New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1927, Page 8

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The Herald 1» on sale dally tn Nes| Newsstand, Times | Newnstands, Entrance | d street. i —— Square; Grand Central, Trains hereafter will he safe at | the Alien stregt crossing The time for funerals having ar»: rived, Tampa is now “quiet.” | | This being a hardware capital, the | padlock for a Lafayette street estab lishment was made right in town. | =l | | Many more dams like the one he- ing planned for New Milford and | into a lake | Connecticut will turn | region. Corn I8 at the highest level in | years; meaning that Iowa probably will stay Republican at the next| election. 1t appears that the temptation to get drunk in Ontario isn't being generally accepted except by Amer- ican tourists who want to show Uncle Sam there is sti!’ some liberty | left when they cross tl boundary. The headline writer had it that plans are under way to “discipline” the Mississippi river. The cost of the dscipline will pain Uncle Sam as much as it does the river. London is trying to get some of the American divorce business away from Paris; but somehow there is nothing fashionable about a T.ondon divoree. The “most wounded man in the A. E. F.”” who was operated upon 40 times, and once weighed 95 pounds, row weighs 245. This would g0 to prove that gun wounds, bayonet wounds, shell wounds, the] surgeon’s knife and hospital fare are not necessarily sure methods to reduce weight. OUR 14,000 TAX PAYERS AND THE OTHERS From the figures of Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomis it is evident that there are more than 14,000 direct tax payers in the city. This does not | mean that the rest of the population | does not pay taxes other than per- sonal taxes (more unpopularly known as “poll” taxes) but means that through the hands of the 14.- 600 goes the taxes which enters the city's coffers. The others pay their taxes indirectly through the hands | of the direct tax payers. The man who rents an apartment | does mot pay the city direct taxes | on the domicile he occupies; but he pays his rent to the landlord, and from this the landlord sets aside the tax money which the city exacts. Tt is & mistake to think that the apart- ment renter doesn't pay taxes; with- | out him the landlord would be in no position to pay direct taxes to the city. { with their high proportion of tax-; wWith two rallroads it already virtu- state.” | publiie never Kicks alout something In the earlier history of the state and nation the direct tax pa: S considered the only type | worthy the name of tax payers. To this day there roneously think nobody is a tax pay- er unless he steps up to the counter and hands over his cash, mails check to the collector. | Modern conditions have brought | were are some who er hard-earned | or his fancy-figured about a situation where many per > not Many of these pre- sons of undoubted ans a dircet tax payers fer to live in apart and tl essur e renters, They do not revd to own real estate or any ot property that s perhaps personal property Ti oven imvisible property such curilies, Fepresont property on which taxes ure I corporations other conc the This class of gitiz or which are direet tax most quately reached through the inco tax; still, there are still indigy letter writers who tind time to wri to the metropolitan seribe the “iniquity” of papers to de- incom. tax and its “unfairness” I more In New Britain the ser inidus: tries of the city pay in taxes than the combin i ouners of private homes, which inclides and apaitmente. No morc impiessive vork ' tenements demonstration of the importance of 'under a different judge and with no our industries to the city can b\‘ipre)udiclml circumstances permitted, cited. It s a comon trait elsewhere | will at least partly right the wrong to refer to New Britain as a “fac- | which under such circumstances tory town;” we think, if these critics | has been done them. were acquainted with all the facts, e they would be perfactly willing to SET AGAINST MERGERS become such a town. It is in the| Examiners for the Interstate small non-factory towns, in truth, | Commission, and that august rail- where the state's tax collectors find | road tribunal tself, scem to be hard most to complain about, in some ' sct against railroad combinations. I small towns the facility to avoid | there was one contemplated combine paying taxes when they are due is| that had all the earmarks of sweet one of the hest developed of traits; | reasonableness it was the attempt of and at the same time