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New Britain herald., 1924-08-08
ZIMMERMAN HEARING
Nnir and Traccsi.i Allow All Claims
 Against Estate.

At a meeting Of Stanley J. Tracesh' and David |. Nnir, commissioners to decide the claims presented against the estate ot Loran \. Zimmerman. yesterday afternoon ali claims pre- sentsd uere allowed The total showed ss.so4st. 4 claim of 5.,5on preso nj - e5 bv Mrs. Ella Freeman ns7 aid. mother of the deceased. vas with drawn by her attorney. Judge Thomas J. Molloy of Hartford.
 Claims allowed are. Handy Garage s4ss0. Mrs. E. D. Parker si3: George S Fisher $500; Douglas B. Patterson s145; George w. Horton s125; Bene- ficial Loan Society s63.57; Arthur K. Young s4sses; Josiah H. Danforth & Co, s1.510.0s: T. M. Chanut & O.. ss171o.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-08
Falls Off Bridge Into
 River, Not Badly Hurt

Ansonia, Aug s.--Matrio Ruggo Of fs9 Washington avenue, New Haven, fell distance of 35 feet from the Maple street bridge into the NauEa- tuck river yesterday afternoon and was taken to the Griffin hospital with a fractured knee cap, laceration about the head and a general shaking up. His injuries are not considered sefi- ous He was an iron worker employ ed by the New England Iron Works Of New Haven and is reported 10 have been overcome by the heat.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-08
ENTERTAINs BRIDE TO BE
,iiss Isigclow Gives Dinner and Bridge
 For Miss kron.

Miss Evelyn Bigclow of Arch street entertained with d dinner and bridge party last evening in honor ot Miss kathryn kron ho will become the bride of Allan Mackenzie on Saturday. The table was prettily decorated with yellow roses and yellow candles in crystal holders rith appropriate taV- ors for the guests
 The bridge prizes rure awarded to Miss Hazel Egan and Miss Mabel Eianottl other guests present were tho Misses Veronica Noble. Emma Kathryn NacFarlane. Ruth Penny and Helen SchillinE.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-08

The terest cases of sleeping sick ness occur among trsmp5 and dairy nsn, records show.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
DENIES
FRENZ|ES Of
ANGER
Mrs. Mary L. Reddick, in An
sWer to Husbands Suit,
Refutes Charges.

Denying that she has ever
worked herself into a frenzy; that
she has an ungovernable temper, a
distorted imagination or that she
INDUCES in spasmodic fits Of anger;
that she works herself into n.y.
sterica1 condition and that she wor-
ries her husband with TRADES Of
abuse and tongue lashing," Mrs.
Mary l.. Reddick, who was sued
In a cross bill by her husband,
Walter N. Reddick, for a limited
divorce, has filed her answer in
the District Supreme Court, asking
the complaint Of her husband be
dismissed.
Mrs. Reddick also denies that on
a certain occasion "she was laying
down in an intoxicated condition:
that> an empty bottle smelling of
intoxicating liquor was on her
dresser; or that empty glasses which
6melled of liquor were in her room"
1t is likewise denied by Mrs.
Reddick that "she has acted as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
MONDAY
Lenten Services
B. F. KEITH'S THEATER
1880 to / o'clock
Speaker Tomorrow, Hon.
c. A. WOOdrum, Virginia.
Conducted by Mr.. A. X. Paris.
Everyone Invited--No
Collection.
PATENT OFFICE WILL
SOON BE REORGANIZED

With the appointment Of the one
hundred additional assistant patent
office examiners a reorganization of
the divisions Of the Patent Office
will take place Immediately. ac.
cording to plans announced today.
The first Of the examinations for
the assistant examiners was held
yesterday. More than seventy
the examination. Plans for reor.
OF three new divisions, according to
Thomas r. Robertson, Commissioner
OF Patents. This Is made necessary
by the congested condition resulting
from the many applications for
patents filed with the office during
the past year.
Approximately 210 persons have
applied for positions in the patent
office. In the creation Of the three
new divisions the heads Of each
will be selected from among the
applicants passing the examination
for assistant examiners, it Is said,
at a salary of $500 a year. In
appointing the other successful ap-
plicants twenty will be given posi-
lions paying $4,000 a year twenty
will be paid $1,920 year and the
others $1,000 year.
1t is announced that approx
mately half of the employees of the
patent office will receive increases
in pay, in accordance with the re-
classification bill passed by Con.
greSS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
DIVERSIFIED FARMING
BOUGHT PROSPERITY

