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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-08
Ivy Temple Pythian
 Sisters Officers Installed

District Deputy Mrs. Lura Dutton was in charge of the installation of the following officers of Ivy Temple, Pythian Sisters. in Pythian hall last night: Most excellent chief, Mrs. Bernice Swanson; excellent senior, Mrs. Jessie Baker: excellent junior, Mrs. Mary Cooper: manager, Mrs. Clara Thomas; mistress of finance. Mrs. Blanche Maton; secretary, Mrs. Mary Wilke; protector, Mrs. Lillian Squires. and guard. Mrs. Mary Hall. At the short business session presid- ed over by Mrs. Lucy Westwood. re- tiring chief, plans were discussed for a turkey supper to be held the 17th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-08
UNOIESTIONABLY.

UNWU UESIIONNB
 Critic: All I have to say Is that If that picture of yours is art then I am blundering fool.
 Artist: Then there can be no doubt of it's being art.-Pathfinder.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
WORLD IS CAUGHT
IN TARIFF TANG[E
Sweeping Changes in Trade
Policies Are Dismissed
by D. c. Economist.

The trade of the United States is
90 per cent domestic and 10 per cent
foreign. Which is more important
to preserve?" asks Theodore Knappen
of Washington in the current issue OF
the Magazine of Wall Street.
Whether it be a suicidal policy or
not it is plain that almost all nations
are now pursuing policies that tend
toward trade isolation and the maxi
mum Of self-containment. Before the
war the United States could have
looked with comparative equanimity
on such a tendency. The world had
to have our agricultural SurpluSes and
our exports of manufactured goods
we're relatively Insignificant. But most
of all. our foreign investments were
negligible
We were Self-contained in the int@-
est of all classes; there was no division
OF selfish group interests.
But now the world can get along
without most of our agricultural eX-
ports, our surplus manufacturing ca
pacity cries for foreign outlets, and
our huge investments abroad have
created a tremendous interest that
favors low tariffs and increased i'm
ports Of both manufactured and agri-
cultural goods,
Travel on Forking Roads.
It is a truism that in the long run
all international trade is an exchange
of goods and services. Exports are
paid for by imports, except as the sur
plus Of the latter is continually REIN
vested abroad This means that the
income on the $4,000 100000 we have
invested abroad as well as that of our
loan to the allies, must be paid by i'm
ports of goods or services. Otherwise
We would soon have all the gold of the
world - and already we have about
half of it.
Thus our foreign financial eXpan-
sion has caused us to try to travel on
two forking roads.
We are trying to keep out foreign
goods and at the same time We are
creating tremendous head of power
to force them in. This divergence of
interests is illustrated at the moment
by the fact that our bankers and in
dustrialists have put about $4,000 00O,-
900 into German private loans. the
service of which now demands a choice
between the collection of the debts of
government to uS-to our taxpayers
or the collection of private debts-to
our bankers and investors.
Policies Must Be Settled
If present tendencies continue we
shall, perhaps, have to choose between
a deliberate policy of self-contain-
ment carried to the nth degree and
further international dependence. The
former might mean the sacrifice of the
major part of our foreign investments
But once they are jettisoned We can
rebuild our economic structure on the
basis of economic independence more
easily and satisfactorily than any
other nation. Not more than 10 per
cent Of our entire annual production
is marketed abroad and only 8 per
cent of our manufactures.
In present conditions industrial pro-
duction is at least 80 per cent below
recent normal. If we could suddenly
return to 80 per cent we would call
ourselves prosperous. OF course, there
would be painful period of readjust-
ment. But it requires only some ra-
tional improvement of our internal
economic system to enable us to ab-
sCrb the equivalent of all the manu-
3actures we export.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
CANADIAN BALANCE
OF TRADE IMPROVES
Sharp Reduction in Adverse
Figures Reported for Year End
ing in November.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TORONTO, December 26.-The pra%
tical embargo placed bv the federal
government and the chartered banks
upon the Canadian purchase of foreign
securities, while designed primarily for
the aid of those corporations with
maturing obligations to meet in New
York early in the new year, takes no
cogniZance of the automatic improve
ment of the dollar to be effected by
the very rate of discount now pre-
vailing.
Already some of the beneficent re-
suits of our deprecated currency are
to be seen in the trade returns for
November, when the imports Of Sac
Oil, 900 represented decline of more
than $29,000,000 from those OF the
corresponding month of last year. The
exports, valued at $58 1929 ,78l, showed
a smaller reduction from the STA
682,O33 of November, 1890, than did
the shipments of any other month of
the current twelvemonth in compari-
son with the corresponding period of a
year ago.
The reduction of the adverse balance
to SIT 068,783 for the year ending with
November from Sl04,62l ,874 for the
year before gives rise to the eXpeCta-
ton that the present calendar year
will see the unfavorable balance COM
petely wiped out. For during each Of
the six months of Summer and
Autumn the exports exceeded the i'm
ports by a steadily increasing amount.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1931-12-27
STOCK DIVIDEND.

