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Putnam patriot., 1926-07-02
TEN WINNERS ON FIREsToNEs
For Ninth Time Gum-Dipped Tires
 Lead In Indianapolis

Firestone Pulls Gum Dipped Balloon tires again made a remark able showing in the Indianapolis Speedway Classic on Decoration Day when all ten winners participating "in the money" rode on these dependable tires.
 This is the second time balloon tires were used in the great Speedway event, the first being last year when Peter DePaolo on Firestone Full-Size Gum Dipped Balloons made new worlds record at an average speed of 10il3 miles per hour.
 Smaller motors of 91 F cubic inch displacement, compared to f22 cubic inches in 1925, combined with rainy weather and a slippery track, slowed up the time of the 1926 winner, Frank Lockhart. who won this years race at 95.ss miles per hour.
 This years gruelling battle of tires was called at the end of 402 F miles because of the downpour of rain. Lockhart. who captured the grand prize. drove the full distance without a single tire change and was all set to go the entire 500 miles on the same set of tires.
 It is noteworthy fact. too. that the 1926 Indianapolis race was the ninth of the Hoosier Speedway in which Firestone Dipped Tires carried the winners to victory.
 The terrific battle of tires brings out the effectiveness of Gum-Dipping, the exclusive process employed by the Firestone Company, which builds ex- tra strength and endurance into cord fabric by impregnating and saturat- ing every fiber of every cord with rub Der.
 This special process minimizes fric- tion and heat, keeping the tires com paratively cool under continuous racing strain.
 The performance of Firestone tires at Indianapolis this year certainly was remarkable when the terrific speed at which the cars travelled over the fir teen-ysr-old rough brick track is talk en into consideration.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-02
STARTED SMASHING
 BAGGAGE IN PUTNAM
Veteran Train Announcer In Providence Began Railroad
 ing Here Fifty Years Ago
Says Other Fellows Job No Better
 Than Mine"

(From Providence Bulletin. April ?,
 in "Along the Line.')
 .'No sir The other fellows job is not better than mine My job brings me in contact every day with the nic- est people in the world. They all try to make my job pleasant. il appears. They use me like prince" A train caller says this after a half-century of railroading.
 George H. Martin. PTS Washington avenue. who calls trains at the Union Station. became raiiroader fifty years ago. on April 1, and still feels that the hurrying thousands who get from him without fee each day the most valuable commodity they require for the moment; that is. the answer to When does the next train leave?' are not only considerate; they are nice"
 Putnam Fifty Year. Ago
 Between saying that he started if ty years ago at Putnam. and eonelud- ing with Come in some day and I'll talk to you about rsilroading," Mir. Martin had told various inquirers that the next train to Hope Valley was at 4 o'clock; that the Boston train would leave in four minutes on track No. 4 ,: that the New York train was on time that No. II was eleven minutes late that there was no bus to Hope Valley that No. i2 was on time; that the nearest store where they sold nursing bottles was on Washington street and how to find it; that the weather indi- cations were generally fair.
 About everything has changed in railroading but the people," he said. "They are about the same. I find them first rate. They ask lots of ques- tions. How many? I don't know. Thousands a day. l suppose. If you couldn't answer them they wouldn't be very we'll pleased with you and you wouldn't be pleased with yourself"
 Started April I, 1876
 Mir. Martin presides at the informa- tion booth in the center of the station waiting room. He said it was in 1876, on the first day of April. that he went to work as a mere boy. smashing baggage" al the Putnam station. His father. George T Martin. then an old fd4ifbdutI, Nah hAittu lHt HeAA Aati The tragedy took him out of the sta tion and onto the trains as a baggage master.
 For fifteen years Mir. Martin has been the chief caller at the Union Sta ton here. In that capacity he says he has met the finest people in the world. And, he continues. "they all come from Rhode Island or to Rhode is- land"
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-02
WHO PAYS FOR ADvERTIsINo7
Sleepy Hollow" Teacher Prove, h
 Pays For Itself

