New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1923, Page 6

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O, Is a natlonal organization which furiislhoes newspapers and adver- tisers wiin a_strictly ho v elrealation, Our cireulat based upon this nudit, tection aguinst frand in newspaper di tribution Agures to ovin natlonal and lo- cal adyertisers, CONNECTICUT J1 A young colored man was acquitted of a charge of second degree murder by a jury composed of white men at Middletown night. 1t al- leged by the state that he had caused the death by shooting of two white | residents of Cromwell, The shooting was conceded. The only which arose whether there was Justification for the homicides. The trial devoid of ramifica- tions. It was a clear case of one man causing the death of two other men. Incidents which led up to the shooting were described by witnesses and while it could not be shown that the prisoner’s life was endangered by the acts of the men he killed, enough evidence was adduced to prove that| he originally the aggressor in the dispute in which he was out- mumbered but minding his own| business. The jury® spent than eight hours in arriving at a verdiet of acquittal. This a Justice. Our part, consist of hard-headed men who want the without any frills. The is a to other states in the union that a man may have a fair trial in Connecticut may be assured of justice regardless of race or creed. Georgia papers ple last was question wis was was not was less Connecticut the is a sample of Juries, for most | facts decision notice and SUGAR. The price of There was no real reason for it, ap- parently, as there was not a scarcity of the commodity which is listed as The “investigation, sugar began to rise. government turned the a necessity. to the administrations something wrong and the people demand that it be rectified. The price sugar did not come down. knew the tors were “buying an with no intention of d¢ of accepting deliveries which no one intended to make. The thing that the This twing, of to the courts to stop such tion, at least while the investigation dragged out its weary red tape. The necessity for this step 80 plain that no subtle arguments could pretend that it could not be taken 8o the Department Justice brought suit to prevent the organiza tions where ate from allowing such and to prevent the speculators from operating in this which made fietiti price for sugar. The government asks that be enjoined from entering into or allow- ing transactions involving the pur- chase, sale and delivery of sugar, un- less they are in a position to deliver, accept and pay for the sugar—unless the transaction in good | faith, in other words. The tariff may have had something to do with the increase in price; the fact that with general employment in this country the is greater, and the fact that certain | erops did not comu | may have had something to do with it. But this bring | lower sugar the defendants, the | Sugar and Coffee and | Clearing house find technical | legal loophole to crawl through, the situation is bound to be improved resort of when is of The government Specula- ng"” sugar vering it or facts, in a w to do was so obvious most ignorant could see it. course, was to appeal | specula- first was of these speculators oper- operations, way—one a they is made demand for sugar up to expectations should action prices and, unless the speculators and Exchange some “PATERNALISM. The present habit of "r-‘.':m.l!m:"; people is not confined to thowe who | Keep crying “don't.” The gors” have had the best of it o far,| &nd the chief danger ! liberty has come from movements in- Stigated by them. But while matter is of such great importance, the spreading of the i | “regula- [ to our personal this paternalistic fdea to the class of people whe, in- | public criticism of the church made | spired by warm hearts probably, say | “do,” should be noted. Paternalism | Which régulates by forbidding certain things “for the people’s own good” | §s bad as interfering with proper freedom in some cases, but paternal- ism which regulates by taking care of people financially at the expense of others is bad, also. We may be too easy as well as too narrowly severe. Both kinds of paternalism are de- J;‘*;:I‘Iva of individuality and abso- ¥ opposed to the spirit of this y. It is almost as bad to fur-| | something | duy win if they persist. | teni | who have the c ' jh _free coffee for everybody who Afford to buy it, as it would be forbid the drinking of goffee. A NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, ™he old age pension bl has been the State T commenting upon the of defeated in Nonate only reason for I8 that its inception reflects sproading tendeney 1o tuke care the what people, either by telling