New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 13, 1921, Page 6

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This insures protection against fraud In newspaper distribution figures to both national and local advertisers am —— THE SPANIARDS. A tempest ‘in a teapot has arisen ‘over the problem of the Spaniards in the city of New Britaih. The es- teemed Hartford Courant has taken their troubles most seriously to heart and is daily parading the hardships of their present situatiom before the people of the state. It is question- able if a true synopsis of the situa- tion is being given, although the ignorance of most of the readers as to New PEritain and its interior af- fairs might lead them to suppose that it is impossible to go along a street | wherein the Spaniards reside without stumbling over starving bodies. Such is not the case. There are probably Spaniards in New Britain that are suffering the pangs of hunger—but there are Americans, in New Britain and in Hartford also, probably, who are just as hungry and just as poor. The Charity Department. is taking care of the Spanish colony to some extent, they have other sources of small inccme which will ‘keep them from actual starvation. This paper holds no brief for Lan- ders, Fr/ary & Clark, where many of ' the Spaniards were employed, the factory never went out of its way to do anything for The Herald. Never- theless, we feel impelled through a sense of justice to argue the matter of the obligations of that factory to the Spaniards and look upon the side of the factory. Assuming that the fac- tox'yl did send for the Spaniards, which it §as been accuséd of doing and whiffh it could not very well do be- caus of immigration why shoflld it now support. them? In all profabilities the Spaniards wera brofeht here, or induced to come to Ne Britain by one of their own coultrymen who probably knew wheri they could get jobs when they ar- rived. That place happened to bae Landers, Frary & Clark’s. Most of them worked here for soma time and during the time that they did so sent home more money per month than it would take to keep them a year. They subsisted on short rations when they were earning big money and every cent that they could save went out of the country entirely. It not only left New Britain but it left tha United States. Records at any of the foreign money order departments will show what wi done. Thousands of dollars a week were shipped out. No provision was made for the future— this is a land of easy money—not even carfare was laid aside. Now there is weeping and wailing because the Spaniard: are not sent home by some- body. And, at the same time, Amer- jcans who are also out of jobs are spending tha money that they saved while they were getting high wages so that they might live. We do not wish to see anyone starve, we wish to see the Spaniards prosper if they can. Our best wishes are with them. But they are not dy- ing from starvation, they always could live cheaply and the city is aiding them. There is no need of the hulla- baloo that is being raised. laws, BONUS TO SOLDIERS. It seems asg if there will forever be an excuse not to pay any bonu: to returned soldiers of the World War. President Harding’s message to the Senate told these estimable gentlemen that the payment of a bonus now would imperil the financial stabiiity of the country. Our duty is to the disapled first, he said, we must take care of them—a very proper senti- ment indeed if it is lived up to. Also ho insinuated that the veteran should be given a substantial testimonial of the nation's regard—sometime, nos now—not while he is President must the extra tax necessary be imposed, not when it would imperil the finan cial stability of the country should it be paid. A year or so ago the soldier must not be rewarded becausa he waste the money given to him, he would spend it on articles that he should nof have, on things that he could not afford. Now he must not would have it because the country canno? afford to pay him. The public has a hold of the reverse end of the stick Tha President states that we would imperil our financial stability, by which he implies that we have finan- cial stability we suppose. This i wel- come news indeed to most of us. J¢ vresent day conditiona are stabla there are many who would willingly go out of business. We hope Ior Try This On Your Wise Friend When the day after tomorrow is vesterday, today will be as far from Sunday as today was from Sugday when the day before ves- terday was tomorrow. What day of fhe week is it? Answer 36 yaers. to yesterday’s: stabilization, some day, that is why wa are holding on. If the sum of several millions should be distributed throughout the country in bonuses it prove a decided help to business men into whose hands it would eventuaily drift through the “wastefulness”™ of the veterans. Those were thrifty and kept their bonus in the banks or in carefully chosen stocks or bonds would eventually be an asset to the country