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Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
USED TRAP GUNS
 TO SHOOT DEER
Many Wounded by VioIators in
 LitChfieId County
SET WITH HAIR TRIGGERS
Trigger Connected With Thread So That When Animal or Man Stepped On IL Gun Went Off-Three
 Foreigners Caught.

Winsted. - County Game Warden Isaac B. Hornbeck has unearhed the most wicked scheme ever found in the violations of the game laws. For some time past there have been complaints that there were many wounded deer in the Litchfeld county woods and un- der orders from Superintendent John M Crampton of New Haven an in yestigation was made. It Vas found tbat the deer were being wounded by trap guns set in the woods.
 These guns were equipped with hair triggers and set so that they were on the deer runs. The trigger was con nected with a thread and as soon as a deer, or a man, for that matter, stepped upon the thread the gun went off. After finding the guns the game wardens waited for the owners of the guns. Their waiting was rewarded with success. for they arrested three men, foreigners, who went through the woods seeking to find the deer which had been wounded In the court here one of the men, who seems to be the leader, was bound over to the superior court, and the two others were fined. It appears that the man who found the gun came near being killed by it. He was almost upon the thread before he discovered il.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
General

Eugene Zimmerman. wealthy finan- cier and railroad man and father of the Duchess of Manchester, dies In Cincinnati at age of S.
 William V. Cleary, Democratic lead CT in Rockland Counyt, N. r.. is ac- quilted of murder of Eugene M New man. his son-in-law. by jury in Su- preme Court at New City, N. Y.
 Gov. Major of Missouri, appointed Miss Florence Hopkins to be Probate Judge of Clay County. to succeed her father, Judge Lewis c. Hopkins, who died.
 Rattlesnake venom as cure for epi- lepsy failed in official tests conducted by the State of Kansas.
 Thomas Cruse of Helena, discoyerer of the famout Drum Lummon mine twenty miles from Helena, pioneer prospector, land owner and banker and one of the richest men in Mon tana died at Butte. He was about 70 years old.
 One-story cement stands capable of seating approximately 45,000 specta- tors will be rebuilt at the Boston Ma tional League clubs baseball park in the Allston district.
 Three students from China, Kuang Pic Hu, and Hung Chen Chen, of Pe- king, and Kou Chow Ii, of Tsing Tao, head the honor list issued at Phillips Exeter Academy, at Exeter, N. H.
 Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the Federal Commission on Industrial Re lations, announced that the commis- sion would begin an investigation of the Russell Sage Foundation, the Ba- ron De Hirsch fund, and the Carnegie charities, in addition to the Rockefel- Ter Foundation This investigation will open in New York January II.
 A manufacturing concern at Has tings, Mich, received an order from France for 10S,00O pairs of wool boots for the French army.
 Mrs. Thomas F. Hart. millionaire po- licewoman of Muncie, Ind, resigned from the force because of i'll health.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
Sporting

Walter Johnson. former star of the pitching staff of the Washington Am orleans, who jumped to the Federal League, announced that he had jump cd back to his old club.
 4 Jimmy Callahan has been deposed as manager of the White Sox and Clarence Rowland. who managed the eoria, Ill. (Three League) club last season, has signed with Charles A. Comiskey to pilot the Windy City Americans for one season.
 The Federal League has offered Rabbit" Maranyille. star shortstop of the Boston National League baseball team. $1O,0O0 a year for three years. . Walter Johnson never will play ball in a Federal League uniform" insist ed Ban Johnson. "I am advised by good legal talent that the great pitcher cannot break his contract with Wash. ington,
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
In the Brave Day. ot Old.

In the ~hrave days at old castle and hail rang wath tnifth and ioiiity for fortnight and upward. and open house was kept But the great Feast given ny the frudal chn'ftam tu ms friends and fesainer> t,saE place 1n Christmas day itself. and amous the dishes served up nu this otraslon the f;iiinasis boar bead wa> first and foremost uu the board Heralded. We are told. ny ju- hilam flourish at tritmpeis and accom- pauied hk strains at mna>trel>X. II WAS earned into the haaaaetiH. hai on dish If .nla ar >ifNrI hv ihe server. mila a> he advanced aI the ee;id ot statei, nras.s~Ien ei nanies. Enigh.s aud slslic~ ~ssu- uae ai The quaint old carols dedicated tp ihe ceremony.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
Sun w0rsh,pers Christmas.

