New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1929, Page 6

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The Herald iz on mle dally in New York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Bchult's Newsstanda, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Street. e THE FALL VERDICT Because of his age, his ill health that has been to him in the and the punishment already meted out Jowered estimation of his fellow citi- verdict of guilty all was accom- the jury's B. the recommendation zens, egainst Albert panied with that the former secretary of the in- terior be granted the mercy of the court. Many citizens will agree that mercy is not out of place. There need be against an aged and infirm man. To be known history as the cabinet officer to be convicted of bribery is in itself terrible punish- no spirit in ment, Fall without was the most faithless public servant of the question present generation. It is true that temptation which assailed him was strong; but of what value is a public official if he cannot withstand temp- tation. They above all individuals must be prepared to turn a deaf ear | to the whisperings of evil. Fall was weak. The ol men hav- ing designs upon the public domain Quickly found this out. It only re- quired a little black bag containing $100,000 to clinch the Elk Hills deal. The government also lost title Teapot Dome. Nothing of the sort at could have happened had Fall lived | up to the office. requirements of public Now, eight years after the event, the former secretary of the interior is found guilty of having accepted a bribe, this consummating the first outstanding victory of the govern- ment as a result of the oil scandals, the return of the disputed oil lands | excepted. The motion for a new trlal, of course, is mere legalistic technic. There dict will stand. And if it does, E. L. Doheny, regardle: his wealth, can with good char s of s of success be prosecuted for tendering the bribe. The government failed in the conspiracy trials grow- | ing out of the scandal. This has been because it is difficult to prove | almost any kind of a conspiracy. In legal procedure the charge of con- spiracy the cessfully, This court case was strong- for the government because no is the easiest to defend and er charge of conspiracy was included; it was a straight case of accepting the $100,000 “in the little black satchel—a most difficult incident to | cover in view of the test the evidence that has been public | knowledge for many years The question to be decided in due course, however, is how mu rey | is to be expe of Fall before proceed Doheny. The judge will itc a prodlem. THE BUSINESS OF F'OOTBALL Nothing that Fou npc the institutions of vs- pecially new cxcept has gone into greats tioning institutions by Rev 1dly Foundation h e from {00 set aside merely of vindictiveness | first | is little doubt that the ver-| has consistently | most difficult to prosecute suc- ‘ I'the 112 investigated have not un- duly subsidized the game. The public has been following collegiate football because it is con- sidered a good game. Let the knowl- cdge become more general that | money dominates success at football and public interest is certain to de- crease, What is needed is a return to first principles. THE TREND TOWARD THOMAS As we understand 1, the New York World doesn’t care a plugged nickel for the tenets of the So- cialist party, but it is vigorously ad- | vocating the election of Norman | Thomas, Soclalist candidate, for | mayor of New York City. The World urges all independent voters | {and those many thousands of Repub- | icans and Democrats who gain no comfort in estimating the lack of | ability in Messrs. Walker and La Guardia to vote for Mr. Thomas. It {is an election of individuals, the | World holds, and the individuals at bthe heads of the tickets are vastly | more important than the party labels. Mr. Thomas, the World finds | after due investigation, is head and shoulders above either Mr. Walker or Mr. LaGuardia. | This stand, taken by the nation's | leading Democratic newspaper, is creditable. The World not only has | convictions but is willing to express them regardless where the chips fall. Its reasons for opposing Mr. Walker would fill columns, and those it has printed are convincing. Commending Mr. several LaGuardia for | pointing out some of the weaknesses |in the Walker regime, it also points ‘[ou! the inherent weaknesses in the | LaGuardia campaign and in the | man's record. LaGuardia, the World | opines, is merely another Hylag. The vote for Mr. Thomas is ex- pected to be heavy and for the rea- | sons given by the Democratic news- | paper oracle. He is indeed an