New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1921, Page 6

Herald. COMPANTY. at 418 ch street ow Britatn or medium in s and press ertisers. od Press. lusively entitied tiop of all news orwise credited I news pub- Clirculation. nal organization pers and adver- onest - .alysis of ation statistics it. This Insur d In newspaper pth national and FORM. jhe anti-cigar- he Utah betwe N It leg two Is not ould ™m an exchange not be maeasures of primarily e matter son ude of many There cigarette are he jise in certain of then hy other re- ed. We are ople and we in many di- & of the bell many quite their heads. veryone has back of the ings a of g0 on reform- jorm which n any othwr n mind his until inding imean forget- community sanity me's to one's p oblivion to ployes. bwn business mean in- and energy nd to do; in t such work best man- here to le- are conduct- people who ut the h people. rom personal y bt the people ing fairly should be hts in what- to secure. wel- reminded a ptimes knock door. o to the t has come ague of Na- tates to join b appoint an as directed ly. March 31 amendments be presented believe that Mr. Harding some league the commit jLeague there ording to the ell, why the come in d that Cox was not herican people t to join or may have peen the main election. not, it is be- t time the ople belleved the United ars, They be- have a a practical | that means of assoclation bringing us into There be little hope for forming an entirely new The ather members of the league could not it join The idea would seem ridiculous to them. There would be, the too great | an af this, ! mddition to the practical difficulties in closer would ‘assoclation.” nations now abandon and ours at outset, humbling themselve in the way of such procedure But here is the chance to bring into all the all all protective may the the features convenant restrictions, amendments, the any man deem neces- cary and to strike out all objectionable As the “The United States may write its own ticket.”” Tt is believed of member to have the provisions sportsmen say is the the United States join v ly any amendments we might demand. It to say that March 31 | would be 100 soon after Mr. Harding’s so keen anxlety nations of league that they would acquiesce in practics is absurd inauguration to ask him to submit his | proposed amendments. The matter has | been discussed so long that he and all | others in authority know exactly what they if they wish even for of nations.’ would have, are sincere in their “an association a The on'y t gt tiyvo defeat a desire to submit amendments would be that the Republicans | still unwilling to have anything to do are | with an idea conceived by a Demo- cratic President—and the name ‘“The League of Nations.” Probably the United States will not submit amendments. Politics will pre- vent, But the Republican Republican President and the leaders must remem- ber this second coming of Opportun- ity the soclation of and inevitableness of the as- nations, called by somc name | | Another opportunity but it quite possibly in the wake of disaster and tragedy. might come would arrive EXAMPL Most sonal small boys have their They every per- watch for them day, perhaps. Possibly a lad passes that hero as the boy comes home from school daily. Quite you may be small hero, thoukh you may unconscious of his he does not your Nevertheless he admires you the you may smile; heroes. on the street possibly some lad’s be existence though know name. It may be way wear your hat; it it curious handle be your of the umbrella you be Dbe- of the days— any of these things, or something clse as trivial the lad’s worship of you. may cause carry on rainy equally may be reason for some One day he may meet you and, un- coneclous of eager eyes watching, you may aim a kick at a dog. That tion becomes perfectly proper in the eyes of the lad. Another day he, too, will try to imitate your The dog will or day you may be rather *‘peeved” over You frown who are ac- movement. suffer on another something. may and not Another the utter a4 curse—you in the habit of using profanity. day you street may jostle someone hurry on in your to keep an portant appointment. these hero-worshipping lad; any of he cor- Any of be by that | them thinks whatever rect. Perhaps the illustration is but it indicates the things. You are that lad's ample and probably you will live and without knowing of the influence have exerted over that boy's life. o that your actions should be dignified and correct be- cause of this possibility, is almost adage Honesty, of should practiced without thought of So should our actions be proper because that