New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1923, Page 6

New Britain Herald | FERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY (Tosued Dally, Sunday Bacepted) At Herald Bldg., 7 Ohurch Strest, | _— | SUBSCRIFPTION RATES: $5.00 & Year #2.60 Three Mentha The » Month, New Britaln Pntered at the Post OMe Matter, 88 Becond Class Mal TELEPHONE CALLS: Rusiness OMeo . [ Bditertal Fooms [t | not @srtising medium 18 m uiv profita press Cireglation beaks and open 1o advertisers, Member of Tie Associated Press Assoriated Press is exclusively entitled 0 the use for re-publication of afl news eredited to It or not atherwise credites in this paper and also local news pubs Hehed hereln. Myember Audit Pmrean of Cireulation | e A B O s a natlonsl organization which furnishes newspapers and adver: | tirers with a striotly honest analy ot elrculation, Our oirculation statls are | bused upon this nudlt, This insures pro- | tection against fraud in newsraper dls tributian fgures to both mational aud le- cal advertise: = CHARTER CHANGES, Those who favored the plan to extend the second taxing dis- triet will favor also the new plan of original | the highest abllity line NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1023, Discharged Major Sues West Pointer | Koty and Fancies| 1o advise wisely would be The salary should | be placed at & figure that will allew | Tnability u....l expensive of of a lawyer of the employment The Prosecuting Attorney’s duties inereaged the abelitien of the bitlen presecuting agent. knowledge the degres tremendously sinee office of Expert legal but the | have prohi is required here, also net to necessary in office The of the eity's adviser sug gested vaise of this salary is entirely proper. | The hazard eonnected with the post | of the is that The and the sense of responsibility deep. | Ability and special knowledge in this great deal to the whose in | of Chief Vire department coming At the time mental strain is great of & fire wort + city are of the 4 source cf of the Fire department day and night l Phese three positions, at least, -muml positions of such importance their incumbents should be adequately paid property Chief people anxiety to the recognized as that THE END NOT YET confirmed motorist looks back to the day when he first drove his first car, The joy it; the wonderful sense of power; the feeling of supers jority over poor pedestrians that filled Thus he drove in happiness and The of him! | ward off that | discass, the b i And other agencies In toueh with deficient persons in order that, through treatment to At the individ uals, the olty may be #iven the greatest ehance for nermal | develapment | These the young ef movements are caleulated to | the complained of by people whe see ultimate disaster 19 the country in the inercasing number inte the | meet menace of “unft" children coming world, These movements seek to| disaster by fundamentally sound treatment of the | disease rather than by drastie action propagation unfit to bring ehildren If the country may be considered @ person aflicied by & “treatment” movement described might be compared to pers stent, patient use of medicine as op- posed 10 the easier method of operat- ing advocated by those would stamp out the disease of erime without attempt to save the eriminal to a life of power and usefulness. It is far bet- ter for patient and community if a sufferer's affected arm is treated and cured and the arm saved than it would be to have the arm cut off and the wealth of the community lessened by Jjust the amount of constructive Jvork that urm would be able to do, Alarmists and pessimists have little to encourage them in their unhappy predieted in making powerless of those who are inte the werld, whe By selling milk and eg ?B from his little farm m llupkmton, or, BE THRIFTY teran Succeeds by Plan U During Thrift Week the K Prgtect game vank (lu Capt. James W, English whe '::;‘u::ry. b, ’ started with 8§50 after the Olvil war —— and worked his way up until, at 89, he Our objection to chicken sulad ..-:u uumn‘:‘ui'n head of a chaln of lead- v ved to | InE banks. ::::.'::.‘“‘ o0 hed bp:taved 4 Atlanta, Ga., Jan 17.—1 kpew the | past-war days would be mu'huum: the man who|Put by every cent 1 could rake ah sorape in the army. Aftgr my dis- hardest to charge 1 worked hard, and & Nt- tle of what | earned 1 saved, It was mighty littte, but 1 did it every week, and soon I bes gan to see haw even @ little money, thriftily saved, could be turned over in business. Thrift taught me business judgment, and business © judgs ment enabled me to make progress, Thrift is the greatest asset a per- |son can have, With it, success s |certain, Without it, success Is usu- ally impossible, | RAID ATLANTIC CITY (‘Al"l‘?fi' Home is & place where you gel & fresh napkin on Wednesdays and Sun- days. — Some amateur hunbers doubtiess —_— In case of & quarrel, (cusaes loudest trying keep up his courage. A hick town is a place where every- body phones Central to ask the time when the eclock stops, As a general thing, howev conscience keeps its mouth shut unul | you have had your fll, Nature doesn't seem so infallible when you reflect that a mule's range finders are in the front, while his main Litteries are mounted aft. It is only a question of time until] preachings when they view the inter- | Mass., Major