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

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Two important matters have, just been decided affecting the health of the people of the city. A new su- perintendent of health has been se- lected, and the tuberculosis relief so- clety has declded to engage a fulls time physician who will take charge of the tuberculosis clinic held in the Booth Block, attend those at the New Britain Sanitarium, supervise the nu- tritlon work at the fresh air school and have charge of the medical work at the Fresh Air Camp. It is the obvious thing to wish both physiclans success in thelr work and to congratulate the people of the clty on the settlement of these matters. 4 "But “the obvious thing” accom- plishes little. Too many people are doing the obvious thing today and have been doing the obvious thing all ‘their lives, If there had been no people in the world, or in our city, who refused to be satisfled with doing only those things that had been done always and doing them in the way they have been done always, Httle progress would have been made. We want more than that. We want the enthusiasms of which physiclans are possessed when taking up work of this kind, to be encour- aged. When Dr, L.ee came to the po- . sitlon of superintendent of health " there had been serious, earnest dis- cussion as to his qualifications. He brought to the position an honest enthusiasm that did not wane, even when a cold blanket was thrown over his suggestions that were disapproved because he suggested something that “never had been done here.” Greater progress is being made in medical science than in any other fleld, per- haps. We want New Britain to profit by each new discovery and we would eéncourage the new {incumbents to health positions in this city to bring those benefits. We would urge giving a falr chance to the new medical men who will have so much to do with the health of the people of the city, and we will hope for the same sympathy between the laymen who are in positions of authority here and the physicians as that which will exist undoubtedly between the medical men who will take charge of health affairs here. DON'T BEOOME EXCITED. No alarm should be occasioned by fhe announcement that the board of police commissioners has decided to obtain prices on rlot guns, tear hombs © and bullet proof vests. No: disaster impends. Nothing threatens the tran- quillity of #he city and its industrious inhabitants. True, there is a thrill in the knowl- edge that the police are considering the purchase of this paraphernalia. It excites the imagination and hints at sensational events. But there is no immediate prospect of these im- plements of war against the crim-| inally inclin€d being used. It is well to be prepared for any eituation. The way to prepare is to have modern offensive and defensive equipment, Riot guns, for example, | have a way aboul them of cooling the ardor, of impetuous and radical | spirits who believe that they can best attain - their ends by reproducing scenes ‘from the French revolution. Tear bombs speak themselves. ‘When the police believe it is desirable | for certain persons to come out and | submit to the arm of the these certain persons decline to come out, bombs bring critters” out pronto, as our friends ir Mexico say—or is it Bullet proof vests are what the name plies. policemen attack by an element that law speaks from the revolver. vests which cannot be lead or steel Modern equipped With the combatting enemies of for law, and | tear the “ornery | Texas? im Sometimes it is necessary for to expose -their hodies t which believes barrel of Under such eircumstances, penetrated by are of val police departments are atest devices for law and order New Britain is a peaceful community and it is doubtful whether this para- needed. But is the of | phernalia will ever be eternal vigilapce safety. The ~ knowledge that guns, tear bombs and bullet vests are within reach of the police will have a tendency to restrain the | ebullience of the “rising” ‘ener:non.l price riot proof LAND TAKES NOTICE. It begins to look as though Eng- land has an ldea that France's inde- pendent action in the Ruhr, is golng to bring about a conditlon In Ger- many that will force that country to| glve up its policy of passive resist- ance. England, therefore, is begin- ning to sit up and take notice. It would never do to have Germany capitulate to France alone, having England In the matter to the extent that some credit would glven her. Dispaches say the senti- ment in Britain .is to help Germany. Probably this means “help” her in a way that will not deprive England of Germany's trade, and such ‘*help” must be given or offered in a way