New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1919, Page 6

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LEBISCITE FOR MILWAUKEE, he friends of Americanism and t it represents seem to be dis- fifth Wisconsin Iy lacking in the Congres- al District of des Milwaukee, judging from the rns of the er-Bodenstal The for Be kional election. forme bugh declared untit retaining t in Congress because of his al- pi disloyalty to the government of United St was elected in a | that district es, ial clection held Il the vacancy 1l of the Ber in caused by the re- Lower House of. Congr at - after his first succe was but one dis- to vacant, though there fng vote on the proposal de- ! b Berger's the A jd and idate, ocratic and Republican parties to place Iifth working against a of the District com- fusion combined trimmed the nish in behalf of the candidate ing to succeed himself. that Milwaukee the | place is very cvident coming a place apart from of United h desires that its rejected Repre- be Congr the States—a e cepted despite the fast men from practically had offi- He during the war, by distriet in the country { disapproved of him. was it than American™ is, ed, and it is this, rasher socialistic tendencies, which ed his rejection by what were to been his fellow-Representatives. - were in accord in judging him The atir to sit in an American body. ple of Milwaukee, in reite demand for him to go to CTop have that successfully proved are a ‘“thing apart’—a ity within a community, ler of which has none of desires of the iscite has been taken in the Fifth rict and the majority of its people proclaimed themselves vican. The fact that they totally indisposed to respect the hes of Congress makes this charge even though there ing un-American in Berger. have or larzer. un- mere frantable, was The chose their | rine into the Flouse, but preferred | alists might easily fher representative to carry plect one who has already been sed of disloyalty to his country. | surprising if Representatives again will not e the ise of Te- s to seat the elected candidate; | act, it is to be expected. He is no Ffe American now than he was seyv- months ago. In the meanwhile, Fifth Congressional District must } jwithout a representation, and the ericans living therein will have to lee. having no one who will take 2 of their interests in Congress. s entirely probable that the Social- that refused have foreseen their n ld again be his seat i may assume that they do not care representation unless it is of the that is undesirable to the rest of Defiance of country. Congress been made by the electors of thati rict—1let us see what will happern. FOREIGN DIPLOMACY. e of the inevitable results of the ure of the the provisions of the Peace Treaty, of Nations idea Tiume controversy when representatives of of Eng- and 7 its League m. seen in the of ent date, jee Lloyd George d, Clemenceau, ola of Italy met in London, sed doors, me, afterw of the powers, France, behind of rds calling in Ambas- United States, had beforehand, flor Davis, orm was not s told that Fiume wa Italian troops, after its seizure D’Annunzio. been done. he him of what consulted s to be occu- d by the poet-General YWhat of it? America has no inter- in the fate of Fiume, hng the street, should fve. Let the foreign settle pir own matters and let us keep our f@nds ofr. itude of ht Se it powers “and not Very good, that was the go. the Americans not long bia has been despoiled by tions of the three diplomats; Serbia es if Italy is to keep the territory. ~What of tha What We all ight have made, we will forget that is Serbia to will discard proumises © of the “excuses” made by Ameri- ns in entering the war was the pro- tion of Democracy and the rights of which | Con- | | the strongest power in the world. to- | is impossible, we must admit it. United States to assent | and decided the fate of | to | ys the man ! { we smaller nations, we will ignore all al- trulstic ideals in connection with the spoliation of Serbia—even though we have argued for territorial integrity of China in connection with the Leaguc Nations and the Shantung issue— and we will go baclk to one of the di- It ecret diplomacy, with spolfation as its object, that brought on the war of 1914. Serbia’s soverign rights were involved, were robbed by secret diplo- mats, another set of them had just what the council of three did while in London. And it was the crash caused by this act that dragged us into the conflict. Our present state af unrest, and of rect results of previous spoliation. wa done nigher living, confusion w would have high general economic brought on this war, come about even though we had not sent We were inter- diplomacy that | taxes, by man abroad. ested the brought about the World War, we are any that might take | Our high motives { well be brought into a council whic | a in secret interested in place now. may attempts to settle world world affairs in the future, and it is to our interests | that they should, as the old Serbian in- | cident proves. We may not enter| world politics until we have subscribed to a policy of organiz quite natural. The res has adopted a scheme of procedure, we also approve if mect with them and help cause by seeing