New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 7, 1922, Page 6

t New Britain Herald [RreS— HERALD PUMLISHING COMPANY “(Istuod Dally, Bunday Excepted). At Horvd Bidg., 67 Church Street. 8 e BUBBORIPTION RATES: a Year, . $2.00 Turee lh'um Month. "neo Netered M— Offcs at New uritain unl:fl;.li Class Mall Matier, TWLVPHONN OALLS! mwm Rovws e profita advertising rediom in l&“ ty, Olrr:luln booke \nd pIess feom always open te advartisers. he Assoctated Pres The M-:ad‘rr-m s exclusively entitled to the wse for ra-publicetion of all dews Tedited to it or mot otherwiss cradited :ntl!-pur andi aieo local news 'pubd- Mshed hesoln. bard n this aedit, pro- !nllflu’.:llnlt fraud n newepaper d:;- tribution figures to both mational and advertisers. R T S —— MEANWHILE 1t is, at this moment, the interval #hetween the dark and the daylight.” The votes are cast. It is not intimated that the old regime was the dark and the new, whatever it will be, will be the daylight. The idea to be con- veyed is that at the yreient moment we are merely waiting to find out who {8 who and what is what. Intervals of inaction are repulsive-to our energetic habit. Yet one {s inclin- ed to inaction these few hours. One is tempted to speculate and waste a lot of words. It 1s a good time to do & bit of thinking about. politics and what we are going to do about them. People differ on many things about the way things have been managed in this state, in this city—they differ as to the degree of blame that should at- tach this man or that man, this group or that group, this party or that party. But fev‘v fail to agree with the state- ment that “Thipgs is pretty rotten.” The customary cry to go up after elec- tion is!to “I'orget Pglltlce" and go about your business, In this-day of change why not change that slogan? Things have con- tinued to be fairly bad, thank you, after election, under the creed of for- getting ‘politice—and this is hitting at no berdon; no group or no party—so why not change that creed and adopt the motto “Remember Politics?" ‘Why “not start the habit of keeping better watch over politics and politicians, in- stead of forgetting all about them un- 111 election time and then being sur- prised to learn ail that has been go- ~ing on? A universal interest in politics “‘vould not only keep affairs a bit bet- ter, perhaps, but surely would make the atmosphere clearer when the next election comes around. And so, no matter who win§, watch ‘em, not suspiciously, not hypercritically—just * interestedly. Live and learn. THE FOREIGN DEBTS The popular cry now is to insist that all forelgn nations pay this country all that they owe us. It 18 popular, even, to insist that they should be made to pay now, immediately. It is quite na- _tural that we, as a people, should be- ‘ljeve that this is the correct stand. The debts are perfectly legal; their payment could be legally enforced. An attachment might issue were the’ case one for local courts, Moreover such men es Secretary of Commerce Hoover have taken the stand that these debts should be paid. On the other hand there is no ques- tion but the bankers of the country, .in convention assembled recently ques- tioned the wisdom of enforcing pay- ment of all these debts. The question has been raised as to whether the money can be collected and whether a futile attempt would not be harmful to this country. Even more than this, /d ‘question was ralsed as to whether it would be wise to cripple our foreign markets by enforcing payment even if the money could be raised, the debts pald. g . This question is one that is apt to bring a flush to the face of the "100 percent. Amerjcan.” He is apt to cry out agdinst any suggestion that these debts remain even partially unpald. The matter is here commented upon merely for the purpose of showing that there are two sides to the ques- tion. People should study it. And peo- ple should ask themselves how foreign nations are to pay,us in goods when the high rates of tariff are calculated to keep foreign goods out of the United States and to protect our own goods? KEMAL'S NEW MOVE Remal's new move was to be ex- pected. It was not. to be so surely ex- pected at the time thé agreement was made at the Mudania conference, for Lloyd George has not resigned then, and Lloyd George was putting up a fairly courageous front against Kemal after he had walted quite a little while to do it. But Lloyd George did “ald the Greeks” as they express it vaguely in conversation in Iingland. Kemal saw that he would have to put something