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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-11
Party Lines Drawn Close.
Republicans 0utbalancing
Democrats After Long
and Spicy Discussion.

ny.s vote OF 10 20 7. the eommeA
council 81 special meeting last nisht
rejected . recommendation Of ths
charity commission that the beard be
authorized 10 enter into contracts with
the c, L, D, CONSTRUCTION Co. af this
city for . new town home building,
and authorised the charity hoard 10
make contracts with the c. 4, Porfiss
Co. Of Hartford. the lowest bidder on
the Job. =
The issue vas decided along strict
party lines gith the exception of
Councilman Donald l.. RaFtistt Of the
third ward, who voted 10 enter into
contracts with the nrm selected by the
charity commission. Hts was the only
republican vote east with the faction
that favored accepting the original
recommendation. The motion that
prevailed was made by Alderman c,
J. Dshm. president pro tenn. OF the
council.
In addition TO the general contract.
the following sub-contracts were ap.
proved. cowles Electric Co. for the
electrical work. sf.es6: Thomas ].
ouinlivan for the plumbing work.
$4,000: A. A.. Mills for the heating
work. ss.sts: Manning Co. for the
painting work. si.seb.
Alderman Frank l.. conlon OF the
sxth ward moved that all recommen-
dations OF the charity board be adopt
ed.
Alderman Frank L. conion OF the
axtn ward moved that all recon-
mendations OF the charity board be
adopted.
Alderman Dehm then amended that
contracts be entered into with the C,
3. Porriss Co. of Hartford.
Oonlon Shows Dehm Inconsistent
A.. Alderman Conlon again took the
floor and expressed surprise at the at
titude Of Alderman Dehm. He told
the council that when the finance
committee was organised last April It
was the consensus Of opinion that all
contracts should be kept In New Brit
ain when It was practicable TO do 80,
and Alderman Dehm, he said. was one
Of the strong advocates Of this policy.
He pointed out that there IL a COM
paratively slight difference In the low
cst bid and that Of G. l.. D. Co., be-
ing only three per cent on q $4,000
job. The alderman called attention to
the frequent ursings Of the Chamber
Of Commerce that all New Britainites
buy At home and boost home indus
tries. He urgsd thst the oity set a
good example by buying hers.
Councilman d. L. Nair suggested
that Judge W. r. Mansan. chairman
Of the charity board, be given the
floor to explain why bidder who was
not tho lowsst had been selected by
his oommiaBion.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-11
Council Rejects Charity Boards
Contract on Town Home Building


1 8adeN M@4sEAA AAitAHss nam"
Judge MsAssA IN opsnlns ais re-
msrks ssia thsi the sesien 81 ne
beard had bssA unanimous Including
the shaiFman's vote, which 10 not US
uaily recorded, He said the recon-
nendstiens we're arrived a. after an
adjournment fer tse esFs hsa been
granted 30 that members 81 the sems
mission might have an opportunity 70
study the bids offered, Judge Manga :
ssla one ef the slsmsnis that entered
into the recommendation vas the as
suFsnes that The werk wenla he per-
senally supervised hi Themes w,
Grove, a member OF the firm who Was
knawn 70 the commission 80 . Fspntsr
HE contractor; ALEC the fact that Ed
ward l.sayitt, also ; contractor who
has been engaged In work IN this city
fer . number Of years, 10 member Of
the hrm. OF the third member, James
Dawson. little WAS known as 20 his
work. he having pFaetiesd his profess
sion elsewhere. The speaker said had
the contract been enc fer work for
him personally he would hesitate a
minute, Rev. J. v. KlingberH. who
recently had . large building con-
strneted by Mr., Grove, was also very
much In favor OF the award, he ssid
al the charity board meeting, The slsr
ment second In importance was the
fact that the trade al home" move.
meat made IL advisable 20 select a
local bidder when the margin of dit
ference was slight,
Aldermen John y. GIL OF the sec.
ond ward said he was always IN favor
OF trading In New Britain. hut won.
dersd n the charity hoard was con-
sistsnt In itn stand, He asked Judge
Mangan how much money the charity
board had spent ont Of town In the
past year.
Judge Mangan replied that II would
not be possible. for him 20 any lust
how much. but he believed that thore
were no purchases out OF town when
the margin OF difference was not more
than Is per cent. Otherwise local
dealers were given the contracts. on
tea and coffee. II was possible for the
board TO buy from the same jobbers
end at the same prices as local men
handling those commodities and those
contracts went ont Of town. he said.
The second warder asserted that he
had offered bids on numerous jops
and that he regarded II an insult TO
the lowest bidder n the fact OF low
bid was not considered in awarding
work.
Gill Knew Of Hunger Cases
Alderman Gill then said that the
charity board returned a balance Of
$4,000 after last years expenses had
been met and charged that this action
was q Crime; that IT must have
caused many children to 20 to bed
hungry at night, and that he personal
ly knew Of a case where there were
hungry children In the city during, the
past year.
When he had concluded his re-
Mayor Paonessa rose and
gave Alderman Gill a sharp repri-
mand. saying:
Alderman Gill, I'm greatly sur
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-11

