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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28
Knighthood Blooms Again

Recent news dispatches from Vatican City advised the world that two of the noblest orders of knighthood are quarreling over their respective rights and privileges which are theirs by right of heritage going back thou sand years or more. So troublesome has become the strife perpetrated by representa- tives of the Sovereign Order of Malta and the Knights of the Holy Sepuchre that Pope Plus XI has taken a hand and has appointed commission of cardinals to hear all claims and to give just decision. Interest in the controversy in this country might be slight were 1t not for the fact that within the last two weeks both organizations have bestowed knighthood on worthy Americans.
 We well recall the solemn ceremonies ac- oompanyng the conferring of the several de- grees of knghthood at St Patrick's Cathedral. New York, week Or two back by the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre It marked the first time that the Knights had left the continent to increase is membership and de- noted activity within its ranks. The inten- ton of creating branch chapters of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre was announced simultaneously with the first ritual in New York. An emissary of the patriarch of Jeru- salem who alone was empowered to create Knights of the Holy Sepulchre in l847 is even now in this nation seeking fit candi- dates. Fourteen were invested in New York. There will be more.
 We also read last week that such men as Jeremiah C. Hickey of the Hickey Freeman Company, Judge Victor P. Bowling. James J. Walsh. Henry Heide. and ten or twelve
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28

la popular plurality in the state, completely ignores a vast minority vote. In no other instance in the civilized world, he says, are minor ity votes thus discarded before final
 computation of election returns. Would End DeadlOcks For instance. Lea says, New York
 with the largest population has 45 electoral votes. Nevada, with the smallest, has three. New York has
 more than 12,000,0O0 population and Nevada less than 100000. Suppose one candidate carried New York by 5000 votes and the other carried Nevada by 5000 votes. The second
 man would have exactly the same popular vote in those two states as
 the first man-the fellow who car- ried New York-but he would have only three electoral votes out of it
 to his opponents 45.
 The amendment would also end
 possibility of election deadlocks
 such as occurred in 1900, 1924 and 1876 amid widespread bitterness
 Lea adds. There would never be |any question as to who had been elected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


 Parents of young children, teachers guard ians and particularly prospective mothers, should write in for instructions for the Preser, vation of the Teeth" which I am glad to mail to any one who asks for it and incloses stamped envelope bearing his address. It is a question of nutrition essentially, and not of the brand of soap or the style of scrub brush you prefer.
 Diabetes Specialist
 I decidedly disagree with your opinion that 1t treated by a specialist. The general practiton- CTS may know something about the nature or the disease and have some knowledge of the way to treat it if had come to Dr - (nOtcd authority diabetcs) three years ago I might have escaped much mstrcatment by high-priced but totally incompetent doctors.
 Answer-You may be right about your case. I was guided, when I made the statement, by the teachings of the very man whose patient you Some high-priced doctors are not good doctors; some specialists merely take ad- vantage of popular credulty.
 Kids Who should Keep Their TOnsils
 Dr R. F. Garfield, an authority on tonsillcc- tony, says that certain type of child is quite likely to have an unsatisfactory result from re- mOval of tonsils. especially when the operation is done in the childs first three or four years. Such child is spindle-legged thin freckie- faced, blond, with thin skin and veins that show large tOnsils of such a child arc removed 1t Is usually not long before new masses of lymphoid tissue develop in both the adcnOid and the tOnsil regions The child remains. becomes even more susceptible to upper respiratory infections. Otter there is persistent cough. am heartily snatcbng. (F. NJ. M., M. D., F. A. c. P.)
 Answer.-Thank you. doctor. do not see how any doctor who is sincere and reasonably well educated in pathology can fail to approve my teachings about that. believe large part of the "tonsl snatching" may be credited to the tin doctorng perpetrated on the peasant class by big business interests and certain public health and school boards By "tin doctoring' mean the practice of medicine by school teach under the sponsorship of their employers.
 (Copyright oJhn F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28
Our Growing Tax Bills

