New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1922, Page 6

(4 1 New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY (Tssued Dally iay Excepted) At Hervad Blig Strevt, 87 Chureh SURSCRIPTION RATER: n $2.00 Thres Month st OMce at New Britaly Flaes Mall Me . & Month, Botered at the P a7 Second TULFPIIONE CALLS: Business OM-e i X Eaftorial Poom The cnly the Clty room alwa)s profitabta adyert pen te pAvartisers, Member of The Assaciated Press The Aseoctcted Pross e exclusively entitled to the wse for re an of ail news eredired to It or not cradited In this paper an( als ws pub- | lshad herein Member Audi¢ Bureau ¢* “drenlation The A. R C. s m natio organization which furnishes newspag and adver: timers with a strictly hon 1nalyals of elrculation. Our eireulariey statiscles are based upor thie sodit. This fusures pro- tectlon agalnst froud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both rational and lo- cal advertisers, = | undertakings of an ofMclal THE | There ing the granting of there is one reasor TWO-PLATOON are two reasons for a I\nm-fl.‘ two platoon: Tn of estab- | the for opposing it vizability e should be tak- considering t Nshing the system, ca en that no plan is advocated that will make negligihle either of the two rea sons for the tlon, which is its cannot he nulli fled. The system will cost money. Tt} 48 the helief of those who seek to have system. The one objec the two platoor benefits will overbalance the cost Tt is adopter justice to the firemen, and second be n adopted, that lhfl[ rged that the plan should be la grant first hecause it wou cause it would increase the efficiency of the department. If any scheme is declded upon which would nullify either of these advantages, certainly the plan should be dropped. First, as to benefiting the fireman. Certainly decent hours, with oppor- tunity for time at home, would mean puch to them, would increase their eficiency. There is talk, however, ten per cent cuts in pay. It should be clearly ascertained, before this ad- vantage in the plan is set on the “pro’ side of the ledger, that the fire- men want the better hours, bringing reduced pay, rather than the present hours at present pay. In regard to| efficiency it has been suggested that there bte only three men in a com- | pany This it would seem, wonld increase efficiency, even though those three men, rested | better hours, would be | of instead of four. not because of th more efficient than the¥ wouid be un- der the regime of longer hours. Cer- tainly three rested men would not be | more efficient than four men, even though the latter should not have had Héir hours off. “Increased efficiency” ghould not be placed “pro” side of the balance sheet if there are to be three instead of on duty. These are the ‘Which are set against the cost. We he- | lieve that the * change, involving reduced pay if it is found necessary, and if there is no re- dycing the number of men in each company, the henefits of the plan out- weigh the disadvantage covered by the item ‘‘cost.” "' But care should be the two-platoon plan is adopted, mnri - these matters are looked into in de- tail, after the plan has been decided upon and hefore it has been establish- | ed in the city. No matter how small .. the cost of the system it should not be | * adopted want it! * and unless it will bring increased fire . ?YO[EC[!OH. on the four men two ‘“advantages’” the firemen desire taken before unless the firemen VISCOUNT NORTHCLIFFE -In-the death of Lord Northcliffe, expected for some days, o6s curred the world ene of ‘its greatest figures in ps lar line which that gentle- man .represented, journalism, : most interesting character of the mil- | : which this morning ioses | ticu- eminent and a llons which passin procession over the boards of the stage of the universe, He - demonstrated, with his what the power of the press amounts to, particularly it trained ‘along constructive criticism of govern- ment polictes. In a war which de- .yeloped many great characters, as all ‘wats do, many leaders of men on land | and sea Lord Northcliffe was the out- | standing journalist, representative of the power which dictated to England “what it must do to win the war. He | was dead right, as it turned out, and he proved his point, although his tac- tics were thoroughly distasteful to the average Britisher, loathe as the habitant of the Island is to contem- | plate radical movements in any busi- ness or pleasure. The Englishman worships his mili- tary leaders with a love that | +upon idolatry. The commander-in- newspapers, when is in- verges [ ehiet is revered and adored, his princi- ples are accepted without question and his word is final. Kitchener of Khar- _toum is an example of the reverence and esteem in which a conqueror is held. Peculiarly enough it was the {dol himself, Kitchener, whose opin- | “fons Northcliffe disagreed with, flur-l ‘ing the war, and whose power he set about to contravert in that he would | change