New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1922, Page 6

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All indications in the business world are to the effect that a return to normal is imminent, that the great American public will sufficiency of mc that the butcher, candle-stick maker soon have a its pocket and the the t and are going to get k their share of the cash in the natural In New Britain the seri- course of events unemployment ous, the Charity city is being relleved of some of the strain that was placed upon it during the period of readjustment, and the there is not the about the gates few situation {s not Department of the factories report that great queus of men awaiting a fob months ago. creases there into circulation, money there will and the shopkeeper will find that a lean being made up for to There is one thing, however, that is standing in the way of New Britain's progress toward the much desired goal of comparative affluence that is the some reason this city others in this vicinity there have not houses constructed year and we are considerably under- housed, so much at rents are at a premium still, premium. It is taking a large from the monthly pay envelope to pay the rent, leaving less for the butcher, the baker and the candle-stick maker and the vender of gasoline. The old rule of spending about one week's wages for rent has gone by the boards, it is impossible to get a rent for a wee one is particularly fortunate wages. Nearly everything necessities is appreciab lower price than it was a year or so ago The pre-war levels may not have been reached, but they ¢ being ap- proached. Wages have taken a tum- ble as well as costs but rents remain high. Shortly the there was a great exchanging of Landlords bought, high prices, and rented, at a price to bring them the proper net on their money. They could not afford to do otherwise, they paid a large sum holdings and they rent They are naturally, do so as there procured. Building of houses is the though building is high portion to what it was ago. The own a home not far-fetched, plan to sell lumber and supplies, it is a bit of man who wishes to his wage with others than the land- lord. as there were a As employment in- come more money there more along the street or so is extent. will is more be spanding vear some and sitnation For is much behind in building, great housing been a many during the past 50 th too much of a slice unless as to s wages in the city, of in in the line after war property at for their have to collect a large unwilling to take and they are not forced to few rents to be a loss, are answer, now in pro- six months a movement is it is not necessarily a real economy for the work- spend a of part CLAIMS AGAINST CITY. It is reported that Mayor will veto the resolution of mon council which upholds the ing of the Corporation regard to the certain definite claims against the city for damages alleged to have arisen out of alleged defects in the streets. In other words, if the Mayor's Is} sustained, the city claimants: “Go ahead city will not settle out of court.” This attitude is a mistake, Any eity errs when it disregards the legal advice of the official position of legal adviser. might be recovered in one lawsuit which would be far more than the sum of the amounts recommended in several others. The fear of establish- ing a precedent, said to move Mayor to this action, is groundless unless the broad general policy is to be established that the city will settle no claims, or will pay no claims until compelled to do so by the where they grow out of defective | streets. And the adoption this | policy would be not only ridiculous in the extreme, but would be unfair . and unwise. There are two way: this matter; there is side, the legal side, viewpoint of one trying to do what, in common sense, is right quite aside from the legal aspect. . standpoint the claims should be set- Paonessa the com- find- Counsel in settlement of veto will to those and sue. The| say named for Damag the of of the looking at * ‘tled where the city's legal adviser so|off after the #trike—if they d6 not! ‘ ‘counsels. the | court, and there is the | Technically, selfishly if you will, the | corporation counsel {s in a position to| know far better than any layman whether or not the court will decide favor of the claimant. He knows is legally liable; | in when a city and when there s no contributing negligence on the part of the claim- ant, He knows, better than any lay- man can know, whether or not it is Ikely to save the money to settie claim, rather than it to the court. His advice should be taken just as the advice of the city engineer should be taken in engineer- ing matters, If the city electrician, for instance, advised the of certain wires and an appropriation therefor and the council should take it upon itself to refuse to grant that would be greater in disregard adviser. certainly disregard the of in regard the It would consider informed as to than the legal mat- city a to carry appropriation, the council making mistake degree it the of The would the laying of a sewer. the engineer better engineering technicalities So in the case of a only than advice would to the council legal common not advice city engineer to council, ters, From the other viewpoint the city owes its residents some duty in regard streets. Will the city adopt policy of saying that no matter how careless it is in regard to those streets, and no matter how people are