New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1925, Page 6

served his full sentence he might had time to conclude that the New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY have erook business didn't pay and might lave shosm a tendency to reform Tesued Dally (Sunday Exceptedy At Herald Bldg, 61 Church Street himself AN was he merely laughs tho tender-hearted I\\H-v paroled him. [ i nt reformers SUBSCRIPTION RATES $8.00 & Year $2.00 Three Munth, 5c. & Month. fewer the the The heavier the sentences » better the reform paroles safer public at the Post Office at New Britatn [ I'ersons who as Bocoud Class Mall Matter, are tender-hearted | toward crooks usnally forget their PHONE CALLS victims and the families of their These are entitled to more r Editorial Room: ®he only profitable advertising In the City, Circulatlon buoks | Dress roum always open to advertisers s 926 sideration than the crooks. s fmpossible to reform a crook m anc permitting him to go free afper ng only a part of his sentenc Member of the Associated Press. 1 of reform- titled o the use for re-publication of wa credited to It or 1 4 In this paper an: lished hereln Ating them roug so local | THE SABBATH DAY AND FOOTBALL Mayor Paonessa Member Audit Boreau of Cirenlation, The A. B. 0/ \ which furnishes newspay tisers with a strletly b clrculation, Our circulatlon s ard based upon this audit. This 1 protectlon traud 1o newspaper distribution figur to both paticnal and local advertisers, observed communication of the Civie 1 permitting Willow en thrown igue, which objected to foothall games on Sun- Grove park, should into® the waste- The Herald fa on sale dally In New Jasiket as, soon as York at 5's News Stand News Stand, E: L 42ud atreet. bly realized that the servation would mect with the ap- of everyh except those ificd with the league. “END OF THE WORLD" MISTAKEN PREDICTIONS that at any | | other words, the vast majority of citizens would lea t Religlous predictions back him up, at would wijl to the extent of favoring Sun- should he ma orts in the park. No intell n to Sunday sports is based entirely upon antique blue | i laws, They will exist but are not en- e il s world forced. Most observers are of the take such a predl have heen al the fanatical prophecy opinion that. they, are entirely modern "fously. out in believers of T the step with conditions. in | There s papers that fanat ir original object was not only to isure “la proper obscrvance of the Sabhath,” me ligious fanatic had sold in their but also to coerce people 1 rt of the state's husiness to act as longings and “awaited to attend church. It was considered ‘What them to possess property difference it would make to | Dz money |a recruiting a for at such a time is not stated. | tendance yester- | to of g0 to church One fanatic in Michigan Today those who really wish @ay shot his wit attend church do so, irrespective fearing the \day games. Some tragedy, if it the warped te and also attend the games. We from “end of their have Sunday movie shows, mount of Sunday Al worla'k 1 enormous gonsciences. | ure riding. There is not much Neit . world | difference hetween these and Sunday 1 r is th meas ible If this world, footlk They pre an- | Either games, are upon s or our solar system, tty much the same lision with all should bebarred or nov other solar iomers will | The antiquated blue laws are not kr not but o made. possibilities hundreds 1f orced and there is no mand that the: ow ot} tha rs in advance. | be enfor be reliable; ted because o such predictions are being c wants them to be The d ow cold some | They have been unpopular laws and but it | yearsy sun may the limho of fact upon the statute s with ir earth jave gone unpopular millions of laws, ¢ that they remain ¢ percepti- books is due sptible upon o erasing them rather vidence points hey should r ¢ remuins a sacred day who want to regard it as far they are g 1 we still suf- | suct day for It those who take is a asure pl hquakes ore stock in ple th itual life, but the oce t weak spots | ure that Bt Tt the tinu latter may be u ir wrong convine: error t m s ms of time con- hearts e climate may | flaunt ancic aws, dating from tinues e hange years s or S0, | around the time when witehes there may not; and there | jurned at the stuke, into their In Sunday will learn how addition, some of our may o adapt 1ts observers'” are they come disappear a Tesou found Popu where a1 a point | e APV NO NEED TO GAG THI GENERAL be a problr thousands o plenty to Worry crux of claims of Drig r-G William Mit St 1eral ficulties fey believes with in rtment organization and its a unted