New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1929, Page 6

4 Beseptod) - el Coures Bt R RATES s Toar z %8 ic. & Meath Botersd at the Past Ofice at New Britaln u.:uflfi.lnllmw. " TELEPHONS CALLS The enly profitable sdvertisiag. mediuvm in the Oity. Cirewiation books and prees reom alwaye opes te advertisers. Member of the Assoclaled Press The Amociited Press 1s eiclusively ea- titled to the wes for re-publication of all news evedited te it or met etherwies credited in this paper aad also local news publl thereia. Membor Audit Muress of Circnlation The A. B. C. is a national .r'lll::tlal ich furnishes pers and adver- tisers with & strictly honset asalysle circulation. Our eirculation siatistics are based upom this audit. This inseres pro- tection against fraud {n newspaper dis- tribution figures to beth mational local advertisers. mle dally 1n Newsstand. Schults Squa Grand Central, ¢3ud Btrest. e —————————— Now Times In Berlin court seven drivers of overloaded trucks were arrested and fined, Here is & fleld that promises rich returns. One-fifth of the population of Paris has the influenza; and it is lucky this 18 not the tourist season. It seems Babe Ruth is out to de- mand $100,000 a year, but cannot guarantee more home runs than us- ual. Connecticut justice is laying a heavy hand upon New York night club officlals charged with nulsances. The industry will never forgive the prosecution for importing Judge Thomas to dispose of the cases. The Nutmeg judge hands out jail sen- tences with & facility that is a sen- sation along Broadway. “Banned in Boston,” when applicd to a book, may mean nothing at all if the Legislature acts favorably upon the bill presented on Beacon Hill by the booksellers of the city. ‘There is 'no logical reason why it should not be passed. The present law condemns a book merely upon the character of a sentence read apart from the text. It is something of a mystery, however, why the foolish state law is only enforced in Boston. There is one point about Governor Trumbull's thesls about feeling safer in the air than when riding in an automobile that we do not quite uh- derstand. Granted that the governor is sincere, there atill remains some. thing to be explained. He says he feels perfectly safe “in the air.” But what about when taking the air or landing? Does the governor feel as safe at such critical times as he does while wooing the clouds? Or perhapa our flying governor now is such a thorough air-taker that the only time he feels unsafe is when he hap- pens to be on terra firma. THE “FLOOD” It happens té be & wet day; at least, it started out that way. Life being what it is, we are not certain what will be the general nature of the day by the time these lines see print. But as we said at the begin- ning, it started wet and worse than wet, Telephones being especially useful on such a morning, it was discovered that many were hors de combat. Sometimes it docsn’t take much to make a telephone line uscless. Auto- mobiles had high water to contend with and hundreds got stuck in the street and road ponds, which evi- dently were made for boating, and not motoring. Btreet cars found aif- ficulty in maintaining schedule: buses had equal difficultics. Yes, it ‘was a hard life all around; and per- haps the Connecticut river, as a climax, will go on a rampage again. Well, if it had not been a deluge | of water it probably would have been & deluge of snow. Perhaps the weather man knew the city's snow fund was low and spared the city administration the trouble of (lndll\l! enough money to operate the great snow removing machine and the trucks. THE TWO JUDGES More importance attaches to the | type of police and city court judges | that receive appointments in this state than is customarily realized. That part of the public which comes | into contact with these judges forms it opinion of the American judiciary | largely as a result of the impressions obtained in these lower courts, espe. cially in police court. Their confi dence in the fairness of their treat- ment must never be shaken in these ot | public whipping of land, we eannot surmise whether the it of Representative . Sandager=of that state for the resteration of capl- tal punishment is likely to pass. For 76 years lite imprisonment haa been the extreme penalty for murdet in Rhede Isiand. and as Is the case In Michigan, the law scems to have been found satisfactory uhtil gang murders incident to the illicit liquor business became a threat to the peace of the commonwealth. Everywhere these is evident a tendency for state governmeats to bear down harder upon the crintinal