New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1923, Page 6

] New Britain Herald condition they @t present there would be little chance of getting that are further fire protection If the residents of Belvidere persist in the attitude | assumed by seme of them | There are some thirty streets within the second taxing | thiet of the city in whieh thers This is not a thing te but it is referred to as the residents who, HERALD PUBLISHING OOMPANY fasued Datly, Sunday Busepted) M Hersdd Bidg. M1 Ohurch Btrest miles of - dis- is no SUBSCRIFTION RATES: 0o 8 You #2.00 T | sewer service. Months boasted of Tie » Month o e | tending to destroy arguments of Entersd st the Past Ofce at 88 Becond Class Ma New Britain | Belvidere after a com- | Matte paratively small amount of work Is lone will have such servies The inclusion of the Belvidere see tlon in the seeond taxing distriot should be encouraged by these who have the vision to see the inereased advantages that would come and the greater value to property that would | ’l-:ml After all gt seems to be a matter of attempting to postpone cers | TELEPHONE CALLS Editer Atable advrtising medium in ulatin b and | press s open te advertisers, The anly p the reom Press ely entitled )t all news reditea pub tain payments which should be ar- ranged for now and for which there news will be sound “value receiv ahed herein ILLITERACY A dangerous situation is this state Ay g ‘j: is shown by the statement of Robert| insures pro- | ', Deming, State Director of Amerls | e ateaal asd ' | cantzation, that “the illiteracy among | the foreign-born steadlly Increased T =% | from 37,723 in 1900, to 49,202 in 1910 TURNING THE LYCEL M INTO ,\\".m»i to 63,181 In 1920, the illiteracy ALUDITORIUM at present being 17 per cent of their now being consid- The total state illiter- ered by a committee of the Chamber | acy has increased from 42,073 In 1900 commend that the (to 63,660 in 1910 and to 67,260 In Lyceum build- |1 At the time of the last census municipal | Connecticut was the only state in the Unlon to show an increase In the per- centage of illiteracy.” It is subse- gome of it otherwise, quent stated by Mr. Deming that 12 president of the | states, however, show an increase in and treasurer | the number of illiterates, of the y Mr. Deming gives the means where- decidedly In favor of the scheme, and | by illiteracy may be reduced as the #0 expresses himself, stating that it is | employment of trained teachers, ade- a fine idea, that the city owns so much | quate courses of study, trained re- | property in the vicinity that it would : cruiting agents having the confidence be a the building end en-|and sympathy of the foreign-born and, large it, maki above all, time and money. “The situ- munity activit ation will not change,” he declares, {s in favor inasmuch as it originated | “until towns and cities desire literate in the Chamber Commerce, if | communities and express that desire nothing else. in practical terms."” The Mayor, it seems, it not so con- This emphasizing of the danger of cerned about the immediate need of | inc :ing illiteracy in this state is turning the Lyceum into an auditoni- | necessary in order that an under- um, belleving that it will be too costly. | standing of the importance of Amer- There are many others who are not | icanization work may be obtained. It €0 anxious, for one reason or another, | it no sentimental “welfare stuff,” ad- £o see the building bought by the city. | vocated only by “reformers” and pure- | Should the citizens decide to buy [ly altruistic welfare workers. It is the property, and turn it into an audi- | something that must be pursued if the torium, no slight expense would be en- | American ideals characteristic of this tailed. It would be costly to con-|state are to be preserved. Morepver struct a good auditorium on the shell | the foreign born are not to be blamed | of what is furnished, and when that | for this situation. It is not in criti- auditorium is done the city will have | cism of them that this point is made. little to show for it. We may, it is| Many of those who are classed as true, at a certain expense, have a | “illiterate” would make splendid citi- bullding where municipal meetings|zens. The point is that the chance may be held, a building that would | must be given them to escape from not be an asset to the town, because their illiteracy and, of all the methods of its position, if nothing else. That ‘ sugzested by Mr. Deming the most | is about all. | important of all, it would seem, would 1f it is the wish of the city to build | | be the employment of trained recruit- a building for memorial purposes (the | ing agents having the confidence of memorial part of the