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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-23

Strauss and wagner, to mention but a few--are familiar to every lover of music. Their inheritance is faithful | iy and reverently cultivated. as Is evidenced in the famous opera fes- tiyals at Bayreuth and Munich, in Leipzig's Gewandhaus concerts. in | the opera houses of Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Wiesbaden and Cologne, and in the splendid operatic presentations of which even small German towns may boast. 0ermany's |musical life knows no season. Now to Berlin, city of over 4,-
 500, 900 people. exceeded only by uniformly organised city in the world. A net work of subways, busses, (high speed electric lines, and over 5000 factories.
 Over 300 athletic fields throughout the city-and all Berlin, as well as Germany. is out sunday-old and |young--engaging In athletic sports. As further example of industrial activity, there are over 100000 en- gaged in electrical equipment manu- featuring, and over 100000 in Ber- lin's clothing factories. It was a pleasure to meet g great Many German leaders in Berlin-all serious men-and their various E Ing some statements made to me by pr. Hans Luther, director of the Reichsbank.
 Dr. Luther has a. position core spending to that of our Secretary o1 the Treasury Andrew Mellon, and was one of the most interesting 01 the seventy eight men interviewed in Germany, and many of his state
 ments truly summarize the human
 side of Germany.
 Germany wants to wipe her slate clean," emphatically said MT Luther
 as we discussed the Young plan oi many views her debts like e serious merchant" he continued. land will not rest until they are paid. Ger.
 mans are not hoping something vii l happen to give an excuse to canoe
 Jour war debts: and although under
 the present plan, we men who lived through the war will not live to ses the debt paid, we are impelled t work and work, SO our children will be free. The Reichsbank, tell your people, Is mighty enough to stand any new dnhation."
 In discussing communism with Dr Luther, that serious little man said. slowly and with typical German em- phasis, Ut is absolutely necessary that the rich capitalistic powers join to save and deliver all peoples of culture. Paris. London. and Washington must awake to the fact Germany is the only barrier between communism and culture. Some day the world will appreciate the bull wark Germany is. despite tempta- tions, against communism. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-23
AIR. RAOE uoMMTTTEE.

Omaha, Neb-Omaha Post of the American Legion recently authorized appointment of a committee to as-
 sist the Junior Chamber of Com
 merce in staging their three day air
 race meet at the Municipal Airport,
 May Is, 16 and IT.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
WEST VIRGINIA s
NEWS TIPS WIN
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shall, Mich, at the Hamilton
Hotel last Wednesday. Shire
ended Ills life following a long
siege of illness.
Fire Mishap Reported
From Charles Town, w. Va,
came a story, winner of the third
prize of IS, that was linked with
the bridge fire at Harpers Ferry.
A fire truck speeding to fight
the flames overturned on the
road, resulting in the deaths of
several members of the fire COM
pany and severe injury to others.
Fourth prize of 50 goes to the
story about the suicide of Clar-
ence Phelps at Pennsylvania
Avenue and Seventh Street North
west, Wednesday,.
The other six prizes Of 81 each
are awarded as follows:
The story about Estelle De
Vaughn, Of Silver Hill, Md, who
was killed when a truck ran
amuck on a sidewalk.
Gambling Tip Rewarded
The tip about the raid Of a
gambling place in the Evans
Building.
The severe injury to Thomas
Carey, an aged ward Of the Little
Sisters Of the Poor, at 200 ii
St. N. E., when he was knocked
down by an automobile.
The story about the mysterious
attack made upon Miss Rosie Nc
Guire, found wandering on Penn
Sylvania Avenue, Tuesday.
The photograph Of the railroad
bridge fire A. HarperS Ferry.
The robbing of the meeting
house of the Full Gospel AS
sembly, 1901 North Capitol St.,
Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
KIRKLAND. TRIAL
HEARS DOCTOR
IN REBUTTAL
School Hero'S Counsel Recalls
Chicago Medical Expert;
State Plans Similar Move

