New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1921, Page 6

i New Rritain o) tter, s 4 (3] . 924 ing medium In books and press advertisers. inted Press. exclusively entitled lcation of all news tiger. The woman who loves and whom he loves, sits in the amphi- theater watching. She knows which of the exits leads to the woman, which to the animal. The to ask her advice. cne of the doors. man glances at She Which? her Does she the beautiful woman, or does she send him to the tiger—and death There the story stops No one who has read the tale may refrain from no one discussing it. Probably an answer the question with- out having personally known ‘“the lady.® Here otherwise credited local news pub- % This insures in newspaper th nation: compli- Na- Gun feel % of the IMachine reference to indicated ve such unit an New Britain e of eighteen clation of the ; should show rd officers’ not been mis- joffered some- ve ‘“‘turned ot sought hine Gun unit not want it. w Britain is is considered n the great Guard has p with its an- as n that enlists e slight pe- 0 & prestige her way. For- do not want the military it one oclations for e not served great asso- means—what bt comraderie 0 have worn United States. for three Britain will enlist in this It s not an ne that will Britain unit nucleus of a A chance is to be in on it s the sort young men have come irpose. They ort of enthu- n are accus- r, but how h New Brit- top.” WOMAN. upon a des- ould you like K. 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So Mr. were thought; lles material never Chesterton admits that cast away if he is- land hand, this story constantly upon a desert he would want to have, close at that would to his mind suggestion the impenetrable And or any other bring of mystery of woman's Mr still would be seek- to the no matter how long the savior ship delayed its coming to save him. mind probably Chesterton, man ing a solution tale EVERYBODY One fust can't that Spring Is com- Not thus early in the year to write about “signs of spring.” every Indication that it will come drawa us involuntarily, Golfers will INTERESTED. help mentioning indicate to begin things ing. be interested in the fact that the one-day annual tourna- ment of the Connecticut Golf asso- clation is to be held on the Shuttle Meadow links August 23. August Of course, Spring, but the action of the officials in setting the date and place for this summer affair in this city, and the wonderful weather we are having, now makes Spring a con- crete reality the idea of which we are able to grasp. Of course it Is a com- pliment the Shuttle Meadow links ——but we are so accustomed to hear- ing and reading nice things about the course at Shuttle Meadow that this compliment passes almost unnoticed. And who are not golfers— those who have never felt the thrill brought by contact of the face of a club against a new, white ball, and the resultant long drive—are inter- ested for they see visions of days free from the shovelling of coal into the furnace on isn't to those days of freedom from snow the walk in front of the house, evenings spent on the front porch or, when a holiday comes, in the shade of some great old tree. So everyone is interested in the fact that plans are being made for Spring and Summer activities. It will lieve the strain of the rest of. the winter—and there will probably be at that. re- some ‘‘rest’ BEAUTIFUL IDEA. How fine it sounds to suggest that the United States invite a few of the the water to to Washington to discuss disarmament! What a joy it would be to shake hands with noth- ing but beautiful peace in the heart. But—what would those representatives have League those ington be the most powerful members of the League. Presumably the League would have a right to know just what was done, what promised, what guar- antees given. And then what would the of the have to say to powers that thus conferred with a nation which has scorned and belittled the League, beclouded the League of Nations situation? Merely tentatively the question | asked. Merely tentatively it is sug- gested once more that daily evidence comes tending to show the advant- ages of some sort of an arrangement whereby we will be able to talk with other nations on such questions, with something like sympathy of under- in the tones of our great strong powers across send representatives returning to say to the Nations? Presumably represented at Wash- a conference, would of nations in such Council League standing wvolce. DEATH AND TAXES—AND RENT. Taxes and landlords are the bane of modern existence; if it isn't one it is the other. Time was when the say- Ing went to the effect that there is nothing certaifh but death and taxes. To this the harassed individual who owns no home may add—and rent. And rent is still on the increase if we believe what we hear about the city. It appears that several of the gentry who supply families with homes have taken it upon themselves to notify their ten that a raise in rent is ning, gme, basing their de- prease in valuation i pard him, | points to ' Who loves him send him to life :md'\ “JEST