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Bicycle TROPHY
FOR Is SEASON

Irrespective of make of tire used,
or whether the riders be amateurs or
professionals, the B. f.. Goodrich Com
pany mas announced that to the club
team making the highest score IN
1916 open air road bicycle races, held
under National Cycling Association
sanction and rules, it will present
trophy cup valued at around $500.
The purpose of the Goodrichs Com
pany. is to increase interest In open
road cempetitiGL. Notwithstanding
the fact that the Goodrich factories
produce the Palmer cord bicycle rae
ing tires, the Goodrich giant safety
and other widely used tires, the con-
test is open to riders upon any make
of tire. because the object is simply
to encourage more amateurs to par
ticipate in the sport.
The National Cycling Association,
under the direction of its president,
r. F. kelsey, has prepared the follow
Ing rules to COVE m the award OF the
cup:
Competition for the Goodrich tro.
phy shall be determined by the NUM-
Der of roints scored by each competing
club team in open road races, between
10 and 25t miles in distance, nciu-
sive, run under National Cycling AS
ISOLATION sanction and rules, between
February 20 fbicycle day., 1916, and
December 1, 1916, inclusive, and the
following special rules shall govern
such competition:
IA club may enter as many OF It's
bona fide members as 1t chooses, but
only the first five members crossing
the taoe at the finish shall count IN
/ the score, and these five must be IN
side the first so men to finish, inclu'
sive.
1.-THE finishers will be scored IN
the relative positions in which they
| finish, and the position of finish VIII
be the number of points credited 10
each man of the team, the total TO De
the team score For example: A
rider finishing first is scored one
point. another finishing, say, seventh,
| is scored seven points.
CLUBS must enter and score IN al
! least five open road races given live
{ different promoters during the period
of con,petition. tc be eligible to win
the trophy. This rule is to prevent
spurious races being run solely for the
purpose of obtaining a high score Tor
! any one club.
Reports of club team scores must
/ be filed as follows: One copy with
E. C. Tibbitts. director of advertising,
| the b. F. Goodrich Company, Akron,
O., and one copy with r. +. Kelsey,
chairman of the board of control. Ma
tional Cycling Association, Ito West
10th street. New York City, as soon
i after the race is run as is possible.
Each OF these reports must be signed
4 by the referee OF the race and at Least
| three judges of the finish.
5-All races must be e4ncti9neu by
| the National Cycling Associafion and
4 run under the road racins rules q
said association. sanctio| for road
races may be Obtained Lhput res
ubon application 10 the chairman q
tie board Of control
IN case Of tie between [N9 zol
.tre teams At the co1cIlIsic1 tf tht
.1'.I 1I completion. f'1|1I ward shall
.. determined b. special race.
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ey W. D. Edenburn

pafuev 0IdfIeld and Bob Burman
|becsrns famous as automobile race
|dr,vers and public fayorites by their
Scfirifies on the mile dirt tracks.
RaIph DePalma also gained much Of
- fafie a. his 1910 and 1911 trip over
4be dirt track circuits. Dario Res
las Activities on the dirt circles.
6eWeyer. IL conducted like his per-
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will improve the track and grounds
before the next contest He is also
planning to run another meeting late
in the fall. If it is possible Fitz-
simmons is anxious to arrange three
cornered invitation race OF 90 miles
between Tom Alley. Otto Henning
and Ralph DePalma. Alley was for
merly DePalma's mechanic.
Barney Honorary Referee
Barney Oldtfeid, who retired from
the speedway sport with the Chicago
race, acted as honorary referee at
Minneapolis for the Twin City speed
way race Barney is on his way to
the Pacific coast touring over the
northwestern roads and plans to spend
soIhe time In Yellowstone Park. Bar
ney will drive in the Vanderbilt and
Grand Prize races this fail at Santa
Monica, as he made his entry for
these two events last April. but Is
positive that the two contests will be
his last He lis accompanied by Mrs.
Oldfield .and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brown. Brown is known to the speed
fans as enc Of the hackers of the Mil
Iwaukee Vanderbilt and Grand Prize
In 1912.
Either Dario Resta or his press
agent when the noted Italian exhibit
ed in Cleveland recently gave out an
Interview to the press in which he
said that there was never a time In
the 900 mile race at Chicago in which
he could not have easily left Ralph
DePalma miles in the rear This
brand of publicity will not make him
any more popular with the fans who
watched the race. for when Resfa
and DePalna finished that event, 1t
wss DePalma who received the
volume of applause and not the win
ner
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Such pretense to get the public's
money hurts the auto race game as
well as other sports that depend on
the public for support: When the
Benton Harbor race was run under
A. A. A. sanction. the people OF that
portion Of Michigan, many having at
tended the South Bend fiasco, jumped
at the conclusion that 1t was hippo
drome also and did not turn out and
give the meet the support il merited.
Hennins viii Recover
Tom Alley, driving the old Marmon
In which Joe Dawson turned over in
the 1914 500-miIe race on the India
napolis speedway, won the 50-mile
race. The last Is laps Of the contest
were not as exciting as the first 80,
due to the accident that slifnineted
Otto Henning's Ogren. From the start
Until the eighty-fi-th lap was reached
Alley and Henning battled almost on
even terms, although tire change
and another stop gave Henning a
lead of a lap and half at one time
and Henning's change put Alley a
half lap to the good later.
Henning, who won the recent 100
mile race at Galesburg, drove pretty
race. but blew tire in the soft dirt
en- the lower turn on his eighty.fifth
lap and was unable to keep the car
en- the track, going through the fence
on the straightaway He, is stiIi In
the hospital at Benton lHarbor. but
the doctors believe he will recover.
Floyd e. Fitzsimmons, who pro
NOTED the race, plans to repeat next
rear with Fourth OF july event, hut
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ENGLAND TAXES GASOLINE
II CENTS PER GALLON