the policy of the shipment of #hells to the front. He set about to awaken England to the fact that the shrapnel shells going to the firing line were not what were desirable, nor not wat were being called for. He prov- 1 should | ated | of the word. Without n 'od his case and won his way. Through his newspapérs he insisted upon the truth in battle reports, not a glossing over of losses and a triumpant cheer over partial victories. He awakened England to the seriousness of the war, he turned it into a munitions factories, an assemblage of peoples working to one end, to win the war, All it an Aaccomplishment, This is not so. He risked the dlspleas- by of this sounds as it might have been ensy ures of parliament and military eriticising both, He treaded the censor, juggled Englishmen would dare on the toes of he chance as few do. threatened by those who thought him But proved got his way because it to His Iife and his property were pro-German he finally his points, he eventually became evident that he was right and England has him to thank costly blunders were not along the that more undertaker firing line and the suppiy Northeliffe his at hases, was glven his title for United interests his this two the British which was one work in States, of on of the character welding continent that he had a part in. His was an ag- gressive, virile policy, even in times of | peace and the character of his news- paper enterprises prove that the policy was most acceptable. #iere was | no cheap appeal to flliteracy in the | 20,000,000 cfrculation that he built up, it was not buildel upon sensational- ism. It was due to the interest, the thmeliness of his campaigns that his papers were read, and are read. They | contained carefuly thought out, well executed articles of an appeal to the loved his wished it an impartial trial, udging what was best for it. Tt bhe a pleasure to every man the man who homeland to give should who enjoys witnessing pageant of life and the actions of in- dividuals with the use of their power to review the life of Northcliffe. His demonstration of action along line that carries with it amount of glamor to everyone and an sxposition of the proper use of power to sway the sentiment of the public through the press. was a a a certain MINE MULES' SIGHT There seems to be some surprise over the fact, emphasized gince many of the coal mines closed down spring and the mine brought to the surface of the earth for the first time in many years, that their sight lived in muies even the such mules retain though they have sunlight for many years not There is a good reason for this state while the retaining of the mine mule is not of affairs and, his sight by perhaps the most important matter in | the .world.. it suggests interesting | thoughts. life at why ahove birth he through years of re- The ground and mine mulse begins He has his sight there is little reason lose underground than it maining there is that a man by electricity all his life, should lose his sight or have it impaired. More- | over there is much less reason for the mule being born with impaired sight, | than there is for the child of an un- | derground human worker to have weak eyes at birth. In the case of man there is heredity to be reckoned with. | A child of a weak-eyed father inherits perhaps, a tendency of But the mu}# is the last of The mule, keen or weak of to weakn vision his race. sight, does not propagate. Thus, there- fore, the matter of heredity is elimin- Every inule, as far as sight is with of every concerned, starts life chances equal to those other mule, and that is all there is to it But the considered, the question arises immed- effect coming generations will when situation of man is fately what the creasing use upon the sight the in- world When New Wi —a considerable distance—stopping to the ground have? passes through the city York, for heneath one of instance, coming from hington D. C.and crosses the city get a hair cut and shave, to do one's to buy the many shopping, to cat a meal, paper things a travel daily and do the other er is apt to do, and | then takes the train for that great city of New Britain, Connecticut, without | having seen the light of the sun for a moment, one realizes that there are thousands of workers who are passing most of their lives beneath ground. What effect will heredity have upon | their children, if these men and wom- en remain faithful to their jobs? This underground work is but one example of the change changing and | changed conditions of the world today may make on the the future, men and women of One nonders and then one comes to the conclu- sion that wondering had better cease. One sunlight or rain looks out of the window at the and feels pretty well satisfied that his work, the mule, iz not underground. THE CRISIS The seems reached in the Efforts by ing, such as they were appear in Washington made for little but to drive home a thorough realization of the scope of the strike and