New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1924, Page 6

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TION RATES Chur AUBSCRI $8.00 a Year, $2.00 Three Monthe Entered at the To as Second Clase Mail Matte Britain TELEPHONE s Offico Rooms ALLS Rusty os 228 vedum 'n press hle advertising ulation hoo 1 3 open to advert d Press. v ertitied Memiber of The Associn Associated Pross w e e for re-publicat £ all news to It or uot othetwise eredited She | Rudl b m' news pub- Nshod herein, her Audit Burean of Circulation, B, s wuationatl organization s adver- The to the credite this 1 furn and Our eir 1 this andlt fraud to insures pro- In newspaper dis- both naticnal and nst New Times Entrance aatly s Stand, News Stand, . 42nd Street Cal.: Arcade n ation YOUR TAXES, 1d has ur is that that t was tal 10 time wil to plan cost the city mone is absolv not ne tions w them to mak tax burd A tax rate tuation t 10ws economy during year just closed promises econ- { Ras #r the The basis f vem comi im badl ures showing what every person pays in taxes at present come is $42 a week. $ cents a hidden in the rent cents; the the feod and cents. “This r that you p of the $6 3 include, state Other taxes sn: Suppose your i Your d f income is four federa you taxes you pay every day on is 64 $1.02] day, out clothing you buy nakes Ly in taxes every Income tax to pay, that state tax 1K in, and when on¢ considers that more than on ixth of | your e emphasize t income goes for taxes, that there it may seen casi is eason to wisdom o vit refraining be pald , that t from buy ing, to for ot taxpay- ed abso- ely ) ation and and tax committee’ had this aspe @ in mind and are to be commended for city improvements that are advisable as earnestly as it has discouraged un- ssary expenditures, while getting have duties | met even at this time | or lat certain financial to b A DEMOCRAT AT LAST While the di Washington; while @' the Interi deeper int the present ing him &pired will be tk things are sclosures continue at former Secretary Fajl seems to sink into the mire and others of admi at stration a with that anxious fe by the wonder as to just who next vietim going or iile these and the republi- can ' ching out m ¥ to find some 1 : ast dem ocrat e mig invelve has dawr At th carry t th was hoped by worr - thing to ally out of repu have s forn Adoo smear « A va att Pt was whatever t this ¢ tack a on Mr. M y, it t touched t atic oer tration s 2 Adoo's must A can Yes, b cabinet the 4 so matter o lanis Now approached’ proaching Daniels, while fice, Which the the republicans to the democrats, ing questionable things while Yes, one George Creel, the employ o L#o Stack at last—a dem Of course Serre Mr. supply of ry Da the oll could be 4 of would t e n offic admittedly | nterests and cian, to s Dani Stack asked t i e officia Gllow Teapol Dome to be opened up mocra to | pran to make | question ar | that . || Bible | that most of those interested in these | situation | & But th ile with the whole Daniels this ¢ Secretary lesived ry the oil into t candal ast moeratic ministration, that the demc did Danie is not preturn the wink, ary lespite L d to let the oil men apen up Dom | to ruins the hopeful wds. It's a cruel world STUDYING THE BIBLLL the 1 over are reading more wor Bible erally today than before. the ever number of copies the Bible number d mo ma lemand for today throughout the, wor any time during the last i nera Amnarican Society after serving| that society in capacity for a| quarter of a century The always the Bible has And the , in 100 circulation of tremendous. been aistribution of 000 e langua and dialects this this country seems astoundi es immediately as to the| inerease. be cause of this gr At first it will naturally, the discussion the called modernists and fundamentalists has led to this great Just | Bible say on a certain Prob- ,at said, | between | [ interest what does the point? is a common question. ably it is true that thi tomes so intense, has led many to go the phraseology of the more thoroughly than formerly. controv into exact But it is also true, in all probability, W ew ones were sold or disributed the ters already possessed Bibles a | em because of liscussion new in- tainly the of a terprotation of church can not mendous that Th deeper than this, and before Jject of the controver ft it would | entrance the account se of this year | belief of any for the tre-| inc over | of last. | cause, it is to be hoped, lies the sub- | y is