You have often heard it said by an advertiser that he was expending too much for advertising and must stop advertising. And you have often heard a consumer say that the adyer- tiser included the cost of advertising in the articles sold. It so happens that both are all wrong, as a Sleepy Hollow" teacher proves to his pupils:
 Hans Van Houten, who pays for asked the famous pe- dagogue of Sleepy Hollow, suddenly.
 "The manufacturer, sir"
 Proceed to the foot of the class you are wrong. Yost Katzenellen- bogen. who pays for advertising7"
 ''The retailer. Mir. Crane"
 Retire to the foot of the class you are wrong. tool Brom Van Rip per. you should be able to answer cor rectly this question, for your father is an advertising man. WHO pays for advertisingf"
 "The consumer. sir"
 The sehoolmaster rose to his full height. His bony fist dumped against the desk.
 "All three of you are wrong~ he sereeched. No one pays for adver- tisingr'
 The manufacturer does not pay, because advertising increases the de- mand for his products. The increased volume reduces the manufacturer's overhead and makes possible a de- creased selling price. Besides, the manufacturer obtains the intangible but bankable asset-good will.
 "The retailer does not pay for ad- vertising. Advertising increases his turnover. bringing him quicker pro- fits on his investment.
 The consumer does not settle the advertising bill He obtains the bene- fits of lower prices made possible by the increased volume that advertising assures.
 No one pays for advertising Ad- vertising pays for itself-and pays the manufacturer. retailer. and con- sumer a profit besides. Who pays the salary of the star salesman7 The star salesman, himself, of course. It's just the same with advertising p'-Bel- lows Falls, Vt. Store Story Magazine.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-02
MAINTAIN STATE RIGHTS
Governor Trumbull Voices Sentiment of Entire State Effort to Curb Forest Fres-Unanmity For Nomination of Governor Trumbul 10 Succeed Himself.
"MORTLAKE"
Special Correspondence to The Putnam Patriot)

quite sure that he really desired th5 nomination He is undoubtedly well qualified Co till the position to the satisfaction of the state. but it takes more than manifest qualification to secure the nomination. There would be no impropriety to his showing an eagerness for it Two years ago he lost the nomination for lieutenant gov ernor by the same uuwillingness to make a canvass for it His unwill- ingness was misunderstood then and was taken for indifference. If he had been nominated two years ago for the second place in the ticket he would be governor now.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-02

The United States Government has paid out more than s11 GOO .000 GOO in interest on the public debt since 177l. The greatest amount in one year was sl .055, ,0ss, ,999. paid in 1923. This year the estimated interest payment will be S730,000, ,000.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-02

New York police are experimenting with a motor cycle equipped with bull let-proof windshields.
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14
New Dover Opera House. Dover

Friday and Saturday-Syd Chaplin,
now starring in ''The Man on the Box
was born in Cape Town, Africa, of
theatrical parents, and was educated
in London. AT twelve he was produc-
ing and managing plays at school, at
sixteen he made his first public ap-
pearance in a military drama, and at
seventeen he went off to sea. He was
engaged by theatrical manager who
saw him entertaining at a ship con-
cert, and rapidly became popular in
London where he and his brother
Charlie appeared in"Sherlock Holmes
with the opening performance played
before royalty. Then both Chaplin
boys joined Fred Karno's company of
pantomimists and sgd turned to writ
ing sketches. For six years without
a stop, sgd appeared in London in
that famous sketch, "A Night in a
London Music Hall" Charles pic
ture success kept sgd busy as his
manager, and then he too began act
ing in the films. His outstanding
screen success before "The Man on the
Box" was in "Charley's Aunt"
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14
Form Your OWn Idea
of "Oufsfanding" Man

Somebody signing his name ME"
writes: 81 frequently see the phrase
AN outstanding man. So l went to
Webster and found that outstanding
meant 'uncollected' Gas of a debit.
Now, uncoIlected means not received,
and if a man is not received, he is un-
accepted. So an outstanding man is
an unaccepted man. Is that rightT
No. You have got sidetracked some
where, the Cleveland Plain Dealer
points out. Uncollected means scat
tered, dispersed. Dispersed means di-
verged, a divergence Is a variation,
variation is dissimilarity. A man who
is not similar to other men is either
superior or inferior. But his dissimi-
larity is marked only when he is Su-
perior-that is, when he stands out
above the rest. Therefore, an out
standing man, Thus we come full
circle.
gious man CLatiD, "e," out of; and
"grex," a herd-one who stands out
from the common herd). Anything
that is egregious Is eccentric, and
therefore absurd The absurd is de-
spised and looked down upon; the des-
picable is small and Insignificant. You
can hardly notice what is significant.
Therefore, an outstanding man is a
nonentity.
You can prove anything by the die
tiOnary.
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14
Whale Long Pursued

