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The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17

that necessity of the motorist? 1t wengh unbelievable
that they have been woefu neglected and that date Of
magnitude has been by the for the construction
and highways national parks In the
Rocky Mountain National park which had the maximum number OF
visitors during the past has only authorized the expenditure
Of $4,000 for road its establishment
Bear mind also that road building has been under
around these parks Splendid highways have been constructed with
federal county right the park boundaries where
the tourist has with unmp roads roads with but sembance
Of improvement
this matter of adequate roads not selfish local solely
western ISSUE The parks widely scattered and the number OF
visitors travel the Union The proposition
this The representing the will of the nation has created these
the enjoyment benefit of all its people This
extremely investment could yield better returns improving
health and quality of citizenship promoting that unity OF
national feeling the love of country called patriotism Having already
this step will the deny large extent the
whereby the parks may be used and enjoyed?
Now President there thing lacking One wlnigh for
should be connected with the
other highway chains already authorized We must remember our
national parks
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17
Only the Potent Voice of America Can Speak
the True Word of Peace


Great Britain has made the greatest efforts toward fact
that will constitute her claim glory after her efforts the
herself all order that Europe
might be and the of destruction which the
world might be stopped France will realize later that the
glory for follow Great Britain this road
dscord OF today endue only the potent
States of speak the word
There much talk Europe the greed and sefshnes OF America
Nothing could be America during the lavishy
vded the material toward winning victory at the decisive moment
Nothing caused greater Germany
the arrival of the the Germans realized that
material that the die had
After the treaties of had
been America proof of dignity and political not
assuming responsibility for the growing state Of disorder in Europe
America alone she the decisive factor in the
can be the decisive factor in the peace.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17
LOOKING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
the United States for guidance conid
speaker before the Denver Y NJ C.
Saturday in the Daniels Fisher tea ro

looking the United States for Hd%n ] SnfenGe on @ n
the Daniels Fisher tea rooms 1t
doubt the speaker seriously in
portions of his address that appeared in
is declaration and anoher
sustantoon may be that the nations of
to comforting unb char
confidence and brotherhood all we'll and
though it is always
certain that the habor gained
situation and this
speaker concluded his remarks II alarmed for
future
should the day her visitation Through
M A andca bear best
Churches NJ C.
principles which, applied
more thanr recon world"
for the alarm that the speaker onfe
true would the of intelligent
look this
oIsred within ones
U.
other Looking this nation
a
assmal curned the dark
confidence when that element is
Municipalities national in
grounds is because of our lack of faith in
Looking
country beautiful doctrine long
of things And the ncon
of magnied
point basphemy
therefore
world
They haven't
hypocrisy
trails in the
sorey guidance confidence
brotherhood impoverished
gveo of a subs
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17

There Are Many Young People Not in College
Who Ought to Be There
By ABRAM w. HARRIS, Former

By W. Northwestern University
only college belong those
objective there pruncoy and neg
gent spirit.
agree with educators who that there who
there but there people not in college who
ought to be there
sorngout which entirely just but has
The infinite individual difference and variety
experience background completely battle known method in
the only method
In the freshman year a wedding out process goes
This sorting out of the various grades nects Of the really
this country has
falls into the process of picking leaders of thought
The number of young people college today does not
they wdng the professions The shortage of
DOCTORS dentists teachers and dproves this although law
be an exception.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17
Best Taste and Opinion Not Organized to
Compete With Cheap and Commercial
By BEATRICE HALE in whats Wrong with Our Girls"

With all the of ustration printed word and shop window
suddenly adjures girls example, ve the bloom
Syouth There nophc chorus tell them that real
preferred They follow
sdent leadership they have th bloom of youthand
medatey condemned by the whose advertisements they have
faithfully followed
So with the skirt controversy the hghee controversy the decoe
question and other serious forms of and
well with false superficial thinking The best
with cheap
The latter late falls foul of the result
Youth always initiative and rarely analytical 1t follows the salient
the the model followed will be
faulty for will be thousand before the approxi
ma the best
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17

We Must Remember Our National Parks in
Building Our Good Roads System
By SENATOR LAWRENCE C. PH1PPs. of Colorado.

