New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1922, Page 6

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T v —— ——— COLUMBUS DAY, Today, the anniversary of the day 430 years ago when Columbus sighted land after his strenuous voyage from Spain, has been declared of sufficient importance to be legalized as a holi- It has heen said that there are the United is justice day. too many holidays States, and perhaps there in the complaint. But that this day, of that one on which the location of American-born in the anniversary the homes of every man and woman was seen, should be passed over Americans without some word, would he most unseemly. Even the individual has more senti- ment about the anniversary of the day he first saw the plot of ground that was to become the site for his dwelling place. Locally we are especially indebted to the United Italian for making an cffort to mark the Their action in planning a celebra- tion of the day is a graceful compli They honor the continent which for their home presumably, they they sought. by societies day:. ment to our country. discoverer of the they have chosen the land where, have found that which Americans bhorn should honor the memory of him at first directed attention to this part of the world even though he might not have been the first country. Here is a disputed point which takes nothing from the glory of Columbus, “the man who persevered until he had proven the existence of this land of which he felt so sure. who least to see this TOO MANY COOKS. The board of fire commissioners has seen fit to pass upon what should he who misread the which a fire is the punish- the quite possibly it been too se- not severe done to a filreman tape by means of located. Quite ment given the proper punishment; was not. It have vere; it may have been enough. We are not in a position to judge and therein lies the point—we believe the fire board is not in a posi- tion to judge and the attempt of the fire board to judge of is a mistake. That a mistake of miscalling location of a fire is a serious one not questioned. 1t is not to be doubt- ed either that steps should be taken to see that those mistakes do not occur. But this is not the important matter. Precaution he that the discipline of the department be made such that these mistakes, or similar mistakes which might happen in the future, are uncommon. The Fire Chief the discipline of the department and for its efficlency. New Britain has a good department Chief has proven his worth. Every attempt to interfere with his handling of the individuals in the department in such .an individual matter as this weakens his hold. There considera- tions which the Chief’s judgment which are unknown The may have been of the de- possibly fireman was may such matters the is is to taken is responsible for and a who m be would influence to the fire commissioners. son at fault this time the most per- careful member “partment; there may be other mem- | bers who are not c: ful and yet who have escaped come to notice. A when the board of its Chief isolated cases of negligence or excel- lence. These the chief alone. to do that it might as well begin to sit in to discuss whether or not individual members of the department should be praised for showing unfrightened counte- nances in the of blaze, or whether they should be rep- :?anded for looking pale when Qanger threatened, THE LEGION AND BEER. It is reported that light wines and beer will be made an issue before the fourth national of the American Legion which opens in New Orleans October 16. If allowed to hazard a gu: it be that there will be no such raised on the floor on the convention. There may be discussion in the com- mittee on résolutions, but the matter will probably not be brought to a vote before the body. And it is well that such is the © probability. The time has passed " whea & vote on that subject by this which have is made goes over the head mistakes mistake cognizance of to take are matters for solemn session face some convention one may be would issue NEW BRITAIN. DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1922, STOP AND THINK Whose Birthday, or Anniversary Comes This Month who wise. time bhod of men war entative served in the would be Perhaps there was such a I directly France after the men returned from those who were there, But that time has passed 1t {8 a favorite ery of anti-prohibitionists that the “drys” took advantage of the absence “soldler boys" to 'put some- " On the other hand the arguments of the thing over. prohibitionists point tending to show that the sentiment of the service men was not against the to amendment, The true that, ever was the prevalling feeling among situation is what- who served in the forces of this the time of the amend- ment, that sentiment may have @&l- tered in the time that passed since the war exactly as it is believed the