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Evening star., 1926-01-24
HN WILL. J.. KENNEDY.

The present Public Utilities Com
mission has served the corporate in
terests rather than the people OF the
District ana has enabled the public
utility corporations to collect in serV-
ice charges Il great deal Of money
they would not have been able to col
leCt If there had been no Public Itil-
EN Commission. This Is the boiled
Inwn opinion Of the subcommittee OF
the House District committee that has
been conducting hearings on the sub
jet. Hearings were adjourned yes
rerday subject /" call Of the chairman
which chairman Iihlman said would
rot he before Friday.
The Public I'tiiiIies Commission
never has fairly served the people. is
rot now able To serve the people and
sees no way in which il can better
conditions FOR the people. the chair
man an" official spokesmen for the
commission and his assistant have re-
TeatedIy testified.
Facing these admissions. the con
eressionaI investigators say they see
no reason for continuing the Public
Utilities Commission As il now exists,
identical with the Board of District
commissioners They see little good
10 he gained ny continuing the same
commissioners with a ma ioritN vote
and veto power. on an enlarged com
mission. ~ the commissioners recon-
mend in IA hill introduced at their re-
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immigration Law Results.

Another legislative matter in which
the President is K '"u,v Interested.
but which has not come ~ he front
a vet. is a modification "f the irimi-
grafton law While nnt 'nnuen time
has elapsed to afr,d = conclusive
demonstration. the President ht OK
pressed himself i oein.: fairly ven
plea sed with the results nf tho ininll-
grafton law enacted l1~i wear. hIr he
believes il can he improved by Some
slight changes Certain ut its IUnVi-
Sions should he modified II som" eN-
tent. he has said 10 those with whom
he has discussed the -'hia,t IL slN.
The restrictions and limitations I'M
posed hv the present law. tn" l'resl-
dent has been led - hnit"Nt.. .''e work
ing hardships. especially r"-"rd'n-
wives and children Of aliens. He Is
Represented as be!n- # ,he "Dini":i
that The law would l." greatly i'm
proved If "A more huoau touch Mere
given to it.
The President has sent out ''feelers =
- he capitol especially among mem
ber- Of the Senate aud House inrni-
grafton commit tees. and what THESE
'.feeIers' have riea I'm the WAY of
information have caused him to reac h
the conclusion that his hopes regard
ing this legislation are not going TO
he realized unless he - insistent.
There are more than 30 bills Of all
sorts aiming to change the immicra
tion law which have been introduced
in Congress thus far AT this session.
These bills are varied in intents and
purposes and adVices the Preside nj
received Yesterday are to the effect
that If he is 10 get what he wants in
the matter nf notifications ne Will
have IN he inSisient
MIR Coolidge held conference Al the
White House Yesterday with Secre-
tarv Of Labor Davis. whose depart
ment has the enforcement of the i'm
migration laws. Afterward. this cahi-
net officer made a hurried visit TO the
Capitol and saw more than nne in
fuential member of the House in the
interest Of the Presidents : wishes.
Represe entative johnson of Washing
ton. chairman of the House immicra
tion committee. was one of those the
Secretary saw. but he had no comment
I q ma kp.
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Reid Criticizes Stephens.

When the corporation counsel teSti-
fed that he believed that certain Of
the public utilities were all ii hi Civ
ing the best possible service and at
reasonable rates. Representative
Frank II. Reid Republican. of Hi
n6is. commented: You certainly must
have had your heart in your work
then. when You appeared against
them"
The proposal for a peoples cuun-
sci. made in bill. which Chairma n
Iihlman has introduced in the Sixty
eirhth Congress and again in this
Congress. VIII get more favorable con
SideratioE in the committee for the
members feel that if the corpora ation
counsel is already oNerwork cd tas haG
been testified. there is little sense in
giving his office more work. On the
other hand, they feel hat there would
he distinct advantage in providing
for an attorney of much experience
who would devote all of his time to
giving the people adequate representa-
ton in public utility matters.
This disposition of the subcommit-
tee. which must make a report to the
full District committee Al the meeting
week from Wednesday. was express
ed in executive session. and indica ed
by questions asked by Chairman Iihl-
man when the hearing was resumed
Yesterday. Mr.. Reid empha sized also
that the committee and Congress
hoped for little from the existing Pub.
lie Utilities Commission when he said
that ''if this commission has done a II
it could to bring about merger.
which 1t claims is the one big chance
for relief for the people. then We
Evening star., 1926-01-24
Entirely New ID al Seen.

