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Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23
BOY SCOUTS ARE
 NOW UNIFORMED

Last Friday. Oct. 22, marked the appearance of Boy Scouts in Putnam for the first time since 1921. With their new uniforms they made fine showing. The troop will turn out full strength Armistice Day.
 The Scouts had outside drill Thurs. day which helped them a great deal
 The troop will probably have the Wiliimantir Roy Scout band to eacort them Armistice Day. seoutmaster Andrews and troop committeeman Lewis are pleased with the progres- sive work their Scouts are doing.
 The Scouts helped and served tables at the Chamber of Commerce meet ing Monday evening.
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23
PUTNAM MANS CAR
 RETURNED TO HIM

s. Kaminsky was in Worcester on Wednesday. and while he stepped into a store for about ten minutes, his car disappeared. He reported the matter to the police and later in the day the Worcester police found the car on the outskirts of the city.
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23
has yet been recommended by the receiver.
 E. W. STEhRNS.
 Deputy Collector.

The Editor.
 Putnam Patriot. Putnam. Conn. Payment of another dividend to the depositors Of the First Nation al Bank in a few weeks, the divi- dend to total around ten per cent. is rumored here. Treasury officials deny that they have recommended another dividend and say they don't know when 1t will come or how much 1t will be.
 GRIFFIN.
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

The engagement of Henry Gilmore Brousseau, son of Mir. and Mrs. George F. Brousseau, Wilkinson street. and Miss Elsie Irene Brunt of Cambridge, Mass, is announced. Mir. nscusseae ss s graduate @f the pahl.s and high schools of Putnam and of the Massachusetts, Instifute of Tech. nology. He is at present chemical engineer of the Hood Rubber Com pany at Watertown, Mass.
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23

Deputy Collector Leon T. Wilson of the U. $. Internal Revenue Depart. ment has been in Hartford this week Connecticut and Rhode Island depu. ties Federal taxes under the Reye. nue Act of 1924 were taken up.
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23

Mir. and Mrs George Gilbert and children of Lester, Mass, spent the weekend with Mir. Gilbert's parents, Mr. and Mrs Henry Gilbert of Main street.
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23

John o. Fox was operated on at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Thursday. He is in a very serious condition. This morning it was reported that he was holding his OWn
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23

Henry Baker of Middle street spent Saturday with friends in Willimantic-
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23

Miss Helena Cibney of Farro~s street motored over the Mohawk Trail last weekend with party of friends.
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23
Auto Damaged

The automobile had both it's rear wheels dished. the spokes being cut m
Putnam patriot., 1925-10-23

Continued on Page Four)
Evening star., 1925-10-23
TO TIE PRESIDENT.

London. September ). 1911.
Dear Mr. President:
Some time ago. III u general con
verSation. Mr.. Balfour said something
like this to ME: There is universal
admiration and wonder at the Ameri-
can energy and earnestneSs in get
ting into the VAL, which has no paral-
lei. But there are people who pli-
Tately express certain fear lest your
ardor may cool with the first wave OF
war-weariness. What should one say
to them? Mind you. I have no such
fear myself. but l am sometimes met
with the necessity to anay il IN
weaker nlinds.'
replied: ITO put it III good Ameri-
can, the real answer to any such per
son is Go to Hellt' But the judicious
answer is. Who is going to cool
American ardor and how will he go
about ito The dam is burst and the
Hood is come. Will YOU do me the
laVor TO refer all such persons to
me?' | haven't seen any such yet.
But such a fear. which I have no
doubt vas felt in ignorant quarters
is forever laid by your letter to the
Pope. And the leadership OF the wal
is now definitely and confcssedly
transferred to YOU. in British opinion.
The ACKNOWLEDGMENT of this took
Evening star., 1925-10-23