element. It is not surprising that in states that have abolished capital punishment there should be efforts made to return to the “eye for an eye” principle, In Indiana the state legislature is in the act of passing a bill for the law offenders, both male and femlle..fhll to. be done in front of court house doors by sheriffs. It is possible that this bill will become a law, so indignant are authorities generally at the presumptuous deeds of the under- world and the flouting of all law in the face of the police and officials, Underlying all the trouble is one cause, which'is not far to seek. It is traceable to the passage of a sumptu- ary law which flas made it possible and profitable for gangs to engage in the business of murder, rapine, rum-running and bootlegging. The evil could be cured by removing the cause, EARLY OPERA SINGERS Few present-timers remember cver seeing the name of Minnie Hauk, or her picture in the papers. That is be- cause it hasn’t’ occurred for many years. But there was & time when Minnle Hauk was as widely known an operatic prima donna as the top- liner half dozen are today. She was pre-eminent in “Carmen” at a'time when opera in America was in swaddling clothes, but getting én. Living to the Tipe age of 77 a dis- patch from Bwitzerland noted her death ycsterday, after having been in retirement for a generation. She was a singer of note who ended her stage carcer béfore her voice crack- ed. On the same day Celiste Hunt- ley Plccoill, American prima denna of half & century ago, died in Swampscott at the age of 90. Yes, there were American singers before Marion Talley was discovered. “BROTHER TO BROTHER" TLawyers are commonly regarded as a polemical lot. Litigation de- inands the pitting of one against the other; and from the drop of the forensic hat the battle is on, with the judge and jury as innocent by- standers. The public easily acquires the belief that a barrister who loses a case will dislike the barrister who won it; and that the winner will gloat over the unfortunate loser to the point of making himself ob- noxtous to the day of his Geath. But such is not-in reality the case. The fawyers at heart take such things as a matter of course, and when they meet socially or around the ban- quet table they talk like long-lost brothers. . . i BAD ADVERTISING Various New England manufac- turers have appeared - at the tariff hearings before the House commit- tee On.ways and means. Obviously, everyone pessessing one-half of onc per cent ‘of common sense knows that the truth and nothing but the truth .is not necessary at a tariff hearing. Yet, on the premise that most of the people belleve what they like to believe, what & New England manufacturer or mayor says before such & committes sounds like gospel truth to that part of the South which likes to think it is knocking the props out of New England’'s pros- perity. It makes no difference at all what the New England Council and its type of mectional boosters tells to New England—we stand ready to be- lieve anything that’s good, and noth- |ing nice that the Council can pro- claim seems too far-fetched, or too optimistic. What counts elsewhere is what the spokcemen for New England say in Washington, beforc such a committee as the ways and means, for instance. The anvil chorus in the southern papers have taken up some of the statements made by New England- ers at this committee and give the impression they will not stop until they wear out their hammers. There was the mayor of Lawrence, Mass, who appeared before the committee with the world's greatest hard luck story. “The decline in cotton and wool manufacturing has half ruined the town,” he howled. “Ten thou- sand people have left Lawrence. Hundreds of houses and stores are empty. Charity organizations cannot lower tribunala, | meet the demand. Thousands of peo- + Reappointment of Judge Morris ! D. Saxe and the appointment of Stanley J. Traceski to fill these posts will, we feel certain, meet with gen- eral approval. Both men are deserv- | ing of the best wishes of the com- | munity and we are confident will | merit general confidence among. s}l‘ classes of eitizens, | THE LAW IN RHODE ISLAND ple are walking the strects, unem. pioyed. Savings are exhausted. Cities are bleeding to death.” We compliment the Baltimore Evening Sun on seeing through this missmic woe. “But this, after all,"—remarks the Baltimere paper—"was at a tariff hearing, and it scems to be m high crime and misdemeanor for anyone mit that he is more than a ste Though we are close to Rhode 18- & half from the poor house.” Appearing at a tariff hearing to