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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
The Public Lands

A special committee appointed by the presi- dent to study the question of public lands advocates their transfer from the federal gov ernment to the states, with certain exceptions It would have the government reserve areas important for national defense, national parks forests, reclamation projects, reservoir sites and bird refuges. This is obviously com promise between the federal and state rights views. Many states would like to have com pete jurisdiction. but will welcome whatever concessions they can get for the present.
 There is much to be said on both sides of this question. which is very live one in the West. The states. no doubt could and would develop their public lands faster than the federal government. But there's the rub Federal conservationsts fear the states would develop the lands too fast that in their eager ness for opening up of unused areas they would sacrifice natural resources and be too liberal with private interests.
 It is hard for an unprejudiced citizen to decide where the rights lie It is easy to say, as some states do. These are our lands. won by our pioneer labors." It looks that way. But read history. The original 3 states gave all their public lands to the federal govern ment. The federal government created the new states out of those lands and others. purchased later. The states have no legal or natural rights. but have doubtless acquired some moral rights to the property.
 Now that the din and hubbub produced by the summons of Chairman Raskob of the democratic national committee to its members for an unusual session has subsided perhaps we can weigh at our leisure some of the chairman's recommendations. Of course the nation is now concerned with the words of wisdom that Senator Norris and his progress sive confrees are distributing anent the peril of the power octupus which will have squeezed all of us out of any semblance to our former selves if we are to believe the independents of the nation. But to return to Mir Raskob's wet platform. It isn't as stirring as his call to the democratic party nor the storm of criticism and protest that fol- lowed his action. We don't imagine that the democratic party will follow his advice in 1852. It is more apt to subscribe to Cover nor Ritehie's theory of states rights in which the individual state will decide its tendency. wet or dry. Prohibition will never be erased from our statute books entirely as long as the 9th amendment remains. It must be repealed or so amended that its sting is removed forever Then states may establish their liquor control boards or remain try as they see fit. But another amendment to per- init state sales seems unlikely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
TEE, HEB.

To-day n fIapper can dress, In five minutes, boy that's fame, Yet she keeps her sweetic waiting An hour, just the same.
 O-O-O Who can remember the good old days. when five cent piece would buy dad big paper of Veteran to- bacco, enough to last half a week !?
 o-O-o
 The person who minds his or her own business will find time so occupied. there will be no chance of minding anbody else's.
 o-O-o
 If gals face is her fortune, perhaps that's why SO many boys go fortune hunting.
 O-O-O Now they're erecting statues of men who have aided American wo- men in saving time. How about a handsome bronze affair to Mir Camp bell who puts out those famous soups.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
V V OHMIGOSH

She was making home brew, l ExplosiOn! Oh what a din.
 '"Thc proof of the pudding" she said,
 Depends on the number of raisins | put in." | What has become of the old
 fashioned Waterbury man who used
 to clean his teeth with cold water and salt? Spring is near when the old lady next door comes over and asks if you'd like | flew slips from her geraniums." o-O--o A week end party is a period of
 debauchery that leaves your ends
 weak. O-O-o The honeymoon is over when you find a note on tine table, Down at mothers, you'll find your supper on the back of the sfove." Very often a man acts sea sick
 after putting away too many schoon-
 CTS. o-O--o DING, DING. Oh gosh I know that spring Is near,
 The weather none the less,
 Bakery windows are showing flies,
 That fact l must confess. o-O-o Then there was the old maid
 who kept the mistletoe under which
 she was kissed. back there in the
 gay 90s. O-O--o Bill Sunday says heaven is
 everywhere so don't go looking In any one particular spot. O. O-o Considering the fact that you of-
 ten get a speck of flying coal in your eye while on the railroads,
 don't you think 1t would pay the systems to have at least one car
 known as the Cinderella" o-O--o Who can remember when you could get pair of buck skin gloves for q buck. o-O-o Words of wisdom the wise men forgot: The cost of war must always i be figured in the price of peace. n
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
ROBBER|NVADES
CHICAGO DEPOT
international NewsreeT

