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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09

Tuesday, May 23d was set in su- perior court today as the date for the trial of Eleanor Saddler, IS year old local negress who Is charged with second degree murder. Judge Earnest c. Simpson will come to Waterbury from Litchfield where Inc is presiding this term, 10 try tthe case with a jury.
 Judge John Richards Booth who ds presiding at Waterbury, is so hnsily engaged with the press of Civil business .aat 1t was deemed ynecessary to call upon Judge 'Eimpson to assist in the disposition of the case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09

by the legislature. When the 100 names shall be affixed to the pe- titions of the wet and dry candi-
 dates, Miss Egan is required to duly affirm that the signers are certified electors as of the last elec- tion list, this city. The name and ad- dress must be signed to each pe- tition. by the voter who goes to the town clerks office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09
Judge Simpson To
 Preside; Murder
 Charge Preferred
Judge John Richards Booth Unable to Handle Trial
 Owing to Crowded Docket - Youthful Prisoner % Has Been Indicted Twice on Same OfenSe

Miss Saddler who has the dis tinction of being the only individ- uaI in the history of the Waterbury superior court to be twice-indicted by a grand jury for the same of fense. will be represented by At torney W. w. Gager, public de- fender. States Attorney Lawrence l.. Lewis, and Assistant States Attorney William M. Fitzgerald will present the states case.
 Miss Saddler is charged with having fatally stabbed Marshal Lassiter at a party on Abbott ave- nue last Dec. 21st.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09
YONKERS FIRM
 GETS CONTRACT

Brewster. N. r., May 9-(U.P.) The Overland Trucking Company of Yonkers has been given a con- tract by the New York Central Railroad for the hauling of less than carload shipments between White Plains and Brewster. it was said at the local freight office Of the railroad to-day.
 It was understod this service later would be extended through out the Harlem Valley division of the road, as an economy measure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Hartford. Conn, May 9.-(UP)-- House approval of petitions to re- duce the amount of bond required bv the state of beer and wine per init holders, was sought today from two sources.
 A petition by Representative Os- car A. H. Dannenberg, Bridgeport. to reduce the bond from $1,Q0O to $500 and another by Representa- five M. J. Connor, Enfield, to bring if down to S20O, were referred to the judiciary committee for con- sideration.
 The house voted to insist upon its former action in passing the birth control measure after it had been rejected in the senate. And appointed Representatives Epaph- roditus Peck, Bristol, and Helen B.. Kitchel. Greenwich, as a committee on conference.
 The tax lien law, passed by the house last week and amended in the senate, will be reconsidered by the house which, 1t was understood, will technically amend the measure which prohibits foreclosures until after 1 5 years. Under a law pass ed in 1927 foreclosures were per mitted after 5 years.
 Danbury, Conn, May 9.-(UP)-- Republican leaders today were pre- pairing to attend a committee hear ing at the legislature tomorrow aft ernoon when a substitute Merritt highway bill, drafted by Represen- tative Kenneth Bradley, Westport, will be consfdered
 The bill would ask for legisla- tive permission for the county com missioners of Fairfield county to issue $15,000,000 in bonds. or bor- row the sum from the R. F. C., with which to complete the pur- chase of right-of-way, and start construction work.
 The measure also would ask for the return to the county of por- ton of the state highway funds, and a pledge that the state will not parallel the highway during its lifetime. The state highway com missioner would be commissioned to supervise the construction.
 The highway, when completed. will be toll road. It will run from the New York state line to the Milford town line and the Housatonic river.
 Communists are active in Aus tralia.
 Glasgow has a public graft scan-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09

Groton, Mass, May 9-UP)- The Rev Sherrard Billings,74, one of the founders of exclusive Groton school, where two of President Roosevelt's sons are students, died at Brooks house on the school grounds here today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09
Governor Cross Has
 Issued Beer Edict
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erns. which may have bars, only heer may. be sold, however. Restau- rants, hotels and cafes may sen beer and wine with food only.
 The liquor control act, which was adopted in the legislature aIter long bitetr right. also provides TOT control of hard liquors in event oi repeal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09
POLISH CABINET RESIGNS

