New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1923, Page 6

NEW w New Britain Herald MPANY Bxcepied HERALD PUBLISHING Clasued M Hew SUBSCRIPTION RATES N & Year M T N T & Monte Eatered at the Past Ofos & Hate Now B o8 Becond Olass Mall . Matter TELEPHONS CALLS Pusiaess OFe Baitor'al Rooms profiabie advert Clreulation Member of The Assectated Press The Assaciated Pross entit re-putiica | news eradited 1a 1t or met redited n this paper and alse & news pud haned hereln, ed Member Audit Barean of Cireulation She A, B . 1s & natienal erganization feh furnishes mewspapers snd alvers s with & #iri nest @ Sreulation, Our elreulation statistics are Based upen 1 audit, This Insures pro toction t fraud In newspaper Als tribution e to bath matienal loeal advertisers, THE SCHOOL MATTER On this page, today, appears an od- | ftoria! under the heading “Taxes Must Come Down." Last evening one-third of the members of the elty meeting board attended te listen to and act upon the report of the school whi was appointed to Investigate and sec 4f that committee had found a prac- tical way of reducing taxes withont Jeopardizing school Interests, The report recommended hinding the city to one-story school bulldings which, it was clalmed, might bhe constructed less expensively. A mo- tion was made to adopt this report; an amendment which ealled for the flling of the report, with thanks to the school survey committee for its work, was carried, The motlon, as amended, was never put to the meel- ing, as a motion to adjourn was car- ried before this was possible. Prob- ably few realized that the proper pro- cedure would have been to act on the motlon, as amended, to make that amendment technically effective, We stand by the statement that taxes must come down, and the argu- ments of those who favored the one- gtory schoolhouse and those opposed to it were listened to with thia thought in mind. Tt is presumed that most of the members of the city meeting board there present had » sincere desire to do anything possible looking to a reduction in taxes. Yet, after all the evidence was in and the argument of ‘counsel” heard, the meeting board declded, by a vote ot 25 to 38 that the city should not be bound to a polley of one-story school- houses. We belleve this was the right de- cision. Granting for the sake of argument only, that all the accusa- tions made against the school hoard are well founded, such accusations have nothing to do with the merits or demerits of the one-story school- house. Space may have been wasted by making an auditorium too large; schools may.be maintained, physical- ly, in tmproper conditlon. These | charges have nothing to do with the comparative merits of the one or two- story schoolhouse. Remembering that the sentiment prevalling was in favor of economy, the vote against the one-story school- house must indicate that the mem- bers of the city meeting board be- | leve, after hearing the evidence, that a policy of one-story buildings would not be the wisely economical policy. Granted that such one-story school- houses might be built much cheaper than the more solidly constructed two-story structure, there remains the almost uncontradicted claim that the ' maintenance cost of the less solid building, including heating re- pairs, would be far greater than the maintenance cost of the sort of build- ing we have been erecting. The.bit of evidence which was most pertinent to the legal mind was that information obtained from authorities of clitles where the one-story school- house has been tried or considered and where the plans have been studied. The communications recelved by the gchool committee from these authori- ties, in reply to a letter of inquiry asking for information and help deciding the value or otherwise of the one-story schoolhouse, all tended to show disapproval of the onc-story building, in The great weight of legally admissible ev- alveis of and | committee are not infa ahout A sesslon committee h survey and in except one case, {dence produced at the meeting last night, in other words, was against the To this two o one-story building combat evidence in favor of more story building there wa in evi of put pu denc word of commendation the bullding from who them Had the city meeting board decided in favor of the no one-story those had tried | one-story building, it would hatve had| to do 50 in the face of a mass of con- | demnation of such ing auth something of them 1 ex-| perienc | An mon council recently that is in point. | schoolhouses com- | from ies from prac incident occurred in t com- In favoring the buying a certain make the committee automobile t of the that he ¢ cities | reported with of garage had to find out what make eommunicated ma had proved its worth most thorough #73its. One make had been most my his sert of se stands at pre ned after ¢ ¥ o case ter as sole rding the ne years from 1 be higher, tory