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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

Social News. Big Chied Hop Spring" Teller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

High single-ReynOlds, 128. Hign three-Reynolds, 334. Hign Transportation. sos. High team. Accounting, 1423.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
HOOVER BACKS
BUTLER LEAVE

President Hoover said today he
has no objections against Mai.
Gen. Smedley D. Butler, COM
mandant of the Quantico (Va.l
base of the Marine Corps, being
given two weeks leave of absence
next month in which to organize
the State police force in Oregon.
He voiced his approval to Sen.
ator McNary (R) of Oregon, who
called to tell him Secretary of the
Navy Adams had already agreed
to let Butler off.
Gov. Julius L. Meir of Oregon
extended the invitation to Butler,
and it is probable the fiery Ma
rine will go to oregon, May Is.
Several years ago the general
obtained a similar leave Of alb.
Sence and reorganized the Phila-
delphia police force and started q
drive against bootlegging and vice.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
DR.. kOBERDEAD;
WAS c, j. DEAN

Fifty-eight years of continuous
medical service in his adopted
country we're brought to an end
today when George Martin Kober,
dean emeritus of the Georgetown
University medical school and
dean for q years, died at his
home, 1919 @ st. N. w.
A constant crusader for child
health and protection and for the
prevention especially of tuber-
cuIOsis, DR.. KOber had come to
be looked upon by all Washington
as one Of the foremost of
physicians here.
Was Born in Germany
Born at Alsfeld, Germany,
March %, 1850, he came to this
country while still a boy and
graduated from the Georgetown
University medical school in 1873.
One year later he was appointed
acting assistant surgeon, U. S.
A., which position he held for
IL years.
DR.. Kober was a member Of
the consulting staff of the Cail-
dren's, Georgetown University
and Gallinger hospitals; presi-
dent of the washington Sanitary
Improvement and Housing Com
panv and a member of the Presi-
dents Home Commission in 1908.
He was a member of the Board
of Charities since 1906 and presi-
dent of the Association Of Aneri-
can Medical Colleges since 1906.
Belonged to Societies
He was a fellow Of the Col
lege Of Physicians, the American
Medical Association, the Ameri
can Public Health Association
an honorary member Of the
American Association of PhySi
clans and the Association of
Military Surgeons, a member of
the Anthropological Society, the
Medical and Surgeons Society
the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuber.
culosis and the Washington
tuberculosis Association. He was
also the author of numerous
medical treatiSeS.
He leaves one sister, Mrs. L.
Leclerc, Of this city.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
BOBBED BANDIT
SEEN AGAIN
ohoto by International

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April "a
GN.sO-Cecelia Cooney, probably
the first "bobbed-haired bandit"
today was permitted to leave
Auburn prison to testify in the
suit of her husband-convict, Ed
ward Cooney, against the State
for $4,000 for the loss of his left
arm in the license-plate shop Of
Auburn prison seven years ago.
Cecilia, who was called the
"flapper bandit" back in 1924,
when she was convicted for
series of robberies in Brooklyn,
was called by counsel for Cooney
to testify to her husbands ability
before the accident. Cooney is
serving a term in Dannemora
prison.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
POLICE HUNT
BALTIMORE
SCION
Paul Duker Implicated in
Anderson Killing by Pal, Now
Held by Md. Authorities

The Washington homicide squad
was today searching for Herman
w. Duker, 81, scion of an old Baltis
more family and alleged gentle.
man bandit, wanted in connection
with the Staying Monday Of Iohn
w. Anderson, employe of the FAIR
field Western Maryland Dairy.
A lookout was received hero
asking police to search for the
youth, who might be hiding lTa
Washington. There is also a pos.
sibility Duker may have headed
for South America.
Anderson was killed in a FASH,
ionable residential section in Bst
timore. One of two men acco FED,
Anderson and asked to bIg q
quart of milk. A gust Of 'alad
blew aside a second mans coat, r
vealing a pistol. Anderson sltiGi
ged one Of the bandits with q milk
bottle. The other man shot hint
down.
Dale Lambert, held for irvstiki
cation by Baltimore police, is said
to have admitted part in the crili1al
and to have implicated young
Duker.
Duker's grandfather, Otto
Duker, was a pioneer in the ltnas
ber business in Baltimore and ths
family has since attained social
prominence there.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Jury Will Decide If
Pastor Stole Kiss
From Teacher