England has abandoned the threat
ened double and treble taxes on auto
mobiles in favor of a special war tax
on IL cents per gallon on gasoline.
The amount will be reduced to 6 cents
per gallon In the case of doctors and
veterinary surgeons. The main fea-
lures of. the new law are the use OF
gasoline permits. supplied monthly for
q specified amount of fuel, and the
payment Of the tax at the rate OF II
cents per gallon at the time of taking
ont the permit
The recent automobile census has
paved the way for this scheme. Own
ers of cars will have to apply TO a
central authority for permit to pur-
chase gasoline, and obviously this au-
thority will have power to refuse the
permit or to restrict the amount to %
purchased. The tax win be paid at
the time of taking out the permit, and
gasoline can only be obtained on pre-
sentation of this document to the
dealer.
These permits will only be issued
for periods of one month. 1t is Off
cially stated that the gasoline tax will
only be in force for the length OF the
war. The revenue obtained from this
source is expected to be $3.50, 600 per
annum.
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Mn carry $1,000. Il Is planned.

viii carry $500e. 4 Is planned.
Two more Ascot races are to he
run In the spring. probably en- Feb.
ruary 2, and the last one In March.
So II The $1,000 per race Is main
tanned al Ascot It will mean that The
drivers who winter on the Pacific
Coast this year win have S3a.e09 to-
shoot at By way OF diversion
Report has Il that several drivers
now in the Eas, already are preparing
to cone TO the Pacific Coast and re-
Iuild their cars next winter, mean
while going after the purses al Santa
Monica and Ascot.
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.DARIORESIA gets I'm BAD
WITH SOUTH BEND CITIZENS

Italian Driver Fails to Live Up to Reputation inlndiana City
Racnu AGAINST Katherine Stinson, Resta Uses Old Car
Hands out Publicity Which Hurts Both Himself and Sport
Barney OdfieId Acts as Honorary Referee at Big Meet
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-01-07
What the Wires Report of the
Worlds Happenings
ALL INCIDENTS OF INTEREST
What People Are Doing Everywhere
Tales of Great Events From
Every cIime-Reports From
Other States.
War Bulletin

The big Glasgow steamship Glen
Gle, excepting the Luiatania and
Arabic the largest British merchants
man submarine victim OF the war, has
been t0rpedoed ana sunk.
Announcement is made by the Jill
shimpo that squadron OF JatAne5 e
warships Will sail Tor the Suez Canal,
presumably to protect Japanese ship
ping. 1t is said the armored cruisers
Kasuga, TokiWa, and Chitose have
been assigned to this service.
Emperor Wilhelm is still confined
TO his bed. The Kaiserin is in con.
slant attendance
Lieut. Rogers, of the British Royal
Flying Corps, was killed when his
aeroplane fell at Portsmouth Eng
land, while he was flying at low
altitude.
Bulgarian reserves of the classes
OF 1916 and 1917 were called to the
colors beginning Jan. l.
The Turkish Government has ask
ed Parliament to authorize loan of
$S7 100000 from Germany.
Several splendidly equipped hos
pital trains have been presented to
the Teutonic Allies by residents of
Holland.
Russian troops occupied Kasban,
Persia.
The Bank of England bought 615, 900
pounds in bar gold.
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WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

