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GERMANS MADDENlD
 BY MuDDLEs MONEY

BERLIN, Feb. 6-The stain of att tempting to interpret the biNioas and trillions whi.h now prevail lnr< .2man currency into some semblansf of in telligible terms, combined with the eccn9n.lc stress and the fear of being cheated, has actually driven a number of persons insane in this country
 Zero frenzy" as the mental uaiacy is bra,de.l, is suffered mainly by the older penplc who, acustomed for a great many years to estimate n che figures of marks ',nd pfenn;gs. seem Il le.Iy unable to gasp the sgnifi canoe of the fanc'lul f!c'ures with which they n,nst cal now.
 Elderly banke.~ on one or two oc- casicns have been dri' CT to suicide by the confusing and o.1Lantly shifting status of their firm, al affairs.
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south 41 deg. % min. w.. 2640 it. to the place of beginning, said area en1- bracing 1280 acres and being situa- ted in Kodiak Recording District, Alaska, and on Bear Creek, tribu tary of Lake Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
 Serial 04856
 Salmon Creek Oil Claims Nos. 4, 5, Is z, 8, 13, IA, 15, described as an area commencing at a corner known as Corner No. of said Claim No. 13 from which the southeast corner Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 w., s. M., bears north Fl deg. 9 min. 45 sec. w., II 173.O3 ft. distant; thence from said Corner No. south 37 deg. 15 min. E., 5393 it.; thence south 49 deg. % min. Fl, 1O,560 it.; thense north fl deg. % min. E., 2640 it.; thence north 49 deg. % min. w., 5280 it.; thence north 41 deg. % min. E. 1920 it.; thence north 49 deg % min. w., 5280 it.; thence north 37 deg. 15 min. w., 5393 it.; thence south Al deg. % mi-A w., 3960 it. to the place of beginning, said area embracing 128O acres and being situated in Ko- diak Recording District, Alaska, and on Salmon Creek, a tributary of Lake Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
 Serial 04857
 Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 9, 10, In. 12, B 16, 21 and P described as an area commencing at point known as Corner No. of the said Claim Mo- Fl from which the northeast corner Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 w., s. M., bears north 84 deg. 36 min. 40 sec. west, 1G,996.61 feet distant; thence from said corner No. south AS deg. 45 min. E., 5284 it.; thence south Al deg. % min. w., 264O ft.; thence soul south 49 deg. o0 min. E., 528O it.; thence north Al deg. % min. E., 264O it.; thence south 49 deg. % min. E., 528O ft,; thence north fl deg. % min. E., 264O it.; thence north 49 deg. % min. w. 1O,56O it.; thence north 46 deg. 45 min. w., 5284 it.; thence south Al deg. % min. w.. 2640 it., to the place of beginning, said area embrac- ling 128O acres and situated in the ko- diak Recording District, Alaska, and on Bear Creek, a tributary of Lake Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
 Any and all persons having adverse or conflicting claims to said land are hereby notified that a full statement under oath of such claim, should be filed in this office showing a superior right to a permit or lease under said act, or valid existing adverse or con- flicting claim to the land, or the min erals or oil therein under the public land laws on or before March 12, 1924, otherwise, such claims may be disre- garded in granting the permits or leases applied for.
 FRANK A. BOYLE,
 Register.
 First publication Feb. 5, 1924
 Last publication March Il, 1924
 Run Daily 30 times,
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NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL HAS PLAN IT BELIEVES WILL REDUCE
 AUTO KILLING ON CITY STREETS