KANSAS CITY, Kan, April
"a G.N.S0.-A jury in the
Wyandotte county district court
here today was to determine
the price of a kiss. allegedly
stolen by a pastor from a for
mer Sunday school teacher at
his church. The Sunday school
teacher asks for $4,000.
The pastor, Rev. James Cor
nish, Great Bend, Kan, from
the witness stand denied the
charges of Mrs. Bertha Thomas,
the plaintiff, that he embraced
and kissed her in the office Of
the First Christian Church here
December IL, 1929.
Cornish's denial was aug
mented by the testimony of
two women members of the
church, in which they said Mrs.
Thomas was not in the church
office at the time she alleges
the preacher kissed her
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Gale in Northwest
Fans Forest Blaze

PORTLAND, Ore, April "a GIN.
S0.-Millions of dollars worth of
damage was done in the Mt. Hood
and Des Chutes national forests
by the heavy gales of the last two
days, according to word received
here today.
Millions of feet of lumber were
levelled by the high winds, which
whipped forest fires into danger
Gus blaZes.
Damage to crops in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho will also
run high.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Def Of CANNON
STUMPS NYE
COMMITTEE
Investigators May Drop Quiz
Until Congress Convenes;
Decision Is Expected Today

After investigating a score Of
senatorial campaigns without in
reference, the Nye Campaign
Fund Committee today faced a
crisis as it met to consider the
defiance of Bishop James Cannon,
jr., Anti-Saloon League and Meth
odist Episcopal Church official.
The Bishop, called to explain
his campaign activities in 1928,
told the committee he was too i'll
to undergo the rigOrS of an exam
inatiOn, although his health en-
abIed him to preach and lecture.
He also challenged the commit
tees right to investigate his pOlit-
icaI affairs, charging its proposed
inquiry was unconstitutional.
First Time Challenged
The committee, of which Sen
lator Nye (R.) of North Dakota
is chairman, investigated score
of senatorial campaigns last year
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
PANAMA CHIEFS
HELD AS. REDS

COLON, Panama, April "a
GN.SD.-Capt. Alexandra Ramos,
chief of police of the province of
Los Santos, and Miguel A. Con-
zales, night court judge, were ar
rested today upon orders of the
Department of Justice, charged
with subversive activities against
the government.
The charges were reported based
on the alleged spread of counter
revolutionary propaganda in the
interior of Panama.
Both men are members Of the
Accion Communal, the political
organization chiefly responsible
for overthrow of the Arosemena
regime and establishment of the
present revolutionary government.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
KELLEY IS SEEN
NEAR OFFICE

ST. LOUIS, April "a GN.S0 d.
Two live wire developments today
injected new life into the strange
case of the doctors disappear
ance." s
The missing physician, Dr..
Isaac d. Kelley, who disappeared
after driving into a clustering
spring storm Monday night on
what is believed to have been
q faxed sick call, was seen in a
restaurant near his office early
today, police were informed.
This startling information fol
lowed on the heels of report
that pencilled letter had been
received by the Kelley family,
presumably from the missing
physician, and outlining a $780,
900 ransom demand.
Denies Ransom Letter
That any ransom letter has
been received, however. was
denied emphatically by Carroll
w. Harlan, a lawyer friend of
the Kelley family. Mr.. Harlan
has acted as Mrs. Kelley's spokes-
man to the press.
Sure of Identity
James Markedes, owner of the
Blackstone Restaurant, which is
in the vicinity of the missing doc.
tors office. phoned police today
and told them excitedly that the
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Chinese F REE
2M|SS|ONERS

SHANGHAI, April "a G.N.S).
Bandits today released Esther
Nordlund, of Chicago, and Au-
gusta Nelson, Swedish missionary,
according to advices received
from Kingchow by Lutheran
headquarters.
The two women, it was stated,
were safe at Kinmen, in Hupeh
province. The Rev. Oscar Ander-
son, a Swedish missionary, cap
tured last Friday with the others,
is still in bandit hands. 1t was
believed he would shortly be
released, also.
Previously it was reported in
unconfirmed dispatches that all
three had been slain.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
TRAINS KILL 10
At CROSSINGS

CHICAGO, April "a GN.S).
Crashes between autos and trains
today had taken the toll Of 10
lives within the Chicago area.
Five victims were occupants Of
a car that struck a moving 500
Line freight train early today
at a crossing near Antioch in
Lake county.
Two city bridge tenders stepped
into the path of a fast moving
train later in the morning and
were killed.
The three other victims were
occupants of an automobile that
crashed into a Chicago bound
Pennsylvania train at a crossing
in Gary, Ind, yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Police Guard D. A. r.
Hall as Rep. Fish
Talks on Reds

