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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05

very little, and in any event the ad- ditional funds would have been placed into the insurance reserve fund in accordance with the provi- sions of the law enacted in 1924 in the course of the next three years. This is in no sense a raid on the United States treasury. The insur- ance reserve of the policies owned by the veteran is being loaned to the veteran. In 1945 it would become his property outright. Money is not being made available to veterans in addition to the reserve of the Ad- justed Service Compensation Certif- icates which already belong to them. However, many people have been led to believe that the contrary is the situation.
 One other aspect of this question merits setting forth. Our enlisted men who served in the World war received compensation of $1.00 a day for domestic service and $1.25 per day for foreign service. The American conscience was irked on sober consideration of that compen- sation for the patriotic service of its defenders as compared to compen- sation received by oHr civilian work CTS and of that of the latter 1t can
 be said that it rarely was as low as $500 day for any considerable group of able bodied civilians. This led to the enactment of the Adjust
 ed Service Compensation law in 1924, for which the American Legion stood, whereby there was an addi- tion of $1.00 per day for domestic
 service and $1.25 for foreign service allowed the veteran in the form of
 an insurance policy maturing in 1945. The total pay, therefore. be- came $2.00 per day for domestic ser
 vice and $2.50 per day for foreign
 service, a recompense still inad-
 equate as compared with that re-
 ceived by munition workers. It is
 left to you to judge the relative im-
 portance and hazard of the services ] irrespective of how vital both were.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05

United States government to-day loans tho veteran at the interest rate of 1-2 per cent part of what he earned and did not receive in 1917s le1S, and 1919, Is the veteran ratd- ing the United States treasury?
 The writer trusts that it is not necessary to remind anyone who has carefully read the above of the in- justice done to the veteran by un- favorable criticism in spoken and written word in connection with tlee recently enacted Veteran Loan 1al (. It is the opinion of the writer that such unjust criticism is antagonistic to many veterans and reaction to such injustice, if indulged in very often, is apt to be a powerful cause to induce veterans to seek pension legislation, something to which con- servative vete ans object. included in which group is the writer.
 The World War Veteran to-day is generally a sober-minded man of about thirty-five years of age with a family and a home. His service has instilled in him a sense of duty and responsibility. He realizes what is injurious to our nation in the main lS dloO uJutlOuS LO hiIlh. <AO a. A4SACi he looks into the future. Is it req sonable to expect that he would needlessly incur an obligation and not repay it, if it would put him al considerable financial disadvantage in 1945 when his Adjusted Service Compensation Certificate natures The business judgment of the aver age veteran is too keen for any such performance.
 It is worthy of noting further that the Veteran Loan law makes it op- tional for the veteran to use his cer- tifcate as collateral to borrow or moi as he sees fit. Funds which must be provided by the United States treas ury are much below the possible maximum as thousands of veterans
 will not borrow on their certificates For those who borrow on their cer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05

From the standpoint of the Afneri- can Legion the specific compensa- ton was of no particular import ance. The American Legion was primarily concerned with the princi- pie of adjusted service compensation and not the degree of the adjust ment.
 The adjustment in compensation made in 1924 is payable in 1945. It is for service performed in 1917, 1918 and 1919. Therefore, when the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
HOSPITAL PREPARES BABY SHOW
Special Prize
 For Healthiest
 Brass City Tot
Contest May lz to Be in Charge of Dr. J H. Green Dr. j. j.. H. Root and Assisting Physicians at Waterbury
 f1ospital-Large Entry List Seen

dreds of mothers the hospital is ex- pected to be thronged with con- testants. It is also an annual cus- tom at the hospital to have a prize- winning child selected. More inter- est is being manifested this year to date than in former years. By Thursday the authorities will know almost the exact number of prospec- tive contestantse
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05

or the insurance reserve fund will
 provide thep roceeds for the lions share of such loans. The additional financing necessary to provide funds for the additional loans will incon- venience the United States treasury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05

Dr J. H. Green and pr J. H. Root, baby specialists will be in charge of the staff of physicians at the Wa terbury hospital on May 18th when. a contest will be staged to determine the city's healthiet baby, A special prize will be awarded to the win-, ner.
 In view of the fact that cards of invitations have been sent to hun
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
SENATE FAVORS
COURT FUND

