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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15
PANAMA CANAL
TOLLS MOUNT
SHARPLY
Receipts $24,2oo, 1853 in Fis-
cal Year 1924, an Increase
Of Nearly 81, 900, 900

Traffic through the Panama
Canal during the fiscal year 1924
amounted to 24,994,71O tons Of cargo
carried In $3.50 vessels, and paid
tolls amounting to 924,29O, 9e3.6d. ac.
cording to statistics made public by
the War Department, today.
The tolls show an increase Of
nearly $1,000, 900 over the amount
OF $17, sos, 1887 paid on cargo car.
ried In 1857 vessels. The figures
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15
GERMAN LOAN QUICKLY
OVERSOLD IN BRITAIN

LONDON, Oct. IT, Great Britnin's
quota Of the German loan has been
oyer-subscribed, It was announced
today.
subscriptions were taken through
the Bank OF England. The bonds
were offered at 80. the same price
as the bonds sold in America, and.
were in denominations Of. from $500
to 81. 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15

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hearing evidence IA the case. dc.
spite. the absence Of Miss Fontaine
found that the plaintiff and her
mother had conspired to extract
money from young Whitney, that
the defendant had not promised to
marry her and that he was not the
father Of her son.
Whitney was the chief witness
Of the defense denying all OF the
charges contained In Miss Fon-
taine's suit. Other evidence re-
lated to the marriage OF Miss Fon.
tame and the subsequent annul-
ment Of that marriage to Sterling
L. Adair. The Jury charged both
Miss Fontaine and her mother had
been guilty Of perjury in the an.
nulment suit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15
r st. at 18th

Tailored and sports styles slender in line embOdying the
the cOOrs and interesting touches at nekne
Fashioned of tween silk flannel with nicely of finish
them intended for much higher pricing Sizes is to a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15

conference ends the matter, Of unfit
cation of North and South Meth.
Odist Episcopal Churches will arise,
This question, paramount In both
North and South. Methodist leaders
say, ID likely to cause prolonged and
lively discussion on the conference
floor.
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To stop
DANCER FROM
SUING
Counsel for Whitney Wants
Injunction Against Miss
Fontaine

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15.--
Counsel for Cornelius. Vanderbilt
Whitney planned today to apply to
Federal Judge John Spartridge for
a permanent injunction against
Evan Burrows Fontaine, beautiful
dancer. to en1oin her from bringing
further actions against his wealthy
client. following the complete col,
lapse of the dancers $1,000, OOOS
breach Of promise suit.
Al Jury in Federal court. after
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15
Va. NE THOD|ST
CONFERENCE
OPENS
Bishop Warren G. Gambler
Presides At Norfolk Meet.
315.Preaent
Z Tnternat IonaI llTe1Er eervIca.

4 NORFOLK, Va. Oct 15.--With
Bishop Warren d. Gambler. Of At
laTta. presiding. the 142nd Virginia
Methodist Conference opened In
EpWOrth Memorial Church auditor.
dunA here this morning. Three hun
dred and fifteen ministers and III.
most q hundred laymen constituted
the official body.
fa''It ~ expected that before the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15
Robs jewelers. Window

SYRACUSE. ". X. Oct. IL
Smashing the heavy plate glass
window with his gloved hand, q
youthful jewel thief secured several
pearl necklaces from the show win
dowa OF the H. J. Howe, Inc. jewel.
ry store early today and. fled amid
q rain Of bullets from the watch
mans gun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15
Foreign Mall Time Cut

LONDON, Oct. is. - The Daily
telegraph announced completion Of
plans to cut In half the mali time
between London and Buenos Aires
bY combination Of fast trains. air
planes and fast steamers via Oak
kar and Pernambuco.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15

abb Black velvet dinner frOc
ifs embroidery Georpet
rks pastel shades trimmed with gold silver
Formal dress frOcks astoundingly to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-15

dresses, coats. stockings sweaters.
draperies. coverings, hangings,
everything new.
Buy diamond Dyes't--no other
kind and tell your druggist wheth-
|er the material you wish to color
lis wool or silk or whether II Is
linen, cotton, or mixed goods.
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col OR II NEW WITH
DIAMOND DYES"

Beautiful hons
dyeing and tint.
ing Ii guaranteed
with Dta m on q
Dyes. Just dip
In cold water TO
tint soft. delicate
shades. or boil to
dye rich, perTna-
nent color. Each
15-cent package
contains d directions
so simple any
woman can dye
or tint lingerie.
silks. RIB b o ms,
skirts, aists,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-14

We don't have TO tell you to hurry here
for thu ,pecial! Every woman knows
the fine quality of these famous Nashua
Woolnap BIankets--pretty plaids-full
double-bed size!
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
lOLARGEST STATES
 GIVE HEAVY VOTE
Total Of 16,530,O42 Ballots Cast
 in Election
By The Associated Presa.