ad- | [ Freedom Of The Seas” . An Age-Old Problem U. S. Traditionally Has Favored Doctrine But Has Been On Both Sides — Now the Senate Wants Action son, What is “freedom of the seas?” What is it like? Does it exist? In peace times there is plenty of it. Anyone can ship goods anywhere without molestation and travel— except for the inconveniences and expense of certain formalities—is as possible for anyone with the price. But in time of war—what becomes of the “freedom of the seas?" Dispatches from Washington have been mentioning it. The Senate add- ed a provision in the cruiser bill about it. The subject happens to have hung fire since the dark ages, or before. Violation of the principle caused one American war. In another American war the United States turned away from its “traditional policy” and adopted the traditional British atti- tude, at the samo moment inventing & doctrine that was used against it during the early days of the World War. “Fine in Theory” “Freedom of the seas”—what an idealistic phrase to twist between thé tongue! All nations are in favor of it in theory, but in practice during wartime the universal practice is to interpret the meaning of the phrase |a® necessity demands. The mind of man cannot remem- ber when rights at wea during wars Wwere naot a source of controversy. In Plutarch’'s Lives it is related that Pericles “Introduced a bill" which provided that all Hellencs resident in Europe and Asia *“'should be invit- ed to send deputies to & conference at Athens . . . . to deliberate . . . concerning the sca, that all might sail it fearlessly and keep the peace.” In 1494 the Consolato del Mare, published at Barcelona, was the first impertant compilation of sea law. Since then numerous other attempts have been made by international conferences and by treaties to es- tablish the rights of neutrals and belligerents at sea in time of naval warfare. But throughout the great- cr part of the world's history the rights of neutrals during a war have been limited to those conceded or enforced by the nation which hap- pened to be in control of the seas. Where Franklin Falied At the birth of the American re- public the United States ‘was the most vigorous advocate of freedom of neutrals at sea. Benjamin Frank- lin tried to obtain the insertion of a clause in the treaty of peace with Great Britain in 1783 providing that “all merchants or traders with their unarmed vessels, employed in com- merce, exchanging the products of the different nations . . . shall be allowed to pass freely unmolested.” I this clause had been accepted the war of 1812, which resuited from violation of American rights at sea, would have been avoided. Franklin did succeed in negoti- ating a treaty with Prussia that “free bottoms make free goods.” Had a similar treaty been successful with France the undeclared naval war of 1798 with that country would have been avoided. President Monroe instructed his commissioners at the Ghent confer- ence which brought the war of 1812 to a close to hold out for an acknowledgment of the American position on points of maritime law. and for indcmnities for all illegal captures. But the American commis- sioners found they were confronted with sdamant opposition by the British commissioners and the at. tempt was abandoned. We Wanted Privateers During the Crimecan war in 1854, Britain conceded in reply to a note from Sweden that *certain relaxa- tions” in regard to neutral commerce would be acceptable. President Pierce, in & message to Congress, thought this was a good time to pro- pose an agreement between the na- |tions on this basis. Russia accepted the American proposal, but the King of Prussia wanted to go a bit further and would abolish privateer- ing. This proposal was not accept- able to the United States. President Pierce pointed out the British navy | was ten timen as largc as our own |and that privateering rights were | necessary, But it was stressed that the United States was willing to sur- | render the right to employ privateers ‘if other powers were willing to ac- | cept the American claim to full free- dom of the seas as a principle of in- ternational law. Nothing came of the American proposal. | 1988 to liquidate the Crimean war, |adopted the Declaration of Paris. The first article abolished privateer- ing; the second declared that the neutral flag covers enemy's goods with the exception of contraband of war. All the articles were acceptable to the States except the first regarding privateering. In 1858 the United States proposed a revision of the article in dispute, but received {no favorable response from the