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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
EXPERT CHARGES
GANG MOVIES
CRIME BREEDERS
American Criminologist
Makes Statement on
European Tour

London-A tour Of Europe's
largest prisons has convinced DR.
L. Vernon Briggs, one Of Americas
leading criminologists, that bad
motion pictures are the greatest
breeder OF crime.
DR. Briggs, white haired veteran
student Of all types Of criminals
and author Of at least one act for
dealing with mental cases, said he
had found ''undeniable evidence
that crime and gangster films. with
their dangerous splicing of sex in
terest, were the most powerful In
huence in making young GRIMM
ais"
AFTER seeing films of this sort,
the adventurous type of young
person regards crime as game to
be played between themselves and
the law-played more for excite
ment than in q desire for gain"
he said.
prisons all over the western
world are filling with young peo-
pie around 20. Before the movies
came. the average age Of prison.
ers was 46. A murderer In his
young manhood was practically
unknown.
"Two-Gun Crowley and Vincent
Coll were startling examples Of
the effect Of crime Aims on weak
and strong adventurous mentali-
ties. One might say that they
were film graduates in crime.
Crowley was Of q decidedly weak
mentality, while Coils brain was
Of determined and ruthless or
der.
after the amazing effect Of the
films on the criminal mentality of
the goth Century youngster. the
most surprising thing is his SUI
preme egotism."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
MISSING Will APPEARS; BATTLE LOOMS
BRITISH HIT
| SNAC WITH
| IMPORT BILL
Favored Nation Clause
Causes Difficulty for
Officials
BY HARRY FI4oRY

