New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1924, Page 6

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Times Bquare; Schultz News 8tand, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd street. o dally In New NEW TRUNK HIGHWAY NEEDED FOR TRAFFIC New Britain needs a new trunk line highway around the city, one that will permit motorists who at present through streets in order to pass through the elty to reach their destination with- out adding to One such trunk line could be bullt from New Britain to Kensington dis trict as a co of Corbin avenue. Such thor- oughfare would permit through au- tomobile Waterbu Bristol and Plainville to turn {nto Corbin avenue at its intersection at West Main strect to reach Kensing- ton without passing through New Britain's downtown streets. The Kensington terminal of this yoad would be at Upson's corner, where the road would run into Farmington avenue, continuing about one mile to Flannery's corner, where traffic would then flow into the Boston Post road. Corbin avenue for a distance of are compelled to drive the congested downtown *hi congestion. uation an improved traffic from about one mile is part of New Brit- | ain and is in fairly good condition. The highway then continues as & dirt road through the western sec- | tion of Kensington, leading to Up- son’s corner. The town of Kensing- ton probably would not warm up to the idea of expend new roed, particularly when it runs through a part of the town that is only Sli[hll; populated. The state, on the other hand, is anxieus to de- velop new trunk lincs and might take over the highway as a state road. Traffic coming New Haven and other cities and towns to the south of Ber- 1in, which uses the Boston Post road when en route to points west of New from intervening Britain, or to Plainville, Bristol and | Waterbury, would use this road in prefarence to the present Berlin;New Britain highway, since it wo @ shorter cut, less traffic would be encountered and it would afford & better highway. plants in the western section of the ity and those in towns to the west send of New Britain, which now heavy trucks through the center of the city, would no doubt eagerly avail themselves of such a new and im- proved highway. ———— TRACK FATALITIES Deaths of four track racing stars pvithin the past weck—two autoists and two horsemen—siresses the un- derlying danger lurking in a sport that combines speed with & circular The two autoists, Murphy ends in catapult- | course, and Resta, came somewhat similar faghion to their ing azainst®the side of tracks. The horsemen, Hines went to their deaths during “spills The thousands who look on during | such races are when | fatality occurs, yet that the pronounced rompanying antees occasional fatalities. The t mMay come when such fatalities can Pe entirely avoided, but both human { @mature and tracks will have to be Built differentiy. Geers, horrified they well know | dangers ac- the sport almost gudr- | BULGARIAN ASSASSINATIONS It perhaps is n 0 find any one of the nations | suffering from a Just at present Bul e runnipg far ahead of the oth fn chalking up political assassina- | tions. Nine such mure mitted In the last t hectic land. The remarkable part of the war- fare is that there is no election be- ing held; they just having a friendly argume Balkan heaval aria appears 1o rs rs were com- are | thority for the following interesting A PECULIAR &TOCK Within the past year the common | stook of the Brooklyn Manhattan | Transit corporation, which operates some of the subways | in New York Brooklyn, tripled in value, and the ~preferred | “ gtock doubled. Duri business conditions of the compa did not advance; the company still] serves the public w five cent fare. ’)nr Hylan of New Xork, sus- the concern | and has | g that time h & ng money on a | w York | 1d effect | Manufacturing i s T ¥ ’NOW Brii rlpecm\‘ a stock Juggling pool, has Instructed city officials to make an investigation to determine it officials of the company are not ldentified with stock brokers' firms which had dealt in the securities Whether the mayor's susplclons are well foundeds of course,’ remains to be seen; but some of us would like the method whereby the value to stock can be trebled In a doing no business than usual, has no greater prospects in the future than it h nad in the past, and claims to be selling its product virtually at cost. to know company that is more COMBATTING BUREAUCNMAQOY The Federal Trade Commission i one of the government bureaus Connecticut politicians must mind when they tirade against bureaucracy on the banks ot the Potomac. The commission ap- pears to be as popular in business circles as a rattlesnake at a wed- ding, and in some respects for good which | have in reasons. he commission has been a med- dler to the extent of endeavoring to | upset many well-established trade practices. Sometimes it may be right nd sometimes it undeniably s wrong. It appears that, to justify its existence, a federal