Work on a new building for
the Court of Claims here with
an ultimate cost of $1,225, 900
could be started under an amend
ment to the second deficiency
bill reported out by the Senate
Appropriations Committee today.
The site of the building has
not been chosen, but is now
being considered by the Public
Buildings Commission.
The Senate committee added
several amendments to the bill
as passed by the House.
One Senate amendment would
appropriate 100000 for fire pro-
lection in the Senate wing of
the Capitol.
The Senate committee added
$147, 900 to the bill for radio re-
search by the Bureau of Stand
ards: $4,000 for District employ
ment service of the District, and
$4,000 for the Fourth Pan-Amer.
ican Commercial Conference.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
1882 Nominee Cited
For Insanity Hearing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. "a
GNSO.-Insanity charges were
lodged yesterday against Henry w.
Hayssen, president of the Univer-
sal Brotherhood, after he set fire
to his prison cell, causing the
death of a woman and injuries
to 16 other prisoners.
HaySsen. who recently an
nounced he would be an indie
pendent candidate for President
of the United States, set fire to
the mattress in his cell yesterday
and the flames spread over an en-.
tire floor of the county jail, cauS-
ing damage estimated at $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
kEECH SEEKING
SLIDING SCALE
Photo by international

Declaring that the consent de,
cree is depriving the Public Utili-
ties Commission from exercising
it's proper authority in its deal
ings with the Potomac Electric
Power Company, Peoples Coun
sci Richmond B. Keech today
urged the utilities body to get rid
of the decree and make a bilat-
eraI arrangement with the COM
pany for the purpose of fixing
rates for current on a sliding
scale.
In a letter to the utilities body
Mr.. Keech declared he will not be
a party to mere modification of
the decree, and asked the commits.
sion to inform the company of
his stand on the subject.
Sliding Scale Needed
He declared that a sliding scale
which apparently would be pleas.
ing both to the company and the
commission, would be the greatest
benefit to the public as we'll.
In part, his letter read:
"The consent decree has been
and will continue, if modified,
to be a direct impediment to
proper regulation, if for no
other reason than that it tends
to divest the body charged with
the regulation of utilities in
this jurisdiction of one of its
prime powers.
Decision Comes March 2
The executive committee of the
electric company is scheduled to
meet tomorrow and take action
on the company's stand concern,
ing modification of the decree.
Representatives of the company
are scheduled to report back to
the utilities body their decision
on March 2.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
GUN GIRL, LOVER
WAIT BURIAL
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Crawford, aged father of the
"gun girl" to prepare funeral
arrangements.
Her body will be placed near
the graves of a mother and
eight brothers and sisters, one
of whom was Arthur Crawford,
who was shot and killed as he
attempted to flee past prison
guards in Missouri. The burial
will be in the family lot in Mount
Rose Cemetery, at BelIaire, Ohio.
WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. "a
1.N.S.) Back of the little Sand
Hill Methodist Episcopal Church
in Marshall county, where once
he taught a Sunday school class,
and between the graves of his
mother and sister, Walter Glenn
Dague today was to be buried.
His wife, Mrs. Theresa Dague,
whom he deserted to join Mrs.
4ACIIC OSIlI OCOCI III d carter Ol
banditry which ended yesterday
with their death in the electric
chair in Rockview Penitentiary in
Pennsylvania, supervised the
burial.
She bought a gray coffin for
the body.
The Rev. H. o. Teagarden,
spiritual advisor Of the couple,
will hold funeral services for the
man whose mental and spiritual
being he buoyed up in the last
hours before Dague's life was
forfeited in the death chair.
The mother and sister, whom
Dague will rest near, died soon
after his return from World
War training camp. The sister
died of tuberculosis and the
mother, exhausted from attending
her, drOpped head.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
FATAL BRIDGE
CAME MAY Be
REPLAYED
Card Table to Be Set Up in
Court, Scene Re-enaCted, If
Necessary, Says Attorney

