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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
A Choice!

Found guilty of breach of the peace in city court today, Fortu- nato Dechiene, q, of l69 South Elm street was given three days to leave town or go to jail for 30 days.
 Dechiene Is a native of Maine, and has ben residing here but a short time. He was arrested Short- ly after last midnight by Patrol men John Breen and William ODea following a fight near the West End Grill.
 John Alibril, 2l, of the Y. M. o. A. was knocked out and taken to St Marys hospital for treatment.
 He said Dechiene was one of a gang of young men who assaulted him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
No Business?

Despite substantial reductions in regular fares, communication fares and pupils fares, as well as the operation of hourly service with modern streamlined buses be- tween New Haven and Water bury, the volume of traffic per bus has failed to increase above the previously existing levels, accord ing to an announcement made by the New England Transporta- ton Company today. Because of the failure of the travelling pub- lie to more literally patronize the bus service, the bus company like- wise announces that effective Oc- tober 24th, its schedules between New Haven and Waterbury via Bethany will be reduced to three round trips per day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
FUNERALS

The funeral of Antonio Capaldo was held this morning at e:l0 o,s clock from the home, 1440 Nortn Main street, to St. LucyS church. where Q solemn high mass was cele" brated at Q o'clock. Burial was m the family plot, Calvary cemetery
 The funeral of Mrs. Eva Klises vicze was held this morning ct V:lo o'clock from the home, 10o sunny" side avenue, to St. Joseph's church, where . mass of requem waS cele~ brated ct 10 o'clock. Burial waS in the family plot, Calvary cemetery
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ser. geron, also known aS Bergen, eSs of i3S Qriggs street, was held this morning ct S:30 o'clock from the Beileville funeral home, 66 Clay street. to St, Ann's church, where Q solemn high mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock. Burial was In OalvaEy cemetery.
 The funeral of Frank Alexander Pierce was held this morning &t !! o'clock at the Aldersoal funeral home, 70 Central avenue. Rev. pr. John 0. walker, pastor Of the Sec" ond Congregational church, ofiic!ats ing. Burial was in Cedar Hill ceFsies tery, Hartford.
 Funeral services for Edward Peter Woodin, who died early yes" terday morning ct his home on Frenchtown road, Trumbull, VIII DO held Monday afternoon ct 2 o'clock ct the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue.
 Burial will be in new Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call ct tho funeral home tomorrow afternoon from 2 to { o'clock and tomorrow evening from 2 to Q o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16

Taylor. The lucky person was Mrs. Raoul Laliberte of 129 River street, Waterbury.
 Church Services
 Masses tomorrow at St. Michaels church will be held at 8 a. m. and 10:l5 a. m. Rev. Michael Keating will ofiiciate.
 St. Paul's Episcopal = Rev. Ray mond M. D. Adams, rector. Holy communion at 8 o'clock; Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. and morning prayer and sermon at il o'clock.
 Waterville Union Church - Miss Elizabeth M. Weeks, pastor. Sunday school at Il o'clock and the evening service at 7:30 o'clock at which time Miss Weeks will preach on the subject, "The Responsibility of a Christian"
 Grace Methodist--Rev. Alison J. Smith, pastor. The Everyman,s Bible Class will meet at 0:l5 a. m. Carl Froehlich will preside and the guest speaker will be Rev. A. A, Perry, pastor of the Mount Olive A. M. E. Zion church of Pearl street Waterbury. Vincent Leonard will be in charge of the song service and all men are cordially invited to at- tend.
 The regular morning church serv- Ice will be held at 10:30 o'clock Sunday school at 12 o'clock noon and evening service at 7:30 o'clock.
 Gospel Hall - Services will be held at 1o:30 o'clock. Sunday school at 12 o'clock and evening gospel service at 7:30 o'clock.
 Card Party
 The Altar Guild Society of St, Paul's Episcopal church is planning to hold a card party and Christmas sale, during the early part of De. cember. This will take place at the parish hall and further plans will be announced later.
 A workers meeting of the Every- mans Bible Class of Waterville will be held Monday evening. October 18th at 7:30 o'clock, at the Grace Methodist church. All members of the class are requested to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
SWEEPS WINNINGS
 CHASED LUCK AWAY

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Oct. 16-(U.P) Mrs. Harry Harris, Nichols, said today that luck flew out of the win dow" when her husband, an attor- nCy, won $72,000 in the Irish sweep stakes two years ago. 2 Harris, she said, now is in Reno establishing Q legal residence te obtain . divorce. q "Our marital troubles started when he won the money she de- ,clared. Mrs. Harris. mother of four children, said she would not contest tho suit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
"Unchanged"