bureau naturally to itself now and | | then. According to the Clayton F. Sum- | my Co,, a prominent music publish- | ing firm of Chicago, such has been the case as regards the commission and the music publishing busine: and the Summy company advertises | to the extent of nearly half a page in The Etude, a music magazine, in- dicating deflance at a recent ruling of the federal commission, The argument is a most interest- ing one and affects a large portion of the public. For years it has beef the practice in the music publishing | business to print a fictitious price on sheet music and music books, not with the object of selling the goods at that price, but with the under- standing that all buyers were en- titled to a discount. For instance, the words “Price 60 cents” on a copy of music didn't mean it cost that much, but that the buyer was entitled to pay only 40 or 30 cents. The federal commission claims that the discount has not been uni- form and some consumers paid more than others, and that a percentage of them could be tmposed upon. The contention seems logical. But here is the ukase of the Summy company: has overreach “We cannot coneeive it to be possibie that the laws on our statute books can, by any possi- ble interpretation, be so con- strued asto prevent any person to whom music is sold for dis- tribution, from selling it at a profit if he echooses, nor @& to determining how much of a profit he shall make. Wa look upon this whole proceeding as 2 most unfortunate and grievous mistake, * * * We have there- fore thought best not to make any change in prieing nor in our custom of al- lowing digcounts to those who are entitled to them.” Some of the mest prominent pub- lishers in the trade have bent to the demands of the commission rather | than “argue with the government.” With some of these it has been a sor- rowful concesslon, s they are sin- cere in thinking the commission's | ruling menaces their prosperity. But the Summy company openly comes to grips with the commission and it | is understood is prepared to give the | matter a ride through the courts rat the amendment word AR 05 S B NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESD. only the town garage scems to be prospering. We don't like to see the small town go, once the center of the community life, but that is what this age of gasoline seems to have decreed. CORRECTING A WRONG IMPRESSION The Boston Horald declares it is “far frem being sure that it is de- sirable to put the child labor amend- ment into our constitution,” but it takes the opportunity to correct & misapprehension and the false state- ments being made regarding it, this in the interest of truth and a proper conception of its proposals. The New Haven Journal-Courier had declared It heartening that so much interest is being taken tn Con- mecticut in the proposed amendment “forbidding the employment of per- sons in productive labor under 18 The same statement, in effect, has been made by other newspapers in Connecticut which trankly oppose, rather than show a desire to elucidate, the améndment. The Boston paper aptly describes fn the foMowing The amendment ‘“does not forbld the employment of per- sons in productive labor or in anything else at that age. It merely gives congress the au- thority to legislate regarding the employment of persons under 18 years—quite a different matter. “We have always belleved that it would have been much better if the prohibition amend- ment had taken the same form ~—if instead of forbidding the beverage trafic in intoxicating liquors it had given congress the authority to do so. This would have created a stage of affairs more responsive to the popular will at a)l times than that under which we are now operativg.” The Prince of Wales is now in wrong with the numerous folks who oppose gambling at race tracks. He bet on a horse y»sterday and won $640. The budget bureau cut the naval airplane expenditures for the year down to such a level that the naval air service and other branches of the naval establishment cannot get along. Becretary of the Navy Wilbur is hurrying to Washington from the Pacific coast in an airplane to confer with the president. Politieal. expedi- eney In a eampaign year and budget slashing don’t mix at all points. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN Another thing run on the seff- service plan is success. Famous imaginary line equator and old dad’'s waist line. 8o live that you need never go through the annoyance of a mistrial. The chief objection of a “white mule” cocktail is that one can taste the mule, Now, to make things sure, let's have a day to mobllize embryo war profiteers. Tt isn't eommon sense our legisia- tors need so much as a common cause. As a rule officials are safe in time of peace unless they tangle their The | “misch e ievous meddling.” erns in Connecticut to them. her than yield to this ao-ca!!ed\,m\“,. infithe clutch pedal. 