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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-23

over his shoulders. With an upward
move, he freed his left arm before the
lasso frightened. A quick jerk on the
taut rope thew him fiat on his back.
Before he could use his gun Tracy
had kicked if from his hand. With one
arm free, Knight grappled with the
stocky lad.
Fighting at a disadvantage, the
rider was no match for the muscular
youth. In a few minutes Tracy had
him bound and helpless on the ground.
"I'm going to take you in just as
you are" the victor told him. "I'll let
my father examine that package in
your shirt"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-23

Two hours later James Palmer saw
three horsemen approaching the ranch
house. Two were bound, one was
free. Surprise was predominant on
his expression as Tracy leaped from
his pony and pointed at the prisoners.
dad, I wish you would examine
that package in Knights Shirt" he
suggested, a broad grin on his face.
"And don't forget that half of it be-
longs to me-" he added.
L. L. WIGHTMAN.
The Republican, Garrett County's
leading and best newspaner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-23

At Los Angeles, Guadalupe Duran,
charged with selling beer to minors,
was put on probation until he shall
have arrived at the age of 101 years.
He is now SO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
WEALTHY WIDOW BURIED TO-DAY
 IN -HAVERHILL
Victim of Model Youths Murderous Attack - He Must Now Answer to First Degree Murder Charge

Haverhill. Mass, Mar g. (UP)- Within stone's throw of her Col onial mansion, where she was bru- tally slain with claw-hammer II days ago, Mrs Clara E. c. Ellis, wealthy middle-aged widow, was laid to rest in Linwood cemetery here to-day.
 At almost the same hour, B. D. Harvey, clerk of the district court, issued a warrant charging Russell Noble, 17-year-old high school stu dent, known as HaverhilPs model boy,' with the first degree murder of the woman. The wavy haired, |apple-cheeked honor pupil has been held in $51,000 bond at Essex coun- ty jail in Lawrence since he re- putedly confessed to hammering Mrs Ellis to death while trying to stage $16 robbery at her home.
 Only near relatives and close friends attended the victims funeral this morning. Simple services were directed by the Rev Karl Skinner, pastor of the North Congregational church, in a room banked high with flowers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
GOVERNOR LONG MADE VICTIM OF
 PAPER SARCASM
He Claimed to Be Authority on Corn POne and POtlik- ker, But the Newspaper Laughs at Him

Dallas, Tex, March 9-NuP)- Gov Huey P. Long of Louisiana, who claims to be an authority on the etiquette of eating corn pone and potlikker may not even know what corn pone is. the Dallas News suggested to-day in an editorial en- titled Governor Long Unmasked." Commenting upon 8 picture of Long giving a demonstration of eating potlikker and corn pone in the man. ner he approves of and wants others to follow, the News said:
 "In the governors left hand, as shown in the photograph authorized ty him, is some article of diet about the shape and size of three-fourths of 0 peeled banana. It is grasped as one might hold a cob or a fash light or the handle of a tennis rack ct. The News potlikker department does not assert as @ fact that this substance Is cob or a fashlisht or a handle to anything at all. But it is clear that 1t is not a corn pone. It Is pity that the education of our public men is so neglected that the culture of our forefathers Is thus ignored by their children"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
Four Were Killed And Two Near Death
 In Auto Accident
Two of Dead and Three Injured Were Hitch-fikers- Car Going at Terrific Speed on the Milford Turn- pike

West Haven, Conn, March. g. tUP)-Four men were killed and three injured, two possibly fatally. when a sedan believed to have been speeding at 50 miles an hour left a curve on the Milford turnpike here early to-day and crashed into tree. Two of the dead and the three in- jured were hitch- mixers who had been picked up on the road from Bridgeport, police said.
 The dead: Abraham Foss, New London, whose wife, Mary, is listed as owner of the car; E. N. Gormley. New London; Joseph McGrail, New Haven: Gerald Daily, New Haven.
 The injured: John J. Marlowe, New Haven, taken to New Haven hospital with fractured skull; James Vitola, New Haven, taken to New Haven hospital with a frac- tured skull. Leonard G. Luft, New Haven, operated upon at New Haven hospital for a compound fracture of the leg, possible fracture of the skull.
 The machine must have been trav- cling at a terrific pace when it ap- preached Q sloping curve near the county home. The road was slippery from the Sundays rain and the car
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
FOUR YOUNG LADS
 TRIED TO MURDER
 THEIR PLAYMATE
They Tied 8-Year- Old Boy and Left Him to Die on Railroad Tracks - Vic- tim Just Saved Himself

