New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 10, 1922, Page 6

New Britain Herald HERALD PURLISHING COMPANY (Issuod Dally, Bunday Excepted) At Horwa Bldg, 67 Church Btreet. BUBECRIPTION RATES: 8.0 n Yeor. R $2.00 Three Months. 4o & Mouth, Entercd at the Post Offico at New writain e Becond Class Mall Matter, WLRPHONY CALLI Buainows OM.e Editorial Roims Toe cniy profitable advertising medivin in the Ofty, Clrculation books und press room always open te advertizers. Memner of The Aesoctated Pres Yhe Arsuciated Press in cxclusive, to tne vso for ro-publication of credited to it or not otherw In this paper ang asc lvcal lshed herefn, Memboer Audit Bureau of Circulntion The A. BR. C. (s a natloml which furnishes newspape:s vor: tisers with a stiictly houest aralyela of circulation, Our cireulat’on etatisdes are barod upon thiz aodit. This & tectlon against fraud ‘n mewspaper tribution figures to both mational and lo cal advertisers. e e e m—— T STEAMING"” IN POLITICS. Politicians speak “teaming” Judge Alling and Ernest W. Christ, and “teaming” Henry Rice Mrs. Effle Kimball, should consent to run for the legislature. Are these politicians in a position to state that Judge Alling wants to be one mem- ber of the “team” of Alling Christ, or that Mr. Christ wants to b Judge Alling's running-mate, or that Mrs. her litical prospects with Mr. Rice or vice versa? Is it not possible that Mr Rice would prefer to stand with Judge Alling or Mrs. Kimball would wish to work with Mr. Christ, or that Mr. Christ or Judge Aling might not 1t is not well to of and if she and Kimball wants to link po- have other desires? becloud the issues in this way, giving out the impression that a voter expected to support both members of a “team” if he or she supports cne member Let it be stated that there such need. A as politically conceived, does not constitute a ticket in any Support of one person does not call for sup- port of any other, nor does it pre- to any is is no “team’s sense of the word. vote candidate clude the giving of the other. The fact that one is arbitrarily “teamed’ with another does not give that candidate any added qualifications for the position he seeks, nor does it detract from the qualifications he p ses. This may appear to be obvious; but it has been found that confusion does exist. It may well be seen that politicians might figure a gaining of strength for candidates by this “‘teaming’ arrange- ment. If A has 50 friends, and B has fifty, while X 75 and Y a like number, it is plain that a successtul “teaming’ might bring 100 votes to A or to B or both, where there are two positions to be filled, while X and Y might poll only the 75 votes each if they were not thus “teamed”. But the trouble is the victorious A and B would not be the real choice of the voters, each having received 50 votes merely because of the teaming ar- rangement. The idea is not a good one. Each candidate should stand on his or her own merits. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION. It is time local transportation mat- ters received immediate The old questions of lower fares and better the trolleys now running remain, of but these are added new problems which make energetic action It would that the Connecticut company, primarily, would the organization sufficiently interested in attention. service on course, to necessary. seem he this matter to make a thorough inve: tigation, not from any altruistic tive, but rather interest. Desire and self-protection company to look into the transporta- mo- inspired by self income the for greater should move tion conditions in this city and in the territory immediately this city. If pany fails to evince a decent interest organization surrounding the Connecticut com- in these matters a will spring up backed vidual efforts of people capital, but by a combination of men with capital at their command, who have vision and who see in the devel- opment of the automotive industry a means whereby transporta- “tion may be secured for cities in the same position as that of New Britain to the advantage of the traveling public and the investors in such pro- gressive organization. At present in this city there is agi- tation to have the Arch street troliey service restored for the sake of teachers who have to make use of both trbliey and jitney at present. At the same time the merchants of Arch street want the tracks removed which would make the jitney a practically permanent affair on that street. Resi- new not by indi- with small modern dents of the Farmington avenue sec- | tion of the city want the trolley extended to cover that section or the establishment of a jitney line which will give them service. And all time the people of the city generally are seeking lower trolley fares. They would appreciate, too, absolutely re- lable jitney service where that is the method of transportation used. It has been noted that a committee of the electric railway men reported to the convention of that body recent- ly that the automotive industry had now produced a bus that might be used advantageously for light traffic. the | the state. NEW BRITAIN DAILY It has been noted also that such eco- nomic and industrial experts as Roger Babson movement from the heart of cities to the suburbs for residential purposes. With th! we ment will come a complicating of the A searcity of labor great we. present problems before many months is not improb- The will require much labor. extension of trolley lines able The instal- lation of bus lines would reqiire little lahor comparatively. These problems have to be met It would seem that a trolley company, firmly entrenched ing the field all to itself, would have the to see the presented and would co-operate with in this