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Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
Prison DeiIcaeles.

Iced champagne. black currant jelly and soda water are among the articles of diet which prisoner in hospital can choose at Wandsworth prison. What No caviare 7-London Globe.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
lnsurins Private Cup.

To insure the owner of a private shaving cup kept in a barber shop that he is it's only user there has been Invented a paper cap to cover it. which cannot be removed without breaking a seal
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
Tno Mtich Nose

Wobly-Why did you discharge that bookkeeper that you had? Jobly- Had to do it. He was so nearsighted that every time he wrote with his pen he rubbed out with his nose.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
Personality Demanded.

Beauty may win an ephemeral sue cess for a musical comedy actress. but unless II is allied with personality that success Is not likely to last very long.-London Answers.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
| I've Each Day.

Foresight is very wise. but foresor. row very foolish. and castles are. at any rate, better than dungeons in the air-Sir John Lubbock.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
roo Mar

What animal" said the teacher of the class in natural history. makes the nearest approach to man?" The flea" timidly ventared the little boy with the curly hair.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
To Subscribers of the Patriot

According 10 Order No. 9O7 0 she Post office Department subseu- bers cannot be indebted to newspa- per more than one year and still have fhe paper sent to them at the second slsss rate. The order reads as follows:
 A reasonable time will be allowed publishers to secure renewals oi sub. scriptions, but unless subscriptions are .f spreasfu rlHemed after the term for which they are paid within the follow Ing periods
 Dailies, within three months,
 Weeklies, within One Year, shey shall not be counted in the Ieglll- mate list Of subscribers, and copies mailed on account thereof sh0t mol bs aocepfcd for moHm1 al the second class postage rate of one cent pound but may be mailed at thc transient see ond class postage rate of ] cent Tor each four ounces or fraction thereof, prepaid by stamps affixed
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
Brcaklno Even.

Pat fto doetorl-''lf Oi live, doctor, sure oi'fl have you to thank for it." Pats Wife (somewhat prejudiced against the doetorl-"And if you die. Pat. you can thank him, too."-Judge.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
FOR SALE

The sittle brown horse Paddy Wilkes owned by the late k. Nj. :. Hoyle. One of the best roadsters in this part of the state. Also one Two mey sulky, weight 35 pounds lone rub Der tired Bailey buggy, one basket phaeton, also the lunch pool room and bowling alley in Hoyle block, South NJ ain st., Putnam. Inquire of Mrs. k. NJ. Hovle. 35tf
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
unoared.for Children a Menace.

Every child that grows up without adequate care is certain to be bur den to the state in after life.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
Poor Consolation.

We like to know the weakness of eminent men: it consoles us for our inferiority Madame de Lambert.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30

The next issue of the telephone di. rectorv will so 10 press on September 4th.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30

First Street Gas Lamps. Street gas lamps were first used in London in 1897
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
Valuable OH From Rubber Tree.

Seeds Of the rubber tree yield an oil resembling and not inferior to linseed oil in quality.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-30
Notice.

The annual meeting of the stock holders of Woodstock Academy will be held in the Academy building, Sat- urday, September 7th, al , o'clock D.. m. Two new trustees are 10 be elected al this meeting in addition 10 those whose terms of office expire this year.
 HENRY T. CHILD,
 :s5-36 Sec. of Board of Trustees
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
THE OPEN FORUM
PRODDING CUNARD LINE
For Imposing a Hardship on Woman
Who Held Passage Ticket.

To the Editor: ! call Your attention to
the inclosed report and desire to learn
from you if the contract held by Mrs.
Marie tombstone was paid for. or any
lien on the Cunard Steamship Company
for the trip on the Lusitania as claimed
in this report.
II 50. is not the line liable for dam
ages in not filling its contract. the off,
Ger refusing same IN the words, The
third cabin is filled TO capacity" and not
furnishing an equivalent? Why, also, the
fee OF Son what claim? Why wait until
Thursday for the refunding of the denied
money, the holder of the contract being
present the half hour before the sailing
of the ship and in no way delinquent?
What can l do in behalf Of this lady
to refund her forced outlay and sue the
steamship company in her case? Please
let me know if there be a clear case and
how to proceed Herewith.
Your Office. ] take 1t. will not object 10
my giving information to the press il
Vnis be a test case. I hold 1t is folly
for women to ask for suffrage while they
are Indifferent to the wrongs OF the un-
fortunate that they now have the power
to protect. In this spirit, 7 am YOURS
respectfully, LUCY NJ ROSS.
1864 Belmont Street Washington n e
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
TOLEDO
NJ eEoRsE FITCH.
Author OF eat Good ola siwnsh.s

