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Evening star., 1934-12-25
MEXICAN GUERILLA WAR
REPORTED AFTER RAIDS
Robbery of Police Stations for
Ammunition Seen Part Of
Revolutionary Plans.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NOGALES, Ariz., December 25.-
The Nogales Herald says rumors per-
sist along the border that the raid on
the police station at Navojoa, Sonora,
Mexico, early last Friday, in which
three persons were reported killed, Is
the beginning of progressive guerilla
warfare which may spread to revo-
luton proportions.
There were numerous reports, all
unconfirmed, of a plan afoot to con-
tinue the raids on police stations of
small towns until enough a,nmuni-
ton and firearms equipment are re-
ceived to permit those back of the
raids to operate on bigger scale.
Much Of the unrest, about which
rumors were heard, is said to exist
among the Indians in Southern S.
nora, but the alleged organized plan
was not attributed to any particular
group.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
School Benefit Arranged.

GAITHERSBURG, Md, December
Is (SpeciaD With william Boland
as chairman of the Committee on Ar
rangements, a dance will be sponsored
by the young people Of Gaithersburg
and vicinity in st. Martins Hall here
tomorrow from to IL o'clock. Pro-
ceeds are for the benefit of st. Mar
tins Parochial School.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
Cuban Ambassador to Sail.

HAVANA, December Is R.-The
Cuban department of state yesterday
announced receipt of a cable from
Guillermo Patterson y de Jadregui,
Cuban Minister in London, saying he
would sail for New York January Is
to take up his duties as Cuban Am
bassador to Washington, succeeding
the late Manuel Maruuez Sterling.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
/ STATES ADOPT
OLD-AGE PENSIONS
Gain in Social Legislation
Cited by Welfare
Director.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 25-A rapid
increase in the number Of States which
have enacted old age pension legis-
lation in the last two years is shown
in a survey made by DR.. Marietta
Stevenson, assistant director of the
American Public Welfare Association.
Laws for the payment of old age
pensions were passed in u States in
1888 and 1884, compared with a total
of l8 States in the preceding 10 years,
the survey showed, and prospects of
Federal legislation on the subject have
induced other States to give the plan
early consideration.
State and local taxes were used to
finance all the old age pension sys-
tens now in force, with some States
permitting the city and county Off
cials to make payment to the per-
sons they deem are in need. The re-
cent trend, however, has been toward
the compulsory law.
States Aid In Financing.
DR.. Stevenson's report called atten-
ton to the fact that since 1928 the
States have increased their RESPONSE
bility in financing the pensions. Wis
conSin was the only State to provide
financial assistance from State funds
in 1928, but today 13 Of the 20 States
with pension laws give State aid TO
localities, and States use State funds
entirely
DR.. Stevenson said she believed
laws which required pensioners to
have lived IS to IS years In a State
and IS years in the community will be
hberahzed II Congress adopts a ma
tional old age pension plan.
Age Limits Set.
The survey revealed that Is States
set 10 as the age for the beginning of
pension payments; II set it at IS; and
one. North Dakota, sets it at SO.
Maximum pensions range from $3.50
year in North Dakota to 81 a day
In nine other States. Massachusetts
has no maximum limit while Arkan-
sas pro rates its fund among pen
sioners.
Pension applicants in PENNSYLVANIA
and Virginia must be totally INDECENT.
In nine States pensions are granted
only to persons whose capital assets
do not exceed $1,000 Among these
States are California, Michigan and
Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
MERCHANT RECEIVERS
900 LEFT IN GARBAGE
New Yorker Arrives at Inciner-
ator Just in Time to Sal.
wage Currency in Box.

BY the Associated Press.
YONkERS, N. Y. December as
Christmas was almost day of sorrow
Tor Samuel Scharfstein, merchant.
He had $1,000 in an old cardboard
box in his store and when he went
to look for it yesterday the box was
gone. Scharfstein thought he had
been robbed, until one Of his clerks
remembered seeing the box in a pile
OF refuse which had been collected
by garbage truck.
Scharfstein hurried to the CITY
incinerator and arrived Just as the
truck was about to dump its load
into the furnace. Scattered among
the debris were crisp new bills.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
BAD NEWS REMOVED
FROM FRONT PAGE
Missouri Newspaper Presents One
Sheet "Clear of Unsavory and
Unpleasant" Events

BY the Associated Press.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo, December
25.-No "unsavory and unpleasant"
news appeared yesterday on the
front page of the Poplar Bluff Amer
ican Republican.
The newspaper five years ago inaug-
urated a policy Of not printing crime
and tragedies on page ! the day
before Christmas.
Said j. H. Wolpers, publisher: "It
Is refreshing on one day Of the year
at least to have page / clear of un-
savory and unpleasant news"
Evening star., 1934-12-25
"SELF-DEFENSE" PLEAS
SEND TWO TO JAIL
Knife Weilders Fail to Impress
Alexandria Judge Who I'm
poses 3-Month Terms.

