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The Washington times., 1923-12-14
PARIS PARLEYS
DIRECT WITH
BERLIN
Normal Relations Restored
Through Pacts WITH Ruhr
Magnates.
BY HARRY FLORY,
international News Service.

PARIS, Dec. 14.-France con-
siders that the German industrial
lists in the Ruhr and the Reich
(the German state) have fulfilled
the necessary conditions to allow
restoration of normal relations
between Paris and Berlin, it was
announced at the foreign Office
today.
DR.. Won Hoesch, representing
the German government, will
have conference with Premier
Poincare.
Foreign Office officials said
Premier Poincare will refuse to dis
cuss the Rhineland secessionist
movement. maintaining that it is
purely a German domestic problem,
According to the Foreign Office
Premier Poincare will insist that
all questions regarding reparations
be addressed to the inter-aIlied
reparations commission. He Is
willing, however. to listen to any
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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CROP INSURANCE AGENCY
MAY BE ESTABLISHED

Investigation to determine the
ACCESSIBILITY of establishing in
Washington crop insurance
agency is authorized in a bill in
PRODUCED in the House by Congress-
man James H. Sinclair of North
Dakota, which will be taken up
for early consideration by the COM
mittee on Agriculture.
The bill provides for a joint
commission composed of three mem
bers of the Senate and five mem
bers of the House to conduct the
investigation. This commission Is
to report to Congress within six
months following enactment OF the
meaS sure
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BINDING SNOWSTORM
SWEEPS OVER NORFOLK

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 14.-On the
heels of the heavy downpour OF
rain that lasted all night. a blind.
ing snowstorm. the first of the sea,
son. began falling here shortly be.
fore noon today and has caused
much discomfort to drivers of
vehicles and pedestrians. 1t was
80 thick that the observer at Cape
Henry was unable to distinguish
the names Of passing ships.
A number OF minor accidents re-
suited from the storm. The snow
melted nearly as soon az It fell.
The Washington times., 1923-12-14
FREIGHT MOVEMENT
BREAKS 1920 RECORD

A record-brcaking amount OF
freight was handled over the rail-
roads OF the country during the first
ten months of this year amounting
to 386,O27 100000 net ton miles, an
increase Of 22-5 per cent over the
amount handled the corresponding
period in 1920, the Bureau OF Rail-
way Economics announced today.
Consideration. however, the bureau
stated, must be taken Of the strike
of railway shopmen and miners last
year which materially effected freight
ahiumenta. .-l......
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PANSIES AT SARANAc;
WARM IN NORTH WOODS

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, Dec. IA.
-Old-timers in the AdirondackS
made notations in their diaries that
on the morning Of December 10 pan.
sizes. fully developed. were picked in
gardens in this village.
Generally at this time of year
Saranac Lake has excellent sleigh.
ing and zero temperature.
The weather in the north woods
this fall has been unprecedented for
it's balminess, thermometers averag.
ing go degrees. The weather turned
colder tonight, with indications Of
snow before morning.
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SHIP OFF CAPE HENRY
REPORTED IN DISTRESS

BOSTON, Dec. 14.-The steam
ship CASTOR is in distress off Cape
Henry, according to a radio mes
sage picked up by the Charlestown
navy yard today.
The vessel stated she was unable
to make progress against heavy
winds due to trouble with her en-
SineS
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For the Dedication ot
Misogynists.

CADIE PRICHARD sues for
- half of Fred C. Kings estate,
alleging partnership with the de-
ceased mine owner. In proof of
which, she shows letters burning
with Smoky dears," piggy
mugs" my brown-eyed smoky"
and similar salutations. Mrs.
King refuses to recognize the
communications as evidence of
business relations. Her view
point is certainly debatable.
The lexicon of love is further
enriched through Harold De
Courey Moore's divorce suit.
Lady Moore is accused of Sea
noodling" with a sixteen-year-
old chauffeur.
A parlor maid, giving expert
testimony, defines "canoodling"
as sort of squeeze and kiss.
We live to learn.
Preferred to R. H. Cuddihy
for his next edition of the Stand
ard Dictionary.
Miss Margaret Markley makes
her bow to the news in the
capacity of super-Cupid. 1.-THE
Marley dating agency" is a
collegiate innovation flourishing
at Emporia, Kan.
Lonely men students are
charged twenty-five cents and
wistful co-eds a half-dollar for
introductions to good dancers
and "petters." A noticeable in
Continued on Page 8. Column A.
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Railroad Seeks Lease.

