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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-16

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
state Of Ohio, three of the members
elected to each house concurring therein
That there shall be submitted to the electors Of
rAe state, Tor their approval or rejection, at the
election to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1925 pro
posal to amend article XII, section of the
constitution OF the state of Ohio. to read as
follows:
ARTICLE XII.
Sec. D. Laws shall be passed, taxing by I
uniform rule all real estate and improvements
thereon and all tangible personal property,
cording to their true value in money. excepting
motor vehicles which shall be taxed as may
be provided by law All moneys, credits, bonds
stocks and all other intangible property, shall
be taxed as may be provided by law.
But all bonds outstanding the first day Of
January, 1918, of the state of Ohio of any
city village hamlet, county or township in this
the public schools in Ohio and the means Of
instruction in connection Herewith, and all
bonds issued under article VIII, section "a Of
tion fund, shall be exempt from taxation; and
burying grounds, public school houses, houses
used exclusively tor public worship, institutions
used exclusively for charitable purposes,
public property used exclusively for any publ:
purpose, and tangible personal property to an
amount not exceeding in value five hundred
dollars for any individual, may by general laws
be exempted from taxation; and laws may be
passed to provide against the double taxation
that results from the taxation of both the real
estate and the mortgage or the debt secured
laws shall be subject to alteration or repeal:
and the value of all property, so exempted shall.
from time to time, be ascertained and published
as may be directed by law
Be it further ,esoleed That at such election
above. referred to this amendment shall be
placed on the official ballot, in the manner pro.
vded by law, in such form as the secretary of
state may designate.
If the votes for the proposal shall exceed
those against it, this amendment shall take
effect on the first day of January, 1926 and
original section of article XII of the consti
tuition shall be repealed and annulled.
Adopted March &C. 1925.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-16

FOUR YEARS.
Be 1t reSolVed by the Genera! Assembly, Of the
State OF Ohio three-ffths of the member.
elected to each house concurring therein
That there shall be submitted to the electors
of the state for their approval or rejection at the
election to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1925, a pro.
posal to amend section of article III and
section Of article x, and to repeal section ,
of article XVII and section Of article Of
the constitution of the state of Ohio to read
as follows:
ARTICLE III.
Sec. 2. The governor, lieutenant governor
secretary of state, treasurer, auditor and az
torney general shall hold their Offices for four
years, Their terms of office shall commence
on the first Monday Of January next after
their election, and continue until their sue
cessors elected and qualified
ARTICLE X
Sec. D. All elective county officers shall he
elected the first Tuesday after the hrst
Monday. in November, by the electors of each
county for a period of four years
Be it further resolved, That at the election
above referred to, such. proposal shall be placed
secretary of state may designate
If the votes for the proposal shall exceed
those against it, the amendment shall 90 into
effect January /, 1926, and original section ,
of article III, and section of article X and
section Q of article XVII and section of article
X of the constitution of the state of Ohio shall
be repealed and annulled The General Assem-.
bly, shall have power to adjust or extend
existing terms of Office to effect the purpose
of the foregoing amendment.
Adopted April II, 1925
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-16
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
CONSTITUTION OF OHIO

ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 13
PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE VIII OF
LIE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE or
OHlO BG THE ADDITION OF NEW
SECTION, TO BE DESIGNATED AS
ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 13, RELATIVE
10 The INCURRING OF INDEBTEDNESS
BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
Zair Effendi, Kurd,
Says His Age Is Isl;
Interests Science

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BELGRADE. Jugoslavia, April
26.-Zair Effendi. who is believed
to be Europe's oldest man. count
ing Isl years, recently stopped here
. one night on his way to Rome.
He is said to have been born IN
Kurdistan in 1774, but has lived
in Constantinople most of his life.
Italian doctors invited Zair to
Rome, where he is to be the guest
of the Anthropologists Society
and will be examined by physicians
who are interested in the causes
of his longevity. He has only one
child living, a son who is 80.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
CENSOR JAPANESE FILMS.
Toxic Government Establishes Pic
ture Regulations.

