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

business conditions to he § per cent normal-—te the geod condition of business and ihdustry in New Eng- . . New Britain Herald |0 WERALD PURLISHING POMPANY (Tasued Datly. Sunday Exeapted) AL Herald Bidg., 67 Church Btrest, -'II"RII’?I(“; RATES: 0000 8 Year 1260 Three Months The & Month land | It is interesting to note that Bab son's predietions, made when we were in the midst of the great depression, coming true, He as the depression hit New 8- it touched other parts of New England would be| | are that land bhefore | the Batersd st the Post OMos st New Britaln & Becond Olase Mal' Matier, e Il""fl';‘ cALLS: Pusthors Ofics . { Bditertal Fooms . N | The anly proftab the Otry, Cireuln mom afwaye open Momber of T.@ Assoctated Press Prors ta_exclusively entitied o publication of all news erwise «rediten 1o pub- country vecover. His personal ins | different parts of the first to estigations of the the country, which he is now eonduets ing, show that New England has been | the first section And of | more interest still, practically speak- that the for Connecticut hardware very great for some years to come,” Statements such ning from a man of Mr, Babson's international reputation, is the best sort of advertising this state value to recover 8 is the In thie paper sad alsw Arhed hereln demand ‘should Member Audlt Wurean of Cireulation e A, B, O fa & national which furn‘shes newspapors tirers with & strictly honest analy elreulstion Our eireulation statistics are bused upen this nudit. This insures pro. teetion against fraud In newupaper die. tribut’an fgures to both waticual and le- eal advertisers. FINEME JURED Note is made of the fact that two officlals of the fire department were painfully injured at a fire early yes- terday morninrg, not because there is anything remarkable about the pain- ful injuring of firemen, fighting fire In bitter cold weather under most disad- vantageous conditions, buf rather be- cause there is_in fact, nothing re- as this, can reeeive, and is of especial to this city Another bit of advertising Mr, Pab. son gives—and it must be nmemhar.l ed that his statements are read all over the country-~is that “New Eng- land s fast becoming the great sum- mer playground of the United States as people go to Forida and Call- fornin in the winter, they visit New England in the summer,” * A little human touch is given the statistician's statement by his quoting markable aborthe ‘‘incident.” Fire-| Ford who pays New JFingland the men feel that it is a fifty-fifty chance compliment of saying that although whether or not they will be injured | he expects to sell more of his cheaper each time they answer an alarm, | Cars in some sectiony of the country, Taking those dangerous chances is|and more of the more expensive ones part of their work. They take those | in other sections, he expects to sell ' chances willingly. more of both in New FEngland, thus But it is worth while, especially at indicating that the prosperity of this this time, to call attention to the fact | section, in Ford's opinion, is not con- that these men might have been killed |fined to any particular class of peo- instead of being “painfully infured.”{ ple. Firemen may be killed any day. It is worth while for people who hear an A WELL-DESFRVED REST. alarm about four o'clock of - a cold To all men the law of compensa-| winter morning, turn over in bed and [ j5 applies, As we deserve reward, complain, perhaps, because they have| . ape we rewarded. A well-spent been disturbed in their sleep—it 1S| o pears fruit in inner satisfaction, worth while for such peopie to remem- | 1), rajoicing of the heart, a reward ber that the ringing of that alarm | ith which no other can compare. means the firemen of the city on duty When E. H. Davison resigned from will not “turn over in bed” not “com- presidency of the American ot "t the plain,” but will go out into the cold | yogjery Gempany Thursday ho, had to do the work they expect to dofine satisfaction of looking back with in which, quite possibly, they may|an casy conscience and knowing that find death waiting for them. Such|he had done well by the company thought, by people who do not have to | in whose ranks he enlisted fifty-four take those chances, may convince) vears ago and by the army of em- them that they would not care to be| ployes who have given their share in the firemen's shoes even if there| of service to the common end that were but one fire a year—since that|the enterprise might flourish. one fire might bring danger. And such Mr. Davison has not retired. His “thought might make people a little| fine mind is still needed to help standing on the| direct the ship of business along its street corner and shouting .against|cours2. He is still a member of the the twoeplatoon system, or shouting board of directors. His experience for a cut in the pay of the firemen. and judgment are at the. command of those whose money is invested in the company. He will not be so active in