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The Washington times., 1924-03-10
CO|TRE IS LAID
To MAD PACE
Of j. s. LIFE
Scientist Lists Fatigue Among
Chief Causes of Battling
Disease.
By HARRY v. MARTIN,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

CINCINNATI, March 10.-One Of
the chief causes Of goitre is fatigue,
caused by the mad speed at which
Americans live. DIR. Joseph l.. De.
courcy, noted specialist, announced
today after concluding examination
into 1,498 cases Of this battling
disease.
The world war, according to DIR.
Decourcy. Is to a great extent re.
sponsible for the increase in the
number OF goitre cases, the victims
being soldiers who were forced to
undergo hardships
Cincinnati is situated in what is
known as the goitre belt, and it is
probable that this city will be sc.
!ecteo as the place for making a sur.
vey. under Federal supervision, with
view to checking its spread.
Caused by Strain.
In almost every instance" DR..
Decourcy said, "the patient With a
you're mas undergone q stress in life
winch has carried him or her be.
yond the normal zone Of endurance,
whether this stress be mental or
physical
For instance, we see goitre com.
monty among women who have
raised large families on meager in
comes, teachers and students. Ere.
quently we see nurses in train.
ing suddenly develop exophthalmic
goitre
The preponderance Of goitre in
women can be accounted for by a
lower point Of normal endurance
IMAM that found in men,
Or. Decourcy says goitre is on the
increase in the United States. espe.
clally in regions that are located in
what 1s known as the goitre belt
Many causes have been advanced in
regard to this increase. Chief among
these causes as given by DR.. De.
courcy, Is fatigue, or overwork.
May BE Transferred.
1T is therefore important" saws
DR.. Decourcy, that those who
specialize in goitre should investi
gate all the possible causes and
remedies for the condition that Is
SO prevalent.
Once pathology develops in the
thyroid gland. there is a possibility
OF its tendency being, transferred
from mother or father to daughter
or son. That certain atmospheric.
climatic and material differences
are more inducive to fatigue than
others, would possibly account for
the geographic distribution Of
goitre."
Norwood, a suburb Of Cincinnati.
will mix iodine with it's drinking
water in an effort to combat the
spread Of goitre.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
10000 LIABLE
UNDER JERSEY
BLUE LAWS
Wholesale Indictments Are
Expected Based on Statue
Enacted in 1898.
BY International News Service.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., March TO-
Twenty thousand cases of alleged
violation of the old New Jersey Sun
day blue laws will be presented to
the grand jury tomorrow and whole
sale indictments are expected.
According to a statute enacted in
1913 the only activities permitted on
Sunday are the making of news.
papers, riding in carriages and the
delivery of mail. Police listed $3.50
violations i'm Jersey City alone Sun
day, and 1900 in Bayonne. Most of
them were for places open for BUSH
ness such as restaurants, gasoline
stations, laundries, theaters, candy
stores, religious performances for
which admission was charged, and
school entertainments.
All forms of amusement are ia
booed under the quaint statute, and
playing marbles, rolling hoops, lis
tening 10 the radio. playing tag and
playing pianos will be taken up next
Sunday, police assert.
Among the fragrant violations OF
the laws discovered, We're power
houses running full blast, worknlen
busy in gas and electric light plants,
telegraph offices open. telephone ex-
changes functioning and messenger
boys delivering messages.
Only one train a day on the rail-
roads is permitted by the law. There
were many trains running!
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
FRENCH DEBATE
WHILE FRANC
TU|NBLES
Cabinet FranticaIIy Calls on
Senate to O.. K Poincare
Fiscal Reform.
g." HARRY FLORY
International News Service.