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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-11

~ Ths AsssFlsist RFsss
Bertha, Oct. ll,~fhe Parliamentary
sssnafien look . critical inFR tails sf-
teFnRen AZ : Fszalt ~ lhs segsfHr
menis disability fo command tss
thirds ms loFiiy fer it's authorization
las WhsR lhe Bill ssme np fer ths
lhiFd reading chaiTmsn Loeb informs
- the ReieAstss that Chancellor
siFessmsnn had sans % President
Ebert 10 report on the sitnssiea snd
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salVs tire Reiehstas
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-11
oyFBconK n SCHOOL


pFegtdsnss, n. T. Oct ils-fsn rus
pits and three teachers 10 the WASH
ingtaR grammar sehaei, eeHlFsi Falls
u. l. we're Frustrated b. fumes arts.
las fFem a sles hFs in ssfi zeal n
the cellar ~ me building. nlhsf
children ssFs sfeeisd "a a slishteF
degree. The gas had been a. sH=
haysnee since last Friday, when hFss
men were called % esiinsulsh =
miner blaze in the zeal, The huilds
ins, which houses $50 children, has
heeA ordered elesed until the eesi
can be removed and examined.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-11

sSRseiss hsfaFs - a. Nhsa ths -
eisnsis seat snt0 esnenk a sheai 1853
"a ths matoTitF msnlbsFs eegsn ,
asnFss 81 persuasion smeRg sac
min0FiiS sismsal ehieh Threatened -
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-11
HAS FIGHT WITH noe
Canine and alan IN fieroe struggle
Oa M0reesler street

Worcester, Oct, liza crowd az
frightened men and wemsR locked
On Daniel l., Reed 81 Harrisburg, Pa,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-11
WANTS OTHERS TO QUIT
State Farm Director willing to Re.
sign Under These Conditions

Hartford. Oct. iI.-Mrs. Helen w.
Rogers Of Hamden issued a state
ment yesterday offering to resign as a
member of the board OF directors Of
the state farm for women II all OF
her fellow members OF the board
would agree to do likewise and II
was assured that Miss Anna NJ.
Peterson would not be continued as
superintendent of the institution.
System of making bread direct from
wheat has been developed In Europe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02

James Herbert, Republican, is being
boosted for mayor because Of his
good work done for the last five
years IN the interest Of the town:
Mr.. Herbert has been on the council
serving as chairman OF the ponce
and finance committee. on the tie
nubllcan ticket are also Conrad ochs
and John Lins, seeking election to
the office of councilman. Since
Midtown has been a Republican
town for many years past little
doubt is held as to the success OIL
the party this year.
John Christ has been placed by
the Democratic organization to OPP
nose Herbert in the race for the
m~ayoralty ofice.\With him are run
ming c.. V. L. Booreau and Christie
pher Monaghan. The Democrats
have been out strong this year cam
paigning in the hope that they will
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02
JUDGE STEIN PRESIDES

NEW RUNsWICK, Nov. 3
Judge Alfred A. Stein, of Union
county presided here today in the
absence of Judge John p. Kirkpat-
rick, who presided at the court ses-
sion in Union county. The only case
heard before him was that of Joseuh
Rance, who retracted his plea of not
guilty to a plea of guilty to assault
made on Louis Feldbaum of Spots
wood, and was fined S25.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02
RED CROSS MEETS TONIGHT