in- | telligent, estimable character, with | something in his makeup akin to | Ramsay MacDonald. The fact that | he is running on the Socialist ticket, { the World holds, is merely an inci- { dent. Perhaps Mr. LaGuardia could | run on that ticket equally well if ne thought there was an opportunity of | getting elected by so doing. | The present mayoralty campaign {in New York has nationwide interest. The odds on Mr. Walker as opposed ' | to Mr. LaGu rdia are #round 8 to 1. | | But nobody is certain how heavy the vote for Mr.. Thomas will be or which of the two old-line parties he will draw from most. Curlous, too, is the revelation that Mr. Thomas is | receiving heavy support from waell- to-do sections of the great city, where people are quite disgusted with the Brand of politics played by Messrs. Walker and LaGuardia. The World appears to hold that a heavy vote for Mr. Thomas will give | the others something to worry about | in the future, and that this would be | a good thing for the city. It probably i is' right. | | IN NORTH CAROLINA rth Carolina has joined those ! justice is handicapped. A flock of defendants the other day JUSTIC N states where | wero found guilty and sentenced for complicity in the death of a police chief during a | to a strike. disturbance incident But there were other disturbances incident to the state's new-found industrial development, | and one of these had to do with the | | murder of a woman while a mob at- tacked an automobile containing ers. The grand jury | strike sympathi didn't fi | dictment in the even d cause for an in-| latter case. Nobody | knows who killed the police chief nobody knows who kilied the woman, Th two cases in thig are the one case there and the other not even an parallel. But in were indictments, convictions itences; idictment. Another case arising out the ng and flogging of a Jritish subject also failed to result of kidnap in an indictm All of which didn't happen in | Russia or China, but in North Caro- | stockholders thrown | and employes convinced of the im- lina, U. 8. A, THE FEMININE WAR It used to be that hibitio topic of The t is still going strong, but on rea 18 to be engulfed under the ion regarding whether wom- 1l or will not wear long skirts. | It appears that sundry women are | ginning to ha of their | o ions. Those in the city report. One car t K now how they i the college trustees about The o crush in street cars and s muu,\-s; gal has developed into a th long skirts; and those almost | reservoir of wealth port verywhere want to be.shown how | be comn ized, Founda- | they ean get in and out of automo- | tion claims, but it T 1 football. | biles with such encumbrances. | When its followers get together they | Meanwhile the Parls fashion mak- " still talk about the game, not the ¢ il eir Lest, in coop money. only money the avers n with A in fashion pote fan is interested in is the cost of | tates. to put over the long sk tickets and what he happens to And also meanwhile the public prints wager are printing indignant protests from | But the would remain a|women who h gone on the war- | good vehicle for discussion and in- | bath. | terest without the subsidizing of | The skirts | players, of which there is just com- | 10 some exter 1 plaint. Spurred on by false standards | of competition, the colleges have al- lowed football practices to get out of boundd if not out of hand. It is their duty to forego the methods com- plained of. That it can be done is|the I shown by the report that 2§ out orksm ation, admits that the tariff is Joseph R. Grundy, president of MR. GRUNDY'S SYSTEM \ sylvanla M As- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1929. _— next to his religion.” He has been fighting and propagandizing for higher and higher tariffs ever since 1897, he admits. He has been suc- cessful. He has been the most out- standing proponent of higher tariff rates in the entire United States, not even anyone identified with the Con- necticut Manufacturers' Association being his equal. *The system is simple, too. In or- der to attain the higher tariff rates a sad picture must be painted of what would happen to the country it the tariff were let alone or possibly lowered. The picture is easy to paint: Closed factories, the empty dinner pail. | Then, when fellow manufacturers | have been suficiently alarmed, the into a frenzy, minence of disaster, it is mere routine to follow up the technic with { requests for campalgn dlistributions to prevent the reign of terror from | materlalizing. Mr. Grundy himself toid the Sen- ate lobby probers that he assisted in raising Republican campaign funds to the tune of $800,000 in Pennayl- | vania in 1924; and in 1928 he