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The Washington times., 1923-04-07
U. S. REACQUIRES OIL
LAND IN LOUISIANA

AS a result of suits instituted by
the Department of Justice, on rec
ommendation of the Interior Depart
ment, the United States has recoy.
cred possession of lands in the Ferry
Lake Oil district in Louisiana con-
tanning three producing oil wells, it
was announced today.
Because they can only be disposed
of through the sale of leases at COM
petitiVe bidding, 1t has been neces-
sary for the Interior Department to
operate these wells. The Depart.
ment will shortly advertise the leases
for sale on these recovered lands.
The Washington times., 1923-04-07
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
WORK SHOWN IN FILMS

The activities Of the Hebrew
Union College in Cincinnati were
shown in moving pictures before
the Washington Hebrew Conkrega-
ton in vestry rooms of the Eighth
Street Temple last night.
Good WIZ is the subject Of an
address to be made by John Temple
Graves in the Temple tomorrow
night, Rabbi Abram Simon an
nounced. Colonel Graves speech
will be in line with other addresses
delivered by priests. rabbis and min
listers In the District. to create a
spirit OF good will among the vari-
Gus religions.
The Washington times., 1923-04-07
PROHIBITION LECTURER
ATTACKED IN LIBEL SUIT

ROCHESTER. n. Y, April T.
Clinton n. Howard, prohibition
orator and lecturer for the National
Reform Association, was named as
defendant in a suit started here
by Mrs. Grace NJ. Begy to recover
$4,000 for alleged libelous state
ments made by Howard in a news.
paper article.
Mrs. Begy alleges the prohibition
list caused an interview to be
printed in which he said: THE
Grace Begy snake.ho in Stilson
street, in which a slayer changed
his bloody shirt has been a social
sewer in the heart of Rochester
for the last two years"
The Washington times., 1923-04-07
POSTAL RECEIPTS TELL
OF INDUSTRIAL BOOM

AS an indication of the wave of
prosperity passing over the coun-
try, the Post Office Department to.
day announced postal receipts in
fifty industrial cities increased 1921
per cent In March over March, 1922.
While the Increase was general
throughout the country, an un-
usually hlgh record was made by
southern states. while healthy ad-
vances were recorded in New Eng.
land and the Rocky mountain
The Washington times., 1923-04-07

MORE tudu 1S0 ue1@8HLSS coming
from all sections of the country,
from Boston to San Francisco,
representing practically all Of the
more important organizations de-
voted to women's athletic training.
are attending the conference, which
Is being held under auspices of the
the National Amateur Athletic
Federation OF America. The con-
ference, which organized yesterday,
holds its final session this after
noon.
Since the active interest Of
women in physical training resulted
in their becoming conspicuous in
various athletic activities, the inn
portance of correlating the systems
and theories underlying such activi.
ties has been recognized by physi-
cal educators and laymen as well.
With the organization Of national
and international athletic competi-
tons participated in by girls and
women, the Importance of securing
the adoption Of certain established
and accepted methods of training
courses in hygiene, and related ath-
letic sports, has been constantly
pressing for recognition. with the re-
suit that the present conference was
arranged.
While it is conceded by those
taking the more active parts in the
discussions featuring the various sec.
tons of the conference that the re-
suits Of the conference can be little
more than of recommendations
they believe, nevertheless, that the
conference will prove the initial step
toward attaining uniformity along
fundamental lines materially in
creasing the value of physical train.
ing to women throughout the
country.
Aim at Education.
Emphasis is laid by the leaders on
the fact that the conference does
not aim to accomplish the formation
Of an amateur women's national ath-
letic association. Rather, they
point out, the purpose is to secure
the adoption of certain demonstrated
methods which will result in the de-
Velopment of a finer physical type
among women, while through the
educational features recommended
they will be taught to adopt sound
hygienic habits Of life.
Among the aims proposed by the
conference is the adoption of sys.
TENS of physical training which will
improve physical fitness of women.
ultimately that Of the race, through
the development of greater vitality
and vigor and the power of endur-
ance. Improvement Of the mental.
social, and moral qualities of wom-
en- through proper physical training,
along safe and sane lines. will be
sought for through cooperation Of
various women's educational and
recreational agencies.
Acceptance by Women's organi-
cations Of certain limits to girls
and women's athletic activities will
eventually be urged on the various
organizations. Just what stand
ards will be fixed in this connec-
ton are yet to be determined. 1t
Is understood, however, that the
dangers of over activity on the part
of girls and young women will be
emphasized, while an effort to
frame conservative rules will be
urged on physical directors in
charge of female athletic training.
WAL Propose Standards.
Standards will be proposed by
the conference for athletic achieve
ments, classification and eligibility,
including tests Of physical efficiency
The Washington times., 1923-04-07
$50 DRY LAW vIoLAToRs
ARRESTED DURING MARCH