BY Stan correspondent OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 25.-
To put stop to claims of self
defense offered by colored partici-
pants of Saturday night cutting
scrapes, when hailed in court Monday
mornings, Judge F. G. Duvall yester-
day presented Christmas presents Of
three months in Jail to pair Of al
legged knife wielders.
When Elizabeth Ford stated that
she acted in "self-defense" after being
cut by Ernest Dixon, and Dixon also
claimed self-defense" on the grounds
that he was cut first by Elizabeth, he
decided the practice had gone far
enough.
you are both sentenced to three
months in jail for "self-defense," he
Evening star., 1934-12-25
JAlLBREAKERS GO HOME
Leave Note Wishing Judge and
Marshal "a Merry Christmas"

sHARPSBURG. Ky. R.-Two
prisoners who broke out of the
Sharpsburg Jail, left Police Judge
]. c. Nelson and Town Marsha. Leon
ard Howard this Christmas greeting:
I'VE have gone home for Christmas.
May both of you have a merry one
and q happy New Year"
The prisoners, Earl Call and Ad-
rian Kerns. serving sentences for
drunkenness, broke a bolt on the
jail lock. Judge Nelson said no effort
will be made to capture them until
after the holidays.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Peace on Earth Note
Weak as Nations Oh.
serve Christmas.
BY PAUL MALLON.


TINE Christmas eve bells did not
seem to have the same ring in
Washington this year. Diplo-
L matte interference is in the
air. The message Of peace on
earth is raspcd by international static
The goodwill -toward-me part of 1t
has been lost in the din of news about
navies, naval bases, eliminating war
profits, storing tin, and, most impor-
tant, the terrific detonation Of the
London naval conversations.
You can get hint Of how serious
all this static is from the fact that the
most responsible authority here has
twice cautioned newsmen within the
last three weeks to avoid belligerent
talk He has also mourned the intem-
perate language Of certain Congress-
men. You can have one guess who
he Is.
That does not mean ,oar is near.
1t simply means that the potDder
barrels OF the world are being
filled and the time has come for
everyone to stop throi0ing verbal
matches around.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
CROSSING PERIL TO END

Overhead Bridge to Be Erected
at Gaylord, Va.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, December 25.-
Senator H. F. Byrd has been assured
by Henry G. Shirley, State highway
commissioner, that an overhead
bridge will be erected by next Spring
at the railway crossing at Gaylord,
Clarke County where an elderly Phila-
delphia couple met death Thanksgiv-
ing day.
Evening star., 1934-12-25
Hurt in Misletoe Hunt.

PARIS, KY. R.-Aylette Buckner,
Bourbon County farmer, spent Christ
mas day in a hospital here. He suf-
fered broken arm and dislocated
collarbone when he fell from a tree
from which he was gathering mistle-
toe.
Evening star., 1934-12-25

second three giant skorky clipper ships arrived
stratons before Navy aviation officials starting
capable
training
A. Ndusk pilot
be the Of this
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Petition Of Custer
Denied By Court