that other nations act with regard to the remdinder, after trying the case in question before a tribunal | of nations, not settling it in a secret ation, which is t of the world | must we would our conclave, with the despoiled power on the outside and in the dark. . We have the power to help the smaller nation, we must use it before it is too late. Their_interests may became ours later on. There remains to be settled many points brought about by the war. Tur- | key must be divided and then we ma to Man- | churia and China will be discussed, | their affairs acted upon. probably be in the settle their Shall we continue our isolation refraining the League, which sives other powers a good chance to | count us out of megotiations, and al- | lew old world diplomats, with old ideas, to continuc their policy of ad- justing things to suit themselves and themselves only? 1f we do there is | dissatisfaction It dissatis- | faction comes about the United States, | g0 the far East. Siberia, Japan will | in fate. policy of ratifying conferences that by from prowmised. day, will find herself involved, wheth- er or not she is willing. She is bound to rise or fall before the others, ac- cording to their strength. There will be no altetnative. Shall“we swat the bee that in all probability will even- tually sting us by joining the councils of the world now, and bringing about the changes which we are capable of accomplishing, or shall we wait for the bee to sting? Our continued isolation CONGRESS AND THE SPOTTED COW. Several niontbs ago a spotted cow, the property of a farmer living in Willard, Washington, ambled leisurely | over to the welcome shade of a leafy | tree, and pausing, surveved a curious assortment of sticks, tied in a bundle. Looking around to make sure no one | the of looking, the bundle was cow came nearer to sticks. Interest awakened a desire to taste the food; calmly protruding Now the. ex- new | article of so she munched the end of a stick, and swallowed it. did happen. Those “sticks” were dynamite, left there by I'a sans Government and | instead of being blown to eternity, the | pected not of workers, | spotted cow suffercd only acute indi- gestion and died that night. The farmer traced the cause of the | cow’s death to the bundle of dyna- ¢« beneath the shady tree. he filled out voluminous forms, wrote lengthy letters, consuited divers books, sterday the House of Representatives, in Washington, was sked to pass a bill providing for the appropriation of $60 to reimburse the { farmer who lost his spotted cow through the carelessness of the United States Governmént. Congress passed the bill, and in the due course of human cvents, the Washington farmer will receive his | Al | of which shows how big, at times, the loss of a spotted cow by a Washing- ' { | mite ' So { and $60 to buy another spotted cow. ton farmer looms in the minds of Con- | gressmen compared to the railroad | ! bill and other measures pending be- | fore that august assemblage. The Washington farmer and his spotted deserve and should receive con- Together they have gotten a bill through Congress, though died the attempt. cow gratulations. the latter in FACTS AND FANCIES. A gentleman of the old school is one who calls your Ford an automobile.— Kansas City Star. The shipment of 80,000,000 gallons of whiskey to Cuba might usefully prevent conversion of needed sugar into rum.—Wall Street Journal. i last night and appaointed W. | of $225,000. “els of wheat were in the g laurels when Emma arrives home.— Providence Journal. rernor Sproul talks trying to crowd from From the wa; we Infer that he Governor Coolidge spotlight.— Florida is rrom of With all these reports rural districts of a plenty cider and silo juice, thc farm movement may from an unexpected "Pranscript. ba boost angle.—Boston C LESTIAL WIRES. (J. Cuthbert Scott in I.ondon G A little boy with wondering ey Sees the tall poles that pierce skies soldiers away dusty road and the Like straight they maych By meadow gzay. Sometimes all Or distant surges softly fall Sometimes the drowsy hum he hears the dove's low of bees, { Or murmuring winds among the tree When twilight Its dusk gathers overhead, depths with jewels spread, > he can trace Mysterious pathways into space. But mostly An angel, Where to the white ‘mid free . In childhood’'s land of fantasy. 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date) trembling strings and radiant sings, the clouds: he wanders December he Gentlemen's. 20. 1891. Driving club met H. Cad- well. (feorge Parsons and H. M. Clark a committee to furnish the club’s new rooms in Hadley’s block. The club decided not to take any action on their annual sleigh ride as a club, butathe members as individuals will prob®bly arrange for it. Traut & Hine are having electric lights installed throughout the greater part of their factory. Jolin Boyle stopped a runaway horse near the band stand vesterday after- noon. The horse belonged to Martin Curry. The P. 0. 