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New Britain herald., 1924-12-31
Finance Minister Sets at Rest Rumor Ailoat in U. S.-Thinks Terms Given Germany Should Be Allowed Sister Re- public.
By The Associated Press.

Parts, Dec. Sl.-Finance Minister CIementel, relterating his declaration that interpretation Of his balance sheet as q suggestion for repudiation Of Frances obligations was abso- luteIy erroneous, declared today that the principle of capacity for payment which was applied to tho settlement With Germany ought to be applied 10 the allied debtors as well as that he was in favor Of the Dawes plan. without the control feature, for all Inc War dehInrs
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31
CAPITOL OVERRUN
 BY AUTOM0B|L|STS.
Office Handling Registrations at
 Rate Of 300 an Hour
1,70O IS TODAY'S LIMIT
These Arc Given Red Tickets and Others Arc Chased Away to Come Again Another Day-No Exten- sion Announced.

Hartford Dec, St.--Automobile owners who had put off till the last day the making of application for machine markers for 1925, thronged the state capitol today in numbers greater than could be cared for. A solution of the problem of handling the applicants was to ticket them. and a "red" ticket was issued up to the number who could be cared for up till 5 ?. m. at the office of the motor vehicle commissioner.
 At one time it was estimated $500 persons were in line and the fred" tickets were given to approximately 1,700 at Il q. m. and the others shooed away and told to come an- other day. This did away with much confusion, and tbose who had tickets knew that they would be cared for before night. When the 1,700 figure was set as the days limit the late corners dropped out of I.ne to return in the afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31
R. II. MAN DIES

Philadelphia, Dec. 3i.-Edwin L. Lewis. passenger traffic manager Of the Reading Co, died today of heart disease. Ho was 42 years old.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31
Not Official Stand.

The finance minister said thls was not an official proposition but sim ply his personal amplhcatlon of his own remark that If the principle of capacity for payment is rightly ap- piled 10 Germany 1t ought 10 be granted to all the war debtors"
 M. ClementeL in an explanation of his InVentory" of Frances debts and claims, made public last week, expressed regret that single phrase from the document had been isolat- ed from the rest and had given rise to some unfavorable comment in the United StateS.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31

Bridgeport, Dec. &1--The special election of December 16 cost the re- pub}icans of this city $8,277.43. ac- cording to a statement of expense filed today by George g. Hill, treas urer of the party.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31
Many Disappointed

Outside the capitol street after street was parked with cars. Scores of business men especially truckers and dealers who have many cars, had disappointments because they could not get their markers at once. Some said they had to go to New York and elsewhere tomorrow and inquired of state house officials and state officers what they should do, adding I at they feared arrest. The unsympathetic answer given was that they should have thought of that before. They were told that without a fred" ticket their cases was hopeless today.
 One department official remarked to a group of disappointed appli- Cants that 'it was an American trait to put off till the last minute the doing of something and this time the habit had caught a good many thousand mapping"
 The motor vehicle registration of- flee was handling applications at the rate of 300 an hour during the fore noon.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31

tcOntinued on PS.a Is)
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31
To Watch Washington

Washington. Dec. S1.-Prohibition
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31
France Will Pay.

