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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-22

issuance of "A /permit tos |esouo
square feet Oh exhibit suara in e.
Palace Of LtbeNl Art NEGOTIATIONS
for the United | States government
display at the hanama-paotde mtef-
national Exposition have just been
completed herd This is the largest
amount of exhibit space to be Uceu-
pied by any COY eminent exhibit at
this or any otlFr previous universal
exposition
The display Fvill include exhibits
OF naval ands military education.
practice Of military and naval medi-
cine, Office OF ihdan affairs, Depart
ments of Commetee and Labor Land
Department., WHICH has the admiujs-
tration OF all INT public parks, reaor-
yations and oAher public lands.
Federal DepartJeut of Health Re
clamation sfyice, Government
printing office,s census bureau Amer
lean Red Cross Isthmian Canal Com
mission and numerous others
In addition to the displays il the
balance Of Liberal Arts, the Federal
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-22
UNCLE SAM rA'yks Up
MUCH SPACE AT EXPOSITION.

By the utited rresz.
San Francisc3Dec. 22.-~With the
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Items of Local Interest

MT. and Mrs J. Paul Kaufman of Hartford, have been the guests of L. 0. Williams, South Main street.
 Putnam Lodge Of Elks are plan ming to hold Ladies night in the near future.
 Rev. E. r. Benoit will preach in French at the Baptist church next Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
 Mrs. Ellen Kimball, North Brook field, has been the guest of Mrs. Ii. N. Brown, Oak Hill.
 Rev. F. b. Sargent is to deliver an illustrated lecture on Holland in Wooa- socket this Friday evening.
 The sophomore class of the Putnam High school gave their annual dance to the other classes Wednesday even- ing.
 Miss Gertrude Hall, who is at hospital in Nashua, Is making a deci- ded gain in the recovery from her re- II
 There were Is births and 6 maria ges in Putnam in February. There were II deaths in March, representing death rate of 19.s. MT. and Mrs. Hector Gautier re. turned to Hartford Monday after spending Easter with relatives here. Mir. Gautier is a letter carrier in Hart. ford.
 --James k. Joslyn, veteran of the Civil war and member of A. C.. Warner Post, c. A. R. of Putnam, died recently in Bridgeport He was a resident Of Dayville and was mem, Der of the Isl Connecticut heavy artil- afy, Funeral services will be held at the church in Dayyile at three o'clock l Friday afternoon.
 Il. Annie BeaudIeault, a former al Herman from ward three, is in a erili- cal condition in a sanatoTium in Stam- ford where he has been the past six months His condition does not im- prove and 1t has become necessary to give him nourishment by artificial means. His family reside in this city on Providence street.
 Members of the grange and others listened to an interesting addressson Birds, by Herbert K. Job, State orni. thologist, in Owls hali, Tuesday even- ing. The speaker implored the farm CTS to do more to protect the birds, which he pointed out and illustrated by special instances, were their best friends. The loss of birds means the loss of many dollars 10 the country, said the speaker.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Camp George W. Child InStallS Officers.

The following officers Iof Camp George w. Child, Sons of Veterans, were Installed Friday night by Past Senior Vice commander, F.. F. Perry. Commander, George w. Baker; senior vice commander, Ernest c. Morse; junior vice commander, Raymond Franklin; patriotic instruc- tor, Arthur Tourtellotte; secretary, John k. Child; treasurer, pr. Edward F, Perry; camp council, Arthur Tour. tellotte, E. l.. Wood, Adds II. Welch; chaplain, F l.. Wood; guide, Ray mond k. Evans; color bearer, Charles t,. Aldrleh, inner guard, Jerry Wins low; outer guard, Ernest l.. Chandler; delegates to the division encampment te be held at Stamford on April 23-24, Ernest C. Morse, John E. Child.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Mashlnn White Paint.

When your white paint is yellow and dirty. don't wash with soap: take handful of common whiting and stir smooth in about pint of water. then wipe all around with this You will need bowl of clean water and cloth with which to wipe all. around again When treated in this way paint win be really white. not yellow and places that have been marked badly will scarcely show when dry.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
View Trunk Line Highways.

