New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1924, Page 6

af—— New B e e ——— ritain Herald HeRALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Terued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Blog., & Chureh SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 & Year 0 Lhres Entered at Baco Post O TELEPHC Rusiness Edltorial Ro Munth s oAt N The n profitable ndvertising bo on Mon " d Clavs Mall Matter ke ot h niediun pross room always open o advertiseis Member of the Associuted fress The Assocluted P 1 titied to the use for lited to shed herein Member Andit s a RORABACK ¥ ex paper and Al organ 1 mdvers st ana statist TILSON OR MERRITT FOR SENATOR For 1o appears obnoxious pan as the | an state o Brandeges. There appear t dates — the well Roraback, chie steam roller over political highways, John Q. Tilson, w the speaker’ publican natio has re-announc the tive Schuyler ) The Roraback come directly hou those on the ot oD 10 nomination, himself, alt man from aureole of senator. high have PO eri vention. gome h inclined Roraback to doesn’t starts behalf on the accel brakes. Rep. Tilson for he ha# the ear of ¢ he the wil the no where is regar belleved in 50 cut that &anizi the honor and tion stand sire. If per-organ ton tha senats, erganiza and This orgar let of Burenu of Cirenlation. the s smooth Lepresentative was head of Re- who acy for presenta- o Mr s and they f Stamford. y does not Roraback eved by had fri fri 2 hat the gentl An‘ ends some White House by what he cony ion ends in his to on step the | in son ind trump v he cards 1t to them, His strength in his d is unquestioned, as he ran ad is district M votes ah of Prosiden rritt 1s vegurded tl idate of co soh been mentic me he appeared to inside track; but is that too many objecf we cropped up to make it | g in the organ ted of des at first was su B TWO WOME STARTLE THE NATION ther him for Ne the governorships or Wyoming would this dist from those commonwealths we: much of a ripple at not for the interesting fact pluy istrict Mg unty, yler oned, have under- tions fkely iring GOVERNORS ance re it that both governors-elect are women. It their would they were men n in be merely chronicled coluntn where the other n ames the ernors are set up for public view Most readers would, in 8 a give them a cursory view and r no attempt to remember names, But Mirfam A. ernor, and Nellie Taylor Ross be watched Texas we have in Ferguson elected Wyoming Both in s will by a whole, {¢ only to note how w will perform as the states, gover the wite while Mrs. widow of a former e. Bot there ot be entire e ag a governor's W heads case, make their Mrs. gov- Mrs. women v as men of of a Ross state fore job, the wives ar citizens, invariably absorb some of the problems of jands' business through mdn mentaily who #ill not di with is major 18 nis becor some Texas, % scems, has faith and her promises 4 to an efficient Ferguson looks forwa regime. Mrs. conser ys she 18 going she knows how, Ross is e n Wyoming in her attitude. to give the the best in formity With the record of her She band when governor. elected re largely upon L] itz belie equally as well ae the foriner ernor. Wo getting numb indeed rs; European natior women in we have. E legislatures RAILROAD EFFICTENCY ON THE UP GRADE would scuss T what Ma'" and atate more She state con- ht was do gov- locomotives, and yet g that year no more than 1\1 | on cars were loaded in any one e difference between these situations may well summarize progress made in improving | transportation. in this the railroads can move since 1920, says re “Today the nt more frelght in a single conld five years Jgin to touch the ir capacity," ew [Maven rail done in bringing increase in efficiency The Waterbury us that at hoped so. su- dl- has ndent of 1tk recently told le g carcful tah on service 1 claimed that pas- were running uni- formly on time, and gave the im- freight ssion that he considered ness wis also heing tively. There appears to be less imbling among shippers this ar than was the case in th 1 as a consequence we ed agree with tendent the superif- NATIONALIZATION SCHEME FOR CAPL COD CANAL 1as been well nigh a law of lism or an unwritten business, that it is the business of state gov- srnmonts or federal governments to construct canals, while it the to is business of private , enterprise and operate rallroads, there gr from canals the situ- for it lires the spur of profit to interest construct 1 to be ¢ were any ved profits ation q private capital. Nobody but the gov- ernment might be differen re- can be expected to sink money into an enterpriss which from the first has elight chances of payiog adequate fnancial re- But occasionally it is done, The Cape Cod ship is a case in point This by owners onstructed the e government. canal was private capital, N it t nt wish It to sell is a con ship's highway it. ink the government | m ols make use of The owners would do w to own it. The matter of purchasing it has but T} it at a price been brought in congress, be up far has been furned down e 50 government might buy deemed reasonabie to the govern but T vernn t