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New Britain herald., 1929-02-08
FARM flNANClAL
] WIZARD on. trial
1eenk bcrelssd 81 C,litl
Into Impressive Fortune

Chicago. Feb. s.-A-Roy G.
Toombs. whose bubble Of high H.
nance burst last fail, starts running
tho iesai gauntlet February IL. whea
he goes to trial in st. Louis on 4
grand larceny charge. A federaI trial
here March II will charge Tcomba
with using the mails to defraud.
Millions of dollars are involved tn
accusations against tho Kanas
farmers son who came to Chicago
in 1915 with $50 in his pocket,
Toombs' toyhood ambitions to make
money had SCARED tosseven-figurt
heights before he became entangled
In his own financial web. :.
Ideas Were TOO Fast"
In his homo town Of Winfield
Kas.. Toombs had aspired to fan,t
in finance. His business partners
there found his ideas ':too fast" fol
them. Toombs disappeared. In sue
cession he was reported to be II
Montana. Denver and Chicago.
Toombs then began his skyrock'
et-like Ascension in money circles
A year after he arrived In Chicago
he organised . mortgage compan!
New Britain herald., 1929-02-08
payments and for how long.
mo1e a NuttDseal lsrUb1euas


Each country has its own tinan-
ciai problem. its internal and for
eign debts 1t 10 out Of these iden-
teal conceptions Of interest that
all the countries having 10 do with
reparations. even including the
United states. which has two
and q half per cent interest in them,
want final settlement.
The political situation is regard
ed as particularly favorable now.
Foincare is firmly established in
power in France. The British gov
eminent would be glad to have the
question out of the way before the
general elections in the late spring
or early summer. The German
government is In fairly good po-
sition with the reichstag.
The various cabinets which have
| been considering this question
more or less at intervals for year
or Is months did not wish to have
the re-study until the fifth year
was well advanced SO as to be able
TO see what Germany could do with
! the maximum payments under the
Dawes committee schedule. Those
payments began September OF
last year and have been met SEEM
ingiy without difficulty.
The United States has been
brought into the question because
either officially or unofflcially she
| has been connected with it ever
since the treaty of peace. unoffi-
cial observers Of the United States
government have sat in at the meet
ings Of the reparations commission
they have attended that series OF
supreme council meetings Of the
allies held In Spa. San Reno. Brus.
sells. Cannes. Aix-la- Chapelle and
London,
J. p. Morgan was a member OF
the first committee , OF experts
which sat on the question In 1872:
Then Charles G. Dawes and Over
n. Young we're of the group thai
constructed the Dawes plan.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-08
GERMAN QUESTION
To Be DISCUSSED
Problem d Rsp,ladoas to Be
RoQpead ID ParE