Eight touring cars from Providence passed through Putnam Friday after. noon carrying the finance commission ot both branches of the Rhode Island legislature. They were on n tour ef road inspection and came over the Put. nam road, returning over the road from kiliingly. There Is to be bill introduced in the Rhode Island llegis. lature for an appropriation for state road work to join the Connecticut state roads at the borderline and it was with thls in view that the inspection was made.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17

Mrs. Ella O'Neil Winkleman, 3S, wife of Frank Wink leman, died We'd nesday morning at 5.45 at the Day Kimball hospital in Putnam, where she had been patient and where sine underwent a surgical operation thfee weeks to day before she died.
 Clinton s. Andem ffas the con- crete walls practically completed for the big new greenhouse that he is to add to his plant on the east side of the city.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
New Telephone Directory.

The regular quarterly issue of the Southern New England Telephone Gompany's directory will go into effect on Sunday the 18th and in connnction with this book it is interesting to know that the increase in telephone in Con necticut since the first of the year, the first quarter of 1914, has been ,723 The Telephone Company estimates the increase for. the entire year as 5000 which will make the total number ol telephones in use on January l, 1915, ll9,2l9. On December 31, 1901, the total number Of telephones was 33,- POS. If the 1914 figure is reached it will mean growth of S6,0lf tele- phones in 10 years, growth nearly three times as great as-the grand total in 1904.
 The preparation and distribution Of the directory containing these teie- phones has now assumed considerable proportions, as may be seen from the following figures supplied by the local management of the company. The to- tai number of books issued will be 115,- 900, each book containing 600 pages not including the cover. It required six weeks to compile and print the is- sue. The number of changes from the January issue WAS over 12,0O0 and l2l,- GOO thumb-cuts had to be made.
 The total number of pages in the Is sue WAS 66, 6,000,000. If these were spread out flat, they would cover ap- proximately B, ,612 square feet. The total weight of the issue is something over S7 tons. If these books were placed one on top of the other, paper tower would rise 9 800 feet, or approxi- mateIy one and eight tenths of mile, into the air. The base of this gigantic silver would cover seventy five square | inches.
 There is probably no one thing that more graphically illustrates the growth of telephone service in this state than the telephone directory. And it will be obvious, from the facts shown above, that it is somethsng of task tc compile, print and distribute this book.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Aeollan strike Ended.

The strike of 200 or more employees at the Meriden factory of the Aeolian Company, which has been in progress since June A last. was ended by the acceptance by a committee represent ing the strikers of terms presented by Secretary E. s. Votey of New York City. The trouble in the factory fol- lowed the inauguration of a new wage-payment system. and most of the employees left town. As a result of the trouble the company moved part of its work to Hartford. continu- ing operations in only one of the buildings in Meriden. Help was taken to the Meriden factory from Hartford and other places each morning to take the places of the strikers. Nearly all i of The strikers have returned. The Hartford factory will be continued.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
canno. Order Fire Escapes.

Alderman Oliver c. Cole of ths Eleventh district has been informed by City Attorney Comley that the resolution the alderman recently drew calling on the building commits sioners to act fin the matter of order ing fire escapes to be placed on some of the hotels and lodging houses in Bridgeport Will fail of it's purpose. as the matter Is one which is solely under the control of the state authori- ties. The alderman has therefore decided to write to State Superintend. ent Robert Eagon about the matter.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17

Hartford.-An attempt to unload a s2,5O0 mortgage on an abandoned farm in Goshen upon a Norwalk investor was frustrated when the intended pur- chaser, before accepting the gold
 brick, went to Torrington 10 investi- gate. The farm, according to the story was recently sold to a New York man for $12,000, the former owner taking a s2,500 first mortgage and a second mortgage for the same amount. The first mortgage he then sold to a lawyer in South N0rwalk. and sought 10 exchange the second mortgage for an automobile. The farm was represented as comprising 200 acres, more or Fess, located on a beautiful lake surrounded by magnifi- cent scenery for which the mountain county Is famous, and about four miles distant from Torrington. Before ac- cepting the proposition the automobile dealer took hurry trip to Terring- ton and consulted a local real estate agent regarding the property. The farm was so remote from civilization tDdt the bOhHeh idilheAH "ciC "iie+Sio to locate 1t clearly without consult ing the town records, but at last they found fl near the Norfolk line, fifteen miles from Torrington, on roads that are impossible. the greater part of the winter and the early spring. It has been unoccupied for several years during the greater part of the time, the buildings are worthless, and the forest which formed it's mostt valuable asset has long since fallen under the woodmans ax There are possibly 200 acres, but as one of the Goshen men phrased it, "The more acres of that sort a man has, the porer he becomes"
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Iarne Barn Burns.