Toledo, Ohio, was named from Toledo,
Spain. because of its vast production of
blades. 1t is a medium-siEed big city To-
Gated on the western terminus of Lake
Erie and a large tangle Of railroads and
inteTurbans, among the former being the
Lake Shore Railroad, which compels its
Twentieth Century Filler to hesitate
briefly there. This is the real test OF
size for towns along the Vanderbilt lines.
II II were not for Cleveland, Buffalo,
and Detroit, Toledo would be considered
big town In those parts. 1t is about
100 years old. but some OF its hotels
were built after the town was laid out.
1t has fourteen railroads several inter-
urbans, one river, one extinct canal. and
one natural gas pipe line which heats the
city and cooks its meals. Because of
this pipe line Toledo men can reach out
from bed in the morning and turn on
the fURnace, thus allowing them to sleep
longer. This is why Chicago has accu-
mulated 100000 people. while Toledo has
amassed l6SOO0. They have got to get up
early and hustle in Chicago.
Toledo manufactures automobiles, steel
prOducts, and material for magazine
stories. and has twelve grain elevators
which would hold the crop Of a small
sized State. But its chief fame Is its
government. Toledo has made deep re-
searches into the science Of city govern
ment 1t has tried the golden rule and
newspaper men both with great success
and after Brand WhitIock is quite
through governing Toledo a lot Of other
American cities would do well to Dor
row him.
Toledo is also famous for having solved
the trust problem. After & few trust
magnates had driven up TO Jail in their
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
Make the Settlement Final.

There is no false modesty in the pro-
posals of the Balkan allies TO the Turk
iSh plenipotentiaries at London. The
former propose that the Turks get out
of Europe Nothing would be left of
the European empire of the Ottomans
except the peninsula of Gallipoli and
the suburbs of Constantinople The
Bulgars would have a front on the
sea of Marmora, including the port
of Rodosto, as we'll as on the Aegean.
The suggestion of a line running
through Chorin as a boundary rather
than one through Tchatalja is not to
be regarded as a concession. because
strategically the former is much
stronger than the latter.
Nor is it supposed that the demands
of the allies are in excess of their ex-
pectations and were purposely enlarged
in order to give room for bargaining.
1t is more reasonable to consider the
proposals collectively as an ultimatum.
The sentimental considerations advanc-
ed on the part of Turkey for the re-
tention OF Adrianople will not bear in
vestigation. Adrianople may have been
the first capital of the Turks in Europe.
but it was Bulgarian before it was
Turkish, and Byzantine-Greck before
it was Bulgarian. In fact, as the
Greek prime minister puts it, the al
lies are iberators and not conquerors.
They have come to restore self-govern-
ment to the Bulgar, Serb, and Greek
Christians. What they wish to dis
place is misgovernment by a small mi
noritv
This is true with respect to all the
territory of which the cession is de-
manded 1t would be true even with
respect to Constantinople and Gallip oli
which "for obvious reasons" were
omitted from the ultimatum of the al
lies. 1t is true particularly of the is
lands off the coast of Asia Minor
from the Dardanellcs to Rhodes, which
are Grecian in race, language. religion,
and civilization. AIytilcne was the
home of Sappho and Alccus six cen
turtles before our era. and the rulers Of
the isles, who treated with the
Pharoahs of Egypt 600 years still
earlier. were Greeks.
Sentimental considerations. therefore,
are all on the side of the allies. And
practical considerations arc all in IA
vor of making the pending settlement
of the Eastern question a fnality. Any
adjustment that would be accompanied
by a reduction of the demands of the
allies would be a breeder of future
trnrhle
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
Military Service for Women.

A fight for the introduction of mil
itary lazaretto service for women is
in contemplation by the women of
Denmark as a sequel to their expected
victory in the struggle for women's
suffrage The Danish Parliament, they
believe, is almost certain to pass the
bill giving women the vote, and many
women are beginning to ask what will
become of the organization which,
formed to obtain the acknowledgements
of women, has provided many of them
with interesting and sometimes lucra-
tive positions.
A Danish authoress suggests a solu-
ton of the difficulty by advising them
to start a campaign for the training
of Danish girls in nursing and COM
missary work. She argues that this is
the only fair thing for women to do
in exchange for their vote, since men
are compelled to give military service
for the rights which they have long
enjoyed. She explains that under such
system, even though never required
in war, the young women possessing
such training would be far more eff
cient in household duties.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
The Real Trouble with Mexico.