KANSAS CITY, Feb. "a GN.SD.
Although both the State and
defense have indicated they will
minimize reference to the bridge
game angle of the John G.. Ben
nett Staying, for which his widow,
Mrs. Myrtle Bennett, is on trial,
John V. Hill, assistant prosecutor,
said today there is a possibility
the hands held by the partici-
pants at the fatal game would be
reconstructed for the benefit of
the jury.
Game May Be Replayed
Hill said if 1t is necessary a
bridge table and a deck of cards
will be set up in the courtroom,
and with the aid of Mrs. Bennett
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hoff.
man, guests of the Bennetts when
the Staying occurred, endeavOr TO
replay the hand that precipitAted
Benefits death.
According to the Hoffmans,
Bennett dealt and opened the
bidding with one spade. Hoffman
raised the bid to two 1iamonds.
Then came the crux of the situa-
tion-Mrs. Bennett raised her
husbands original bid of one
spade to four spades. Mrs. Hoff-
man passed. Bennett went set
one trick.
Called Him a Bum
Hoffman quoted Mrs. Bennett
as saying to her husband:
you're a bum bridge player"
Angered, Bennett reached across
the table and slapped his wife's
face several times. Mrs. Bennett
shouted:
"Only cur would strike his
wife in front of guests"
The Staying followed.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
KIRKLAND JURY
BEING PICKED

VALPARAISO, Ind, Feb. "a
QN.SO. Final selection of the
jurors who are to try Virgil Kirk.
land, 20, charged with the mur,
der Of 18-year-old Arlene braves,
was expected today as defense
counsel questioned a tentative
panel Of IL farmers.
Kirkland was indicted with four
other youths for the murder Of
the braves girl, who died at a
house party November 80.
It was charged that all five
youths, while under the influence
Of liquor, attacked the girl.
The prospective jurors, all
m d die aged, were questioned
closely yesterday as to whether
they would allow prejudice against
violators of the prohibition law in
fluence them.
Each agreed that he was mot
prejudiced against violation of the
prohibition law"
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
PROPHET TRIAL
UNDER WAY

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. "a.
Mother love for her first child,
born out of wedlock.
That may be the defense Of
Mrs. Clara Grace Prophet when
she. goes on trial today for the
murder of her husband, William
F.. Prophet.
In making his plea her counsel,
Jay c. Bossard, indicated yester-
day he would lay bare all the de-
tails of her married life and seek
an acquittal.
In his efforts to save Mrs.
Prophet from the electric chair,
to which her brother, Harold E.
Williams, 25, has been doomed
for the same crime, the inner
most secrets of her marital life
will be laiC before the court.
The defense will attempt to
prove that Mrs. Prophet plotted
with her brother to kill Prophet
because the latter abused her
oldest child, Ruth Doris Ford, 10,
known as a ward of the Prophets.
Prophet, an advertising solicitor.
was slain in the bedroom of his
home on November %. He was
40. Mrs. Prophet is 33.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Police Fail to Locate
SCarface Al Capone

CHICAGO, Feb. "a G.N.SJ.
The search for "Scarface AL"
Capone, wanted on a vagrancy
warrant, continued today but
special detective squads leading
the hunt reported they could
find no trace of him.
At the request of Judge Frank
M. Padden special squads searched
all known Capone haunts last
night and today. The judge said
he would call a special session of
court should the gang leader be
apprehended before he is sched-
uled to appear in Federal court
tomorrow morning on a contempt
citation.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
BRIBERY.
HINT DENIED
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witnesses before the Nye com.
mittee, one of them a secretary
of a subsidiary sugar corporation.
1t consisted largely of his recOl.
lection of telephone conversations
between the Senator and the
head of the sugar company, in
which sums of money were men.
toned during the consideration
of the SmOOt-Haw1ey tariff bill.
100000 Said Sent
After one of the telephone con-
Versations, this witness told the
committee, the sugar magnate
sent $4,000 to the Senator.
When the president of the COM
pany was called before the COM
mittee, he admitted financial
transactions with the Senator,
but explained that they related
to purchases and sales of stock
in his companies.
The sugar official also ad.
mltted that at one time he held
personal note of the Senator
for $4,000, but other evidence
before the committee placed it at
between $4,000 and 100000.
Inquiry Restricted
The Nye committee took no &C.
ton on this testimony because
its jurisdiction was limited to cam.
palgn and primary contributions.
and there was nothing in the evi.
dence to show that any of the
sums mentioned had been used in
the Senator's last campaign for
election.
Senator Nye, however, called
the attention of the lobby COM
mittee to the testimony. Members
of this committee, it is under.
stood, have been eager to obtain
more evidence, of a substantial
sort, before starting an inquiry.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
UPHOLDS
DRY LAW
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the power to make the choice, he
said.
The country was startled when
Judge Clark handed down a de-
cision in Newark on December
18, 1890, to the effect that the
amendment involving a grant Of
power over the people to the
Federal Government, should have
been ratified by the people
through conventions, and that be-
cause this not not done the
amendment was invalid.
Aroused by the decision, United
States Solicitor General Thatcher
Immediately prepared an appeal
direct to the high court. On
January S he moved in open
court to advance the case and
the count, breaking a speed rec
ord, next day set it for argument
on January FL.
Court Refuses Delay
The court ignored pleas of coun'
sci for the other side to set argu-
ments after April IS.
In the meantime several other
district courts issued rulings di-
rectly contrary to the position
taken by. Judge Clark.
Constitutionally of the Eighteenth
Amendment was first upheld by
the high court in 1920. In that
case the court filed conclusions" :"
but did not give the usual lengthy
opinion. There were two dis
SentS-
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Jersey Police Search
For Body of Woman