Application was made to the In
terstate Commerce Commission to-
day by the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific for authority to acquire
control by lease OF the Keokuk and
Des Moines railroad.
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Sees Bleak Xmas.

shavo two little children and
my wife living in Washington. Ny
wife Ii doing everything she can t.
keep the children with her. I am
here under treatment and can dc
nothing to help them this Christ
mas. The children have written
me asking for the toys they expect
Santa Claus to bring. I am afraid
some Good Fellow will have to STEP
in II they are not to be dis
appointed"
Well, the Good Fellow In this case
arrived almost at the moment the
ex-sOldier's letter was received. She
was one of the individual Good
Fellows who hardened to the urgent
requests made by the Good Fellow
Exchange Of the Washington Times
that they come forward at once.
The soldiers little children will be
remembered by Santa Claus and
they will get just what they wrote
their soldier father wanted him to
bring. It Is these quick connections
that please everybody the most.
Little more than nine days re.
main during which Good Fellows
can come to the aid of hundreds of
Washington families where the
children are not only expecting
toys but clothing and the very
necessities OF life on Christmas Day.
The appeals during the past twenty.
four hours have come in by the
hundreds. It will take every Good
Fellow in the city to meet them.
Good Fellow BY Proxy.
Good Fellows are not always able
to devote their time to personally
carrying out the plans they have
made to assist in spreading Christ
mas cheer among the families which
must depend upon them for their
Yuletide joys. Among those who have
found themselves in this position Is
Charles Riemer, of Riemer & Co. He
visited the Good Fellow Editor to-
day
"Just use this in any way suggest
ing itself in carrying on the Good
Fellows work." he said. Then he
placed a crisp, new Treasury note
on the desk. There are many Good
Fellows who will be willing to use it.
in extending their work, who can
personally carry the cheering Christ
mas message where it will brighten a
home that day"
You are quite right, Mr.. Riemer.
It will be used in the way you sug.
gest. When Christmas dawns you
may be assured that among the hun.
dreds of families in Washington
owing their Christmas joy to the
Good Fellows there will be those who,
though they will not know it, will
be indebted to your bountifulness for
what they have received of Christ.
mas cheer.
Some Need Much Help.
In many instances the size of the
families applying for Christmas as
sistance make it evident that more
than one Good Fellow will be needle d
in providing for them This means
that Good Fellows will have to be
paired in the work. and all the
more reason why they should enroll
at once. 1T takes a little time &c
make such assignments to the salts
faction of everybody.
The following wire was received
by the Good Fellow Editor from Flo
Ziegfeld, who brings his new show
kid Boots" to the National Thea.
ter next week, and who yesterday
agreed to donate twenty pairs OF
kid boots to needy youngsters of the
Capital.
"There must be a lot of Riddles
who need new boots. Increase my
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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CHILDREN 5
Ape ALS
HEARD
Flo Ziegfeld increases His Do
nation to Thirty Pairs Of
kid Boots"

Five years have elapsed since
the armistice terminated the
World War. From q hospital
where American boys incapaci-
tated in foreign service are being
cared for by the Government came
an appeal today from a man who
served in the. war and who period
ically finds it necessary to return
to one of the hospitals for treat
ment. IL
The Washington times., 1923-12-14

Lang, in Tears, Tells
HoU Germans Starve
By JOSEPH r. FLIEsLER.
icepyrlght. 1919. BY cosrnopolltan News serv.e

NEW YORK. Dec. 14-Anton Lang, the Christ of the
Oberammergau Passion Play smiling his official
reception in America at New Yorks City Hail. his
in the WaldorfAstora and wept He wept, not like child
but weeps with hearrendng sobs which betoken
soul in travail. He wept the father of family weeps
who has his loved become gaunt emacated
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BOSTON CARRIERS FOR CHRISTMAS
No matter what else you give get
pair for each man on your list. stores
have them In attractive ChriStmAa
boxoS.-Advts
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New Envoy Coming Here.

