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The Washington times., 1934-02-12
POOR TRANSIT
EXPLAINED

Failure of officials Of the Capt.
tai Transit Company to foresee
and provide for increased demand
for service was blamed for in
adequate street car service in a
public statement issued today by
Riley E. Elgen, acting chairman
of the Public Utilities Commission
Mr.. Elgen also blamed the use
of street cars during recent bad
weather by numbers of persons
who normally use their own cars.
Other conditions which he holds
accountable for poor service in
clude the use of street car tracks
by motor traffic, the blocking of
traffic lanes by trucks and deliv-
cry wagons during rush hours, and
the use, during emergencies, of
old and unSanitary equipment.
Mr.. Elgen asserted that in
creased patronage due in part to
an upward trend in employment,
to increased advantages due to
free transfers since the street car
merger, and to use of weekly
passes. The commission is making
a survey Of the service and has
been assured by the company that
conditions will be improved as
rapidly as possible, Mr.. Elgren
said.
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PRISONER
! TAKEN To !
SENATE ! !;
II Il BAR |
Court Imposes Penalty M
Defendant for Contempt
in Plea for Writ "A
By IntornatIOnal News servi6s

Under dramatic circunl-
stances, probably unprecs"
dented in the National Capt.
tai, former Assistant Secretary
of Commerce William P. Mas
Cracker was arrested today
by Senate Sergeant-at-Arms
Chesley w. Jurney, on con.
tempt charges.
The arrest was made in tfIU
clerks office at the Federal court
house. Hundreds Of spectators
looked on. Mr.. Ju1ney whisked
his prisoner Immediately to an
awaiting automobile outside and
started toward the Capitol.
Sought umsucceSsfully by Mr..
Jurney last week on a bench war
rant issued by the Senate as an
Ioutgrowth Of the airmail scandal.
Mr.. MacCracken tried an appeal
to the Federal courts. A writ OF
habeaS corpus, issued Saturday
AAASAAO Wy TCNC1 oil OuNSC ~ OOA1OS
ghue, was served upon Mr.. Jurney.
Judge DismiSses Writ
At a trial this morning, the
Judge dismissed the writ and fined
Mr.. MacCracken $100 for con-
tempt. This fine was imposed
because the Hoover aeronautic1
chief had sworn in the writ that
he was under arrest by Mr.. Jur.
ney, when testimony showed that
he was really "a trespasser" in
Mr.. Jurney's home.
Mr.. MacCracken and his at
torney, Frank l.. Hogan, sat in
the clerks office for three-quarterS
Of an hour after the fine was
imposed. During this time, they
were under the technical custody
Of a deputy marshal. and there
fore not subject to arrest by Mr..
Jurney.
Fine Is Paid
While spectators crowded every
inch OF space, Mr.. Hogan pre-.
pared a new writ Of habeaS
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WILL ROGERS
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb.
12.-What are all the hundreds
Of pilots, and the thousands Of
people who make an honest liv-
ing in the airplane business,
going to do? It's like finding o
crooked railroad president, then
stopping all the trains.
You are going to lose some
fine boys, these Army filters, who
are marvelOuSIy trained in their
line, but not in night cross -cOun-
try flying, in rain and snow. /
trust an air line for know that
the pilot has flown that course
hundreds of times. He knows it
in the dark. Neither could the
mail pilots do the Army fIiers'
stunts, and their close formation
flying.
1 do wish they would prosecute
the crook, but not make a great
growing industry where 80 per
cent are hard working and
hOnest) suffer. / hope they don't
stop every industry where they
find crOOkedness at the top.
Copyright, 1894, by MsNauEht
6yndiestS. 1ne.) a..
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many, Austria, Hungary and Bull
garia, all the countries that lost
what they wanted in the last war
and want to get it back.
All Are Panicky
In the italian camp is italy,
the country that failed to get all
she wanted out of the last war.
In the aEal> camp are Swift
zerland, Holland, Spain, the Scan
dinavian and Baltic states, all the
little countries that kept out Of
the last war and today are pan.
icky at the prospect of another.
In the English camp are the
British, the one people that live
by trade, that therefore have a
vital interest in keeping the peace.
They hold the key to peace or
war in Europe today.
Away off to one side is the
Soviet Union. too fearful Of Japan
to count in Europe save as a
mighty future force, and a threat
France hopes to use against Ger
many.
Common to every camp, and
the only thing common to them,
is fear. The French fear that
Germany rearms to crush France,
wipe out the Poles, blow up the
boundaries of the Little Entente,
unite all the 80 million Germans
under the Swastika flag, and
turn the Continent into a slave
pen under brown shirt rule.
Preventive War
The Germans fear the French
will make a preventive" war.
A preventive war is a war you
think you can win today to pre-
vent a war you fear you may lose
tomorrow. Coldly realistic Ger.
mans torment their fancies with
this picture.
The French Foreign Minister
Continued on Page 20, Col. p
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ONE RED KILLED
IN PARIS RIOT

