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

i . iNew Britain Herald. HERALD FUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors ‘Jowued daily (Sunday excepted) at $8.00 a Year. $2.00 Three Months. 8¢ a Month, Xatered at the Post Omce at New Britain as Second Class Mail Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS: Burinesa Office ¥ditorial Rooms . The enly profitable advertising medium In irculation books and press | one the city. room always open to advertisers. Membe= of The Associated Press. The Associated Press s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news pub- lished herein. Memaber Audit Bureau of Circulation. ¥re A. B. C. is a national tisers with a circulation. Our circalation. are based upon this audit. local advertisers L 4:15 ®. M st Herald Bullding, 67 Church street. 926 organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- rictly honest analysis of statistics This insures protection against fraud in newspaper distribution figures to both national uni | Jjury means merely that they did nat intend to defraud anyone—practi- ally that they intended to play fair with the men who had agreed to pay them money for throwing games. If “the bleachers” understand this fact will the bleachers hail them as heroes? The bleacers will not. FIRST SLACKER SENTENCED.” There is something in the sentence “First Elacker Sentenced,” that makes stop and think. Immediately comes to mind the query: will we ever read “Worst Sacker Sentenced?” There will be many sentences meet- ed out. Many slackers will be purn- ished. There must be no sympathy for them. But all over the country, among ex- service men and among patriots who know the circumstances, there will be anger that many of the worst slackers men who escaped the draft entirely through the influences of some power- WORN OUT WHITE LINE Some of the white lines indicating ‘where people should cross the streets Some would say: others would have them re- This is beside the point here are wearing out. *Good”; painted. considered. Interesting it is to wece which of the lines have become partially ob- cléar cut. The condition those lines are in’ would seem to indicate at what point on the main street of the city the greatest number of pedestrians cross. ? Other factors may enter into the mat- ter, such as the length of time they | were allowed to have to dry before | | that portion of the street was used, and the degrea of care with which Iterated, and which remain they werd painted. But it is probable that the dimness of the lines at the svuth end of Main street shows that more pedestrians the street at that point than cross elsewhere. This may result from the fact that | be- tween the lines there and the nearest The wearing out of the ines may result all through the there is considerable distance lines to the north or that point. from the fact that day more pedestrians iArch street and crwss come there, Arch. The white lines have presented in- if they teresting food for thought, have done nothing esse, “THEY FED US, STARVING.” Those who exclalm:' ke | ger, from eating the younger. They should ask themselves if a clvilized nation, in Dbetter ful person or persons—will escape punishment as they have escaped much of the criticism that was due them. They cannot be reached. And there’s the pity of it. Meanwhile that creator of anger in the heart of every true American re- mains in Germany undoubtedly enjoy- ing himself. Ability calmly to com- ment ceases. “The First Slacker Sentenced.” The news sinks into comparative unim- portance in the strength of the wish that the worst slackers and above all the worst slacker, as far as we are able to judge, might also. be sentenced CITY AFFAIRS. The sentiment that pervades City Hall is YGive people all the work possible; help people cut down ex- down than come from West Main, or that those coming down West Main turn, south on the west side of Main street, or that more people in automobiles use West Main street than make use of ‘wouldn” feed those Russians, German or Aus- trian children or & pet’'—and there ara many who speak thuis — should note in today’s news the story of the old Russian who had to bind his four children, ranging from 10 to 1¢ vears «of age, in the four corners of a room to keep the older ones, crazed by hun- circim- [ needed to aid the distressed. stances than any people on earth, has penses; make people pay out as little as possjble.” This slogan affects every plan made for the city. Building Inspector Allen is anxious enforce regulations, to compel property owners to make needed changes in buildings. He is met by pleas of taxes to pay, families to be supported—and no work sight. Who would blame him being lenient? to in for The board of public works is eager to pave South Main street, now that the Connecticut company is ready to co-operate and pay its comparatively small share; the city engineer has been anxious to do this work. The street needs repaving. Now they are met by the knowledge that, if pave- ment is put down, less than $5,000 would be spent for labor—the giving of work to men in need of it—while t |about §15,000 would be spent for ma- terials. Who could blame them if they