VALPARAISO, Ind, March 9
G.N.SO Trial of Virgil Kirkland
for the murder of Arlene braves
was renewed today with the call
ing by the defense of DR.. Joseph
B. Springer, Of Chicago, in re-
rebuttal.
Witness SnOwbOund
After DIR. Springer testified
briefly, a recess was taken pend
ing the arrival Of DIR. E. s.
Jones, a medical expert for the
State, who was snOwbOund. He
expected to reach the court this
afternoon, when he was to take
the stand.
Final arguments of the defense
and prosecution were to begin
later.
Closing arguments to the
farmer jury were to be opened
by John Underwood, fiery prose
cutOr of Lake county, who has
been leading the fight to make
NHAAduU pay III CuC CACOIAC
chair for the death.
Arguments Limited
Five hours have been allotted
both the defense and the prose
cution to complete their final
arguments.
Young Kirkland, with hostile
crowd looking on in the court
room, based his final hopes on
the battery of defense counsel,
which has fought for more than
two weeks to break down the
States case against the youth.
The young defendants plea will
be introduced by John 'Crum-
packer, son Of Judge Grant Crum-
packer before whom the sensa-
tional trial is being enacted.
Oscar B. Thiel and Ronald Old
ham will follow Crumpacker with
their arguments and Barratt
O'Hara, chief Of defense counsel,
will present the final plea for the
accused youth.
Oldham to Sum Up
Oldham, a lawyer Of much ex-
perience, is expected to do the
work of summing up the police
and medical evidence to prove the
innocence of the young high
school athlete.
Kirkland and four other youths
who attended the liquor party
are accused Of fOrcibIy attacking
the braves girl, thus causing her
death.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
FAULTY. BRAKES
BRING FINE

Mrs. Margaret Ward, 80, of
400 Delafield Pl. N. W., was today
fined $40 on a charge of driving
with bad brakes growing out of
an accident Saturday night when
her automobile struck James j.
Carroll, IA, of 9O8 Eleventh
st. S. E.
Mr.. Carroll is in a serious
condition at Casualty Hospital,
with a possible broken neck and
other injuries.
Liquor Charges Made
Liquor charges against Mrs.
Ward and her husband, Paul, 81,
will be continued for further
investigation, Assistant District
Attorney David A. Hart, in charge
of liquor prosecutions, said.
According to police, they found
package containing a quart of
liquor Immediately after the acci.
dent. The package was found in
the hands of pedestrian, who is
supposed to have received it from
another person. Police said the
liquor was in the Ward car and,
following the accident, was taken
into nearby store and given to
an emplOye. The latter, police
said, gave it to a woman pedes-
trian. Both Mrs. Ward and her
husband were charged with illegal
possession of liquor.
BaiIiff Tests Brakes
Mrs. Ward, testifying on the
bad brake charge, said the brakes
had recently been refined and we're
in first-clasS condition. Her foot
brake tests, showed Saturday
night, stopped the car within 80
feet, but the hand brake was de-
fective. Policeman r. E. Burton,
of the Traffic Bureau, testified it
required 200 feet to stop the car
with the hand brake.
Judge Gus A. Schuldt then in
Structed Richard Shaw, court
bailiff, to take the car out and
test the brakes. Mr.. Shaw later
testified it required 1913 feet in
which to stop the automobile.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
ARREST
IN S25 KILLING
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formatory on the intercession of
Mr.. Jones, his widow revealed.
The widow is the. daughter of
Jack Allen, a brother of Floyd
Allen, leader of the Allen clan that
shot up the courthouse at Hills
vile. Va, in 1912.
She was first married to
Hampton McGraw, of Carroll
county. He, too, was shot 70
death nearly 20 years ago. His
murderer escaped, Carroll county
authorities said.
Widow Gets Insurance
Under the terms of Mr.. Jones
will, the widow receives the in
surance and life interest in the
bulk of the estate, about $72,500.
Her son, Rufus McGraw, receives
$4,000 outright. In event of Mrs,
Jones' death, the balance of the
estate goes to Mr.. Jones' seven
children.
Mr.. Jones was shot to death
in his home the night Of Janu-
ary 8.
At first it was believed that the
dairyman had killed himself, but
police pointed out that this would
have been impossible.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
TRIO WILL FACE
TRIAL BOARD

Three Washington policemen
will face the Police Trial Board
on charges of being under the
influence of intoxicants, it was
learned today following their sus-
pension from duty. They are
C. D. Atkinson, attached to the
First precinct; c. E. Showalter
and o. D. Rodgers, both attached
to detective headquarters.
Atkinson was suspended Satur-
day night while the other two
were suspended yesterday. In
commenting on the cases, Off
cials spoke highly of the service
records of the policemen.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
PERSECUTION
CASE SET

