New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1929, Page 6

The only profitable in the City. Circulati room always opea to Momber of the Asseciated Pvoss The Amociated Press i3 exclusively ea- titled to the use for re-publication ef ews credited to it or not otherwise ed in this paper end also local Rews published therein. —_— | Avdit Tarvas of Clroulotien | The A. B. C. is & natienal orgaaisation which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with & strictly honest analysis eof circulation. Our circulation statistice are based upom this audit. This insures pre- tection against freud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both natiomal amd local advertisers. The Hersld is on sle dally in New Newsstand. Times Square; Grand Central, 42nd Btreet. ————————————— The “save & life” signs put up at streets where coasting is allowed are effective warnings against care! { driving., The same spirit is needed along all other streets. 1t is said that certain senators and representatives are thinking of alter- | ing the laws to prevent foreign ships | from plying between the United ! States and the Philippines. That's a 500d way to look for trouble. We, too, have become interested in the Kind of buttons the firemeq | wear. The police interest us chiefly | by the size of thelr gaiters. None of | them, by the way, wear wrist/ watches. | Waterbury is called the brass city. | But not tinkling brass. On the way downtown this morn- ing we overheard six stalwart citizens opine that we will get more snow. No time limit being mentioned, it is, clear they were right. . | It seems that all the work in the future will be done by machinery. That is, everything but thinking. THE NEW COURTHOUSE Business began at § a. m. today in the new county courthouse in Hart- ford. The cost of this structure went 1o $2,175,000, and we presume the county has obtained - its mroney's worth, The old building was un- worthy of the dignity of the county for 25 years or more. It cannot be said that the county was in & hurry to spend the money for. a new bulid- ing. Had it not been for Governor Trumbull in 1924, when he wa» & legislator and not yet a governor, the old buidling would probably have been doing service for ten more years. Every time Mr. Trumbull looked at the old pile on Trumbull street he felt sick at heart, and he acordingly “instigated” the con- struction of the new buldling. It was only necessary for officials to take a look at the old building to agree ‘with the Plainville legislator. Of course, there had to be three appropriations, the first of $1,875,- 000 not proving sufficient; the dther two were for $100,000 and $200,000. The desire to complete the job in the finest possible manner helped along the additional appropriations. There will now be nothing to pay but to maintain the pretty building, County affairs receive a minimum of attention in Hartford county. The Legislature and the town govern- ments receive nine-tenths of the dis- cussion. This may be because the county business runs along smooth- ly or because counties in this state are not considered as important as in some other states, All of which, of course, i8 in error. The county government has a degre of impert- ance that citizens are apt to over- look. Now that a costly new court- house is proudly standing in Hart- ford the county is certain to increase in prestige in the minds of citizens. There may even be the urge to watch its affairs more closely. which | would be a wholesome development. | NO $2,000,000 JAIL Prices are still higher than they 'pay a fee of $5 to travel over the ' (jinton Jason Morse | private highway and thus be able has been announced. thing of an imagination to concede |to negotiate 60 miles an hour for | were in 1913, but it requires some- that Hartford county needs a new Jail to cost $2,000,000. That is the «stimated cost of the project being 1ched. he | | | present jail has been old, fecrepit and out-of-date for a long | time, and the construction of a new | jail may be imperative . within the nest few years. But not at a cost of | $2,000,000. | A plan to provide a ne% jail for | the county was before the general | assembly 14 years ago. The plan got | as far as the purchase of a farm in | Newington for the site. Later the | County Commissioncrs decided the | site was all wrong and all but a smail part of the land was sold. Whatever is done now a palatial jail costing $2,000,000 is out of the could legally contruct such an ex- | question. It would be throwing away | the taxpayers money. Nobody i eiected or appointed to do that, | over the Big Four west of Cleveland; |8dded to the Michigan Central sys- | “ronun ever are to be constructed. coming invocations that is disting- ulabed by ticker tape, flowers, news- | papers and telephone books being thrown trom skyscraper windows as | the guests of the day roll by en- | tour from the Battery to City Hall.! In a broader sense it symbolizes not | only the greeting of New York, but of the nation. The center of the greeting, of | course, is Captain George Fried; and i his right hand man is Chief Officer | Manning, who navigated the life boat | of the 8. 