carelessness, to the a injured because of its granting that the city has been care- less, it, the city, will not make rea- sonable compensation to the Injured resident? Will the city force every claimant, matter how just his to go into court and prove his merely the accident because a defective no claim, claim, happened street? From every tically and theoretically, make mistake in adopting because of point of view, prac- a the of the Mayor. RAWLINGS TESTIMONIAL. Any evidence of appreciation long and faithful work, marked understanding and con- V- of Yy a rare human sideration, as well as by strict ob ance of duty, which the citizens New Britain may show Chief Police Rawlings, will deserved. He occupies an unique position in the minds of those him. A police officer, director of police activ- ities of many years, he has made many friends in a position which calls for the performance of unpleasant, trying duties not calculated to inspire friendship. And yet, with all this, he has seen New Britain pass through trying times and has remained at the head of the force until the come when those times are past and this city head up, clean and orderly as cities of the nature of New judged of be who know day has stands, 3ritain are they, cution deplored the that because of their constant pr of and association with criminals of class, are apt to lose their in human nature and be- come even hard of The comment might apply with even 2 force to a chief of And Chief Rawlings een a man who, doing his sting criminals and doing all in his power lost that have fact every confidence cynical, heart. police. may duty, mo! vet in be to not prevent crime, for all. “SENTORITY RIGHTS.” It is more than intimated that the strike might settled if would restore rights” to men who walked out. Moreover it is that there is a feeling in Washington that | the roads are taking something of a | high-handed to restore those rights. be found, it intimated, the men in this regard | words tha roads might to give the men what witout absolutely going back on what | they decided | L. F. Loree, president of the Dela ware and Hudson the Eastern Railroad Presidents’ Con- | ference has asked that the and chairman of the Railroad Labor Rmrr} study the strike from the point of view of the employes who did not| | strike. Amen! Again let this strike was against the Let rail he now the railroads to agree “'senjority reported attitude in refusing Some way might to In find they is other a way want have and chafrman President it be remembered that decree of a governmental body it be re- membered that the to strike on questions submitted to them | which, today, are matters | preventing a settlement of the strike: | that the men voted to strike because of certain things which, [they no longer consider | grounds for a strike. And then consider the men who did | not strike. Everyone wants the strike If the settiement of the strike lh‘ who struck in the | positions they before men voted not the sufficient settled places men saHe their practically y the employes who not strike—the men occupied they repudiate, certain action which now | did who refused technical [to go against the decision of a gov-!one-half the amount asked, a| admitting part responsibility for road | body labor at the leader—certainly ernmental behest of | radical those loyal men should be placed in a far | From either|better position than they were ],p{(,rp\n\d\flr explained to members of the ter when the union belongs to the If the strikers are as wel] | COMmittee last night that he objects working man. the strike. lose anything because of their action, he | knows when a city has been negligent | {nsulation | the city will| policy indicated by the expected veto| for| Prosecuting attorneys in great cities| charity which makes the world easier | | satisfy | of | apparently, | the employes who did not| their loyalty, the “senlority are restored, | than to uertnlnl) strike should profit by their patriotism. It | rights” of the strikers | something far more valuable “geniority rights' should those employes who stayed on the job be given HOOVER'S SPECIALTY. Before Warren Harding was select- ed as the Republican candidate for the Presidency, Herbert Hoover's name was prominently mentioned as a possible candidate, His opponents remarked that about his only recom- mendation was his execufive ability |in the matter of rationing and appor- tioning food. He shown great | in that matter, s admitted by all. But why should that ability 1remmmmm him for any office within the United Stat Today comes government's program ing and rationing” the under the direction ¢ Hoover and the Interst: Commission, is to put There is a general work ‘will be skilfully 1se Herbert Hoover directing force behind it. will be sent over the places especially needed. Public will get coal; industries the necessaries of life will g®t it, and localities where there is danger of : coal famine will get The Inter- |state Commerce Commission b power to see that these things are s not necessary for the to takes over the roads had | ability AL W that the “distribut- the news for coal on hand, f Secretary Commerce into effect the te he feeling that done—and be- is to be the the shortest where it utilttie: producing Coal routes to it. done, and it government to bring about these results. | And there is another power ! Interstate Commerce Commission pos- | pesses which wiil directly the consumer. It is a power that the recent actions of Secretary hAve