The Mexican embassy bere was
advised today that Gov Ramon
Ross. one of the Mexican govern.
ment's negotiators in the recent
recognition conference, has left
Mexico City for Washington. IRE.
sumably as a special envoy of
President Obregon.
Governor Ross name has treatment.
1y been mentioned as the proba HE
ambassador from Mexico once The
claims commissions between the two
countries are ratified. The Mexics n
senate already has ratified.
Manuel c. Teller. charge d'affaires
said today he expected to remain
here as "a loyal supporter" of the
Oregon government.
The Washington times., 1923-12-14
Wide
World
BY Herbert Kaufman

"TALL STREET apparently
" won't open the Christ
mas bargain basement
TINS year. Stocks usually begin
TO sell off around the middle of
December. Investors, paradox
cally, then take losses to make
gains. They deliberately drop
one dollar in the market and pick
up two in their income taxes.
ANY capitalist will gladly ex-
plain the dodge to you.
However, Melons hopeful
report, combined with the Presi-
dents fiscal proposals, Secretary
Davis cheerful survey of labor
conditions and the Atlanta re-
serve banks optimistic opinion
OF Southern outlook, have sus-
7 tanned a general buying move
ment which carries practically
the entire list upward.
The probable release for con-
structive investment of bill
lions, now idling their energy
away in exempt securities, also
tends to hearten a bear cam
paign that discounts the success
OF de In Huerta's revolt, the sig
nificance of Baldwin's defeat
and prevailing Congressional
discord.
Wheat prices, too, like the
proverbial cat in the well, stead
lily gain ground despite intermit-
tent slipbacks. Produce ques-
tons offer encouragement to cat
tie and hog raisers. And retail
ers are at wits end to handle
record breaking holiday crowds.
Go to it while the going's
good.
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Oil Companies at Work.
Tries To Hold Consulate.

ST. LOUIS, No. Dec. 14.-F. M.
Alarez. Mexican consul hero, who
mas repudiated the Obregon govern
lnent and sworn allegiance to
Adolfo de la Huerta, rebel leader,
today announced he would invoke
the aid of the Urited States district
court TO restrain by an Injunction
any representative of President
Obregon sent here either from
Washington or Mexico City to dis.
possess him from the consulate.
The Washington times., 1923-12-14
AR NJ !
IN GOOD
SHAPE
Experts Find It Is Well Equip
ped-Three-Day Battle
Still Going On.
By OSCAR K. COLL,
International News Service.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 14.-Sev-
eral military attaches assigned
to various foreign legations here
returned today from Celaya and
Irapuato where they have been
observing the mobilization Of fed
eral forces under command of
President Aware Oregon.
The attaches told international
News Service that they found
the morale of the Mexican troops
much better than they had ex-
pected. They praised President
Oregon for his organization
ability.
Army Well Equipped.
According to the military attaches.
there are about 5000 or 10000 fully
equipped soldiers, supported by
enough artillery, sarapnel and other
ammunition to carry on an extern
sive campaign for several months.
The forces at Irapuato are in ex-
ceptionally fine condition to take
the field.
Military attaches believe Presi-
dent Obregon has sufficient armed
strength to crush the rebels in the
north, as well as the insurgents un-
der Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez in
Vera Cruz. j.
Attacks Estrada First.
They intimated that it was Presi-
dent Obregon's intention first to
eliminate all the rebel forces under
command Of Gen. Enrique Estrada,
who now holds Guadalaj lara, in the
state of Jalisco, and thus keep the
roads to the north, open.
Afterwafd,- President Obregon is
expected to turn his attention to
the state of Vera Cruz, where he
| could consolidate his armies with
those modified around Esperanza
and crush the last remnant of the
Huertista rebels, who are now seek.
ing refuge ip the city Of Vera Cruz.
Oil Companies at Work.
TAMPICO, Mexico, Dec. 14.-On
companies in the Tampico petroleum
fields today continued their opera.
tons despite the revolt.
Ciudad Victoria, capital of Ia.
mauhpas. is calm, and the garrison
IL loyal to President Obregon.
Military officials said that the
only possibility of an attack against
this city would be by water. The
rebels are said to have about eight
gunboats and submarine chasers at
Vera Cruz, but 1t is believed they
The Washington times., 1923-12-14

PlNEhuhSI, h.c.-FOr wonderful veek.snA
Gon. Just overnight from WashingtOn-AdVt.
The Washington times., 1923-12-14
Coolidge Forgets That
5000, 900 Majority.