that will not be displeasing to France | and which will yet give England some | noise. of the credit for a settlement of the reparations matter. Thus England is not averse to hav- ing the United States, morally and | physieally powerful as we are, inter- ested in forming a plan to settle the reparations . matter, France feels that she is doing very well, thank you, and will succeed. Nevertheless she could not afford, probably, to re- fuse to recognize wise suggestions from England , supported by the United States. France would much prefer to “go it alone” if success could come; and there is a decided feeling in France that such success| is in sight. But, unless the picion that France is entirely selfish is correct, she will probably be obliged to give Englahd a chance to win some glory in any settlement that may come, Sus- “DOLLAR WHEAT." Ordinarily the country is glad to learn that there is a decline in the price of a commodity necessary to sustain life. The news from Chicago that “dollar wheat” {s again an actu- ality would cause rejoicing if it were not for the fact that it is a severe financial blow to the largest single element in our population, the farmer. One dollar a bushel is less than the cost of production. This would not be a financlal disaster if the pro- ducer were possessed of capital with which to tide over the period when he is forced to sell his product at a loss. Unfortunately for the farmer, and for the country‘as well, he can- not stand at this time to continue to produce at a loss. He has not re, covered from .the depression which swept over the whole country. In many instances, he has not repald loans he raised at that time. Forcing him to sell his wheat at less than cost, a condition sald to have been brought about partly by foreign com- petition, reduces him- to a condition of helplessness. When the farmer prospers, the na- tion prospers and vice versa. This is the lesson we all learned a shoit time ago. “Dollar wheat” awakens no rejoicing in our hearts, FRENCH RATIFY TREATY. France, the last of the nations con- cerned, has ratified the Naval Treaty of Washington. The act has been long delayed possibly because Poin- care was not anxious to hurry a mat- | ter treated by Briand and which he| does not bélleve was well handled. France cannot complain of the way she has been treated by the United States in the matter of her debt to us, for Instance, and while she has been accepting our forbearance she has been holding off on this matter of ratification, ardently desired in ‘Washington. France's ratification by the Chamber of Deputles was fully expected, as similar action is now ex- vected from her senate. But an earller action would have been more graceful. France's naval ratio is not up to that allowed this country and Eng- land in the matter of capital ships, under this treaty. But she escaped having her land forces cut down, and she has ample chance to expand in the matter of lighter craft. She gives ward in the fight for decreasing naval armament that the treaty is now rati- | fied and, with the action of France's| senate, there will come the time when .the scrapping of capital ships will be begun. Every little step in this dh-erlryin‘ will be welcomed by the war-hating world. THE BAND CONCERTS. The aspect of the crowd that gathered at Walnut Hill Park the evening of July 5th which was most the were fact that those the most such give the ant evening. impressive, was who were there sort of displays—such appreciate chances to ple not “whole The take family” a afford man who could weil to his wife and children on an outing very often, was glad to have the chance to give them this pleasure that night There great and enjoyment was a crowd there was a lot of real e atmosphere This newspaper is strong for th band concerts given on the park each year at various times They for just that same sort for this same reason should offer pleasure The to of crowd expert musicians who go there such a concert as that to be given tonight, for tively instance, This lack of are so not on the part of compara- few is because of any skill the members of the musical zations which will play, but rather organt- without | be | much | twelve-hour day is that up little, and it is a short step for- | because such “expert m fans” may prefer to take thelr musical enjoy- ment in other ways. But many real lovers of music attend, and many people who seldom have a chance to hear popular band work enjoy these evenings thoroughly, It Is for them that the plea is made for at least a semblance of order while the band plays. Each year some music lovers at- tend these concerts when they .are started, but are finally driven away because of the thoughtlessness of