ceived by a guard of honor from the Royal Canadian garrison artillery. Addresses from the government of the pravince and from the city of Halifax were presented to the prince at exer- cises in the provincial building. He made brief replies of aceptance and this with his official party began a tour of the gaily decorated city. He was loudly cheered. After visiting the sec- tion devastated by the great explosion in 1917 the prince called at the mili- tary hospitals and later inspected or- ganizations aof British veterans, the cadets and Boy Scouts. LOUVRE SOON TO BE REOPENED. French Museum Has Been Since Start of the War, Paris, Aug. 18.—The Louvre, the national museum, which has been closed to the public since the begin- ning of hostilities, will be reopened shortly. i It is being completely cleaned and overhauled and is being.painted for the first time in fifty years. Closed fishness and headstrong wilfulness. Or vice versa, according to the way you look at it. In, other word, it becomes apparent that neither set of qualities is in either man but in the eyes of the beholder. And what color of glasses do you wear? 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LABOR BACKS POLICE UNION. Boston Coppers Promised Support in Their Fight. 'Boston, Aug. 18.—The Boston Cen- tral Labor Union unanimously adopt- ed resolutions yesterday congratulat- ing the Boston policemen “upon their American manhood displayed by them in establishing a union in order that they may be enabled to protect and promote the interests of themselves and their families through the appli- cation of the principle of collective bargaining.” The resolutions pledged the newly formed union “every atom of support that organized labor can bring to bear in the event they should need such support.” A committee of seventeen repre- sentatives of the various divisions of vise ways and means of carrying out this pledge of support. MINOR REALTY DEALS. Meyer Dunn has transferred his property on Stanley street to M. Greenblatt. The latter transferred his property on East Main street to Dunn recently. P. Scapellati has bought the Broad- way Tailor Shop on East Main street, which he sold shortly before he Jeft for overseas and will occupy it imme= diately. The property has been in the hands of Joseph Capello.