Maleolm Wheeler, discharged from the army for al-f -t /% 65 & S topear where est taken in this country in these|leged insubordination, manages to eke out an existence for his|inere is susfering or ofl. 1 movements looking to the salvaging of | Wife and childven, His dmclmr;rc followed a letter to President —_—— | | | | Large Quantity of Liquor Selzed— Several Stills Found Atlantie City, N, J,, Jan, 17,—8tung by continued eriticlsm, detectives un- der the leadership of Rev, John L. Adams, “prohibition parson” of Ocean the charter revision committee to ex-|a shiny car. Then came the first tend it so that it will take in all of | little trouble. Perhaps his vehicle the first district with the result that|stopped, gradually, unwillingly, and the city would have but one taxing | would not procced, Perhaps he work- district. The same arguments show- | €d for hours over it'and then, at last, the criminal and the reduction of the | Harding in which he accused U, S, Army of “Prussianism.” Major| Another thing that would help this number of his kind. Wheeler has entered suit agmmt Brig. (:cn. Sladen, West Point, “":“:";‘l'l:’ ‘:::'10‘: ‘J‘u'u'h”' ng of more | commandant, for $100,000 damages, 3 ing the advantage of such extension apply to this new plan and the only point raised against it is that some farm land would be included. Ordi- nary common sense in the assessment of such farm lands, the assessment being made with due reference to the fact that they are included with resi- dential property, would equalize the taxes to be paild and furnish no argu- ment against the that would come from simplifying the tax arrangements. As previously pointed out the plan will eventually benefit owners of property in the Belvidere section, and is a step forward. The plan to appoint some local bank agent for keeping and investing the ecity’s sinking fund would be merely making use of expert advice and service where expert advice and service are needed. While F. 8. Chamberlain served the city it had the benefit of that advice and bene- fited by it. It is a wise provision to see to it that the eity will not lose the good of similar advice even though it must regretfully give up the splendid service of Mr. Chamber- lain. Possibly some plan may be made whereby there will be impar- tiality shown in this matter. Civil service requirements, at pres- ent, embarrass the authorities in se- curing the best available men for cer- tain places in the fire and police de- partments. It would be unfortunate if the civil service were to be aban- doned permanently in these depart- ments, but its temporary abandon- ment, at least, may be necessary in order to avoid these embarrassments. There is a present agiwation to alter the civil service laws of the state. Pending some change to meet condi- tions in these departments, it may be necessary to taKe these departments out of the civil service. It is to be hoped that a gengral modification of the law, however, will so change the requirements that the civil service may be restored to both departments. advantages THRIFT WEEK. Again comes a week during which the wisdom of cultivating the habit of thrift is being ecmphasized. Al- though it is an old message to most people, it is one that will bear repe- tition. And it must be remembered that it is, each year, to many children st growing into ability to understand what “thrift” means. To those children, hearing the message of thrift for the first time, it should be made especially clear. But there are many older people who, understanding thoroughly that “thrift” means carc and economy and saving in regard to money, do not grasp the bigger idea that the spirit of the broader meaning of the word suggests habits having nothing to do with actual money. If thrift week will emphasize for them the value of foresight, thought for the future, wise saving of crergy for worth while things, eficiency, a gain through vig- orous growth in every way, mentalily, morally, spiritually as well as finan- cially, then thrift week will be de- cidedly valuable to them and to the community. And there shouid be no over-emphasizing of the value of money above the other, intangible riches of life, even in thrift week. a new message SALARIES. In determining the proper salary of a city official there are three things to be considered especially, namely the amount of work the position re- quires, the character of that work, whether expert or ministerial, and the hazard in connection with it} The common council salary commit- tee has recommended increase in sal- aries of the Corporation Counsel, the Prosecuting Attorney and the Chief | of the fire department. The office of Corporation Counsel pequires the highest degree of expert legal knowledge, Unconsidered legal advice from this source might cof! with the courts, social agencies, public jowed vocational Thyrsday. the city many thousands of dollars. . | surrounded the criminal, | regarding him discovered that he was out of gas, Or perhaps he found out that something was actually the matter with the en- gine, Since that day the motorist, a sea- soned veteran now fully acknowledg- ing his debt to his car and the pleas- ure and profit it has given him despite occasjonal troubles, has been through cverything with his more or less faith- ful car. He imagined that there was no automobile