New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1922, Page 6

HNRALD PUMLISHING COMPANY (Tocuod Dally, Bunday Bxcepted), At Mervd Blag. Church Street, SUBSONIPTION RATES: [TRTINE? ear, $2.00 Three Mouths 780 & Month, Matercd at the Post Offce at New writaly Berond Cluse Mall Matter, profitable advertising mediom In nr, Clroulation booke Wnd press roorm always open te sdvartisers. Wemarer of m Anofl-n‘ Preas Fhe Amociated Press te cxclunively entitied o the use tor re-publivetion of all naws creditod to It or mot otherwiss credited in this papcr and/ aiso local news pub- Mabed heretn, Membir Audit Burean of Circulntion fne A. B. O. s a nations| orgsnizetion which furnisher newspapers and adver: Hoers with a strictly houest oralysis nl ofrculation. Our cirnulation at: vpon thie avdit, This ulquru pro tection against fraud in mewep tribution figures to both mational -na |o €al advertisers, TWO IMPORTANT MATTE There will come up at the meeting of the common council tonight two matters of importance. The first ls that of the two platoon system for the fire department; the second is the matter of cutting ice on Shuttle Meadow Lake. There is no question that the senti- ment of the council is in favor of in- augurating the two platoon system, in accordance with the old promise to the firemen—if the city can afford it. The history of the two-platoon plan 18 well known. It was adopted at the old city meeting. The money was au- thorized. But the money was not used for this purpose and the city has never carried out the promise distinct- 1y made. It has been a question of economy, and, it is believed, ques- tionable economy. When former fire Commissioner Hjerpe, then a private citizen, appeared before the common council comparatively recently and argued for installing the system, his really eloquent plea met responsive ears: Now he is a member of that body and it is expected that again he will speak for the firemen. It must ‘be remembered not only that the es- ‘tablishment of this system which would make the working hours of the “firemen more in accordance with the spirit of fair play, that it would be but the carrying out of a promise of ithe city, once made, but also that it would place New Britain where she belongs—among the progressive cities ~ of her size, almost all of which have adopted this two platoon system. The matter of cutting ice at Shut- ‘tle. Meadow Lake was thoroughly ex- plained by Superintendent of Health Lee at a recent meeting of the council. There is danger of disease which would threaten all in this city if ice 4s allowed to be cut there. In several cities epidemics have been traced di- rectly to contaminated ice. The argu- ment against taking this precaution’ of prohibiting cutting ice there is that those whoé have made arrangements to cut it would be financially em- barrassed. It has been hinted that, if ice 'is allowed to be cut there, those who are expected to cut the ice there will not be the ones who will do it—that others, not appearing in the discussion—will be the ones who will get the job. Be this as it may it would seem that the action of the common council in adopting the recommendations of the state and Federal health authori- ties against ice-cutting in this lake, the source of all our water supply, was a proper action and should not be rescinded. DGE 1S NOT A PROSECUTOR In common with a great many peo- ple, Mayor Paonessa apparently be- Heves that a judge is present in court o effect a conviction of unfortunates who are brought before him. This is the only conclusion to be arrived at When the mayor's statement at the charter revision committee meeting is The mayor favors delegating to the Judge authority to appoint the prose- cutor. He would also like to have au- thority to appoint the corporation cdunsel. Remarking on these points, he said it would be well to give the judge tools to work with and also give e mayor tools to work with, indi- %}ng his belief that the duties of Judge and prosecutor coincide. This is erroncous. A judge sits on the benth to determine the guilt or innocence of prisoners solely on the ‘evidence presented. He is not part of the prosecuting machinery nor does he share in the responsibility of bringing about a conviction. function apart from either the prose- cution or defense and to render judge- ment based on the presentation of the case by counsel for the state and the prisoner at the bar and at the same time temper his decision with mercy by taking iInto consideration such ex- tenuating circumstances may be brought out. Whep he allows his de- cisions to be swayed by extraneous arguments of the prosecutor or coun- sel for the prisoner he ceases to be a useful member of society and immedi- &tely becomes a menace to that great American