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The Washington times., 1931-09-02

him before and in fact furnished
a full description of herself to
her mail order suitor.
Mrs. Powers and her sister
were arrested at the time of the
discovery of the five bodies. but
were released and exonerated Of
any connection with the crime.
Dope PeddIer Arrested
Since then efforts to question
Mrs. Powers and Miss Strother
have met with little success.
Narcotic Agent Fortner, it was
learned, told local police:
81 have data to make us be-
lieve that Powers committed
his shocking crime under the
influence of herOin.
evidence has also come to
hand that he brought dope
into Clarksburg and trafficked
in narcotics"
Incidentally, an alleged dope"
peddler was arrested attempting
to smuggle narcotics into the
county Jail where Powers is con-
fined.
Aside from the entrance into
the case of the Federal Govern
ment, the latest developments
we're:
No Special Grand Jury
Decision by the police and
county prosecutor not to hold a
special session of the grand jury.
A delay was considered advisable
in order to check-up on any pos
sible missing women among the
hundreds throughout the country
who corresponded with the mat,
rimonial agency slayer.
Renewal of the inquiry into the
disappearance of Steve Sfikas, OF
Clarksburg, who, it was believed
might have been another victim
of the murder-lust of Powers.
Dispatching of work to authors
ties in Miller, S. D., and other
places, where Powers, according
to his correspondence, lived for a
time.
Analyzing of the dozen love
letters written by Mrs. Powers to
her husband before they were
married.
One of the letters asked whether
Powers would tell "Mr. and Mrs
Rogers" of their wedding which
was planned. When arrested fol
the murder, Powers said thai
Mrs. Eicher, one of his supposed
victims, had gone to Colorado
with a man named Rogers"
Knew He Was Romeo
In one of her letters, Lulu
Strothers, the future Mrs. Powers
indicated she knew he was
mail-order Romeo.
On August 9, 1926, eight months
before they were married at Oak
land, Md. she wrote to him:
"Oh, listen, you never 'feSsed
IN to me how many ladies you
are, corresponding with. Now
tell me, cutie, there isn't a
drop Of jealous blood in my
little fat body. / hope they
don't send you to Minnesota"
Powers was apparently in Kan
sas about September 20, 1925, q.
one of the letters to him from
his bride-to-be said:
my dear Harry: Your let
ter from Kansas came Saturday
morning."
| Another letter mentioned hin
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Honeymoon Halted
Bu Auto Accident

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. 2.
The honeymoon of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Ryder, Of Hagerstown
was rudely interrupted and the
bride seriously injured when their
automobile collided with the car
of Lloyd Bowersock, of Lewis
town, Pa. near Amity Hall, Pa,
on the Susquehanna Trail.
Mrs. Ryder suffered injuries to
both legs and also was hurt
about the head and body. Mr.
Ryder escaped with a few IN
iuries. Bowersock sustained a
fractured leg as he leaped from
the running board of his car
when the crash occurred.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
MAYORALTY FIGHT

DETROIT, Sept 2. Mayor
Murphy will return from vaca-
tioning in Canada in a few days
to campaign for reelection. He
is expected to center his attack
Of John C. Nagel, tax expert for
the Detroit Edison Company, may
orally candidate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
A Moscow Morning

Suppose you lived in Moscow, and awoke, as its citizens did on September 2S. to find everything covered with snow and the water pipes - where they had water pipes --- freezing. What would you do! Step to the telephone and order load of coal? No, you wouldn't. First because you wouldn't have any telephone in the house, That's luxury. Second, if.you did, you would be promptly informed that you wouldn't be allowed to start fire if you had the coal, because all citizens are forbid den to heat their homes without special au- thority from the municipal government. And the municipal authorities are told what to do by the national government.
 There is shortage of coal there, you see. Coal production is far behind the five-year plan. So it's $50 fine or 30 days at hard labor to start fire" What those Russians endure in the name of Communism They ought to have our coal industry over there. It has ruined itself with efficiency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Fifty-Fifty For Debts