shown he will see utilized. by Secretary the interest Hoover The Commission, inspired | Hoover, will be able to see to it operators who charge profiteerin | prices for coal will get no cars. |the available cars will be needed an who fer | will be used by operators | that they should adhere to the agree- | ment suggested and by Secretary Hoover and the operators At this time Mr. Herbert Hoover's character- is the sort it for discussed very useful Hoover use of specialty is a istic, and Mr. person to make benefit of the people. the GERMANY'S Germany has accepted the demands of the allied committee on guarar tees. She has, in effect, agreed to the allied memorandum with regard financial control of Ger- expenditures, export insists, to allted many's receipts, of capital and statistics. She that the government or sovereignty of func- however, the tioning should not be interfered with, and that the and their business organization must its normal fortunes of individuals remain secret. Germany has done what any | ness man, confident | recoup if only he capital to carry him She husi- of his power to obtains sufficient along, would to have her affairs trusting to the do has greed watched, necessarily honor the allies—whom she may {well trust—hecause she sees at | that in this way only will she be able the needed of that economic stability and habitual to readily he of Jast to get funds to bring a return prosperity her. It may severe imagined how | opposition | those who have been fighting in Ger- many that she take this stand. Hav- ing to combat the feeling prevalent there that she was not | quered the war, the far financiers have had has been the to really con- in sighted | German afti- | cult time to convince those who had that | a the power to take it must be taken despite the unpopu- Germany this position larity it would bring. takes it for granted the loan she seeks will “be granted now that she has accepted the The will come and Germany has her sighted finance and nomics to thank for insisting taking the only course which would | | bring the A blow to Germany's pride it is, but a boost to appheciation of her wisdom | conditions imposed. loan | far- leaders in eco- | upon | r | relief she must have. English Actors Form | Producing Company London, July 25.—Dissatisfied the returns they have received from | theaffical producers and managers, a group of English actors have formed | |a co-operative producing company of | their own. They will launch their| new venture at one of London's pop- | ular playhouses with “She Stoops w. | Conquer” and other classical com- edies. The actors will be their own managers and will finance such plays| |as seem good to them. A number of | prominent actresses probably will be| (admitted to the enterprise upon equal 1lhrms with the men. } with Paonessa Vetoes Action Of Committee on Claims Mayor A. M. Paonessa has disap- | proved the recommendations of the | claims committee that the bills of E. J. Dailey and Paul Zeller be settled for the city| | conditions resulting in damages to automobiles owned by the petitioners, cut of which the claims arose. The to the establishment of a precedent on | paying aute claime. The veo is the| | first exercised by the mayor. Women's Hats Last call, §5 and $6 trimmed hats Facts and Fancie ter the cnnl\rl a or drive whiskey, them |larger than the Hosiery Women's Mercerized all plain colors Children’s Ribbed Rose, black, sizes 5 to 914, 19¢ value Boys’ Wear Wash Suits, all colors, sizes 3 to 8, value $1.59 Long Khaki Pants, value styles Yard Goods 32 in. Dress checks, plaids and plain colors, reg. 2fc. ..Yard 36 in. Indian first quality, reg. 25c . Head Domestics ized, lace edges, full hemstitched, white only. Pair 81x00 Pequot Sheets Cuticura Soap. .. Resinol Soap Woodbury's Soap Pebeco Tooth Paste. Pepsoident Tooth l'xme each | (BY mOBEKY QUILLEN) I Fable: Once a man got a lettet marked “Two cents due,” and the let.| was worth the two cents. —_— | The chief task of conservatives it | abor unions seems to be to conser\q unio a union, hasn't If government can outlaw seems strange that it thought to excommunicate Gompers. When a corporation rmnlo e speaks public service, he always makes it| little like “serve us. ‘ PR | It must he @ne to be a senator and have nothing to do but call some oth- senator a at intervals. | re are some things a man can| while under the influence of but a bargain isn't one of Th $1.00 Lisle Hose, value 35c, semi-fashioned, fast 12%c and .. 89¢ all sizes, Ginghams, 20c Linen, Yard 1 9 [« il iy —_— Marquisette Curtains, mercer- length, $1.37 ‘ $l.46J e ] 17¢ 3 for 50c 32¢ rarily sisters 1922, e . Aew Britains Shopping Center THE jy8o fo 386 M.u/\n/v// rd YT N AD LU STORE NewBritain Cr Sfore for lverybody: Have You a Medallion Card? Bring it with you tomorrow and have credit given for dou- bhle the amount of your pur- chase, This ofter is good only for Wednesday morning. Checks, Muslin Underwear Bloomers and Step-Ins, wom- en's and misses,’ flesh only, lace trimmed, value 69¢ 29c Women's Muslin Gowns, fine quality nainsook, trimmed with hemstitching and em- 39c broidery, value 98c. with a2 month's fncome to pay a fourth | of last year's income tax. The wicked map thinks most wom- | en will fall for him, and the good man thinks very few would fall for him, and both have it about right. No doubt the Armenians feel a little discouraged as they wait for America |to do something about the massacre |in Williamson county. Our condemnation of the modern |flapper is modified by the memory of the old-fashioned girl who giggled on the slightest provocation. The man who used inkwell to repel robbers must believe that if the pen is than the sword the inkwell beat a hattery. an mightier can Cabot Lodge tempo- the weaker shiver. When Heny turns ‘irregula of the old guard About the nn!