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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1925.
New Britain Herald
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TULICPliONU CALL
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The only proftuhlo actvartlatng medium
In tin City. Cl'cuimioa traoln and
prana room alvtye open to adverttiei
Mrnibpr ot Ilia Aaaorlutrrl lre.
Tha AMociated preaa la exriinitvelr en
titled to tlia uie for re-piibMrallon of
all newe credited to It or not ot'ierwtie
credited tn thi paper and alio local
nawa published heroin.
Mrmbrr Audit Iturrnn or Circulation.
Tlie A. H. C la a national orgnnitHtlon
wM.-h fumlahee newfapr and ailver.
tiaara with a itrlclly hnnii analyse of
"'Hon. Our circulation ptatitic
ipon thlt audit. Thla Infutri
asninat fraud in ncnitpapei
) flcurea to both national and
- irtiara.
Tha Herald ta on aala dally in New
TotI at Hotalltig'e Nvwa Stand. Tlmea
Square; S-I ultz N'ewf Stand. Entrance
Grand Central. :ud trat.
TWHX1CAMTY OF LAW
AND SXOW nr.MOVAIi
The legal technicality that has
arisen between the department of
public works and the Common
Council, in -which Comrtrollor
Curtis refuses to honor a transfer of
J IP, ir0 from tho emergency account
for snow removal, 1s after nil, a
matter of law.
Th words of the charter appear
Jo uphold the comptroller. On the
other hand the snow must be re-"in-
public thoroughfares
s Tnust be met. For
public works depart
.,,owerrd to g ahead un-
i iho state law Irrespective of the
financial argumentation, which will
have- to be set lied later.
To the impartial observer it would
8' em that it makes no great, differ
ence from what particular fund the
costs of snow removal conies
as the city has to foot the bill any
llO'.V. CI.KAXIXG thi; molw.ylks
WAS MA III) WORK
Numerous citizens and cilizenesses
today aro recovering from the ef
fects of hard work done vesterdav.
This dinicult manual labor consist- j
ed of shaving the sidewalks from j
a tenacious coating of ice, which
developed after the snow storm of
Thursday night. I
The starm, by the way. was pre- j
dieted by the weather bureau. The
institution had announced that the I
storm "perhaps" would be the worst j
of the season. A predie1 ion su;h as I
this causes a revividus of confidence j
In the weather bureau, which semis I
to guess more accurately In winter j
than in summer.
The New L'ritain law r"garding
the prompt cleaning of sid'-vvalks
appears to be observed by n!i house
holders, despite tlie fact ! Iv.it thero
are few pedestria ns using th-; sido
.walks after a storm.
FOIUIKS AT LAST
IS
coNi(ji;i
Conviction of Charles It. Forbes,
former director of the . S. Veter
ans' Rureau, and John W. Thonip-
son, millionaire St. Louis contractor,
Of graft in the construction of hos
pitals for the government, is not the
flnnish of the court proceedings, as
the case will" finally terminate in the
U. S. Hupreine court.
, Had the oil graft eases not de
veloped a year or so ago. it is likely
that the administration of the Vet
erans' Bureau by Forb.-s ;ind the
building of hospitals, would have oc
cupied considerable more' attention
" in the public mind.
Forbes was a Harding appointee;
.his. rise to prominence in the gnv
, eminent reads like a romance. Mr.
Harding once met tlie suave Mr.
Forbes while on a trip to Honolulu
as member of tho Senate committee
. an the Philippines, fie liked Forbes'
ingratiating manner, and later ap
pointed him to the h"ad of flic Vet
erans' Bureau. Forbes' administra
tion of the bureau was a national
scandal while it InMcd. It was long
before Mr. Harding couid believe
.he had made an egregious blunder
In appointing Forbes and it was not
until Forbes twice fail' -1 to hold up
shipments of supplies from a gov
ernment depot at I'erryviile, Md., to
a private lirm in Boston, that the
President asked his resignation.
Then a Senate committee began un
earthing the Veterans' r,uroau
scandal, and Attorney Genetal
Datiglierty took cognizance and be
gan prosecution.
foibcs was thrown out of the
Yeterans' Bureau early in 1323. It
took two years to bring charges and
convict him. It. will take longer to
get the case through the high court.
Justice,, like the mill of 'the gods,
U slow.
AXOTHK.lt tra;f:dy
OF CHII.DRKX
Nothing tugs more at the heart
airings of sympathy than a news ac
count of children being burned to
death. The newspapers the past few
months have chronicled n unusual
ajumlicr of such t raged i. s.
f row a small Iowa Quebec J
camo tlto story of live niuiiI! ulill
dron dying In tho lluim an they
VIcpt, their mother giving her life
in nit unsuccessful effort to rescue
tllelll.
