New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1919, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAYy SEPTEMBE R 6, 1919, Bntam Herald. IRALD PUBLIBHING COMPANY, Proprictors. @ally (Sundny excepted) at 4:18 ltrfllrlld Bullding, 67 Churoh Bt 0 Thras Months. @ & Month, 4 at the Post OfMce at scond Cla aw Britain Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS OfMoe .... . 925 rial Rooms . only profitable advertising medium In oity. Circulation books and press Om always open to advertimers Membher of the Assoclated Press. esociated Preas is exclusively entitled b the urs for republication of all news edited to it or not otherwise credited h this paper and also local news ublished heretn. ———— PRESIDENT AND THE STEEL STRIKE, hat is to be ident’'s offer to mediate, if po: between the thre aborers e steel plants about Lhe country the authorities of the companie: jew of the general industrial un- threatened throughout the United ks, a situation lar brought t by the gotten out from under, the plan interest to the outcome of the teni ely railroad men, who have la conference is of man and head of the first place the demands of the in the industry for a blocked E. H. Steel corpora- whether refused to business alike. nized lerence , President He ps right t that a meeting with him be held. a short it as if ers had stopped there, it did to prove that the work the; union officials, 1l strike in men were by of the foot down put his or wrong, and appeared but time talze long e union men, from that should be dis- ished s g on and a gene [basic steel industries was threat- . Evidently w down” and the strike was to be ved to break, at It vious that the emploves were sat- h that the men were going to quit lhad decided to let it go at that. of different labor there was to be a come what may. he presidents the ches organizations the of the ved immediately took stand they feared a strike and attempt- bring about a conference on the nds of averting the trouble which earlier threatened. Gompers re- ed from Europe and is siding with officials, inasmuch as he states unless the conference is forth- ng, there will be a strike, whether the not. that trouble is countenanced by American ration of Labor or Now, with bvious contention tened for the whole of the United s unless something is' done, the ident onsented to bring about the con- if has been approached and nce he can. e demands of the workers was jgnition of the unions and the right ollective bargaining. Tt was dis- Foval of these points that brought refusal . He showed by of the conference from his action that averse to the plan and the men showing by theirs that they nothing else. If the conference es about therc will little fon, the men are prepared will he dis- to en- p their point and, nates unless the steel give in, will be a e, conference or no conference, on What there follective bargaining issue. the President do about it? le has, as he should, the prosperity e country at heart. He may be ng for the best, even provided that prings the dissenting factions to- But, it is our opinion that the producers decided that gs have gone as far as they may pout making further production pssible, and that they are ready to it out. If this 0, ting is brought about, he same situation, er. have is and if the there will ce after- ds as thore is now. It the collective kaining granted by y it will be but a short time beforo her general more wages. o demands are strike is threatened Without the greater that comes from it, collective bar- ing is useless. jaw that the railroad ‘ed to the will of man has the President we fight the same fight with the workman. If he loses next will be with bor. we have oad men to face again. esident our some othe If he winsg, brancih the Wilson, we believe, has e 2 mistake in interfering with the fke. The i be fought out ewhere, it is just as well that it hdea now. 1r 1 strike, let it come. our hpers, officials admit 1e must is we must the It should himself, insinuates. they have is too bad suffer, The la- e powerless ontrol their men, for bstter or for cannot, not be able to do other question to be decided i of the greed of nmien ag t defense of the public jugh it may be hard, the industry as a the President so, and there is than the Finally, public will STILL AFTER RENTS. the multitude of diverting inter- national and local, New Britain @ have been gradually losing of the difficulties of the rent sit- and the discomfort that it in- & B volves. There Britain lack of un adcquate home, at o rea- wonabla price, they have none, but number of us are willing matter stand with the protests that