New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1923, Page 6

New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY (lasged Dally, Bunday Bacepted) At Herald Mdg., 87 Olurch Street SUBSCRIPTION NATES 00.00 & Year 00,00 Three Monthe 148 » Month, New Britaln Matter Bntered at the Post ar Fecond ( TRLEPHONE CALLS Pusiness OMce Bditorial Peoms The only profitable adartising medium In the Ofty, OClrewlatian hooks aud press room always advertisers. Assoriated Press clusively entitled v of all news credited pub- Mrmber of The Associnted B ta the uee for 0 \orwise in this paper and alsa local news Hahed herlln Member Audit Durean of Clrenlation ®he A, R, O, s a natlonsl organization which furniw advers tirers with a stric ol eireulation, Our elre bused upon this nudit teetion against fraud In tributian figures to both national apd In. cal advertisers and rhis MR, CHAMBERLAIN RETIRES The retirement of I, 8 Chamber- fain from public life will leave & va- eancy n the Board of Finap and | Taxation which cannot he flléd casily. | It is true that the city will continue along the trodden path of conserva- | tive finance without his helpful pres- | ence and advice but his absence will be felt nevertheless. | Mr. Chamberlain has devoted twen- | ty years to public affairs, He fir tered office in 1903 when he was elect- | Common Council and ap- on ed to the pointed to the Committea mates, which at that time performed many of the dutles of the present Board of Finance and Taxation, al-| though on a smaller scale. He made a close study of city penditures and as | a result of his initiative the board | from which he has just retired came into being by charter amendment. He | can be truthfully deseribed as the father of the local budget system and has always faithfully applied himself | to the task of steadying the ship of finance when the waves rolled high. Mr. Chamberlain’s opinions did not always find unanimous support either among the members of the board or the public. It will be recalled that he was the storm center of the city meet- ing held at the state armory when the ex ¥ Taxpayers' League came into ence. The league purposed to cut ap- propriations to the bone, eliminating even necessary expenses in its frenzy for a program of economy and re- trenchment. Although alway: servative by nature and training Mr. Chamberlain stoutly opposed the dras- tic cuts suggested and was made the target for a great deal of undeserved criticism. That is all water which has passed down stream. Mr. Chamberlain con- tinued to hold office and to be one of the leaders of thought in city govern- ment finances. Mr. Chamberlain's decision to retire to privaté life was brought about by | pressure of other business. No one will | begrudge him a well-earned rest from problems which beset the men who sit in judgment on departmental expendi- tures and methods to be pursued in raising funds so that departments will have them to spend. a con-| SUGGESTION A bank in Vermont is going to make a present of a bank book with a dollar | credit to every baby born in the bank's eity this year. Of course the bank {s doing it to encourage the thrift habit, not in babies, but in parents. Moreover the plan will probably pay | the bank in dollars and cents, and will help the baby when it grows up if| father does not squander the su\'lngs.; But the incident is significant as | showing the practical value placed | upon “suggestion” by cool, level head- | | | | ed men like bankers. Perhaps no ef-| fusions of scientists could l)\b‘ impression upon people that this ac- tion of the bankers will produce, Pos- | sibly the bankers themselves do not | realize that they are following scien- tists, taking a lcaf out of their hook, | but that is what they are doing. One | might go even farther than that. The | plan suggests the mysterious schievo-: ments of hypnotists. Convincing tales | have been written about the power of one man over another, that power being aided by some object which the | subject associates with the hypnotist. Every time the “subject” looks at that special object the influence of the dic- tator of his actions envelops him. 8o it will be with those bank books. Every times the parents look at that bank book, with its dollar credit, they will be influenced to add to that dol- make lar. escape its influence. | Hynotism is recognized today. Sug- gestion contains the germ of hypno- | out her expressed intention. tism. Close thought of our daily ac- tions will show that suggestion plays ‘an important part in the daily life. This fact once recognized the result will be that people will take care to,‘ have about them people and sur-| roundings that will suggest only the | things worth while. This is not a wild | theory. Any person may prove its' truth to his own satisfaction. As that | paper, pen and ink on your desk sug- gests writing that letter which should be sent, so a rallroad ticket to the | wrong sort of destination suggests tak- . Only by hiding the book will they | Ing