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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
Insurance Agent
Was in Court
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witness today for the state. He ap-
peared in court armed with debit
books, records, credit balance
book sheets and apparently pre-
pared for an anticipated lombard
ment of questions. He was bonn
barded plenty by Attorney James
M. Lynch, who appeared for
Steiskal.
Some twenty books borrowed
from clients of the company were
presented in court and consulted
at times to~prove that Steiskal ac-
cepted money from families on his
debit and failed to account for it.
A list of nearly 200 families on his
list and amounts paid to him dur
ing the course of his twelve weeks
connection was also on hand for
reference.
The system of an agent starting
to work owing an insurance COM
pany money which would eventual
ly be credited to him in future COL
lections was explained by Mr. Carr
He also outlined the agents work
in carrying out his debts and how
the company registered the pay
ments.
On the examination of one book
one error was found which favor
ed Steiskal 1913. A balance sheet
was presented showing the
amounts which the accused collect
ed during his twelve weeks work
and the amount the company
claimed was due it. The difference
in the figures indicated that
Steiskal had failed to account for
the $34.33. Attorney Lynch asked
Mr. Carr to check up both lists. On
the completion of the tabulation of
the figures the witness admitted
that there was an apparent error
of $3.50 in SteiskaPs favor. but he
was without the necessary books to
concede it definitely.
Mr. Carr chung to his original
statement throughout the morning
that $34.33 was due to the COM
pany with the possible exception of
$3.13 found as an error. 1t was
claimed that Steiskal admitted that
he owed the money and had signed
official forms conceding it.
Steiskal was on the stand only
few minutes. He denied the
charges of embezzlement and
claimed that he had paid money
out of his own pocket time and
again to balance, accounts. When
he severed his connection with the
company he was convinced that it
owed him more than he owed it.
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bill which would pay the veterans
from tax on legalized alcoholic
beer.
The support of at least a por-
ton of organized agriculture was
thrown behind the bonus bill. when
John Simpson, president of the
National Farmers Union, testified.
1--WE must get a bigger crop of
money in the country" he said.
This bill provides the best crop
for years.
ut is best because it will not be
under the control of bankers. No
group of bankers will be able to
retire this currency. l want to say
the Farmers Union backs the Pat
man bill"
Simpson, as well as previous
speakers, was loudly applauded by
the audience in the committee
room, leargely composed of veter-
ans. Chairman Crisp was forced
to lecture the spectators, telling
them that decorum must be pre-
served.
Representatives Of veterans or
CARNATIONS followed Simpson.
L. s. Ray. legislative agent OF the
eVterans of Foreign Wars, and
Thomas Kirby. representative Of
the disabled American veterans.
told the committee that their or
carnations weer behind immediate
cash payment of the bonus.
Kirby said a survey last July
had shown that more than one
out Of every four disabled veterans
able to work were unemployed.
Two Oklahoma democratic con-
gressmen, Reps. swank and Hast
ings, briefly addressed the commit.
tee, stating that they desired 10
place themselves on record as sup
porting the cash bonus.
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Church Stands
Behind Pastor
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was said to have sent the message
from the spirit world which
prompted stokes to form his stock
corporation for the manufacture OF
"cupcake COAL" Peck. who also
claimed to have had the revela-
ton. termed Stokes difficulty with
the law O persecution"
Stokes, Peck and other members
of the church. claim the spirit of
Mrs Peck appeared before them
and urged that they save her from
eternal weeping by. raising money
to atone for the inadequacy of her
donations to the church during her
life.
Stokes organized a Delaware Cor
poration capitalized at $4,000 with
the announced purpose Of manu-
facturing coal bricks from coal dust
and charcoal. The state banking
commission and the Hartford Bet
ter Business Bureau conducted in
vestigations. the upshot Of which
was action by States Attorney
Hugh M. Alcorn.
Stokes summoned his son back
from Florida and they agreed yes
terday to submit to arrest and plead
guilty. Stokes was given his liberty
in the custody of Attorney Butler
pending sentence and his son was
Jailed.
Stokes is British subject and is
said to have been an Anglican cler-
gyman before he discovered he posr
sessed powers Of faith healing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
MISSIONARY OF
BAPTIST CHURCH
WAS MURDERED
Edith Gral-MOtt, Head Of
the Mission in Warsaw,
Found Dead in Her
Home There