institution, the courts of !unlge. § With reference to the question whether the judge of polide court weighed. i He is supposed to as does the fact of birth . shall have the power to zfpoint the prosecutor, the Herald taken a stand and will continuefjto maintain that stand belleving that the author- ity to select such an oficlal should re maln at home instead of being trans- ferred to Hartford, The represents the people of New Britain in bringing law to the attention of the court and present- ing what evidence he can procure with the assistance of the police, He i se- lected by the common council which can act quickly and remove him If it becomes apparent that he 1s unfaith- ful to hissoath of office, Members of the council, being In touch with thelr constituents and mingling With them more or less, soon learn of any reason for disaffection the part of the people and respond without delay, On the other hand, a judge remains aloof. He may be for, but he surely is not prosecutor violations of the on of, the people, He I8 remote, remaining at a distance, and not In a position to hear the voice of the public. It may be sald that a judge, having the power to appoint a prosecutor, would also have power to remove him if he suspected that the responsibill- ties of the office were belng neglected, The answer to this in that a judge who was susplclous of a prosecutor in his court could bring about his immedi- ate removal by communicating with the common council, In a nltshell, the effort to amend the charter and allow the judge to pick the prosecutor is nothing less than an attempt to deprive the com- mon council of one of its prerogatives. and give it to the state, OUR FOREIGN-BORN It comes as something of a shock to people in New Britain to hear em- phasized the wisdom of treating the foreigner in this country as an Amer- | ican would expect to be treated in a foreign country. Qf course that'is the way the foreigner should be treated. It is the way he is treated in this city. Men and women of foreign birth or parentage here so often no longer outside the boundaries of this country” affect a person’s standing in this community. If a New Britain person were to make a survey of thid city and note have proved their worth that the men and women of forelgn. birth or parentage who add to the wealth, material and spiritual of this_eity, it would be found that the place of birth has little to do with the fine product that is the result of New Britain workers—those whose activities are in the field of manual labor and mental fields. Strike from the census rolls the names of thése who were not born here and there would be a sad weak- ening of New Britain's strength. And this, be it noted most emphatically, without any loss of the American character of this city. As New Britain recognizes its debt to persons of for- eign birth, so New Britain refuses to bow to any city in the land in the extent and the intensity of its loyalty to the flag of America. It is a situation which emphasizes the spirit of free- dom of our country. “NOT A DIME” An old man committed a theft the other day so that he would bg ar- rested and sent back to prison, where he had spent many years of his long life, to dle. safd. “Hrere I am, an old man, an’ anyway?” Life; what's it all about? ain't got a dime. What's it all about, He did not know. Its value was measured by him in “dimes.” He had none; so life was “tough.” There are old men all over the world who, practically, ‘‘haven’t got a dime.” They live in modest homes which they do not own. When they have pald out of their small incomes what was necessary to sustain life, there is nothing left—nothing that can be counted in dimes. And yet these old men are wealthy, happy. The prizes that have come to them, the prizes that are constantly coming to them and in the mappy memory of which they will are the prizes which have come from what they have given of themselves. Life has been “tough” for them, too, but it has been joyous because they have made it less tough for others. Let a man who measures life's value only in dimes once learn its real value in its opportunity for service to others, and he will regret the years that are gone. Conversely, let a man who knows life’'s true value and the Jjoy that comes from making others happy, forget that knowledge and turn to selfishness even for a moment, and his punishment is awful. The pic- ture of an old man “without a dime"” may be pathetic or beautiful, depend- ing upon the viewpoint from which he has looked at life. die, THE INDUSTRIAL COURT Governor-elect Davis Kansas, will do all that he can to get rid of the Kansas Industrial Relations court. In Topeka the people, rejoicing over Davis' victory, paraded with a hearse, supposed to contain