PI-GIS, Feb. II Q.N.S.).-One
Communist was killed and several
were injured in a battle between
Communists and police, which
broke out during the nation wide
general strike today. The battle
occurred at Chaville, in the Red
Belt" between Paris and Ver-
Sailles.
The famous Bastille was fill
ing with prisoners this afternoon
as police made wholesale arrests
of strikers. Up to 2:30 o'clock
367 had been seized. There were
continuous clashes between Strik.
erS and police in all parts of the
city and suburbs.
Demonstrators overturned a mo
torbuS and set fire to it in the
Place D'Italie. Windows were
shattered in the Care Montpar
naSse and there were minor dis
orders in the fashionable Bois De
BoulOgne section.
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By H. r. KNTCKERBOCKER
Copyright, 1894. by international News
Service. Reproduction in Whole or
Part FOrbidden.)
BERLIN, Feb. IL U.N.S0
Europe is in uniform.
Will she go to war?
Jammed into a space one-third
smaller than the United States,
Europe today has six million
men in uniform parading its
streets, patrolling it's roads, doing
sentry duty on its borders, man
euvering and fighting sham bat
ties.
To get an equivalent picture
in America, a theatrical director
would have to order eight million
Americans to put on khaki. Re-
member America in war time, with
half as many soldiers. Khaki was
predominant. Double the number
Of soldiers, and the picture will
accurately reflect the military ap-
pearance of Europe today.
One Out Of Nine
One in every nine men be-
tween the ages of IS and 40 in
Europe outside of Russia is wear
ing uniform. There are SIS mil
lion men in this age group. They
range from school boys to men
about to retire. Today, in peace
time. six million of them are
wearing the field-gray, horizon
blue and khaki OF the regular
armies, the brown, black and
khaki of the irregular armies.
Europe is frightened. In her
five armed camps the Continent
today, as never before since 1914,
waits with bayonetted guns. It
waits for what?
In the French camp, still the
biggest, are France, Poland, Jugo.
slaVia, Czechoslovakia, Rumania,
Belgium, all the countries that
got what they wanted out of the
last war.
In the German camp are Ger.
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Reward Discloses Revenge
Alive After 81 Years

NEW YORK, Feb. IL Q.N.S0
A fathers iron determination for
revenge, projected "a years be-
yond the span of his own life. was
seen responsible today for the Of
fer of a reward for the solution of
a murder committed back in 1903.
Thirty-one years after Orlando
Perry Dexter, millionaire eccentric
and genealogiSt, was killed by mys-
terious rifle fire as he drove along
a road near his summer home in
the AdirondackS, a Malone IN. "
paper today published a small,
four-line ad, reading:
"a substantial reward will be
paid for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons responsible for
the death Of Orlando p. Dexter
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in September, 1903. Reply to
Room 5O7 at 1O1 Park ave., New
York."
Reporters Fastening to that
room today found it was the office
of the estate of Dexter'S father,
Henry Dexter, former president Of
the American News Co., who died
in 1910 after an exhaustive, but
fruitleSS search for his sons
SlayerS.
Dying, the elder Dexter had pro-
jected his hunt for vengeance by
stipulating that the murder in
veStigation should continue as
long as the estate existed.
A $4,000 reward was posted
during Dexter'S lifetime, and it is
believed the same sum still waits
now for any person causing an
arrest and conviction.
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GRAND JURY
To HEAR 3
GENERALS
Lobby Probe, Resuming To-
day, May Recall Woodring;
Speicher Still "MiSsing"
By international News Service