WASHINGTON. - Cabled instruc
tons were sent TO Ambassador Fred
eric c. Penfield by the United States
Government to make peremptory in
quiry of the Austrian Foreign Office
of the reasons for the sinking OF the
liner Persia
HOT SPRINGS, Va.-Presiden vii
son cut short his honeymoon by two
days and rushed back 70 WASHINGTON
when advised by SECRETARY Tumalty
over the telephone that the big Brit.
fsh passenger steamship Glengyle hal
been sunk in the Mediterranean.
LIMA, ohio.-crude oil prices were
advanced 10 cents per barrel here.
NE" YoRk.-Hsnry Ford arrived
here on the steamship Bergensfiord
with radically changed ideas about
war and the causes of it. Now. he
admitted, he thinks the people of the
warning countries are to blame for
war, because they don't elect the
right sort OF rulers.
NS.-The condition of kim
Constantine of Greece has randy
come 50 grave that Prince George. ths
kings oldest son and heir to the
throne. Is years of age. has been of.
teially intrusted with the regency.
CoNSTANTINoPlE.- Turkey ha.
asked Germany for 100000 600.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-01-07
GRIP EPIDEMIC
SWEEPS COUNTRY
Most Serious Ever Known Takes
Heavy Death Toll
THREATENS FACTORY BOOM
Taking a Large Toll in Lives and
Causing Economic Loss by Inca
pacitating Workers in All
Walks of Life.

Washington. Influenza is spread
ing over the United States from coast
to coast in the most serious epidemic
ever known. taking a large toll In lives
and causing economic loss by ineapa.
citating workers in all walks of life.
Reports from public health service
officers made public by Surgeon Gen
eral Blue show that already the di-
sease has created a grave problem for
many Of the larger cities. and is
spreading to the rural communities.
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston. San Francisco Seattle Cleve-
land and Detroi. reported the disease
widely prevalent. Cleveland and De
troit each have probably 100000
cases OF the larger cities. Buffalo.
Pittsburgh, Baltimore, San Diego. Dali
las aud Mobile reported no signs of
an epidemic.
There is practically nothing the
Federal Government can do toward
aiding In suppression of the epidemic.
II must be dealt with by local authori.
ties. and they, in turn. Il is explained,
are almost helpless without eo-opera-
ton of the public.
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Foreign

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt arrived in
London.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy
spent New Years at the front.
Another heavy storm swept over
the British Isles, doing much damage
Belgrade, Serbia, was renamed WI
helmsbnrg by the Germans.
The American schooner Forest
City, with cargo Of palm oil. was de-
stroyed by fire at her dock at san
Juan. Porto Rico The ship was bound
from calahar, Africa. for New York
Austrian soldiers are reported % be
psing binding and asphyxiatlng gases
against the Italians,
Germany is reported 70 have ais
covered a successful substitute for cot
ton in the manufacture OF grrp7wier
Two Austrian torpedo boa; destroy.
ers have been sunk as result ct an
encounter with sea forces OF the al
lies al a point outside Of Cattaro.
IN the Adriatie-
Gercsany has extended rec 1snition
So the de facto government 81 Mexico
headed by General ysaas.alo Tar
"a MA
Lieutenant. Colonel Joseph Green
wood. aged So committed suicide by
h~~r~ IN TIE ofre az the Horse
= seAali Ienacn
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WASHINGTON

Rober: Ney McNeely, the United
States Consul who was on his way
from London to Alden, is believed to
have been the only American lost in
the Persia disaster in the Mediter-
ranean.
Heavier marching shoes reinforced
with hobnails are recommended for
he foot regiments of the army by
lnspeetor-G General f. A. Darlington in
his annual report
A severe earthquake lasting three
hours, was recorded on the seismo-
graph at Georgetown University. The
quake is though. to have occurred
in South America.
Prosecution OF oyster dealers found
guilty OF the practice of adding fresh
water to shucked oysters so as TO
greatly increase their size, in viola
tion of the food and drugs act, II
be recommended by the Department
of Agriculture.
A statement issued by the Post Of
fee Department declares that the rec
ord-breaking Christmas mail was
handled with scarcely hitch.
Democratic leaders in Congress are
demanding that President Wilson
shall consult them before he breaks
on diplomatic relations with Austria
or Germany.
Announcement is made that a pass
port bureau has been opened at No.
2 Rector street, New York, by the
State Department.
Secretary 1~-,e,s announce vac
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General

The Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Doran,
auxiliary bishop Of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese of Providence, is dead.
He had been i'll for a week with pneu-
monia.
Cairo, ILL.,, experienced its frs. dry
Sunday as a result of the order of
the mayor to enforce the state Sun
day closing law.
The possibility of serious flood
damage in Ohio passed when freezing
weather set in and rain stopped.
Both Seattle and Tacoma were
rocked by earthquakes.
Municipal ice skating Kinks will be
established at Joliet. III.
A public reception will be held to
welcome Henry Ford back to Detroit.
Billy" Sunday. the famous evan.
Pelist. opened a campaign at Trenton,
n. J.
Buffalo, N. Y, entered upon the
commission form of government.
A ten per cent stock dividend and
a l ga per cent cash dividend was
announced by directors of the Pack.
ard Motor Car Co.
at is conceivable that means can be
devised for the transmission through
space of a sufficient amount of energy
in electrical form to exterminate an
army of men or to destroy battleshirs
on the high seas" DR. Raymond F.
Bacon of Pittsburgh declared.
American Ambassador Willard of
Spain arrived at New York from Bor-
deaux on the French line steamship
Rochambeau.
Seattle shipping men are forming
an organization to build and operate
three steamships to ply between Sc
attic and Hawaii, New Zealand and
Australia.
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Sporting

AS tbs presen. winter meeting OF
the Juaroz Jockey Club starts the
new year. IL is now thoroughly estab-
h8hed chat The season there VIII re-
SOL. In many prospering who hereto
fore for several years have not en-.
joyed oyermueh prosperity on the
turf.
Carrying the most valuable cargo
OF thoroughbred horses that has been
imported in many years, the steam
ship Manhattan OF the Atlantic Trans
port line, arrived from England with
sixty.six head OF highly bred stations,
broodmares and yearlings.
Mike" Deyanny, the two mile ma
tional indoor champion. has started
his training for hard campaign on
the board floors this winter.
Jack Abel OF Chattanoogs defeated
Mickey Sheriden OF Chicago in fu-
rious eight round bout in Chattanooga
Ted Lewis, the whiteehapel lad.
carried the British Solors through ten
rounds OF courageous and efficient
fighting against the best l42-pound
fighter America can produce Willie
Richie, of California and now the
welterweight championship in New
York
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FLAT RAILS USED
ON OLD RAILROAD
Piece of First Section of Old
HOusatOnic Line, a Relic
WERE THIN, NARROW STRIPS
Engines Carried sledse Hammers to
Repair Curling Track-Recalls
Half Forgotten Con-
neoticut History.

Hartford The New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
has come into possession of a four
foot section of the first rail used on
he old Housatonic Railroad. through
a gift to President Howard Elliott by
A S. Smith, agent of the company at
Fails Village The rail was uuearthed
ahou. twenty years ago. when the old
shops OF tHe Housatonic Railroad at
Fails VILLAGE were demolished.
This section OF rail is q thin. mar
row strip et iron, and is similar to
the rails uacd by most OF he early
railroads before the invention by Rob
ert l.. Stevens. OF the Trail" which
was fir I used by the Camden and
Amhoy road. This fiat iron rail was
fastened apon wooden sills by spikes.
/ is recorded in the history OF the
Housatonie Railroad. as with many
other roads that used this type Of
rail. that the spikes frequently be.
came loose, when he weight of pass
ing trains caused IL TO curl up into
"snake-headsr Some times the rail
would curl around the axle of train,
or penetrate the bottom OF passing
car. This would naturally bring the
train to sudden stop and often re-
suit in injury TO he passengers.
Trains In those days carried sledge
hammers as part of the regular equip
ment. and when one OF the rails
worked loose and plunged through a
car floor. big mauls were used TO
pound II back through he bottom OF
the car again. This often proved in.
effective and II then became necessary
10 file of the section OF the rail pro.
jee.ing into the car before the train
could proceed upon its trip.
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Gov. Craig Learns That conviets Kept
Their Pledge.

