New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1923, Page 6

Laae ne s New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Bunday Bxcepted) [ B Strest (Tesued Dally At Herald Bidg "MIFPION RATES $5.00 & Year $2.00 Three Monthe 50 » Momth New Britatn | Matte e 8t Watered at the Post o8 Becond TELEPHONE CALLS ness OF. oria! Fooms crtising medlum in baoks and press advertisers. " 926 B e only proftable the Olts. Clrealation Poom alwars [ Assactated Press % exclustvely entitled feation of all news atherwise Hieu ocal news pub Member of T Momber Audit Barean of Clreulation ™e A B 18 & natlensl organisation which furnishes newspapers snd adver tirers with rietly honest elreniation, ’ DAk s wpor toetion against tribution - eal adve . Our tals nudi fraud in newspaper dis to both national apd I APPOINTMENTS com- | New LEGISLATIVE It member mittees hus Pritain cannot complain of ill-treat- | | | | | ship on legislative any special value ment. Our representatives in the General Assembly have committees been appoints and, no ed to important doubt, wield ence during the session, \ator Covert is on the committee | m- will considerable influ. on roads, bridges and rivers, a © importance forever trying mittee of paramount be- eause the ruralists to and bridges | mended or In return for courtesics, Senatcr Covert is in a posi- have their roads replaced tion to bring many members of the around to his way of | He is also chairman of the s committee, Wiy there committee for clearly under- | bloc per- read legislature thinking manufacture should be a special manufactures is not stood. It savors system which controls Congress. manufacturers strongly of the after the haps, Governor Templet megsage and re- lean rongly toward elected alized that he the rustic population, him, they decided that the manufac- brought for a mem- which should be it tures committee off the where gome time, Mr. Covert is als \ew committee on counties | shelf has lain ber of the and county seats, Representative Christ is made | chairman of the finance committee. | This is known as a “strong” commit- | tee. The appointment of Mr. Christ | as chairman is a compliment to his | judgment. He is a new member of the | house, and new members usuaily | must accept crumbs instead of \\'lmlr‘i pieces of frosted cake. Representative Aliing is 2 member of the judiciary committee anc he may have something to a successor to Judge George W. Klett | of New Britain police and city courts 1f the latter is appointed United States | District Attorney for Connecticut and | resigns his place on the local bench. | Mr. Alling is Judge Klett's law partner | and is assistant judge of the courts in | this city. He may be promoted and | thus create a vacancy in the assistant judgship. He will be a good man for ambitious republican lawyers to shine up to. His friendship might be worth | having. Mr. Alling the high seas en route to Bermuda. His| friends hope that his sea voyage and | visit to warmer ciimes will improve his health. is now on THE CLAYTON CROSSING The above editorial heading has| been used so often in these columnus | that it might just as well have re- | mained in type. It is used again in the hope that final satisfactory action | on the elimination of that dangerous | crossing may be obtained. The city was not officially represented at the | last hearing where the means of do—l ing away with this menace was dis- cussed. If the city had been repre- sented officially quite possibly the New Haven road would not have been led t6 believe that its plar, differing entirely from the arrangement sought | by this city, might meet with approval. | The Herald called attention to the fact that this new plan was one which had been proposed long ago and not adopted. There must have been a reason for this. The plan is the rail- road's plan. The interest of the rail- road is not always the interest of the people. In this age of suspicion one is ‘apt to look for the joker in a proposal. The mayor has decided that the city should be represented at the hearing on this matter January 26. He calls for people interested to go to Hartford and oppose the plan. It is of prime importance that the mayor himself, or his duly authorized agent, be present to represent the city. The mayor has been active in seeking to have that crossing eliminated. His absence from the last hearing because, as he stated, the eity is not concerned in the lay- out as Commissioner Bennett would require the best and safest, Jras un- fortunate. As frequently stated in these columns the dangerous Clayton cross- ing will not be eliminated until it is actually eliminated. With a decision | by the utilities commission to do away | | | not have been carried out in all prob- | tton of Churches which lays down a | though based | ternational understanding and co-op- | If France goes ahead with her dras- | to press the Borah amendment call- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1028, THE THOOPS RECALLED When did President Harding make up his mind that it would be “safe" for him 19 recall the American forees Germany. Possibly it was not immediately after the Senate almost unanimously suggesied that he de so Possibly he had to wait until he found out how that suggestion was received by the Well, he found out Almost everyone is glad. Possibly, toe, that deeislon might net have been the President had pie- himself the awful outery been raised If even | Ameriean soldier had a nose Prench had advanced Possibly he imagined he heard the words of some | enemy who, in ease of such noses | bleed, would have eried out that the | President's delay had American bleod te be shed far across the Unquestionably it was a wise move to recall the treops, But the point is that the delay in making our posi- tion officially known has taken from that move the sharp edge of its signifi- cance, Long ago the President knew | that if America remained merely res | ceptive to suggestion, and did nothing, | France would invade the Ruhr, Only the most optimistic believed any set- tiement of the reparations would come through agreement be- tween England and France, The ad- ministration has not made either Eng- land or France feel, any more than it has made the people of the country feel, that It would be apt to take any reisive step. England is “surprised” that such action has now been taken; France “regrets” it. It was quite un- expected coming from the President. He did not seem to be that kind of a man. But as long as he has done this thing, practically under compul- sion, France will go ahead with her plan, which plan, incidentally, would nation made until tured to that would have bleed after the Ruhr into the basin caused more | | | abllity if, long age, this country's| President had authorized the firm tatement by the State Department to France that we would do the very thing we have now done—withdraw the troops—if France advanced into the Ruhr. THE FEDERATION'S STAND People expect church associations to take their stand against war. Pro- nouncements have come from such organizations in the past and the word of peace has been preached from pulpits. But usually there has been | complaint that such vronounct‘menl.‘i have been too vague and general h\‘; their character; that there is a suspi- | cion that those preaching peace do | not fully understand the ramifications of the questions discussed. 1t is good, therefore, to read the statement of the Connecticut Federa- definite platform which might be ap- plied to the present world crisis. Al- primarily upon the “needs of humanity,” “the entire scale of human interests” is duly con- sidered. The Federation commends the participation by the United States in | the permanent court of international | justice and the informal co-operation the United States is now giving to the league of nations along the lines of | humanitarian interests. But it goes| further than this and urges “the im- portance of some properly constituted assoclation as an instrument of in- eration,” and declares: “We should | welcome a conference of nations call- ed by our President to consider ways and means of re-construction in a} sadly disordered world.” The final passage is reminiscent of the Borah amendment which was) withdrawn by the Idaho Senator when he received the assurance that the administration was active in its plans to give aid in the European situation. | tic plans it will be seen how little | those administration plans accom- plished. Many will regret the failure ing for the Although France may pay little attention to in- formation as to the opposition of this country to her entrance into the| Ruhr, gained in secret, she would hesi- tate to disregard a call to a confer- ence issued by the United States. The action of the Iederation places it on record in a somewhat more definite manner than is usual under conference. such circumstances. OPEN ASON FOR G The head of the psychology depart- | ment at Stanford University declares that a tiny eell, invisible to the naked eye, from which man springs, deter- | mines what sort of an intellect he will | have. Grant this. He then says statis- | tics prove that inteliectually superior | people are slower in reproducing even | | than the socially incompetent. Grant this, also. He then deduces that there will be fewer of these tiny cells pro- of | duced by the intellectually superior in| may net know at all that he or she came from that kind of & eell, 1t is for older people to discover the faet for them. And the praeticsl advantage 10 be seen in this reasoning of the eminent psychologist s that in the near future there will be I8 gveat demand for genius. Anyone who has it should follow that line, No genlus should be turned from his business of being a genius and entieed inte any other line of activity