Whale fishing is a far more ancient
calling than most people know. Prim-
tive mans first acquaintance with
the creature was probably gained from
stranded specimens; exactly when the
first boat put to sea In pursuit of one
of the monsters history does not
record. But King Alfred's description
of Othere's voyage to the White sea
is an indication that the Norwegians
were expert at whaling a thousand
years ago. The Basques of certain
Pyrenean districts carried on lucra-
tive trade in whale oil in the Tenth
century; they were fearless hunters
of the black, or Atlantic, whale.
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14
Screen and Stage
Strand, Smyrna

Friday-The motion picture "fan"
Of to-day demands thrills, adventure,
love interest and Something to carry
home and think about" In "Quo
Vadis," First Nationals gigantic film
version of the Sienkiewicz novel, he
will get all Of this and more. He
will have more thrills than he ever
had in one evening in his life; he will
behold love that transforms base
metal into pure gold; he will see the
downfall of the most autocratic gov
eminent in ancient times and the birth
and spread of the Christian faith.
"Quo Vadis" is one of the most abb
sorbingly interesting and thrilling
productions that has ever been screen
ed. 1t is correct historically, delight
full artistically and perfect in detail
and perspective, besides being a pro-
found psychological study. The scene
is Rome in the time of Nero, most
corrupt of the Caesars, when the
Eternal City was the melting pot of
the world. The contract between
Nero and the Apostle Peter, the En-
press Poppaea Augusta and Lygia,
the Christian maiden, with the trans
formation of Vinicius' life and charac-
ter through his love for Lygia are as
vivid as anything in the drama or in
literature.
Saturday-Fred Thomson and his
famous horse "Silver King" with
scenes of the famous Alturus Wild
West Rodeo in his newest picture
"All Around the Frying Pan" Chris
tie Comedy-"Fools Luck" Aesop's
| Fables.
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14

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Smyrna times., 1926-07-14
Contract CS55
Selbyville-Williamsville AZ Miles
Contract F
Contract
One Portable Gasoline driven Air Com
pressor.
Capacity 90 c. F. M, 100 pounds Pres
sure.

Performance Of contract shall commence
within ten (10) days after execution of the
contract and be completed as specified.
Monthly payments will be made for 30 per
cent Of the construction completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon forms
provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
surety bond, certified check. money TO the
amount of at least ten (l0) per centum of
the total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal must
be marked Proposal for the Construction OF
State Highway Contract No.-......-."
The Contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (20) days from the date Of
opening proposals.
The right il reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Detailed plans may be seen and index plans
and specifications may be obtained upon re-
ceipt Of two dollars (s2.ool which amount
will not be refunded.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT,
Dover. Delaware
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14
NOTICE

All persons in arrears for care of
lots in Odd Fellows Cemetery are re-
quested to pay Walter w. Hynson.
$50 at Signed, TRUSTEES
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Highway Department, at its Office. Do
yer, Delaware. until O'Clock p. M, August
IL, 1926. and at that place and time publicly
opened. for contracts involving the following
approximate quantities:
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14
Contract CNS1A

Rogers COrner-Eden Park 0.S0 Miles
4-10 Acres Clearing
4-1O Acres Grubbing
1850 Gu. Yds. Excavation
700 Gu. Yds. Borrow
420 Gu. Yds. L: 2: 8: Cement Concrete Pave
ment
900 Tons Amiesite
Is Gu Yds. Glass "A" Concrete
500 Lbs. Reinforcement
26O Lin. Fl Is in. Corrugated Metal Pipe
20 Lin. Fl. is in. Corrugated Metal Pipe
so Lin. Fl. Relaid Pipe
$50 81. Yds. Glass al Concrete Gutter
Smyrna times., 1926-07-14

