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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

tile speculation by the rank and file of savings banks depositors who a year or so ago were withdrawing de- posits in order to get larger and quicker return on their money which in many instances did not material ize. This element has again returned to the savings banks as a sheet anchor of safety until they find the safe ground of conservative invest ment, which is real estate.
 There is every indication of grad ual business improvement, and that the present year will offer unusual opportunities for the land owner whose lpfoperty has lain dormant to market it and for the prospective purchaser of home site, or an in- vestor seeking profit. to invest ad- vantageously. With the revival of public interest in real estate great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
= THE BACKBONE OF FORTUNE
REAL ESTATE
"ReaI Estate Has Been Safe Right Along. Those Who Should Have Continued Their Interest Were Temporarily Dazzled BY Abnormal Profits Elsewhere.

contributing forces are at work to accelerate it.
 It is a remarkable circumstance that many of the great captains of industry and finance who have made their fortunes in great enterprises outside of real estate recommend the latter as the safest form of invest ment for those who cannot afford to take great chances. Real estate has been safe right aIong. Those who should have continued their interest were temporarily dazzled by abnor- nal profits elsewhere.
 The vast growth of population in and near this city reflects the en- hancement of real estate values in a way that lacks all the elements of a boom. It is no idle p1atitude to say that successful real estate history in and near New York periodically repeats itself. These regions never long remain inactive because they are tied up inextricably with the metropolis and its tremendous busi- ness growth.
 Building materials at this time are lower in cost than they will be year hence. Dealers are anxious to do business: and speculative builders have a great opportunity at this juncture to erect substantial homes at a comparatively reasonable cost. It is the propitious time because the summer and early fall will develop many inquiries for homes and pur- chases of them, even if some of them are bought from plans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
. t. Building materials at this time lolOer than they lOill be year hence SpeculatiOe builders haUe q great opportunity at this june lure .,.
BY MAJOR WILLIAM KENNELLY--IN PROPERTY
 THE NATIONAL REALTY MART

One of the best evidences that the
 vacant lot market will experience unusual activity during this summer is the vast amount of money that is available for investment in mort gages. There is a demand for new homes in every part of the metro- politan area which is almost as in- sistent as the demand for residential space that followed the World war.
 Investment mortgages form the basic strength of all investment at this time of steady recovery from ab- normal condition. It has been said that much of the great increase in savings banks deposits represents money withdrawn from commercial banks. This is true to degree. But, I think, too, that the heavy savings banks deposits represent to mark ed degree the money saved from fu-
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
POLICE
NAMED IN RAID
FACE INQUIRY
Veteran Detectives Listed In
Hotel Records; Real Estate
Office Yields New Evidence

CHICAGO, Jan. 20 dN.S0.
Continuing efforts to find evil
dence Of vice protection payments
on a vast scale. a special grand
jury investigating charges Of
corruption in the police depart
ment today was tc question two
veteran policemen of long SER
vice in the South Side "red
light" district. =.
The names Of the policemen,
Detective Sergeants Peter Ber-
nacchi and James Coleman, were
obtained in q spectacular raid
Sunday on the Rex Hotel, q re-
sort said to have been operated
by the "Scarface AF' Capone
syndicate.
Second Raid Staged
AS another aftermath of Sun.
days raid, in which a number
of records said to contain start
ling disclosures we're seized, in
vestigators for the jury inquiry
yesterday conducted another raid,
this time on supposed real
estate office adjoining the hotel.
Scanning papers seized in the
second raid, the prosecutors
said they believed that a number
Of holdings of the Capone syn
dicate in the South Side district
were listed.
Records seized in the forays Of
Sunday and yesterday were de-
scribed by authorities as compris-
ing some of the most vital evi-
dence yet obtained in the investi-
cation.
Two Face Inquiry
The detectives who were to be
questioned today have held as.
signments as rowing commission
ers" in the South Side district
under several police administra.
tions.
It is understood that the serg-
eants will be asked whether they
have levied on vice or gambling
resorts for protection, and, If so,
whether they divided collections
with superiors in the department.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
FRANCE JAPA AN
NOT IN LEAGUE
DOPE DATA
Forced to Delete Passages
Which Set Forth Abnormal
Traffic in Two Countries