Rev. W. Moreton owen, 70, paS- tor-emerituS of the Bunker Hill Congregational church, is still in serious condition at the Water. bury hospital, where his name has been on the danger list since last Saturday when he was involved in af1 automobile accident. His condition was about the same to- day, according to hospital ofilcials.
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 home oStensibly to treat him for c social disease.
 Dwyer was born of c wartime mar riage that united Q World War nurse and @ doughboy. Acquaint- afices here believed the youth was Q native of Newton, Mass. They said the parents had been eStranged for several years.
 Dwyer had no police record and his hometown reputation appeared generally good. However, at both South Paris high school and Hebron Academy, which he attended stic- cessively, officials said that he was laclsadaisical and that more than once they had had to appeal to his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
Murders RevealedBy
 Tluo Bodies M Car
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the hammer with which he had killed her husband, and choked her with the belt with which he had strangled him. He put her body on the floor of the car in front Of the rear seat and covered 1t over with a rug.
 From then on, Dwyer said, he was confused. He drove ainlessly, ar- irving in New York city yesterday afternoon, then through the Hol- land Tunnel and into New Jersey, where, exhausted, he parked the car and fell asleep.
 County Prosecutor John L. Bres- lin personally questioned Dwyer, then notified authorities of South Paris who said they were sending two detectives here at once. Identify Victims
 South Paris, Me-, Oct. 16-(UP)- Authorities here today expressed belief that the bodies of murder victims found in an automobile ct North Arlington, N. J., might be those of pr. and Mrs. J. c. Little- field, of South Paris.
 The Littlehelds were not ct their home on Main street today.
 T haven't seen the Littlehelds since sometime during the middle of the week--I think 1t was Wed- nesday,' 'Dr. Stewart said.
 Usually" the doctor continued, they come over and speak to Us before they leave on g. trip, but this time they apparently left without 0 word.
 Actions Unusual
 T thought thH was rather un. usual and seemed 6 little suspicious to me at the tiYrr. I had planned to drop over acd gee f they had left everything Shipshape, but I've been busy and haven't bad a chance.
 "Dr. Littlefield 10 about 66 and l think Mrs. Littlefield is two years younger. She used to be Gertrude Jordan of Norway, Me and she has e sister, Mrs. stephen Cummings 1 living over there now"
 Friend Mortified
 Dr. Stewart was mortified when he learned that his fieighbors ap-
 "The Littlefields had no children and lived quietly fin . Serni-retires ment, though the doctor continued his practice on small Scale,"
 "They had 6 little money that I think was tied up iil afi endowment or investments of some sort"
 Dr. Stewart could not recall any, one in town named Dwyer but Dr. | Littlefieid's other next-door Teigh- Dor, Funeral Director Clarence 3. | Huff, knew of . Paul Dwyer, whom he described as le to ie years old"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
WILLOW STREET
 NOT SPEEDWAY
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(Continued from Page D driving. Accidents never happen they are caused and the causes are many; driving too fast for condi. tons, the prime factor in accident cause, followed by; failure to grant the right of way, following toe closely, improper left turns, cutting in, passing on curves and hills These reasons for accidents arI chargeable to the driver and are all due to negligence on his part Therefore 1t can be seen that to bt e driver who Is giving the police de- partment his whole hearted cooper. ation, he must not slacken his de gree of caution at any time to per init himself to be the cause, either directly or indirectly, of an acci' dent.W
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
CARD OF THANKS

T We WIsh to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors and
 aCI psat the N6 Lux q Clock q. sm- ferbury. Manufacturing Co. for their Sympathy and kindness shown US during our recent bereavement the death. of our beloved Mother and GrAn9mother.
 VA (GIgned)
 @ MRS. WILLIAM SQUARES. FR' and FAMILY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
RESEARCH GRANTS OUT

chicago, Oct. IS --(UP)-- The AInefican Academy of Ophthalmol- Ogy and Otolarynology today an- Fiqlnced S3l,l00 in grants for re- sehrch fin eye, ear, nose and throat ailments. They included Dr. Moses sH. Ltirie, Harvard University, S40O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16

sA Yosemite National Park will be a high spot on the touring map for stbousands of motorists who will visit the Golden Gate International Exposition at San Francisco in 1oSo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
AUCTIONS