Dy AA<AAtAb4
(United Press Stan Correspondent
London, (UP)-Britain's import
duties bill has struck its first snag.
The bill, which went into effect
March /, levies a 10 per cent gen.
eral duty on goods, with certain
exception. imported from all for.
eign countries. It also authorixes
the government to decree that the
duties shall not be charged against
goods from any specified foreign
country.
This provision was inserted to
enable the negotiation of prefer
ence agreements with countries
which offer an unfettered market
for British goods. In framing that
provision the drafters of the bill
had in mind chiefly Argentina and
Denmark.
Now government officials are
seeking q means Of putting this
provision into effect without jeop-
ardizing Britain's trade relations
with other nations. Most favored
nation agreements, which Britain
has concluded with 40 of the chief
countries of the world, with the
exceptions Of France and Belgium,
are the chief difficulty.
The agreements all provide that
Britain cannot grant customs pre-
ferences to any one nation without
making the preference automat-
ically applicable to the nation with
which she has concluded an agree.
ment including the most favored
nation clause.
The most favored principle has
been Britain traditional CONNER.
cial policy sinve- 1860, when the
first such agreement was signed
with Denmark
Twenty-eight Of Britain's mos
favored nation agreements can b.
terminated within from Is days Il
one year by simply ginving notice
of intention to abrogate the agree
ment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Prominent Men
Used the Radium
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about 1000 bottles. Doctors said
Bennet's body contained four MIC
rograms of radio active COM
pounds.
Warden A. Curtis. newspaper
editor of Ashland, N. H., said he
drank two bottles daily for a year,
and lesser volume later. He
contained Z 9-10 micrograms.
Oscar B. Coblentz, Cantonsville.
Md, said he drank about 80 bottles.
william A. Sage, New Haven,
Commission Chairman w. E.
Humphrey, who has ordered the
investigation begun some time ago
to be speeded UP. declared in a
recent speech in New York that he
would like to see every advertiser
of poisonous medicines sent to the
penitentiary."
Doctors and experts have termed
certain radium solutions poison
GUS, and have warned against
their use. Medical associations
revealed they have been fighting
use Of the compounds for months.
Mayor Walker revealed that he
had been using a form Of radium
water for his run down condi-
tion." He intended to continue It,,
he said. for he did not believe 1t
contained radium salts.
Only the deposit of salts in the
body, experts said, was dangerous.
Treatment externally by compe-
tent physicians as in cancer or
tumor treatments was termed
safe.
"Somebody told me about a
machine that treats regular drink
ing water by means of radium
carnations. I had one sent to my
apartment" Walker explained.
mo actual radium or radium
salts gets into the water, and I
consider the effects beneficial. I'll
continue it for I'm satisfied I
haven't given It fair trial I am
satisfied 1t is harmless" the mayor
declared.
Dr. Harrison s. MARYLAND, New
ark, who forecast death for victims
of radium dial paint, has warned
of danger in use Of certain radio
Dr. MARYLAND, Newark city path
ologist was one Of the consult
ants in the Byers case. He be-
came nationally known after his
discovery that many girls in paint
ing watch dials had contracted
radium infections.
He wrote names of so victims in
a notebook. Since then he has
crossed out the names Of IS who
died.
DR. MARYLAND told the United
Press the human body is normally
slightly radioactive.
"In my opinion. based on re-
search in more than score of
cases. tAs normal radio-activity Of
the body should not be increased
by any MEANS he said.
He particularly warned against
waters containing radium or me-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Police Follow
Some New Clues
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There also were unconfirmed re-
ports at one stage that the baby
had been struggled out of the
Meanwhile a new development in
the negotiations at Norfolk, Va.
with men claiming to be the Kid
napers was limited by Rear Admiral
Guy Burrage. He declined to dis
cuss Vt, however.
It was learned that Mrs John
II. Curtis, wife Of the shipbuilder.
who with Admiral Burrage ana
Dean H. Dobson-Peacock are con-
Quoting negotiations there. left the
city after Dean Dobson-Pe
returned Tuesday. Her destina-
ton was not known.
Burrage denied that the new
deyelopmentn had been the means
of fixing a definite time within
which the negotiators might ex-
pect the child's return.
In New York the American pub
lished another public notice In the
mysterious "Jafsie" series, which
some observers have interpreted
as notes from Lindbergh's agents
to the kidnapers. The latest
note read: Eyes. Everything Ok.
Jafsie."
None Of the notes has contained
any specific reference to the Lnd.
bergh kidnapping, and Hopeweii
authorities have refused TO COM
ment ON them.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Prominent Man
Died Last Night
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The deceased was q member Of
family of distinguished ancestry
and one of unusual prominence in
banking circles. He was the son of
Burton @. Bryan and Fanny X.
Peck Bryan. His father was for
many years engaged in the bank
ing business. Following his educa-
ton in the local schools he en-
tered the service of the former
Fourth National Bank of Water
bury, which was consolidated with
the Colonial Trust company In
1907. Mr. Bryan was elected sec
rotary of the bank in 1911 and
treasurer In 1918. ON January 10.
1927, he was chosen president.
Mr. Bryan was held in high es-
TEEN by his business associates and
the general public. His executive
ability was widely admired and his
services on various committees or
ganized for patriotic or public well
fare purposes were always rem
dered efiiciently.
Mr. Bryan In former years was
very capable golfer and held the
title at the Waterbury Country
club. OF late years he played Tor
pleasure and avoided the compete
tive matches, although he followed
the various tournaments with keen
he is survived by his wife. the
former Miss Agnes Smith. daugh-
ter Of the late Mr. and Mrs ]. Rich
ara Smith, and three Children.
Helen Lane Bryan. Alexander
Bryan and Frederick Adams
bryans
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Police Probing
Latest Capture
Seek to Find Owner of Grand Street Building Con.
tanning DistIIery

Members of the emergency
squad were engaged today probing
records Of ownership Of the. build
ing at 20 Canal street, where a
B0O-gailon still, 4 2,500-gallon watts
and 40 gallons Of finished product
were seized yesterday noon by the
local police and federal agents.
The property Is part Of the estate
Of the late /. N. Shapiro. 1t was
formerly part OF box factory and
has been used for various pur-
poses within recent years. The
front part of the building Is sup
posedly the headquarters Of q
trucking company.
While the local police will at
tempt to solve the mystery OF
ownership of IS Canal street the
federal authorities continue their
probe Of the board Of directors"
responsible for the existence of the
fortified warehouse at 36 Canal
street where over $4,000 in IL
quor and wine were seized early
this week. The federal agents In
making this raid crashed through
q brick wall when q big steel door
barred their entrance. They also
ruined four big safes In opening
the doors with acetylene torches.
Although there Is q well-founded
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Man Wanted His
Daughter to Win
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federal court citing the daughter
and wife to present their claims
for the amount due, and filed the
amount with the clerk of the court
to pay to whomever the court de-
cided was entitled to the sum.
Attorney Michael v. Blansfield
appeared for Mrs Reynolds and
Mascolo, Mcknight and Dauch rep
resented Mrs Sherwill.
In the hearing 1t was brough,
out that Sherwill filed an applica.
ton on January 10, 1890 to have
the beneficiary in the policy chang.
ed from his wife to Mrs Reynolds
The insurance company notified
Sherwill that the policy was held BY
Teresa and that II her address were
forwarded to the company the sub.
stitution would be put through
without the presentation Of the
policy. The address was not for.
warded because he did not know
where Mrs Sherwill was. He wal
killed on February 4, 1880.
In his decision, Judge Hincki
apparent intention Of the insured
should not have effect. But to rec
ognize the change Of beneficiary
under the circumstances of thii
case would make for uncertainty in
the administration of the insurance
business. And in the long run, the
beneficiaries under policies. as well
as the insurers. must suffer from
the confusion induced by such
holding. For II the right Of a sub
stituted beneficiary can be estab-
listed without definite agreement to
that effect between the insurer and
the insured during his life time
consistent with. the provisions Of
the policy II will follow that seldom
can an insurer pay q substituted
beneficiary without the protection
Of a court Of competent jurisdic-
ton"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02