8. America when it rescued [ the men of the 8. 8. Florida from i imminent death off the Virginia Capes. Details of this magnificent | rescue are already famillar to all | newspaper readers, so that it is un- necessary to recount them here. It was Captain Fried's second | participation in a sea epic. His in- | nate modesty is proverbial, and the | accomplished seaman no doubt would be better pleased if the populace could forget all about this hullabaloo and allow a man to go his way in | peace—back on the sea. | But the people must have thelrfi fling. Every hero must be duly | honored. And while we are about it we will do it in the grand manner, an the occasion deserves. | will be settled at this session of the Fear is expremsed, however, that such a toll road will be but the en- i tering wedge for tolls and nuntnll.i throughout the entire nation. Motor- | ists are already paying tolls to cross | bridges—wih more to come; they are paying tolls to pass through the vehicular tunne! under the Hud- son, will do so at Detroit, and if more such bores are constructed, as seems probable, there will be more tolls. Scarcely a bridge of importance is being contemplated nowadays| without the plan of charging tolls is part of it Long before the automobile was invented there was a plethora of toll roads in some of the states, and i in Pennsylvania they existed until| comparatively recent times. They were exceedingly unpopular, and this is putting it mildly. In most instances their “rights” were obtained by the | public authorities when their fran- chises expired; and in some cases the toll road companies had to be paid a lump sum by the counties to forego their road collection agency. Now it is a pecullar stroke of prog- ress that the toll scheme again pops | up. We don't think the toll scheme Legislature. It is too big a question to be settled with a minimum of | | THE NEW RAIL MERGER | Atter much cogitation the Inter- | state Commerce Commission has per- | mitted the New York Central to ! lease some of its subsidiaries, lines | which it already practically owns. Among these are the Michigan Cen- | tral and the Big Four. | What difference that will make to anyone it is hard to contemplate. Through trains have beén operated ' over these lines for years. The pas- | senger from New York to St. Louis ovr the Central would have to travel | the paseénger to Chicago could travel | over either the New York Central or the Michigan Central west of | | Buffalo; to Detroit he would travel | bver the Michigan Central west of Buffalo, traversing southern Ontario over what once was the Canada Southern but which years ago was | . | The New York Central has owned more than 99 per cent of Michigan Central_stock, and any lease rentals it pays will practically be paid to it- self; the Central likewise owns 84 per cent o the preterred and 91 per | cent of the common stock of the Big Four. No ' more reasonable merger was ever allowed, consider- ing that.the merged lines were al- ready practically under one owner- | ship. s Of historic significance in rail- roading, however, is the final dis- position of the Michigan Central. This line originally was built as a rival to the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, which now is the main | line of the Central between Buffalo and Chicago. The Lake Shore was acquired by the Cemtral in much the same manner. that it acquired . the | Michigan Central—through purchase of virtually all the stock,—and the merger took place in 1915. The Michigan Central will be in the same position as the Boston & Albany henceforth and probably will continue to be known by its well established name. Chief significance of the I. C. C. permissien to merge lies in that the Central is allowed to lease a line that from Buffalo to Chicego comes under the category of being a parallel route to one it already owned. The same thing was not allowed in the Northern Securi- ties merger; but it seems we are progressing. J tem. PRIVATE HIGHWAYS One of the most acute opportuni- ! ties for discussion likely to confront the present Legislature will be the question of whether it is advisable to grant a