state, hav- wisdom opportunity interests, representing the peo- the to serve them before the people give up local ple of various communities, before the in disgust and capital sees in the attitude of chance to gain great dividends by entering that transportation field having the greatest of all assets a public utilities corporation could good the people whom they would people a possess—the will of serve, READING THE CONSTITUTION. A man who once lived in New Britain has been denied citizenship because he admitted had seen or read the constitution of the United States. He admitted it; mark that. Of course he should have read the constitution; everyone should read it. But how citizens of the United States have read it? How many native-born Americans have read it? And if they all have read it, when did they do so? This former New Britain man need feel no sense of standing apart from many other people who cast their vote or less often bearing about with them the reputation of being good It is no slur upon the great document which gives us our rights to say that there many good citizens who have not read it. Perhaps they would be better had they studied the docu- perhaps they practice all the habits suggested in it; perhaps they have never transgressed any of the But the point is they have never read it in spite of the fact that they should have done s0. When a man or woman gets his automobile operator’'s license and asked if he or she has read the auto- mobile laws of the does he invariably answer truthfully? Per- haps he knows the laws. Perhaps he would drive so carefully that he no risk of transgressing any of them. But has he read them? This former New Britain man swered the question asked him truth- fully. He did not “presume” he had read the constitution, as many people might. He knew he had not read it. It is thought that he would r%ké’ quite as good a citizen as many who but fail to the spirit of the constitution. All of which suggests that should be taken, least as the high school period boy's or girl's life, that the consti- tution should be given them to read and to study. For it should be read by all, and mastered. he never many annually citizens. are citizens ment; rules it lays down. is state, would run an- have read to live according care late in a at 18 LOOKING AHEAD. orf the organization the members of which look to the future and plan for it is the which succeeds. This is especially true The corporation that takes good care of its employes usually has mixed motives. Possibly there is the wish the moment, possessed directors, to make their employes happy and comfort- able—although this motive is not gen- attributed to course organization in business. of by its erally corporations— certainly there is the motive which makes the dire@tors wish to have efficient workers and workers who the corporation such a reputation among other that positions with and will give workers that corporation will be sought in the future by others. “It's a good valuable concern to work for,” of any concern. Every loyal resident of New Britain is a director in its affairs. They look to the y. This atti- tude is shown in the success which meets all civic drives for funds which will make New Britain a better city to live Just at this moment accommodations are needed for 600 boys who are expected to attend the 23rd. Connecticut Older Boys' Con- ference. One hundred and fifty boys have been taken care of; six hundred are left. Accommodations for them for two nights, with breakfasts Sunday dinners are sought. These hoys will come from all over They are the men of the The first motive for wishing that :lr(’?mmorla!inns be found for them should be the simple motive of wishing to entertain them and to help their good work. But there is the added, more selfish motive which should These boys, before long, will be men of business or of some profession. They will not all remain home towns. Their interests will be scattered, New Britain will benefit in the future if there is implanted in them today the feeling that New Britain is a fine city. Later in their lives the name of this city as a possible place for the estab- lishment of some big business, per- haps, occur to some of them. The entertaining of these boys is one of the most attractive means advertising this city S that presents is a asset future of the ci in. and future. be considered. in their will of RN OV %L Khy o oy itself at the moment But the other motive for respond- Ing to this call of the entertainment under the general com- mittee of which Prineipal L, P, Slade of the High School chairman, should dominate, committes is TRAFFIC IN LONDON, have distinct recollections of automobile traffic, ‘When in “the city,” the business the car must not or cannot, as a rule, move at a rate exceeding about half a mie an hour. This, not because of traffic regulations, but for the good reason that there s another car always directly ahead and faster progress is pragtically and absolutely impossible, It is interesting to note that an English newspaper correspondent comments most favorably upon our American traffic The fact should make us live up to them a bit better. He mentions especially the rule against passing a standing street car, law not in force in England apparently, And a sentence of his indicates something of the style of the newspaper correspondent. If they try to regulate traffic over there in the same way they describe it, there ls ifo wonder that there is some delay getting at the objective. “But at least,” he says, “we could follow New York's examples in for- bidding pedestrians to cross the road- way at dangerous crossings until the point policeman has arranged a fair- way and given permission to cross. This rule is