on paper that would call off Lloyd George. Since that time, however Bonar Law has come into power. Bonar Law has been emphasizing the importance of harmony between England, France and Italy. Well, France held a preétty strong fegling in favor of the Turks. It was quite simple for Kemal to figure that if England's new premier was so anxlous to keep in sympathy with France, he, Bonar Law, would not he as strongly antagonistic to the Turks and especially 1o Kemal ay Lloyd George had been, Lloyd George's stand which, it {s thought in England brought that counlrfi olose to another war did more than anything else to wenken Lloyd George's power, Kemal coul not see Bonar Law taking any such chances o, of course, It was quite the psychological moment for Kemal to demand that the allles get out of Constantinoples==which he immediate. ly did, Honar Law would hesitate about going contrary to his own ex- pressed desive for harmony With France, and France would hardly ralse strenuous objection to doing be- fore the coming peace conference what the allles plan to do after it, namely to leave Constantinople. So Kemal decided to try to bring about the situation he wanted to bring about even when his representative signed the Mudania agreemgnt—have Con- stantinople in his hands before the peace conferénce. An American, ‘thinking- about the “unprotected minarities” in the Near Fast, wonders if the brave English- men who, under Lloyd Geotge finally took a first stand against Kemal and his Turks, are glad they‘go! rid of) the former Premier? An American may hazard the opinion that Lloyd George will not lose any prestige with those in this country or with those in England who belléve the people of the Near East should not become victims again of the Turk, if Kemal's reliance on Bonar Law's hesitancy to take a firm stand against the feader of the Turks brings a Iuyther crisis in that situation. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS Of course the fact that there were over 10,000 deaths from automobile accidents in 1921 is appalling It is not surprising that the number of deaths increased greatly for the perfod between 1917 and 1921, In 27 states where figures for 1017 are available there were 6,014 deaths in: that year, and 8,492 deaths in the same states in 1921, which is an increase of 41.2 per cent. . For comparison a8 to the situation in Connecticut and Massachusetts, the two smg@e of New England where the figures were greatest and where the travel is greatest, it is {lluminating to note that the ncrease in Massachu- setts was the difference between 387! deaths in 1917 and 528 in 1921, while | in this state the increase was the dif- ference between 192,¢in 1917 and 220 in 1921, These figures show that, not- withstanding the greater number of automobiles operated in this state in 1921, thedeath increase from accidents was not nearly as large in proportion as the increase in that state of Massa- chusetts. This, of course, argues well for the observance of regulations in this state as well as for u\e wisdom of the regulations made, But the increasing number of .auto- mobiles in use should furnish no ex- cuse for an increasing number of deaths, As the automotive industry ad- vances so should advance the skill and understanding of those who drive cars for business or pleasure. A greater appreciation of their dangers should be developed and people should be educateds to use them with greater consideration for the safety and. rights of others. As a boy grows older there should comes less’ danger from a deadly weapon placed in his hands, even though the first small rifie is re- placed by a redl one, far more deadly. The public is the small boy still. When he grows up he will'learn to kill no one accidentally gwith his rifle, A WOMAN'S' PROMISE Out in Ohio a man has been given a verdict for $1,600 damages alleged to have been sustained by him because a woman broke her promise to marry him. The item is given prpmlnence because the “boot {8 on the other foot,” just the same as an item would be considered news which told of a man’s kicking a mule to death— it is usually the mule which does the kicking. So it is usually the woman who is ""damaged” by the man's bPeach of promise, and it is rare for a man to get damages because a wom- an goes back on her word. The foundation for damages sus- tained by women when a man who has promised to marry her refuses to do so, is the assumption that the man's promise of marriage carries with it a promise to support the wom- an, The