le | be well to note that many of the older people, orthodox and thorough be- lievers in old things, see that in some | ways the cussion has not ct them | present done the harm one would expe Many of these old- er people, firm in their own faith, re ly upon that faith to such an extent| that ced thorough matter to believe it has, they are convi a will bring 1 the ivin- | discussion of the out more the truth as they sce it, a convincingly—namely His iy | t—and possibly the wish inspires the thought—the r reason for the greatly increased pumber of Bibles| distributed is the fact that after a sea- thoughtlessness and careles fous aspeots peop ging for somethi 1 | d to strengthen bellef, The| did people, from it, tragedy was their thought to t the joy war bring deep ollowed ing and There reaction | averpower that the ended thoughtles: ness took its p in life as a part o that reaction along with many of the| modern, not wholly splendid tenden- | cles. During the last year the symp toms of f - ness of than ther this reaction from the aw war has begun appear. | is less today of the jazz li And, to solld was a year back desire ago we find our way carth the to turn to the the comes book Many Bible under looking into it toxt of spiritual strength lible. people w ver read | ndingly o o it at all, are today a bit” and seeing thing there which they now un- tand—something which 1§ founded the upon splendid structure o true, worthy life WANTED=PINCH HITTERS to tur thing attended just to br PPy agre smiles o d that the stores p th open u asant to think abou tho v mos game. explain why tehers ar called upon as pinch hitters- chaps that go o bat in place of anot at a critical point i the game when a hit is capecia Pinch erm | things to | he | ran day the ! of personal | there. | parently 1come and the EW BRITAIN' DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1924 Every whether he They are the knows one or two pinch hitter cmployer knows or not has a on his payroil. ones that may be eounted upon—but all this is getting away from baseball. Perhaps we nember old Tim | of maj Ke the greatest pitehers that one ever uncomplimentary -but Tim wasn't ng that, And he was a splendid hitter if he would only | Ir nded that would ex- an the habit of bat left-handed. But he wouldn't. batted left. pose his pitehi to ti { the to arm, his right arm, | hall And Tim wasn't going ast coming delivered by pitcher the arm run risk of endangering his right even though he might bel able to hit better for his team if he | an personal risk. Perbaps Tim to condition of hif arm wasn't blame-—— perhaps the more important to his team than his hitting would have been. But, as to-| e pitchers in baseball who | 1as pinch hitters because they | are made of the stuff that delivers the are us | 800ds in a pinch regardless of thought safety, so re must be | in the world a greaf many men who | would hit well pineh without thinking 6f their own | future political welfare. { We get ¥ all. Wel, serious It's been it “gam Where the pinch hit- ' | in this Washington | back pre to ty shington after | business ap- te HARDWARE OUTLOOK For the first time in the reports con- cerning the hardw pears the statement that retailer now showing the re trade, there ap- re tendeney to place large orders. All through the develop- ment of the recent hardware market in the the couragement given by thei, there has the rs, months, in spite of en rared constantly that r modifying phrasc timistic, orders, This week to week, aroused the feeling that the tuile though op- werd their limiting the size of situation, continung from time should come, pretty to soon, if this optimism were continue, | when the retailers would show in a| that optimism | was well founded. Now that time has| practical manner the larger orders prove, doubt as the rdwar be« yond a reasonable law- yers suy, that experts knew what they were talking ubout when upagement in the | continued readjustments and the slow | they suw no dis increase in trade, Jurrent sules in hardware every. | where are uetive and ruture bLusiness ¥ bet. ' Demand for carpenters’ booked by jobbers is substantia ter than a year ago. builders' mochanies' tools are big trade which, making up tor the luck of a in snow 1ice implements, | incidentally has fmproved | just recently it muy well be imagined, | Pew have great surplus stock to get| rid of, little capital being tied up in this way The the a continued prosj of idid e of cours: continued ports of