CHICAGO, Jan. 19 dN.so "A
lone gunman; operating with skill
and daring, robbed the Union
Station, one of the city's largest
railroad terminals of more than
$4,000 cash early today.
Police described the holdup as
one of the coolest and most au-
dacious in recent years.
Hobard E. Smith; night cashier
in the railroad station, was over
powered by the robber, who chose
an hour when Smith was alone in
the great concourSe of the station,
counting his cash in wicker cage.
Looking up, Smith found him
self gazing into the muzzle of
gun. He was instructed to open
the cage door with his left hand
and keep the other raised. AS
the door opened the robber en-
tered the cage and pressed his
gun to the cashiers heart. March
ing Smith to the money vault
the bandit Scooped up the cur
rency and departed.
The $4,000 was the property OF
the Chicago Union Station Com
pany and represented the Satur-
day and Sunday receipts.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Queen Helen Drafts
Bill of Rights To
Fix Her Status

PARIS, Jan. 19 Q.N.So.-A
"bill of rights" defining the
legal status Of Queen Helen OF
Rumania has been drawn up by
her attorneys for Submittal to
King Carol as a basis for con-
tinued separation from him, it
was revealed today.
In her statement, the Queen
demanded right Of residence in
Bucharest and freedom Of move
ment in or out Of Rumania, as
well as her own retinue. In re-
turn, she promised complete alb
stention from politics.
In regards to Prince Michael,
she asked that he be permitted
to live with her and that the Sc
lection Of tutors and studies,
and the care of his health, be
left in her hands. King Carol,
however, would be granted the
right Of seeing his son IRE
quently.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
SEEKERS
To HEAR REED

Senator David A. Reed, Ameri-
can delegate to the London naval
conference, will address the open
ing session of the sixth confer
ence on the cause and cure Of
war at 2 o'clock today at the
Washington Hotel.
The meeting will be attended
by 600 delegates from 11AAtional
women's organizations. At to-
nights session Jane Addams will
speak. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, president of the conference,
will preside.
Appearing with Senator Reed
this afternoon will be James G..
Mcdonald, of New York, chair
man of the Foreign Policy Asso-
citation, while Paul Kellogg, editor
of Survey, will be on tonight's
program with Miss Addams.
Salvador Madariaga, Spanish
author and educator, who oc-
cupieS the chair of Spanish
studies at oxford University, will
speak tomorrow.
Elihu Root will address the
meeting Wednesday morning.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Hebrews to Hear
d. C.. Talk bY Vile

Frederic william Vile will ad-
dress the Brotherhood of the
Washington Hebrew congregation
at 8 o'clock Wednesday night at
the Eighth Street Temple. His
subject will be Behind the
Scenes at Washington.
A musical program will be fea-
tured with numbers from Miss
Dora Minovitch, pianist, and Eli
Amanuel, violoncellist.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
LIMERICK BOYS.
ACTION To Be
CHECKED
Taxi Driver ReciteS Enough
to Center Staying Probe
on BeuIah's Odd Brother

Police today started an investi-
CATION of the activities of David
Limerick, brother of the slain
Beulah Limerick, following the
questioning of Edwin Little Mac
Intyre, 1s-year-old taxicab driver,
who was member of the Sky
High Whoopee Club and a friend
of the dead girl.
MacIntyre was released from
custody yesterday after he had
voluntarily surrendered at head
quarters Saturday night. He had
learned he was wanted for ques-
tloning in connection with the
case. After talking with him for
several hours detectives were con-
vinced that he knows nothing of
the case.
Feared Her Brother
information elected from him,
about q fight with David Limerick
in the house at Is Nineteenth st.
s. E., where the girl was shot
to death some time on the morn
ing of December 81, has. resulted
in further probe of David's
actions.
During the Coroner's inquest,
Martha Bargfrede, president OF
the Whoepee Club and most inti-
mate friend of the slain girl, testi-
fled that Beulah left her mothers
home because she feared David.
Martha related how David,
angered at his sisters running
around with men, often struck
her and beat her, once knocking
her unconscious for more than
two hours.
MacIntyre admitted that he Of
ten visited the Nineteenth Street
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The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Food Prices in D. c. Drop
2 Per Cent in Month

Coincident with the launching
today of the Senate's inveStiga-
ton into bread and sugar prices,
the Bureau of Labor statistics an
nounced that retail food prices de-
clined per cent in December
from November prices. and IS per
cent from December a year ago.
The bureaus figures show that
retail food prices in Washington
dropped 2 per cent. In several
cities the decline was as high as
5 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
RAID IN CHICAGO
AIRS VICE DATA
international Newsreel