Warsaw, April Is - GU. P) -
Edith Gral-Mott. 40. head of the
United States Baptist Mission in
Warsaw, was murdered in her
home here, police announced to-
day. Mrs Grail Mott was found with
her throat cut. Police said the MUIR
derer or murderers had searched
her home for mission funds.
The murder was discovered when
friends of Mrs Gral-Mott arrived
at the mission last night to attend a
lecture. Her throat was cut with a
razor. Police said they had no
cause to suspect suicide, Mrs Grail
Mott had run the mission alone for
the past year. She was especially
active among the Jewish popula-
ton.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
Doucette Appears
In Program 18th;
Miss Gibson Directs
Wildly Auditorium Selected Anna Egan Will Also
Appear in Solo SpeCialties - Personnel Of
Singers Announced This Morning

H. S., az, tenor.
Trees, Rasbaclx; Sylvia, Speaks;
A Dream Boat Passes BY, Lee
Mare; Land of Hope and Glory,
Elgar - The Glee Club.
o Promise Me, DeKoven; Ma
Little Banjo, Deis; Allah's Holi-
day, Friml Double Quartet -
Ann Egan, Ida Israel, Marie Jack
son, Elvira Nainis, Carl Harrison,
Judson Todd, Guy Winston, Fred
Laborosky.
Selections from Aida" Verdi -
The Glee Club.
The members of the two clubs
are as follows:
Girls Glee club--Joan Bradley.
Jane Dillon, Lynette Bowen,
Eleanor Tobin, Ruth Pulford, Ruth
Leggett, Florence Molin, Betty
Snow, Ivy Needham, Stella Gud-
erges, Barbara Tisdale. Mary
Mazurek, Beatrice Benedette, Flor
ence Tobin, Alice Olson, Elvira
Nainis, Marie Scalzo, Irene Nc
Carthy, Carolyn Navarro, Ruth
Hiding, Mary Belle Kelsey, Ida
Israel, Charlotte Harrison, Rosetta
Cofrancesco, Doris Wilson, Ger
aldine Greenwood, Pauline Chur-
son, Mary Coiella, Marie jackson,
Dorothy Clark, Marion Smith,
Mary Smith, Leigha Kast, Ruth
Quigley, Carolyn Pollard. Frances
Harlamon, Cora Ranaudo, Helen
Zazorosky, Betty Hubbell, Elm
Carlson, Emma Tyrrell, Lucille Di-
Modergno, Arlene Bauder, Ruth
Gurlyrn, Mary Tirendi, Barbara
Watkins, Esther Wilensky, Kath-
leen McGrath, Katherine YER
rastro. Bmmeline Manganiello,
Teresa 11rendi, Ann Egan. Jennie
Green, Alice Green, Meta HOLMAN,
Elizabeth Colby. Edith Carlson,
Arlene Stanley, Barbara Doherty,
Irene Santavanere, Jeanette Schinn,
Emma Tyrrell, Marion Scigliano.
Boys Glee club--Frederick Zab-
orosky, Carl Harrison. Guy Win
ston, Judson Todd, Arthur Hinkel-
man, Everett Van de Bogart. John
Hamel, Marcel Doucette. Thomas
Patterson, Albert Vestro, Irving
Kerzner, Elmer Nodine, Oscar
Espelin, Warren Wentworth, Law
renee Legere. Kenneth Watt. Ron
aid Ford, Earl T0oker, Warren
Coe, George Howard, Charles Dun
can, John Martin, Laurence Nor
gan, Amadeo Tolomeo, Maurice
Harris, James Sciarra, John Casti-
lano, Edward Kirschbaum, Ben
jamin Kaufman.
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Senator Wagner's
New Amendment
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I'VE face the fact that through
this country Is flowing a mighty
river of Illicit liquor which is I'm
undating both communities In
favor Of local prohibition and
communities opposed TO- 1t. We
have observed it undermining our
every effort to achieve real tenn
perance; we have seen II enrich
ing the gunman and racketeer and
financing every unspeakable crime;
and for a dozen years We have
been helpless to defend ourselves.
We are manacled to the 18th
amendment.
rs 1t not perfectly natural that
we should wish to become free
again; free to bring this traffic un-
der control; free ito check 1t, re-
strain 1t, regulate It and tax it?"
Wagner said RECONSTRUCTION
after repeal Of the 18th amend
ment should follow these lines:
I. The policy OF state responsi-
bility. This would be established
automatically BY repeal, he said.
3 Protection Of prohibition
states against violation. OF their
policy OF ou-pfohibition states.
He said congress could do this by
law without additional changes In
the constitution.
3. Provision against restoration
OF the saloon. This would be the
responsibility OF the states. as
"our experience with national
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15