GENEVA, Jan. 20 (U!S0 Con
Sistent with the League Of Nations
policy Of not permitting attacks
against the bigger powers, the
permanent Central Opium Board
was forced to delete from its
reports yesterday the mention Of
disquieting dope conditions in
Japan and France.
The report was read to the
League council, convened in its
sixty-second session, by L. A. Lyall,
British representative and chair
man Of the Central Opium Board.
The important omissions verified
the prevalent belief that the
Leagues censorship is working
overtime.
Available for Traffic
The board had prepared for
the League Council draft
sharply criticizing the "abnor-
NAL" narcotics consumption in
Japan and France, drawing the
inference that drugs supposedly
for medical purposes had es.
capped regular channels and been
made available to the illicit dope
traffickerS.
It was learned by Universal Ser
vice that protests against the men
tion of France and Japan had been
made by representatives of the
French and Jugoslavian govern
ments, and that thus the omission
was forced upon the central opium
board.
The expurgated report read to
the council merely mentioned "cer-
tain countries" but at the same
time unfolded to the council the
fact that seizures Of opium illicitly
transported we're now in tons
where heretofore they had been
in ounces. Lyall declared to the
council:
"The central opium board will
be compelled to denOunce coun-
tries signatory to the opium con.
ventiOn (Of 1925) If they con.
tinue to violate that pact. You,
gentlemen, If you are to act as
judges of the nations this board
must censure, must fulfill the
obligations undertaken and be
free of the shadow of reproach."
Put on Business Basis
Even while the council was
hearing the details of the spread
of the illicit narcotic traffic, the
leagues opium advisory commit
tee. resuming it's quarrel ever the
division of the spoils Of drug
manufacture, was deciding to put
the discussions on strictly busi-
ness basis.
The committee decided to allow
the representatives of dope manu-
featuring countries to meet Sc
cretly, in an attempt to reach
an accord and allot manufacture
ing quotas to themselves. This
quota scheme has been stead.
fastly opposed by the United
States and other nations victim
lied by the European and Asia
attic dope manufacturers.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
Drys Display High Praise
For Rum LaU Report

restoration Of the saloon, and
against the Federal Govern
ment going in the liquor bust
ness"
Hoover Backs Report
Closely attentive members In
both Houses listened to the read
ing of the message, and when
the clerk reached that portion
where the President said he
agreed with the commission that
the Eighteenth Amendment should
not be repealed, there was con
siderable applause from the Re
publican side of the House.
At its conclusion, the Republi
can side of the House arose and
appIauded. Two Democrats Joined
with them. The other Democrats
remained seated and took nc
part in the demonstration.
The Senate received the mes
sage in stony silence. There was
no handclapping and no cheering
The report had little effect or
Senator William E. Borah (RO OF
Idaho, leader of the Constitu
tional drys. He predicted that
the strange variance in the Off
cial and individual opinions Of
the commissioners, would soor
"take its place in the dust on the
upper shelf"
Report Nullified, View
Borah said:
"The personnel Of the COM
mission is very high and I have
no doubt they worked out the
best report possible. But the
fact is that in view Of the tOrpe-
doing of the report of the COM
mission by the individual views
of the members of the commits
sion leaves the report without
any force or effect in the ulti-
mate solution of the problem"
House Well Filled
Only scattered applause in the
House followed the conclusion Of
the reading of President Hoover
message.
Representative Clancy (R.) a
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Striking Quotations
From Report

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law and upon law and order
generally"
From the beginning ours has
been q government Of public
opinion. We expect legislation
to conform to public opinion,
not public opinion to yield to
legislation"
"Tt, therefore, is a serious i'm
pairment of the legal order to
have q national law upon the
books theoretically governing
the land and announcing a
policy for the whole land which
public opinion in many impOr-
tant centers will not enforce
and in many others will not suf-
fer to be enforced effectively"
'"The conclusion is that en-
forcefnent is not reaching the
sources Of production and dis
tributiOn so as to materially af-
feet the supply (Of HquOr)."
cit was only when the Eight
eenth Amendment was adopted
that total abstinence was sought
to be established by fiat Of law
throughout the territory Of the
United States. 80"
''The effect Of the huge vol
ume Of liquor prosecutions
which has come to these Fed
eraD courts under prohibition
has injured their dignity, i'm
paired their efficiency, and en-
dangered the wholesome respect
for them which once obtained"
There has been q tendency
to appraise judges solely by
their zeal in liquor prosecutions.
In consequence the civil busi-
ness of the courts has often been
delayed or interfered with"
every plan Of control must
start from the fundamental
fact that the business Of pro.
ducing and distributing alcohol
transends State lines"
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
I7.YEAR OLD
SHOWS NO
REMORSE
Dramatically Draws Gun in
Courtroom and Shoots Dead
: Man Accused of Staying