many forms. even before this letter.
Several of your speeches, notably
your speech asking for a declaration
of war, have been reprinted in dozens
OF forms for wide distribution. There's
hardly a reading household In the
kingdom but has d copy.
The kilograms and other documents,
telegraphed to you. which show the
customary insincerity and cold-blood
cd Willingness to murder. touching the
Argentine republic, it is here hoped.
will. if YOU have published them,
bring the Argentine government into
the war. 1t is hoped. too, that the
proof Of Sweden's using her ministers
and pouches in Gerlnany's behalf may
cause change of government in
Sweden. The smuggling that has
been done through Sweden is the most
helpful to Germany Of all her channels
of supply: and the large quantity of
iron ore that has gone from Swedish
mines is, perhaps. the most valuable
help from outside that Germany has
got since the war began.
tCopyright. 19a5. by Doubleday. Pare & Co..
Evening star., 1925-10-23

accepted is that the war. unless Ger.
many collapse during the next six
months by reason of economic exhaus-
tion or by the falling away of Aus
tria or Turkey. or both. will become
a, war between Germany and the Eng
disappearing nations. all of which. ex-
cept the United States. are already
partially exhausted.
The waste in the war caused by
the failures of the European allies
to work together with complete unity
is one Of the most pitiful aspects Of
the conflict. The recently begun Of
fensive by the British on the north
ern French coast, now interrupted
for the moment by heavy rains.
ought to have been undertaken long
ago. But the French withheld their
consent because $50 the British mill
tary authorities say certain section
Of French opinion feared, or pre-
tended to fear, that the British would
keep these coast towns and cities il
they were permitted to retake them
from the Germans 1t is reported,
too. that the Belgians objected. The
Belgian army now holds 5000 yards
Of the whole trench line: that's all:
and the British have SO little conf
Gence in them that they keep all the
time in easy reach enough reserves
to hold this 5000 yards if the Ger
mans should attack it. This jealousy
and distrust run more or less
through all the dealings of the con
tinental allies With one another. It's
a sad tale.
Yours sincerely.
WALTER If. PAGE.
Evening star., 1925-10-23
Continuing Ambassador Pages let
ters of August II. 1917, to
President Wilson.)

The most pressing naval question
tho most pressing question of the
whole war--continues TO be the sub
marines. They have found no anti
dote." The mystery" ships catch a
few-I do not know how many but
not enough 10 discourage the Ger
mans. y few more are destroyed by
other methods; but the problem of
catching them at their exit is un-
solved. They make their way along
the territorial waters OF Denmark
and Holland and come out to sea
wherever they find it safe. I have
gone over many maps, charts and
diagrams on which the presence OF
submarines i'll British waters and at
sea is indicated; and the one thing
that seems 60 be conclusively proved
IS that the convoy - the best means
so far put into practice to increase
safety. The future Of the world
seems to me 10 hang on the answer
10 this question: Can the war be
won in spite OF the submarines? Can
great American Army be brought
over and its large subsequent supply
feet be sufficiently safeguardedr As
matters now go, three large British
ships are sunk Il day. How many
are sunk of other nationalities. I do
not know. At this rate. the allies
can hold out long enough to win pro
vided our armies and supplies can
come over-eonvoyed, of course-with
reasonable safety. Eut i'll the course
Of time the present rate OF ship de-
struction will greatly weaken the al
He'd endurance.
British opinion is that the war must
be Won on the Observation-Disclosures the
German armies must be beaten BY
arms and by economic pressure in
Germany: that the German naval
bases are untakeable: that the sub
marines must be endured. And it is
universally understood that American
intervention is all that saved or can
save the allied cause. France will
he practically exhausted by the end
OF this Year as an offensive power;
Italy counts for little except to keep
a certain number OF Austrian troops
engaged; Russia, as i lighting force,
probably will not recover in time.
The probability that is generally
Evening star., 1925-10-23
U-BOAT MENACE In WAR
HELD EUROPE FEARFUL
Submarines We're Greatest Problem to
Allies, Page Letters ReveaI-Amer-
lean ArdOr Was Once Doubted.