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 10.
Mixed farming in Manitoba has
made unusual progress in recent
years, according to Premier John
Bracken in an address to the
Provincial legislature on aericnI.
tural conditions.
Although wheat is commonly
regarded as Manitobas most inn
portant CROP" said Mr.. Bracken
Its value in 1923 was only twice
as great as dairy and allied nrod.
ucts. The wheat crop last wear
was valued at $4,000, 900. as com.
pared with $4,000, 900 in 1S1S
Production of creamery and
dairy butter made remarkabIe
strides last year Since 1919 the
value of creamery butter in Man.
itoba has grown from $4,000 900
to $11,000,000. Dairy butter in
the same period increased in value
from $4,000,000' to $4,000 900. In
two years Manitoba has devel.
oped from an importer to an ex.
porter of dairy products.
THE output of spring rye is
rapidly increasing, the flax cron
of 1928 was the most valuable
ever grown, and the production
of honey has jumped $500. 900
pounds in four years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
RACES ACROSS SNOW TO
BEAT STORK'S ARRIVAL

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
April Hold Man stork was out
done in a race here when a hastily
constructed sled sped down Mount
Manitou. close by Pixies Peak, with
Mrs. o. Robertson, wife Of the
keeper of a forestry reserve expert
nent station high up on the noun
tain, and beat the bird to a local
hospital.
With the famous bird fluttering
just overhead, and the mountain
trail blocked with snow. Robertson
and J. A. Gibbs, another forest
ranger, quickly fashioned a box
sled. Piling the improvised ambu-
lance with quilts and furs, they
made Mrs. Robertson comfortable.
Harvesting themselves to the sled,
the two men zigzagged down the
mountainside, with their strange
equipage, in a temperature of 10
degrees below zero, reaching the
hospital before the stork arrived.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
REPORT NEW x-RAY TUBE
HELPS CANcERT TREATMENT

BALTIMORE, April 1O.-Impor-
tant progress in the treatment of
cancer with the perfecting of a
new type Of X-ray tube is an
nounced by specialists of Johns
Hopkins Hospital.
According to DIR. Joseph c. Blood,
good, with this tube discovery, the
patients need be exposed to the
rays only about twenty minutes,
as the tube radiates five or six
as many curative rays as the old
type Of tube.
Apparently the tube increases the
emission of specific rays which cure
some forms Of cancer, and at the
same time are less injurious to the
healthy flesh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
QUIT cIGARETS OR LOSE
DIPLOMA, SCHOOL EDIcT

JACKSONVILLE, Ala, April 10
The Jacksonville State Normal
School hereafter will not Issue
certificates to students who smoke
cigarets, President Daugette an.
nounced today.
The cigarette is not banned from
the campus, but men and women
students who use this form Of
tobacco will not be permitted to
do practice teaching, which is a
requirement to secure a certificate
in the Alabama schools. Most
of the students attending the in.
stitution are preparing 70 be.
come teachers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
TIMES CARRIER BOYS
TO BE GUESTS At MOVIE

Throu i the courtesy of Frank
Davids, manager of the Rosalia
Theater, Third and F streets south
west, the Lincoln Club, a colored
newsboys carrier club Of The Wash
|ington Times, has been given tickets
which will admit the seventy.five
members to see the Secret Scr.
row." one of the photoplays with a
cast of all colored artists.
The club will assemble at It's
headquarters, Is III street southeast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
FIND WOMAN, ARM BROKEN,
DEAD IN GAS-FILLED ROOM

CARLISLE, Pa, April 10.-Cum-
herland county authorities are in
yestigating the death of Mrs. David
r. Baker, who was found lifeless
IN rocking chair in her home
here.
Returning home for lunch the
dead woman's husband found the
house filled with fumes of illum-
mating gas and later discovered
his wite's body. An examination
showed that one arm had been
broken ct the wrist and above the
elbow. The burners of a gas range
were found open. 1t is feared the
woman may have been the victim
Of foul play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
How VIII You Have
Your Coal, Sir?"

