Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 24, 1911 Page: 3 of 12
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AMARILLO DAILY NEWS Sl'N IHTTTtt-CKM rtF.R 24 tf.
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tSwni-h aor !!! Paul t 4fri-na ikn
committed suicide with hit wife be-
csuse he did net with to II v longer
than th ase of tcventy. created l
profound Impression In Franc and
was widely re mmerted ujx n lnh by
tbe socialistic and ' non-Socialist
press. The conservative "Temps"
Prof. W. M. Da?is Guest Of J III volottarv death adds con-
Honor at ManV Hrilli. tension terribly Inctral to tin mill-
ill
ant Functions
t.tnt life of this passionate theorist.
Tho Idea of Lafargue and hi wife
vat tn sunume teller In the corn-
Paris. Dec. 1'3. rrof.nnor u xi. n f Perfect society which their
Davis who Is lecturing at tn Ln-bMn had 'refuJr outlined. Pow-
vcrslty of Paris as the official epre.;'l'le'" n"r'"th o help thalr own
sentative of Harvard VnNerMty s're4 rro)ect. tl.ey passed bevond.
retelvlna- man honor in p.riu I l'avlng a testament of lopo. Hut
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lthln and without the urlversity.
The most Important recert func-
tion at which he was the guest or
honor i a brilliant luncheon giv-
en at ItouIoyne-sur-Selne by the So-
their passln? was the end of
dream "
French automoMlists are irotes.-
ttist vigorously against Swltxerland
for Ita alleged campaign acalr.it an-1
clety "Around the World." which tomobiies and sntomoblllsts. It Ul
was founded by Albert Kahn. Prince claimed that the laws make It Im-
Roland Honaparte President of th POMlble for even reasonable motor
French Geographical Society Jre-
Ided. A large number of other dwj-
tineulshed Frenchmen were present
aa well as many Americana. Anion;;
these were Mi Alice Lom;lellow
daughter of the Poet: Harry W.
Dana grandson of the poet Longfel-
low and Dr. Hamilton nice tl! of
Poston
lug in the country of the Alpa for
motorists are conic antly at tho mercy i
or vexatious laws all Intended to I
keep the aitomohilst from ih coun
try. In 1905 aa the resalt of al
leged exasperating measurea bv
Swiss towns the International As
sociation of Automobile Cli:bs f?r
imuniea a proposition loaciirg to a
formal boycotting of Switzerland. In
consequence of explanations f.irnlsii-
ed and promises given It Is claimed.
the proposed boycott way abiwvloned.
Iit acconllns to Fn-nch aut moblk-
circles. It Is Ilkolv that It will aeiMn
come up for discussion unlets 'the
canton authorities of Switzerland
brine about a loss burdensome aerie'
of regulations.
Ir. Walter LMuistein Pterosaur
and Librarian at Northwestern Uni-
versity. Fvanston. Ill has iccolved
from the Spanish government Ihe de-
corations of Prllmcpa-Vllliniriosi
and Gerona.
The Queen of Spain's Been n 1 son
Don Jaime who this past summer
underwent two successful operations
at Frlbourg to overcome defective
hearing will return to the c&re of
Swiss specialists on January 15 for
further treatment. It Ik probable
that the Queen will accompany her
child to Switzerland. Several
months ao the royal patient was
taken back to Madrid. It was found
that he could hot speak ar.d hear bet-
ter and had much Improved In
health but It Is thought advisable for
him to return again to Switzerland
In order to atten pt a perfect ani
permanent cure.
This winter is showing a rocord In-
flux of Americans to Swiss mountain
resorts The reat attraction for
Americans is tie winter sporf. lie.
tee-i forty and fifty Swiss hotels
which heretofore have been closed
In the winter will remain open this
season to supply the teadily Increas-
ing demand for accommodations.
Flab-orate snort proernms are beln-t'n allty it Is sadly licking. It Im re
arranged for visitors. The mi st pop- btlvely poor In scientific works
ular sport Is th?.t of skiitik ard bob- u'I'e a fifth ol ti e mont recent works
sleighing on m ienr s snd in'iuuy are w ant In
The dramatic end of th great and la' k of funds makes It I t possible
A commission of em'nent politi-
cians men of letters librarians a.n-1
others under the presidency of IHcn-
venu Martin has been appointed t.y
the government to Inquire Into the
preset t position of the P.lbliothequo
Natlonale France's great national li-
brary which is reduced to serious
straits owing to a lack of funds. The
French Parliament votes annually
only J ! 6400 for the acquisition of
new wcrks. For a slinllnr purpore
tho llbrarv at Washington disposes of
nno t. iteTl'n Royal Library
$4.. loo and the Prltlsh .Museum
S'n.ooo .
A critic s.vs- "l ord Roseiicrrys
definition of a library as a "cenetery
of dead books' Is ni"st applicable to
the t'ihllothcqur Natlonale for num-
erically speaking. It Is the richest ll-
brarv In the world possessing no
less than .t.omi.OiM volume but In
I HEW BRITISH UiHOKIST LEADER j
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FORIEGN COMMERCE OF
UNITED STATES SHOWS
200 MILLION INCREASE
a liuuar Law who succeeded Anbur J Haliour as the leader 01 the
Inlonlst party In the Rrltlbh house of commons seems to be the right man
for the place having restored confidence and united the tactions He
born In New llrunswlck In ISM. His father wa clergyman He . edu
cated tn Scotland and engaged In the Iron business In Glasgow until be en
tered politic. In 1900 From 1902 to 116 he was parhameuiary secretarr o
the board of trade He Is a strong protectionist
to supply the deficiency." 1
At list the Impressionist ScIkoI of
Art will ha..? a home In the i.civre.