general sentiment of the people have altered. A nothing as to the treat- those country at has of the country may vote today would tell the justice or injustice of ment of the service men at that time. True, it would tell how they feel today, but a vote by the Amers fcan Legion would give fletitious value to the arguments of the anti- prohibitionists or the prohibitionists, according tc the way the vote came out. It would be the expression of opinion only of a strong organization of men as to whether or not the Vol- stead act was a success, but such vote would not be taken thus—it would be taken as the sentiment of the soldiers who had no say in the matter, It would not be expressive of such sentiment, as it then was, and it would complicate an already com- a plicated matter. When the board begins | great | AN UNPLEASANT MATTER. 1t has been remarked that many people consider the anti-spitting law a 1t is not a nice subject to dis- but attention should be called to the request of superintendent of health, Dr. Fred P. Lee, that the police co-operate in preventing people from spreading disease by disregard of the ordinance agalnst spitting on the sidewalk. Such ordinance is not a joke. At- tention has been called to the decreas- ing death rate and to the great strides science: has made in the cure and prevention of disease. This l6wered death rate and this success in the war against disease are results of campaigns to enforce just such ordi- Were health officers com- joke, cuss, nances as this. all over the world plaisant while such ordinances were violated, and were people everywhere not interested in backing up move- ments looking toward better health, there would never have come a low- ered death rate, success in the fight against disease, and those who smile at such ordinances and such cam- paigns might be among those to bring + higher death rate, through their demise, because such laws were no good health move- to remain own violated and ments undertaken. REPUBLICAN WARNIN Locally the first Republican rally of the campaign was one of warning. That warning that Republicans must get out and talk and work. The Democratic warning should be that the democrats should not fight among now that it seems to be belief they have “the lives." Incidentally is themselves the general chance of their the local Republicans have been doing a bit of squabbling themselves, and it is intimated the end is not yet. But as this is all about Republican warn- ings, the Republican squabble is an- other story. The audience that greeted the pop- ular Republican candidate for Lieu- tenant Governor is 2 warning in itself. Less than 200 people were present it is reported. To these 200 gathered at the El date ks club Monday evening candi- of the talking Cham- Hiram Bingham spoke and the getting out Then came berlain the and the DiNonno warning. wise and experienced warners, Chamberlain, with warned the common council not long ago that there had to be a beginning necessity of things over. Curtis warning Tht;; are Mr. vision, warning, his usual the comparatively recently that it was beginning to take charter powers out of the jurisdiction warned council of authorized boards, when it did not approve the and giving those powers to special Mayor Curtis action of those boards, committees. Former has good reason to feel that a warn- The mayoralty pri- in ing was timely | maries and the election are fresh his mind. The slogans of the two be, parties | locally “Repub- | licans, stir things up; Democrats, set- | tile down." would seem to RED CROSS WORK. Miss Mahe! T. Boardman of the Red attention danger splendid organization | be gnarded against of spreading activities, local to secretary Cross,* called that should American to & facing which It is the danger its through essentially work, the point where its great world power for help will handicapped, to nothing of the possible loss of its charter of int in outside the purpose for which it was formed. At time catastrophe, such flood, the American Red Cross be- comes the practical saviour of the suffering people. Without the Amer- ican Red Cross there would have been terrible periods of anguish ia this be 5 because its st matters of great disaster or war, any as fire or in cutting*down expenses and another | count of which uld Today, to fields of the Red backed erous and continued support of the American people, Its work is a great its hands should free always to respond to the call of the great emergencies, As Miss Boardmaff pointed out continued demands by local chapters for funds to carry on local relied work and local peace time services might nullify endeavors to valse funds in these times of great emergency such as the present one in the Near East, Local organizations should do all they can to take care of local suffering without calling on the National insti- tution of the Red Cross. Concerned 45 we Americans are over the situa- tion in the Near East; grieved as we were over tha suffering in Smyrna we, as Americans; feel less unhappy than we would be did we not know that the great American Red Cross was doing work there which Amer- feans would have done, In such emergencles this wonderful organiza- tion 8oGH where we cannot go and does work that we, as cannot do, while here at opportunities for all of us. should seize. have lasted long. suffering and death Cross comes immediately, by gen- work; be individuals home are These we Facts and Fancies (BY ROFERT QUILIEN). A bachelor 18 a man who never has been pursued by a determined widow. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But it also makes a dull boy jack. At that, an inflated currency can't do Germany as much harm as the in- flated ego did. _ Among other things, these sugges- tive books suggest that the authors know their public. Many a girl who marries money discovers too late that her husband is wedded to it, also. Too much of man's yearning for higher things is merely a yearning for higher-priced things. God made the beauty spots. Man placed billboards in front of them. About all the average man knows about his wife's intellectual capacity is that he loves her. (ks One angle of social unrest is best typified by a small boy with an un- spent nickel in his pocket. First thought is a product of the mind; second thought more frequent- ly is a product of cold feet, You can't expect a mere man to understand a sex that thinks a three- cornered olive sandwich a square meal. Sex equality hasn't progressed far erw\ugh to give the groom a prom- if®pt place in the rotogravure sec- tion. The change is coming slowly, and the men still register astonishment when a feminine candidate makes a sensible speech. “Just my lick,” wailed Columbus. “Here's a chance to make a killing, and not a darned movie camera on board.” When a small-town man accumu- lates fifteen thousand dollars he yearns to sell out and move to a town of greater social advantages. The funny part is that people who once declared Germany incapable of telling the truth now believe her when she says she can't pay. Seasons vary little. Remembering the ashes is about as difficult as re- membering the drip pan under the re- frigerator, The opinion that Americans are too much devoted to money getting seems to be held by all titled *visitors who inherited their incomes. A writer says the test of sophisti- cation is ability to fix the radip An even more severe test is the ability to fix the dry agent. AN SN 25 Years Ago oday (Taken from Herald of that date) The Wheel club will entertainment at the Y. M. C. A, this evening as the close of the bicycle season. Professor Matthews will ren- der sgolos. The Cheshire Military football team will clash with the local High school men at Electric Field to- morrow ternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Louis J. Muller has charge of a demonstration which will be given to members of the Putnam Phalanx as they pass through this city tomorrow on the train headed for Hartford. Red fires, bands and torches will greet tke members, Lieutenant William J. Rawling: direct the shoot of Company I, Regiment, which will be held at the rifle range Saturday afternoon. State decora‘ions wili be awarded to the best muskemen, give an en- R e TS Academy | COMMUNICATED. ‘Takes Issue With Rev, Mr. Davis, Dear Editor; I trust you will afford me sbme space’ ih your columns to discuss a subject brought up by the sermon preached by the Rev, John L. Davis Sunday. I was not present at the sermon but am relying upoy authen- tieity of the report in the Herald, T was much surprised in Rev, Davls' attack on eration of Rev, Davis, Labor. 1 do personally; not I have had the pleasure of Belng present at two of his Business Men's Bible Classes and found his sermons most inspiring and have learned to look upon Rev, Davis as a man of broad views and liberal {deas, I therefore can't If Rev. Davis means by Christian principles those religious principles derived by affiliation with the Chris- tian church, it is no wonder not a member of the Christian faith, If, however, he means by that term those principles that make for right- cousness, fearlessness, honesty and truth, then he h&s falled to under- stand Samuel Gompers, Did the em- ployers and owners of the Argonaut mine, who for the sake of paltry dol- lars failed to provide proper exits for the unfortunate miners, have any more Christian principle than men like Gompers who gave a life of energy in behalf of those wretched unfortunates who go into the howels of the earth and earn enough for only a struggling exlstence. Gompers has, by his untiring efforts in hehalf of our laboring massees, risen from the lowliest ranks to the highest honor true labor can hestow. He is not a socialist and in fact is the first man to