New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1923, Page 6

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Our eirculation statistics are Dased upon this aud!t. This insures pro- tection agatnst frand in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both natlonal and .local advertisers. STATE AID. It would be folly to fail to take advantage of the §$20,000 offered by the state for building roads in New Britain provided this city will appro- priate $6,666 for that purpose. it would seem that there could be little doubt about what the city should do, yet there will be objection made on the ground that the roads which would be benefited are not the ones which need improvement the most. But this objection is quite beside the point. A chance is offered the city to make a fine bargain. For a comparatively small amount of money it will receive the benefits of a great amount. These benefits will be per- manent benefits, practically. The offer should be considered a boon not something that will merely increase taxes. But there is another reason for cit- ing this matter. Tt is a practical dllustration of the sort of wise econ- omy which involves paying money out at a time when' effort is being made ito save every cent. A certain im- jprovement is to be made in the city. {That improvement may be carried out for a small amount—a plan which thas the immediate endorsement of ‘many taxpayers. By increasing the fhe improvement may be made prac- tically - permanent. - - The - increased Vvalue of ituwill be many times the increased cost. Accepting the more expensive plan, in such’ a case, is often a practice of wise economy—a ‘real saving to the people. As in the case of the one-story school house, for instance, more attention should be paid to the continuing maintenance cost and less to the initial invest- ment. CRISIS IN PHILIPPINES, A dispute of long standing between Governor General Leonard Wood and (Filipino officials reached its climax yesterday when the Filipino council «of state and cabinet resigned because of General Wood. The disagreement General Wood's authority ended and the authority of the native govern- ment began. Because this question eould not be settled satisfactorily, the council and cabinet decided that they ¢ould not continue to work with the American governor and at the same time retain their self respect. There is something about the affair which recalls scenes in the early his- tory of the United States when the fathers of the country, believing that there was too much interference on the part of King George's representa- tives, protested that their Ruman rights were being ignored. In deal- ing with the Filipinos and their we must not forget that the United Btates was at one time in a position ‘qulte similar to the position in whxchi the people of our Far East islands today find themselves. We can, therefore, treat the problem with sympathy and an open mind. Self-government is the aim of a strong party headed by Manuel Que- zon, ‘president of the Filipino senate and leader of the movement antag- onistic to General Wood. Tn its ranks are found tha majority of educated | Filipinos, who chafe the | strictions imposed by General Wood | in the of the United Sta ! Quezon, pictured by his countrymen, under re- | name or part of them, as a patriot whose soul flames with a passion for inde pendence, was among those who ten- dered their resignations yesterday He is the central figure in the re- sistance to General Wood. He has| helped to mould the thought of his | countrymen and his influence should | not be lightly held. He bids fair to become the Patrick Henry of his day In his reply to the address of res jgnation, General Wood did not spare the feelings of the Filipinos. His words were those of the military man rather than what might be expected ‘ot a goyernment official. Time show whether his attitude will cause more harm than good *Your action is not previous protest or complaint,” Gen- | eral Wood “It ganized preconcerted wil based on any indicates attack said or- | and by | " Y | dies @8 Filipino department secretaries |posed expenditure was excessive nd members of the councll of state upon the authority of the governor general under the organic act and as the represemtative of the &overeign power of the United States.” Perhaps a little less talk of the “authority of the governor general” and the ‘“sovereign power of the United States” would be acceptable. That was the kind of language used by the representatives of King George when the Amerlcan colonies were | struggling for self-expression and | freedom from the chains which bound them. —_— CHILDREN AND SUGGESTION. Of course we have been talking and hearing about Coue, the little French druggist with his theory of the value of auto-suggestion, quite as though it were a new thing. Coue, you will remember of course, urged that we repeat to ourselves, just as we were about to go to sleep, the formula that “Day by Day in Every Way I'm Getting Better and Better.” Many of the strings with their little knots for remembrance are discarded and forgotten now. And so it comes quite as a surprise to read the advice of a modern woman authority on