It was one tie last measure! of M.
Hemo'lo ')i'nii hin retlrenent ti do
ji stbe 13 1 ho slif ol ol Varet an I Ke-
noir. ::.i'-?p..oii'slg wti te ne.4;li
l ors of Ingres anu Dela rolx n room
having been reserved for thorn In the
Pavilion do Vlore; thus the 1vivre
will display the whole of the French
sihool of pe In' ins of the nineteenth
century.
Accoh li-' to ihe helieia In
charms ard elli 1.1 Is Rostand's
l iky number being fo :nd nnoh-d
in all the happy e'.ents of the po.M's
career. Fdnmnd Rostand (!! let-
tersi sen of Kugcne Rot.md (i;t
letters). m.id his llterarv dlut with
"Les M 'ard!ses" (13 lottersl
Tte foreign commerce of t re-
united Strtes In the year aWi.t to
end will rhow an Increase of over
2"0 million dollars whvn compared
with the Imn edlately precetin? year
and a larrer total than In any earlier
year of out commerce. liort
while falllrg lielow those of I!' Ill in
the earlier n.onths have In the clos-
1'ijr period of ti e year ah.n a mark-
ed rncrease. Indicating that tit-: total
for the yer.r will differ but little from
that of 19l. which made the hlphest
record tn the history of the Import
trade. Exports are larger tlu.n In
any earlier year and manufactures
exported also make their hlel.
lord reaching approximately : bll-
ion aouars in the calendar year 1 9 11
The approximate total for the year
based upon 10 months' record al-
ready complied are: exports over 2
billion dol'.ais: Imports m billion
dollars of which over one-htll eu-
tered free of duty.
Considering the great groups of ar-
tides the noteworthy change are.
In the case of liriwrls. a falling off
In manufacturers' raw mafrhW an.
in finished manufactures; in tlio case
ol exports a general increase parti-
cipated In by all the Important groups
foodstuffs manufactures and manu-
facturer.' materials. Comnarhii: th..
10 months' movement In the years
named. Imports of crude foodstuff.)
partly or wholly manufactured de-
ceased fro nilC9 million to IM mil-
lion; tuanufa' turers' raw mnteilnls
from 452 million to 122 million;
manufactures for further ue In man-
ufacturing Increased silently from
237 million to 212 million dollars
and finished manufactures derreased
from 310 million to 294 million dol-
lar s Fxnorts on the other hand ad-
vanced In the case of crodo food-
stuffs from 70 million to 9". n.illlon
dollars: foodstuffs partly or wholl)
manufactured from ?l3 million to
217 million; manufacturer' raw ma-
terials from 4.17 million to SMI ml'-
Hon. manufactures for furthr 111?
In manufacturing from 234 million
to 267 million: and finished manu-
factures from 4 17 million to r..1i
million dollars.
The principal linr"rts of the full
year grouped according to magnitude
of values will show: siiFar. over
billion pound valued at about H'.'i
million dollars; chemicals drugs
etc. V million dcllars; rofffe Sou
million pounds valued at alout M
million dollars; hides and skins mi
million dollars; India rubier 7.'.
million- cotton manufactures anJ
raw silk about 65 million emh:
fiber manufacture. IS million: wood
and manufactures SO million; fruits
and nuts over 40 million; block and
llg tin. 40 million: diamonds. t
million while copper manufacturer-
unmanufactured fibers. Iron and steel
manufacture silk manufactures leaf
tobacco. 1 nJ oils will each show a to-
tal of about 30 million dollars. Art
works furs und f.ir skins aud wool
will aggregate about 25 million dol-
lars ea'h In the year's Imports. Low-
er prices contributed to the fall la
value of Imports of sugar and IndU
rubber the decrease In valuo being;
far ereater than In quantity. Hides
and skins show a marked rcductlor
In quantity as well as In value of
Imports. Tin Imports are about tha
same In quantity but much greater la
value due to higher prices.
Cotton Is still the leading article
of export. Ita total for the year over
a half billion dollars exceeding the
combined value of the two great
classes next In rank Iron and steel
manufacti res. about 250 million and
meat and dairy products. li0 mil-
lion. The exports of cctton In It
months agrepated 2.945 million
pounds values at 371 million dollars
the largest value I nthe history of
American commerce and but slightly
less .a quantity than the nigh record
total of 3052 million pounds ex-
ported in the 10 months of 1905.
Iron and toe also made a new high
record in the 10 months of 1911
206 million dollars against 164 mil-
lion last year. Substantial Increases
also occur in other leading articles
and the complete year will probably
record a total export of oer 12S
million dollars' worth of breadstuffs
over 100 million of mineral oil near-
ly 100 million of copper 40 million
of cotton manufactures 33 million
of agricultural Implements about 35
million of cars and carriages and 25
million of chemicals and medicines.
Considered by countries large la-
creases occur in the exports to Cana-
'.n. Cermany. Netherlands. Japan
the I'nlted Klnydom. Australia and
Relelnm. and less?r Increases In thoas
10 Sooth America Cuba. China and
many ether countries. While i.nports
us .1 wnole deor-nscd. there were in-
creases In tho.se from Japan lndls
-! t. ;nc' other ronntrles of Afrla.
Not reMnslMc for any repair
ork done on typewrl'ers or Adding
Machines unless seen to by myself
personally. Phas W. Small new lo-
eaticn opposite povtofftce phone 7J9.
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A MESSAGE TO OUR FRIEND
That this Christmas be the happiest and the coming
year the most prosperous you have ever enjoyed
IS THE WISH OF
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