Ts1e United States bureau Of ethnoi of Christmas in America. and one sur prisinS fact astrrtained k that many of the aliurgiEai tribes on that conti- nenI long before Columbus landed were accustomed to celebrate festivals corresponding to that uf nletide in the present day. and among the Moki Indians of ArlzaHa there iS much mer- " munniug at or about iiec 2o. with exchange uf gifts and Inasquer;tdlng by persons whu are got up n pictur esque costumes to represent supernat- ura beings The St Nicholas of the Aiuki is tile suu god.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
Foreign

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy signs decree authorizing national loan of s200 GOO. .0o0.
 Villa garrison at San Luis Potosi re volts and surrenders city to Carranza's forces.
 Rear-Admiral Walter Mclean. com mander of the Fourth division, Allan tie fleet. transferred his flag from the Aattleship Minnesota to the Rhode Island. at Vera Cruz.
 Thomas Lee McClung. former Treas urer of the United States, died in a hospital in London. of typhoid fever. His body will be taken to Knoxville. Tenn. for burial.
 The road from Elten. Holland, to Lo- beth, in Germany, was closed by the Germans.
 Prince Von Buelow has left Berlin for Rome to Assume his post as Am. bassador to italy.
 One hundred and fifty cases of pto. maine poisoning are reported among British troops stationed al Black heath. England.
 The Japanese Diet yited s2 .00O eco to desray the expenses of the coronation of Emperor Yoshihito.
 Sir John Barker millionaire Eng, fish department store owner, dies iD London.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25

The cities Of Bridgeport, Bellaire and Martins Ferry, Ohio, voted Satuf- day to go wet"
 Beginning at once, the Fremont and Suffolk Cotton Mills, at Lowell, Mass. will run day and night.
 One Of the prizes shot during the Wisconsin hunting season was A white deer, which was sold to a taxidermist for s200.
 Each state in the Union will supply one star for the American flag to be unfurled at the official opening of the Panama Canal
 The United Fruit Co.'S wireless plant al New Orleans. having range of 2.000 miles and valued at S75,090. was destroyed by fire
 General Scott, Chief of staff of the United States army enroate for Naeo. Ariz.. was joined by Generals Pershing and Davis al El paso.
 Detectives recover $S.160 Of s12.650. obtained by Prank C. Hohl aufomo. bile bandit, killed alter bank raid in Cincinnati.
 Congressman J. Washington Loues discussing Hobson resolution for na- tion.wide prohibition declares issue should be taken out of politics
 John D. Rockefeller petitions for an Injunction against collection Of taxes on s3fl 100000 assessed against him in Ohio.
 With the opening the Panama-Cah- foruia Exposition at San Diego only a fortnight away, the gates to the grounds have been closed to visitors and the exhibits are being installed
 Six Hons escaped from vaudeville theatre at Eighty-sixth and Third ave nue. New York. and created q panic One was shot and the rest were re- captured.
 George s. Nicholas, 6 prominent Bal timore elubman, was found shot 10 death in his bed al the country home of friend at St Stephens. Va.
 Governor Maytorena informed Gen eral Bliss of his refusal to withdraw his forces from border opposite Naeo Ariz.
 Control of the Illinois Senate is as. cured to the Democrats by decision of Governor Dunne in matter of issu ing election certificates.
 Frank c. Hohl, auto bandit iron Harrisburg, was killed in a fight with the police after a daring daylight rob bery of two Cincinnati banks.
 Loss in the fire at Pottsyille reached $1,200 900. The town was placed ir darkness. as the flames brought down the light wires. Two department stores. with their Christmas stocks. are among the places destroyed. A block in the business heart of the town Is in ashes.
 Grain from Pacific ports for Europe, and nitrate from Chile. are thus far the biggest items in Panama cargoes.
 Allen Seymour. q negro, accused Of attacking 6 white woman. was taken from jail at Hampton. s. C. by mob and lynched
 A receiver has been appointed for the Sun Publishing Co. Of Seattle.
 The Paramount Knitting Co.,. Of Kan. kakee, H., received an order for 336.. eco pairs of cotton socks from the French Government.
 Wheat cargoes estimated at 1,o0O,- GOO bushels are aboard seven steamers at New Orleans, awaiting shipment to Europe.
 The Bethlehem Steel Co.,, has leased Q ten mile stretch of land along the Delaware Bay shore for testing big guns.
 Mrs Jennie Stransky. of New York. was burned 10 death when her bus band set her bed on fire, and choking her, held her on the burning mattress until the police arrived.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
moroan Admits EmbezxIins.

