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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
ROOSEVELT GOES MERELY ALONG
 TOWARDS GOAL
Going So Fast That the Old Story About South- ern Drys Is Being Re- vived
BY RAYMOND CHAPTER

BY RAYMOND CLAfPEt United Press Stan Correspondent.
 Washington, July 25.-UP)- The rapid, unlenting pace of Gov ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt's march toward the democratic presidential nomination is one of the most conspicuous things in the whirling political panorama to-day.
 By a series of dramatic ad- vances, some possibly spontaneous, others without doubt carefully timed, this distant cousin of the famous Theodore is charging ahead with something of the old rough riders audacity. A year before the nominating convention he has pushed his way through the froest of favorite sons and Is now out in the open country far ahead of all rivals.
 However, warning from the dry camp to-day that Roosevelt is un- conditionally wet and that 1t may be necessary to repeat the lesson which southern drys gave to the democratic party in 1928 sounded a new note of possible trouble.
 Roosevelt's latest conquest ap- pears to be the important state of IlInois. Mayor Anton J. Ger
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25

Mother Agatha groped her way through the hall, lighted only by the flames. She reached the first floor and rang the house fire alarm.
 The second alarm brought the nuns who immediately started or sanizing those inmates able to walk. into line. and led them to the fire escapes.
 "rhey were so helpless Mother Agatha said in accounting her attempts to calm the women in- mates. ss .4.s,
 There were no lights-only the horrid reflection of the flames.
 AS we went into the dormi- tories some of them were panicky. We did everything possible to get them moving. They did pretty well but every once in a while one broke from the lines. wanting 10 go back for her shawl or for her slippers.
 But that awful cracking of the flames brought them back
 AS soon as we got the women moving out we went to the mems dormitory."
 Outside, arrival of the first fire department and the screams of frightened and injured attracted hundreds of residents of the east end section.
 Six alarms brought all available fire apparatus. The crowd grew to thousands. Bremen broke down gates in the high brick wall surrounding the building. They ran ladders up 10 the windows from which trapped men and women were calling for help. (Con,inued on Page l0D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25

At the present time there are SO persons on the town committee, 40 men and 20 women. Under the present rules governing represen- tation on the committee. two men and one woman represent each district. It is likely that if the proposed changes were adopted tho women would be busted from the committee. However, even if a compromise is reached, only one man and one woman would be al- lowed from each district, thereby forcing the discharge of 20 com mittemen.
 Needless to say. such Action will not be welcomed by the town com- mi.tee and the leaders behind the movement would find it hard to enforce their ideas. The town com mittee makes up the slate of dele gates to the g. o. p. town convsn- tion. And it is the town conven- tion which would have the auth orfty to- make the changes pro posed. Therefore, 1t appears as If another primary battle for control of the town committee will be nec- essary before the changes in the rules can be brought about.
 Also, the present town commit teemen have been prominent on the payroll of the z. o. D. organi- ration at past elections. Their families have also figured prom
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
DESERT ISLAND MUCH TOO NEAR
 HIS OLD HOME
So Wife Had Husband, Who Wanted to Live Solo, Brought Back to Settle Up

New York, July 25. (UP)- Michael Hammelburg. 46, tired of the effete civilization of Brooklyn. SO he selected four radio sets from the store in the basement of his home and went away to live on desert island--off Point Lookout four miles away.
 He tried living on a diet of she'll fish, but soon tired of that and came back after some canned goods. Then he settled down to live a carefree existence as a sec ond Robinson Crusoe.
 But the island he choose wasn't far enough away. It was on Great South bay. within easy rowing dis Ance of the mainland. And Ham, eielburg's wife bad him brought back to civilization again, to ans- wer to a charge of abandonment and desertion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
Most Horrible Death Scenes
 Of Many Aged
Four Story Brick Building in Pittsburg
 Turned Into Holocaust That Snuff
 ed Out Lives of Helpess Inmates MOTHER SUPERIOR AND NUNS
 FOUGHT BRAVELY FOR CHARGES

Pittsburgh July 25 - (UP) - Fire ragged through the four story brick building of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged night and carly today and 28 of the helpless aged burned death It feared of the 5 injured would die because their None admitted the charitable institution under 60 of There lOo and lZ5 discovered.
 Evening vespers had been said lights turned out and all bed when the fire started on the through and passerby the first warning alarm. There telephone the building
 Helpless the fourth floor sounded the first alarm inside the building dumped the floor with the kept awakened Mother Superior Agatha head of the home
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25