q. w. Peters nnd the WlekwIre estatee at Castle HiII Sts Gt. ISnF- 4lnRtOn,. Mass, Monday. Tuesday. so' ss, Af;.rn"o"" and T Evem;nsS. M AmerIcnm and European Antiques. pgRmituFe, Fpintings, Library.
 Circulars of ]. J. FAHEY k SON. 10-1@s3t AwetlOneeFg, ShasOns Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16

workers of New Zealand are complaining that living costs are rising faster than wages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST Diamond platinum ring. Re- ward Call Mrs. R. A. Bonner, 02 Euclid Ave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
DIED

isHAMENHY--In this city, Oct. 18th, 1887, James \. Braheney, of s4 Line SS isssr z. s. EEsalSfH EEssalSSfHs vunsSsf SsranfsIs:s s,s 27O West Main Bt.
 FITx0IcIsALD-In thig city, Oct, 18th. 10s7 Mfr: James 7. T'itggsrsidi Monday morning at gi11 o'clock, sacreneTit Chur6h' BmFlai lm Eke family piot At calvary,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16

mother to spur him in his studies. He quit school last year.
 Until @ few months ago, Dwyer, @ light-complexioned, medium -sized youth, lived in the old homestead with his widowed maternal grand- mother. She, however, recently took a small cottage near the Hebron Tuberculosis Sanatorium to be near her daughter, nurse there.
 Hebron, Me- Oct. 16-(UP)--Mrs. Jessie Dwyer, Q World War nurse, when informed by the United PreSa here today of her sons double-inur. der confession, was irlcredtlous but calm.
 T don't believe 1t. have no res. son to believe it," sine said after a moments hesitation.
 T don't think it's true. I'll have to get in touch with somebody. m have to sec c lawyer"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16

he had. The doctor then said, Dwyer told the detectives:
 That girl you're running around with Is pregnant"
 Dwyer said he lost his temper utterly and knocked Dr. Littlefleld down. The aged man fell backward, his head striking the floor and was knocked unconscious. Dwyer said he struck him several times on the head with hammer. Then he pulled off his own belt and strangled him.
 Put Body In Trunk
 This occurred In the doctors of- flee. Dwyer carried the body out to the doctors car parked outside and crammed 1t into the touring trunk on the back. He then drove to the South Paris railroad station and telephoned Mrs. Littlefield that her husband had been involved in 9 serious automobile accident in which two persons had been killed, and that he wanted her to meet him.
 Mrs. Littlefield, suspecting noth- ing, got into the family car, and, with her husbands body in the trunk and her husbands murderer at the wheel, was driven to Bos- ton where they arrived late Wednes- day night. Mrs. LittleAeld was suspicious when her husband wasn't there to meet her, but Dwyer said the doctor had said that If ne wasn't in Boston, to drive on to Concord, Mass. So Dwyer took Mrs. Littlefleld to e hotel where s!le spent the night Dwyer went to another hotel and registered under the name of Jones.
 Set out For Concord
 Police said that the next morning, Thursday, the doctors body still n the trunk, they set out for Concord. En route, Dwyer told them, Mrs. Littlefleld became increasingly sus. niciofia. and finally ha hit her with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
WOMAN RODE 37O
 MILES WITH KILLER

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
MEN KILLED IN COAL MINE BLAST

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Evening star., 1937-04-04

found arrows bound with raveled
threads of canvas.
This is a wild brush people who
refuse to make any contact with out
siders and resent any encroachment
on their limited territory. All ef-
forts we made to get acquainted with
them were without result
AS a result, camps were fenced with
barbed wire flood lights were in
stalled, guards kept at night. One
of their camps, with all their equip
ment, was destroyed while they were
in the field, and they finally were
forced to abandon the work
Aside from the operations of the
oil companies in the lower lands,
there have been two scientific explora-
tions into the mountains.
In 1918 Theodore de Booy entered
one OF the valleys with twofold OBJ
jective; first, to cross the mountains
into Colombia, and second, to make
chronological observations about the
Indians. He reached the Indian camp
In one of the valleys, but failed to
get over the mountains. In 1920, H.
Case Wilcox performed an outstand-
ing feat in exploration by crossing
the mountains from Colombia to Ven
ezuela and mapping the route, put
ting accurately on the map several
mountains and the precise course of
the Rio de Oro This was of some
consequence to the oil company for
which he undertook the task.
Months of Preparation.
Wilcox spent about 10 months in
preparation and reconnaissance on the
Colombia side. He expected to do his
actual trip across in less than 10
days. He took IL helpers and suffl-
cient food for the 10 days. However,
| the push over the mountain was such
that 1t took the party 81 days. which,
OF course, caused considerable suffer-
ing. His principal concern, however,
was the Indians. These he succeeded
In missing
Our endeavor is precisely one OF
the genetical objective to reach the
Indians, to study them as to physical
characteristics, their food living tech
niques and habits. In short, we want
Evening star., 1937-04-04
FISHERMEN SAVE
B|M|N| PROSPERITY
Pulling in Blue Marlin Sup
plants Rum as At
traction.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BIMINI, Observation-Disclosures Of
this low-lying British Isle are chasing
away the hangover OF departed rum
trade days by catering with profit
to another alien throng-game fisher
men.
It is estimated authoritatively $50
well-to-do sportsmen visited Bimini
during 1896, spending $500 900 for sup
plies, boat hire and other accessories.
Business is brisker now along Kings
Highway" Alicetowns half-mile thor
oughfare, than in the days when BIZ
mini was the axis on which the rum
running world turned in Southern
waters.
Paradise Bay, Bimini's small
throated harbor, was jammed then
with barges of stored liquor, supply
boats from Nassau, and the fast, gray
craft of the blockade runners.
The inhabitants of this tongue OF
sea-level soil Sc miles from Florida
gained little wealth from the roaring
trade in Paradise Bay, so when prohi-
Evening star., 1937-04-04