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 6.-The Nation al Safety council today, in announc-- ing that 15,OO0 deaths were caused in the United States during 1923 by au- tomobiles. outlined recommendations which. it said, could be applied ill any city to bring a reduction in accidents. They are:
 1. That traffic movement along the main arteries and subsidiary chan nels be studies and traffic maps made so that traffic distribution and con- trol may be made effective.
 ?. That city spot maps showing the place of every traffic accident De made so that local centers of hazard may be identified and proper treat ment of conditions prescribed.
 8. That the intelligent cooperation of every user of public streets be ob' tained through community oreanlza tion and education directed al the de velopment of safer conditions ana con duct everywhere.
 While automobile d,a a ns in 1925 are estimated hy tL9 safety council 'o have been 009 m )ra than in the pre- ceding year the following cities are said to have reported substantial de creases:
 San Francisco Minneapolis, S"cra mento, Chicago, New Haven, New Bee ford, Mass; Grand Rapids, Mich; Providence, Seattle, Elizabeth N. J.; Racine, Wis; Toledo, Salt Lake Cl'y Portland, Ore; and Syracuse, N. r.
 Larger cities reporting increasing fatal automobile accidents include;
 Oakland and Los Angeles. Cal
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New shipment of Nen-s overcoats Urbach.
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Therefore, we throw the mantle of charity around our nearly defunct friend, and ask him with the best of feeling to please allow the commer- cial club members to pick and choose for themselves. They may be wrong but look at the fun they have. The best argument we have found yet for territorial division is JOhn
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Eleven vessels from the Orient have coaled and taken on fuel oil at Unalaska this winter and the port is increasing in importance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
PACT MAY HALT
FARLEY ON
ARMS
Britain and italy Reported in
Agreement to Bury Geneva
Protocol

ROME, Dec. 1O.-A quiet grave
between now and the March meet
ing Of the council Of the League Of
Nations was the prospect Of the
Geneva protocol today, based on
the belief that Britain and italy
have reached an understanding re-
garding the pact.
K The Anglo. Italian understanding
would mean the protocol probably
will be buried before. the March
meeting. 81 - -.
Eignori Salandra, chief Italian
delegate, reasserted today that ad.
journment until March would pre-
vent any preparation for the dis
armament conference scheduled to
be held in. May and to which the
United States will send delega-
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and =; asking her to visit him 'oefor
JUSSERAND TO SPEAK
AT LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL

Ambassador Jules Jusserand win
deliver the principal address on
Monday; night at Corcoran Hall,
George Washington University,
when the Lafayette Memorial exer-
clsess are held at S:15 o'clock. The
French Ambassador is taking part
in the dedication of the Lafayette
alcove in the university library.
The occasion is the one hundredth
anniversary of the first graduation
exercises of the university, as well
as the hundredth anniversary of the
visit of the Marquis de Lafayette.
Miss Estelle Wentworth will sing.
The mems glee club will give sew
eral selections. The laying OF the
cornerstone of the new law school
will take place Monday afternoon.
President William Mather Lewis
win announce the plans of the
exercises later. Both ceremonies
will be open to the public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
Predicts Span Of Life
VIII Increase To
1915 Years
D. IpternatlOnaI News seFvIee.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. To-
How would you like to live to
be 1000? Don't get excited,
for the new era Of Methuselahs
will not be realized in the
present generation. A. w. Frye,
supreme commander Of the
Maccabees, a fraternal order
that now solves the problem OF
old age by philanthropy and re-
lief measures, INDUCED in an
address here in some interesting
speculations on longevity.
"The average age of death in
the seventh century was twenty
one years." said Mr.. Frye. I'm
1924 it was thirty-five years.
In the last century it has been:
raised to fifty-five years. Car
ried on at the same rate Of gain
the average life would be
eighty-three, years by the end
Of the next century. By the
year 1924 il would reach the
span of lob years.
"The 1000 year old man,
scientists say, is q biological
possibility. Time is not the
destroyer. Changes in the.
human body, considered marks
OF seniiity, may begin at an
early age"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
R. u N RUNNERS
N0WUSNNG
PLANES
Coast Guard Must Get Flying
Machines to Meet New
Smuggling System

Airplane equipment will soon be.
come a necessity for the United
States coast guard in its campaign
against liquor Smuggling. Officials
said today.
The finding OF a derelict hydro
plane off the Atlantic coast, from
which was salvaged eight cases Of
Whiskey, disclosed that rum-rLnners
are making. use OF aircraft to- get,
their wares into the United States
Coast guard officials said that n
number Of wrecked hylf oplRnes had.
been picked up off the coast ard.
that undoubtedly some of the big
rum rings are equipped with planes.
While smugglers are using air.
craft especially for scouting pur.
poses to keep informed as to the
location Of Government boats. it
was declared that when the water
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
SUTTOR / REES
GIRL AFTER
PLEDGE
Released on Promise to Wed
Obtained After Dinner
Il Party in Chester