these towns | the New York Central to combine dodgers are so well represented in | ally owns and operates—the Michi- the Legislature that they are com- | £an Central and the Big Four. The minority stockholders in these two systems are so slight that they are Taxation as we have it Is part of | scarcely noticeable; the Central for months has had a standing offer of $1,500 per share, or thereabouts, called upon to pay more than $425,- | for the few securities still outstand- 000 on their stocks of merchandise. | ing but so well do their ownerul Belng nearly half as much as the ! think of the Central's management | that they refuse to sell. 1f the I. C. C. afirms the examin- er's report, as seems likely, the Pennsylvania system will remain the largest in this country, although it does not operate as large a system as the New York Central and its subsidiaries combined. But what is now the Pennsylvania system leased a score of small railroads long he- fore the 1. C. C. curbed such efforts. 1€ the I C. C. had existed in the halycon days when railroads gob- bled up pretty much all they liked what 13 now the Pennsylvania would consist of half a dozen lines—for in- stance, the Philadelphia, Baltimore l'and Washington; the Baltimore & Potomac: the Northern Central; the Cumberland Valley; the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago; the Pan. i j“dmg; handle, and what not v are not used by trucks or| 1M® New York Central some years automobiles their existence is not | -5° "8 allowed to operate the Lake Serdie 5 | Shore & Michigan Southern, which One such route, which is particu- | '* °""ed: a8 & unit with the central o e traffie bound | ¥Stem. and it is rather remarkable from Waterbury and Plainville for | {13t the I. C. C. has now adopted i by such a radically new policy as not | i to allow railroads who already own | versa is in existence. From Plain. | 0¥ lines to operate them as a ville it is only necessary for such | MMit Public interest is given as the traffic to leave West Main street at Seetmining sractony b tthe el glic Teiaws, travdiing of public interest seems to be in e favor of the more efficient operation of the lines as a unit. There is a possibility that the sort of public interest the I. C. C. examiner refers to i3 the interest of the stockholders ot the small lines which operate in New York Central territory. As the 1. C. C. presumes to regulate the entire railroad fabric of the nation, one would think there would be no difficulty in maintaining the rights of these small lines to do business in the interest of the public and themselves. ] Some years ago the I. C. C. form- ed tentative consolidation plans which included the Michigan Cen- tral and Big Four in the New York Central system. monly credited with “running n,..i the cost of doing busines owners In this city Store tor instance, are factories pay and quite half as much all the owners of private homes this seems rather high. The cally pays this tax; it is part of the costs of doing business and | the public pays all such costs, al- though it is one of those species of taxes which nobody feels when he is paving it. public As some political expert once declared, an Invisible type of tax is the best kind to levy as the it does not feel TO STIMULATE US| OF CROSSTOWN ROU Need for crosstown highways which have the double advantage of climinating railroad grade crossings and avoiding downtown congestion, | is self-evident. Some such crosstown routes already exist, how th appre: for Haven, | vice southerly to the of Corbin avenue and Shuttle Meadow avenue, thence on the latter highway to the junction of Rentschler street known as Buell street) then on Rentschler (or Buell) street to South Malin street, which is near the Berlin town line. Or vice versa. Considering that route is shorter fewer curves than (formerly this alternate and abounds in the more com- monly used route through the busi- ness secticn of the city it is surpris- ing that it is not used more fre- quently, by the out-of- town trucks which habitually trans- port goods through areas. the congested The city is now improving part of Rentschler street; some portions of that street need further improve- ment, and it should be done at the carliest opportunity to invite traffic over the route. CARELE SS I LETTER WRITING For many years the post office has campaigned relentlessly in favor of legible addresses on letters; also in favor of return addresses in the upper left hand corner; for earlier mailing; for public co-operation in the hundred and one little things which insure prompt