New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1924, Page 6

R e ¥4 il Britain Herald;; | torn NERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Tseued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg., 67 Church Street, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.90 a Year, $2.00 Thres Months 750 & Month, Enteved at the Post Office ar New Britain Se TELEPIIONE CALLS: Business Offico 2 Editorial Rocms The only profitable adver the City. Cicculation ool room always open to adve ng medium In anl press| isers. ! | our thoughts " Meriber of The Assoctated Press. The Asecciated Press w e to the use for re-public credited to it or not othetwisa credited in this paper and also local pews pub- Mshod heretn. a aatonal omanization res newspapers and adver- honest analyuls of ulatlon statistics are t. This insures pro- tection against fraud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both mnatioual and local advertisers. New Times Entrance The Merald is on York at Hotaling's News Stand, Bquare; Schultz Nows nd, Grand Central, 42nd Stree Los Angeles, Cal.: Arcade sale a 1o Station. ALLING AND PAONESSA Two its men ers of the rc ms of wrding the who will be,t standard bear- publicans and the demo- crats in the mayoralty contest—"con- aaine char- ght” of note, Mayor Paonessa | 1 by the , rather than idorse independent of made it Ttalian itical o this Judge stood that he ganization and Alling has distinctly unde is in the with his who heart bits of i race & more gignificance in these formation than would at first The casual thinker would be that the organization wonld all circum- | is not the e. Not | r his election to ofMice it was ipparently in a posi- appear. inciine political Muyor believe Ttalian endorse aonessa under stanc Such ong stated by many tion to know that the mayor was not | receiving the unanimous approval of There foundation ofr the re- members of this organization. seems to be some inde. ports that this is, in fact, an pendent o fon. Many members of it ater than the duty gani consider their duty to the city resulting from blood assoctation, The endorsement of this organization, thercfore, means something. The mayor's strength with it has increased as his term has ex- tended, In its plan for political mect- ings it is to be hoped that the organi- zation will display true independence and will iear the republican candidate us well as from Mayor Paonessa whom It has endorscd, o stutement: “I'm. in Judge Alling's this to the finish; I'm not only I'm going to win and 1, going to finish hut will win," disposes of any rumors that he will withdraw—rumors which were eredence by those who that a canddate did not had given the constderation, Agd it given little know him and who realize uis decision to becom: come until after he proposition dus leved that he is now may well be b in the determination to win, Whether or not he about giving his consent 1o run, there can® but that he will makr in him shown by the race with a was reluetant no questio every cffort to justity the faitl this party hers and his strength in ity leaders of his and elsewhore The should be a contest between those two men clean one, for they are that And whoever wine New sort of men Britain s nsgsured o mayor for the next two years, has had in the two just past THOSE WHO surren The kind act of a local day radio set men's other in deciding he anization the to purchase a for erip children’s home in Newington, that the pres c natter of ting disclosurcs from the nation all men forg from the world or more | taking from | those who have already ! the when everything looks $right to us And then those in our city who are| for fear a child, a| and t} by anguish parent, may die; sc who have 1 close to them dearly loved! | Each day we should remember them already felt death’s ha them one and feel for them. 1t is hoped that the that before long we will be free from under the worst is over; the anxiety which comes conditions that have us reached meanwhile it is our sincere hoy those who are being taken to th lation he . those who will wait return to health understand that with them. And to suffered 1 would express our deep- 1y for their safe vement est sympathy, THE CITY MEETING BOARD Now the time thing t! Herald has been driving | at The | mecting comes to do some- it thi for a long time. ofi’ and on annual election to the city held on Thu rom 5 to 9 p. m. The pla board will he ay, | Mar where one may were publisiied Herald of those w vot in the with sterday, terms will persons may tirely deserving of re-clection. is no use going into that. Dut th need of suggestir that if the city is to mean anything at to it| should be men and women who con- | that them o duty to which they should at- meeting bon all in this city those elected sider an clection places upon It is not an idle compliment| voters wish to pay a person when man or woman to the to such person they olect a hoord. It ix a notice that the voters lieve clected is honest and conscientious and capable of looking after the affairs of the taxpayers, 