deal has not yet the foreign-born. Adequate courses been mentioned, though we suppose Momber Andit Turean of Cireulation | organization ana advers national ol advertisers. total number, proposition of Commeree to re eity the Russw! fng and convert it into a suditorium is creating eomment ubout unfavora John C Chamber of Commeree, buy 920, considerable the eity, much of It Loomis, pany s | Commerelal Trust ¢ | | well to ov it the center of com- Naturally Mr. Loomis of of study will be provided when those it will be because of the appeal of | already existing are found inadequate. | such an argument) let us go the whole | sympathetic recruiting sogents are | way and place upon some centrally | needed to make the iiliterate fully un- located ‘property a building of which | derstand the chances that are theirs. The increasing illiteracy is a real dan- | | ger that might be met with the co- operation of the literate and llliterate the making in our own community, our | foreign-born were the condition fully | | understood. | pride in our city and in those whose memury’ we are to honor? It may! | cost more, but we do not have to RURAL SOCIOLOGY spend the money at all. It we cannot| A speaker addressing the American spend willingly and freely there is no | Sociological society urges the expan- use in begging the question. Let US| gion in the teaching of rural soclology | have a real memorial auditorium or |in colleges saying there is such need | we may be proud, one which will con- front the eye of a visitor and loudly proclaim to him and to the citizens in | she does advance, W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1923, THE BROKEN CONTRACY It is reported that the German gbv ernment takes the stand that if Prance a breaking of the contract of the Treaty Versailles, so, of course, Germany will no longer be bound by it and may seek the sympathy of the werld as an Moreover it is report- ed that the German people stand al- occuples Essen it will constitute of injured nation most unanimously behind the govern- | ment The rule of the law is that when a econtract has been broken the offend- ed party’s subsequent action is not a breach, Germany broken that contraet over and over, She has brok- en it in failing to meet her payments, in exporting gold, in hiding wealth action, provided will net justify Germany's stand, Moreover Germany will get likle of the world's sympathy if she stands on that ground, Nations may disapprove France's actlon, If it I8 taken, as unwise and unnecessary, but no veiee will be raised outside of Germany to say that France has no Justification, It now developes that France was fully informed of the wllll'n(n(-u of the United States to participate in the settiement of the reparations matter, There has been, apparently, more real suggestion In the “feelers” the United States has sent out, and which have been referred to by spokesmen for the White House, than was supposed, France's determination, therefore, seems to have been taken advisedly— in disregard of the expressed wish of this country. It is significant, in view of the pos- sibllity of a last-minute offer by Ger- many, that the German delegates to the reparations commission are pur- posely delaying matters by lengthy discussion. It Is possible that there may come upon the world stage a “messenger from Stinnes"—Stinnes, the man in Germany who would suf- fer more than anyone else financially if I'rance takes possession of physical guarantees? has her France's Facts and Fancies| (BY ROEERT QUILJEN). Another great need of Europe is a device to make moral support edible. Some new parties are founded on principles; but most of them are founded on sore spots. When a murderer pleads insanity and gets away with it, he was tried by a jury of his peers all right. If for no other reason, laws should be respected because it is {ll-bred to show disrespect for the dead. There {s eomething charmingly naive in the father's fear that his son won't turn out as well as he did. A democracy is a land in which the man with $2.98 says, "Hody, Old Timer” to a man worth seven mil- lion, An historical movie is one in which you see a sword-equipped knight in knee pants smoking a cork-tip cigar- ette. A German scientist says dull colors are depressing. At any rate, the French dun apppars to have that effect. The next congress will be more let us build up, in marble, the present memorial arch. Evasion, whose only recommendation is its cheapness, does not pay, whether we wish a plain as- gembly hall or a memorial zux«mori—l um. THE TAX QUESTION It residents of the Belvidere section were obliged to choose between never receiving any benefit from the sewer system of the city which has been installed