TOXIC. May 26 CP).-The govern
ment has promulgated a law estab
fishing a censorship of motion picture
films for which a charge Of S ser
tabout 212 cents for three meters will
be levied.
1t also provides for fines and i'm
prisonment for violations of the regu
lations. which become operative July
Evening star., 1925-05-26
Would Retail at S43,900, 900.
SALE Is NOT DENIED.
Union Trust Co. Head Refuses to
Comment

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May o6 tP).-
n. C. McEldowney, president of the
Union Trust Co. of Pittsburgh which
owns the Overholt distillery at Broad
Ford. near here, last night declined
10 comment on press dispatches from
New York that it had been purchased
by: Park & Tilford. He would not
deny, however, that the sale had
been made.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
100000 GALLONS
/ OF WHISKY SOLD
Grocery Firm Buys 0verhoIt
Stock. Worth $43,2OO, 900,
at Retail.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 26.-The Over.
holt distillery, founded in 1910 by
Abraham Overholt, grandfather of
Henry Clay Frick. has been sold to
Park & Tilford, grocers of this city,
with 100000 gallons of whisky. The
seller was the Union Trust Co. of
Pittsburgh.
In 1880 Andrew W. Mellon, now Sec
retary of the Treasury, acquired a
third interest in the plant, but lately,
in answer to attacks by William H.
Anderson. prohibition leader, it was
shown he disposed of his interests
before joining the cabinet.
Schultz. president of Park & Tilford
say that the whisky will be sold by
the company through proper channels,
but that none of it will be removed
from the bonded warehouses before
September l.
Would Retail at S43,200,OO0.
Park & Tilford's announcement
gave more than S15, 900 900 as the pur-
chase price for the plant of Il build
ings and 20 acres of land on the out
skirts OF Pittsburgh and the complete
stock of whisky This caused sur
prise, as at the prevailing retail medi-
cinal price of So a pint, the whisky
alone would be worth S43.200. 900 The
sale Is the largest legitimate liquor
deal in the United States since prohibi-
ton was enacted
Evening star., 1925-05-26

Nearly s2.00O.0Oo worth of Amer
ican-made perfumes and toilet prepa-
rations were sent to other countries
in three months recently.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04
The River FIowa On

Assassinationa, robbery, brigand- age and still the great river flows on. The life of PekinR is undisturbed- the museum may be closed to foreigners, the Winter Palace may be entered only by pass. a few heads on the gates-but what of thatf The Lega- tions are gay, the foreigners titiin and dine. hunt and dance. Life Is 80 very easy. One cries, "Boyp and every thing is done What one pinches along upon at home Is a fortune in Peking. One night there is murder close out side the Grand Hotel A Feng man or q Chang man is set upon and shot while in his rickshaw. The body remains there. the rickshaw Is propped up SO it may not fall out. In the morning # is still there with piece of straw mating in front Co hide parti- ally the horror and a brick on top of the poor head to hold the mating in place. You may turn your head away, it is not nice, it is not pretty, 1t is China. A woman is jealous Of her husband and suspicious of her mnidservant. What does she dor Beat her or, perhaps, shoot her? Not at all, she buils her to death m a cauldron. Again this is not nice. nor pretty, but China.
 Yet. contradictory as 1t sounds, the Chinese people are gentle, courte- ous race with q love and respect for family intensified beyond cur under standing. and q submissiveness that does not seem human. N8n-resistent force is an incaleulable thing and makes prophecy difficult, but one can
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

of a train a day each way. but later this grew so uncertain that the foreign legations started a so-call- ed international train, guarded by marines and other soldiers, for the ex- elusive use of their own people. The distance of eighty miles was covered, with luck. in ten hours, otherwise any where from fifteen Co thirty. On more than one occasion this train was sniped at in a desuitory fashion. once a bullet passing through the dining car. Doubtless Che sight of feasting
 foreigners proved more than the starving Chinese could stand. Ad- venturous Americans and. doubtless
 adventures of other nations tried the motor ear. in most eases with signal success. With Stars and Stripes fly ing the ear pushed its way through mud and ruts until halted by one
 army or the other. \ courteous
 manner and a visiting card, not neees- sarilv oneis own. but any old card. in
 preference held upside down. usually
 insured safe passage through the
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