8. of A. will be instituted the | the | hard | ‘k-to-the- | in this city January 10 in Booth's rear | hall. The name of the camp has not vet been decided, but it is probable it will be named after some of the de- ceased patriotic citizens of the city. H. I.. Mills bas purchased a ne'v horse’in Sing Sing, N. Y., and Michael Hayes went after the animal today. Col.' A L. Thompson attéended the military ball given in ‘Rockville last night. National Happenings. A large flour mijll in Rochester, N. burned. down last evening at a los: More than 20,000 bush- in eleva- tors. dence icc house blew up killing two men and injuring ten oth- ers. The boiler was being. used fo power and had been .used on a loco- motive in former years. The noise of the explosion was heard for miles. A trolley car loaded with passengers went over the Russcll avenue bridge and into the open draw to the river below at Milwaukee this afternoon. The motorman and twa passengers are missing as far as can be dis Thousands of people were on scene when e ‘¢ar,went , over draw, all of whom lent a hand to res- cue the victims. is morning. “Life's happi- est hour Beneath the Xmas Bells The Mistletoe foretells.” “Say it with Flowers.” E sure to have Christmas Dec- oration orders plac- ed in time. . For flowers and festoons, wreaths and garlands, are needed to make that festive day complete. Do not wait until the last min- ute but get vour orders.in well ahead—today, so that we can be certain to have your needs well taken care of. Remember, too, that we have Xmas flowers or wreaths delivered anywhere in the United States or Canada through our telegraph de- i | livery connection with leading florists everywhere. ! On account of the. .abnormal | | rush, Xmas wire orders should be placed a week ahead. Volz Floral Co. Trotzky will have to look to his 92 WEST MAIN ST. | An old locomotive hoiler in a Provi- | | i selv he Thigh cost of living plains the general rush for salary raises on the part of ity officials’gnd other employes. The list, as sub- mitted to the common council, Wed- nesday night, has a tformidable ap- pearance.and forecasts long and bueyx sessions of the salary committee which has the privilege of recom:- mending although its re- ports are not always accepted. Many of those who appedl for in- i - deserve them; others e to get all they ask for. It is possible that all of the folks in City hall rushed in on the principle that they had nothing to lose and something to gain. A glance at the list, however, arouses the fear that a few assayed their ability at figures which may be considered too high, and, by being too grasping, will re flect upon all in the building. The city lost a tent men and women during the past vear through thc resignations of faithful, efficient and experienced men and women who considered them- underpaid. The pity 'is that they were not retained at -salari commensurate with their ability. Newcomers at the desks whose lack of experience alone malkes them’ lIcs: valuable are now asking for salarles that, in some cases. would have suf- ficed to keep the old hands at their tasks The city was shortsighted in not retaining the more experienced workers and now it finds itself face to face with the necessity of paying high wages for services that cannot be as. efficient as those rendered by the old-timers. Business progress is noted in the columms of the press during the weei in the announcements that new com- mercial -buildings are’ about to be erected. The Besse-Leland Compan: is preparing to build an ornate four- story structure on the site of the present Miller building, contiguous to the TFirst Congregational Church, Main and Church streets. This should improve the appearance of that im- mediate neighborhood materially; the present Miller estate buildings do not add to the attractiveness of-the principal business street of the city Louis = Raphael, proprietor of Raphael's Depantment Store, senses a westward movement of cominercial structures and expects to build on West Main street, a short distance west of Washington street. West Main street, being so near the heart of the will, no doubt, develop rapidly within the next few The new :hotel—which, as vet, exists on paper—inay be located onthat thoroughtare. The proposed Masonic: Temple, which will contain -stores on’ the ground floor, will be constructe: opposite the' site bought- by . Mr Raphael. It should not be forgotten, also, that St. Mark's Episcopal Churen has made plans for the construction of a new house of worship. Wesi Main street, at'least as far as High and South High streets, appears to have a bright commercial future. Th location of the post office makes i’ desirable for .business; because the number of compe-] | the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28,- 1919, THE OBSERVER - MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS; ° — ON — THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. jpost office attracts thousands, ef peo- ple’ every week, andthe. wily. mer- chant locates in .the:path-of thuman- ity's daily tides. In addltion to building, other activity on . Main street the in’ this? line consists of ‘the re modeling of the Swedish Betha Chureh, corner of Main and:Walnut streets, which'is being turned into a business and office ' building with ‘an attractive brick front.. Mr. Raphael also intends to erect a business block on ‘the site of the restaurant now conducted by Chinese and for many vears under the ownership and man- agement of John J. Walsh, aided, abetted and partly supported by William Waidorf Hanna. 