Senator Couzens of Michigan suggests that, as a way to liquidate this alleged de- pression, creditors settle with their debtors on basis of 50 cents on the dollar. It is remarkable position for multi-millionaire to take, and the senator will receive credit and blame accordingly. He says he's will ing to split fifty-fifty with the people who owe him money. But would the senator accept from his bank, in full payment of hls savings account half the sum he deposited! Would he accept from the government = which owes him money-half of what he paid for his government bonds?
 The dollar will buy more today, to be sure than it did couple of years ago. It may buy twice as much in stocks. But not twice as much in commodities, or in physical property - houses and lands Possibly the senator hasn't figured the thing out clearly. Nevertheless he has started lot of other people to thinking about the problem in volved, and that is good thing. With our present money system the value of dollar is always changing, and thus some people are always losing. Just now the debtors are losing and the creditors - when they can collect - are gaining Will 1t always be SO? Or can we devise squarer system?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Lieutenant 'Tim" Hickey

It seems only few years ago that Lieu tenant Timothy Hickey was doing traffic duty in newspaper row at the intersection of Grand and Bank streets. That was shortly after the inauguration of the tratflc squad in the local police department. Prior to that Tim Hickey had served his ap- prenticeship in police circles we'll and faithfully. When he was made a member of the detective department in 1918 and promoted to the rank of lieutenant few wears later it was with the knowledge upon the part of his superiors that they had acted wisely.
 ''Tim" Hickey was good patrolman Tn every sense of the word. He became equally as good a member of the detective force. He was we'll liked by all his associates on the force and also by his fellow citizens. He did his work efficiently and without com phint. Although ot late years his health had been somewhat impaired it failed to change the man who bore his ills so cheer fully. Possessed of a kindly disposition, sTim" Hickey often played the part of guardian of the law and judge. There will be those of us who will always recall Tim Hickey of the kindly ways and good nature
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

with up-to-date and efficient fire-fishting apparatus.
 They are prepared to mobilize 1000 men if necessary on short notice. speed them by motor to any part of the forestsover net work of trails and to fight a blaze soon af- ter it starts. In some remote sections men and material are sent by airplane. and large fires are sometimes watched from the air while the fire-fighting is directed by radio.
 With ali tis one would expect the annual forest fire loss to be less than it is. Human careiessness is the factor which cannot be controlled, Human carelessness starts most of the fires. and the total is so great that all this elaborate preparation to combat them IS still inadequate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
SENATOR MORROW'S
 SUCCESSOR
(New York Herald -Tribune.)

(New York Herald-Tribune.)
 A. Harry Moore, democratic cam didate for governor of New Jersey. has given assurances that, if elect ed, he will not call special elec- tion for the senate seat of Dwight w. Morrow. This will allay any apprehension which might have complicated Governor Larson's task of appointing someone to serve until an election is held.
 It is Governor Larson's clear right and duty to make an appoint ment prior to the opening of con- gress on the first Monday in De- cember. His selection will be re- publican, of course, and the bal ance in the senate will still be re- publicans, AS; democrats, AZ, and Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor, if death does not again intervene.
 If, as some construe the law, MT Moore. if elected, would have the right to call a special election thir- ty days after taking office in Jan- uary, and if then a democrat should be elected to the senate, tt would cause no end of confusion in that body. It would shift con- trol, and undoubtedly there would be calls for reorganization. Fur thermore. Governor Larson might find trouble in persuading the right man to take an appointment which might be good for only two months. Mir Moore's attitude js said to be based on the fear that the voters might resent being saddled with the cost of special election, vari- ously estimated up to $2,00O,0O0. Whatever his motives may be, he has reached a wise decision. Little would be gained from any view point by imposing a statewide spe- cial election when the unexpired term would be normally filled by the voters at the regular election in November, 1892.
 If, as reported, Ambassador Edge would not be averse to re- turning to the senate. from which he resigned to go to France, Gov ernor Larson's problem in filling the Morrow vacancy will not be easy. Friends of MT Baird say that if he should be defeated for governor by MT Moore in November he would consider he had the first call on the appointment. Also there are other aspirants. all or whom have claims to consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