the seeming hopeless- ness of the amicable settlement. Oper- ators and labor allke seem to be un- willing to arbitrate in the true sense al agree- ment to settle matters under discus- crigis to have been strike of railroad re- pair men President Hard- tlement vain and ences in last Saturday with | | might | and last | were | 7 prising about 95 per cent of our rail- working underground or | | fact that we may actually starve anc of | mlike that of | to make a set- | confer- | [ #lon there can be no such thing as ar- | bitration { The g original point of disagreement, is the | of it | will in “seniority question' an bone contention now, and, it ap- | Rail- ! the continue to so be, roads, attempt hreak strike took on workmen in the shops | and This means, will pick out their as- pears, an to jobs advance- men, promising steady | ment to the right also, that oldest have the right to naturally taking the Striking providing the employes signments most desirable ones. repair men the roads could be made to break a prom- | go back, rafl- ise already made to the new workmen, made extending senjority rights to the strikers, whom the operators consider have forfeited and a new promise their positions in the seniority liats by striking. The rub is that the rallroads will not copsider the plan and the shopmen \mn not consider anything Public sentiment appears to be backing the railroads on the seniority question at least, The decision to fight it out, which has been else, reached, will call for addi- tional efforts on the part of railroad labor to the demands, though those demands might change somewhat when time comes fdr an- other conference, The roads, in their statements, claim that are re- filling the shops with workmen and that they will within a short time, well-trained crews of repair- men. If this is so, and were there no other elements to consider, the crisis has been safely passed. But the unions have other tools to fight with and may | call them into play in order to gain their wishes. By calling out other railroad labor organizations the fight may be made the harder for the enforce al- they have, There are a total of 16 railroad la- bor groups, the most important of which is probably the engineer group. Six of the groups are now out, there are ten more units which may be em- ployed singly or in a mass to help out their While the may he beaten, if you believe the road | managers, there is a long way to go before railroad brothers. shopmen troubles are over. Trained engineers are not to bhe made in a moment, despite the eagerness that might be displayed by recruits for | the jobs. In our complicated scheme of exist- have demanded much | the railroads. There were on May 1 ence we from ,a total of 1,625,228 employes on the payroils of the class one roads, com- roads. They received a $216,672,028 per month. There are approximately 69,000 locomotives 2,850,000 freight cars and 56,000 pas- | United Tt costs about $5,000,000,000 a year to total pay of senger cars in the States. operate the roads. Without the services of the roads we should be hopelessly lost, our social pieces life, and economic, would go Transportation tieups vitally affect every realize it or not to one of us, whether we Inasmuch as the citi- country at stake in the continuance of the rail- road he should take the strike situa- tion thoroughly to heart and attempt an adjustment of it by bringing what sentiment command to hear. Other classes of labor, in common with the average man, will sufer through a | strike, other classes of labor may bring influence to bear. The strike should not come, the general strike, that is zen of this has so much he can The fact that we were en- tering upon a wave of prosperity and this debars it does not necessarily call for the cessation of hostilities, hut the 1 freeze next winter certainly should, | Facts and Fancies of electricity and of the! (BY RDBERT QUILLEN). When in doubt, take your foot off the accelerator. | The soul of the grouch is simply a morgue where his dead hopes are. The difference between cuteness and impudence in a child is about three years. Unless something is done soon, the dye industry wan't be the only dying | industry. Poverty is a curse, are playing | phonographs. The poor still “Casey Jones” on their At time yvou get just what you want, #nd at other times a good salesman waits on you. and surmises | l3'\'!’15 cLuB It's easy to believe in the descent of man from monkeys when you see a gay old sport of eighty descending to monkeyshines. parts of popularity are rived from the rility to tickle other fellow's vanity. Seven de- the | It isn't the pretty stenographer the | wife fears, but the one that feeis sorry | for her husband. A cynic is one who never believes | what a Serator says unlees he {J call- | ing another Senator a liar People who read sub-tities tlnud‘ | seen among the visiting athletes, (Ireland which the I'rench er I kind ! military may be trying t@ demonstrate that