READING. Pa, Dec. 10. - Edith
Hivello, KIDNAPPED here Sunday is
back at the home here Of her father,
Alfonso. unframed. The three men
who kidnapped her were said by
the police to have sent her home
after a trip to Chester and PhIla.
delphia. The police here were asked
to take no further action in the
caee, but District Attorney Mauger
may decide otherwise
Miss Rivello, according to the story
given to the police by relatives and
neighbors visited by the detectives
after word came by a roundabout
source that the girl had been brought
back, was taken away by four men,
but one is believed to have been en-
ployed as:driVer Of the kidnapingers'
car and to have had no part in the
plot.
After leaving Reading the party
was driven to Chester, where dinner
was taken at q cafe. In the party,
the father charged, was the man
who wanted to marry the girl and
who, he told the police, arranged
the abduction plot. From Chester
the party went to Philadelphia and
from there the girl took a. Penn.
sylvania Railroad train and came
here. No explanation is made of
the party's whereabouts in the time
not accounted for in the story given
the police. -
She Is reported to have told her
relatives here that she had been
threatened with death unless she
agreed to marry her strenuous lover
and that she finally consented and
then was permitted to come home
The girls father. overjoyed at
her return, declined to make a
charge against the alleged kid
napers, all of whom the girls rela-
tives. g. Castagna, the girls
Uncle, Silt Woodland avenue,
Philadelphia, told the police that
no prosecution was intended.
Police here were nystified at
first by the kidnapping. Three
men were said to have oyerpowered
the young woman at Mifflin and
Spruce streets. They bundled her
into waiting automobile, and drove
aWay.
For several years; Miss Rivello
made her home with an uncle at
1893 West York street, Philadel-
phta. Last week she received a
letter from her father stating that
ne planned a journey to Italy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
BAT AVA PONZ|
SOUGHT BY
POLICE
Grand Larceny Warrant Ice
sued for Earl Williams, Whose
100000 Bubble Burst

B BUFFALO, Dec. 1G.-M. Earl wa.
liams, Batavia's financial wizard"
whose 100000 bubble burst last Sat.
,urday. faces arrest. a warrant was
issued by Judge Lesur, Of Batavia,
after District Attorney Waterman
officially filed information charging
grand larceny. n i
The warrant was turned oyer to
Sheriff WAX. OF Genesee county.
with Instructions, to make theearrest
at the earliest opportunity. When
the officers visited the "Wizard's''
mansion. in West Main street, Ba-
.tavia, Mrs. Williams uniformed them
her husband had gone to Rochester.
Police of thattcity, as well az, neigh.
boring towns and cities, were asked
to apprehend Williams. 4
Promised, SIS Per Cent.
ThSsspecific charge III the warrant
asserts Williams obtained $1,000
from B. w. WEIGH, Batavia tautomo-
bile dealer. on the assurance that
Williams would invest the money IN
Npt S4AAGAGCN VI AluSHlSuASSS Va LtAC
Dairymen's League. Of New York,
and pay WEIGH IS per cent for the
four,day loan. WEIGH charges the
four. days have elapsed and Williams
has failed to comply with the agree
ment and has neither returned the
principal nor the Interest.
1t was learned here that VIII
Hams biggest creditor Is Dir. H. d
Marshall. Of Lyons. He iss reported
to have turned over $50, DOO in cash
asking for ne security except : Viii
liarnss personal l. o. u.
Those WHO did not set in on the
ground floor in the Wizards" op
erations responded quickly when
Williams shifted his program and
showered Western New York with
kilograms from Buffalo. A typical
one Of these scores Of messages
reads -
Have $500 deal, IS per cent in,
terest for ten days. Advise collect
No. 1853 Pearl street, Buffalo"
Got Mail at Brokers'.
The Buffalo address is a well
known brokerage house, Denninson
Company, and this caused the belief
among his friends that the wiz
ard" had connections with that
firm. They responded very literally.
]. j. Denninson. head of the brpk.
erage firm. again asserted his firm
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
PATIENT QUITS HOSPITAL
WEARING SIS, 900 RADlUM