Clean, bright and free of dirt and foreign matter
from tidy concrete bins that receive it direct from
the freight cars-or mixed with earth, stones and
refuse? Look at these pictures and you will see
why we furnish you the aforementioned, the de-
sirable kind of coal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10

hostess in her apartment at un.
seemly hours of the day and early
morning to disorderly and bolster
GUS parties where the participants
conducted themselves in a wild
state Of abandon. where alcoholic
liquors were drunk to excess" and
she denies "that any complaints
were made by the neighbors of
the noise and disorder incident to
said parties, and she denies that
it has ever been necessary for the
house detective to intervene to stop
the disorder
Mrs. Reddick first sued her hus.
band for a limited divorce alleging
cruelty and the latter filed a cross
bill against her making charges
which she today denied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
ANTl-FRATERNITY DRIVE
FOLLOWS BURNING RITES

NEW YORK, April 10.-A cam
paign among parents to prevent
high school students from joining
fraternities and sororities was
started by DR.. ]. Herbert Low, prin-
cipal Of Erasmus High School,
Brooklyn. following the burning Of
three girls by silver nitrate during
initiation rites.
Helen Chapman and Helen Stein
gester, two of the girls burned, re-
turned to school today and assured
DIR. Low they were through with
Delta Kappa Gamma, the sorority,
'for good" Physicians said the
burns would not leave permanent
scars on the girls faces.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10

Girls! Try this! When combing
and dressing your hair, just moisten
your hair brush with a little Dan
derine" and brush it through your
hair. The effect is startling! You
can do your hair up Immediately
and it will appear twice as thick
and heavy-a mass of gleamy hair,
sparkling with life and possessing
that Incompatible softness, fresh
ness and luxuriance.
While identifying the hair Dan.
derine" is also toning and stimulat.
ing each single hair to grow thick,
long and strong. Hair stops falling
out and dandruff disappears. Get
a bottle of delightful, refreshing
"Danderine" at any drug or toilet
counter and just see how healthy
and youthful your hair becomes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10

at 7:30 and win leave for the theater
at 7:45 p. m. Through the courtesy
Of e. II. Daniel. president Of the
Carry Ice Cream Company, the en-
tire club will be treated TO ice cream
cones and Eskimo pies during the
performance.
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
Foreign Exchange

New York funds in Montreal, 1872
premium q $1,000.
Montreal funds in New York, 1877
discount q $1,000.
The Washington times., 1924-09-11

Local Stocks
FURNISHED by W. B. Hibbs & Coz
SALES.

FURNISHED by w, B. Hibbs Coz
SALES.
Washington Gas SIS, 81 ,o0OQs7b,
$5O0@s71s.
Washington Gas SIS, 1888 $1,000
1904.
Washington Railway and Electric
G. & Ref. 6's, 1888, $50O@99A.
Capital Traction Company, 1892.
1O@s2.
Washington Gas Light, 10Q5o,
$3.50, 1O@5OA. 16@5Oss.
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred, 1O@75&. 1o@76. 10@76,
5@76, 5@76, 5@76, 2OQ76, 1906.
5@76. S0@76, -1O@76A.
American Security and Trust Com
pany, 3@3O5.
National Mortgage and Invest
ment preferred, 5O@9as.
Lantson Monotype, 5@7SA.
AFTER CALL.
Potomac Electric Cons. SIS. $4,000
@9S1a.
Washington Railway and Electric
AS, $1.O0O@75.
Riggs Realty long SIS, $500@92.
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele.
phone SIS of Virginia, $1,000@96H
Capital Traction Company, lO092.
MONEY.
Call loans, SOC per cent
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
Chicago Livestocks