bringing up children, that we should suggest to them, especlally as they are falling into sleep or after they have gone to sleep, those things we wish them to do—to “be a good boy,"” to “go to sleep;"” to “wake up happy.” Quite probably the woman who wrote this book which is an accepted au- thority, had never heard of Coue and his autosuggestion when she gave this advice. And yet it is Coue's advice to adults concerning themselves as it is her advice to adults in bringing up their children. There does seem some sense in the idea that if a child goes to sleep with the thought of a mother’s soft words in the child's ears, that child will be apt to remember on waking up, what the mother said. We need not go into the questions of the under con- sclous mind that, scientists tell us, never sleeps. We don't have to ask whether or not that sub-conscious mind has been speaking to the sleep- ing child and the impulse thus cre- ated. All we have to do is acknowl- edge that a child, falling off to sleep or even asleep, hearing or being sur- rounded by soothing suggestions will wake with the impulse to heed those suggestions, “I cure no one' de- clared Coue. “I merely show you how to cure yourself.” *“I do .not compel my child to do right” the mother may say. “I merely make the suggestion which becomes a part ‘of the child and influences him.” Many, many of the new theories of in which there may be seen much that is good are merely new forms bf old inspiration, sensed rather than learned by us when we were children. And such old inspirations are just as valuable today as they were then in those old days — valuable, even dressed in their new clothes. EVERYBODY HAPPY. Everybody connected with the lead- ership of the republican’ and demo- cratic parties seems to be elated at the election of Magnus Johnson as senator from Minnesota. The cloud has a silver lining large enough to go round. Optimism is the keynote of the moment. Republicans are de- lighted because the democratic can- didate cut such a sorry figure in the contest. Democrats are delighted be- cause they see in the election a re- buke to the republican administration at Washington. To quote some of for the major parties: Chairman Adams of the G. O. P. says: “Returns at hand from the Minnesota election indicate that out of a total vote of approximately half a million, the democratic candidate polled about five per cent. Certainly the democratic party cannot get much comfort out of this result.” Chairman Hull of the democratic party says: “By the defeat of Gov- ernor Preus * * * the voters of the most stalwart republican state of Minnesota have administered the most significant and humiliating de- feat and rcpudiation the Harding ad- suffered since the spokesmen ministration has yet the nation-wide repudiation of 1922. The election was the first reaction of the voters at the polls to President Harding’'s transcontinental political tour with its boast of prosperity, its characteristic evasions and reversals and facing both ways.” With Mr. Adams and Mr. Hull sat- isfled—and we assume Mr. Johnson is satisfied—the political situation seems to be serene. It's nice to learp that | everybody is so happy on this bright July day President Harding ‘\ Is slowly discarding | All the plans that might lead to a| fight | Whatever's decided i He can’t be derided | A stopped clock must be sometime just right Some people are so careful of their| health that they fear even the germ of an idea DUTCH MINISTER QUITS The Hague, July 15.--The Dutch minister of finance has resigned after disagreement with the other minis-| ters over a measure providing for the upkeep of naval units in the East In He maintained that the pr Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN, There isn’t much to the Ford boom. Nobody favors him except a lot of the people. Fable: Once there was a man who borrowed on his insurance policy and paid back the loan. The only state that appears to have any inalienable rights left is the state of matrimony. The ten books which the average man enjoyed most were thosé In which the Redskins bit the dust. He can't qualify as a leading citizen until he reaches the point where peo- ple blame him for everything. It is no longer easy to get ahead out in the great open spaces. About forty others are waiting to tee off. is perhaps the it speed If mere law enforcement thing most desirable, would be well to ralse limit to 80 miles an hour. Correct this sentence: “Why, my dear,"” exclaimed the husband, “how nicely you have sharpened this pen- el the Didn't we have a war because a our Let's see. or something one time foreign nation interfered with ships? The ass that spoke back in Bible times had the grace not to do it while folks were tuned in for a concert. The fact that Italy has the shape of a bootleg doesn't worry Mussolini. He is closing up wine shops. An enormous press is required to shape the fenders in the first place, but anydittle jitney can reshape them for you. Some husbands seldom look into a closet, and some think their wives have a quart laid away for medicinal use, The theory of evolution continues to excite the country, but it isn’t probable that it will require a