Washington. Dec. 6.-The vote for the three leading presidential candl- dates in the last election In ten Of the largest state totaled 16,5S0,042 according to figures received here from secretaries of state after the official canvass. The official figures for all states have not yet been re- ceived.
 President Coolidge received e,99l,- 968 votes in those ten states, John W. Davis, 4,372.G25 and Senator La Toilette. 2,165,459. The states are New York, Illinois. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Massachuetts, In- diana, New Jersey, Missouri and Iowa, In each of them President Coolidge received more than half million votes. In the 1920 election those states cast 14,437,1o4 votes Of which President Harding received B. SO5,7 and James M. Cox. 4,631.39s.
 Analysis of the statistics indicate that Senator La Toilette drew slight ly more from the republicans than from the democrats. Coolidge re- ceived 60.4 per cent of the total vote in November in the ten states, Da- wis 264 and La Toilette 1S.2 per cent. In the 1920 election Harding received 6s.0 per cent of the total vote in the same states and Cox S2.o per cent. La Toilette, 1t would ap- pear drew 7.6 per cent from the re- publicans and 6.6 per cent from the democrats.
 Coolidge had a plurality 5,56a,3SS over Davis in the ten states, and plurality of 7,826.49o over La Fol- lette. The president also had a ma iority of 3,453,S74 over the combln- ed Davis and La Toilette vote In the ten states. Pennsylvania gave Cool idge a plurality of 992,289, the larg- est plurality ever given any presi- dential candidate by that state. H. linois gave Coolidge the second larg- est plurality with S76,346 and New York the third largest, with S69,- 2G2.
 From official returns now in, 1t Is shown that Cooidges plurality exceeded the vote for Davis in more than quarter of the states La Toilette polled a larger vote than Davis in al least five states inc!ud- ing Wisconsin. where his plurality over Coolidge reached 142,064.
 Interest in the national election apparently was not very keen In the south, Practically every state Tn that section. excepting Georgia showed a smaller total vote than that in the presidential election or Iao0
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
MARX CANPA AIGNS FOR STRONG GOVT.
Urges German Voters to Support
 Reliable Parties
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Berlin, Dec. s.-Chancellor Marx concluded a prolonged campaign tour last night at Karlsruhe with q stirring appeal to the electorate 10 support those parties which will ensure the government a reliable working majority in the reichstag- a majority pledged to further prose cuton of Germany's present foreign and domestic program.
 Germany" he said, needs reichstag which will enable t to reach q peaceable understanding with her former opponents--a parliament which will command con- fldcnce abroad and be in d position to assert its authority at home"
 Discussing democracy and the re- publican colors the chancellor said:
 T defend our federal banner be- cause it represents the colors of the new Germany which wc rescued from the wreckage of tho lost war"
 Reports from all sections of Ger many reflect growing confidence by the leaders of the liberal parties in the outcome of Sundays balloting. The democratic and socialists express themselves hopefully as 10 the strength with which their respcc- tive parties will enter the new roichStag.
 Owing 10 tho cumbersome mako ur of the official ballot and the tedious work of allottlng the vote among the more than a score Of parties in the contest. the official count Is expected to progress slowly, and adequate results are not looked for before Tuesday.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
City Items