DE WITT, Ark, Jan. 20 d.N.SO
Displaying no remorse, Mrs.
Helen Spence Eaton. II, was held
today after dramatically avenging
the death of her father. Cicero
Spence, by killing his accused
slayer in a crowded courtroom.
The victim was Jack Werls, 30.
The shoting occurred as the jury
was about to retire after hearing
all the evidence and arguments.
Mrs. Eaton's only statement
was:
"He killed my father"
She surrendered voluntarily to
the sheriff. walking across the
court room first, however, to look
at the dead man and verify the
accuracy of her aim.
Four shots were fired by Mrs.
Eaton with an automatic pistol
she produced suddenly from con-
cealment in her clothing. One
tore the trouser leg Of the defense
attorney and another pierced the
clothing of a spectator. The re
manning two found their mark.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
GIFTS To CHEST
NOW S256,295

A total of $256,295 already has
been pledged to the Community
Chest by 125 persons, 1t was an
nounced yesterday at a meeting
of the chest special gift unit in
the Willard Hotel.
Outstanding among these dona-
tions were gifts Of $4,000 each
by Secretary of Treasury Andrew
w. Mellon and the Evening Star
wspaper Company. The
smallest among the donations re-
ported was $500.
800 Workers Ready
The chests campaign will open
on Monday with $l,950,154.40 as
it's objective Three hundred
workers will participate in this
years campaign.
In making the announcement
of the special donations, Newbold
Noyes, chairman Of the special
gifts unit, warned against over
confidence. He pointed out in
creased needs of the community
in addition to the 100000 fund
which the Red Cross needs from
the District for drought relief
work.
Other Speakers Heard
Other speakers included William
F.. Ham, president Of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Co.;
Edward r. Colliday, chairman Of
the campaign committee; Clar-
ence Phelps Dodge, former presi-
dent Of the Colorado Springs
Community Chest; w. w. Hus-
band, Assistant Secretary Of La
Dor; c. Leslie McCrea, Elwood
Street, director of the chest, and
E. C. Graham, chairman Of the
special gifts unit.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
LAW,
SAYS HOOVER

