New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1922, Page 6

¢« point by some people living in that| _ travelers - ganizations, New Britain Herald COMPANY Excapted) hurch Stieet, HERALD PUBLISHING (Tasued Daily i At Hora)l Ridg ( SURSCRIPTION RATE $5.00 o Year $200 Three Months s a4 Month Entered at the Post OMce at New Rritain a8 Secund Class Mall Matter. TELEPHONE Busines; Office Editorial Rooma CALL The only profitahle aavertising =™ediam in the City. Clreulat'on hooks and press room always open te advertisers Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press (s exclusively entitled to tha nse for re-publication of all news credited to It or nat atherwiie credited fn this paper anc aleo local news pub- lishad hsrein, Member Audi¢ Bureau of Circulation The A. R. C. Is a which furnishea now tisers with a strict] elrculation. Our e rer based upon this This insures pro- tection Against in newspaper dis- tribution fgures to both national and lo cal advertisers, e - THE LOCAL STRIK feeling that national and _adver analvsie of atatistics are A peculiar comes at first with the for the mandir pay. through the summer. who during t employme that the that eighty men can Work must be plentiful, is the feeling; there §0 men rking have gone on strike. de half-holiday, with A concerned news wi city g a Saturda person has bheen honestly over the un- glad st months, situation, is at once situation is such ufford to strike. labor can be little suffering from unemploy- ment; men must be pretty sure of be- ing able to get jobs anywhere if they can run the risk of having this city work shut down becalise of their ac- tion in striking Then comes another feeling, rather different from one of satisfaction that there is little danger of suffering from How about last of unemployment. win- ter? Were are now striking, as city last winter? Did get jobs from the municipal employment bureau which was established der to find for all that 4t? Were any of these men now strik- ing aided by the efforts made by citi- any these men who isted by the any of them in or- wo needed Britain and welfare or- either through material assistanc? through the efforts of public spirited people to find work for them? Comes also the recollection that the city authorized bonds for street work, when the city and its advisors knew this was poor busine: sake of giving work to the ployed. Did of these striking benefit by this action of the city in adopting what was recognized to be a poor business policy the sake of people here who did not have work” And if any of the men now on strike were so helped, do they realize that New Britain was one of the of the steps to give work to its unemployed in that distressing time? The Herald favored suggested to give work to the unem- ployed at that time when work was scarce. This believes zens of New or merely for the unem- now any men for tirst cities of the country to take every move newspaper in { doing everything to make the lives the employed as happy and prosper- cus as possible. And The Herald won- ders if men do not feel there is some thing due this city from them, when it remembered that the city strained all its resources to give work to the unemployed at a time when it was hard to get work. is CLAYTON CROSSING The railroad committee of the com- mon council meet with mittee of the Chamber of Commercs tomorrow evening to take steps to se- cure the abolishment of the grade Clayton. is to a com- crossing at The committee should example of prompt action, important it considers immediate re- sults. Each day brings danger to the public. Delay, delay, g but lay has marked consideration of this matter. Let that delay stop. Communi- cations should be sent by wire, not by letter, if it is necessary cate with anyone regarding co-opera- tion in this matter. There has the suggestion made of a new connecting road which would make it unnecessary to cross the tracks at this dangerous point. It is a good plan to consider the advisa- bility of such scheme. But this com- mittee has another job. That road and a consideration of it {8 no part of the duty of this railroad committee of the council. The propos- ing of building this new road should not be made an excuse the mittee for delaying its attempt to abolish the grade crossing. New road or no new road, there will be danger at that crossing as at grade. The new road would divert much traffic over the crossing. But the tracks will have to be crossed at that show by an just how noth de- to communi- been by com- long as it exists neighborhood; it will be crossed by who do not know of its dangers. The duty of the railroad committee is to try to have that Clayton crossing made safe. It should go at that as quickly as possible and should get results as quickly as possible. That should be its only concern. Nothing should be allowed to interfere with that business. job CONSULTING THE DENTISTS New Britain dentists are as fine a '~ 'body of men as most cities of the size of New Britain boast of. Their advicel of the press in that country, affairs!yne ole swimmin' hole was merely an 48 to be sought in n:aueru pertaining would right themselves immediately. overgrown mud puddie. organizatien | The remark Pritain | to their professior same to New | doctors, New applies to Nev Britain merchants, to Rritain lawyers But the matter of the dental clinic | should ne more he left in the hands| Britain Britain health matters he left Hritain W dentists, than should in New the hands of physicians, gul matters the the the New D[Rritain le m hands of New Britain lawyers, nov city's business in the hands of | city's husiness mer | The dental clinle of the Clinie matters of the New Those officials should is a part of the Primarily he o health afairs city he