The combined high school boys
and girls glee clubs will present
their annual concert. Tuesday eve
ming, April 26, in the wildly audi
torium, featuring Marcel Doucette
winner of the recent state Atwater-
Kent radio additions and Anna
Egan will be heard in solo num-
bers.
Miss Alice Gibson, director oil
vocal music in the high schools
announced the program and glee
which follows:
The Program
Natures Praise of God, Bee
thovcn; Mexican Serenade, Lemont;
Indy Lou, Strickland - The Glee
Club.
Battle Of Jericho, Negro Spirit.
ual; / Got Shoes, Negro Spiritual
THE Boys Chorus.
Panis Angelicus, Franck; ESQ.,
prano solo - Ann Egan, c. III. s.,
'33); On Wings of Song, Mendels-
sohn; Seremata, Spanish Fir
Girls Chorus. III
At Parting, Rogers: Remem'
brance, De Koren; Thine Alone
Herbert Marcel Doucette. w
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Explosion Cost
Lives of Seven
(Continued from Page 1).

lated in the finishing of the stone
work, would not have caused such
q violent blast, in their opinion.
Three times during the con-
struction of the building, strikes
interfered. The State construction
board had insisted on the use of
union labor.
The possibility that bomb
caused the explosion was expressed
by Fire Chief L.. Nice and Frank
Henry, chief state marshal, on the
basis of a report from Assistant
Fire Chief c. w. Ogburn. Ogburn
said he detected sweet odor'
tered building and thought this
odor might have been the fumes
of nitro-glycerine.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, tel
egraphed to T. j. Donnelly, secre-
tary of the local labor federation.
urging union support for q thor
ough Investigation of the tragedy.
The identified dead in the acct
dent We're listed as Russell Neal.
w. Dokken, Edward Chesney, o. p.
Carter, William r. Ryder, Frank
Baker. and william Stephenson.
was still missing today and author
tiles believed he perished In the
ruins.
Nearly 1875 men were at work at
the time Of the blast, with three
government building inspectors,
Eyewitnesses said the explosion
was In the basement. and that vast
pillows of smoke spread over the
building Immediately. Fire fol-
lowed.
so violent was the blast that
heavy slabs Of marble were sent
hurting 800 feet through the air.
Bronze doors at the main entrance
were torn from their fastenings.
Steel window castings were
wrenched from the caaIngs.
The damage TO the building was
estimated at si,ooo.ooo or more.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
PROFESSOR Of
HARVARD TOOK
HIS own LIFE
Ralph Monroe Eaton Found
in West Concord With
Throat Cut Was ID
Poor Health

Concord Mass, April 15-~ GU III
The body Of Ralph Monroe Eaton
assistant professorsof philosophy at
Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges,
was found in West Concord yester-
day after lie had committed suicide
by cutting his jugular vein with q
razor blade.
He had been under treatment. at
a private hospital nearby since
Monday, when he found himself
unable to continue his class at Rad
cliffe. He left the hospital We'd
nesday morning. When he failed TO
return. search was started. Eaton.
a native of California. was a grad
uate of the University of California
and Harvard University and q
World War veteran. He leaves u
wife and daughter In California.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
CONN RIVER Is
BEGINNING TO
SUBSIDE AGAIN
1t Reached Highest Mark
Since the Famous 1927
Flood, But Missed That
Record

Hartford. Conn, April 15-- GU.
p. 1.-The Connecticut River began
to subside to-day after reaching at
midnight flood crest of rs feet.
1-2 inches-the highest since the
famous 1927 flood when 1t rose to
20 feet above sea level. go
United States weather Observer
Llewelwyn Raplee said the river
stood at 20.2 feet at Woodworking
and probably would continue to
subside, barring additional rainfall.
Riverbank jewellers still needed
boats to reach their homes and
many streets were flooded. The
Hartford Yacht Club voted last
night to hold its Saturday night
dance in the upper rooms Of the
clubhouse, even IL the first floor was
flooded.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
Jaw Of Captain
Frank Hawks Has
Finally Been Set