hardware outlook means | prosperity for ed the No mut- | this city, such prosperity touc citizenship in every quarter tor how far removed from the harde ware business a person may be whose intercsts in this clty, he or will benefit dircetly, a of by hardware, 1 b pe tield of ople New prosperity Britain hav in the The r intensitied at oy zation of this fact gho ry opportunity Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT GUILLEN, It's a mentalist Fu safe be t he's a i isers “brit ches. | Moncy ing. At Yimnes friend or isn't ory ary to h ‘ the it jury The ha do it t of reducing t & ¥y that will xes get pa to in some w |the other party in bad. 1r t 1 € on i called 2 free peopie The moders is so sophisticated there ism't much left 0 make gasp except asthma him | he drives a jit is his prudence. | pleture actress, by threatening to file | Ku Sunday still is felt by people who take | a bath only on Saturday. You can estimate the importance of people by the insignificance of the people they enjoy snubbing. - | Note to the French: , The surest| way to make the ball turn this way or that is to put a little more English on it About the -only part of the man that doesn't get exercis werage ed when Felne yers coupe at the side of the street watch the fur coats go by. What the politicians can’t under- stand is why a mere private citizen like Bok should try to wish some- thing on the people. Correct this sentence: “It's a genu- ine sealskin,” boasted the wife, “but I've never asked John what it cost.” TRIAL NEARING END Closing Testimony Today in Extor- tion Case in Which Barbara La- Marr, Movie star, Figures, Los Angeles, Calif.,, Feb. 15.—Clos- testimony for the state will be heard at today's session of the trial ot Herman L. Roth, Hollywood at- torney, on an extortion charge grow- ing out of his alleged efforts to ob- tain hush money from the business manager of Barbara La: Marr, motion ing a sensational divorce complaint| against the film sta Arthur H. Sawyer, the manager, was subjected to extensive Crogu examinatic t yesterday's session, the defense seeking to show that it was fear of financial loss, not fear of personal disgrace, that led him to negotiate with Roth for the settlement out of court of a divorce action in which Sawyer and several well known motion picture actors were to be nansed as co-regpondents, Today Charles J. Hurt, whe is said to have accompanied Sawyer when the latter conferred with Roth, was expected to take the stand as the flual | prosccution witness. | MANY AT MEETING But Some Criticisms at Holding Klan Lecture In Missouri State Capital | Building. use of the | Missouri for a Sunday | { Feh, 15 sentatives of the Jefferson Cit meeting lakt afternoon, which ha reated a poii- tical stir, has been explained ) Heber Nutions, commissioner of the bur 1 of labor statistics, according to | an article appearing in the St Louis Globe Democrat today Nations, paper, sadd that a representative of the Klan | the membership of which, accord ing to his statement is Jefferson City—requested Harry Woodruft, commissioner of the permancnt seat of government, for the hall, and that he made the request, stating the purposes of the meeting and that “Woodruft gl granted the of the hall ' Rev, Z, A " Oklal who was national | ing. St Louis, hall of repr state capitol at Klux Klan according to the use of 1 advertised spoke at the kwell, as a mect tions as saying I thought loc d in the A pre teglsifitive ha peop attit the klan a presentative, cct when the cmbled in the tere expre he it ssed by surmise +8unday afternoon GIVEN GREAT WELCOME Federal Troops are Greeted by doy- | ous Populace as they Ma City of Guadalajara. o clegram war edera) Obregon enter- lay mid L inadain impo western { Witho imm Diegines tr two re- Wednesdas and u rd indicuaro with #ix ¥ capital, is captur Germs Show No Desire to Stick to Coin of Realm g as t r according American Medica states that “dirty ywhere mnearly as the life and health of friends as the world has suspect teriological investigations, cording to the journal, show {hat somehow there seems o be some- | thing in the composition of the print- . scts unfavorably on bac the journal P atior As whick money been led to ae- | a German 1 teaspoonts ik, and coins journal says. on hier, the a few days visiting friends in Thomas- | ton. { which was prolonged by | Llockade. right wrist while shovelling snow this | morning. about 1,000 in |ciety held an enjoyable time him to ask | rooms last evening. tra