The annual meeting of the local
chapter of the American Red Cross
will be held tonight at the rooms in
the Raritan building. at which time
1t is believed plans for the roll call
will be made.
The election of an executive COM
mittee for the ensuing year will be
the important transaction tonight,
and all those who contributed a dol
lar last year toward becoming a
member are invited to attend. The
session will start at s o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02
mt over their candidates.

put e their candidates.
Republican leaders here are
strongly working n behalf o. their
COUNT candidates and much support
is being given the three Republican
members Of the board who are seek
ing the reelection.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02
M|LLTOWN To
ELECT MAYOR
Keen Contest Between John
Christ and James Herbert
Interest in County Race

MIDTOWN. Nov. 2:-Consider-
able interest in political affairs is
being taken in the borough this year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02

II You Are looking for a good real estate
investment, look first at the Lots Tor
Sale" column IN the CLASSIFIED Section.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02
Sales Ladies
Wanted!
Fire in State Street.
(Perth Amboy Evening
News.)

A fire caused by an overheated
electric iron, did damage estimated
at about $1,000 in the dress shop Of
Jules Musler, al $50 State Street, last
night. The fire was discovered by
Miss Catherine Mitka, of Penn
Street, and she a to Traffic Off
Ger Frank Gunkel who turned in the
alarm from box 81 at State and
Smith Streets. Upon the arrival Of
the fire fighters, chemicals were
used to extinguish the blaze. Of
ficer ]. F. Sullivan made the report
at police headquarters regarding the
fire.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Women to Assist.

Prompt action has followed the de.
cisiun Of republican leaders recently
reached To accoEi t. woman repub-
licans equal share in the party man
agement with men. President Hard
ing. with Chairman John T. Adams
of the republican national committee;
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. vice chair
man of the republican national cXecu-
tive committee. and Hamilton kcan.
chairman Of Il subcommittee appointed
20 canvass the plan. were the con-
ferres. 1t was found that the scnti-
ment was almost unanimous among
the national committeeman for admit
ting the women into the party coun-
ellis.
There was some uncertainty for
a while as to the ways and means of
cxpediting action, pending the next
meeting Of the full committee. which
will be held in December in this city.
to appoint the time and place for hold
ing the national convention. The' prob
lem has been solved for the present hy
I LdlIlllSt shtttiittS 'illii- upon '''' a.
rational committeeman to appoint, as
early as possible, a woman in his re-
spectiVc state to serve as an associate
member of the national committee.
This recognition of women is not
only an act OF justice. but is good poll
ties, and makes for arousinG and main
tanning the enthusiasm of woman re-
publicans in the paTty's welfare. and
VIII he none the less appreciated
though belated The democrats took
The first opportunity after the enfran-
chiscment of women to give them full
recognition. and the convention Of
1920 provided for woman on the ma.
tional committee from each state. ter
rit0ry and the District of Columbia.
orc effect Of the participation of
women in the party management Of
both parties is expected TO he the
counteracting of efforts To create Il
separate wo!nen's party. Politicians
are generally agreed that the women
can serve their purposes better by
operating through the two established
parties than by setting up an indie
pendent organization.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Thomas F. Dawson.

News of the death Of Thomas r..
Dawson as a result of the automobile
accident near Denver on Sunday adds
to the shock caused by the first an
nouncement of the mishap, in conse-
quence of which Sumner Curtis lost
his life. Mr.. Dawson was earlier in the
newspaper field in Washington than
Mr.. Curtis. His experience extended
over a long span. His acquaintance
was remarkably extensive. Holding, as
he did, for many years at the Capitol
d post of special importance with the
Associated Press. Tom" Dawson was
, regarded with affectionate respect by
q multitude of men in public life, who
. always found him intelligently sym
pathetic and trustworthy to the last
degree In later years he had left the
newspaper work. and though it was
with regret that he removed from
Washington it was appropriate that he
should go into the role of state his
torian of Colorado. for which he was
eminently fitted. Washington mourns
Thomas F. Dawson as one of its best
friends and most resected residents
for many years.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
The Sex Conflict.

