New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1925, Page 6

Bis name s Tobe Hgan anl he a big "un— @ |Chlcagoan Tohe Hgan,' Bate Ho- gan told Higgin; “If Tobe hears your braggin' of 0 ! Babe Hogan's leggin, -Winter Willies By George 8. Chappell 1 {able they will take the cases to the ; Supreme court, There is sald to be """ | grave doubt rekarding the consti- ore tutionality of such laws, other explorer has done before him, [terstate Commerce Commission . agrees with these more southe: { of exploration as one of those who | ports and has just allowed the m gave his life in pursuit of achieve- | favorable rates upon import and It 1s not in the carrying of pas- ment, trafic stand in their favor. In other words, western ship- | *c oo . SRALTEN TATME, BRIROT I vers can ship to Europe cheaper the rallroads Illes, however, but in through Philadelphia, Baltimore ana | "0 C*TTY!NE of (ERlERL 0 PAlY Notfolk than through Boston be. | > AUOMBLIAR 130 | cause of the longer ship's haul and | “fight” the transportation of freight | the shorter rail haul, As traflanortat | by motor trucks for several years, but with no visible results, Short New Britain Herald HWRALD PUBLISHING COMPANY His name will go down in the annals Tasued Dally (Sunday Excepted) import At Herald Bldg., 67 Church Btreet 2 And such lollygaggin' with g about huggin’, Tobe Egan, the big 'un, will crack your big noggin, And, further, Tobe Egan will bust your toboggan," ~—Bernle £hantz. DIDN'T DRINK OR SMOKE; SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 & Year. $2.00 Three Muath 76c. & Month L. have been man' W. Bodwell, the “grand old | of Belvidere, who died at the . age of 95, Is said to have never im- bibed in Eotered at the Post Office at New Britain as Bocond Class Mal) Matter, hard liquor and never | tlon by boat is usually much cheaper . TELKEPHONB CALLS Business OfMice Bdftorial Room smoked, W due to these facts no one can deter- ether his long life was mine, Persons who drank pre-Vol steadlan beverages and who smoked The only profitable advertising medium | have also attained longevity. In the City. Circulatlion books anc » th press room always open to mdvertisers But one thing | Mr. moderate appears certain; | | | and of The evidence apears to be that he wor- Bodwell rational life good humor at beck and call. lived a and had a fund Member of the Associated Pres The Assoclated Press f1s exclusively en- titled to the ue for re-publication of all news credited to It or not otherwise credited fn this paper and also local news published herein. ried about nothing. Worry cuts more years off human life than nearly anything else except and it | ad the pungent aphorisms that Mr. Bodwell to Member Audit Bureao of Cireulation Tho A. B. C. la a natfonal organizatlon | which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisera with a strictly honest analysis of clreulation, Our eirculation l(nl(x‘lfl‘!‘ are based upon thie audit. This Ineuree (indulged in at every opportunity protection agninst fraud fn newspaper | that distribution figures to both national and e local advertisers. temperament had no place for worry | !in his makeup, disease, according to doctor it only necessary to have re conclude a man with such The Herald fa on sale dally York at Hotaling's News Stand. Bquare; Schultz News Stand, Grand Central, 42nd street. New Tim Entrance PAY OF MINISTERS NOT SUFFICIENT P R S S | y a 'The story of the two ministers of m;“‘:;lnw‘\?::)w HIS TIFE who quit thelr pulpits t A GOOD CAUSE because they could not “preach and The finding of the body of Floyd Collins, Kentucky Plainville, ' perhaps are not representative cave explorer, where he was trapped by a fall of | , <o dition that pertains throughout | rocks as he was crawling out of the passage leading from his most re- cent discovery, was the climax to a tragedy that agitated the for weeks, but they are symptomatic of { the ministry as a whole, The minis- | ter of a large downtown church, or | a fashionable congregation, invari- ably is well paid; but the thousands A e ey ‘mngjor “little minsters” of little churches eternal even in the face of tremend- |hrousnont the land erei B b ous odds, so that faith was general | o oe SRANE ‘»mm A 3 A and it is often a matter of astonish- | until the last that the unfortunate | wman would be found alive. Yet such 2 result was nearly too much to ex- peet. The cold light of reason, based upon the inexorable circum- _stances, defied the beacon lights of optimistic expectation; and when | the rescuers, after enormous effort had ground a way through the rock | re- that encircled the Kentuckian's | - tomb, reaching the spot of tragedy, icvhmg Egbsterpretice o e it was but to confirm the suspicions | "€W8 f late than was the case for of most observers that the spark of | Several months. The story of e i