handling of mail matter. In this way, the public was told, | much of the mall ultimately arriv- ing at the dead letter office in Washington would avold that ignominlous fate. Perhaps the army of clerks in the { dead letter office trembled for their jobs when the campalgn started. However, they still have their jobs; probably additional clerks been employed. Some years ago the post office de- | partment made a rule that all mail | addressed to firms in the large cities should have the street ad- | dresses thereon. This meant that no | mail should merely be addressed to the “John Jones Co., New York City,” hut to the “John Jones Co., 18 East First street,” ete. But there was no penitentiary sentence affixed to the rule, and by now every firm in New York and every other large city thinks itself important enough to have mail arrive without the street address thereon, Strect ad- dresses of these firms rarely appear in the advertising matter, and in a large percentage of them is even missing on the letter heads. o rosult: An army of clerks | must be employed in every major post ofiice whose duty It is to direct proportion of this mail to s intended, 1t is their duties strect addresses, which sily have been done | Then, when the route is in apple | pie order, signs at West Main and Rentschler (or Buell) streets, could notify drivers of the existence of| the alternate and shorter route through the outskirts of the city. Strangers cannot be expected to know the existence of such alternate 1outes unless they a attention. e called to their | THE FLOATING HOSPITAL The fame of Boston's floating hos- pital was nationwide; pictures of this unique vessel, which for years throughout the summer months took 200 tenement district children | down the bay for daily, have | fresh air sails in countless | noble work -of model, citiv have appeared publications. This charity was held something for te. up other as a seaport to imi D hospital ruction by fire of this floating will the donment of such a nobls not mean aban- | enterpri for a season, perhaps, but no longer. Those T ed in the knowledge that New England's first who oi city regarded its childhood so high- Iy as to provide a will rejoiee hip for daily sails | once more when news is printed as it inovitably will he—that and 1 a new r ship has been pur- chased for the purpose, or that onc is being huilt. SACCO-VANZETTI PROGRESS Fuller of M his o acknowledging the Governor wchusetts 10t only has set staff at | receipt of ery communication in conr to a | could Iy the the h the Sacco-Vanzetti case has also done a commendabie thin senders in the first place. ing a commission to They do not need to write the street | didresscs on the envelopes, in most ases, merely placing It in the box willing 1o proper letter carricr on the | has not yet departed Who, once a letter gets in his 1y Kknows where its des- ! Massachusetts and that th srisoners will receive that to Another frick have the There half in a hurry are as ‘D, €7 through “Mo.” may be ix to wrong states written, is a | Washington in nearly a dozen and peopls such to write nd granted t habit, when prisoners are as blac who their blood not he sub- demand post oflice is said to be an in- stitution to the public is aim them to be peculiarly responsive hut it should difficult ict them at | ohiblic: dernands equent education and our business effl- clency, we are just as careless as we were 20 years ago—even more 80, it the records of the post office are a criterion. In a city such as New Britain, where much mail is addressed to foreign countries, and in hand writ- ing that 1s a mixture of English and every other language on the globe, the situation i particularly trying. When, as frequently happens, the senders of such missives fail to add return addresses, the mail just dis- appears, never arrives at its destin- ation, and ultimately the writers claim the post office in this country is terribly inefficient. FactsandFancies By ROBERT QUILLEN We've often wondered what would becore of the world. Maybe they'll just give it to Lindbergh. Happy is the hero who does his stuff when there's nothing else thrilling in the headlines. Here the year Is almost half gone and still no sign of the idiotic popular song. Suds: Bubble masses above a wash tub or a glass of amber li- quid. Obsolete in both cases. It was easler to raise kids when the most anybody could desire was a slice of bread ‘n’ butter ‘n’ jelly. Ao\ The final hard test of gentility is to keep your temper while deal- ing with somebody you czn lick. Here is the whole philosophy of life: A