istration quite pahle ¢ handlir the wor denly. N retary of War protor consider partment sucl of ey o PAROLING CROOKS 15 OVERDONI DEPORTATION NEEDED FOR ALIEN CROOKS Too ¢ gommit mor What quate heore The Himit o it B #0 the pullic so quickipy Had ke it most crir punishr ica the prisone and showd be t b zcus but think w ob- | church at- | ¥ lishment for disobedience, | "] deavor to see how f popular | ed, They | neglected, | main there, | for to dupe its cltizens, have no rights in this country and should be sent where they came from, was the opinion of the judge, who added he would gladly sign deportation papers himself it he had the power. This country cannot be permitted to become a happy hunting ground for alien crooks. The immigratin laws do not permit the entry of un- desivables and if an allen becomes the ‘:M\VHII be elear to return him to his [ native temce. { undesivable after entry way heath after serving his sen- BACK TO NORMALCY IN OIL BUSINESS is expeeted to be There a greater demand for crude ofl this year than and production is expected All of which Is expeetation, But suflicient sald expectation is to advance the price | gasoline to near the 1924 high mark, deemed of Congress intimates that gn “inves- tigation” | be started. of the oil companies may Such a diversion, how! | ever, will not affect the rise in prices. One official in New York, s at suddenly tasting of renewed pros- @crity, said the Washington | would merely be the customary | pual investigation” ot the ofl busi- | ness, } smacking his lig | the chopsticks frolic The jump in the prices of crude | oll is blamed entirely upon the col- | lapse of the Wortham *pool,” or | oil fleld, in Texas. ducing as had been predicted, this field is yiclding only half as much | crude as had been anticipated. What a dif | makes, Instead of pro- ice only onc INDUCING CHILDREN TO BI GOOD Promi made to children tb ake them to the an- | pool | Fact; and Fancies OY ROBERT QUILLEN Suggoestive story: “Ma, where's the tooth brush?" . e Humble people usually )o\'e something up their sleeves, & hick town 1s one that is proud having so many millionaires, If life is a play, most of ua are mere scene shifter of Marrying in haste isn't a bad idea. You're never too sure of the groom. A cynic is one who thinks dry agents the best money can buy. Regular exercise isn't always es- | sential however, Look | at the oyster, to success, pResis Every town is a good town te the :nmn who is appointed on commit- I tees, vighbors seldom forgive you tools they bor- N | atter breaking the | row from you, Tack {a Just the art of maKing the | other fellow fcel more important | than yourself. Modern Americans who -go t¢ Paris in quest of something naughty are hard to satisfy, It isn't an exciting movie unless ou forget that your fect are in- ermixed with ur neighbor's. ¥ t | | | Men are cla The classifying movies or give | m 10 cents If they are good, is | |a good way to induce them to be | madel little boys and girls, accord- Dr. D. A. Thegn, a Boston | child special ing to Such promises for obedience prove | more efective than threats of pun- ! he says. A thre; child en- it can go : threat int@ exe- We'll he's right. usually say makes a curic | without putting | cution But are a different it secmns, The whining child, whir children, problem, only way to discipling Iment that will give it something to whine about, Parents hild commands to the command who give should be sure ntive when the e added. responsible n A child should not lield order for disobeying when it happened to be immersed 1ething else when giver of it was durkiess, a common in clild Frar phenomeno psychology, is not a ‘natural instinct, but some- | times fs ca by an experienc Dreams also o such fears. The doctor admitted to the Boston y club that children y riddles that are yet i child ndled individually. hardest job for parents is to 1 vut“a Ly o Woman's Git that every ndersta their children; good W to understand them or parcats to study ' Qbservations On The Weatlze’r Feh, 7.