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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

hall politics which will determine the sue- eessor to Edward L. Kelly as tax attorney. It now appears that Jonn A. Cornell, town chairman and corporation counsel. may take the job himself Mir Cornell however. is not discussing this report other than to remark that he has not taken up this appointment as yet with the board of apportionment and other party leaders. Mir Kelly. executive sec cretary to Governor Trumbull. was given this lucrative job in 1925 when the republican state organization passed the Bridgeport rip per bill -" Yes, and if we remember cor rectly, there were very few people in Bridge port who believed that the position was needed. It was termed job created solely for political purposes If so then the demo- crats would do we'll to let it go begging and declare the office vacated .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

The Merden Journal finds that our recent comment upon the cry of patronage seekers was warning to soreheads.' We stated at the time that every city which gave Cover nor Cross plurality didn't necessarily have claim upon the available appointive positions. Criticism of the governors appointments should be wanting. for he is certainly picking the best available men for them, while endeav- oring to give suitable representation to both parties. something that our republican rulers failed to do. As the Journal remarks. he soreheads did not win the election and the independent voters who elected Cross did not have the spells of victory in mind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
Our Mayors Return

Most of the American mayors who jour- ncyed to France some weeks ago on good will tour are back home. Those who were fortunate enough to keep out of the numer- ous senseless arguments. which seemed to be daily occurrences, are probably eongratulating themselves to-day, As for the remainder we hope they can live down in peaceful seelusion the publicity with which they surrounded themselves If their mission was good will'' tour certainly we can't blame many of the mayors of French cities for not weleom. ing them. although it was blamed on other reasons than prohibition,
 As far as we can sec the Americans argued more among themselves as to the way they should conduct themselves while abroad It wasn't . question of manners. but Of politics As soon as the party of mayors landed n France it became evident that dissenson was in the ranks Where wines were offered M the numerous social iunelions ,hs party be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
JEFFERSON DAVIS IN CAPITOL
(IIartford Courant)

How completely the emotions of the Civil War, which deeply colored
 the national thought for a genera tion after, have passed away was demonstrated by the lack of remon- strance at the placing of q statue of Jefferson Davis in the National capitol by the state of Mississippi. The circumstance is the more signi-
 ficant because, although he was ac- compliShed in many ways, the lm-
 portance of Davis in history centers solely about his leadership of the rebellion.
 As a senator. he was distinguished
 primarily for his eloquent advocacy of the rights of the south; as secre- tary of war in the cabinet of Presi-
 dent Pierce, he busted himself chief
 ly with the political intrigues which
 kept the administration an impotent agency of government. When the Confederacy was established, he be-
 came its president, and during the ensuing war, he zealously directed not only it's government, but iuts armies. Arrested for treason after it's collapse, escaped hanging from "a sour apple tree" but until his death and after, he was regarded generally throughout the north as the very symbol of the cunning. the treachery and the villiany which, at the time, were regarded as the source of the war.
 The lack of resentment aroused
 by the placing of his statue in the Capitol of the nation which he
 sought to destroy is probably the
 new understanding of the rebellion
 which has come with the passing of time. The belief that the Civil war was the doing of a coterie Of mar plots inspired by ambition, malice and greed is no longer held by thoughtful students. The conflict IS rather now regarded as the outcome
 of the clash of powerful sectional ln- terests which the leaders of the time
 were unable to control. Not Davls and Lincoln, but agriculture and in
 dustry are now generally regarded as the protagonists of the bloody
 strife, and the leaders on both sides are looked upon as the agencies through which the forces worked. Such a theory may simplify the problem too much. and in all prob' ability it leaves much out of the ac-
 count. In the case of Lincoln, It
 sights the singular personal qual- ities which played so great part in his administration of the govern
 ment during gloomy days. but Tn the case of Davis it has manifestly tend ed to soften the harsh Judgment
 once passed upon him. As result or the new attitude toward the war ne now is regarded less as traltorous
 malcontent than as the representa-
 tive of dying social order which unsuccessfully sought to maintain itself by the force of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

CTS did more to put autoists upon their guard than all the laws on the subject that the legislatures could pass.
 Still, hitch-hiking continues; West Main street remains favorite haunt for the ride solicitors.
 No law has been passed against autoists picking up trolley and bus patrons, though the trolley and bus lines would have liked .such law to be placed on the books. Public transportation lines lose thousands of patrons every week through this practice. The reason such a prohib- itive law was not passed was be- cause of it's likelihood of unconstitu- tionality, an infringement of the right of any individual to invite as an automobile guest anyone he chooses to invite regardless of the hardships forced upon the public transportation companies. And such law, had it been passed. would have been quite unavoidable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
THE TREELEsS HECK TOWN
(New Britain Herald)