at a cost of $1,500,000 and receiving benefits from it at an in-| crease in taxes, there is no question but that they would take the benefit and pay the taxes. If the section, now in the first taxing district only, Is taken into the second district now, it is not only possible but probable that residents of that section will have the benefit of that sewer system by the time any taxes for it are paid. The whole matter resoives into the question as to whether or not the city should proceed to develop one part of itself, at the expense of another part without the formal assurance that the benefit- ed portlon will help defray the ex- pense of such development. Residents of the Belvidere section | should remember that it was out of consideration for them that the sewer | system was planned in a way which would permit of service to that sec- tion. The city could not wait for the consent of Belvidere before making ts plans. It did not wait and the loop was made with service to Belvi- dere in view. It seemed to be the general opinion at the meeting last evening that the residents of Belvidere were willing to be included in the second taxing dis- trict just as soon as that section was served. It would seem that they ‘would realize that development of that pection is delayed by the attitude as- sumed. There is a plan in the works for a fire station in that section, for _ fpatance. With city finances in the | > because of the influence rural ideals lhawvz upon the city and national life. | A digest of this person’s remarks does | not make his meaning perfectly clear but it suggests the thought, at least, that a more intensive study of rural| | sociology would benefit both the | | dweller in rural districts and the citl- | zen of the urban communitles, in that it would allow each, quite possibly, to put himself in the other fellow's place. | There can be no dispute that the | rural ideals do influence urban life. 1t it had not been for rural ideals, for | | instance, the cities would be struggling | | along without prohibition. For it can- not be doubted but that the Volstead | act would be thrown overboard if the cities had their way about it. Nor | in this saying that the cities would be wise in consigning prohibition to a | watery grave. It is merely stating what | 1s believed to be a fact. If the expan- | glon of the teaching of rural soclology | would make the city chap catch the | viewpoint of the country boy, and the | country boy sec things as the city | chap views them, certainly there | would be a more sympathetic under- standing of perplexing problems by all the chaps and boys. FILLING BUS GAS TANKS The Public Utilities Commission of | Connecticut would do well to follow | the example of the commission in New Jersey which has adopted a rule for- | biading drivers of jitney busses to fill their gasoline tanks while there are passengers aboard. The danger of such & practice is obvious. Fire or explosion, with con- { sequent death or injury, could occur { without the slightest warning. There is no rule against smoking in many | local busses and escaping gas could easily communicate with a lighted | cigarette or cigar. In this case, it seems that what is | good for New Jersey is also goed for Connecticut. evenly divided, and both partics should have a delightful blun"‘, The cuss words a pedestrian learns come in handy later when he buys a flivver and wishes to describe pedes- trians. When the next war threatens, jingo manufacture of ordnance will have the active support of the publishers of memoirs. > It has been a long time since a man was canned by Greece because called The Just. | Patriotism Urges the maintenance of ;a great merchant marine, but patriot- ism is a very unnourishing substitute | for freight. Another objection to hands across the sea is that they itch in the palms. | Once in a while we begin to think | there is no more humor in America, and then some fat man's lowéflteru | are read in court. | Appareatly no man s equipped to | serve as European correspondent un- | til he has reinforced the capital “I" on his typewriter. Hint to officials: So live that it will never be necessary to explain that your private law practice needs closer personal attention. Statistics concerning .\merica’s im- portation of nuts are imperiect. They don't tell how many 5o lack when the lecture ig finished. Correct this sentence: “Look quick- Iy, John,” said the wife: “that charm- ing woman at the next table is trying to flirt with you.” time fixing the | the people grew tired of hearing him WOMAN ANDLOVER " DIE ON SCAFFOLD (Continued from First Page) |10 the soenes of the hangings as the law would permit Her Last Interyiew After last minute efforts to reprieve the prisoners had failed, Mrs. Thomp- son In her last interview with her pars brother and sister, said { “I am prepared. 