Mrs. Alice Foote MacDougall, New
York feminist, is quoted as saying
that within a century all the business
of the world will be transacted by
women. She suggests that the men
may do the housekeeping.
Some one has to do the housekeep-
ing, suppose, and if women are otha--
wise engaged the men will have to do
it," said Mrs. MacDougall. But she
raises the hopes of men in her next
line. Probably" she said, Inventors
by that time will have relieved human
drudgery to such an extent that it
will be pretty easy for the men,
A happy age, indeed, the coming
twenty-first century, with the women
doing all the work of the world and
the housekeeping being done by ma
chinery. When Columbus discovered
a new world in the fifteenth century
it was inhabited-that. part of it in
which We live today-by the American
Indian who had provided that the
women do all the work, leaving the
men free to spend all their time hunt
ing and fighting. 1t is true that under
the system of the Indians the women
also did the housekeeping, there being
no machinery to keep that going
automatically.
The women in this country-in the
world-are doing a good job today.
One reason this is true is that house
keeping has been reduced more and
more to a science through modern in
ventions, and the women Of today not
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Amherst Disturbance Symptomatic
Of Unrest in Many Colleges.

SeethinC unrest apparently has be-
come the order of the day in colleges
all over the country, and because the
break at Amherst is regarded as
symptomatic of the general dis
turbance it has been very widely
commented upon in the press. To
many editors Amherst has crys;allizea
into the battlefield of the war be-
tween yesterday and tomorrow, be-
tween spiritual youth and spiritual
age, between conservatism and lib
eralism." as the Boston Globe e&-
presses it, To others that is a
fabricated issue, the real trouble, as
they cCnStrue it, being not DR. Mcikle-
johns marked liberal tendencies but
his lack of administrative ability.
Among papers which take this posi-
ton are some having well recognized
liberal tendencies of their own. But
the other side dismisses that arEu-
mcnt still unconyinccd, maintaining
that il is a little late to discover the
administrative ineffiCiency of col
lege president after eleven years of
service in which the standing of the
college has steadily advanced.
Amherst. fine though her traditions
and dignified her history. is too
small" the Newark News thinks. ITO
ne OF n9JlOndl concern save WiltFb u
great principle in the field of higher
education is at stake and the mere
passing of q college president who
got i'll 81 row with his faculty and his
trustees" would never have become
nation wide front page news" but
for the belief that up in the Pelham
hills was being fought out battle
for intellectual freedom" DR.. Meikle-
john, the News goes on to say, was
summoned to the Amherst presidency
eleven years ago ito establish new
order and lift Amherst out of the rut
of educational Journalism. He did it."
How we'll he did it, in the opinion of
the Baltimore Sun. is suggested by
it's assertion that under his direction
Amherst College has won an enviable
international reputa tion as a liberal
educational institution with ideas and
methods of it's own" among other
things because of his insistence that
the spirit of inquiry rather than re-
ceptiveness should characterize the
attitude of the students toward their
work; his refusal to boost the quanti-
tative membership of the college at
the expense of the quality of accepted
students; his opposition to oyerem-
phasis of the athletic side of college
tion which he has forwarded in es-
tablishing workers study classes with
more or less direct connection with
the college"
The result of all of this, the Sun
explains. perhaps particularly the
last point is that "Dr. Meiklejohn
has stirred up opposition in influential
quarters" Evidently, the New York
World concludes, his ideas are not,
those of the average modern college
president, who is pre-eminently
business man, bent on increasing en-
rollment and endowment at any cost
On the other hand, 1t is pointed out
that the entire difficulty in. which DIR.
Meiklejohn found himself was the re-
suit not Eef aiss policies but Of his
ma st,1Sf ftF II "a an Il se1af foreing
those policies The New York Post.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
The New Conduit.

