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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
YOUTH IS HOUSED
 AT EARLY HOURS

Anderson, Ind, Jan. 26-(UP) - A jailer shook Edward Fosters red head off the pillow at 4 q. m. today because it takes a long time, with every muscle sore, to put on three pairs of pants. two shirts, two sweaters, two pairs of socks and pair of four-pound shoes.
 And Edward, 16, had to put them on, oto jail, or suffer frost bite. He has been sentenced to hike "A miles every day except Satur- day and Sunday for 60 days with 2O-pohnd sack of bricks over his shoulders.
 Caught robbing a grocery store, Edward was given the choice Of three years In reformatory or the hike over 1,440 miles. Edward chose the hike and said II got a break" He made his first trip yes terday. It took him 10 hours. 4a minutes elapsed time over snow- covered roads in 20-above weather. Judge Charles Smith. father of four children. said he conceived the unusual sentence because the best way to correct kids is to make them sick of what they have been doing. This kid was caught taking 20 hounds of groceries. thought the hikes, with that exact weight, would impress him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
MAY BEGIN WORK
 IMMEDIATELY

Washington, Jan. 26 CUP)- Plans for a coordinated national system of public power projects are to be developed with funds from the $4,8SO, 0,000 relief bill now awaiting senate action, it was learned today.
 Use of part of the appropriation in that manner would put the ad- ministration in a position to go ahead immediately with actual work without "red tape" restric- tions.
 Several surveys already have been made. There remained the embling of engineering data, drafting of plans and other details to be settled before work can be. gin.
 Under the administration plan. as explained authoritatively, exact data on Columbia river, Missouri Valley and Arkansas Valley pro- jects would be assembled as quick. ly as possible. This was said to be a matter of months only.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
TWO RELATIVES
 EXAMINE BODY
Father and Brother of Fitz= gerald Went to New
 York To-day

Patrick J. and Vincent Fitz- gerald, father and brother, respec- lively of Christopher Fitzgerald former Waterburian who is be- lieved to be one of the crew who drowned when the Ward liner Mohawk" sank Thursday night off the New Jersey coast, left at 9:30 o'clock this morning New York to view the body at the Bellevue morgue and make definite identifi- cation of the remains. Members of the Fitzgerald family here were still in hopes up to noon hour that the Christopher Fitzgerald who died in the disaster was not the former local young man.
 Patrick Fitzgerald is an employe of the city. He, his wife. the son, Vincent, and three daughters. Nora, Loretta and Margaret. all live at 127 Madison street. Another daughter, Mrs James Dillon, lives at 80 Madison street.
 Christopher Fitzgerald was born in this city and attended St Mary's 8 parochial school and Croft gram- mar school. At one time he work ed for the Waterbury Metal Hose company He left the city nine years ago but his family here did not know what he was doing until they heard that he had been drowned in the Mohawk" disaster.
 The body is at the Bellevue mor- que, East River, along with 30 other bodies that have been brought in from the sea by the U. S. coast guard cutter "Icarus."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
TRUST FUND WAS
 LEFT IN ESTATE
 OF FATHER ECAN
$5,OOO to Be Used for the Education of Youth to
 Priesthood

A trust fund of $5,OO0 for the education, of "some worthy boy'' of St Francis Xavier's school of Waterbury to the priesthood, is provided in the will of the Rev James J. Egan, late pastor of St Francis Xavier's church. The will was admitted to probate to-day by Judge Dennis J. Slavin.
 Under the terms of the will, the fund is left to Rt Rev Maurice D. McAuliffe, Bishop of the Hartford diocese for. disposition. The will drawn October 2S, 1881, beaueati1s the money to "Rt Rev John J. Ni- Ian, or his successor" Since Bish. op Milan is deceased and his suc- cessor is Bishop McAuliffe, the latter will have charge of the ad- ministration of the fund.
 Florence Egan, niece of the late priest and his housekeeper. is left $5,000 under the will.
 After several bequests to-charit- able institutions, the residue of, the estate is left to two sisters of Father Egan, the Misses Mary Egan and Anna Egan of New Efa- ven. to be divided equally between them. Both sisters are named ex- ecutrices of the estate. sS@..
 The following institutions are bequeathed the sum of $1,0O0 each: St Francis Orphan Asylum of New Haven; Sisters of St. Jo- seph Corporation, 27 Park road, Hartford, and St Augustin Noviti- ate and Normal School of West Hartford.
 Father Egan's library Is given to his assistants at St Francis xavier's church, where he was pastor from 1917. Father Egan died January 7th.
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ANOTHER SOVIET
 OFFICIAL DIES