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the national ideal of eradica-
tion Of the social and economic
and political evils of this traf-
fic, to preserve the gains which
have been made, and to elimi-
nate the abuses which exist, at
the same time facing with an
open mind the difficulties which
have arisen under this expert
ment.
'T do, however, see serious OBJ
section to, and, therefore, must
not be understood as recon-
Yaending the Commissions pro
posed, revision Of the Eighteenth
Amendment, which is suggested
by them for possible conSidera-
ton. at some future time if the
CONTINUED effort at enfOrcemnt
should hot prove successful.
his DUTY To Enforce
''1Iy owI& duty and that Of
ali executive officials is clear
10 enforce tkA law with all the
means at our disposal without
eQuivOcation or reservation.
"The report is the result of
O thorough and comprehensive
study Of the situation by q
representative and an authOri-
tative group. 1t clearly recog-
nizeS the gains that have been
made, and Is reSOlute that these
gains shall be preserved. There
are necessarily differences in
views among its members. 1t
is a temperate and judicial pre-
sentation. 1t should stimulate
the Qualification of the public
mind and the advancemnt Of
public thought"
Improvement Noted
Discussing the facts set forth
m the commissions report, the
President says:
"The commission finds that
enforcement of the prohibition
law as a whole Is unsatisfactory,
but 1t reports that the Federal
participation in enforcement
has shown continued improve
ment since, and as a c0nse-
Quence Of, the act of Congress
Of 1927, placing prohibition Off
GERS under Civil Service, and
the act of 1880, transferring
prohibition enforcement from
che Treasury to the Department
of Justice, and it outlines
further possible improvement.
Obedience Is Urged
'It calls attention to the
urgency to obedience to law by
our citizens and to the impera-
tive necessity for greater as
sumption and performance by
State and local governments of
their share of responsibilities
under the concurrent enforce
ment provision of the Constitu-
tidn If enforcement Is to be sue
cessful.
''It makes recommendation as
to Federal administration meth
OdS of certain secondary legisla-
tiOn for further increase of per-
sonnel, new classification of Of
fenses, release of the courts
and amendment to the national
prohibition act clarifying the
law and eliminating irritation
which arise under it. Some Of
these recommendations have
been enacted by the Congress
or are already in course of leg
fslation, I commend these Sug.
gestiOns to the attention of the
Congress at an appropriate
time"
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance January IT,
$161 ,535, 1885; expenditures, $8,'
276,370.1s; customs receipts, $751;
9l4,293.35,
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the prohibition cause. In spite
of their personal opinions, the
commissioners would not recon-
mend any change in their
official report"
La Guardia Speaks Up
Representative La Guardia (R)
Of New York, a wet, limiting his
comment to recommendations and
conclusions, assailed the commits
sion'S report:
Taking it all and all, the con.
clusiOnS and recommendations
constitute an apology for pro
hibition. The commission lacks
courage to recommend repeal
and makes an attempt to satisfy
the drys, yet give the vets
drink.
There is no denying that the
commission found prohibition a
complete failure-the expert
ment ended and a change in
the Constitution, as shown in
paragraph two, absolutely neceS-
Sary."
Conclusion number 9, for in
creased Federal appropriations
La Guardia said, would cost the
Federal Government about $500,
100000 a year for a national po
lice force. He based his figure or
testimony of DR.. J. M. Doran, Tor
mer prohibition commissioner.
More DelectatiOn
Representative Speaks (R.) o1
Ohio, a dry, said:
"The conclusions and recon-
mendatiOns are satisfactory to
those who really believe in the
amendment and temperance,
in opposing the repeal or mOdi-
ficatiOn and favoring better en-
fOrcement of the law"
Representative Oliver Cd oi
Alabama, dry:
"I am in agreement with the
report as being opposed to re-
peal Of the Eighteenth Amend
ment, modification, against
The Washington times., 1931-01-20

Michigan and Representative Sab
ath CD of Illinois asked If the
report would only be read in
newspaper accounts.
Speaker Longworth and Ma
jority Leader Tilson assured the
House membership that the Wick
ersham message would be printed
as q public document.
The House was in Committee
of the whole" considering the ap-
preparation bill for the State, Jus.
tice, Commerce and Labor depart
ments, when the White House
communication arrived.
It went out of so-called commit
tee and Speaker Longworth, re.
suming the chair, presented to
the House Mr.. Hoover's message
transmitting the Wickersham re-
port.
In anticipation of this there
was an unusually good attendance
on the floor, approximately three.
fourths of the membership being
present.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
Lecturer on Health
Falls Dead in Home

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 HN.S0
Mrs. Mary Mccain, widow Of
Alfred w. McCann, writer and
lecturer on health, today asked
friends who planned to send
flowers to the funeral, to con-
tribute the money to the aid Of
unemployed.
McCann dropped dead in his
home yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
5 Idle Men Ousted
From N. Y. CdpitOL

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 70
GN.SO Because they created
mild disturbance at last nights Ses.
sion Of assembly five unemployed
men were escorted out Of the
capitol by State troopers.
With. IS other unemployed they
came TO the legislature to urge
the passage Of relief measures.
The Washington times., 1931-01-20
BrOOkLand Citizens
Ask NeU Junior High

