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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
Big Case For World Court

To most Americans who paid any atten- ton to the matter at al the customs treaty between Germany and Austria was innocent and reasonable enough. Those two nelgh- bors proposed to let down their customs bar riers for each other It was very much like the reciprocal proposal the United States made to Canada in 1911, which Canada turned down
 Germany and Austria were merely doing what many statesmen and economists, both in Europe and America, had said was needed by all Europe. But done by only a part of Eu- rope it looked like hostile move against the rest. The other powers were greatly agtated about it. France Britain and Italy insisted that it broke the peace treaty.
 Now that the question IS turned over to the World Court for decision, by general agreement, everybody feels easier It IS the biggest case yet submitted to that tribunal, and the Court gains prestige accordingly. So the eternal question arises again, how long is the United States Senate going to keep Amer ica out of that Court
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
TODAY IS THEA' ANNIVERSARY S lghlA
ARMY OFFICER ORDER

I r On June 9, 1917. Br!sadier General
 Henry F. Mccain, adjutant general of the army, issued statement re- lvealing plans for the training of off, ficers for the drafted forces.
 His letter said in part: ITO provide officers for the drafted forces of the national
 army, the war department has
 adopted the policy of commission ing new officers of the line dn- lfantry, cavalry, fiedl and coast
 guard artillery) purely on the
 basis of demonstrated ability after
 three months observations and train
 ing in the officers training camps. "The present camps will pro-
 wide line officers sufficient in
 quantity anG quality for the first 500,000 and a reserve for that in- crement. It is proposed to of1i-
 ceri further increments raised under
 the draft by promotion from the
 ranks of the regular army, the na-
 tional guard. and drafted forces lEe-
 viously in service"
 On this day General Won Him
 denburg announced that the French and British offensive had come to n definite conclusion. The French war office reported the capture of 52,000 prisoners 7.'. 't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1881
The New Prosecutor

In naming Attorney William B. Fitzgerald as assistant to States Attorney Lawrence L. Lewis the judges of the Superior Court have added capable and efficient lawyer to the staff of the local court We doubt if any ap- pointment could have evoked more universal praise and general satisfaction than has that of Attorney Fitzgerald. Although he is among the younger lawyers of the city he is known as brilliant practitioner and as one of the best trial lawyers in the city. He is a native of Waterbury and graduate of our local schools.
 His standing at the Harvard Law School from which he graduated after completing his academic course at Holy Cross College was of the highest. He speedily established himself in his chosen profession upon returning to Wa terbury. He entered the law offices of the late Edward B. Kelley, whose reputation as trial lawyer was then established. Close at- tention and steady application soon earned Mir Fitzgerald an enviable reputation for one so young and so recently introduced to active participation in the business of the courts.
 ; The Democrat is proud tonight to extend its congratulations to Attorney Fitzgerald and to wish him we'll in his public office. We feel sure that he will acquit himself as competent ly there as he has in the active practice of law. We know that he will give of the best of his ability and that IS considerable. It IS the gain of the States Attorney office that 1t has secured so worthy an assistant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
| HIS NJ
 N NEW YORK
uath Gilbert Swan

New York.-It was the recent practical joke" experience of .
 Manhattan hearse driver that led to the spinning of the forthcoming lyarn.
 If you missed the hearse driver story, then briefly 1t went like this:
 After the Kentucky Derby. note ar liived telling the young man that he
 had won a certain pool of $25,000. The. New York newspaper carried his photo and ;interviewed him on what
 he was going to do with all that
 money; he drew $10O from the bank and gave aif the boys q large party that night-and the next morning learned that 1t was a hoax arranged
 by the undertaking parlorIads seek ing to amuse themselves between Funerals. F tx--, <: sj.
 At any. rate, several of us were Ilounging on an elaborate moving pie Iture set over in Astoria, L. l.. when Charlie Ruggles. the character comic. lrecalled a practical joke" tale of 1.-the, old theater. It was back in Los Angeles: when the old Morosco was operating as a popular priced stock company theater. Louis Stone, now an eminent film performer, was lead ing man of many a romantic play; Ruggles was the juvenile and Victor |Schertzinger was leader of the orchestra. was variously an usher
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

