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

lew Britain Herald.A HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANTY, Provorietors, excepted) at 4:18 usd daily (Sunday ¥ Churon Bt B, at Horald Building, £,90 o Year Whreo Months. 9 & Month ‘#=at the Post OMoe at Now Britaln ®4 Second Class Mail Matter, TELEPHONN CALLS s the o TOOm alwave cpen to W Meniher ot the Assacluted Frems. Be' Ansociated Pross {3 axclusively entitled fo the ume for republication of all news oradited 1o it or not atherwise oredited In thie r and else looal nev. published relm. IRV GASOLIN® O, PUMPS, can s Alderman Curtly wener- y e depended on o advanee some eresting disclosties {n reference (o ¥ affairs, and st nlght's sesslon of o Common Councll proved no ex ptlon N That ke madu (wo obsorva- foular cit iblo « Both ns of p Interest to (he bns, and po barrnssment of o cily boards. went unchal admitted. I one the t that in instance a nving on ged, in fuet wore hrought out at t one person which brings wa- tapped the pipe main pipe into the d ssion. without inte is using water pe Thao tiant ity other, even mor the Bourd of t Iy the installa- ing, althoux! bile hny, Works in the pt s granted wany permits f i il sen the sidewalk and this he authority n soline stations he- iter on nu- rous strect heen donc lezal n the Publie right lo grant such permissic s thout fact not ly has Board of Works 1, but o neither has the Common Council olf, tho Alderman declaved, guot the Corporation Covnsel. The Jucent to the gagoline flling tions, focuted curbing, have bia fair nulsatee sined hecome a tend to ol the endeavored hred, they flic. blic may For time Bo; Works he som ¢ of- the Now s to 't some lation prohibiting tallation the leg tanks. informution of these enlightening the permission i oss b Tt ubt i1 continuc il be the wails use The old vanced: - “Well, e right to huve pre, why to the any body had board the any No at no time to applications for these permits to be received, and loud when nermisslon is argument will i one p-and-So in frontyof All conclusion 1t against which that haven't 1?% of 5 obvious register a the filling uld see to main- pmoa) complaint these sta- that will hance of any of ng, on the ground they arc isance, somebody ion. And cuse for their existing what is there ft to [dermian have to take since there is no legal do bul order their removal? | Curtis! to begin U fairness to ali, suggestion o dunl elimination of these ns, in is not amiss "HE AR PRIC Attorney COMMITT ' Palmer’s decision Price General employ Fair Committees roughout the United States in his re- pwed campalgn to lower the cost of ing 1s Interesting as it proves that e mission of such organizations so ¢ ostablished has been suceessful, his the General began hen the Attorney kht last st of Prico summer to bring down living necessitics, he chose the Lir Committee as one of the ns by which thi ould be ac-| pmplished. 1is repeated request in- uded his statement issucd from [ashington blish o Attorney ith the work ha putisued. | the machinery | in vesterday that cities cs- Fair Price committees, shows General has been pleased of these arganizations, | wishes them to be expanded and Those ignorant of hd methods of the working nmittees condemn NN as means Kken by an interfering and meddling | iblic to hamper the business meth- is of the retailer and cast upon him shadow Tmmediately the ol suspicion, on establishment, of such a mmittec, the average retailer con- ted of profitecr- i lers that he is susp. Naturall business he resents, e con- legitimately, any the Price icts his pch implication But a study of 1 Fair it ake-up and nmission o will fo revea! that is an the protection of the mmittec bganization tailer as well for his customers. A ually, by Fair Price committes is headed, i@ ederal Foad Adminis- ator of the district in which it is e blished hairman who chairman acts chooses the other membors his committee from the public and om the & appar e body when formed is equa of the local dealers in food, we and in some cases, fucl 1y and rep- psentative consumer the ptatler. One after comniit- procedure the Fair with method of brmation of the Price e, Which fashington shed, worked success in where first estab- be it briefly was may outlined as fol- Wt Taking into account the cost of food br the retailer, the committee estab- hed & maximum price at which this conducts his stove on the “cash and carey” plan was free the with is competitor who ran a from over- head expenses conuneeted the business of credit and delivery establishment, Therefore a the “t margln was allowed be- tween minhnum which the