The National tax bill for the last fiscal year was approximately S13.5OO,OOO OOO; or just below $lll per capita. It was S875,00O.00O in 1913, S1,382, 100000 in 1925; since which date 1t has expanded nearly 1000 per cent in l93O. If allowance of one- half of this sum is made for the great war and the enormous expenditures 1t entailed, which is altogether too large. there remains 500 per oentum of increase to be reekoned with, Mean time, State and Municipal indebtedness grew between 1912 and 1925, from 8. .l04, 426,- 900 to Sl1,65OoOo. 900 or nearly 400 per cent. Since the latter date it has increased nearly B l-3 per cent; and at this time its growth is abnormal, because funds are said to be needed for public works will furnish employment to the idle segments of our population.
 Without approving or condemning this program it may be said the continued growth of our tax bills is reasonably certain, unless a policy of retrenchment should be widely adopted. But of that there is no outward and visible sign. In any event we may be sure that payment of our tax bills will be in- creaslngly difficult for the next decade. Such condition is wholly incompatible with gen. une prosperity and hence retards its return. Government competition with private indus tries. even though in embryo. but actually re- solved upon, would be an added detrment to public enterprise An industrial nation at time like this which would seriously consider the expedience of such policy, would display a degree of unwsdom as hurtful in results as deplorable in judgment.
 It would seem that the time is propitious for laying all such experimental movements upon the table until business gets on its feet and demonstrates its ability to resume its march forward. Many insist that such situation would be urged as an imperative reason for leaving them on the table until business activities Jagged again. Perhaps bet ter plan would be to let them remain on the table permanently. For we may be sure that whenever men in industrial associations be- gin serious encroachments upon sound com merclal principles and practices, or decline to observe the fundamental divisions between the limits of private expansion and public reg ulaton evolved from experience and ap- proved by time, they will be brought 10 halt by the government fully sustained by an overwhelming public opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28
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New York.-There really is no answer to things that happen in this
 mans town.
 Take, for instance, the doddering old codger who still insists on go- ing about where the lights burn long and late. Time after time you'll come upon him, first in this place; the in that. Chuckling on the side pretty gals come on. He always has
 money to spend and looks as though he could use a wheel chair. with him!
 Go ahead-laugh that off. But the fact remains that he's under doctors orders and the nurse goes along to make sure he doesn't fall dead. Or at least she tries to make him follow a few medical instruc- tions..
 For instance, the old gad-about
 would take nip of illegal brew if he got half chance, and she sees
 to it that he doesn't. If, however, he
 does manage to slip few fast ones | over on her, she is there to see that
 he gets home all right. A pretty lass, who catches the eye Of many young man, she sits bOr- edly through the floor shows-but
 she gets well paid, for he has many,
 many rocks.
 Young Roger Wolfe Kahn, whose daddy has more millions than are worth talking about, is one of the younger men who give the Broad wayfarers something to talk about. But it isn't the usual line you'll hear
 about rich mems son, either. They can't figure out why. with wealth and loads of musical talent, he should go on risking his neck Of course, young Kahn does not be- lieve that his airplane adventures are hazardous. Just couple of years ago, he had become one of the big streets most successful jazz
 maestros. He reached the point
 where had big office of his own
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28
TO=DAY'S SELECTED POEM
HOUR BEFORE DAWN

tBy Gerald Battery in The New York Times) Ihis hush might be the end of everything To brood upon dark earth without a cry Of sorrow to remember foot wing It seems as though no bird will ever sing No man will wake sound to testify That life is breathing in these streets that lie Content with darkness and remembering. It cannot be that dawn hangs imminent Beyond She unseen east, that life will stir And swell a vOceless chorus to the day Before these dimming stars are fully spent. In all the world there Is no hamburger That life will snatch this death-Iike peace away
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28

gasoline stations would be banned within the zone limit except as demanded by necessity. The minimum to be zoned would be two miles and no maximum is set Anybody in- terested in road identification should like this plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal
 health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Ad. dress him, care of the Democrat sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28

Dull times give fellow chance to catcf up on his reading and get done the odd job around the house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28

It must take considerable egotism for man to will his brain to college.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28
IRA, LA. LEE.
"A SMILES THE THING"