1 have nothing on my soul” She added that Bishop Sitepney, who visited her earlier in the | night had ased whether she had any- ‘nlun" to confess, and that she had re. plied: “Nothing. T am innocent,” | Nywaters was allowed to spend an hour and a half with his mother whe was overcome with grief King Tums Deaf Far An organization ealling itself the “league of Christian intercession” an- nounced late In the night that it had made a last unsuccessful petition to the king to reprieve the condemped, Notwithstanding the agitation ngainst capital punishment which the cases have excited, none of the Lon. don newspapers, except the socialist Herald, ralses its volee today in pros test. Ramsay MacDonald, chatrman of the labor party in & communication to the Herald angrily declares the execu. tions to be an “outrage to every sensi- bility which marks civillzed beings from savages.'" Sensational Case The executions of Bywaters and Mrs, Thompson brought to an end one of England’'s most sensational murder cases since the Crippen affair and in- cidentally provided the first instance | of eapital punishment of a woman in England for 15 years, Percy Thompson, a shipping clerk, was stabbed to death near his home in | Iford, a London suburb, early in the | morning of October 4, last, while re- turning from a theater with his wife, When found, the body was propped against a wall, and his beautiful young wife was neeling nearby in a hysteri- cal condition. Bywaters Arrested Upon the strength of her story to the police Bywaters, 20 yecar old steamship steward, was arrested two days later and accused jointly with Mrs. Thompson of murder. An im- mediate sensation was caused when the police submitted at the first hear- ing an alleged confession in which Bywaters appearcd as declaring that his love for Mrs. Thompson had prompted the act. Later a series of remarkable letters was produced in which Mrs, Thomp- son, addressing Bywaters in the most endearing terms, urged him to study the effect of various poisons on the human system and told of bungling several attempts on her husband's life | by introducing varfous substances into his food. One letter told of using pow- dered glass from three electric bulbs but with "no effect.” Inteerst in the case was intense, and when the trial opened on Decem- ber 7 in Old Bailey, the courtroom was crowded with curious spectators, some of whom had stood in line from one o'clock in the morning to gain ad- mission. Was Old Friend It was shown during the trial that Bywaters had been a close friend of the Thompsons for some time. By- waters himself declared on the stand that he had seen Thompson strike his wife and he pleaded that in attacking the husband he did not jntend to kil but to chastise him. He declared he was forced to slay in self defense. The eviderce showed that Bywaters and Mrs. Thompson had been together the afternoon before the attack. Jury Acts Quickly The jury, which included one wom- an, returned a verdict of gullty against both defendants on December 11, after brief deliberation, and sentences of | death were immediately pronounced. Mrs. Thompson collapsed in the pris- | oner's dock moaning “I am not guilty, | T am not guilty” but Bywaters did not fiinch although also proclaiming his innocence. The lord chief justice on December 21 dismissed the appeals of the con- demned couple, and appeals for clemency were carried to the home office, the last resort, but without avalil. Woman Mostly Blamed Petitions in favor of Bywaters were | signed by more than a million persons but comparatively few came out for Mrs. Thompson. Public sympathy for the man was based largely on the be- | lief that he was the unwilling tool of | the woman who was eight years his senior, The last hope for the pair was shat- tered yesterday when Home Secretary Bridgman declared in answer to many queries that he could not depart from his decision and that the executions must be carried out. Persons living near Pentonville prison say that never before have they seen such crowds gather for an execu- tion. When the authorities of both jails postcd at the gates the brief of- fleial announcement that the death | sentences had been carried out the spectators rushed forward in such numbers that the police found it dif- ficult to maintain order and were obliged to summon reinforcements to | clear the street. Takes Secret to Gallows The last message between the lovers was entrusted last evening to the bishop of Stepney who carried to Mrs. Thompson from young Bywaters some word which she took to the scaffold | as a secret. | Shortly after her tallc with the bishop in which she protested her in- nocence, Mrs. Thompson collapsed. | Throughout the trying hours of the | night she underwent medical care | and at 5 o'clock this morning she suc- cumbed to the strain and sank into unconsciousnes She revived some- what, but when the hout of execution arrived she was only semi-conscious and had to be carried to the place | where she was put to death. In her moments of lucidness she | kept asking for Bywaters. Until al- | most the last moment a doctor re- mained with her. TO CURPAIL BORROWING Tokio, Jan. 9.