has it shown no inclin; buy at the price sot by The osts whe in most things oppose govern- business of Boston appear to favor nal by the gov- jelegation of w Vir- a went g mant e is willing. ation for this inter- | ween Boston and mentioned; but we it is a case of I'll tickle you. Vir- » gome fancy schemes n the near future and time comes we can rely n ton's shippers wliil nia schemes, 25 Years A;;—Today ¥rom Paper of That Date high school team has the players who rbury against the Brass City ing & new one igibllity of every cal squard ngton and ter of Hugh wern married yrrow night am is in New vamed a ) ough J | more t € The Florence 1 huilt Seeret By Hartman Townsend stronghold And placed heart therein; There came a knight in armor Who thought my heart to win a mighty my JHe eharged the stronghold flarcely And sought to break the wall; he waged the battle stronghold could but fall. So strong The hist-thia is the se did it all, 1. hehind the rampart Made thin pluces fn the wall! ot— thinks Selfish “Why didn't Better Babies Confer- Mrs Mrs Mrs, North the West North: help In such Mrs. West: home T was too busy." 2 an cauge “Yes; 1 had to Mtay at and take care of the bhaby." Mr: - Carl Lewin. Self-Protection “You always told me never go shopping with but T saw you last night, carrying a large bundle” Jameson You den't under- stand, old man. T promised my wife a mew fur coat — at a reasonable price. 1 went with her to see that the price would be rcasonable” —Martha Dinna. Dudley that you wife Lost Control iator: “So Pete had to ip his sky-writing job with advertising agency. What was First A eive t the trouble Second Aviator: writer's cra it “He developed ard H Not Always “Wisdom," remarked the profes- sor. “comes with old age.” “Oh cynle, “the modern flapper knows an her grandmother ever Dreschnack. daid.” Really Yorgot you told was me last “Oh 1t you 1 told homas Fiynt. The Sign walking down when he saw a stranger toward him with out- hand and a smile of recognition on his facs. old was our hello the ex- stranger gentieman, t certainly has been a long time since I saw you. But you haven't changed any, How are all the folks and everything Watkins, was not i@ pressed e man's . re, top!"” 5 ¥ the wever, line you have,” he repli “hut you can't put it over on Now will you move on up the stréet, or shall I call an offic i The ma aw od then called to the “Wat minute; I want to ask a you something.’ “What * he demanded & pictou is 4 was rather “and part ought 1 looked I don't. Tell me appearanc you could e wearing rubbe w @ ully the Mystie Answer You So that we offer you from fuss Q@ save all and stew. in RAY: worry ti I3 you your or How Iong, Oh Lord. Tow Long! Dear Wally 1 Bovs Please t Faitor's Go: The r w you “What! Too busy to| T don't know,” chuckled the | | and with typewriter or ik, but t ‘m.nl it in time so that your en- velope can reach us in Mondays mail, Let's break the record! Natural Inference | “Loj me see,” murmured the | young wite at her writing desk. "I want the parlor papered and I} must have new shades. The din-| | ing-room chandelier is very shabby and must be replaced. The bath- room needs new tiing. I'd like & new gas range and built-n.re- frigerator.” “To whom are you writing, dear?” asked her girl chum. | *To our landlord." “I thought Maybe you were writ- | ing to Santa Claus.” Just the Opposite A bachelor {8 an unlucky Every time he courts a girl six months, some rival away from him.” “What do you wmean, Ban chap for abou | takes o Hugh lucky?” un- ~— M. L. G Eagen. The Perfect Union | Rub “Pobbs has burn.” Dub: “And his wite Is a match | for him!" =dh b | An old flame has put an end 0| gereat, Senator Wadsworth has lost ) have many a mateh. F d Fanci acts and I'ancies | | BY ROBERT QUILLEN Another good memory test {s the effort to be a law-abiding citizen. | Conservatism {s safer, anyway. The leaves fall quickly after they turn red. Merely to howl for equality is to| confess an inferiority that isn't en- titled to it. Don't pity the missionary. Sup- | pose his task was to convert the | heathen at home. No country ever goes to the dogs Tt just goes eventually to those who are treated as dogs. Anotlier argument against the hideous statues it men to enact. | | o love a slow think- ahead of you in a t is possible er uniess he is cafeteria. The great American voter loves a smart man, if he docsn't appear too ned smart. To them that have shall be given. Control of aluminum seems Yo pro- vide considerable brass. A large part of Russia is better oft than it wos under the Caar. It's ihe part that is dead. Tt will be too bad if nations must take charge of China again to get pay for war munitions. cane will not toler declared a public speaker poke a bache tyrai Lhere With France cou body would fi her t plane fleet 1 lick anybedy if some- @ her. dining table tray looks ahout as as a tooth- ot two m un tribes Europeans think the begin when Ame finance to norance ture of Qbservations On The Weather gton, Nov. S.