This morning it felt just like spring. Ira Ia, tra la. tra lee, My voice just up and had to sing, Ira la, tra In, tra lee, Tomorrow, Ina, may bring us woe. Like as not we'll have some snow Don't park your overcOat, oh no, Ira Ia, tra la. tra lee.
 o-O-o Things have different missions in life. A furnace is generally up to it's neck in hot water, but that's its business.
 The country, they say is on the upgrade, and remember that's always a slow process.
 o-O-o The sun doesn't always shine. Con- necticut republicans for the next two years will have their own Cross to bear.
 Words of wisdom the wise men forgot: The man who has had a close shave certainly ap- preciates a hot towel.
 o-O-o The depths of yearning eventually give way to the heights of fulfill ment.
 O-O-O You'd think boy babies would talk ahead of girls, especially if they are cut out to be poli- ticians.
 O-O-o Mussolini demands an apology from General Butler, head of the U s. Marines. We'll have to change that famous slogan to read. "The Marine has landed but Mussolini will eventually have the apology we'll in hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5.33 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28

Leon Campbell of the Harvard observatory staff thinks that two planets, Venus and Mars, are inhabitated. All right, we hereby appoint Mir Campbell committee of one to investigate this claim thoroughly. All the comic strips have managed to close the gap between the earth and the planets so why can't few scientists do the same thing?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28

According to Dr w. Reid Blair of the Bronx Geological Gardens. antelope or cari- bou can't be kept in an eastern zoo. They have been placed in zoos, but not for long. And the reason for this. according to Dr Blair, is the lack of proper food. An telopes eat quantities of moss and this has to be brought all the way from Maine. In the summer it moulds and mouldy moss sickens the antelope. Also Dr Blair remarked that unless something is done antelopes may be ex- terminated. They are going the way buffalo threatened to go until Uncle Sam stepped in and raised the quota of buffalo to a sizeable herd of over 10000. If we saw an antelope we wouldn't know it from deer, but let's have few around us anyway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-28