—Weather Washing B © week beginning Mon- yutlook for day Atlantic and rains over orth states ows over of the ; cold t temperature above K. New Eng- warmer in ly with Moderate south- Wi rn clo New York in extreme ions; ly probably moderate clo ature, rtion nds. pre- the is mor r below ot Sask. is vicinity ty igher increasing tor slig 1 by Wheat Below $2 for First Time in Weeks peg, Man. F In one of wildest history wheat ow the $2,00 mark first time 1 two the stop-loss 0 the pit that it npossible for brokers to Wi 1t the or ators have past { suffer- drastic who ain orted to have luring 11 for the 1 metric of weights and measures, t child | Monday | A hick town 1s a place where the | man with a manicure is a traveling salesman. Some Americans have the grand | manner, but they it when dad stops the allowance, & lose Unecle Sam fe soldicrs at conts a meal, but the purchasing | department isn't called a bureau. About all the vocabulary a eyni- modern youth really needs is " and “Blah.” cal ‘Gimme” | The United Btates spends $5,000,- price tummy-ache! | an | who | hands w} (Protected by experienced feally a stranger aj Associated The.) autom elevates 25 Vears Ago Today From Faper of That Date | Ferdinand Council, Knights of Co- lumbus, gave its annual grand ball in Hanna's armory last evening, labout 100 couple attending. Knight Thomas J. Curtin and | Curtin Jea the grand march. | Curtin also acted as grand conduc- tor. Approximately 200 people attend- | ed the annual reception of the N Britain club at the Russwin hotel last. night, The reception commit- | tee included A. yper, Charles J. Parker, W. E. Attwood, W. C. Hun- erford and H. Dayton Humphrey Thomas McCue and Tra Thrall are the most recent candidates spoken | of for chief of police. Alex Swanson, the Terrible le, has accepted Jack Weber's wrestiing challenge, ®'he mateh will probably | take place at the | of March, | A feature of the [at the Y. M. C. A. this eveni |be a basketball game hetween the | Professionals and Non-profossiona the linetups being as follows: Pro- fessionals: George W. Klett, captai John H. Kirkham, . Cooper, Hart, . J. Markiey, H. C {man; Non-profession 7 | 0'Connor, captain; C. H. Morri H. Judd, George Quigley, K. Ciiffo | Merwin, ML P. Doherty | Andrew J. Sloper was reclected a Jirector of the Rtussell & Erwin | Mfg. Co. at a meeting of the stoc holders this afternoon 1 The following ceum league were clected ning: Moderator, F. J. Ha urer, B. Hockmuth; clerk, A | dlemass; chief of council, R. Middle- mass. At the next meeting the club | will debate on the Boer war At Berlin, William Jennings acknowledged from the trair dow some school girl salutes by ing his hat with ( t grace |~ There will be a whist home_of W, J. Rawlings on | place this evening. All mem the O. E. | be pre Juaior Viec Department | der 1. . Penficld ha | to attend the annual er | the Sons of Vetcrans ir 25 S | i | H. Gus. icers of the Bryan | ir mmons et nt. Comman- pment of elected state nights of Columbus James J, Jeffries and Thomas Sharkey, pugilists, and William Brady and Thomas O'Rourke, ma | agers, have brought suit against George Connor ity, over the matter this_city biograph pictu recent fight between thes, of showing in | es of the men GIANTS SIGN TWO New York, Feh. 7 York Glants yesterday |the acguisition of | tery—Joseph M twirier from 1 1d Teuter irce agent in San Fraucisco. —The New rookie 1 hand Allcr 1000 o year for peanut candy. What | according to the physician, is pun-| 1 as good and bad. | We'd save so space, but done by the good. | 10| | his | Casino on the ‘71«-(1 athictic contests | all Wl o e hoss cracked a jofe. She said: i arc especially invited 10 | \nq you kept ther en invited | announced | althe Last Day of Mid-Winter Sales The last day! Monday you meet again all your old friends. And a new, fresh stock ‘of humor which we have bought dufing the week while our clerks have been | offering accumulated wares, « Next week Doe Traprock, Kid Boots, Wally the Mystic, Dr. Bald- pate, Tricky Triolets, Tongue- Twister poems, Jingle-Jangles, and fresh jokes that sparkle, ‘We hope you have taken full ad- | vantage of the past week's offerings —— sales planned only to please you, our customers, Do your fun shopping early! The Iconoclast By Homer C. Dahl Tt makes me tired when I think How we're controlled by habits; Despite our brains we are, by Jink! Just like a lot of rabbits, In many things we do or say We're like a well-trained chorus, | We sing, “'I'was always done that way By those who went before us.” | We say, “It's good enough for me | Because it suited father.” | The truth is, in reality, 7 To change is too much hother, “or instance, why should custom force [ Us folks, when eating dinner, To make dessert the final course Instead of the beginner? Dessert should come first the hill | Tor, after 1t was eaten, on eat our fill; | The plan cannot be beaten. ! In my own home I'd do it, too, 1t T could, but dog nab it! | My wife says we'll continue to | stick to the old-time habit! | On File Foot specialist: “Before I.can fit | you with arch supporters, I must I have the impression of one of your patient: “I think you al- have onc. Your office @s- istant called on my