James Vernon Clatterbuck. Al
Franklin st. N. E., who has asked
the District Commissioners to
suspend Assistant Traffic Di-
rector M. o. Eldridge from office
as the result of revocation of his
permit, will be given hearing
tomorrow in the Traffic Directors
office on his application for
restoration of his driving license.
Clatterbuck, a well-known sand
lot baseball player, through his
attorney, Charles E. Ford, filed
formal petition with the Com
missioners asking that Eldridge
be suspended for his SILLY, perSe-
cutting. and arbitrary actions" in
the case. The petition was re-
ferred to the Traffic Directors
office and the hearing set for
tomorrow.
Mr.. Eldridge stated that. as a
result of the appeal, Mr.. CIstter-
bucks permit will be restored to
him until final disposition of the
case.
Action in the case dates back
to August "a, 1880, when Ray
mond Casper Wenttang was
fatally injured in a traffic mis-
hap while riding in an auto
mobile driven by Mr.. Clatter-
buck.
Since then, two grand Jury
Investigations of the death have
resulted in abSolving Clatterbuck
of any responsibility.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Storm in Maryland
Damages Buildings

HAGERSTOWN, Md, March 9.
A fresh March storm yesterday
SweTt portions of Washington
county, bringing rain and sleet
Buildings were damaged, trees
uprooted. wires tangled and win
dowS broken.
At SmithSburg the roof was
blown from the Peoples Bank
Building and many window lights
smashed. The belfry of the
Catholic Church in Boonsboro
was blown down and the new
high school building partly un
rooted.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Baby Gang Ties Boy
To Tracks Because
we Don't Like Him

EVANSTON, ILL.,, March 9
U.N.SD.-FOur juveniles were
under arrest today as members
of the "Baby Gang" that bound
S-year-Old william ErlandSOn,
p jr., to a railroad track with
ropes and left him to die.
The ErlandSOn boy managed
to free his hands and Squirmed
off the track q few seconds
before a passenger train rOared
past. He collapsed from shock.
When taken in custody the
youthful quartet said they had
tied the boy there because "We
Don't Like Him."
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Town ON SPREE;
RUM SEIZED
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town. Police and Coast Guards
men were conspicuous by their
absence" eye-witnesses said.
In the raid on the barn, from
which $50 sacks Of liquor was
taken, it was everyone for him
self. Baby carriages were pressed
into service to carry away the
cOntraband from the barn to
automobiles.
One amateur hijacker carried
16 sacks to a hide-away near the
barn. This he loaded into an
automobile. But going down the
road the car became stalled.
While he went for help, some
body stole the liquor.
Another began to work the
'hide-away system" The crowd
"gOt wise" and stole the stuff as
fast as he brought it from the
barn.
Nets Bring in Bottles
Provincetown had been "dry"
during the stay here of a squad
of Federal officers. When they
left, however, the liquor began
to come ShoreWard.
At first, the smugglers hid their
cargoes on the floor of the ocean
a few feet off shore. But the
nets of fisherman began to drag
bottles to the surface. Saturday
the Coast Guard found a cache
of 200 sacks of rye on the ocean
bottom off Wood End.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
EXPLAIN Deaf H
Of WOMAN

The death of Mrs. Mable
Bracey, who was discovered dead
in her room at the Huston Hotel
last night, was due to natural
causes. an autopsy at the District
Morgue this afternoon revealed.
When a clerk knocked at her
door last night and received no
answer, he entered and found the
woman lying ON the bed. He
notified the hotel manager, who,
in turn, summoned police. A
doctor from Emergency Hospital
pronounced her dead.
A roll of money and number
Of papers were found in the room.
Papers showed she had lived at
40 Sixth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
WOMAN OWNER
Of GIRL MART
VAN|SHES
Former Actress Being Sought
in Mexico; Now Believed to
Be Victim of kidnapping

LOS ANGELES, March 9
GN.SD.-Operatives of three diff
ferent agencies today began a
search for Olive Clark Day,
former actress, charged with con
ducting a Hollywood girl bazaar, "
who is reported to have been
kidnapped.
Miss Day, together with viii
liam H. JObelmann, are accused
of operating a love syndicate in
the motion picture colony at
which young high school girls
were auctiOned off to wealthy
men for weekend hotel parties.
Confession Reported
In an alleged confession made
to district attorneys investigators
shortly before her sudden dis
appearance, Miss Day named
many prominent Los Angeles
men as regular patrons Of the
slave mart.
The former actress dropped
from sight Immediately after
her release on $4,000 bail early
Saturday morning. The man who
posted the surety bond is under
surveillance, according to District
Attorney BurOn Fits.
Trail Leads to Mexico
Operatives of the district
attorneys office and the bonding
company assisted police in the
search for the missing woman.
It was reported Miss Day had
been spirited away into Mexico
in an effort to silence her.
Reports that other such slave
markets are operating in Holly
wood and Los Angeles occupied
detectives today.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
STORMS LASH
DEVASTATED
DISTRICT
Shocks Level 1000 Homes,
Stampeding Occupants in
Terror; King Heads Relief