solemn referendum. Anoher good endurance test is try- ing to find a drink in a town where thé newspapers, say prohibition can’t be enforced. Just when you have determined to lead a better life and. love all your fellows, some darned umpire makes that kind of decision. Another way to avoid work is to organize a propaganda campaign of some kind and find a few rich people who ,wish to be ‘useful. The department of agriculture is cultivating “friendly parasites.” They are ‘easy to cultivate, but they never pay back the ten spots they borrow. v | 25 Years Ago Today (Taken irom Herald of that date) ) ) s s 0 O ) The directors of the New Britain Telephone Co. has under considera- tion the extension of their lines into Bristol, Farmington, Forestville, Plainville and other towns in that vieinity. Transfer of land was made today by C. T. Hotmes on Kelsey street to John Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. John SBunburn enjoyed a drive to Avon and back yesterday. Howard Nelson and Emil and Joseph Johnson will spend the week in greater New York and along the Jersey coast. Carlson and Torrell have been awarded th contract for building a | dwelling house for James T. Q'Connor on Liberty street. Members of the Gentlemen's Driv- ing club held a clambake in Farm- ington yesterday. The clams were served in a style to satisfy eVen the most fastidious and the event on the whole was very enjoyable. The new garbage chariot is ready tor service and as soon as a set of harness is purchased for the steed which will draw it, it will be put into commission C. W. Parker has joined a party of Meriden boys for a two weeks' camp at Niantic. William J. Noble and his bride have returned from their wedding trip Michael Moore is having a new flag walk laid in front of his home on High street. Observations on The Weather | Fair tonight and For Connecticut Thursday: no char g‘ in temperat light to gentle varfble winds. ire; Conditions: The area of high pres- sure over the Lake region has re moved but little during the last 24 hours. It continues to produce pleas- ant weather with cool nights in the northern districts east of the Mis- sissippi river. The temperature is slightly above the normal ezst of the Rocky mountains. The temperature at New Hav gres above normal Conditions favor for tair weather followed this by vicinity increasing | cloudiness on Thursday. en yesterday was one de- BOOKHART RETURNS, ATTAGKING HARDING Into Politics Again By The Associated Press, New York, July 18.—Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Towa, back from a ten-weeks' survey of agricultural con- ditions in Europe, declares that the election to the senate of Magnus Johnson of Minnesota was a warning to the republican bosses that some- thing was about to happen in the po- litical situation of the United States. Senator; Brookhart, a republican who was elected with the support of the farmer-labor bloc to the seat pre- viously held by Senator Willlam 8. Kenyon, in his first public statement since his return to the United States, touched on the presidential situation. Asserting that he had read three of the speeches which President Hard- ing has delivered on his tour, Mr. Brookhart said: “I should think that about three more speeches like these would elect Henry Ford by about 10,000,000 ma- jority, if the president is a candidate. It is time the republican party was looking for a candidate who will fight for the common people and against Wall street. Someone like Judge Kenyon should be drafted for this “purpose.’” Elsewhere in his statement the senator declared that the - Russian Soviet government was second in sta- bility only to that of the United States and that Russia soon would be making inroads upon the grain mar- kets of this country. “The thing that demands imme- diate attention in an extra session of congross is the agricultural situation,” declared Senator Brookhart. Senator Brookhart is one of the senators who parted company with their party leaders on various ques- tions of foreign and domestic policy who nevertheless are counted among those yielding the G. O. P. a nom- inal majority of flve in the senate. He disembarked from the 8. 8. Presi dent Polls in Boston, and arrived in New York ony this morning. He will address a small gathering at the co-operative league house here to- morrow night. Referring to his tour, during which he visited Durria and the principal keountries of Europe, Senator Brook- hart said: “The whole world is saying that we are entering upon a new era; great changes are impending, and new de- velopments are at hand. it all to be? “This nebulous talk ‘gets nowhere. 1 was looking for something definite and I think T found it. “I did not enter a museum, an art gallery or an antique shop on the whole, but I did see the living lead- ers of the common people in nearly | all the countries of Europe. I talked | to the statesmen of this upward movement, and met the leaders and | active managers of the great co- operatives everywhere, “My conclusion is that economic co-operation upon the simple princi- ples of the weavers of Rochdale, is the only constructive idea that has survived the war. It is the oniy plan that will end the eriminal trusts | and combinations in America and give | to the producers and conswmers the just rewards of their labors “The thing that demands imme- diate attention in an extra session of congress, is the agriculturai situation. “A good crop is coming all over Europe including Russia. 