Moscow, Jan 26 6- (UP)-Bol- shevik leaders today mourned the second of their veteran comrades to die within eight weeks-Vale- rian Kuibishev, vice premier and president of the commission of So- viet control.
 Arrangem ents were made to give him in death the highest honors that Soviet Russia can render. He will have an official funeral and his ashes will be inferred in the Kremlin wall in the Red Square.
 Kuibishev like his colleague 6ergei Kirov was a veteran bol- shevik and a member of the polit- teal bureau of the communist party which is the real governing power. Kirov was murdered De- cember l. He and Kuibishev along with Joseph Stalin and others, as youths generation ago, risked sEiieir liberty and lives to conduct what then seemed hopeless, mad light against czarism.
 Kuibishev became slightly i'll yes- terday morning. He went home to rest for a meeting of the all-union congress of Soviets, set for last night. In the afternoon he died of heart disease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
ADMIRAL COONTz
 RETIRED, IS DEAD


 Bremerton. Washington. Jan. 26 UP)-Admiral Robert l.. Coontz U. s. N, retired, Fl, former com mander in chief of the American fleet, died early today at Puget Sound Navy Yard hospital after a long illness. Admiral Coontz de- voted 50 years of his life to ser vice in the navy. He rose rapidly after graduation from Annapolis in 1885. served in the Spanish Amer ican War and was an officer in the American fett sent round the world by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. He was com missioned rear admiral in 1919, be- ing one of the few men to hold the rank. He was commander in chief of the fleet from l923-25. He was commandant of the 18th na- val district three years. He re- tired in 1928. He was national commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
BODIES EXHUMED ON BABY FARM'

Beulah, Mich, Jan 26.--(UP)- Two infant bodies, of a score ,ought by state investigators on the Q. T.. Brooks "baby farm" have been recovered by state. troopers rom their bleak snow-covered hillside graves. Judge Fred S. Lamb, Cadillac, conducting a one man grand jury. Investigation of the farm, heard five witnesses in secret testimony yesterday. Evil dence disclosed at tke sessions.
 from which public and press are barred. was presented to- a local justice of the peace who isued the elimination orders -s-
 They read in part:
 'aThere is no good reason to be- Iieve that those infants came to their death by meanSe Of svlolence or m 5consequence Of q crIminal act or acts committed by perspps un. kie5wn and that the 4pOstniorteosl examination is necessary or will aid materially in tfieS prosecution of any persons who may be charged with the deaths"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
Hauptn1ar,n AHbis To Face Crashing Attack
Prosecution Lawyers Say They Will Smash Them All
 Already Wilentz Has Begun to Crush Them; .,sx Bruno Doesn't Like That Angle :. .s..s.ss. k.
BYsSTDNEY B. WHIPPLE Cnnyrieht 1aSS by United Prcss

NNVpJAASh1 AVOU sUJ OsA~~N ~-~~S
 Bennington, N. J., Jan 26-( GU. P.)-The state will tear to pieces every alibi offered by Bruno Rich ard Hauptmann to prove he had TO connection with the murder or Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. members of prosecution counsel said to-day.
 The breakdown of the Bronx carpenters suave story of amazing profits in the stock market, his fantastic recital of deals with the mysterious Isidor Fisch, his wistful tale of domestic contentment while the Lindbergh plot was unfolding, already has begun.
 He will undergo, next Monday, the most biting, the most search ing, the most blasting cross exam ination ever levelled against an ac- cused man in the history of Amer ican criminal trials.
 He Doesn't Like It
 Hauptihann doesn't like such ex- When he is on the of fensive, when he is explaining his position under the coaching of friendly examiners, he is plausible, almost convincing. When he is at bay and fighting, his entire appearance and his entire appear to change.
 He was shocked, stunned, com pletely at Q loss for answers. when Attorney General David T. Wilentz threw into his hands the little red
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
NO POSSIBILITY
 OF JAPANESE WAR

Tokyo, Jan 26-(UP)-Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told the Ja- panese Diet today he is confident there is no possibility of war in- volving Japan during his tenure in office.
 While Hirota was speaking Jap anese- -Manchukuoan troops were hurrying to Lake Buir o nthe Man chukuoan lower Mongolian border to reinforce a border patrol which had skirmished with a band of Mongolian irregulars encamped on the frozen lake.
 At the same time a Japanese Manchukuoan regiment of 2.00O men was encamped near the Great Wall of China, behind which they had driven Chinese irregulars of the force headed by Gen. Sung Chen Yuan. governor of Chahar Province. Negotiations were anti ciDated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
YOUTH RESCUED
 THREE BROTHERS