they are not as ignorant as they look, The purchaser of German marks is beginning to wender if “mark" isn't one half of a description that fits him. | Old age is the quality that makes you think it advisable to drown about half the youngsters of your acquaint- ance, There's something about a pretty man's attitude that confesses his be- lfef that his wife ought to be very | grateful, Watch thetraffic cop's signals and you will besafe provided the other fellow iswatching the trafic cop's signals, Some people are joyous when they return from their vacations, and some discover that they forgot to put out the cat, Why is it that a dry agent can see | a bulging hip pocket four blocks away ! and can't see a truck load of hootch ten feet a The fine thing about marrying in June is that the honeymoon chivalry will be over in time for her to build the winter morning fires, The constitution merely guarantees the right to bear arms, not privilege of using them by way of argument in an industrial controversy. - 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) The Passion Play of Oherammergau will be illustrated with heautiful slides at White Oak next Sunday eve- | Pro- in o'clock. will ning commencing at 7 fessor Timothy Drake charge. During the month of July, there were 37 deaths in this city, according to the reports of the stafe hoard of health. The population of the town has also been estimated at 26,000, Plans are being made for holding a grand athletic picnic at Hentschler park on August 21. John Flanagan, the great hammer thrower, will be He be will throw the 16 pound hammer, Mr. and Mrs. Rernard F. Gaffney, and son, will spend the week at Short Beach. Mrs. Dugald McMillan will enjoy a | vacation at Short Beach An oil stove night in the home at 1 setting the place on fire. age was slight NORTHCLIFFE DIES exploded Saturday North street, The dam- ATAGE OF 57 YEARS (Continued From First Page). Northcliffe supported throughout Cause of His Death Later it was stated that the cause of Lord Northcliffe's death was sup- puration, or the production of pus, within the heart which was followed by acute blood poisoning. The medical terms used fn the cause of Lord Northeliffe's death were ulcerative endocarditis, strepto- coccal septicemia and terminal syn- cone This means an inflamation of the lining membrane of the heart, with consequent infection of the blood ana sudden failure of the heart due to fainting. press Became Iditor at 17, Viscount Northcliffe, the son of an Irish barrister, became an' editor at 17 years, owner and publisher of the London Times and Daily Mail, monlder of public opinion, a man of powerful influence in the making and unmaking of British cabinets and, who with David Lloyd George, con- tribute great measure to arous- ing Eng! to in the war, *e was created of the Isle Thanet in 1905 and made a viscount in 1917 after he had served with distinction as head of the dritish to the United States British interests here in and Baron of mission to consolidate ar Uncovered War Scandal, Viscount Northeliffe is ascribed of the British public to the fact that the in France was inguffi- equipped with high explosive that British guns on the front were short of ammuni- tion and that Lord Kitchener, secretary of state for war, ing the RBritish gunners while 8ir John French, as command- was appealing for the same kind of high explosives that Germany was hurling over the lines in vast quan- tities To the arousir a knowled British army tly shells, of This exposure has heen character- ized of the outstanding jour- nalistic feats of the war. It resulted in the appointment of David Lloyd George as the first of munitions and put him on the road to become prime minister Opposed Censorship. Owing, it is said, to the rigid cen- sorship which the then Baron North- cliffe bitterly assailed, the British people knew little about the conduct of the war at that time. They were told the victories and advances, but it claimed that the disasters and defeats were not fully revealed Official England 1Is sald to have known for monghs that the wrong of shells were heing furnished. Lord Northcliffe knew these condi- tions because he had visited the front several occasions. He sent the correspondent of the Lon- don Times, Colonel Repington, to France, and Repington sent and the Times published a despatch exposing the gitnation and attributing the failure of military operations and Leavy casualty lists to a deficiency in as one of is on | shells ¥} ditorial Attacks. This was followed by an editorial the ! giving | more vigorous action | then | was send- | shrapnel | British minister | A AV S T M Wi A AUGUST 14, 1922. The Pennsylvania governor's own troops boarding trains at | Harrisburg for duty in the Fayette county coal fields where dyna- | mite and gun powder have been used iq strike troubles. Kitehener who been regarded as | eritleism of Lord | to that time had | England's greatest war genius. The | revelations. and criticism