Prohibition enforcement agents
caused the arrest of 6HS persons all
over the country in March for al
legged violations of the liquor laws.
approximatelv $536.000 being col
lected from them In fines. according
to a report today to Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes from e. c..
Yellowley, chief Of general agents.
The Washington times., 1923-04-07
Dancing for 36 Hours,
Couple Breaks
All Records
BY International News Service.

NEW YORK, April Tired
and weary but triumphant,
Ruth Molleck and Jack Butler,
dancing instructors, danced their
way today to the top pinnacle
of the worlds dancing record.
At 10 o'clock this morning
they stopped, after SO hours and
13 minutes of nonstop dancing.
Both retired from the floor
in good condition.
The lady wore out two pairs
Of shoes and the man one. The
worlds record hitherto had been
33 hours and Is minutes,
achieved by a Frenchman.
The Washington times., 1923-04-07
FOR GIRLS IS PLAN
AT CONFERENCE HERE
BY GEORGE FRANKLIN.

Adoption of uniform physical education athletic
recreaons and hygiene by American universities attended
by girls and well girls private schools and
girls organizations of various kinds result from the
first national conference athletics and physical recreation
for and girls in the auditorium the
National Museum.
The Washington times., 1923-04-07

Chicago; Miss Elizabeth Burchenal,
chairman, American Fold Dance
Society, New York: Miss Ida Lee
Tall, principal, State Normal School,
Maryland: DR.. j. Anna Norris, pro-
fessor Of physical education, Uni
versity of Minnesota; Miss Louise
French, State Department Of Phys.
ical Education, Boston; Miss Helen
McKinstry, director, central school
Of physical education, Y. M. c.. A.,
New York; Miss Blanch M. Triil.
ing, professor of physical education.
University of Wisconsin; Miss Ethel
Perrin, assistant director Of health
education, public schools, Detroit,
Mich; Harry Brown, department OF
hygiene and physical education,
Wellesley College, Massachusetts,:
Miss Helen Masters Bunting, as
sistant professor and director of
physical education. Stamford Uni
versity, California, and +. Dana
Caulkins. manager, physical educa
ton service, Fairgrounds md
Recreation Association Of America,
Washington. d. c.
The Washington times., 1923-04-07
WILL FIGHT
ON HOME
ISSUES
AID for Farmers, Railways, and
Business Generally to Be
His Plea.
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES,
international News Service.


Grave as may be the conditions
of European affairs at this time,
President Harding is more con-
eerned today with questions of
domestic policy than with the
problem of untangling the skein
of world disorders; and it is upon
these questions of domestic con-
Germ that he will lay the founda-
ton of the speech-making tour
which he will make through the
West Ia midsummer.
Has Made Careful Study.
Virtual notice to this effect was
served by the President here at the
conclusion of his vacation in the
South, during which he has had an
opportunity to carefully canvass
the political future with his ad.
Visers.
Our first concern is domestic
affairs" Harding declared to
representative group of Southerners
In the only public address he has
made in weeks.
I'VE need not worry about in
ternational relations, I think ! can
assure you they never were better
We are not so involved in foreign
affairs as some would have US
believe.
cit viii be the verdict of Europe
that the United States Of America
world; and justice, my friends, Is
the most that is talked about by
even God Almighty Himself.
President Harding spoke after
midnight. following a number Of
southern orators who compared
him to Wilma Mckinley and laud-
ed his administration as being
"fair to the South"
The President did not go into
details as to what matters OF do
mestic concSrn he considered more
important than the tangled state OF
foreign affairs, but it Is known
that taxation. railroad regulation,
agricultural recovery, business pros
perity and kindred matters of home
concern will provide the major part
Of his theme on the western trip.
1t is likely. too, that Harding
will carry the issue presented by
the farm bloc and other blocs N
Congress into the part of the coun-
try from which they sprang, He
farm bloc more vigorously in his
forthcoming addresses than he has
In the messages he has addressed
to Congress.
Sees Menace in "BIOcs."
There Is a menace in the cult
vatioR of class in this country"
the President declared in his
speech here. There is a menace
in the growth of blocs. Let us be
on guard against the promotion of
jealousy and envy created by
clsas consciousness"
Harding's utterances here on for
eign affairs were interpreted TODAY
as constituting an avowal that the
United States has made no com
mitments abroad in the present EN-.
broglio in central Europe and also
an answer to recently published
articl 8 abroad to the eject that he
was promoting a new association
of nations.
Harding's vacation will be
brought to an end today. He will
leave Augusta tonight by special
train. going straight through to
Washington, arriving Sunday noon
The Washington times., 1923-04-07
NOTTINGHAM MAY
RECOVER FROM SHOT