Make your appointment today for Christmas Photographs Johnson & Peterson Studio.-adyt.
 Miss Anna Ahearn, who has been i'll at her home on Franklin Square for two weeks, is expected to resume her duties in Cox & Dunns office next week.
 Join Morans' Xmas Music Club.- advt.
 Home cooked lunches at Crowell's. adv.
 Henry F. c. Hill, sold today, through the Camp Real Estate Co.,, d. one-family house at 20 Common wealth avenue, to Peter and Jose phine Marvchesl.
 Gulbransen player pianos at Morans' -advt.
 Mattabessett Tribe. No. A. I. Q. R. M., will confer degree work on several candidates at its regular meeting Monday evening, The tribe has accepted an invitation from Sicaogg Tribe, No. 36. of Hartford to visit 1t next Wednesday and eXemplify the adoption degree on several candidates,
 Victrolas and Pianos, at Moran's- advt.
 The public Is cordially invited to hear Dr. Vincent's lecture on Com munity Health" at the Burritt hotel Thursday evening at 6:3o. Tickets, including dinner, s1.T5, can be ob- tained from Fred Rackliffe. Tel. 1915 --advt.
 Carl Berg Of 1so Curtis street is spending the weekend at Pratt h. stitute, New York, where he will at- tend a banquet tonight.
 Mrs. Anthony Cabelus of "A Church street was injured In a fall down a flight of stairs at her home yesterday and was treated at the New Britain General hospital.
 Louis Manulla. aged g. was scratched about the head last night when he was run into by an auto mobile driven by Joseph Deldonna of R. F. D. 2. Deldonna reported the accident to the police.
 Make your appointment today for Christmas Photogra phs Johnson & Peterson Studio.-adIt
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06

shouldn't l be7 am not talking like a diplomat, for under no cir cumstances am forced to sugar. coat my opinions, Tho only fear that possesses us soldiers Ia that we may not be able to fulhll our duty to the state and the emperor In time of emergency in a manner the nation expects of us. We have no other worry under the sun. We hate and condemn the idea that we should be in any way concerned about the coming maneuvers of the American navy. We are not so systorically disposed and suspicious about what other nations may do. On the contrary our sympathy goes out toward those, no matter of what country. who love their moth- erland and for that love forget every selfish interest. We ourselves have been trained in this faith from the cradle"
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
Foreign Exchange

New York, Doc. 6.--Torcign ex- changes firm quotations Gin cents)-
 Great Britain; demand 4GS 7-16: cables 468I1-l6; Go day bills on banks 465 11-16. France: demand 1.441-4; cables 5.44a,; Italy: de- mani 4.3324 cables 4S41-4; Bel clum; demand 49514; cables A96. Germany: demand 2$.Sl. Holland: demand 40.4l. Norway 17.75. switz- erland: demand 19S7. Span: de- demand 4O.4I. Norway: demand 149. Sweden demand .6.94. Denmark It. .. Switzerland. demand 19.37. Spain demand 1886. Greece. demand 1.S2. Poland: demand 191-4. Czccho- Syovskia; demand 3.018t Jugoslavia demand 14Slg. Austria: demand .o0l4 Is, Eumania: demand .49ls. Argentina:' demand 8S.5n. Brazil: demand 1l.5S. Toklo. demand 2sl9 Montreal 99I5-16.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
DIVORCED ABROAD
Frances Bolger Gets Degree Against John Hartford, Whom She Mar ried In panbuTy Last Year.

Paris, Dec. 6.-Divorces on grounds of alleged desertion Of the home have been granted by the French courts in favor cf two American women, occording 10 an announcement today,
 Julia Evelyn Poett won 3 doErco from William Wharton Thurs;on ot San Francisco and London whom she married in Paris in 1922, and Frances Bolger from John Angus tin Hartford. whom she married at Denbury, Conn, in 1923
 Demands for divorce on thc same grounds have been filed hy Sophe D'Antignac Meldrim, wife of Ed- ward Harris Coy. of New York. ani Euls NJ. Jackson, wife Of Edward H. Alsop, of Washington. The Coys were married at AshylIle, \, C, in 1928 and the Alsops at Atlanta, Ga, the same year.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06

merely going up into the high noun tains, where it is too cold and snowy to dwell in winter.
 "A considerable number, however, live a purely nomadic life, wander. Ing hundreds of miles along regular routes between the warm plains of Mesopotamia in winter and the cool. grassy uplands In summer. Among the pure nomads society Is organized upon half-patriarchal system. while the semi-nomadic Kurds are either divided Into tribes or clans, like those of medieval Scotland, or are ruled by feudal lords, whose power is often absolute.
 Greater Marauders Than Apachcs
 Poverty Is the rule among the Kurds; their mountain fastnesses are difficult of access ,and they reason of their life.a thI;oywuN themselves are strong and hardy. The people of the neighboring fer tile. lowlands, on the other hand, are relatively well-to-do, and are also comparatively unprotected and averse to war. All these factors combine to make the Kurds a race of plunderers, No race,' says the famous geographer Reclus, neither Baluch, Bedouin, nor Apache. has developed the marauding instinct to higher degree than have the war like Kurd tribes
 "Whether living in Turkey, Per sia or the new state of Iraq, the kurds are Mohammedans But they are not as serious or fanatical In religious matters as the Arabs and the Turks. Nominally they be- long to the shiah sect of Moham- medans. Some of them, however, are very cosmopolitan In their re- ligious observances, and when away from home readily join in prayers in either Shiah or Sunni mosque. They have even been known, when in Armenian villages, to join in the Christian service of the Armenian church, kneeling and lowing with the congregation"
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
MARAUDING KURDS
 LONG.L|VED FOLK
Have History Dating Back to
 WarS.Of Greece and Persia