Warsaw, May 9.-(UP)-The Polish cabinet resigned today. The cabinet was formed in May, 1881, with Colonel Alexander Prystor as prime minister and has been re. constructed several times. Marshall Joseph Pilsudski, Polish dictator, was minister of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09
Speedy Justice
 for Kidnapers

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-09

Communists are active in Aus tralia.
 Glasgow has public graft scan- dal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17
PREVENT ANOTHER WAR

How to cut down governmental expenses is q
major problem of the moment. This has encouraged
the publication of a revised and enlarged edition of
CONGRESSMAN James NJ. Beck's Our Wonderland Of
Bureaucracy" Beck has been the chief thmderer
against the evils and expense OF what he terms the
growing bureaucracy and state socialism in the Amer
lean federal system.
Mr.. Beck presents an impressive statistical pic
ture of our increased expenditures, especially since
1911 interlarded with the pquan rhetoric for which
he so Justly is famous He sails into the examples
of state socialism" such as the shipping board the
farm board and the like.
He lambastes the federal government for entering
into competition with private business, ard even
assaults the posoIoe department with its horde of
overworked and underpaid funcuouarles. as one of
the most exrayagant OF all departments Of the gov
ernment."
The congressman is especially hot against gov
ornamental activity which directly indirectly may
benefit the mass of Americans
Now any exposure of governmental extravaganza
is especially timely right now. but for two good rea
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY

The new war department appropriation bill does
not augUr well for fulhllment Of Democratic econ
omy pledge.
The victorious party promised during the cam
paign to cut federal expenditures 25 per cent. 1t
already is in control of the house of representatives
but one of the worst swollen items of the budget
it recommends economics OF only an innnitesimal
fraction of 1 per cent
The Democrats abandon the fight they carried
on with much reason and courage last year for
reduction Of the officer personnel of the army, and
follow the amazing course of increasing by more
than 100000 the amount President Hoover con-
sidered sufficient for the national guard
A years study has convinced most of those work.
ing with the problem that further large economies
not be made in the civilian branch of federal
government. When the economy drive began mill
tary expenditures were taking approximately So per
cent of the annual cost Of operating the government
Civilian departments were receiving about IS per
cent of this total And in the last two years it is
this second group-the civilian government-that
has borne the brunt Of budget cuts.
Little visible progress is being made toward re-
duction Of the staggering annual expenditure for
veterans Proposals to reduce the $7OO0OO0OO in
terest charge, by refnancng the public debt at a
lower interest rate are receiving little serious con-
sideration.
And now the third big budget item escapes I'M
scathed from the pruning knife.
If party platforms to be more than scraps
of paper and party leaders more than campaign
come-on men, real savings must be made, not sham
ones, no matter what obstructive pressure infu-
ence is brought to bear.
1t is a strange type of mind that fails to grasp,
these tragic times that money saved the taxpayer
or money spent to assure Americans three meals a
To ic o+iO
defense than large expansive army.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17
THE STIMSON DOCTRINE STANDS