var ve “hicago, whose “best life eould not he maintained under | W2F veteran in Chicag | friend” was such an animal, contain- such conditions for so long a time. Death did not probably comse |ed & high element of human inter- s A week or so ago one of these | quickly to the trapped man. All ac- A | counts agree that he was a man of ved a boy from drowning at | vitality and strength; had he been | uninjured he might have lived to |COlar for two minutes until he await his rescuers. But with a leg | Fived and the youngster was pull trapped, his body held rigid in one | from a hole in the ice, position, and the agonfes of physical | Th¢ Police dog has p pain—these formed too much of a |Quelitis, chief among them being intelligence, and devotion handicap in the struggle for life in | intelligence. a 2 | to its master, its friend. The only the dog is that its h that if it makes country | | ment how they are able to rear and | educate families. Perhaps nothing { but extreme self-denial can achieve this, supplemented by an excossive | | study of economy. POLICE DOGS GET BETTER SHOWING IN NEWS The police dog seems to be in est, dogs § Lynn, Mass., holding him fast by the | Ip ar- | ed | | enty of good | strength nature's dungeon. The spectacular effort to locate | Collins naturally elicited the interest of the entire nation. The tragedy | was of such an outstanding charac- | ter that the sympathy of people was | quickly arrested. A natural trust in the beneficence of fate prompted the attenuated assurance that he would | What good is a be tound alive and nursed back to ! ships? The health and vigor, a “happy ending” | hasn't yet reach that would have radiated satisfac- | it is apropos to make the tion throughout the country; but it | etill lacks the lure for large ocean was not thus to be. ¢ London is in bet- | As an inveterate explorer of caves, | ter circumstances; Floyd Collins probably frequently | the only trouble being the steamers paused to consider the still heading that he might some day come to his | for New York and other rival har- death in following the torturous sub- | terranean passages. It is said of him | that last year he explored 30 miles | however. of caverns in Crystal cave. If the |a wi thought of perishing underground | cf de ever came to him he continued to | are not so admirable. take He ¢ dredging to make it probably knew that every time he | possible for vessels of large size to | went into the recesses of previously | glide their dignified h fe | great harbor of New Hav beneve trouble with power is su temporary mistake the damage may al | be serious, R e MANUFACTURING A HARBOR FOR NEW HAV harbor wi city of New Haven hed the point where query—it | steamers. But Ne it has the harbor, | possibility | for the most part are | bors down the coast. Haven rem It has ple New ins ambitious, of water— expanse of it. In the matter 1, however, the circumstan It would re- his chances with fate. quire a deal o 1lks into the unexplored passages he tobk his into his hands. But the poss | munificent and the probabilities did not deter | pelieved prosperous enougl him; he had the Only $150,000 would true explorer who is willing to face the death if the chances nt big achievement are equal. he $1,- bilities and to | instinct of the |the dredging. | be needed at first; but before aftract at fit to or perm d ‘When was felled and waited two days fore he was located; not be moved from his perilous posi- harbor is really ships in a modern way be- | 900,000 could be spent when he could 8 tion, and when the hand o doom cut off his resc Jiving tomb—at such & mind probably reverted back to those earlier fleeting misgivings of his ul- timate end. Yet, having defic ath {fnnumerable times, when the gr d to live, materia sut it New Haven 1 be tu Joston York showdown came he wan jmplored his rescuers to } prayed to the Almighty for stre to survive. Collins’ ideal of life 1 was to reach lay bare down and ature in the peauties of in the system of caves vic his birthplace. Exploring does not look as specta trip up some hitherto river, or into the into the Arctic. the category of hazardous explora- jung But it comes to tion nevertheless. Scores of friends It is im- told Collins that through long pa: ty of a falling boulder off from egress might lcad to a hor- rible death; but he permitied no dangers to frustrate his ¢ He explored more caverns any living man, and ‘the probabi Euroj crawling e ting him after po it sibili- is usele an ads be 1 or th ton, A than upon both of In Phila in | they claim are | altimore z r cities | no man now living will . 