1 saw nearly two thousand miles of it and | the Russtan peasants have planted notwithstanding the propaganda in America that they refused to plant. They have good crops and likely a | larg to know these facts.above all others. When they are known, it is plain that the Lenroot bill and other legislation passed at the last session are flimsy makeshifts and wholly inadequate for agricultural needs. “Radio dispatches on my boat back said there are prospects for big crops in the United States. For 40 years the farmers have received less total money for their big crops than for the little ones. They did the extra { work in harvesting and handling and paid the extra freight and for ship- | ping and took less return for it all “They are ‘in the same situation now, made worse by their own war deflation and aggravated by railroad inflation. Every other business sells its product in a protected home mar- ket and is able to chargs the farmer ost of production and in many case | an extraordinary profit hesides. For | example l “During 15 years before the war Back From Europe, He thges| But what is | DON'’T the steel trust collected $28 per ton for rails in the United States F. 0. B. factory, and sold its surplus at $20 in foreign countries and- paid the freight. “The American farmer sells about 10 per-cent of his product in foreign | markets, but that little surplus fixes }the price on the big 90 per cent sold at home. This not only is unfair but| it means bankruptcy for agriculture | | this year. “It will take immediate action of | of congress along the line of the Nor- 'ris bill to enable the farmers to get | the cost of production out of their present crop. The president should call an extra session immediately. “I have read only three of the president's speeches. One urged | a self perpetuating world court, the| | 1ast word in universal dutocracy. An- | other urged a confiscating tax in rail- | road rates upon the people of the | Untied States, especially upon the | farmers, to sustain seven billlon dol- | lars of water in railroad valuations. | It denounced the government of the United States as a railroad manager, but neglected to say that private | ownership increased the operating ex- | penses upon our people by fourteen| |hundred and eighty-five million dol- lars the first 10 months after the goy- crnment turned them back. “It said the roads could not be re- placed for nineteen billion dollars but neglected to say that the value of all the stocks and bonds representing all |the value of all the roads was less | than twelve billion dollars. | 1 “In the third speech the president |favored drafting all the people and all the property in the next war— mind you in the next war. But he said not a word about taxing the profiteers and dollar a year patriots all around him for the millions and billfons of blood money which they took from the government during the World war just past to pay the bonus we promised the soldiers. | “T should think that about three more speeches like these would elect Henry Ford by about ten million ma-/ jority if the president is the candi- date. It is time the republican party was looking for a candidate who will fight for the common people and against Wall street. Someone Ilike Judge Kenyon should be drafted for this purpose.” In discussing the situation in Rus- sia, Senator Brookhart said: “Lenine is the man of the hour there. He is now suffering from a nervous breakdown brought about by overwork. His condition is similar to that of President Wilson. Trotsky with whom I talked is an able man. The soviet government has abandoned the communistic plan for that of the co-operative. | |Oxford-Cambridge Men ; ‘ Will Play at Madison | | New Haven, July 19.—The Oxford- | Cambridge tennis team which is on a visit to this country, will play the| Madison county club team at Madi- son on Saturday and Sunday after-| noons. On the visiting team is A. N.| Wilder, son of Amos Wilder, associate | editor of the New Haven Journal Courier. The Madison teams will be| ‘oap!alned by Frank Hopkins, former- | [y a Yale tennis team captain. His| | brother was captain of the Oxford team two years ago. John Whitbeck, another player, is the present Yale| and Harvard interscholastic cham- | pion, and A. G. Bragaw isa crack player from New Jersey. The Madi- son team expects to put up a good game, Mysterious Young Woman Is Called in Ward Case | | | White "Plains, N. Y. July 18 — | Sheriff George J. Werner and a mys- | terious woman, young and well dress- | ed were, called today before the grand |sury which is investigating Walter S. | Ward's killing of Clarence Peters. \Good Athletic Rating Is Set at West Point Washingtop, July 18.