the body of that court. “Wanted, Grave Diggers. Apply to Henry and Me,” was'the sign the hearse bore. The “Henry and Me" referred to Henry Allen, present gov- ernor and whose pet the Industrial Court was, and to William Allen White, Henry's friend but superficial enemy on the matter of putting a placard in his window showing sym- pathy with the railroad shopmen in their strike. Industrial leaders in the country, the honest ones who are studying how better to bring capital and labor to- gether, will be sorry if the Kansas ‘of “Life's | too tough,” he |- Industrial court digappears, It has been “on trial,” At the election before this recent one all the candiddtes who stood for the Industrial court were successful, The court was an issue, la- bor opposing it, The Literary Digest not long ago used considerable space collecting various opinlons concerning It. The matter was of nation-wide in. terest, It does not scem that ‘it Was had time for a falr treial, It ghould not be pronounced & fallure yet, There was some talk In %ow York state of organizing a court along similar lines. It would seem to be too bhad that a longer trial of it should not be given, How much the good condition things In Kansas during the strike and conl shortage was due to the strong personality of its Governor, Henry Allen, and how much to the court, is a question, Certainly the rest of the country envied that state with its reg- ular’ transportaion and its supply of coal, It Is to he regrotted that there may come a change in that state, MOTORIZING THE POLICE More trouble for our' able, con- sclentious and wide-awake police com- missioners. ['ndoubtedly they have noted the fact that plans to motorize the police department of Chicago have beén announced. Now our own com- missioners will get busy. They will see at once what a peaceful city New Britain would be If the patrolmen were constantly speeding about the streets, arriving at unexpected mo- ments to stop fights, to pull “second- story men' -out of windows by their disappearing legs, to knocks the glass of fllicit liquor from the hand of the thirsty individual about to satisfy his appetite. Policemen would be every- where, always ready to jump from their flivvers and arrest offenders. No beat would be too long to be cover- ed r‘nhldlyA Bluecoats would be omnis- cient, omnipodtent. ' It would be won- derful. And one can vision the en- thusiasm with which our progressive common council will appropriate money enough to furnish the police department with the machines which such a plan would necessitate, Seriously, the time is coming, espe- cially in the' larger cities, when the police departments will be motorized. Criminals work with automobiles now; the police, to have a fair chance against them, must have their cars. Some day, probably, flying machines will be used more commonly by both criminals and officers of the law, and after flylng machines—well, that ' is far enough to go for the present. Just now automobiles are enough to con- sider. of Faets and Fancies (BY ROBERT QUILILEN), This is the season when a cold bath can be imprgved by the addition of a little hot water. No doubt the Turk shivers with dread when told that he has eatned Uncle Sam’s disapproval. Cleanliness may be next to god- liness in wme localities, but in’others it s next to impossible. It seems probable that évery living mortal knows/how to cure a cold ex- cept the chap who has one. We shudder to think -of the com- ment that would be made on the of- ficlal acts of an American named Bonar. It won't be such a hard winter af- ter all. Fewer European celebrities are engaged to. lecture us this time. When the motorist stops and goes back to the maimed, he probably is trying to be sure that his batting average is correct. Another advantage the bachelor has is that there is nobody to “fix" his tie after he gets it properly adjusted. Correct this sentence: ‘‘As she step- ped high to board the street car, the cake-eater with her turned away his head.” Fortunately, however, Mother isn't sophisticated enough to understand the naughty part of the books Daugh- ter buys. Faith is belief in the unknown. Kor instance, a great many people believe these United States have a foreign poliey. The first severe frost is noticed when effort is made to solitit money wherewith to pay a small town ball club's deficit. Some small boys are intelligent, and some beliege without question when BY SEA | First Clase PassengerFares,Now York and Saturday, 3P. M. 4 To Savannah ") e $30.38 ' $55.27 l-llll'l meals To Jacksonville o $36.54 oot $66.67 stateroom WHATS INGOIV IN THE WORLD Events of ghe Week Briefly Told ANOTHER POLITICAL LANDSLIDE In that there were democratic galns, election resulted as most poli- ticlang had expected, But