for the bill as sponsored by the
committee and near 6 p. m. enact
ed the bill finally in the form In
which it was sent to the senate.
Crisp to Take Rest
Washington, April 2-(UP)--
Acting Chairman Crisp of the
House Ways and Means committee
is going to take a vacation now
that he has seen the tax bill sue
cessfully through seven weeks OF
hearings and three weeks Of de-
bate.
He received an ovation from his
colleagues when the long battle
ended and the bill was passed. He
asked for a weeks leave of abb.
sence. Speaker Garner said yes
The House cheered.
II honestly believe this tax bill
will more than balance the budg-
ct" Crisp said. Despite the high
rates, the people will benefit from
the BILL"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Disputed Tax
Bill in Senate
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else and sales taxes.
Senators are somewhat. undecid-
of conservative elements Of both
parties is to take it substantially
as 1t passed the House. Progress
sives dislike the heavy excise and
sales taxes and want to raise the
income surfaces.
The controversy between Secre-
tary Mills and the democratic
House leaders revolved largely
around the question of reductions
Of government expenditures below
budget estimates. The House lead
ers declared they would cut ex-
penses $2O0,O00,O00-and 1t Is con-
gress that has the power to say
how much shall be spent.
Mills said expenses could be cut
only $126.000,000. He also claimed
the Ways and Means committee
overestimated the yield of the new
taxes.
Here is how the two sides add
up their figures, both taking ST.
241, 100000 (B) as the amount
needed to balance the govern
ment's four billion dollar budgets:
Committees Estimate
Yield Of new taxes. 81 ,032, 900
Increases in postal
revenue ......... 30,600.000
Economies ......... 20O.OOO,OOO
Total 81, 900
Leaving a surplus Of $4,000, 900.
Mills Estimate
Yield Of new taxes :. 997.400.000
Increases in postal
revenue ......... 30,500,00O
Economies ......... 125,OO0,O0O
Total 81, i 100000
Leaving a deficit OF $S8.100, 900.
Mills began the squabble yester-
day with a letter to the Ways and
Means committee complaining that
the revenue bill as then drafted
would lead to $165,000.000 (M)
deficit.
Democratic leaders half met and
half challenged his proposals.
From secret session of the Ways
and Means committee they brought
out a tax on stock dividends, hith-
erto exempt from the normal in-
come tax. They estimated this
would produce from $S0.000,000 to
SIS, 100000. The House followed
its democratic leaders and voted
the stock dividend tax over repub-
lican protests.
The House then began to go over
the bill again section by section.
Republicans Immediately moved to
restore the general sales tax which
had been ripped from the meas
ure. The House repulsed the sales
tax sortie by roll call Of 235 to
1s0.
The next assault on the bill was
successful and the House. by 21l
to 178, jettisoned the wartime sur
tax imposts contained in the
amendment OF Representative
Swing, republican, California. in
place OF a levy ranging up to 65
per cent on incomes Of $1,000, 900
or greater, the House restored the
original imposts providing max
imum Of 40 per cent. This Topped
$4,000, O00 from the potential rev.
enue of the bill.
In quick succession the House
approved the oil and coal import
duties. the levies on home-brew
materials and other controversial
elements of the revenue bill. The
House in all instances stood fast
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Trial of Rector
Is Attraction
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to retract the statement. the wit
ness said.
The chauffeur said the rector Of
ten visited Rose.
Indications that racketeers had
attempted to shake down" sever
al persons in connection with the
rector's trial were an added draw
ing card. Rival attorneys clashed
often on charges of attempting to
interview witnesses before they
testified.
An official of a restaurant which
DR. Davidson visited frequently said
the rector was known among watt
resses as 1.-The mormon"
r. +. Levy, counsel for the rec
tor, said that a mother had been
approached by a woman who posed
as a private detective in the en-
ploy of the Norwich consistory
court. The woman allegedly said
the mothers daughter was tnclud-
ed in list of women who had
complained Of the rector's conduct.
The alleged woman detective was
disclosed as a fake, Levy said.
It was indicated that racketeers
had attempted to muscle In on
the case and obtain money from
families they would keep young
girls out of the case for a certain
fee,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
100000 People in
Philadelphia Are
Facing Starvation