trouble with which he was not familiar. Possibly he has owned every make on the market. They are all good, of course, but trouble happens in the best of auto- mobile families. Yes, he fancied he had learned all about motor troubles and the worries attendant upon own- ing a car. . This was his fancy until the other day, and then—and then a new one burst upon his wise horizon, He had guarded against fire, against theft; he had taken every precaution against trouble; he had forescen everything, he thought—everything except the caving in of a garage roof where his car was resting. All of which goes to prove that, cven for a motorist wise in all things, there is, after all, something new un- der the sun. CLEARING THE STREETS. Admitting the sincerity of the Cham- ber of Commerce in its desire to expe- dite the clearing away of snow from the city's streets, its wisdom in sug- gesting the purchase of additional equipment is questionable. Getting the snow away depends on man power, and labor - looks with | doubting eye on an invitation to shovel snow. Under ' present condi- tions, factories might be likened to a gigantic magnet, and labor. to the] atoms which fly toward it. Tactories offer steady employment in warm surroundings. The best the city can offer to snow shovelers is temporary employment under conditions which are not conducive to persorfal com- fort. . 1t would not be of great benefit for the city to buy more equipment. Fair| progress has been made against the compared with many other cities, The big problem is to get men to shovel it into trucks after the mechanical equipment of the depart- ment of public works has plowed it away from the center of the streets and has made a path for vehicular traffic. It is unfortunate for all concerned that we cannot into the future and learn whether we will have many more storms this winter, and in fu- ture winters. The vagaries of New England's climate are that balmy spring may pay early visit, and we may not have any snow for the next few case the investment for equipment would be burden on the taxpayers. Men, not machinery, is city needs. snow, see such us an years, new street an undesirable what the STUDY OF CRIMINALS The present day interest in crimin- als is impressive. "There is a discus- sion now of the unfairness of sending persons to prison, all guilty of lhr" same offense commijtted under like circumstances, but compelled to serve sentences of differing degrees of sever- ity. It is urged that the judge im- posing the sentence should be inform- all the which had mental ed of influenc his and physical condition and other facts | before imposing flw\ sentence. The end sought is justice; the hope is the possibility of correct- ing the influences that have prndnrldl the eriminal. In Cincinnati there Psychiatrie Clinie, its aim being to re- duee the number of criminals through treatment and correction of social in- fluences in the individual lives of the young. The clinic is to co-operate is to be a| "gchools, board of health, THE CLAYTON CROSSING, o ‘Again this matter comes up in con- sidering the suggestion of Alderman Johnson to build a new road and to “block off," not eliminate the Ciuyton crossing. No one may justly denounce Mr. WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD City, raided seven cafes on New York avenue, The ralders confiscated a Jarge quantity of liquor hidden In the estab- lishments, The agents and detectives then visited a number of other places about the resort, in one of them dis- covering- several of the largest stills so far located about the city or country, If Franee ever does understand American public opinion, we trust she will explain it to America, The reason a little success goes to the head is because it finds so much empty parking space there. The 1922 award for subtle flattery {in our favor something we sought. amination for admission to the Hart- Curtin and In such a|” a lodging house here for two weeks. |ing to southerly Thursday Johnston's plan nor the plan of th New Haven road, similar to it, with- out having made a thoroiigh study of the situation and a thorough in- quiry of property owners near the Clayton crossing who might be affect- ed by blocking off this crossing in- stead’ of bridging it or adopting other menns of making it safe. But the great point to be empha- sized is that this city, which has made a fight for the elimination of the Clayton crossing, should be a unit as to the best plan for accomplish- ing the purpose. The city's advice may be disregarded, of course, and any plan may possibly be adopted which will “eliminate” the crossing. But there should be no internal dis- pute carried before the public utili- ties commission, suggesting that we did not know what we wanted, and resulting in a possible action by the commission that would not bring a decision approved by those most con- The commission has decided By Charles P. Stewart ‘rance having made good her threat to try hurrying up payment of | her war claims by a seizure of Ger- man territory, a state of affairs exists in Europe which may end in any one of a good many different kinds of trouble, For instance, a revolution in (‘m- many wouldn't surprise anybody. Any government which permits the coun- try it rules to be invaded by a for- clgn power's troops is bound to be blamed. This furnishes