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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
TAILOR IS GR|LLED
IN HUGE BOND Loss
Chicago Bank Demands Key
to His Safety Deposit Box
of Alleged Broker. .
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 1.-The Con-
tinental Illinois Bank & Trust Co., seek
ing recovery of $4,000, 600 in embezsled
securities, today demanded that David
D. Weiss, o tailor who said he handled
100000 Of the stolen papers for Wal
ter Wolf. embezzler, surrender the con-
tents Of a safety deposit box for In
vestigation.
Weiss, owner, of Loop tailoring shop,
and also q broker, said that for three
years he had handled stock and grain
transactions for Wolf, held by detec-
tives for an insurance company inves-
tigating his populations from the bank
The Chicago Stock Exchange said
Wolf had no dealings with any Of its
member firms
1t became known today that the Sc
curities embezzled by Wolf were tax
anticipation warrants, Liberty bonds
and FEDERAL Treasury certificates Of in
debtedness, thus suggesting an cxplana-
ton Of how he was able to cover the
thefts for IS years. 1t was pointed out
that if he had taken regular bonds for
collateral, attention would have been
attracted by the bulk of the securities
Weiss, a boyhood friend Of Wolf and
q member Of the Board OF Trade, was
in custody of Toplis and Harding, local
representatives of LloydS of London,
which insured the bank against loss
through entertainments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
TREADWAY FAVORSI
LUCE AS SPEAKER
Declares No One Can Cues
ton His Superior Quail
fications for Post.

When IL comes to selecting a COM
promise candidate for Speaker of the
House In the Republican caucus Rep
resentative Robert Luce Of Massachu-
sets will not be overlooked, according
to Representative Allen T. Treadway.
dean Of the Massachusetts, delegation.
Treadway said yesterday he believes
Luce has a good chance to become
Speaker. and that one Of his chief
recommendations for the post is that
no one can question his superior quail
f1cations.
Questioned regarding the proposal
OF several compromise candidates for
Speaker In the event Floor Leader Til
son and Chairman Smell of the Rules
Committee run into deadlock, Tread
way said:
If any Republican attending the
party caucus receives a majority of the
votes Of that meeting I will support him
ana 1t will AFFORD me great pleasure to
vote for him. whoever my personal can
didate might be. believe firmly in
party organization and party harmony.
That is more essential than any par
ticular candidate.
If 1t is found that the conference Is
'deadlocked and 1t Is necessary to have
a compromise candidate other than the
leaders now under consideration, 1 hope
1t may be a man on whom all Repub-
licans can agree, and 60 into the House
election with a united vote. 1t is recog-
nized on all sides that no member of
the House has greater qualifications for
the position by virtue of experience and
thorough knowledge of parliamentary
law and as a student of government
than Robert Luce"
Representative Treadway made 1t
clear, however. that he has not COM
municated with Mr.. Luce since Congress
adjourned and so is in no way speak
ing for Mr.. Luce, and insisted that he
wants to be careful not to embarass
Mr.. Luce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
YOUTH IS ARRESTED
IN BLACKMAIL PLOT
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September "A $780,
900 blackmail attempt following q
death that was listed as suicide was
charged to 17-year-old Arthur KflkeS
in the police lineup today.
A real estate man-Walter Mezick-
was found dead near his home some
time ago, a razor beside the body
Police listed it as suicide. A few days
ago Mrs Mezick received a demand for
100000, being told the writer Of the
letter had the mate to the razor found
by your husbands body"
she was instructed to deposit the
money in a package in the hallway of
a house where Kilkes lives. A dummy
package was placed there. and Kilkes
was arrested when he picked 1t up.
The biackmail letter told Mrs MezicK
somebody will be killed" unless the
demand was met.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
BODY SENT TO INDIANA
Seaman Who Vanished Called Vic
tim of Accidental Drowning.