1a hie footsteps in many of tk | shorter railroad haul from with Be interior penetrated. Collins paid the penalty of being | points an intrepid explorer, M3 many an- | greadly to their advautage. as compared | shipping point? lall { Hartford tories, than by railroad it Impartial and ace 18 hard to land attitude at the same time, but as this is a free coun landers will continue with the I. C. C. The cheaper cost of marine trans- portation has “made” bors in the past few New Eng- to ‘disagree several har- decades. Guif ports are much oftener heard from as shipping centers than in the old days, and New Orleans has recovered from the dealt her by the Civil War, Norfolk, pletely Va., has gone ahead rapldly, but its | chief difficulty is that it does not offer as short a rail haul from the west as its chief rival, Baltimore, at the head of the lordly Chesapeake. Washington could turn itself into a ! very fine harbor, it is said, but they have no such ambitions in that city, | its ambitions running channels, into other Returning to New Haven.as a great harbor, what chance would H.“ have for being anything but a local Such goods as go from Connecticut could make use of it, as they can make use of New London today; but it is doubtful if there would be enough such goods to justify regular steam- ship service. The ships are going to New York because freight from points inland there, as ‘well originates nearby. The influence of trunk line rail- roads upon harbors is not to be overlooked, elther. The New York Central favors New York; the Penn- sylvania originally favored Philadel- phia, but is now equally adept at planting freight into New York; the Baltimore and Ohio strongly favors Baltimore and provides most of the export freight shipped through that port. The Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio have overseas is as transhipped that which | favored the Norfolk route. What trunk line rallroad from the west is favoring any New England port? The Boston and Albany, by being part of the New York Central sys- tem, is a trunk line between the west and Boaton, but how much freight is it diverting to Boston from Ne York? None that they can notice in Boston. The other New England | lines are not trunk lines, but sec- | smaller points between. tional systems. The city of New Haven is to be congratulated upon its ambitions; it | But in of New is good to have ambitions. this case the ambition, | Haven, carried out, would be too costly to the remainder of the state. BUSSES AND TRUCKS IN THE FUTURE Busses are figuring in news dis- patches virtually every day. Some | issucs of newspapers have columns devoted to controversies over bus routes, eourt cases arising from them, and demands for new routes. Busses are being held in check by railroad and trolley lines through the operation of laws that are re- garded as favoring thelr interests. In many of the states such laws have not yet been tested as to their constitutionality. companies, aided and stimulated by motor companies manu- the great facturing the busses, an inclination to bring about such tests. may be changes in some states in the future. In Connecticut bus lines are as popular as in any other state, and there would be more of such lines it there were wvors.” The Connecticut company, 1 a charter from the Legislature wit that gives it almost plenary powers in the fields where it operates, at first pooh-poohed the bus business and now embraces it. At the same owed to compete with it, accord- ing to its rights secure d from the Legislature. The New York, New Haven and owns the railroad, which Connecticut company, although the ; is operated through trustees, 18 likewise at war with the bus business if any such lines can the raliroad like the a seaman's presery As crosses the state yeaten lines in face, paucity of desirable important can be “competing” there are & between that without routes served munities busses the sacred vested rights of the rail- road. Yet in spite of being compelled trolley terri- to dodge railroad and the bus: | established In M came »s have w Legi! to the aid of the companies in the was passe transportation fashion when law t no motor vehicle »n tracks will be permitt o with street or steam rallwa owners operating between Bo: Brocton, and Providence, and and were be | Pt the New Eng- | com- blow | Some of the bus | are showing | “a fair field and no‘ no independent bus lines are | public | strued as interfering with its | criss- | jcan weather- com- |be stamped on the with with | been - fairly ure | established noble not operated | ed to com- - | between | hauls are being made by trucks in virtually all industries, and the dis- | quieting feature to the railroads is that such “short” hauls are being | constantly extended into longer hauls. The railroads remain su- | preme, however, In the case of long hauls; but that doesn't help the New England railroads much in the case of business originating and terminating in New England, as the ' hauls in most of New England are not excessively long. Were it not for the fact that the rallroads