Revolutions and counter revolutions
have become OF such common occur
renee in the Southern republics that
one more or less scarcely attracts any
attention.
This may explain in part why the
government may have been going
from bad to worse in Mexico without
causing a great deal OF comment north
OF the Texas border Latest infor-
nation from the State Department is
incomplete. But enough is known to
predict that the present administration
and the one which will enter mkt
March must act with wisdom and
care. The Senate subcommittee, which
has been hearing complaints as to the
maltreatment of Americans in Mexico,
has testimony, it is learned, to the eff
feet that the Standard Oil interests
financed the Madero revolution. 1t is
charged that S65o.ooo was sent from
New York to defray the cost of the
war. OF this amount 100000, it is
alleged by a witness, has gone to the
Madero family and $4,000 to Wash
ington in the interest of the Madero
adherents here. This, however, is met
by the counter accusation that the pres
ent reports of Madero's inability to
preserve order emanate from Ameri-
can financial interests, whose business
would best be served by placing an
other administration at the helm in
Mexico.
What is the truth no one except the
higher officials of the government
themselves may know Mr.. Taft is op-
posed TO proposals involving interven-
ton by force of arms. He has shown
good judgment also in calling into con-
ference Mr.. Wilson; for whatever
steps the present administration takes
must be carried out by the incoming
one next March There seems to be
too much of the atmosphere of dollar
diplomacy" in all these disturbances. It
is right that we should demand the
protection of American lives and prop
erty in Mexico, but there is a line
which we should not cross. What ac-
tion Mr.. Taft takes, we are sure, will
only be taken after he has fully and
carefully considered the evidence. If
trouble is continually being made in
Mexico by American capitalists, whose
desire is private. grin, even though it
entail, war or annexation, it would not
be right to make the rest of the
country suffer in order 10. correct con-
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
The Case of Mrs. Grant.

This city stands aghast at the almost
incomprehensible crime which was COM
mitted, if not exactly in the heart OF
the Capital, yet in a thickly settled
and very respectable neighborhOod- Oc-
curing on Christmas, during the early
evening hours, when holiday makers
were abroad. and in a vicinity con-
sidered absolutely safe for unescorted
females to walk to and fro, it has
aroused intense excitement
1t goes without saying that pa
trolling police cannot be everywhere
at the same moment. unless Congress,
in its wisdom, would grant this city
five or ten times as many policemen as
We have at present to guard pedes-
trians after dark. OF course, this
neither mitigates nor condones such a
crime, or any crime against the per
son. But facts being stubborn things,
We ask: How are outrages, that are
the periodical outcroppings of a dis
cased mind or of too much celebrating
with the flowing cup, to be stopped?
If dcgeneratcs, under the Federal Con-
stitution, enjoy too much liberty, It can
only be the fault of the law-giving,
not of the executive branch of the gov
ernment. And this being the case, the
modus operandi for the bettcrment of
conditions is one Of so time-consuming
nature, and requiring the adopting of
amendments. that immediate relief is
not in sight. except by executive order
of the President who, much as he no
doubt would wish to do so, would
hardly care to place the District under
what would practically amount to mar
tial law.
Nor can it be said that a laxity OF
punishment begets such outrages, for
heaven pity the poor wretch, who for
tunately was captured 1t is now up to
the courts to take such action as will
prevent even talk of such deplorable
occurrences as arc on record in those
States where summary punishment has
been melted out to those who have
committed such horrible crimes, and
such action should be prompt
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
Nine Years Of Aerial Conquest.