A0G A1 yAAAaACIS aAc pushing
W their fortunes while the
suns still shining. America
won't be such a rainbow land
after the Administration con-
.trives to place United States
sovereignty and prosperity at
the mercy of Europe's political
banditti.
The '.scrap of paper" habit
is becoming a chronic failing
with statesmen. Mr.. Wilson
was elected on platform of
strict neutrality. Republicans
went into Office sworn to re-
main aloof from foreign en-
tanglements. Mr.. Coolidge, be
It remembered, was pledged, as
potential President, to the plat
form of his party. And an
5000, 600 majority vote in
formed him that local senti-
ment overwhelmingly, and for
at least four years, opposed
any departure from traditional
attitudes toward Old World
affairs.
Until another national cleo
ton has indicated contrary
popular will, the Executive
(pending an unforeseen enter
gehcy-and no unforeseen
emergency exists abroadl is
constitutionally obligated to the
decision of the polls. Other
wise, he plays autocrat.
The Great Bayano Tongue
Oil Trust.
DRIVATE detectives, police
l. departments and wireless
are paging heaven and
earth for Leo Koretz, a pro-
moter, who succeeded in selling
leading Chicago citizens five
million dollars worth of
''tongue" oil.
This latest Ponzi, grandilo-
quently advertising as "The
Great Bayano Trust" not only
horn-swoggled a score of prom
inent merchants and attorneys,
but wheedled $4,000 from an
invalid mother.
Something's rotten in official
Denmarks when a swindler can
indefinitely operate on such an
extensive scale without expo
sure or interference. But the
amazing feature of the case is
that nobody bothered to verify
the existence of putative
petroleum field occupying one
million acres in Panama.
Among the heaviest losers is a
well-known lawyer. You'd think
that legal experience, at least,
would have suggested investiga-
ton of a project which nicked
him to the tune of $40, O00-his
credulity hardly rebounds to the
gentleman's professional reputa-
ton.
For fhn noID~f1fsou ~
The Washington times., 1923-12-14
THE WEATHER

Fair and colder tonight;
lowest temperature about
90 degrees. Saturday fair
with rising temperature;
moderate northwest winds
becoming southerly.
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Science Investigates
Electric Eel's
Secret
By Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, Oct. 12-Sci-
ence was preparing today to
learn from the electric eel at
the Bronx Zoo it's secret for
generating electricity, and meas
ure the power Of the current it
releases.
Delicate instruments are to
be fashioned to measure the
voltage, amperage and duration
of the eels electric force. AL
though only of momentary du-
ration, the current was said to
be strong enough to stun a
horse. A keeper whose arm
touched the eel tanks metal
just as the current was flowing
through the water, received a
severe shock, and later found
his arm swelling, Raymond l..
Ditmars, curator, said.
The current of the "gymnotus
electricus," the scientific name
for the electric eel, flows from
head to tail, according to natu-
ralists. A. German professor
is reported to have turned the
cells current into light Of dag
zling intensity, but hardly Wis
ible as it was out almost as
soon as perceived.
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GERMANY WATTS
RE|CHSTAG
BATTLE
Stresemann MobiIizing Forces
to Pass Bill for Dicta-
toriaI Power.