(NeW Britain fteralu)
 Deems Taylor, noted music critic
 ard. American opera composer, lives in Stamford, Conn. There, as in
 many another place, the municipal authorities have been cutting down
 century old trees in order to make
 way for sewers, street widenings,
 electric wires, and what-not. MT
 Taylor, being a commuter to New
 York and expecting Stamford to be
 som ething different than 0 hulk of masonry, strongly objects to the sac- rilege. And he winds up a No. II protest in the New York American with these stinging words:
 wonder whether this particular form of vandalism in American towns isn't the result of subcon- scious dread of being thought rural. Certainly tree is symbol of coun- try life; and just as certainly, the
 average American hates to be con-
 sidered anything but urban and so- phisticated.
 He is determined that his town shall not be that most scorned and
 abject of places, q nick town; and in
 the process of urbanizing his envir- onment he begins by eliminating, with an almost savage determina- tion, anything that might be a re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

We wondered how soon it would be be- fore the federal government started a cam paign against American participation in foreign sweepstakes lotteries Their number has been increasing so rapidly of late years that it IS hard to detect between the legitimate and the illegtimate. if you can call any of them legitimate in this country. Of course. they are not forbidden in many countries. Oftentimes governments have adopted this method of raising funds rather than exees- sive taxes. etc. However. Postmaster Brown is on the warpath now and possibly good many newspapers may be served warnings if they persist in printing notices of lotteries and the lists of winners and their awards. That is violation of the law. The law 'forbds the deposit or carriage in the mails of not only any newspaper containing any advertisement of any lottery. gift enterprise or scheme of any kind offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance. but also of any newspaper or other publications containing any list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lot. tery or scheme whether said list contained any part or all of such prizes" or eoure these lotteries would die for lack of patronage if denied the wonderful publicity the Amer. can press has accorded them in the last year or NO. And if the law is enforced. goodbye lotteries
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER

.(Copyright, 1881, NEA Service. Incl
 Washington = The great number of rate and other cases which come before the Interstate Commerce Commission every year with their vast amount of testimony and evil dence cannot be handled by II men.
 So the commission has an ex- ming court of 15O examining at- torneys. These examiners take the oral testimony in all types of cases. They go out into the field where most of the l. c. c. hearings are held and after briefs are filed they usually issue proposed reports de- signed to guide the decisions of the commission. Objections may be filed to these reyorts and oral argu ments follow. The case Is then de- cided by the commission or a sec- tion of not less than three of it's members.
 All oral arguments-not oral tes- timony-are heard by at least three commissioners.
 That is the procedure in all the commissions rate cases.
 Procedure i'm Big Cases.
 The same procedure is followed. even when American railroads come In a body and file petition asking the commission for an investigation of their plea for a general rate in- crease. In cases involving general rate increases, however. one or more of the commissioners are req sonably sure to sit all through the hearings and the eventual decision in very important cases Is made by the entire commission.
 All interested parties--the car riers. shippers, railroad labor or any other groups--are entitled to present relevant evidence at the hearings.
 Most rate cases are brought a. gainst the carriers. shippers or others may Ale complaint with the commission attaeklng given rate or method. The commission may also, on It's own initiative or other. wise. order an investigation as in the ease of tho carriers seeking C general increase. The law snys any complaint made to the commission must be investigated and there ll no difference in the procedure iH complaint actions and investigation except thai in the former a copy of the complaint ls served On ihe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

carrier, who is required to answer it.
 The commissioners take into con sideration the interests of the car. rier, the shipper and the public but it is provided that their de- cisions muse be based on the record On the first two days of the first two weeks of each month the en- tire commission goes into a huddlc anw make their decisions.
 Division of Labor.
 Long ago it began to distribute the various classification of its work into divisions of not less than three members each and 1 nmost cases d mere division makes the lewiston. although appeal to the full commis- sion Is always possible. At the meetings of the entire commission divisions often refer matters to the full tribunal.
 Once the law required that all commissioners sit in on all the evil dence. but the time came when it was figured out that observance of the law would require comm!s- sioner to read "A hours a day. 365 days year. The law was changed so that the I. C. C. might function in divisions. There are six of them and the assignment of work is SD extensive that there Is no space to detail 1t. One handles rates as its most important task. another balu- ation and recapture and so on.
 Like the supreme court, the l. C. c. registers all persons admitted to practice before 1t and about 45O0 have been so licensed. They have organized an Association of Practi- tioners Before the Interstate Com merce commission and hold annual conventions in Washington which are addressed by the chief justice of the United States. They havs adopted a code of ethics modelod after that Of the American Bar AS' sociation.
 The commission is constantly en- gagged in investigation of the raio structure. big and little. The big gest rate investigation so far has been that of tho rates on grain and grain products. in which tho deelk. lon was made last year.
 in that one investigation the !. c. q. gIeaned s3,00O pages Of eyl- dence. There were ..iO0 exhibiii nnd sO,0OO pages fbrlefn. excep tlona and oral argument.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
Quotations

Genius is an infinite sagacity in taking short cuts.
 --Ivor, Brown.
  The best definition know of q pessimist is one who does business with m optimist.
 --0eorge otis Smith.
  The opisram of to-day sometimes proves the axiom of tomorrow.
 Paul Morand. Never in history has literature been 90 consistently filthy and F0t- ten ah A. iR tOsdAy,
 Prof. William Lyon Phelps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
HITCH-HiKING LAW
1New Britain Herald.)