Evanston. lii. Mar 9--(UP)-wil liam Erlandson. Jr., 8. was recover ing today from shock and fright experienced when four playmates who said they didn't like him" bound him with rope and left him on n Northwestern roalroad track. Will liam struggled and cried for almost an hour. but could neither squirm loose nor roll off the track. Then he heard a train coming and by an almost superhuman effort managed to roll over the rails. off the track and down a steep embankment. The train roared past minute later.
 A railroad employe found William about 20 minutes later and took him home. hysterical. The four boys whom William named and who ad- mitted to police his story was true, are only a little older than he. They said their only reason was that they didn't like him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
FEDERAL MEN ARRESTED SIX MEN IN ATTEMPTED SPINDLE
 OF SOLDIER AND HIS BONUS

Washington, March 9--(UP)-- Federal investigators to-day pre- pared to launch a concerted investi- gation into a new swindle scheme which has come into existence with the passing of the veterans loan .aw Six men are under arrest on a technical charge pending the out come of the investigation and 1t is thought likely that nationwide ring of bonus sw'ndlers will be un- covered. The six were arrested fol- lowing the disclosure of an attempt to borrow $214 on an adjusted com- pensation certificate reportedly stol- en from a crippled veteran.
 The certificate was said to have been stolen from Michael J. Hig- gins. Q patient in the old Point Comfort hospital. The application for the loan was filled out in the usual manner. but with General Delivery, Washington" given as the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
They Broke Entrance To The Savings Bank
 Very Early To-day
Tied Up the JanitOr When He Opened
 Doors = Drove Employees and Gus
 toners Into Back Room With JanitOr
FORCED CASHIER TO OPEN
 SAFE AND FLED WITH $12, 2,OOO

March (UP) = While companion waited in the Berlin Savings Bank carly held employees opening time and escaped witt S12OOO
 lives in when opened the door One bandit sawdo shotgun and the other a
 Learning unfamiliar with the combination of the they and returned to the front entrance other early arrivals.
 bandits received them, podding them the ushng them back Fzmon assistant Miss Elois Steele $0 bl James E. Kay a and ma
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
STRIKERS WILL LOSE ALL THEIR l UNION STANDING
Those in Phil. Were Order= ed Back to Work By Union Leader-They Re- fused and Will Suffer

Philadelphia. Mar. 9.-(UP).-The 1900 striking upholstery weavers in Kensington to-day lost their official union status. In addition they stand to lose their records, a reserve fund of $5O,000 and their headquarters. And to add to their troubles the duty of carrying out these drastic changes in their union status falls on the shoulders of one of their own members, William F. Kelly.
 As vice-president of the Inter- national union to which they are at- tached, the United Textile Workers of America. he will attach their funds, seize their books and take possession of their building. His ac- tions will result from orders issued by Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers, that unless the striking workers obeyed his orders to return to work and cease their strike, they would be elected from the union.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09

address to which the loan check should be mailed. Inasmuch as Hig- gins was known to be a patient at Old Point Comfort and therefore could not come here to claim the check, an investigation was ordered and the six arrested.
 Police and federal operatives have consistently refused to divulge the extent of their evidence against the six. or evidence that a systematic attempt to. profit at veterans ex- pense is being made. They said to give out information now would Cnly hamper their investigation.
 The men under arrest are Bernard Edward Lowry. Dewey Elwood Yer. boy, George Dross, James Isaac Moore. Thomas Clayton Evans and Joseph Francis Frye. Two of them were employed until last week as orderlies at the hospital where IIig- gins is a patient. They resigned last week and came to Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
CHAN GE IN
 MAKEUP
 OF COURT
Should Attorney Edward J. Finn Be Confirmed as Judge of Court of COni- mon Pleas, There May Come Some Alterations
lBy Democrat stafY Manl

Hartford, March 9-With Attor- ney Edward J. Finn of Waterbury nominated for the judgeship of the court of common pleas of Waterbury by Governor Wilbur l.. Cross, much speculation as to the makeup of the rest of the court staff, providing he Is confirmed by the legislature is be- ing heard here now. That Attorney Patrick Healey will be the choice for prosecutor providing no legisla- tion is introduced to interrupt the present method of naming the court attendants, is the general opinion. On the matter of the clerkship there is much speculation.
 Attorney Finn, according to reli- able reports, stands @ good chance of being confirmed by the legislature. At the present time the judge names the prosecutor and clerks. This would mean that if the present rule
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
TWO PRINCESSES
 OF SPAIN SENT
 TO THE HOSPITAL