All but one the father of
nil entire, family wiped out, and all
because, gasoline was stored in a
Bhcd alongside the house,
Thero are rigid luws In tlio cities
regarding thu bundling of ruroIIiio
or other volatile lluld; a semblance
of similar caul ion should bo en
tered In country districts.
U Is a fact that such extreme
trap-dies usually occur In Isolated
farm dwellings where there ure -no
neighbors within rapid summoning
to help In inuklng rescues.
lilll.S ASSIMItLY
com i m i; apaci;
When Mr. Hlnghatn, during IiIh
one day at the governor's table,
cmimmted his Ions messntre to the
Legislature, he opined that the lime
had conn- when thero should be
fewer bills presented for manufac
turing Into lavvs.
That talk about the desirability of
fewer new laws Is in a class with
talk about economy. All the legis
lators In the lower house have douo
so far is to present more bills than
ever before, and In tho senate the
outlook is somewhat tire same.
No use talking to a legislator
about not introducing new bills.
What's the use of being a legisla
tor if this privilege Is to be cur
tailed'.' Of course, how many of tho bills
will become law is a different mat
ter. OIL INDUSTRY IS BACK
ox its it;i:t
The oil Industry, which was sick
recently, through overproduction
and a slashing of prices for gaso
line, is picking up rapidly.
Perhaps you have noticed that
prices of gasoline have been advanc
ing. It is declared that there will
be 36-cent gasoline by summer.
. Tlie conservation plan announced
by President Coolidge recently is
nearly out of date. The oil interests
are beginning to think thero is no
longer any need for conservation.
They are going to take advantage
of the situation and every motorist
I will help to pay the bill.
The Conservation Board was
mfmed to Ilnd ways to prevent an
overproduction in the industry. The
oil interests were strongly In favor
of the board while overproduction
lasted, and it is even said that
Standard Oil interests had a hand
in stimulating the creation of the
government board, lint there is no
longer any overproduction, and the
oil interests say higher prices will
tend to enforce conservation by
making wastefulness expensive.
In tlie past when gasoline- prices
advanced, the government has gone
through tho motions of investigat
ing. Tho best tiling the Conservation
Board can now do is to attempt to
find out th" why and wherefore of
the iapid increase in price in the
j lace of the claims of oil men that
j present production is "adeeiuatt" to
i meet tlio supply.
There is another unanswered rid
J die in the entire Conservation
I Hoard business of tlie government.
It was not long ago when the word
J went forth from Washington thai
i there would be "less government in
business." Then, among other evi
dences to the contrary, came the
I Conservation Board, which stands
for noddling in the oil business, as
some of the oil interests are irank
: t o admit.
Wo are good phrase makers.
"i:i oi mi; woiti.ir
o. i i;imi AiiY i
fc., me-body again has figured out
when the end of tin- world is com
ing. This time the dale is fixed at
February ti, and some scared per
sons have sold all their belongings
and are awaiting the fateful day in
fear and trembling.
It is sad to con'e-mpia'e 'hat a
few individuals are- so ben -ft of con-lid.-
nra in the future that they will
! their minds run oft on a tangent
about this -end of the world'' busi-ne-.ss.
1-Miruary C is cniii.-iy too
early for such an important event.
If the day set wero l'cbruary C.
in the year 20n,,i;7. it would be dif-
fere-nt;
b y st ci
we might believe
Delude it made no
it, or
at
difference
whether
There
the .Mill
t housani
we
bcl
ved it or didn't.
;ir way in spate for
r planets for many
is a el
ami h
s of ;
ars; eiiaii
e.f
collusion are re-mote. Tln-re an
era I ways in which our soar
tern might come to a quick
and several ways in which the
sev -sv
s
er,d arth
might nd its
but tlie solar
lance around the sun;
system and the earth
have been in business for millions ot
years and so far as we aro aware
there are thousands of th'-m ahead
if not hundreds of thousands
without any material i-hange. Horn
the present status quo.
Pome day the sun will grow cold,
and we with it. but that won t be
the coming week. We are quite posi
tive about it!
And by the way. those deep
thinkers who have concluded that
tlie world is coming to an end I-'cb.
6 are poor psychologists. If they
warned to have a goefd time while
they wan at it and really fool many I
pcopto in these parts -who were a
bit uneusy, why didn't they predict
tlio end of the. world on the morn
lug of January 21, the time ot tho
eclipse of the turn?