3 wwhich | | from time to time are pestered with Beresucratic. meddlings have ithe| same method of combatting it open RAILROADS AND GASOLINE Railroads in some of the western to go into bus business, according to Cap- 's Weekly, which continues this | jJugubrious strain by saying that one | unoffisial observers. | railroad has already ordered several in Kansas states ime | hundred busses for use aione. In some claimed that established bus lines| of the short distance passenger traf- away from the railroads the past year But the bu questio Have with well statem near. trad folk trucks move the loca The sion close several for are ol per's paper are threatening instead of attempting to fight busses, s menace with more n these railroads of reducing as a means of the bus lines?” zomp they haven't done and we don't same publication also ent ry 662 Amer s pay roll leaving and truck ing points. to the neafest city Nebraska Rallway recently gave permissi railway se reasons. discontinued, husiness dwindling, 5 of the western states it 18 | | have taken as much as 50 per cent asks this pertinent ever passeager eting 0 suppose sa icans . The them serted villages or small Cars carry the and ight. amis- on to stations Post offices store owners and Doubtiess every man thinks prohi- | bition a success if it makes him stop drinking. Comedy: Plat tire seven miles out, Tragedy: Flat cigarette package | seven miles out. | | The old-time boy who wished to be a terror learned to chew; the modern one buys a pistol. Mars must understand that those | who tried to pry into her affairs were Woman will get equalily when she | | quits demanding it on the ground | that she is a woman. German scientist says tea eontains| more kick than beer. Voice from | grandmother's room | L One reason why a husband hates to shop with his wife is because he can't stand the strain when the | saleswoman talks about “slender lines.’ | in No one will take Conrad's place until some author is willlng to wait 19" years for salea as he did, i The things that move renmonly} forward without taking account of man are destiny and five ton trucks. | The great chance is to select as leader & common man who will stand | a chance with uncommen men at ‘Washington, i | | [ | | { Furopean royal bloods get $7 % day as supers. If they had been con. | | tent with that, they might have held | their old jobs. | | Correct this sentence: “I am for | | him,” said the voter; “his heart beats only $89 the poor maa.” | return WURDER RECALLS THE MILLS CASE Johnson Slaying Is Similar in Many Respects New Brunswick, N. J,, Sept. 16.—~ Detectives of Middlesex county in« vestigating the killing of Elizabeth Johnson, 16, of Kingston, whose body was found under a scrub bush by the shore of Carnegie dake Sun- day found many striking similarities between the mystery and that sur- rounding the death of the Rev. Ed- ward Wheeler Hall and his choir leadler, Mrs, Eleanor R. Milis, whose bodies were found side by sde in & fleld on the Phillips farm two years ago today. The girl, a daughter of a prom- nent farmer of Kingston, left home August 12 and had not been seen since then untll Jameg Casserly, caretaker at St. Joseph's cojlege, & preparatory school, nearby, discover. ed the body and notified state police at Kingston. The spot was even more remote that the vicinity of the crab-apple tree where the Rev. Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills were found and the ab- sence of tangible clews as to how the body came there, as well as the un- certainty as to whether the girl had been killed where she lay or else- where, were circumstances that served to recall the earlier erime, Her body was laid carefully on a newspaper recalling the manner in which the bodies of the two victims of the earlier crime were arranged, a circumstance which at the time caused investigators to suspect that gomeone with a knowledge of un. dertaking had been present at the killing. The Johnson girl was killed by a small calibre revolver pressed close to her temple, according to County Detective Ferd David. This gave rise to a suicide theory which was quick- 1y discounted when a careful search failed to disclose the weapon. Man s Suspected Joseph A, Johnson, the girl's father, told detectives of a man 'who he suspects committed the crime to avenge himself of a fancied wrong. Detective David is anxjo#s to ques- tion this man, who is said to have been employed on the Johnson farm. There are four other young men, be- lieved to have been friendly with the slain girl, who will be called for questioning, Mr. David sald. Detective David, mindful of the throngs of the curious that thronged to the scene of the Hall-Mills murder and obliterated what ever clews thers might have been, posted & guard around the spot where the Johnson girl's body was found soon after it yvas removed to the morgue. The girl's father readily admitted his daughter's disappearance but at first gcouted the idea that it was her body that had been found, at the morgue, however, he identified the body as that of