and his fellow alarmists shook down $700,000 {rom the eastern part of the state alone. The returns? Well, in the Smoot- Hawley bill, which Mr. Grundy help- ed to propagandize in Washington and his home state, Pennsylvania was assured of a gain totalling $504,- 000,000, Who pays the $504,000,000? Mr. Grondy says the consumers are also voters, and that they were cvidently willing to enjoy the finan- dial privileges of the change. The type of mind that runs ram- pant in Grundylsm is indicated in a tew paragraphs of Mr. Grundy's evi- dence. “If there had heen 40 fellows such as Eyanson available T would have liked to have had them here,” he said. (Later he raised the number to 100.) “I look upon Mr. Eyanson n= o= of the brightest young men I have ever known and I'm darn near years old.” e TOO MUCH WHEAT Elevators in the United Btates and | Canada bulging with surplus wheat, accompanied by what is described as a buyers' strike in Europe, presents | @ problem to North American wheat interests such as has not faced the nation for many while prices of decades. Mean- the product reflect the untoward conditions and farm- ers in the wide spaces who rely upon the growing of this staple for their livelthoods are faced with probability of receiving scarecly enough to pay for the cost of pro- duction, and in many cases where land represents a the heavy investment they will lose. The carry-over from last year, added to the surplus of | this year, has already taken up all available space in the elevators of the two North American wheat pro- ducing countries. Not only in the case of whest, but the exports of all grains to Europe show a falling off. The Federal Farm Board is sup- posed to grapple with such a prob- lem and bring about a square deal for the wheat growers. It will be in- teresting to watch how it succeeds, if success be achieved. ‘With modern farm machinery more widely utllized fewer hands are needed on virtually every west- ern farm. In other words, we are growing more wheat with less hu- man labor. The displaced farm laborers ultimately obtain other em- ployment and no.doubt a large per- entage go to the towns and citles, where industries also are using few- er workmen due to the more extend- ed use of labor-saving machinery The problem therefore affecting the farmers alone, but is of soclal significance. DIRECT-BY-MAIL Of the $1,500,000,000 spent an- | nually in the United States for ad- vertising of all sorts, approximately $300,000,000 goes into dircct-by-mail advertising. This is the most ex- pensive type extant and firms which have been experimenting with it have accumulated much costly ex- perience. As an aid to regular advertising, of course, the mails are important ad- juncts. But this is not direct-by-mail advertlsing. Only the wholesale dis- tribution of circular letters on the hit-and-miss principle is genuine direct-by-mail advertising. The cost of direct-by-mail ad- vertising per reader is exceedingly | high. It is possible to place a half | page ad in every English newspaper in the United States—numbering 2, 000—this reaching 38,000,000 read- ers, at a cost of $120,000. If a post- al card, exclusive of all other cos weore ent to this number of people the cost in postage alone would amount to $380,000, As a matter of fact, most such advertising is by sealed letters at the letter rate, and by circulars and pamphlets, so that the postage cost is at least doubled. A great deal of direct-by-mail ad- vertising forms a nuisance to the average individual. To open the en- velopes is considered as much of a nuisance as to read the contents, l“ hich is rarely done. Such forms of is not one | advertising reach the recipients when they are not in a reading mood and the wastebasket is usually very handy. That it may be effect- ive to a certain point can be admit- ted, but the vast quantity of such matter that overwhelms the aver- age individual is an frritant. How one gets on a malling list is a mystery. Probably some of such lists are compiled from city direc- tories. Men of wealth and leadership in every community receive circular mall telling them that they can bor- concerns; fruck drivers receive let- expensive books; and so on, Such hit and miss tactics are to be deplored | at & time when efficlency in business Is & specles of tin god. BY ROB Philanthropy: playln’ for keep: AT QUILLEN “Aw, 1 wasn't Take it back.” Maybe they are called finishing |schools because a finisher s con- cerned only in making a nice show. To win fame, feed an | Popular music is just people like. appetite. noise that The cheer leader's training isn't wasted. In after years he can un- |dress in an upper berth. It's surprising to find in