cigarette tastes a lot better if you haven't had one for a long time. The general understanding of the Sinclair case Is that it's all right to frisk the Government but mustn't show contempt for the Senate, As to spanking the kids. do you really belleve you would have turn- ed out worse if you hadn't got yours? Americanism: Trying to cultivate a social voice that will seem well- bred; trying to cultivate a telephone voice that will sound important. Every wife hecomes more or less of a mind reader——except, of course, that nobody can read a blank page. There's riding to hounds and rid- ing with hounds. If you walk in one case, it's the fault of some Lorse; in the other cas: the fault of some ass. Lower cl Six dogs in the “front room”; middle class: a dog in the yard; upper class: a dog in the bedroom. 1t only, in these superficial times, there was some way fo give the dictionary sex appeal. Don't give up. XKeep on trying to achieve virtue and after a while old age will give you,a glorious vietory. Considering the way people scorn- it for years, you can't blame all that water for trying to get out of America. They've killed a wol? in Cook county, but doubtless ths place got too wild and the poor thing Jjust gave up. Our little book review for tod Told Bendigo by Paul Herring (Lip pincott). A romance of bare-knuckle prize fighting in England. Gobs of local color; interesting as his- tory; not at all thrilling. Correct this sentenc “ra like to take an afternoon nap,” said the flapper, “But I'm just ashamed to scem that lazy.” (Copyright 1927, Publishers Syndicate) BOYS IN FATAL FIGHT Camden, N. J., June 3 (P—A fist fAight between two 10-year-old school boys resulted in the death of one of them last night. The victim was Fdward Pruzkw- ski, who during the day had en- gaged in two fights with Zigi Napier. One of Napier's blows struck Pruzw- ki on the back of the neck. An | hour later he was seized with con- i\ulsions and was taken unconscious ! to a hospital where he died last night. DOLLAR Box of Famous and i tity Productic Mill Contracts Posaible, DER BY MAIL k. Money O Weat of Denvor W. A. Lieson Co. Stationery Dept Inot recponsive to the demands of 1t they IWLUCeUL, @ new Uial, the post offie. b spite of all our St Springfield. Mass annual | Sead all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. HOW ABOUT IT, FOLKS? Since 'phone booths leave us in des- pair Through lack of service and of air, Let's turn 'em into Fun Booths, Folks, And get our money’s worth in jokes! ANSWER THIS ONE! question. What is it Bobby: “Do red-heads ever have blackheads?"” WHEN BLACK 1S READ Good Advice “Don't call a girl your jelly-pam,” The old man cautioned Ed, “Or everyone will s00n be wise— You know how those things sprea —Mother R. A Gent of the Old School A vaudeville guy I used to know | Made dollars quite a few By putting ladies in a hox And sawing them in two. His skill was SO uncanny It seemed to come from Hades! But after he had sawed 'em up. He said, "Let’s join the ladies!" —Marie Tewson. And How! A boy's best friend is his mother, And that's a fact, says Sammy; But it's different with Al Jolson— His best friend is his “mammy. —Mildred Vera Kendall. ‘LD BE TOO AWFUL! “Darling, if you don’t {marry me, I'll do something hor- rible!™ Grace: “Gracious! Don't tell me you'll marry the girl next door!" —FEsther Swecney Dear editor: TLast summer T planted an electric light bulb in my back yard. How long will it be be- | fore 1 have an electric plant? ANSWERED I was conducting my class and, for the hour, Mediaeval History was the subject. “What was a ‘tourney’?” I asked of Jimmy Levinson. “De guy what licked Dempsey,” he unhesitatingly answered. —L. J. Masson. AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING (A Fun Shop Drama) In Three Acts By Billie R. Boesel Act One Doctor's office. young man, ente Hubbell: “Is this Dr. Picrce? Doctor: “Yes, yes. Go right in to that room and strip oft your clothes.” Hubbe Doctor: *Please don't argue. can’t do a thing for you unless you do as I say.” (Scene : The same. Ten minutes later. Hubbell appears wearing only his underclothes). Hubbell: “Doc, please, can I keep these on—-" Dr. Pierce: “What do you mean by disobeying my orders? Take EVERYTHING off IMMEDIATE- LY!" Hubbell: “Oh, gee gosh whiz, doc- tor!” | Act Three { (Scene: The same. Two minutes I1a Hubbell has obeyed orders!) : Dr. Piercc: “Now, my man, what {do vou think is ailing you?"” Hubbell: “Nothing is wrong with me, doctor. I jfst came to collect }lhe grocery bill!” (Scene: Charles Hubbell, WITHOUT AND WITHIN (How it reached