4 fire that lit up the sky for miles around destroyed on North Main street, West Hartford. a barn belong Ing to Henry O. Griswold In the building were thirty-five tons of hay, twenty head of cattle, three horses, and much valuable farm and dairy machinery. Mir Griswold and Andrew Derlco who was operating the farm with him on shares, opened the doors of the barn and risked their lives in an attempt to let the horses and cows loose, but 1t was impossible to tell just how many of the animals escaped as those which got out started on a run toward the woodlands and were not found. The loss will reach s9,00o
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17

-Mizpah Rebekhh lodge, No. &, will hold social dance in Odd Fellows hall, Wednesday evening, April 22d. Admission by ticket, price D cents. Ad
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Father Sued Son for Money.

Father Sued Son for Money.
 In the case of Alexander Burdlek against Walter Burdiek. tried before Judge Shumway in the superior court at Paterson. judgment was given for the plaintiff to recover s34 and father sued his son to recover money advanced and merchandise sold while the son made denial and set up a counter claim. The court suggested that the case was one that should have been settled outside of court and that the court should not be called upon to decide the question of yer aeity between father and son.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
FARM MORTGAGE
 IN EXCHANGE
Was 200 Acres. Too, But Land
 Not Always an Asset
MAKE ATTEMPT TO UNLOAD

Frustrated When Intended Purchaser Visited Torrinaton to investigate Owner Sold First Lien to Attorney
 and Offered Second for Machine.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Heport on Tobacco.

In report op tobacco raising in this state. issued by the agricultural experiment station. computation is made of the measurements of single plant, and from this it is figured that 7,70o plants of Connscticut Havana raised on one acre of soil would spread over four and eighttenths acres. A single normal plant yielded fortytwo pods. The average number of seeds in each pod calculated from the total weight of the seeds of plant and the weight of ,000 seeds was 9S.910. AL lowing a vitality of 75 per cent, the seeds from one plant could set out seven acres of tobacco.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Obituary Mary Leayens Tracy.

Al her ancestral home in Killingly, April s, Mary Leavens, wife of Gil. berl A. Tracey ,spassed away. Nearly all Of the 7s years of her life had been spent in the house from which she was borne to her last resting place. The home had been in the possession Of her paternal ancestors for several generations, dating from Justice Jo- seph Leaveus, who was one of the pioneer settlers in Kiilingly and grand son of the immigrant, John LeaVens, who settled in Roxbury, Mass, in l6B2.
 Funeral services were conducted at II o'clock, April II by Rev. MT Hafri- man. Tn addition 10 the reading of the Episcopal service favorte poem of the deeeased was read. The pail bearers Wose 6eotge l.. Dresser, l.. 0. Williams, |. C Wright and David FiaRg.
 Mary Leavens was born in killingly, March 22, ls36. She procured her early education in the schools of Xiii lngly and was then sent to Dread Institute of Worcester for a finishing course. Nov r, 1864, she became the wife of Gilbert A. Tracy, then of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Tracy was universally beloved by all who had the great good fortune to know her. Never seeking society or friends, she was ever sweet and cordial to all who came to her home. Her home and it's inmates were her little world and her greatest pleasure lay in ministering to her family. Their joys were her joys and i their cares her anxious thought.
 A husband, son and two daughten | are left to mourn the loss of n devoted wife and mother.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Government Ownership of Telephone.

Working people who are wayering toward the idea of Government own. ership of telegraph and telephone sys- tems might we'll pay attention to the grievances proclaimed in London last Friday at the ninth annual conference oi the Amalgamated Society of Teie- phone Employees. It is just about two years now since the British Post office departments took over ali the private telephone lines in the United Kingdom. Now the employees are Protesting that wages, allowances and other conditions are much worse under the Government than before and that many of the staff have been forced 10 leave the service because of arbitrary
 regulations as to promotion. The same
 work is expected now, it appears, for IS shlllings week which formerly
 brought 70 shillings. New York Sun.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17
Susan Day.