The progress of work on the new
conduit from Great Falls is gratifying
to everybody in the District Interested
in the increase of the water supply,
and it is inconceivahlc that there
should he anybody in the District who
Is not interested in this important mat
ter. Every blast and every shovel of
rock and dirt taken out of the great
ditch and tunnels brings us closer to
the time when we shall have an abun-
dant water supply, and reduces the
danger that might come to us from
any interruption in the supply fur
nished by IL single conduit. y recent
report of Maj. Man {. Tyler, Corps of
Engineers. in charge of the construc-
ton of the new conduit from Great
Falls To the reservoir at the, District
line. shows that the work il q per
cent complete in the section west of
the Anglers Club, 16 per cent com.
plete in the next section extending to
Cabin John bridge and per cent com
plete in the next section to the Dis
trict line reservoir, including the tun-
mel under DaleCarlia hill.
One chapter in the big work has just
beer written in calling for bids to be
opened on July 20 for the construction
of that section of the conduit from its
intake above the Great Falls dam 10
a point near the Anglers Club, where
work on the conduit is we'll advanced.
of the westernnaost section Of the con
duit is said TO he the last official act
of Maj. Tyler in his service on the
building of Washington greater wa
ter plant. The War Department has
ordered his transfer tn Florence. Ala,
in connection with the Muscle Shoals
project. and he will leave for his new
post in a few days.
Mai. Tyler has rendered conspicuous
service in making surveys and plans
for developing hydroelectric power
from the Potomac in working out
plans for various projects for increas-
ing the capitals water supply and in
working out the plan now being put
through which calls for a new conduit
from Great Falls and for enlarged and
new reservoirs for the storage of the
greater volume of water that will he
brought down from the falls. The Dis
trict regrets that this able officer is
10 be transferred to another field, but
it is part of the life of an Army officer
TO be shifted from one post to another
1t is quite likely that as the years
pass Maj Tyler's name will become
associated with the new conduit very
much as that of Gen. Montgomery
Msigs is associated with the old water
line. 1t is predicted that the new con
duit may be completed by January l,
1925.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Red Tape Stops the Mails.

In many respects the United States
runs its business in small way. 1t is
not yet fully organized on lines Of high
est efficiency. Congress makes appro-
priations with certain rigidities of pro-
vision, measuring everything by the
fiscal years yardstick While Con
gress is in session deficiencies that are
inevitable, and that may be antici
patcd. are provided against by occa-
siunal bills of refund and allowance
Still there stands before every chief
of bureau on department a guardian
with II naked sword of prohibition
against exceeding appropriations or
anticipating them. The other day the
District government had an expert
encc along this line. and found ii nee.
esSary to Curtail the official telephone
service because the funds We're run
ming short, But n much more inn
prCssive example Of the absurdity Of
red-tape departmental bookkeeping
comes to note through an order cut
ting off until the 1st of July all parcel
post service with Europe. for lack Of
funds.
1t seems that the volume of mail To
Europe has been increasing greatly
during the past two or three months.
Since Congress adjourned this increase
has exceeded ali expectations and
broken all records, and the appropria-
tions for the service for the closing
fiscal year have been exhausted, de
spite the cXpedient Of repeated reduc.
lions of the rates paid to steamship
sion. no provision could lie made To
care for this abnormal situation.
Here lies the absurdity Of the mat
tor: All mail service is prepaid The
users of the mails in purchasing and
atiiXing their stamps buy transporta.
tion. 1t is not Il matter between
the mail user and the government
whether the service is self-supporting.
whether money ma king >or money los
ing. The government undertakes to
carry the letters and parcels for the
established rates. and it should carry
them, whether the appropriation at a
particular time of year is sufficient or
not. In other words, there should he
always at hand at the disposal OF the
Post Office Department money enough
to carry out the contracts that it is
constantly making with mail users
There should never be an hours de
lay for lack Of funds. inasmuch as the
funds have been prepaid by the pa
irons Of the post.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
A Rotten Guard Rail.

+. Somebody's. business, nobodys bust
ness. That old saying was illustrated
tragically yesterday in Brooklyn, when
a train of two cars fell off the elevated
tracks into the street and caused the
death of eight persons and the injury
of seventy others. 1t was somebody's
business to see that the guard rails on
the bridge structure on which the
tracks are laid were strong enough
to hold a canting car in case of de-
railment. That is to say, it was some
body's business thirty years ago when
the road was built. And the rail was
then probably strong enough. But
from year to year it was simply some
hody's business to see that it was
painted, job that was done perhaps
well enough for looks, but not well
enough for security. And so the rail
rotted, and nobody knew 1t or thought
OF It or cared-about it, and the years
passed. and the paint held up the q Il