Paris. Feb. 3 @-Reparaticns,
that terrible after-the-war question.
in about to he reopened.
The committee Of experts will
meet here tomorrow TO reexamine
Germany's capacity to pay. 10 deter
mine the amount and number OF an
nuities.
This problem kept western Eu-
rope in anxious uncertainty for five
years after the treaty of peace. Ger
man national finances fell into ruin.
and the government went bankrupt.
France. believing that Germany was
an intentional defaulter. invaded
the Ruhr in 1922 with three army
corps. seized the heart of Ger
many's industrial region and held
it two years. The economic life OF
all Europe was delayed.
Provisional settlement In 1894
1t was only in 1926 that the
Dawes committee made a prcNI-
sional settlement. TO run for five
years, ending August 81 OF this
year The payments were fixed at
1000. ooc, 900 gold marks for the
first year, 1900. 100000 for the sec
ond. 1900. 100000 for the third.
1850, 100000 for the fourth, and
$500, 900. 900 for the ffth-that is.
the current year.
The plan provided for an increase
from the end Of the present annu-
ity year. dependent on the index OF
prosperity. A committee was to be
set up by tho government con-
cerned which would take into &C
count the various elements Of ma
tional prosperity and base upon
those an equitable increase beyond
the .,5oo.ooo.ooo gold marks OF the
dfth year.
Instead Of settling up this COM
nnittss, the allied creditor govern
ment, Ia agreement with Germany
decided upon the re-study OF the
question by . committee Of experts
That was Z suggestion OF S. Parker
Gilbert. the agent general Of repa.
rationA 1t was an idea extremely
satisfactory to all the governments
concerned.
Germany In Dark
Germany. instead OF having Z
committe on PROSPERITY changing
the annuity from year to year fol
an indefinite period because NJ
terms Of years il mentioned In ths
Dawes plan. wants to know pre-
ciseiy where she stands.
She desires to rid her economic
life Of tho forsign supervision Sc
up BY the Dawes plan. That il t
ny. the agent general. who keep
an authoritative eye upon German
national expenditures: the ccntro
Of her railways, which, have foreigl
reprssentstives constantly observ
ing and taking Part In the manage
ment; Of the transfer committe
on the novsnasnt Of exchange an
the partial dirsction Of the Rstchs
hank. ~ Z consequence Of the In
ternational loan made when 1t va
rcorsanixed in 1874.
All these questions are Of rel
Importance to Germany, but abov
them all 10 the question Of tho evae
uation Of the Rhineland by allie
troops.
France. Great Britain, Italy. Bel
gium and the lesser benehciafie
under rsparations, such ~ Juso
slavia, Runanta, Japan. Portuga
Greece and Poland. ill want I
knew also where they are. ho'
much can they expect In futur
New Britain herald., 1929-02-08
MRS. Dixie DIES IN FRANCE

Paris. Feb. { M-Mrs. A. Muir
ray Dixie OF Philadelphia died At
her Paris apartment today after 4
lingering illness. She was president
Of the American committee !or
devastated France and. with Miss
Anne Morgan and other notable
American women. worked out extern
sive building and educational plans
in the evacuated northern depart
ments.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-08

ment In other areas to bring the
average for the country a. whole
up to III per cent. Such u the case-
Greater L0ndna's RcNDed
Greater London with an insured
working population, Of 3.0sl.eoo has
less than half ~ many unemployed
as Lancashire with its 1.75O.000
workers. There IL greater num-
Der OF unemployed persons among
tho county OF Durham's working
population Of 400. 900 than there ID in
London proper's 1,7ss.oeo, workers.
In Wales, where the problem u al
most purely that of coal, the relative
percentages are even worse.
Glamorga nshire's IS per cent of un-
employed IL the highest county aver
age In Great Britain. Out of a work.
ing population Of $50. 900. more than
$4,000 are without employment to-
day and have been without employ
ment for months. In some cases for
years. Only one OF the IS centers Of
population in Glamorganshire has
less than ten per cent unemployed:
only five less than Is per cent. The
same is roughly true Of Monmouth
shire and Characteristic. both
great Welsh coal mining districta In
not ono OF the three counties 10 the
unemployment rate less than 20 per
cent.
situation In South Better
As one goes to the mid-southern
and southern counties however the
situation becomes distinctly better.
Nine counties Counting the admin
istrative county of London as one)
have no more than per cent unem-
ployed. Most OF these are mainly
agricultural. Buckinghamshire, for
New Britain herald., 1929-02-08
LOCATED AT LAST

Tampa, Fla. Feb. 9 @CJohn
Law is the name Of a deputy United
States marshal here.
The Washington times., 1929-07-12
Wanted: Strong Men
To Sing Good Low F