Contract CN30
Richardson Park-Lancaster Pike I.6S Miles
400 Gu. Yds. Excavation
200 Gu. Yds. Borrow
so Gu. Yds. Rock Excavation
80 Tons Broken Stone Base Course
293O Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete Pavement
$3.50 Lin. Fl. Longitudinal Metal Joint
$40 Gu. Yds. Glass "A" Concrete
$4,000 Lbs. Reinforcement
$40 Lin. Fl. Is in. r. G. Pipe
80 Lin. Ft. Is in r. G. Pipe
80 Lin. Ft. SO in r. C. Pipe
120 Lin Ft. Relaid Pipe
400 Lin. Fl. Wire Cable Guard Rail
1900 Lin. Fl Wood Shoulder Curb
Evening star., 1926-12-03
UNDERGROUND SHOOTING
RANGE FOUND IN chicago
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. December Stew OF
Chicagos perpetually warning gang :
sters ever are taken to hospitals
When ganglands revolvers. pistols.
rifles. shotguns and machine guns
bark unerring aim they generally
send some foe. or foes. to the
morgue
Perhaps the source of such deadly
accuracy has been found by the po-
lice in an underground, steel-iined
pistol and rifle range.
Detectives touring the South Side
chased three alleged burglars int"
an apparently deserted saloon and
uncovered in the basement a targe
range with the shoot position,
marked by hundreds of exploded
shotgun and pistol shells, The room
20 by 80 feet, was lined with thre.
layers Of sheet steel All four wall
were marked by shousa dis of bullets
The saioon building formerly was
occur ed by Joseph Brooks. whose
pody. with that of Edward Harmon
ing. a county highway policeman
was found In a park rid,iled w 'n
bullets a year ago, two of the NOR
than 100 unsolved gangster murders
In the last thre' years.
The three men traced to the targe
range were arrested and charged
with burglary
Evening star., 1926-12-03
Fire i'm School
Releases Pupils
3 Minutes Early

Three minutes before the dis
missal bell would have rung this
afternoon $50 boys were driven
from the Abbott School when a
fire was discovered in a wall parti.
ton between the basement and
first floor. When W. F. Smith.
principal rang the school fire
alarm bell the pupils filed from
their classrooms quietly. as though
in regulation fire drill:
The blaze was caused when an
overheated pipe in the wall set
fire to the partition. The janitor
had attempted to force heat into
a room that has always been hard
to keep warm. The fire was dis
covered by Louis Conradis. teach
er of plumbing. Since the alarm
was turned in three minutes be-
fore the hal bell the pupils were
released SAr the day and the fire.
men had finished their work IS
minutes later.
Evening star., 1926-12-03
MARIE SECLUDES
SELF ON EXPRESS
Many Expect King to Greet
Her at Station in Rumania
Tomorrow Morning.
BY the Associated Press.


TRIEST. Italy, December g.
Queen Marie of Rumania. who is
speeding homeward on the Simplon
express, has enjoyed the first "a hours
of real solid rest since her departure
for the United States last October.
She never left her suite from the
moment she boarded the train in Paris
Wednesday night until she reached
this city on the Adriatic; she took all
her meals in seclusion and declined
to receive any callers. At Lausanne
and Milan she dispatched an aide to
the post office for news or telegrams
from Bucharest concerning the health
of her husband, King Ferdinand, but
received no word.
NO news is good news" Marie told
intimates among her party. Many of
these say they will not be surprised
to see Ferdinand greet the returning
party at the station in Bucharest
Saturday morning.
Nine. Smone Lahovary, lady-in-
waiting to Queen Marie, worn out by
the American trip, left the express at
|, Lausanne and will proceed to Locarno
to recuperate. Nine. Lahovary's alb
sence was noted when the train reach
ed the Italian frontier and there were
many inquirers among the newspaper
men as to why she left the royal
party
"P1ease don't say she was put off
the train.' said Prince Nicolas. son
of Queen Marie. to the correspondents.
I'VE had enough of that in America. :"
The express was delayed two hours
in France and Switzerland.
Zone can say what one likes about
America said Prince Nicolas, "but
they run their trains on time there"
Evening star., 1926-12-03
DISTRICT JUDGES
WILL KEEP POSTS
President Expected to Reap
point Aukum and Meehan for
Another Term Each.
BY j. RUSSELL> YOUNG.