WOIIKS 15 IIOIUS DAILY .
AT AGE OF 90
Life on the farm up In Vermont
seems to bo no Idle ptistlmlng, A
dispatch from South Woodstock, in
the Coolidge state, noted that Mr.
and Mrs. William C. Cady celebrated
the 71st anniversary of their mar
riage; and then the dispatch wont
on to recount Mr. Cady's mode ot
life.
llu is 00 years old, gets up at 6
in. every morning, und uulU work
at 8 p. in. This 15-hour workday
seems to suit tho old farmer nor.
feetly. Part of his work Is to milk
und tend eight cows. When bo la
through at night thcra Is nothing
elsu to worry ubottt until the next
morning at 5 a. ni.
This is a primitive existence, but
the chances are Mr. Cudy wouldn't
bo happy any other way. If some
body were to hand him a million
dollars, tell him to quit work and
"enjoy himself" he probably would
dlo of ennui in a tour years. As it is.
both Mr. and Mrs. Cody look for
ward to the celebration of their dia
mond wedding anniversary four
years heice, on which gladsome day
tho old gentleman probably will
work only ten hours.
STATE INCOME TAX LAW
IN SIASSACMLSETTS
Only 12 persons have been arrest
ed in Massachusetts for non-compliance
with tho'stuto income tax
law since it became operative in
1917.
lather the people of Massachu
setts are unusually honest Oi the
law is dismally enforced.
W one of the 12 arrested is
former Mayor Oeorgo II, Brown of
Lowell, who was lodged in jail for
failure to pay his 1923 income tax.
Tho exainayor probably was In a
position to know how poorly tho
law had been enforced and never
dreamed he would get nipped for
something he Realized others were
not nipped for. Or maybe somebody
is paying a political dividend based
on common stock In tho Grudge
Disbursing Co. '
A BIG Sfltl'KISE FltOM
I.OS ANGELES
The Ansonia Sentinel apt-pars to
be sold to the vast progress being
made by I.os Angeles.
And why? Is it because last year
the motion picture industry in tliat
city was "valued" at $170,000,000?
Or because the l,os Angeles basin
..Uu-oduced 230,000,000 barrels of oil
during tiie year? Or because Hie
exports through the citS''s harbor
totalled $CS, DOO.Ooo in value? Or be
cause ofliee, club, hotel and apart
ment buildings valued at $50,000,
000 were erected?
Not at all. These material mani
festations of progress didn't im
press the .Sentinel editor much. He
is a hardened person and is ac
customed to hearing big figures float
from Los Angeles. '
What the editor was impressed
with was this: '
That last year 02 new churches
were built in I.os Angeles, at a total
cost of $7.3u7.('0i, or an average
cost of more than $100,000 per
church.
UOSTOX AM) maim;
ALSO IMI'KOVKS
Th? New Haven railroad is
1 ii" only major New England
which can n port a surplus for
not
lino
tho
sl
year
The Boston and Maine.
also is h
the ledge
The n.
eard from on this side of
iv;. M. "with pleasure an-
pounces a surplus for December,
1024, of $1135, 541, making a surplus
for tlie year of J1.722.7D7. In r23
there was a deficit or S3. 491, 070.
News recently that the li. &. M.
was desirous of eliminating many
branch lines ns unproductive and a
drain upon its resources naturally
led to the assumption that the road
was hard pressed financially. That
this has net been the case, despite
the losses sustained upon small
branch lines, is proven by the figures
just announced.
The rniiroad hud a falling off of
more than $7,0!im.i.iio in operating
revenues, however, but was able to
provide the. surplus through an in
crease of more than $.',Ono,000 In
int railway operating income. This
is an indication that tho railroad
officials were earelul students of
economical operation. Had thero
bei-n no loss in operating revenue
the income wouid have been at
least $14.0oii.ofiO.
Fad: and fancies
IIV lit (111 Id 111 I U RN
The big task of friendly govern
ments is Jo keep their people that
way.
Very few people, live to be as old
s tiny were at sixteen.
The test of any form of govern
ment is Its ability to ring the din
ner bell.
jiu- inhumanity to man keeps
busy examining used
Btlll, old-time children nourished
without any vltamlnoa In cardboard
bOXCH.
U Is a great blow to rlKhtooias
iiesa when poison hoocil kills ott a
prominent dry.
The horso sense that, prevented
wrecks in tho old duy probably bo
longed to tlie horse.