are { obtaining such high rates for trans- portation, the changing of deficits | | Into net earnings would be much more difficult. The plan of the New Haven rail- | | road in getting New England ship- | pers financially Interested in the | property has been more than clever. Such an interest has several objec- | tives, including a willingness to see the rates remain high enough to produce a return upon the invest- ment, the stimulation of good will toward the rafliroad, and a readl- ness to lend material assistance through the traffic departments. A manufacturing institution, having | subscribed to the financing of the | railroad, may be less inclined to | ship as much goods by truck as would be the case otherwise, a fact | that will not be news to the rail- road managenm@nt, Among the late developments in the railroad-motor wrangle is that |the railroads themselves are now | | inclined to go both in the trucking | and bus business, just like the Con- necticut company has changed front | | and is plunging into the bus busi- | | ness. The railroads are now among | the most extensive buyers ot mo- | [ torized equipment; attempts are be- | | ing made to substitute busses for | ibranch line passenger travel that | doesn't pay; railroad-owned motor | | trucks are being thrown into serv- | fce for short hauls. In some states | this development has been much more pronounced than in New Eng- | Jand; but even in this section of the | country the new light has been seen. | The time may not be far distant | when the New England lines will {be running motor trucks, between ian the cities and touching at the | This will | | be an fmprovement, both from the standpoint of economy and con- venience, over the present system. As a factor in modern methods of | e bus nor transportation, neither th the motor truck can be swept aside by sophistry. Both have earned recognition after making headway against high odds. They are here to stay; they may be developed to & pres- much greater extent than is at ent imagined; and the transporta- to swim tempt- tion companies do well | with the tide rather than at | ing vainly to swim against it. \Fact; and Fancies BY KOBEKT QUILLEN Naturally a sock will stay put if | you rell it down to the shoe top. There are few tolerant men and | | most of them are merely indiffer- | | | Killing the leaders may save Her- rin, but it never worked well in| | rin, b | Russia. ent. The grand manner is charming in | {a book, but it's u little annoying | | behind a counter. 1 town It there isn't much to th so hard except Main street it isn’t |to reach Lasy street. Correct greeting when meeting a | {1ady friend after a scparation of | years: “How is/the old pain | | Troubles are a ble: peopie. They keep them |to worry about their sins. At any rate men mm? so far as the per capita in- | is concerned, ing to some | too busy | eq | debtedness make your | s to refrain | rd The easiest way to | vocabulary impressive from working it too h 1 him a typical Amer- what he | You may ca if* he enjoys telling eats for breakfast | Why not place the front bur 2 | ber on the license num- r 80 it will destrian as evidence? Those who tell us how to r business ne efficiency | perts. neighbors. n our t ex- Hint to reactionaries: A volcano | wouldn't shake things up if it could | get to the top without it. America craft in ca 1 | will hold the provide gh air of war if somehody enemy for a year. Knowledge is power. The more | you know about a car, the less you'll | pay to have a spark Pplug cleaned Correct house this spring.” this senter | trom you Skating where the lce was thin, Little Willie tumbled in, “Never mind,"” I heard him say, “This 1s bath night, anyway." 11 Willie, with his hockey-stick, Hit the puck an awful lick. Stralght it sped toward Papa's face; They can't find Pa's tooth any place. I Willie, on the icy slide, Asked his Aunt Estelle to ride. “Sit in front, dear Aunt,”” said he, “Like as not we'll hit a tree.” v Little Willle, in the yard, Threw a snow-ball round and hard. Dr, Titus, driving by, Got some wind-shield in his eye. v Little Willle found a fuse Such as quarry-workmen use, This he rammed in Papa's pipe. Papa’s face looks awtul ripe. Dividing It Mrs. Preston (bitterly): “You're a fool!” Preston (victoriously): you're my better half.” “Well, Queered It! Mahler: “So that ‘secret’ soclety vyou belonged to has disbanded, eh? What was the trouble?” Pate “They added a Women's auxiliary.” —Gartrude. Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, The other 999 are followers of women! The Infant-ry, the Infant-ry, ‘With the— The young man of the house was i1l of pneumonia and sympathizing friends had sent many flowers which seemed to be quite a source of wonderment to Harold, a little cousin of four yéars, Soon a caller came to ask about the young man’s condition, Little Harold met him at the door and the caller asked: “How is Clarie to- day?"” “Well,” said Harold, “he ain't dead yet, but the flowers are nearly all here.” | —Mrs. F, V. P. The Tricky Triolet Counter .. Ringing the Belle I gave her a ring, And I felt rather grand, sir. She was such a sweet thing That I gave her a ring, For'1 wanted to cling To my darling entrancer. I gave her a ring — But they told me: “No answer.” —Joseph Staats. . .o The Interrupted Lover '"Twas late one night he spoke to her; He voiced his love with eloquence. He hoped her tenderness to stir When late that night he spoke to her, Nor reckoned not what did occur— Her folks o'erheard and drove him hence. 'Twas late one night he spoke to her,— That tom cat on the backyard fence. —Byron Frederickson, Kidding Somebody Easterner: “You say that the mine was nearly full of blood! Hor- rible! But how did it happen?” Westerner: ‘Oh, one of the miners | picked into a vein.” —Mrs. B, T. McNichol. The Reader's Mistake A country editor in the North- west printed nothing but local hap- | penings in his little weekly paper. | But for the sake of balanced head- | lines he had three big heads stand- | ing on the front page: LOCAL HAPPE ITE 3 THINGS o WORTH NOTING once in a while some of his foreign subscribers would get | angry at him and he dldn't know | why. But it always happened when a‘hews item about them had got in the column called THINGS WORTH | NOTING. “Why do You put new in der column named NEWS NOT WORT NOTTING?” an angry sub- | scriber asked. | Then the editor column to bout me nged the name | Ttems Worth | —P. J. Baird. The Editor's G Read the winter carefully today. Because, within a few weeks, we | shall Jaunch Wild Willies as a regu- lar feature in the Fun Shop, and | a series to which you will be asked to contribute, You may start sending some now, if you wish, but more detailed in- | structions will accompany Wild | Willies when officlally presented as | ssip Shop Willles very CR TR y's tongue-twister poem. se poems have proved tre- ly popular — ia fact they cloping something of & “vogue" or “craze." We can't get too many remember. of them Three Champions (A Tongue Twister) . shaking a speedy leg, on skater of Winnipeg: She met Cap Higgin (and h's to- boggan) The champion slidzr, from Copen- hagen. greatly admire pegans,” “in your i you | Higgin sai { gins.” shapely leg- “Go slide your toboggan,’ Babe arnitur ciated Editors, won't rearrange the (Protected by Assi Inc.) Hogan bade Hig 1 am vngaged 1o a jeaioas Winne- ' Bernie: “Here's a magazioe ar- ticle that says most rich men be- come 80 by aceldent.” Richard: “Then why all this talk about safety first?” —I'rleda Halderson. (Copyright, 1925, Reproduction Forbidden) TRAFFIC HINDERS TROLLEYS CLAIMED Usage of Streets by Automobiles Deplored Washington, Feb, 17.—A call to the 48,000,000 daily electric railway riders of the United States to rise up and demand traffic congestion rellef was sounded today by J. N. Shanahan, president of the Ameri- can Electric Railway assoclation. Addressing his organization in con- vention here, he declared failure to limit and prohibit parking, and to restrict traffic-to certain channels, was playing havoc with electric rail- way and bus schedules. Four-fifths of all persons who rjde are patrons of electric railway company-owned cars or buses, and practically all of them are being delayed by a small minority of riders in other vehicles, he insisted. Drivers Also Ride Mr. Shannahan explained that he was not seeking to array persons not ewning motor cars against own- ers. Many car riders are motor owners who, beset by traffic conges- tion troubles, are using electric cars | and buses. “Traffic congestion able,” he declared. ‘Despite the best efforts of local transportation companies to provide service, it is virtually impossible nowadays, by reason of traffic congestion, to main- tain any respectable schedules in our city streets. The average run- ning time of an electric car or bus should be from 10 to 12 miles an hour, and.yet in some cities it is impossible, in the downtown sec- tions, to move at a greater rate of speed than two miles an hour in any sort of vehicle, “The majorty does not rule in the case of traffic congestion. ~ Often- times one person in a single vehicle will get in front of a car and delay 60 persons in it merely by qecupying the track. Again, an unoccupied vehicle will be parked in such & position that it will stop or slow up a vehiele containing 60 persons. Not Impossible To Solve “The traffic problem is not impos- sible of solution, though it admitted- ly is difficult. For example there are two major steps which, if taken, would aid very m.ch. “First: Cease using the streets for storage. They were bullt to be used as passageways, and not as garages. Some people will, of course, resent not