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

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This ipsures pro- tection agalnst frand in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both = national and local advertisers. e ROAD CONDITIONS Attention is called to the bulletin on roads under construction and de- tours, issued by the State Highway department, and published this newspaper yesterday, A regular issue of such bulletins and notice of them by drivers of automobiles would re- sult in a personal saving of cash and time, as well as enhancing the pleas- ure of motoring. In this connection it is worth while to emphasize the financial loss, seldom realized, that comes from driving over bad roads at all, especially when the motorist travels fast. Everyone realizes that the constant friction of parts resulting from bumping over bad roads takes the life out of a car and reduces its value rapidly. The au- tomobile may be so well constructed and may ‘“hug the road” so closely that the jarring is hardly perceptible to the motorist, but it is perceptible to the car and the jars are absorbed by it, uncomplainingly perhaps, but expensively, It is quite probable that travelling fairly rapidly over a long stretch of slightly bumpy surface is more damaging to a car than a short distance full of rough places. The driver is warned by the latter and slows down, usually because they make him uncomfortable, The driver is not warned by the less noticeable bumps and often fails to reduce the speed of the car. But the car gets the benefit, Note the road conditions as made public and take advantage of them-— and remember the suffering car which is doing its best to maintain its value for the sake of your pocketbook, in COMMUNICATIONS WELCOME Communications to this newspaper are welcome always, Often they give valuable information; sometimes they make worth while suggestions and nearly always they are interesting, Of course no newspaper makes the words of the weiter of any communication its own; it may differ from the au- thor. But that is entirely beside the point. Their value rests in the interest they arouse and the possible advan- tage that may be taken of them to the benefit of the city or a group of | individuals in it. | practical 'p]ulncd to us by science. TREATIES IN EFFEOT An event of too great importance to the world to pass uhnoticed took place yesterday. The naval treaty be- tween the United States, Great Britain, France, Japan and Ttaly, and the four- power Pacific pact became effective, The cessation of the ‘Anglo-Japanese agreement came automatically, Ttaly is not a party to the four-power treaty. The treaty by which this country alone, and others In proportion, will | “serap” 750,000 tons of fighting ves- sels, is at least a step toward the) disarmament of nations which will come when men become completely sane—if they ever do. It lessens ‘the expense of the nations parties to the pact; its moral in- fluencg means a great deal. The Pacific treaty, which termin- ates the menace of the Anglo-Japan- ese alliance, would seem to assure peace in the Pacfiic. These are the understandable re- sults of nations getting together. In them may be seen the spirit, not yet thoroughly understood, that may re- sult in further preparation for perpet- peace, ual HOW LITTLE WE KNOW. This is no argument attempting to show that Conan Doyle's “spirit pictures” were photographs of spirits. Rather it is a suggestion that be- cause of our limited knowledge there are many things capable of explana- tion which as yet have not been ex- Gradually things that would have seemed mir- acles years ago are hecoming perfect- ly plain and even commonplace, Suppose, for instance, soon after Lincoln’s death men sat in a dark- ened room, seemed to see the Presi- dent standing before them and to hear words coming from his moving lips in a voice knowh to be his. The men who would testify to these things! would have been branded as impos- tors or Few or none would have believed them. And yet such men would have been willing to swear to the things they saw and heard. Yet, the other evening, men sat in a darkened place and saw President Harding placing a wreath on the casket of the Unknown Soldier. We know that they might actually have heard his voice had he then spoken. We know that what we saw was true; that it was President Harding him-' self; and we would know that it was his voice which spoke, The “President Harding” those men saw was moving picture of the late President. The voice they would have heard would have come from a phonograph giving the exact words he spoke with his own intona- tion. That the picture assumecs a weird aspect, being shown President Harding's death, goes without saying. But there was not the shadow of belief in the myster- ious present; there was no super- stition. Tt was but one of the man- i ns of the accomplishments of science—one which we understand. We know how the photographer's | plate or film is developed and how | the sunlight, passing through it, prints the picture on sensitized paper or how a brilliant light, passing through the film, reproduces on the screen the impression of the film. It is not sug- gesting ridiculous thing to say certain atmospheric conditions may combine to produce results today which we cannot explain any more than we could have