Worcester. Mass. April IS
:(UP)-Captain Frank M. Hawks
broken jaw has been set, and to-
day he was reported "a little mo-e
comfortable at city hospital. He
is recovering from injuries suf-
fered in plane crack-up April Z.
DR. Ernest L. Hunt, prominent
Worcester surgeon, and DR. v. H.
Kazanjian of the Harvard medical
school, one Of the nations FORE
most plastic surgeons, set the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
HIGH SCHOOL GLEES TN APRIL CONTEST
Past Commander
of Mass. Veterans
Died Suddenly

Danvers, Mass, April 15-UP)
Captain Henry N. Comey, 90,
past state commander of the G.
A. r.. died suddenly at his home
to-day.
He returned only yesterday from
Washington, where he had gone in
connection with his work as MEM
Der of the national commission
appointed to lay out a public park
on the battlefield at Petersburg,
Va. He had an audience with
President Hoover a few days ago.
Comey twas associated with the
Standard Crayon company. He
was a native of Hopkinton.
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conviction. He was only convicted
of maintaining a nuisance" and
not of violating the federal law.
Therefore, It Is said he retains his
voting rights.
Mr. Baumel has been member Of
the bureau Of assessment for sew
eral years. He has been very active
In the first veting district In behalf
Of the democratic party and two
years ago served as acting town
committeeman from the district
due to the illness OF the regular In
cumbent. When talked with to-day
he said that he Ii heartily thank
full to Mayor Hayes for the honor
conferred upon him and pledged
himself TO serve the city In the
capacity Of alderman TO the best OF
his ability.
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said?
2. Be sure Patrol Scribe is pre-
pairing report on attendance.
3. Practice Patrol Song.
a. Play game in Patrol "Hot
Hand" Is good one.
s. Discuss last weeks assign
ments.
6. Make any assignments to
Assistant Patrol Leaders or
Troop Scribe for next week.
Z. Study the compass - Use
chalk on floor or pencil on
paper.
s. Hand out assignment sheets
for 4th session.
9. Prepare for wood carving
exhibit.
o. Troop meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
THEY CAME BACK.

Leghorn, Italy 15--(UP)--LuiRi
Raschi, of Caserta. Giro Damerigo.
of Naples, and Domenico yucca
della, of Teriizzie, who sailed from
Naples abroad a cutter In an at
tempt to cross the Atlantic to New
York, put into port here today to
await better weather before con-
tinuing their voyage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
REpoRT sIN1ILAR BIIdA

4 Washington April 15-tUP)-
The banking and currency, sub
committee studying the Bolds-
borough bill to stabilize commodity
prices at pre-depression levels
through the federal reserve sys-
tenn, today agreed to report favor
ably bill similar to it to the full
committee.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15

Now to face a hearing on &C.
cusatiOns that he entered the
United States illegally, Henry
Red" johnson, sailor friend Of
Betty Cow. the Lndbergh nurse,
is shown above as he posed after
hts release from the Newark, N. j.,
jail. Although never under arrest,
he was detained by New Jersey
authorities for several weeks for
questioning I'm connection with the
abduction of Charles Augustus
Ldndbergh, Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15

sales OF many cooperative So
cieties IN Denmark increased In the
last year.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15

broken jaw yesterday. Hawks
broken nose also must be mended
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-15
Harry Baunel
Named Alderman

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Soldier Boys
Still Battling

Continued from Page u
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08
Ads That Scare Us

Clever advertising of antisep- tics and other preparations re- puted to save us from all the ills that fleshis heir to has done a lot of harm, according to Dr. Shaw, professor of philosophy at the New York University.
 While science is relieving the human mind of many former bugaboos, modern fear fact ories" are manufacturing new horrors to alarm the gullible and shorten their lives through sheer fright. Just as we have been treasured by the scientif- ic control of yellow fever, smallpox, malaria and a host of old-time dangers, along comes the kill-joy tribe, warn ing us of the menace of dand- ruff, pyorrhea and halitosis. Quoting the good doctor:
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08
The Investigators