applications are on file in the town
clerks office. 1t Is undisputed that
this is the fact. There Is no alleg-
alton however that the defendants
failed to file such applications with
the town clerk which is not sur.
prising when 1t is remembered the
plaintiffs contention is that no
such applications in fact, existed.
In any event the allegation Is not
sufficient to support a claim of
violation of General Statutes 705.
Those 5000 Names
Turning to the amendment
that the names of 5000 voters ap.
pear on both the democratic and
republican lists for 1898; assuming
that this means the names are the
same names, the defendants con-
tend the claim is premature be-
cause they have under the General
Statutes 700 authority to conduct
hearings on doubtful cases up to
one week before the next caucus or
primary. 1t cannot be found. the
registrars have failed to comply
with the statutes in this respect
and it is held that this allegation
Is premature.
Turning to the facts found from
the evidence l am satisfied that no
application for erasure was made
by any of the Is persons named in
the petition. In fairness to the de-
PENDANTS it should be added that no
motive appears for wornful
'erasupe of the names.
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CONTINUED from Page ~
having these applications printed,
Will be nullified with the blanket
order granted today.
Among the applications pre-.
scented was one, giving the receiver
blanket authority to accept a Is
per cent discount on all deposits
Of the bank used for the purchase
OF any asset of the Merchants
Trust Co. excepting stocks, bonds
and real estate. anyone who
comes into possession of a pass
book of the Merchants Trust Co is
eligible to present the book for the
purchase of an asset or for pay
ment of an obligation to the closed
bank.
Another application presented
asked for compensation to 'Attor.
ney Francis r. Reeves, for serv-
ices rendered as counsel to the re-
ceiver for the six months period
ending with his retirement last
week. Attorney Reeves resigned
as counsel, to become affiliated
In a legal capacity with the SEQ
will Mfg Co. Other applications
presented by Judge Thoms related
to offsets, and foreclosure proceed
ings. Judge Dickinson reserved
decision on the compensation ap-
plication Of ..ttorney Reeves and
said he might want some testimony
next week. Judge Thoms presented
an accounting of Attorney Reeves
work, in support of the petition.
The report was fully an inch thick
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tasks. have read at least doz-
en- books on vocabulary building
and English that were written by
him and from them l have derived
much valuable material which !
use in my own classes. Each sue
ceeding work seems to surpass his
previous one. How to Use Eng
lish" and How to Speak Effective
ly' written recently by him are un-
sualified masterpieces which
should be in the possession of every
one who wishes to enhance his
English, whether spoken or writ
ten"
When DR. Vizetelly addressed
the Lions club two years ago, many
refrained from attending the func-
ton believing that talk from
such a celebrity would be very alb
struse. Those who heard him
will substantiate my statement
that he is the most affable of men,
uses English within the grasp of
sesses an inimitable sense of humor
which he uses unsparingly to the
delight of his audience. The COM
ing to this city of DR. ViZetelly will
be an event of great importance
and ! am sure our people will
avail themselves of the rare priv
ilege by being present on that
night"
Tickets for this lecture may be
had at: Davis & Nyc's, Jane KEEL
ly's, Mercy Boyd's and Wilhelm's
Inc.
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DR.. Frank. Vizetelly
Speaks Here May Fl
Duggan and Begna School Teachers to Sponsor
Address Of Celebrated Dictionary Author

Monday evening, May 81, the
people Of Waterbury will be ac-
corded q privilege Of which few
cities throughout this country can
boast. IT will have the pleasure of
hehginE that most celebrated and
ifecoenized authority on words, DIR
Frank II. vizetelly. managing edi-
tor of the Funk and Wagnails New
Standard Dictionary and author of
q multiplicity OF books, pertinent
TO English. The lecture will be
sponsored by the teachers of the
Duggan and Begnal schools.
Because Of the many duties that
are inseparably connected with his
editorial position. 1t required much
concentrated effort and dissuasive
writing on the part OF the local
committee before they could get
creasing literary work. Although
he agreed to pay this city another
visit, II was with the stipulation
that he leave for New York i'm
rnediateIy after the lecture.
Spoke To Lions
Two years ago, he gave very
interesting talk on words" to the
Lions Club. His coming to Water
Wilhelm a member of the. local
Lions organization, whose wife is
niece Of the famous DIR V.zetelly.
All who were fortunate enough to
hear him on that occasion spoke
IN unstinting terms of his wonder
ful personality and Of his ability as
a speaker, and they are all looking
Forward with much pleasure to be-
ing entertained again by him. This
year his subject will be Words,
What We Have Done With
Them" He will also speak on the
.vocabulary of the average man and
mas promised to take the audience
Through his own garden OF
words."
z When John q. Gilmartin. our
local authority on words. was
asked his opinion Of DR. Vizetelly
as q photographer, he remarked
1t would be about as easy for him
to construct square circle as to
give even an approximate apprais-
al Of this mans status in the field
of words.
" ITO find greater authority on
words than DR. Vizetelly would be
h practical impossibility. The peo-
pie in general have only an made
>quate conception Of his intellec-
-tual magnitude and his multiple
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THREE YOUTHS GO
TO HIGH COURT
CONTINUED from Page 1.