(New Britain Herald)
 The legislature attempted to reg ulate hitch hiking, passing new law intended to discourage 1t. Per haps it will, but how much is a question. The new law prohibits the solicitation of rides from private au- tomboile drivers from within the travelled portions of any highway.
 In other words. it. remains legal to solicit rides from the sidewalks. or from the untraveled portions or a highway. Along roads the latter may be interpreted to mean the portion alongside highways which Is never travelled upon by motorists ex- oept in cases of emergencies or &C., cidents.
 The penalty for infringement or the law is $10. It would seem to the casual observer as just another law, one not half as effective as the dislike by autoists to pick up hitch kikers for fehr that gunmen may De among the number. A few stories in the newspapers telling how auto ists had been robbed by hitch-hik-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
WHAT HAPPENED TO JANE:

A pretty young vamp named Janc To-day went out in the rain: You may ask what took place, For she looked q diSgracc- The paint all ran off! What d shame!
 JACK FROST. O-O-O A writer asks what Is to become of Alfonso's snappy military uniform. It's an old Spanish costume, now.
 O-O-o In Spain they are calling the fellows who clean up after the toreadors, 'bull-collectors".
 o-O-o Folks fond of wise-cracks take lots of punishment
 o-O-O
 FROM THE PEN
 Bad cheek.
 Easy cash:
 Closed doors.
 Prison hash.
 -X-RAY.
 o-O-o A flapper is sometimes like a golf er Afater a long drive she takes a walk.
 What home brew concocter fears most Is that there will be no kick coming.
 o-O-O As popular as smoking Is among the weaker sex, women would as soon be without cigaret case as a vanity case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

There will be no cutting-in at Queen Mary's dance to be held in Buckingham Palace, so American college students in Lon- don at the time should remain away. Guests will be presented dance program upon ar rival They will be expected to follow 1t religiousy regardless of changing customs at our modern dances. To satisfy Wales desire several tangoes are included. It's his favorite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

hinder of his bucolic past. To him, q tree is something that gose with dirt paved streets, hitching posts. kerosene lamps, town pumps. wood en hotels, and other evidences of backward civilization.
 Later-and in this country, gener- ally too late-he goes through an- other stage. He visits Washington. and Paris, and Rome, and Munich, ard Berlin. .,,
 It begins to dawn on him that civ ilization does not necessarily stop at concrete pavements and municipal busses and filling stations and hot dog stands and radio shops with loud speakers in the front doorways: that there is such a thing as civic beauty as we'll as civic convenience; that some of the most densely pop ulated spots on earth pride them- selves upon preserving certain re- minders that the world can be soft ard green as we'll as hard and dust colored.
 Thereupon he starts tree planting clubs, and puts up Keep off the Grass" signs, and wonders. vaguely, why nobody ever told him that it takes a century to replace what can b., destroyed in 15 minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
TO HER
(By a Doggerel Bard)

No gallant trOubadOur am To sing thy praises to the sky. No screnatIe,
 I am afraid, From me would prove Suffice tO move
 Thy heart. My efforts 0n thc sweet guitar The evening dusk would quite surely
 mar;
 And yet 1 swear. My lady fair. Tho cant sing, My love l bring
 T0 thee.
 -J. v. H.
 0-O--0 By installing new guns on the United states battleshipa 0ur Navy seems to have started c boom of ils own. 0--OaanO Good night. .-.A.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal
 health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady Ad- dress him. care of the Democrat, sending stan and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY s sghKA
SECOND SUB ATTACK

On June 23, 1917, German sub marines attacked for the second time transports carrying the first contingents of American troops to France. The first attack occurred the previous night.
 No periscope was visible, but the unmistakable bubble line, clean across the bows, put the certainty of danger beyond question. The sub- marine was in front instead of in The deadliest position on the flank to- ward the rear.
 Like flash, one of the .Ameri- can destroyers darted between a couple of the transports. As it sped at nearly 40 miles an hour across the spot where the submarine was supposed to be hidden the command CT of the destroyer gave order to fire.
 A column of smoke and foam rose 100 feet in the air, and in the water spout that followed it, pieces of wood and steel were clearly distinguished. The attacking submarine obviously had met its doom. None of the trans- ports were damaged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