Who's Who a complete list of the famous people you never heard of. | Housekeeping ian't.such job after you learn that nothing happens it the dusting waits anoth- ier day. 2 Underground wiring {s an im- provement, but there were fewer gangsters when telephone posts were handy. The pitcher is like all great men. |He is considered a wonder because good hitters win the game for him. | One reason why education does- r life it is so much more difficult to cheat your way through. Amoricanism: Tearing down im- provements worth millions because we have outgrown them; spending milltons for new ones that make no allowance for growth. The difference between a carerr and a job is that you get regular pay for a job. Any statesman can establish ever- lasting peace. The hard part is to make the next administration keep it up. Sheep are natural followers, and the sheepskin can't expect much at- tention until the pigskin is through with the spotlight. “Daring” evening gowns are for soclal elimbers. The more they try to keep up a front, the more they |let down the ba Every town has at least one man who scems very rich because he must in order to borfow the money he needs. Maybe accidents arc mental In origin, as Dr. Hulbert says, but it's |hard to believe a banana skin thinks up such hateful tricks. well; the shipbuilders pail Mr. Shearer for $25,0°0 worth of linformation and he certainly has delfvered their money’s worth. | Ah, The hard part of establishiny football in Mexico will be to per- suade eleven men to fight for the |same thing that long. Correct this sentence: “His dal is chalrman of the school board.” said the teacher, “but I'm going to {flunk him." 25 Yec;rs The New Britain marching clubs ere out t night. They beat the drumg, burned red fire and created |a general hullabaloo. Will Coholan of this city won the 1120 yard dash at the Yale fall track Ago Today | meet yesterday. The A. A. B. minstrels will re- hearse at Hanna's armory tomor- row afternoon. Farmers in Gicting a hard the vicinity are pre- winter, basing their | opinion on the corn husks which are | thick and hard to pull. This is sajd to be a sure sign of cold weather. B. F. Gaffney’s barn on Vine street was destroyed by firc this morning. A number of boys wore having a wild west show in the barn when the blaze started. The New Britain High football team is confident that it will win the league champlonship this scason. [ The first game will be played with | Torrington. Business in the police court has | been very dull of late. | been but two cases this week. Bob Fitzsimmons' pet lion bit Michael Glynn yesterday. The boy pulled the animal's tail and recely- lcd a nip on the hand in return. { . Judge Frederick E. Crane, one of the leading men in the New York legal world, will speak at the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow evening. The selectmen finished voters last evening. has 1,168 new voters. making The town now BOTH BLOW HORNS AND CRASH | Slight damage was done to the cars of Nalson E. Mann, 100 Rob- | bins avenue, Maple Hill and Ren- wick Griswold, 760 Arch street, when they crashed at the corner of High and Lake strects yesterday afternoon. Mann was driving south on High street and Griswold was coming west on Lake street. Although both drivers say that they blew their horns, they crashed at the corner. Officer Thomas Dolan, who investi- gated the accident, reported no cause for arrest. row small sums from industrial loan | ters informing them they can buy | Facts and Fancies a bail| 2t inaure success i because fn aft- | Copyright 1929 Publishers Syndicate | There have | Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the Necw firitain Herald, and your letrer will be forwarded to New York. | COURSE! ! Philosophy is mighty fine, But just as truly we opine The study of Fun-osophy | Should be encouraged MNeartil EVERYBODY USES IT! Uncle Ezra: “What do they mean a ‘public utility’ “It's a hotel towel! —Mrs. A, Hill. by | “Robbins: I WAS JUST ABOUT READY 70 GIVE LUP TTRYIN' TO CRACK THIS . BREF BONE” Dusty, the Pup |THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY Soctal “Who Invented the boomerang? asks a contributor. It is almost certain to have been a Scotchman! Sports Many dentists have installed loud- speakers in their waiting-rooms. “All women have very complete | vocal organs,” says a medical man But can organs be complete when |they have no stops? P | Science | According to a doctor. tinned ! gcods are responsible for bad| teeth. | | Personally, we always use a tin- { opener! . .. Phystolog: The effects that can be produced on a modern movie organ include birds' songs, rain, crockery smashes, tire-engines, steam-hammers, and