France" said the minister. fin tends to repudiato none of her con tracts. Her signature remained sa- cred. But that does not prohibit her from appealing to that sense of jus tice which grouped around her sons many nations during the var. She has shown her intention 10 keep her engagements by paying abroad more than 2,000,000,Q0O francs gold, or s. OO,000,000 francs paper in actual cash since 1920. That is more actual money than Germany has paid on her foreign obligations which the experts found was too much and de- cided she required a moratorium.
 At the same time the French taxpayers were taking the place of Germany in the effort for the re- construction of northern France. Half Of the French citizens tax bur- den is to pay the interest on the war debts and for reconstruction. < The effect Of these payments on fFfehch exchange was disastrous. but we kept on paying, and will con- tinue.
 We omitted from our balance sheet the war debts of France to Great Britain and the United States for the same reasons that We omit. ted the debts owing us by other all lies, because no final settlement has been reached concerning them.
 Conclusion Erroneous
 "The conclusion drawn in America from this fact that We intended to repudiate them is absolutely un- founded and unreasonable. In the same document it was explained that provision would be made in future budgets for tho payment of debts. We could not very well tell just how much We would have 10 put into those budgets for the purpose, since they have not been funded. Does this indicate a tendency to repudi- ate our debts?"
 M. Clemcntel insisted that the de- sire of France 10 discuss her debts on basis of equity with her credi- tors was only natural, in view of her immense financial burden, and declared 1t required considerable lack of faith 10 distort that senti- ment into tendency to repu'liate
 Explaining his attitude regarding the general settlement of debts on the lines of the Dawes plan, NJ. Clcmentcl said he had excluded from the general plan the control that had been imposed upon Germany be- cause there was no reason for it in a country that was not a refractory debtor He though, however, that the system of regulating transfers of money, as well as the principle of capacity for payment, ought to bc applied.
 The principles of the Dawes plan which subordinate payments of debtor state to its capacity to pay, are as applicable to the allied war debtors as 10 Germany" tie minister said. The possibility o' eHccting transfers of money, witho4t ljsturb- ing exchange and unSrtt9nS na- tional economic conditions, is not a conditions that exists in Germany alone"
 |. s, Gets Report.
 Washington, Dec. %l.-Ambassa- dor Herrick's report of lis conyersa- ton with Premier Herrlot on the question of Franco-American debts reached the state department carly today and is understood to contain first official assurance jo he received here since the question entered its present phase that Franc does not intend 10 repudiate her obligations ,z
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31

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New Britain herald., 1924-12-31

Washington, Dec. %l-Ambassa- dor Ierrick's report Of lis conyersa- ton with Premier Herrlot "n the question of Franco-American debts reached the state department carly today and is understood to contain first official assurance to he received here since the question entered its present phase that Franc does not intend 10 repudiate her obligations 10 this country.
 Pending a careful scrutiny of the report by Secretary IIugnrs depart ment officials declined al comment but 1t was obvious that they wei comcd the communication because of its official and timely nature.
 l. had been hoped since N. Clem- entel, the French finance minister. published his celebrated balance sheet and gave rise 10 whirl of discussion, that some representative of the Paris government either in the foreign office there or the em- bassy here might see tit to explain the facts to officials here.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-31

Average Daily Circulation For Dss. Nssa s7i% Finding ing 11,179I
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10
ITO be Continued)
Blood Money
"HENRY.'

Blood money" was term applied
in the Middle ages to the money paid
for bIoodshed. 1t might be either the
compensation paid by manslayer to
the nearest relatives of the victim, to
secure himself and his kin from ven-
geance, or the money paid by man
slayer for bringing about the death Of
another, directly or through evidence.
1t was once common among the
Scandinavian and Teutonic peoples,
who called this money payment wer-
gild, and the custom still Is practiced
in Arabia.
The price varied with the nature of
the crime and the rank of the victim.
Certain crimes, such as the Staying OF
a sleeping person, could not be COM
pensated by money payment; such
criminals were declared outlaws and
could be slain with impunity.
The term is now applied to the re-
ward or bribe for giving up criminal
to justice.-Detroit News. Ff-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Thrown from his auto
in New York village, a man is car
ried unconscious into the home of a
Miss Edith Grant. A doctor discovers
he has been shot. fatally. Conscious
ness returning, the man gives bis name
as Morbach, and babbles of "raillions"
He begs that Henry Archmap. million
aire resident of tine vicinity. be sent
for, declaring he has an important mes
sage for him. Archman cannot be
reached by phone. but word is sent
that his secretary is on the way \
man announcing himself as Archman S
secretary, Akin, arrives, talks with
Morbach, and leaves with a package
he gives him.
CHAPTER u.-Morbach dies. Arch
mans arrival, with his secretary re-
yeals that the. man posing as Akin is
an impostor and has escaped with the
papers Morbach carried. Archman de-
nounces Edith Grant as a girl endeayor-
ing to snare his son Harry.
CHAPTER III-Archman, his mil
lions made in Chicago. has yielded to
the opportunities of his family-his
wife, daughters Nellie and Bessie (sev-
enteen years old), and son Harry-and
moved to New York in an endeavor to
gain recognition by the Four Hundred
They have not succeeded. Mrs. Arch
man is bitter over her failure, particu-
larly mourning the fact that she has
not been taken up" by a Mrs. Van
Kull.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10
PER CAPITA PRODUCTION OF EGGS.