find and maximum brices customer might expect to artioles listed in tho ores, Every grocer was invited to become the Fair iy memborship insurod member tee, of Price commif and his willingness to abide by the pricos sol by the commlittea. varied with Fuir Price llsts, newspapors, Theso prices the market condittons, and the publishod in the wera chunged every weeok, The people west surpriso which the of Washington ovxperienced after the estabushment of thelr Fair Price the vost of it as haforo, committeo was fhat did ined ut living not drop. Instead 1t ro- practically at it the It me what Price committeo did of chants ¢ prove was (hat wholesale charges proficering uguinst retail mor- were groundless. Tha tho lude Prico committee, established di- hie ot Justice, was enough free the grocer forever from display of & membersilp card in réetly under wuspices the De- purtment of S to the plication that he reapod an unfair illegal profit of And time, customers - and fram the salo his wires. at the sume his were assured they dealing with a reputable grocer. Tho lowey were Fair Price committee does not the cost of living. But it does pravent the ; he is gettin sensational charg gainst retat ures the consumer o sguare deal that bring down the cost of living, he must look clsewhere for tho in his own home town, and to cause, A\ SHIP WITHOUT A WH MAN? Affairs of state are hecoming gx- tremely complicated during the illness of President \V till obscure. nklin m, for reasons that are announcement ot I The K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, thats he will shortly resign follows -losely upon the resignation of Gartleld the s in the and Fuel Administrator and number of ¢chang other oft the str; adjustment period It of amongst high during m of the war and its have been gres that there Cabinet is usual nid stilt slated than is the resign arve others who are to wihin a short time. Starting with the difficulty with W. J. Bryar, over the Lusitania incident, there has heen a series of resignations official resulted the President’s of from Some frietion Cabinet Pr case, family have the these from the the with remainder of and disagreement with sident’s, policy, as was the Bryan Others are more obscure, hard- er to trace, even to thosc who the the some are in- timately acquainted with politics of the the inner cirgle, as in of MeAdoo Needless to say case resignation, time aso. bitterly partisan the from this bme on, by pre- papecs will account for additions to the lis suming upon a fight in the C the The ship of binet, struggle for control in illness of 1he state will a be Presitlent. be pictured withoul a he and an unconscious tribute will paid to the President alleging that small- gling to gmet a grasp upon the reins of government by er personalities are stru and take the wheel of the vessel “wilhout @ wheelsman.” However, would ha to that by we the business h inclined ir are judge not 2 resignations, forc reasons, th to com- unwillingness the ing about throug of minor officials rollow out dictates of the Administvation heads to that there at which seemis prove is the helm, the il 1d to sug il still . power that Tresident is not too to watch his underling methods by which they m on with their particular jobs He wants Lo be boss, and is usually successiul held a gnutions, aduiittedly, in lis eiforts to firm hand on the wheel. uture re to our will simply prove that he is in lible that muke min, v and is to remain there, despite (he fact he is sick. 1t ernment does not for the hest oV~ to be constantly replacing officialdem, ¢ The thoroughly broken in, members of vbinet members, or others. usefulness old i, of an man there is delay f o it the plans of the individual ar is in picking up the But at istration e routine new job to anyone. the Admin- else for the The Admin- for on s to the policy of lttle angi there is to do than quit blame that, right dictate their maust take the it should tion their faults, is fitting Wron pro- cedur Secretary Lane's resignation is not little offi- announce- Bur- quit therc will 'he though that after vet complete doubt tendered is reason to it clally his ment of yesterday. Lansing and considerin, little leson said to be ting, are though this is more than I of the little bemoaning gossip at the present stage will be resignation game There in the case of the of Postmuaster General, he has none tog many friends cven among his d Secretary Lansing, howe hod should be sold to the consumeor. he prices varied, for the grocer who parts. would be a greater loss. to. the the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 'OFFICER, DO