law compels him to db so. Thus actual pecunlary damages may be figured. If, (hen."n man may re- cover damages from a woman who has promised to marry him and re- nigs, where is the basis for pecuniary damages? Does the woman's promise assume a promise by her that she will help in his support? Does a refusal by her to carry out her bargain throw an added financial burden upon him? It would seem that, if the law is to hold a mah may recover damages from a woman for breach of promise to marry, laws should be passed plac- ing upon the women the duty of help- ing support the man. Quite possibly the woman may be rich. Her marriage to the man, in most states, glves the man the person- al property belonging to her which he “reduces to possession.” It is conceiva- ble, therefore, that financial loss by him might be shown. But lacking such a situation it would seem that under present laws, there is no practi- cal basis upon which may be pre- [ i +| benefited by‘allowing NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1922, dicated the right of man to damages for alleged Lreach of promise by & woman, unlesy damages to the heart are considered. The law does not do that as a rule, / PARKING AND TRAFFI0 Every time one who has driven motor vehicles in the larger cities has ocgasion to drive ahout New Britain's cher. he s surprised to find that he may drive in any direction on the west side of Central park. It ls proposed to make this a “one way" street, Cer- tainly it should be done; the wonder is that conditions have been left as they are as long as they have. There have been objections made to this pro- posal, Some merchants feel that it would harm them to have entrance to and egress from their stores made difficult—to have restrictions placed on this street upon which thelr places of business front. It is belleved that there would be more travel on that street west of Central park were all trafic in one direction to be diverted there, as it would naturally' be under the new plan, than there is a present. But as the street i not wide enough for two-direction traffic and the trol- ley cars, such Increased traffic would of course, be less troublesome, It is believed thg business of the merchants would not suffer because of the change, ’ Chief Hart's other recommendations as reported, seem proper. About a dozen motorists having places of bus- iness on or near Church street would object strefiuously to limiting the parking on that street..But as the sit- uation is at present the same people are benefited by the unlimited park- ing from day tq day and many people are inconvenienced by not having a place to park their cars while trans- acting a'few minutes’ business in one of the nearby offices or stores. The merchants along ma'n street would be only 40 min- ute parking on Church street. The same conditions affect Court street. Parking for a short time should be allowed there. Parking on West Main street should be iimited to very brief periods, while parking accom- modations, for the present at. -least, should be given on Washington and High streets except at the corner of South High and West Main, which is a bad corner when cars are parked there. The corner at Main should be kept free of cars for a short distance at least. The streets are not intended for garages, while they are intended for the convenience of the people who use vehloles. Turning the streets into places where cars may be left all day or a halt day not only inconveniences' the people who want to use the streets freely; not only interferes with the free transacting of business with our merchants, but also sanctions the pre- emption of public land by private per- sons for private use. There are pub- lic garages where cars may be left all day. There will be more as the num- ber of automobiles increases, Possibly there will be underground parking places. At'any rate the streef are for certain purposes, and parking cars for an indefinite time is not one of them except in the case of physicians, per- haps whose cars should be allowed to remain wherever in reason they will be the most convenient to the men who are called upon, in emergency, to save life to prevent physical suffer- ing. ! As before noted it would be wise to have a permanent commission to have this pnrl‘lnx matter under considera- tion continually. The chie’ of police, or someone designated by him, should be an ex-officlo.member of such com- mission, It is an important matter, growing of more importance all the time, \ Facts and Fancies (BY