the Fun Shop Joke Factory) Pag dancer is without, sire.” Knight: “Without what?" Page: “If T were to tell you they'd censor this joke!” —Dore, the Globe Trotter. (And how other Fun Shop contrib- dayed 1) — The Dumb Swede | Swedish page: “I hane tell yon the toe dancer is widdout.” oe dancer?” Swedish page: “You Swedish King: "Ha come in!" one of them Stanley Judell. What She Was Abraliams: “She's @ stingy an Colien: “Vot do you mean a stingy deneer?” Abrahams: [ toes 10 keep danc- on her shoes from wearing ~-Patricia Borden De-Feett A\ dancer is withant, sire ‘Without what?” | guilt. Page: “Without pumps.” Knight: “What of it? dance, not to draw water!” —Nancy Almeyer. (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbldden.) - ' Sh QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get &n answ.r to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britaln Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue. Washington, D. C. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answeared. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Q. Is the Cornish ldnguage re- lated to the Welsh? o A. The Cornish language belongs to the British subdivision of the Celtic family and stands on the whole nearer to the Old Breton than to the Old Welsh. It ceased to be a living language in the 18th century although a small number of Cornish words are still used in the English dialect of Cornwall. Q. For whom was the Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D. C., named? A. Walter Reed, an American army surgeon, sanitarian and bac- teriologist, who distinguished him- !self in finding the cause and cure for yellow and typhold fever among the soldiers during the Spanish- American war. Q. What was Cain” that is mentioned Bible? A. A mark put upon Cain after the murder of his brother Abel. It is not known just what kind of a mark it was. Some commetators think it was the lines or wrinkles in the face resulting from his sense of There are many other “The Mark of in the theories. Q. Where i3 the solar plexus? A. A plexus is a cluster of nerve centers and the solar plexus is the largest and is located behind the stomach and in front of the aorta and the pillars of the diaphragm. Q. Who is Benjamin Banneker? A. A noted negro astronomer, born free, November 9, 1731, in Baltimore county, Maryland. He re- ccived some education in a pay school, and early showed an inclina- tion for mechanics. About 1754 with imperfect tools, he constructed a clock which told time and struck the hour. This was the first clock con- structed in America. Q. When was the name of 8t. Petershurg changed to its present name? A. The name St. Petersburg was changed to Petrograd which is the Russian equivalent, during the world war and later, in March, 1924, was changed to l.eningrad in honor of Nikolai Lenine. Q. How y tributaries has the Mississippl river? A. The number of tributaries and tributaries to tributaries of the Mis- sissippl aggregate about 250, of which more than 60 are navigable. The more important of these are the Minnesota, St. Croix, Chippewa, Black, Wisconsin, Galena, Rock, Towa, Des Moines, Salt, Illinois, Mis- souri, Kaskaskia, Ohio, St. Francls, Arkansas, Yazoo, Big Black and Red. Q. Who was the flrst governor| of California? A. Peter H. Burnett. 1849-1851. Did Nungesser hold the record for Frenchmen for bringing down the greatest number of enemy planes during the world war? A. Guynemer is credited with more enemy planes than any other Trench ace during the world war. He brought down 63 planes. Nun- gegsser was second with a record of 43 planes. Q. Ts a three carat ruby more valuable than a diamond of the same weight? depends entirely on its size, color and quality. Large rubies are scarce and of high value 8o that a three carat ruby of good color and free from flaws is worth several times as much as a diamond of the same size. Q. How is papler mache made? A. Chiefly from old paper by boiling it to & pulp with water, pressing, mixing with glue or starch paste, and then forcing it into a mould previously oiled . After dry- ing, the articles are soaked with linseed oil and then dried at a high temperature. Another variety 18 made of sheets of paper, sometimes from 30 to 40 in number, paster on metal cores to form blanks; after- wards planed, varnished, and polished with pumice stone. Q. Where is Pentland Firth? A. It is a channel between the Atlantic and the North Sea separa- ting the mainland of Scotland from the Orkney Islands. It 14 miles long from east to west and from 6 to 8 miles broad. Rapid tidal cur- rents and