Among the big things university
men are better prepared for is tho
big league. '
Thero Is no "free soivieo." Heal
servico is charged in the bill where
it doesn't show.
A philosopher is ono who cun re-
jolce, after it happens, that his cur
was a cheap- one,
The word "ultimatum" hns caused
some wars; the word "foreigners"
causes most of them.
Foreign relations are like the
other kind; they get along about us
well without your anxiety.
The man who says he runs things
at his house may mean the washing
machine and vacuum cleaner.
A successful wife is one who can
listen to a man and three children
while planning dinner,
The modern institution that
would have caused -the greatest awe
BOO years ago is a ten-cent store.
How sweet it is to watch a know-it-all
sweating over a seven-letter
word meaning something.
If they ore too young to labor
under 18, aren't they too young to
whiz about in high-power cars?
'CoVrect this sentence: "lie cries
at times during the day," the
mother admitted, "but never at
night..
(Protected by Associated1 Editors,
Inc.)
25 Years Ago Today
From Paper of That Date
Tlie police made 50 arrests last
month, drunkenness being responsi
ble jor .0 of them and assault and
violation of ordinances for four each.
11. K. Russell und A. ' J. Sloper
were among tlie directors of the
Itusswin Lyceum elected this after
noon. Officer Cosgrove will be day po
liceman during l'cbruary.
The trolley company thought it
was in lor a good snow storm this
morning and had all the snow plows
ready, so that the small fall was
somewhat of a disappointment.
The high school orchestra held a
rehearsal last evening with Professor
.Matthews.
The local high school .basketball
team has Received a challenge from
Stamford high, which claims to
have held the championship of the
state lor the past three years.
I!y Saturday, H. D. Humphrey will
have completed tho work of placing
the rubber treads on the stairways
of the high school. -The teachers
and scholars greatly appreciate this
improvement.
Otto llengston was surprised by
his friends last evening. lie was
called to Vega ball to lix the lights,
but when he arrived ho found his
friends gathered there. He was
then given a gold mounted pipe and
a purse.
The quaint New England produc
tion, "Way Down East," will play a
return engagement at the Lyceum
this evening. Next Monday there
will be presented Stetson's big pro
duction of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
llookville defeated New Britain, 7
to 6 in the first state polo Irague
game nisi nigm. me lorai nncup
comprised Corrigan, Lawrence
worth, Khodes and Tleach.
A ins-
Observations
On The Weather
Washington, Jan. 31. Weather
outlook for the week lie-ginning
Monday: North and Middle A'lan
tic States: A period of snows or
rains toward middle of week and
again toward end. A cold spell ,
during first half and agin during i
latter half. , j
Washington, Jan. 31. Forecast
for Southern New England: Un
settled tonight und Sunday; rising
temperature. Fresh west winds
shifting to southwest and increasing.
Forecast for Eastern New York:
Unsettled tonight and Monday; prob
ubly rain or snow in north portion:
warmer tonight; colder Sunday in
north portion; fresh to strong
southwest winds.
Conditions: A barometric de
pression of north I'aeitic origin,
which was central Friday morning
over the state of Washington, has
increased in Intensity, moved rapidly
eastward and has Its center this
morning over upper -Michigan. It
is causing high northerly winds In
the great central valley accompanied
by rising temperature but little
precipitation has, as yet, occurred.
Pressure has risen considerably in
the rear of the disturbance and n
area of high barometer accompanied
by much colder-weather Is moving
south-southeastward from the
Canadian northwest over the north
ern plains states. Pressure is also
high over the south Atlantic slope
attended by frosts southward to
Florida.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
partly; cloudy and' naruier weather.
tho coroner
tomucha.
. rlAXSONtOXHAll Jvuai '
The Path to Glory
By Pensive Sam
Whenever men grown great
Aro called upon to state
J.ust how hey crashed tho guto
By working soon and lata
'TU Btrango that every ona
uot up bctore tho sun
And gathered in the mon
Tho way it still is done,
By oiling papers.
If sometime on tho strict
Some boy tramps on your feet
In trying hard to beut
Some loathed, competing shoet,
Smile, though your .corn bo smolei
Don't grab him by tho throat.
Or lose your nanny goat;
Some future man of note
Is selling papers.
Offensive
Visitor; "What are you In for?"
Prisoner: "Lack of political pull."
Fair Enough
Judgo; "Prisoner at tho bar. I am
going to give you one day for every
tlmo you struck this man. That will
be ten days."
Rafforty: "Give me 30, judge, and'
I'll square myself with the court
afterward."