few, if any, on either side, thought these galns would be as great as they were, In the present congress the repub- lleans have a majority of Pt in the senate and 165 In the house of repre- sentatives, In the next congress the republi- can senate majority will be 10, and In the guse of representatives, 17, More—among the 53 republicans Wwho will have seats In the next senate there are nine who, if they do as they promise and as their records Indicate they will do, will refuse to be bound by party ties ex- cept when they please. It seems ex- tremely likely that, very often, they will not please, Prospects are that these nine, with Dr. Shipstead, a new Farmer-Labor senator, will be a more or less {nde- pendent group. The republicans cannot count on thelr votes, Of course the Democrats will try to win their “help, and if, and whenever, they succeed in doing so, the senate majority will be on that side. In the house of representativen also there probably will be enough republicans who regard party ties lightly to make a majority of only 17 an uncertain thing. NEITHER SIDE SEEMS TO SUIT 'In 1920 the voters gave the re- publicans an enormous majority, Previously gongress, as well as the administration, had been democratic. Seemingly the electors did not,like the way in which the democrats had managed natighal affairs. Now, in 1922, the country swings away from the republicans almost as strongly as it swung toward them be- fore, Seemingly again, the voters do not think the republicans, in the past two years, have improved conditions much. On the strength of the latest re- sult democratic politicians claim a great victory. Republican politicians say they can't see that they've suf- fered a_serious defeat. But disinterested observers sxprPss the opinion that neither party is en- entitled to be pleased with what's happehed, They argue that the two votes. taken together, clearly mean popular disapproval of both parties. Tt is their idea that the two big parties have ceased to be anything but “ins' and ‘“outs,” that their polfcies are about alike, and that most of ' the people do 'not consider them wvery good policies at that. Many good judges look for a re- division into two new parties before P —————— U told how good their fathers were as small boys. long—parties which mean something and represent really diverging views. WET-DRY OUTGOME MIXED There were other fssues in which individual groups of voters were more interested, but it 1 doubtful if any one issue interested so many of those who cast ballots as the wet and dry question—not even the tariff, much as {t means. Illinois and Ohio voters were asked to express preference between the present dry rule’and the legalizing of beer and wine, New York demo- crats had a wine and beer plank in their state platform. Massachusetts and California, which have no state dry laws to support national prohi- bition, were asked to pass such laws. In New Jersey the rival candidates made the wet and dry question the issue of the state campaign, * Ohlo and California went dry. the others went wet. In the rest of the states and dis- tricts the issue was not so sharply defined. In some places wets were ~lected to congress; in others drys. Both wets and drys claim to haee sained congressional votes. It is not ikely to be known just which side is right—for there is uncertainty con- cerning the views of the new law- makers—until the question comes up and ballots are cast. Congressman Britten of Illinois, says he will introduce another bill soon for the soldiers’ bonus, to be paid for by means of a tax on beer and wine, The wets do not propose the re- turn of the stronger drinks or of the saloon. They do advocate legallzing beer and wine, on the ground that they are not intoxicating except in larger guantities than anybody_i{s likely to drink. i If such a law is passed the assuredly will ask the All We may as well confess that we are invariably impressed by the seeming importance of the man who gnaws savagely on his cigar. And so scientists will = add twenty years to our lives. Well, we always knew there was some way to.improve those brake linings. The season for poison mushrooms is over, but in a little while now those who like to take a chance can have a try on thin ice. drys supreme Our {dea of an impudeént child is one that knows how to work a problem and yet asks questions to expose his poor old dad's ignorance, ¢ 4 “What shall we call a woman Sgh tor?" asks an editor. Well, for chival- ry's sake, something less violent than we call men senators. When daughter begins to embroider a design, she doesn't really know what it s going to be, except that it is go- ing te be a Christmas gift. 25 Years Ago Today ! (Taken from Herald, of that date) | D ) D D ) The famous Hi Henry