bition ended in the United States, there
remained sparse cash to keep business
running here.
Natives Catch Fish.
The $40 natives. most OF them Ne
groes speaking with pronounced
Scotch accent, turned to sisal raising,
general farming for home use-and
catching fish.
Their lines were snapped so often
that the word got out there were big
fish about.
Anglers come to Bimini by yacht or
airplane. There are two hotels in
Alicetown, chief OF the islands three
settlements, which are crowded during
the Midsummer months when the big
fish run.
Erl Roman, fishing editor Of the
Miami (Fla) Herald, Is credited gen.
orally with being the first to identify
the big fish as blue marlin and tuna.
He spread the word, although he
failed to boat even one Of the f1sh
with the first tackle-big enough for
most deep-sea angling-he brought
here.
s. Kip harrington, New York stock
broker, took the first blue marlin.
His weighed less than 200 pounds.
The year was 1898.
Two years later, Thomas Shevlin of
New York and Cat Cay, near here.
brought In the current world record
blue marlin, straining the scales at
636 pounds.
Woman Holds Record.
The largest white marlin, 1872
FOUNDER, was boated in Bimini waters
last year by Mrs. Marion B. Stevens
of Miami, said to be the only woman
ever to hold a world record for salt
Evening star., 1937-04-04

BY the Associated Press.
TT WAS all very nice to think
of getting 10000 Boy Scouts
together in Washington June 80
to July 9 for an international
jamboree.
But boys have a way of bringing
their appetites with them when they
travel And how many eggs do 10000
stomachS need for breakfast? How
many gallons of water does it take
to wash 10000 chins afterwards? And
how in thunder do you get eggs and
water to boys living in tent villages
all over the parks in Washington?
Washington merchants were pretty
well stumped by the problem until
the Scouts sent on their magic worker
Harvey Gordon.
Gordon, whose Office is in New
York, is known by the unromantic
name of director Of engineering for
the Scouts.
He arrived here three months ahead
of the jamboree and is rapidly bring
ing order out of chaos. He's signing
up chickens as far south as Rich
mond for the 10000 eggs he'll need
for each breakfast. And the COWS
that will supply the 10000 quarts Of
milk day stretch back into Pennsyl-
vania.
Plans for ESQ Cooks.
He has engineers drawing stacks
of blueprints to pump the 100000
gallons of water into the tent colonies
for drinking and bathing.
There will be 25 big kitchens rum
ming full blast, $50 cooks perspiring,
$50 tons of food daily moving into the
Scout towns along the Potomac.
Those tons break up into such un-
imaginable quantities as: 900 bushels
of potatoes for one meal. is 900 pounds
of bread a day, 10000 quarts of milk
a day, 1000 pounds Of sugar and the
makings for 100000 hap-jacks for
one breakfast (and please don't ask
for a second helping, the cooks have
been taken to the hoSpitaD.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

water fsh. Mrs. Stevens record
still stands.
Three women are among the 16
persons eligible for membership IN
the Bahamas Marlin and Tuna Club.
In which entry is restricted to men
who have boated unassisted a marlin
or tuna weighing more than 400
pounds and women who have taken
300-pounders.
These women are Mrs W. B. Hurst
Of Baltimore, Mrs. PAU c. Sanborn
of Boston and Mrs. Helen Lerner Of
New York Ernest Hemingway, the
author, Is president of the club:
Michael Lerner, vice president, and
Roman, historian.
But the biggest fish still swim the
sea. Competent pbcatorial authori-
ties have seen "blues in a
trail Of wrecked tackle-they esti-
mated weighed up to 1900 pounds.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
BY DR.. ERNEST REED.