Mrs. F. W. Kaye.
t'n to Date Methods
j Ifodson: "Why does your barber,
xony, always tell one such horrible,
uncanny stories when giving a hair
cut ?"
Dodson; "That's easy. Tony is a
practical psychologist. Ho tells you
a gruesome story, makes your hair
stand on end and cut it that much
easier."
George W. Lyon.
Mally the Mystic
He'll Anewer Your Questions,
Somehow
If you should fall in Jove, you'll find
To melancholy you're inclined;
And If you don't let me help you,
Life will bo very blue.
The Cruel I'atbcr
Dear Wally;
I am worried sick;
My father gave my leau a kick.
Will ho return or stay away?
What do you think?
Yours,
Anxious Mao,
Dear Anxious Mae;
Why don't you pen
A note to him to call again?
But add this Warning; "Dear, I
think
You ought to line your pants with
zinc."
A Nervous Wreck
Dear Wally:
When we reach the door
Ho always begs for just one more.
My nerves are in an awful state;
Shall I refuse? Or
Osculate.
Dear Osculate:
The doctor books
Say nervousness will spoil your
looks.
Without your looks you will be lost;
So save tliem at whatever cost.
home Dry Humor
"I fear I shavvn't like your jolly
old climate," said an Englishman
coming to America. "It's too cold in
the bally winter time."
"But It's a dry cold," said the
American, "and doesn't penetrate
you."
"Hut in summer your thermome
ter goes to 100." -
"Yes, but it is a dry heat and you
really do not feel it."
"Well," persisted the English
man, "you have prohibition en
forcement and I know I shouldn't
ltke that."
"Yes," said the American with a
wink, "but the enforcement we have
over here is a "dry" enforcement
that you would hardly feel any dis
comfort from at all."
Louis Braun.
The Ktlitor's Gossip Shop
The last day beforo our mid-winter
sales next week!
Make up your mind to clear your
shelves, too, and to sepd us all those
jokes and poems and epigrams and
child sayings and other humor you
have In your mind but which, for
one reason or another, u haven't
sent.
Some of those January bills can
be paid for with l'un Shop checks!
DO your fun shopping early!
The Tricky-Triolet Counter
Another Pu.adc Solved
I wanted that word
And yet couldn't guess;
Don't think me absurd
That I wanted that word;
'Tvvas great, I had heard,
So I tried a caress.
I wanted that word
And she gave it, 'twas "yes."
Joan Louise Bell.
The Tailor Wears Shabby Clothe
Diner: "Who is the old bird witl
gravy on his vest V
Waiter: "Oh. that's Mr. Kerecl
the nuthor of 'Hints on Table Etl
queue." "
Hugh Thdmasen.
Hi; I'tini-bitl Him
On my way to tho office this morn
ing I saw" a little boy crying bil
terly. He was accompanied by hi:
elder brother who was endeavorlni
to pacify the youngster.
"What's the matter with your lit
tie brother?" 1 asked.
"Oh, ho'a been bad," replied flic
lad, "and I've had to eat his candj
to punish him."
Hugo Musbaum.
Hut Not Mmh
Sad isthe man of friends liereft
And all his goods and monej
gone.
But he who has a sofa left
Has something ta fall back upon.
Janet Harper.
Making I'erni-t
Feiu; "Xiow date you kiss me 2"
ItttttKtJUttttttttil
THE OBSERVER
Makes Random Observations
On the City and Its People :
iniiitniiittttttttti
V
, Although few memberi of the
oommon council who ' voted Wed
nesday evening for the establish-
nient pf a now aystcm of building
permit Issuance rcalisad It, they
were passing a law that will prob-
tbly result tn several meetlnge of
the council every week until the
now aonlng ordinance is put Into
,ct ,
Appeals from actions of the
building commission are, by virtue
of tho now ordinance, thrown Into
tho common council for rovlow and
final -decision. It has been the eg.
pcrlenco ot the building commission
In the past few months thut com-
poratlvely few of the permits issued
ncru ctuuicu wunoui a remon-,
strance and many ot tho remon-
strains carnoa on therr opposition
to tho proposed new buildings even
after worlc was started. In one in
stance an appeal was taken t ..tha
courts and that caso a Farming
ton avenue store is being held
up by process of law. Slnco it is the
wish of the powers that provisions
of the present zoning map be tho
measure of what buildings may or
may not be creeled in certain dis
tricts without causing depreciation
in the value of adjoining proper
ties, it Is expected that the usual
number of complaints will follow
decisions of the committee. Tho
now ordinance provides that the
council shall review each case
"speedily," and a strict interpreta
tion of that clause will not permit
of delays until there is a volume of
building business-ready for action.