BROCKTON, Mass, Dec. 1O.-Mias
Annie Provost. Of Brockville, an aged
woman, walked out of a hospital>hefe
with band on her hand containing
radium valued at $4,000. She had
gone to the hospital for treatment,
and when left alone for a few min.
utes decided to go home.
Physicians, fearful that the woman
would lose her hand. summoned the
police to aid in the search, and Miss
Provost was found at her home. She
said she had no idea of the value Of
the band or Of the danger of wearing
It too long.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
Pork Barrel Measures
To Be Fought By
COOLIDGE

President Coolidge intends to
put his foot down squareIy on
all attempts to enact pork
barrel" Legislation at this ses-
sion Of Congress-, White House
spokesman declared today.
Drastic cuts must be made In
the rivers and harbors bill be-
fore it viii receive the appro-
baton of the Executive, it was
said. The President regards
with extreme displeasure the
sudden Jumping. up" on the
total appropriations carried in
the measure from the original
figure Of approximately $685.
100000, to- nearly double that
amount s-sgg &. 3,ssst- esr+5s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10

A GIFT for the horno il. gift
for the whole family. Youth find
gifts galore for the home under
Christmas Columns" sof, the Classi.
fled Section.
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$780, ear-Old God
Found AT lJr Of
ChaIdees
ny InternationaI News Service.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Dec.
10. The clay statuette portrait
Of a goddess of the time of
Father Abraham was found at
Ur of the Chaldees by the joint,
exploration expedition Of the
University Of Pennsylvania and
the British museum Of London.
The woman was goddess in
the Temple of the Moon God,
probably of a period of $500
years ago, and is one Of the
oldest that scientists have yet
unearthed.
The same expedition discov-
cred fragments Of papyrus bear
ing a. part of q chapter Of the
Gospel Of St. Matthew, and writ
ten approximately in $50 A. D.
and asking her to visit him before
he left.
The young woman arrived in
Reading. Thursday and went to the
home of. relatives at 21S Miffiin
street. She was on her way to
see her father when three men
approached her and residents in
chat section told police the girl
was carried into the automobile
and whisked away. In the strug,
gle, she lost her pocketbook con.
tanning $l2. 1t was found on the
street by Patrolman George H.
Cox.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
DYED FUR PEDDLER is
FORCED TO LEAVE D. C

A fur peddler who attempted to
sell dyed fur coat for a sealsISin
Is somewhere outside the District
today at the invitation of the police
to whom his attempted operations
Were reported by the Better Business
Bureau.
The peddler claimed buying the
coat for friend and said he wanted
to get rid OF It. Six coats were
found in his room at a downtown
hotel. Al
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
English Women Still
Tightest Laced
n World

English women are still the
"tightest laced in the world,
judging from figures on corset
exports issued today by the
Department Of Commerce.
To England in October went
$4,000 corsets, while purchases
BY Australia were 10000 and.
Canada 1900, making up more.
than half the total export.
Spain, Italy, Turkey and
Greece imported no corsets from.
United States indicating that
natural form lines still prevail
in womeR's apparel in those
countries. 81
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method OF getting liquor. into the
country. Is checked the. whisky run,
ners viii resort to, the. air..
K Officials anticipated y general
change In smuggling methods as
soon as. the, Government 10 able to
throw its new fleet Of destroyers
and notorboats against the rum
runners. aF
Airpfanes at present are oper-
ating between the islands off the
southeastern coast and the main
land. ~ $50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10

Our special offer for the balance of this One dollar will
send Of these items listed in this
This offer enables many gifts by ouayng only
small amount OF allowing many
Tor the home and at the time
other gifts in mind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
10 See carnegie Exhibits

Superintendent Ballou was mott
fled today by Doctor John C. Mer,
riam, head of the Carnegie Institu.
ton, that next Saturday has been
set aside for the inspection. of the
scientific exhibits of the institution
by high school teachers and pupils
Of the public schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10

ton, according to Secretary Hughea'
acceptance received last night.
Senior GUAM, UEuguayan delegate
to the council, adhering to the ad-
journment proposal, reaffirmed ut
the same time the faith of the
South American democracies In the
League of Nations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10

had no connection with the wiz
ard" and merely allowed Williams
mail and kilograms to come TO
their office because he and Williams
had been boyhood friends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-15

A coil of hair from the head of a
woman of the Roman era, held in
place by jet hairpins. is preserved
in a museum at York. England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-15