daughter last evening.” J. Becker. The Oriental Boycott | 1 suposc in China they eat chop | sucy three times a day, John,” said the American, who struck up a conversation with the Chinese replied John, hinaman cee Melican dish —Otto H. Freund. AL AL COsts | An old maid who dreaded detection cashier 15 one | | Used powder and rouge to perfec- tion; When a hewhiskered beau Tried to kiss, she said N 1 must keep that school-girl com- plexton!” —TLouise Barton. Dangerous Thought Willis: “Tf I was to hit that traf- ¢ cop on the nose would I be ar- ted 2" fi No, the cop would be ar- .d. Murder is murder!” —Mrs. Paul Frankel. Mp. |11l send something good one of these fine days | And my name mid the Fun Shop stars will Dblaze. —TLester Nicholson, Out Where the Business World Burics Its Dead Right here lie the bones of Cornelia B. Jape Her hoss was d tled a pape ing — she rat- T, » Under this headstone sweel Kitty Smith lies; Her pen sputtefed ink ia her dear boss's eyes! \ With arms folded, lies Tillie McCue; | Here “1 rcad that, t00." . . Here lics a stenographer, Margarct Dunn; She~rolled boss's s0 .. is left of Angela Mc | Here les w uter; ched with her boss — She Iv | wife ¢ Bie boss's Yes, They Do “My dad’s a trafiic cop, and when 1ds up his now!” hos at's nothing, he righ Tommy. g Felix r's a preacher, and peop holds up one fing —Mrs, Frank Bernstein Verses and Reverses t tod T “My stop said fat when he ittle Dew Iy as you could A “You were as | To bring these we. beautiful flowers to 50 fresh! 1 won- | der how? {1 believe there’ them now.” a little dew on there 18" he hem! | tinish paying for “Well — ¥ staminer Jut tomorrow ~ yes, 1 1. Thomas. M. A Slight Mistake In describing a high-toned wedding, The reporter intended, I think, temporarily of this | 1 fact, I've no doubt about it— To say “The roses were pink.” 1 know not, printer was Whatever happened Unless, maybe the drunk, But when I glanced at the notice, | 1t read “The roses wero punk!" | Made No Dent in His Mind “Did your son get a dipioma from grammar =chool ? ! “No. All he got wag his vacclnas Ity eyes at her | hand, people &top | —THE VER ' On the City As Mayor Paonessa enters on the home stretch of his administration, it is believed that war clouds are beginning to hover over a regime which, in recent months, has been marked with the tranquillity of a la- dtes’ aid soclety quilting party. The mayor's rumpus with the building commission, as a result of which three members resigned, is followed by rumors that his rela- tion with the police commission are becoming strained. When Mayor Paonessa was running for office, one of his slogans was “hands off the commissions” but it is obvious that he has seen fit to modify his atti- tude in this respect. It was because of his personal in- terest in cases brought before the building commission that an erup- tidn was caused in that body result- ing in the aforementioned resigna- tions. Again his personal interest comes to .the fore in the case of a policeman against whom a woman is said to have filed a complaint of overofficiousness. Instead of taking the usual course and having inquiry made through the police commission he has gone over the heads of the commission and is dealing directly with police’department officlals. Tt is not known whether members of the commission resent his interfer- ence because nothing has been said by them on this point. But it is na- tural to suppose that they are not pleased. Only a week ago, Mayor Paonessa had a stenographer present to take down the testimony at a hearing given a policeman who was charged with brutality in arresting several young men, one of whom is related [to the mayor. No comment was made by the commissioners but the ‘public considered it bad ethics or, in plain language, a “slap in the face for the commissioners, who are entrusted with the responsibility of making the department function properly. The latest incident, the question- ing of police officials directly by the mayor, is liable to leave a disagree- able taste in the mouths of the commissioners. wdntil recently the mayor handled all matters pertain- ing to the police department through the board and the wonder increases that he has changed his tactics. The policeman against whom the woman made a complaint is the same who was involved in the ar- rest of another relative of theanayor fand the belief grows among the rank and file of the department that His Honor is determined to have him stripped of his uniform and his badge. 