Mrs. susan Day, D, widow of the late Edward Day, died at the Day kimball hospital Monday night She had been an Invalid for years. Her husband died two years ago, The family removed to Putnam from Dan. ielson ten years ago One son, Frank, of this city, and sister, Mrs. Phoebe Goldsmith, survive. Funeral will be held at her sisters home in Danielson and burial will be in the Westfield cemetery in that place.
Putnam patriot., 1914-04-17

Miss Elizabeth NJ. Leete of Rox- bury, Mass, was visitor Wednesday with City Clerk and Mrs. K. w. Sew ard. the latter Miss Leete's sister.
 Mrs. F. A. Morrell is visiting tn New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-26
Maxwell Representative Says
Demand Exceeds Supply

w. d. Paine, eastern superintend-
ent of sales for the Maxwell Motor
Company. was at the Central Auto
Garage to-day with E. w. Shank, local
representative for Maxwell cars. Mr..
Paine said.
The Maxwell factories are being
pushed to the limit of production. Be-
tween $50 and 200 cars are shipped
daily from the Detroit factory. Large
trainload shipments are no uncom-
mon occurrence. sometimes whole
days production being shipped to one
city.
Dealers throughout the country
are demanding more cars for their
customers and the Maxwell Company
is sparing no expense in their at
tempt to meet the demands. An in
stance of this was shown a few days
ago, when, after a rush telegram had
been received from Springfield, Mo-,
for three cars, the shipping depart
ment Immediately ordered an express
shipment of three cars. Expressing
automobiles is rather uncommon, but
the Maxwell Company believes that
urgency demands action
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-26
Studebaker Business Is
Prosperous Everywhere

Studebaker branch houses and dis
tributors from all parts of the United
States. show wonderful gains in sales
over the same period year ago and
the company is frankly advertising the
actual figures to show that the gain
is not local to any part of the coun-
try.
Branches from the Atlantic to the
Pacific show big gains representing
anywhere from 25 to 500 per cent.
For example, during the first two
weeks of September 1914. the amount
of Studebaker business done at the
branch in Kansas City was $139,SS6,
as against S26,554 during the same
two weeks in 1913; and other
gains during the same two weeks.
Thus: Chicago, 1914, s27S.433, as
against. S73.570 in 1913, Atlanta,
1914, S51 1,l6S, as against S11.SS2 for
1913; Boston. 1914. S67,533, as against
S25,6S5 in 1918: Dallas, 1914, $56.9OI
as against s16,269 in 1913; Min
neapolis, 1914. S14S.464 as against
S55,S25 in 1919; and Philadelphia
1914, S76,761, as against S12,735 in
1913.
Studebaker dealers claim that this
wonderful increase in business not
only shows national prosperity but
that the new 1915 Studebaker cars,
with their improvements and refine
ments have met with instant aupre-
citation from the automobile buying
public.
improvements in chassis design
have brought down the weight of
both the Studebaker Four and the
Studebaker Six $50 pounds each.
The present type Studebaker motor
has always been a beautiful example
of the more recent school of motor
design, but their Improvements and
refinements have increased its power
and efficiency over the design of
year or two ago.
The Studebaker Four in a recent
reliability run made in Wisconsin
covered five hundred and five miles
with a perfect score and from an eco
nomic standpoint showed consump-
tion of twenty-five and half miles
to the gallon of gasoline.
Dealers everywhere are reporting
the most fiattering tests for both
power and efficiency and they claim
that the public is very quick nova
days to appreciate good motor car de-
sign and for that reason the increase
in Studebaker business for the last
few weeks has been remarkably great.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-26
Chesterfield Six Latest
in the Jefery Models

