New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 6

Mombor of Prews Ameciated Press is exclusively en- use for re-publication of news published therein. Mombsr Audit of Civenlation The A. B. C. is & mational organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with @ strictly honest analysis of circulation. Our circulation statistics are basel upen this audit. This insures pr.- tection against fraud in newspaper di tribution figures to both national and local sdvertisers. The Herald ts City life: Whenever we see Snow we think of slush. e ——— | In signing the Cooper-Hawes bill | President Coolidge has.done his part to prevent prison-made goods from continuing a factor in interstate commerce, This means that prison goods can no longer be shipped be- tween states; they will have to be‘ consumed within the states or not made. It will mean a considerable readjustment in the prisons of the country. The law passed because it had the backing of manufacturers and laboring men—both desiring to id themselves of prison competition. Out in Ohio, while a county re- used to spend $5,000 as its share to- ward eliminating a death trap cross- ing, & trolley car smashed into a bus and killed a score of people. That re- minds us that a raiiroad propa- gandist in this city recently told a luncheon club that grade crossings \are not as dangerous as they are cracked up to be; and it also re- minds us that railroads are not al- ‘ways to blame for their elimination. BSome local communities, badly bit- ten by the bug of economy, are worse than the railroads or the trol- ley companies. ANNUAL CITY AUDITS If there is any logic in the method by which the books of business firms are audited by outside accountants at least once a year then there is a plenitude of logic that the same | method be adopted in connection with the city's accounts. In this day | when the claim is commonly made that city governments should be operated on business principles it is ridiculous to neglect one of the prime essentials of business pro- cedure—the adoption of a system whereby at stated intervals those in charge know just exactly how the figures look—and not only on the ledgers, but also in the departments of the city government. Mayor Paonessa’s wish for a full- time or . part-time auditor seems destined not to be realized; but ft seems extremely likely at this time that the charter will be changed to provide for an annual audit bf city books by an outside firm. This at least will be something gained and will be one more step in putting the city on a business basis, A LIEUTENANT OF DETECTIVES It the Common Council acts in | conformity with a precedent already established it will not hesitate to change an ordinance to provide for a new office of lieutenant of detec- tives, thus placing responsibility upon one man for the operation of this important police department which entails the services of seven men. At present there is a “chief of detectives;” but all that amounts to 1sa title that does not involve a high- er rank than the other detectives. The present system is no different | than if on board ship nobody were higher in rank than the crew; or in a newspaper office where the report- ers had as good a rank as the “chief of reporters”—one of their number —and there were no city editor. | A few years ago a desk sergeant was in charge of the police depart- ment from midnight to 8 a. m. The | street sergeants equalled him in rank, 80 the police board recom- mended that the desk sergeant be made a lleutenancy in order to have ranking officer in charge. This ap- rcaled to the common sense of the “ommon Council at the time and it a8 approved. Now the police commission has | recommended to the Common Coun- cil that the new office of a lieutenant of detectives be provided. The ordi- | nance committee of the Council has | sranted a hearing to take place this | T'riday, when the police board will explain the difficulties off operating the detective bureau undef the pres- ant conditions. Party broken in the Council onfthe ques- tion whether to table fthe police hoard's recommendation t to the ordinance corgmittee, the ning by a cighe vote. The outlook is hat there ranks of all the sergeants. The de- sense, | to keep the application secret. | broadcasters want to show how good | | DRY HOOVER; “WET” MELLON | il be & fight ]W. Mellon to his vabinet. ta Councll ever the repert te follow. ‘The ridiculous aystem under which the detective . department is oper- ated can best be gauged by & close- up. At present the detective bureau has twe detective sergeants and one other sergeant on duty and two other sergeants on duty for three montha at & time, these returning to night street duty at the end