The Hagenbeck Brothers, well known eff GUS men and zoo proprietors are facing bank ruptcy unless the local authorities of Hamburg Germany or the state intervenes Known all over the world for the size and nature of their zoo the Hagenbeck brothers have contributed to practically every menagerie in the country At their own place in Hamburg animals are not imprisoned by steel bars but by natural bar- riers, such as trees hedges. and the like. So skillfully have these been raised that it is in inn possible for the visitor to detect these screens and the impression on visiting the zoo is that of seeing the animals in their natural habitat. Such a reservation should not perish for lack of money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
Governmental Thrift

The Presidents economy drive appears to be getting results among the executive depart ments. The departmental heads are all psring down their budgets. Tentative savings of more than S75,000. 900 are already announced for the next fiscal year. If all do their best. there might be clean $l00,000,000 saved. Anyone familiar with the bureaucratic waste that seems almost inevitable in governmental business will believe that there is plenty of opportunity for thrift
 Yet when all is said and done, any saving within the power of the administrative de- partment heads is trivial compared with the possibilities in the hands of Congress itself. It has immensely more freedom and range in its operations. It might concelvably save $l.000.000,000 year without letting the government run down - partly by the long delayed reorganization of executive depart ments.
 The responsibility for waste or the credit for thrift goes beyond Congress. to the voters at home. When Senator or representative votes for an unnecessary appropriation, it IS nearly always because his constituents insist on it. Citizens full of local patriotism demand federal money to be spent on their districts or cities, ignoring national considerations. Thus federal extravaganza becomes local issue. must be cooperation from political organiza- tions and chambers of commerce everywhere And this is a difficult matter especially after the widespread propaganda last year for pubic expenditure as means of reviving business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
:, lNEA Service Writcrl.

(NEA Service Writcr)
 Washinst Many people are so
 hard up that they are trying to sell
 Uncle sam their old collar buttons The U. $. hints and assay offices do buy gold in many forms, but it Is hard to sell them any ,coilur buttons 1; Prolonged depression has brought out great number of ,rinkets which .have--or gre suspected to
 have-gold or silver in them.
 Watch cases, spectacles, babies lockets and rings are articles com lnonly received.
 :, Wedding rings, with dates and names or initials inride, and gold
 medals once given to someone as all award for something or other arc among those articles which obvious | ly once were treasured but are now
 being offered in the hope of cash. ., Buy Only in $1OO Lots ~Fi Any owner of gold or silver may i deliver it 10 q mint or an assay office
 and receive the equivalent in coin. gold barss+-or by check, as most sell CTS do. But the hints and assay of- fees are authorized by law to refuse less than ;sl00. worth and they, sell
 dom accept less. '>~
 Consequently although all man.
 ner of people, offer their. collar. but tons, rings and other trinkets, most of the actual sales, are made. by
 pawnbrokers or by travelling buyers who purchase gold or silver articles for small sufris and usually sell at a
 considerable ppofit.y In the far west. at this period, many unemployedT persons, have talk en to placer mining, sitting the beds of streams forstiny pieces of the yell 1 low metal. Find DlGiculty selling :. But inasmuch as the hints won't
 take less than $100 worth of gold
 and the placer miners seldom aver age more than $15 worth of gold in a week they,have been finding diffi- culty in disposing of their gleanings. In 3 few weeks there will be more water in the rivers and most of the placer miners now scraping the bot
 toms will have to turn, to something
 MissfyMary sM., otReilly, assistant directOp of the bureau Of the mifft,
 to whom one is indebted for all this i infofMation.' says that in the last year there have been received about l three; times as many inquiries con
 cerning old coins. Old pieces which have heretofore, been treasured ,or ] justTkept tucksl away somewhere
 are how being dragged Tont and their
 owners are writing to the treasury to find out what they are worth. But
 neither the treasury. nor any other i, government. pays any premium on i coins tortgiYes out any information
 as to their value among numisma- | lists. sN}s1 H'tl <, t..a.S.1. ,1 sU.i IS. Buys swecpings ,,ly Every year the government bays
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