A police guard was. thrown
around Constitution Hall this
afternoon shortly before Repre-
sentative Hamilton Fish ap-
peared to give his address on
Communism.
District policemen were sta
toned at each door of the build
ing with instructions to keep
out all persons who had not
the proper credentials as mem
bers of the D. A. r.
Police admitted that they had
been stationed there because
Of the fact that Representative
Fish is speaking.
Every seat in the huge audi
torium was filled for a long
time before the session started.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
j. s.
DEPARTMENT
IGNORANT.
Of REDS
Cites New York City as Chief
Center for Fomenting South,
Central American RevOIts

Charging the State Department
knows little of the activities of
the Communists here and that
New York City is a hotbed for
Societ literature and revolution,
ary activities in South and Cen
trail America, Representative Ham,
ilton Fish, jr.. delivered his de-
leted speech before the annual
congress Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution this after
noon.
Opens His Attack
Representative Fish at the very
beginning of his speech opened
fire on the State Department
with these words:
"The report that appeared in
the newspapers a few weeks ago
that the State Department in
tended to study the Russian
situation was both encouraging
and timely. With the exception
of Robert F. Kelley, chief Of the
Eastern European division, Off
cials of the Department of State
appear TO know little about So
Wet Russia or the activities of
the Communists here or in Eu-
rOpear or South American cOun-
tries.
Hits at Secretary Of State
During the investigation by
the House Committee into Com
munism and its revolutionary
activities / received, as chair
man, the earnest cooperation
of every executive department
of the Government with the ex-
ceptiOn of the State Depart
ment, which apparently had no
definite policy in regard to the
granting of viSaS to active Com
muniStS from Soviet Russia who
desired to enter the United
States.
"The head of the visa office,
A. Dana HOdgsOn, refused to
testify except in executive SeS-
sion under orders from the Sec
retary of State, presumably in
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The Washington times., 1931-04-24
':Please Murder Me, " Begs
Man; Friend Obliges

BUDAPEST, April "a GN.SJ.
please murder me-" said Alexan-
der Steinhertz, wine merchant Of
the town of Kecskemet, to Fritz
Fischl, 20-year-old salesman. Fritz
answered:
"AH right, just as a favor
and to please you"
So Steinhertz and Fritz boarded
train, selected a compartment
where they were by themselves,
SteinhertZ covered his face with
a handkerchief and Fischl hit
him over the head with a ham
mer till he was dead.
This was the startling solution
of a mysterious crime which
puzzled police Of Hungary and
Austria after the body Of Stein.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Muscle In" Bomb
Stirs West PhiLG.

PHILADEL P HIA, April "a
0N.S0.-Several persons were
stunned and windows in nearby
buildings were shattered when a
bomb, hurled from a speeding
automobile, rocked West 2hila-
delphia today.
The bomb struck in front of a
bakery owned by Angelo Landolfi,
exploding within a few feet Of
three bakers.
Police ascribed the blast to an
attempt by New York racketeerS
to muscle in" on local trades
men,
The Washington times., 1931-04-24

hertz had been discovered on the
trains arrival in Vienna.
Fritz has been arrested and
has confessed. The above dia-
IOgue was part Of the confession.
According to this confession,
SteinhartZ hired his own mur-
derer because he faced business
ruin and wanted to die in order
to leave his family $4,000 life
insurance. He did not want to
kill himself because that would
have invaIidated the insurance.
Fischl said SteinhertZ had given
him $5 and a gold watch for the
favor" and had also given him
the address of a Vienna friend
from whom he was to receive
$4,000. The friend could not be
found,
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
NAVAL OFFICER
D|ESN CRASH,
FRIEND HURT
F. W. Monday and C. D. Morris
Were Paying Surprise Visit
to Families; Former Is Dead