discontented elements with a chance to grab at control. On one hand, the German “reds” might attempt it. On the nther hand, the royalists might. Or the Russians might think it an opportune time to try to gain some advantage. The “little entente,” consisting of| new, war-formed countries in eastern| Europe, is a source of uneasiness. In fuct, it's understood their premiers ‘arc about to meet at Relgrade to adopt a plan, similar against Hungary. ' Italy. just on gencral principles, is so uneasy that Premier Mussolini has ordered a partial mobilization, Trouble in western and central Europe, by distracting attention from the turbulent Near East, makes Tur-| key very independent, The very fact that it's impossible cerned. It is to be hoped that no division in our ranks will take from the value of that decision. e ._a. 25 Years Ago Today! (Taken from Herald of that date) L 0 <€ only adds to lho fc-vlmg of anxiety. . FRANCE AL\IOST ALON London and Washington disap- prove strongly of what France has done. It isn't that there’ at either of these capit many. They both consider the Germans are able to pay, ought to be compelled to do it. they regard it as at least ver ful if Germany is able to do so. Ju«t as they were hoping the world wi going to settle down, with some pros- pects of a return to ‘normalcy.” they're much dissatisfied by France's refusal to abandon a policy calculated to upret everything again. Pretaier Bonar Law of England marlked his objections to the I'vench| course by quitting the conference with the French, Italian and Belgian prem- jers when he found he wasn’t going to be listened to. It has been learned that Myron Herrick, United States ambassador to France, without actually protesting against the French advance into the Rulr, did tell Premier Poincare that the Washington adminibtration was opposed to it. Roland W. unofficial the reparations commission, likewise told the French, Italian and Belgian delegates that he didn't belicve Ger- many could pay I'rance’s claims, and said he agreed with England. The United few troops still on German soil. They didn’'t mean much in a military way, but their recall implied a protest, It scems even Premier Mussolini protested, through Italy voted with France on the reparations commis- sion, A. P. Marsh who had 28 chickens killed by dogs owned by Fred Josi nd Louis 1. C. Teiche, has presented 4 bill for $50 damages to the select- men, Some of the board seem to think that the bill is high and a hear- ing will be held on the matter soon. James E, Cooper has passed the ex- ¢ sympathy s with Ger- that if they | ford County Bar. He is now associ- ated with Mr. Hungerford. W. W. Hanna is in New York on usiness and is expected to return to this city some time next week. John F. Mechan is said to be pre- paring to open a stone yard on North Main street. « Irank J. Porter, who has just re- turned from a trip to the West, said the the furniture business in Michi- gan is experiencing a decided boom. The state convention of the Knights of Columbus will be held in Willi- mantie, February 1. The delegates from New Britain will be Thomas Thomas W. Fagan from Ferdinand council and John R. Gaff- ney and M. J. Kinney from Carmody couneil. KILLS HIMSELF Maine Man Shoots Two Bullets Into Own Head After Choking and Shooting Woman. Sanford, Me, Jan. 17.—Warren Brown, who sent two bullets into his temple last night after choking and shooting Mrs. Annie Nason, died to- ool day. It is believed Mrs, Nason will| i, | BORIE W Coneh. recover. A i The police said a quarrel preceded | - n the shooting. The two had been at| GERMANY DOESN'T RESIST | France first seized Essen, seat of the great Krupp factorics; then Gel- senkirchen, center’ of the Ruhr coal indu it's cxpected still more oc- | cupations will follow. | There was a hostile gathering but not much trouble at Essen. Munich also has been the scene of anti- French gathering and Bavar |ally, which is regarded as r 1 excited. The Mem r is in a state Brown leaves a widow at Kennebunk, where Mrs. Nason's husband also | lives. WEATHER REPORT Fair and Colder Tonight—Thursday Clondy and Somewhat Warmer For Connecticut: Fair and slightly | FePortee {colder tonight; Thursday cloudy and | in Fast warmer; fresh northwest winds smrl-‘“"" r, reported in some |mean a desire to join the new ,,,,pquu. of Lithuania; in others to be {anti-I'rench. The German government, alist, is 1 distriet, ssia of dis- re- Conditions: The western ridge high preseure now extends from On- tario southwestward to Louisiana. It| lis producing pleasant weather with |sanctioned no resistance to Jow temperatures in all districts east|I'rench invaeion, saying it sti of the Mississippi river. Zero tem-|the Versailles tre which peratures were reported from Michi- |cuses I'rance of breaking. It |gan, New York, Vermont, New Hamp jcalled the German diplomatic repre- ghire and Maine, and freezing tem- |sentatives from Paris and peratures as far south as Georgia and gave notice that all talk of pay- Conditions favor for this vicinit ing war damages to I'rance and Be'- fPalr and continued cold tonight, fol-|gium is off un by rising temperature on{of Germany. the to Irance's to tell what may happen, or where,| But| Boyden, | American representative on| tates, too, recalled her| co-operating | quarters to however, | Drusscis | I their