RUMINATIN'.” (Robert Raussell.) more winter's our reason tells us vet our eves keep strayin’ to last summer's ol straw hat. When even these fool words are read a cold snap may be here—they're due 'most ny day about this season o’ the vear. But gettin’ back to that ol' hat we wonder if ‘twill do to start the season with—o’ course 'twon’t last the summer through. But ain’t it satisfac- tory to feel that we may think o' things that most appropri- ately has a lot to do with Springs? With coal dust on our fingers, an’ with woes too deep for words, it's nice to think o' Springtoime fields—o’ happy gengs o' birds. It's nice to think o’ how the grass will peek up, freshly green; it's nice to revel in the thoughts that Springtime flowers mean. This comment signifies that hope re vitalizes all: there's somethin’ we may hope for in the Winter. in the Fall. It's good to keep our courage strong, to freshen up that hat, though we may know more winter's due—our reason tells us that. We comin’ that, an’ know for ———————— ——— last year. Taxation The faces board of Finance and a difficult problem, however, as it is safe to say that no matter how they may prune the es- timates, no matter how low they put the rate there will be a wail of protest and a determined attempt made to re- duce this rate. Let us hope that the city income will not be cut below a fair figure, one which will give a moderate amount for the develdp- ment of the city and the repair of aur streets and civic utilities. But— just the same—Ilet us sincerely hope that it wil be found out that our bills may be made and an adequate al- lowance made for the future city work in the rate that is mitimat<ly adopted. A demonstration of/the fact that the tax rate is of paramount im- portance to everyone, whether or not 4 property owner, may be found in the action of the property owners who have announced higher rents. Un- doubtedly some of them are profiteers, ready to take advantage of any op- portunity that the time offers to en- rich themselves, At the same time when the tax rate goes up the land- lord muwe~obtain more money from his rents to pay this higher rate. If he increases until the amount paid in pays his taxes and yields him the same net income as before he may not be branded as a profiteer. Un- fortunately he usually does far more than that and the hamekeeper has little choicg but to meet. the higher rent. While rents are greater n number than a year ago, they are by means a drug on the market yet. It is extremely unfortunate that the tenant must be made the tool of the unscrupulous landlord in the effort to reduce taxes. Many, many times the landlord in order to force another vote for lawer taxes announces to his tenant, who might not otherwise be interested, that he must have more rent to pay his greater taxes. There 1s no denying the need of it but there is many and many a landlord that is high rate, far more deserves as legitimate in- come and who has no warrant what- ever in raising his rent. The tenant seldom takes into consideration what the landlord’'s income is to be. He sees the “more rent” cry and votes for the lower tax to save him- self, A great many times he actually saves nothing as the rent is boosted anyhow. It is a merry little circle in- deed. The Legislature is, at the present, considering the advisability of chang- ing the law that states that no more than six per cent interest may be col- lected on a loan. In the past collect- ing over six per cent was considered usury. Landlords should be liable for usury if they so figure in their rents that they get more than a fair re- turn for their money. They deal in a commodity that is far more necessary than loans, a commodity that affects life itself, they should be held ac- countable by the state just as much as the banker. getting a very than he only CHARTER HEARING, A public meeting at which pro- posed revisions of the city charter will be discussed will be held prob- ably this week. The plan is a good one unques- tionably. The idea of city meetings is splendid. The theory on which is based the rule admitting the pub- He to sessions of the common council is admirable. No one will dispute ‘the wisdom of Publicity for all city affairs. So much for the bout the practice v « theory. How leetings ~is’ FACTS AND FANCIES : ROBERT QUILLEN By The middleman: Modern substitute for a toll gate. Roger Babson says vision makes millionaires, Also tariff revision. Abput the time a man begins to think he needs more exercise, he needs more rest. — A successful man is'one who refuses to recognize the inevitable unless it offers a profit. Tha mental intoxication the scien- tists are talking about is doubtless caused by the ego-rog. The way that leads to normalcy is so narrow that one must shed most of his profits enroute. ! ii the ocmployment agencies cun'tl find jobs for them, they might estab- lish short courses in the art of using the jimmy. No doubt collection plates were in- vented during that period of history known as the Reformation. | - man on the head and broke its leg Every man realizes that there are people who don't like him, and he