CHICAGO, Jan. 20 Q.N.SO.-
Documents indicating that scores
of high public officials received
protection" payments from the
underworld we're in the possession
of the prosecutors office today
following a spectacular raid on
the Rex Hotel. a..
The hotel, said to be the head
quarters Of a syndicate controlling
vice, liquor and gambling in the
South Side district, was operated
by Dennis ("The Duke") COOney,
a lieutenant of "Scarface AP'
CapOne.
Payments Recorded
The raid was made by investi-
gators for a special grand jury
inquiry into charges of police de-
partment graft. Officials said a
study of the seized records prob
ably would reveal corrupt con-
nectionS between the Capone gang
and officialdom, including the
police.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
JAILED,
CAR STOLEN

HYATTSvILLE, Md, Jan. 10.
Arrested for driving while drunk
last night, Paul Hoffman, of
Brentwood, Md, was forced to
leave his car parked by the side
of the Washington and Baltimore
Boulevard, with the key in the
ignition.
Upon returning 20 minutes later
to retrieve Hoffman's machine,
Chief of Police Albert Anderson
discovered that it had been stolen.
According to Chief Anderson,
upon arresting Hoffman, he at
tempted to remove the ignition
key, but it stuck. He then drove
the car to the side Of the road
and parked it.
District and Prince Georges
county police are aiding in the
search for the stolen machine.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
DR.. Hugh T. Nelson,
Noted Surgeon, Dies

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan.
Funeral services for DR.. Hugh
T. Nelson, noted Virginia surgeon
who had charge of a field hos
pital of the Eightieth Division in
France during the Meuse-Argonne
offensive, were conducted here.
He was the son of the late DR..
Hugh Thomas Nelson who was a
courier for Gen. Robert E. Lee in
the Civil War. Besides a widow,
who was formerly Miss Edith
Rankins, of Keswick, DR.. Nelson is
survived by two sons, William
Rankin Nelson and Thomas Page
Nelson, and by one sister, Mrs.
William Chamberlain.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
TOME OFFERS
COMPROMISE
ON RUN
Document Is Longer Than a
Popular Novel; Many Are
the Cures Included, Belief
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES


The long-awaited report OF the
Wickersham law enforcement COM
mission, dealing with prohibition
and all forms of lawlessness, was
turned over to President Hoover
today.
He will study it for "a hours
and then transmit it to Congress
tomorrow.
whether Mr.. Hoover will ac-
company the report to Congress
with a favorable recOmmenda-
tiOn of his own was not made
known at the White House. Nor
was there any official statement
as to the conclusions which the
commission reached in its IL
months Of study and investt
CATION.
COmpromise Hinted
It is understood, however, that
that portion of the report dealing
with prohibition is in the nature
of a compromise between the
wet and dry factions, and that
the IL commissioner found occa-
sion for expressing their individual
views in separate statements
which are attached to the body
Of the report.
The whole report, with the ac-
eompanying statements Of the in
dividual members, makes bulky
document of between 10000 and
$4,000 wOrdS-lOnger than the
average popular novel.
Every Phase Touched
While prohibition might be said
to comprise the theme song of
the report, every phase Of law
lessness has been gone into and
recommendations made for re-
form.
It was delivered to President
Hoover personally by George W.
Wickersham, chairman OF the
commission.
He went to the White House
early this morning, the bulky
document under his arm, and
virtually laid it on Mr.. HOOver's
breakfast table.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19

Meats generally dropped about
one per cent, according to the
figures, while oranges took the
greatest drop of any commodity,
declining 80 per cent. The only
article of food that Increased in
price was cabbage, which jumped
per cent.
Launched BY Capper
Although the Senate subcom.
mittee, headed by Senator Arthur
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The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Little Hope Held
For EdLU0rds' Lite

BOSTON, Jan. 10 Q.N.S0.
With both lungs congeSted and
pneumonia developing, little hope
was. held today for the recovery
TO Mai. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards.
After four days of slow but
steady improvement, following an
emergency operation last Wednes-
day for an intestinal disorder,
the 7l-year-old leader of the
twenty-sixth (yankee) division
overseas in the world war, lay at
deaths door following a sudden
turn for the worse late last night.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Judge Cr0ter's Wife
Pays Visit to ". Y. C.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 QN.S0.
Mrs. Stella Crater was in New
York today for the first time,
publicly, since her husband, Su-
preme Court Justice Joseph F.
Crater, dropped from sight last
summer.
She would not disclose her
reason for returning.
She refused to say if she would
visit District Attorney Grain, who
has repeatedly asked her to ap-
pear before him for information
she might give as to her huS-
bands disappearance.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
TIP WINS
TIMES PRIZE