The body of Chief Quartermaster
Carol Henry Thomas, commanding the
U. S. S. Choctaw, who disappeared
from the ship near Piney Point, Md.
Saturday afternoon, and was found
Tuesday, was sent yesterday to India
napolis, Ind, tor burial there. Wash
ing Navy Yard officials said the coroner
at st. Inigoes. Md. found at the civil
inquest that Thomas death was due to
accidental drowning.
Lieut.. Comdr Frank E. Beatty, one OF
the inspectors at the Washington Gun
Factory, who was named as one-man
board of investigation, has not as yet
completed his report. officials said the
report of the naval inquest has not yet
been filed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
AMY JOHNSON DELAYED

MOSCOW. September 4 Ry.-Amy
Johnson, British woman flyer, who is
flying back to England from Toxic,
made a forced landing yesterday be-
tween Arsk and Kazan, about 500
miles east Of here.
The landing was made necessary By
fuel shortage. An urgent message
brought her a new supply and miss
Johnson continued on her way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
FOUND DEAD IN HOME

Pittsburgh Oil Official, E. H. Jen-
nings, Jr., Held Probable Suicide.
PITTSBURGH, September (F.-
e. H. Jennings jr., 43, vice president Of
the e. H. Jennings Bros Co., one of
the pioneer independent oil concerns In
this district, was found dead in his
home today with bullet wound In the
head. A report to the coroner said he
probably shot himself.
Jennings was a son Of the founder of
the Jennings Bros. Co. He was an
officer of the Penn Home Oil Co., Del
mar Oil Co., Jennings Oil Co. and
Kenawha OIL Co.
Russia has ordered $500 900 worth Of
bricks from firms in Scotland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
BY tn. Associated Press.

BY the Associateu Press
ct. LOUIS, September IA loop
hole was open today to Vincent Kerens
in his fight to gain outright the ST.
900, 900 trust fund left him by his ia
Their, Richard Kerens. C spitalist and
former Ambassador to Austria Hun
gary. The United States Circuit Court
of Appeals yesterday set aside the year
old award made to Kerens by District
Judge Charles 3. Fairs.
Under the trust Kerens must spend
Ave consecutive years of sobriety and
good behavior before getting the for
tune The opinion yesterday held Kcr-
ems had not compiled with the stipu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

outstanding Importance because the
governments needed money.
He insisted that it was clear since the
last six months that the old system OF
diplomacy has come to the fore again
as against the new diplomacy which
Foreign Minister BRAND attempted to
inaugurate at Geneva. He said he
hoped NJ. BRAND might arrive in
Geneva in time to save the declining
League, but doubted his success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

ing IN influence.
The article fol-
lowed editorials in
several Ere n C h
newspapers point
ing out that impor-
tant international
problems recently
had been handled
outside the League
Of Nations.
M. Herriot pre-
dicted that IL will
not be long before
the only prominent
feature Of the
League will be its
godchild, the Bank
for international
Settlements, which
T., - AI.fAxVAI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
GIVEN RECOGNITION
Army Accepts Guard -oficers in
Event of Mobilization.

Federal recognition as officers in the
Army in the event Of general mobiII-
cation. has been extended by the War
Department to three officers of the Dis
.trict National Guard. They are Maj.
Sidney Morgan and Second Lieut.. Ed
ward D. Andrus of the Engineers. and
Capt. Rex P. Mulligan, Coast Artillery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

success it was intended to be he did
not know. With prudence and enter
prise, he continued, the project could be
made self-supporting, and that was
what he called success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Commerce McGilligan during a Discus
ton Of the electricity supply bill in the
Irish Free State Senate. He said that
he knew that it still could be a sue
cess, but whether it will be the great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
HERRIOTT SEES DROP
IN LEAGUE INFLUENCE
Former French Premier Says Bank
for international Settlements
Will Take Precedence.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, September 4.-Former Pre-
mier Edouard Herriott published In Ere
Nouvelle yesterday signed article saying
that the League Of Nations is declin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26
Twelve Good Women