Brit- United The powers, mecting in Paris In‘ After Centuries of Failure From Pericles to Wil- ish government. ‘We Go the Limit Then the Civil war in the United States, The Union then turned from its traditional policy of amserting neutral rights. The ports of the Con- federacy were declared closed and a navy was built up t6 form a block- ade. British traders matched their wits with the American navy. Inter- |national law recognized no belliger- ent right to interfere with commerce between two British, or other neu- tral ports; but the United States announced the “doctrine of con- tinuous voyage.” The SBupreme Court made important decisions upholding the doctrine, ‘The precedents thus established by our own government remained to plague the United States during the World War, when American vessels bound for European neutral ports were held up by British warships and searched under the American doctrine of “continuous voyage." The first Hague conference in 1899 incffectually discussed the problem. The sccond Hague conference in 1904 had before it & resolution passed by Congresas asking action, and was op- posed by the British. An effort to form an international prize court aleo failed. The British government called & conference in 1908. The declaration of London resulted, which sought to clarify the sea law through compromises. The United States signed it but it never was finally accepted by any of the signa- tory powers. ‘World War Disputes At the outbreak of the World War there was no general agreement as to the law of the sea in time of war. President Wilson on August 6, 1914, addressed a note to all the belliger- ents suggesting the Declaration of London as a basis during the war. Germany and Austria accepted on condition that their enemies would do likewise, Great Britain replied it would be governed by the Declara- tion “subject to modifications,” etc., which meant little. The United States thereupon withdrew its sug- gestion, The contraband list was so ex- tended as the, war progressed that scarcely any distinction remained. The British list in 1917 covered thou- (sands of articles. Neutral vessels, in. stead of being searched at sea, were taken to British ports and held. The burden of proof in prize courts waa shifted from the captor to the cap- tured. The “doctrine of continuous voyage" was extended. The United States protested vigorously. But seri- ous as were the viclations of interna. tional law by the Allies, Americans’| were earning large war profits at the Now that we've outlawed war, let's list Some other things that might be missed Without s pang: uncpvered sneezes, Alarm clocks, and “Excus pleas” 's! Bars or Boads! Spinster (discovering burglar un- der bed): “I think I'll call for help. The minister lives next door." Burglar: “Call the police, ma'am. I'm lots worse 'n you thin ‘70 THE DIET TRIBE By Henry F. Marcuse I have listened for years to your chatter, my dears, And sympathized course; 5 I have thrilled at the tales of your fights with the scales, As they noted a gain or a loms. Yet T think it but right to observe ti:at you might Not endure nor infiict s® much freely, of pain, It you talked not s6 much about contour and such And, at times, gave a thought to the brain. - T feel faint when you say that & light dejeuner Ts all that you ecat till you sup, And my heart nearly breaks whea you tell me that cakes Are a dainty you've had to pass up. Yet T frankly confess that my men- ® tal distress Would be greater, more kind, 1f, about once a week, you might happen to speak Of some food you had tried—for your mind. my feelings It is captious, T grant, to find fault when you bant, For it's something I never could de; I devour what is served and have never yet swerved From a pastry, a ple, or a stew; But the worst of my fears for you dieting dears Is that when you explore the in- sido Of the cranial colls, where gence dwells, You'll find it has curled up and died! intelli- On the Sly! Gordon: “Her Kisscs wine" Willlams: “That's an exaggera- tion.” Gordon: “Fact! We have to boot- lcg them to each other when her old lady isn’t looking!" —Hilda Muchlane are like same time by sending supplies to the Allies and that helped to salve the wounds, Violations of international law by Germany, on the other hand, in- volved not only loss of property but the loas of American lives; & cir- cumstance that turned the acales in favor of the Allies. We Accept English View ‘When the United States became & belligerent it accepted the Allied “interpretations” of international law and engaged in the practices that previously had served as grounds for