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Herald 1s York at Hotaling fquare; Schul and Central, 42nd Stre i Arcade Station, THE WEATHER Tt it possibility that the decided fit of us mor appears as If there may bhe a has his visit weather man at last to relent from spring upon and of at temperament da warmth feeling of none of us will als a few s sun- #hine and moderate least. of real spring in the feel from Few us will resent the air, parted b our constant companion well into the middle of May. Life h aspect, slighted because we are the overcoat which has en s already taken on a more Amiles places of men and women, The garden the begun rosier there are to be seen in the gathering spots ahout city have to show signs of life, it kward Partially, at I« that the ba played an appreciable in slowing that taken place about the country, Despite the quite general tomobiles during the is quite pos- sible season has part the down of business has purchase of au- the two partial past years since payment plan exploited it is stated that tire for the family hus was manu- facturers have a surplus of soven and a halt million tires stored the largest thehard times of three years ago. We in their warehouscs, number since must remember, when considering this that automobiles on the roads of the surplus, there are many, many more there three Inference be that getting better, that they ing lon but thought to be #0 by the manufacturers, rather that up tires are country than were years ago. The are may tires arve Jdst- r, this is not the backward spring has so held the use of machines that the not being u: Of eourse, there is *0 turers over-estimated the built oo many, tires half milllion is a sizeable at that. The effect tail field, Unkindly Aepressi the possibility that the manu demand and hut seven and & surplus even weather, it i felt, has had its upon spring business in the re skies temper conditio not g of shors Atures, do encourage buri spring mil than the linery, fineéry and ANy mere automobile tire Consequently local merchant may be behind in his 18 comp ted spring transition THE Worp cot taction NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 19, demon d in the past few wecks. President Harding, during his cam- paign for the office decried the League of Nations, he did favor an “Associa- tion of Nations.” Since the election the at | idea of a “World Court” has come up. Lodge, for some reason hest known to himself, does not approve of the “World Court,” but wantsan “Interna- Court.” When is a tional league not a league, How Tribunal™ dif- Court.” be when is an association a league. does ‘International an “Intcrnational all the * Justice,"” er from an these is to Court Neither one of of confused with Prmanent of the Internatjonal nor of Arbitration™ were “Court which organized the Hague conyentions 1859 What And it The seems to be that the astute politicians by in and 1907, is what and who is who? g0, why’ whole truth of the matter looking for a loop-hole through which they may conveniently cater to the individuals who feel that there an internation- the previons- should be sort 1l body between Iy been decided through warfare and a some formed to cide issues nations which have also mow to those who are against “League of Nations” as proposed by They do not wish votes of those who may he President Wilson. to lose the and they do believe termed “internationalists’ not wish to offend those who isolation Al is coming, at tion of N a World Tribunal—call in little, Associa- this evasion avails There time, an ague of Nations, an International for Possibly some tions, a 1 Tribunal, it of what will, difficulties, but there you the settloment never be settled, they may will he made a step away from war it. bility of mending strained relations is or it league i is not, the possibility of litiga- instead of one toward The possi- B there is a than there tion betwen your neighbor and your- If you and your neighbor good other self is le terms with each jealous of holdings. If you can get together and talk things over you are far less liable ou are spend- at and your own live on and are not the other's to go 1o court than if ing most of your evenings home watching h of you are af property out the Kitehen window, becau aid that he may trepass on your land, IPoliticians new terms for the may squirm, may coin harmony, hoth sake of may attempt to play ends against the middie and back again— but there is only one solution, a solu- ched sort tion that will ultimately be re and that is the tormation -of some a conciliatory body, compriging the Rlobe be discussed and nations of the where difficulties may judged over a round table, up as the fnal without going to We cannot set ourselves judges of the world a groat expese In the maintenance of an army and a navy eapable of beating a combination Might our of other navies and armies, makes right, we might enforce but