shocked England into quick action. Mr. Lloyd George appealed to the British work- nmen to back up the DBritish army and England became a vast shop for the manufacture of guns and ammu- nition. Meantime Lord Northcliffe was denounced on all sides by British press, his newspapers publicly burned in the streets and his life is | said to have been threatened. Demanded Changes. Through his newspapers and peri- | odicals, Lord Northeliffe had de- ! manded a more vigorous prosecution | of the war. He attacked the gov- lernment for its failure in | lipoli campaign and in Mesopotamia. He demanded that conscription be | put into effect. Next he turned his journalistic guns upon Premier H. H. Asquith, denounced the general war committee as a ‘“town meeting” and demanded a compact cabinet, He supported L] George in a de- mand for a small and efficient cab- inet of which Asquith should not be |a member, Mr. Asquith resigned and | Lloyd George succeeded him. Defended U. S. Action. | Lord Northcliffe had pointed out | that America was wise in: remaining out of the war until Germany forced her to act. Because of his acquaint- | ance with American conditions, Lloyd George prevailed on him to accept his first public office, contrary to his resolution, and Northcliffe came to the United States as head of the British Mission in which he directed |the work of some 500 officials and 10,000 assistants. For his services to the government in this and other respects he was | made viscount. Returning to FEng- lland he was offered the post of ai. minister. This evoked letter in | which Viscount Northelifi sharply criticised the British conduct in the war, In declining to accept the po- sition, he declared, that while the | United States was prepgring with fer- vor and enthusiasm for the war, Eng- | land warbled for two years over con- scription, was dal with the ques. tion of unity of war control, eradica- tion of sedition, mobilization of the whole man and woman power of the | country and introduction of compul- sory food rations. Was Independent, “I feel that I can do better work | if I maintain my independence and am not gagged by a loyalty that I do not feel toward the whole of your | demonstration,”” he wrote to Mr. Lloyd George. He denounced the “absurd secrecy about the war,” | which he said, was still prevalent and gave warning that ‘unless there is swift improvement in our methods here, the United States will rightly {take into its own hands the entire | management of a great part of the It will not sacrifice its blood treasure to “the incompetent the affairs of Furope.” Northcliffe, however, ac- up war war. and handling of Viscount the | cepted the post of director of prop-|drew Caird, | aganda in enemy countries and for the remainder of the war direcfed an organization in the nations which had agents in Germany and Austria and 7 ——— HELLO oLp rac 7 | Cowp yoy Lemp ME TEN Bycks @ couto You LEwD ME TEN DoLeARs oLD PAL | | | | | the | the Gal- | ADAMSON’S ADVENTURES A Friend In Need Is a Rare Bird TEN You oto8um an extensive organization in the na- tions bordering on them,, Ascailed Premier. With the armistice and the subse- quept appointment of Winston Ch¥rchill as minister of munitions, Viscount Northcliffe who .long had heen hostile to ChurclMl, - turned against Lloyd George and attacked him. This evoked from the premier a scathing speach of criticism against the newspa, proprietor in the house of commons, This incident was pointed Lo as in keeping with the previous attitude of Northcliffe who, | it was sald, never failed to criticise | friend or foe alike, if he deemed | their actions in public life ju Operated Upon in 1919, Lord Northcliffe was Il at the time the armistice was signed. His {l1- Iness was diagnosed as due to ade- Inoma of the thyreid gland, for which he underwent an operation in June, 1619. Although he was incapacitated, {he exerted {the British government during peace conference at Versailles. { Plans were made early in 1821 for la world tonur. The start was delayed | until July becavse ‘of lahor trouble, |involving the publishing industry and Ia renewal of Thostilities between Lloyd George and himself. Lord Northeliffe attacked the motives of the Premier and Marquis Curzon in desiring to represent Great Britain at ilhr' Washington arms conference. As {a result of this attack, government Inews was barred from the Northcliffe | pres Lord Northcliffe sailed for |America defying the boycott. Toured the World. During his world tour, Lord North- the cliffe occupied the public attention of | |each country he visited, displaying great knowledge of the problems fac- ing various nations. Arriving in New | York, July 23,,1921, he warmly en- |dorsed President Harding's plans for the armament conference. In Aus- |tralia he saw a grave danger in that |country being overrun by Asiatics, land in several addresses revealed |an intimate knowledge of Austral- ia's natlonal problems. During his tour of the