To reach Picking from the South he has taken no chances. going cir cuitolsly by way of Japan and thence Co Tientsin by Japanese steamer. lie and his suite had the small steamer Co themselves Wife Number One and Wife Number Two preferred foreign cooking. 5;; DT. Sun, pleading weak digestion. asked for Japanese fare and from all accounts one must doubt weak digestion. He proved a wretch ed sailor, but though very seasiek. he was never discouraged Between at- Jacks he would order food in his ca bin, perhaps just nihble of raw fish and some shredded raw turnips, and, if that was found to be fieeting, may be fried eels with chestnuts cooked in sugar might prove more palatable. Wives Numbers One and Two, though in Chinese dress, sported gay plush tam-0' 'shanters which, if fashionable, were said to be highly unbecoming.
 On the arrival of the ship at Tien- tsin, dinner and reception ln honor of Dr. Sun was planned by the Chin csc to be given in one of the foreign concessions. But scarcely had Sun dis embarked than leaflets of propaganda were distributed throughout Tientsin advising, among other things, anti foreign policy expressed in no mild terms. It is hardly necessary to state that the dinner never took place. Sun Yat-sen has become an open ad- vocate of Bolshevism and fl he suc- ceeds distraught China will have this new terror to face. Editors Note Dr. Sun has since died at Picking in March. l925.)
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

es outside the city of Tientsin and causing anxiety only to those who paused to think of gruesome possibili. ties. was finally absorbed into the army of Chang Tso-lin. doubtless hopeful of better food, surer pay and. perhaps, warmer fur hat.
 "Hark, the Herald Angels Singr
 In Peking, opportunity knocked at the door of Feng Yu-hsiang, the Christian. One day a little English boy ran Go his mother. all excitement: Mummy dear. there are new soldiers on the streetiii
 Nonsense says Mummy, What makes you think so2"
 Because they are all marching and singing 'Hark, the Herald Angels 
 Quietly and quickly the Christian General had returned Co the city.-a coup d'etat" the newspapers called it. "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing. Glory to the New Born King" Did the Christian Feng take these words as an omen and thus proclaim in sa- cred song his purpose and ambition and, one might imagine about this time an exceedingly bad taste in the mouths of the missionaries. But it made a never-to- be-forgotten event, this piratical horde. grotesquely arm- ed. some carrying large umbrellas. using for their war songs the hymns associated by many of us with peace ful Sundays in country churches.
 One did not have to wait long for the unchristian acts of the Christian Feng. Among the first was his most unpleasant bullying Of the Boy Elm peror. Though we'll past boyhood. 1t seems that this young man will never grow up but will remain Boy" until the end of the chapter. Perhaps be- cause so little is known about him we uneonsciously intensity sympathy by keeping him young and increasingly pathetic. not an unusual or unpleas- ant habit.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

lines. The danger of breakage to the car exceeded the war risk IL was from the former that Mir. Zimbalist suffered and the details of his un- pleasant trip to Peking have since be- come history.
 Meanwhile, Marshall Chang Tso-lin was again victorious and Wu Pe1-fu, escaping with what troops he could gather together. set sail in obsolete warships and unstable transports for the South and the Yangtzse Valley, doubtless to return again with tne spring flowers. There is price on his head and a tempting offer for his capture, dead or alive. but why need this distress him in a land where dearn is but an incident and the individual a negligible quantityg The remain der of wu's army proving like woiv-
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

were given to mods and winks and old customers were surreptitiously led to one side to view some articles whose reputed origin was whispered in the ear. Undoubtedly many of the gorgeous robes and coats were genuine for they bore embroidered or woven into the fabric the insignia of royal garments.
 It is difficult 10 imagine an emperor hastily packing bag. but 1t seems that that almost might have been the ease for to feel that one's head would be the next article demanded, and taken, too, would make for haste. The residents of the Palace were scat tered. There is an amusing story of three old concubines of a former re- gime who dwelt together in, let us hope, peace, and perhaps, eosiness, as
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