The news that Leonard Tarr, U. S. weather observer at New Haven for the past B years, is to retire will be greeted with regret on all sides. Mir Tarr has been work ing for Uncle Sam in this department for 48 years, which is quite long time to spend at any job. Those who like to find fault with the weather man predictions would be sur prised to find out how accurate their fore casts actually are It is easy to remember the days his forecast is wrong, but recall the many times he was right. It far outnumbers the first. At the age of "A Mir Tarr is cer- tainly entitled to well-earned rest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

Bus operators no longer can be com pelled to make round trips covering excessive mileage according to Assistant Attorney General H. Roger Jones, Last week ex- tended hearings were held at the state de- partment on motor vehicles with an inter- state bus line being charged with abusing certain privileges extended through courtesy of the motor vehicle department. The charges were the upshot of an accident on the Berlin turnpike last month when big New York to Boston bus left the highway. The driver fell asleep at the wheel. It was revealed that he had made one complete round trip Boston to New York and back without relief Inasmuch as this involved about 1000 miles of travelling there was considerable criticism and ultimately the mo- tor vehicle department decided to take action against the bus line. However it was all for the best Cooperation will be assured in the future. Checking up like this occasion ally not only insures safety on the highway but leads to better feelings between the state and the bus lines. It must be admitted that these huge busses travel at fast speeds along our highways. Oftentimes it is necessary to keep to the schedules that must be obeyed. But human lives come before man-made schedules. That should always be kept in mind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
fNew york Herald-Tribune)

(New York Herald -Tribune)
 A rich source of the distinction which French achieved as a sculp- tor resided in the resolution with which, in his youn, formative per- iod, he "hitched his wagon to a star" It was the star of high thinking. of an idealism which looked through and above observ- ed fact, and. without ignoring the claims of realism, gave 1t certain elevated significance. The bust or Emerson which he modelled at the outset of his career has a dual fn- terest. It is an authentic portrait of the philosopher, and 1t is a tam gible souvenir of French's alliance with what was finest in the old cul- tural tradition of New England. He was an Emersonian. which is to say a thoughtful, sensistive individual, in the fiber of his being. He had imagination and a feeling for spir- itual values. A beautiful seriousness of purpose possesse dhim.
 Along with the subtler elements in his makeup there went a lively, racy faculty for the interpretation of characted. He was in his early twenties when he produced "The Minute Men" which launched him. but even then he knew by instinct the traits of the American, and In statue after statue he confirmed the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Here, There And EDeryuDhere

promise given by his initial work. The stately, symbolical figure in his Death and the Young Sculptor" is not more eloquent in it's solemnity than the figure of the artist is in it's manly vigor. By the time he came to model his Lincoln" in the Mem- orial at Washington, his mind, and, indeed, his whole nature, had be- come fairly saturated in human character as 1t springs from our soil. He was singularly penetrat- ing interpreter of the types it fell to him to commemorate.
 As a sculptor pure and simple his art was rooted in the older and more or less classical phase of the American school. He was all for simplicity and a grave, measured style, essentially one of pose and dignity. To the newer generation. for which sculpture started with Rodin and was continued by Bour- delle and Maillol. he had nC ap-. peal whatever. He was academic" and that summarily settled the matter, Ae a matter of fact, he had more than accademic ability. To a friend who once asked him why there was so much bad sculpture ScdtttTtQ dDOut ne uuiiOi odSiy iC- piled: Why, don't you know? It is because sculpture Is the easiest of all arts" He went on to speak of the facility with which the ver- fest dabster could worry a lump of clay into a resem blance to this or that object-and to the difficulty with which the qualities that make good sculpture are brought under control. French mastered these lat ter qualities with devotional hard work, and he had his reward in the emergence of some memorable images from under his hands.
 One of the noblest of them is the Memory" at the Metropolitan Museum, a seated nude reminis- cent of antique ideals. The first im4 pression one receives from 1t is of a figure of great loveliness and dig- nity. On closer scrutiny one sees also how much the statue owes to learned research into form, to pow- Ter in composition, to authority in the development of line and in the nuances of modelling. First and last, one is conscious of French's ideal- ism, of his dedication to beauty and the loftier levels of his art. Sculp- ture was not "easy" for him, for he made it an affair of depth and emotion. From the beginning to the end of his long and successful life. he was faithful to his star.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