Directors of Associated Gas & Electric
Co have declared a dividend on the
class A stock Of one-eightieth of one
share Of class A stock, or, at the holders
option, payable in SIS dividend series
preferred stock at the rate of one
eight-hundredth of one share of said
preferred stock, payable February /, to
holders of record at the close Of busi-
ness December 80.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
HEAVY CASH BUYING
SEEN IN SECURITIES
Stock Exchange Economist Reports
More Stocks Going Into In
vestors' Hands.
BY the Associated Press.


J. Edward Meeker. economist OF the
New York Stock Exchange, believes
cash buying of securities has been rela-
lively heavy during recent months.
When shares pass from marginal to
outright holders, Mr.. Meeker explains,
many new investors names may be
added to the stock register, consequent
ly causing a marked rise in the total
number of shareholders.
Conversely, when shares pass from
outright to marginal holders, stock
brokers names on the register may in
crease little if at all. while many in
dividual names disappear from the
stock register, thus causing noticeable
decline in total number Of share
holders.
In consequence" he says, "an in
crease in the number of shareholders
almost necessarily signifies an increased
proportion of stock in investors hands,
and decrease in total shareholders
conversely signifies an increased pro-
portion Of stock carried on margin in
the more speculatively held floating
supply"
Evening star., 1931-12-27
NEW SAFETY RECORD
IN COAL INDUSTRY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The coal mining industry is operating
presently at the lowest accident rate
in history.
Information available to the Bureau
of Mines up to Christmas eve indicated
the year would be completed with a
better safety record than ever before
as far as relation between production
and accidents is concerned.
On the basis of this information the
production for the year promises to
average 100000 tons of coal for each
life lost from accidents. Five years ago
the production was 26l 900 tons for
each life lost; 10 years ago 1t was 254,-
900 tons, and 20 years ago $4,000 tons
per death
Evening star., 1931-12-27

(conti5ued on Page 81
Evening star., 1931-12-27

FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 2s. 1881.

stocks sold in looshare those ae,rna.s
Evening star., 1931-12-27
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1881 TO DATE

by ibis & Co, ldingw washng
Evening star., 1931-12-27
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Found Inspiration in
the Hours of Darkness

Rarely did Balzac spend the eve
ming with his guests. He never did
so when he was pressed by work
Immediately after dessert he said
goodnight and went to bed. Even in
summer l have known him to leave
us at seven o'clock of a beautiful
evening and climb pensively to his
room where he would force himself
20 sleep. that he might rise at mid
night and work until morning.
Probably no one ever lived more at
night than Balzac The complete ST.
lence of life and nature gave him the
cOmposure necessary to the creation
of his masterpiece. A great ship
seeks the wide sea and the limitless
depths 1t was while traversing the
lonely woods of Vile d'Avray and
Versailles that he carried on his med
itations. He confessed to me that
many times he found himself in
dressing gown and slippers bare
headed, in the Place du Carrousel,
after having spent the night wander
ing through woods and villages, over
roads and across meadows. He would
then mount a Versailles coach and
return to Vile d'Avray by way of
Sevres, only forgetting to pay the
conductor for the simple reason that
he had left Les Jardies WITHOUT a
cent in his pocket.
This annoying discovery never sur
prised anyone, for all the conductors
knew him, and Balzac himself was
used to going about without any
money on him. Another habit of his
was never to carry a watch. Leon
Gozlan in "Balzac in Slippers"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Writer Declares This
Is Era of eyes" Men