them they must not do or by doing It that all peopl get o dollar and thus tocted want, As a matter of fact this age of whom, ineidentally, are not “old," are wint, No one is ing to dis vation In this state. But the important matter today is to the this ten- legislators to attend to the Amer- for them would be pleasant to feel ove would [ n state 70 years old the from from pro- people of miny protected from g0~ of Mtar of emphasiz growth deney of personal affairs of individuals, ica would not be America, with its were its in- distinet power and its prestige, habitants divided classes, reformers and philanthroplsts. The Ameriean is a reformer to the “extent that he wants to be de- cent without being to it by legislation, and Is a philanthropist to the extent that he has a big, gen- erous heart, into two driven HOPEL, “Hope iz a liar,” wrote a man the other day in a standard magazine. The idea he tried to convey was that merely hoping would never accom- plish anything without doing some- thing to justify hope—and keep on doing it. things until ice comes in the place where none of us want to go, but nothing will come of it unless we, all of us, each of us, do something. Similarly it is mighty easy to criti- cize; to tear down, but it is hard to build up—to offer something to take the place of the thing our criticism helps to pull down. We can not get it by “hoping” for it; we have got to go out and make it. Many people in this city are dis- gusted with the spirit of the machine which is trying to get a tighter hold affairs and is succeeding It is just as possible to state and its going to let to worse until up the state, s to oni city pretty well. that our citizenry believe fine splendid is things go on from bad people make are not consulted helieve that the people of this city will let all power go out of their hands. It is just as possible to be- lieve that this country will eventually become an oligarchy in name as well as In fact, as‘it is to believe that there will not come, locally, a revolt against present conditions. It may do no good to write these There that poli- the we, who at all, as it things. It may do some good. is one worth tics; man or group of men-—the woman or point, at any rate, is making precedent Polities or no or no precedent, group of women—who have the abso- lute right as th straight high can Aud even allow- to motives are and ing selfishness, personal interest, come into the consideration, the men and women who have such fine mo- fare better, even in the tives will political world, when conditions are s they are in this city today, than wiil those who stick to the old po- litical ways which have brought this city to its present pass. that there dishonesty in this city The peint is that the that there no what may come. The people If a change will No claim is here made is graft administration. or situation is such is are practically powerless. is not made that helplessness prevent the people from checking up at all on the actions of the officials in their power. The only hope one has is that men in public here will wait to on the band wagon” after it is life not “get well under way to the goal of honest independence; that they will not wait to be independent until “everybody is doing it." The is that, selfishly or unselfishly, they will gee the ad- hope vantage of being prime movers in a campaign to bring unprejudiced ac- tion by the common council, for in- situation where be decided stance—to create a every matter will upon | its merits and not upon the command of any organization or any person which or who considers only the po- litical expediency of the matter. CRITICISM OF CHURCHES, Bishop Lawrence, of the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts, declares that criticism. the church needs constructive “Of course should be sure of his facts” he says. | that the Kknow And "1 however, national believe, council should what people are thinking, and that criti- cism or approval should come more fully ot into the This statement by a ope Bishop of the grbat is piscopal church indicates a advance in free thought. Rarely by anyone other than a person f such for ses the extreme tendencies o an one as Rev. Percy 8. Grant, of to the church that stance, There are two ¢ people who object so strenuously adverse criticism of deep thinkers, observing what be suggesting possible many they believe to faults, refrain from improve- ment. knowing that the faults they think they see do not interfere outly with their own worship, seeing no way to present their eriticisms that will do good. In these two classes are clergymen who consider that students may seri- and quictly in a way it | We may “hope” for better| slogan, and whose | a public eritic | in- They prefer to remain silent, | | of