The Investigate tors are leaning strong
ly toward an entirely new commission.
specially selected because Of particu-
lar training since they rea liZe that
there must he some regulatory hOGN
and the Board Of Commissioners *
confessedly untitled and untrAine I
and too busy for such a duty.
In fairness. ii must lie stated that
he witnesses for the Public Utilities
Commission say they have been forced
to favor the corporations rather thar
the people hv the nuhli" ility Law
pa aSSed hy Congress. and close >tIdr is
now being made 10y he si.> lawyers
among the nine members o. The sub
committee tn see in what respect the
law should he amended tn do Justice
I" patrons Of public IuiitE service
The plea made by Engineer Commits
Sioner Bell. by his assistant Ma
CoVeH. and by Corpora ton Counsel
stephens. for additional legal service
under the administration Of the cor
poration counsel is not receiving very
enthusiastic support. for several of
the lawyers on the committee have
severely criticized the corporation
counsel While he was witness
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BELGIUM MOURNS
DEATH OF MERCER:
KING VISITS BIER

tContinued from First Page
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Ask Draft Of Measure.

Administration friends have advised
he President that if he will give the
House something definite in the sha pc
IF a draft of a bill To amend the immi-
grafton law, II will have preference
over all other immigra ton measures.
1t is thought likely that the Presi.
dent already has delegated this task
to Secretary Davis. who will collaho-
rate with Chairman Johnson of the
immigration committee.
The President has not the slightest
idea of failing to get what he wants in
this matter He is we'll aware of the
administration strength in the
House.
The Pr sident in his advocacy of
modification. does not want 10 he mis-
understood regarding restrictive immi-
grafton He believes in the principle.
He looks upon it as undoubtedly pro-
lection to the wage earners OF this
country. He considers il of great
economic valS@ He does want to see
in this country q larger annual in
crement Of people within our borders
than can he woven into the economic
fa brio in such a way to supply their
needs without undue injury L" the
citizens OF this country.
For Rivers and Harbors.
II has been learned that the Presi-
dent has given partial promise that
he will approve increasing the rivers
and harbors appropriation 5000. 600
above the $40. 900. 900 approved by the
budget JnaSnuch as this is not
strictly in accordance with his policy
of economy in Government operation,
some little surprise was expressed in
official and congressional circles when
this became known Yesterday. Ihe
matter of this increase for rivers and
harbors was put up to the President
during a call at the White House the
past week by Representative Madden
Of Illinois. chairman of the appropri.
ations committee. and Representa- tive
Anthony OF Kansas. member OF the
same committee.
Friends of the President are in
clined to believe that he will ma ke
one more personal appeal TO the
farmers of the country TO look to
co-operative marketing as the means
Of meeting their export surplus prob
lem and not to Government control
and price fixing. as is being advo =
Gated bv the more radical elements
among the agricultIrists. 1t is un-
derstood that the President has
given tentative promise to send A
letter to be read at. the meeting on
January 2S in Des Moines. Iowa. Of
representatives of II states in the
so-calIed corn belt. when aEricnl-
tural relief legislation will he dis
cussed. President Coolidge dis
cussed the matter yesterday after
noon with Representative Hausen OF
Iowa. cha irman of the House agricul-
ture committee.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
EXPRESS BY AIRPLANE