Nine years ago last week, a contem-
porary reminds us, the Wrights made
history at Kitty Hawk, on the North
Carolina coast, by demonstrating that
man could fly. The epoch-n1aking event
was quietly celebrated on Wednesday
at Dayton. Ohio, their home city. 1t
was numbering machine that the
virgins took with them to this out-of-
the-way spot in the South. where some
day a fitting monument probably will
arise TO mark mans conquest of the
elements.
Orville Wright. speaking at Dayton,
told how there were four flights in all
on that December day, beginning with
one of twelve seconds duration and
ending with one that lasted ffty-nine
seconds and carried one of the broth
ers half mile through the air (Which
one he would not say). 1t has been
semi-ofhcially stated that the very first
flight was made by Wilbur
To-day the duration record is four
teen hours seven minutes and a fight
Of 776 miles without stop. Garros
has flown upward over 10000 feet,
nearly four miles above the clouds !;
and last week he made new over
sea record by flying $50 miles across
the Mediterranean. The American
continent has been crossed from New
York to Pasadena, and several flights
have been made from Paris to London
and return.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
STEEL CORPORATION
CUTS STOCK PRICES
Employees to Be Given Benefit of
Reductions on Preferred
and Common.

New York, Dec 26-It was announced
in Wall Street to-day that next month
the employees of the United States Steel
Corporation and its subsidiary compa-
MES will be offered the privilege Of sub
scribing to the preferred stock on a
basis of SlO9 a share. and the common
at $50 a share.
Steel common to-day sold on the
board at about SOS a share. while the
preferred was quoted around slO9 10.
In January this year the subscription
price was fixed at sI1O a share for the
preferred and s65 for the common. The
allowances for special compensation or
bonus to be paid subscribers in 1913 who
retained their stock were fixed at s. a
share for the preferred and $3.50 per
share annually for the common.
Some months ago the common sold
above $50 a share, and the preferred
around SlI7.
There are between $500 and 5000 en-
ployes stockholders of record. Between
1903, when the proht-sharing plan be-
came operative. and December, 1911, they
subscribed for 2SI3 62 shares Of preferred
and H4S7 of common. Including the
subscriptions which were made at the
close of last year. the total amount ran
over 3UU,UJD ShareS, Will par Ndiue
of s30,OeO0OO. At one time the employees
were credited with holding more stock
than the Morgan interests, and the other
so-called insiders.
The subscription prices for the pre-
ferred were s11o in 1912. $114 in 1911. $l24
in 1910. $40 in 1893. $3.50 in 1908, $lO2 in
1907, 500 in 1906, $50 in 1906. $5 in 1904,
and $3.50 in 1903. In 1912 the subscrip-
ton price for the common was $50; in
1911. so, and in 1909, $50.
The amount of the proposed increase
in we ?es to United States Steel en-
ployes has not been definitely stated,
although It will be material. Last year,
$l61, 500, 900 was paid out in wages, so
that an increase Of even as low as 3
per cent would mean nearly S,o0o,0o0 ad
ditional. This. it is estimated. will about
equal the surplus the Steel Corporation
will show in the current year.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27

Davis paused to clear his throat and
repeated:
Some dirty scoundrel shot the COL
onel!' And he blew his nose violently.
Here, here. come out OF it, shrieked
! the representative OF a New York paper.
It's 10 O'Clock in New York now and
the first thing I know It'll be press
time" said the writing man. Just what
all happened"
Davis tried to control his emotions
and finally managed to say:
Some scoundreI shot the colonel"
So the correspondents formed a flying
, " edge and showed by the cops into the
auditorium to get the story by en-
selves.
The day after Senator Reed Of Mis-
souri, took his seat in the Senate an ola
friend patted him on tho back and said:
Jim. Ill look forward now TO your
first speech: want you TO show EN- the
kind OF oratOry We raise out in Missouri
DO YOU know" remark Reed. I'm
not so sure that I'll do much speaking.
| certainly do not intend TO make a speech
until 1 have something to say-not Just
for the sake OF making a speech, you I'M
derstand. On the other hand, I care
nothing at all about the custom here that
requires a new member 10 sit and look
on for the first year or so. 1t may be-
that as time goes on III feel called upon
TO make a speech. II there seems TO be
occasion for me to do SO, l WILL
But it was almost two days and a half
later before Reed finally got around to
making his initial speech.
Dan r. Anthony, the monolithic mem
Der OF the House from Kansas, more
than six and a half feet tall, and three
feet wide at the shoulders, gamboled
into the White House the other morning
to see Will Taft. Cshered into the
Presidents office at the Same time. was
Representative Samuel W. Smith OF
Michigan, who weighs probably ninety
three pounds when clad IN his heavy
ulster 1t was ar odd-loking gathering
the huge President, the colossal An
thOny and the diminutive Smith An
thony plunged at once into the matter
he had come for-an appointment he
wished to put through. He talked with
UVch esrnestness for four or i've min
utes while the President stared up at
him like a man looking for a pigeon on
top Of the Metropolitan tower. As he
came to his peroration. Anthony worded
his sentences with extra care. and tried
to make every phrase count. He was
within sight OF his final period when the
President. who had been staring up at
him preoccupiedly. interrupted him by
remarking, irrelevantly and almost in
alarm:
why. Dan. you're hairs actually get
ting thin. isn't it,
lCopynght, 1872 BY Frcd C. Kelly. AL rights re-
serTedl
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
DIANE AT SEA.