its management, as in the backward about A BOYS' COURT There is a great deal more to the matter of the Boys' Court which is to past, but it.is reassuring to the stock- he operated again this in the | holders to know that they can call Tioys' Club, than appears at first|upon him for advice and that it will thought. Of course the idea of the|be forthcoming. boys hearing other boys in their pleas| When a man has to be excused for committing some | than half a century small offense within the jurisdiction | enterprise he may be pardoned for of the court, is intriguing and inter- | asking to be excused from further esting. The picture of a boy sitting | responsibilities of the daily grind. He in judgment on another and discharg- | 1 justified in asking that younger ing or sentencing” him appeals to shoulders take over the burden. Mr. evoryone at all interested in hoys. All| Davison has pursucd this course and! will say it is a splendid idea, capable { While the younger men in the organi- of ‘miich good. zation were loath to have him step But the intensely important part of | 2side, they gladiy marched into the the whole affair is the success or | Preach. failure of the venture, not the jus-| Mr. Davison expects to enjoy a tice or injustice of the judgement in | Weli-earned rest., His associates, The one particular case. The sentence will (Herald and other friends express the never b severe enough to be sarious; | 1OPe that his days will be filled with no great harm would be done if one | SUnshine, his evenings with the glory of two boys Wwho deserved the censure | Of beautiful subsets and his nights of the court escaped punishment. But | Vith slumber that comes to it is important that the boys be allow- | Men Who have worked hard. ed to learn by experience how much more satisfactory life will be in their small world if justice prevails, than if citizens of that boys' world are al- lowed to do about as they please. And the only way they may learn this ‘8o that they will never forget it is by @wactical experience. The judgment of the 1 ‘will be wrong in many cases. A pepu- lar boy will be treated more leniently than an unpopular jad. A strong lad will probably get off lightly where a little chap may be given “the limit” if he transgresses. Those wrongs will come in this boys' world just as they | come in the world of the grown-up boys. But tHe “court” must not be discontinued for all that. There may be chaos in that ' world for a while, but the reform s lowed to dome because the boys see that justice is ry—that the wealk boy'must be treated as fajrly as year devoted more to any single restful FUNDING BILL PASSED All people of this country except those who allow their hatred of Eng- land to cloud their sound judgment will be glad that the debt funding bill, containing the plan proposed by an American commission and agreed court | to by England, has been passed. The " discussion of it gave an opportunity to air grievances against that nation the this of 70 nothing to do witn agrecing to - final vote which wisdom arrangement, to 13 indicates fairly well the pop: feeling in favor of reaching an agree- that to make discr have or folly pr ment wiil do much peaceful in Europs more possible, awd { Will give confidence to business of this may think of on of other matters which hoy country. Whatever onc England and Inglishthen personally, ‘it is good to know that the fwo great business uations of the world have met and settied thefr bLusiness trans- ould be al-| nece: the bully who, because of his strength | 18 able to punish those who punished | actions in a way lhq\ hould be an him. irxamplr to the rest of the world. The Boys' Court will great succesg if the boys are allowed to dis- cover the great value of “‘malice to-, ward none and charity for all and discover *it through practical experi- ence in sceing the failure of a world conducted on any principle other than | Wa hington & equal right for all.’ into the importation of liquors by forcign diplomats was of- dered today by the house by a vote be a “THE OTHER FELLOW Members of Congress go on attend- ing to the perional business of “thé great gusto. A comes from “An inquiry intoxicating other fellow™ with ! | really amusing dispatch s follows: approve | of 189 to 113.” o Certainly members of Congress, 189 of them, want to look into this ter- rible matter as to whether or not the diplomats are doing fufiny things with Any New Englander will Roger Babson's remarks about this! part of Mhe country. He holds New England up as a section which Ims‘ prospered solely beeause of her assets| * of “thrift,dndustry, hongsty and a de-| the liquor they are allowed to have.| sire to be of service.” Moreover he at- | Probably these 159 members would thibutes the general high rate of pros- | favor an investigation af phylir‘lans.