whistles of all kinds. _The movie organ, howcver, may yet produce organ music! Naughty! Ethel: “The barber tried to get fresh with me yesterday. Margaret: “He did? What did he o?” Ethel: “Well, when T was wait- | |and yelled ‘Who necks?' " | —M. W. Morgan RADIO! By Mary J. Cutts The text for today's sermon i3 from the sayings of Al Smith. Said | ex-Gov. Smith: "I cannot afford to repeat myself on the radio. If I do, people won't listen to me. They'll turn to a band concert.” After listening to tho radio six years, here are a few things 1 know which I don’t ever want to hear about again, which everyone ho has listened even to one eve- ning's entertainment on the radio knows: That Johann Strauss is called the Waltz King. That late in the last half of a football game it invariably gets chilly. That the announcer cannot- see vho is carrying the ball. That Franz Schubert was a very poor man who died young but who | wrote a great many beautiful songs. many of which will live forever. That all the night club damsels who are persuaded to step before a | microphone are *very, very lovely girls.” That Babe Ruth always { hard at the ball and is just as im- pressive when he strikes out as when he makes a home run, That mothers, moonlight nights and fried chicken are b down South than thay are’up North. That the quarter's ovér—no, it's a penalty—no, the quarter's over—s no, they are penalized five yards for offside. That Western crowds take their tootball harder than Eastern crowds. That football scores have not yet | been received and therefere will be announced later. Her ONler! | Mrs. Newlywed: “Are you a { plumber 2" Plumber: “Yes, ma'am. What can I do for y Mrs “I want fifty cents worth of plums delivered at our house in time for dinner, pleas —Elsie Burrus Resourcefulness! Two nervous young men, with | just time enough to get their tickets and catch the midnight for Boston, commanded a Red Cap in Grand Central to get them two ham sand- wiches and a bottle of ginger ale, quick. In the bag of one of them was a bottle of Scotch and thay thought to have a nighteap or two. The Red Cap caught the gentlemen as they were hurrying through the gates. “Coulda't get any ginger ale, Boss,” he sald, “so I brought a bot- tle of milk,' S ALL SIGN UP FOR THE! It must be very comforting, while awalting one’s turn, to listen to a | bright talk on “The Wide Open | Spac | | P | Movies ing my turn he looked right at me | for | swings | | Justice in D. A. V. Rea: On Distributing of Funds | | The woes of distributins the Con- | war veterans will no doubt be car- | ried to Legion national hcadquarters | by Committeeman Harry C. Jack- | son the next time he goes to In- | dianapolis. Well it should for there's | fmeat in the claim of the state Dis- abled American War Vetcrans when ey u that the distritutor be wounded man himzclf and having a more clear understanding of conditions than a soldier who was not wounded. The other battle won by the L thereby, gion w ve mple due to the | pressure of public opinfon behind the fighting slogan “kecp the fund | out of politic The state G. O. P. { machinery wanted to have the dis- tribution of the fund under the su- pervision of a paid state administra- tor. The possibilities of euch a con- dition of affairs were foreseen, and, <5 time went on, the one who sought ald would have to be “with” the powers in office. One scldier said that an aid seeker would be asked his political affiliations, and good- | ross help him it he happened to iave been a “Bull Moose” , That's water over the dam, and he new flood of publicity is what stould concern every Legionnaire in the state. The very men the Legion wishes to help are making a logical request that a wounded m:an be the distributor around the state. Not a | Legionnaire in the state had dare | overlook the demand, it is a thrust ! from within, fighting fire with fire { and public opinion is for once lined | up against the Legion in favor of | the D. A, V. | Arguments can be advanced from | now until the crack of doom, D. A. V. claims can't be overlooked. Numerically, they are not as strong as the Legion but sentimentally the D. A. V. hag a place in everybody's heart tuckdl away which is bou to crop out when a logical request is made. If the D. A. V. does ke the distribution of the state fun and another trick bill in introducel to get it away from the, the wound- | ¢d men find the Legoinnaires lined | up behind them fighting for the right. Modern Child Amazes Us In This Companfonate Age | Twenty years have brcught in- numerable changes in the daily lives of New Britain adults. Tw, y yvears, have changed much of the | whole system of play of the averaj { boy, although