—An effort is being made by the Kato ministry to keep the imperial government’s borrowing to 150,000,000 yen yearly. This would $68 Body Brussels, 9x12, $96 Taprac Wilton, $120 Anglo Kirman, 9x12, $185 Anglo Persian, amount to approximately 500,000,000 DEMAND PURE F00D Housewives of Sweden Unite For Im- provement in Houschold Prov isfons. Groceries, Etc. Stockholm, Jan. 9.—A hall mark of purity and excellenc: on goods for home consumption has heen estab- lished by the Swedish National House- wives association, according to Mrk. Agnes Ingelman, president of the as- soclation. Mrs. Ingelman states that the assoclation for years has been| working to secure the best merchan- dise for the homes, subjecting differ- ent products offered to scientific pur- ity and quality tests, The govern- ment Testing bureai, as well as the Domestic Sclence School of Upsala, have now placed themselves at the disposal of the association, This guarantee mark on household provisions, groceries and supplies will be granted only to those manufac- turers whose goods pass the tests, and on condition that they place this murki on all their goods guaranteed there- under. Periodically the goods are sub- jected to new tests to ascertain whether the standard is being kept up. In case the merchandise proves to have deterioriated the manufac- turer is immediately notified, and if he then falls to bring the goods up to specifications his right to use the guarantee mark of the assoclation is concelled, and the fact that he has been deprived of this privilege l.l published. The officlals of the Swedish asso- ciation are aware ol a similar activity in America under the name of the Potentia movement, and they have entered into correspondence with those back of this movement in’'Am- erica. ————— TR 25 Years Ago Today, (Taken from Herald of that date) pasmm——————t . B. F. Laubin will give the third of a series of organ recitals at the South church. He will be assisted hy noted singers. The officers of the Y. M. T. A. & B. scciety will be installed at a meeting of the society tomorrow afternoon. One of the most pleasant meetings in the history of Esther Stanley chap- ter, D. A. R, was held at the resi- dence of Mrs. H. D. Humphrey yes- terday afternoon. Statistics show that the third rail between this city and Hartford nets the company $258 per day in contrast with $135 per day with the former steam trains. Political talk has started about the town. The men who are being men- tioned most prominently for the re- publican nomination for the mayor- alty are C. J. Parker, J. A. Traut and | 0. F. Curtis. G. W. Klett's team won a hotly contested game of basketball at the Y M. C. A. last evening New Britain’s protest on the polo game played with Hartford last Mon- day was turned down at a meeting of the managers of the Southern New England Polo League held last eve- ning in the Hotel Garde in New Ha- ven. John A. Sautter, driver of a bakery wagon, complained to the police last| evening that his cart was robbed of all its cookies and pies by a crowd of boys. The police will investi- gate GAMERS vaided .a | SEIZE WOMED London, Jan. 9.-—Police be outside of the raising of necessary funds to redeem old bonds falling due, which, duri, 9 9 pe— gambling house and arrested 11, Ten| e - ey 9x12. .. 9x12. .... Reduced to $115 Also Smaller Rugs and Hall Runners Reduced in Proportion. This Bengal tiger inside the cage at the New York zoo is a bit wary of his “brother tiger” outside the cage. The latter is Walter Delavan, animal detective, in a disguise he has affected to study the whims and actions of the real animal. ————— EVERETT TRUE By Condo DEAR 3S'\R: I READ YOR LETTIER PuBUSHED TODAY IN THE NEWPARPERS IN WHICH YOU DISe CUSSED SSVERAL (MPORTANT MATTERS OF PURLIC CONCER N Nour CoMMUWNICATWON WAS FiLleD WTH CHARMING FIGURES OF 3PESeH AND VIVID FLASacS OF WIT. IT MADE VERY SooD REAPING . Yours FRATERNALLY, EVERETT TRLUS . = QY Gl = = T S:— To TeE PLBLe, . IN WRITING OPEN (ETTERS HOWEVER , MAKE , THEM RGALLY OPEN ML DON'T HIDE (MPORTFAN FACTS BEHIND CLEVER SMOKE Sceracnsill THE AMOUNT OF TRUTH IN WHAT You WROTS THIS TIMG WAS ABOUT ONC HALM OF ONE PR esnT L