—With about 1,100 men out of the total 1,200 en- rolled in the West Point cadet corps competing, a grand average of §1.7! per cent for all four events in the | standardized athletic rating under the new national amateur athietic federa- {tion standards was estabiished, it was |shown in statistics made public today | the war department. The rating qualifies the cadets for the “college standard excellent” designation. at at Anna poln gt;ti’ofi"fieard | 6,800 Miles From U. S.| | Washingtor The shivping | hoara vessel ¥ reported | to the navy department today that it had heard thé Annapolis high pow- | cred radio station throughout a recent | | voyage to Bouth Africa, 6,800 miles| |away | In the Groden Vailey in the Dolo-| mites, nearly every man, woman and ‘chl.d is & wood carver. FORGET— —CARR LAND SALE LAST WEEK! LAST CHANCE! — AT MAPLE HILL, NEWINGTON — On Maple Hill Ave.---Drive Out In Your Car And Look Over This Wonderful Investment Salesmen on Property Afternoons --- Evenings Until Dark Free Automobiles Day or Evening by Appointment at our Office 257 Main St. MOVIE FIRMS ARE NOT T0 SELL STOCK Walter L. Johnso's Companies Enjoined by, Court Order New ‘York, July 18.—Attorney Gen- eral Sherman has obtained an injunc- tlon restraining Walter L. Johnson and the three movie concerns he heads from selling additional stocks. It is charged that investors already have lost $750,000 through the opera~ tions of these companies. The companies named in the in. junction and which are accused of having sold stock to the pubiic while there were no prospects of ever plac- ing them upon a producing basis are: The Motion Picture Production company of America; the National Exchange, Inc, and Johnson and Hopkins Co., Inc. The first company was incorporated in 1919 in Maryland and was capital- ized at $600,000. The National Ex- change was incorporated in the same state for $5,000,000. Johnson and Hopkins company was formed to pro- mote the stock of the first two com-~ panies. It is charged that stock of the §5,~ 000,000 National Exchange was sold to the public to the extent of $550,000 and was still being sold when' the at- torney general's office interfered. In the case of the Motion Picture Pro- duction company, it is charged that investors sunk $175,000. Neither the producing company nor the exchahge firm ever did a single item of business for which they were formed, it is alleged. The producing company never finished a production and the Exchange firm never sold a fllm. The stock selling concern is said to have been successful. West Haven Postal Man Elected to National Office Boston, July 18.—Edward J. Ryan, of Bogota, N. J.,, has been elected na- tional president of the Railway Mall assoclation, it was announced here when the count of members’ votes was compiled. J. F. Bennett, of Alle- gany, N. Y., vice-president; R. E. Ross, of Portsmouth, N. H., secretary; and H. W. Strickland, of Washington, D. C. industrial secretary, were re- clected. Officers chosen for the first division. which Includes the six New England states were 1. L. Lane, of Chester, Vt., president, and Philip Little, of West Haven, Conn., secre- tary. EVERETT RUE WORLD GHAMP RETURNS Johnston, Tennis Star, Reaches Unit- ed States Today on Board the Liner Olympic—Others Arrive. New York, July 18. — Willlam M. Jolnston of San Francisco, winner of the world's tennis championship in the recent tournaemnt at Wimbledon, returned on the Olympic today with a half dozen other American tennis notables who took part in the meet. The party included Francis T. Hun. ter of New Rochelle, whom Johnston defeated In the finals and five women players—Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mal- lory, New York; Miss Leslie Bancroft, Boston; Martha Bayard, Short Hills, N. J.; Elenora Sears, Boston and Katherine Gardner, Boston. Another passenger on the Olympic was Brian 1, C. Norten, South African tennis star. He intends to participate in several eastern invitation tourna- ments, remaining in this country for the national championship at Phila. delphia in September. Witness Says She Heard Child’s Mother Plotting Mason, Mich., July 18. — Charges that Mrs. Emma Kopple entered a conspiracy with James Shannon, a boarder at her home to kill her 14 vear old foster son, Hargy, and divide $1,300 of insurance, were made by Miss Jessie Pratt, who appeared as a witness in the trial of Mrs. Kopple here. Miss Pratt, a former roomer at Mrs. Kopple's home has been held as a materlal witness since the boy's death, May 13. Shannon is charged jointly with Mrs. Kopple with the murder, and is held in county jail, awaiting trial. Miss Pratt testifled that she overheard Shannon and Mrs. KKopple planning the boy's death. They discussed using the insurance meney tor a motor trip, she asserted. Dr. Ber;ard Kaplan Sent To Waterbury Synagogue Waterbury, July 18.—Rev. Dr. Ber- nard A. Kaplan of Kingston, N. Y., has been appointed to assume charge of ‘Temple Israel, this city, to succeed Rabbi Lewls Browne, who resigned here early in the summer. Temple Israel comprises a membership of about 150 persons of Jewish falth and has an attractive house of worship. % Frank E. Goodwin Eyesight Specialist 327 MAIN ST. TEL. 1905 Have Your Eyes Examined ——————e BY CONDO STEP OVER (Nto MY YARD, NCICHRoR ' [ MY GATE |D ALWAYS KEPT CLOSED, AND THE FEnCeE IS KEPT HOG TIGNT BWuYT LOOSs CHICKENS LY RIQHT OVSR 1Tl =