Finding probable cause, Judge
McGrath bound over to the next
term of superior court the three
youths arrested early yesterday
morning for alleged participation
in a Spring street robbery. Bonds
of $4,000 each were set for each
of the trio, Edward Hayes, 81, of
46 Jewelry street; Louis Colella, II,
of 2 Morgan place, and Joseph
Griffin, Ii, of 83 Scovill street. I'm
able to furnish the bonds, the
youths were taken to New Haven
county Jail to await the June term
of superior court.
John F. Meehan of 118 Maple
street. victim of the alleged rob-
berry, identified the three youths as
those who dragged him into an
alleyway off Spring street and as
saulted and robbed him. He said
that he lost.a pocket lighter and
about sixty cents in change, the
lighter being found on Hayes per-
son when he was arrested.
According to the story told by
the accused trio, Hayes and the
complainant began to fight after
Hayes had asked for light.
Colella. they claimed. attempted to
halt the battle, while Griffin had
no part In the scuffle whatever.
They denied having rifled Meehan's
pockets. Under cross exaInination,
however, Hayes could not account
for the means by which the lighter
got into his pocket.
This man might have had a
couple of hundred dollars in his
pockets instead of few cents"
said Judge McGrath, land this Is
serious charge. I'll bind them
over to the next term of superior
court"
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Most Reu. Maurice
McAulihe Is Named
tt.ontinued from Page u