That the American Railway Ex. press company is to use airolanes in the near future is not surprising announcement, considering that the main business of an express com pany is to haul goods swiftly.
 The express company is to estab- fish day and night lines, and 1t can be regarded as a foregone conclu- sion that the airplane system of this co-ordinated express system, which covers the entire United States. will be the last word In efficiency.
 The company is intent upon mak- ing the new enterprise pay, too; and if that is done it will be sonaethirg substantial in airplane development in this country, seeing that so many of the contract airr,ail lines are not paying propositions.
 Many valuable express parcels are being transported, with some ad- vantaGes over the parcel post for that purpose. The field is large, and with fair rates the air express ought t3 be g success from the be- ginning.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13

no exaggerated or imaginary inter- view ever brought from him a de: nial. All these things, to this poli- tican of an older order, was just so much r~1 advertising.
 The outstanding quality about Uncle Joe's" career was he stood up for his principles and fought for them to the last ditch. Even In 1910, when the power that until then had been vested in the speaker was divested from that functionary. he refused to play with the major ity sentiment of the country or even cringe to the opposition in his own district. His idea of leadership was not to have one ear to the ground. It made no difference whether his idea of congressional steam-rollng would eventually be discarded; he stuck to it because he believed in it.. He preferred to lose fighting rather that trim his sails to catch every slight wind from the apple-rounded cheeks of popularity chasers.
 It was only four years ago that Danville's leading citizen finally re- tired. He was then SC years old His principles maintained him in political life long time. Had he wobbled around and taken up every passing Fancy of the times during which he lived he would have been unheard of a generation or 50 earlier. There probably are many politicians of the new school, lacking in the definiteness of Cannon, pre- ferring to follow rather than lead, who will be retired long before they are within a mile of being S6.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
NEW SCHOOLS AND IMPROVED STREETS

Announcement that there would be some Hand development" as the real estate men call it, in the vicinity of the new Lincoln school on Steele street shows the influence of civic enterprise upon private enterprise. The one follows the other with unceasing regularity.
 The new Lincoln school is con structed upon hill which was used as site for sun-eclipse gazers @ year and half ago; now the site is
 ment second to none in the city.
 From the first it was apparent that
 the school would not be very old
 before there would be homes all around it in place of the fields, slopes and gullies.
 Steele street rises quite precipi- tately beyond the school, and the highway is one hard to travel, be- ing composed largely of ruts and rocks. IL is not a street, however, which leads nowhere, for. after q journey through pristine woodlands and q curve of about 90 degrees it leads smack Into Barnesdale.
 Barnesdale is snappyrlooking suburb within the city. and how it got started there was due entirely to private enterprise, aided by the good transportation possible along the Piainville electric line. The Steele street section contiguous to the new Lincoln school is closer to the city, but has never been greatly developed because of lack of transportation facilities before the bus systems arrived. AS things stand nowadays. a bus line can be established into such sections when ever there is sufficient of a demand for one. At present the Jerome street line runs along Corhin avenue and serves considerable territory in that section.
 It is improvements made that stimulate other Improvements in the vicinity. The city, in constructing both the new Lincoln and the i Roosevelt schools in open sections has stimulated sectional growth. l In truth, the city was fortunate in being able to secure so much vacant | land for the purposes in view; this i scarcely could have been done in ! most other sections where building | has been more pronounced.
 The new Lincoln school fo rced the construction of sewers, water | mains. sidewalks and what not in . its vicinity. The end is not yet, as work is still progressing along these lines In the course of a short time Steele street will become q much more important residence street than has been the case heretofore and will have to be improved all the way to Barnesdala.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
AIRPLANE BUSINESS IS PEREING UP

The business of manufacturing airplanes is progressing most favor ably and New England is doing its bit to provide better and safer air naviga ton.
 Readers who turned to the right page and the right column the other day noted that a concern in Hart ford had closed a contract with the government for the manufacture of 200 newly developed" airplane engines, better than any heretofore used; the contract, with certain accessories, reaching the neat total of s2,OOO,0o0.
 Ro''ghly allowing a fair sum for the cost of spare parts, it would ap- pear that these airplane engines would cost in the neighborhood of s7,oNo each. Without the spare parts the cost would amount to S10.000 each, but spare parts and access scries cost something, So that it ap- pears safe to | layman to fieure the engines at about the figure esti- mated.
 Everything In connection with airplanes costs high money. The wood, the alunlinum. the steel, and all else going into them must be of perfect quality. Washington is spending real money whenever air planes are ordered. There is nothing cheap about the business.
 IL is not surprising that New Eng land can bid successfully where these conditions exist. Quality is New England's chief asset in manu- featuring
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
THE ADE;7NTTRES OF ONYX
 AND FIGRySN
Py Paul S. Powers