Alertness and speedy reporting
of tips on news events in and
near washington during the last
week fattened the purses Of per-
sons receiving the $50 in prizes
offered by The Washington Times
each week.
The story of the body Of Arthur
E, Prayer, resident of Soldiers
Home, in a pool of blood IN an
areaway at the Sherman Build
ing got the first prize OF $40.
Mystery surrounded the death.
Second prize of $40 was awarded
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The Washington times., 1931-01-19
PARDONS ASKED
IN JONES LAW
CONVICTIONS
Hoover to Be Invited to Free
Persons ServingLOng Terms
Under "FiVe-and- Ten" Law

Congress having modified the
drastic Jones "five and ten" pro-
hibition law after less than two
years trial, President Hoover will
be asked to pardon any persons
serving longer sentences than they
would receive under the Stobbs
modifying act.
Survey Is Asked
Representative r. II. LaGuaTdia
(R.) of New York today initiated
steps to this end. In letter to
Acknowledgement Mitchell, he
asked that a survey be made to
determine how many persons
would be benefited under his pro-
posal, and announced that upon
receipt of the information he
would ask the President to pardon
offenders.
Terms Run High
Under the Jones act Of March
2, 1929, any prohibition law yio-
lator, except for possession, could
be sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment and $40 900 fine. In
urging modification, Representa-
tive StobbS (R.) of Massachusetts,.
author of the measure, pointed to
the action of a West Virginia
judge in sentencing man to two
years in the prison for selling two
drinks of whisky.
Many other Federal judges, it
is reported, have handed down
penitentiary sentences +, against
little violators" of the dry law.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
TWO Dead, TUO Hurt
In w. Va. Auto Crash

MARTINSBURG, w. Va. Jan.
1.-TWO men were killed and two
injured last night in collision
of automobiles near Bunker Hill,
about eight miles south OF this
city.
The dead are Mason Small, "a,
and Harry Stevens. The injured:
Robert Miller and Lester Hess.
All were residents of Martins
burg. Mr.. Small was Instantly
killed when thrown from his car
by the impact Of the head-on
crash. Mr.. Stevens died en- route
to a local hospital
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Flames Threaten
Michiq1n CQpitGL

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 19
UN.S0 A newsstand in the
State capitol here caught fire
today and for a time the blaze
threatened the entire structure.
Considerable damage was caused
by water and smoke.
Civil War relics in the rotunda
were damaged beyond restoration.
The blaze threatened to sweep up
an elevator shaft to the offices
on the upper flors but it was
brought under control.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Brothers Is Seeking
Condemned Mems Aid

CHICAGO, Jan. 19 G.N.S0.
Action to stay the execution of
two condemned men to obtain
their testimony as defense wit
nesseS was to be taken today by
attorneys for Leo v. Brothers,
accused of the murder of Alfred
("Jake") Lingle, Chicago Tribune
reporter.
The men under death sentence
were Frank H. Bell and Richard
Sullivan, convicted of a murder
during a restaurant hold-up.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Passengers Landed
On Isle After Wreck

LONDON, Jan. 10 GN.S0.-
The. Belgian liner Kaninda was
wrecked on the reefs between
Dares Salaam CTanganyika terri
tory and Beira, Portuguese East
Africa, according to an Exchange
telegraph dispatch received to-
day.
The passengers and crew were
landed on Mafai Island, in the
Indian Ocean off the Tanganyi-
kan coast,
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Coal Thief Is Beaten
To Death by WIDOW

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 QN.So.
Mrs. Tillie LasEenski, a widow,
today faced murder charge.
Police say she became so en-
ragged because John Malicki, a
neighbor, attempted to steal a
basket of coal from her wood
shed that she picked up a fence
paling and beat him so severely
he died.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Changes Nay Mar
Hiuh Court Building