1t is taken for granted by the per- son who casts his vot: that those clected will attend the meetings of the ¢ meeting board and will use their| wisdom and knowledge in voting upon | before that | the person | the questions that come board. When we had the old city to which every taspayer might go and | speak out and stand up for his rights, meeting | the people of the city would have been | up in arms had anyone suggested that | city mecting board be abolished nd that there be no cheek | A great| completely the g ation tion” would have upon common counetl, ery of without representa- arisen and the felt that New Brituin New Britain, It w however, that the eity peo- ple would have wiis no longer wisely decided, meeting was farce, h- cause the city had grown so big. The city mecting board, composed of rep- | from ward, to-| gether with the common council, was becoming A resentatives overy decided upon as a body which could city's affairs that ought to the Tts final, handle the word what come before people. wonld be and no matter the common council might try to do, owing to politics, the meeting | board, like the old city meeting, would city stand ready to check up. 8o the city mecting bo came into existence, There have been many sessions. In all probability the average noa third of ftsy attendance has not be Those mectings, ‘in many | forms. 1f this| inevitable memboers, , have been meore affairs continues the be that the city meeting 1 dormant fade board will not only remain body, but farther, that it will uway completely, In elceting new members to Ui in re-clecting old members, hoard, or it should be seen to that pepple are| chosen who have cnongh interest in city affairg to attend the meetings, at least HARDWARLE TRADE Well, anyway, no matter how awful matters look at Washington, and how e many horizon appoars in of the ing and vork black quarters, the good news hard outlook kee reas. New urance 18 needed. Greater priee ware ps co suring Britain of lots of if rea Jobbers' sal and that demand stability has appeared are consistent on course, means manufacturers, almost between 1sons for the ers and so t sonal busincss has not been gre but their reports of satisfactory enonugh The railroads’ increascd buying is a sign and the industry that the ting at 91 per \ good story splendid fact teel is op t of its capacity tells Once befor this winter, it was cm- in these columns that some s were anticipated. The 1. Now ther g short- is some ap- jon feit by jobbers concerning spring goods 14 builders’ shortages stion Juce hin | we lcil of | They will | evidence The attitude of the people has changed | { cal value of education an | water bo | knowledged, also, that perhi purpose compel him to serve out his term. with a possible addition to it for effecting his escape. | want him for no other purpose does not do not want him | The Ge want him there We rman government here exeept under those conditions d perhaps we would rather hav him stay away if, after he has served | his term, he will go about laughing at and insulting by his presence the men unlike him, fought their for country. Tmmunity? Hardiy! Auything butt as the goat would say THE COMMON COUNC The of contemplated large amount expenditures, indicated by the adop- tion last evening by the common coun- | the ition the | issuance of $570,000 sehool honds, and the probability that $420,000 will be| distribu- | Coming | reccommend for raised for improved water tion, should frighten no one. all at once the amqunt scems to be a | approaching | a million dollars, but the issuance of | the | tremendous one, closcly the bonds and the spending of maney be something else again. | not come all at once. | ed school bonds goes there was no dis- As far as the issuance of the senting voice in the common council, will be little in the and it is believed the of disapproval city. | the last three hool ac- considerably within Demands for better s the place Nool expendi- that the policy | emphasized too | years, commodations have taken of complaints aguinst s tures, of economy can b No one believes strongly in school matter: than it can be exercised too strongly | in other departments. Dut the neea| of better accommodations and more | 5o fre- 15 the practi- room has been emphasized quently and insistently, good health | resulting from proper accommodations | has been seen, that the ommenda- tians of board arc consideration they deserve Of the $420,000 which will eventu- the receiving the spent under the plan of the rd, if it is approved finally. only about $106,000 will be needed this fiscal The matter w ferred to the board of finance tion and a feasible plan approved by | that body. With conditions as| they are at with less than | a twenty-gound pressure in some of | districts of the! improve- The | for another loop of piping, from which ally e year, able present, the densely populu city, it is cvident t some¢ ment must be made at once, plan water will go in both directions, trans- ferring 1o the places where it is necded, scems o practical onc at first