PARIS, March 1O.-In a three
hour session the French cabinet to-
Gay unanimously approved Premier
Polncare'S policy of stalking the
present governments fate upon the
financial reform measures adopted
by the chamber, which are now
under examination by the Senate
Finance Committee. Rejection of
vital parts Of these measures will
Lead to immediate resignation by
the cabinet.
AS the measures are discussed in
committee and in the Senate the
premier will call for votes Of con.
ndence from time to time to de.
tOrmine the trend of opinion.
Premier Poincare has the full
support Of President Millcrand.
The premier has threatened to
resign as a result of the senate
finance committees antagonism
but, according to the Paris edition
OF the London Daily Mail. the
president will refuse TO accept it.
Poincare is insisting upon the
right to issue econorny DEGREES but
from present appearances the sen.
ate finance committee will reject this
demand.
In the event Of reelection Presi.
dent Millerand may convole O
general assembly consisting Of the
chamber and senate at Versailles,
calling upon this body to revise
the national constitution investing
the government with dictdtorial
powers to clear up the financial
situation.
Members of the government and
banking interests are alarmed over
the collapse of the franc, although
members of the senate do not .lp-
pear worried. Despite frantic de-
mands of the cabinet for speed
they are taking their time in de.
batting measures to restore the
franc.
If the senate finance committee
tails to give the premier power to
take Wig Hous steps to bolster the
value of French currency the
chamber ~ deputies may he dis
solved ard II general election held
immediate y according to the Paris
edition he London Daily Mail
1t IS !!eiaVe1 in some Quarters
that. If {, newly elected chamber
approves !'oincare's program the
Senate II ne forced by rublic
opinion to fall in line.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
In Less Than a Month
After Taking Tanlac He
Felt Like a New Man
and Was Able to Do
Hardest Work.

"A friend of mine put me on to
Tanlac and I am more than glad
he did, for the medicine has just
the same as made a new man of
me-" is the striking statement of
r. F.. Brannan, 765 Maryland ave-,
Cumberland, Nd, motorman for
the Cumberland Electric Railway.
stomach trouble weakened me
down to where ! simply had to
force myself to keep up, with my
work. After eating the gas on my
stomach would keep me miserable
for hours. This gas also caused
The Washington times., 1924-03-10

stepped into the Shaman class by
this commission.
Regularly the ice floes In the
lower ST. Lawrence were melted at
sight Of Indian Shamans talking to
little black birds, an indispensable
part Of certain Shaman's scenery.
Some hardy dealers in the super
natural had q fancy for dressing
up in porcupine suits further to
intimidate hostile spirits. They
could cause iron rails to float OIL
water, cause death by pointing at
a hated one and go into a dream
state in which they uttered things
that were something wonderful
so they say.
Pawnees and Dakotas. too, had
well-organized Shamans. Among
the Algonquins Shamanism was a
more individual affair, used for
elf-NNploitation, and spasms of self.
appreciation, says Clark Wissler,
In the Anthropological papers of the
American Museum Of Natural His.
tory. And we are not going To
argue with him about it.
Also Uses Drugs.
In South America the Shaman
relies largely on weird drugs to bring
on his fits. In Paris it is possible
that absinthe may be first aid to
the aesthetic stupor. John Lee
Maddox adds:
Among the means which the
medicine man uses to induce the
hypnotic state may be named the
prolonged hearing Of the same note
or rhythmic chord, the concentra-
ton of the mind on one thought,
the monotonous repetition of words,
silences, darkness, solitudes, contin.
uance Of the same motion, associa-
ton with persons already under
hypnotic influence"
Paris sways under the drumbeats.
One must live in new ways. So
widespread Is the desire for new ex-
elements that the Armies Of the
suds and mop are able to sympa.
thize with the desire for thrills"
sought by the Annettes Of the scents
and makeup.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
OPENS
BUSY WEEKAT
HOWARD j.
Prof. Martha MacLear Speaks
on "PoWer of Habit" at
Rankin Chapel.

The activities at Howard Univer-
sity for the present week began
with lecture In Rankin Memorial
Chapel today by Prof. Martha
MacLeaf on 1.-THE Power of Habit. )"
The freshman class will hold it's
weekly meeting in the chapel from
$50 to 8 p. m. while the Louisiana
Club will convene in the library
hall from 6:45'to 8 p. m. The Stu.
dents Progressive Club will meet
in library hall from 8 to $50 p. m.
The Ine2 Milholland Memorial So.
ciety gathers tomorrow in library
hall at $3.50 p. m. The German Club
will occupy the hall from $50 to
p. m. and the program for the
day will close with the meeting Of
the French Club in library hall
from to $3.50 D. m.
The University School of Music
will hold recital in the Rankin
Memorial Chapel at noon Wednes.
day, to which the general public is
invited. A student council meeting
is scheduled for 1880 p. m. Of the
same day.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
Wellesley Girls Are
Taught to Write
With Feet