Editors Note: This is the twentieth in
rallment of hereto fore unpublished letters
Of walter Hines Page. most of them TO
President Wilson. They will continue daily
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
POWER PLANTS IN
BIG CONSOLIDATION
TO SUPPLY SEVERAL TOWNS
IN SOUTH GEORGIA WITH
POWER AND LIGHTS.

All details incident to the transfer
of the Georgia Alabama Power Com
pany to the Columbus Electric and
Power Company, of Columbus, have
been. completed, and the transfer will
be made December 3lst.
The Fort Gaines plant, on Pataula
creek, properties at Americas, Albany,
Cordele, Valdosta, Pelham and others,
are included in the transaction.
The deal turning over the power
companies mentioned in the foregoing
was consummated in the latter part OF
August of this year.
The distribution of power to this
section, including the cities mentioned
in the foregoing, will he done
through the consolidated companies,
which will be operated as the South
Georgia Power Company.
Permission was granted few days
ago by the Georgia Public Service
Commission to issue 10000 shares Of
stock in the new company at a par
value of SIS. Permission was also
granted to issue $424,000 in five-year
notes, and $239,000 in bonds OF the
Georgia Alabama Power Company
and $2,339,000 in bonds of the South
Georgia Public Service Company.
This is the company that has made
a proposition to the city council to
furnish Dawson with electric power.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
CONGRESS FOLLOWS
LEAD OF COOLIDGE
A COMFORTABLE MAJORITY
ROBS THE SCENE OF ANY
UNCERTAINTY.

Mingling with members of congress
the most striking characteristic that
can be observed is the readiness of the
legislators to take their cue from the
Coolidge administration and follow
along, writes David Lawrence from
Washington.
The insurgency in the ranks OF the
Wisconsin delegation has, of course,
added a bit of color to the usual or
ganization processes which might 9TH
erwise be perfunctory, but the COM
Portable republican majority in the
house, for instance, robs the scene of
any uneasiness or uncertainty.
For the Wisconsin insurgents can
do very little to block legislation. The
steam-roller rules in the lower house
make it easy for the majority to sup
press rebellion.
There is only one opportunity that
the Wisconsin group has to stir up
trouble and that is to pierce the re-
publican legislative program so effect
lively as to draw support from the
regular republican ranks. Just what
constitutes regular or an irregular is
not easy to describe, but history re-
peats itself in the house Of representa-
tvies and a member who is looking
ahead to what will help or hurt him
in his next fight for reelection usually
decides his vote on the basis of what
can or cannot be used against him by
candidate in the primaries of his
party.
Division in the ranks of the repub-
licans has been the rule rather than
the exception snce the war The Wis
consin delegation may hope to draw
republicans in sufficient number so
that with a democratic coalition GER
tain measures may be blocked or de-
feated
The chances of such an outcome,
however, are remote, for the very
reason that the Coolidge strength is
just now all-persuasive and the lines
OF cleavage on legislation are not dis
tinct.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
WALK TO SPEAK
ON EXTRA SESSION
GOVEk.JOR PLANS TO MAKE
ADDRESSES IN EFFORT TO
BUILD UP SENTIMENT.

Governor Walker plans to canvass
the state from end to end in the inter-
est of the issues set up in his call for
an extra session of the legislature on
February oath, he announced Wednes-
day The chief executive declared that
he expected to open his campaign in
or near Waycross during the early
part of January, following an official
OF a proposed water power
development affecting the Okefenokee
swamp.
Il plan to speak in every county
possible, devoting at least three days
of each week during the months of
January and February to advocating
the causes of pensions, highways and
education" Governor Walker an
nounced. 81 believe that there is a
strong sentiment over the state for
the advancement of Georgia along all
these lines, and it will be my endeayor
to crystalize this sentiment in advance
of, the meeting Of. the Legislature"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
ALL RECORDS BROKEN IN UNITED
STATES BY THE USERS OF TOBACCO
Man Who Erected First Monument
To Father Adam Dies in Baltimore
Retired Contractor g. Also Famed for Building Monument the
u S. Constitution Which Is Gone But Not Forgotten.