sehoolhouse not commitiee which May Paor work whieh ¥ eity Th ppointed heen of va 1e 1o the sehoo and the enough to profit membera of the ible, just Lig iata obtained are by the TAXES MUST COME DOWN The sentiment in this city in the common council has been in faver of laying permanent pavements ever possible. when. the need of repairing eertain streets, and in the “hard times” considerabla temporary paving and repairing was resorted No one liked the idea, but all recognized that this makeshift had to be adopted, Mayor Paonessa has suggested now that the money received from clty taxes on automobiles be used to as- the laying of ments, The first Impression {s that this Is a wise plan as the automobllists and the people who own cars that are driven over the streets in their busi. ness are the ones most interested in having good roads in the ecity, It would be “poetic justice” to have the taxes they pay on their cars applied in a way that would benefit them di- rectly in saving their cars in wear and tear, and in increased pleasure. But then comes the thought that those who do not'own cars and who do not drive would suffer if this au- tomobile money were taken from the general fund and devoted entirely to the highways. There would be an in- crease in taxes for them because of the deviation of this amount from the general fund. In reply to this objec- tion it might be said that such non- owners of cars would no longer have to pay taxes to create a fund for new paving. In ordinary times one would be in- clined to favor this ingenlous sugges- tion of the Mayor's. It would assure a steady increase in our permanent paving; it would benefit directly the persons who pay the amount. A per- manent paving fund made up of money pald in by those who would benefit primarily by permanent pave- ments would seem right and fair. But the situation today presents a problem that brings. hesitation to those who would ordinarily favor the plan unreservedly. The tax burden on the people is heavy. Those who pay the smallest amount of taxes feel that burden more severely than those who have to pay an automobile tax. For the sake, especially of people of very modest means every attempt must be made to lower taxes, Perhaps the adoption of this plan would add but a fractlon of a mill to the tax rate. But it would be a fraction of a mill placed on top of a rate that is distressing to those, especially, who do not own automobiles, It—that fraction of mill—might be the “straw that breaks the camel's back That fraction of a mill is a little step in the wrong di- rection. True, the small taxpayer would benefit indirectly because the city would benefit from a permanent pavement fund. But withdrawing the automobile tax from the general fund which is used to pay the city's ex to, sure permanent pave- a penses, would lessen that fund to the | practical disadvantage of the small taxpayer and would benefit the minor- fty—the larger taxpayers. And o, just now at least, we are inclined to appreclate the germ of wisdom in the Mayor's suggestion, but we are inclined, also, to suggest and urge that nothing of this sort be done now that will result in even a slight increase in taxes, “NOT IN POLITICS.™ A short time ago, When effort was successfully made to have the acti sies of the Anti-Saloon League clared to be political activities to the the League tell wditures, de- extent of making its receipts and expr ahout there came the cry from Ieague rep- resentatives, that it was not a politi- nization at all. The Teague offended 1t considered It such a charge cal ¢ was quite at it should be such. was outrageous to make Well, authoritative ittle matter of learn from an that $2,500,000 in ust now we aouree, expendi- ture of a the 1024 political campaign in an ef- fort to prevent election of wet candi- dates 18 planned by the League. Con- greasiona to particular attention and many of the f the lLeagur candidates are recejve superintendents o say that presidential nominees of the two P He gave the | major parties will be the sort of menl the League wants. wl » ' It diseovered an alkaleid 1800 Qu prison and they have been forced to y \ing the erimes were committed has been has been ad» istered 1o § s in Ban iR tell the truth eenece for whieh they According to the solentists, seopo- amin “rendered the subjeets incapa- bie of inhibition and deprived them of asoning power so that they were in pabie under the in- fluence" mained intaet Pause, and eo the of of lying while although other faculties re- elve the possibilities We sha regard o seopolami | ait become telters of the truth ! ess of our predilections in the other | direetion here is ne home, no ham- 1 1et, po eity, ne state, no country that for it for example eannot find At hom e the Missus ist how much | ean be foreced to toll | of her Lora and Master while he slept |and the Lord and Master can be forced to tell the exact hour he re- it, If he stays out late on the ground that he is saving daylight, he must jexplain how much daylight he put in I his night time bank In the city and state, when a honey- tongued politician harangues the mul- titude and promises Innumerable boons, it will be a simple matter for a representative of the opposition to stand up and say: “As a taxpayer and patriot, I insist that the gentleman submit to the scopolamin treatment in order that we may know whether he intends to carry out his promises.’ At International conferences, when delegate from a power states that his countey intends to bulld only four battleships within the next decade, scopolantin can be administered to {learn the truth, Just imagine what it is going to do to those golf players who overlook a strokes. between holes and turn de showing remarkably low seores, Sclence, as much as the layman scoffs at it, is forging ahead with seven league strides, Now, if it will only pro- duce something to make a man do a day's work for a day's pay, we shall rest content. few in ca e ) o s j25 Years Ago Today en irom Herald of that date) PEE————— James E. Cooper of New Britain graduated from Harvard today and was admitted to the Hartford county bar, Miss Minnie Corbin and Mabel Snow, while out wheeling last eve- ning, met with a collision by one of the wheels slipping in the mud. Sev- eral spokes were torn from their fast- enings and hoth girls were smeared with dirt, but werg uninjured. A teamster in the employ of C. W. Lines, the grain dealer, was adjusting a sunshade in the wagon this morn- ing when it slipped from his hands, and striking the horse, caused a run- away. The driver was thrown out and dragged a short distance, but es- caped without serfous injury. The National Spring Bed Co., was formed here last evening and the fol- lowing officers were elected: Presi- dent J. B. Minor; secretary, treasurer and general manager, F. A. Porter. The board of directors consists of J. B. Minor, F. A, Porter, J. H. Kirkham, H. G. Sommerman, F. N, Stanley and A. 1. Sloper. W. A. Parsons is spending a few days at his home here. He is vaca- tioning at Watch Hill. Miss Cecelia Casady has entered the employ of Attorney B, F. Gaffney as stenographer. | George H. Dyson attended the ath- letic pow wow of the Red Men held at Waterbury today. T. W. Schultz is spoken of as a '("«"'HdHY" for the clerkship of .the {committee on consolidation, Alfred Hine of New Britain has graduated from the Yale Medlcal school and has also received an ap- pointment in a hospital in Paterson, Fred Rackliffe of this city, who was |badly injured by falling from a team in Hartford last week, is reported to be much improved. He is still in the Hartford hospital. Observations on The Weather Fair tonight and rising temperature For Connecticut: slowly fresh northwest winds. The disturbance cen- yesterday has Saturda Saturda Conditions tral over Kentucky Imoved castward and Is now central over eastern Massachusetts, It has |caused general showers during the {last 24 hours from Indiana eastward to the coast and along the coast from North Caolina to Maine. | northern districts from Montana | Maine. Conditions favor for this vicinity | fair weather and wot much change in | temperature. HE'S STARTING EARLY England.—A boy of 12 the heaviest stock- holder of a club authorities here closed recently on the ground quor had been sold during prohibit- ed hours. | Grimshy was found to be BRITAIN DAILY HE shange she extracted from the pockets | | Moderately | low temperatures continue in all the| that | RALD, FRIDAY, JUNI 20 Facts and Fancies BY BOBESY AUILLEN A uF present y wi + Greatness is three parts ability and | seven parts responsibility would & utie | good idea | and |vmn\.-’ Perhaps it to teach less eve more of it The Near East reminds us of near| n't rly 80 exeiting as it It may be that the League saved | Austria, but the Allles began the eure | some years ago The harmony in fdentity conflicting ideas a party usu of the logical that speil ily coneern the eandidate | he one ind bars 1s a sad hehind a steering sre depressing The maniae | sight; but the wheel is even m { { | Onee more the Allies are agreed concerning reparations, and now all that 18 necessary I8 for Germany to ngree are multiplying in Wolves Russia, Ench year there comes | turned home instead of fibbing about| .o 44 jen't true that Bolshevism dis- ‘rmlflfl"‘- expansion of every kind | We must at any cost kesp 'hrl greedy and unserupulous Japs ont of China so that the bandits may have a free hand, The moderns are losing faith in ll\v-l terrors of hell, Nothing seems quite so terrible after you get accustomed to it. A sucken is one who thinks the “good things” are peddied about over the country to give the small investor a chance, And so we are getting back to the standards of the Puritan fathers? Well, well; we do seem rather intoler- ant of opinions, e You