because heing a genius is one field of endeaver whieh will not be overcrowded, Study yourself, too, If some inexplicable sensation possesses you investigate it, It may be the genius in you struggling for expression, RIGHT MAN IN RIG New Britain appreciates the tribute paid Dr, T, B, Reeks yesterday when | the Conneeticut Public Health Asso- ciation elected him its president at the annual meeting in New Haven, We don't know where the associa- tion would go to get a4 better man, a more enthusiastic man, & more capa- ble man, Dr, Reeks is a worker, He is blessed with energy in a worthy cause and he will e that cause with distinction, we feel confident, The present eficlency of the New Britain Health Department can be #e problem | partly ascribed to Dr. Reeks' industry | and to his restless spirit which strengthened him for the fight to raise standards here. He was instru- mental in obtaining laboratory equip- ment for the health department and in placing New Britain on & bhigh standard health-wise, It he discharges his duties as president of the Connec- ticut Publie Health Association as faithfully and as loyally as he once served the city of ~ New Britain as superintendent of health, the associa- tion will have cause to congratulate iteelf, A FAILING MEMORY Is the Hon. Henry Cabot slipping? During the debate in the senate last Saturday on the proposed withdrawal of all American troops from Germany, the sage of Nahant was among those who expressed their opinions, Mr, Lodge indulged in circumlocution to Lodge | some extent and then declared: “I have favered for a long time the withdrawal of the troops. The sub- ject was discussed here many months ago and I do not recall whether the senate passed resolution favoring the withdrawal of the troops or not.” Henry Cabot Lodge forgetting! Enough to make the Brahmins of Bos- ton shudder. It is Mr. Lodge's business to remem- ber, not forget. a Facts and Fancies (BY ROPERT QUILILEN). Where ignorance is bliss, don't ask what's in the hash. A hick place is one in which you can't go any place where you shouldn’t be. Getting old is just a slow process of shedding hair, teeth, and illusions. | Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, we get good biscuit only at home. That California man who shot a cow while in quest of deer meat found it dear meat. Only five more months until we be- gin to wonder what's the matter with Babe Ruth. | Home is a place where several small children keep the house in a mess. A high-brow evening isn't so bad if you can leave early and go‘'some place to have a good time, About the only difference is that a hen-pecked husband takes more care- ful aim at the ash tray. It's fair enough. The laundry fills| your shirts with pins to take the place of the buttons it keeps. That New York man who pln(‘edi $10,000. on deposit for his new-born son probably calls it a fresh heir fund. We can't help wondering how Adam felt when he discovered that Eve| didn’t know a darned thing about cooking. Just when we begin to think the human race is becoming more inteili- gent, another song of that kind makes a hit. the future. The result will be, course, that there will be fewer tellectually superior persons born into the world. There will be fewer germ | cells containing seed of unusual suc- | cess. ‘Therefore the average intelli- | gence of the population is decreasing and there will be fewer persons of genius in the world. in- important situation. All pcople should be on the watch for young persons with it this city should not fail to be detive at every hearing where the matter may be discussed. Finish what we start. . who may have sprung from one of All people should take notice of this | If somebody in the neighborhood |is learning to play one, you wonder (how anybody discovered that the | cornet is a musical instrument. Asbestos isn't the only fire-proof thing. There's the bookkeeper who | knows how the boss faked his income tax return. It frequently happens that the sur- geon who makes an incision to find | something wrong doesn’t find anything but a profit. those germ cells which did contain the seed of genlus. The young person A woman thinks hospitality consists in serving something to eat a man | thinks it consists in making the reom uncomfortably hot ' Thrift is the art of denying your self things you desire while young you don't want when you get old, B okalh | Correct this sentence | if Unel |said the wife; “I wish the old fossil | wouldn't visit us." | 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) The report of the retiring board in the ecase: of Lieutenant Colonel A, L. Thompson of the First Regiment made to the governor, recommends the retivement of the loeal man, A. J. Bloper and E, N, Stanley were elected directors of the New Britain National bank at the annual meeting today, C, H, Darrett, manager of the loeal basketball team stated that he is no