WELLESLEY, Mass, March
10.-Girl students at Wellesley
College are being taught to
write with their feet. The
reason is not in anticipation of
their losing arms.
The scientific explanation Of
this unusual pursuit is that it
is valuable in treating the early
stages of weakness in trans
verse arch of the foot.
Picking up marbles and peb-
bles with the toes is also a
part of the training to this
end. The scheme has been put
into practice by Miss Mary
Haagensen, director in remedial
gymnastics at Wellesley Col
lege.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
AIR-ICE PLANES USED TO
SMUCGLE RUM INTO U, s,

WINNIPEG. Manitoba, March 10.
An aerial liquor smuggling sys.
tenn, in which at least three planes
are believed to have been used, was
uncovered by the police at Waugh
when they found an abandoned air.
plane fitted with runners for land
ing on ice and equipped to carry
freight.
Another plane, which the police
think figures in the rum running,
was forced to land forty miles from
Waugh not long after the first had
been seized, and q third is believed
10 have succeeded in reaching United
S ates territory.
The authorities believe a syn H.
cate in Minneapolis and ST. Paul is
directing the smuggling.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
WAITER CLAIMS 5000, 900
AWAITS HIM IN GREECE

HORNELL, N. Y, March TO-
George Flokos, waiter in restau.
rant here, has been summoned to
return to Greece. where a legacy
reported to be worth 5000, 900 awaits
him. He says he will start as
soon as he can raise the money
Tor the trip. He came to this
country three years ago.
The legacy is said to be from
the estate of his brother, Bishop
Jay Flokos, Of the Greek Orthodox
Church. He says he intends to
return to America and devote his
efforts to obtaining an education.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
SNAY|NG
UNDER SPELL
Of DRUM
Monotonous Tom-Tom, Form
of Ancient Shamanism, Cult
Intrigues Smart Set.
By MARGERY REX.

Written for Cosmopolitan News Service.
NEW YORK, March 1O.-Paris
once more palpitates to the beat of
the drums.
Paris leaves her chair on the
boulevard for a cushion in the
boudoir. Paris rushes indoors. Her
newest fad is vibrating to tom-tom
an ancient religion popular in the
Far East and among our own
American Indians.
Paris cannot let sleeping gods lie.
Fashions present frenzy is a
kind Of hypnosis, induced by listen.
ing to a. monotonous sound and
keeping time to it.
Monotony of sound and motion
produces hypnosis and hypnosis
produces ecstasy, and what more
would you ask by way Of thrills,
these devotees Of drums in the dark
want to know?
Wild younger sets in Paris de.
sert ''necking' for necromancy.
Every vamp is her own 'voodoo this
season.
Shamanism Excites.
Strictly speaking, "Shamanism" is
the science OF exciting. More eX-
element is what this restless worl
must have. In Paris those jaded
from jazz crave new vibrations. In
America, one named Annie. whose
vibration takes the form Of going
out by the day" to scrub, says:
''Trills' is what folks is after.
All Of them runnin' around wild.
'Trills'-that's it,"
Thus Annie defines the present
demand for the thrilling.
Early Siberian tribes practiced
Shamanism, Pre-war Moscow and
Berlin dabbled with it's mysteries.
Present-day Korea, likewise. Our
own Penobscot and PassamaQuoddy
Indians had their Shamans, known
as witch doctors and medicine men.
System Of Spirit Worship.
Shamanism is a system of spirit
worship; fetiches and charms are
used to put the demons in their
proper places, to avert disaster and
cure bodily ills.
Pansus and mutangs are impor.
tant characters in the Shamanistic
scene as observed in Korea. Both
are 1Ortune tellers, the pansu of a
higher class than the mutang.
Pansu is composed of pan" mean
ing Ito decide" and "su," destiny.
Mutang is made up of "mu,' de.
ceive, and tang" company" 1t is
quite chic to be a pansu, but decid.
eddy lowlife to a mutang. Blindness
is essential to soothsaying among
Shamans. Blind children are ap.
prenticed out to established seers to
learn the profession from the
ground UP.
The art Of trance and ectasy are
drilled into the seer, who, If he be
superior sort OF prophet. keeps
himself so by prayer and fasting.
John Lee Maddox, writing on SINH
TAR practices among American In
dians. says that the soothsayer
prepares himself in like fashion for
the state of ectaSy in which he sets
forth the bidding of the spirits.
Indians Used the Drum.
Penobscot Indians, just like Pari.
sian devotees of Shamanism, used
the drum to give give the necessary
spiritual jolt. Efficiency in these
matters became so prevalent that
each Penobscot family had it's own
practicing SOhaman. Here let it be
noted that the female Shaman was
considered NOR evirulent than the
male. They could CULVER indefi.
nitely in trance states, make great
catches Of fish and walk through
fire unframed.
One of the simplest recipes for
becoming a Shaman was leaving off
prayers morning and evenings for
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
RESCUE STARVING KITTEN
PRISONER DAYS IN SEWER