 Aviator-Wall, boys, we are now ten thousand feet above the earth. Aren't you thrilled? i Onyx-Uh, huh. ies' lay yo' hand on nah backbone an feel how it am thtiilin', Man, what Ah craves Is ] careful descent! ator--Why. you should feel elated at this journey through the pure air-this rebirth-- Florian-Mistah, fin you all don't use care Ans gwine ter give birth 1 to big breakfast; An wishes Ah could touch solid earth again Onyx--Den put yo' fingahs in yo' ears! Aviatorman, supposin' some thing would happen to dis here fly wagon?
 Aviator-Why, nothing can, hap pen as long as I am flying at this gait.
 Florian--What Ah desires am in formation-wfat gate am you flyin' at? De pearly gate? Aviator--Why, TO, - Good Heavens. We're on fire! Jump boys, jump! And pull the rip cord on your parachutes! Onyx--Oooo! Lawd. Ise a par ashoot!
 Florian-How to do, Mistah Dev- el! How am you, today? You an me has always been good friends, ain't we? Den prepare a maneion foh me kaize Ans on nah way!
 Onyx-Ah's afraid to jump l-aize Ah might miss de ground! Well. here goes. Rabbits Foot--do yo i STUFF!
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
No Wife in Sig',t for
 Prince. Says Nss FroiAnr.

London, Nov. 1S 54g--Queen Mary enjoys joke equally as we'll as the King.
 Returning from Scotland, the Queen has teen t-i}ing fri nds of visits with some of the retired royal servants whom she has known for years.
 Tn one cottage the Queen asked q grand mother about Victoria Mary. aged 2o, ard was assured the girl was stiil at home.
 And there is no word of young hushandF' anxinusly inquired the Queen.
 T ha' heard O nane, Your Mates- tg,' the "srauny' replied. and then as an after thought she asked:
 And, Your Majesty, Is ther' ony word O a wife for the Prince of Wales yet?"
 "Granny's" neiehbors say the Queens reply was negative shake of her head and broad smile as she walked away.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
AMENDING THE PENSION
 SYSTEM

Making provision from the pen sion system for the widows or de pendents of police is a live topic among the city's bluecoats. The police board likewise is debating the question and there is every preba- bility that the charter revision com mittee will receive a request to amend the city charter to that ef- feet and have 1t pushed through the Legislature.
 The plan has everything to com mend 1t and very little to oprose 1t. At present the policemen pay two per cent of their salaries to the pen sion fund, which goes to them only when they are retired in cid age. In the case of death the money paid into the fund stays there.
 The argument against the plan is concentrated in the claim that a pension fund is not fundamentally an insurance fund. This cannot be gainsaid. Yet 1t seems unfair to an officers dependents to lose the two per cent salary that has been paid into the fund, usually for many years.
 The fire beard is confronted with . similar problem, but with ditfer- ent angles to it.>The firernen's pen sion fund is not accumulatiye from salaries, but results from the re- ceipts of the annual ball. the sale Of old fire apparatus, contributions from grateful citizens as cor1pli- ments of efficiency during fires, and money received from Berlin and Eewingtcn, or other surrounding towns, for assistance rendered.
 The problem in the fire depart ment is whether to adopt a per centage of salary scheme, such as obtains in the police department In the case Of the flremen, the younger men are understood to ep- pose the scheme on the score they would have to pay too long before the prospect of gaining anything from the fund. There would also be the problem whether 10 make the fund include ramuneration for de pendents in case Of death A charter amendment also would be roGuircd.
 That the dependents Of both 7o- lice and firemen have a moral right to the money paifinto such a fund by former breadwinners is a point that cannot easily be gainsaid. It ought to be the method in regard to both the policemen and the firemen. The young men who oppose the change at present would approve Of 1t in later years.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
$ Fears Ago 7odoy