MARACAIBO, Venezuela, March 8
(By courier from the Perija Noun
tains) Savage Indians still dominate
and hold as their domain certain sec
tions Of South America. New Workers
In their modern, commodious homes
may find it difficult to believe that, at
distance of but 1000 miles from
them, live aborigines of the most
primitive habits of life.
One may take off in a passenger
plane from New York and fly to the
edge of these Indian confines in 48
hours or less. So one may travel in
two days by modern means of trans
portation from the greatest OF civil
izations cities to valleys where In
dams roam and kill as did their an
cestors in the early dawn of man on
the American continent. Furthermore,
I believe, after having been among
these savageS, that they live in
more primitive manner than did gen.
erations of their Carib ancestors long
before white men crossed the Atlantic.
Venezuela and Colombia occupy the
northern end of South America. From
east to west, Venezuela extends about
900 miles and Colombia about 700
miles. The border between these two
countries, beginning at the Caribbean
Sea. runs south on line about due
south of Miami. Fla. The Perlja
Mountains. a spur of the great Andes,
occupy the territory where these two
countries meet.
An UneXplored Region.
These mountains are unexplored
and covered with jungle and forest.
Many rivers flow east to the Mara
caibo Basin and into the Caribbean
Sea. The western slopes drain into
the Magdalena River in Colombia.
Savage Indians occupy these valleys
and slopes and still defy the intrusion
of the white man and civilization.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

The purpose OF our journey into
these parts was to study these Indians.
Their progenitors roamed the wide
stretches of mountains and plains of
South America, but white mans civ
Iization has been crowding them into
more limited areas, until now they
keep within the valleys of the noun
tains which have not. as yet been
penetrated or explored by the whites.
Within the last three decades, the
giant oil companies Of America and
Europe have learned that vast fields
of oil lie throughout the loWlands
surrounding these mountains. Armies
of biologists, engineers and oil camp
workers have, therefore, been crowd
1ng the Indians still more urgently up
the valleys of the Perija Mountains
The amazing aspect of this to me
Is that these particular red men still
hold to their independent and primi-
tive ways, resisting with deadly arrows
any approach of the hated white man.
The Indians hostility, in fact, has
been the main barrier against sue
cessful exploration, and, today, is
constant hazard to the economic de-
velopment of the lower stretches of
the valleys, where abundant fields of
oil are known to exist. Workers are
killed every month by the deadly
arrows OF these savages.
Resist Civilization.
That savages exist there Is not so
surprising to me. The almost incred-
ible fact is that, for over 400 years,
successive waves of civilized projects
have swept in upon them and the
most modern achievements of civiliza-
ton now border them in without the
Indians being absorbed or changed
from their primitive ways OF living
and without their savage behavior
abating in the least.
Prior to my entering their confines,
I heard many tales pertaining to
those primitive people, but I dis
counted them as largely creations Of
the imagination, for most people have
. tendency to enlarge on good story.
In substance, however, the reports
I gathered led me to fear that 1t might
OF these Indians or to secure the
studies I desired I am frank to
admit that I am not anxious to make
myself target for an arrow from an
unseen Indians bow. Consequently,
I approached the outskirts of the
Indian country with the comfortable
plan to 60 no further II things looked
0npropdtious. In the end, q small
unforeseen event turned the trick and
entered the Indian confines when
all apparent signs implied the worst
possible.
Lest some skeptical reader may feel
chat I have purposefully introduced
an element of danger, setting for
dramatic action for my tale, I wish
10 quote from sedate and unimagina-
tive scientific resources which the
tayman seldom considers fanciful.
Men Shot With Arrows.
From Civil Engineering, August,
1896, by Robert Stephenson, pertain
Ing to oil field operations: Guards
we're necessary for all men working in
the bush or on the grade because of
occasional attacks by Indians.
Not only were men shot with arrows,
but tool boxes were broken open
and robbed. =" The favorite plum
der of these brush people seemed to
be machetes, axes, and any sort of
unpainted canvas. They would also
take shovels, especially if they were
worn = I" - Evidently the older shovels,
worn thin, could more easily be
worked into arrow points. We also