Whether the new ordinance will
be an improvement over' the old
remains to bo seen, but it is certain
that there will bo fewer complaints
from those in public, office, the ma
jority of "kicks" against the old
order of things having originated
among . members of the common
council.
In view of tlio fact , that John H.
Trumbull hal boeji elevated to the
governorship, it is of broad general
interest to noto his opinions On the
business prospects for 1925 which he
has written for "Trumbull Cheer,"
tho house and trade organization of
the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co., of
I'lalnville, of which concern ho is
president.
Governor Trumbull Is heartened
by improved conditions in Europe.
''A year ago at thlstime it seemed
almost Impossible that the European
nations could come to any basis of
agreement," he writes. "To the
lasting honor or American brains
and genius may credit be given for
the development of the reparatjons
plan that has been subscribed to by
the interested nations
"It is believed now that Europe
is beginning to see daylight and will
eventually work out of the hectic
and chaotic position in which It
found itself after the war and again
take its place in the world's com
mercial activities."
Turning to domestic problems,
Governor Trumbull expressed hap
piness at "tho collapse of the La-I-'olletta
bubble" which, he believes,
"guarantees a continuance of the
American system of-two-party gov
ernment which has proven My ex
perience to be the best plan ever
devised."
Further on, he writes: "Agricul
ture, which liquidated first und
most violently after tho war, is com
ing back and relcarnlng tho old les
son that only supply and demand,
fccientlflc production and applica
tion pf business principles can keep'
any enterprise on a firm basis." He
believes the railroads are recover
ing strength and are enjoying great
er public confidence.
Governor Trumbull thinks the
tariff will help to stabilize business.
Touching on this point he says: "In
industry the improbability of an
early disturbance of tho tariff gives
assurance of steady production and
the maintenance of our high wage
scale, basdd on our American stand
ard of living."
Kefcrrlng 16 his own business,
which may be accepted as au index
of his mind on national business,
Governor Trumbull writes: "Taking
everything into consideration, we
are planning on somewhat improved
business conditions in 1D25 over
1924 as a whole but do not antici
pate or desire any hectic expansion."
Even the republican machine gets
its bumps. It got one right in the
shock absorber this week when,
after a hurried conference, the
chiefs decided not to introduce Into
the common council a resolution to
appoint two prosecutors, each to act
on an equal basis regarding re
sponsibility, duties and salary.
At a private conference over the
pitch table at G. O. P. headquarters
Tuesday night, it was decided to put
in the resolution and Alderman J.
Gustave Johnson was selected to bo
tho "goat," or Introducer. But plans
went awry. Other republican mem
bers of the council thpught -it was
making too much of a good thing
to have all proposed legislation
come from the "unofficial govern
ment" which had its heads together
over the pltch'table and just before
the council meeting Wednesday
night the chiefs, with ill grace,
came to the conclusion that post
ponement would be better.
Tho projctd radical change in
the office of prosecutor has somo
good points and Is deserving of
further study. It might be accepted
more generally If the public did not
suspect that It was a political move
for the promotion of the fortunes
of some deserving member of the
party. David Nair is said .to have
aspirations in that direction but It
Is said that there is stint opposition
to his appointment even within the
Harry:
"I need the practice."
Constance Falk.
I'm wicked and happy and some-
times have blues; x
My tup runneth over, and so do my
shoes.
(Copyright. 19:6, Reproduction-forbidden).
MU:ttmut8uama
party. There la aorae aupport for
William M. Qreenateln, the present
assistant prosecutor who baa given
assumed the duties of the Bice,
fiends of Prosecutor Joseph Q.
Woods are Inclined to auspect that
the two-prosecutor proposition It a
drive at him. He does not stand
liv the favor of the poweri-that.be
and Just prior to his last election
an effort was mado to aupplant hlra.
But such a howl rose that his
enemies wore forced to run for
cover and he went back to hla post,
it la believed that the pitch table
conferees will introduce the resolu-
tion as soon at thoy can got their
courage up
Visions of a dinner at home flitted
away when a last-minute phone
call from tho city editor routed us
from our pre-prandial rest and aent
us flying through the streets to
cover "somo sort of banquet." A
few minutes later we were seated
at the customary U-shaped table
and digesting the usual fanciful
dishes with French names which
are always associated with such an
affair. Between courses we surveyed
our neighbors. One was a distln-gulshed-looklng
man, broad-shouldered,
with mobile, smiling feature
and no hair. Tho other appeared
equally distinguished, but had long
locks like those of the supposedly
typical artist. Upon further survey,
we discovered that alt those present
look like "big" men, lie-men of the
opon P"ce. bo-spectacled profca-
sors, bearded physicians, or others
prominent in other lines. We mar
veled at this companyyand, having
on knowledge of the occasion, won-
dered which of all this gathering
would bore the others with tho
after-dinner blah.