ny 4hVSEH@SAUHAA GNO"D SOA NA~~
Although their offices 10
not pass on Army contracts
and they are not implicated
in the Governments current
investigation Of lobbyists &C.
tivities in the War Depart
ment, three Of the Arrays &
highest ranking officers vol.
unteered to appear before the
Grand Jury today.
They are Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, chief of staff; Mai. Gen
Robert E. Callan, supervisor OF
the procurement Of Army sup
plies, and Maj. Gen. Hugh A
Drum, of the general staff.
Army contracts are awarded by
Assistant Secretary of War Harry
H. Woodring. He has appeared
before the jurors and is expected
TO pc calleQ again.
Long Inquiry Seen
Instructed by President Roose
velt to make a sweeping inquiry
into the claims of lobbyists that
they have Influence" in various
Government departments and can
Secure contracts" and "have
specifications changed" the Grand
Jury was expected to continue
its investigation for another week
or two.
Already the jurors have heard
representatives of automobile
manufacturers. They were called
following the reported claim Of
small clique of lobbyists that they
could "change specifications anc
secure all the contracts" in the
Army'S 10 million dollar motor1za
ton program.
Mr.. Roosevelt suspended awards
of these contracts as soon as ne
heard the automobile manu-
facturers had been approached
Oy the group.
Motor Makers Refuse
One manufacturer claimed one
of the lobbyists showed him what
purported to be the specifications
for a certain contract before il
was made public for competitive
bidding.
The lobbyists wanted a Is pei
cent cut from the cost of al
contracts they "underwrote" fol
the manufacturers but the latter
refused their bargain.
Assistant District Attorney
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PAY CUT BILL
FACES FIGHT
ON FLOOR
Restoration Bloc Girds For,
Battle When Measure
Leaves Committee

Poised for action on the in
dependent offices supply mea-
sure, carrying the controver-
Sial Federal pay and veterans
relief legislation, the Senate
Appropriations Committee will
meet today at 2 p. .,..4sa.ssa,l,
It is expected the deliberations
Of the committee over the pay
and veterans issues will be brief
today, and that by tomorrow the
bill will be reported to the Senate.
Since the committee already
has voted to restore per cent Of
the pay cut Immediately. and an
other 5 per cent on July l, relief
to the employees at least to that
extent is assured, but moves will
be made to abolish the salary re-
duction entirely.
Seek Second Vote.
Members of the restoration
group have announced they will
seek another committee vote on
repeal Of the entire pay cut, but
look for only an I'LL vote, which
j. tantamount to the defeat of the
motion.
This pay repeal bloc, however,
is hopeful that the Senate will sup
port a complete restoration motion
when it is made on the floor. They
will point out that had a full com
mittee vote been registered on the
issue, the committee more than
likely would have recommended
abolition Of the entire cut.
They suggest that with the %
members voting a tie on the is
sue. had it been possible to oo-
tain the vote of Senator Peter
Norbeck (RD of South Dakota.
who has been i'll at his home,
he would have supported the full
restorationists, and thereby broken
the tie.
Opposition Looms
It is expected to be argued by
Administration supporters when
the bill gets on the floor that
the President has indicated he is
willing to yield to the extent Of
agreeing to the Five and five"
plan of restoration, and that the
Senate should agree to that in
stead Of placing salaries back on
a 100 per cent, basis since the
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PUBL|C|T Y
CHARGED
To FL|ER
ColonePs Protest on Contract
Cancellation to Draw No
Answer From President

The White House today re-
buked Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, who addressed a tele-
gram Of protest to President
Roosevelt concerning the can
collation. of air mail contracts.
Without mentioning that Col
enel Lindbergh is an interested
party in the air mail contracts,
through his interest in aviation
companies. Stephen T. Early,
one of the Presidents secretaries,
issued a statement today init
mating that Colonel Lindbergh's
telegram was dispatched for
publicity purposes"
Courtesy Questioned
The White House statement
pointed out that Colonel Lind
bergh's telegram was made pub
lie before it had been received
by the President, saying:
Except when the sender Of
kilograms or other cOmmunica-
tiOnS act primarily for pub
licity purposes, the common
practice is to allow the Presi-
dent, when he is addressed by
them, the courtesy of receiving
and reading their cOmmunica-
tiOns before they are read by
others than the person ad-
dressed.
"In this instance, the giving
out of a telegram which bears
the name of Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, by his attorney and
legal adviser, Col. Henry Breck-
enridge, would indicate the
message obviously was sent for
publicity purpOSes-at least it
was published before it was
received by the President.
VOIDED BY FARLEY
"The Presidents executive
order, under date of February
9, was issued after the Post
master General advised the
President that all domestic
air mail contracts for carrying
the mails have been annulled.'
The Postmaster General an
nulled these contracts. Colonel
Lindbergh'S telegram is in err
rOr, in that it states the PreSi-
dent ordered the cancellation
Of all air mail contracts.
Colonel Lindbergh'S telegram
will be referred to the Post
master General and to the
Secretary of Commerce for
consideration and action"
Testimony before the Black
committee of the Senate, investi
(Conitnued on Page S, Col. ~
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Federal Pau Cutsa Weakness In Government Program