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Alexander issued a decree permit
tting all soldiers from towns in
the quake area to return to their
homes to aid in rehabilitating
their families and friends.
King Directs Relief
The King has established tenn
porary headquarters in Nish,
from where he is personally di-
recting relief measures.
Storm Adds Hardship
The Red Cross, aided by SOL
diers, is providing first aid, shell,
ter and food to the survivors.
Rain, snow and intense cold
greatly increased the hardships.
The center Of the shocks, which
were 50 violent between 1:51 and
$500 n. m, Sunday. that they
broke the apparatus at the SeiS-
naOgraphic institute here, was
about 800 miles from here on the
JugOSlav-Bulgarian frontier. Other
parts Of Greece, Bulgaria and
JugOsIavia were hit less violently.
Three Towns Destroyed
As far as could be aScertained
the towns of Pirava, Valandovo
and Demi-Kapir were destroyed,
scores Of the inhabitants being
crushed and buried under falling
masonry. Other communities,
running in a wide strip from
southern Serbia through Bulgaria
to the Black Sea, were extensively
damaged, with diSheartening
wreckage everywhere in the west
Bulgarian territory between Ghev-
gehli and Strumitza.
Numerous houses tumbled down
in the city of Salonika. The Bull
garian village of LeSky was wiped
out. Landslides in the wake Of
the tremorS wrecked the USkup-
Salonika bridge, interrupting
railway traffic at many points.
Information received here indi-
Gated that panic followed the
quakes in practically all affected
areas, the pOpulace rushing in
scantieSt clothing into the open,
screaming and praying. ..
Slides Block Roads
In some places the earthquakes
opened hot volcanic springs, while
elsewhere they sucked away
smaller rivers and wells into great
cavities that rent the regions.
Rescue workers reported blasting
away great quantities of rocks to
effect a passage through roads
blocked by mountain slides.
Troops have been scattered
through the devastated areas to
prevent disorder. Temporary tent
houses will be set up to shelter
the homeless and injured from
the wintry weather.
The first of the shocks oc-
CURED in southern Serbia Friday
night, when scores of casualties
and much property damage was
reported from the towns of
Demi-Kapir, Velendovo, Ghevgehli.
Strumitza and Mirowaca. The
recurrent and more violent shocks
early Sunday morning completed
the devastation in these com
munities.
KYO, March 9 u.N,SD.
Houses and chimneys crashed In
northern Japan today during
violent earthquake, but no cas-
ualtieS were reported.
The shock centered in the
province of Hokkaido and was
felt as far south as Tokyo. 1t
broke telegraph and telephone
communications in northern Sec
tions, and damaged SeiSmologic
APPARATUS.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
World War Veteran
Cited For BrdUeru

Announcement was made at the
War Department today of the
award of a citation for gallantry
in action during the World War
to David A. Gallery, formerly
private in the ambulance service,
American EXpeditionary : Jrces.
The citation states that Priv
ate Gallery displayed great BRAY.
cry when he drove his ambulance
through a enemy fire to assist
the wounded"
Gallery lives at Wellesley, Mass.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Alexandria Court
ReUieWs Police Cases

ALEXANDRIA. Va, March g.
The March term of the corpora
tion court convened today. There
are only a few cases to be heard
at this term, most of them ap-
peals from the police court.
Judge Woolls will announce his
decision regarding the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Ward
man Mortgage and Discount Cor
poration at this term of the
court.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Maryland u. Joins
Government SLrneu

COLLEGE PARK, Md, March
9.-The University of Maryland.
working in conjunction with the
Federal Government. has started
a survey Of Maryland agricultural
and crop conditions.
Richard c. Ross, Government
Statistician. has been detailed to
the university to assist in the
work, and the survey will gather
information on crop and farm
conditions.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
TGIidferrO's Desk
Is ReDOrted Stolen

Two chairs and a mahogany
desk. valued at $34, the property
of former District Commissioner,
Sidney F. Taliaferro, were stolen
from the lobby of 1875 Spring
Pl. N. w. today, according to a
report made to the police by
Bertha Edwards, janitress of the
Spring Place apartment house.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
1000 Extra Police
Cut Week-End Crime

