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New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
srrk TROLLEY AGghEHENr

SeV Haten. Juno s.--Tho general conference board CT tbe trolIeymen. union wss in confrrHCn today with General Managers and Niro president J. C. PundsrforJ of thc Connettieut Cs.. ir an cFort to rurnc 10 au arrr"- mant on tho nrp annual ror'rart on wages Thr men gay that they dc sira tr. nake direct az-~~-7. a5z-if,f~ oHl rrf have fine dispu'e En 10 an arbitration board
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
Senate to Vote Tonight
 On Child Labor Amendment

Washing on. Juno 2.--The F~natc agreed today 'n voto ai 2 o'c'nck To- nizht on inc rnild labor consti1 utional experiment which aIrrady has passed tnn house. An original agreement 10 votr sf 5 p. m. F3= modified af'"r Senator Eecd. democrat. Missouri. had dnmanIci more finn foe d0iat"- Ee- s-r'inz that fine propose aas "F'"p toward anarchy
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Leopold l.. Maynard. trustee. has transferred property al Ellis Manor to Joseph kamenicky ir. Antoni Baskow- aki has transferred property on Beacon street to Joseph and Narelia Rawa. George Maregold has transfer. red property on Childs street to Adolph rfeiffer. The Bodwell Land company has transferred property at Belyidere Heights to Julia Kennedy. Louie s. Jones has transferred proper " on Ten Acre road 10 Edward S. Lancaster
 Morris Cohn has --t, inc siore al, 10 Main street to 'cs F. Had field for three year d June for tho yearly rental Of aI.pso during the first and second year and for si,0o0 the third year.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
RECOVER STOLEN CARS

New Haven. June 2.-Sew Haven police today made public the fact that 77 automobiles had been stolen here since January l and that all but 1z had been ecoRersd.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
one pint of gin or whiskey." The detective destroyed the note.
 Phone Their Parents

The prisoners were permitted to telephone their parents last night.
 Loeb, talking with his mother, as- surcd her repeatedly that he had com- mitted tho murder.
 Young Leopold assumed business like conversation. His father is ill. His mother is dead.
 Send me a change of clothes, snd isn't it about time you employed an attorney for me-" he was reported as saying. "Yes, l did it. We have got to face it and make the best Of it."
 Mrs. Franks. mother of the slan boy. is reported in n serious condi- tion. The lad was a cousin once re- moved of Loeb, and Mrs. Franks suf- fered relapse when she was in- formed who had killed her boy. she had not recovered from the blow of Roberts death.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
Jokei About Crime

A young coed at the University ef Chicago. where Leopold was a post - graduate law student and Loeb post graduate student in history, has re- yealed on several occasions since the staying Leopold had joked with her about the matter. Once, she syd. she had told Leopold that it would be a good joke for him 10 confess the crime and for her 10 claim the sl6,- GOO rewards offered. He agreed if would be a huge joke. she said.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
TWO INDICTMENTS WILL BE ASKED

fContinuod from First Fage)
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Senator Harrison Keynoter.

In selecting Senator Pat Harrison
of Mississippi to deliver the keynote
speech Of the Democratic national
convention in New York next month
the committee on arrangements Of the
Democratic national committee not
only picked leader Of recognized
ability, but also awarded this signal
honor for faithful service.
In 1920 and 1921, after the Demo
cratic party had been showed under
by avalanche Of votes at the polls,
the Democrats seemed to be wander
ing in a wilderness. Some doubt was
expressed that the party would be able
to "come back" certainly not with
in the next half dozen years or more.
But soon there arose in the Senate
a persistent, insistent and consistent
voice, the voice Of Senator Harrison.
He aimed with exceeding skill his
verbal arrows Of criticism. He became
a thorn in the side Of the Republican
majority. He did 1t all with the ut.
most good humor and q smile which
disarmed his opponents. They could
not hate him, even though they felt
the sting Of his remarks. The present
President and expected Republican
nominee to succeed himself peesided
over the Senate ct the time as vice
President. and vas compelled to listen
Evening star., 1924-05-18