YOUR DUTY - TH PAPERS. § NOW SERVE YEM Y ernment, we believe. His accomplish- ments are not disapproved the seriously of by vank and file. Mayor Quigley seemed to quibble when a resolution was introduced in the Common Couleil last evening call- ing for an investigation ingo the carni- val, and the expenditure of through an audit. He was ot’the opin- that the wWhbdle branded as a scandal by the taking of official action, ion affair might be Tle hesitated Lo pay too much attention to, the demands of the public for & thorough inquiry. How- ever, he was reminded that the Coun cil représénted tife peaple of the city and’ could not afford to refuse to act upon matter which s demanded the public. Wi by The Council must not forget, at any time, that it is representative of the % f citizenry and that the demands of the sidents of New Britain must become its demuands. This is the first princi- ple of government. individu sent An who keeps his name from us, us, today, a clipping from the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal which dent Wi on and asking that attacked Presi League of N editor the the the o tions, read it and stating that ader was “dis- with the gusted” the poliey of this paper as far as League and the Presi- dent are cancerned. The editor had read the editorial sent, thoughts the particular should respected the of another, and borne in mind statements made, There is no reason why the com- municant have kept his name a seeret in corresponding. The anonym- ity the communication all of to Anonymous of spoiled its usefulness us. communications reach the waste be kel, no matter how pertinent they are FACTS AND FANCIES. Dr. Wiley is possible to live on 11 cents Maybe so, but an egg a day ther monotonous diet.—Kansas City St Emma Goldman says she will come back as Russia’s envoy. Not if wo see her first.——Cleveland Plain Dealer. Clemencean’ ing “How Never w indomitable Republican enemies will many lives has there a tougher old man. he ask- tiger? or mor Springticld ibi stating that the let- ated but not read” by his subtle manner of ex- pressing the hope that the recipient won't hold him responsible for his stenographer's inability spell.-—— Boston Transcript The ter was him n be hoss “dic to The proposed suspension of Con- gressional Record would be unneces- sary If “permission lo print” wero sent to join other exploded shams.— Wall Street Journal. the subject commission, Dr. rather freeze than | York World of a coul-strike Garfield would zreeable.—~Now On ns want to trade i headline. They had bet- ir potash to Newcastle, bal in this country, —Dal “Germ coal, ter carry the The J potash for ing down the coal special hardship on I, where, we hear, s to keep the money, | | | | | | tions 18, 1840, ’SOLDIER= RELIEF home fires burning under al) the do- mestic hrews.— Manchester Union. An American dollar will-buy a bale of Bolshevik money, and the. indic re that jaetty soon it will buy half & bushel of German money.—In- dianapolis News. THE LOOK. o were climbin’ Jacob’s Tor, A soldier lad came ridin’ doun: He stopped an’ passed the time o' day An' asked far to Plymouth toun, % As'l how I told him, that were ail: he taol The path that goes toward the [ turned to watch him out o sight An' he were lookin' back at me, ca. "} public policy, He waited. Like a stone I stood Shamed to be caught, yet somehow bound ve him look ror look: his lips Moved as to but made scund. To spealk, no It seemed a lifetime we did look; As drounin’ folk may do, they I thought of every little thing U'd done. He rode away. Tremblin® an’ smilin’ T did sit, And watched the larks an hour more up against the golden light Wi songs I'd never heard avore. . A B or my side—— still, I fret How can 1 sleep make my pillow Jan’s heavy breathin’ by All else De quiet and And long for day. When tears do wet ? GERTRUDE the PITT, Beokman, London. 25 YEARS AGO (From The MHerald of That Date) —in December 18, 1804, The fire hydrant at the Ellis street and Basselt is with several feet of snow 1. M. Wilson, 196 Kensington street, turnished the motormen and conduc- tors who came his way, with hot cof- fee last night, and his considerate action was theroughly appreciated by the trolley men. One of the owners of a public building on Main street presented the men who were removing the snow from the strect with a quart bottle of whiskey this morning, The meeting of the Natural History socioty arranged for Monday evening, has heen postponed to Thursday eve- ning when it will be held at the home of . J. Munson, 51 Walnut street All the trains on the Now England road are from ten to thirly minutes