dental ghould n the hands Britain heaith ofticials, consult and co-operate with the den- tist officials possible should ex- s that others help handling of busine: just gain all the from perts in the comes But the within thelr jurisdiction the die! abso dentists should of dental dental clinic s a city af The not have entire authority any than body of men. The clinic is not for the school children alone, aithough it will 1.'1 nefit them more than it will help any one not policy the elinie The 10w lutely fair, school beéard should in regard to its policy, other more any other class, The dentists of the city, better the and than the physicians, know it is the condition of anyons else, unless Health the physical Superintendent of close relationship be- the teeth and condition tween general The city should control the policy of the dental the con- clinie, with utmost the dentists—but the the city respect for opinion of trol should be in “OPEN This is the season of open doors. the for coming It sneak of windows is also “open season’ With the the home are left open Whenever pos- thieves, the hot veather doors and of sible. People sit or work at the front of the house, forgetting that the back loor is open. The stranger walks in, takes whatever is in sight, and van- ishes. 3 There have ently of thefts of them, at least, may be attributed to sneak A point rade to k and lock ened, if he been complaints re- from homes. Some thieves. should be keep the back doors closed 2d, or the screen doors the back of the house is to left unprotected This is also the season of parades not human at the back the heuse when a parade was passing the might ““‘hear the from the marchers, circus pa- men used. to the shows and work what “cloth follow People would be were they to remain of ront, or when they band” more plainly front glimpse of the when i cateh In the rades a old days were frequent, travel with was called the line game." They would the course of the each town visited and rob the lines at the the houses while the occu- pants were at the front drawn thither parade in would clothes back of by the parade. Remember the open door the open season for back season and door thieves, | TROLLEY WORKERS' CUT, A reduction of 5.4§ per cent in the wagss of the conductors and motor- men of the Connecticut company has teen announced by the arbitration board. No very loud the cut announced has been heard. The men, some of them, expected a seven it protest against or eight per cent cut, it is rumored. The reduction was only 5.45 per cent, for which they are duly thankful. It significant that representing trolley employes saying that “if been no substantial change in the cost of living . . . then should continue.’ ed average decrease in the is the attorney the is quoted as there has last year's wages He is also report- to have given figures showing an cost of living since June, 1921, of 41 per cent. 1o believe of per cent, the One is inclined in greater that the the cost 41y figures of reduction living has but, it own reasoning ater than the And, tagain according to his own reasoning, been than taking the will be seen that by h attorney, the reduction in wages of per cent was but a little gr reduction in the cost of living such reduction in wages was nearly justified by the admitted reduction in the cost of living Iigures or no figures, however, we | are sorry the through that cut, a age of the people of the state will he through still to sed cut unless, greater percent- Lenefited the reduction in tares which, bring greater patronage and greater good-will, the parent of patrona the C we insist, would 10 ymnecticut compuny | RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS, The dispatch from that the number newspapers Moscow stating of Soviet Russia's| has been reduced during { the past year from S63 to 382, is sig- nificant. These papers are govern- | ment controlled The reducing of the number h { distinct bearing upon the fact that | | the papers are government controlled And the fact that the papers in Rus- sia, together with the opinion leaders there that “freedom of the press could not be permitted at all explains somewhat the reason as a| of for the general chaotic conditions in Russia. | One would not make the hroad' statement that if there were freedom b may ridicutbus, be rlens press does Huch statement would the y that a frank, fe ut declaration made safe nuch to bring hone government to any country, If it is United States without any newspapers government control, let be given such situation, What would not-fational “politicians" dare do? Imagine a city, even in this country, which did not dave any pub- lieity organ free to criticize the city government What- done with the freedom which \\'n{ulnl come to those in charge of its affairs? To- generations of possible to free from thought a would be day, probably, after regard for opinion as ex- s through the press, public of- might, ments pretty public nr ficials of run well, even though there a the to be “muzzled.” Butallow this condition to exist a long time— cven a few months—and there would come into office and into power men who would take advantage of the freec- from criticlsm that be theirs, to do anything with government matters, the people's the people’s rights. number of newspa- where they the government, People would not if they knew that there would be found nothing in that paper which had not passed the censors of the government. There would seem to be little hope in Russia long as the press is government controlled. In this situation may the toots of much that is otherwise in- explicable about Russia. course, govern- shoull come short time when press wer com would they chose mone Moreover the pers in a country all controlled by would