can't understand how they can be so blind. One reason why we have no great poets of patriotism now is because it is difficult to rhyme anything with doughboy and gob, ible cases, is not given where it will do the most good—namely at the hearings hel for these purposes. So, prebably, it will be with this proposed meeting to discuss charter revisions. Comparatively few will attend. Afterwards there will be the customary number f complaints. “Why don’t they put this provision in our charter?” the habitual “knocker” will ask. Amd that critic probably spent the evening, while the charter was being discussed, playing some game that will have nothing to do with the tomorrow of New Britain. May it not bg possible. just on this one occasion, for all thinking men and women who have ideas, to come | and do thier share to help those ni-! terested in revising wisely . the ! charter of the city in which we live? | | The fact that another does ndt ap- preciate that you are his friend de- tracts not one whit from the aplendor of that which you are giving him. It is difficult to find worthy mate- rial with which to bind together again a golden silence that has been broken. Most fellows long to have a girl; Most girls to have a fellow; But neither wants to gain a friend Who's got a streak of yellow. A girl may be most fair; a chap Make love in tones most mellow; But these attractions do not change That sickly streak of yellow. An epigram is often the skeleton of experience’s narrative. The tolling of church bells is us- ually a musical reminder of things left undone. If a man hits'you on one cheek let him have a chance at the other— but don’t let him land. “Everything Ready for the Ban- quet,” headline. Whatdayamean? Everything? Bold statement, if true. Disappointment-bringing announce- ment, if false. Man gets one-cent verdict for a slap in the face. Certainly price of luxuries is coming down. | vergent. If your collar and tie are habitually getting the best of you try getting the best of collars and ties. z No man may fully understand A thing beyond his knowledge; Nor can a chap discuss, offhand, The things he ‘‘learned’ at college. TOBACCO MEN HIT HARD HIT Those in South Having Hard Time ( to Meet Their Obligations Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 7.—On ac- count of the low’ prices that have been paid for tobacco and. cotton this season, many Southern farmers have experienced great difficulty in meet-l ing their obligutions. As reflecting the plight of one e lormer ‘Go hor Richard I. j pain, and some people have them ex- | to Congress. . & settlement with southern Ireland. ' ernment is trying to bring the Ulster | “Congress,” says a critic, “lacks punch.” A study of current cartoon: however, reveals the fact that it & without paunch. —_— It is a matter of small importance, ' but one can’t help wondering who has succeeded Dr. Davis as custodian o the kaiser's teeth. i Perhaps you have noticed that the | rosy glow of heaith in a cirl's left cheek is frequently lower than the: glow in her right cheek. A man tells his secrets while pass- | ing under the influenge of ether. Also, ! for that matter, while passing under the influence of hootch. Some dentists ¢xiract tecth without tracted without payin'. Now that Burbank has perfected a beardless barley, the safety razor people may as well understand that this is the beginning of the end. A Huntsville, Ala., mule kicked a in two places. The man is recovering and there is some talk of sending him | —— When the Cabinet is announced, the loyal papers will praise and the opposition will scold, and each will say to itself: “Who iIn thunder are these guys, anyway?" 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date). . There was a total of 36 deaths dur- ing the month of January. Of these there were seven of pneumonia. The residents of Plainville are plan- ning om holding a cat show soon. Many of them have been boasting of owning some good specimens and city will be seen at the exhibition. The three upper classes at the High school received their report cards this morning, M. N. Judd gave a theater party last night to a number of his High school friends. The membership report of the Boys’ club for last week shows a total of 504. There will be a special meeting of the fire commssioners tonight. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SOLVE PROBLEM Ireland Is Rife With Rumors or New Plan to Satisfy AN Factions. Dublin, Feb. 7—Interesting rumors are circulating here today with re- gard to fresh efforts the government is reported to be making to effect According to one report the gov- leaders into line with a well formu- | lated scheme to persuade the south to accept the partition provided for in the home rule act and work under it. This version of the reputed plans has it that the prize to be offered for acceptance is a grant of full fis- cal autonomy to both sections of Ire- i land. This would be coupled, so far as the south is concerned, with an of- fer to release the political prison- ' ers and grant amnesty to Irish re- publicans generally, including mem- bers of the Irish republican army and even men ‘“on the run.” Negotiations to this end now proceeding it is said, between Mr. Lloyd George, the premier, and Sir Edward Carson, Ulster leader in the British parliament. Whether the Sinn Fein would ac- cept the partition act even with a grant of the control of the fnances, amnesty and other concessions is a question on which the opinion of stu- dents of the situation is widely di- Representativés of the Sinr Fein when approached as to this have refused to treat the reported scheme seriously. are MAYOR PETERS WORRIED. Fears New England Might Be TurnedInto Rich Man’s Playground. BPoston, Feb, 7.