Compare, let US say, thousand as
sorted pioneers of the Berkshire hills
in Massachusetts in 1900 with a thou
sand assorted New York bank clerks
in 1890, and, unless the monumental
history of the Berkshires which l
have lately ingested is tissue of
falsehoods, you will find about as
many mo" men in the former area
as you will find yes" men in the lat
ter. The ratios, should guess, have
reversed themselves in $50 years.
With the mo" men will lie charac-
ter, courage, individuality, saltiness.
With the yes" men will lie radios,
motor cars, bathtubs, and complete
paralysis of the will to act in accord
ance with their fundamental inclina-
lions.
That Berkshire babies were COM
pounded of better stuff than bank
clerk babies, absolutely deny. Opin-
ion for opinion and belief for belief,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Marrow Thoroughfare

The narrowest street in the
United States is said to be Treas
ury street in st. Augustine. Fla. It
is 9 feet l inch wide. This street
was shown as a street on the map
Of st. Augustine in 1887, and
called Treasury street because the
old treasury was on the corner of
this cross street and st. George
street. Carriages used to drive
through it, and stone was placed
at the entrance on Bay street to
prevent this. The old treasury
building is still standing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
FOR COLDS
ALKALINIzE
YOUR SYSTEM

Doctors everywhere are prescrib-
ing this new treatment for colds:
Begin when you feel a cold COM
ing. Take a tablespoonful of Phil
lips Milk of Magnesia, morning,
noon and night, the first day. Do the
same second day. Then only at night.
Colds reduce the alkalinity of your
system. That's what makes you feel
achy, feverish, weak, half-sick. Phil
lips Milk of Magnesia is alkali In
harmless, palatable form. 1t checks
the symptoms of colds by restoring
the alkalinity Ct your system.
Relieves sour stomach, indigestion,
gas, over-acidity. All drugstores.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Famou. American. Niekname

"Old Man Eloquent" was one of
the nicknames of John Quincy
Adams during the latter years Of
his life while he was a member of
the house of representatives. Milton
applied the phrase to Isocrates, the
famous Greek orator. who is said
to have died of mental shock and
grief when he learned that Philip
of Macedon had defeated the Greek
allies At Chaeronea. = Pathfinder
Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Not Much Difference

The words fort and fortress are
often used INTERCHANGEABLE. In the
United States all permanently gar
risoned places. whether fortified or
not. are termed forts. In fortified
ton fort is usually applied to a
work entirely inclosed by defens-
ible parapets. Fortress generally
designates a fortified city or town,
or any piece of ground so strongly
fortified as to be capable Of resist
ing an attack. 1t is a permanent
fertilization.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
a .
A( Z

When you feel a headache coming on,
it's time to take Bayer Aspirin. Two
tablets will head it off, and you cal
finish your shopping in comfort.
Limbs that ache from sheer weari-
ness. Joints sore from the beginnings
of cold. Systemic pain. The remedy
is rest. But immediate relief is yours
for the taking; a pocket tin Of Baycr
Aspirin is protection from pain
wherever you go.
Get real aspirin. Look for Bayer
on the box. Read the proven direc-
tons found inside every genuine
'Bayer package. They cover head
aches, colds, sore throat, toothache,
neuralgia, neuritis. sciatica, lumbago,
rheumatism, muscular pains, etc.
These tablets do not depress the
heart. They do nothing but stop the
pain. Every druggist has Bayer
Aspirin in the pocket size, and in
bottles. To save money, buy the
genuine tablets by the hundred. Don't
experiment with limitations.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Hero's Resting Place

George Rogers Clark is buried in
Cave Hill cemetery in Louisville.
Ky. General Clark founded the city
Of Louisville in 1919 after return
ing from his military expedition to
the Northwest. He spent most of
his declining year in Louisville.
KY, and GAINESVILLE. Ind. across
the Ohio rver from Louisville. This
town was also founded by General
Clark,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
-
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.15=-=----@14=5E

it is probable that the New York
thousand have a more civilized out
look, a better stock of human values
in their heads, than had the Pittsfield
thousand. But for the latter integrity
was cheap and abundant, while for
the former it is very dear. Like all
luxuries, it can be bought, but few
dare to pay the price. For the price
may be the job, and the job means
life or death.
While jobs grow more uncertain,
desires, built in by the hlgh-pressure
fraternity, grow more clamorous. In
this compound pressure pump, the
wayfaring man finds it almost i'm
possible to be true to his intermost
nature.-Stuart Chase in iarpcr's
Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Had Enough Of the Sea

On account of a shipwreck in
his teens when he was emigrating
from England to South Africa, Mr..
Clark of Boshof, Orange Free
State, made his way inland, and
vowed that he would never cast
eyes on the sea again. He settled
at Boshof, where he built up an ex-
tensive general dealers business.
and left a large fortune at his
death.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Aged War Veteran.