we going to tey that, We cannot main. f isolation when other discussing world affairs rogret it us have policies on the globe are not tain a policy o nations are sincarely rtly we shall Call it you will, but Jet of what on a combination powers, banded for the common £00 together TRAFIFIC ACCY With several bad automobile nts already reported at this writing that which will 1ater be heard probability there were I more £u toll of human life ™ taker the usna nd limb has b in this Jocali- ty. 1f one a car and has any of danger he his re- rense of responsibility or he chances are that relief upon nday e rough anoth before he is through, That is quite as | it should be, he should be conducted to %he hospital, morgue, or palice sta- tlon just as quickly as possible, But, the unfortunate part of an accident is that some driver who has been con- ducting himself as he should, with due rd for the rights of others and thoughtfulness for reg his own safe is usually the victim of the road He the bully, suffers as mueh, or more, than sponsible, It is too bad that arrangements can- person day to close but the brag- garts of the highway. Then, with the could let them go to it and be made some one not particular road to all lid off we kil completely If t be eliminated from the highway by police himself by themselves and each other off, and finally e thoughtless motorist can action or will elimin training himself to become considerate with a large We realize of others we may dispense percentage of accidents. that tempt with the bully, that | the argument he is swift and sudden justice, but there | it approaches foolishness to at- | to reason only will recognize | that at least one of kind this is ofiered with that hope up- is ahways the hope his will see the light, and article permost. The to a point of soffocation on a Sunday, roads are becoming crowd there is every reason to expect they will be more so as the weather be- comes better. There will be no place upon them for the swaggerer of the the power and There will be | highway, whatever capabilities of his car. room for the vast majority of consid- crate drivers, It is time the consider- ate drivers saw that they held their | rights on the road, at the same time ! maintaining the unity of their mud. guards and running boards, or perhaps | even their whole car, VACCINATION AGAIN The Herald 1s again in receipt of a | rather lengthy communication from an anti-vaccinationist, It is not ac- ceptable to this newspaper for publi- cation for reasons which we have out- | lincd before and which we will again: | The figures quoted in the article are obviously picked up practically verba- tim from some V:-lHA:n‘A’ anti-vaccina- 1t points which tionist propaganda sheet, quotes statistics from are reo- | note from us, it makes a great splash | of stuff that founded up facts, As to that we cannot We are ke to reprint, even in the guise of communi- may, or may not, he say not going to under cation from our readers, a scries of articles furthered by any group of faddists and broadceasted by every pos- silile means of publicity, whether the articles fit in W in divergence from them with eur ws or are That is not the function of a newspaper. Literally tons of propaganda stuff of ene kind political, religious, mer or another, union, epen shop, and so forth the is not cantile by editor of it at and thrown away, every it discard Most are weck, even read, is glanced The figures of the press agent of the anti-vaccinationists are not going to be 1t an anti- | in quoted in these columns. onist makes an address tain his remarks will be quot- as will those of a belicver In vae- Those casegaould be they would bhe local In their application of di- here ly events of the We do not wish to off. do to ength of his bellef, we rect interost and a of the LE part town. 11 & reader we wish the not question wish to ac- But And the ha As must it cord him every courtesy we call a halt somenhers has been ealled far reprinting ganda is concerned, prop BIG VIRE AT OGDENSBURC N. Y., May 19.—¥ destroyed Ogdensburz, re and $100,000 was ignited river to- fire swept an entive city acent to the St. Lawrence Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN As we g0 to press no bid for Muscle Shoals has beerf reccived from Mr. Sinclair, The cost of getting a divorce may depend on how much your good name is worth, Discover how long he keeps a clean shirt elean and you know his opinion of the surtax, Baseball by radio is all right except that no frenzied stranger smashes vour hat in the 7th. You can tell when you country road because the not quite so well Kept. reach a billboards more time The world doesn't grow nanughty i just spends more talking about it. 1t guests linger on now, you don't know whether they are having a good time or expecting another highball. Even péople who ean't read recognize the old classics by abundanee of commas, may the Free