BALTIMORE, Md.-John P. Bra
dy known as the first man to erect a
statue to Adam and monument to
the constitution of the United States,
is dead
By popular coincidence the man
who first honored the progenitor of
the human race with a shaft died at
time when the world was given the
news that Robert CULLEN had erected
the first statue to Eve at Greenville,
S, c.
Mr.. Brady, who was 90 years old,
died at his home Friday night follow
ing lingering illness.
A retired contractor he erected the
shaft for the worlds first man in 1909
on his estate at Bowleys lane and
Philadelphia road. He explained that
too little attention had been paid by
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
CO. OPERATIVES IN
MANY STATES THRIVE
THOUSANDS OF GROWERS AS
SOCIATIONS IN WEST SELL
MANY PRODUCTS.

One-hfth of the annual crops from
the farms of the middle west are
marketed through cooperative organ
izations. Many thousands of these or
CARNATIONS thrive in middle western
states, a survey shows.
The cooperative movement" Pres
ident Coolidge said recently in an adj
dress in Chicago, promises the great
est success as a more orderly market
ing calculated to secure better range
of prices.
Co-Operatives in Indiana.
The sale of one of every three BUSH
els of Indiana wheat is handled
through the Indiana Wheat Growers
Association, which is about a year
old. Eighteen thousand Hoosier farm
ers are marketing their wheat through
800 elevators with which the associa-
ton maintains relations
Five major cooperative organize
tions are operating in Michigan with
nearly 700 local organizations. Pro-
duction includes milk, potatoes, live
stock, fruit and grain.
Kansas has a great number OF CO.
operative wheat and elevator associa-
tions and a considerable number OF
mercantile establishments
Texas handles comparatively cotton.
wheat, figs, melons, broom corn, al
falfa and live stock.
All of the 81 cooperative market
ing organizations in Wisconsin are on
paying basis. Iowa ships co-opera-
lively hogs, cattle, sheep, butter, gram,
fruits and vegetables.
Thousands in Minnesota.
Minnesota, with nearly 1900 loca!
cooperative associations, is increasing
them yearly.
Nebraska has 500 local cooperative
marketing organizations.
The North Dakota Wheat Growers
Association is the most important in
that state. 1t loans farmers up to rs
per cent on wheat delivered to the as
ISOLATION, in addition to selling the
grain.
Illinois has a well diversified mark
citing program sponsored by the state
agricultural association and the state
farm bureau.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
WORLD COURT FOES
COUNT ON FORCING
DELAY in FINAL VOTE
PLAN TO SIDETRACK PROPOS-
AL BY OPPOSING FOREIGN
DEBT SETTLEMENTS.
TO FIGHT TO THE LAST DITCH
Tame in Comparison With League of
Nations Battle. The Leaders Have
Changed, and Hate and Heat and
Bitterness Have Gone in Senate.