\' C'cm')uflazmp, device the bootleggers haven't tried fis old oaken bucket, The fact may not be significant but the mouth the female alligator is| male’s. when crisis appears statesmen merely vawn | r another round of golf.| And now, breathing and go ot fire, s typewriter, as we under- one who has learned to gum with the muffler on. A noiseles and f{t w her I The th of strikers seems to be that a wage cut heals more readily if the patient loafs for a few weeks. eory Belleve. in when every on wood wita luck, and manager a Basehall there men are times yearns to knock stuffed club, Our idea first-class essagist is one who can manufacture an ancient Indian legend to illustrate his point. of Still, in the age of Pericles, was no more unl\er<afl) respected than cylinder oil in the age of a Ford. after years of matrimony and neglect, it is all right to take friend wife a box of flowers unless she has a weak heart, Even It is all right for working men to belong to a union; but it is much bet- The chap who wrote, “Parting is | traffic cop Greece | When some {rate female pedestrian | the imagine the sides with you is upbraiding you for drive your car, do not is taking when he shouts "'Step on her.” way BUNGALOW APRONS For Tomorrow Only 55¢ Blue, Red, Green and Lavender braid and pearl buttons; tie back models, full cut sizes. Actual $1.29 value tomorrow only at ...... 55¢ | 1595 | this the | vyou | $1.50 Corselets 98c $1.50 Corselets, flesh only with elastic insert in front and four garters attached, spe- 98c cial tomorrow at...... = = e trimmed with rick rack Ladies’ Unde. wear Knit Union Suits, lace trimmed, strap shoulder, value 50c.. 29¢ Women's Athletic Union Suits cros-bar muslin, strap shoulder, flesh and white, 98c value $1.50 . Women's | - - | 25 Years Ago Today | (Taken from Herald of that date) The excursion of the Trinity Metho- dist church Sunday school will be held at Crescent Beach on August 7 Erwin Castle, Knights of the Gol- den FEagle, are planning for a fair which will be held at the East Main street armory. P. and C. Corbin's defeated Stanley Works at Electric Field yes- lay afternoon by the score of 8§ to| 21 makes the Corbin and Rus- sell Erwin teams tled for first place with but a few more games left to be played the | The population of New Britain is steadily increasing. The directory for showed that there were 9,839 names in it; for the year 1896 there | was an increase of 797 names, and year, 1807, it is the belief of man\ that the population will reach | 34, There is a movement on foot among | kaseball fans to have New Britain represented in the state league next | year. A word to the wise is efficient, | In these vacation days there's many a grip brings the cup to the lip. Itried to storm the train on its | pistols in Women's and Misses’ Sweaters $1.98 Long Sleeve All Wool Slip-On Sweaters, in fancy bas- ket weave, all col- $l 59 ors and sizes. ... Children’s Rompers Black Sateen Rompers and Creepers, trimmed with cnn- trasting color bindings pockets, efzes to 8 yrs 98c value $1.49 .. .. Linene Rompers and (' reepers in flesh, white or tan, sizes to 4, value Children’s Dresses $1.98 Amoskeag Cln;hlm Dresses, sizes 8 to 14 years, in a large variety of styles, colors and color combinations .. .. 960 Infants’ White Batiste Dresses lace trimmed, or plain, 6 months to 2 years, value 58c ., .. sizes Comfy Shppers An odd lot of Comfy Slippers, W omm 's actual slippers, but in small sizes, all colors 500 Men’s Underwear Men's Athletic Union Suits, nainsoak, full cut, all sizes 490 Men's fine ribbed union_suits, 79¢ white only, light weight value 98¢ Bathing Suits ‘Women'’s $5.00 Fine Worsted Bathing Suits, all sizes and comy $3.98 combinations Black Bathing Tights all sizes, value 79c.. 49c TRAIN IS ATTACKED. Strikers Reported As Assailing Non- Union Workers in California. Calif.,, July 25— | An appeal for 25 additional men was | made by O. S. Greenwood, deputy United States marshal, today after an attack last night upon a Santa Fe passenger train carrying 29 workers for the Santa Fe shops here. Shots were fired at the train as a créowd of strikers and strike sympathizérs ar- Deputy marshals drew their the clash with the crowd. Two marshals were knocked down. One man was arrested. Strikers sought a warrant for the arrest of Dolph Dassett, deputy marshal, charg- ing that he used undue violence, San Bernardino, rival, MORGANTHAU VISITS POPE Rome, July .—Pope Pius today received in private audience, Henry Morganthau, former American am- bassador to Turkey, and had a long conversation with him about his ex- p~r|nnces at Constantinople during he early days of the war. They also conversed about Mr. Morganthau's visit to Poland as a member of for- mer President Wilson's mission of in- vestigation, whither the pope, who at that time was Cardinal Ratti, went as an apostolic representative, When a fire occurs in Chile the owner or occupant of the burned building is immediately arrested and made to prove that he is not guilty | of having set or instigated the fire. ‘ADAMSON S ADVENTURES BY 0. JACOBSON Even a Fliver Gets Wild On That such sweet sorrow,” never parted