At last the final course was dls
, posed of, and we lighted up, but
tho others did not do so. Instead,
as the slowest set down his empty
coffee cup, they arose as with one
accord and launched out with: "Un
accustomed as I am to public speak
ing, I feel like the seasick passenger
on the ocean liner (they stopped
and surveyed each other in mild
surprise, then resumed in unison)
who, when asked If he were afraid
he would die, (they seemed some
what 'disconcerted, but continued)
replied, 'No. I am afraid that I shall
not die.' " All paused for laughter,
but of course there was nobody to
laugh. They began fingering their
various sorts of whiskers and
seemed at a total loss,
Finally, one had an inspiration.
"This is aft occasion when we can
really benefit our trade," ha said.
"I move that this joke be stricken
from our list as too common." Tho
motion was seconded and carried.
Then they all continued, but still
they chanted as one man. The pro
cedure waB repeated again and again
during the course of that "unlquo
post-prandlal orgy, and all the stock
phrases and Jokes were banned by
this society, which we now realized
was tho Amalgamated After-Dinner
Speakers association. When they
had done, we sighed with relief, as
now wo could go to other banquets
and not be required to hear tho
same old gags ....
The next night we covered the
annual dinner of the Federated
Fellows of Filately. Tho speaker
was our left-hand neighbor of the
preceding night. "Hore," wo
thought, "is our first chance at the
new order of things." Then he arose,
surveyed bis listeners, and comr
inenced, "Unaccustomed as I am to
public speaking, I am reminded of The pistoj was thrown from a laxi
the seasick . . . ." Oh, well, why I cab In which Mylen fled after he
should ho carry out the resolutions?
After-dinner speakers aren't sup
posed to mean what they say.
We have no objection lo cross
word puzzles; in fact, in moments
of weakness, we ourselves some
times fill in the little squares with
Greek gods and parts of the verb
of existence. But they can be car
ried too far. Can ybu imagine what
a child would do if hts mother at
tempted to lull him to rest with:
"Hi diddle diddle,
The feline ct the violin,
Tho bovine saulted above luna.
The minute canine chuckled to
espy such pleasure
And the china eloped with tho
spoon?"
Or
"Aged Ma Hubbard
Proceeded toward the closet
To procure for her canine an os.
But when she arrived there
The closet was empty
And thus the pauperized canine
owned zero?"
The poor kid would keep pa and
ma walking the floor for that night
and probably many to come. y
Would little Japanese children be
memorizing Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress if ho had perpetrated, "Fout
XX and a septet ot annums gom
by our ancestors carried out upo
this division of land a novel divrsie
of people, originated in permission
et set apart to the proposal that all
human animals are originated par
M present we. are employed Into u
large civic combat, examining . . .
. . ." and so on down to "belonging
to tho populace, at the populace
and In behalf of the populace shn!
not bo exterminated from this dirt?
Where would bfe tho punch I
Julius Caesar -had said, "I arrived
I perceived; I overcame?" Or ii
Shapespeare had put Into. Hamlet V
mouth, "To exist or not tc
exist ...?" Or if Grant had
gritted his teeth - and declar
ed, "Wo will struggle It abroad
upon this direction whether. It occu
pies 'the total vernal season?" O,
would Nathan Hale-be a nations
hero If he had proclaimed, "Per
aonal pronoun lament tbit I owt
only unit existence to donate to
ward possessive" pronoun first per
son patria?" He would not; we'i
all be glad that tho British hangee.
him!.
1 - " '
Fable: Once there was a dad who j
didn't yearn to slay the first bey
who kissed daughter. J
NEW YORK TRAFFIC
STILL TIED UP
Land and Water Transportation
Almost at Standstill
New York, Deo. Severe weath
er condltlous demoralized ' regional
railroad and local oross-rlver trans
portation facilities yesterday. Train
sorvlce between Chicago and New
York via tha northern routea suffered
hours ot dolay due to deep drifts of
snow which had to be cleared from
tracks before trains oould be allowed
to proceed. Ioe flows In the Hudson
river Jammed ferries and dlvortod
commutation traffic . the tubes
under the river which were crowded
to capacity.
