The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
EXECUTING.

The President promulgated at noon OF
August /. simultaneously with similar
action by the government of Germany,
/ reciprocal patent treaty between the
United States and that nation. The effect
/ OF this convention is TO relieve American
/ manufacturers Of the requirement that
( in order TO sell their goods in Germany
the same must be made on the basis OF
patents taken out in that country, thus
demanding the investment Of large sums
OF money to maintain duplicate plants
/ there Hereafter IL will be only neces-
/ sary that articles be used for manufac-
/ tLre IN one OF the countries In order 20
protect the patent rights In both cOun-
| tries.
| The first lot OF the new Lincoln cent
/ pieces to take the place OF the old Indian
| head cOppers have begun 20 appear IN
trade. On the face side Of the new coins
| appear next the rim at the top the words
/ In God We trust" which are not on the
| old coins at all. and likewise down 10 the
/ left the word Liberty" which Is not on
/ the old ones. on the denomination side
are the words United States OF Amer
/ lea two heads Of wheat the motto "E
pluribus unum' and the initials Of the
| designer, Victor d. Brenner.
/ The Post-ofiice Department has opened
/ bids for the supplying OF postal cards
| during the four years after January
next, when the present private contract
| expires. The government Printing Office
and two private paper concerns were the
| bidders Postmaster General Hitchcock
aims to improve the cards in quality and
! design.
! The Art,,ct,I. Cor,,-,,,. - ~. VI
has raised the naval collier Nero from
/ Brentons Reef. where she sank on her
! way from Newport to Boston July !. by
! using the compressed air system This
! required the building OF new steel decks
/ under water and then the introduction
| Of compressed air. which. lifting against
/ the decks. raised the big vessel so that il
| could be towed away and into port.
! The preliminary report Of the Internal
/ Revenue Bureau indicates a big shrink
age In the whisky tax receipts for the
/ last fiscal year. the falling of amount
/ ing 10 S5.290773. This Is attributed 10
the advance Of the prohibition wave At
the same time the nations tobacco bin
| showed an increase, the total being SOL
SS7.17S. or an increase Of S2,O24423. The
total OF whisky taxes for the year was
| Sl3fS6S034. Internal revenue receipts
aaal
! Gen. Allen. OF the Signal Corps. has
decided TO throw open to the use Of all
aviators desiring to try out their ma
chimes the U-e Of the government aero
drome, which is 20 be placed at the dis
Iosal OF Wilbur Wright when he IN
| structs Lieuts. Lahm and Foulois IN the
management OF the wright plane.
/ First Lieut.. Ulysses s. Grant. grandson
/ or the famous general and President, has
/ teen installed as superintendent OF the
State, War, and Navy Building by the
/ joint action Of the heads Of the three
departments therein located.
| on Thursday al Annapolis the court of
/ inquiry investigating the death Of the late
| Lieut. Sutton resumed the taking Of tes-
timony with Lieut.. Utley on the stand.
/ ne having been one Of the marine officers
present when Sutton was shot, but who
had not vet arrived from his station in
the East when the court last adjourned.
! Utley promptly bore out his the state
ments OF the other officers 10 the effect
/ that Sutton had shot himself He made
I two important denials Of previous test-
\ mony. One was that he did not find the
| revolver used I'm the shooting. and tha
other that he did not warn Sergt De
/ Hart to keep quiet about what he had
seen and heard.
/ Secretary MacVeagh has decided that
/ the minting Of the new Lincoln cent
pieces must stop until new dies can be
prepared, in which n single initial for
4 the last name OF the designing artist.
/ Brenner, shall take the place Of the
/ three initials that appear so prominently
on the original design. None Of the coins
/ so far issued will be called in, however
/ Heretofore artist designers OF coins have
/ been allowed to cut their initials, but in
such small letters that they could hardly
/ be seen by the naked eye. In this case
/ II was found that the Brenner initials
were embossed on the coin. Still Artist
I Brenner is disposed 10 protest against the
action Of the department The demand
| for the new pennies has far outrun the
/ supply so far.