rapidly
Of
],
1913
production have shown correlation with the estimated number
fowl the ratio holds 1924 will
every
for he o hve.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10

trees, wild f1ow-
ers, among them
the state flower,
the col u m b 1 n e,
and birds of a
hundred species.
The park is also
a natural home
for many wild
animals. The Big
horn or Rocky
Mountain S h e e p
still hold their
little kingdom in
the park. They
find pastures on
the green edges
Of the glacier
m e a d o W S, and
they frequently
find a re s t in 6
place on a high
cliff, inaccessible
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10


Roebuck
making
fryshe
pound brings dollar
Over period of three the New York market shows heavy
higher pound than the light fowls weighing pounds The eyr
the light
December
~
o s
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10

to man, on elevations loftier than the
eagles eyrie
and live in great fear of the hunter
and also the coyote. The superb crea-
lures with their large, curious horns
wear a coat of thick, white hair over
an undercoat of downy wool, and
their hoofs are covered with soft pads,
which, with their flexible toes, enable
20, Western Ne
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10

While on fishing trip near Longs
Peak, we saw a flock of these sheep and
they were near enough to be kodaked,
but as soon as they spled us with their
bright, quick eyes they scampered up
the mountain side as fast as they could
go. 1t is sight long to be remembered
to see the Rocky Mountain sheep
jumping from crag to crag, agile and
graceful, or dropping off precipice.
wspaper Union.)
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10

as on a spring
board.
Other natives,
however, tell us
that the sheep
simply race down
the slope to the
precipice and sail
right over t h G
brink, landing un,
h arm ed upon
t h e ir p a d d e d
hoofs. In the au-
tumn the snow
drives them down
the margin Of the
lOwlands,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10
Little Ct raveloques
By BLANCHE GILL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP
By BLANCHE GILL

Nature never found more beautiful
spot than the Rocky Mountain Nation
al park in Colorado, with its majestic
its lakes. streams, canyons,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10

them to ascend steep cliffs and canyon
walls, to accomplish what seems the.
impossible. They spring across
chasms without faltering and without
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10

mlschance. TT they ind the
chasm too wide they descend
the preclpice, some tell us, by
leaping into the air and plung-
ing headlong downward, alight-
ing on their stout, curved horns
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-10

Evidently production
selling of butter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22
Two Killed at
Rail Crossing
Near Wells Beach

Wells Beach. Sept. 20-Two were
Killed this afternoon at Bragdon s
Crossing when a Boston & Maine
Railroad tossed an automobile from
its path. The dead are Arthur W.
I;u Nerger and his wife, Estelie
Laura Du Verger, of Lynn, Mass.
the body of the man being hurled so
feet iEto pasture, while Mrs. Du
Nerger's body was mutliated and
both legs cut off. Her handbag was
found on the catcher of the loco
motive.
Drives into Path Of Train
In attempting to make the grade
to the crossing which is located about
o half mile from the Wells Beach
railroad station. Mr.. Du verger drove
his car directly in the path of the
Boston to Portland express train. and
the machine was carried more than
300 feet. Persons nearby said that 1t
was evident the driver Of the car
did not hear the whistle of the engine
or see the approaching train.
MIR. and Mrs. Du Nerger were on
their way from Wells Beach TO San
ford to visit, and had completed the
greater stretch of .heir journey when
the accident happened. Position of
the car after the smash indicated
that 1t had been lifted and carried or
thrown more than 900 feet from the
crossing and when the train was
brought to a stop the small handbag
carried by the woman was found on
the fender of the locomotive.
Body Near Wreckage
The body OF Mrs. Du verger was
found near the wreckacc fhe .aer
alongside of the track. and It was APP
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22
RESPONDENT over
ILL HEALTH LOCAL
MAN HANGS SELF