were registered o month or so ago. Because therc have been steps taken to remedy¥the difficulty, because an association for the loaning of money at reasonable rates has heen are many families in Now because the greater to let the formed, and because there are other things to distract us we have ignored one of the needs of the town today. The average individual not take it He has a, comfor he may than he deems greatest here might upon himself to ible home, although be paying a little worry. higher and well as can be expected. What more do 1 want?” will that he wishes nothing Then the question rent necessary, is get- ting along as he say. We presume more when and what that the does home we venture time now arises he going to want something will he desire. Providing man not now own that his to predict coming when of estate he will want a rent, or a place his own, to in. Sales of real volume ago, buildin, but not large are as great in were as they ha enough. number some picked up—some— There have been of property There have with a of landlords a thrown out their homes over still increasing of properties. in the by the heads. saie of the their more saddled constantly seale rents cupidity or transfer lot of of people similar There are a city today to whom a thing may are happen tomorrow and who not looking forward it enough to combat We wish to building, emphasize the here the now, bhefore trouble be- comes worse. T is room for many will tenements in New be Britain, there removed from if able. a large burden the shoulders zens if a of the city its citi- build they are There obportunity for building was never the despite and a tendency to ignore the essentials and the truth of the “Build better to obtain money pur- Dos labor is s the fact that high, vet, there is above statements. Now"” is a favorite well as here. of rent tenements motto There market are erect- everywhere, will ir ed be no glut hundred here. Iave the two you any money and any prospect of home?. losing your present If so take heed. FIGHTING A GERMAN- UNION, AUSTRIAN Threatening to occupy further ter- ritory of the Rhineland that unless Ger- many defeated part ly formed constitution which pro- representation in parliamentary the Pea their political p vides her official Allied representatives conference opinion for Austrian bodies, at the stated what impending ce have of the alliance, between the two World going to Candid, willing, obliging, the that be allowed incipal War, do about Hunland Aus- he in the Ger- enemy powers in the o and it. what they are has tria replied wishéd country to ultimatum. a delegate to sit what could the poor Boche do but agree? That ought to plain Austria from man Reichstag—so he enough to the council. wished to become a not? proof part of political Germany, why There stra is another of of assumption of ce of wrong-doing. But what the enemy sop after the indiges. tion that four years of it has brought It that the will learn Hun tegy. infantile innoce in creation throw prompis to us such to us seems never psychology fesses to makes whether in Teutonic mind the the essence of about it which it pro- It Allies be so highly little aiffc Austria wishes informed. rence to the Germany or not. They do not care who formed the plan which will undeniably lead to a later, more com- plete, union Whether wish between the countries. Germany acted on Austiia’s hether she prompted Avs- Allie more of or w They the is of little occasion to the hoid. if will occupy, and iHun's possessions if she proceeds to thwart their wishes. Does it make any difference comes the thwart? The note from the Allics, warded September 2 to them ‘rom whence desire to was for- and gave to Ger- many fifteen days to -lefeat the Reichstag. An extension of the occupation on the right ceed, the ad- mission of Austria to bank of the Rhine will at is favorably Rhine,” pro- once acted becomes, according to ess the demand upon. “On the “On the Rhine the note, to Meanwhile our consideration is being sought with the There German up futile excuse offered are still seweral days for the to com- ply ably with our demands, after theories. and another he prob- will of test his assinine FACTS AND FANCIES. It begins to appear that the only representative at tho peace table who dldn’t have his fingers crossed was President Wilson.