To gain comparative picture of the present population and that of the past, the records show that until the end of 1929 the average age of the 282 prisoners put to death by the state at Sing Sing was 29 years, months and II days. Now it has dropped to 27, Exclusive of the man who killed his wife and one elderly" holdup man., to-day's average is 26. and a majority of the men are below that age. te+
 , Again. referring to the statistics. you find a monotonous recurrence not only in the type of crime, but in the weapons used. Out of 2S2 convicted murders in New York state, 108 performed the deed with revolvers, and 43 used guns. From that high point the list dw'ndles to the smaller categories of knives, poison, razors, and--grinnly signi- (Continued on Page 2)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
Retired Business
 Man Disappears
 From Sanitarium

Cromwell, Conn. July 25-(UP( State police have started a search for Major Benjamin Hay wood Adams, 62, retired New York business man, who disappeared from Cromwell hall. private sani- tarium at which he was visiting his wife.
 Woods and banks of the Con- uecticut river were searched yes- terday by police, Boy Scouts and volunteers An airplane aided in the search. Adams carried T cane when he went out, apparently for & stroll, and state policeman found marks of a cane along the river,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
No Death House
 Prisoner Loses
 Hope Of Pardon
They Are Sure Something Will Inter- vene to Delay the Final March, This Hope Clings to the Last
By SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE (Jnited Press Staff Correspondent

Ossining N Y. July 25-(UP)-Not of the 26 death prisoners Sing Sngor rather 24 for executed Thursday night-beieves he will go the chair.
 Somewhere and which will blot night. the 1720th of second they believe staying hand higher may intervene to give trial reprieve may be allowed Finally the governor may find mitigation somewhere in their youth the muddd brain that was the their downfall. and grant them commutation.
 eternal hope, hope that allowed to finger with them night they that keeps them outward the contented of Sing Sings citizens
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
HOME OF LITTLE SISTERS OF THE r.
 POOR BURNS AND 28 KNOWN DEAD
BIG FIRE TRAGEDIES WHICH HAPPENED
 IN RECENT YEARS
(BY UNITED PRESS)

Most major fire tragedies re- corded in recent years have been in public gathering places such as theaters. churches and schools.
 The Cleveland. Ohio. clinic disaster May IS. 1929. when exploding x-ray films released poisonous gases. and l25 died and the Ohio penitentiary fire at Columbus. April 2l. l930. which claimed 3l8 lives. were the most sensational exeeptinos.
 Other recent tragedies were:
 Chemical plant. Pittsburgh, May. 1918. 100 dead.
 School. Cleveland. N. C., May Is. 1923. 2 dead.
 School. Babb's Switch. Okla homa. December 24, 1924. 37 dead.
 Theater. Drumcollogher. Ire- land. September 5. 1926. 40 dead.
 Laurier Palace theater, Mon treal. January 9. 1927, 76 dead.
 Glen Cinema, Paisley, Scot land. December 3l. 1929, 72 dead.
 Theater. Chinkai Naval Base. Korea. March 10. 1850, l04 dead.
 Church, Coteshti. Rumania, April IS. 1850, no dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
Town Committee Of Republicans
 Is Overweight
Too Many on It Say Leaders-May Cut It and Also Drop Families or Rela- tives of Members From Election Day Payroll

Republican opposition the proposal of sev prominent leaders reduce the of that body and their families and their relatives from holding paying positions expected develop coming campaign of startling features of the proposal concerning party rules that committee member or his family money of the voting places cleo This it definitely stated in the petition prepared for the of the low ebb of O. D. sentiment in Waterbury al the time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
PLANES BLAMED FOR CEILING FALL

Springfield, Mass July 25-(UP)-James McCa1- lum has filed with army officials here novel claim for damages. He says that during the army air maneuvers last May the vibration of the hundreds of planes par ticpating caused ceiling of his home to collapse
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
so POLICEMEN WERE TAGGED

New York; July 25-(UP)-Fifty policemen, sum- moned to an apartment at 115 w. 18th street, by ports burglars running up and down fire escapes, found themselves tagged "t' when they dragged two small boys from the coal bin. Were playing tag, the bows confessed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
JUDGE READ AUTHORS STORY

< Burlington, N. J.. July 25-UP)-Louis Joseph Vance, of New York, author of mystery stories, was taken before Justice of the Peace J. Leedon Smith charged with speeding. Well MT Vance, Pm reading your book, The Woman in the Shadow, the justice said Then he imposed fine of $10 and costs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
Late Bulletins
DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF EUROPE