Brooding over hts Ill health as the
result Of an operation to which he SUBJ
mitted about the first of August.
LIewellyn 3. Wentworth of 81 Patter-
son street became more or less OBJ
sesscd with the fear that he must
again 90 under the surgeons knife, and
on Saturday afternoon sometime be-
tween $50 and 40 o'clock while his
wife was away from the home shop
ping. Mr.. Wentworth ended his fife by
hanging in the shed of his home.
The man. who was mentally i'll as a
result of his physical ailments. used
an extension cord which he cut off an
electric bread toaster to carry out his
suicide. The wire was tied over a
rafter in the shed and when Mrs. Went
worth returned late in the afternoon
she found the Cead body Of her hus-
band.
Mr.. Wentworth was SIS years OF age
and was carpenter by trade. He had
the reputation of being a good work.
man and until affected with i'll health
had been regularly employed in this
city. He was a member of the local
union of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Besides the widow, Edith Wentworth,
he is survived by two sisters. Mrs. AL
bert Prescott and Mrs. Lydia Newell,
both OF Vassalboro: and by three
brothers. Gilmore Wentworth Of Rich
mond. and Leander and Willis Went
worth of Riverside.
The funeral services will be held
from the Knowlton 4 Hewins funeral
home at o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22
Mrs. Hannah NJ. BeaIe

The many friends of Brs. Hannah
NJ. Beale will he deeply grieved to
learn of her death Saturday morning,
Sept. 20. at her home. so Winthrop
street. ""+r
In another month she would have
been 90 years old, 70 Of those years
having been lived in Augusta.
She was Of retiring nature. de-
voting her life to her family and her
church. and endearing herself to all
who were fortunate enough to be ac-
quairted with her.
She was born in Monmouth. Oct.
30. 1884. At tho age of IS years. she
married Albert T.. Beale of Winter
street, Augusta. They had five chill
dren. three OF whom" are still living.
She leaves one sister In West Gardi-
nor and n brother in Auburn. Since
the death Of Mr. Beale in 1898 she
has made her home with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. F.. II. Folsom.
The funeral service will be held
Monday afternoon ut 2.30 In the
Green street Methodist church. OF
which she has been n member and Il
constant attendant for more than 20
years.
The services will be in charge OF
Rev. w. j. Layton, former pastor,
Of whom she was especially fond.
and Rev. Il. F. Lowe, the present
pastor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22
COMING EVENTS

Sept. 14-20--Eastern States Exposi.
ton. Springfield.
Sept. 23-26-Maine W. C. T. U. con.
Vention. Portland
Sept. 2i26-Maine Pharmaceutical As.
ISOLATION 57th annual meeting. Po-
land Spring House.
Sept. 25-FraDklin County Teachers
Association, Pennington
Sept. 25-Portland stops daylight saw.
ing.
Sept. 29-Oct. 2-Malne. Federation
Women's Clubs. Portland.
Oct. 1-3-Thirty-first District New
England Rotary Clubs. Poland
Oct. a-4-Military Order Of the World
War. Boston.
Oct; 2,f..Eastern Maine Musical Fes-
tival. Bangor.
Oct. 6-S-Eight District New England
Rotary Clubs. Poland Springs
Oct. 6-S-Western Maine Musical Fes-
tival. Portland.
Oct. 9-11-Maine Musical Festival.
Lewiston.
Oct. 13--Maine League of Women yot-
ers. Portland
Oct. 15-17-55th annual state Sunday
School Convention and Institute.
State Street Congregational church.
Oct. s0-31-Maine Teachers Conven-
ton. Bangor.
Nov. 11-1s-Eighth annual convention,
Association Of Maine Assessors
Hall of Representatives.. Augusta.
Nov. 1S-19-2U-Annual exhibitions of
Maine Dairymen's Association. Maine
Creamerymen's Association. Maine
Seed Improvement Association and
Maine Pomologicai Society at new
armory. Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22
FOLKS
TAKE PEMlQUID
BY STORM SUNDAY