THAT NEW WEAPON WHICH COULD BE USED BOTH
DEFENsIvELY AND oFFENsIvELY, WOULD BE MOULDED
BY THE ACTION OF CONGRESS IN NETTING OUT JUSTICE TO
MILLION OF OUR CITIZENS BY RESTORING GOVERNMENT
SALARIES TO THEIR NORMAL LEVEL.
The Government be- and very properly charged
that its treatment Of its dametrcay
opposite that which it would have private employers afford their
workers.
UNDER PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES THE GOVERNMENT HAS
NO ADEQUATE REPLY TO THAT CHARGE
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Mrs. Roosevelt Sees
SQUIRRELS Are Fed

Protests that the squirrels on
the White House lawns are not
being properly fed have been m
vestigated by Mrs. Roosevelt and
instructions have been given the
White House staff to provide
nuts for the little beasts here
after.
Mrs. Roosevelt said today she
wanted friends of the White
House squirrels to know that reg
ular squirrel rations would be
provided in the future.
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I'd LIFE TERM
FOR CRAWL ORD

LEESBURG, Va, Feb. 12.-
George Crawford, Negro, found
guilty of the murder of Mrs.
Agnes Boeing Ilsley, wealthy
sportswoman, last December, and
sentenced to life imprisonment,
was quietly brought back here
today from the State penitentiary
to plead to a second indictment
charging him with the murder of
Mrs. Ilsley's maid, Nina Buckner.
1t was understood that Craw-
ford will withdraw his plea of
not guilty, plead guilty to the
charge, and be given a second
life sentence.
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champions remain silent evasvey when as
issue is raised
The issue must be eliminated the recovery plans Of the Covert
to reach their fullest accomplishment.
The method elimination simple whoehearted
support of overwhelming majority of people.
The Senate write into the first appropriation bill which
brought consideration amendment which will
salaries
WHEN THE SENATE WRITES THAT AMENDMENT IT VILE
BE FORGING A POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE WEAPON TO
BE USED IN THE RECOVERY WAR. ~
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Head of Steel Plant
Kills Self in Home

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. II
1N.S0 John L. v. Bonney, So,
prominent Columbus steel manu-
facturer, committed suicide in the
basement of his home here today
by shooting himself.
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policies with which the Government Is
fighting the Of decent living conditions require Defense
occasionally policies subjected to attacks which bring
forth gared in the full spndor of
righteous wrath
We congratulate them the successful demolition Of most Of
arguments against the Governments policy
of faction and action now''
Still constrained offer them suggestion for
with which those who would dac from the
the Government.
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Young Wife Killed
By Hit-Run DriUe1

MARTINSBURG, ". Va, Feb.
12.-Mrs. Elsie Nicely, %, was
killed, and her mother, Mrs. Jen-
ME Dixon, both of Martinsburg,
was injured when struck by hit
and-run motorist here today. Mrs.
Dixon is expected to recover.
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White House Rebukes Indy for Letter
Fear War,
100000 Men Now
Ready in Uniform

r. Kntckerbocker. brilliant foreign
correspondent of international Ne Serv he tuvels through
foreign minister's dictGtoS and poll
tans The wH be told in series OF 3 articles to
daily for sir UeekS.
Knicker6ocker wH avel than 1000 miles in search OF
the his question: His articles promise to be the outStGnd
daily feature OF the FOLLOWING the first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
Scout Rally Held
Saturday Afternoon