Those army posts will have to be saved even if it requires bringing in circus Indians for another instruction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

Canada puts a prohibitive tariff on nearly everything but tourists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

All vehicles must be lighted not later than S:58 o clock Daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

According to che Hartford Times Of last Saturday Bridgeport s watching with keen interest developments in democratic city
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

Good evening. o-O--o GONE BUT NOT FRGOTTEN In days of old When knights were bold
 And sallied forth to fray. Each valiant gent In habiliment Of tin plate. bright and gay; The gallant wight drained flowing horn Of heady mead-on that ancient Not long ago In days we know Before the year Nineteen Need 1 recall Ye old highball,
 The julep's soothing green; The ricky's fizz and the stein of ale, The amber glow of the keen cocktail9 Rare Nepenthe, A toast to thee, A heart throb-and tear! Now thou art gone, We shed upon
 The last Manhattan bier And join in chorus to sing thy
 praise, o golden nectar of bygone days!
 Josh. According to the headlines the Nautilus is safe at Cork. Well that should comfort Sir Hubert. You cant sink Cork.
 The British army has re- duced the length of bayonets from 20 inches to 9. A new low for steel.
 A Minnesota judge has sentenced robber to go to bed every day at 10 D. m. for the next five years. But isn't this another under-cover job?
 O-O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

Under a weeping willow tree Lies 1S-year old lOnia. She rolled her socks below the knee And caught pneumonia.
 O--O--o The commuter who holds his seat in crowded car by pretending to be absorbed in newspaper is one who believes in the power of the press.
 Mississippi, which appears to be rather low in funds, may yet strike for Union wages.
 o-O-o There were 23O.0O0 more telephone messages received at the White House last year than in the previous year. It seems that the administra- tion is called up as well as down.
 A DlE.HARD So many cups of wine will I consume Its bouquet shall cxhalc from out And every ono that passes by shall
 halt
 And reel and staggcr with that
 mighty fumc. O-O-o As Bryan Untiedt watched MT Hoover sweat through medicine ball session at the White House re- gently. he must have said to him. self: I'd rather be light than presi- dent"
 O-O-O
 In Vermont, where a COW is pictured on the state seal, we suppose the party chiefs are called political bossies.
 O-O-O A supreme court ruling stipulates that ox-tail soup must have ox-tails in it.. More bull, as 1t were.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
- 10 1

---Iol-- WHAT STATE ELSEWHERE ABOUT THIs THAT AND THE OTHER THING
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
POOR IONIA

Under a weeping willow tree
 Lies 1S-year old lOnia. She rolled her socks below the knee And caught pneumonia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12

100000, in consequence of which,
the remaining assets, while consid-
cred perfectly good by the directors,
were not susceptible to immediate
conversion into cash with which to
pay depositors."
The institution has been subject
to heavy Withdrawals and has been
faced with inability to liquidate
loans within the last few years, it
was said. At the hour of closing
Monday night, the institution re-
ported 100000 in total capital and
surplus with deposits aggregatng
about $2,2400OO.
After preliminary examination, it
is probable that the state bank
ing department will file a petition
in a county court for the appoint
ment Of a receiver to supervise dis
tribution Of assets.
Officers Of the bank are: Sol
Meyer, president; Sol S. Kiser, J. j.
Kiser, Ferd S. Meyer, M. S. Cohn
and G. Jackson, vice presidents;
A. j. Wichman, cashier; B. E.
Fischer, assistant to the president;
j. E. Ohleyer, assistant to the
cashier, and L. E. Ostheimer, as
sistant cashier and auditor.
The Meyer-Kiser bank was or
gained in 1895 as a real estate and
insurance partnership between Sol
Meyer and Sol KiSer. Stockholders
in the bank controlled the holding
company, the Meyer-KiSer Corpora
ton. The institution occupied its
own building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
WARTIME FOOD
DICTATOR Sits
WHEAT CRISIS
Man Who Rationed Allies
Represents u. S. at
London ParIeY.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Dr.
Alonzo Englebright Taylor, the man
who rationed the allies and the
neutrals during the war, who put
the punch in the blockade of Ger
many, directed the feeding of mil
lions after the war and furnished
much Of the brains of the United
States food administration, is on
the high seas today, to represent the
United States once more in food
crisis.
In other days his job was to make
a skinny food supply go around.
Today it is to see what can be
done about a world wheat surplus
Of 400,000,000 bushels, in which
Uncle Sam has about half-inter-
est.
DR.. Taylor is the technician in the
United States delegation to the
world wheat conference which opens
in London May 10.
He left Washington with Sam
McKelvie of the farm board and
Nils Olsen. chief agricultural econ
omist Of the department of agri-
culture.
Dynamic, keen-brained, possessed
OF an amazing memory, DR.. Taylor