—Fear that New FEnagiand would be turned into & rich man’s svinmer playground whije in Adusirial development languished if the ra’l'czds of thfs sacticn should be consolidated with lines west of the Hudson, was expressed by Mayor Peters in his address to the city council today. Z ~“At the present time, he said “New England: shippers'can ship west over any of six trumk: lines but with the ! Thomas B. Love, New -Haven -consolidated with the Pennbylvania under . the .mfling of of cat o 11 co 33101 LIQUOR FINES THIS MORNING TOTAL $400| (N SOUNDER BA (Continued from First Pasge.) found whiskey on the premises. Mil- | oski admitted having made sales for 30 cents a drink. Was landed in the toils when le was about to put through a sale Jor 2 quart of liquor. The bottle was in i a flour bag. He admitted his guilt. The prospective buyer had not the ready cash to make the purchase so the salesman put the bottle in a bag and drove toward the home of the purchaser. He was stopped by Ser- geant Hgrt who had witnessed the incident. Lawyer Le Witt pleaded guilty for his client and asked the court to ex- ercise leniency inasmuch as it was Lehman's first appearance before the court on any charge. A large quap- tity of booze was found on Lehman's premises at 138 Elm street Sunday evening about 6 o’clock. The liquor cases this morning were prosecuted by Lawyer Michael A. Sexton who was named liquor agent last Friday. Ross Case Continued. The case of Charles Ross, charged with taking a car without the per- mission of the owner, was continued until tomorrow morning in bonds of $1,000. Judge Klett disqualified himself in the case since he had prosecuted at its first hearing. Anthony Tutkis, drunk, was al- lowed to go free. He was arrested Saturday night, according to testi- mony, in an almost helpless condl- tion. It was the first offense for the accused. James Dehan and John Nebauer, roomers at the Central hotel, fought in the hallway of that building Sat- urday night but neither could explain the cause of the trouble this morn- ing. Policeman Patrick Meehan made the arrests. Dehan was fined $5 and costs and Nebauer was assessed $10 on a drunkenness ciarge and a sim. ilar amount on the breach of the peace count. Colicctor Assaulted. When Michael Siwinikis, a Park street grocer, went to the home of Harry Edelstein to collect a bill Sat- urday night he was assaulted, he tola Judge Klett this morning. Edelstein had a breach of the peace charge to prefer against Siwinikis. Policeman Patrick O'Mara arrested both mcn when counter charges were made to him Saturday night. Edelstein’'s hand had been cut and was bleeding. Two windows in his apartment were brok- en. Lawyer H. H. Milkowitz appeared for Edelstein. « Siwinikis explained that he asked the grocer to wait until his came home so that he might com- pare the accounts. Edelstein was unwilling, however, and demanded money. He then, kicked through a window and raised a chair to hit the witness. Edelstein explained that he raised the chair to protect himself and in so doing accidentally broké the window. In reply to a question of Lawyer Harry H. Milkowitz as to whether or not his alleged assailant had been drinking, Siwinikis said: “He was either drunk or sick in the head.” Siwinikis was fined $5 and costs and the other accused ' was dis- charged. Judge Klett warned that honesty would have been the better policy for the man fined since he was of the opinion that he had wilfully lied on the witness stand and the court could not exercise lenicncy un- der those conditions. Autoist Fined $50. After having a few drinks in Hart- ford, C. H. Braley of, this city drove home. On Pagk street, the liquor began to take effect and he was unable to progress further. He was fined $50 and costs. Policeman Patrick O’Mara was at- tracted by the unsteady course of the car, and when it was "stalled” he questioned the dviver. Rraley ap- peared unable to handle the vehicle so he was placed under arrest. DEMOCRATS GETTING BUSY. Chairman White Asked to Name March 1 As Date for Workers to Gather. Washington, Feb. 7.