Jacob Nottingham, twenty-five
years old, 1912 Sixth street south
west, who, police say, shot himself
under the left arm yesterday at
his home. was reported by physi-
clans at Emergency Hospital where
he is being treated, as being I'm
proved today.
Worry over the alleged desertion
of his sister by her husband ID
said to have prompted his act,
Nottingham inflicted the wound
about o'clock. but was not dis
covered until after z o'clock, when
his sister, Mrs Gladys r. Cassen,
returned from her employment.
The Washington times., 1923-04-07

Cloudy and warmer tonight; 81
cloudy with occasional showers.
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
MAKING NEW CLOTH
 AT MANHASSET co.
Begin Weaving Fancy Goods Used Especially In Uphol-
 sterins Automobiles

The manufacture of cloth used in the npholstering of automobiles is the newest undertaking at the plant of the Manhasset Manufacturing Co. The cloth is different from any that has been made heretofore. eompris- ing twills, herringbones. and the like. The goods now in process are all in fancy colors.
 Mill No. ,. or the building erected during the war, has been selected for this new work. A number of looms have already been set up on the first floor. and it is anticipated that within a short time between 20 and 30 looms will be in operation.
 This is not an experiment with the company. 1t is fixed part of its business now, and there seems every possibility that it will expand. Orders for the goods. now on the company's books. are being turned off the looms now operating.
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
CLOSE ONE PLANT.
 PROV. OFFICE TOO
Manhasset Mfg. Go. to Transfer Main Office to Put
 nam
General Manager Harrison Comes to
 This City.-Supt. Hanton Resigns

Operations at it's plant at Warren, R. l., have been discontinued by the Manhasset Manufacturing Company, and under it's newly adopted policy of retrenchment and curtaiiment of ex- penses, will close it's main offices and sales department in the Turks Head Building, Providence. These Provi- dence departments will be transferred to this city and will be established partly in the present office building and partly in the cottage house on Canal street, next to the new No. 5 mill.
 General Manager Harrison, who heretofore has made his headquarters and residence in Taunton, where an- other of the company's mills Is loeat- ed. will make his permanent residence in Putnam, and will direct the local mill and that in Taunton, from his of fee here John T. Hanton, superin- tendent of the local plant, has resign ed. He concluded his duties at the mill Saturday.
 Close Down Warren Mill
 The Warren plant, just closed, was operated by the Manhasset Company under lease. which expired and was not renewed. It is owned by the Mount Hope Spinning Company, of which Edwin V. Livesey of Fall Riv- er. Mass, is president. Mir. Livesey is also president of the Manhasset Mfg. Go. The Mount Hope Spinning Co. is capitalized for sl.000,000, and normally employed 400 people. It had been employing 200 operatives.
 Operations at the Taunton plant (The Cohannet mill) where yarn is spun and transported, chiefly by trucks. to Putnam to be made into tire fabric, viii continue operating on it's present schedule, according to William Nj. Vermilye of Providence, treasurer of the company.
 If anyone wished for tangible evil denee of the high degree of affection and respect in which John T. Hanton was held as superintendent of the company by it's employees, this person most certainly was furnished with a concrete example just before noon last Saturday.
 A group of employees assembled about MT. Hanton to manifest Co him in a conclusive way their pleasure in having worked with and under him, and to present him with their farewell token of regard This latter took the form of gold pieces resting in a hand some box secured expressly for the event. The gold amounted to s240 and was presented, on behalf of em- ployes of the mill, by Col. Henry Thayer, office manager. Though deep ly affected. Mir. Hanton gave express sion to his great appreciation of this gift of the mill workers and of the warm spirit of friendship and good will that prompted it.
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
FATAL MOTOR CRASH
Helen Walsh, Providence School
 Teacher, Killed at Dsnielson