In the short space of seven years the number OF
annual visitors to our national parks which boast
of of the finest scenic treasures to be found
anywhere in the world, has quadrupled. In 1921,
for instance more than one million two hundred
thousand people came to the parks from all parts
of the country and one of them alone the Rocky
Mountain National park, furnished pleasure and
relaxation to 273, 1877 visitors in a single year
Two-thrds of these travel by automobile, bring
ing their own equipment. Then what about the roads
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17
MODERN METHODS

few years ago automobile could be
possessed only by the rich. Now few can at
ford to be without one. Electric light in
every city home is thing 1t is only
in these modern days that have learned
that the luxuries of yesterday must be the
necessities of today.
Communications have undergone the same
change. The letter, the telegram and the per-
sonal visit used to be the only means by
which business and social affairs were
handled Today the modern means is the
telephone.
lust your words are not enough. You want
to project your voice with all its init
macy and directness and its evidence of your
personality into your message. Moreover,
you want to tell your story and get your
answer in one operation. 1t is more salts
factory than any other method and that is
WHY progressive business men do business by
telephone.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
NINE SAILORS AND 20 STOWAWAYS
MUNITY, HOLD SHIP FOR 20 DAYS
Captain Wirelesses to Van
couver and Culprits Are
Arrested as Big Vessel
Docks Today

Vancouver, r. c., Feb. 26.--Nine
armed sailors, plotting with 20 stow
aways, held the voyage of the six
thousand ton freighter Taibu Maru
! Under a virtual -eign OF terror ,lu..inl
her trip from Kobe, Japan. to this
port. On arrival here the crew and
stowaways were arrested.
The stowaways, according to ship
officers. huddled in the ships coal
bunkers, made their appearance on
deck a few days after the vessel left
Kobe. Joined by nine members Of
the crew, the party, most of them
armed with revolvers, told the Japan
ese captain that they would be in
charge of the voyage. All of the
mutineers were Japanese. There was
no resistance by the ships officers or
the 80 remaining members of the
crew.
For ten days the ship was under
the sway of the rebels. As the ves-
sci neared Vancouver Harbor late
yesterday the mutineers told the cap
tain to land at certain dock. The
ca plain then sent a wireless message
to the Vancouver representative of the
vessel. who had squad of police and
officials on hand when
the ship arrived
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
GOVT MOVES TO PREVENT PACKERS
FROM GOING THROUGH WITH THEIR
THIRTY MILLION DOLLAR COMBINE
DEMOCRATIC LEADER FRIENDLY TO
PRESIDENTS MOVE TO JOIN COURT
Senator Robinson However, Thinks Plan Indicates Tmid
ity Administration in Foreign Policies Many Re-
publicans Opposed TO Measure.

ministralion's sudden request for au-
lhority for this eonntry's partieipa-
ton IN the international court OF JUS
liee organized under the League Of
Nations. was looked for today on the
eve Of the foreign relations commit
tee meeting 10 consider the matter.
Meanwhile, pending the committee
meeting tomorrow. the ''irreconcil-
able" and "reservatlonist" groups IN
the senate generally were withhold
Ing open expressions OF judgment
Already an attitude OF suspicion and,
in some instances. hostility 10 the ad-
ministration request was evidenced
among the former faction. II mp
peared 10 face as bitter opposition
from that quarter as the League OF
Nations itself did. Indications OF
luke -warmness among administration
leaders, largely belonging 10 the
reservations" group In the league
fight, also were seen In some quarters
for their failure 20 come forward with
expressions OF approval.
Among League proponents on the
democratic side, however, there has
been general endorsement OF the aims
sought In the administration program,
among the so-called
Wilson group"
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26

Washington. Feb. ga resolution
10 carry out the new administration
proposal for American membership in
the international court OF justice Or
ganlzed by the league nations was
introduced In the senate today by
Senator King. democrat. Utah. There
was no decision and II went over In
definitely.
Senator Robinson OF Arkansas. act
ing democratic leader issued state
ment. declaring that on preliminary
study he had "a feeling OF frlendli-
ness" for the administration plan. but
adding that It indicated policy or
timidlty and half heartedness by the
administration In its foreign policies.
Senator Robinson said IL was unfor-
tunate that the president had acted 80
late In the present session OF congress.
He also declared that the plan was n
"repudiation OF the policy OF nom
participation in European affairs"
Senator King incorporated In his
resolution the reservations. outlined In
the letter of Secretary Hughes. which
the presidents message
submitting the proposal.
More definite indication OF the re-
action of senate groups to the ad-
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
This Is Poincare's Reply to
Hints at Move to Settle
Reparations Question ~
Berlin Desclaims Any
Such EndeavOr.

