New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1924, Page 6

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EBditerial Roems ., Fhe only profitable advertising medium tn the Clreulation books and press advertisers, | room slwaye open Member of The Asseciated Press, lusively entitled ion of all news eredited to it wise eredited In this paper and alse local news pubs | lished herein, Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, The A, B, C, is & ustionsl erganizaiion | which furnishes newspa and adver: | rietly ho clrculatio News Stand W Stand, Btreet, Sehults Entrance | Grand Central, ¢ | MORE BEACON LIGHTS 1t Is true, as the Hartford Courant | intimates, that there Is no accounting for what the “dear pecpul” may do In an election; which mmay account for the defeat of Simeon Baldwin by Frank B, Brandegee for the 17, 8 sénate, Baldwin, who as governor gained a reputation that went far be- yond the limits of the state, was de- feated by Brandegee, machine candi- date, The victory of Brandegee over Bald- win was in no sense different, nor due to other causes, than machine victor- ies generally, Baldwin did not, as our Hartford contemporary asserts, wholly gain the office of governor “by reason of a division in the Republican party,” unless it is assumed that the Bull Moose disaffection was well under | way In 1010, the year of Baldwin's election. The famed Rough Rider did | not holt the Iiecpublican party until | after the Republican convention in June, 1912, by which time Gov. Bald- win had been in office approximately a year and a half, The only “division in the Republican ranks” in Connecti- cut that helped to elect Baldwin was that a sufficient number of Republi- cans, who were disgusted with recurr- ing machine administrations, voted for ‘Baldwin because they considered | him the superior candidate. Had he not heen deemed superior this faction | in the G. O, P. would have voted for | the regular Republican candidate. The same thing can happen again. Intelligent Republicans of Connccti- cut may not care,to vote for an in- ferior Republican candidate if the | Democratic party selects a candidate | of superior qualifications. Large num- | bers of Republicans may be even less | inclined to vote for the machine candjdate if they should happen to become suspicious of possible collabor- | ation between machine politics and certain gentlemen who are believed | willing to profit by their identification with machine politics, Machine government can often give | & fine account of itself in the financial | records of the state under its control, | yet at bottom be dishonest; machine | government often all but eliminates the public debt and has aspect that appealg to the “dear pee- pul.* The Republicans in power in Wash- 1 Ington have reducced the public debt ! by more than a billion dollars in the | last few notable achieve- ment. But at the same time they gave away extensive natural Teapot Dome and in California, and | precipitated enormous in the veterans' bureau administration, and a surface years—a resources at | waste were forced to dispense with cabinet ménbers who when they took office | werg-blandished as "best minds.” Yet | the plainetoid party press endeavors to forget the evils and propagandizes the Rreasury report, | | THL CRITICAL ATTITUDE l It inefliciency were a the the Herald would be among the first | fact in any | department in government, | to spring at those responsible and hold | them up to public condemnation. This newspaper is critical of all public rervants of all partics and insists in the public interest that they follow the road of rectitude. So far as this paper | 1s aware, honesty rules in the city ad- ministration. Whenever there is gossip to the contrary the Herald will lose no time making a thorough investiga- tion, and if confirmation is obtainable there are no strings tied to this ne \\=-' paper to prevent it from blurting ont the fact. As the city editor remarks, it would be a “dern good story SMALLPOX STATISTICS States do not relish advertising their smallpox statistics, and it has remain- ed for the federal public health au- thorities to Indicate the extent of the scourge during the last few years, to wit: Deaths in the United States the six months from this totalled more than Z00; the sAme source during 19 totalled 987. Tho discase the Increase, with 10,000 ported this spring. This should be sufficient to make the careless “sit np and take notice.” | There 1s no doubs fhat a nation-wide | past | discase have deaths from 11923 | has been on 22 and cases re- | pretext epidemic has been under way, at least, east Mis This is a natien of Sipalipox is sald of the sippi bathiub users at least in theory to originate as & result of Althy liv. ng Yeaught" by perfeetly eleanly persons. 