Danielson was visited by fatal ae- cident on the Fourth, when Miss Helen k. Walsh, 22, school teacher, daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. James R. Walsh of Providence, died from injuries re- ceived when the heavy touring car in which she was riding skidded on the rain soaked state highway. while com ing down the steep, long hill just out side of Danielson on the new state road, and crashed through a fence. Miss Walsh was thrown from the ma. chine and impaled upon a post of the fence that was torn down. Her jug ular vein was also severed. She died almost instantly. With her in the car were her parents and her sister, Miss Mary Walsh. 27. who drove the car. The latter three were severely, but not seriously, injured.
 This accident was the first with ia tai results since the rebuilding of this now widely used and popular route between Hartford and Provid~nee.
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06

ly attributes much of the successful administration of the motor vehicle department to the expert executive and administrative ability of Mir. Mae donald
 From the point of view of Putnam people this event has particular sig nificance. There will be three Put nam people there who have achieved conspicuous success and hold high ex- ecutive offices in the gift of the state There will be Mir Macdonald, Mir. Gil patrie, and Mir. Byrne. Putnam Is proud to have such men servants of their state in departments carrying such heavy responsibilities, and the city is happy that such recognition is to be paid him who halls from Put nam and who is the latest one to have his abilities recognized and receive executive appointment. at the hands of Gov. Templeton, to one of high state office.
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
PAY HONOR TONIGHT TO JOHN MACDONALD
Rotarians Give Dinner This Evening to New State Road
 Commissioner
Governor and Other State Officials to
 Be Among Guests

At the Vernon Stiles Inn, Thomp- son. la.e this afternoon. there will be held a notable dinner and reception in honor of John A. Macdonald. son of Postmaster and Mrs. Archibald Macdonald. in recognition of his ele- vation on July to be commissioner of the State Highway Department. a step up from the post he has held with recognized success. as deputy commissioner of the State Depart ment of Motor Vehicles.
 This afternoons event will be un- der the auspices of the Putnam Ro- tary Club and will bring together a formidable array of state officials. Governor Templeton will attend, as will also State Treasurer c. Harold Gilpatric of Putnam. State Bank Com missioner John B. Byrne, and. it :s anticipated, Robbins B. Stoeekel, com missioner of the State Department of Motor Vehicles, who freely and frank
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
GOVERNOR TO SPEAK
 IN PUTNAM TONIGHT
Will Be Guest of Elks at Fair Grourds.-Expect Big
 Crowd
Fireworks Display Another Feature.
 Over 5000 Attend July 4th

With Governor Templeton as the chief guest of honor. Putnam Lodge of Elks will play host to thousands of people at the fair grounds this eve ming. if the weather Is clear. There will be a street parade ending at the grounds, where there will be brief program in honor If the governors presence. and he will make a speech. Preparations are being made to ac- eommodate the largest crowd that has attended the fair so far this week. Be sides the address by the governor. three star acts of vaudeville and a dis play of fireworks more imposing and in greater variety than that of the Fourth, will be set off around II O. clock. as the climax to the evenings program.
 Tomorrow night will bring the weeks fair to close, and the events of interest will be the vaudeville en- tertainment and the selection of the
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
OFFICERS GOING AWAY
Salvation Army Workers Here to Be
 Succeeded By Capt. cushman

Envoy F. N. Oliviere and Sergt. | L. Spencer, who assumed charge of the local Salvation Army Corps on May lst, are leaving Sunday for new fields of labor, and will be succeeded in Putnam by Captain and Mrs. Cnsh- man, who have been directing the Army at Winsted They will arrive in Putnam about the 10th
 Envoy 0liviere leaves Sunday for Schenectady, \. r.. his home city, where he will spend a weeks vacation, at the conclusion of which he will re- ceive instructions as to his next field of endeavor. Sergt. Spencer has been assigned to Hartford and will take up his new duties on Sunday.
 Several hundred children of the city were served with ice cream cones free on the Manhasset ball grounds,
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06