a caivacade Of Il artofnobf,es-.aif
ntudenakers-lett this eftv Gnndav
morning bound for Pemaauid Heaeh
Mnere the occupants, employees az the
watesvilie Motor Co. ana guests. IN.
Joyed an outing which will live in their
memory az one Of the most enjoyable
ever fne motor convoy was made nm
q me local managers and stats Of the
none once At Wateryilie and from the
ana skowhesan General Nam ger = i
Jennings and Mrs. Hsnnings Of Wa
.eviHe were the honor guests and 4
totai OF 30 people Comprised the marty
me Studcbaker folks were favored
WITH = real September day. bright ana
clear. and the beauties OF the sceferv
aionk their route and OF the rugged
ply OF coast around Pemaquid were en-
Joyed at their very best.
AZ noontfme the entire group partook
OF sumptuous Aspread Of lobster
cnowoer. steamed clans and ali the
accompanying dain1es which MAKE a
dinner at the shore a repast A. for
kings. After the festivities about the
laden board the entire party visited
historic old Fort William Henry. Than
lohowed a series Of group photographs
or the representatives OF tina varjou.
branches. with expert photographers"
EDGAR 3. Marden. manager Of the Au-
Eusta branch. working the little birdie
and the camera shutter.
A hectic baseball clash between
teams representing the Augusta branch
ana a composite from the other three
agencies occupied the afternoon hours.
resulting In a win for the combined
FORCES by an IL to 8 tally. The game
went SIX innings with Hussey and Farr
nearing the brunt Of the battery work
ror the Augusta nine, and Pierce. KEN
hedy ana French working In RELAYS
against them. 1t was found necessary
70 nave a numerous array Of arbiters
To rule on the balls and strikes ana to
pass on the close plays on the bases
ana In this department F1ynt, Clement
ana Pease were able to protect them
selves against tho threatened mob VIC.
renee or the players and spectators.
Ihere was some real baseball and
some that was ret. Kennedy, pitching
Tor the combined forces. featured
whiie Newman for Augusta staged
some spectacular fielding. and Thomas
also or the local aggregation, welded
the willow wickediy.
Everyone had an excellent time and
" was the concensus Of opinion that
the anair should be made an annual
event.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22

parent that she had chung to the car.
MIR. Du Nerser WIS shot clear OF the
machine, the body going over a
stonewall and landing in a pasture a
half hundred feet from the tracks of
the Boston II Maine.
Or. Charles l.. Trayncr OF Bidde-
ford, York county medical examiner,
was notified and came here where he
made an examination OF the bodies
and ordered them held until delatives
had been notified. Leon Goodwin, a
son of Mrs. Du Norger by a former
marriage, and an employee at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard, arrived here
tonight and took charge Of the
bodies. They will be sent to Lynn,
Mass, for burial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22
JAIL SENTENCES =,
FOR FOUR GUILTY
DRIVING WHILE DRUNK

Sentences in four cases ofsdriving
motor vehicle while under the in
fluence of liquor were imposed Sat-
urday forenoon by Judge Fisher at
the kennebec superior court. In all
cases pleas of nolo contendre were
entered by the respondents. The
sentences were upon Leonard Will
lard Of Augusta, four months in jail:
George Norton of Augusta. four
months IN Jail: Come Lizotte of Au-
gusta. four months in Jail: with costs
of $50 and two months in addition II
costs are not paid: Joseph LeClair
of Augusta, four months.
In addition, Leander Grondin Of
Waterville was sentenced to serve
W DAYS for drunkenness and was
placed upon probation upon pay
ment of costs taxed at $50 This
was an appealed case from the Wa
terville courts. After these sentences
were handed out. court adjourned
until 10 o'clock this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22
Heavy Mail to u. S.
BY Visiting Zeppelin

Friedrichshafen, Sept. "a. p. by
maiD-qerman air post stamps for
mail to be sent to the United States
on the ZR-3 have been going like
hot cakes here lately. the govern
ment post office department having
given notice weeks ago that 1T would
be wise to do your Zeppelin mailing
early"
Stamp collectors were hopeful that
special stamps would be issued for
the trip. but the department did not
do so. advising customers to use the
ordinary air post stamps. Letters
cost one mark, "a cents, and post
cards IL cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-22
Smoky Bakery
Oven Fires Occasion
Calls for Firemen

Telephone calls to the Hartford fire
station on Sunday. twice called the
combination truck to Water street,
and In both instances 1t was found
on investigation that the cause Of the
alarms was smoke Issuing forth from
buildings where fires were being
built under bakery ovens. The first
call was at 120 +. NJ. to the Augusta
Food Shoppe and the second call
came I'm at 7.35 p. NJ. from the
Opera House block and was occas-
toned when smoke was seen seeping
out around the window castings In
the l.. s. Young market and bakery.
In neither instance was 1t necessary
to use any of the apparatus.