‘ perity throughout the whole country druggists or anyone 136—cxcept ‘w=ihe BabSonchart showing general themselves. Dut as far as they them- | “el selves age concerned-—not at all ne in- vestigation that s a real investiga- tion will he allowed There maght be no wrong in inves. tigating the actions of the foreign diplomats provided ‘congress itself had congress is acting, there is being bred # group of politicians even mere Iumn'rlur.fl than the politicians of the past he law, If you mean business, gentiemen, by begin. ning at home, Until you do that and step patronizing |]n= bootleggers as some of you are doing, you make yourself vidiculous and despicable b turning your attention to the enly people living in'this country who are allowed to have liquor at all Enforee WILI NOT RWE Grover Cleveland Bergdoll simply will not be forgotten, Just as the Wusy American people, attending to ‘their own business, get to the point of banishing him from their mem- ories along with other things about which “something ought to be done,” Ne perpetrates some ned thing which makes us ashamed of purselves for forgetting him, + I{ this habit of forgetfulpess were merely casual or occasional it would not be important. We might even feel thut Bergdoil, out of the coun- ! was satisfactorily placed. But forgetfulness is not casual and oceca- slonal; it is getting to be rather characteristic of the people and it Is becoming more pronounceds as life activities “increase. We have too many things pressing us for atten- tion to spend time Kkeeping reminded of matters about which, we feel, we can do nothing, Were it not for this habit of forgetfulness, inefficiency in office would be remembered on elec- tionn days; our judgment would net be clouded by the “latest achieve- ments” of ‘men with the result that we ‘would forget other deeds, not “achievements,” of theirs in the past. It would be well if we would remem- ber the things of today and by them be guided when we act tomorrow. This time thie rumor of Bergdoll, is concerning his repudiation of an en- gagement contract, the mgtter hav- ing been settled, according to report, by a monetary transaction. Quite Ilike him, of course. And, incidentally it might be well to begin our habit of remembering, by remembering the affair of Bergdoll and the little bill he has to Settle with this country, FORGOTTEN, disagreeable Facts and Fancies (BY POCERT QUILIEN). ‘What matters FEurope's opinions? We love us. Correct this sentence: My husband and T argue at times, but we never quarrel.” Eurppe's inability to understand us isn’t unique. Neither do we. Courtship is a means of getting married; marriage is a means of get- ting acquainted, As yet Heinie hasn’t had the nerve to accuse the French of. violuting his national honor. n hands.” Hut as the present en- | said long ago | forcement law is administered, and as | BY WILLIAM J, BURKE U, K Reprosentative From Ponnsyls vanka at Large, WAS driving through the country, cam- palgning, night, and step- ped at a small hotel, My horse wadun old stager, about as likely to rn away ns the Washington monument, The negro hostler at the hotel eame up and said: “Hap you got hitehin' rope, Burke? I'N “ BURKE Mr, tie up your horsh for you,' “Never mind,"” T said, ‘““That horse will stand without being tied, “Yosrah,'® sald the durkey, won't he stand just as well tied “but HOW POST OFFICE EALANCES ACCOUNTS Information on Methods in Inter- national Relations Explained Washington, I"eb, 17.—Constant ar- rival of letters from Ilussia, Poland, Germany and Austria bearing numer- ous postage stamps whose denomina- tiond aggregate large sums, has arous- ed the curiogity of many Americans and brought. requests for the infor- mation to officiuls of the post office department. The fact that so many postage stamps are used on these foreign let- ters is due to the depreciation of the currency of the country of origin. Na- tions which are members of the Uni- versal Postal Union have agreed upon a rate of 10 centimes gold for first- class letters weighing half an ounce, and in all these countries the forcign letter rate is fixed at the ‘equivalents, in the actual currency of the country to 10 gold ntimes, During and since the war, when the currencies of some depreciated heavily, these increased their postage rate correspondingly. In Germany, for in- stance, the pre-war rate on foreign letters was 20 pfennigs. This has increased until December 15 last it was 80 marks, or 8,000 pfennigs. There have been similar rate increases in Austria and Russia. ' No Trouble. The American Post Office depart- ment has gxperienced no troublo as 1 result of these rate increases except —it must sce that incoming letters have sufficient postage affixed. There is no need for a constant balancing of accounts between the American and foreign postal administrations: Only in the matter of international postal money, orders, and payments for mail in transit, are there any transactions. In the handling of foreign mail each country keeps the postage it collects and pays for the transportation of the wnails to a port of entry in the country of destination. On mails sent from this country which pass through another country enroute to their