Unless Congress appropriateS
money for the carrying out Of
original plans for developing
Judiciary Square, the interior
beauty of the District Supreme
Court will be seriously marred.
It is planned to remodel the
central lobby to make an office
for an assignment clerk and for
jurieS.
The original plan was to erect
balancing buildings for the Court
of Appeals at the Fifth Street
end and for the Register of Wills
and Recorder Of Deeds at the
Third Street end.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Bishops Son Goes
On Trial for Murder

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 QNS0
James Maxon, son Of the Episco-
pal Church Bishop of Tennessee,
goes on trial here today for mur-
der. The 21-year-old youth is
accused of second degree murder
for the death of elderly David
Paynter, who was beaten to death
with a chair in a rooming house
hsxe last April.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
N. Y. Garage Cashier
Killed By Boy Yeggs

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 UN.S). :.
While the body of John Thomas
Moore was being taken to Wilkes
Barre, Pa, today for burial.
police were searching for the
fifth member of youthful gang
which attempted to hold up the
Keystone Garage here, where Mr..
Moore was night cashier.
He was killed when the youths
returned the fire of a patrolman
who succeeded in frustrating
their robbery attempt.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Brokers Suicide Laid
To Business Worries

CHICAGO, Jan. 19 G.N.S0.
Business worries today were said
by police to have caused Adelbert
C: Baur, 81, head of an invest
ment and brokerage firm bearing
his name here, to shoot and kill
himself in his apartment.
The dead mans widow, who
found him in bed clutching a re-
volVer in his hand, told the police
he had been brooding for two
weeks, during which she lived in
constant fear he would carry out
threats to commit suicide.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
CAB, COACHES
IN FLAMES;
ENGINEER
CAUGHT
Doctors and AmbuIanCes
Are Rushed to Scene Near
Boston; Firemen Lend Aid

BOSTON, Jan. 10 HN.S.).
A score of persons were in-
jured today when a local
passenger train from Black
stone, in a binding snow storm,
sideswiped the Colonial Ex-
press, en- route from Boston to
Washington. The scene of the
crash was at Readville, on the
main line of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road.
The cab of the locomotive Of
the local burst into flames, pin
ming the engineer in the blazing
Wreckage.
AmbulanceS and physicians
were quickly on the scene. several
of the injured being removed to
Norwood hospital.
Firemen were summoned to pre-
vent a spread of the flames.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10 Q.NS).
The Colonial Express, according
to information at the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road, left Boston at $3.50 this
morning and was due in New
York at sos and washington at
800.
Readville, where the. collision
occurred, is a short distance out
Of Boston.
The train Is a fast express and
carried a sleeping car for New
Orleans also.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
TALKS TO AD MEN

The guest speaker at the
luncheon meeting of the Advertis-
ing Club of Washington tomorrow
at the National Press Club will be
Samuel r. McKelvie, grain repre-
sentative of the Federal Farm
Board. He will talk on who
Profits Most from Advertising?"
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
Engineers to Hear
Col. HGrru H. BLee

Col. Harry H. Blee, aeronautic
branch, Department Of Com
merce, will address the Society OF
American Military Engineers at
the Army and Navy Club at its
January luncheon next Wednes-
day
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
ETHNOLOGIST TO SPEAK

Frank H. H. Roberts, jr., of the
Bureau of American Etnnology,
will be the speaker at the meeting
of the Anthropological Society of
Washington at the National Mu-
scum, tomorrow afternoon.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
CLUB TO FETE PIANIST

Prof. Igor Lapoffski, Russian
pianist, will be the guest of
honor at the luncheon meeting of
the Civitan Club tomorrow. j.
D. Kaufman will make a brief
address on the Community Chest
drive
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
MODEL AIR MEET DUE

The first District model air
craft meeting of this year will
be held at mcfarland Com
munity Center, Iowa Avenue and
Webster Street Northwest, at
$3.50 o'clock Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
FELTER TO SPEAK

Herman FeIter will speak on
Marriage and Morals" at the
Round Table at 8 o'clock tomor-
row night at the Jewish Com
munity Center.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance, January 10,
$181, ,854,918.19; expenditures, $19,-
1853, ,689.76; customs receipts, $14,-
257, 7,743.13.
The Washington times., 1931-01-19
THE WEATHER

Rain today; tomorrow fair and somewhat
colderj temperature ysSterday-Highest, 4Si
lowest, 3S.