3 &~ Within the next few weeks it is possible that the mayor and his po- lice commissioners will reach an un- derstanding or part company. There is only one member of the board who is said to approve of the may- or's policy and he is said to be work ing hand in glove with the executive in running down rumors about the police department. If a changeein the commission is brought about it is likely that he will be named |chairman as a reward for his har- mony with the mayor's ideas. New Britalp was freated to a farce de Juxe this week when the charge brought against Prosecuting Attorney Joscph G. Woods and As- sistant Prosccutor Greenstein that they had failed to prosecute viola- tors of the building laws, fell down with sueh a crath that it broke into a million and one atoms. It was claimed by former Chair- man Wexler of the building com- mission thaf the: prosecutor and his assistant did not cooperate with the {ccmmission when violations to the |law were brought to their attention. |The common council appointed a committee to conduct an investiga- tion. The meeting was held last night. One member of the council committee appeared. Mr, Wexler was absent. Mr. Woods and Mr. Greenstein wer® in attendance ready for a hombardment. The noise was Imore like the inaudible concussion on the atmosphere when a green pea lcaves a “hean shooter” 1In hands of a naughty boy. The “investigation” lasted minutces, Such ittle interest shown in it by those who should have been intensely interested that it couldn’t have lasted longer. The profecutor and his assistant were cxonerated when the building in- spector said that he knew of no cvidence by which they could be held guilty of failure to cooperate. It is believed that this was the shortest investigation in the history of the New Britain government and the silliest. . The ecffect which a uniform has fupon the fair sex has often been re- {marked, but jts effcct on others than impressionable flappers is also no- Or, rather, the lack of uni- !form is noticeable. A police officer |out of uniform still retains some- { at of his majestic dignity, for he {can never forget that he is the Ringding Galong Lama of the west- crn word to whom all must kowtow in ahject obedience. But a fireman, fearless and alert as he appears in his navy blue uniform, :hecomes an |ordinary citizen once again When | | | | | | two .. tion scar. Mentally he was 50 healthy that his clucation wouldn't take.” —J. L. M. Molding Process et: “How are you getting on with your new chaperone?” “I think 1l Jike her as as I get her broken.in." —Mrs, Oscar Rentz. Didn’t Burn T ‘ Captain: “And we were entircly out of fuel on hoard!" Sweet young thing: said you kept the log. —William “But you Sanford. But He Probably Talked to Her Mrs, Bedford: “I've talked and { talked to Junior but it does no | Bood. Seems like he will only take | advice from fools. John, you | to “him once,” ~Mrs. H. (Copyright, 1925, Reproduction Forbidden,), R. Sherman, was | talk | Makes Random Observations and Its People his official apparel is removed. A mallman, losing his look of fearless disregard of the elements, resumes normality and is just as afrald of a drop of rain as any other mortal, But worst of all is the trolley ploye: substitute “civies” for his of- ficlal garments, and not only does he lose his alr of authority, btu he fur- thermore becomes so unrecognize- able that jt Is with difficuity that you oan identify the demigod who turned down your transfer the day before, . For the ln‘l)ullt‘ n(.!!m tired busi- |ness man who is too tied up with dates for the Iollies to permit him to read the newspapers regularly, we append herewith a list of perpetual headlines which he may safoly as- sume are in prominent places in the hewspapers of any date: France will pay debt to U, 8, Nurm! lowers record in heating Ray; American challenges Finn again, = Booze-crazed ,nrmer kills family; commits suicide. Germany has cabinet crisi (One-two-three, ete.) killed in crossingaccidefit; tried to beat train. Minister flays flappers and cake- eaters, Mussolini silences opposition; 800 arrested. Conaie Mack says he'll land in first division, Charge graft in (fire-police-water, ete.) department, Bobbed-haired bandit makes rich haul. Find cure for cancer, Didn't know it was loaded. Effect radio communication be- tween (Alaska-New Zealand-Kam- chatka) and (Tierra del Fuego-St. Helena-Tibet-Mars.) ¢ . Conversation is becoming more and more difficult on the Arch street bus line because of the ruts and crevices which exist in the icy sheet which covers the pavement, It is said that one man who start- |ed to tell a funny story to a neigh- bor at the corner of Arch street and Shuttle Meadow avenue didn't fin- sh it until three days Jater, al- |though both made several trips in the meantime, This noon we tuned in on a con- versation in the seat behind and it was something like this, “Did you see those new spring hats in the (ouch, that was a wicked one) windows down street? That |new color catches (Hail Columbia, when are they going to fix this street?) my eye. I think it's be-u-ti- ful. T was saying to my husband |only the other duy (get off my feet), It's a wonder the people who stand up wouldn't hang on to something. As T was about to say, T said to my husband the other day: 'James, T simply must have one of those hats for church next Sunday ’'And he Isal‘l (Oh, my 1\?