should be things may seen may be imitated because you do is quite too ex- treme, true state of ex- | | aie | you To say courteous, as bad as holding is the up the esty best policy.” course. be “policy.” our desire. Nevertheless it fact noted. that, possibly, we are watched—that | the good we do influences others; the | evil has its effect on Were | everyone to watch himself as though {he knew he was being watched by child who would fol- a lot of us would is well to It is well to reer remem- | ber the others, some innocent | low his examyple, | change many of our habits. THIRTY YEARS HENCE. | Hearings are being held on city es- | timates. The idea of economy has so permeated the brains of all author- | ity here that there is little danger of “Brains?” Are :he prtion of the person permeated? Rather, insisting on econ- the quality in a | extravagance. brains the and ' “Hon- | i v | tions? NEW BRITAIN bpAILY HERALD, “JEST RUMINATIN".” (Robert Russell.) What right has anybody got to judge another cuss; what right have we to sentence yQu, or you to frown on us? A man may hate another's walk, his talk or work or play; that feller's got a perfect right, o’ course, to stay away. But lackin' facts that's absolute, he ain’t got no excuse for heapin on that other’'s head no viru- lent abuse. A rumor tells you that a chap has got some “pri- vate stock,” an’ that he vio- lates the law behind his key an’ lock. Now jest because he ain't asked you to take a sip of it don’t give you any reason for your gossip—not a bit. A new discovery's been made— not allus is there flame al- though some smoke arises an’ befouls a feller's name For circumstantial evidence, if it ain’t sifted down, is one o' the misfortunes t hat possesses every town. It's carried here an’ there on winds that come from everywhere, but facts to back it up, youll find, 'most usually ain’t there. O' all the teachin's that Great Book o’ livin' right has got there's one that's often broken but which e should keep—"Judge Not!™ - every direction? Are the public build- ings such as they should be? Are the well taken care of as one of the great disappointed schoals would growth? in New Britain? Perhaps not—sentimentally. Proba- bly many of the old landmarks which loved remain, But based upon sentimentality. Were we to as expect in view Was the man he success is not Consider ourselves, New Britain and return thirty years hence what would find ? Knowing its rapid growth in the past —even in the year just closed—would we expect the city to keep on growing and the public works to grow and 'm- prove with its increase in other direc- were to bring a friend from other parts back = with us thirty years hence. We would have leave we Suppose we told him of the prospects of the city— of its success. Would we be disappoint- ed to find that an essentially econom- kept the at a standstill in some directions while it its and increased its population? Would it seem a very place indeed after our sojourn of thirty years in other parts of the country? And would we find its school children, its public the same which they These are the things we should re- member in the stand we take at the h ings referred ical policy. had city developed business small officers handicaps under labor today? laboring under to. “Japanese Treaty Arouses John- " headline. Thought treaties were supposed to have quite the re- verse effect. son, The groundhog saw his shadow; There's little more to say %xcept let’'s “Carpe Diem"— Which means “Enjoy the day.” Enjoy the Winter sunshine,— The heaven’'s inverted bowl Of beauty blue, and let's let The hog enjoy his hole. The man who has the habit of tell- ing others how to run their business be surprised if the latter patronize him. should not fail to ‘It you see what you ask for it"—unless a “dry” within hearing. don’t want agent ¥ The man who habitually tells the truth makes many friends because of the reputations of his enemies. “If you can’t be good, be careful | not to overdo pretense. Politicians believe that the man who never had any axe to grind al- ways was handicapped in his effort to hue his way to the top. 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of 1'hat Date). Chamberlain council, Jr.,, O. U. A. M., held its annual masquerade at Seiring and Holmes hall last night. The pay roll of the water depart- ment for last week amounted to $58. H. D. Humphrey and family visiting in New Haven. are There were nine deaths and 12 marriage licenses issued at the town clerk’'s office last week. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Stanley Rule and Level company will be held next week ‘Wednesday. The receipts from the water rents \ | THE LATE IRE STA! THE OLD HOME TOWN | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1921 S\ EIGH BELLS AND ZERO WEATHER GREETED OUR EARS THIS MORNING /] & FACTS AND FANCIES b America is a haven for the op- pressed and the obsessed. If torches can’t settle the Irish question, perhaps dynamite. There was no talk of intervention in Cuba while it was possible ta get a drink at home. It took a Joshua to make the sun stand still, but almost anybody can make a moonshine still. Diplomat: A rrepresentative of a state, or a man who tells his wife what he thinks of her new hat, When the all the world is the invitation that requests presence will spell it ‘“‘presents.” henest, your Life offers no greater joy than that of a man in & small car who passes a big car on a hill. We are informed that many alien radicals are bootleggers. In the words of the poet, :they come to scoff and L\ain to prey. Mastery of the world belongs to the man who can stjll speak in a normal tone after central has given him the wrong number ten times. Burns says the crime wave will end in six months It sounds reasonable. | | 1 | ! By ROBERT QUILLEN Synopsis of man’s ambition: More. It is no longer necessary to under the bed for a burglar. He will be sitting in the parlor. The way ta enjoy a Pullman berth on a long journey is to stop off each night and go to a decent hotel. A man with a sufficiently reten- tive mind to remember one of .these memory systems doesn;t need one f them. The admonition to take no anxious thought for the morrow is obeved for millionaires and by poor men who are in jail. More men would get up at 6 o'clock 'i¢ they could persuade their wives to get up.at 5 o'clock and ,prepare breakfast. “Rolling stock will decide the future of America” declares a rail- roader. This is especially true of the kind rolled in baby carriages. One reason why other nations hes- itate to fight America is because they see the stunts the heroes do in Amer- ican movies. If there must be trouble anywhere, let it bo in Ircland instead of Russia. At the present rate, the hold-up men , The names are so much easier to pro- should have it all in six months. i nounce. MARRIAGE TO AID RUMANIA look | ! that had shaped the general ! construction BIG WARSHIPS ARE BETTER THAN SUBS (Continued from Ffirst Page.) approved by Secretary Daniels and was ! transmitted by him to the senate naval committee. Asverting that guiding policy board’s recommendations since 1903 was that of eventually creating a navy equal to the strongest in the | world, the board urges that ‘‘no rest ' the ! period or limitation of armament’’ be agreed to by the United States that would modify the great naval building program: of 1916 now under constric- tion in' ‘‘numbers, general types or dates of completion.”” CesSdtion - of | naval building by Great Britain is at- . tributed by the general board to the , types of ships and great preponderance in her navy of all to the economic sit- uation. il The ships authorized in the 1916 pro- gram ate ihorouzhly modern, the re- port says, adding that there is no rea- son to believe that developments in submarine or aerial warfare will seri- ously detract from their value for many year Completing the program should nct, however, deter the navy ! from developing to the utmost new or partially developed weapons such as | submarines, aircraft and aircraft car- ' ! riers. b | ful | velopment { tice upon mere theories as to the future | developments i A suspension of work on the naval building program for six months to al- low experts to determine, in the light of the lessons of the world war, what types of ships are most useful, as pro- | vided in the pending Borah resolution, | ‘‘is neither necessary or advisable’’ the board asserts. ‘“‘Every new weapon of offense that has threatened the supremacy of the capital ship has been met by a success- | mode of defense,”” the report de clares, citing the development of torpedo as an illustration of the con- tention. The report points to the de- of submarines and of air- craft and added that ‘‘invention will provide means for meeting the future development of these weapons and they like their dangerous predecessors, will continue to be only adjuncts of the fleet. ‘It would be the height of . unwis- dom for any nation possessing seapow- er to pin its faith and change its prag- of new i weapons the report says. ‘It is easy to lay a bomb on the and untried , deck of a ship, explode it from a safe place and then exclaim over the dam- age it has wrought but it is a very dif- ferent matter to place that same bomb from the air when under gunfire and attack by enemy planes.'" Pointing to the great growth of the | American merchant marine, the report . emphasizes that no nation has everl been able to establish and maintain a large merchant fleet without develop~] ing a navy to assist and protect it. i WILL TRY PLAYWRIGHT. | Court-Martial of Lord Dunsany, Itish Poet and Author, Has Been Ordered. Dublin, Feb. 3.