some of us seldora | | stop to think of it. In 1909 the av- | erage boy of 8 was lucky if he had | a small cart, a top, a couple of hoops | to roll, and perhaps a few miscel- laneous toys. And if he possessed a| “steamn engine,” he was the envy of | | with the times. Here i8 o cross sce- tion of the youth of New Britain, culled fn one hour's observation of hoys, that proves that the young- | sters of the city are ‘“air minded" and ap to dat Two boys on Glen streat the other , neither of them more than five years old, were struggling quite vallantly to attach opposite ends of | a dog leach to two velocipedes. The hitch was finally made. One Jad ex- plained very serjously that the “ma- chine behind” has been in a wreck when a reckless driver ran it down at an intersection. “I'm going to give him a tow to garage,” he declarcd, quite nalvely. Further dowh the strect youngsters about six or & fashioning a crude model out of orange crates. Inquiry proved that the ship was the “Yellow Bird" and that it was to “hop off" ver: shortly for the North Pole. Surpri being expressed at such a remote destination, the kids all hastened to explain that they chose “some place different.” a three n were the North Pole and w to look for Santa Claus, cause there ain't none!"” But best of all was the scene nearer town, on the steps of an apartment house, where three little girls and two small boys. still near the baby stage, were playing house. Apparently that is one good old | game that still is in vogue. At any rate they were very earnest about it ain't going and Jimmie here will be your little boy, and Sylvia will be your little girl. And you must be getting your children ready to go to school. And then your husband will come in for his breakfast”—no cxplanation of where the head of the household has been so early in the morning—and you will get his breakfast— etc., ete. “Who's going to be th2 papa?” the girl called Sylvia asked. “Billie will be the papa,” said the young lady who seemed to be bos; ing the rehelrsal. “I don't want to be the mamma, if Billie is going to be the papa,” interrupted Alice quite firm- ly. “I don't like him and—’ “Aw, your full a prunes,” chimed in Billle, somawhat rudely. The director of the little drama waved all objections de. “That's all right, Alic she an- nounced. “It is perfectly all right for him to be the papa, because he A Funny Sight Joyce: “Marty is bacic African hunting trip.” Ellen: “Did he see anv lions?” Joyce: “Yes, He ran across a big one and as soon as it saw Marty it began to roar.” Ellen: “Probably with laughter —J. J. Battle. ight, 1929, Reproduction Forbidden) from his (Copy ither, be- | and were arranging everyvthing in detail—but somewhat startling de- tail. “Now you be the mother, Alice, | necticut state fund to needy world | thought ye Observer, and 1 APSSIH3 595852 5L HSSLH59$3$3555955D2 89505298, —THE OBSERVER- Makes Random Observations On the City anc Its People 1 M‘.‘ PEETVIPPVPNEITEE FTPPPEPECTCTINNTOIES H is just going to be papal” a companionate Shades of Alcott!" hurried Louisa way toward home. Field for Investigators Fertile at State Capitol Let's hope the lobby investigating | idea doesn’t permeate to our own ittle lobby right here in Hartford, for that would be awful, and good- ness knows where it would end up. In Connecticut, anybody has the wheedle a or to sponsor legal mechanics. TFor years, there has been a bill to license cats which causes a talkfest. The legisiature should appoint an in- vestigation committee to get at the h of the matter about the flub dub and hub bub which goes along with the bill. Every session the com- mittee, considering the bill, hears ut a kitten in Meriden that hang- representative or it through the sen | ed itself by its collar quite accident- ally, of course, If cats were licensed, they would have to wear collars and there is danger that cats that sing in the night might do the eame thir zation is against such a project for the cats should hang themselves, nobody would have to throw shoes Maybe the shoe sales organi- s { at the felines while they are in the the | throes of a nocturne. The possibili- | ties lurking in such an investigation | are something to be considered by e legisiative salons. What a fertile field for investigat- ors to plow through is the matter of assignments for committee hear- ings. Untold glory is just around the corner for such a committee. Many's the complaint about not heing able to be heard due to lack of room. It} was noted that the judiciary commit- | | tee members at the just couldn't square the idea of having representatives hall for a hearing if they could get out of it. The only room overlooked when