—Weather or next week in north and antic states. tonight. to north- New York cooler to Fair 1 ¢ falr, modcrate wi disturbance Michigan 8t Law the It caused \d caster: reglo 1t 1s by an area of high pres- which producing pleasant r, brisk westerly winds and & 1 drop in tempcrature passed night northern s of the Lake 1 in the is re- year | stumbled. Makes Random Observations On the City PUR——————— Senator “Jim" Wadsworth of New York, who spoke at the Third Ward ! Republican club outing at Lake! Compounce in 1923 and whose politi- | cal fortunes have been followed by local observers, s in danger of loa- ing his crown as boss of the G. O. P, in the Empire state, Young Teddy Roosevelt, defeated candidate for governor, proved to be tlie block over which “Sunny Jim" When it was first report- ed that Reosevelt would accept the party nomination for governor there were protests from other fac- tions which wanted to name the man, But Senator Wadsworth in- sisted on Roosevelt and he won out. Then came the victory of Al Smith, democrat, at the polls, Being hu- man, disappointed politiclans began ' money 101y geek a reasonm, and they hit upon !pull the clothes up ove Wadsworth's Insistence that Roosc- velt be named in spite of their judg- | ment that he could not win. As a consequence of his protege’s Politiclans want a winner. | they quickly | They are be- | prestige. Like fickie malidens, turn from also rans. ginning to turn away from Wnds- worth, it is reported, and question his power of dictatorship. The sit-| wation would not be so bad from | Wadsworth's standpoint if the whole ticket had been buried in defeat. | But all other candidates, many of | them sponsored by men who were opposed to Roosevelt originally, won at the polls, and they are already | beginning to say "I told you so.” | They are throwing out their chests and dropping their mantle of humility with Wadsworth forced | them to don when he put| young Roosevelt pcross at the| Kate convention in September. Things could be worse. Wads-| worth s still a United States sena- | tor and has a great deal of patron- age at his beck and call. As the New York World sees it: “If it were any other man besides a United | States senator, it might even mean the complete loss of his leadership. | But Wadsworth has the patronage | in the state completely at his dis- | posal. With this in mind, it 18 dif-)% 000 i abie property lists with fieult to sce how he can be ousted from & position of extreme influence | in the Jocal affairs of the republican | party.” Yeteran voters recall the ye 1855 when the state of Connectic unlike its record of last Tuesday, | vent solldly democratic. That wa the year Benjamin Harriwon, 1epub- lican, defeated Grover €13 cland, democrat, A feature of the election of 36 ears ago which has disappeared and as not even whispered at this zlec- tien, was the buying of votes. WS- papers expeed several cases where | votes had been bought. Mammoth | bonfires, firecr ackers and cannon | re used to celebrate the democra. tie vietory of that date. Slcw means of communication left the prestdential election in doubt | for four cays. Compared to service | whereby, within six hours, fairly zood returns are received as to who has Deen elected president modern hods 1cceive quite a boost. There were. in 1588, a total of 401 votes in the electoral college. At present there are Forty- nine of the added electoral votes come from states which have been admitted into the union since 1888, are Arizona, Tdaho, Montana, North Dakota, OKla- homa, South Dakota, Utah, Wash- ington and Wyoming. The balance of the inecrease in electoral votes is accounted for ip the votes added to certain states. Connecticut's elec- toral collrge has been in- eased from six to seven, Califor- a from eight to 12 and New York 45. 401 votes In the electoral Harrison, republican, re- i demo- Coolidge's elec- is 69 per cent of cctoral votes is greater than of 1888 with total electoral W New Mexico, power from 36 Of the eland, crat, received 168 tion t year with the ¢ election of the Harrison 58 per cent votes A coincider of the two elections vr in New York With both sides claiming vic- in the biggest electoral voting tn the Union on both occa- the republicans won by a margin ce i sho tory sions as In that day is to Mary West, Virginia, all str tes in the Harrison- this ¥ south at tion, were ar repul Regardiess of what the future may Postmaster William A es of Bristo] can continue fo wear t won't come off. s from Washingion 1at he has scored an in civil serviee ynd again is at the head outstripping failed entirely It is probable that Con- recommend one titors who man- postmaster ar y he can grin and Latest ne ia to the effect t the ass, three of wh passing mark Hayes' term ex- the repub- to look around for a Hundreds of Bristol citi- m republicans and sincss men, were satisfied and eaid so without But, under the republican party of its own poif Hayes' doom \aster pire months ago guCCeESOT z T £t mincing the A man , and «poils to seem too pre republican leaders the usua and hela o.p was the only through civil Muct Mr. Hay motions seriice examination was 10 the chagrin of the G. os, & demoer y kecured 0 tes er et the test. There G. 0. P. certain the ublie was mor | buy one, take a dollar bill out of | | our knuckles white when we hear of roon whether or not hardwood flooring is used, the kind of heating, ete, i in the assessors office, One of the strongest arguments advanced for eliminating the filing of I1sts' Is the fact that the 10per cent, penality taxed against those who do not file, Invariably falls on these least able to pay, Those who have accumulated mueh property have learned through experience or otherwise, that unless they file a property list they will be taxed an additional 10 per cent.; those who have purchased a small plot of land from the savings of many years, or the forelgn element in many In- stances, are unaware of the exist- ence of the law, and an added t ‘results, One of the most serious con- sequence of falling to flle a tax is the fact that the owner thereby forfeits his right to appear before the board of reliet to seek reduc- tlons, The assessors do not anticipate objection to a special act which will ellminate the filing of taxable pro- perties, beginning next year. That children who attend school In the morning under the platoon or part-time system necessary in crowd- ed schools do better work than those { who attend In the afternoon is the observation made by the superin- < 8 | tendent of the local schools and by Ty the time this apears in print i “Forget-Me-Not Day” of 19:4pwm'::f ”""‘]"’”" of the schools where passed into history and it may | s method of attendance s forced. tetioc IR(R (6. sayis word'ito hPlD}’“":l is :nld to the fact that the out. But it you forget to buy a lor-“p"'f' S othihotoraacon s aTTiTa et ittt rori werelnatisoliclted 10| % ool fresh from a night's sleep, while the afternoon attendance is made up of children who have worn themselves out by a morning of play. The platoon system is used only in the lower grades, and means a re- arraggement of the day's progran. Ordinarily, where full time attend- ance s possible, the morning’ work is the hard work, while the afternoon is given over to studics requiring less attentfon and of & more recreational sort. When part time fs necessary, the recreational portion of the day's program is of necessity cut out, as there is not time for the full schedule and this is less important than reading, writ- ing, spelling, and the routine work. Though less desirable than these it isne vertheless important, as the schools seck to train, rather than educate, the younger children, and | these easier studies form a part of a | child’s fully rounded training. The omission of this portion of the pro- gram affects the morning pupil !!Dm"l\'hn!. but it takes its full toll mination of the rule requiring | from the already tired child who at- tends in the afternoon. . . l o o and Its People than ever that Hayes was the right man in the right place. But a post- mastership is & desirable plum, and fustead of taking thelr medicine like men, the party chiefs decided to hold another clvil service examina- tion. The retention of a democrat in office was more than they could swallow, Now comes the official announce- ment that the examination has been held and marks entered In the books at Washington, But who HLad the highest rank? Willlam A. Hayes, sure enough. But will that help No, dear children, it will not heip | a teeney-weeney bit because Con- gressman Fenn will recommend a vepublican for the office and Mr Hayes will have to step out, Now run along to bed and bo sure to| r your shoul- ders 0 you won't cateh cold. PR your pay envelope and send it to vour local Disabled Veterans' or- ganizations. Every penny received will be spent | to make life happier for disabled veterans or to promote legislation which will help ex-service men, This country should not forget its obli- gations, Because of red tape and official dereliction, thousands of men who fought in the World War have been overlooked and their cases slighted. This is a condition which should rouse any red-blooded Amer- ican. We stand up on our toes with an affront to the American flag. We should be just as ready to fight when we hear of an affront to a man who fought to defend t flag. 1t is just as essential that we “do our bit" today as it was for them to “do their bit"” when foreign foes fired on our flag. Don't forget “For- get-Me-Not Day. the board of assessors, Wwill bej| sought at the next session of the| legislature and it favorable action is taken, statewide approval of New | Britain's asscssment system will have been accorded. There are numecrous good argu- ments in favor of a special act to| that end; but the outstanding argu- | ment is the fact that the New| Dritain asscssors’ office is in posses- | sion of the most complete data on which to base assessments that the | state commissioner’s ofilce has 16 cated in Connecticut. In fact, v tors from other parts of the coun- try have remarked on the thorough- | ness of the process by which valua- tions are arrived at here, and it 1s doubted if a more adaptable system cauld be found. When Appraisal Engincer Thomas Linder, the man responsible for the present condition of the assessors’ records came to New Britain, a