Daniel c. Dakeman was the last
pensioner of the Revolutionary war.
He died SO years after the close Of
the war at the age Of one hundred
and nine years, eight months and
eight days on April 5, 1869. Hiram
Cronk was the last surviving pen
sioner Of the War of 1912. He
died on May 13. 1905. at the age of
one hundred and five years and six
teen days. Owen Thomas Edgar,
last surviving pensioner of the Mex
lean war, died in Washington, Sep.
TENDER 3, 1920.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
Loving Wife

Scene in millinery shop. Wife adj
dresses husband: you see. my
dear, this is the hat adore most
passionately, but since you prefer
that other one, l shall take them
both, just to please you"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
First Used by Holmes ?

The expression mutual admira-
ton society" was probably coined
by Oliver Wendell Holmes. The
phrase appears in 1.-THE Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
A YOUNG WOMAN
WAS BENEFITED

Huntingt ton,
w. Va.-"Abo
one year ago a
friend re C o m
m e n d e d DR..
Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription
for my daughter
who was r u n
down and in a
weakened c on
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
One Point of View

He is happiest, be he king or /.
peasant, who finds peace in his
home
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03

started taking it and after using one
bottle l noticed a great change in
her condition. It's great medicine.
Mrs. Nora Clay, 7I2 30th Street.
Write the Faculty Or. Pierse's Clinic IN
Buffalo, N. Y, and enclose question Est
found wrapped around medicine for free
medical advice. AK your d--:-sist for
DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03
WakefuI
restless CHILD
needs Castoria

w E can meyer be sure Just what
makes an infant restless, but the
remedy can always be the same.
Good old Castorial There's comfort
in every drop Of this pure vegetable
preparation, and not the slightest
harm in its frequent use. As often
as Baby has fretful spell, is
feverish, or cries and can't sleep,
let Castoria soothe and quiet him.
Sometimes it's a touch Of colo.
Other times it's constipation. Or
diarrhea-a condition that should
always be checked promptly.
Just keep Castoria handy, and give
it promptly. Relief will follow very
promptly; if it doesn't you should
call a physician.
All through babyhood, Castoria
should be mothers standby; and
a wise mother continues it in more
liberal doses as a child grows up.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03

Readily obtained at any drug
store, the genuine easily identified
by the Chas. H. Fletcher signature
and the name Castoria on the
wrapper like this:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-03

For Sale--Millions Frostproof Cabbage
plants. Use 1000; Porto-Rico and tomato
plants in April. r. E Bower Dixie. Ga.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19
OSCAR A. KINDER, SO,
SHOE DEALER, DIES
Funeral for City Business Man to
Be Held Saturday.

Last rites for Oscar A. Kimber,
SO, who died Thursday at his home,
5000 North Meridian street. will be
held at 2 p. m. Saturday in the
Flanner g. Buchanan morTuary.
Burial will be in Crown Hill Gene
terry.
Mr.. Khnber was associated with
his son, Clair Kimber, in the opera
ton Of the Penn Wash bootery.
Born in Muncie, Mr.. Kimber came
TO indianapolis as a boy. He had
been in business at the present To-
cation Of the store for forty years.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Martha Kunber; the son; a sister,
Mrs. Otis Bevis Of Los Angels, and
brother, Arthur S. Kimber of In
dianapolis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19

teen trips to the Arctic, will not be
aboard this year. A few days after
the Bowdain sails, he will take of
from Squantun, Mass, in a Lock
heed-Vega plane for a fight to Lab
rador. Greenland and Iceland.
Charles C. Rockville, former navy
hier, will be his pilot.
Remaining at Main, the Bowdoin
will 6erve as a mother ship for the
Macmillan aerial expedition, the
major purposes Of which are to sur
vey 1000 miles of Labrador's coast
line, and to study traces Of the
Vikings in Greenland and Iceland
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19
SCHOONER SOON
TO START TRIP
TO FAR NORTH
MacMiIIan'S BoWdoin to
Make Annual Jaunt
to Arctic Seas.