that trip. That's the kind of thing that gives out the sert of suggestion it doesn't pay to follow EVERYMAN'S TAX MRobert Babson gives one practionl way te bring about reduction of taxes. A step toward remedying the eendi taxation whieh tlon of burdensome new hampers business would be to let everybody know when they are paying taxes and how much," he declares, 8o is take this “step” Everyone should know that one-sixth of our national income goes for taxes, This means well to federal, state and local, that if & man works six days a week the meney he earns on one of those days goes out in taxes, almost equally | +divided between the national govern- ment, the state and the eity, If we taxes directly, as in anclent to quit our paid our times, we would have personal job one day each week and | work for the upkeep of the country, the state and the community, That Is the present price we pay for having things as they are, Of course it does little good to know this fact If a4 way out is not suggested, Mr, Babson explains that “taxatl costs represent an item of overhead in working up a finished product,” He makes the startling statement that costs of collection of taxes sometimes treble the amount actually received by the government, He lays the blame of the large percentage of our in- comes going toward taxes to the habit of “getting the government to do something about it.” He advises “tend- ing to our own business at home™ and | not-advocating government “fads and frills” which cost money and which we eventually pay in taxes, He im- plies government “investigations' and government ‘“regulation of business'” are some of these costly fads and frills, It is encouraging to note that gen- eral business activity shows only 1 per cent below normal, an improve- ment of 1 per cent over last week. JUSTICE TO UNIONS Attorney General Daughtery has been denounced by union labor be- cause of his strike injunction demands. He has just given an opinion, however, that labor will approve en- thusiastically. Moreover it is a proper op It is to the effect that agree- ments and aiming to en- courage the “open shop"” by diserim- inating against contractors who give preference to union labor, are illegal. It would seem that certain mem- bers of an ‘“exchange” agrced among construction union n. contracts themselves not to sell material to preference to union labor. such members ‘“‘conspired” to restrain trade. It has been held that an em- ployer is entitled to hire those whom he sees fit to employ. He may select all union men if he sees fit, just as he would have a right to choose only men who were smooth-shaven if he wanted to. An agreement among material men not to sell to any employer who pre- ferred to have all unfon men would be just as injurious to freedom of trade, a4s would an agreement among ma- terial men not to sell to an employer who hired any smooth-shaven persons. But the thing works the other way, too. If an agreement to blacklist em- ployers who favored union men is il- legal, so would an agreement be il- legal which provided that sales should not be made to employers who em- ployed non-union men. The theory of man's right to work where and when he will, of man's right to employ those he wishes to, is at the bottom of this opinion which holds illegal any a| contracts which are the result of “conspiracy” to handicap workers and | employers in this matter of personal freedom. WHO WILL MOVE FIRST? A move which will be of tremen- dous importance in the European sit- uation may be expected from France, England, Germany or the United States. The question is, at this writing which nation will move first? If it comes from Iranceé and she occupies the Rhur, the American troops will be recalled by the President at once, in accordance with Senate expression of opinion. Then no one can predict what action would follow. It would not bring war; alarmists will be dis- credited. France has this right under explicit terms of the Treaty of Ver- sallles. This fact is recognized to make the moral force back of France, found among the al- lies, any less powerful. Germany sees it. against this force at this time, England, its people eager for parti- cipation of this country in discussion of the crisis, may “invite” the United | States to such participation, assum- ing authority to do so. If England makes this first move France would undoubtedly hold back from carrying It is barely possible thatethe United States will make the first move, either by recalling our troops immediately, or by considering that she has been suf- ficlently “invited” to make an official offer of participation. But the move that more probable would come from Ger- many. Seeing France advancing upon her, seeing all hope of her plea of poverty falling, Germany may make a last minute offer. Stinnes is quite likely to throw his financial strength would seem llo the aid of the German government e gt everything that anyone | | buys, consumes or uses in process of contractors who gave | In effect | too generally | Germany would not take a chance | S o) W BRITA 10 protect his own personal interests, This would seem (0 be the most prob- able “first move | In it all there this country, almest to a man, feels should is one “move" be taken. Our troops should be reealls od before our men are placed In any equiveeal position A COW STARTS SOMETHING Just as we were becoming recons | ciled to the presence of wild women as part of our soeial structure, another problem hak been thrust upen us in the form of a cow whieh has suddenly been seiged with a determination to chase human beings, halt freight | traine and otherwise upset & well. ordered community. The beast had been taken to the town farm for slaughter. Whether it had an inkling | of what fate had in store for it will never be known, Not the fact remains that it made a bolt for liberty and during the past few days made that| liberty certain by attacking all who went in pursuit of it, ' We can understand wild women, They are a species of female ereated by modern ecivilization, But even Sher- lock Holmes would find himself per- | plexed to determine why the cow went wild, Our old friend Mr. Webster says that a cow fs “the mature female of bovine animals,” One Jrould think that maturity would bring discretion, but apparently the opposite Is true, We could understand a calf gamboling | und skipplng over the Iandscape with | an angry posse in pursuit, by why an/ aged lady bovine animal should, with- | out warning, abandon all the trnllu{ Which are supposed to distingulsh hc‘r’ | kind is beyond us. A cow is supposed !(n be a gentle creature, a ruminative, | stolid animal which never did more harm than kick over the milk pail |after it had been filled, We have | misjudged the cow. It is a wild thing ‘mmh!nlnx the rage of a berserk ele- phant, the cunning of the lynx and the contempt for rolling stock of a railroad board of directors, There s some question concerning the ownership of the cow which had so0 strikingly gotten itself onto the | front page of the newspapers. Some say it is owned by a well known butch- er. Others clalm it is the property of Mr. Kibbe, superintendent of the town farm. If the latter is true, Mr. ‘v Kibbe will forgive us for immortaliz- | ing the quadruped by committing poetry, such as: | Mr. Kibbe had a cow Its horns were white as snow And everywherd that Kibbe went The cow was sure to go— in the opposite direction, Facts and Fancies (BY ROPERT QUILLEN). | If one of these new frocks looki baggy and hangs unevenly, it's a per« fect fit, Some families live within thek means and some have learned to say: “Charge it, please.” 1 In these bootlegging days, it is| very easy to confuse Easy street and Speak-easy Street. “The elect” means the superior and flawless. This applies to the elect, | understand, not the elected. Matrimony settles down to normal when the wife sighs in resignation and decides to inake the best of things. If you don't enjoy it, and other people do, and that makes you mad, you are a reformer in the making. It is easy to pick out feminine cele- | brities on incoming liners. They are sitting with their legs crossed to have | | their pictures taken. . e iy | Civilization is just a slow process of | inventing a sophistry to justify frisk-| ing the weaker peoples. | You never know how much con- | | tempt mere words can express until | the barber says: “So you shave your- | self, eh?” | | | A hick town is a place where ten and twenty call to find out the de-| tails. | An official observer by any other | | tossing a monkey-wrench into the ma- | chinery. | Clemenceau increased America's knowledge, at any rate. Lots of us/ | don't know there was such a thing | as onion soup. | If you wish to see the ego in the act of pluming itself, ask a self-made man for advice. \ It's fair enough. The trapped ani- mal skins its teeth; the trapper skins the animal, and the furrigr skins the customer. Correct this sentence: “Thank you, no,” said the public official; “I haven't tasted the stuff since the country went dry.” The good never are persecuted by s the wieked; they are persecuted by those whe think their ewn standard | of gooducss 16 the right one Another amuging feature of the sit- uation is Unele Sam's effort to kid himgelf with the belief that he s keeping out of Burope's affairs, In & city ene's sieep is disturbed by the ears running; but in a small town there is nothing to disturb the quiet except the rum running. 25 Vears Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) The manager of the Opera House has invited the mayor and & number of ety officlals to be present at his opening of the New Hritain Opera House Monday evening. Kate Claxon and an efficlent company will present ‘The Two Orphans,” Burt Loomis and Pete O'Donnell as usual were the main cogs in the regus lars win in Waterbury last night. O'Donnell tied the score and Loomis made the winning two points, C, Plerce was elected to hea Giddings Chapter, R, A, M., at t annual meeting last evening, In superior court in Hartford fo- day, the case of Stephen Ropor against the city of New Britain was assigned for trial next Tuesday after- noon, We are giving you a straight tip when we tell you to try a few bottles of our fine old—shh! (deleted by the censor.)