Rarest of all voices to be
found in the, musical world Of
this country is the true bass. the
voice that's can sing a good low F.
A tenor is not the rarest voice
I'm the professional world. al
though 1t Is popularity supposed
to be so.
There are more sopranos than
all other professional voices tmale
and famaleJ put together. Good
altos are rare.
These are the findings Of
Harold Vincent Milligan. execu-
tive director of the National
Music League, based upon a total
of 1922 additions granted during
the past four years to as many
candidates, for the privilege of
management by the League. Dur
ing the year ending in June,
1929, additions were granted to
635 candidates, both vocal and
instrumental. The judgments are
made by noted musical artists
and educators who serve on the
addition committee Of the League.
The Washington times., 1929-07-12

not. He's had It sent out from
Philadelphia so the youngsters
would have another amusement
toy. Carrillo explained how nee.
essary it was he have that h. &.
WIN gave in. CarrilIo rolled the
dern thing out, hitched it to his
car, and drove home triumphant.
u never know your luck.
The Washington times., 1929-07-12
"AH Quiet" for Film

Universal has bought IAN
Quiet on the Western Front" bv
Erich Maria Remarque, the lit
erarE sensation Of the past year.
1t was purchased by Universals
Berlin office directly from the
author. Maxwell Anderson, 20
author Of What Price Glory" Ia
on his way to Universal City to
write the adaptation and the
dialogue.
The Washington times., 1929-07-12
Hurdy Gurdy

For seven weeks, scouts
searched high and far for a
hurdy gurdy that wouldn't be too
this or that but would play eight
or ten tunes. Sounds ridik. but
I'm told it's no giggly matter ii
you happen to be a hurdy gurdy
scout. The h. g.. by the by, was
necessary to the "Mr. Antonio"
picture, starring Leo Carrillo.
Twas Sunday. Just Sunday.
The following day. saw the cellu'
loider get under camera way,
hurdy gurdy or no h. &. Carrillo
went visiting Will Rogers. A
pol6 match was going on. Leo
chanced to traipse to Wills back
porch. There, believe it or not,
he espied hurdy gurdy. lie
cranked it. 1t played ten tunes.
Carrillo sped excitedly to
Rogers. Could he borrow the
hurdy gurdy? Rogers reckoned
The Washington times., 1929-07-12
PATHE GIVES
CONNIE A
RUSH
By DOROTHY HERzOG

Copyright. rsas. Premier syndicatel
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July -.
About five weeks ago, Constance
Bennett hurried to ye village at
the urgent request Of Pathe. She
has been waiting for a flick ever
since! Next week, however, bar
ring confusion, Connie starts
Rich People direction Eddie
Griffith with Robert Ames fea-
tured.
In the meantime, Connie has
resumed active acquaintance with
tennis. Playing strenuously. Les
sons 'neverything. But no muscu-
lar Eroans resulting. Which may
be bit Of luck.
The Washington times., 1929-07-12