group of capitalists the right of eminent domaln in the pro- | posed construetion of a private motor highway from Stamford to the Massachusetts line in the vichnity of Putnam. Without the right of eminent domain, of course, the pro- | posed motor highway could not be constructed in “a straight linc” be- | before they allow a private company discussion. Our opinion at present is i that it authorities can build vehicu- | lar tunnels and bridges and charge | tolls, they also can bulld speclal highways and charge tolls for n} special speed service. And there is the possibility that | the entire scheme may be a flop. It is & gamble with the public in the first place. Such a special highway, | it is estimated, will cost $80,000,000. If there should happen not to be enough autoists willing to pay Pull- man rates to travel over it the com- pany will need aid; and the first thing it will think about will be to sell the highway to the state—posaibly at a . profit. That's what was done when the private company which built the Cape Cod Canal could not make it pay—it was loaded upon the federal | government on the score that the Washington government ought to own all canals; Whereas everyone realized that if the canal had been a ! paying proposition the private canal company would mever have taken this' position. As the state of Connecticut may ultimately own the special super- highway anyway—it it doesn't hap- pen to pay—then it behooves the legislators to be abundantly careful to build it in the first place. The company is not risking much: If the highway pays a good profit it will keep the road; if it fails to pay & profit the state most assuredly will | be asked to buy it. The company says it expects to spend a minimum of $80,000,000 to construct the road if given the privilege to do so. Then it is stated that if denied the privilege the state will have to spend $50,000,000 to construct an additional highway. This already is a difference of $30,- 000,000 in the estimates. If the pri- vate concern is allowed to bulld the road and later sells it to the state the selling price probably will be on a reproduction basis and it will be shown that the reasonable figure is beyond $100,000,000. Our statesmen in Hartford have big figures ahead of them and need to walk humbly with their con- sclences. The only sensible method | would be to have the road revert to the state automatically after fees pey for it and allow a reasonable profit to the promoters, as is the case in connection with the Bear Mountain bridge over the Hudson, If this was done in New York why not consider it in Connecticut? Or is the political atmosphere different here- abouts? 25 Years Ago Today ‘ A. J. Sloper will be one of the speakers at the banquet given by | the Rockville Business Men's asso- ciation this evening. 1 All property owners on Cherry strect are objecting to paying bene- fits on the extension of that thor- oughfare. The printer of the city reports haa | | tween the two terminals. The idea is to make it possible for autoists between New York and Boston, who happen to be in a special hurry. to | the entire distance without facing the inconveniences of traffic congestion on the public highways. It is being said in favor of the private highway that it will help the state to avold spending around $50,- 090,000 upon a mew through high- ay of its own, considering that the present Boston Post road is over- crowded most of the time! It is also said that the private highway will be taxable, and the state will gain from thls point of view. Then, it is held forth, autoists . who desire to travel between Manhattan and Bos- ton, and who are willing to pay for the privilege of expedited movement, should be accommodated. It is said to be doubtful whether the state clusive toll line, and that the only recourse is to private capital if such presented his bill for $280 to City Clerk Thompson. The city has re- tuscd to pay this and the printer ie | threatening to bring suit. The engagement of {Maude Hart of Brooklyn, N. Y., to of Plainviile Chief Rrawlings has quite a col- lection of revolvers in his desk at Miss Adelinc { Conditions: Preasure is relatively low along the Atlantic coast with centers of minimum pressure over Nova Scotia, Halifax $0.38 inches Hatteras 29.76 inches and Tampe 29.84 inches. These are producing a general condition of unasettied weather with rains in the South At- lantic states and light snows in the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic states. An area of high pressure of great magnitude centers over the upper Missouri valley and Canadian northwest, Swift Current, Saskatch- ewan 30.74 inches, It is attended by a severe.cold wave which is over- spreading the northera Plains states and the upper Mississippi valley. Calgary, Alberta, reported a mini- mum temperature of 40 degreea be- low zero. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with lower tempera- ture. ) Temperatures yesterday: High Atlanta .... Atlantic City . Boston . Chicago . Cincinnati ... Denver . Detroit . Duluth . Hatteras ... Kansas City . l.os Angeles . Miami Minneapolis Nantucket ... New Haven ..... New Orleans ... New York .. Norfolk, Va, . Northfield, Vt, . Pittsburgh . Portland, Me. 8t. Louls . Washington Facts and Fancies y Pennsylvania people who belleve in witchea must seem ailly to Wall Street operators who consult a star gazer, If your little boy is to be a demo- | crat, take him while young to see | how a post office looks on the in- | side, Hoover may control flood waters, but Al is the only man who ever stopped a landalide. Peace is that blessed interval when you can denounce the lies of your own side without being dishon- orable. Still, it's a . compliment if you don't like the jokesmith's stuff. The dumber people are, the more things ; they laugh at. | - oe If you can wear a wee mustache and still seem a he-man, your cor- respondence course in developing | personality was a complete success. A story from Australia says al man can’t drive there while drllnk.i He can't here, either, but nobody keeps him from trying. The modernist says people need a new religion. But a new one won't work, ecither, if people won't use it. If banks aren't sentimental, why do they close in observance of ®o: many birthdays and things like! that? Americanism: Thinking a college makes men able because the able men go to college. Watch the man who doesn’t mind making an apology. He has been hateful enough to get a lot of prac- tice. When the driver in front holds out his hand, it's a sign you'd better use your breaks unless you are a good guesser. — Another think that makes winter dreary is the fact that people in the barber shop now discuss dress pat- terns instead of the next pennant winner. Perhaps the old-time sweetheart just seemed sweeter than a modern sweetie because you never saw. her cut loose and eat. A banker named O'Leary is one of the business men planning to cleanse Chicago. Wasn't it a Mra. O'Leary's cow that did the trick once? Americans aren't 8o eynical. Who clse would be so naive as to ask Canada to help deprive herself of a 100 million export business? The species aren't related. A scientist lived in a cage in Africa and monkeys didn’t gather about it |to fecd him peanuts. There would be few divorces if the police station which he took from prisoners at different times | They are of various patterns, and some of them were loaded when tak- en. The chief overhauled the collec- | tion yesterday, examined each one carefully. and came to the conclusion that the reason some of the weapons | were not called for was because they were not worth carrying. Some are Inot tit for use. These were taken from boys and were not returned be- cause they were not considered fit pocket picces for youngsters. In an- other drawer is a collection of knives ' obtained in the same way. i Observations On The Weather ‘Washington, Jan. 28.—Forecast for Southern New England: Fair and colder tonight; Tuesday fair and | | people would stop fighting when | they forget what they began to fight {about. | Correct this sentence: “but I don't feel ashamed when the girls comment on its size.” (Copyright, 1929, Publishers’ 8yn- dicate) !Chinese Bandits Rob Portland, Ore., Woman Shanghai, Jan. 28 OPM—Bandits operating along the Tientsin-Peking | road have robbed Mrs. Barry East- ham, formerly of Portland, Ore., of jewelry and other articles valued at $2,000. Mrs. Eastham was driving from Peking to Tientsin when the bandits fired on her automobile, shattering the windshield. They stopped the | car and stripped her diamonds from her hands but finally allowed her to proceed. Mr. Eastham, a lawyer. | continued cold, fresh north, north- west winds, | years. {Cream of Joy's coffee, you to me “He gave | {me a very small diamond.” said she, | Dayst From current fashion notes we glean: “Among Spring hats much red is seen,” & That's nothing—we see red each year When, first those fool Spring hats appesr! Metallioally Speaking! Bennett: “Why do. some peopie have to,have & peliceman to escore | them across the. street?” By Henry F. Durne Tom calls you “rarest object d'art In Earth's collection”? Whew! What a sissy way to chart A girl's perfection! Why, you're the light of Lite's clgar. | Wine of Love's spreeing, The gasoline that runs the car Of my poor being! What third rails to a subway be, Bones to a torso, Are—only more so. You're the show-window on the street Of Melanchely; You are-the only vacant seat In Life's last trolley! You are the pay-day of Life's week When we're together; You are the talcum on Life's cheek In shining weather; Above all needs and loves by far T need and love you, The only trouble is there are 80 many of you!! Remind Him Too Often? Craig: “Did the widow marry him Heath: “Yes, he reminds her very much of her late husband.” Craig: “And she'll remind him very much of her late hushand!