The Brookland Citizens Asso-
citation voted last night in favor
Of erection of a new junior high
school at Eighteenth and Perry
Streets Northeast, and the build
ing of a new 16-room Brookland
School. .......
The meeting was held in the
Masonic Temple at Twelfth and
1eonroe Streets Northeast.
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relate his story before as he was
afraid he would lose time from
work If he became involved in the
case.
Saw Lights at House
One other peculiar point Is
seen in BOyer's story. He claims
that at the time he heard the
shots, between 4 and 4:3O In the
morning, he noticed q light burn
ing in the basement room; also
one in the front room on the
third floor Of the Limerick house.
BeuIah occupied the basement
room, and was found dead in the
day bed there.
The front room on the third
floor was unfurniShed and un-
occupied.
The rear room on that floor
was used by Richard Reed, who
posed as the slain girls husband,
and her brother, Vernon Linn
erick.
If Boyer's story is substantiated
it will look bad for Richard Reed
and Robert F. Langdon, "the cop
on the beat that Beulah feared"
police say.
Such proof will result In the
immediate release Of William
Paddy, the man who returned
her home from q dance the night
Of the murder and who left the
house shortly after l a. m.
Fixes the Time
The shots were heard by
Boyer between 4 and 430 in the
morning. He fixes the time as
that when he was placing milk
on the steps of 1845 A st. s. E.,
a house at right angles to the
murder house.
LangdOn, who was bound over
to the Grand Jury by the
cOroner's jury after testimony
had been introduced that he had
prosecuted the girl with his at
tentiOns, admits that he came to
the basement room between 4
and 4:3O that morning and
flashed his spotlight in the room.
At that time, he says, she was
lying in bed, her bare feet ex-
tended out toward the stove as
though she was trying to warm
them up.
Reed Entered the Room
Richard Reed also arose about
4:30 when his alarm clock went
off, dressed and came into the
girls room about 4:45 to put
some coal on the fire.
At this time, he claims, she
was muffled up In the blankets
and her face turned towards the
wall. Neither Reed nor Vernon
Limerick heard the two shots
heard by the milkman.
Police are curious how a man
at least 800 feet way could hear
the two shots from the small
caliber pistol while two men less
than 20 feet away failed to notice
them.
The girl was shot with . rs
caliber automatic pistol. This
weapon has . very short barrel
and uses q very small bullet
making q slight report.
Boyer's story brings y blue
roadster into the investigation q
second time.
A cOIOred woman reported to
police that as she passed the
mystery house on the afternoon
of December "a, she noticed 3
blue roadster parked nearby. A
girl resembling Beulah was Oc-
cupying it; with her was a young
man of dark complexion.
Overhead o Quarrel
The couple were quarreling bit
terly at the time. the woman
said. She thought nothing of the
incident until after the murder.
Police have also learned that
one of the men mentioned by
Vernon Limerick and Paddy in
their first stories to police owns
a blue roadster. He will be ques-
toned concerning his activities
On the murder night
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
JERSEY "HOPLESSLy" WET

TRENTON, N. j., Oct. / (U.SO.
Efforts to enforce prohibition in
New Jersey are hopeless" Fed.
eral Judge Bourquin said from
the bench today, when told there
are 10000 speakeasies in the
State.
His informant, United States
Attorney Philip Forman, said
there are 5000 open saloons in
Trenton and about 10000 in the
State" Judge Bourquin did some
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Death Takes Woman
OF Santa Fe Trail

KANSAS CITY. Oct. 1.-The
old Sante Fe trail. laid out and
trod when the West was young,
had along its path today another
death, that of Mrs. Katie Gregg,
II, daughter of Joseph Stegmil,
Ter.
She died within a few feet Of
the house where she was born.
Her father used to make and
equip covered wagons for travel
erS on the Santa Fe trail.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Samplers
Found in Maryland

CHESTERTOwN, Md, Oct. 1.
A number of old-fashioned sam.
piers, over a century old, have
been discovered in houses in Kent
county. Mrs. William Hodson and
Mrs. James Newman have report.
ed the finds. Mrs. Maggie Wright,
of Baltimore, former resident
here, has reported a sampler
made by her grandmother 1877
years ago. Sarah Hackett made
the sampler when she was 8
wears old, in 1904.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Shabby GGrb, Shiny
Bag Nab Golf Thief

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-A bag
Of golf clubs and a small leather
handbag owned by William Ladd
Harvard student. and stolen from
the automobile of his roommate,
George w. Hard, while the car
was parked, we're recovered with
IN a block.
A shabbily dressed negro with
the small bag in his hand and
the golf clubs swung over his
shoulder was the guilty person.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

quick mental mathematics, then
said:
THAT means. at 20 drinks a
day, 100000 liquor violations a
day. In the run Of a year it
could easily mean 100000
violations. It proves the hope.
IeSsness of the situation"
Rooms and many of them with
boarding conveniences. are listed for
Room Hunters convenience in the
Rental Columns Of todays Classified
Section,
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

radically reduced. New,
Fall merchandise just re-
ceived or on order and
arriving daily will be in
cluded.
All sales final; all trans
actions for cash only.