a very few people who go there merely attracted by the crowd and nothing else. They have little regard for those who want to listen to the band, and who would like to enjoy the quiet musical passages undisturbed by It is not possible, nor per- haps desirable, to make these con- | certs solemn in any way so that there will be a feeling of a lack of freedom on the part of those in the park. They should be occasions for popular enjoyment, free from any sense of restraint other than that brought by the quiet of the summer night, the melodies of the music. But loud shouting, hoodlum actions, entire dis- regard for those who come to listen, should be stopped before it has be- gun. May all the people of the city enjoy the playing of the band. Strange that President Harding, declaring himself “an apostle of un- derstanding” went to Wrangell. “What's in a name?” Old Shakespeare asked, And now, from any angle, We can't see why A President Should seek truth in A Wrangell. The cynic would say the faint hearts who ne'er won fair ladies are mighty well off. The cynic has his place in life— To squelch enthusiasm; But speaking of ideals we Prefer the chap who has 'em. Facts and Fancies e | BY ROBERT QUILLEN. Another good memory test is a po- litical platform. Statesmen learn very little from Nature. It is suppression that makes volcanoes blow up. Given opportunity, the chances are that Japan could control everything in China except her appetite. A town that is too poor to afford a “white way" hasn't much to brag | about except its traffic problem. Bolshevism should have made its effort before a sophisticated world learned that a red sign means “Stop.” Poison-pen letters are able crea- | tions, ‘but they never are quite as in- | teresting as a fat man’s love letters, A7) The army of unemployed increases rapidly when the boss steps out. The new school of diplomacy is like the old. It is studying away over in the back of the check book. A revolutionist in southern Europe is just a job hunter who has been converted to the idea of direct ac- tion. The filing case in the editor's office contains contributed photographs of prominent people who hate publicity. The weaker the body, the better chance a disease germ has. And that explains the growth of strange politicalisms. for the it enables men to do part of their loafing on the company's time. About all you can say Correct this sentence: “You go on the picnic,, Mother,” said the flapper, “and I'll stay at home and do the housework."” Slow-motion pictures don't seem so | very deliberate if you have a friend I who promised to pay back that ten as soon as possible. Another cause of continued poverty | is the eager willingness to buy some- thing that will pay forty per cent dividends. is funny. He will go to the sluggard, for fifty weeks the year in order to go to the sea- shore the other two Even in these boisterous times it easy to lead a peaceful and undis turbed existencs if you will omit the advertising appropriation Man is Another dismal failure is an American manufacturer's patriotic effort to get interested in foreign markets when he is oversold at home A hick town is a place where the banker calls you on the phone and to know when you are going something about that over- withes do draft. to IN THE WHAT'S GOING ON Events of the Week, Briefly Told WORLD By Charles P. Stewart NEA Service Writer A diminutive wood-shack, cow-town in the northwest, with 600 inhabitants, aspired to be heard round the world, It was! Now this little town of Shelby, Mont., 100 miles north of Great Falls, has settled down to its former state of comparative oblivion, trying to re- cuperate from what is generally con- sidered the greatest flasco in the his- tory of sports. Tt was the Dempsey- Gibbons fight, July 4, for the world's heavyweight champlonship, from which Dempsey came out victor after 15 hard-fought rounds. Upon evacuation of the town the next day, Shelby began to recount its losses, which at latest reports, amount to some $76,000. Shelby's loss 1s Dempsey's gain, and that of his pro- moter, Jack Kearns, for these left the west with something like $240,000 in their jeans, Yet Shelby, like the boastful frog which blew itself up till it burst, had promised Kearns $310,000 before the fight, and could scrape together only two-thirds of the sum, “S8helby’'s Folly” this event will be referred to in history, Shelby, retir- ing into-its.oil-boom, cow-town shell, is trying to live it down. LEVIATHAN OFF July 4 saw the departure from New York of the United States liner Levi- athan, largest steamship afloat, which had been reconditioned by the govern- ment for trans-Atlantic sefvice. The ship formerly was the German liner Vaterland, which had