can't tell by the sheik line he pulls a the office how much he whines when his wife makes him wash the dishes. It must be remembered, however, that when first the dove appeared as an emblem of peace all the diplo- mats were drowned. Correct this sentence: “Now have a good time dear,” said the mother, “no matter how badly you soil your clothes.” The cases are different. We took this country fro mthe Indlans, as Eur- ope charges; but the Indlans still have the oil wells. | Tolerance is what makes one part of the country wish to enforce the 14th Amendment and another part wish to enforce the 18th. A prominent German s: the next war will be fought underground. He probably means that it will be fought for the stuff underground. ST KILDA ISLAND Lives of Inbabitants Dependent on Nature for Two Months Washington, June 29.—"Little St | Kilda, one of the outermost of the Outer Hebrides Islands, which news- papers say is soon to catch up with the news of nine or ten months ago when the West Ifighland steamer again calls at its port, was among the last of the strongholds of the Great Auk before its final extinction,” says a bulletin of the National Geographic society from its Washington head- s bird was at one time a valu- able asset of the islanders, Who now| catch puffins, the fulmar—one of the argest of the petrels—guillemots, ra- or-birdg, and solan geese both for| | their food and oil. A specimen of the | Greak Auk was captured alive off St. Jilda in 1821 and a later one in 1840. One or two later specimens may have lingered on in Iceland or the Faroe Islands, but it evidently disappeared from the earth entirely about 1544 or 1845, ¥ish Oil From Birds, During one week of August cach year the St. Kildans take the fulmar in great numbers. Their bodies yield an oil which is practically a pure fish- oil possessing most of the qualities of | {that made from the liver of the cod. | After this has been extracted, the islanders preserve the meat of the I bird for consumption during the win- ter months. | | Nearly every pereon and thing that| comes from St. Kilda can be identi- fled by its fish-oil smell. “The isiand, which is probably the core of a Tertiary volcano, becomes ‘lost’ every autumn when the heavy mists of the Atlantic close in on it 10 and make the one small port on its|yery unfortunate. i precipitous sides inaccessible. Its people have no means of communica-| tion with the outside world during their isolation. Ior generations, when they have been near starvation or af-| flicted with diseases during the win-| ter months, they have relied upon ‘sea messages’ for aid. They write | messages and put them in Loxes or bottles when the wind is blowing from the west and trust that they will reach the shores of Scotland within a | 1023, HARTFORD SENSATIONAL SALE OF SUMMER DRESSES SATURDAY NEW SUMMER DRESS Of linen, dotted voiles and ratines, Saturday . URING SUMMER FROCK> $8,98 and $10.98 valu ALL . $5.95 0f dotted Normandy voile and imported figured voiles, $14.98 to $16,98 values, at STYLISH 00000008000 08080008800 80808800000800 ILK CREPE, LACE A 9.98 & TRICOSHAM DRESSES In na green, $19,98 values, at ..... CHARMING NEW , black, brown, grey and lanvin $11.98 SILK FROCKS In very smart models for afternoon and street wear, all the wanted colors. £20.00 to $32.50 values, at .. SILK CREPE AND GEORG $25.00 LTTE AFTERNOON FROCKS That portray the best style developments of the sea- son, shown in navy, black, gray, bisque and brown, $45 values, at . .. $35.00 A SPECIAL PURCHASE OF LARGE SIZE SMART SUMMER FROCKS Sizes 4214 to 523, of fine imported figured voiles and dotted Normandy voiles, §15.98 and $17.98 values, at , . Skirts and KNIFE PLEATED ROS SILK CREPE SKI Sizes 25 to 32-inch waists, $10.98 value, Saturday ..... KNIFE PLEATED WOOL CREPE SKIRTS Cut extra full, perfect fitting. $14.98 value. Saturday 7 TWEED KNICKERS The kind that fit, well tailored shown in tan and grey mixtures, $3.98 val. Saturday at 2nd floor KHAKI KNICKERS Shown in all sizes from the 14 year old miss | to 44 women’s sizes, at 2nd floor Saturday— $2.98 $2.49 week, A wireless station was built previous to the World war on the island, but it is said that even be- fore the Germans destroyed it, it was of no value to the islanders for they refused to learn the use of the instru- ment, saying that it was against na- ture, Land of Menhirs and Cromlechs. “The handful of men and women who inhabit this outpost of the Brit- ish empire are evidently direct de- scendants of the Black Danes, who pushed down from Norway and Jut- land. The blood of these rovers shows today in the broad-headed, dark com- plexioned people of the Orkneys, the Hebrides, and the coasts of the Irish Sea. The St. Kildans, however, speak a Scottish Gaelic. Most of the Outer Hebrides also are dotted with men- hirs, cromlechs and circles of stand- ing stones somewhat similar to the Druid circle at