1t must be assured that such an un-
fair and discriminating condition can.
not continue in effect, and that, lack.
ing remedial action on its part, the
publishers Of America are either going
to be under the necessity Of refusing
to use the United States mail for de-
ivering papers to distant subscribers
or of sc raising their distant subscrip-
ton rates as to result in the dissRtis-
faction Of their subscribers, attended
by steady losses in distant subscrip-
tons. Either Of these inevitable con-
tingencies would result in a steady
loss Of income to Uncle Sam.
The existing rates to the news.
papers OF America are exorbitantly
high, unjustly taxing the free press Of
the nation, which can no longer carry
the burden OF this discrimination
alone. To leave the rates where they
stand today would be unfair and in
expedient. To increase them would be
deliberate injustice, accomplishing no
good and much harm. To decrease
them, as proposed in the Mckinley
amendment, is patiently in order, both
from the viewpoint of equity and rev.
enue expediency.
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Control of Private Agencies.

The arguments made before the
commission on public welfare legis-
lation in opposition to the proposal
that private welfare institutions in
the District be brought under the
supervision of the proposed board OF
public welfare fail to impress by their
logic.
The antagonists to the proposed
legislation assert that it is undemo-
cratic: that 1t would involve the sur.
render Of private institutions to the
board, and that to empower any pub
lie agency to formulate rules and regu-
lations for the government OF institu-
dangerous power" 1t is well to ex-
anime these contentious. made in the
form Of broad generalities without ef-
fort to demonstrate their applicability
to the specific problem in hand.
1t is difficult to comprehend why.
if public supervision is wise and de-
sirable in the case Of public institu-
tions, it is unwise and undesirable in
the case Of private institutions. Both
classes Of agencies are caring for the
mand that they be conducted on q
plane OF reasonable efficiency and in.
tegrity is equally applicable in both
cases. A large majority Of local pri-
vate welfare agencies derive their
funds from public subscription. OBJ
viously the public is concerned that
these be soundly administered. Nor
is there any reason why, If a single
private citizen or group Of citizens
chooses to establish, under the mis-
leading title Of a welfare agency, an
institution" OF standards and prac-
tees tnimical to the best interests OF
those who go there, he should be free
to do so, even at his or their own ex-
pense.
The proposal OF those who favor the
establishment OF a board OF public
welfare is that to a carefully appoint.
ed group Of Washingtonians COM
manding full public confidence the ad-
ministration Of public welfare institu-
tions at the nations Capital shall be
intrusted. The proposal Of those who
favor the supervision Of local private
agencies is that this same body shall
be charged with the formulation Of
certain standards which private agen-
cies shall be required to maintain, and
that by direct supervision Of the
methods and practices OF such institu-
tions they shall see that these stand
ards are maintained. OF that the
agency which fails to maintain them
ceases to operate in the District OF
Columbia.
That is the proposal. It is demo
cratic in that it places the interests
Of the many as Of larger import than
the license Of the individual. It in
wolves no surrender Of those charged
with the administration OF a private
agency to the proposed board Of pub
lie welfare, but merely requires that
their administration shall be subject
to a broad code Of standards to be
formulated by a. conscientious group
Of Washingtonians, commanding the
public confidence. It is dangerous
only to those private agencies which
may today be improperly conducted
in Washington.
Evening star., 1924-05-18