New York July 25-(UP)-Three stoWaways Who hoped to see Europe when they could not find employ ment here were back in New York to-day, returned on the same ship that took them over. Their only glimpse of Europe through the bars of Southamp- ton England, jail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
ROOSTER TURNS HITCH HIKER

West Hartland, Conn., July 25-(UP)-A rooster htch-hker has been reported here. When H. Parks EIocomb halted his truck here, the rooster peched chassis beam Nine miles farther on he found the rooster in the place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
CAT RELISHES MUSHROOMS

Grand Rapids, Mich, July 25-(UP)-Mushroom are the favorite dish of catowne by Miss Eugenia Van Kammen. When allowed outside, the feline, Sam bo" searches the neighborhood for the delicacies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
HOT SUN BAKED APPLES

Hamilton, Ont, July 25-(UP)-The sun which helped produce Hugh Bertram's apples also baked them during recent heat wave. Bertram exhibited several thoroughly baked apples picked from trees his farm at Safeet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
LADYBUCS FIGHT HAY PESTS

Mt Vernon Wash July 25--(UP)-Farmers here made strange request of entomoogists They asked for OOO adybugs. The little flies will be used to terminate aphs, the hay pest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
SPITE FENCE 10 FEET HIGH

Seattle, Wash, July 25-(UP)-Henry Ashhurst built fence 28 feet long and 10 feet high He didn't like his neighbours looks" Now neighbor Samuel Trow bridge seeks court injunction.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

is undisputed i'm its
leadership among gasO-
lines i. it holds q firm
place i'm the esteem of
motorists who know
it's good! And it is
better now than ever
before at mo extra cost!
THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE is orange color You
identify easily. On sale everywhere from Maine
10 Texas, eat the sign of the Orange Disc"
USE TOURCIDE. .Day.today road of
On detours and closed roads On e in Stations
Consult Il, free.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

ecNSsIeeR ne oeuNeRED PCE As VEL As THE usT pace|
NNgPa coMHAGhso VALUES eEIIeREc pRScHS RscIUoe
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
EPISCOPALEANS
MEET SOON

The triennial national conven-
tion Of the Brotherhood Of st.
Andrew. Episcopal laymen's or
ganization, which meets at the
University of the South. Sewanee,
Tenn. August a to September
,, Is expected to draw many dele
gates from the District. s. H.
Lawrence Choate, Of Washington,
ts national president.
Topics coming up for discus
sion win include Psychology Of
religious experience; intellectual
difficulG'es and religion; problems
Of college students; opportunities
for work in rural communities
and international relations.
Those on the program include:
The Most Rev. James DeWolf
Perry. DID,. presiding Bishop Of
the Episcopal Church in the
United States; Prof. Paul Rusch,
st. Paul's University, Tokyo,
Japan; the Right Rev. Bertrand
Stevens. DID, Bishop of Los
Angeles: the Right Rev. Thomas
Frank Caller. DID,. Bishop of
Tennessee and former president
Of the National Episcopal Coun.
Gil; the Right Rev. Herman Page,
DID,, Bishop Of Michigan, and
the Right Rev. Frank A. Julian,
Bishop Of Florida.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Hot Day, Woman
Late, Ship Returns

The Wilson Line steamer City
Of Washington was about so
yards from its wharf yesterday,
on its daily trip to Chapel Point,
when Captain Emring saw a wo-
man running up the dock, fran
tically waving her hand. Quite
evidently it was her desire to
board the steamer, which still was
heading out toward mid-stream.
Thought Captain Emrins:
"It's = hot day, and Il would
be a shame TO leave her behind"
Accordingly, he ordered the YES
sci swung about, steamed back to
the wharf and took on the tardy
passenger, amid cheers from those
on deck.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Mnckin Club FeteS
Guests at q Dinner

The Mackin Club Of st. Pauls
Catholic Church entertained a
number of guests at a dinner
Monday at Indian Spring Farm,
Lorton, Va. Among those in at
tendance were the Rev. Leo j..
Fealy, founder of the club; the
Rev. j. Lawrence Kilkenny. mod
orator; Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dill
lon, Miss Beatrice Deed. Miss Vir.
ginia Rosenberg of Baltimore and
Mr.. Fox.
Officers of the club elected at
the last meeting are: President.
Mrs. Mabel Rosenberg; vice presi-
dent, Miss Grace Sprucebank; re-
cording secretary. Miss Alta Leon
ard; corresponding secretary, Miss
Alma Steinmetz; treasurer, Miss
Theresa Harrigan; executive COM
mittee, Miss Bessie Mills, Miss
Bessie Corcoran and Miss Doro-
thy Crosby. ~
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Ron,pingD Dog, CacklingHen
RufHe Court Dignity