Madrid, March 9-(UP)-The In- fanta Beatrice and her younger sis ter. Infanta Christina, daughters of the king and queen, were in the Red Cross hospital at Cuatro Cam inos to-day for operations.
 It was understood that Princess Beatrice who undergoes an opera ton for removal of the appendix, from which she has suffered for sev- oral months. Dr Marine Gomez Hull la was scheduled to perform the operation, which was ordered by the king in view of the fact that the princess recently has recovered her strength after an illness. 1t was be- lieved Princess Christina would un- dergo q minor operation. The hos pital. which is in a suburb. is the same institution at which the two princesses studied nursing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09

lost traction on the slope and crashed around g. tree. A door was tossed 100 feet. A few moments later, Ernest Keiter, New Haven, discovered the wreck and reported ot police. Keiter said the automobile carrying only two men, passed him at so miles an hour in Orange, a few miles back. On his story police based their belief the five New Hav- eners were picked up near here.
 New London, March 9-(UP)-- (UP)-State police sought Harry Baker of Groton, whose automob bile operators license was said to have been found in Abraham Foss' pock- ct when the latter was killed in an accident at West Haven to-day. Foss a sailor attacked to the submarine O-1 at Philadelphia, was believed to nave used Bakers license to operate the car. Foss was on leave of ab- sence and returning to visit his wife ot Harrison Landing, near here Toss was the second sailor from the O-1 to lose his life in motor acci- dent while enroute to New London recently, seaman having been killed in a motorcycle crash at Philadelphia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
OPERA SINGER OF YEARS AGO IS
 DEAD IN BOSTON
Clara Kathleen Rogers, Known on the Stage as Clara Doria, Was Wife of Attorney Henry Munr0e Rogers

Boston, Mar. 9.-(UP).-Clara Kathleen Rogers, formerly known on the operatic stage as Clara Doria, died at her home here yesterday in her 88th year. Mrs. Rogers, wife of Attorney Henry Munroe Rogers of Boston and daughter of the late John Barnett, English composer and musician. was born in Cheltenham, England, January IA, 1844.
 She studied music at Berlin and at Milan. made her debut at Turin in 1861, and then sang in opera on concert for 17 years, not only in Italy but also in England and the United States.
 Her American debut was made in the Bohemian Girl' in. New York in 1871. Subsequently she appeared as Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni 7 as the countess in Marriage of Figaro" and other roles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09

It was more than an hour before the next arrival and during that time the constable's young son nearly upset the bandits plans. He Iapped on the plate glass window of the bank and called to his father but, due to the drawn curtains, he was unable to see inside.
 While the holdup men covered kanuppka with their guns. he told the boy to run away.
 My wife is liable to be nervous < don't call her." Kanuppka suggest cd. -sr.-a- x
 ''All right, then, call her. but be careful what you say" the men said He telephoned his wife, in the apartment upstairs, and told her he would be home fin about an hour. ' The muzzle of the sawed-off shot gun in his ribs convinced him that to say more would be dangerous.
 Then others began arriving.
 When the holdup men felt the early morning rush had abated. they took Fitzsimons and Kanuppka into the bank quarters, locked the back room door and forced the as- sistant treasurer to open the safe.
 They scooped the contents of the safe into a suitcase and tied the hands and feet of the two men with rope they had prepared for that duty.
 Then they backed out and ran to the automobile down the street where a companion waited.
 Kay managed to break through a window and run to the front of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
HEAVY SNOW STORM STRIKES LONDON TO-DAY AFTER COLDEST
 NIGHT IN FOURTEEN YEARS

London. Mar .--(UP)--A heavy snow storm struck London at noon to-day after the coidest night re- corded here for at least IA years. The storm followed a weekend of bitter weather in all parts of the British Isles. earthquakes in Mace- donia and strange weather else- where. blizzards ragged throughout England and Scotland. Shipping was disrupted in the English cham mel and the North Sea and lifeboats were kept busy assisting distressed vessels to shelter. The steam traw- Ter Locillong was wrecked on the Fifeshire coast. The crew of ten men was rescued.
 Londoners awoke this morning and set about thawing out their wa ter pipes. The ''great frost. did con- siderable damage to the water sys- tenn which is not protected against unusual cold. The city streets were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
CHESS CHAMPION
 ACCEPTS DEFI
French Champion Will Meet the Cuban for $25,OOO Within l2 Months