Of Philadelphia had been appoint
ed Bishop of Hartford.
The news" caused no little sur
prise throughout Connecticut. Phil
adelphia. Hartford and Washing
ton were deluged with kilograms
seeking information Local clergy
were actually amazed by the an
nouncement: some appeared keen
ly disappointed in the contempla-
ton of the thought that perhaps 1t
had been decreed that Bishop Nc
Auliffe was not to become Ordin-
airy of the diocese; a few of his
closest friends chung to the hope
that an error had been made and
declined to accept the announce
ment as Official. Their hopes were
later realized and their confidence
in the ultimate elevation of Bishop
McAuliffe
New Prelate
Born and bred in this state, and
living for years almost under the
shadow of the great cathedral
which is the key church Of the
diocese, Bishop McAuliffe has an
understanding and appreciation of
problems peculiar to the territory
which makes up the diocese of
Hartford.
The new Ordinary has friends by
the hundreds all over the state of
Connecticut. Rich and poor alike
are among those who have felt the
personal charm, the executive abiI-
ity and the lofty character of the
man who becomes leader of one of
the country's largest and most
powerful dioceses.
Eroy, h =, .,o,,tl,F,,I
dent in Hartford he has shown the
character and promise which have
resulted in the great honor bestow-
ed upon him by His Holiness, the
present Pope. Born in the capital
city of the state SO years ago, he
was the son of two devout Cath
olics, Daniel and Catherine Noonan
McAuliffe.
In his years as a grammar school
student and as pupil at Hartford
high school, he displayed qualities
of diligence. ability and adapta bill
ity. In 1894 he entered Mt st
Mary's college at Emmitsburg. Md,
studying there year before he de-
cided to begin his philosophical
and theological studies -.
Studied Abroad
Exhibiting great brilliance, he
was named one of a chosen few
and assigned to study at European
seminaries, studying in France
and in Germany. He was ordained
to the priesthood 33 years ago at
Eichstaedt. Germany.
Returning then to his native do
Cese, he was made a member Of
the faculty at st Thomas seminary
where his fluency in foreign Ian
suages led to his being chosen as
professor of modern languages. The
late Bishop Tierney, in 1906, named
Father McAuliffe to the vice-pres-
idency of the seminary. During Is
years as vice president he aided
greatly in the development Of the
diocesan seminary.
In 1921. he succeeded Rev DR.
Robert Fitzgerald as president of
the seminary and almost immedi-
ately began making plans which
resulted eventually in the building
cf the beautiful new st Thomas
Nminary at Bloomfield.
With the appointment of Most
Rev John G. Murray as bishop of
Portland. the then Msgr McAuliffe
was consecrated auxiliary bishop
of the diocese. Working willingly
and patiently he lifted from the
shoulders of the late Bishop Milan
many of the more laborious
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desperate fugitive, in his brazen
defiance of a myriad hunters.
The intensity of the hunt re-
suited in the reporting of hun
dreds Of clues as to the Dillinger
gangs hiding place. In northern
Wisconsin, where the outlaw es-
capped from a trap after a gun bat
tie, citizens shocked by the killing
Of two men and wounding of four
others. began a hunt for George
(Baby Face) Nelson, who was be-
lieved to be surrounded in the
woods near Fifield.
Federal, state, city and county
authorities throughout the mid
west pursued clues to the outlaws
whereabouts without success. The
five who figured in recent episodes
of the feared +" machine gunner's
career meanwhile felt the lash Of
public indignation.
The latest to come under criti-
cism was DIR N. G.. Mortenson, st
Paul city health officer, for whom
United States District Attorney
George F. Sullivan said he would
ask an indictment. Mortenson was
suspended from his position after
be revealed that he treated Dill
niger and his lieutenant, John
Hamilton, last March Is.
The other physician, DIR Clayton
May of Minneapolis, likewise faces
with his nurse. Mrs Augusta Salt.
charges of harboring a criminal in
connection with his treatment Of
one of Dillinger's wounds later that
same month.
The red-heads are Evelyn Fres-
Ghetto, former Dillinger sweet
heart. and Beth Green, widow of a
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There was no primary contest
and presumably republican regis
trRr would not deliberately and
Illegally remove from his caucus
list republican voters. The. re-
movals or erasures were made
however, by the republicans regis
trar and 1t was to him that written
applications for removal of names
from his list would come. While
as one of the two registrars he
may have had constructive notice
Of the names upon the republican
list it. Is found that his connection
with the erasure of the names in
volving no change in his list was
not sufficient to brand him with
failure to faithfully discharge his
duties.
FOR It hardly can be held as
the petitioners contend that y fall
ure to carry out the provisions
of the statute in any event is u
violation of it. To use for example
the suggestion Of. the defendants
counsel that some person forged
the signatures of the persons re-
moved on written applications If
1t appeared this was done and they
were reasonably accepted as gen.
aAhO ny a AC6A0tL 0Ilu uC dCLcu
upon them it would be literally a
breach of the statute but surely noe
such a one as was contemplated y
the legislature in its enforcement.
"A reasonable Interpretation of
the removal statute is that a regis
trar may be removed for breach
of 1t by malfeasance or mis-
feasance, for intentional violation
or for failure to faithfully perform
the duties he has sworn to dis
charge. That the republican
registrar was careless in the dis
charge of his duties may be gath,
cred from his own statements, let
alone the evidence offered by the
plaintiff.
is conflict of authority
upon the question of whether a
public officer may be removed for
misconduct occurring in previous
term. It can hardly be said the
facts warrant a finding of moral
delinquency. AS has been noted,
no motive for deliberate erasure
Of names appears in evidence and
no harm has resulted from it al
though the possibility of harm
arising from it Is apparent.
"The hearing disclosed care-
less administration of the Office
and division of work between
the registrars that apparently is not
contemplated by the statutes, par.
ticularIy in regard to the duplica :
ton of names on the list"
The petition against the regis
trars was brought by Attorney
Nathaniel r. Bronson and Attor-
ney j. Warren Epson, in behalf Of
the petitioners. Corporation Coun-
sci Charles S. O'Connor and Attor-
ney Vincent A. Scully appeared
for the defendants with Attorney
Albert w. Hummel assisting in be-
half of Mr. Faller.
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duties in connection with the man.
agement of diocesan affairs.
Expect Him to Carry On
With Bishop McAuliffe as its
leader and director, the diocese an
ticipates even further progress
along the lines laid out so soundly
by Bishop Milan. Interested espe-
cially in education, the new bishop
will undoubtedly emphasize that
part of the diocesan program, par
ticularly in the high school and
college field.
He has also ..iown intense inter-
est in the Diocesan Bureau of So
cial Service and will in. all proba
bility make further expansion Of
its programs of activity.
Possessed Of a ready enthusiasm
tempered with the knowledge of
experience, the new bishop was the
logical successor to the late pre-
late. Decidedly different in tenn
permanent from the late Bishop Nj
Ian, he is like him in the faith he
has in the diocese, in the love of
established American institutions,
in the regard for impartiality in
diocesan activity and in many 9TH
err respects.