™ ~ ¢ —Mrs. F. E. Hiller The traditional fool and his money are lucky ever to have gof together in the first place! SPIRES AND GARGOYLES Why I Out Him Out! ‘We're’ no longer friends. When 1 started in business Bob lent me fifty dollars. It meant a lou to me. When he came to the city T ar- ways extended my apartment W him. When I got pinched for speeding he got me out on bail. When he needed good Scotch got it for him. When I fell in the lake at @& house party Bob was right on han® to pull me out:. . . and let me wear his extra sult. He wag going to buy Oakum Ol at 94 when I advised him not to. ¥t hasn’t been above 32 in the last year and a hailf! I've gotten seats to many b games for him when it meant I had to miss them myself . . . for the best!" ~Rev. ¥. R. Burrage Sho Know Retter! “Pricea” she read, “sre deter- mined by demand and supply.” The popular actress smiled scorn- tully. “Have I mot” she mid, “at the dance for the Church Bullding Fune sold roses at $5 each, where there was no demand and a practicalty unlimited supply ™ Both Unfortuaate! Davis: “How do your sympathies lie in this Wet and Dry stuff?” Buhler: “I feel sorry for them toth.” Davis: “You do?" Buhler: “Sure. The drys @one know what good stuff tastes like, and the wets know and can't get 1t —Clarence J. Hambridge (Copyright, 1939. Reproduction Forbidden) 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. On what day did April 18, 1906 fall? A. Wednesday. Q. What will remove the lime deposit from kettles? A. A solution of 30 grams of torax in 1 quart of water to which a few drops of aqua ammonia s added. Q. How many homes are there in the United States? . A. The last census enumerated 24,351,676, Q. Who invented the Kodak? A. George Eastman. Q. It 2,000,000 men were march- ing four abreast each rank being 36 inches apart, how long would the column be? A. Approximately 347 miles, al- lowing 8 inches as the depth of each ‘man, Q. Who was Benedict Arnold's second wife? A. Margaret Shippen, daughter of Edward Bhippen, a moderate loy- alist of Philadelphia. Bhe was mar- ried to Arnold in April 1779. Q. At what temperature does water freeze and boil? A. Tt freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 d es Fahrenheit. |sary for both Great Britain and the Q. What is the origin and sean- ing of the name Marwyn? A. It is French and means “more wine.” Q. How many United States Sen- ators are there? A. Two from each state, making a total of ninety-six. Q. Who obtained the first pat- ent in America for a reaping ma- chine? A. Richard French and T. Hawkins of New Jersey in 1803. Q. What is the oldest newspaper now Peing published in the United Btates? A. The Maryland Gasette, pub- lished every Thursday by the Capl tal Gasette Press Company, An- napolis, Maryland. The paper was established in 1737, Q. Will spontaneous combustion occur more readily in tightly packed oily rags than when they are loase? A. Tt occurs more readily when they are packed because there is less dissipation of heat energy. Q. In the British peerage what is the wife of an Earl called? A. A Countems. Q. How old is Joan Crawford? Please deacribe her? A. Joan Crawford is iIn her twenty-third year. She is five feet four inches tall, weighs 110 pounds and has blue eyes. NAVAL PARIY IS VERY DIFFICILT Le Temps Editorial Discusses Mooted World Problem 28.—(UM—The Temps, 3. Parls, Jan, are considered as expressing the view of the foreign office, says parity of naval forces between Great Brit- ain and the United States as an ab- solute formula is very hard to apply. The editorial continues: “Equality for all classes of ships, as the Americans understand it would create in reality a state of in- feriority for England, because the latter is faced with her necemsity to defend an immense empire, washed by every mea in the world. Any such formula therefore ought to provide speclal means to guarantee effective- Iy her security. This, in reality, is why a technical solution 6f the prob- lem of limitation and reduction of armaments is as yet not near being found. “It is no less true that it is neces- United