people are those who are kept busy trying to make themselves obey their own laws. Fven worms are respectable—ex- cept the one who whines that his wife isn’t treating him right. et us be grateful. The reason vir- tue doesn’'t get on the front pages is because it isn't unusual, xercise the safe way,” says an ad. But there is no safe way to ex- ercise your inalienable rights. You can remove spots from almost anything except leopard, a blue serge and a candidate, The ordinary wife never gets sus picious until her husband gets fastidi- ous about his nails, The war need worry. Every- think'is like that, en a wife doesn't seem so thrilling after you win her not The photographs of Mars should be entertaining, After this craze for the nude we are rather fed up on Venus People who think a third party will accomplish nothing never have seen beans spilled in a scientific manner, He is a wise politician this year who can distinguish between a burning issue and a blaze of indignation, Correct this sentenee: “John makes very little money,” said in-law, “but I'm glad Jane married him CLAIMS HE'S DIVORCED sists That He Does Not Have to Pay for Wife's Maintenance, Word has Oneco, Conn, May 19, been received that Wm., H., Sweet of this village, known in castern necticut as a lumber merchant, had secured, at Reno, Nev, a divorce from Bweet, Two years ago Sweet was granted a divorce by Judge Mar- vin in wuperior court, but Mrs, Sweet appealed the decree, which was aside by the supreme court after had for three months thought went to Neno and engaged in busincss and a year ago Mrs, Sweet charging non-support had a warrant iseucd against her husband. The local Justioe the peace, C. B. Montgog- ery, who issued the warrant, on Sat- irday re 4 word from Sweet that short he would return to defend himself on the non-support charge. Grace A the ot 1imac DR. FRANK CRANE’'S DAILY EDITORIAL ] Thought by Radio By picee and go ing 1 to sicep and wilder ion Michig: will be nd & talking in Lor e AP Kalamazoo s Moincs tur [ iversity Mars to communicate “ing sotne taking DR. FRANK CRANE of welsh conceive of and plenty it leve be he can hardly present exploits of radio. in New York. White House ning in his ear fixings any evening Los Angeles and Atlanta while flying over a arm mince pie eing heard ® steps of to which put place in ack birds, ned up their toes, uttered a few faint ound dead as doornails. ot a powerful radio message one explanation us, In ro- that said tha with strong language is a statement March number of very which is the s connection rhank the in declares that he has been sending side him and his mother before him. sentatives of the University messages sent has recelved these messages ten to receive = wouid have been believes that there ons by being to The greater part slar able em to go produced by discharge harges of electric is more I energy wonderful man machine be own will not long it ry man his s gulloping a station and ev it before long we hat we & The McCiure Newspaper Syndicate, Con- | 1924, & 7!1[1 br Maxson. Juoa LOST AND FOUND Department | 10, James Low:—There is a poem writ- ten by a sailor about “Break, wild | waves” or something like that. Do/ you know what I mean? .« s . Dear Jim:—The only poem we know was written not by a gob, but a guy who had just paid his income tax. It breaks as follows:— “Break, oh, break, thou angry sea! I'rom Alaska's shores to Siam; But however hard you break, Ah me! , You won’t be as broke as I am. e e e e | T. Simms:—Can someone give me | that selection containing: “When the | sands of the desert grow cold—" . s Dear Brother Simms:—Some sheik { has come across with this.cold com- fort for you:— When the sands of the desert grow cold, and when 1 shall then have hopes of getting thu{ ten You borrowed last October. Sayings of Iittle Socrates Papa never lies to mamma; | thinks he does, he The Eleventh Commandment An inspiring young flapper wrote to a physician: “Doctor, will bobbing my hair make me stronger? “Yes, miss, replied the doctor, “stronger with the boys if it's hobhed: —otherwise not."” | —Roy A. Brenner, | Jingle-Jangles Any funny, nonsensical rhyms that will make Fun S8hop readers laugh is a Jingle-Jangle. It must be in two | lines, For example: 1 After winter comes the spring; nsils hurt like everything. Cows have horns and sheep have wool; Dentists have a lot of pull, You will undoubtedly contribute funnier Jingle-Jangles than these, Ad- dress them separately to Jingle-Jangle Department, The Fun Shop, Herald, The Value of a College Fducation A Harvard chap was on his way home te spend his vacation with his folks in the middle west. The oncoming train was but a hun- dred feet away! What did the Harvard lad do? Did he clutch the child fn his powerful arms and carry it to safety? No! He was from Harvard! He tackled the train for a loss! and threw it ~—Bernard Eisenstein, the mother. | i | | | | CHERE ARE MANY MEN