though the business man was not helped. And, if the American public cannot afford to pay a bonus at this time, or could not afford to in the past it is very very much to be pitied. Other countries, might who even LIGHTS AND SHADOWS By John J. Daly Where a lake, to go Is surrounded by valley When I spoke to my bro For an owner of such a —1It would take a fu That befalls to the p From the door, and That are there, thro That marched from the I'm afraid I cannot That my castle must wai Canada for instance, have paid appre- ciable amounts to the returned ones In the provinces there was a far greater proportion of men under arms than in the United States, the tax on the individual to pay the sum wag much more per head than it would be in the United States® ~Yet it was paid, and willingly so far as we know. The richest country in the world today must plead that it is financially unable to give this token of esteem despite the fact that the poorer omes have done so. Somehow itiis a hard pill for the veteran to swallow, thig begging off with expressions of regret, with expressed desifo to pay could it be afforded. He would rather be given a blunt refusal when hae realizes that the President of the United States is going before his body of legislators with a plea for economy in this meas- ure when the move is actuated, un- derneath all, by politics alone. The administration must make a Tecord for economy. That is all. COMMON COUNCIL ACTS. The jitney transportation question won a moral battle at last. night's special meeting of the common coun- | efl. Mayor Orson F. Curtis took the | floor, and in no' uncertain terms, de- | nounced the Connecticut, Company and the service which has been given to the riding public of this city. Ho asked for the support of the council in backing him up to the limit in his fight for better service, and well he should, for the jltney question is just in its infancy, and New Britain is taking the initiative in the fight against the decisions of the Public Utilities Commission. From every quarter came protests against . the trolley company. Councilman Weld of thé Third backed the Mayor up in his stand, asking that the counti! do all in its power to allow the jitney back on West Main street. He wasg loud in his praise of the French line of Jjitneys, and wasted no words whatsoever in lauding the servica of the Connecticut Company. A “Round Robin” discussion on tha resolution denouncing the decisions of the Public Utilities Commission served to bring out the fact that all present (by rising vote) believed that tha jit- ney lines should have another hear- ing. The Council has, by this resolu- tion, placed itself on record as an insurgent to the present Republican machine which is responsible for the personnel of the Public Utilities Com- mission. The political aftermath of the first resolution called for the forming of a committee. This committee has its duties clearly defined, viz.: to get better transportation service for tha public of New Britain. All the by. questions will be given serious thought by this committee. The jitney ques- tion will be ‘reviewed from data re- ceived from other cities of the state, and a loop hole which will allow a chance for the jitneys to operate will be eagerly sought—if the same op'n- ion exists in the committee as was manifested last night at the speciai meeting. The question exists in every city in thae state, and New Britain has taken the initiative so far. The council members should not let it die a deatn | due to lack of understarding. Much red tape will have to be tolerated with, and Connecticut Company law- yers will attempt to confuse the issue —knowing that chaos leads to inactiv- ity, but these legal tangles can bo brushed aside. Let it b said of New Britain that it was the first city in the state to find a solution of the problem which assurea transportation fairnesa "ALL IN LINE. The positive acceptance to attend President Harding's “disarmament conference” has been forecast by pr: dispatches country which has been invited. Japan, cautious and wily and more indepen- dent financially than some of the na- tions, is feeling her way but seems to be ready to fall in line. Great Britain and France are even anxious. All of which is good news, may they be as anxious to meet the necessary agree- ments before disarmament is possible, from practical every There are problems that, Such as counting the gold, to assay it. OVER IN SPAIN. I have purchased a castle in Spain sailing my barge in, and plain— And I bought the estate on a margin. ker today, __He's a fellow I met only lately— He advised me to sail right away To the premises standing so stately. large tract 11 year to survey it— must be attacked; There's a fortune that goes with the place, erson who'’s reigning; / For the purpose of keeping disgrace to do enlerlainh’*’. "Though I'm anxious to see the antiques ugh a knightly procession days of the Greeks, take possession. For the truth is, I haven’t the fare; And my