been confiscat- ed by the government at the begin- ning of the war, to whether the German sailors leaving practiced sabotage on liner. Former Secretary of Josephus Daniels says they did. the Navy MEDICINAL LIQUOR Since Congress gave assent for the use of alcohol for medicinal purposes, its boomerang has come back in the form of a decision by Federal Judge George M. Bourquin, at Helena, Mont., 25 Years Ago Today ‘Taken irom Herald of that date) e ) 0 2 00 0 0 24 Mr. and Mrs. Otto Leupold of Arch reet are in Meriden for a few days. Bardeck and Zipf have purchased the Hess property on Arch street from the J. M. Brady agency. Mortimer Meehan and Timothy Ahearn have returned from a week's stay in Bridgeport. Alexander Eades and George Beck- ett expect to attend the G. A. R. en- campment in Cincinnati, | The liquor license held by Patrick Corbett has been transferred, it was announced today. | | st the spiritual retreat in Boston. left today and will return Saturday. C. T. Andrew's pet dog suddenly expired in front of a store on Main stret this morning. Undertaker E. J. Porter was entrusted with the burial and under instructions of Mr. An- drews, furnished a handsome casket. The passengers on the train from |New Haven who arrived in Berlin |last night were considerably shaken |up and more or less frightened by the |train coming to a sudden standstill a few miles south of Berlin.. - Cattle in a nearby pasture had gotten out of |the inclosure and onto the track. | James T. Moore had entered “vlsl, as drug clerk. will be night clerk in the same store. Tieutenant Colonel Thompson will visit Plum Island this week. The colonel has never met Lieutenant- |Colonel Hammond who ls in charge of the post. | | | COMMUNICATED | LI | Fore ! Hartford, Conn, | July 9, 1923. | Editor “The Herald”: Sunday noon last, being obliged to | walt for a religious service to begin, I |entered Walnut Hill park, to quietly |read. Most of the shaded settees | were occupied but I found an empty one in the south section. 1 did not remain there long, howeéver, because |a man and a boy, who apparently be- |longed to the godless rich class, were | driying golf balls, one of which took | |some leaves from the tree under | which I was seated. ' New Britain is to be congratulated that it has such a central, beautiful park, with its impressive Court of | Honor, restful verdure and an emi- ful view of the city and surrounding | country. | It seems to me an outrage if one | cannot make use of the park especial- ly on the s Day, without being {in danger of having his face “smashed” by a golf ball. JAMES A. SMITH. Observations on The Weather cticut Generally fair Thursday except prob. showers this afternoon not much change in tem- ight to gentle winds, most- or tonight and thunder or tonight perature ly northerl Conditions (onne { Loca! showers have occurred during the last. 24 hours from lowa eastward to Connecticut. Pleasant weather has prevailed gen- erally in other sections east of the Rocky Mountains, The pr ure is | high over Alabama and upper Michi- | zan The temperature is slightly |above normal east of the Mississippi | river. Conditions favor for this vieinity fair weather and not much change in temperature, Now an argument is proceeding as | on | that the physician can no longer be | Rev. Father Fitzgerald will attend | He | the | employ of John Burns, the pharma- | Edward Hayes | nence that commands such a delight- | told what quantities he may prescribe. Judge Bourquin practically declared unconstitutional that part of the Vol- stead act which seeks to limit the number of prescriptions a physician may write. THE POPE INTERVENES France has greatly resented the pope's intervention into the Ruhr controversy, when he wrote a letter in which he proposed that Germany’'s abllity to pay should be taken as a bAsls for reparations, and suggested that France might find less ‘“‘odious” but no less effective guarantees!than territorial occupations. The vatican denies the pope's let- ter was prompted by influence from England or Belgium, although there were such charges in the French Chamber of Deputies. However, a somewhat similar letter went to the papal representative at Munich, in which he was commissioned to inter- vene with ‘the German -authorities for the secesslon of ‘‘peaceful resist- ance” in the Ruhr. Chancellor Cuno complied, to some extent, by depre- cating recent acts of sabotage in the occupled zone, GREEK-TURK WAR War fis'actually on between Greece and Turkey, although little is heard of |it here. Attempt of the Greeks to land a regiment of troops at Kara- Burum, near the Dardanelles, met | with a repulse which resulted in the |sinking of a Greek ship and many casualties on both