The fight in the senate over the
world court is a pale reflection of the
great league of nations battle there
seven years ago. The high. peaks of
passion will not again be reached. The
hate and the heat have gone. Neither
in the senate nor in the country is
there the same tense feeling, writes
Frank B. Kent, the Washington repre-
sentative of the Baltimore Sun.
The reason lies not so much in any
contrast in principles, The difference
is in the personalities that lead the
opposing forces. In place of Woodrow
Wilson there is Calvin Coolidge; in
place of Lodge and LaFollette, Of
Knox and Brandegee, there is Borah
Death has changed the characters in
the drama, but the issue did not die
The white house support is infinitely
less militant, far more political. In the
senate the opposition is less venomous
and vindictive. rigidly determined, but
not inspired by personal malice and
animosity.
The basic question to be answered
is shall we cling to the old policy of
isolation or embark upon the new
policy of international cooperation?
From the chief source of journalistic
opposition to league and court, the
main reliance through seven years of
senators with an anti-European COM
pick, has come the candid admission
that the United States will probably
be pushed into the court. 1t sounds
like surrender, and it accords with the
judgment of most experienced sena-
torial observers, but it does not mean
the fight will not go to the last ditch.
AS seen at Washington the purpose
was to carry the debate over the
Christmas holidays and then sidetrack
it by bringing up ratification of for
eign debt agreements. 1t is concededly
vital to the administration to get these
agreements ratified without delay
Payments already are being made
Failure would put Mr. Coolidge in a
hopelessly embarrassing situation. All
treasury department calculations
would fail and both foreign and fiscal
policies of the administration bog
down. No one close to him cares to
contemplate this contingency.
To sum up, the isolationists bank
heavily upon the absolute necessities
of the administration in the matter of
foreign debts and tax reduction to
avoid vote on the court before April
1st, and they may succeed. Delay is
their chance and they know it. By
spring the situation may change, but
not many think so. Soon or late a
vote will be forced, and unless the
president weakens it is hard to see
how the proposal can fail. There is a
notion in some heads that they MAY
get him in such a jam over foreign
debts and taxation that he will be COM
PEELED to abandon the world court bat
tie to save the other two.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29

posterity to Adam, blamed for all the
joys and woes of the world
Mr. Brady stated at the time that
Adams shortcomings had been over
rated, proving the Shakespearean con-
tenton that the evil men do live after
them, the good often being inferred
with their bones.
Soon after Mr.. Brady erected the
statue to Adam he built a monument
to the constitution and placed it in his
estate.
This monument is inscribed:
In Memory of the Constitution
Of the United States.
Gone, But Not Forgotten.
He explained that the constitution,
because of amendments, constructions
and interpretations, had passed away.
On the shaft of the Adam memorial
was inscribed:
In the Memory of Adam, the First
Man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
40 Federal Employees
Dropped in One Month
Total of $3.50 Government Workers
Were on Rolls October 1st.

Government departments in Wash
ington suffered a net loss of 400 em-
ployes during the month of Septem-
Der, it is shown in a report on employ
ment conditions made public by the
civil service commission.
During the month 1888 employees
were separated from service and 793
employees were taken or, says the
Washington Post. On October 1st
there were 62,519 government EN-
ployes in the city.
The department of commerce had
both the largest reduction of force and
the greatest number of additions. The
department suffered a loss of 262 en-
ployes in that time and took on 1874.
The war department let out l78 en-
ployes and took on rs. The treasury
department dismissed 10 employees
and took on "a. The department of
agriculture released 102 employees and
took on 70.
The treasury department, with To-
113 employees in Washington, continue
ed to have the largest personnel by
far, of any department.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
GEORGIA SUPREME
COURT SPLITS EVEN
AFFIRMS VERDICT IN CASE OF
COLUMBUS MAN CONVICTED
OF KILLING HIS WIFE.

ATLANTA, Ga. = Although the
Georgia supreme court was evenly di-
vided as to whether L. c. Hammond,
of Columbus should be given lie
sentence for murder, the law automat-
ically stepped in and affirmed the
opinion of the lower court
The action on this case marked one
of the few occasions in the history OF
Georgia Jurisprudence in which the
states highest tribunal has been
found evenly divided in criminal
case. Three justices voted to attlrm a
life sentence given the Columbus man
on a charge of numbering his wife'
while three justices voted tor rever-
sal of the decision. d,
Five times Hammond has been tired
in Muscogee county superior court Tor
the murder of his wife, Mrs. Winnie
Hammond. -,
The wife of the defendant was kill
ed when she and Hammond were at
their home on the night OF uly ~
1921 The defendant claimed that ms
wife shot herself with his pistol, while,
the state contended that the husDahd
had murdered his wife.
Those who voted to reverse the de-
cision of the Muscogee court were
Chief Justice Richard B. Russell and
Justices Atkinson and Hill.
The three justices voting to affirm
the decision of the lower court were
Reck Gilbert and Hines. Under the
law when there is equal division IN the
supreme court it automatically ahirins
the decision of the lower court.