sight, EKxpert knowledge is need- od, of , and hus been obtained. The important point is that when the about five 1 s udopted pressure cours arrangemgnt is completed years from now, if this y there will be suflicient water and pros- sure to carc for afcity of over twie New Brituin’s present size. This may 1o br for something that will never happen, but when one remembers that it has taken only for this city to double seem 1o some making provision about 20 years i1 population, Increasing 110,000 in the last four years, it is ovi- dent that even the theory of de- ereasing ratios the day is not far dis. hy will doubl« Closc scrutiny of the plan adoption will be admirable, Doth in regard to the and the water plans these again its tant when it belore final school plans facts should be remembered. And it should be ace )8 never | | in the eity’s history has it becn in the position it is today 1o attract people Never looked so bright that from all over the country has New Britain's future we faith in wold pr who have future are for it Facts and Fancies BY RUBERT wiiibes Wr got it yet radica responsibility iting find your liecipe for inaugns ceonomy; First of revenuc for fighters Time hang moters looke drawing cards {be het 18 o i Hyna 1 of change by leasing it there are worse things than a congress so evenly divided that it must pass mor % than bills. Personally, we don’t think much of a war finance boarM that didn't do a arned thing for Shelby, “How can the farmer get a better price for his poultry?” Well, he can teach them to get in front of auto- mobiles, Presidential year hfés drawbacks, but it revives the faith of t e who had begun to doubt Santa Claus. We shall definitely lose faith in re publics unless some suspicious senate committee looks into dife’s war-plan | prize offer. When a modern politician mentions | the “horny hands of toil,” advise him to sound the “t" very distinetly. | W | It you will study hard and get a| good cducation, you may get a job imy | parting it to future millionai at| 22,000 the year, { Correct this sentence: I wouldn't | to paying taxes,” said he, everybody would pay his fair share. 1 Ghjeet [ Washington, March - (I"orecast for Southern New England)—Increas- | ing cloudiness, foilowed by snow and | possibly rain late tonight and Friday; | 1o change in temperature; increasing northeast winds. FForecast for castern New York: Snow in intevior and snow and rain on the tonight and Friday; no change in temperature; increasing cast | and northeast winds, For Connecticut; Increasing cloudi- ness followed by snow and probably rain late tonight and Frid change in temperature, north to cast winds, Conditions: The southern disturb- | ance has developed into a well deflned storm erca central over Alabama. It is causing unsettled weather with rain or snow from Kentucky southward to | the Golf from Okluhomra, eagtward to the coust. Ileasant weather and not | much change in temperature continues in all the northern sections. The | temperature is low between the | and the Mississippi river, | coast Rockics Freczing temperatures extend as far | south as Texas, Conditions favor for this vicinity, fair weather followed by incroasing | pudiness tonight and probubly rain Friduy [ LOL88980008000880480808083. 25 Vears Ago Today Taken irom Herud of that daw ‘x"""'ifl"""‘""'.""b*v Fhere will be a ballot at the Y. M, C. A, this evening for the clection of | five pew directors, All members of the assoclation are privileged to vote, | Landers, Irary & Clark is making | plans to install an cight horse power | motor in their factory It was learned toduy that the prob. able for the construction of the memorial chapel at Fairview cemes tery will be about 820,000, Phe main | floor will be devoted to a chapel scats ing prople, Advertiscement taken from “Herald” | of March 20, 1889, “Lower tencment of five and bath room, nice vard and large veranda. Price $10 per month,” At a meeting of Golf club held at C. last evening James E. Cooper was vleeted secrctary and Marcus White, Charles 17, 8mith and George ', Hart vlected members of the govern board. The Silver democratic eld at the rooms the Maple Hin the Y, M. A were will ut Al at. caucn Hous Thursd evening. those supporting the Chicago form are invited to attend. The street department are at work laying the new crosswalk at the rof Kensington avenue and Monroe street for the benefit of the Monroe | “trect resldents - 1ock cors Loss of Dixmude ( ;ausos French to Change Plans Pavis, March Dixmy “The has loss of the the cuused governmer modify for commercial air serviee “n and Dakar s=o irplanes instead of lighter- The original plan, clahorated previous to the Dismude off 1 impracticable foliowing the senate merchant ttee at which Lo ary of state conditions a The con. “dirigibles demand- Dakar Irench t 1o pla betwe as to vise hydre ir-craft the Sicily, adjudg hearing by rine comm rent told of the the Dixmude’s loss, reached for servie blishment of t New Shoes ('h:ifc n, Cwner Dies of Poisoning ght four days age, Jeath of Arthur O, ivintio tending ior