des- a OIIP‘ ~—THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its It seems to the “Observer” that this, the board of fnance old world has & way of repeating|Judge John H. Kirkham, corporation every so eoften, certain extraerdinary | counsel, | happenings of by-gone years, and the| Finance Commissioner Fred A, | high winds of the past few days|gearie, who led the opposition to spe: | Lrings' us foreibly baek a quarter of | oia) appropriations to provide for an-| a century ago when on the same|jicipated deficits on the ground that storm which did eonsiderable dam-|of salaries in excess of what was al-| age to the community, ) y the eity meeting board, and | | "At that time, between February| who contended that tha y Was| 15, 16 and 17, when the entire nation | supreme, had asked Judge @Kirkham | was seething with excitement vesult-| for an opinion as to the relative pow- ing from the blowing up of, the bat-|ers of the twe departments of the! | tieship Maine in the harbor of Ha-|eity government, I vana, the minds of the people of New! Judge Kirkham explained that 11; | Bivitain were drawn foreibly to the|the city meeting board appropriated | | caprices of gales which created con-|a fund for a specifie purpose and that sternation for the space of a few days. | fund wats overdrawn, the eity I‘“l The storm began on the evening of | protested against any suit by the ‘in- February 14,1n the form of a steady| dividual with whom the city had wintry breeze, During the night, it| made a contract; if, in ordinary ap-| ineréased in violence and the wind be-| proprigtions, the funds had been ex- came stronger and stronger. On the|ceeded, the city was protected only next day, it had reached & velocity of | against the commsision causing the 70 miles an hour, and chicken coops, | overdraft, but not against the indi out houses, barns and even dwellinga| vidual, However, in any case, the; were partly or entirely demolished, |council was in a position to fix a sal-/ Reople were swept off their foet|ary in excess of an appropriation, and were unable to rise without|even though it be for a specific pur-| crawlivg inte some sholtering door-| pese, If it was proved that it was nee- | way., Main street had the appearance | essary to the efficient rcn‘ucl of the! of a dgsert in the throes of a sand|city government, | storm; the air was flfhd with papers, It had previously been explained awnings, chimnoy caps and bits of [ that the school departmegt can over- | board, while the limbs of tiees were| draw If need Is feit a that the being ripped down with such rapidity| charity department or public works| that to walk along the street was to| board funds to afford proper care for | experience the same feeling that, the | the poor or to prevent roads or M:h-“ doughboys ' must have felt while| ways from becoming impassable, they charging a German trench, too can overdraw an appropriation. | Several bulldings were wrecked dur. | The health board in time of emerg- | Ing the storm’s duration, chief among | "¢Y: such as in time of an epidemic, | which was a new addition to the|!s &lso permitted by state statutes ml Rhodes icehouse at the foot of Arch|overdraw. 5 | street, which at that time, was much Judge Kirkham's opinion places ""‘} in use. This new section had only city meeting board and the common | been comploted a week before the council on a footing similar to cor-! storm began, and when it wad hit by|T*3Ponding bodles in many other| the 'wind, it was ripped asunder. The eities of tho size of New Britain, rest of the bullding was left n In most cases action is taken at the | ing, however, and despite the earnest polls only on bono lssues and the wishes of many since that time, no bodies corresponding to the hoard of | wind has ever blown.it down. finance and taxation and the common | council have control over all other On the 17th, it began to snow, and . before the storm had abated in fury, Lapd R LU O e S ) ham'’s version, the ecity meeting board | a blizzard had settled down on the ¢ pettisimrie Plsgdhon ol o b Mt i corresponds'to the voting af Fho polls, | uestions tha r. e cars were stopped, schools were closed ;'",-,".,10 :‘arJ;orn:op:,?,rot.:::. ;:.fil,:‘: and very few factory hands dared to * | ¥ directed to that body. \P:':“r‘kc the elements to get to thelrt " mno corporation counsel's opinion strips the ecity meeting board of many | New Britain has been fortunate|of the absolute powers that it was during the past week in that the|formerly believed to be in possesdsion storm itself was more violent else-|of, particularly on the question of, sal- where than it was here. A glance at|ary appropriations, the news reports from various sec- S . o» tions of the country only serve to The “Observer,” never having been ever, each day now is one day nearer ZAvo0 allawec 1o i gt Aol he foutth. of Tuly & pression made by tlie little dispatch A 3'. from London telling of a recent act of the young I’ringe of Wales. The On another page of the *“Herald”|[thing he