Washington. Dec. GA resident of ConstantinopIe who has just cele- bratcd his one hundred and fiftieth birthday anniversary and who is be- lieyed to be the oldest man in the world, is Kurd. A bulletin from the Washington, D. C., headquarters of the National Geographic society tells something of this long lived people,
 Like tho Bulgarians, also noted for their long lives. the kurds are largely pastoral people," says the bulletin. They live far from enervating lowlands. in the rugged hills about the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. They are an old people racially and lived much as they do now In the days when Assyria and Babylon were in power. They were marauders then as they are under the proper con- ditions today. and over and over again the Assyrian and Babylonian armies took the field against them. But they merely retired to still higher lands until their enemies had gone and then took up their old ways.
 Rolled Stones on Xenophon's Ten
 Thousand
 Tt was the kurds-then known a Inc Va rI 10 N phon's marchers their greatest trouble. rolling great stones down on them from the mountains.
 Today the kurds are still the unsubdued scourge of the people of the plains. They arc distant cousins of Europeans and Americans, strong-featured Aryans, allied to the Persians and the Armenians. In addition to the plateau region near the source of the Tigris and Eu- pirates their homeland includes the Zagros mountains, which run south- eastward from Lake Van to the Persian Gulf and form the boun- dary between Turkey and Persia.
 Half Villagers, Half Nomads
 Although most of the Kurds possess villages, composed of clus- ters of low, flat-roofed houses of stone or mud, all the tribes are more or less nomadc. The majority live in dark brown, many-peaked tents of boats hair during the summer. not wandering far from home, but
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
THROWN FROM HORSE

Baltimore, Md. Dec, (. - Sir T Ashley Sparks, managing director in the United States of the tunari steamship lines, sustained a IlsIo- cated shoulder yesterday when he was thrown from his horse while riding with the Green Spring Nsll"y club hounds.
 Sir Ashley was removed to hos pital, where it is said his condition Is not serious
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
NAVAL RECOMMENDATIONS
One Would Promote Men by Selec-
 ton Rather Than Seniority

Washington. Dec. 6.--Promotion by selection instead of by seniority in all grades in the navy down 10 Lieutenent, and retirement on the basis of time served in any grade rather than for age, are proposed in bill introduced today by Repre- sentative Britten, republican, Illinois.
 The bill would retire from the service those officers in tho lower grades who are not promoted after seven years of commissioned service and would pay them a bonus of s700 a year instead of retirement pay for life, as provided under the present system.
 The change. Mir, Britten said, would save more than s2,o00,0 900 annually
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
Manufacturer Fined
 For Fast Driving

Waterbury, Dec. 6.-CIayton De- mott, Jr, assistant superintendent of the Scovill Mfg, Go. was fined sc5 and costs for driving at a speed greater than allowed by statute at a hearing in the Cheshire Town hall Thursday, 1t was learned here today. Justice Howard ". Durand imposed the minimum fine.
 Sherburne B. Rockwell. assistant manager of the International Silver Co. passenger in pemott's car, had his leg crushed and it was necessary to amputato it last week
 The accident happened in Chcs- hire October 10 when Demott's car crashed into a farmers wagon, carly in the morning. The car turned turtle.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
NOT WORRIED AT
 US. MANEUVERING
Japan'S Naval Commander
 Issues Statement
By The Associated Press.