sides. BALANCE OF POWER Senator La Follette of Wisconsin is taking a hand in the Minnesota senae torial fight, in his efforts to gain the balance of power over the two lead- |ing parties in congress, If he accom- | plishes the election of Magnus John- |son, nominee of the Farmer-Labor party, pledged to follow La Follette's | leadership, over Governor J. A. O. Preus, the republican candidate to | succeed the late Senator Knute Nel- son, he will be able to dictate terms of settlement on all questions in the U. 8. senate on which both parties are | divided. The Farmer-Labor party itself is | divided. Its convention last week | ended in the formation of the Feder- |ated Farmer-Labor party out of the | older organization. Both parties will have candidates In the 192¢ presiden- tial elections, thus considerably weak- | ening the radical movement. IMMIGRATION RUSH | Immigration records swell and | burst. The first day of July found 111 liners nosing their way towards | Ellfs Island. These vessels carried 111,482 passengers of all classes, and |crews of 4100 men. That meant 15,- | 682 had to be examined by inspectors. | It was nearly double the number iarrlvlng on the same day a vear ago. tThe law allowing a monthly admis- | slon of 8 per cent of the nationals al- ready in the country, caused the rush on the first of the month. About 80 per cent of thé arrivals were admitted. PEACE. PRIZE A stimulus has been given the age- long effort to find permanent peace for the world. Edward W. Bok of Philadelphia offers the amazing sum of $100,000 to the one who formulates the best and most work-able plan by which the United States may co-oper- ate with other nations to achieve and preserve world peace, Anyone may try. And judging from reports, everyone is trying. Money, as always, is the lure. The first 850,000 will be paid for the idea; the second ene when its practicability is demon- strated. GARY PROMISES | stitred by public opinion and the words of President Harding, E. H. Gary of the U, §. Steel corporation and American Iron and Steel Insti- tute, announces he will do all in his power to abolish the 12-hour day in |the steel industry. It will require at least 60,000 more laborers, he says, and will add about 15 per cent to the { cost of the finished product. | Churches, welfare organizations and philanthrophic societies, that have worked for years to eliminate t‘nei | long Inhuman shift in the steel mills, | rejolce at the announcement. They | |now awalt its execution, for they | think Gary the only man who can |do it. | | Gary expects to realize the 8-hour day with the aid of colored workers | from the south and immigrants now flocking to this country. NEW LIQUOR RULING | Govt, Finds It Cannot Restrict Use of Intoxicants Which Are Classed as Private Stocks On Boats. | Washington, July 11.—Confronted | with a new problem in the ship liquor tangle by reports of the appearance of intoxicants in the dining salons of | government owned vessels, the ship- | ping board has decided that it s | without authority to interfere with the consumption of private liquor | stocks by passengers aboard such ves- | sels. The board probably will ask & | definite ruling from the department | [of justice. | The question involved is whether | | the police powers of the ship's offi- | | cers would warrant their interference | with liquor drinking by passengers. An entirely new feature of the pro- | hibition question has reached the | supreme court from Californta. It involves the problem of whether| | states can prohibit druggists from| filling prescriptions which call for | the quantity of medicinal liquor al- lowed by federal law. | | The courts of California have sus- | tained an ordinance of Los Angeles, | limiting the quantity which druggists ‘max‘ dispense upon any prescription | |to eight liquid ounces. That is hait| the amount of that which the fed- eral government has made the maxi- mum. | Merlin W. Hixson, a druggist of |l.os Angeles has asked the supreme GIVE MUCH T0 CHARITY Elks, During Past Twelve Months, Have Given Away More Than Two Million Dollars, 9 Atlanta, Ga., July 11,—The grand lodge of the Benevolent and Protec- tive Order of Elks settled down today to dispose of committee reports and clean up all other business in order to devote the last session tomorrow to the Installation of new grand lodge officers. Approximately $2,225,000 was spent in"the past year by the Elks in charit- able work alone, according to the re- port of the committee on social and community welfare. The report stressed the need of an intensive cam- paign in Americanization. This afternoon all the hands attend- ing the convention will participate in a contest followed by a monster massed band concert. Later the vis- iting Elks will be entertained with a barbecue, water carnival and fire- works, capped off with a grand ball. DOLLAR WHEAT ARRIVES Corn and Oats, However, Resist De- pression and Hold up Well. Chicago, July 11.