By ELISABETH ELLICOTT FOE.
What DOES the STA sing to YOU dear,
As you pace the winding deck
And view the endless waste Of foam?
DO thoughts come Of the loved at home
They dream Of you as far as you ruzm-
Diane at sea, Diane at sea!
Does il tell Of my bOundless love
For you a witchfng maiden fair?
Does it whisper that on distant shore
Waits one who pays that evemore
His soul may, by your mercy, soar
Diane at sea, Diane at sea!
What does the sea sing to you. dearl
The desthless song Of love and life;
Of stars that rise forever blest
OF hope that finds in faith a rest.
Or all the bys by saints confessed.
Diane at SEA, Diane at SEA!
And when. at last, the voyage done,
Tho harbor CLEANS a haven sure,
q bring the ocean song 10 me
And tell me that on land or SEA
You aye 10 mo will loyal be.
Diane ashore, DiAne asthorOl
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
MOUNTAINEER LOSES WAY
IN MAZE OF STREETS IN
GREATER NEW YORK

New York. Dec. 26.-John H. Dawson.
hardy mOuntaineer from West V!r-
ginia, who has never been lost in the
depths OF a forest, was found to-day by
the police, after searching a day and a
night for his family, whom he had left
at a friends house the day before
Christmas. Accustomed to wild paths,
with the stars as a guide, Dawson did
not take the number OF the house to
which his family had preceded him, and
after he had made a number OF pur-
chases for Christmas he did not know
where to look. After. tramping the
streets for nearly thirty-six hours, he
finally sought the aid OF the police,
and they. through the publication of a
story this morning that the man had
been lost, succeeded in directing him to
his family.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR.
According to the Times, Newspapers
Are for Everything but Reading.

From the " ashinEton Tines
Place a newspaper on the floor When
removing the ashpan from your stove:
put one on the shoe box before black
ing your shoes; in the bottom OF the
clothes basket on wash day. and under
the pan of starch. It is far easier to
gather up the paper and burn it than
to wash haH-dry starch spatters on the
table. Use a newspaper to clean fiat
irons; keep them under your gasoline
and coal oil cans; under the stove black
ing outfit; empty the carpet sweeper on
a newspaper, then burn the paper.
trash, and all; cover your rising
bread. over the cloth. with several
thicknesses OF newspaper 10 exclude ths
air: place one on your lap when peel
ing peaches. sweet apples. or other fruit
which stains badly; it will prevent the
fruit Juice from reaching the clothing
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27

New York, Dec. 26.-That the United
States Steel Corporation has experienced
the most profitable year of its existence
is taken by the recent announcement of
Judge Z. H. Gary. chairman of the
board of directors of the corporation, in
(which he said that all of the employees
Of this great concern, 100000 in number.
would be given an increase in wages in
the near future. 1t is expected that the
new scale Of wages will go into effect
shortly after the beginning Of the new
year,
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
MEN WERE SCARCE.

She stood beneath the mistletoe,
The butchers boy was there;
But he did not the custom know,
Or else he didn't dare.
A plumber and a tramp or so --
Were seen to pass that way.
She stood beneath the mistletoe
Eleven hours day.
The outcome was a dreadful blow
Unto this ancient miss.
She stood bereath the mistletoe
And never got a kiss.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-27
Anarchists Show Activity.

Havana. Dec GA number OF anar-
chists held a meeting here last night,
and il is said formed plans to stop the
sugar harvest Although the meeting
was called ostensibly for the purpose of
planning for better schools in Cuba, 1t
is known that the matter OF education
was not considered.
The police are watching developments
carefully, but the government has as
yet shown no disposition to take active
measures against the anarchists, whose
numbers are increasing rapidly.