—Luke Bowen's, 420 and 424 Main street. MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED SHORTLY Startling Action in Mer Rouge Within Few Days Bastrop, La., Jan. 8.—With a lapse of a day in the open court hearing in observance of a state holiday, Attor- ney General A, V. Coco and his corps of assistants, directing the state's in- vestigation in the Kkidnapping and slaying of Watt Daniels and Thomas Fletcher Richards, and other masked band depredations in Morehouse parish, turned their attention today to a digest of evidence intended to es- tablish by sclentific * deduction and physical exhibits, that the two men were subjected to extreme cruclties before they were put to death. Fed- eral and state investigators continued the assembling of evidence on which it is expected a score or more of men will ultimately be placed on trial as members of the hooded band a)leged to have been responsible for the kid- napping and slaying. No announcement was made by At- torney General Coco in advance of conference with his assistants today as to the next move to be made and how far presentation of testimony would proceed before anticipated ar- rests will be made, More Warrants Likely. It is generally expected however issuance of warrants will come before the week’s end. A visit yesterday to Lake La Four- chee by pathologists accompanied by a representative of the attorney gen- eral and department of justice agents, gave rise to reports that effortsy would be made to drag the lake, in which the bodies were found floating two weeks ago, for missing parts of the hodies but it was stated today that the &‘ip to the lake was to obtain measurements and make observations as to the effect on the shore of a dynamite explosion set off by uniden- | tified persons shortly before the head- less and mangled bodies were dis- covered. Testimony implicating others as members of hooded bands, who have operated in this parish was expected to be developed during the next few days., The names of three prominent Morehouse citizens have already been mentioned as participating in a mob actlon the early part of August when | Watt Daniels was accosted, but not harmed. Recognized Kluxers, J. L. Daniel testified Saturday that | his son told him he recognized from beneath their hoods, J. K. Skipwith, exalted cyclops of the Morehouse Ku Klux Klan; Dr. B. M, McKoin, for- mer mayor of Mer Rouge, and Laurie Cathoon, a Morehouse deputy sheriff. However, the identity of members of the August 24 hooded band, said to have been responsible for the kid- napping and murder of Daniel and Richards have not been revealed in| testimony so far. The elder Daniel and W. C. An- drews both of whom were whipped by that mob, declared they could not recognize any of their assailants. An- drews said he had been asked many times since the incident as to whom he suspected, When asked by an attorney Saturday whether any whom he had under suspiclon asked him he women call to express their sympathy |replied they had, He said he believed | dom, Miss Dorothy McArthur; charity, Kklansmen made up the mob. Witnesses gluring the present week ere expected to include many mem- W the Danlel and Richards bess of name could get the same result by |families, including en and chll-‘M"‘ dren. Calhoun declined to comment today on the testimony offered by-Daniel. “Any statement I may make will be from the witness stand if T am Called upon to testify,” Calhoun said. LAUREL COURT, ORDER OF AMARANTH, INSTALLATION Mrs. Mary Neumann, Retiring Royal Matron Presented With Jewel and Fraternal Ring. At the regular meeting of Laurel court, No. 8, Order of Amaranth, the following officers were installed by the retiring patron, Willlam J. Rawlings: Royal matron, Mrs. Julia P. Norton; royal patron, John 8. Dixon; associate matron; Mrs. Dora Bruemmer; asso- ciate patron, Charles H. Bruemme treasurer, Mrs, Abbie Meisner; secre- taty, Miss Amy E. Beach; conductor, Mrs. Cordelia Banta; assoclate con- ductor, Mrs. Marion Dixon; standard bearer, Mrs. Elizabeth Hill; prelate, Mrs. Elizabeth Kincaide; warde®, Mts. DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1923, | 3RD ANNUAL | END OF SEASON —SALE— the near future, 4 ELM STREET, ’ IN LETTER | MOCK MARRIAGES BANNED NOW IN PROGRESS In view of advance in prices of woolens, we were compelled to do our spring huying last September, and expect shipment of the same in | We are offering our present stock at greatly reduced prices; so as to make room for new We have on hand, a large selection of finest suiting, which we will tailor with our usual unexcelled workmanship, Now is the time to own a good Suit of Clothes at 4 popular price. COME IN AND HAVE THE FIRST CHOICE YE LONDON SHOP TAILORS FOR THE SMART DRESSER goods, NEW #BRITAIN, CONN. FINE SERGES 354 WHEAT EXPORTS. ‘Washington, Jan, 8.