tor against more general raising of these trees is the length of time that must elapse before there are returns on the original in- vestment. Still that time has been out con siderably by the popular use of more and more small trees. We don't doubt that there will always be heavy demand for the large trees for indoors but the smaller, growing trees are rapidly coming into popularity That extends the field of the Christmas tree grower much further. Norway spruce. blue , spruce, white spruce, white fir. balsam fir. and many others will thrive under most conditions in New England. A little work may mean future dividends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
NEA Service Writer

Washi gton-The fact in poli- tics which rises oftener than any other to impress everyone concern ed is the astonishing vitality of the prohibition issue.
 Voters are thought usually to he dumb, but not always. Politicians are generally hypocritical. but not always. Presidents can ordinarily encompass their own renomina- tions, but not invariably.
 The one safe year-in-and-year- out bet is that prohibition, no mat ter how deep it may appear to have been buried, is sure to arise next week, grab the headlines away from all the other issues and get everybody all upset again. If you are an officeholder you some times find yourself breathing freely and thinking this most embarrass- ing public question is going stop plaguing you for awhile. If you are a Washington correspondent you get fed up writing prohibition stories and frequently swear off. And if you are an average news paper read you probably often an- ticipate a nice long spell in which you won't hear any more about 1t. But, whatever you are, you always get fooled.
 If there was ever a time since the original funeral of John Bar leycorn when the other really press ing issues might be expected to push prohibition out of the picture, so many politicians want them to do, this would mertainly seem to be it. Very few persons would seriously suggest that the battle be- tween the vets and drys is now a matter of actual towering import tance.
 Business limps, millions of un- employed face a winter of priva- tion, agriculture sinks deeper into the mire, the protective tariff the ory takes on unprecedented inn portance as an issue, the capitalis- tic system os considered by many to be wobbling, the treasury deficit shoots up well over billion, inter- national debts face possible revis- ion and the world writhes with a sad variety of ailments.
 Politicians and the more emin- cIll DOlillCdl dIdly NhO nounced the eclipse of the wet-dry issue during the summer seemed on fairly safe ground.
 But this is the very time that | prohibition once more jump up from the bottom of the heap and perches, for the time being at least | on tou. A cry for beer is made | with unprecedented vigor- and per isstence. The vets and drps charge forward with whoops which seem louder and more feverish. The powerful American Legion, after keping the issue off it's convention floor since the war and continually demanding federal appropriations, | now at a time when other issues are supposed to be paramount com pletely reverses the procedure, votes down the cash bonus demand, attacks prohibition and votes 2h to 1 for a referendum. The Rev Clarence True Wilson, official eMthodist dry leader, blows up and calls the Legionnaires in conven- ton a bunch of drunks.
 The allied dry organizations an- nource a great counter-attack among labor, veteran. medical and other groups, thereby widening the battle field and promising increas-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTE

ed furore along the whole front. Even the administration, unable to ignore a situation which gives it the willies, gets in on the play by investigating the possibilities of beer as a prosperity stimulant.
 All this is no less than heart breaking to the element which wants to keeu prohibition subordi- mated in the next election cam paign. The net political result at this writing has been to stiffen the backs of democrats who hope to get an anti-prohibition plank as we'll as a wet candidate out of their next national convention, to aug ment the anguished squawks of eastern republican leaders who say the G. o. P. can't afford to be dry in their states and to make life a little more miserable for the many officeholders who have striven vali- antly to please everybody by walk ing the fence. Once more they are convinced that the issue can't be eclipsed by anything short of an- other war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