of their bureau assignment. One detective sergeant is in charge of the bureau. At times patrolmen in pairs are de- talled to the bureau for special ob- Jectives, a0 that it is perfectly safe 1o conclude that there are seven men in the bureau, including the man in est in & whisky distillery, is regarded as lukewarm toward prohibition. Rightly or wrongly, the prohibition- ists blame him for some of the fail- ures connected with the federal dry law. The argument that Secretary Mel- lon has been having with Bishop James Cannon of the Methodist | Episcopal Church South tends to | strengthen the belief among certain prohibitionists that the secretary has (& mind of his own about the law, and that this opinion does uot always | (help the good cause. The secretary, !it will be remembered. opposed the charge. suggestion of the dry leaders that an Now comes the most peculiar additional $24,000,000 be appro- | point, the one that needs rectifica- | priated to be used for enforcement. tion. All sergeants, whether they are | The secretary's position, although detective sergeants, street sergeants, | logical In view of the 21,000 liquor traffic sergeants or any other ser- cases already congesting the federal geants are equal in rank and draw | courts, will never meet with the equal salary. Merely by designating | approval of the Anti-Saloon League. one sergeant in the bureau as “chief | The appropriation was passed by the of detectives” does not alter the | Senate, however, and if it goes ! through the House and is signed by tective chief merely does more work, | President Coolidge it will be quite & attends to correspondence, keeps prize package for the {incoming track of the department and in | executive. But this has nothing in reality does the work that a man in | common with what he will do about higher rank would be expected to Mellon. do. Of course, his salary is the same | Mr. Hoover, prohibitionist, is faced as that of any other sergeant, and !wlth the dilemma of dropping Mel- | it it were not for the fact that he [lon, a highly capable treasury secre- | is designated as the chief of detec- |tary at the behest of the drys. May- tives the other sergeants in the de- (be he will or perhaps he won't; tective bureau would need to take no | whatever he does it will create orders from him. criticism—by the drys or by the The police board, if it is worth its | financial and industrial world. salt, ought to be regarded as know- | —_— ing how the department under it| WHAT IS A CONSPIRACY? should be organized. The duty of the | One's estimation of jury intelli- | board is to keep the police depart- gence—admittedly sometimes at & ment efficient, just as it is the duty | low ebb when considering the ver- of the school board to keep the | dicts—reaches a higher altitude schools efficlent. The police board, | when considering the verdict of three after thorough investigation, has such bodies in New York, where the come to the conclusion that the de- | question of conspiracy to violate the tective department needs a lleuten- | prohibition law was under determin- ant of detectives in charge, and in |ation. It is notoriously difficult to our estimation the police board |convict of the charge of conspiracy, knows what it is about. The matter | due to the intricate legal meaning of is & revival from a similar sugges- | the term. Had one of the jurles fol- tion made some years ago, and be- |lowed the reasoning ot Judge Mack cause at that time the matter was|in Federal court, however, it would not settled right we are confronted have been a ridiculously easy with the present attempt to settle It. | process. The jury evidently thought If it fan't settled right now it means | the judge’s view was “going too far.” that the problem will press for set-| According to the judge, the gov- tlement at a later date. In short, |ernment did not need to prove that there is only one way to scttle such |the defendants sold liquor; all that an organization problem and that is was needed was to find they had to 0 it in conformity with common agreed to sell it. The judge gave a succinct interpretation of the Wille- brandt idea of law when he address- | | ed the jury in the following word: PMPROVING THE MARRIAGE LAW When the marriage license law was pased in 1927, making it obli- | gatory that licenses shall not be is- sued until five days after the appli- “For instance, a man goes out and opens a speakecasy. He tells: people | that he has opened the place and is | going to sell liquor. He says to some | man, ‘I want you for my bartender cations werq made, no one thought | or “:l";h They may catch you, but _ lcan't charge you with conspiracy. patthe Iaw WORIL deteat I8 BUFe v o o nt fome s kAR