—The request made by 49 members of the democratic national committee that Chairman George White call a meeting for March 1 of the entire committee membership to re-organize the party’s machinery was the chief topic of discussion today in Washington political eircles. ‘While the discussion aroused by the telegram to Mr. White yesterday ana authorized for publication today by national committee- man for Texas, took on many angles, one portion of the message was regara- ed by politicians as especially signfi- cant. This was the statement of the 49 signers that they wished Chairman ‘White ‘‘many years of happiness, and added usefulness upon the retirement which he announced shortly after November 2, his private interests would make it necessary for him to seek.’” ; Spokesmen for the signers said the request for a meeting of the entire 106 members of the committee was made at this time so that Chairman White might lay the matter before the execu- tive committee, appointed by him sev- eral days ago and called -to meet here February 17. JURY STILL DISAGREES. Judge is Loath. to Discharge Men ‘Who Have Heard Militiamen’s Case. Hamilton, Ala., Feb. 7.—The jury in he trial of Sergeant Robert Lan- caster continued its’ delib frations today, having been cut more than 36 hours. Several, s yesterday the wife U. S. ECONOMICAL THAN IT HAS BEEN (Continued from First Page.) _— Y principle to restore business. Prosperity Is Ahead. ‘“When conditipns - abroad beca more settled or stabilized’”” Comptrol Williams declared, ‘‘and when at hol much needed adjustments arec -effe in the costs to the cansumer of and iron products, “which are quoted about twice their pre-wj prices, and when coal, for which government itself has paid in months as much as four times the pi war price, and certain other commo ties which now are being kept #* artificially or as a result of monopoj}§ tic control far above the pre-war ures, get back to normal level, country resting on a selid foundatl will be prepared to enter upon a n and let us hope, long endurir prosperity and healthy progre: During the fiscal year ended $ne 1920 the comptrolier said, there 8,157 national banks in operation, highest number ever reported, and pite difficulties encountered they the best record in immunity failure in about 40 years, The centage of the.capital of failed b to the total capital of all ban! cxplained was about two one- sandths of one per cent or 16 better than the average for the tire 57 years since the inauguratio; the system. Combined resources all banks in the country on Jugre i920, including national, state . ederal reserve, the comptroller ggregated $59,153,704,000. Business Rrincipal Borrows Figures showing for the first the business of the principal ba: rs from national banks were vented by the comptroller. and discounts on November 1&g he said, aggregated $13,764,000 of which loans to farmers and stock raisers amounted - to $1, 100,000 or 14 per cent; loans to o Mfacturing concerns approxim $2.862,000,000 or 21 per cen chants, mercantile concern uals in the jobbing business and. ing wholesale and retail $3,58%, 00 or 26 per cent. Loans.re to bond and stock brokers and TS in inVestment securitjes r ed $664,000,000; to railroads, shi; companies, electric light and g ~ompanies $225,000,000, while loans to professional men, - inef doctors, lawyers, teachers, chef cngineers and clérgymen amoug g $375,000,000. . Miscellaneous amounted to about $4,000,000 30 per cent of the total. National Bank Earnings: Gross earning of the national during the past fiscal year- /| 8ated $1,109,000,000 while thef expenses were $735,000,000 of $175,000,000 was for salaries wages and $287,000,000 was. terest on deposits. . National-bag the City of New York showed ings on capital stock of 37 1 cent; Philadelphia national _ 6 1-2 per cent; Chicago, 24; 3 23 per cent; Pueblo, Co per cent reported the lar; in any reserve city. Many Bankers Sen During the past fiscal yoard comptroller reported three 4 dents, eight cashiers of banks s assistant cashiers, tellers, boo ers and others of national bank convicted of criminal violatio the banking law and sentenel terms of imprisonment running six years and varying fines. liams made public a table i the salaries paid the executiy cers by all .national banks o country whose resources were cess of $20,000,000 and show: largest salary paid any natio: president to be $100,000 a yi Discussing exces:ive | salarid comptroller declar.s *“such # ties would exist to much less if the stockholders of banks formed, of the jsaleries paid executive officers but unfortun an cxception rather than a the majority of the stockhol the banks arc so informed. ENGLAND SURPRISED 1 b y Report That Astempt W B t0 Cancel U. S. Debt Unf®p London. Feb. 7.—The an ment made by Austen Cha the chancellor of the exche his recent Birmingham speg| Great Britain hLad proposed United States the remission Allied debt came with as mi: prise. to the British public a American. While various ‘ecd in privates life had been ad j such a cancellation it was no! that the government was considering the matter. Thus far the press has not § much comment on the sub considerable space is being to news dispatches from thej States giving the American the proposals. " YOUTH BADLY POISO] South Norwalk, Feb. 7. Bragg, 18, is in a critical here today having swall mouthful of polson last. nig treating an inflamed oathy believed that instead ofihiy gums with the mixture a might do more good. Dr. Sherer says he has a chaneé covery. ASISV,