—Exports of wheat from the United States during the week ending January 6, aggre- gated 1,678,000 bushels, according to | figures made public today by the com- |merce department in its first weekly FROM BISHOP Head of Catholic Church in Connecticut Sends Letters to Pastors—Findings of Priests Here That there is comparatively little profanation of the sacrament of mar- Iriage on the part of Catholics of this city and that few take part in “mock marriages,” is the finding of pastors of three of the largest Catholic church of the city, while a feurth finds that there are some persons, who have violated a rule of the] church set forth in an announcement | | from Bishop John J. Nilan, read at yesterday's masses. The bishop" letter condemnng “mock marriages” was read through- out the diocese. It has come to his |attention that a great many young |men and women participate in the so- |called *mock marriages” at socials in ihonor of prospective brides, and for |that reason, the following ban was [ mied: “Dear Father:—It has come to my |notice that a mock marriage cere- | mony has become a special feature of | partics given in honor of young cou- ples who are about to wed. Undoubt- edly the participants see in it only in- Inocent amusement, whereas it is a profanation of a sacred rite in which our people should have no part. | Please call the attention of your par- {ishioners to this matter and make it clear to them that any such action on their part cannot be tolerated. “Yours sincerely, “JOHN J. NILAN, | “Bishop of Hartford” | Conditions in This City. | Rev. John T. Winters, pastor of St. Mary's church finds the practice |to be not extensive in this city, he |told the Herald today. He felt that | e ——————— Mabel K. Tyer; truth, Mrs. Florence Dixon; faith, Miss Jessie Bair; wis- publ | |Miss Gertrude Kline; marshal in the |east, Miss Florence E. Holley; mar- Ishal in the west, Mrs. Flora Banner; sentinel, Frank A. Goddard; organist, Bertha Boyington; historian, | Miss A. Marion Backett. Mrs, Ida Barnes acted as marshal |for the installation ceremonies and | Skidmore Seaman, past royal patron |and grand lecturer, acted as captain of the guard, assisted by Past Royal | Patron F. E. Crandall, Roderick Dix< on, Lloyd Baker, Frank Dohrenwend, |Mr. Mayer and George Fenton, for| the coronation. Mrs, Mary 8. Neumann, retiring royal matron was presented with a |past royal matron’s jewel, on behalf of Laurel Court and an Amaranth {ring on behalf of the officers, | SCHOONER REFLOATED, Machiasport, Me., Jan. 8.—The three-masted British schooner, Hiram | D. MecLean, which mis-stayed and poked her nose into the larger of the | Libby islands yesterday floated today and came into port without assist- ‘ance and apparently without serious damage. The schooner is hound from Windsor,, N. 8, to New Ro- | chelle, N. Y., with a cargo of lumber. | Holes in Roquefort cheese are | {placed there by machinery to admit |alr and enable the mold to grow, thus | ‘glv!n: the desired flavor. 1 those taking part amusement, but failed to realize the seriousness of the mockery. Joseph church, agreed with Winters that there tively few Catholic participants in this city. was perfectly in accord sentiments expressed in the bishop's letter, a sacrament in the Catholic church and is regarded as more than a mere contract, therefore the church countenance no frivolity or mnckory,l he explained. Andrew’s Lithuanian that the practice of taking part “mock marriages'” is prevalent. condemned the custom as one thatl Peter's church, will discuss the practice reads his annual report soon. EVERETT TRUE afforded sannouncement covering exports of thg were principal commodities. . EVANS GOES TO SENATORS. Cleveland, Jan, 8s—Outfielder Joe Evans of the Cleveland American {league team has been traded to the Washington club in exchange for Out- fielder ¥. W. Brower. No money or | other considerations were involved, ac- icording to announcement today. pastor of St.| Father compara- with He the Rev. Patrick Daly, were “mock marriages’” with Marriage, he pointed out, is The American painter, Benjamin West, succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds |as president of the Royal Academy at f “mock marriages” in|london in 1792, can The cases o which Catholics take part here Aare | srmeomessow s o few, and In those cases it is thought- | lessness rather -than wilful disobedi- | ence to a rule of the church, Thomas J. Church of was certain. Rev. Laden, pastor of the v 8t. John the Evangelist,| “] | Via Savannah Passengens Freight Three Sailings Weekly e kP pastor of St.| 3 church, finds in | He | Rev., B.wV. Grikis, must not be tolerated. Rev. Charles Coppens, pastor of St.| had no comment o | e at this time, but said that he when he o Pier 52, North River. New Y‘t_fi By Condo 1 HAVE CALLED YouU ALL IN HERE 0 MAKSE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. 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