1f only the firty folks suffered from the disease it wouldn't be so serious, as most of although it ean be us are willing to be very cleanly if avoldance of the disease could be in. [ sured in that manner is fairly After well New well over ita all the situation handled, compared with the difficul- Britain and vicinity smallpox scare here wWaa | ties experienced elsewhe 1T ISN'T DONE HERE Waterbury Is experiencing a condi- tion similar to one which confronted New Britain until recently, Complaint is made that citizens of Waterbury are indulging In the practice of parks ing their automobiles at the curb overnight instead of using garages, The Waterbury American is author- ity for the statement that “The situa- tion was so bad on Plaza avenue one night recently as a result of cars parks ed on hoth sides of the streefs that only one car could pass alang the center of the street and when cars met they were forced to back up and do considerable maneuvering to get through.” There Is only one evil, the of an ordinance prohibiting night parking. It the editor of the Waterbury Amecrican is interested, the Herald will be pleased to send him a copy of the ordinance passed recently by the Common Coun- PassaZo cil which has put a stop to the seques- tration of public property for private purposes in New Britain, FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS The attitude of the federal court in | Pittsburgh, which granted a writ of habeas corpus to the alleged slayer, Joseph Valotta, and a stay of execu- tion of the death sentence, ciently remarkahble apread attention. The grounds on which the federal court acted appear entirely logical— | that if conviction was contrary to due process of law it would be an infringe- ment of constitutional rights, But the action of the federal court opens up a new avenue of technicali- ties in criminal procedure which can- not be regarded as otherwise than favoring criminals and making their convictions more dificult. For every lawyer can claim that his client has heen convicted without due process of law, basing the claim on flimsy grounds, perhaps, but cloaking the with sufficient’ color to merit federal court action. CONFERENCE rance THIS LONDON Rankers in America, Britain, nd other countries are to loan Ger- many $200,000,000, according to the Dawes report. establish the new German bank, but most of it to pay for deliveries to the allies and to pay the costs of the armies of occupation along the Rhine. Securities naturally are needed, else bankers will be unable to interest the public in the loan. The seccurities re- quired are assurances that shall not again in\ad'e the Ruhr, and that France shall from- the Ruhr in accordance with the Dawes plan, and that the loan shall have precedence over all other German obligations. Premier MacDonald favors the plan, which is also favored by the Amerl- The money will be to retire cans. Premier Herriot, of rance, personal views in conformity with the plan but hig position in the French government is weak; the probabilities are he will lose his premiership withs in a few months. He has all but yield- ed to Poincare's insistence that France shall not give a pledge not to act alone against Germany, Franco favors the loan, as it would materfal- it her, but not at the price of her grip upon Germany. 1y bene relinquishing I'ollows the question as to who Is when Germany is in de- to decide fault. It is said that the schedule ni; payments in the Dawes plan are rather high and that Germany may default in about three years after the plan is put in force. Irance will claim wilful default; Britain that it was nn- avoidable hecause of the high sched- ule. It ‘will make a great diffcrence as to who decides which is correct. Britain wants an impartial American to make the decision; upon the deci- sion will depend whether France is to | be free to invade Germany or whether she will be restrained to act only with the consent of Britain, It is not only a question of security | and insurity for the loan, but the dif- ference between prosperity and chaos, | peace or war. American public opinion and ad- ministration spokesmen’s views appear staunchly in line with that of Britain. French foreign office to de- 1t is felt that the should not be permitted alone cide upon » vital question that will affect the r kind. mainder of civilized man- 1CAL FACTIONS disagreements among state organizations the country party over help to enliven the campaign. The monopolize attention against the can- didates upon the opposition party, but aleo is directed to the ambitions with- in the ranks.of the faithfel, Massarhusetis has its Lodge faction | remedy for the | is suffi- | to attract wide- | I"rance | has | lust for political power does not | NEW BRITAIN DAI | among Republicans, whe have been on mollified for the present but sulk the sidelines in sullen silence, New York Demoerats have a Hearst fae. tion to contend with, some of whom | are flirting with LakFollette, greatly to the disgust of the harmony boomers, Pennsylvania has its wet and dry | faction among Republicans, with twe high priests of the party on the water wagon against the city Ohio Republicans are shaken by Daugherty and anti-Daugherty factions, with a battle on hand of such intensity that the G, /0, P cause in that state durs ing the presidential election is threats ened, Indiana is shaken by a Ku Klux and anti-Klux faction in Republican ranks, with the Kluxers sald to be in control of the state party organisation, | In I0inois the Cook county (Chicago) | | Republican faction and the downstats | ers mix like oil and water, while the | Brennan Demoerats have thelr hands full in controlling the anti-Brennan | sentiment, vote, In the northwest the Republican | party has been split into factions of iuurh depth that it has resuited in ine | surgency, with Lal‘ollette lapping up the insurgents the Republican | party relegated to an also-ran basis, [ ™he Democrata in that section have heen likewise affected ,and LaFollette | Is easlly galning the support of the | radical-minded faction, In Yowa conditions parallel those in the northwest, with the Brookhart faction in the Republican ranks go- | Ing over strong to the LaFollette group, In Nebraska perhaps the most interesting factional fight of any is be« ing staged, with Charles W. Bryan holding the center of the stage, Out of 20 willlng aspirants for Iryan's | candidacy for the governorship, the brother of W, J. has designated four as worthy of the choice, one of them being his son-in-law. Naturally, the | remaining 16 have split into vitriolic | factions—some unkind critics will say into 16 factions, Anyway, it's a pleasant political comic opera, Returning to the east, it 18 worthy to note that in Connecticut the Re- publican machine of the state has suc- ceeded in suppressing factional dif- ferences from coming to the surface, but J. Henry Roraback is kept busy smoothing out wrinkles. The Nutmeg difficulty is that machine candidates show a tendency not to stay put, and a few recent officials in the state house are said to be showing too much inde- pendence of a sort; said independence is not violent, but is just enough to irritate the machine. It is for this reason that the machine is troubling itself so assiduously in attempting to pick the right kind of hand-picked, rubber-stamped candidate for the gov- | ernorship candidacy; with chances that in spite of the political travail in inside circles,"the experience of the past may repeat itself and the worthy candidate may decide he is the gover- | nor, and not Rorabaclk. | Factional differences have heen of | great value to the human race——they tend to break up coneentrations of and | | | STATE MANAGERS The two major political parties this year are being managed so far as their | campaigns are concerned, by men chosen from the native states of the candidates, Coolldge has his Butler from Massachusetts, and Davis has his Clem L. Shaver from West Virginia, It is natural that candidates should feel partial {o astute managers from | their home states. They know them personally and are acquainted with their abilities; likew! they are as- sured of thelr integrity. In the second candldates invariably show a persons from their place, predilection to | home state’s. The most notable example President Harding, who unduly favor- ed his native state of Ohio in appoint- but who got very poor ma- was menta, terial. TIPS Dry agents have been giving New York hotels of prominence consider- able trouble of late, most of it being !due to the action of former waiters discarded from their em- various reasons, the result a who were ployment for chief reason being the strike which failed. The disgruntled waiters have told | prohibition agents all the ‘“secrets” about some of the hotels, in this way | obtaining revenge upon their former of | employers, This mean trick elicits loud guffaws from a superficial public; but one is | Inclined to ask as to what the waiters cxpect to gain from such methods. | ing to spend your vacation?" v 1 ¥ VERSES AND REVERSES (By Bamuel Hoffenstein) i 8 A LULLABY (In Jingle-Jangle Fashion) 1 hh-p. my darling bahy, sleep: The Freneh eat frogs; Australians sheep, n Today will go, tomerrow will come; I'll bake & cake and give you some, m Angel's o'er your slumber sing; A kangaroo's a funny thing— 1w A kangaroo will make you laff, But