PHILADELPHIA, April "a
GNS0.-A U. S. naval officer
was killed and another officer in
jured, perhaps fatally, today when
the automobile in which they
were enroute to Washington over
turned in a collision at Upper
Darby.
Frederick w. Monday, 81, of
2O33 Hamlin st. N. E., Washing
ton, chief engineer of the U. S.
S. Richmond, now dOcked at BOS-
ton, was mOrtally injured.
Both d. C. Men
His companion, C. D. Morris,
SO, of 1902 Twelfth Pl. N. E.,
Washington, also a machinist's
mate on the Richmond, was
rushed to the Delaware County
Hospital in serious 'ondition.
Morris suffered a fractured skull,
body bruises and possible internal
injuries. -5
The officers machine. crashed
into a car driven by j. Paul
Brown, "a, of Aronomink, who
escaped unhurt. Monday was pin
ned under the car and killed In
stantly. Morris was thrown clear
of both machines, but struck his
head on the pavement. ~
Paying Surprise Visit
Monday and Morris were be-
lieved enroute from Boston to
Washington to pay a surprise
visit to their families,
Brown, driver Of the second
machine, was placed under arrest.
Frederick w. Monday was for
merly on the Sylph here In
Washington, and when that yes
sci was taken out Of service two
years ago he was transferred to
the Richmond.
Mr.. Morris had served as a
machinists' mate on the U. S.
S. Mayflower and went to the
Richmond when the Presidents
yacht was decommiSsioned.
Mr.. Monday, who was married
seven years ago in Annapolis,
Md, is survived by his wife, a
5-year-old son, Vernon c., and
two brothers and five sisters, all
of Annapolis. They are Albert
and William Monday. Mrs. Ber-
tina Patterson, and Ida, Emma,
Helen and Mabel Monday. The
officer and his family lived at
the home of his wife's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Bletsch.
Mr.. Morris, who is single. made
his home with his mother and
sister.
Members of the families Of both
men went to Philadelphia as soon
as they were Informed of the
tragedy by Pennsylvania police.
Mrs. Monday and Miss Eva Nor
ris left together.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Thieves Loot Lodges
On Insults Estate

CHICAGO, April "a QN.S0.
Detectives today were matching
fingerprints at the bureau Of
Identification in the hope Of
learning who took $4,000 loot
from two lodges on the country
estate of Martin J. insult.
From the lodge occupied by Mr..
insult, a chest of plated silver
and a quantity of bed clothing
was taken. From the other
lodge, occupied by Insults
daughter and son-in-law, Major
William A. Rafferty,, the burglars
obtained valuable" fur coats.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Sue Carols $2,2OO
Bracelet Is MiSSing

CHICAGO, April "a Q.N.S).
Sue Carol, movie actress, has
lost diamond bracelet valued at
$4,000, it was disclosed today.
Reporting the loss, Miss Carol
said she believed she. either mis-
laid the bracelet or lost it on
the street.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
5-StOry Leap Kills
Traction Official

CHICAGO, April "a (I.N.S.D.
Frederick D. Hoffman, secretary
treasurer of the Chicago Railway
Company, was dead today, follow
ing a five-story plunge from the
Belmont Hotel.
His widow stated he had been
in i'll health for some time. Hoff-
mann had been connected with
the Chicago surface lines since
1914
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Brother of Movie
Comedian Divorced

LOS ANGELES, Calf, April
"a G.NSO SO.-Gaylord F. Lloyd,
assistant motion picture director
and brother of Harold Lloyd, film
comedian, today had been
granted a divorce from Barbara
Starr, screen actress, on the
grounds of cruelty.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
? Youths Indicted
In TrOODer's Death

TROY, N. Y, April "a GN.S0 .
William Schemnitzer and Stanley
Chero, Broughton, Pa, youths, to-
day were indicted by the Rens-
selaer county grand jury on a
charge of first degree murder.
The two youths are charged
with the slayingn of Sergt. John
E. Frey, of the New York State po-
lice.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
BOMBS KILL 50
At CANTON

LONDON, April "a G.N.S0-
Sixty Chinese we're killed today
when time bombs destroyed two
steam launches at Canton, &C
cording to messages from there.
Dispatches received here said
the bombs were placed by bandits
when the ship owners refused to
pay protection" fees.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
World Anti-SOE,iet
Var Feared BIZ Reds

MOSCOW, April "a uN.SO-
Charging "Imperialists" through
out the world were feveriShIy pre-.
pairing for an anti-Soviet war,
the eleventh plenary conference
Of the Communist Internationale
today issued an appeal to work.
ers to rally to the defense Of the
Soviet Union.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Ralph Forbes, Film
Actor. Under Knife

HOLLYWOOD, April "a QN.SD.
Ralph Forbes, screen actor, today
was reported recovering from an
operation for appendicitis. FORBES
was stricken while on an outing
in the mountains and hurried
back here for the operation.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of April
%, $434,230,298.64; expenditures,
$11 ,440,977.7l: customs receipts,
$24,278,082.6s.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-10-01
Great Northern to Make
St. Cloud Division Change
Change Becomes Effective Friday,
October minneapolis Office
VIII Be Moved
est. Cloud Times)