CHICAGO, Sept. ia good de.
mand for hogs in the face Of light
receipts elevated prices 10 to Is
cents above Wednesdays level and
made the market active. The sup.
ply was $4,000 against $4,000 a
week ago. The best medium weight
hogs brought $1O.25 which was the
same as week ago.
Prime fat steers were quoted a
little stronger and the common
grades Of grassers were hard to
sell. Cows and heifers were gen.
orally steady but the market was
dull and slow. Bulls and calves
were steady. Suckers and feeders
sold rather weak.
A heavy run Of lambs checked
the upward movement of prices.
Bids were generally lower in the
early part of the day.
HOGS-Receipts;, 10000: Market, 100
sSSst nfhsr ssn 7oSISs T TSP
ium weight; ss.s56iO.25; Light weight.
smoeth s sSc packing s sow:
rough GzTr IsS15gs;sS; Pigs S CS1
strong Beef steers, choice and prime,
$40. 26@l110; medium and good. $500
$50; good and choice. $1,000 11.25;
common and medium. 100000;
Butcher cattle. heifers, S5.OO69.5O;
cows, 34.00@s.00: bulls, $S.5O@7.00;
Gamers and cutters, cows and heifers
$2.oo@4.5O; Gamer steers, $5.O0@7.o0;
Veal calves Uight and handyweight)
$1l.Oe@13.00: Feeder steers, $6.O0@S.25
Stocker steers, S5.50@7.75; stacker
cows and heifers. $30O95.50: Stocker
calves. s5.OO@s.OO; Western range cat
tie, boef steers S6.0O@9.O0; cows and
heif g. 100000.
sHEEP-Receipts, $1,000; market
steady to 25c lower. Lambs COS lbs
and common, $9.O0@5O.00; Yearlings
$9.O011.Oo; wethers, 1880 900; Ewes
s5,00@6.50: Ewes, culls and common
$1,000 400; Breeding ewes. $500 IL. so
Feeder lombs, $12.00@13.25.
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
COoLIDGE-DAWES CARAVAN
GETS UNDER WAY IN RAIN

PLYMOUTH, VT, Sept. 1.-The
Coolidge Dawes caravan. whose
route is to carry it through three
hundred cities and towns from this
village to the Pacific coast, has
started it's coast-to-coast trip in a
downpour of rain.
A scheduled outdoor meeting was
transferred to the village church,
across from the homestead of Colonel
John Coolidge, where about fifty
citizens gathered to hear the opening
addresses of Senator Simeon D.
Fess Of Ohio and former Congress
man A. w. Jefferies of Nebraska
urging the election Of the Republi
can candidates.
The route of the caravan, which
includes seven automobiles, was to
carry it through Claremont, New.
port and Keene, N. H, to Green
field. Mass
Attending the rally here today
were nineteen relatives of the Preai-
dent Five had voted for Abraham
Lincoln. One of these. Charles
Brown. eighty.three, walked three
miles in the rain over muddy roads,
to be present
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
CAR LOAD|NGS
SHOW BIC
GAIN
Total for Week Reaches Mil
lion Mark for First Time
This Year