played for dancing. rendered Stechan and Thomas Devine, | few peoplc Tom's Cabin® request of attend, again on Monday. Democrat quoted Na \ The directors of the New Britain | Telephone Co. met last wouild be in- | the purpose of clecting officers adjourned business. from Hartford to night center th their homes. they | the 'WELCOME NEW For New Britain Folks The Merchandise Event of State-wide Renown OPENS AT OUR STORE TOMORROW MORNING, Saturday, Feb. 16. THE GREAT LOCKHART MILL-END 25 Years Ago oday I LEWIS 18 Taken irom Herald of that date, 8 Head of Miners' DETERMINED Union Insistent That Observations on The Weather * Wage Scale Be Drawn Up for Four | T, Porter of this city is spending | Y Period. | Jaucksonville, L. Lewis, Constable M. k. Hannon |"luru('d“\lm" the d his|operators’ join opened today. Although opp Arthur Hills severely spraine | Young Men's Temperance so-| tive in its to Tevlin's orches Holos were Ryan, proposal. The be divided, by Thomas it was sald, of the ventured out to see “Uncle at the Lyceum. On Because the recent India the miners in it be presented | which the will play |as some of the opposing -it. evening for | but | without completing | irvegular New DBritain to ough had wa the drifts 1o which | hugh Problems , of The trolley on were riding became stalled snow and was unable to move. |[in common. Bedtime Stories Taking The Earlier Train R FIRST WAKING THOUGHT 15 THAT THIS 15 THE RNNG AND START TAKING THE 7 45 TRAIN GET AL SET T0 DRAG YOURSELP OUT OF BED WHEN VOU REMLMBER THAT THE 756 15 A LOCAL f1'D RCALLY BE MORE SENSIBLE 1O WAIT TOR THE %09 [4PRESS H o ) " YoU RESOLVE WOWEVER THAT NOTHING WILL KEEP vou TROM THE 3.21 AND LIE WITH YOUR EVES GLUED ON THE CLOC AND THE OMLY HUMAN TN T DO 15 TD UE DOwWN AGAIN TOR JUST A SECOND § McClure Newspaper Syndicale Fia., president of workers of America, | today from a visit to New York city | getermined on a four year wuge scu storm | for the central competitive field when | |the fifth day of operators had formulated no alternn- o e year contract, and the asking for one of three years, M. 17, | Will be no contest over the wage scale, The question of the term of years, storm last evening it was recalled, was one that %agitated those who were umable to| demand for the fous year was adopted, was opposed as | strenuously then by some insurgents When Lewis moved yesterday unyl"'" term be four years the ope |voted him down, a motion to refer differences Four passengers who tricd to come | Western Pennsylvania back to a joint last | miners' and operators’ conference of from Newington |the two districts. explained, are much alike In | two districts and could VOUWRE GOMG TO TURN OVER A NEW LIAP Washington, D, C., Feb. 15.~<Fore- cast for southern New England: Gen- erally fair tonight and Saturday; cold- cer Saturday; and in western Massa- chusetts tonight; fresh northwest winds. Feb. 15~John the . United sulll - wy miners’ and conferencey the - t wage New York, Feb., 15.~Forecast for castern New York: Generally fair to- night and Saturday colder tonight and in extreme south portion Satur- da cold wave in northwest portion |tonight; fresh Lo strong northwest winds, osing his stand, the declarcd secking a majorit There They were minority For Connecticut: Generally fair toe night and Saturday; colder Saturday; fresh northwest winds, Conditio Snow flurries have occurred during the last 24 houhs in the Lake region and New England. Pleasant weather has prevailed in other sections. The pressure is high ths morning over the upper Mississippi valley, The temper- ature is below zero along the north- ern b r from North Dakota to Maine, * Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather and not mueh change in temperature, ) napolis convention of s last phase, and the contract, operators now are that ators Ohio in and “d it 1t's a waste of time to stand up for the fellow who won't stand up for himscif, — Tllinols State Journal | (8pringfield). work, was in those be dealt with ad" By GLUYAS WILLIAMS GWYAS Wittihees APTIR TURNING THIS OVER. GLOOMILY IN YOUR MIND YOU DECIDE 1T WOULD BE BETTER TD BLGIN GRADUAL Ly - SAY WITH THE .56 IN SPITE OF YOUR BEST INTENTIONS YOUR EVES CLOSE FOR JuST A SECOND AND BY THE TIME PRIEDSMEM OPEN 1175 TOO LATE FOR THE 8.00 AYwAY AT THE APPOINTED MINUTE YOU PULL YOURSELF UP BUT UNTORTUNATELY YOUR EVE STRAYS 10 THE WARM DOWNY SPOT YOU'VE JuST QUITTED *TIL PINALLY VOU SPR1NG OUT OF BED WITH UST TIME CWOUGH BY HURRVING, TO MISS THE 8.36 AS