being permitted to store their cars all day long in the streets, but do not forget that when you offend one person by enforcing a no park- ing regulation, you please several hundred others whose ride has been accelerated by it. “Second: Unscramble traffic. Es- tablish regular lanes of travel for the separate lines of traffic and com- pel the different conveyances to stick to their lanes. Let the street car run unimpetied on its rails and make it a misdemeanor, as has been done in Cleveland and Philadelphia, for any vehicle to get in front of it. Give buses and passenger automobiles the right of way on concern streefs or parts of streets. Set aside certain streets for trucks and other heavy vficles, We do not so much need new streets as the complet& use of those we now have."” Mr. Shannahan announced also that in cooperation with Secretary Hoover's accident prevention move- ment, the electric rallway industry is starting a nation-wide advertising poster campaign. He said that ac- cidents to passengers on cars were being reduc ., but that accidents due to other vehicles striking elec- tric cars and alighting passengers were increasing. Discoverer is unspeak- e Dr. Alphonse R. Doches of New York is the well-known medical in- vestigator who discovered the Dochez serum that was used by Dr. | Blake of New Haven, Conn.. in his spectacular 24-hour cures of 3¢ severe scarlet fever cases. The serum is said 1o be one of the great- t discoveries of modern medical | “Fer | Chicag dog team race, COMMUNICATED In Haiti ; Editor of Newy Britain Herald, City. Dear Sir: Will yod be so kind as to act as judge and argumentl settler? The argument involves the rela- tion of United States to Haltl, “A” claims that Halti is a republic and as such is independent of any other power, Also that an invading power abolishes all existing laws of the conquered nation giving it in re- turn laws of its own “manufacture.” On the other hand “B” admits that Haiti is a republic, but elaims that the country is far from hcmg‘ independent as the United States| holds the isiand under its protec- torate, or in other words controls and governs Haiti, that every act on the part of Haitlans must have the approval of the United States and further, that United States through the control of Halti’s finances and its | military forces is the de facto gov- | ernment of the island. In addition “B” claims that the continuous presence of U, 8. Marines in Haiti has its purpose and it is known that the Marines in Haiti are not on a sightseeing trip; they are there to enforce the will of the United States. Haiti is of very important strate- gic value and United States wishes {to control Haiti in order to keep other pewers from invading the island. As to conquered nations the vic- tor retains the prevailing laws en- forcing such additional laws are are necessary. Please tell us who is right. winner gets $10. s Thanking you in advance for the settlement of this question I remain, Respectfully yours, FELIX A. STEPANIK, 58 West Street, City. The You have hit upon a subject con- cerning which there has been con- siderable argument and both “A" and “B" are more or less right, though neither are entirely so. I'or your information we shall try and give the pertinent facts in the case and the present situation. Then, it appears to us, you had better call your bet off. Halti was, and is ,an independent republic. At the present time it is under the protectorate of the United States—it is not, however, under the domination of the United States in the sense that a conquered country would be. Marines are acting as police and the Haitlans have finan- cial advisers under the terms of a treaty, because the Haitians seemed unable to keep a stable government of their own. In five years, from 191q to 1915 Haiti had seven presidents, the last of which was murdered after taking refuge in the French consulate, The United States took a hand in the proceedings immediately afte that, landed marines and restored order. Over 200 political prisoners were killed in the massacres im- mediately preceding the killing of the president. & In November 1915, a treaty was signed by that counfry with the United States stipulating that the.