Paris, March 9 = (UP)-Alexan- der Alekhine. worlds chess cham pion, announced today he has &C., cepted the challenge of Jose Capa- balca, Cuban player, for a champ ionship contest. Play will be under the London rules draftes by Capa- blanca when Alekine was challenger whereby the challenger must he ready for play within 12 months. It was upnderstood that play will be for a purse of $25,000, of which the winner will receive 60 per cent, and the challenger, 40 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
HEAD
 QUITS IN MEXICO
He Was Accused of Sedi= tiOn, So Resigned Presi-
 dency of All His Papers

Mexico City, March 9.-UP)- Miguel Lanzduret has resigned the presidency of the company publish Ing the newspaper Universal and the Morning and Evening Grafico, Uni versal announced to-day.
 The resignation followed two of- ficial statements from Chapultepec Castle criticising Universal and acc cusing the newspaper of sedition. The charges were denied to-day in an editorial on the first page of the newspaper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
.DANBURY MIXED
 UP OVER MAYOR
Anthony Sunderland to Head State Police, So New Mayor Must Be Chosen

Danbury, Conn, March 9.--CUP) -Somewhat confused, Danbury democrats prepared to hold a pri- mary late to-day to find success sor to Mayor Anthony Sunderland, six times the party's successful standard bearer. who has been drafted to head the state police.
 Although Sunderland has prom ised to run for a seventh term, Gov ernor Wilbur l.. Cross insisted he accept the state police commission ership.
 c. Walter Morgan and M. H. Schlitter are seeking the nomina- tion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09

covered with snow which melted in the morning but was replaced by a heavier blanket at noon. Traffic proceeded slowly through slippery stretes and the underground sys- tenn was crowded with thousands of workers who sought to avoid delay in bus and tramway traffic
 The first casualty of the day was recorded at Mitcham. suburb, where man dropped dead at q cor ner known locally as "Cold Blows" due to its reputation for chilling winds. Light ships in the English channel reported squalls so dense that 1t was impossible to see the length of the ships. Seven pedes- trians collapsed due to the cold at Plymouth. High seas washed out railwoy lines ant damaged piNss at many points along the coast. North ern England and Scotland reported snow drifts ten feet deep in some sections.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09

were reported damaged.
 New Haven Conn. Mar. 9.--(UP) Connetcicut's shore line towns were recovering to-day from the effects of one of the most destructive storms in years, which caused estimated damage of more than $500,000 over the week end.
 Milford bore the brunt of the gale, the worst to sweep comparatively sheltered Long Island Sound in 50 years. Cottages were destroyed or floated out to seat ong a record high tide whipped by gale wind; streets were inundated; transportation fa- cilities were crippled and close to a mile of trolley tracks carried away at Fort Trumbull Beach.
 The Housatonic river at Stratford overflowed it's banks for the first time in history. The shore road at Westport was broken down. From Greenwich to New Haven summer resort districts were damaged heav- lily. Hundreds of motorists were stranded in attempts to get to the beaches. '.
 At Norwalk the high tide inun- dated the shore front while high wind shattered windows in the post office and other large buildings.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
GAMBLING HOUSE DEATH IS UNDER
 INVESTIGATION

Greenwich. Conn.,. Mar 9-(UP)-- Death of George B. Foster, who was found unconscious in an alleged gambling house, Feb 23. awakened police interest today in the circum- stances of the injury.
 Police Chief Patrick J. Flanagan believed at the time Foster had suf- fered a fractured skull in a fve-foot fall down stairs. Later. however, Acting Medical Examiner Ralph Crane of Stamford declared Foster 'met with violence" and that his in- jury could only have been received by slugging. Dr Cranes opinion was corroberated by doctors at Green wich hospital, where Foster succum- bed, without regaining conscious
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
WATERBURY HAD SHARE
 OF STORMS
Wires of Telephone and Electric Service Were Badly Disarranged and Trolley Service Disrupt ed-Streets and Sewers ClOgged