understood the photograph before it known. Each new discovery tells of the in- numerable other which liars. a 80 soon a was discoveries An interesting communication of this | character yesterday, | mentioning the fistory of the move- ment to standardize the hose couplings | in various city and towns of the state. | This movement, of course, has been | eagerly encouraged recently by the underwriters, as the better fire protec- | tion the state the risks of the insurance companies. For | was published has the less are the peace of mind of the people of | this city and certain other cities, ra- | ther than because of any concern for | the insurance companies, it be stated that New Britain a satisfactory position in regard to hose couplings for a matter of ten 12 years at least. As to the of the fire hose coupling and hydrant it has been found that may has been in its | or standard size and thread there is such a standard Hartford, Meriden ville, and that the New Britain dep. between this city and and Plain- rt- Bristol ment has a “reducer” which permits of coupling with a hydrant of practi- cally any size if the coupling will not fit without it New Britain tection for a long time has had fine fire pro- The fact has not been officially recognized. Ttecently this city inaugurated the two-platoon offi- protection and that time the It system since an cial investigation of here teresting writers recognize if New Britain is to receive hands, the it and has deserved for It this movement was started there has been made would be in- to know if that the fire under- fact fully and at their full credit deserves a long time will be noted, also, that when was much greater need of assistance from neighboring towns than there is at present. The fire departments were not fitted onut as they arc today; no town or city was as thoroughly able to take care of itself as it is now. Frequently New Britain has been of use to neigh- | York. Van Haltren was once a pitch- will be made but of which, now, we have no suspicion. BASEBALL IN 1895 Among the items noted in “Yester- in this is | | years in Sport” published | newspaper on the sporting mention of a game in 1895 in which the Philadelphia 26 hits for 41 bases off tho then celebrated | pitcher Jouett Meekin Charles | Van Haltren, a centerfielder, of New | page, team made and er, but not at that time. The significance of the item, shows a “slaughter” of a pitcher and the use of a player who had lost his efficacy in the at that | time was used in place of the pitch- er's slab, lies in the contrast to present it The | anger of the then owner of the New York Giants Meckin in He no matter which box"” which baseball practice presents. ainst was shown other insisted that “take his beating” how in shape evident it was that he was not to pitch. Similarly the cele- brated Christy Mathewson was play- ed at first base for a time, a few years later than 1895, It was charged at the time that the owner intended to make Matty play somewhere. Bascball play- ers were not then of the type they are today, and their treatment did not in- luce them improve themselves as many of them are doing now. Few studied law or medicine business id Perhaps John McGraw was one of the or “on the in the winter months. first to attend college in the off season. He has improved his opportunity, al- though he ed to baseba has given all that he learn- 1 Certainly he was benefited by those studies as any man | is helped by study cven though he does not use directly the technical knowledge he gainod Baseball today and those who play | methods, Sanity more ,than force is the rule. Sinking personal eccentricl- ties into the general welfare has brought good results in baseball as it is ‘bringing good results in other ac- tivities, HOPE NOT ABANDONED The miners and operators are go- ing to continue negotiations, next | Monday with at least the .ostensible purpose of trying to prevent a strike September 1. newspaper said in these columns that both operators and miners would hardly dare face the anger of the people were they to fail to prevent a strike. Today an authoritative report of the situation says: ‘Neither side seemed ready to risk public censure for continuing a deadlock * * * which seemed to be leading directly to a pro- longed strike in the anthracite re- gion.” Whenever “public opinion'” appears to be influencing men the occasion is noteworthy, for *“public opinion” by and large, is far more apt to be right than wrong. In the long run the peo- ple are right. Those who question this statement question the theory upon which this country was founded and has grown. Public opinion holds the too-radical batk; public opinfon de- mands correction of wrongs practiced by the too-conservative. If a strike on September 1 is prevented it will be an accomplishment not of the coal com- mission, not of the mingrs or opert- tors, - but it will be a victory won by the force of public opinion. The police probe committee has de- cided to postpone its first meeting un- til the latter part of next weck. Us- ually it is the accused who seeks de- lay; the prosecutor fights postpone- ment—unless he finds he has a very poor case. National Motorists’ association at- tributes gas price-cutting war to “the fact that some companies have been forced to unload gasoline stocks with resultant competition in prices