E|||'|! q! fl z! !!||||||llI| } } D|||||||'llII| U\eGSdl 8 6IfS5:A IF H1A AaI1mDa g Dl11s3g,,!i 1sg,iI;M MS The TRUTH with WALLETS toward none. SPARIrY to. ward All and BRICK. HI BATS toward the A SMILES THE THING" Good evening.
 TO LONELY LILY q wonder if Lii is short or
 tall?-The Ed.) Hold it, Lii! Hold everythinghhh Hold it, Lii! Hold everything! My dear, I'm quite surprised You didn't mention two little things. Such as your age and eyes. I can't expect your age you'll give A woman seldom will For they get younger each year they
 live.
 Or else they just stand still. There one I know, and every
 morning She's fresh as a rose in June; But her sister just moans and starts
 yearning And never looks young till noon. But each has a nature of gold,
 Lonely Lil, Be they tired or weary, twill
 shine; They know that age doesn't matter
 and take it from Bill, That means healthy mind. So don't fret if you haven't got
 Clara's shape, And don't let her curves make
 you blue; No man that's got sense would carry
 tape, Simply to measure you. As for me, Lovely Lii, I'm quite
 different; Two types of girls fill every
 need Short ones were built just for
 comfort.
 But give me tall one for speed.
 -Homely Bill. Sometimes a mans assets become his liabilities.
 O-O-O
 The trouble with so-called pic ture brides is due to the fact that they use pictures other than their own.
 o-O-o The Prince of Wales has a brother better looking than he happens to be, so this should set up a few walls about the country.
 o-O-O
 Many an orthodox man is guilty at times of freak ideas. o--O-o A man is never 9 success in life until he hears himself paged while seated in the lobby of hotel.
 o-O-o
 IRA, LA. LEE. .
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Sept. 81 0.NSD.-
Hogs-22,OOO; 10000 higher.
Top 6; Bulk $4.85@5.85; Heavy.
$5.25@5.85; Medium, $5.60@6 6:
Light, $5.25@5.95; Light lights.
$5.25@5.75; Packing sowS, $4.25
@5.25; Pigs, $4.5O@5.5O. Hold
overs, 1000.
Cattle-l7,OOO: 15@25c higher.
Calves-2,OOO: Steady. Beef steers
good and choice, $8.25@10; Com
mon and medium. $5@8.25;
Yearlings, $8@9.75. Butcher cat
tle-HeiferS. $3@95O; Cows. $2.75
@5.75; Bulls, $325@5.50; Calves.
$8@1O.5O; Feeder steers, $4@7;
Stocker steers, $3.75@675; Stoke
cows and heifers, $3.50@5.
Sheep-35, 900; 25c lower. Me-
dium and choice lambs. $500
$50; Common, $3.75@4.5O; Year
lings, $4.75@5.75; Feeders, S.
@5.75: Ewes, $102.5O.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
REVERSE
SEEN IN PRICE
TRENDS
Approach of Selling Climax
Seen by Stock Experts in
Recent Market Activities
By THE SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, Sept. 2l.-If the
stock market does not stage a
brisk turnabout sometime in to.
days session, quite a few of the
so-called Wall Street experts will
have missed their guess and thev
very seldom slip up in calling
the turn.
1t is pointed out that the mar,
ket has shown every indication
of approaching a clear-cut selling
climax. One has only to recount
what has taken place in the past
fortnight to visualize the drastic
deflation which stocks have
undergone in that period.
Declines and Rallies
Six successive days of decline,
followed by a feeble upturn.
then by four more days of fall
ing prices, to wind up in
modest rally, only 10 be followed
by two more Gays of heavy sell
ing, is a sketchy outline OF
what the market has done since
the beginning of the month.
Saturdays turnover of more
than 100000 shares is the equiv.
alent of a 100000 share five
hour day. Statistical students do
not have to dig very deep in the
files to show that any commit
ments made on days following
such outburSts of selling have
proven profitable over ensuing
weeks.
While it is altogether likely
that the first half of today'S SeS-
sion will witness further necesSi.
tous liquidation, the way should
be paved for some material i'm.
provement as the day progresses.
Dividend Actions
The new week ushers in the
usual batch of directors meetings
at which additional dividend ad-
justments will probably be or.
dered.
Among the stocks which are
discounting some lowering of the
present rates are American Ice,
Anaconda Copper, Anaconda Wire
and Gable, Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, New York Air
Brake, Northern Pacific, and
Reading.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
READING JUMPS
Is POINTS
To "A
United States Steel Goes to
79, Pacing Industrials
In Widespread RecoverieS
By W. s. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Sept. 81 0N.SJ.
The railroad stocks were the
leaders in a spectacular upSwing
in prices on the big board shortly
after the noon period today.
The rails had been heavily
oversold in the last two weeks,
and a stampede of the shorts once
again proved that stocks were not
plentiful at current prices.
Reading Jumps "a Points
Reading, with a 26-point jump
to "a, was the spectacular leader
OF the rail group, but recoverieS
of to 6 points from the fore
noon prices were recorded in a
dozen or more Of the beSt-known
rails.
New Haven at A was up 712
points from the low of the day
and 312 points from Saturdays
close. Union Pacific at l19A
was up 624 points from last
weeks final; Norfolk and Western
jumped IL points to 1874. Atchison
was up points at 116; Balti-
more and Ohio up at 81; Penn
Sylvania up ~ at So; Southern
Pacific up Az at SO.
The comeback started after an
early selling wave had carried
prices to the years lowest levels.
Steel Leads IndustrialS
AS a leader in the industrials,
United States Steel scored a gain
of nearly 4 points, forging ahead
to 79, compared with Saturdays
close at 75A.
American Telephone and Tele-
graph. after an early drop to
1854, forged ahead spectacularly
to above 140. Western Union at
9934 showed a gain of ~ points
from Saturdays close. American
Can sold at 821a, up 2h; Con-
Solidated Gas at 1917, up ":
General Motors at 30K, up M.
These prices showed recoveries
Of from to 6 points above the
low levels of the first hour.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21

"EX dividend.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
RADIO CITY BONDS SOLD

Todd, Robertson, Tood Engineer
ing Corporation and Todd &
Brown, Inc, who are handling the
Radio City project, stated that
senior financing of this develop
ment had been arranged through
sale to Metropolitan Life 1uSur-
ance Company of $65, ZOO, 900
bonds, which are to be in serial
form and will be sold as, the I'M
proYement PROGRESSES.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
GRAINS OPEN STEADY

CHICAGO, Sept. 81. GN.SD
Grains opened steady to shade
easier today. Wheat was 70 to
Hc lower, corn down "a to 2ac
and oats unchanged. Opening
prices:
Wheat-September, 48: Decem-
ber, 483s q u; March, 5lls; May,
52A@B.
Corn-September, 413s@3s; De.
cember. 36A@371s; March, 3S3s;
May, 1910 "a.
Oats-December, 22% "a; May,
asa.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
AFTER CALL