Authorities at Railway, n. j.
today asked local police to be or
the lookout for a 1880 3uick Sc
dan which is supposed to lave
been used in transporting the
nude dead body of Phoebe Stadel
of that city.
The lookout broadcast to al
precincts and outlying districts is
as follows:
1890 Buick sedan, tan body,
New Jersey State license U-4977,
engine number 2475674, serial
number 2362265. This car Is
listed to Mrs. Hilda Frazer, SO
jefferson Ave-, Railway, N. J.
IL is operated by William Frazer,
white, 81, 5 feet ~ inches tall.
weighs 1913 pounds.
His Aliases Listed
"He has blue eyes, medium
brown hair, bridgewOrk on the
upper jaw and front teeth. He
Is dressed in a gray suit, black
0vercOat with a velvet collar, q
derby rat and also has a brown
top Caat and tan hat with nim.
He aiS5 uses the aliases of Viii
liam moore and H. G.. Devlin.
"He left Railway, N. J., Febru.
ary 18 at 3 p. m. with the nude
dead body of one Phoebe
Stader, white, 33, feet 10
inches tall, weighs lao pounds.
has brown eyes, black lair,
olive complexion. She had a
growth or abscess near the end
of the spine.
Body Found in Bushes
'FraZer stated he was going
to burn body. 1t has been
learned that this man was in
Raleigh, N. c., February 20,
1881. Body is thought to Oe
the nude body found near Fred
ericksburg, Va. 1t had been
placed in bushes about three
days ago.
"HaVe inquiries made at all
hotels for this man, garages
covered, in case this auto is
brought in for repairs or StOr-
age. Wanted in Railway, N. j..
in connection with the diSap-
pearance of the Stader woman"
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
ARRESTED
At BREADL|NE

Charged with distributing Com
munist literature to men in the
breadline on Sixth Street, near
c Street Northwest, two members
of the Communist party were
arraigned before Judge Gus A.
Schuldt in Police Court today.
Policeman A. r. Houch, of the
Sixth precinct. who arrested the
men yesterday, said they gave
out circulars calling on Washing
ton workers to fight for unem-
ployment insurance.
The men, William Phillips and
John M. Smythe, contend such
distribution does not violate the
law. Judge Schuldt reserved de-
cision until Saturday. The men
were allowed to remain at liberty
on $40 collateral each.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
N A n SOUGHT
ASV|RG|N|A
SLAYER
Torn Newspaper Offers Only
Clue to Killer; Victim Is
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conducts a lunch room in Tappa-
hammock, also saw the automobile
drive away. He looked at the
license number and gave it to
police today.
Five other persons today i6enti-
fled the body Of the woman as
that Of Mrs. Freeman. Identifi-
cation was established by the
manner in which she wore her
black hair and her general de-
scr1ption. Other identIfiCa alton
was made by burn on her leg.
Body is MutiIated
Authorities said the body is so
mutIated that it is impossible
to determine how she came to her
death. An autopsy will probably
be held today to determine
whether her skull was fractured
or whether she was shot or
stabbed.
Torn bits of Washington
newspaper found near the mutt
lated body have placed the Homi-
eide Squad on its toes to discover
what significance this find may
have.
In investigating the story that
the victim Of the brutal crime is
Mrs. Smith, police received a re-
port that Mrs. Smiths maiden
name was Mary Cleo Bodine and
that she was part Indian.
The body of the girl was
found by a colored man who had
entered the thicket in search of
a missing dog and was attracted
by flock Of vultures. He then
made the gruesome find.
Dragged Into Thicket
The girl had been driven down
q private road from the highway
about so yards, taken from the
car, and dragged by the heels
another 40 yards into the thicket.
There the killer had stripped
her body, torn all Identification
marks from her clothing, mu-
tilated the body, and fled.
Inc DOQy naQ Deen IN the
thicket several days. This bears
out the belief that the dead
woman is Miss Freeman, as she
left Tappahannock with a strange
man on Wednesday and has not
been Heard rom since.
The young woman came to the
boarding house about three
months ago. after having left a
travelling carnival, it was said.
According to words she let drop, it
was learned that she was a widow
Later, according to reports, it
was said she had left a husband
and four children.
Authorities pointed out that
this reSembled the Mary Baker
murder, as the Baker girls body
was placed in a culvert. By
strange coincidence the murder
took place only a few miles from
Oak Grove, the final resting place
OF the slain Baker girl.
The body Of the slain girl was
taken to Boiling Green.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Joker Tres Occupant
Bv Sudden Visit
Of Ambulance