complaint against Eng- land. It is & question open to doubt, however, whether the breaches of in- ternational law during the World War caused a real change in the law as understood prior to 1914. This law in its tendencies was to yleld to the “mistress of the seas” the power to declare contraband and enforce its will upon neutral commerce—just as America tried to do with respect to trade with the Confederacy during the Civil War. ‘The diplomatic agreement between { the United States and Britain in 1927 provided that neither party will claim international arbitration of any {national alleged loss through the war i measures adopted by the other, and each government undertakes to satiafy the claims of its own nation- als. And the exchange of notes in- |cluded & paragraph that in the fu- ture each government reserved the !rl[ht to assume the yery same posi- [tion as to neutral and belligerent :ngm- that it maintained during the World War—again leaving the means ing of international law at sea dur- ing war under a cloud of uncertain- ty. And Now— | Senator Borah has been at work for a new international conference 'to clarify this “freedom of the seas;” |and the Senate added & provision in |the naval bill upholding the tradi- tional American principle of such | treedom. After reading the forego- ling it is open to any citizen to en- |deavor to guess what it is like. And one guess is as good as another. The latest wonder of agriculture, |is a cabbage plant which producsd Aix heads of cabbage in turn, one )lborc the other. " THE PHOTOGRAPHER PUTS IN A HARD DAY Observed by Frank Rémano “All right, sir, now just smile and we’ll be done in a jiffy . . . Smile, please . . . Just smile, now . . . Beg pardon? You WERE smiling? You say you WERE? . . . Well, well, well . o « All right, let's try it again. “Now when you smile, just tip me off . , . Now, smile . . . Beg pardon? . You ARE? . . . Well, well, well . . . Perhaps, you'd Letter NOT smile . . . Just look natural . . . ¥es . . . Just act natural now, and we'll get the pic- ture—maybe . . . And again, ma: be NOT . . . A little mors natural please . . . You say you're looking natural now? . . . Well, well, well . , . rhaps you'd better look =& tritle UNnatural . . . Just & trifle . « I said just & TRIFLE . . « Not so much . . . Well, well well « « « I'm afraid it won't do at all . . I'll have to give you the KEY- Costs a little more, but it's worth it . . . Have 1 your permission? . . . Thank you, excuse me vor just a minute, please . . . “Psssst, Rollo! . . . I've a hard nut to crack out there . . . We'll have to give him the Keystone method . . Get the mallet and crawl up behind him and when I say ‘Tomorrow’ sock him on the noodle . . All right, sir, just niake yourself comfortable, for — Tomorrow, tomorrow = thanks, Rollo, but you didn’'t have to sock him twice, I only meant one ‘tomor- row’ . . . You knocked him down a trifle too far . . Just lift him up a bit and close his mouth as you ool . “Now, that's what I call a perfect SMILE! . . . Fine! (Puff) . . . There, that's that! . . All right, sir, all done . 1 said I'm - uite through, sir . . Hello, you're all safe and sound. right here in the studio Got the picture fine . Evérything's all right? Reg pardon? OB, a picce of plaster from s % e e Qealified! Bruce: “I'm dying for a kiss." Mildred: *“Well, I'm ne decter, But I've taken & course In first ald!” v «F. L Barco A OCowst Resm Goene Aseembled in the courthouse were the leading lights of the legal pro- feasion, They entered the Courtresm silently, The Judge sat upen his throne. An Iimportant case Wwas coming on to be heard. hush! There was drening voioe of the Clerk! A Depu- ty clears his threat! The clock ticke t- |away! They are ready!!! The droning voice of the Clerk: “This case coming on tp be heard. “POP!I* The case was heard, and then they all began d. the best Bcotch that the Sherift had confis. cated in many months! Carry Them Out! Lange: “Are you going to Joo' party tonight?” - Wells: “Sure. He's going to serve that hootch of his."