by other companies.” We're glad to know the “Why;" would now know who's the who. Women observed the death promier of Bulgaria by ‘ordering shorter dresses and high-heeled shoes. ot them both. of He was aga They are not hypocrites, anyway. Queer how a prizefighter may be both knocked ‘“out” and all “in.” The politically independent weekly magazine “Time’ says of poli- tics: “The change of leaders offers a graceful retreat to the Republican party from any policy which it re- gards as inadvisable.” They'll never “change" Their policies, But, since he is their pal, They'll just keep mum And put the whole Explaining up to Cal. new A permanent wave cost only $35— unless it is in a permanent pavement. | Ford is now quoted as advising the U. 8. to clean up all nations if another war starts. All right—if gas Kkeeps cheap. The significant feature of an inves- tigation is its inspiration. Good sportsmanship is not required in the game of “playing politics.” Often the figurchead gets the laurel ath, while the real victor ‘gets in another way. wre: his’ In a woman's costume the pin is mightier than the sword would be. Nowadays most men need an auto- mobile to carry “the taxpayer's bur- den.” i Held Captive Effort will be made by national headquarters of the Disabled Veter- ans of the World War, at Cincinnati to obtain freedom of C. Hooven Griffis, Hamilton, O. (above), held prisoner in Germany in connection with the alleged plot to kidnap Gro- ver Cleveland Bergdoll, slacker. Grif- fis was one of two capturcd. Berg Many weeks ago tma[ Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN. . Method of keeping hootch out of politics: First keep it out o; politi- cians. \ In order to interest America in a World Court, it may yet be necessary to write a crazy song about it. A normal man is one who has pick- ed out the stocks he will buy the moment war is declared next time, Worman's fur collar plece seems foolish, Why doesn’t she wear some- thing starchy and sensible that will melt? By the time people get too old to enjoy a Follies chorus, they are old enough to join the anvil chorus.~ Summer resorts are democratic places, and there is no rule requiring you to spoil a riding habit by getting on a horse. One reason for the density of popu- Jation in Europe is the fact that na- | tives don’t race trains to a crossing. There won't be more women than men in Europe if America continues to send over commissions composed of bachelors. If you have a mind that can see the nasty in every innocent thing, don't despair. You would make a good censor, Stupidity is very annoying to an in- structor, except in the case of an in- structor who is teaching a girl swim. The most prolific animals have the least chance in the world, and now you know why the poor have all the children. At this late date the average man can confess that he never was very enthusiastic about standing for the national air. We never like to see a lady's face pressed against a dog, unless it's a hot dog. There isn’t much hope for a man if the paper's can't say anything nice about him except that he is socially promingnt, Europe never again will love Uncle Sam as she did when he stood back and smiled approval while she grab- bed all the good things. R e Observations on The Weather For Connecticut: Fair tonight and Sunday; moderate temperature, gen- tle variable winds. | Conditions: Rain has fallen during | the last 24 hours from Arkansas east- ward to the coast and along the coast | from Georgia to New Jersey. 'The | temperature is rising slowly in the | northern districts from Montana to Maine, | " Conditions favor for this vicinity: | Partly cloudy weather with rising f temperature, | Weather outlook for North Atlantic ixtalcs for the week beginning Mon- day: | Moderate temperature fair hut with possibility showers at beginning. . NOW REGISTERED NURSES gencrally of local School Pass State Board Examina- | | tions—More New Nurses Needed. Florence Robinson, Mrs. Ida Wag- ner, Misses Istella Silva, Catherine | Carmody and Mae Kamens, graduate | nurses of the New Britain general hospital, have been notified that they have passed the state hoard examina- | tion and now are registered nurses. | Misses Robinson and Kamens have left the hospital but the others still are there. | In the drive for new nursgs for | the new hospital which is expected to | open on or about January 1, Miss Maude E. Traver stated this morning | she has reccived 10 new applicants and expects many more in a short time. There still is need of five or 10 more applicant | NEW LIGHTS INSTALLED. | The Connecticut Light & Power Co. has installed two lights on Commer- cial street to be tried out with a view to substitutions for present lights should the board of public works fa- vor changes. The ‘lights are on standards similar to those now in use along Main street. CLEARING HOUSES New York, Aug. 18.—The actual | condition of clearing house banks and | trust companies for the week shows s in reserve of $1 of $7,038 COTTON CONSUMPTION | Washington, Aug. 18.