broker informs me, with sorrow, t for me there Since he goes out of business tomorrow. FACTS AND FANCIES \‘ — BY ROBERT QUILLEN — : J The race that is responsible for the turmoil and strife in the world is the human race. The street is so full of a number of things, it's rather too bad that we all haven’t wings. America is the only land in which a foul is classed as a strike, but others have strikes that are foul. Greater love hath no man than this: that he turn all employes loose when the team is playing at home. The telephone is a great thing for is much safer timid men. It really to call a man up to call him down. That comt has a strange conception of neighborly service. It could easily have wiped' out the war debt. No doubt the mosquitoes were agreeably surprised by the increased area of ankles this year. Perhaps the preachers could do better if they would describe hell as a place where taxes endure forever. People don’t marry so young as they did in the old days, but when they do get the habit they make up for lost time. If the British, coal miners are true to their fellow laborers, they will get their strike out of the way in time for the ice makers to stage one next win- ter. Some hunger for the cheer of the multitude, but the wise man is content if the paying teller smiles cordially at the sight of his name on a check.. The cases that drag through the courts endlessly without getting any- Wwhere are those of the State versus John Dough. The difference between a cherful loser and a cheerful winner is that the cheerful winner is telling the truth about it. The devotee of bootleg hootch doesn’t always experience that awful feeling next morning. He doesn’t al- Wways last until next morning. Count Tchaikowski thinks very highly of America. Let the old chap make this his permanent home and try to make a rtame for himself. Some people read the patent medi- cine advertisements. For that matter, some read the stories about the row between Greece and Turkey. Years ago men spoke bitterly of ‘“petticoat government.” Woman had no political power in those days, but they did wear petticoats. The funny part of it is that the hemstitched and embroidered things the bride has are so pretty that she doesn’t feel free to wear them. Recent events teach us that as a man becomes more and more im- portant it becomes increasingly neces- sary for him to keep his mouth shut. The reason the nations do not feel under moral obligation to administer the vast resources of Russia is because Russia also has vast resources of can- non fodder. some of the Solons who have pro- claimed that the talk is to be only a disarmaraent discussion. Undoubtedly disarmament will be the impelling mo- tive, but before the nations consent to reduce tieir forces they must smooth out the paths to the diplomatic future, they must remove the wrinkles in the international fabric and make sure, by treaty, to keep them out. When matters of policy arc settled then, and then only, will it be possible to arrange disarmament. will settle matters of before ~we get through there will be another peace table, another “League of Nations” formed, although it will not be as inclusive as the present league. This has got to be, else there will be no disarmament. “The French government makes no reservations regarding the proposed conference, being will- ing to discuss the limitation of land as well as naval armament, always with the provision that ample protection be assured against any further eventual ag- gression from the east.” So states a semi-official dispatch from France. It indicates clearly that France hope treaty Treaties policy, to safeguard herself by before she agrees. She shouid so hope, so should Great Britain, so should the United States. But the existence of these hopes forecasts a series of treaties or one treaty em- bracing a series of subjects before the talk of disarmament is undertaken. seriously The nations are falling in line, most of them, including ourselves would willingly do away with the great ex pense of armies and navies. All of them, if they can see their way clear, will do so. It remains to be seen what mutual concéssions may be made by the different countries, it remains to be seen if the drawing up of protec- tive agreements will be undertaken as cheerfully steps toward the conference have been an- dertaken. It remains to be seen if the wish to concede to the United States certain things which she asks, which things indirectly kept her as the preliminary nations when it is time to make those agree- ments. We are inclined to disagree with from signing the Versailles pact. Also it remains to be seen if the United States wishes to undertake the ful- filment of other concessions, bly financial ones, to the nations. proba- agreeing 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date.) The New Britain baseball team was defeated by the Bristol players. in that town yesterday by the score of 15 to 3. Theodore A. Stanley has returned from a vacation at Short Beach. “aptain,” the palice weighs approximately 52 kzIf pounds. dog, and now one- Mrs. John Allen is spending her va- cation at Branford, Conn. People of North Burritt street are a<king the common council ‘where the new cinder sidewalk for that street is that was promised them. Plans are being formulated for hav- ing a riding track for bicyclists around White Oak., 'MERIDEN CONSOLIDATES New Charter Adopted Decisively With Women Casting 30 Per Cent of Total Vote. Meriden, July 13.