To one woman at least, jury composed entirely of men is not jury of her peers, :" and her stand on the matter may have far- reaching consequences as regards the eligibil- ity of women jurors. The woman. Gene vieve Welosky of Massachusetts, was con- victed of keeping and selling liquor by jury on which her sex was not represented. She appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court which confirmed the decision of the lower court. and the National Woman's Party has announced its intention of appealing to the highest tribunal in the land.
 The principle at stake in the Welosky case is the right of every citizen to equal pro- tection under the law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. This amendment was invoked half-eentury ago by West Virginia negro who was convicted of mur- der by jury from which members of his race were excluded. In that case. the United States Supreme Court reversed the decision of both the lower court and the State Supreme Court. The National Womens Party con- tends that discrimination based on sex is as much violation of constitutional guar antees as is discrimination based on race. and feminists welcome the opportunity to make a test case of the Welosky convie- tion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26

Again we recommend the retnrns to an old regime. Once upon a time the sroufe to the Berkshires from Waterbury was via Willow street to Waterviile street. The lower Waterville road ended this. Now the lower road has about ended a good many cars. It should be state maintained but isn't. The city has the upper road in amuch better condition and we recommend it to motorists going north to Thomaston. Our first recommendation is that signs be re- turned to Willow street to point out the way as they did for so many years when the route itself had been practically sban- doned..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26
THE GLOVE APPLE
(Hartford Courant)

(Hartford Courant)
 The Boston Herald, appropos of nothing, carries the following item; "At Somerville, Mass, Chester F. Colwell has a 51-years-old apple. It was preserved in cloves by his grandmother: Mrs Laura A. Plum mer. in 1880." We hope that MT Colwell has a family and that the clove apple, preserved by his grandmother, will be transmitted to a younger generation.
 Not that clove apple has such beauty that one should desire 1t, but rather because mantel-pieces or whatnots bore clove apples be- tween 1850 and 1890. It was gen. erally the grandmother of the family who saved the apple for the admiration and awe of younger generations, and it was in Sep- tember or October that the work was done, for the apple was sup posed to have reached the maxi mum size before she marked 1t for her own.
 Youthful recollection has it that the apple selected was frequently a pound sweetin'," mainly because the apple of that name was large and symterical and further, firm in texture. Having secured a quarter pound of unground cloves from the grocery store. Grandmother was ready to begin her work, which was characterized by the thorough ness and deliberation of a band of Iroquois who were lealing with A captive.
 She prodded those cloves into the apple from the stem to the blossom point. and when she completed hor work, one could see nothing of the fruit. only swarm of cloves. We never knew what chemical changes occurred in the interior of the ap- pie. but 1t retained its shape. It would have served a useful pur- pose if 1t had been baked and eaten with bread and milk, but as 1t was, 1t was useless and cherished.
 It accumulated dust, because something might have occurred had one applied a duster: so 1t remained with daguerrotypes and the like until after grandmothers death. when it passed with other relics of her period to make room for the treasures of younger gen. eration. which are now one with the clove apple and Nineveh and Tyre. Still, we surmise that there may be, somewhere in New Eng land. elderly housewives who will fil1 an apple with cloves as in the old days. It is more likely though that grandmother listens to the radio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26
Those Nineteenth Century Blues