" tAN Nos'Nlattu iENpts
 Tokio. Dec. 6.-Admiral okada. the new commander in chief Of the imperial joint naval squadrons, told the correspondent of the Associated Press that he would assume respon- sibillty for asserting that the i'm perial navy felt no concern about the American navy's proposed Pa clhc maneuvers.
 Such exercises, carried out 5000 miles from Japan, though. maybe, on a little larger scale and of great CT duration" than usual naval maneuvers, signify very little in our eyes" he said.
 He said that were he a statesman he would feel far more deeply about the attitude of the press, lever in tent on making capital of matters Of this kind"
 Here they fret and fume abgut ulterior intentions of America, while there they write about Jspan's suspicious" he said One is as groundless as the other"
 T do not deny that some sus- picion Is entertained by limited section of our public. but do as- ssrt that 1t is far from the sense of the entire Japanese nation or navy.
 Our Bushido teaches us to feel and cultivate sympathy with men Of the same profession. It Is written that warriors should aid and sym pathize with one another
 Individually. personally. as a fighting man in the service of my country, am sympathetic with the tremendous enthusiasm with which the warriors of neighboring country are trying 10 foster a mar tial spirit among the men behind the guns, so that they may acquit themselves with honor and credit in case of emergency. We are doing just the same thing. Such a spirit of emulation should not be discour- aged because 1t will do immense good instead of harm if given broad. far-sighted statesmanship to guide it for the good of mankind"
 The word preparedness invent ed In America. expresses a principle as old as time among men of arms" !" said Admiral Okada.
 T am perfectly frank in thus ex- pressing myself" he said. Why
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
Egyptian Parliament
 Will Be Dissolved

Cairo. Egypt, Dec. 6.--The news- paper Ahram understands that the Egyptian parliament will be dis solved before the months proroga- ton expires, on December 25, and that the dissolution will come possi- ply within a few days. Elections for the new parliament, the paper adds, will probably be held in Feb ruary
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
Lincoln Funeral Train
 Conductor Dies at S5

Cincinnati, noc. t-Daniel L. Holmes, pioneer railroad man, who was conductor on the Abraham Lincoln funeral train in 1855. ss it crossed the country from Washing ton to Springfield, Ill.,, IS dead. He vas S5 years of age. Al the tim" President Linocln was shot and fatal 'y wounded, Holmes vas sleeping ear conductor, and when If was de- cided that the martyrei president was 10 he taken fo Srrneneld for burial he was placed Tn charge CT the train
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
WALL ST. REPORTS

New York, Dec, 6.-(Wall Street. price movements character iled today's stock market while there was marked absence Of the urgent selling which featured yester- days late dealings, the usual week end profit-talSlng was In evidence. particularly among low priced rails and some standard industrials. U. S. Realty, which had been bid up to lSS in the first hour fell back to lS3. Exceptionally good buying was noted, however, in public utilities and a few specialties, extreme gains of 3 to 1 points being recorded by s, s. Kresge, Barnet leather, Pullman American Radiator and Philadelphia company. The closing was irregular. Sales approXimated S5O.000 shares.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
Eighty Million Dollars
 For New Road Building

Washington. Dec. s.-Eighty mill lion dollars for road construction is carried in the annual agricultural appropriation bill ss reported to the house. This amount would be avail- able expenditure during the coming fiscal year,
 The bill carries a total Of s1a4.- 65T7lS, CT $5ss2S,z7s more than the amount available for this fiscal year, In addition there are perma- rent and indefinite appropriations for the agricultural department to. talling Sl2.540.75O.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
Gentle speech

Two mon were becoming abusive In the course Of political quarrel. "I think" cried one of them, "that there Is just one thing that saves you from being a barefaced liar"
 What's that" asked the other. 'Your Whiskers, was the reply. = Tit-Rits uondoni.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
RATIFY WIRE AGREEMENTS

Warsaw Dec. 6.-The Polish diet today ratified the postal, telegraph and telephone conventions with Soviet Russia. Under these agree ments the telephone service will not function between Poland and Rus sia for the time being, and no codes can be used in telegraph messages.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06
C :, TREASURY STATEMENT |, <, treasury balance, $243.S6p.67-
CLEARINGs AND BALANCES.

New Nork--Ezchanges, 1884, o"o'ooo, balances 77000.ooo.
 Boston - Exchanges. 74ooo.o10: halances, @6.00O. .O0a.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-06

November revenues of the St. Louis L Southwestern Railway wers %-'io0'" ,0' decrease of s400,ooo qHa'F 1,, The same months last year
 The total of $23,69o,4I4 for the 11 n.on,ns '. Of 1924 also was a decline o' O., SS,5'?'o00 under the same period last year. '0N