SWith Pose by making it possible for tOWn | iy the charge of selling liquor.' clerks to keep the applications “Whether or not they knew they secret. The law did not specifically ‘V"‘r(‘v guilty of conspiracy, they have . |entered into an agreement and it is declare for publicity, so that m‘"‘immmcrlal it they did not or did clerks when so inclined could claim | know they were committing that that they were not running contrary | crime.” to the law if they kept the names of those applying for licenses under cover, Judge Peck of Bristol was the author of the 1927 marriage law, and he had no intention in the world of making it possible to keep marriage applications secret. It was his intention, in fact, to do just the reverse, and to give the community The jury was carefully drawn; it | had no love for speakeasies or night {clubs. But it couldn’t swallow this doctrine. The result was no victory {for speakeasies, but for common |sense. The defendants should have b charged with selling liquor, | when they probably would have been convicted, considering that the five days in which to produce a valid | evidence in court included even a keg reason why a license should not be | Of Whisky obtained by dry agents. | This testimony, and that which told granted. The intention also was to | prevent hurried marriages taking 10" dry agents bought liguor in the place. | places, was not to be considered in 8 he et | weighing the conspiracy charge, the is even eloping | couples, if they have time to do !judge said. Such evidence was entire- he added. and need thelr eloping at their leisure, can. i'y jmoslersat not be detected if they happen to |t have been presented. Desirable as it may be to control apply to a town clerk who is willing | the illegal liquor traffic, or to eradi- en The bill that has been presented in | €3¢ It entirely, it 13 equally desir- the Legislature providing for pub- |2Vle to prevent cvil precedents to be | liclty of marriage applications should | “*(aPlished In the proceas. If those pass without difficulty. {who, knowingly or unknowingly, take part In & misdemeanor are to be regarded as conspirators, then the TOO LATE | A serious disadvantage about the | *2Y Would be paved for untold diffi- culties later. radio art is that it keeps people up | : t00 late at night; that is to say, the | 11¢ charges now will be changed average folks who cannot afford to |10 COMMItting nuisances. These will lose sleep. The tendency of the chain | ¢ MUch easier to prove than con- broadcasters being to reserve [helrilemcy‘ finest programs until late, or after | the commercial features have pre- empted the best hours of the eve- | ning, the public—especlally in the |current agitation in England and East—is not likely to rejoice. Last | France for a tunnel between the two night, for instance, there was an | countries under the English channel. extra special program and it lasted | Twice Parliament favored the pro- from 11 p. m. to midnight. | ject and once The night before there were a few | started. But the British military others on various chains which took strategists intervened and in the THE CHANNEL TUNNEL For 60 years there has been re- work was actually | miles of it are defended only by boundary - markers; acros the Niagara river are bridges; and at Detroit a rallroad tunnel exists, & vehicular tunnel is being built, and also a bridge; further up the river, at Port Huron, & raliroad tunnel has existed for 30 years or more. As a “tight little isle” England isn't so tight any more. The tunnel might as well be constructed. Ulti- mately it will be a reality anyway, just as Spain is likely to construct a tunnel under the Strait of Gibral- tar in order to obtain quicker access to northern Africa, Facts and Fancies Why shouldn't the greater part of the Salvation Army be in Ameri- ca? America needs more salvation. It must bore a foobtball star to wait for his sheepskin when he has already collected his frogskins. Apparently the material used in the new cabinet will include scraps. Sunday tlivvering has changed it to black-and-blue Monday. nts have remarkable cour- Yes, indeed. They say Mus- food disagrees with him at “Plal a solini's tmes, A hick town is a place where the editor can call central and find out who is visiting the Smitha. Prominent citizen: One who couldn’t make up his mind and so sat tight while others bullt a city around him, ‘When the meek inherit the earth, what a harvest there will be for somebody with $10 worth of phony jewelry! In winter the modernized Japan- ese women resume their native bath-robe costume. 