—Cotton con- sumed during July amounted to 461,- 575 bales of lint and 44,775 of linters, compared with 542,166 of lint and | 49,635 of linters in June this year and | 458,002 of lint and Tm July last year, the census bureau announced today. to| —THE 0B Makes Random In strfking contrast with the crawl- ing subservience of some of his fellow republicans, Alderman John F. Gill defied the lightning of the dic- tators’ wrath at the meeting of the common council Wednesday night and gave utterance to thoughts which must have been in the minds of the less daring. Alderman Gill has always shown an independence of speech which bodes ill, for his .political future if he antici- pates havirg ‘a political future. He has continually challenged the ‘‘ring” when he thought its conduct was unfair and has championed a demo- cratic mayor even at the cost of arousing the displeasure of the migh- ty in his own party. His description of the surreptitious attack on the police commission was especially forceful and to the point. He condemned the secrecy and the politics which were behind it in lan- guage which could be understood, even if it was not the most elevating in the dictionary. . Vacationists who- intend to visit Montreal or Quebec would do well to engage hotel accommodations as far in advance of their trips as possible. Many tourists who have had occasion to go to these two Canadian cities report that hotels are crowded and the desk clerks are turning people away because they have no vacant rooms. With the development of the auto- mobile Canada has become a favorite vacation spot for thousands of Amer- icans. A tide of humanity is pouring over the border every day, part of it being composed -of Connecticut resi- dents. The preferred route seems to be by way of Lake Champlain, as this offers the traveler an opportunity to marvel at the alluring beauty of Connecticut and upper New York state, It is reported that the roads to Canada through New Hampshire are not all that could be desired so that the grandeur of the White Moun- tains cannot counterbalance for the -disagreeable feature of tiresome driv- ing. There is no doubt that prohibitioh is partly responsible for sending so many to Canada on their summer outings although the Opserver has been told that Americans are moder- ate in their use of alcoholic bever- ages despite the fact that they can be secured in prac! ly unlimited quantities. A ‘New Britain citizen who visited Montreal and Quebec is au- thority for the statement that no one was seen under the influence of liquor. . . » * Up to a few days ago it seemed to the Observer that it was a sleepy sort of summer in regard to city political affairs. Men who are usually bristling with eagerness over some contemplat- ed move which they have to keep “under their hats for a while” did not seem to bristle at all. The query “What's doing in politics?” brought the listless reply that it was too hot to think of politics. Ardent believers in the mayor tried to stir up some en- thusiasm at times in discussing his | good administration, but even in such cases someone was apt to put a cold blanket over the warmth of the poli- tical flame by indicating that perhaps he might not be the next democratic candidate for mayor—which left one to guess whether he had something bigger in mind, or whether the heat had really affected his friends. The Observer, being an unsuspicious person, naturally did not coneceive it possible that there had been an un-| dercurrent of activity going on all the time. And as before said it was not until a few days ago that the dim suspicion came that perhaps, after all, the seeming quiet had been simu- lated and that there is a germ of truth in “still waters run deep.” There have been things going on, ap- parently. There is no intention in the city to let the running of it get out of the hands which have so long managed the city—and this, in spite of who the mayor is or of what party. All this is merely setting the stage for what was to follow. There was that quiet, apparently. There was a feeling that, possibly, there was a cessation of political intrigue and the steady march to the poles hereafter | might result in an expression of the | people of the city. As one dreamer | puts it: | We vote for John because he's good, He goes to church each Sunday. | We vote for Bill because, cach week | He's prompt at work on Monday. | ‘When politics get out of key We people up and tune 'em— We people of New Britain are E Pluribus and Unum. | AT | Then, Wednesday night, along came | the session of the common council. | Politics began to poke its head up and | show that it had not been asleep. ‘ “'Politics” is called “it" advisedly. We hate to insult the women by calling it “her” or the men by calling it “‘his” let it go at "it.” The mayor . | | | | —so0 | He called former President Pro Tem Gill to the chair instead of the pres- ent President Pro Tem Dehm. Nor, | apparently, had the mayor any espe- cial reason for not wishing to occupy the chair. He spoke from the floor lonly at the last moment of the ses- sion on a comparatively unimportant | matter. But political eyes were alert. First came the rumblings about the police investigation. The investigat- | ing committee was named in the reso- | lution. Evidently it was a matter to | be conducted by the majority. The broad resolution raised great possibili- ties. What had “politics” discovered, {or thought it had discovered, the po- lice had been doing? And then came the evidence that influential members of the majority werc making a point of interesting themselves in, the swimming pool, so | ardently advocated by the mayor. A refolution was