Hartford. D. Morgan or New Rochelle. N Y., formerly a bank cashier in this city and later presi- dent of the Morgan Bankers Service corporation of New York City, plead ed guilty in the superior court here to charges of embezzlement and was sentenced to from two to five years Tn the state prison. Morgan pleaded guilty to appropriating s52,47o in stock of local Reinsurance company which had been placed in his hands for sale.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
l.,, ,rd c+r.1.t

nay ana straw.
 HAY AND STRAw.--Prime timothy. sl.Io; No. l, s1.06G1.o7is; No. s5g sI.00. No. 3. S0690c., clover, 5SQS1.05; Oats. nom; Straw. 60m671ac.
 Live Stock.
 BEENES.-Ordinary to fairly prime steers at s7so1s45 per 100 lbs; bulls a s458G7.00: cows at ss25a6.5o. Dressed beef at 111a G1sAc. for city dressed na- tive sides.
 CALVES to choice veals st $s.c0Q1s.o0 per 100 lbs: culls at I00; cull gressers at s425. City dressed vesls steady at 16m19hc; country dressed at 1tdl6hc; dressed grassers at sgllc. SHEEP AND GAMBS.-Ordinary. 70 prime lambs at ss.soGs;5 80 per loq lbs. ed mutton at s111c per ID. with good wethers selling at H.. nl2c: dressed lambs at l3l G16c: country dressed hot house lambs at sS.oo67.o0 per carcass. HOGS.-Country dressed hogs at sg 1eiIc for medium and light weights ana i4f1Tc for roasting pigs.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
spor MARkErs AI A GLANCE
Mans Moral Be- 2.

It is a fearful thought that we, as 1t were, exhale ourselves every hreatH we draw. A mans moral being Is cci- centrated in every second of his ine, 1t lives in the tips of his fingers ana the spring of his instep. A very htfie thing tries what a man is made oI.-- Cardinal Newman.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
Has Toe Cut of.

New Haven.-Allan Powers or Cam bridge, Mass, employed on a building under course of construction al the plant of the Winchester Repeating Arms company lost a small toe and two others were badly crushed when his foot became jammed between beam and the elevator he was operat- ing. An ambulance was summoned and Powers was brought to the New Haven hospital. The surgeons said they can save the two crushed toes.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
The pumdum Bullet.

The dumdum bullet is one that IS so made that il split or tlattens upon hit ting it's mark thus producing a much uglier wound than is made by the steeleased bullet such as the present rules Of warfare are understood to call for.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
life's Little Things.

Life Is made up. not of great sacr- fees or duties, but of little things ih which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habltuais' are what win and preserve the heart and secure cciaioTt.--Sir HEmpnsS pavy.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
e.rma, Labor statistics.

Women employed in the textile in. dustries in Germany are in majority over the men, there being 100000 fe- males as against SIl,0o0 men. In the c.othing indUstry the women outnum- Der the mep. with 29s 0a9 to s7.0e2
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
Mayer the aioht Road.

It's plain enough you get into the wrong road f this life if you run after this and that only for the sake 0 making things easy and pleasant for yourself--George Eliot
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
rblro of erothers Taken.

New Haven. Noeola Commisso, brought from Albany, N. f.. on a charge of murder in the first degree, was brought before Coroner Eli Mix and spent several hours in that offi- cials office undergoing an examina- ton. The three brothers are to be talk en before the grand jury which is to be summoned at special session Of the criminal side Of the superior court Judge Williams will preside.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
son.hou poesn.t Seem RIoht.