his daughter by clothing and jewelry she was wear- ing when she left home. He was grief-stricken and said that when she disappeared he be- lieved she had run away to seek work as she was restless during the long summer vacation from school and had expressed the wish to earn her lving. Detective David revealed today that two siiver buckles which were missing from the girl's pumps when her body was found, had been cut away, He sald they were doubtless taken after the girl had been shot but could advance no reason for the act. It also was learned that the girl, who slept with her ten year old sis- ter Katherine, had gotten up and dressed about 10:30 on the night she disappeared. The younger girl said that she awoke and asked Elizabeth if she couldn't sieep. She replied “No, I'm too restless.” She then went out and Katherine went back to sleep. 25 Years Ago Today From Paper of That Date The thermometers at 6 o'clock this morning registered 31 degrces, A. J. Sloper stated today that the contractors had submitted their bids on the mortuary chapel. The wheeimen employed by Lan- ders, Frary & Clark will gather in the park this evening and have trlals of their speed. Fred Sunburn, the delegate to the letter carriers’ convention In Syra. cuse, returned home last evening. Maxwell 8. Hart won the handicap golf championship at the Maple Hill links today by defating H. H. Pease. A committee appointed by council to secure gates for the dan- gerous railroad crossings met last night and recelved assurance that gates would be placed at the Curtis, Whiting and Stanley street crossings. Ti% New Britain delegation which has returned from the Putnam Phalanx trip, reports it one of the| hest excursions the “Puts” have ever held. The I. Porter Co. advertises Kkitchen ranges at $10, wooden bed- steads at $2.25, and salt shakers at three cents. The handsome driving cob recently purchased by Peter Crona was found | with its neck broken this morning | hel the | | at Holcomb's stable. CASUALTIES NUMEROUS London, Sept. 16.—A atatistical of world shipping losses during the year 1923, lssued by| Lloyd's Register of Shipping, shows that the casnalties during the year numbered 466, of which 324, rep- resenting a total of 494,364 gross tons, were steamers and motorships and 142 sallers, representing 82,208 tons, In the section steamer and motorship 175 are recorded as wrecked, 38 foundered, lisioned 31 missing, 29 burnt abandoned, and five lost, ten A flock of ostriches ia one of the ' principal attractions, of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. col- | AY, SEPTEMBEK 16, K v P Gfe ' . Fan Shob MaxsoN Jomewz VERSES AND REVERSES (By George 8. Chappell), Holly-hocks and four o'clocks, Mallow pink and larkspur blue, Pansy, candy-tuft and phlox, Balpiglossiw, fever-few, Lady's slipper, golden-glow, Flowers of every form and look, Every one by name I know, When 1 see them * * * {n the book. (Tt A farmer's stock fs cattle, A broker's stock is not, A merchant's stock is cloaks and suits, Did you ever hear such rot? Potatoes have a hundred cyes, And yet they cannot see; A needle 18 blind with one. It don't seem right to me! v e ‘What do you mean, O Moon, bright, Gilding the mountain snows, ‘What do you whisper on the height? ‘Who knows? * % Who knows? * ¢ What does the south wind sigh to the trees As he passes swiftly by? And what is the meaning of verses like these? Who knows? * * Not1 ¢ *, 50 Best Liar Wins They were arguing over the merits of their respective dogs. Said Bllkins: “My dog is so in- telligent 1 am at a loss to devise new tricks to teach him." “That's nothing,"” his fried replied. “Mine has reached the stage where he teaches Me new tricks. ~Albert Briggs. Those Summer Resorts Jay:—"8o0 you picked out one of those places to spend your vacation where there were no mosquitoes?” “Yes, but I was stun, —Herman Woolf. Blue-Pencilled Neighbor, (meeting the little boy mext door):—'You're looking more and more like your father every day.” Small boy:—"Why shouldn't 1? They make me wear the old man's clothes cut down.” ~Clarence Bryan. e Criminale in jail belong; Watches frequently go wrong. Ups and Downs “You say he knows his What Jin business from the ground up? is his business?”” Bill:—"He's an aviatol —B. C. B. Wild Willies Willie, to his great disgrace, Criticised his cousin’s face. “What a pity he can't change it,” Willie said, “or re-grrange it." A Willie, playing near the hedge, Found some clippers, keen of edge; Grandma on the porch hob-nobbed; Bnip, and lo, her hair was bobbed! —R. Shephard. A Limit Jack:—"Have you got a speaker in your house?” John:—"No, but my daughter is a loud singer and that's emough. —K. loud J. B "Twas Ever Thus Ralph:—"There is only one thing my wife and I always agree on.” Victor:—"T know. The fact that you should never have married each other, eh?" —Chris. Rehman, Chicken Fed The chief reason why city chickens age more expensive than country chickens is to be found in the dress- ing. The average