Car loadings maintained the rate
of increase indicated by reports of
recent weeks and went over the
million mark for the first time this
year during the week ended Au-
gust 30. The total number Of cars
loaded with revenue freight was
l,020,399, a gain of 38,091 over the
previous week, which had also set
a yearly high. 1t was, nevertheless,
a decrease under the corresponding
1923 figures by 1851, but an in.
crease over the 1922 total by 96,533.
A study of the report filed by
ne carriers with the Car Service
Division of the American Railway
Association reveals the fact that
he coal movement is well under
way now. Grain and grain products
.lso added materially to their high
marks of last week, while mis-
cellaneous freight showed the great.
est SINCE advance. Live stock
was the only commodity to show a
decrease from the previous week.
Miscellaneous freight loading
amounted to 377, 300 cars, an in
crease Of 1879 cars over the week
before and 1868 cars fbove the
same week last year as ell as an
increase of 51,257 cars over the
same week in 1922.
Coal loading totaled 1854 cars,
TN increase of Sic cars over the
preceding week, but 1884 cars I'M
der the same week last year. Com.
pared with the same period in 1922
1t was an increase OF 1887 cars
Grain and grain pl oduGts toTaled
So, 1877 cars, an increase o. 1924 cars
l.
ease of 1928 cars ove~ the same
week last year. This wcs also ain
increase of 1882 cars over the
same week in 1872. in tie Western
districts alone, 43,l19 cars we're
loaded with grain and grain prod
ucts, an increase of 1892 cars over
the corresponding week last year.
Live stock loading totoied 81 ,403
cars, a decrease of 1,&?4 cars under
the preceding week ana decrease
of 6,23S cars under the same week
last year. Compared with the same
week in 1922. it was an increase of
30 cars. Live stock loading in the
Western districts 70, tic week to-
tailed 24,041 cars, 5,3I7 ears under
the corresponding week lasI year.
Forest products loading totaled
before, but 1901 cars under last
year. Compared with the CORE
spending week two years ago, it was
an increase of 1906 cars.
Loading of merchandise and less
than carload lot freight totaled
|247, Isl cars, 3,278 cars above the
week before and Alt cars over the
same week last year. 1t was also
an increase of 1899 cars over two
years ago.
Ore loading amounted to 4s,921
cars, an increase of COS cars over
the week before but 29,272 cars
under two years ago.
Coke loading totaled 7,s41 cars,
an increase of II cars over the pre-
ceding week, but 6,129 cars under
the corresponding period in 1923
and 542 cars below the correspond
ing week in 1929.
Compared by districts, increases
over the week before in the total
D6ading of all commodities were re.
ported increases over the CORES.
bonding week last year except the
Eastern, Allegheny and Northwest
ern was the only district to show
a decrease under two years ago.
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
EARLY TRADING
FEATURED BY
OILS
Stock Prices Generally Dis
play Downward Trend, With
Exception of Petroleum

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Weakness
and dizziness were again manifest
in the stock market In the early
trading today Prices resumed the
downward trend at the opening of
the market and with few exceptions
Wednesdays closing prices were
shaded from a fraction to a point
or two. High-priced industrials
were the first to feel the effect of
selling pressure and rails were
further unsettled by the renewal
OF bearish attacks on st. Paul.
Northern Pacific, Great Northern
Preferred, Delaware and Lackawan.
ma, Norfolk and Western, Seaboard
Airline Preferred, Chesapeake and
Ohio and others Of the active rails
declined point or more in an az.
tremely dull market.
News developments affecting the
stock market were not prominent.
Reports Of further negotiations for
foreign industrial loans to follow the
reparation loan were circulated -
the financial district and in some
OF the banking institutions negotis-
tons were actually closed.
Another increase in crude oil nro.
duction. as reported by the Ameri.
can Institute of Petroleum. brought
the daily production we'll above
1000, 900 barrels, but the petroleum
markets are gaining in strength
and oil stocks seem to have dis.
counted the unfavorable develop
ments now being brought to light.
Oil stocks were the strong SPOT
In the early trading today, most of
the Independent oils showing frac.
tional gains. Marland, Houston and
Royal Dutch were the leaders in
the rally. although fractional gains
were also scored by Cosden, Pan
American, Pure Oil and others.
Dawson Chemical moved strongly
against the market in the first
hour as heavy buying demand push.
ed the price up to as for gain of
2 points. Union Bag and Paper
regained about points of its
recent loss, and Colorado Fuel re.
ceived good support.
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
ASPHALT.
PLANS NEW
ISSUE
To Sell 5000, 900 6 Per
Cent Debentures to Pay
Off 8 Per Cents