fight any movement inimical to the organized government of our country. | A demagogue can never fool the people for a score of years and Gom- pers has now for more than a score of years led American labor until it now holds a high place in American lite, I feel obliged to criticise also the statement made by Rev. Dav re- garding the "Untelligent Leadership” among the labor wunions, also the statement that unions have failed. There is no question what8oever that labor has within its ranks some of America's finest brain powe Any man with an unprejudiced vision must admit that both the recent rail and coal strikes have been handled very skillfully. Unions do not fail for lack of brains. When unions have failed in a struggle against capital it was the superior financial strength of the employers and not their brain power that won out. Among all classes and organizations is found a bad element and this holds. good in labor circles also. labor ha a high standard of morality and some of its members are criminal in their tactics, labor as a whole must not be condemned for it, any more than all capital should be condemned tor a crime committed by one of its numbers. Perhaps if money could not cheat justice there would be many more wealthy men than poor labor men in prison today. Let me just call to the attention of Rev. Davis the stand Gompers took during the war, He opposed war but when it was once declared he threw himself wholeheartedly into the task to bring victory to America. He out- ved lawlessness and sabotage and was a powerful enemy against the I We N For years Gompers has tried fo bring labor and capital to a better understanding. 1If he has failed to do <0 capital is to be blamed. To such 7 understanding was the Plumb Iroad Bill dedicated. Why did ‘apital refuse to approve it? Gompers has done a great service to American labor. Why condemn him? A LABOR MAN. CHAPLIN WINS POINT Against Pleture Actor secures Injuncticn wikich Calls Himself Charles Alpin. Features An Who Los Angeles, Oct. 1 A temporary njunction restraining the Western Productions Co., a motion picture con ern, from exhibiting a film which starred Charles Amador under the Jame of Charles Alpin has been grant ed Charlie Chaplin, motion picture omedian in the superior court here In the film, Amador or Alpin, wor costume much the same as that ommonly associated with Chaplin's motion pictures and it was because of this that the latter <ed the court for a permanent restraining order. He it was of utmost importance to him that he have the exclusive right to baggy trousers, over-sized shoes, tight-fitting coat, small derby and bamboo cane. Counsel for the leclared detendant asserted the costume was ‘‘old stuff'"® that Chaplin had “borrowed it from var tous actors down through the last half century” and therefore Amador or Alpin has as much right as Chap- lin to it The court saw the flim and then is- sued the temporary restraining order pending trial of the sift on its merits. FRENCH NAVAL PROGRAM Proposals, To Come Up Soon, Will Ex- tend Building Over 20 Year Period Paris, Oct. 12.—France's naval pro- am which will he chamber of deputies at an early date, according to the Figaro will be spread over a period of 20 years and conse (uently is of a very general character It will fix the total tonnage for each class of ship without specifylng the number of vessels which is left for the building programs to be arranged every five or six years. It is understood the proposed figures are as follows Battleships 175,000 fixed by the Washington naval agree- ment; cruisers, destroyer do hoats, 330,000 tons 3 tonn submarines, 65,000 tons, not including the small typeh suitable only for coast defense. ————— Theron Wolcott Hart Instruction in PIANO, ORGAN THEORY ONG COACH 14 Prospect Street Tel. 2531, e | reading of Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- know un- derstand his attack on Mr. Gompers, that Samuel Gompers has none for he is ! 0 TILT TOP TABLE This is a Chippendale pie-crust table, and a very charm- ing piece for the home. tive traits add charm to any room. It is made of Solid Mahogany by the expert workmen of the Imperial Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids. We have just received some very charming gift pieces such as this and hope you will take a 'moment to look at them. Its uses are many, and its decora- B.C.PORTER SONS “CONNECTICU ELEPHANT IS OFF presented to the tons, the figure | and torpe- existing ON NEW RAMPAGE Weary Keepers Continue Feeding Ani- mal Peanuts to Insure Peace— Lawsuit Resuits. Wilmington, N. C., Oct. circus elephant which for 12.