believer in hoodoolsm, but he calls at- tention to the fact that Baturday {night's game of hasketball was the 13th of the season, 13 men were on the floor, 13 points were scored, and $13 was taken in at the door. In- cidentally the regulars lost the game, W. W, Hanna will open his skating rink in Hanna's Armory this evening, Lynch and Dunn's nine piece orches- tra will furnish the musi i DR, REEKS PRESIDENT | STATE HEALTH ASSN. (Continued from First Page) be pald by the state. The state would be divided into zones, the laboratories already in operation tak- ing care of all cases In their respec- tive zones, There were 110 health workers present at the association meeting, these including the majority of health officers, as well as many workers, Dr. Reeks expects to have the epring meeting held at.the New Brit- ain General hospital. If he is suc- cessful it will be a feather in the cap of the “Hardware City.” He will dis- cuss the plan with those who might be interested in the subject and antici- pates a favorable response. The Connecticut Public Health as- sociation was organized eight years ago by Prof. Irving Iisher and Prof. C. E. A. Winslow of Yale. It embraces nearly all the health department workers in the state and acts as a clearing house for ideas. It has justi- fied its existence by disseminating valuable information connected with health work and is now in a flourish- ing condition, being recognized as an important point of contact be- tween its members and modern prac- tices in the field of health work. WILL BREAK GROUND FOR NEW HOTEL ABOUT JAN. 22 Plans and Specifications Approved By Board of Directors—Representative of Construction Company Here, It was announced this morning that the contract for the construction of the Elihu Burritt hotel at the corner of Washington and West Main streets, for which stock was sold to New Britain people in thc early fall, will be signed next Monday. It is probable that ground for the hotel will be broken soon after January 22, but the exact date will not be known until the contract is signed. The H. L. Stevens Co. and New York will probably be the architects and engineers. H. B. Moore, a representative of the con- cern, was in New Britain yesterday and presented the plans of the com- pany to the local corporation. The drawings and specifications, have been approved by the hotel board of di- rectors. The proposed hotel is a Chamber. of Chicago the corporation was sold to New Brit- aln residents to the amount of §500,- 000 in a campaign conducted during the early fall months, INTERRUPTS PREMIER Communist Deputy Severely Criticized by Fellow Members Today Paris, Jan 11 (By Associated Press) —When Premier Poincare made his formal explanation in the chamber of deputies of the government's action in the Ruhr valley he was frequently interrupted by Marcel Cachin, com- munist deputy. These interruptions brought cries from the deputies on {the right and center: “Put the traitor out.” DEPOSED KING OF GREECE DIES TODAY (Continued from First Page) | ca ing to the front at one period of the mpaign. Last fall came the disaster of the Greek forces in Asia Minor speedily Ifollowed by the revolution in Greece which again swept Constantine off the throne. He abdicated and retired to Italy, and has been making his home recently at Palermo. Eight years or more have elapsed since Constantine I first ascended the throne of Greece; for three of these he was an exile in Switzerland, hav- ing been forced to abdicate by the allies owing to his pro German attitude during the war. Upon the death of his successor, his son Alexander due to the bite of a pet monkey, in October 1920, Constantine returned to Athens amid great enthusiasm of the Greek people a plebiscite having determined in fav- or of his restoration to power. Two years later Constantine was sgain an exile, having fled to safer shores after the Greek debacle of Sep- tember, 1922. His eldest son, Prince George, succeeded to the throne. Constantine had pursued an ag- of Commerce enterprise and stock in’| scovery and this | erder that you may buy things that | “I don't eare le Bill is & rieh old bachelor,” | | $30.00 $39.00 $42.00 $45.00 $59.00 $69.00 $45.00 $49.00 $55.00 $59.00 $22.00 $24.00 $12,00 $14.00 $18.00 gressive course following his second coronation, striving to increase the territory of Greece and win popular favor by successful military opera- tions. The strategy ef the Turkish nationalists, howev and the al- leged treachery of several high officials of the Greek government brought down on the Hellense, one of the most disdstrous military routes in thelr history, and Constantine abdicated and fled to Italy with his family when the revolutionary party announced that it was forming a new govern- ment. Turks Begin Opposi.ion The treaty of Sevres, by the sign- ing of which peace was de.'ared bee tween the Allies and Turkey, gave the