SO Vehemently. Senator Hiram John
son admits there is Something to os
said against it
Clyde Dawson, former president OF
, the Colorado Bar Association. but now
practicing his profession in Washing
ton, used to have, and still has for that
matter, very good Scotch friend in
Denver. Quite often Mr. Dawson used
10 make some smiling reference to the
traditional thrift of the Scotch people.
HIS friend always resented the good
natured slams and said they were not
true at all. He contended that Scots
mad many generous impulses and were
no ughter" as class than any other
folk.
1t came to pass, however, that in due
course of time tho Scotch friend went
home-home after many years of alb
sence from the highlands and the
heather. Also in due course of time
he returned to this country and no
sooner had he reached Denver than he
looked up his friend Dawson.
Clyde" he said. IL don't know but
that you are right about the Scotch
after all. ! had a most trying cx-
perience with them during my tr1p
1t was in Edinburgh one afternoon.
was out strolling and thought !
would smoke, but found myself with
out a match. l walked into a tobac-
conist's shop and asked for a light
They promptly said they did not pro
vide lights, but would sell me box
OF matches for penny. ! walked
along to a second shop and was told
the same thing-they could not give
me a light, but would sell me matches
for a penny. ! walked farther and
farther and 1t was always the same
story. And do you know. Clyde.
finally turned around and had 10
walk more than a mile back to the
hAf T -y,lI Hnt lob
guess the Scotch are tight all right
You certainly have convinced me "
Mr.. Dawson replied, with just the
sem blance of a grin.
X x X r
"The people of the United States DO
not know how much they really
owe to the birds" declared Royal u.
Mead of Honolulu and Washington.
THE eagle may be the national bird.
but there are plenty of others who
deserve to rank with him. AS mat
ter of fact the eagle merely stands as
a symbol. There are other birds who
work day by day to make the United
States great
should suddenly become extinct you
would know what l mean. In Hawaii
our lack Of birds costs US millions
OF dollars year We have no birds
to prey upon the insects that attack
our agriculture, and the result is
we have to spend huge sums for
scientific research and the establish
ment of methods of fighting the pests.
In continental America the birds do
| most Of this work for you. I have
just seen that great swarms Of black
birds are attacking caterpillar
pest in California. We lost most Of
our birds with the denuding and dis
appearance Of our forests. Let US
hope a similar fate will not befall
the United States"
Evening star., 1924-05-18
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

One hears much talk in Washing
ton these days about the direct pri-
mary being responsible for the pres
ent low ebb OF Congress, particularly
the Senate. OF course, in the case of
the Senate it is claimed the direct
election idea shares some of the re-
sponsibiIity. But conditions would
be much improved. apparently, IL only
the primary were done away with,
according to the views Of some OF the
old time leaders.
One hears the plant in Washington
that the Republican party has suf-
fered far more from the primary
blight than have the Democrats. In
short, the Republicans would have
you believe that nothing better could
be expected from the Democrats than
their present representation at the
National Capital, while the G. o. p.
is being hamstrung by primary laws
and conditions, and is prevented from
putting its best foot forward-or any
foot forward, for that matter.
The Republicans necessarily must
admit that their ranks in the Senate
are badly split, and that their abil-
1ty to function as a ruling majority
is all but non-existent President
Coolidge hardly knows which way to
turn when he wants the members of
his own party in the Senate to do
something. The paper majority he
is supposed to have with him turns
at q. crisis into a bare margin of one
over the necessary one-third to pre-
vent the overriding of a veto.
Blame 1t on the primary" say the
men high in the counSels OF the Re-
publican party. "The primaries have
put men in our party who do not be-
long there at all. Hence we have no
conference in the Senate. There are
at least twenty so-called Republicans
| in the United States Senate today who
would never have been considered
for the place If the party leaders of
their states could have controlled the
situation. Nor would they have been
considered in the days when the leg
islatures elected senators. Men would
have been chosen who would have
been responsible to party leadership
and subject to party discipline. 1t is
that there exists no party loyalty or
possibility Of party discipline in the
Senate at this time.
Therefore party government hangs
in the balance. Is 1t to be continued
or are we to permit the primary sys.
tenn to continue to break the national
legislature up into groups and blocs
| that pull first one way and then an
other, with no responsible leadership
and no desire to accomplish anything
The American government always has
been a government of parties. We
have succeeded and built ourselves up
under a biparty system. Is this all to
be a very much muddled situation in
the National Capital?"
N. B.-The primary system hasn't al
the advocates that once adhered to il
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Madison Square Garden.

comes the story again that Madison
Square Garden, New York, is to be
taken down and replaced by an Office
building. It is said that 1.-The demoli.
tton Of the building is indicated by the
filing of tentative plans for a twenty
eight-story structure to occupy the
site" One should note that the word
tentative" Is used, and that descend
ant OF the ancient verb 'to try" lacks
in positiveness. There have been many
stories that Madison Square Garden
was about to pass, but sometimes q
threatened building lives long. There
must come an end to most things, and
it Is likely that some time q monster
structure Of another kind will stand
where "the Garden" is, and that on a
wall Of the new building the New
York Historical Society will place a
tablet marked "Site Of Madison Square
Garden"
the country's famous buildings. 1t
might be embarrassing to be quizzed
as to reasons for its fame, but most
persons have read of it for thirty-five
years. When it was building in 1889
1890 We used to read long stories
about its size, the height of its tower
and the thousands of people that it
would take to crowd it. Later we
reveled in stories Of six day walking
matches, and six-day bicycle races in
the Garden. We have had any num-
ber of stories of horse shows, prize
fights, political conventions and indus
trial expositions in the Garden. 1t
was much in the news when its archi-
tect, Stanford White, was killed in the
roof garden Of the building by Harry
Thaw in 1906. This summer the Demo
cratic national convention will meet
in Madison Square Garden. and we
will see its name often in the news.
Though not an old structure as many
buildings count their years, it is per
haps fair to set it down as a historic
building. and to admit that when it is
razed a landmark will have passed.
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Newspaper Postal Rates.