did, showing a depth of hu- ig printed a copy of the bill which|mility which is almost unbeligvable to Severin Johnson of this city asked|a man, reveals a heart as tender as a tepresentative Christ to introduce in|swvoman’s. the general assembly. This is the The Prince had visited a hospital measure which would require police]and had seen most of the former ‘judges to impose jail sentences on|fighters disabled in the:war, There first offenders against the prohibition|were seven inmates who were not law, % shown to him.. He insisted upon see-} There are also features of the bill|ing them in spit¢ of the desire of the which are not expected to grace the| hospital people to keep the terrible pages of the statute book®. For ey-|sight from his “princely” eyes. The ample, after recommending the de-|sight would be too shocking for his portation of aliens who have been|delicate royal biood, they felt. Tut convicted of violating the Pr“"'n‘""“” he insisted and he ‘was taken to them. of the Eighteenth amendment, the|They were térrible to behold as those bill reads: who have secn the mutilated faces of ““While we recomgnend the above|some of the men injured in the war actions for the aliens, we also believe| may know. The Prince walked with that the citizen, native born or nat-[them—and connted them) There were uralized, who violates the prohibition|only six. ~Where was the seventh?| laws, has forfeited his right to vote|One may imagine theiconsternation nf | because he violated the Constitution | the hospital attendants when he . asked to sce this seventh ‘man. “The phrase it felt, at. ll:::“:. i rently f g : gathered together and complled fn the form of a book, it would beia good text-book for ouryachesl #tu- dents whe are so eager to rébd learn of the wisdom of the eity . So the “Observer" has wond: what beeame of these valuable ten suggestions; has wondered why many of them are r brought from the pigeon holes al put into prae- tiee, The secret is gut. In all prob- ability they, many of them, have suf- fered the same as other records ve- duced to inksin eity hall, as appears from the published news of yesterday. In all probabfity the bugs which are reported fo est the eity hall, net having their hunger satisfied by eating pp or.drinking the ink on maps and and thus destroying all lines and tings, have turned to thBee valuable suggestions of the common ounell and continued their debaush, Truly, If the cockroaches ate and drank those suggestions, they partici- pated In a “feast of reason” Tt is to he hoped sincerely that the sugges. tion did not make the poor roaches slek. | daten, this eity was visited by & wind- | they were occasioned by, the payment| . David Lawrence, the veteran dis- penser of the news of Washington, 1§ reported to have stated that 5§00 bootleggers grow prosperous by '“. ing business very near to the capl Welle 4 The shoemaker i3 often shod _ In shoes that do not fit him; The drunkard takes For medicine, The very ntuff That bit him, The tallor does Not always wear The clothes Phat are Becoming; The fellow who Owes lots of bills Is often good At “dunnieg.” And so we should Not be surprised That some of our JL.awmalters, “Who yoted “Dry” Turn out to be Both" hypocrites And fakirs, 25 Vears Ago Today (Taken from Herald of that date) - > a Three breaks in‘the fire alarm gave Superintendent Cooley plenty of work in repairing them, The New ¢Britain basketball team will have one of the hardest games of the season when it meects thé fast Middletown Y. M. C. A, team in that town this evening. Basketball Saturday night. attraction—William Muller, Don’t miss the big show 'at the Ly- ccum tomorrow. I%ield’s Minstrelsiin their latest numbers and big hits Kellar, the great magician, will ap- pear with his bag of tricks at the Ly- ceumn next Saturday. 4 Mr. and Mrs, Charles Kempshall entertained a number of their friends at their home on Chestnut street last evening. Progressive whist was play- ed. 3 Special 'SUN YAT SEN ARRIVES Hong Kong, I'eb. 17.—Sun . Yat Sen, former president of South China ar- rived here today from Shanghai on his way to Canten, his capitalyg which recentiy was recaptw @1 in hisfbehalf, tination, the United States pays transit or warchousing charge to the countries through which such mails This hope springs eternal in the which,s e, as a voter, has sworn to obey, observe and uphold. We, there- fore, believe that any citizen who vio- { As.a precantionary measure, an extra | force of police guarded tne dock. Prince” must not ask that! Only phy- sicians and nurses ever looked at that human breast: “Let me get mine, and devil take the rest.” We now have with us a dry of- ficial named Early. Very likely he ig the bird that gets the copper worm. As proof that too much money is ruinous, the father may point his son to Russia and Germany. ands fewer In the old. days, fewer h swere shot. Ior that matter, wives were half-shot. Our dictionary is an old one and defines legation as a deputation in- stead of a potation, Old age crecps on, and