&* ‘Don’'t go to church. But I'm fot goin to be !vnsr‘nln'uzml and I'm going to have fone of those (Bumps, nothing but bumps. Tl be glad when the sum- mer is here) hats if T have to spend ‘all the egg money.” Just to emphasize how much con- versation has become a lost art o the line, it may he said that no one has remarked for two days that that handsome _young driver “looks so much like®he Prince of Wales.” | Britain is being torn ‘down. This | startling statement immediately calls up visions of razing the Burritt hotel or the new state normal school, while the “show place” the old “Deacon Strong place.” is one which would never be thought of or point- ed out for its beauty now. The Deacon Strong place is the old wooden house just north of the City Coal and Wood Co. office on Elm strect, As far as can be ascer- tained, it was built in the period 1545-1850, when that section was the most fashionable in New Brit- ain, Henry P. Strong, the head of the firm of Giddings & Strong, after- wards the New Britain Lumber and Coal Co., acquired the place about 1870, In those days Judge B. F. Gaffney, Chames H. Parsons, Dwight | Parsoms, and many others of the | 1eading residents of the city lived in that neighborhood, Landers, Frary & | Clark notdyct having built over to | EIm street. There was a high sand | bank in back of the house, the rail- road consisted of a single track (al- though an elevated line into Land- ers, Frary & Clark was projected) the railroad station was on the north |side of the track, and Commercial street did not exist. The mansard roof and dormer | windows of the Deacon Strong house | made it one of the residences which | citizens pointed to with pride to visitors from out of town. The fact that there was no bathroom in the building was not considered a detri- | ment then. The residential section, as shifting as the tides, moved westward, while the building of more railroad tracks made the property less deslrable, About 1900 it was purchased by the City Coal and Wood Co., and now the requirements of an expanding | business have necessitated the raz- |ing of the old house to make room { for the storage of lumber. | And perhaps it is just as well. | Decades of carcless misuse have left | the house in a bad condition, while lits exterior has heen pockmarked by millions of cinders from the rail- road, The property Is actually worth more without the house than with it. And so it may be just as | well that the house is completely demolished and will no Jonger haye to suffer humilfation at its fall from |its former lofty station. Peace Pact I; Not Favored by K. K. K. Marion, Ohio, Feb. 7.—Declaring that the peace pact, arranged be- | tween Sheriff George Galligan and a | committee representing the Willlam- | son county board of supervisors, would not improve conditions, kian { Waiders from all scctions of the coun- try met here last night and outlined set of requests which they wiil weat to the board before its final meeting Saturday. | | I e . il One of the “show places” of New CHINA RETIRES FROM CONFERENCE Vod ot Failure to Seltl Opium Question By The Associnted Press, 4 Geneva, Feb, 7.—The Chinese del. egation today, following the exam ple set by the Americans yesterday, withdrew from tite international oplum conference, The chief Chinese delegate, 8. Al fred Sze, did not appear for today's plenary session and sent his:secre. tary with a letter to President Zahle Baying he belleved no good purpos: 'Would be served by his continuance in the conference and that he there- :;zro telt obliged to ccase participa- on. « M. Zahle at the opening of th sesslon read a letter he had sent to Representative Stephen G, Porter, in which he assured the head of Y American delegation that the repre. sentatives of all the other countries regretted his departure but hoped to find solutions of the problems con’ fronting the conference. The Chinese communication ex- plained that the delegation was with- drawn because of