Hazardville, Conn. Jan 26 (UP)
 Arthur Cemme, IT, risked his life to save three younger brothers and sisters when fire destroyed their home last night. Arthur was .shoveling the sidewalk when he saw flames flashing the rear of the house. The children. were listen ing. to the radio in the sitting room
 unaware of their danger. Braving the fire and smoke, Arthur led them to safety. suffering severe burns. His father and mother and four other children were away from home. The fire was believed to have started from defective oil burner in the kitchen range and caused estimated damage of $2.500.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
Final Nelvs Flashes
LARGEST AMERICAN VESSEL

New York; Jan 26.-UP)-The United States flag was raised on the 39-ton steamship Belgenland at noon today and she was re-chris- tened the Columbia and becomes the largest yes sell operating under the American flag. The Bel genland, former Red Star liner, has been trans ferred from British to American registry and will be operated by the Panama Pacific line in cruises from New York to the Caribbean start- ing February 16
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
PUSHED SISTER
 TO HER DEATH

Canaan, Conn.,. Jan. 26-(UP)-
 Edward McGinnis today was held fortrial in superior court after ne
 allegedly confessed he pushed his sister off the front porch of their
 home and causing her death from a skull fracture.
 McGinnis, taken to Litcthfield county jail in lieu of $50O0 bond. was said by police to have engaged in an argument with his sister.
 Mrs. Eliza beth Barreotis, over pos session of snow shovel early
 Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
BILL TO REGULATE
 REGISTRATION AT
 PRIMARIES URGED
Would Do Away With Af= fidayits-Only Personal
 Vote Registering

Personal registration for the primary lists and elimination of affidavits for this form of party activity plus an advancement of one month of the date on which names may be filed by those wish ing to participate in intra-party strife will be proposed in a bill to be introduced in the state legis- lature next week, it has been learned on good authority. Cor poration Counsel Charles s. O'C'on- nor is understood to be preparing the proposed measure at this time. Next Friday will be the final date for the introduction of bills at Hartford.
 The local bill will receive, 1t is understood, the support of the To- cal republican organization. At the same time, the socialist senators of Bridgeport are understood to favor similar legislation for their city despite the fact that the three so- lcialists senators. in the legislature are now listed on the republican primary list.
 At the present time the names
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
$2O,OOO IS
 ASKED FOR INJURIES
Charles J. DeIinks Is the
 Plaintiff and Conn Co Defendant
STRUCK BY TROLLEY
 AT NORTH RIVERSIDE
Knocked to the Ground and Alleges Knee Is
 Permanently Hurt

Claiming he was perma- nently injured when struck by a trolley at North River side and. Bank streets, Charles J. Delinks of this city today filed suit for $20, 1000 damages against the Connecticut Con- pany, in an action. returnable to the superior court. His left knee, he claims will re- main useless because of the injuries he suffered.
 He says he was crossing the in- tersection of Bank and North Riverside streets, November IS, 1894, when the mishap occurred. The trolley was proceeding in a northerly direction. He was knocked to the ground by the car.
 Other Injuries
 Besides the injury to his knee, the plaintiff claims he was injured about the left hip, left shoulder, CneSL ana DUCK. III duutAOH. AS SuA- ,fered contusions and abrasions about the body. -
 The defendant Is charged with negligence in that the motorman of the trolley as operating the car in a careless manner and failed to give any signal or warning of the cars approach by the sounding of any bell.
 The important cartilage of his left knee was torn and a brace will have to be worn. A false knee cap will have to be worn also.
 The suit, prepared by Attorney Francis F.. Guilfoile. is returnable to court the first Tuesday of next month. Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Jamele served the papers in the case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
OF ].
 PASSENGERS AND
 CREW ARE DEAD
Thirteen Missing and Are Believed Victims of the
 Sea Catastrophe