8o do American girls until about 10 a. m, Americanism: Fearing ridicule if you aren’t like everybody els thinking that fellow a wonder b cause he is different. Fear of Whalen has lessened the number of crimes in New York, un. less you count guns. “All parts of us develop propor- tionately,” says a noted psychologist. Did the gentleman ever notice a boy's ears? Congress consists of two houses: the lower house and the house that Jack built. No wonder the younger genera- tion has “nerves” It dldn't get hardened in childhood by the screech of slate pencils. St. Paul wouldn't have liked Chi- cago. He hoasted of being a citizen ©of no mean clity, Other fowls are as bright as the hen, but she is the young intellec- tual of her kind. Bhe cackles in as- tonishment when she achieves some- thing. True, your grandfather could have traded a cow for the land where the city now is. But if he had kept it, somebody else could get it now for two cows. Places where the poor creep in late at night for a little rest are called flop houses. Places wherce the rich do that are called homes. tence: “Even in said he, “T never pretended to be anything I was not.” Copyright, 1929, Publishers Syndicate. 25 Years Ago Today The contract for the finishing of the window shades at the Central Grammar schoel has been awarded to D, McMillan. The building is now nearing completicn, The olden time favorite hotel, the famous FEagle hotel, was r opened yesterday in Plainville. This hostelry reached back 25 years to the time before there were any | trolleys, when roads were wretched and railroad facilities were just as bad. Principal Marcus White of the Normal school will be asked to act as toastmaster at the annual ban- quet o fthe Business Men's associa- | tion on February 11. A burglar operated in Curtin's block on Maln street last night but succeeded in getting only a boy's | cap, some small change, and F. A | Crusberg’s coat, | Samuel Sonken's tailor shop at 412 Main street was burned out last night. Mr. Sonken says he hasn't up the late evening hours, probably | name of national defense and se- in an effort to accommodate those curity prevented construction of th who after returning from the theater tube, Such a tube, ULy the way, desired to remain up half the night would have cnormous listening to music. If the radio value from 1914 on, even to the mili- y strategists. How a tunnel under the channel proved of they can get let them put on some of these great special programs—not supported by commerce—at 7:30 or 8 p. m. But nobody need expect that can prove a disadvantage even in war is beyond the understanding of the ordinary could pass through it if the nation individual. No army the slightest idea how the fire started and no one else seems to be any better informed. The building committee and building inspector made an inspec- | tion of the playhouses and some of | the churches about the city this aft- | ernoon. They had previously held a conference with Mr. Sloper, repre- | senting the Russwin Lyceum cor- poration, and Mr. Sloper explained jthat the corporation had already token steps to provide additional to happen. The 11 p. m. programs will remain 90 per cent thrown away. ' on the other side willed it not; each entrance could be firmly blocked or the entire structure flooded. At a At & meeting of the New York |Women's Christian Temperance |Union at the Astor a prominent | speaker told the assembled guests that President-elcct Hoover, known |to the organization as a bone dry !man, is not likely to name Andrew |fear Premier Baldwin time when airplanes and submarines are used so extensively the mere presence of a comparatively small the channel scarcely he a deciding element in a war, {f that is what the strategists tube under could i can hopefully | means of exit from the top gallery. A stairway fire escape will be con- |structed outside the buflding. The Center and South churches, also 8t. | Mark's_were found today to be well | supplied with exits. The others looked at were the Baptist and St. Mary's. The latter has the largest | congregation 1n the city. | The Methodist union was or- | ganized at Trinity M. E. church last night. Among the charter members are Mr. and Mr. E. 1. Skinner, C. 2 Sherman, Carl Nenman. and Mr. iand Mrs. James M. Burdick. What We Actually Do Fall For! Had we the dough away we'd §o On balmy South Sea cruises, But sidewalks being glide walks now ‘We stay and nurse our bruises! Y Couldn't Be! Dr. Pearson: “You have placed one §f your vertebrae.” Miss Fleming (being examined): “Impossible, doctor. I have never taken a one of them off!" TO MILADY DEAR (Letter found by Harris M. Simon) Dearesh Sweetheart: I hash been sho loneshum shince yoush left me zhat I hash been sho blue. Yoush know if I wasn't sho mush under yoursh influench ¥ wouldsh probably be out wish che boysh getting spifficashed, but