late today on account of the storm. Martin Conway, a brakeman on the Berlin branch, has been suspended on account of the aceident near the High strect crossing last Saturday night, corner of National Happenhings The most severe storm since the b rd of 1886 is now sweeping the country leaving wrecks and heavy loss in ils wake. Many cities in the wost are hopelessly ning and street car service at a stand- still. It is not known what the toll of lite will be on tho ocean where the storm is extremely severe. Jersey City's huge 20-inch water main burst yesterday on the Hacken- for u distance of 300 lly the entire city is and a fire would-prove disastrous ut this time. Workmen are being rushed to the break to repair it, The meadows are now flooded with water from the reservoir. Much is sald about the approach- g marriage or Anna Gould, daugh ter of the late Wall Street wizard, to ER meandow feet Practica without water tied up, no trains run- | the Zount Castellane. \iss Gould is worth $1§,000,000 in her own name not understood why she is nobléman. I 's* Drive, Now York Times.) ‘No less than the university profes. sor the teacher in grammar or high gchool is pinched by the cost of liv- ing: but the means of redress have nol hitherto been obvious. Graduates of our colleges have a warm spot in their hearts for the alma mater, and not a few'of them are able to con- tribute liberdliy! but’ graduates ot publie: schools are 1éss given to . ‘‘pa- triotie” reunion and song; and though they were ever Ho liberally posed, they do no: assess as high in worldly goods Fromi thé peint ' of view of however, the school is even wore vital than the univefsity, The injustice of the present school salaries is flagrant. Much publicity has been given to the fact that at Harv- vard an instructor receives less than 2 motorman, that at Yale he recelves Jess than the furnace men lately de- manded. But consider this ecxperi- ence of a certain grammar school teacher. She has the difficult task of couching mental defectives. One day she met in the street a boy who, in spit of her best efforts, had three times failed to pass out of the sev- enth grade. He wore a silk shirt and an ulster with a belt. On inquiring how he was getting cn, his former and baffled teacher found that he had become a day laborer and was receiv- ing pay that fell only a few dollars vearly short of what she was receiv- ing. Is it strange that the profession is deterlorating? Before the war, to be a teacher required sn expensive train- ing and enough ability to pass & com- petitive examination. Today the com- petitlon of commarcial i has so thinned the ranks thal ‘“emergency licenses” are issued to applicants of far less than the former equipment; and yet, according to a report from the National IZducation association, the number of children who are de- nied schooling for the lack of teach- ers is rapidly rising toward the num- ber of one million. Tn the current ampaign for the Americanization of forelgners the method most widely urged is education in our history. Among the items of information im- parted will the be included that our own children are denied educa- lon? A promising vay out of tiie dithcul- ty has been found by the teachers of Worcester, Mass. They presented their casc in a series of bulletins filled with statistics. Tn many states there is a minimum wage,~ covering all kinds of work, of $§1,000 a year; but the mintmum wage of the teachers of Worcester is $675. Since 1913 cost of living has doubled, and even in 1913 it had already advanced alarmingly. But since 1872 the salary of the principal of the \Worcester High school had risen only 6 2-3 per cent.—from $1 200. A spe- clal argunrent was sed to the voters of the city in the fact that dur- i ing the same period of forty-si they had, it ed tlie salary mayor per cent. It was further shown that the fax rate in Worcester New Enzland cities. This propagands was brought before (he graduates of the schools— -namely, the voters of Worcester. Thotgh the available time was limited 17,000 out of crs signed the petition, This story told in School | the official organ of the Dureau of | Bducation at Washington, and with an implication for otber vities that obviows. The alnmni of our public schools are the American people. They are more fortunate than the alumni of our most deeply undversitics, for th do not have to sign"ehecks for thoir contributions to tilg @pive; (hey can vole them the | was notubly lower than in neighboring | Life, | gilded The McMillan Store Inc. “Always Reliable” Fur Trimmed Coats As a Christmas gift a warm Coat will probably be