By United Press
WISCASSET, Me, June 1s.-The
two-masted schooner Bowdoin, a
trim, white veteran OF many an
Arctic expedition, was being pre-
pared here today for her annual
voyage to the Far North.
Carrying a miscellaneous cargo,
including equipment for an Eskimo
school, the Bowdoin will sail from
here June 81 for Main, North Lab
rador, where Commander Donald B.
Macmillan, her owner, has a scien-
tific station.
The explorer. who has made tl1ir-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19

By United Press
LOS ANGELES. June 19-Police
searched today for Rudolph Friml,
prominent musician and composer,
on a warrant charging failure to
provide for his 19-year-old daugh-
ter, Marie Lucille Frirnl.
The warrant was issued at the
request of the girls grandmother,
Mrs. Emil Baruch, with whom she
has lived since infancy. The girl
is i'll, Mrs. Baruch said, and needs
medical attention. Friml is under
contract to a local motion picture
studio and resides in q Beverly
Hills hotel. MRS. Friml is in the
east.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19
SIX IN u. S. DRY NET
-Four Men, Two Women in Jail
Awaiting Federal Grand Jury.

The number of alleged violators
Of the federal dry laws who are
waiting in the county Jail for the
next grand jury has increased by
six. four men and two women.
The new arrests are William A
Warner and Basil w. Fender, 1880
North Alabama street; Frank and
Gertrude Spadocia, 5000 Madison
avenue, and Gilbert and Daisy West,
Ills Hudson street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19
WOMEN HOLD
OVER FIFTH OF
STATES JOBS
236,014 GainfuI Workers
Says Report of Gen.
SuS Bureau.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 19.-More
than one-ffth of the gainfully
employed persons in Indiana are
women.
A report by the census bureau
today revealed that Of the states
total 1880 population of 3,238,503, the
"gainful workers" numbered 1881
III And Of these 236,0l4 were fe-
males.
The states million and a quarter
workers were listed in the following
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19
Salesman Killed

Upton, Ind, June ia head
on crash Of an automobile and a
truck took the life of Robert Hax-
ley, SO, q salesman of Cedar Rap
ids, Ia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19

IIOoC IIoJEU Under agTlCuILure
included 166, 429 farmers and 81, 619
farm laborers.
The major groups under manu-
featuring were 1868 in blast fur
naces and steel rolling mills. 70,370
in other iron and steel industries;
61,339 in the building industry;
1882 in auto factories and repair
shops, and 25,901 in food and allied
industries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19
Hotel Minus 18th Floor

SAN ANGELO, Tex, June 49,
There is no thirteenth floor in the
flfteen-story Hilton hotel here. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-19
management is not superstitious
but some guests are.

Dogs are eaten as food by ma
tives Of the Polynesian islands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08
AMERICANS PROGRESSIVE RAGE SAYS RIPLEY
Tells Rotarians
 Nation Quick To
 Accept Inventions
Creations Tending to Save Labor and Add to Living COnveniences Welcomes By Citizens Who Do Not Oppose Progress

these devices. There are more telephones in New York state than in any foreign nation and more in Chicago than in France. Air mail has tripled in the United States and air transportation is increasing.
 Contrary to general opinion, travelling by air is not dangerous. There were but eleven passengers on air transports killed the past year.
 However, during the same period of time there were 514 persons killed by animals Clicked, bitten, etc.); 101 by venomous animals; 391 by lightning; LIDO scalded to death; 1,700 burned to death; B. 900 by gunshot wounds; 700 by cuts; 2.600 by gas; 7,200 by drown ing; 369 from cold, 500 from the heat and only 12,000 from old age.
 MT Ripley stated that he ob- tained these figures from the. de- partment of commerce to test a statement by an executive of an air transport line that more people were killed by being kicked by a mule than from airplanes." Foot ball, he said took 40 lives this fall and in New York state alone this fall 20 were killed hunting.