lov- ing yoush ash I do, I staysh homes at nighsh and jush sighs for yoush. Lash nighsh I shought ofs brand new soong whish I shung in my toushing tenor voish, It goesh like shis: I wish I wash wish my wishy-bishy baby to-nighsh. Now, Bweetheart, of coursh I wish you wash home, but I don't wish to keepsh yoush from hashing a fine time on yoush trip. And don't worry aboush me drinking or running around wish she wild set. Honesh, Honey, | hashent had a shingle drink shince yoush left. ‘Where dish you leaves my fleece- lined pajamas? It ish mighty cold here shese. nighsh, Devoshedly yoush, AL, mis- Sad E 1 Russell: “Why are - you so0 op- posed to education?” Norton: “My wife is a cooking- school graduate!” —Mrs. Susan Reitz ‘What the world needs is a pajama suit with a pocket In the back so the man who sleeps on his stomach can take a handkerchlef along to bed! From Our Children’s Garden of Curses! Nurse wanted quiet in the nurs- ery. “Silence in the courthouse,” she said, “the donkey's going to talk!" After several moments Jean spoke, unable to bear the silence any longer. “Jean is the donkey!” taunted the nurse, and the two other chil- dren joined her in teasing poor Jean. A moment's silence. Her lips quivering and her eycs beginning to water, Jean finally managed to blurt out, “Wull, never saw a donkey what spoke!" —Mae Klein THE OLD BFAU By Frank Miell I'm a debonair devil, sheik, There {s2't a girl in the city Can withstand me — unless she is mentally weak— A man of the world, smart and witty. 1 straighten my back, wink at flap- pers as they go. (Oh, curses! I've got quite a touch of lumbago.) a regular Sixty-five years—though you can'd guess it. To look at my wrinkleless face! Sixty-flve years—though I blush to confess it ‘When setting the youngsters thc pace. For I cut In on dances, and drink ‘em down easy. (Good gosh! But my bronchial tubes, getting wheezy!) never T cut quite & swath when I bathe by the sea And swagger along on the beach. The ladies—God bless 'em—they all smile at me As T saunter from peach to fair peach. But e’en while T josh 'em, the fair- est and best, I'd give quite a bit just to lie down and rest. I've seen ladies’ dresses grow short- er and shorter, And changes in styles of com- Pplexion, 8een grandmother aping the ways of granddaughter In everything—save circumspection, And I flatter myself I keep well on the stage, Till my creaking old bones whisper, “Dad, be your age!” + POWER (As Scnt in to The Fun 8hop) Frosh: “Yes, indeed! I can do 100 | yards in ten seconds flat!” Margie: “Good gracious! 1 can it standing up!” —M. H. F. . . (And how other Fun Shop con- 1! Wark? Visitor: “I just broke my record in this town. Nine and one-fifth seconds.” Carruth: “What! You mean say you ran the 100-yard dash that time?" Visitor: “Oh, no. Whenever I a strange town I see how long ! takes me to find a place where they sell liquor!” . tributors interpreted it! Quick —Mrs. C. L. Brunn Fast Time! Brower, '30: “What did you make the hyndred in?" Gaines, “32: “In whoopee.” Blower, '30: “What do you mean, 'whoopee’ a Gaines, '32: “Good time!" —Mildred Nicoll You needn't expect the world to give you much of a show unless you are prepared to pay the price of ad- mission! \ (Copyright, 1929, Reproduction Forbidden) QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain 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 ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—Editor. Q. TIs the name Milligan of Irish or 8cotch origin? A. It is a family name of Dutch origin, being a diminutive form of Miles or Milla, It is also common in Scotland and Ireland where it is derived from a locality in north Scotland (Milican). The scources of the name in America are both Dutch and Scotch-Irish. Q. What did Gilbert Roland do before he became a movie actor? What was his first picture? A. Gilbert Roland was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, December 11, 1905 and was formerly a bull fighter. He entered motion pictures in 1925, and his first role was as an extra in “The Lady Who Lied". His first featured role was in “The Plastic Age"”. Q. Is it possible for an earth- quake wave to pass completely around the earth? A. An earthquake wave may be likened to a wave caused by & pebble thrown into a pond. It widens in a circle in the same man- ner. To be recorded by a selsmo- graph. the wave must pass by the instrument or, in other words, the ground where the instrument stands must be disturbed. It is not un- usual for an earthquake wave to pass completely around the earth. In fact waves of this magnitude are recorded, on an average, two or three times a month. A severe earthquake wave will encircle the carth more than once. Q. Who