at Pathe's urgent behest, and then
had to wait five weeks for the
promised job.
not. He's had 1t sent out from
Philadelphia so the youngsters
would have another amusement
toy. Carrillo explained how nee.
essary 1t was he have that h. &.
WIN gave in. Carrillo rolled the
dern thing out. hitched It to his
car, and drove home triumphant.
u never know your luck.
Bally. .HoOer
Polly Moran, Billy Haines, Jim.
my Shields and a gang decided to
bust over to the ocean park
amusement joint. They did. And
In due course discovered a con.
cession said to contain sundry
human wrecks all for the admis-
sion price of 10 cents. In they
pranced. To see nary thing but
a sullen eyed man surrounded
with empty bottles.
Polly thereupon excited. Once
outside, she stood to one side on
the step and doomed: "Ladie-e.e-s
and gent.men." A crowd gath
cred. Polly introduced herself as
a flick star and Billy as another.
Only, to be sure, she used fictitious
names. The crowd increased.
Those inside the concession gall
umped out to see what the voice
was all about. The 10-cent
wreck" came, too, and started
raising that certain business. It
was swell while it lasted Polly
departed with rare dignity, ac-
cidentally knocking over a sign
in doing so. And with her went
the crowd.
Reminisces John
John Barrymore enjoyed a liz
reminiscing 'tother day and
brushed this 'un off the memory
shelf. 1t happened while he was
playing Hamlet" in London. He
asked the scrubwoman If she'd
care to see the play on Thursday
eve.
"Is that the only night you can
get Off" she questioned.
Jack the Barrymore Is still
trying to figure out the right
answer.
ScreenaIities
Anita Stewart and her fiance,
George Converse. lunching at Ye
Montmatre. Also present Ruby
Cameron, Anit6's former husband,
and Georges former wife. All
ha, situation Victor
McLaglen strolling through the
Roosevelt lobby Gareth
Hughes is playing coo-coo lad
in Leo Carrillo's flick, Mr.. An
tonic" Years ago, Hughes and
May McAvoy were something OF
a sensation in Sentimental
Tommy" Then something hap.
pened to Gareth. He failed to
realize the promise of his earlier
talents. Mebbe this outloud will
be in the nature of a comeback
for him.
Regis Toomey's mother is all
hot and bothered over her son.
Every time she goes to see him in
picture, she discovers him a
bum. She declares she simply
can't look her neighbors in the
face any morei Alice
White lunching with Sid Bartlett
in the M.-G.-M. restaurant. Alice
trailed over to geev LUX and
an ear to Sid's screen test which
resulted in his being cast as the
heavy in Road Show" featuring
Bessie Love. Bessie. by
the, way, is up and about again.
The cuts she suffered in her re-
cent auto accident will leave no
scars, which Is a bit of good
luck. Bessie isn't a pessimist,
but she's having non -breakable
glass put in her car now. The
majority Of the flicksters have 1t
1t being a life-saver in the event
Of a crash.
Beatrice Lille, her small son
and her sister are staying att the
Bev Wiltshire. The Lille is to be
among those present in Warmers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-07
SUICIDE SHOW
GIRL KNOWN BY
MANY NAMES
True Identity of Actress,
Who Died in Hotel Leap,
Is Sought.

BV THifcd Prcss
CHICAGO, June -Backtrackng
over a trail Of aliases that extended
from the Gold Coast 10 obscure
northside hotels, police sought to-
day the real identity Of the actress
known as Barbara Cole, who threw
herself from a tWelfth-story window
after shattered love affair with a
broker, who has disappeared.
Two broken photographs, found
under the sweater of the actress as
her body lay in State street after
the plunge. vowed her love for Ed
win Pags the broker. and other
notes in her room read in a similar
vein.
Page admitted he had become en-
tangled with the girl, saying he had
gone to Europe to break of with
her, but the move failed.
Following the admittancc, Page
disappeared and still Is sought. He
did not appear at the inquest Thurs
day and a subpoena was issued for
him.
In tracing back over the actress
career in an effort to learn her real
identity, police fond she once had
lived on the Coo Coast under the
name Of Donna Barrow, and had
been popular with the younger set
Of men there.
From there the trail led to a
small, obscure north side hotel
where she was known as Barbara
Cowls and Donna Perry. and then to
a Loop hotel, where she posed as
Mrs. Barbara Barnes.
All marks on her eXpenive lug
gage had been Obliterated and a
crude "B. c." tenciled over them.
Fly leaves Of all her books had
been torn out and were missing,
presumably burned in the fireplace
Of her living room in the luxurious
suite Of the Canterbury Court hotel
before she committed suicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-07
Men S Shirts

A fine lot of better M
shirts in light and @z
dark patterns, also "a
plain blue and tan.
In the group are e
$1.50 values. Sizes !
IA to 1712.
Street floor. S''aAa'sl&
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-07
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to the police
as stolen belong to.
Louis J. Seyffert. 4238 Broadway.
Stutz sedan, 1906: from garage in
rear of 1925 Broadway.
Emory A. Wallace, 2019 Lambert
street. Ford coupe, 733-686, from
Maryland and Illinois streets.
Donald H. McKeenan. 803 Cham
Der of Commerce building, Ford
roadster, 733-304, from White River
boulevard and Washington street.
ArmacoSt Automobile Company
44O North Capitol avenue Chandler
sedan. from rear of $40 North
Capitol avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-07
CUBAN CONE PEDDLER
WINS 100000 LOTTERY
Aband ons Pushcart to sail to Spain
on Winnings.