The state department chose the proper moment
to reafIum the Stimson doctrine of nonrecognition
of the fruits of conquest. Rumors we're current in
European capitals that the United States with
drawing from its far-eastern policy support of the
treaties
Significantly these rumors were timed to coin
eide with the latest pro-Japanese move of the major
powers to prevent effective league action.
The state department has instructed its diplomats
to inform the powers that the Stmson policy stands
If the powers decide to continue their treaywreck
ing policy in support of Japanese militarism they at
least will not be able to do so under pretense of
American acquiescence
Obviously, Japan feels certain that Great Britain
and France will pull the teeth of the league Other
wise, Japan hardly would have chosen the precise
time of the meeting of the league committee Of
nineteen on the Manchurian dispute for her new
conquest of Jehol.
In fact the major powers the league commit
tee recently sent to Japan a draft resolution, in
effect throwing down the leagues Lytton report and
emitting virtually everything to which Japan OBJ
jected in the original draft.
This was done even without informing the Chi
nese delegate who protested this committee par
tsanship at the opening session in Geneva Monday.
The smaller nations, led by Spain, are in favor Of
uphoding the league covenant and the Kellogg
treaty, but to date the big powers have been able
to dictate to the league.
1t has been said that the powers were encour-
aged in their anti-treaty tactics by the Washington
stalemate occaSoned by the change in adninistra-
lions. That sounds reasonable.
But the small chance that the next administra-
ton might join the foreign powers in ignoring the
treaties is even smaller that Secretary stimsOn
and Mr. Roosevelt have held their conference.
1t is certain that Secretary Stimson would not
have reafIirmed the American policy if the Presi-
dent-elect had been hostile to such course.
Indeed no administration honoraby could re-
woke the Stimson policy without formally abrogating
the treaties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17

sons Mr.. Beck is not the to write such book.
In the first place, he and those like him back in
19l4-17 were the men primarily responsible tor the
vast increase in our current federal expenditures
which he now so doorously deplores.
Beck was probably the foremost OF those who
misrepresented the issues Of the World and
helped us spill our blood and waste our fortunes to
restore Asace-Lorraine to France, to grab the Ger
man colonial empire for the British empire, and to
attempt to confer the Straits upon the Romanofs.
And he is still regenerate Not so long ago he def
nitey asserted that he would do it all over again
if he had opportunity.
AS a result Of this fatal bias, Mr.. Beck gives a
totally false impression Of the fundamental respon
sibuty for alarming growth of federal expenditures
He would shift the blame from his own shoulders
to those Of men like Senators La Toilette Wagner,
ct al who propose to use federal funds 10 benefit the
common people, and to the politicians who are look
ing for petty jobs for hungry constituents.
More important STILL ne gives the impression that
it is the philosophy Of state socialism which is about
to undo the soIvency of Uncle Sam, when it is &C
tually the philosophy of militarism which has we'll
nigh ruined him already and may well throw him
into pauperism in the near future.
A few figures here will prove Illuminating. Back
in 1916, the last year before we entered the war; we
had a federal budget of only $782 534546 Our ma
tionaI debt-$1 225 145 568-was mere trfe for so
rich and prosperous state. It was only s1186 per
capita.
Our federal tax rate was far lower than that of
any other great modern nation. We were enjoying a
progressive administration which seemed destined to
work out a socio-political system embodying some
measure Of efficiency and aecency within the gen.
eral framework Of capitalism 1t is doubtful if the
United States was at any other time SC prosperous
and promising as in the autumn Of 1916
BY 1880, federal expenditures to use Mr.. Becks
own figures, had skyrocketed to $4,174546 and they
have shot up still further since. And we have great
national debt-$168 O1 485143 in Exchanging like
milestone about necks. 1t will be carried by
our grandchildren 1t is s1344O per capita
1t is not the liberal senator's the bonus boys" or
the "bureaucrats" of 1888 who are primarily to
blame 1t is the patrioteers Of 1914-17 OF whom Mr.
Beck was the drum major.
Further it is not humanitarianism which will
undermine us, but militarsm In fact, it was the
surrender to militarism which made it so diff
cult for us to find money to support humanita-
ranism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17
It Seems to Me . by Haywood Broun

because many Of the forces behind
the campaign for freedom are
purely selfish. I think it is a great
evil for any nation to do a wrong
thing for its own advantage. But
I think it is not only evil, but in
sane for a country to do a wrong
thing which also works against it's
own best interests.
And so those who fight for
Philippine independence because
of mercenary reasons should not
be denied a place in the ranks.
I think I fairly may assert a
claim to being diSinterested. Not
by the most elaborate system of
bookkeeping can I figure that I
will be a nickel better off or worse
after our divorce from the far
flung islands. And so I think that
I am moved chiefly by the notion
that the FilipinoS should be free
because they desire freedom.
1 never was much moved by any
Of the arguments which contended
that we should keep tight hold be-
cause freedom would be bad for
the islanders. That may be so. I
don't profess to know. But freedom
is bad for many peoples, and yet
it is essential.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17
Just Plain Sense
). BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