* “Ought to be a big time.” ou said it! He has had covers lald for ten and stretchers for eight!" P, D. C. Koehler (Copyright, 1929, Reproduction Forhidden) Facts and Fancies ‘fhe winter-resort homes built by natives are easily recognised. The have soms arrangements for heal ing. A new bdarber chllege offers train- ing to colored boys only, this saving students the usual expenditure for ] coonskin. Perhaps electric vibrators will reduce flesh. It was a filvver age that made hips disappear. The papers say Queen Marle coming across again, but as ¥y s no- body knows which rich Americans | p! are coming across. The futility of getting & divorce and trying again Jies in the fact that time will wit a rose tomorrow just as it did yesterday. \ > A good way (o tell whether a fur will shed is to park it alongside & blue serge suilt. Chicago's police head is a unique ofticial. He says he doesn’t try to enforce the dry law. Others never say it. Now it is suggested that wsea captains be retired when age dulls thelr mindsc Senility must not en. danger any ship except the Ship of State, Salmon traps, located where the flsh habitually run, are enormously valuable. Something like & seat on the stock exchange. Americanism: Feeling sorry for abused natives In distant lands; feeding Indlan wards of the Govern- ment on §5 & month, The new seed catalogs prove the country well supplied with expe! for the propaganda division in the event of war. The ruler of Afghanistan lost his throne by trying to make his peo- ple “medern.” Foolishneas is a log- ical development, nét sbmething to be forced on people by law. 8hort history ot swell work; awell head; crusts. Pathetic Figures geniu; friends; Crusts; swell- STONE method, 1 can see that . . .| Many & wite thinks she is protect- ing her hushand from his tough male friends when she is merely humoring her jealousy. Little beok review for teday: jumdrum House” by Jeanette Phllips Gidds (Harpers). A bored husband and wife save themselves, as others might, by discovering that candy tastes better it you don't get too much. Correct this sentence: “I want te o what {8 right,” said the congress- man, “regardless of the effect on my career.” Copyright, 1929, Publishers Syndicate 25 Years Ago Today The Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co. had an office in Baltimore and it is be. lieved that the great fire must have destroyed it. ‘The eutieok in the fish market here is poor and promises that peo- ple will pay high prices during Lent. Ced s bringing 14 cents a pound, huddock 10 cents, clams $7 a bar. rel, and Nhalibut 20 cents a pound. Co. 1 is planning to celebrate its 14th anniversary with & big banquet at tl Hotel Beloin. Lieute: Rutherford is chairman of the com- mittee of arrangements. Residents of the Shuttle Meadow and the Old Southington turn- ike are petitioning fdr a fire alarm box In that neighborhood. This re- quest was mads, & year age but brought no actien at that time. Fred Jéan may play polo in In- dianapolis, transferring frem Mar- ion, Ind. ‘The first suit ever brought iIn Plainville to compel payment of & tax was tried last night. Tax Col- lector Willis J. Hemingway brought action, and the defendant was forced to pay §6, plus $1.85 Interest and $7.93 costs. The unnual meeting of the City mission was held last night in the rooms on Church street. F. @. Platt and B. B. Bassétte were elécted on the exccutive committes; Mr. Platt alse on the finance committee, The Thames Towing Co. of New London has just put inte commis- sion a powerful ocean-going tug, the “Paul Jones” with a lighting plant driven by a 13 horse-power on. Feb. T.~Forecast ft New England: Partly Forecast for Eastern New Yorki: and_elightly oolder; | possibly snew flurries in north pere | tion tenight and Friday; fresh west | and nerthwest winds. Conditions: The sterm that was over the east gult oceast yesterday merning meved rapidly nertheaste ward along the Atlantio coast during the past 3¢ hours and is central this morning near New York city. It is producing high winds and moders ate to heavy raine from Flerida northward to Southera New England and snows in northern New Eng. land. A number of stations re. ported more than an inch of rain, the maximum amount being 1.86 inches at New York. A disturbance in the far southwest is developing in intensity. Its center is near Modena, Utah. In conpection with & streng area of high pressure over the northern plaing states with center of 30.46 inches at Sheridan, and Huron, they are producing snows over the central plaina states. Sheridan, Wyoming, temperature of 33 degrees below zero, Conditions faver for this vicinity rain followed by clearing and colder. ‘Temperatures yesterday: Atlanta ... Boaton Chicago . Cincinnati ,... Denver | Kansas City . Los Angcles Nantucket New Haven.. New Orleans New York .. Norfolk, Va Northfield, Pittsburgh Portland, Me. Bt. Louis . ‘Washington . Woman Loses Life in’ Fight Against Moths New Haven, Feb. T (UP)—One wéman is dead and another in a serious but not criticalj condition as result of an attempt to eradicate moths from a Chapel street apart- ment. 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