Potomac Electric Construction
IS, $lOOO@1O5.
Potomac Electric S12s pfd., 100
10, 5@11O.
washington Rail and Electric,
DID,, 1O@sS. S@9S. 100Ssh.
American Sec. and Trust Co"
2@316, 3@S16.
Lanston Monotype, 1O@S0. So
30, lO@Tsh, lo@7s12, 1O@7S,
lO@7Sh, 1O07S.
Mergenthaler Linotype, .lO@74.
washington Medical Building,
5000.
Amer. Insurance and Trust Co..
2@316. =
,.vM WaShinEt0n Gas '' A. 5000
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
Savings Interest
Cut in Youngstown

Youngstown. Ohio banks have
reduced interest on savings de-
posits to 3la per cent from
per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

washington Gas IS B, 5000
los.
Peoples Drug Stores pfd.. SO
1O1.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 100
7234.
Washington Gas IS B, $500
106.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 100
72A. 4@72.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-12-02
SERVICE CONTEST
TO HAVE OLD KICK
All Glamour of "Before-W War"
Games Will Mark Battle
for Unemployed.

w VEST POINT, N. Y, December
W. PLANS adopted for con-
Quoting the Army-Navy foot
ball game at Yankee Sta
dunn in New York City on December
IL for the benefit of the unemployed
indicate that it will be real old-time
before the-war" contest, with all the
glamour and dior which made such
games the outstanding spectacles of the
year, Maj. P, B. Fleming, graduate
manager of athletics here, announced
yesterday.
With the regiment of midshipmen
from Annapolis and the corps of cadets
from West Point sitting on opposite
sides of the field, the two finest cheer
ing sections in the country will be pres
ent. Both organizations will perform
the usual military drills and maneuvers
prior to the game.
For the first time this year at a big
foot ball game Cadet J. P. Mcconnell,
first captain, will lead the cadets Nc
Connell Is manager of the foot ball
team and his place usually has been
filled by the next senior cadet Mai.
Sasse has arranged for him to leave
the foot ball squad on the 18th long
enough to take charge of military evo-
lutionS preceding the game.
Prominent persons who will be pres
ent from the War Department include
Col. Frederick H. Payne and F. Trubee
Dawson, Assistant Secretaries of War;
the chief of staff of the Army Gen,
Douglas Macarthur, and Charles H.
Bridges, the adjutant general of the
Army. Other general officers are Rob-
ert Lee Billiard, Hanson E. Ely. Will
liam R. Smith, Dennis E. Nolan and
Lucius r. Holbrook.
Senators Wagner and Copeland from
New York will be present, as well as a
great many Representatives. A number
OF social leaders already have taken
boxes.
Maj. Fleming's office staff is working
overtime distributing the tickets. He
advises all persons holding special ap-
plication blanks for tickets who have
delayed RENTING to the Army Athletic
Association to do so at once, as all signs
presage an oversubcription.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-12-02
CAPABLE H0YA FIVE
APPEARS IN MAKING
Coach Mesmer Not Pessimistic, Al
though He Has Only Two
Last Years Regulars.

Although only two of last seasons
regulars are at hand in Capt Dick
King and Vernon Murphy, forwards,
Freddy Mesmer, the new Georgetown
basket ball coach, Is by no means
pessimistic over the Hoya court out
look.
1t will not be until the charity foot
ball rodeo December u is over that
the G. U. court squad will be complete
as several gridders, notably Tommy
Carolan, will not be available until
then. The foot ball-basket ball players
probably will not see action in the
Hoya's opening floor game with Mount
st. Mary's December Is.
In addition to King and Murphy.
most of the members OF the strong
Blue and Gray yearling team of last
season will be at hand for the opening
tilt, however. They include Joe ONeill
and Herman Heide, guards; Jim
Murphy, 6-foot 3-inch center; Bill
Connors, forward or center, and Les
Mclaughlin and Ben Cells, forwards.
John Crowley, forward on the yearl-
ing team two years ago, and Bernard
BonniWell, a senior, who is making his
first stab at basket ball at the Hilltop,
after performing on the track squad,
are making stern bid for berths.