soon the war grafters will go to their graves unwept, unhonored and unhung. Campaign expenses are high, but it's worth the money to get a chance to brang of yourself before an audi- ence. The easiest way to rid a minority | of its wild and radical schemes is to let it become a majority. When Greek ‘mects Greek, some- | spilled* from the | body's dinner is platter, Columbus died poor, being wholly ignorant of the lecture possilijlities in the country he had diecovered. at any to ats In the matter of oil zones, fate, Uncle Sam is determire tend to his zone busine$s. who has the and it TheNonly merchant ready cash in the community can’t sell his' goods doesn't cAll splendid isolation. S The disquieting thing about a faster mail serviee 1is that it gets your checks baek before you are ready to protect them. jresulted in a gain of pass. These charges are settled every four yecars. Money Orders. The international postal money or- der business of the United States is extensive, having aggregated last vear $20,650,500 in orders payable abroad, and the payment in this country of $14,961,319 in orders is- sued abroad. I%ees on orders issued lo|aw‘vl $1 f11 It was necessary for @ post office department te pur- chase iast year §11,367,370 in foreign exchange to settle its balances with foreign countries, T purchases 487 and a 2, or a net gain of $191,- 1t of differences in ex- loss of $3 943, as a res changé, Engaged Latest picture of Miss Glorja Mor- gan, 1%, daughter of Harvy Morgan, American minister at Brus- 1s, whose engagement to Reginald Vanderbitt (below) has just been an- nounced. Hays | last sufferer! The sight was terrible, Quietly the Prince insisted and at las!! he was taken into a little room Where | this man lay—this ' man so terribly disfigured that none other than the necessary persons,were permitted to look upon his face, hiBEE And so the Prince entered. He alked firmly to the bedside but turaed very pale when he' saw the af- flicted veteran. - For a few moments EVERETT TRUE lates that provision of the 18th amendment or the State Prohibition Laws thereby forfeits his voting priv- ileges and that these be only re- stored in the usual manner and not earlier than five yvears after convic- tion for such violation.” The passage of the forogoing would open up a wild field for drastic legis- lative action. Enthusiasts on any subject could take it as a pattern and insist that violators of their pet laws also be deprived of citizenship priv- fieges. L +» The eyes of the state have been on ‘New Britain since the board of fire commissioners decided to opposc the appointment of Chief William Noble of the fire department as fuel admin- istrator. In some quarters we have been accused of not ‘playing the game" although there is the hest rea- | 8on why New Britain should take the i stand it has taken. The chief of the fire department is | in the employ of every mah who pays taxes, and that means everyone be- cause if we are not taxed directly, we contribute indirectly through the pay- ment of ‘rent, the payment of our gro- cery bill so the merchant can pay his rent, ete. Therefore, we all have an interest in how he spends his time and whether he s at out call in case of emergency. The, majority of those; Wwho have expressed an .opinion on the controversy agree that the board of fire commissioners adopted the proper attitude and they also stand with Mayor Paonessa in his support of the commigsion. The entire problem simmers down ‘10 the question whether New Britain, which pays the frelght, must fetch and carry when state officials crook | their fingers because they have hypno- i tized themselves into the belief that their word is law. To every reason- |able extent, we co-operate with state | officials, but when we are asked to al- Llow men in our employ to abandon [ their work, for which we pay them, land devote their time to state enter- | prizes, e question the wisdom of the | move and politely suy that our men | eannot be spared. Tt is a fact that {the chief of the fire department is | needed every minute to administer that department. He cannot bel &pared to run arourd and learn why | someone hasn’t received coal. The coal situation has been hadly| muddled. There was no need of die- missing the fuel administrators and then trying to, build up an organizay tion from green terial. What will prol v prove a death blow to the rcity ‘meeting boar: claim of supremacy in matters of ap- | ‘propriations for salary purposes, was dealt Thursday night .fi mecting of . AWl ; UR Civ A CHA\R I HAW! Haw! HAW HAw! Haw | TS ML o Chicago, Feb. 17 A. Michelson, profe®sor at University of Chicago, has been awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical sgociety for application of the “interferometer to astronomical measureniants.'” - 1ts use By Professor Michelson, to measure Betelgeuse the huge star was declared of ‘speciai importance. I SurPosSe You'Re WHERE (3 ALL YouRr BOASTED SUPSRIORITY OF WOMGN, MY PEAR $ Haw ! Haw !, SHOW THAT You CAN OvVs Qc'nt