minstrels, with 50 performers, will appear at the Russwin Lyceuin theater Thurs- day evening. Building Inspector Andrew Turn- _Lull has ordered two new exits .on Hanna's Armory building and will now turn his attention to Turner hall where he recommends that two doors be put on the sides of the building. There was a big fire in the moun- taln near Shuttle Meadow yesterday which destroyed a great deal of wood land. Stylish, Distinctive H GLASSES Remember that glnuei are an important factor in your personal appearance, A Carelessly fitted, they detract from your looks. : Adjusted with the precision that characterizes our service, our glass- es will add distinction to your ap- pearance and bring real comfort to your eyes, We Wodoma the Opportunity A. PINKUS EYESIGHT SPECIALIST 300 Main St. 'Phone 570, 389 MAIN STREET court .to hold that beer and wine are intoxicating too, but the wets say the first thing is to pass the law. TARIFF EVIDENTLY COUNTED The tariff was perhaps a more solid issue than prohibition,” though prob- ably not so well or so'generally un- derstood. The republicans believe in a heavy tax on goods brought into the United States from' abroad in order to pre- vent foreign manufacturers from competing with Americans in this country, except under ‘that taxation handicap. The republican congress, now about to end, did pass a law with this object in view, and from the fact that the democrats made such great gains, it seems fair to conclude that the voters did not like it, presumably fearing that it will increase the cost of living. Labor unquestionably was, to a con- siderable extent, antagonistic to the republicans, largely because of .the injunction secured by a member of President Harding's cabinet, Attor- ney General Daugherty, in connection with the recent railroad strike, Many predictions are made that the election insured the abolition of the ratiroad labor board. § The soldiers'’ honus, considering that lawmakers who voted for and agalinst the last bonus bill had about equal success or lack of success at the polls, appears not' to have weighed very heavily with the voters, However, the honus is sure to come up in the next congress, * EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS President Harding has called .con- gress to meet in extra session on Nov. 20. This will be the old con- gress, notf the new ome, which does not assemble until March 4. Before We Refurnished Qur Home Monday night to the movies, Tuesday night to the show, Wednesday out to dinner, Eternally on the go. Thursday night for dancing, Friday at home—what a bore, But for a place to eat and sleep What good is home any more! After We Refurnished CGur Home Monday night by the fire, Tuesday night at home, Wednesday we have callers, No more do we roam. Thursday night we play some bridge, Friday we read a while With our new Rugs and Furniture We sure do live in style. Make Your Home More Liveable by Adding a Few Pieces of Fur- niture, Such as a Davenport, a Table, or a Lamp B.C.PORTER SONS Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” It is no secret that the republicans consider theé extra session necessary in order to pass laws they are in fay- or of while they stlll have a large congressional madority, . fearing. they will, not be strong enough to.'pass them after next March. " One of the things President Har- ding is especially Interested in is the granting of a goverhment subsidy to American ships, so as to build up the country's merchant marine. There is also a bill which ~it is hoped will stop” lynchings; what is known' as the f'Liberty ' Loan méag- ure,” a plan-fof reorganizing the exe- cutive departments of the .govern- ment and legislation providing vari- ous branches with financial supplies. Part of this program will be vigor- ously opposed even in the present congress. g NEAR EAST HORIZON DARKER : The.situation in Turkey is strained afresh by a demand from Kemal Pa- .sHa that the allles surrender qnpt;el of Constantinople to him. This was the: Turkish capital but the allies gained possession of it gt the end of the World War. Kemal now insists on having it back by vir- tue of Turkey's ‘victory over tie Greeks, The protocol, to which the allies also were parties, ending this struggle, did indeed provide for this transfer of the city, but a protocol is only a provisional agreement, and the allles say they intend to remain i charge until a definite treaty is signed. With iemal on one side, ordering the allied troops out, and with- the ailied troops, on the other hand, re- fusing to go, conditions are so tens¢ that many forelgners already are fleeing. It is a threatening state of affairs, to say the least: . Wat h Papers for Further Announcement SELF-SERVICE SHOE MART Next t> Mohican Markef