Somebody just does not like
the looks of 704 Thirteenth st.
N. w. That's all there is 10 it.
That somebody has been
causing plenty of trouble, &C.
cording to Mrs. Elizabeth Fo-
tiadis, who lives on the third
floor, and it has got to stop.
Yesterday the objector pulled
the final bone. He called the
Emergency Hospital ambulance
for somebody who was "deathly
ill.," But nobody was i'll at the
address and nobody in her
family called the hospital, Mrs.
Fotiadis said.
On several past occasions,
Mrs. Fotiadis says, taXicabs
have come to her home unso-
licited.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Mounted MdstOdOn
Lack GrieUes State

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. "a
Q.N.S)-Although Indiana is the
greatest mastodon cemetery in the
world in the belief of many scien.
lists, there is not a single as,
Sembled and mounted mastodon
skeleton in the whole State. Mu-
SeumS and historical societies
from other States k%ve got them
all.
This was the lament Of DR..
Marcus w. Lyon, jr., vice presi-
dent Of the Association of Nam.
malogists, in an address before
the Northern Indiana Historical
Society herA
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Historic Buildings
Under Export Ban

LONDON, Feb. "a Q.N.SD.
There will be no further export of
buildings of historic interest from
Britain to the United States, or
any place abroad.
1t has been found that the first
commissioner Of works has power
to issue a preservation order" for
any house that is uninhahite6,
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Italian Students
Will Visit Hoover

NEW YORK, Feb. "a GNSO.
Forty-two youths with black uni.
forms and flowing black capes
will be presented to Mayor Walker
tomorrow and then entrain for
Washington, where they will meet
President Hoover.
They are students in a physical
culture academy established by
Premier MuSsolini in Italy.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
VOTING G|SL|GHT,
POLLS QUIET
IN CHICAGO
Minor Disturbances Alone
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than 10000 votes. The fight
Is between u.s."
ALDERMAN ARTHUR F.
ALBERT-"There has been a
swing in sentiment toward my
candidacy. I am confident
will be nominated"
GangSters Are Factors
Today's primary ended a cam
paign Of verbal bomb singing
which is said to outrank all
others in bitterness and force.
fulness of invective.
Gangsters have played q prOmi
nent part in the candidates
speeches, as has the city's i'm.
poveriShment, prohibition, party
regularity, and high taxes. Even
King George of England was
dragged into it, but his royal
character was speedily over.
shadOwed by the Scarface AL.
phOnse CapOne issue.
1t was generally conceded that
Anton J. Cermak, leader Of Cook
county democracy and president
Of the county board of super
viSOrs, would win the Democratic
mayOralty nomination.
Democrats Are Hopeful
Despite the hysteria and bally-
hoo of the primary campaign,
the candidates have not forgot
ten that nomination essentially
does not mean election.
The Democrats, flushed with
their successes in Illinois and
Chicago last fall, are confidently
plans for the real battle
for the mayorShip. United States
Senator-elect James Hamilton
Lewis arrived here yesterday to
lend support to the Cermak camp.
Thompson was ruled a favorite
over Lyle and Albert, but experts
that the election may
prove a surprise.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Ban Johnson Still
In Critical Condition

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb, "a GIN.
SO.-Ban Johnson's condition
continued critical today at St.
Johns Hospital. The former
American League president is i'll
of diabetes.
Doctors report that there was
no change in his condition. The
67-year-old baseball veteran un-
derwent a blood TRANSMISSION last
week.