Mrs, Orson death cortiticat septicemia or Weod cause ed iy 110 it syl poisoning | Observations on || The Weather v | was due, never 436 MAIN STREET WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD CHARL P. STEWART NEA Service Writer The oil investigation laid a back- ground. The Daugherty investigators are bringing the picture out. The background was horrifying but hor- rifying on a larger scale. The fig- revealed were sinister, but they ¢ the figures of big he-buccaneers, The foreground is revolting. Its fig- res are indescribably sordid, cheap, SMALL CHANGE » playing for a $100,000,000 pot, tossed $100,000 on the table like @ white chip. “Suppose T don’'t get it back; it's small change.” Pennies weren't too small for Jess Smith, Negotiating with a man who wanted a pardon for his brother-in-law, from the pen, all Smith counld see was that there seemed to be nothing in it for the gang. *“He's awful cheap; wants something for nothing.” he remarked of the suppliant, To ask whether or not, in justice or merey, a pardon entered his head. THE ENGINEER Oil graft—if there was graft—was confined to oil, to one group, mainly to one governmental department, It ramified considerably, but from a ingle center, TIf investigation hadn't progressed beyond the oil scandal, the public might have coneluded, with that cleaned up, that things govern. mental were all right. But the Daugherty investigation is different, Of course the eneral denfes he was mixed up in any graft, What if he wasn't! Anyway the graft has been revealed as smear- ing the whole governmental executive machine, Doubtless there are some clean individual cogs in the machine, But the engineer, not any individual cog, runs a machina, SECRET GOVERNMENT Maybe the most interesting part of ston Means' story, on the witness stund, was his account of the “sys. tem's™ habit of spying on and trying to “frame” be controlled, IFor instance, ter Teapot Dome; “system” tried to him,” Means . Means mentioned plenty of others the spies trailed. In fact, sald Means, everybody who runs tor office, even for little connty and city offiees, 1s “investigate before the “sy ties. Offices searched, correspondence files ran en used as temptresses! hind all this? What is the “system,” Oh, “secret government, Lalollette started af- immediately the mail opened, cked, wom- Who's be- Mr. Means? is his repl: THIRD PARTY TALK Hitherto nobody's suggested possibility of a third party victory next November, T ‘s what is be- ing suggested in Washington Not a mere throwing of the presi- dential choice into the house of rep- resentatives, but a third party vietory at the polls, It's the consensus of opinign at the capital that, between Bedtime Stories. The Long and The Short Of Quiits. BiCAUSE ,ulfif,,-wm ONLY AN INCH OR Two DIPPLRENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES ¢ Fashionable Jewelry Women who enjoy the best that life has to offer, all unite in saying that our Jewelr sets the pace with latest spring fashions shown. Always in style are our good jewelry designs. And quality is unexcelled in this city. Let us show you our new Flexible Bracelets for—$4.00, $5.00, $10.00. B. GEORGES & CO. New Britain's Most Progressive Jewelers the two old line parties, there's little to choose. { TOO LATE | March 15 is past and the income tax isn't cut. Mareh 12 President Coolidge asked congress to reduce it 25 per cent. Too late to head off the next payment, answered congress. And Senator Harrison, Representative Gar- ner and other criticized the president for not asking sooner. As if anybody had to wait to be told by the presi- dent that cverybody wants the tax cut! ' THE NAVY JOB Chlef Justice Curtis D, Wilbur of the California supreme court has taken over ex-Secretary of the Navy Denby's job. It was a hard post to fill—with idge says he got his tip from the | Washington newspaper correspondents | et A BIG BOOTLEGGER Dry agents caught the English liner Orduna bringing hooch and narcotics linto New York. They're suing to eon- EVERETT TRUE | | | attorney | HEY, GOr 4 MATCH, MISTGR T b jrunner, yes. Not with a $3,000,000 English ship. | e HELPING FRANCE J. P. Morgan & Co. and associated & American bankers, have slipped a $100,000,000 credit to the Bank of Trance to heip the value of French |francs. The scheme worked; Yhe’ | away. 'Boy of 16 Kills Mother As He Tries to Guard Her Baltimore, March 20.—Russell Gib- | son, 16 ygars old, trying to protect hix' | mother today when his father, James L. Gibson, attacked her with a chafr, shot and killed her in the home of | the Black River district. | Mrs. Gibson had left her husband and had gone to live with her daugh- ter, Easger Sunday fs the first Sunday |after Paschal full moon. BY CONDO public men too honest to | “get comething on | ystom®™ lets him get far in poli- | Who's the engineer? | the | now. | | | By GLUYAS WILLIAMS AN OBVIOUSLY LONG AND AN 0B~ YOU HAVE TO 1 VIBUSLY SHORT SiDE ~ franc rose in exchange value right 't ] B a man that would do. President Cool- | her daughter, Mrs, Annie Strabel, near “7‘ ey Y ]