NTOW and then we must be thankful for in
~ hibtions 7 believe am right in saying that
the reading public is bored with the love lives of
those individuals who feel urged to set them down
in print
Anyway it is a distinct relief to get the auto
biography of Mary Austin-who grew up in the re-
ticent period-and who consequently keeps her love
affairs to herself, While she writes entertainngly
and often excellently of the profounder things Of
the human soul.
The trend in literature seems to be away from
the sex stuff with which are all surfeited And
that indeed is a blessing.
How does a person acquire the idea that all
the world is interested in his or her sexual re-
actions? The only love life that could by any
stretch of imagination be called by such name is
one that is clothed in decent privacy.
The minute you expose the delicate emotions of
the heart to the curiosity of the multitudes. you
have not love, but exhibitonism.
A ND what circus parade what a pageant of
heart throbs we have witnessed during re-
cent years! So continuous and so many have they
been that they have left US skeptcal Of sincerity
We have been so busy dissecting sex that we have
forgotten there is such a thing as love that
transcends the physical.
We have wallowed in the gutter, and our loves
have become gutter loves-vacilating, short-ived,
Indispensable without meaning and without value
What this orgy of dirt and indecency has done to
us, only the future can TELL but that it has not
helped our character or contributed to our hap
pness already is a certainty
Love that is ballyhooed on every street corner
is not likely ever to prove durable worth having
The truth is that the spasnlodic emotionaIsm so
much exploited by certain type Of writer is some
thing far removed from love, SO far removed in
fact that they who talk about it most are in
capable Of understanding it.
Their words mean nothing. True love does live
in the hearts and souls of and women. But in
its finest form, it always is inartlculate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17

T CAN NOT get the point of view
IL Of those who wish to retain
the Philippine islands. Once upon
a time there was Warlike group
which contended that Manila
would be an essential coaling sta
ton for us if we were engaged in
a far eastern war, but now the
military and the naval men seem
to be agreed that the islands
would be handicap rather than
a help in case of conflict.
Nor is there much appeal any
more in the cry that the Aneri-
can flag once raised never must
be hauled down. Upon the part
of the public at least the i'm
perialistic urge which swept the
country during the Spanish
American war has slowed down to
a walk.
This seems to be an era in which
empires fare not so very well,
and the American experiment as
a colonizer has not been a happy
one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17
TUESDAY. JAN, IT. 1898.
TAXES AND STANDARDS

Just how far will the standards Of government
be reduced before they meet the capacity Of the
people to pay taxes?
The question is fast becoming more than an
academic one and frantic, desperate business
men and farmers and home owners are trying to
devise means and plans to balance the tax budget
with their capacity to pay
The suggestion that those who have escaped tax
alton for years through putting their wealth into
so-callcd intangbles instead of real property Will
strike many not only just but necessary
AS against the sales tax, which is wrong, as Gov
ernor McNutt declared in principle, it has much
to commend it. And incidentally, any method which
is wrong in principle is worse in an emergency.
Then its results mean disaster.
That the business interests of the state look
upon any sales tax as increasing their difficulties
and inviting bankruptcy for many independent
merchants should carry some warning to the legis-
lature.
Above all else, there is a growing sentiment that
ell tax legislation and appropriations must re
duced to the simple terms of capacity to pay.
The local units of government carry huge bond
ed Indebtedness The interest charges on these debts
take precedence over all other expenditures Of gov
eminent. They come ahead Of wages and salaries
and services that have become essential to orderly
living.
The amount of income of the state from all
sources has been cut almost in half. Cutting taxes
in half would mean more than cutting down half
the ordinary functions 1t would mean more than
cutting out half the teachers, half the policemen
half the sanitary workers and health facilities.
For after the interest charges on debt are paid,
there would be only enough left to pay about one
fourth of the ordinary charges
Poor relief costs mounting and under the
law these must be met 1t would be too dangerous
for those who have wealth not to pay these.
In such q situation it might be the part of wis
dom, while trying to decide what to keep and how
to pay to start something to put men back to work.
This city and other cities can borrow from the
government for sef-hqudating projects. 1t might
be better to pledge the future for such projects and
put some men back to work and thus increase the
purchasing power of the public before utterly aban-
doning the standards of government and the educa-
tional systems. The policemen, of course, will be
kept. They are necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17