| President of Haiti appoint, on nomi- nation of the President of the United States, a general recciver of customs to take charge of the custom houses; a financial adviser; American ma- rine officers to organize a constabu- Jary; and engineers to supervise con- | struction and sanitation. The U. 8, agreed to intervene, if necessary, to | maintain a stable government. This | treaty was for a period of twenty | years. | Therefore, it will be seen, marines are not members of a | | punitive force, they are *police.” |There is no effort on the part of {the U. 8. to abolish “all existing {laws” and make others. - Haitl is | self-governed, the U. S. is acting as is" adviser in some matters financial and otherwise. It is probable that |the police have laid down some ,rules of conduct. The United | States does noj censor “every act” of the H“‘“‘"\ Of course the marines have a duty there—the | maintenance of law and order. Haiti has a strategic value from a military standpoint, but the United States, under the Monroe Doctrine undertakes to enforce law and order in its part of the world rather than to let other nations do It, as a mat- ter of protection to itself of course. If other nations undertook to police |our Part of the hemisphere they 'might eventually become the possessors of additional footholds from which to invade us some day, thercfore we look out for their in- terests s well as our own, keep law the ! | large number of friends at a Valer This photo, taken at the Maynard-Columbus hospital i Nome, Alaska, shows Miss Bertha Saville and Dr. Curtis Welch director of the U, 8. publi¢ health service, who are the ent medical force battling in diphtheria-stricken Nomey while the, waited for the life-saving serum being rushed there in the epis and order and punish, if necessar malefactors generally. Howevel with Porto Rico and the Virgi Isles as U, 8. possessions and pos| sible fleet and army bases in tim of par we can see no particular ad vantage to be gained through co! trol of Haiti, though it would be disadvantage to have another natio control it. ‘We hope that this will ald to thorough understanding of th sitnation—[Ed.] ' 25 Years Ago Today From Paper of That Date The first concert of = the Apoll| club held in the First Congrega tional church last night proved | big success. l David Watson of St. Johns, N, B is the guest of Harry Jones. | Two employes of the P. & I, Cor bin Co., John Bergman and Mry Tyson, had fingers crushed today. | A. J. Sloper was re-elected a dil rector of the American Knitting C¢| at the annual meeting this forenoor There was a lively fire in a saloo early this morning. It was cause when an employe lighted the g which set fire to an umbrella. Th) man made no attempt to put out thi flames and no attention was paid t them until a special officer dig covered them. i Sergeant C. A. Anderson is ill a his home on Chapman street, James M. Burdick has purcha the house at 125 Camp strect fror a Saybrook man through the E. W Schultz agency. The Young Men's society had a pleasant celebration in its hall on Beave| street last evening. Songs wer| sung by E. L Sheehy, J. W. Man| ning and Thomas Ryan. Professt Kenney prompted. | Principal Marcus White will saf for Europe Saturday. He wi| leave New York tomorrow and spen| several weeks in England. My White was presented with a bouque of roses by his pupils yesterday af ternoon, this being a token of grate fulness at his serics of musicales. The Elroy Stock Co., at the Ly ceum, will put on “The Cotto Spinner;” a story of the industric age, this evening. Tomorrow ever, ing they will present “Sappho, Every man, woman, and child ha heard of “Sappho” during the la six weeks, many condemning an others praising the play. Ne Britainites will now have a chanc to see it for themselves. At the 21st anniversary celebratio of the Vega -society tomorrow Joseph Hultgren will make declamation, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Rockwell ar the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fran| Porter of West Main street, Carl J. Youngblad entertained mpe anniversar ine party at his home in Kensingtol last evening. Mrs. L. P. Hart rer| dered a musical selection and reading was given by Arthur Upsoy New Britain Council, 0. U. A. M met last evening and made up if Washington's ~ Birthday progran Those in charge include Mayor M. ¢ Webster, A. L. Thompson, Arlh\i Morey and C. J. Symonds. Beside the speakers and regular musicr program, there will be an added af traction, several numbers bein| graphophone selections, Observations On The Weather Washington, Feb, 17.—Forecas for southern New England: Ger erally fair and much colder tonigh and Wednesday preceded by gl rain gr snow on Massachusetts coa: tonight. ~ Moderate to fresh'.mort and northwest iinds. Forecast for eastern New Yorl Mostly cloudy and much golder f night; cold wave in. extréme mort| portion; Wednesday fair, colder i southeast portion; moderate . fres north ‘and northwest tinds. 1 Conditions: The pressure is IL along the coast and = high betwep the Rocky mountains and the Mjs sissippi river. Cloudy weather pry vails in all the eastern districts Wit rain as far north as New Jei and snow in the Lake region an| the St. Lawrence valley. Pleasar weather with low temperature pre vails in the central and western di triets. Freezing temperatures e: tend us far south as Texas. Conditions faver for this, vicisiy unsettled weather with rain er sno followed by fair and colder,