land a baek-stage flunky, sneaking away from high school because the stage interested me more.
 Stock players in those days re- ceiped but modest wages, and Stone, Ruggles and the musical director sought to increase their worldly goods. by dabbling now land then in race horse bets. On. day. just before matinee. they got tip that a horse with some such name as Golden Dawn was going to be brought in" So the three pooled such money as. they had at the moment and tossed it on this long shot, which was listed at about Is to 1.
 We'll as Ruggles relates. l'''the time of the race was that of the last act of the play. And, since we were terribly anxious to know how we came out. ar- ragned to have a friend notify me in my dressing room.
 "But Victor, who had to be in the orchestra pit, was as worried as the rest of us. He wanted to know the result too. So said I would try and find some way of giving him the information in the lines spoke from the stage. I explained that would try to ad lib something that would give him a tip-off.
 "Now the play in which we matic war play. And in the last act, I was shot by the enemy while carrying message through the lines. Then collapsed on the stage and whispered my last words into the ears of Louis Stone. who played the command ing Nofficer.
 "Just before went on with l. the scene. the message came that our horse had won. Stone and I were prancing about backs stage. He went on, mad then began to wonder how: could get the news to Victor in the band pit.
 'At that moment my cue came. A back-stage shot was fired and staggered on( collapsing as usual. As I was supposed to be lying there. dying, a vision was also SUD- posed to come to me.
 "Stone's lines went something my boy, in this vision?'
 "I fairly shouted over the foot lights, I see Golden Dawn coming over a hill-faster and faster comes the Golden Dawn. beating all pursu- ing storms l There were, of course. no such lines in the play. had managed to get the news about our horse over the footlights, but all the actors stood around wondering if had gone nutty. had to hurry back to my cueline. before they got mixed up, and Victor was so excited he could hardly wait for the curtain. Without washing makeup off. we all ran next door to a little beer. place l--for this was before prohibition, and began to plan grand celebra- ton with our money l But. alas. before dinner time. W learned that my friend had just bee funny. Our horse had not won ans
 we. had our dinner over the free Iiunch counter"
 | GILBERT SWAN. llCopyrisht. 1891. NE,A Service, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
At He National Capitol
 <. DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
A Digest of Who's. Who and Whats What ,t4sssi, By RODNEY sDUTtMER
DAILY lWASHiNGTU

up, scrap and sweepings from jewell
 CTS and dental laboratories. Often
 the hints and assay offices receive sweepings with dust, dirt and all, but no payment Is ever made to any,
 one until the material offered has
 been melted and assayed to deter
 mine its value In gold or silver. The
 melt has to show 20 per cent or
 more of, the. pure metal in order to
 be purchasable.
 Last year the mint bureau bought 625,000 ounces of gold in jewellers
 bars. dental scrap and miscellaneous sweepings and articles and 952,000 ounces of silver in sifnilar forms. A
 set price of $20.67 an ounce is paid
 for gold and the current market
 price-lately down around 25 cents
 an ounce-for silver. Ill.,.
 There are hints in Philadelphia,
 Denver and San Francisco and assay offices in Seattle, Boise, Helena, Salt
 Lake City, Carson, Ney, New Or leans and New York city. Most of the minor. offerings of; gold and sil- yer are being sent by, mail or ex- press. The Bureausof the Mint here doesn't buy. 'HtS .f P it,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

Last winter when both democrats and re- publicans were entertaining thoughts of or ganizing congress when it convenes in Decem- Der some political writer attempted to show that the democrats had the better chance for death would remove more republican incum-. bents Inasmuch as the republicans have been in power longer than the democrats they are naturally the older legislators hence more susceptible to death. However. we think that both parties are running about even in this respect There have been five deaths of members of the new House, three of whom were democrats. Congressman Mooney of Ohio was the latest. According to reliable figures the standing in the House is now 2l6 republicans, 2l4 democrats, and one farmer labor Theye are four vacancies to be filled, two from each party, if the districts run true to form. However. the republicans have sui fered the greatest loss'in Speaker Longworth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
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. Enforcement is getting better each year. There Is to-day nothing like the sale of liquor there was three X Andrew J.. volstead.
 Drinking is on the decline-be- cause people haven't the money for it.i Ida M. Tarbell. |s rFF .t f}j
 It isn't normal that girls of IS should go to dances and drink raw alcohol
 Gilbert K. Chesterton.
 The democrats, like a disease, will select what they believe, to be the weakest spot for campaign issue. Senator Daniel O. Hastings. We should not say "art for arts sake." Art is for mans, sake. Rev F. w. Crowder, D. D. ! don't know anything about any depression. --J. F. Morgan. sttIl fAtH rt4o 7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
UP TO THE INDIyIDUAL
(New Haven Register)