Wednesday afternoon, by the Saliva tion Army. 1t Is believed that up- wards of 800 youngsters filed by the source of supply Those serving the cream were busy from 5 until 7.3O o'clock. Afterward Envoy Oliylere set off an excellent display of fire. works for the further enjoyment Of his large audience of children and adults.
 Envoy Oliviere states that the ac- tual cash received during the Home Service Fund drive amounted 10 ss, 563. This, with the amounts pledged, bring the total to over the $l,s00 mark, the goal set for the drive.
 During his stay here Envoy Oliviere and his assistant, Sergt. Spencer, have completed the drive for funds, held many services, and have themselves painted and thoroughly renovated the Army headquarters on Pomfret street.
 Of Putnam, Envoy Oliviere has the following to say: T have worked in many cities and communities in New England, but have never, in any of them. experienced the pleasant things that I have in Putnam. People have been cordial, kindly. cooperative and generous. It has been a great pleas ure 10 work here. and am sorry tha. my work must take me to another field"
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
20 YEARS WITH CONCERN
John Daiglc Rounds Out Two Deeade'
 With Gas & Electric Co.

John Daigle is this week rounding out his goth year of continuous em- ployment with the Putnam Light and Power Company.
 Tn this score of years Mir. Daigle has seen the company grow from q concern employing two men at its works and twe in the office sopen three hours day) to company of it's present importance, employing over 35 people.
 Electricity in those days was lux ury. not n necessity, as it is today. Twenty years ago the company had one generator and two engines and it was not n rare occasion when the plant had to shut down while the generator was moved to the second engine, to allow repairs on the first. Electricity was turned on at dusk and turned of at midnight and not at all on moonlight nights.
 Tn 1903, in the fall, wires were run on the telephone poles, to Pomfret this work being done under the diree ton of Postmaster Macdonald. Il was at this time that Mir. Daigle re eeived his first instructions in lint building and up to year ago, helped to build the network of wires in this end of the state, extending to within a mile of the Massachusetts line, on the north; inside the Rhode Island on the east and south east.
 The first of last January Mir. Daigie became identified with the sales of gas and electricity for heat and power and the sale of both gas and electrical applianeea.
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
HOTEL CLERK DIES
Daniel s. Chase. With Putnam Inn, Is Victim of Pneumonia.-llli 10 Days

Daniel s. Chase. 54 years old, for the past four years clerk at the Put nam Inn. died early this morning at the Day Kimball Hospital, of pneu- monia. MT. Chase was taken III with a severe cold on June 26, tho day the circus was in town. His condition be- came SO alarming in 24 hours that q doctor was summoned. He grew worse and on last Saturday was removed from his room at the Putnam Inn an- nex to the hospital. He reiapsed into inconsistencies yesterday and re- mained so until death.
 Mir. Chase was known to hundreds of people all over the eastern section of the country, and especially among travelling men who stopped at the ho- tel. Among his friends the news of his death will be received with much regret.
 The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the undertaking parlors of Smith & Walker.
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
PICK NEW INSTRUCTOR
A. F. Smith to Coach Athletics and
 Teach Science at r. II. $.

A. r. Smith of Dorchester. Mass, for the past year an instructor at Kimball Union Academy. Meriden. N. H.. has been secured by Supt. Of Schools Ralph (. Jenkins to be teach CT of science and athletic coach at Putnam High school.
 Mr. Smith is 2s years old, uumar- ried. and q graduate of Bates Col lege. He served in the army for two years during the World War and has had two years teaching experience. He comes to Putnam with excellent credentials recommending him high ly for the vacancy in the local high school faculty.
Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
ONE MANHAssET MILL WORKER
 HAS HOME PARTIALLY RUINED

The home of Joseph Thibaault. near the old fair grounds at Daniel son, was damaged extensively last Friday night. by unknown persons. Stones were hurled through windows. curtains torn, and furniture smashed Mir. Thibeault is employed by ths Manhasset Mfg. Co.,, at which plae there has been q strike for gong oi two months. The police are investi gating and hope to bring the yandal to justice.