thorough survey of the city was made. Every square inch of land,| every building and every structure | in the course of erection was placed on a serles of city maps, these maps cmbracing the entire town. Arrange- ments were made with the office of | the building commission so that a| copy of every building permit issued was furhished the assessors; and the records of the town clerk were closely followed. Tn this way no new buillings could be erected withont making thelr appearance on the maps, while all property transfers, divisions of estates, etc. also made thelr way into the office of the as- gessors. Cooperation with the build- ing commissioners’ office of the town clerk keeps these records to date. During the month of Octoher | a visit 18 made to buildings in the | renders them useless for the entire course of crection and a valuation' game, Center waives at a girl in plaeed on a basis of work complet-| the bleachers for no particular rca- od. All stores are visited, also and | son. Fullback squats Indian fashion an Inventory taken and tries to think of a 32-letter word The purpose of filing tax lists is| meaning the bone in the forearm o! to assure the city payments on all|a dead fish. Both halfbacks climi taxable properties. In many cities | into the press box and give inter- {he assessors office depends entirely views on “Why Iam better than Red upon these reports and upon such Grange. Quarterback, holding the additional properties as the asse ball, is tackled in his tracks. Mean ors in a manner not too systematic, while, the ends have swept down the can locate. In New Britain t} 35 field and uprooted thicir opponents 1o necd for the filing of these lists | goalposts. They now carry thes since a record of every plot of land pback and, although the ball does no! and its owner; the typ buildings go past the goal. the goal thus & prected b and their uses; the past the ball. which Einstein amount of merchandise in stock, ' jg the same thing. 8o the referée and deteils of buildings is fille. shouts, ouchdown!” and tele Under the latter head everything graphs for reservations in the near- from the area of the " to the | ogt potters’ ficld. type of roofing is given. The size of . Post-clection statements, for 1789- 1924, and all years henceforth ad nauseam: The winner: “The election showed the unbounded confidence of the people in the Insertnameof Party.” The runner-up: “We lost, but there are many angles which en- courage us to look ~ahead to the future.” The third to 2ird parties, inelu- sive: “Tlte election was won only by the grossest corruption and the spending of millions.” The man who bet on the winner: “I told you so." The man who didn't: “Aw, 1 didn’t care, anyway; 1 just bet to have some excitement.” The man who voted for the win- ner: “I've voted for the Insertname- of Party since Jullus Cacsar was running and I've never been sorry S The man who voted for the ioser “I admit I'm licked; but my man i2 the better man. The man who didn't vote: *“The country’'s going to the dogs. Some thing's gotta be done.” plays b infamous coaches, number 42 1-2: Ball is passed to quarterback, Left tackie wallops left guard in the ear, caus- ing him to set up a howl and divert attention from the ball. Iight guard fixes his opponent with a nasty glare thus disconcerting him and render ing him uscless for the play. Right tackle rushes for the side lines drinking from a flask as he does so0; this causes the opposing lef! tackle and end to follow him and amous e [DR. FRANK CRANE'S DAILY EDITORIAL I | bl i ebipe s RIS TR - " We Are All Alike U DR. FRANK CRA] E A everybody 18 alike We spend much time and thought + nation thinks that it is superior to ever his case is different from that of eve are all alike in many things. many of the brute characteris courageous or cowardly, just blood curdles with fear. We have I difterences. Every man It our other natio! y other man on ¢ INDE thinks that And yet we We share slecpy and thirsty, hair riscs stincts t ave. In addition to t In We are hungry, end as the heasts are. Our he same sex in- ics. the same or similar hopes and fears. A\l men want to get on and have the same dread of failure same emotions are instinctively in the Chinese and the the Japanese and the Europcans, that are found n ou clves "There is very little in any of us that is very aistinctively his own. We are all born of a woman and sooner or later must lie down our Erave. During th Jar ambitions and £ Trogress is ma handed on to us by the individual. nd there some man seems to be superior to his fellow imust lay down his burden and take his place with the s on have Arab, in bosom is swept by sim ort interval of time, every nulation of virtue in the race and the slow ace Here in turn, ority imanity Gradually civilization irons out s them to a common level the aluable to humani <timated by the ¥ hut he silent ma- that is uniform and persists on earth without pause {he differcnces between men and re ty wiho does the most to serve ¢ has been to his race. are 8o alfl the differenc most v us,” &t among ewspaper Syndicate. Copyright, 1924, by The McClure