We'll, now that they've found it we won der what the astronomers are going to do with it? Professor George Van Biesbroeck managed to get the great Yerkes telescope at Williams Bay, Wisconsin. leveled on Ryves' comet last week. It seems the comet is so close to the sun it is hard to photograph
 Just before dawn last week the comet shot over the horizon. The telescope levelled
 cameras clicked, and there was the speck on the plate proving the comet was just where 1t had been supposed to be- x
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Men and Elephants

A new slant ca that fascinating problem, the age of the human race, is given by Henry Fairfield Osborn, New York anthropologist. He takes the various types of prehistoric man represented in famous museum skulls. and lines them up chronologieally as fol- lows: The Piltdown Man. whose skull was found in an English gravel pit, lived about 100000 years ago. The Heidelberg and Peking Men lived 820,000 years ago. Old Pithecanthropus Erectus. familiarly known as the Java Man, came along about 5OO,OOO years ago. After long gap. represented by absence of known skulls, came the British Neanderthal Man of Germany 70,000 years ago, the artistic Cromagnon Man of southern France 30 900 years ago, and the Nordie Man of southern Scandinavia, l2,00O years ago. s 5
 Mir Osborn deduces these dates not from evidence in the skulls themselves, but from the better known ages of the fossil teeth of prehistoric elephants, hunted by man from primitive days. Man" he says, has been the travelling companion of members of the elephant supex family for very long time. roughly estimated at l,250, 900 years before our era" If this is true. it helps to explain why we like elephants.
 The only sure thing is that man has been on this earth immeasurably longer than our grandfathers supposed. The large figures are easier to believe than the small ones. Imagine Nordic man, with his fine build and lofty faculties, developing from an ig- norant brute in so short time as l2,OO0 years! . teEt .F.7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
HAYES OF WATERBURY
lNew Britain Heraldl

Mayor T. Frank Hayes. demo- crat, of Waterbury, is one of the city's wealthy men. He does not need to wonder, when he considers some municipal activity, whether the bankers will like it or whether any of them will ever need to go. on his note. He can run his ad- ministration without wooing favors itisni. His administration has been remarkably efficient considering the straits Waterbury found herself in several years ago.
 They held another city election in Waterbury, and by way of ap- preciation of the Hayes administraS ton 30,000 of the 3S.000 qualified voters rushed to the polls and gave him the biggest majority ever giv- en mayoral candidate in the citys Even the terrific majority recorded by Al Smith was topped. And the strength of Hayes swept the entire democratic ticket into office. Ors to put 1t another way. maybe this is a democratic era anyhow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
TCDAN IS THEA .ANlNERSAW &GehKA
BoNAR LAWS SPEECH

DOlNf1n 1kfA " Q GA ASASO" A
 On October 12, 1917, Bonar Law. British chancellor of the exchequer, acting as representative of the prime minister, speaking at dins- ner rendered to Congressman Medill Mccormick in London. told of Britain's reliance upon the United States. He said: E
 q see it constantly stated in German newspapers that that is the last hope of the allies. We do rely upon America, and with good reason, for I, as chancellor of tho exchequer, am ready to say now what I should have been very sorry to admit six months ago, that without the aid of the United States the financial position of the allies would have been in very disas. trous situation to-day.
 We have reason to be grateful for the readiness of the help which has been given by our allies on the other side of the water in this re- spect.
 But while we rely on the United States, that does not mean that we are ceasing our own efforts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Too Many Fires To Fight

Military methods, according to bulletin of the American Game Association. are now used in fighting forest fires. Lookouts in towers many miles apart can locate fire o1r combat maps quickly and accurately with the aid of instruments and system of tri- snrulation checked by telephone between two of more towers. State foresters and the fed ersl forest service here and there are equipped
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

The Forest Service of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture suggests as sdeline to farmers in various sections of the country a sideline of Christmas trees as cash crop. This, of course, has been suggested before
 We have often taken up cudgels in behalf of cultivated Christmas trees. The only fac