—Shoe and Leather Reporter. Belgian coal output rapidly ap- time | been | through | need of | of her new- | representation | | who cannot forget their the live | | | | | | b THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME .,//////f 7 as1e b, /fi/ NN RO BATE) FNEA 2308 HEAE | AYE8 A AOH | mu nnms, —GOING TO SCcHooL “THE. FIRST TIME — ,%// T 5@\\\\\\\\“\\\ LD A8 AAY LLEL L Bafe 88® ANAY 9nA O8An 50K LLLIPYEA CLL LY LEL A, K2 qaas | | SEE, hsn‘s THE SchooL | House ,NoRMAN - You come. | STRAIGUT DOWM THIS STREET: Nowt You MyST STUDN HARD | AND WHEN You GET THROUGH HERE VYou AW Go TTO | HIGH SchooL - ‘ proaching line. normal.—Newspaper head- Belgium is to be congratulated. All summer long the Unfted States | has been struggling to accomplish something like this.—New York Sun. We often wonder what some of our friends are going to do for hating ma- terial when President Wilson ret to private life, hut we suppose good democrat will do in a Ohio State Journal. any pinch.— If Carranza “does not Monroe Doctrine” he it always was—a declaration ¢y not requiring his or any assent.——Wall Street Journal. It has gotten so that when a man goes down into jour basement you do not know whether he wants to read the meter, hunt for hoarded food or smell for contraband.—Lexington News. ! recognhize the leaves it what of poli ruler The peace conference at Paris had not been able to get any replies to the notes it has been sending Ru- mania. But Rumania must be al- lowed soe consideration—she is very busy.—Kansas City Star You would never have suspected it by looking at the railroad traing, the lakc steamecrs, the automobiles and | the summer resorts that anyhody was having much frouble in making both ends meet.—Columbus Dispatch. LIFE. OF o Let us sit here, side by side, Underneath this ancient tree— You who say, “The flame has died”; I, who burn eternally. FIR Let us reason out the way And the road that we must tread. is still too soon to say. “Life is over, love is dead.” It Still too soon, while you and T Dreem of deathless dreams know Sunlight, starlight. in the sky: And on earth, all things that and srow. Look, your hand is close to mine And the tendrils of vour hair Touch me like a fragrant vine Stirring in the silent air. So I sat here. close to you, On that day the vision came And the world that once we knew Vanished into sudden flame. the vision clear Hour by hour, and day by You who sit beside me here Shall not, dare not, drift away. I have kept day, Child and woman, wistful-eyed, If you cannot bear to smile, You, who say, “The flame has died”: Take my hand and weep a while. the cleausing rain -old doubt dispel, Love is always kin to pain, tleaven neighbor until hell HAROLD T. PULSIFER, —in the Outlook. COMMUNICATED PROHIBITION. Sunday our ~tmosphere has cleared. Two important changes have occurred, the beginning of the end of the high cost of living and the fading apprehension of that paraly inh strike which we thought was coming. IHere's looking at you! Now there still remains the unrest which boils in the breast of the greater part of our nationa! working men—Each knows that while his thoughts and efforts, were absorbed in the war, and its horrible, aft h, a section of the people was foxily handing him prohibition, and he can't make it out. Prohibit “Verboten” and with liberty it cl Napoleon said, ‘Tt is Weep, and All this a let ce Bonaparte at often some unexpected event which decides the greatest battle,” and prohibition was a bolt | trom the blue. Sce what drastic and | ugly language it has bred. “I shall send you to jall for one year, and you Marengo | To the Editor { towns in danger aga | & train from New are fined one thou a judge to the culprit who inally and knowingly sold long- shoreman a good glass of beer. With one-half of one per cent of the brains that we are supposed to be normally provided, we hi to know that this law cannot enforced, and if we don't know so by that we know it has been proven by past experience. We had no license here about twenty vears ago. It producd fraud, de- ceit and a year of uproar. The British are not very artistic race of people but businesslike and practical they are, so, when you see them handing pass-outs to the “Verboten” mongers instead of pass-ins, you may make up your mind t when Sam Gompers said that prohibition was the down- fall of the czar he knew what he was talking about, and I'll say that one good glass of beer does a workman more good at the end of a hard day's work then a carload of speeches from Bryan, Spooner, and Murphy all put together ohody care the H. C. silly, it looks the contention for election of 1920- Yours truly, ands dollars,” says had crim- a o he a about Leagues of Na- of L. is scotched and prohibition will be the presidential Now i | | | i | | ions, SINCERE. A Dance Pavilion. of The Herald Tn a recent issue of Your paper a plea was made for a dancing pavilion on Walnut Hill park