ROEERT QUILIEN). A platitude is just an epigram you have heard before. A hick town is one where every- body you meet comments on your new suit, Some war histories are funny. Qurs says Turkey was on the losing side. Voting is either a privilege or a nuisance, ‘depending on whether you are permitted to do it. Bachelor; A male person who thinks every single lady of his ac- quaintance would like to land him. The number of miles to the gallon depends largely on the conscience of the man at the filling station, The amateur sportsman c#h save a lot of hard walking by hiring the guide to serve as target in the vicinity of the hotel. Making men of monkeys took Na- ture millions of years but a woman can reverse the process in three min- utes. 9 The only difference between a fool driver and a jyy-walker is that the jay-walker hasn't the price of a car. Love is the quality that makes a . Walnut and.| wife laugh gally the forty.second time she hears her husband's favorite story, The stars tell us that tomorrow night a lot of ehaps who hoped to be stutesmen will| decjde to work for a ving. b Parents have rights in some homes, and in others the children are “pers mitted to develop their individuality,” Another thing we need s a lodge in some vast wilderness where ama- teurs can learn to play musical instru- ments, Lots of people drive a car for the sake of exercise and then feel abused when they have to change tires. You will observe, however, that the war profiteers haven't yet learned to tremble at the sound of Daugherty's name, A republic develops all the faults of a monarchy about the time eiti- zens stop saying ‘‘we” and begin to say “they.” Correct this sentence: "Cut' out those naughty parts,' sald the qirec- tor; “the public won't stand for sex stuft.” Lesser triumphs can never mean much in the life of a small boy who hag learned at last to spit through his teeth. What some people think is spiritual exaltation Is just a sweet conscious-|, ness of being better than the bad, bad neighbors, - . 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) § P AAPAAPA PP PANPAP At nntis A new cinder walk is being laid on Park street extension. _There was a total of 26 deaths in|, this city for the month of October. Charles Scherp was granted a drug- gist's license yesterday as was also Otto Leupold of 369 Arch street. New Britain will have a polo team this year and part of the aggrega- tion has already bheen formed. forms have been ordered -throughK W. A, Kinne. The first game may be held here Monday, November 15, and It is possible that Mike Curley, goal tender for the National Polo league, may be on the local team. The engine at Russell & Erwin's plant broke down this morning and half the employes were thrown out of work for the day. KILLINGS ARE PROTESTED. Mexican Ne\;'spnpers Claim’ United States is Not Justified in Demands, Mexico City, Nov. 7.—Local news- papers have made much of the fact that, according to figures published by the department of foreign rela- tions, during the past year only four- teen Americans have met violent ueath in Mexico compored to twenty- ane Mexicans iilled in the lnited States, including thirteen in the atate of Texas. i - The newspapers assert these figures rrove that the United States govern- ment {8 not justified in its demands for protection of the lives of its na- tionals here. It is also reported that during the past few months the for- ¢tign office has made frequent repre- sentations regarding alleged killings of Mexicans in the United States. —— -~ PROHIBITION FAILS . Laws in Iceland Proved To Be Fizzle and Liquors Are Sold Copenhagen, Nov. 7.—Prohibition in Iceland has gradually come to be a mere sham, according to the Lord Mayor Zimsen, of Reykjavik, the chief city of the island. In an interview the Lord Mayor {s quoted as saying: “Iceland is no longer a prohibition country. Wines of 21 per cent al- cohol may now be brought in, Al- though the Spanish commercial treaty which provides for the importation of wines, is unpopular with many peo- ple as having killed prohibition, it is only fair to mention that the prohibi- tlon act worked satisfactorily only the first two years, Afterwards smuggl- ing and home-brewing practically mude the law non-exitent.” MINE MENACE PRESENT. Stockholm, Nov. 7.