troops are out Germany protests against thn Enhr. Events of the Week. Briefly Told Invagion were sent to London and | Washington, but it's understood they won't be answered, England and the | United States feeling, despite their | disupproval of the Trench course, ‘(‘.ul. there isn't anything they cnn do "wuut it at prnwnl . . WHAT CO\IES NEXT? | There are plenty of signs that the French, now they're in the Ruhr, hardly know what to do next. Presumably they counted on dealing ‘th'-rn with the great Rhincland Coal Syndicate, but this organization, just before their arrival, moved bag and| haggage to Hamburg. It had to leave |its properties behind, but they must| be worked to enable the French to get | anything out of them and the French | lack the workers' good will. They| | might bring their own from home; | but moving an entire industrial popu- | lation from one country to another f5 a tremendous undertaking. The difficulties she faces may be responsiblé for I°rance's talk now of a considerable extension in the time | permitted Germany to meet the damage claims against her, France in the meantime retaining control in |the Ruhr and exacting certain other | conditions, such as Germany's sub- | mission to allied supcrvision of her ! finances, to living within her income and to raising an internal loan to stabilize the mark Dut will Germany agree? That probably will depend on the muiltipli- | cation of her own difficulties and the | result of her observation of France'e. | " KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN When the French government sent [tmnps into the Ruhr, it was inter- | preted generally as a rejection of Sec- retary of State Hughes' proposal of an i-:t(rnauonul honrd of financiers to Jermany was able [to pay. Maybe this was a mistake, It seems |the Hughes' pian was laid definitely Jrr fore Premier Poincare, who neither | turned it down nor expressed | hostility toward it Hopes are entertained that it may | be accepted yet, if the Rubr venture proves a failure, At any rate, it is id the Washington government is keeping the “door open,’gwith a view |to a tender of its “good offices” if it ‘rfim‘l\P% any intimation that it would | | be well received, e T MERELY MATTER OF POLITICS The Poincare government’s position in England and Ame has not been strengthened by the widely expressed 8 countries that the ¢ expedition was dictated by nothing but a hope of gaining politica! advantage at home through what it though would be a | popular move, | Naturally it's the consensus of | opinion that the world's peace never should have been endangered for any | such reason. Nevertheless it's felt that the gove |ernment, if such was its motive, will | be likely to changé its policy very quickly if it finds it made a mistake, ‘\\'hir\h is what it probably will find | if it can’t get much out of Germany h and American coldness |affects France’s own credit unfavors ably . oo British “debt commission,” led {by Chancellor of the otherwise Sec: of Treasury— Stanley Baldwin, in conference with the government in Washington con- cerning settlement of England’'s war obligations to the land expeets to vants more time probably will be « s s The pay every cent, but and lower interest. nese arranged. At Lausanne the settlement of Eng- | land’s differences of opinion with Tur- key has made fair progress and peace prospects are better. The have not stopped Qh" Jannary blflh-ntom\ is carbuncie of rubv-red Bo- | Garnet, both the brownish-red |the ancients and the | hemian stone. any |} ixchequer— United States. Eng- | Turks, | making | { Hydrogen is not found free in nature exceit In natural gas. should go to the New York burglar who raided a poet's apartments, Every once in a while you read a magazine story that isn't written with one eye on its scenario value, Social graces are natural to women, but a man never really shines in so- ciety unless he has a’bald head. Concerning reparations, France is beginning to realize that the larger a thing is the easier it is to dodge. There will be universal peace when those unfit for military service are required to foot the entire bill When a man gets a good case of religion, h2 can forgive almost every- body efcept the person he has wrong- ed. A man is old when he will begin a divorce story on Page 1 and lost in- terest when he finds it is continued on Page T. Correct this sentence: “I like the new neighbor,” said the wife, ‘“be- cause she is friendly and wishes to borrow everything.” UNITE AGAINST THOMPSON Three Chicago Republican Factions Back Leuder for Mayof, Chicago, Jan. 17.—Arthur O. Leu- der, postmaster, has the endorsement of three independent factions of the republican party to oppose Mayor ‘Thompson for thé republican mayor- alty nomination in the primary Keb, 27, The final move to combine the anti- Thompson' factions for one candidate came when former Governor Charles §. Deneen and his friends announced that they had endorsed Postmaster Leuder, EVERETT TRUE 300 MAIN ST. Strictly fresh eggs 61c. Russell Bros. —advt. R T PV STARTING NEXT MONDAY .KK'5 20th CRUISE, Juue £ ¢ i MEDITERRANEAN Aad fiurope, by Specially Chartered White St “BALTIC” *une*. (1 ay cruise, S600 upward, including Hotels, Drives Guides, etc.._Personally sccompanied snd nian: aged by B, C. Clark. 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