Waste of public funds, in- convenience and expense to legitimate enterprises, and no benefits to the public-these are the net results of most of the investigations" instigated by radical members of Cong ress, principally for political purposes.
 A case in point is the Federal Trade Commissions investigat- ion of public utilities, begun early in 1928, and still unfin- ished after more than four and a half years. The testimony taken at the hearings and par tial reports of the Commission fill more than thirty volumes which few will ever see and fewer still will ever read. The general public has long since lost interest in the proceeding, if it ever had any, and nothing of the slightest benefit to any body has been accomplished.
 In the meantime rates for electrical and other utility services have been steadily re- duced, not because of the ill. vestigation, but in spite Of it. Greater reductions might have been possible if these indust- ries had been free from the harassment and expense caused by the investigation.
 The expense incurred by the Commission has also been very great, and must be paid by the taxpayers.
 In view of the insistent de- mand being made on all sides for economy in government, it seems that such expensive and futile investigations, as we'll as many other bureaucratic ac- tivities for which there is no apparent necessity, might well be eliminated.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Bill McGrew, foreman at the Alaska Premier, brought down word this week that a large body of high-grade ore has been found on the property some distance away from the tunnels. The ore body has been stripped across a distance of 40 feet without exposing either wall and consists of sil- yer and iron sulphide typical of the belt in which the Alaska Premier is located.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Work at Fish Creek is being pushed in the new tunnel from the Skookum creek end of the upper ore shoot, opened along the surface last summer, and there is now three and one-half feet of ore in the face that as- says better than $200 per ton, according to Grant Manhood, president and managing direct or of the American Mining and Milling Company. A crew is also driving on ore in the long Olympia tunnel at the lower camp, where the vein appears bigger and richer than ever.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Man is tormented by an ar ray of drug-filled remedies which are supposed to act as antiseptics. The bath room be- comes a clinic, and every man a doctor in spite of himself. Now, dread in the heart is worse than dandruff in the hair, and fear in the soul is more unsightly than film on the teeth"
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Wier Brothers and Company of New York City have guar- anteed to finance the Daly Alaska property, according to word brought back this week by Pat Daly and Eddie Ham, bleton, managing directors ,i' the company. Contractors J. M. Ritchie, John Carlson, c. Lund and John and Eric John son, who last month took the job of driving a crosscut tun- nel 100 feet on the property, came down Saturday, having driven 112 feet in 35 shifts.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Camp 1 won the horseshoe pitching contest at the Premier over which camps 1 and 4 and the mill crew have been all worked up for months. Gene ral manager D. L. Pitt took a keen interest in the sport and spurred the contestants on to supreme efforts by dangling mackinaw coats and boxes of cigars in front of their eyes as prizes.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08
TEN YEARS OR 50 AGO
From the Hyder, Alaska, Miner
 September 27, 1922

H. c. Magee, owner of the Patricia group on the south fork of the Marmot, reports that an average sample taken across an eight-foot cut on the Black Canyon lead recently, assays S169.88
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

The United States is today the largest consumer of plati- mum in the world, importing annually more than $10,000,- 900 worth of the super-prec- ious metal.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Radio receivers in operation in American homes on the first of the year were figured at 15,- 000,000 by the magazine, Rad 10 Retailing.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

It is said that bees produce honey from material that other wise would be of no use, and thereby add $25,000,000 to Americas income.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08
INTERESTING NOTES

A building material that re- sembles marble is being made It New Orleans from river sand and mud.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Chile is said to have more beautiful women, in proportion to it's population, than any other country in the world.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Tramp miners who have worked all over the district say the Titan has all the ear marks of a big mine. Edward Lawrence Casey mushed up there Saturday and confirms the reports.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Anyway, prohibition has stamped out the inelegant phrase "rot-gut whiskey." Be- cause there is no other kind any more.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

Many college graduates could go through life without being suspected of being col lege graduates.
 Some of our 'one-time infant industries appear to be in their second childhood.
 This startling advertisement appeared in a town newspap- er: "The ladies of the Plum St. Church have discarded clothes of all kinds. Call at A Plum St. and inspect them.
 It strikes us that the life in- 5urance companies should rec ognize banditry as one of the east hazardous occupations.
 Anyone who has to pay in- come tax next year ought to be ] fine subject for a success 3tory.
 A Scotchman who spent $40 for accident insurance com plains that he hasn't been in a single wreck.
 If either party can collect enough campaign funds this Jear to warrant an investigat- ion it will be lucky.
 We notice that the polite ians are indulging in lots of talk about prohibition but are 3aying nothing about bread baskets.
 Anyway, prohibition has stamped out the inelegant phrase "rot-gut whiskey.' Be- cause there is no other kind
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08

It strikes us that the life in- surance companies should rec ognize banditry as one of the east hazardous occupations.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-10-08
Just for Fun

Many college graduates could go through life without being suspected of being col lege graduates.