so strictly carried out that even the New York messenger boy does not infringe it.” The American may scarcely imagine “the point policeman arranging a fairway and giving permission to cross.”” In New York, rather, the traffic cop motions stop, wait, come on, beat it. And traffic moves, We London dariving district, very laws, a Facts and Fancies (BY ROFERT QUILLEN), Your friends come in without knocking;. your enemies knock with- out coming in. State rights were doomed when the first governor put up a howl for fod- al troops. The love some wives get is mere n appreciation of the fact that they are useful. Some boys work their way through college and some work their dads through college. These professional rain-makers seem to clinch the theory that every cloud has a silver lining. When a young man gets that im- portant feeling, it usually manifests itself as a desire to call somebody “Bub"". ) The realists are not so bad. They haven't yet given us a painting of Venus Scratching Mosquito Bites, If you are too fat to run and too weak to fight, there is nothing for you but to be proud of your humility. About all the average doughboy has to show for his experience is a knowledge of the language mules un- derstand. An important citizen must suffer intensely while visiting in another town where people don't know how important he fs. The small boy's objection to school is that dates in history are so much harder to remember than batting averages. It is easy to figure out a living wage if you know how many girls in the family are old enough to need silk stockings. The difference is that a statesman thinks he belongs to the state, and a politician thinks the’ state belongs Another good way to make it rain is to have the car washed and pol- ished just before starting on a trip. How many parents would think it their duty to whip children if the children could fight back with any chance of winning? The man who thinks his business can't get along without him soon be- gins to share the profits with a nerve specialist, To a little girl a handkerchief is a necessity; to a little boy it is just a nuisance wished upon him by a fussy mother, But just think how long Methu- selah might have lived if there had been somebody to remove his tonsils and his appendix. Correct this sentenc “No, dear,” sald the’ mother; “you mustn't speak your piece; I don't like to have you show off before visitors.” Correct this sentence: “Ah,” sighed the beaurtiful girl, “I would gladly trade my beauty for a knowledge of science and politics.” HERALD, Lo 11 A TUESDAY, OULUB MILLIONS LOST BY FEDERAL TAX LAWS Official Records Said to Show Enormous Wastes in Year Cleveland, O, Oct, 10 (By Asso- clated Press.)—At a mine taxation conference to discuss the subject of Federal taxation, held here yesterday afternoon in connection with conven- tion of the Twenty-fifth Amertean Mining Congress, some sharp criti- cism was aimed against the cost of collecting Federal taxes, \ Paul Armitage of New York pre- sided, and McKinley W, Kreigh Washington, chief of the tax division of the American Mining Congress, were the principal speakers. Mr, Kreigh submitted evidence of faulty construction of the Federal tax laws, declaring that the total annual cost to the taxpayers, cxclusive of taxes paid, in complying with the I"ederal tax laws, approximates $150,- 000,000, adding that the tax laws as now on the statute books are econ- omically unsound, He declared that it required 10 per cent. of the taxes coflected to administer the laws. “The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Washington holds approximately 35,- 000 conferences each year to adjust tax returns,”” Mr. Kreigh told the taxation conference delegates, “The 1922 appropriation for the internal revenue service was $56,141,190. The total annual cost to the government of administering the internal revenue laws, plus the cost to the taxpayers, is very close to $200,000,000, or nearly 10 per cent. of the taxes collected. “There should be some way of ad- justing tax returns in the local col- lection district, in order to avoid this enormous cost to taxpayers, who now are forced to go to Washington to have these adjustments made. " COMMUNICATED. “Wake Up High School. New Britain, Conn October 9, New Britain Herald, New Britain, Conn. Gentlemen: Can something he done to bring the New Britain High school football team into champlonship form, and into the stride of a winning team? There is plenty of good material and a fine lot of good, willing, gritty voung fellows, all ready to uphold of R 10, 1922, the glorious record of the red and'|] gold. In the first game of the season with Bast Hartford the boys showed up ex- cellent and it was apparent that the lineup #sed was a good one yet it is now considerably changed. What is the reason? Why hasn’t the team improved since this game instead of slpping backward? Is it lack of co- operation? Is it lack of coaching? Whatever the cause let it be corrected quickly. Remember Hartford is out o regain lost honors of last year, which were carried away by New Britain. Hartford has a good team this year and to win from them means that good football must be played. Wake up New Britain and get our team trained to play perfect football. The boys have the spirit if only shown the proper fundamentals of the game. Let's see if improve- ments can be made for the Kent game. “CITIZEN."” A PNAAN PP PN 25 Years Ago Zoday (Taken from Herald of that date) ‘norrnrrnnrs Several departments of the Stanley Works will work overtime every night hereafter until 8 o'clock until rush orders are completed. Engineer Unkelbach will go to New Haven tomorrow and map out walks around the Normal school building in that city. D. McMillan attended the forty- second semi-annual session of the Connecticut Eclectic Medical assocla- tion held at Hartford today. The letter carriers have their new winter suits which were measured for a month ago. The Master of Ceremonies” with Lewis Morrison will appear at the Russwin Lyceum theater Thursday night. received they MAK EST B. and M. Railroad Wants to Absorb Several Subsidlary Lines. Washington, Oct. 10.