When We see a s0pound man an- nexed to 3oo-pound wife we can't help thinking that the eternal fitness of things got an awful jolt.--Ex- change.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
THE MARKETS


MlLk--Orlclal figures have been ahoi. ished and t Is impossible to give correct quotations
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-25
Watch Our ap. Windows Byron D. Bugbee uah Our n" Windows

dered to Naeo. Ariz.. to re-enforce General Bliss.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
MAYER LOYAL 10 sox

CHICAGO. Jan ~ The signed con
tract Of Walter Mayer, catcher with the
Chicago Americans. was received here
to-day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
FOOD FOR SPORT FANS
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~ GEORGE q. PHAIR. {

C. WEEGHMAN TO THE AMERICAN
LEAGUE
II you had called me cruel names or
kicked me on the shin
to0uId hare tOrnt 10 all Nth ScorB
and w0rn a careless grin.
If you had robbed me Of MP cash or
poked me on the eye
l toouId haze borne 10 cheerfutty nor
eUen hedved a sigh.
But phen yoW offered me the Brotons
ii almost knocked me vat,
In all my Ute ! neUer felt an insult
such as that.
II anybody were TO offer us the Browns
we know what we'd do. We'd prosecute
him to the full extent of the law.
Just as the Northwestern basket ball
team was showing signs of returning to
its oldtime form 1t turned a somersault
and won game.
Battling Levinsky seems to be on
prolonged vacation. He has not had
fight in two days.
Not that we wish to hurry anybody,
but II is almost time for George Chip
to fight Tim o'Nel again.
You can't blame Cincinnati for firt-
ing with the Federals 1t has supported
baseball long enough to deserve a regu-
lar team.
Charlie DOOM is one OF our best little
hustIers. Therefore, II is expected that
he will have at least nine men signed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
LIP To n s NEW
CUP CHALLENGER.
0BE75-F0OTER.
Shamrock ", Though Being Built
in Secrecy, Is Revealed to
Americans by Paper,

IN an exhaustive article discussing
Sir Thomas Lipton's new cup
challenger, Shamrock, W, and
the conditions governing the Ameri-
ca Cup race, the London Times
says:
and the yachts being built in Ameri-
ca from which the defender will be
selected are being built to the same
rating. The defenders have some lat
itude, however, as, while Shamrock
Nv. will not be permitted to exceed
Is feet by the smallest fraction, the
defending vessel need not necessarily
come within that rating. This in
itself is a very much bigger advan-
lage to the defenders than it may APP
pear to any one not intimately ac-
duainted with the sport of yachting,
as it will enable those in charge of
the American fleet of potential de-
tenders to find out the best trim in
wafcn their boats sail without hav-
ing TO work. about the exact rating.
If, for instance, a vessel already Of
rhe full rs feet rating would be bet
ter for a little more ballast which
would by immersing her deeper in
crease her length, there is nothing to
prevent her being so improved, but
this applies only to the vessels built
for the desefense.
With the running of the lead keel
Of Shamrock ". some time ago in
terest in all details relative to the
forthcoming contest began to grow
apace.
Weight VariousIy Estimated.
The lead keel has been computed
at various weights ranging up to 80
tons, For all we know it might be
this or even more, but probaly it Is
much under that. The yachts in this
country more nearly approaching the
dimensions of the challenger are the
2S-metre cutters. which slightly ex-
coed eighty feet on the water line
The Inflated Brynhild of that rating,
built in the same yard as that in
which Shamrock ". is being con-
structed, had about siXty-th tons
Of lead on her keel. 1t is hardly to
he expected that a 75-footer would
have so per cent more weight.
The new challenger will without
doubt be as extreme a type of boat
as the rule will permit. Mr.. Nichol-
son has during the past two years
shown us what he can do under the
European rating rule with such YES
sells as Istria, Pamela and Paula Ill.
ffteen-metre cutters which have been
described as freaks, and we may con-
sequsntly look forward to seeing a
boat of abnormal proportions in
Shamrock w., built as she is with
one specific object in view
Follows American Rule.
A point of interest about the new
boat is that she will be the first yacht
built in this country under the Ameri-
can rule of measurement. Former
Shamrocks, as well as the vessels
which sailed against them, were built
under an obsolete rule incorporated
in the deed of gift which governed
the contracts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
BALENT| FACES
HARD FIGHT FOR
SHORTSTOP JOB
Mccormick Secures Highly Tout
ed Youngster to Try for Place
Between Second and Third.

