Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-05-14
NEWS IN BRIEF

Acting Mayor George NcAneny Of
New YORK Issued an appeal for funds
Cor the reaeI 81 sufferers from the
LUsitania disaster.
Mrs. Florence G. CaTman waa 40
Quilted ~ Der second trial In MiueOls
Cor The murder OF Mrs. Lulu BAiey 70
Dr. Carmau office in FreeUort, l.. ].
Eus.g gu Melvin l.. Seolz 81 the Navy
AyiatIUn Corps was il instantly killed
xalen he fea from his machine as be
wa mak.ng "a dive at Pensacola, Ia
on hearing Of the deala Of Charies
Frohman. Maud Adams collapsed al
Kansas city, #here she Was paying
She recovered and gave her performs
ance.
Ohiciais Of tine University Of Maehk
rAn refused TO permit Prof g. ".
Kirohwey, II Columbia University. &c
epeak IN any Of the university Dtliid.
sngs, fearing his pro-Brltlsh utteran.
ces.
Frank Tower, fireman on the Lusl
tania, has survived the three greatest
marine disasters Of history. lie WAS
G. fireman On the Titanic and escaped.
on the Empress Of ireiand and escap-
ed and has now escaped from the Lu.
sefania.
The feeling Of restraint against Ger
many over the sinking Of the Lusitan-
"a, was 50 strong on the London Stock
Exchange that the British members
united and bodily put out Of the house
members and clerks Of German origin
In vlew Of the grave situation caus-
ed BY the sinking of the Lusitauid.
the Congressional party touring the
Hawaiian Islands discussed a plan for
securing the cruiser Maryland for a
quick trip t. San Francisco In case u
m extra session Of Congress
Thirteen months Of suspension In
Hhe eastern Ohi0 coal fields was
brought 10 a close when miners and
operators at Cleveland agreed upen
ali conditions TO govern mining dur.
Eng the ensuing eleven months.
After nearly twenty years Of work
a concrete seawail along the entire
San Francisco water front has been
completed.
The United States submarine Ii
completed her trial trips off Province
town, Mass. meeting all tests salts.
factorilly.
Twenty.one persons were killed and
more than 100 injured by two cyclonic
storms In Louisiana and Mississippi.
Crop prospects In Minnesota and the
Dakotas are excellent. following heavy
rains.
An anonymous donor forwarded
through the Girard Trust Co, Of Phila.
delphia check for $4,000 to the Am
eriean Red Cross Society.
Construction Of new furnace at the
seamless works OF the United States
Steel Corporation at MeKeesport Pa,
for making shrapnel BOTTLES" is be.
ing rushed.
The hydro-aeroplane built for Vim
cent Aston of New York was wrecked
during a trial flight at Marblehead,
Mass, Clifford Webster, the aviator
suffered fracture OF the arm.
The contract for construction OF the
lighthouse tender Cedar has been
awarded 10 the Craig Shipbuilding Co.,
of Long Reach. Cal. fer S2S4,50e
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Is rushing work on the completion Of
a large addition 90 its merchant mill
at South Bethlehem, Pa. and the ex-
tension is expected to be completed
within month.
Major Dwight Il. Aultman OF the
Sixth Field Artillery. u. s. A.. one OF
the American military observers with
the German troops. all of whom have
been recalled, reached New York on
the steamer Espagne from Bordeaux.
To date. 142 vessels have been
granted American registry under the
emergency ship registry act of last
August.