1t is doubtful whether this block will be constructed for some- time:to come, as it is sald the present occupant of the restaurant has'a’ longttime lease and -is perfectly* satisfred to remain where he is. Blocks erected recently on street include the Dickinson building and the Barnes block, both of which have made the thoroughfare more pleasing to the eye. hanced by the erection of the Rogers block, opposite The Herald building. This buflding replaces a number 9% small sadly neglected for years and which threatened to tumble down upon their occupants. Workers along. Church street gave three hearty cheers when they heard that Mr. Rogers had made plans for a new block, as their eres were becoming sore.from :constantly looking at the dilapidated . wooden buildings. No harm can come from -the audit of the accounts of the Welcome Home committee, which planned and exe- cuted the plans for a week of ent tainment and fan last -fall. ' Tt is ap- parent that.the financial affairs of at least one sub-committee are tangled and it is for the benéfit of all con- cerned that they should be strapsht- ened out. ; : Rumors, more or less wild, were circnlated following -the first report of the carnival commitiee. It is no: with the " anticipation that. these rumors will be found to be estab- lished in fact that the people.want and demand an auditing. But it is only common sense to expect an ac- counting that can be understood by those who have eves to read, Some ill-feeling has been caused by rumors referred ta heretofore and, of course, this was unnecessary. 17 ‘the carnival was badly, managed, if' those in charge were incompetent, as one of the stories goes, then the public ~ should know about those in duthoriti’should know about it, so" tlese’ men will not be selected as managers for future public affalrs. Protessional enemies of large public service corporations will wag their finger and say ‘“Ha, ha” in reference to the statement by the president of the Connecticut ¢ompany , that his salary is $18,000 a year. Besse‘t[‘e;land DMain ' % | contusead. Church street values should be en- wooden buildings which were ' it and | This: figure, ! they will’say without, stopping to! -check up,, is:totally out of all propor- tion to the gervice any man’can give, but’such?is: hardly the case. As salarfesigo®in “this progressive and | fast-dying year ‘of 1919, .the figure paidjby. the¥Connecticyt company to ils s president’ is’' not_ excessive. The writer ‘does*not ‘happen *to ‘know - the president “of " the Connecticut com- | pahy, nor- has he ever seen the man, but rehlizes..that few. men;: of his executive “ability. and ‘knowledge of transportation problems: would want to! A *his ;boots for.any less. - Being president”of a - big, concern likie the .Connecticut company means having for a boss every. male and female mdult who rides on:the trol- Jey cars.s It is,not surprising if the head~ of the Connecticut® nompa,nyi does not feel -the need .of wearing “earlps in weather even as “cold as this,-because his ears must burn constantly, ‘the way the public {alks about the cars and schedules. In addition ‘to being the target for many | of the riding public's shafts the di- rector of a’traction company must be a man of remarkable perspicacity and sound- judgment. He must know his own game from end ‘to end and be prepared. for all emergencies. When you say it all at once $18,000 a year sounds big, but when you stop | to consider the rewards that drop into” the pockets of executives' in many private manufacturing concerns it begims to dwindle. This is not a retraction of what the Observer has satd 'about poor trolley service in New Britain, which, on some lines is as bad as'it possibly | could be.without becoming hopelessly No sir, what we said in reference to the New Britain division of the Connecticut company is en- graved on stone, and stands, Sherrod- Skinner, Henry Wheeler, Edward . Christ, Leon Bradley and Lindsley Muir are home for the holi- days from Rensselaer college. XMASGIFTS Plants and Cut Flowers | FLECTRIO TOASTERS ELECTRIC HEATING PADS , VIBRATORS EUREKA VAOUUM. CEEANERS ELECTRIC TABLE ' FLASHLIGHTS XMAS TREE LIGH' ELECTRIC YRONS DIM-A-LITES, ETC. 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BUT REMEMBER “THE SUNDAY COUR- ANT,” which covers the news of the world, the nation, the state and the city, and which dges not go to press for more than three hours aftey: the New York newspa- pers reach Hartford, will remain at 7 cents. It is better than ever, with its unparalleled news-feature section pro- fusely illustratzd, its sporting pages edited by men who know sporting news, and its vast news- gathering organization, which covers Connecti- cut completely up to 3 o’clock every Sunday morning. It is a feature newspaper. It is the only Sunday newspaper in central Connecticut and is rec- ognized as Connecticut’s greatest newspaper. Put in your order now CTHE SUNDAY COURANT” The Courant maintains a Daily and Sunday de- livery in New Britain. If you are having any trouble with the delivery of your paper please netify THE COURANT OFFICE No. 71 Church St. Phone 826 New Britain