The Golden Eaglet badge, the
highest award in scouting, was pre-
scented two girls belonging to troops
in this district at the rally held Sat
urday afternoon at the Wildly audi
torium. The presentation was made
by Mrs william T. Leggett, Girl
Scout commissioner, and the girls
who received the awards were
Leala Emerson of the Cheshire
troop and LaVerne Bengston OF
troop 2 of All Souls church.
An elaborite pageant, which was
prepared under the direction of
Mrs Marion Jones, depicted the ac-
tivities of Girl Scouts for the year.
In addition there were exhibits by
two troops, a nature booth by troop
10 3 and a handicraft booth by
troop IS.
Ten-year stripes were awarded to
Lillian Sumner of Troop ], Oak
Vile; Capt Estella Isham of troop
/, Woodbury.. and Capt Davida
Blakeslee of troop /, Mortified.
Those awarded first class badges
were Margery Service of troop ],
First Congregational church; Ruth
Nelson, troop 8, First Methodist
church: Shirley Geghan and Mary
Azunaris of troop IL of the Third
Congregational church, Ada Hal
lock of troop 1, Oakville; Phyllis
Wilson of troop l, Cheshire, and
and Emma M. Terrill of troop 3.
Second Congregational church.
The girls who received five-year
stripes are the following: Dorothy
Worden and Edna Slater of troop
5, First Baptist church; Agnes
Fitzpatrick, May Finnan and Nor
ma Newcomb of troop 6, Church Of
the Blessed Sacrament; Dorothy
Zibell, troop Ia, SITS Peter anG
Paurs church, Evelyn Horton,
troop 1Oa, Mill Plain Union
church; Mary Azunaris. Shirley
Geghan, Laura Chapman. Edith
Krugelis and Annabelle Wood of
troop II, Third Congregational
church.
Others who received the five
year stripe are the following: Mary
Lord. Maloney of troop 6, Church
of the Blessed Sacrament; Emma
Mae Terrill of troop 3; Marie Win
zer Of troop 1, Thomaston; Mary
Hickcox and Ada Beecher of troop
13, Christ chapel; Marion Modrow
of troop ia, West Side Methodist
CuuACH,' LUNA OllllH, tTOOR ~,
First Lutheran church; Evelyn
Larraway and Ada Hallock OF
troop j, Oakville; Maude Enge.
Catherine Miner and Dorothy Par
kin of troop 1, Woodbury.; Pauline
Miller of troop 2, WATERFOWL, and
Mae Guarnari, Helen Benson, Hell
en- Taylor and Margaret Stevens
of troop 2, Thomaston. :.
Mrs Agnes Sullivan, sister OF DIR
Daniel Donahue of this city who
has been a patient at st Mary's
hospital is the guest of Mrs NJ.
Shea of Idylwood avenue for a
few da,J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
LEAVENWORTH

A meeting of the recently or
ganized Civitan club, an auxiliary
to the senior organization, will be
held in room 105 tomorrow after
noon, when plans for future activi-
ties will be discusses
1t is probable that an invitation
will be received from the senior
club for a banquet to be held in
the near future! Arrangements will
also be made for several out of
town trips. Seven members attend
ed the recent minstrel show at
Buckingham hall as the guests of
the Worden troupe.
At the present time the club has
no faculty advisor, and has been
meeting at the YMCA, but with the
change to the Leavenworth high
school rooms, it is hoped that one
of the faculty there may be per-
suaded to direct club activities.
John Burns, president of the club,
will preside at the meeting.
Members of the Chess club have
been engaged in the manufacture
| of the chess men used in the games
played weekly under the direction
of c.. w. McNiven, instructor. Be-
cause Of the prohibitive cost of the
factory made pieces the boys decid-
ed to turn out the chess-men as
| part of their class work, and have
done a very creditable job. The
pieces are made of box wood
painted black with white enamel
and are regular Jig saw formation
Several games were played follow
ing the Friday meeting.
Elton s. Wayland, his daughter,
Eleanor and Son, John of Wood
lawn terrace have returned from
a holiday sojourn at the Wayland
place in Paget, Bermuda. Mrs
Wayland is remaining for a longer
narind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
Want To Look Young?

The secret of keeping young is
to feel young--to do this you must
watch your liver and bowels
there's no need of having sallow
compleXion-dark rings under
your eyes-pimples-a bilious look
on your face-dullness-wit no
sparkle-your doctor will tell you
ninety per cent of all sickness
comes from inactive bowels and
liver.
DIR Edwards, a well-known ply
sician in Ohio, perfected a vegeta
BILE compound as n substitute for
calomel to act on the liver and
bowels, which he gave to his pa
tents for years.
DIR Edwards Olive Tablets are
gentle in their action yet always
effective. They help bring about
that natural buoyancy which all
should enjoy by toning up the liver
and clearing the system of impur-
tiles.
DIR Edwards Olive Tablets are
known by their olive color. 15c,
30c Coo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
Scout News

Moonlight marks the beginning OF
another of the courses in the lead
ership training program sponsored
by the Waterbury Boy Scout coun-
Gil, with principles of Scoutmas-
tership' having its opening session
at the headquarters in the Brown
building at 1880 O'Clock.
District Commissioner Harry 5.
Hyde will direct the course, which
includes a study of the nature OF
the boy, his activity urges and a
view of the aims and methods of
education as applied to the Scout
ing program.
Tuesday night the second session
of the course in first aid viii he
held at Boy Scout HEADQUARTERS.
This will be the last opportunity
for persons interested in this
course to register.
All persons who complete one or,
more of the courses offered will be-
awarded certificates of credit for
the Secures key or the Scoutmas-
ters key at the conclusion of the