NEW YORK, March 9 0N.SD
For the second time in two weeks,
q falling off in weekend crime
was noted today, due to the &C
tivitieS of 1000 extra policemen.
Only IS arrests were made
over the weekend.
Three killings and four major
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury ST t I'm ent as OF
March 6: Treasury balance, $120,-
707,971.79; expenditures, $5,818,-
299.71; customs receipts, $5,884,.
I09 40.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
DRUGGISTS TO ELECT

The District Of Columbia Retail
Druggists" Association will meet
tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. at the
Raleigh Hotel. Paul Pearson,
president, will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-24
GAS DISTRIBUTION
 AND UTILIZATION
Subject of Address By Wil- liam T. Jebb at Service
 Building
ON FREIGHT STREET

William T, Jebb, assistant oper- ating superintendent of the Connec- ticut Light & Power company, and the Waterbury Gas Light company addressed a large meeting, of the employees of both these companies at the Service Building on Freight street last evening. MT Jebb's subject was Gas Distribution and Utilization. The large gathering represented, among which were employees from various sections of the state, listened interestedly to Mir Jebb's detailed analysis of the various gas operating problems.
 Gas apparatus had been set up in advance and practical demon strations and experiments were given by him during the course of his talk, Mir Jebb discussed the various types of burners, from the original gas burner which was in- vented about 1850 to the Bunsen burner, which is the basis for all present day burners. For the in- struction of the gas service men of the local company, who were pres ent he demonstrated the proper burner adjustment methods neces- sary in order to produce maximum efficiency from a minimum quantity of gas consumption. Mir Jebb's lecture was followed by Q question period which was scheduled for 15 minutes but because of the interest which had been aroused by his talk this period was extended for over an hour, during which various practical questions asked by the different employees were answered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-24
DID RASKOB PULL BONER IN THAT
 POLL OF 9O,OOO
Some New York Papers and Observers of POliti- cal Game Believe That He Did

New York, November 24-(UP) - Chairman John J. Raskob or the democratic national, committee pulled Q boner" in polling 90,00O paying members of his party on prohibition, some New York news papers and political observers agreed today.
 The Raskob poll interpreted as an effort to commit the party to wringing wet policy approved by most of the 90,000 democrats who donated to the Alfred E. Smith campaign of 1928, may help the campaign of Franklin D. Roose- welt, they agreed.
 To question the 90.000, the New York Times said, lis like asking federal office holders if they want MT Hoover reelected" The drys' real cue, the Times continued. ls to sit quietly and wait for him (Raskob) to do as much damage to the anti-prohibition cause as he can."
 "If Governor Roosevelt" it con cluded. "who opposed the selection of MT Raskob as national chair man is as right about other people, his wheat and chaff will be well separated"
 The Herald Tribune (republican) political observer pointed out that "Thc Smith -Raskob camp natur- ally approved the plan because II was of their own making. what approval came from the other side of the fence was born of the an- ticipation, if not the hope. that MT Raskob had pulled boner' which presently would aid the campaign to give Governor Roosevelt the presidential nomination"
 The observer predicted that an- other attempt to force a wet con- census upon the national commit tee meeting January 9 will result in a "rumpus' similar to that last winter when Roosevelt forces de- feated a move to put the commit tee on record as favoring repeal and states rights blanks in the party platform.
 Roosevelt forces then, and since then. have claimed that the na- tional convention and not the na- tionaI committee should formulate the campaign policies.
 In defense of the Raskob poll, Pierre s. DuPont at Wilmington attacked Washington Post eai- torial which accused him of split ting" the democratic party with his questionnaire.
 DuPont entrusted Raskob's pol lev of consulting his party" with that of Chairman Fess of the re- publican national committee who announced without consultation or any kind that the republican party must be dry both as to candidate and platform"
 why" he asked, should re. publican paper be so concerned about possible split in the demo- cratic party?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-24

will be seen. Jim returns to Broadway shortly for another whirl in George Whites "Scan- dals." Morrissey is also an ex- member of the White company and famous Elm City Four.
 Francis Grove, the boy soprano appears in the minstrels as does William Delaney, one of the best vocalists the old home town can boast. Bill has also appeared on radio programs.
 George Errico is directing the show and promises Waterburians a wonderful entertainment. Michael Daily, Patrick Stack, John Boylan, JJohn Cierone, Rudy Hermstadt, Jonus Kelly and John Fitzgerald are other stars who will make the evening one long to be remem- bered.
 After the black face entertain ment you can dance to the wee sma' hours of the morning. It will be real Thanksgiving for the Brooklyn Athletic club and it's friends at Buckingham hall Thursday night.