small ones were sought were the elevators sit- uated on the east and west side of the capitol, The committee on in- vestigation could work diligently and recommend to the legislature that fhe slogan be adopted along the “Say it in five minutes” idea. Then that would drown out rebuttals, the only last session, themselves to compensation the legislators have | for sitting through a rather dry talkfest. every youth in the neighborhood. | | Nowadays the boy of cight, in | most instances, has far more to| | amuse himselt with. Ani bis lingo | | has naturally changed to keep up | | | | | | | | During a hearing on the putting the “fritz"" on the motorboat nolses on inland waters, many talks crop- ped out in the lobby. Judge Peck of | Tristol came out after listening and told the boys how hard his committee worked, and how tired he was. After he had left, one member from New Britain sald he didn't come all the way hear a bedtime story mittee works so hard, why not have an investigation committee to pro- vide, if possible, to relieve the legis- lature’s prize appointment bunch of ome of their tasks. The voters should hang their heads in shame to expect the logislators to overtax themsclves. A recommendation from that committec could be along the lines of the governor giving each member of the judiciary a talking to, on the time element involved such an appointment, and then, if he took the job‘the matter would be up to him and bedtime stories would not bo so sympathetically received | by the poor voing public. afrplane | | | the country. Actually. of course, the “Gee, anybuddy can go flying over to Kurope,” one oung me- | chanic announcéd. “We're going to | | | | the faculty who, A committee' to military affairs investigate the committce could | lve us some light on who won the war. Being politicians, the investi- gators would certainly pull a fast one if it were unanimous on the Twenty-Sixth Division. Anyway in- vestigations go hand in hand with publicity which ads zest to such a move on the part of politicians. Aew Britain Yale Men Proud of University's Growth Yale graduates in New Britain are watching with interest the financial advances made by the New Haven university. To the uninitiated it ould seem that Yale is fast becom- ing one of the richest institutions in figures will show that it is making | remarkable progress, although 1t probably hardly rates in the J. . Morgan & Co. class quite yet. Every Yale man in the city has observed this progress with justifiable pride. and now, undoubtedly, is pleased at the latest announcement, made with- in the last week of a new sort of gitt. The recent donation is in the form of an endowrent fund to fur- nish a yearly gift to the member of through unusual circumstances, most needs financlal assistance. Sickness and other dls- ster are the basis for the award. If no member of the teaching starf qualities on this ground, it may be awarded for general merit in work. This fund undoubtedly offers more thorough intangible resuits than it does in immediate returns. The worl of almost any instructor it likely to improve if he realizes that his work | is appreciated. In addition to this recent dona- tion, there have been innumerable gifts from the Harknesses and oth- er philanthropists, and, of course, as the result of campaigns for funds. The new law institute is under way., the institute of human relations is to be built, and other work is pro- jected. All in all it looks like a definite era of progress for Yale. Yale, of cour: is an institution of vast importance to Connecticut. It offers, within easy distances, edu- cational advantages to Connecticut beys that are probably unsurpassed anywhere in the United States. Gradually, also, its standards of scholarship and its requirements for entrance are being raised. Eventual- ly Yale will probably become a ve itable American Oxford, ir it main- tains its present pace. And Con- necticut, watching these strides, has something to be proud of. And Now We Know All About Stock Collapse The Observer ever on the alert to get at the facls hit on the inquiring H £t to introduce a bill providing he | to Hartford to | If that com- | The dogged determination to stick to in | i | Il the house of | reporter ided in the stock —marl slump. Running out of the Herald offics the first man he encountered was a truck driver from New York. Qu tion—"Why has the stcck mark.t slumped and will holdings go up?” Truck driver — “Contidence in quasi-speculative stocks is at a low ebb, due. no doubt, to the sluggish action of the reparations commiss sion, and the faflure to meet oblis gations for the essentials of life. Tq my mind, a place in the sun fon favorite