\0t. S1Ouo 4lL1CS<
Sweeping changes made by the
Great Northern railroad which be-
come effective October in the con-
solidation of divisions on the sys-
tenn will not effect reduction OF
employees located in st. Cloud, il
spite of the fact that the st. Cloud
division, in name, will be abolished
and consolidated with Willmar.
When the division as moved
from Melrose to st. Cloud the d.
vision superintendent office, dis
patchers and clerical force were not
moved to this city, but to Minneap-
oils. Under the new change the di-
vision superintendent and train dis
patchers will now be moved from
the Minneapolis office to Willmar
and the work of dispatching trains
will be done from that city instead
of Minneapolis.
Local officials Of the Great North
ern railway were emphatic in their
statement that it would not mean
the removal of any employees from
st. Cloud to other division points.
After the first of October, at
which time the st. Cloud division
will be abolished, the Willmar di-
vision in addition to the territory
now included, will take in the fol-
lowing which were previously OPP
Grated from Minneapolis: 2,
Willmar to st. Cloud; st. Cloud
terminal; st. Cloud to Clearwater
Junction, via the Osseo line; the
Twin Cities terminals and the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-10-01
Additional Books
j Added to Library
Comprise Recent Best Sellers OF
Worlds Well Known Auth
Ors-The List

The following books have been
added to the shelves of the Bryant
Library within the past few weeks.
Gibbs-"Winding Lane"
Baker-"Orange Valley"
Neutrality-suspicious. and His
Little Sister,"
Sellar-"1O66 and All That"
Lohrke-"Deep Evening"
Bercovici-"That Royal Lover"
Ashton-"Mackerel Sky"
Craven-"Men of Art"
\ Poling-"Between Two Worlds"
Duguid-"Green He'll" =
Observation-Disclosures of Souls"
Glaspell- Holt and
Family"
Walpole-"Above the Dark Tu-
multi"
Wirkus-"White King of LaGo-
nave"
Prouty-"White Fawn."
Remarque-"The Road Back
Morley-"John Mistletoe."
Lawrence-"The Man Who Died.
Roberts-'Lively Lady"
cISOIlcl ndlOs
Johnson = BY Reason :. of
Strength"
Sedgwick-"Philippa." =
Tomlinson-"Trail of the Mo-
hawk Chief"
Sterrett-"Golden Stream"
Ludwig-"Story of Gold Seek
err"
Fisher-"Money Illusion"
Buck-"Good Earth"
Elizabeth-"Father."
Millay-"Fatal Interview"
Cather-"Shadows on the Rock
Aldrich-"A White Bird Flying"
Loring-"Fair Tomorrow"
Roche-"Finch's Fortune"
Mundy-"Hundred Days."
Vance-'Lone VOLTS Son."
Bower-"Dark Horse"
Wren-"Sowing Glory"
Guest-"Friendly Way"
Richmond - Red Pepper Re
turns"
Oppenheim - Simple Peter
Cradd."
Hill-"Chance of a Life Time"
Beach-"Money Mad"
Sabatini - Captain Blood Re
turns"
Wilson-"Living Authors"
Farris - Roaming American
Highways"
McNeeley-"Diry."
| Reed-"Bird Guide"
Coatsworth-"Cat Who Went to
Heaven"
Carter-"King's Spurs"
Suckow - Children and Other
People"
Davis-"Opening OF Door,"
Reynolds Brothers in the
West"
Kaye "Smith-Susan Spray"
'Chase-"Mexico."
Deeping Ten Commandments
{ Bradford-"John Henry"
Acknowledgements Daughter
Rourke-"Thunder Below"
Cozzens-"S. s. San Pedro."' y
Ertz-"Story Of Julian"
:, Mann-"Albert Grope." 4sss
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-10-01
Reception for Faculty
Was Fine Success
Continued from Page one)

tality and conduct. He said that
this new system was not just a
theory, but had been tried and
proven in many of the larger
schools of the country. He asked
for the cooperation or the parents
and in turn stated that he could
then guarantee results. Mr.. Kohl
is a forceful speaker and has the
pep and vim so necessary to make
the school a success.
Besides being a good speaker Supt.
Kohl is also wonderful piano
player and following his talk he
rendered two splsnuio solos. This
was followed by community sing
ing.
The faculty members then lined
up at the front of the auditorium
and for fully an hour they stood
there shaking hands and getting &C
quainted with the parents. A lunch
of ice cream, cake and coffee was
served to close very pleasant eve
ming as guests of the school board
and the faculty.
Although almost 400 people at
tended this meeting many more
should have been present as the
talks gave an insight into school
work which parents do not ordinar-
lily get. It is hoped that the next
time a meeting of this sort is given
that many more will avail them
selves of the opportunity to learn
at first hand the plans and activi-
ties of the local school superintend-
ent and faculty.