Putnam patriot., 1911-03-17
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 'sI am nef an advocate Of govern ment ownership and ! should advise and Hote against il. but # the people Of ihe United StaJes ever seriously eon- slder the question l believe il Witi be adopted 2 said Judge Charles A. Pfoa- ty, of the Interstate Commerce Gom- i mission, al the banquet of tine Baiu- i more Chamberof ComBerce on Friday :. evening ast
 A severe earthquake. accompanied | by strong detonatinus from Mount Ne- suvloas, occurred al Naples on Sunday l evening Investigations showed that i great landslide dropped from the ap- per part of ths crater IL ts estimated | that il measured 990 by 250 feel, and l when it fell f caused enormous clouds Of smoke. The funleular railroad was i badly damaged
 Pure platinum, which only six years 1 ago vas selling al S1s.5o an ounce, iast | week commanded record prices in New 1 York, when hand platinum brought s4s 1 an ounce and the sofl metal $4i The question of municipal owner ship of public utilities is likely To be threshed out m the Pennsylvania Le- gislatufe Bills have been introduced to enable the cities Of the State to con struct water, lighting and power plants and other public utilities including street railways, and to either operate them or lease them.
 New York dandies who perfume themselves are laughed al, and yet scientist, writing in the Scotsman sayslall sweet odors are conducive to health and harmless. He asserts that positive antiseptie properties are pos sessed by the oils of lavender, euealyp- tus, clover, rosemary and other plants; moreover, they possess the power to destroy bacteria.
 The constitutionalprogram submit ted by the Chinese Assembly has been revised by the throne and in the amen ded form included the pronniRatton during inc present Chinese year of re- gulalions for the formation of au adNi- sorry council. In 1912 pafIiamenla- " budget will be framed and regula- lions issued for the holding. of elections, which will be followed by the organi- zalion of Parliament In 1913.
 Abrogalion of favored nation agree ments affecting Canada will be sought from the British government at the i'm perial conference, in London, next May. Before the British colonies be- came commercial factors in the world the British government bound itseli and all it's dependencies to trade agree ments, in which the favored-nalion principle was involved
 Democratic candidates won on the mayoralty contests in four of the tivt cities of Maine which voted on Mon day.
 The circular letter of the Interna. tiona Peace Bureau, reminding the nations of the American suggestion, concerning general limitation of arma, ments, is To be welcomed because il is at least adapted 10 set people thinking more about peace and about the desir- ability Of avoiding uet only the evils of war but also the excessive burdens oi exaggerated military amameuts in time of peace, II k moreover grattfy- ing 10 Americans to know that their own county has taken the initiative tn this matter and is being cited to the world as the leader in the movement, SD far as there is a movement, tor free iug the nations from the burdens and the menace of war.
 The London Coronation Seats com, panN has obtained control eg all desir able places along the route which the King k to march to his coronation al Westminster Abbey, It. is estimated that the cost of seats will exceed AN, million dollars.
 IL now seems practically certain tha the little black Republic of Liberia i, to k saved from financial collapse by the arrival of Roland P. Faulkner, in to whose hands the financial affairs O the Republic were placed to be straight ened out, so that loan could be nego tisted. lie remained only 24 days, vel In that time he cleaned up all the loca obstacles and gave the Republic a good credit basis.
 The fortune of Mrs. Eddy, the Chris tian Science leader, proves to De near ly 5000, ,0o0. II did her no good, ana she used il for no benefit 10 others, ana now al her death legal squabble is to settle how her millions are to be dis posed Of.
 Swimming pools are being provided for in the new public buildings in Chi. cago and swimming teachers will bs placed on the salary list.
 Some half hundred persons, a ma. iorify Of them children under i2 years, went 10 their deaths in New England and Canada, by ventuing on thin ice