theology alone are fitted to discuss church matters, and who frown upon open, honest discussion of those mat- | ters by laymen, and that class of church-goers who refuse to consider | the possibility of there being any- | thing at all wrong with ghe church they honestly love, People hate to r| offend these latter especially, prefers them undisturbed of reverence ring to in | thelr attitude any- /thing or anyone connected with that 'i church, ; 1t is true that the class of | people outside the ministry, capable | discussing theological matters | wisely, 1s limited, It is equally true that the of clergymen capahle of matters outside the church limited, But the | third truth is important, and it is in regard to it that Bishop Lawrence's remark is significant, Laymen, the man in the street if you will, are in a far better position to tell what “people are thinking” than are the clergymen, before whom su¢h ‘“‘man in the street” is very apt to remain silent out of respect for the cloth or out of humble realization of the superior educational advantages of the minister of the gospel. But “what the people are thinking” is of great importance to the church if the con- cern of - the with the thoughts of the people, as it is hum- bly suggested it should be. For ‘as a man thinketh, so is he' in many cases. Many a man, trying to live prop- erly, would feel far differently toward the church if he felt free to ask the whys and wherefores of certain things. More open discussion of church matters certainly would bring a better understanding to the people of the fact that, back of all dignity and all, form, simple or elaborate, the church—all churches—are honestly calling to all men and women to come and find the joy that comes from thorough under- standing of and belief in the things taught in that sanctuary. leave for very of el discussing wisely, is a church is reverence—beyond Just about the time a chap feels there's nothing left to laugh along comes a session of the common council, over, 'm castin’ no reflections,” Philosophic Phil, “On city fathers Angelo, “Or Dehm, or Rice or Gill, “Or any of the others, “IFamiliar on our streets, “Who do their best “To serve us when “The common council Says meets."” “A bunch o' pleasant fellers, “Them common council chaps; “They're jest as wise “When wide awake “As when they're takin' naps. “But when you mentions laughin’, “There laugh that “The one that comes off “Monthly when “The ain't no beats, common council meets,” When you want to commit suicide you don't have to go to the trouble of blowing out the gas—just step on it. There is no reason to believe Moses was the first toreador just because he was at home in bullrushes, A new ribbon for your typewriter will often increase her attractiveness. Or, in these modern times, a car- ton of cigarettes. | If absence makes the heart gro fonder will presence make the hus- band wander? 1t you drive a hard bargain hlame | only yourself when the engine breaks down, Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN, Another aid to longevity is to be some hopeful young man's rich uncle, | The 1in cold itches. only palm that thrives as well countries is the one that A drive to bring down the price of s seems absurd. What is needed s a walk, When you say a modern has one foot in the grave, you mean that he has the other on the accelerator. that's domestic service. 1f you do it for nothing, th makrimony. Taxpayers will be glad to learn that modernizing a battleship doesn't cost any more than building a new one. | | | | | 1 | of | | | It is a little more difficult for the young man to get ahead in business but there still are villages that have | no cash registers. | o 1 The ‘only thing about the hero thaf® we envy is his ability to | keep a shirt clean through all ad- ’\'orsl!y. The growth of cynicism may be due to the fdct that “Follies” never are as naughty as they're advertised to be. That distinguished statesman who of Kohat. | f you do house work at $6 a week, | 4 movie | | | | syndicallsm law | vesterday by Frank "RIDAY, APRIL sald tho tariff is a local issue might have sald the same of prohibition, A normal wife is one who is sur- prised when she observes how charm- ingly polite her husband can Yo to other women, | Trusting in Providence mendable, but that isn't required of those who steering wheels, iIs com- all that is sit behind ’ As a rule the grafting is done be- t&e the fruit appears, but in the case of the political plum the grafting comes later, Home is a place where you are for- ever telling somebody to cut out that noise, Tho only thrill now afforded by travel is the possibility that the stranger you are bragging to may be W revenue officer, Correet this sentence: “He prayed much, not to ask for things, but