NANSW IidNSH RS6ialeT)
 Former Senator Mclean has suc- ceeded in, putting in the most com pact manner |. possible, the whole argument against the Eighteenth amendment and all other legislation of the. same sort. Tn an interview granted to the Hartford Courant MT Mclean, used the following language which is commended to the think ing people not only of Connecticut but Of the entire United, States and particularly to those who refuse to concede sincerity in those who op- pose: s,. f5 &iy5,, When the individual fails wisely to govern himself the republic will die. If he hasn't the intelligence to avoid the heIis of overindulgence congress cannot supply the defi- Upon this thought Mir Mclean finds it to be the duty of every citi- zen to take a stand on the referen- dunn, to be presented to the people of Connecticut in 1882. 3.e One may spend hours speaking or writing on this subject but when all ts said or done there remains the quoted, as the essence of 1t all | wisely the nation dies. When we find
 ourselves without sense enough to avoid overindulgence there is no use
 in asking congress to- supply oui
 lack. Aaf $
 All the ranting. all the summon.
 ing of departed spirits, all the ap. peals to conscience, reason, pride
 and whatnot. cannot alter the final.
 ity of these thoughts. We must govern ourselves wisely or stop try ing to govern at all. If we haven't
 the brains to leave drink, alone legis.
 latures are powerless to help us.
 Let us take these words home Le us ponder them and then set our.
 selves to handling this question if the -way%we, as men and womeT should handle all important prob. llems--yote whenswe get the chance ] Jf the drvs iasiaf that tlsavS are rni
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
Cosmetics Firms Busy

cheerful and interesting report from the nations department stores concerns cosmetics. Buyers at recent convention in New York learned one of the largest wholesale cosmetics firms in that city had done more business in 1930 than in 1929, and that so far in l93l was ahead of the same period last year. All the cosmetics buyers at the convention were optimistic because they were aware of plenty of activity in their special line.
 It is reported that 5 per cent of all toilet goods business consists of women's facial creams. Another IS per cent is tooth paste.
 The present-day custom of trying to look little younger than actual age is good for the cosmetics business. Pioneer men and women couldn't spend time keeping face and hands soft and unwrinkled. Whatever their private thoughts about such things they had to con- centrate on the essentials of living - food, shelter and clothing. The tremendous use of cosmetics now may be reaction against those days of physical hardship and the early ad- vance of the appearance of age. At any rate, it keeps one line of business active and pros- porous and that's good for everybody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

Since the state won't include Thomaston avenue in the trunk line system it might pay this city to lay hard surface on the upper Watervlle road so that portion of the traf- fife might be routed over this thor oughfare. It is much more scenic than the lower road, but needs more attention other than the periodic billings and repairs that it gets. Ultimately we think the state will take over Thomaston avenue, but in the meantime repairs are going to prove costly. An alternate route would aid considerably.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
Personal Health SerUice
 (By William Brady, NJ. D.

taenea letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not disease diaRnOsis os treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. A"' dress him. care or the Democrat. sendins stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

and 50 will not bother to go to the polls on this vital issue. let them remain away, providing they, can justify such attitude toward any issue whatever in self-govern- ing republic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

That rebel leader, Sandino, acts less like George Washington and more like Jess' James.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

The New York Times finds that the Con- necticut Legislature by heartening to the snap of the whip that J. Henry Roraback is SUD- posed to crack over its head has promoted the cause of the democratic party in this state. We recall that when Governor Cross, demo- crat was elected and inaugurated the Times called attention to this strange event in repub- lican highlands. Now it finds in the oration of the governor to the Assembly upon its closing day much food for editorial thought. It managed to read between the lines and find the thought therein not quite so humorous as did our hilarious legislators. Says the Times. His keen intelligence and his graceful speech are never taken unawares. If 1t were not matter of routine. an outlander might be astounded that the republicans consented to appropriate Sl5Q0 for portrait of the Governor Is there a competent democratic painter to do the job?' At any rate com potent republican artist has portrayed that Legislature, orders of the Governors true ef- hgy: It is the general concensus that not in many years has the Legislature of this State acquitted itself more ingoriously.' The last quotation was taken from the Hartford Courant which was thoroughly disgusted with the actions of the Assembly. So was every one else, save possibly the republican legis- lators themselves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

All vehicles must be lighted not later than SAY o clock Daylight saving time) tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

Dividends have been going down, but em- ployment has been going up and anybody ought to be able to figure that out for him self, no matter what stocks are selling at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02

r Rayon consumed in Germany last
 year weighed 66,00O pounds. or 20 mar can't more thansin 1929.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
Good evening. o-O-o
 SMILE. DARN YE!
"A SMILES THE THING"

Mary bought century plant. But now she walks in gloom, The plant must grow one hundred
 years
 Before it comes in bloom.