New York, January 26-CUP)- The United States government opened an investigation today to place responsibility for the sinking of the Ward liner Mohawk, worst ship disaster since the burning of the Ward liner Morro Castle Sep- ,tember 6. Thirty-three persons were known to be dead and 13 persons missing were believed to be dead. ,- ,-i -' .z. S-..,Y--,s, =
 While relatives of dead and missing crowded Bellevue Morgue looking for bodies of loved ones. the U. s. Steamboat inspection Ser vice summoned surviving passen- gers and crew of the ill-fated ship, and officers of the Norwegian freighter, Talisman. which rammed the Mohawk off Sea Girt, N. J., Thursday night.
 Captain Edmund Wang, master of the Talisman, will charge that the Mohawk was the victim of her own mistakes. Captain Joseph E. Wood. master of the Mohawk, will not be present to dispute the alle- gation. He went down with his ship. Only one Mohawk officer was saved. He was Chief Officer Cort M. Pederson.
 163 Were on Board
 Aboard the Mohawk when her holiday cruise to Havana was in- terrupted by disaster. were 163 persons, 53 passengers and 1lO crew. Rescue vessels, the Clyde liner Algonquin and the United Fruit ship Limon. rescued 118. One of the rescued, Earl R. Barr, died of exposure aboard the Of the 33 other bodies recoverd 10 were identified as pas and 19 as crew. Four bodies of three men and one wo- man, remained to be identified.
 The coast guard cutter Icarus came up the harbor last night with a grim cargo. Searching all day
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
MOVIE STAR ON ss.,...
 WAY TO WED

Bingham, Mass. Jan 26--(CP)-- Dean Jagger, 30-year-old movie and stage actor who played in the Broadway success, Tobacco Road" was enroute here by air from Hollywood today to wed Miss An toinette Du Pre- Lowrance, pretty 21-year-old debutante. Miss Low rance said the ceremony would be performed by Dr William H. F. Hatch. professor of literature at Harvard Theological School, at the First Episcopal Church here tonight. A graduate of Dana Hall School, Miss Lowrance herself was on the stage for two years and 1t was during this interval that she met jagger. Miss Lowrance is a daughter of Mrs John M. Lowrance of Bingham.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
CULHANE BILL TO HELP TREASURY
 OF WATERBURY
Two Million Dollars to Be
 Made If the Bill Is @
 Passed

Approximately $2,000,000 will, it is figured by Senator George T. Culhane, flow into the treasury of the city of Waterbury by next october in the event that the bill he introduced in the legislature during the past week relating tn- terest and lien fees on delinquent bills is passed. Under the pro- visions of the measure proposed by Senator Cu1hane, all interest and lien charges will be abated on back tax bills providing the face of the bills is paid by October Ist. next.
 Furthermore, according to Sem ator Culhane, the passage of the bill will give an incentive to the local banks and other holders of mortgages to lend additional mon ey to the persons owning proper ty on which they have loans. It would give them and the property owners an opportunity to start off with "clean bill of health" on October 1st. Taxes would be paid up and both the property owners and the leaders would be cleared from any tax and tax lien encum- brances. &
 In General Favor
 Feeling throughout the state is understood so far to be in favor of the measure. The local adminis-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
PARIS EXPLAINS
 THE FASHIONS

Paris, Jan. 26-(UP)-Dress- makers, opening a fortnights ser- ies of summer fashion shows, today offered the we'll dressed woman such items of apparel as:
 Spun glass lingerie which bends but does not break.
 Sweaters knitted from waxed hu- man hair.
 Frocks of sail cloth.
 Shoes whose heels are cubes or balls of mirror--like sequins on non- breakable glass.
 Evening capes and parasols of transparent paper.
 The glass lingerie is tined mod estly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
GREAT RACE HORSE DEAD

London, Jan 26.-(UP)-C. M Parson- ages Forbra, winner of the grand national steeplechase of 1882 and one of the most highly fancied possibilities for this years running of the Aintree classic was destroyed today because of broken fetlock. The accident occurred after the finish of the Winchester Handicap steeple- chase in which Forbra finished unplaced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
FOUND HIM DEAD

Meriden, Conn.,, Jan. 26-(UP)-- The continuous burning of light in the kitchen of the h O m of James J. Burke, 65, for three days aroused suspicious of neighbors who broke in and found his life. less body on a couch. A heart at. tack was ascribed as causing death. The body was frozen when discovered last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
LONG IS
 RUSHING TROOPS
 TO BATON ROUGE
Square Deal' Group Had Thrown Out of Office
 Longs Friends
BY l. I. FEMRITE

Copyright, 1885, by United Press)
 Baton Rogue, La, January 26 = (UP) Vanguard of National Guard troops ordered here to halt an uprising against the dictator ship of Senator Huey P. Long, took possession of the capitol grounds today.
 Two bus loads of guardsmen from New Orleans arrived at dawn and were Immediately posted around state buildings.
 Officers issued orders barring civilians from the grounds.
 The New Orleans contingent was the first of four companies ordered here after the ''army" of the newly formed square deal associa- tion elected office holders from the courthouse yesterday and barricad- ed themselves within.
 As the two busses sped up to the capitol grounds and skidded to stop, the officers yelled. All out"
 The guardsmen, surly and dis gruntled, lined up and counted off"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