Philadelphia, April 2--(UP)-
Hunger faces 100000 Philadel-
phians with the city's relief fund
of $5,0O0,000 virtually exhausted
and food riots imminent.
And $3.50 families entirely de-
pendent upon the Lloyd unemploy-
ment committee for an average OF
$3.50 a week, their bare existence,
will be doomed to untold suffering
unless the state or other sources
lend q hand.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02

sothorium in solution. DR. Mart
land specified radithor. the patent
medicine which Byers used.
Another radioactive water DR.
MARYLAND warned against IL known
as the emantor or activator,
type which contains radium gas.
MARYLAND, also said he had re-
ceived a sample Of German candy
containing radium, accompanied by
advertising matter declaring 1t
would cure a variety Of ailments.
Examination Of the sample showed
DR. MARYLAND stated, that II did con-
tain some radium and undoubtedly
was dangerous.
William J. Bailey, head Of the
Bailey laboratories, at East Or
ange, N. j., and producer of ra-
dithor, alleged to have caused BY
ers' death, said:
"There Is more actual radium in
the waters Of some we'll known
springs, both here and abroad,
than in radithor, yet these waters
are recommended by physicians
and government officials praise
their curative qualities"
DR. C. c. Moyar. Pittsburg physic-
thera pist, who said he was the
physician who prescribed the ra-
dunn water for Byers, said Byers'
death was due to combination Of
ailments which had induced govt.
II bedieve," DR. Moyar added.
that radium water has definite
place in the treatment of certain
diseases and prescribe 1t when I
deem 1t necessary. have taken as
much or more radium water than
Byers took and I am 81 years old,
active and healthy"
J. Dennison Lyon. a brother.in-
law OF Byers, said he was at loss
to understand why DR. Moyar
should say his brother-in-law died
Of govt. Besides, I think it's
scarcely medical etiquette for him
to discuss one Of his patients" he
said. I don't even say that DR.
Moyar gave him the stuff. and Of
course there can be no question Of
prosecution. If anything, II was a
case of ignorance"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02

suspicion that the warehouse and
the still were operated by the
same firm there IL no positive EVIL
dence to link them. The local
police entertain the belief that two
separate gangs owned the places.
Canal street held the center Of
the stage during the past week due
to the two raids and the wide
range Of speculation as to the
identity of the owners. Both the
local police and the federal agents
declare that somebody IL going to
take the rap" Unless some VIC
tim, two at least comes forward,
the authorities intend to prosecute
the owners Of the buildings.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02