Human memory is short. You might suppose. from general comment on the pres ent business situation. that there never had been such condition before. Young peo- pie are naturally alarmed by unemployment and stagnation on large scale because it is beyond their experience. But middle-aged people, capable of recalling 1921, 1907 and 1893. surely ought to know better. And we'll informed people must have read about 1873 and 1857 and 1857.
 What is the salient fact regarding all such times of trial? In every case the nation emerged more prosperous than ever before, So many times have depressions and panics given way to booms that an economist can see now prosperity ahead almost as surely as an astronomer can foretell tomorrow's sum- rise What hath been shall be-. said Solo, mon.
 Just to show what state of mind normal Americans of an older day were capable of getting into, look at this wall from back number of Harper's Weekly: It IS gloomy moment in history. Not for many years not in the lifetime of most men who read this paper - has there been so much grave and deep apprehension. In our own country there is universal eommer. cial prostration and panic and thousands of our poorest fellow-eitizens are turned out against the approaching winter without employment.
 Tn France the political eadron seethes and bubbles with uncertainty. Russia hangs as usual like cloud dark and silent upon the horizon of Europe: while all the energies resources and influences of the British Elm pire are sorely tried, and are yet to be tried more sorely, in coping with the vast and deadly Indian instruction. and with dis turbed relations in China.
 .Of our own troubles no man can see the end. If we are only to lose money and by painful poverty to be taught wisdom, no man need seriously despair. Yet the very haste to be rich, which is the occasion of this widespread calamity, has also tended to destroy the moral forces with which we are to resist and subdue the calamity"
 Wouldn't you think that was out of current New York daily? It was printed on October 10. 1857 And how much truth was there in that lamentation? Well, in 1850 the national wealth had been esti- mated at 5.000.000. Half century later it was S1OO,OOO.0 100000. In 1928 it was 6O.0000O,0 And who can have the presumption now to call that the climax?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26
Here, There And EOeryaOhere

and with a fairly sharp edge, with the handle at right angles to the blade.
 Its use declined as circular saws became common, but before che day, the frow was used in splitting clapboards, shingles and cask s..ves. After it's work was done drawshaves and planes were used. The product made may have been crude, but 1t sufficed for such pioneer uses as those to which Thomas Lincoln put it before his neighbor borrowed 1t, thus unwit- tingly preserving 1t for a museum.
 We recall. too, that farmers who made baskets for their own uses or for their neighbors found the frow worthwhile. They made use of it in splitting maple, oak or ash for basket work, after the wood had been immersed in a brook UT pool for a time. After that, the bark was removed, and the frow came into use the wood yielding readily to its sharp edge if a maui was applied to the blunt surface of the tool.
 Now. if we were told to find a frow we should not know where to seek 1t. The modern hardware stores would have none in stock. nor would c blacksmith, if there IS such an artisan now. It has van- ished along with the conditions which developed it for use on old time farms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26
Quotations

People ex., -4 party views ought to be careful that they are not damaging national inter- ests. -RamsIy Macdonald. We cannot go on buying our daily bread and butter with paper unless there is something behind it..
 
 George Bernard Shaw. The necessity to make no change in our national officers becomes greater in the light of daily de- velopments.
 Senator Arthur R. Robinson Americas entanglement In vol Id affairs is now complete. -IIc,.ry Bercnger, French sena- tor and former ambassador to Washington.
 All that is distinctive in man. marking him off from the clay he walks upon or the potatoes he eats, occurs in his thoughts and emotions. John Dewey. All life is a racket.
 Mayor Walker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26
Sixty Suggestions

The recently rendered report of the Wick ersham commission on law enforcement and crime. contained 60 definite suggestions. Every one of these suggestions by these emi- nent investigators should be thoughtfully considered. Congress should refer them to the proper committees. Every one of the state legislatures should take them up. and probably the majority of them call for ac- fion by the separate states. It has been un- fonunsfe in the past. that many serious problems which have troubled the American pecple. were investigated by able inquirers. bsf that no consistent attempt was made to <zny out their recommendations They nsy have had some influence over students W1hc looked into these questions. But in the nnsss fhese expensive inquiries. made at the csw of great effort and good deal of mpney. accomplished little result.
 The American people are hopping mn1.~ ss our srzndfathers used to say. about 6he ousxzzes committed by the gunmen and = xsseHers They are shouting for some- 1<sr fo be done about it. They can well <1a (or aggressive action by the police forces z1 oru fl,e counfry.t But such action alone .<a no< cure this trouble. Many far-reach- " .f,;axs viii have to be done. Many <1,so<<s ln laws and judicial procedure will sr1ssbly De necemary The Wickersham <6nmission find that there are far too TIT loepholu q s<sps for the guilty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26