Telephone. electric. power and trolley service in Waterbury felt considerably the force of the wind, rain and sleet storm which through out yesterday held the city within the grip of one of the worst at- jacks of the elements experienced here in many months. Telephone lines including some toll service, were disabled, electric lines were in- terrupted both in the city and in the suburbs and intercity connec- tions between Waterbury and New Haven. via Derby, were delayed be- cause of disabled wires and flooded areas.
 City streets also felt the force of the storm with the result that to- day Superintendent Thomas Flem-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
SILENT SNIPER OF BOSTON NOT YET CAPTURED

Boston, Mar 9--(UP)-Miss Ste phanie Price, 21. of South Wey- mouth, is the silent snipre's latest victim. Miss Price reported to po- lice that a bullet punctured the rear fender and right rear tire of her automobile as she drove through Hingham enroute home.
 In recent weeks bullets from a weapon of small calibre have pierced windshields and terrorized motorists on roads south of Boston. A few pedestrians. has suffered slight wounds but so far the sniper has not scored direct hit on an auto- mobilist. Police believe the sniper uses a silencer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
CANADIANS MAKE
 THEIR PROTESTS
They Are Barred From Jobs Over Here and Want Congress to Take Some Action

Truro, N. S., March 9-(UP)-The American Federation of Labor and the United Mine Workers have been asked to carry protests of Canadians barred from jobs in United States to congress.
 A committee appointed today by the United Mine Workers Union in Glace Bay will submit resolutions asking such protests to William Green, president of the A. F. of L., and to John l.. Lewis. international president of the United Mine work CTS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
HAMPTON BEACH WRECKED BY THE
 FIERCE STORMS

Hampton Beech, Mar 9-(UP)- Hampton Beech had the appearance of a town that had been struck by a cyclone today as the result of yesterdays storm and the 3 a. m. tide. Three cottages, owned by F. J. Thiverge of Lexington. Mass, George Crocker of Amesbury, Mass, and Jerry Rowe of Hampton, were wrecked. and fourth, belonging to E. o. Proctor of Aver. Mass, was undermined.
 The tide dug deep holes all along the beach and washed all of Exeter avenue, a dirt road, away. A minia- ture golf course was ruined and a pop corn stand, the only concession on the beach, was bowled over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
DROUGHT RELIEF
 COMES TO WEST
It Was Not in Dollars But in the Heavy Rain That Has Been Falling

Washington, March 9-(UP) - One million dollars worth of drought relief came to this section over the weekend, according to the weather bureau. and was effective immediate ly without act of congress.
 Charles l.. Mitchell, the bureaus forecaster, said .61 of an inch of rain fell, bringing a deficiency for March of .31 inch up to surplus of 80 inch. He said the rain was the most thorough this section had received in a year, and was just what Presi- dent Hoover has been looking for ,u the way of drought relief"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
$2O,OOO Worth of
 Opium Seized
 By Boston Police

Boston. March 9 = (UP) = Raw opium valued at $20,000 was seized and a man who said he was William Wong. 46. of 917 Rice street, Phila- delphia, was arrested as suspi- cious person when members of the Boston police headquarters narcotics squad raided q room at Hotel Arr thur here yesterday.
 The opium was in 13 tins which were in Q canvas belt. It was thrown into an alley before the raid- CTS broke into Wong's room.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
President Hoover Back From Visit
 to His HI Son

Washington. March g - (UP) - President Hoover returned at 7:05 a. m. today from weekend visit to his son, Herbert, Jr. at Asheville. N. C., With the president were Mrs Hoover and Captain Joel T. Boone. MT Hoover's personal physician.
 Herbert, Jr, is convalescing from tuberculosis in a cottage on Sunset Mountain overlooking Asheville. N. c. Mrs Hoover, Jr, is at Ashe- vile
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-09
ROTORPLANE IS
 LATEST IN THE
 AVIATION FIELD
Three Inventors Have Been Working on If for Five YearsGave It a Trial To-day

New York, Mar 9. (UP)--A model of rotorplane, on which the inven- tors have been working five years had . successful flight to-day in a topfloor workshop in West 3Sth street. Power is supplied on the principle of q special .rotor--a vari- ety of centrifugal fan--which throws terrific volume of wind against the wings. The princnple was develop and pr Alexander Chessln.
 slowly as you want 1t tor Trey said. "A mile an hour, say. And 1t can be brought down just as gently. Straight down"