should, #s they have not yet done, give up the idea of placing pavement there now, recommend the spending of about $1,000 for repair work there thereby employing prac- tically all the money for labor, and not favor the spending the larger sum of $19,000 when there is great likelihood that such sum will be The board has done work already not the moral right to look on and watch | contemplated when its budget was the possibility of cannibalism appear | prepared. even In isolated instances. And they should remember, starving of Russia. ‘not be done by our government. If people have wision they will see and believe the strong position of the United States today is made ing the world. humanity is being shown. In the years to come, all over the world, strong men, children now, will reverently: “They fed us when we were starving. salute our flag and say BALLPLAYERS’' ACQUITTAL. The Chicago baseball their acquittal yesterday. The judgé Instructed the jury that the State must prove that they intend- ed to defraud the public and others. In effect he told the jury that there could be no conviction if it was prov- en only that’they intended to “throw ball games. It is hard to prove that a man in- tends to “defraud the public’” unless it is shown that he intended to take money or something tangible and of value from the public in a fraudulent manner. The players, although it seems cer- tain that they did throw games, prob- ably had no thought of getting any money or other thing of value from the public because of thei despicable acts. of baseball, belief that the whom the public admired 4the court, the jury could have said that the players intended to defraud the public. Thus, on the charge under which they were tried, they have been held innocent because they did not intend might have seen the games, and the “general public and others.” The finding of the ! per to detraud you and me, who too, that it i3 a great private American organization which plans to feed the | Connecticut company cite The work will more . firm because its people have fed, are feeding and intend to feed the starv- Admtration for this country is ever growing throughout the world, now not so much because of its strength of war achiévement as because of the manner in which its players ac- cused of wTong in connection with the 1919 World Series games, should not gather much nourishment because of pecuniary Faith in the honesty players would do their best to win—these may not be considered legally things of value. For this reason, under the instructions of scarcely The Mayor is eager to see work done. He is anxious to trolleys fares reduced. Would the this " ex- pense of paving as one of the rea- sons why ii could not reduce fares? This morning, for instance, the Mayor was' confronted by statements calling for thousands of dollars spent for those more than willing, but quite incapable because of lack of work, of earning money with which to_support themselves and their fam- ilies. Who can blame him for op- posing the spending of $15,000 for material when such statements are coming in, and when, every few min- utes, men ard women enter his of- fice telling hopeless tales: of hard- ship and all seeking work. Who can blame those connected with the Municipal Employment Agency for brushing aside as of small importance every suggestion other than (homvl!ich will provide more work for the unemployed? These are the men—these officials of the city—who come in contact daily with the actual situation. They have time for little theorizing. A typical case came up this morn- ing. A man with an injured back came to the mayor saying he had a card to do pick and shovel work which he could not \lo. Nothing else today,” said Mayor. *“Come in regularly something may turn up.” “Shall I come here to your office, or to the Employment asked the man. “Come to both,” replied the Mayor. The City Engineer happening to be present, spoke. he said, “have instructions, where a man is not accustomed to the work, gets sore hands and so forth, to give him a few days on the work to get hard- ened up. Each board of the city and each of- ficial is anxious to do the special work under his charge with efficien- cy. All want to “‘get results” which the people Each board knows its own business better than any others; each knows what is needed in matters to which it attends. But under conditions such as exist today in the affairs of the city each board and each its such get the and Agency?" “Our foremen,” i can official should tem- eagerness to get results, ) Brunswick. W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, “JEST RUMINATIN".” (Robert Russell.) “No- only Folks drift along, that where Land” their conscious goal; They scratch the bottom o their craft on many a shal- low shoal. Some have no rudders to their boat; some never realize lackin’ proper steerin’ heir ol' vessel will capsize. An’ even rudders ain’t no good unless a steady hand Is there to turn the tiller from the rocks o’ Nowhere Land. A rough-hewed, humble bit o’ wood, home made, will do as well To steer your little craft as one, fresh painted, looks so swell. The thing that counts, to Keep you from the grief o’ No- That where Land, Is jest