put in, of majority | inspiration, ‘ordering a committee to be appointed te take up the swim- | ming peol matter and other public im- | | provements, Was the majority turn- ing its attention to the people? Other small things appeared— | things better conveyed by a word, a look than by fuli description. Any- way the Observer reached the conclu- . On the City and Its People | was smiling, which is nothing unusual, | SERVER— Observations use of the word “skin.” So the thoughts of a practica] man, as expressed in doggerel, came to mind: ‘We're not so sure That John is good Because he goes to church; We're not so sure Efticient Bill Won't leave us in the lurch, We're not so sure ‘When Politics Are wrong that we can tune 'em. ‘We people of New Britain are Each one a tiny unum. e . People who think much about what they say and write for the people to hear or read, realize that the things do not “go” now that were popular once. We really haven't time or in- clination for maudlin ‘‘sob stuff,” nor for orations along the lines of the old- time Independence Day orations. The old ideas were all right, but the dress- ing up of those ideas took more time than should be given to the surplus- age. A sad event happened last week when President Harding died, a much respected man. Proper official trib- ute was pald him, and there was an added feeling of sadness for the death of a good man. That is the way 999 out of 999 and a fraction of the people felt about it. They did not “weep,"” the “whole country” was not ‘‘plung- ed into gloom,” nor did a great cily like New York ‘remain silent” all through the day® And yet people all over the country, themselves not weeping or mourning to any appreci- able extent, wrote and spoke of the tears of the people, the oppressive si- lence which came to the country. New Britain is a loyal part of the country. The picture of President Harding was draped; a great memorial service was held at the park in his*memory; a solemn procession passed over the way. But people did not weep; peo- ple did not refrain from going about their business after the time for the official tribute had passed. Extravagant expressions of grief that does not exist cheapen the true a great national moment_ of sadness into ‘a travesty is an insult to the dead. The cry is being raised that New England is getting all the plums at the disposal of the administration at ‘Washington, . It is said that leaders of the republican party are giving attentioh. to the situation, believing that they may lose strength in the west because of complaints that New England is getting the good things to the exclusion of other sections. . The ascendancy of New England was not brought on over night. Grad- ually New England congressmen be- gan to occupy important offices through the death or retirement of others from their high places. It re- quired the succession of President Coolidge to the White House to focus attention upon New England. Then it was discoveréd that after congress resumes business in December, a chart’ of New Englanders in responsible posts will look like this: The President, Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, The secretary of war, Weeks of Massachusetts. The speaker of the house, Freder- ick H. Gillett of Massachusetts, The republican leader of the sen- ate and chairman of the senate for- eign relations committee, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. Chairman of the senate committee on banking and. currency, Senator | George P. McLean of Connecticut. Chairman of the senate’s commit- - tee on immigration, Senator LeBaron B. Colt of Rhode Island, Chairman of the senate committee on the judiciary, Senator Frank B. Brandegee of Connecticut, Chairman of the senate committee on naval affairs, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. Chairman of the senate committee on public buildings and grounds, Sen- ator Bert M. Fernald of Maine. Chairman of the house committee on education, Congressman Frederick W. Dallinger of Massachusetts, Chairman of the house committee on interstate and -foreign commerce, Congressman Samuel E. Winslow of Massachusetts. Chairman_of the’ house committee on merchant marine and fisheries, Congressman William H. Greene of Massachusetts. Chairman of republican senatorial campaign committee, Senator George John W. sense of respect due a man. Turning H. Moses of New York. The gentleman in the cente: resembles a black bass in almos Soop xeT! [y o oL ook Tve GoT My HANVDS Fuol UL I salty waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Boy, Page Izaak Walton'! r lived before his "demise in the He is a Warsaw fish, and t évery detail. Note his height and weight on the card. Fred Gerstner (left) and Edward Mullen (right), both of New Orleans, caught the fish. \EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO QRACIOLS, MRS, TRUS 4 s —{ SUPPER WOTiREADY ¢ /oo FWHAT TIME 1ty S 7 ] } P )) | doll killad one American. Griffis is a son of a prominent Ddyton manufae Electricity at $15 horsepower | sion that the quiet of the summer had | represents a cost of one-quarter cent | not been more than skin deep—and | the kilowatt hour. | he meany nothing significant by Lhe‘ it | line, I rofeasionally P the Poring citie Another point for the represent, in one P derwriters to bear in mind. S LT TN G development of men and | turer,