grazed his head. He dropped to the
floor and lay still, alongside the
bodies Of his dead relatives.
His aged mother, q blind woman
and his wife dropped to the fiooI
and were shielded from the killers
bullets by bodies that lay massed
about them.
The three men escaped after the
massacre that was reminiscent OF
the bloody Apache raids of gen.
GRAFTON ago in the southwest.
The raiders, in an automobile be-
1ieved stolen, rode rs miles into
United States territory for the sor-
tie.
The Espinosa ranch, a great
tract of land near here, is only 10
miles from the largest interstate
highway in this section. The raid
apparently had been carefully plan
ned.
After the killing. the three men
Z jumped into the automobile, and
headed toward the Mexican border
and safety.
Scores of officers from Texas and
New Mexico cities arrived here to-
day, but found little to indicate the
identity of the three killers.
Bullets taken from the bodies OF
the slain revealed they had been
fired from three different guns. Mel
guiadez Espinosa said the three
man opened fire at once, and with
out warning.
4 week ago to-day, Mayor Louis
RAvel Of Columbus, N. M, demand
ed protection from the marauding
hands of bandits who, have made q
half dozen forrays in the last
month.
1--WE have been living in terror
for a MONTH" Ravel telegraphed
Governor Arthur Seligman. Of New
Mexico. demanding protection OF
troops.
villa ana his bandit mob raided
in his 1916 raids which led to the
American invasion Of Mexico by
the army under command of Gen.
eral John ]. Pershing.
Adjutant General Osborne Wood
son OF the late Major General Leon
ard Wood, and a former United
states army officer himself, head OF
the New Mexican militia, was re-
ported in Columbus to-day studying
thu situation there.
Berin0 il about so miles east OF
Columbus.
For years bandits have terroriz-
cd the border. Bands of mounted
outlaws sneak across the desolate
border under cover OF darkness.
swoop down upon some isolated
ranch or town, then sneak back
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
HAT VS. PAIR o FsHoEs

Hartford, Conn.-The American
Legion of Connecticut is running
away from Massachusetts, in their
membership contest, according to
the report OF March 18th received
from national headquarters by De-
partment Adtutant Murray. Com
necticut. on that date. had 76.4S
per cent of its 1882 quota, Massa-
chusetts $3.50. The contest ends
May 21st, the prize being q hat
against a pair Of shoes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
STUDENT EDITOR
WAS DISCHARGED

New York, April 2-(UP)-Reed
Harris, student editor Of the Colum.
bia Spectator, undergraduate daily
which published charges that uni
versity athletics were subsidized
said today he had been expelled BY
Dean Herbert E. Hawkes..
Harris claimed the dean told him
the Spectator had been run ''ir
an unsatisfactory manner" and
that he had become tired of its Gin.
nuendo" and "discourtesy."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
YOUNG GIRL
is NOT KNOWN

Boston, April 2-(UP) identity
of girl, about years old. who
was found last night in a dazed
condition in u lonely section Of
the Blue Hills reservation. had
not been established at City hos
pita1 today.
Hospital officials said the girl
proba bly, was q victim Of amnesia,
as a result Of an injury. She gave
the name Of Hazel Joyslen and an
address in Roxoury. but investiga-
ton there disclosed no one that
knew her.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
De Blast Presents
Document Of Mother
Who Died In Italy
Father Awarded $4,000 Two Weeks Ago By Probate
Court-Claimed at Tine No Testament Existed

preme court awarded the father
$4,000 as his share Of the wife's
estate. The money represented
rentals collected by Frank De-
Blast from the estate.
After all the legal battles over
the division Of the mothers prop
erty the case reopens now with
greater possibilities Of a bitter con-
troversy.
The will which at first did not
exist has turned up after eight
years and Is viewed as a signal
for battle. The opening engage
ment takes place next Monday
morning in probate court when
members Of the family for and
against the admission Of the docu-
ment will present evidence.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Legion Keeps Up
Fight For Jobs
Quarter of a Million Mark Passed With New Posts
Joining the Ranks Daily

Mitchell, former fighting chief of
the army's air forces. chairman for
Virginia; Col wild Bill" Don0-
van, who commanded the rFighting
Sixty ninth" in the A. E. F., New
York chairman; w. r. Cole, presi-
dent of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad, chairman for Kentucky;
Col Eben 8. Draper, chairman for
Massachusetts,, and e. T. Weir,
chairman of the board Of the Ma.
tional Steel company, Pennsylvania
chairman.
Forward we must go, forward
until the last trench is taken, and
our goal Of one million persons put
back to work Is attained!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-02
Joe Bond Tries
to Find Himself
and Learn Name

Chicago, April 2--(UP)-Joe
Bond, oil station owner. journeyed
to Philadelphia to-day to ind out
who he really IL.
David Burke of Philadelphia be-
lieves Bond Is his brother Tobias,
World war veteran missing II
years. Bond says as far as he can
remember he is an orphan.
Burke was injured In the war
and disappeared from his home in
1921, suffering severe headaches
Recently Frank Richardson. an
actor and q friend OF Burke. met
Bond. He greeted him as Burke.