—Dollar a bushel wheat arrived on the Chicago market yesterday along with the first carload of the new crop. Cool weather in the northwest, less pessimistic crop re- ports from that section and less ag- gressive support for the market re- sulted in an {rregular break of 2% and 3 6-8 cents a bushel, the Sep- tember delivery dropping to an even dollar. Corn resisted the depressing effect of the wheat crop, as did oats, for the most part, but rye —and provisions dipped with wheat. Experts say that at $1 a bushel for wheat the farmer will get less than the cost of produc- tion, DROWNED ON HONEYMOON Bodies of Jersey Couple, Found in River Near Indian Lake, N. Y. Summit, N. J., June 11.—News was received here yesterday of the drown- ing In Jessup river, near Indian Lake, N. J, of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sexton of Summit, who were spend- ing their honeymoon in camp on the lake fifteen miles from the nearest set- telement. They were .married .on June 30. It is not known when they were drowned, The bodies were recovered by a boarding house proprietor who was making a trip down the river. According to information received here, Mr. and Mrs. Sexton had been, swimming. Their bodies were found far from their camp and within a short distance of each other. Both were known as good swimmers. Mr. Sexton was 27 years old. He was connected with the Newark Sun- day Call. He had been a secretary of boys’ work in the Y. M. C. A. but gave it up because of his health. His wife was Grace P. Wells of Summit, AWAIT BANK REPORT iy Shelby | Depositors Anxious About | Their, Funds—Not Used to Finanoe | Fight, Is Statement, Shelby, Mont., July 11.—Depositors today awalted the report of bank ex- . aminers working on the books of the | Trirst State hank of Shelby, which closed its doors yesterday, No statement is avallable as to the exact" amount of cash Involved. 3 The action was an immediate re- | sult of the suspension of the Stanton Trust and Savings bank of Great | Talls. .2 L. A, Murrils, cashier of the Shelby ' bank, said a number of_ depositors withdrew their cash from the bank following criticism of Mayor James A, * Johnson's connection with the rais- ing ‘of the second $100,000 pald to Dempsey. Mayor Johnson, who was * president of the bank suffered per- . sonal losses estimated to have ranged | between §100,000 and $150,000 in at- tempting to ‘save the fight and the good name of Montana.” ¥ None of the bank’s funds was used ' | in connection with the financing of | the fight, it was announced. 4 George H. Stanton, who alded in financing' the fight, has declared -de- positors.in his bank will be pald in. full and that the prize fight financing had nothing to do with the failure of either institution. [ PROGRESS IN MEXICO s g3 " U. 8. Delegates Report That Move Toward Settlement is Proceeding By The Associated Press. Mexico City, July 11. — “We are continuing to make progress which each day is more rapid,” Charles B. Warren, one of the American recog-' nitlon commissioners, at the conclu- sion of last evening’'s session of the conference with the Mexican dele- * gates, It is understood that the agrarian claims convention covering Mexican claims against the United States and vice versa virtually is complete. HEAVY FREIGHT TRAFFIC That Handled in Last Week of June is Largest Ever, Report Shows Washington, July 11,—Freight traf- fic during the week ending June 30 was the heaviest ever handled by Am- erican railroads. The total number of cars loaded, the car service division of the American railway assoclation reported today was 1,021,770. Hvery commodity classification showed increases. VOTING ON “WET” ISSUE Winnipeg, July 11.—The sale of beer and light wines with meals at hotels is the issue in a general élec- tion in this province today. Early voting was heavy. Today's election marks the second opportunity in thrae weeks the populace has had to regis- ter for or against absolute prohibi- tion. New Britain Herald:— Herald Fresh Air Tournament Shuttle Meadow Club July 18 Please enter me in the Fresh Air Tournament. My handicap is Kickers handicap desired Approximate time of play ——————or, (Signed) (Two dollars payable on day of tournament—payment on grounds.) EVERETT TRUE e | court to review his convietion for vieo- lmung the ordinance. i i BY CONDO QREAT MACKINAW, WOMAN, . MADE YoU GO AND BuY THAT THING T WHATEVG @, T ean “‘T AREORD T i i Il ! . /1l SSSS ANOTHER, THING YOU CAN'T AFFORD (S To BE AN OLD TIGHTWAD