that would be fairly permanent. It was suggested that members of the park commission would object to this plan. Would it not he a good idea for these commis- sioners to visit Colt park in Hartford some. evening and see upward of 1,500 people dancing and equally as many spectators. Hartford gives this en- tertainment four nights a week at 10 cents a head. One night it is free 1 is not a losing proposition. The | structure has paid for itself many times over. What is New Britain; do- ing for its young folk Sincerely. ANNA B. OWENS (From the Herald of that Date) |25 YEARS AGO 1 1894, is in Sept. 6, W. L. Humason husiness W. P. Nickerson has returned from a two weeks' trip spent at Block Is- land and New Jerse August M. Johnson and Miss Alma Heinz were married vesterday by Rev. O. W. Ferm. They left town last night for a short wedding trip to the | shore and on their return will be ten- dered a reception by their friends. The women's housekeeping commit- tee of the TFirst Baptist church, con- sisting of Mrs. W. . Walker and Mrs. J. H. Minor gave an afternoon tea to the women of the church yesterda afternoon. Mrs. William H. Judd president of the society, and M Stidham received. Mrs. A. J. Sloper and Mrs. Samuel Basset served lemon- ade. Boston on water & Erwin track near day. The main belonging to Russell burst under the railroad Washington eet yester break is being repaired National Happenings. More fires starting—several western —if the strong | ds continue fires will break out | again in all the burned districts—or- gaized men fighting the fiames—the | destruction crosses into Canada. Is it Aslatic cholera—an Immigrant dies at Cumberiand, Md.—taken ill on York and soon ex- pired—physicians pronounce it genu- ine case of cholera—his nine compan- ions quarantined in car. Rescued in mid-ocean—had been four davs in small boat without food or water—men nearly starved to death—faces bloated and tongues parched. Loss of the Miranda—hardships and perils of the Coock explorers—fortu- nate that the paszengers were on the fishing schooner when the steamer be- gan to settle—nothing saved except the clothing an the shipwrecked péo- ple’'s backs. f 1 | the | able summit a GREEKS HAD FIRST | BiG SKYSCRAPER Religious Institutions Had to Be Reached by Elevators Washington, D. C religious movements of recent ., Sept. 6.—"Few tim! have aroused such worldwide discus- | sion as the proposal to form a League | of Churches along lines parallel to political bulletin League of Nations,” savs l a from the National Geo- | sraphic l The bulletin recalls that this pro- posal came from the most unexpected | source, from the Patriach of the i Greek church, who left the Ecumeni- | cal Throne, violating a precedent of 400 years, to present his plans at | Par Unexpected, it explains, be- cause the Greek church not only is mote from the western world’ af- fairs, but many of its own sirong- holds are isolated and breathe the spirit of past ages. As an example it points to the monasteries of Thessaly nature-made skyscravers reached by unique elevators, which are described in a communication to the society by Llizabeth Perkins, as follov “There is a legend, perhaps it is his- tory, that there was once a ruler In Constantinople who disliked his brother and wished to banish him to the remotest corner of his kingdom. Consequently the monarch built 1 monastery on a well-night inaccessi- ble mountain in Thessaly and founded a brotherhood, about 400 years ago, | in what seemed to be the uttermost | corner of the earth. | “The monastery was called meaning ‘domicile of the After the original was built, twenty-three others arouped themselves around and were inhabited for a while. They were, however, finally abandoned with | the exception of three which are still | in e “The seven hours’ trip across the plains of Thessaly to the town of Ka- labaka is most enchanting. Ocea- sionally a Greek priest, with long | beard, long hair, and long garments rides by His high hat and his large cross indicate prominently his calling, and, if he is not in too great a hurry, | a pedestrian may stop him, kiss his ' cross, and be touched on the fore- 1d with a little switch, presumably dipped in holy water, and the sinner obtains absolution for the day. “We left the train at Kalabaka, and | there fook horses and guides 1o elimb to the high-built monasteries Threes hours the horses had to pick their way over hillsides where, in the month of February, no trail was visible ““As we looked in wonder at one detached colossal pillar of stone, we discovered on its seemingly unattain- building! This habita- tion of man, half