IN JAIL WHO HAD ENTREE TO THE VERY BEST HOUSES ' Make It Snappy ‘How do you want your Rarber hair cut?" Customer:~"In silence.” * —Ernest Boyd Natural Symptoms “Mother,” said little E el very well.” “That’s too bad, dear.,” said mother very sympathetically. “Where do you feel the worst 7" “In mother.” Marion F. Judd. “1 don't school, from us to encourage ~but it is much better to run away from the “right one” than to walk away with the “wrong one.” 1924, Reproduction forbidden). it Copyright wop 18 & national fneti- newspapers trom The Fon tution econducted by of Contributions are original, posses euft orit, will be paid for at rates var % from $1.99 5 $10.09. Write on ons side of the ypaper only and send ur comtributions to tie “F'un Shop Editor.” care of the Hersld, who | forward them te New York Unaccepted manuscripts will not be returned, o eount pr shed, readers, Ging the: unpub and ient day wh n ot al fieid ted as su he edi- feratd. © not pay for 10eal « ne svening. | the natie intribut saturd i to enter Breaks Into Coalgate, Okla Tommy Wilson nted above all things to get into jail here fo see hig friends. Now te penitentiary for five wants above all Falling other to the jail re. 1 bars off a cell his friends to es- told the in st and probably 1o get of admittance contly, he pricd seve window #nd invited ¢ They declined ailer. years things out means and A bos at the 11 #ds is cheerfully given, for ¢ Our Spring Coal Is Dry Ciean Coal. Our Spring Delrveries Are convenient and make one job for the year. Our Spring Supply Insures the required sizes of the finest, cleanest coal. Our Spring Prices Are the lowest of the year. ORDER YOUR COAL THIS MONTH The Citizens Coal Co. Yard 2 tptown Office 101 Arch St Tel. Berlin Yara opp. Berlin_ station Tel. 2633-5, and Mam Office Dwight Court, Tel. 2798, ENTIAE CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED SESEIELLHLHLL858888900008 §25 Years (Taken from Herald of that date) POTPETOIEPOVIIPIIIIIIGIID | Gilbert of Company D and Waldo 1, history 15 Veteran I'the meeting of veteran evening. Sergeant Grisw went to Hartford field day exercisc first regiment, John Boyle ha | Ing the addition to the the a Clark factory and & school I'rary streot, Captain Walter has been detailed command of Company J ment, C. N, @, The M. O, the contract for one new lockers, association an eq lockers. A Mill street chicken which a few days ago. and one head. P Fish For smelts — All sorts of make S shift nets and dippers are used hy the hundreds of fishermen who of the Sandy river Kelso, Wash, banks to-scoop up &melts their annual run the headaquarters #0lid masses, often packing the shal low rapide. No i* known figh, to Modern beat lquor to his wife disqualifics him for the Corps A plumber has a freak four legs, but was contain Ago Today § Qbservations on The Weather May 19. England Fair to- increasing cloudiness no change in tem- west, shifting to has prepared a mpany ! st for Washington, ~Fore | Southern New night; Tuesday tollowed by rain; perature; moderate winds late tonight Connecticut which he v corps last old of Company 1 | cast today to witness the ] a part of For alr tesday ed by 8 the work of paint- | porat Lincoln street Lo east winds late tonight addition Conditio A distur tonight; clondiness, (ol- i tem shifting of the inereasing rain; no moderate chang westerly, to Last Main Landers, mnee ecnlra on tario y passed out the ley night i cred shower the region and New England, It long of high pres is producing pleasant in nearly all districts cast of Ito mountains, The tempera is lower than yesterd along the { o border from North Dakota to Vermont Frost temperatures reported |from Minnexota and upper Michigan Enow was reported at Bay, | Wik, ,and Quebee, Canada Conditions favor for this vieinity lfair weather with nights and | warm sunny days, over ( | |8t 1 can 1ake | tollowed by a wrence v d light W, s to Bullen, retired, take temporary First regi N n is rid; sure whic g to let in fifty- give the is prepari the putting This will ulpment of 313 new | weather | the "y tur hern were into world has allotted the two hodies but ame It een cool EASTERN LEAGUE MEETING, May 19 line the here daily The smelts make from salt water 1o of the Sandy in Eastern league here today for the pur- rring the date for cutting player limit which as t would be tomorrow number of players car must reduced rainy weather thus scason has hampered the " getting a line on the i of their players nee the he date for eutting ingfield met de other western river these six-inch | vied by each m The cold, may inspire & but fortunate t]ak ¥ postponement ir h o, of t World's Richest Baby Patricia Edwina, infant daughter and heiress of Lord and Lady Mountbatten, posed christened at Charel Royal, Savey, England. .ssifiea the richest baby in the world, has the Prince of Wales for god- | father. for her picture just before being The child, probably