only to express his boundless thanks for hlessings received.” If the man appeals to your patriot- ism or local pride, rest assured he is trying to make you pay for the privilege of having fit, That burglar who enterad the home of a newspuper man doubtless | squared himself with his pals by call- ing it a slumming expedition. The shop girl's life has a bright i After standing on her feet all she has a chance to stand on other people's feet going home in the car. P e e ¥ f25' Years Ago Todayi § (Taken from Heraid of that date) PO — Members of Stanley post and the Woman's Relief Corps were royally entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Penfield on North Stanley street last evening. The home was prettily decorated the national colors, Mr. McMahon and Miss Danaher of Meriden weer thrown out of a buggy when the spirited horse drawing it ran away this afternoon. Miss Dan- aher is a sister to Attorney Danaher, Neither was seriously injured. The New Britain baseball team held its first practice at Electric field this afternoon and d ite the recent rain ,the grounds w in good condi- tion. The Vega society will open its new building on Arch street with a three nights’ festival commencing tomor- row night. Otto Bengston, chairman of the building committee, is in charge of its affair. Members of the local militia com- panies have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness for a sudden call in case that war is declared with Spain, in Observations on The Weather IPor Connecticut: urda warmer southwest winds. Conditions: The western disturh- ance now forms a long trough of low pressure extéhding from New Mexico northeastward to Minneso It s ing unsetiled showery weather hetween the Rocky Mts. and the Miss- issippi river. Pleasant weather con- tinues from the Miseissippi river cast- ward to the coast. Conditions favor this vicini weather with mild temperature lowed by increasing cloudiness Saturday. Fair tonight and tonight; fresh Fair fol- on CLAIMS RUTHENBERG WAS ADVOGATE OF SABOTAGE State Calls ive Witnesses in Attempt To Prove Case Against Alleged Radical St. Joseph, Mich., April 20 (By the Associated Pre sses, the first, George Dridgeman, sheriff of Terrien county, were called by the| state today in the trial of Charles E. Ruthenberg of Cleveland, charged with violation of Michigan's anti- was disclosed in part . Walsh, attor- ney for Ruthenberg, when in his opening statement following comple- tion of the jury after four days of effort he erted thut the defendant did not attend the communist party convention near here last August as a delegate but as a member of the rational executive committee of the party to urge his plan for transferring the party's activitles to the legally recognized workers' party. Charles Gore, prosecutling attorney Burrien county, in his address to jury, explained the syndicalism and stated the state would seek to show that Iiuthenberg and his co- efendants who were arrested in the raid on the convention advocated gabotage, force and violence as a means of bringing about government | reform. The defense of the law SUNSHINE SOCIETY A regular meeting of the Sunshine society was held Monday afternoon. Sixty-two oranges were sent to the New Dritain hospital, and 37 calls were made on, the sick and shut-ins. We have five wheel chairs, two air cushions and four palrs of crutches not in use. 'K CHILD'S RELEASE, London, April 20.—The British In- dian ecivil authorities have undertak- len negoMations for the release of Molly Bllis, the 15 year old girl who was kidnapped sometime ago by Af- ghan {ribes, says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Allahabad. A London dispatch on Wednesday said that Molly Ellis' family has been advised that the girl’s whereabouts 20, 1923. ’ Rothfeder i [f i yiill {11 /{ 7 i{¢ X — Season's First Value-Giving Saie —Coats — —Dresses- —Suits Fashionable Three-Piece and also Smart Two-Piece Suits of Tricotine, Poiret Twill and novelty fabrics— Disclosing every new de- velopment approved by fashion in Box Coat, Bloused, Jaquette and Side Tied Models. Navy, Tan, Grey, Black $19.98 $24.98 $29.50 MAY LEAD TO NEW PERIOD OF DESIGN Incompleted Nebraska Capitol Has: Influence on Architecture | Ohama, April 20.