Paris, Feb. 26 (By Associated
Press) The French government has
received intimations of a vague and
indirect nature, that the German gov
ernment desires to negotiate a settle
ment of the reparations issue, it was
dclared in responsible headquarters
here today The most important Of
these suggestions appears to have
been made through NJ. Dubois, a
Swiss flnancier who came to Paris
last week avowedly charged with
mission as friendly neutral to sound
Premier Poincare as to the possibil-
ity of opening conversations for a
reparations agreement.
Premier Poincare's reply to every
such suggestion is understood to have
been that the German government
must come out in the open and talk
plainly and directly with the repara-
tion commission or with the allied
governments.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
Sec. Wallace Charges
Armour and Morris
Companies With Viola
tion Of Packers and
Stock Yards Act
Hearing Set for April p
Packing Men Previously
Warned They Must Not
Merger in Restraint of
Trade.

Washington. Feb. 26.--Armour ana
company and Morris and company.
Chicago packers, were today served
by the secretary OF agriculture with
complaint charging them with vio-
lation OF the packers and stock yards
act In connection with the tentative
acquisition OF the plants and business
OF Norris and company by the Ar
mour interests.
Secretary Wallace set April 2 for
a hearing In Washington.
Armour and company OF Illinois,
Armour and company OF Delaware:
J. Ogden Armour and Morris and
company were named in the COM
plant
Claim Law Violation.
The complaint stated that on De-
eember 80, j. Ogden Armour en-
tered into a written contract with
Morris and company to acquire all
of its assets In so doing, it was
charged. parties to the contract vio-
lated the packers and stock yards
act.
Secretary Wallace claimed such ac-
qnisition would have the effect of re-
straining interstate commerce or OF
creating a monopoly in many Sec
tions of the United States in the
purchase of the live stock and in the
shipment and sale of meat and other
live stock products.
The complaint also charged that
the contract would have the effect of
manipulating or controlling prices.
First Move in November.
che proposal first came to public
notice carly in November when J.
Ogden Armour and other officials of
Armour and company conferred with
Secretary Wallace. After conferences
between Mr.. Wallace, President Hard
Ing and Attorney General Daugherty
followed, it was annoupced that it
had been agreed that there is no OBJ
igation on the part of the govern
nent to endorse or acquiesce in the
proposal
Secretary Wallace declared today
hat early in December he told J.
Ogden Armour and Il. Edison White.
low president of Armour and COM
'any, that he did not think we could
ook with favor upon the transaction
and suggested that they
houd do nothing further with it,"
Mr.. Armour, he said then re-
marked that they felt it was neces-
ary they should complete the pur-
hase i'll order that they might in
rease their volume of business and
hns better be able to meet heavy
verhead charges.
A week or so later, Mr.. Wallace
aid he again advised the Armour
fficials that the best thing to do
'as to drop the whole matter, and
efore the conversation ended, told
i'm plainly that if they should go
head and consummate the purchase,
should feel it my duty to issue
The agreement between the Ar
our and Morris companies, accord
g to the complaint, called for
lrchase price of $4,000, 400 of
hich $4,000, 900 was to be in cash;
100000 in preferred stock and
100000 in common stock of Ar
our and company.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
MAYOR CONTRADICTS.
Holmes STATISTICS.
Paonessa Claims Per Capita Cost
Of Education Is SS6.67
EXPLAINS HIS INVESTIGATION
He Decided "a Have Probe because
lie Resolved seant Courtesy From
Board of Education In the
Past.