Examination for postoffice clerks
and carriers will be held at Indian
apolis Oct 4, Henry M. Trimpe, sec
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-15
BAPTIST CONF ABB
DRAWS TO CLOSE
Election of officers Sched-
uIed at Cumberland,

The ninety-eighth conference of
the Indianapolis Baptist Association
was to close today at the Baptist
Church of Cumberland, Ind, with
election Of officers and a session de-
voted to home and foreign mission
airy work. The conference began
Thursday.
The Indianapolis Association in
cludes churches of Cumberland, New
Bethel, Acton, Brooktield and
Crooked Creek. Delegates expressed
opinions their association will merge
with the Central Baptist Associa-
ton, which includes the Baptist con-
gregations in Indianapolis proper,
within a year.
Speakers today included DIR. o. r.
Mckay, Indianapolis; the Rev. H. l..
Spangler, Cumberland; the Rev. j.
r. Quick, Indianapolis, pastor Of
the River Avenue Baptist Church,
and the Rev. u. S. Clutton, Indian
apolis, pastor of the Tuxedo Park
Baptist Church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-15

rotary, civil service board, Federal
Bldg, announced today. Applica-
ton forms and information may be
had from Trimpe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-15

a twelVe-inch sewer laid on top
of the ground and emptying across
the curb on to the pavement of
Shelby St in the $500 block, is
causing a storm of protest from
residents and business men of the
neighborhood.
How'd you like to have a thing
like that in front Of your door,"
asked Omer Brown, 1925 Shelby
ST., who one day found the pipe
rearing its head Ike a huge boa
constructor about ten feet directly
before his home
The sewer, about seventy-five
yards long. starts at two new
catch basins at Southern Ave. and
Shelby St, less than one block up
the slope. 1t is laid between the
sidewalk and the curb. A neat pile
of dirt two feet high covers the
pipe until it is eased out of the
slope to disgorge on the pavement.
"a person will need rubber
boots TO get up that walk on a
rainy day when the dirt washes
onto the walk said o. n. Smith.
grocer-butcher at 1929 Shelby.
why didn't the city run it down
the street? Couldn't have hurt
this rutty old pavement any"
commented another neighbor.
q guess it's sort of an addition
to the sunken gardens of Garfield
Park" said another. Garfield Park
is across the street.
They wouldn't stand for such
monkey business up on the north
side a minute" said a third.
''All the expenses to drain about
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-15
LEADERS REJOICE
At APPOINTMENT
Lincoln Dixon Made Western
Davis Head.

Democratic Ieaedrs in Indiana were
elated today over appointment of
Lincoln Dixon, North Vernon, as
head of the Davis western head
quarters in Chicago.
Charles A Greenhouse, national
committeeman and secretary of the
national committee, returned Thurs
day night from Chicago, where he
conferred with Glen Shaver. national
chairman Greenhouse was instru-
mental in securing the Dixon ap-
pointment.
State Chairman Walter S. Cham
bers, DR.. Carleton B. McCulloch,
Mrs. A P. Flynn. Logansport, vice
chairman, and other candidates were
at North Vernon today for a Fourth
district meeting
Miss Gertrude Tanning McHugh,
State secretary, announced Demo
Gratis would have a tent at the State
Playground in charge of the Seventh
District Women's Club. of which
Mrs. John w. Trenck is chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-15

Here is a square ''checker-board, "
containing 169 squares Q8x1S9 AL
the squares are removable. The prob
lem is 70 break up the board, and
TO form the greatest possible num-
Der of smaller boards; each Of the
new boards must be square in shape,
and no two Of them can contain the
same number of squares.
How many smaller boards can you
form?
Yesterdays answer:
The motorcycle policeman. who
started four minutes after the speed
er, and travelled one-third faster,
caught him in twelve minutes.
In one minute the speeder passed
over one unit of ground, while his
pursuer passed over -1-3 units.
Hence, when the speeder had gone
Is units DC minutes), the policeman
had covered the same ground in IL
minutes, thus making up for the
four-minute start
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-15

three bucketfuls of water" added
another
When Mr.. Fixit of The Times
showed the picture of the condition
to William H. Freeman of the
board of works, Freeman said the
board would not stand for such
condition." and promised to ascer-
tain who was responsible for 1t.
The city engineering department
said that the man who designed
the sewer was on his vacation.