on the disease, estimated its in
cidence ct from 100000 to 100000
cases, and nearer the latter figure
than the former"
DR.. Hoffman gives statistics to
show why he does not think the
increase i'll the disease can be ex-
planned solely by an increase in
the average age Of the population.
The proportion of population.
age q and over, increased only
from SIS per cent in 1920 to 594
per cent in 1880" he says. The
population, age rs and over. in
creased from IA per cent to 16
per cent.
During the same eleven years.
the diabetes death rate of fifty
American cities increased from
1873 per 100000 to 22.6, and as
stated before, to 24.6 in 1881"
DR.. Hoffman says that manv
medical authorities now are con-
WINGED that there is a correlation
between obesity or overweight
and the incidence of diabetes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17
OlCners Of Cash HAq It Tight

TWO years boarding L people
would loosen told and their
the credit situation presently would right itself
I believe that
took this advice but matter Of knowledge
huggng
did.
Land buildings
Hoarded cash credit help
process who who keep
making profit without effort.
Speaking loosely the man worth 100000 IN real estate four years
100000
S he
farmers professional gradually
being the which they
increasing and markets drying up because
Of reduced buying
Only those in possession Of actual money are better on and they
In the end. wealth must
enterprise for security
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17

EVEN as a child, Robert Louis
H Stevenson was frail, and
often had to be kept prisoner in
his room. In the twilight he loved
to press his little face against the
window-pane and watch the
lamp-lighter lighting the lamps in
the street.
What are you doing, Roberto"
said his nurse, who caught him
watching the magic scene.
I'm watching the man knock
ing holes in the darkness" said
the boy.
After all, what is all our edu-
cation, our science, our philan-
thropy, but so many ways of
knocking holes in the darkness Of
ignorance, of fear, Of misery
round about us? Our religion,
too. has no other meaning when
it is real and works every day
that is what it adds up to in the
end.
MY late friend General Booth,
Of the Salvation Army, told me a
story about the famous singer,
Jenny Lind, which proves the
case.
Jenny LIND met an old wo-
y man going to the poorhouse,
gave her a coin, and talked with
her near the gate. The old woman
thanked her warmly, and said that
people were very kind and God
truly was good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17

This is the first of five special articles
by DR.. Fishbein on the nature of pneu-
monia, its treatment and precautions TO
curb its spread.
DNEUMONIA, the most serious
Il acute disease which confronts
the physician today, is taking its
toll again.
At this season, with the increas-
ing cold and exposure, and with
an epidemic of influenza striking
in various parts of the country,
the number Of pneumonia cases
increases rapidly and also the
number Of deaths.
In some localities, fatalities have
been the heaviest in years. The
number Of deaths varies from year
to year, apparently related to the
severity Of climatic conditions and
also perhaps to changes in the
nature Of the germ that causes the
disease.
This germ is known as the
pneumococcus a round germ
which passes with the discharge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-17

XXTE critical point in this cancerous growth OF
w the
value relation with the value OF other things
stabilized which
possible
Iaboring merchant get five
many debt and transact bust
before.
France the gold standard her credit
extent but her credit structure and her industrial
system a favorable
declare gold worth $40 instead
and thereby make it twice for the aver
citizen
dollar by cent
but that happened wheat cattle labor real
estat practically everything else.