BV Tunes special
HAVANA. Cuba. June Luck
has smiled on NJ. Sevillan0, q young
Spaniard, who was street vendor
OF ice cream cones.
He owed board bill and room rent.
With his last remaining cash he
bought a fun ticket in the Cuban
national lottery.
When the extra editions of the
newspapers came out carrying the
results Of the drawing. Sevillano dis
covered that the winning number,
calling for 100000. was his own.
He abandoned his cart on the
sidewalk and danced all the way
home. weeping and singing.
Next day he collected his money
and is now awaiting a vessel for
Spain TO take in the Seville eXposI-
ton as host to several les fortunate
ice cream peddling friends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-07
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by
the police belong to.
Lloyd Stewart, Bedford Ind, Nash
roadster. found in front of 66l Cofey
street.
Mrs. Ida May Cartmell. ASH Car
rollton avenue, Msrmon sedan found
at Mars Hill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-07
RECKLESS LEG HAD KICK
BoetIegger Peddled Liquor in Arti-
fetal Limb: Arrested.

81 United Press
LA GRANGE. Ga June r.
Found-a bootseger who Is all his
name imples6
Ed Kirkindof has only one real
leg. The other was lost in an acct
dent and an artificial limb fitted
in its place. Krkindorf determined
to convert his liability into an as
set
He fitted a gallon glass container
into the artificial leg and peddled
whisky as a walking saloon. accord
ing to police But not for long,
Officers picked him up and
search revealed the cache in the
artificial leg. Kirkindorf was bound
over to the next superior court ses-
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-07
GERMANS URGED FOR
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Novel Greatest Document Against
War. Says Swedish Author.

United Press
STOCKHOLM. June IA move
TO award Erich NJ Remarque. Ger
man author OF AIS Quiet on the
Western Front the next Nobel
reace prize for his book has been
initiated by ESkl SundsrOm, Swed-
ish author. writing in weekly
Stockholm magazine.
SundStrom described Remarque's
book as the greatest document
against war ever written. and the
newspaper Social Demokraten joined
him in praising its merits and urg-
ing Remarque as the next prize
winner.
At present, Frank B. kellogg. for
mer secretary Of state of the United
states. is the only person men
toned for the 1880 peace prize. KEEL
Iogg was suggested because Of the
kellogg anti-war treaty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-07
Open Till O'clock Saturday Night
@-~vsw .A~bw erL ~N Notions
First Quality

Sheer chiffon. silk reinforced.
with fine Isle. Sizes So to 10.
street Floor.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-26
CITIZENS OF J. s.
 WOUNDED. DEFENSE
 IF JEWISH COLLEGE
STIMSON WIRES DAWES HAVE BRITISH PROTECT AMERI-
 CAN LIVES, PROPERTY

JERUSALEM, Aug, 26, P)-Fif- teen Americans were wounded and 12 killed by Arabs s.s they assisted Jews in the defense of Slaboka Rabbinical college at Hebron where students stop.
 Casualties in three days fighting over the Mailing Wall reached more than TO Jews and probably many hundreds of Arabs were wounded Property damage is large. The names of the Americans as yet are unknown but all are report ed to be from American cities studying to be RabbiS. Several con- ltingents of British troops number ing $50 men arrived from Egypt and are patroling the streets. Three British warships arrived from Nal lta
 Charges were made that the up- Irieings are a part of a well ordered plot of the Arabs to overthrow the government and not occasioned alone by the Wailing Wall contro- Iversy. The fighting started in
 Jerusalem and spread rapidly to other suburbs where spirited fight ing and unknown casualties re- suited.
 British airplanes bombed the
 City of Lifta, said to be Arab head
 quarters and armored cars darted
 thru the streets giving the region
 the appearance of an armed camp , Accounts said the police were una > ble to cope with the situation. Secretary Stimson wired Ambas- sador Dawes to tell the British For < eign office he hoped the govern ment will do all in it's power i'm
 mediately to protect American lives and property
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-26
BAMB|NO AGAIN LEADS
 MAJORS IN HOMERs