Connecticut legislatures may have wider constitutional latitude in regard to city and town affairs than the New Jersey fundamental law permits in that state. Home rule in Connecticut is only as inn portant as the general assembly cares to make it. Statutory grant of local freedom of action in municipal affairs has been main ly limited to special acts, which describe and authorize specific powers. For that reason even the leading cities in the state find it necessary to go before the legislature every two years with long list of requested changes in their charters. some of them dealing with mere details of local admins tration. It is probably the recognition that the Legislature has extremely wide powers under the Connecticut constitution which has led legal minds to conclude that there was not much hope for Bridgeport or any other city to escape, once the powers on Capitol hill move into action against local administration. ."-Hartford Times. Tn above was occasioned by. the recent action of the New Jersey court of errors and ap- peals. the highest in the state. in declaring unconstitutional three ripper bills passed by the Legislature last winter. However. Bridgeport isn't the only Connecticut city to suffer from ripperism at legislative hands. Don't forget Waterburys charter commis- sion bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26
BETHANY AT 100.

(New Haven Journai-C Courier)
 Those who despair of the small New Engnad village should go to Bethany before they make up their ] Ids. Bethany is experiencing 1 revival of communal royalties, a renancence of the | .uliar kind of local self-sufficiency which made the small towns of earlier eras such dynamic sources of social power for the whole state and na- ton. The latest manifestation nf this attitude is the town prepara- ton for It's centennial celebration, scheduled for June Il, next. Beth- any was founded a hundred years ago on that date, and the occasion Is to be made q memorable one in local annals.
 With characteristic Yankee acu- Len those in charge of the affair have set the e...ol children about the work of resurrecting the rec ords of the past. The Bethany Ii. brary as;ociation with the appru- val of the Bethany schs board is sponsoring a contest whose terms Include the preparation of . his-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-26
(NEA Service Writer)

(NEA Service Writef)
 Washington. - Imagine yourself a pile of dimes nearly a mile high,
 or an end-on-end row of dimes about 10 miles long or big heap of dimes weighing something like two and a half tons.
 Then you will visualize the mill lion dimes which the national pro- hibition board of strategy expects to receive in the mails the first part of December to make up the $100,OO0, fund with which it will begin its campaign to save proht-
 bition for posterity.
 Nobody. of course, is really go- ing to pile all those naked dimes one on top of another, but 1t cer- tainly does give one pause to think of pile like that and it probably
 will be almost as impressive a spectacle when the mail trucks loaded with dimes, actually dc drive up to an especially rented warehouse to deposit them.
 One million coin cards have been ordered for distribution through the 33 national dry organizations represented by the board of strat- egy. The cards, with envelopes addressed to headquarters here will De handed in bulk lots to churches, Sunday schools, temper ance groups and young peoples so- cieties. In each card will be slots for five dimes because a man might have a wife and three children and wish to contribute dime for each,
 Mailing day for all the dimes Is November 80. A two-cent stamp must be placed on each envelope. So, besides the $100,000 objective of the prohibitionists. there will be $20,00O in revenue for Uncle Sam, who has a big deficit and needs all the money he can get.
 The board of strategy coordin. ates the effort of the various dry organizations and will unify the
 battle not only at the next national political cony entions and in the campaigns, but also in the coming session and all subsequent sessions
 of congress. Part of the $100,00C
 will be spent against efforts for a Referendum in the next session a.
 we'll as to prevent congress from
 reducing prohibition enforcement appropriations. After the conven-
 tions next summer a national strat-
 egy conference is expected to meet
 to endorse a presidential candidate Jolly old Dr Edwin c. Dinwiddie
 who wears bright green shirts and
 suspenders, is executive secretary of the board. He has spent 37 o1
 his GA years as a temperance work CT. 7Gleefu1ly he stresses the signifi- canoe of the million dimes" stunt Wet movements are financed al most entirely by a few millionaires
 he says, and the dime demonstra-