Stonehenge. “8t. Kilda and other islands in the group are remaining portions of the land-surface of the oldest continent of which we have any trace in Europe. When the Caledonian earth movements occurred at the close of Silurian times, the ocean floor was pushed upward forming the mountain peaks of what is now northern Scot- land. This oldest land-mass in the British Isles area, known as the Hu- ronian continent, is revealed in the Outer Hebrides of today. “The land in many parts of the islands west of Scotland is very poor, and though the climate is equable, it is difficult to do any farming. The rainfall is very heavy, but less than that on some portions of the main- land. The grey seal, which is re- stricted to the shores of the North Atlantie, finds friendly haunts on ‘the rugged coasts of the Hebrides; and a characteristic race of small horses is still to be found on the islands, though they are fast becoming ex- tinet. “St. Kildans hunt, on the island of Soay lying about 40 miles farther west out in the Atlantic, sheep which belong to a large-horned breed once widely spread throughout Europe during the bronze age. These animals are today th elast representatives of thelr race.” FEATURE POPE'S LETTER Paris Newspapers Make Long Com- ments on His Holiness' Message to Cardinal Gasparri. By The Associated Prei Paris, June 22.—A discussion of Pope Pius' reparations letter to Car- dinal Gasparri is the leading feature in the morning newspapers. Some of them print Berlin dis- patches to the effect that Germany is rejoicing over the expression of the Pontiff’s sentiments, but their own comment is kept within moderation, voleing neither regret nor dirapproval. e Petit Parisien opines that every Frenchman will find the Pope’s initia- tive uselegs and that the most sin- cere Catholic together with the most radieal anti-clerical will consider it WHEAT AS SECURITIES. Budapest, June 29.—A bill author- izing financial institutions to issue se- curities with wheat as the unit of value has been introduced in the par- liament by the minister of finance. Another measure offered by the min- ister calls for a 2 per cent reduction in the number of government .flhl ployes within six months. —l—(:lickers ... $9.98 HANARA RTS . $8.98 $22,50 and $25 Saturday ..... $11.98 $2 98 green, $2.98 MUST USE TWO ARMSIN | DRIVING AN AUTOMOBILE Four Boston Autoists Lose Licenses | for Driving and Loving at Saturday . ... Same Time. Boston, June 29.-—Four motorists| who were caught driving with one| arm while they had the other around | a young woman sitting beside them have had their licenses suspended by Registrar Frank A. Goodwin. "It is difficult enough to drive with two arms without resorting to gthis prac- tice,” declared the registrar yester- day. The suspension of 91 licenses by Goodwin on Tuesday was followed| yesterday by the revocation and sus- pension of 127 more. In 12 of these cases the plates were taken from mo- | toreycles. “So far as motorcycles are con- cerned,” sald Goodwin, “they have be- come a positive menace on the high- ways." He added that in this latest cam- palgn to cut down the number of ac- cidents the police, state constabulary and motor vehicle inspectors are mak- ing a united drive. | | About 250 assassins conducted the| reign of terror in France. EVERETT TRUE | Saturday Special ... $29 and $35 SILK LINED JACQUETTES Many embroidered Every Coat and Suit Reduced for Saturday $18.98 POLO COATS, Saturday ....o00000000nnnn $10.98 TWEED MIXTURE SUITS The NEW WOOI, FLANNEL JACQUETTES In several swagger models in bright red and ... $5.75 ..$16.00 ELECTION BY VETS Disabled Veterans Will Make Choice —Commander Cook Does Not Seek Office Again, Fe Announces. Minneapolis, June 29.—Election of officers and adoption of committee re- ports today will conclude the annual convention of the disabled American veterans of the world war, in session here since Monday. Veterans whose names have been mentioned in convention gossip as candidates for ' national commander include the organization's present head, Captain C. Hamilton Cook of Duffalo, N. Y, and James a Mac- Farlane of Atlanta, Ga., now a junior vice-commander. Cook has announced he seek the office again, The convention has divided into two factions, one headed by Cook and the other by Judge Marx of Cincin- nati, Judge Marx is chairman of the commitee on finance whose majority report giving more than $20,000 in world series money to the national body was adopted by the convention last night, after a long fight. New York city chapters had sought ex- clusive use of the money, which was part of the proceeds of the tie world's geries games of last year, which Base- ball Commissioner lLandis gave to chari Commander Cook supported “x faction and report on the does not e —— =\ SCE THAT =3 |KNUCKLE JO % IT's FULLC OF INTS, AND IF Yfou ST HERE AND CRACK ANY MORE of YOuRS, ¥ LL CET LOOSE AND CRACK SOMG o MINE Y,