Last season the automobile industry
was made to blink by the appearance
of four-cylinder car on the American
market, embodying a great many of
the proven and accepted European
features, most prominent of which was
the high speed, high efficiency block
type motor.
This car was the Jeffery Four, and
1t numbered among its other European
features imported annular ball bear
ings, the Daimler leather coupling
which had never before been used in
this country and a Rothschild-d de-
signed body similar to those which he
exhibited at the London and Paris
shows.
The new Jeffery Chesterfield Six is
right now creating an equal amount
of comment because it looks like a
Peugeot or a Delage, and is the first
moderate-priced American car to in
corporate the worm drive silent rear
axle.
1t is said that so per cent. of the
cars in England are using worm drive
rear axles, and that France and Ger
many are rapidly taking it up. The
claims made for the worm drive would
seem to be substantiated by it's silent,
smooth and efficient operation and
economy of fuel. The worm and pin
ion being constantly in contact elimi-
mates the jerks incident to starting or
changing gears.
The cranking and lighting system of
the new car is the Blur, which has
been so successful on Packard cars.
A rather unique method of determin-
ing the reliability and efficiency of this
starter was adopted by the Jeffery
company. 1t queried the Packard
dealers throughout the country and
asked them what starting and light
ing troubles they had had. 1t was eX-
pected through this source to uncover
the weaknesses in the system. The
answers were so unanimous in their
assurances that no trouble need be
anticipated that the letters have been
reproduced in portfolio form and
placed in the hands of the Jeffery deal
ers throughout the country.
A high speed, high efficiency bloc
type motor of small bore and long
stroke is the power plant of the new
car. The horsepower rating is 35 to
AZ, which would seem conservative in
SX5 motor capable of turning up to
1900 r. p. NJ. under normal condi-
tions.
CantileVer rear springs contribute
their share to the easy-riding qualities
of the new car, which is 122 inches
long and is equipped with straight side
34X4 tires on demountable rims.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-26
Testing Automobiles
For Perfect Balance

Every motor of the Haynes Light
SIX car must run so smoothly before
leaving the test frames that a COM
mon, ordinary lead pencil will stand
on end for hours when stood up on
top of the cylinders" declares George
F. Mcfarland, of the Harrisburg Au-
tomobile Co., distributors in this ter
ritory for the Haynes Americas first
car. Balancing silver dollar on
edge of the cylinders when the motor
is running from a thousand to twelve
hundred revolutions per minute is an
other test that is frequently applied
Each Haynes motor is put on a
frame mounted on elliptic springs
identically the same as in the chassis,
and run fifteen hours. If there is
the least vibration in the motor at
any speed, it will be shown imme-
diately by the vibration in the springs
supporting the frame.
Manufacturing a perfectly balanced,
silently running motor is highly de-
Veloped science. The fundamental
work must start in the designing room
where the proper masses of metal
must be proportioned to the arms of
the crank shaft. After each crank
shaft is machined and the bearings
ground to a high polish, it is accu-
rately balanced. Not only must the
shaft balance on sensitive rolling discs
in any position, but it must balance
while being revolved at a high rate
of speed.
For this purpose a specially de-
signed balance is used with long point
ers to move over magnified scales to
indicate the location of the excessive
metal that is throwing the shaft out
of balance. Not only is the crank shaft
accurately balanced in the Haynes mo-
tor, but each completed connecting
rod is actually weighed so that only
those rods of the same weight are al
lowed TO go into one motor. A frac-
tion of an ounce difference between
two connecting rods in the same mo-
tor would set up vibration due to CEN
trifugal force that would increase
with the speed of the motor
"A balanced motor not only is free
from vibration, but will pull evenly
without setting up any sudden strain
in the bearings and naturally would
last much longer than an irregularly
running motor. Freedom from vibra-
tion means freedom from noise and
freedom from noise indicates freedom
from wear"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-26
WAR FAILS TO STOP BUSINESS

With reference to the effect of war
on business, the following letter to
dealers has been sent out by Alvan
Macauley, vice-president and general
manager of the Packard Motor Car
Company:
"Our car orders are considerab bly,
ahead of what | thought possible, and
they continue to hold up in a surpris-
ing way, despite the fact that we have
been passing through the dull period
oil the summer, when most of our
patrons are away from home. If we
didn't know that the war conditions
were serious, we would confidently
expect a ord-breaking Fall busi-
ness Perhaps we are going to have
II anyway, since more than a month
has elapsed since the war started and
our business has not suffered.
There is business in consfdera BILE
quantity to be had. We are getting
1t right along; getting more of it than