Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20

Arrests for drunknness in the state f Connecg 8eut declined from 2a.2t6 CT thousand .a 1910 to l7.62i during l916. according Co the statistical files If che Board If Temperance. Prahi- h=tian and Public Morals of thg Me tn0dist Episcopal Church Although rreSts From th cause during thu Herlod l9lu t16 increased from 1.S2s ta te.5s}s the rnuutaUan rose rom 3f0s35t e 55S.2IE- Thtse figures 0Hyer only those e1lAas Uta fHHaiU-
 or ot 3n .0na #r more.
 Arrests fal aH causes fr the state increased tu 34044 iu t8-6 fsn i5. TIP IH te18. hut the population daring fHe -al8s= perfa8 almost dafHs= 5zsGif The fatD 0f arrests per th#asaHslsl #H= rldeE5 fr4m 18.6f4 tp taa6 # 1928.
 Aeeofe ae ta index che amheH af total arrests rase rapidly trer >t 5n l4tn ta hish retHt If tafs. declined under wartime ee~tric- tion and prohibition to Ha If 1u n tas1 and has steadily t22 Ip 1926
 But che total arrests include hose for traffic 5tfeHses. Arrest fHom this cause. which rose from le ,a1a te 14T42 in 1926 might logically ba iaid to the increased use of he dJtn# mobile. The rate of traffic arrests per thousand went from .05s ta 2t5f4a for the period
 On basis If 100 as thr index re= Ereseuiiue the average fuF tHa years f9lo Co l9lS the figure for traffic ar rests only is for 1910 259 for 1919 and l4s0 for 1926
 With traffic arrests deducted from the total the increase from i5.70l iu f9le to 2a, ,3ol n 1926 with the rise n population taken into consideration shows decrease in the rate per thousand from 90. 59t iu l9lo to ] 4ss9sl in 1926.
 Mentions Bingham
 The names of fourteen notable i Americans are being spoken of in Washington rhsse days m connection with the attitfcfe of the White House toward Philippine affairs Not merely the naming of the Philippine eover- nor general. but other Philippine pro hleHs are due for consideration al the Executive Mansion in the near future. and fourteen statesmen are now being named as probable advisors fl the President n the settlement of the Philippine matters. And included in this lst Is senator Hiram Bingham If Connecticut. who recently returned from toHr of the Orient and the l Philippine Islands
 ttG8faH4#-.55 ErF4.EHts4tsf g#ss=. E4ss IugtoH iazs is known to a host of admiIue friends as "the Gentleman from fhe Pacific lslandss He Was born H Honolulu where the pine apples and akeleies come from His family helped ia make Hawaii Amer lean He has Just gone eyer a large part of eastern Asia Nah an oran mlud. lezen uetebdaks. severl cameras and at least trunkfulA of films His Asiatic four ha been lik ened te that af the late Albert J= Beveride who laaHei nta fHnn on his Russia $ Advance" Nobody doubts for moment fh8t what Rtnebam sags supplemeniine hiz already printed brief statement wiil command m audience rifcumuaVigaI.HE the sI3be l. is known that h. believes in .Amerieanziug the Philippine t clarion call aiaHg the Pacific caasf. | is expected that he VII have= iM Fortant suggestions to put before the President and Congress.
 Land Bank Loans
 Federal land banks closed s.525 loans ia the New England 5tates. tataiiiag S24.si5. s30 from the date of organization to August 3l. the federal farm loan bureau has just announced In the entire country. the land banke closed t45.53l loans involving sl,404.074714 during the same period of time
 Maine ranked first of the New Eng land states in the number and value If loans closed by the federal land banks previous ta August 31. Three thousand forty.fve loans totalling Ss3as .650 were closed by the banks during the period from the date of or ganization Co the last of August Mass aehusetts came second in number and third in value 6f loans. with l729 loans closed amounting to S5,040. .20h. Connecticut followed third in number and second in value of loans One thousand four hundred and ninety tmce loans involving S5.0so. .Q50 were closed by the land banks in the Nutmeg state
 Vermont ranked fourth in number and value 1f loans the land bank clos ing l.fst amaHatiie teS4, 4,4fA.l00 III