girl does not want two strings to her bow, so much as two beaus to her string. Fine feathers make fine birds and big dresemaker's Dills. Chicken broth can never be ex- pected to satisfy as a substitute for XXX HENessy. ~—Captain Kidd. For Her Benefit Park:—" you've taken out a larger insurance policy on your life, T suppose the agent talked you into it, eh?” Parker:—"Not me! He convinced my wife that it would be a good in- vestment for her.” —Ellgworth Ginsburg. Not a Beauty Tommy was industriously getting in his blows when the screams of the under boy in the fight brought his frantic mother to the rescue. “Why Tommy, you little rascal!” she cried, “what are you doing? Just see the blood on Willie's beautiful | little face” “Just you wait till I get through with him,” replied Tommy, caimly going on with the punishment, “and 1'll bet my rocking horse against his | Kite that you won't call him a beauty again for some time to come.” —]sa Gertrude Bowen. The Fditor's Gossip Shop Shortly we shall show you the kind of sympathetic treatment The Fun Shop gives to contributions if they possess any merit at all. We shall run a poem as it actually comes in to us. and immediately be- low it we shall run the poem as it| has been revised to fit in with this| department, We shall present a Jingle-Jangle a contributor sent in, in its original | Jorm, and show the Jingle as it has | been revised. | Merely emphasizing that nothing of merit is permitted to go by—even if we have to spend considerable time in revision, : The JingleJangle Counter Fvery charming girl's a gem; Scales have quite & weigh with them. —Peter Probst. *Tis better to have love dand lost, The Friendly Genie OLDEN TALES, a friendly gant brought protection and etrength to cer- and happy subjects. Today a great band stretches across this State and continent. Every village and city is connected by ane system of commvamication. Copper wires of the Bell System form 2 net- wark of “talkways™ to the people in this State, and each telephone is a’part of 3 matione million factyrer or farmer; makes practical use of this friendly sysem of communication. It means, ”\r telephones. . greater prosperity, greater Opportunity. THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND One Policy Than to be forever bossed. ~C. F. Doran. s e ‘We should make our Itves sublime, But alas! we haven't time. —Sophie E. Redford. P Fields and parks are pleasant places; Toothpicks seek the open spaeces. —Edmund Bartels. The Star North:—"Which actor in the play did you like best?” West:—"The one who gave me a complimentary ticket," —Philip 8hafter. “I stand for an awful lot!" sighed the real estate sign, surrounded by rusty tin cans and several billy-goats. (Copyright 1024, Reproduction forbidden). COMMUNICATED Campaign Stuf Newington, September 15, 1924, To the Editor of the New Britain Herald: Dear Sir:— In your Saturday’'s Issue there| were unfortunately several erroneous statements made, which I beg you to correct. It {8 news to Miss Welles and her friends that the child labor amend-| ment s “the battle ground in the | political fight for the republican nomination for representative in Newington,” and there seems no reason that it should be. Miss Welles and Mr, Pape are in perfect agreement that “a widow left with & 16 or 17 year old son on her hands” is entitled to some support from him. There*is nothing in our state law or the proposed child labor amendment to prevent it. Mr. Pape is right that such a boy can get an education thpough the help of cor- reepondence courses, state and eity libraries and evening schools where there are any. ‘There is nothing in the child labor amendment to pre- vent that either. The Herald realizes the truth of the saying that a statement which has passed through three mouths can not be believed, and words another sentence very carefully, that “ac- cording to statements said to have been made by her brother, Miss Welles is an ardent advoeate of the proposed child labor amendment, re- quiring childgen to remain in school until they are'18 years of age." The proposed child labor amendment re- qilires nothing of the kind. It isnota law and requires nothiag at all in re. gard to children, It stmply authorizes | congress to enact such laws relating | to child laborers as the various states are already enacting. Comnecticut| has passed three such laws, Boys un- | der 18 years of age are prohibited from operating fast running eleva- tors in dur state; they may not be| employed to drive automobiles and | may not drive pleasurc cars; they may not deliver messages in the messenger service after ten o'clock at pight. Nineteen states limit the hours of child laborers up to the age of 18, mostly, by requiring them to attend part-time schools four hours or more a week in company time. New York has established a “‘“”‘\ hour day for children between six- teen and Fighteen years of age. Ohio | requires foreign born children to go | TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM Oue System . to school until they are 18 if their earnings are not needed and they are mentally capable of learning to read and-write English and stucy American hlstory. Will anyone say these things are wrong? The child labor amendment looks to the far-distant future, If this union endures permanently. Should it then give congress so little power that it would soon be out of date and have to be amended itself like an | ordinary statute? No. | Mr., Pape announces that he is| against the proposed child labor amendment. President Coolidge has | announced that he ig for it. Brande- gee and McLean voted for it, as did ! four of our congressmen. Are we for | Coolidge or not? MARY C. WELLES. GETS 10 YEAR TERM Fred Peters, Forging Expert, Sen- | tenced for Forging His Name fo | a Government Check. Los Angeles, Sept. 16.—Fred L. Peters, check-writing Impersonator of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has been sentenced here to 10 years' impris- | onment at Leavenwortn for forging | a government check. Poters also is wanted by the po- | lice in Boston, New York, Syracuse, Buffalo, Omaha, Philadelphla, Salt | Lake City and Denver, where he is alleged to have cashed what ap- peared to be government checks | under the name of “Commander E. | E. Pilisbury, U. 8. N. | | | treme ! east of the Rocky Mountains. Universal Serviee Peters’ most spectacular check passing campaign occurred in 1923 when he used his slight rescmblance to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., to induce merchants and others to accept. his worthless checks. Observations On The Weather 16.—TForecast Partly un- ‘Washington, Sept. for Southern New England: cloudy tonight; Wednesday settled, showers along the south coast; not much change in tem- perature. moderate northeast winds. Forecast for eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight; Wednesday unsettled, probably showers in ex- <outh portion; - not much change in temperature; moderate northeast winds. Conditions: The southern dis turbance has moved very slowly during the last 24 hours and is now central ‘over southern Georgia. It has caused general rains along-the coast from IFlorida northward to Virginia. A secondary disturbance central in Missouri is causing local showers from Nebraska eastward to Tllinois. Pleasant weather con- tinues the northern districts The the to in along Montana temperature is rising northern border from upper Michigan. Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather and not much change In temperature. DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL The Airplane By DR. FRANK CRANE Recently, fittecn motor gliders started, from the Buc Aerodrome, in France, on a 1,156-mile flight across the country. The object of the flight was to evolve the cheapest form of motor glider with the lowest gasoline consumption. The competitors were not allowed to replace the engines or wings, but were allowed to effect all necessary repairs. A Glider Mect was also held at fifteen day Compare this with the assembly Thoen, on August 15 and lasted for of the Grand Fleet of Great Britair recently at Portsmouth, where 194 warships passed before the King Ir review, representing thirty thousind officers and men assembled. Here were any number of men and any amount of property whose business wa: merely to be on parade. They serve served for destructive purposes. used-in peace as it is in war, but it to warlike purposes. Sooner or later the no -ugeful end and were entirely re.. The airplane, on the contrary, may be. may be a machine easily converte ons of the world are going to realize that prosperity in time of peace is the best preparation for war gnd that the best means for war, and the most economic, consist tn peaceful instru. mentalities that can speedily be converted to warlike use. At any rate, it scems that every be fought in the air and will no longer depend upon ships. indicat'on is that the next war will It scems as though the airplane were making the battleship a back number, just as the battleship has replaced the trireme of old. 5 By the way, the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain recently gave the Britannia Trophy to Mr. A. J. Cobham for the most meritorious perform- ance In the air during 1923. That performance consisted in a 12,000 mile flight in a De Havilland plane, fitted with a 240 h.p. Siddeley Puma engine. The total flying time was 128 hours, With the establishment of a transcontinental mail route from New York to.San Francisco, crossing the At All this has its bearing upon war. it looks as though it would not bg long before air would be an established business. And it js a question whether the national defense can better be served by kecping up the old-fashioned army and navy or by directing attention to the air, There is no on® whe do®s not w temded. It is only a matter of vision to eeer his gountry properly de. and judgment. : & Copyright, 1924, by The MeCiure's Newspaper Syndicate.