'Tf went back there some com. missar would throw me into prison and let me sing my beautiful songs to the rats"
 Will Not Return
 1T am not going to Russia and be punished," the singer said, his full, deep voice filled with anger. T have not participated in any counter revolutionary plots. I know that Grashdanin (citizen) Stalin would not harm me but no telling what some minor commis- sar might do."
 Since Chaliapin left Russia in 1922 the Soviets have confiscated his S0O-acre estate in Yaroslayl, and stripped him of his title, "The Peoples Artist"
 Said He Sold His Soul
 The loss of the title saddened him.
 They said I had sold my soul to mammon," he explained. Il left
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
NAMES OF DEAD
 AND MISSING IN
 SHIPS TRAGEDY
Christopher Fitzgerald on Roster But He Is Listed
 From New York

New York, Jan 26.-(UP)-The dead:
 Passengers: Goodies identified)- Earl R. Barr, Philadelphia: Pro- lessor Herman Fitzgerald Cleland. Williams college, Williamstown. Mass; Lloyd Crowfoot, New York; The Rev Dr Francis l.. Frost, West New Brighton, s. I; Mrs W. H. Kraemer, Wilmington, Del; Julian Peabody, Westbury, N. Y.; Julius Palmer, Providence, R. l.; Mrs Peabody; William D. Symmes, New York; John Teller, Edinburgh, Scotland.
 Crew: Goodies identified)-Ralph
 (CnnAinianA Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
EARNINGS OF ROAD

Portland. Me-, Jan. 26-(UP)-- The Maine Central railroad earned $35,251 above fixed charges dur ing 1884, it was announced today. This compares with $19.2S5 net income for 1883.
 Net income of $72,902 earned il December more than offset an H. month deficit of $37.650.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

investigation of the penitentiary by Prosecutor Frazier Reams under gubernatorial instructions.
 Adjutant General Emil Marx was ordered to the penitentiary to- day with a small detachment of national guardsmen to preserve or der during thee hange in adminis- trations. Deputy Warden J. c. Woodland, veteran official under Thomas, will manage the institu- ton pending final action in the case of the warden.
 Mrs Mary E. Thomas, wife of the warden, and Amanda, his daugh- ter, were. advised that their re- spective positions of patron and rnail censor were. abolished, effec-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
FORMER LEGISLATOR IS DEAD

Winsted, Conn., Jan 26.-(UP) )-George M. Crossman 78, former legislator and American Red Cross captain during the World War, died today as result of shock. He was native of Sut- ton, Mass, his wife died in 1913. A son, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren survive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
NEW ENGLAND DEATH TOLL

Boston, Jan 26.-(UP)-NeW England's death toll resulting directly or indirectly from Wednesdays blizzard had mounted to 30 today. Seven additional deaths were reported over night all from Massachusetts. Clear and colder was the forecast for tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
s24 ARE DEAD IN FLOODS

Marks, Miss, Jan 26.-(UP)-Icy flood waters of the Coldwater river, spreading death and ruin in Missicsippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, hal claimed "A lives today Damage crossed'th $5,0O0,O00 mark. Sickness and suffering were widespread.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
rows IN SHIP

London, Jan. 26 - (UP)-The light cruiser F'robisher Is towing to Bermuda the British Tanker Valverda, which was .disa bled when its engine room caught fire 1900 miles east of the Bahamas, 1t was announced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
Markets At q Glqnce

Stocks dull and irregular in a narrow range. Bonds rregularly higher; U. s. governments dull
 and irregular. Curb stocks mixed; specialties frm t Chicago stocks easier .-sfa,rA Foreign exchange lower; sterling and gold rates
 weak. Grains irregular in narrow range. Cotton futures sell off 5 to 5 points, Rubber futures react to 13 points. Silver eases H cent to 54N cents an ounce
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
Prison Warden Is Suspended By Gouen,or OF Ohio
P Years Head of Penitentiary- y-Iias Been
 Investigated Many Times M

Columbus, Ohio, January 26 = (UP) - Preston E Thomas whose p years warden of Ohio penitentary included the fearful night of Easter 1930 when fire took the lives of 322 convicts and who survived dozen investigations of his administration today under B0-day suspension.
 Governor Martin L. Davey through his welfare director Mrs Margaret Aan ordered the suspension after weeks