NEWARK. \. j.. Marcn TO-
Aft"r s"v N days of futile roAowirg
from a ledge in a sewer IN the
side of South Orange mountain, a
Kitten with 4 stone tied about lis
neck was rescued by sympathetic
citizens today. Efforts of the police
to save. the kitten were. disron-
tinued when it was reported that
the sewer would have to be torn
down to reach it.
William Blanchard. with a force
OF laborers on his estate, lowered
q basket into which the kitten
tumhled and was rescued, half
starved but grateful.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
COATESVILLE MAYOR BANS
"SOAP-BOX" POLITICIANS

cOATESNlLLE, Pa. March 10.
Mayor Albert H. Swing has issued
an edict forbidding any political
Spellbinder to speak on the city
streets.
IF they want to speak to the
people. then hire a hall. There will
be no soap-box campaigning in
this city" the mayor says
What about your friend Larry
Eyre? He has spoken hero from
street corners" ventured an inter.
ested caller in the majors office.
He or the governor or any one
else will be treated alike" answered
the mayor.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
Electric Lights in Tomb.

1t may not be generally realized.
but the exploration of the ancient
tomb Of King Tut.Ankh.AmenG goes
forward by electric light. The tomb
of Rameses VI, directly above that
Of Tut.Ankh-Amen. and the wires
were tapped to provide illumination
for King Tut's resting place.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
Free Concert at Y. M. C, A.

The free lobby concert at the
Y. M. c. A, 1886 G street north.
west, tonight. will begin at 1880
O'Clock, and the program will in
clude Miss Pauline Strauss. read
err; Miss Alto Smith, contralto; Mis-.
Debora H. Lawson, soprano: John
Strauss, violinist; Carl M. Holm.
gren, barytone; DR.. o. n. Fansler,
reader; Miss Marjorie G. Davis
Mrs. Alice Strauss, and Mrs. Jewell
Downs, accompanies.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10

general persistent radicalism Of the
Northwest.
The Iowa Republican State con-
vention and the Minnesota Repnbli
can State convention both of them
6 dopted resolutions endorsing Cool
idge but at the same time endorsing
the bonus, which Coolidge is
against, and the Haugen- McNary
agricultural relief bill which in
wolves a large use Of governmental
funds in agricultural buying and
selling and which is accordingly
ratively distasteful to Coolidge.
Divided On Policies.
Iowa and Minnesota Republicans
are going along with Coolidge for
minimum of one ballot in the
convention but they are separating
from Coolidge on policies.
This development makes the Cool.
idge managers more strongly than
ever adhered to thei" PROGRAM:
First Ballot or Bust"
Copyright Washington Press Service. )
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS
TEACHING OF ALIENS

Americanization work will be the
topic for discussion at the meeting
Of the Washington Council for So.
cial Agencies to be held at 4
o o'clock this afternoon at the Raleigh
Hotel.
The speakers will be E. T. Moore,
Naturalization Bureau, Department
Of Labor, and Miss Maude e. Alton,
principal of Americanization work
Of the Public Schools.
The Washington times., 1924-03-10
SAYSTANLAC
MEETS EVERY TEST

severe pains around my heart and
made breathing difficult. l was also
constipated and very nervous, and
got up mornings feeling tired and
no account.
well, just kept on getting
worse every day until began tax
ing Tanlac, and Tanlac had me
over my troubles and feeling like
new in less than a months time.
eat fine and sleep fine, and go
to my work without fear Of getting
tired out. certainly am strong
for Tanlac."
Tanlac is for sale by all good
druggists. Accept no substitute.
Over 40 million bottles sold.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-05