Claiming that the average cost per
pupil IN the public schools here Il
not sf7,0a, as a recent bulletin at the
school committee set forth. but that II
is actually ssd.s7. Mayor A. N. Paon-
essa this afternoon issued a state.
ment in which he asserted that the
school committees report is "mis-
leading. II not incorrect"
Following II the mayors state
ment.
There has been consldera BILE com.
ment about an episode in my office
last week In which the superintendent
OF schools and myself were the prln-
elpal figures. The statement. COM
pairing the school cost OF some OF our
surrounding cities with that OF New
Britain schools. was circulated.
II was not so much interested in
the figures of our nelghboring cities
but did know that the figures for
the New Britain schools were mis-
leading, II not incorrect.
Il consider II part OF my duty as
mayor to keep In close touch with all
city departments. but owing to the
scant courtesy which l have received
In the past from the school board, I
undertook to get better understand
Ing OF this matter through my own
office.
THE superintendent of schools
upon learning something of my ef
forts. came into my office and accused
me OF creating q wrong impression.
Before he left, he was forced TO ad-
NIT that his figures were wrong and
that his average per pupils was far
too low.
This shows that he. and not I was
the one who was misleading the
public.
Il consider that / have the right to
ook into any matter of city business,
without being called down by any Of
icial or employe. who fears that he
nay suffer by my actions.
Il have at my command some ac-
tual 1igures drawn from the city books
which give a truer insight of the
cost of our schools, and of the cost
per pupil in our schools-more SO,
then the statement issued to the pub
lie by the school department.
The published Sta mant OF our
school denartmsnt shcsSed1 Total cost.
'73S.6is; average daily attendance.
'516; cost per pupil, s77.09.
"As a matter of fact. the actual
cost as taken from the Municipal
Record were rs follows:
Appropriation s764,74S.61. SOL
1850 tpaid on interest and discount) I
otal, ss26,696.11; average daily at
enhance, 9516; average cost per pupil
THE above is without any charge
or investment or water rents. espe-
tally $4,000 which was actually paid
n Indebtedness.
THE total amount the city paid for
chools in 1921-1922. not including
ew buildings or water rents is sS75,-
96.11."
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
DIR. HILL OPPOSES
SUNDAY SPORTS BILL
Asks Congregation to Use
Its Influence Against
Measure

From the pulpit of the South Con-
gregational church yesterday morn
Ing the pastor. Rev. DIR. G. w. C. Hill,
came out In open opposition to the
passage OF the bill now pending be-
fore the state judiciary committee
which would permit commercialized
sports on Sunday.
DIR. Hill urged his congregation to
use whatever influence 1t might have
to prevent the bill being reported. or
later passed by the assembly
No matter what opinions people
may have on the propriety of individ-
ua recreations on the Sabbath, DR..
Hill said that he deplored this at
tempt to openly commercialize the
Sabbath. He said that the ge
of this measure means only that the
financial interests behind sporting
ventures will have free rein to COM.
r1crcyglizt sp F1t.s.s4 .EsfsS., anI ah1a.
Obtain additional profits, !. 1t is move
away from the right kind of Sabbath
observance, the Clergyman believes.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
West Virginia Liquor
Agent Is Killed in Raid

Charleston. w. Va, Feb. Pct e.
Rutherford of Mullens, state deputy
prohibition commissioner, was shot
and killed during a liquor raid yes
terday in Wyoming County, prohibi-
tion headquarters announced today.
Sheriff Sizemore's telegram filed at
Mullens yesterday. read: 1T. E.
Rutherford, prohibition officer, ac-
companied by b. r. Belcher. deputy
sheriff and others. was shot to death
In the mountains near Devils Fork
today by Lewie Howerton. The lat
ter was probably fatally wounded"
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
MONTAGNE'S MANAGER Is
FOLLOWED ABROAD, CAUGHT
Samuel A. Story, Wanted For Viola
latim of Volstea6 Act, Finally
Arrested in Paris.

New York, Feb. a6.-Sameul A.
story, formerly vice president and
manager of the firm of f. La Mon
tagne's Sons, four members of which
are now serving sentence in New
Jersey for a bootlegging conspiracy,
has been arrested in Paris on a charge
of forgery at the request of the fed
eral authorities L. S. Attorney Will
liam Hayward said today.
STORY fled to Europe because he
knew he was going to be indicted,
he said. I'VE have evidence that he
forged federal permits for the with
drawal of liquor from government
bonded warehouses. Jonh Holley
Clark, my chief assistant, who con-
Quoted the investigation that resulted
in the indictment December 20, 1922.
of the La Montague Brothers, Story
and nine others, has had lines out for
this man for several months. Through
letters to friends and relatives in this
country he was traced to Paris. Our
search for him has been an extensive
one, and he certainly is going to be
brought back here to face trial"
Mr.. Story, in ADDITION to his con-
nection with the Montague concern,
also was vice-president of the Emin-
ance and Green River Distillery COM
fany. 1t is alleged he was one of the
promoters of the bootlegging
operations of the four Montague
,rothers = Montague, Rene, Morgan
md William.
They pleaded guilty to charges of |
to violate the Eolstead act, |
lfter an investigation of the affairs of
he exclusive racquet and tennis club, |
ind were sentenced to two to four
months in the Essex county, New 4
Jersey, Jail. They also were fined I
z, 600 each.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
shot AFTER WILD CHASE
Veteran Washington Patrolman Fa-
tally Wounded by Brother Officer
Who Accuses Him OF Theft.