wrote the scenario for the motion picture “Submarine”? A. Winifred Dunn wrote the scenario for the story by Norman Springer. Q. In what year will February again have five Sundays? A, 1948, Q. What s the heaviest stance known? A. Osmium. Q. Where in the United States is the largest proddction of copper? A. The Butte district in Montana is the leading copper producing dis- trict in the United States, according to figures for 1926. In that year it produced 252,991,000 pounds of cop- per. The total number of pounds produced in the United States the sub- ust imagine in what you could do | Cooper? to | hit How many genuine Stradi- varius violins are there in the world? A. Stradivarl s believed to have made 1,116 instruments between the years 1666 and 1737; of which §40 ‘were violins, 13 violas and §0 vielon- cellos are actually known today, and there are traces (unconfirmed) of over a hundred more. The ecarliest dated instruments that have been authenticated are of the years 1666, 1667 and 1669. Count Ceszio di Balabue states, however, that Stra- divarl was making instruments, and inserting his own labels In 1659. Q. What is the difference be- tween “notions” and “novelties” in trade? A. Notions consist of pins, thread, needles, elastic, etc. Novel- ties are new and novel articles. Q. Which will form ice first at a |freesing temperature, cold or hot water? A. Cold water will freesa first. . Q What is the age of Gary Is he married? A. What and where is Howard University? A. It ia & university exclusively for negro students, located at 2401 Sixth street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Its total enroliment, includ- ing all of the professional achools, is 2,234, Q. What is the full name of King George V of Great Britain? A. George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor. Q. What is the average life of paper money? A. It is estimated at the treasury department that the life of paper money of small denomination is from six to nine months, Larger denomination bills do not change hands so frequently and therefore last longer. Q. What is & generation? A. A single succession of natural nt, Q. How do the Graf Zeppelin and Shenandoah compare in size? A. The Graf Zeppelin is 770 feet long and 116 feet in diameter; the Shenandoah was 680 feet long and 96 feet in diameter. Observations On The Weather ‘Washington, Jan. for Bouthern New England: Fair and colder tonight; Thursday in- creasing cloudiness and colde: probably followed by snow Thursday | night; diminishing westerly winds, becoming northeast Thursday. Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair and cotder; much colder in interior tonight; Thursday increas- ing cloudiness and colder. Prob- de: 23.—Forecast vancing lake region, Hi inches. It is attended by colder 1 The sero line ex- tends along the northern border of Kansas and Missourl. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with lower tempera- .vures, ‘Temperatures yesterday: High Atlants. ..... . Atlantic City ..... Boston . Minneapolis Nantucket . New Haven New Orleans . New York ... Norfolk, Va. . Northfield, Vt. ., Pittsburgh .. Portland, Me. w... 8t. Louls . ‘Washington 18 NOT KNOWN" Salem, Mass, Jan, 23 M—Police last night reported that Edward Gil- more, ¢3, said to be of this city, whe died yesterday in a Buffalo, N. Y., hospital of injuries recelved in an automobile accident, was unknown here. Stopped-Up Head Cleared Out Quick | Breathe In OZO Mist for Cold It dries on yout handkerchiefand then & plesssnt flls nasal and throst pass- | ages with medicants that relieve st 0ZO0 MmIsT ably followed by snow Thursday night; strong westerly winds di- WHAT MEN NAVE BUILT You have often wanted to know structures that you read about from Capitol Bullding; the Statue of Liberty In Tower, the Leaning To mids, the Vatican. detalls of the famous bulldings and day to day: the Whi Our Washington Bureau has complied one of its informative and fn- led FAMOU! teresting bulletins ci details about all talne many interesti below and send for BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURI K8, It com- 1 these bulldings. Fill out the coupen - - e —=CLIP COUPON HERE= == e e e HISTORY EDITOR, Washington Bureau, New Britain Herald, 1323 New York Avenue,.Washington, D. C. II ‘want a copy of the bulletin FAMOUS BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, five cents in loose, postage and enclose herewith stamps, or coin, to cover postage an NAME STREET AND NUMBER | crry uncancelled, U. 8. d handling coste STATE ' 1 am & reader of the NEW BRITAIN HERALD. Mickey (Himself) McGuire CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE -FIGHT. By Fontaine Fox THE DAY AFTER MC¢GUIRE SNEAKED IN To A REAULAR