1t is not improbable thaa. tlD program for
vocational educaticl may be greatly extended
in the future. 1t is net improbable that the
old high school building will be found united
for such purpose and it is net worth while to
fight over this matter now.
The outstanding duty of the members Of tle
present board of education is to build ElG1
school which will follow common sense In es
and meet the immediate needs of the chlld1 Ell
of the city and offer fairly wide vision Ct
future needs. 1t need not be a school featu1 e.
by frills and furbelows, but it should be a
school which will offer to the young people
of Kenosha the incentive to go on with as
much education as the city is financially able
to give to them.
The GREATEST gift. that any city can give to
the young people is chance to fit themselves
for usefulness in life. That chance should be
made sufficiently attractive to prove lure to
them to the higher fields of educational work.
We are not unmindful of the great value of
vocational education and were it financially,
possible we would favor the building of a
great educational center for work of this kind,
but the child must creep before it walks and
the city must provide schools in keeping with
some consideration of it's financial ability to
pay for them.
The plans for the high school have now been
delayed almost two years. The people have
voted for this school and there should not be
any further delay in carrying out this ex-
pressed opinion Of all the people of the city in
favor of the erection of this school,
Bits on the contracts for it are about to
be received and no time should be lost in get
ting the contractors to work SO that this
school will be ready for occupancy and useful
ness to the young people of the whole city
not later than the beginning of the school year
in 1925.
The high school contributes to the educa-
ton of practically all of the young people of
the city, and with such large percentage of
people interested the early completion Of it
should be the first thought of every member
Of the board of education.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-05
Fables On, Health
SAVE THE VITAMINEs.

Once his interest in vitamines had
been aroused, Mr.. Mann of Anytown,
went more deeply into the subject
as do most people when their eyes are
opened to modern discoveries.
He learned that in cooking, much of
the value of vitamine C is destroyed.
quantities of this vitamine, whereas
cooked beets lose a great deal in prep
aration The same is true of carrots
and some other vegetables which, how
ever, retain other vitamines when cook
ed. Fresh cabbage contains vitamine
C in good quantity.
Thus some uncooked vegetable food,
such as carrots, cabbage or onions,
should be on the menu to insure get
ting this vitamine.
For short chart to vitamine foods
the following might be noted:
Vitamine A - Milk, cream, butter,
eggs and dairy products generally.
Spinach, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots,
.sttuce, parsnips and caulifower.
Titamine B = Dairy products of all
kinds, celery, peas, cabbage, carrots,
potatoes, in grain products and cereals,
in nuts and apples, grapefruit, oranges
and lemons; also to some degree in
pears.
Vitamine c = In all dairy products;
the same vegetables mentioned under
vitamine< b and in bananas, apples,
grapefruit, oranges, pears and lemons.
Vitamine ID - Best sources are raw
egg yolk and cod liver oil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-05
NO RUSH TO CROSS THIS BRIDGE.

We agree with the members of the Board
Of Education who are in favor Of getting the
high school built before inaugurating a SQUAD
bic over the location of the proposed vocational
high school. 1t is important right now that Ke-
nosha have high school. The educational sys-
tenn of the city needs it and needs it bad and it
cannot function as all of the people want it to
function without having this proper equip
ment for higher educational work among the
BOYS and girls of the city.
There is no immediate reason for rushing
into fight over the location of the proposed
vocational school. It is bridge that may be
crossed later on when the Board has decided
Just what it is going to do in regard to this
schools Funds for the high school can be made
available at an early date. 1t may be years be-
fore the city can afford to build the vocational
school in keeping with the ideals of the peo-
pie interested in education in the city and
IN keeping with the demands of modern educa-
tional programs.
The men who are now showing willingness
to fight out this problem as members of the
school board may be out Of Office or even dead
and buried before the question becomes peril
acnt. New conditions may teach new duties
e other boards and these future boards should
fsI find their hands tied by some action taken
~ fha hoard at the nresent time.