—The 48 hours been celebrating in the vicinity of | wrecking everything | Wilmington by in sight, was chained again today to a stake at a quiet spot near Cedar Point, while her wearied keepers kept ler suppiied with extra rations of peanuts to calm her frayed nerves. The big animal escaped from a circus here Tuesday morning after becoming frightened by the barking dogs. She went through fences, flower beds, a garage and a dye fac- of tory and turned on several automo- | In addition she swam Cape I"ear river and penetrated the alli- gator infested Brunswick swamp without apparent damage to herself. She was recaptured late yesterday. Notice of suit for £5,000 for damage done to its plant by the elephant has been filed by the Eureka Dye Works biles. PRODUC Washington, Oct. 12.—Producers of {he principal crops in the United States were pald an average price of two per cent. |@s for their products n September than in the previous nonth, according to figures compiled to date by the department of agricul- ture. The level of prices for meat animals decre d 2.4 per cent. from August 15 to September 16, the de- partment statement shows. NEW COLL TADIUM Vanderbilt's Will Seat 22,600— Michigan Plays Theve Saturday Nashville, Tenn,, Oct. 12.—Vander- bilt university’s new stadium, which he University of Michigan football tcam will help dedicate Saturday will have its seating capacity of 22,600 taxed according to present indications. Michigan's foothall team will ar- rive here tomorrow and have a final ADAMSON’S ADVENTURES - Again Mind Wins ngr Matter | workout on the sodded fleld of the stadium. Dedication ceremonies will be im- pressive, with Governor Alf A. Taylor and other distinguished citizens tak- ing part. Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. will raise the national ‘colors. WEATHER REPORT. Conditions on Friday. New Haven, Oct. 12—For Connecti- cut: Fair and cooler tonight and Fri- day; probahly frost tonight; fresh west to southwest winds, Conditions: The disturbance which was central over Indiana yesterday | morning has moved northeastward and is now passing out the St. Law- {rence valley. It has caused unsettled showery weather during the last 24 hours in the eastern portion of the Lake | of New England. Flurries of snow per Michigan. Conditions favor for this generally falr weather with temperature. vicinity lower FRANCE WILL KEEP OUT. Decides to Let Steamship Companies Argue Over U. S. Dry Rules Oct. 12 (By Associated Press).—The French government has decided to let the steamship panies affected deal for the time be- ing with the situation created by the recent Washington ruling against liquor-carrying by ships in American waters. The government, it stated, will not interfere until a test case is made or the seizure of a French ship 'is effected. ' Then representations will be made hased upon the rights of the sailors and stokers to their half litre and entire litre of wine per day, re- spectively, according to Freneh law. Paris, KILLED BY RU WAY CAR. verely Hurt in Kingston. N. Y, Oct, 12.—Edwin s instantly killed and his verely injured yesterday runaway automobile dashed Kingston, Vanviiet w wife wa when a Fair and Cooler Tonight With Same | rezion and the northern portion were reported this morning from up- | R A |death rate in New York state for the com- | | Ldwin Vanvliet Dead, His Wite se-iffl the sta S BEST FURNITURE STORE” them, dragging up on the sidewalk behind knocking them down and them some distance. The car was owned by Berton A. Turck, a real estate dealer, who had parked it at the curb. While he was calling on a clent, the brakes be- came released and the car shot down the street, which has a slight grade, gathering speed as it went. Vanvliet, who was a house painter, had just been dtscharged from a hos- pital after treatment for injuries re- ceived in a 20 foot fall from a scaf- DEATH RATE JUMPS - New York State Figures Show Deaths From Alcohclism Have Doubled in Year. ; Albany, Oct. 12—An increase in the first seven months of 1922, as com- pared with the corresponding period a year ago, was announced by the state health department. The rate up to the end of July last was 13.9, while a year ago the same period showed a rate of 12.7, a difference equivalent to 7,083 deaths, An increase was also reported t mortality, and a decrease amounting to 4,225, In a statement from the health de- partment it was said that the rise in the death rate seemed to bhe account- ed for "by the striking increase in the number of deaths from organic diseases of the heart and arteries” and' a failure to maintain the low death rate for tuberculosis-which was established last year. Deaths from alcoholism showed a marked increase this year as compar- ed with the same period last year, numbering 172, as against 83, the re- port sct forth. The greatest incre: from alcoholism w city, the second in the rural sections and the lowest increase ate cities as a group. Américan, FKrench, British and German wireless companies have formed a pool to establish one large station in Argentina. in in e in deaths in New York’ was in up. LOOK AT THIS AND TAKE CARE BY O. JACOBSON