1t was learned authoritatively today
that President Coolidge will reappoint
George c. Aukum and Charles v.
Meehan as judges of the Municipal
Court of the District of Columbia
The President was represented as
having reached this decision within
the past few days 1t is expected that
their nominations will be sent to the
Senate Monday or Tuesday. Accord
ing to advices received at the White
House there is every reason to feel
that they will be readily confirmed
The terms of these two members of
the Municipal Court expired last Sep
tember. but when this matter was
brought to the Presidents attention
at the time he said he preferred to
wait until the Senate reconvened
rather than make recess appointme ents
in these cases. However the Pr.si
dent at the time gave no indication
that it was his intention to reap
point these two judges Although
there have been number of
aspirants to succeed each of these
jurists. the feeling Is general in local
political and court circles that when
the time came the President would
give Judges Aukum and Meehan an.
other term.
Reports received by the President
in response to inquiries from the
White House regarding the records of
these two judges are known to have
been very satisfying. Also leading
members of the local bar and local
Republican leaders are known to have
added their Endorsements of the two
judges and urged their reappointment
Judge Aukum is the dean of the
Municipal Court. having served con
tinuously since 1907. when he was ap
pointed by President Roosevelt.
Judge Meehan has just completed his
first term on this bench. He was ap.
pointed by President Harding in 1922.
Evening star., 1926-12-03
"FIFH WDENER WEDS
MILTON W. HOLDEN
Heiress and New Husband Honey
incoming Somewhere in
the South"
By the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, December g.
Mrs. Josephine (FifD Widener Leidy
was married yesterday to Milton w.
Holden of this city at Lynnewood
Hall, the home of her parents, at
Elkins Park. Only members of the
Widener and Holden families were
present. A few intimate friends were
invited later for the informal recep-
tion.
Mr.. Holden married the heiress in
her fathers famous Van Dyke room.
where are hung the paintings Of the
great Dutch master. Joseph f. Wild
ener gave his daughter in marriage.
Miss Mary ID. Morris was the brides
maid and l.. Wister Randolph the
best man.
The ceremony was brief and was
performed by Rev. Charles A. Santee.
retired pastor of the Reformed Church
at Fort Washington, Pa.
The pair started on their honeymoon
last night to an undisclosed place.
said to be somewhere in the South"
The wedding was almost as unosten-
tatious as the brides first venture into
matrimony. five wears ago, when she
eloped to Tennessee and married Car
ter Randolph Leldy of this city. They
were divorced last January.
Evening star., 1926-12-03
KELLOGG STUDIES
NEW MEXICAN MOVE
Embassy Statement on Land
and Oil Laws Is Weighed
by Department.
By the Associated Press.

by tne AssOclateu IIcSS.
The Mexican embassy has tossed a
! new factor into the whirlpool of the
dispute over Mexican LIANT, and oil
laws, leaving the State Department Of
ficials completely at sea as. to what it
portends.
On it's face. an embassy announce
ment yesterday, headed. "P'a:n Facts
Concerning the Mexico Oil Lands,
seems to wipe out many Of the po.n s
N dispute, which brought America n
Mexican relations to an admittedly
critical deadlock on applicatio of the
new laws to American Oil and mining
companies in Mexico. 1t asserts the
intention of the Mexico City govern
ment to apply its new laws and regu-
lations, when they become effective in
January, "preferentially" so far as
foreign companies are concerned,
without contiscatorv retroactive en-
forcement of provisions Of the Mexi-
can constitution nationalizing natural
resources.
Department Is Silent.
Because Of the informal character
of this supplement to the formal diplo-
matte correspondence already pub
'ished, State Department officials
would make no comment. 1t took
them by surprise and was promptly
@ubjected to close study. Whether 1t
fOreshadows resumption Of the formal
fr""ssion and escape from the crisis
which might have resulted If the new
laws and regulations had been en-.
forced to the letter against American
companies, could not be learned.
Specifically. the embassy statement
says of foreign rights acquired
through exploitation work begun prior
to May /, 1917, the date on which the
new constitution went into effect, that
they will be confirmed through gov.
ernmental concessions on application
within one year from December 81,
1926"
50-Year Limit.
Limitation Of these concessions to
a 50-year term was a major issue In
the official correspondence, yet the
embassy statement next states that
the 5O-year concessions "are granted
solely for the purpose of confirming
rights acquired by Mexican companies
before May l, 1917"
Rights acquired prior to May I,
1917, by foreign companies will be
confirmed by the Mexican government
IloI oNiy Wltioul CoSl' uuI WAllOul lHc
declaration renouncing diplomatic pro-
lection required by the law for fu-
ture Acquisitions the statement adds.
The correspondence between the two
governments failed to bring about an
agreement that American nationals
should not be required to waive such
rights under penalty of forfeiture.
while the statement seems to narrow
the application of the law in that re-
spect to future acquisitions" only.