ian Feng. or will you wait your de- cision for the next comerg If so, at this moment he is on his way. He Isl Sun Yat-sen. better known as Dr. Sun. This man for years has kept himself in the limelight of Chinese affairs. At one time president of the separate republic of South China, he has been since the Revolution con-I stantly active and discordant factor. He was the idol of Canton and was looked upon as being as free as pos sible from corruption and the usual "squeeze" of Chinese leader.
 Today he Is anathema. but still q power and probably with more money at his disposal than any other leader. He is hated as the destroyer of Cam ton by fire and the laying open of his native province to loot and rapine.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04
Plight of "The Boy Emperor"

Plight of The Boy Emperor
 With spacious arguments that the Republic should no longer recognize or support a discredited Emperor, at practically moments notice this most miserable little ex-monarch was told he must go-move from his pal ace in the Forbidden City. which was all that remained to him of past glor- ies of Empire. to the palace of rela- tive where he would be under strict military surveillance.
 He and his must go, but not bag and baggage feng was more willy than that. Palace treasures are too valuable an asset. too easily trans formed into solid cash to be over looked At this time there was much speculation as to just how much loot ing. or. to put it politely, removal of art treasures was taking place. The cupidity even of foreigners was at times but too evident for these obiets dart are becoming rarer and rarer and if cleverly handled command large prices. Dealers of all kinds
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04
TWO LOCAL BOYS LEAVE
 FOR FOOTBALL. TRAINING

Chandler Morse returned Co the home of his parents here on Tuesday after spending the summer at a boys camp in the Berkshires. On Monday next he will leave for Amherst College, where with other members of the squad he will get two weeks of prelim- mary football practice before the op- ening of college.
 Michael Maher of pomfrct ls an- other Putnam High graduate who goes back to college early by reason of his membership on college football squad. Mike is already at Norwich University, Northfield. Vt.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04
FRENCH REPUBLICAN CLUB
 TO HOLD FIRST MEETING

The French Republican Club will hold it's first grand meeting on Tues day evening, September s. at 7.30 o. clock, in St. John Hall, Providence street.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04
DANCING AT WILWOOD
 SATURDAY AND MONDAY

There will be dancing at Wildwood Park Saturday evening and on Labor Day evening, Monday, September ', with music by Murphy's Paramount orchestra of Worcester.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

EDITORS NoTE-n of of political troubles within China pleased its readers the following interesting article Prns who all of the fall Fking and Iientsin The article Mir China to the United States Those who his of the last fail to gain thing of the sinister atmosphere and outbreaks and druptn month. rT,fERE is unrest in Pekng The early winter of
 1924 have tragic time for all China but the great capital the heart of the nation has throbbed more evenly and acuey each succeeding outrage But chaos and only to small degree externally evident The Pekng teen ing life flows steadily New York rushes London marches Paris dances but Pekng flows flows like river slowly and non-ressant unconscious of its power can but wonder when this river Peng the tributary waters of all China checked damned by hand result must be.
 To stranger sojournng within its gates it is mysfyng unbelievable Can become accustomed decapaed heads baskets high the Great Gaeth why and where mystery? Is possible adjust ones point of the rule of brgand chiefs for that truth the whether 1t be Wu Pefu Feng Yuhang Chang Tson Each with his horde of soldiers less ead and ed cenares hoping for the which seldom eomes forced be that they clothed and fed and perhaps incentive of a,-far visions of possible loot. The Gentle Wu Pefu There had of hand fighting,
 
 gateway were of cutting, idea there would be- equally probable Now trans must be run between
  the opposing armies w ceased their long
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

not free oneself from the idea that China is waiting, waiting-hut for whatl
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