ST. LOUIS, Aug, 26, (P)-Babe Ruth regained the major league homerun leadership with his 34 tn and 35th homers of the sea- son off Stewart but the Browns scored their fourth successive vic- tory over the Tanks.
 Ruth's blow in the fourth end- ed 32 scoreless innings for the Tanks. The other homer, also with the bases bare, came in the ninth
 The Browns scored three shut out wins over the world champs and the final game is to be play ed today. :.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-26
GRAF DEPARTING FIR LAKEHURST AT
 MIDWIFE. TONIGHT
SIR WILKINS APPRECIATED THE TRIP AND FREEDOM FROM
 RESPONSIBILITY

LOS ANGELES, Aug, 26, (P)- Eleven o'clock tonight is the hour set for the departure of the Graf Zeppelin for Lakehurst, the final leg of the gigantic air liners round- the-world tour Refueling is ex- pected to be completed by o'clock and the passengers are ordered to be ready to embark early in the evening"
 The Graf moored at 5:11 a. m. completing the $500 mile flight from Kasumigaura in 78 hours and 52 minutes. This the the first non- stop flight across the Pacific and was achieved in one-third the time of the fastest liners plying between Japan and Seattle.
 Dr. Eckener, who was seriously ill two days of the Tokio trip, rush ed to a downtown hotel where ar engagements had been made to issue 3 statement, but the prepared one had been torn from his hand as he leaned from the gondola room over Santa Barbara He was highly en- thusiastic over the success of the trip and is convinced he has de- monstrated the lighter than air transport feasible for ocean travel
 Hubert Wilkins said: Tt was pleasant to take the trip and a pleasure to be free from responsi- bility. However, the globe tou1 proved to us the value of meteoro- logical forecast before airplanes car be operated successfully. We must have greater cooperation among weather experts and reports from many more fields. I congratulate Dr. Eckener on the success of the flight. We have seen many inter esting points of the earth and al unusual view of the uncultlvaDl' Steppes of Siberia. Rain drenchet the fields in the Orient and clout among the most interesting sight bankd the Pacific These wer' ever seen"
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-26
WARFAR
 RAMPANT ALONG
 MANCHUR|AN ROAD
CHINA WILL APPEAL TO LEA CUE OF NATIONS IF RUS
 STA DECLARES WAR

SHANGHAI, China, Aug, 26. (E) A policy in the crisis with Rus sia is rapidly shaping towards a world wide appeal for help to repel the Russian invasian or for pressure to be brot to force the Soviet to arbitrate.
 Kellogg Pact signatories in par ticular are looked to for action. At the same time the Chinese minister to Berlin has been ask ed to have the German govern ment ascertain if repeated Red military incursions in Manchuria have been taken by order of Moscow and the state council.
 The official spokesman at Man. king announced that if Russia declares war China will appeal to the League of Nations for assis- tance. Soviet troops have pene- trated Manchuria to Delainor, a coal mining town 20 miles east of Manchuli, the western ter minus of the Eastern Chinese Railway. After five hours of brisk fighting the Chinese lost, two killed and 10 wounded
 On the eastern front many in cursions have been made into the province of Kirin. Mongolians are aiding the Soviet troops in these depredations. Eleven. minor clashes between the Chinese and Russian troops have taken place and the Ranking government has firmly declared itself ready to resist the organized Russian in vaSion.
 Meanwhile along the border, press dispatches present picture showing guerilla warfare at it's height, although there is as yet no official sanction for war.