Greeks control of Smyrna and the greater part of Thrace which, for centuries, had been Turkish territory. The Turkish nationalists, led by Mus- tapha Kemal Pasha, in revolt against the Constantinople government, op- posed the provisions of the treaty awarding those regions to Greece and, as a result, in the spring of 1921 the question of revising the document was discussed at an allied conference fn London attended by representatives of the peoples involved. Despite Greek protests, the treaty was modified and (this, together with reports of Turkish atrocities against Greek colonfes in Asia Minor, led to war between the forces of Constantine and Mustapha Kemal. King Takes Field Constantine, after seevral Greek successes, took the field agalnst the Turks in Anatolia in July, 1921, with the hope, it was thought, of quieting factional strifc at home and further strengthening his popularity. The capture of BEski-Shehr, an important raflway junction, from the Turks shortly after the king's arrival at the front, s the signal for wild dem- onstrations ™ Athens, the crowds marching through the streets and ac- nation. The Turks, outnumbered, were driven back toward Angora, the nationalist capital. During the fight- ing, Constantine w one time remained 20 minutes, doctors heing summoned from Athens to save his life. Was Germany's Friend was generally attributed to the claiming Constantine and the Greek stricken with in- testinal trouble at Eski-Shehr and at uncongcious for Constantine’s devotion to the cause of Germany and the Central Powers in- fluence of his wife, Sophia, a Hohen- zollern princess and sister of Emperor William of Germany. Criticism of him was aroused by his repudication of the treaty between Greece and Ser- bia pledging the support of either power if the other were attacked by Bulgaria. Constantine asserted that Greece was not bound to carry ouf her part of the pledge because Ser- bia was attacked, not only by Bul-| garia but by Austria and Germany and that if Greece had - interposed, she would have suffered the fate of Belgium. Abdication Demanded. The demand for his abdication was not based upon this failure to fulfill treaty provisions but upon hin repeat- | ed dismissals of Greek parliaments | and to charges that he or Greek min- isters under hig direction had aided | the Central Powers by permitling the | establistment of German submarinc Brussells 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 9x12 » Velvet » Axminster 'hases in Greek waters, surrendering Greek forts and men to Bulgaria and by declining to remove the menace of his army from the rear of the entente torces on the Macedonian front. When the allies occupied part of Athens to enforce a demand for a surrender of ten batteries of Greek artillery to compensate for the surrender of Greek guns to the Central Powers, fighting ensued and there were about 1200 casualties. The king surrendered the batteries. Meanwhile, because of the conduct of Constantine, Venizelos had established a provisional govern- ment at Saloniki and organized an army, declared war on some of the allies of the Central Powers and was constantly gaining accessions from the former adherents of Constantine, whose followers steadily were leaving him. The entente powers laid an em- bargo on imports to Greece as a re- sult of which the Greeks suffered se- vere deprivations before the king was forced to abdicate. Constantine’s relgn March 18, 1913, when dated his from father @XCUuSS ME, SIR, I'M A STRANGER |HERE. CoulD I\oU DIRECT ME To THE PosT \S Ma TO HIM_A | can, COUPLE 0 BLOCK S AND THEN SOUTH THREE BLoeks NGEeR HERE ! SUN'S MOT SHINING AND [F RE DOESN'T CARRY COMPASS YOUR DIRECTIONS ARE AS USEFRUL S A TOOTHPICK IS TO AN OYSTER 9x12 Reduced to $25.00 ALL SIZES REDUCED IN PROPORTION B. C. PORTER SONS “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” George I was assassinated. He was born on August 3, 1868, was educated by German tutors and received mili- tary instruction at German army maneuvers. ‘Was War Hero. After having been once dismissed as commander of the Greek army iy 1909, because of popular eclamor |against him, Constantine then crown | prince, became a national hero in the | Balkan war of 1912, by leading a |Greek army to the capture of Salon- iki from .the Turks, as a result of which he was accorded the popular title of “The Liberator."” Prince George, the eldest son of Constantine, also pro-German, who was excluded from succession by the allied terms which compelled his father's abdication In' 1917, accom- panied the royal party to Asia Minor in 1921 and was a member of the staff of the Greek commander, Gen. eral Popoulas. George was born July 19, 1890 and married Princess Eliza. beth of Rumania in the spring of 1921, You Qo EAST A AND THON You TURN A S THE STRAIGHT ANCAD ON THIS STREET TWO TBLOCKY, THEN TO. 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