dangerous whirlpools ren- der navigation difficult. Q. Where is the street familiarly referred to as “Old Bailey”? A. In London, England. The Sessions House, in which are held the sittings of the Central Criminal court, is situated in this street. Q. Who are the Orangemen? A. An association of Protestants, organized to defend the Protestant succession to the British throne and the Protestant religion in church and state as settled by the Bill of Rights and Act of Settlement of 1688. It originated with William, Prince of Orange, upon his arrival in England, but was not definitely established in Ulster till 1795. ‘While its influence has been most marked in Ireland, the organization has extended to Great Britain and her colonies, and there are also lodges in the United States. Q. What is the meaning of the name Vincent? A. Ttis from the Latin and means “conquering” 25 Years Ago Today ‘The terms of peace were made public today and the Boer war is ended. The finance committes will hold a hearing tomorrow evening on the petition of city laborers for a Satur- day half-holiday. It is believed a favorable report will be sent along to the council. Another case of smallpox was re- ported today, with a second person under suspicion. Two Greenwood and Kensington street residents called at the mayor's office today and were disappointed in finding he was out. They told a reporter they ‘were not satisfled with the treatment of the cases but they could not go into detalils. The petition got out by the Economic league to have a town meeting called for the purpose of deciding whether or not the town of New Britain desires consolidation with the city has many signers, in- cluding F. H. Oldershaw, Rev. H. T. Bodley. Joseph M. Halloran and C. C. Rossherg. The Philharmonic band has been engaged to play for the Tabs' outing from this city and Middletown to New York and Coney Island on July 31, George Griswold of Berlin, the stenographer at the court of inquiry held to investigate the trouble Co. T, has made two typewritten reports of the testimony. The re- port covers 60 pages. One report was given to the captain today and the other will be sent to the colonel. A decision will probably be mld[‘ this week. Fred Hausman has gone to Mils waukee as the representative of,# several German Lutheran churches in this vicinity to the meeting in Cincinnati. He is the lay delegate, while a clergyman from Danbury will be the other. / The board of assessors was sworn in this morning and begun work by, electing August Burckhardt chair« man and Otto Bengtson clerk. The ® assessment this year will be, as in the past, on a basis of 50 per cent. A branch cremation society is be- ing formed here “to work against prejudice, false doctrine, and fans' aticism about burying the human body, thus causing epidemic diseases | through the infection of the air ana i water. Healthy persons between 1% and 60 are eligible, the fee is $1.25, and the benefits are $50 and a frco cremation. ] in| Observations On The Weatker Washington, June 3.—Forecast | for Southern New England: Cloudy, possibly rain on the coast tonight and Saturday; not much change in temperature. Fresh northeast winds, possibly strong on the south« east coast tonight. Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy with rain in south portion; Saturday showers; not ! much change in temperature; fresh | northeast and east winds. ¢ Conditions: The center of tha| eastern area of high pressure is over Vermont this morning. Cloudy conditions extend eastward over the southern portions of the middle Ate lantic and New FEngland states The western disturbance centers: over Oklahoma and Kansas. It ix producing showers over nscattered districts from the Rocky Mountains eastward to Ohlo. Another center overspreads Manitobs. A slight disturbance off the Virginia and North Carolina coasts is causing moderate to heavy rains in south- eastern Virginia and eastern North Carolina. Temperatures remain about the same as yesterday. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by local showers and not much change in temperature. Temperatures yesterday were: High Atlanta ... .ouuaesrns 84 Atlantic City spomwwenwm 64 Boston rvamenmnwnveos 12 Buffalo . ~wwmvenre: 80 Chicago - .ommr. . ovw Cincinnatt pepe.ovomm. . Denver iz auexw . qievpe Detroit wamreim «onprmrm - Duluth «anprevesmaimres Hatteras - .« Jacksonville «: Kéansas City Los Angeles .. Miami .. Minneapolis Nantucket . New Haven. New Orleans . New York . Norfolk, Va. w Northfield Pittshurgh ‘Washington .... 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