—-All ships leav- ing ports on the Baltic Sea have been warned of the renewed danger of mines, many of which have been feund in various parts of the sea dur- ing the last month. The latest casualty laid to mines is the loss of the Finnish lightship Slorbotten, which was blown up by a mine off Aland in September. Five of the crew of ten were lost. The loss of many vessels since. the war s be- Heved to have been caused by the mines. The sea was reported to be mine free after German bhoats had been sent to clear the waters last summer. It is now alleged that this job was not well done, and that there s still much fanger from thesé floating derelicts. TOKIO GETS ART, Tokio, Nov. 7.—~Tokio soon wlil he endowed with a magnificent gallery of western art, the gift to the nation of K. Matsukata, the Kobe shipping magnate, who has brought from Eu- rope a collection of masterpleces by old and modern masters. The com- plete scheme of the structure will in- clude a cloistered courtyard, a guest house and a library for the fine arts. An annex will contain a display of furniture and applied arts. The Art gallery will consist'of four rooms. Tokio already has been with similar museums devoted to oriental art, the chief being the Okura museum displaying ancient lacquer and screens, a variety of In- dian buddhas, Chinese porecelains and jades, but none can compete in ar- chitecture with this new galiery, Uni- | | endowed |, FRANCE BECOMING EVEN MORE SEVERE Is Not Inclined ‘to Deal Lightly With Turkish Situation—Constanti- nople Excited. Parls, Nov. 17, = (By Assoclated Press)~The French government ap- pears to have renched the limit of its patiénce In dealing with the Turks and 18 tending morg and more to stif- fen its attitude toward the Angora government, This is the interpretattén given in political circles here to the salling to- day of the dreadnaught Jean Bart from Toulon to join the allled fleet at Constantinople in the face of the An- gora government's demand that allled warships seek pérmission before en- tering Turkish paorts. 1t was sald in officlal circles this morning that the French high com- missioner in Constantinople has been instructed to act in full accord with the allled commigsioners in their de- mand that the terms of the-Mudania armistice be complied with in every respect. Constantinople, Nov, 7.-+(By Asso- Olated Press)—Constantinople, is in a fever of apprehension over the Kem- allst demands for the evacuation of the allled military” and naval forces and extension of the natlonalist re. gime here, the imposition of confs- oatory customs dutles, the condemna- tion of the sultan and the indircrim- inate arrest of prominent Turks of Constantinople, 7 The allled commissioners have asK- ed their government for instrucfion with a view to proclamation of mar- tial law, THey held an executive council 1ast night at which the recent series of demands by the nationalists was discussed at length and the adop- tlon of a firmer attitude was decided upon in resistance of the Kemalists arbitrary course, the curbing of their activities In Constantinople, eastern Thrace and other areas and counter- neting the increasing infractions of the Mudania armistice convention, HOT RACE IN TENN, Memphis,)Tenn,, Nov, 7.~The hot- test race tHat the fourth Tennessee congressional district’has known ‘in many years was being fought out at the polls today, in the upper Cumber- land section between Cordell Hull, chairman of the democratio national committes and Wynne Clouse, repub. llean over thé seat in. congress for. merly occupled by Hull, but which Clouse won in 1920, ’ PARIS STRIKE ENDED Paris, Nov. 17, = (By Assoclated Press) —The ‘threatened ‘strike of gas workers In Piris has apparently been averted, All the smployes of the four affected plants reported for work this morning. The trouble arose through the deduction from employes wages of sufficlent money to meet their income tax, in accordance with the law, DELAWARI OUT STRONG Wilmington, Del., Nov, T.-—~A heavy vote was being polled {n Delawars to- day for U. B, senator, congressman and the state officen, Y er of Commerce | - Banquet Wednesday, Nov. 8th- G. A. O'REILLY V.E.BLOGBROUGH: SPEAKERS < VIOE-PRESIDENT IRVING National Bank, Now York FTELD SECRETARY ‘hamber of Commerce of U, S. MovingPicturesandSlides * “Indian Trails of the West” = Dr. Thomas Travis, Bureau of Commercial Economics Pictures of Lake Louise of the Rockies, the Lake of Hanging Glaciers, camping, . shooting'rapids, catching big i;lke, muscallonge and trout, photographing moose, deer, bear, Rocky Mountain goats, sheop, ctc. Also the Kootenay Indians, war canoes, gholt' Aances, vte, Old St. Mark’s Church 6:30 P. M, ADAMSON’S ADVENTURES Tickets, $3.00 Informal BY O. JACOBSON He Finds a Handy Razor Strop