—The referendum on the consolidation of the town and city governments taken yvesterday here resulted in the adoption of the new charter by a vote of more than three to one. The-vote was: “Yes,” 3,805; “No,” 1,170. The number of votes cast was 4,975, which is about 43 per cent of the total vote of the town Of the total vote 30 per cent was cast by women. The organization of the proponents was good. They had a large number of automobiles at their disposal, and they kept up an active telephone cam- paign the entire day, in an ambitious effort to carry the measure, which consodidates the town and city govern ments. The campaign for a new charte has been under way here since 18 when at a town meeting a committee was appointed fo inquire into the ad- visability of a merger between the town and city governments. 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NEW OIL DISTRICT A WORLD BEATER Alaska Fields Expected to Pro- duce Unheard of Reports Juneau, Alaska, July 13.—First of the fortune seekers to make the round trip this year to new oil fields at Fort Norman, in the Mackenzie valley of northern Canada, men passed through Juneau recently, enroute to Edmonton, Alberta, they will record their locations on oil lands. ““1 believe the district will be a world beater,”” John McDonnell, one of the ‘‘sourdough’’ leaders of the party said, ‘‘One gusher at Norman pro- duced 1,500 barrels a day, according to reports which I believe are below the correct figures.” Every. member of the party said the oil was of high grade and asserted 1t was used in the Fort Norman country for lighting and heating, and even was used, without being changed from its crude state, in gas engines. The nine men ‘‘mushed’’ into the oil fields over a 750-mile trail, part of which was snow-covered, across the continental divide from White Horse, Yukon territory. They made the trip to Norman in twenty-one days, which is considered very fast time, and used thirty-five dogs to pull their sleds. Originally most of the men came from Vancouver, B. C., which they left on March 5, of this year, coming north to Skagway, Alaska, and crossing the White Pass trail to White Horse by railroad. Leaving White Horse March 13, they took the trail to Carmacks, on the Yukon river, and then struck out across the mountains for the big Canadian basin. At Fort Norman they found themselves among the first stampeders of the year to get “insige.”” Hundreds of men from Canada and the United States are planning to go to! the new fields this year over the Can- adian route, through Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Peace river. Most of this route is by steamboat down the Peace and Mackenzie rivers. Although fast time can be made in summer over this interior route, the men who passed through here declared the trail from ‘White Horse was the best winter way nine where KEARNS SENDS A CHECK Housckeeper at Dempsey Camp Atlantic City Assured Payment Atlantic City, N. J., July 18.— “Mother” Carrie Barrett, who acted as housekeeper for Jack Dempsey dur- ing the latter’s training period at the Airport here, will be paid in full Mayor Edward L. Bader interested himself in the matter following the report to the effect that Jack Kearns, on taking his departure here, handed Mrs. Barrett a check, suggesting that she refrain from looking at it until after the party had gone and that, When she did look at it, she found it in was only $100. Today the Mayor re- ceived a check from Kearns for $300 to be given to Mrs. Barrett. HURLEY RECOMMENDED Hartford, July 13.—Superintendent of State Police T. F. Egan went before the new state police commission yes- terday and asked that he be not considered as a candidate for appoint- ment as superintendent of the reor- ganized and enlarged department. He recommended Captain Robert T. Hur- ley, veteran detective, for the position. No selection was made by the com- mission. to Norman. ‘There is plenty of game along the route for food and the going! is easy, they said. Tent for sale and to rent. Eddyl Awning & Decorating Co.—advt. White Shoes Reduced Again Another Big Reduction in Price of Walk-Over White Shoes For Women. $7.00 Black and White Com- bination Sport $4 95 Oxfords ..... $8.50 White Cloth Strap Pumps, mili- tary heels ... $4‘95 $9 Black and White Canvas Walk-Over $5.9 5 Sport Oxfords $7.00 White One-Eyelet Ties, Louis 950 $7.00 White Canvas Pumps, Louis and Baby $ 1 95 Louis heels .. See Our Windows. Y, avid Manning’s (~ @flel‘ Shoe Store 211 Main Street