NEW YORK, July 22.-with
q little black dog barking JOY
ously in one cell and q little
brown hen cackling contentedly
In another, jefferson Market
Court today assumed a semi
rural aspect. All that was needed
to complete the sound picture was
a COW lowing or q SOW grunting
for supper.
The dog appeared while mag
istrate's court was in session,
gamboling playfully about the
court room and completely dis
rupting proceedings. Efforts to
evict it failing, it was placed in
a detention cell to await the ar
rival OF the s. P. C. A. truck.
Shortly afterward, the hen
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Dare at Shore Leads
To Double Marriage

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July
22.-Judge Joseph Corio, when
called upon to perform a double
marriage ceremony at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel discovered upon
his arrival there that one of the
prospective bridegrooms, William
Pleet, was a former college mate
in the law school of the Univer'
sity Of Pennsylvania.
The four are friends and had
arranged to have an outing in
this city. During their stay here
they dared each other to get
married then. instead Of waiting
to carry out that intention later
as planned. The call to Judge
Corio was the result.
Travel economically in one of the
good used cats advertised for sale
today in the lassified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
DEPARTURES FROM NO

DEPARTURES FROM NOHMAL
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January 1. 1891, 3b7 degrees.
Excess of temperature since July l.
1881. 81 degrees.
Accumulated deficiency OF preclpIta-
tion since January l. 1881, 4,6S mches'
Excess of precipitation since July l.
1881, "a inch.
TIDE TABLES
Today-High tides, 1:24 a. m. and
1:4S p. m. Low tides $40 a. m. and
S;22 p. m.
Tonorrow-High tides, 2:22 q. m. and
2:48 p. m. Low tides, $40 a. m, and
9:Rl p. m.
THE SUN AND MOON
The sun rises today at 1853 a. m.
and sets at 1929 p. m
The sun rises Thursday at n. m.
and sets at 1928 p. m.
The moon rises today at 1905 p. m.
and sets at 1874 p. m.
The moon rises Thursday at 2:20
p. m. and sets at 1857 p. IN.
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURE
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

clucked into the courtroom. It
had apparently escaped from q
truck on Sixth avenue. Exas-
perated attendants captured 1t
and put it in another cell, where
it promptly laid an egg.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Heat in NelD York
ROuted bU Torrent

NEW YORK, July 20 U.N.S0 !.
Temporary relief from heat and
humidity greeted New York and
vicinity today after a series OF
vi-ole thundershowers. Sub
ways, houses and streets were
flooded. Bricks were toppled
into a crowded street when light
ming struck a 22-story hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

Nine days left to file your
personal tax return. The Personal
Tax Office Is open for the
receiving Of returns from $3.50 in
the morning until in the after
noon. ..
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Weather Details
FORECAST UNTIL 9 p. NJ. THURSDAY

UNTIL 8 p. NJ. THURSDAY
District of Columbia-Generally fair
tonight and Thursday: not much change
in temperature. Gentle to moderate
winds, mostly west.
Enthusiastically fair tonight and
Thursday; not much change In tenn
perature. Moderate winds, Smostly west;
VirRinia-Generally fair tonight ana
THURSDAY. excent local thunder showers
Thursday afternoon in southwest por-
ton; not much change in temperature.
Moderate northwest winds, becoming
variable.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Lawrence Grant Honored.

7 AWRENCE GRANT will be remem-
bered by Washington theater fans
for his work with o. P. Heggie and Eve
LIE Caffeine in "Tillie of Bloomsbury"
After long and successful stage career,
Grant has become an important figure
in motion pictures He succeeds the late
Milton Sills on the board of directors OF
the Motion Picture Academy. He is also
seen on the screen now In THE Cat
Creeps" and THE Boudoir Diplomat. 49,
After long stage career, with such
stars as Elsie Ferguson, Jane Cowl, Mar
jorie Rambeau and Olga Nethersole,
Grant went to Hollywood for picture
work and has been there for five years.
He and Miss Ferguson appeared on the
stage In "The Grand Duchess and the
Waiter"
One Of the most interesting episodes
in the career of Lawrence Grant oc-
Cured in Glacier Park, when he became
a member of the Pegan branch of the
Black Feet Tribe Of Indians. He was in
charge of series of lectures on travels,
illustrated with motion pictures which
he made himself, and during this time
he spent eight weeks among the Black
Feet. With much ceremony, they took
him into their fold, and he returned to
New York to resume his lecture work.
Twenty of the Indians came to visit
him in the East. Grant lived at the
McAlpin Hotel at the time, so had wig
vans erected on the roof of the hotel!
and entertained his red brothers royalty.
He has pictures taken at the time show
ing him pointing out the sights of the
city from the roof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Scoopins Wickersham.

