Putnam patriot., 1912-02-02
Editorial Scraps

II # ltlbEF VI tAiC AiAOff t%tt1t+--si organ Of the National Woman's Chris, tian Temperance Union.. Gffgasssfa Tai Fred eriek b. Graztt tee.,,a. ,.ietive ta the .a.,e-..-., ,5i fe< -is Wfltes iei"'is' VI ''N s-S Sfsi 8tion of the army eanteen:
 "In reply to your telegram, l hasten to say that many times in the past III official reports, I have recommended tbe restoration of the eanteen in the army. This 1 did, believing that the eanteen was the lesser of two evils In the course of ten years the enlisted per sonne Of the army has changed and Yhe soldiers who afe now in the army have adjusted themselves to present conditions. fl the question were leit 10 me. owing to this change oi eondi' lions. 1 would not recommend the fes- toration of the canleen,
 Yours very truly,
 Frederick h. Grant
 A one-arned man of Paris on whom surgeons planned to graft the arm oi dead man refused to accept the limb ot A murderer. declaring he never codid tell what the arm might do when u got into action
 America has an especial interest in the memorial window to John bnnyhh, which was unveiled at Westminster abbey Thursday, 224 years after Bun vans death. The window, illustfnt- ing scenes from "The Pilgrims Prog ress,n was paid for by subscriptions in America and Great Britain, and the in- ception of the memorial was due to Americans who attended the worlds Baptist congress in London in 1900.
 Sunday evening "New York Her aldn correspondent eabled from Lon don: "Engand is In the grip of cold wave which has converted the flooded districts of the midlands and other parts of the country into immense skating ponds.
 The "Indianapolis News" Is pleased that the National Institute of Arts and Letters has given gold medal 10 James Whitcomb Riley.
 Yesterday the "New York Ameri- cann published Cairo dispatch from MT. .J. F. Morgan, confirming the an nouncement that his famous collec- tions in London are to be brought to New York.
 This country's export lraie in auto mobiles Is now twenty times what 1t was decade ago. Last year the money value of the American automo- piles land parts of autom obiles) ship ped off of foreign countries was s2l,- 636,66i.
 The republican newspaper editors ot Missouri, at the meeting of their state association in Kansas City last Satur. day, adopted a resolution declaring their hearty approval of the admins tration of President Taft as "wise, pa triotic, safe and sound"
 W. Morgan Shuster got remarka- ble ovation and his claims for Persian independence were enthusiastically cheered at banquet which the Per sian committee, composed of members ot the House of Commons and other prominent men, gave in honor of the American x-treasurer-general of Per sia at the Savoy Hotel London, Mon. day night.
 Charles r.. Jackson, state treasurer of the American Red Cross Associa- tion, announced that, in response to President Taft's appeal and Governor Baldwin's proclamation for contribu- tions to relieve the suffering in China due to famine, he had received sub seriptions thus far of Si26. These in cluded one from Governor Baldwin for go.
 Congressman Tilson is suffering slightly from sciatiea which laid him up for week in the hospital al New Haven during the holidays, Mir. Til. son goes to a local hospital and takes treatment for his ailment occasionally. He thinks he has practically recovered from the attack.
 There will be no appropriations for battleships or public buildings at this session of Congress. This was the de- cision by the democrats in the House after a spirited caucus Monday. Elim- ination of battleship appropriation was a surprise, the caucus having been called to consider sl6,0o0,00o public building bill recommended by the committee on public buildings and grounds. Representative Burnett of Alabama offered an amendment, how ever, to a resolution 10 dispense with the public buildings bill that no battleship appropriation be reported to the House. Representative Hobson of Alabama headed a bitter attack on the amendment but IL was passed ss to 6s. The saving resulting from this action by the caucus Is estimated by the dem- ocratic leaders to aggregate about s40,- 0Do0, 0,00.