There are two proposals before the
legislators on Capitol Hill today call.
ing for congressional consideration.
The one. in the form of an amend
ment to the revenue bill, proposes a
reduction in the prevailing postal
rates applied to newspapers. The
other, urged to become part Of the
Joint bill under which certain in.
creases in the salaries Of postal EN-.
ployers are projected, would provide
for a substantial increase in those
rates in certain Of the more distant
postal zones.
In contemplating the respective
merits of these opposed proposals
there are certain facts which Con.
Eress should take into consideration:
Congress should understand that
the newspaper postal rates are the
only postal rates increased since the
war to q point higher than they were
either before or during the war. II
should know that 1t costs The Star, as
a typical American newspaper, II
cents to mail q single copy Of its Sun.
day edition to the outlying or eighth
postal zone, whereas an individual
citizen may mail the same paper to
the same destination for or cents
under the second class transient rates,
and this despite the fact that to the
cost of handling for the publisher is
added, in the case Of the individual,
the cost Of collection and delivery,
which services are not rendered the
publisher. It should know that ex'
prsD and baggage rates for handling
1apers are from 40 to 60 per cent
cheaper than the existing postal rates.
Evening star., 1924-05-18
All Other States,
The City of All Americans.

A speaker at the annual banquet
OF the American Federation Of Arts
Friday evening spoke Of Washington
as our city, the city of all Ameri-
cans" He spoke with pride in Wash
tngton, as the exemplar Of the best,
as a symbol OF the national greatness.
This is an expression of the senti-
ment felt by practically all Of those
who come to Washington in attend
ance upon national assembiages, of
whatever character. They come from
all parts of the country to spend two
or three days, perhaps week. Many
of them come for the first time and
put in some hours in sightseeing
Others are old-timers in visiting the
Capital and, after noting the changes,
stick to the business of their conven-
tionS or conferences. But with few, if
any, exceptions they bring with them
surely they take away-the feeling
that this is their city.
Pride in Washington on the part
of residents of Ohio, Oklahoma, Ore
gon. Texas, Maine or Florida is a
natural feeling. And Washington is
proud of this pride that is felt by the
representatives of the national-partner
side Of the Capital combination. The
District wishes that even more con-
ventions were held here, not merely
for the sake of the entertainment Of
such delightful guests, but for the
sake Of the spread of this sense Of
ownership.
1t would be well if members of
Congress, the Districts legislature,
could attend the meetings and the ban
quets that usually close the conven-
tioI1s of these national organizations
selecting the Capital for a gathering
place. They would hear things that
might cause them to change their
views regarding the treatment Of the
Capital municipality. They would
hear expressions Of surprise that even
greater progress has not been made in
the development Of a national city.
They would hear voices athrill with
emotion speaking Of the stimulus to
the better Americanism which Wash
ington causes. They would hear some
criticisms of the shabbiness of some
of the features of the municipal equip
ment and the inadequacy Of the na-
tional equipment.
We who live here know wherein lie
the deficiencies of the Capital. We
know of the lack Of certain essen.
tials Of wholesome, progressive COM
munity life. We know that our
schools are crowded, that our streets
are rough, that our children are de-
prived of proper Fairgrounds, that
our various municipal departments
are cramped and handicapped by lack
of, appropriations. We know that
there are bare spots that need atten-
ton. We know that there are poten-
tiai park areas going to waste for lack
of attention.
But Washington also knows that
the people are steadily reaching a
realization Of the need of constant en-
deavor to develop the Capital, which
they so greatly admire and which
they regard as their own city.
Evening star., 1924-05-18