the will to learn the course, the ever steady hand To steer straight through the channel where the rocks of “I don’t care,” Are deep submerged by waters washin’ lands that's fine an’ fair. —— e —_— where the expenditure of money is involved, by the desire to aid the gen- eral situation. ' Although some dispute the correct- ness of the grammar of “The wages of sin is death,’ few dispute its truth. ‘Tis said that in New York it took lightning, not one-piece bathing suits to shock beach habitues. “Uses Jitney to give Chase to As- sailant,” headline. Wonder if pursuer had obtained a certificate from U. P. Commission ? The larger the footprints the easier it is to follow the trail, but the more difficult it 4a to fill the shoes which made them. A bit of thoughh that’'s serious May cause the head to ache. But to some folk ‘twould bring a most Tluminating break. Only the nfn who knows himself has the right to declare that he knows another, and “there ain’t no such animal.”” Judge not. Q. E. D. All yesterday tha nice straw hat Looked ill and out of place; There’s comfort in the knowledge that It has some days of grace. Professional propagandists all must have bought screens; less than usual has been heard of ‘“swat the fly.” A lot of folks are almost broke In view of long vacation: And some admit their bills have hit The visited relations. 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date.) A new organ for the merry-go- round at White Oak arrived today and will be set into position for the crowd of pleasure seekers Sunday. Rev. S. G. Ohman will go to Bran- ford tomorrow to take part in the ceremonies attending the consecration of the altar of the Swedish Lutheran church of that place. John M. Curtin and family will leave tomorrow for Block Island for a summer vacation. George W. Klett resigned as clerk of police court this morning in ordcr to get the benefit of the increased salary recently voted for by the com- mon council. The Russell and Erwin company baseball team defeated the printers of the town at Electric field today by the score of 24 to 2. OVER ONE MILLION INDEATH BENEFITS Knights of Columbus Has Paid $1,114,747 to Relatives San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 3.—Wil- liam J. McGinley of New York, su- preme secretary of the Knights of Columbus, reported to the international convention here today that the year ended June 30, 1921, had witnessed a net gain in members of 87,660. The total American membership of the K. of C. is now 758,155, his report shows, New York leading with 107,649. The sum of $1,114,747 was awarded by the K. of C. in death benefits dur- ing the period covered in the report, Members to the number of 2,262 of the K. of C. died during the twelve- month period covered in the report. There was an increase of 119 in the number of K. of C. councils, amalgam- ations of various councils in large cit- ies affecting the proportionate growth of K. of C. units, the report said. K. of C. councils and their entire memberships participated in two na- tional charity drives on a large scale, the Herbert Hoover European Relief council drive and the campaign for the Committee on Reliet in Ireland—as well as in many local charity appeals. The report estimates that the K. of C. were instrumental in raising between four and five million dollars for these causes. The Knights also transmitted to Cardinal Mercier approximately 350,000 francs for his Belgian recon- struction work. His report estimated that by \1922 the K. of C. net membership would approximate the million mark, and stated that during the year five new state jurisdictions had been erected in North and South Carolina, Prince Ed- ward Island, Nova Scotia and New 4 192 1. FACTS AND FANCIES — BY ROBERT QUILLEN — S | LIGHTS AND SHADOWS By John J. Daly The only red menace in America is red tape. Honesty is the best policy. It hasn't been used enough to hurt it any. The hand that controls the patron- age is that hand that controls a Con- gress. E\_l(‘n the critics of Mr. Harding’s foreign policy can’t deny that he Hughes to the line. Thrift is the art of doing without the things that can be bought on the instdllment plan. A new deal seldoms means anything more than a new class of recipients for the raw deal. “Police will keep books on t —Headline. The toddle minds us of an infant's balance. gddle. always re first trial The politician who promises to re- duce taxes is no fool. He operates on the theory that his constituent is. Some day Uncle Sam will cut the railroads off without a cent; and what will they do then, poor things. When daughter eats onions for sup- per, Mother knows that she has at last decided to spend the evening at home. The people who find fault with America should remember that they are as free to go back as they were to come over. It is getting to where the only writ- ing ben who don’t reserve the motion picture rights are those who work on dictionaries. And some go to the mountains in- stead of the seashore because they know they look like thunder in a bathing suit. When a politician suggests doing something handsome for our common carriers, he is thinking of railroads— not letter carrers. Four-fifths of the diamond