Washington. Feb. 22.-Shot through
the head by a fellow officer after n
wild automobile chase which began
when he is alleged to have stolen
bumper from a confiscated bootleg
gers car in front of police station,
Fred @. Stang. so year old member
of the Washington police force, Is in
the hospital today in a dying condi-
ton.
Detective Thomas O'Donnell, who
gave chase and shot Stang. testified at
hearing that he saw Stang and Ruby
Downs, another policeman. take the
bumper from the car and put 1t in
their own machine and drive OF.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
100000 WORTH OF SEWER
BONDS ON SALE TOMORROW
Board of Finance and Taxation Will
Open Bids at Noon at Office OF
Mayor A. NJ. Paonessa.

Bids on New Britain sewer bonds
to the amount of 100000 will be
opened tomorrow noon at the mayor S
office by the board of finance and
taxation, and will be sold to the high
est bidder.
The bonds are dated August /, 1922
and pay interest at IA per cent
They are to be redeemed at the rate
of $4,000 a year.
Money to be derived from the sale
of the bonds is to be used in several
sewer extensions, a greater part of it
on the east side trunk line job which
it is proposed to complete as soon as
possible.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
KNEW WHEN HE WAS 0. K.
Worcester Boy, Believed Incurable
Two Years Ago, Quits Hospital and
Walks to His Home

Worcester, Mass, Feb. 26.-After
being confined at a hospital here two
years, supposed to be suffering with
an incurable hip disease, / years old
Ernest Kinnari decided yesterday it
was time to leave the institution. TAX
ing advantage of the first opportunity
to depart, he dressed in the clothes
he wore to the hospital, donned his
little cap and hiked home to his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kinnari.
Showing no i'll effects of this trip, he
was given a warm welcome. When
the hospital authorities missed him
they notified the parents, who in
formed them the boy had come home
and was all right. He was then Of
ficially discharged from the hospital
New Britain herald., 1923-02-26
HEARING FOR JACKSON
when HATCH RETURNS
American Legion Declares
There's No Politics it Its
Activities

| Because of the absence from tbs
city of President William L. Hatch OF
the Municipal Service bureau. Mayor
A. NJ. Paonessa was not in position
today to say when a. hearing will be
held on the complaint of several ex-
servicemen's organizations against the
management of the bureau and
against Secretary Harry C..
Jackson. Mr.. Hatch is expected back
the latter part of the week, and the
mayor will then assign an evening for
the hearing, he said.
The following statement was tend
cred to the Herald today for pub
lication by the executive committee of
the American Legion post:
ITO Friends of the American Legion
and Citizens of New Britain
"The executive committee of Eddy
Glover post American Legion, has
noted with surprise an assertion said
to have been made by ex-servicemen
and published in the New Britain
Herald of February "a, part of which
reads, An attempt is being made to
have the fund presumably the state
fund) handled sparingly in New
Britain, at the city's expense. so that
a favorable showing will be made and
enhance the chances of New Britain
for office at the next state
ITO refute this statement, which is
without foundation and is obviously |
made to create a false impression. the |
Executive committee of Eddy-Glover |
,ost hereby announces that 1t has no
of the candidacy of any
member of the post for office in the
tate department of the American Le-
ion at it's next convention.
I'VE ask those who have followed
he activities of this post with inter
st and who have given their gener-
us support, to believe that Legion
olitics' is not being played in the
andling of the state fund nor of any
und that Is or may be entrusted to
IS care.
For the Executive Committee by
he following committee, duly author
,ed,
EDWARD f. OGREN,
HARRY f. SCHEuY, ,
JAMES p. ROGERS" 5