States to round off the rough spots of their policies and conciliate their conflicting interests so as to cause a rebirth of reciprocal confi- dence between these two great.peo- ples, who both aspire to dominion of the seas.” Referring to the speech on Satur- day of Sir Austen Chamberlain, Brit- ish foreign secretary, in which Sir Austen and Great Britain recognized the principle of parity between the navies of the two countries, the | Temps says this “shows that at Lon- don they are sincerely applying whowe editorials on foreign policy | terial used for the most sensation.l “whoopee” veils. Balikissar, Turkey, Jan. 33 P— Emancipated Turkish women are making brilliant strides in a pro- fession long monopolized by Turkish men of the Anatolian hills—brigand- age. This region is being terrorized hy & band of women brigands led hy an old veiled crone, Ummuhan Ha- nem and her daughter-in-law, Ifakat | whose nightly raids upon surround- ing hamlets have not yet been checked despite the efforts of the Turkish government's militia, The women bandits’ latest exploit was to enter the house of the | wealthiest citisens of the nearby town of Sarikuey by tearing a hole in the massive stone wall surround- )ing the estate and making off to their lair in the hills bearing the sleeping citizen’s valuable rugs and silver, 5 | Build Resistance To| Prevent Coaghs or Colds—Takse SCOTTS EMULSION themselves to the problem. 'oot-pound” ? A. The ordinary unit of mechan- ical work, or the energy required to raise one pound. one foot. Q. Does the sun. move around the earth? A. ‘The earth, and other mem- bers of the solar system, move around the sun. Q. How old is Albert Payaon Terhune, the writer of dog stories? What is his address? A. He was born December 21, 1872. His address is 126 Riverside Drive, New York city. Q. Why do human bodies be- come longer and heavier after death? A. The fact ia that they do not get longer or heavier after death. They may seem longer because the person is lying perfectly straight and rigid; and heavieg because they can not assist with muscular action while being lifted. Q. Who was the star in “The Patent Leather Kid"? Who was the leading lady? “The fact more important toi You have often wanted to know structures that you read about from the Vatican. Our Washington Bureaw has com tains many interestl below and send for it: fa and enclose herewith fiv stamps, or coln, to cover postage an NAME lrrm:n- AND NUMBER .overes A. Richard Barthelmess was the star and Molly O'Day the mdm‘ But the other night I signalled for him to cut in on me after I'd been dancing for an hour and eigh- teen minutes with the 210-pouna pride of Walla Walla. He glanced my way furtively, turned away, and then cnut in on the girl I hao taken to the dance. ‘We're no longer friends! —Walter J. Goldsmith Paris and Helen of Troy Scene: The side porch of the eof- tage of :‘Menelaus. Midnight. Paris | enters, whistles through. his fingers and looks up &t the window. Im- mediately Mrs. Menelaus, familiarly I'nown as Helen of Troy, appears. She throws out a few sheets tied te- gether and a valise. Paris: - “Atta baby! Make ¢t snappy and don't wake up the old man.” Helen “Not (reaching the ground): a chance. 1Is everything | “Everything. I have an ox { cart. Menelaus will never catch ue. Come, beautiful one!" ¥ Helen: “Let's step on it!™ (They rush off. Menelaus enters, wearing a nightshirt and carrying a letter. He rubs his eyes, opens the note, and looks at it in the moon- light.) Menelaus (reading): * ‘Dear Poppa. Paris has ahducted me and we are going away from here. Your loving wife. Helen cf Troy.'” Mene- laun sighs.) “T give her credit — heing abducted. like this. Who woula have thought 1t? T always had am Idea she was Paris green!” (He ex- its to start a war.) —Dorothy H. Getty Grievous Platnt! i BWeth: “Cheer up, Carol. Suppose has lived in Tientsin for about 15 you have been disappointed in an.l i You must look for a better man.” 5 WITH NO STOP FOR RE-FUELING. (PPoaine Pon. 1939 The Bell Syndicata, lae) the Leaning Tower of Piss; the Taj Mahal, the Sphin: STATE details of the famous buildings and day to day: the White Houss, the morial; _the the Eiffel the Pyra- ipiled ene of it informative teresting bulletins called FAMOUS BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURK! detalls abont all thess bulldings. Fill out t! - e e wm = CLIP COUPON WERE= === em= o= e ISTORY EDITOR, Washington Buresu, New Britain Hersld, 1332 New York Avenus, Washington, D. C, I want & copy of the bulletin FAMOUS BUILDINGS cents in looks, un ol . 8. post K age I T TTTTTTTTTTTIT YNy I am & reader of the NEW BRITAIN HERALD,