cutters in Amsterdam are out of work. Well, four-fifths of the American workmen are out of diamonds. TOP and talk T you see with U. S. Tires on his car. Ask him why. Most likely you'll hear an inter- esting story about ments—before the answer was found. Money wasted. Promises unkept. Trouble on the road—hu- morous to every man who went through it. Finally U. S. Tires. Tires ever since. * * Perhaps it's the experience of U. S. Tire buyers that makes them more em- phatic in their preference than ever this year. ‘When these men If the husband calls the “Mother” their domestic affairs will make headlines on the first wif> The greater part of the anxiety of those who fashion foreign policies is occasioned by the desire to avoid the inevitable. In the old days, to “mind” the chil- dren meant to take care of them; but that was before children developed the habit of bossing the old folks. Captain Kidd has some advantages unknown to the modern pirates, but he didn’t have to fake his books to avoid sharing the loot with the Gov- ernment. Before insisting upon self-govern- ment, let the Philippines give proof that they have sufficient lawyers to hold all the public offices. An admirer reminds Ford has brought the country into town. He has also given country doc- us that Mr. arms. CHILEANS ALL UPSET Head of U. S. Special Mission in Peru Asked to Submit Text of Hs Recent- 1y Protested Specch. Santiago, Chile, Aug. 3.—Albert Douglas, head of the United States special delegation to the Peruvian cen- tennial celebration, has been asked by the state department in Washington to forward to that city the text of an address he made in Lima on July 28. Dispatches quoting Mr. Douglas which have been received here have aroused = when the from when the night Flash their 1 would But, in calmer, now, If invited to the revels who hs WHEN THE NIGHT BEGINS TO FALL In the golden haze of Summer, restless To the blue and purpld hills where the gypsy I can hear the tread of comrs pirits stray des peoples stay, es the distant mountain wall; But I lose the lure of meadows begins to fall. When the lightning-bugs, aflicker, round the garden, by the gate, warning to the neighbors : that the hour is growing late, rather not meander, If T had my way at all; For I'd sooner be with home-folks when the night begins to fall. When the blood of youth was coursing, like a torrent, through my veins, And the flush of fever thrilled me, I was one to break the reins; cooler moments, I'm quite inclined to stall when the night begins to fall. There's a charm that steals upon me when the stars commence to shine, And T long for someone near me in the ev'ning, ji Like the lovers with their ve captured Cupid’s Hall, I am ready to surrender when the night begins to fall. st at nine. ed to an error in transmission or a bad version of his remarks, as they are completely in disagreement with re- iterated statements made by" the United States government regarding its impartiality in the conflfct between Chile and Peru, vitation tournament of the Mohawk Golf club, Schenectady, N. Y., yes- terday, which placed him in the first ion of the tournament. Sweeney was the only New Britain player to qualify in the first division. He was out in 40 and in in 41. Match play started this morning, the tournament being an elimination affair. J. W. Clark, of Hartford was an- considerable feeling on the part of Chileans. The following statement was published here today: “The department of state has spon- taneously informed our ambassador at Washington that upon learning of dec- larations attributed in press dispatches to special Ambassador Douglas, it was asked for the text of ‘his address, the details of which are as yet un- known even on general lines. The de- partment has declared that his state- ments as published must be attribut- W. J. SWEENEY "QUALIFIES New Britain Golfer Makes Good Card in Invitation Tournament at Mo- hawk Golf Club, Schenectady. (Special to Herald). Schenectady, N. Y., Aug. 3.—W. J. Sweeney, of the Shuttle Meadow club, turned in a score of 81 for the qual- ifying round of the tenth annual in- tors a lot of practice in setting hr'k(n‘ THE U. S. NOBBY TREAD Where the going is specially heavy with snow, mud or sand, in hilly country where maximum traction on theroad isa factor, no other tire tread yet devised is quite so effective, or so wholly approved by motoring opin= ion, as the U. S. Nobby Tread. Its very simplicity—three rows of diagonal knobs, gripping the road— ll; lll:;'multol‘ ail the years of U. S, ubber experience with every t; of road the world over. i L to’the next man everything by the way of “staggering bargains”, “hurrah discounts”, “discon- tinued lines at less” and so forth they know what not to get. They want a fresh, live tire. With a good feputation. That’s everything it says it is. With the people behind it who back it up. his tire experi- . . . There are 92 U. S. Factory Branches. Your local U. S. Dealer is drawing upon them continually to keep his stocks sized up, complete—to give you service. ‘Whenever he gets one or a hundred tires from a U. S. Factory Branch, they are newly made this season’s tires. 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