—Lord Dunsany, poet and playwright, who was arrested re- cently after a search of Dunsany castle in County Meath, was alleged to have disclosed several shotguns' and other sporting arms, will be tried by court- martial at the Killimain court house Wage Agreement > Chicago, Feb. 3.—Argumen against abrogation of the nation: wage agreements between the roads and their laid before President Wilson ai members of congress by brotherh leoders. were presented today to th railroad labor board, X Since the request of W. W. Att bury of the Pennsylvania lines fo reief from these agreements was lai before the board Monday, repre tives of the employes have been pi paring their rebuttal which B Jewell president of the railway ployes department of the Ameri Federation of Labor' was to presen Membérs of the board in that a decision may be reac cxecutive session Friday. Mr. Atts bury declared the railroads’ need economies was so urgent many of roads faced bankruptey. C ‘“We are convinced,” said a te gram to President Wilson signed " Mr. Jewell and six ather organiza leaders “that he (Mr. Atterb: wishse to take advantage of the Y porary wunemployment and the fortunate cconomic condition of railroad workers which the railro themselves have intensified, to ci our labor organizations.” y ‘“We shall show that there is eel omic justification for wage red tions and that a reduction in @ wages and that of other wage earng| “There is no doubt that the parary requirements of the railro could be financed by the rail bankers if they were as much inte ed in the maintenanced of railxd credit as some of them evidently & in crushing labor organizations reducing wages. If the public. expects us to m tain the spirit and letter of the and to rely upon judicial settlen of differences in an orderly must be protected against tl vised efforts of Mr. Atterbury and] associates who are violating the cedure established by law ang cause of an absurd and im obsession for destroying labor of izations are resorting to metl which are indefensible and .opp io the public welfare.” Y At the same time Mr. Atter supplemented hia statement b the board Monday by a mu President Wilson showing the; crease in the number of emplo:; in payrolls during the period ernment control. 1 “in the year of 1917,” the said, “before government O was adopted, the railways em! 302,828 machinists, boile: blacksmiths, electricians, air men, car inspectors, car rep . other skilled shop ‘employes and) chinists’ helpers and apprenticH 1920 when the numbel of tives and cars to be maintaine§ only slightly larger than in 1917} had 443,774, an increase of i or 47 per cent. The total ! to these employes in 1917 A 870,549, while in 1920 afté? thj vance in wages granted by th® road iabor board last July wages were running at the approximately $§00,900,000 a increase over 1917 of 180 per cf ‘“‘Another class of employes ed in one of the national agree .is the clerks. In 1917 the employed 184,063 clerks, whi 1920 when business was norma were employing 238,693 clerk: increase of 29 per cent. The wages paid to clerks in 191 $189,009,506. After the wage made by the railroad labor boa wages of the clerks were runn near as can be estimated, at tl of $399,300,000 a year, an in of 112 per cent.” | Continues .\‘n-nlgnment of Criticize But Do Nothing Washington, Feb. 3.—Prep stand by his guns, still smokin the first savage bombardment o ' he charged were political discredit the achievemen. people who won the war, Cha Dawes of Chicago, former cl supply procurement for the A: army in France was called td clude his examination today the house war investigating tes. FFor five hours yesterday Mr. at times striding the floor g committee room challenged, main argument of victory wg vious testimony before the co! relating to waste.and extrava the liquidation of American in France and the sale of stocks to the Frefich govern “CY” MORGAN SIGNS Boston, Feb. 3.—Cyril Mo t of a long line of pitchers the nickname “Cy,” has en! a member of the Braves todaj gan came up from Middlebo: his contract. He had a mowing dewn opponents in ern league last year with and seven defeats whne& the Springfield club. - FOX’S T O M employes -alread: BY STANLEY | R, | ABOR BOARD" GIVES ARGUMENYS Opposes Abrogation of Nationf