the conference's failure to reach a satisfactory agree- ment for the suppression’ of oplum smoking in thefar east, Mr. Sze recalled he had always held that no proposal was acceptablo to China unless it gave definite as- surance that the legallzed traffic in oplum for smoking would be ended within a reasonable time, “It is apparent now from the prosopals made by the delcgations of Great Britain, France, the Nether- lands and Portugal and insisted upon them that the governments they represent are not at this time pre. pared to agree to adopt measures Whichr will meet the debt of . the Chinese government,” his communi- cation continued, “China sincerely hopes that the policies of these governments will have so altered that they can gen their way to the common adoption of measures that will lead to the early total suppression of that le. galized traffic which now is bringing such misery and moral degradation to hundreds of thousands of the citl- zens of China living within their re- spective territories.” Withdrawals Discussed After the announcement of the Chinese withdrawal, J, J, Loudon, of Holland, arose and commented on the withdrawal of the Chinese and {American delegations, particularly the latter, saying the American ac- tion was largely the result of misun- derstanding. At €he outset of the opium negotations two years ago, he recalled he had avowed .that the reaching of an ageord had heen made virtually infpossible by the rigld fnstructions which bound the American delegation. Mr. Loudon insisted that interna. tional conference jmplied mutual concessions and good will, and was destined to failure it one party has, as an imperative mandate, thé orde; to impose its will on the other ar. ties under the menace of rupture, instead of instructions to take som: account of an eventual divergence of views and of arguments whicly other« might advance.” 4\|.)'. Toudon said that if the dis cussion at the conference had been difficult and idle it was because My Porter had never taken the troubi to explain his viewpoint or even fn reply to the arguments of his op- ponents. The Netherlands delegat: criticized Mr. Porter on the ground that on the question of the con® sumption of marcotie drugs he had exacted the cooperation of the pro ducing countries, while on the other hand, on the question of opjum smoking lie not only neglected to in sist upon this cooPeration but wont |50 far as to argue that to stop opium production, the consuming countries should take the fnitiative, {France Is Organizing Foreign Exch. Clearing Paris, Feb. T.—An official foreign exchange clearing house i3 being sanized by the ministry of financ: and the bankers and wiil hegin oper atlons ehortly. This institution i burdened with the name, “Centra Office of Compensation and Liqui dation of Exchange Operations for Future Delivery.” It will be an au- tonomous corporation of exchange bankers, but with two government representatives on its board. Each bank, as heretofore, naturally will balance its own sales and purchases of exchange as far as possible, but as there is always an excess of either sales or pur:hases this balance will be compensated with the transac- tons of other banks through the new clearing house. The government hopes thus to aid in stabilizing ex- change and exercleing a more rigiJ control of specllative features. No Pension ¥or Mrs. Wilson (Waterbury American) _ Pehsions for the widows of Presi- dents scem to go by favor rather than by’ rule. It is reported from Washington that the bill giving Mrs, Wilson $5,000 a year is to be allowed to die. The same thing happened to the persion for Mrs, Harding. It is claimed for both that they do not need the money, Neverttheless, Mrs. Roosevelt is getting $5,000 a year although supposed to be in comfort able circumstances; But Mrs. Ben jamin Harrison and Mrs. Grover Cleveland dld" not get any. Mrs William H. Harrison did not receiv. a pension but both she and Mrs Lincoln received 385,000 on salary account, their husbands having dic/ in office. The widows of President Polk, Tyler, Lincoln, Grant, Gar tield and McKinley received th $5,000 pension but no . pension wa given to the widows of John Quinc Adams, James Madison and Georg: Washington. Most of the Presidents |wives received the franking privi lege, a distinction rather than a financial aid. It weuld be better, we should think, to have a certain sum provided for all, large enough for comfortable support, so that there might be no anxiety en this account and no “first lady of the land” need appear as a petitioncr for apension from an indifferent Congress and a forgetful natiom. | {