decrease rapidly. a were buy and read a paper at all, for enlightenment as be seen s 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) The Hartford-New Britain trolley iine was operated on the entire di tance to the Capital City today for the first time. The new trolley route has previously been open but a part of the distance. There are six cars on the line and the trip is made a lit- tle short of an hour. Bernard K. Gaffney has received a notification of the reunion of the Yale of '§7, of which he was a gradu- Winthrop Council, Daughters of Liberty, will celebrate its seventh an- WEEKS DEPLORING PRESENT POLITICS Fears General Breakdown in U, §. Political System Cleveland, June 15 A frankly pessimistic view of some/of the pre- dominant tendencies of American po- litical thought was voiced today by Secretary Weeks at the commence- ment exercises of Western Reserve university. He declared the drift of recent years was gradually weaken- ing the nation's governmental strue- fure by undermining the constitution and sweeping away the principles of party responsibility. The direct pri- mary, “bloc” agitation and the coun- try's readiness to accept constitutional amendments were instanted by the speaker as furnishing evidence that the government was heading away from its ancient feguards and to- ward complete s As one result, he 8 public mind *'the legislative branch of our national government probably never has been at lower ebb than it is today." Hits Direct Primary o The direct primary,” he continuea “*has so palbably lessened the guali of men willing to e in public af« fairs that prompt action should be taken to greatly modify or entirely repeal it." Turning to the “bloc” movement in politics, Mr, «Weeks declared that when a party comes into power m- ising to do certain things and then finds that groups break away from party allegiance whenever their own inter s seem to be directly involved, “there is an end to responsibility in government.” + Opposes Amendments Tn its attempts to improve upon the work of the fathers by amending the constitution, the secret the coun- try had “failed signally He added that in the matter of popular elections “we have run riot" and he suggested that much of the present unrest and uncertainty seem- ed to center in taxation and prohibi- tion. By way of preface, the secretary said his philosophizing applied to no particular party and that he spoke not as a government official but.as a pri- vate citizen exercising his privilege of free speech. He d he was tempted to entitle his address “The decline of the American government.” POLICE GUARD SLAYER niversary on June 17, A. J. Sloper approved of an exten- sion of Liberty street a distance of 1,300 feet, at the meeting of the com- mon courcil last evening. The Rackliffe Brothers’ company are offering some excellent building George Straub of Jackson, Mich., Con- fessed Murderer of Girl, Protected From Mob. Lansing Mich, June 15 today guarded the city jail where ~State police lots near the center of the city for the price of $150.—advt. Facts and Fancies (BY fOBERT OUILLEN) A bribe a day keps prohibition Away. Strangely enough, reform comes hefore satiety in the dictionary. Much of the “higher criticism" is done by peopie who think Deuterono- my was a prophet The man who doesn't know what he is talking about usually talkgabout an hour too long. Another good way to save daylight is to depend on the products of a farm for a living, After watching Genoa, the Germans doubtl are glad there were no Rus- sians at Versailles. Our idea of an eficient man is one who can find a use for all his vest pockets, The pessimist wonders what the world is coming to; the optimist won- ders when it is coming to. Somehow or other, the emanations from swivel-chair Government experts remind us of Sitting Bull. After all, the division is fair enough. The bride gets the showers and the groom catches thunder. Some politicians are learning that even though the dead speak, nobody pays any particular attention. I ivery once in a while, even in the finest churches, you find a man who preaches along religious lines. Possibly the Federal Reserve Board's efferts to hold us down caused the idleness of those who now hold How delightful to go on a picnie with twelve gallons in the tank and twelve gals in the tonneau. George Straub, alleged confessed slayer of Miss Alice Mallett, was held in safety last night as several score of Jackson, Mich.,, men demanded the prisoner. The men left Jackson by automo- bile late last night for Mason county seat of Ingham county where tHey believed Straub had been taken but were informed enroute that the pris- oner was still held at l.anding. They came here but contended themselves with a look at Straub, who was roused from a peaceful sleep and brought in- to a corridor. Harold Mallett, brother of Straub’s alleged victim led the visitors. Officials take: little stock in a sec- ond confession he is said to have made in which he named Clarence Meadowlark, a negro circus emplove s an accomplice, Meadowlark has stablished an alibi. OPEN TRAINING CAMPS Candidates For Commissioners in Re- serve Officers' Training Corps Flock sto Cantonments for Study. Washington, June 15.—Summer training camps were opened every- where over the country today under army supervision for youths of the re- serve officers training corps, part of the machinery of the new defensive military policy set up in the national defense act of 1920, The corps now includes approxi- mately 100,000 young men under training to members of the officers’ reserve corps or officers of the National Guard and of these it is es- timated that 7,314 began today their summer work of intensive field train- ing at the camps which is counted on to round out their cl room and other military work at schools and colleges. The courses mapped out for the stu- dent officers cover the whole field of military science. Especially qualified regular officers have been assigned to the camps as instructors. HAR])I»NE VERY BUSY President Forced to Decline Invitation hecome to Attend Yale and Harvard Com- mencement xercises. Was. Harding, June 15.