general beheaded on the station plat form as he alighted from the train at Tientsin and the head suspended in the station for all to see and profit by the example. He was equally re- gardless of his animals The horses and mules for his army, while being shipped in open box cars, died without number of starvation. The gnawed wooden sides of these cars are witness 10 this, scalloped two or three feet deep by the teeth of the starving beasts. Even so one heari every where. and still hears at times, that Nu Pei-fu is the best of the lot; hat with the small choice in rotten apples he is the least rotten.
 Then, presto, there Is a change m the affairs of the capital. Marshall Chang Tso-lin is advancing from Nh den and Manchuria. mighty in pride and power as beiits a Manehu chlet. Rumor, which began in a whisper. put Is now spoken aloud runs: or course, he is irresistible. He Is back ed by the Japanese and fathered by the little yellow people who are so annoyingly persistent 10 the German model which the rest ot the world Is anxious to consider de- mode.
 The great Chang swept on and the gentle Wu nervously set out from Peking to meet and devour him. nervously, for he was indeed m di- lemma. In Picking was one whom ne had favored and trusted and, let us assume. loved as a friend, feng fu- hsiang. known as the Christian ten eral and the commander of Christian troops. the bright particular star or the missionaries. But a suspicion oi the Christion Feng had been aroused in the breast of Wu Pei-fu. He felt Feng might not be as holy as hls pre- cepts and therefore not a safe guar dian for the city of Picking where to have Is to hold. So, with comment able if somewhat transparent eraft he sent the Christian General and his troops out and beyond Peking "ith commands to advance towards Jenoi and guard that possible route of en- trance against the coming of Chang Manchurians. But the willy Feng was not deceived. Report has it that few miles from Picking he halted and with more than Christian patience ne waited.
 When the Armies Clsshed
 wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso-lin meet at Shan Hai kwau where Nu IS worsted and retreats once more ner- vously and entrenches or partially does so, between Peking and Tientsin. Chang pursues and the two armies take up their positions directly on the railway line between these two citles 10 the intense annoyance and diseon'- fture of all foreign residents wno, even in war time. find the necessity of travelling from one to the other.
 Chinese fighting is reported hamof- ousiy to be 6 competition between the two armies of which can make the worst faces; that they make faces at one another through the day, rest at night and with daylight begin again. Be that as 1t may, in this engagement there were both killed and wounded. The wounded that came under foreign observation suffered from bullet wounds and occasionally shrapneL
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04
The Gentle Wu Pei-fu

The Gentle Wu Pei-fu
 First, the gentle Wu Pei-fu had his day-the heads that swung at the gateway were of his cutting, his idea of justice, or, equally probable, sweet revenge. He seems, by all reports. to have overstepped even the pro- verbal cruelty of the Chinese. It is a fact that he had a disobedient
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04
LOOKING ON IN PEKING
 By LAWRENCE PERKINS

of Wu
 
 Flight The pian Amy-Dr rerofG ma of the Nation
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04

There was no bayoneting, nor signs of hand to hand fighting, but none who knew the Chinese expected that there would be.
 Now, trains must be run between Peking and Tientsin, war or no war At first the opposing armies with sim gular courtesy ceased their face-mak- ing. or fighting, long enough for the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-10

In Paris. long black gloves reach
ing almost 10 tho elbow and ycry
HTinkled below are worn with frocEs
Of gsranium color or ceriHe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-10
Kellogg Especial Cop"
for Diplomatic Corps
Foreign Diplomats May Get Away With
Almost Anything in Washington

To me credit Of the vast majority
be II said that such incidents. apart
from speeding. are very rare. on
Tho whole. tho corps n well be.
hayed, Considering that the secre.
ianes and attaches are usually
young bloods OF fine families. un.
accustomed 20 prohibition or other
restraints OF democraciea. the re.
Htrnint they display h In their
favor according 10 those who live
beside them.
But now and then the occasion
arises when their breach OF Ameri.
can law and order h too fragrant 10
pass by. Tho police usually are
stopped from taking matters IN
Their own hands. but they have ono
recourse reporting tho trouble TO
tho state department.
Pere II where the secretary OF
state tnow Mr., Kellogg comes in.
lie must drop his ponderous dlplo.
matte burdens and weighty affairs
OF state 20 notify Ambassador So
and 10 that one OF his staff has
fractured some American law and
VIII tho ambassador please caution
the member that such occurrences
are not pleasing 10 the American
government