appreciated as much if not more than anything ‘ else that you might give her. We are well prepared to suit the most exacting tastes with a good assortment of high grade garments, Coats of Velour, Tinseltone, Broadcloth, Silver- tone and Polo Cloth. Some plain and others trim- med with large, rich collars of Coney, Raccoon and Sealine fur: These are not the type of Coats that are used in January sales, but the higher grade garments that do not require price inducements, other than their original good value, to sell them. Priced from $42.50 to § Other fur trimmed Coa 57.50. as low as $17.50, Any Coat needing alterations bought up to Mon-- day night will be ready for delivery before Xmas. FURS FOR . WOMEN AND MISSES . ‘Muffs and Scarfs of Wolf, Fox, Nutria, Musk- rat, Black Opossum, Natural Opessum, Grey ‘and Black Coney. Sold in sets or separately. Scarfs priced e . $9.98 up. Muffs pricgd ceeen. .. $6.50 up. CHILDREN ' FUR SETS _ A Christmas gift that will delight any chfld is one of “these pretty little white fur' sets’ priced $4.98, $5.98, $6.98 to 13.98. We have them of Tibet, Coney, Rabbit, Tiger and Imitation Ermine. BUY SOMETHIN G THAT WILL LAST. BUY IT AT McMILLAN'S AND IT WILL PLEASE. STRAW VOTE pped in he was him W knowing it and left clothes not man with "the bed dead. Tlearing Chapman trouble if he got into er says he locked the shed and he and Mrs. Baker planned to get away from the place. He toak $21 he found in the house, went baek to the shed and got $1 in Chapman's pocketbook and tried to get into safe in the kitchen but could not. They left Westboro at § a. m. still not knowing Chapman was dead and went to Portland and Peaks Island While at the latter place, they read for the first time of Chapman's death and tried to escape, only to be caught in Bangor || wesLevans might. make the house Bakedt door - of - th Middletown, Ct.. Dec. 18 straw ballot, taken by the Ar- gus, the Wesleyan university paper, indicates the first choice of both faculty and udents tor president Major Gen. Leonard Wood. The vote fol- lows: Wood, 118; Iughes, 95; Coolidge, 44: Johnson, Hoover, 30; Lowden son, 1 McAdoo, 12 Harding, %; Pershing 4; Palmer, 2; Clark, rage, Hanson, 1 Boérah, 1. TFach instructed to indicate a sccond choice and Gov. Calyin Cool- idge of Massachusetts cecelved more seconds than any other candidate. Fifteen members of the faculty voted follows: Wood, Toover, oolldge, 2; Johnson, 1. I TELLS OF HOW HE | KILLED OLD MAN | sion- | depth—that relleves aye strain. A group of scientists witnessed the ex periment Dr. Louis Pech, of medicine at the Montpelier France, pervied the exhibition. Dr. Pech as- cribes the relief from eye strafn 16 his belief that the eye functions nor- mally when it sees things of threeld dimensions, even if the appearance of the third dimension is an illusion. SUBWAY Madrid, Dee, Metro, Spain's first Root be tudent was NEW MOVIE SCRE ied Out in New York Theater and Witnessed By Scientists. York, Dec. 18, A concave mo- pleture screen that may revolu- movies was tried out at .a Jocal theater this morning. 1t is safd effect of a third dimen’ an appearance of thickness or New tion tionize the to give un head of the faculty University of the inventor, su- Before Going to Prison to Regin Life entence. Murderer Relates His Rash Actions 18.—Marry Baker murderer Dec. confessed Worcester, of York, Pa., Dwight P. Chapman in Westboro last of taken to Charlestown terday afternoon to begin his life sen tence in state prison. Before leaving Worcester Biker made a statement in { which he veviewed in detail the ox- periences he and his alleged wife, Tleanor Baker, had with Chapman, whom Baker accused of insulting his | companion He said on the Sunday before the murder Chapman insnlted Mis. Baker fand he gave Chapman a beating. That | night Mrs. Buker was tuken ill and | . i June was ve POPULAR 18.~—Riding under in The ound rail- diversion © Th way the system, is the latest old Madrid. trains are crowded, every hour being a rush hour, while on Sundays and holldays thousands go disap- pointed T voung and of home OLD STRIKE SETTLED. Middleton, Eng., Dec. 18.—A cotton mill strike which lasted four yerrs has just been settled. The employes of a spinning mill here quit work in October, 1915, owing to an alleged grievance. The plant has remained virtually idle since he went to Chapman's sleeping pla in the shed to see if he had any liquor | or peppermint. Chapman, he said, in- { sulted him and he struck him, Chap- man volling himself up in the bed clothes to save himself from punish- ment. Paker says he grabbed: up | hamuier in the shed and beat Chap- |