What has been characterized as
perhaps the largest experiment in
public relations-that Is, in relations
the patrons OF that industry-which
has ever been attempted in this
country" is found in the work OF the
committee OF public relations in CO.
operation with motion picture pro-
ducers. This experiment was insti-
tuted by VIII H. Hays, former Post
master General and now czar OF the
movies
Mr.. Hays invited to a conference in
New York the representatives of
sixty-two organizations with nation
wide memberships. They had Protest
ant, Catholic and Jewish affiliations.
Labor was represented, the American
Legion, civic welfare bodies. the
Y. NJ. c. A., the National Catholic
Scouts, Mother-Parent- Teachers the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs
and numerous other interests.
He asked these delegates to form
an executive committee and to choose
secretary, who should b station
ed in the Hays headquarters as
Eaison officer between the general
public as requested by the commit
tee, and the motion picture producers
Of the Hays group: Ihrouga IN n1nduers en.s
were doing might reach out to the
membership Of the organizations rep,
resented On the other hand, woro
Of what the organisation member
ships approved and desired might
ence or guide them in the making OF
their niCfuYeS.
The executive committee thus ere.
ated includes: Mrs. l. Grant Bald
| win of the Daughters OF the Amerf.
can Revolution; Howard a. 5. Sra"cnel Srs ae
thony Wayne Cook, also Of the D. A
r.: George e. Dickie Of the Play,
ground and Recreation Association OF
America, Hugh Frayne OF the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, Lee F. ham
mer Of the Russel Sage Foundation md ion
tional Educational Association, Mrs
oliver Hartman of the Camp Fire
Girls, Lou E. Holland and Carl Hunt
Of the Associated Advertising Clubs
the Rev. Charles n n canrcSes canrrSp OF Mrs tne
Harry Lilly of the General Fedora
tion Of Women's Clubs, c. A. McMa-
hon, National Catholic Welfare Con
ference; John r. Moore and DR.. Johr
r. Mott. internadohal iona So@mi.1ee nminn %. o.
American Legion; Mrs. A. H. Reeve
Mothers and Parent Teacher Asso.
| ciations;s Mrs. Jane D. Pippin, the CIR
Scouts; Mrs. Robert E. Speer, Youne
Women's Christian Association; Mis-:
Marialla w. Freeman. American LII
| brary Association; James T. West
| Boy Scouts Of America ana WINDSOR
B. Williams of the American Legion
| Col. Jason 8. JOY, an Army once!
with experience in the recreation field
| was named as executive secretary.
How the Committee Works.
Every Tuesday morning, in a pri
yate projection room in New York, 4
aim program 10 shown to ~ many
members of the executive committed
as can be present Tho hlns showz
are ones which have not been dis
tributed to the country At large.
If the committee members like
| f,lm and feel that they can indorse ]
| they do so, and their verdict IS pup
| iished and distributed to the member
| ship Of their organizaGons. NO a
| verse comment IL published by tn
| committee on public relations wher
| its members find any OF the photo
| plays dull or Of a type which the.
| FEEL to be not altogether suitable fol
| the people throughout the countr,
Rut such films are not allowed t
Evening star., 1924-05-18

to these jibes at the Republican ad.
ministration.
And now Senator Harrison Is tc
have the opportunity Of delivering an.
other attack upon the Republican ed
ministration-for such no doubt a
Democratic keynote speech must be-
in a field even wider than the Senate
chamber. That it will be classic o1
its kind is the expectation Of those
who have chosen him as temporary
chairman Of the national convention
and "keynoter."
Evening star., 1924-05-18

Fears are entertained as to the kind
of construction to go up on some land
in this city now owned by the Ger
man government. Berlin has been the
means Of bringing so many problems
before Washington, D. c., that she
should hesitate about taking a hand
in the housing problem.
Evening star., 1924-05-18

Dukes and duchesses are compelled
to submit to gossip concerning their
domestic disagreements no less than
motion picture stars. Publicity is one
of the penalties Of aristocracy as well
as Of art.
Evening star., 1924-05-18

The oil investigation might have
gone on for q long time to come if
public interest really demanded any
needless lingering over the details Of
a painful subject.