Putnam patriot., 1911-06-16
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Latest News Condensed. ft comes from Washington survey i Of the situation that the states Of the 1 Union are together putting money into 1 permanent road improvement al the | rate of about .15U.0O0,0a0 year Iais ! l. nearly double the expenditure being | made for the same purpose no longer | ago than l904 as found by census bureau inquiry. We must suppose | that il Is to the automobile that the | country largely owes this rapid ad- | vance in great national economy.
 Spain has declined with thanks fhe i invitation to be officially represented | al the pumping ont and examination l of the remains of the sunken battle ship Maine. The Maine is a closed in- cideul for tue 5paniards No post moftems. Of course, all tfue-biue believers in republican institutions will be delight ed by the remark Of Frederick Town. send Martin, the well known Anglo American clabman, that the corona ton, instead Of making snobs of Am erieans, can only make them love their own country the more.
 There are hundreds of millions Of tons of coal in Alaska, unmined, but the cruiser Buffalo lies helpless on the Alaskan coast because she must wait for the coal 10 replenish her exhausted bunkers To be brought from Puget sound. When all the conservation controversies are settled, Alaskan coal may be allowed to supply at least the Alaskan market.
 The coronation naval review will be held al spithead June 2lth. Within the positions covering about six square miles will be gathered l70 British war ships, from Dfesdnaughts to subma- rines, while two square miles will be required for eighteen foreign warships, and about sixty ocean liners and yachts.
 It's good guess that any commis- stoned officers of the | nited States who may have anti-Semite prejudices witt be extremely careful now not to air them while William II. Taft Is in the White House.
 The citizens of Norwich voted over whelmingly, Monday, not to experi- ment with commission form of gov ernment. Although the scheme was approved by the citizens at city meeting before il was submitted to the Legislature in the form of charter amendment, they voted it down l232 to S45. The majority which killed the proposition was 3S7. Those who favor the experiment say it will be submit. hence.
 The preliminary stage in the work of exposing the wreek of the battle ship Maine was completed Monday when repairs to the caisson, which was ruptured two weeks ago, were finished by the driving of the last interlockine piles. Immediately the work of pump ing out the water from the main cutlel NHitt WAS HNkdh+ Il ia iitN tNltAANN that human remains will be found un- til the uncovering of the bulk of the hull permits of a complete eNplora tion.
 The passengers and crew of the N hite Star liner Celtic brought to New York recently revival of the sea serpent tales of other years. They reported having passed early yester. day morning formidable looking creature which was going at high speed in pursuit of school Of young whales. The monster they said, had wings, although It appeared to be an aquatic animal and rose frequently ten feet or more from the water
 Next year-I9l2-is Presidential Election year. From all indications President Taft will be the Republican candidate - ex-President Roosevelt having publicly declared his determin- iaton not 10 be candidate against him as he favors his election, On the Dem. ocralie side there appears no doubt that Governor Woodrow Wilson ol New Jersey will receive the nomina ton. IL will be an exciting election as the Democrats have high hopes oI winning the next election now that Col. Bryan Is not considered possible candidate. Mexico Is to have sn cleo tion for q new President in October next. Francis l, Madero is very cer- tain to be the candidate of the revolu. tiouary party and To be elected--the only candidate that is likely to defeat him Is the late President Diaz who Is still very popular with the better class of Mexicans. There promises, however, to be 8 good deal of turbu- lance in that distracted Republic from now until after the election, and both the candidates named may be ssssssi. mated as piois are being discovered against both these distinguished men.