BERLIN, Oct. 12.-Chancellor
Guustav Stresemann was engaged
today in rnobilizing all the govern
ment's forces for the reopening of
the parliamentary battle In the
Reichstag tomorrow when su.
preme effort will be made to pass
the authorization bill comforting
dictatorial powers upon the cabinet.
It is accepted as a foregone con.
clusion that the Reichstag will be
dissolved If 1t fails to pass the
measure and perhaps II 1t does 90.
International News Service Is
able to present additional details
Of the mCch-advertised conference
between Hugo SHINES and General
DeGoutte at Dusseldorf.
SHINES told the French COM
mander:
"You have the military power,
but you do not have the knowledge
to conduct the business Of the
RuhP in the manner Germans car
ried on before Franco-Belg1an in
vasion. France would not be aided
by an Impoverished Germany. Only
the industrialists Of both countries
can save Europe from ruin. You
have the military power to do as
you please, but army generals can
not run industrial plants. The
French cannot operate the Ruhr in.
dlSetries. You must allow US to
put our house in order. and CO.
operate with us instead of obstruct.
ing"
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from the court to friends at the
Ritz Carlton Hotel, she declared,
and this morning boards the first
train home to Denver.
Sought Excitement
"This court feels a responsibility
for your welfare" the magistrate
said, $50 Matron Katherin Meyer
of this court, will pilot you safely
through the famous East Side in
the midst Of which you now are
When you reach the Ritz-C Carlton
Hotel, however, and are placed in
the hands OF friends 1t will be ur
to you to look out for yourself.
wish you good luck"
Miss Cartwright told the court
she came here from her native
Denver six weeks ago in search OF
excitement.
"But I found out that 1t doesn't
pay" she told the magistrate with
tears streaming down her cheeks
Maybe some girls can stand 1t, but
/ can't"
Says Father Was Navy Man.
Miss Cartwright has been stop
ping at the Hotel Majestic. Her
father, she said, was a graduate OF
Annapolis, and retired from the
navy. He joined the army and
after being commissioned a colonel
was killed in action in France. Her
mother left her fortune in Den
YER, which she still has, she said
Her uncle, Russell Cartwright, is an
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importer and exporter In Denver.
she said.
Hearing so much OF BrOadway's
white lights, and having friends
here, Miss Cartwright said she came
here to visit and to see the town,
She found more excitement than
she had expected, she said, and
last Sunday found herself arraigned
before Magistrate OberWager In
West Side court charged with dis.
orderly conduct after she had kicked
O window out of q taxicab and lost
her shoes.
Wednesday night, she said, she
had gone with a friend in big
limousine to Greenwich Village and
during dinner at a village restaur-
ant had two drinks of Scotch
whiskey.
At least she thought it was
Scotch, she said. The next thing
she knew was that she was the
center of crowd on the corner
Of Bleecker street and West Broad.
way, then there was an argument
as to whether she would ride in
q big automobile or q taxicab, and
next she had kicked a window out
of the taxi. Kicking windows out
of taxicabs seemed to be a favorite
pastin1e with her at times, she said,
and was becoming habit.
She said she remembered nothing
that happened between the taxicab
incident and her waking up in the
observation ward at Bellevue. The
police records show, however. that
DIR. Moloney of st. Vincent's Hos
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Filler SEEKING STREET
LANDING CRASHES POST

NEW YORK. Oct. l2.-Lieut.
Edwin johnson, flying from Mitchell
Field in an effort to land on . New
York street, crashed into a lamp
post near Grants Tomb, smashing
wing and propeller.
The plane was repaired q few
hours later and the pilot again took
to the air, cheered by thousands
who lined the drive and leaned from
apartment windows.
johnson, who used the smallest
plane, announced he would attempt
the feat again tomorrow or Monday.
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POLICE HUNT CHINESE'S
STOLEN GARBAGE CAN

Should you see a policeman slxulk-
ing about your back yard, have no
fears. Should you see him lift the
top of the garbage can, retain your.
self.
The particular object that 10 caus-
ing all this outpouring is the theft
of q garbage can worth "a. It's
owner, Tientsin Low, 1888 Ninth
street northwest, could give no de.
scription Of It, It was daring
theft, the receptacle haYing been
SWITCHED In broad daylight.
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j 81
pitai endeavored to bandage her
foot, which had been cut when size
kicked through the taxicab window,
but that ane had kicked the band
ages off as fast as he could PUT
them on until he gave up and had
her taken to Bellevue.
Calls Magistrate Godfather.
Never again shall take =
drink" the Denver heiress declares
to Magistrate Barrett. THE lasr
thing / did before leaving Bellevue
was to take the pledge and I'm
going to stick to It"
You've been more than a god.
father TO me-" she added, as she
shook hands with the magistrate
and thanked him for her suspended
sentence.
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'HE|RESS KICKS
WINDOW OUT
Of TAXI
Denver Girl in New York Is
Given Special Guard After
Court Hearing.

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-To keep
her from the clutches of Chinese
hatchetmen, gun gangsters o.
white light lounge lizards, Magis-
trate James M. Barrett in Essex
Market court yesterday appointed
q special guardian for Miss Ruth
Cartwright, twenty-one years old,
of Denver, COL, when, for the
second time within = week she
was given a suspended sentence
for disorderly conduct. Miss
Cartwright was going straight
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only stayed away from Q few days
to q month. But In October, 1929,
he decided to take q more extended
vacation, and since then has not
been heard of by his father. The
boy, his father said, 10 q great
granddaughter Of Gen. Phil Sheridan,
of civil war fame.
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BOY, MISSING YEAR, HAS
LEFT HOME TEN TINES

NEW YORK. Oct. 12.-Although
only eleven years old. Edwin Daniel
McCullen has q record of running
away from home ten times.
Prior to his last excursion, Edwin