issues is in the offing fon fully a fortnight. Chief Noble—"I'm used to seein things go up into smoke anyway and I hadn’t dare venturs an opin ion without the consent of the fi board.” Mayor Paonessa—"I told you so, ¢ but there's a silver lining—now the time to join the watch and vai society.” Salvation army work—"Stocks may be down but they are not out.” Street car conductor—"Certain parties show a tendency 1o liquidate, due to the action of overvaluation on the certain stocks which are apt, ! to faw down and go boom. I look for aviation stocks to soar by next Yule tide.” Young men about to be married— “To heck with paper stock. I sold it to get live stock.” One of the boys working holding up the corner of Church and Main streets—“I have given untold thought to the propositioa of declin- ations of so called gilt edged securi- ties, even going &0 far as to seek ing the advice of statisticlans of merit. The ramifications involved hark back to the halcyon days of unlimited credit for all, back to the days when bankers would loan with a smile, and back to th- days when money was a matter of good hon- est credit given on a name, not a scrap of paper. It scems to me that stocks should be retired from the bargain counter and introduced once again to the invesiment class which does not react to the frenzied fcver of favorite finances. That's all —good day, sir.” An elevator man—"Ups and downs are no novelty to me—but the drop was like a bolt from the blue. Only vesterday, a fellow says, ‘Don’t take any stock in Wall street.’ Prominent lawyer—"I'd say, off hand, by a glance at the big board, drops were in order, but, as to a recovery, there is no law, to my knowledge, requiring a rise. You could pass laws from now until the crack of doom, and they would not ' check a’sinking spell, unfortunately for the modest investor. I'll charge no retainer fee for that, you may toke it for what it is worth.” ' Perhaps It's Roraback's ; Turn in the Road It's the history of anv political machine that when it gets too pow- ertul, a downfall is in the offing. Tet the Roranack Connccticut ma- chine take a hint from past history after viewing events for the past ¢ few months. The blocking of Joha Q. Tilson for the nomination of the vice-presidency of the United States is sometimes blamed on Roraback. “alvin Coolidge was interpreted by some to be a direct slap at the boom for Hoover for president. That all | happened out at the Reputlican na- tional convention and so much for that. Now look what Roraback’s right hand bower in the senat: js doing on the tariff matter. Even in New Haven, Senator Bingham is criti- cized. About ten years ago tlhe three of New Haven werc neck and neek in the political “ield. Putter worth, Bakewell, and Bingham were | all very well thought of by tha rul- ing powers. Butterworth fntagen- | ized by his stand on the state fund distribution, and signed his own pn- liteal death knell. Pzoiessor Bake- well, a8 a state senator and chair- man of the committee on education. demonstrated that he had ideas of his own, a thing which weuld never do if things were to be well olled Iegislatively. As for Bingham, it is understood that he realized the value of political expediency and plays tag. He's down in Washington now a poor attempt ‘at cclipsing the Tilson star which has shown bright- ly for years among first class poli- i ticians. One of the qualifications for Bing- ham's future for a senator was that he is a fighter—If that's the case, why doesn't Rorabuck get behind Kid Kaplan and send him down there. Another was he discovered hLuried cities down in Peru or some place in South America. If that's the case why not send a contractor down there. If aviation is a qualification, we've got flying governors Detective work for inside stuff helps some too, Why not pick on a county detective to try his hand at the nation's capitol? J. Henry Roraback has shown signs of overstepping and is apj to be spanked at the polls via the re- tiring of the favorite sons route. Observations On The Weather Washington, Oct. 26.—Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday; Sun- day fair. Conditions: The northwestern disturbance is advancing rapidly eastward, being central southeast of Hudso Bay. The outlook is for fair weather Saturday in the New England and the north portion of the middle At- lantic states and during Saturd vy and Sunday in the south portion of the Middle Atlantic states. To New York $2.50 Round Trip, $4.00 (Good 30 Days) De Luxe Metor Coaches Bonded and Insured Running Time 4 Heurs Leave New Dritain 10130 a. m, Dally and Sanday. Leave Crowell’s Drug Store 77 West Main Bt, i For tickets and information 1 TELEPHONE 1951 [