natural rock and half artificial, seemed most extraor- dinary. Our guides drew attention to the higher precipices, and as we grew accustomed to their outlines we saw, | on all sides, monasteries tucked into | the ledges of the perpendicular walls They are not all inhabited today, but they are there, bearing testimony that man has climbed, and built, and lived society. | re eteora’ on crags that seem fmpossible fo goals to clinib, “The whdle west plain of Thessaly lay at our fcet, and the whito mour tains of the Pindos range rose rugged and imposing before ua At the base of the rock on which Trinity is perch- ed, lMke an eagle’s nest, our guides hallooed and beat with a stick on a tin can, found in the bushes. Soon an answcering call came back and over the precipice, so.ac three hudred feet above us, the peering faces of several monks were seen. Then something serpentine flew into the air, and as aropped perpendiculariy we dangling from a coil of rope looked like a smail fish net. came the cable until it touched earth at our feet, and the proved to be a large sized which opened and spread the ground. “One at a saw what Down the fish n rope bag out flat on time we into the middle Turk-fazhion were invited of this net The edges were gathered together onto a large iron hook, a shout was given, and the net soared upward, while its occupant felt romewhat like an orange at the bot- tom of &2 market woman's hag “The a just tl min. openwork ele- V0T V1 into the rock with slight bump, but the monks at top wind the windlass slowly, and the humping does not but as 2 com- pensation the view more tiful ev second last the was reached. Ther fina outward, ta get a rebound several pairs of hands were out- stretched to pull the net over to the platform, and then came a drop onfo the stone floor! The hook was de- tached, the meshes opened, and the passcnger helped to his feet hy the blackrobed brothers. They all gath- cred around with words of wecome and hands ready to be shaken in greeting “All we had to offer in their hospitality were some American posteards. The Flatiron building caused much unintelligible comment, but also the perf s:tly understandable remark that ‘this must be the Meteora of Amerlca.’ Our red-haired frlend to step equat, and a utes. Occasionally the g hurt beuu- top swing inward, grows At was a return for l Small Membership Fee also made us understand the superior- ity of the original Meteora in having a net bag to fucilltate the mounting Alas! we could not make him under- stand the greater superiority of an clectric lift." VOTING CONTESTS ARE ALREADY OPEN Ballot Boxes At McMillan's, Crowell’s, Liggett's, City Drug and Naugh- ton's Store. has been plan- Welcome A big voting contest ned as a part of the Home celebration. The voting has alread) started and the ballot boxes are locat- ed at McMillan's store, Crowell's Drug store, Liggett's drug store, City Drug kery. The McMillan's pop- two women; store and Naughton's ba are on display in It will be known ularity ontest There will ouds for the married two diamonds for girls over 1 of age; two diamonds for school girls under 16 of two for the prettiest babies under 5 years of age two bicycles for under 16 and u sapphire ring for the homeliest man. The ballots can be dropped in the boxes at any timne and the votes will cost a cent each with the excep- tion of the baby which will be 5 cents a Vote Che lists will 12 o'clock and prizes window 15 2 be years vears age boys vears contest be out every noon at the contestants can then see how they stand. All that is necessary to get your favorite in the contest is to cast a vote. A good sum of money should be raised for the cel- cbration a result of this contest Two benelit dances will given next week by J. A. Graham in his hall for the benefit of the Welcome Home celebration. All the proceeds of th social and dance o1 Monday night wi be turned over to the committee and on Tuesday night the dance will be in charge of Team No. 18, captained by Elmer W. Pape be Special Club Sale to Purchase a COLD AIR 2 WARM AIR WARM AIR WARM AIR. SILL STOVE WORKS)] ROCHESTER. .. CoLD AiR NPM&M We were not able to see all of our people the last week of cur STERLING FURNACE CLUB SALE and have made arrrangemnts with the Sill Stove Works to continue the sale for 6 days Sept. 8th and continuing the balanc and terms as made during th more, opening of the week, ¢ CLUB WEEK SALE. terms as made during the CLUB WEEK SALE. Special Club Features Saving of Cash Discount. Free Consultation with the Factory Heating Expert. We Buy Your Old Heater. & A. A. MILLS 80 West Main St. GINGERALE Tel. 381