-—President who has had under consid- eration for several days invitations to go to New England next week to attend the Yale and Harvard com- mencement exercises informed Senator Lodge of Massachusetts today that gton, !he believed it would be impossible for him to malke the trip. The senator called on behalf of the two universi- ties to urge the president's acceptance of the invitation: AVIATORS NEAR VICTORIA Rio Janeiro, June 15 (BRy the Asso- ciated Press)--The Portuguese trans- There is aiways a brighter side.| Atiantic aviators Captains Sacadura The struggle along the Mississippi Willyand Coutinho, continued their south- leave fewer sand bags for the hold-up men. Lurope's flood of paper money is |ln1r:n1inn ward. flight in Draasil toward the city teday They left Porto Seguro at 7:50 o'clock this morning with the of making Victoria, 260 bad enough, but it doesn't cause whole | mijes northeast of Rio Janeiro, their neighborhoods to roost on top of the houses. . Now that age has taken the glamor from romance, one remembers that next stopping place. India has 30 cities with a popula- tion of over 100,000 each. There are at least 10 aviation com- panies operating lines in Germany. e L 0 W VMR ARA S350 Y B e reman il tais g TEN PIECE DINING SUITE in either American Walnut or Mahogany This suite consisting of oblong table, buffet, china closet, server and six chairs, was made by one of Grand Rapids best manufacturers and is an EXCEPTIONAL VALUE AT $249.00 B. C. PORTER SONS “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” To raise $50,000 to build a working girls’ clubhouse, New York girl workers, aided by society 1 women, are selling bricks—not gold bricks—at $1 each. The clubhouse will be operated by the Women's Trade Union league, but will be open to all employed women. BREAD AND MILK CONTEST IZssay Winners Will Be Announced in Children to Last Night's Herld, Be Compensated For Interest. The bread and milk contest which closes today received a setback due, no doubt tp the children 12 years old or under thinking anly about the close of school. The bread and milk editor has a few essays to pick from and most every child who sent in only a few words will be compensated for their interest in the affair. The awards will be a reward for initiative in keeping posted on public affairs out- side of school hours, for there is a rumor going the rounds that the es- say idea was not exactly favored by the school authoritie: 3 The winners of the essay contest will be announced in Friday night's Herald, and a few of the best will be printed. —— MASONIC REUNTION The fifty-second annual reunion of the Masonic Veteran association of Connecticut, will be held at Bridge- port, Thursday, June 22. The asso- ciation will be guests of the several lodges in Bridgeport and the officers of these lodges are making special ef- fort to make the reunion a successful one, and one long to be remembered by every vet. who attends. BANKRUPTCY PETITION Owner of Block On Arch Street Has $20,000 Mortgage Foreclosed Fol- lowing Repairs to Bnilding. Tiabilities amounting to $4,115, in- cluding mortgages totalling $38,000 on a property valued at $40,138 were shown by a voluntary petition in bankruptey filed in the United States district court at New Haven yester- day by Dominic Galati, of this ciy. Dominic 1is the owner of a block at West Pearl and Arch streets. Financial difficulties arising over some repairs recently made to the block resulted in the foreclosure of a mortgage for $20,000 held by Hyman Horwitz and the subsequent filing of the bankruptcy petition. Labor Federation Kills Proposed Union Plans June 15.—Without op- position or debate the American Fed- eration of Labor convention here {g- Cincinnati, day killed a resolution proposing a radical change in the form of the or- ganized labor movement in the United States by the amalgamation of all unions into singie organizations, each covering an industry. The resolution was introduced by E. H. Fitzgerald and others representing the railway clerks. Miss Bishop Defeats w*Haven Golf Rival ‘Bridgeport, June 15.—Miss Georgi- anna Bishop of this city, defending champion, advanced to the final round of the women's state golf tournament at the Brooklawn Country club links today eliminating Mrs. Burnside Wins- low of New Haven, in the semi-final round, six up and four to play. CLASSTFIED AD TALK. The Herald is carrying on the average of over 300 classified ads every day, there is a reason for this growth, which can be divided rough- ly into two parts, results and prompt and courteous service. Some of the ads, the majority bring direct results, others take their place in a business service directory, sometimes acting as a reminder and other times acting as a guide to prompt and quick results to persons who want something in a hurry. ‘We are making friends, and making them fast, and we recommend that if you are considering usiig our classi- fled columns te ask persons who have or are using an ad. Over 8,000 Heralds are sold daily, (our circulated is audited), and these papers, mind you, go into the homes. Where on earth could you get over 8,000 copies of a classified ad printed and distributed for the price? There are 3,500,000,000 cubic feet of timber available for the exploitation in the forests of eastern Poland ADAMSON’S ADVENTURES - Must Have Been An Asbestos BY 0. JACOBSON s s