The first ladies' night Of the sea- son was held at the Y. M c. A. last evening and vas very successful; it was in charge of the Trinity \ E church Young Peoples so- ciety. About 400 were present. A feature of the evening was tour through a family album. the old tintypes being represented by liv- ing persons; F. F. Neumar made a big hit as Grandpa Hobbs.
 The Herald tonight is proud to issue 12-page edition Instead of it's usual one of 8 pages.
 Final score: Yale 12. Princeton O..
 Berlin and Plainyi!le patrons of the trolleys are fortunate in that they are able to ride in heated cars while home patrons are running the ris,; of getting their toes frost bit ten.
 Jim Jeffries defeated Gus Ruhin at San Francisco last night when the latter's assistants threw in the sponge after five rounds of tame boxing. Owing to the difference in time, the fight began at 12:30 east ern time and the Herald did not publish bulletins.
 The first Santa Claus letter has come in to the post office. It is addressed to 123 Angela street, North Pole.
 F. L. Mills is being congratulated upon the fact that today Is the tenth anniversary of the opening of his hardware store.
 After Ernest Wann had declined the position, Oscar Johnson was elected president of the Swedish Republican club last evening, Other officers are vice president, John Brink: secretary, David s. Ohman; financial secretary, Aaron Daniel son; treasurer. George Bergendahl; sergeant-at- t-arms, Linus Anderson, 4. H. Nero; executive committee, Alg0t Johnson, Carl Ebbesen; press committee, Torston Rydengsvand, Eric Rindeborg.
 Free with each pound of coffee or half-round of tea--a 1oc coal sieve. Home Tea Co.
 The four Usher brothers of Plainville, who possess such unusu- ally fine voices and musical ability, are taking vocal lessons of MT. Latham a leading instructor.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
Observation On The Weahey

Forecast: Southern New England; partly cloudy with rising temper ature Saturday; Sunday cloudy and warmer, probably showers Sunday night.
 Eastern New York: Fair and warmer in south and cloudy and slightly warmer in north portion on Saturday; Sunday cloudy and warm CT. Probably showers Sunday after noon or night.
 Conditions: P assure is high from the Mississippi valley and Manitoba eastward to the Atlantic coast. The eastward advance of the western disturbance will luse southerly winds and rising temperature Satur- day and Sunday east of the Mississ- ippi river and increasing cloudiness over the east n half of r. country, with showers n the Atlantic states Sunday afternoon or night
New Britain herald., 1926-11-13
COMMUNICATED
To the Editor:

10 lllG lLAlloA'
 Dear Sir
 One Day Above Others Unobscryed
 The article written by an Ex- World War veteran. in the editorial sheet of your paper dated November 10th, 1926, I may say, has brought about a good many remarks from { both sides of the story.
 First of all, people who did not answer to the call of this or any other nation are the ones who say, Forget about the war. It's all over now. Drop it." Now that IS alright for them to talk that way, but what about the thousands Of boys, q don't mean Loud Speak, ers') but the Brave Soldier Lads" who went and experienced trench warfare. some of which came back to their native lands unscratched and those still brayer lads who laid down their lives that you might live. Well then, think about what would have happened. had these soldier boys stayed at home. Now ask yourself lllS QAtollOll, "lClO would we have been had it not been for the brave soldier and sailor boys who willingly shot to the front like lightning and proved to you and others that they were the only heroes, the ones who went and said "We will not return until vic- torious." And that they done. Now will you take your hat off to them?
 We did you favor which you will never be able 10 repay, but you can help and put the 1lth of November down as a day above all others. Put the parade through big and have a real Armistce Day holiday. You can get it if you work for it in the right way. I may say as you know, there are AS states in the Union. Twenty mine of these states observe this as national holiday. The remaining 19 states do not observe it and Connecticut is one of the few that does not ob- serve it as national holiday. Some people say, Why don't the American Legion in New Britain put on a parade?" Well then why don't you people appropriate tho necessary funds and this will help and put the day down as 1t should be known. The city of Hartford observed it last year and here we have Meriden observing 1t this year. The promises which were made to the boys when they went away. also to their mothers and wives, I may say, were not all carried out. How many mothers lost sons, how many wives lost their husbands. Hun- dreds of thousands. Do you ever expect those dear folks to forget this day? l should say not. The only ones who can forget 1t is those who did not go and those who did not have any one from their home. Put yourself in our shoes. Come through the hardships of warfare, then sec whether you would want Armistice Day observed or unob- served.
 Yours for square deal
 ONE WHO WAS OVER THERE Infantry Man