Putnam patriot., 1914-05-01
Editorial Scraps

EANEiA AV gHN AAVtft-A a s+ AAN++af'FNtf =Hs 10 serve as neighborhood protectors and to arrest check foFgers and short change men and others who yictimlze them.
 Armanag Kazazian, a young Armen- ian, was arrested in Philadelphia on a charge of conspiracy to extort ST. GOO from Nj. KaragheusiaD, rug mer- chant of New York.
 A fund of Si00.080 has already been raised toward the $1,0oO.o00 needed for tiie building of the nave in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York.
 William Ford, 21 years old, was sentenced to Elmira Reformatory be- cause of disordcrly conduct in break ing up a public school fire drill in New York.
 A Bible, several hundred years old, was among s7.000 worth of curios destroyed by fire which wrecked the home of Mrs. c. L. Vance in Joliet III.
 The Governor of Maryland signed a bill which makes 1t unlawful 10 post advertising signs within the limits of a highway in that State.
 One person WAS killed and hun dreds of cattle perished when A tor. nado swept three towns in Kankakee and Iroquois counties, Illinois.
 When Marie Gang, an I. w. w. speaker, of New York. started 10 talk against war with Mexico while ad- dressing crowd she was booted and jeered and peIted with dead fruit
 The Herreshoffs, builders of the Resolute, a cup defender. and the syndi- cate owning the yacht. have redoubled their vigilance in keeping information from the public.
 William Hamilton and Carl Hart, workmen, were killed when 2,500 pounds of powder exploded al the plant Of the Dupont Powder Co, near Uniontown. Pa.
 President Wilson has ordered the withdrawal Of several large tracts of land In Alaska to be held for townsite and military purposes.
 About roo union employees of the American Steel Foundries Co., at Granite City. Mo. went on strike be- cause of q decrease in wages.
 The naval station at Key West Is being prepared as an emergency hos- pital for receiving the wounded ma rines from Vera Cruz.
 More than 1.100 children marched out calmly when a fire was discovered in the Cleveland School at Newark, N. J.
 More than 5000 persons celebrated in Central Park, New York. the 35oth anniversary of the birth of Shakes peare.
 The Independent Democratic Exec utive Committee nominated Ben. w Hooper, a Republican, for governor Of Tennessee.
 The Massachusetts House passed bill for the appointment of women as special police-ofIicers to safeguard girls.
 After bitter debate the House re- tected the proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit appropriations of public moneys for sectarian insti- tutions.
 The yacht Defiance, cup defender. will be launched at Bath. Me, May Il.
 The Department of Agriculture an nounced quarantine against Maine potatoes.
 The State Department reports a new revolution in the Dominican Re public.
 The battleship New York arrived at Newport. R. l.. to take on her torpe- do equipment.
 Manager Frank l.. Chance an nouneed the release of Outfelder Les ter Channell to the Buffalo lnterna- tional League club. Channell goes to the Bisons as part Of the deal which brought Second Baseman Frank Truesdale to New York.
 President Baker of the Phillies de- clares that he will have the great est pitching staff in the country with in another month. He ventures this prediction on the assumption that he will win back Tom Seaton through the law courts.
 The Rankin Johnson. who pitched the Red Sox to victory over Walter Johnson. played with Syracuse last year and in an exhibition game made the bats of the Giants as destructive al so many tooshpicks.
 Morde ai Brown to date is much more successful manager in the Feds than his old pal. Joe Tinker.
 Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria has de eided to cancel her visit to the United States ia the event of war,
 The factory Of Hearst. Helson & Co.,. carriage manufacturers of Motherweli, Scotland. was partially destroyed by fire. Loss $500 00o,
 Sir George Doughty. Liberal Union. ist member ot Parliament, died in London. He was Go years old
 Philippe Marty, a British aviator, fell during a flight at the Hendoa aerodrome and died Of his injuries
 The Japanese Government officially announced participation in the Pana- ma Exposition
 Prof. Leopold Freund, of the uni yerslty of Vienna, has been invited to become chief of tue N-ray depart. ment of the Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago.
 Carrying Baro de Gansberg as a passenger, Gustav Hamei. the English avaitor. flew from Derby to Tendon ls0 miles in hours and 5 minutes
 King George watched Burnley beat Liverpool by one goal to nothing in