WORN out with anxiety and impa-
thence over the delay In render
ing the report of the Wickersham
Commission to the President, Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer ups and makes pic
ture that is going to tell ALL"
Frances Marion, who provided the
material for 1.-The Big House" and Min
and Bill" wrote the story. Hill, who
directed the pictures mentioned, also
directed this one.
It is called THE Secret Six" and is
heralded as "a vivid expose of the in
side of American political life in the
city and its relation to underworld con-
ditions." The facts, it Is claimed, were
gathered from 10 or more American
cities, one of which Washington, D. c.,
The cast includes Wallace Berry,
Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Ralph
Bellamy, Paul Hurst, Marjorie Ram
beau, De Witt Jennings, Jean Harlow,
soul of the electric spark; Clark
Gable, Fletcher Norton and whole lot
of atmosphere and extras. Berry as
Scorpio is the big villain, graduated from
a slaughter house to the position of
political boss, while Stone Is the crooked
legal master mind that guides the ma
chine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

tensely. His promise was that he was
confident in his self-development
Il did not live in the artists quarters.
did not set myself up as a playwright,
a novelist or a short-story writer.
disciplined myself by personal contacts
I did not enjoy, because no discipline is
too severe in getting ready to write" he
explained. The seVerest discipline I've
had Is dealing with the personalities of
the theater, the hardest profession, bar
none, in the world. Out of it has come
magnificent training and experience,
which is knowledge"
After another year in Europe he came
home to spend year in Hollywood.
Il retarded myself four years in going
to HOLLYWOOD" he said. "It Is almost
impossible to write for pictures, be-
cause a man cannot give enough of
himself. Some one always interferes
to arrest the job of giving honest self
expression"
In California he spent year in writ
ing novel. Then he returned to New
York and wrote three plays in four
months and began a fourth. Two of
the three have been produced this sea-
son. The third, Acute Triangle" has
been purchased by Mr.. Newman, pro-
Queer of storm Song" The fourth
play he didn't finish because the sub
ject, he says, was the most interesting
he had tackled and he wasn't old
enough to write it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
Vagaries of a Playwright.

CIDNEY r. BUCHANAN, a new author,
~ has contributed two plays this sea-
son to the American stage, one of them
Robert v. Newman's production of
"Storm Song" starring Francine Lar
rimore.
1t was Fannie Hurst, if recollection
serves. who declared when she saw her
first play bloom briefly and unprof1tably
in New York some seasons ago that
she came out of the experience with a
great knowledge-that the drama was
indeed the "wordleSS drama"
Young Buchanan, however, who is
81, learned the lesson apparently before
he gave a play to an audience. YER
bosity in writing and thinking is a bane
to him. His play This One Man."
produced recently in New York with
Paul MUM as star, and his character
drama of the sea, Storm Song TO
open here at the National Theater, have
been fast-moving vehicles. Something
of his laconicism in writing has COM
municated itself to his habits Of con-
versation.
For instance, his treatise on writer's
and women-in 20 words: 1T is diff
cult for a writing man to give attention
TO women, because he finds himself
using them for sounding boards, and
becomes distressed because he feels dis
honest in what can be only an apparent
reciprocal tenderness and affection .
There's quite a thought in that, but
Mr.. Buchanan is young. scrupulously
honest, and-has never been in love.
After a college career at University
Of Minnesota and Columbia he was
given funds by his father TO study in
Europe, pointing toward writing In
Europe he met women of all nations,
end had he been sufficiently important
10 warrant interviewing by the ship
hews covey on his return he would, he
Gays, have answered the stock question:
what do you think of American
women" by saying he thought they
we're grand. So, VOLTA"
Aside from his social studies in Lon
don and Paris, the folks at home could
have received very little comfort from
the young mans correspondence. He
loafed in Europe. preparing. He told
his father bountiful that he was going
b write, but writing could be done only
after living longly, lonelily and in