Since 40 passengers from Chicago
failed to arrive because of storm de
days, the 8. 8. Laconla, due to sail
for a Mediterranean voyago at 1 a.
m. today, was held at her pier.
Crack trains of all lines loading Into
New TTork from upstate were held
up by the snow. Ono passenger who
reached New York after many hours
of delay told of unusual experiences
of passengers on his train which WH
halted every few blocks, causing a
dolay ot several hours. The train
had dropped lta diner the previous
night, he said, and the only relief
from hunger afforded passengers-was
a box ot apples procured by a por
ter. 7
Syracuse was tho point bejond,
which trains could not get because'
of drifts of snow piled more than 10
feet on the tracks. Trains from the
south likewise were delayed by the
prevalent flood conditions in Geor
gia. . '
In New York today x an army of
snow shovelers was mobilized for the
day's work, supplemented by all the
mechanical street cleaning apparatus
which the city has at its command.
The streets "were more effectively
cleared of the heavy coating of slush
which annoyed pedestrians and
Jeopardized all traffic yesterday.
Warmer conditions are predicted for
today, although the forecast Is' for
unsettled weather Sunday.
Local transit conditions wore not
affected today. Snow ploughs clear
ed the. way for surfac lines to re
sume regular service.
The Laj:onla finally departed at
3:45 this morning after all but four
of her scheduled passengers had
been taken aboard. Three persons
from Cleveland and one from Chica
go did not put In an appearance.
The last passenger to" embark was
F. W. Robinson, of Buffalo, who ar
rived on the New York Central train
the "Detrolter" which arrived here
early this morning nforo than 15
hours late. Most of the other de
layed passengers were from the mid
dle west.
Tho "Wolverine" pulled Into New
York at 2:35 this morning 16 hours
late.
SUSPECTS FINALLY ADMIT
SLAYING OF R. R. CLERK
Milwaukee Men, Traced By Cemian
Made Pistol, Confess Holdup
Murder.
Chicago, Jan. 31. Traced by tho
number on a-German pistol, Edward
J. Smith and, Bernhardt Jlylen of
Milwaukee have confessed here that
they killed itussell Dickey, express
messenger oh tho Viking, crack Chi
cago & Northwestern railway pas
senger train in an attempted hold-
up near Chicago. December 3", ac
cording to a police announcement.
I Jumped from the train at Hyland
I'arK, a suuurD. Aiyien, formerly n
machinist for the railroad, claimed
he shot, Dickey by accident when ho
resisted.' Smith was a Chicago &
Northwestern Hallway baggageman.
Tho robbers were unable to open
an express company strongbox which
contained upward of $200,000.
Detectives who found the pistol,
cnbled the manufacturers, who re
vealed the name of the importer in
New York. It then was traced to N.
Bhure and Company, the Chicago
dealers, who reported It was stolen
from a package shipped on a. train
on. Which Smith was baggageman.
Other articles shipped with the pis
tol were found in Smith's home and
his arrest and confession followed.
ETHEL STILL MISSING
l Yiends of Woman Composer-Plan-
ist-Dlrcctor'are Scouring Hospitals
In Search of Hot.
New York, Jan. SI.' -Hospital In
thla and other cities are being
searched for Ethel Leginska, pian
ist, who disappeared last Monday
night, on the theory that she may
iave been taken to sofhe hosptlal
tifferlng from amnesia or aberra
on of some sort..
Miss Leginsku's friends are gen
rally of the opinion that she suffer
d a nervous breakdown, as she ha
in the pUst been a victim of such ill
; iicsscs.
- Although city police and private .
, detectives have searched for five
i daj-s, they have found no trace oi
i the woman, who disappeared Just
. before she was to give a ceuaert in
; Carnegie Hall. She was drosMd for
the concert when she disappeared
and, she had no money and wore no
hat. Sue disappeared from in front
ot her home In West Twenty -ecventh
street after her eeoretary had gone
to the street corner to get a taxical
for the trip to Carnegie Hall.
Mary Carr's Husband ' '
Is Sentenced to Jail
I.os Angeles, Jan. 31. Alexander
Carr, actor of the stage and screen,
was sentenced In nuporior eourt yes
terday to three days in jail for con
, tempt of court, as a result of his
; failure to make a deposition In con
nection with the suit of his formi t
wjfCt jiary Carr. for IS.OuO bad,
alimony. Carr was arrested on v
bench warrant.