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE Gen
eral Asphalt Company is planning
to issue $5,000,000 new fifteen.year
8 per cent debentures through a
banking syndicate, which will prob
ably be headed by DrexeI & Co., Of
Philadelphia. The offering price is
expected to be 97h. The debentures
will be converted into common stock
at los after 1929. The proceeds will
be used to refund 5000, 900 con.
vertible' per cent debentures now
outstanding.
Stockholders at special inesting
on September 23 will be asked to
approve the proposed issue ana to
vote an increase in the common
stock to provide for the convertible
feature Of the debentures.
Blair & Co., Inc, and Chase
Securities Corporation have sold an
issue Of $4,000, 900 seven:months'
Treasury gold notes of the Kingdom
of Serbs. Croats and Slovenes (Jugo-
Slavial, maturing March 81, 1925.
The notes were offered at par and
accrued interest
An official statement furnished
by the minister of finance of Yugo-
this issue of notes will be used
exclusively for the completion of
railways now under construction
as specified In the budget. The
government owns $3.50 miles oui
of 5,94O miles of railroads in the
Kingdom. Since 1919 the govern
ment has acquired by purchase $50
miles, built 300 miles. and has at
present $50 miles additional under
construction. The operating ratio
of the government railroads in 1898
was 64.25 per cent.
A syndicate composed CT Lehman
Brothers, White. WeIu d Co..
kountze Brothers. and Anes. EN-
erich Co. is offering today a new
Issue of 81 $4,000 CITY Of Bayonne,
N. j., ~ per cent gold school
bonds. dated August J.. I~24. and
due serially August l.. 1858. in.
elusive. The bonds are being of.
fered at prices to yield from 4 to
$50 per cent, according IL maturity.
A. b. Leach & Co. Inc. are offer
ing new issue Of s., 365 900 City OF
Binghaniton, N. Y, COUPON AZ per
cent gold bonds, due seiiaily 1925 to
1871, inclusive. They arc offered at
prices to yield from 315 to 400 per
cent according to maturity.
Barr Brothers & Co. Inc. and
George B. Gibbons !. Co. Inc. are
orfering new Issue of $40 900
Iown OF Lowville. n Y. Union
free School District No 2 god Az
per cent school bones, dated May j
1924 and due NoveG1bey |, 1929 to
1891, at prices TO yield 400 per cent
for all maturities.
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
LEAGUE NOT TO RULE
NEW ARMS CONFERENCE

LONDON, Sept. 11.-Foreign Of
flee officials declared today that the
League of Nations will not have Of
ricial supervision oyer the proposed
international disarmament confer
ence, but will merely send out the
invitations and act as host to the
delegates"
Premier Ramsay Macdonald has
not yet given up hope of American
participation despite the recent
communication from Secretary Of
State Hughes saying that he
United States could not join such
a parley.
1t is expected the conference will
be held early next year in Geneva.
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
BOXER WATTS 9 YEARS TO
REPAY BoYHOOD BEATING

! LANCASTER, Sept. 11.--Abraham
Busansky, known to fistic fans as
kid Buzz" waited nine long years
to get even with Claude Homer for
a boyhood beating administered
when both drove cattle in the local
stockyards. He waited patiently to
catch Horner alone, but it was not
until last night that his vigil was
rewarded.
He saw Horner alone on corner
and rushing up to him planted two
stiff rights on Horner's jaw, send.
ing him Keeling to the pavement.
When revived, Horner swore out a
warrant for Busansky. charging ag-
gravated assault and battery.
The Washington times., 1924-09-11
OFFICES OPENED HERE
FOR WILSON MEMORIAL

Organization of the National
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Asso.
citation with headquarters in Wash
ington was announced today by
r. Moulton Pettey, senior trustee.
The organization, according to a
circular, will "perpetuate the
memory of Americas illustrious
President and Democracy's re-
nowned leader during the World
War" 1t is proposed that n
memorial be erected in Washing.
ton to the former President.
All contributions should be mailed
to the association, suite, 10. 1917 II
street northwest, this city.