—The astonishing | Influence that the new capitol of | Nebraska, now under construction, | seems to be having on present day| architectural design, leads to the sug- | gestion that Nebraska may be des- | tined to be the cradle of a worth while American architecture, accord‘-, ing to Thomas R. Kimball, of this city, past president of the American | Institute of Architects. | “Nebraska has blazed the pathway| that is leading the world to aeatheuc: architectural freedom in this new| state capitol,” states Mr. Kimball. “The influence of this new building is being felt, as is shown in the re- cent Chicago Tribune competition, where among 200 or more submis- sions, most of the noticeable efforts were clearly traceable to this capital. streme Simplicity Favored ‘Jixtreme simplicity has taken the place of elaboration, resulting in great saving in cost without loss of dignity. There are several points of arrange- ment that are peculiar to this build- ing, one of which is that the usual useless dome is replaced by an equal- ly monumental and wholly useful tower, wherein space for storage of state records is provided, adequate for a century,” “The architect nearly every known style, type and perfod of architecture and in thelr combination at once defled precedent and achieved a striking success.” Mr. Kimball stated that it might well lead to a new and lasting type of architecture. “This new ol not only .'lh.ltlnrs“ accepted tradition in its plan, h\lt‘ presents a most enlightening example | of how, without stupidly adapting or| covering, we may avail ourselves of | our full heritage of design,” he added. | “This new capitol has at least chal- lenged the assumption that this age of | material things, with its new eclient| “the people” may be going to have n, worthy and lasting architecture of | its own, accomplished both because | of and in spite of the commercialism | that so dominates the ‘here and now.' " The new capitol will be approx- imately 440 feet square, covering al- most four acres, and will cost the state about $5,000,000. The basement will be below the grade, a first floor forming a terrace entirely’around the building, and a main floor bringing the parapet to a height of 51 feet from the ground level. The tower rises from the center to a height of 400 feet and is surmounted by a col- loskal figure called “The Sower.” It will be 80 feet square at the base and tapér only slightly as it rises. It is a square severe shaft, plerced on each of its four sides by longgcontinuous windows, terminating In .n. graceful dome, The lower portion of the tower will contain the main rotunda. Ahowf has drawn from had been ascertained and that it was believed she would be released, The girl's father is temporary commander B ————— will bé a dozen floors of offices hous- | ing many of the state departments. | The main entrance Is from the porth, by means of & broad flight of Spring’s Foremost Styles of New Capes, Wrappy Coats and Sport Coats in new sleeve effects — side tied—side fastened at $12.98 $19.98 $24.98 By Degrees Up to $49.50. Immediately inside is the hall a vaulted apartmentiabout At the left'are the gov- steps . of state, 50 feet high. ernor's chambers while at the r|ght1 and left of the rotunda are the sen-| ate and house chambers, respectively. The supreme court rooms and library are in the rear. IPour courts opening to the sky will {admit light and air to the interior. The | entire structure is unique in that no artificial lighting is required in any department, The material is of stone of a light buff tone and the tower is of steel. It is estimated that the tower will be seen from 30 to 40 miles in every di- rection. VERY DAY EARTHQUAKE Washington, April quakes are no rarity in experience. An average of 12 of them in fact occur every day, according to a paper read by Dr, J. B, Woodworth before the Amerfean union, In the month of May Dr. Wooi- worth said ‘there are an average of 27 carthquakes a day while the average declines to a minimum in Decémber. The study covered thousands of 1 corded earth shocks over a period of years including a total of 6,404 which occurred in 1907, the carth's; Geophysical | Late Spring Models for early Summer wear— $14.98 $19.98 . New themes, new "color- ings and new inspirations have been embodied in these new Spring Dresses. Canton Crepes, Roshan- aras, Roma Crepe, Poiret Twill, plain and printed Georgettes. 2 WOULD PROTEST GAME Chicago, April, 20.-~Four hundred disciples of Izaak Walton banded to- | gether in a league bearing his name | attending their first national conven- {tion here are looking towards an or- ganization of 1,000,000 sportsmen to | further protection of game fish, fowls and animals, | Their memories running | back to | tn € time when they first essayed the |" ing of members of the finny tribe Wwith a cotton string and bent pin the delegates vesterday urged abolition {of fishing through the year condemn- |ing it as most destructive of pisca- torial life. Regulations to curtail the activities of = commercial shippers | dealing in bass also were urged, the {sportsmen declaring that black bass will be exterminated unless some pro- tective action is taken by the governe ment, TR RIS L ELT . Have Your Eyes Examined @) Frank E. 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