Pacific he made a close study of the situation in the Far East, and in Hongkong expressed ‘the {epinfon that the Anglo-Japanese al- liance was a bar to its solution. He returned to London from his tour in | May, 1922. In June he was reported |to have made a tour of Germany in- | cognito. Shortly after the completion of his world tour, differences grew in the Newspaper Proprietors’ association |over wage scales, Lord Northcliffe |criticising certain methods of she newer members of the association. He later resigned. Sued for Libel. In May, 1022, dissension broke out | between Northeliffe and other mem- bers of the Associated Newspapers [Ltd., owners of the Northeliffe press. |In June, 1822, libel suits were brought ‘Mzamcl Lord Northcliffe by Sir An- vice-chairman, and Wal- {ter G. Fish, a directors of Assoclated | Newspapers. The day on which the announce- Tent of the filing of these suits was Ccouwe D Yoy LEND ME TEN DoLLARS oLD PAL # / S o N DOLLARS tifled n.i‘ considerable influence on| made, Novthclitffe was reportsd to be suffering from a nervous Brédk in Bwitzerldhd. He was brought back to England several days later and was reported to be il from ptomaine poigoning. xrly in July his difterences with Lloyd George were sald; to have heen ended and the libel acttons brought by Fish and Caird were said to have |been dropped. Hi“Neajth, however, continued to grow worse, his all- ment being dlagnosed as due to '‘un- known poisoning.” His Part in War. In no dountry, it has been asserted, did a man in civil life so constantly as Lord Northcliffe occupy the public eye, or labor so consistently ‘for his country and fts allies and to bring confusion and defeat upon the Ger- mans. OF the attitude of the British people toward him, it has been sald, “they hate him and they admire him: but try as they m they cannot be irdifferent to him 4 At the conclusion of the war he and Lloyd George were characterized as the “two strongest personalities {n British life." «* Born in ‘Ireland. Born in Chapelizod, Ireland, July 15, 1865, .Altred = Charlea Willlam Harmswortl, Viscount Northeliffe, started hiy career as a subordinate editor in a publishing house writing answers to, correspondents. This suggested to him a newspaper career which he embarked upon by publica- tion of .a . weekly magazine called “Answers,” Succeeding In this and cther ventures in- publication, he eventually founded the London Daily Mall, the first london morning news- | paper, to sell for a half penny.. He is | said to have.been the owner of some | 60 periodicals having a circulation of 20,000,000 coples. Tn 1888 he married Miss Mary | Ellzabeth Miiner, daughter of Robert Milner, of Kindlington and St. Vin. cent, One of Viscount Northcliffe’s brothers was Baron Rothermere of Hemstead, who with another brother, Hildebrand, was assotiated with Vis-. count Northcliffe in journalism. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Local Minister Married Daughter. of Russian Aristocracy-in Shadow of European Massacres. Rev: and Mrs. R.-N. Gfiman, of the Btanley Memorial church, quietiy cel- | ebrated - their 'second wedding anni- {vegary Saturday evening and yester- day at the parsonage, 446 Chestnut street. Saturday evening the Gilmans and Mrs. Gilman's mother, Mrs. | Helen Peroshine, who makes her | home with the family, tenderéd a dinner party to some friends. Yes- | terday Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Beéchér iand Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Leightén | and ‘children William and Elizabeth, of New Haven, were entertained. Herald readers who read a short time ago an account of Mrs. Gilman's thrilling experiences with the Turks and Bolsheviki n Armenia and Russia will remember that Mr. and Mrs. Gil- | man were married whilé doing Near | East relief work in the Caucasus. The New Britain church is Rev. Mr. Gil- | man's first official pastorate in this country. | WATCH BLAZE FROM WATER ‘iNcw Britain and Meriden Men Have | Unique Experience While Spending | Vacation on Boat. ; | Watching a New York fire from a I'heat in the harbor was the unique experience of a group of men from this city and Merden last Friday. H. A. Travers, Oscar J. Marsh and R, 8 Hawthorne, of New Britdin, | George Beckley, George Smith and Louis Serar of Meriden composed the party. ¥ | The men were spénding a Week's vacation on board a 35 foot boat owned by Smith. It was anchordd most of the time at Greanport, but from that place they took many short cruises. Friday when the big $500,000 fire broke out along' the wharf in New York they saw the | fames*from where they were cruising land “steamed"” over. After watching the blaze from the water they docked |and walked up the street for a closer { view, returing later to Greenport. Although there were no real sen- sational catches of fish reported:on the trip, the party landed 10 weak- | fish, averaging one’ and one-half | pounds. % BY O. JACOBSON OLD PAL ,coko You LENO mE TEN DOLLARS