Raleigh, n. Gov. Craig's plan
OF granting thrse days leave of alb.
sence at Christmas to all "trusty"
conviets was apparently a success.
The Governor has already received
letters from many of them expressing
their gratitude, and he has had num-
bers of telegrams from county officials
saying that the men have returned
promptly. In Runcomhe County thirty
FIVE came back and in Wake fifteen.
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NEWS in BRIEF

A heavy snowstorrn struck sacra-
nento, Cal. and the district about
there.
A shipment Of s35.000,0O0 in specie
arrived at New York on the White
Star Liner Baltic from Liverpool
Lynehings IN the United States dur
ing 1915 totalled 60, as recorded AZ
the Tuskegee institute.
Sixteen persons were injured when
passenger train crashed into a
freight train al shipman, Va.
president Wilson held his first Off
cial New Years reception in the lobby
OF his hotel at Hot Springs, Va, shak
Ing hands with 800 persons.
The body Of Charles G. Richard
son, prominent eiubman Of Cincinnati,
was found in a reservoir a. Glendale,
q suburb OF Cincinnati.
suitcase containing five pounds
of dynamite with lighted fuse at
tached was found In the Massachu-
sets State House at Boston.
Al Ringing. eldest of the six broth
ers, who SO years ago formed the
Ringing Brothers Circus, died a.
BdrdD0O, WIS., bBeu 20.
Three persons were killed, and
twelve badly injured in a collision
between freight and passenger car
near Lapor.e, Ind.
Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Iowa, Ar
kansas. Washington and South Caro-
Iipa inaugurated dry" administra-
@tions on January L.
tforw,t st4.at., late af tho Tom ba
New Hampshire, Canada and Mattea-
wan. is back on Broadway for a spell
Philadelphia manufacturers are pur.
chasing all available coal in prepare
tion Of a strike OF miners expected
early In 1916.
The American ambulance work In
Paris is costing $1,000 daily, accord
Ing to Robert Bacon. former Ambas-
sador to France, and a leader in the
work.
The Cudahy Packing Co. has with
drawn from New Jersey.
Crude oil prices were advanced 10
cents barrel by the Texas Co.
A rise OF 13 feet In the Connecticut
River was recorded at Hartford.
Cable communication with Dutch
Guiana via Hayti was restored by the
Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Owners OF the ST. Louis Federals
paid s425, 900 for the st. Louis Am
erican base ball team.
Construction of the new $4,000, 900
sugar refinery at Port Wentworth,
Ga, will be started Immediately.
Pacific coast wheat prices are adj
yaneing steadily.
The Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
declared quarterly dividend OF $3.50
share.
An order for 10000 tons Of steel
rails 49, f.Esed with the Illinois
Steel Co. By the Chicago q Eastern
Illinois Railroad.
Miss Katherine b. Davis, commits
sioner Of correction of New York city,
resigned to become member Of the
parole board
Bringing s3.930o00 in gold, the Am
erican Line steamer New York ar
rived at New York from Liverpool
Senator Charles O. Hennessy. of
New Jersey. has entered the race
for the Democratic nomination for
governor.
New York IS the largest city in
the world London according TO cable
dispatches, officially admits the city
Is ahead by 100000
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-01-07
JUSTICE J. n. LAMAR DEAD.

Supreme Court Member Had Been III
fer Months.
Neutrality-suspicious. Rueker Lamar,
Associate Justice Of the United States
Supreme Court died at his residence
IN Washington after several months OF
illness, which began with an attack OF
PARALYSIS at White sulphur Springs,
where he was spending the summer.
After the attack the Justice was
brought TO WASHINGTON and soon ap.
peared to improve. but he remained
unable TO resume his place on the
bench.
II Is understood that the immediate
earse Of his death vas keart a,sxa e.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-01-07
Delegations Quarters Secured.

Hartford, Chairman ]. Henry Rors-
back OF the republican state commit
tee has returned from a Western trip
While in Chicago, at the request OF
National Committeeman William F.
Henney of this city. Mr. Rorahaek
looked about for quarters for the Con
nectieut delegation. when they so 10
the national convention 10 be held
June in tina. city. After some eff.
fort. he succeeded in securing the
same comfortable rooms for the in
diyi1ual delegates. along with two
general headquarters apartments, in
he Congress Hotel that were secured
four years arc by Charles F. Bro0ker.
then the national committeeman. No
other state was better taken care OF
.hen and there will be general salts.
faction this year. among the delegates
whoever they may be. when they ar
rive on the scenes.
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increase In ten different tra6 at
thirteen navy yaSds and navs. sta
tons.
State Department officials began in
vestigating a report that American
Consul Thomas D. Edwards at Juarez,
Mexico, had given an interview call
ing Gen. Carranza "a bullheaded old
fool