—The Boston and Maine railroad filed with the in- terstate commerce commission today a petition for permission to merge completely in its own corporate or- ganization several subsidiary com- panies which now it controls in own ership and operation. These com- panies are the Sullfvan County rail- road, Vermont Valley railroad, T rre’ and Chelsea, Montpelier and Wells and York Harbor and Beach WELCOME TO LEGION. Big Guns at New Orleans Will Boom salutation As Visitors Arrive, New Orleans, Oct. 10.—Guns from the world war that last spoke death will again waken the echoes, this time in welcome when the 35 distin- guished foreign visitors arrive here Thursday night on a special train from Washington for the inter-allied srans federation convention. he visitors will meet in conference FFriday morning and in the two days session preceding the national con- vention of the American Legion will endeavor to agree on a program world peac 5A CAPTAIN LOST ve Is Washed Overboard During Great Storm On Sept. 25. New York, Oct. 10.—Captain Rich- ard I". Staples of the steamship Glen- luss, was washed overhoard and lost at sea September 25, during a severe storm, officers of his ship reported today upon arriving from Imming- ham, England. He lived in Glasgow The Glenluss brovght a cargo of 5,600 tons of coal. of | AIDING REFUGEES Individual Remittances For Sufferers In Near East Are Received By Per- sonal Service Burcaus. Paris, Oct. 10.—A message from the lirectors of the American committee ot relief in the Near East says ‘‘per- icnal service bureaus” have been es- tablished in the principal centers where the refugees from Smyrna are 1ow concentrated and R. R. Reger of Philadelphia, has returned to the capital after concluding the work of organization. The bureaus which are manned by workers from the staff of the com- mittee are now prepared it is an- nounced to accept individual remit- tances for the Greek refugees, from their friends in America to any point in Greece, Macedonia, Thrace or the Aegean Islands. Delivery of the remittances to the beneficiaries will not be guarantecd within a specified time, as weeks may be needed to locate them in some cases but assistance is being received from the Greek government and the American consular offices and the refugees themselves are facilitating the work effectively . California Power Cos. to Spend Billion Dollars Delmonte, Cal., Oct. 10.—California power companies have development | contest the suit. ADAMSON’S ADVENTURES He Drove Away, Not Only His Sorrows, But Him" ———————— " — BETTER HOMES WEEK SPECIAL projects calling for the expenditure of more than $1,000,000,000 or about three times the cost of the Pan-Am- erican canal Gegqrge R. Martin, Los Angeles banker, said today in ad- dressing the 11th annual convention of the investment bankers association of American here. Construction work | being done by one company alone in| the high Sierras of southern Califor- nia with a force of 5004 men will cost $15,000,000 more than the Pan- American canal, Mr. Martin said. { IS GIVEN DIVORCE. | Former Mrs. Helen Kelly Gould of | New York Gets Decrece From Prim:c% Vlora of Albania. Parls, Oct. 10 (By Associated Press).—The divorce was registered | today of the Princess Vlora, formerly | Mrs. Helen Kelly Gould of New York from Prince Houreddin Vlora of Albania, The record shows that the divorce was granted at the wife's request, and that the prince did not Princess Vlora's maiden name was Helen Kelly. ¢Her first- hushand was | Frank J. Gould of New York from whom she was divorced in 1909. Her second husband, Ralph Hill Thomas, whom she married in 1910, died in 1914. She married Prince Viora in 1917. Selfridge was the busiest aviation center in the country airplanes of all for the national air races that begin | Handsome Mahogany Dining Suite, consist- ing of 60-inch buffet, 54-inch table and six chairs with genuine leather seats. This suite was made by the Grand Rapids Chair Co. and is absolutely correct as to con- struction and design. Its beautiful selected mahogany is finished in the new light an- tique color. The regular price of this suite was $376.50 but for this Special Better Homes Week we have reduced it to...... $249 This suite may be had in eight, nine or ten pieces. See it in our Big South Window. B.C.PORTER SONS “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” READY FOR BIG RACES More Than 150 Airplanes Ready For Pulitzer Contests Tomorrow Mich,, Oct. 10.— near here probably Mount Clemens, Field With 150 or types already today. more here tomorrow and with others arriving throughout the day, the reservation resembled a huge reception park for army, navy and commercial pilots coming to take part in the three days program, or to witnéss the contests. QUARRY WORK DANGEROUS 100 Workers Killed amd 10,465 In- jured During Past Year. Wshington, Oct. 10.—Accidents at stone quarries throughout the United States in 1921 resulted in the death of 100 employes and the injury of 10,465 others, according to - figures compiled by the federal bureau of mines. The average number of men em- ployed in quarries was 77,185. e Theron Wolcott Hart Instruction in PIANO, ORGAN THEORY SONG COACH Studio: 14 Prospect Street Tel. 2531, POOR FELLO "BY O. JACOBSON w HE HASNT GOT MucH PLEASURE INLIFEsa oo [LL DRIVE AWAY HIS SORAROWS FOR A WHILE. « ..o