~HATTANOOGA, TENN, Jan. %
I If reports from the West are
devoid of all but a legitimate
portion of exaggeration, Chief Mi
chael Balenti faces one of the most
difficult tasks of his active career in
driving a redskin spike in the short
stop position upon Moose" McCor-
mick's 1914 Lookout machine. The
obstacle which the aborigine must
overcome is the uncanny ability of n
young Mr.. Brandt to cavort around
the shortheld position in defensive
manner very much la Barry and in
an offensive way greatly a la Tinker.
In short, TO occupy permanently the
berth between Flick and Graft. Balenu
must show. a clear superiority TO a
man that hammered the pill to the
tune of ,2S5 in the Canadian League
fielded about 1885 and pilfered approx
imately 80 bases. ~.
Balenti, in short faces a problem
as healthy as the one which held a
tete -a-tete with his forefathers when
they attempted to stem the Caucasian
invasion Of the land which Columbus
unearthed. Perhaps the Chief can
show the youngster a clean pair Of
heels, but he must move with some
thing like the velocity of biplane,
for young Mr.. Brandt, in addition to
the numerical assets just stated ia
also a ten second man In the true
meaning Of the term. AS a lead off
man he is said to be another Shot
ten or Higgins.
While il is not even intimated that
Brandt can force Balenti to other
fields, there is undoubtedly a posi-
bility that he may crowd him into he
garden. His presence there would
really be a logical disposition. for II
would remove the necess''; of re
tanning another left handler upon the
regular formation. Both King aud
jacobson, the other contenders for
center, wallop from the port side.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
JOHNNY COULON
SHADES S|NNET
IN BATTLING CO
Youngster Puts Up Great Fight
Against Bantam Champion
in Racine Ring.
By Ed W. Smith.

~ HICAGO, Jan. 22.--Johnny Cou-
lon is still bantamweight cham
pion, but after he mad finished
ten rounds of fighting with frankie
Sinnet in the Racine boxing arena
last night he was a decidedly tagged
and tired young man. and didn't look
as much like a class leader as he had
in the opening sessions.
And the big crowd. with one glad
acclaim, pronounced Sinnet about as
tough and hardy piece of fighting
machinery as anybody has ever seen.
The battle went the full ten
rounds, and they were filed with
some of the greatest milling ever
shown in the lakeside arena.
After the ten rounds were com
pleted, every fan inside the arena was
willing to admit that Sinnet was the
surprise of the night The youngster
has had only few fights under his
belt, but he fought like a veteran
against the champion.
With his head lowered, the little
Rock Island bantam would keep aft
er Johnny, not even once retreating
in his steps. True, Coulon piled up
many points on his rival In the early
rounds. but the blows carried little
power behind them.
1t was evident from the first min
ute of fighting that Coulon had a
tough piece of fighting machinery be-
fore him. Sinnet darted from his
corner at the sound of the gong, and
at once started after Johnny in a
very businesslike manner. The cham
pion kept using his left hand rapidly
in the first two rounds, playing a
tattoo on Sinnets face and head.
Coulon followed up his advantage
in the third session, jabbing Sinnet's
eye and, nose The Rock Island boy
started out fast in the fourth, follow
ing instructions from his manager,
Nate Lewis, to keep after the champ.
Sinnet made a great showing in this
round. and kept up the good work in
the fifth and sixth periods.
The yOungster weakened in the
seventh and eighth rounds, and Cou-
lon had a slight shade in both ses-
sions. The boys fought hard in the
ninth and tenth, with honors even.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
By Tad

up by the time the season opens.
Baseball magnates earn little mon
ey" says one of them. This is perfectly
true, but think of all they make!
Charlie Weeghman is a game guy and
glutton for punishment, but he re-
fuses to stand by and see.a whole league
feeding off his lunch counter.
The report that the Yanks will start
work early leads one 10 remark that the
Tanks need It.
mike Mowrey becomes Pirate"
quoths headline, giving one a sus-
plcion that he has become a baseball
magnate.
Victor Safer has refused to sign a Fed
eral League contract. Among those
mourning are Joseph Tinker and Fried
erich Mollwitz Mr.. Tinker has lost all
hope. but 1t wouldn't pain Mr. Moll-
witt whole lot If Mr. Safer were to
fracture limb.
While Ritchle claims that his tendon
Achilles has been strained, whereas va
rlous persons claim that he has been
chilled.
Jack Drscoll. who was whipped by
Jim Flynn, could make a whole lot of
money in vaudeville IL he could only
show how it was done.
But even If Mr.. Driscoli were to
show how MIR. Flynn whipped him, a
good many patrons would leave the
theater saying each to tho other, ~
don't believe It,"