not 50 much as a giraffe— v Not 8o much as a giraffe; I'll buke a cake and give you half—— VI e cake and a gooseberry Sleep, my darling;: have a heart! vir | Don’t you worry; ma will keep— | You bawled all day, and now you | sleep! } Her Comeback Webster (in a jovial mood) = “What would you do if I should leave you, doar?" Mrs. Webster much?" (quickly): ‘How —Edward H. Dreschnack. A Complaint Generosity is mah middle name an' sociabllity is mah nature, but I done hates familiarity. I'll share mah meat wif mah dog, I'll from libber to de fish, an’ de birds | is welcome to mah las’ crumb, but they's a place where mah middle name an’ my nature jes nachally 'fuse to mix; an’ dats when a boomin’ bumble bee 'sputes wif me ovah de possession ob de shady spot und’'neath de honey- suckle vine an® backs up an’ tries to push me off my own po'ch; den’s when 1 jes nachally balks. ——Gracia Ehull. CAREFUL | DANGEROUS, CURVE § Not Much Required Miss Flapper ‘Where are you go- { Miss Flopper:—*I really don't| know. As a matter of fact, 1 haven't a thing to wear.” Miss Ilapper:—"Why not go to the seashore 2" | nk Braithwaite. ITEMS FROM THEF ENTERPRIf As Reported (By Grift Crawford) Ford Parons, who is hard of hear- ing, got too close to Will King, who was playing the slide trombone at band practice Thursday night, and got two front teeth knocked out when Will slid to a hard note. oo Judson Whipple, our genial post- master, forgot to put up the mail for No. 3 I'riday. He said he got inter- ested in reading the post cards and dld not notice what time it was. .« .. Fitch's warchouse burned down Sunday night. The fire department got all ready to go, but Chief Hender- son could not find his bugle so they gave it up. s e e Joe Burns is a wit. We stopped in his store to get a bandanna to wear on a fishing trip and Joe said, without stopping to think it up, “Yes, we have no bandannas.” ‘e Ladies' dresses more than half off | this week at the Emporium. Hurry.— advt, . The Jingle-Jangle Counter Who says the woman never pays? 8he pays enough for marcel waves. ~Roy Oxandale. . In battalions troubles come: Jaws are full of chewing gum. —Nathan M. Levy. Babies cry and flappers giggle; Figshes swim and tadpoles wiggle. —H. G. Kiser. Despite the muddle which has result- | | ed, including court costs, inconveni- rnw-_mm the eliminated profits from liquor selling, the hotel managers are holding firm in the warfare with their Probably they calculate em, unknown to former help. to adopt a new s | their ex-walters, by which the prohibi- tion hounds can be circumyented, It appears that many of the first class | New York hotels have no intention of bowing to the god of Volsteadism if | there is any possible way to satisfy “This," chuckled the gay married man, as he plucked a blonde strand from his coat, “is what T call escaping a divorce suit by a hair!” The Daily Program { i—"We call our new cook fend Smith:—"Because she = picks up | everything she hears around the houee, and then hroadeasts it to the neighborhood.” Why 2" ~—F. M. Ingham. | —amd Neverses their trade. Drowning accidents at pleasure spots will continue so long as some- | takes | body a chance, BOY SCOUTS IN CRASH | West Ovange, N. J.. July 21.—More | than 20 Boy Scouts were injured last | night, several scriously, when a large | {motor (ruck bringing them home ! from a day’s outing, crashed into a store on Dcath Curve, here, “Henry," said his -wife sternly, | holding out a handful of red, white, | tand blue disks, “are these poker chips that 1 found in your pocket? | “Why yes, my dear, 1 suppoge they are. You see, 1—" “Well, all I've got to say is this? | if you haven't enough to | cagh in your chips when you quit the game, it's time you stopped playing poker.” X got senee saac Anderson. | With HERALD,MONDAY, JULY 21, 1924, Perfect Game Though some folks frown en kissing, 1 am here to stale I'm fond of esculation And find it more thag great me it is 4 habit I pray 1 never shake; T find it is the only Perfeot game of give.and-lake, - Kdgar Daniel Kramer, Pencll sketches Sister's “sweetie,” a handsome leu. making one of his very rare visits to the eity, was being entertain. ed at dinner and of course, everyone was on hest hehavier, During a slight pause in the eon. versation, baby reached for the peneil in daddy's pocket and began poking it in his eyes “Oh, baby must not put pencil In his eyes,” mother remonstrated, In his little hurt volce he replied: “Well, sister writes on her ey —=Mrs, J. A, Oestreich, A Georgia woman who swore he wonld never marry & day-dreamer was recently wedded to a night watch. man, Do your ¥un Hhopping ear The Fun Shop is open during &l hours when our readers are awake, (Copyright 1924, Reproduction forbidden), The ¥un Shop 18 & nationnl tnsti: swtlon conducted by newspapers of the - country, Contributions from are original, unpublished, possen sufficlent merit, will be paid for at rates vary- ing from 31,00 to 810,00, Writ one side of the paper onl ntributions to th Editor, care of the H will forward them to ; Unaccepted manuscripts will not be roturned. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN Fable: Once there was a party that nominated its best man. There must be genuine issues when orators give the tariff a rest. Many men howl for equality when their real desire is to swat the boss. The ass that spoke in Bible times | didn’t look back and yell, “Let's sec you pass me." man. join a cried the even “Insignificant!” “Why, he couldn’t luncheon club.” Americans are people who féel rich becanse they charge one another so much. Another good sanity test is an op- portunity to pass the car in front at a right-hand turn. Yet every country is a {ree country for the man who awes the paying teller, Women are saner, The hand that rocks the cradle is never the one that rocks the boat. No country will go to the dogs while |1t can become ecstatic about a good left to the jaw. The heathen have some horrible | customs, but they never drop a cigar- | ette end in a coffee cup. A diploma isn’t worth as much as a self-made man's vehement scorn would indicate. Year by year the movies become more thrilling for those who enjoy costumes instead of acting. 1f he moves his lips while reading to himself, you are safe in assuming that he believes in the label on the patent medicine bottle. It will be a long, long time before some of the southern delegates will again see red liquor. Among other things, the country needs a lawn grass that will grow an inch and then quit, As a rule successful men are those | who don't mind spending two dollars | in order to get ten. The Indian made his last stand in the great open spaces, but the last stand there now sells hot dogs. Correct this sentence: “She has a perfect figure,” said the mother, “but 1 simply won’t let her wear a bathing suit." HHHLLHLHHH8858558 98083 25 Years Ago Today (Taken from Herald of ¢hat date) PPIVIEIPEVIIIINPITINY W. L. Hatch has prepared plans for the erection of three cottages on Madison and Monroe streets. - Mr. and Mrs. their young son will spend the next few weeks at Norfolk. Charles M. Hultgren is contined to his home on Dwight street by ilinesa. the month of August at Madison. The new factory building of the Union Mfg. Co. will be dedicated this evening in a way which bhas proved popular of late with the local manu- facturers. The company will give a reception to its employes and their families. Ice cream, lemonade and general refreshments will be served. The board of health reporls two cases of diphtheria, one being on To make a weak fAeh strong keep it out of water and away from iece. West El'is street and the other om Ellis street. | Dana Vibberts and | B. E. Linke and family will spend | y L T o0 Much Time INTER seems a long time away,—and yet by putting off buying your coal from day to day, it will be on the edge of cold weather before you realize it. And then—higher prices and delivery. DAY: tell us und Main Uffice Dwight Court, Tel. 2708, MURDERS CLEARED UP Confession of Memphis Ncgro Solves Mystery of Series of So-Called “Roadside Murders,” Memphis, Tenn,, July 2 Follow- {ing his alleged confession to the mur- der of Mrs. Ruth McElwain Tucker and Duncan Wallter, on the night of January 27, 19 and of W. O. Spen- cer about four months later, Charles Barr, 23, a negro, is held pending pre- sentation of evidence to a grand jury. Police declare the negro has clear- ed up e y detail of the mysterious “roadside murders” which held mo- torists in terror last year, and today they will search for a missing dia- mond ring torn from the fingers of Mrs. Tucker when she and Waller 23, ‘| were shot to death on a country high- \way near Memphis. One ring, found by police in a pawn shop, is said to have been identified by the negro as having been pulled from Mrs, Tuck- er's finger as she attempted to flee. Observations On The Weather ___________._—-—J Washington, July 21.—Forecast for southern New England: Fair to- night, Tuesday unsettled not much change in temperature, gentle vari- able winds becoming south. Torecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight, slightly warmer in north portion; Tuesday unsettled, probably local thunder showers; gen- tle to moderate south winds. Conditions: A trough of Jow pres- sure extending from Kansag north- castward to Minnesota is causing showery weather from the Rocky Mountains eastward to Ohio. The greatest amount of rain reported was 2.82 inches at Duluth, Minn. Pleas- ant. weather prevails from the coast westward to Ohio. The tempera- ture is slightly above normal in cen- tral and eastern districts. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by increasing cloudiness tonight and probably local showers Tuesday. Berlin Yurd opp. T the hurry-scurry of last-minute Too much time is about as bad as not enough. Do it TO- how much Old Company’s Lehigh you need— and sit pretty until next spring! Don't forget to order part Buckwheat. 1t saves coal and money. ‘ The Citizens Coal Co. Uptown Uffice 104 Arch St, Berl el. 3268, tation -8, Tel. {7 MURDERS CHARGED IN FORMAL COMPLAINT Fritz Haarmann, Hanover Slayer Possessed of Unnatural Im- pulses, Scientists Say, Hanover, Germany, July 21L.-—Fritz IHaarmann. known as the “Vampire Murderer,” has been charged with 17 murders in an indictment just filed by the state’s attorney. An investiga- tion of eight other cases hag not yet been concluded, although thé police lelieve they will be able to prove his guilt in these, ilso to numerous dis-" appearances reported in various parts of Germany are heing directly traced to his house where the crimes were committed. Criminologists are conducting an exhaustive survey of Haarmann's ac- tivities and the part the Hanover pe- lice ate alleged to have played in them. Fight officials at police head: quarters were summarily = dismissed from the service because of allega- tions that they were involved in the orgies. b Dr. Kopp, a criminologist who has been conducting a scientific investiga- tion of Haarmann's personality, eaid that “Haarmann is unquestionably strangely psychopathic and presents a bewlldering combination of unnatural impulses.” DMost of the murdered men were suid to have been “floaters’ who were grateful for a night's lodging or a drink of brandy with which Haarmann is sald to have drug- ged them, Haarmann admitted that he usually strangled the men while they were asleep. Portland Driver Kills Two Girls en Street South Portland, Me., July 21.—Two persons were killed and one probably fatally injured when an automobile ran down two young'women and two children on the street near thelr homes here yesterday. The dead are Cora Connor, 24 years of age, and Margaret McLaughlin, seven. Elizabeth McLaughlin, Margaret's twin sister, was believed to be dying at the hospital last night. Miss Con- nor's twin sister, Florence, was slght- Iy hurt. Joseph Van Tour, driver of the car, was arrested on a charge of manslaughter. The war, prebend, has shaken up considerably Grea history. nor Russia under the Czars, nor the of Alexandar. Neither is it anything For one gimple reason. will not follow blir legislation.” Hardly fort was little disputed, the growing cons their political individuality, as well-nigh equals. In a certain sense, England sees a mistress of, her stalwart offspring. the exploitation of immense teeritory. | in London. It is rather country. have our ideals. iw il’latulall_\' take onir point of view, whose effect uponghe nations of the t Britain is the most powerful n But it is no such unified force as Its various colonial possessions, and even the B hdly the autocratic will of King of Ministry. “I doubt,” said Sir John Macdonald in 1854, “If F sent to having her Parliament placed in a dependent position to Federal war, of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, S ousness in these colonies of not only their power, but of compel England to a co-operation with them DR. FRANK CRANE'S DAILY EDITORIAL M Westward By DR. FRANK CRANE earth we can hardly com- the British Empire. ational unit in the world, if not in Germany was before the wur, Jome of the Caesars, nor the Greece like Japan. 1t is a democracy and at the merey of its péople. iritish Tsles themeselves, ingland will ever con- v vears have passed since this declaration, which at the time and already the independent strength, hastencd by the outh Africa and even India, and herself as a dependent upen, and not For England, industrialized to excess, is unable to live by herself, ¥Ehe owes her enormous prosperity and her dominance in the cconomic wotld to But the colonies in these territories have grown to such an extent that she would be entirely unable to dominate them autocratically. The British Bmpire is no longer an autocratic exploiting power sitnated huge world eorporation of formidable states and the balanice of power easily lies in the colonies rathér than in the mother The people of these colonics speak our language, belong to our blood and Everything shonld be done to encourage hearty cooperation ith them, for in amy world erisis they are the people whe -would more Copyright, 1924, by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.